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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Spine and Back Health
Annular Tear
2 years ago I slipped and fell on ice going down my driveway. Significant whiplash to my neck. I believe that C5-C6 is the area of concern. I have had 3 cycles of physical therapy, facet joint cortisone injections, acupuncture and 6 treatments of prolotherapy injections-to address soft tissue ligament/joint capsule injury. MRI is essentially negative other than minimal bilateral uncovertebral joint hypertrophy. I feel that I have ruled out overything other than an annual tear-torn disc, which will not show up on MRI unless a disc herniation is present. Have you seen many annual tears in the neck where a discogram and subsequent IDET procedure (intradiscal electrothermal therapy) has been succesful? A previous posting stated that annual tears can heal on their own. My research indicates that the healing may actually lead to a herniate disc down the road or the scar tissue heals into the painful nerve fibers thus creating aggravation imminent and permanent. I would appreciate any advice you may have and thank you in advance.
Hello, thank you for your question. Unfortunately, much less is known about annular tears in the cervical spine than in the lumbar spine, and the normal course of events is probably not the same between the two. It is actually not true that an annular tear won't show up on MRI without a disc herniation, although it very well might be difficult to see or could be missed in some cases. Whether a tear can heal on its own in the C-spine is difficult to predict. Cervical discography is highly controversial, and I most certainly do not recommend an IDET procedure for anyone. IDET causes significant disc damage in the long run and there is little or no evidence to suggest it can treat neck pain. As with any injury (or intervention), things don't heal properly 100% of the time, and the kinds of problems you mentioned can occur whether you undergo a treatment or just let it heal on its own. I hope this helps address some of the issues you've raised. As always, we do NOT attempt to diagnose people or recommend treatments for them on this website, but simply hope to educate. Good luck.
David J Hart, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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TAMPA, Fla. - Moments after a soul-crushing, head-scratching, 76-59 loss to Oregon in the quarterfinals of the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament, the UCLA basketball team was not thinking positively, not searching for any thread of silver lining.
In retrospect, though, with the locker room looking more and more like an infirmary, the Bruins have conceded that maybe a quick tournament exit was just what the team needs going into its NCAA Tournament second-round matchup with Michigan State tonight at the St. Pete Times Forum.
Only a little concession, though.
"This team probably could've used a little rest, although we would've liked to have played in the Pac-10 championship," said junior guard Malcolm Lee, one of the walking wounded. "But we took advantage of what was given to us, and I feel like the team has a lot of legs and a lot of springs, and we're going to need that."
Lee enters the tournament a little less than two weeks removed from suffering a small cartilage tear in his left knee in the team's regular-season ending win at Washington State on March 5. Lee played 28 minutes in the loss against Oregon, but has practiced at nearly 100 percent for the past week. On Wednesday, he went through a typical workout with the team earlier in the day, had his knee iced and shut down, doing only light shooting in the team's 4:30 shootaround.
Meanwhile, after the loss, the three Tylers - sophomore forward Tyler Honeycutt, freshman guard Tyler Lamb and walkon Tyler Trapani - survived bouts with strep throat, while junior guard Jerime Anderson was able to beat a viral illness.
The biggest lingering medical issues are junior guard Lazeric Jones' left wrist and right middle finger, which have drastically limited his effectiveness in recent weeks. Jones has just two double-digit scoring games in his past 11, and has scored just 15 points on 6-of-29 shooting in the team's past four games.
"My legs feel better, my body feels good right now; as far as the wrist, there's really nothing I can do about it," Jones said. "I've been having some OK practices, and I'm just trying to stay confident heading into these games."
Coach Ben Howland has been supportive of his point guard, both vocally and in playing time. Jones has averaged 30 minutes in his past five games, and Howland has encouraged him to continue to work through his shooting slump, while highlighting his passing, as Jones has 24 assists in the five games.
"I'm still confident," Jones said. "Coach continues to tell me he has my back and he wants me to go out there and be aggressive. I feel like the shots will fall when it's time for them to fall. Hopefully, this is the game where they'll fall."
Finals countdown
The NCAA Tournament is coming at an awful time for UCLA's academics, as the opening week coincides with finals week for the Bruins.
Sophomore forward Brendan Lane had to take a Political Science final on the team plane while flying to Tampa, proctored by academic coordinator Kenny Donaldson and faxed immediately to Lane's professor when the team arrived at the hotel.
Three players had finals Wednesday and Lamb, Honeycutt, sophomore forward Reeves Nelson and freshman center Anthony Stover all have finals Friday.
But at least they're in Tampa.
David and Travis Wear, who transferred from North Carolina before the season and had to sit out the year because of transfer rules, couldn't get out of their finals schedule and were left behind in Los Angeles.
Oldies but goodies
Having the only NCAA Tournament experience on the team, Anderson and Lee have become the defacto grandfathers in the room, doling out advice on the entire March Madness experience.
Lee played 19 total minutes as a freshman in the Bruins' win over Virginia Commonwealth and loss to Villanova in 2008-09; Anderson played 13.
"I remember that it was a really physical game, a game you have to go out there and take," Anderson said of his first tournament game.
"No one's going to give it to you. That's the main thing I want to tell these guys, that we have to come out and play hard and play physical. We have to establish ourselves inside, establish the physicality of the game. I don't think some of the guys understand how physical the game will be (today)."
Healthy respect
UCLA has shown a propensity this season of taking their opponents lighter than a feather, sometimes playing down - or up, as it were - to the competition.
The players don't sound like they're going to make that mistake this time around.
"We watch a lot of college basketball, we know Michigan State," UCLA freshman center Joshua Smith said. "Everybody knows. They've been to two straight Final Fours. It wouldn't even take a blind person to know how good Michigan State is."
The wide-eye effect
Howland said Wednesday he hadn't seen a lot of wide eyes and dropped jaws among his players during the team's time in Tampa, though he did say a police escort from UCLA to LAX on Tuesday had the players quite awed.
"Our guys, they get a lot of attention as it is, being the second biggest media market in the country," Howland said. "They're probably a little more used to a lot of exposure and a lot of people watching than most."

