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Paving the Roadmap to Spend Management Maturity
We empower organizations with globally complex supply chains to gain control and end-to-end visibility into their transportation costs for enterprise-wide efficiency, maturity, and value.
Solving the complexity of global transportation spend management
Our global footprint, multi-mode strength, and obsessive focus on client success allow you to actively and efficiently manage your global transportation spend with the confidence that you're prepared for tomorrow's challenges.
Trax TOTAL TSM℠
Help your business benefit from true visibility—and take control of your transportation spend.
Driving global logistics efficiency is impossible when you have no visibility and enormous cost swings within your transportation network. With Trax, you'll get global transportation spend management solutions that are built to deliver data-based visibility and insights, higher savings, and better control of transportation spend so you can actually use logistics as a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Selected as an Inbound Logistics Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2020, a Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know company, and Hot Company by Parcel Magazine.
Enterprises who choose Trax
have the following in common
Possess Significant
Carrier & Modal Complexity
Prioritize Global
Value Spend
Management Maturity
Recognize Need
for Neutrality
The more complex your needs are, the better we can perform for you.
Trax is the only Transportation Spend Management partner that can manage and advise on all modes of transportation in any global region regardless of carrier, volume, or nuance.
Having global service delivery teams is critical to optimization and success.
Trax has been on-the-ground in every region of the world, providing local service with local team members since:
Trax NAM 94 | Trax EMEA 00 | Trax LATM 04 | APAC 06
Trax partners with organizations to achieve Transportation Spend Management maturity.
We help organizations master data management, financial performance, carrier relationships, and transportation strategy to be a leader in your industry.
Neutrality allows us to focus solely on your needs and success without external influence.
Trax singularly invests its focus and resources on client needs and drivers of success. We obsess about your future so you have greater confidence in making decisions to get you there.
Use transportation and logistics as a strategic advantage
Book a meeting with our team so we can discuss your goals, challenges, and needs within your transportation network.
We have a singular focus on client success
We are the only Transportation Spend Management firm with a singular focus on client success and transportation maturity to drive enterprise-wide value.
We work with the best of Gartner's Top Supply Chains
Our partners work with us to be the top performers within their respective industries, leveraging transportation and logistics maturity to achieve the greatest end-customer satisfaction.
Best-in-Class Customer Service Creates Brand Loyalty for F100 Retailer
The Client & the Challenge
A high-end retailer experienced challenges with third-party parcel delivery companies during the holiday season. With a record number of orders, the capacity of parcel integrators became a bottleneck. Many customers were negatively impacted by the long delays at the worst possible time.
The retailer set out to resolve the problem by working closely with the parcel companies and Trax to gain early visibility to delivery performance during peak holiday shipping activity.
and get to the next level of
Hampton Wall
Hamp brings extensive global leadership experience, deep domain expertise in enterprise spend management, and a proven track record of driving transformative growth. Hamp is a three-time CEO in the enterprise spend management industry, serving most recently as CEO of Proactis (LON:PHD), a publicly-traded provider of spend management and B2B eCommerce solutions to over 1,000 customers in over 100 countries. Prior to Proactis, he served as CEO of Perfect Commerce, where he led the consolidation of eight international acquisitions into a single operation and successfully orchestrated a sale of the business to Proactis.
Hamp is a graduate of Wake Forest University with a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts.
Liz Murray
Liz brings more than 25 years of experience in financial management, strategic investment and M&A activity, with particular focus on technology and Internet companies. Her experience spans a wide range of industries and includes retail, media and entertainment, online advertising, software and professional services from start-up to multi-billion dollar businesses.
Prior to Trax, Liz has held leadership positions at companies such as Korn Ferry, General Motors and Deloitte. She is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies from Robert Gordon University.
Josh Bouk
Joining Trax in May 2020, Josh brings over twelve years of experience driving growth for global enterprise expense management organizations. For the past six years, Josh served as VP of Global Sales & Marketing for the Expense Management division of Cass Information Systems. Prior to that, Josh led the growth of Veramark Technologies, completing three strategic acquisitions and establishing a new brand, Calero Software. Over the last decade, Josh has led the creation of expense management programs representing over $10 billion of annual enterprise spend for the largest companies in the world. He has a true passion for customer care and looks forward to working closely with our customers to define the future of global Transportation Spend Management.
Josh is a graduate of SUNY Brockport with B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics. Josh lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, three teenagers, and two dogs.
Daman Wood
Daman Wood brings 25 years of leadership experience building disruptive and world class brands in software and technology based solutions. His experience and leadership have been focused on developing and delivering technology-driven business services and solutions, providing an outstanding customer experience, and driving profitable revenue growth on a global scale.
Prior to joining Trax, Daman was COO of MDSL, a global leader in Technology Expense Management software and service leading the organization through a successful merger in 2017 and combined company growth that exceeded 25% year over year. While at MDSL, he was recognized for improving customer deployment, delivery, and support resulting in a successful sale of the company in late 2019 to Oak Hill Capital Partners. Daman has also held senior leadership roles at Vonage, Telesphere, Airband, Sparkplug and XO Communications in addition to previously serving as a board member of the Arizona Technology Council.
Daman has a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point and Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University, W.P. Carey.
George Santillan
George is a seasoned 30-year technology leader with a track record of delivering world-class products in the SaaS, private equity space. After an early career in professional services with EY and CSC, George became a VP of Engineering for Trintech, Kinnser, and Veriforce. Trintech launched publicly on the NASDAQ. Kinnser was acquired by WellSky and Veriforce was acquired by private equity. In all instances, George's technology and product management leadership helped to drive value by building highly-regarded products in competitive technology ecosystems. George serves Trax with responsibilities over Product Management, DevOps, Engineering, and QA.
George is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.
EVP, COMMERCIAL & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Chris Cassidy brings more than 20 years of executive experience as an innovative leader and trusted supply chain advisor in technology, healthcare, and logistics organizations across the globe. Most recently, Chris served as a Leadership Partner with Gartner where he advised Enterprise Supply Chain Leaders on their strategies in the Healthcare & Life Science industry. Prior to that, Chris led the global healthcare logistics strategy for UPS leading to the creation of the UPS Healthcare offering. Additionally, Chris served as Head of Global Logistics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years. Throughout Chris's extensive career in global logistics and healthcare, he has demonstrated successes in Supply Chain Operations, IT, Procurement, and Strategy, and Transformation for some of the world's most respected enterprises.
Chris is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He has lived and worked across the globe and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with his wife and children.
Steven C. Beda
EVP, CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS/ADVISORY
With a long history of supply chain automation and transportation logistics experience, Mr. Beda works closely with the sales and marketing organization to ensure new and existing customers take full advantage of the Total TSM/TSI Spend Intelligence services offered by Trax. Additionally, Mr. Beda manages the Advisory practice at Trax. While with Trax, Mr. Beda has been instrumental in assisting clients with improving their spend management programs for both inbound and outbound supply chains. By successfully completing many parcel and non-parcel contract optimization projects, Mr. Beda has assisted shippers in aligning contracts with changing shipping dynamics, especially in the area of business to consumer last-mile delivery. Mr. Beda has been recognized as one of the "Pros to Know" by the Supply & Demand Chain Executive editorial committee for two years running and is a regular speaker at the Parcel Forum.
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Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Lightroom? Read This First!
Scott Kelby shows you how to develop your photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, including setting white balance, seeing befores and afters, and applying changes made to one photo to other photos.
I kinda like that subhead above—How to Develop Your Photos—because even though it sounds like a direct reference to Lightroom's Develop module, the name of that module itself is a direct reference to what we used to do in the darkroom—develop our prints. Of course, this chapter isn't about prints, which pretty much throws that whole line of thought out the window, but we're not going to look that closely at things like that (or grammar, spelling, or ending sentences with a preposition), because instead we're going to bask in the fact that now we can develop our photos without having to mix dangerous chemicals. Now, of course, back in the old days (which was only about 10 years ago), we didn't realize these chemicals were dangerous, so we'd be in the darkroom, developing some T-MAX P3200, and somebody would get thirsty, so we'd just take a big swig of some Hypo Clearing Agent (which was a chemical we used to remove the fixing agent from fiber-based paper, but doggone it if that stuff didn't taste just like Welch's grape juice, so we'd usually finish off a bag or two before coming out and grabbing a Reuben and a bag of Doritos). Anyway, it seemed like a pretty good idea at the time, but then my darkroom buddy Frank got this huge goiter in the shape of the Transamerica building, so we backed off on the Hypo Clear, and just stuck to chugging the Indicator Stop Bath (we loved those little salmon-colored bottles. We'd keep 'em in the fridge and even take them on picnics). Anyway, that was a different time. Now we know better, and so we stick to chain smoking and strutting around in our asbestos photo vests.
Up until Lightroom 3, Lightroom (and Adobe Camera Raw for that matter) has been using a processing technology developed back in 2003. In Lightroom 3, Adobe did a pretty sweeping update to how it processes your images, which is great in and of itself. But if you're bringing over images that you edited in an earlier version of Lightroom, there are some important things you need to know now, before you start editing your images, so you can choose whether to take advantage of these changes or not.
Step One: New images you import (ones you didn't edit in an earlier version of Lightroom—images coming off your camera's memory card, for example) use the new processing technology, so you get the benefits right off the bat (and it doesn't matter if you shot in RAW, TIFF, or JPEG, or even if you're importing PSDs or DNGs). At this point, it's all good. No problems, no decisions to make, and you get to take advantage of the latest processing technology automatically. Things are different, though, if you're working with images you edited in an earlier version of Lightroom, but this is not apparent when viewing the image in the Library module's Loupe view.
Step Two: When you've imported an image edited in an earlier version of Lightroom, and you switch to the Develop module, you'll see an alert icon appear below the bottom-right corner of the image (it looks like an exclamation point and is shown circled here in red). If you click on that icon, it brings up the Update Process Version dialog, giving you the option to update this photo with the latest processing technology (Adobe calls this new version the "Process Version 2010") or hit Cancel to stick with the old "Process Version 2003." If you decide to update, and you click the Update button, it just updates that individual photo, but if you just imported a number of photos, and want to update them all at once, instead click the Update All Filmstrip Photos button.
Step Three: In the middle of the Update Process Version dialog, there's a Review Changes via Before/After checkbox. With this turned on, it automatically gives you a before/after look at how the update to the Process Version 2010 looks. This is helpful because if for whatever reason you don't like the result, you can just press Command-Z (PC: Ctrl-Z) to undo the update at this point. Here's the before and after for the photo I'm working with, and although the change looks fairly minor, I like the richer look of the color in the After photo. The tones look warmer to me, but again, it's fairly minor (and I'm not sure how much of that will even be visible when this is actually printed using a printing press to create this page in the book). I can tell you this: I haven't had a single image that resulted in a very dramatic change when updating to the new Process Version 2010, and in many cases, I couldn't see a change at all.
Step Four: If you decide to wait and make your Process Version decision later, you can always just update your photo by going under the Settings menu and choosing Update to Current Process (2010), as shown here. There's also a Process submenu, found right below, where you can choose which process you want—2003 or 2010.


