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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a set of significant updates to health privacy rules. The proposed rule tackles how sensitive patient information is handled under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which is the nation's foremost health privacy law. The rule is open for public comment until September 13th, and CDT intends to file a set during this period.
Although the proposed rule does not clarify some outstanding issues in the health information technology (health IT) area, CDT is encouraged that HHS' proposed rule would strengthen patient privacy, data security and enforcement of the law. The proposed rule contains numerous changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule; of those changes, CDT considers the four discussed below to be the most consequential.
Under HIPAA, "business associates" are organizations or individuals that perform activities involving patients' personal data on behalf of doctors, hospitals, health insurance companies and other "covered entities." Historically, business associates were not directly accountable for complying with HIPAA privacy and security requirements. Instead, the law required covered entities and business associates to enter into specialized contracts – called "business associate agreements" – that contained certain patient privacy and security protections. However, the protections in the business associate agreements were still generally less comprehensive than those covered entities themselves were required to follow under HIPAA.
The HITECH Act made business associates directly subject to portions of the HIPAA Security Rule requiring physical, administrative and technical data safeguards. HITECH also required business associates to comply with those Privacy Rule provisions that are made applicable to them by their contract with the covered entity; in addition, business associates must comply with any changes to the Privacy Rule that were part of HITECH regardless of whether or not those provisions are in their contracts with covered entities. The proposed rule codifies these requirements, generally tracking the legislative language.
In the proposed rule, HHS – interpreting Congress' intent in enacting HITECH – would also count subcontractors of business associates as business associates themselves. The proposed rule would therefore hold subcontractors to the same HIPAA requirements as business associates. The proposed rule would also provide that business associates may not use or disclose patient health information except as permitted under the Privacy and Enforcement Rules and within the limits of their business associate agreements.
With respect to the constraints that business associate agreements place on a business associate's use and disclosure of patient health information, the proposed rule references the Privacy Rule language: The business associate agreement will provide that business associates cannot further use or disclose the information other than as permitted or required by the contract or by law. CDT is pleased to see HHS highlight this important component of the Privacy Rule. In the past, anecdotal reports indicate business associates may not have been sufficiently limited in their uses of patient data, in part due to overbroad agreements with covered entities and/or a failure of covered entities to more actively monitor their business associates. Business associates should not be permitted to indulge in creative expansion of vague business associate agreements to chase additional revenue streams with patient data. CDT thinks the new limits on business associates and subcontractors are excellent in concept, but would like HHS to more strongly emphasize the role of business associate agreements in restricting use of patient information. In our comments, CDT intends to request HHS be very clear that the business associate agreement is intended to limit business associates' uses and disclosures of patient data. Although HHS provides model contract language, it is too general to be very helpful. Business associate agreements should be very specific and allow business associates to use and disclose patient data only for the tasks necessary to carry out the services for which the covered entity hired the business associate.
HITECH made some very positive changes regarding enforcement of HIPAA, but the proposed rule added only a little to that which was required under HITECH. Prior to HITECH, HHS had an obligation to try and solve compliance issues with covered entities through informal means. However, HITECH states that HHS will investigate any complaint of a violation if the facts indicate that an organization was willfully neglecting HIPAA rules. HITECH also stated that HHS will impose a civil penalty in cases of willful neglect.
The proposed rule implements these requirements and also proposes a provision stating that HHS will conduct a compliance review when a preliminary review indicates willful neglect. HITECH only referred to complaints, not compliance reviews. HHS must still resolve via informal means other complaints in which the prelim review does not indicate willful neglect, but HHS maintains its discretion regarding whether or not it will conduct a compliance review or a formal investigation in cases where willful neglect is not suspected.
Through HITECH and the proposed rule, HHS now has considerably more leverage to enforce HIPAA. It remains an open question, however, whether HHS will use its new enforcement tools effectively. In the past, HHS has shown reticence to levy civil penalties for even serious violations. CDT will urge HHS to take a proactive role in HIPAA stewardship, and to conduct reviews/investigations at a lower threshold than willful neglect.
The proposed rule would add reputational harm to factors HHS will consider when deciding how severe a penalty to impose for HIPAA violations. According to the proposed rule, HHS wanted to be clear that reputational harm was as concrete as financial and physical harm, which are currently listed as penalty factors.
CDT supports the inclusion of reputational harm when deciding on penalties; however, we do not believe that regulations should consider harm to individuals to be the determining factor for whether a privacy violation took place, and CDT argued against a "harm standard" in comments to HHS on data breach notification rules. (Under the breach notification "harm standard," covered entities must notify patients of a data breach if the covered entity determines that there is a significant risk the breached data will cause physical, financial, reputational or other harm to the patient.) However, given that the harm standard for breach notification is currently in effect, it is appropriate for the penalty factors to include all the parameters of the breach notification harm standard. Thus, CDT will request that HHS include "other" harm in the penalty factors in addition to reputational harm.
CDT will also request that the penalty factors incorporate some consideration of what actually happens to the data – i.e., whether an unauthorized party accesses the data. The Federal Trade Commission issued breach notification rules that gave significant weight to unauthorized access to the breached data. A focus on whether data was compromised – not harm to individuals – was also Congress' intent with regard to the breach notification provisions in HITECH that formed the basis of HHS' breach notification rule.
Joint comments of CDT and the Markle Foundation on the HHS breach notification rule
CDT blog post on HHS breach notification rules
Covered entities need to obtain patient authorization to send marketing communications to patients. The Privacy Rule's definition of marketing contains several exceptions, however, and covered entities do not need patient authorization to make communications that fall within those exceptions. The exceptions include communications about treatment, alternative therapies, and "value-added" benefits. HITECH revoked this exception when an entity receives "direct or indirect remuneration" from an outside entity (such as a product manufacturer) to make the communication. In HITECH, Congress declared such subsidized communications to be marketing, with one exception: when the communication is about a drug or a biologic that the patient is currently taking.
But the proposed rule goes further and states that prior patient authorization would not be required to send subsidized communications for treatment, provided the communications are tailored to an individual's health condition. Subsidized communications not related to treatment, or that are more population-based, would still count as marketing and require patient authorization. Although the proposed rule would not require prior patient authorization for subsidized treatment communications, it would establish certain requirements:
- The provider must notify the patient of its intent to send the patient subsidized treatment communications,
- The notice must inform the patient that she may opt out of receiving such communications, and
- The treatment communication itself reiterates the patient's ability to opt out and discloses the fact of that someone paid the provider to send the communication.
