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Sixth-rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sixth-rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for small warships mounting between 18 and 28 nine-pounder guns on a single deck, sometimes with guns on the upper works and sometimes without. For ships smaller than sixth-rate, see main article rating system of the Royal Navy. Some larger ship-rigged, flush-decked vessels, were rated, which meant they were large enough to rate a Post-Captain in command, instead of a Lieutenant or Commander. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sixth-rate

PaSDC Research Brief The Commonwealth was sixth for demonstrated coal reserves in 1995 and held almost all the anthracite coal in the nation (96.6%). Pennsylvania ranked sixth for doctors with 273 per 100,000 and seventh for nurses with a rate of 1,018, according to data from the 1997 Statistical Abstract of the United States. Pennsylvania's rate for violent crimes was 427, a rank of 21, compared to the high of 1,071 in Florida and the low of 87 in North Dakota. pasdc.hbg.psu.edu /PaSDC/briefs/brief569.html

Fed raises key interest rate by one-half point - 05/17/00    Today's decision marked the sixth time since last June that the central bank has boosted the funds rate in an effort to slow the speeding economy and keep inflation from escalating.    The Fed's half-point increase in the funds rate was expected to be quickly followed by announcements from commerical banks that they were boosting their prime lending rate by a similar half-point, from the current 9 percent to 9.50 percent, the highest level in nine years. WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by one-half point today, the biggest increase in five years, in an effort to slow the supercharged economy and keep inflation from becoming a problem. www.detnews.com /2000/business/0005/16/-57337.htm

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Fed raises key interest rate for sixth time WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the sixth time since last June as policy-makers continued their efforts to make sure a strengthening economy does not trigger unwanted inflation. The Fed's goal is to move the funds rate from an accommodative stance, where it is still stimulating extra economic growth, to a neutral stance where the funds rate is neither stimulating growth nor holding the economy back. The Fed announced that it was raising its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, by a quarter-point to 2.5 percent. www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050202-1120-fed-interestrates.html

HMS Phoenix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The seventh Phoenix was an 8-gun fire ship built in 1694, rebuilt in 1709 as a 24-gun sixth-rate, hulked 1742, and sold 1744. The sixth Phoenix was a bomb vessel purchased in 1692 and sold 1698. The fifth Phoenix was a 42-gun fifth-rate launched in 1671 and burnt 1692 to prevent capture. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Phoenix

Fed cuts interest rates a quarter point; sixth cut in 2001 - Jun. 27, 2001 The rate is at its lowest since April 1994, when the Fed was just beginning to raise rates long after the recession was over, and its current cycle of cuts may be ending now. The Fed, in a statement accompanying its decision, also indicated it may not be done cutting rates for the year, saying it still is concerned about the sluggishness of the economy. Since the beginning of 2001, the Fed has cut the federal funds rate six times, lowering it from 6.5 percent to 3.75 percent, its biggest series of cuts since it carved 5 percentage points from the rate between July 1990 and September 1992 at the end of the last recession. money.cnn.com /2001/06/27/economy/fed

Mumps Outbreak -- New Jersey The attack rate in the vaccinated children in the sixth grade was 4% and fell within the 5%-10% primary vaccine failure rate observed in clinical trials (3). Since the attack rate for each grade was directly proportional to the percentage of unvaccinated students, the higher attack rate for sixth graders most likely reflected the fact that sixth graders were not covered by the law. Vaccine efficacy was estimated to be 91% for sixth graders, with a 95% confidence interval of 77%-93% (Table 3). www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000379.htm

Illinois' Less Skilled Workers Fail to Reap Benefits of Economy's Upswing And yet while the Illinois unemployment rate is the sixth highest in the nation, the state minimum wage is scheduled to increase to 26 percent higher than the federal standard in two steps, starting on January 1st. In the month the nation's unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent, the Illinois rate held steady at 6.7 percent. The unemployment rate in Illinois is now 14 percent higher than the national rate. www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-19-2003/0002079133&EDATE=

Commission set to cut millage rate for sixth consecutive year For the sixth year in a row, the Coweta County Board of Commissioners is set to slash the millage rate for the county's property owners. In the unincorporated county, the residents' rate drops 2.04 percent from 5.38 mils to 5.27 mills. Since 1994, the county has decreased the millage rate in the incorporated area from 6.98 mils to 6.26 mils, while residents in the unincorporated area have seen their millage rate cut from 5.80 to 5.27. www.thecitizennews.com /main/archive-990910/news/cow-01.html

In The News The corporation’s 70-percent success rate for sixth-grade math, 12 points higher that the state average, includes 13 students whose results were labeled “undetermined.” Stath explained some confusion existed in test instructions, allowing calculators, inappropriately, to be left in the room where those students were testing. Math-portion passing rates that hovered in the mid-50’s the last two years jumped to 76 percent this year, she explained. Tell City sixth- and eighth-graders exceeded state averages for earning pass-plus scores on both the math and language-arts portions of the annual tests. www.tellcity.k12.in.us /tts_pages/tts_in_the_news.html