MAGADAN. August 25. VOSTOK-MEDIA – In Magadan Region, 14 cm of snow fell overnight at the place with a beautiful name Jack London Lake.
This is one of the most beautiful and exotic lakes of the Russian Far East. The 10-km long and 2-km wide lake is situated at a height of 800 meters above sea level and filled with crystal clear blue water. There are several islands within the lake and there is an operating weather station on one of the islands.
The Jack London Lake was not the only place in Verkhnyaya Kolyma, which was covered with snow. The noticeable but short-living snow cover was brought about by the effect of the cold front, escalated by the replacement of the moist Pacific air by the cold Arctic air.
Moreover the fallen snow was followed by the first winter frost. So, early in the morning on August 25, air temperature in the northeast part of Yakutia was -11°, reported Vostok-Media as referred to Gismeteo.


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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ...
By New Church gen. confer
"I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me ; for they are Thine. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and I am glorified in them. And, now, I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine own Name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as we are.
While I was with them in the world, 1 kept them in Thy Name. Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition : that the Scripture might be fulfilled."_ Ver. 9-12.
Having read in the earlier portion of this divine prayer that the Father had given the Son power over all flesh, that He might bestow eternal life upon those whom the Father had given Him; it is remarkable that now we find Him again praying for them.
I pray for them. Why should He pray? If He bave power to impart life eternal, why entreat another to impart what He had already the ability to bestow? The answer is, His prayer was not to another. It was the Human looking inwards to the Divine.
How clearly does all this chapter demonstrate that the Son is not an eternal person distinct from the Father, but the Humanity assumed by the Father, which was gradually filled by the Divine Love, and assimilated to its own nature.
This prayer for the rising Church was inspired into the Human
Nature from the Divine Love, that the will of the Humanity might be all-accordant with the Divine Essence.
The Humanity had yet to suffer, that the world might be saved from selfishness and sin. But before it could suffer willingly, it must be filled with the sublime energy of Infinite Love. It must become an embodied yearning, a living prayer.
It must wish with an infinite longing, that, first the Church, and then the world, might be brought into harmony and conjunction with the Divine Love.
To effect this sublime object, when the All-Good undertook that His arm should bring salvation (Isa. lix. 16), three stages of the great work required to be accomplished. First, the assumption of Humanity by Himself, and its being transformed according to the laws of order into complete reconciliation and entire union with Himself; so that from the Glorified Humanity should go forth the Holy Spirit to redeem and regenerate mankind (John vii. 39). Secondly, the formation of the obedient lovers of truth among mankind into a Church, a larger body, in the likeness of His glorious body; that they might be one, as the Father and the Son had become one, and be one with Him; He all in all to them, they entirely obedient to Him. Then, thirdly, from a living Church should go forth those works of love and faith which would win the esteem, command the admiration, and accomplish the regeneration of the world. "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens." (Matt. v. 16.)
The first part of this grand work was virtually completed. The Humanity in Himself was virtually divine. "I and the Father are one ;" "He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father, and He that hath seen Me, hath seen Him that sent Me;" had announced that this central portion of the great work had been virtually effected.
Indignities had yet to be endured, sufferings to be sustained, but He could now say all " Thine are Mine, and Mine are Thine, and I am glorified in them," or as more explicitly rendered in the Rhenish version, for the word all and the possessive pronouns THINE and MINE are in the neuter gender, " All My things are Thine, and Thine are Mine."
What a sublime and wonderful declaration, when addressed to the Eternal Father. All My life, My will, My thought, My faculties, sentiments, ideas, words and works are Thine. They are Infinite Love as modified in the natural human degree. All My principles, My words, My acts, My movements are Thine. The Word is from Thee, is Thee,
the Divine Love manifested in the form of Divine Wisdom, and I am the Word Incarnate : a Man who is Divine. All my things are THINE, and O adorable mercy, TAINE ARE MINE. Thy infinite perfections, Thy life, Thy love, Thy mercy, Thine omnipotence, Thine order, Thy perfect patience, Thine unspeakably glorious love, that of restoring the whole intelligent universe to conjunction with Thyself, are Mine, and I am glorified in them. In Me, Man is God, and God is Man : Divinity is Humanized, and Humanity is made Divine. I am glorified in all My powers, and Thou art glorified in Me.
How profound, how adorable is the truth expressed in these marvellous words! They announce the fulfilment of the words of prophecy, "The government shall be upon His shoulder" (Isa. ix. 6); and forestate by a very short period the words spoken by Himself just before His ascension, " All power is given unto Me, in heaven and on earth" (Matt. xxviii. 18).
In the words immediately following, the Lord announces that all the worldly tendency inherited from the mother was removed from His Humanity. Now, I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD. We are only really in the world, when the world is in us. That the Captain of our Salvation might be tempted in all points like as we are, and be touched with a feeling of our infirmities (Heb. iv. 15), it behoved Him to be made in all things like unto His brethren (ii. 17). This iniquity was taken into Him (Isa. liii. 6), the likeness of sinful flesh (Rom. viii
. 3) was assumed, that He might receive the assaults of worldly spirits ; and the powers of darkness had swarmed around Him with the seductive offers, as if by one chief, " All this power will I give Thee, and the glory of them, for that is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it" (Luke iv. 6), but none of these attractions had any charm for Him. He endured these influences to shew evil spirits their impotence, and His servants how to endure.
But, now, thus far, He had sanctified Himself. He was no more in the world. The prince of this world came, but found nothing in Him (John xiv. 30). He was still for a short time in the same arena with men, but He was not of the world, nor in any worldly feeling. His whole sympathies were absorbed in the one sublime object of Infinite Love, to win the universe from worldliness and self to charity and God.
But these are in the world. The Church is still external and worldly. I come to Thee. I press close to Thee, that our union may be perfect, and a holier glow of Love may go forth to fill them with charity, and make them one finitely, and as members of the Church can be
one, after the infinite pattern of the most perfect union,—the union of the Father and the Son.
Love makes men one, fills them with love. Let them be as one grand body in heavenly harmony. Like the Divine Body, filled with Divine Love, let them be united in order and in charity, some men of the head, some of the eyes, some men of the breast, some men of the trunk, some men of the arms, and some of the feet, making the BODY THE CHURCH (Col. i. 18). All " holding the head, from which all the body by joints and bands may have nourishment ministered, and be knit together, increasing with the increase of God" (Col. ii. 19). Let them be one, as we are. The "whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, making increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love" (Eph. iv. 16).
Love smoothes, love shapes, love conjoins, love inspires, love animates, love invigorates, love purifies, love elevates, love brightens and blesses. Let them be filled with love, that they all may be one as we
Such is the import of the Divine Human desire of our Lord, as expressed in the utterance of His
prayer. While He had been with them, He had guarded them, and trained them in the spirit of love.
He had checked their aberrations, when they wished to send fire upon others, or to be exacting themselves. He had taught them to be poor in spirit, to bless them that cursed them, to pray for them that despitefully used them, to return good for evil.
He had kept them, in the name, in the very spirit and quality of the Divine Fatherhood, and led them to regard each other as brethren, - brethren for earth and for heaven.
None of them is lost, but the one who would not be saved, the son of perdition.
He who makes himself the son of self-love cannot be saved. If he build up his character by selfish deeds and selfish words, coveting, lying, cheating, betraying in the presence of embodied virtue itself, his very nature becomes a living hell. Heaven would be his hell, hell is his only, his miserable heaven.
Every loving soul, every one that Thou gavest me, I have kept. They have had light thrown over their path, they have been led from truth to truth. They loved the truth, they came to the truth, and the truth has made them free. They have been taught to war against themselves, to conquer their tempers, purify their appetites, and elevate
life ;
WOULD NOT.
their desires. They have been armed with the sword of truth, and led to seek peace, through the subjugation in themselves of whatever is unholy and impure. None of them is lost. None of them will be lost. They will be a holy seed to transform the world's desert into Eden, and the world's wilderness into the garden of God. None of them is lost. They are the first-fruits of a harvest, which shall issue in the millenniums of the future, into a world-wide plenitude of eternal gain. The sons of obedience, the sons of light, and the sons of love, will be saved, and blessed with a peace that passeth all understanding. But the son of perdition has built himself up so, that death triumphs in him, not
hatred not love; turmoil not rest. How often would I have gathered him, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but he
He must go to his own place, for such is the eternal law. The scripture must be fulfilled. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still ; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and, he that is holy, let him be holy still." These are the laws of eternal truth and justice, upon which the very universe is sustained and governed.
Those who, in freedom and reason, build up their characters in righteousness and wisdom become sons of God; and so making themselves heavenly, they can enter heaven. Those, who resist all the attractions of Divine Tenderness, and will not have truth to guide, faith to confirm, or love to hallow them, who prefer darkness to light, evil to good, and impurity to virtue, these lose themselves in the quagmires of the own folly ; but the scripture must be fulfilled. God cannot save them, because they will not be saved. He therefore controls and moderates them, for His tender mercies are over all His works, and makes them useful for the temptations and regeneration of the good, and as warnings and illustrations of the fearful wrecks men become when they will make themselves " sons of perdition." A man's character is the son of himself, of his principles and his practices. What he has made himself to be that he is, and when a man has loved his own nothingness rather than the divine fulness, his own insanity rather than the divine wisdom, his own ugliness rather than the divine beauty, he is the son of perdition, but of a perdition which he has made, against the innumerable drawings of Eternal Love, and he cannot go to heaven, for to him it would be the most terrific hell. The scripture must be fulfilled.