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May 2014
CTEL Newsletter- May 2014
- CTEL Grants
- UC Faculty Institute
- Featured Course - POS 104 (Faculty: Julia Edwards/Alex Van Sickle | CTEL Learning Designer: Barbara Stebbins)
- CTEL Speaker Series: A Review of MOOC Research: What Questions Are Scholars Asking?
- CTEL Workshop: Share and Share Alike: Leveraging Open Educational Resources
- CTEL Workshop: How to use Online Library Resources in Online courses
- Teaching Online: A Short Course for New Online Faculty
- Featured Article - Abrami, Bernard, Bures, Borokhovski and Tamim (2011) Interaction in Distance Education and Online Learning: Using Evidence and Theory to Improve Practice.
- Tech Tip: How to Activate YouTube Account
- Tech Tutors program: Trained USM students will provide support with learning technologies to USM students
- Gorham Office Hours
CTEL is currently accepting proposals for the following grant programs:
- Course Design Grants: Courses which are currently not part of USM's online programs are eligible. Applications for Spring '15 are due 5/30.
- Online Course Design Incentive: Required online courses in USM's online programs are eligible. Applications for Spring '15 are due 5/30.
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Grants: Funding is available for purchase of hardware, software, and other resources to support teaching and learning. Faculty teaching classes in face-to-face, blended, and online formats are encouraged to apply.
- Conference Travel Awards: Up to four awards per semester (Fall and Spring) for faculty traveling to academic conferences to present papers related to teaching and learning.
Learn More: https://usm.maine.edu/ctel/grants
University College is organizing the 2014 Faculty Institute on Thursday, May 15 from 8:30 - 4:00 on the campus of the University of Maine at Augusta. The Institute is a tradition where faculty, instructional developers, student services staff, and campus administrators gather to share their experiences and expertise in eLearning with colleagues around the University of Maine System. It is an opportunity to highlight your own successes and develop new strategies for dealing with educational challenges. CTEL Learning Designers Rucha Modak and Pieter Tryzelaar will be presenting two sessions (on utilizing 3rd party tools and leveraging open educational resources). Joanne Benica, Director, Disability Services Center, and Cynthia Curry, Independent Accessibility Consultant and Adjunct Faculty Member will be presenting a session on accessibility: "Considering Students' Online Experiences: The Soft Side of Accessibility."
For further information and to register: http://learn.maine.edu/2014-faculty-institute/
3. Featured Course - POS 104 (Faculty: Julia Edwards/Alex Van Sickle | CTEL Learning Designer: Barbara Stebbins)
Introduction to International Relations (POS104) has been offered through USM's Political Science department online in the fall, spring, and summer semesters for the past two years. It was one of the first courses designed using an external course website (http://ctel.usm.maine.edu/pos104/) along with the traditional Blackboard site.
The external course website contains most of the course information. This includes the instructor contact, the responsibilities of instructor and students, course description, learning objectives, lesson material and assignments. Blackboard is used for announcements, communication, discussions, quizzes/exams, turning in assignments, assessments and information about Statecraft Simulation.
Learn more: https://usm.maine.edu/ctel/pos-104-introduction-international-relations
4. CTEL Speaker Series: A Review of MOOC Research: What Questions Are Scholars Asking?
With faculty members Maureen Ebben, USM Communication and Media Studies, and Julien Murphy, USM Philosophy.
In this May CTEL Speaker Series discussion, faculty members Maureen Ebben and Julien Murphy will talk about their recent publication that surveys the first decade of scholarly research about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). While popular accounts, editorials, and commentary about MOOCS abound, the purpose of this discussion is to cut through the noise to analyze empirical research published in scholarly journals about MOOCs.
Event Date and Time:
Monday, May 19, 2014, 1:00pm to 2:30pm
109/110 Abromson Center, Portland Campus
Learn more & RSVP: https://usm.maine.edu/ctel/review-mooc-research
5. CTEL Workshop: Share and Share Alike: Leveraging Open Educational Resources
Why reinvent the wheel and spend a lot of time developing teaching material when someone, somewhere has already done it and is willing to share their work? Discover sources and examples of resources that you can use in your own courses. The workshop will be facilitated by CTEL Learning Designers Pieter Tryzelaar and Rucha Modak.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are free teaching and learning materials that are available for anyone to use. Examples of OERs range from full online courses, textbooks, video lectures, assignments, syllabi, and tests/quizzes. These resources exist in the public domain or they have been made available through open licensing, which provide users with varying levels of permission to share, reuse, and adapt/remix materials for educational purposes. This workshop will provide an overview of recent trends in the OER movement and how educators can find, evaluate, and utilize OER materials in their courses. Attendance is limited to 10 RSVPs.
Event Date and Time:
Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
521 Glickman Library, Portland Campus
Learn more: https://usm.maine.edu/ctel/share-and-share-alike-leveraging-open-educational-resources
6. CTEL Workshop: How to use Online Library Resources in Online courses
USM Libraries provide not only the peer-reviewed journals and books that online students need, but also the one-on-one services that support those resources. Ranging from the online Research Skills Toolbox to chat reference assistance and live online instruction, the Libraries welcome the opportunity to work with online instructors. Bring your questions as we explore new ways in which USM Libraries can help you enhance your online course. The workshop will be facilitated by Bill Grubb, Head of Reference and Instructional Services. Attendance is limited to 10 RSVPs.
Event Date and Time:
Friday, May 23, 2014, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
521 Glickman Library, Portland Campus
Learn More: https://usm.maine.edu/how-to-use-online-library-resources-in-online-courses
7. Teaching Online: A Short Course for New Online Faculty
The goal of this course is to provide a structured learning community for faculty who may be wondering how to get started in teaching online. This course gives faculty a chance to experience an online course, explore the possible technologies and applications at their disposal for online teaching, and begin planning their course development. Faculty will work with their own courses and have an opportunity to share their ideas with colleagues and get their feedback and support. Course facilitators are Glenn LeBlanc and Rich Frino of University College and CTEL Learning Designers Rucha Modak and Pieter Tryzelaar. The course runs from Wednesday, May 21 and ending Tuesday, June 17.
Please contact Robin Russell (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you are interested in attending this course.
Learn more: https://usm.maine.edu/ctel/short-course-0
8. Featured Article - Abrami, Bernard, Bures, Borokhovski and Tamim (2011) Interaction in Distance Education and Online Learning: Using Evidence and Theory to Improve Practice.
Abrami, Bernard, Bures, Borokhovski and Tamim (2011) propose a transformation in the manner in which distance education and online learning are studied. The traditional manner of studying these fields is via comparison to classroom instruction, which is a generic term for any instructional strategies not involving technology. The authors claim that not only does this do a disservice to such strategies because they are not described well enough, but that such a comparison has outlived arguments against it (see CTEL March Newsletter's featured article for one such argument). The heart of contemporary distance education/online learning, according to the Abrami et al paper, is the previously unavailable possibility for interaction. They recommend that future comparisons be made between two or more online learning environments and that they focus on student self regulation, multimedia learning principles, motivational design principles and collaborative and cooperative learning principles.
Learn more: http://www.anitacrawley.net/Resources/Articles/Abrami%20Interaction.pdf
9. Tech Tip: How to Activate YouTube Account
This month's Tech Tip explains how to activate your UMS YouTube account and then upgrade your account to be able to upload videos longer than 15 minutes.
Learn more: http://media.usm.maine.edu/~ctel/ptryzelaar/activate_youtube_account.pdf
10. Tech Tutors program: Trained USM students will provide support with learning technologies to USM students
In preparation for the Summer semester, USM Tech Tutors will be offering on-site and online support with Adobe Connect and VoiceThread. In addition to workshops both live and online, a series of "how to" videos will be made available on The Learning Commons website. Throughout the semester, students can schedule individual meetings with Tech Tutors for personalized assistance by selecting "Schedule a Tutoring Appointment" on The Learning Commons website. Faculty utilizing these technologies should encourage their students to attend one of the following sessions:
- Monday, 5/12, 12PM-2PM (Tech Tutor: Raymond)(Portland Learning Commons or online at http://meet.maine.edu/lctechtutor)
- Tuesday, 5/13, 4PM-6PM (Tech Tutors: Raymond and Jennifer)(Portland Learning Commons or online at http://meet.maine.edu/lctechtutor)
- Wednesday, 5/13, PM-5PM (Tech Tutor: Jennifer)(Portland Learning Commons or online at http://meet.maine.edu/lctechtutor)
- Thursday, 5/15, 10AM-12PM (Tech Tutor: Raymond)(Portland Learning Commons or online at http://meet.maine.edu/lctechtutor)
- Friday, 5/16, 1PM-3PM (Tech Tutor: Jennifer)(Portland Learning Commons or online at http://meet.maine.edu/lctechtutor)
Learn More about Tech Tutors: http://usm.maine.edu/ctel/tech-tutors
CTEL piloted office hours on the Gorham campus during the Fall 2013 semester. Many faculty with office in the Gorham campus benefited from this resource. We will continue to offer these hours in Gorham during the summer semester. A CTEL Learning Designer will be available on the Gorham campus on following dates and locations. Please note that there are three different locations, all in Bailey Hall.
5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, and 6/18 | 113 Bailey Hall
6/25 | 206 Bailey Hall
7/2, 7/9 and 7/16 | 321 Bailey Hall
Hours: Wednesday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Please feel free to stop by on these days or contact Pieter Tryzelaar or Rucha Modak to set up an appointment.