The provisions of HITECH related to marketing included a statement that "direct or indirect remuneration does not include payment for treatment of an individual." It is unclear to what extent HHS relied on this provision as a basis for the proposed exception for subsidized treatment communications, but CDT believes such reliance would be misguided. Under HITECH, communications for which the covered entity receives remuneration count as marketing, and remuneration does not include payment for treatment, but HHS should not interpret "payment for treatment" to encompass subsidized treatment communications. In the current Privacy Rule, the term "payment" covers only the activities of health plans in paying for health care and those of providers in seeking payment for care. In removing payment for treatment from "remuneration", Congress sought only to ensure that payment activities under HIPAA could proceed without the need to first obtain patient authorization. The proposed exception, however, includes treatment communications subsidized by third parties who are neither health plans nor providers. CDT would like HHS to clarify its legislative authority in carving out the exception for subsidized treatment communications.
CDT is concerned that the proposed rule undermines HITECH by allowing patients' information to be used to market products and services to them that are not part of the care plan established by their treatment physicians (for example, communications urging patients to switch from their current drug to another brand). The opt-out is a slim concession, as it places the burden of ensuring their data is not used for marketing on patients. The proposed opt out scheme is complicated by increasing levels of data sharing using health information technology. If patient data is shared with multiple entities, will patients have to make separate requests to each entity in order to fully opt out?
CDT generally believes that subsidized communications are marketing and should require the prior consent of the individual, subject only to the exception for current drugs and biologics to ensure there are no obstacles to patients receiving information about recalls or important drug safety issues. CDT will request that HHS preserve the opt in standard for subsidized communications. In the event that preserving the opt in is not achievable, CDT may ask that HHS structure its opt out to maximize the level of protection it can offer.
As mentioned above, HIPAA requires covered entities to obtain patients' authorization for certain disclosures of their health information. The current HIPAA Privacy Rule prohibits health care providers from conditioning a patient's treatment, payment, or enrollment in a health plan or eligibility for benefits on obtaining an authorization from the patient. However, there is an exception to this general rule that permits conditioning research-related treatment on an authorization for the research itself. Still, the current privacy rule prohibits covered entities from "compound authorizations": combining a conditional authorization with an authorization that is not conditional.
The proposed rule would allow covered entities to combine conditioned and unconditioned authorizations for research. However, the authorization must distinguish clearly between the conditioned and unconditioned components and allow patients to opt out of the latter. At first read, this proposal seems reasonable, but educating patients on how to distinguish the two components is a crucial challenge.
In addition to its proposed changes on compound authorizations, the proposed rule clarified HHS' interpretation of another aspect of health privacy and research. HHS interprets the current Privacy Rule to require that patient authorizations to use or disclose health information for research be specific to each study – one authorization per study. However, HHS is contemplating whether to modify this rule to avoid having to re-contact the patient for multiple authorizations for future research. More specifically, HHS is considering whether to permit:
- authorizations for uses and disclosures of patient health information for future research purposes, so long as the future research is described in sufficient detail in the authorization that patients can make an informed decision, or
- to permit the above as a general rule, but require disclosure statements on authorizations for certain types of sensitive research activities.
CDT's comments will ask HHS to specify what the initial authorization must include in order to obtain meaningful consent from the patient to uses of protected health information for future research purposes. Any such authorization should explain in detail what those future research purposes would be. Blanket authorizations permitting indefinite and undefined use of patient data for research purposes would violate Fair Information Practice principles. CDT would also seek clarification from HHS regarding the ability of patients to revoke their authorization many years after the fact. It would most likely be considerably difficult for patients to track down researchers after years of no contact. HHS has yet not proposed any modification to the rules on future research authorizations, but seeks public comment on the issue.


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Goblin Cinematic - Escape from Kezan
The ending cinematic of the Goblin starting zone is now available on beta, obviously it's a huge spoiler and it will be better to see it in-game but hey, it's awesome.
On a sidenote, the only reason why this cinematic wasn't datamined earlier is because the files aren't readable in the MPQs, the current theory is that they're heavily encrypted and probably only unlockable through the server. I guess you won't see the Cataclysm cinematic before it hits the live servers, except if there are very crazy hackers who love WoW out there.
Build 13117 Models - Spectral Steed/Wolf Mounts and Dark Phoenix/Sunflower Pets
The latest beta build added a couple of interesting models. The Reins of the Spectral Steed and Reins of the Spectral Wolf from the Tol Barad quartermasters finally have their own models. Also, the model of the Dark Phoenix Hatchling (Reward from United Nations) has been updated to a nicer version in this build and Brazie's Sunflower got a ridiculously awesome unique model. (Quest reward from the Peacebloom vs Ghouls questline)
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Bad news everyone! The release date for Patch 4.0.1 is gone from the Streaming Trial Download page and it no longer displays October 5th or October 12th.
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MoH-snippet 59: The Manticore leadership continues to discuss how little might be left of the SLN task force if they attack. They also discuss the new news story with doctored data.
Mission of Honor is a long awaited Honor Harrington novel the 12th in an extremely popular series. This is one of my absolute favorite series, I love everything by David Weber [profile], he is the master of military science fiction in my humble opinion.
MoH-snippet One Chapter 1:
December, 1921, Post Diaspora
"To understand Solly foreign policy, we'd have to be Sollies
. . . and nothing would be worth that!"
– Queen Elizabeth III of Manticore
Arsenovich Kolokoltsov, the Solarian League's Permanent Senior Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs is struck speechless by disbelief and shock by the report from New Tuscany. Then he calls a conference with Permanent Senior Undersecretary of the Treasury Wodoslawski, Abruzzi, MacArtney, , Permanent Senior Undersecretary of Commerce Quartermain and Fleet Admiral Rajampet Kaushal Rajan and start to raise hell.
MoH-snippet Two: The Solies start to realize how far behind they are on the technology curb.
MoH-snippet three– The byrocrates are shocked by the Solarian League Navy utter defeat and the following surrender. They worry about the consecuences.
MoH-snippet four – they continue to talk about the battle at New Tuscany. Hot heads want to retaliate at any cost, cooler heads try to reason that it would be suicide to go up against the Manticorian navy at this time.
MoH-snippet five – they discuss declaring war on the Star Empire
MoH-snippet six: – they continue to discuss a war with the Manties and comes to a conclusion.
