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Scott Noren
for the 23rd
NYS Health Act Rep Susan Beckley
discussing the Act after her talk at Kendal in Ithaca
Future Farmers of America (FFA) Ag Education students at the New York State Farm Bureau Meeting with Dr. Noren
"We cannot keep prescribing opioids the way we were"
"We cannot throw poor people out of their family homes to pay back Medicaid; that's not MY America" – Scott Noren
Health Care IS a Human Right!
Upcoming Events
- February 16th, 2020 – Chautauqua President's day winter festival
- January 15th, 2020 – New York State Union of Teachers. (100 West Church Street, Elmira, NY)
- January 15th, 2020 – Tompkins Farm Bureau Chapter CCE
- Tuesday, January 14, 5:30 pm – Chemung County Democratic Committee (415 W 2nd Elmira NY) – Meet and Greet then talk to the committee
- Wednesday, December 11th – Met with many Union leaders at the Sheet Metal Worker's Int'l Association in Elmira, NY
- December 2-4 – New York State Farm Bureau Meeting, Binghamton New York
- November 26 2019 – Meeting with IBEW #139 Elmira
- November 26 2019 – Meeting with Tioga County NY Democrats Evening
- November 19th 2019 – Met with the Executive Board of the Cornell Democrats
Vision, Issues, & Values
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."
– Shirley Chisholm –
After spending 2 and a half days at the New York State Farm Bureau's state meeting from December 2-4th, I have even more knowledge of the current needs and concerns of NY State farmers from all over the state, including the Southern Tier.
These concerns by farmers include over regulation and worker shortages; there is a need for simplification of the H2 Visa/Guest worker programs so that we can increase the availability of Ag workers for NY and other States' farms. There also needs to be better cooperation between the NY Legislature and farms regarding workers rights and compensation to make the system work better; we need better communication and understanding by the State and Federal government on what farmers need to be successful in their operations. Additionally, the tariffs on China need to be re-addressed so that the undue financial burden is lifted on American farmers and they are not used as pawns for U.S. trade policy wars.
To be continuing as a success story, Southern Tier agriculture needs a skilled labor force. Cornell University and SUNY Broome have created a program to aid in this and I support continued funding for this important endeavor.
I also support initiatives that promote environmental safety and safe water practices but should be balanced with giving landowners and farmers the support they need to do this economically and affordably. When needed, grants to help those that cannot do this on their own should be available as well. I plan on working with REDC's (Regional Economic Development Councils) on ensuring that traditional and technology-intensive farming and food manufacturing in the Southern Tier maintains a positive growth trajectory going into 2020 and beyond. This will involve frequent visits in District with the farmers and manufacturers making this Upstate Ag economy possible. Training farmers to use drone technology for their Ag operations is a high priority.
I firmly support organic farming and the protections they constantly need. There is always pressure on smaller farms let alone being organic and they need environmental protections especially when fossil fuel and other potential hazardous entities encroach on their properties. I pledge to uphold those protections and make sure that federal agencies continue to support these important farms so they exist for our future generations.
2nd AMENDMENT AND GUN ISSUES
There is a divide on concealed carry in NY State. If you have a concealed carry in Upstate it is not valid anywhere in the 5 Boroughs of New York City. I would like to pass federal legislation that would not allow violation of 2nd amendment rights by segregating laws within the same State. This is basically for intrastate reciprocity which might have more support than even the interstate reciprocity legislation pending. I am on the other hand for getting illegal guns out of the hands of criminals and mentally unstable individuals and working on better ways to accomplish this. I also know personally that the laws and costs to start or run a gun range in New York State is completely onerous. I am for making this easier so people have better access to safe gun ranges with more choices.
We should consider psychological pre-testing for at least concealed carry in New York State and nationwide. However, ultimately this should be for all new gun sales and work with the psychiatric community to come up with standards for this.
I would like to create and expand more State/Federal partnerships in job posting/training/networking opportunities for the Southern Tier and close some gaps geographically for offices doing this that are often covering 3 or more Counties. A great State of NY resource that also has Veteran links is: https://labor.ny.gov/jobs/regional.shtm I would also like to increase the number of federally granted job training programs and internship opportunities for many fields and to include Ag training in areas that are not as heavily provided for. Because there are more manufacturing uses for robotics to replace workers, there will be an ongoing need to train a workforce in robotics technology and maintenance, as well as computer software development for that technology.
Basic Health Care is a Right….Tracy says in one of her speeches: "This is what I say… if you don't believe healthcare is a right… of course it's a person's opinion. In the United States Healthcare is not a right by the way. In some European Countries…. In other developed counties in the world it is a right. If we wanted it to be a right we may need a constitutional amendment and that's a very heavy lift".
This is NONSENSE! It IS a right and needs no constitutional amendment.
Dr. Noren sincerely desires a health care system in the US that includes everyone. However, he feels that the current systems are in need of drastic overhauls. He feels that we need an immediate relief from high monthly premium costs by Federal mandate/ law, and to drastically regulate the health insurance industry in such a way as to level the playing field for individuals & businesses. The health care delivery model can be changed over a period of 3- 5 years to a Medicare For All. The reimbursement rates for providers need to be fair and likely 80% of UCR (usual and customary rates). The overall obesity rate and unhealthy habits are causing billions of dollars in extra health care costs in the U.S. and are worse than many countries. We need to have politicians who motivate people to live healthier and also make community exercise facilities more affordable and accessible.
Coverage can be initially solved before Medicare For All. The Kaiser Family Foundation points out that those poor that make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to afford the Unaffordable Care Act premiums are uninsured because States have not expanded Medicaid as was planned. Fueling that fire, the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that this expansion was optional. Though NY expanded somewhat, those gaps still exist as mentioned above, in large numbers.The financial assistance from the ACA is also missing for this 'gapped' population. https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/8659-09-Figure-1.png
Because of the SCOTUS ruling, this is now a Federal jurisdictional issue. We could expand Medicare for those individuals in this terrible gap. How do we pay for this? Some skin in the game will be required in premiums but nowhere near the premium levels for the ACA. Additionally, the amount of fraud waste and abuse is in need of immediate remediation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is non-partisan and needs Congress to act immediately. This needs to be bi-partisan. https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-660T
Fraud for Medicaid alone is over $57 Billion and does not include improper Medicare or other health program payments like CHIP (https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-660T).
The other major way to pay for this gap is by expanding the list of taxed luxury items in the United States Federally and by State. The amount spent by consumers on the existing lists are around $197 Billion for 2020's estimate. Expanding this list and using revenues from this tax could help pay for this Medicaid Gap and at the same time lower the crushing property taxes we pay here and other high tax States. We need a focused, balanced approach and not a politically motivated sound bite with a one spoke solution.
Service-connected health care for Vets needs to be expanded. Too many vets serve our country and then because of a lack of service-connected health care problems find themselves without VA care. This often happens when they get sick after discharge with problems not experienced on active duty. As a previous provider in VA health care facilities, I am experienced enough to serve on the VA House committees for health care and other related committees that look out for our service members, those discharged and retirees. I am especially trained in being able to evaluate what works well and what does not in small and large health care facilities.
Most Americans realize that Border security is best managed by a balanced approach combining physical barriers, intensive technological detection and boots on the ground. This is of course the band-aid for the problem; We need to put severe pressure on the countries that allow sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other forms of violence perpetrated on their own citizens. There would not be so many people trying to cross our border if they felt safe in their own countries south of us and had an economy that provided sufficient jobs. This will take time but we are running out of time. The gangs in some of these countries have run rampant and we need to assist in changing the whole culture of violence and abuse of women there.
