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In my last blog entry I talked about the relatively recent and quite modest origins of the modern Chinese legal profession. The leading group of Chinese law firms has certainly come a long way in a short time, and even more remarkably, for a country and market the size and scale of China, the market appears to be shaking out more along the lines of the UK legal market rather than the US legal market in many key respects in that there is a small break-away group of top Chinese law firms that appears set to dominate the local legal market for the coming years or even decades.
To understand how Chinese law firms have been able to arrive at the point where King & Wood (K&W) is able to undertake a merger with Mallesons, and where my firm Zhong Lun (ZL) is opening an office in London, we first should assess current market conditions and the key players and positioning, and then retrace our steps to see how the leading Chinese firms accelerated their development over the past 10-plus years. Again, I want to emphasise that these observations and comments reflect only my own personal views and do not necessarily represent the views of the partners of ZL individually or collectively.
The recent Chambers Asia list of award nominations for Chinese domestic firms provides an instructive snapshot of the Chinese legal services market. K&W leads the way with 15 nominations, followed by Jun He and my firm Zhong Lun with 12 nominations each. These three firms form the break-away group of top-tier, full-service national law firms in China. Other directories also follow suit and consistently put the Big Three in their leading group of 3-4 top firms in China. Next on the Chambers list comes Fangda with eight nominations. After Fangda there is a significant drop-off: Haiwen and Grandall each garnered four nominations, while Global, Jingtian Gongcheng, Fenxun and Hylands garnered three nominations apiece, while old mainline corporate/banking firms Commerce & Finance and Llinks each had only two nominations. This presents a rough outline of the leading domestic law firms in China, but I think most lawyers in the market would move Grandall and Hylands down the list well outside the top 10 because their areas of strength tend to be diluted by their greater number of areas of more modest capability or even outright weakness.
So that leaves us with a Big Three (K&WM, JH and ZL), chased by Fangda and Haiwen, with Global, Jingtian Gongcheng, Commerce & Finance, Llinks and Fenxun closing out the list based on the Chambers Asia rankings as adjusted. However, one further adjustment is probably merited – we can probably move AllBright up into the top 10 to replace Fenxun. AllBright only garnered one nomination from Chambers Asia this round, but it does receive more love from PLC Which Lawyer?, which puts it just outside its top 10 list of domestic law firms. It is also the largest of the Shanghai firms, while Fenxun is more of a corporate/structured finance boutique. Of course, there are other excellent lawyers at a number of other strong firms outside of this list, and other directories may rank some other firms in the top 10, but that is a fairly representative grouping that should not be overly controversial, at least for our purposes.
There are some interesting observations to be drawn from this listing. First, the Chinese legal profession is dominated by the Beijing firms. In our top 10, all but Fangda, Llinks and AllBright are Beijing-based firms. Fangda is the only Shanghai-based firm that has a competitive presence in Beijing, while the Big Three and several of the other Beijing-based top-10 firms are also very strong not only in Beijing but also Shanghai and Shenzhen, which are both home to stock exchanges in addition to being important commercial centres in their own rights,. When you drop down below the top 10 to the next tier, the dominance of the Beijing firms in the rankings is even more pronounced.
One can quibble about nominations and rankings, but in this case, the rankings do not lie – Beijing dominates the Chinese legal profession, and Shanghai firms lag seriously behind overall in terms of national presence. There is a historical reason for the dominant position of the Beijing firms, namely that in the early days the practice of law was only a regulatory practice, and the most important regulators were all in Beijing. The Beijing firms thus got an early head start and never looked back, moving from (relative) strength to strength. With the exception of Fangda, the Shanghai firms tend to be local or regional players only, and find it just as difficult to crack the Beijing market as non-New York firms find breaking into the New York market.
There are some other useful observations to be noted. First, of the top 10 firms listed, only the Big Three are truly national in scale, with multiple offices around China. The other Beijing-based firms on the list tend to be strongest in Beijing with smaller presences in Shanghai and perhaps Shenzhen. By comparison, the Big Three firms not only have very strong offices in both Shanghai and Shenzhen but these offices are competitive at the top end of those markets, with Beijing firms actually taking a dominant position in the Shenzhen market ahead of indigenous Shenzhen firms. In addition, the Big Three have a growing presence in other cities across China, creating a true national network covering the major economic centres. As a result, the Big Three also have a substantial advantage in terms of numbers over the other top 10 firms. K&W (leaving aside Mallesons for the moment) has approximately 1,000 lawyers, while Jun He and Zhong Lun have around 500 and 600, respectively.
On the other hand, size and scale are not alone indicative of quality in the China market. For example, two of the larger domestic law firms in China are Dacheng and Yingke. Both have pursued a 'growth for growth's sake' strategy. Dacheng claims more than 2,500 lawyers in 35 offices in China and seven offices outside China. Yingke, a more recent upstart, similarly has 1,600 lawyers in 14 offices in China and five offices outside of China, including a recently opened office in London, with two more planned in Poland and Turkey. There is something deeply rooted in the Chinese psyche that tends to a worship of scale as a virtue in and of itself – 'bigger is better' and 'size matters' writ large. There is some rational basis for this worldview given that China is so large and has so many people and so many important regional economic centres across the country – size in fact is important in China.
