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The first prohibition on the forced sale of homesteads in Texas appeared in Texas statutes in 1839, before the state joined the union. This statute was adopted in reaction to a nationwide economic depression which became known as the Panic of 1837, when many families lost their farms and homes through foreclosure.
In various forms, this protection from foreclosure has been retained in Texas law and now resides in Texas' constitution in what is termed Texas' homestead law. Under the Texas Constitution, a Texas homestead may be foreclosed upon only for non-payment of the mortgage used to initially purchase the property, non-payment of property taxes on the homestead, or non-payment of a debt incurred to physically improve the property.[1]
It is important not to confuse the homestead protection offered by the constitution with the homestead exemption from property taxes offered by many local taxing jurisdictions. The homestead protection embedded in Texas' constitution prescribes the limited conditions under which a lender may foreclose on a Texas homestead. The homestead exemption merely reduces the taxable value of Texas homesteads and is not a provision in the constitution.
Today, because of changes in federal tax law and banking practices, Texas' constitutional homestead protection provision also limits access to low cost and tax deductible financing options for both Texas consumers and small businesses.
If Texas were to change this provision to allow businesses and consumers access to the accumulated equity in Texas' homesteads, consumers could save as much as $225 million in annual interest payments. In addition, because home mortgage loan interest is tax deductible, they would also be able to reduce their federal taxes by as much as $99 million per year. Interest costs to businesses would fall by $58 million annually and small businesses would gain access to $375 million in loans to found and expand entrepreneurial activity.
If the average Texas homeowner were to just replace existing borrowing needs for new cars, trucks, boats, educational and medical expenses with home equity financed borrowing, they would save as much as $490 in interest costs and $360 in federal income taxes annually.
Home Equity in Texas
Accumulated equity in homes in Texas is one of the largest components of the wealth of Texans. As detailed in Table 1, in 1990, it is estimated that the value of owner-occupied housing in Texas reached $220.4 billion, or 4.7 percent of the total value of owner-occupied housing in the nation. Some of this value actually represents existing mortgage debt, and not equity.
Because Texas' population is somewhat younger than that of the nation and has therefore had less time to pay down mortgages, mortgage debt in Texas amounts to an estimated 44.0 percent of the value of homes in the state, somewhat higher than the 36.7 percent for the nation. Interestingly, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, about one-third of the owner-occupied housing units in Houston in 1991 had no outstanding mortgage owed, indicating 100 percent equity.[2] Table 1 indicates that total home equity in Texas in 1990 amounted to $123.4 billion.
But this store of wealth in Texas differs from many other assets in that it cannot be readily tapped to underwrite loans, to purchase goods or services or to repay other debt. Under the Texas constitution, a homeowner's residence cannot be mortgaged for purposes other than financing the purchase of the home, paying property taxes due on the homestead, or financing permanent improvements to the property.
Because of this limitation, Texas is the only state in the nation in which financial institutions cannot offer consumers the option of tapping into their home equity to pay for educational expenses, medical costs, consolidation of other debts or the myriad other uses found for home equity loans in the other 49 U.S. states. In these states home equity is widely accepted as collateral, and in recent years homeowners have raised substantial funds by borrowing against the equity in their homes. According to the Federal Reserve Board, the total value of home equity loans reached $255 billion in 1993, without substantial participation from Texas homeowners.
Table 1
1990 Value of Owner-Occupied Housing and Home Owner Equity in the U.S. and TexasOccupied Percent Median Value Estimated Loan Value Estimated Housing Units Owner Owner-Occupied Total Value as Percent Total Equity (millions) Occupied Units (billions) Market Value ($ Billion) United States 91.947 64.2% $79,100 $4,669.3 36.7% $2,955.6 Texas 6.071 60.9% $59,600 $220.4 44.0% $123.4 Sources: U.S. Bureau of Census, 1990 Census of Housing, Detailed Housing Characteristics, Series CH-2, Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3C on CD-ROM. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Housing Survey for the United States in 1991. Loan value as percent of market value for Texas estimated from American Housing Surveys for Dallas, Fort Worth-Arlington, San Antonio and Houston covering years 1989 to 1991.
The National Home Equity Market
The growth of home equity credit in the U.S. gained momentum in the mid-1980s with a boost from the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Importantly, this change in federal tax law mandated the phase-out of federal income tax deductions for interest paid on non-mortgage consumer debt, such as car loans, educational loans and other debt. This change in federal tax law enhanced the attractiveness of using debt secured by homes to fund expenditures that consumers had previously financed by other forms of consumer credit.
In a 1993-94 survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Board of the use of home equity loans [3], about one-third of homeowners cited its favorable tax treatment as an advantage over other types of loans. Nearly 13 percent of all homeowners in the U.S. held some form of home equity credit in 1993, up from 11 percent in 1988 and only 6.8 percent in 1983.
Largely as a result of the changing tax advantages, a new type of home equity loan instrument has seen substantial recent growth. The traditional home equity loan is a closed-end loan that generally requires repayment of interest and principle in equal monthly installments, typically with an interest rate that is fixed for the life of the loan. The percentage of homeowners with traditional home equity loans declined from 5.4 percent in 1988 to 4.9 percent in 1993-94.
Taking up the slack, however, has been the increased use of home equity lines of credit (HELOC). A home equity line of credit is a revolving account that permits borrowing from time to time, at the homeowner's discretion, up to the amount of the credit line. HELOCs also typically have more flexible repayment schedules than a traditional home equity loan and often are based on a variable interest rate pegged to an index such as the prime rate. An estimated 8.3 percent of U.S. homeowners held a home equity line of credit in 1993-94, up from 5.7 percent in 1988.
The principle uses for both types of home equity credit have been to finance home improvements or to repay other debts. Using these loans to purchase vehicles, for educational and medical expenses, and for business uses are also important markets for home equity borrowers, but more so for credit line borrowers than for users of traditional home equity loans.
Other innovative financial instruments have also been developed in the recent past which tap home equity to meet specific needs. For example, "reverse mortgages" or reverse annuities allow a (typically elderly) homeowner to essentially sell their residence back to a financial institution but retain use of it and receive regular payments from the financial institution (usually to cover living expenses and home maintenance costs). The financial institution then has a valid claim on the property which is usually repaid by the borrower's heirs after the homeowner has died and the house is sold.
Interestingly, the payments received from reverse mortgages are considered loan advances and not income. As such, these payments are not subject to federal income tax nor do they affect Social Security or Medicare eligibility.
