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4 Common Myths About Human Decision Making
Editor's Note: Neal Cole continues his excellent series exploring practical examples of the theory of Behavioral Economics in action. It's a topic that researchers need to pay attention to; this framework of understanding humans has immense implications for virtually every aspect of our discipline and is reshaping cognitive psychology. Neal is one of the rising stars in incorporating BE thinking into commercial research. Enjoy this primer on some of the key learnings!
1. Prices are determined by supply and demand!
- Despite what economist might tell us, prices are often not the result of an equilibrium between supply and demand. When a new product is launched the initial price can be fairly arbitrary. It may simply reflect what the seller believes customers will be prepared to pay. However, experiments in behavioural sciences show that the first price that we see when considering a purchase becomes imprinted in our mind and acts as an anchor. This influences not only current prices but also our future expectation of the price. This is contrary to traditional economic theory.
- This phenomenon is called arbitrary coherence and explains why our first decision to purchase an item is so important to our future behaviour. It also suggests that what consumers are prepared to pay can easily be manipulated. Indeed, Dan Ariely found that the prices we are initially prepared to pay can be influenced by responses to random questions.
- In one experiment Ariely got students to write down the last two digits of their social security number before asking them to bid for a number of items in an auction. When the bids were analysed Ariely found that students with the highest-ending social security numbers bid the highest, and those with the lowest-ending numbers bid the least. Ariely's experiments also demonstrated that once people are willing to pay a certain price for one product in a category, their expectation of prices for other products in the same category are logically linked to that first price (the anchor).
2. People are mainly influenced by a brand or product before they take an action. This idea is fundamental to the popular A.I.D.A (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) advertising model.
- Experiments by behavioural economists (BE) suggest that most of the decisions we make are influenced unconsciously by our emotions, social norms and what our peers are doing. The context, including the environment we find ourselves in, also influences our behaviour. BE indicates that we then unconsciously review and post-rationalize after the event. This means that we usually act before we consciously consider our decisions and our memory of what drives our decisions is unreliable and often wrong.
- Because most of our decisions are driven by the unconscious mind we cannot assume that the customer journey is a linear process as many popular models would have us believe. Mark Earls suggest that it is more likely to be similar to a game of snakes and ladders. Positive influences, such as what we hear from our peers, nudge us towards a purchase. However, negative influences, such as our emotional state, may move us away from a decision.
3. People have clear preferences and know what they want!
- As Dan Arliely points out in his book Predictably Irrational, "everything is relative". People often don't know what they want until they see it in context. Priming, anchoring, and framing are key to how we respond to choices we make. People like to compare things that are easily comparable, and the context of how we present items heavily skews our response to them. This is why it is particularly important how we position new ideas or products. For once we have presented something new as being positioned in a certain category or price band it is very difficult for people to accept much movement away from this initial anchor.
- This partly explains why asking people about future purchase intentions can be highly misleading. The answers you receive will be strongly influenced by the context of the survey and the individual question. Further, if people are not fully aware of their motivations for past purchases you can't expect them to predict how they will respond in a future hypothetical situation.
4. Consumers like to act independently of each other and express their individual preferences.
- Humans are a "super social species" (Mark Earls, Herd). Our behaviour is unconsciously influenced by what other people do and more so than we realise or like to admit. When faced with uncertainty we look to how other people behave and will often follow their lead. Indeed, Mark Earls argues that human-to-human interactions about a brand are much more influential than business-to-consumer interactions can ever be. Further, he suggests that consumer generated word of mouth (WoM) is much more powerful than that created through marketing WoM campaigns. This is because people are very good at spotting cheating and deception.
- The insight here is that brands are built on interactions between people and not brand values or footprints. Whether it is consumer-to-consumer interactions or staff to consumer conversations, its people that matter most. Marketing departments may be more productive if they encourage C2C interactions rather than trying to control brand communications. There is some evidence to suggest that the C2C interactions potentially generate greater returns than short-term B2C marketing activities.
- This challenges current thinking about targeting and the Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) approach to interacting with consumers. If B2C communications are indeed more short-term and less powerful than C2C interactions then does this undermine some of expected benefits from CRM? Certainly recent research does not suggest that most customers want a relationship with your brand! If this is the case then they key to unlocking the power of WoM may be more about giving power back to your customers to allow them to interact rather than trying to police brand communications.
5 Responses to "4 Common Myths About Human Decision Making"
August 29th, 2012 at 8:15 am
I love reading posts from Behavioral Economists because they are just so joyfully clueless so often. The key word here is joyful, in contrast to Neuromarketers who are so gloomy all the time.
Nobody in our business believes that prices are set by supply and demand – it's not even a myth in the FMCG/CPG world. Experiments by BE do not indicate that most of our decisions are influenced by emotions, social norms, or peers – they indicate that some of our decisions under very specific conditions MIGHT be influenced by these factors if appropriately manipulated. As Dr. Ariely repeatedly pointed out in Predictably Irrational, all these factors are true in the absence of knowledge and experience. We don't make a lot of consumer decisions in the absence of knowledge. Assuming people make independent judgements will not hurt you in the least if you are a CPG/FMCG marketer – because your shoppers are not talking to their friends about your toilet paper or toothpaste nearly as much as social media folk would like you to believe.
September 3rd, 2012 at 11:47 am
[…] 4 common myths about human decision making – Neal Cole discusses four myths that have been exposed by Behavioral Economics: Prices are determined by supply and demand; people are mainly influenced by a brand or product before they take action; people have clear preferences and know what they want; consumers like to act independently of each other and express their individual preferences. […]
September 3rd, 2012 at 11:38 pm
[…] 4 common myths about human decision making – Neal Cole discusses four myths that have been exposed by Behavioral Economics: Prices are determined by supply and demand; people are mainly influenced by a brand or product before they take action; people have clear preferences and know what they want; consumers like to act independently of each other and express their individual preferences. […]
September 4th, 2012 at 7:23 am
I agree with Steve Needel. As a practicing marketing consultant for many years, there were no myth breakers here. This behavioral stuff has been known for years. For goodness sakes what marketer other than some Marketing 1 lecturer gives any credence to the AIDA model of consumer decision making. It was always just a simple model to justify advertising spend in the days of day after recall and awareness targets. Audit data has long shown that supermarket buyers are almost in a state of sleep when they choose brands. They hardly go through complex steps of analysis trying to work out best deals and brand benefit perceptions. The power of C2C has long been recognized in opinion leader research in everything from new cocktail mixes to agricultural chemicals. This does not preclude B2C as a strong support tool. I am an econometrician and I am still waiting for some breakthrough from the BE crowd.
September 10th, 2012 at 3:24 am
Loved reading this article, keep on the good work. especially "4. Consumers like to act independently of each other and express their individual preferences" really nails it in my opinion..thank you for sharing this.


