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While Andrew Jones clearly designs great speakers (I've personally heard the Reference models), one has to wonder if all the exotic materials and extreme expense really produces a better sounding speaker. It seems like the TADs, Magicos, and Best Loudspeaker In The World company ( from the ever modest YG Acoustics) are living in a vacuum - at least where mini monitors are concerned. With speakers like the KEF 201/2 Reference offering in some instances better performance ( measured cleaner midrange/tweeter spectral decay, for example) at a fraction of the price ( $6000/pair), it would seem that some of the design parameters for the uber priced mini monitors are a bit misplaced. While Andrew's job with the 8 inch woofer in the compact Reference is commendable, one can achieve noticeably better performance with a properly integrated sub or a modest sized tower like the Revel Ultimas at a fraction of the cost. Concentric beryllium speaker units are a wonderful thing but only if the end result and it's associated cost can be justified with improved performance. On that count, the verdict doesn't seem very clearly in favor of this uber pricey mini monitor.
TAD Compact Reference CR1 loudspeaker Measurements
I used DRA Labs' MLSSA system and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone to measure the TAD Compact Reference CR1's frequency response in the farfield, and an Earthworks QTC-40 for the nearfield and spatially averaged room responses. My estimate of the CR1's voltage sensitivity was 87.5dB(B)/2.83V/m, which is both about average and slightly above the specified 86dB. The CR1 is specified as being a 4 ohm load, but the speaker's impedance remains above 7.5 ohms throughout the upper midrange and treble, dropping to 4 ohms only between 40 and 225Hz (fig.1). Though there are some swings in the value of the electrical phase angle, the extreme values occur, as usual, when the magnitude is high, mitigating the effect of the increased current demand. There is one exception, at 34Hz, where there is a value of 5 ohms and 48° capacitive phase angle, which will put strain on an amplifier with limited current delivery.
Other than a small wrinkle at 42kHz, which is presumably the fundamental "oil-can" resonance of the tweeter's beryllium dome, the traces in fig.1 are free from any discontinuities that would imply the existence of resonances of some kind. Indeed, when I investigated the vibrational behavior of the enclosure's panels with an accelerometer, I found nothing untoward!
Fig.2 shows the individual responses of the port (red trace), the woofer (green), and the coaxial upper-frequency drive-unit (blue). Below 350Hz, the latter two traces were taken with the microphone in the nearfield; above that frequency, the traces show the drive-units' farfield responses on the tweeter axis. The saddle centered on 38Hz in the impedance-magnitude trace suggests that this is the tuning frequency of the port; this is confirmed by the minimum-motion notch in the woofer's nearfield output in fig.2 occurring at the same frequency. The port's output is a tidy bandpass covering the octave between 30 and 60Hz, with only a slight hint of a resonant peak at 250Hz disturbing its upper-frequency rolloff. The woofer's output crosses over to the coaxial driver at pretty much the specified 250Hz, with what appear to be 18dB/octave filter slopes. The woofer's behavior above its passband is smooth, and the coaxial drive-unit's response is astonishingly flat, up to the region where the tweeter's output starts to be affected by the fact that it is symmetrically surrounded by the midrange cone. This gives rise to a small peak at 9kHz, followed by an equally small dip in the response at 12kHz. Above that frequency, the tweeter's output continues smoothly until it starts to rise just below the 30kHz limit of this graph.
The 6dB boost in the upper bass that results from the nearfield measurement is absent in this graph, suggesting that the TAD Compact Reference's woofer alignment is on the overdamped side. The rolloffs of the woofer and port below the port tuning frequency in fig.3 conform to the usual 12dB/octave. When the woofer and port outputs are summed, taking acoustic phase angle into account, the CR1's calculated low-frequency nearfield response drops 24dB/octave (fig.3 below 300Hz). The CR1's farfield response, averaged across a 30° horizontal window centered on the tweeter axis, is again superbly flat from the midrange through to the high treble.
Below the region where the midrange cone starts to affect the tweeter's radiation pattern, the TAD's horizontal dispersion is textbook (fig.4), being wide and even, with no off-axis hot spots or troughs. This behavior always correlates with stable, precise stereo imaging, the early reflections of the speaker's output from the room's sidewalls not having a different character from the direct sound. Despite its relatively large diameter, the tweeter has wider-than-usual top-octave dispersion. In the vertical plane (fig.5), the TAD maintains its response over a wide window centered on the tweeter height of 40.5", confirming my subjective impression that the CR1's balance didn't change appreciably as I moved up and down in my chair.
Fig.6 shows how this anechoic behavior translates to the measured spatially averaged response in my listening room. I perform this measurement by averaging twenty 1/6-octavesmoothed responses taken for each speaker individually in a rectangular grid measuring 36" by 18" and centered on the positions of my ears in my listening chair. (I use an Earthworks omni microphone and a Metric Halo ULN-2 FireWire audio interface, in conjunction with SMUGSoftware's Fuzzmeasure 2.0 running on my Apple laptop.) The CR1's treble is smooth and extendedperhaps too extended, considering that this response ideally should slope down a little with increasing frequency, due to the increasing absorptivity of the room's furnishings at high frequencies. The low midrange shelves down slightly, presumably due to the interference from the floor bounce of the sound in this region, which leaves the upper midrange a little emphasized. At the other end of the spectrum, the small peaks in the 32 and 63Hz regions are due to room modes that haven't been completely eliminated by the spatial averaging, but the TAD's output extends down to 30Hz before rolling off sharply.
Turning to the time domain, the CR1's step response on its tweeter axis (fig.7) suggests that all three drive-units are connected in positive acoustic polarity, which I confirmed by looking at the individual drive-unit steps (not shown). The speaker's output is not time-coincident, but it is time-coherent, in that the decay of each unit's step on the tweeter axis blends smoothly with that of the next lower in frequency. The result is that, as you could see in the CR1's on-axis frequency response (fig.3), the drive-units' outputs smoothly add in the frequency domain to give a flat response through the two crossover regions. The TAD's cumulative spectral-decay plot (fig.8) has an initially clean decay, but with some low-level hash visible in the midrange. I am not sure where this stems from, and, of course, this is the frequency region where quasi-anechoic measurements have limited resolution.
Summing up the measured performance of the TAD Compact Reference CR1 is easy: This is textbook behavior!John Atkinson
don't forget the marvelous (IMHO) dynaudio c1.
Being involved with musicians, I have the opportunity to hear live unamplified acoustic music (from up close in a variety of spaces) several times a week. To my ear the TAD's capture more of that original acoustic texture and detail woven throughout the spectrum than other technologies (save for large panel speakers)
While on a 3-4 year quest for a reference speaker for my listening room/post production studio and to possibly sell, I had an opportunity to hear most of the highly regarded, latest technology transducers available, some in my own system.
In my extended evaluation of the TAD, I tried playing just one CR1 and another single (cutting edge) speaker, both being fed a mono signal.
Moving back and forth between the 2 different speakers, I could finally understand what the TAD's were doing. That single CR1 playing a mono signal possessed an ease and a freedom in air the other speaker didn't. There wasn't a mechanical nature to the TAD. The other speaker sounded extremely good (a keeper hadn't the TAD showed up), but in contrast, the music from the CR1 just flowed and imaged a 3d presentation that didn't have that "reproduced sound". The impersonation of stand up bass was spot on (so thought a friend who owns a stand up) and a horn blast really emulates that bell sound I hear from horn players live.
The evaporated beryllium cones are so thin and in fact brittle to the touch (hence the grills) that they are highly responsive in a way that I don't hear with other driver materials. In early TAD experiments it turned out that vapor deposited Beryllium sounded better for cones than even using diamonds. Acuton does make a diamond midrange (to match their tweeter) but just the 2 raw mid drivers cost more than a full pair of CR1's.
The coincident design of the mid/hi driver allows one to hear phase information in recordings that is normally not as available. Details like subtle movements in a singer's position relative to the mic capsule can now be easily heard, and from many places from within the room!
The fact that studios like AIR and Bill Schnee chose TAD's means that what you're hearing at home isn't just stunning and beautiful effect, it's a highly critical tool and an accurate transducer.