Although reverse mortgages are not considered second mortgages, they are not available in Texas because this purpose is not one of the enumerated exceptions in the Texas Constitution to the ban on the forced sale of a borrower's homestead.
How Would Increased Home Equity Loan Use Affect The State's Economy?
Allowing more widespread use of home equity loans in Texas would boost the disposable income of Texans because interest payments on such loans are deductible from federal income taxes. In addition, more widespread use of home equity loans would boost the purchasing power of consumers and small businesses because home equity loans typically carry lower interest rates than other types of consumer credit and lower than unsecured credit lines used to fund entrepreneurial activity. This boost would come at the expense of lower profit margins at lending institutions and from tax payments currently made by Texans to the federal government.
Increased use of home equity loans can be expected to displace other forms of consumer credit rather than greatly increase indebtedness. This would occur because the types of individuals that would qualify for home equity loans (typically those with stable and somewhat higher income along with some equity built up in their home) undoubtedly are not now blocked from credit markets. The issue facing this group is one of the price of, not access to, personal loans.
The use of home equity loans as a financing source for small businesses is probably somewhat different. Several studies have observed a positive relationship between business investment and internal cash flow which may relate strongly to imperfections in capital markets. For example, in evaluating new issues of stock, potential shareholders may feel that they have poorer information about the firm's prospects than does the firm's management. These shareholders would therefore be unwilling to purchase the stock without also receiving some "premium" in return, such as a discount from the going price.
From the firm's point of view this type of behavior by potential investors increases the cost of raising capital, especially with respect to other alternatives, such as financing investments from increased cash flow. As a result, internal funds may effectively constrain capital spending if information is asymmetric.[4] This implies that there are some barrier effects to consider in the case of the use of home equity lending for business purposes.
As a result of these considerations, it is reasonable to assume that more widespread availability of home equity loans in Texas would have three distinct economic effects. First, in consumer markets, home equity loans would displace other types of consumer credit. These loans would save consumers interest expenses and be tax deductible, but they would not greatly increase overall indebtedness.
On the business side, greater access to home equity loans to support entrepreneurial activity should generate some new loan activity and some additional indebtedness because access to capital sources is a constraint to business borrowing. Also, to the extent that businesses use home equity loans to displace higher-cost unsecured loans, small business would gain from lower interest costs.[5]
Texas' Untapped Home Equity Market
The total value of savings to consumers and businesses in the state depends on the volume of home equity loans that would be generated within the state should expanded use of this financing source become possible. To estimate this volume, it is assumed that Texas would generate home equity loans in rough proportion to the amount of net homestead equity contained in the state--4.2 percent from Table 1. But, 4.2 percent of what?
As previously mentioned the total national market for home equity loans in 1993 was $255 billion, split between traditional home equity loans ($145 billion) and HELOCs ($110 billion). Because these national figures reflect the current situation in which Texans can only participate to a limited degree in home equity lending, a change in Texas lending would certainly affect national totals.
First, since Texans cannot now access HELOCs under any circumstances, it is assumed that the $110 billion national figure underestimates the "true" national market by 4.2 percent, indicating a potential market of $114.8 billion, of which Texas could be assumed to account for 4.2 percent or $4.8 billion.
On the other hand, traditional home equity lending for the purposes of home improvement is allowed in Texas. From national surveys it is estimated that 38 percent of traditional home equity loans are used for home improvement. This implies that the "untapped" portion of traditional home equity lending in the state could amount to 2.6 percent of the national market for these types of home equity loans (38 percent less than 4.2 percent). This implies that the national total of $145 billion underestimates the national potential market for these loans by 2.6 percent, indicating a total size of $148.8 billion, of which Texas would account for 2.6 percent, or $3.8 billion.
Accordingly, the total potential untapped home equity loan market in Texas is an estimated $8.6 billion. Finally, assuming that Texas uses of these loans would parallel national trends, 18 percent or $1.5 billion of this potential would be used for business purposes while the remaining $7.1 billion would be used by consumers.
Consumer Effects
How would opening access to home equity loans affect consumer credit? Several variables are involved, but some estimates are possible. Table 2 compares the annual interest costs of various types of consumer credit loans based on an initial loan value of $30,000 and a four-year pay back period. This amount was chosen because, over the life of the loan, the average outstanding loan value (in column five) is about equal to the national average value of the outstanding balance on home equity loans.
As is detailed in this table, tax-deductible home equity loans present real savings over other forms of consumer credit, even in instances in which the home equity loan carries a higher interest rate. For example, based on rates prevailing in January 1996, a consumer could save nearly $230 annually by financing a $30,000 educational loan as a home equity loan, even though the professional education loan carries an interest rate of 7.43 percent, lower than the 8.25 percent rate available on home equity loans. Clearly, all of these savings come from reduced federal income tax payments.
This benefit increases as other, more costly types of consumer credit are compared to home equity loans. Annual savings on car loans are, in this example $383. The consumer can reap more than $1,160 annually by using home equity loans rather than unsecured personal loans, and more than $1,600 annually over financing on credit card debts.[6]
On a statewide basis, the net savings attributable to the use of home equity loans for non-home improvement purposes would depend on the "mix" of loans that were displaced, the number of loans generated and the degree to which taxpayers itemized deductions on federal income tax returns.
Indicated in Table 2 is the distribution of the various types of consumer debt in 1992. This mix of debt can be used to estimate a weighted average interest rate on non-home equity consumer loans which, using rates in effect in January 1996, is 11.36 percent.
The average monthly interest cost of a 4- year home equity loan at an annual interest rate of 8.25 percent is $106.73. In contrast the same loan with an annual interest rate of 11.36 percent requires an average monthly interest payment of $147.57, or an additional $40.84 a month. Based on an average outstanding balance of $15,478.56 over the life of the lower cost home equity loan, the total $7.1 billion in expected consumer loans indicates a total of 458,700 such loans would be generated statewide. On an annualized basis this amounts to an interest cost savings of $224.8 million.
Assuming that the average Texan using a home equity loan pays a marginal federal income tax rate of 28 percent, the "true" interest cost of the home equity loan is actually $76.85 monthly or an additional savings of $29.88 monthly. On the basis of 458,700 loans, tax deductibility of these interest costs could yield tax savings of $164.4 million annually if all Texas taxpayers itemized deductions. However, based on the profile of federal taxpayers in Texas who would likely utilize home equity loans, it is expected that only about 60 percent would take advantage of this tax savings, indicating a statewide savings of $98.7 million.
In total, the average home owner in Texas that currently itemizes deductions on their federal income tax could save as much as $849 annually by substituting the average home equity loan for existing consumer credit.
