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The Broncos are doing what they can to comfort running backs coach Eric Studesville as he grieves the loss of his parents.
Al and Janet Studesville died Tuesday in Texas when the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a truck that crossed into their lane. Broncos owner Pat Bowlen provided a private plane for Eric Studesville and his family so they could travel to Madison, Wis., to be with relatives.
"We view ourselves as a family," Broncos head coach John Fox said Thursday. He addressed the tragedy with his team Wednesday. "Those things need to be talked about and brought out. This is a well-liked coach on our staff."
According to the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News, Studesville's parents were riding together traveling east on U.S. 54 when a westbound truck crossed into their lane. Studesville's parents were pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver, Dewayne Buck, was uninjured.
"Everybody has parents and we all understand what a tragedy this is," Fox said. "We're a large group that's a microcosm of society. Good things happen, bad things happen and you rally around each other."
Quick recovery. Not quite 6½ months after his torn ACL was repaired by Dr. James Andrews, rookie defensive end Quanterus Smith participated in individual and position drills the past two days.
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Late-December caseload figures for Sierra Leone double the combined total of Liberia and Guinea during the same period; however, overall case transmission in Sierra Leone appears to slightly decline. USG partners open three EVD treatment units (ETUs) in Liberia. The USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) reports that prolonged market and trade disruptions have resulted in below-average incomes and purchasing power for poor households in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
Petogodišnji Projekat za bolje uslove poslovanja započet je u januaru 2011. Projekat pomaže Vladi Srbije da poveća konkurentnost ekonomije i privatnog sektora u Srbiji unapređenjem uslova poslovanja, poboljšanjem upravljanja javnim finansijama i jačanjem tržišta kapitala. Aktivnosti projekat zasnivaju se na prioritetima koje su identifikovali Vlada Srbije i privatni sektor.
USAID's Business Enabling Project is a seven-year initiative launched in January 2011. The project helps the Government of Serbia (GoS) increase the competitiveness of the Serbian economy and its private sector by streamlining the business enabling environment, improving public financial management, and strengthening financial markets.
USAID launched the Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE) pro-ject to increase food and economic security. LEVE is designed to create jobs in target industries/sectors in the Port-au-Prince, Saint-Marc, and Cap-Haïtien de-velopment corridors by creating more inclusive and productive value chains. The "value chain approach" is an innovative economic tool that views a market system from input suppliers to end market buyers in its totality, improving compet-itiveness and growth potential.
Haiti's private sector is an essential contributor to the country's long-term economic development and vitality. The Haitian economy continues to be primarily driven by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which have the potential to be strong engines of economic growth and create thousands of new jobs. However, SMEs have difficulties accessing financing, and are thus limited in their ability to grow. To address this challenge, USAID's Leveraging Effective Application of Direct Investments project (LEAD) aims to attract investments in Haitian SMEs and increase the development impact of remittances.
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Etta James performs during the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. James, the feisty rhythm and blues singer whose raw, passionate vocals anchored many hits and made the yearning ballad "At Last" an enduring anthem for weddings, commercials and even President Barack Obama, died Friday. She was 73.
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Hi guys i really need some help with wiring for my custom Tele (there may be an NGD thread with Guitar pornz if you help) I'm wiring Lace Alumitones in H-S-S with coilsplitting a master volume and a master tone. I have a 5 way switch and a fender 5 way superswitch(I'm not really sure how the superswitch works but I thought I'd need it). Which switch would be best to wire it with and if you could help with diagrams it's be great.
You can use a regular 5-way and a push-pull pot for the coil split and use this diagram:
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Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer traveled to Miami, Florida, April 24 to 25 to meet with civil society organizations, media, and students. She engaged the community through a roundtable discussion hosted by SAVE Dade, a leading regional organization dedicated to advancing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, a meeting with students and faculty of Miami-Dade College, remarks to the Miami chapter of the Council of Foreign Relations, and a roundtable event with the Greater Miami Broward Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. Follow Assistant Secretary Brimmer on twitter @State_IO.
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While We're Waiting is a space on the WaitingForNextYear website where we share links every day. We've been doing it for about four years or so. Denny Mayo used to be much more amusing with his intros, if you recall. You know the drill: Email us with suggestions at email@example.com.