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Man sets himself ablaze in van
Mangaluru, Jan 26 (PTI) A 46-year-old man ended his life by setting himself afire in his van at Mundkoor village in Udupi district of Karnataka, police said on Thursday.
The deceased was Krishna Safaliga, the owner-cum-driver of the van that was used as a taxi, the police said. Late Wednesday, he sat in the vehicle, poured petrol on his person and set himself ablaze. He had returned from a 'mehendi' programme at his brother's house before taking the extreme step the reason for which is not known, the police said. Further investigation is on, they added. PTI MVG NVG NVG


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At the request of the publisher rabota.ua career consultant Tatiana Voloshin spoke about how to maintain motivation when looking for work and not to lose confidence.
When it comes to disappointment?
In this case, usually the person is looking for reasons that "employers post jobs just so", "market worth" or "my experience is they are not interesting".
The solution is to adapt the resume for jobs that you send it in.
1. Call his office in the summary so that it reflects your responsibilities, regardless of what is written in your workbook. To the employer it is important to understand what exactly did the candidate.
2. Analyze the text of the vacancy and understand that the employer is looking for. If you have the right experience, put its first points on last place of work. Summary add in a few accomplishments, especially recently.
3. Make sure you available described their duties and from the description it is clear that you did on the last job. For example, is not informative, it will look "reporting", but much clearer – "the preparation of financial statements for the quarter/year".
In this case, the person begins to look for reasons in their personal and professional qualities and, worse yet, use labels: "it's because I'm shy, Yes I do know how, I have no will to work", "I'm a loser", "I was always unlucky." Another option – the applicant just blames employers, who did not appreciate its potential, because "hired stupid HR-s," etc.
Though actually in the bounce there is nothing wrong. The fact that different companies need different people with different personalities. In my practice there were candidates who did not fit a single employer, but they work with others. We are all different and often we are comfortable to work with those who are similar to us.
Solution: to stop to shift responsibility and to begin to analyze the interviews, to draw conclusions.
what was important to that employer, and if I showed it to him?
what questions have shown me is not at its best, and how I need to respond to them in the future?
2. If you realize that your knowledge is not really enough to get a dream job, go on courses, learn online or revise his salary expectations to get into a company where you will gain the necessary experience.
How not to lose heart?
It will help you to see how much you made, and complement your resume. Also remember a situation when something didn't work, but you have brought it to an end. This will remind you what you're capable of.
Make a second list with their own strengths. This is the potential that you will "sell" to future employers. In addition, the understanding of these qualities will give you confidence during the interview.
If you find it difficult to remember the achievements and strengths, ask their former leaders (if left with them), colleagues, friends. Remember, what you have asked the help of former colleagues as well – that was given to you hard, but you learned to do it well.
When discouraged, it is very important to find the strength to move on. This is a very good help success stories of others, inspiring video. For these purposes, are great TED Talks. Other positive examples will help you to see that the complexity is at all, but each of us has the power to overcome them.
Fix it your achievements daily. It can be even small successes are not related to the job search. It is important to learn to see its advantages and focus on them.
In this state you will be more difficult to "sell" your skills to employers, as you will only cause pity. Interview will be successful only if you will be in a good emotional state.
If you now have no success in finding a job, don't let yourself think that you have something wrong. Treat this situation as to the call that you want to overcome.
Angela Merkel and leadership in Europe!


Rich in culture and heritage, Punda is the oldest part of Willemstad and was built in the 17th century when the Dutch took over the island. It's home to colonial buildings, charming streets and alleyways, as well as a range of shops.
One of Curaçao's most popular natural attractions, the caves are filled with stalagmites, stalactites and crystal-clear pools, centuries in the making. The caves have played a key role throughout history, with the Arawaks using them as shelter and runaway slaves using them as hiding places.
The island of Curaçao is famous for producing the liqueur of the same name, made from the dried peel of the Laraha orange. The small Landhuis Chobolobo Factory produces five different varieties.


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Brine/USL High School Girls' Players of the Week (April 10)
Tue Apr 10 2018 | Laurel Pfahler | High School
Milton junior midfielder Briana Carrasquillo recorded four assists, 11 goals and 18 draw controls in one weekend to earn honors in the the South region.
The Brine/US Lacrosse Players of the Week are named each Tuesday to recognize the most outstanding individual performances in high school girls' lacrosse in each of the five regions — Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest and West — outlined in our high school coverage.
Alex Busch, Carey (N.Y.)
Carey finished with five goals and three assists to lead Carey to a 14-10 win over Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK (N.Y.). She now has 19 goals and nine assists in five games this season.
Also notable: Olivia Penoyer, Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.); Andra Savage, Palmyra-Macedon (N.Y.); Hannah Dorney, Comsewogue (N.Y.)
— Will Cleveland
Hannah Gillespie, Notre Dame Academy (Pa.)
Gillespie scored three goals, dished out one assist and caused two turnovers in Notre Dame's win over St. Stephen's & St. Agnes on Saturday. The junior helped the Fighting Irish take a 3-0 lead early in the game and a 5-3 lead at halftime.
Also notable: Julia Cooper, McDonogh (Md.); Jackie Lanzalotto, Notre Dame Academy (Pa.); Katia Carnevale, Summit (N.J.); Annabelle Zebrowski, Oak Knoll (N.J.)
— Mike Loveday
Briana Carrasquillo, Milton (Ga.)
The junior midfielder had a big weekend in Maryland. She scored three goals in a win over Holy Cross and had three goals, two assists and seven draw controls in a win over Holy Child. Carrasquillo had five goals, two assists and 11 draw controls in a loss to Good Counsel.
Also notable: Ellie Stricker, Bishop Moore (Fla.); Carly Steinlauf, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.); Anna Winkeler, Episcopal Dallas (Texas); Sydney Tuttle, Northgate (Ga.); Kali Waugh, Hagerty (Fla.); Julie Cyrkel, Oviedo (Fla.); Baylee Barker, Tampa Plant (Fla.); Reiley Young, Martin County (Fla.)
— Aimee Ford Foster
Lauren Shekell, Evansville North (Ind.)
Evansville has won nine in a row and is off to a 9-2 start to the season, thanks in large part to Shekell's offense. Last week, the senior attacker scored seven goals and added two assists in Evansville North's 24-0 victory over Brownsburg (Ind.). She also scored four times in Evansville's 19-0 win over Center Grove (Ind.).
Also notable: Lucy Murray, New Trier (Ill.); Isabella Page, Cathedral (Ind.); Brooke Smith, Upper Arlington (Ohio)
— Justin Boggs
Arielle Shahrabani, Torrey Pines (Calif.)
Shahrabani helped the Falcons come from behind to beat Carondelet (Calif.) 8-7 last week, tallying the game-tying and game-winning goals within a 34-second span of time. She finished with a hat trick.
Also notable: Bri Gross, Oak Ridge (Calif.); C.J. Jones, La Costa Canyon (Calif.); Niki Miles, St. Margaret's (Calif.) Lauren Russell, Colorado Academy (Colo.); Hali Sibiia, Cherry Creek (Colo.); Rylee Sutherland, Lake Oswego (Ore.)
— Laurel Pfahler