Table 2
Home Equity Loan Advantage over Other Consumer Credit AlternativesDeductible from Average Annual Average Annual Home Federal After Tax Outstanding Equity Loan 1992 Distribution Interest Loan Type: Interest Income Payments* Loan Value* Advantage of Consumer Debt Rate (1) Tax? (2) Home Equity 8.25% yes $922.18 $15,478.56 --- Professional Education Loan 7.43% no $1,152.15 $15,402.90 $229.96 2.1% New Car Loan, Bank 8.41% no $1,305.94 $15,492.25 $383.76 5.7% Personal Loan, Bank 13.33% no $2,082.82 $15,933.10 $1,160.64 2.7% Credit Card 16.25% no $2,546.86 $16,183.55 $1,624.68 4.0% Weighted Average Interest Rate, non-home Equity Loans (3) 11.36% no $1,781.00 $15,760.00 $859.00 * $30,000 initial loan value repaid over four years, marginal tax rate of 28 percent.Sources: (1) Financenter, Inc., a privately-held Arizona corporation providing on-line access to the services of national financial companies. Data current as of January, 1996. (2) Derived from Arthur B. Kenneckell and Martha Starr-McCluer, "Changes in Family Finances from 1989 to 1992, Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 1994. Table 11 lists 5.7 percent of all family debt as due to vehicles, 2.1 percent as attributable to education loans, 4.0 percent for goods and services (assumed by Kenneckell and Starr-McCluer to represent credit card debt) and other unclassifiable loans accounting for 2.7 percent. (3) Weighted average of annual loan costs with weights based on 1992 distribution of consumer debt.
Business Effects
From national surveys of the usage of home equity loans, about 25 percent of the respondents cited the ease of obtaining a home equity loan as the prime attraction of these loans. One interpretation of this response is that for this group of users, the availability of home equity loans significantly lowered the barriers to credit. This gives a reasonable approximation to the possible size of the new business loan activity the could be expected from expanded use of home equity lending. It is estimated that $375 million in new business loan activity could be expected to result from expanded access to home equity lending. This infusion of capital and any resulting economic activity could be expected to be a one-time occurrence.
The remaining 75 percent of the estimated $1.5 billion in business loan activity would benefit from lower interest costs. From Table 2, unsecured personal loans, a primary avenue for small business loans outside of home equity lending, carried an annual interest rate of 13.33 percent. Again considering a $30,000 4-year loan, this implies an average monthly interest payment of $173.57, or $66.84 more than the average monthly interest payment on the same sized home equity loan.
In turn, this implies that the $1.125 billion in business loans that could be replaced by home equity loans would generate annual interest cost savings of $58.3 million.
Previous Attempts to Allow Home Equity Lending
During the 1980s and 1990s, repeated legislative attempts have been made to broaden home equity lending in Texas. The form these attempts have taken are instructive in pointing out the issues and problems surrounding extending the use of home equity lending beyond its current constitutionally limited areas.
It appeared briefly in 1994, that this whole issue was moot when the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal banking statutes and regulations preempted the Texas homestead law. The U.S. Supreme Court let the ruling stand in October 1994, but Congress later approved an interstate banking bill that superseded the court ruling.
In 1994 and 1995, the Texas Senate Interim Committee on Home Equity Lending proposed changes to the Texas Constitution.[7] First, over concern that completely eliminating the consumer protection afforded in the constitution would not be appropriate, instead of simply repealing the homestead protection, it was proposed to extend the cases for which a forced sale would be allowed to include "equity loans," limited to home equity loans, second mortgages and reverse annuity mortgages.
To diffuse criticism that equity loans could cause massive defaults during recessions or that unduly burdening property with debt would cause a slow-down in real estate turnover, the committee proposed capping the total amount of equity that could be pledged in support of loans to 90 percent of the home's fair market value. Lower percentages were discussed, but not adopted.
To answer the concerns of consumer groups that bankers or other lenders could put undue pressure on borrowers, particularly on seniors, the implementing legislation included a 15-day cooling-off period after requesting a loan and a three-day period after the signing of the loan papers during which the borrower could withdraw the application. Moreover, loan documents could only be signed at the office of the lender, a title company or an attorney, and not at the borrower's home.
To address the concerns of rural residents that lenders could begin requiring them to use home equity loans to secure other loans, such as those for planting crops or operating ranches, conditions were included prohibiting a lender from requiring a homestead as collateral on any other form of loan or requiring a borrower to use an equity loan to repay another loan.
There were also some special provisions on the use of reverse mortgages to provide additional consumer protection. Other restrictions that were considered would have prohibited equity loans on agricultural homesteads, limited the use of loans to medical or educational expenses, and, except for reverse mortgages, prohibited issuing a home equity loan to anyone over 65.
Total Texas Impacts
In total, the interest cost and tax savings to Texas consumers from wider access to home equity loans could reach $323.5 million annually once the advantages of these new types of loans became widely known in the marketplace. In addition, the interest cost savings to small businesses in the state would raise this annual total impact to an estimated $381.8 million. The $375 million in new small business borrowing estimated to result from wider access to home equity loans would be a one-time infusion of new business spending into the state's economy.
1 Last November, Texas voters approved expanding the allowable uses of home equity lending in Texas. Proposition 4, which passed with 51.4 percent of the vote, allows individuals to use the accumulated, R. Glenn Hubbard and Bruce C. Petersen, "Financing Constraints and Corporate Investment," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1, 1989, pp 141-195.
2 U.S. Department of Commerce, American Housing Survey for the Houston Metropolitan Area in 1991, Current Housing Reports H170/91-49 (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.), Table 3-15.
3 Glenn B. Canner, Charles A. Luckett and Thomas A. Durkin, "Home Equity Lending: Evidence from Recent Surveys," Federal Reserve Bulletin, July 1994, pp. 571 - 583.
4 See, for example Steven M. Fazzariconsumer itemizing federal tax deductions and a marginal tax rate of 28 percent.
5 It is assumed that interest expenses on unsecured credit sources currently used for business purposes are now tax deductable as a business expense.
6 All of these savings are based on the equity in their home to secure a loan to pay off a lien filed by a spouse on the property following a divorce settlement or for payment of a federal tax lien against a homestead.
7 Much of this discussion is drawn from Texas House of Representatives, House Research Organization, "Should Texas Allow Home Equity Lending?," February 27, 1995.


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Not far from the town limit of Albarracín, the boundaries of three former kingdoms meet. Castilla la Mancha, Aragón and Valencia overlook this small village that must be one of the most fascinating and breathtaking in all of Spain.