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By Carrie Donovan; Carrie Donovan is the deputy editor for style of this magazine.
Published: September 6, 1987
IT IS A HOT AUGUST AFTERNOON IN the south of France. A gypsy woman stands in a shady doorway off the sunlit village street. She beckons to the fashion designer Christian Lacroix, who approaches and gives her some coins. She reads his palm. Then Lacroix turns and, with a big smile, reports to his friends:
''She says I'll be famous in six months.''
Everyone has a good laugh. Six months! What an out-of-date gypsy! The French news magazine Paris Match is on the stands this very August day with a big spread about Lacroix's spectacular rise to the top of the fashion world. Newspaper stories, some with front-page headlines, have just appeared in France, Britain, Italy and the United States. Radio broadcasts and television spots from all over have been pouring out ardent enthusiasm for Lacroix's first couture collection.
People who follow fashion are saying that no reputation has ever been made as quickly as Lacroix's, no new direction set so suddenly. True, they say, Lacroix has come out of the Paris couture, that rarified old world of made-to-order clothes for superrich women, but they are certain his ideas will be copied everywhere. They contend his influence will be evident soon in the stores, no later than this winter, when millions of women will begin to dress his way: in clothes that are unabashedly glamorous and theatrical.
MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE RIDING ON the hope that Christian Lacroix has got it right. His sudden rise says much about the money currently available for conspicious consumption in many of the world's economies, and it may say even more about the way many women now want to express their femininity. What has Lacroix, a 36-year-old Frenchman, done to gain himself all this attention?
Last January, he left his job at the Paris couture house of Jean Patou, where for the past few years he had been designing dramatic couture clothes that created a stir. In 1986, in particular, he introduced bouffant (or ''pouf,'' or ''bubble'') cocktail dresses that were so widely copied that they quickly changed - from slinky to effervescent - the way many fashionable women looked in the evening.
Before he left Patou, Lacroix had quietly arranged to go into a new business venture. It is called, simply, Christian Lacroix, and it is backed by $8 million from Financiere Agache, a French conglomerate. The new company set up shop in a building off the Rue du Faubourg St.-Honore, the fanciest shopping street in Paris. The workrooms adjoin a stately garden, and the show salon is fitted out with eye-popping decor and whacky furniture.
ON JULY 26, LACROIX showed 60 luxurious outfits to the world's fashion press and to key figures in the fashion industry. They were mostly dresses he had designed for women to wear to the fanciest social occasions - in his words, ''a dress for one woman for one occasion.'' All were made of sumptuous materials - satins, velvets, laces, embroidery and furs -and with shapes and details inspired by the traditional flouncy costumes of southwest France. He employed unusual geometric patterns and mixed such colors as orange, scarlet, fuchsia and purple. He decorated the clothes with thick embroidery, and with braid, beads and jewel-like trimmings. Necklines plunged in shawl-like vees, and the silhouettes were bouncy and curvy. The clothes matched in theatrical thrust the music Lacroix's models strutted to - Andalusian themes full of trumpet calls and assertive flair. Nothing was sedate or retiring. Lacroix's performance made the critics gasp. ''A thundering good show from Lacroix,'' Suzy Menkes reported in London's Independent. The International Herald Tribune gave a five-column front-page display to Hebe Dorsey's story that Lacroix had instantly become Paris's ''new fashion hero.'' ''A new star - no question,'' declared Women's Wear Daily, the American trade paper. Under a headline that read ''For Lacroix, a Triumph; For Couture, a Future,'' Bernadine Morris wrote in The New York Times, ''Christian Lacroix has been catapulted into fashion's hall of fame. Like Christian Dior exactly 40 years ago, he has revived a failing institution, the haute couture or made-to-order branch of French fashion.''
The Tobe Report, a newsletter for retailers, wrote that Lacroix's work ''has given the fashion business something that we, as an industry, have been backing away from and/or unwilling to accept - that is, unbending, uncompromising direction.''
''It's been so long since we've had a new entry - not since Saint Laurent,'' explains Sonja Caproni, fashion director and a vice president of the I. Magnin stores. ''He is so creative, full of surprises. He's certain to set instant trends.''
''I have to look on Lacroix exactly the way we used to look on Saint Laurent,'' said an American retailer who wished to remain anonymous. ''Lacroix is fresh and exciting. He's got the same opportunities Saint Laurent once had for really directing style.''
No one, amazingly, had anything bad to say about the collection, although some observers' views may change quickly once the verdict of the world's cash registers is rendered.


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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by GrahamTheMan, Feb 19, 2011.
can i root it with z4 root??? are what easy program to get it?
Rooting can be very dangerous and stressful if you are not fully experienced on the phone and know how to boot into recovery by different means if you get stuck. My son is using the MT4g and I have a been rooted with my N1 for nine months--still get into trouble
I would read a lot about it before attempting
Backup your phone and sd card first!!!!!!!
i root many phones just havent done this one
Sounds like the link I posted should do it then--seems like a lot of the MT4g folks don't feel the need to root and are happy as is
That procedure in the link doesn't seem to unlock bootloader
There is an MT4g thread on XDA for rooters
There are few methods you can use such as gfree, visionary+ and the new simple console meth. Go over to XDA and see which you like best as the easy maybe visionary+ for you.
Still think people need to realize we have a section for talking about Rooting... These posts need to go there.


