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The Hochul message—the one that was a winner for her—could be seen on signs all around New York's Twenty-Sixth District, from the sprawling strip malls of Buffalo's wealthiest suburbs to the faded farms of Genesee County to the lawns of neat old houses to the west of Rochester. "Save Medicare/Vote Hochul," the signs said.
The Democrats won because they had the right message and the right candidate and the blessing of weak opposition. Hochul won by 48 percent to 42 percent over Republican Jane Corwin, a self-funded millionairess delivering an austere 2010 message a few months too late. "Tea Party" candidate Jack Davis drew 9 percent of the vote, but, given that two late polls showed voters abandoning Davis for Hochul, it's fair to assume that Hochul would have won regardless of whether Davis, a former Democrat, had run.
May 25, 2011
"How Kathy Hochul won, and why it spells trouble for the GOP in 2012."
84 comments:
- John said...
This had more to do with a sclerotic NY party than Medicare. I live just East of this district and the Republican messaging was terrible.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
Hopefully the Democrats retake Congress. The faster the nation collapses the faster the adults can take over and begin to right the ship of state.
- CatherineM said...
The Republican running couldn't explain herself. If Republicans don't give a clear answer on the Ryan plan, they can be demagogued. Her answer should have been, I support it, it's not ending Medicare, it's trying to save it.
- Matthew said...
So glad we have the New Republic to make up crap when the NY Times won't.
There was a Tea Party candidate that split the R vote.
Medicare had nothing to do with it.
What the article shuould be focusing on is this: in an updtate election, with a NY GOP that couldn't find it's own behind with both hands and a flashlight, two candidates presenting a message of austerity managed 51% of the vote between them. - 5/25/11, 9:12 AM
- Sofa King said...
I have no doubt that as things become more difficult, voters will swing wildly from extreme to extreme, much as a drowning man casts about frantically in search of any piece of flotsam that might save him.
- Bart said...
I don't know how much of a signal this realy is. The "Tea Party" candidate was not a member of the local Tea Party organization, did not get Tea Pary support and was a Democrat. I believe his role was to play the spoiler which he did in that he go like 9000 votes and the difference was about 5000 votes.
- windbag said...
He never explains the subtitle of his article. How DOES it spell trouble for the GOP? His evidence of how Corwin blew it include a dishonest ad run by the Dems, a privileged image problem of Corwin, and a poor response by Corwin to the faux Tea Party candidate.
One poorly run campaign in an obscure corner of rural New York portends trouble for all of the GOP in 2012? In his dreams, perhaps. - 5/25/11, 9:14 AM
- garage mahal said...
Wow. America really hates RyanCare.
- Scott M said...
Cue the obligatory and wholly expected claims of a national referendum against the GOP's core issues (debt ceiling, Ryan's budget, etc) based on this one itty-bitty speciaw ewection.
Those same obligatory and wholly expected commentators will be the same that argued against the referendum label for Scott Brown's election into the seat formerly filled, wholly, by Ted Kennedy's ample, but dead, butt. This despite the fact that the latter was huge national news, was the end of a Kennedy's decades-long tenure in Congress, and came right at the height of the ACA debates.
Long story short, I seriously doubt John Boehner is going to rue this election result by stating that "we hit a buzzsaw". - 5/25/11, 9:22 AM
- Dark Eden said...
I just have to say if we as a people give power back to the Democrats in 2012, then we deserve to. At this point its a question of when or if we hit rock bottom as a culture. Do we need to go full greek and have riots over our government cheese before people get it?
- EDH said...
It's the prospect of all seniors needing to buy insurance in the private market with a capped voucher that hurts the Ryan plan.
Mickey Kaus is probably right that a means-tested premium is the safest route politically. But I'm not sure what it would do, if anything, to control costs.
Plus the "means-test" hit on the rich would, unlike college tuition, probably be extracted well before the point at which a service would actually be provided. You wouldn't have to charge affluent people with heart trouble more for their heart surgeries. You'd charge them more for their Medicare premiums. When it turned out they needed heart surgery they'd have the same coverage everyone else has. Why would they not get the surgery?
That would be a very different system, in terms of what treatment patients actually receive, than a Krugmanesque regime in which an expert board says nobody can get covered at all for certain treatments that Medicare as now operated would cover–or a Ryan style system in which insurance companies say the same thing. Both those systems would deny some doctor-ordered care to vast swaths of the population who couldn't afford to pay for it entirely out of pocket. (They'd also create cumbersome, annoying bureaucratic reviews to make the necessary second-guessing judgments).
Under means-testing, Medicare would become, not a program that guaranteed subsidized care, but a program that guaranteed enough of a subsidy so that everyone could always afford care.
P.S.: It's not at all clear that means-testing for Medicare would have to be as vicious, in terms of extracting the maximum that people could bear to pay, as college financial aid offices. The means-testing proposal cited by Douthat, from Charles Blahous, would only seek to shave the inflation-adjustment of benefits for the top 20 percent.** I assume that actually balancing the budget (and paying for Obamacare) will take something way more robust than that–on the order of cutting into the benefits themselves. That's not an attractive political choice in itself. But if the alternatives are government rationing or insurance industry rationing, it starts to look pretty good. Even Steny Hoyer, the #2 House Democrat, has hinted that means-testing is the line of least political resistance. If you start locking liberal deficit-cutters and conservative deficit-cutters in rooms, don't be surprised if that is what they come out with. - 5/25/11, 9:24 AM
- Richard Dolan said...
The R team hasn't done well in special elections in recent cycles. Six months or so before the blow-out last November, they lost a special in PA. In Nov, PA was one of the R team's best states for pick-ups in the House (plus a Senate seat).
The R team would do well to scrutinize this race, but the over-reaction by the D team may turn out to be the bigger problem. The lesson on that side seems to be that 'mediscare' is a winning stategy. That translates into 'don't worry about that debt and budget stuff -- who needs a budget anyway -- everything is going great.'
Count me as doubtful that that will sell. - 5/25/11, 9:27 AM
- James said...
In 2009, Bill Owen beat Doug Hoffman in NY-23. That election allegedly showed the Democrats dominance over the Republicans and was a reaffirmation of their overwhelming mandate. One year later the Dems got "shellacked."
I hope the Dems get cocky with this win. - 5/25/11, 9:32 AM
- dbp said...
"Jack Davis drew 9 percent of the vote, but, given that two late polls showed voters abandoning Davis for Hochul, it's fair to assume that Hochul would have won regardless of whether Davis, a former Democrat, had run."
Davis was a lifelong Republican who switched parties after getting snubbed by Dick Cheney in 2003. He said he would caucus with Republicans if elected. The claim that the Democrat would have won anyway is somewhere between debatable and laughable. - 5/25/11, 9:33 AM
- roesch-voltaire said...
Now you know why the party pulled back on Ryan running for Senate, the less said about his plan the better.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
We just aren't paying enough taxes to cover all the goodies that government provides. Dig deep folks and quit being so greedy. Who the yell do you think your earnings belong to anyway? How is grandma supposed to go to Vegas next year if she has to take a benefit cut?
Obama 2012. - 5/25/11, 9:36 AM
- garage mahal said...
That was a short marriage with the voters. A few months? Sheesh.
- Scott M said...
Absolutely no reason to get cocky, GM. Your team through everything including the kitchen sink at the WI SC election and crapped out.
- Matthew said...
Oh, stop Garage.
You think the 'Throw Grandma off a Cliff' ads are going to work in 2012?'