We do need to make the path to citizenship for those already living here and lawfully conducting themselves because this is what our country was founded on; a nation of immigrants.
I support H.J.Res.79 – Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment
I support Rep. Jackie Speier's Resolution linked here: Amazingly Tom Reed also co-sponsored it too. This is a rarity for him to support any progressive actions in Congress. Hopefully this will pass and the ERA will get closer to becoming the law of the land.
Meet Rachael
Rachael Noren is Scott and Michelle's special needs daughter.
She was 1lb and 4 oz at birth at 24.5 weeks. She is autistic, has a seizure disorder, mild cerebral palsy and is a delightful young adult now.
We have been through massive numbers of IEP's during her schooling and are subject matter experts on special needs issues.
I will fight for better and better education and health care for special needs children and adults if elected to the U.S. House of Representatives!
The best way to do this is to compare, contrast and add my areas of interest, relevance and experience for working class people that she lacks. I would like you to first look at her bio and her positions and note if she changes any of them to mimic mine like some politicians do. Hopefully she will not do that. Some of my positions have been in the works as an activist for a decade or longer. I originally looked at challenging Senator Gillibrand on the corporate Democracy, lobby money from dark places and flip flop on issues by her and was a constant commentary on the web about those things. You can see some of the flip flop and inconsistencies from the interview with Jake Tapper and Senator Gillibrand if you Google that. To note, in the last election where Tracy lost 10 of 11 Counties, Senator Gillibrand was a supporter of hers. I find this distasteful since just one example of Senator Gillibrand's' lobby money was from a company that locked its workers out for years. I would never seek the endorsement from such a Senator no matter how much I felt they could influence the electorate. Not my style. That goes a long way in showing that Tracy is willing to seek help from such a dark money politician like Senator Gillibrand. Here now is the comparison and contrast on many but not all issues between myself and Tracy Mitrano.
This will read like a book, but if you really give a rat's patoot about who you want to elect to represent you, you'll read it.
Please note, everything that you read below in bold is what I wrote, all non bolded text is taken directly from Tracy Mitrano's website.
Tracy Mitrano is a cybersecurity expert, teacher, and mother. She was born and raised in Western New York and has lived in the Southern Tier and the Finger Lakes throughout her adult life.
Tracy's describes herself all over the web as a cyber security expert, however she has no formal educational degrees in cyber security. She however has been in academia almost her whole professional career. My background as an oral surgeon has been to actually practice as an oral surgeon since 1997, 6 of those years on active duty Army. I actually delivered healthcare when you count being out of dental school in 1990 for 28 years. I am a subject matter expert on the opioid issue and have a novel approach in the healthcare section below. I have practiced in many areas of the country both North and South and in many health care systems. I am a father of 4 kids, now grown and one is special needs who was born 1 lb 4.2 ounces, has a seizure disorder, mild cerebral palsy and is autistic. She is in day hab but needs constant supervision. My wife, who is my nurse at my practice is the amazing primary caregiver, but we both work to make her life healthy and happy. During 3 months of part of my oral and maxillofacial surgery residency, my daily routine was hospital work as a resident, going to the hospital where my daughter incubated as a preemie under a cake cover (true) and endless hours there then to go home exhausted and start all over the next day.
As one silver lining in these experiences, we experienced what is was like to go through airports with her and how difficult it is to navigate with an autistic child. Therefore, I am starting a practice/mock airport experience for special needs children and adults in the Tompkins County Airport with the help of Director Mike Hall this Spring and plan on this being an annual event. It would be the only one in far Upstate New York, Albany having had this done as well as JFK. Stay tuned.
Tracy is running to bring economic opportunity to the 23rd District, which has been left behind for too long. Her election will also bring cybersecurity expertise to Congress, where Tracy will work to ensure the integrity of our elections and the security of our digital borders.
Growing up in Rochester and helping her father in his downtown restaurant, Tracy learned firsthand the importance of community and hard work. From a young age, Tracy learned how crucial it is to have access to good healthcare. Her older brother is developmentally disabled and blind, and when her mother became critically ill, her family nearly went bankrupt paying medical bills.
In contrast, I worked blue collar jobs that included busboy, $1.90 per hour at McDonald's, salad deliverer, medical sterilization in a facility with Cobalt 60 radiation at 700,000 rads at one-foot distance shielded by a 37 ton door on railroad car tracks, and 28 years of healthcare delivery. I am also a part time medical writer, entrepreneur with a sports equipment/patent pending machine I helped design with engineering students at RPI. I paid for my own college and racked up expensive student loan debt that I am at the end of paying off at 58 years old. See my student loan initiative that way precedes Tracy's venture into politics by many years.
The first member of her family to go to college, Tracy believes that our current generation of young people should be able to attend college or vocational schools without incurring lifelong debt. Her education made her deeply appreciative of the excellent schools that New York State has to offer – Tracy graduated with a B.A. from the University of Rochester. She went on to receive her M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from Binghamton University, as well as her J.D. from Cornell Law School. Tracy's education prepared her for a career as an educator, lawyer, and cybersecurity expert.
I have a B.S. in Biology, my DDS and 4 years of residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, and have been an activist in student loan reform, marching with students in NYC and advocating for a 3% cap on all student loans for 8 years, based on the overhead cost of Medicare as a model for plan expenses. Her latest 0% interest platform is pandering, will never pass and position that won't actually help anyone. I think community college should be a voucher system and that is more affordable budget wise than college for all which will also never pass anytime soon. My college loans for undergrad and residency for the first year which was unpaid far exceed what most students endure with a bachelors alone. Schools are sitting on millions of dollars of endowments and need to help fund medical and dental school as Columbia U. has started with medical school.
Tracy's expertise is widely recognized in higher education, government, and the private sector. As the Director of Information Technology Policy at Cornell University from 2001 to 2014, she facilitated some of higher education's first-generation information security policies. She has acted as an expert for Internet2, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Delaware, Tufts University, SafeGov, the New York Public Library, and many others. Her work has given her significant federal policymaking experience, preparing her to serve as a Congresswoman in a district that desperately needs someone who can immediately get to work in Washington to develop legislative responses to the challenges facing NY-23.
Tracy is the proud mother of two adult sons raised in the district. When not traveling around the 11 counties that make up New York's 23rd district, she resides in Penn Yan.
I have 4 children; my oldest is bi-racial and has made a career in Esthetics of skin care despite enduring the growing up difficulties as a woman of color. My son is finishing his college education, my youngest daughter is finishing up her college in a SUNY school studying Broadcast Journalism. I encourage her to be truthful and have ethics that supersede the current environment of bias and hatred that some journalists promote all to freely. My wife grew up in rural Kansas, and unlike Senator Warren IS part native American and proud of that. She is an amazing wife, mother and Registered nurse with a Bachelor's in Nursing from Wichita State University. She has worked in the surgical and emergency room setting for many years as well. We have both been providers of severe trauma at Level 1 facilities. I have been in life and death experiences both personally and for patients over the years.
My Views
The buzz word amongst my party has been "universal health care" and although I support a version of it, there are three key elements not discussed by Tracy or many others promoting it. Firstly, such a system will outright fail unless we have a healthier population to begin with because the costs of 'making them healthier' at this point is exorbitant. People on average, need to eat better and exercise more even with simple exercises they can do at home. How many people have expensive smartphones of electronic gadgets, wide screen tvs but don't invest in a floor-based stepper or even just do home aerobics for 15 minutes a day for 4-5 days. The cost of treating an obese, smoking, poor diet U.S. population smashes the cost curve in the wrong direction. This will take a president and a congress to tell it like it is.
