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Arleen Martin Carlson, the wife of Curt Carlson, has died. The long-time philanthropist and active supporter of Twin Cities arts and humanities organizations was 93.
Carlson was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years. Curt Carlson died in 1999.
Arleen Martin was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, but moved to Minnesota when she was just five. She attended the University of Minnesota where she met her future husband.
The two were married in 1938 and established the Gold Bond Stamp Company a short time later.
She was also very active in Carlson Companies, sitting on the board of directors and attending company functions until very recently.
Arleen was active in her support of dozens of organizations, including the Boys and Girls Clubs, the Opera, the American Swedish Institute, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the United Way.
Both Arleen and Curt were strong supporters of Gustavus Adolphus College and a wing of the Nobel Hall of Science was named the Curtis and Arleen Carlson Pavilion in their honor.
In 1999, Arleen gave $10 million to the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. That brought the couple's total life-time gift to the institution to over $46 million.
Arleen Carlson was also very close to her family and very proud of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Those who knew her will always remember her loving smile, hard work and great faith.
Funeral services for Arleen Carlson will be held August 10, at 10 a.m. at the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church.
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Last month, the Obama Administration proclaimed itself a friend of American business by announcing a one-year delay, until 2015, of the "employer mandate" — the provision of its signature health reform law that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance.
"We have listened to your feedback," Treasury official Mark Mazur said on July 2. "And we are taking action."
But in the weeks since, it's become increasingly clear that the delay will provide little practical relief for businesses. Obamacare will still force them to pay more for health coverage. The delay simply gives them one more year to react — by cutting benefits, trimming hours, or reducing staff.
At the end of July, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) told a congressional panel that the employer mandate delay only "exacerbates questions" about the administration's "ability to implement and administer (Obamacare) in any type of cost-effective and fair manner."
Small businesses "continue to be in an economic holding pattern," noted William Dennis, the director of NFIB's research foundation.
According to a recent Chamber of Commerce survey, 71 percent of small businesses say that Obamacare will make it harder to grow their businesses. Half say that they'll either cut hours or shift to part-time workers to dodge the additional costs the employer mandate will bring.
Government employment data are starting to reflect these survey results. The average workweek for nonsupervisory retail workers dropped to 30.1 hours in June. That's more than a half-hour less than just six months prior, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What's worse, the nation's most vulnerable workers will bear the brunt of the mandate's ill effects, since they're most likely to hold the kind of jobs companies are cutting.
The law actually gives businesses a powerful incentive to avoid hiring low-income workers in the first place. A company faces a penalty of $3,000 for every worker who gets subsidized health insurance in Obamacare's exchanges. But the subsidies are only available to lower-income families.
Why does that matter? As James Capretta, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, explained in testimony before Congress on July 10, "a small restaurant chain might find it more attractive to hire a low wage service worker who happens to live in a middle class neighborhood than to hire someone from a lower income area who might be eligible for the health law's premium subsidies."
The White Castle hamburger chain told lawmakers that "it is the mounting uncertainty surrounding the health care law that has brought us to a standstill." In the years before Obamacare, White Castle had been opening an average eight new restaurants a year. But in the past two it's had no net growth.
White Castle vice president Jamie Richardson also said that, delay or not, the company is considering only hiring part-time workers in the future, because it expects Obamacare will boost its insurance costs by some 35 percent.
The high-end Wegman's grocery store chain revealed in July that it would drop health benefits for its part-time workers. The company had previously extended health coverage to workers who put in as few as 20 hours a week. Next year, those employees will have to buy insurance on their own in one of Obamacare's government-run exchanges.
So much for Obama's oft-repeated promise that everyone who liked their coverage would get to keep it under his health reform law.
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Anyways, I need to preface this by saying that my only exposure to Apple Computers were the Apple II machines I use to play Oregon Trail (and many other great games) on back when I was in elementary school. Going up through school, it was the old PC with Windows that the computer labs and classrooms had, so I'm pretty much just a Windows/PC guy.