What are the Cavs right now? Who is their core? Looking deep inside their system: "So far this season, despite a near abuse of the words 'culture' and 'process' in Mike Brown's renewed jog with the team, the Cavs seem more like a DeMarcus Cousins Kings team than a culture team. Right now, their identity is a cult of personality… and that personality is the Rubix Cube that is Andrew Bynum." [Robert Attenweiler/Cavs: The Blog]
How to fix all the struggling Eastern Conference teams, including the Cavs: "The problem: They're getting killed on the wings. C.J. Miles has played well, but No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett has been brutal, shooting just 22.4 percent from the field. Free-agent signee Earl Clark, too, got off to a bad start, and Mike Brown has gone back to Alonzo Gee as his starting small forward. Second-year guard Dion Waiters has bristled about his role and is rumored to be trade bait." [Sean Deveny/Sporting News]
Things look better for the Cavs of late, but there are still major issues: "What's wrong with the Cavs? Just about everything. It seem like everybody has an opinion on what ails the Cavaliers. With the team struggling as badly as they are, people are quick to offer their opinion. Some believe Chris Grant is the problem. Many others think the issue is Mike Brown. Dion Waiters, Tristan Thompson, Jarrett Jack, Anthony Bennett, Andrew Bynum and even Kyrie Irving are not safe from criticism." [Demetri Inembolidis/The Cleveland Fan]
Oh hey, the Cavs have an opening for a Basketball Systems Developer! Calling all numbers people. [Sports Analytics Blog]
And I hate talking about LeBron James as much as anyone on this site. But this amazing article about the Heat's evolved offense is being regarded as one of the best stats-focused articles in the sports web ever. It's really awesome. [Kirk Goldsberry/Grantland]
Looking at three things worth keeping an eye on with this Browns season: "The contract situations of Alex Mack and T.J. Ward — Alright, so I cheated and this isn't actually a positive that you can see on the field when the Browns play. However, it is an important storyline for the team's future as they continue their perpetual rebuild. Both players are in the final year of their contracts and have not yet signed extensions. Both players are also some of the best performers on the roster." [Mitchell Joseph/iSportsWeb]
And oh, there's also this All-Pro on the verge of a long-term deal: "Joe Haden, CB, Cleveland Browns — Haden will be a UFA following the conclusion of the 2014 season. This is a player who can do it all at the corner position — play press-man coverage, play off-man with a smooth backpedal and very good closing quickness, play zone coverage with good vision and route recognition, finish on the ball with pass breakups or interceptions (63 PBUs/12 INTs in his four seasons), and will flat out hit, which is something that we all know corners are reluctant to do." [Louis Riddick/ESPN Insider]
The Rule 5 Draft is coming up soon. Check out this thorough background on the past 10 years of results. [Jeff Ellis/Indians Baseball Insider]
Great Tribe site continues their look at Indians attendance: "Dynamic pricing is a model used in many industries like the movie, airline, hotel and rental car businesses where it is accepted that not all products are created equal. When and where you fly, what time of year or day of the week depends on the price of your flight or hotel stay. Over the last four seasons many Major League Baseball teams—including the Cleveland Indians—have adopted the dynamic pricing system. With an 81 home game schedule, spanning six months, Major League Baseball is a perfect sports product for a dynamic pricing system." [Mike Brandyberry/Did The Tribe Win Last Night?]
This quote was getting so much erroneous play on Twitter: "Looking at the surface, Meyer's quote seems to argue in favor of Auburn or Missouri jumping Ohio State because they would be a 1-loss SEC champion. However, in 2006, Meyer was arguing for his team to jump a 1-loss Michigan team that wasn't a conference champion (when that actually mattered in the discussion) and had just lost to the Buckeyes. Both Florida and Michigan finished the regular season 11-1. The troubling thing is that there are scores of individuals who will slurp up this manufactured nonsense handed to them on a plate without knowing the truth of the matter." [Matt Yoder/Awful Announcing]
The first 40 seconds of this tunnel video from the OSU-Michigan game are INTENSE. You should definitely check it out to get hyped for Saturday. [Big Ten Network/YouTube]
Not sure exactly what prompted a prestigious paper to trash Urban Meyer: "He is also everything that is wrong with college athletics today. It isn't just that Meyer is about winning and winning only. That doesn't make him any different than 99 percent of the coaches who are paid millions of dollars to win at the big-time level in football and basketball. What separates Meyer from most of his colleagues is his ability to sell the notion that he's clean when there's dirt and mud all over him." [John Feinstein/Washington Post]
*Every OSU girl swoons* "Craft is so unimpeachable, his roommates' Twitter account — @CRAFTRoomies — is a send-up of his wholesomeness. Here's a picture of Aaron on the first day of school; here he is doing his homework; here he is vacuuming the apartment." [Dana O'Neil/ESPN.com]


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Another day, another non-story about Johnny Damon.