I've now used the CR1's on tubes and various solid state technologies with great results.
When you're in the New York area, you can hear TAD's at our studio.


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Your living situation?
Poll Results
Question: I am curious about everyone's living situations.
Own my home outright
Own my home with a mortgage
Live with family
Total Votes: 105
Question: I am curious about everyone's living situations.
Total Votes: 105
We are living with my hubby's father. he is very sick and can not be left alone. he wants to die in the house he built 56 years ago. then we will have the house when he dies.
We rent right now. I think we will for a few more years, we need to figure out exactly where we want to settle once LO is school age.
We just bought our house with a mortgage. We had planned on starting to pay it down right away but life had other plans. My van went down and will need more work then its worth so we will be purchasing a new vehicle and have a car payment. :( After that is paid off, we'll start paying down our mortgage. Our goal is to have it paid off in 15 years.
We rent...too much of a hassle to own a home in NYC....
We are renting since we are a military family. No point in buying right now.
I was in Real Estate in another life.

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Tevez fine reduced to two weeks
Manchester City have reluctantly accepted the Professional Footballers' Association decision to block Carlos Tevez's four-week fine for breach of contract - but believe the players' union operates under a conflict of interest.
• PFA rejects four-week fine
• Tevez could sue Mancini
• Tevez cops heavy penalty
• Corinthians won't pay 'crazy' fee
• Hughes slams Mancini over row
Without the PFA's sanction a two-week fine is the maximum which can be imposed. As City wished to fine Tevez double that amount they had to go to the players' body for approval, but the PFA on Thursday insisted that the player was not found guilty of refusing to play and as such only a two-week fine was acceptable.
The club's statement read: "Manchester City Football Club has received notification from the Players' Union (PFA) that it will not support a four-week fine as a penalty for the actions of misconduct of Carlos Tevez.
"The club acknowledges that the Players' Union is the sole organisation empowered with granting the ability for clubs to levy fines greater than the two weeks provided for in player contracts. However, Manchester City is disappointed by the apparent PFA conflict of interest evident in this process.
"Carlos Tevez has been personally represented throughout by the PFA Chief Executive, on whose considerations the Club has been informed that the PFA has made its decision.
"Manchester City has been in constant dialogue with the PFA since September 28. Today's PFA decision is a departure from the Club's understanding of that dialogue.
"Without recourse to the PFA decision available, the maximum two-week fine provided for in standard player contracts will now be applied in relation to the misconduct of Carlos Tevez."
PFA chief Gordon Taylor issued a statement that insists Tevez has been cleared. Taylor said: "If he had refused to play that would have been the charge and that would be gross misconduct. The charge was momentarily refusing to resume warming up. He never refused to play. He was desperate to play.
"They are trying to portray he refused to play, which is serious and why he was vilified. No evidence that they presented suggested that. If the evidence was strong and irrefutable, that's gross misconduct, as serious as it gets and could be a termination of contract.
"That's not the case. The evidence doesn't suggest that and that's why the charge was not of gross misconduct.''
It comes after the adverse publicity generated against Tevez when the club announced that he had been found guilty of five breaches of contract, implying that he had refused to play.
The PFA statement reads: "Gordon Taylor attended the hearing with Carlos Tevez on October 21 and was privy to all the evidence presented to the hearing and Carlos' response. The PFA's opinion, based on all the evidence presented, is that Carlos Tevez never refused to play for the club.
"This is accepted by the club in that the charge against Carlos made at the hearing was not one of refusing to play. As such the PFA considers that there is no justification for a fine other than up to the prescribed sanction of two weeks' wages agreed by the FA, the Premier League and PFA.
"The PFA has informed the Manchester City football club accordingly and Carlos will continue to be supported by the PFA in this regard."
Taylor this morning defended his and the PFA's position in the outcome of the saga, following the conflict of interest accusation from City.
He told BBC Radio Five Live: "It's not a conflict of interest at all. It's just merely pointing out what the law is, what the law says, and what the code of practice says. It's like a QC having to tell the judge that in accordance with the law you've got it wrong."
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For the past few weeks I have been reading Chris Guillebeau's annual review posts, and it has inspired me to do a bit of a personal review myself. While I haven't written a book, inspired thousands of people, or almost been kicked out of Saudi Arabia, I have been thinking a lot lately about how much has changed in 2009 and reflecting upon where I was a year ago. If you have been reading Location 180 for awhile, you have a general sense of what I have been through, but you probably don't realize just how far I have come to get to the point where I am today.
If you had asked me a year ago, what I would be doing in December of 2009, I surely would have told you that I would be doing pretty much the same thing I was doing in 2008. I'd still be working 40-50 hours a week at my job, living a comfortable life, and plotting someway to use the 10 whole days of vacation I'd have in 2010 to make it some place exotic.
There was a sense of obligation in my job, that I never thought I would be able to shake. The mindset of "you gave me work, so I should be eternally grateful" is something that I felt would lead me to a 30 year career at the same company. It honestly wasn't until after I lost my job a few months ago that I was able to get rid of that feeling, and the guilt that is still inside of me tells that even now, the feeling isn't entirely gone.
So back to last year, one of my best friends had already been talking for months about the world trip he was going to take in January of 2010. I had dreams of joining him, and he made some pretty good arguments for why I should (scuba diving in Utila, World Cup in South Africa, Hiking the Inca Trail, you know, typical every day stuff), but the sense of obligation to my job was so strong that I hardly considered it at that point.
Then came Brazil.
We had been planning it for nearly 10 months. I cashed in ALL of my vacation days for the year, and in February we hopped on a flight to experience Carnival in Rio de Janeiro first hand. To say we weren't disappointed would be an understatement.
However, more importantly than that, it was what triggered one of the rare "aha" moments you experience in life. You know the ones where you realize that you dohave options, and aren't entrenched in whatever life you currently have.
I have extremely vivid memories of two moments in particular.
One was a Wednesday morning about 11 walking down Copacabana beach and I just looked to Ryan and said "we should be able to do this everyday." I want the freedom to work, when I want to, not when it is most convenient for someone else.
The second moment was near the end of our trip, and we were taking a jet boat down the Parana River after being doused by Iguazu Falls. As we cruised the 7 miles down to our take out point, I couldn't fathom having to go back to work a mere three days later. It just didn't seem right. I think that was the moment where I realized a change needed to be made. I had no idea how I was going to go about it, but I knew something would need to happen.
I went back to work, longing for days when getting out for an hour to go exercise wasn't the best part of my day. I mean seriously, when you are counting down the hours until you can leave to go lift weights or run, something isn't right. I don't even enjoy working out that much!
Anyways, the next big shift came in April. Ryan, on a whim, decided to move to Hawaii. Do you know what it is like to talk to someone 3 times a week, who is working as a cabana boy, and routinely getting free "excursions" from his concierge roommate. We are talking zip line rides, atv trips, diving outings, and even sunset helicopter rides, ALL FOR FREE! If that isn't enough to make you jealous I don't know what is (see photo above for my version of payback). Yet, as much as I wanted to go join him, I still wouldn't consider the idea of leaving my job that I was so grateful for.
At this point, I had been toying with the idea of starting a blog to help me gain some clarity about my life and goals. Chris Guillebeau had just moved to Portland, and I was shocked when he agreed to meet me for coffee. I honestly credit a lot of this blogs success to him. He provided me with resources for starting the blog, as well as gave some personal insight into some of the things that worked for him (reading other blogs, and taking action being among the most useful things I got out of that first meeting).
As I progressed through the months, and wrote post after post, I started to experience a slow evolution. I had been in touch with so many people who were living remarkable lives that I was starting to believe maybe, quite possibly, I could actually be one of those people as well.
In September, I stumbled upon a post by David Walsh about how to propose a remote work agreement. This is a concept that I never thought would work for my position at my job, but after thinking about it more and more, I realized that with some creative thinking, it could totally be done.
Submitting that proposal was the first real step I made towards a new lifestyle…even if it was a failure.
My failure however, was in actually believing that 1) It would work and 2) If it didn't work, there wouldn't be consequences.