But size clearly does not equal quality, even in China. In fact in the Chinese legal profession there is, or should be, a rebuttable presumption that there is an inverse correlation between the size and quality of a firm. In the case of Dacheng and Yingke, this is borne out by the fact that Dacheng garnered only one nomination for the Chambers Asia awards, while Yingke received none. Other directories have come to similar conclusions about these firms that pursue a 'growth at all costs' model.
Similarly, revenues per partner (RPP) in the various firms also tend to reinforce this conclusion. A couple of years back I did a back of the envelope calculation of RPP of the various firms based on available (but not necessarily entirely reliable) information. (RPP is generally as or more reliable a measure than PPP since most leading Chinese law firms tend to achieve pre-tax profits in the similar, and astonishing, range of 70 per cent of gross revenues.) Based on my informal calculations of available 2008 figures, the leading group of firms, comprising half or more of the top 10 Chinese listed above, achieved RPP of RMB 6-7.5 million. Dacheng and other similarly situated firms achieved RPP of only RMB 1.5-2.5 million. These calculations may not be precise, but they do provide a ballpark reference point, which underscores the direct correlation between quality rankings and RPP. This correlation makes sense since both are different but related measures of market acceptance and affirmation. At the same time, growth for growth's sake necessarily involves a dilution of quality standards for incoming partners. If one's model worships scale for its own sake, then the focus is on the number rather than the quality of the partners. Overall, weaker partners generate fewer accolades and lower revenues, even if there are a smaller number of strong individual practitioners in each of these firms.
In the early days, K&W also suffered from the perception in the market that its sole strategy was to achieve size and scale as it expanded very rapidly in the last half of the 1990s. I was with Nortel in Beijing at the time, and while I had a much smaller team, I was in the market to hire quality local lawyers, and was all too aware of how thin the market was for well-trained bilingual lawyers. Under those conditions, rapid expansion could only involve casting the net broadly and taking aboard all warm bodies with law degrees regardless of talent. During K&W's first decade, I think very few foreign lawyers in the international firms felt much concern that K&W, or any other domestic law firm for that matter, would pose much of a competitive threat to the market dominance of the foreign firms given the thin talent pool from which K&W and the others were drawing from. Part of this also had to do with the fact that the Chinese legal profession was starting up again from scratch, after four decades of complete dormancy, so the first generation of new Chinese lawyers in the 1990s had no mentors to guide and develop them as practicing professionals. At that early stage, that was a significant impediment to the development of the Chinese law firms, but in retrospect it only makes what they have achieved in such a short time frame all the more remarkable.
I had a direct personal connection with the K&W hiring strategies in that time period. While still at Nortel in Beijing, I hired a very presentable and charming bilingual Chinese lawyer who was returning after working for a top-five Australian firm in their Melbourne office for five years. Based on my intake assessment, I gave him credit for two years' actual work experience as it appeared that he had spent most of his time pouring tea for visiting Chinese clients and delegations. After six months on the job, I came to the conclusion that I had been too generous in my initial assessment of his core legal skills – it turned out he couldn't draft his way out of a paper bag – so I placed him in one of our JVs in southern China where I thought he could in time be a reliable if uninspiring support for our sales team there working more as a paralegal with template contracts. When even that did not work out, we arranged a managed exit, and wished him well. A couple of months later he turned up as a senior partner in K&W's Guangzhou office. Given the then prevailing market conditions and K&W's all-out growth strategy, this was neither shocking nor surprising.
Jun He, on the other hand, had different origins and a different strategy. While the original core group of K&W partners came from government departments or the Great Wall Law Firm, one of the old-line state-owned firms, the main group of Jun He's founding partners were returnees from the US. Their focus from the very beginning was on foreign clients, and they quickly emerged as a top local firm that worked effectively with foreign firms in China on a side-by-side basis. Jun He's growth strategy was more cautious, and for many years they were, and remain, much smaller in scale than K&W. This tended to reinforce a reputation for quality which continues to this day.
This distinction in reputation for quality is illustrated by a common market observation of K&W, which is that one-third of the K&W partners are outstanding (driving much of their profitability and rankings), while another one-third are generally competent, and the bottom third, the legacy of the early period of overly rapid expansion, are actually sub-par in terms of quality, at least by international standards but in many cases even by lower local standards. This same observation could be made of many of the leading large-scale Chinese firms, so it is not my intention to single out K&W for negative comment. In fact, several senior K&W partners have shared similar assessments with me in private conversations, and one has gone so far as to speculate that they might spin off the bottom third at some point, which would be a neat trick. Moreover, this does not take away from what K&W has accomplished at the top end of its practice capability, which is reflected in its topping the list in the Chambers Asia nominations. However, by way of comparison, because of the way that Jun He built its foundation and managed its growth, the general view is that the spilt of partners within Jun He is perhaps more along the lines of 40-50-10, making Jun He overall consistently stronger in terms of quality from top to bottom. This has also put Jun He at the top of the RPP list by most accounts.
