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Discussing: Religion in Rohan?
Religion in Rohan?
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19 Jan 03 9:15 PM
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19 Jan 03 9:15 PM
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I posted this question to the list and didn't get much of a response (except from Soledad who gave me a link to her excellent page on Rohirric religion). Thoughts, anyone?
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Because "religion" is something artificial that comes more when people feel more distanced and thus need rituals and complexity to make the connection, and vice versa -- kind of how politically Rohan is very informal, not at all like the court say in Three Musketeers era France, with a complicated heirarchy and all these exact ways and particular orders of who can address whom and how.
Even in Gondor, religion only shows up in the silent "grace before meals" and the occasional prayer in desperate times for help (like when a large enraged tusked herbivore looks likely to trample you.)
The Eorlings are also descended from the First Age Edain, the House of Hador, who were the allies and guests of Fingolfin, Fingon and their people (and the relatives of Tuor and Turin way back then), so they might well have had a lingering, half-forgotten and much-changed in terms of names, tradition of stories about the Valar on their own, which subsequently could have been influenced by Numenorean traditions after the time of Ceorl's Oath.
First Age Elvish religion consisted as far as the texts indicate, of saying "thanks!" in artistic ways at certain times of the year -- the forces of Morgoth, recall, attack Gondolin at one such festival, the Gates of Summer, which were celebrated by the population getting up before sunrise and singing songs of welcome to Arien.
Religious ritual, pre-Sauron, in Numenor consisted chiefly of going up on top of the empty mountain and meditating. It wasn't until Sauron introduced the notion of Morgoth as the only real Vala that a temple and sacrifices were initiated (which would also strongly act against any later introdcution of such ritual into Gondor.)
But like swearing by deities' names, it isn't something you need or want to do, if you think they really are around and paying attention. So anything more than traditional brief thanks, and blessings, would feel out-of-place I think in a Middle-earth setting.
(This would all be different, of course, outside its borders where Sauron has been in charge -- there any amount of ritual and complication (along with blood sacrifices) could be appropriate.)
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But -- it's also quite possible that the Pukel Men themselves made them, as far back as the Second Age: in Unfinished Tales there is a Druadan legend called "the Faithful Stone" in which a shaman who has been protecting some (non-tribal) friends of his is called away to help a sick person in another area, but leaves his mana or power in the carved boundary stone, which comes and stamps out the fire that the Orcs set while he is gone. But the shaman suffers, remotely, from burns as a result of this.
That was the "explanatory" sense I had reading the story in UT as relating to ROTK - oh, *those* are what those stone figures are.
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The only direct reference to the Valar that I've found to date is (aside from the Oath of Eorl) it to Bema, which is their name for the Vala Orome. I think it's in the Appendices where Tolkien wrote about Eorl capturing Felarof. He stated that the Rohirrim believed that the Mearas were decended from Bema's great horse, Nahar.
I'm still looking for specific references myself, so if you find any, please share!


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Replaced Detergent/Fabic Softner Dispenser Drawer, worked great.
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Not washing, motor just hums:
This is a very rare problem i see. The timer and motor capacitor are shorted out. Hard to say why it happened, some appliances go 10-15 yrs. without problems, some go 4 or 5 then start breaking.
2002 Kenmore Dishwasher(Whirlpool built)
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Sunny Saturday
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The Forcast Here in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon for Sunday 8-29-2004:
Sunny after patchy morning fog. Highs around 85. North wind 10 mph.
Nice Friday
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After Sandy Hook: Will Our Kids Ever Be Safe?
~By Beth Prystowsky, Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom
When I found out I was pregnant with our first child eight years ago, I vowed to do everything possible to keep my little fetus safe. I immediately quit consuming caffeine, stopped eating tuna, and eliminated sushi and soft cheeses from my diet.
When my son was born, I didn't feed him formula or jarred baby food. I wanted to keep him as far away from all chemicals as possible. I left him exclusively with family, knowing that babysitters could not always be trusted. I closely monitored the shows he watched and the toys he played with. I wanted him to grow up in an environment without violence and without hate.
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Daniel Barden, Dylan Hockley, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner and 16 other children all could have been my first grader. Like my son, these victims went to school on Friday with a hug and kiss from their mothers. Each one of these mothers did everything in their power to protect their children from evil.
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Like the Obama administration in the U.S., governments here are saying nuclear power must be part of any realistic plan to reach targets for aggressive carbon emissions cuts while meeting energy demands.
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Kristin Chenoweth Joins Disney's DESCENDANTS
By Lauren Herstik on May 2, 2014
Kristin Chenoweth, manic pixie human-slash-live action Tinkerbell, has joined the Disney Channel movie Descendants as Maleficent. The Sleeping Beauty villain sends her daughter, Mal (Dove Cameron), to a snooty private school to rub elbows and who knows what else with the kids of other Disney villains and heroes. Expect to see the sons and daughters of Cruella de Vil, Jafar, Belle and the Beast, Mulan, Fairy Godmother, and Rapunzel.
Descendants will be an official DCOM – that's Disney Channel Original movie, for those of you who didn't spend the early 2000s at sleepovers watching Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Halloweentown , and erstwhile Kardashian-girlfriend Adrienne Bailon in The Cheetah Girls. Kenny Ortega, he of High School Musical fame, will direct. The movie goes into production for a 2015 release.
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How can you go from having Angelina Jolie playing Maleficent to having Kristen Chenoweth?!? Two different vocal ranges, two different height extremes, two very different acting extremes…I just cannot see her as Maleficent. I can't even picture her as a villain, honestly. They described her best as a manic pixie…she should be Tinkerbell or a fairy of some sort.
