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In Re Kollmorgen, 11-10904 (Bankr. D. Kan. Jan. 23, 2012) Doc. # 60
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SIGNED this 20th day of January, 2012.
KENNETH LEE KOLLMORGEN, ) Case No. 11-10904
JUDY ELAINE KOLLMORGEN, ) Chapter 13
Debtors. )
The feasibility of the Kollmorgens' amended chapter 13 plan turns on the appropriate value of
their manufactured home secured to 21st Mortgage Corporation. The Kollmorgens propose to pay a
secured value of $5,000 under their plan. 21st Mortgage contends the value of the manufactured home
is $16,700. Because the NADA manufactured housing appraisal guidebook more closely approximates
the replacement value of the manufactured home under 11 U.S.C. 506(a)(2), 21st Mortgage's value is the
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appropriate value and the Kollmorgens' amended plan cannot be confirmed as proposed.1
Findings of Fact
The Kollmorgens filed their chapter 13 case on April 6, 2011. The Court confirmed their
amended plan on July 6, 2011, subject to resolution of the value of their manufactured home which
secured the $27,000 claim of 21st Mortgage.2 Under the amended plan, the Kollmorgens valued the
home at $5,000.3 The Court subsequently conducted an evidentiary hearing on valuation on September
29, 2011 at which time the Kollmorgens presented the appraisal of Dennis Guinn, a provisional
appraiser, and 21st Mortgage presented the appraisal of D. Michael Cox.4
The subject property is a 1998 Oakwood 16 x 80 foot manufactured home. It is set upon real
property in South Haven, Kansas owned by the Kollmorgens and occupied by the Kollmorgens'
daughter. Under Kansas law, the manufactured home is personal property and the grant of a security
interest in a manufactured home is perfected in accordance with the Kansas Manufactured Housing Act,
KAN. STAT. ANN. § 58-4201 et seq. (2005 and 2010 Supp.).5 There is no dispute here that 21st Mortgage
has a valid lien in the manufactured home, and claims no lien or interest in the real property on which
1 This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(L) over which the Court has
jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157(a) and (b)(1) and 1334(b).
2 Dkt. 44.
3 Dkt. 31, p. 8, para. d.
4 Martin J. Peck appeared as attorney for the debtors. Tyson C. Langhofer appeared as
attorney for 21st Mortgage. Christopher T. Micale also appeared for the chapter 13 trustee Laurie B.
5 See KAN. STAT. ANN. § 58-4204(a) (2010 Supp.). The owner of a manufactured home may
eliminate its certificate of title by following the process outlined in KAN. STAT. ANN. § 58-4214
(2005), the effect of which is to make manufactured homes permanently affixed to real property an
incident of ownership of the real property and subject to any mortgage lien that may exist against the
real property. The present case does not involve an eliminated title.
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the manufactured home is set.
The appraisal methodology used by Mr. Guinn and Mr. Cox to value the mobile home varied
widely. Mr. Guinn employed a market based approach while Mr. Cox utilized a cost approach. Mr.
Guinn is a provisional licensed appraiser, which means that his appraisals must be reviewed by a
certified licensed appraiser because he has not attained the requisite number of supervised appraisal
hours. Mr. Guinn obtained no training or certification specific to manufactured homes but has prepared
about 20 such appraisals. Leroy Leland, the Harper County appraiser, is Guinn's supervising appraiser
who reviewed the appraisal.6 In his opinion, Guinn's appraisal was supported by the comparable sales
and the adjustments, although he could give no specifics and testified that the adjustments and ultimate
value assigned by Guinn was a matter of exercising professional judgment.7 He agreed with Guinn's
valuation of $5,000 for the manufactured home as of March 9, 2011.8 According to Leland, the
manufactured home was appraised as 'on-site', without the land. If the home did not have to be moved
off the land, it was worth $8,000. And it would cost $5,000-$10,000 to refurbish the manufactured
home before resale. Guinn and Leland, in effect, appraised the manufactured home using the
comparable sales methodology in a fashion similar to appraising a stick-built house.
Mr. Cox took a different approach. His approach was based upon a cost analysis with various
adjustments to the specific property. Cox is a manufactured house appraiser. He has been a certified
manufactured house appraiser since 1998, but has no state license as an appraiser. He performs
approximately 50 such appraisals per year in a four-state area. Cox has provided expert appraisals for
6 Debtor's counsel qualified Leland as an expert and the bulk of the appraisal testimony
came from Leland, not Guinn.
7 Although Leland personally inspected the mobile home, he did not view or inspect the
comparable sales properties.
8 Ex. A.
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court proceedings twice. According to Leland, Mr. Cox's appraisal does not meet the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as his report contains no market data analysis and no
comparable sales.9 The starting point for Mr. Cox's appraisal was a value worksheet.10 He assigned a
base value of $12,763 to the Kollmorgen home that was derived from the NADA Manufactured
Housing Appraisal Guide and applied the NADA Guide location adjustment, to arrive at a NADA
Guide Book Retail Value of $13,000. From this value Cox made certain cost adjustments for the
condition of the home, the presence or absence of certain components, and the cost of repairs, to arrive
at a "depreciated replacement value" of $15,333.50 From that result, a further adjustment was made
for the absence or presence of certain accessories to arrive at the "indicated value by the cost approach"
and rounding that figure to the nearest hundred for an estimated market value of $16,700 for the
manufactured home in its present condition.11 Cox affirmed that the $16,700 value was the value of the
manufactured home as it sets and signed a certificate of value for the manufactured home in that
Analysis and Conclusions of Law
Because the Kollmorgen manufactured home is personal property, its value should be
9 Mr. Leland acknowledged that in his capacity as county appraiser he annually appraises
some 150-200 manufactured homes as personal property "by Guide."