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After an extremely satisfying episode followed by an extremely unsatisfying month-long break, Grey's Anatomy returns tonight. I'm curious to see how things at Seattle Grace have changed in the aftermath of Izzie's surgery and Derek's proposal.
One thing's clear from the clips I've seen: Izzie isn't content to just sit in her hospital room and knit. In fact, she's doing something I can definitely appreciate given the wedding planning mania on the Sugar network these days: She's devoting all her energy to planning the perfect wedding for Meredith and Derek. In one of the clips below, she's on the phone talking about dresses and flower arrangements — to the dismay of her doctors, who are afraid she's going to crash at any second. I hope she pulls through, though — we know Izzie can pull off a mean Thanksgiving dinner party, so I can only imagine a wedding she plans would be fantastic. (Also, spoiler alert: At at least one point in this episode, Meredith wears a wedding dress.)
Speaking of weddings — and of Izzie, sort of — Callie's dad is in town, and he wastes no time finding George and giving him a good, old-fashioned dressing-down for ruining his daughter's marriage. Also, Owen attempts to deal with his post-traumatic stress issues, and the war between Mark and Derek doesn't seem to have cooled off any. To check out a couple of clips from the episode, just
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Jimmy and his staff at 'Tonight' and on his old show, 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' have had lots of fun in the last couple of years appearing to make NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams rap along with classic hits such as the "Rappers Delight," "Straight Outta Compton," and "Good Vibrations."
(Ok, so maybe that last one from Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch isn't a "classic.")
Of course, Williams isn't actually rapping, but clever editing of multiple clips from newscasts makes it seem as if he is.
On Monday nights show Fallon debuted the latest rap from the veteran NBC newsman, Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice."
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Album Rating: 4.5Longtime reader, first time reviewer. Hopefully I didn't do a bad job!
Also, here's my favorite track from the album, since I suppose it might be tough for people to actually hear this:
hey just heard about this band a couple days ago. really love midori so i'll check it out sometime, good review
listening to the youtube track and idk about the vocals but everything else is def cool
Album Rating: 4.5Yeah, I really love that one. The album definitely grew on me over a number of listens; for someone just getting into them, I'd probably suggest their first album (Tomodachi Wo Koroshite Made) or their most recent (Tanoshiine) over this one. All of their albums are really wacky, though. I can totally understand them not being someone's cup of tea!
Album Rating: 4.5Also @foxblood: didn't see your post until I refreshed! If you're a Midori fan, I might suggest their third (second?) album Minna Shine over this one. It's a lot rawer and more punk-influenced. Pretty cool stuff.
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Great review. I love Midori, so I will be obtaining this. Also, Tomodachi wo koroshite made is such an awesome album title lol.
Album Rating: 4.5I'm super glad you guys you like it! They're super notpopular in the Americas, and that bums me out quite a bit. hooray!
Album Rating: 4.5This one doesn't have anywhere near the same mood, but I feel like the chorus is somewhat similar:
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Liberalizing Trade, and its Impact on Poverty and Inequality in Nicaragua
The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations stalled in 2008 owing in no small degree to a lack of agreement on the terms of substantially reducing trade-distorting support for agricultural products and to what extent this would be beneficial to developing countries. Nicaragua presents an interesting case in point, being one of the poorest economies in Latin America with still a relatively large agricultural sector and high degrees of rural poverty. In 2005, the country signed a free trade agreement with the United States. A previous study showed that most welfare gains of this agreement for Nicaragua would potentially come from the increased market access for textiles and clothing exported to the United States. Under the agreement, the country stands to benefit much less from reducing tariffs on agricultural imports or agro-industrial export quotas. Since the United States is Nicaragua's main trading partner, this raises the question whether further trade liberalization with all trading partners, including full elimination of all taxes and tariffs on agricultural production and trade, would be any more beneficial. Using a CGE model and a microsimulation methodology, this study shows that small welfare gains in terms of increased output and poverty reduction may be expected for Nicaragua under various scenarios of trade opening. At best, however, there would be a static gain in aggregate output of 1.5 percent as compared with the baseline scenario. This outcome would materialize only in a scenario of worldwide liberalization of trade in agricultural and non-agricultural products as this would yield relatively strong positive terms-of-trade effects for Nicaragua. Employment and real wage growth would contribute to poverty reduction, but only very modestly in a country with still widespread poverty. Most of these small gains would accrue to the rural poor. The analysis further shows that these gains tend to be smaller when using trade elasticity estimates based on country-specific data as compared with the much higher elasticities typically assumed by global trade models, including the Global Linkage model.
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Did You See My Brain Cells? I Left Them Right on the Table Right Before Thanksgiving Dinner
December 3, 2013
I am going to do the book post!
Just not today.
Blame stuffing, corn pudding, mashed potatoes, and gravy yesterday and then trying to diet today, which caused me to eat an entire bag of celery, some horribly seasoned hummus, an apple with peanut butter, a truly horrif container of lentil soup from the cafeteria, a Starbucks egg white and turkey bacon sandwich (think a pillow with flabby egg and cardboard bacon), and then come home from work and eat 3 After Eight mints, a handful of pita chips shared with the dogs, shrimp Pad Thai, and a dumpling.
Carb coma.
Tomorrow's breakfast.
Then, we watched HBO's new series, "Getting On", about a nursing home ward headed by Laura Metcalfe, a doctor flaming out in her career, who is obsessed with a feces study, and scares me because she reminds me of a judge in the Bronx, who also clenches her teeth and rigidly smiles while ripping you a new one, and then dramatically and totally falsely apologizes while her face twitches.
The series, however, is FANTASTIC. Everytime we decide to rip out cable, we realize that we only watch on demand shows (except for my completely guilty but proud of addiction to various Housewives of (when the hell does New York start?)
I am now watching with a fascination bordering on stupefation a hot mess of a 39 year old Chris Lilley in drag as Ja'mie: Private School Girl.
Yet, somehow in an Australian way, it works - oops, Mr. Pom just hit the remote. That's all folks!
So, book giving will have to wait a bit, but with Amazon readying the drones, you can order Xmas Eve and expect a drop by Santa Drone before the kiddies go to sleep.
Speaking of Amazon, I was on the edge of my seat all day Sunday waiting for SUNDAY DELIVERY of Lesley Riley's new book , for which I am a contributing artist.
I had planned a glorious post with pics and an enticing review that would have all you hitting "Send" before the night was over.
But it never came. Nope. Nada.
Customer Service tells me that the "delivery could not be completed". They have no other information but advised me to check my address. I told the nice person who was typing in stilted English that I am sure it is correct because about every other day for the last 5 years, Mr. Pom grabs an Amazon delivery, walks into the living room with it and gives me the look that says, "Really? Another book?" So yeah, I'm pretty sure Amazon knows where I live.
