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Radiovid wrote:Sorry, but limited edition and limited amount aren't the same thing. You can still get Battlefield 3, Darkness 2, Arkham City, and Bulletsorm 'limited editions' at most retailers. And would it have been so hard to put Sold out instead of Closed on the website? Closed implies they stopped for reasons aside from stock issues.
vampko wrote:Well, this is an industry rule with Niche games. Just keep it in mind in the future, and your experience should be better next time ~
What Vampko said. ALL of those games, have a limited 'first print' (like Darkness, Bulletstorm, and Battlefield) but AAA games have a HUGE first print compared to these sort of games. Better sellers compared to niche stuff. Also, for games like Arkham City, sometimes stores order way too many LEs for a game and then they sit on shelves forever. Or, in a case of Gamestop, people cancel their orders, thus having a surplus of limiteds sitting around.
With niche games like this, many of us are BIG into collecting, or just plain like soundtrack/artbook bonuses. When they mean limited, they really ARE limited. So yes, stock IS an issue when it comes to these games. I've seen a few Nisa games sell out before preorders ended. Since these are in limited runs, they can only make so many, and then that's it! AAA games are different, assuming alot of people will buy them :/ Some do, but not many. The only thing Nisa DID print a large number of LEs for, was Disgaea 4, for their biggest name title. In that case, I'm sure ALOT more got printed, compared to MK2.


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Mark Warner, then governor of Virginia, and I first made the trek to Capitol Hill to embark on what we thought would be a relatively easy sell. Here were two governors--one from either party--representing a plan proposed and signed by all the governors, a plan that would save federal money & give the citizens in these states greater coverage and the program greater flexibility. Mark and I were both somewhat taken aback by the harsh tone of the questions we received, and the angry spirit in which members spoke to us and to one another
�Senior Navigator� will help senior citizens. Senior Navigator is an interactive health-care information web site for seniors on the Internet. But it also creates a network of community-based volunteers who will help seniors navigate the health-care maze.
[Sen. DeMint, R-SC]: The Democrats have Medicare on a course of bankruptcy. Republicans are trying to save Medicare & make sure there are options for seniors in the future. Medicare will not be there 5 or 10 years from now. Doctors will not see Medicare patients at the rate [Congress will] pay.
[Sen. Ayotte, R-NH]: We have 3 choices when it comes to addressing rising health care costs in Medicare. We can do nothing & watch the program go bankrupt in 2024. We can go forward with the President's proposal to ration care through an unelected board of 15 bureaucrats. Or we can show real leadership & strengthen the program to make it solvent for current beneficiaries, and allow future beneficiaries to make choices.
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[Sen. Conrad, D-ND]: In the House Republican budget plan, the first thing they do is cut $4 trillion in revenue over the next 10 years. For the wealthiest among us, they give them an additional $1 trillion in tax reductions. To offset these massive new tax cuts, they have decided to shred the social safety net. They have decided to shred Medicare. They have decided to shred program after program so they can give more tax cuts to those who are the wealthiest among us.
[Sen. Merkley, D-TK]: The Republicans chose to end Medicare as we know it. The Republican plan reopens the doughnut hole. That is the hole into which seniors fall when, after they have some assistance with the first drugs they need, they get no assistance until they reach a catastrophic level. It is in that hole that seniors have had their finances devastated. We fixed it. Republicans want to unfix it and throw seniors back into the abyss. Then, instead of guaranteeing Medicare coverage for a fixed set of benefits for every senior--as Medicare does now--the Republican plan gives seniors a coupon and says: Good luck. Go buy your insurance. If the insurance goes up, too bad.
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Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. HEATH SHULER (D, NC-11): Putting a dangerous, overworked FDA in charge of tobacco is a threat to public safety. Last year, the FDA commissioner testified that he had serious concerns that this bill could undermine the public health role of the FDA. And the FDA Science Board said the FDA's inability to keep up with scientific advancements means that Americans' lives will be at risk.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes: Rep. HENRY WAXMAN (D, CA-30): The bill before us, the Waxman-Platts bill, has been carefully crafted over more than a decade, in close consultation with the public health community. It's been endorsed by over 1,000 different public health, scientific, medical, faith, and community organizations.
Sen. HARRY REID (D, NV): Yesterday, 3,500 children who had never smoked before tried their first cigarette. For some, it will also be their last cigarette but certainly not all. If you think 3,500 is a scary number, how about 3.5 million. That is a pretty scary number. That is how many American high school kids smoke--3.5 million. Nearly all of them aren't old enough to buy cigarettes. It means we have as many boys and girls smoking as are participating in athletics in high schools. We have as many as are playing football, basketball, track and field, and baseball combined.
