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As one of the country's largest health insurance companies, Humana regularly has a say in where its members seek care. Now it wants sway over what groceries they buy.
On Wednesday, Humana announced a new partnership with Wal-Mart that will give the more than one million members of its wellness program, HumanaVitality, a 5 percent discount on healthy groceries.
The program, which will launch Oct. 15, is meant to steer customers toward healthier food choices - and potentially drive down health care costs in the process.
"We want to lower the cost of healthy food and have an impact on lowering the cost of health care," John Agwunobi, who oversees health and wellness for Wal-Mart, told reporters.
The new partnership between a major insurer and major retailer speaks to insurers' increased push to become involved in areas traditionally outside their purview. Wellness programs have become a mainstay of large employers' insurance plans, with the number offering financial incentives for workers who participate in health management plans nearly doubling between 2009 and 2012.
Humana only launched HumanaVitality, the wellness unit leading this initiative, last July. The new program rewards participants' healthy behaviors with prizes that range from movie tickets to hotel stays.
The partnership between Humana and Wal-Mart is, in many ways, a new twist on existing wellness programs. It offers a financial incentive to purchase healthier groceries.
"In a recent survey we did, we saw that 84 percent of our members said a savings program would motivate them to start purchasing healthier foods," said Humanavitality CEO Joe Woods. "We plan to aggressively communicate about this...to ensure that as many people as possible can benefit from this dynamic program."
The 5 percent discount will go toward any foods with a new "Great for You" icon, ranging from low-fat milk to produce to low-sodium soups. The products must meet two parts of Wal-Mart's nurtrition criteria, which include limits on fat content, sugar and sodium levels.
HumanaVitality members will accrue the discounts on a membership card. The discounts can be used to purchase anything sold in a Wal-Mart store, from healthy foods to clothing to unhealthy offerings.
Research on financial incentives and food purchasing behavior indicates that pricing could have an impact on purchase decisions. One recent study on milk prices found that a small difference between the cost of low-fat and full-fat milk had the potential to significantly change what consumers purchased.
The USDA published separate research in 2007, that looked at how low-income families reacted to a 10 percent drop in the price of low-fat milk compared to a full-fat alternative. They found that price change correlated with a 14 percent increase in the consumption of low-fat milk.
Both Wal-Mart and Humana describe this as an experiment; it's the first time a major retailer and a major health company, have tried to use financial incentives to change how people eat. They think it will work; but don't know quite yet.
"Our partnership is one of a kind with Humana," said Andrea Thomas, Wal-Mart's senior vice president of sustainability. "We'll have a great amount of learning that will come from this as well."


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My mum cries almost everyday about my trip to the Rainbow bridge
I hear her crying many times even though I am sitting right here next to her in a pet memorial urn. I know she loved me and was looking forward to coming to pick me up from the Vets to come back after my long stay at the Vets office. I had been hit by a car and my pelvis was broken but the Vet fixed me up and as soon as I started to get up and walk I was going home was on Friday May 14,2010. Instead of going back to my mum and dad I crossed over to the rainbow bridge. The doctor said that it was a blood clot. My mum crys all the time and wonder what I can do to help her. Just before I left this world my mum almost died and she has been fighting her very weak heart and I want to help her but don't know how. I would love her to come to the rainbow bridge so I can be with her again I know that the other dogs and dad need her more than I do.
Mum don't worry I am fine and I will be here waiting when it is your time but please stay and take care of Toto, Sally, and Inky. They all need you more than I do.
Valley had his surgery for his broken pelvis from April 17th the Surgery was on April 20 for 6 hours the vet tried to align and pin and wire the broken pieces in place and Valley was in surgery for over 6 hours. He was making a beautiful recovery and we were looking forward to bringing him home on Monday but Valley passed in sleep last night Thursday or early Friday morning today May 14. The Vet believes it was a blood clot. It was unfortunate and I am writing this with a very heavy heart tonight. I guess this is not easy for any dog lover but I am really feeling the emptiness right now.
Mary Wallington
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Dec 5, 2002 till May 14, 2010
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Pray for Kim Kushner, helping equip leaders in Latin AmericaOctober 14, 2011
Kim Kushner
Kim serves in both regional and local ministry projects in Latin America and the Caribbean for American Baptist International Ministries. At the regional level, Kim has been invited by partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to serve as coordinator of a regional assessment of theological education.
She writes: Greetings from my new mission location in Norristown, Pennsylvania! It seems that every few months or so I find myself writing about transitions in ministry. Now, two years into my missionary service with International Ministries (IM), change, exciting change, is here again!
As many of you already know, American Baptist missionaries and Salvadoran leaders have partnered on and off over the years in countless efforts to prepare generations of Christian leaders for service in their congregations and communities. Changing global economics, political history, and the current social context mean that the demand for leaders with passion, integrity and vision becomes increasingly necessary, yet the traditional models of preparing and sometimes even discovering leaders are no longer meeting these needs. During my first two years of ministry I have been leading this assessment process in El Salvador asking the questions: What works? What needs to be changed? How do we become more effective? How can IM and the Baptist organizations in El Salvador become better partners in mission? Two years later, I'm nearly done!
As the El Salvador phase draws to a close, I have begun to look forward to the next country to be assessed.....Cuba! As a mission supporting and sending organization, our goal is to use the template of questions and contextual issues that I have been piecing together in El Salvador to look at how context, leadership training, and economics of development in partner countries come together to influence how transformative ministry being carried out successfully or unsuccessfully through the church. In many ways Cuba has been through a polar opposite experience from El Salvador, thus delving into this next assessment will bring many new challenges. Since I can't live in Cuba, Norristown, PA will be my home for a period of time. After Cuba, the hope is to carry out the same process in Nicaragua and perhaps Costa Rica.
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I've been having some adventures lately. Stitches, raccoons and such. You can check out some of the photos here since I can't add them to this diary! Hmmm.... guess I can't add a hyper link anymore-
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The heat is on! We are experiencing record high temperatures. We set all time record highs Saturday and Sunday, 105F to be exact. While I enjoy spending time outside, this heat is too much for me. Even lounging is my swimming pool is not enjoyable (see earlier post for a photo of me & my pool). When you have to take a dip in your pool before 10AM, then it's really hot!
So, me and my fellow pups have been spending the majority of the day inside. Air conditioning is a wonderful thing! I can lounge around to my heart's content and stay nice and cool.
Boy oh boy! I must really be on a roll!! I'm a Daily Diary pick again today! Three time in one month... it must be some sort of record! And I'm pretty sure it is a personal record. The diary gods must be smiling down on me! Thanks everyone!
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Almost 4 weeks ago I sent my MID overseas to be repaired. It was cheaper than having it done locally and they offered a life time warranty instead of the 3 month warranty offered here.
