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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.
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I also very belatedly picked up a copy of 11 Tracks of Whack, Walter Becker's 1994 solo album (CD, Giant 24579-2). This has a beautifully even bass guitar throughout, especially in "Down in the Bottom"; the bottom octave was presented in full measure by the TAD monitors, but without any upper-bass boom to obscure the instrument's definition. Another recent acquisition, Busoni's virtuosic transcription for piano of J.S. Bach's Chaconne for solo violin, performed by Wolf Harden (CD, Naxos 8.555699), was similarly reproduced with an excellent sense of weight to the piano's lower register. Again, the instrument's low notes spoke evenly and cleanly. This recording also revealed how clean and uncolored the CR1's midrange was: though this is a complex, densely scored arrangement, there was no sense of congestion in the sound of the piano, or the feeling that some notes were being unnaturally projected forward.
This is not to imply that the TAD was reticent or mellowfar from it. While the CR1 was not bright as such, it was far from being reticent in the highs, which means that it worked best with amplifiers that are themselves neutrally balanced. The MBL Reference 9007 monoblocks, for example, are superb amplifiers, but with the TADs, the sound was just too forward in the mid-treble. The Classé CTM-600s worked their usual magic with the CR1s, but with overcooked modern recordings, such as Adele's 21 (CD, XL 446899-2), even a speaker this clean can't do anything about the relentlessly forward vocal balance. (I know this album is not aimed at sensitive listeners like me, but does it really have to be this loud?) However, "Take It All," which reduces the mix to just singer and piano, again revealed the excellent combination of low-frequency weight and definition to the piano's left-hand register when Neil Cowley plays the "Take it all, with my love" hook in the chorus.
The TAD Compact Reference did have its delicate side. Since I heard Eric Whitacre conduct one of his compositions at Carnegie Hall in 2010, I have been buying as many recordings of his work as I can find, and recently have been enjoying an album of his choral pieces by Noel Edison and the Elora Festival Singers (CD, Naxos American Classics 8.559677). As one by one the voices layered the phrase "my son" in When David Heard to create a tonal cluster that steadily crescendos to a climax, they created a transcendent dome of sound between and behind the plane of the TADs, with no sense that the sounds were emanating from the physical positions of the speakers. Instead, the CR1s stood back out of the way to let the music speak without hindrance, coloration, or blurring of fine detail.
In one sense, the Compact Reference's retrieval of fine recorded detail bordered on the fetishistic, but that detail was not thrust forward at me. Instead, it was just there, as it would be with live sound. I could clearly distinguish the individual brushstrokes on the ride cymbal at the start of "The Mooche," from the Jerome Harris Quartet's Rendezvous (CD, Stereophile STPH013-2). The subtle illumination of the church acoustic of Blue Heaven Studios by the tom toms was clear, as was the superbly stable stereo imaging, with Steve Nelson's vibes hanging between the left speaker position and the center of the stage, and Billy Drummond's Gretsch drum kit extending solidly from stage center to the far right, as both instruments had done at the sessions.
When I recorded Rendezvous, I used stereo miking on the drums and vibes so that the recorded soundstage would bear a close relation to the original reality. But even with totally artificial recordings, the CR1s worked their soundstaging mojo. The effective but idiosyncratic mix of close-miked double bass and distantly miked drums in "Ascension Day," from Talk Talk's Laughing Stock (CD, Polydor 847 717-2), hung in the air between and behind the speakers, and were tangible in their presence. This album was engineered by Phill Brown, who specializes in capturing a real sense of space and true dynamics in his recordings.
I followed this classic Talk Talk track with Steve Winwood's solo album from 1977 (Apple Lossless, ripped from CD, Island 842 774-2), which Brown also engineered. According to the Pure Music meters, this album has as much dynamic range as a good classical recording. Winwood uses a vast array of guitars and keyboards on this album, but sparingly, to create spatial contrasts, in the way that Gustav Mahler, for much of the time in his symphonies, used huge orchestral forces to produce delicate traceries of sound. The way in which the individual objects in the soundstage on the Winwood album retained their separateness as sounds but blended in the higher-order mental construct representing the music when this album was played through the CR1s was, again, almost fetishistic.
This combination of honesty and transparency is what I feel should be implied by the use of the word monitor to describe a loudspeaker. In that sense the CR1 deserves the appellation, so it was with trepidation that I loaded Peter Gabriel's new New Blood (CD, Real World 84108 00038) into the Ayre Acoustics DX-5 player. I am in love with Gabriel's musical visionhis Scratch My Back was one of my 2011 "Records To Die For"but this new album consists of reimaginings of many of his songs for voice and orchestra, which with many rock artists has proved a formula for disappointment. Would the TAD's honesty and transparency unmask pretention?
Fortunately, it didn't. While in songs such as "In Your Eyes" and "Don't Give Up" the deep, clear view into the recorded stage and the rich low frequencies offered by the TADs did reveal the incongruously large size of Gabriel's bent baritone when presented against the dome of orchestral sound in Air Lyndhurst, the speakers also lovingly laid bare the fact that this is music for grown-ups performed by grown-ups and reproduced by appropriately grown-up speakers. Oh my!
Summing Up
All loudspeakers editorialize. It is an inevitable result of the design principle. Use of appropriate technology can reduce that editorial influence, but what is really required is a talented designer who can make use of that technology to balance the departures from absolute accuracy so that the music is as little disturbed as possible. That is the case with the TAD Compact Reference CR1. It lacks the very lowest octave and is balanced a tad forward, but in all other respects it represents the state of the art of loudspeaker design and sound. Yes, at $40,600/pair with its essential stands it is extremely expensive, but that goes with the territory. Doesn't it? TAD's Compact Reference is hardly compact, but it is a reference. Oh my!
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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It is not so improbable to have a Canadian as head of the Bank of England — it was set up by foreigners, after all
Sir, I cannot think of Canadians as foreigners ("A bold but bruising choice for the Bank", Nov 27). In the words of Rudyard Kipling, "They shall return as strangers, they shall remain as sons."
And let us not forget that the people who set up the Bank of England in 1694 were mainly of Huguenot descent.
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We spend a major chunk of our lives doing what we do for a living.
So if you arent excited about your work and constantly find yourself experiencing Monday blues on all days of the week, its time to rethink your nine to five.
Not being satisfied at your job is one of the main reasons why some people are never happy, and if youve noticed these seven signs as well, then it is high time you left the job you are currently doing:
1. You don't enjoy the work you do.
You aren't passionate about your work the way you were when you initially took the job. To you, your work has become as mechanical as it could possibly get and you no longer put your heart and soul into it.
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Panel retires in alleged cover-up case
A court martial panel in Canberra has begun deliberating on charges against a senior officer accused of deliberately falsifying documents relating to Afghan prisoners.
Major David Pratt is facing five charges relating to records for two detainees.
In the first incident, a fellow soldier Corporal Aaron Sweet alleges the Major failed to record a request by a detainee to lodge a complaint.
It is alleged he intentionally removed pages from the records for the man who had been brought in with a black eye.
Major Pratt has denied the claim, but he has admitted filling in details for another detainee, under the name of a different soldier.
He says this was not an attempt to deceive anyone, but to make sure paperwork was complete.
Penalties for the offence range for a maximum of two years jail to demotion and fines.
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a custom touch
It doesn't take a lot of paint to create a custom look in your room. In just a few minutes, with a few samples pots of paint, Lisa added these adorable little details to two of her grandbabies' rooms.
While Lisa is a very talented artist, you don't have to have those skills to make this happen. Polka dots are fail proof. Stars are pretty hard to mess up. And even flowers are perfect for those of us nervous about our painting skills. We much prefer this hand-painted look to the wall decals we are seeing around.
On our color touch, Lisa hand painted a few branches with some birds swooping to and fro.
And on our color Puff, a few butterflies take flight.
Right before I went to middle school we moved into a new house. Lisa painted a tree in my new room - the branches arching over my bed and I fell asleep every night under her artistry. It really is a special treat to sleep in a room with a personal touch - I speak from experience.