The village, located only 28 kilometres from the capital city of Teruel and bordering the River Guadaliver, is located in the Universale Mountains in the province of Teruel in Aragón.
Its position, nestled at a comfortable 3,400 feet above sea level, lends to the dramatic environment and, on entering the town, one soon learns that its a regal history has followed the fortunes of its neighbours and marks the history of Spain itself.
For a brief spell in the 10th to 11th century the village was a Taifa, ruled by independent Arabic oligarchs. Since then it has retained its medieval roots and is, indeed one of the few villages to have changed very little since the Middle Ages. The Arabic walls still dominate the town, their ruined walls like jagged teeth of decay that habour wordless memories of their age of splendour.
Due to its particular and high state of preservation, the town of Albarracín has, since June of 1961, been considered a National Monument. It is now waiting to be recognised by UNESCO as being worthy of the label Patrimony of Humanity. We're still not sure what they're waiting for as this town has to be one of the must-see places in the whole of the Iberian Peninsula.
The town is particular in that its noble buildings chart the progress of Spain of the Middle Ages and earlier. Not only Arabic architecture is present in its narrow streets but also town houses that once belonged to the stalwarts of the regal entourage of the Catholic Kings, Isabel and Fernando, who united Spain under one banner over a thousand years ago.
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Gary Fire Chief Teresa Everett did not get hired as the fire chief in DDeKalb County, Georgia. | Post-Tribune File Photo
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GARY — Fire Chief Teresa Everett won't be the next chief in DeKalb County, Ga.
On Monday, DeKalb County officials selected Darnell Fullum, deputy fire chief in Fulton County, Ga., as their new chief, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Everett and Fullum had been the two finalists for the post, which pays up to $150,000 a year.
They both appeared at a public forum last month.
DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Lee May told the Journal-Constitution that Fullum, who's been with the Fulton County fire department since 1995, would be a better fit.
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 20th International Awareness Week Seminar
ME/CFS Australia (Vic,Tas,NT) invite you to attend our annual Awareness Week Seminar.
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Our Keynote speaker, Associate Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik is one of the world's foremost researchers in the area of Neuroimmunology and has been instrumental in establishing the Public Health and Neuroimmunology Unit (PHANU) at Bond University. Associate Professor Marshall-Gradisnik has provided cutting edge research findings in the field of biomarkers in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Much of her work relates specifically to autoimmunity in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Sonya is regularly invited to present her findings at international conferences.
Her research in the area of exercise immunology has also contributed to the body of knowledge relating to the effect of doping in sport and she serves as Sports Medicine Australia's national spokesperson in this area.
The vital research conducted by Associate Professor Marshall-Gradisnik has attracted more than $1 million in grant funding and she has produced 21 peer-reviewed papers, five book chapters and one provisional patent. In 2008 Associate Professor Marshall-Gradisnik was joint leader of the Bond University team responsible for developing Carrick the BioSMART program. The team was awarded a prestigious Australian Teaching and Learning Council Award (formerly known as the Carrick Award) for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning and for the quality of student learning over a sustained period of time.
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MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI) announced today that it has rescheduled its third quarter fiscal year 2012 earnings release to Friday, November 9, 2012. Pamela H. Patsley, chairman and chief executive officer, and Alex Holmes, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will host a conference call at 9 a.m. EST to discuss the quarterly financial results. A news release detailing the results will be available prior to the call on MoneyGram's website at www.moneygram.com. MoneyGram had previously announced that it would provide results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 on Monday, November 5, 2012.
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Emily James, who was an executive producer on 2009's climate change wake-up film Age of Stupid, has now committed herself to a project which her former commissioning editors won't touch with a bargepole.
Her film Just Do It – Get off your arse and change the world! follows the frequently criminal exploits of people taking direct action on climate change, shadowing three organisations – Climate Rush, Climate Camp and Plane Stupid – as they strive to bring attention to their causes. Due for release early next year, it promises to be an unashamedly sympathetic portrait of the activist community by someone who has been given unprecedented levels of access.
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Do you ever wonder what is going on behind the scenes of a major sporting event such as the Summer Olympic Games? Or do you know what the day-to-day tasks are of a general manager of a professional sports team? And what is driving conference realignment in collegiate sports?
As a student participating in the Sport Management Summer Program, you will learn the answers to these questions through lively discussion and hands-on activities. The Sport Management Summer Program is offered by the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management. Created in 1972, the department, part of the Isenberg School of Management, is the second oldest of its kind in the world. Widely respected for the breadth and quality of its curriculum and research, the UMass Amherst program has been hailed as a world leader. Graduates go on to careers in the spectator sport industry.
Our introduction into the business of sport will promote critical thinking and understanding of issues related to sport. Areas of concentration include:
- Historical analysis of sport as a social structure globally.
- Sport management policy associated with global sporting events.
- Channels for communication within the sport industry.
- Research methodologies utilized in marketing research and most commonly practiced in sport marketing settings.
Mark H. McCormack, founder of IMG and author of the book "What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School", was an inspiration to the business of sport. A handshake with Arnold Palmer led to the creation of IMG, the largest sport management company in the world. The deal with Palmer also produced thousands of boxes containing letters, memos and other documents that help explain how the late Mark H. McCormack built his company. His vast archives are now housed at the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management to be used for research and education at the Isenberg School of Management.
It is these archives, along with the expertise and experience within the Isenberg School of Management and the Mark H. McCormack Sport Management Department, which the foundation of the Summer Program is built on.
The Sport Management Summer Program will introduce you to the profession and start you on the road to success in the field. Our Summer Program includes classroom lectures and visits to area sport venues (such as the Basketball Hall of Fame) for on-site learning experiences.
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10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Daft Punk, the National, Japanther, and Majical Cloudz
Tone of Arc, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Big Eyes, Vår, Dead Gaze, G&D
Presenting new full-lengths from Daft Punk, the National, Japanther, Vår, and more, all ready for streaming, all down below. You're welcome.