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I'm curious to see how Disney is going to play this DCOM, though. I haven't watched one in a while, but it'll be interesting to see our favorite villains in a new way
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In March of 2013, CJR awarded a laurel to a meteorologist in the midst of a promising project: Jim Gandy, a weather forecaster at WLTX in Columbia, SC, had been incorporating segments on climate change into the daily forecast. Since 2010 Gandy has been airing the segments, called Climate Matters, using visuals developed by a team at Climate Central to add a climate angle to things that regularly pop up in the weather report. Developed by Ed Maibach, who founded the Center for Climate Change at George Mason University, and Joe Witte, a climate communicator for NASA, the project's aims are simple: to see if adding climate science to the weather forecast improves knowledge of the subject.
In some Climate Matters segments Gandy branches out of the forecast to examine the big picture—for example, how the winter rainfall has decreased over four decades, on average, about three quarters of an inch. In a springtime segment he explored how carbon emissions change the pollen season. "Plants use that carbon dioxide to grow bigger, faster and produce more pollen," he told viewers. During a snowfall Gandy tracked the warming of winters in South Carolina since the 1970s, noting to viewers, "this is only about half the rate the rest of the country's been warming."
By design the weather forecast is the perfect place to spark discussion of climate change; it's one of the only places where a viewer encounters discussion of the climate. But in practice, global warming is absent from the forecast—meteorologists-in-training study atmospheric science, not climate science, making them better able to predict the chance of rain than contextualize it. It's a system of study that some suggest might translate to attitude: According to an earlier poll by Maibach, explored in a 2010 CJR cover story, just under 10 percent of weathermen don't believe in global warming. "We tend to ignore the things that you can't ignore when you're in climate science," says Gandy.
The dependability of weather forecasters makes them particularly potent science communicators: In one survey, 66 percent of respondents named television weather reporters as the most trusted source of information on global warming, a larger percentage than named Al Gore. This is what caused Gandy to embark on a self-directed course of study. Even without training, Gandy thought, weather forecasters were being called upon to become global warming experts by default.
In the last year, Gandy's received plenty of recognition for his innovative version of the forecast. On May 6, he was invited to the White House for the unveiling of the National Climate Assessment, where he interviewed President Obama from the Rose Garden lawn. (He was also invited to sit with Michelle Obama during the last State of the Union, an invitation he declined at the behest of his editors, lest it signify political sway.) In 2013 he won the American Meteorological Society's Award for Excellence in Science Reporting, which one can read as a statement of the association's interest in climate change reporting.
The interest appears to expand beyond the American Meteorological Society; during the pilot year of Climate Matters, the team attempted to measure whether the change in forecast was having any effect on the beliefs of the population, data that was published earlier this year in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Maibach surveyed just over 1,000 Columbia residents who regularly watched WLTX and watched other news stations, assessing their beliefs on global warming before the segments aired. A year later, the project revisited the WLTX viewers, comparing them to a control group, to find out if they remembered watching the Climate Matters segments and whether their views on global warming had changed.
The result is in part a statement of the difficulty of surveying: Over the year, viewership between WLTX and other networks fluctuated, making it difficult to create a clean sample set. "Learning differences in freestanding communities is very, very hard to do," says Maibach. "It took a certain amount of chutzpah on our part to even try to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot." But promising pieces of information surfaced: WLTX viewers who recognized several stories from the Climate Matters Series were more certain that global warming was happening versus viewers of other networks and were more likely to hold views that align with scientists regarding global warming.


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My personal 5 fave Big Break applications
Less than 24 hours for The Big Break applications to close! So many apps pouring through, so many good ones, who to choose?!
As an RCB community manager for close to 2 years, the hardest thing is restricting my choice purely to the apps. I know half of the featured fans personally, I know their temperament, they enthusiasm and they're love for RCB. They're apps make me smile, "yeah! they're still applying, for some the 4th time, what dedicated fans!" And then there's the new faces. The fans with terrific music choice, the fans who are video students and do great work.
My favorite 5 might be quirky. I'm looking at just the application, and thinking, "hmm will the team like to hang with these guys for 2 months? will other fans appreciate they're work? will they do justice to the RCB Web TV???" So here's my pick and my "why i picked them" and a shout out to my other people who did a great job :) And now you guys know why we send 30 fans to the auditions! Let the judges do the hardest job!
disclaimer, being mentioned here does NOT mean you are a shortlist. we have a team of 5 shortlisting, so my say is but 1/5th
VIKRAM AFZUL aka Parker It's the attitude that counts. And perhaps if you win, one of the Royal Challengers will teach you how to bat :P You're video had me laughing out loud (LOL-ING! HAAH).
Abhishek Shivaram I was grooving along to your song, and for once didn't curse my Tata Photon for taking so long to buffer, coz it was worth it. You should tweet your app to the King of Good Times, I'm sure he'd groove along too :)
Nisha Shetty Yes I'm guilty of being super partial to Nisha, i LOVE HER HUMOUR. And I'm relived that her app does her justice - now you guys can see why she keeps cropping up. Imagine her directing a video, coming up with funny topics, interviewing the players. I wanna see THAT on my Web TV.
Vivek-CFor all the teams going into the auditions, a videographer is key. Special effects, good music, dramatic editing. Nice.
Okay I can't just choose 5, I can't I can't! Here are other peeps who caught my eye
Kalveer and Parag good combination humor and editing skills you both haz.
Prajwal you're poem shows your passion for RCB, and your YouTube video shows your video capabilities (and very good muzic choice)
Gaurav Dhup - I zoomed past some photographers who were clearly extremely talented, but I couldn't gather from their portfolios why they'd be great for RCB Web TV. Gaurav's last photo stopped me short. The emotion... sigh. THAT'S what i wanna see in the Web TV!
Nijil-kumar the song! the song! the song! Tamil, so I can't understand it, but the song!!!
Aditya All heil the Photoshop Master. Love your creativity!
Ayush (aka) If you don't win, never fear, I'm sure there's a spot for you at Kingfisher Airlines, you're commentary is so smooth and quick and soothing :) Very impressed that you put in the effort to create an audio clip.
Mandar Hopefully app # 3 will be lucky for you? You've got that zing, let's see if the shortlisting team thinks sees the zang! *crossed fingers*
And lastly, Sushma. I see the last IPL has done you good, some great photos in your portfolio. Very inspiring, and very great to see the good work!