Ready to try your hand in adding custom details? What will you paint? My own baby girl's walls are covered in Fedora and I'm thinking a few white wispy clouds might be fun. Or maybe some bright white insects silhouettes?
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Police arrested an Athens man Friday evening after he allegedly struggled with a cashier at a Baxter Street burrito restaurant, grabbed a handful of cash from the register and dashed off, Athens-Clarke police said.
William Vincent Martin, 42, of Mallard Drive went into the Moe's Southwest Grill shortly before 6:30 p.m. and told the cashier a store manager said he could have $200 from petty cash, police said.
Martin was told to leave, but when the cashier began to ring up a customer, he reached for the cash drawer and knocked the register off the counter in the struggle, police said.
Officers set up a perimeter around the Alps Road shopping center, where he ran after leaving the store, and quickly caught up with Martin and arrested him, according to police.
A man on the scene said Martin asked the man to drive him to the restaurant to pick up his paycheck. The man, who stayed in the car while Martin went inside, said Martin ran out a few minutes later, got in the car and told him to drive, but the man refused so Martin ran off into the shopping center, police said.
Martin was charged with robbery by force and aggravated assault, and a shopping center representative banned him from the property, police said.
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Ultrabroadband: Innovation & Regulation
April 3-4, 2008
Telecom ParisTech University
46 Rue Barrault F-75013
Paris, France
This conference will bring together policy makers, industry experts, and academics from the United States, Korea and Europe to examine the perspective of "Ultrabroadband" (i.e. transmission rates above 1Gbps on the residential market). It is a joint event of the Chair on Innovation and Regulation in the Digital Economy (Ecole Polytechnique - Telecom ParisTech - OrangeLabs) and is jointly organized with the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), and Korea Telecom.
Telecom and cable companies around the world are planning to deploy ultrabroadband networks that require significant infrastructure investments. There are important questions on applications, demand, business models and regulatory conditions to resolve. In this conference, companies will demonstrate ultrabroadband applications, and speakers will explore the technological, economic, strategic, policy and regulatory dimensions of ultrabroadband:
- What are the different ultrabroadband deployment plans across the industrialized world?
- What is the role of the regulatory scenarios?
- What is the impact on content?
- What are the new quality of services dimensions?
- What are the determining factors for business strategies, pricing models, applications, advertising opportunities?
- Should there be national ultrabroadband policies?
- What are the impacts on broadband market structure? On competition?
April 3, 2008 - 14.00 - 17.30
Session 1: Applications
Overview of the situation of ultrabroadband in the world - Roland Montagne, IDATE
Demonstration of WiBro - Korea Telecom
Demonstration of ultrabroadband services from Telecom Italia
Demonstration of 3DTV from Orange
The role of cable TV in the ultrabroadband future - David Reed, CableLabs
Which services in the home network? - Martial Bellec, OrangeLabs | Presentation (PDF)
April 4, 2008 - 09.00 - 12.30
Session 2: Business models
Business Strategies in the UBB Era - Taeyol Yoo, KT | Presentation (PDF)
Investment models - Raul Katz, CITI | Presentation (PDF)
Content business models - Eli Noam, CITI | Presentation (PDF)
QoS role in ultrabroadband future models - Elias Aravantinos, CITI | Presentation (PDF)
Bundling and scope economies in ultrabroadband - Antonin Arlandis, Orange Labs | Presentation (PDF)
Business models based on audience and social network communities - Kevin Mellet and Jean-Samuel Beuscart, OrangeLabs | Presentation (PDF)
Pricing models - Telecom Italia Wholesale unit - Pasqual Izzo
April 4, 2008 - 13.30 - 16.30
Session 3: Strategy and policy models
Vision of the future from the point of view of a regulatory authority - Gabrielle Gauthey, ARCEP (TBC)
Market structure of UBB provision - Bob Atkinson, CITI | Presentation (PDF)
National Broadband Policy and UBB Strategies - Suk-Gwon Chang, DCR and Hanyang University
Macroeconomic impacts of technological change - Fabrice Collard, IDEI and Patrick Feve IDEI | Presentation (PDF)]
UBB Strategies from a Two-Sided Market Perspective - Beong-Geel Choi, Korea Telecom | Presentation (PDF)
Ultrabroadband policies to foster innovative infrastructure sharing - Lorenzo Pupillo, Telecom Italia | Presentation (PDF)
For more information on the event, please email CITI's Assistant Director, John Heywood, at email@example.com.
Conference Organized by France Telecom, Korea Telecom, and the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information


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State Tax Trend No. 8: Insufficient Rainy Day Funds
June 20, 2012
Most states have created budget stabilization, or "rainy day," funds to draw upon when economic conditions create a severe or sudden drop in tax revenues. However, these cash reserves were for the most part inadequate in coping with the recent economic downturn, says Joseph Henchman, an attorney and policy analyst at the Tax Foundation.
Generally, states are required by their constitutions or by statute to contribute to their rainy day funds according to a formula or rule up to a preset limit or cap. At a minimum, most are required to deposit some portion of year-end surpluses into their rainy day funds during good years. Each state has its own methods and scale of savings.
- Idaho must deposit any revenue in excess of 4 percent growth over the previous year's revenues, up to 1 percent of revenues.
- Louisiana must deposit 25 percent of any non-recurring revenue, plus all surpluses in excess of $750 million.
- Utah must dedicate 25 percent of year-end surpluses to the fund.
- Virginia's deposits are based on a formula related to the growth in tax revenues over several years.
- Washington must contribute 1 percent of state general fund revenues to the fund each year until the fund reaches a level of 10 percent of general revenues.
As a consequence of these varying systems for contributing to rainy day funds, states' preparedness for weathering the recession also varied dramatically.
- Wagner & Elder found that the typical state can expect a revenue shortfall equal to 13 to 18 percent of revenue during a normal downturn.
- Yet in 2006, the peak year for state rainy day funds between 2001 and 2012, only Alaska and Wyoming had accumulated at least 13 percent of their annual general fund spending level in reserve funds.
- Aside from those two states, and North Dakota and Oklahoma, all states had accumulated less than 10 percent of their annual general fund spending amount in a reserve fund.
As a consequence of this inadequate saving behavior, many states are having more trouble balancing government budgets than they otherwise might. Only Alaska and Texas have sizable rainy day fund amounts remaining while the fragile economic recovery persists. This suggests that most states would do well to increase rainy day fund contributions in the future.
Source: Joseph Henchman, "Trend #8: Insufficient Rainy Day Funds," Tax Foundation, June 5, 2012.
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Most guys would love to see their girlfriend having some hot lesbian fun. However, that wasn't the case this time around. The dude that submitted these pics was actually pissed the "F" off! Apparently he found his girlfriends BF camera laying around and decided to take a look through her pictures. The last thing he expected to find was his girlfriend and her bestfriend butt booty naked smoking and getting it on. Needless to say he flipped out made her his ex and decided to show the world what she's been up too. Check out more amateur pics on See My Wife...
Titties, alcohol and the club, they go together like bread, peanut butter and jelly. Any guy who has been there and witnessed really hot, really drunk chicks pulling out their boobs at 2am in the morning to debate who has the better rack knows just how awesome of a sight this kind of ordeal can be. But the fact that there is some good old-fashioned, lesbian nipple sucking in these particular pics just makes it that much better.
These amateur sex pics were taken by a bored couple one afternoon when they had the camera handy and wanted to get freaky. Let us tell you, it's a great idea. If you've never tried it, then you must. It makes every little sexual act way, way more hotter during sex. And afterward, your girl will get hot again looking at the pics, and you'll get even more sex out of it. It's the perfect win-win situation.
What could be hotter than a pair of smoking Asian lesbians licking each others boobs in the club? It's really a rhetorical question because every living breathing man knows that the answer is simply... nothing. And yet somehow, we've managed to get a physical snap shot to go along with the mental image. I think it's pretty damn close to the hottest thing you could possibly imagine.