We have been away for a week and it arrived home last Monday, how good was that :D 3 weeks Australia to England and back.
It took my husband less than 5 mins to put it back in and YES it works and looks fantastic.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan ice hockey team will enter the 2010-11 season as the No. 4-ranked team in the country, according to Monday's (Sept. 27) preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. U-M concluded last season as the No. 8-ranked team in the same poll. The Wolverines return 19 letterwinners, including their top five scorers and both starting goalies, from the 2009-10 squad that won the CCHA Tournament and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
Also announced on Sept. 27 was the television schedule for the Maize and Blue. U-M will be featured on at least 20 telecasts during the regular season. "The Big Chill at the Big House" presented by Arby's will be broadcast live in high definition by FS Detroit on Dec. 3. For viewers outside of the FS Detroit footprint, the Big Ten Network will distribute the game across the country. Additionally, FS Detroit will show five other games, all in HD, with the potential for a sixth game should U-M reach the Great Lakes Invitational championship game on Dec. 30.
Besides The Big Chill at the Big House, the Big Ten Network is scheduled to carry five more games -- one vs. Minnesota on Nov. 28, one vs. Michigan State on Jan. 7 and three vs. Ohio State, Dec. 3 and Feb. 11-12.
CBS College Sports Network has a pair of U-M games -- vs. Ferris State on Jan. 14 and at Miami on Feb. 4.
Lastly, Comcast will broadcast seven games to Comcast Cable subscribers in the state of Michigan, beginning with U-M's season opener against Mercyhurst on Saturday, Oct. 2.
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Dear Roman,
How'bout posting your final solution?. Just for the record.
About the number of bug reports, I think it will increase with the
number of bugs, independent of the type of license you publish it
On Jul 12, 6:21 am, Roman <rschm... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all! Indeed a combination of Locked, ReadProtected, and
> Encode do the job.
> Now the question is: as I work in academic scientific research, would
> I get more bug reports and patch suggestions if I published my package
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I have a 2012 WRX and admit that I don't have a strong working knowledge of how the turbo boost guage works. Here's what I do know. Typically at idle the boost guage reads 20 inHg and upon accleration the vacuum level drops down (depending on how hard you get on it) to 0 inHg and eventually the boost kicks in and the guage shows the boost in psi.
Just the other day when I started her up the baseline was bottomed out below 30 inHg (as seen in the picture). It appears to still work because when I accelerate the vacuum drops as it did before but everything is basically shifted by 10 units.
The car doesn't seem to be driving any different but the temperature in Chicago has been -10 for several days so I haven't really been driving it very hard. The only potential culprits I see are 1. the extremely cold weather we've had. 2. I hit a ridiculous pot hole the other day that rattled my teeth.
Is it possible that something on the guage popped loose or more likely that there is an actual problem with the boost? In normal casual driving would you notice a difference if the turbo was not functioning correctly?
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I'm currently trying to justify the cost of getting this procedure done. My hair does not like regular flat irons, and I'd rather not do that much damage to my hair if I can help it, so relaxing is out. What I'd like is just something that will make my hair easier to deal with. I'm tired of washing and styling it every single day, just so it can go limp as soon as it's dry. It takes me ages to get ready in the morning, and my hair doesn't dry completely until mid-afternoon. It's ridiculous. I'm all about low-maintenance, and I might miss my curls a little, but I think being able to just get up in the morning and go would make it worthwhile.
Everything I've read says the process will take about five hours. I can handle that, if it means my hair will stop taking over my life for about six months or so.
I think that since finding NC.com, I've spent more money on styling products for my hair than the thermal straightening would cost.
I started looking for salons in Washington state that offer this service, and so far all I've found is one salon in Seattle. A good 4-5 hours away. I did find another salon in Portland, Ore., and the Web site seems very reputable. The stylist said she needs to do in-person consultations before recommending the procedure, and since Portland is also about 5+ hours away from where I live, I don't know when I'd find the time to drive all the way down there for a consultation, then drive all the way back up here, just to drive down there AGAIN to get the whole thing done.
The Portland salon charges a base $400 for the first three hours, and the stylist said she charges $60 per each additional HALF HOUR. $120 an hour is a lot of money.
I know, I should just accept my hair the way it is and learn to work with it, but I just want it to leave me alone and let me rest from the constant styling and stress and the whole "No, don't touch my hair, you'll disrupt the curl formation and make it frizzy!"
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For 230 bucks I'd buy it no doubt. Especially in very good condition. Ammo is a bit tricky but not impossible.
While at one of my local gun stores yesterday i ran across a CZ82 9x18 that appears to be in very good condition. I have seen posts on this and other forums that speak glowingly of this gun. They are asking $230.
I'd appreciate some feedback from those familiar with this gun. It felt very good in my hand in the brief time I was in possession of it at the gun store. Thanks.
For 230 bucks I'd buy it no doubt. Especially in very good condition. Ammo is a bit tricky but not impossible.
My CZ-82 is one of my favorite guns to shoot. Ammo is readily available and is relatively cheap.
The $230 price tag is not bad for one in good condition. I bought mine from Southern Ohio Guns as a C&R purchase for $220 plus shipping.
I have a CZ 83 that shoots better then most guns I've shot,
very accurate and easy for anyone to shoot.
The 82 was the first release and the 83 came out later in 1983.
The 83 shoots the 9mm browning short, or 9X17 or .380 Auto, all the same bullet.
The cost of a new 83 is about double what you found the 82 for.
If it's in good condition I'd jump on it before its gone.
They are very easy to work on and have few parts.
mine has a hammer lock ,trigger lock, and firing pin lock when you put it on safety.
They can safely be carried cocked and locked.
They are DA/SA guns.
Let us know if you get it.
I have a long time shooting bud in louisiana, who owns 2 of these 13 shot, .380 gobbling monsters. He has had nothing but high praise & success with them. In fact he is registered on this forum as "sulphurboy".
By all means buy that pistol. Then send it to "robar" in phoenix, arizona for new springs & plating with their famous "np3"finish.
The NP3 finish you mentioned looks nice, but their price for re-finishing is more than the original cost of the thing...
And yes, buy the pistol. It's currently the only gun I own, but my buddies are jealous of the trigger...smooth with no hangup at all before it goes "bang".
I'd jump all over a used 82...
I am very satisfied with my CZs - I've got a 75B in 9mm and the two aforementioned 83's.
I'll be adding another 75B in the black duracoat finish soon.


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BORDEAUX, FRANCE – An Earth-friendly future for French wine could include disease-resistant grapes, solar-powered robots and lighter packaging as vintners innovate to slash their environmental footprint.
"We can't keep functioning like this, polluting the Earth," said Alexis Raoux, sustainability manager for the Bordeaux-based drink group Castel. "What feeds us is the soil. If we continue like this, in a few decades the land will be polluted and our wine won't be any good."
