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No one likes Bohning vanes better than I and I buy them by the hundreds. I think I have tried all their present vanes except the Micro Mini and 5 inches. I have also tried NAP Twisters and the 2 and their 4 inch Quick Spins. I use to buy AAE vanes by the hundreds. I tried a few Norways, R2, Predator and Duravane. I tried VanTec, Easton and a couple of others. I test things and to the tune of several hundred times. All the vanes I tried performed and only two I just did not like. The disliked was the Norway Predator and the NAP 4" Quick Spin. All vanes did as they were intend to do, guide the arrow. Most all were fletched as per instructions (except for glue) and some exceeded instructions. Accuracy never suffered. Speed may have been effected, but if you're sighted in it really doesn't matter, now does it?
Virtually all today's hyped 2 inch vanes are said not to exceed 2 to 3 degrees of offset, Blazers, Twisters and the such. It is not that exceeding 2 or 3 degrees effects accuracy, but can effect down range speed. How far down range? I don't know as I'm setting my Chronograph down range 60 or 80 yards to find out. But for normal to perhap a bit beyond huntings distances you won't see enough to worry about. The average killing distance for whitetails remains 19 yards. Today's bows, hyped as they are, you would think the average distance would be extended. And today's bows and information now available to aid hunters puts a combination together so that clean 40 yards shots are a real possibility.
Accuracy. Every vane I tested was tested between 20 and 30 yards. A few were tested beyond this, out to 80 yards. Not one failed. My opinion; Proper bow set up and correct arrow and build has more to do with accuracy than vanes. My proof; Rip one vane off the arrow and still hit the X ring at 20 yards. Other proof; NAP technician; We have produced 2 inch groups at 60 yards with only the fletching area of the arrow weighted with tape.
Removing one vane. Friend of mine was practicing in the shop's indoor range. As I watched a vane fell off the arrow went other than intended. He remarked it was because the vane came off. I retrieve his arrow and had him shoot it again. And again the arrow went wayward. I then ripped a Mini Blazer off my arrow and fired, drilling the X ring. I did this 3 times back to back. I took one of mine test arrows fletched with a NAP 2" Twister, ripped one vane off and promptly drilled the X ring, twice. I tuned his bow. He was quite happy with the results.....
Noise. All passed but the one above disliked, the Predator. It gave a unliked noisy flutter sound. The NAP 4" Quick Spin; For my testing for the past two years, the 4" NAP Quick Spin gets failing marks. I won't use them again for hunting. My opinion; Deer jump vane noise than they jump the string and I had deer do that more with the Quick Spin more than any vane I've ever used for hunting.
All other vanes produced some noise, some less, some more, but all about equal. Here, I fired from 50 yards and had a friend stand down range and is a safe spot 20 yards before the target. He heard every arrow before it hit the target and this regardless of vane.
My opinion; No vane gave outstanding qualities as for visual aid in finding if lost in the grass. Most all arrows recovered were found using a rake, hooked rod, metal detector or pure luck. Bright orange gave the best visual aid in flight. White came in second.
Pics; Green Twisters, one vane removed, 2 shots. Rinehart center, 30 yards with different make of arrows/vanes, Mini Blazer, Blazer, Shield cut, VanTec, Neon. Neon, pretty, but it really show up? Bohning 1 3/4" Shield Cut X vane group at 55 yards when sighting in new bow. Bag, 2" Blazers, 80 yards.


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Succession Plans: Who will fill the chair?
Boards and top management can't put off answering that question
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Many community banks may be facing a reverse form of "musical chairs" in the next few years, if they haven't already. Each time the music stops, another chair appears, while there are fewer qualified people to put in the empty seats.
Experts interviewed cite several reasons for this trend:
• Financial crisis aftermath. Many community banks faced problems during the cleanup that were best solved by experienced bankers who knew the banks, says executive recruiter Alan Kaplan, CEO of Kaplan & Associates, Inc. So, Kaplan continues, CEOs and other senior officers sometimes outstayed their original plans. This creates more demand for strong replacements at a time when many corner offices have already turned quite gray.
And, going beyond merely "gray," where current leaders resist turnover, ultimately they have no choice. Many corner office occupants will hit health issues in the next five to ten years. "They may believe that life will go on forever, or that they will go on forever," says consultant John Szold of Planning for Succession, Inc. But that's not reality.
• Fewer strong generalists. A trend towards increasing specialization among community bank employees has reduced the number of people who could make good leaders and who also have a broad understanding of community banking.
"We have much less cross-training of people in community banks these days," says Kaplan.
• Smaller pool to draw on, as growing and training lenders decreases. In addition, many institutions no longer train lenders, who have historically been the bankers most likely to succeed to the corner office, according to Richard Parsons, formerly a senior BofA officer and now a consultant and author at 10X Risk Management LLC. Parsons acknowledges that operations and IT specialists and marketers have gained entry to the C suite in recent years.
"I won't contend that everybody has to have the same pedigree," says Parsons. But in his experience those top execs who came up other than through lending remain exceptions. Parsons believes that because lending is still the bread and butter of community banking, the best new leaders will be those who have had the experience of booking loans.
• Older lieutenants, unsuitable COOs. Two factors that experts point to concern the "obvious" heirs, who may not be suitable at all. In many banks, in part because of the crisis, the #2 banker isn't much younger than the current CEO. Another such factor is that many COOs, though typically the bank's second-in-command, aren't necessarily suitable.
"A COO doesn't always make the best CEO," says Susan O'Donnell, partner at Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC. A COO by definition focuses internally, she explains, while CEOs must focus externally.
• Need for fresh inventory. To varying degrees, banks need somebody that isn't a clone of the previous CEO. Traditional "command and control" leadership doesn't synch with Millennial workers, for instance. And sometimes, says Kaplan, boards simply want fresh blood, someone from outside the organization to bring a completely different perspective.
The experts may disagree on one aspect or another of these factors, but they do agree that succession is an issue that must be confronted.
"The single best way to start dealing with succession is to start having a conversation about it at the board level that's early and often," says Kaplan. Succession contains many sub-issues, like those Russian stacking dolls, but none of them—strategic direction, gender diversity, racial diversity, leadership style—gets handled until people begin talking and thinking about succession overall.