OMG - this is what I think every guy in his mid-20's and early 30's dreams about in the middle of the night. There is nothing hotter than a blond college chick with nice tits naked by the pool. NOTHING. And that little smile of hers just reassures us that what is about to unfold is going to be a very memorable moment. And for the lucky dude that took the pic, we're 100% sure that it was.
We were fortunate enough to have this pic sent to us by a member. He and his girl had been together for a while in college, but the couple called it quits when their were some issues with cheating. The way he saw it, she had pics of him nude too, so it's fair game. Our bro did waist any time and sent us this fantastic pic of his ex-girlfriend from college flashing her boobs. Doesn't get much better than that.


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A HEALTH trust is giving people the opportunity to have a say on emergency care at a meeting taking place next weekend.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is holding an event for members and people who are interested in becoming a member, and there will also be a chance to hear about dementia and urgent and emergency care at the same time.
Chairman Paul Garvin said: "This is a great opportunity for members to find out more about their local health service and also to meet their governors that represent them."
The event takes place on Saturday, January 18, in the Education and Learning Centre, on the ground floor of the Hart Building at the University Hospital of Hartlepool, in Holdforth Road.
Free parking will be available.
Refreshments will be available from 9.30am and the event will start at 10am with presentations followed by time for questions and discussion.
The event will close at 11.30am.
The event is free, but people need to book a place.
People can do this by phoning (01642) 383920 or sending an email to email@example.com
People can also sign up to be a member at www.nth.nhs.uk/joinustoday


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Mobile Capture Comes To Small CUs
"Our vendors are finding pricing levels where small institutions can play," said Daniel Simon, a regional sales manager with San Diego, Calif.-based Mitek Systems, owner of a variety of key mobile RDC patents. The Mitek business strategy is to sell through partners, which include Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv, Henderson, Nev.-based BluePoint Solutions and Monett, Mo.-based Jack Henry. And, suggested Simon, several of its partners have been aggressively pursuing deals with institutions that might not have shown up on their radar a year ago. Now, however, as Mitek seeks to broaden its footprint, the chase is on for more institutions and that is shining a spotlight on credit unions with assets below $500 million and often well below.
At Vertifi, the Burlington, Mass., CUSO operated by corporate credit union Eascorp., Alan Bernstein, president of the CUSO, indicated that they, too, can claim successful mobile RDC installations in smaller credit unions. More proof that the financial barriers to entry seem to be eroding.
One case in point is the $108 million Torrance Community Credit Union, which is based in the Los Angeles suburb. The 7,000-member institution has had mobile RDC since January 2010, said its CEO Steve Stoppel, and that made it one of the country's first credit unions of any size with mobile RDC.
Torrance Community is using Vertifi's tools, in part because Vertifi "was willing to work with our core processor to make this happen," said Stoppel. "They also offered us a very low implementation fee."
About 250 members currently use the mobile RDC app, said Stoppel, who indicated around a dozen checks a day come in that way. He added that members seemed to have more problems scanning checks (using desktop scanners and multifunction machines) than they do with the Vertifi app. "We have had very few member reports of difficulties with the app," he said.
One irony is that the small Torrance credit union does not currently have a mobile banking app, although Stoppel said he hoped to roll out one in the next 30 to 60 days.
Over at McHenry County Federal Credit Union, a $42 million institution based in Crystal Lake, Ill., CEO Gregory Rowlett said he rolled out mobile RDC to his members because his debit card processor made him an offer he could not refuse. "They waived all start up fees," said Rowlett, who is using the Mitek technology.
McHenry County pays no fixed monthly fee. It's only cost is $1.25 per mobile deposit and, right now, Rowlett is charging his members $1 per deposit. He indicated he understood that few credit unions presently are charging for mobile RDC, but at McHenry there has been no member pushback over the fee, he said.
In the first two months of the offering, McHenry County got 38 members to join and, collectively, they have deposit around $14,000, said Rowlett.
"The image quality from the mobile scans is really good," said Rowlett who acknowledged he was surprised by how good the smartphone pictures are.
Similar, upbeat reports are heard from Bonnie Mascaro, a vice president at Atlantic Financial, a $100 million institution in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Atlantic Financial debuted mobile RDC in June and has signed up about 150 members, said Mascaro, who noted that mobile RDC fits with the credit union's tagline, "Always Where You Are."
"I don't know of any other credit unions in our area that offer it," added Mascaro, who indicated Atlantic Financial's mobile banking vendor, Jack Henry, found a way for the credit union to afford mobile RDC.
Important as the adoption of mobile RDC by a number of smaller credit unions is, experts caution that too much cannot be read into this. Mitek's Simon stressed that by his count, perhaps 150 credit unions total now offer mobile RDC under the Mitek patents, "and we have a 90% market share." By that arithmetic, around 7,000 remain without it.
Gary Brand, a Fiserv executive, stressed that what his company sees is the upside. "The excitement around mobile RDC continues to build. There's no slow down."
Brand added that his company has been working on ways to sharply lower the costs of implementing mobile RDC. mainly through finding more efficiencies in integration, and as the costs fall, credit union enthusiasm rises. "We are offering a mobile RDC solution at a price point that appeals to many credit unions," stressed Brand.
"And now we are seeing growing adoption."


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Privatization, market liberalization and learning in transition economies
Privatization and market liberalization are widely considered to be complementary reforms in transition economies. This paper challenges this view and the closely related "big bang" approach to economic reform. Our analysis suggests that when pursued simultaneously, privatization may actually impede the transition process following market liberalization and reduce social welfare. Our result is based on an explicit model of market learning, which is a vital component of the economic transition process. Compared to a fully-functioning market in a mature market economy, a market in transition is characterized by greater uncertainty regarding market conditions, including free market equilibrium levels of prices and quantities. Market participants must learn about these conditions through their participation in the market process. When the effects of learning are incorporated into the analysis, the optimal level of privatization decreases monotonically as the level of uncertainty increases.
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- Mathias Dewatripont & Gérard Roland, 1995. "The design of reform packages under uncertainty," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/9607, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Hare, Paul G & Hughes, Gordon & Michael, Thomas & Revesz, Tamas, 1992. "The Competitiveness of Hungarian Industry," CEPR Discussion Papers 736, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Mathias Dewatripont, 1992. "Economic Reform and Dynamic Political Constraints," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/175991, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Lucas, Robert Jr., 1972. "Expectations and the neutrality of money," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 103-124, April.
- M. Dewatripont & G. Roland, 1992. "Economic Reform and Dynamic Political Constraints," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 59(4), pages 703-730.
- Peter Murrell, 1991. "Can Neoclassical Economics Underpin the Reform of Centrally Planned Economies?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 5(4), pages 59-76, Fall.
- Townsend, Robert M, 1978. "Market Anticipations, Rational Expectations, and Bayesian Analysis," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 19(2), pages 481-494, June.
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Product Features
Marina Controller Product Features
(part of the Controller Series software by Mainframe Associates)
First Glance Marina Software Features
Marina layout displayed may be of the actual marina, based on architectural layouts or photographs, or any other representation desired by the marina. The display includes:
- color-coded visual display of the marina at a glance
- display is date-based and quickly affords a marina view as of any date, including historical
- marina display can be expanded and shrunk as required
the marina can be displayed on many workstations at once, with each workstation having an up-to-date display of the marina. Hovering the mouse over a site displays the site information as well as current reservations and use of the site. Clicking on a site pins the site for subsequent actions
Marina Operations
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Naruto Shippuden Episode 249And now, the second episode release of today has arrived. It took a little longer than expected, so let start with the download links right away! Grab the 2nd episode entitled "Thank You" directly from Bittorrent by clicking here: 480p (SD) and 720p (HD) and 1080p (Full HD). If you want to direct download the episode (for free!), you can check out our Naruto Anime Downloads page. If you don't want to download but watching the episode online instead, you can check out the Naruto Shippuden Episode 249 episode online. Enjoy!!