If you haven't already, apply now! Deadline is 10am Monday morning!!
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Company decides to sell a handset powered by its Tizen OS in Bangladesh after it proved "successful" in India after its launch last month.
After a two-year wait, Samsung takes the wraps off a handset significantly scaled back from original ambitions.
The Korean electronics giant released an update to change the operating system on its first smartwatch, but it can't do the same for its televisions, a Samsung executive tells CNET. Owners of some 2014 sets will be able to buy "Evolution Kits" to change to the new software.
At CES 2015, Samsung reveals its SUHD TV running its new smart OS Tizen.
The new operating system will power all 2015 Samsung Smart TVs with an all-new, easier to use interface and faster response times.
Samsung's all-new Tizen operating system, which boasts faster response times and a simpler interface, will appear on all 2015 Samsung Smart TVs.
The Korean electronics giant's software has flopped in phones, but Samsung hopes TVs -- launching at 2015 CES -- will finally make Tizen mainstream.
The company still has ambitions for its operating system, despite Tizen's rocky history.
Meanwhile, Samsung is gearing up for a keynote speech at the show, where it will likely talk up smart homes and the Internet of Things.
The Korean electronics giant is shifting gears again with its troubled mobile operating system. It's now aiming for affordability as a key characteristic of Tizen smartphones.


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1. First and the most important, is that the husband and I made ONE YEAR on Monday (July 16th). We had a wonderful and relaxing night together. It was amazing to reminisce about how great this past year has been and how excited we are for our future :)
2. I got my Canon 5D and my 24-70mm lens in the mail on Wednesday. I am over the moon excited about getting back into the field and finally taking some high quality photos.


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Jon and Kate Plus Eight Wedding Special
Nine years and eight kids later, the Gosselins Good Housekeeping's November cover family and the stars of TLC's Jon and Kate Plus 8 held a Hawaiian vow-renewal ceremony. Here, Kate gives Good Housekeeping the exclusive inside story on how she and husband Jon made the ceremony on Maui a family affair. "I was so focused on the ceremony the first time around and all the excitement the future held for us," says Kate. "The second ceremony was more about the meaning all we had been through in nine years and the fact that our children could be there."


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8 Movie Moguls' Stocks That Should Get Top Billing (Update1)
(Story updated to add JPMorgan Chase initiated coverage of Lions Gate Entertainment Tuesday with an "overweight" rating .)
BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- The movie business is a crap shoot. Witness the handwringing over the expected $200 million bath Walt Disney (DIS ) is expected to take on its big-budget box-office flop "John Carter" that opened this week.
Most studios, Disney's included, now rely on their deep-pocketed, conglomerate parents for an allowance so they can continue to be free to gamble on making their next big franchise hit, which in Disney's case includes "Pirates of the Carribbean," now in development for the fifth film in the series.
And just witness the "Harry Potter" sequels that keep on giving to producer and distributor Warner Bros. parent Time Warner (TWX), in the form of billions from film sequels to DVD sales, books and related consumer products. But Time Warner's most reliable income sources are its Turner and HBO network broadcast businesses.
So the studios will keep on trying, but the media industry isn't quite the big risk it was only a few years ago, as blockbuster movies are more the frosting on the cake for these companies, since their broadcast industry cash flow has allowed most to build themselves up into conglomerates where losses in one sector can be offset by gains elsewhere. Disney is a prime example. Referred to by insiders as the "mouse house," for its Mickey Mouse "franchise," identity, it's really a corporate octopus, with its tentacles in businesses ranging from its famous theme parks and movies, to cruise ships, radio and cable network programming, and the ESPN sports network. One of the few remaining firms where write-offs from a failure hurts for more than one fiscal quarter is Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF - Get Report), which gets a significant amount of revenue from its films, although it also creates content for other venues. It's eagerly anticipating the release this weekend of its highly rated "The Hunger Games," because it will help it pay for its recent acquisition of Summit Entertainment, producer and owner of the hugely successful "Twilight" series of vampire films. Although share-price returns for the leading media companies are relatively modest this year, the world's insatiable appetite for entertainment in all forms should keep the leaders in good stead long term, at least according to analysts, who give mostly positive ratings to these companies, based on their earnings prospects. Here's a look eight of the leading companies in the media and entertainment industry in descending order of market value:Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 36: The Shadow #6
Every day this month, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be doing theme weeks, with each week devoted to a single artist. First up: Bill Sienkiewicz! Today's page is from The Shadow #6, which was published by DC and is cover dated January 1988. Enjoy!
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Seth Troxler Plays Electric Pickle on Friday
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Troxler and esteemed producer pal Lee Curtiss used to throw the legendary Tesh Club parties in Detroit in the mid-'00s, and as Visionquest (along with Ryan Crosson) they currently host the beloved Need I Say More afterhours during Detroit's Electronic Music Festival each year. Releases on touchstone labels like Spectral Sound, Crosstown Rebels and Wolf + Lamb reveal Troxler's irreverent experimental flair in the studio, while never straying far from a brooding sensuality and essential body-jacking groove that can command any dancefloor.
Troxler is certainly no stranger to Miami, having graced the decks at memorable past WMC parties like Sunday School for Degenerates and Get Lost at the Electric Pickle, where he'll be returning on Friday night to throw down an exclusive performance with PL0T. Summer 2010 has seen Troxler jump onboard a residence at the infamous Circo Loco at club DC10 in Ibiza, so surely we can expect a taste of the hottest jams currently rocking the island during Friday's set.
Seth Troxler. With Alejandro Sab and Michael Christopher. 11 p.m. Friday, June 11. Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami. Ages 21 and up. 305-456-5613; electricpicklemiami.com
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I was excited to recieve my new exercise ball. When I opened it and blew it up the smell of moth balls was so strong it was nauseating ! It smelled up my whole house. So outside it went hoping that it would go away. One month later it had toned down some so I brought it back inside. It had only been inside for 30 minutes and the house stunk again. I would not recomend this ball unless you like the smell of moth balls ! I would send it back , but I didn't keep the box. I guess I am out the money !
