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The Ring Ligature is an elegant solution to the problem with ligatures that dampen vibration of the reed. The Ring's self locking CNC machined taper touches on three points only; the left and right side of the reed and on top of the mouthpiece. The Ring Ligature has no moving or added parts, thereby increasing the efficiency of vibration. The optimum wall thickness has been chosen to create the most freedom and vibration of the reed which also increases the amount of harmonics present in the saxophone sound. The Ring is CNC machined brass and is designed specifically for the JodyJazz DV, DV CHI and DV NY series of saxophone mouthpieces.
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This ligature will only fit certain Jody Jazz mouthpieces but if you do have one of them, this is the ligature to get. It barely touches the reed and allows for greater harmonics. The only downside to this ligature is that it increases the amount of scratching on the mouthpiece because you have to pull it back for it to tighten.
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Based on a conference sponsored by the Centers for Advanced Study and Education (CASE) Program, this report discusses reintroducing the concept of society back into the study of the state in the former Soviet Union and Russia.
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Dilemmas of Diversity After the Cold War: Analyses of "Cultural Difference" by U.S. and Russia-Based Scholars
An interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars from the Russian Federation and the United States, this body of work reanimates debates concerning state attempts to manage cultural diversity. The chapters originated as presentations in a series of workshops sponsored by the Kennan Institute in 2005 and 2006.
New Orleans and Odesa: Cities of Empire, Diversity, and Disaster
This brochure explores the similarities between New Orleans and Odesa, two port cities with idiosyncratic urban cultures and similar historical legacies. It highlights Kennan Institute programming on these two cities, as well as efforts to bring them together through art and culture.
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A report on the June 29, 2006 conference held in Moscow focusing on human rights and national security in the age of terrorism. The conference was convened by the Kennan Institute, the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, and the New Eurasia Foundation. The conference was timed to coincide with the G-8 Summit being held in St. Petersburg.
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2011 brought little growth in bricks-and-mortar stores, but 14% growth online.
The numbers for 2011 retail sales have been pouring in and analyzed by marketers, economists, stock analysts, consultants and journalists. But most of the analyses I read miss or gloss over the most important conclusion: sales of all retail stores (excluding gasoline stations and auto dealers) grew at a meager 1% in real terms last year.
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The Detroit Lions football team has held youth football camps for 9 years, and more than 10,000 kids around the state of Michigan have participated in the program. For the first time ever, the Lions Youth Camp will be in Ohio.
The Sylvania Northview High School Football program has worked with the Detroit Lions football program to bring the official Detroit Lions Summer Youth Football Camp to Sylvania.
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Associated Press: The Coast Guard's three-day search for two NFL players and a third man sent adrift in chilly seas ended in futility, dashing hopes they might be found after rescuers plucked one survivor from the Gulf of Mexico.
Crews combed more than 24,000 miles of ocean before calling off their search Tuesday for Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, free-agent defensive lineman Corey Smith and former South Florida player William Bleakley. The four friends had been missing since Saturday when their boat capsized during a fishing trip.
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Alpha Protocol Dev Diary: Weapons and AbilitiesNow that Alpha Protocol looks good-to-go for a June 1st release (May 28th in Europe), it's time for Obsidian Entertainment and SEGA to roll-out the trailers and developer diaries.
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Although we didn't get a no-hitter, it was about as close as you can get. Hiroki Kuroda silenced the Rangers' bats on Tuesday to the tune of a two-hit, complete-game shutout. It was the closest I've ever been to witnessing a no-no in person, and also the only complete game I've ever attended (I think).
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This year is set to be another volatile one for gasoline, with higher pump prices likely in the next several weeks, but consumers may be left smiling in the end.
The average U.S. price for regular gasoline fell in 2013 from the year before, and experts predict that prices are likely to fall again this year.
"Fundamentals for gasoline are improving for the U.S. consumer, with retail prices to gradually decline this year from 2013," said Brian Milne, energy editor and product manager at Schneider Electric.
The price per gallon for regular retail gasoline averaged $3.505 in 2013, down from $3.618 in 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration. The government predicts further declines to averages of $3.46 this year and $3.39 for 2015.