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ino123@ 2012-02-23 09:39 am#103
I like watching this episode (249)
Timsland@ 2012-02-22 10:36 am#102
x Levi x@ 2012-02-21 05:41 pm#101
It's really epic! I can watch it a thousand time and would still be emotional affected.
sujukeju@ 2012-02-19 02:43 am#100
Epic anime
dcelies@ 2012-02-18 12:44 pm#99
the most touching episode :D i wanted to watch it a million times
NarutoBiju9@ 2012-02-16 03:46 am#98
This episode made me cry
azisaptia@ 2012-02-15 08:41 am#97
chemik@ 2012-02-15 08:06 am#96
yessssssssss i didnt even drop a tear...xD
gnode1107@ 2012-02-15 03:57 am#95
Good Episode!
shravan007@ 2012-02-14 03:33 pm#94
literally cried......
Dbzandnarutofan4ever@ 2012-02-14 02:20 pm#93
This ep made me almoust cry T__T it was badass epicness!
yousaf@ 2012-02-14 11:17 am#92
Gud episode..........
darksusanoo@ 2012-02-14 02:39 am#91
that waz awsome!! but i styll like madara uchiha better!!!!
brianrivera2325@ 2012-02-14 02:20 am#90
kool episode
XZERO@ 2012-02-13 09:55 pm#89
these last 2 episodes where pretty sick! cant wait to see the next one
SageNaruto16@ 2012-02-13 08:16 pm#88
minato is a beast
dando3278@ 2012-02-13 11:49 am#87
minato is one of the best HOKAGE ever...... dawn kurama being so evil...
tadakatsu@ 2012-02-13 11:32 am#86
weew.. I read this in the manga and cried.. I was surprised that i cried again even though i already knew what's going to happen.. :D this is really a heart touching episode..
harshit arora@ 2012-02-12 06:32 pm#85
it really made all of us cry, really heart touching, the sacrifice made by Kushina and Minato for their new born son :')
kendell@ 2012-02-12 07:56 am#84
it was great and i had to drop a tear or two because it was so sad. naruto is such a great person and makes me think we all should be glad we have people in our life that loves us. they might not always show us they love us but the love parents have for there children is endless i know because I am a parent and thats how i feel happy sunday nb fam
exitsoldier@ 2012-02-12 06:18 am#83
only thing that sucks is fights scenes last 10 secs of slow mo. than its just story again
codaassasin@ 2012-02-12 04:46 am#82
Tobi...that nigga needs to DIE!!!!!
JJR@ 2012-02-12 04:18 am#81
Is it me or the animation looks so much better on this episodes. The story is getting better an better too.
hkburke178@ 2012-02-12 01:51 am#80
First Itachi's true story and now Minato and Kushina. I'm going to need new tear ducts if this keeps up. Amazing Episodes
mikee870@ 2012-02-11 10:58 pm#79
Fuck. this is better than BUDOY made me cry
umermirza@ 2012-02-11 05:58 pm#78
i almost dropped tears
SageOfTheSixthPath@ 2012-02-11 11:17 am#77
Very Sad....Way to Go Naruto!!!! Life Must Go On!! Sob....Sob....
santrix@ 2012-02-11 10:52 am#76
minato kicked tobi's ass!!!! great chapters (248-249) !!! n i cry too!! so sad ! i was thinking ! that do u guys think that minato is more powerful than the kages n the raikage !!!? i thinks he is !!!
Furtuna@ 2012-02-11 10:19 am#75
Although I had read this story in the manga feeling just emotional not sad, this episode made me cry all over it! But I feel good now that it's finished!!!
Where I started crying was the part Kurenai's father told her he had faith in her to keep the will of fire alive in next generation. It made me think about the fact that my father gives me no value or respect. I don't have any good points from his point of view. We didn't have any discussion but I was annoyed by him this morning so I the door of my room and decided to watch anime to forget my anger but now I'm crying even more... T~T
Criscon@ 2012-02-11 09:19 am#74
One of the few to say I didn't cry. Im sorry i hardly ever seen Minato or Kushina in the manga or the anime it was a sad death but to me...it felt like Asuma's death...sad but i didn't feel connected to the character cause i hardly seen the character only difference between Asuma and Minato/Kushina(the death to me) is i knew a lil more about them than Asuma and thats it. Great double eps btw.
oncex@ 2012-02-11 08:04 am#73
We should make a list of the episodes that make people cry. This was a good one but very sad :/
spyke2009@ 2012-02-11 07:53 am#72
man this was a great 2 part episode im glad they didnt take anything away from it by cutting it short this was a outstanding episode now i wish they had shown the 1st hokages and Madaras fight now
spyke2009@ 2012-02-11 07:50 am#71
no the next episode is still part of the series dont worry
ViciousKick@ 2012-02-11 04:57 am#70
w8 w8 next episode is filler?
mr30356213@ 2012-02-11 02:34 am#69
I love it
It is a good ep.
serpiente clan@ 2012-02-11 02:21 am#68
minato can beat any one this episode show me that
Shawnmc1@ 2012-02-11 02:13 am#67
minato is soo amazing no wonder he bacame yondaime hokage
Rhyme Asylum@ 2012-02-11 01:02 am#66
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vishnu1996@ 2012-02-10 04:52 pm#64
ep 249 made me cry.And did you all notice that happiness in naruto's face,that made me cry for Naruto.
vishnu1996@ 2012-02-10 04:49 pm#63
man watching minato's cool move was so great dattebayo.
samplermd@ 2012-02-10 04:25 pm#62
Cant believe this episode made me teary...4th hokage was awesome!
esspee25@ 2012-02-10 03:21 pm#61
Awesome!!! thats all i can say....
riyaz058@ 2012-02-10 03:13 pm#60
248 and 249 were epic enjoyed 248 and cried in for 249
multiramanetbook@ 2012-02-10 02:17 pm#59
senior@ 2012-02-10 01:28 pm#58
I cried!!!! Arigato kisamoto san!!!
WindJutsu Sakura@ 2012-02-10 12:40 pm#57
The epizode was.....so sad...I really cried in the end,when Kushina began to fade.
C Namikaze14@ 2012-02-10 12:02 pm#56
Damn, I waited for this part so bad! T____T
junpao@ 2012-02-10 10:47 am#55
i cant help my teardrops falling from my eyes. . . Damn!
i want to watch this episode again.
krishna52@ 2012-02-10 10:40 am#54
awesome two episodes thanks a lot kishimoto
aikey@ 2012-02-10 10:05 am#53
wa mana!!!
fahmi835@ 2012-02-10 09:31 am#52
i feel cry lol when i c this episode realy nice minato and kusino
michaelnaruto@ 2012-02-10 08:05 am#51
WTF. I am crying..
azisaptia@ 2012-02-10 07:22 am#50
Gary777@ 2012-02-10 07:00 am#49
wooohoooo niceee epi at last
mim123@ 2012-02-10 06:41 am#48
@zerotails how could tobi have been one of Sasuke's parents when Itachi killed them both..?
fahmi835@ 2012-02-10 05:53 am#47
wow realy thx kisamoto nice episode both love minato
Sharinegan@ 2012-02-10 05:42 am#46
Huhuhuhuh HART MELTING!!
KidDang@ 2012-02-10 05:41 am#45
So now we see that half of Kyuubi's chakra was sealed along with Yondaime permanently. Nevertheless great story made me cry =)
Tsujan9484@ 2012-02-10 05:16 am#44
i waited this episode for a very long time......i thought i would grow old with those fillers.....Now finally i got to watch it crying and smiling...
Sharinegan@ 2012-02-10 04:11 am#43
IT would be really nice if We will see this action like the FINAL FANTASY MOVIE ANIMATION!!STARTING FROM THIS EPISODE-to-NINJA WAR
tyrone1102@ 2012-02-10 03:31 am#42
dag I got alil teary eyed!!
riyaz058@ 2012-02-10 02:50 am#41
Two episodes this week means there will be no episode next week ?
supremos15@ 2012-02-10 01:27 am#40
minato the hero!
