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(April 11, 2008)--Emi Sei has been named Student Leader of the Month for March 2008. Sei is the recipient of a scholarship from the AT&T Foundation.
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Originally from Piedras Negras, Mexico, Sei is a biology and chemistry major and an active member of VOICES (Volunteer Organization Involving Community, Education and Service). Over the last four years, she has logged more than 400 service hours. In her spare time, she loves to go to the movies.
"It gives me great pleasure to nominate Emi Sei for Student Leader of the Month," said Amos. "I was one of the advisers who accompanied Emi Sei and nine other students to Piedras Negras, Mexico, to work at an orphanage as part of the Alternative Spring Break program. Emi's leadership skills were evident before we ever left San Antonio. She was part of the interview committee that selected the students who participated in this year's trip. It is not an exaggeration to say that I was blown away by the quality of student who represented UTSA on this humanitarian trip."
"While in Mexico, Emi wore every hat from travel guide to goodwill ambassador," added Amos. "The hat she wore that I appreciated most was interpreter. It seemed every five minutes someone was trying to get Emi's attention to translate what the children were saying, what the ATM was saying, what the menu was saying -- the questions really were non-stop. Emi's communication skills were definitely put to the test and I'm pretty sure the only time she had a break from the questions was when she was sleeping!"
"She handled everything we threw her way with an unbelievable amount of grace, patience and kindness; everyone can learn a thing or two from Emi's leadership qualities. From start to finish, Emi was an integral part in the planning, execution and ultimately the success of the trip. Emi Sei deserves to be Student Leader of the Month."
According to Lilly, "Emi will be graduating this semester and moving on to do biology research in graduate school. Her contributions to UTSA have been outstanding, and she has made an impact through 400-plus hours of community service through VOICES as well as through her many other contributions to campus."
The Student Leader of the Month Award is sponsored by the Office of Student Activities as a means to recognize outstanding leadership contributions of UTSA students. Nominees must meet these criteria:
- Full-time UTSA undergraduate or graduate student
- Cumulative grade point average of 2.25 or higher at time of nomination
- Must have demonstrated excellence in leadership above and beyond typical expectations
- Nominations must be for actions that positively impact the UTSA community
Nominations are made through the Office of Student Activities Web site and must be submitted by the fourth Thursday each month.
For more information visit the Office of Student Activities Web site or e-mail John Kaulfus.

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The opening shot of the new film by the always-interesting, often-exasperating Anderson recurs several times: it's the wake of a big boat seen from the stern, the water churned and roiling, its sudsy foam suggestive of wash-me-clean redemption. As it trails out, it's like time itself: the past is getting more distant by the second and, as the camera's angle of view makes plain, the future is behind us, out of sight.
The visual motif may point to the film's impelling idea, but if so, it was long ago lost among grand set pieces and extravagant characterisations. Hoffman, Phoenix and Adams act their socks off (and have all justly earned Oscar nominations for their pains), but the harder they try the more the life seems to drain from the film as a whole.
Unlike the extraordinary There Will Be Blood, which distilled the sweep of history into a specific, compelling yarn, The Master is all character; story is only incidental. The result is that it disappoints even as it exhilarates.
The main character, played by Phoenix, is Freddy Quell (Anderson, who created a porn star called Diggler and an oilman called Plainview, is good with apt names). We meet him on a sundrenched Pacific island in the last hours of World War II, and he quickly impresses as a troubled soul, an able seaman who attends with equal single-mindedness to the manufacture and consumption of powerful liquor (which may explain why about 10 per cent of his lines are incomprehensible).
Back in civilian life, he has trouble adjusting, to put it mildly: employed as a portrait photographer in a department store, he attacks a customer out of rage against the middle-class complacency he sees all around him; he loses another, as a crop-picker, when one of his cocktail-making operations goes tragically wrong.
Anderson does not trouble himself to explain why Quell is next seen impulsively boarding a luxury yacht moored in San Francisco Bay, but the following morning, on the high seas, he is discovered as a stowaway and ushered into the company and the world of Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), aka The Master.
Dodd, who introduces himself as "a writer, a doctor, a theoretical philosopher, and a nuclear physicist ... but above all, a man" is leader of a philosophical movement called The Cause and the two men fit together as guru and disciple like a right hand in a left-hand glove.
The Cause's obscure vocabulary (people who are "aberrated" submit to "processing" to get rid of "negative emotional impulses" with which their traumatic past has riddled them) has prompted comparisons with Scientology.
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If it's an attack, it's on hucksterism of all sorts - Hoffman captures perfectly the way in which charisma can make empty-headedness plausible, a pointed comment on our age if ever I heard one. But primarily it is a character study: these two men make unlikely soulmates - the reason for their attraction to each other is not clear to us or to Dodd's wife Peggy (Adams), whose apparent meekness hides a steely resolve. And the entirely inconclusive story arc makes a heavy demand on the viewer.
It's the misshapen architecture that remains the biggest problem, though: the crop-picking episode and the rest of Quell's five post-war years pass in a blur, yet long minutes are devoted to an obscure sequence in which both men ride a motorcycle through the desert.
In that scene and others (a flight through ploughed fields; the department store interiors; the close-up two-hander scenes) Anderson's cinematographer, Mihai Malaimare, turns in ravishing work - though screenings here won't show it at its 70mm best. But, like the score by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, it's more than the film can bear.
It's as though the filmmaker has ideas for moments in a story but no sense of the story itself. We end up being more fascinated than we should be by two characters who never really do anything to command our attention.
Stars: 3/5
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Running time: 143 mins
Rating: R13 (sex scenes, offensive language)
Verdict: A mesmerising and magnificent failure.
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(BTW, the Commission beat the "pants" off the Council. Is that pants as in trousers or pants as in catching one's breath?)
Residents are encouraged to accept this challenge from our Park and Recreation Commission to create a "Culture of Fitness". The challenge starts officially this Monday, the 12th, but anyone can buy the Palo Alto pedometer at Lucie Stern community center at 1305 Middlefield Road. This fits in with my goals of a Walkable Community and the City Council priority of addressing Climate Action to reduce greenhouse gases.