10 Ex. 2.
11 See Ex. 1, 2, and B. Mr. Cox's appraisal was dated April 24, 2011. The incorrect value
summary was apparently provided in his appraisal report (Ex. 1, p. 5, line 1) and prior to trial the
correct, revised value summary was provided (Ex. 2, line 1) that changed the NADA base value
from $11,257 to $12,763 and corrected the chart identified in the NADA guide from which he
pulled the base value. Cf. Ex. 1 and Ex. 2. All adjustments made by Cox remained the same except
the components cost adjustment which decreased from $6,874 to $5,874. Cf. Ex. 2, line 5 and Ex. 1,
p. 5, line 5.
12 Ex. B, p. 11.
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determined by 11 U.S.C. § 506(a)(2), which provides:
If the debtor is an individual in a case under chapter 7 or 13, such value with respect to
personal property securing an allowed claim shall be determined based on the
replacement value of such property as of the date of the filing of the petition without
deduction for costs of sale or marketing. With respect to property acquired for
personal, family, or household purposes, replacement value shall mean the price a retail
merchant would charge for property of that kind considering the age and condition of
the property at the time value is determined.
Overlaying this is § 506 (a)(1) which codifies the Supreme Court's mandate in Rash, that the replacement
value is to be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and the proposed disposition or use
of the property.13 There is no dispute here that the Kollmorgens acquired the manufactured home for
personal or family use since Mrs. Kollmorgens' unchallenged testimony establishes that her daughter
lives in the home. Because it is personal use property, the second sentence of § 506(a)(2) applies. 21st
Mortgage bears the burden of proving the value of the manufactured home.14
In Cook, this Court analyzed § 506(a)(2) in the context of valuing a motor vehicle for purposes
of confirmation of debtors' chapter 13 plan.15 The concepts discussed in Cook apply here. First, the
Court concluded that personal use property should be valued as of the date of the valuation hearing.16
While this will ordinarily be at confirmation, in this case the valuation hearing was held in September,
2011. But both of the appraisals valued the manufactured home in the March-April, 2011 time frame,
and the Court received no evidence that these values had changed in six months' time.
Then the Court considered the appropriate method of valuation for personal use property. It
13 See Associates Commercial Corp. v. Rash, 520 U.S. 953, 963, 117 S.Ct. 1879, 138 L.Ed. 2d 148
14 See In re Coleman, 373 B.R. 907, 911-12 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2007).
15 415 B.R. 529 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2009).
16 Id. at 533-34.
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noted that the Supreme Court in Rash did not explicitly define "replacement value." But the second
sentence of § 506(a)(2) defines replacement value of personal use property as "the price a retail
merchant would charge for property of that kind considering the age and condition of the property at
the time value is determined," from which this Court concluded that reconditioning and repair cost
adjustments may be made to the merchant retail value to account for depreciation and wear.17 Both of
the vehicle appraisers in Cook used NADA retail values, but the Court ultimately adopted and approved
the use of NADA "clean retail value" as the "best starting point for valuing personal use vehicles under
§ 506(a)(2)'s second sentence," with adjustments for repairs and reconditioning.18 In any event, this
Court has expressly approved the use of NADA retail guides for valuing motor vehicles.
Other courts have utilized industry retail value guides such as NADA for determining the
amount of allowed secured claims, including those secured by motor vehicles and manufactured or
mobile homes.19 In In re Coleman, the court determined the retail merchant value of a mobile home under
§ 506(a)(2)'s second sentence using the NADA retail guide. That case is instructive and persuasive
here.20 There, Judge Federman recognized differences between the NADA retail guides for vehicles and
17 Id. at 534.
18 Id. at 535.
19 See In re Cline, 275 B.R. 523 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2001) (certified mobile home appraiser
referred to values in an unidentified national guide for mobile home values and utilized an industry-
approved form for his appraisal with adjustments for geographic location, condition, and
components); In re Coleman, 373 B.R. 907 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2007) (NADA guide's retail value for
mobile home was useful starting point to determine retail merchant value); In re Scott, 437 B.R. 168
(Bankr. D. N.J. 2010) (using NADA guide retail value as starting point for determining retail value
of vehicle under 506(a)(2)'s second sentence); In re Eddins, 355 B.R. 849 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 2006)
(NADA retail value is starting point for valuation of vehicles under 506(a)(2)); In re Carlson, 2006 WL
4811331 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2006) (using NADA retail value to determine value of mobile home);
In re Zambuto, 437 B.R. 175 (Bankr. D. N.J. 2010) (NADA retail value as starting point for calculating
retail value of vehicle).
20 373 B.R. 907 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2007).
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the NADA value guide for manufactured homes. The NADA guidebook value of manufactured homes
is based on the general specifications of the subject home and "is considered a Depreciated Replacement
Cost in Retail Dollars. By definition the Depreciated Replacement Cost is the cost to replace and [sic]
item less accrued depreciation. . . . Unlike cars, the NADA value as to mobile homes tells what the
[mobile home] will actually sell for."21 It is an appropriate starting point for valuing the mobile home.
But because the NADA value presumes the mobile home is in average condition, the NADA value must
be adjusted for the cost to bring the home to average condition. Because there was no evidence of
what it would cost to make the repairs, the court in Coleman determined that the NADA value was the
retail value. In our case, Cox's appraisal and testimony supply the evidence of adjustments to the
NADA value that was lacking in Coleman.