1) Daft Punk, Random Access Memories. "[T]here is plenty to luxuriate in here. The overarching 'John Martyn trapped in a Philip K. Dick novel' vibe is splendidly discomfiting. The Moroder thing is delightfully bonkers. I am shocked and delighted to learn that Julian Casablancas is human after all. 'Get Lucky' is an irresistibly fizzy and facile blast of casino air. The Paul Williams thing is terrifyingly bonkers. 'Fragments of Time' is the best Steely Dan song since 'Hey Nineteen.'" — SPIN (via iTunes)
2) The National, Trouble Will Find Me. "Expect a strong concentrated dose of sorrow... and other 'pretentious bullshit,' as singer Matt Berninger's brother Tom would describe it." — SPIN (via iTunes)
3) Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart. "Japanther have been churning out their own strain of grimy, hook-crammed art-punk for over a decade, and the Brooklyn duo's latest album, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart, extends their hot streak. Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek pack their latest full-length with 13 quick-hit tracks of fuzzy No Wave weirdness, all pureed together with an apocalyptic news broadcast, a monotone subway stop announcement, and a bevy of hummable, crusty melodies." (via SPIN)
4) Tone of Arc, The Time Was Right. "San Francisco duo Tone of Arc are reinventing dance-punk in their own New Age gypsy image, folding vintage DFA Records into a wild and wooly mix that owes to the playfulness of Talking Heads, the modern mixology of Matthew Dear, and the fact that members Derrick Boyd and Zoe Presnick are an actual couple... Highlights include the Clash-inspired 'Chalk Hill,' a fairly faithful cover of Q Lazzarus' 1988 New Wave hit 'Goodbye Horses,' the deeply psychedelic guitar-powered 'Hardly Standing,' and the house-addled closer 'Left Field.'" (via SPIN)
5) Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control. "On their third album... British retromaniacs Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats play hook-soaked boogie-metal that looks back to the sludgey, fuzzy crunch of the early '70s — think Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Pentagram, Blüe Oyster Cult, and the funkier parts of Black Sabbath's Paranoid... They've returned with another set of hazy riffs and big hooks." (via SPIN)
6) Big Eyes, Almost Famous. "Big Eyes nailed it when they titled their upcoming sophomore LP Almost Famous. Fresh-faced status aside, the Seattle trio's power-pop muscle and hooky melodies channel the glorious, pre-cynicism wonder of teenaged music fandom, and by proxy, the wide-eyed naivete of a certain Cameron Crowe flick. Singer-guitarist Kate Eldridge, bassist Chris Costalupes, and drummer Dillan Lazzareschi owe an audible debt to a slew of large-hearted guitar outfits, the Ramones and Cheap Trick certainly included." (via SPIN)
7) Majical Cloudz, Impersonator. "The Montreal duo ... specializes in high drama and minimal scoring... Whether [Devon] Welsh is singing about the big sleep or the last moments of a romantic relationship isn't wholly clear, but he sings with much gravity over thudding piano hits, electronic fuzz, and ghostly cooing. Simply put, it is incredibly intense and no one is smiling, but that's also what makes it good." — SPIN (via Pitchfork)
8) Vår, No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers. "[The] Danish dudes in Iceage are hardcore punk classicists, which makes them the last band you'd expect to spawn a techno-addled side project. But it turns out singer-guitarist Elias Rønnenfelt has a separate quartet called Vår that trades in four-on-the-floor beats — tempered, of course, by blasts of industrial noise and super dark thematic content." — SPIN (via Pitchfork)
9) Dead Gaze, Dead Gaze. "Dead Gaze is the project of one Cole Furlow, who hails from Mississippi where he is a member of the Cats Purring Collective... For those not familiar, Furlow places a huge emphasis on texture in his work as Dead Gaze, with every song being deliberately overprocessed to create a near-palpable crunch. Behind the production are catchy, Americana-influenced guitar, synth melodies, and heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics, with each song attempting 'to capture a very memorable moment,' in Furlow's words." (via Ad Hoc)
10) G&D, The Lighthouse. "Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins (a.k.a. Declaime) have worked together and separately for years now, trafficking in funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, psychedelic space-rock, spoken-word poetry, protest music and more. But they've rarely combined all of the above as ambitiously as they do throughout their two albums as G&D; on the self-released The Lighthouse, the married couple engineers an overstuffed collision of concepts and genres while exploring the innumerable intersections of love, politics, spirituality, healthy living, parenthood and world citizenship."(via NPR)


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Eliezer adler
Eliezer Adler, born in 1866, was the founder of the Jewish Community in Gateshead, England. In honor of his historical importance, his seat in the Gateshead synagogue remains vacant. Eliezer Adler arrived in Liverpool, England in 1882 at the age of 15 as an orphan looking for a better financial support for himself and his widowed mother. He moved to Newcastle upon Tyne and when his mother died, he needed a minyan (quorum) for memorial services. Being that the Newcastle synagogues were not up to his religious standard, Eliezer crossed the bridge to Gateshead for religious services. This eventually led to the establishment of the "Shomrei Shabbos" synagogue in 1887, the cheder (school) in 1912, Gateshead Talmudical College 1929, Gateshead Kollel in 1941, The Jewish Teachers Training College for Girls in 1944. "Eliezer Adler, scion of a distinguished family in Stanislaw, Galicia. He was to become the most prominent figure in the infant community, for he possessed a forceful personality, and a flair for organization. With his arrival "Jewish Gateshead" began to expand". Eliezer Adler died on January 16, 1949 (15th of Tevet) while living with his daughter in Manchester and is buried in  ( Wikipedia article )
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Local is the new buzzword for all people interested in food, it's better than 'organic' because you can know exactly where your food comes from (organic standards vary internationally), and it supports the local food economy, which allows for firmer food security for smaller farms in the future. What's more, if you are part of the food glitterati set, it can be extended to all sorts of groovy phrases such as locavore, invasivore or even a Melbavore.
Many people shop at markets because they feel they are connecting to the source of their food, they are communicating with vendors to gain a better understanding of where their food comes from, and how it has been harvested or processed. But not all of this food is local.
And before we get into what's from where, it really should be questioned what local really means. If it's from Sydney or Queensland is it still local? What about Tasmania or even New Zealand?
Technically speaking, when the locavore movement began – and it did 'begin' so to speak – coined by a group of foodies in the San Francisco Bay area when they created the first community-supported, worker-owned cooperative organised solely with the local foods from their area. They defined local as including food produced in a radius of 100 miles around San Francisco.
Now, the overall concept is not just limited to geography – it relates to the idea of local purchasing and direct contact with the supplier or farmer, which in theory should support the local food economy. As a locavore, there is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services rather than those produced by corporatized institutions.
Conflicting arguments have entered the localism debate recently as a group of researchers from The University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research have found that despite something being local, it can have a greater carbon footprint.
For instance, you can compare apples grown sustainably in New Zealand and transported in bulk in a low energy shipping container, in comparison to a Victorian-grown product which is grown with the use of farming chemicals, harvested and transported in a truck which has a greater energy output.