Nooby Kyuubi@ 2012-02-10 01:12 am#39
Sharinegan@ 2012-02-10 01:09 am#38
senninferdy@ 2012-02-09 11:50 pm#37
INCREDIBLE Yondaime and Kushina.I cried!
xXNocturnusXx@ 2012-02-09 11:07 pm#36
i done seen a zetsu arm on masked man
tokito33@ 2012-02-09 10:16 pm#35
omg !!!!! epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic
v1euxs@ 2012-02-09 10:08 pm#34
UchihaFranco@ 2012-02-09 09:34 pm#33
epic anime..
hgngr@ 2012-02-09 09:03 pm#32
almost best of all
PUNK@ 2012-02-09 08:47 pm#31
oh my god /........tears fell down from my eyes ...so good
darkmist@ 2012-02-09 08:32 pm#30
@vicious on the other hand I want to know the song where Kushina traps the kyubi...
amazing background score !!
partha420@ 2012-02-09 08:30 pm#29
My eyes melt.........too..
ViciousKick@ 2012-02-09 08:24 pm#28
i dont know what i will have to do but i must find the name of the song when minato fights tobi
darkmist@ 2012-02-09 08:22 pm#27
I cried when I read the manga version of this episode and am crying again after watching this ...
OMG ... Naruto rockssssssss !!!
Yondaime & Kushina get all the love in the world !
OMFGWTF@ 2012-02-09 08:21 pm#26
T_T im still a man! awesome chap!
THE TOURIST@ 2012-02-09 07:45 pm#25
narutotail@ 2012-02-09 07:44 pm#24
fuuucckk...yeahhh !!! (tears)
rajisasuke@ 2012-02-09 07:41 pm#23
i too
naruto74@ 2012-02-09 07:38 pm#22
rawldaniels@ 2012-02-09 07:30 pm#21
it made me cry ...........
NeDroiZ@ 2012-02-09 07:24 pm#20
I cried
SkySkar@ 2012-02-09 07:16 pm#19
Man it made me cry..
benyamin@ 2012-02-09 07:16 pm#18
asker666@ 2012-02-09 07:09 pm#17
love those actions
Narutominato5@ 2012-02-09 07:05 pm#16
sage sarutobi@ 2012-02-09 07:00 pm#15
finally d 4th in action
Anduril@ 2012-02-09 06:24 pm#14
Man this is epic xD
aninteg@ 2012-02-09 05:35 pm#13
Am fucking crying nw so cool
aninteg@ 2012-02-09 05:35 pm#12
Am fucking crying nw so cool
Minato namikaze2@ 2012-02-09 05:31 pm#11
uploaded soooo late but nvm awesome ep
Yondaime143@ 2012-02-09 05:30 pm#10
Nice episode....Minato is One of the Wise,strong,intellectual,Decent Shinobi..:D
Statement: " I will Die For my son" it sure made me Cry.....True love a Father...
Mahamed zh@ 2012-02-09 05:16 pm#9
XMrLiNdOrX@ 2012-02-09 05:13 pm#8
1 wrd... Epic
edgarmagician@ 2012-02-09 05:09 pm#7
Minato is truly a hero.
davidamza90@ 2012-02-09 05:08 pm#6
waiting for download ..
its awesome ..
thanks to kishimoto .. =)
davidamza90@ 2012-02-09 05:06 pm#5
fourth ... = fuck ...
icha icha naruto@ 2012-02-09 05:06 pm#4
davidamza90@ 2012-02-09 05:05 pm#3
third ..
davidamza90@ 2012-02-09 05:05 pm#2
2nd .. hahha
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GRAHAM � District Court Judge Katie Overby�s eyebrows jumped Monday as she scrolled through the high school senior's Twitter posts and texts to his ex-girlfriend.
After the couple fought and split in April over a dispute about their prom night, he Tweeted a photo of a gun, calling it �My new toy.� He followed that up with a message about �three funerals in the next month,� and another including �#bodycount.� Frightened, his ex filed for a protective order against him.
In the courtroom, Overby narrowed her gaze, zeroing in on him and demanding an explanation. He said his Tweets referenced rap lyrics and the gun he wants to use when he joins the military after graduation.
�When I get mad, I go to Twitter to relieve stress,� he said. �I was just venting. (The Tweets) didn�t have anything to do with her or her family.�
After a few more minutes of questioning, Overby ruled that there wasn�t enough evidence to show he intended to threaten his ex. She decided against imposing a protective order, but not before sternly warning him and everyone else in the courtroom.
�These posts are not appropriate in any form. I don�t care why you�re posting them or if you�re venting. � This is not how you handle a break-up, by Tweeting about it,� Overby said. �You think they don�t, but Tweets, Facebook, Tumblr, whatever it is you�re using, they stay out there.�
In other words: What you post online can be used against you.
IN THE AGE of the Internet, as we post the minutia of our lives and some of the messiest displays of our humanity online, it hasn�t taken long for that information to find its way into the courtroom. Police routinely scan social networking sites for evidence. In civil court, threats against exes wind up in domestic violence hearings, and all sorts of dirty laundry comes out in divorce-related cases.
It�s so common in child custody cases, it�s become a joke.
�I�ve heard one of our District Court judges say the running joke in judiciary is whether we can get through this custody case without Facebook coming into it,� Graham attorney Steven McRae said. �If I had a nickel for every time I said, �Your honor, I�d like to introduce exhibit A, which is a Facebook page �� �
That�s because social media sites are goldmines for evidence of just how behaved � or misbehaved � a person can be.
�It�s a new phenomenon of the social media age: Facebook has taken the place of private investigators,� District Court Judge Tom Lambeth said. �It used to be, in these cases, you had to hire someone to follow your ex to find out if they went out to a bar or something. Now, people post it all online.�
Lambeth says photos are most often used as evidence. He said they can be damaging to a person�s image, especially if someone has presented him- or herself as reserved and demure, and then photos involving wild parties and alcohol come into evidence.
Graham attorney Robert Craig commonly uses social media posts to help his cases in civil and criminal court. People post evidence of their affairs, of illicit activities or just rowdy behavior on their personal pages, he said.
�No one seems to realize that without proper privacy settings, most if not all posts made by them are in the public domain� and not private, Craig said. �I have used �selfies� of parties barely dressed, smoking weed, drinking, all with kids in the background.�
Even if they have privacy settings engaged � blocking out certain users they don�t want to see their posts � people usually forget that the friends of those users can see their posts, attorney Brad Buchanan said.
�People tend to treat it like a confessional booth,� Buchanan said. �People forget that when you post something online, you�re broadcasting.�
ON FACEBOOK, even pages people �like� � by clicking a thumbs-up symbol � can be damaging. Buchanan gave the example of a user who�d endorsed a number of marijuana-related pages. In a child-custody case, that might give a judge pause.
�If I had my way, I would destroy Facebook,� Buchanan said. �I understand that it can be good for some things, but � just like everything on the Internet � it can be used for the wrong things.�
One of the first things he tells new clients is to stay off social media as much as possible and clean up their pages.
�It�s now a standard admonishment. I always instruct my clients not to speak about their case in any way online. At the most, it should be vanilla posts like, �It�s my birthday today,�� Buchanan said.
Even then, it�s sometimes too late. In messy domestic disputes, an ex or the ex�s attorney might already have made copies of compromising photos and posts.
And so, the best advice is not to post anything questionable in the first place.
�My standard quote: �Don�t post, text or email anything you don�t want a District Court judge to see,�� McRae said. �You�ve got to assume that anything you put out there is going to be seen by a judge. If you don�t want the District Court judge seeing it and making a judgment on the type of person you are based on that, don�t put it out there.�


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Last leak from Nas and Jr. Gong's Distant Relatives…. Let's let the rest of the album stay behind the cellophane until May 18th….I know I can.
LISTEN: Nas + Damian Marley – "My Generation" (feat. Lil' Wayne + Joss Stone)
Nas has pulled it out the hat again, every track he has brought out of this album so far has been amazing, you can follow all the news and videos as it happens at CLICK HERE FOR Nas website Nas himself endorses this site on his twitter page, check it out.
Huh…that was kinda nice. The music and lyrics were on point.
Joss Stone…that girl can sing some soul.
In my opinion…not that his lyrics were over the top hot, but that is the best that Wayne has sounded on any track. (and I am not a fan of him at all)
totally nt a fan of wayne either…bt i also hv to agree that thatz the most sensible, cleanest work hes eva done, and as for my boi nas, i knw u cabable of anything, u continued doin wat u do best – ddnt disappoint. Yo' Joss, i lv u so much, u r a true soul diva. Jamain, keep it up brotha, thatz some radical good sound ryt there.
fuck lil wayne man
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Mudcats win fifth Rosco title
The Bemidji Mudcats returned to the throne of the 9th annual Rosco Invitational Tournament Sunday, beating Ada's A's 8-0 in the title game.
The Blue Ox took third place with a 1-0 decision over Wadena's Shockers.
The title was the fifth for the Mudcats in their own meet, returning to the top after a one year absence,
The defending champion Ft. Ripley Rebels finished seventh with a 5-4 win over Nimrod. Dent took fifth place 5-4 over Roseau
Earlier consolation play found Roseau beating Nimrod 12-2 and Dent stopping Ft. Ripley 5-4,
Pitching was the name of the game at BSU.
Tyler Norland made his second appearance of the season for the Mudcats and hurled a five hitter in a route going performance.
He was far from mid season form, allowing base runners in every inning. But he was strong in the clutch with only one advancing past second base. He ended with three strikeouts and four walks.
The only serious threat came in the second when two walks and a sacrifice placed runners at second and third with one gone.
But he avoided a score with a comebacker and strikeout. He allowed one runner aboard in each of the next five frames.
The Cats gave him the only run he would need in the third when Neil Huewe reached on an error with two gone, took third on Dan Nolan's one bagger off the shortstop's glove that rolled dead in short center field and scored on a one bagger by Ryan Sander.
Bemidji broke the game open against lefthander David Spies in the fifth.
Dan Bauer beat out a grounder to deep second base and Huewe looped a single over first.
Nolan's single to right filled the bases and a walk and Jeff Schaper's single each scored a run. Sam Anderson singled in two more for a 5-0 lead.
The final three crossed against reliever Kyle Nelson in the seventh when Nolan, Sander and Schaper singled for one.
Two more followed when Andrew Hengel's bouncer to third was thrown wildly trying for a force at second,
Bauer and Nolan ended with three hits and Sander and Schaper two in the 13-hit Bemidji attack.
The Cats played errorless defense. Aaron Cook had two of the five Ada safeties.
Nolan was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
The win lifted Bemidji to 11-4-1 The Cats play at the Nimrod Invitational this weekend opening Friday at 6 against the host Gnats.
Gross stars
The third place game was a similar contest though far closer.
Cody Gross won his first game of the year with a four hitter fanning one but issuing no walks.
He stranded runners in only three frames aided by a double play and was in serious trouble only once.
That came with two gone in the seventh when Jamie George looped a single to short center and Travis George gained a life on an error.
But he got Erik Blom to ground to third for the final out.
Travis George was equally tough, limiting the Ox to five hits. Two came in the sixth for the game's only run.
Justin Huether singled to left to open the frame and was at second two outs later when Sol Schneider looped a single over second to send him across..
Schneider reached third when Joel Conway's fly to short right was dropped but was stranded.
The five Oz hits came off as many different bats.
The win lifted Chris Conway's forces 4-6. They play at the Hibbing Invitational this weekend.


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Apparently, and I realize this will come as no shock to most of you, people are being less than forthright in their efforts to advertise for significant others... Keep in mind that most people do not tell outright lies in their personal ads. That would be wrong. Let's just say they describe themselves in strongly optimistic terms... As proof I give you Douglas Raybeck, a real live anthropologist at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y... The professor conducted a study of 462 personal ads that appeared in a newspaper in Utica, N.Y. His major conclusion is that people routinely portray themselves in ways that are not quite themselves but are sort of in the ballpark.


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Now Shipping, the PDS-LCM2B Adapter Allows VMP's PDS-LCB Large Flat Panel Tilt Ceiling Mount to Accommodate Two 37- to 63-Inch Flat Panel Displays Back-to-Back with a Combined Weight of up to 360 lbs.
STEVENSVILLE, Md., May 20, 2011 - Video Mount Products (videomount.com), a leading provider of mounting solutions for the commercial, residential, CI, security, and pro audio/video markets, is proud to announce that it will showcase its new PDS -LCM2B dual large flat panel ceiling mount adapter during InfoComm 2011, held in Orlando, Fla. from June 15 -17 at the Orange County Convention Center, booth 4659.
"Now shipping, the PDS -LCM2B adapter allows our PDS -LCB large flat panel tilt ceiling mount to accommodate two 37 - to 63 -inch flat panel displays back -to -back with a combined weight of up to 360 lbs.," explained Keith Fulmer, president of Video Mount Products. "Designed for both practical and aesthetic purposes, the PDS -LCM2B is the ideal multi -function option for a host of applications, such as in restaurants, bars, health clubs, and arenas."
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Limpopo pupils face more of the same
Limpopo pupils in the same grades affected by the textbook debacle this year are likely to be the main victims of similar problems next year because of unresolved financial difficulties in the province's education department.
The new curriculum was introduced in grades one, two, three and 10 this year and will include grades four, five, six and 11 next year.
But schools and publishers said this week there were still shortages of textbooks for grades one to three, yet the basic education department was ordering textbooks only for grades four to six and 11.
They referred to a departmental circular sent out in August that urged schools to order textbooks for grades four to six. Publishers added that the department "desperately" ordered grade 10 "top-up" textbooks this week - that is, more books to make up for shortages in recent deliveries - but not for grades one to three.
Meanwhile, opposition parties in Limpopo claim the department is still scrambling to find sufficient money to make up for this year's ongoing shortages and for next year's textbooks. Mokgadi Raganya, a Congress of the People (Cope) MEC, warned there would be a crisis next year because of the 2012 backlog and "we still don't have money to buy all textbooks for next year".
Raganya said the department spent more than R120-million of its R271-million 2013 textbook budget to buy textbooks in June. She and the Democratic Alliance's Desiree van der Walt said an education department report to Limpopo's education portfolio committee two weeks ago showed that funds had yet to be secured from the treasury.
This week, the non-governmental organisation Section27 took the basic education department to court for the second time in four months. On Monday, the organisation filed an application in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria claiming many schools still needed textbooks. It asked the court to order the department to make up the shortfalls by the end of October.
The application seeks also to compel the department to implement a catch-up teaching and learning plan for the grades worst affected and to issue monthly reports on its progress in ordering and delivering textbooks for next year.
Section27 attorney Nikki Stein argued in her affidavit that it was not clear whether there were "any funds available" for buying new textbooks for 2013 and said the department had failed to respond to Section27's queries about this.
"The department can't just write off [textbooks that should have reached schools] this year. It would mean learners starting grades next year that are without textbooks this year will not have textbooks," Stein told the Mail & Guardian.
Publishers said the department had still not indicated whether it would buy top-up textbooks for the foundation phase grades, which was worrying. "The department ordered grade 10 top-ups [on Tuesday] and wanted deliveries to Polokwane [on Wednesday] - that's how desperate they are," said one.
Crying for textbooks
Another publisher, who confirmed receiving grade 10 textbook orders this week, said: "They didn't buy any primary school textbooks from publishing companies [in June]; they just bought [teachers' guides]."
A primary school principal in Giyani said she had ordered textbooks for grades one to three, although the department's circular had requested orders only for grades four, five and six. "We are crying for textbooks for those grades [one to three]."