Before addressing Cox's appraisal and adjustments to the NADA value, the Court must make
sense of the Cox appraisal exhibits admitted at trial. To do that, one must piece together three exhibits
– Ex. 1, Ex. 2, and Ex. B -- to assemble a nearly complete appraisal report that is coherent. Much study
indicates that none of these exhibits, standing alone, constitutes the entire appraisal report. Only by
comparing and using parts of each exhibit can a coherent whole be assembled, adding to the Court's
work here. Further complicating matters is that an incorrect value summary page and incorrect value
certificate are included among the exhibits.22 I conclude that a complete report would consist of Exhibit
1 with the correct value summary page found in Exhibit 2 (with a Guide Book Retail Value of $13,000),
the correct component adjustment detail page ($5,874) found in Exhibit B, p. 5, and the correct
certificate of value ($16,700) found in Exhibit B, p. 11, substituted for the corresponding or missing
21 Id. at 913.
22 See note 11, supra.
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pages contained in Exhibit 1.23 Working from this "re-assembled," coherent version of the Cox
appraisal, we now turn to its substance.
Cox's use of the NADA value guide for manufactured homes as the starting point for
determining the retail merchant value of the Kollmorgens' home is appropriate. Cox's two-page
appraisal worksheet and instructions are on a National Appraisal System form dated August of 2008.
The general instructions indicate that the NADA base value is derived from market data and takes
depreciation into account.
The N.A.D.A. Manufactured Housing Appraisal Guide is the modified summation approach to
value. Values reflected in the publication are based on market data received from a variety of sources
in the nine N.A.D.A. regions, and these values represent a sited (delivered and set-up) structure in
current year depreciated replacement retail dollars. In the absence of local, reliable, similar comparable
sales data, the values are considered to be FAIR MARKET RETAIL VALUES.24
Contrary to Leland's criticism of Cox's appraisal, the NADA guide value considers market data in its
assigned value and is a valid starting point for retail merchant value.
The adjustments applied by Cox are based upon replacement cost and adjust the retail value to
23 The appraisal report should consist of the following pages: a three-page National
Appraisal System Form #2 worksheet and title page "numbered" as Pages A, B and C. See Ex. 1, pp.
1-3. The substance of the Cox appraisal then starts with a page containing the description of the
subject property (N.A.S. Form #2, Page 1), followed by a value summary (N.A.S. Form #2, Page 2)
cross-reference to a separate detail page for each of the adjustments shown on the value summary
page (N.A.S. Form #2, Page 3 [Condition and Cost of Repairs adjustment], Page 4 [Components
adjustment], and Page 5 [Accessories adjustment]). See Ex. 1, p. 4; Ex. 2; Ex. 1, p. 6; Ex. B, p. 5, and
Ex. 1, p. 8. Pages 6-8 of the N.A.S. Form #2 are omitted because they pertain to adjustments for a
home located in a manufactured home community (park) and comparable sales market data analysis,
neither of which were made by Mr. Cox. The next page in the appraisal report is the Professional
Standards of the Appraisal Discipline (N.A.S. Form #2, Page 9) with the attached Certificate of
Value and Appraiser's Certification. See Ex. 1, p. 11; Ex. B, pp. 11-12. The next page of the
appraisal report is a page marked as Market Data Return (N.A.S. Form #2, Page 10) and appears to
be the final page of Form #2. See Ex. 1, p. 9. The remaining pages comprising the appraisal report
consist of photographs of the subject property and a location map. See Ex. 1, pp. 12-17; Ex. B, p. 21.
The Cox appraisal report as "re-assembled" consists of these 19 pages referenced above in the
24 Ex. 1, p. 2.
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address the specific components and condition of the subject manufactured home as § 506(a)(2) requires
for personal use property. An adjustment for the components and accessories that the subject property
has is necessary to compare the subject property to the manufactured home valued by the NADA guide
(i.e. to compare "apples to apples"). The adjustment for repair costs is an adjustment to the guide value
that takes into account the condition of the manufactured home and is also appropriate. These repair
costs included repair of vinyl siding, resealing shingles, replacement of carpet in several rooms and wall
or floor repair. The amount of Cox's adjustments went largely unchallenged by debtor and are therefore
adopted by the Court.25
The Court finds that the replacement value of the subject manufactured home under § 506(a)(2)
is $16,700 as set forth on the value summary shown by Exhibit 2.
Because the Kollmorgens' amended plan provides 21st Mortgage an allowed secured claim in the
amount of $5,000, the amended plan cannot be confirmed and the Court's previous order modifying
and confirming the Kollmorgens' amended plan is VACATED. The Kollmorgens' shall have 14 days
to amend their plan to treat 21st Mortgage's allowed secured claim in the amount of $16,700 and bring
the amended plan back for confirmation hearing. Absent an amendment to the plan, confirmation of
Kollmorgens' amended plan is DENIED and their case will be dismissed without further notice.
# # #
25 A deduction to the value of the manufactured home for the cost to move or relocate the
manufactured home is unwarranted. No money value is added to the retail value to relocate or set
the manufactured home. See In re Carlson, 2006 WL 4811331 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2006) (NADA
retail value does not include moving costs.).
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My machine is currently running Windows 7. I have 2 partitions: OS (C:) and DATA (D:). I intend to do a native Ubuntu 14.04 install. Assuming I format my Windows OS partition, will I have full access to my D partition in Ubuntu ?
Ubuntu can certainly read and write files in an NTFS partition. The data partition needs to be mounted. This can be done automatically on bootup by modifying the file system table (/etc/fstab). See, for example, Mounting Windows Partitions in Ubuntu
Others have posted good information; however, there's one other critical detail: Ubuntu lacks a useful NTFS repair utility. Filesystems occasionally become damaged. Power outages, bugs, system crashes, and other conditions can cause this to happen. When Ubuntu encounters a damaged NTFS volume, Ubuntu will refuse to mount it. Thus, on an Ubuntu-only system, using NTFS on an internal disk is a problem waiting to happen. As soon as that NTFS volume becomes damaged (and it will), you'll have to move the disk to another computer or use a Windows emergency disk to repair it. Either action is a hassle and even creates new risks.