Primary reasons for the shift to lower fuel prices include "less demand amid greater vehicle efficiency and a behavioral change in the U.S. consumer, and a revival in U.S. crude production, with output now at a 25-year high and still climbing," said Milne.
"Higher crude output is by far the leading catalyst for the lower trend in gasoline prices," he said.
The daily average U.S. price for regular gasoline stood at $3.287 a gallon on Thursday, down from $3.32 at the start of the year, according to AAA.
Prices had been slowly dropping across the country, with the national average down 16 out of the previous 19 days -- up until Wednesday's increase, said AAA spokesman Michael Green.
"We are about to enter a period of rising gas prices as the seasonal maintenance period begins," he said, noting that in 2013 the national average increased 50 cents per gallon from Jan. 18 to Feb. 27. Some refineries have already begun maintenance but the bulk will begin in February and could last through late spring, he said.
"Prices are likely to rise soon as the market anticipates widespread seasonal refinery maintenance," said Green. "Drivers should expect to pay more for gas in February."
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Factor in that spring refinery maintenance, the recent cold weather's impact on demand and refinery production, and the upcoming summer driving season, and the market is poised for another roller coaster year.
Schneider Electric's Milne expects prices to peak early in the second quarter, with average prices moving between a low of $3.25 and a high of $3.75 a gallon during the year.
U.S. gasoline prices will see "huge swings in regional volatility in 2014," according to a fuel outlook report from GasBuddy.com, a group of local websites that allow visitors to post and view recent retail gasoline prices.
Of immediate issue has been the severe cold in the eastern part of the United States this month. That hurt refinery production for the fuel as well as gasoline demand.
"Many people have stayed home from work due to snow days, which means that thousands of drivers that normally would have been on the roads burning gasoline were instead at home," said Green.
The latest EIA data (.pdf file) show that demand has slipped. Motor gasoline supplied, which offers a measure of demand, averaged over 8.3 million barrels per day during the last four weeks to the week ended Jan. 17, down 0.1 percent from the same time a year ago.
"It is possible that very cold temperatures could disrupt refinery operations like we saw with the polar vortex" earlier this month when 13 refineries had problems, Green said. "But any problems should be offset by the corresponding decrease in demand."
Taking a look at the bigger picture, the usual support for higher gasoline prices will come from U.S refinery maintenance, storm threats, and oil disruptions in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the GasBuddy.com report. For the spring, GasBuddy.com predicts a peak of $3.83 a gallon.
But this may "be a year that will find more consistent downward pressure on U.S. prices than in any year since the Great Recession," it said.
"Thanks to the shale oil boom and continued growth in Canadian oil sands, one might call the United States the 'Insulation Nation,'" the report said. "North American production increases in recent years have more than made up for the loss of Libyan crude, or world barrels lost to Iranians sanctions."
GasBuddy.com expects the year's average to fall below $3.40 a gallon for the first time since 2010, when motor fuel averaged $2.78 for the year.
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Fashion and technology aren't always a match made in heaven. But self-described fashion nerd Diana Eng (of "Project Runway" season two fame) sought to marry together her two loves with "Fairytale Fashion," the result of her residency at nonprofit art and technology center Eyebeam.
The runway - with its diaphanous entry - dominated the stripped-down space, but what caught the eye was the sewing-machine-driven laptop hooked up to conductive felt origami that aided in the DJing. Malan Breton of season three of "Project Runway" was an uberpolite impromptu host, directing guests to the alcohol-free bar that served up Kool-Aid and a sweet tea redolent with wildflowers and citrus.
The show opened with a knee-length aqua dress whose seashell-like edges were trimmed in electroluminescent wire controlled by an accelerometer. Next out was a wide-bodied garnet "deployable hoodie." The miura-ori Japanese folding technique was employed to allow the not terribly successful hood to totally disappear into a diamond pattern when not in use. Eng's proprietary twinkle pad blinked on and off down the runway on a cardigan and a chiffon overlay to a graphite-shaded tank dress as well as on an orchid-like white, gold and acid green dress. A nearly life-sized cameo jutted out from a peach silk organza confection of a top that featured more of the electroluminescent wire while intense structure was at work in the pleats that puffed up the sleeves on a well-tailored short-sleeved lavender jacket. If Christian Lacroix worked in plastic, he might have come up with the flower-bedecked silk chiffon dress that was bolstered by inflatable poufs.