So I can't give you a good look at it nor could I show it off to my kids, all of whom vamoosed on Sunday for a life where they are not being force fed smoked turkey and stuffing.
Instead I was advised to reorder it and they would process a refund. So don't hold your breath about magic helicopters leaving the complete works of Jane Austen on your front porch 5 minutes after you think about it. a
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I'm being hit very hard by google's freshbot at the moment, and going deep too. At first glance at what is currently going on with the little guys, I had to check and double check that the IP's were 64.... (they are).
It's behaviour, in terms of hard hitting and depth of crawl (it's going through the entire site) is more like the character of the old deepbot.
In fact, it's identical behaviour to deepbot the last time it crawled this site back in April.
I'm interested in hearing from others who are seeing the same.
Good stuff GG. I'm interpreting that as either 64.68 or 216.239 doing a deepcrawl of some sort soon, then showing up in the next update. The light at the end of the tunnel is just around the bend.
Ok, so now we have got newer data being "gradually" brought in and, wait till the next update "Let me clarify. The next update should bring in more backlinks, data, etc. Those dang prepositions."
Can it be both of these?
This has me confused as well. In my mind the addition of new backlinks, the lack of which is big problem with the current index, are either brought in "gradually over time" or in the next update. Unless it happens gradually during the next update...?
I hate to be critical, we all appreciate your presence here, but I can't help thinking we'd all be better off if you stated your responses clearly and specifically once rather than saying the same thing obscurely eight times.
So many people take your word as gospel, and I feel like I'm reading the King James version. ;)
Exactly... there is no gradual anything.
Basically we skipped an update while gogole played around with some stuff. End of story. Better bust out the cases of scotch cuz you'll be drinking for another 2-3 weeks.
Oaf357, some people have plotted this out pretty carefully, but we're also cautious enough to keep a back-up that we can switch to as a safety net. That's just good preparation, not something to worry about.
I totally agree. Maybe my line of work has something to do with it but whenever we have to go to a back up plan, it's not good, at all.
Right now, for the SERP's, what you see is basically what you get. The algo will have other parameters introduced before the next update that will alter things slightly. A true deepcrawl will begin soon and replace the ancient data currently in the Google database, during the next update, although some freshbot changes can be expected sooner. Normalcy, such as it is, is anywhere from 3 to 7 weeks away. A sudden appearance of missing serp's, pages, and PR isn't going to happen in the next few days or for probably much longer but hope springs eternal.
Being kneedeep in trash makes me feel like being non-cryptic, so...
Ths trash results will stay till about July 1st, at which point an update based on ongoing freshcrawl data will occur.
Does this mean that Google is simply incapable of deleting uk.co URLs until July?
Switching to a new system is one thing.
Accepting horribly degraded results for two months is one thing.
Basing results on a deepcrawl from months ago is one thing.
But Google Guy, for heavens sake why can't the largest, most important search engine on the planet delete/ignore a TLD that no longer exists?
((It is one thing for Google to rank gobs of spam ahead of you. It's pretty humiliating for Google to rank a site that can't possibly exist ahead of you.))
LOL, well for starters most data wasn't updated, it was rolled back.
The results just changed, they weren't updated in any sense of that word. It is like we were all watching The Empire Strikes Back when suddenly the theater owner switched us to the middle of Stars Wars... while promising Return of the Jedi will appear at some point.
Now it's not. No it won't. This update is over. Next one will start 10th of July or so. This update was not really an update - if you considering updating with the data from the previous month.
Nothing new has changed or happened to the process yet.
The results just changed, they weren't updated in any sense of that word. It is like we were all watching The Empire Strikes Back when suddenly the theater owner switched us to the middle of Stars Wars... while promising Return of the Jedi will appear at some point.
That's what I meant to say, but in a subtle way. You could also say that Star Wars 7,8 and 9 have been announced, but first we are going to start over with Star Wars!
Let me try again:
What, if anything, is POSITIVE about the latest update?
And, what POSITIVE things might we expect that are different from the status quo between now and the next update?
Now it's not. No it won't. This update is over. Next one will start 10th of July or so. This update was not really an update - if you considering updating with the data from the previous month.
Nothing new has changed or happened to the process yet.
I know there is not going to be much change in the way of updated SERPS.
Maybe I should have been more clear. When I said new data, I meant a crawl and was just trying to find out if there was going to be an official deep crawl of some sort between now and July. GoogleGuy said something about using newer data than the April crawl and that would imply picking up some between now and the next update. What I initially was trying to find out is if it's really already started, which is probably very redundant and annoying since that's what this topic is all about.
I went away for awhile and came back and the same thing is being rehashed over and over and over.
As I see it based on what GG said.
The May update is over. Accept it and move on.
With the exceptions of some filters and a little data here and there, what you see is what you get until the next update around the second week of June. At that time all the freshest data will be brought in. From the latest crawl or past two, who knows, or does it really matter. A fresh crawl will do just fine.
This has been done to lead up to what I perceive as their rolling update. After maybe one or two more as we know, the dance as we know it will go away and we will in essence be dancing all month long as the freshies act as deepbots.
GG eluded to as such with his statements above.
So, see you at the dance :)
I think Mrguy has it there. The only other thing I see is that GG liked it that we noticed FB was DeepCrawling. I am hoping that all the FB data goes in like FB data over the next couple weeks with all the other "adjustments".
A new site, I just put up for a friend... Linked to it from my PR 7 site two days ago. My index page is now fresh in cache... and a new page (my friends) is in the main directory.
Probably the result for FB, obviously, but it does show that new data IS going into the Index!
Happy LONG weekend to all!
I just went back and looked again- SAME keywords (and they are VERY obscure, and very site-specific- this guy repairs OLD widgets, and there is a very specific term ("widgetmister conservation") I used)...
anyway, bith his site and my fresh site are not showing...
Sorry to use more bandwidth here, just thought it was strange to be in and out of main index....
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It sounds like that is going to be brought in for around mid-June.
Previously ranked pages are still listed in the SERPS, but do not have any cached infos in them despite being deepbotted.
Some pages reflect newer changes (freshbot activity I assume), but it still looks like a mess.
Errrm, no.
The data that is old is the backlink data which is the integral part in ranking sites. Most believe the backlinks showing are from Feb crawl. GoogleGuy has even admitted that they have not used recent deepcrawl data for this update. This is NOT a point of debate. Cache means nothing and new pages may appear as a result of freshbot.
We will see new data come in during the next update.
This is what GoogleGuy said when asked if April deepcrawl data will be scrapped.
The backlinks data is old.
Ain't they cute? It's almost as if they were one and the same now.