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Hi, On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 06:08:43AM -0700, Tim Spriggs wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Russell Coker wrote: > > > BTW As a rule of thumb, if you can crash it then you can probably > > exploit it, I hope that server isn't running as root. > > I realize that too. Unfortunately, Universities (at least around here) > tend to be VERY political and getting something like linux as a main > college server in place would be "making waves" with the type of > people that run the money upstairs. Just rest assured that a non-firewalled box containing backups will make a /lot/ more waves upstairs when (sic!) it gets cracked. You don't need to push Linux, you just need to explain the current risks, their cost and what it costs to implement a solution (be it Debian or Windows-95 based, ultimately they won't care), and the risks associated with that. Even the people upstairs have their gut feelings or prejudices about things they don't understand -- and we all know how hard that can make things -- they do tend to be sensitive to talks that mention well founded estimates of risks and costs. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies / Emile van Bergen | firstname.lastname@example.com tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 | http://www.e-advies.info
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Ouch! Rejected charter school applicants get an earful in Hillsborough
TAMPA -- Last month we told you about the seven charter school applicants being recommended for approval in Hillsborough County, and the four applicants up for rejection.
In the agenda for Tuesday's School Board meeting, we find out why.
What's particularly compelling -- or perhaps scathing -- is the list of reasons why a staff committee recommended denying those four applications. For those hoping to open a charter school in Hillsborough, joining the 30 already operating in the county, consider it a tutorial on how one district interprets state law.
What follows are a small handful of the reasons that were cited in shooting down each application. To see the full litany, click on the applicant's name, or see the agenda to read about the schools up for approval.
Franklin Academy A and B
* "The enrollment projections are unrealistic based on historical charter school enrollment data in Hillsborough County."
* "Although the application provides research for the use of single-gender classrooms, there are no innovative instructional methods specific to single-gender classes."
* "The application lacks a viable and adequate staffing plan to support the program being proposed."
Einstein Montessori School
* "The plan lacks legally sound policies for student discipline, suspension, dismissal and recommendations for expulsion."
* "A compensation plan for teachers is not evident in the application."
* "Food service costs are not evident in the budget."
Spectrum Education Academy
* "The academic education plan is not clear and coherent. It focuses on social skills rather than core academics."
* "The daily schedule submitted in the application provides only 45 minutes of academic instruction."
* "The application does not include a founding board...(and) is not set up as a not-for-profit. There is no documentation of the proper legal structure of the governing board."
Hillsborough regards itself as being a relatively friendly district for charter schools, but in recent years officials have followed the federal government's lead in taking a harder line on those that struggle academically or financially. And last year it threw down the gauntlet on the sticky question of charter school governance; the district rejected an application by Virginia-based Imagine Schools, saying the proposed local governing board didn't meet the legal requirement for nonprofit status or independence from its management company.
All of these recommendations must be approved by the School Board, which takes up the matter at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the board
meeting room at 901 East Kennedy Blvd. in Tampa.


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The University of Michigan School of Kinesiology is an international leader in education and research in fitness, health and wellness, and sport management; our faculty are the "leaders and best" in each of their respective fields. Both of these factors have fostered the excellent learning environment and the unique student experience that characterizes one of the most respected kinesiology programs in the country.
The Kinesiology Career Development Center provides employers with an individualized recruitment experience. We look forward to partnering with you as you seek exceptional graduate and undergraduate candidates to meet your organizational needs.
Why Hire a Kines Student?
- U-M was recently named the #1 Public University (QS World University Rankings, 2016; Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, 2016)
- We offer four undergraduate degree programs: Athletic Training, Health & Fitness, Movement Science, and Sport Management
- Movement Science offers students opportunities to conduct research with world-renowned faculty
- U-M Kinesiology has the first accredited Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) program in the world
- Many Sport Management students participate in student-run organizations, like the Michigan Sport Business Conference (MSBC) and Sport Business Association (SBA)
- Health & Fitness students gain real-life skills during required internships
- 97% of Athletic Training students pass the BOC exam on their first attempt
- Our graduate program is ranked #3 in the nation (National Academy of Kinesiology)
- We offer four graduate degree programs: M.S. Movement Science, M.S. Sport Management, Ph.D Movement Science, and Ph.D. Sport Management. We also offer a graduate-level Certificate in Physical Activity & Nutrition.
Employer Services at U-M Kinesiology
Post a job, internship, volunteer, or shadowing opportunity. KINNECTIONS is the best place to post part-time, full-time, internship, and shadowing opportunities for U-M Kinesiology students. To create an account, please visit our KINNECTIONS page.
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Host an information session. Hosting an information session allows you to promote your organization and meet prospective candidates. Sessions can be in-person or via web chat.
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Schedule on-campus interviews. The Kinesiology Career Center has space available for you to interview candidates for full-time or internship positions.
Contact Amy Fredell, Career Services Coordinator, at email@example.com for assistance in developing a personalized recruiting strategy.
University of Michigan Resources for Employers
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ok you guys have helped me before. I have a wedding cake coming up in July and it is justbefore my trip overseas. and I am working some overtime the week before. The wedding is on the saturday and it is 2.5 hours away. It is for a friends sister. I would have sent the cake with my friend the night before but she is heading there the Thursday night and I work all day Thursday. I need help
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How long before hand do you guys bake a wedding cake red velvet covered with fondant and how do you store it. If I ahve the cake ready on the wednesday would the fondant hold up? how woudl she store it, and would/coult it be refridgerated (using MMF)
question 2.
can you doctor a chocolate cake mix to red velvet? I ahve never made red velvet and i think I undercharged her alot and now I am not making anything at all if I try to do a scratch cake. I am not a scratch baker, but I was going to try of of the 4/5 star recipes lested here in cakecentral, but I dont know if I will have the time or energy now. has anyone doctored a cake mix? and what were the results. I only have access to betty crocker and duncan hines.
Please help ASAP!!
I you are going to doctor a mix use a german chocolate cake mix. I normally use Paula Deens red velvet cake and I dont think it is very expensive to do. Yes I think you can make it ahead of time and it should hold up if put in the fridge but I know alot of people dont like to put fondant cake in the fridge.
Here is MacsMom's recipe from the Gourmet flavors thread. You would probably bake it according to the WASC recipes. There is a google page that stays updated. I would recommend looking there for any kind of doctored mix recipe ... http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4f9hbq_46cs9f28fs. I have started doing a lot of recipes from this thread just because they sound so good. I don't think my doctored cakes end up costing any less than scratch though. Good luck.
Red Velvet Cake - MacsMom *If you don't have 100 mouths to feed, lol, just use 1 box white and measure out 1/2 of the chocolate cake mix, and obviously use half of all the other ingredients.
2 boxes white cake mix
1 box dark chocolate cake mix
2 pkg chocolate pudding
2 teaspoons salt
3 c flour
3 c sugar
3 c sour cream
3 cups vanilla coffee creamer
1 cup water
1/3 c oil
9 eggs
2 tablespoons butter flavoring
2 (1oz) jars Wilton red-red
**Edited to add** I THINK MacsMom recommends NOT using Duncan Hines mixes, so you might want to PM her if you are going to try her recipe. Kind of like some other topics on CC, you will find lots of people who argue both ways. When I am using someone's recipe, I try to follow their advice 100% the first time. ~m