Guess again. All any repub has to do in 2012, even the ones I -- rock-ribbed GOP'er -- wouldn't vote for if you paid me (i.e. Pawlenty, Palin, Romney) is simply repeat the Gipper's classic line from 1980:
"Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?"
And even the professional recipient class can't answer 'Yes' to that one. - 5/25/11, 9:44 AM
- Mary Beth said...
There is a satire campaign site for Jane Corwin. I believe the same person who was behind the "Koch" call to Scott Walker was behind this website.
"Together we can make delicious soup from the bones of the poor." - 5/25/11, 9:45 AM
- garage mahal said...
You think the 'Throw Grandma off a Cliff' ads are going to work in 2012?'
Yes. It's unbeleivable they made their members vote on this. - 5/25/11, 9:51 AM
- george said...
One reason that the MSM is held in such low regard is that they report these races like sporting events. The fact is that it doesn't matter which party wins. We are either going to deal with our fiscal mess now or we are going to wait until we are forced to deal with it.
If you think Ryan's plan is bad just wait until you see what few options we will have left when the whole thing comes crashing down. So far his is the only plan on the table.
Obamacare is going to hasten the end so at least we have that to look forward to. BTW, today I sign the papers on a contract that will allow me to lay off 7 more employees. We were forced to do this as a direct consequence of Obamacare. You better bet they will all be told the reason. If I thought there was a chance for repeal in the short term all of these people would still be employed along with the last batch we were forced to let go. - 5/25/11, 9:53 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
If those six figure income earners paid more taxes and bought Fords instead of BMWs Medicare would be saved.
- Robert Cook said...
"Her answer should have been, I support it, it's not ending Medicare, it's trying to save it."
But then, that would be a lie. - 5/25/11, 9:56 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"...BTW, today I sign the papers on a contract that will allow me to lay off 7 more employees. We were forced to do this as a direct consequence of Obamacare...."
That could be avoided if you weren't so focused on profits and lining your pockets. - 5/25/11, 9:56 AM
- Shouting Thomas said...
This is the problem, isn't it?
Everybody's for fiscal responsibility until their entitlement is threatened.
So, I guess we just have to keep spending, borrowing and kicking the can down the road.
I don't know enough about the specifics of the two candidates in this election to comment on it. I won't pretend that I do. - 5/25/11, 9:57 AM
- Michael said...
- edutcher said...
John and windbag pretty much nail it.
Trolls notwithstanding, the false flag Lefty sucked off enough votes to be the margin of victory. The votes he did get were mostly those that would have gone to Corwin, looking at how those who deserted him went.
This was a replay of the way Bush 41 ran (or, more accurately, let a country club Republican run it for him) his '92 campaign. The lessons are, simply, run a fighter who's going to jump on the Demo lies immediately, not some RINO who wants to lose gracefully under the guise of hoping the Truth will out.
Oh, and garage and Roesch ought to take note, that NY-23 in '09 was such a bellwether for '10. - 5/25/11, 10:07 AM
- Matthew said...
Garage, incase you missed it, even with the 'Throw Grandma off the Cliff' ads, 51% of the voters still plunked for the person advocating fiscal responsibility.
I know it's axiomatic that democrats and leftards avoid responsibility like one would Ebola (as per George Orwell, a leftist is simply someone whonever expects to have to accept responsibility for what he advocates), but the truth ius that the MAJORITY voted -- even if symboliclly -- for the spirit of the Ryan Budget. - 5/25/11, 10:09 AM
- Maguro said...
Wow. America really hates RyanCare.
True. Free lunches are eternally popular.
At some point, the bill comes due, though. And then... - 5/25/11, 10:11 AM
- ALH said...
@ Hoosier 9:06am -
"the faster the nation collapses the faster the adults can take over and begin to right the ship of state"
I totally agree. If people are willing to buy into the myth that we are not broke and we can all have a pony and still leave our entitlements untouched....then we deserve a complete collapse. Sometimes you need a forest fire to make way for new growth. Thought we had woken up in 2010, but i guess not. - 5/25/11, 10:20 AM
- garage mahal said...
At some point, the bill comes due, though. And then...
Medicare is expensive because healthcare is expensive. If you're serious about making Medicare strong and solvent, that's where you would start. RyanCare doesn't address it. - 5/25/11, 10:21 AM
- Phil 3:14 said...
Hopefully the Democrats retake Congress. The faster the nation collapses the faster the adults can take over and begin to right the ship of state.
This seems like the same logic that lead to the Professor's vote for Obama.
I will not and will never hope for "the nations collapse" - 5/25/11, 10:22 AM
- Scott M said...
I will not and will never hope for "the nations collapse"
Despite the awfulness that would ensue, this basically boils down to a band-aid question: do you rip it off and get it over with, or do you go slowly and prolong it? Or wading into cold water with cold-sensitive junk. Or... - 5/25/11, 10:26 AM
- Browndog said...
I'd love to see a republican do an identical "throw grandma off the cliff" ad.
Watching the leftards declare it evil, and criminal, and "different" than theirs would be amusing.
You know they will- - 5/25/11, 10:28 AM
- Phil 3:14 said...
Speaking as a native of upstate NY I think this speaks more to local factors than any national trend. Random observations
-upstate, especially the industrial beltway from Schenectady to Buffalo is more industrial Midwest than "elite" Northeast. A large number of middle aged and older voters who've seen the "good life" come and go are none to happy to see more of it pass (i.e. Medicare)
-as already mentioned the NY State Republican Party is a different animal in many ways. Yes, dysfunctional, but I'd also point out that Rockefeller was re-elected many times. Buckley had to leave the party to get elected. And he was only a one term senator.
-are we surprised the three Republican senators from New England don't support the Ryan budget. The great challenge for the national Republican Party: purity versus political success. Which do you prefer: Sen Scott Brown or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand?
-We can expect two themes from Dems: class warfare and generation warfare. IMHO each are short term winners and long term disasters. - 5/25/11, 10:32 AM
- Rich B said...
They said the same things about the Hoffman/Owens race and it turned out to be an anomaly.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"...Medicare is expensive because healthcare is expensive...."
Cap physician salaries and cut services. - 5/25/11, 10:37 AM
- Phil 3:14 said...
Medicare is expensive because healthcare is expensive. If you're serious about making Medicare strong and solvent, that's where you would start. RyanCare doesn't address it.
Please explain how YOU would make Medicare "strong and solvent" by reducing healthcare costs (not the individuals but collectively)
- Carol_Herman said...
Hey, remember Doug Hoffman? Remember how, when the camera lights went on, and he was introducing himself to America, he looked like a deer caught in the headlights?
Yes, the GOP turnout was bad. Yes, Karl Rove, and his assorted nincompoops ... are yelling about how the "conservatives" or "tea party" should all just go and give it a rest.
One election?
Well, then. Let's look at how kloppen-hoppen is handling her loss.
Shirley Abrahamson MAY decide to do a Sandra Day O'Connor, when the "case arrives."
In English, this means Abrhamson brings a fork and plastic reindeer to her decision. If she's 'as good' as O'Conner was ... she could give us all a laugh.
Kloppen-berger be-robed? A national face that would be on par with Willy Sutton's.
You know? I also don't think the obama's had a very good week. Sure. Who wouldn't like vacationing in Ireland. And, England. Even without meeting the queen. If you speak English you don't even need to bring along a translator.
On the other hand the visuals got so sloppy.
A bump in Ireland ... and then, in England ... speaking to the standing diners ... while the band played music to the queen.
Too bad Americans aren't given a dial in vote ... to choose these visuals when they happen.