While I've been very pleased with Yankeeist's output (big ups to Mike and Jason), it's been a bit of a challenge to come up with content given that the Yankees haven't done anything for over a month since trading for Vazquez, and this late-January lull is starting to really rear its ugly head.
A few newsworthy items:
Interesting move by the A's picking up Ben Sheets. Despite the Yankees having no room for him, I've been coveting Sheets forever, and am definitely jealous to see him on another American League team. Feels like a bit of an overpay for a team like the A's, but hey, Billy Beane probably knows what he's doing.
The Cubs added Xavier Nady as a fourth outfielder on a contract that could be worth as much as $5.3 million in incentives. If that's the kind of deal a guy who played all of eight games last season is getting, you have to figure Damon is worth at least that much.
The Twins picked up Jim Thome for their bench. I was going to make fun of this, but Thome's actually still a fairly productive hitter, and for $1.5 million he should be a good weapon for a team that hasn't always been known for its pop.
The offseason is especially long for someone like myself who doesn't give a crap about football, but this year, perhaps more than ever (although I'm sure I say this every year) spring training cannot come soon enough.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.
The proposal has been touted as the strictest in the nation among states that have legalized medical marijuana. It authorizes physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients with whom they have an existing relationship and who has at least one of more than 30 medical conditions listed on the measure.
Lawmakers voted 35-21 to send the measure to the Democratic governor. Quinn has declined to say whether he will support the bill, saying he's "open-minded" on the issue. Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, a former prosecutor, said she is in favor after meeting with patients, including veterans.
The proposed legislation creates a framework for a four-year pilot program that includes requiring patients and caregivers to undergo background checks. It sets a 2.5 ounce limit per patient per purchase and calls for 60 dispensaries regulated by the state where patients could buy the drug.
Supporters of the legislation say it is a compassionate measure that could save patients from the agony caused by illnesses such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and HIV. They argue that marijuana can relieve continual pain without triggering the harmful effects of other prescription drugs, including painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin.
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Whether you're fresh out of college, mid-career, or ready to retire, Peace Corps service is the opportunity of a lifetime. Join recruiter, returned volunteer, and previous Speak! student, April Muniz, to learn about Volunteer experiences, have your questions answered, and gain tips to guide you through the application process.
Speak! is located in the BACK of the Glass Building, behind the X Lounge and Bluegrass Grill. To get to Speak! from the front of the building, go around Downtown Family Health Care or turn left onto Garrett Street. We share a parking lot with Downtown Family Medicine.
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Delphi Automotive PLC Stock Upgraded (DLPH)
TheStreet) -- Delphi Automotive (NYSE: DLPH) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, solid stock price performance, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. NEW YORK (
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- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 11.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 9.7%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC's earnings per share improvement from the most recent quarter was slightly positive. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC increased its bottom line by earning $3.32 versus $1.69 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($4.30 versus $3.32).
- Investors have apparently begun to recognize positive factors similar to those we have mentioned in this report, including earnings growth. This has helped drive up the company's shares by a sharp 72.96% over the past year, a rise that has exceeded that of the S&P 500 Index. Looking ahead, the stock's sharp rise over the last year has already helped drive it to a level which is relatively expensive compared to the rest of its industry. We feel, however, that other strengths this company displays justify these higher price levels.
- DLPH's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88 is somewhat low overall, but it is high when compared to the industry average, implying that the management of the debt levels should be evaluated further. Regardless of the somewhat mixed results with the debt-to-equity ratio, the company's quick ratio of 1.09 is sturdy.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Auto Components industry and the overall market, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC's return on equity significantly exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
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When I was a kid I used to think that my parents were crazy for not opening the envelopes that told them that they "might already be a winner." How can you not love the idea of someone showing up to your front door with balloons and a giant check? For some reason young people and old people get most excited for sweepstakes. I always knew that Publishers Clearing House gave away money, but I never understood the Port Washington, NY based company's business model. It's actually pretty simple. They're in the business of direct marketing with a focus on magazine subscriptions. They offer a sweepstakes where purchasing doesn't help your odds of winning at all, and use it to get attention. Attention is the first step in selling, and it's hard not to get some when you give away millions of dollars in such an extravagant fashion.