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Live at the Rave in Milwaukee Nov. 11, 2010
by Paul Weber
Posted: Nov 2010
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Lifehouse at the Rave in Milwaukee - photo by Paul Weber
When you think of bands with longevity, you may easily forget that Lifehouse has been releasing music since 2000. With their latest release, Smoke and Mirrors, the band adds to an already impressive list of well written, catchy songs. Its easy to see why the fans love Lifehouse. Between an endless list of songs that stick in your head to a polished live show they give you every dollars worth, and I would argue even more. Its hard to say why the boys in Lifehouse are not a bigger name than they are, but to the fans who got to see them in such an intimate setting as the Rave it was a true pleasure to be in on the secret.


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Justia Forms Business Contracts CROSSFIRST BANKSHARES, INC. Employment Agreement with Michael Maddox, dated June 1, 2020
Employment Agreement with Michael Maddox, dated June 1, 2020
Contract Categories: Human Resources - Employment Agreements
EX-10.1 2 exhibit101.htm EX-10.1 Document
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into on June 1, 2020 (the "Effective Date') by and between CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. a Kansas corporation, ("Bankshares") and Michael J. Maddox, ("Employee"), with reference to the following facts:
RECITALS:
The parties have agreed to execute this Agreement in order to memorialize the terms and conditions on which Bankshares shall employ Employee from and after the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Certain rights described below may inure to the benefit of other companies affiliated with Bankshares by virtue of being controlled by Bankshares ("Affiliated Companies"). As the context requires or as applicable, Bankshares or an Affiliated Company is herein referred to as the "Company".
Now, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
1.POSITION AND DUTIES.
1.1POSITION, TITLE, AND DUTIES. The Company hereby hires Employee to serve as the President and CEO of the Company. Employee's primary duty is to direct the strategic and operational growth of the Company and its subsidiary, CrossFirst Bank (the "Bank"). Employee will also serve as a director of the Company and the Bank but will not be paid fees for serving as a director.
(a)LIMITS ON AUTHORITY. Employee shall, to the best of his abilities, perform his duties in such capacity pursuant to this Agreement in compliance with applicable law, consistent with such direction as the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board of Directors") provides to Employee from time to time, and in accordance with Company's policies and procedures as published from time to time.
(b)REPORTING AND AUTHORITY. Subject to the directions of the Board of Directors, Employee shall have full authority and responsibility for supervising and managing to the best of his ability, the daily affairs of the Company including but not limited to: (i) presenting to the Company all business opportunities that come to his attention that are reasonably in the scope of business of the Company; (ii) working with the Company to develop and approve business objectives, policies and plans that improve the Company's long-term profitability and consequently improve the value of shareholder holdings; (iii) communicating business objectives and plans to subordinates, (iv) ensuring that plans and policies are promulgated to and implemented by subordinate managers, (v) ensuring that each business plan provides those functions required for achieving its business objectives and that each plan is properly organized, staffed and directed to fulfill its responsibilities, (vi) assisting the Company in directing periodic reviews of the Company's strategic position and combining this information with corollary analysis of the Company's production and financial resources, (vii) providing periodic financial information concerning the operations of the projects and growth plans to the Company, (viii) assisting the Company in developing and maintaining succession plans and management
CFB Employment Agreement
personnel for the Company and its Affiliated Companies; and (ix) ensuring that the operation of the projects comply with applicable laws.
1.2ACCEPTANCE. Employee hereby accepts employment by the Company in the capacity set forth in Section 1.1, above, and agrees to perform the duties of such position from and after the Effective Date of this Agreement in a diligent, efficient, trustworthy, and businesslike manner. Employee agrees that, to the best of the Employee's ability and experience, Employee at all times shall loyally and conscientiously discharge all of the duties and responsibilities imposed upon Employee pursuant to this Agreement.
1.3BUSINESS TIME. Employee shall devote his exclusive business time to the performance of his duties to the Company under Section 1.1 and elsewhere in this Agreement. Employee shall not undertake any activities that conflict with or significantly detract from his primary duties to the Company.
1.4LOCATION. Employee shall perform his duties under this Agreement primarily in Leawood, Kansas and potentially other regions of the United States where the Company, or its Affiliated Companies, are active in conducting banking and other related service activities. Employee acknowledges and agrees that from time to time he shall be required to travel (at the cost and expense of the Company) to such other locations in order to discharge his duties under this Agreement.
1.5TERM. The term of this Agreement commenced as of the Effective Date and shall be for a term of two (2) years, which term shall thereafter automatically renew for successive one (1) year terms unless: i) Company or Employee serve a Notice of Termination upon the other party of intent to not renew the term of this Agreement within thirty (30) days prior to the ensuing termination date, or ii) earlier terminated in accordance with Section 3, below.
1.STOCKHOLDING REQUIREMENT. The Board of Directors of the Company believes that it will be essential for Employee to participate in the Company's future growth as an equity stakeholder as well as an employee. As a condition to Employees employment with the Company, Employee will be required to hold a minimum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) worth of Company stock ("Required Stock"). As a condition of Employee's continued employment with the Company, Employee shall not sell or transfer any Required Stock without the prior consent of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee"). In the event Employee fails to hold sufficient Company stock with a value equal to or in excess of the required minimum value for more than ninety (90) consecutive days, and unless such requirement is waived by the Compensation Committee, Employee shall be deemed to be in material breach of this Agreement.
2.COMPENSATION. The Company shall compensate Employee for his services pursuant to this Agreement as follows:
2.1BASE COMPENSATION.
(a.)BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay to Employee an annual salary in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) ("Base Salary"), payable in periodic installments in accordance with the Company's regular payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Such annual salary shall be subject to approval by the Compensation Committee. In addition, such annual salary is subject to periodic increases, in such amounts (if any) as the Company may determine to be appropriate, at the time of Employee's annual review pursuant to Section 2.1(b), below, or at such other times (if any) as the Company may select. In no event may Employee's Base Salary be reduced during the term of this Agreement, without Employee's consent.
(b.)PERIODIC REVIEWS. The Company shall review Employee's performance of his duties pursuant to this Agreement at least annually and from time to time and advise Employee of the results of that review. In connection with each such review, the Company shall evaluate whether any increase in Employee's compensation under Section 2.1(a), above, is appropriate. Any annual
salary increase shall be effective as of such date as the Company, in its discretion, determines to be appropriate.
2.2BONUSES.
(a)CRITERIA. Employee shall be eligible to receive periodic incentive bonuses under the Company's Incentive Plan (the "Bonuses") in such amounts, if any, and at such times as may be determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion. Employee's bonus opportunity shall be 60% of Employee's current Base Salary for the full 2020 calendar year. By no later than March 15 of each year, the Compensation Committee will define the terms and conditions of such Bonuses for Employee for the following year based upon reasonable, measurable and obtainable goals for Employee and the Company.
(b)TIMING OF PAYMENT. The Bonus, if any, payable for each calendar year during the term of this Agreement shall be payable on or before March 15st of the calendar year immediately following the end of the calendar year in which such Bonus is earned.
2.3FRINGE BENEFITS/VACATION.
(a)VACATION. Employee is trusted to take reasonable vacation time when needed. Employee will not receive compensation upon termination or credit in future calendar years for any unused vacation time.
(b)OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS. Employee shall be eligible to participate, on the same terms and conditions as all other employees of the Company, in all reasonable and customary fringe benefit plans made available to the employees of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, including but not limited to, Group Health Insurance (medical, vision and dental) and Long and Short Term Disability Insurance. The Company shall not materially reduce the life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans currently available to Employee unless such reductions are implemented by the Company as part of a Company-wide cost reduction program and applicable to all of the Company's senior management employees. To the extent that any other employee of the Company may receive or become entitled to any additional fringe benefit, Employee shall also be entitled to receive such benefit.
(c)MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS. The Company at its expense shall provide Employee with iPhones and iPads and data plan for his use in connection with the Company's business with a provider acceptable to the Company. Employee shall use and maintain such devises in a reasonable manner. The Company shall pay for the purchase of such initial devices for Employee's use and a replacement when such devices are eligible for full replacement under Employee's data plan.
(d)AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE. Company shall provide Employee with an automobile allowance of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month, prorated for partial months worked, which shall be in lieu of any expense reimbursement for automobile or automobile-related expenditures (other than expenditures for car service or other transportation costs associated with Employee's business travel, which shall be reimburse in accordance with the terms of Section 2.4, below) or use of a Company owned or leased vehicle.
(e)CLUB MEMBERSHIPS. Employee shall be eligible for the continued use of three of his existing club memberships for his use in connection with the Company's business, which is acceptable with the Company, provided no regulation is promulgated or regulatory action is taken affecting the legal ability of Company to do so. Monthly club dues and all reasonable expenses incurred by Employee in connection with using such club for the Company's business shall be
reimbursed to Employee by the Company. Employee shall be responsible for maintaining use records in accordance with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations.
2.4REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. Company shall reimburse Employee for business expenses incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties, provided that such expenses are authorized under Company's Expense Reimbursement policy, in reasonable amounts, incurred for ordinary and necessary Company-related business expenses and are supported by itemized accountings and expense receipts that are timely submitted to the Company prior to any reimbursement.
2.5STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, Employee shall be granted an additional twenty five thousand nine hundred and seven (25,907) stock settled appreciation rights ("SSARs") subject to the Company's 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan ("Omnibus Plan") and the terms approved by the Compensation Committee at a Grant Price of nine dollars and thirty five cents ($9.35) per share vesting in one third increments (eight thousand six hundred and thirty-six (8,636) SSARs on March 1, 2021, eight thousand six hundred and thirty-six (8,636) SSARs on February 28, 2022, and eight thousand six hundred and thirty-five (8,635) SSARs on February 27, 2023). In addition to all other vesting rights under the Omnibus Plan, in the event of Employee's resignation during the term, such grant of twenty five thousand nine hundred and seven (25,907) SSARs will fully vest should Employee's resignation be a result of an event that gives Employee grounds for a "Constructive Termination" as that term is defined in the Severance Plan (as defined in Section 3.1(c) below). These SSARs are granted at no net cost to the employee. Employee's rights in the shares may change in accordance with the provisions of the Omnibus Plan, as the same may be amended.
2EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN. As an active key employee in Company and its affiliates, Employee shall have the right to participate in the current Omnibus Plan for certain eligible key employees, a copy of which has been provided by Employer. As a part of Employee's compensation under this Agreement, Employee shall have the right to participate in the Omnibus Plan as determined by the Compensation Committee, subject to vesting and other rights described in the Omnibus Plan. Employee's initial equity incentive bonus opportunity effective in 2021 shall be no less than 50% of Employee's Base Salary. Incentive Rights are granted at no net cost to the employee. Employee's rights in any equity awards may change in accordance with the provisions of the Omnibus Plan. Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, Employee shall be granted an additional five thousand three hundred and seventy-six (5,376) shares of time-based restricted stock units that will vest in approximate one third increments on March 1, 2021, February 28, 2022 and February 27, 2023.
3TERMINATION.
3.1DEFINTIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the term:
(a)"DATE OF TERMINATION" or "TERMINATION DATE" shall mean the date specified in a Notice of Termination (as defined below).
(b)"NOTICE OF TERMINATION" shall mean a written notice, which includes the effective Date of Termination and (i) if delivered by the Company in connection with the Company's decision to terminate Employee's employment with the Company, sets forth in reasonable detail the reason for termination of Employee's employment, or (ii) if delivered by Employee in connection with a Constructive Termination (as such term is defined in the Severance Plan (as defined in Section 3.1(c) below)), specifies in reasonable detail the basis for such resignation.
(c)"SEVERANCE PLAN" shall mean the CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. Senior Executive Severance Plan.
3.2TERMINATION BY EMPLOYEE OR COMPANY DUE TO DEATH OR DISABILITY. If the Company terminates Employee during the term of this Agreement due to death or Disability or Employee
terminates this Agreement due to Disability then following such termination the Company shall pay to Employee or Employee's legal representative:
(a)ACCRUED OBLIGATION. A lump sum cash payment equal to Employee's accrued, earned but unpaid compensation and bonuses for the period ending on the Date of Termination, provided, that such payment shall not include any potential or unearned bonuses or any other potential or unearned or benefits ("Accrued Obligations") shall be made on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Employee's Date of Termination; and