But even Jun He is a work in progress. A few years back when I was still at Lovells working with a top multi-national corporation on a cross-border, in-bound M&A deal, Jun He was our co-counsel, responsible for the Chinese securities law aspects of the deal. The in-house M&A lawyer leading the deal was a tough New York-trained corporate lawyer, who was tough as nails, and very demanding. In the initial stages, the client managed us on a side-by-side basis, but as we came closer to closing, we at Lovells were asked to take the lead of all aspects of the deal, including supervising Jun He's work on a prime-sub basis in order to manage the overall work product in a manner that satisfied this very demanding client. So there is still a gap to be closed by the top Chinese law firms at the very top end of the quality of service scale, but the important thing to note is that the gap is narrowing all the time. I relate this with full respect for Jun He as a firm and for the Jun He team working on the deal, recognising that at my current firm and other leading Chinese law firms, we would (and do) face similar challenges in satisfying the most demanding clients in many cases, but the fact that cannot be ignored is that the top Chinese firms are in the frame now for leading roles in even the top China-related deals, and the trend of ascendancy of the top Chinese firms is undeniable.
Rounding out the Big Three, my firm ZL is more of a late bloomer. Like the other firms, it has a history of close to 20 years, but for the first 10 years ZL was primarily a real estate and construction practice with a strong complement of Japanese- and Korean-speaking practitioners working for top Japanese and Korean corporates, which have historically had a strong preference to work with local Chinese lawyers. ZL rode the real estate boom to develop itself into a full-service law firm over time. Many of the original areas of expanded expertise were built off of the real estate practice, such as our leading securitisation, capital markets, finance, bankruptcy, corporate M&A, PE/financial institutions, funds development, competition law and litigation practices, and then have expanded to other industry sectors beyond those early property origins. Over time, other areas, such as international trade, tax, TMT, employment, compliance, were developed to complete the full-service offering of the firm.
All of the Big Three firms, as well as the other top 20 or so Chinese law firms, have benefited from the continuing exodus of local Chinese senior associates from the China and Hong Kong offices of the major foreign firms into the top local firms. This trend started in the year 2000 time frame and has accelerated in the period from 2005 onwards. This reflects other related market trends: the growth in the number and size of the China offices of the foreign law firms, which created training grounds for an ever increasing number of bilingual Chinese lawyers, but also the glass ceiling for partnership for Chinese lawyers in many of these international firms. The traditional 'up or out' system in major foreign law firms has resulted in perhaps the most successful outsourced training program in the history of the global legal profession. While the absence of domestic mentors for the first generation of Chinese lawyers created significant challenges and impediments, the second and third generations of Chinese lawyers have stood on the shoulders of their foreign law firm mentors, and now they are mature enough in many cases to be the mentors for the next generations of Chinese lawyers.
While all of the top Chinese law firms have benefited from this trend, ZL in particular has caught this wave of refugees from the foreign firms, in part because it was the late bloomer of the Big Three. This means that a higher percentage of our ZL partners have more years of big foreign law firm work experience, and the average age of our senior partners is still in the mid-40s, creating a very aggressive core team of partners who still have the fires of professional ambition burning bright. This is also a function of coming up from behind to catch up to our top-level peer firms – we still feel the need to continue to push and improve. It is one of the positive aspects of a growing and competitive market – we use each other as a benchmark to measure ourselves and our progress.
The other leading group in the top 10 domestic firms is comprised principally of the top Beijing firms, most of which made their mark on capital markets deals starting in the mid-1990s. Firms such as Haiwen, Commerce & Finance and Jingtian Gongcheng fall into this category. Global Law Office trades off of an exceptionally strong banking finance practice, along with related corporate capability. Llinks has a similar foundation in Shanghai. Fangda is more in the model of Jun He – cautious growth but based on a more narrowly focused set of core corporate and related practices, with a heavier emphasis on foreign funds and financial institution clients in addition to corporates. All have multiple areas of strength and are considered to be very competitive at the top end of the legal market. Some have remained smaller in scale than the Big Three by choice and others because they have yet to work out the necessary improvements to their internal management structures to accommodate faster rates of growth. In fact, the reason for K&W's ascendancy, and the ascendancy of Jun He, ZL and even Fangda, can be attributed in large measure to the progress each has made in respect of improved law firm management structures and systems. That is the only way to achieve scale and quality at the same time. Others in the top 10 will catch up with the leading pack only as they adopt comprehensive management reforms. (This issue of management systems in Chinese law firms will be an interesting point that I hope to explore further in a future blog.)
This brings us to our concluding observations for this blog entry. In our first blog in this series we noted that the Chinese legal profession is still young. In this blog, the central observation is that the leading group of domestic Chinese law firms is comprised of a fairly small number of firms, barely filling out a complete top 10 list. And even that can be divided into a Big Three and a following group of five or six, at least in terms of profitable, high-standard full-service offerings and more comprehensive geographical coverage.
So what does that mean in terms of whether other leading Chinese law firms will follow the lead of K&W and Mallesons? Will there be, as Jerome Cohen, the dean of the first generation of foreign lawyers in China, is quoted as saying, a mad scramble for other foreign law firms to hook up with leading Chinese law firms? Looking at the history and dynamics of the market, with only a small number of truly top Chinese law firms, a growing domestic legal market that is still under-served in many respects, the intense level of attention that the Chinese market has from businesses from all countries across the globe, the outward push of major Chinese companies, and the numerous highly remunerative bilateral relationships that each of the top Chinese law firms have with top foreign law firms around the world, mergers such as the K&W-Mallesons tie-up cannot be seen as the only or perhaps even the preferred path to continued sustainable growth for all or even most of the other leading Chinese law firms.
