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|Day off for Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas, David Krejci among others
|05.20.11 at 2:23 pm ET
TAMPA — Three key stars of Thursday night's 2-0 win over the Lightning in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals were given the day off on Friday from the team's brief practice at St. Pete Times Forum.
Captain Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas and David Krejci were all absent as the team skated and went through drills for about 40 minutes in preparation for Game 4 Saturday afternoon in Tampa. Krejci scored the game's first goal 69 seconds into the opening period Thursday while Tim Thomas turned away all 31 Lightning shots in recording the team's first shutout of the 2011 playoffs.
Veterans Dennis Seidenberg and Mark Recchi were also given the day off. The Bruins will be looking to take a 3-1 series lead before the series shifts back to Boston for Game 5 Monday night at TD Garden.
The Bruins will be looking to take a 3-1 series lead before the series shifts back to Boston for Game 5 Monday night at TD Garden.
|Brad Marchand on M&M: Open-ice style 'nerve-racking'
|at 12:32 pm ET
Rookie winger Brad Marchand joined the Mut & Merloni show Friday morning, hours after the Bruins took a 2-1 series lead over the Lightning in the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-0 Game 3 win. To hear the interview go to the Mut & Merloni audio on demand page.
Following the 6-5 win in Game 2, the Bruins delivered a dominating defensive effort Thursday night.
"We weren't very happy with how we were playing defensively. We wanted to clean it up a bit," Marchand said. "Obviously, Timmy [Thomas] helped that a bunch. He played a great game and really kept us in it there when they had any opportunities. We really played tight defensively. We were really happy with how we played last game."
Marchand said the open-ice style is not good for his mental state. "It's so nerve-racking when you play that style," he said of Game 2. "We were up by three goals, I think it was, and then they started to come back. I've never so nervous in a game the last few minutes there. We're not very good at playing that way. We always get in trouble when we do. We're more comfortable playing the relaxed, defensive style. '¦ I'm a lot more calm in that way. it's tough to play like that, especially with a team with so much skill, you can't really keep up with them in that style."
The return of center Patrice Bergeron was a huge boost to the B's.
"I think someone was telling me at one point in the game his faceoffs were 18-6. That's outrageous," Marchand said. "It just shows how important he is on the faceoff dot. When you have a guy that's winning draws like that, you get so many more opportunities offensively and you're not chasing the puck as much and you're starting with it all the time. It makes it really easy to play out there. That's why he's so important to our team."
Rookie Tyler Seguin has made a huge impact in this series. Marchand said he's not surprised, based on what he's seen from the teenager on non-game days.
"He's playing unbelievable," Marchand said. "I remember even thinking to myself before the series started, when we knew he was going to play, he was one of our best players in practice every day. He was dominating in practice. I was really excited to see him play. It's obviously showed. He's played unbelievable the last three games. He's a big part of our team right now."
Marchand said Seguin has been handling his sudden fame well, although there was at least one incident when the youngster proudly soaked it all in.
Said Marchand: "Me and him and [Gregory] Campbell and [Dennis] Seidenberg went out to dinner and there was like five different TV ons, all on different stations, and at one point they were all talking about Segs at the same time. It was hilarious. Segs was loving it. He was laughing and pointing at the TVs.
"Everyone's chirping him pretty hard about it. They're trying to keep him calm. Obviously, it's a very exciting time for him. And we want him to enjoy it. But at the same time, we need to make sure he's focused for every game. But he's doing a good job with that. He knows he's got to get ready for each and every game. And he was last night. He played another great game last night. So, he did a good job following that game up."
TAMPA — When doctors gave Patrice Bergeron the go-ahead, he was 100 percent confident that he would be 100 percent when he stepped on the ice Thursday night for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Lightning.
"I was confident that I was ready, and the doctors and trainers were in the same boat as me," Bergeron said. "So, it was time for me to be out there."
Most importantly, there was zero hesitation from his coach.
"Not at all, as far as the hit was concerned," Claude Julien said. "If that would have been a concern, I don't think we would have dressed him tonight. When we decided to dress him, he was 100 percent. And we felt confident about that.
So that hit certainly wasn't a concern, and when I spoke to Patrice today, when he was cleared, my first question to him was, 'Are you comfortable coming back?' And there was no doubt in his mind. He said, 'I'm fine, I'm ready to go.' And that was something that was important, I guess, for everybody." Read the rest of this entry »
TAMPA — Tim Thomas recorded his first shutout of the playoffs Thursday night as the Bruins beat the Lightning, 2-0, Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Afterward, Thomas credited the result on a return to the defensive system the team has played all season.
"It was kind of a product of the way the game goes in front of me," Thomas explained. "So I was able to play more under control tonight, but a lot of that has to do with the fact that we played the way that I'm used to. So I felt comfortable in a game like that."
Thomas turned away all 31 shots in posting his second career playoff shutout. Thomas said David Krejci's goal just 69 seconds into the game helped him and the whole team relax and settle into a defensive mindset.
"I think getting the first quick goal definitely helped the whole team," Thomas added. "And then not just sitting back in the third but going out and getting that second goal made us able to stay relaxed and calm throughout the whole game."
Thomas led the NHL in goals against (2.00) while setting a new NHL record for save percentage at .938.
TAMPA — After his team recorded its first shutout of the playoffs, Bruins coach Claude Julien said the the 2-0 win was more like the defensive battle everyone was expecting between the Bruins and Lightning in the Eastern Conference final. He added that he was also happy his team came out on the right end.
"I think tonight's game probably resembles a lot more of what I think everybody expected from this series, two teams that make it hard for you to score, and I thought our team tonight was very good in regards to that," Julien said. "We made some stronger plays, some better decisions, and seemed a little bit more aware out there of what was going on. So comparing it to last game where I thought it was pretty sloppy, I thought we bounced back well tonight."
Tim Thomas stopped all 31 Lightning shots but the Bruins defense was strong all night, clearing most loose pucks away and bolstered by the return of the team's best two-way player Patrice Bergeron.