But funny? When you laugh, you remember!
How come the American president, didn't acknowledge how the great senator, George Mitchell, brought peace to Ireland?
How come no journalist asked obama if he had roots in Ireland, wouldn't that make him catholic? - 5/25/11, 10:41 AM
- jerryofva said...
The choice is between the Ryan reform and the President's phony entitlement. The IPAB is destined to cut medicare reimbursements so low that no doctor will see a medicare patient. It is already happening. Like all socialist entitlements, medicare will be reduced to a theorectical right with no means of satisfying it. - 5/25/11, 10:45 AM
- edutcher said...
Browndog said...
I'd love to see a republican do an identical "throw grandma off the cliff" ad.
Watching the leftards declare it evil, and criminal, and "different" than theirs would be amusing.
You know they will-
Wait till somebody has the guts to do a riff on Dirty Harry :
Republicans and Democrats both know Medicare can't survive in its present form.
Republicans want to privatize.
Democrats want to fold it into Obamacare.
Republican vouchers versus Democrat death panels.
Ya feel lucky?
Hoosier Daddy said...
"...Medicare is expensive because healthcare is expensive...."
Cap physician salaries and cut services.
Maybe cut some of the paperwork. Take a look at all the filing cabinets next time you see your doctor. - 5/25/11, 10:45 AM
- Pogo said...
"Maybe cut some of the paperwork. Take a look at all the filing cabinets next time you see your doctor."
With Obamacare, the paperwork will be magnified a hundred fold.
Already I am commanded to spend a portion of your visit addressing things of importance to "public health".
Over time, what you want done, the symptoms you have, are being set aside for mandatory attention to government directives.
And all of the directives make sense, sort of. Except I only have time to do what the State wants.
What you want?
Too bad, chump. - 5/25/11, 10:52 AM
- An said...
I live in Buffalo, the district next door. What most outsiders don't realize is our Republican party structure isn't all that robust and really isn't that republican. Same for our Conservative party structure. This is a very blue state and those red parts are most times pretty confused. We're bleeding most of our best your people to massive out-migration and what you have here certainly isn't indicative of a national trend.
- Curious George said...
To garage et al:
The last NY special election in 2009 broke the Democrat in a three way race. The "experts" said that this was a sign of things to come in the 2010 general election. How'd that play out.
The Democrats have no plan as they see no problem. The had every chance to "tax the rich" and didn't do it. The stimulus and Obamacare are a disaster, and America knows it. NY26 is nothing more than the NY GOP once again putting up a weak candidate with poor messaging in a short term campaign.
Yawn - 5/25/11, 10:56 AM
- Roux said...
"and the blessing of weak opposition"
NY is a Blue blue blue state.... give it a rest Democrats you are toast in 2012. The election will be about the arrogant dumbass Obama. - 5/25/11, 11:05 AM
- mccullough said...
Ryan's voucher plan is a bad idea. There is just no primary private market for elderly health insurance.
Kaus is on the right track, but "means testing premiums" is already done. The non-Medicaid low income seniors pay about $90 a month for Part B premium and the wealthiest pay about $400. These premium levels are fine. What is needed is making seniors pay more out of pocket before the insurance kicks in. This should be based on wealth, not just income. Lower income/wealth seniors should pay $2,500 annual out of pocket before Medicare pays for anything. Higher income/wealth seniors should pay $15,000 annual out of pocket.
It is absolutely ridiculous that working class people have to pay for health care of wealthier seniors. - 5/25/11, 11:20 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"...Please explain how YOU would make Medicare "strong and solvent" by reducing healthcare costs (not the individuals but collectively)...'
You don't expect garage to suggest a solution do you? How then could he demagogue the issue about how evil republicans want to kill grandma? - 5/25/11, 11:36 AM
- windbag said...
It's the economy, stupid.
That will bury Obama. Durable goods orders were down in April...I think it was 3.2%. Inventories are at record highs. Translation: companies bought as much as they thought they could sell before inflation hits us full-force in another month or so. They do not expect to need/sell much, so they aren't buying.
As our economy begins to reflect the failed strategy of Obama, the misery index, already higher than when Americans showed Carter the door, will continue to rise. Obama will be just one of the casualties of his own policies. - 5/25/11, 11:54 AM
- windbag said...
It was 3.6%. My bad.
Misery index source:
http://lonelyconservative.com/2011/05/thanks-obama-shadow-stat-misery-index-highest-ever/ - 5/25/11, 11:58 AM
- shiloh said...
The faster the nation collapses
Again, the ad nauseam, 24/7 whining of AA's lemmings is duly noted. As is all their inane rationalizations.
Although, even during a low turnout temporary "wave" mid-term, a bat shit crazy candidate is still a negative ie O'Donnell, Buck, McMahon, Miller, Angle.
Corwin wasn't bat shit crazy, just god awful.
Sorta like the current Rep prospective field for pres as they are a combination of the two lol.
And please, let the whining/rationalizations continue, although this being a negative Republican thread, it will quickly die, much like the Ryan plan.
take care, blessings - 5/25/11, 12:03 PM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
Who farted? Oh never mind, it was just Shiloh stopping by.
- Titus said...
The CraigsList guy won this district a year ago with over 70% of the vote.
I would of done the Craigslist guy. - 5/25/11, 12:17 PM
- Sloanasaurus said...
It is absolutely ridiculous that working class people have to pay for health care of wealthier seniors.
But the deal offered when medicare was passed was that everybody pays and everyone gets. So are you arguning that medicare is really a welfare program or that it should be one? - 5/25/11, 12:19 PM
- themightypuck said...
Physician salaries are not the problem. They have been steady for a decade while physician costs (like malpractice insurance) have gone up. The rise in health care costs is not doctors.
- Sloanasaurus said...
Republicans seem to do poorly in these New York Special Elections. The turn out was horrible, 50% of the turn out in Nov 2010.
The election victory could turn out to benefit republicans in that that it is a wake-up call to explain better what is going on with Medicare.
If it is true that Seniors are coming out and voting against any changes to the program than they are screwing the younger generations for their own selfishness. - 5/25/11, 12:35 PM
- Oclarki said...
The faster we start pushing old people off cliffs the better. Old people are lame, if you love your mom, take care of her your own damn self. As a nation, we don't bat an eye at 30 million abortions, but controlling the cholesterol of 90 year olds is a sacred national commitment.
- Terrye said...
Well hell, she only won because there was a third party candidate. And you know what? Seniors don't like Obamacare anymore than they like Ryan's plan. In fact they kind of balance each other out..except for the fact that Ryan is being honest and the Democrats are siphoning hundreds of billions out of Medicare to pay for that albatross Obamacare. The question is not whether there will be cuts in Medicare, but what kind of cuts. Of course that will not stop the Democrats from lying their behinds off in a shameless effort to get elected. That is their usual m. o.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"...If it is true that Seniors are coming out and voting against any changes to the program than they are screwing the younger generations for their own selfishness...."
Screw them whippersnappers! Let em pay their dues like the blue hairs did. Ungrateful whelps. They didn't defeat Hitler so you could spend your money on video games when they need medicine. - 5/25/11, 12:45 PM
- Robert Cook said...
"As a nation, we don't bat an eye at 30 million abortions, but controlling the cholesterol of 90 year olds is a sacred national commitment."
That's because the 30 million aborted aren't a voting bloc and don't pay taxes.
The cohort of 90 years olds (and younger) with high cholesterol (or other ailments) is a large voting bloc, who are also taxpayers, and will one day include every one of us who doesn't die earlier. - 5/25/11, 12:59 PM
- Robert Cook said...