MoH-snippet Seven Chapter 2: Fleet Admiral Winston Kingsford, CO, Battle Fleet and Fleet Admiral Rajampet continue discussing the Mantis in private. Especially putting some analysts on the data right away, then they continue talking about fleet deployment, mantis missiles and when they will go after the Mantis home system. Winston is having an intresting inner dialogue about Sandra Cranell and her task force being deployed in the Madras sector.
MoH-snippet Eight: – Rajampet finish his meeting before we switch over to Queen Elizabeth III for a chat with Admira l Lady Dame Honor Alexander-Harrington. They start out talking about Stacy Hauptman and her father before they switch over to Manpower and the Talbot Cluster.
MoH-snippet Nine Honor and Elizabeth continue to speculate on the Solarian response. It's four days to Christmas. Honor will be leaving on an unspecified mission (Haven?) after celebrating Christmas with her family.
Honor meets with Admiral Tourville afterwards
MoH-snippet ten Honor, Nimitz and Tourville remembers previous meetings and do social niceties before coming to the point in the next snippet.
Snippet 11 Honor want to know about the political leadership in Haven but they end up talking about the surrender demands.
MoH-snippet 12 Chapter 3: Benjamin IX, Protector of Grayson talk with the commander in chief of the Grayson Space Navy Wesley Matthews about their security situation.
MoH-snippet 13 Mathew and Benjamin continue to discuss the political and military situation especially considering the Mantis, the Sollis and the Havenite.
MoH-snippet 14 They confirm Lady Harringtons mission.
The Royal Manticoran Navy's Destroyer Division 265.2, known as "the Silver Cepheids," prepare to go home from their position a light-month from Manticore-A
MoH-snippet 15 The Silver Cepheids prepare to leave while the officers involve them selfs in cheerful banter about SCA. Then we switch over to Commodore Karol Østby of the Mesa Alignment Navy and his task force that quietly have been scouting the Mantis system in preparation for Oyster Bay.
MoH-snippet 16: Chapter 4 Some officers of the Solarian Office of Operational Analysis discuss a memo before switching over to Mesa and Aldona Anisimovna on her way to meet with Albrecht Detweiler.
MoH-snippet 17 Detweiler and his two sons meets with Aldona and the Streak drive is clarified in her internal dialog before they continue to discuss the recent ballroom activities
MoH-snippet 18 the Mesans continue to talk about Manticore.
MoH-snippet 19 The Mesans continue to talk about how to spin the Talbot story and it ends with them going to talk about Oyster Bay.
MoH-snippet 21: With such bad results from the evacuation exercise the new commander of the station sets out to make it better.
MoH-snippet 20: January, 1922, Post Diaspora
"I've got a bad feeling about this . . . ."
– Admiral Patricia Givens, RMN, CO, Office of Naval, Intelligence.
Chapter Five
An officer we know from previous books report for duty and there is a ominous discussion about evacuation drills not being up to par.
MoH-snippet 22: Captain Ansten FitzGerald and Commander Amal Nagchaudhuri have a friendly talk about Hexpuma's repairs being almost finished and the crews upcoming R&R on the station.
MoH-snippet 23 President Eloise Pritchart and the leadership around her isn't very surprised when eight fleet shows up at the edge of the Haven system, they have dreaded this moment for six months. They however are surprised!
MoH-snippet 24: President Eloise Pritchart and the Salamander is about to meet …
MoH-snippet 25: President Pritchart and Admiral Thomas Theisman chat while they wait on Honor to leave the shuttle. When Honor steps out they have a little chat before moving to the President's office.
MoH-snippet 26: Chapter 7: Admiral Alexander-Harrington and the President measure each other up before sitting down.
MoH-snippet 27: The negotiations begin in earnest.
MoH-snippet 28: The Salamander's opening statement is frank to say the least.
MoH-snippet 29: Honor finalizes her offer.
MoH-snippet 30: Chapter 8: The Haven leadership discuss Honor.
MoH-snippet 31: The cabinet continues to talk about how to set up the negotiations and make some great comments about Elizabeth and Honor.
MoH-snippet 32: Chapter 9: Mesa Alignment Navy units is carrying out their part of Oyster Bay at the outskirts of the system when they brush up against a GSN task force.
MoH-snippet 33: Chapter 10: They finally sit down to negotiating after some sidetrack thoughts about the hotel they are staying in.
MoH-Snippet 34: Honor is introduced to Haven's negotiation team.
MoH-snippet 35: Honor presents her negotiation team
MoH-snippet 36: Honor starts to give her opening statement.
MoH-snippet 36: Chapter 10: Rear Admiral Michael Oversteege goats Vice Admiral Gloria Michelle Samantha Evelyn Henke, Countess Gold Peak as she is planing a particularly sneaky war game.
MoH-snippet 38: Michelle Henke considers the recent 'battle' and the Solies response.
MoH-snippet 39: Mike considers the Spindle crisis and prepare for the response.
MoH-snippet 40: Chapter 10: Junior Officers night out?
MoH-snippet 41: The junior aids discuss the press and conspire to share information before we switch over to the Mesa Alignment Fleet deploying pods in the first moments of the Oyster Bay attack.
MoH-snippet 42: Chapter 13: Solarian reporter Audrey O'Hanrahan receive 'independent' confirmation of the actions in the Talbot cluster, from Mesa sources.
MoH-snippet 43: The reporter and her source discuss the 'news'.
MoH-snippet 44: The report might be hard to disapprove.
MoH-snippet 45: Chapter 14: Queen Elizabeth contemplate the Ballroom and Mesa as she waits for Ms. Montaigne
MoH-snippet 46: The Queen and the leader of the liberal party continues to discuss the nuke on Mesa (See Torch of Freedom)
MoH-snippet 47: wraps up Torch of Freedom minus the details
MoH-snippet 48: They ponder the political fallout and the queen asks a favor.
MoH-snippet 49: Chapter 15: HMS Reprise arrive at Meyers System, the headquarters of the Office of Frontier Security in the Madras Sector. Back in the Talbot Cluster Michelle Henke and her officers discuss the latest exercise where she dropped a nasty one, deploying Apollo against Michael Oversteegen's force.
MoH-snippet 50: News of the Mesa nuke and the real strength of Admiral Crandall's Task Force reach Admiral Henke in the Talbot Cluster
MoH-snippet 51: Henke prepare for the arrival of Crandall
MoH-snippet 52: Henke goes into the general strategy of the upcoming conflict.
MoH-snippet 53: Chapter 16: Back to Haven and Honor as she learns about the news from Mesa.