Rep. FRANK PALLONE (D, NJ-6): In the last Congress, we passed legislation that enjoyed bipartisan support as well as the support of the American people. Unfortunately, it did not enjoy the support of the President, who vetoed our bill twice, and went on to proclaim that uninsured children can simply go to the emergency room to have their medical needs met. As the Nation moves deeper into a recession and unemployment rates continue to rise, millions of Americans are joining the ranks of the uninsured, many of whom are children. We can't delay. We must enact this legislation now.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. ROY BLUNT (R, MI-7): This bill doesn't require the States to meet any kind of threshold standard that would ensure that States were doing everything they could to find kids who needed insurance before they begin to spend money to find kids who may not have the same need. Under the bill several thousands of American families would be poor enough to qualify for SCHIP and have the government pay for their health care, but they'd be rich enough to still be required to pay the alternative minimum tax. The bill changes welfare participation laws by eliminating the 5-year waiting period for legal immigrants to lawfully reside in the country before they can participate in this program. In the final bill, we assume that 65% of the children receiving the benefit wouldn't get the benefit anymore. It seems to me this bill needs more work, would have benefited from a committee hearing. It doesn't prioritize poor kids to ensure that they get health care first.
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High CEO pay is like a zombie that will not die.
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High CEO pay is like a zombie that will not die.
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And it's hard to understand why, considering most leadership advice and organizational theory would stop excessive pay packages dead in their tracks. They put too much emphasis on one person's contribution, distort decisions, encourage excessive risk-taking, and damage morale at a time when the rest of the company is being forced to cut back.
Study after study also shows that high differentiation in pay between the CEO and lower-level staffers hurts organizational performance. And there is no shortage of outrage over CEOs who get rich whether their companies do well or not.
But social psychology helps to explain why so little has changed — and why not much is likely to, either. CEOs and directors are people, too, and succumb to a number of decision biases.
For one, when decisions are questioned (and decisions about CEO pay have certainly been under attack), the first thing people do is justify the choices which, after all, are part of their identity. This justification and rationalization of past decisions actually escalates one's commitment to them. In the process of explaining their choices, leaders may not convince their opponents, but they will certainly further convince themselves.
Moreover, research shows that when under threat, leaders and the people who work for them retreat to what they know and do best, a process sometimes called the "threat rigidity" effect. External threats lead to internal rigidity and a resistance to change. Put these two processes together, and ironically, the very attacks on CEO pay are almost certainly reinforcing the status quo. No one wants to feel pushed around or pressured, powerful CEOs least of all.
CEOs and the boards of directors who set executive compensation are also hurt, perhaps unwittingly, by the powerful perches they occupy. These positions cause them to trust their own judgment more than empirical research.
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No, but the auction house is part of the game, and is a legitimate source of gear, if you can afford the cost. Blizzard has taken steps to ensure the economy in the Auction house remains stable. I'm sure they'll be monitoring how gold sales affect things, and adjust accordingly. Like perhaps gold will drop less now, just like everything else. MF only affect wehther you get blue/gold/legendary, rather than white/blue. I got some good MF gear, and get pretty good looking drops, colour-wise, but never any good gear. Using normal gear, I seemingly tend to actually find better stats on the stuff i pick up..but that could just be luck of the draw.
Notice my Crit Chance, Crit Damage and IAS, pretty much where most of my damage comes from. My normal gear I run closer to 40% crit chance, but had to swap an item for Allres. I play a melee wizard. Crit-Mass, Evoker, Blur/Glass Cannon. I usually don't run that exact build I beat diablo with, the only difference is exp.blast/chain reaction or Slow Time instead of hydra because diablo doesn't like to stand and fight, always running around, so I couldn't stay close enough to him all the time to keep chain reaction spamming. Once I slotted hydra it was fairly easy. http://i.imgur.com/RVzzd.jpg Nope, it actually does far more then that. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/guide/items/equipment#magic-find - Basically MF is used for every aspect of the item roll, not just changing its class from magic.rare.legendary. By good MF gear, do you mean above 200 w/o NV?
Interesting, well putting a shield on isn't an option for me, it actually lowers my survive-ability. I'll just have to keep tacking on LoH and Res till I can stand in those farts. Next goal is upgrading my 101 LoH ring to 250 - 300 LohH and my 476 LoH neck to a 600 - 650 LoH, that'll get me near 2500, beyond that I'm not sure theres much more LoH I can get unless I find Gem patterns.
It says this: Which is basically what I said. I wasn't specific on what designates quality, but oh well. I'm not sureo n the specific stats, but I was getting about 3x the number of "quality" items compared to others I was playing with when playing solo. I found a few legendaries pretty easily...crappy ones, but whatever. They said they were going to work on ledgendary item quality.
Yeah right now +500 LoH Gem is 7m. I really hope Blizz doesn't decide to nerf Whirl Wind Barbs, so many people have invested millions in that build. yeah you were on the right track. I just wanted to point out that it does far more then just determine blue,yellow,legendary. Once the item type has been rolled MF also increases the chances for affixes, and then increases the roll chances on those specific affixes. MF does a lot more then most people think, and that is blizz's fault for not posting what MF does. Blizz actually just posted that information two days ago.
Yeah, I knew about it working on the affixes...things that affect item drop i did spend a fair bit of time looking into, since the drops I get are all seemingly crap. Finding REALLY good stuff is hard, decent stuff there is not much issue with MF added in with NV, so much so that white end up almost being as uncommon as a rare is at the beginning of playing. I think they went decently indepth into item drop rates when they discussed NV. Legendaries, on the other hand, are super-hard to get, and it's even more rare that they are good, even when browsing through the auction house.