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The Ocean Marine Division of Great American Insurance Group has created a package of specialized insurance coverages for Marine Terminal Operators, nicknamed the TOPS program. The new program offers marine liability, property, equipment, vessel pollution and other basic coverages as a packaged product that provides comprehensive protection from a single insurance carrier. Terminal Operators must often place different risks with different carriers, since few offer coverage broad enough to include them all. The TOPS program combines the convenience of "one stop shopping" with the financial strength and depth of niche expertise that Great American is well known for.
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Citing the Orlando, Fla., terrorist attack as a symptom of challenges faced by LGBT Americans, President Barack Obama on Friday officially named the area around New York's Stonewall Inn as a national monument.
The Stonewall Inn was the site of rioting by gays after a police raid in 1969. At the time, laws forbade selling alcohol to gays. The riots have been hailed as one of the turning points in the gay rights movement.
"I'm designating the Stonewall National Monument as the newest addition to America's National Park System," Obama said in a statement. "Stonewall will be our first national monument to tell the story of the struggle for LGBT rights. I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country, the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us."
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Obama's announcement comes as June's Pride Month is nearing its conclusion and New York City gears up for its Pride Week celebrations Saturday.
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if you are wondering why there is only one review, it is because there is nothing to read. literally! i opened the page and there was NOTHING!
that was beautiful! i love the fact that lily is so close to everyone! i smiled the whole time i was reading this...please update soon!
Author's Response: Oh, thank you! I\'m updating now!
What's happening: It's their seventh year. James is desperate to get Lily, and, at the Hogwarts Express, promises to never ask her out again, and offers that the two become friends. When Lily accepts, James's spirits soar, but since she doesn't like him that way, and he can't ask her out, how will he ever have her for his own?
A special thanks to my sister Kitty and my best friend Emilea for listening to my ideas and reading the story in its entirety! Couldn't have done it without them!
And thanks to my new beta, Emily/LaneTechFreshie! You've been great!
Happy reading! :)
i like it! it was a little abrupt, but still good. the i love him had almost no lead up. just constructive criticism. i'm sure the rest of the story is great.
i just found this story, and it's pretty good so far. i love the marauder oath. i thing i've had enough of the sirius/serious jokes though (they're in every story, and so not witty) i also think you should finish the story. you should never write if you don't have an ending. it doesn't matter how many people do or don't reply. you have something to say and you should share it with as many people as possible. hope you finish it. i'll read iyt if you do...
Author's Response: the first chapter wasn\'t very, good, i know. but yeah i\'m going to continue this story
OMG! i have not laughed out loud to any story bt this one! Great job! i love it! please update soon! i would love to see this story finished!
i can't believe there are only three chapters to this story! it is pure brilliance! please update soon...i'm hooked. this kind of stuff should be illegal, it's so good!
HOLY POOP! you CAN NOT just leade the story like that it is too good, and you have to finish it! if you don't...i don't even know! PLEASE feed mt addiction!
that was so flipping awesome! please update soon! i can't wait to read the rest of it!
Author's Response: aww thanks! I\'ll send in the next chapter sat.
i love this story! it is just too original. i love how you portray the characters. you really take advantage of the fact that JKR hasn't really revealed that much. i love the way that you stuck to her overall feel of the war, while adding in the little tid-bits that make life livable. this is definitely in my faves. if i had a super faves section it would be in there! please update often!
Author's Response: Kudos kudos kudos kudos. If I had a super kudos section, you\'d definately be in it! Keep up the reviews
Evil! luckily the next chapter is already up! still lovin the story! great character development. (i TOTALY love believable characters!)
Author's Response: So do I. Thanks for the review
three words: too darn cute!
I just have one question... if james met her 13 years ago, that would make him 24. he and lily split up three years ago in 7th year, so that would also make him 20. what age are they?
Author's Response: Hmm... I think I was going for 24... sorry I never noticed that before...
Absolutely GLORIOUS!
it is a great chapter it needed the fluff!
Author's Response: I\'m glad you enjoyed the fluff, it\'ll last a few more chapters. . . . Thanks for the review!
that was great. i cn't wait to read the rest of it, and i hope you didn't just tell us all of your plans...please update often.
Author's Response: Don\'t worry, they\'ll be a lot more, I\'ve already started writing the next chapter.
Author's Response: Look at me and my bad grammar! There will be a lot more!
this is so original. who says these things have to be fluffy? you are actually conveying how horrible the war was! please tell me how to ad this to my firstname.lastname@example.com
Author's Response: I\'m glad you like it! Of course, there will be some fluff later, but the war was no little side story! Thank you for the review.
that was amazing! please update soon.
Author's Response: Thanks, I\'ll try!
this was a cute chapter. i can't complain that you have a trasition chapter, cause you've packed so much into the few that are written. wonderfull job. BTW, i love how lily dreams of herself wearing such a gaudy outfit that she would never wear in real life. please keep emma in the story...i just love herdemeanor. she's a great character. please update soon.
Author's Response: I\'m glad you liked it, I alwas try to have each chapter be good in its own right. Writing Emma is really fun, I can just imagine her ordering James and Sirius around. Thank you for the feedback!
i still liked the chapter. it really wasn't unexpected, but still great. can't wait for the rest of the story. BTW: you made Andy a really great JERK!
Author's Response: Thank you!
that was cute! please update YESTERDAY! we need more! sorry, i have an addiction, and i am not willing to get help.
Author's Response: I\'ll get in my time machine and get right on that! Don\'t worry, I\'ve already begun writing the next chapter.
i love it!!! this puts a whole new spin on things. i can honestly not find one thing to criticize, and that is saying something! great work. i'm so looking forword to the rest of this. please update as often as possible!
Author's Response: I\'m glad to hear this first chapter is liked, I was afriad some Lily/James fans wouldn\'t like my twist. Thank you for the review and an update is on it\'s way!


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"...is bringing to our attention a new George Soros plan banded by the Open Society Institute to go into our evangelical churches and convince the youth that Israel is the problem in the Middle East. It is highly coordinated and, well, evil.â
Last year, Alexander H. Joffe, PhD published a booklet titled "The Philanthropy of George Soros and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: How Soros-funded Groups Increase Tensions in a Troubled Region," where he exposed organizations funded by George Soros seeking to change American Christians' viewpoints on Israel.
A group that receives "approximately half" of their funding by Soros' "Foundation to Promote Open Society," is the Telos Group, which aims to strengthen ...
thing is, probably a lot of evangelicals that agree with them. instead of telling them what they want regarding politics, why not just admit that everyone needs Christ, and for that, I would say for the three of them.... for in the Kingdom of Heaven there is no longer Jew or Gentile but we are one in Christ.