With that said, I have a Media Center PC that I bought a few years ago, and I love it, so an Apple TV isn't for me. I have a Toshiba Laptop, and while the power button seems to be an issue at the moment, I love the computer and am happy with it. My desktop on the other hand is going on 7 years old now (got it in the summer of '00), and its time for a change. I honestly don't see the need to switch from XP to Vista, so a new PC doesn't look like the best option for me. However, the Mac would be a totally new experience for me, and it's something I want to dive into.
So my dilemma is a mac mini or an imac. I don't think I would need anything other than one of those 2 machines. What I would be doing the most on the computer would be recording/editing podcasts, and maybe doing a little video editing with video taken from my camera (certainly nothing major). Other than that, just the usual computer stuff, word processing here and there, and a bunch of internet use. With that said, which would be the best option for me, the mini or the imac? Is it easy to add ram to either of these machines, and does doing it yourself void the warranty?
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About Ram
The booklet gives instructions on how to add more Ram, I can't remember if it will void the warranty, but I do remember that they suggest you get a qualified Mac person to install it.
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I too am new to the world of Mac. I now love it. Personally I would gou for the iMac but I do not know much about the Mac Mini. You would probably be able to get away with either. I went for a laptop to replace my old PC desktop. I take it to work sit on the lap or leave it on my desk. Its all good.
Oh and ram...just added 1 gig stick myself....so now I have 2
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There are rumors that at WWDC which will begin in a few days, they will announce new models.
(There's also a rumor that the Mac Mini would be discontinued. o_O )
You might want to wait and see till after WWDC.
It's from June 11 to 15.
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Personally I would buy an iMac, better specs overall, much cleaner footprint. Also as remain has said there's rumour that the mini is dead and there may be a new iMac released. This is all obviously speculation but wait for WWDC before you decide.
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Also, with the iMac, you have the option of upgrading the video card to something that will handle video editing a little better. Since the Mini uses a hard-wired video card, upgrading it is NOT an option.
Also, you'll be hard-pressed to find a screen of the same quality as comes on the iMacs for a better price...so unless you have a 20 inch Hi-Res display sitting around waiting for a friend, this is yet another reason to go with the iMac.
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Apple doesn't regard the mini user servicable, you'll have to either buy it with upgraded RAM which is very expensive or you'd have to pay them to put the RAM in (I don'tk now how expensive this is but i'd guess it wasn't cheap)
You want to do minor video editing, the mac mini uses intergrated graphics and as stated; it isn't going to be up to the job
As far as I know apple regards the iMac's RAM user servicable, with a little flap where you can pop in the RAM. I think you are on your own if you mess something up though (If you've ever done it on one of your computers, its just as easy so nothing to worry about)
the iMac also represents better value, if you factor in the screen and extra features -you must weigh out if the extra features are actually worth it to you
One interesting thing about the mac mini is it can only take one display, the iMac can span onto two displays (With the use of an adapter) making your work space even larger
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Rumor is they're killing off the mini and putting something new in it's place, either that or they'll vastly update the mini, probably with a Core 2 instead of Core processor.
Who knows? All I know is that Steve Jobs has a Keynote show tomorrow and he will announce many things that could change your decision.
I would still say get the iMac, as I got one in April and so far I haven't come across anything that makes it slowdown or freeze.
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Now, if only the keynotes would hurry up and get here!
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In the past I would have recommended the Mac Mini as a fairly low-cost means of getting into the Mac world. Indeed that was my own road to the Macbook on which this post is being typed. The little PPC machine is still serving me well as a media center attached to my HDTV.
However today, while the Mini has been updated with Core Intel processor, and given a gig of RAM it's probably okay, I've heard enough negative comments to say the iMac will give you the best overall introduction to the new platform. What I've found is that once you have become accostumed to the new OS it's the little things that make the experience complete. The Mini is lacking in those little things. To wit:
Built-in iSight camera
Graphics capable of doing some of that core-video stuff (though this might have changed)
Widescreen monitor (well, let me qualify that - your existing monitor is probably not widescreen; okay, my monitor wasn't widescreen. Mac OS X seems to work much better with a 16:9 than a 4:3 for some reason)
Easy expandibilty.
The iMac is gonna be snappier, and there is nothing more frustrating than trying to get into a new environment if things slow down a lot.
Plus the 20" iMac is absolutely stunning display-wise. I have yet to see a 24" model but it must be even more awesome.