I guess I should give a try. Right now I'm "poor" with my 2 millions, but I guess I should get more res at least close to 500 without the 40%.. I just can't kill ghom alone Inferno and I am having high damage bu no crit.
Like I mentioned. Ghom is a gear check and you won't beat him until you have probably 600 base allres and then run Prismatic Armor, also a good amount of armor. It is very hard to play a kite wiz against him. Normally you can usually run away and heal a little, in that cramped room filled with fart gas there is no where to run.
Yeah and umm, the gaz dissapear ? or not? In video I see it dissapear, mine doesn't or I doN't stand enought long, and he throw always that gaz on me lol. 600 all ress base, without the 40%, I guess I'll have to change a couple of item I know i have like 400 dext because of item, I'll try to find something else than vit. I have 25k life right now. 36k damage, with no crit, using shock pulse, arcane orb, hydra venom (maybe should I change to arcane) Diamond skin, tele + fracture, and the prismatic armor. I'm going to look at all this by the week-end, needs to leave Toronto 2day, work is finish here, going back home in Montreal. I will have a long night playing D3 I think
It does dissipate and if you can get ghom to follow you in a circle, slowly, you can kite him that way. Not easy to do though. You could also hire me to do it. lol. say 250k. I'll give you the TPU discount for 10%. 225K.
I dunno if anyone has seen this but if your a Jeweler than this may come in handy its a great calculator.It figures in the cost of everything. Was thinking that this should be added to OP post. click Pic for the link.
I don't think they will, discussed it with a few friends. The builds not an OP build, it plays kind of tanky (no burst damage at all), just doesn't run a shield. I stopped playing my Barb because I was unhappy with him in Inferno, Act 1 was ok (even before patch), but it could have been better. I just refuse to use a shield, it's not how I envision a Barb. And if they somehow nerf the build, I just return him to his unplayed state (which will make me sad). Also if they ever release PvP, this builds going to be horrible As it sits right now it's really the only viable non-shield build, so unless their goal is to have 100% of Barbs forced to use a shield, I don't see the point in nerfing the build. Personally though, I am not a big fan of the original build, it's clunky and works good if everything goes perfect. I changed out a few things for much better Fury management and it made the build much more live-able.
I'd be happy if someone bought all my stuff for the starting price. lol Only sold one item in a couple of days.
zenzim#1893 If anyone is up for act II/III inf loot runs hit me up. Please try to have around 100+ GF/MF pre-NV.
Started a DH. Finished Act 1 ... sadly I died once due to not paying attention. lol Still not sure if I like non-melee type of play.
Played some D3 today with asrock. Can't help but feel disappointed when i play the game now. The random monster affixes that just aren't fun (shielding, jailer, waller, basically things that prevent you from moving or harming things), the impossibility of finding anything that's an upgrade without just selling a ton of stuff in and hoarding gold for a long time. When I play and don't find anything I feel I have completely wasted my time because I gained no experience and a minimal amount of gold. Overall the experience has just become disappointing.
As with anything, it gets boring being on the top. You have nothing to gain by staying there, and people enjoy gaining things.
Thats all it is though, just to make you feel like your not wasting time. To me that got boring, it's all on a personal level. Just like I don't even feel unlocks are necessary in shooters, it's too much of an RPG element. I think every weapon should be unlocked from the get go, just login and have fun. But so many people were not happy in BC2 when they hit like Rank 26 felt the game was boring because they didn't get shiny new guns appearing on their screen, so now theres unlocks for everyone!


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By Shawn Krest
July 4, 2011 09:57 am EDT
The most anticipated heavyweight boxing match in recent memory ended Saturday night just as an average UFC card was starting. Anyone who watched both knows that boxing's best was no match for standard-issue UFC action. The numbers, however, tell a different story. Why?
The comparison was inevitable.
At 6:15 Eastern time Saturday night, a major boxing card ended.
Wladimir Klitschko fought David Haye in one of the most anticipated heavyweight fights in recent memory. Both men brought in titles and gallons of bad blood. Both vowed to take out their anger on their opponent and both promised a knockout.
The fight took place in an environment where legends are made: More than 50,000 fans packed a soccer stadium in Germany in a driving rain. The fight aired live on HBO, then the network reaired it during American prime time.
At exactly the same time, just another UFC card started.
There was nothing wrong with the card, but it wasn't considered one of the must-see events by most MMA fans. The main event featured a title fight rematch between two men with gallons of bad blood of their own in Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber.
However, the original co-feature--a rematch between BJ Penn and Jon Fitch--was scratched due to double injury. It also capped a month and a half stretch that featured a Zuffa-promoted event every week.
Over the six week period, there were three UFC pay-per-views, the live finale of The Ultimate Fighter, a UFC Live event, a Strikeforce card, and a Strikeforce Challengers. That's an average of one card every five days since May 28.
Despite the saturation of mixed martial arts events and an injury-depleted card, boxing's best proved no match for the UFC.
Despite years of claims to the contrary, Haye was not up to the challenge of fighting a Klitschko. He claimed (just as the UFC's first preliminary fight was nearing it's end on a live Facebook stream) that the reason for his cautious performance was a sore toe, but for most of the fight, it appeared to be a case of stage fright.