(b)COBRA PAYMENT. A lump sum cash payment equal to twelve (12) times the Company-paid portion of the monthly COBRA continuation premium for Employee and his eligible dependents, if any, for COBRA continuation coverage under the Company's health, vision and dental plans in effect as of Employee's Date of Termination due to Disability or death. Such amount will include the Company paid portion of the cost of the premiums for coverage of Employee's dependents if, and only to the extent that, such dependents were enrolled in a health, vision or dental plan sponsored by the Company before the Date of Termination.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" shall have the meaning ascribed in the Severance Plan
3.3OTHER TERMINATIONS. In the case of a termination for any reason other than Employee's death or Disability, Employee shall only be entitled to those severance benefits, if any, provided for under the Severance Plan ("Severance Payments")
3.4CONDITIONAL NATURE OF SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3 or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary:
(a)NONSOLICITATION. Employee understands and agrees that because of his employment with the Company that he will acquire or have access to certain information of a confidential and secret nature derived from the operations of the Company's and its Affiliated Companies' business. Employee further understands and agrees that all correspondence, customer and investor lists and information, loan pricing techniques, underwriting methods, systems and products of the Company are confidential and trade secrets ("Confidential Information") and the disclosure or unauthorized use of such information would be detrimental to the Company. Employee understands and agrees that the nature of the Company's business is such that if Employee were to directly solicit, interfere with, or attempt to interfere with any of the Company's customer relationships or to directly or indirectly solicit, interfere with, or attempt to interfere with any of the Company's other employees relationships that existed at Employee's Termination Date and during the one (1) year period following the termination of Employee's employment with the Company, then it would be injurious to the Company. Therefore in consideration of the Employee and the Company complying with the terms of his employment, and subject to the condition precedent of the Company timely providing Employee the payments called for hereunder, Employee agrees:
(i)that, without the prior written consent of the Company, he will not directly or indirectly solicit interfere with or attempt to interfere with any of the Company's customer relationships or other employee relationships that existed at Employee's Termination Date and during the one (1) year period of time thereafter;
(ii)to assist in the avoidance of the unauthorized disclosure of the Company's Confidential Information, in addition to other remedies available to the Company and its Affiliated Companies, Employee will not, and understands and agrees that his right to receive the severance consideration described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 above (to the extent Employee is otherwise entitled to such payments thereunder) shall be conditioned upon Employee not: i) directly or indirectly engaging in (whether as an employee, consultant,
agent, proprietor, principal, partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director or otherwise); or ii) acquiring any ownership interest in or participating in the financing, operation, management or control of, any person, firm, corporation or business that directly or indirectly solicits, interferes with or attempts to interfere with any of the Company's customer relationships or other employee relationships that existed at Employee's Termination Date in any Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined from time to time by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in which the Company or its successor owns controlling voting interest in any banking or other financial institution as such banking or other financial institutions are controlled by the Company or its Affiliated Companies upon Employee's Termination Date. The limitation upon Employee's ownership of outstanding shares or other units of ownership shall be excluded from this Section 3.4, provided such ownership is less than five (5) percent in any publicly-traded bank or financial institution;
(iii)without the prior written consent of the Company, Employee will not solicit, directly or indirectly, actively or inactively, the employees or independent contractors of the Company to become employees or independent contractors of any person, firm, corporation, business, or banking or other financial institution that directly or indirectly competes with the Company or solicits, interferes with, or attempts to interfere with the Company's customers; and,
(iv)on or before the Date of Termination, Employee shall return to Company, all records, lists, compositions, documents and other items which contain, disclose and/or embody any Confidential Information (including, without limitation, all copies, reproductions, summaries and notes of the contents thereof, expressly including all electronically stored data, wherever stored), regardless of the person causing the same to be in such form, and Employee will certify that the provisions of this paragraph have been complied with.
If Employee violates any restriction described in Section 3.4(a), then all Severance Payments and consideration to which Employee otherwise may be entitled under Section 3.2 and 3.3 above, as applicable, thereupon shall cease and Employee shall promptly return to the Company all severance payments received and other severance benefits theretofore incurred by Company for Employee's benefit. The Company agrees that nothing herein shall preclude Employee from retaining copies of his calendar, contact list or documents related to his investment in Company or responsibilities as a director to Company, and that Employee shall be entitled to freely offer employment references to the Company's other current or former employees.
(b)OTHER EMPLOYMENT. In the event Employee becomes employed as an employee or consultant for a company that provides banking services similar to services provided by the Company or its Affiliated Companies in a Metropolitan Statistical Area, described in Section 3.4(a)(ii), above, Employee shall not be entitled to receive any further amount of the severance consideration described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 above, subsequent to the date of such employment. Employee acknowledges that this limitation is fair to both Employee and the Company and does not in any way restrain employee from exercising Employees lawful profession, trade or business.
(c)GENERAL RELEASE. Employee shall not be entitled to receive any benefits upon termination of employment described in this Section 3 (including any Severance Payments under the Severance Plan or described in Section 3.2 above) unless prior to receiving the same Employee executes a release pursuant to Section 9 of the Severance Plan, as applicable, or a general release of all known claims against the Company and its directors, officers, employees, stockholders, and other agents and their respective insurers, successors, and assigns, of all claims
arising from or in any way relating to Employee's employment by the Company or the termination of that employment, provided that such release shall not extend to (i) any claims for benefits under any qualified retirement plan maintained by the Company, (ii) any claims for governmental unemployment benefits, or (iii) any claims for workers compensation benefits; (iv) Employee's rights, if any, under the Plan, (v) Employee's rights, if any, as an owner of any Shares of the Company, (vi) Employee's rights under this Agreement, or (vii) Employee's right to receive indemnification from the Company under applicable provisions of the law of the State where Employee is employed or the articles of organization, articles of incorporation, By Laws or Operating Agreement of the Company or its Affiliated Companies, as the case may be.
3EQUITABLE REMEDIES. Employee acknowledges that irreparable harm will result to the Company in the event of a material breach by Employee of any of the covenants contained in Section 3.4. Employee agrees that, in the event of such a breach and in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies available to the Company, the Company will be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in Section 3.4; to an injunction to restrain the violation of such covenants by Employee and all other persons acting for or with Employee; or to both specific performance and an injunction. Employee further agrees that, in the event the Company brings an action for the enforcement of any of those covenants, and if the court finds any part of the covenant unreasonable as to time, area or activity covered, then the court shall make a finding as to what is reasonable and shall enforce this Agreement by judgment or decree to the extent of such findings.
4MISCELLANEOUS
4.1NOTICES. All notices permitted or required by this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been delivered and received (i) when personally delivered, or (ii) on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or (iii) on the date on which transmitted by an electronic means generating a receipt confirming a successful transmission provided that on that same date a copy of such notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested), or (iv) on the next business day after the date on which deposited with a regulated public carrier (e.g., Federal Express) designating overnight delivery service with a return receipt requested or equivalent thereof administered by such regulated public carrier, freight prepaid, and addressed in a sealed envelope to the party for whom intended at the address appearing on the signature page of this Agreement (if to the Company to the attention of the Secretary of the Company and if to the Employee to the attention of the Employee), or such other address or facsimile number, notice of which is given in a manner permitted by this Section 4.1.
4.2EFFECT ON OTHER REMEDIES. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to preclude, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to preclude, the exercise of any other right or remedy which the Company or Employee may have by reason of the other's breach of obligations under this Agreement.
4.3BINDING ON SUCCESSORS; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the parties hereto, as well as their respective heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives.
4.4GOVERNING LAW, JURISDICTION AND VENUE. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to conflict of law principles. Each party consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Kansas as the exclusive jurisdiction for the purposes of construing or enforcing this Agreement and the venue of the District Court of the State of Kansas in Johnson, County, Kansas and that any dispute relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the District Court of the State of Kansas in Johnson, County, Kansas.
4.5SEVERABILITY. If any of the provisions of this Agreement shall otherwise contravene or be invalid under the laws of any state, country or other jurisdiction where this Agreement is applicable but for such contravention or invalidity, such contravention or invalidity shall not invalidate all of the provisions of this Agreement but rather it shall be construed, insofar as the laws of that state or other jurisdiction are concerned, as not containing the provision or provisions contravening or invalid under the laws of that state or jurisdiction, and the rights and obligations created hereby shall be construed and enforced accordingly.
4.6COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be one and the same instrument, binding on all the signatories.
4.7FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party agrees, upon the request of another party, to make, execute, and deliver, and to take such additional steps as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
4.8REASONABLE VERIFICATION. Company agrees that Employee shall have reasonable access to the Company's books and records in order to verify the accuracy of Bonus calculations that may be necessary following termination.
4.9ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement (a) represents the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, whether written or oral, regarding the subject matter hereof, and (b) may not be modified or amended, except by a written instrument, executed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment may be sought.
4.10TAXES.
(a)Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments made by the Company to Employee or Employee's estate or beneficiaries will be subject to tax withholding pursuant to any applicable laws or regulations. Except as provided in this Agreement, Employee will be solely liable and responsible for the payment of taxes arising as a result of any payment hereunder including without limitation any unexpected or adverse tax consequence.
(b)This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A ("Section 409A"). Accordingly, all provisions herein, or incorporated by reference, shall be construed and interpreted to comply with Section 409A and if necessary, any provision shall be held null and void to the extent such provision (or part thereof) fails to comply with Section 409A or regulations thereunder.
(c)If Employee is a specified employee (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) at the time Employee incurs a separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), then to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A and avoid the imposition of taxes under Code Section 409A, the payment of certain benefits owed to Employee under this Agreement will be delayed and instead paid (without interest) to Employee upon the earlier of the first business day of the seventh month following Employee's separation from service or death.
(d)The Company and Employee agree that, for purposes of the limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, each payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation for purposes of applying Section 409A deferral election rules and the exclusion from Section 409A for certain short-term deferral amounts. The Company and Employee also agree that any amounts payable solely on account of an involuntary separation from service of the Executive within the meaning of Section 409A shall be excludible from the requirements of Section 409A, either as involuntary separation pay or as
short-term deferral amounts (e.g., amounts payable under the schedule prior to March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year of involuntary separation) to the maximum possible extent.
(e)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all reimbursements and in kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the period of time specified in this Agreement, (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year, (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
4.11409A. To the extent that any payment or other consideration due from the Company to Employee hereunder would trigger any tax or penalty under Section 409A, the Company agrees that it will accelerate such payment or other consideration to the extent allowed by law in order to eliminate such tax or penalty. To the extent that any payment or other consideration called to be made under this Agreement fails to meet the requirements of Section 409A and the regulations relating to that statute, the Company shall immediately pay to Employee an additional sum equal to any amount required to be included as income as a result of such noncompliance.
[Signatures Appear on Following Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, effective as of the date set forth above.
CROSSFIRST BANKSHARES, INC.
/s/Rod K. Brenneman
Rod K. Brenneman,
MICHAEL J. MADDOX
/s/Michael J. Maddox