"Your bank ought to have a written succession plan and it should be updated every six months," says Szold. "It should be built into the bank's strategic planning," says O'Donnell.
Here are how four community banks have been dealing with aspects of the succession planning challenge.
First United Corp.: Early and often
When did Bill Grant begin thinking about management succession?
"I started from the moment I took the top job, 18 years ago," says Grant, now chairman and CEO at First United Corp. and First United Bank & Trust, Oakland, Md. "It's always blown my mind when such-and-such bank decided to sell because they had no management succession candidate in place."
Over time, Grant defined and refined his thinking about succession, so that today, besides having a strong person to fill his shoes, he has a multi-level succession plan involving 15 people. The plan governs not only positions that would have to be filled, but the likely cascade effect on vacancies should an insider move up.
Not every potential vacancy has a candidate currently on First United's payroll ready to step in—Grant says maintaining ultimate bench strength is too costly for a bank his size ($1.3 billion). The point is that the bank has looked far ahead enough that it knows where those holes could develop. This living blueprint receives board scrutiny at regular intervals. And Grant ensures that the people on it are known to the board through presentations and other opportunities.
Grant began thinking seriously about his own replacement eight years ago, and, in consultation with his directors, spotted someone who he thought had the right stuff. At the time she was trust sales manager. Grant himself began in Trust. The first step towards broadening her exposure was moving her into the finance function.
She became CFO. Along the way, the banker—Carissa Rodeheaver—received additional opportunities to learn. Grant, a lawyer by training, recognized that as a trust officer he had lacked credit experience when he became CEO, and found a way to give Rodeheaver that exposure. Grant directed that the bank's chief credit officer would report to Rodeheaver. "That has given her a good steeping in the credit area," says Grant.
First United's preference, in filling any position, is to hire internally, and Grant says a key reason is trust. He and the board had considered some outside candidates as they discussed succession plans for his post, but having reliable lieutenants came out on top.
"I needed someone I could totally trust," says Grant of Rodeheaver.
But reliability goes beyond trust, of course. Grant praises Rodeheaver's technical skills—she and her people can decipher a new capital reg while doing their day jobs—and the ability to manage a team.
"She can pull people together," says Grant, "and set them on a course they will follow."
Centric Bank: Succession right in the boardroom
Centric Bank began life as a takeover of a troubled institution.
"We were kind of like a de novo, but with an elephant on our back that we had to get rid of," says Patricia Husic, president and CEO at the $304 million-assets bank. Husic says succession has been on the minds of her executive team pretty much from the beginning.
But at Centric, "management" succession thinking goes beyond the staff positions. Husic points out that when regulators set their "Management" rating in CAMELS, they have evaluated capabilities and performance of the board as well as staff. In recent FDIC and Pennsylvania examinations, she adds, examiners have asked about board succession in addition to management succession planning.
Board succession can be a challenge, because "it takes a while to recruit a new board member," says Husic, who is in the midst of evaluating a candidate presently. Willingness to put in the hours, suitable experience, and comfort with a bank director's potential liability are only part of the equation. Husic says that "fit" with directors already on the board can also be an issue—board members may be diverse, but they have to be able to work together.
In regard to both management and board makeup, continuing relevance to the bank, as it grows, rises in importance, according to Husic. A person suitable as CFO for a private bank, for example, may or may not be the right person should that bank seek to go public. Husic says this ongoing evaluation of existing team members is something not all bankers feel comfortable with.
"How do you replace a person who you've been working well with?" Husic asks. "Are they the right person to take the bank to the next level? Sometimes we stick with what's comfortable."
Husic adds that this thinking is all-inclusive. "I'm sure," she says, "that Centric's board does that with me."
First Keystone Community Bank: "I'm your man"
Matt Prosseda, now president and CEO at $900 million-assets First Keystone, is that unusual succession solution who spotted an opening waiting to happen, and came in from the outside to get it.
J. Gerald Bazewicz, his predecessor at the Berwick, Pa., bank, was about three years away from his planned retirement when Prosseda, then the credit chief at another Pennsylvania institution, had the urge to move up to a top leadership role, and at the same time to return to his geographic roots in the Berwick area. Prosseda took the unusual route of calling Bazewicz and asking for his job.
Well, not quite that baldly, of course. In 2005 the younger banker called expressing his desire to move up. Bazewicz said he was willing to take Prosseda on as a potential successor, but only after proving himself in other active positions in the bank. "He said, 'If you come here and do all the right things, you will be considered'," says Prosseda. "No promises were made." Prosseda met with Bazewicz and with First Keystone's board to get a deep understanding of the bank and his prospects, and he came aboard.
"Jerry was an awesome boss, and taught me a lot about what it would take for me to handle this position," says Prosseda. It helped that Prosseda and the bank shared a conservative credit philosophy.
Stage by stage, Prosseda branched beyond the credit work that he knew well—he came up in lending and has been a banker for over 30 years. Bazewicz coached him through ALCO and handling a CEO's public relations duties.
"There are so many things you need to know how to do to be a community bank president," says Prosseda. Bazewicz, who is now the bank's vice-chairman, extended his stay by two years while Prosseda was being brought along, winding up as a 27-year veteran of the bank's top job by the time the younger man stepped into the corner office.
Since then, Prosseda has had his own experience with succession, as the bank's COO left earlier this year. These days that position is seen as a strong successor candidate for Prosseda's job at First Keystone. Prosseda and the board considered four candidates—two internal and two external—and decided to promote the CFO to the COO role.
Besides the candidate's qualifications, and her broad familiarity with the bank's operations, she had been a point person on Dodd-Frank implementation. Yet Prosseda says an additional strong factor favoring an internal selection was the message sent by the board's choice to other employees. Prosseda says it was important that employees see a potential path to advancement at the organization.
Bar Harbor Bankshares: New, but not a new broom
Joseph Murphy was retiring after nearly a dozen years at the helm of $1.4 billion-assets Bar Harbor Bankshares.
He would be missed. But he would not be cloned.