Thus, if you intend to have an Ubuntu-only system, as it sounds like you do, I strongly recommend converting that data partition from NTFS to a Linux-native format. You can do that by backing up, converting, and then restoring the data; or by creating Linux-native storage, copying the data, and then converting the NTFS to Linux-native for use in some other way. (You could also copy the data and then resize the Linux filesystem, but that creates new risks, so I only recommend doing that if you've got a good backup.) The best approach really depends on how much data you're talking about, how much unused disk space you've got, and how much backup capacity you've got.
I'll take this opportunity to step onto a soap box and say that if you don't have good backups, you should make them, even if it means buying external storage for backup purposes. Every few days, I see a tale of woe from somebody who doesn't have good backups and who's lost irreplaceable data as a result. Please don't become one of those people! If a conversion from NTFS to a Linux-native format helps convince you to buy necessary backup hardware, then that's another advantage to doing the conversion.
Yes, out of the box. However, I would advise to avoid a lot of writing to it, sinse Ubuntu will allow you to create files with names that Windows can't read - names with symbols and weird characters. You will be able to rename them from Ubuntu later.
Next, NTFS does not support Linux access rights, so you will not be able to place root or
NTFS driver is yet not 100% good.


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The committee requested in September a copy of all performance reviews, pay bonuses and disciplinary actions filed since 2007 for the administration of former Director Rebecca Wiley. Parts of the request are just now being delivered.
"Given the nature of the ongoing investigation, we request delivery within 30 days of this letter," Miller wrote Monday after cautioning VA staffers against destroying, modifying or moving any records.
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The letter only states that Spencer encountered problems at least 10 years ago. Pete Scovill, a spokesman for the Augusta VA, did not elaborate on the problems, but said the "medical center will provide all appropriate material to (Shinseki) as requested."
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In recent years, learning how the power structures of the modern world really work requires an unexpected leak of staggering immensity, but sometimes you just have to ask. Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh did just that and wound up interviewing six of the men who had commanded his country's secretive internal security service, the Shin Bet (including Ami Ayalon, pictured).
The result is The Gatekeepers, a compelling and unnerving documentary about the covert battles a state wages. ''What's unnatural is the power you have,'' notes Yuval Diskin, the most recent director of the Shin Bet interviewed, and the drone footage of a missile strike playing at the time makes his point clear.
Matter-of-fact in their descriptions of troubling events and philosophical in their personal doubts, the half-dozen spooks featured are calmly scathing of their political masters but not particularly interested in self-justification.
Moreh sometimes challenges his subjects, but they tell a story without outside contradiction that focuses on Israel's occupation since 1967 of Arab lands and the resulting demands of being a colonial power. They discuss tradecraft and counter-intelligence, enhanced interrogation and targeted assassination; little of what transpires is as clean as the terms that describe it.
Powerfully focused, the film doesn't offer personal details. The ageing men on screen can be taken at face value; 84-year-old Avraham Shalom could just be someone's grandfather, but then he talks about the events of 1984, when two captured Palestinian hijackers were executed on his orders, and reality takes hold.
Through candid interviews and skilfully evoked three-dimensional spaces realised from archival images, Moreh pieces together a picture of ingenuity and skill in the service of terrible acts. ''Forget about morality,'' one veteran notes, adding that if your opponent does without it, so must you.
In the 1990s, after the failed Oslo accord and the intifadas, the Shin Bet's duties came to include surveilling Jewish extremists such as those responsible for the 1995 assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, and the grim picture the film paints is of a country in permanent conflict.
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ZEN Vision :M audio CD ripping.
I have done some reading on MP3 v's WMA and it seems that WMA is better for 192 and below and MP3 is better for 256 and up.
I want to rip my audio cd's direct to the ZEN without having to put them onto my laptop first as there sin't enough room on my laptop to copy them all and also it will obviously half the time taken.
The problem I have is that the supplied software only seems to rip using WMA and I want to backup at 256.
Is there a program that will allow me to do this ???
Or is the difference really not that much ?
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Okay. First of all, you cannot rip straight to the player. At some point of time before they can be transferred to the player, files have to be written to the computer's hard drive first, even if they are temp files and it "appears" your songs are going straight to the player. If hard drive space is at such a premium already, then you really need to consider upgrading your hard drive before doing anything else.
I very strongly recommend maintaining a backup of everything you place on your player. Being mechanical devices, hard drives do fail; hard drives in portable devices tend to fail at higher rates than in non-portable devices. You do not want to have your entire music collection stored solely on your player if the player were to get lost, stolen, or damaged.
For ease of syncronizations, this backup can be on your primary computer's drive. If space is at a premium and upgrading your computer's internal drive is not practical, then consider an external drive - either a USB drive, a NAS, a network-accessed drive in another computer - whatever. Just keep readily-accessible backups.
Okay, now that I've gotten that drummed in your head , let me touch on the other issue you brought up. WMA's do indeed sound better than MP3's at lower bitrates, but the improvement is marginal, and almost non-existent if a decent MP3 encoder is used during the ripping stage. LAME is about the best encoder out there, and it's free. Using it, however, is not easy, as it's a command-line encoder. But...
Exact Audio Copy (EAC) is arguably the best CD-ripping utility available, and it, too, is free. It's not easy to set up initially (but there are very well-written guides available that make the setup easy, and once EAC is set up, subsequent use is a snap), but well worth the time -- AND, it uses LAME, so all you have to do is put in your CD, press the button for MP3 ripping, and sit back. In a bit of time, your CD will be ripped, encoded, tagged, placed in a directory structure, and practically gift-wrapped with a pretty pink bow on it - ready to just be dragged onto your player.