Simple logic tells you that in the aggregate people spend more money on buying stuff from Publishers Clearing House than they will ever win. I'd say it's like the lottery, but buying a lottery ticket infinitely increases your chances of winning the lottery. Obviously Publisher Clearing House's business is in flux. Magazines and mail are old hat. That's why PCH has been pretty aggressive in making the move online. They've obviously taken sweepstakes to the web, but they've also gotten into casual gaming and mobile marketing. The 2000s were a little tough on PCH as they faced charges of misleading promotions and a slowly dying business model, but from the looks of their Jobs page they must be doing ok. Here's what they're looking for:
The odds of your getting a job at PCH are way better than the 1 in billion(s) of winning one of their sweepstakes, so go for the smaller payday that comes with going into their office every weekday.
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Iso-teien Garden
Iso Teien is located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Its formal name, Sengan-en, was taken from a place in China on which the garden is modeled. Iso Teien was created by Shimazu Mitsuhisa, ruler of this region, as his villa in 1658 , and was expanded into its present form in 1848. The garden has a grand view that encompasses Kinko Bay in the foreground, and the towering volcano Sakura-jima beyond the bay, shooting out smoke. A gas lamp in the shape of a stone lantern, the first in Japan, may also be seen in the garden.
Address: 9700-1 Yoshino-cho, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima
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Academic Medical Oncologists Complement Role of Community Oncologists in Sarcoma Treatment
Published Online: Thursday, October 24, 2013
Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines state that, "All patients (with sarcoma) should be evaluated and managed by a multidisciplinary team with expertise and experience in sarcoma, prior to the initiation of therapy."1
The reasons for this statement are many. First, the average medical oncologist in private practice sees only 1-2 cases of sarcoma a year. Since mesenchymal tumors (ie, sarcoma) include more than 50 histological subtypes with varying natural histories, genetics, prognostic factors, and sensitivities to treatment, the specific treatment planning requires an in-depth knowledge of sarcoma biology. Though sarcoma is often referred to as a chemotherapy-resistant disease, it may be more correct to say it is chemotherapy-selective cancer. Thus, this necessitates the participation of a sarcoma expert with extensive experience in selecting agents for the specific subtype of sarcoma to best benefit a patient. For example, while ifosfamide is highly active in synovial sarcoma (now called X:18 sarcoma), it is much less responsive in the treatment of leiomyosarcoma. Second, the surgical and radiation planning and chemotherapy sequencing for many of the tumors is complex and requires multidisciplinary planning. Third, and most importantly, the pathology of a sarcoma is best reviewed by a pathologist with extensive experience in the diagnosis of sarcoma.2 Histology drives not only treatment decisions but also clinical trial opportunities; therefore, having the most accurate diagnosis is imperative.
It must be clearly pointed out that NCCN guidelines say patients should be evaluated and managed by a sarcoma specialist—not treated. As most sarcoma specialists would agree, standard-of-care regimens are easily given by referring physicians and most likely should be. Otherwise, we would each be treating 400-500 patients, and that is not the role for an academic physician. The major role of the academic sarcoma medical oncologist is the design and implementation of clinical trials that allow for rapid enrollment to move the field forward. Due to the rarity of the disease, most clinical trials for sarcoma patients are limited to the larger academic centers for financial reasons. As such, there is an even greater need to partner with the community oncologist to give the standard-of-care agents.
Important Clinical Trials Are in ProgressOne of the greatest successes of the sarcoma field has been in the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).3 The successful treatment of this tumor, once named gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma, with imatinib necessitated a name change, since imatinib is not effective in other leiomyosarcomas. As most community oncologists are aware, first-line treatment of GIST is imatinib, the second line is sunitinib, and the third line is regorafenib, with other tyrosine kinase inhibitors being used in specific circumstances.