This shows that the environmental impact of food is affected not just by the distance that food travels, but also how it is harvested, transported, packaged, and processed. What's more, if we are driving to and from the market every week to buy small quantities of food, we also are contributing toward a greater carbon footprint.
Are you confused? I certainly am.
I decided to drop my tags of locavore and foodie fashionista in the bin this morning and just head to the market and enjoy it. I stopped in at South Melbourne Seafood and bought some Mount Martha Mussels, then I fossicked through a few of the delis and bought some filo wraps made by the stallholders. I bought some organic fruit and veg, all in season, and sourced from Melbourne and Tassie, then finally I popped in at Georgie's Harvest, where I learnt a little about one of the potato farmers she is currently working with.
But the penny dropped with me, when I finally skirted by Clement (the new, hip-looking, hole-in-the-wall-style coffee joint on the east side of the market). I couldn't help but be distracted by a number of beautifully presented blocks of chocolate displayed at the entrance to the store. As I asked about the chocolate, the girl immediately snapped to attention 'well,' she said. 'Let me explain a bit about it first… These beans are from this farm in South America, they use only organic cocoa beans and organic sugar. Their farming methods are small-scale and sustainable and the money goes directly to the farm. It's made with the utmost care by the village community and it's the best chocolate you will ever eat.'
She was right.
Which brings me back to my love of market shopping; you see – you can be a mathematician, a scientist or an avid hard-nosed foodie, but the most important thing is a sense of basic communication and knowledge of where your food comes from. You can only ever get this at the market. And this is where the value lies. Cocoa beans don't grow in Australia. If you want chocolate, you can't eat local. But if you shop at the market, you can know where it comes from. And be proud of it too.


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YUI 3.5.0 Preview Release 4, the last preview before the official release, is now available to the developer community for feedback and testing on the Yahoo! CDN at yui.yahooapis.com/3.5.0pr4/build/yui/yui-min.js, or as a download if you plan to test it locally. As previously noted, we are simultaneously releasing PR3 and PR4 and actively seeking community feedback against PR4 now.
The rollup of 3.5.0 changes introduced up through PR4 is available on our GitHub Wiki. You can also take a look at the lists of resolved tickets for PR3 and PR4.
Work-in-progress user guides and API docs for 3.5.0 can be found on our staging site, but beware that these docs may be incomplete or even broken until the official release. Official docs for the latest stable release can always be found on our production site, yuilibrary.com.
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To file bugs against this release, please visit our bug tracking system. If you'd like to provide input on these and future modules, the ongoing discussions on various topics relating to the 3.5.0 release are happening on our GitHub wiki.
We plan to release 3.5.0 final in mid-April. Happy testing!
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The examples on the staging site are not working
We're almost there with the final release! Thanks for all your hard work
Which examples? I just passed through a handful of them and they all worked for me..
http://yui.yahooapis.com/3.5.0pr4/build/yui/yui-min.js gives me a 404
same with the 404 for me (from Australia)
I'm checking from Brazil
Thanks for letting us know, Marc. We are working on resolving the issue.
Ok, send me a message if you want me to do some testing
Working now
wonderful work
popup calendar will work well or not?
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The Mentalist Review: An Odd Little Townby Christine Orlando at . Comments
It was a "Red Letter Day" on The Mentalist, as the oddities spread from the town of Percy, California to Jane's attic. The latter had to do with Agent Bob Kirkland.
Lisbon and Kirkland shared the most uncomfortable cup of coffee I've ever witnessed. What's the opposite of chemistry? Repulsion? Teresa looked as though she couldn't flee the scene fast enough.
Just when I thought Kirkland couldn't get any creepier, he did. As Jane and Lisbon mentioned in this The Mentalist quote…
Jane: Don't you think it's odd, Homeland Security's fascination with a California serial killer?
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But it just got odder. It was no surprise that he had his agents break into Jane's attic to see what he had on Red John... but what was his purpose? Was it to let Red John know what Jane had on him? Is he actually Red John and just admiring Jane's handiwork? I'm really not sure.
Percy, California turned out to be just as odd as the man who owned it. When Hollis snarled at his son that he should have known Julianna was his sister, I could completely understand why he snapped and killed him. What a horrible nightmare.
The best part of the Wild West setting was that it allowed Jane to sharpen his skills and relive a bit of his carnie days. I could only laugh when Jane told Kevin that his magic sucked eggs. It seemed so odd to hear those words come out of the normally more eloquent Patrick Jane.
Another highlight was allowing Rigsby to use his arson skills to crack the case of the cabin fires. It's always nice to be reminded that there is a smart investigator behind that Wayne Rigsby blank stare.
Even better was having Cho call out Rigsby for being dense when it came to Grace.
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That about summed it up. Of course the moment Wayne got the nerve to tell her how he felt I knew what was coming. The new boyfriend walked off the elevator.
Do you think Duncan will be another Red John minion? Perhaps the next Jack the Ripper? Married with a secret family? Knowing Grace's luck with love it could be all of the above.
Does Wayne have a chance with Grace? What's your theory on Kirkland's end game? And what will Patrick do now that he knows his fortress of solitude has been compromised? Tell me your theories before the next The Mentalist.
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our guess for the 7 suspects: Asher Maclean, Judge Manchester ( hubby's pick for red john),Markam Shankar, Gabe Mancini, Walter Mashburn, Ellis Mars (my pick for red john) and Max Winter...
The guy that Theresa Elizabeth is talking right on season 4 he could be Red John ask him what his nic name I think that Patrick Jane should go to the cafe and told tell this guy might be red John he is Robert something he might be red John Patrick Jane should Get some DNA test result if this guy might be red John and ask him what is name is ask him what he nic name and I think that Patrick should watch out for him I think that he might red john he is the one that killed his wife and daughter he should be in jail he should pay what he don to them. Patrick Jane do not kill him I kwon if he is red john
@Feint Gale Bertram and Mashburn are too tall.
Minelli and Cooper are too old. I think Dean Harken, Ray Haffner, Det. Marco Francis...CBI Ron...are possible suspects.
My vote is Ellis Mars... Mars aka "the red planet!?"
A part of me thinks Kirkland is a high up Red John minion while another part of me thinks that he may be doing his own investigation of Red John for personal reasons. Maybe Patrick wasn't the only one burned by Red John and out for revenge
@ Feint,
Interesting idea.
KM: It has a lot to do with how powerful Red John is. The big idea behind the theory is that Red John doesn't do any of his killings himself, but controls a number of minions from a safe place, in this case prison. It's basically a double buff; he alters his style a little(although you could argue the killings in Pilot were real RJ style) to seem like a copycat and gets caught so he can't really be a suspect anymore. Basically that would mean Jane is chasing Red John and he doesn't know he caught him already, making all his efforts worthless. Alternatively, it could turn out to be a story similar to the movie Copycat(1995).
@ Feint,
Wagner is an interesting choice. To be RJ he would have to either 1) have a doppelgänger in prison as he was arrested in 2008, or 2) have escaped prison and his escape has not been mentioned (we know he or his doppelgänger was in prison in season 3), or 3) he commands his minions from death row (if Lisbon has not yet pleaded on his behalf per her deal in "Ball of Fire") or life imprisonment. Options 2 and 3 seem a tad like a copycat of Fox's "The Following", though. I suppose one could argue that The Following, which began in 2013, is a bit of a The Mentlist copycat, in a sincere form of flattery way.
As far as my own list of 7 suspects goes, and I believe they will all be on Jane's final list of 7 too... Gale Bertram
Robert Kirkland
Walter Mashburn
Brett Partridge
Jason Cooper
Linus Wagner
Virgil Minelli The last two will most likely be in the last 10 suspects to be revealed in a week. I'd put my money on Linus Wagner being Red John IF Red John is indeed someone on the list(and if Linus Wagner makes it to the list). I would be very surprised if his list of suspects turned out to be accurate, though...
So we got another 10 suspects a while ago! Week 1: Bret Stiles
Don Henderson
Dean Harken
Asher Maclean
Gale Bertram
Doc Dugan
Judge Manchester
Paul Fricke
Glen (Glennda)Snow
Donny Culpepper Week 2: Markham Shankar
Gabe Mancini
Robert Kirkland
Max Winter
Sheriff Mcallister
Walter Mashburn
Tommy Volker
Brett Partridge
Jason Cooper
Ellis Mars This is some serious stuff, woah. Only Linus Wagner and Virgil Minelli missing and I got all my suspects covered.


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How do you make a terrorist even more evil? Turn him into the devil.
One of them is a favored hangout of "goths and rockers."
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Sulaiman Abu Ghaith describes his post-9/11 remote cave discussions.
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Review: SmrtGuard v2.15, Smart Security To Guard Your BlackBerry
SmrtGuard updated and we have a review of this app, and letting you know what it is. In today's world, we keep all of our sensitive information on our phones, losing them puts that information at risk. There are some great security apps out there and today we bring you SmrtGuard.
We have SmrtGuard available in the BlackBerry Sync Store, and it's available in three different subscriptions. Monthly for $3.99, Semi-Annual for $22.99, and Annual for $44.99. The description from the BlackBerry Sync Store is as follows:
- Hate the thought of exposing your personal data to stranger when losing your BlackBerry?
- Would you like to "lowjack" your BlackBerry and see it on a map?
- Would you like to protect your data by remote wipe all data (include microSD)?
- Would you like to track your family members and know if they are safe?
- With SmrGuard, you have the tools to backup and restore personal data over the air, track the location (lowjack) of your BlackBerry, and critically to execute a remote wipe in the event of theft or loss.
The features SmrtGuard includes are:
- With SmrtGuard, you are able to:
- Remote OTA Backup (manual or scheduled) PIMs, Call logs, Emails
- Remote OTA Restore PIMs, Call logs, Emails
- Remote Data Wipe (including microSD)
- Remote Tracking (lowjack) and Locating – see it on our companion website that comes with the account
- Remote Listen – Listen to your thief or be a spy
- Remote Lock
- Remote Audio Ping (to help you find the device)
- Personal Guardian (send out distress call with push of a button)
- SIMCard Guardian – alert send out when unauthorized SIM is used (GSM based phone only)
- Loved-one Tracking – Great for couples and families with smartphones to track each other
I downloaded and installed SmrtGuard on my BlackBerry Tour 9630. It downloaded easily. With the app, you are also given access to the online SmrtGuard dashboard. You have the ability to access your handset from online at any time. You must first access the online account and activate the handset and the online dashboard account as well.
I'm going to start by explaining the online SmrtGuard dashboard. You login on the site, from there it opens the Dashboard tab. From there you see Connection Status. Last Connected, the Battery Level, and the Radio Signal. This is all the information of the phone. When you open the Dashboard a short or "ghost" email is sent to the phone. You won't see it but it tests the phone. If you have alerts enabled for your phone with your email you should hear it but see nothing. On the bottom of the information you will see a Google Map with the location of the phone. There are ten buttons below the map in three columns.
The first column contains the following buttons. Device Info, Track My Phone, and Stop Tracking. If you click on Device Info a blue box will pop up with Device Stats: the information on the top of the map, and also the last backup information. Track My Phone will track your phone in the event that you lose it, and Stop Tracking in the event you find it.
The Second Column contains: Self Destruct, Self Destruct Test, and Remote Listen. For the purpose of the review, I did the Self Destruct Test. The screen displays the note that it is only a practice drill and asks for your password. The phone will have a message alerting you that it's only a test. The Remote Listen will ask for another phone number and you can have the phone call that number quietly and you can remotely listen. This is a way to see if it sounds like a busy place, a car, if you can recognize a voice or sounds.
The last column contains: Locate My Phone, Audio Ping, Lock Device, and Remote Backup. Locate My Phone locates the phone GPS wise. Audio Ping will send a ping to your phone, and Remote Backup will save the phone's content, much like a BES server would. You can see the arrows moving as data is backed up from the phone. Lock Device will ONLY work if you have your handset set up as password protected. This is done in the Options/Security Options.
The next tab is Account. Now in this tab it has Profile Information (name, email subscription information), Device Information (Your email, pin, smartphone model, OS, phone number, and carrier). Beneath is Permissioned Tracker and Add A Tracker. This is where you could add another phone and keep track of both.
The next tab is Contacts and displays the contacts from your phone if you have backed them up. Next tabs are: To Do (if you had any on your phone), Memo (any memos you had on your phone), Call Log, Events (your Calendar), Mail (all your emails that were backed up), SMS (your texts), and Location (showing the last whereabouts of your phone and dates). Contents are backed up quite well and contacts even has pictures.
Now the SmrtGuard on the BlackBerry. It displays an icon of an S on a shield. But when you scroll over it, it becomes a G on the shield. When you click on it you have Backup, Restore, Your Data, FollowMe, Where I've Been?, Personal Guardian, and Sim Guardian.