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I fly a lot for my job. I always dread seeing they booked me with Delta. I understand about weather delays. And the occasional mechanical issues. I boarded a plane at JFK and it was over 100 degrees on it. They said that it would cool down once they started the engines. We backed away from the gate were told we were cleared for take off. We taxied for a bit then stopped. We sat on the run way for 50 min before the pilot came on and said that we were delayed due to weather. I boarded this plane at 2:15. It is now 5:00 and weare still on a the runway in a plane that is now at 90 drgrees. Who knows when we will even take off. Every time I fly they are always canceling or reverting flights. Every trip there is an. I must say I would rather fly with anyone other than delta. Bad job!


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It's time for the first of three categories where FC Dallas fans can pick the Best of 2012. Our first week features the FC Dallas goalkeepers. Watch the five saves below and vote for which one you think is Save of the Year. Voting closes at the end of the week.
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text: I've been smoking on a WSM 18" for 7 years and not about to give it up, but am planning for a new smoker purchase in the next year. Asking for opinions and information. I'm an engineer and tend to think in terms of requirements, so the requirements for my "Next Generation Smoker" (everything in engineering is "Next Generation" these days) are below, along with my running list of candidates. Asking your opinions on both the requirements (currently in draft form) and units that could meet them. Background Current unit is a WSM 18" which produces excellent food, but has limited capacity and shares the fire grate with the cooking chamber, resulting in occasional ash on the food. The Next Generation Smoker (hereafter NGS) will address these limitations and ultimately be deployed on a new, currently non-existent patio which will be under a wood deck with screened-in enclosure. The currently planned solution for the NGS is a Lang 48 Deluxe Patio stick burner. These requirements are written specifically to present a charcoal-based alternative to the Lang. Specifically excluded from consideration are those charcoal based smokers that don't present an appreciable upgrade from the current WSM. The NGS solution will be selected based on assessed best value within an unspecified, annual bonus driven budget. Source selection of the NGS will commence upon receiving sufficient information regarding the candidate solutions. The selection criteria is best value amongst those solutions meeting all threshold requirements, with value being adjusted for objective requirements met. Requirements Threshold Cooking The NGS shall be capable of hot smoking over a range of temperatures from 180*-350* The NGS shall be capable of cooking poultry, ribs, whole brisket, and pork butt without requiring trimming, curling, or other measures required to make the food fit in the NGS. Whole brisket is estimated to require racks of 22" in at least one dimension. The NGS shall have sufficient capacity to routinely feed a family of 4 with a variety of smoked foods, host dinner parties with at least 20 guests with at least 2 different smoked meats, and host groups of at least 40 guests with at least 1 smoked meat. The NGS shall be capable of maintaining desired cook temperatures for at least 6 hours without intervention. If optional temparature controllers are required to meet this requirement then they shall be factored into the cost. The NGS shall be capable of producing barbecued meats with varying degrees of bark. This implies that if the NGS is a water cooker, it is not exclusively so or has such measures as to allow for good bark formation. Setup The NGS shall be capable of smoking at temp within 1 hour from a cold start. Setup time includes moving the NGS into position, filling it with fuel and any liquids, initiating combustion, and bringing it to smoking temp with thin blue smoke. Cleanup The NGS shall require minimal cleanup, with cleanup time less than 30 minutes. Cleanup time may be cumulative over multiple periods of time due to the need for the NGS to fully terminate combustion and cool. Cleanup time includes the time to clean grates, fire boxes, empty ash pans, empty and clean water pans (if used), and wipe down surfaces. SWAP (Size, Weight, and Power) The NGS shall not require external power for cooking, but may use external power for temperature control devices. Mobility The NGS will reside on a patio and shall not be on a trailer capable of being towed by a vehicle. Patio carts are acceptable. The NGS shall be capable of being moved from the patio to another location for cooking. Maintenance The NGS shall not require more than regular cleanup and annual seasoning of cooking chambers. Open Architecture The NGS shall be capable of easy later upgrades to add temperature control devices, stands, carts, casters, or other options not selected at the time of initial purchase. The NGS shall be capable of later third party modifications. Objective Cooking The NGS should be capable of hot cooking at temps above 450*. The NGS should be capable of cooking pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs. The NGS should be capable of cold smoking when outside temperatures permit. Cold smoking may be augmented by the use of an A-Maze-N products pellet or tube smoker. The NGS should be capable of inducing hunger and jealousy amongst neighbors and their pets within a 1/2 mile radius. Setup The NGS should be capable of smoking at temp within 30 minutes from a cold start. Cleanup The NGS should be capable of cleanup within 15 minutes cumulative cleanup time. The cumulative total of setup and cleanup times should not exceed the cook time for any of the required foods, and should be minimized to the degree possible. SWAP The NGS should be capable of being stored in a garage without displacing anything currently in the garage until such time as permanent basing (i.e., a patio) exists. The NGS should not be disproportionately large relative to the currently planned patio. Mobility The NGS should be capable of being transported to another location without trailering or renting another vehicle. Current transportation options include the back of an ancient Toyota Sienna minivan. Maintenance No objective requirements Open Architecture No objective requirements Candidate NGS Solutions Water Smokers Backwoods Chubby G2 Pitmaker BBQ Safe Spicewine Medium Gravity Feed Stump's XL Baby Superior SS-3 Myron Mixon MMS-V9 Offset The Good One Marshall American Barbecue Systems All Star


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Naval leaders and shipping industry experts from 21 nations arrived at the Royal Bahrain Naval Base July 7 for a series of counterpiracy meetings.
Royal Bahrain Navy Brig. Gen. Abdulla Saeed Al Mansoori hosted the meeting. Known as the SHared Awareness and DEconfliction (SHADE) meetings, sponsored by the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and European Union (EU), these gatherings provide a working-level opportunity for navies and organizations to come together to share information and deconflict counterpiracy efforts off the coast of Somalia. Senior officers from NATO, the EU, China, Russia and India attended the SHADE meetings.
"These meetings are vital to streamlining and maximizing counterpiracy efforts in the region," said Capt. Chris Chambers, director, CMF. "By synchronizing and deconflicting our efforts, Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, EU, NATO and other international forces are making a difference by deterring and disrupting acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia."
Following the establishment of CTF 151, the CMF staff determined that it would be helpful to implement working-level meetings ashore to discuss counterpiracy coordination and deconfliction.
Initially commanded by the U.S. Navy, CTF 151 is now commanded by the Turkish Navy. The command staff is comprised of personnel from Turkey, the United States, the United Kingdom, Pakistan and Greece. The command staff manages daily operations from USS Anzio (CG 68) operating in the Gulf of Aden.
CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF Area of Operations to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
CTF 151 operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the eastern coast of Somalia and is commanded by Turkish Rear Adm. Caner Bener.


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One member of our team requested this jacket for use when working outdoors. The price you offered was one of the most competitive. The turn round time on the order / delivery was excellent and when the goods arrived they were of good quality.
The member of the team was so impressed with the jacket that we have now had to order more for some of their colleagues.