MoH-snippet 54: Honor decides to have a one-on-one talk with President Pritchart.
MoH-snippet 55: Honor and Prichard share experiences on the dynamic duo (Cachat and Zilwick)
MoH-snippet 56: Chapeter 17: The Haven leadership have an amusing discussion about agent Cachat.
MoH-snippet 57: The Havanite leadership discuss Cachat and their own 'speed bumps' in the negotiations.
MoH-Snippet 58: Chapter 18: Queen Elizabeth and Hamish Alexander-Harrington discuss the number of superdreadnoughts rattling around Talbot.
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Mission of Honor will be available in June 29 2010
Description: The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, and she has paid a price for the victories she's achieved in that conflict. And now the unstoppable juggernaut of the mighty Solarian League is on a collision course with Manticore. The millions who have already died may have been only a foretaste of the billions of casualties just over the horizon, and Honor sees it coming.
She's prepared to do anything, risk anything, to stop it, and she has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. But there are things not even Honor knows about. There are forces in play, hidden enemies in motion, all converging on the Star Kingdom of Manticore to crush the very life out of it, and Honor's worst nightmares fall short of the oncoming reality.
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After nearly a decade at the Orange Housing Authority (OHA), president of the board of commissioners Mary McKenna has moved on to greener pastures, now representing taxpayers as a member of the Orange City Council instead. During the last few years of her tenure at OHA, McKenna has seen the departure of two executive directors; one was let go rather than outright fired after a report from federal HUD inspectors alleged the housing authority and then-director Frank Anderson was guilty of financial and procurement mismanagement, while the other was terminated for reporting similar allegations to HUD after the prior director's departure.
At an OHA board of commissioners meeting Tuesday, May 21, McKenna sat in the audience while the remaining members of the board conducted business. Sitting in the president's chair was long-time board member Michael Combs.
Combs and fellow commissioners received reports from the OHA staff as to the state of the agency. Among those reports were claims of financial hardship mixed with requests for new computers, a 2013 Equinox SUV, and the revelation of a $250,000 check that would be placed in a money market account separate of reportable OHA funds. Also reported at the meeting were the results of a recent conference with HUD officials voiced by interim executive director Lanita Brown.
"They are suggesting very strongly that we enact very aggressive cost-saving measures for the Housing Choice Vouchers Program," she said, adding that OHA will not be able to issue any new housing vouchers to needy residents and is having trouble covering the vouchers already in existence.
"Houston HUD is checking with other cities to see if they can absorb some of the resident vouchers already being used," she said. "That will make the agency eligible to receive additional set-aside money."
Additional funding should be awarded in about two weeks, Brown said.
But while the fund that provides for subsidized housing to families seeking assistance is in peril, the agency was able to approve more than $100,000 in spending from the OHA capital fund at the same meeting. Approved for extra expenditure was more than $23,000 for a new five-seat SUV to be "beneficial and cost-effective" for employee excursions; the purchase of two new professional grade mowers; roughly $47,000 for administrative fees, employee travel and legal fees; an undisclosed amount for "the latest business computer" packages from Dell; and another $29,000 approved for other miscellaneous costs accrued by the agency.
Brown additionally reported the agency came into possession of $250,000 in developer's fee paybacks, but none of that funding would be used to the benefit of OHA or its residents, saying that the funds will be placed in a money market account under a nonprofit arm of the agency.
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BREMERTON, WA and USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA -- The mania surrounding the popular reality weight loss television show, "The Biggest Loser," has taken hold of Navy Fitness, inspiring many sailors to lose weight.
More than 100 Naval Base (NB) Kitsap sailors and Department of Defense (DoD) employees visited Concourse West Fitness Center in early February for the first meeting about The Biggest Loser Two competition. Participants will attend mandatory stress management classes for motivation, coaching lessons and nutrition classes, which include tips on meal planning, building a healthy kitchen and making the best of commissary shopping trips. Participants are also encouraged to keep track of their progress on a provided fitness and nutrition journal. Besides having template pages to track progress, the journal also includes fitness and nutrition tips, a body fat percentage chart and a body mass index chart.
The physical requirements consist of five cardio workouts a week. Of the five, two must be a group exercise session. Before enrolling in the program, each athlete must fill out a physical assessment sheet. Those under 18 must also complete a sports physical or have approval from a doctor.
Sailors assigned to USS Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing 14 also kicked off the carrier strike group's second Biggest Loser competition in early February with dozens of men and women lined up to be weighed and measured in the ship's medical department.
This year's contest challenges sailors to lose weight while the ship is underway on the current surge deployment. Last year, sailors participated in the first Biggest Loser competition during Ronald Reagan's maiden combat deployment.
"Our Biggest Loser contest is a way to motivate people to eat healthier and lose weight," says Lt. Kimberly Musa, Ronald Reagan's physical therapist and health promotions officer, who organized the contest. "I hear everybody everywhere talking about how they want to lose weight, and this is a way to give them some incentive. Last year, they did this during the last few months of the maiden deployment and it was really successful, so we decided to bring it back."
Those who lose the most weight during Ronald Reagan's surge deployment could earn prizes up to $1,000. Competitors were weighed, and waist circumference measurements were added to the competition.
"That measurement was added this year because now more studies link cardio-respiratory disease with fat around the abdominal muscles," says Musa. "So, we have their waist circumference measured to calculate their body mass index, which is basically your height to weight ratio, and use that to calculate their target weight."
The contest has been well received by sailors aboard Ronald Reagan and participants have been eager to sign up for the program. The ship departed San Diego on Jan. 27 on a surge deployment to support operations in the Western Pacific.


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Some time ago we've shown you creative concept car from Citroen. Today we want to show you another one. Featuring 30-inch wheels, a dettatched cabin, and screenless dash, Citroen's new 19_19 concept is unusual to say the least. Revealed as part of the company's centenary celebrations, the car showcases the company's future interiors technology. Inspired by aviation, Citroen took it's re-2 helicopter as a reference, a model they developed in the seventies but declined to put into series production. As a result, the cabin, which looks as though it is entirely made of glass, sits apart from its set of oversized 30 inch wheels allowing passengers a higher view of the road.
Developed in collaboration with Goodyear, the wheels are wrapped in aerodynamic mudguards, that move independently of the body. They are equipped with sensors that monitor road and weather conditions and transmit the data to the drivetrain. The 19_19 is similar in size to a midsize SUV, at 4655 mm long, 2240 mm wide and 1600 mm high. A subframe showcases the electric drivetrain and a new, modified version of citroen's progressive hydraulic cushion suspension. With no bumpers featured in the design, the axles are also on show, housing the 19_19's pair of electric motors.