I bought this exercise ball primarily as a computer chair, as I tend to slouch in my desk chair. I now swap between the two (I'm sitting on the ball as I type this) and due to its large diameter it works quite well. Not only does it improve my posture while I'm on the computer, but it only takes seconds to scoot back and do crunches, so it ought to improve my core strength as well. It does have a strong chemical right out of the box, but I washed mine with hot, soapy water and aired it out in my backyard and garage for days at a time to combat this. It's been a few weeks now and while still present, the scent is noticably less strong. I imagine it will become negligible within a few months. It holds air fairly well, requiring topping off only once a week or so with regular use. All in all, a very good value in my opinion.
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Dodgers win Game 3...Red Sox, Tigers take a break
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers finally generated enough runs to win a game in the National League Championship Series.
The Dodgers are within two games to one in the series after Hyun-Jin Ryu (hyoon-jihn ree-OO') scattered three hits in seven innings of the Dodgers' 3-0 shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals. Ryu tossed no-hit ball for the first four innings then worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the fifth to preserve a 2-0 lead.
Dodgers starters have allowed just two earned runs in the series but LA had wasted those great pitching performances until Adrian Gonzalez sparked a two-run fourth. Gonzalez put Los Angeles ahead with an RBI double before scoring on Yasiel Puig's (YAH'-see-ul pweegz) triple. The Dodgers had been 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position and were scoreless in 23 consecutive innings until Gonzalez came through.
Hanley Ramirez capped the offense with an RBI single in the eighth, hours after being diagnosed with a fractured rib that caused him to miss Game 2. Ramirez, Puig and Mark Ellis each had two of the Dodgers' nine hits.
Cardinals starter and loser Adam Wainwright allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings for his first playoff loss. He entered the game 4-0 with a 2.03 ERA lifetime in the postseason.
The Cardinals finished the game without third baseman David Freese (freez), who experienced tightness in his right calf during the fifth inning. Freese recorded the Cardinals' first hit of the game before leaving.
Game 3 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
DETROIT (AP) — Monday was an off-day for the Tigers and Red Sox as the two teams prepare for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Detroit. The Tigers will send Justin Verlander to the mound today against Boston's John Lackey.
The Tigers could use the extra day to forget about Sunday night's 6-5 loss to the Red Sox. Detroit enjoyed a 5-1 lead in the eighth before David Ortiz erased it with one swing of the bat, launching a grand slam off Joaquin Benoit (wah-KEEN' BEHN'-wah). Jarrod Saltalamacchia (sahl-tah-lah-MAH'-kee-uh) won it with a single in the bottom of the ninth.
Umpire Wally Bell dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball umpire Wally Bell has died less than a week after working the National League Division Series between St. Louis and Pittsburgh. He was 48.
Major League Baseball confirmed Bell's death Monday. He died of an apparent heart attack in his home state of Ohio.
Bell broke into the majors in 1993 and returned to the game after undergoing open heart surgery in 1999.
Surgery for Orioles third baseman
BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has undergone surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee. The 75-minute procedure included an arthroscopy and open reconstruction of the medial patellar femoral ligament. Recovery time is estimated to be around six months.
Chargers beat Colts
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers played a great game of keep away while ending the Indianapolis Colts' three-game winning streak.
Philip Rivers engineered three scoring drives of at least 74 yards as the Chargers downed the Colts 19-9, ruining Andrew Luck's first game on Monday Night Football. Rivers helped San Diego control the ball for more than 38 minutes, while the defense kept the Colts out of the end zone.
The Chargers never trailed after Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen early in the second quarter. Rivers was 22-33 for 237 yards and no interceptions.
Nick Novak kicked four field goals and Ryan Mathews ran for 102 yards as the Chargers evened their record at 3-3.
The Colts fell to 4-2.
Banged up Pack...Weeden still the Browns' QB
UNDATED (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy says wide receiver James Jones has a chance of playing Sunday against Cleveland at Lambeau Field, but he ruled linebacker Nick Perry out and said receiver Reggie Cobb would miss "multiple weeks" while refusing to elaborate.
Perry's malady was termed a "foot" injury, Jones' a "leg" injury and Cobb's a "knee" injury. All three were injured in Sunday's 19-17 win at Baltimore.
Cleveland Browns coach Rob Chudzinski says he doesn't plan to change quarterbacks for Sunday's game against Green Bay.
Brandon Weeden was back under center for Sunday's loss to Detroit and threw an underhanded interception with the Browns down by seven in the fourth quarter. The interception was part of a second half in which Cleveland was outscored 24-0 in a 31-17 loss to the Lions.
Weeden returned to the starting lineup Sunday after Brian Hoyer sustained a season-ending knee injury.
Also in the NFL on Monday:
— The Buffalo Bills have signed free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn, although coach Doug Marrone all but ruled out Flynn's chances of starting Sunday against the Dolphins in Miami. Flynn accepted a deal after spending the morning working out for a team that's been scrambling to add quarterbacks since rookie starter EJ Manuel sprained his right knee in a 37-24 loss to Cleveland on Oct. 3. Backup Thad Lewis started yesterday's loss to Cincinnati and threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes despite a sprained ankle.
— Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller was back with the team after completing his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse program. Miller didn't apologize or explain his actions but asked his fans, teammates and coaches to judge him on what he does in the future.
— Raiders coach Dennis Allen said he remains committed to quarterback Terrelle Pryor and has no plans to make a change. Allen gave the vote of confidence one day after Pryor threw three interceptions, including two in the final 4 ½ minutes of a 24-7 loss to Kansas City. Pryor also was sacked 10 times and had a career-low rating of 45.7.
— Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell attended team meetings after being released from a Bay Area hospital late Sunday night. Campbell was hospitalized for possible neck and spine injuries after he was carted off the field during Arizona's 32-20 loss at San Francisco yesterday.