Klitschko didn't throw many power shots or make a concerted effort to end the fight early. Haye didn't throw much of anything or make a concerted effort to win.
Too timid to let his hands go, Haye attempted just 310 punches over 12 rounds, landing only 130. The average heavyweight manages to land 208 out of 552.
However, in the evenly matched action fight that topped UFC 132, Dominick Cruz, who was the more active fighter, landed 97 strikes (punches and kicks) out of the 246 he threw.
In other words, the more active UFC fighter threw 64 fewer shots than the boxer who "did nothing."
Now, granted, the boxing match went 11 minutes longer. When you look at them on even footing, Cruz threw nearly 10 shots a minute, landing 3.9 of them. Haye threw about 8 and a half, landing 3.6.
And when you throw in each fighter's respective opponent, things get downright confusing.
Faber focused on power rather than activity in the UFC main event. He landed just 58 of 181 strikes, or 2.3 out of 7 per minute. Klitschko landed 5.5 per minute out of 17.5 thrown.
So the boxing fans who were ready to do yard work instead of watching the end of that dog of a fight saw nine punches landed and 21 thrown every minute of the fight. The UFC fans who were demanding a rematch at the end of Cruz-Faber saw six strikes land and 17 thrown every minute.
Why don't the numbers back up what we all thought we saw? The UFC fight also featured takedowns both successful and stuffed and grappling and scrambling for position.
Also, the problem with the boxing match wasn't the lack of punching but the large discrepancy between the outputs of the two fighters and the lack of a killer instinct by either man.
Faber out punched Cruz in power shots by a 45-38 margin. With 11 extra minutes to work, Haye landed 36 power shots, while Klitschko landed 29.
That means the UFC fight nearly doubled the boxing match in power shots per minutes.
Finally, the UFC undercard featured five first-round knockouts, a bloodbath between Matt Wiman and Dennis Siver that ended in a controversial decision, and four prelim bouts on Facebook that went to decision and were considered letdowns.
Even on the disappointing Facebook bouts, there were one-minute stretches that featured more action and drama than Klitschko Haye, including Anthony Njokuani's beat down of Andre Winner at the end of the first round and Brian Bowles attempt for a rear naked choke of Takeya Mizugaki in the second round.
Boxing had the chance to put on a show for fight fans ready to get an early start on their evening. Instead, they laid an egg. The punch stat numbers may not back that up, but they prove what the back-to-back events made clear to anyone that watched:
Punching ain't everything.
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From Klutz to Clutch: Continuity Paying Off for Streaking Carolina Panthers
November 26th, 2013 at 4:59 PM
The Carolina Panthers have become clutch.
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The Carolina Panthers (7-3) bested the New England Patriots (7-3) 24-20 at Bank of America Stadium Monday night, notching their sixth straight win and earning their place among Super Bowl contenders in the NFC.
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With a 10-9 win against the reigning NFC champion San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, the Carolina Panthers silenced the critics and emerged squarely on the scene as a legitimate playoff contender.
Ron Rivera's team, who moved to 6-3 with the victory, has won five straight and six of the last seven.
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November 3rd, 2013 at 8:45 PM
The Carolina Panthers crushed the division-rival Atlanta Falcons 34-10 at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday to notch their fourth straight blowout win and move to 5-3 on the season.
Cam Newton didn't play his best game, but unlike in the past, he didn't need to.
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The Carolina Panthers blasted the division-rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-13 at Raymond James Stadium on Thursday night, notching their third consecutive win and moving over .500 (4-3) for the first time since 2008.
Cam Newton turned in yet another spectacular performance in front of a national audience, using both his arm...
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After suffering two heartbreaking losses to begin the season, the Carolina Panthers (1-2) bounced back by blanking the New York Giants (0-3) 38-0 at Bank of America on Sunday.
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The Week 2 matchup against a mediocre-at-best Bills team followed a storyline similar to most close games under head coach Ron Rivera.
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August 31st, 2013 at 6:05 AM
The Carolina Panthers topped the Pittsburgh Steelers 25-10 in Thursday's preseason finale at Bank of America Stadium.
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Carolina Panthers Exposed in 14-9 Loss to Philadelphia Eagles
August 18th, 2013 at 4:33 PM
The Carolina Panthers fell to the Philadelphia Eagles 14-9 in Thursday's preseason game at Lincoln Financial Field.
Although the final score would indicate a close contest, the Panthers were thoroughly outplayed on both sides of the ball.
The offense failed to score a touchdown against an Eagles defense which gave up 31...
Carolina Panthers Finish Season Strong with 44-38 Victory Over New Orleans Saints
December 31st, 2012 at 9:39 PM
DeAngelo Williams and Mike Tolbert combined for 260 yards and five touchdowns as the Carolina Panthers toppled the New Orleans Saints 44-38 in Sunday's regular-season finale.
Williams was especially explosive, carrying the ball 21 times for 210 times and two scores. Tolbert relished the closer role as the 5-foot-9, 245-pound fullback...
Carolina Panthers Roll Past Oakland Raiders to Notch Third Consecutive Win
December 23rd, 2012 at 9:54 PM
***PHOTO1***Cam Newton threw for 170 yards and a touchdown and ran for 60 yards and another score as the Carolina Panthers beat the Oakland Raiders 17-6 in their home finale on Sunday.