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GSAC athletes Taylor Belmont of Vanguard and Andre Murillo of Biola have been named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Basketball second team for the College Division.
A player must be a starter or an important reserve player on their university or college team, with a minimum 3.30 cumulative GPA to be eligible for this honor.
After earning a spot on the Capital One Academic All-District squad, Senior Taylor Belmont (Oregon City, Ore.) was voted to the Capital One Academic All-America® Women's Basketball College Division Second Team.
The Lions' point guard was one of five players selected nationwide for second team honors.
Belmont, a senior studying Biological Sciences with a minor in Religion, boasts a 3.79 grade point average while starting on the nation's No. 1 basketball team. She is a captain on the undefeated squad and has started all 22 of the Lions' contests.
On the season, the five-foot-five-inch Belmont has accumulated eight double-doubles and a pair of impressive triple-doubles for the Blue and Gold.
She averages 15.4 points per game (8th GSAC) and leads the NAIA in assists per game (8.5). With 186 assists, Belmont ranks second nationwide in total assists and third in assist-to-turnover ratio.
On the academic side, Belmont is a three-year (2010, 2011, 2012) recipient of Vanguard academic honors and a two-time Golden State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete. She received the VU Champions of Character award in 2012 and was the conference's Leroy Walker nominee for the national award.
Belmont serves as a mentor (Lion) in Vanguard Athletics' Character Class and is a member of the Beyond Athletic Ministry (BAM) team. She leads a bible study with the women's basketball squad and has performed the spoken word in front of her peers at Vanguard's athletic chapel. This summer, Belmont plans to travel with a group of Lions' coaches and student-athletes to Tanzania, Africa for a mission's trip.
Andre Murillo is the Eagles' highest scorer, biggest rebounder and he keeps up in the classroom as well. This is evidenced by his recognition as Biola's sixth Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the year.
Murillo becomes one of 10 players in the College Division to attain this honor. He was named to the second team of five student-athletes in the college division.
Murillo leads the team in scoring (16.8) and rebounding (9.9) and field goal percentage (.565).
He was named a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District athlete earlier in the year, and was named an Academic All-American after another round of voting by the members of CoSIDA.
This is Murillo's second academic award of his Biola career, he was an NAIA and Golden State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete in his first season with the team (2011-12).
Murillo is in his final season with the Eagles, and he has a chance to become a two-time scholar-athlete later this year.
Since 1952, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has honored more than 20,000 outstanding student-athletes with this prestigious award, which became known as the Capital One Academic All-America® in 2011. The program used to select teams from just two divisions -- the University Division, comprised of Division I schools; and the College Division, which included Division II, Division III, NAIA schools, and 2-year colleges. To better honor the diversity of collegiate talent, however, the program was expanded in 2011 to include four divisions: Division I, Division II, Division III, and the College division that includes NAIA, two-year colleges, and Canadian schools.
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- October 9, 2008, 6:50 AM
Perrone Aerospace, a Fultonville, N.Y.-based provider of leather and textiles, has been expanding its capabilities, adding the first laser-guided, water-jet cutting machine to be used in the U.S. on leather products. The water-jet cutter is designed to produce extremely close tolerances of less than 0.004 of an inch, reducing scrap leather. The company has also completed the move to its new 70,000-sq-ft manufacturing and processing facility in Fultonville.


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Turkey, Sweet Potato, and Watercress Salad
Peppery watercress and crisp radishes gently temper rich roasted sweet potato in this autumnal salad, made satisfying with a generous amount of tender turkey.
- Servings: 6
Source: Martha Stewart Living, November 2008
For the Vegetables
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled, halved crosswise, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges
- 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
For the Dressing and Salad
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/2 cups large shreds cooked turkey
- 2 bunches watercress, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces (5 cups)
- 6 radishes, quartered
- 2 ounces crumbled cotija cheese (1/2 cup), feta cheese, or ricotta salata
Make the vegetables: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Toss all of the ingredients on a rimmed baking sheet, and spread in a single layer. Roast, stirring once, until sweet potato wedges are golden and tender, about 25 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet.
Make the dressing and salad: Whisk lime juice, oil, and parsley in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in roasted vegetables and turkey. Toss with watercress, radishes, and half of the cheese. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top, and serve immediately.
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terri_k27 NOV, 2011Amazing!!! My husband and I felt like we were eating a gourmet restaurant; it was so good! I subbed butternut squash for the sweet potato but only because I'm using sweet potatoes in Wednesday's dinner. I didn't change anything else though. The only thing I'd maybe tweak next time is I might make a little more dressing..just a little. This recipe is seriously yummy and a great way to use leftover turkey, especially after a heavy Thanksgiving dinner!Reply


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I am loving it.
Lebron plays vs the Raptors and sits vs the Bulls.
Go Celtics - One more baby:):)
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I am loving it.
Lebron plays vs the Raptors and sits vs the Bulls.
Go Celtics - One more baby:):)
paul pierce > lebron
lebron is a whiny bitch...celtics in 6...
When Aldredge asked KG about the Celtics offense KG said words that every Raptors player, BC and coach should listen to
KG "We don't even talk offense, We did it with defense"
I hate them both.
Go Phoenix!
Whoa lets not throw the casket on Bron yet. This whole series is a ploy to make a dramatic comeback. You have to believe its the elbow, two no shows in five games is not bronesque.
I have a lot riding on Bron to win it, but i'm with Spike Lee in that I want him to go to NY and that probably becomes more likely if they don't win the next two games.
There is nothing more gratifying than watching LeBron miss every jump shot he takes, lose by 32, and look like he doesn't give a rat's behind.
so...if the cavs bow out against he c**tics...their season would have to be considered an epic fail, right? what a gut-punch to the city of CLE.
The Celtics are the biggest bunch of a-holes the league has seen in a while. The Celtics have wronged the Raptors far more than the Cavs did sitting LeBron James in a game that meant nothing to them. Sorry but I'm not sure how anyone can cheer the Celtics after all the B.S. they've pulled in games since Allen and KG showed up.
Come on now. Every time the Raptors play the Celtics KG or someone pulls some pin head stunt that totally disrespects the club. Those guys are punks. I hope they lose and I'll cheer against them until the end of time. The Cavs aren't responsible for the Raptors missing the playoffs, the Raptors are. They should have never placed themselves in the position where they rely on other teams winning/losing games to get in. At the All-star break they were sitting pretty in 5th seed.
Look at my initial post on this thread. I never said the Lebron sitting was responsible for the Raptors missing the playoffs.
I said I hate him for playing against the Raptors and sitting vs the Bulls.
I can see where one would draw the conclusion that I was saying that that was the cause of the Raptors not making the playoffs.
That is not the case. I believe the reason that Raptors missed the playoffs is because of Bosh's inability to again play 82 games and in fact only play 70. In addition when he did return after the first injury he played while not being 100% as a result of that injury.
Yes anyone could have gotten his face in the way of Jamison's elbow like Bosh did. But no one else did.
Bosh once again broke down and that is why the Raptors missed the playoffs. Of course the Raptors don't even come close without Bosh true enough.
But the Raptors didn't pay Bosh to play in only 70 games whatever the reason.:):)
P.S. I also put part of the blame on Turk and to a lessor extent Calderon because he was injured. Everyone else on the roster either played up to or above my expectations. However, as I stated a number of times. Bosh is the leader and as such he at least for me has to get most of the blame for the Raptors failure to make the playoffs.
I also think that for the most part Triano did a decent job given the nine new players and that it was his first full year as head coach.
One more thing. The elbow was unintentional so we can't really knock the Cavs for it. Jamison wasn't exactly a hit man sent to knock Bosh out. By the way, both years the Raptors went to the playoffs with Bosh he played no more than 70 regular season games, just saying.
I totally agree I hate the Celtics more so then Cleveland, to be honest I actually enjoy Cleveland to watch also since AP and Moon are there now... It was our own fault we didn't make the playoffs, since we lost to golden state and to chi town we set our own fate, we effed it up. not coz Lebron sat?!? are you stupid? we shouldn't be blaming our non playoff season on anyone but ourselves...LBJ is just a scapegoat nothing more.. GO CLEVELAND I HOPE SOMEONE KICKS GARNETT IN THE NUTTZ!
I'd like to see a finals with either ORLANDO or CLEVELAND VS PHOENIX. as long as the C's and Lakes go down in flames i don't care who wins! though I am rooting for PHX!!!
It was the principle of the thing. In reality Lebron did in fact decide which team was going to get the 8th seed. At the time he sat vs the Raptors the Raptors still had a shot at making the playoffs. That was the reality of it at that moment. Sitting vs the other teams had no bearing on which team was going to make the playoffs.
So yes it should never have come down to that for the Raptors but my friend it did. That was the reality and Lebron made a conscious adult decision based upon the reality at the moment and that was to play vs the Raptors and sit vs the Bulls.:)
Do you really think that when Bosh was signed to his current contract by MLSE that they gave him the money that they did expecting that he would only play 70 or less games a season?
He is getting paid to play 82 games unless the coach decides to sit him. Almost every injury in the NBA is accidental unless it happens as a result of someone punching another player, punching the stanchion or doing something intentional that is likely to cause injury.
Bosh has just had bad karma when it comes to injuries, but having bad Karma when it comes to injuries is not something that you pay your players, especially star players to have.:):) This season that bad Karma was the main reason that the Raptors failed to make the playoffs. Just saying:)
Is this the start of the Showdown Forum? Buddha and Apollo seem to be going at it pretty good, hehehe.
Not really much of a fan of the current Celtics. I think theyre bullies who are too old and cant keep up with the young ones so they trip, annoy, elbow, gang-scare other teams to submission. kinda good for the game tho coz it keeps it interesting and gives people something to talk about.
Im routing for the Cavs to win so they can go on and become champions so Lebron would stay. If he moves to NYC and takes JJ/Bosh with him, the raps probably wont ever, ever have the chance to get a division title ever again. I give the Celts maybe another good season and then theyll just all retire and live in a seniors home somewhere.
Sorry Buddha but you cant fault Bosh for playing only 70 games. Of course you pay a player to play 82 games but you should be prepared to continuing competing in case he goes down, and thats what the raps didnt do. The raps totally had control even when Bosh went down, they were 1 game off the last playoff spot and they didnt push through.
Chauncey Billups
Nuggets 2009-2010 record: 53-29
Kobe Bryant
Pau Gasol
Lakers 2009-2010 Record: 57-25
Brandon Roy
Blazers 2009-2010 Record: 50-32
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Celtics 2009-2010 Record: 50-32
Yao Ming
Shane Battier
Trevor Ariza
Tracy McGrady & Kevin Martin
Rockets 2009-2010 Record: 42-40