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It's not just Goldman -- it's the clients
What the SEC's surprising charges reveal about Wall Street's games and a famed hedge fund manager.
By Heidi N. Moore for The Big Money
Can money be made on Wall Street without manipulation? These days, if you believe it can, you're in lonely company.
Take the remarkable example of the Securities and Exchange Commission's case announced today against Goldman Sachs (GS). While Goldman headlines are as rare as air molecules, the Securities and Exchange Commission nonetheless got everyone's attention with this one: "SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Structuring and Marketing of CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages."
Here's what the SEC alleged: that Goldman Sachs helped create a type of security based on subprime mortgages that was designed to fail, and didn't tell investors the details in any of the documents it used to sell the thing. That's a big offense. Here's how it worked:
A giant hedge fund that was a big Goldman client paid Goldman to create the security, one of several that bore the name Abacus. The hedge fund picked out the contracts on bad mortgages it wanted in there.
Then the hedge fund bought insurance against Abacus in case it failed -- which, of course, the hedge fund must have known it would, because the hedge fund created it. Goldman Sachs then sold the hedge fund insurance against Abacus in the form of credit-default swaps.
The hedge fund paid Goldman rich fees of $15 million for the alleged deal, a good bargain considering the hedge fund made $1 billion on those credit-default swaps, according to the SEC. Investors, however, took it on the chin. Abacus just kept failing and losing money: Goldman's deal closed in April 2007, and by January 2008, 99% of the subprime mortgages it contained had been downgraded.
That's a pretty interesting case of gaming the system -- and a very big deal. Goldman is the biggest fish on Wall Street, and the SEC has cast a strong line to hook it.
The other big fish
But wait. By focusing on Goldman, the SEC completely buried the lead: Paulson & Co. was the giant hedge fund that allegedly created and shorted the toxic mortgage bundles.
If the SEC's complaint holds up, that's even bigger news than Goldman's problems. You'll remember Paulson & Co. from absolutely everywhere on TV, in newspapers, and the media, in which the fund has been referred to exclusively in heroic terms for being among the first to see and bet against the subprime crash. The fund, run by John Paulson, made more money than anyone else on the subprime housing crash -- the funds were up about $15 billion in 2007, The Wall Street Journal reported at the time. Paulson himself profited richly, with around $3.7 billion in personal profit.
Paulson & Co. has grown to $29 billion under management, and a Canadian firm even created a special product allowing regular investors like you and me to make the same bets Paulson makes.
Yet the SEC is implying that Paulson didn't just see subprime mortgages crashing and place his bets; he allegedly gamed the system, lumping bunches of contracts on toxic subprime mortgages together in order to bet against them and then keeping his involvement secret with the help of his bankers. Readers of Gregory Zuckerman's immaculately reported book, "The Greatest Trade Ever," won't be surprised: On page 179, Zuckerman describes Paulson's extensive meetings with banks including Goldman, Bear Stearns and Deutsche Bank to "ask if they could create CDOs that Paulson & Co. could essentially bet against."
Ironically, it was Bear Stearns that rejected the offer: "(Bear Stearns trader Scott Eichel) worried that Paulson would want especially ugly mortgages for the CDOs, like a bettor asking a football owner to bench a star quarterback to improve the odds of his wager against the team . . . he felt it would be improper." Eichel told Zuckerman, "It didn't pass our ethics standards; it was a reputation issue, and it didn't pass our moral compass."
The link to AIG
But here's the real blockbuster. Abacus wasn't just any old mortgage-backed security. It was one of a toxic group that nearly brought down insurance giant AIG, as The New York Times pointed out in December. Goldman Sachs sold credit-default swaps to Paulson, according to the SEC. That left Goldman holding the risk on Abacus.
According to a nice breakdown by The Wall Street Journal this week, here's how Goldman handled it: "Goldman bought credit-default swaps from AIG to hedge the securities firm's positions in some of the (Abacus) pools. When many subprime borrowers began defaulting on their loans in 2007 and 2008, the Abacus CDOs dropped in value, and AIG had to post billions of dollars in cash collateral to Goldman."