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After passing on the mayoral race in 2009 for the first time in their history, Buffalo Republicans are about to challenge the Democrats once again.
Sergio R. Rodriguez, a Marine veteran and former administrator at Medaille College, has been officially endorsed by the City of Buffalo Republican Committee to face the winner of the Democratic primary between incumbent Byron W. Brown and challenger Bernard Tolbert, according to Chairman William E. Nowakowski.
"We're looking forward to it," Nowakowski said. "I think he'll present a different choice."
But Rodriguez faces a major challenge in a city with a 7-to-1 Democratic advantage in registration.
Indeed, Brown clobbered Republican Kevin J. Helfer by almost 40 percentage points in 2005, while the party endorsed Democrats in several previous elections.
As a result, some Republicans were content to let the line go blank in 2009, when 48,000 fewer voters went to the polls than in 2005 without the draw of a Buffalo mayoral election.
Some countywide Republicans had also privately indicated a preference for Rodriguez not to enter the race this year, so as not to encourage turnout in heavily Democratic Buffalo to the detriment of countywide GOP candidates for sheriff and comptroller.
But Nowakowski said the Buffalo committee felt the need to once again field a Republican candidate.
"Everyone is behind Sergio," he said. "There was no issue there at all."
The chairman said that he is encouraged by the presence of a Hispanic candidate on the ballot as the party reaches out to minority voters and that he is impressed by a strong cadre of volunteers surrounding Rodriguez.
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5 I Don´t Know
6 Peaceful Man
7 I Need Mercy
8 I Have Got No Money
if my manifestation over yon is rad at all, it's only cuz venerable outfits like ghostcapital showed me the way. this a is a dam fine record btw. just dropping by to say top o' the morn & wanted to make sure u seen this, as i had missed it until only recently. somethymes its difficult to navigate prog not frog, but they got more nigerian psych funk in the nooks & crannies. what's funny is in the second track 'devil's gonna getcha' dude says something like 'evil blogger, yur evil ways, make u feel so happy'. pretty funny schtufff. lives hear
tirogo - float [1977,nigeria]
link----> http://lix.in/-7a456a
wonderful please re-up, link is not working
i come to your blog first by a book ("rohstoffe" by erklärung von bern, ngo) over swiss holdings making a hellmoney out of sambia and polluting everything; writing in there about a film over sambia, "zambie, a qui profite le cuivre". while i was crying watching all this injustice, in the background there was this fantastic music. searched for it and found your blog. so thanks, my friend. and fucking fuck glencore, polluting for money lives and land.
The Artwork is tough, gonna check the music now. Peace.
'The Peace' has quickly become one of my favorite bands - thank you for this post
Je télécharge en ce moment même.
J'ai hâte de jeter une oreille dessus.
C'est exactement ce que j'ai envie d'écouter.
Merci beaucoup.
Funky Fred From France
Ive had a much worse vinyl rip of this album for a while.. Thanks for the upgrade!!


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Named one of the most influential people in banking and a top 5 Fintech Influencer to Follow, Jim Marous is an internationally recognized financial industry strategist and keynote presenter. He is co-publisher of The Financial Brand, and the owner and publisher of the Digital Banking Report, advising on innovation, portfolio growth, customer experience, marketing strategies, channel shift, payments and digital transformation within the financial services industry. Jim recently discussed why personalization in banking is so important.
You published a research report this past spring on the topic of personalization, representing both consumers and banks. What were the most significant gaps between the two?
When we researched consumers in conjunction with Personetics and GfK, we found that consumers want their primary financial institution to know about their personal financial goals, lifestyle, major life events, etc. Consumers were even willing to share personal data to help their bank or credit union to know them, look out for them and reward them. Likewise, the vast majority of financial institutions want to leverage the considerable technological sophistication and vast data resources at their disposal to give consumers the customized guidance and services they desire. In fact, fewer than 20 percent of organizations surveyed didn't think it was either "very" or "extremely" important to know their customers.


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Yes, yes it is. To the max!Alpha Omicron wrote:Note that the type of 'rock candy' shown in the image in Gojoe's post is AWESOME!
And an update. Apparently what I was making was what i depicted in my above post, just not in crystallized form. Instead of dipping a string in, you just pour it, and let it set.


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Surprise Tuesday Dealmaster! BOOM! Bet you weren't expecting that, were you? Our chief weapons are surprise! Surprise, and deals! Deals, surprise, and good prices! Surprise sales, deals, good prices, and...and surprise!
Our parters over at LogicBuy have pulled together a fine list of deals for this week, including a pair of soundbars for your TVs. They might not be giant 7.2 systems to fill your living room, but tossing a soundbar on a bedroom or office TV is a quick way to add some oomph to your entertainment. The top deal fo the week is a powered soundbar with a wireless subwoofer that you can hide in the most sonically advantageous position in the room—the better to hear the wub-wub-wub.
There are several other neat things in the list, but don't miss the Schlage touchscreen deadbolt. I'm a fan of keyless locks for homes, since that means one less thing to stuff into your pocket when you leave the house. Plus, you can set up expiring guest codes when you have people over—no more worrying about who has the spare key!
Top deal:
- Pinnacle FrontRow (8210) 2.1-channel 350W Soundbar + Wireless Dual-driver Subwoofer system for $399.99 with free shipping (normally $799.99).
Laptops, desktops, and tablets
- 13.3" Lenovo Yoga 13 Core i5 Convertible Ultrabook Tablet Laptop w/256GB SSD & 1600x900 screen for $1,199 with free shipping (normally $1,399 - use coupon code YOGA13SPECIAL)
- 15.6" HP ENVY dv6 Quad Edition Core i7 Laptop w/8GB RAM, 750GB Hard Drive & Beats Audio for $624.99 with $9.99 shipping (normally $799.99 - use coupon code NB4819)
- 8" Samsung Galaxy Note 1.6GHz Quad-core 16GB Android 4.1 Tablet w/2GB RAM & S Pen for $369.99 with free shipping (normally $399.99 - use coupon code WRU3L5V309TV41DXC)
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- 30-inch Dell U3014 UltraSharp 2560x1600 LED-backlit IPS LCD Monitor (2013 model) w/3-year warranty for $1,274.99 with free shipping (normally $1,499.99 - use 15% coupon code $PX1BGTSZ3G635)
Gadgets and portables:
- Wenger Genuine Swiss Army Esquire Microlight Pocket Knife for $19.96 + shipping based on location (normally $30 - use coupon code ACJGREEN3)
- Schlage Century Touchscreen Deadbolt (4 color/finish options) with Nexia Home Intelligence and built-in Alarm for $200.65 with free shipping (normally $249)
- Pinnacle FrontRow 175W, 8-Element Powered Soundbar with Virtual Surround Sound for $269.99 with free shipping (normally $499.99)
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While at Saint Michael's, students will find guidance concerning graduate study from their academic advisors and from the Office of Career Education and Alumni Engagement.