It was the third straight victory and fourth in five games for the Panthers, who improved to 6-9 after...
Carolina Panthers Pummel San Diego Chargers, but What Does It Mean?
December 17th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
The Carolina Panthers blasted the San Diego Chargers 31-7 at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, putting together back-to-back victories for the first time since last December.
Cam Newton played another exceptional game, completing 19-of-33 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns. The second-year quarterback has now thrown 153 passes without an interception...
Revenge is Sweet: Cam Newton Shines as Carolina Panthers Whip Atlanta Falcons
December 11th, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Greg Hardy may not be so crazy after all.
Many people snickered when the Carolina Panthers defensive end told the media that his 3-9 team was better than the 11-1 Atlanta Falcons.
After Sunday, the last laugh belongs to Hardy and his teammates.
The Panthers shellacked their NFC South rival 30-20 at Bank...
Tragedy Clouds Carolina Panthers' Loss to Heavy-hearted Kansas City Chiefs
December 5th, 2012 at 12:33 AM
Considering the circumstances, it's hard to comment on how atrocious the Carolina Panthers' defense played in Sunday's 27-21 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Lance Armstrong is reportedly considering a change in course, dropping his years of denials and admitting that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reports that Armstrong has told associates he is thinking about the move.
However, Armstrong attorney Tim Herman says that the cyclist hasn't reached out to USADA chief executive Travis Tygart and David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
USADA stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles last year and issued a report portraying the cyclist as the leader of a sophisticated doping operation on his winning teams.
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The women were arrested in Thane, a suburb of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra, and immediately freed on bail for criticising the shutdown of India's financial capital after the death last week of a powerful rightwing politician. While one woman posted the comment, her friend who "liked" the comment was also arrested.
The Supreme Court gave Maharashtra four weeks to explain the circumstances under which the women were arrested. The court was hearing a petition filed by Ms Shreya Singhal, a student in New Delhi, challenging the Internet law and the possibility of its misuse. Ms Singhal said the wording of the law was vague, allowing it to be abused by people in authority.
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How young people can hurt the coalition
Under 25s are a much greater electoral force than they realise.
By Rowenna Davis Published 29 June 2012 9:23What has the coalition got against young people? This is the question haunting the blogosphere after David Cameron announced his intention to scrap housing benefit to under-25s. With youth unemployment already over one million, EMA scrapped, tuition fees tripled, Connexions services shut and the Future Jobs Fund closed, this prime minister is starting to develop something of a reputation.
But the next question is this: What damage could young people do back? I've been looking at the data, and three interesting findings emerge from the numbers.
First, since the 1970s, winning parties have always won at least a third of the youth vote in general elections (scroll down to the pink chart here). People might assume that the Conservatives were different, but a difficult fact for lefties is that 42 per cent of young people aged 18-24 supported Margaret Thatcher when she first came to power.
The interesting exception is the present Conservative party. When David Cameron was elected in 2010, he won just 30 per cent of the youth vote. Youth representation in government manifested itself that year through the Liberal Democrats, the party with the lowest average age of supporter.
But now that youth support for the LibDems is hemorrhaging, an opportunity is opening up for Labour. An illuminating ICM poll for the Guardian shows that in the month before the general election, some 44 per cent of young people aged 18-24 planned to vote Lib Dem. A similar poll taken two years on showed that figure had dropped to seven per cent.
Idealistic about change, the Liberal Democrats' decisions in office will burn deep, like getting dumped by your first love. It remains to be seen whether the party can ever win back that trust. The youth vote at the next election is now open, but it must be earned.
Point two. Young people help steer electoral turning points. A significant chunk of young people might have supported Thatcher in 1979, but when they got sick of austerity, they switched in large numbers. When teens and tweenagers flocked to the polls in 1997, some 49 per cent voted for Tony Blair.
And when Labour lost power in 2010, that figure dropped to 30 per cent.
Because the youth vote is now massively untapped, it has great potential for any party that dares to inspire it.
There's a tendency to assume young people are naturally more inclined to vote for the left, but that is simply not the case. David Cameron might not have won round the bulk of the youth vote, but they were no more likely to vote for Labour. If Ed Miliband wants to capture the hearts of the next generation, he'll have to work harder.
A key opportunity to do that is the shift to individual voter registration. Research from the Electoral Commission shows that young people and private renters make up the two biggest groups of unregistered voters, and the government's proposals threaten to lock out even more. If Labour does go ahead with its mooted voter registration drive and includes some targetted work for young people and students, there will be strategic as well as moral benefits. After all, if you feel a party cares about your voice being heard, you're more likely to vote for that party.
There are other ways to capture the youth vote that go deeper than slamming the government. Introducing votes to 16s – with some even discussing the possibly of making electoral participation compulsory for first time voters - alongside the possibility of voting through social media would encourage young people to get involved. Migrant communities continue to vote for Labour because the party gave them the vote; young people could do the same.