"We knew better than to try to clone him," says Peter Dodge, chairman. "He was too good to clone, and his shoes were too big to fill. And we asked ourselves, did we want to go in a different direction with the CEO's position?"
This was a fine line the board had set itself, says Dodge. On the one hand, directors recognized that banking is changing. On the other, Bar Harbor has a strong, capable core of middle and upper management, and "we didn't want to spook them with what the new guy was going to do," says Dodge. Maintaining the bank's culture ranked high in succession priorities.
In his 27 years on the board, Dodge has seen half a dozen CEO transitions, and he says when Murphy was CEO no formal permanent succession plan was in place, only one accounting for temporary contingencies should Murphy become incapacitated.
"We were complacent," says Dodge. "We were happy to have him there."
Once the decision was made to seek a replacement for the retiring Murphy, the board established a time line for its succession search, and had both internal and external candidates. "We had some very worthy inside candidates," says Dodge, but in the end, the "tipping point" to an outsider was possession of outside knowledge and the breadth of such knowledge, to help the bank adapt. The board named Curtis Simard, formerly of TD Bank, as president and CEO, as of last August. (Former CEO Joe Murphy had a non-voting role on the search committee, and continues to serve on the board as vice-chairman.)
One piece of advice from Dodge: Embrace the change and get the new CEO connected quickly. Simard went to every branch and was introduced to all of the bank's larger borrowers, as well as other key constituencies. The bank's 2013 annual report featured an interview with Simard, to familiarize stockholders and the public with the new leader.
Don't faint at the price
An additional recommendation Dodge has for boards and retiring CEOs looking for a new leader from the outside: "Allow for possible sticker shock." The price for an outsider may be higher than what the bank has been paying its CEO. Likewise, the mix of compensation the candidate seeks will differ by their age and lifestyle. Dodge points out that a younger CEO, possibly with children in school, may prefer more immediate income, while an older candidate might lean toward deferred income. Bar Harbor's board itself has a preference for compensation plans that stress performance over several years.
"You'll probably end up paying more," says compensation consultant Susan O'Donnell. "You have to step up and pay for that talent."
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text: Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 Full-motion wall mount with articulating arm for TVs 23"-37" Zoom Front Photos Videos Item #: 051MMF15 Review Summary 14 people say DISCONTINUED This item is no longer available to purchase. Contact us for other options Call Email Original price $74.99 Shop all TV Wall Mounts Shop all TV Wall Mounts x By buying this product you'll earn up to 75 Rewards points. When you sign up for a Crutchfield account, you'll be enrolled in Crutchfield Rewards. You'll earn one point for every dollar you spend on gear from us. You can turn your points into Rewards Cards that you can use toward future purchases. You can sign up for an account now, or after you complete your purchase (you'll get credit for the points either way). Sign up for a Crutchfield account Overview Details Customer Reviews Articles & Videos Accessories Our take on the Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 by Ralph Graves The Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 is designed for flat-panel TVs 23"-37" and provides a full range of motion for optimal positioning. Its articulated arm can extend your display up to 15-1/2" from the wall, and can swivel up to 45° left or right. And it also tilts up or down. The mounting plate can swivel up to 45° left or right, and you can also tilt it slightly to ensure your TV's perfectly level. Will this mount work with my TV?Use the Sanus MountFinder to see a list of mounts that work with your specific TV. Where do I drill the holes?Tell the Sanus HeightFinder Installation Assistant how high you want your TV, and it tells you exactly where to drill. See more info on this item Highlights:designed for flat-panel LCD TVs 23"-37"accommodates VESA 100 and 200 mounting hole patternssupports up to 60 lbs.extending arm holds TV up to 15-1/2" from wallmounting hardware includedswivel range: 45° right and 45° lefttilt range: +15° up to -15° downVirtual Axis allows smooth tilt motion with the touch of a fingerin-arm channel conceals cables for clean appearancepost-installation leveling adjustments for perfect positioningmounting plate pan range: 45° right and 45° leftstud-mounting required10-13/16"W x 13"H x 2-1/2" to 15-1/2"Dwarranty: 2 yearsOur 60-day money-back guarantee Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) What's in the box? | In-depth notes Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual Articulating wall-mount bracket Four M4 x 12mm screws Four M4 x 30mm screws Four M5 x 12mm screws Four M5 x 30mm screws Four M6 x 12mm screws Four M6 x 20mm screws Four M6 x 35mm screws Eight M4/M5 washers Four M6 washers Four M4/M5 spacers Four M6 spacers Three 5/16" x 2.5" lag-bolts 3 Wall-anchors Three 5/16" washers Allen wrench Instruction Manual Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Overview: The Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 is an articulating wall-mount bracket for small to medium sized flat-panel TVs and monitors. TV Compatibility: The MMF15-B1 can accommodate TVs and monitors with screen sizes from 23-37", and weighing up to 60 pounds. Mounting Bolt Patterns: The mounting bracket will accommodate the following bolt patterns: 100 x 100 200 x 100 200 x 200 Note: 4mm, 5mm, and 6mm hardware is included. Articulating Arm: The Sanus Classic MMF15-B1's integrated articulating arm lets you extend the television from your wall (3.5" to 15.5"), swivel the mounting arm left or right (+/-45°), pan the TV bracket (+/-45°), and tilt the television (+/-18°). Cable Management: The articulating mounting arm is hollow and has integrated holes to route your cables through to your television for a neat, professional looking installation. Tools Required: Stud finder Punch Level Tape Measure Pencil Phillips-head screwdriver 1/2" (13mm) socket wrench Electric drill Drill bits (7/32" for wood stud, 1/2" for concrete) Dimensions: Overall: W = 10.8125", H = 13.0", D = 2.8125 to 7.3125" Wall Plate: W = 5.0", H = 8.25", D = 0.1875" TV Bracket: W = 8.625", H = 8.625", D = 0.125" Articulating Arm Length: 3.5" to 15.5" Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 Reviews Average Customer Review: 14 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. Read our Review Guidelines for more information. Review title * Email Your email won't be visible. Please use the email address that is associated with your order. 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Yes | No 5 out of 5 Easy Up Written By mikeb, Harrisonburg on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 This wall mount was easy to install. It does everything I need it to do. The quality of the metal and the paint is very good. And the pirce was great. I recommend it! Pros: Just a few tools required. The mounting holes lined up perfectly with my tv. The articulated arm moves very easily and stays in position after moving it. Cons: The product is a bit heavy. One needs strong forearms to keep it in position while marking the pilot holes. I suppoes one could make a template on the mounting bracket and then mark the wall for the pilot holes. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Sanus MMF15-B1 Written By kfb, Colorado on Monday, September 09, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Clean install, movement is smooth. mounted a 32" and have full visiblity in both direction. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great! Written By Alex, Kansas City, KS on Monday, August 05, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Was a little worried about the price because of the difference to nicer models but was worth every penny and makes my room look much cleaner and put together! if you need this type of design for your tv buy this one its great! Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 Written By vtkingc, Charlottesville, VA on Sunday, July 28, 2013 does what it's suppose to Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 TV wall mount Written By ESJ, Birmingham, Al on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This gadget is just what the doctor ordered. Perfect, easy to install, works great! 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Good Choice Written By PeteS, St. Johns, Florida on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Easy to install and allows for great mobility of mounted TV. Supplied hardware fit the Samsung 32 inch TV that I bought it for and it took me less than 30 minutes to complete the installation. Pros: Easy to install, good TV mobility Cons: None 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 great product Written By dennp, sebring,fla on Saturday, May 11, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) served its purpose Pros: great Cons: none Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 TV Wall Mount Written By TeresaM, Harrisonburg, VA on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 This is a really nice wall mount; however, the bad part is it comes with numerous bolts but none that fit the plate that attaches to the TV. We had to get other bolts for this to work and then everything else was fine. Crutchfield is the best place to deal with. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Sanus Classic MMF15-B1 Written By TimP, Eldersburg, MD on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Excellent product. 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text: StreetWires FB4 4-gauge firewall bushing Zoom Front Photos Videos My vehicle's homepage We don't check this item for fit or compatibility. Item #: 211FB4 Review Summary 12 people say DISCONTINUED This item is no longer available to purchase. Contact us for other options Call Email Original price $9.99 Shop all Amplifier Installation & Accessories Shop all Amplifier Installation & Accessories x By buying this product you'll earn up to 10 Rewards points. When you sign up for a Crutchfield account, you'll be enrolled in Crutchfield Rewards. You'll earn one point for every dollar you spend on gear from us. You can turn your points into Rewards Cards that you can use toward future purchases. You can sign up for an account now, or after you complete your purchase (you'll get credit for the points either way). Sign up for a Crutchfield account Overview Details Customer Reviews Articles & Videos Our take on the StreetWires FB4 by Ken Nail Keep water out when you run power cable through your car's firewall. The StreetWires FB4 firewall bushing protects your 4-gauge power cable from wear and chafing, and provides a watertight seal when it's tightened down. Lifetime warranty. See more info on this item Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) What's in the box? | In-depth notes Product Research What's in the box? Threaded bushing shaft Cap Nut Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features General Description: The StreetWires firewall bushing is a three piece design; the threaded shaft loads through the firewall, a rounded cap screws on from one side and a nut from the other. A watertight seal is created as the ends are tightened. Your wire will be protected from metal jagged edges and moisture. Available Sizes and Dimensions: The StreetWires firewall bushings are available in three sizes. 8-Gauge Firewall Bushing: Cut-Out Diameter: 0.58" Shaft Length: 1.159" Inner Hole Diameter For Wire: 0.25" 4-Gauge Firewall Bushing: Cut-Out Diameter: 0.88" Shaft Length: 1.275" Inner Hole Diameter For Wire: 0.5" 1/0 Gauge Firewall Bushing: Cut Out Diameter: 1.105" Shaft Length: 1.588" Inner Hole Diameter for Wire: 0.75" Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card StreetWires FB4 Reviews Average Customer Review: 12 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. 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I'm sure in some installations it would be needed but after looking for a good location to drill, I figured out, I had a spot on the main harness grommet that worked better. And no drilling required. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 It's a Bushing! Written By Alek, Grand Rapids, MI on Friday, March 16, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I bought this to pass a 4-Gauge power cable through the firewall of my car. I spent several hours dismantling my dashboard trying to find a place to pass this through, or a place to drill. I had no luck with that, but was lucky enough to find an unused, plugged hole in the firewall under the carpet on the passenger side of my car. The bushing didn't fit the hole, but I managed to fit it in the plug that was in the hole! Anyway, the bushing clamped down on the plug and the cable nice and tight. I've no idea how it will hold up over time, but I imagine that if a 1mm thick plastic plug lasted ~20-years that this will outlive the car! Pros: -Solid -Fits 4-Gauge Cable Cons: Does not include a device that magically tells me where I can put a hole in my car's firewall. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Professional Look Written By JeffR, Taylors, SC on Saturday, December 04, 2010 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) For a clean professional installation this product is great. Requires cutting of the firewall but if you have the right tools and the skills, it is no problem. Highly recommended. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Does what it should Written By Tracy, Sandston, VA. on Thursday, July 08, 2010 I used one of these as I drilled a hole through my firewall to run my 4ga. power lead. I gave it 5 stars because it worked great and I don't need to worry about my power lead running through a jagged hole. Once the wire is run through it the outer cap screws in place and clamps it down so it does not move. Not that this is that big of deal but it does not come with instructions to tell you what size hole to drill. After a quick measurement though I drilled a 3/4" hole, as that was the biggest bit I had but the hole still needed a bit of filing. I'm thinking a 13/16 hole would be perfect. As usual, Crutchfield is the best!! 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Works OK. Written By Kevin, Mesa, AZ. on Saturday, June 19, 2010 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This product worked well. I used it to run a 4 guage Rockford wire through the firewall on my Chevy Silverado. It fit OK because the firewall was only 1 layer thick next to the power break booster where I ran the wire. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 StreetWires FB4 Written By Anonymous, NC on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 I used this to run a 4 gauge cable through a Cavalier firewall. It worked exactly as I had planned out, and the cable is nice and secure, and waterproof. I used a step drill (unibit) to drill the hole, since no instructions were included I used a caliper to find the size. The Cavalier firewall was only 1 layer thick so the length was perfect. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Professional Solution Written By Winston, Hampton, VA on Saturday, September 27, 2008 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I found this to be the professional solution to breaching the firewall to run cable(s). Including instructions in the pack on what size hole to drill and which side or in what order should the bushing be assembled would be helpful to the novice. Otherwise this product really gives a professional look and functionally serves the purpose. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 2 out of 5 StreetWires FB4 Written By Gene, New Orleans on Monday, September 08, 2008 Is a bit too short on the firewall side, IMO. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 easy Written By turtle, chi on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) no measurement specs is why its a 4.i just used a ruler and a 22mm hole saw .it went through with no prob Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Works Great! Written By David, Hawaii on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This product worked perfectly for me. It would be nice to have instructions, but the bushing is easy enough to figure out. Once I drilled through my Ford Ranger firewall, the bushing worked just like it was suppose to. What I liked best was, once I routed my power cable in my engine bay the bushing locks the cable in place with a compression fitting. The threads were somewhat close, but I had a friend hold the engine bay side of the bushing and then I attached my side from inside. By using this bushing instead of a hardware store gromet, you are able to slip the power cable freely to get perfect adjustment and then lock it down, the hardware store gromet forces you to estimate the length, slip it on cable and then force it into your firewall for a snug fit. Pain in your side, I know this bushing saved me much headache. 7 out of 7 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 2 out of 5 A good idea... Written By newfrontier45, Orlando, FL on Monday, October 30, 2006 ...but very poorly executed. The threads are just way too short to use on anything but a single layer of thin sheetmetal. I don't know if many firewalls are that thin but the floor of my Chevy 2500HD was way too thick to use this product properly. I was able to utilize it but not in the manner in which it was intended. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 A Must-Have Accessory for Amplifier Wiring Install Written By Dan, Sioux Falls, SD on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I installed this product in a 2002 Honda Accord, which has a knockout block in the firewall a little ways above the gas pedal. Upon removing the plastic knockout block I discovered a hole in the neighborhood of 3/4" diameter. I ordered the Streetwires FB4 firewall bushing and was delighted to find it fit.The firewall bushing serves a few functions:1) It looks great! It gives the install a professional look.2) When the nut is tightened it cinches on the power cord, keeping the cord from sliding in and out and creating a waterproof seal.3) The bushing, of course, keeps the sharp edge of the hole in the firewall from wearing through the power cord installation and causing a short.My only complaints are that it is impossible to find any information regarding the dimensions of this product online. The product arrived with absolutely no instructions. And, my firewall was a bit too thick for the FB4 and I had to remove the rubber o-ring gasket in order to have sufficient thread space to secure the FB4.The FB4, although a bit more spendy than a hardware store grommet, is money well spent. It ensures a sharp-looking, worry-free install. 3 out of 3 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? 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Mike Mitchell was elated with workouts by stable stars Obviously and Camp Victory June 22 and stamped them ready for their respective starts in Saturday's Grade I, $300,000 Shoemaker Mile and Grade I, $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap.
The Shoemaker, which is on turf, and the Triple Bend – at seven furlongs over Cushion Track – are Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races.
The winner of the Shoemaker Mile receives fees-paid entry into the Breeders' Cup Turf Mile while the Triple Bend winner gets the same reward for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
Obviously, who won the Grade II American Handicap May 25, worked five furlongs in 59 1/5 seconds, the second fastest of 39 works at the distance that morning at Santa Anita. The 5-year-old Irish bred has won five of 11 in the United States and is 4-for-5 at the Shoemaker distance on turf.
"He's doing great," said Mitchell. "He galloped out super."
Camp Victory, the defending Triple Bend champion, drilled six furlongs in 1:13 1/5. A year ago, Mitchell, along with his family, watched the Forest Camp gelding's victory via computer from the intensive care unit of USC Medical Center, one day after the trainer underwent surgery for a brain tumor.
Mitchell had a brief scare last Sunday when he collapsed after winning the sixth race with Gutshot Straight.
"I'm feeling much better," said Mitchell. "It was a combination of things. I was in the sun too long, it was awfully hot and I had a seizure. Plus, I had a lot of caffeine in me, I was dehydrated and still a little weak from a chemo treatment."
Mitchell is back training at his stable and looking forward to the Shoemaker Mile and Triple Bend. The 65-year-old is the second winningest trainer in Hollywood Park history. He enters Sunday needing just one win to reach 900 at the Inglewood track. Bobby Frankel is the all-time leader with 952 victories.
"I'm coming out to see Obviously and Camp Victory,'' he said. "This time I'm going to bring my hat and find some shade."
The fields for Saturday's two Grade I races at Betfair Hollywood Park, the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile and $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap, are firming up.
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"Win and You're In" races. The winner of each gets an expenses paid, automatic entry into the corresponding Breeders' Cup race.
A field of six or seven is likely for the Shoemaker, headed by Fanticola and Scardino's Obviously. The three-time Grade II winner is coming off an easy victory in the American Handicap May 25. Mike Mitchell trains the Irish bred, who is seeking his first Grade I score.
Other expected starters are Jeranimo (Mike Pender, Rafael Bejarano), who won the Shoemaker last year; Lucayan (Neil Drysdale, Julien Leparoux) second to Obviously in the American; Za Approval (Christophe Clemente, Garrett Gomez), coming off consecutive Grade III victories at Gulfstream Park and Monmouth Park) and Wilkinson (Jeff Mullins, Martin Pedroza), the 44-1 winner of the 2012 American Handicap.
Jimmy Creed, the winner of the Grade I Malibu Stakes last Dec. 26 at Santa Anita, is among seven or eight probables for the Triple Bend. Garrett Gomez has the assignment for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella on Jimmy Creed, who took the Grade II Potrero Grande April 6 in his last start.