By the time a month had passed and there was no response, I really felt like it was because they were figuring out all the details for how to make it happen. In my mind, aside from not being able to answer the phone on a regular basis, I didn't see a downside. They would save thousands of dollars annually, and I would still be able to provide nearly all of the value that I was giving while in the office. It seemed like a no brainer to me. But I guess I come from a new way of thinking.
In the end, they obviously didn't accept the proposal, but it was the best thing that could have happened. Sure, I experienced a few terrifying weeks with no income, or idea of what the future would bring, but then everything came full circle.
Like I mentioned, I started the blog with no real of idea where it would take me.
Well, my blog is taking me to Thailand.
Seriously, you want motivation for starting a blog, there you go. In 6 months, I have gone from frightened conformist, to trailblazing adventure seeker (ok that might be exaggerating a little bit, but it isn't totally far off). The same amount of time has featured a number of slow but deliberate steps towards rewiring my brain, and adopting a new way of thinking. Each step bringing me closer to my ideal lifestyle.
I have no idea if my next adventure ends with me having found that lifestyle that I am searching for, but I do know that I am closer than I have ever been.
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Spurred by retail and construction hiring, San Diego County's unemployment rate fell last month to match its five-year low.
While the retail job growth for the holiday season was key in the drop from October, over the past year the rate has come down 1.5 percent, showing an improving economy backed by middle class jobs.
The region's unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent in November, down from 7 percent in October, the state Employment Development Department said Friday. The 6.8 percent matched May's jobless figure, when summer tourism hiring was up. Otherwise, the rate hasn't been lower since October 2008, when it was 6.7 percent and on the rise during the Great Recession.
County employers added a net 8,500 payroll jobs in November, with retail industry accounting for 6,200 jobs.
San Diego's numbers are not adjusted to account for the seasonal boost in holiday hiring, so the unemployment rate generally falls toward the end of each year, and jumps in January when many of the retail workers are laid off. Adjusted for seasonality, county employers added 1,000 nonfarm jobs in November.
A year ago at this time, the jobless rate was 8.3 percent. The decline to 6.8 percent was for reasons economist like to see: the labor force grew by 0.2 percent, while the number of people unemployed dropped by 17.6 percent. The rate sometimes can drop if people stop looking for work, but that didn't happen over the year.
"The labor force is not growing that fast, but job creation, when looking at civilian employment, is growing much faster," said Esmael Adibi, economist at Chapman University.
In the past 12 months, county employers have added 23,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, a number called solid by Alan Gin, economist at the University of San Diego.
The types of jobs added were also a bright spot.
In a sign of the improving housing market, construction employment is up 9.3 percent in the last 12 months. The field has added 5,300 jobs over the last year, as median housing prices at one point saw 24.1 percent year-over-year gains.
"That's a sign to me that this rebound in housing prices is now finally having an impact in terms of construction activity," Gin said, noting that new residential housing permits this year are up at least 50 percent.
New construction projects have an economic ripple effect, such as a new home needing new furniture and appliances. That's why economists consider them so important.
"It boosts other sectors," Adibi said. "Part of the reason you see wholesale trade and transportation doing well is because of the construction sector."
Education and health services had the largest year-over-year gain, adding 6,100 jobs.
Still, Gin said the unemployment rate would be 7.3 percent if seasonally adjusted, up from 7.1 percent in October. He called the November report mixed.
While the unemployment rate is down, annual job growth is only at 1.8 percent, matching its October rate, and well below its 2.6 percent pace in March, when employers were adding 32,600 jobs year-over-year. Job growth slowed in many regions, Adibi said, but economists speculated that the across-the-board federal budget cuts called sequestration were especially hitting San Diego's defense and research laden economy.
But moving forward, Congress has reached a budget deal to reinstate some of the cuts, providing a boost to San Diego, Gin said.
"It'll lessen some of the uncertainty that might have been involved, and calm some people," he said, adding that it's going to particularly help the defense sector.
A negative on the annual comparison is that manufacturing in San Diego declined by 2,000 jobs, as the region generally produces high value goods using automated systems.
"The trend in manufacturing has been down for at least 10 of the last 11 years," Gin said. "it's just too expensive to manufacture in San Diego and the U.S."
Financial activities was down 600 jobs, as some banks laid off workers who handled distressed property sales and fewer people are refinancing as interest rates rise.
Last month, there were 109,800 unemployed San Diegans, while about 1.5 million said they had jobs.
California's unemployment rate, which is adjusted for seasonality, dropped to 8.5 percent in November, as employers added 44,300 nonfarm payroll jobs.
The Employment Development Department said Friday that the unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point since October. It had fallen to 8.5 percent in June before bouncing back up to 8.9 percent by August.
The U.S. Labor Department says California, Texas and Indiana reported the largest job gains in November as hiring improved across the country.
California has added 903,000 jobs since February 2010, when the state employment department says the economic recovery began.
Despite the gains, California still exceeds the national unemployment rate, which dropped to 7.0 percent in November.
Nearly 1.6 million people remained unemployed in California, down 34,000 from October.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Jefferson Bancshares Inc. (JFBI) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2009-06-30.
Jefferson Bancshares Inc. operates as the holding company for Jefferson Federal Bank which provides financial services to consumers and businesses in Hamblen and Knoxville Counties Tennessee. The Bank operates as a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial services to consumers and businesses in its market area. It offers various deposits products which include NOW accounts money market accounts Christmas club savings accounts certificates of deposit and retirement savings plans. The company's loan portfolio includes one-to four-family residential loans home equity lines of credit commercial real estate and multi family loans construction loans land loans and commercial business loans as well as consumer loans including loans secured by automobiles and savings accounts loans on recreational vehicles and boats debt consolidation loans and personal unsecured debt. It also offers automated teller machine insurance agency and safe Jefferson Bancshares Inc. has a market cap of $41.92 million; its shares were traded at around $6.25 with and P/S ratio of 1.34. The dividend yield of Jefferson Bancshares Inc. stocks is 3.84%.
Highlight of Business Operations:Historically, we have not emphasized the origination of loans that conform to guidelines for sale in the secondary mortgage market. However, beginning in January 2005, we began originating loans for the secondary mortgage market. Loans are sold without recourse and on a servicing-released basis. We generally do not make conventional loans with loan-to-value ratios exceeding 85% and generally make loans with a loan-to-value ratio in excess of 85% only when secured by first liens on owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences. Loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 90% generally require private mortgage insurance or additional collateral. We require all properties securing mortgage loans in excess of $250,000 to be appraised by a board-approved appraiser. We require title insurance on all mortgage loans in excess of $25,000. Borrowers must obtain hazard or flood insurance (for loans on property located in a flood zone) prior to closing the loan.
At June 30, 2009, loans with principal balances of $500,000 or more secured by commercial real estate totaled $103.8 million, or 65.0% of commercial real estate loans, and loans with principal balances of $500,000 or more secured by multi-family properties totaled $2.6 million, or 40.0% of multifamily loans. At June 30, 2009, two commercial real estate loans totaling $1.7 million were nonaccrual loans.
Construction Loans. We originate loans to finance the construction of one-to four-family homes and, to a lesser extent, multi-family and commercial real estate properties. At June 30, 2009, $9.8 million of our construction loans was for the construction of one- to four-family homes and $31.0 was for the construction of commercial or multi-family real estate. Construction loans are generally made on a pre-sold basis; however, contractors who have sufficient financial strength and a proven track record are considered for loans for model and speculative purposes, with preference given to contractors with whom we have had successful relationships. We generally limit loans to contractors for speculative construction to a total of $350,000 per contractor. Construction loans generally provide for interest-only payments at fixed-rates of interest and have terms of six to 12 months. At the end of the construction period, the loan generally converts into a permanent loan. Construction loans to a borrower who will occupy the home, or to a builder who has pre-sold the home, will be considered for loan-to-value ratios of up to 85%. Construction loans for speculative purposes, models and commercial properties may be considered for loan-to-value ratios of up to 80%. Loan proceeds are disbursed in increments as construction progresses and as inspections warrant. We generally use in-house inspectors for construction disbursement purposes; however, we may rely on architect certifications and independent third party inspections for disbursements on larger commercial loans.