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Anyways, found this case on TVC MALL and it is basically an Incipio Dual Pro clone, with a few changes.
1. The inner silicone sleeve is permanently attached to the hard shell via an adhesive.
2. It isn't quite as ridgid as the Incipio.
3. The silicone feels of a bit lower quality.
4. It comes in more colors, and matte finish, and in my opinion looks better.
They are both equally as slippery. So it won't improve your grip. Also, the case is inexpensive, but shipping costs are on the high side, since it ships direct from China. Looking at around $10 or less total though for a single case. IF you add more items shipping cost per item will decrease, even though shipping itself goes up.
My brother and I ordered aroudn 25 cases, mostly iphone cases for my mom to decorate and sell on etsy, and it only cost around $36 I think total for the order.
Anyways, Pics are on the site, but thought I would link them here if the links work. I don't have any of it on my phone since my phone is my camera.
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At the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference, which opened July 22, 1994, in Bangkok, Thailand's prime minister asked the members (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) to avert armed confrontation over resources and territory, especially in the Spratly Islands. Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam all claimed the islands and wished to exploit the adjacent seabed for oil. All the contenders except Brunei had troops stationed in the archipelago. ASEAN members also discussed their growing commerce with Vietnamese industries since February, when the U.S. lifted its embargo on trade with that country. On July 25, ASEAN members and others (Canada, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Korea, the U.S., and European Union representatives) met for the first time in an Asian Regional Forum to discuss security problems.
At a fifth summit meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay, on January 17, the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) members (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) authorized Bolivia to participate in its working groups. In March the Mercosur member states agreed to form a South American Free Trade Association, through which they planned to negotiate with other Latin-American countries. The goal was to abolish tariffs on 85% of their own trade and establish a common tariff against others. In August they signed a dozen agreements setting the preliminary terms for a common market to start on Jan. 1, 1995. On December 28 the presidents of the Mercosur countries approved revisions drafted at the sixth Mercosur summit (December 16-17, Ouro Preto, Brazil). The Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN condemned Haiti for expelling international human rights monitors on July 11. Since 1992 the mission had documented the military government's human rights abuses.
The U.S. Congress on July 14 proposed granting greater access to U.S. weapons by the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, three of the four members of the "Visegrad Group." Slovakia, the fourth, immediately protested that excluding it would contribute to Eastern European instability. Foreign ministers from the countries of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Project (principally the Black Sea littoral states) worked at establishing the Bank for Black Sea Trade and Development at Thessaloniki, Greece. The project had been agreed upon at Sofia, Bulg., on Dec. 9, 1993.


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Dear Colleagues,
I write to welcome you all back to a new semester and to update you on a budget outlook that may not seem so welcoming. While it is common for UNH to deal with financial challenges, this year will be more difficult than most. The reason is that in the teeth of the current economic gale each of our key revenue streams is being unusually buffeted:
- State Appropriation – The state is facing at least a $500 million deficit in the next biennium. Increases to USNH's appropriations are consequently unlikely. We can probably expect little more than level funding over the next two years—a functional cut given the escalation in many of our costs.
- Undergraduate net tuition – Although net tuition represents nearly two thirds of our general fund revenue, it is a revenue source in this economic environment that is not particularly elastic. Many of our students and their families are financially stressed. Financial aid investments will likely need to increase. We also have to take care not to price ourselves out of an increasingly competitive market, especially with respect to non-resident students, who already pay rates that are quite high by public university standards. We also know that the demographic bulge that has produced record numbers of college-bound students is about to pass through the python.
- Research – Extramurally funded research activity has continued to decline, as measured by both expenditures and awards. We do not expect significant growth in this area over the next two years despite an increase in proposal submissions.
- Endowment income – The overall value of the UNH endowment has declined by approximately 25%. This means less available money for UNH operations overall—and potentially crippling pressure on those operations directly tied to restricted endowments in particular. Even if markets begin to recover later this year, endowment income will remain depressed for the foreseeable future.
Against this background, we must pursue both revenue enhancements and further cost savings. A central challenge will be salary and benefits, the largest drivers of our budget. We need to maintain our competitive position as an employer of choice. But we also need to be realistic about changes in the cost of living. The latest U.S. Consumer Price Index for our area from November 2007 to November 2008 shows only a 0.7% increase in the cost of living. Some economists even project a slight deflation in the months ahead. In light of these factors and the stress on our revenue sources, I expect any increase in salaries will be modest at best. Dick Cannon and I are working with the Board of Trustees now to establish salary guidelines for non-contract faculty and staff. These are negotiable matters, of course, for our colleagues covered by collective bargaining agreements.
These economic realities will put even greater pressure on the RCM budget model, as units will be affected in differential and unpredictable ways. In the circumstances, we will likely need greater sensitivity to institution-wide needs in the budgeting process, and I will work with the Central Budget Committee to assure this occurs.
Finally, we also need to redouble our efforts to address the chronic structural budget deficit issues that I outlined in my May, 2008 letter to the campus community (pdf).
In particular, I will be calling on the campus community to:
• increase enrollment in income-producing graduate and professional programs wherever possible;
• expand summer and other off-calendar programs aggressively; and
• restrict new hires except in the most revenue-sensitive and mission-critical areas
In the months ahead, I will communicate with you on a regular basis, keeping you up to date on our budget mitigation efforts, on state budget discussions, and on other matters that may affect university finances. I hope to be able to report soon on how we are seeking to position ourselves vis-à-vis federal stimulus initiatives. In the meantime, I thank all of you for your continued hard work, ingenuity and determination. I know these are difficult and uncertain times. I am confident, however, that we will surmount our challenges, and, indeed, emerge even stronger for having encountered them.
Mark W. Huddleston
University of New Hampshire


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We have already seen many additions on the classic Converse Chuck Taylor and for Fall/Winter 2009 they are introducing yet another new one – the double ankle strap. Converse has always managed to add and tweak the classic design in order to make it right for the times. "Ankle straps are the heat at the moment! Alright, so let's add those!". We can only imagine it went like that. We cannot say that we are huge fans of these, not even because we think they look bad, it just feels weird to jump the train of ankle straps this way.
Well, those were our 5 cents on the topic. The sneaker comes in several colorways next season, ranging from more subtle white, to more flashy black/metallic gold options.
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Investigations Bureau
The Investigations Bureau of the Clifton Police Department consists of three primary divisions, they are:
Street Crimes Unit
The three divisions within the Investigations Bureau have their own unique area of responsibility. These areas all overlap to some degree, which allows the three divisions to work as one if and when a particular investigation warrants the manpower and expertise of individuals from three divisions.