I invite all of you to enthusiastically participate, and I will also offer to come to any neighborhood association that joins as a group and walk in their neighborhood with them some weekend!
Yoriko Kishimoto
Mayor of Palo Alto
To: City of Palo Alto Boards and Commissions and Neighborhood Associations
From: Palo Alto Park and Recreation Commission
Subject: An Invitation to Join the Challenge and Create a "Culture of Fitness" in Palo Alto
A New Challenge begins Monday, February 12 and finishes10 weeks later on Monday, April 16, 2007 and you are invited and encouraged to participate.
Given the success that the Park and Recreation Commission achieved during the City Council/Park and Recreation Challenge last fall, the Mayor requested that the Challenge be extended for another 10-week period and asked that the City of Palo Alto's other Boards and Commissions be invited to participate.
The goal is to see which groups can take the most steps, monitored by a pedometer, in the 10-week period. Sixty minutes of biking or swimming are equal to 10,000 steps per day and will be counted.
Mayor Kishimoto says, "We are excited about taking the next step in getting Palo Alto moving and challenging our citizens to create a Culture of Fitness in Palo Alto in 2007. I want to invite your neighborhood association, community group or business to join the Challenge and contribute to the "culture of fitness."
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• Challenge will be presented at the City Council meeting on Monday, February 5, 2007 during Oral Communications.
• Invitations are being extended to all Boards and Commissions to join the "Culture of Fitness" Challenge.
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• The City of Palo Alto has created commemorative pedometers for the Challenge, which can be purchased at the Recreation Department, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
• All participants in the Fitness Challenge are invited to sign up at the City of Palo Alto Recreation web site and use the www.10000steps.org.au Fitness Calendar Grid to log their steps. The Challenge will be "on your honor" and the results will be published and posted.
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Background – At the December 19, 2006, Park and Recreation Commission Meeting, Commissioner Anne Cribbs announced the winners of the Commission vs. City Council Challenge. The Commission, with six of the seven Commissioners participating, plus one staff member, logged in a grand total of 4,068,881 steps. Commissioner Beth Trailer was the individual winner with 947,643 steps, with Commissioner Pat Markevitch close behind at 947,221 steps.
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 10, 2007 at 10:17 pm
I do my steps into the neighbor cities (to do my shopping), because Palo Alto has none.
a resident of Downtown North
on Feb 11, 2007 at 9:55 am
Can you explain why the council did not select any of the previous applicants for the openings on the Parks & Rec commission? Instead they chose to open up the application process again.
This seems like an insult to those who volunteered their services...
or were the applicants not healthy enough to do the 10,000 steps?
a resident of Palo Verde School
on Feb 11, 2007 at 10:05 am
Palo Verde School has a walking club where they are logging laps around the school field. Some recognition of this in the program might be a good idea. I think it is being used by a lot of the kids who would be mainly standing around chatting rather than getting exercise by playing. It is also a great way to get over crowded playgrounds utilised better than by getting kids to do crafts, etc. at lunchtime.
a resident of College Terrace
on Feb 14, 2007 at 6:57 pm
"Can you explain why the council did not select any of the previous applicants for the openings on the Parks & Rec commission? Instead they chose to open up the application process again.
This seems like an insult to those who volunteered their services...
or were the applicants not healthy enough to do the 10,000 steps"
I agree. I know of one very talented and dedicated candidate, yet he goes through the process, and gets kicked in the teeth. What's going on?
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Re: st: Simultaneously accounting for clustering at two different levels with vce(cluster) option
Misha Spisok <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Simultaneously accounting for clustering at two different levels with vce(cluster) option
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See, also, Cameron, Gelbach, and Miller, Robust Inference with
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On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Lily Yor <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Hi, I have data that is clustered at two different levels -- i.e., I have
> data at classroom level and at school level. I need to account for these
> two sets of intraclass clustering, but the clusters at each level are too
> few to run a formal multi-level model (for example, there are only 8 schools
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> dependent variable is binary -- whether a student has passed a certain test
> or not) and adjust the standard errors by using vce(cluster) option, but
> there doesn't seem to be a way to simultaneously, in a single model, account
> for clustering at both levels (i.e., classroom level and school level).
> The way I have approached this problem thusfar is to run the logistic
> regression model with vce(cluster) option applied to account for classroom
> clustering, and then include school dummies in the same model, but this does
> not seem to be a satisfactory solution:
> logit [dep var] [ind_var1] [ind_var2] [ind_var3] [school2] [school3]
> [school4] [school5] [school6] [school7] [school8], vce(cluster classroom_id)
> If you have any tips and suggestions on how I could use the vce(cluster)
> option to account for both classroom and school clustering, I would very
> much appreciate your help.
> Thank you so much.
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Спальные места3
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Площадь40 м²
Этаж №
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|Calle Faustino Álvarez, 41002 Sevilla, Испания
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•The building is located on a parallel street to calle Feria, where you find supermarkets, shops and an excellent food market (fresh fish, meat, fruit and vegetables).
•The decoration is basic, yet it is equipped with all kinds of amenities to make your stay comfortable.
•We recommend the boulevard of Alameda de Hércules to eat out or to have a drink, only 2 minutes away, with a wide variety of bars, restaurants and cafés.
•Close to the promenade walk along the river Guadalquivir and the theme park of Isla Mágica.
•Surrounded by important monuments: the Andalusian Parliament, the Basilica of la Macarena, the Arabic Walls, the church of San Luis, the tower of don Fadrique, etc.
•Well connected with other areas of the city by public transportation.
•Public parking next to the Andalusian Parliament, about 5 minutes walk from the apartment.
Check-out at 11:00, flexibility depending on the availability.
Правила ПроживанияCheck-in from 15:00 to 21:30.
From 21:30 to 23:30, there is an extra charge of 25€.