Comma to the Top, winner of 14 of 31 starts for Peter Miller and victorious in the Los Angeles Handicap on Cushion Track May 27, will be partnered by regular rider Edwin Maldonado. The $1.2 million dollar earner is 5-for-9 for-nine at Betfair Hollywood Park, including a victory in the Grade I CashCall Futurity in 2010.
Mike Mitchell will try to win the Triple Bend for a second consecutive year with Camp Victory. A 6-year-old gelded son of Forest Camp, Camp Victory tuned up for the race with a third-place finish in the Los Angeles. Joe Talamo has the call.
Rail Trip, the winner of the 2009 Hollywood Gold Cup, and Centralinteligence, second in the Los Angeles, will represent the barn of trainer Ron Ellis. Jose Valdivia, Jr. is scheduled to ride Rail Trip while Victor Espinoza has the call on Centralinteligence. Ellis entered Sunday four wins shy of 1,000 in his career.
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert has four nominated to the Triple Bend, but probably will run only one or two. The most likely starter for Baffert is Drill, winner of the Grade I Del Mar Futurity in 2011 and the Grade III Lazaro Barrera Stakes in 2012 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
To put this week in baseball terms, Mike Puype is entering the eighth inning pitching a perfect game.
It's rare in any major sport to tie or break a 58-year-old record, but that's just what Puype has done.
The 46-year-old trainer has started six horses this week and all have won. The last trainer to win six in a row at Betfair Hollywood Park was Allen Drumheller, Sr. (July 4-5, 1955). Puype will try for a record seventh consecutive win Sunday. He has two entered; Moonlight Splitter (8-1) in the sixth race and Goodtobewild (7-2) in the eighth.
The Arizona native knew he had several live horses this week, but acknowledged that he benefited from "good rides and great trips."
The streak started Thursday with Change of Plan ($5), and continued Friday with Smart N Dreamy ($6.20) and Bella Viaggia ($3.80). He took it up a notch Saturday with a triple; Muchos Besos ($25), Insideondoutside ($6) and Hustlin Nu ($6).
A $2 win parlay on his six winners would have returned approximately $3,300.
Doinghardtimeagain and Iotapa, the 1-2 finishers in Saturday's Grade II Hollywood Oaks, both returned in good order, according to their respective trainers, Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer and John Sadler.
Dan Ward, assistant to Hollendorfer, said Doinghardtimeagain could ship to Delaware Park for the Grade II, $300,000 Delaware Oaks July 13 or stay home to run against California breds in the $200,000 Fleet Treat Stakes July 27 at Del Mar.
The Fleet Treat is less purse money, but the race likely would be easier and give Hollendorfer an extra two weeks to prepare her.
Ward said Ciao Bella Luna, who finished fourth in the Oaks, also came out of the race well.
Betfair Hollywood Park will have a special Friday night program July 5 in honor of the track's 75th anniversary season.
What will be the final night card at the historic venue, which will cease racing at the end of the Autumn meet Dec. 22, was approved May 29 by the California Horse Racing Board. Post time will be 7:05 p.m.
"Hollywood Park was a pioneer for night racing and we thought this would be a good way to honor the past,'' said Betfair Hollywood Park president Jack Liebau. "We're looking forward to having one last Friday night.''
A concert featuring the band 80z All Stars will be offered after the evening's races are concluded.
CLOSING STRIDES —Get well wishes to Betfair Hollywood Park Stakes Coordinator Dan Eidson, who underwent surgery last week. Eidson is expected to be released from the hospital in the next couple of days and return to work in the racing office in about a week…….Happy birthday to former trainer Leonard Dorfman, who turned 91 Saturday. The Southern California mainstay now resides in Round Rock, Texas. Dorfman retired with 205 victories at Betfair Hollywood Park………..The single winning ticket in the Pick Six at Betfair Hollywood Park June 16 was purchased for $9,800 at Gulfstream Park and returned $556,667.60……..One ticket, wagered through Television Games Network (TVG) was alive to Blue Justice in Saturday's ninth race and thus eligible for the bonus of a 2013 Toyota Prius – courtesy of Toyota of Orange. Blue Justice, who was 101-1, finished last in the field of 12…..Jockey Efrain Hernandez registered his first Betfair Hollywood Park victory aboard Stunning Dream for trainer Julio Canani in Thursday's third race…….Agent Dudley Osborne advised that Orlando Mojica has returned to Indiana Downs to be closer to his young daughter. Osborne will now represent Julien Couton, who has been riding in the Bay Area. Couton has upcoming mounts lined up with, among others, trainers Mark Glatt, Steve Knapp, and Doug O'Neill.
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Nice bears,congrats,looks like a great time....................
thats gonna be my next guided hunt is for bears. congratulations
Congrats on some great bears.
Nice bears !
Yeah, I need to get a full body pick posted but they are on my dad's camera. Need to steal his card.
That's one skinny bear in that second photo LOL - nice stuff man!
First pick is me with my little black sow. Second is my son with his awesome 6' 7" chocolate boar, #3 pick is his snaggle tooth. The last is my dad's dream bear, he's been after a blonde for years. Just happens it came in when my son and I sat with him that evening.
It was an awesome hunt all around, i got mine on video and should have had my dad's on video but due to camera problems it didn't happen. My dad should have had my son's on video but forgot to hit record.
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Congrats to all of you!!!! Nice pics and that certainly looked like a great time.
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Ménétrier's Disease
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- What is Ménétrier's disease?
- What causes Ménétrier's disease?
- Who gets Ménétrier's disease?
- What are the signs and symptoms of Ménétrier's disease?
- How is Ménétrier's disease diagnosed?
- How is Ménétrier's disease treated?
- Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
- Points to Remember
- Hope through Research
- For More Information
- Acknowledgments
What is Ménétrier's disease?
Ménétrier's disease causes the ridges along the inside of the stomach wall—called rugae—to enlarge, forming giant folds in the stomach lining. The rugae enlarge because of an overgrowth of mucous cells in the stomach wall.
In a normal stomach, mucous cells in the rugae release protein-containing mucus. The mucous cells in enlarged rugae release too much mucus, causing proteins to leak from the blood into the stomach. This shortage of protein in the blood is known as hypoproteinemia. Ménétrier's disease also reduces the number of acid-producing cells in the stomach, which decreases stomach acid.