The Goldman/AIG/Abacus information is old news by now. The SEC's allegation that it was Paulson behind this process is what changes the game.
If the SEC is correct, Goldman Sachs conspiracy theorists missed the mark in one major thing: Goldman wasn't the one creating these securities to short them and then peddling them to funds like Paulson. The point of origin was far deeper. It was the clients who were issuing orders to Goldman Sachs to create these toxic securities -- designing them with every failing mortgage. Goldman Sachs structured Paulson's Abacus deal in April 2007, the SEC says. (Goldman's official statement on the matter is: "The SEC's charges are completely unfounded in law and fact and we will vigorously contest them and defend the firm and its reputation.")
On June 14 of 2007, the Bear Stearns subprime hedge funds collapsed. On June 30, Michael Burry of Scion Capital -- who was also betting against subprime -- couldn't reach his brokers at Goldman Sachs. He sensed their panic. They told him that while the subprime market collapsed, "the market for insuring them hadn't budged," according to Michael Lewis's book "The Big Short." What was going on at the time, Lewis explains, is that Goldman's own hedge funds took giant subprime losses and the firm had "rapidly turned from betting on the subprime mortgage market to betting against it."
In short, before June 2007 -- when Goldman was helping to create Abacus -- Goldman still had bet the subprime market would survive and lost a lot of money in the mistaken apprehension.
The broader game
Another point the conspiracy theorists, from Matt Taibbi on, missed and kept missing despite all the evidence: Goldman wasn't the only one who did these kinds of deals. Deutsche Bank and Goldman both agreed to work with Paulson, who ended up making $5 billion worth of bets, according to Zuckerman's book.
For that matter, neither was Paulson the only hedge fund to do this: "A few other hedge funds also worked with banks to create CDOs of their own that these funds could short - so Paulson wasn't doing anything new," Zuckerman wrote.
That's why the SEC's allegations are a real watershed in our understanding of the financial crisis. Instead of the crisis being a story about dastardly banks (although it may be that, too), it is really a story of how far banks will go to prostitute themselves for big clients. They will do for big clients what they won't do for the little guy: Burry details the various evasions of his banks to Lewis, all of which were taking place while Goldman slavishly served its own balance sheet and reputation on a platter to John Paulson. And, after all, Goldman Sachs suffered the subprime losses in its Global Alpha hedge fund and eventually had to forgive those Abacus contracts with AIG. But John Paulson got to keep all his money.
What is also amazing about the SEC's case is that it comes from . . . the SEC. The beleaguered SEC, which has been criticized in Congress and the financial press for sleeping on the job. But here the agency appears to have filled in a big piece of the crisis puzzle -- not just any piece, but the missing link that allows us a window into who may have been really in charge.
SEC chair Mary Schapiro scored a big victory, particularly after much public criticism that her SEC would be too soft and too slow. As stunning as it is to hear this news about Goldman, in these times of rampant regulatory capture it is just as surprising to find an example of a regulator actually . . . regulating.
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Little did they know how much their plans would change.
This month they celebrated their 25 years at Family Christian Center, 18 S. Sixth St. with a special church service and luncheon on Sunday, May 18.
Pastor Ken Moren has served the longest of any other senior pastor within Patterson's churches. But before he started his career in Patterson, Moren served as a staff member for the Ceres Valley Christian Center in the 1980s after assisting missionaries in Indonesia.
The Morens were sent to Patterson by the denominational authority from the Assemblies of God to help revitalize the local church. Their efforts became quite a success within the commmunity. In the past two decades, the church has grown by leaps and bounds.
"It's been an incredible 25-year journey," Moren said. "Over that time we have seen the church grow numerically, multi-culturally — we have a large African American and African constituency in the church."
Gregory Nnaji, a member of the local church said the Morens are self-sacrificing.