From 23:30 to 01:00, there is an extra charge of 40€.
From 01:00 on, the charge is of 60€.
These amounts must be paid on cash at the check in.
Check-out before 12:00.
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|20002 руб.
|Цена за месяц (вплоть до 2 гостей)
|45996 руб.
|Цена за 2 гостей
|1000 руб. за одну ночь/ дополнительная ночь
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An excellent apartment close to the Cathedral & the bullring , calle Adriano with a large selection of restaurants & bars was mere steps away from the front door.
The apartment was air conditioned , the TV had a facility to change the Spanish version of many programmes back to the original English language version , hot water was constantly available & the washing machine was a Godsend.
Hugely impressed and would return.
Fine appartment a bit noicy but that's a feature of the Spanish temper.
We had big expectations on this apartment, due to the very high price. We are very disappointed! Improvements have to be done to make this study serious, otherwise stop rent out.
Negative things:
- The study did not have any air-conditioning this must be mentioned in the description of the appartment!!!! Imagine, in July with 30 degrees and three Tapas bars just under our balcony, made it impossible to sleep, because we had to have the balcony door open (noisy until 3 a.m.). With closed door you could not sleep due to the heat.
- The study was quite dirty and non-fresh. Marks on wall paper etc. and we had to clean the bathroom ourselves before using it.
- The stove was in a bad condition. Only two out of four stove plates functioned.
- The sheet was too small for the mattress, so where ending up laying on the mattress itself
- The balcony was very small
- The pots and pans were worn out with broken layer. Must be upgraded (the rest of the kitchen and tools were Ok)
Positive things:
- The study is very close to the beach
- The view from the balcony was very nice
- The study has a washing machine
- If it is too windy on the beach there is a swimming pool included
central, clean, price okay
Terrific location, 5 minute walk from Cathedral. Apartment as described in the website. Carmen and Jesus were great, always available and helpful. Highly recommended.
Nicely located appartment with beautifull terace on the roof. Kitchen is minimum but enough to make your coffee in the morning.
We were happy to stay in this appartment, and the owner (Eva) is very hospitable. The appartment has a very charming terrace, where we spent most time. We liked the area, where the appartment is situated with its many local bars, and would like to recommend a stay in this appartment.
The appartment is located in a great area of beautiful Sevilla, you can walk easily to nearby Pubs, Restaurants, Shopping places!
The appartment has got evrything u need, a huge comfy bed with room for 3persons!! the room is small,but nice!
Great terace upstairs!
We enjoyed our stay really much, thanks a lot, we will come back for sure!!
Very nice appartment, very functional and furnished with everything one might need. Moreover it's perfectly located Close to Train Station and City Center. For a longer stay it might be a bit dark, as it has only Windows to a courtyard,
The apartment was just great. Clean and easily walkable to all interesting areas of Seville. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was that the noise from the street filters into the apartment, the windows could do with thicker glass. Carmen was always ready to answer any questions we had, and everything worked out just fine. I would recommend.
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Atherton Town Center, the Library, and Perpetuating the Private Army
Original post made by Jerry Lewis, Atherton: other, on Jun 24, 2012
Didi Fisher, Jerry Carlson, Elizabeth Lewis, Valerie Gardner, and Charles Marsala are the leaders of a faction that are demanding special votes, recalls, and referendums on not building a new library in the park. They have recently recruited Peter Carpenter to their cause.
Kathy McKeithen, Bill Widmer and Jim Dobbie have been very inarticulate in defending why it's important to not let these detractors fool Atherton voters.
The whole point is to get the library money away from the library and into the hands of the new Town Center (which, for all intents and purposes, is a new police building) so the police department is assured to not get outsourced.
Preventing police outsourcing is personally important to many of the people leading the special vote movement, since they have received special treatment by their private army for years.
Let's look at the new Town Center, and whether the library should be considered as part of it. The Town of Atherton certainly cannot afford a new Town Center. It's money that is either going to be raised by private donations (they say), or by siphoning off money from the library in the Ponzi scheme Charles Marsala proposed several years ago.
Which of these two alternatives is true?
Well, how much money has been pledged by private donations so far?
Didi Fisher? How much have you pledged?
How about Steve Dostart, who is also on the committee?
jerry Carlson, Elizabeth Lewis, how much are you in for?
You really have to ask if these founders of the movement won't donate money, will anyone? Will they at least get it started by pledging their own donations to set an example?
No they won't. This is all about taking the library money to give to the police.
Comments (6)
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 25, 2012 at 7:11 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
There is no such committee and I am certainly not a member of any organized group on either the Library or the Town Center. It is a logical fallacy that the Citizens' interest in where the new library should be located is somehow connected to the Town Center project.
The fact is that our elected officials are split 3-2 on an issue which involves the long term location of the Town's only library in the Town's only Park. The citizens wish to be heard on this issue and the current petition will ensure a Special Meeting of the Town Council that will permit them to be heard.
SEC. 3. (a) The people have the right to instruct their
representatives, petition government for redress of grievances, and
assemble freely to consult for the common good.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 25, 2012 at 10:52 am
Peter, here is a link to the Town Center committee:
Web Link
As you can see, most of the individuals opposed to building the library in the park are on this committee.
Thanks for quoting the constitution. Of course it's up to voters to determine "common good." I say Fisher and her group want to get the library money for the Town Center. My analysis is above.
I'm hoping I'm wrong, that the money truly is not going to come from the library, and that Didi Fisher, Jerry Carlson, Elizabeth Lewis, Rose Hau, Steve Dostart, John Shenk and Phil Lively can let us know how much they have pledged for the new Town Center.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 25, 2012 at 11:25 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The Citizens' Petition calling for a Special Meeting of the Town Council on the library issues does NOT presume or call for a particular outcome - it simply ensures that the citizens will have the opportunity to speak out on these issues:
The Petition Motion: We, adult residents of the Town of Atherton, in accordance with the Town's Municipal Code Section 2.04.010 hereby petition for a Special Meeting of the Town Council with the following agenda:
A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives, therefore the public may address the Council on any item on the Special Session Agenda. Each speaker may address the Council once for each agenda item under Public Comment for a limit of three minutes. The filing of speaker cards is not mandatory, but is helpful in creating an accurate record.