Perhaps the most dramatic green innovation in the French wine scene is in the field of disease-resistant grape varieties, the culmination of more than three decades of genetic research.
Didier Merdinoglu, research director of the INRA Colmar research center, said, "Our solution is to put forth a plant that doesn't need any treatment."
Concerned about the impact of pesticides and vine treatments on soil, air and workers, including copper used by organic farmers, Merdinoglu believes zero treatment is the future for France's vineyards. Obtained through cross-breeding as opposed to genetic modification, he expects the first new grape varieties to be available from 2016, incorporating resistance to the two most commonly treated vine complaints: oidium — also known as powdery mildew — and downy mildew.
In the meantime, a new solar-powered vineyard robot called the Vitirover aims to lighten wine's impact on the soil by mowing wild plants between vine rows without the need for heavy, polluting tractors or herbicides. Wine growers allow this wild vegetation to grow to control vigor, improve grape and soil quality, encourage biodiversity and protect against erosion.
Invented by Xavier David Beaulieu, joint owner of the Chateau Coutet estate in the Bordeaux region, the 11-kg GPS-guided robot won a special jury prize at the 2012 Vinitech trade fair in Bordeaux last month.
Vintners keen to slash waste are rethinking every step, right down to the label. Adhesive sticker labels have replaced the glued-on variety, "so now we have a new waste product: the backing paper from the stickers," said Raoux, whose Castel group set up a subsidiary to recycle label waste from the 640 million bottles it produces annually.
Lighter bottles have gained ground, too, in a drive to cut wine's carbon footprint. Calculating that footprint is complex, but according to the French Vine and Wine Institute, the heaviest impact comes from a combination of tractor fuel, glass bottles, printed cardboard boxes, electricity and shipping.
Take the 43 million bottles of Champagne and sparkling wine shipped to Britain, which alone accounts for 38,000 tons of glass packaging, according to the British-based Waste and Resources Action Study Program.
Recycling experts from the program say lightweight bottles could reduce that figure by some 4,000 to 11,400 tons — slashing wine-related carbon dioxide emissions, 35 percent of which are generated by transportation.
Four years ago, Verallia, the packaging arm of Saint-Gobain, the world's largest glass wine bottle producer, introduced a lighter range called Ecova that today accounts for half of the firm's 300-million-bottle Bordeaux output. The bottles use as much as 95 to 96 percent recycled glass and are 50 to 70 grams lighter than the previous line, according to Didier Dumas, regional director for Verallia.
Lighter bottles have also become the official choice of other French wine appellations, including Savoy, Alsace and the Loire Valley, he said.
Green pioneers are meanwhile lobbying French wine's governing bodies to take their concerns on board.
"In France today, our bedrock is the Appellation of Origin (AOC)," said Christophe Riou, scientific and development director of the French Vine and Wine Institute. "We need to integrate environmental questions into the appellation."
Currently, an AOC certification denotes quality based on location, grape varieties, viticulture and wine-making methods.
Some regions, such as Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy, have forged ahead, using carbon footprint studies to measure and reduce their impact. But that is not enough for Riou, who would like a nationwide study on the sector's broader impact to look beyond the carbon footprint. "There is the water footprint, carbon footprint and the impact on biodiversity," Riou said. "Today we are working on this life cycle. You have to integrate all three."


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The Giants still need to decide what they are going to do with restricted free agent Victor Cruz, but it's all but a given that he will be staying in New York next season. That means defenses should have their hands full again trying to stop Cruz and Hakeem Nicks. And that should leave a lot of open space for Rueben Randle , who is the "heavy favorite" to claim the team's No. 3 WR gig next season, according to Michael Eisen of Giants.com.
"Clearly, he needs to provide more consistent production," Eisen wrote about Randle. "But the Giants believe he will do that as an NFL sophomore. ... Assuming he stays healthy, I would be very surprised if [Randle] didn't at least double his number of reception next season."
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Randle caught 19 passes as a rookie. He had a small breakout in Week 17 as he caught two touchdowns versus the Eagles. There is no question that he is the most natural wide receiver on the squad behind Nicks and Cruz. He shouldn't face much opposition for the No. 3 job since Domenik Hixon is a free agent. Randle has size and speed and is definitely worth monitoring in all leagues, dynasty leagues especially. However, one stat of note: The Giants have had a trio of wide receivers surpass 650 yards in a single season only once since 2006.


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SweetPeaCinema said
MarioLucianAndreano said
Thank you for listening and good luck finding the tracks you need!
Mario Lucian:
Romantic Theme: Is exactly the kind of track I'm looking for! Thank you! It will find its way into a project soon!
Dramatic Orchestral Trailer is definitely the cinematic/orchestral feel that I like, I just wish it were a little brighter, if that makes sense.Thank you!
Hehe, I knew you would have liked "Romantic Theme"
The other one is my very first orchestral piece and it was an unexpected success, but I'm very aware that needs major improvements…
Remember to send a link to your final product if you can!
Thank you for listening and good luck finding the tracks you need!
This is unbelievable!! I'm so excited
PS I'm very happy also for Tim McMorris who will soon become a millionaire :))
I keep hearing his tracks on national television and I always felt bad knowing that the license was sold for 18$...
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MarioLucianAndreano saidDownload your statement CSV file to see the purchase date/time. Click here: http://codecanyon.net/statement/2014-08.csv?v=v1
tdubic said
On 21 and 22 august I get 2 sales, sadly both sales are 33% I can't see time when items are purchased so I don't know how close they are to the 100%
I had an extended license on friday 22 but my share was 33% too…maybe we should ask the staff??
Happy birthday Envato though! Thanks changing my life, giving me confidence and a place to start!
Thank you for your advise!
I did what you've told me and it says that the license has been sold on the 22nd august at 23:22:12 +1000 so I guess it should be fine…if I'm not mistaking our statements are in Australian time.
Thank you!
tdubic said
On 21 and 22 august I get 2 sales, sadly both sales are 33% I can't see time when items are purchased so I don't know how close they are to the 100%
I had an extended license on friday 22 but my share was 33% too…maybe we should ask the staff??
Happy birthday Envato though! Thanks changing my life, giving me confidence and a place to start!
Thanks for your feedback guys! I really appreciate it
In a few hours It'll be ready to submit.
lemega said
Wow, great track. I've listened to it over headphones and didn't hear any issues. To me it sounds AJ-ready.
Thank you for your feedback lemega!
Anyone else??
Hi everybody!
I have almost finished a track in the genre mentioned above and beside all the compositional process I am struggling with the production part.
I haven't found any tutorial that could help me especially with the mastering part…so I've simply done it my way…
I am familiar with producing pop/rock tracks but this is TOTALLY different.
Now…I don't want this to be a looong and boring thread, I would simply like for you to listen and share a feedback of any kind.