Today Macs seem to be enjoying much more acceptance from people who are frustrated by XP issues on cheap hardware, and now Vista getting forced down people's throats. If I did not have the experience of using a Mac initially and needed to update my computer I would seriously consider a Mac of some form since they are now competitively priced. At least in the notebook world, a comparitively equipped Macbook can be cheaper than a Dell. I used to build my own computers, but after awhile that got old. I'm much happier without the 'self support overhead'. I've since 'sold' two Macbooks to former Windows users: My brother in law and his boss, who bought their Macs after a short demonstration of what they can do.
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Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has announced his party's split from the joint Likud-Beitenu list that Prime Minister Netanyahu headed at the last election. The move isn't entirely unexpected and Lieberman's party will remain in the coalition. Nevertheless, the timing is hardly helpful. Allegedly it was an argument over how to respond to the ongoing Hamas rocket fire from Gaza that forced the split. By all accounts Lieberman has been pushing for a large scale operation and possible reoccupation in Gaza, whereas the prime minister has been cautioning restraint. Under different circumstances Lieberman's call for a large scale response might seem highly warranted, and it may be that Hamas leaves Israel with no other option. Yet given the critically fragile situation that Israelis now face within the rest of Israel it seems hard to imagine that now is the time to initiate a major ground offensive in Gaza.
In recent years Israel has had two minor wars with Hamas in Gaza; the first, in 2009, involved ground troops in addition to airstrikes but today it is difficult to see what strategic benefit has been achieved by either of these smaller operations. It must be clear now that the only way to bring a definitive end to the rocket fire from Gaza would be a full scale invasion that would topple Hamas. But such an operation would be no small or easy undertaking and managing the aftermath—even if with the cooperation of Fatah–would likely be equally as challenging.
While the above action may eventually prove inevitable for Israel, there are a number of ongoing security concerns that Israel cannot afford to neglect right now, and most immediately there is the matter of the widespread unrest currently playing out among its Arab population. There has of course been talk of a third intifada. The numbering here seems to fall a little short, however. Indeed, long before the establishment of the State of Israel, the local Arab population was engaging in violent uprisings against both non-Muslim British rule and the growing Jewish presence in the area as was the case in 1920, 1929, 1936-9, and 1947. The pattern continues to this day. But what is particularly alarming about the violence of recent days is that it has for the most part concerned not the Palestinians of the West Bank, but rather Israel's Arab citizens. These are people with full accesses to the ballot box should they wish to express dissatisfaction, and while many still suffer real economic difficulties (as do the ultra-Orthodox and Ethiopian Jews) there have in recent years been some serious efforts on the part of the Israeli government to integrate this group into the wider Israeli economy.
Right now Israel's priority has to be about restoring calm with this group. That means treading a fine line that involves using enough force to restore law and order and to resist the violence of the mob, but without being so heavyhanded as to further inflame an already volatile mood. It is safe to say that a reoccupation of Gaza and the civilian casualties that this would unavoidably involve would do nothing to help this incredibly fragile situation. And of course the casualties that would result from engaging Hamas–with its war crime tactic of hiding behind civilians–could also greatly weaken Israel's standing with its jittery Western allies. As we saw during Israel's efforts to try and find the three Israeli teens who had been kidnapped—and as we now know, murdered—in the West Bank, the international community was allowing Israel's security forces precious little room for maneuver. After the Obama administration put out the word that Israel sabotaged the peace negotiations with settlement building and as such was inviting another intifada, the mood among diplomats could all too quickly become a cold: "told you so."
And Israel finds herself all the more reliant on international goodwill given that the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program now appear to be reaching a crucial stage. Having been forbidden by the Obama administration from carrying out a strike on Iran while that was still a realistic possibility, it now appears that there is nothing other than the rickety diplomatic track standing between the Jewish state and the nightmare of life with a nuclear Iran. Nor is Iran Israel's only pressing security concern in the region. The ongoing civil war in Syria has seen increased instability along the Golan Heights as well as the threat of Hezbollah becoming armed with some of the Assad regime's most devastating weaponry. And now added to that is the threat of ISIS infiltrating Jordan, thus creating a renewed threat along the entirety of Israel's eastern border.