1. Should the location of the new library be decided by a town-wide vote by residents?
Council Action: Vote — Yes or No
2. Where should the new library be located?
Council Action: Park? Vote — Yes or No
Council Action: New Town Center? Vote — Yes or No
Council Action: Current Location? Vote — Yes or No
3. Should Atherton withdraw from the county-wide Library JPA?
Council Action: Vote — Yes or No
4. Should the Town prepare, with citizen participation, a Master Plan study for all buildings and structures, existing or planned, all Town-owned properties and their uses or proposed uses?
Council Action: Vote — Yes or No
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 25, 2012 at 11:38 am
Thanks for the agenda, Peter, it's been posted elsewhere. The agenda is clear; the motivations are not.
I guess we're not going to get an answer to the question:
"Will Didi Fisher et al. make a contribution to the cause they claim is being funded by private contributions (and not the library)?"
so it's clear the purpose of the special meeting is not to get money away from the library to the Town Center.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 25, 2012 at 11:51 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
" The agenda is clear; the motivations are not."
I wrote the agenda and my motivations are VERY clear - to ensure that the citizens will have the opportunity to speak out on these issues. I have NOT taken a position on where the new library should be located or on the Town Center BUT I have taken a position on the right of the citizens to be heard.
What are your motivations - beside casting aspersions?
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 28, 2012 at 11:03 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Note that the Town Council has called a Special Meeting of the Town Council for tomorrow to decide if a citizens' vote on the library location should be placed on the Council 18 July agenda.
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Verizon leads the industry, with the most expensive average contract, best coverage
Verizon Inc. (
its results
[PDF] this morning. Verizon owns one of the nation's fastest growing cable services, Verizon FiOS (fiber optic service), as well as vestigial landline services. It also is currently co-owner of Verizon Wireless, which it has a 55 percent stake in. Verizon Wireless is currently the largest mobile carrier in the U.S. and enjoys the broadest coverage of Americans in less populated regions.
I. Vodafone Deal Set to Wrap up, Give VZ Sole Control of VZW
A key backdrop of the earnings report is the upcoming Jan. 28 shareholder vote on whether to
complete the acquisition
of Vodafone Plc's (
) 45 percent
minority stake in Verizon Wireless for a whopping $130B USD
The deal will comprise $58.9B USD in cash, $60.2B USD in Verizon stock, and $11B USD from smaller transactions. The move would dilute Verizon shareholders substantially as it will involve issuing 1.28 billion shares of common stock, adding to the current pool of 2.87 billion shares. On the other hand, it would allow Verizon to fully reap the profits of being the biggest carrier in the world's most lucrative market -- the U.S.
Verizon Wireless
formed in 1999
from the merger of Vodafone's U.S. network "AirTouch" and Bell Atlantic Corp. Bell Atlantic was one of the seven "Baby Bells" formed in the aftermath of the 1982 antitrust settlement with American Telephone and Telegraph.
[Image Source: Bloomberg.com]
Bell Atlantic had already merged with another Baby Bell in 1996 (NYNEX). At the time of the merger Bell Atlantic was also closing a deal to acquire the wireless services of General Telephone & Electronics Corp. (GTE), a veteran carrier who had been the biggest competitors to the "old" AT&T. Hence Verizon Wireless can be viewed as an amalgamation of two Baby Bells (Bell Atlantic and NYNEX), a foreign entrant (Vodafone Touch), and an independent market veteran (GTE). At its inception Verizon Wireless had about 21 million customers, including the pending GTE adds. Verizon Wireless would later go on to acquire MCI Inc., another Baby Bell derivative.
Today, Verizon has 102.799 million customers and controls roughly a third of the total wireless market. The acquisition of Vodafone's stake was
officially announced
in Sept. 2013 and has already
received the blessing
of the
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC). Typically the
U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) has six months to respond if it wishes to challenge a merger or share acquisition. Experts believe it is unlikely to do so, but if it were to do so, it would need to file by the start of April. Typically the DOJ approval is silent -- by not filing a challenge -- as in the case of
the merger
of Deutsche Telekom AG (ETR:DTE) subsidiary
T-Mobile USA with MetroPCS
As top shareholders already pushed the deal in its final form to fruition, the Jan. 28 vote is largely a perfunctory final gesture, which along with silent DOJ consent will allow the pair to full merge by Q3.
II. Q4 2013 Earnings -- Better Than Expected
So what outlook faces the soon-to-be-wholly owned wireless unit?
Well for now Verizon's earnings show a thriving business. In Q4 2014 Verizon added 1.653 million total subscribers (1.573 million postpaid, 80k prepaid), a total that was good enough for a virtual tie with
T-Mobile USA, which added 1.645 million new subscribers
. T-Mobile USA is currently in fourth place in subscribers, while Verizon remains in first.
In a way a tie is a win for Verizon, who for the last two quarters had trailed the reinvigorated T-Mobile USA in subscriber growth. Indeed analysts were pessimistic headed in to the earnings report. Credit Suisse Group AG (
) analysts predicted 1.5 million adds, the same average of five analysts
contacted by
Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
survey of 9 analysts
predicted an even drearier 1.3 million adds.
Verizon remains the nation's biggest network in coverage and subscribers.
Postpaid churn ticked barely upwards from 0.95% in Q4 2012 (on a year-on-year (YoY) basis) to 0.96% in Q4 2013. The percentage of handsets activated improved somewhat, jumping from 85.4 to 88.9 percent. Both figures together show Verizon is one of the most successful players currently in getting and keeping customers.
In terms of landline services, another 1.5 million customers (roughly) dropped the landline, cutting the total subscriber base to roughly 21.1 million lines, of which roughly 11.2 million are residential. However, Verizon added 1 million digital voice subscribers, to its FiOS voice network, which now has 4.2 million subscriptions.