I'm also very interested in hearing the opinions from whoever listens from a bad speakers (laptops etc.), I took as reference some tracks from "Two Steps From Hell" and their tracks sound amazing on any pair of speakers you listen (well of course they're Two Steps From Hell duh! ), I know I won't be able to make it sound like that unfortunately but still…
Here's the link: https://soundcloud.com/andreano-mario/epic-adventure-mla-preview-work-in-progress
(maybe soundcloud is not the best place to listen for mastering details I know, but I don't know any alternative place…)
Thank you very much for your time!!!!!
P.S. the name of the thread should've been "Producing AN Epic Orchestral…"
lemega said
I just uploaded an item and the progress bar was longer than the progress bar for an item (a music pack) I uploaded two days ago. Are there different approval times for packs?
Hi! I have 2 packs in the queue too and from what the bar shows it looks like it's gonna take about 10-12 days…but then again we can't rely too much on the bar.
I'm sure that these days the packs take longer than the simple items though…
I'm from Romania too and I still have this problem, and I also had it last month…
So it's clearly something about Romania…my bank is ING and I've never encountered any problems with them…maybe it's something between PayPal and Romanian accounts I don't know…I still haven't received the money in the bank account and I've made the withdrawal on the 15th, and it's "completed" according to PayPal…
Last month I called them and a guy told me that they were having some difficulties…
I don't know what to think…you said your problem has been solved, maybe I'll get the money today too…I hope so…


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About 90 percent of food marketing in schools is for beverages, according to the Associated Press. Under the proposal there would be no more Coca-Cola-sponsored scoreboards at high school football games, for instance, nor vending machines, menu boards, or posters touting products that fall short of the standards. The soda company could continue to promote those drinks that meet the standards, such as Dasani water and Diet Coke.
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Hanse 350
Hi Paulo
Well after a long search, I have finally made up my mind. My model for purchasing a boat is somewhat different to the way most folk have purchased their boat on this forum although I may be wrong
My personal circumstances find me very much still trying to earn a living which means that the time I am able to spend sailing is more limited than someone who is retired. In addition, the cruising opportunities are quite limited in Cape Town unless you like Force7/8 winds with very little place to go. Sailing in Cape Town is therefore dominated by round- the-can racing on Wednesdays and weekends (weather permitting) which is fine for occasional racing but not so good for cruising. If it were any different, then you can be sure that Sunsail and Moorings would have a base here.
So, how to satisfy a passion for sailing with limited time and limited opportunity on your doorstep without spending a disproportionate amount of money? My model for yacht ownership has therefore become DIY fractional ownership of a second hand yacht kept in a non VAT paying jurisdiction. This model has a number of advantages and some disadvantages.
First the advantages:
The capital cost is split between 3 owners in agreed shares
The monthly running expenses are shared in the same proportion this would cover marina costs, maintenance, insurance, licencing etc;
Any improvements to the yacht are funded by the partners in proportion to their share after prior agreement by all the owners of course;
Each owner has a responsibility - there is a bosun, an accountant and a manager with clearly defined responsibilities hence the do-it-yourself (DIY) nature of the consortium as opposed to having a syndicate manager;
With only 3 partners and a sailing season in most Med countries of around 24 weeks, I will have 8 weeks of sailing which can be taken at any time during the sailing season and by agreement with the other owners; as a 1/3 owner, i would of course have the right to use the boat outside of the sailing season as well;
This arrangement is a massive saving over chartering for a similar period even if one takes into account depreciation which would be significant on a new yacht but far more limited for a second hand yacht.
Now for the disadvantages
The nature of shared ownership means that you are forced to compromise over usage, improvements, location of the yacht now and in the future;
The yacht will be used by other owners although there is an owners agreement that is similar to a shareholders agreement that ensures the yacht is kept in the best possible condition; 3 owners having a vested interest in the upkeep and improvement of their yacht is a world away from giving your boat to a charter company for charter; most owners agreements specifically exclude chartering
Shared ownership implies having co-owners who may have different values although I am told that this is more a problem in theory than in practice from those who have been involved in a number of consortia in the past;
The choice of second hand boat is limited to what is available in the fractional share market at the time unless you are willing to fund the purchase of a second hand boat yourself and then look for co-owners afterwards obviously a riskier strategy.
You could of course decide to buy a new boat of your choice and then seek fellow owners who share your vision of what is ideal as a cruiser/racer
again a riskier strategy;
The choice of a second hand yacht kept in a non VAT paying jurisdiction with 2 other fellow owners seemed to make the most sense to me as my first foray into yacht ownership given my own circumstances. The cost benefit is obvious given that a relatively new second hand yacht should trade at around a 30% discount to the new discounted price with the added benefit of not paying VAT either.
So much for the background.
I have just concluded the purchase of a third share of a well specified 2008 Hanse 350 with 120 hours on the engine. The current model is the Hanse 355 which includes a more traditional layout down below, a slightly longer V-berth and a revised swimming platform it is the same boat in almost all other respects. The boat will be used for coastal cruising in Croatia until we decide to re-locate it which my fellow owners are open to. I love the look of the boat which I find to be very European. I would have preferred a nicer bathing platform and twin wheels which some of the newer models have. The Dufour 335 immediately springs to mind.
As you know, I have long been a fan of Hanses - my first post on Interesting sailboats asked your opinion of a Hanse 375. They also have a very strong owners forum which confirms that they are owned by enthusiasts.
The Hanse brands ethos is:
Fast, easy to handle yachts, which actually belong to the category of safe ocean voyagers and are quick enough to win races as well
The emphasis at Hanse in terms of where the money is spent is on the hull and the rig with less money spent on the interiors. This probably explains why so many are bought by Scandinavians who are not able to afford the much more expensive yachts built in their own countries. The design is by Judel and Vrolijk who have a strong racing pedigree most famous for their design of Alinghi, winner of the Americas cup. They also design Najad and Baltic yachts amongst others.