It's true that appealing to younger age groups is risky because, at present, they are significantly less likely to vote than older voters. In fact the Guardian ICM poll shows that on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being certain to vote, 18-24s score an average of less than 6, compared to over 65s who score 8.6. But as the huge turnouts at youth elections show, this is unlikely to mean they are uninterested in politics. A more likely explanation is that they're disillusioned with parties and politicians.
Of course whoever wins 2015 will have to form a party that speaks to all ages. But at the moment this coalition is failing to do that. No one likes the idea of young people struggling, no matter what age they are. Grandparents are worried about their families. Pensioners are concerned about schools. By speaking more to young people, politicians would be speaking to the nation.
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Cameron / Clegg have UPSET all these millions of people: Motorists, Police, Farmers, The Disabled, The Poor, Youngsters, Welfare, NHS workers, GP's Public Sector Workers, University Students, Teachers and not forgetting the disaster we call EU membership. Roll on the next general election, but will the next bunch actually be a bit more compassionate to people.
Cameron / Clegg have UPSET all these millions of people: Motorists, Police, Farmers, The Disabled, The Poor, Youngsters, Welfare, NHS workers, GP's Public Sector Workers, University Students, Teachers and not forgetting the disaster we call EU membership. Roll on the next general election, but will the next bunch actually be a bit more compassionate to people.
Of course young people should have a chance to voice their opinions but they are worth very little! bajar videos
Yeah, like young people are going to vote the small c-conservative Labour party.
Yeah, like young people are going to vote the small c-conservative Labour party.
"With youth unemployment already over one million, EMA scrapped, tuition fees tripled, Connexions services shut and the Future Jobs Fund closed, this prime minister is starting to develop something of a reputation."
Are you really saying that Labour will repeal all of these?
The tripling of house prices under New Labour didn't exactly do the young folk any favours, I can't think of many things which were more disastrous or divisive. You have to ask what those in power were doing about it when people were warning about debt and house prices in the early 2000's. The population growth we had didn't exactly help the shortage of housing situation either.
Some very interesting & good points, especially extending the voting age people don't know is that young people are voting and looking to change things, young people are the future. development internships
The best chance for the Tories is for Labour to entertain the idea that Blair can make a come-back in any serious role.
If the Coalition really want to engage and listen to young people not only should they drop thier punitive policies such as on EMA and tuition fees but they should stop fooling around with their sideline policies lik House of Lords reform and develop constitutional/electoral reform that matters - 'votes at 16'.
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"When David Cameron was elected in 2010,"........
He wasn't. How often do we have to repeat it?
It matters.
Yes he was, I know that lefties don't like to acknowledge reality too often, but Cameron was elected in 2010.
David camerons big society English hyporcroycy victorian values double standards,hatred of poor, old disabled, free from accountabilitiy are metropolitan police, banks, corrupt mps,press.David YOU ARE A NAZI
Here's hoping. But the 'youth' vote has always been woefully fickle. It is only when bitter experience hits home that they turn to Labour as saviour.
When a Labour government is in power these malleable youngsters feel the Labour government is deliberately obstructing their progress towards fame and fortune. Their aspirations to become entrepreneurs, rock gods, and reality celebs only go up in smoke when the Tories bring a bit of reality into their lives.
House owner - forget it. High rents are just too profitable.
Get Real(real politik, baby)
The idea that anyone with half brian cannot see that internationally Governments are using the peoples money to make the Banking system whole.
Money that should be spent to catch up on years of neglect by the Torys back as far as thatcher have removed the ability of youth to learn trades and given skills following slavishly the American model until the youth have no useful skills that are needed in Britain. Britain makes very little and what jobs are available in manufacturing have been exported offshore to be done cheaply.
How comes that so many youth can barely read in todays Britain.
How come that this situation is allowed to continue.
There must be support and enhanced education coupled with investment in creating worthwhile jobs.
Cameron is just following the Tory policies that have hardly changed in the 70 years
We should be able to voice our opinions!
They may not seem to be worth much but if you think about it young people are very significant. If the main political parties find a way to connect with us, surely they'll win the next election. Look at the Lib dems, they won many votes, in the last general election from the younger generation through their tuition fee campaign; we all hate the way in which they 'betrayed' us, but we have to admit, they (in particular Nick Clegg) were smart about it. However rather than pledging empty promises we need a political party that is consistent, we need politicans to be more reliable. I mean we all hate liars!
Row, a well written and highly entertaining piece. Exactly the types of ideas we're thinking about for our blog!
All very well if young people actually go to the polling station- which they do not. I can count on one hand the number of under 25s I have seen at polling stations in all the years I have been able to vote. It is older people and in large measure the elderly who turn out to vote and most of them have no idea about silly Twitter and blogs and other virtual rubbish which Labour party apparatchiks blabber on about.
Most young people do not vote which is why the Labour party obsessing with silly Twitter etc is totally stupid and mind numbing. I have no confidence in the Labour party replacing this awful government whilst it is run the current crowd who have no idea when it comes to what makes most people WHO ACTUALLY VOTE tick.
Why should young individuals not have a chance to voice their opinions? Are we not apart of society? @Thewestisthebest Very good arguement!
Of course young people should have a chance to voice their opinions but they are worth very little!
Why should young individuals not have a chance to voice their opinions? Are we not apart of society? @Thewestisthebest Very good arguement!