With all of these factors in play it is difficult to fathom how Avigdor Lieberman can seriously think that now is the time for redeploying in Gaza. This split from the Likud has been in the cards for some time and is no doubt a move informed as much by party politics as anything else. Yet Gaza hardly seems like the issue to split over, and now is certainly not a particularly wise moment to be adding to Israel's instability.


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As the clock starts ticking down on the 20th century few of us are ready to predict the future, but I venture to say that libraries in Connecticut are at a crossroads.
Back in January 1901 R.R. Bowker did not want to prophesize the future either, but in the January 1901 issue of the Library Journal he did write that it was "difficult to imagine that the next hundred years can do more, if so much, in invention within the library field as has been done in the past twenty-five years." He went on to say that the last years of the 19th century had been ones of pioneering and that the years to come should be those of fruition.
Many of the pioneering efforts of the 19th century did come to fruition as the 20th century progressed. But Bowker might be very surprised to see that the pioneering of new library services did not stop with the close of the 19th century. Nor did the invention of exciting new information technologies. Connecticut libraries, in particular, have pioneered many new services in the area of resource sharing and have been early adopters of new information technologies. The Connecticut Union List of Serials (CULS), Connecticard, Connecticar (C-Car), the Cooperating Library Service Units (CLSUs), the Connecticut Library and Information Network (CLIN), the Connecticut Library Network (reQuest) and the regional automation systems are just a few examples of the way resource sharing has been pioneered in Connecticut. The Partnership of Connecticut Libraries (PCL) was the most recent of these efforts.
Several factors have, at times, tempered our pioneering efforts. In his paper, Steady Habits and Wooden Nutmegs; Connecticut Libraries in the Year 2000 (CSL, 1990), retired UConn Library Director Norman D. Stevens noted that "Connecticut has a reputation for being a conservative state with well established institutions that are slow to change." Connecticut is also a state that is comprised of many independently governed libraries. Neither our reputation for steady habits nor our heritage of local control should hold us back. They just make it more interesting.
State and federal funds have been a catalyst for many of these pioneering efforts. But the state funding has not been there to sustain these efforts. This has put pressure on the federal dollars, which in turn has limited the funds needed to stimulate and support the development of new resource sharing efforts.
A window of opportunity has opened. Lt. Governor Rell has recommended to the Governor the establishment of the Connecticut Education Network as well as a digital library. Connecticut Public Television is about to move into the digital television arena. The time to craft a new vision for library resource sharing that meets the needs of a 21st century Connecticut is now.
I have asked both the Advisory Council on Library Planning and Development (ACLPD) and the Connecticut Digital Library (reQuest) Board to convene whatever task forces are necessary to draft a blueprint for statewide multi-type resource sharing by this summer. Your feedback to the draft plan will be essential as we work to reach consensus by this fall. This is an aggressive time frame, but we have little time to waste. The challenge will be to develop a plan that allows libraries to adapt quickly to the increasingly rapid rate of technological change, is sustainable and technology neutral.
I encourage your active participation as together we plan for an exciting future.
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There is a problem with silicon-based life. Silicon is not as nearly versatile chemically as carbon is. It is highly doubtful silicon can sustain any meaningful biochemistry -at least, not by itself
These statements are all true... on Earth. Plenty of reactive silanes are possible. All known biochemistry is based on carbon, so of course silicon is not going to catalyze many biochemical reactions. But carbon-based reactions do not go so efficiently in the cold... Iron chemistries might have gone wild on Mars. Why not metal-based life (lots of metals form strong alloys)?
Carbon itself is highly unreactive. This is why pencils and diamond rings are allowed on airplanes. It needs bonded groups such as amines, hydroxyls, thiols, etc. to get any meaningful work done. Carbon is just the backbone.
We simply haven't tried every possible chemical reaction in all possible environmental conditions to know which reactions might be "spontaneous" on other planets. We can sure try and guess. However, chemists are surprised every day by reaction kinetics, behaviors, and mechanisms here on Earth. We still don't understand chemistry that well. So why do we need to stifle ideas of how things might evolve on other planets with vastly different experimental conditions?