These are its vital statistics:
LOA 10.59 m | 34´7˝
Hull length 10.50 m | 34´4˝
LWL 9.60 m | 31´5˝
Beam 3.55 m | 11´6˝
Draft 1.92 m | 6´3˝ (standard)
Displacement approx. 6.36 t | approx. 14,021 lb
Ballast approx. 1,845 kg | approx. 4,068 lb (standard)
Engine 16.2 kW / 22 HP Yanmar saildrive
Fresh water approx. 240 l
Fuel tank approx. 120 l
CE Certificate A (ocean)
Mast length above WL approx. 16.43 m | approx. 53´9˝
Total sail area approx. 64.86 m2 | approx. 698 sq ft
Main sail approx. 35.25 m2 | approx. 379 sq ft
Self-tacking jib approx. 29.61 m2 | approx. 319 sq ft
Design judel / vrolijk & co
My comments on the Hanse 350 are as follows:
Waterline length
o LWL vs LOA modern design with very little overhang fore and aft which maximises maximum waterline length which should translate into improved speed
o quite beamy with beam carried all the way back should result in good downwind performance L/B 3.0 which is not excessive by modern standards; (Oceanis 37 2.93)
o Fine point of entry should contribute to good upwind performance;
o Strong form stability
o Hull is hand landed. Epoxy based vinylester resin is added as a top layer with the final gelcoat on top of that. Hull is solid laminate up to the waterline then foam cored up the deck. The deck is a balsa sandwich
o All bulkheads are structurally bonded not spot bonded as is the case with some French producers;
o There is a glass fibre matrix bonded to the hull around the keel which forms a ring frame to which the rigging is tied and which also picks up loads from the keel. The 2 fore and aft stiffening members either side of the centreline are filled with resin as are the transverse members that join them. The others are hollow and limbered to allow any bilge water to run through.
o At 6.4 tons, the Hanse 350 is not the lightest boat around. The re-inforcements detailed above no doubt contribute to this. The downside is that she may suffer a little in lightwind performance although current owners say differently particularly when fitted with an overlapping genoa. The upside is that she will feel more solid in a sea. The epoxy version is not available in the smaller sizes. (The Oceanis 37 which is 11.5m weighs 6.5 tons.) D/L 200 (Oceanis 37 162)
Keel shape and rudder
o Iron keel with torpedo shape resulting in low centre of gravity B/D 29% (not adjusted for low COG) - ; B/D for Oceanis 37 is 27.2% which has a spade keel;
o This together with strong from stability should make the boat stiff;
o A draft of 1.92m should not pose too many problems in a non-tidal area like Croatia and should mean good performance to windward particularly with the self tacker which you can sheet in very tightly.
o Deep rudder with rod and pinion system which has no play or creaking. The rudder is made from weight saving aluminium with self aligning bearings which apparently makes the steering lighter and more responsive we shall see.
The rig
o A modern high aspect rig design with a large mainsail and a small self tacking headsail as standard;
o The mast is tapered for performance tuning via an adjustable backstay;
o What is interesting is that on the H350, the shrouds are inside next to the coachroof which enables you to mount a 140% genoa. The upgraded H355 has the shrouds on the gunwale which limits this to 105%; (the Oceanis 37 has the shrouds on the gunwale which can accept a 105% genoa)
o The mast is supported by 2 sets of spreaders with continuous diagonals that allow for easy adjustment - typically found on racing boats but not that often on cruisers;
o Standard sails are from North with a SA/D of 19.2 with the self tacker and 22.1 with a 140% genoa (Oceanis 37 19.4 with 105% genoa). The polars for the boat show that from 12knots TWS and up, there is no penalty for using the self tacker;
o Given its weight and the sail set up I would imagine that the boat will come into it own in winds that are over 10knots. In lighter winds, i would imagine that a large overlapping genoa will be needed with an assymetrical a must for downwind sailing.
o One can only imagine that there was more criticism for the assymetrical layout in the H350 with en suite heads upfront which has resulted in a change in the H355 which has the heads aft and a more symmetrical layout in the saloon;
o Having said that I like the look of the layout in the H350 and am not planning to use oilskins which then have to be hauled through the saloon before being stored in the heads;
o The downside in the new H355 layout is that the heads are slightly smaller than in the H350 and the saloon area is also slightly smaller;
o With a high freeboard, the minimum head room is in the V-berth at 1.85m which means I can stand up straight
o We have the lighter more expensive cherry wood option in our boat which I must say that I prefer to the more traditional mahogany look with the more expensive white cushions which also look pretty cool
Cruising capability
o Great size cockpit for a 35 footer apparently bigger than the cockpit on the Hanse 375 on account of the twin wheel layout;
o There are many options for Hanse owners to choose from including whether the traveller is in the cockpit or on the coachroof . This boat has the traveller on the coachroof. I will need to explore the option of mounting the mainsheet to a single point in the cockpit with a block and tackle and fine tuner along the lines of the Dufour 335 with my fellow owners
A few other Hanse owners have this dual set up which looks interesting.
o With a water tank of 240l and fuel of 120l, this is adequate for the coastal cruising we will do;
o Also the size of the boat is very similar to the Jeanneau 36i that we sailed in last year in October which we found perfectly suitable for a couple and would easily handle another 2 people for a week at a time (J36i hull length 10.69m vs 10.5m and beam 3.59m vs 3.55m)
o Practical Boat Owner published the following info in the March 2008 edition:
Stix 37;
AVS 133 (118.2 per ORC)
Maximum righting moment 53;
o Looking at the hull shape, the way the hull has been designed and the keel design, I would say that the boat will be safe and stiff B/D (not adjusted) 29%.
PBO concluded Where the 350 stands out is in being fast, responsive and fun to sail and in most obvious respects, sensibly built.
What I found interesting in finally making a decision are the mixed emotions one has. On the one hand, I am happy with my decision for all the reasons I have given. On the other hand, having finally made the choice, I now feel limited as I know there are so many other options out there that one could make a case for I dont think one can honestly say that there is a yacht that is the ONE. I am sure that you have probably had similar emotions?
All the best
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What happens in Afghanistan stays in Afghanistan?
posted at 2:15 pm on October 5, 2009 by Laura Curtis
President Obama has spent a lot of his career skating past actual decisions and voting Present. All throughout the campaign he was hawkish on Afghanistan, and now that he is in a position to enact what he promised, he waffles. Waiting, perhaps, for the media to turn public opinion around so he can (politically) safely surrender? Waiting for the Taliban's Tet moment? He's clearly not too interested in the input of the people most able to help him make an informed decision – his military commanders. While he's fretting over the PR hit he took for McChrystal's straight talk and sending his Defense Secretary and National Security Advisor out to insist that "military advice must remain private" Obama is spending his time, energy and political capital fighting to make us report our private health care information to the IRS.
On the most important national security question since the Cold War, I am the only candidate who opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. This judgment was not about speeches, it was about whether or not the United States of America would go to war in Iraq. Because we did, we took our eye off al Qaeda. We have lost thousands of lives, we have spent hundreds of millions of dollars, our military is overstretched and our security and standing has been set back. So don't tell me that the decision to go to war was just a speech because it was far more than that for the men and women who have served and continue to serve heroically in Iraq.
Judgment to lead, indeed.
Picture Afghanistan back under the control of the Taliban, supporting al Qaeda. Sure, they're a threat to Pakistan (nukes!) and to us. Sure, terror recruitment would soar like Obama's vacuous rhetoric. In the event of a major terror attack traced back to Afghanistan after we retreat, his political career would be destroyed. But how likely is it they could pull off a major terror attack before the 2012 elections? And after that, our Blameshifter in Chief may reason that it's someone else's problem. Mollifying the left (which is starting to admit they never cared about Afghanistan – it was "political strategy, not foreign policy") with a retreat is a political crapshoot but I think it's one he may decide he can safely take, especially since Democrats paid no real political price for Vietnam and the Cambodian killing fields. I don't think His Narcissism is fretting about his legacy, though he should. The Times, they are a-changin. What happens in Afghanistan will not stay in Afghanistan. Thanks to the alternative media, especially independent reporters like Michael Yon, the press will not get away with another Cronkite – Tet deception.
It's also not too late to lose in Iraq. Remember, Obama set a deadline of August, 2010 to remove all combat troops from Iraq. This is moving along at a good clip – for political reasons, or because General Odierno feels it is safe to do so, or because resources are more urgently needed in Afghanistan?
"I work very carefully … to identify any capabilities that we have and that we no longer need that can be used in Afghanistan," Odierno told the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee.
And they are desperately needed, if Obama will send them. "Present" isn't going to cut it this time and as the song goes, if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. While the decision to fight a war is ultimately political and entirely within President Obama's purview as Commander in Chief, he's actually going to have to make a decision and take the accompanying political hit from either the right or the left. It's of particular interest to my family, because my son-in-law begins his Iraq deployment in January.
In the meantime while Obama dithers, real people die and morale takes a beating and soldiers are expected to, well, soldier on, with no relief in sight.
Do the majority of Americans have this patience? How will more troop losses stir public opinion? For more troops, or for a different strategy? How will public opinion affect the President as he decides what resources to allocate to Afghanistan?
Even as politicians and generals grapple with such wider considerations, on the ground there are other priorities.
… While administrative actions provide some mental and psychological diversion for those in mourning, the memorial ceremony several days later inevitably brings with it the harsh realization that the unit will not be returning home with everyone. At these memorials, every soldier arrives with a somber stoicism, many with a promise to themselves that they will not let themselves cry. Some soldiers even avoid these memorials altogether because of the emotional pain.
The military precision, drill and ceremony of the memorials stand in stark contrast to the raw emotions within the hearts and minds of each and every soldier. When the First Sergeant conducts a roll call and the deceased soldiers' names are mentioned without a reply, only then do inner feelings often begin to manifest themselves in soldiers' outward expressions. A wave of emptiness engulfs the room as they realize that when they stand in formation again, no longer will their team leader, best friend, drinking buddy, or mentor be there with them.
At first one hears the faint sounds of sniffling and crying. But these emotions spread like a wildfire, and soon even the most battle-hardened soldiers find themselves tearing up. At this point, no man is an island.
The memorial is not a Greek tragedy where the stage actors and audience reach catharsis. The mourning of a fellow soldier does not bring resolution. Moreover, once one leaves the memorial, there is still work to be done, whether it be patrolling, intelligence gathering, maintenance of equipment, or resupplying front line soldiers.
To co-opt a favorite word of left, this is unsustainable.


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Family Research Council: Demanding Concessions from Dr. McCaskill is Further Voter Intimidation
16 Oct, 2012, 13:04 ET from Family Research Council
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Gallaudet University President T. Alan Hurwitz released a statement saying he would "like to work with" Dr. Angela McCaskill, "to enable her to return" to the university.
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The university president suspended Dr. Angela McCaskill on October 10th after he learned that she had signed a ballot petition that allows Maryland voters to accept or reject legislation that redefines marriage. More than 52,000 people across the country have called on the University president to immediately reinstate Dr. McCaskill.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins had the following reaction:
"We are deeply troubled that University President Alan Hurwitz is engaging in further voter intimidation by telling Dr. McCaskill that he expects concessions from her before she is allowed to return to work. He did not state the nature of the concessions but what is very clear is the message he wants to send to Dr. McCaskill and the nearly 200,000 Maryland voters who signed the ballot petition: If you support giving voters the right to vote on marriage, you risk losing your livelihood.
"Dr. McCaskill is the perfect illustration of what's at stake if Question 6 passes. The effort to redefine marriage is all about our most basic civil rights – the right to worship, to speak freely, to cast our ballots, even, in Dr. McCaskill's case, to pursue a livelihood. Even the simple act of participating in the political process is grounds for dismissal.
"With only three weeks to go before Election Day, the university president continues to do his very best to use voter intimidation as a means to pass Question 6. However, we are encouraged that more than 52,000 people from across the nation have called for Dr. McCaskill's immediate reinstatement.
"We urge voters to resist these intimidation tactics and protect religious liberty and free speech by voting against Question 6," concluded Perkins.
Go to www.frc.org/marriage for more information on the four states voting on marriage on November 6th.
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Synthetic biology, 3Rs and food
Last week started with a useful and constructive meeting of the e-infrastructure advisory group that is looking at the e-science needs of our research community. We aim to report by the end of February.
Along with Robert Winston, Dave Delpy from EPSRC and Brian Johnson who chaired the recent synthetic biology dialogue activities, I spoke at a very interesting meeting of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee taking forward the Synthetic Biology dialogue. The consensus at all stages of the dialogue has been the clear nuancing and sophistication of views, with no real evidence of 'pro' and 'anti' camps, and this was again manifest. It was obvious that everyone enjoyed getting to grips with the significant issues involved in assessing the risk: benefit ratio of any new technology such as synthetic biology, along with the recognition that its roll out would change significantly over time. We shall very much be continuing this dialogue in various fora.
I had a very useful and interesting day visiting our Institute for Food Research (IFR) in Norwich, where I met scientists (and students) at all stages of their careers and learned of a whole series of scientific and other plans. IFR is of course one of 3 of our Institutes on the Norwich Research Park, and adjacent to both the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which combined provide a huge scientific workforce, with equally huge and attendant opportunities for synergy.
I attended part of our Tools and Resources Strategy Panel, chaired for the last time by Simon Gaskell who was thanked warmly for all his excellent work for us; Chris Rawlings – the present Deputy Chair – will become the new Chair.
I also attended a Panel meeting of the NC3Rs, where we were judging submissions to determine the paper that we considered likely to have the greatest impact in the 3Rs space (i.e. the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research). There were many excellent papers, covering a wide range of activities; the winner will be announced in January.
I had a bit of personal media exposure, such as this in the Telegraph, following a press release to accompany a fairly wide-ranging review that I just published on iron toxicology.
I'm always on the lookout for ways of improving presentations (both as internal thought organisation and as external talks), and for those who do not know them the TED Talks can be inspirational – see in particular those, such as this, by Hans Rosling. I enjoyed Nancy Duarte's previous book on slide visuals and – an early Christmas present – I have started her latest on how best to enthuse audiences by ensuring an interesting narrative. It is nice to see that I do 'naturally' employ some of her 'tricks', though I shall be exploiting several more that I had not really formalised in my thinking. Also, the methods she suggests for cohering ideas are strikingly and gratifyingly similar to those that we often use within BBSRC to assist policy development.
- Duarte, N. (2008). Slide:ology: the art and science of creating great presentations. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
- Duarte, N. (2010). Resonate: present visual stories that transform audiences. Wiley, New York
- Kell, D. B. (2010). Towards a unifying, systems biology understanding of large-scale cellular death and destruction caused by poorly liganded iron: Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, prions, bactericides, chemical toxicology and others as examples. Arch Toxicol 577, 825-889. Full free text as pdf or html
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I guess the best way to make a game shorter and still hold a tremendous amount of value is to offer the freedom of playstyle and non-linear level design that Deus Ex and VTM:B are famous for; that way, replays can still feel like a new experience. For purely story-driven games without true C&C that has an actual effect on the story, length is definitely important, IMO. For example, a game that is linear and story-driven - even if has an elegant, well-written story - has to more than only 10 hours long to offer reasonable value for $50-60.


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PHILLIPS ~ Laurel Maryland Campus8920 Whiskey Bottom Road
Laurel, MD 20723
From I-95 North
- Exit at Rt. 216 toward Laurel
- Turn left at All Saints Road (1st light)
- At dead end, turn right on Whiskey Bottom Road
- Go through light on Route 1 (PHILLIPS is 1/2 mile ahead on your left.)
From I-95 South
- Take Exit 38 A – Rt. 32 toward Ft. Meade
- Take 1st Exit onto Rt. 1 South toward Laurel
- At 4th light, turn left on Whiskey Bottom Road PHILLIPS is 1/2 mile ahead on your left.
PHILLIPS ~ Annandale Virginia Campus7010 Braddock Road
Annandale, VA 22003
From the Capitol Beltway
- Take Exit 54(B), Braddock Road
- Go through the third light and, when you can, turn left into the shopping center. Then, exit back on to Braddock Road heading west, and go back through the same light. You will then be able to turn right into our parking lot.
- There is visitor parking, just come in the front door under the PHILLIPS sign.
From 95, South of Springfield, Virginia heading North
- Near Springfield, 95 turns into 395
- Do not get on 95 north, Capital Beltway
- From 395 exit on to Edsall Road West
- Take Edsall Rd. to the end
- Turn right on to Backlick Road
- Go to next light
- Turn left on to Braddock Road
- The entrance to the school will be a few car lengths on your right.
From 95, North of Washington heading South
- Follow 95 South, exit on to Capital Beltway South Richmond
- Continue on Beltway to 395 North, Washington
- Take the Edsall Rd. exit, West
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Last Updated: Friday, October 26th, 2012
About this time last week the drama about George Osborne sitting in a first class train carriage was breaking. Journalists went kind of crazy on Twitter and a large number of hacks rushed to Euston station to greet the Chancellor. The intensity of their interest was certainly much greater than anything they could muster for yesterday's GDP figures.
I was sceptical about the story from the start for various reasons. Knowing George and his aides a little I know that they have more common sense than to say they didn't want to go to the standard class coaches and "sit with the likes of us". "Sit with the likes of us" is how Rachel Townsend – the source of the whole story – first reported the situation on Twitter. It seemed to me as though she was, at best, being uncharitable and, at worst, her account lacked a certain veracity. Not long afterwards Virgin Trains issued a statement denying that the story was in any way true. Some of course see a conspiracy behind everything and concluded that Virgin might have been motivated by a franchise they wanted to win. Do you think the ticket collector's story wouldn't have been sold by now, however, if Virgin and Team Osborne had lied? I think very possibly.
As Sajid Javid MP, Treasury minister, said on the following day the story could be summarised in seven words: Man Boards Train And Pays For Upgrade. None of the rapid rebuttal by the Chancellor's office or Virgin Trains nonetheless prevented Saturday's newspapers reporting the Townsend version as fact. A public liable to disbelieve anything that a politician ever says were certainly happy to believe the worst of the Chancellor.
If you ask Number 10 insiders what most worries them at the moment it is the quality of press reporting. They blame Twitter for much of the problem. Twitter means that stories that are too trivial for a newspaper or would be fact-checked and reflected upon in a previous age – where accuracy sometimes mattered more than speed – become facts. Journalists find themselves committed publicly to positions via Twitter before they've had chance to engage their brains. Twitter encourages people to outdo each other in assertiveness. During Ed Miliband's speech to the Labour Conference journalists tweeted positively at first but there was then a race to be more dramatic and retweetable than their peers. A genuinely good speech became great and then the best for a decade and then historic. In the big scheme of things it won't make much difference to the outcome of the next election.
Another problem with current political journalism is its obsession with the horse race of politics. Ross Douthat (in the New York Times, 27th September 2012, http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/the-media-bias-that-matters/) and Mark Textor (Australian Financial Review, 22nd October 2012, http://afr.com/p/opinion/commentariat_leaves_voters_short_5mQrboTjGRdmG3ZKDWzJ7O) have both examined this phenomena in their own countries. We have a journalistic class that would rather write about things that don't matter than those things which do. When I say that they write about things that don't matter I don't say they're writing about things that entertain. Many readers are probably very interested in the personal habits of MPs but voters start off with a very, very low opinion of politicians. Sadly, they expect MPs to be vulgar, adulterous and 'on the make'. When they read that some MPs are vulgar, adulterous and 'on the make' they shrug their shoulders. What really matters to them is whether a certain party or government is more able than the other to run things in a half-decent way.
One man who gets this is David Cameron. His unflappability is sometimes frustrating to me and many others but it is a strength in this frenzied media environment. He is increasingly focused on the issues that matter to the country: jobs, energy prices, NHS waiting lists, the tax burden. He doesn't quite have an operation to match yet. That man Mark Textor again has said in a previous article that journalists should not run political campaigns. "Ignore media commentators and stick to your part of the plan," he has written. Continuing: "Especially ignore their strategy, marketing poll interpretations. There are almost no former journalists who have been successful campaign managers. This is because they are tactically focused on Monday morning's headlines and not the long-term strategy required to get a consistent and, critically, a salient message to the public." He is, of course, completely right. No modern politician can ignore the impact of Twitter on politics but the biggest challenge for modern political communication is to focus on the things that matter and manage rather than be diverted by the endless distractions.