The Detective Division is responsible for investigating all the adult related offenses. The Division is currently comprised of 1 Detective Captain, 2 Detective Sergeants and 10 Detectives. Each case received by this unit is reviewed by a supervisor, then either assigned to a detective for follow-up, held for future reference, or referred to another agency or jurisdiction. All cases are examined on the basis of solvability and followed through to their conclusion. This Division is also responsible for conducting all background investigations of liquor license applicants and for investigating all violations and infractions of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control laws. A detective from this division is assigned as an ABC officer to conduct these investigations. Investigative personnel attended various basic and advanced in-service courses, some of which include Arson, Crime Scene Photography, Recognizing and Investigating Criminal Gangs, Hostage Negotiation, Processing Crime scenes, Interviews and Interrogations, Tactical Response Team (SWAT) training etc. This Division develops criminal intelligence and promulgates same throughout the Police Department.
The Juvenile Division is responsible for investigating all youth related offenses, they also administer and/or monitor the following programs: The D.A.R.E. program; School Resource Program; Youth Guidance Council; and C.A.S.A. This division is staffed by a Detective Lieutenant, 2 Detective Sergeants, 8 Detectives and 1 Clerk/Typist. The Detective Lieutenant assigned to the Juvenile Division is also the Internal Affairs Officer for the Police Department, and he is assisted by two Special Investigations Detectives and other Detective Supervisors on an as needed basis. The Detective Sergeant assigned to the Juvenile Division is also the Domestic Violence Response Team Coordinator for the Police Department.
One of our Detective Sergeants is a certified polygraph operator.
The Street Crimes Unit is comprised of 1 Sergeant and 5 Detectives and is responsible for all initial burglary investigations and all narcotic and vice investigations.
Investigations Bureau personnel also perform these additional functions:
This unit is comprised of officers trained in this area from both uniform and investigative units of the department. Three detectives are trained as members of the Tactical Response Team, and four are hostage negotiators. These two teams work in conjunction with each other.
ARSON, FIRE and HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Four members of this Bureau have special training in this area, and attend yearly mandatory training seminars. Two members are also part of the Municipal Hazardous Materials Control Board. Two investigators attend monthly Hazardous Material Board meetings, and maintain all commercial business hazardous material records, such as, >Right to Know= records.
Two members of this Bureau have been trained in this area. They network with Federal, State, County, and Municipal authorities. Any pertinent information that is received is maintained and directed by the liaison to the proper agency.
Three members of this Bureau are responsible for the processing and investigation of police applicants. This process involves personal interviews, drug screening, medical and psychological testing, fingerprinting, background investigations and reports.
Two members of this Bureau are responsible for the investigation of Internal Affairs complaints.


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Jennie Garth is a DIY kinda gal. The Beverly Hills, 90210 star took matters into her own hands during her hair appointment in L.A. March 12. Using a pair of blue pliers, the 40-year-old actress attached blonde extensions to her scalp as a stylist worked on other areas of her hair.
One week earlier, at the Lindt Gold Bunny Celebrity Auction to Benefit Autism Speaks in New York City, Garth admitted she normally washes her hair "every other day" but added that "it depends on what I've been doing, if I've been shooting or had it done for something."
The TV star told Us Weekly she likes to pamper herself when possible. "I see a dermatologist and I get facials," she revealed at the Lindt event. "I think those are my biggest splurges."
Garth's three daughters with ex Peter Facinelli — Luca, 15, Lola, 10, and Fiona, 6 — are taking after their mother when it comes to their beauty routines. "My makeup is off limits and they know that because I love makeup so I have a lot," the actress said. "But Luca, my oldest daughter, I tend to give her things and we sort of share makeup."
The famous mom — dating indie-musician Jeremy Salken — does make an exception, however, for lip balm. "My girls and I have been using Maybelline Baby Lips," Garth told Us. "We love those!"
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HAYNES, THOMAS N. (ca. 1805–?). Thomas N. Haynes was born in Virginia about 1805 and settled in Victoria County before 1840, when he was made secretary of the corporation board of Victoria. On March 6, 1842, he enrolled for three months' service as a private in Capt. John S. Menefee's company of Texas Volunteers. Haynes represented Victoria County in the Republic of Texas Seventh Congress, where he served from November 14, 1842, to January 16, 1843. He was living in Calhoun County in 1847, when he was elected county commissioner, and in Jackson County in February 1852, when he collected pay for his military service. He was not listed in the 1860 census.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832–1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).
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Every year the beautiful area between Bath Abbey and the Roman Baths is transformed into a brilliant Christmas market, and this year is no exception.
Set firmly as one of the highlights of the Bath events calendar, this pretty little market is set up in the very heart of the city. Over 120 individual wooden chalet style stalls will form this year's market; selling everything from handmade crafts and unique jewellery pieces to locally produced food and drink. With so much packed in it's also a great way to get much of the Christmas shopping done in one day, and the market's unique atmosphere will really get you in the festive mood.
The market this year starts on November 24th and runs until December 4th, giving you plenty of time to enjoy a spot of Christmas shopping. If you're not local to the area it's also a great excuse to book a Bath bed and breakfast and make a weekend of it.


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The Bottom Line / Water, Water Everywhere
Israel stands to do the deal of the century at the weekend: It will open the Deganya sluice gates to prevent the flooding of the Tiberias beaches and, at the same time, it will begin importing water from Turkey. The wise men of the legendary town of fools, Chelm, could not have come up with a "better" plan.
Israel stands to do the deal of the century at the weekend: It will open the Deganya sluice gates to prevent the flooding of the Tiberias beaches and, at the same time, it will begin importing water from Turkey. The wise men of the legendary town of fools, Chelm, could not have come up with a "better" plan.
Every 10 centimeters of the level of Lake Kinneret that will flow into the Jordan River is the equivalent of some 17 million cubic meters of water, which, according to the price of importing the water from Turkey, means that around NIS 76 million will go to waste. But money has never been a problem for the water prophets.
Water Commissioner Shimon Tal specialized in whipping up a frenzy around the issue, groundlessly claiming that Israel suffers from a chronic water shortage. Israel suffers a shortage of water only due to the flawed policies of the water commissioner, the government and the Knesset.
But Tal wants to play it safe, and also to curry favor with the farmers, the industrialists, National Infrastructure Minister Yosef Paritzky and the water lobby - because they are the ones who determine how long he will remain in his post.
Last week, the Foreign Ministry celebrated the signing of the deal to import water from Turkey. "It's a historical day," declared director-general Yoav Biran. "The agreement strengthens Israel from a strategic point of view."
So, perhaps we should also import snow from Siberia to bolster our strategic position in Russia?
Everyone understands high strategy; but what about economics and social affairs? Biran, Paritzky and Tal don't give a hoot that city dwellers will pay $1 per cubic meter for the water from Turkey, while the current production cost is 40 cents per cubic meter.
The correct solution to the water problem is not importing from Turkey or desalination, but rather raising the price of water to the farmers so that they stop wasting water on crops that are suitable for Norway, but not for the Middle East.