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Six months after Hurricane Katrina, America has all but forgotten the children affected by the storm - especially its' infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers. There were more than 400,000 children under the age of five living in areas designated by FEMA as disaster areas. We know that Katrina literally left thousands of small children homeless and traumatized.
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In the run up to the October launch of Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone 8, a number of commentators who had experienced the beta versions of some of the software elements wondered if branding these operating systems as 'Windows' was a mistake.
There is a certain comfort to 'Windows' but as a new and exciting product, it was always going to be a difficult sell. Even now there are questions over the branding (nicely gathered together by Tom Warren at The Verge). The worst of it is Microsoft not have to stick to 'Windows' as the major brand name, they had a new name that was in the public domain, ready to go, but has now been scrubbed from the corporate dictionary.
The modern UI of large typefacing, tiles and horizontal views has been pioneered and tweaked in many consumer products, From the first Windows Media Centers, through the Zune music players, and refined in the Windows Phone 7 range, Metro UI was the clean style of interface that has now been iterated into the latest products.
Except that during the summer months, Metro was dropped as a title (just after rumors that German wholesaler Metro AG had been in touch over the trademark). Anyone being strictly correct now calls it the 'Microsoft Design Language', even though it's tempting to write 'the UI formerly known as Metro' just to drive the point home.
Think of the dual nature of the desk-bound and tablet computers… If the core product was called Metro instead of Windows 8 then the dual nature would be far easier to convey. New computers would run Metro, but also have a 'Windows mode' for those needing the classic style. It would have made the transition clear, it would stop people looking at Windows 8 devices and wondering where the Windows were, and it would have conveyed the sense that this was something new to the market.
I've no doubt that when the memoirs come out around this period in Microsoft's history we'll hear about many discussions around the naming, and that there will be strong voices arguing for Metro as the new brand, rather than the momentum and risk averse strategy of sticking with Windows. The decision had already been made to realign the consumer electronics under a single technological banner. I feel it was a shame that the opportunity to create a new banner was not taken at the same time.
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Exactly ! Hence the importance of a new organizing principle, a new mind-set and philosophy for leading & managing in an increasingly densely-networked environment.
Yje 'social dynamics' of an organization, supported by its culture, is based on, reinforced, and (often) struggling with 50+ years' build-up / accumulation of assumptions that may not fit well with the flows and activity of networks.
Politics, as we call it, inside organizations is a critical issue, and a determiner of cultural characteristics. More and more often we see the effects of the 'publicness' of online activity, as well as the persistent memory available, in the reports of scandals, deals, etc. whether in global / national / regional politics, business, entertainment, etc.
Transparency is tough, and in many ways raises / sharpens the game for leaders and managers … as you have been explaining to us.
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Hello Harvey, thank you for your articulate and concise comment. If you follow my columns you will see that more often than not, I provide vegetarian recipes. It is important to practice food safety with ALL foods. I regularly rinse all produce and meats that enter my kitchen.
Thanks for your sweet comment, Thomas! You're going to love it!
Thanks, Xander! I must admit - it was pretty tasty, and super simple to make. Great for a day when you already have the barbecue heated up. Enjoy!
Thanks for your great comments! You're right about the beer - goes great with a spicy curry!
You should check out my column on potato salad, which is a great dish to take to a hot picnic. Here's an easy tip: I always throw a few plastic water bottles in the freezer the night before heading to the beach. By the time I set up camp at Sandy Hook I'm ready for a cool drink and some delicious sandwiches!
Stay tuned for some summer sangria recipes...... How good does that sound?
Hey shorehousechic! Thanks so much for your comment. The salt can be a tricky issue depending on your brand of canned beans, as they all use varied amounts. Thank you for pointing this out! I hope it was a nice complement to your beach party. ;-)
Thanks so much for your comments, gentlemen!
James, quesadillas are best when made fresh, but they are still pretty delicious when made just before your guests arrive and then held in a 200 degree oven until ready to serve.
The key to keeping frozen margaritas perfect is to drink them quickly. ;-)
Hi Yumion, thank you so much for sharing this with your FB page for Vidalia Onion lovers! It is a treasure trove of information for those who love these sweet alliums! Please let me know if you try the recipe. I look forward to hearing about it.