Yes, WMA is marginally better, but the toll it takes on your player's battery due to WMA's high processing overhead makes it not worth the slight gain in audio quality. Yes, a library rich with WMA's will cut your battery time nearly in half.
If you use the LAME/EAC combination I described above, and follow the HydrogenAudio guide for setting it all up (a link is in the EAC website), your rips will be encoded using LAME's --vbr-new -v2 encoding settings - producing variable bitrate MP3's averaging 192kbs but sounding every bit as good as 320kbps CBR files. WMA can't touch this.
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Thanks, that's exaclty what I nneded to know.
I'll go and download it and give it a bash.
One other question, I'm going on hols soon with my better half so I won't be buying an extra drive just yet. What I'm going to do is rip say about 50 cd's at a time and then sync them to the ZEN, once I've done this I will delete them and start again (it's gonna take a while as I've got loads. lol), once I have them all on the ZEN and I get an external drive will I be able to sync them back off of the ZEN to the external HDD ??
Once again thanks for the info
Dont delete the old files after you transfer them to the zen, it is not perfect!
You can manually transfer them off the zen onto a hard drive, but its slow to do so. USB -> USB device transfers always take longer than USB -> computer -> USB.
Also, know that the zen is a bit odd if you transfer files off, dont do more than about 100 songs in a go.
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I'd recommend following the guide at uberstandard.org to rip your cds to mp3, then transferring to ZEN.
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And, according to First Amendment attorney Chris Beall, the system still doesn't bring the commissioners into full compliance with the law.
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Their work comes as sheriff's deputies and county commissioners are discussing how to levy fines or other penalties on banks and others that don't maintain the properties. County officials also want those responsible for the properties to register their names so they can be contacted if crimes are committed.
Two people were stabbed, one fatally, at an apartment complex in South Jeffco on Sunday morning.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office identified the pair as: James K. Sack, 37, and Yesenia Avila, 26. Avila died from her injuries.
The stabbings occurred about 9:30 a.m Nov. 1 at the Dakotas Apartments near Southwest Plaza.
Both victims were taken to a nearby hospital.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said Sack is in custody at the hospital, and that the circumstances around the death are still under investigation.
While classrooms across the country honored veterans Nov. 10 with patriotic plays, songs or flag ceremonies, math teacher Jean Coyne's students celebrated with protractors and calculators.
"We're making a pie graph representing the total number of years for each (U.S.) war," said 13-year-old Ken Caryl Middle School student Mark Sherman.
The Veterans Day exercises made class interesting, Sherman said, because students used real-life data to create graphs revealing how much war affects soldiers and the country.
The Jefferson County School District is certainly on top of technology, as it was named first in the nation by the Center of Digital Education as part of the Digital School District Survey.
The award came after an electronic survey was taken in school districts nationwide gauging how they integrate the use of technology in curriculum and district use.
Jeffco placed first in districts with more than 15,000 students.
Chatfield boys basketball coach Steve Schimpeler has taken a one-year leave of absence from the program, according to athletic director, Chad Broer.
"Steve's going to take a year off and focus on some family issues," Broer said. "He approached me about six weeks ago and told me what was going on in his life and that (taking a year off) may be an option. I advised him to take some time and that in the beginning of November, we'd talk again."
Blood-sucking, rabies-carrying, flying-blind mice might seem like suitable subjects for a school research project, especially around Halloween.
Linda Barnard has a message for her clients: Pour the soda down the sink and stock up on dietary supplements.
Barnard, the owner of a South Jeffco fitness studio, has decades of experience that have produced an ethos that emphasizes restraint and doesn't accept failure.
It's been more than a year since Barnard opened DOT Weight Loss and Wellness, which was inspired by her time managing Gloria Stevens Figure Salons in Massachusetts.
The name Steve Ellis doesn't resonate in this part of the country.
However, mention the name in the south, particularly Florida, and Ellis's name was synonymous with two things: hard work and Florida State athletics.
Ellis passed away far too soon at the age of 54 on Nov. 19, nine days after suffering a heart attack. According to reports, the longtime Florida State University beat writer was in the middle of writing a story when the heart attack happened. A true bulldog till the end, he made his wife e-mail in his copy before calling 911.
The immensity of the solar system can be difficult for young students to grasp, but now Jeffco students can take a long and educational walk through the sun's neighborhood.
On Oct. 7, Jefferson County Schools unveiled one of two recently completed solar space walk exhibits at the Mount Evans Outdoor Laboratory School.
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By Sal Pece
If you're working with IBM's Rational Application Developer (IRAD), Zend Studio, Photran or any of the other rapid application development tools that are based on Eclipse, you've probably got more than one active workspace.
Switching between workspaces
A nice addition to the Eclipse platform that came about a few years ago was the ability to switch between code repository locations from directly within the tool using the File--> Switch Workspace option. In a similar vein, the ability to create multiple shortcuts and point each shortcut at a different workspace using the -data switch was also a very useful feature. However, sometimes you have so many workspaces going, and it takes so long for each workspace to start up, that you actually want to be prompted for a workspace location on start-up. So, how do you configure Eclipse to do that?
Prompting for a workspace location
The trick is to dig into the org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs file in the \configuration sub-folder of the Eclipse installation directory. You'll find all sorts of interesting options in there, including the SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG setting. Updating this switch to true will cause Eclipse to prompt you for a workspace location every time you start the tool. Sure, it can be a tad annoying if you're always going to the same workspace location, but if you're juggling between three or four on a daily basis, it can be a godsend.