"If it is true that Seniors are coming out and voting against any changes to the program than they are screwing the younger generations for their own selfishness."
Yep. They just oughta get up out of their Barka Loungers and go jump selflessly into the ice flos, all the while thinking of the children. - 5/25/11, 1:02 PM
- Robert Cook said...
"I would of done the Craigslist guy."
Would HAVE...would HAVE.
Jeebus! - 5/25/11, 1:04 PM
- Phil 3:14 said...
There is just no primary private market for elderly health insurance.
Huh? You mean like the private market for electrical power and clean water? Admittedly a poor analogy because a sudden need for water (i.e. filling your swimming pool) doesn't cost you $20,000, let alone does you monthly water meter service charge (you know the charge for just having access to the water) exceed $200.
I think what you're suggesting is because the feds offer a very low cost alternative to essentially everyone over 65 its a very skewed market. But the fact that people buy Medicare supplemental insurance or that they shop around for the best - 5/25/11, 1:13 PM
- mccullough said...
Phil 3:14,
Supplemental (Medigap) is not primary. No sane insurance company would offer primary insurance to a group consisting of people 65 and over unless the premiums were sky-high (a lot higher than the vouchers).
Although Ryan deserves a lot of credit for a plan that finally proposes reforms to Medicare, his plan is not well thought out. Pushing for higher out-of-pockets is the way to go for now.
Plus, if you notice when Obama always talks about tax hikes he uses Warren Buffet as an example of someone who can afford (and is willing) to pay a lot more in taxes. In the next breath, Obama has been saying how we need to take care of our seniors.
A great soundbite for the next politician who says "President Obama thinks Warren Buffet pays too little in taxes. But President Obama believes a married couple with 2 kids making $75,000 a year should pay for Warren Buffet's health-care as well as the health care for the hundreds of thousands of wealthy seniors. I think that couple should be allowed to take care of their kids and let Mr. Buffet and Mr. Obama's other wealthy friends pay for their own healthcare." - 5/25/11, 1:22 PM
- Alex said...
You can try to spin it any way you like, but according to all the national polls Americans hate RyanCare.
- Alex said...
If it is true that Seniors are coming out and voting against any changes to the program than they are screwing the younger generations for their own selfishness.
When has that ever stopped them? - 5/25/11, 1:31 PM
- Oclarki said...
If the greatest generation hadn't raised the biggest bunch of selfish spoiled brats, the tax payer wouldn't be on the hook for all these old farts health care. The boomers turned their collective backs on their own parents in a way completely unknown to every previous generation and society on the planet. Take care of your elders you smug boomers. It's not my job.
- Crimso said...
'I'd love to see a republican do an identical "throw grandma off the cliff" ad.'
Not identical. Instead, roll grandma right up to the edge, then gently help her out of the chair and safely away from the edge. Then plop a baby in the chair and push it off the cliff. Because we're spending that baby's grandchildren's money at this point. - 5/25/11, 1:49 PM
- Phil 3:14 said...
You're equating high premiums with lack of market. There is a market (that may or may not respond well to an insurance product. I think what you're struggling with is the consumers costs in that market. - 5/25/11, 2:54 PM
- Steve Koch said...
The only good solution is to reduce health care costs. Obviously government control of health care is the worst way to reduce medical costs. Medical and insurance professionals have to step up and figure out how to improve the efficiency of delivering health care.
The advantage of a voucher approach is that with more competition you get a more efficient, less corrupt solution. There will be a market for those vouchers but the service provided will be commensurate with the size of the voucher. The medical/insurance providers who are most efficient will dominate the business and drive costs down.
We have known for decades that when the baby boomers get old, we would be in a very tough financial situation because the baby boomer generation is so large. Clearly the country cannot afford to pay for the most advanced treatment for everybody. People with medical problems that require really expensive treatment will be in trouble if all they have is government insurance. There is no way around that. We all die sooner or later.
A voucher solution will also encourage seniors to move to countries with cheaper health care. The lack of the most sophisticated medical technology in those countries will be less of a deterrent if a senior can't afford that technology anyway. - 5/25/11, 2:58 PM
- Phil 3:14 said...
Physician salaries are not the problem. They have been steady for a decade while physician costs (like malpractice insurance) have gone up. The rise in health care costs is not doctors.
If physicians salaries constitute 25% of the total per capita spend AND if the fact that our per capita spending is 50% higher than the next highest country is considered a probably, then physician earnings, in aggregate, ARE (a part of) the problem.
The problem with addressing this "problem" via price controls in a "universal" system is the progressive lack of access of patients. They have a "ticket" but no where to go. As a case in point see dentists and children on Medicaid - 5/25/11, 3:01 PM
- Matthew said...
Okay, here's how to reduce the costs of healthcare:
1. Let anyone born before 1960 die of whatever non-contagious ailment they happen to have, UNLESS they have paid for their own, private insurance.
2. Deny all but emergency (and I do mean EMERGENC; Don't show up for a sore throat or the sniffles) care to anyone who can't prove US Citizenship. Deny birth certificates to anyone who cannot prove that at least one parent is a US Citizen, or has permission to be in the country within 72 hours of birth.
This is a two-fer: you take away the Birthright citizenship bullshit, and you deny the extention of Medicaid to the rest of the illegal alien family through the child.
3. Let anyone who is collecting any form of public assistance do one month of community service for every day they're in a hospital and not paying for it. Watch how fast the ER empties of the most outrageous cases of bleeding hangnails, pinkeye, sinusitis. "I need a fix" mystery ailments, and the ever-popular "I don't know how it got there, just please get it out" cases.
4. Defund Medicare completely, but gradually over 15 to 20 years; it's a welfare program that has far outlived it's usefulness. It's a job programs for people too stupid to work in the public sector. i.e. government union workers. Firing them probably solves half the problems.
5. Sanction every malpractice attorney in the country who files a frivolous/baseless malpractice suit to the tune of $50k, plus the defendant's court costs, for each violation.
Cap malpractice awards to 10x provable damages. Make certain everyone on a jury can read at 5th grade level before they get to hear a case.
6. Vote for candidates who push for free-market, rather than government-dictated, insurance reforms. Send the democrats to the same place where Ted Kennedy now resides, i.e. Hades.
Allow every insurer to operate across state lines. I thought that's why we had a Commerce Clause, or is that just so we can allow people to cross state lines to get abortions?
There, 6 easy steps to a better healthcare system! You're welcome. - 5/25/11, 3:21 PM
- Robert Cook said...
"A voucher solution will also encourage seniors to move to countries with cheaper health care."
This is simply imbecilic. - 5/25/11, 3:43 PM
- Scott M said...
This is simply imbecilic.
Normally, one might say such and then go on to point out why. Was it really worth the effort to stop after the c.? - 5/25/11, 3:44 PM
- Robert Cook said...
Scott M.
Yes. Some things are so jaw-droppingly stupid that fingers have to be pointed. - 5/25/11, 3:50 PM
- Matthew said...
I, for one, would simply rejoice if several million Baby Boomers decided to move to Canada for the subsidized Viagra.
- Steve Koch said...
Could you explain why people moving to another country for retirement to save money on health care costs is imbecilic? A lot of people already move to other countries for retirement because it is cheaper in those countries. If the medical voucher turns out to be relatively small (say $10k), what is imbecilic about moving somewhere where you can get more medical care for the buck?
The USA has elite medical care (albeit very expensive) but it will not be available to those who have to get by on the basic government medical voucher. - 5/25/11, 4:19 PM
- Robert Cook said...