Since the GIST population is now commonly treated in the community with standard-of-care agents, our ability to enroll this patient population in a clinical trial has become more difficult. For example, there is a phase III second- line trial of sunitinib versus masitinib (NCT01694277) that is very slow to enroll because most patients have been treated with sunitinib prior to either visiting or returning to an academic center (Table). Also, there is an international trial of first-line imatinib versus masitinib (NCT00812240) that is now opening. The only way this trial can accrue rapidly is through a partnership with community oncologists making sure that GIST patients are aware of it.
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What is White Balance and How Can You Use It Creatively?
As white balance is a setting that is generally handled automatically by your camera, its full creative possibilities can be overlooked by many photographers.
It can be used to produce visual effects that are quite unnatural, but even if you're attempting to capture completely lifelike photos, having an understanding of white balance will give you the power to take control on those occasions when you're camera is struggling to get it right.
What is White Balance?
The science at play in all of this can get quite complex and as I'm a designer by trade and not a scientist, I'm not even going to attempt to try and go into any great depth. I'm just going to try and describe it at a more general abstract level. If you want to know more, Google will find you some wonderfully complex pages explaining all about black body objects and more. Good luck and if your head explodes, don't come running back here looking for sympathy.
What you need to know, as a photographer, is that light can have different color temperatures that are measured on the Kelvin (K) scale. At the lower end of the scale, around 2,500 – 3,000K, color temperatures are considered to be warmer, with more of a yellow tint, while as color temperatures rise above 5,000K, they start to become cooler, with blueish tints becoming apparent.
To give this some grounding in the real world, a traditional incandescent tungsten light bulb is generally described as having a color temperature around the 3,000K mark, give or take a few 1,00s. Natural day light on a sunny day, with the sun overhead, will have a temperature ranging from around 5,000K to over 6,000K, with light in the shade rising up towards 10,000K.
What Does This Mean for My Camera and I?
When the white balance of your camera is set correctly, any objects that are white should have a completely neutral tone and the image as a whole will have natural appearing colors throughout. However, if the white balance setting is out of kilter, the result will be a photo that has an odd color cast across it as a whole. Sometimes this may not be immediately obvious when looking at a picture, but if you put two photos of the same scene or subject side by side, with different white balance settings, the difference between them can be surprisingly dramatic.
So, considering the information above, in bright daylight, a white object will appear visually to be a pretty pure and neutral white. Move the object into the shade and it will start to display a cooler blue tint, however take it inside and turn on a tungsten light bulb and the object will display a warmer tint of mild yellow.
Obviously, this isn't usually a desirable behavior and ideally we want white objects to look as if they are a pure white, regardless of what type of lighting is at play. To try and achieve this, cameras analyze the constituent colors in a scene and use this information to make a guess at the ambient color temperature. Once it's decided what the likely temperature is, it can adjust how the image file is processed to try and ensure that white objects appear white, which subsequently means other colors should also appear correct.
Unfortunately this system isn't perfect and while modern cameras generally do a very good job of approximating the correct color temperature, some circumstances will upset the apple cart. In this case, assuming that your camera allows it, you can manually select a preset white balance that most closely matches the lighting conditions that you're shooting in. In most cases, if you can select a white balance setting manually, you will also be able to set a custom white balance by taking a shot of something that is plain white or using a specially designed gray card. This is a sheet that is colored a solid 18% gray and the camera can use this to work out the color temperature of the light very accurately.
There is another way to handle this problem if your camera offers a RAW format. In this case you can completely ignore this problem when shooting and set the white balance during processing.
Getting Creative With the White Balance Setting
Hopefully, you've now got a sufficient understanding of white balance and color temperature for the purposes of a photographer. If you've found the white balance controls of your camera, you're now in the position that you can override the auto settings when necessary in order to ensure that your images don't have any unwanted color casts.
So if you can correct an inaccurate white balance setting, you can also override correct white balance settings to give your shots intentional color casts.
Why would you want to do that? A fair question, but if you're not shooting reportage type photos, you can use this technique to apply interesting creative effects to your images.
For example, if you're shooting a sunrise or sunset, you can give nature a helping hand if you think the colors could be a little warmer. If you manually set the white balance to the overcast or shade preset, the camera will compensate for the cooler tones with the result that the your image will have even warmer tones than nature intended.
Going to the other end of the scale, you can help to give your shots of snowy scenes an extra chilly feel by setting your camera to the tungsten bulb setting. In this case, your camera will select a white balance setting that's some two or three thousand kelvin higher than necessary, with the result of the whites appearing with a cool blue tint.