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11/2001: The Pulse
By Greg Scandlen
The Census Bureau released in early October a revised report on the count of uninsured for the year 2000. By using a new methodology that eliminates some of the misreporting of the past, the Census Bureau now finds the numbers of uninsured dropped fairly substantially from 1999, making the second year in a row the count has gone down.
Also in the report:
People covered by employment-based coverage increased from 63.5 percent of the population in 1999, to 64.1 percent in 2000.
The percentage of people covered by government insurance actually decreased slightly, from 24.3 percent to 24.2 percent.
People generally are getting wealthier. The total population with incomes below $25,000 dropped from 64.6 million in 1999 to 61.1 million in 2000. The population with incomes of $25,000 to $49,999 dropped from 77.1 million to 75.4 million. The number of people with higher incomes increased from 132.6 million to 140 million.
Non-insurance continues to be a particular problem for the foreign-born, the young, and Hispanics.
The percentage of uninsured children dropped from 12.6 in 1999 to 11.6 in 2000, but the improvement was due to the increase in employment-based coverage. The report says, "no change occurred in government health insurance coverage." Poor children are nearly twice as likely to be uninsured as non-poor children (21.5 percent to 11.6 percent), reflecting the failure of the SCHIP program.
None of these numbers is very reliable in any event. They count on self-reporting of things that happened over a year ago, and have been plagued by exaggeration. But they do provide a frame of reference for discussing the issue.
Source: There are plenty of mainstream media reports, but to get the source material, go to: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthin00.html
FamiliesUSA: Tax Credits Won't Help
Reflecting the fanaticism of the Left on health issues, FamiliesUSA went ahead and released its new report on tax credits the day after the terrorist attacks, September 12.
Snidely titled, "A 10-Foot Rope for a 40-Foot Hole," the report pretends to show how a $1,000 tax credit would be of little value to the uninsured. It defines a "standard" plan as the Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Option under FEHBP. This plan has a $250 deductible, 10 percent medical coinsurance, prescription drug coverage with no more than a 25 percent coinsurance, and an annual stop-loss of $3,000. No plan with a higher deductible or more than 20 percent coinsurance was considered, or was labeled "substandard."
The report's first finding was, "$1,000 plans are not always available for healthy, non-smoking, 25-year-old women." Actually, the real news should have been that such plans are available for this price in 19 of the 25 states studied.
Of course, no one has suggested that a $1,000 tax credit would, or should, pay 100 percent of the premium for anyone.
Source: http://www.familiesusa.org
EBN on Defined Contribution
Employee Benefit News has run the second of its two-part series by Jill Elswick on defined contribution.. This installment describes five business models as laid out by the Coalition on Consumer Driven Health Care, and mentions which of the new vendors are following which models.
The models are called: Decision Support (offered by Definity Health, Lumenos, and Sageo), Benefit Design (Destiny Health and Choicelinx), Health Plan Catalog (MyHealthBank), Time-of-Need Network (HealthAllies and HealthMarket), and Advanced Selection (Vivius and the Buyers Health Action Coalition).
The news coming out of the article is that the Choicelinx product will be offered by Morgan Stanley to 10,000 employees in Arizona, Utah, and Ohio.
Source: http://www.benefitnews.com/pfv.cfm
Washington Docs Oppose Single Payer
The Washington State Medical Association has "resisted the call" to set up a single-payer system in Washington, according to an article by Peter Neurath in the Puget Sound Business Journal. The group instead has decided to support repealing state mandates, refundable tax credits, and expanding MSAs.
The emphasis on mandated benefits comes from a task force created by the association that concluded, "Today, everyone wants everything to be covered by insurance. As a result, insurance products are laden with a host of mandated providers and mandated coverages." Past president of the association, Dr. Nancy Auer, said, "What is the value to society when in 2000 Regence Blue Shield paid out more for massage therapy than for oncology services?"
Source: http://seattle.bcentral.com/seattle/stories/2001/10/01/newscolumn4.html
CU Hates MSAs, Loves SCHIP
From the "Come Again?" Department: Consumers Reports proudly announces how its parent organization, Consumers' Union, is protecting consumers by fighting against medical savings accounts and tax credits, and fighting for expanding government programs like SCHIP and Medicaid.
Source: http://www.consumerreports.org/
From the Canadian Press on MSAs
Speaking of MSAs, we've been saving up some articles from our friends to the North. As much as Consumers' Union would like to have a Canadian-type system here in the States, Canada seems to be running away from it as fast as it can. These articles may be difficult to link to, so I'll just give the regular citations:
The Ottawa Citizen reports that the Senate Social Affairs Committee, chaired by Liberal Part member Michael Kirby, has released a 138-page report on the health of Canadians. On health care financing, its suggestions include: installing MSAs, charging premiums, and requiring the government system to pay for private-sector services under certain circumstances.
Source: "Dr. Kirby's Cure: The Ottawa Citizen, September 21, 2001
But according to the Canada Newswire, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) isn't buying it. They say Senator Kirby has a hidden agenda, and the report would result in a "two-tiered" health care system.
Source: "Kirby Report Offers More Than Issues and Options: Senate Committee Pushes Privatization," Canada Newswire, September 17, 2001
Writing in the Edmonton Sun, Mike Jenkinson "commends" health minister Gary Mar for "thinking outside the box a bit," by considering MSAs, user fees, and making health coverage a taxable benefit. The article claims there are problems with all these ideas, but "still, Mar is on the right track in thinking the patient should be more directly involved." The paper would prefer to privatize the whole system and let people pay premiums, instead of taxes, for their health coverage.
Source: "Good Idea, Gary," The Edmonton Sun, September 20, 2001
The Vancouver Sun ran an article about "a (British Columbia) health economist who has spent the last year studying the health care systems in various countries" and concluded Canada should try out the "user-pay concepts employed by Singapore." Economist Cynthia Ramsay looked at the systems of eight countries and concluded Singapore has the lowest mortality rates and the lowest costs of all of them. Ramsay is described as "a big supporter of the medical savings accounts" used in Singapore.
Source: "Singapore Has Health Lessons for Canada," by Pamela Fayerman, Vancouver Sun, August 25, 2001
The Calgary Herald comments that, while many Canadians would like to see a greater role for the private sector in health care, they also want more direct federal involvement. Counter to that trend is outgoing Calgary health chairman Jim Dinning, who would prefer to experiment on a local basis, rather than inflicting any particular idea on all 30 million Canadians.
Source: "Try Something New: The Role of Ottawa Must be to Promote, Not Hinder, Health Care Alternatives," The Calgary Herald, July 16, 2001
Greg Scandlen is senior fellow in health policy at the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas, Texas. To sign up for his free weekly e-newsletter, Scandlen's Health Policy Comments, log on to www.ncpa.org/sub/. Scandlen can be contacted by email at [email protected].
Greg Scandlen
Greg Scandlen is a policy advisor of The Heartland Institute and founder of Consumers for Health Care Choices, a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization aimed at empowering consumers in the health care system.
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Join MJ for HerbDay 2017 at the American Botanical Council - Tours of the medicinal and culinary herb gardens, presentations, vendors and more. The HerbDay event occurs at ABC's headquarters at the historic Case Mill Homestead, 6200 Manor Road in East Austin, from 10 am until 4 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
There will be live music throughout the day and special events for children including a May pole, an herbal art activity, and planting a seedling to take home.
Melinda Joy returns to the Sahara Lounge for an "acoustic" set with guitarist Michael Walker.
MJ will be playing music and showing some of her contemplative photography both weekends at WEST, May 14-15 and 21-22 from 2:00-4:00 pm. Free and open to all!
Join us for our April residency at Sahara Lounge, every Wednesday in April at 7:00 p.m.
Join us on the patio at Uncorked (best view of downtown Austin) during SXSW for an afternoon showcase at 5:00 p.m.