Sample org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs file
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I build my new computer yesterday and I noticed, when computer is shut down, I mean the exact time its looses power from PSU, relativelly loud CLICK sound occurs. Please does anyone knows from where? I think MB, SSD, VGA, CPU nor coolers are not cousing this.
I would guess maybe Samsung 1TB HDD (maybe when heads go back to LZ) or some hard safety switch or relay in PSU? Or just the MB speaker? (Yes, its actually installed).
Do you have any experience with this? Thanks.


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Concessions Supply is a distributor of commercial frozen dessert and concession equipment and supplies. We are the official distributor of Stoelting frozen dessert equipment for most of Washington State (excluding Vancouver area), Northern Idaho, Northeastern Oregon, and Alaska. Additionally, we sell and service Slush Puppie and Gold Medal concessions equipment and supplies. From our main office in Spokane, WA to our vast network of service technicians across the Northwest, we are always prepared to provide friendly, timely service wherever and whenever we are needed.
We have been providing our customers with friendly, reliable service, knowledgeable solutions, and fair prices for the past 22 years. We offer an unparalleled level of expertise and service when it comes to frozen dessert and concession equipment, service, and supplies.
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Cardamom oil is popularly used in massages and is known to relieve mental strength is and ease muscle tension.
Cardamom is a perennial herb native to Southeast Asian countries such as India and Sri Lanka. Mainly, the seed of the cardamom herb is put to use in cooking. The botanical name of cardamom is Elattaria Cardamomum. It has a very sweet and pleasant aroma. Cardamom has been widely used since ages as a wonderful spice. For its excellent aroma and health benefits, cardamom is often referred to as the queen of spices. Some of the popular cardamom benefits are as follows.
• Cardamom is a great appetizer. If you feel like you've lost your appetite, use powdered seeds of cardamom to spice up your food. Alternatively, you can also chew one or two cloves of cardamom. It will help in increase your appetite. It also acts as a great mouth freshener and eliminates bad breath.• Cardamom is very beneficial for problems related to your digestive system. It improves the process of metabolism in your stomach. Therefore, it is used in making a number of digestive formulations. It also cures the problems of flatulence by removing gas naturally.• As a spice, it is widely used for adding sweet flavor to foods such as puddings and other desserts. You could also add powdered cardamom seeds while preparing tea to get a wonderful taste and flavor. You can find several similar cardamom inclusive recipes.• Cardamom essential oil is greatly used in aroma therapy by most aroma therapists. A massage with cardamom oil helps relieve mental strain and emotional stress. It also makes you feel fresh and active. Also, a massage with cardamom essential oil provides immediate relief from joint and muscular pain. This is one of the most important cardamom health benefits.• Another of the essential cardamom benefits is that it is very helpful in removing toxins from your body. Regular use of cardamom gradually removes the accumulated toxins and improves the blood circulation. In this aspect, cardamom benefits are similar to cinnamon benefits.• Cardamom also has antispasmodic properties. If you feel like vomiting or if you are nauseous, simply take a small quantity of cardamom seeds powder in your mouth and swallow it with water. You will get immediate relief from the pain and spasms.• Cardamom is also known to have exquisite aphrodisiac properties. It is therefore used for making certain formulations for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and other similar problems related to impotency.
These are some of the great cardamom benefits. Although there are no known side effects of cardamom, it should be avoided during pregnancy.
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As has been pointed out already in countless bad jokes throughout the internet, Fat Joe has dropped a body in more ways than one with his new video. The south Bronx rapper formerly known for his noteworthy corpulence has slimmed down considerably, looking more like Pitbull these days than like his old cohort, the similarly aptly-named Big Punisher. Though there's plenty of other eye-catching details in the "Drop a Body" video—volcanoes, a pile of corpses, a couple booty-shakers shot in black-lit silhouette like a James Bond credit sequence—it's Jose's barely-recognizable frame that you can't take your eyes off of. (Does this mean that he's just "Joe" now? Or does he go all the way down to "Little Joe"? How sick is he gonna get of answering questions this obnoxious in the next few months?)
Not like it matters, but the song's pretty decent too, a horn-heavy banger reminiscent of Jay-Z's "U Don't Know"—and being reminiscent of a track off The Blueprint is generally a good thing. There's even a freestyle over Pusha T's "My God" for a nice little bonus at the end. Check it out, and let us know how hip-hop will ever be the same after this unexpected switch-up.


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Thank you St. Jude for prayers answered. YLH
Thanksgiving to the Holy Family
Thanksgiving to the Holy Family, St. Jude, and St. Anthony for help and support in much needed personal situations. CP
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Holy Spirit you who make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideals. You who give me the divine gift to forgive and forget all that is done to me. You who are in all the instincts of my life. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and affirm once more that I never want to be separated from you. O most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God. Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother. O Holy Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me into my necessity (make request) There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee. Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands. AB
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Minutewomen Ready To Face No. 43 Columbia
March 6, 2014
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass tennis team will face Columbia University on Saturday, March 8 at 12 p.m. in New York, N.Y. The Ivy League opponent is currently 6-2 overall and undefeated 5-0 on home courts. This weekend will surely challenge the Minutewomen, as Columbia is ranked 43rd in the NCAA according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
The Lions boast an impressive roster with several ITA ranked players including Kanika Vaidya, who is currently ranked 59th in singles play. Vaidya is ranked in doubles action as well at 17th alongside teammate Bianca Sanon. The pair has tallied a 5-1 record thus far on the season, playing exclusively in the No. 1 spot. Rounding out Columbia's ranked players is tandem Crystal Leung and Tina Jiang, ranked 28th and holding an undefeated 7-0 record at the No. 2 spot.