Admission to graduate school is competitive, and Saint Michael's has an excellent record of placement. Saint Michael's students perform well on Graduate Record Examination advanced tests and frequently achieve scores in the top percentiles.
Visit our Pre-Medical and Pre-Law pages for specific information on these programs. Saint Michael's has special graduate admission agreements with a number of professional schools in the region. The college also helps graduating seniors pursue graduate scholarship opportunities.


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Critical Mass Potluck & Discussion
Wednesday, August 19
Calling all Critical Mass participants
You are invited to the Critical Mass, We Are Traffic, Potluck & Discussion to assess the current situation of Critical Mass in light of all the attention the city and media has given the rides.
6:00 pm
David Lam Park (on the seawall near the Roundhouse)
(Rain location: The Roundhouse Community Centre, same date and time)
Bring some tasty food to share and a plate / cup / utensil.
Probably best to think of this as an alcohol-free space so we can get some work done too.
Please talk to others, and encourage your friends to join the conversation. We are all leading this crazy thing!
Discussion will begin at 6:45pm. Likely we will have some initial discussion to frame the issues, then break off into working groups so that we can talk about aspects of the ride which we are most personally passionate about.
For more info please visit
Film Nite: Long Road North
Friday, August 21
From the handlebars of a bicycle, your perception of the world will change forever. Come be inspired at the film screening of "Long Road North" -- a documentary, along with short bike polo film.
Friday August 21st 7:30pm
524 Main Street at Pender, upstairs
For those that haven't yet seen this film, you must come out. It is an incredible inspiring story. It has sold out each time it has screened.
Drawn by a longing for another horizon, Gwendal Castellan plans to cycle halfway across the planet. From the tip of Patagonia to the far reaches of the Canadian Arctic, he makes the road his home for 19 months. Yearning for connections that give meaning, this is a journey to discover the world, his family, and a sense of place.
This event is a fundraiser for the East Van Crown Bike Polo Tournament taking place September 18-20. Thanks to the Gwendal Castallan, North Coast Films, and Antipodes Expeditions for sharing his journey with us and supporting the tournament.
For more information, visit
And www.evbp.ca
Saturday Bike Tour with Museum of Vancouver
Saturday, August 22
Get a tour of Vancouver's urban and architectural landmarks by bike with Vancouverism by Bicycle. You'll be accompanied by an interpreter from the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) along with experienced cycling guides from the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC). The rides run Saturdays at 10:00 am from July 18 to August 22 and start at the MOV (1100 Chestnut Street, Vanier Park).
Admission is $45 (add $10 for a boxed lunch) and includes a guided tour of MOV's Velo-City exhibition. For more information phone 604-730-5311 or view
Slow Food Vancouver Summer Cycle Tours
Saturday & Sunday, August 22 & 23
Two self-guided cycle tours in the heart of the Fraser Valley
This summer, Slow Food Vancouver is offering two Slow Food Cycle Tours in the Fraser Valley. The 3rd annual Cycle Tour Agassiz will be held on Saturday, August 22nd and the 1st annual Cycle Tour Chilliwack will be held on Sunday, August 23rd. Come to Agassiz and Chilliwack to participate in the self-guided bicycle rides.
The leisurely self-guided Slow Food Cycle Tours provide an educational and culinary experience exploring many farms; some that are open to the public for this day only! The tours give a rare chance to meet the farmers and learn about agriculture in the spectacular Fraser Valley.
For more information, or to register for a ride, visit www.slowfoodvancouver.com
Sales The Self-Propelled Way
Wednesday, August 26
Sales guys gotta have a motor vehicle, right? Not according to Steve Mitchell. The NRG Cycling products sales rep's groundbreaking pedal-powered 2007 sales trip across British Columbia was a concrete example that not every sales call has to be made by car! Join the Bike Doctor and Steve for pictures and stories from his innovative adventure, bike touring trips from a guy with thousands of kilometres of two-wheeled travel under his belt and a Q & A on the NRG products he represents (Ortleib, Sombrio, Electra, Knolly, and more).
Wednesday, August 26, 6:00pm
At the Bike Doctor's Vancouver location, 137 West Broadway (across from MEC)
For more information, phone 604-873-2453 or email email@example.com
Midnight Mass Bike Ride
Thursday, August 27
Do you have a bike and like riding at night? Dig up some bike lights, pack yourself a nice beverage, and join the ride the night before Critical Mass!
Meet 11:45 pm at Grandview Park (Commercial Drive at Charles Street -- across from the Havana and Turks) and ride at midnight.
The ride happens the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month, so mark your calendars. Tell your bike loving friends, and hope to see you there!
For more information and videos:
More photos at www.flickr.com/photos/midnightmass
Pedal Revolutionary Radio
Friday, August 28
10:30am to Noon Pacifica time, last Friday of every month.
The revolution is advancing! We now proudly hoist the velorutionary banner from the People's radio station, Co-op (CFRO), as part of the Sound Resistance brigade. New bunker, same front. Contact us with thoughts, actions, news & declarations at pedalrevolutionary (at} gmail {d0t} com
~ Listen live at 102.7fm CFRO in Vancouver ~
~ Streaming via the Internet at coopradio.org ~
Radio for today's cyclist.
More info and show archives: pedalrevolutionary.blogspot.com
Pedal Revolutionary Radio: Igniting the airwaves since 2000
Critical Mass Ride and Roll
Friday, August 28
Join fellow bicyclists, skaters, and bladers for this leisurely and spirited celebratory ride and roll through the streets of Vancouver. Meet at the Vancouver Art Gallery on the Georgia Street side between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. -- and roll and ride at 6:00 p.m. The ride is on rain or shine! Decorated bicycles, trailers, signs, flags, noisemakers, gettoblasters, sound systems, drums, and wildly modified bicycles are all highly encouraged!