"I really liked the way he played," Julien said. "Obviously, you see the difference he can make for our hockey club faceoff-wise, but also his responsibility at both ends of the ice. His line was definitely better. His linemates obviously felt comfortable because they've been with him all year. So there was some chemistry there. And that certainly helped us tonight. I liked the fact that we had our four lines that were pretty stable and pretty good for us and very reliable."
|Tim Thomas blanks Lightning, Bruins take 2-1 series lead
|05.19.11 at 10:43 pm ET
TAMPA — Tim Thomas blanked the Lightning in a 2-0 Bruins win at St. Pete Times Forum, giving the Bruins a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
The Lightning gave the Bruins' netminder a run for his money in heavily outshooting the B's in the third period, but Thomas and the Bruins held on for the 37-year-old's first shutout of the postseason.
David Krejci opened the scoring for the Bruins, taking a feed from Milan Lucic and having all day to deke Dwayne Roloson in front to make it 1-0. The B's scored again in the second period on a goal from Andrew Ference.
Both the B's and Lightning went 0-for-3 on the power play, marking the first time this series that a special teams goal was not scored by either team.
The teams will square off for Game 4 in a 1:30 p.m. matinee on Saturday before returning to Boston for Monday's Game 5.
– Krejci now has goals in back-to-back games, his second such streak of the postseason. The first-line center had goals in three straight games (four total goals) to kick off the second round. With seven playoff goals, Krejci now leads the team in the postseason and through 14 games has more than half the tallies he amassed a 13-goal regular season (75 games).
– After allowing 10 goals (one of which was an empty-netter) over the first two games of the series, the Bruins buckled down defensively. Dennis Seidenberg had a huge blocked shot when Thomas kicked a rebound off a Vincent Lecavalier shot right onto the stick of Martin St. Louis in front. Seidenberg got in the way to break up a golden opportunity, and it wasn't the only case of a Bruins' defenseman coming up big. A little more than six minutes into the game, a long pass through the neutral zone set up a 2-on-1 for Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier. Zdeno Chara intercepted St. Louis' pass to Lecavalier. Lucic had a big block in the third period when the game was 1-0 to keep the Bruins ahead.
– Another strong showing from unsung hero Ference, who fired the shot from the point on the goal that was somehow initially credited to Seguin. The puck slowly trickled through the pads of Roloson, though many in the press box were scratching their heads as to how Seguin factored into the scoring, as Chris Kelly was in front. Either way, it was created by a Ference shot that served as the latest reminder that it's too bad that No. 21's season has only gotten recognition as a result of gestures and comments about Daniel Paille.
– Kind of hard to believe it took this long given how solid he was late in the Montreal series and throughout the second round, but Thomas has his first shutout of the postseason. As WEEI's Dale Arnold astutely pointed out on twitter, Thomas' play this series is reminiscent of the first round when a couple of merely human games were followed by the Thomas people around Boston got used to in the regular season. It was Thomas' first postseason shutout since May 10, 2010 when the B's blanked the Hurricanes, 4-0, in Game 5 of the conference semifinals.
– Scary moment for the B's with about two and a half minutes to go in the first period. Krejci took a pass in the neutral zone and was absolutely leveled by Marc-Andre Bergeron. Krejci remained on the ice for a bit but went back to the bench rather than the quiet room. He did not play the rest of the period, while Bergeron went off for an elbow. Luckily for the B's the center was out there for his line's first shift in the second period.
– The Bruins got their big power play showing in Game 2, but Thursday night's results did not mirror those of Tuesday's two-goal showing. The B's went 0-for-3 on the night and followed the postseason-long trend of getting progressively better. The B's had just one shot on the power play that followed the Krejci hit, while a second-period man advantage thanks to a too-many-men call was cut short when Patrice Bergeron interfered with Adam Hall at the blue line to prevent the Tampa winger from having a shorthanded breakaway. The unit did look good the third time around, as a rocket from Seidenberg was among the three shots for the B's.
|Bruins-Lightning Game 3 preview
|at 2:10 am ET
TAMPA ' The Bruins can pick up their third straight road win and first series lead of the Eastern Conference finals with a Game 3 win Thursday at St. Pete Times Forum. The B's might have momentum on their side, as they took a high-scoring contest Tuesday in defeating Tampa, 6-5. With the number three in mind, here's a preview of Thursday's game:
Three things the Bruins need to do:
– Keep Ryding the hot duo: Whether or not Patrice Bergeron returns to the lineup, any shakeup should not include a separation of Tyler Seguin and Michael Ryder. The two have totaled five goals thus far in the series, and their chemistry is evident. The Lightning will try to be more physical to knock the rookie off his game, but Seguin simply needs to show that these games have given him more confidence. Expect him to stay with Ryder and Chris Kelly in Game 3.
– Extend the power play success: Who said this team stunk on the man advantage? Two goals in Game 2 (one of which came with one second remaining after the team failed to score on a 5-on-3) matched their postseason production on the power play entering the night, and there are certainly encouraging nights. Tomas Kaberle played better on the man advantage Tuesday, while Seguin was finally given the opportunity to contribute on special teams and did.
– Tighten it up: As much as Bruins fans can get on board with watching Tim Thomas come up big on multiple breakaway bids, the B's would just rather they not happen at all. The Bruins could have had a much better defensive effort on Tuesday, and correcting it will lower the number of quality opportunities for the Lightning.
Three crazy stats:
– By scoring three goals on Dwayne Roloson Tuesday, the Bruins bumped the Lightning netminder out of the top spot in postseason goals against average and save percentage. The leader in both those categories now? Carey Price, who posted a 2.11 GAA and .934 in the first round against the B's.
– The Bruins are 0-2 in games this postseason in which Nathan Horton fails to register a shot on goal. They're 9-2 when he has at least one. Horton leads the B's with 13 points, and his 34 shots on goal are second to Bergeron among forwards.
– Only two Bruins players have a minus-3 rating over the last three games. Those two players would be Brad Marchand and Mark Recchi. Think they'd like to get Bergeron back?
Three key players:
– Patrice Bergeron: As fun as the Seguin Show was to watch on Tuesday, the Bruins aren't kidding themselves here. They need Bergeron back, and after taking contact he could return to the lineup for one of the games in Tampa. Whether that happens remains to be seen.
– Dwayne Roloson: The Tampa goaltender was not as bad as the numbers were on Tuesday, but it will be interesting to see how he responds to being chased for the first time this postseason.
– Johnny Boychuk: The 27-year-old has goals in two of his last three games, but he was positively wretched in Game 2. Boychuk's sloppiness resulted in a minus-3 rating that would have been worse had the puck he accidentally banked off the skate of Kaberle in front of the net gone in. He ended up playing only 16:06, his lowest time on ice total this postseason.


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We surely woke up in paradise today, the sun was shining and breakfast was waiting on the waterfront. We let the food settle while relaxing in the hammocks for half an hour, they are so comfortable and so far we haven't had any disasters trying to get in or out of them.
The water is so still protected from the ocean by small islands of mangrove trees just perfect for kayaking. Claire wasn't up for it, she had enough in Bali. I did venture out though speeding through the water followed by more relaxing and a dip in the pool to cool off. I just don't know how either of us are going to be able to settle back into ordinary life again.
By this time it was approaching lunch time and we set off down the road towards Key West although knowing we would never go that far. We are about 90 miles from Key West, there are mile markers along the road so you know exactly how far along you are. The road had a nice feel to it, you are never far from the coast either side as all they Keys are narrow strips of land all joined with bridges. We stopped off a few times for photos and sat on the edge dangling our feet in the clear water. There is not really a beach, the water just comes straight up to the land.
We turned around at the 74 mile marker and headed back. We found a good looking seafood restaurant along the way and Claire decided we were going to be brave and try something new. Neither of us are really into seafood but every time we try it we love it (With the exception of Paella in Barcelona).
We sat up at the bar and read the menu, Claire started to wish she hadn't said about trying something new now, however, she was brave. I went for the Cajun shrimp sandwich and Claire had the Tuna. Both turned out to be really nice, especially the Tuna steak, nothing like it comes out of the can!! Of course being in America it filled the plate with fries and salad. Good job we didn't choose the bigger meals.
We sat next to an older American couple who we chatted to, they were asking us about our trip and afterwards they said that they were wondering how come two college kids were on a round the world trip. Either this trip is making us look younger or their guide dogs were outside!!!!
We came back to our room for the afternoon to make the most of the sun and relaxed some more by the pool. I have been trying to capture a picture of the Pelicans in flight, they have been teasing me I'm sure. Every time I see them in flight I haven't got my camera ready, as soon as I pick up the camera they land on the water.

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text: Interesting. Judgejudy mentioned the same theory upthread. Almost sounds like the two of you... well, nevermind. G/G could have easily won gold in Nagano. That field was the weakest in Olympic competition since at least the 1970s (and possibly further back). It's tough to speculate for many obvious reasons, but in terms of content, I'm not sure whether to assume they would have pushed themselves and included the triples or played it safe with double axels. Had they won 96 and 97 Worlds with 2A's, would the judges have considered 3T's to be of such importance anyway? And, entering the competition having won the previous two Worlds in addition to their earlier success would have certainly given them a bit of a boost in reputation scoring. I think they were more likely to have won with 2A's, as a solid short would have knocked B/S - the only team that could possibly match their quality - out of the top 3, making it easier for G/G to skate to gold in the free. 3T's would've been a greater risk, and they seemed to be at their worst when trying to up their difficulty previously in their career. Regardless, they would've certainly won a medal; the color would have depended on their consistency and whether we are assuming B/S might've performed better with less pressure. I still wish Shishkova/Naumov had competed over E/B. E/B's programs that year were especially trashy, and they were on a downward trajectory technically. S/N never received the respect they deserved. They should have been 3-time World Champions and made the Russian teams well beyond the 1996 season IMO.


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For months, Rep. Michele Bachmann has been conspicuously silent on the rash of teen suicides in her suburban Twin Cities congressional district. (The situation in the Anoka-Hennepin School District has gotten so bad that state public health officials have officially designated it a "suicide contagion area.") Activists have claimed the school district's "no promo homo" policy, which prohibits teachers from saying positive things about homosexuality, abetts anti-gay bullying in the area. Another possible factor in the epidemic is the activism of groups like the Bachmann-supported Minnesota Family Council, which has stated that gay teens who commit suicide bring it upon themselves "because they've embraced an unhealthy sexual identity and lifestyle."
Now Bachmann's finally weighed in—sort of. Over the weekend, Bachmann was in Californa for a series of fundraisers, a campaign rally, and an appearance on Jay Leno. At a stop in Costa Mesa, she was asked what she would do about the bullying contagion in her district. Her response? "That's not a federal issue." And then she moved on. The Minnesota Independent notes that last week, activists brought a petition with 100,000 signatures to Bachmann's district office.
The problem with Bachmann's position is that, whether or not it's a federal issue, she's already made it a Michele Bachmann issue. In May, she keynoted a fundraiser for the Minnesota Family Council, which at the time was lobbying hard against any bulling legislation in the state legislature. And as a state senator, she fought anti-bullying legislation, asking her colleagues, "Will it get to the point where we are completely stifling free speech and expression? Will it mean that what form of behavior will there be, will we be expecting boys to be girls?"


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The memorial service will be on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. It's put on by the State Firemen's and Fire Marshalls' Association.
Chris Barron is the group's executive director. He says so far this year 18 Texas firefighters have died in the line of duty, including four Houston firefighters who died last month and the volunteer firefighters in West, who died in April.
Those 18 deaths are three times more than usual — on average, six Texas firefighters die in the line of duty each year.
"The amount of firefighters that have passed away is a little bit higher than normal. But we want what we do in honoring all firefighters, whether they passed in the line of duty or not, is make sure that their contributions to their community and fire department have been recognized."
The memorial service will also honor all Texas firefighters who died in the past year, whether on the job or off-duty. Altogether, 114 firefighters from 77 departments will be remembered.
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Lawmakers Boost Physician Fees Despite Budget Woes
Cover Story -- October 2001
By Ken OrtolonAssociate Editor
The situation was critical. Increasing numbers of patients on Medicaid and low reimbursement for treating them were bringing many physicians to the brink of financial ruin. Things were particularly bad on the Texas-Mexico border, where some physicians saw their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) caseloads reach 90 percent. A few were forced to stop seeing Medicaid patients and move to other cities where there were not so many patients needing Medicaid services.
Fearing a health care and economic disaster, a coalition of physicians along the border was joined by the Texas Medical Association and other groups across the state in a lobbying effort for higher Medicaid fees and reforms to the Medicaid system.
Their pleas did not fall on deaf ears.
High Hopes
Going into the 77th session of the Texas Legislature this year, physicians were optimistic that lawmakers might approve the first substantial fee increase for physicians in the Medicaid program in nearly a decade.
A small, 2.7-percent rate hike approved by the legislature in 1999 -- the first increase in seven years -- had done little to help the financial outlook for physicians in inner cities, rural areas, and along the border who had high Medicaid patient loads. The fragile Medicaid provider network was beginning to show cracks, leading to access-to-care problems for patients in both Medicaid and CHIP.
But even before the session began, hopes for meaningful fee updates appeared to be dashed. Virtually on the eve of the session, State Comptroller Carole Rylander reduced her estimate of the surplus funds lawmakers would have to spend. And, it appeared that most of those funds would be eaten up just covering a $600 million shortfall that had appeared in the Medicaid budget for the 2000-01 biennium.
Undaunted by the budget situation, however, legislative leaders crafted a package of Medicaid reforms that included not only the much needed fee increases, but also measures to simplify the Medicaid enrollment process designed to bring some 600,000 additional Medicaid-eligible children into the program. In fact, overall health and human services spending was boosted by some 17 percent, with the bulk of the new monies earmarked for Medicaid.
Unfortunately, a third Medicaid bill developed by a special House-Senate Medicaid work group and containing TMA-backed reforms of the Medicaid managed care program was vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry. However, many of the provisions of that bill might be carried out administratively by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). Health and Human Services Commissioner Don Gilbert appears to be committed to accomplishing many of TMA's priorities contained within the vetoed bill.
The Bad News
Fort Worth surgeon Robert W. Sloane Jr., MD, the immediate past chair of the TMA Council on Legislation, says many physicians were very disappointed with the increase in 1999 because it "didn't translate into anything meaningful for most practicing Medicaid providers."
By the time the legislature convened in January of this year, the problems on the border were so bad that physicians there created a special border Medicaid coalition to lobby the legislature for increased provider fees. Organized by the El Paso County Medical Society, the group included the presidents and other leaders from every county medical society along the border from El Paso to Brownsville.
Coalition members made several trips to Austin to testify before House and Senate budget-writing committees, as well as to meet with the governor and lieutenant governor. The group worked closely with TMA, the Lone Star State Medical Association, and numerous specialty societies in lobbying not only for fee updates but also for the other Medicaid reforms.
"We asked for an increase in reimbursement along the Rio Grande from El Paso all the way down to Brownsville and in other extended areas away from the border where there were high levels of indigent populations," said El Paso physician Dale Burleson, MD, who was active in the coalition.
"The reason for asking for more money for border physicians is not that we want to get paid more on the border than guys in Dallas or Houston or Austin," Dr. Burleson continued, "but to acknowledge that inadequate Medicaid fees have a disproportionate impact on border physicians who treat not only high numbers of Medicaid and CHIP patients but also the indigent. These physicians don't have the ability to cost shift to private pay patients. We were asking for increased fees for these high-volume providers on the border so that we can make their lives reasonable from an economic standpoint."
The Good News
The physicians found a receptive audience. Despite the tight budget, the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance Committee found $197 million in new state funds to update fees for physicians, hospitals, and other health care professionals. Specifically, $50 million of that total was earmarked for professional fees, which will draw down another $75 million in federal matching funds, for a total of $125 million for professional services.
State Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), vice chair of the House Public Health Committee, says there was wide support for the fee updates because lawmakers recognized the importance of maintaining the provider base.
"We had just come off a consent decree in which Judge [William Wayne] Justice said we were in violation in some areas for Texas Health Steps," Representative Coleman said. "So it was very important that we have a provider base to see patients in that program, both dental and medical, and that we continue to have a hospital provider base for tertiary care."
State Rep. Kyle Janek, MD, (R-Houston) agrees. "Everybody recognizes that access is a problem if you don't have providers," he said. "You've got to have an adequate number of providers in certain areas where there is such a heavy Medicaid population."
Targeting the Money
Unlike the rate increase of 1999, this year's update will not be applied across the board. Dr. Sloane says the appropriations bill rider containing the new fees is very specific about how the money is to be applied.
"There are three general stipulations in the rider," Dr. Sloane said. "One is that there has to be an increase in the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment [EPSDT] medical screening program."
HHSC already has moved to carry out that directive. While the appropriations rider was not specific about how much the EPSDT, or Texas Health Steps, screening fees should be increased, the commission approved, based on recommendations from TMA, a raise from $49 to $70 per screening visit that took effect on Sept. 1.
El Paso County Medical Society President Manny Alvarez, MD, says that will be a major boost for high Medicaid providers.
"That's a fabulous increase for our pediatricians," Dr. Alvarez said. "It certainly brought a smile to them and will help them quite a bit. With the increase, a lot of physicians have reopened their practices to new Medicaid and CHIP patients."
As part of the EPSDT stipulation, the appropriations rider also directed HHSC to develop a system of bonus payments for physicians who complete the scheduled EPSDT screenings. HHSC has not yet determined how the bonus program will work, but a Physician Payment Advisory Committee (PPAC) made up of physicians from various specialties from across the state will have input into decisions about the program.
The PPAC was scheduled to meet in September to begin formulating recommendations on the bonus program.
The second major stipulation in the rider was that HHSC should update selected office-based evaluation and management codes with a goal of increasing primary preventive health care. Finally, HHSC was directed to develop some mechanism to reward high-volume Medicaid providers along the border and in inner cities.
TMA Governmental Affairs Director Helen Kent Davis, who followed the budget debate and who has been tracking HHSC implementation of the fee updates, says it is unclear how "high volume" will be defined. PPAC also will weigh in on that issue, she says.
"All of this was couched in terms of retaining those physicians in selected parts of the state who, if they were to leave the program, would have a significant negative impact on access for children," Dr. Sloane said.
Will the updates help retain Medicaid physicians in El Paso and elsewhere? Dr. Alvarez says yes. Will the updates help attract additional physicians to those areas, which have some of the highest patient-to-physician ratios in the country? Probably not.
In formulating the Medicaid fee update, it was clear to all involved -- physicians and lawmakers -- that the new monies aren't nearly enough to expand the provider base, Dr. Sloane says. To do that would require substantially more money, raising Medicaid rates to a level akin to Medicare.
Boosting Enrollment
While lawmakers were shoring up the Medicaid provider network, they also were focusing attention on other problems in the program, most notably a lag in enrollment of Medicaid-eligible children.
Despite tremendous success in enrolling children in CHIP, Texas had an estimated 600,000 children who were eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled. Several interim legislative studies had looked at enrollment and other problems, and a survey of low-income Texas families pointed to several barriers to getting full enrollment in the program. Among them were long waits for appointments, inconvenient office hours, and complicated application and enrollment forms. These were barriers CHIP applicants did not face.
Medicaid required face-to-face interviews with new applicants, which often were inconvenient for working parents. CHIP did not have such a requirement. The Medicaid application form, with required attachments and documentation, could be as long as 25 pages. The CHIP application was only one to two pages. Medicaid required frequent re-enrollment. CHIP provided 12 months of continuous coverage. All of these barriers discouraged parents from enrolling their children in Medicaid.
"It is not fair for children at 101 percent of poverty to have an easier time getting into health coverage than a child at 99 percent of poverty," said Representative Coleman. "It's just patently unfair. Our system was set up in such a way that it created that disparity."
To address the problem, Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) filed Senate Bill 43. The measure was cosponsored by a large, bipartisan group of representatives and senators, including Representative Coleman. It passed overwhelmingly and was signed by Governor Perry.
SB 43 directs HHSC to implement several measures to tear down the barriers to Medicaid enrollment. The agency is to develop a consolidated application for Medicaid and CHIP, allow mail-in application and recertification for children's Medicaid, and allow a simplified, self-declared assets test, with no additional documents or proof required.
SB 43 also calls for the phase-in of continuous eligibility for children up to age 19, with six months of continuous eligibility by February 2002 and 12 months as early as September 2002 but no later than June 2003.
HHSC also was ordered to establish a process for promoting smooth transitions from Medicaid to CHIP, hold "health care orientations" for new Medicaid enrollees, and establish policies to ensure that children get their Texas Health Steps/EPSDT preventive care services.
Representative Janek says the changes should please liberals and conservatives alike.
"One of the complaints conservatives make about government is that it's cumbersome and a lot of the bureaucracy involves a tremendous amount of red tape," he said. "We cleared a great deal of that up with the simplification bill. We made it easier for patients to get access to the system."
From a fiscal standpoint, that made sense even though it carried a price tag, Representative Janek adds.
"To put it in stark political terms, liberals will like it because it's a strengthening of the social safety net. Conservatives like it because it's the smartest way to spend those resources," he said. "If you don't take care of those patients using state money for which you get a federal match, then you're just going to put the burden on the hospitals and on the local providers, and some of the hospitals are on very thin margins."
Veto, Again?
The third element of the Medicaid equation during the 77th session was cost containment. Caseload and utilization growth in Medicaid, along with an accounting trick by which lawmakers had funded only 23 months of the program in the 2000!!-01 budget, forced lawmakers to pass a $600 million emergency appropriation for Medicaid early in the session.
That, along with fraud allegations leveled at the Medicaid carrier by the Travis County District Attorney's Office and lawmakers' concern over how the acute care portion of Medicaid was being managed by the Texas Department of Health, prompted House Appropriations Committee Chair Rob Junell (D-San Angelo) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) to appoint a joint, bipartisan Medicaid work group in February to look at ways to streamline Medicaid and improve cost efficiency. The investigation into the fraud allegation ended without any criminal charges against National Heritage Insurance Co. The company agreed to reimburse the state $3.4 million and pay a $250,000 penalty.
Cochaired by Senator Zaffirini and Representative Coleman, the work group toiled late into the session to produce a package of Medicaid reforms that not only produced $205 million in cost savings for the state during the 2002-03 biennium but also included many TMA-backed changes in the Medicaid managed care program.
Among the Medicaid managed care reforms were the adoption of standardized referral and credentialing processes, elimination of preauthorization for routine services, examination of the Texas Health Steps/EPSDT enrollment and participation requirements for physicians, and enactment of tougher complaint mechanisms for Medicaid managed care plans.
SB 1156 also directed that Medicaid managed care utilize the primary care case management model (PCCM) for any new managed care rollouts. (See "PCCM: What Is It?")
The bill passed on voice vote in the House and unanimously in the Senate, but Senator Zaffirini and Representative Coleman were stunned when Governor Perry vetoed it. The governor said the measure was not needed because HHSC already has statutory authority to carry out most of the reforms.
Representative Coleman said the first inkling that the bill was in trouble did not come until the House-Senate conference committee report was being printed.
"We were having the conference committee report printed at the time the governor's office asked for a meeting," he said. "If we had delayed that printing, it would have killed the conference report."
Representative Coleman called the veto "shortsighted."
"The five-year savings from that bill was $416 million in general revenue," he said. "It provided for increased coverage for women, for people with mental illness, for people with HIV and AIDS, and for permanent legal residents of Texas. And, it had safeguards for physicians in dealing with Medicaid HMOs."
Even though SB 1, the appropriations bill, also contained the cost-savings provisions, Representative Coleman says the veto could cause a budget shortfall.
Representative Janek, who also served on the joint work group, disagrees.
"There was some disagreement among members as to whether the Health and Human Services Commission had the authority to make the changes that came out of the work group," he said. "I believe the commissioner of health and human services does have that authority. Those cost-saving measures can be done administratively."
Representative Janek also defends the veto on grounds that SB 1156 had been loaded with provisions that had not been part of the work group's recommendations.
"That bill grew overnight to much more than just the Medicaid work group," Representative Janek said. "It truly was a Christmas tree with a lot of other programs hung on it in the closing days of the session."
Moving Forward
Just how much authority HHSC has to accomplish the vetoed reforms will soon be put to the test. Commissioner Gilbert already has indicated his agency will move forward with at least some of the major provisions of SB 1156.
In late August and early September, HHSC held a series of 24 public hearings on rolling out the PCCM model for Medicaid managed care in 203 counties where the HMO model is not already in place. PCCM is akin to a managed fee-for-service plan and is widely supported by physicians who currently participate in it.
In the hearings, HHSC indicated its intent is to begin the expansion in March 2002. TMA supports the PCCM as a prudent approach to reducing Medicaid costs without saddling patients and physicians with unnecessary new administrative hassles. That being said, TMA is concerned about the aggressive implementation schedule.
"For PCCM to work well, physicians and patients must understand what their respective responsibilities are," said Robert Gunby, MD, of Dallas, chair of the TMA Council on Socioeconomics. "Many physicians, much less patients, don't know what PCCM is. Some believe it is just another name for an HMO. TMA is advocating for an early and intensive education campaign to be sure patients and physicians alike understand their respective roles in PCCM."
Additionally, some aspects of PCCM may not work well in rural and border communities. TMA and local county medical societies have asked HHSC to be flexible in the PCCM design to ensure that the model doesn't inadvertently hinder care or deter physicians from participating.
Other priorities HHSC has outlined for the interim include integration of Medicaid and CHIP, streamlining of duplicative activities and consolidation of the Medicaid program within HHSC, and cost-savings measures, such as mandatory enrollment of patients with disabilities in Medicaid managed care, selective contracting with hospitals, and others.
Regardless of the progress made during the interim, Medicaid likely will be on the front burner again in 2003.
Representative Janek says the legislature made it easier for patients to gain access to the Medicaid system and shored up the Medicaid fee schedule, particularly for physicians who have a heavy Medicaid caseload. "But, we have to look at these issues all the time," he added. "There is no single fix. Every budget is starting fresh with new arguments and new priorities."
And Dr. Burleson from El Paso says the border coalition will not rest on its laurels.
"We found that even getting started late in the legislative session, we really made a big difference," Dr. Burleson said. "The legislators really wanted to hear from us. They want to know what's going on, and they want to hear it from their constituents, not just the paid lobbyists.
"I think we are going to organize and get started a lot earlier next time and see if we can't move forward from here."
Ken Ortolon can be reached at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1392, or (512) 370-1392; or by email at Ken Ortolon.
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Patch from #9205 fixes this problem.
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WEST SALEM, Wis. (WKBT) - West Salem residents have two referendum questions on their April 1 ballot. One is to exceed the state's revenue cap by $500,000 and the other is to borrow $32 million to build a new middle school. But the school district and students wouldn't be the only ones to benefit from a new building.
Two years ago, the school district looked into just remodeling the current middle school. But architects soon found the district would benefit from repurposing the school and building a new middle school. So the challenge became trying to find something to fill the empty space. Two local organizations have made that easy by saying the space would be perfect for them.
West Salem Superintendent Troy Gunserson said a new middle school is the right long-term decision.
"When you do those numbers out over a 20-year period those make sense. It's not cheapest at the start but it's cheapest over the long haul," Gunderson said
By leasing out the current middle school to groups like the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater La Crosse Area and the West Salem Hockey Association, the district isn't the only group that beneifits.
"Both of those groups have been seeking to create facilities in West Salem that could be in total cost nearly $6 million, maybe $3 million apiece. By doing this kind of thing they're going to be able to do this for way less than half of that," Gunderson said.
"We're looking at somewhere between $600,000 and $700,000 possible savings," John Hammes, from the West Salem Hockey Association, said.
Hammes said the hockey association has been looking for a new facility for about 16 years.
"We've looked at multiple different locations, but one thing that's (been) in common is we want to find something close to the schools because we know our program will succeed and strive if we're within walking distance of the schools," Hammes said.
Hammes said sharing the middle school with the Boys and Girls Club could really benefit both groups.
"In this facility there would be multiple times where we could help each other out. They could use our facility to entertain the kids that come and use the Boys and Girls Club and in return we hope we get more kids interested in playing the game of hockey," Hammes said.
All three groups know this won't become a reality unless the referendum passes.
"With a 100-acre campus and modern updated facilities, and then amenities like hockey and Boys and Girls Club right on your campus, you couldn't draw it up any better, that's for sure," Gunderson said.
The Boys and Girls Club has already had an architect and contractor look at how to remodel the building for their group. They would use about half of the school, including the main floor, gym and music area.
The hockey association would use the north side of the building for their locker rooms and concession stand; they would then build an ice rink attached to the north side of the school.
The school district said there is still about 20,000 square feet of the current middle school that could be used by other organizations.
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After playing "Legends of the Majors" 1955, 50's style clubs vs. Hogan and Snead (PS3, Masters Historic ver., level 100) I returned to my Career to find I have NO PUTTER in bag!!!! I am able to SELECT all open putters but none will stay in bag, " 0 Clubs of this type" is stated next to putters in the "In Bag" screen. This is Same for ALL play modes, practice round, Career, online tourney and so forth. Due to not being able to select and maintain a putter "In Bag" the game freezes on approach to first green.
Come on EA you have 14 years or so creating and releasing Tiger Woods Golf and still unable to produce a fully playable game !!!!! I mean these games aren't cheap, 65.00 euros for game , 20.00 euros for Masters Historic upgrade and about 25.00 euros for Courses required to play first year, That's about $150.00 for a game I am unable to play due to to UNACCEPTABLE BUGS!!!!
Let's try a little harder and get it right!!!!!!!!