Secondly, it needs to be medicare for some, not all. Union members for example, who have negotiated health care contracts that they like, and veterans who like their care should not lose that to medicare for all. That is painfully obvious and needs to be taken into consideration. Those who do want to opt in to this can get the medicare option.
The last show stopper in a single payer system is just that; really crappy provider reimbursement. Here's part of that hypocrisy; we want as progressives to have living wages for nurses, home health aides, nursing assistants, etc. But want to reimburse the physicians at medicaid levels and yet run 5-star clinics with all the cost of current paper regulations that make the system so expensive. Compliance with some ridiculous regulations cost money and the government mandates it but doesn't pay for it enough. The opioid crisis is both a pharmaceutical invention and an over-prescribing issue that has not been dealt with. There is no american board of medicine chronic pain specialty and there needs to be a dual gatekeeper of narcotic pill prescribing by them, and pharmacists. There are too many illegal drugs still pouring into our borders both north and south and this accounts for the injectable narcotic overdose epidemic. As a anesthesia provider since the early 1990's I am a subject matter expert in this matter vs ms. Mitrano.
Tracy's views
All Americans deserve access to a basic level of healthcare. While many people enjoy access through their employers, some—young and old, employed and not—lack health insurance, often through no fault of their own. Ensuring that everyone can access basic health services doesn't mean just giving a "hand-out" to some; on the contrary, making sure that our healthcare system is better equipped to serve everyone is an economic investment in our community. Preventative care costs less than emergency-room visits. Healthier people make healthier neighborhoods and more robust communities. When we invest in healthcare, we're investing in each other.
For these reasons, I support all policies that increase the number of people able to access health insurance. For instance, young people should continue to be able to stay on their parents' health insurance until age 26. People should not be denied health insurance on the basis of a pre-existing condition. And I am committed to maintaining Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) so they are well able to serve vulnerable populations. In addition to increasing the number of people on health insurance, we should also work to increase the quality of care that Americans are able to access, and that means ensuring access to quality care for mental health as well as physical health.
Lastly, high prescription drug prices present a major barrier for many Americans seeking medical treatment. We should not allow pharmaceutical executives to turn big profits at the cost of Americans' health, and certainly not their lives. I support policies aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs.
My Views
I've already addressed the cost of education regarding student loans. The area NOT covered by Ms. Mitrano or many others is the ballooning costs of education executives and their over the top pay compared to teachers. School budgets just keep spiraling and this is one of several factors that artificially inflates these budgets. Assistant, assistant principals and more add layers of bureaucracy and costs. Many of the most qualified teachers are never the ones to ascend to these positions and you don't get the 'cream rising to the top' but rather the most political of the bunch. If interested, ask the State Ed Dept. of NY for a printout of education executive pay for 2018 and you will be stunned. We lose intramural programs that get cut just to pay those positions which unfortunately in some cases, is the glue that keeps some kids in school. Lastly, educational design belongs at the local level and not the No Child Left Behind garbage shoved down the throats of local school systems.
The New York State Teachers Union continues to lead the way for it's members in fighting for fair contracts and benefits and more. The Making Strides program that contributes majorly towards fighting breast cancer and it's medical research deserves constant kudos. I support NYSUT in all these ways and will continue to do so as your next Congress person. Breast cancer is personal to my family and we appreciate the hard work NYSUT members do in this area. The women of NYSUT also support many other community based programs that are very appreciated. My special needs daughter was blessed with some of he best special education teachers here in Ithaca, NY and we are forever grateful for their dedication to their profession and loving they gave to our daughter.
Tracy's Views
Education is integral to our economy; if we do not ensure that our children have access to high-quality education, from pre-K through high school, college, trade school, and even graduate school, our local economies will remain stagnant. We will not have the resources required to train the next generation for twenty-first century jobs.
The first step, then, is to strengthen our public schools. We do this by increasing funds for needed school resources and activities, including perhaps the most important resource we can give our children: good teachers. We must ensure that our school teachers receive wages that are reflective of the incredibly important work that they do, so that talented teachers are not dissuaded from the job due to low pay. I also support the expansion of universal Pre-K education and the Head Start program, so that all children can come to kindergarten ready to learn.
Beyond high school, I believe that we should make it easier for motivated students to access post-secondary education, including college, graduate school, and trade school, without being burdened with excessive levels of student loans. The cost of attending school should not lead to lifelong debt. I support making interest-free loans available to anyone who qualifies for admission to a college, university, vocational training or certificate program.
My Views
I met with the Chemung County Sewer District Director Matthew Hourihan and the bottom line is that roads and bridges get funded with much more free money and less loans than water and common sewer runoff projects and this needs to get turned around priority wise statewide and federally. That alone would be a huge accomplishment for the 23rdHouse District of NY State. Our water treatment systems get back door to roads and other infrastructure projects and you can't live without pure, clean water. I have good ideas that I shared with Matt and hopefully will be able to get this done if elected. Broadband to the last mile is also crucial and we need public private partnerships to make that happen. It is in the best interests if Google and Amazon to make that happen and I feel with the right pitch that could at least get started.
Infrastructure is crumbling and dangerous.
I know that because my cell phone leaps off the car magnetic holder when I hit really bad potholes. Seriously, let's get our street and water projects funded better!
Tracy's views
In this day and age, fast, reliable internet service is vital, for both businesses and individuals. As your representative, I pledge to work to expand robust rural broadband services for residents, business-owners, and farmers, so that NY-23 is able to forge the connections necessary to create a truly twenty-first century economy.
It isn't just internet connections that need updating. Many of our roads and highways are in need of repair work, and we all need funding to restore bridges, railways, and levees. As your Congresswoman, I will work to secure congressional funds. In order to grow our economy and attract new businesses and jobs to our community, we need to have the networks in place to accommodate them. I pledge to work to make NY-23 the flourishing community we all know that it can be.
My Views
I spent the last 9 years trying to urge a federal ban on fracking before it became a progressive widespread pandering platform item. I know there are people in this 23rd that don't agree with that but if other economic alternative opportunities were presented, they might change their minds; at least some of them. I won't flip flop but I do respect the right of those to disagree. I feel the Southern Tier could be a major manufacturer of geothermal equipment globally and this alone could really make the Southern Tier a manufacturing competitor. We have a state legislature and Governor though that taxed businesses out of NY and they need to figure that out really quickly. We need a tax coup, and find ways to budget better while not cutting essential services. Carbon taxes btw were tried in Europe and never resulted in significant reductions in carbon emissions; just juggling of money around.
More projects that conserve energy in office and residential buildings need to be done with or without help from the government.
Tracy's views
We are privileged to live in one of the most beautiful places in the country. As someone who grew up in the Southern Tier and Western New York, I am well acquainted with its natural loveliness. We have a responsibility to keep our environment beautiful, which means, first and foremost, that we keep it clean. We must not allow our water, air, or land to be polluted, as any short-term economic gains will be outweighed by the long-term damage to our natural endowments–and to our public health. For these reasons, I strongly support the current New York State moratorium on hydraulic-fracturing, which would destroy our magnificent district and poison our lands. I also support federal funding for climate change research, as learning ways to combat the effects of climate change is absolutely vital to assuring the health and vitality of our communities.
I will also work to coordinate federal and state alignment to address water quality and fund the cleanup of sites like West Valley. No one should have to live in a community where pollution threatens one's ability to breathe clean air and drink clean water; ensuring the integrity of our environment is a way of ensuring the health of our neighborhoods.