Verizon's young FiOS cable video and internet offerings also grew by 500 and 600 million on a yearly basis, respectively, and 92,000 and 126,000 from the previous quarter. Verizon 5.3 million video and 6.1 million cable internet subscribers, respectively. For comparison, Verizon's FiOS footprint is now roughly half that of Time Warner Inc. (
) who has 11.4 million video and 11.1 million internet customers (roughly) in Q4 [sources:
]. Comcast is more than three times the size of Verizon FiOS
21.6 million video subscribers and 20.3 million internet subscribers at the end of Q3.
The FiOS growth was the sole area Verizon missed; analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S expected 130,000-150,000 video subscriber adds and 150,000-175,000 internet subscriber adds.
Growth of Verizon's cable internet, phone, and video service, FiOS, fell short of analyst expectations.
The combined wireless and wired service provider pulled in revenue of $31.1B USD for the quarter, better than the YoY prior result of $30.05B USD. That total beat analyst expectations of $31B USD (
) or $31.02B USD (Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S).
Earnings, with a pension charge included were $5.07B USD ($1.77 USD per share) in Q4, a great turnaround from the YoY result of a loss of $4.23B USD ($1.48 USD per share). With "unusual items", the net earnings came in at $1.89B USD ($0.66 USD per share) -- a penny per share better than the analyst expectation of
and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The small profit surprise was driven by terrific margins at 47 percent -- slightly better than the
surveyed analyst expectation of around 46 percent.
III. T-Mobile Fears Sink Shares
The FiOS miss was a part of why Verizon stock was down in today's trading. But an integral part of why analysts were less than impressed with what appeared to generally be a better than expected performance was ongoing fears about T-Mobile's disruptive tactics.
While T-Mobile USA has perhaps been the most vocal in targeting AT&T, Inc. (
), America's second largest carriers, Verizon Wireless is the nation's most expensive carrier so may be at risk from pressure from the budget end.
A Verizon Wireless customer now pays $157.21 USD on their monthly bill, on average, up 7.1 percent from a year ago. That's higher than the analyst expectation of $156.38 USD per month. That's both good and bad news -- good news for Verizon's profits, bad news for Verizon trying to attract new customers.
Verizon leads the industry in having the highest wireless bills. [Image Source: Flickr/Exif]
Facing questions about pricing in a earnings call, Fran Shammo, Verizon chief financial officer, promised:
We are prepared to respond where we see a need to respond.
Craig Moffett, head analyst at MoffettNathanson Research, says that may no easy task, commenting in a research note:
There is a price differential where -- well, where even satisfied customers will declare enough is enough. The only question that remains is whether we have already crossed it. They are vulnerable precisely because they have been so successful.
Jonathan Chaplin, an analyst with New Street Research, echoes in a separate note:
We expect rising competitive intensity to create a headwind for growth in 2014. We don't think Verizon is out of the woods. We believe competitive pressure is still coming.
The consolidation of ownership of the wireless business is generally popular, but analysts are taking note of AT&T and third-place Sprint Corp. (
) move towards contract-free prepaid offerings and perks such as early device upgrades, moves that were arguably first instigated by T-Mobile.
John Legere [SOURCE: The New York Times]
By contrast Verizon has been more resistant of such profit-cutting moves, gambling that its nation-leading network will convince customers to pay more and put up with having a few less perks.
So far that gamble has paid off. But analysts aren't convinced that it's going to stay that way, as they fear customers may be reaching a breaking point, price-wise.
IV. Intel OnCue Deal, Hyunda-Kia Service Win
Verizon is hoping to boost its TV business with a $200M USD
a soon-to-be announced acquisition bid
for Intel Corp.'s (
) small 350 employee OnCue TV business, which has been shopped around looking for a buyer.
In a way the deal would position Verizon in the cable space as a T-Mobile-like market disruptor.
The unit specializes in a cable internet-based model, which delivers cable video-style content over internet to subscribers. The technology could provide crucical momentum for Verizon FiOS's slowing video growth. Traditionally cable video providers like Comcast and TWC have leaned on shutting out competitors cable line deployments locally, leaving them with a monopoly or duopoly in many regions. With the Intel unit, Verizon has another option -- to simply pipe cable-quality video over its faster-growing internet FiOS network, even if rivals stall its FiOS cable video deployment.
[Image Source: WorldTV PC]
Additionally, Verizon's CFO Shammo announced plans to push for an upgrade in Verizon's debt rating following the Vodafone deal's closure. Planned to span four to five years, the effort looks to bump the service provider's rating one notch with major agencies, from the current level of BBB+ to A-. Verizon had formerly held an A- rating, but lost it when it took on more debt to expand its network and make acquisitions.
The CFO
We need to de-lever as quickly as possible. We are going to continue to invest in our network and our platforms. We're going to continue to acquire spectrum, which we need to deliver our wireless performance.
The company also received a bit of good news when it was announced that it would be the service provider for Hyundai Motor Comp.'s (
) and its sister company Kia Motor Corp. (
). The deal will initially involve 3G data links in various car and truck models, but will eventually include 4G connections.
[Image Source: Bloomberg]
Hyundai spokesperson Miles Johnson plugged the new partner,
We chose Verizon because of their coverage and quality, while other outlets have issues with dropped calls. Verizon's coverage is more robust.
Verizon will provide the backbone of the new second generation Blue Link system. Last year Hyundai and Kia sold roughly 1.5 million vehicles in the U.S., about half of market leader General Motors Comp.'s (
) 2.8 million vehicles sold in the U.S. Verizon Wireless also has contracts with Daimler AG's (
) luxury brand Mercedes-Benz and Toyota Motor Corp. (
). AT&T is thought to dominate the services for major U.S. traditional auto brands, including GM and Ford Motor Comp. (
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I missed the part were it was cut into three parts and the mag well was removed although Im not sure why the mag well would need to be cut out on a non FA weapon. I read the thread some time ago and it was only getting cut in two.