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Anyone Know How The Blue Part Was Done?
Decorating By alene Updated 12 Nov 2012 , 9:14pm by BlakesCakes
AIt is fondant with texture added with a modeling tool. Similar to the way you would add indentations for pages on a book cake. Make sense?
If I were doing it, I'd cover the top of the cake with a smooth circle of fondant about 2" larger than the diameter and apply it. I'd then roll out a long rectangle of fondant about 2X the height of the tier and a bit shorter than the circumference. I'd gently pleat the piece evenly so that it was as wide as the height of the tier and let it sit for a few minutes. I'd then apply it around the cake tier, turning under the ends a bit. I'd add a decorative piece down the middle.
Jmlpitbull, yes that makes sense. BluesCakes, I understand what you are talking about also, just don't know if I'm up to the challenge.
I'd say that's definitely done using a liner tool and it's not nearly as hard as you think!
I can see doing it with a tool, but.......in order to get nice definition of the pleats, you'd need a decently thick layer of soft BC under a thick-ish layer of fondant and you'd have to be very quick so as not to tear the fondant or get elephant skin.
I think that doing it as a pleated panel allows for less BC and a thinner piece of fondant, as well as more working time. Also, working on a firmer surface allows for crisper pleats.
But in the long run, whatever way that works for YOU is the best way.


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Share growth: 625%
Sector: Energy
Share price: $4.27
Market cap: $10.3 billion
Shan Xi Guo Yang New Energy is primarily concerned with producing and processing coal , and using it to generate energy. During 2009, the company reports producing nearly 21 million metric tons of coal and selling nearly 40 million tons.
Throughout 2009 and 2010, the company has been acquiring smaller coal manufacturers, including aquisitions of over $20 million for multiple transactions. The company has also regularly paid dividends.


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Drake & Scull builds new state of art labour camp at Sharjah
Leading Middle East MEP company Drake & Scull International Dubai LLC is among the first of the major players to build a new labour camp based on laws aimed at improving the living conditions of workers.
The new state of art labour camp at Sharjah will house 3652 employees; it includes all of the facilities expected under the new laws, including separate kitchen and amenity blocks and a health clinic.
Drake & Scull Human Logistics Manager Moutaz Okasheh says while the new camp has been designed with the new laws in mind, it also reflects Drake & Scull's commitment to its workforce.
"We recognise that our employees are our most important asset," he said.
The new camp is being built at a total cost of AED 40,000,000 and will open at the end of December 2007.
Drake & Scull employs more than 10,000 people in the UAE and Middle East across its total Middle East operations.
About Drake & Scull International
Drake & Scull International is an integrated end-to-end service provider in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering and has provided high quality services to clients across the Middle East since 1964. Drake & Scull's expertise spans from providing complete solutions through design-and-build to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), as well as the maintenance and operations of District Cooling Plants.
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- Drake & Scull progresses into Q3 with AED 3.4 billion worth of projects in H1
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Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He's intent on reaching his love, who does not know he's in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation until he's at her side. The escape plan goes awry when Capt. Munsey, the prison guard and Joe's enemy, gets a tip-off and greets them in a machine-gun shoot out.
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Japan said on Wednesday it would close its embassy in Mali because of the worsening security situation in the war-torn country.
"Japan will temporarily close the embassy in Mali due to the worsening security in the country, including in the capital of Bamako. The staff will continue the operation in the embassy in France," a foreign ministry statement said. - Sapa-AFP