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Right After Leveling Up To 97 And Unlocking The Prototype Putter. I Can Select Every Unlocked Putter I Have, But None Of Them Stay In The Bag. The System Freezes Any Time I Should Be Using a Putter.
The Game Is Now Unplayable. This Should Not Happen After How Much This Game Costs.
Same thing here WTF, are they going to fix or give everyone a refund, plus our time we spent on the game. My time is worth 125.00 an hour. What arer you going to do EA???
i am having the same issue, except its not just the putter that is missing, my wedges and irons are gone too!!!
Same issure with Xbox, posted a few times yesterday and on their TWITTER account @EASPORTSGOLF. Hoping for a fix, it has actually been about 5 days... so that means since the last patch basically.
Since I have had NO RESPONSE from EA SUPPORT I have been looking for a FIX myself. Here's what I did.
From main menu go to "My Golfers>Golfer Management>Highlight your Golfer>press Select(X)>Click on "Set Default". This will reset your created Golfer as Default. By doing this all your clubs will reset to starter series. Now go to "Edit Golfer" select your created Golfer. > Select "Equipment". You will now be able to re-select all available clubs, including Putter. After you have selected the clubs you want return to "Golf Bag" and edit your selected clubs, (remember you are only allotted 14 clubs in bag). Example, edit Driver pitch 8.5 ° or whichever you prefer. Choose how many and what type of Fairway Woods. Choose which Irons, wedges and so forth, remember 14 clubs only! When done with "Golf Bag" edit return to "Equipment" edit and there you we be able to select "Grips, Shafts and Balls"When finished return to main menu and PLAY ON!!!!!
Now for EA Support!!!!
Now that I have found an in-game solution for this bug, YOU as EA TECH need to find a REAL FIX for this problem. I can't understand why we the customers must waste our valuable time trying to fix your BUGS!!! This is an expensive game (65 euros for Game, 20 euros for upgrade to Masters Historic and 25 euros for Courses needed to play first year). NOW get on the ball get these problems FIXED, I mean it is your JOB after all…
No need to create new player!!! Just Highlight your Original Created Player and re-select as DEFAULT PLAYER.
I tried this fix and it did NOT fix the missing putter issue. I even tried setting my 2nd golfer as default, and it STILL did not let me get a putter in my golf bag. I even tried removing every club except the wedges and then selecting the putter, STILL no go. Also, when I went to Golfer Management, and selected my golfer with the putter issue and clicked 'Set to Default' it did not reset the clubs to the starter sets. Has anyone else other than mdmanmike been able to use this fix to fix their golfer?
I tried every fix posted but still no putter and my original golfer does not go back to starter clubs. Come on EA pull your head out and give us a real fix.
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Francois Dionot uses less cornmeal than the usual cornmeal-to-liquid ratio to ensure that the polenta is creamy -- almost running off the spoon -- rather than sticky or heavy. He serves this dish as a first course; it also can be a side dish.
The mushrooms can be roasted up to one day ahead and spread with the parsley paste. Cover and refrigerate the mushrooms, then bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until heated through. If serving with seafood, substitute clam juice for the chicken stock.
Servings: 6 - 8
- 1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 medium shallot, chopped (about 2 tablespoons)
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 3 1/2 cups chicken stock (may substitute low-sodium chicken broth) or water
- 1 cup cornmeal (preferably stone-ground)
- 2 to 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup grated Gruyère, or Parmesan cheese, (about 2 ounces)
- 3 large or 4 medium portobello mushrooms, stemmed
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
In a small bowl, make a paste of the parsley, garlic, shallot and olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
In a large pot over high heat, bring the chicken stock or water to a boil and slowly add the cornmeal, whisking to prevent lumps. Season with salt and pepper to taste, reduce the heat to medium-low so the polenta bubbles but does not spatter. Cook until it thickens, about 30 minutes, stirring often to prevent sticking. Add the butter and cheese and mix well.
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Most Boring City In Canada Award Goes To Ottawa
The nation's capital may be beset with intrigue at the moment, but don't be fooled — Ottawa is still boring.
At the inaugural Boring Awards hosted in Toronto on Tuesday night, Ottawa was voted the most boring city in Canada, beating out stiff competition from Abbotsford, B.C., Brampton, Ont., Laval, Que., and Lethbridge, Alta.
However, organizers almost called off the event -- where a documentary titled, you guessed it, "Boredom" was also aired -- after recent news from the capital livened things up.
"It was a disaster for us," director Albert Nerenberg told the Ottawa Citizen.
From a Senate expense scandal to the resignation of Nigel Wright, the prime minister's former chief of staff, Ottawa has been more interesting than usual of late.
"We thought this would be an epic year for boredom, but really it was quite terrible," organizer Rob Spence, told the Citizen. "So many crazy, interesting things happened the very week of the awards."
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The Boring Awards were held in Toronto on Tuesday, May 21.
Runners-up: Avril Lavigne Thomas Mulcair The Royal Bank Animated Character Justin Bieber
Runners-up: Actor Ryan Gosling Peaches Chris Hatfield The Ikea Monkey
Runners-up: Queen's Jubilee Ceremonies in Canada 2012 Throne Speech, Parliament of Canada Toronto Maple Leafs eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoffs The Boring Awards
"Boring and orderly is the Canadian way." - Monte Solberg in the Toronto Sun. Runners-up: "It's just going to be all trivial facts and figures." -Dale Martelli, President of the B.C. Social Studies Teacher's Association talking about the Canadian government's new plans for the teaching of Canadian history. "To return to boring." - Mark Carney, then governer of the Bank oc Canada describes his 2012 strategy. "It's official, Canadian home prices are boring." - Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter talking about the stability of Canadian real estate. "Our leaders are boring, but what does that say about us?" - Sean Koury
Runners-up: Laval, Quebec Lethbridge, Alberta Abbotsford, BC Brampton, ON
The Boring Academy, comprised of accountants, tax officials and IT consultants, awarded the 64th Annual Tax Conference in Calgary, Alta., the most boring event of the year. It beat out other events such as the Queen's Jubilee Ceremonies, the 2012 Throne Speech and the Toronto Maple Leafs' elimination from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was named the most boring Canadian ahead of NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, singer Avril Lavigne, The Bank of Montreal's Animated Character and Justin Bieber.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, currently embroiled in a scandal of his own after allegedly being filmed smoking crack cocaine, was named the least boring Canadian.