In dual matches, Vaidya posts a 5-2 singles record and is 4-1 when placed in the No. 1 singles spot. The sophomore out of Singapore finished last season 13-2 and 16-5 in singles and doubles play, respectively.
UMass last bested Columbia on Feb. 28, 2009 when the squad prevailed in a come-from-behind victory. The Minutewomen won four singles matches after falling in doubles action to the Lions.
The last meeting between the two teams saw Columbia trump UMass 5-2. Current Minutewoman, Jessica Podlofsky, picked up a No. 3 singles win 6-2, 6-3 in the loss, while Columbia blanked UMass in doubles action. The two teams also battled it out last season in tournament play at the Columbia Invitational.
Saturday in New York, N.Y. looks to be a beautiful afternoon for tennis with temperatures in the 50's with no chance of rain.
Following this weekend's lone contest UMass will hit the road for a series of matches in Charleston, S.C. where the team will face Georgia Southern, the College of Charleston and Tulane all over spring break.
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I currently have a virtual machine from fast hosts, and I also use their domain hosting to.
On their name servers I have a zone file for my domain (lets say domain.co.uk), with A records for www, ftp etc. These A records point to my virtual server, where I am running IIS.
I have now also set up DNS on my virtual server, and created a subdomain (internal.domain.co.uk), and some A records (web.internal.domain.co.uk).
What do I need to do in my zonefile for domain.co.uk, to send requests for internal.domain.co.uk to my virtual server?
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New Transition book to be published on Twitter
With the publishing industry in the doldrums, publishers are always seeking new, cutting edge approaches to getting their books noticed. We can announce today that the next book about Transition, 'The Power of Just Doing Stuff', will be the first book to entirely published on Twitter. The publisher, Green Books, has decided the use the book to trial this new approach, which it hopes will serve to create a viral momentum around the book. The idea is that the book's 183,056 characters will be split into 1308 separate tweets, which will be tweeted one a day starting from today, using the hashtag #pojds. We are proud therefore to be able to present the first instalment of this publishing milestone:
It is expected that it will take just over three and a half years for the book to be published. It was inspired in part by the recent successful publication by Ebury of Ben Okri's poem which was written exclusively for Twitter and posted as a line a day for ten days. Elizabeth Dare from Ebury publishing told The Telegraph:
"We're very keen on Twitter – it's incredibly quick, simple and engaging. The growth potential is huge … it's good for a publishing company to have direct contact with readers."
Social media experts believe the research shows that people's attention spans have contracted so much over the past 5 years that this kind of 'drip feed' approach will be the model for how people will consume books in the future. Peter Lipman, Chair of Transition Network, said:
"We are thrilled about this new venture. Like a rich chocolate cake, we feel The Power of Just Doing Stuff is so delicious that it is best savoured in very thin slices in order to give the readers time to digest its contents. We're sure this will prove a hit".
The next instalment will be published tomorrow.


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Kleptomaniacs gravitate towards shiny things, I however seem to gravitate towards anything that promises to do, well anything good for my skin. I mean any-thing. So it's no wonder that I had to try the No Marks face pack (which comes in powder form) when I found it at a gerocery store. One of my friends always raves about the No Marks cream, but I have not found as much success with it as she has.
I used the following ingredients with the No Marks face pack and I got the most amazing results. My skin glowed so much quite a few people asked me what I had done to it. So here is the formula.
- A few drops of lemon juice freshly squeezed
- A teaspoon of honey
- Two teaspoons of milk. You can add more milk to the mixture to get the desired consistency later.
- A teaspoon of tomato juice. Yes, squeeze one of those tiny grape tomatoes for this one. It's a bit acidic so I recommend trying it out first near your ear to see how you react.
- A few teaspoons of the No Marks face pack to make a smooth paste
Apply the mixture to your face and leave it on for 15 minutes. Wash off, and there you go.
Incidentally I'm goign to stock up on this No Marks stuff. I really like it. Made my skin baby soft and glowy.


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|@Houston's Cockrell Butterfly Center, by L. Kolp
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Lessons Along the Path
19 comments:
- Brian Miller said...
nice play on the transparency there in the end...we need to learn about ourselves when we need to stop...and rest...along the path
- August 20, 2014 at 9:30 AM
- alan1704 said...
The flight of the butterfly no one knows where it will lead and what it carries. Lovely poem and so heart felt.
- August 20, 2014 at 10:31 AM
- Sumana Roy said...
this is gorgeous..love the message in the end..thanks for participating with this beauty Laurie :)
- August 20, 2014 at 10:32 AM
- keith hillman said...
We can learn a lot from the simpler things in life.
- August 20, 2014 at 11:29 AM
- sevenacresky said...
Beautiful progression, Laurie, opening all the senses down to the soul. Loved this.
- August 20, 2014 at 11:40 AM
- Gillena Cox said...
It it the simple events like a butterfly' s flight which takes us to flights of enormous fancy, a very nice Wednesday to you Laurie
Much love
- August 20, 2014 at 12:20 PM
- Gabriella said...
Butterfly centers are lovely places. It is a pleasure to see them flutter around and feel them as they land softly on your arm or hand.
- August 20, 2014 at 3:19 PM
- Mary said...
You have really captured the butterfly center through your words. Our museum has a very small one, but I really like walking through it....ever hopeful that a butterfly will land on me! Each one is unique in 'its transparency.'
- August 20, 2014 at 3:19 PM
- Björn Rudberg said...
Truly the magic of butterflies can fill you with that silent magic.. love the path not being straight.
- August 20, 2014 at 3:46 PM
- Grace said...
That must have been an extraordinary experience ~ Good to see you Laurie ~
- August 20, 2014 at 6:30 PM
- Nicholas V said...
A path full of butterflies, colours and transparency... How wonderful a memory it must describe. This was a marvellous poem to read, Laurie.
