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SOURCE: Bank of the James
April 29, 2014 12:00 ET
Expanded Operations Contribute to Record Asset, Loan, Deposit Levels
Expanded Operations Contribute to Record Asset, Loan, Deposit Levels
LYNCHBURG, VA--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2014) - Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOTJ), the parent company of Bank of the James, a full-service commercial and retail bank serving the Greater Lynchburg MSA, commonly known as "Region 2000" and other markets in Central Virginia, today announced unaudited results for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
Performance Highlights
Robert R. Chapman III, President and CEO, commented: "Our first quarter 2014 financial performance reflected increased scale and meaningful gains in building the Bank of the James franchise. Our efforts are contributing to increased shareholder value. The first quarter reflected some negative impact related to difficult weather conditions, particularly slower-than-expected residential mortgage activity, yet net income exceeded expectations. Our results also reflected the investments we have made to expand the Bank of the James franchise into new markets.
"As we grow, we have remained mindful of maintaining the high levels of asset quality the company has demonstrated in past quarters. We have met or exceeded our goals for asset and loan quality, and we will continue competing for high quality opportunities and applying our prudent loan underwriting and risk management practices.
"We entered the second quarter with a robust loan pipeline, representing not only quality credits, but the opportunity to build a complete banking relationship with each new customer. We believe this approach has proven its value through enhanced customer retention and less transient business. This strategy is being demonstrated, for example, by the addition of core deposits and increased use of electronic banking services that are part of a multi-faceted relationship with customers. We believe this business philosophy will remain the driving force behind the bank's success."
First Quarter 2014 Income Statement Highlights
Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was $705,000 or $0.21 per diluted share, compared with $788,000 or $0.24 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Net income reflected modest growth in total interest income, reduced interest expense and a reduction in the provision for loan losses to $55,000 in first quarter 2014 compared with $235,000 in first quarter 2013.
The company's total interest income, primarily reflecting higher interest income from loans, was $4.55 million in the first quarter 2014 compared with $4.54 million in first quarter 2013. Total interest expense declined to $591,000 at March 31, 2014 compared with $616,000 at March 31, 2013, reflecting interest expense management, including selective re-pricing of higher cost time deposits. This contributed to a decline in expense related to time deposits compared with the first quarter 2013. Net interest income increased to $3.95 million at March 31, 2014 compared with $3.92 million at March 31, 2013.
"We believe that in a continuing low interest rate environment, we have demonstrated the ability to stay ahead of the curve by re-balancing our portfolios to reflect competitive pricing on the deposit side and by obtaining reasonable rates and loan structures on the lending side," explained J. Todd Scruggs, CFO. "We feel holding net interest margin at or near 4% is a significant accomplishment. We were particularly pleased with the growth in noninterest bearing demand deposits, primarily reflecting the continued traction we are getting in our commercial banking relationship business, which is also contributing to a lower cost of funds."
Noninterest income from fees, service charges and commissions, including fees from the bank's expanded line of treasury management services for commercial customers, was $717,000 in first quarter 2014 compared with $964,000 in first quarter 2013. The prior year's first quarter included a $259,000 gain on the sale of securities. Mortgage fee income declined year-over-year, reflecting a slowing of mortgage refinancing activity, partially offset by an increase in purchase mortgage originations. Service charges, fees and commissions increased to $350,000 in first quarter 2014 compared with $303,000 in first quarter 2013. Chapman noted that commercial treasury management services continue to generate increased fee income and provide a key element in relationship-focused commercial banking activities.
Noninterest expense increased 2.21% to $3.61 million at March 31, 2014 compared with $3.53 million at March 31, 2013, primarily reflecting increases in compensation and occupancy expense. The company's efficiency ratio was 77.26% in first quarter 2014 compared with 72.28% in first quarter 2013, primarily reflecting our investment in growth.
"We feel we have effectively maintained the expenses related to our core operations in Region 2000, and have prudently invested in experienced people and cost-effective facilities to build important market presence in the Charlottesville, Roanoke and Appomattox markets," Chapman explained. "As we build our business in these markets, we expect our investments to demonstrate accelerating results that will positively impact our bottom line."
Balance Sheet Highlights and Outlook
Loans (including loans held for sale), net of a $5.26 million allowance for loan losses, were $350.99 million at March 31, 2014 compared with loans, net of a $5.61 allowance for loan losses, of $326.31 million at March 31, 2013. At December 31, 2013 loans (including loans held for sale), net of a $5.19 million allowance for loan losses, were $341.92 million.
"During the past year, we have pursued our goal of diversifying the bank's loan portfolio," Chapman explained. "We have in the past several years added balance to our loan portfolio through increased commercial lending activity and our related deposit and services businesses."
Commercial loans increased to $58.83 million in first quarter 2014 compared with $57.38 million in first quarter 2013, owner-occupied real estate totals rose to $108.81 million compared to $99.40 million in the prior year's first quarter, and investor-owned real estate grew to $107.17 million in first quarter 2014 compared with $95.37 million in the first quarter 2013. Consumer lines of credit increased year-over-year, while consumer and construction loan totals were essentially unchanged compared with the prior year's first quarter.