My Views
I mainly agree with Tracy's positions on Ag but would conduct more panel discussions with stakeholders in the Ag businesses to help solve problems before they escalate. Access to capital is still a problem for some small farms, Property valuation for rural areas can always be tweaked and the State needs to be fluid in helping these farms be properly evaluated and rated.
Tracy's views
The bedrock of our district's economy is agriculture, and this vibrant industry needs support from its elected leaders. I will expand rural broadband access, fight for comprehensive immigration reform, and protect our agricultural products from tariffs that affect farmers' bottom lines.
Agriculture has undergone a technological revolution. To stay competitive in the modern agricultural economy, it's essential that we provide internet access and reliable cell phone coverage to rural areas. We insist on the importance of technology for small business owners in urban communities; we will do the same in rural areas.
I am committed to a comprehensive immigration reform proposal that prioritizes expanding H-2A visas. The H-2A program provides temporary work status for agricultural workers. Such an expansion of the program will decrease the pressures to cross the border illegally and lead to a cyclical and transitional—rather than permanent—system of need-based economic immigration.
Lastly, tariffs are a major problem for farmers across NY-23. International allies have increased duties on American dairy products, making the jobs of our dairy farmers even more difficult. China has imposed potentially crippling tariffs on soybeans, which are the fourth most abundant crop in our district by planted acres. We must renegotiate bad trade agreements to the benefit of American workers.
My Views
Undocumented students are a major class of people in the U.S. that need to be brought out of the shadows and given a swift path to citizenship with fair and consistent vetting. Redistricting of political areas of States has adversely affected the electoral college system and ease of voting for legitimate voters needs to be continually enforced. Non biased employment and cultural acceptance of all people regardless of sexual orientation should be enforced, balanced with the fact that not all people share the same ideologies on religion, sexual matters and cultural norms; we need to be respectful on both sides of this divide and the hostile behavior by those who perceive themselves as oppressed can occasionally make for even more hostility by those who view them as different and 'wrong'.
Tracy's views
At the core of our American democracy is the idea that we are all equal citizens, that we each have the same power to influence decisions, that we all have a right to vote. We cannot consider our nation a truly democratic one if some among us are categorically denied that right on the basis of race, ethnicity, or religion. I believe that the Voting Rights Act should be restored, so that states are no longer allowed to ignore its requirements and that citizens everywhere are allowed to cast their ballots.
The battle over civil rights is not one of the past but of the present. We must be vigilant in ensuring that the gains of the '60s and '70s are not lost, and that we continue to push for more equality and more justice in our institutions. I believe that the Equal Rights Amendment should be passed, so that gender equality is truly made the law of the land, and that Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act should be expanded to include the LGBTQ community. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation should be no more permissible than discrimination on the basis of race or gender. I will also support funding for vocational programs for people with disabilities, to ensure that all people are given the opportunity to live full, happy lives.
Every law-abiding citizen and resident should have equal protection under the law. That said, we have some examples of fake civil rights violations that have cropped up that only stir the racial divide that still exists in our society. Too far left and too far right views have made some feel that individual inalienable rights have either been destroyed or by some to have no place in society. As a defender of the constitution, I feel that every person deserves an unbiased fair chance to live, grow and work towards their life goals; when those goals contradict common sense law and the Constitution, then we need to reevaluate those goals as a deserved right.
My Views
We need a strong vetting process for those desiring either asylum or immigration balanced with the need to be careful not to unnecessarily place them in danger. Our borders need adequate security in various fashions, not just a long wall, but even more importantly, we must decide on common sense immigration number goals based on needs of country and available resources that support this process. We must consider that there can be some inflation inherent in providing living wage jobs and yet keep food and product costs down for lower- and middle-class Americans; there is a fine balance between the need for low cost labor, living wages and food safety. It will take a broad array of experts to try to determine a year by year assessment of where to set immigration goals and adjust with an economy that is in a constant state of flux.
Tracy's views
Our immigration system has not been substantially changed since the Hart-Cellar Act established the foundation of our current system in 1965. More than fifty years later, we need new laws to handle new realities. It's important that we safeguard our border, certainly. As a Congresswoman, my top priority is to ensure the safety and security of my constituents and, indeed, all Americans. But we cannot forget that America is—and always has been—a nation of immigrants. Legal immigration does not jeopardize our economy, but strengthens it; the immigrants that come, year after year, to America are an enormous part of what makes our country so great.
I believe we should reform our immigration system so that we raise the number of people who are legally allowed to come here, while also financing border security measures. We need more funding for judges to hear immigration cases, so that asylum seekers are not left in limbo for years. I am absolutely opposed to the separation of families at the border on the grounds that it is a deeply immoral and anti-family practice, and I support the DREAM Act, which allows people who were brought to this country as children to obtain legal status.
Finally, as your representative, I would expand the H2A visa program to allow people who come to work for agricultural companies to stay year-round. This is particularly important for our local economy because H2A visas are currently supplied only seasonally. Our dairy farmers require laborers year-round, not just during a harvest season.
My Views
Differently than Tracy, I am not just a lifelong advocate of labor unions; I am a union health care provider for more than a decade. I also believe that there are times when union members are not adequately represented by their leadership and this has gone astray at times. Politicians need to temper their support at those moments; there have also been fewer times when members have overreached and created a hardship on the very business they are working for; this also needs to be objectively addressed at the public level at times. This happened in the U.S. auto industry, namely Detroit, MI. I agree with President Trump that companies should not be rewarded for taking their businesses out of the country at times but we need to be careful not to cherry-pick at companies blindly, since there are situations where companies are expanding globally and that entails establishing business outside of the U.S… Having run a business for almost 14 years and being in the process of starting a sports equipment business puts me in a more experienced position for Congressional service than Tracy.
Tracy's views
I am a lifelong advocate of labor unions. Unions help ensure that the economy works for everyone, so that everyone is paid a fair wage and works under safe conditions. As a Congresswoman, I will protect existing labor law and also seek reforms that will provide compensation for public-sector unions and expand the definitions of "organizing" and "collective bargaining" so as to bring more types of work groups, such as information-technology employees, into unions. I will be a tireless advocate on behalf of our nation's hardest workers, supporting legislation to introduce a livable wage for all employees and establish paid family and medical leave as a federal requirement.
I will also push for measures that keep jobs in our district, rather than allowing them to be outsourced to other nations. Big companies should not receive tax breaks when they move abroad. Trade should be fair, not free. I support trade deals that are aimed at protecting the integrity of the American worker and businessperson by requiring equitable wages and equivalent health, safety, and environmental requirements.
My Views
The biggest risks to our National Security start with our military and economic relations with Russia, China and North Korea. Vladimir Putin just threatened the U.S. with air and sea supersonic missile and drone attacks that could defy detection in time to counter, and this could really escalate a really precarious military relation between our countries. We need to reset this hostility while at the same time protect ourselves with adequate missile defense systems. There is massive waste fraud and abuse in our military budget that was extremely out of control during the last Bush administration. Tracy dwells on cybersecurity which is her forte, and although this is a critical component to national security, so is the stability of the relationship to POTUS and the intelligence community. For that reason, I would support the idea of any new POTUS being schooled extensively in many areas of defense planning immediately upon election rather than the obviously inadequate training by the last 3 administrations. An example of this was the extremely poor judgement exhibited by President Obama supporting Nouri Al Maliki which partly led to the rise of ISIS by Maliki's imprisonment and massacre of Sunnis in Iraq. This could have been addressed by the President by recognizing that Maliki's paranoia led to these massacres.