Why should young individuals not have a chance to voice their opinions? Are we not apart of society? @Thewestisthebest Very good arguement!
Let's be thankful most aren't poisoned by left-wing state dependency.
Young people are the last people you ask how to run a society.
'... a difficult fact for lefties is that 42 per cent of young people aged 18-24 supported Margaret Thatcher when she first came to power.'
Why is that a 'difficult fact'? It reminds me of a friend of mine who was surprised to find that a gay person could be right wing. Why make this sweeping assumption that young people are any more intelligent than their elders?
Some very interesting and valid points, especially extending the voting age to 16 as I personally believe the youth of today are much more politically 'clued up' than a few years back
Tweenager - a child of approximately 8 - 14 years of age (Collins online dictionary)
I know lowering voter registration age is up for debate, but unless Justin Bieber is running, I doubt this will have much impact.


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The RS900 is hoping to win the ISAF selection trials, which will decide the women's skiff class for the 2016 Olympics. "New Boats" from our April 2012 issue.
After years as a male-dominated domain, skiff sailing is set to fully open its doors to women. In 2011 the International Sailing Federation confirmed the addition of a women's skiff to the docket for the 2016 Olympics. As this issue is reaching our readers, the six contending designs are being put on trial in Santander, Spain. A full trials report will be delivered at the ISAF's mid-year meeting in May in Italy, and the winning boat will be selected at the annual meeting in November.
The opportunity for a sneak preview of RS Sailing's entry—the RS900—was enough to convince three top women's dinghy sailors to brave a freezing cold English winter's day at Hayling Island Sailing Club.
The RS900 is a development of the successful RS800. There is a family resemblance, but the 900 is shorter, lower, and lighter than the 800, and has solid wings and a modern rig profile. "Our vision is for a women's skiff that is truly the equivalent of the 49er," says RS Technical Director Alex Newton-Southon.
A view from the beach
The hull, wings, and foils are glass/foam/epoxy for optimum longevity. The hull weighs 121 pounds, not including the wings, which connect to the hull to form a continuous and rigid deck structure when sailing. They are removable by undoing a pair of bolts on each side.
There is neat detailing in the bow area, too: the nylon pole collar incorporates the forestay fitting, and is secured from below leaving a perfectly smooth opening for the asymmetric spinnaker, with no need for plastic tape.
The cockpit/wing area is strikingly uncluttered: the mainsheet is an aft bridle system with the final lead forward on the boom, while vang and cunningham controls cleat on the gunwhale mid-cockpit.
The helm's trapeze and the kite sheet turning blocks are in the middle of the wing, with crew's trapeze forward on the outboard edge of the wing, giving a good lead, with trapeze hooks coming nicely to hand in trapezing conditions. It will also require the crew trapeze wire to be led around the outside of the shrouds, 49er style, in light winds.
The jib uses a standard "track and pin" self-tacking system, with the sheet led back to a swivel cleat mid-cockpit. A single line, cleated aft of the mast, hoists the spinnaker and extends the pole.
The mast, a carbon Selden 064 section, is stiffer than rigs found on other skiffs of this size, with the aim of keeping tuning simple. It separates into two pieces to facilitate transport.
Shrouds, cap shrouds, forestay, and lowers are terminated in vernier adjusters. Coarse tuning is achieved through mast rake, with cap shroud tension controlling gust response.
The sail plan has far more pleasing proportions than the RS800. It has a bigger jib, tacked at the bow; a lower, square-top main; and a 280-square-foot masthead kite. That ensemble should provide enough power to give two women the same level of entertainment when sailing in the same conditions as the guys in their 49ers.
"When we took the RS800 to Hyères four years ago for the original trials, we all felt it looked too big for the girls," says Newton-Southon. "That's where our design process began: a proportionally smaller platform, taking into account the sailors' needs regarding weight, size, and strength. We wanted the 900 to power up and plane at similar wind speeds to the men's skiff. To do this we kept sail area up, but minimized the height of the center of effort: hence the jib tack on the bow, and the relatively low boom."
A view from the chase boat
The two-sail reach is the bête-noire of many skiff sailors. But the long reach to the bay from HISC immediately demonstrated one of the benefits of wings versus racks. The sailors looked very comfortable standing mid-rack ready to react to gusts or lulls. In 9 to 13 knots, the 900 showed no tendency to nosedive.
"We didn't want to intimidate the girls," says Newton-Southon. "Some countries will be coming into this sport with limited skiff experience. We did not want as hairy a ride as the 49er. We reduced the buoyancy at the back of the boat and, evened out the rocker line, significantly reducing nose diving tendencies."
Our test team was toward the top of the 240- to 285-pound target weight range for the boat. But they were able to power up while going upwind by easing vang and cunningham to maintain flat wiring—trapezing at full stretch—through the lulls.
At the top end of our wind range, increasing vang and cunningham kept the boat accelerating with boom inside the quarter. The freeboard is low, but the wings are angled upward enough to allow the boat to be sailed dead upright, even with sailors trapezing low. The narrow hull tracked over the waves and through the chop with ease.
At one point during the test, when the sailors failed to spot an oncoming lull, the boat rolled to windward far enough for the wings to hit the water. The buoyancy from the wing provided just enough extra stability to avoid a death roll.