Total deposits at March 31, 2014 increased to a record $398.13 million compared with $385.19 million at March 31, 2013 and $387.40 million at December 31, 2013. Total assets grew to a company record $442.58 million at March 31, 2014. The company accomplished asset growth while shrinking its portfolio of other owned real estate (OREO) from $2.32 million at March 31, 2013 to $1.71 million at March 31, 2014, reflecting steady disposition of owned properties and few assets being added to OREO.
The company grew its balance sheet while improving asset quality metrics. At March 31, 2014, the company's ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans was 0.93%, and its allowance for loan losses to total loans was 1.48%, with an allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans of 160.25%. Reflecting improved asset quality, the company's allowance for loan losses declined 6.15% compared with a year ago, and the provision for loan losses declined 76.60% to $55,000 at March 31, 2014 from $235,000 at March 31, 2013. Charge-offs declined 97.85% to $4,000 at March 31, 2014 from $186,000 at March 31, 2013. Recoveries increased from $22,000 at March 31, 2013 to $24,000 at March 31, 2014. The bank's "Texas Ratio" (NPAs + Troubled Debt Restructurings: Capital + Loan Loss Reserve), a measurement of asset quality, was 12.16% at March 31, 2014.
The company's ratio of average equity to average assets increased to 7.31% at March 31, 2014 compared with 6.75% at March 31, 2013. At March 31, 2014, return on average assets (ROAA) was 0.65% compared with ROAA of 0.74% at March 31, 2013, with the decline primarily reflecting the company's larger asset base. Return on average equity was 8.90% in first quarter 2014 compared with 11.02% in first quarter 2013, which management anticipates will improve as new assets become increasingly productive. Total stockholders' equity increased to $31.32 million at March 31, 2014 compared with $29.97 million at March 31, 2013, while the company's book value rose to $9.31 per share compared with $8.94 at March 31, 2013.
The bank remained "well capitalized" by accepted regulatory standards, with an approximate tier 1 to average total assets ratio of 9.29%, an approximate tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.97% and an approximate total risk-based capital ratio of 13.22% at March 31, 2014.
Chapman concluded: "We remain encouraged by the slow but steady improvement in the economy, an uptick in business activity and residential housing markets. Like many banks, we have felt the impact of the decline in mortgage refinancing, however, anticipating this slowing, we worked diligently to leverage our longstanding reputation as a purchase mortgage lender to build this business. As a result, purchase mortgage originations comprised 74% of our loan activity during the first quarter. We expect a stronger mortgage business in second quarter 2014 due to the seasonality of the business and the positive impact of warmer weather. The strengthening local real estate market has also enabled us to continue to dispose of bank owned assets at more attractive prices.
"With a broader array of services and capabilities, our team has more opportunities than ever to present a suite of integrated financial solutions to current and potential customers. Working from a firm financial footing, we are enthusiastic about the opportunity to grow Bank of the James and hope to enhance shareholder value in the process."
About the Company
Bank of the James, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc., serves the greater Lynchburg, Virginia MSA, often referred to as Region 2000, and other markets in and around Central Virginia. The bank operates nine full service locations, two loan production offices, and an investment services division. The company is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. common stock is listed under the symbol "BOTJ" on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "plan" and similar expressions and variations thereof identify certain of such forward-looking statements which speak only as of the dates on which they were made. Bank of the James Financial Group (the "Company") undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to competition, general economic conditions, potential changes in interest rates, and changes in the value of real estate securing loans made by Bank of the James (the "Bank"), a subsidiary of Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and previously filed by the Bank (as predecessor of the Company) with the Federal Reserve Board.
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Public interest disclosure is managed in ACT Health in accordance with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012. Procedures for actioning public interest disclosures are carried out according to the Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate guidelines. ACT Health's public interest disclosure policy and procedures are available to all staff and the community on the Health website. The Senior Executive Responsible for Business Integrity Risk receives disclosures and determines the appropriate action in accordance with the Act.
Of the six disclosures unfinalised at the end of 2011‑12:
- one was dismissed as the allegations lacked substance following the gathering of preliminary evidence
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- one was discontinued following staff relocations and exits.
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In each case the events described were restricted to the conduct of particular individuals and not considered to be a high risk of systematic recurrence.