Why the fuck should American citizens who have lived here all their lives have to uproot themselves from from their homes and communities, from their friends and families and support networks, to move to other countries to receive medical care?
How many elderly do you think can afford to move to other counties? If they cannot afford the health care available to them here, what makes you think they have the disposable funds to transplant themselves abroad?
How many elderly do you think might be too ill or frail to leave their homes here to move elsewhere?
How many other countries do you think would readily welcome a flood of aged American immigrants, many of them sickly, who will be an added burden on the health care system in those other countries?
You're essentially advocating that we exile elderly Americans abroad--banish them from their own country--rather than provide them with affordable health care in the country where they have lived and worked and paid taxes and established their lives.
Beyond being imbecilic beyond belief, the notion is shitty and heartless beyond words.
Are you a Republican? That would explain a lot. - 5/25/11, 5:05 PM
- Steve Koch said...
Thanks for the more detailed response. The idea is that with vouchers you have more freedom to use your medical bucks as you see fit.
I didn't say that people should have to move to other countries to get medical care, just that if they do, they may be able to get a bigger bang for the buck with vouchers.
With ObamaCare (or any medical system run by the government), that flexibility and freedom of choice won't be possible.
Literally millions of elderly can afford to move to other countries. It would be nice if they can take their medical insurance vouchers with them. Beyond moving to another country, let's not forget medical tourism. For example, many Americans cross the border to Mexico for dental work and prescription drugs. It would be nice to pay for that with medical and dental vouchers.
It is up to other countries to decide whether they want to admit American immigrants.
As a country, we decide to spend x bucks on subsidizing healthcare. X is independent of the way the health care is delivered. That is, we can spend x dollars on a government run healthcare system or we can spend those x bucks on medical vouchers that citizens can spend when, where, and how they want. Neither approach is inherently more or less heartless than the other. What is certain, is that the government run medical system will be more corrupt, more politicized, less efficient, more irritating, less flexible, and be more over bearing than a voucher based approach.
Your response was more heat than light and relied heavily on strawman arguments. - 5/25/11, 6:05 PM
- Don't Tread 2012 said...
I live in NY-26 and voted, here are my observations:
1. Jack Davis is a bit of a flake, and anyone that voted for him obviously would have voted for Corwin had he not run. I know people that work for Davis, he apparently is a good businessman but inconsistent in his political views. He previously ran as a democrat.
2. Corwin was a bit of an unknown, and she still is...she could have asserted herself better had she fired the staffer that beclowned himself trying to embarrass Davis. Way too vanilla. Not a good candidate.
3. Kathy Hochul is a fine lady, that just so happens to be a democrat. I have no issue with her winning, really, she was the best candidate, and that is more of a slam on the repubs than anything I guess. She stood up to the state dem apparatchik on some issues having to do with DMV fees and the like, so she showed some fiscal sense sticking up for the little guy. My fear is she will be another victim of DC dem politics.
Bottom line is this state has been run into the fiscal red by 50 years of dem party rule. Population loss, property tax hikes, a dearth of generous social programs and giveaways, and the fact that the largest employer in the state is civil service weighs heavily on our future.
Many people have given up and gone elsewhere, mostly those that are productive. This state, left unchanged, will eventually collapse under its own weight. - 5/25/11, 6:12 PM
- Phil 3:14 said...
Here's a great example of a Medicare change that reduces the cost for the individual but increases the cost to the system.
Yes, if you want to "leverage" market forces you must "allow" (at least partially) the consumer to feel some of the costs of their decision. And then maybe they will decide that:
1) I don't need that fancy new med that does nothing for my prostate cancer
2)I'll take the cheaper blood pressure medicine instead.
Neither of those is telling old folks to die - 5/25/11, 6:16 PM
- Joanna said...
The govt should obviously pass a directive that outlaws scientific innovations.
Advances in science and brand new medical treatments are expensive. If they simply do not exist, then people wont complain about not having access to them.
(Hell, if we did this 20 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today.) - 5/25/11, 6:30 PM
- Robert Cook said...
"What is certain, is that the government run medical system will be more corrupt, more politicized, less efficient, more irritating, less flexible, and be more over bearing than a voucher based approach."
Certain according to whom? - 5/25/11, 6:41 PM
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Hugh W. Moore, 79, passed away peacefully August 7, 2014, surrounded by family and friends in Wenatchee, WA. Born in Seattle, WA on June 6, 1935, Hugh grew up on Capitol Hill and attended St. Pat's, St. Joe's, and Seattle Prep, before graduating from Garfield High School in 1953. He was a sports fanatic. He loved the Seahawks, Mariners, and Huskies and was an epic story teller. He loved to tell jokes, often times the same joke multiple times. He always had a smile on his face and you always knew he was in the room. Hugh was a sales representative for Safeco Insurance for 18 years before moving to Winthrop, WA in 1972, where he owned and operated Sam's Place Restaurant and Bar until his retirement. Following his retirement, he and his wife Jan split time between Wenatchee and Maui, so they could be close to their daughter, Lori. Jan passed away in 2011. He was a dedicated Starbuck's customer, where he met his buddies every morning. Many of them came to see him in his final days. He was a car buff and treasured his 1975 Corvette.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Janet Moore; son, Craig Moore; and daughter, Renee Moore. He is survived by his wonderful daughter, Lori Jan Moore of Lahaina, HI; his sisters, Lynn Olson of Chelan, WA and Barbara Petzold of Lake Sammamish; his brother, Michael Moore (Marnell) of Manhattan Beach, CA; five grandchildren, Cory Moore and Jason Moore of Mansfield, WA., Kayla Hipol of Maple Valley, WA, Jessica Moore of Twisp, WA, and Tihani Moore of Lahaina, HI. He is also survived by five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
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The brain releases signals to mark rewards for certain behavior. Some medications for Parkinson disease (PD) can cause some patients to engage in compulsive behavior, possibly because the medications affect this reward system.
By using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), researchers can study brain activity when an individual receives a reward.
To learn how the brains of people with PD behave when rewarded.
To learn whether two common Parkinson medications (levodopa and pramipexole) change this behavior.
To compare reward signals in the brains of healthy volunteers with reward signals in the brains of people with PD.
Women between 50 and 80 years of age and men between 45 and 80 years of age.
Participants will be divided into healthy volunteers and volunteers who have mild to moderate PD.
Prescreening will consist of a neurological examination and a series of questions about gambling habits and drug and alcohol use.
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- Before the simulation, participants will receive TMS to establish a baseline response rate.
- During the simulation, participants will play a game in which they will receive real money.
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- TMS administered after patients have taken levodopa.
- TMS administered after patients have taken pramipexole....
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Parkinson Disease |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Motor Cortex Reward Signaling in Parkinson Disease |
Enrollment: | 35 |
Study Start Date: | November 8, 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 13, 2011 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 45 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
-Age 45-70 years
- Mild-moderate disease (Hoehn and Yahr stage 1-2).
- Age 45-70 yrs
- Pre-menopausal status in women: Preliminary data in healthy, cycling women suggests that the variation in paired-pulse inhibition caused by the menstrual cycle may obscure the change in the response induced by the behavioral task.
- Significant neurological or psychiatric history other than PD
- Exposure to DA agonists within a month of study
- History of habitual gambling, defined as either visiting casinos more than once per month or playing cards for money more than once per week or gambling over the internet more than once per month
- Habitual consumption of more than two drinks a day, marijuana more than once a week or any other illicit drug use within the last three months
- Significant abnormality on neurological examination other than PD related signs
- Metal in the cranial cavity or eye, pacemaker, implanted pumps or stimulators
- Use of non-PD related medications affecting the DA system, such as phenothiazine antihistamines (promethazine), antiemetics or decongestants in the last month
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00558766
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00558766 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | November 14, 2007 |
Last Updated: | January 24, 2017 |
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Disruptive Behavior Disorders Behavior Gambling Dopaminergic Mechanisms |
Dopamine Parkinson Disease PD |
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Parkinson Disease Parkinsonian Disorders Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases |
Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Movement Disorders Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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We take the Web's new economic model for granted. It does work. When we search for a restaurant, a free service finds us the right one. It rarely occurs to us that someone else is making money on our activities.
The Internet has enshrined the right of distributors–portals, pipe providers, aggregators, search engines, Web site operators, social networks and the like–to harvest the value of content created by us, the producers. And nowhere is that right more firmly upheld than at Facebook.
As we poke, quiz and swap photos with friends, Facebook is learning precious clues about who we are and what we might some day spend real money on. We've been fine with this. After all, Facebook is giving us an experience we can't get elsewhere. But this equilibrium might soon change.
When Facebook goes public at $10 billion or more and Mark Zuckerberg stuffs $2 billion into the back pocket of his blue jeans, people just might begin to ask where all that dough came from, and who really created it.
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A year ago Facebook had to backpedal madly when it changed its terms of service to grant the company broader rights to user-generated content. So Zuckerberg has tiptoed around exactly how he intends to monetize all this great data. But when the company has its big liquidity event, the hiding is over.
Facebook's third-party harvesters have been more forthcoming and aggressive. As Dennis Yu, chief executive of ad agency BlitzLocal and Internet spammer par excellence, said, "While people poked, bit, slapped, kissed and drop-kicked each other," Facebook game developers were making $10,000 a day passing on their user names, profile pictures and personal details to advertisers who were paying to serve "personalized" ads.
Engage people in pillow fights and then mine their profile data. That's how it's done. Let people come in and do something "fun" for free, watch all their little footprints, find the patterns, then sell that information to someone who cares.
People don't seem to mind because they think they're getting something for their contribution: access to friends, useful search results and information. But really it's like The Matrix. Your lifeblood fuels the system, and you're blissfully unaware, thinking yourself a participant in some Nirvana, a digital world, a Second Life much sweeter than your own. You're happy with a few bits and pixels while someone else makes off with the money.
Can we, the creators, the owners of the actual blood, retain this value and not let the Internet "drug developers" use it to make the next billion-dollar killing?
Not really. You can perform your own "sit-in" by reducing participation. You can minimize your profile, saying mostly nothing about yourself. You can lie, put in a few items that just aren't true (wrong birthday, address in the next town over). These things decrease your "attack surface." However, recent research indicates that even bad data has huge value if you have enough of it. And Facebook has tons.
You can tighten up those Facebook privacy settings, as recommended by the New York Times. Set your share updates setting to "Only Friends," rather than the default "Everyone." Set your "Personal Info" setting to "Only Friends." If you mark it "Friends of Friends," you've just let in pretty much anyone. Uncheck the "Allow" box on your search setting, or else anything marked as viewable by everyone will end up on Google. Oh, and don't forget to opt out of that new setting, the "Instant Personalization Pilot Program," which was recently added (with a default opt-in setting). This one gives new sites you might sign up for access to your Facebook data.
Facebook's eroding privacy was recently highlighted in an Electronic Frontier Foundation article by Kurt Opsahl. Five years ago, Facebook was all about protecting your information. Now it's all about making that information more valuable to third parties.
For now, we don't mind other people making money on our social activity, perhaps because most of this monetizing happens out of our view. But the day Facebook goes public and we see just how rich we've made a few people, we may revisit the proposition. Making money isn't inherently evil, but we do tend to resent those who get rich on our backs.
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You might not know Wayne Federman by name, but you've seen his face, we're sure of it. Mr. Federman has been in such movies as Legally Blonde, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Step Brothers, 50 First Dates, and Funny People, and played Garry Shandling's brother Stan on the seminal 90's series The Larry Sanders Show. Wayne Federman knows comedy, and he knows a lot of other comedians, which was sort of the germ of inspiration for The 1st Annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival, which kicks off this weekend at Cinefamily in Hollywood, featuring some of the world's greatest comedians curating some of their favorite films, apropos of nothing except for the fact that they really love them.
The idea, Federman says, came to him when a friend (and former Simpsons writer) Rob Cohen rented a movie theater and showed the 1966 classic Batman, featuring the original Caped Crusader, Adam West, just because he really loved the movie. A couple years later, Patton Oswalt showed off The Fist Foot Way in similar fashion, and Wayne was attracted to the idea of comedians talking about and showing movies they'd had nothing to do with personally. So, he decided on a festival experience during which he would curate the comedians and they would curate the films.
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It seems that The Dark Knight Rises may have resolved one if its nagging issues: The voice of Tom Hardy's masked muscled menace, Bane.
According to a report from Collider, director, Christopher Nolan has apparently made good on his promise on some slight tweaks to Bane's audio by filtering out background noises and sharpening the dialogue.
Reportedly, projectionists were given new audio for the 6 minute prologue shown with the IMAX version of Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, improving Bane's dialogue by "40-50%."
So, has Batman's villainous vertebra-snapper truly received a post-production elocution injection?
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Did you have a hard time understanding Tom Hardy's Bane in The Dark Knight Rises trailer?
Well, so did a lot of people, apparently. Sometimes, he sounds like a Bond villain talking over a giant turtleneck sweater, other times when his voice cracks, he's Will Forte in a scuba mask. However, he may not be alone in the unintelligible department.
If this footage is indeed accurate, then the film will be looking to take speaking in tongues to a new level of theatrical epicness.
This week, NBC announced their mid-season schedule, and AOTS favorite Community wasn't on it, which doesn't necessarily bode well for the show's future. It hasn't officially been canceled yet, so there's still time for you to voice your opinion to the powers-that-be in time to save the show for next Fall. First, you'll want to sign the petition to save the show, and, before you think to yourself that such things don't ever work, remember the plight of Jericho and Friday Night Lights, both of which were saved as a result of online petition.
And, just in case you need some inspiration to save the show, we've got a whole lot of reasons you might want to consider it, aside from the fact that it's one of the smartest and funniest shows on television, and possibly the very best of the dying breed of situation comedies out there today.
In other words, two old Asian people just invented the most sanitary way to kiss.
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Every yin needs its yang to keep the universe in balance. As we have just reverentially celebrated the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, a somber, soul-searching occasion, it occurs to me that the world needs a super happy celebration of all the awesome things on Earth day to make up the difference. A sort of relentlessly positive occasion during which we revel in being alive and take stock of all of the things in life that cause us joy.
I call it 11/9, which is super convenient, because that happens to be today!
So, I took a quick straw poll around the G4 Interactive offices to see what people were going to celebrate on 11/9, the day of awesome, and this is what I came up with. Also, one of my favorite things is making up nicknames and job titles for people, so I'm going to be doing that here.
James "The 1%" Elkin - Master of X-Play Online - I like ice cream and apple pie, and air conditioning just 'cause. I like photos of puppies in marine helmets, and cats driving tanks. I like Rocky and Rambo, and the parts of Team America that don't seem French. I like Bourbon and branch, and shotgun serenades. I like this Marlboro I'm lighting. I like this photo:
Inspired By McRib: Other Limited Fast Food Items We Want Back!