Reference: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/rise-of-isis/
Tracy's Views
We must ensure that our national-security agencies and diplomatic corps are equipped to meet 21st-century challenges, including cybersecurity and terrorism.As a cybersecurity expert who has worked for many years at Cornell University on information security policy, I have a grasp on the intricacies of cybersecurity that will allow me to make informed decisions on the best way that we can protect our nation, and our elections, from hacking threats from state and non-state actors. Many in Congress, although well-informed on many other matters, struggle to understand the new technologies that are now absolutely vital to our security agencies. With my background, I will be an asset to my fellow Congressional representatives, providing the kind of knowledge that only an expert can.
The United States is an undoubtedly great nation, with a vast array of means to defend itself from all kinds of threats. Nonetheless, in the realm of national security, we cannot go it alone. The U.S. must maintain its strong bilateral and multilateral alliances, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, if we are to triumph over the complex threats that confront us.
My Views
I am firmly for net neutrality; Senator Gillibrand, who is one of the supporters of Mitrano, turned her back on net neutrality but then flipped when protests erupted outside her and Schumer's Manhattan offices. I am not a flip flopper and will maintain support of the integrity of the internet and make sure small and big players have a fair shake regrading neutrality issues. Again, allowing yourself to be chummy who had abandoned net neutrality shows a political potential to hang out with 'the wrong crowd'.
Tracy's Views
In this information age, internet access isn't a privilege so much as a necessity. Companies should not be allowed to limit internet access to those who can afford it. Net neutrality is absolutely vital, because robust communities and commerce will be impossible in a nation where the internet is in the hands of only the wealthy. Our democracy rests in large part on the ability of citizens to make decisions; if the most widely-used means of sharing information (the web) is controlled by corporations, this will also directly jeopardize the integrity of voting systems.
Net neutrality is also good for the economy. I believe that the Southern Tier can be a vibrant community, a place where business is booming, but that cannot happen until we ensure that all people here, no matter their class, have access to the internet. If elected, I will work to ensure access to comprehensive broadband for all areas of my community, rural and urban.
My Views
There is a move by a fringe of NY State lawmakers to make NY divided into 2 new States. Not only am I against that, I am also opposed to the segregation of concealed carry laws that govern Upstate vs the City. I am for federal legislation that bars this kind of intrastate segregation of gun laws. I am also for aggressively preventing violent or mentally unstable people from having access to firearms and improving the detection of this with the help of increased cooperation between the public and law enforcement. Most homicides are committed with handguns and increased efforts need to be funded to eradicate the possession of them by felons or otherwise unqualified owners. The illegal sale of handguns to violent felons need stricter sentencing as a deterrent in my opinion.
Tracy's Views
As a longtime resident of New York's Southern Tier, I understand that guns are an important part of life to many in the district, and as your Congressional representative, I will work to protect the Second Amendment rights of responsible gun owners. Still, there must be a balance between a right to bear arms and public safety. We must implement safeguards, not to inhibit the rights of responsible gun owners, but to ensure that all gun owners are indeed responsible. There have been too many tragedies, in recent decades, to allow us to think that current gun control legislation is adequate to the task of ensuring our families' safety.
I support comprehensive background checks for all gun owners, as well as the elimination of loopholes, such as the gun show loophole, that allow people to purchase guns without undergoing background checks. I support laws that would prevent people with a history of domestic abuse from buying weapons, and I will work to limit the influence of the gun lobby over legislation in Congress. Gun control legislation is a matter that should be decided by the people and their representatives, not lobbyists from the National Rifle Association.
My Views
We need representatives in Congress who understand what it means to deploy soldiers overseas and who will ensure that the government provides the highest form of care and support upon our soldiers' return. I will be such a representative, ensuring that the government provides the best technology for our soldiers, not just in war, but when they come home.
Unless you are a Veteran and you have either navigated the VA healthcare system or, you help someone who is family or a friend, you may not know what service-connected conditions are. Unfortunately, there are people who serve active duty and many who have not retired but nevertheless served our country. A large number of them are not service connected for ailments or diseases that they developed after discharge. The criteria to cover these needs to be expanded so that more people who committed themselves to serving this country should have healthcare coverage. I also feel that a first denture sat the least should be a free benefit for our older veterans even if they are not service connected for dental care. Basic cleaning once a year should be covered and funded as well. Regarding under employment, there is still work to be done to make sure the underemployment rate amongst U.S. Veterans is lowered; the rate is higher than the regular national rate which is also very high.
Tracy's Views
We owe an incredible debt to all those who serve in our armed forces. The dedication and sacrifice of our veterans is truly deserving of commendation—but we cannot also simply commend. We must also provide adequate funding for veterans' services, including health care, mental health support, job programs, and housing, and we cannot do this through the privatization of veterans' services, which would allow companies to get rich off of providing support and treatment to our veterans. We cannot "farm out" our veterans' care to the highest bidder, for we will be failing, on a most basic level, if we turn our backs on the people who sacrifice so much. Veterans should not be abandoned to the dictates of the free market.
My Views
In addition to supporting the Fair Employment Protection Act as Tracy Mitrano does, the additional pieces of legislation she fails to mention supporting for workers, including women, are the Fairness for Farm Workers Act (https://tinyurl.com/y6m9ojyg) and the Paycheck Fairness Act (https://tinyurl.com/y3uucjq9). These pieces of legislation could be monumental for improving equality in the workplace for women, farm workers and in general level the playing field so that there would be incentives to treat workers with more respect and fairness. I have seen both sides of the coin personally and know that employers deserve a fair shake when falsely accused of discriminating but that when it does occur, the worker needs ample protection under the law. I feel it is crucial to be objective in these areas and fair to all, workers and employers.
Tracy's Views
Since the Equal Pay Act of 1963, equal pay for equal work without gender discrimination has been the law of the land. In practice, however, there is still work to be done. Nationally, women earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, and the wage gap is even higher for women of color. In New York State, where pay is relatively more equal for women (New York women earn 89.1 percent of what men do), 14.8 percent of women in the state remain in poverty. In Congress, I will support legislation to force corporations to disclose information about pay equity and, if necessary, to implement programs to address pay equity issues.
We should also work to ensure not just that everyone is paid at a rate commensurate to their work, but that everyone is treated with respect and dignity, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Sexual harassment is wrong, and we should do all we can to prevent it, including supporting initiatives that will enable more women and other gender minorities to hold leadership positions, which will be critical in changing the culture of sexual harassment in workplaces. I support legislation aimed at helping those who have suffered sexual harassment or sexual assault at their workplaces, and I will also be an advocate for the Fair Employment Protection Act, which should be advanced in Congress.
Outside the workplace, I will support the right of women to make decisions about their healthcare and family planning in consultation with their doctors. Access to reproductive care, like other health care, should be safe and legal, no matter where a woman lives or how much money she makes.


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This report was a delayed report of my last 2 meals at Ki-sho. Both of them, as expected, were excellent. In these subsequent visits, I had a chance to savor plenty of new savory creations by Chef Hamamoto (including sushi variations). The omakase at Ki-sho truly fits my Japanese cuisine taste: Kyoto-style & seasonal kaiseki dishes; Edomae + sometimes innovative sushi (serving arguably the best "kai/shell" morsel in the island); lots of uni & toro, Japanese wagyu beef and western high quality / luxurious ingredients. I'm not sure where I could find all of those combinations in one place, not only in Asia but also in the whole world. Although Michelin Singapore guide decided to 'ignore' this place this year, I doubt it would change my view of Ki-sho. This will remain my main dining destination when I visit Singapore. Given Kazuhiro-san's passion, skills and drive for excellence, I expect every meal(s) I will have at Ki-sho in the future will consistently still be exquisite. In the mean time, these were my other omakase reports ...