Is there some writtin guide lines on demilling your own fire arm and disposing of it??? Im sure if not dne correctly you could get into trouble. for exampe you dimp the parts and they are found by kids ect. there has got to some rules to this.


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Week 1
My first day with Simplefit.
14 rounds. Had to do subs for pull-ups after some rounds.
Squats seemed (too) easy. Maybe I should use a medicine ball or kettle bell - but make sure I improve my technique first.
Had two kids climbing on me for some of the time but it worked pretty well.
Just what I need - a program that can be done at home with the kids running around :)
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Much harder today! Still stiff from my first day.
Not able to do full pull-ups. I pull myself up as far as I get, and then lower myself controlled.
Maybe it would be better to do subs?
Guess my push-up technique could be better - at least I'm a little bit uncertain about correct form when I get tired.
Squats seemed easy first day - today it was hard enough :)
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Happy Birthday to Fred Beckey
Happy belated birthday to Fred Beckey, who turned 90 on Monday. Beckey's 90 years have been devoted to mountains, and his climbing adventures have left him with more first ascents in the mountains than anyone in North American climbing history.
Beckey writes in the forward of his most recent book Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs, "Some say mountains have a 'psychic gravity' enticing us into their grip." And after 90 years, Beckey continues to feel the pull of the Mountains. He still climbs, writes, and travels the world, and the adage of the infamous T-shirt still stands: "Beware of Beckey: He Will Steal Your Women, Steal Your Route."
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Playboy.com's Exclusive Interview with Snoop Dogg: Part 2
Check out the second installment of Playmate Raquel Pomplun's interview with rap superstar Snoop Dogg.
It's not every day that one of music's biggest and best-known superstars stops by the Playboy Mansion.
Well, it is. It happens all the time, actually. But sometimes it's really special. Sometimes, the King of California himself stops by for his own private party, and when that happens, it'd be a huge mistake not to sit him down for a talk over every detail about that special point in pop culture where Snoop Dogg and Playboy intersect. So that's exactly what we did.
You may have seen the first part of our interview with Snoop, where he gave us his three points to living the right kind of life. This time, he gives us his rundown of why he loves the Playboy Mansion more than anywhere else on earth. And don't miss the beautiful Playmate Raquel Pomplun, our lovely and talented host, as she navigates the biggest interview of her career.
Check back next week for part three of our interview with Snoop Dogg. Enjoy! Music provided by Liquid Stranger.


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China's overseas critics under pressure from smear campaigns, cyber attacks
"I think my actions ... have harmed the national interest. What I have done was very wrong. I seriously and earnestly accept to learn a lesson and plead guilty," said Chinese journalist Gao Yu during a televised confession on the state-run channel CCTV in May 2014.


text: Ok, here is my write up on replacing my BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR in my 96 suburban 1500 4x4. The symptoms were this: my blower would only work on the highest setting. I still had the function of the vent selector: I could still switch between feet, mixed, face and winshield defrost, etc. The only thing was that the blower or fan would only work when I turned it to the highest setting. As stated by all of the forums, it was the BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. Here is how I fixed it. 1st - remove the glove box by simply squeezing the sides to allow for it to fall forward. 2nd - remove 2 screws that hold the Bosch plug in place 3rd - use a pair of small needle nose pliars to squeeze the plastic barbs together to ease in the removal of the radio harness plug and the plug next to it. 4th - Slide the Bosch plug forward in order to remove it from the metal bracket. 5th - at this point you should have the top of the resistor in sight. 6th - push back the wire and remove the 2 screws that secure the resistor in place. The plug on the top of the resistor is held in place by a plastic tab only on one of the two sides. Be careful not to break this. Simply press in the release and gently pull. Then reverse all of your steps and you should be done in no time. Dont know if this was already done or not, but I hope it helps out. Let me know what cha' think. i'm out.......:glasses:


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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Their study of Gulf War veterans, published online today in PLOS ONE, may help explain why clinicians have consistently encountered veterans with different symptoms and complaints.
Using brain imaging that was acquired before and after exercise tests, the researchers studied the effects of physical stress on the veterans and controls. Following exercise, subgroups were evident. In 18 veterans, they found that pain levels increased after completion of the exercise stress tests exercised; fMRI scans in these participants showed loss of brain matter in adjacent regions associated with pain regulation.
During cognitive tasks, this group showed an increased use of the basal ganglia -- a potential compensatory strategy the brain uses that is also seen in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Following exercise, this group lost the ability to employ their basal ganglia, suggesting an adverse response to a physiological stressor.
In addition, "a separate group of 10 veterans had a very different clinical alteration," says lead author Rakib Rayhan, a researcher in the lab of the study's senior investigator, James Baraniuk, MD, a professor of medicine at GUMC.
In these 10 veterans, the researchers found substantial increases in heart rate. They also discovered that this subgroup had atrophy in the brain stem, which regulates heart rate. .
In addition, brain scans during a cognitive task performed prior to exercise showed increased compensatory use of the cerebellum, again a trait seen in neurodegenerative disorders. Like the other group, this cohort lost the ability to use this compensatory area after exercise.
Alterations in cognition, brain structure and exercise-induced symptoms found in the veterans were absent in the 10-participant matched control group, the researchers say.
"The use of other brain areas to compensate for a damaged area is seen in other disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, which is why we believe our data show that these veterans are suffering from central nervous system dysfunction," Rayhan explains. He adds, however, that because such changes are similar to other neurodegenerative states, it doesn't mean that veterans will progress to Alzheimer's or other diseases.
These findings -- a surprise to researchers -- follow a study in Gulf War veterans published in March in PLOS ONE that reported abnormalities in the bundle of nerve fibers connecting the brain areas involved in the processing and perception of pain and fatigue.
Gulf War Illness is the mysterious malady believed to have affected more than 200,000 military personnel who served in the 1990-1991 Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Although veterans were exposed to nerve agents, pesticides and herbicides (among other toxic chemicals), no one has definitively linked any single exposure or underlying mechanism to Gulf War illness.
The symptoms of Gulf War illness -- which have not been widely accepted by the public or medical professionals -- range from mild to debilitating and can include widespread pain, fatigue and headache, as well as cognitive and gastrointestinal dysfunctions.
"Our findings help explain and validate what these veterans have long said about their illness," Rayhan says.
Support for the study was provided by a Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program award (W81-XWH-09-1-0526) and federal funds (grant # UL1TR000101, previously UL1RR031975) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program.
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Intel® CoFluent™ Studio
Intel® CoFluentTM Studio can be used to model and simulate the behavior, timing requirements, architecture and performance estimates (throughput, latency, load, power, memory, cost) of any electronic system: HW IP, embedded SW application, mixed HW/SW multiprocessor system. Use cases of the system are modeled so the automatically generated transaction-level SystemC code can be used as verification testbench.
Behaviors are described with intuitive graphical notations and ANSI C/C++ code, although algorithms can be left undefined and abstracted to their sole execution time. Platforms are built by assembling generic models of universal components like processors, integrated circuits, memories, busses, interfaces. Each generic model provides variable design parameters to easily adjust its behavior and performance characteristics.
Intel® CoFluentTM Studio allows for behavioral and performance estimation without the need for embedded software application code, firmware, or a precise description of the platform with models of each component/IP core.
- No hardware IPs are needed
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Intel® CoFluentTM Studio is an integrated Electronic-System-Level modeling and simulation environment composed of:
- A graphical modeler for capturing the system's use cases, behavior and execution platform (the frontend)
- A simulation framework for automatically generating and instrumenting a transaction-level SystemC model of the complete system (including HW/SW partitioning) and interpreting simulation traces with a rich set of analysis tools
- A SystemC library (extending the Accellera SystemC 2 and TLM libraries) constituting the computation (multiprocessor, multicore, multitask/multithread) and communication (message queues, events, busses, interconnects, networks) simulation engine at the heart of Intel® CoFluentTM Studio
- A DML code generator for translating graphical models into fast functional models for the Wind River Simics* simulation platform
Intel® CoFluentTM Studio targets complex multiprocessor systems with rich application content, whether they are:
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- On-chip (SoC, FPGA, ASIC, ASSP)
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- Targeted at system/specification engineers, application modeling/testbench developers and software engineers
- For modeling and simulating the behavior and time properties of electronic applications with simple graphics and C/C++ code
- For automatic generation of SystemC or DML timed-functional model
- For obtaining timed-executable specifications of the application for further system architecting or implementation
Intel® CoFluentTM Studio for System Architecting
- Targeted at system architects and software architects
- For exploring prospective system architectures (application-to-platform) and predicting their performance and power consumption
- For obtaining a virtual system (platform + application) description in transaction-level SystemC serving as executable specifications for further hardware/software design and implementation
Intel CoFluent Studio allows developers of electronic systems and chips to:
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Current processes can't cope with growing complexity and time-to-market
Existing tools only help verify late in projects already made choices
Cost to fix late design errors is prohibitive
|Securely predict behavior and performance from partial software and hardware for design validation at all stages
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The Challenge: Local communities and school districts must meet diverse needs, whether it is for new teachers, better training, new schools or better curricula.
The Solution: Through program consolidation and new flexibility, No Child Left Behind allows local communities and school districts greater discretion in using federal funds while demanding accountability for how taxpayer money is spent.
It promotes local control and flexibility
- This encourages local solutions for local problems.
- No Child Left Behind encourages federal money to be used to solve problems, rather than to subsidize bureaucracy.
- That means principals and administrators will spend less time filling out forms and less time dealing with federal red tape and more time focusing on student progress.
It provides states and local communities the option of combining federal resources to pursue their own strategies for raising student achievement.
- It authorizes districts to transfer federal dollars they receive among the several programs without separate approval.
- States and local school districts may transfer up to 50 percent of the funding they receive for Teacher Quality, Educational Technology, Innovative Programs and Safe and Drug-Free Schools to any one of these programs or to the program for disadvantaged children known as Title I.
It offers unique partnerships between local communities and the federal government.
- In return for more flexibility on how they spend their education dollars, states must set high academic standards for student academic achievement and hold students, teachers and principals accountable for results.
- It provides for the creation of up to 150 local flexibility demonstration projects, where school districts will be allowed to consolidate virtually all of their federal funding in exchange for entering into performance agreements with the state and federal governments.
- It provides rural schools and districts more flexibility in how they spend federal funds on priorities that are unique to those communities.
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Middle East Airlines joins SkyTeam
10 July 2012 | 30 international destinations in Africa, the Middle East and Europe are now even easier to reach.
SkyTeam has welcomed Middle East Airlines (MEA) as its 17th member! From its home base Beirut, MEA flies to a whopping 30 international destinations in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
With this addition to the global alliance you can now travel to Lebanon even easier, both for business and for pleasure. SkyTeam members Alitalia, Air France, Aeroflot, Saudia and TAROM fly to Beirut, providing additional connections through their hubs in Europe and the Middle East. This is especially convenient for the many Lebanese in the United States, Canada or Brazil, who can now take a connecting flight in Paris and Rome.
"With the accession of MEA to SkyTeam, we can offer our customers more travel options to and from Lebanon. This is important given the strong trading bond of the latter with the Gulf region, Asia, Africa and the Americas; regions where SkyTeam has a strong presence," according to Michael Wisbrun, director of SkyTeam.
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After positive feedback from an informational meeting in September and a $2,500 donation from last week's Wine, Food & Spirits Festival, an Ag Advancement Center at Miles Community College is now in the preliminary planning stage.
Agriculture instructor Kimberly Gibbs and MCC Interim President Lisa Watson outlined the plan at Monday's monthly meeting of the MCC Board of Trustees. A preliminary floor plan from Stevenson Design of Miles City was also unveiled.
"Two plans have been discussed, with one estimated to cost $2.5 million, and a larger one estimated at $3 million," Watson said. "The larger one is the one we received the most feedback on, just for what the extra space would be able to provide, both educationally and for the community."
The MCC Ag Advancement Center would be a learning center that would provide an opportunity to increase enrollments in the Agriculture and Equine programs, as well as serve as the epicenter of learning for those students. Currently students do not have a dedicated learning space, and find themselves scattered across the campus.
"We're at the point now where we're discussing funding options and fundraising opportunities," Watson said. "We've heard a possible two-year time frame, but I would love for it to be shorter than that, honestly."
The Ag Advancement Center, if built, would be located at the MCC West End Campus, near the fairgrounds, which currently houses a geothermal greenhouse, stalls, outdoor arena and corrals. The center would include three classrooms, a 100x200-foot arena, bathroom facilities, seating and event services.
Another important element of the center would be as a venue for community events. Watson said the facility would be a regional draw to Miles City, and would benefit the community's hotels, restaurants, shopping facilities and other services as people travel to the area for different events.
"I think the center would provide programmatic opportunities, not only from just a traditional event standpoint," she said. "There could be different programs that the college could bring in for the community that they would want, a place to hold non-degree classes open to the public, just different opportunities for classes that are different from traditional classes. And the size would make it a good venue for different groups like 4-H who may need a place to host an event. To manage it for both the community and the college is important."
Also on the agenda of Monday's meeting was Watson's President's Report, including a tribute to MCC employee Gary Geiger, who passed away Nov. 8. "Services were held Nov. 13 and many employees took time to attend the funeral and support his family," Watson said.
"Gary worked at MCC for almost a decade as day custodian, and was getting ready to retire in May 2014. He had made many close friends while working at the college and was an excellent painter. He will be missed."
In Human Resources, campus visits from the three finalists for MCC's President are complete and recommendations have been made to the Board of Trustees.
"The board went into executive session Monday night to review the candidates and to determine a front-runner," Watson said. "The college will be working on making an announcement as soon as one is available. I'm assuming they have a name in mind, and now the negotiations begin."
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In a recent post, David Laferney wrote:
How do you get a super full of empty comb (unless you lost a hive)?
I don't expect to have honey this year with my new hive but perhaps I could feed like crazy and add another super with a queen excluder and get some frames that way.
What if my hive IS able to come up with some honey this year? Do I save the medium frames with drawn comb and use them next Spring?
Dave's post is a good one - has spurred lots of questions!


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Entrepreneurs Submit 146 Applications to X-LAB
May 19, 2011
In a continuing sign that entrepreneurism is strong in Greater Cincinnati, entrepreneurs filed 146 applications in the 2011 Xavier Launch-a-Business Competition, a program that supports economic development.
X-LAB, which is run by the Williams College of Business at Xavier University, will announce about 10 winners in August after a rigorous screening process that includes two interviews with the applicants.
X-LAB will provide the winners with consulting services and other support worth thousands of dollars. X-LAB is different than other entrepreneur competitions because its primary benefit is sharing the business expertise of its faculty, MBA students and executives affiliated with the College. Many entrepreneur competitions offer cash prizes but little business expertise.
Applicants for X-LAB's second year have proposed launching businesses and nonprofits -- or strengthening existing ones -- in fields as diverse as alternative energy, product development and social services.
The application deadline was this week. About 140 people submitted entries. Some submitted more than one idea.
Here are some of the ideas submitted:
An innovative program to reduce the spread of infectious diseases, especially in schools.
A nonprofit to reduce teen pregnancy, partly by boosting the self-esteem of teen-age girls.
Innovative decorative items for homes.
Novel baking pans.
An advanced baby-changing table.
Energy-efficient, self-sustaining residential developments.
A special publication about dating.
"I'm thrilled with the number of great ideas we received," said Professor Joseph Carter, who heads X-LAB. "It'll be difficult to select the best."
X-LAB will select the most creative, determined entrepreneurs with the most promising ideas. Applicants will be screened by faculty and members of the business community. In 2010, X-LAB picked eight winners from 166 applications.
The applications will be judged on three overall factors: the viability of the ideas, the potential of the entrepreneurs and whether the capabilities of X-LAB are a good match for the ideas and entrepreneurs. The business and nonprofits need to be able to grow or make a significant impact regionally or nationally.
In their applications, applicants said they have various needs that X-LAB could fill:
"I will love to have advice on how to go about these ideas, as I have never had experience with launching a product…I will need help developing my business plan and launch plan. I have done business plans in the past, but I know this plan must be more extensive."
"Legally, I have many uncertainties and am a bit leery as to what steps to take and what order to take them. I am very enthusiastic about this business and am quickly growing tired of corporate America. The Fortune 500 company I currently work for does not show much appreciation for the 55 hours I generally put in each week. If could redirect the time and efforts invested per week into something I thoroughly enjoy, my family and I would be in a better place mentally and financially."
"I am hoping that X-LAB can help me to develop all the facets needed to patent my idea, develop it into a finished product and begin to sell it as a mass-marketed item."
X-LAB continues to grow stronger. The 2011 winners will receive legal advisory services from Dinsmore & Shohl, one of the region's largest law firms. Dinsmore & Shohl, which is based in Cincinnati, has more than 450 attorneys in the Midwest.
X-LAB also has spawned an investment group, formed by Xavier graduates in the Chicago area. The investors want to provide start-up funds to some X-LAB winners.
In addition to benefitting entrepreneurs, X-LAB has benefited students. The Williams College of Business created an MBA course in which students act as consultants to the X-LAB businesses.
More information about X-LAB is available at www.xavier.edu/xlab.
The Williams College of Business, one of three colleges at Xavier University in Cincinnati, is ranked as one of the nation's best business schools for teaching entrepreneurship. It also has been recognized for its outstanding MBA programs. More information is available at www.xavier.edu/williams.