There's a lot of hype surrounding this iteration of the return of McDonalds's McRib sandwich, which, it seems, comes and goes about every six months or so these days, and it got us thinking about the limited edition fast food items that have also come and gone over the years and how much we'd love to see them come back.
So, without further adieu, let us look at some of those delicious foodstuffs and wonder if we'll ever see them again.
1. McDonald's Chopped Beefsteak Sandwich - There were some excellent things about this oblong burger on a long bun with onions and barbecue sauce, which disappeared in the early 80's, not long after its debut. It was a sort of classy version of a McDonald's burger, and it was definitely thicker and meatier than the other burgers they had on offer at the time. The only bummer about this sandwich, aside from the fact that we'll likely never see it again, is that they absolutely would not put cheese on it, under any circumstances, which I couldn't figure out and still can't, but, then, I'm not a McDonalds executive, either.
Are you participating in the Occupy protests but worried about how to tell your friends and family that you've been arrested? There's an app for that. No, really. It's called the "I'm Getting Arrested" app for Android phones and it "enables anyone, with one click, to broadcast a custom message to SMS numbers in the event they are arrested."
Technology is now so amazing that with a click (or swipe) of your smartphone screen, you can tell all the necessary people in your life that you're headed to jail. While this app was created specifically for the Occupy Wall Street rallies, we thought it could come in handy for other situations.
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Nice sentiment, but get a life.
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I was hoping for a picture of the tiny kitchen! Glad you all arrived safely!
Day 1 - Getting Settled, Copacabana Beach
Trip Start
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Trip End
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We haven't seen any rioting yet, but we have seen the nutball driving.
So today that meant, unpack, get groceries right next door to our apt., and go to Copacabana Beach.
The apartment we rented definitely looked better on the internet! :) It is fine, but the kitchen is WAY smaller than it looked in the pictures. We are used to other countries having smaller kitchens, but this is up there with the smallest of kitchens.
The grocery store... expensive, like a lot of other countries. One unusual thing is the phone in the meat department.. I guess you use it if you have a question regarding your meat choices??? See pic of Stace and random shopper with a question about meat??
After getting all of our house work done we headed to Copacabana. Great beach as we expected, with a cool swell. For dinner, we went to a buffet that charges by the 100 grams. This makes you careful with what you put on your plate and you better eat it. The perfect way to end a long day of travel.


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The battle between Jonathan Toews and Ryan Kesler, two of the best centers in the league, was one of the highlights of the Blackhawks-Vancouver Canucks series.
"The matchup [was] pretty amazing," Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "Their production [was] probably not reflective of their play."
On Wednesday, Toews, Kesler and the Detroit Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk were named the finalists for the Selke Trophy, which goes to the best defensive forward.
Datsyuk could become the first to win the award, voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association, four consecutive years. But Kesler, a finalist for the third year in a row, is considered the favorite.
"It's been a good battle," Toews, a first-time Selke finalist, said before Game 7. "Obviously, he's a good offensive player, and he's been playing smart defensively. He's been good with his stick and making sure he's taking away some of those opportunities."
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Troy Aikman hints he might deck Skip Bayless if two were to meet
Troy Aikman has a long memory, at least when it comes to Skip Bayless.
Bayless (right), a former Dallas sports columnist, wrote a book about the Dallas Cowboys that was published in 1996, when Aikman was the team's star quarterback. In the book, Bayless famously speculated -- without providing a shred of evidence -- that Aikman might be gay.
This week, Aikman was asked about the episode on BaD Radio, the afternoon talk show on The Ticket (1310 AM).
After saying -- rather gratuitously -- "I'm not so sure Skip's not gay," Aikman made it clear that he still bears a grudge.
"When a guy like that comes out and, whether it's intimated or stated, and there's no substance to that claim, and he's doing it purely to gain interest in a book, that's a problem.," he said.
Aikman then added:
"I will tell you this. I've not seen -- I've not physically seen Skip Bayless since that time. That was in '95. And I still kind of wonder what I might do to him when I do see him."
Dan McDowell, the co-host of BaD Radio, pressed him on the point.
"You certainly will say something," McDowell said.
"Oh, yeah. Yeah," Aikman replied.
"But you don't think it will get physical, do you?" McDowell said.
"Well, I mean, I don't know. I don't know," Aikman said.
Bayless is now a commentator for ESPN.
I couldn't find an easy way to get to the Aikman interview on the Ticket's website. You can find it by going to the station's home page, then clicking on "Podcasts ," then clicking on "BaD - Troy Aikman." The interview is just under eight minutes long. The part about Bayless begins at 4:24.
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Thompson v. Ocwen Financial Corp et al
Mel Thompson
Ocwen Financial Corp, Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., William C. Erbey, New Century Mortgage, Angel T. Berry, Hunt, Leibert, Jacobson P.C. and Geoffrey K. Milne
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March 20, 2013
Connecticut District Court
New Haven Office
New Haven
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Real Property: Other
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DePaul Faces Big Challenge Wednesday at No. 10/9 Georgetown
Oct. 22, 2013 CHICAGO - After you're finished with one challenge, there's often a bigger one coming up when you compete in one of the country's best soccer conferences. That is the task facing DePaul heading into a 2 p.m. match on Wednesday at No. 9/10 Georgetown in a BIG EAST confrontation. After a tough loss at Seton Hall last Saturday, here comes Georgetown (10-3-1, 3-1-1 in the BIG EAST) with a 6-1-1 mark at Shaw Field. The Hoyas, who finished second in the NCAA tournament last year, lead the BIG EAST in goals scored, points and fewest goals allowed. The Last Meeting
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Brandon Allen has nine goals and three assists while Steve Neumann has eight goals and four assists. Alex Muyl has contributed three goals and six assists. Georgetown comes in with a lofty No. 6 rating in the RPI and has outscored its opponents 28-8. At one point earlier in the season, four BIG EAST teams were ranked among the top 16 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire national poll. "Georgetown and the BIG EAST provide us with the opportunity to play against the best," said DePaul soccer coach Craig Blazer. "That's a big reason why recruits come to DePaul. They know they'll get a chance to prove themselves against the best." DePaul (4-8-2, 0-4-1) has played well in their last three visits to Washington, D.C. In 2011, the Blue Demons trailed No. 17 Georgetown 1-0 and couldn't come up with the equalizer for 89 minutes. With 38 seconds left, the Hoyas scored an insurance goal. In 2009, goalkeeper Joe Ferrari made two game-changing saves on penalty kicks in a shootout won by DePaul that advanced the Blue Demons to the BIG EAST quarterfinals. In 2008, Blazer's team fell 1-0 to No. 22 Georgetown.
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TUPELO – Growth isn't easy, and in Tupelo's case, it's not cheap.
Lee County's taxpayers have spent nearly $1.3 million in the past decade to both fund and fight the city's annexation attempts. The first two tries ended without a city expansion; the current one is tied up in court.
The most recent hearing was Tuesday in Lee County Chancery Court, as attorneys for both sides negotiated through Judge Edward C. Prisock.
The case could go to trial by late this year, and costs are expected to climb.
Add to the legal fees the roughly $18 million Tupelo promised to invest in the proposed annexation areas – if it succeeds in taking them – and municipal growth becomes a pricey affair.
But it's one city officials deem necessary. In the years since Tupelo's previous successful annexation in 1989, commercial and residential properties continue to develop around the municipality's rim. Residents and businesses there enjoy many of the city's benefits without paying the taxes or obeying the codes.