3rd meal - Nov '15
Appetizer 1: Home made yuba, black pumpkin and shaved white truffle - Served with tonburi, gingko and wasabi. A vegetarian dish introducing several different layers of textures and flavors. The yuba was creamy & nutty; the pumpkin was delicate; the dark color seed had caviar-like texture. The alba truffle added decent pungent aroma & flavor while the wasabi put a little kick. There were so many things in such a small bowl ...
Appetizer 2: Hotate and tara shirako 'sauce' - Served with ikura and radish. Another seasonal opening - the fresh hotate with its natural flavor was combined with mild & sweet cod milt, tasty salmon egg and some vegetables (kelp, mountain yam). It was pleasant and balanced; overall, the dish was not cloying at all
(Shredded) Seiko gani served with uni, egg jelly, nori, and gari in yuzu sauce - The 'queen crab' might be smaller than its male counterpart, nevertheless it was about as good in particular when it's integrated with the umami flavors of sea urchin, fresh sour jelly + yuzu as well as seaweed + ginger. A delicious and refreshing dish - it seduced my palate that made me 'wanting' for more food
Tai Sashimi served with shaved white truffle - Simple and delicious! The top quality & subtle raw sea bream was integrated by aromatic and 'woody' Alba truffle. An excellent match of the sea and the earth
Soup: Kabu with grilled nodoguro - A clean, clear and delectable broth with some Tai flavor. The Kyoto turnip was fresh & mild but deep in flavor while the nicely grilled (black throat) sea perch was awesome: fragrant & crisp skin, tender & meaty flesh - simply delicious
Grilled Hokkaido Shishamo - The (salt water) Willow leaf fish/Smelt was crunchy and it still had its liver and plenty of eggs inside. First time eating this ... It had a fine flavor with no sign of any bitterness; the eggs were surprisingly tasty. An enjoyable dish
Shirako tempura - A saver/less adventurous way to enjoy the Japanese delicacy of Cod sperm sac. Nevertheless, it was well executed. The milt was lightly battered and piping hot; inside, it was still milky and smooth with natural sweetness and enough hint of the sea. Liked it - the purist may prefer if the shirako is uncooked (often served with ponzu) to have a more burst of creamy & richer flavor
Toriyama beef sukiyaki served with leeks, Nagoya cochin eggs and shaved white truffle - The beef (from Gunma prefecture) was very tender and delicious. By itself, it's already good but Kazuhiro-san brought an additional dimension to this traditional dish by adding luxurious shaved & earthy truffles and more humble & effective leeks to bring down any "richness"
Shiro ebi (White / glass shrimps) - well marinated, sweet with tender texture
Kinmedai (Splendid alfonsino) - delicate with plenty of 'fat' and (subtle) umami flavor
Akami zuke (Marinated lean tuna) - aging for 17 days. Beautiful red color with smooth texture and delicious taste; matched well with the sushi-meshi
Botan ebi (Botan shrimp) - fresh, very sweet and juicy
'Kotoro' (In between Chu and O toro) - great color in soft texture (buttery and melt in the mouth) as well as tasty + quite fatty
Buri (A mature Yellow tail from Sado island) - aged for 1 week. It was fatty with deep flavor
O-toro ("Fatties" part of tuna belly) - aged for 17 days. A very fine and marbled piece; as expected it was luxurious, flavorful and 'melting'
Taraba-gani (Charcoal grill king crab) - served generously. I prefer consuming this delicious crab in nigiri sushi form. The hot king crab was contrasted with the room-temperature shari; the thick meat was indeed satisfying. Love this piece very much!
Grilled Nodoguro (Rosy sea bass/sea perch) - Chef Hamamoto was a bit playful here; he also put (in small portion) of preserved yuzu, sea salt and green chili to balance the rich, fat and flavorful nodoguro. The skin was fragrant and tasty too
Buri Otoro (Grilled fatty Tuna) - By doing this, the fat (& muscle) of the toro became even softer. It's literally melting and bursting with umami flavor in my mouth. Raw or grilled? Why choose if you can have both ways ..
Hida-gyu roll - Served with bafun uni, slow cooked egg yolk and wasabi. What can I say? Simply exquisite ... These (sinful) combination generated harmonious and delicious experience: moist & smokey beef, sweet sea urchin, salty yolk and a 'kick' from wasabi. Wow!
Mirugai (Giant clam) - firm and crunchy, at the same time it was distinctly sweet with light sea flavor
Tsubugai (Whelk / Ezobora sushi) - crunchy, refreshing with ocean's sweetness
Anago (Roasted conger eel with sweet sauce aka tsume) - It was really soft and very flavorful rich but not cloying
Bafun uni gohan served with ikura, shiro ebi, chopped toro and wasabi - A very decadent dish! It was one of Ki-sho's classic dish. A heavenly "risotto" was enhanced by flavor burst of salmon roe, sweet small shrimp, fatty tuna and fresh green horseradish. Pretty much perfect ...
Chopped raw Awabi served with red abalone's liver paste, sea urchin, rice, and wasabi - Chef Hamamoto generally prefers his abalone served raw due to its freshness and crunchy texture. Mixed all of the ingredients above for the fantastic experience in the palate - crisp awabi, sweet uni, creamy & delicate liver, vinegared shari and slightly hot wasabi - this instantly became one of my favorite items at Ki-Sho
Kyoto white miso soup served with goma tofu - The soup was tasty and a bit mild; it went along well with the thicker but smooth sesame bean curd. This implied that the adventure was about to end
4th meal - Jun '16
Appetizer 1: Ayu, junsai, ikura and (late) Spring vegetables - Eating something refreshing to tantalize our palate at the beginning was an 'ideal' way to begin a meal. Here, the sweetfish was fresh and uncooked with its unique mild taste. Ayu acted as a supporting element to the a mix bowl consisting of oily salmon roe, "water shield" in slimy texture, okra, stem yam, green peas and radish. Now, I'm ready for a lot more food ..
Appetizer 2: (Hokkaido) Hairy crab and reduction jelly sauce - Served with fava beans, uni, yuzu, sudachi and (Murasaki) uni. The Kegani meat was rather sweet; nicely enhanced by the jelly (crab + botan ebi) and velvety tasty sea urchin. The rich taste was balanced by the Japanese lime and citrus as well as wasabi - very good
Soup: Tilefish, winter melon and egg tofu - The dashi was mild and elegant. The lightly cooked Amadai, served with its crisp skin, was delicious; the (Okinawa) Tougan was watery and soaked up the flavored soup well; the tofu was very soft and thankfully not so eggy. I enjoyed this dish
Assorted sashimi of the day - I believe this was my favorite sashimi selection at Ki-sho (I skipped it during the previous meal). I had: binchotan grilled Kinki fish - tender, fragrant and tasty, Tachiuo? fish - a bit firm, Otoro - marbled and buttery, Shima aji - crunchy and flavorful, and Tai + Uni - chewy sea bream integrated by sweet smooth sea urchin. Tough to pick which one was the best
Uni caviar jelly - The Murasaki sea urchin was, as always, of high quality with creamy, intense and heavenly flavors. The vinegar jelly not only ensured to bring harmony in the dish, but also 'deepened' the uni taste. The caviar added some saltiness while sweet corn, beans, and shiso flower put some texture / taste variations. To fully enjoy it, one should scoop deep and savor every unique delicious layer upon layer. By the way, this was one of Ki-sho's signature dishes and deservedly so
Grilled Ayu served with tade-zu - The (river fish) ayu, simply grilled with salt, was crunchy and slightly bitter but still tasty. It was accompanied by a herbs sauce made of water pepper, vinegar and sake. The bitter plant actually complimented the bitterness of sweetfish liver. Consumed together, they created somewhat sweet flavor and supposedly was also good for our digestion
Amadai and Awabi served with kamo nasu in wakame soup - The Tilefish was perfectly cooked, so was the steamed abalone (some texture contrast of tender fish vs more chewy abalone). The dense flesh Kyoto eggplant was deep and rich while the soup filled with fresh seaweed was tasty. All the elements worked well together to produce a very delicious dish. One of my favorite kaiseki dishes for the evening
White asparagus puree served with Nodoguro and egg tofu - The puree was flavorful and a bit dense. The simmered Seaperch was tender and tasty; the tofu was even softer and blended nicely with asparagus' flavor. Overall, a tasty dish and not too rich - good!