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Microbial Deterioration of Works of Art: An Interdisciplinary Approach in the Criminology Museum of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Credit: Pixabay.
In museum and archives' collection environments fungi are a critical artefact biodeterioration factor, whereas most infections are airborne. Poor ventilation and non-homogeneous temperature can produce water condensation points and local micro-climates. These circumstances favour some fungal species activity in specific museum areas. Typical fungal infections in museums, colonizing paper made documents, are caused by species of slow-growing Ascomycetes as well as mitosporic xerophilic fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium and Cladosporium. In this study, a non-invasive method of biodeterioration diagnosis was applied to selected paper artefacts using contact plate sampling. The study was implemented in the exhibits of the Criminology Museum at National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, under the interscientific collaboration of the Museum and the Department Conservation of Antiquities & Works of Art ,University of West Attica. Two fungal species belonging to different genera were isolated from the in-case environment. Aspergillus niger appeared to be the most dominant fungus with maximum number of colonies on SDA medium. Teaching staff, undergraduate students, and postgraduate students have been involved in the project, which furthered both the students' academic education and the museum's collection care.
Samson R.A.,Noonim P.,Meijer M.,Houbraken J.,Frisvad J.C.,Varga Diagnostic tools to identify black aspergilla, Studies in Mycology 59 (2007),129–145, Palla F., Barresi G.,Biotechnology and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (2017) Springer
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We were "on the road" for the last ten years. Since I didn't have any place to work on a car (or the inclination) I was leasing cars. And I've been on a bit of an automotive odyssey. I've experienced a lot of different cars, some of them pretty exotic. Along the way I've learned things a lot of things about cars that really surprised me. I'm currently driving a Wrangler. We are thinking about getting a motor home. If we do we're going to get a Saab to tow behind.


I had so much fun during this photo session with Victoria and her son, Grant in downtown Austin! Victoria wanted to meet at TOMS shoe store on South Congress because of all the neat murals and fun decor they have outside the store. It ended up being the perfect place to do a photo session! We took photos all around the building and ended up taking some of the last shots of the evening in the hammock by the street as the sun was setting. Grant was having so much fun in the hammock, and I absolutely loved shooting these photos.
Location: 1401 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704.