At June 30, 2009, our largest land loan had an outstanding balance of $4.3 million and was secured by commercial real estate. At June 30, 2009, loans with principal balances of $500,000 or more secured by unimproved property totaled $22.4 million, or 47.6%, of land loans. All of these loans were performing in accordance with their terms at that date.
The Loan Committee meets every two weeks to review all mortgage loans made within granted lending authority of $75,000 or more and all non-mortgage loans made within granted lending authority of $50,000 or more. The committee approves all requests which exceed granted lending authority or when the request carries aggregate exposure to us of $2.0 million or more. The minutes of the committee are reported to and reviewed by the Board of Directors.
sell investments: the President, Executive Vice President and/or Vice President. There is a limit of $2.0 million par value on any single investment purchase unless approval is obtained from the Board of Directors. For mortgage-backed securities, real estate mortgage investment conduits and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, purchases are limited to a current par value of $2.5 million without Board approval.
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My source of the info I sent to Toby on this subject came, not from me, but directly to the folks to whom I'm spoken with at Ten Tec. If they are incorrect, so be it. It does not detract from the fine CW gear they produce. Tommy W4BQF -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Toby Pennington Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 5:16 PM To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 1st Year of Use Open Mouth.......insert foot! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <email@example.com> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 1st Year of Use > At 07:00 PM 6/2/05, you wrote: > > > >As for someone being concerned about Ten Tec thinks about what is posted on > >these reflectors, there is, to my knowledge, only one person at Ten Tec who > >actually reads these reflectors....most of the technical staff get too sick > >on their stomach to read most of what is posted. Paul Clinton's answer to my > >question was 'we don't even look at that garbage'! > > > >Tommy > > I suppose he'd have to be reading it to have an assessment like that.... > > I have read virtually every message posted here since 1996, within 24 hours > of being posted, and continue to do so. There are several employees > who read the archives on at least a semi-weekly basis rather than have each > individual email delivered to inboxes. And then there is the occasional post > that will be printed out, photocopied, and passed around for discussion > among us here at the factory or emailed to other people who might want to > read it that don't check on a regular basis. > > I've been less active here the past few months, for a variety of reasons. > > Scott Robbins, W4PA > Amateur Radio Product Manager, Ten-Tec, Inc. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy, Sevierville, TN 37862 USA > Contact Mon-Fri Eastern: Office/Tech (865) 453-7172 9 am-5 pm. > Repair (865) 428-0364 8-4. Sales (800) 833-7373 9 am-5:30 pm. > Fax (865) 428-4483 24 hrs. Visit us at <http://www.tentec.com> > Email: New product sales/product info firstname.lastname@example.com > Service department email@example.com > While we make every effort to answer email in an expedient manner, > the telephone is a much more efficient tool for getting a quicker and > more complete answer to your inquiries. Thanks! > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.5.2 - Release Date: 6/3/05 > > > _______________________________________________ > TenTec mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec > _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
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VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Western Canadian province of Manitoba projects a C$545 million ($534 million) deficit in the coming fiscal year as it tries to control spending in the C$13.3 billion budget it released on Tuesday.
The New Democratic Party government also unveiled a five-year plan it said will include using its rainy day fund to control debt and return to budget surpluses by 2014.
The plan will require a change to Manitoba's balanced-budget law, but doing that is better than slashing core services such as health and education, Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk said.
"While these cuts may save money in the short term, the cost of repairing this neglect is much larger in the long term," Wowchuk said.
Spending will be cut at most government departments, but increased for health and education, officials said.
Total spending in fiscal 2010-11, which starts in April, was projected at C$13.3 billion, up from C$13 billion forecast for 2009-10, while revenues will rise to C$12.7 billion from C$12.5 billion.
The 2009-10 budget is now expected to end with a C$555 million deficit, compared with the C$48 million surplus that was projected when it was unveiled a year ago.
Public sector employees will be asked to accept a wage freeze and provincial cabinet members will see their salaries cut by 20 percent, Wowchuk said.
Earlier plans to cut the province's corporate and personal income tax rates have been delayed until the economy is stronger, Wowchuk told the provincial legislature.
Total capital spending will be nearly C$1.8 billion.
($1=$1.02 Canadian)
Reporting Allan Dowd; editing by Rob Wilson


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Yankee Swamp is an original of Traum's. Taken at an up-tempo beat, Traum is all over the neck exploring various possibilities in a soft and unassuming way. With The Band backing Traum, Helm's solid drumming and Hudson's ever present organ are the needed spice to this flavorful number.
Zucchini's delicate brush work along with Petito's walking bass are the perfect pillow for Traum to explore. Hot Lunch was co- written by Traum and Petito. As the guitar takes a gentle excursion with delicate harmonics, sonic joy abounds. Traum is a master at controlling the moment.
One of the most under rated pianists on the scene today, Warren Bernhardt's heartfelt introduction sets the stage for Traum's Modality. Johnson's understated percussion along with Petito's rounded finger work caress the melody with grace and respect. Traum has room to move throughout before we hear from Bernhardt with his intertwined delivery.
Dark Passage features Traum on acoustic guitar with Levin on bass and Sharp on percussion. After stating the melody, Levin carefully displays his bass skills. Buried in the mix to great effect, Levin can be heard offering up a subtle contribution. Sharp's carefully crafted percussion work is the icing on the cake.
A Day In Polizzi Gnerosa is a delightful and uplifting piece of music. Swallow's tasty bass work, along with fine percussion from Sharp and Mark allow Traum to enter the underbelly of each note to explore several possibilities. With skill and precision, he succeeds.
The Sun At Worldset is a beautiful ballad skillfully played by Traum and guitarist Fred Hand. A fine demonstration of working in a duo setting. Both compliment each other nicely with empathy and warmth. Delicate strings with melodic overtones.
Drawing on a wealth of talent over the years, this retrospective is just one of many examples that there is talent out there deserving wider recognition. No matter what musical setting Traum might be in, he gives his all. This is quite evident throughout this satisfying offering.


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Global Tax Alert | 27 December 2013
Spanish 2014 Budget Law extends increased tax rates for non-Spanish residents and amends exit tax rules
Executive summary
On 26 December 2013, the Spanish 2014 Budget Law was published in the Spanish Official Gazette. Among many other measures, the draft bill extends the application of increased tax rates on Spanish source income obtained by non-Spanish residents with no permanent establishment in Spain and modifies the Spanish exit tax rules in order to adapt them to the case law of the European Court of Justice.
Extension of the application of increased tax rates for non-Spanish residents
On 30 December 2011, a number of measures to reduce the public deficit, including a temporary increase of the domestic tax rates applicable to non-Spanish tax residents acting in Spain without a permanent establishment were approved.1
The increase on tax rates was established for years 2012 and 2013; the 2014 Budget Law extends its application to 2014. The tax rates (in the absence of an applicable tax treaty with reduced rates or of other tax benefits) applicable to these taxpayers in 2014 will be as follows:
- • The general tax rate will continue to be 24.75% (the rate was formerly 24%).
- • The tax rate on dividends and interest will be fixed at 21% (originally 19%).
- • Capital gains will continue to be taxed at 21% (previously taxed at a 19% rate).
- • The 21% branch remittance tax applicable to profits repatriated to the foreign head office by Spanish permanent establishments (PE) will remain in force.
It is expected that the original lower rates will again be applicable as from 1 January 2015, but year-end legislation will need to be monitored.
Amendment of the Spanish exit tax rules
Spanish exit tax rules were recently found to be in breach of EU Law by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Decision held that a migration to another EU member territory should not be subject to immediate taxation, as taxation should be deferred until a triggering event occurs.2
The 2014 Budget Law amends the Spanish exit tax rules in order to adapt them to the ECJ Decision. Under the new wording, the exit tax as a consequence of (i) the transfer of the tax residence of a Spanish company to another EU Member State, or (ii) the transfer of assets allocated to a Spanish PE to another EU Member State, may be deferred up until the assets are transferred to a third party, although such deferral is subject to the taxpayer posting a guarantee with the tax authorities covering the deferred tax. In addition, interest will accrue throughout the period during which the tax is deferred. This new provision applies retroactively to transactions occurring from 1 January 2013 forwards (which does not appear to be consistent with the correct interpretation of the Spanish tax rules, pursuant to the criterion of the Court).