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The judge who granted a discharge to a Lethbridge funeral director who was swindling clients "openly refused" to follow binding precedent, Alberta's top court says.
In a written decision released Thursday, a three-member Alberta Court of Appeal panel ordered Ralph Zentner to serve time behind bars.
"The sentencing judge expressly refused to follow any court decisions on sentencing of which he himself did not fully approve," the appeal court said of provincial court Judge Gordon Krinke.
"He said that no precedent bound him," the appeal judges said.
"He made it plain that he felt that he need not follow any Court of Appeal decisions on sentencing unless he happened to agree both with them and with their suitability in the particular case."
The top court imposed a $5,000 fine, on top of the $5,000 charitable donation Zentner made as a condition of Krinke's discharge.
The court also said the punishment would have been more severe had Zetner not already completed conditions contingent on the discharge Krinke granted him in April.
The highly critical ruling said Krinke's decision to grant Zentner a conditional discharge, giving him no conviction or criminal record if he complied with 18 months' probation, amounted to no punishment at all.
"The sentence imposed before made Mr. Zentner merely break even after his frauds," the appeal judges said.
They said publicity surrounding the case didn't justify leaving Zentner, who pleaded guilty to one fraud charge involving 55 separate incidents, without a record.
"No member of the public, or of Mr. Zentner's profession, would regard that as a heavy sentence," the appeal judges said.
"The very fact that there was no conviction and no criminal record would underline that."
Zentner, a co-owner of Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge, admitted that between 2000 and 2010, some clients were charged for expensive caskets when cheaper ones were used.
On five occasions he received $50 to scatter ashes without doing so.
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Stars go without makeup
Kate Winslet and Scarlett Johansson are the latest A-listers to be photographed without make-up, in a series of raw photographs for the 20th annual Vanity Fair Hollywood edition.
The photographs were taken by award-winning photographer Chuck Close. But make-up isn't the only thing he makes his celebrities go without.
For the photo shoot, no entourages were allowed. One partner or close friend was acceptable. They had to make their own way to and from the studio. Lunch was nothing fancy, just a coffee and sandwich.
The stars were required for three hours, there was no leaving early. And what they wore was their own responsibility.
In Vanity Fair's "Up Close and Personal" video, Close says, "I don't do glamour shots, and they're not airbrushed or whatever. So they can be, um... they can be rough. So I need to talk people through it.
"They have to give up a great deal of vanity in order to do it. And it takes a real act of generosity and faith on the part of the subject to go with it and to give me their image without having any control over what's gonna happen."
Wearing a plain shirt and simple necklace, the natural beauties were asked to sit on a stool while Close held his Polaroid camera inches away from their faces. Helen Mirren, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and many other stars also feature in the issue.
"The reason I use Polaroid is that I'm not stealing anyone's image," says Close.
After each picture is taken, it goes on the wall for Close and his subject to look at. From there, the next one is taken closer, and the next one. Until they have what they want, says Close. "It's a slow process."
The stars really have to trust Close - if they think he's taking less than flattering photos they can become quite defensive, he says.
Aware of possible criticism, Close is anticipating some people to find his series "shocking" and "cruel" for not "glamourising" his subjects.
On the other hand, he hopes some are thankful that somebody is showing real people the way they are.
At the time of shooting, Winslet was pregnant with her third child.
Other stars featured in the series for Vanity Fair include Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, who has facial acne scars usually hidden by concealer.
Recently, Johansson was set to star in a Superbowl ad for Sodastream. However, the ad delivered a sneaky dig at soft drink competitors and was cancelled.
Following her ad campaign, Johansson quit her role as Oxfam ambassador over disputes regarding Sodastream having a factory in an Israeli settlement.
Seeing an image of celebrities without make-up isn't exactly a new concept.
In what appears to have turned into a Hollywood tradition, the likes of Kim Kardashian, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba and now Beyonce have all taken to Instagram to show off their natural beauty.
Even if filters are used, there's something endearing about baring all that makes celebrities more relatable to fans.
But it's also reassuring to know that superstars are human too.
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Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff announced Friday it has expanded into the St. Louis market when its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Simmons First National Bank, acquired approximately $282.3 million in assets of Truman Bank of Clayton from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff announced Friday it has expanded into the St. Louis market when its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Simmons First National Bank, acquired approximately $282.3 million in assets of Truman Bank of Clayton from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Truman Bank was closed Friday by the Missouri Division of Finance, which appointed the FDIC as receiver.
Of the $282 million in assets acquired, Simmons First National Bank entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC to purchase $219 million in assets and assume substantially all of the deposits and other liabilities, at a discount of $20.9 million and no deposit premium, a bank spokesman said.
The remaining $63 million in assets acquired were through a loan sale agreement with the FDIC, at a 12 percent discount. The final valuation and purchase price of acquired assets and liabilities will be determined upon completion of valuation processes.
�This acquisition is the third of several that we anticipate making over the next several years, which is the reason we raised $70.5 million in additional capital in November 2009,� said J. Thomas May, Simmons chairman and CEO. �In May 2010 we announced the purchase of Southwest Community Bank in Springfield, Mo., which was a good first step for expanding beyond the borders of Arkansas. In October of the same year we announced the acquisition of Security Savings Bank in Olathe, Kan., with four locations in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, three in Salina, Kan., and two in Wichita, Kan.
�Obviously, our expansion into the St. Louis market complements our existing presence in Springfield and Kansas City. Simmons First has built its franchise around a community banking philosophy and this acquisition is a natural extension of that strategy.�
Truman Bank in recent years encountered high levels of commercial and residential real estate loans that went into default.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System determined that as of Oct. 30 Truman Bank was undercapitalized, and that the bank had failed to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan.
In an April 20 order, the Federal Reserve ordered Truman Bank to increase its equity by selling shares, selling the bank or merging with another insured institution.
As part of the purchase agreement, the FDIC and the Pine Bluff bank entered into a loss share agreement covering approximately $118 million in loans and other real estate. The FDIC has agreed to reimburse Simmons First for 80 percent of the losses it may incur on the loans and sale of foreclosed real estate on all covered assets.
The four branches acquired are located in Clayton, St. Peters, Crestwood and Normandy. The four St. Louis area locations will open during normal banking hours today as financial centers of Simmons First National Bank, a Simmons spokesman said, and all former Truman Bank customers will be able to conduct banking business as usual and will automatically become depositors of Simmons First, with deposits insured by the FDIC.
�We welcome our new customers and associates in St. Louis to the Simmons First family,� said May. �Our 109 year old franchise has been built around a community banking philosophy. Our associates are committed to treating the customer the way we want to be treated when we are the customer. This is the same commitment that we will deliver to the customers of the former Truman Bank.�
Simmons First National Corp. is a $3.6 billion Arkansas based financial holding company with eight community banks in Pine Bluff, Lake Village, Jonesboro, Rogers, Searcy, Russellville, El Dorado and Hot Springs. The eight banks conduct financial operations from 92 offices, of which 88 are financial centers, in 51 communities, including its newly acquired Missouri locations.


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What happens when telcos practically give it away ($13 for 100 megs!)?
NiQ Lai, chief financial officer of Hong Kong's City Telecom (ctel), stopped by FORTUNE's San Francisco offices this week while on an investor tour. I had one question for him: Short of moving to Hong Kong, how can I get some of what he's selling?
I pay $25 to AT&T (t) every month for DSL that tops out at 1.5 megabits per second downstream, and 384Kbps for uploads. It's not always as fast as advertised. Sometimes it doesn't work at all. Cable offers faster speeds in my neighborhood, but the service also costs more, so I just try to remember the days of dial-up modems and convince myself that DSL is good enough.
But if we had a US version of City Telecom, I'd switch in a heartbeat – which is precisely what the residents of Hong Kong have been doing lately.
City Telecom's 400,000 customers pay $13 a month for 100 megabit synchronous broadband. And they get a money-back guarantee: If they don't clock 80% of the promised speed, the company pays them twice their monthly fee.
"We have a big hairy audacious goal," says Lai, referring to the term popularized by "Good to Great" author Jim Collins. "We want to be the largest IP service provider in Hong Kong by 2016. And three years into our strategy, we're well on our way to doing it."
If you live within coverage area of Verizon's FiOS service (vz), you pay as much as $150 a month for up to 50 megs downstream and 20 upstream.
How can City Telecom possibly offer service that's more than twice as fast at less than 10% of the price?
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Density is a blessing
It's partly geography and partly vision. While Hong Kong has 7 million inhabitants, only a small fraction of the island's mountainous terrain is developed, which means everyone basically lives on top of each other. The population density is 16,380 people per square mile - versus 640 in Japan and 80 in the US. That makes every customer far cheaper to serve. "We have a phenomenal network built at $200 per home. Verizon is talking about a cost of north of $1,000 per home," Lai says. "We built ours at one-fifth the cost."
Of course building the network in the first place required vision. City Telecom was founded 17 years ago as an international calling-card company by two cousins who plowed in 100,000 Canadian dollars to get started. They could have leased lines to get into Internet-service business the way many carriers do, but that would have meant encountering the same last-mile bottleneck. So, they built their own $400 million network over a decade.
And now the company is on a tear. The largest IP service provider on Hong Kong, PCCW, has about 1 million customers, according to Lai, but is growing at a fraction of the pace. It added only 3,000 in the last six months, compared to 41,000 for City Telecom. PCCW recently slashed its prices to match City Telecom, but still can't come near the speeds. But can City Telecom really make a business out of cheap broadband?
Innovation trumps incumbency
Lai insists the company already has. "The network is cash flow positive since 07. We're debt free with 10% revenue growth and 30% EBITDA growth," he says. "Our stock is up 200% in 12 months, and the market is starting to realize what we're doing."
All that success, Lia adds, is a result of having a Big Hairy Audacious Goal and doing everything possible to achieve it. "The telecom industry tends to commoditize people. Our strategy is to commoditize bandwidth, to make 100 megabits the industry norm in Hong Kong," he says. "Our plan is to win by offering the best service at the lowest possible cost structure. Thirteen dollars is not a lot, but if you scale it and drive your cost base down, it's a beautiful business to be in."
If only some US telecom executives felt likewise.