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Seth's career has followed two parallel paths: teller of stories that illuminate the relationship between people and the rest of the natural world, and participant in the hard work of crafting environmental solutions.
As a practitioner, he currently serves as executive director of the Northwest Natural Resource Group, a Seattle-based nonprofit that helps forestland owners manage their woods for the long-term ecological and economic returns. Previously, he directed the Wild and Working Lands Program at the Mattole Restoration Council, a community-based watershed restoration group on the northern California coast, from 2006 to 2011.
The program's team of seven year-round staff and dozens of seasonal employees and volunteers worked to improve logging practices, reduce fire hazard, enhance riparian habitat, control invasive plants, track the spread of Sudden Oak Death, and restore native perennial grasslands. Seth spearheaded the Mattole Forest Futures Project, which culminated in the approval of a streamlined timber harvest permit for light-touch logging in the Mattole watershed, and was honored with the 2012 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in Ecosystem & Watershed Stewardship . (He's pictured at right, with his back to the camera, measuring a Douglas-fir tree to determine whether it could be harvested by a landowner under the terms of the project. Photo by Richard Gienger.) Before being hired as program director, Seth had chaired the organization's board of directors (1994-1999) and worked as an occasional tree-planter and field staff for the projects of the Council and some of its affiliates such as the Mattole Salmon Group.
As a writer, Seth has covered natural resource issues on the west coast of North America for more than two decades. His writing on topics such as forestry, climate, salmon, and ecological restoration has appeared in publications ranging from Orion to Organic Style, from the Christian Science Monitor to Sierra magazine. (Check out a small selection of those writings here.) He is also co-author and co-editor of Salmon Nation: People, Fish, and Our Common Home, an introduction to the issue of salmon in northwestern North America, originally published in 1999 and now in its second edition. Building on this experience, Seth developed a course in Environmental Journalism for Brown University's Center for Environmental Studies, which he taught in 2012 and 2013.Seth's communication consulting straddles the intersection of these two interests. Click here to learn more about the services Seth can provide for your organization or project.
Working in the ecosystem of non-profit environmental groups, Seth has also provided facilitation for other organizations, helping clients such as the Rainforest Alliance, Burn Design Lab, the Headwaters Coalition, and the California Watershed Network come to agreement on how to advance their projects. Seth harnesses his listening skills, analytical capacities, and competence in the use of consensus process to help participants understand each other better, find common ground, and reach decisions that can be implemented enthusiastically by all concerned.


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News | October 23, 2012
Honeywell's New Rugged Enterprise Hybrid Device Brings Smart Phone Looks, Ease Of Use To Field Professionals, Logistics, Health Care And Retail Workers
Pocket-Sized Device Scans, Accesses Internet, Captures Data, and Can Withstand Drops, Dust and Submersion in Water
Features Include Ruggedized Design, up to 12-Hours Battery Life, Enterprise-Grade Area-Imager for Scanning Barcodes
Miami and Fort Mill, S.C . / PRNewswire/ - Consumer smart phones don't last long in many field-based work environments – not because service contracts are too short, but because the phones aren't tough enough to withstand drops on concrete, lack adequate battery life or don't have enterprise scanning capabilities. Today's mobile workers have a new option: Honeywell's (NYSE: HON) first-ever rugged Enterprise Hybrid Device (EHD), the Dolphin 70e Black.
The rugged smart device was created for traditional auto-identification and data capture customers who want something sleeker and lighter than a typical AIDC industrial device, but need something tougher than a consumer-grade phone. The Dolphin 70e Black is targeted to meet the needs of the growing mobile workforce, which is projected to reach 1.3 billion by 2015 (source: IDC).
Field professionals can go from the warehouse to the job site and provide better, faster service because of the enhanced communication capability of the smart device. A nurse in a hospital can downsize from carrying a phone, pager and scanner to a single device that goes from triage to office. For retail workers, the device can access product information, look at inventory or be used to call another employee inside or outside the store for assistance.
"Honeywell has decades of experience in rugged design manufacturing and we are proud to introduce the AIDC industry's newest rugged hybrid device," said John Waldron, president of Honeywell Scanning & Mobility. "Dolphin Black reflects two device trends in today's industrial world: consolidation and consumerization. Workers and enterprises are looking for a single device that can do the work of several. They also want their devices to be as intuitive and easy to use as their personal mobile phones and tablets, but rugged enough to survive the environment of today's mobile professional."
Input from many of Honeywell's customers guided the Dolphin 70e Black's development and led to many of the features to improve enterprise productivity, security and durability. Among them are:
IP67 rating allows for submersion in water and is completely dust-proof
Enterprise-class area-imaging scanner
Large 4.3' capacitive touch display that can be viewed in direct sunlight
Up to 12 hours of battery life with a user replaceable battery
At 7 ounces and around ¾ inches thick, is lightweight and compact enough to fit in a worker's pocket
"Our GeoLogistics and navigation software solutions are used by thousands of logistics workers globally. We had the opportunity to test our CoPilot Live Professional navigation solution on a beta version of Dolphin Black, and from a developer perspective, we were tremendously impressed with the implementation of our application. Our customers value accuracy and efficiency in a convenient form factor and with the Dolphin Black's lightning quick performance and stunning product design, Honeywell is in a strong position to meet our customers' needs," said Dan Popkin, vice president of business development of enterprise solutions at ALK Technologies.
The Dolphin Black will begin shipping with Windows operating systems and Android™ operating systems in February 2013.
For more information, please visit www.honeywellaidc.com.
Dolphin is a trademark of Honeywell International Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and performance materials. Honeywell Scanning & Mobility (HSM) is part of the Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) business group of Honeywell. HSM is a leading manufacturer of high-performance image- and laser-based data collection hardware, including rugged mobile computers and bar code scanners. With one of the broadest product portfolios in the automatic identification and data collection industry, HSM provides data collection hardware for retail, healthcare, and transportation and logistics companies seeking to improve operations and enhance customer service. Additionally, HSM provides advanced software, service and professional solutions that help customers effectively manage data and assets. HSM products are sold worldwide through a network of distributor and reseller partners. For more information on Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, please visit www.honeywellaidc.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future business operations, financial performance and market conditions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in business forecasts as further described in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act.


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Q: Issue with Jmeter Recording while opening data selection frames on Page form. Second frame on same page gets URL encoded and get a 404 from server I am facing an issue while recording with Jmeter using HTTP(s) Test Script Recorder. On this single page form, I click find/click scope icon to open a list of fields for selection. Once the selection frame is open, I can select a value or close it with or without selection. The issue is that when I start the recorder and open this single-page form for the first selection, the frame opens just fine no matter what selection field I choose on the form. During the same recording session, When I open the same or another field for selection I get a 404 from the server and the items in the frame do not display for selection.
In case, I stop the recording and start again, I can open one frame with items for selection, second time again the same issue is observed. I have tried redirect options on the recorder, Java, and HTTPclient4 but the issue is not resolved.
When I look at the recorded requests for the first selection (successful selection) I see the following requests.
First-time same frame - Get request

First-time same frame - Get request

First-time same frame - POST Request

When I see the second request which failed with 404, I see the second time, URL encoding was selected on the get request and based on that second request have URL encoding like %2F characters. Also, the post request now has most of the parameters in the URL rather than as parameters.
Second-time same frame - First Get Request

Second-time same frame - Second Get Request

Second-time same frame - POST Request

If you observe the url here

/xxxx/html/en/default/common/%2Fxxx-xxx%2Fhtml%2Fen%2Fdefault%2FreportTemplate%2FviewPageReport.jsp%3FpropertyId%3D208133&projectId=1&reportTemplId=151523&associatedId=206434273&selectType=single&smartField=1&manager=1&parentSOSubCategoryId=1&olv=1&tempSpecId=754388166098775919&bookmarkable=false

/default/common/%2Fxxx-xxx%2Fhtml on conversion becomes  /default/common//xxx-xxx/html so here we add an additional backslash as well. So this request is different that first frame POST request on the same recording and it creates a URL encoded request with an additional / thus causing a 404.
I am using Jmeter 5.1.1 and have tried older Jmeter versions as well but observe the same issue. I do not see the same issue with Loadrunner, Silk performer, fiddler or any other tool. I want to be able to record the second frame just like it records the first frame so that I do not do URL encoding for the following frames on a single form.

A: In case of GET request all the parameters are being added to the URL, and according to the RFC 1738 not all characters can be used in the URL, you can use only alphanumeric and $-_.+!*'(), others need to be URL-encoded
If you do believe that JMeter builds the URL incorrectly you can raise an issue in JMeter Bugzilla, however be ready to provide a reproducible test script (it would be better for questions asked here as well).
In the meantime you can consider alternative ways of recording a JMeter test like JMeter Chrome Extension

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