1. For further details see EY Tax Alert, Spain increases tax rates for 2012 and 2013, dated 5 January 2012.
2. For further details see EY Global Tax Alert, ECJ rules against Spanish exit tax, dated 26 April 2013.
For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following:
Ernst & Young Abogados, Madrid
- • Alfonso Puyol
+34 91 572 5010
- • José Luis Gonzalo
+34 91 572 7334
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- • Cristina de la Haba
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JOHN Senden sits just three shots from the lead in a tie for third after the opening round of the lucrative World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club.
Senden fired a four-under 66 to be within striking distance of American leader Jim Furyk, whose impressive seven-under 63 allowed for a two-stroke lead over little known Englishman Lee Slattery (65).
Senden sits tied with world No.1 Luke Donald, Masters champion Bubba Watson plus Ben Crane, Simon Dyson and Rafael Cabrera Bello.
Geoff Ogilvy was the next best Australian in a tie for ninth at three-under par.
Senden came out strongly with four birdies in his opening nine holes and shared the lead at five under when his birdie putt dropped in the 13th.
But a bogey on the par five 16th dropped him back out of the pack, just as Furyk accelerated with an eagle on the other side of the course.
"I feel like I was solid out there today," Senden said.
"I've gotten off to a good start, I drove the ball well and I tried to be aggressive out there.
"Now hopefully I can keep it flowing for three more days."
Defending champion Adam Scott (71) is eight shots off the pace in a tie for 41st in his first competitive round since his British Open collapse.
His score would've looked a little healthier save for a terrible four putt on the 14th green from inside 10 feet.
"I think I played well but certainly my putting was a bit spotty," Scott said.
"I kind of switched off there for a second on the 14th green. I played fine but just didn't really have the pace of the greens at all.
"I went from charging everything to leaving things short."
Marc Leishman posted even par 70 in his WGC Bridgestone debut to be tied with seven time event champion and former world No.1 Tiger Woods in 31st.
Greg Chalmers (71), Aaron Baddeley (73) Robert Allenby (73) and Jason Day (75) opened above par.
Originally published as Senden fires to be in the hunt


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A huge part of disc golf is knowing what and how to throw. The other part is execution. If you want to work on execution, then you need lots of repetition and practice. That part is easy, what we really need is to work on the mental side. Here are 3 things to think about when you are playing disc golf that can help you win the mental game.
1. Play the hole before you shoot.
Don't just walk up to the hole and try to fling your drive as far as possible. Stop for a moment (even 5 seconds helps) and ask yourself how you are going to play each shot. (Let's pretend you are right handed) If you step up to a right curving fairway and the basket is 390 feet away but you can't throw backhand anhyzers very well and your sidearm consistently hits 320 ft and maxes out at 350 ft, you need to play the hole for 3. You should NOT expect to birdie this hole. Your max distance, perfect shot, once every other month sidearm still leaves you 40 feet short. You've left yourself with a chance for a long putt (assuming you were also accurate). What usually happens though is you try to overpower your disc to get it that extra 20 or 30 feet and sacrifice accuracy.
While, you may occasionally get that long drive to be accurate and then follow up with a long putt, you need not pressure yourself to deuce this hole. PLAY IT FOR 3! Take an accurate 300+ ft drive. Throw your putter the next 80+ ft to leave you a gimme par putt.
You have to be honest about your abilities and limitations and play within them. On longer holes or more technical holes, you need to think SHOT PLACEMENT. Stepping up to the tee, ask yourself: "where do I want each shot to be?" Place your shots mentally, then try to execute accordingly. Don't just slam your disc down the fairway and hope for the best.
2. Lines, angles, disc selection
Think about what line or shape you are going to try to throw as well as the angle of the disc (hyzer, flat, or anhyzer). Here is an example in my own game. Hole 3 at Arcadia Park in Fort Worth, Texas is a 305 foot slight hyzer with woods lining the left side of the fairway, open field to the right. I can throw my Stalker basically straight at it with enough hyzer angle to handle the speed. My max distance with the Z Stalker is just enough to get it to the basket. Or I can choose to throw my Z Force (a much faster and more overstable driver) on a wider line. The better choice is the Force and this is why: the line I'm throwing on is totally clear (the open field to the right). The hyzer angle I'm throwing on with the Force will bring the disc to the ground and not fly past. Because I can throw my Force past the target on a normal shot, I can use more of a hyzer line (but not quite a hyzer spike) to get me to the basket without risking blow-bys. The Stalker is not a bad choice but just not preferrable when I know that I can more easily turn the Stalker over drastically decrease my distance along with the possibility that if I throw it right down the pipe and it finishes left even a little early I'm in the woods praying for a clear out to save a par.
3. Don't grumble...recover!
When your shot doesn't go as planned, don't embarrass your friends and family by yelling, cussing, throwing your bag, or whining like an overgrown baby. Say to yourself: "Time to go to work" or "I can recover" or "I can still save the par" or "I can still make that putt." How many times did you mean to lay your putter up right under the basket but instead you left it 25 ft short. Well, don't start grumbling and complaining about your shot...as if you have already missed the next putt. Speak positivity into your game about how you are going to nail the putt anyway. I don't need no stinkin' drop-in or SOMETHING to keep your attitude lifted. Plus there is nothing worse than that guy who blows a gasket when he doesn't throw a pro level shot on every stroke. RELAX. Get over your mistakes and oopsies and try to make the next shot a good one. Getting ticked off will only make things worse and make you look stupid.
Don't be stupid. See ya on the course,


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Poached Pears in Almond Sauce Recipe
Lillian Julow likes to serve these luscious pears whenever she is celebrating a memorable occasion. "They always make a pretty addition to a special dinner for two," she writes from her home in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 lemon slice
- 1 piece cinnamon stick (1 inch)
- 2 medium firm pears with stems attached
- 4 red-hot candies
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- 1. In a saucepan, bring the water, sugar, lemon slice and cinnamon stick to a boil. Carefully peel pears, leaving stem attached; add to sugar mixture. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until pears are tender, turning occasionally.
- 2. Carefully remove pears and set aside. Add red-hots to sugar syrup; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until syrup is reduced by half. Remove from the heat; discard lemon and cinnamon. Stir in extracts. Return pears to sauce; cool to room temperature. To serve, spoon sauce onto dessert plates; top with pears. Sprinkle with almonds. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 337 calories, 4g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1mg sodium, 77g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 5g fiber), 2g protein.
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PHOENIX—The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday after the jury reported for a second time that it was deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend in 2008.
Judge Sherry Stephens scheduled a retrial for July 18. A new panel likely will be seated to try again to reach a decision on a sentence — unless the prosecutor takes death off the table agrees to a life sentence.
The panel began deliberating Tuesday, and the next day reported it had reached an impasse. The judge instructed the jurors to keep trying. The jury must be unanimous.
The same panel found Arias guilty two weeks ago of first-degree murder in the death of Travis Alexander, who was stabbed and slashed nearly 30 times and nearly decapitated at his Mesa home. The jury later determined the killing was cruel enough to merit consideration of the death penalty.
Under Arizona law, a hung jury in the death penalty phase of a trial requires a new jury to be seated to decide the punishment. If the second jury cannot reach a unanimous decision, the judge would then sentence Arias to spend her entire life in prison or be eligible for release after 25 years. The judge cannot sentence Arias to death.
Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley has said the case could drag on for several more months as the new jury reviews evidence and hears opening statements, closing arguments and witness testimony in a "CliffsNotes" version of the trial.
If the prosecutor decides not to pursue the death penalty a second time, the judge would then sentence Arias to one of the life in prison options, and the trial would come to a conclusion.
The jury's impasse was announced two days after Arias spoke directly to jurors and pleaded for her life. She said she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter after her conviction that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail. She displayed family pictures for the jurors and told them she could bring about positive change in prison by teaching inmates how to read and helping launch prison recycling programs.
That night, Arias gave a series of media interviews from jail, telling reporters about her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."