Hey Skeezer, thanks for your comment!
Thank you for pointing out that it is important to check labels. The best way to be sure that your produce is locally grown is to buy it at a certified Jersey Fresh Farmers' market. In that case it is mandated that 90% of the produce must come from our great garden state! Good luck!
Ha! Yeah, I'm thinking barbecue season is going to be made exponentially better by these onions.
Thanks so much for your post! There are so many delicious products out there made with Vidalia onions. I have had the salad dressing too and you're right, it's to die for! That onion festival sounds fun. Might have to take a road trip......
Hi Firewater! Thanks so much for your comment. Almonds would be delicious in this recipe; you should feel free to experiment. Most traditional pestos are made with pine nuts, which are delicious but unfortunately come with a hefty price tag that is a bit much for my pocketbook.
Please let me know if you make this recipe. I look forward to hearing from you again.
Zenthar, you are so right! Pimenton will lend an earthy and smokey flavor to your hummus. Great idea! Thanks so much for chiming in.
Hey, downrowner! Thanks for your comment! I like to believe that my readers (you included!) are sophisticated and worldly enough to know that tahini, a paste made from ground up sesame seeds, can be found in pretty much all super markets. I would imagine that given Hudson County's diversity, it is probably a pantry staple for many.
In the future I will keep an eye out and better explain those crazy ingredients. ;-)
Hey Xander, Thnks so much for your comment. Please let me know if you try it!
Oh Liz, you made my day! Please let me know if you make it and how it turns out! If you're feeling adventurous add some extra grated cheese to the top for an extra crunchy crust. Happy Easter!
Hi Paul. Thanks for your comment! The low-fat component always makes me feel better about eating it alongside my favorite barbecued ribs. I hope you enjoy it!
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy is one of the few guitarists who can claim to have invented a new sound and style.
When he came on the scene in 1958, Eddy developed a technique using a low-note guitar riff that has launched several hits, such as Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run," the Beatles' "Day Tripper" and the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction."
Eddy eventually became the most successful instrumentalist in rock history, charting 15 top 40 singles from 1958 through 1963 and selling more than 100 million records worldwide.
In an exclusive interview with The Guitar Show with Andy Ellis, Eddy talked about his latest album, Road Trip. Released in June of 2011, Road Trip was recorded in Sheffield, England and produced by former Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley.
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Nine banks have failed so far in 2009, including three that went down on Friday. Twenty-five went under in 2008, equal to the entire number that failed in the previous seven years. The FDIC currently predicts that bank failures through the next four years may cost the deposit insurance fund more than $40 billion. The FDIC has classified 171 banks as "problem."
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Three banks, two in California and one in Georgia, were seized by regulators, bringing this year's tally of closings to nine as a recession and record foreclosures extend the biggest financial crisis in more than 70 years.
County Bank of Merced, California, with deposits of $1.3 billion and assets of $1.7 billion, was shut yesterday by the state's Department of Financial Institutions, according to an e-mailed statement from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Westamerica Bancorporation, holding company for Westamerica Bank, acquired all the assets and deposits.
The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed McDonough-based FirstBank Financial Services Inc., which had $337 million in assets and $279 million in deposits as of Dec. 31, the FDIC said in a statement. The California Department of Financial Institutions shut Culver City-based Alliance Bank, with assets of $1.14 billion and $951 million in deposits.
The FDIC was named receiver of the institutions, which will resume business as branches of the acquiring banks. Regulators seized six banks in January, the largest monthly toll since 1993, including Salt Lake City-based MagnetBank, which the FDIC closed Jan. 30 after being unable to find a buyer. The FDIC shuttered 25 banks last year, matching the total for 2001 through 2007.
The FDIC, other U.S. bank regulators and Congress are taking steps to help banks avoid losses as the administration of President Barack Obama readies a stimulus package that may include guarantees for toxic assets, according to people familiar with the plan.
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Legislation that would more than double deposit insurance coverage and offer safeguards for banks is being considered by Congress. The House Financial Services Committee unanimously approved a measure that would raise coverage to $250,000 per depositor per bank, from $100,000.
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