But there is no doubt that we, along with all of the other leading domestic law firms and also the top foreign law firms that are active in China, are watching and paying attention to the rise of the new K&W Mallesons firm. The one thing that can be guaranteed about the legal market in China is that it is not static, and all players in the market, both foreign and domestic, will need to adjust to new market realities as they develop. To that end, in the next blog entry in this series, we will consider recent and continuing trends and developments in the demand side of the market, in terms of in-bound, domestic and out-bound practices. In the end, client demand shapes the market and law firms follow as a lagging indicator of market changes, so that is what we will look at next.
Robert Lewis is international managing partner at Zhong Lun, based in Beijing


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Grimm: Sandy Aid Stall "Beyond Surprising"
The House and Senate passed a bipartisan compromise late on New Year's Day to prevent tax rates from rising on households earning less than $450,000 a year. The legislation will also put deep spending cuts on hold until March. But in focusing on avoiding the fiscal cliff, legislation for $60 billion in Hurricane Sandy aid for the region has apparently stalled in the House of Representatives.
Republican Rep. Michael Grimm, who represents much of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, says that the move by Republican leadership in the House to let the the current session of Congress end without a vote on Sandy aid is "inexcusable."
"It was the decision of the speaker's office not to go forward with the vote and no explanation at all was given other than we're not going forward with the vote."
Grimm called the decision "beyond surprising."
"We had been given every indication from the speaker's office for several, several weeks now that we would be going forward with this vote. I especially feel like the rug was just pulled out from under me. I don't know how else to say it. I would not have spent New Year's Eve at 9:45 at night still on the phone with members of Congress from all over this country making sure we had the votes. It was that set up."
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The Nationals return to action only 13 hours after their five-hour, 29-minute, 15-inning marathon with the Braves ended. But players had already trickled into the clubhouse less than 10 hours after leaving Turner Field. Spirits were high despite the exhaustion.
Bryce Harper still had a nasty bruise on the back of his left arm, where he was hit by a Luis Avilan pitch on Friday night, but said he felt better. After being scratched because of the bruise on Saturday but being forced in the ninth inning, he was back in the lineup on Sunday and starting in left field. Guess who is starting for the Braves? Julio Teheran, the pitcher who first hit Harper with a pitch on Aug. 6 after Harper's home run.
Jayson Werth, who left in the eighth inning with a stiff back, said his back remained "just a little stiff" on Sunday morning but he wanted to play. One of baseball's hottest hitters — Werth is hitting .521 (25 for 48) in August — is starting in right field and hitting cleanup. Werth said Saturday was the first time he felt the discomfort in his back.
Wilson Ramos gets the day off after catching all 15 innings on Saturday. Ryan Zimmerman is also out of the lineup. It's unclear why. It could be a day off, but the third baseman fouled a ball off his left shin in Saturday's game and it looked painful. His lower leg was taped up as he walked through the clubhouse Sunday morning. Chad Tracy starts at third instead.
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As you watch the Denver Broncos play today against the New England Patriots for the AFC Championship, you will notice that quarterback Peyton Manning yells Omaha at the line of scrimmage a lot.
His repetitive use of the 'Omaha' audible at the line of scrimmage during Denver Broncos games this season has thrilled some at the Nebraska city's chamber of commerce and other companies in the area, but what does the secret play call really mean?
Manning took time to explain the meaning of the 'Omaha' call at the line of scrimmage to reporters this week as the Broncos prepared for the AFC championship game.
Manning was asked about what the call means on Wednesday and had a deadpan answer in pretty good 'Manning style.'
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|1st January 2004, 06:09 AM
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Differential-ing a differential
I got this schematic from an expensive power amp.
There are things I don't understand. It uses 2 differential, the K389 and J109 connecting to input and feed back, then it is re-differentiated by MAT02 and MAT03. The MAT's are not VAS, the VAS are BD139 and BD140.
What is the merit of doing differential-ing a differential? (K389+J109 to MAT02+MAT03) ?
If it is to lower the input capacitance of the FETs, I think it should be done by adding the degenerating resistors on the sources, and putting cascode on the drains. But this circuit is not doing that, so there are maybe other purposes of differentiating the differential. What is it?
|1st January 2004, 07:56 AM
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It is just another stage of gain. It isn't really necessary, and will probably cause problems with stability.
|1st January 2004, 10:50 AM
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It's anybody's guess...here are some possibilities:
1) Current drive to the BD139/140 is insufficient without an extra stage. The extra stage needn't be a diff pair but might as well be as it helps with 2)
2) JFETs are not very linear. The second diff pair produces a more linear differential current for the BD139/140.
3) JFET Vds rating is not high enough for the power rails. The second stage allows you to set a much lower drain voltage.
4) JFET power dissipation. Same point as 3) but regarding power.
5) To reduce common-mode distortion. If the pos and neg JFETs are not perfectly balanced in terms of sensitivity of drain current to Vdg or Vds change you could end up modulating the bias current through the output stage. This is because of pos and neg asymmetry of the devices.