Abbotsford, which is described in the Urban Dictionary as a "city in British Columbia, Canada, where everything is boring and everybody wants to go to another town to do stuff," was happy to be nominated in the city category after garnering the less than flattering title of "Homicide Capital of Canada" in 2008 and 2009.
"A little boring isn't the worst thing in the world," Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald told the Vancouver Sun.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson told 1310 News that while he might be the most boring mayor, the city is not a boring place.
"We just finished the Tulip Festival, the big-name acts that are coming into the city, the Byward Market, the vibrancy of Sens Mile — we are not a boring city."


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[1]President Barack Obama put pressure on Congress today to pass a short-term budget deal[2] to avoid automatic spending cuts that are scheduled to take place on March 1.
In a short statement released today in the White House briefing room, Obama said, "Let's keep on chipping away at this problem together, as Democrats and Republicans, to give our workers and our businesses the support that they need to thrive in the weeks and months ahead."
The president's plan involves both spending cuts and tax increases, although it did not specify what the cuts or increases might be, how much the deal would be for, or how long it would last. Obama's goal is to avoid sequestration, which would implement across the board spending cuts on March 1, save for Social Security and Medicaid.
Republicans in the House introduced legislation today that would require Obama to either submit a budget that was balanced within a decade or specify when it would come into balance. Most see the bill as a political message, rather than as viable legislation.
As it currently stands, the Congressional Budget Office said the government will run a $845 billion deficit this year, an improvement from the $1.1 trillion it ran last year. By 2015, the U.S. deficit could decrease to $430 billion, the result of economic growth, the higher tax rate on top earners that was recently negotiated[3], the end of the temporary payroll tax cut, and a slower growth rate for health care costs.
However, retirement by baby boomers will lead to deficit increases after 2015, as Medicare and Social Security costs increase. While a short-term solution is all well and good to avoid the pain of sequestration, the U.S. is running out of time to face down the ticking time bomb of retiring boomers.
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I called and spoke with Kim, on July 30,2013 to schedule an appt for a move on August 3,2013@ 9:00 am i called her the day before to confirm the move, she stated everything was on schedule and that the movers would be ther at 9:00 i needed an early move, at 9:30
no one had showed up so i called her and ask if, she had forgotten about me no one was there she stated that ,she would call me back let her check on it, she never called back
I called several times and no one would answer, not once did she call me back, i had to find a moving company at the last minute, this is the most UNPROFESSIONAL , company i have ever dealt with they need to have there license taken away from them.....BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY AND ANYONE THAT WANT TO POST MY COMPLAINT ON THE WEB HAS MY PERMISSION TO DO SO!!!!!
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Ok let me get this straight.....You suggest that this company lose thier ability to move because YOU were incovenced?? WOW SELF ENTITLED MUCH!!!!!
Did you put any money down? It sounds like you had a appointment set up. Your post only goes to show that this company made a MISTAKE. They didnt kill your dog or your kid. Have you never made a mistake before?? Or are you so d**n perfect that you HAVE NEVER MADE A MISTAKE. You need to climb off your high horse and join the rest of us mere mortals in the mud. Maybe your will see how assinine both your post and request truly are.
Im even willing to bet that you waited maybe 10 mins before calling someone else. There is every possibility that the mover got lost trying to get to you or that they were running behind. DID YOU EVEN GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO MAKE IT RIGHT FOR YOU??? Reading the tone of your post I HIGHLY doubt it.
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Isotopes Two-Hit by Royals in 9-0 Loss
Heath Phillips tossed six innings, allowing just one hit
April 11, 2009 8:40 PM ET
O-Royals starting pitcher Heath Phillips weaved his way through six scoreless innings, allowing the Isotopes just one hit, a sharp single by Jason Repko in the first inning. The left-handed Phillips (1-0) retired 15 of 16 batters beginning in the second through the sixth and did not allow a runner past second en route to his first victory of the season.
Omaha started the scoring in the first inning when J.R. House hit an RBI double that caromed off the fence down the left field line. Repko collected the ball and immediately fired it home to catcher Danny Ardoin, but the throw was an instant too late to get former Isotope Tommy Murphy streaking from third and the Royals grabbed a 1-0 lead.
Like his O-Royals counterpart, 'Topes starter Eric Milton pitched solidly as well, allowing just three hits through his four frames and retired seven straight from the second through the fourth innings.
However, Milton ran into trouble in the fifth. After giving up two consecutive hits, he surrendered a three-run home run to Mitch Maier that sailed into the berm in right field, extending the Omaha advantage to 4-0 and ending the left-handed starter's night. In four-plus innings Milton (0-1) allowed four runs on six hits while walking one and striking out an early season-high seven.
Phillips was replaced by Carlos Rosa, who was just as effective, allowing just an infield hit to Xavier Paul in two scoreless innings of relief. Dusty Hughes closed out the game with a hitless ninth, keeping the 'Topes' prodigious offense stymied to just a pair of knocks all night.
Meanwhile, the Royals added runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth, including a two-run homer by House, to cap the scoring at nine runs.
Albuquerque will look to even the series against Omaha tomorrow, April 12. Right-handed knuckleballer Charlie Haeger (0-0, No ERA) takes the mound for the Isotopes against fellow right-hander Brandon Duckworth (0-0, No ERA) in a 1:35 PM start from The Lab.
More great promotions continue this weekend as the Isotopes play the final game against the Omaha Royals. Tomorrow, April 12, the 'Topes will wear their special Dodger Blue jerseys for the first time this season. Kids 12 and under will also get a chance to take part in an Easter Egg Hunt beginning at 12:45 on the field and continuing until supplies last. Tickets for any Isotopes game may be purchased at the Isotopes Park Box Office, at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 1-800-745-3000, or on-line at www.albuquerquebaseball.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
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