— The Washington Redskins have lost backup linebacker Bryan Kehl and long snapper Nick Sundberg for the season with injuries. Kehl tore the ACL in his left knee, and Sundberg tore the meniscus in his right knee in Sunday's 31-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
— The New York Giants could be without running back Brandon Jacobs for next Monday's game against Minnesota due to a left hamstring injury. That would make Michael Cox the likely starter with David Wilson and Da'Rel Scott also nursing injuries.
— Jets running back Mike Goodson will miss the rest of the season after tearing two ligaments in his left knee in Sunday's 19-6 loss to Pittsburgh. Goodson says the ACL and MCL were torn when he was trying to make a tackle on Lawrence Timmons' game-sealing interception of Geno Smith in the fourth quarter.
Vickers to miss rest of season
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brian Vickers will miss the rest of the NASCAR season because of a blood clot in his right calf.
Vickers was placed on blood-thinning medication once the clot was discovered. He missed the final 25 races of the 2010 season with blood clots, and during that time required heart surgery.
He said in a statement his physicians are confident he'll be able to resume activity before next season.
Franklin out with shoulder sprain
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri quarterback James Franklin will be out three to five weeks with a sprained right shoulder.
Coach Gary Pinkel says redshirt freshman Maty Mauk will start on Saturday at home against No. 22 Florida.
Franklin was injured in the second half of Missouri's victory at Georgia on Saturday.
Wings beat B's
UNDATED (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres still own the NHL's worst record and are one of just two clubs without a victory. On Monday, it was a former teammate who sent the Sabres to a 2-1 loss to Minnesota.
Jason Pominville snapped a 1-1 tie by scoring a power-play goal with just two seconds left in the second period. It was Pominville's first game in Buffalo since the Sabres traded him to the Wild midway through last season.
Kyle Brodziak (BRAHD'-zihk) also scored and Josh Harding turned back 22 shots as the Wild improved to 3-1-2.
The Sabres have scored just seven goals while opening the season 0-6-1.
Also in the NHL:
— Stephen Weiss and Daniel Cleary scored second-period goals to give the Red Wings the lead for good in a 3-2 win over the Bruins. Jonas Gustavsson made 28 saves in his first action of the season to help the Red Wings win their second straight and improve to 4-2.
— Alex Ovechkin notched a goal and an assist while the Washington Capitals were scoring three times in the second period of a 4-2 win against Edmonton. Joel Ward and Troy Brouwer (BROW'-ur) each had power-play goals as the Caps ended a three-game losing streak and picked up their first regulation victory of the season.
Sanctions still on
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — The NCAA has upheld penalties against the St. Mary's men's basketball program for recruiting violations. That means coach Randy Bennett must serve a five-game suspension and won't be allowed to recruit off campus this season. The NCAA put Saint Mary's on four years of probation earlier this year for a "failure to monitor its men's basketball program," reduce scholarships by two for the next two seasons.


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Proposed New Walmart Has Some McCandless Residents Concerned
Replacing retail with retail on one McCandless corner seems simple enough, but not in this case.
Gov. Candidate Embraces Legalization Of Marijuana
Gubernatorial candidate John Hanger, a Hershey Democrat, was in Pittsburgh Monday to join UPMC employees at a downtown demonstration, saying senior UPMC executives are fostering income inequality by short-changing workers.
Flooding In Parker Creates Spectacle For Residents
The Allegheny River near Parker in Armstrong County has turned into a tourist attraction.
Beaver Co. Residents Patiently Deal With Water Main Break
It doesn't matter where you live, when a water line freezes, defrosts and refreezes a break can happen at any moment.
Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Abuzz On Marathon Day
Once again Pittsburgh neighborhoods rolled out the red carpet for runners at the Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon.
Parking Enforcement, Permits Could Push Out South Side Businesses
The latest conflict on the South Side has some businesses looking for new locations.
Speed Bumps Fueling Neighborhood Dispute
Now that Uniontown residents have the speed bumps they've been asking for, a new problem has arisen.
Castle Shannon On Alert After Series Of Burglaries
Castle Shannon Police continue their investigation in the recent series of overnight burglaries in the area.


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Parted Magic 4.9: New Device Names
Parted Magic, a Live Linux with programs for partitioning and data rescue, is available in version 4.9. Apart from bug fixes, it includes a few new features.
One of the major changes to Parted Magic affect the kernel, which the developers rid of the old IDE drivers. The most noticeable consequence to users is that the hard drives are no longer named /dev/hd*, but rather /dev/sd*, and CDs and DVDs were renamed /dev/sr*. Support for Virtio hard disk drivers was also added.
Among the new applications, Google Chrome was replaced by its open source Chromium version, and added were the mhdd low-level diagnostic tool, the elinks text browser and the zsync synchronization program.
Parted Magic 4.9 can be downloaded as images for CDs and USB sticks as well as for booting via PXE and GRUB4DOS.
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Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.