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Maybe the mullahs can get puppet dissidents to complain that porn sites are blocked, thus showing the US is not really willing to grant adult status to Iranians. Then if the sites are unblocked in reponse , perhaps that will distract dissidents from dissenting. It seems to work here. Best, Michael Michael H. Goldhaber Bruce Sterling wrote: > *One wonders what the strategic Iranian infowar response > to this should be. Maybe "Americanonymity." -- bruces > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/32567.html > > > > Ā A pact between the U.S. government and the electronic privacy company > Anonymizer, Inc. is making the Internet a safer place for controversial > websites and subversive opinions -- if you're Iranian. > > This month Anonymizer began providing Iranians with free access to a Web > proxy service designed to circumvent their government's online censorship > efforts. In May, government ministers issued a blacklist of 15,000 > forbidden "immoral" websites that ISPs in the country must block -- > reportedly a mix of adult sites and political news and information outlets. > An estimated two million Iranians have Internet access. > > > > > > "Dissident sites, religious sites, the L.L. Bean catalog -- we point them > to the Voice of America site, but they can go anywhere," says Ken Berman, > program manager for Internet anticensorship at the IBB, "They're free > explore the Internet in an unfettered fashion." > > Mostly unfettered. Like the Iranian filters, the U.S. service blocks porn > sites -- "There's a limit to what taxpayers should pay for," says Berman. > But the United States' hope is that a freer flow of online information will > improve America's image in the Arab world. The service is similar to one > Anonymizer provided to Chinese citizens under a previous government > contract that ran-out ended earlier this year. > > -- / # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo {AT} bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime {AT} bbs.thing.net


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psion plc has announced a new device that is essentially a chinese-language revo. the psion 618c is being distributed by taiwan's synnex technology international corp. and features all of the features of the original revo. in addition, it features either simplified or traditional chinese input methods, including zhu yin, chang jie, pin yin, and handwriting recognition. the device features over 13,000 chinese characters built-in and a chinese-english and english-chinese dictionary. read more about it in the press release. well, it's not the announcement we were hoping for, but at least it's another new unit from psion. this one is actually being distributed by synnex technology so it looks like it might be another "mako-ish" deal. i am surprised that it's built on the revo and not the revo plus, though. meanwhile, i'm still waiting for word on the new device coming from psion that's supposed to feature some level of bluetooth. perhaps word will leak from techx? thanks to sebastian and manou for the lead on this story.
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|sigh… (7:30am est tue jun 26 2001)
and this is what passes for news from psion these days… – by psionadvisor
|a picture of revo-c… (8:23am est tue jun 26 2001)
…can be found at !
enjoy! – by thomas, pw
|think again (10:05am est tue jun 26 2001)
i think this is important news. chinese language is absolutely huge, and not that well supported by the mainstream. commercially, this is pretty big stuff and obviously the result of some big deal. on a personal note, obviously it doesn't give me what *i* want.
clearly everyone's views are relevant, but pdageek is a news service with comment, and i see this as a pretty big gig for psion. – by baz
|psion at techxny? (10:14am est tue jun 26 2001)
is psion even going to be at techxny? i didn't see their name listed as a exhibitor. – by york
|nope (11:42am est tue jun 26 2001)
psion's not going to be there. looks like they're going to focus on cebit…
– by psionadvisor
|interesting … (2:42pm est tue jun 26 2001)
ericsson, psion's co-conspirator in symbian, and *the* critical bluetooth player, have also developed a (bluetooth!!!) tri-band gsm mobile telephone with chinese interface that sounds strikingly similar to that on the revo-c.
search for 'r520mc' on ericsson's for details. almost all the non-ericsson-hosted news about this device is in chinese. – by jonathan weaver
|regarding r520mc (7:33am est wed jun 27 2001)
nice, but is it actually a symbian machine? i don't see mention of er5 or 6 anywhere there, you know. seriously funky phone, though. well spotted that man. – by baz
|large picture of chinese revo (3:07am est thu jun 28 2001)
symbian now has more details on the chinese revo:
– by monojohnny
|re: r520mc (9:28am est thu jun 28 2001)
the phone isn't with a symbian os. it has bluetooth. in this way it can be connected with a bluetooth enabled revo!!! that's nice. – by arf
|revo and not revo plus (9:32am est thu jun 28 2001)
i think that this machine is like the revo plus, but that the extra memory is used for the chinese vocabulary (13000 symbols). this will eat up a lot of memory. – by arf
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Chef owner Janis Cusimano opened Cuzi in 2009 as a bakery-café. It was her desire and passion to provide fresh baked goods and a made-to-order menu. She began with her favorite recipes, which are the fundamentals of today's enhanced & expanded menu. Everything is either freshly baked or prepared… breads, rolls, muffins, pastries and desserts are all baked on premise. And high quality, fresh ingredients, including Boar's Head meats, cheese and produce are prepped each morning.
Husband Chris began as chief taster and took on a more significant role as the café expanded. As Cuzi's ambassador, he will most likely greet you at the door, stop by your table or pour you a draught. The restaurant was relocated several years ago to its present location to provide a quaint, cozy atmosphere and drive-thru convenience. Now a full serve bistro & bar, Cuzi also specializes in corporate breakfast and lunch catering for groups of 10 to 500.
Dinner is served Tuesday through Saturday from 4pm to 9pm. We sincerely hope that you will come out and enjoy and make Cuzi your place, too!
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zest means liveliness or energy or animating spirit. It is a strength or courage possessed by humanity. For example you say he has a zest for living. In other words, he lives his life with keen relish and gusto.
It is defined as living life with a sense of great excitement, anticipation, and hearty enjoyment. The synonyms for zest would be words like, gusto, zeal, vim, verve and vivacity.
Anyway, here are few good zest for life sayings to pep you up.
"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life." – Elbert Hubbard
"Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest." – Christian Dior
"If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind." – Norman Vincent Peale
"What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life" – Bertrand Russell
"If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit." – Branch Rickey
"It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"If the next generation is to face the future with zest and self-confidence, we must educate them to be original as well as competent" – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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David and Karen Gamow (Clarity Seminars) are two of the leading stress and meditation corporate trainers in the U.S. today. David is the author of Freedom from Stress (Glenbridge Publishing, 2006).