Maurice Petje, Limpopo chairperson of the Professional Educator's Union and also principal of Mahlatjane Primary, confirmed claims that there were still shortages. "You find that a school with 100 learners only received 30 textbooks. The department has a lot of catching up to do in terms of supplying each child with a textbook [next year]."
A high school teacher in Nkowa-nkowa said: "The department never supplied enough textbooks. It bought whatever quantities just to silence principals. Schools now have to order books they never had, as top-ups."
Limpopo education department spokesperson Pat Kgomo said: "The latest information is that the procurement process is on track. We don't see any problem with getting textbooks next year, including top-ups where needed. It has never been denied that money used to procure textbooks this year was taken from the 2013 funds."
The national education department did not respond to the M&G's queries.


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Throughout his days as governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich liked to say he was "getting things done for people." People: They were the catch-all term for an electorate which catapulted Blagojevich to stunning victories time after time, including two trips to the governor's mansion (albeit, a mansion he rarely visited).
Twelve of those "people" handed Blagojevich a stunning defeat Monday, convicting him on 17 counts which carry a maximum sentence of 300 years in prison.
Federal sentences are almost always served concurrently, and most experts believe the former governor's eventual sentence will be closer to 10 years than three centuries. But his rejection at the hands of the very same people who re-elected him was impossible to escape.
What happened? Those closest to Blagojevich insist he never lost sight of the voters who turned out in droves to send him to the general assembly, then Congress and twice to the governor's office.
"He really has a feeling for the underdog," said Blagojevich's former defense attorney Sam Adam Jr., who described himself as "devastated" by the verdicts. "He really has a feeling and a love, for the people of Illinois."
Indeed, Blagojevich came across as disarmingly charming on the witness stand, often addressing his self-effacing answers straight to jurors as his inquisitors fired away. Many of the jurors said in their post-trial press conference that he did come across as intensely likeable on the stand.
But then there were the tapes. Hundreds, upon hundreds of hours, of tapes.
"Jurors really don't like to hear different people," said jury expert Bill Healy, vice-president of the Chicago trial consulting firm DecisionQuest. "If your character is different on the tapes when you didn't know people were watching, and then suddenly you're somebody else when you did know people were watching, they kind of find that false, fake, phony and possibly … lying."
Healy said studies of jurors have shown there are different levels of credibility when defendants take the stand. And likeability takes a back seat to trustworthiness on that scale.
"They can say, 'I really don't like that person on the stand, but I trust that they're telling me the truth,'" Healy said. "Or, they can say, 'I really like that guy, but boy the things he did!' So likeability can't win it all. You can't charm them to death in the jury room. It doesn't work."
Jury forewoman Connie Wilson of Naperville seemed to confirm that analysis. "You want to see him as a human being who happens to be in politics," Wilson said. "In his heart, he obviously has done some wonderful things. At some point you have to step back from that, and start looking at the evidence."
Wilson suggested that jurors genuinely wanted to like the governor, but the tapes weighed heavily in turning the tide in the government's favor.
"You'd hear him step over the line, and that was what started showing up in the evidence," she said. "The tapes were obviously very damaging."
Still, many experts say putting Blagojevich on the stand was a logical move for the defense.
"I think it was a logical decision," said law professor "Richard Kling, of the Chicago Kent College of Law. "I think generally, defense lawyers don't put clients on if they think they are going to win the case."


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2013 Offseason Report: San Antonio Spurs
Over the next month, CBSSports.com's Eye On Basketball will take a team-by-team look at the 2012-13 NBA offseason. We continue with the San Antonio Spurs.
Over the next month, CBSSports.com's Eye On Basketball will take a team-by-team look at the 2012-13 NBA offseason. We continue with the San Antonio Spurs.
How they finished 2013
I still can't believe they lost Game 6. Can you believe they lost Game 6? I can't believe it.
Look at the Spurs' season in a vacuum and it's quite an achievement. Everyone knows their title window will eventually close, but they piled up another 58 wins, they ripped through the Western Conference playoffs and they made another Finals appearance, losing in seven games to one of the greatest teams ever.
That's not bad.
But knowing how close they were, how they had it completely within their grasp, how they were within seconds of lifting another banner -- that just colors it all completely different.
I don't even really know what happened in Game 7, because I was just sitting there the whole time thinking, "I can't believe this game is even happening." But I do know the Spurs still had a good chance and had Tim Duncan been able to put down that little bunny in the lane over Shane Battier with a minute left, who knows, maybe Game 6 is remembered only as an isolated great game.
Instead, one has to wonder if the Spurs missed their best last chance to win it all one more time. Then again, every time we write off the Spurs, they just keep coming.
Needs entering the offseason
With a few free agents, but Tony Parker and Tim Duncan covered, the Spurs needed to fill out the roster and take care of a few things before looking to the outside. When you break down the San Antonio roster, it's really hard to find a clear weakness that needs addressing. They do everything so very well, and they have their bases almost entirely covered.
Their depth has always been sensational, their balance almost perfect. If anything, maybe a little more youth and athleticism to make the transition easier in the future, but mostly, the Spurs just needed to piece together and cover the areas that they're so good at handling. More bench scoring, more shooting, more depth.
The draft
Picking 28th in the first round, the Spurs selected Livio Jean-Charles, a 6-9 French small forward from France with a bunch of upside and talent. At 19, he's a project, but the Spurs have had as much success as any franchise in history with international players, especially French ones.
The Spurs also used the 58th overall pick on a swingman, Deshaun Thomas from Ohio State. The left-handed small forward is a quality shooter and was a very solid college player, but questions about athleticism and shot selection had him fall significantly in the draft.
You'd assume Thomas won't be much of an impact player for the Spurs, but then again, this is the Spurs. They make their living off turning second round picks into gold, so with Thomas, don't be surprised if in three years people are following his name with, "Where do the Spurs find these guys?"
Free agency and trades
It all started with Tiago Splitter and Manu Ginobili. With Splitter being a sought-after restricted free agent and Ginobili kicking around the idea of retirement, the Spurs had to resolve those two things before anything happened.
And it didn't take long. Ginobili signed on for two more years at $7 million per taking him through 2015 with Duncan and Parker. Splitter signed for four years for a total of $36 million.
The number for Splitter felt big, but remember, the market for serviceable big men is always inflated and Splitter may be a key piece to San Antonio's future.
The other moves they made was signing Marco Belinelli to a two-year, $6 million deal, something made to replace Gary Neal who eventually signed with the Bucks a few weeks later, and bringing in big man Jeff Pendergraph for some depth after DeJuan Blair took off for Dallas.
Overall grade and accomplishments: B+
What the Spurs have is trust. They've accomplished so much and done things so well that no matter what, we all trust that they're making good moves. And while Splitter seems like he got too much money and Ginobili at $14 million feels like a lot, especially with how washed up he looked at times during the Finals, the Spurs have equity with us. They've rarely been wrong, so they get the benefit of the doubt.
And really, if you look at it, the Spurs have set themselves up tremendously. When 2015 rolls around -- two seasons from now -- they will only have Splitter under contract, and Kawhi Leonard, assuming they give him an extension (they will). The Spurs will have enough cap space to completely restructure the roster right then and there, and quite possibly limit the amount of time it takes to rebuild from the Duncan era.
The Spurs are looking at these next two seasons as their last shots with the current Big 3 core, then they'll move on to restructuring around Leonard, Splitter and Parker, with Duncan likely as a role player, unless he retires, plus cap space to add more. The Spurs have handled their current situation, while still maintaining flexibility in the future.
Also: The move to sign Belinelli may be their underrated deal of the offseason because that's another capable scorer on an already capable bench. Belinelli hasn't been a very good shooter in terms of percentages in his career, but get him in a Spurs uniform and he's destined to shoot 45 percent from 3 next season. Especially with losing Neal, Belinelli stablizes an already quality bench and adds a bit more versatility to it. Neal was a tremendous scorer at times, but he was also a bit of a of a loose cannon, firing shots any time he saw fit. Belinelli may fit a little better.