If it annexes those areas, Tupelo can collect additional revenues while enforcing stricter building and infrastructure rules. It also gives the landlocked city more area to lure new development.
In return, residents and businesses will get improved police and fire protection and, in some cases, newer infrastructure.
Tupelo is eyeing 16.15 square miles from various areas ringing the city, and it would pull in some 2,850 residents.
But many county residents don't want it. And they, along with the Lee County Board of Supervisors and the cities of Plantersville and Saltillo, will try to prevent the annexation in court. Lee County was successful at thwarting Tupelo's previous annexation attempt in 2006 and will use many of the same strategies to try to foil it this time, too.
Saltillo and Plantersville oppose the annexation largely because they believe Tupelo is imposing on their paths of growth.
The two sides have spent more than $1 million combined in the most recent and the current attempt: $617,987 by the county and $428,316 by the city, according to officials from both entities. Tupelo residents fund both sides of the fight since they pay both city and county taxes.
An earlier attempt, in 1997, that also ended in defeat for the city cost roughly $240,000.
As for the city's successful annexation bids: The first occurred in 1946 when it swallowed the willing town of East Tupelo; the second was in 1989 when it pushed out from all sides and nearly doubled its size.
Both times the city breezed through the process with little opposition. Not so lately, partly because the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in the early 1990s that counties could legally challenge annexation.
Since that time, Tupelo has had nothing but growing pains.
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Tom Van Riper, Contributor
I cover the business of sports for Forbes.
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Miami Dolphins Safety
Salary 2007 to 2009: $18.3 million
Another recipient of Al Davis largess, Wilson got a six-year, $39 million contract with Oakland in 2008, then was let go after one season. The Dolphins then took a chance on him for five years and $27 million in 2009, but Wilson was again let go after collecting his guaranteed $8 million. He's now with Cincinnati, his fourth team in seven NFL seasons.


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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
By Shelley Grieshop
Calcium crusade in Coldwater
COLDWATER - How could soaking chicken bones in vinegar teach children about the importance of calcium in their diet?
During the last four weeks, students at Coldwater Elementary School saw firsthand that bones left in vinegar and deprived of calcium became soft and breakable - just as theirs would if they do not eat the right foods.
"Getting enough calcium in these kids is not just good now while their bodies are building that bone mass, but later when they're older," says Registered Dietitian Julie Hemmelgarn of Mercer Health.
The eight-week "Calcium Expeditions - Strong Bones, Strong Teeth, Strong You" lesson for third- through sixth-graders (about 450 students) was introduced to the boys and girls courtesy of Mercer Health and a 3-A-Day National Education Grant it secured this year. The program is helping the school fulfill a state-mandated wellness policy.
Two $5,000 grants were awarded in both Ohio and West Virginia by the National Dairy Council in an effort to teach the "3-A-Day of Dairy" nutritional guideline that also promotes physical activity. Norwood Community Partners of the Cincinnati area was the other Ohio grant recipient.
Hemmelgarn said seven out of 10 boys and nine out of 10 girls do not get the calcium their growing bodies need. However, those statistics from the Dairy Council likely aren't completely accurate for children in the Grand Lake area, she admits.
"We live in a pretty good area overall where parents do make an effort to give their children the nutritional foods they need," Hemmelgarn adds.
The program began in late September as students met once each week with Hemmelgarn during their physical education class. Topics each week included Uncovering Bone Basics, with the bone experiment; Exploring the Flavors, getting children to try a variety of dairy foods; Mapping Out The Facts, teaching how to read food labels to determine fat and calcium content; and Putting the Pieces Together, an overall review.
Students also were asked to log each minute they spent doing physical activity for one month, with prizes awarded to those meeting weekly goals. Each class participated in calcium challenges by dividing into teams with names like Yogo Heads, Cheese-a-rino's and The Royal Dairy's.
Hemmelgarn was startled to learn how many students had never tasted some of the calcium-enriched foods she used during the program.
"During the taste testing some of the third- and fourth-graders said they'd never tried cottage cheese," she says.
Parents need to introduce foods to their children that provide the needed calcium, she says.
"The kids are learning which foods provide the most calcium in their diet so they can help the whole family make better choices," Hemmelgarn says.
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Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
By Amy Kronenberger
Rockford council appoints Fox to fill vacancy
ROCKFORD - Rockford council members appointed a new member Tuesday.
Gary "Wilbur" Fox, 46, 408 Pearl St., was sworn in by mayor Amy Joseph during council's regular meeting and immediately assumed his duties. Fox said he volunteered for the vacated seat because he wanted to do his part for the village.
"I just wanted to help the community," he said after the meeting. "I've been thinking about it for a while and decided the time was right."
Fox replaced Peggy Blossom, who resigned during the Nov. 5 council meeting. Blossom was appointed to the position in January after former council member Gary Hodge resigned.
Also on Tuesday, council members passed the final 2014 budget. Total appropriations in the general fund are expected to be $361,205, down from $368,442 this year. Village administrator Jeff Long estimates 2014 revenue to be $414,579, including a 2013 carryover of $43,000.
The village's 2014 water fund revenue is projected at $538,107, including an estimated 2013 carryover of $238,107. Appropriations from the fund are estimated at $352,845 - up from $334,425 this year.
The sewer fund will have an estimated revenue of $410,550, including a projected carryover of $103,800. Total 2014 appropriations for the fund are estimated at $345,560.
Long said he recently met with the Rockford Recreation Organization and Mercer County Economic Development Director Jared Ebbing to discuss applying for a grant to help improve Shane's Park.
The grant would pay for another baseball diamond - Diamond 5 - and walking paths throughout the park, Long said. The paths' total distance would range between a half mile and one mile and would include 10 stations for stretching or resting. Each station would have solar lighting.
"A good park is a good economic development tool," Long said, paraphrasing Ebbing.
Council passed a resolution renewing the services of Judy Koesters as village solicitor. She will continue to receive $200 per month for basic services and $80 per hour for services rendered for litigation or other special projects. Koesters works for the village on an as-needed basis.
Council members also,
• discussed the possibility of constructing a digital sign on Main Street to promote the village and local businesses. Tom Rogers of the Rockford Belle and several business owners expressed interest in donating to the project.
• learned 2014 Mercer County dog tags are available for purchase at the village hall.
• were reminded a Community Days meeting will be held at 7 p.m. today at the village hall. Joseph requested representatives from all organizations and any interested volunteers to participate. If the meeting is not a success, the annual summer festival might be canceled, Joseph said.
• were encouraged to visit Shane's Park to see the Christmas decorations and light displays. Joseph thanked Joyce Emans and other volunteers for completing the project.
• were reminded to continue helping the police department stay on top of the weed and junk ordinance in the village.
• learned WCSM radio station would host a "Spotlight on Rockford" Dec. 9-13, during which $750 in Rockford gift certificates will be given away. The program is sponsored by the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.
• were reminded the Rockford Area Development Corporation will be giving out candy canes at the intersection of state Route 118 and U.S. 33 on Dec. 21 starting at 1 p.m.
• learned the Rockford Belle will host an open house at 1-3 p.m. Dec. 21. Santa Claus will visit and pose for pictures. Cookies and punch will be served. The public is invited to attend. Council members discussed allowing the Belle to host Santa's visit every year and getting rid of the aging Santa House.
• learned leaf pickup will end Dec. 13.
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• Cavs' Hoying receives top offensive honor in Division V
• Wilker has recovered nicely from injuries
• Crestview's three-point barrage buries Parkway
• LCC rolls to victory over St. Marys
• Cavs crush Blazers for third straight win
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