Is "detachment" the key to overcoming stress?
We're not saying, "Don't care." But nurses can care deeply, do their best, then remain unattached to the results.


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MapTopographical sketch of the battlefield of Chaplin hills, near Perryville, Kentucky. October 9th, 1862. Relief shown by hachures. Sun print. Map of Perryville and vicinity, annotated in blue and red crayon to show what may be the position of the Union and Confederate troops on October 9, the day after the battle of Perryville. Opposite of four of the five positions, marked in blue are written the names: "Gilbert," "Buell," "McCook," and what appears to be "MacCon." Description...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Republican Mitt Romney has raised millions of dollars in a bid for the presidency, invested millions more of his own and staked enviable positions in Iowa and New Hampshire.
But now he confronts a question that may pose the greatest obstacle to his candidacy -- his religion.
The fact that Romney, a Mormon, is coming to Texas on Thursday to articulate his vision of "faith in America" is a measure of just how much sway evangelical Christians still hold in presidential voting, particularly the Republican Party's naming of a nominee.


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But one day, one of Black's friends was brutally attacked online.
"They were making up rumors about her, calling her a whore, saying she was ugly and she wasn't pretty and no one should like her and no one does like her," Black said.
"Here, this beautiful, smart, intelligent, well-rounded young girl being sexually harassed and taunted at every turn," said Black's father, Sam Black.
Besides being the father of a teenage girl, Black is an Internet safety professional.
He knows first hand what dangers lurk online for teen girls.
"Body image, sexualization of women and girls, cyber bullying," he said. "All these things can play out on the Internet."
Michele Borba, author of the "Big Book of Parenting Solutions," says while sites may post rules against bullying or harassing, not all teens follow them.
"There are a number of new sites that look like they're harmless, but are actually teaching our girls very, very vicious lifestyle changes," Borba said.
"Formspring is one of the new kinds of websites that looks like a social network that is popping up online for our daughters," Borba said. "It looks tame enough. But once they log on, what it actually encourages instead is to send vicious notes toward one another in an anonymous nature."
Formspring.com said in an e-mail that they take safety and privacy seriously and have developed practices for blocking inappropriate content.
The people behind Formspring say they're developing more tools for a safer online experience. For example, all questions sent to Formspring stay in a private inbox until a member responds.
But experts say social networking sites aren't the only types that raise concern.
There are new online games where teens create and play highly-sexualized characters. One of them is missmimbo.com
"If you earn a certain amount of points in life, you can even buy yourself a sugar daddy," Borba said. "Totally unhealthy and you do not want your daughters in any part of it."
Then there are the websites that promote anorexia and bulimia with photographs of frail and skinny models and step-by-step "tutorials."
"Specific directions on how to purge, how to purchase diet pills and it is doing damage," Borba said. "Stanford University found that 96 percent of girls who are anorexic learned a lot of their eating habits on those sites."
So how can parents keep kids off potentially dangerous websites?
They should invest in parental control software and monitor their teen's online history.
They can also do Google searches on their kid's full name to see if anything comes up.
A walk by to see if they abruptly stop as they're online is also a good idea.
Finally, they should take the time to get Internet savvy. It could make all the difference in their daughter's life.
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This morning I received my flu shot, got a tetanus booster, and as part of a typical annual wellness assessment had blood drawn to learn my vital statistics. This will help me to save money on my health insurance next year due to a neat benefits program offered by my employer. As I sat in the waiting room preparing to be poked and prodded I thought about the incredible services that are so readily available to us. While having metal needles stuck into my skin certainly isn't my favorite thing, the knowledge that ten minutes from my house there exists a sterile, professional, and well-funded institution providing these services is an incredible blessing. Looking around the waiting room I saw anxious faces ruminating the procedures that would fill their short term and smiled. We forget how lucky we are. Adding to the availability and convenience, the staff at OHSU maintain a high level of professionalism and courteousness that makes the process all the more pleasant. I'm now good on tetanus for another ten years, have my flu shot, and a blood panel on the way all in under thirty minutes and I'm back at work and ready to go.
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One of the reasons I scheduled my health assessment (in addition to simply wanting to know if I'm well) is because my employer, tw telecom, is offering a reduction in next year's health insurance premium to all employees who do so. I think that's a fantastic idea and one I was quick and happy to support. I believe that preventative solutions save more money than reactive ones and I'm sure that's as true in medicine as it is in technology. If me getting early warning signs on health issues helps to save the beleaguered health system money then reflecting those actions in a lower premium seems very appropriate.
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General Motors has quietly been making strides in greening their operations. What's most encouraging is that GM isn't doing it for the publicity; they're doing it simply because technological advances in sustainability are increasingly making good business sense.
In 1999, GM began experimenting with turning landfill gas—those otherwise worthless fumes that do nothing but stink and fill the atmosphere—into energy. By using landfill gas to heat a portion of their paint shop in Orion, Michigan, they discovered they had reduced their energy costs by half per vehicle. In 2002, GM then started using this LFGTE (LandFill Gas to Energy) technology to power parts of their Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly facility.