MEA lowers rates for sixth time in three years Scott said the rate decrease is the sixth implemented by MEA since May 1996. The Alaska Public Utilities Commission approved a request from Matanuska Electric Association to lower electric rates for the sixth time in less than three years. The APUC on Friday granted MEA approval to lower its monthly customer charge by $1.35, effectively lowering the rate for the average customer using 750 kilowatt hours per month by approximately 1.7 percent. www.matanuska.com /News116.html

Understanding the Basic Agreement (For on-call editors the scale rate used for golden time is the hourly rate under Schedule C-1.) On a sixth day, when members are already receiving one-and-a-half times their normal rate, golden time is double their sixth day rate, so that their total pay is three times their standard hourly rate. The calculation is based on the rate you would otherwise be receiving at that time: if you are already in overtime, then night premium adds ten or twenty percent to your overtime rate. Overscale employees should note that overtime is based on their overscale rate only if that is specifically negotiated into their deal memo. www.editorsguild.com /newsletter/NovDec02/cathy_basic_agrmt.html

Fed Increases Key Interest Rate to 2.5% (washingtonpost.com) It was the the sixth quarter-percentage-point increase since June, when the group started moving the rate up from 1 percent. Longer-term rates are influenced by the federal funds rate but ultimately are determined by financial markets in response to the overall demand for capital and investors' inflation expectations. At 2.5 percent, the rate is so low that it is still stimulating economic growth, the Federal Open Market Committee said after the meeting in a statement nearly identical to one issued after its previous meeting in December. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A57634-2005Feb2.html

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John the Baptist Now during the sixth month, the Annunciation had taken place, and, as Mary had heard from the angel the fact of her cousin's conceiving, she went "with haste" to congratulate her. At any rate, about the middle of the fourth century, his tomb was there honoured, as we are informed on the testimony of Rufinus and Theodoretus. The second place, Ennon, "near Salim" (John, iii, 23), the extreme northern point marked in the Madaba mosaic map, is described in Eusebius's "Onomasticon" as being eight miles south of Seythopolis (Beisan), and should be sought probably at Ed-Deir or El-Ftur, a short distance from the Jordan (Lagrange, in "Revue Biblique", IV, 1895, pp. www.newadvent.org /cathen/08486b.htm

Small rate cut spooks Wall St. - Jun. 27, 2001 In the Fed's sixth rate cut of the year, the central bank lowered the rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans to 3.75 percent from 4 percent, surprising some economists who expected a larger cut. The more symbolic discount rate was cut to 3.25 percent from 3.5 percent. Wednesday's decision drew conflicting forecasts from analysts, who were uncertain about just how much lower interest rates needed to go to keep the economy from recession. money.cnn.com /2001/06/27/markets/stock_breaker

SU Athletics - SU Student-Athlete Graduation Rate Among Best in the Nation The Orange football program’s graduation rate ranks sixth nationally among all Division I schools and is tied for second among Division I-A football schools. During this time period, SU had a graduation rate of 75 percent or all students, including 77 percent for females and 72 percent for males. Vanderbilt ranks first with an 84 percent graduation rate, while SU is tied with Duke and Northwestern in second. www.suathletics.com /News/basketball/wbasket/2004/5/6/2004graduationrates.asp?path=wbasket

Board Hears More About Tests He said his formula for determining educational growth rates is not intended to give answers, but rather data that school boards can use to determine how they can improve the educational growth for all students. The report showed that Fairview Elementary showed a greater growth rate than the state average in reading and was right at the average state growth rate for math over the past three years. According to the report, Guilford County students’ growth rate in both reading and math improve in seventh and eighth grade, after students have time to adjust to their new surroundings. www.rhinotimes.com /greensboro/archives/120502/story04.html

Current Writing The sixth interest-rate cut of the year by the Federal Reserve may not be more successful in stimulating the economy than the others. Moreover, the credit-card rate, which primarily consists of a debtor's risk component, is bound to rise again as unemployment increases and economic uncertainty raises all market rates. If it reduces interest rates further in order to stimulate the economy, it is bound to exacerbate the inflation; and if it boosts the rates in order to fight inflation, it will aggravate the recession and raise unemployment. www.sennholz.com /ratecuts.html

Fed Cuts Rate Quarter-Point The Fed cut its target for the federal funds rate, the interest banks charge each other on overnight loans to 3.75 percent, the lowest since April 18, 1994, when the funds rate also stood at 3.75 percent. Its first rate cut was on Jan. 3, so that reduction wouldn't show up in economic activity until July at the earliest. Still, some economists believe economic growth in the current quarter may have slowed to an anemic annual rate of 0.5 percent, down from the 1.3 percent rate registered in the first three months of the year. www.mbaa.org /briefs/2001/0627d.html