One of the most extreme effects that you can achieve, and this is one of my favorites, is using the tungsten setting while shooting in shady conditions. The blue tint is very obvious, but many colors in the image will seem quite natural.
Something I've not touched on yet is the fact that white balance has another dimension – it also tweaks the magenta and green values. If you check your camera's settings, you may find that you can also fine tune the color cast by adjusting the level of magenta, green, blue and yellow. If this is an option for you, you'll find that you can produce some surprising results straight from the camera. The images of reflected leaves all had the color set in camera before capture and while saturation was boosted during processing, the color itself was otherwise unchanged.
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Bank customers have been assured that they can encash cheques in foreign banks within four hours only or less after the deployment of a payment switch that facilitates the processing cheque transactions.
Speaking to The Guardian in an exclusive interview at the weekend, Tanzania Bankers Association (TBA) chairman Lawrence Mafuru, said the presence of the payment switch remains an issue in the developing world where technology is still an impediment.
"We are yet to have a payment switch, a technology that quickens payments at a shorter period of time. So in order to have cheques processed in four hours or less we need to have it reflected in banks by ensuring that all cheque clearing activities are migrated to the national payment switch," Mafuru said.
He noted that at the moment the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) is running the project whereby it is in the process of deploying a national switch which will facilitate payments timely nationally.
He said in the last two years the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) introduced a regulation demanding that all payments above 10m/- should be done through the Tanzania Inter-bank Settlement System (TISS), to facilitate timely payments because the method is much quicker.
Under this system payments can be made within two hours of checque submission, he said, adding that at the moment it is advisable that customers use TISS because they are not necessarily obliged to use cheques and there is no restriction on the amount of money involved in payment.
Unfortunately, according to him, most businesspersons prefer the current payment system which takes two to four working days for their money to be posted to their accounts because they prefer to use the cash before paying it to a bank.
Commenting on the performance trend of the banking system in the country since liberalisation in the 1990's, he said, banks have been performing very well because the regulator has improved the regulatory environment.
The banker of all banks (BoT), he said, has made sure that banks are well capitalised and are operated more prudentially.
Only one bank, Meridian Biao, collapsed since liberalisation was effected over the past twenty years, he said.
After liberalisation the bank industry has become profitable with the major challenge at the moment being the increase in non-performing loans, he said.
"One would expect this because after the global financial crisis in 2008/09 many customers suffered and most of them have not been able to recover well. In the process they have kept pressure in the banks' performance in terms of non-performing loans. But the overall picture of bank performance trend is really good and that is why more banks are coming to the country because of the prevailing opportunity for growth," he said.


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May 19, 2010
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First Credit Union Launches Preferred Dealer Program
Chandler, AZ – First Credit Union has teamed up with some of the finest auto dealers in Arizona to offer members preferred pricing and preferred service at preferred auto dealerships. The Preferred Dealer Program was launched May 1, 2010. Each month First Credit Union plans to feature one or two preferred dealers and offer extra savings and special sales events at the selected auto dealerships.
The Preferred Dealers were hand-picked and are committed to working together with First Credit Union to offer their members an easier car buying experience with affordable financing and vehicle pricing. This symbiotic relationship between the Preferred Dealers and First Credit Union is the reason members can expect great service and no hassles at the participating dealerships.
"First Credit Union is ready to lend and do more for our members. With the Preferred Dealer Program we hope to provide our members with more than just a car loan. We want to help members get a great deal on their next vehicle purchase and make it an easier process for them. We want to be a resource for all of their financial needs" said Joe Guyton, First Credit Union's Chief Lending and Credit Risk Officer.
For more information about our Preferred Dealer program visit any of our branch locations or call us at (480) 831-2645 or toll-free outside the Phoenix area at (800)732-6986.
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Serving Arizona since 1929, First Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative with over $400 million in assets and more than 50,000 members. First Credit Union offers all types of consumer and commercial loans and deposit products. Their convenient services include online banking, mobile banking, automated telephone banking, account access at 65,000 surcharge-free ATMs through the Allpoint and CO-OP ATM networks, and shared branching at almost 4,000 locations nationwide with CU Service Centers®. For more information please visit www.FirstCU.net.