Presumably having worked out the kinks, now they're taking bigger steps. This month GM invested $24 million in LFGTE machinery. The Fort Wayne facility's LFGTE percentage will quadruple from 10% to 40%, and the Orion plant will draw a whopping 54% of its juice from the stuff. This will cut 89,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year, about the equivalent of what 18,500 cars put out. The total LFGTE yield between the two plants will be 14 megawatts; if they repeat this nine times with other facilities by 2020, they will hit their self-imposed goal of using 125 renewable-energy megawatts.
Here's a local news affiliate's overview of the project:And here's a video by GM partner Waste Management on how they turn fumes into juice:
There's at least two things we find heartening about GM's overall approach to greening their roll. The first is that between Fort Wayne and Orion it will save them some $10 million annually. So unlike using a longer-payoff-term source like solar, they'll recoup their investment within three years. Hopefully other manufacturers will take notice and follow suit.
The second thing is that GM is not taking a one-size-fits-all approach with their facilities. One might conclude, for example, that if they can profitably draw electricity from landfill, that means they will encourage the creation of more landfill. Not so: While that solution makes sense for Fort Wayne and Orion, it doesn't for some other GM facilities. We'll take a look at that next.
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Who can forget Perceptive Pixel's big-ass multitouch display, which caused such a stir at AU 2011? We were secretly hoping the company would be purchased by Autodesk and turned to the task of cranking out high-end rendering stations, but alas, that wasn't in the cards; Microsoft scooped them up last...
Due out in January, the Mimo Baby Monitor shows the softer side of technology trickle-down. The key object is a baby onesie or "kimono" (kidmono! oh ho ho) employing Bluetooth Low Energy, wearable-washable sensors, and turtles. Once you've suited up your progeny in this thing, you'll received real-time information on...
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- Associate supervisor: Dr Daehoon Nahm
- Date of submission: 01/01/2000
- Thesis title: Is Giving Behaviour Consistent? An Experimental Analysis
- Abstract: As (Dawes and Thaler 1988) make explicit "much economic analysis - and virtually all game theory - starts from the assumption that people are…selfish" (187). Until recently, results from "Dictator Game" experiments appeared to provide convincing evidence of altruistic behaviour (Engel 2011). However List (2007), amongst others, has shown that behaviour in these experiments is inconsistent. The author aims to experimentally test the two dominant explanations of this phenomenon - that individuals act in accordance to situation specific social norms (Krupka and Weber 2008) or alternatively are motivated to altruistic or pro-social behaviour by context (Eckel and Grossman 2012).


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Gunmen opened fire on Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa's motorcade in what is believed to be the first direct attack against the PM himself by al Qaeda.
He was returning home from his office at the time.
It is the first time Mr Basindwa has come under attack, the AFP news agency says, although other members of his cabinet have previously been targeted. The government is battling militants of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Barack Obama is believed to be golfing after punting to Congress on Syria and has yet to comment.
Earlier this month, the US and several other Western countries temporarily shut their embassies in Sanaa after reports of an imminent al-Qaeda attack.
A senior intelligence officer was killed by suspected militants in southern Labous province late on Friday.


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SOURCE: Pure Cycle Corporation
January 10, 2014 16:35 ET
DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - Jan 10, 2014) - Pure Cycle Corporation (NASDAQ: PCYO) today reported financial results for the three months ended November 30, 2013. Basic and diluted loss per share decreased 36% from a loss of $.06 per share last year to $.04 per share this year.
"In our first quarter we continued delivering record revenue and are continuing momentum for our Company," commented Mark Harding, President of Pure Cycle Corporation. "This was an exciting quarter for Pure Cycle, both operationally and financially, and we are well positioned to continue our strong performance and drive long-term shareholder value."
The following table summarizes results of operations for the three months ended November 30, 2013 and 2012:
Revenues increased approximately 32% during the our three months ended November 30, 2013 compared to our three months ended November 30, 2012 primarily as a result of increased water sales used for fracking.
Our summarized approximate financial position as of November 30, 2013 and August 31, 2013 is as follows:
Consistent with prior years, management hosts earnings calls reviewing mid-year and year end results. Our next earnings call will be hosted after the release of our second quarter results -- anticipated to be in April 2014. We have posted a detailed slide presentation which overviews the Company and presents summary financial results on our website which can be accessed at www.purecyclewater.com.
The Company will be holding its annual shareholders' meeting on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 2PM Mountain. The meeting will be held at the offices of Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP, at 1550 17th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202. Additional details can be found on our website.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements are all statements, other than statements of historical facts, including in this press release that address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results include the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and those factors discussed from time to time in our press releases, public statements and documents filed or furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated or intended. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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We at Mighty Mosquito Control specialize in custom design and installation of fully-automated mosquito misting systems for outdoor insect control for your home or property. Our systems are so effective that we offer a complete money back guarantee! For the last 15 years we have been providing yard treatments, installing and servicing mosquito misting systems in the Dallas Fort Worth Area. We know how disappointing it is to not be able to go outside and enjoy the maintained landscaped paradise you have sculpted for yourself. Why do you think we started this business we installed systems at our houses, neighbors, and eventually throughout the metroplex. Our residential mosquito misting systems will get you back to enjoying the outdoors or our name isn't Mighty Mosquito Control.
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- Authorized strength of 52, which includes 46 sworn officers and six civilian support personnel [2016 Organization Chart] . Our sister department, the Fairbanks Emergency Communications Center has an authorized strength of 17, including a manager and 16 dispatchers.
- Authorized budget of $7.2 million.
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Kirsty Duncan is a Liberal member of parliament (Etobicoke North) and critic for the Environment. She has a Ph.D. in geography (University of Edinburgh, 1992) and has taught meteorology, climatology, and climate change at the University of Windsor, corporate social responsibility and medical geography at the University of Toronto and global environmental processes at Royal Roads University. She served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization that won the 2007 Nobel Prize with Al Gore and is the author of Hunting the 1918 Flu: One Scientist's Search for a Killer Virus (University of Toronto Press, 2003), and Environment and Health: Protecting our Common Future (2008).
Politics has been played with the lives of 55,000 to 75,000 Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for two-and-a-half years.
In May, 2010, the Minister of Health ignored my colleague, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, and me when we wrote an open letter asking for clinical trials for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and a registry. The Minister then ignored the leading experts in the world on CCSVI, who asked for clinical trials at the Subcommittee on Neurological Diseases. A registry was then denied in 2010 because it was "outside the mandate".
The government then failed to invite the leading international experts in CCSVI to a joint meeting of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (MSSOC) which was held on August 26th, 2010, where the government did invite those who publicly criticized the validity of CCSVI, despite their bias.
The government failed to attend international scientific conferences, failed to undertake site visits to labs and operating theatres, and blindly accepted a handful of studies. The government also failed to review a large body of research extending back to 1839 regarding vascular links to MS. It was a cursory review at best.
By the time of the August 2010 meeting, eight provinces and territories were pushing for action on CCSVI, yet behind closed doors at the meeting there was a unanimous decision not to undertake clinical trials, despite the fact that both the presidents of the CIHR and the MSSOC were present and had previously advocated for them. The process failed Canadians with MS and failed to meet the standards of the Canadian health system.
The government then put in place a Scientific Expert Working Group who had no scientific expertise or experience in CCSVI, whose members did not even declare conflicts of interest, who did not even undertake a comprehensive literature review, and analyzed interim and final results from seven Canadian and U.S. MS societies' funded studies, for which we already had answers.
In March 2011, 10 months after our initial request, the government reversed its position and announced a registry for MS. The registry was to start in July 2012, then September 2012, and still we have no registry. Since when do scientists fail to collect data? It is wilful blindness.
Before my Bill, C-280, had its second debate in the house, I again invited all MPs and Senators from all parties to attend a breakfast on February 14th, 2012, with leading doctors who treat CCSVI. I invited all parties because CCSVI is a non-partisan issue; it is a humanitarian issue.
On February 9th, the fair and balanced "MS Wars" aired on "The Nature of Things." It included testimony from Dr. Gianfranco Campalani, a vascular surgeon, who has seen marked improvements in his MS symptoms following treatment, and who said, "It is unethical for doctors to deny treatment to those with CCSVI".
The very next day, on Friday, February 10th, the Minister of Health announced a briefing on MS at 5:30 on February 13th to pre-empt my breakfast on February 14th by a mere 14 hours, with, according to a leader of one political party, "the sole purpose of killing" Bill C-280.
On February 17th, the Minister then sent a letter to all MPs attacking the bill. On February 27th, just two days before the vote, the president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) suddenly decided to oppose the bill in a letter. It was extremely odd, considering that Senator Jane Cordy's Bill S-204 (the same bill as C-280) had been in the Senate since June and my bill had been in the House since September.
Bill C-280 was defeated by a mere six votes on February 29th. The Minister of Health used the letter to sway her Conservative colleagues and supporters of the bill at caucus on the morning of February 29th. When I invited the president of the CMA to meet with Senator Cordy and me on March 6th, he had no idea how he came to write the letter of February 27th, had no idea three safety studies involving over a thousand patients had been done, had no idea regarding the challenges of follow-up care in this country, admitted that lack of care was wrong, and that CCSVI was being treated differently than other new medical treatments, such as kidney denervation.
Today, all Canadians with MS have is an announcement for clinical trials, although as of last week there is, at last, a start date for recruitment for a small Canadian clinical study. The reason for last week's announcement was more politics with the lives of Canadian MS patients—namely, to shut down debate on Senator Cordy's Bill S-204.
It is appalling that, if this country is committed to patient-centred care, those who suffer with MS are being denied the opportunity to orally testify in front of the Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee. It is also offensive that known Canadian expert, Dr. Sandy McDonald, the surgeon who has undertaken the CCSVI procedure on seven Canadians, who has two peer-reviewed articles on CCSVI, and who has imaged over 1,000 MS patients, is also not allowed to orally present. Why is the government shutting down important voices?
Bill S-204 calls for much more than the government has offered regarding clinical trials. Today there is no national strategy for CCSVI, and there is no proper health care for a person following CCSVI treatment. Patients are turned away from hospitals, turned away from their doctors and told to return to the treating country. Patients are cancelled by their treating neurologists, have their appointments cancelled, and have their driver's licence revoked should they dare pull out of drug trials. Today, Canada is not at the forefront of research; Phase III trials are currently under way elsewhere. Today, the advisory panel is not composed of experts in diagnosis and treatment.
Tragically, this debate was never based on science as it should have been, but rather wilful blindness, medical politics and collusion with special interest groups.
The government has grossly mishandled the CCSVI file. For details, readers should study investigative journalist Anne Kingston's article "The silent treatment", as well as her most recent blog, "Finally, CCSVI clinical trials. So why is everyone so pissed off?" I therefore have a motion on the Order Paper calling for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health to investigate.
The Senate Committee has the opportunity to finally set Canada on the right course by serving the best interests of MS patients. The Committee must ask tough questions — such as how a government approves an MS drug known to cause a fatal brain infection, yet denies a procedure practised daily in hospitals across this country — rather than read prepared questions meant to protect the government's position.
Canadians with MS are waiting. They are becoming sicker, and some are dying.
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Captain America is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Over the years, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books have been sold in a total of 75 countries. Within the comics, the title "Captain America" applies to whomever is chosen by the U.S. government (which views itself as "owning" the persona) to wear the costume and bear the shield. For nearly all of the character's publication history, however, Captain America was the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a sickly young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Captain America wears a costume that utilizes an American flag motif, and is armed with an indestructible shield that can be thrown as a weapon.
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"He doesn't seem autistic to me."
"He acts normal; he can't be autistic."
"What? He's autistic?"
"Is the therapy helping?"
"How long does he need therapy for?"
"Is he going to get better?"
These are a few of the questions and comments that I have been getting the past few months. Internally I cringe. Sigh. Throw up my hands in frustration. I want to yell, scream, kick doors, tell you to mind your own business.
Then I want to hug you, laugh with you, thank you for asking, applaud you for being brave~for actually talking, asking, questioning.
For every comment and question, I know there are a million unasked, unsaid comments.
I don't want my kid to be different. I don't want my kid to not fit in. I want him to be NORMAL.
I want my kid to be different; to not fit in with the crowd. I don't want him to do what everyone else is doing. I want him to rise above the masses, be a star, succeed, make his mark in the world.
It's all a paradox.
As good postmodern Americans we don't like labels. We don't like stereotypes. As parents, we definitely don't like labels. We don't want anyone telling us how to raise our kids. We want the freedom to parent the way we think is right.
And then there's the LABEL: He's a special needs kid with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Fear. Fear of failure as a parent. Fear of judgement. Fear of loss of dreams for his future. FEAR.
There's nothing WRONG with a label. There's nothing WRONG with him. All the label really tells me is: I need help; my kid needs help. It's OK to ask for help. It's OK that I don't know everything. It's OK to make mistakes. It's OK to embrace the label.
It's OK that I don't completely understand my son's diagnosis. It's OK that people ask me questions I don't know how to answer. It's OK that my son has ASD. It's OK.
That's really just what I want to hear.
He's the same kid he's always been. It's just that now we can admit we need help raising him. We can ask for help. We can rely on others. We can be different. We can be normal. We can embrace the label. We can help other understand. We can help others who learn their kid has a label. We can make the journey together. We can face our fears and realize that we are human. We aren't perfect. We ALL have a label and we ALL need each other.
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Despite the WHO recommendation, in the United States the three-hour glucose challenge test remains the gold standard for diagnosing gestational diabetes. I would like to refer you to a reference for more detail on the current criteria for diagnosing diabetes: Diabetes Care, Volume 21, Supplement 1, January 1998.
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UCT is the national sponsor of the American Special Hockey Association (ASHA) to help grow special hockey programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each year, UCT donates $15,000 to $20,000 to ASHA at the annual UCT Winter Hockey Festival.
UCT (United Commercial Travelers) is a 501(c)8 non-profit financial services membership organization that supports communities and causes across North America. UCT is a volunteer organization funded through the sales of insurance products. Because they don't have shareholders, UCT's profits help to support their local councils in communities around North America.
UCT members support ASHA through such volunteer efforts as sponsoring ice time for games and practices, hosting post-practice lunches, helping sponsor tournaments and camps, and holding fundraisers to help teams with travel costs and purchasing necessary equipment.
ASHA parents are getting involved in the fundraising and support of their local ASHA teams by becoming UCT members and creating their own UCT Councils. These councils are assisted by the outreach, marketing and design efforts of the UCT home office.
For more information on UCT contact Community Outreach Manager Jen Chillinsky at email@example.com or at (614) 487-9680 x207, or visit www.uct.org.
Special Hockey in Canada
Special hockey gives individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities a chance to learn and grow through playing hockey. There are currently nearly 20 special hockey teams in Canada that are members of Special Hockey International (SHI).
UCT started working with Special Hockey International to promote and grow special hockey in Canada. In conjunction with ASHA, SHI and member programs in Canada, we're aiding in the formation of a Canadian Special Hockey Association to help support special hockey. Working with SHI and the creation of such an association will give Canadian members a chance to get involved with special hockey at a grass roots level.
UCT Winter Hockey Festival Benefits Special Needs Players
Wow! That word pretty much sums up the 3rd annual UCT Winter Hockey Festival at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Maryland, this past weekend. Take a look.


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DPAM celebrates the centennial of the 1913 Armory Show
"For and Against Modern Art: The Armory Show + 100"
Opening Reception and Lecture: Friday, April 5, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m
CHICAGO — A century after The Armory Show made a sensational splash on the Chicago art scene, the DePaul Art Museum examines the historical moment with an exhibition that opens April 4. Titled "For and Against Modern Art: The Armory Show + 100," the exhibition reunites some of the prints, drawings and paintings from the exhibition that introduced a stunned America to avant-garde European art, said Louise Lincoln, director of the DePaul Art Museum and curator of the exhibition.
An opening reception will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 5 at the museum, located at 935 W. Fullerton Ave., just east of the CTA's Fullerton 'L' stop. The museum is free and open to the public every day. The exhibition, which runs through June 16, is made possible in part by funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
"Post-Impressionism, Cubism and abstraction seem unremarkable now, but the intensity — and polarity — of the critical reception had ramifications in the Chicago art world for decades," Lincoln said. "Although it was in Chicago for only 23 days, it drew 189,000 visitors — more than the attendance in New York or Boston, its final venue. But it was in the Windy City that the most intense reaction to the new art occurred.
Dubbed the Armory Show because it was first held in New York City's 69th Regiment Armory, the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art was the first large exhibition of modern art in America. The exhibition went on to show at the Art Institute of Chicago and The Copley Society in Boston, where, due to lack of space, all work by American artists was removed.
"Cartoonists had a field day with abstract painting and art students protested against Henri Matisse; shops advertised 'cubist' dresses and restaurants offered 'cubist' food," Lincoln said. "For those few winter days in 1913, when throngs crowded into the Art Institute, the challenging art they saw divided them into 'For and Against.'"
Guest curator Mark Pohlad, associate professor of the history of art and architecture at DePaul, said the exhibition encourages a more nuanced and generous attitude by inviting visitors to respond to direct quotes about specific objects from visitors and critics of the 1913 show.
Images of the human body, both nude and clothed, were a flashpoint of critical and audience response to the Armory Show, and ranged from vague discomfort to joking to outrage. "For and Against" probes the shift in how the (usually female) body was represented, drawing on commentary in the popular press by artists and by local and national critics.
Works in the exhibition, which come from Midwest museums and private collections, will offer various approaches to the human form, starting with the academic tradition: life drawing and modeling. The core of the exhibition will be about 20 images concentrating on figural representation and including the more radical European artists as well as progressive American artists. Among the artists featured in the exhibition are Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Odilon Redon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
"The 2013 centenary offers the opportunity not only to draw attention to this remarkable episode in Chicago's history, but also to examine issues about art that are challenging or offensive to some viewers," Lincoln said.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a number of programs will be held at the museum to encourage a dialogue on the topics. Programs include:
● "The Armory Shows: Modernity as Pathos," April 5, 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Jean-Michel Rabaté, professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Pennsylvania and Vartan Gregorian Professor in the humanities.
● "For and Against: Re-evaluating the 1913 Armory Show and Revisiting Chicagoans' Responses," April 24, 6 to 8 p.m. Lecture by Laurette McCarthy, independent scholar and curator.
● "It's a Rube Town," May 1, 6 to 8 p.m. Lecture by Mark Pohlad, associate professor of the history of art and architecture and guest curator of the exhibition.
A full list of programs and events related to the exhibition is online at http://museums.depaul.edu/news/calendar/.
This is the DePaul Art Museum's second year in its new home. The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call 773-325-7506 or visit http://museums.depaul.edu.


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App can estimate blood loss
An FDA-approved app called Triton Fluid Management may help medical teams more accurately assess blood lost during surgery. Gizmodo reports that the app works by taking snapshots of blood-soaked cloths, and that the app uses an algorithm to convert the visuals into a blood-loss estimate. The app could replace the current estimation system, which relies on weighing sponges to determine fluid loss.
Gizmodo notes that the app isn't foolproof because "it can't keep track of every single drop of blood lost in the operating room."


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Koda does an abridged look back at the career of Hiroyuki Imaishi, one of the most prominent creators of the modern anime era.
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Kit Harington & Norman Reedus: Wired Cafe at Comic-Con!
Kit Harington stops by the first day of the Wired Cafe held during 2013 Comic-Con on Thursday afternoon (July 18) in San Diego, Calif.
The 26-year-old actor's hit HBO series Game of Thrones got some great news that it was nominated for sixteen Emmy Awards, including Best Drama Series!
That same day, Kit stopped by the Samsung Galaxy Experience to check out the hottest new mobile technology.
Also spotted at the Wired Cafe: The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus and Pitch Perfect actress Alexis Knapp!
15+ pictures inside of Kit Harington and Norman Reedus at the Wired Cafe…


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