I'm sure there are more.
|1st January 2004, 03:40 PM
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Like John said there no point to adding another gain stage here.
Maybe, this would be ok it you were running a balanced configuration and needed very high command mode rejection. However, that can be accomplished with precision parts in the first stage.
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some confusion in terminology here, "differential pair", "differential stage" refer to taking the algebraic difference of 2 inputs and providing a proportional output voltage/current
"differentiate" means to provide an output proportional to the rate of change of the input
the example circuit does both! the MAT pairs are "differentiating differential pairs" which have an output proportional to the rate of change of the difference of the two input signals
the caps across the MAT emitters provide a zero that results in a differentiated ouput over a range of frequency, depending on R,C and gm values this region of "differential"(=differentiating or derivative) gain could cancel the roll off of the integrating miller compensation of the following stage over some frequency range - some designers feel that the open loop gain should be constant over the audio frequency range so that the feedback factor is constant for all audio frequencies
a really interesting possibility is that it could be part of the high frequency compensation, implementing a "Bode Step" - not something i recall seeing in audio amplifier circuits
or the zero-pole pair could both be below the audio frequency range and simply part of some DC bias scheme
(I assume the MAT02 bases really connect to the fet drains)
|1st January 2004, 05:13 PM
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Quite possibly an example of the "Not invented here" syndrome. The design team just couldn't bear to use an approach that someone else had already developed. The rest of the amp looks very conventional and searching this forum you can find numerous versions of mirrored long-tailed pair input stages that do what needs to be done without gatting clever.
|3rd January 2004, 02:20 AM
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First, Happy New Year to everyone.
Sorry about the drawing, I should draw the connection to MAT02 is from the Drains of K389 below the resistors, not from upper resistors, that is wrong.
The Caps in the emitors of MAT's are only 1nF. All the degeneration resistors (in emitors and sources) are 100ohm.
The VCC1 is 45V, the VCC2 is 35V. The miller cap is 15pF, the current in first differential is 7mA, the second differential is 12mA, the VAS is 35mA (attached in heatsink).
I read that a differential pair do cancel distortion (like left+right K389). Is the same "Distortion Canceling Mechanism" also happened in "up and low" transistors, like left K389 to left J109?
If the "up and low" transistors also cancels distortion, wouldn't it be that the Complementary Differential (like K389 and J109 in this example) have 2 distortion cancelation mechanism, one is from the left and right diffeential transistors, and two, is from upper and lower differential?
If this is correct, would it be adding another complementary differential like the MATs are also adding this "Distortion Canceling Mechanism"?
I have another question. Once I observed an input and output of a power amp. I use a dual trace osciloscope and a signal generator. I sweep from 20hz to 20khz.
From 20hz, the input and output are in phase. But as the frequency rises to 20khz, the output are beginning to shift from the input signal (the trace of the sinusoidal is not the same place between input and output).
What is causing this? Is a good amp don't have this "phase shifting" between output and input? How can we advoid this in design phase?
|3rd January 2004, 02:48 AM
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Re Phase shifting: regardless of what may be written somewhere, I think all Lin topology amplifiers (which is probably 75+% of all built) have "phase shift". It is inherent to capacitors and virtually every other component in some dgreee, except resistors (even them too if inductive). The amount increases with frequency but is not normally noticable/measurable below 20k. This topic will lead you in to the mind-numbing discussion of open loop gain, compensation, negative feedback, Nyquist (in)stability and so on.
It's one of those things that just is. There is normally a prejudice against outright phase inversion unless you are deliberately trying to provode a non-inverting/inverting option.
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ALL amplifiers exhibit this characteristic and it is normal and rare these days that the phase shift, and associated amplitude change, will be big enough to be audibly significant. It is a bit like a tone control effect. This sort of thing is sometimes called "linear distortion" to separate it from distortion that introduces new frequencies into the signal. The latter are the primary villains that you need to eradicate.
|5th January 2004, 02:18 AM
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So, the phase shift between input and output are "unadvoidable" as long as we have capacitance and inherent inductance inside the whole schematic.
Does anyone have measure/analyze this in tube amps? Is it possible that what makes tube amps is said tobe more "nice" is because it has a certain kind of this phase shift between input and output, that matches our "psycho-acoustic", where SS amps didn't have this? (just guessing).
If we can make the exact phase between input and output of an audio power amp, would it be more "nice" to listen to, or the same as other amp?
Is it posible to pursure the non-phase shift audio amplifier design? How can we do it?
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Meanwhile, teammate and Blazer senior Caroline Faught took a 6-0, 7-6 win over Eastern Kentucky's Saioa Oscoz in the No. 2 draw, while freshman Paula Castro picked up a dominating 6-2, 6-4 triumph against Melissa Kromer from Lipscomb.
"Overall, I thought we competed very well today," head coach Lisa Jackson said. "It was good to see the freshmen do well against good competition. We look forward to going back out tomorrow and building on what we did today."
Freshman Catherine Ragon rounded out the string of Blazer singles' wins with a straight-set 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jovana Pecovski in the No. 5 draw.
In doubles, UAB was strong with wins at each position. Castro and Faught led the Blazer charge with an 8-1 win over Lee University's Tonya McGraner and Maclain Yowarsky, while Daniell teamed with sophomore Elaine Simon for an 8-6 victory over Andrea Eskauriatza and Carla Suga from Murray State.
Ragon and junior Sarah Witkowski then knocked off Sarah Candeloro and Katie McCall from UT Martin, 8-5, before UAB freshman Giovanna Baccarini and sophomore Amy Lowther downed Lee's Jodie Rice and Christy North, 8-2, in the No. 3 doubles draw.
For updates and all the latest news on UAB women's tennis, log on to www.UABSports.com, visit the team's official Facebook page (UAB Women's Tennis) or follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UABAthletics).
Steve Baras Fall Classic Day One Results
Rachel Daniell (UAB) def. Alexandra Apostu (KSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Caroline Faught (UAB) def. Saioa Oscoz (EKU) 6-0, 7-6
Paula Castro (UAB) def. Melissa Kromer (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-4
Milena Poffo (EKU) def. Amy Lowther (UAB) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Megan Blue (Murray State) def. Giovanna Baccarini (UAB) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
Isabela Castro (KSU) def. Elaine Simon (UAB) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Catherine Ragon (UAB) def. Jovana Pecovski (UTC) 6-3, 6-4
Castro/Faught (UAB) def. Tonya McGraner/Maclain Yowarsky (Lee) 8-1
Daniell/Simon (UAB) def. Andrea Eskauriatza/Carla Suga (MSU) 8-6
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Dallas was clearly better than the six wins they amassed last year when the loss of Tony Romo was the prime reason for their fall. Their franchise signal caller is back, however, and the team looks ready for a run at the NFC East under now-official head coach Jason Garrett.
While Free Agency may not have gone as Jerry Jones expected, the Cowboys were able to retain a number of key players – none more key than left tackle Doug Free – and other productive veterans like guard Kyle Kosier and safety Gerald Sensabaugh.
Five reasons to be confident
1.) Retaining the Core
As mentioned above, Dallas was successful in re-signing a number of their key contributors from 2010. In this shortened offseason, it's been more important than ever to keep quality players in the fold. Doug Free, while perhaps better suited to the right side, was by far the best run blocker among tackles last season (+17.0). He may not compare well with some of the best blindside protectors, but he's no slouch in that department either. Kyle Kosier, although he struggled a little in the run game, allowed his QB to be knocked down just three times last year (one sack, two hits) while Gerald Sensabaugh had a positive grade in every category and finished 10th among safeties in our overall grades.
2.) Stacked at Outside Linebacker
If you were asked who has the best 3-4 outside linebackers in the game you'd probably answer the Pittsburgh Steelers – and you'd be right – but the group in Big D might have something to say about it. It all starts with Demarcus Ware, who ranked sixth in our pass Pass Rushing Productivity study last year. However, the less-heralded members of the group will be just as important to Dallas' success next year. OLB Anthony Spencer, who receives more criticism than he deserves, finished ninth in our overall rankings for his position and pass rush specialist Victor Butler (+5.4 rushing the passer) is also in the mix.
3.) Stacked at Inside Linebacker Too
Bradie James (+12.5 overall) looks to man one inside linebacker spot. He's a complete player who excels in run defense. Next to him Keith Brooking is likely to see a reduction in snaps due to the presence of second-round rookie from 2010, Sean Lee. That's no slight on the former Falcon either, he's been nothing but good since leaving the Georgia Dome. It's just that Lee may well have won our rookie of the year race if not for a distinct lack of snaps (just 169); his +9.4 grade in such limited action is remarkable. Talented but injury-prone rookie Bruce Carter may be able to contribute come year's end.
4.) Picking Your Poison
We've been singing tight end Jason Witten's praises for a long time and we'll continue here. With Antonio Gates sidelined due to injury, Witten didn't have much of a challenge for the top spot in our rankings – and that was with John Kitna as his quarterback for much of the season. His hands remain two of the best in the league and he's proven himself as the best run-blocking tight end around. The problem for Dallas' opponents is they have to work out how to cover Felix Jones, Dez Bryant and Miles Austin too.
Jones, finally healthy, amassed a league leading 11.9 YAC/rec as well as a 94% catch percentage and eight forced missed tackles. Dez Bryant's talent has never been in question and if he can sort himself out off the field, he could be primed for a big year. Despite playing half the snaps of most of his competitors (431) he forced eight missed tackles and scored six touchdowns. Austin, despite a down year where he dropped a surprising number of balls, is likely to return to his 2009 form with Romo back under center.
5.) Back in Command
Tony Romo finished 16th in our QB rankings despite playing in just over 300 snaps and was completing nearly 70% of his passes before going down with an injury. Performing admirably when under pressure He does see a sizable drop in completion rate, but continues to avoid turnovers. Over the past three years, he's thrown more touchdowns (11) than interceptions (10) when facing a heavy rush. There's no reason why Romo can't pickup where he left off last year.
Five reasons to be concerned
1.) Half-filled Void
So we outlined how retaining strong safety Gerald Sensabaugh was a smart move. Unfortunately there remains a huge void next to him. Alan Ball simply wasn't up to the task allowing an NFL-worst seven touchdowns and quarterbacks had a 105.2 rating when throwing into his coverage. Abram Elam may know Rob Ryan's scheme from his time in Cleveland, but it's unlikely he'll be a significant upgrade. Elam (-4.0) lacks consistency; struggling in coverage in 2009 and then against the run in 2010. Needless to say, settling for Elam instead of a player like Michael Huff or Quintin Mikell was a gamble.
2.) Aging and Underperforming
It's no secret CB Terrence Newman is getting up there in age and the veteran may finally have lost a step. Newman finished with our eighth-worst overall grade among corners and it's hard to see that improving. Across from him, Mike Jenkins was just as bad. Not only did he have a rough time in coverage but he struggled against the run too. His 122.6 QB rating allowed was third-worst in the league. Unlike they have at linebacker, there's no depth at this position for Dallas. Nickel back Orlando Scandrick had a positive grade on the year but coverage (-3.6) was his weakness – not a great thing for a corner. Bryan McCann may have made some highlight reel plays but also graded out negatively. Fifth-round pick Josh Thomas is unlikely to be the answer.
3.) Struggles of a Rookie Tackle
Tyron Smith might be great as a rookie but let's just say there's not much of a precedent for it. Russell Okung (31st overall), Rodger Saffold (49th), Zane Beadles (53rd), Trent Williams (65th), Jared Veldheer (68th), Bryan Bulaga (69th) and Anthony Davis (71st) all had trouble making a consistent positive impact as they transitioned to the pros last season. Not one rookie offensive tackle who played at least 25% of snaps had a positive overall grade and most of them made our bottom 15 list for pass blocking efficiency. Considering the fact Smith was thought to be raw coming out of college, it'll surely be a surprise if gets up to speed quickly.
4.) Not Much in Reserve
Miles Austin and Dez Bryant are two top-quality receivers, but who's behind them? Sam Hurd and Roy Williams are gone and no other receiver on the roster gathered more than 100 snaps last year. Kevin Ogletree, a late round pick from three years ago, has more experience than the rest and the Cowboys have six rookie wide receivers on their roster – only sixth-round pick Dwayne Harris was drafted. Three other players have two years or less of NFL experience. Lack of depth is probably an understatement.
5.) New DC
Rob Ryan may be a skilled defensive coordinator but some of the talent might not fit his two-gap scheme. I'm talking specifically about nose tackle Jay Ratliff. Ratliff has been one of Dallas' most dominant players for a while but his light build is better suited for getting up the field than anchoring in the middle. Perhaps he'll receive more snaps as an end, allowing promising rookie Josh Brent to man the middle. Still, the change in system may well limit the effectiveness of one of the Cowboys' best players.
If the offensive line can come together and the secondary holds up, the Cowboys could be dangerous once more.
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The Obama administration's threat to further sanction Russia because of its meddling in Ukraine risks going stale, even as NATO warns that Moscow is not backing off.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday, June 19, that Russia had moved a few thousand more troops to its border with eastern Ukraine despite withdrawing many of its more than 40,000 soldiers late last month.
"I consider this a very regrettable step backward, and it seems that Russia keeps the option to intervene further," Rasmussen said, according to the Associated Press.
"If Russia is unwilling to reverse course, the United States and the international community is prepared to impose additional cost," U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Thursday in Berlin, where he was meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.
But as the Obama administration's focus diverted to Iraq and fissures deepen between U.S. and European leaders on sanctions, the threat doesn't carry the same weight it did when the United States was ramping up sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisors in March. The markets now look ready to welcome Russia back, and analysts say that after hearing idle threats for months, investors are tuning them out. The ruble has already rebounded, as has the Russian stock market. At its low point in March, the ruble had sunk 10 percent against the dollar for the year. Now it's down only 4 percent since the beginning of the year.
"Investors simply no longer believe this line from the U.S. — rhetoric and actions have not matched, and such commentary is not seen as being very credible now," said Tim Ash, head of emerging-markets research at Standard Bank.
Washington froze the assets of 45 people, including some of Putin's closest allies, and 19 banks and companies in an attempt to pressure Putin to reverse his annexation of Crimea and de-escalate violence in eastern Ukraine. Treasury officials have pointed to Russia's falling currency as evidence that the sanctions were working. But any signs of progress have since disappeared, with key indicators showing that Western sanctions have had little impact on Russia's currency or stock market.
Perhaps more importantly, the sanctions haven't cowed Moscow. The Obama administration, NATO, and Ukrainian authorities say small numbers of Russian tanks, weapons, and troops continue to periodically cross into Ukraine.
"The sanctions have still completely failed in their primary political purpose in terms of changing Russia's course," said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "If the Russians conclude that it's all talk, they're not going to respond the way we want them to."