"I have found Pastors Ken and Brenda Moren a couple after God's heart – a wonderful pair," Nnaji said. "Their humility and self-sacrifice are challenging and inspiring. Indeed, I deeply admire and appreciate their ministerial grace and pray that as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their ministry in Family Christian Center, Patterson. I hope their hearts may find encouragement for continued service in God's vineyard. On behalf of my family, I congratulate Pastors Ken and Brenda Moren."
Under Pastor Moren's tenure, the ministries of the church have expanded to include Kingdom Kidz Preschool, now in its 10th year, as well as NOAH Outreach Ministry, a neighborhood outreach of Assemblies of God.
NOAH uses a special bus to go into the various neighborhoods of Patterson in order to present to children and young adults the message of the good news and hope.
NOAH also gives out coats, clothing, backpacks, food, and supplies, and most recently conducted an Easter egg outreach in a city park near the Hammon Senior Center. During that time, the 300 children and adults who participated at Tilton Park collected more than 5,000 Easter eggs.
Pastor Moren is also proud that the now 300-member church has a tremendous outreach towards other churches and participates in such events as the annual prayer breakfast at the Federated Methodist-Presbyterian Church each January. He also recalls golf games played with Sacred Heat Church priests Rev. James Galvan and Rev James Connors, who are both now deceased. He is active in the Patterson Ministerial Association as well as the Patterson Rotary Club.
"We have really had a great relationship with the churches," Moren said. "Many of the barriers have been broken down resulting in excellent fellowship between the pastors and churches."
Besides the Sunday service, Kingdom Kidz Preschool, and NOAH Ministries, the church has a strong music and puppet ministry, Bible study, Missionettes, Royal Rangers and Extreme Youth groups.
Pastor Moren credits his wife, Brenda for working alongside him throughout the entire process.
"I could not have done what I've done without Brenda," Moren said.
"Besides being life partners for 48 years, we have been partners in the ministry for 44 years. Without Brenda I could not have accomplished what has been accomplished —she's a valuable asset; she's involved and interested in this congregation."
Besides having two sons, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren to keep track of, Brenda has worked with denomination as a Womens Ministries representative. Her primary responsibility is to raise money for missions. Her section raised the most money for seven consecutive years — averaging $40,000 a year.
The record was $52,000 for the Central San Joaquin Section of Assemblies of God of the Northern California District, which consists of more than 400 churches.
The church has also afforded Pastor Moren the opportunity to grow academically.
He earned his master of arts in church leadership and management from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, MO. in 2008 and just completed his masters of Divinity in 2014.
Pastor Moren has just been accepted to Mill Valley into the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary for the doctor of ministry program with an emphasis on teaching in colleges and universities.
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Next year's proposed budget is calling for a $1,500 across-the-board pay raise for full-time city workers. But, with a $3 million price tag, and a nearly $8 million shortfall, some are suggesting that only the lower paid workers get a raise. City Administrator Fred Russell, though, doesn't support that approach.
"That would be a policy decision that the Commission could make. Once again, that's not something I would recommend. I don't think that's fair to everybody who works hard every day. That's a policy decision they could make and if that's what they want, that's what they will do," Russell says.
City department leaders have been told to submit a list of cuts, representing five and ten percent of this year's budget, for Commissioners to consider.
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El Dorado County, California ballot measures
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March 8, 2011
- Tahoe Truckee Unified School District parcel tax, Measure A (March 2011) (also on ballot in Nevada County and Placer County)
November 2, 2010
- See also: November 2, 2010 election in California
Cameron Estates Community Services District parcel tax, Measure C
South Lake Tahoe Business License Tax, Measure E
El Dorado County Purchase Authority, Measure G
City of Placerville Sales Tax, Measure H
November 3, 2009
South Lake Tahoe Community Facilities District, Plan Amendment, Measure B (2009)
May 5, 2009
Showcase Ranches Community Services District parcel tax, Measure A, May 2009
November 4, 2008
Gold Oak Union school bonds, Measure E, 2008
Lake Tahoe school bonds, Measure G, 2008
Cameron Estates parcel tax, Measure H, 2008
Los Rios Community College bond election, Measure M, 2008. $475 million. Shared with Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Solano and Yolo
June 3, 2008
El Dorado Union High School Measure Q (June 2008)
Lake Tahoe Unified School District Measure A (June 2008)
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