Ménétrier's disease is also called Ménétrier disease or hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy.
What causes Ménétrier's disease?
Scientists are unsure about what causes Ménétrier's disease; however, researchers think that most people acquire, rather than inherit, the disease. In extremely rare cases, siblings have developed Ménétrier's disease as children, suggesting a genetic link.
Studies suggest that people with Ménétrier's disease have stomachs that make abnormally high amounts of a protein called transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α).
TGF-α binds to and activates a receptor called epidermal growth factor receptor. Growth factors are proteins in the body that tell cells what to do, such as grow larger, change shape, or divide to make more cells. Researchers have not yet found a cause for the overproduction of TGF-α.
Some studies have found cases of people with Ménétrier's disease who also had Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. H. pylori is a bacterium that is a cause of peptic ulcers, or sores on the lining of the stomach or the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. In these cases, treatment for H. pylori reversed and improved the symptoms of Ménétrier's disease.1
Researchers have linked some cases of Ménétrier's disease in children to infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV). CMV is one of the herpes viruses. This group of viruses includes the herpes simplex viruses, which cause chickenpox, shingles, and infectious mononucleosis, also known as mono. Most healthy children and adults infected with CMV have no symptoms and may not even know they have an infection. However, in people with a weakened immune system, CMV can cause serious disease, such as retinitis, which can lead to blindness.
Researchers are not sure how H. pylori and CMV infections contribute to the development of Ménétrier's disease.
Who gets Ménétrier's disease?
Ménétrier's disease is rare. The disease is more common in men than in women. The average age at diagnosis is 55.2
What are the signs and symptoms of Ménétrier's disease?
The most common symptom of Ménétrier's disease is pain in the upper middle part of the abdomen. The abdomen is the area between the chest and hips.
Other signs and symptoms of Ménétrier's disease may include
- nausea and frequent vomiting
- diarrhea
- loss of appetite
- extreme weight loss
- malnutrition
- low levels of protein in the blood
- swelling of the face, abdomen, limbs, and feet due to low levels of protein in the blood
- anemia—too few red blood cells in the body, which prevents the body from getting enough oxygen—due to bleeding in the stomach
People with Ménétrier's disease have a higher chance of developing stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer.
How is Ménétrier's disease diagnosed?
Health care providers base the diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease on a combination of symptoms, lab findings, findings on upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, and stomach biopsy results. A health care provider will begin the diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease by taking a patient's medical and family history and performing a physical exam. However, a health care provider will confirm the diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease through a computerized tomography (CT) scan, an upper GI endoscopy, and a biopsy of stomach tissue. A health care provider also may order blood tests to check for infection with H. pylori or CMV.
Medical and family history. Taking a medical and family history is one of the first things a health care provider may do to help diagnose Ménétrier's disease. He or she will ask the patient to provide a medical and family history.
Physical exam. A physical exam may help diagnose Ménétrier's disease. During a physical exam, a health care provider usually
- examines a patient's body
- uses a stethoscope to listen to bodily sounds
- taps on specific areas of the patient's body
CT scan. CT scans use a combination of x rays and computer technology to create images. For a CT scan, a health care provider may give the patient a solution to drink and an injection of a special dye, called contrast medium. CT scans require the patient to lie on a table that slides into a tunnel-shaped device where an x-ray technician takes x rays. An x-ray technician performs the procedure in an outpatient center or a hospital, and a radiologist—a doctor who specializes in medical imaging—interprets them. The patient does not need anesthesia. CT scans can show enlarged folds in the stomach wall.
Upper GI endoscopy. This procedure involves using an endoscope—a small, flexible tube with a light—to see the upper GI tract, which includes the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. A gastroenterologist—a doctor who specializes in digestive diseases—performs the test at a hospital or an outpatient center. The gastroenterologist carefully feeds the endoscope down the esophagus and into the stomach. A small camera mounted on the endoscope transmits a video image to a monitor, allowing close examination of the stomach lining. The gastroenterologist also can take a biopsy of the stomach tissue during the endoscopy. A health care provider may give a patient a liquid anesthetic to gargle or may spray anesthetic on the back of the patient's throat. A health care provider will place an intravenous (IV) needle in a vein in the arm to administer sedation. Sedatives help patients stay relaxed and comfortable. The test can show enlarged folds in the stomach wall.
Biopsy. Biopsy is a procedure that involves taking a piece of stomach tissue for examination with a microscope. A gastroenterologist performs the biopsy at the time of upper GI endoscopy. A pathologist—a doctor who specializes in diagnosing diseases—examines the stomach tissue in a lab. The test can diagnose Ménétrier's disease by showing changes in the stomach's mucous cells and acid-producing cells.
Blood test. A health care provider will take a blood sample that can show the presence of infection with H. pylori or CMV. A blood test involves drawing blood at a health care provider's office or a commercial facility and sending the sample to a lab for analysis.
How is Ménétrier's disease treated?
Treatment may include medications, IV protein, blood transfusions, and surgery.
Health care providers may prescribe the anticancer medication cetuximab (Erbitux) to treat Ménétrier's disease. Studies have shown that cetuximab blocks the activity of epidermal growth factor receptor and can significantly improve a person's symptoms, as well as decrease the thickness of the stomach wall from the overgrowth of mucous cells. A person receives cetuximab by IV in a health care provider's office or an outpatient center. Studies to assess the effectiveness of cetuximab to treat Ménétrier's disease are ongoing. A health care provider also may prescribe medications to relieve nausea and abdominal pain.
In people with Ménétrier's disease who also have H. pylori or CMV infection, treatment of the infection may improve symptoms. Health care providers prescribe antibiotics to kill H. pylori. Antibiotic regimens may differ throughout the world because some strains of H. pylori have become resistant to certain antibiotics—meaning that an antibiotic that once destroyed the bacterium is no longer effective. Health care providers use antiviral medications to treat CMV infection in a person with a weakened immune system in order to prevent a serious disease from developing as a result of CMV. Antiviral medications cannot kill CMV; however, they can slow down the virus reproduction.