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Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
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Event Details
Ascend to the lush grassy hilltop of Elings Park to experience California's premier tequila tasting event at our 4th Annual Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival. Presented by The Berry Man, Inc. and benefiting Elings Park. Imbibe from over 50 premium hand selected tequilas and mezcales. Savor gourmet appetizers from top local chefs and enjoy live musical entertainment by Instone and Trio Primavera. Don't miss this festive summertime upscale event! Ticket price includes all tequila/mezcal and food samples. For full event details visit: www.AgaveAvenue.com
SBTH 2013: Festival Schedule
- VIP Entrance Time: 3:00PM
- VIP Advanced Tasting: 3:00Pm – 4:00PM
- General Entrance Time: 4:00PM
- VIP Presentation – "Essence of Tequila" with Tequila Neat: 4:00PM – 5:00PM
- Silent Raffle benefiting Elings Park: 3:00PM – 7:00PM
- Silent Raffle Winner Announcement: 6:30PM
- SBTH 2013 Closing: 7:00PM
- SBTH After Party: 9:00PM
SBTH 2013: Tickets
(Online ticket orders available until Midnight of August 30, 2013)
VIP Admission Tickets Include: Starting at $80 per Person
- VIP Admission Door Time: 3pm to 7PM
- Separate VIP Entrance line into SBTH 2013
- One (1) hour advanced tasting of Main Exhibition Tents before doors open to General Admission.
- Receive the SBTH 2013 Official Tasting Glass. Hand selected to glassware designed to bring our the true connoisseur in you.
- "Essence of Tequila" presentation and tasting session with Kelly Cash of Tequila Neat in the VIP Tent. (From 4PM to 5PM)
- Sample Extra-Añejos and other distilled Spirits not found in the Main Exhibition Tents during Tequila Neat's Presentation.
- Experience specially made appetizers showcasing the infusion of tequila in delectable dishes only found during the "Essence of Tequila" presentation.
- Sample from 30 Premium Tequila and Mezcal labels in the Main Exhibition Tents.
- Savor delicious appetizers from local local restaurants.
- Enjoy live Latin Music and entertainment.
- Participate in the SBTH 2013 Silent Raffle for a chance to take your favorite Tequila or Mezcal home. 100% of all proceeds from the Silent Raffle directly benefit this years beneficiary, Elings Park.
General Admission Tickets Include: Starting at $45 per Person
- General Admission Door Time: 4pm to 7pm
- Sample from 30 Premium Tequila and Mezcal labels in the Main Exhibition Tents.
- Savor delicious appetizers from local local restaurants.
- Enjoy live Latin Music and entertainment.
- Participate in the SBTH 2013 Silent Raffle for a chance to take your favorite Tequila or Mezcal home. 100% of all proceeds from the Silent Raffle directly benefit this years beneficiary, Elings Park.
Group Rate Tickets: $40 per Person (10+ persons)
- If a few is good, a group is better when buying your General Admission tickets to the 4th Annual Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival. We are offering discounted tickets rates for groups of 10 or more. The best part is we are offer this low group rate all the way up to the day before the festival or while supplies last.
Designated Driver Tickets: $30 per Person
- We desire nothing more than to have our guest to arrive and leave the Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival safe and sound. One way of doing this is to assign a Designated Driver. We are offering Deeply Discounts Ticket Rates to designated drivers, so that they may partake in the entertainment, enjoy the delicious food, and activities with family and friends. Designated Drivers will not be served alcohol and will receive a special colored wristband.
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- Tickets are being sent electronically as PDF tickets. PDF tickets will be attached to your order conformation email. Please Print and bring tickets to event entrance.
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Ticket Refund and Transfer Policy:
- All Ticket Sales are Final and Non-Refundable.
- Ticket Transfers are available. To begin a Ticket Transfer start by going here. For instructions, please read Transfer Tickets to Someone Else.
SBTH 2013: Dress Code
The Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival will be held outdoors in a large grass area on a beautiful summer afternoon.
Recommended Attire:
Ladies: A light top with slacks or a sundress with wedges, flats, or sandals instead of heels (we don't want you sinking into the grass) and a fashionable summer hat.
Gentlemen: A nice button-down shirt and khaki pants or shorts with loafers and a Panama or Trilby hat.
SBTH 2013: Silent Raffle
Make sure not to forget your checkbook as you will have the opportunity to bid on your favorite Tequila, Mezcal, or other great auction items in our $5 per ticket Silent Raffle. Bid as mich as you would like and as often as you would like. Remember 100% of all proceeds from the Silent Raffle directly benefit Elings Park, this years beneficiary of the 4th Annual Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival.
SBTH 2013: Parking & Transportation
We highly encourage the use of a taxi cab as the means of transportation to get to and from the the Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival. This way you avoid the hassle of dealing with limited parking and a $5 parking fee. Honestly, after sampling from 30 Premium Tequila and Mezcal labels, you just might find yourself in need of a taxi cab. There will be convenient Taxi drop-off and pick-up zone located right in front of the entrance gate. To sweeten the deal, we have partnered with Beachside Cab Company and they will be offering Special Rates to all who reserve and mention that there destination is the Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival. Reserve your taxi cab by calling (805) 966-5600.
Two Parking Locations will be available: ($5 Parking Fee at both.)
- Elings Park located at 1298 Las Positas Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105 (Map)
- First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara located at 949 Veronica Springs Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4598 (Map).
- A shuttle service will be provided to and from First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara Parking Lot.
- We recommend going to First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara Parking lot if arriving after 5PM. (Elings Park Parking Lot likely to be full by this time.)
This is a 21 and Over ONLY event.
* * * * * Remember to Please Harvest Responsibly * * * * *
When & Where
Elings Park
1298 Las Positas Rd
Santa Barbara,
Saturday, August 31, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
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