- August 20, 2014 at 8:38 PM
- Peggy said...
Lovely! I love visiting those butterfly displays with the beautiful colors flittering around us. And your poem gave it deeper meaning. Love the photo too.
- August 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM
- Truedessa said...
There is something soothing about butterflies as they flutter around us. I had one land on me about a week ago and I was caught in the moment.
- August 22, 2014 at 12:14 PM
- SaraV said...
Butterflies are truly breathtaking. A wonderful poetic walk :-)
- August 22, 2014 at 3:19 PM
- Carrie Van Horn said...
The beauty of nature certain holds it's own wonderful lessons. :-)
- August 22, 2014 at 5:22 PM
- Wendy Bourke said...
Beautifully sketched. A perfect mingling of nature in harmony with spirit – your words, I found, to be lovely and restorative.
- August 22, 2014 at 6:03 PM
- Amrit Sinha said...
Butterflies are beautiful :-)
- August 23, 2014 at 3:03 AM
- ayala said...
Beautiful poem !
- August 24, 2014 at 5:50 AM
- Mary Ann Potter said...
There's such beautiful simplicity here, Laurie --- one of those sometimes unnoticed moments of true beauty. I loved this!
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|She has unusually large feet for a woman of her height of
5'6"--size 11's.
|She is so close to Leonardo DiCaprio, her children refer to him as "Uncle Leo".
|He also bought Kate an inscribed gold ring, after they filmed "Revolutionary Road" (2008). However, Winslet keeps the inscription a secret.
|She is a long-time smoker.
|She worked with Joaquin Phoenix on the feature "Quills" and remains very close to him. She calls him one of the best actors of his generation.
|The part of her body she hates the most is her feet. They are abnormally large and completely flat as she used to be rather heavy and tends to walk around barefoot a lot. She has also only had one pedicure in her whole life as she lives a rather busy life.
|She has the nickname--"Combat Kate" as she often wears heavy-duty boots due to the fact that her abnormally huge feet will only fit in big boots.


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Time is a funny thing. It allows you to appreciate what was and what could've been. The San Franciscan is no different. The aged wallpaper, tiny lamps, and crimson colored leather booths would fit perfect in the 1960s and probably did. There is an old fashion atmosphere that covers everything, including the service and diners. But is that enough to make The San Franciscan worthwhile?
As stated above, the decor is the newest and trendiest styles...of the 1960s. Whether it's the dated furniture or strange backdoor style entrance into the restaurant, it just feels like a blast from the past. However, with that past comes some creature comforts including a cheerful server, happy host, and a karaoke-mom-and-pop awaiting your arrival. The interior is dressed like a lounge singer with brown and beige patterned wallpaper, and black and white photos within oak colored frames. The interior is surprisingly large. When looked at from the outside, you think it might be a small and intimate dining room, but instead it takes up the entire bottom floor of the building. It's a strange juxtaposition when it seems like the restaurant could be a local newspaper company from the exterior.
The service is standard Americana with a friendly server greeting you and giving you recommendations of what dishes are popular and which are his favorites. It wasn't anything amazing but not poor either.
When I arrived here, I was so happy. I heard some great things about the food offerings. At the time, I was swearing off wheat products but thought today would be a great time to splurge and cheat. When I ordered the prime rib, I asked if their steak fries were any good. The server said it was one of their best sides but I wasn't sure. Would I really want to waste my calories on mediocre steak fries? Being the inquisitive devil I am, I asked him for a small sample of the fries before ordering. He was happy to oblige and when I bit into them, I was glad to have tried it first because they were grocery store quality: bland, uninteresting, and cheap. I sprinkled a bit of salt and pepper but it was "good" at best. Instead, I ordered the rice pilaf.
The sourdough bread they brought out was amazingly good. It might've been because I was starving but it was hearty, slightly sour and deliciously doughy in the inside. Mixed with some soft butter and I could've eaten another loaf.
When the first appetizer arrived, it was a tomato and pasta beef soup. It was interesting, containing pasta shells and strange shapings of ground beef put together in a slightly watery-tomatoey soup. It tasted homemade, but not like a hearty homemade. Homemade like anyone could've made it.
Finally, the prime rib was brought out and it was glorious. Nicely marbled and the au jus surrounded it like an island in the middle of a delicious lagoon. I took the first bite and thought, "Mmmm. Meat." I took the second bite and thought, "I'm glad I chose this." I took the third bite and I started not liking it as much. Though hunger had me taste heaven in the first bites, reality was harsh when the afterglow faded. I realized the prime rib was closer to warm than hot. The meat itself was tender and nicely medium-rare but at the same time, a bit dry in flavors. Strangely enough, it was easy to lose interest. I thought adding the rice pilaf with the au jus would make the tastes varied enough to spark interest once more but that lasted briefly. I'm usually a big fan of prime rib and I came in with the mentality to go bananas, but in the middle of my meal, I just lost interest and feeling that is dreadful.
The pricing for the food here is more than accommodating. The most expensive cut of prime rib is $36 at 19 oz. This comes with a side as well. Not bad pricing at all for so much meat. The quality though, that's what makes it a hard call on whether the pricing is a bargain or simply fair.
Dining here felt like a break up. "It's not you, it's me baby!" Maybe the atmosphere is such a juxtaposition from the world outside it's hard to adjust. Maybe lofty expectations can't be reached no matter how great the place is. Or maybe, just maybe, The San Franciscan isn't special but instead, just an average, good place to eat. Like a complicated wine, The San Franciscan might just be a restaurant you'll have to try again and again to finally find the notes you're looking for.
The San Franciscan
2520 Sepulveda Blvd
Torrance, CA 90505