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Concerns raised over musician David Gray's plans for iconic studios in Crouch End
4:37pm Tuesday 21st August 2012 in News By Bruce Thain
A musician planning to convert iconic recording studios in Crouch End into flats has upset people living in the area.
The platinum selling artist David Gray, 44, famous for his song Babylon, owns The Church Studios in Crouch Hill, Crouch End, and has announced plans to turn the studios into flats and offices.
However the plans have upset people living in the area who are concerned about the proposed changes to the studios where musicians such as Radiohead, Bob Dylan and the Eurythmics have recorded.
Sue Hessel, of the Haslemere Road Residents Association said: "The studios are so important for the whole of Crouch End. They are part of the area's heritage and it would be a great shame if they were to go.
"Property is such a currency now for people that the temptation is there for them to just cash in.
"But if we were to allow that to happen we would just end up living in a housing estate and we don't want to lose something so special to Crouch End.
"I think they are such a treasure for the community and they are part of the spirit of the area. I understand the music industry has changed but musicians will always need studios and I just hope they don't go."
Matthew Belshaw, manager of Two Wheels Good bike shop next to the studios said: "It'll be sad to see them go. We always see bands walking past.
"It will be a shame if the studios do go because the area will be losing a bit of its personality and having them here gives Crouch End a bit of character."
A spokesman for the singer said: "Having owned and enjoyed the Church for nearly ten years, it is time to move on.
"David would be delighted to sell The Church studios as a going concern but given the current upheaval in the music business and the repercussions on commercial recording studios, it is only prudent to explore other avenues, including redevelopment."
The studios were originally owned by Eurythmics star Dave Stewart who converted the church in 1984 and used the studios to finish the duo's first album Sweet Dreams.
The final decision for the proposed redevelopment will be made by Haringey Council's planning committee.
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For years, Pablo Oliveira dreamed of buying a property to house his high-end linen and furniture rental company, Nuage Designs, which has created settings for such glamorous events as the weddings of Carrie Underwood and Chelsea Clinton.
A few months ago, that dream came true, when Oliveira purchased a warehouse across the street from his current Miami location. He is now renovating the loft-like space with the help of a $2.1 million, 25-year small business loan.
"It allows me to own my own space as opposed to renting, and that will decrease my costs for infrastructure and allow me to build equity with time," said Oliveira, who secured a U.S. Small Business Administration-guaranteed loan from Wells Fargo.
For small businesses like Oliveira's, a loan can be the critical key to growing a business, as well as the kindling to ignite an operation.
Take Harold Scott's fledgling Great Scott Security, which manufactures window guards in Hollywood that can open quickly in case of need.
When he was 13, Scott's stepfather perished in a Georgia house fire because he couldn't escape through heavy window bars. Scott made it his mission to fix the problem.
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Now retired from a 23-year career in the U.S. Justice Department, Scott recently secured a $7,500 microloan from Partners for Self Employment. He used it to buy a computer and pay for marketing and other business expenses for his quick-release window guards, which have met national, state and Miami-Dade County fire safety codes.
During the depths of the recession, business owners often griped that gaining access to capital was their biggest hurdle. Saddled with bad loans, many banks were wary of making new ones. At the same time, both the value of collateral and the creditworthiness of many borrowers tumbled.
Now, at last, banks are starting to open their pocketbooks again, experts say, though lending is still not on par with pre-recession levels.
"There is no question that small business borrowing declined as a result of the recession and has yet to recover to pre-crisis levels," said Richard Brown, chief economist for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., via email. "According to the Federal Reserve, total loans to noncorporate businesses and farms stood at just under $3.8 trillion in September, which remains below the peak of about $4.1 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2008."
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Loan figures are indeed rising. During the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, SBA-guaranteed loans were up in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties, according to the SBA. In fiscal 2012, 449 loans were approved in Miami-Dade, totaling $213.3 million, up from 426 loans for $154.4 million in 2011. In Broward, 262 loans for $91.4 million were approved in fiscal 2012, compared to 257 loans for $102.4 million in 2011.


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- Spokes:Black 14-gauge
- Tires:Kenda® K-rad
Features | Benefits | |||
Allows you to ride all sorts of terrain such as dirt, street, and ramps. | ||||
A light, strong steel that will last through years of hard use. | ||||
Low-profile brakes with strong stopping power. | ||||
Allows you to pedal backwards without the brakes engaging. | ||||
Features small raised knobs that help the tires grip better on dirt and in mud. |


text: The title's an interesting choice – given that the energy here is often quite laidback – a set of open sonic explorations between cornet player Rob Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor – both of whom handle plenty of electronics in the set as well! Both Rob and Chad are musicians who can work in harder, sharper modes when needed – but here, they relax into a groove that really recalls the late 90s Chicago scene that both helped them raise up in prominence – in a style that's an atmospheric mix of jazz and other instrumental modes. Titles include "Winds & Sweeping Pines", "It's Alright", "Castle In Your Heart", and "Age Of Energy" – the last of which does have Taylor moving with a stronger punch than on other tracks. (Includes digital download!) © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc.