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The program is called TLU CHOICE and it stands for Creating Hope and Opportunityin College. The goal of the scholarshio program is to give students the chance to attend a privatw liberal arts college for the same cost of attendinbg a public collegeor university. The scholarship is available to first-time, incomin freshman and transfer students who were granted regulart admission to TLU and to eithert UT orTexas A&j for the same academic According to TLU officials, the amounty of the scholarship will be determined by takiny the cost of attendance at TLU and subtracting the cost of attendancs at Texas A&M or UT.
Students who qualifh will get a scholarship equal to the differencde of those twotuition amounts. • Incoming freshmen must seek full-timw enrollment for the fall semester. • Transfet students are required to have at leasft 54transferable hours, a cumulative 3.0 GPA and must seek full-tim admission to the fall or spriny semesters. • Meet the deadlinde for application. Freshmen must be admittedd to TLU byMay 1, 2009, and transfefr students must be admitted by June 1, for fall 2009 enrollment. Students have untik Dec. 1, 2009, to apply for the Spring 2010 semester. Studentse who receive the CHOICE scholarship cannot combine it with otherd academic scholarships awardedby TLU.
However, studentzs who are eligible toreceive non-academic TLU scholarships as well as federall and state financial aid will receive those grants in addition to the CHOICsE award. Freshmen students can receive the CHOICE scholarship for eighy semesters and transfer studenta forsix semesters, as long as the studeng maintains a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0. TLU Vice Presidenft for Enrollment Services Norm Jone s says the new scholarship gives studentzs access to a privateuniversity education.
“TLUy CHOICE college scholarship is for studentsx who excel academically and would prefer smallerr class sizes in a privateuniversity environment, but don’ think they can afford it,” Jones says. “Large state schoolds with thousands ofstudents aren’t for everyone. With our new colleges scholarship program, students have a choice about theieeducation — without worrying that a private universityt costs more.” Texas Lutheran Universitty is a liberal arts, sciences and professional studiesx undergraduate university. The campus is locatexd east of San Antonioin Seguin.
среда, 27 июля 2011 г.
воскресенье, 24 июля 2011 г.
Architects find big ticket projects in schools
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Several area schools have recently completed or are currentlu workingon outdoor, multi-sport athletic facilities with countlessw features and amenities. Schools such as , , , and all have outdoor athletic and recreation complexes for their On thecollege front, opened the $1.7 million Lady Tigere Stadium for its softball team in 2007 and a new $3 milliom baseball stadium project, funded by , is currently undert construction. Likewise, completed renovationes of its baseball facility inAugusr 2008. There is more to building these stadiumsd than merely sowing grass and settinhup bleachers, and architects play a large role in turninh the respective schools’ goals into viable facilities.
Architects must make sure new buildingss mesh with the designs and architecture of the othetr buildingson campus. They must also ensures proper sightlines for fans and allow for proper vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow in and out of the saysBob Land, architect for , Inc. His firm designef St. George’s complex, which is used by both the upper andmiddle school. The football, lacrosse and track and fielxd facilities are being built in stages while the school acquires the funding tocomplete “Flexibility was one of their requirements,” Land Land says the stadium will featurer concessions, restroom buildings and locker rooms under the bleachers.
The fieldc is sunk down so the buildings will be in compliance withthe 100-Year Flood Plan and also to allow for betterr sightlines for the crowd. “Parents volunteeringg can still see theirkids playing,” he St. George’s also implemented stadium which Land says havebecome commonplace, that use 60% less energhy than traditional stadium lighting. MUS built its $3.7 milliohn multi-sport stadium in which replacedthe 40-year-old, 500-seat aluminum bleachert facility which athletic director Bobby Alston says was becominyg unsafe.
“We were looking to build something that had bettetr sightlines to the field and was up to date as far as the pres box area and thosed type of thingsare concerned,” Alston says. Metcalrf Crump, president of , Inc., and a MUS alumnus, designec the new complex whichseats 1,4090 and features a synthetic turf playing surface, tracki and field facilities, restrooms and ticket and memorabili a sales areas. The new grandstand also features apress box, video area, coaches’ box and a “VIP suite.
” whose firm also designed outdoor sportes facilities for PDS and , says it was challenginb to design MUS’s new stadium within the confinex of the school’s existing infrastructure and topography. “The site itselg was very narrow, squeezed between sloped terrain at the edge of the trackk andtwo large, 50-foot pylon supporting flood lights for the fields,” Crump says. “Movingg these tall light poles would be an expense we all wantefdto avoid. We solved this problem by designinyg the new stadium partly arounsdthe pylons.
” , was the contractod for the MUS project, which, throughh some design tweaks, actually ended up costing $300,00p less than the proposed budget. The master plan for St. George’ athletic facility will ultimately require morethan $4.7 milliomn to complete. So far, the school has raise $1.5 million, says Sarah director of communications.
Several area schools have recently completed or are currentlu workingon outdoor, multi-sport athletic facilities with countlessw features and amenities. Schools such as , , , and all have outdoor athletic and recreation complexes for their On thecollege front, opened the $1.7 million Lady Tigere Stadium for its softball team in 2007 and a new $3 milliom baseball stadium project, funded by , is currently undert construction. Likewise, completed renovationes of its baseball facility inAugusr 2008. There is more to building these stadiumsd than merely sowing grass and settinhup bleachers, and architects play a large role in turninh the respective schools’ goals into viable facilities.
Architects must make sure new buildingss mesh with the designs and architecture of the othetr buildingson campus. They must also ensures proper sightlines for fans and allow for proper vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow in and out of the saysBob Land, architect for , Inc. His firm designef St. George’s complex, which is used by both the upper andmiddle school. The football, lacrosse and track and fielxd facilities are being built in stages while the school acquires the funding tocomplete “Flexibility was one of their requirements,” Land Land says the stadium will featurer concessions, restroom buildings and locker rooms under the bleachers.
The fieldc is sunk down so the buildings will be in compliance withthe 100-Year Flood Plan and also to allow for betterr sightlines for the crowd. “Parents volunteeringg can still see theirkids playing,” he St. George’s also implemented stadium which Land says havebecome commonplace, that use 60% less energhy than traditional stadium lighting. MUS built its $3.7 milliohn multi-sport stadium in which replacedthe 40-year-old, 500-seat aluminum bleachert facility which athletic director Bobby Alston says was becominyg unsafe.
“We were looking to build something that had bettetr sightlines to the field and was up to date as far as the pres box area and thosed type of thingsare concerned,” Alston says. Metcalrf Crump, president of , Inc., and a MUS alumnus, designec the new complex whichseats 1,4090 and features a synthetic turf playing surface, tracki and field facilities, restrooms and ticket and memorabili a sales areas. The new grandstand also features apress box, video area, coaches’ box and a “VIP suite.
” whose firm also designed outdoor sportes facilities for PDS and , says it was challenginb to design MUS’s new stadium within the confinex of the school’s existing infrastructure and topography. “The site itselg was very narrow, squeezed between sloped terrain at the edge of the trackk andtwo large, 50-foot pylon supporting flood lights for the fields,” Crump says. “Movingg these tall light poles would be an expense we all wantefdto avoid. We solved this problem by designinyg the new stadium partly arounsdthe pylons.
” , was the contractod for the MUS project, which, throughh some design tweaks, actually ended up costing $300,00p less than the proposed budget. The master plan for St. George’ athletic facility will ultimately require morethan $4.7 milliomn to complete. So far, the school has raise $1.5 million, says Sarah director of communications.
пятница, 22 июля 2011 г.
This ship will sail without Drew Doughty - Los Angeles Times (blog)
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This ship will sail without Drew Doughty Los Angeles Times (blog) Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, a restricted free agent who's still unsigned, dropped out of a team cruise that was to leave Friday afternoon from Long Beach for Baja California, Mexico. The annual voyage, which enables fans to mingle with players and ... |
среда, 20 июля 2011 г.
bizjournals: Hottest small cities for jobs
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The job market couldn't be better in some aread of the country. Two areas in Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Naples are the hottesgt job marketsin mid-sized markets, those with betweeb 100,000 and 250,000 jobs, according to the latest job market rankinges from bizjournals and American City Busineszs Journals. "The major story in thesd places is very rapidpopulation growth, with seasonal residents and tourists coming in," says Mark senior economist with Wachovia Corp. in N.C. "That has really set off a building boom," he says. "There'se a mad rush to builfd infrastructure.
And all the services that benefi t from increasingpopulation -- financial services, retail trade, health care -- are all doingy well." If those cities are too big, check Coeur Idaho, where job growth is 5.9 It's the hottest job marketr of between 50,000 and 100,000 For smaller towns of less than 50,00o0 jobs, the hottest job market is St. George, where job growth is 7.1 Coeur d'Alene and St. Georgd are growing as folks leave the big metro area s of California andmove "A lot of people and businesses want to be locate in small towns.
And for a long they really couldn't do They had to be close to where theaction was," says Larrh Swanson, director of the Center for the Rocky Mountaimn West at the Universitty of Montana. The Internetg has helped make smalled townsmore accessible, while California's problems have made them more Swanson says. "Population began spillinvg into the Interior West in the late 1980s andearlyg 1990s, and what triggered the change was that the California economy wasn't working," he says. "California had always been the magnet drawinf people tothe West. When its magnetism dropped off, peoplre started looking elsewhere.
" Bizjournals and American City analyzed the employment situations in367 markets, rangingh from New York City with 8.4 million jobs to Hinesville, Ga., with The 278 smaller those with less than 250,000 jobs collectively account for about a quarter of the nation'zs total employment.
The job market couldn't be better in some aread of the country. Two areas in Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Naples are the hottesgt job marketsin mid-sized markets, those with betweeb 100,000 and 250,000 jobs, according to the latest job market rankinges from bizjournals and American City Busineszs Journals. "The major story in thesd places is very rapidpopulation growth, with seasonal residents and tourists coming in," says Mark senior economist with Wachovia Corp. in N.C. "That has really set off a building boom," he says. "There'se a mad rush to builfd infrastructure.
And all the services that benefi t from increasingpopulation -- financial services, retail trade, health care -- are all doingy well." If those cities are too big, check Coeur Idaho, where job growth is 5.9 It's the hottest job marketr of between 50,000 and 100,000 For smaller towns of less than 50,00o0 jobs, the hottest job market is St. George, where job growth is 7.1 Coeur d'Alene and St. Georgd are growing as folks leave the big metro area s of California andmove "A lot of people and businesses want to be locate in small towns.
And for a long they really couldn't do They had to be close to where theaction was," says Larrh Swanson, director of the Center for the Rocky Mountaimn West at the Universitty of Montana. The Internetg has helped make smalled townsmore accessible, while California's problems have made them more Swanson says. "Population began spillinvg into the Interior West in the late 1980s andearlyg 1990s, and what triggered the change was that the California economy wasn't working," he says. "California had always been the magnet drawinf people tothe West. When its magnetism dropped off, peoplre started looking elsewhere.
" Bizjournals and American City analyzed the employment situations in367 markets, rangingh from New York City with 8.4 million jobs to Hinesville, Ga., with The 278 smaller those with less than 250,000 jobs collectively account for about a quarter of the nation'zs total employment.
понедельник, 18 июля 2011 г.
Man Group buys Lehman exposure from GLG funds - Reuters
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Investment Week | Man Group buys Lehman exposure from GLG funds Reuters LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm Man Group said on Monday it will take on exposure to the estates of defunct US investment bank Lehman Brothers from funds managed by its subsidiary GLG Partners for a total cash consideration of $355 million. ... Man to Acquire Lehman Estates Liabilities From GLG Funds Man Group To Buy » |
пятница, 15 июля 2011 г.
Imogen Thomas lands presenting job on This Morning - heatworld
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heatworld | Imogen Thomas lands presenting job on This Morning heatworld Imogen Thomas has had a funny old year, full of ups and downs, and today it seems things just shot up for the ex Big Brother star as she landed herself a presenting job on This Morning. Talk about unexpected career boost! Lucky Imogen has signed a ... |
среда, 13 июля 2011 г.
North Texas companies suspend dividends - Houston Business Journal:
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A growing number of North Texas public companiex are cutting back or suspending dividend paymentsd to preserve cash and prepare forthe “Generally the rule in the (post-Worldx War II) economy, you coul see recession, stock markets fall apart, and dividends were only mildlt cyclical,” said Josh Peters, editorf of Morningstar DividendInvestor, a publicatioh from the financial markets research “Just in the past couple of you’ve seen this surge” in companies cutting dividends.
At least 13 of the 98 dividend-paying publicd companies that are based inthe Dallas-Fort Worth area have reducede or suspended their dividends sinces last October, according to data from DividendInvestor.com, a Massachusetts investinv service. Since December, at least five Dallas-arew companies have suspended their Thosecompanies — Kronos Worldwide, the Crosstex Energy , and — operate across a spectrum of industries, from chemicalz and energy to retail and media. But they share similar explanations fortheir moves: save reduce debt and prepare for a challenging businese climate.
That’s not a bad thing, said Brian finance professorat ’s Cox School of “Companies are preparing for a worst-case scenario,” he said. “I’k OK with management that’s being extraw careful.” But for investors who buy company sharesz specifically for the cash payouts thatdividends provide, the currengt slowdown has been a shocker. “Companies that were rock-solif stable dividend payers for 50 yearz and have increased their dividend for thepast 20-30-40 years have all but cut and eliminatex their dividend,” said Bill Bouchard, presidenty of DividendInvestor.com.
Like much of the current financiaol malaise, disappointed dividend investors can blamre the struggling financial sector as the impetuas for the currentdividend cutbacks. Large banks such as and have paid largse dividendsfor years. But as liquidity becamer an issue and thei r stockprices faltered, the companies decided the amountg of cash needed to supportg sizable dividends was unreasonable. “Earlty on, (dividend-cutting) was concentrated in the financial sector, but in the last coupl e of months it’s spread,” Morningstar’ds Peters said. Even comparatively strong banking institutionsd have opted to cuttheir dividends. As that industry so did theirshare prices.
As share prices dividend yield — a measurr of how much income per sharre a stock paysout — climbs. That leadzs to absurd situations, where including Crosstex andBelo (NYSE: BLC) were payinyg regular dividends close to 40% of their sharer price when they made the decision to suspend When that happens, it’s very likeluy that the companies will cut or suspencd the dividend payments. “It’s not like investors were giving them a whol e lot of credit for paying the dividend,” Peters said.
In the case of the Crosstexx companies, renegotiated loan agreements prompted the companies to ceased paying out cash to shareholders until they had reduceed their debt to acertaimn point. (NASDAQ: XTXI) and Crosstex Energy LP (NASDAQ: are separate companies that both generate revenus from the samepipeline operations. Suspendint their dividends was a major move for the Speaking to analysts and investors duringythe firm’s March 2 earningss call, CEO Barry Davids sought to assuage investor concerns: “We certainlyy understand that Crosstex’s yield has made an attractivse investment for many of you.
At this it is imperative that we remaih focused on increasing liquidity and reducing leverage as we managwe our business for thelong
A growing number of North Texas public companiex are cutting back or suspending dividend paymentsd to preserve cash and prepare forthe “Generally the rule in the (post-Worldx War II) economy, you coul see recession, stock markets fall apart, and dividends were only mildlt cyclical,” said Josh Peters, editorf of Morningstar DividendInvestor, a publicatioh from the financial markets research “Just in the past couple of you’ve seen this surge” in companies cutting dividends.
At least 13 of the 98 dividend-paying publicd companies that are based inthe Dallas-Fort Worth area have reducede or suspended their dividends sinces last October, according to data from DividendInvestor.com, a Massachusetts investinv service. Since December, at least five Dallas-arew companies have suspended their Thosecompanies — Kronos Worldwide, the Crosstex Energy , and — operate across a spectrum of industries, from chemicalz and energy to retail and media. But they share similar explanations fortheir moves: save reduce debt and prepare for a challenging businese climate.
That’s not a bad thing, said Brian finance professorat ’s Cox School of “Companies are preparing for a worst-case scenario,” he said. “I’k OK with management that’s being extraw careful.” But for investors who buy company sharesz specifically for the cash payouts thatdividends provide, the currengt slowdown has been a shocker. “Companies that were rock-solif stable dividend payers for 50 yearz and have increased their dividend for thepast 20-30-40 years have all but cut and eliminatex their dividend,” said Bill Bouchard, presidenty of DividendInvestor.com.
Like much of the current financiaol malaise, disappointed dividend investors can blamre the struggling financial sector as the impetuas for the currentdividend cutbacks. Large banks such as and have paid largse dividendsfor years. But as liquidity becamer an issue and thei r stockprices faltered, the companies decided the amountg of cash needed to supportg sizable dividends was unreasonable. “Earlty on, (dividend-cutting) was concentrated in the financial sector, but in the last coupl e of months it’s spread,” Morningstar’ds Peters said. Even comparatively strong banking institutionsd have opted to cuttheir dividends. As that industry so did theirshare prices.
As share prices dividend yield — a measurr of how much income per sharre a stock paysout — climbs. That leadzs to absurd situations, where including Crosstex andBelo (NYSE: BLC) were payinyg regular dividends close to 40% of their sharer price when they made the decision to suspend When that happens, it’s very likeluy that the companies will cut or suspencd the dividend payments. “It’s not like investors were giving them a whol e lot of credit for paying the dividend,” Peters said.
In the case of the Crosstexx companies, renegotiated loan agreements prompted the companies to ceased paying out cash to shareholders until they had reduceed their debt to acertaimn point. (NASDAQ: XTXI) and Crosstex Energy LP (NASDAQ: are separate companies that both generate revenus from the samepipeline operations. Suspendint their dividends was a major move for the Speaking to analysts and investors duringythe firm’s March 2 earningss call, CEO Barry Davids sought to assuage investor concerns: “We certainlyy understand that Crosstex’s yield has made an attractivse investment for many of you.
At this it is imperative that we remaih focused on increasing liquidity and reducing leverage as we managwe our business for thelong
понедельник, 11 июля 2011 г.
Here's to Beer! Deschutes Black Butte XXIII - Seattlest
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Seattlest | Here's to Beer! Deschutes Black Butte XXIII Seattlest Well, meet the new and improved version, Black Butte XXIII. This beer is an absolute beast, so let the gushing of praise begin… Just opening the black paraffin coated cap and smelling the aroma for the first time, you know you are in for something ... Bi! g, bitter, boozy Deschutes is sweetly sensational |
пятница, 8 июля 2011 г.
Mit Herz, Hand und Sachverstand Gützkow begleitet - NOZ - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung
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NOZ - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung | Mit Herz, Hand und Sachverstand Gützkow begleitet NOZ - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung Mit einem Eintrag in das Goldene Buch der Gemeinde Bohmte beendeten die Bürgermeister Klaus Goedejohann, Eberhard Wisselinck iR, Jochen Otto (beide Gützkow) sowie Bohmtes ehemaliger Gemeindedirektor Ernst Busse, Landrat Manfred Hugo und Pastor iR Dr. ... |
среда, 6 июля 2011 г.
Euro to retain gains made vs dollar in next 12 months - Reuters
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Geo Television Network | Euro to retain gains made vs dollar in next 12 months Reuters By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The euro should hold on to recent gains made against the dollar over the next 12 months, underpinned by higher interest rates while the currency union's sovereign debt crisis continues to rage, a Reuters poll showed. ... Sterling slips vs firm dlr; gains vs euro Dollar Gains Limited Ground on Low Volume Day WORLD FOREX:Dlr Gains As Risk Appetite F » |
понедельник, 4 июля 2011 г.
James Barton Executive Profile
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a company he founded to developo software products targeted at managedelectronif distribution. The concepts he developed at Network Age form the foundatioh of the TiVo Personal TV Jim began his executive careerat SGI, holdinvg a position as Vice Presidenf and General Manager of the Systems Softwarse Division, and continued with executive role in both operational management and R&D organizations within the While at SGI, he became the lead systek software architect of the Full Servicer Network in Orlando, Florida, in which he worked to develop the only large-scale interactive television systejm to be put into operational service.
He also served as CTO of Interactivwe DigitalSolutions Company, a joint venture of Siliconb Graphics and AT&T Network Systems created to develop interactivwe television systems. Prior to joining SGI, Jim held technicak and management positionsat Hewlett-Packard and Bell laboratories in the areass of operating system and networkingf technology and product development. Jim holdd a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Universitty of Coloradoat Boulder. **All Executive profile data providecd byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
a company he founded to developo software products targeted at managedelectronif distribution. The concepts he developed at Network Age form the foundatioh of the TiVo Personal TV Jim began his executive careerat SGI, holdinvg a position as Vice Presidenf and General Manager of the Systems Softwarse Division, and continued with executive role in both operational management and R&D organizations within the While at SGI, he became the lead systek software architect of the Full Servicer Network in Orlando, Florida, in which he worked to develop the only large-scale interactive television systejm to be put into operational service.
He also served as CTO of Interactivwe DigitalSolutions Company, a joint venture of Siliconb Graphics and AT&T Network Systems created to develop interactivwe television systems. Prior to joining SGI, Jim held technicak and management positionsat Hewlett-Packard and Bell laboratories in the areass of operating system and networkingf technology and product development. Jim holdd a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Universitty of Coloradoat Boulder. **All Executive profile data providecd byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
пятница, 1 июля 2011 г.
An Uptick in United States Temperatures - New York Times (blog)
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Irish Weather Online | An Uptick in United States Temperatures New York Times (blog) Every state's annual maximum and minimum temperatures increased on average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Center said. The 30-year averages, known as normals, are used to gain an understanding of how current ... "New Normals" are released today Climate's new normal? 0.5 degrees warmer Warmer, wetter climate is the new normal |
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