Isaki (Chicken grunt fish; kind of Seabass) - it was lean and delicate yet still tasty. First time eating this fish
Akami zuke (Marinated lean tuna) - aged for 2 weeks. The color was bright and beautiful, more importantly it's delectable
Chutoro (Medium fatty tuna) - aged for 8 days and sliced from relatively small fish. It was marbling, rich and cleanly delicious. I was served this piece twice
Hotate (Scallop + a pinch of salt) - The texture was consistently soft and the(Fatty) tuna collar - a little bit seared. It was marbled and heavenly with concentrated & rich flavor salt intensified the scallop's sweet flavor
Aji (Horse mackerel) - a bit chewy but fatty; it's awesome. The ginger made it less fishy. Eating Aji around summer time was very pleasant
Kinmedai (Golden eye snapper) - smooth, savory and tender
Torigai (Heart clam) - crunchy and naturally sweet. It's the last week of this cockle's availability
Shiro ebi (White shrimps) - decent with plenty of sweet flavors, well complemented the shari
Japara? ("Snake tuna belly") - probably the most interesting morsel of the night. It had the best characters of Chutoro and Otoro combined. Marbled, delicious, (somewhat) melting yet we could still chew and savor its delicious flavor
Nodoguro (Blackthroat Seaperch) - lightly charred. It's rich, tender and oily/fatty in a positive sense
Otoro (Fatty tuna belly) - bursting of umami flavor in the mouth. Excellent
Uni (Sea urchin) - this one came from near Hakodate area. It's velvety, creamy and sweet; in non-gunkan version
Akagai (Ark shell) - a typical Edomae sushi. The red clam was delicious (sweet and slightly bitter) and somewhat resilient in texture
Kama toro (Fatty tuna collar) - a little bit seared. It was marbled and heavenly with concentrated and rich flavor
Kampyo maki (Dried gourd) - cooked with soy sauce and sugar, roll (with extra wasabi). A good flavor variations: sweet & sour with an extra spice from the wasabi; often underrated
Tuna roll (A mixture of chopped maguro, chutoro and otoro) - Tuna 'party' - marbled fatty tuna, flavorful medium fatty tuna and smooth texture of lean tuna - beautifully wrapped with tasty shary and crunchy seaweed
Anago (Conger eel) - very soft with light sweet sauce. A satisfying ending ..
-Japanese musk melon (sweet and watery) with granite
-Warabi mochi, matcha chocolate and hojicha monaka: good dessert; well execute in both flavor and texture
The cooking at Ki-sho is consistently performed at a very high level. I've tested it for several times in the past 3 years at different seasons. Another visit in the future be very likely. The service was always professional, polite and discreet. Staffs sincerely cared though a good 'relationship' might not be built until after 2-3 visits. The most fun part about Ki-sho's hospitality was to have a direct conversation with Chef Kazuhiro Hamamoto himself. During my 3rd meal, I had a chance to order the house brand sake (in a small portion) as well - sweet, fragrant and slightly spicy. Another aspect stood out about Ki-sho was actually its 2-storey black & white building. It was hidden in a plush & serene sanctuary not too far from the Sheraton hotel. Inside, the decor was meticulously designed by Japanese artists. The sushi bar table was elegant, accompanied by 'golden' wall paper. Upon entering the building, there was a zen-style garden. The foyer was quite big and felt peaceful - as if you're instantly transferred to Japan.
For pictures, you can see from the following links: Third meal and Fourth meal
Food (and Wine): 96 pts
Service (and Ambiance): 95 pts
Overall: 96/100


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Nitric oxide helps blood vessels to be more flexible
This helps the blood vessels expand without damage, letting more blood through at the right pressure
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Erectile dysfunction can be caused by a variety of factors
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This initial boost of nitric oxide quickly dissipates!
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The blood vessels also release nitric oxide
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IF Wendy Whelan were a Hollywood star, glossy profiles about her would forever be opening with vignettes underlining how remarkably down to earth and likable she is.
But when this celebrated New York City Ballet principal talks about choreography — not just any choreography, but dances that really get her creative juices flowing — all of that just-like-us business goes out the door. Her voice grows hushed and forceful. Her thin, muscular body coils, primed for movement. Even her eyes shine. She's at once intensely present and in some far-away, energetic realm. It's not unlike what it is to experience her onstage: Everything slows down and gets very clear.
Audiences will get a double dose of this singular artist next Saturday when City Ballet presents its first program of dances by Christopher Wheeldon, a man whose creative identity is intimately bound with the company's and with Ms. Whelan's. She is to appear in a new ballet, "Les Carillons," and in "Polyphonia" (2001), which helped to announce Mr. Wheeldon as a major talent. She will reprise her original role, which, for many dancegoers underlines her status as America's greatest contemporary ballerina.
"I feel like a switchblade in that, like a very shiny, dangerous, elegant tool," Ms. Whelan said of "Polyphonia." "And I feel like I'm being shown on velvet." Her wiry arms cut the air in swift, angled strokes, and she let out a low whistle, like metal slicing through space: "sccchhhhwoomp." She spoke between rehearsals on a recent afternoon, in a quiet corner of the Rose Building at Lincoln Center. Her precise description is characteristic of the artist known for her clarity and authority onstage, and who, as the last of a generation of dancers who rose in the wake of the 1983 death of City Ballet's towering founder, George Balanchine, has become a grounding force in the company.
"She's smart enough to know that thing, what to pass on," said Jock Soto, a faculty member at the School of American Ballet whose career at City Ballet included a storied partnership with Ms. Whelan, particularly in Mr. Wheeldon's early ballets. "Every step that she takes is very important."
Ms. Whelan became an apprentice in 1984 and a corps member in 1986, during a particular, and particularly difficult time in City Ballet's history. "It was a hard era to come of age as a dancer," said Peter Boal, a former City Ballet principal who joined the corps in 1983 and is now artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. He cited the leadership transition and intense public criticism. "And of course everybody felt this hole in the absence of Balanchine."
Ms. Whelan, 44, tells a sad and funny anecdote of passing the great man in the hallway as a gawky student at the School of American Ballet (she enrolled in 1982), miming not being able to crane her neck to confirm it because of the brace she wore for scoliosis, a condition that has left an indelible mark on her.
"I think having that tiny little glimpse was enough," she said quietly. Now she is one of a dwindling few active company dancers to have worked with Jerome Robbins and the only link to the great personalities handpicked by Balanchine.
"Every member of the company practically was chosen by him, and I was immersed in those people," she said. "I did feel a certain gravity that was there, that slowly has evaporated."
Ms. Whelan, who grew up in Kentucky and began ballet to manage what she calls "an insane amount of energy," could not have predicted how long and august her career would be, nor what a contemporary darling she would become. In the early years, visiting choreographers (Laura Dean was the first to cast her) offered relief to a young dancer trying to find her way in the reeling, grief-stricken company.