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DoD 2013.3 SBIR Solicitation
- DTRA133-001: Metal-Oxides as Radiation-Hard Microelectronic Channel Materials
- Description: OBJECTIVE: Design and develop radiation hardened electronic device prototypes using metal-oxide channel materials to test the feasibility and scalability of these materials in technology. DESCRIPTION: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Basic Research Program supports research on the basic science of radiation effects in microelectronics and radiation hard microelectronic materials and devices. Radiation hardened microelectronics are critical for future Department of Defense (DoD) systems where devices are required to function in high radiation environments. Environments with high levels of ionizing radiation can cause both single event effects (SEE) and total ionizing dose (TID) effects in sensitive microelectronics. Furthermore, as device components continue to get smaller the aspects of the physics that are most important in describing the interaction of radiation with these new materials are changing compared to the older generations of electronic devices. In order to ensure reliable operation of DoD systems in the presence of ionizing radiation, as well as enhance overall performance, developers must provide a means of confirming the integrated circuits are hardened to radiation effects. General performance criteria to be addressed include: ease of integration into current CMOS manufacturing processes; weight; cost; performance (resistance to SEE and TID) in radiation environment; reproducibility. Of specific interest are metal-oxides channel materials, such as nanocrystalline ZnO thin films, which have recently demonstrated significant potential for radiation hardness. Such devices have recently attracted attention due their potential in high speed circuits, microwave amplifiers, ultra-low power circuits, sensors, and thin film circuits compatible with Si CMOS ICs. PHASE I: 1) Identify and define potential metal-oxide microelectronic devices for radiation hard electronics. 2) Provide a path forward for prototype design, radiation testing, evaluation, and fabrication. PHASE II: Develop, fabricate, and validate these prototype components for their improvement in radiation resistance over conventional circuits, cost and weight implications, reliability, and reproducibility. Develop a scalable process and business plan to manufacture the microelectronic component(s). PHASE III: DUAL USE APPPLICATIONS: Successful product will support Military and Commercial Land, Sea, Air, and Space-based radar, communications, and sensor applications.
- DTRA133-002: Indirect Detection of Radiological and Nuclear Threats by Non-atmospheric Effect Techniques
- Description: OBJECTIVE: Conventional means of detecting radiological and nuclear threats (e.g., scintillator, semiconductor, ionization detectors) are limited by the range of the emitted particle (i.e., gamma, neutron, alpha, beta) between the source and detector. As an alternative to this constraint, we seek proposals to develop new modalities or improve upon previously investigated concepts for locating or sensing radiological or nuclear threats by means of indirect signatures that utilize non-atmospheric effects. While a heavy investment has been and continues to be made in conventional detection methods, this topic aims to complement those methods with additional or improved capabilities. Indirect signatures detection is a category that could include a number of modalities. As such, specific capabilities and parameters are difficult to identify; however, means are being sought to extend the detection range, increase sensitivity, and/or reduce size/weight/cube beyond that of traditional detectors. DESCRIPTION: DTRA seaks to improve capabilities for detecting nulear and radiological material of interest by innovative means. A previous SBIR solicitation, DTRA122-014, called for"the detection of a radioactive material by means other than by the direct interaction of gammas or neutrons emitted by the source."In addition to the persuit of indirect detection of such sources, DTRA is now following-up with the additional requirement that such detection be performed by means utizing non-atmospheric effects. For the purposes of this topic, atmospheric effects refers to the changes induced on atmospheric species from ionizing radiation that can be observed. Examples include O3 production via radiolysis and N2 and NOX excitation by secondary electrons. It has been proposed that the detection of these species or their spectral lines can indicate the presence of radiation. As an alternate approach, this topic seeks to locate or detect the presence of materials of interest by alternative means other than those indicated by atmospheric effects. As an example, in recent years several efforts have been undertaken to investigate gravity gradiometric approachs for detecting radiological material. Other concepts investigated have included RF and thermographic signatures. It is envisioned that this will most likely occur by observing physical or chemical characteristics of radioactive material (e.g. density, temperature, acustic) or their non-atmospheric effects of the surrounding environment. PHASE I: Development of the proof-of-concept through a laboratory device/setup or equivalent environment for the capability of locating or detecting radiological or nuclear material of interest or other strong indicators such as shielding material or configurations. In this phase, the proof-of-concept must be able to show that further development is likely to lead to a product with one or more capabilities that improve operational utility beyond current COTS detectors. A design concept for a prototype will be delivered and an evaluation of its feasibility and utility will be a key decision point for continuation to Phase II. PHASE II: Phase II must develop a prototype detector that can be validated independently. The results should be quantitatively compared to those of existing technologies in the same environments. Relative cost/benefit studies should be performed to demonstrate the advantages of the new technology. The Phase II final report should include a development plan and partnering approach for follow-on production and fielding along with a roadmap that takes the development through Phase III. PHASE III: Explore marketing and production alliances with existing technology equipment firms that currently have market share in these various commercial markets and under the prevue of export restrictions that may apply. For the military applications, continue the development of the technology and equipment design so that it can be transitioned to a counter-WMD program of record.
- DTRA133-003: Portable Neutron Detector with Spectroscopic and Directional Sensitivity
- Description: OBJECTIVE: DTRA seeks a 3He-free portable neutron detector with spectroscopic capability and directional sensitivity, derived from measurement of count rates within a highly granular array of thermal neutron detectors dispersed within a moderator. The device will be able to detect, locate and characterize threat neutron sources in the field. DESCRIPTION: Neutron spectroscopy can offer a significant advantage in the detection and characterization of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM), when compared to gross counting neutron detectors. The energy of incident neutrons can be used to characterize the source (fission neutrons vs. background), identify the level of moderation, or the source distance. A class of detectors has been proposed that consist of granular arrays of thermal neutron detectors distributed in a regular pattern within moderator. Such detectors can measure the detailed spatial distribution of neutron detections within the moderator and thereby achieve spectroscopic classification as well as directional information. In order to achieve such measurements up to energies of 20 MeV rather large moderators and detection volume is required. Detection systems thus far proposed for this application, either scintillator based neutron scatter camera or solid state neutron detector based neutron spectrometer, limit the size and thus energy and directional response of the instruments because of their high cost and electronic complexity. This topic seeks detector/moderator/electronic solutions that can readily support the field requirements of DTRA. A successful design will address the need for portability and affordable cost, while achieving high detection efficiency for fission neutrons, sufficient energy resolution and directional sensitivity. PHASE I: Develop the design of a3He-free neutron detector capable of spectroscopy and 3-dimensional position encoding. The detector must be sensitive in the full energy range from thermal up to 20 MeV, covering the range of threat fission sources. Energy discrimination must be adequate to distinguish fission sources from higher energy sources used frequently in commerce such as AmBe sources. The direction of threat sources must be shown to be achievable with an angular resolution of 5-10 degrees. Complete modeling studies to demonstrate that the instrument to be constructed in Phase II will achieve these requirements. In addition to modeling studies, construct and demonstrate a subscale system. Conduct testing of this system response to 252Cf and AmBe sources, demonstrating the ability to distinguish the two sources and to grade the level of source moderation by shielding of the sources with HDPE of progressive thickness. Conduct directional testing to determine feasibility of achieving the required angular sensitivity in the Phase II instrument. Develop electronics to demonstrate feasibility of achievement of a low power (<5 Watts) solution in Phase II. The weight of the electronics should introduce only a small fraction of overall weight in addition to the unavoidable moderator weight (<5% is desired). PHASE II: Build and test a full-scale detector according to the final design developed in Phase I, including associated electronics, as required for energy and directional resolution. Testing is to be conducted outdoors, in realistic scenarios, with the detector operated inside a moving vehicle, and with neutron sources at distances greater than 10 m. Also, software required to process the detector signals and identify the energy and location of the source neutrons will be developed and demonstrated. PHASE III: Team with a National Laboratory or commercial partner to develop a commercial search instrument for military applications of interest to DTRA as well as domestic applications in the Secure the Cities Initiative and other DHS and State and Local security applications. Separate teaming with commercial companies should be explored in development of more sophisticated dosimetry measuring devices for both military and civilian uses.