Intravenous Protein and Blood Transfusions
A health care provider may recommend an IV treatment of protein and a blood transfusion to a person who is malnourished or anemic because of Ménétrier's disease. In most cases of children with Ménétrier's disease who also have had CMV infection, treatment with protein and a blood transfusion led to a full recovery.
If a person has severe Ménétrier's disease with significant protein loss, a surgeon may need to remove part or all of the stomach in a surgery called gastrectomy.
Surgeons perform gastrectomy in a hospital. The patient will require general anesthesia. Some surgeons perform a gastrectomy through laparoscopic surgery rather than through a wide incision in the abdomen. In laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon uses several smaller incisions and feeds special surgical tools through the incisions to remove the diseased part of the stomach. After gastrectomy, the surgeon may reconstruct the changed portions of the GI tract so that it may continue to function. Usually the surgeon attaches the small intestine to any remaining portion of the stomach or to the esophagus if he or she removed the entire stomach.
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
Researchers have not found that eating, diet, and nutrition play a role in causing or preventing Ménétrier's disease. In some cases, a health care provider may prescribe a high-protein diet to offset the loss of protein due to Ménétrier's disease. Some people with severe malnutrition may require IV nutrition, which is called total parenteral nutrition (TPN). TPN is a method of providing an IV liquid food mixture through a special tube in the chest.
Points to Remember
- Ménétrier's disease causes the ridges along the inside of the stomach wall—called rugae—to enlarge, forming giant folds in the stomach lining. The rugae enlarge because of an overgrowth of mucous cells in the stomach wall.
- Scientists are unsure about what causes Ménétrier's disease; however, researchers think that most people acquire, rather than inherit, the disease.
- Ménétrier's disease is rare. The disease is more common in men than in women.
- The most common symptom of Ménétrier's disease is pain in the upper middle part of the abdomen.
- Health care providers base the diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease on a combination of symptoms, lab findings, findings on upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, and stomach biopsy results.
- Treatment may include medications, intravenous (IV) protein, blood transfusions, and surgery.
Hope through Research
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports basic and clinical research into many digestive disorders, including Ménétrier's disease.
Clinical trials are research studies involving people. Clinical trials look at safe and effective new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. To learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate, visit the NIH Clinical Research Trials and You website at www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett suggested this week that California American Water's proposed desalination project has the clear edge over alternative proposals.
But he said company officials still must agree to requested improvements in financing and governance to gain support from the Peninsula mayors' water authority.
"I want to keep an open mind until the water authority makes a decision, but the Cal Am project is clearly the project that's furthest along and we're working on improving that project," Burnett said. "Cal Am's project can be better, and some aspects of it are not good enough yet."
Cal Am spokeswoman Catherine Bowie said company officials are continuing to engage the mayors in talks about financing and governance, and said they "feel the discussions are going very well."
"We appreciate the efforts of the (authority) to lower costs to our customers and involve local leaders," Bowie said, "and are hopeful our discussions will result in broader support for our proposal."
Burnett, the authority's vice president, has taken a lead role on local consideration of competing desal proposals. He said Cal Am would still need to agree to the authority's public governance proposal and five key financing principles — including acceptance of a public contribution, perhaps a surcharge on water bills, designed to lower overall costs by an estimated $124 million — before the authority could formally recommend Cal Am's project to the state Public Utilities Commission next month.
Otherwise, he said, the authority would be forced to demand that the PUC require Cal Am to include the financing and governance proposals.
Burnett said he doesn't believe public ownership of the desal plant would offer any additional benefits beyond the financing and governance demands.
Burnett said he believes a deal with Cal Am is imminent on a public governance structure, which also earned support from the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and the county Water Resources Agency. However, he said a controversial confidentiality clause proposed by Cal Am is unworkable.
The authority's proposal calls for forming an oversight committee with varying degrees of input on virtually every aspect of Cal Am's project, and the two sides are trying to work out exactly how much control the committee would have.
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Negotiations over project financing, on the other hand, may be further away from a conclusion, as the two sides appear to be at odds over key elements.
Burnett said Cal Am President Rob MacLean indicated he supported the authority's proposals but the company's board did not agree. As a result, Burnett said his request for the proposals to be included in the company's supplemental testimony filed with the PUC last week was not granted.
Burnett said that was a disappointment, but expressed optimism that a deal could still be worked out by next month.
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Burnett defended the use of that method, saying it is the current federal government standard for a fair comparison of project costs. He criticized MacLean and other company officials' suggestion that the project's interest rate would average about 4 percent overall, and suggested Cal Am was "playing with the numbers."
"We will continue to advocate for the most transparent way of calculating the project cost," Burnett said.
Burnett and Monterey Mayor Chuck Della Sala, the authority's president, have been in talks with Cal Am for months about the suggested improvements, and there has been some criticism that the authority appears to have already decided to back Cal Am's bid while appearing open to alternative proposals.
Burnett made his comments a week after the authority outlined its strategy for deciding which of three alternative projects to formally recommend to the PUC in late February, and a few weeks before the authority officially makes its choice.
Evaluating projects
Last week, the authority released a proposed evaluation matrix that it sent to its own technical advisory committee, the water management district and its desal project consultant, Carlsbad-based Separation Processes Inc., for use in developing a final recommendation.
The matrix includes sections for evaluating the projects' capital and operating costs, interest rate, financing, access to low-interest state loans, permitting and schedule, technical feasibility, legal issues, and ownership and management.
The authority has already spent about $87,000 on consultants, including $73,000 for SPI, to do comparison analyses of the three desal projects: Cal Am's proposed plant north of Marina and two others in Moss Landing.
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However, those assumptions were based on data already months old when the report was released last month, and Cal Am officials have acknowledged that its project now won't be finished until December 2017 at the earliest because of delays related to a slant test well for the desal plant's source water. Cal Am officials also say they believe their desal plant's cost will actually be cheaper than the alternatives when factoring in lower power and financing costs.
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Burnett said the authority would likely aim for choosing a project to recommend by the end of this month, perhaps in a special meeting, to allow enough time for its consultants and other representatives to prepare expert testimony by the Feb. 22 deadline.
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