Pre-rides to Critical Mass:
UBC riders meet at the UBC Bike Hub, on the north east end of the Student Union Building, at 4:30 p.m. for a group ride to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Phone 604-822-BIKE for details.
East Van riders meet 4:00 p.m., leaving 4:30 p.m., from Grandview Park, 1200-block Commercial Drive, for a group ride to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Celebrated around the world, Critical Mass is a grassroots reclamation of public space -- on the last Friday of the month -- which allows cyclists and other self-propelled people to move safely and comfortably through city streets in a car-free space. Non-polluting forms of transportation are promoted.
For more information:
vancouver at velolove.bc.ca
Critical Mass Vancouver on Facebook:
Worldwide details may be found at:
criticalmassrides.info or www.critical-mass.org
Upload/View Vancouver Critical Mass Photos at Flickr.com:
Vancouver Bicycle Music Festival
Saturday, August 29
The West Coast Tour of The Bicycle Music Festival comes to Vancouver! This one day event is guaranteed to the be best party for bicycles in Vancouver this summer!
This all day event starts at an un-disclosed park at 10am, moves to another un-disclosed park for 2pm, and then goes to the Vancouver Museum at 5pm - 10pm for more music and good times! There'll be a beer garden and food at the Vancouver Museum, and for anyone who has not yet visited the Velo-City exhibit, the museum is staying open until 10pm for the party and all festival goers can see the beautiful bike exhibit for 50% off the regular ticket price! (sorry, you can't bring your beer through the exhibit!)
Call for volunteers!
This grass-roots community festival is being organized solely on a volunteer basis, and we really need your help to make it happen. Please please please email or phone to find out how you can help. And finally, ALL of the performers (announced shortly) are volunteering for the festival too, so please bring a pocket full of change so you can show all of the awesome performers your support.
For more information or to volunteer, email or phone Mia Kohout at firstname.lastname@example.com or 604-669-9850, or visit website
Bike Shorts Film Festival
Friday, September 18
This will be the greatest Bike Shorts yet! The most professional line up of films to date, best location (Science World -- 1455 Quebec Street, 604-443-7443) and it will even be licensed (come and have a drink before the show).
7:30pm showtime -- doors open at 6:30pm (come down early for a drink)
Secure Valet parking - Ride your nicest bike and it will be guarded by the good people of the VACC.
You may buy tickets from:
Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition - firstname.lastname@example.com - 604-878-8222
Jett Grrl Bike Studio - 247 Union Street - 604-255-5097
Bike Doctor - 137 East Broadway - 604-873-2453
On the Rivet - 8 East Broadway - 604-677-0700
Cambie Cycles - 3317 Cambie Street - 604-874-3616
Bikes on the Drive - 1350 Commercial Drive - 604-215-7433
Or email director(at)bikeshorts.ca
We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, visit website
MEC Great Rides: Port Coquitlam
Sunday, September 27
Explore Metro Vancouver by bike on four great rides. The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition's MEC Great Rides are here to prove two things once and for all -- riding a bike is fun, and the Vancouver region is the best place for biking in the world!
The third ride in the series features one of the easiest and best off-road, flat bike loops in Metro Vancouver –- the PoCo Trail. This part gravel, part paved, and part boardwalk trail circles Port Coquitlam in a 24-kilometre circle following the dikes along the Fraser and Pitt Rivers and the banks of the Coquitlam River. The trail passes through wild areas close to the heart of this vibrant community. Combined with the Rivers and Trails Festival, music at Peace Park along the river, and a perfect fall day's ride around Port Coquitlam, this will be a wonderful day out.
Check-in time is between 10am and 12:30pm. Take advantage of bike mechanics at both the start point and at the Rivers and Trails Festival, pick up a map booklet, and enjoy the refreshments along the route. Bike valet parking is available at the festival, and every registered rider gets a goody bag with cool gear from MEC, plus a route booklet you can get stamped to show you have done the ride.
Pre-register online for $15 per person (16 years & under ride for free), or register on the day for $20. Sign up online before Friday, September 25 at http://www.greatrides.ca and be entered to win a gift basket!
For more information, visit www.greatrides.ca
Burrard Bridge Bike Lanes
Bike Over the Bridge
After years of close calls, conflicts, and collisions between people who walk and cycle over Burrard Bridge, as of Monday, July 13, you can finally cycle and walk safely over Burrard Bridge. During the Protected Bike Lanes Trial, a southbound traffic lane is reallocated to create a southbound bike lane separated from traffic by barriers, the east sidewalk is reserved for northbound cyclists while the west sidewalk is reserved for north and southbound pedestrians.
For the trial to be successful, lots people need to cycle and walk over the bridge.
There are plenty of great reasons to go over the Bridge especially during the Summer:
- Go over the bridge on route to Kits Beach, English Bay, Stanley Park or Granville Island.
- Enjoy dinner and a drink on a patio.
- Have a picnic on the beach.
- Take the long way to work over Burrard Bridge
- Take the long way home over the Bridge
- Go to a movie or a play
- Go to the wonderful Velocity exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver
The bottom line is: use it or lose it!
By helping to make the one lane trial a success, you will send a strong message to the Mayor and Council that a two lane reallocation is the best permanent solution. The two lane reallocation would enable pedestrians to use both the west and east sidewalks while cyclists would have a lane separated from traffic for both directions. In the trial beginning on July 13, pedestrians will be banned from the east sidewalk which will be reserved for northbound cyclists. The banning of pedestrians from the east sidewalk is not an acceptable solution.
Contact Mayor and Council
Please email the mayor and city council: email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com
If you wish to call them, their numbers can be found here:
Join the Facebook Group
For those of you on Facebook, please join the group:
And invite your friends. Lets get over a 1000 members to show that there is a lot of support for the trial.
Contact the Media
Write letters to the editor and phone radio call-in shows letting them know you support the trial. Stay positive and avoid conflict with motorists.
More Information
City of Vancouver:
Burrard Bridge Blog:
Councillor Megges has a good summary of the history of the Burrard Bridge process:
VCC's Burrard Bridge Protected Lanes Trial page:
An exhibition presented by the Museum of Vancouver
June 4 to September 7, 2009
A quiet human-powered revolution is gaining momentum in the city of Vancouver. The city is becoming a Velo-City -- a city of cyclists -- united by the simple pleasure of experiencing Vancouver by bicycle. Find out what the Bicycle Revolution is all about at the Museum of Vancouver near the Vancouver Planetarium.
Share a photo of you and your bike at www.museumofvancouver.ca
Museum Hours
Tuesday to Sunday: 10am to 5pm
Thursday: 10am to 8pm
Open Mondays July and August: 10am to 5pm
Mobility Matters
The livability of urban regions is closely tied to daily transportation choices...
Did you know that in British Columbia, about half of household transportation greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions come from non-commuting activities, often of short distance and duration, that could readily be made by other transportation modes?
Getting out of single-occupancy vehicles and into biking, walking, rolling and transit is a key way to ensure Metro Vancouver's sustainability. Mobility Matters gives you a charitable tax receipt for the fair market value of your donated vehicle, a reduction in your family's carbon footprint by 4-5 tonnes per year, and a Coop Auto car in your neighbourhood.
For more information, visit www.mobilitymattersbc.com
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Rihanna Thrashes About in 'What Now' Video
Rihanna already set the stage for her 'What Now' video, saying it would be a little demented. It's certainly eerie, with multiple, apparition-like RiRis dancing and thrashing about in a room, possessed by something we can't quite explain.
Or maybe it's something we don't want to know more about.
The sexy singer is positioned both light-walled and dark-walled rooms, wearing a slip dress of the same color in each stark, plain dwelling. She contorts and twists her body like something else is inhabiting it as she switches between the dark and the light.
Who or what has gotten a hold of Rihanna? Is it love? An otherworldly spirit?
You decide.
But take a Dramamine first. All the quick-paced visuals and herky jerky action (and the animal kingdom scenes at the end) might make you a little nauseated.
Rihanna is the video's only occupant, but she's all we need. Plus, she had us thinking.


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Before the "fiscal cliff" comes the political roller coaster. Agreement will seem unattainable until, suddenly, it isn't. The sickening plunge will feel endless until the car starts to climb again. But at the moment, things are not looking good.
The public talk from Republicans has been heartening, certainly. They have offered not only soothing words about compromise but also explicit acknowledgement that revenue must be on the table. The no-new-taxes pledge has lost its punch. As Joe Biden would say, this is a big deal, folks.
The problem is that the behind-the-scenes deal-making has been way more disappointing than the public posturing. After the kumbaya White House meeting Friday with congressional leaders, it took until the next Monday evening for Republicans to return to the White House with an initial offer.
It was, in a word, pathetic.
As described to me by several sources with direct knowledge, the "bargain" was that all the Bush tax cuts would be extended. Revenue would be raised through later tax reform � although no amount was specified and, as important, no trigger mechanism put in place to enforce the deal. In return for the vague promise of future revenue, the defense spending sequester would be canceled, the age for Medicare eligibility would rise and changes would be made to the formula for calculating increases in Social Security benefits. Cuts now, revenue later. Sound familiar?
Oh, and by the way, that increase in the debt ceiling? Republicans want to address that separately, a key issue for the administration.
Even as an opening bid, this offer is dishearteningly low-ball and insincere. It does not bode well for crafting a deal by year's end. A reasonable offer would contain, at the very least, a revenue number, an enforcement mechanism and a debt limit increase.
The White House has an important responsibility here, too. In his meeting with the leaders, President Barack Obama emphasized his willingness to tackle entitlement reform. He said he was braced for, and willing to take on, blow-back from liberals in his party and outside groups.
In previous negotiations, the president was willing to raise the Medicare eligibility age, change the formula for calculating Social Security increases and cut Medicaid. Intervening events changed the calculus. The election strengthened his bargaining position. The U.S. Supreme Court's health care ruling, making the Medicaid expansion optional for states, further complicated matters. Raising the Medicare age becomes harder if lower-income seniors aren't eligible for Medicaid. Cutting Medicaid is more difficult when the administration wants to entice states to participate.
But as the president has long recognized, entitlement reform is essential � to the politics of crafting a bargain and the substance of achieving fiscal stability. So what, exactly, does he propose? Republicans can't take the tax plunge if Democrats aren't willing to give on entitlements � not later, but simultaneously.
Another cause for pessimism is the willingness of extremes on both sides to engage in cliff-jumping. From the right, the theory is that automatic cuts are better than no cuts at all and that Republicans would get to blame Democrats for raising taxes and imperiling national security.
From the left, the theory is that time is on their side, that with the scheduled expiration of the Bush tax cuts comes leverage and, absent any action, trillions in new revenue. The left has a mirror-image assessment of the blame game: that Republicans will pay the price for holding tax cuts for nearly everyone hostage to tax cuts for the 2 percent.
All this makes for an especially dangerous game of fiscal chicken. And what begins as tactical bravado can easily edge into unintended stalemate.
A few weeks past the cliff would be extremely messy but not necessarily disastrous. People could wait to file their 2012 tax returns until the Alternative Minimum Tax is patched. Medicare could hold off on reimbursements until rates are increased. Government agencies could postpone cuts.
The threat of delay is twofold: that the protracted resolution will further depress investors' confidence in the capacity of the government to manage its affairs and that the standoff could drag on. It will be difficult for a newly constituted Congress � one scarcely scheduled to be in session � to resolve this question in the first few weeks of January.
A resolution by, say, the beginning of February might avert a recession but still take a big toll on growth.
For a meaningful deal to be reached, more groundwork should have been laid by now. Tick, tick, tick.


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USC have offered a scholarship to 8th grade student Nathan Tilford to play wide receiver, according to ESPN sources.
The 6ft 2in middle-schooler will not graduate from high school for another four years, but USC coach Lane Kiffin already wants to sign him.
High school recruiting assessors have Tilford projected as one of Southern California's top incoming freshman.
And he impressed watching scouts with accomplished performances against high school players in the local 7-on-7 circuit.
He's already met Kiffin and attended USC practices as the college looks to become more pro-active in recruiting the state's top talent.
USC have offered scholarships to seven elite local prospects for the class of 2015, including highly rated defensive back Iman Marshall and 2016 wide receiver Brandon Burton.
But Tilford is USC's first offer to a class of 2017 student - although he's not the first in the country as Alabama, LSU and Texas have all extended offers to Baton Rouge student Dylan Moses.
USC endured a disappointing campaign last season. Having been ranked as the number one team in the country in the AP preseason poll, they failed to live up to expectations and would eventually finish the campaign 7-5, including painful losses to local rivals UCLA and eventual national championship runners-up Notre Dame.