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As captured from a Square Enix livestream by Nintendo Everything, the videos show new character Magnolia trekking through what looks like Istantal, going by official images. According to previously released details, it's a city home to a university of magic where the professors helped to develop a "new structure" of the arcane art. As for Magnolia, Bravely Default fans may recognize her from the first game's special epilogue. The site describes her as having a "daredevil attitude" that we're sure Agnes will find unacceptable.
The videos also showcase some of the returning jobs coming to the game, albeit with new looks as shown off by Magnolia. Square Enix only showed the jobs listed on the game's site, namely the Time Mage, Red Mage, Valkyrie and Superstar. That said, if you look closely at the menu around 2:33 in the first video, you'll notice there are 30 different slots for jobs on the right-hand side, compared to 24 in the original game.
According to Gematsu, Bravely Second will be playable at next month's Tokyo Game Show. Maybe Japan's biggest gaming convention will prove the perfect place for Square Enix to finally announce that release date.
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Course Directors: Corinne Houart, Kings College, UK; and Michael Granato, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Over the past 20 years, the zebrafish has emerged as a powerful model system for the study of vertebrate development and disease. This intensive two-week course for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and independent investigators will focus on the development and genetics of zebrafish. The course will cover time proven as well as novel technologies geared towards their application in zebrafish. Mornings and afternoons will be devoted mainly to laboratory exercises and the evenings to lectures and discussion. Limited to 22 students.
Lectures and labs will introduce students to early development of the zebrafish and to methods for manipulating and studying gene function, including genetic and small molecule screening, mapping and cloning; mRNA overexpression and functional knockdown approaches; cell fate mapping; mounting and imaging of antibody and in situ samples for publication ready documentation. In addition, students will be introduced to techniques for labeling and visualizing individual cells, including photoconversion, cell transplantation/chimera analysis, and live cell imaging. They will also learn how to perform behavioral tests on live animals. Several informal 'roundtable' discussions will cover the design and execution of mutant screens/reverse genetics, transgenesis, zebrafish breeding and husbandry, as well as data management and figure construction.
Each laboratory exercise will be under the supervision of a senior faculty member who will be assisted by one or two junior faculty members. Senior faculty will also give research lectures about their work and lead discussions about topics and concepts covered in the course.


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Are you curious about the relationship between video games and violent children? Do you suspect that computers and road rage might be connected? Well, if you're intrigued by these ideas, consider a major in Experimental Psychology. As an Experimental Psychology major, your main concern will be research. Topics of research are limitless—they're bounded only by your imagination and curiosity. Students often work with one or more faculty members on research projects, but as your experience grows, many programs will give you the opportunity to begin projects of your own choosing. In all cases, you'll be involved with conceptualizing the experiment, designing it, running it, and, eventually, documenting and analyzing your findings.
In addition to your research, Experimental Psychology will also expose you to the world of psychology in general. You might take courses in cognitive psych, social psych, biology, chemistry, child psych, or any number of other fields. Once you learn the basics of each psychological field, you'll be able to design relevant and valuable experiments, and you'll begin to see what your research and the research of psychologists from the past and present contribute to the discipline.


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Mitigating Fluorosis Scourge in Madhya Pradesh
By L. Shastri JHABUA, 22 March: Three tribal children, Mukesh Mesu, 10, Mukesh Munsingh, 12 and Lalita, 11, all from Bochka village of Rama block (Jhabua district) in the state of Madhya Pradesh are severely affected by skeletal fluorosis. Their problem began about five years ago and gradually led to complete bone deformity, crippling their lower limbs, ankle and feet. Mukesh Munsingh, painfully struggling to walk, says: "I can only watch the other kids play." He was sad that he would not be able to dance and join the annual Bhagoria festivities, which coincide with Holi--the popular north Indian festival of colours. In Chapri village, also in Rama block of Jhabua district, most children have stained teeth. But the residents of the village are now attentive to the problem of fluorosis as a result of the awareness generated by the intervention of UNICEF and allied NGOs. They are aware of the excess fluoride content in water drawn from hand-pumps and the relative safety of water from dug-wells.
In the intervention villages, the villagers, who now appear to be aware of the need to supplement their diet, have started growing vegetables and their eating habits have changed considerably. It has also come to light that the tender leaves of "Puadia" (cassia tora), a wild shrub that grows locally during the rainy season, is rich in calcium and can be eaten cooked. The Paudia leaves can be collected, dried and stored for round the year consumption. Awareness Campaign Fighting the Scourge An integrated water and food safety programme is now being advocated and implemented by UNICEF in Madhya Pradesh in a few selected Ashrams (hostels for school-going children) in the Rama Block of Jhabua district. The children run the Water Safety Plan by diluting the water drawn from the tube-well with rain water collected in specially built underground tanks. The children are also aware of the need to supplement their diet with milk products and foods rich in calcium. |


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Change to mycotoxin risk assessment
HGCA's mycotoxin risk assessment has been modified, with the aim of overcoming shortcomings identified following last autumn's wet harvest conditions.