Backup has if Automatic Backup and frequency. It also shows Backup Status and whether Automatic Backup is enabled. Restore Status has the Contacts, Memos, Tasks, Events, Call Logs, Emails, and SMS. This has a check to what can be restored that has been backed up.
Your Data has how many Memos, Tasks, Contacts, Events, Call Logs, Emails, Files, and SMS you have. FollowMe asks whether you will be On Foot or In Vehicle and will track you. Where I've Been outlines where you have been . Mine was not too accurate. According to the Where I've been I've been in Spain and Ghana.
Personal Guardian enables you to have like an SOS contact. It sends an emergency email. This is perfect if you get in a dire situation and makes it safer for you should you ever find yourself in a life or death situation. The SIMS guardian allows you to backup your SIMs card and protect it.
I used the SmrtGuard, tested it out, and really found it to be quite comprehensive. It is easy for a newbie and for the person tech savvy.
CONS: Device Lock only works if the password protected option is enabled on your phone. Where I've Been? Isn't accurate, not even close. I've never been anywhere near Africa or Spain. But the rest of the options were flawless and worked. Backup does not include third party apps.
PROS: Every other option works and if you have your BlackBerry Password protected, it works great. I like that it alerts an emergency contact quietly and that I can listen in to my phone's surroundings. Now the fact there are lite free versions is nice, but I'd rather have the security of knowing my phone is fully protected, and the paid version offers that peace of mind.
What I loved? Everything about it except where I've been. I loved knowing that nearly everything could be backed up. I loved the idea of knowing I could wipe my phone from anywhere I have computer access. I also like knowing if I forgot my phone somewhere I could listen to figure out where or track it. Would I recommend this application? Of course.
Who would benefit from this application? Any individual who is concerned about his/her information, those who have their own business, those who work on their own, college students, spouses, and of course families who want to keep track of each other in times of concern such as your wife and/or daughter going on a road trip with a few friends or no one, things of that nature. An ounce of protection is worth a pound of after thought. The app does not back up third party apps, however, it's important to notate that if you purchased them from any store including the BlackBerry Sync or App World, your account should have the apps you've purchased listed so you can redownload them. You only have one life and one identity, protect them.
If you're wondering if there's a detailed user guide, there is and you can read it here:
You can download the latest version of SmrtGuard from the SmrtGuard website here:
Grab your SmrtGuard v2.15 in one of three subscriptions here
Compatible with OS: 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0
Compatible with BlackBerry devices:7130c, 71xx series, 81xx Pearl series, 82xx Flip Pearl series, 83xx Curve series, 8530 (Curve), 87xx series, 88xx World series, 89xx Curve series, 9000 (Bold), 95xx Storm series, , 9630/9650 (Tour), 9700 (Bold)
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The ''Laguna Beach'' finale: Break-up make-ups
Dude, it's late, it's the finale, and I'm, like, totally feeling gnarly and stuff about this, like, sad graduation and everything. I'm not sure why this warranted a whole hour but whatever. I guess it's just the end and stuff.
Basically, what we learned this time out was graduation = sad. We know this mainly because a lot of people said so. Explicitly. Once again, I think this is as much a function of high school as of being on camera. Teenagers know how they're feeling because they tell themselves. Seriously, when they eventually run a Laguna marathon which you know they will put it on closed-captioning and you'll realize how much the kids state their alleged state of mind for the world to hear. Usually in a less-than-articulate fashion. But that you already knew.
Even when playing tennis, Cami and Kyndra have to tell you precisely what they're thinking. ''It's so hard,'' Kyndra whined. I mean, like, uhhhh. How do they even deal? Anyway, she also decided she totally needed to take pictures of all the boys at graduation. I mean, how else would she know it happened? She'd have to, like, just remember it and stuff. That would totally suck.
Meanwhile, Rocky was, as usual, weirdly wise when she wasn't name-checking Vanna White. ''There's no point to like be together through summer if it's just gonna end,'' she told her mom while discussing her relationship with Alex. ''I know you're worried,'' said Mom, ''and I don't wanna see your little heart get broken, that's for sure.''
Eerily both less and more sensitive was Kyndra. ''If you don't cry, I'm gonna kill you,'' she told Cameron as they started their touching slide show of the seniors' childhood pics. ''I'll punch you so you like start crying.'' And, well, she was sorta right. They were all really super cute when they were kids.
''You're just gonna like have to make all new friends,'' Cameron later said in one of several heart-to-hearts with Kelan that indicated the two were actually way closer than we ever knew. ''That's weird.'' Sure, that somehow quickly segued into Kelan hoping his college roommate ''obeys the sock-on-the-door rule.'' And Cameron saying, ''I don't think any crew at Laguna Beach has ever had as much fun as we have,'' only for Kelan to respond, essentially, with a very reasonable ''um, really?''-type reaction. But still, it was sweet while it lasted.
Then a bunch of other convenient plot tie-ups happened: Breanna wrote a make-up letter to Rocky, Chase and Tessa had a final subtext-laden convo before he left to record his big rock-star album in L.A. Oh, yes, and Cameron called Jessica one last time after feeling lonely for what appeared to be about five seconds.
And so it was that we had our final Dramatic Reading of the night.
Cameron: Everyone's like moving on to like bigger and better things....You're like one of my best friends. You are.
Jessica: Thanks.
Cameron: You know like usually after like people are like together and then, like, they're like not together anymore?
Jessica: Yeah, they don't talk.
Cameron: It's awkward. You like don't wanna be around that person and stuff. It's like, it's really weird.
Jessica: It was fun though.
Cameron: I don't know. History repeats itself. [Knowing laugh.] What, why are you giving me the look, man?
Jessica: Not in our case.
Cameron: C'mon now. Do you think you'd like turn into my girlfriend?
Thank God the answer seemed to be no. (But you never know with these girls.) ''I will have a girlfriend,'' Cameron later told Chase. ''But I'm not gonna like settle down to a girlfriend until I meet someone where I'm just like, 'I'm so lucky to be with this chick. If she breaks up with me, like I'm gonna be bummed for like a year.' '' Sometimes, our Laguna kids are startlingly astute, even when they don't mean to be.
And though there was some more stuff about Rocky and Alex staying together, and one of the bitchy girls having once ''had an actual sardine'' in her Caesar salad (''it was scary''), I'll leave it on Cameron's deep thoughts. Somehow, that just feels right.
What do you think? How long will Rocky and Alex last? How long will Rocky and Breanna last? Are Rocky and Tessa over? And who should the show focus on next season?


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