By Tim Montgomerie
COMMUNICATING COMPETENCE: "Norman Tebbit is largely right in his article for today's Observer. The public wouldn't mind 'toffs' running the country if the country was being run well. There's a perception that it isn't being run well. This is deadly for any government but particularly for a Conservative government. Voters don't always think our hearts are in the right place but they vote for us as the hard-headed party when the country needs rescuing." More via http://conho.me/XtIWRz
ECONOMIC COMPETENCE: "The real comfort for Conservatives in the underlying data is that Cameron and Osborne remain more trusted on the economy than Miliband and Balls. Their advantage has narrowed but as The Guardian points out, voters have moved to the don't know column rather than to Labour. Those believing that Balls and Miliband are best placed to run the economy has also actually fallen in the ICM/Guardian survey. Tories hope that if they can stay ahead of Labour on economic competence during a double dip recession then they can widen their economic advantage if an economic recovery narrative takes hold." More via http://conho.me/VzIza5
LABOUR'S ECONOMIC PESSIMISM: "Labour has maxed out on pessimism. Labour has opposed every difficult economic decision that this government has taken. At this doldrums stage of the economic cycle that has paid electoral dividends. But what if the public, especially by the time of the next election, come to believe that the medicine was necessary and is working? Cameron and Osborne will be able to paint Labour as deeply irresponsible and unpatriotic for not acting in the national interest when tough decisions were needed. If a party comes to be seen as self-serving and unpatriotic then that is deadly." More via http://conho.me/THzWDi
TORIES AND EU MEMBERSHIP: "I am not sure that the significance of the Gove intervention – the Education Secretary's admission that he would vote to pull out of the EU were there an In-Out referendum today – has been fully grasped. It marked the moment when a view held by roughly half of party activists and a significant percentage of Tory MPs was backed without reproof at Cabinet level – and by the Government's most successful senior Minister at that, and one who may yet be, for all his protestations to the contrary, a future party leader." More via http://conho.me/TGO85o
LABOUR STILL HOLD OFFICE: "The latest data suggests that we may have a Tory Prime Minister but you wouldn't realise if you looked at the ratio of Labour to Tory appointments. 77% of people who have political backgrounds who are getting appointed to public bodies are allied to Labour. The Tory percentage is at a miserable 14%. The LibDem percentage is even worse. After hitting 12% in the Coalition's first full year the LibDems are down to 4%. Norman Lamont famously accused the Major government of being in office but not in power. If this government wants to acquire the same reputation then appointing your political opponents to positions of influence across the British public sector seems like a good way of succeeding." More via http://conho.me/TGS2v8


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Early Lead Not Enough For Rancho
Quakes drop third in a row to High Desert on Saturday
By Brandon Liebhaber / Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | July 27, 2014 2:25 AM ET
Rancho Cucamonga, CA - Rancho jumped out to an early lead on Saturday night, but a big seventh inning for High Desert was too much for the Quakes to overcome in an 8-5 loss. With the defeat, Rancho is out of first place in the South Division for the first time in the Second Half.
Rancho Cucamonga (20-15, 52-53) was stymied for the first three innings by High Desert's Scott DeCecco (6-9, 5.47). DeCecco retired the first 11 men he faced before giving up a two-out double to Jeremy Rathjen in the fourth inning. Chris Jacobs followed with a two-run home run to left field that put the Quakes up 2-0. The long ball was Jacobs' team-leading 21st of the year.
Chris Anderson managed to allow just one run in five innings despite walking a season-high seven batters. The righty got High Desert (17-18, 51-54) to strand the bases loaded twice.
Anderson was taken out after five innings in favor of Geoff Brown (4-5, 5.19). In the sixth inning, Brown retired the first two Mavs he faced before a Steven Proscia error allowed Travis Witherspon to reach base. Brown then walked Lonnie Kauppila on four pitches before giving up a two-run double to Zach Shank that gave High Desert a 3-2 edge.
The Mavericks exploded for five runs in the seventh inning against Brown. Two singles and an error loaded the bases for Burt Reynolds, who drove in a pair with a single. On the very next pitch, Travis Witherspoon launched a three-run home run off of the left-field foul pole that gave the Mavs an 8-2 edge.
Rancho answered in the seventh with three runs. With two on and two outs, James Baldwin hit a bouncer to shortstop Tyler Smith. Smith's throw to first was off the mark, allowing Aaron Miller and Steven Proscia. Casio Grider drove in Baldwin with a base hit to left field that pulled Rancho within three.
The Quakes got no closer, leaving four men aboard in the game's final three innings. The loss was Rancho's eighth in a row at LoanMart Field. They fell game back of Lake Elsinore in the Second Half standings.
The series concludes on Sunday evening at LoanMart Field. The 17-year-old Julio Urias (1-1, 3.25) and the Quakes will try to avoid a sweep against High Desert righty Dylan Unsworth (5-8, 6.48). First pitch is at 5:05 pm and the game will be broadcast live on Fox Sports AM 1350 starting with the LoanMart Pregame Report at 4:50 pm.=
Sunday's contest is a Dignity Health Fun in the Sun-day at LoanMart Field! The first 1,500 fans through the gates will receive a free 2014 Quakes Team Photo thanks to Dignity Health! Tickets are still available by calling (909) 481-5000 or online at rcquakes.com. We hope to see you soon at LoanMart Field! Go Quakes!
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PURCHASE LINE: School board hears changes to calendar
PURCHASE LINE — Purchase Line Superintendent Joseph Bradley outlined changes to the 2014-15 school calendar to the board of directors during a work session meeting Monday at the high school.
Included in the calendar are three full Act 80 days for staff development.
"The state permits districts to use Act 80 days in place of 180 school days where you still meet the 990/900-hour respected allotment of time to operate a high school and an elementary school," Bradley said.
According to Bradley, Purchase Line "far exceeds" the 990-hour high school requirement and 900-hour elementary school requirement.
On a typical Act 80 day, students are dismissed two hours early, giving staff those two hours for professional development.
This totals six hours of development per school year.
With a full Act 80 day, students do not have classes, giving the district staff a full development day within the time allotted for teaching.
"You get to have a few more staff development days to work on a theme to hopefully raise our performance profile to where we think our students deserve to be," Bradley said.
The days are scheduled for Oct. 10, 2014, March 20 and May 8, 2015.
According to the 2014-15 calendar, the last day of classes is June 4, 2015, with snow make-up days slated for April 7, Feb. 18 and April 2, 2015.
Any additional snow days will be added to the end of the school year.
During a regular meeting on Monday, the school board will be voting on the hiring of a new four-hour cafeteria cook and a seven-hour instructional aide.
Interviews for the cook's position are taking place today. Only one individual passed the screening for the instructional aide position, and that person, who was not identified, interviewed with the district on Monday, Bradley said.
The board will also vote on the resignation of cross country coach Sean Mack, and the hiring of Ronald Buterbaugh as assistant baseball coach at a salary of $2,000 for the 2014 season.
Bradley also expressed his gratitude for the hard work that students and staff have been putting into the musical "Hello Dolly," and reminded members that the musical is being presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the high school.
Jeremy Hartley is a staff writer for The Indiana Gazette.
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