Tests conducted on wheat samples by merchants and at mill intakes revealed the risk assessment was failing to identify loads exceeding the legal limits for mycotoxins. From February 2009, millers demanded that mycotoxin test results be supplied with every load of grain.
According to mycotoxins expert Dr Simon Edwards, Harper Adams University College, the risk assessment did not work well last season for two main reasons. First, the wet, delayed harvest had a major impact on mycotoxin levels and these conditions had not been experienced when the data used in the risk assessment was collected. Secondly, growers may have completed risk assessments incorrectly.
"Merchants and millers reported a high proportion of loads scored as 'low risk' in a high risk season," says Dr Edwards.
False negatives
Evaluation of the risk assessment using harvest 2008 samples and comparison of risk scores with the actual mycotoxin content of grain samples showed too many false negatives – samples with a low or moderate risk score but exceeding mycotoxin legal limits.
"I've done retrospective risk assessments on samples that came in under the survey – the risk assessment didn't work, even if you filled it in properly," says Dr Edwards.
Changes have been made to the risk assessment to account for high rainfall pre-harvest. An additional risk level has been added for rainfall at flowering and risk scores for northern England and Scotland have been reduced, even when high rainfall occurs.
The new system has been tested using harvest 2008 samples. No false negatives (low risk but high mycotoxin content) were produced, but 36 per cent of samples produced false positives (high risk but low mycotoxin).
These results indicate the new system is more risk averse but the indication from industry stakeholders is that this is the preferred position, says Dr Edwards.
"We hope industry will revert to using the risk assessment. This will reduce the amount of testing required," he says.
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More Employers May Look to Higher Deductibles
BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- On Sept. 23, six months after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law, the meat of its health care reforms begin kicking in.
On that date, children under the age of 26 will be allowed to stay on their parents' insurance policy if they don't have one of their own. A ban on "lifetime limits" for insurance coverage will go into effect, as does a prohibition on excluding children with pre-existing conditions and the creation of a consumer appeal process.
These steps could lead companies to rethink their health plans, potentially passing added costs to employees with a shift to high-deductible plans.
Dennis Triplett, CEO of UMB Healthcare Services, part of UMB Financial (UMBF - Get Report), expects that growth in spending will increase demand for health services and products and drive further increases in costs. Higher insurance premiums, in a 5-30% range, could be likely in the coming years, he says.
A poll by the National Business Group on Health, an association of large companies, found that employers estimate their health care benefit costs will increase an average of 8.9% next year. To control those increases, 63% of responding employers said they plan to increase the percentage employees contribute to the premium. One-fourth of respondents plan to raise the co-pay or coinsurance for retail pharmacy prescription drug benefits. Of course, for many long-term employees, hikes in the cost of health benefits and prescription co-pays isn't a threat; it's business as usual. Health insurance premiums have doubled on average during the last 10 years, much faster than wages and inflation, putting health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans and business owners, according to the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius. The White House says the reform plan makes insurance more affordable by providing the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history and reducing premium costs for tens of millions of families and small-business owners. Last month, $46 million in grants was announced so 45 states and the District of Columbia could "improve the oversight of proposed health insurance premium increases, take action against insurers seeking unreasonable rate hikes and ensure consumers receive value for their premium dollars," Sebelius said. More than 61% of companies responding to the National Business Group's poll said they will offer a consumer-directed health plan next year, two-thirds of them providing a high-deductible plan combined with a health savings account. The traditional insurance model -- in which employers pay the premiums for coverage (with employees contributing) and insurance companies pay for services and products -- "does little to control costs for businesses or many consumers," Triplett says. "The consumer has little incentive to monitor or manage the costs of care ... When they have skin in the game, they behave differently." Postreform, employers will increasingly look to consumer-directed plans to address the lack of incentives, or "moral hazard," in fee-for-service plans. Triplett says an increase in the use of high-deductible plans needs to be in concert with the ability of consumers to use tax-advantaged flexible spending accounts, health care spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangements. These savings vehicles were nearly a casualty of health care reform, not an integrated part of it, Triplett says. Officials initially sought to eliminate them as a means to recapture lost tax revenue and defray the cost of reforms. "All of us in the FSA space felt we had a near-death experience," he says. An initial Congressional proposal would have eliminated the plans entirely. After lobbying efforts, FSAs were spared but given a $1,500 cap. The cap would eventually be finalized at $2,500 by 2013 (there is currently no limit). "We just kept telling Congress at the time the people you are impacting are not the healthy and wealthy necessarily, you are impacting people who need this most," Triplett says of the lobbying effort. "You would be hurting people who have chronic diseases who need to set money aside. Plus, you are hurting younger parents who are trying to put braces on their children and those sorts of things." Triplett says that although FSAs were spared, Congress can still do more to ensure their viability. While there was once a grace period beyond year-end to spend leftover dollars, postreform regulations impose a strict Dec. 31 deadline. The funds, though indexed for inflation, are not indexed to the faster-increasing rate of medical inflation. Provisions for over-the-counter drugs may also cause confusion, he says. Starting next year, the cost of over-the-counter medications (excluding insulin) cannot be reimbursed from the account without a prescription. An analysis by Hewitt Associates (HEW), a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, may ease the fears of FSA users. It found that, despite the tax savings, only one in five employees contributed to an FSA this year. Employees who do participate typically save between $250 and $400 each year in federal taxes. As for the cap, Hewitt found that for employees who contribute to an FSA, the average annual contribution is $1,441. Just 18% contributed more than the new limit of $2,500, and those who did tended to be people earning more than $150,000 per year. --Written by Joe Mont in Boston.>To contact the writer of this article, click here: Joe Mont. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/josephmont. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: email@example.com.
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