At present, farmers pay NIS 1.04 per cubic meter, while the marginal cost is NIS 1.7 per cubic meter. Households pay more than the marginal cost, NIS 2.01 per cubic meter, while the industrialists pay NIS 1.96 per cubic meter (excluding the outrageous additions charged by the local authorities).
The fact that the farmers pay only NIS 1.04 per cubic meter creates a virtual shortage, and this is the entire reason for the crisis. If the price of water to the farmers were to be increased, the shortage would vanish, as if by magic. There would no longer be a need for political water allocations, and the efficient and good farmers will get the water, and cultivate agricultural produce suited to a semi-desert country - with more efficiency and higher profitability.
The government has approved the establishment of desalination facilities that have the capacity to produce 315 million cubic meters of water a year. In addition, there is the Turkey deal, which provides a further 50 million cubic meters each year. These are two huge mistakes whose damage must be minimized.
The desalination capacity should be reduced to 145 million cubic meters only, so that, added to the import from Turkey, we will be getting 195 million cubic meters of water a year.
To this end, the remaining desalination tenders must be halted - and the only person who can do this is Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has the power and the understanding. After all, his policy is one of lowering price levels to boost the standard of living.
Putting the brakes on superfluous desalination facilities must be a part of his agenda.
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Not everybody will agree on the perfect ending.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman realizes some hockey folks aren't big fans of the shootout, but he reminded that the old way — anybody remember the phrase, a tie is like kissing your sister? — wasn't always a crowd-pleaser, either.
"When you watch the end of a game and you go back to, first, when there was a possibility of a tie, lots of fans expressed the view that maybe ending in a tie wasn't the best way to do it," said Bettman, who attended Monday's playoff date between the Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center in the Big D.
Shootouts are a non-issue during the Stanley Cup playoffs, but triple overtime — like the marathon meeting between the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of their Western Conference clash — isn't an option during the regular season.


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560. I have one question, it is probably totally
unrelated to anything, it is something that has been niggling
away, really, frequently we see statements, I quote one here,
it says, "we estimate that NICE'S work on drugs to treat
breast and ovarian cancer is already benefiting about 9,000 women
at a cost to the NHS of 30 million", that was dated February
this year. When you say 9,000 women are already benefiting, it
is not clear how that figure has been arrived at. How is that
figure arrived at? Does that figure include the 4,000 patients
who were, perhaps, already benefiting before the guidelines were
produced and does that mean, in effect, only 5,000 extra are benefiting?
To produce these figures and come up with these sums you have
to have an idea of what was going on before. What is not clear
to me is what work is done to assess drug usage before NICE and
after NICE and, again, how transparent that process is? It would
be interesting in the future if that information could be available
and broken down on a geographic basis so that we can more accurately
monitor whether, in fact, the post code prescribing, which everyone
is so keen to get rid of, has been achieved?
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) I will ask Mr McKeon to
answer the details of that.
(Mr McKeon) The 9,000 women would be the total expected
number who would be treated by that particular drug, it would,
therefore, include some who had been already been treated. We
try to make estimates of overall usage, particularly if there
is the drug has been on the market for some time, as, in fact,
Herceptin had been on the market for some time. It was included
in NICE's own appraisal document, and what the total of the additional
cost would be for the NHS. Clearly where it is a new drug, perhaps
a new drug near to launch, where there would not be any current
use, I think we had an earlier discussion about the information
that we have available and the way in which we seek to monitor
the implementation of the NICE recommendations particularly in
this area and in other drugs. Our information on hospitals prescribing
is relatively important, which we are seeking to rectify. Having
done that we will be able to give a better geographic breakdown
of prescribing.
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) The other thing I would
add is, we have asked the Commission for Health Improvement when
they undertake their regular review to pick up the issue to make
sure guidance is implemented.
561. What are the Government's plans for the
Council for Quality in Health Care?
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) As you know, we have got
a number of national agencies concerned with quality. It is going
to have a co-ordinating role to make sure people talk to each
other, that there is consistency of approach, that there is no
562. How will we know you are talking to each
other? How will that come out into the public domain that you
are talking to each other?
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) You will see it in the
quality of the work that these various national organisations
563. How will it be, most importantly, accountable
to Parliament?
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) The Council will obviously
be responsible for meeting with these different organisations.
I have no doubt it will publish reports from time to time and
it may well report. That is way it will come out into the public
564. That does not sound as if it is going to
be accountable to Parliament, does it, Lord Hunt?
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) It is accountable to Ministers
and Ministers are accountable to Parliament.
Chairman: Who are accountable to you, Mr Amess.
565. Do you accept that the National Institute
for Clinical Excellence has to refer to a de facto threshold
of £30,000?
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) We have discussed that.
I think it has been made clear that it is a guideline and if you
go above a certain QALY figure then that is a question for serious
consideration but it is not a de facto absolute limit.
Chairman: Are there any further questions? If
not, Minister, Mr McKeon, thank you very much for your attendance.
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Dick test, method of determining susceptibility to scarlet fever by injection into the skin of 0.1 cubic centimetre of scarlet fever toxin. A reddening of the skin in an area over 10 millimetres (0.4 inch) in diameter within about 24 hours indicates a lack of immunity to the disease. The test was developed in 1924 by the U.S. physicians George and Gladys Dick.
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Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Dennis Lee Breshears were held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 29, at Durango Faith Fellowship Church. Pastor Glen King officiated.
Dennis was born May 28, 1943, the son of J.B. and Violet (Sanders) Breshears. He passed away at his Mancos home on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at the age of 70.
On Dec. 3, 1983, in Fullerton, Calif., Dennis married Karan Weiser, sharing almost 30 years of marriage together.
Dennis worked for Northrop/Grumman Aircraft Company in Hawthorne, Calif. for 42 years. He also worked for Wal-Mart in Cortez for seven years.
Dennis was an active member of the Durango Faith Fellowship Church. He loved fishing, woodworking, farm work and working in his garden. Dennis was also a lover of animals.
Dennis is survived by his wife, Karan Breshears, of Mancos; his children, Dennis L. Breshears Jr. of New York, Kevin Breshears of Moab, Utah, and Tricia (Breshears) Richards of Alaska; his stepdaughter, Doneva Hoague of Grand Junction; his grandchildren, Dennis J. McNurlin of California and Acacia Flegel of Idaho; his stepgrandson, Johnny Powell Koziol of Durango; and his brother and sister, Kieth Breshears and Ella Candwell both of Palo Cedro, Calif.
His parents, J.B. and Violet Breshears, preceded Dennis in death.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Durango Faith Fellowship Church, 691 Road 233 #B6, Durango, CO 81301.
Arrangements were made through Ertel Funeral Home.
For further information or to send condolences, log on to www.ertelfuneralhome.com and click on the obituary section.