Arias, 32, contends she killed Alexander in self-defense when he became enraged after a day of sex, forcing her to fight for her life. Prosecutors say she attacked him in a jealous rage because he wanted to end their relationship and go to Mexico with another woman.
She went on trial in January, and the case provided endless amounts of cable TV and tabloid fodder, including a recorded phone sex call between Arias and the victim, nude photos, bloody crime-scene pictures and a defendant who described her life story in intimate detail over 18 days on the witness stand.
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Do It Yourself Shower Door Installation Guide
You can easily install a shower door on your own with a few tools in your free time. The materials for the shower door installation would cost between $300 and $500. As long as you are completely focused on the job at hand, there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to install a new shower door on your own.
First, make sure that you have the right sized door. Measure the size of your enclosure and if you are installing a swinging door, measure how far the nearest obstacles are to your door opening. Once you have all the right materials, the first thing that you will install is the base track. This helps to keep water out and your door in place. Cut the base track to the length of the shower opening and install it at the center of the shower's lip. Mark its location just in case it slips during the rest of the process.
The next step in the shower door installation is to install the vertical jambs. Use a level to make sure they are at a 90 degree angle with the base track. If you are installing a swinging door, you will install the hinge side track first; if it is a sliding door, you have to do both catch jambs. In order to ensure that your jambs are in proper place as you start to drill into the wall, mark the screw holes with a pencil when the jamb is in place. Then use an awl or punch to chip the glaze of the tile so that your drill will go in easily. Drill the holes, tap in plastic anchors and then screw your jambs to the wall.
Next to hang your shower door. For a swinging door, make sure that it is hinged to swing out and slide that side into the hinge track. Use a level to make sure that your shower door is hanging properly. Unless your walls are warped, you should have about ½ inch of wiggle room around the jamb. Once everything is level, screw the door hinge into the hinge track. If it is a sliding doors, you should be able to slide the doors into their wall tracks. Again, you may have to make small adjustments if your walls are not properly aligned.
Once your doors and side jambs are in place, the last step of shower door installation is to put in the header. It should be in alignment with the two side jambs and screwed into place. Keep the door open during this part of the installation to make sure it doesn't interfere with your plumb line. Once the major components of your shower door are in place, you can install the handle, door framing, and drip rail. Finish the shower installation project with waterproofed caulk.


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What to Wear to a Job Interview 2008-09-19 09:30:45
Ask Savvy: What Should I Wear to a Job Interview?
Q: Dear Savvy,
I have an advanced degree in Science and Engineering and am currently job hunting. I keep seeing and hearing conflicting reports about what to wear to my interviews. Any advice?
A: Office attire seems to be a common theme this week — the Project Runway contestants certainly had some interesting and varied ideas of what attire is appropriate for a college graduate entering the working world. Some of their creations may have passed once you've been established as an employee, but figuring out what to wear on an interview is more pressing because it's all about making your best first impression. See my tips for interview appropriate attire when you
The general rule for interview attire is to dress one step up from the company's dress code (unless of course their dress code is formal). So, if employees adhere to business casual guidelines, than you should choose to wear a suit for your interview. Likewise, if you're interviewing in a casual office you'll want to dress one step up. I don't recommend wearing jeans to an interview, even if they are your dressy denim.
I find that a well-tailored (but not mini-length!) dress can be a great solution when you're interviewing in a casual office. If you're someone who is more comfortable in pants, then wear a freshly-pressed pair of pants that are more dressed up than jeans and a top that is conservative but not stiff. And if you're not sure of the dress code? Call the office's main number and ask the receptionist!
Do any of you have additional job interview attire advice? Please share!


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Colombia's FARC rebels have announced a two-month unilateral ceasefire, the first truce in more than a decade.
President Juan Manuel Santos' government, however, has said it would not cease military operations until a final peace deal was signed with the Andean country's largest rebel group and even vowed to step up the offensive.
The FARC said it would halt all offensive military operations and acts of sabotage against infrastructure beginning at midnight tonight and running through 20 January.
"This policy decision of the FARC is a contribution made to strengthen the climate of understanding necessary so that the parties that are starting the dialogue achieve the purpose desired by all Colombians," FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez said as he arrived for talks in Havana.
The conflict has dragged on for nearly half a century, taking thousands of lives and displacing millions in Latin America's longest running insurgency.
Failure would mean years more of fighting and further blight on the reputation of a country eager for more foreign investment and regional clout, yet unable to resolve its most serious domestic problem.
Delegations for the government and the FARC arrived in black luxury cars at Havana's convention centre where they will meet almost daily until the talks end.
The complex is located in Cubanacan, Havana's plushest neighbourhood, filled with palatial houses that once belonged to the city's elite, virtually all of whom fled Cuba after the 1959 revolution that transformed the island into what is now one of the world's last communist states.
New optimism
The conflict proved to be intractable in three previous peace processes, but both the Colombian government and the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, have expressed optimism that this time might be different.
Mr Santos wants an agreement within nine months, but the two sides face plenty of thorny issues in their five-point agenda, which will begin with rural development.
The other four points are the political and legal future of the rebels, a definitive end to the conflict, the problem of drug trafficking and compensation for war victims.
The conflict dates back to 1964 when the FARC emerged as a communist agrarian movement intent on overturning Colombia's long history of social inequality.
The group has been weakened by the 2002 US-backed military offensive that has reduced its numbers to about 8,000 and forced them into remote mountain and jungle strongholds.
But it still has the strength to launch attacks that Mr Santos wants ended so the country can grow its economy, boosted in recent years by fast-growing oil and mining sectors.
The FARC has sustained itself by cocaine trafficking, kidnapping, ransom and "war taxes" charged within the territories it controls.
Its leaders deny involvement in the drug trade and renounced kidnappings earlier this year, but the United States and European Union consider it a terrorist organisation.
Mr Marquez, a member of the FARC's secretariat, will lead a delegation of about 30 people at the talks, which formally began last month in Norway.
He has said the talks are likely to take longer than Mr Santos wants because so many complicated issues must be resolved.
In Norway, he called for ousting foreign companies fuelling Colombia's oil and mining boom.
However, lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle said the talks must stick to the agenda if they are to be successful.
The agreed upon topics already hold numerous potential stumbling blocks, among them land reform, decisions on which FARC leaders will be allowed to participate in politics, and who must go to jail for the group's crimes and involvement in the drug trade.
Norway is a guarantor of the process, along with Cuba.
Venezuela and Chile also will have representatives at the talks.


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Journal of African Economies, 1997, vol. 6, issue 1, 132-67
There are reasons to believe that establishing a monetary union might either strengthen or weaken fiscal discipline in member states. The same could be said for the establishment of an exchange rate peg with full convertibility. I ask why neither of these two mechanisms has promoted fiscal discipline in the CFA Zone. I conclude that this failure is, in part, attributable to serious problems of institutional design involving the set-up of the two Franc Zone central banks, the monetary rules with which the central banks operated, and the relationship between the CFA states and France. But political interests, in France and in Africa, have been more important in the CFA Zone's failure to promote fiscal discipline in the sense that they have affected both the design of rules and institutions during periods of reform, and the application of these rules and functioning of these institutions during periods of crisis. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press.
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I know I'm always running behind everyone else but I have a question you can help me with.
I'm trying to establish a link from one page to another on one of my web sites.
THe address was www.rootsweb.com/~tnmonroe/ccmb6668civil.htm
(circuit court minute books)
I can't get the link to work so do I need to include the .ancestry in the link address?
I can't seem to get either address to work but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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Across the street from Ogden Regional Hospital, Legacy House of Ogden provides assisted living and memory care services. Our residents enjoy daily activities, restaurant-style dining, beautifully decorated living areas and a variety of apartment floor plans--all in a home-like setting. At Legacy House of Ogden, we believe that the more our residents can be independent, the healthier they are and the better they feel. No matter what stage of life we're in, maximizing independence, maintaining dignity and having choices are important. Nevertheless, there comes a time when we all could use a helping hand, even for the most basic daily activities like dressing, bathing, grooming or taking medications. At Legacy House of Ogden, we recognize those times and provide just the right amount of help to meet those needs--it's part of our Personal Touch philosophy.