Bloomberg.com: Asia Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand central bank Governor Alan Bollard raised the benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 6.5 percent and said the sixth increase this year may be the last as economic growth slows. New Zealand's benchmark rate is the highest among countries rated AAA by Standard and Poor's, and Bollard's six increases this year outpace the five by the Bank of England and three by the Federal Reserve. Bollard is raising rates to slow an economy that expanded 5.7 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace in four years. quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aDhnSk0Ovmjk&refer=asia

Bambooweb: Frigate British sailing frigates were rated fourth-rate, fifth-rate and sixth-rate according to the rating system of the Royal Navy. Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. Common armament was 32-44 long guns, from 8- to 24-pounders, plus a few carronades, which weren't counted in the rating of the ship. www.bambooweb.com /articles/f/r/Frigate.html

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea The fertility rate of Korean women is the sixth lowest in the world. According to a 2005 population report issued by the UN Population Fund and the Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea, this year¡¯s fertility rate stood at 1.22 children per woman of childbearing age (15 to 49), considerably lower than the world average of 2.6 children and less than the average in developed countries of 1.57. North Korea's fertility rate was 1.97, suggesting that both Koreas have a problem. english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200510/200510120021.html

How To Take Advantage of Interest Rate Cuts If you think rates will rebound as the economy improves (and remember, we don’t recommend trying to time interest rate drops), consider a CD with a short duration to maturity, and then buy another one once that matures. The average variable rate as of June 20 was 15.64%. The rate cut should be of interest to you if you carry forward a balance on your credit cards. www.buyandhold.com /bh/en/goals/planner/take_advantage.html

So, Another Fed Rate Cut The action marked the sixth rate reduction by the Fed this year. The federal funds rate now stands at 3.75 percent, the discount rate stands at 3.25 percent. The Commerce Department said that new home sales grew to an annual rate of 928,000 in May, up from a 921,000 annual rate in April and earlier predictions of 894,000. www.mbaa.org /reft/stories/0126econ.htm

Capital News 9 24 Hour Local News TOP STORIES Central bank hikes for the sixth time since June It is the sixth rate hike since June for the central bank headed by Chairman Alan Greenspan. For consumers, the decision means that variable rates set by banks and triggered by the Fed, will be headed higher as well. That takes the target for the federal funds rate, the rate banks charge each other, to 2.5 percent. www.capitalnews9.com /content/top_stories?ArID=115950

Michigan Infant Mortality Rate Drops For Sixth Consecutive Year Michigan's infant mortality rate in 1995 was 8.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, 3.5% lower than the rate of 8.6 in 1994, Governor John Engler announced today. "The mortality rate among black infants is still a concern and will remain a priority." Black infant mortality fell to a rate of 17.3 last year, dropping from 18.2 in 1994, a decline of 4.9%. Between 1992 and 1995, the rate declined 18.6%, a greater drop than the 15.7% decline during the 10 previous years. www.state.mi.us /migov/gov/PressReleases/199608/infantmo.html

Hearts of Oak In general, anything less than a sixth rate would be considered a command for an officer holding the rank of Lieutenant, a sixth rate would get a Commander, while fifth rates (frigates) and higher would need a Post Captain to command them. These classes ranged from 'First Rate' (carrying more than 100 guns) to sixth rate (carrying 20 to 30 guns). A survey conducted in 1783 concluded that the Royal Navy had at it's disposal enough oak trees to construct another 25 to 30 third rate ships (64 - 80 guns), the mainstay of the navy. www.oak.netfirms.com /chap1.html

Kids show big gains on state math tests The scores, though preliminary, showed that 66 percent of fourth-graders statewide are proficient in math - up from 58 percent in 2003 - while the pass rate for sixth-graders jumped an impressive 13 percentage points to 65 percent. Wayne Schools in Warren County showed one of the most dramatic increases, with its sixth-graders jumping from a 53 percent passing rate last year to 82 percent in 2004. Cincinnati Public Schools, the third largest district in the state, saw sixth-grade math scores improve almost 17 percentage points over last year, while fourth-graders increased their pass rate by 10 points. www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/06/17/loc_testscores.html

Mutual of America - Capital Management Report - THE EFFECT OF FEDERAL RATE CUTS ON THE STOCK MARKET In the four instances where the Fed cut rates a sixth time, the one-month period following the cut showed a negligible return among mid-caps and a negative return among small-caps. The country was recently treated to the sixth successive rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The Fed Funds rate was cut 25 basis points (that is, one-fourth of one percent) on June 27. www.mutualofamerica.com /articles/Capman/CM11/index.asp

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Oregon unemployment rate falls for sixth straight month Unemployment fell a tenth of a point in Oregon for December, to 7.2 percent, the sixth straight month of improvement after the jobless rate hit a peak of 8.5 percent in June. Nationally, the jobless rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point in December to 5.7 percent. In Washington state, the unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent in November from 7.0 percent in October; December jobs data will be released Tuesday. seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2001837780_bizbriefs16.html

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