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That + an "Auto Resize" option when you are not logged in would be "The Panacea" :-)
I mean, right after finished upload in this screen:
You have someplace where you can direct copy something like this:
And what's about the option to resize directly, without going through the editing (always unlogged I talking)
The ability to copy all links together is also not available.
You can go to "First image", copy link and paste to destination, then go to "Second Image" and copy/paste it, and so on... but the idea was to have the ability to copy ALL links in one single step
Great!!... sorry, had not seen the option before
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Ten years ago on September 18 2003, Central Virginia was under assault from Hurricane Isabel's battering winds.
When it was done, much the state and the region was damaged and in the dark.
On paper – or in this case on Doppler – Isabel was just a category 1 hurricane and was shrugged off by many who'd weathered what they thought was much worse.
Isabel, which was about the size of the state of Colorado, was a Category 2 when it made landfall in North Carolina during the height of the storm. As it moved through Central Virginia, there were maximum wind gusts of 73 miles per hour.
The storm's intensity and destructive power was something no one was truly prepared for.
While waves battered coastal towns and cities, the storm surge forced its way up stream over running numerous river front communities
Isabel's price tag topped $1.6 billion as more than 9,000 homes and more than 1,400 businesses were either destroyed or sustained damage.
Tossed about like foam on the ocean, falling trees were to blame for most of the devastation. Roads were blocked for days making many neighborhoods remained inaccessible.
It would end up taking 660,000 dump trucks to clear all the debris and making recovery all that much harder.
1.8 million Virginians were left in the dark
"We'd worked many hurricanes over the years, but nothing of the likes of Isabel," says Joe Woomer of Dominion Power. "Power crews had their work cut out for them after Isabel cleared out with trees down everywhere across the region."
Some residents waited for days to get their power back.
Crews would work around the clock not just to make repairs, but in many places, they had to rebuild the power system pole by pole.
"We actually used a year's worth of poles in ten days during Isabel," Woomer says.
Restoring all the power took 14 days at a cost of $128 million.
Dominion Power learned some very valuable lessons that lead to changes.
Crews have also been more aggressive about cutting back vegetation from power lines. And the company has upgraded online outage reports to give customers interactive information about problems and repairs being made in their neighborhoods.
With one click, Dominion can also see when critical emergency services like hospitals, 911 centers and water treatment plants are offline – something that couldn't be done in 2003.
10 years later, Isabel is ultimately remembered not just for flooded streets and falling trees. Her true cost measured by the 36 Virginians whose lives she claimed. The open spaces and elevated homes are a reminder of Hurricane Isabel's impact and residents hope to never to see a storm that powerful again.
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Baby bird, seal-pupping, and bad waste pump blamed for budget surprises
Matt Potter 4 p.m., Sept. 21
On Wednesday evening, June 24, The San Diego Padres found themselves deadlocked in a 3-3 tie with the Seattle Mariners through the top of the eighth inning. Although it was a close game, there were roughly only a dozen fans in attendance for a new event at Petco Park, "Away at the Park," at which away games are televised on the big screen outside Petco.
Approximately two weeks ago Padres President and COO Tom Garfinkel stated in a news release, "We want to capitalize on the unique environment we have here by creating more opportunities for our neighbors in the East Village and far beyond to enjoy the area."
Downtown locals and business owners have expressed mixed reviews thus far.
"It can't hurt! We definitely could use events like this to liven up the neighborhood [when the Padres are away]," says a downtown resident.
A local business owner viewed the event with skepticism: "They can't get people to come to [home] games. What makes them think they can draw people in when the Padres are away?"
A Petco Park staff member was asked if the event has been drawing in people. "No. Not really."
There are concerns that transients are being lured to the Park at the Park by televising the games instead of attracting families and fans.
The Padres went on to lose to Seattle 4-3.
Is Padre attendance for home games in the tank??
What's wrong with free baseball on a giant screen? Especially if you can pack a picnic and sit outside. I was there this same night. I think it's a great idea for them to offer something like this, trying to bring the community together. Downtown consists of a very diverse group of people, and we should applaud that, not run away from it. The fact that people are worried about 'transients' ruining everyones time is just ridiculous. The night I was there, the homeless guys were enjoying the game and cheering along, paying attention to the screen. Not causing problems. There is security there, and I think if anything, we should encourage people to come out and give it a try.
Yeah? Well people downtown vilify the homeless like they're al-Queda. Anytime an issue comes up about downtown events, people complain the about attracting the homeless instead of coming up with solutions to the problems of economic disparity and lack of public services. To address Surf's question, I've heard from reliable sources that Padre home game attendance is the lowest ever at Petco. We can attribute that to the unfortunate fact that our team sucks, very few fans are loyal, and the economy's in the tank.
It kills me that for as crappy as attendance is, you still can't catch a break. We won a raffle for Padres tickets through military housing. When we arrived on a Monday night, our 2 year old spotted her favorite "beach" area in the bleacher section and wanted to go play. Even though our tickets were in a better section in the stadium, the bleacher gestapo wouldn't let us in. My husband even asked the few bleacher fans if anyone wanted to switch, but no luck. Ultimately my husband bought a $9 ticket. Not to sound ungratfeul but geez...really? Couldn't we just sit there? The tickets we had WERE paid for & donated to military families; it's not like Petco was giving us a free seat. And if so, who cares anyway? I thought they wanted to fill up the stadium! I guess it's just always back to MONEY. I'd like to be a loyal fan but man, that really frosted my cookies!
Well lets hope the padres don't decide to leave just like that pop warner football team we have here!!! The only problem with the padres , is DAGO don't have enough fans that enjoy going to a baseball game!! Maybe the players should hang out in the city to try and bring people to the games??? People might go to the games if they could meet or see some of the players in the city and not just during a game???


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Of the 3,000,000 Jews who resided in the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1939 there are today only 1,500,000 left, it was reported here today from Yugoslavia.
The report quoted the Yugoslav Review of International Affairs as stating that of 100 Soviet generals who have recently retired, or "died suddenly," 63 were Jews. It claimed that 30 percent of the Jews in the Soviet Union are in concentration camps.
Pointing out that during the Nazi invasion of Poland many Jews fled to Russia, and that there were an additional 2,000,000 Jews in Soviet-annexed Polish territory in the early stage of the war, the Yugoslav organ says that even if the Nazis killed about 1,000,000 Jews during their occupation of Soviet territory, Moscow does not account for about 2,500,000 Jews.
The Yugoslav publication stresses that "not one of these missing Jews has moved to Israel because it was the U.S.S.R. that raised the greatest difficulties for Jews who wanted to emigrate." It draws attention to the fact that during the past several years nothing is mentioned about the Jewish autonomous region of Biro-Bidjan, or of the Jewish colonies in the Ukraine and in Crimea.


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