With the situation the Spurs are in, with their stars aging and the window slowly, slightly closing a little more, there's not much for them to do. They've just tried to restock, retool and look toward maybe getting a change to wash Game 6 out of their lives. Because really, that might be the toughest thing they deal with this offseason -- reliving those final 30 seconds over and over and over again.
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Elan Picks Up FIA Agent Program
A $600 million credit union has ended an agent issuing card relationship with FIA Card Services and is launching an agent issuing program with Elan Financial Services.
FIA Card Services is the card issuing arm of Bank of America and Elan Financial Services is a subsidiary of US Bancorp.
The Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Broomall, Penn., had between 8,000 and 9,000 card accounts with FIA. The credit union has roughly 65,000 members.
The credit union decided to leave FIA after the issuer did not express interest in acquiring a 1,700 card portfolio that Franklin Mint had taken on when merging a smaller CU. Additionally, the credit union had been looking at Elan for some time, according to Allan Stevens, a vice president at the CU.
"We concluded that Elan was really a better fit for us," he said.
FIA Card Services, then MBNA, acquired Franklin Mint's card portfolio in 2005. Franklin Mint was one of the first credit unions to begin issuing American Express cards through its relationship with MBNA/FIA.


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|John Calvin Coolidge was born 31 Mar 1845 in Plymouth, VT, and died 18 Mar 1926 in Plymouth, VT. He was the son of 2. Calvin Galusha Coolidge and 3. Sarah Almeda Brewer. He married Victoria Josephine Moor 6 May 1868 in Plymouth, VT. She was born 14 Mar 1846 in Plymouth, VT, and died 14 Mar 1885 in Plymouth, VT.
|Calvin Galusha Coolidge was born 22 Sep 1815 in Plymouth, VT, and died 15 Dec 1878 in Plymouth, VT.
|Sarah Almeda Brewer was born 17 Dec 1823 in Ludlow, VT, and died 2 Jan 1906 in Plymouth, VT. She was the daughter of 6. Israel C Brewer and 7. Sally Brown.
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|Israel C Brewer was born ABT 1797 in Paxton, MA, and died 1873 in Columbia Co, WI. He was the son of 12. Eliab Brewer and 13. Sally Rice.
|Sally Brown was born 4 Feb 1801 in Plymouth, VT, and died 1884. She was the daughter of 14. Israel Putnam Brown and 15. Sally.
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|Eliab Brewer was born 6 Apr 1760 in Rutland, VT, and died 24 Sep 1835 in Ludlow, VT. He was the son of 24. Colonel Samuel Brewer and 25. Martha Bent.
|Sally Rice was born ABT 1761 in Ludlow, VT, and died 3 Jan 1835.
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|Israel Putnam Brown was born 2 Nov 1781 in Moultonborough, Carroll, New Hampshire, and died 9 Nov 1867.
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|Colonel Samuel Brewer was born 4 Nov 1716 in Framingham, MA. He was the son of 48. Jonathan Brewer and 49. Arabella Goulding.
|Martha Bent was born 7 Mar 1719/1720 in Framingham, MA. She was the daughter of 50. John Bent and 51. Hannah Rice.
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|Jonathan Brewer was born 21 Jun 1689 in Sudbury, MA, and died ABT 1753 in Framingham, MA. He was the son of 96. John Brewer and 97. Elizabeth Rice.
|Arabella Goulding was born 1693 in Hadley, MA, and died 1774 in Framingham, MA.
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|Hannah Rice was born 5 Jan 1691/1692 in Sudbury, MA. She was the daughter of 102. David Rice and 103. Hannah Walker.
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And I guess he is on his way to see my mom.
I cannot control the seething anger.
Fooled twice - almost exactly 10 years apart.
I'm sorry he's being such an ass.
I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. And now he's off to break my mother's heart, too?


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Human Services 2226:
Addictions Counseling II
Course Information
This is an advanced level addictions course intended for students who plan to do an internship in an addictions agency and eventually earn their CADC. Students and professionals who want to increase their awareness of addiction-related issues can also benefit from the course. (3 credit hours)
Students need to have completed Human Services 2225 OR have consent of the instructor to take this course.
What else do I need to know about taking a course online?
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Tickets for Jingle Jam at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA are available now for 44 percent off. Star 94 is hosting this annual Jingle Jam concert (December 18, 2014), featuring a lineup of fantastic indie and pop rockers.
To get this ticket discount, follow the link to the ticket source. They feature special offers on fun things to do in the Atlanta area. They work directly with local events and venues, like Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, to help people go out more and try new activities. A coupon or promo code won't be needed. Simply print your ticket voucher to go out to Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and enjoy Jingle Jam With The Script, Lindsey Stirling and Echosmith for less.
Irish trio The Script blends Celtic soul with modern R&B on hits like "Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)," "For the First Time" and "Superheroes." Their songs have appeared on shows like 90210, The Vampire Diaries and The Hills. Violinist and dancer Lindsey Stirling was a quarter-finalist on America's Got Talent and enchants audiences with her choreographed violin performances that range from pop to hip-hop to electronic dance songs. And indie pop band Echosmith, made up of four siblings, is known for their hit "Cool Kids" and for the song "Tonight We're Making History" from the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Janssen exits early with shoulder injury
Righty leaves in first; says problem unrelated to one last spring
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Janssen does not believe the issue is serious, but it will likely be extremely difficult for him to remain a legitimate contender for a rotation job now. On Friday, Janssen will be examined by one of Toronto's team doctors to determine the extent of the injury, which the right-hander said was unrelated to the shoulder problem that came up last spring.
"It was just a weird day," Janssen said. "It's the anniversary of my surgery. I don't think it's a very good day."
A year ago, Janssen flew to California and had Dr. Lewis Yocum perform an operation to repair a tear of the labrum in the pitcher's throwing shoulder on March 18. Janssen said the source of the tightness he experienced this time around was not located near the sharp pain he felt in his shoulder last spring.
"No trigger points were the same," the righty said. "It's a completely new spot, which I think is a good thing. I feel fine. It's just tight."
Janssen said this latest injury involved the lateral muscles behind his right shoulder, adding that he was able to successfully work through a series of manual tests given by Toronto's medical staff. The 27-year-old hurler said he first felt the stiffness in his arm while warming up in the bullpen at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
The discomfort persisted after Janssen took the mound in the first inning. After retiring the leadoff hitter, Janssen walked two batters and allowed a base hit. Following a one-out walk to New York's Hideki Matsui to load the bases, Jays pitching coach Brad Arnsberg jogged out to the mound to talk things over with Janssen, who promptly retreated to the training room.
"I was not throwing hard and just trying to hopefully work through the soreness," Janssen said. "It just didn't go away. I think you could kind of tell and it just made sense to get me out of there."
Janssen said he believes he can recover quickly enough to resume throwing soon, but chances are the Jays will take extra precaution with his injury, considering his health history. That will cast serious doubt on Janssen's chances at grabbing one of the two rotation vacancies. Scott Richmond, Brad Mills and Matt Clement are also in the running for the open roles.
"All my work up until today was great, so I just don't see this being much," Janssen said. "I'll see the doctor and go from there. We think we've got a pretty good idea, but you never know. I hate to say I'm not that worried. It's just a bummer that I didn't get through this outing."
Throughout Spring Training, Janssen and Richmond have been considered the frontrunners to land one of the available starting jobs. The Jays have been impressed this spring with Mills, a left-handed prospect, and Clement has displayed good health and results after coming back from right shoulder issues of his own.
Janssen's last full season with the Jays came in 2007, when he posted a 2.35 ERA and recorded 24 holds in 70 games out of the bullpen. Prior to that season, Janssen worked primarily as a starter throughout his professional career. So far this spring, Janssen has responded well to being stretched out to start again, though he admitted that he might have been pushing too hard.
"It may be overworking," Janssen said. "But, again, every test they've given me my arm has reacted great to. Maybe it's just the first little hiccup. It doesn't seem like it's going to be that bad."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.