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I am having a problem with my Dakota V flesher and didn't find the info I need in the archives. My flesher has started leaving "chatter" marks across capes as I'm fleshing. I'm not sure that "chatter" is the correct term but it's what the guy on the Van Dyke's video called it. I have removed and replaced the drive belt after cleaning the pulleys. I have taken steps to insure everything is tight on my table and even wedged behind the motor so I know it isn't moving. I also took the blade I was using off and replaced it with a newly sharpened blade from Van Dykes. I am Safety Acid pickeling and McKenzie tanning most of my capes. Some I'm using the auto tanner and McKenzie tan. I have tried the capes very wet to very dry with no change. I'm about ready to start replacing bearings even tho they seem fine. I'm currently going back over the capes with a skife knife to take out the ridges. Would minor ridges be seen on a final mount? I have tried different hand positions and different speeds of moving the cape across the blade surface. This is something that has just started and it is causing me to spend way more time on my capes than normal. Any help will be appreciated.
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It is usually the blade on a Van Dykes machine. The only time I have ever had the "chatter" problem is when I have hit a bullet fragment. Maybe your tuning steels have gone bad?
I have found that if you touch some 220 grit sand paper to the top of the blade for a couple of seconds, with the machine running, it eliminates the chatter. Hope this helps!
Slight blade misalignment. I have the Dakota IV and it may be different on the V but there's two bolts that hold the blade assembly. Occassionally they'll loosen a bit and move the blade slightly. If that happens, you have chatter nor matter how true the blade. worth checking.
I use the Dakota IV, and have noticed chatter at times, I usually get it when I get a build up of trimmings (dried) on top of my blade, so I just run tip of my steel on the top while running which takes it right off. Good luck.
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I own a Dakota V, but I sold the Van Dykes blade on Ebay. Call Eager Beaver and get one of their blades and put it on your machine. It will make a lot of difference. I learned this trick many years ago.
Another problem with the new machines is the table they sell with it. Vibration from the machine causes the table to vibrate, leaving "chatter" in your hide. Attach the machine to a solid surface.
seems to help for me on my V. before and after each use i wrap emery cloth around a block and gently apply pressue


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Donald J. "Steve" Boehm 1928 - 2008 Paola
Mass of Christian Burial for Donald Joseph "Steve" Boehm, 80, Paola, was Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Annunciation Catholic Church in Baldwin City. Burial was in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Baldwin City.
Mr. Boehm died Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, at Country Club Estates in Paola.
He was born Jan. 6, 1928, in Lenexa, the son of Oliver and Rosa Bross Boehm. He grew up in Lenexa and attended schools there.
Mr. Boehm worked on his farm in Lenexa until 1985, when he moved to Baldwin City.
He was a member of Annunciation Catholic Church in Baldwin City and a past member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Lenexa.
He married Eldora L. Edgerton on Dec. 29, 1956. She died May 21, 2000.
Mr. Boehm was also preceded in death by an infant son, Allen Joseph; a brother, Clarence; and a sister, Ethel Balke.
Survivors include his four daughters, Cathi Glanville, Kansas City, Mo., Beth McConnon, Las Vegas, and Donna Klein and Ann Stein, both of Leawood; six sons, Steven Boehm, Harker Heights, Texas, Mark Boehm, Shawnee, Greg Boehm, De Soto, and Bill Boehm, Jeff Boehm and David Boehm, all of Wellsville; two sisters, Mabel Fry and Betty Cox; two brothers, Larry Boehm and Ralph Boehm; 18 grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
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The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has been summoned to Washington to explain himself and derisive comments about top officials in the Obama administration, including the president and the vice president.
The comments by McChrystal and members of his staff were reported in Rolling Stone magazine, and have raised serious questions about whether the administration's pick to turn around the war in Afghanistan may end up losing his job.
McChrystal has been ordered to attend the monthly White House meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan in person Wednesday.
In a statement released Tuesday in Kabul, McChrystal, 55, apologized for what he called a mistake reflecting poor judgment. "I extend my sincerest apology for this profile," the statement said. "It was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and should never have happened."
But it may be too late.
At the White House on Tuesday, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wouldn't guarantee that McChrystal's job is safe.
"Let's be clear, Gen. McChrystal has fought bravely of behalf of this country for a long time," Gibbs said. "No one could or should take that away from him. And nobody will. But there has clearly been an enormous mistake in judgment to which he's going to have to answer to."
McChrystal is quoted poking fun at Vice President Joe Biden and deriding the U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, as someone who "covers his flank for the history books."
The statements reflect a tension between the military and the administration that came to a head last fall during a long debate over what strategy to take in Afghanistan. Obama agreed to dispatch an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan after months of contemplating the next steps in the war.
Biden was pushing for fewer troops, while McChrystal wanted more and he talked publicly about the difference of opinion.
"I discount immediately anyone who simplifies the problem or offers a solution or says they raise one finger and say this is what you've got to do," McChrystal said in a speech in London last October. "Because they absolutely have no clue about the complexity we're dealing with."
That speech was seen as a dig at Biden and triggered a personal reprimand from Obama.
Now it's happening again.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that McChrystal has made a "significant mistake" and "exercised poor judgment."
"I frankly think that Secretary Gates has fired people for offenses that are no greater than this," says Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution. "I also think he's never needed someone as much as he needs McChrystal for a war that is crucial and that has not yet turned the corner."
McChrystal has admitted that a key military operation under way in Kandahar is going to take longer than expected. And U.S. forces are still weighed down in the southern Afghan area of Marjah, where American commanders say they made mistakes.
Still, until now, the administration has publicly supported McChrystal and his counterinsurgency strategy. McChrystal was named to the job soon after Obama took office in 2009, replacing Gen. David McKiernan on grounds that the military needed a new approach to the war in Afghanistan.
Anthony Cordesman, a national security analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the McChrystal comments present a dilemma.
"If you are going to ask Gen. McChrystal to resign, and if allied forces or countries or people at a political level react too much, the president will have little choice. But if he has that discretion, who would do as well or better?" Cordesman says.
That's a question no one in the administration expected to have to ask -- especially now -- as U.S. forces face what could be the most crucial 12 months in the war to date.


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In Hungry World, Japan's Farmers Are Stuck With High-Priced Rice
Friday, May 2, 2008
SHIRAKAWA, Japan -- When it comes to rice, Japan inhabits a strange and faraway planet.
Consumption of rice has been falling for nearly half a century, yet rice paddies still account for 60 percent of all farmland. Rice farms here are inefficient and tiny -- about 4,000 times smaller, on average, than rice farms in Australia. Yet Japan's harvest vastly exceeds domestic demand.
But what's truly otherworldly about this country's rice is its price -- especially in a year when the cost of Asia's staple food crop has exploded, causing hoarding, riots and hunger.
The price of rice on international markets has nearly doubled since January, to about $1,000 a ton. But it remains an absolute steal compared with rice grown in Japan, which costs more than $2,300 a ton.
Hiroto Endo, whose family has been growing rice for 10 generations, is struggling to make a living inside this weirdly warped market.
On his farm about 120 miles northeast of Tokyo, he and his son Ryoshi have just finished flooding fields to prepare for spring planting.
A quarter of last fall's crop, though, sits in his warehouse, unsold, even though it has won national awards for quality and taste.
"What we must do is raise demand from consumers," Endo said.
There was a tone of hopelessness in his voice, because the Japanese eat less rice with each passing year and international buyers continue to find the rice grown here to be insanely expensive.
As a long-term social policy, the government has largely protected rice farmers from imports, while keeping them on small farms with the help of subsidies. As Japan's cities boomed after World War II, the high price of rice helped send some of the wealth generated there to rural areas.
Japanese farmers produced 2.2 million tons of rice last year but exported only about 1,000 tons, which on the books of the world's leading rice exporters would be less than a rounding error. Thailand, for example, sold 9.4 million tons last year.
Even wealthy countries are put off by the price of Japanese rice. The United States imported just 128 tons last year, nearly all of which was purchased by Japanese restaurants, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.