"It was like a little breath of oxygen," Ms. Whelan said. "Whereas all day in the school it was 'Balanchine wanted this' and 'Balanchine wanted that.' "
Today's City Ballet is a far different creature.
"It is very much a new generation, a new time," said Kathleen Tracey, a ballet mistress who joined City Ballet in 1987 and retired as a soloist in 2002. The big task now, she added, for the company under the direction of the ballet master in chief Peter Martins was how to care for the Balanchine and Robbins repertory. "It's not just about maintaining those ballets but continuing to find an aliveness to it, still finding that spirit. Wendy, because she has transitioned from that very post-generation of Mr. Balanchine into Peter's era into whatever that next phase of this company is, she is a liaison, a link, she's a bridge. And she gives us the opportunity to experience that journey with her."
This journey, Ms. Whelan said, has led her to a company that is in many ways a happier and calmer place to work, with much more camaraderie among the dancers. The memory of fellow corps members who went out of their way to make her feel unwelcome in her early days is still sharp and partially accounts for her great generosity to younger dancers. Numerous colleagues emphasized her unobtrusive teaching and leadership.
"By no means does she go around telling us her wisdom, but if she sees that we need something, she always has the right words," said Maria Kowroski, a fellow principal who has taken on many of Ms. Whelan's roles and who described her as the one person in the company, which can be a big and lonely place to work, who has always been supportive. "I feel I am giving things to younger dancers just because of her example."
Beyond specific instances of kindness, Ms. Kowroski and others underlined the integrity with which Ms. Whelan has handled her long career, managing to reinvent herself constantly both in new works, and in existing repertory that can sometimes grow stale for those who dance it season after season.
"Working in a place like City Ballet it is so important to be able to find someone like her who has managed to maintain as much dignity and respect for what she does," said Tyler Angle, a principal dancer, who was, with Ms. Whelan, an original member of Mr. Wheeldon's "Nightingale and the Rose" in 2007. "What happens when you have done everything already in your rep? And she has done everything. Yet she can still grow and still find meaning in those roles."
Had Ms. Whelan's tenure been marked only by her involvement with Mr. Wheeldon, it would be enough to distinguish her. "He gave me these moments of silence and stillness, that gave me so much power inside myself," she said of that collaboration. Her back arched, her cupped hands fanning out from the center of her chest. She mimicked a bomb detonation, and her tangle of light brown hair spilled down her back. "With those little moments of nothing I could explode."
She has originated roles in 10 of his ballets, 7 at City Ballet. But Ms. Whelan's influence extends far beyond a single choreographer. In a company that has been an engine behind new ballets, she has been a consistent presence in the room, and not just a passive one. (Younger dancers like the soloist Rebecca Krohn regularly consult her when learning these ballets.)
"Whenever somebody says the word 'muse,' you do conjure up images of white marble statues of subservient women kneeling at the feet of a god holding a musical instrument," Mr. Wheeldon said after a rehearsal. "Collaborator is a much better word. Ballet isn't like contemporary dance, where the dancers are constantly using the time with the choreographer to improvise and develop material that way. In a ballet company it's much more expected that you as the choreographer come up with the dance, and they do it. But Wendy's not that way. She has ideas."
Those ideas, along with her stage presence and distinctive physicality, have attracted the likes of William Forsythe, Jorma Elo and Wayne McGregor. Most significant in recent years she has been a central figure in the three pieces Alexei Ratmansky has created for the company, acquiring new dimensions as a heroine in his emotionally resonant works.
"I always have to look twice — Is that Wendy Whelan? — because she's got this amazing ability to reinvent herself," Mr. McGregor said in an interview in 2010 while creating his first work for City Ballet. "She's just an extraordinary artist. And also I love that she's like a racehorse; she's got this Thoroughbred kind of body, where you actually see the musculature. You've got the tension, the viscerality of the body even when she just stands there. And then you've got the experience, which makes a difference."
This experience extends to the Balanchine and Robbins repertory. Ms. Whelan's authority guides her colleagues here too.
"I hear all the time she's the quintessential Balanchine ballerina that has never worked with him," said Craig Hall, a soloist who joined the company in 2000 and who has become one of Ms. Whelan's regular partners. "All of the things we think about with Balanchine, she makes those things so crystal clear. Watching her dance in his ballets, I think, 'This is what he wants.' "
Ms. Whelan now dances fewer Balanchine ballets. But his repertory, along with ballets by Robbins, Mr. Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon, keeps her at the company, along with a philosophy that revolves around choreography, not stars.
If there is a certain loneliness that comes with being the last of a generation, there is also a certainty that her body is not yet tired. She aspires to keep dancing for years, citing Mikhail Baryshnikov's trajectory into modern dance as a model.
"If I could take control of my own career and make some things happen, that's a nice dream," she said, adding that it was Mr. Boal's invitation, years ago when they were colleagues, for her to join his pickup company and draw up a wish list of choreographers, that first inspired her to imagine herself in the driver's seat.
This March she will take a small step in that direction, as a guest performer with Stephen Petronio Company at the Joyce Theater.
"She's New York's treasure," Mr. Petronio said. "The longevity of her career has been astounding. She's like a great architectural building you pass day after day."
He isn't the only one to make this comparison.
"Steel and glass, I feel like that," Ms. Whelan said, smiling as she described dreams she often has, when she is in fact a building. "The glass, the reflective quality, the being able to see into these spaces or being down way into the ground and also lifting up: I feel very much that metaphorically."
The sky was a dusky, deepening blue behind her, with massive buildings looming among the city lights. As she spoke she fashioned her body into an arrow, rooting her torso down into the couch and jutting her arm up like a skyscraper's spire. The Empire State Building, perhaps.


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Seattle Times columnist Ron Judd has looked at his fellow Americans and seen they all seem to be looking at something else through something else. Of Tuesday's inauguration, he notes:
Sadly, the thing that will stick with some of us about it was not the stirring words, the historical import, or the celebration of democracy. It was the virtual seas of people standing, witnessing history, and viewing the entire unfathomably huge event through a video screen the size of an open pack of matches.
Two things about the crowd distinguished this inauguration as I watched: 1) never have I seen so many smiling faces at such an event, and 2) never have I seen so many smiling faces hidden behind a camera or cellphone. Judd's piece touches on those who tramp off into nature and spend all their time photographing and filming what they see. Instead of stopping to smell the roses, people are now cropping to sell the roses. He says that if you must take a picture of a beautiful scene, do so. But …
… then try something radical. Just stand there. Feel the spray settling on your face. Look around you and watch how the sun lights it up in a rainbow arch. Take in a few deep lungsful of that sweet, alpine air. Taste it. Feel it. Close your eyes and let your ears record the river's thunderous retort to the constraints of gravity. Hold still for a moment and, when you're ready, tell yourself quietly: Remember this. Never forget. Brand this moment on my soul.
As I watch people around me so often photographing themselves in the most mundane moments, I wonder if we've become a nation of voyeurs more than doers. Do we feel compelled to document things — like The Most Photographed Barn in America in Don DeLillo's White Noise — instead of engaging ourselves in actually experiencing things?
I bring this up as I take a road trip to Pittsburgh later today, with the Oswego women's hockey team playing two games vs. Chatham University this weekend. When I traveled with them to Boston last year, I kept a journal with pictures later published in the alumni online newsletter. This time I'll take photos and blog, but I also plan to step back from the camera and enjoy a city in the midst of Super Bowl™ fever. The company of two dozen outstanding young student-athletes. And some exciting hockey. Real life seen through eyes, not filtered the digital looking glass.


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