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The year was 1920. It was the start of the decade, shortly after World War One, and a time of great prosperity for the country. Women were called dames, dolls, or the cat's meow. At the beginning of the decade, women still wore long skirts but the "Roaring 20s" brought a new look of short skirts and smartly coiffed shorter hair. Racial tensions were high and quotas set for immigrants coming into America. The Klan was very active during this period. The Harlem Renaissance was acknowledged as the first important movement of black artists and writers in the US. On January 16, 1920, the Volstead Act became effective, heralding the start of Prohibition and on August 18th of the same year, Tennessee delivered the crucial 36th ratification necessary for the final adoption of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. The worst and longest economic recession to ever hit the United States would define the end of the decade-the Great Depression.
It was within this environment that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded on the simple belief that sorority elitism and socializing should not overshadow the real mission for progressive organizations – to address societal mores, ills, prejudices, poverty, and health concerns of the day. Founded January 16, 1920, Zeta began as an idea conceived by five coeds at Howard University in Washington D.C.: Arizona Cleaver, Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, Fannie Pettie and Pearl Neal. These five women, also known as our Five Pearls, dared to depart from the traditional coalitions for black women and sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterly Love and Finer Womanhood. It was the ideal of the Founders that the Sorority would reach college women in all parts of the country who were sorority minded and desired to follow the founding principles of the organization. Founder Viola Tyler was oft quoted to say "[In the ideal collegiate situation] there is a Zeta in a girl regardless of race, creed, or color, who has high standards and principles, a good scholarly average and an active interest in all things that she undertakes to accomplish."


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Pyronaridine Artesunate (3:1) Versus Mefloquine Artesunate in P Falciparum Malaria Patients
This study has been completed.
Medicines for Malaria Venture
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: November 23, 2006
Last Update Posted: January 22, 2009
Shin Poong Pharmaceuticals
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Detailed Description:
The primary objective of this phase III study is to compare the efficacy and safety of the fixed combination of pyronaridine artesunate (180:60 mg) with that of the combination of mefloquine plus artesunate in children and adults with uncomplicated P falciparum malaria.
|Drug: Pyronaridine artesunate Drug: Mefloquine plus artesunate
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase III Comparative, Open-Label, Randomised, Multi-Centre, Clinical Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Fixed Dose Formulation Oral Pyronaridine Artesunate (180:60 mg Tablet) Versus Mefloquine (250 mg Tablet) Plus Artesunate (100 mg Tablet) in Children and Adult Patients With Acute Uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: MalariaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Medicines for Malaria Venture:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- PCR-corrected adequate clinical and parasitological response (ACPR) on Day 28 [ Time Frame: Day 28 ]
- Treatment success or failures will be classified according to WHO Guidelines 2005 [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Incidence and severity of adverse events and of clinically significant laboratory results, ECG, vital signs or physical examination abnormalities [ Time Frame: Day 28 and Day 42 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- PCR-corrected ACPR on Day 14 [ Time Frame: Day 14 ]
- Crude ACPR on Days 14 and 28 [ Time Frame: Day 14 and 28 ]
- Parasite Clearance Time [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Fever Clearance Time [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Parasite clearance at Day 1, 2 and 3 [ Time Frame: Days 1, 2 and 3 ]
- Fever clearance at Day 1, 2 and 3 [ Time Frame: Days 1, 2 and 3 ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Pyronaridine artesunate (180:60 mg tablets)
Drug: Pyronaridine artesunate
once a day for 3 days
Other Name: Pyramax
Active Comparator: 2
Mefloquine plus artesunate
Drug: Mefloquine plus artesunate
once a day for 3 days
Detailed Description:
Plasmodium falciparum malaria kills over one million people and results in up to 500 million cases annually, affecting mainly young children and pregnant women. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) are considered today by WHO to be the best anti-malarials in terms of efficacy and lower propensity to resistance. Pyronaridine artesunate is a new ACT, in development to treat acute uncomplicated malaria. Pyronaridine and artesunate are antimalarial agents with a history of clinical use both separately and in combination with other drugs.Each drug has powerful antischizonticidal actions. The aim of a fixed dose combination of pyronaridine and artesunate in the treatment of uncomplicated acute malaria is to provide rapid reduction in parasitaemia with a three-day regimen, thereby improving compliance and reducing the risk of recrudescence through the slower elimination of pyronaridine.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Years to 60 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female patients between the age of 3 and 60 years, inclusive.
- Body weight between 20 kg and 90 kg with no clinical evidence of severe malnutrition.
Presence of acute uncomplicated P. falciparum mono-infection confirmed by:
- Fever, as defined by axillary/tympanic temperature ≥ 37.5°C or oral/rectal temperature ≥ 38°C, or documented history of fever in the previous 24 hours and,
- Positive microscopy of P. falciparum with parasite density between 1,000 and 100,000 asexual parasite count/µl of blood
- Written informed consent provided by patient and/or parent/guardian/spouse.
- Ability to swallow oral medication.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with signs and symptoms of severe/complicated malaria requiring parenteral treatment according to the World Health Organization Criteria 2000.
- Mixed Plasmodium infection.
- Severe vomiting or severe diarrhoea.
- Known history or evidence of clinically significant disorders.
- Presence of significant anaemia, as defined by Hb < 8 g/dL.
- Presence of febrile conditions caused by diseases other than malaria.
- Known history of hypersensitivity, allergic or adverse reactions to pyronaridine, mefloquine or artesunate or other artemisinins.
- Use of any other antimalarial agent within 2 weeks prior to start of the study as evidenced by positive urine test.
- Female patients of child-bearing potential must be neither pregnant (as demonstrated by a negative pregnancy test) nor lactating, and must be willing to take measures to not become pregnant during the study period.
- Presence of significant renal or hepatic impairment.
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00403260
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00403260
|Burkina Faso
|RAOTAP2/Centre Muraz
|Bobo Dioulasso, Houet Province, Burkina Faso, 01 BP390
|Pailin Referral Hospital
|Pailin, Pailin Province, Cambodia
|Côte D'Ivoire
|Institut Pasteur
|Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire
|Wentlock District Hospital
|Mangalore, India
|Bagamoyo Research and Training Centre of Ifakara Health Institute
|Bagamoyo, Tanzania
|MaeLamad District Hospital
|MaeLamad, Tak Province, Thailand
|MaeSod General Hospital
|MaeSod, Tak Province, Thailand
|Hanoi, Commune Xy, Vietnam
|Choray Hospital, Dak O
|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sponsors and Collaborators
Medicines for Malaria Venture
Shin Poong Pharmaceuticals
|Study Director:
|Isabelle Borghini-Fuhrer, PhD
|Medicines for Malaria Venture
More Information
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Medicines for Malaria Venture:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Ayyoub A, Methaneethorn J, Ramharter M, Djimde AA, Tekete M, Duparc S, Borghini-Fuhrer I, Shin JS, Fleckenstein L. Population Pharmacokinetics of Pyronaridine in Pediatric Malaria Patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec 14;60(3):1450-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02004-15.
Duparc S, Borghini-Fuhrer I, Craft CJ, Arbe-Barnes S, Miller RM, Shin CS, Fleckenstein L. Safety and efficacy of pyronaridine-artesunate in uncomplicated acute malaria: an integrated analysis of individual patient data from six randomized clinical trials. Malar J. 2013 Feb 21;12:70. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-70.
Rueangweerayut R, Phyo AP, Uthaisin C, Poravuth Y, Binh TQ, Tinto H, Pénali LK, Valecha N, Tien NT, Abdulla S, Borghini-Fuhrer I, Duparc S, Shin CS, Fleckenstein L; Pyronaridine–Artesunate Study Team. Pyronaridine-artesunate versus mefloquine plus artesunate for malaria. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 5;366(14):1298-309. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1007125.
|Responsible Party:
|Isabelle Borghini Fuhrer, Medicines for Malaria Venture
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00403260 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|November 22, 2006
|First Posted:
|November 23, 2006
|Last Update Posted:
|January 22, 2009
|Last Verified:
|January 2009
Keywords provided by Medicines for Malaria Venture:
P falciparum
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Malaria, Falciparum
Protozoan Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents