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After .500 season, Arizona looks mostly within for improvement next year
PHOENIX -- In some places and in some situations, a .500 record is perfectly acceptable.
For the D-backs, a second straight 81-win season in 2013 was anything but.
"I wasn't hired to play .500 baseball in Arizona," general manager Kevin Towers said. "At this point in my career, it's not much fun."
Most of the D-backs' roster is under contract or club control for next year, so on the surface it appears that during the offseason it will receive tweaking rather than an overhaul. But with Towers, who is an aggressive and creative GM, one can never be sure.
The D-backs will have a little money to spend -- their payroll is likely to touch $100 million -- but not enough to make a big splash in the free-agent market.
Even if they did have more money to spend, it does not sound like they would given what is available this year.
"We're going to look at free agents, but I think this is one of the weaker free-agent markets I've seen in some time, so that might lead us towards looking at trade partners more," Towers said. "I think there's some clubs we might match up pretty well with, considering they've got depth in areas we have needs and we have depth in areas where they have needs."
Third baseman Eric Chavez, shortstop Willie Bloomquist and catcher Wil Nieves are the team's only free agents.
It is likely the D-backs will at least talk to Chavez about coming back because the team could certainly use his power from the left side, but Bloomquist and Nieves could be headed out.
The D-backs already have a glut of shortstops, with veteran Cliff Pennington signed for next year and prospects Didi Gregorius and Chris Owings under club control, so Bloomquist will probably have to find work elsewhere.
Whether Nieves returns depends on what other options present themselves on the free-agent market and whether the D-backs feel Tuffy Gosewisch can handle the role.
Arbitration-eligible: RHP Josh Collmenter, RHP Daniel Hudson, OF Gerardo Parra, LHP Tony Sipp, LHP Joe Thatcher, RHP Brad Ziegler
Free agents: INF/OF Bloomquist, INF Chavez, C Nieves
Areas of need
Power bat: The D-backs say they are happy with the way last year's Justin Upton trade has worked out thus far, but his departure did leave them a little short in the power department. Towers said he would like to add a power bat, preferably a left-handed one, either as a corner outfielder or third baseman. This is a need that will likely be filled through the trade market.
Left-handed reliever: The D-backs thought they had this area filled last year with the acquisitions of Matt Reynolds and Sipp. Reynolds was effective but sustained an elbow injury and had to have Tommy John surgery, while Sipp struggled and will most likely be non-tendered.
Rotation: The D-backs appear set in the rotation with young pitchers Tyler Skaggs, David Holmberg and Archie Bradley (rated the organization's top prospect by MLB.com) set to push the returners from last year, but Towers has hinted that the D-backs could look at adding a top-of-the-rotation starter. It would seem far more likely they would so that through a trade -- for someone like Tampa Bay's David Price -- but it seems a longshot either way.
Bullpen help: Towers said the bullpen pitched better than its blown saves total would indicate, but he is a notorious tinkerer when it comes to the 'pen. Again, the D-backs have internal options coming up in the system like Matt Stites and Jake Barrett, but Towers is always in the market for relievers.
2014 payroll: The D-backs' payroll last year was close to $90 million, and just retaining the team's players will probably push it to around $95 million. When all is said and done, the D-backs will probably end up with a payroll of more than $100 million for the first time since 2002. In order to add a significant salary this offseason, though, the team would likely have to clear some room by trading away some salary.

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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celadon Trucking Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celadon Group, Inc. (NYSE: CGI) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Rock Leasing, Inc., based in Warren, IN, and Kelly Logistics, Inc., based in Wadley, AL. The terms and conditions of the transactions were not disclosed. With these acquisitions, Celadon will further expand its breadth of service, now to include temperature control service, as well as an increased number of customer spotting locations and increased multi-tenant warehouse space, in addition to its dry van, intermodal, regional and local coverage.
In addition to its dry van business, Rock Leasing is a provider of temperature controlled shipments in and out of the Midwest, which enables Celadon to enter this service category well within many of its primary freight lanes. Kelly Logistics provides dedicated equipment spotting and shuttle services to customers at multiple locations in the Southeast. Celadon will be maintaining the Rock Leasing facility in Warren, IN, which includes two warehouses on approximately 20 acres and approximately 150,000 square feet of warehouse space. In addition, both Robert Seabolt from Rock Leasing and Guy Kelly from Kelly Logistics will remain with Celadon for a period of time to help ensure an orderly transition.
"We believe that both Rock Leasing and Kelly Logistics offer solid potential to supplement our existing business and further advance our overall growth plans by accelerating Celadon's entry into the refrigerated van and equipment spotting service areas," stated Paul Will, President and CEO, Celadon Trucking. "We look forward to continuing to service their key account bases and providing the quality service that they have come to expect. Based on previous acquisitions, we believe we can actually enhance that service through upgraded equipment, advanced technology, additional assets available for dispatch, and an industry leading safety record."
Celadon Group, Inc. (www.celadongroup.com), through its subsidiaries, provides long-haul and regional full-truckload freight service across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The company also owns Celadon Logistics Services, which provides freight brokerage services, less-than-truckload services, as well as supply chain management solutions, including warehousing and dedicated fleet services.


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- In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch, ginger, and apricot preserves. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook about 4 minutes, until done. Transfer to a plate.
- Add garlic to the pan, and cook 1 minute. Stir in broth, bring to a boil, and then add broccoli and bell pepper. Cook 4-6 minutes, until vegetables are tender-crisp.
- Stir in water chestnuts and return chicken to the pan. Whisk apricot sauce and add to the pan. Simmer, stirring occasionally, about 1 minute, or until heated through.


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Artaic's latest designs examine the concept of reuse through patterns and textures of discarded material created in 100% recycled glass tile. The unique series, which presents stylized motifs of scrap paper, peeling paint, torn cardboard, dismantled pallets, and reclaimed wood, draws inspiration from the tile material itself – produced entirely from waste glass.
Each pattern features a variety of color palettes ranging from subtle natural tones to vibrant graphic hues, yet all can be customized to perfectly fit any application. Bold yet versatile, the eleven unique patterns in durable sintered glass can activate any surface, indoors and out, including pool walls and commercial flooring.
Artaic's location in Boston's Marine Industrial Park, now revitalized as the Innovation District, provided extensive inspiration and materials for the design team, led by Creative Director Paul V. Reiss.
"As urban areas like this one reinvent themselves, it's important to sort through the layered history, salvage pieces of the past, and integrate them with the new in a meaningful way. There is a lot of value in those pieces. They just need to be reframed."
The mosaic designs in ReSalvage were produced from material found around the Artaic studio. Shipping pallets and scrap pieces of lumber were piled on top of each other. Cardboard boxes were torn apart and the surface peeled away to reveal the corrugated pattern underneath. Newspapers were stacked and configured. Old paint was peeled away to produce interesting forms.
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The ReSalvage mosaics are comprised of sintered glass tile made from 70% pre-consumer and 30% post-consumer recycled glass content, primarily from pulverized old windowpanes. Oxides are added to the glass powder to create a broad range of vibrant, saturated colors.
Artaic's sintered glass tile is produced by stamping the powdered glass into individually pressed tile shapes. The small formed pieces are then conveyed through a kiln and emerge after fusing and annealing as the strongest, most durable glass tile on the market. Artaic offers the sintered glass in ½" and 1" sizes and three finishes: standard glossy, slip-resistant matte, and opalescent.
Though the ReSalvage patterns are displayed in a range of sintered glass color palettes, all of the designs are easily customized at no additional cost. Artaic's on-demand design and production capabilities allow the material, color, scale and shape of each design to be adjusted to perfectly fit any space. Keeping with the theme of the collection, Artaic will produce and ship a pre-fitted installation kit, containing only what is needed for a particular installation to vastly reduce on-site waste.
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ATLANTA -- After cruising through Spring Training in impressive fashion, Julio Teheran entered this season with tremendous confidence. But as the 22-year-old pitcher struggled during Saturday night's 6-5 win against the Cubs at Turner Field, he provided the reminder that it is never wise to put stock in statistics compiled during the Grapefruit League season.
"He had a really good spring, but that's still his first outing under the lights," Braves catcher Gerald Laird said. "He wants to make a good impression. Sometimes, you can try to do too much. But for the most part, I thought he threw the ball fine. I thought he just made some mistakes. He left some pitches up and those are the balls they hit hard."
Teheran allowed five runs and recorded just two strikeouts in five innings. Two of the eight hits he allowed were home runs. Luis Valbuena hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and Anthony Rizzo drilled a hanging curveball over the right-center field wall for a two-run home run in the fifth inning.
As Teheran posted a 1.04 ERA in six spring starts, he showed he was a more complete pitcher than he was when he posted a 5.08 ERA in 26 starts with Triple-A Gwinnett last year. Instead of relying heavily on his four-seam fastball, he now has a two-seam fastball and a couple of improved breaking pitches -- a curveball and a slider.
But the inconsistency of Teheran's still-developing offspeed pitches seemed to plague him as the Cubs started to get better swings during their second and third plate appearances.
"It's just one of those things where you've got to get more comfortable throwing those offspeed pitches for strikes early in the count so that we don't fall behind so much," Laird said.


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The European Commission has provided guidance on the treatment of asset relief measures by EU Member States. Impaired assets correspond to categories of assets on which banks are likely to incur losses (e.g. US sub-prime mortgage backed securities). The Commission considers that a common European approach is presently needed to deal with the treatment of impaired assets, to make sure that foreseeable losses are disclosed and properly handled and banks can use their capital to resume their normal function of lending to the economy instead of fearing they would need this capital to cushion against possible losses. The Commission's Communication outlines various methods to deal with impaired assets, notably through asset purchase (including bad bank scenarios) or asset insurance schemes. It explains the budgetary and regulatory implications of asset relief measures and presents details concerning the application of the State aid rules to such measures. In particular, the guidance provides methodologies concerning the valuation of the impaired assets, the necessary remuneration of the State for the asset relief and the procedural steps that will be followed as well as the criteria that will be used to evaluate the State aid given to the banks as a result.
What is being done by the Commission with respect to alleviating banks of their impaired assets?
Following the call of the Ecofin Council, the Commission has prepared a guidance document for the treatment of impaired assets, in consultation with the ECB. The document addresses budgetary and regulatory implications of the possible introduction of asset relief measures and contains guidelines for the application of the State aid rules of the Treaty to such measures. The objectives of our coordinated approach are to (i) accelerate bank recovery and promote a return to normal market conditions; (ii) reduce the risk of fragmenting the internal market; (iii) minimise the economic and budgetary cost of State intervention; and (iv) minimise the inherent competition distortions between aided and non-aided banks, between Member States, and between aided institutions with different degree of problems, and to tackle moral hazard.
The guidance of the application of the State aid rules is based on a number of principles:
- full transparency and disclosure of impairments, which has to be done prior to government intervention;
- coordinated approach to the identification of assets eligible for asset relief measures through development of eligible categories of assets ("baskets");
- coordinated approach to valuation of assets ex-ante, based on common principles such as valuation based on real economic value (rather than market value), implemented by independent experts and certified by bank supervisors;
- validation by the Commission of the valuation of the assets, in the framework of the State aid procedures on the basis of uniform assessment criteria;
- adequate burden-sharing of the costs related to impaired asset between the shareholders, the creditors and the State;
- adequate remuneration for the State, at least equivalent to the remuneration of State capital;
- coverage of the losses incurred from the valuation of the assets at real-economic-value by the bank benefiting from the scheme;
- aligning incentives for banks to participate in asset relief with public policy objectives, through an enrolment window limited to six months during which the banks would be able to come forward with impaired assets;
- management of assets subject to relief so as to avoid conflicts of interests;
- appropriate restructuring including measures to remedy competition distortion, following a case by case assessment and taking into account the total aid received through recapitalisation, guarantees or asset relief, with a view to the long-term viability and normal functioning of the European banking industry.
What are impaired assets? How do you define them? How big an amount are we talking about?
Impaired assets correspond to categories of assets on which banks are likely to incur losses (e.g. US sub-prime mortgage backed securities). The Commission has not itself made an estimate of the overall amount. All banks that will want to benefit from asset relief programmes will have to fully disclose the amount of losses, and then we will get more clarity about the size of the problem in the EU.
What are the valuation methodologies used?
The Communication provides guidance on principles to be followed when valuating different pre-defined categories of assets. It also prescribes a process to be followed: valuation based on these principles needs to be certified by an independent third party expert and validated by the national supervisory authority. In addition, the Commission will on its side verify valuation methods used by Member States in the course of State aid procedure, and will have recourse to the panels of experts for that, to order to ensure consistency and a level playing field in the EU.
What will happen to the impaired assets once the government has acquired them?
An exact design of asset relief measure is a choice of Member States, and there are many models available: you can purchase bad assets and put them into a centralised "bad bank", you can guarantee bad assets while leaving them on the balance sheet of banks, you can do an asset swap, or you can nationalise the banks and take direct control of those assets. Whatever the model chosen by a Member State in view of its particular circumstances, in particular the size of the impaired asset problem and budgetary means, the same principles to management of such assets apply: management, staff and clients associated with bad and good assets should be separated in order to avoid conflict of interest and manage bad assets with a view of getting the most out of them over time.
What is the process to be followed by the Commission?
A Member State notifies to the Commission valuation methodology to be used for its banks, and the Commission verifies this methodology ex ante, and after having ensured that all the requirements of the State aid rules are complied with, approves an asset relief measure for 6 months; ii) Banks have 6 months to put assets into an asset relief measure, and need to send to the Commission the results of the valuation of these assets (certified by an independent third party expert and validated by the national supervisor), and of their viability review by the supervisors, which the Commission verifies; iii) A restructuring plan is notified to the Commission 3 months after the bank has acceded to an asset relief programme, on the basis of previous dialogue with the Commission as to the scope of the needed restructuring, using the criteria provided in the communication; iv) Commission assesses the restructuring plan, and either approves the aid or has doubts and opens a detailed investigation, in which case final decision comes later.
What is real economic value – and why will you pay that value for the assets and not market value? How much aid will be allowed?
In very simple terms: there is no market for many of these assets, yet some retain a potential to deliver revenue and profits over the long-term. So the market value in this exceptional case may simply be zero. At the other end you have the book value of these assets which much higher than the current market value. In order for an asset relief measure to deliver a relief to a bank, the assets need to be transferred at a value higher than the current market value. That transfer value should be the real economic value, based on the underlying cash flow of a given asset over time. The difference between the current market value and the transfer value based on real economic value is the amount of State aid we allow. The difference between the book value and the transfer value is the loss that the banks need to bear now in order to share the cost of the asset relief measures with the taxpayers.
What about burden sharing between the State, the shareholders and the creditors?
Burden-sharing is a key feature behind allowing asset relief measures, needed to translate into practical consequences the principles of transparency and disclosure, limit moral hazard, ensure that banks take partial consequences of past risk taking, and limit competition distortion between Member States and banks due to very different budgetary capacities of different Member States. The core principle is that the banks should bear now the losses associated with the impaired assets, which are the difference between the assets book value and their real economic value (based on underlying cash flow and broader time horizon). You can depart from this principle only for a bank who would become insolvent after such write downs and who is so important to financial stability that putting it into administration now would not be advisable. In such duly justified cases, a higher transfer value is allowed, implying higher aid, against larger restructuring or even winding down of the beneficiary later.
Does the Commission prescribe the choice of model for impaired assets programme?
No. Whether an asset purchase, swap, guarantee or hybrid model, this is the choice of the Member State. But at the European level we will apply to same principles to all measures.
Are asset relief programmes going to be available to all banks?
Asset relief measures are open to banks that need them – whether fundamentally sound or not. Participation should be on the basis of clearly defined and objective criteria. However, the follow-up required, including the extent of necessary restructuring of the beneficiary, will depend on the individual situation of each bank.
Which assets can benefit from asset relief schemes? Can banks present anything they want?
No. Only assets existing on the balance sheet of the banks by the end of 2008 can be eligible, and assets that at present are not impaired cannot enter any asset relief programmes. This is not an open-ended insurance against future consequences of recession.
The Communication identifies common categories of assets that are eligible for asset relief programmes in all Member States, in order to ensure level playing field and avoid situations when cross-border banks shop around between different schemes. Additionally, if banking sector in a Member State is hit by a specific problem (e.g. has not been exposed much to US sub prime assets but has experience a domestic real estate bubble) of an order that jeopardises its financial stability, Member States can extend asset eligibility to such well-defined categories upon justification and without any quantitative restriction. And finally, given the diversity of situations in Member States, 10 to 20% of assets of a given bank not belonging to the above two categories would be covered by a relief measure.
What kind of follow up will be required from banks that benefit from impaired assets measures?
The Commission approval for asset relief measures will be granted for a period of six months, and conditional on the commitment to present details of the valuation of the impaired assets, as well as viability assessment and restructuring plan for each beneficiary institution within 3 months from its accession to the asset relief programme. Depending on individual situation of each beneficiary, appropriate restructuring may include measures to remedy competition distortion, taking into account i.e. the total aid received through recapitalisation, guarantees or asset relief, with a view ensuring that the banks can return to long-term viability and perform their normal lending functions without State support.
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Three students who participated in research at Hope College this past summer made poster presentations during the recent Annual Meeting and National Student Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), one receiving a second-place award.
The National Student Conference ran Friday-Monday, Nov. 14-17, and the Annual Meeting ran Sunday-Friday, Nov. 16-21, in Philadelphia, Pa. The undergraduate poster session took place on Monday, Nov. 17, and featured work grouped within a variety of categories within the field of chemical engineering.
The presentations included two by Hope students and one by a student who was among the several from other colleges and universities who participate in the college's research program each summer. In addition to the award received, the students' participation as conference presenters was remarkable, according to Dr. Michael Misovich of the Hope engineering faculty, because of their relative youth: all three are sophomores.
"I consider it quite an honor and an accomplishment to participate in the national AIChE poster session," said Misovich, an associate professor of engineering who had mentored two of the students during their summer research experience. "I believe there were about 200 participants total, and the majority are typically seniors."
Caitlin Kowalsky, a sophomore chemical engineering major at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, received second-place in the "General Papers" category for her presentation concerning work that she did with Misovich. Her poster was "Applying a Low Temperature Limit of a Cubic Equation of State to Model Pure Component Phase Equilibrium." In addition to Kowalsky and Misovich, co-authors of the on-going research project have included Hope senior Joshua Lanser of Dorr; 2007 Hope graduate Emily Walsh of Aurora, Ill.; and Kimberly Wadelton, who participated in research at Hope in 2004.
Laura Petrasky, a Hope sophomore engineering major from Marquette, presented a poster titled "Generalized Vapor Pressure Prediction Consistent with Cubic Equations of State." She worked with Misovich this past summer.
Valerie Winton, a Hope sophomore from Lake Bluff, Ill., presented a poster titled "Mechanistic Studies on the Activation of a Carbon-Carbon Single Bond Via Palladium-Catalyzed ?-Alkyl Elimination." She worked this past summer with Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, assistant professor of chemistry.
In addition to having mentored two of the student participants, Misovich presented a poster in a session for faculty. He highlighted the development of the college's chemical engineering emphasis option through "Outcomes of a Chemical Engineering Option within a General Engineering Program at a Liberal Arts College." He co-authored the poster with three of the first four students to have graduated from Hope with a B.S. in engineering with a chemical engineering emphasis: Kurt Blohm, a 2006 graduate who is completing an M.S. in chemical engineering at The Ohio State University; Jericho Moll, a 2005 graduate who is a materials engineering Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Emily Walsh, a 2007 graduate who is an engineer at Smart Signal Corporation in Lisle, Ill.
AIChE is the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 40,000 members from 93 countries. More than 5,000 attended the 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting and National Student Conference, which featured more than 750 sessions focused on the latest developments in areas ranging from core chemical engineering fundamentals to emerging technologies in energy, sustainability, pharmaceuticals, bioengineering and nanotechnology.


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Sunderland have issued a "hands-off" warning to Southampton as the Saints begin their search for a new manager.
Mauricio Pochettino's departure from the St Mary's for Tottenham, which was confirmed on Tuesday evening, prompted a whirlwind of speculation over who is to succeed him, and Poyet's name was among those in the mix.
Murat Yakin and Ronald Koeman were being quoted as the bookmakers' favourites, but Poyet's odds were slashed overnight.
However, Press Association Sport understands the Wearside club will resist any attempt to lure the 46-year-old Uruguayan back to the south coast, where he enjoyed a successful spell with Brighton before an acrimonious departure and his subsequent move to Sunderland, whom he guided to Barclays Premier League safety.
Poyet's stock has risen markedly in recent months after he replaced Paolo Di Canio at the Stadium of Light with the club having collected just a single point from its first seven games prior to his arrival.
Remarkably he took them to the Capital One Cup final, where they were eventually beaten by Manchester City after taking a shock lead.
However, the Black Cats looked destined to return to the Football League when they found themselves seven points adrift at the foot of the table with just six games left to play, only to mount a remarkable fightback which saw them take seven points from trips to City, Chelsea and Manchester United on the way to a 14th-place finish.
After the turmoil of the Di Canio era, Poyet's approach has provided a breath of fresh air, although there remains an element of uncertainty over his future.
There was disquiet in the boardroom over his assertion that the perennial fight for survival might suggest that there was something wrong within the club beyond the powers of successive managers, and as he celebrated what he referred to as "the greatest escape", his future remained the main topic for debate.
Speaking after a final day defeat by Swansea, Poyet said: "Now I will have a meeting with the chairman because it's natural, natural because yes, I want to know where we are going, if it's possible not to make the same mistakes that we have made in the last couple of years because I don't want to go through another year like this one.
"It's natural, it's natural. There are teams who start the season and the aim is to stay up, so 12th to 17th.
"Are we that team? I don't know. Or are we gong to go for the top 10 in a better way?"
At the same time, Poyet, who expressed his admiration for the Saints last season, insisted he expected still to be in charge at the start of the new campaign, and he and director of football Lee Congerton are busily working on their transfer targets as they attempt to avoid the mistakes made 12 months ago.
It is understood there is little appetite for change either within the hierarchy and that owner Ellis Short is prepared to fight to hang on to a head coach who is understandably hugely popular with the fans.
Despite the speculation, it was business as usual for Poyet and Congerton on Wednesday as they completed their first summer signing by landing out-of-contract West Brom defender Billy Jones on a four-year-deal.
Significantly, the 27-year-old, who will formally join the club on July 1, is British and has top-flight experience in this country, combined attributes none of last summer's 14 signings could boast.
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2013-14: Won a bronze medal in the 400 IM with a career-best time of 4:28.19 at the America East Championships… Her time ranks seventh all-time in the Retriever record book… Also recorded career-best times at the conference championship meet in Worcester, Mass. in the 200 breast (2:21.95), placing seventh, and 200 IM (2:06.73), placing sixth… Won her first collegiate dual meet event by capturing the 200 IM in UMBC's season-opening meet at Rider on Oct. 12… Also won the 200 IM against George Washington on Oct. 26 and then took the top spot in the 200 breaststroke against Howard on Jan. 11… Swam a season-best in the 200 fly (2:17.13) against Howard, finishing second… Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Background: Named a Scholastic All-American by USA Swimming in 2011-12… Helped break the New England regional record in the medley relay.
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Glitz and glamour took the MTV Video Music Awards' red carpet by storm Sunday night and Selena's look was no exception. In my humble opinion- if a child star is looking to change-up her image SELENA GOMEZ is one to emulate.
Miley Cyrus – may just want to take note of her mature yet vampy look! Hairstylist Lona Vigi created a sleek style for the brunette beauty that complemented her chic yet risqué corset top Versace dress.
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I don't know about you, but lately, I've been seeing a lot more articles and books written on the subject of parenting. A lot of these articles and books talk about parents improving themselves first so that they then can be better prepared to help their kids. I couldn't agree more with this new trend in parenting, and I couldn't be happier about it. Personal development, self-improvement, and life-long learning are things that I've been preaching about to teens throughout my many years as an educator, coach, parent, author, and speaker.
Parents, believe it or not, sometimes it makes a lot of sense to do for yourself first and then for others second. It's not always the selfish thing to do. Have you ever been on an airplane? What do they tell you to do with the oxygen mask in case of emergency? That's right. Put on your own mask first and then assist your child. There is a good reason that they tell you to do it in that order, right?
And the excellent thing here is that if you improve yourself or raise yourself, then your kids will see you doing something about your weaknesses and learn a lot about you and life. Our kids learn a lot just through the power of observation. And if our kids see us raising our standards and raising our expectations for what we are supposed to get out of life, as well as what we are supposed to put into life, then they too will raise their standards, expectations, and efforts.
Believe it or not, raising ourselves is a great way to raise our children. Also, raising ourselves is an excellent way of becoming happier. Isn't that what we all really want in the end? We all want a happier life for us and our kids, right?
Now, as my Granddaddy always said, "Go learn, lead, and lay the way to a better world for all of us." Raise yourself to raise your kids. And once again, thanks in advance for all that you do, and all that you will do...
Father of five, bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, and educator Dan Blanchard wants you to know that you'll do more good for your kids when you become more ready through self-improvement. For more great tips from Dan, please visit his website: http://www.DanBlanchard.net. Thanks.
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What Does "State of Emergency" Really Mean?
The answer varies a bit from state to state, but basically, declaring a state of emergency gives the governor and his emergency management team a bit of extra latitude to deal with a situation quickly and with maximum coordination. Most of these powers are fairly straightforward; the governor can close state offices, deploy the National Guard and other emergency responders, and make evacuation recommendations.
Other powers are specific to a certain situation. For example, in a blizzard a governor can impose travel restrictions to clear roads for snowplows and other emergency vehicles.
Calling in the Feds
If a disaster is so severe that state and local governments don't have the cash or the logistical ability to adequately respond, the governor can ask for a declaration of a federal emergency. In this case, FEMA does a preliminary damage assessment to help determine whether the governor should petition the President for a federal emergency declaration.
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An esteemed FSU alumna receives an award for her work in the hospitality industry.
Carol Dover was honored by the same FSU program she attended years ago.
It was all a part of the Dedman School of Hospitality's Alumni of the Year Reception.
Each year they honor an alum who has made a strong impact in the hospitality industry.
Dover was this year's recipient and she couldn't be any happier to get an award from the program that helped jumpstart her career.
"It is such an amazing honor, I can tell you that tonight's not about me, tonight's about Florida tourism and all the kids that grow up some day and decide they want to get into the hospitality industry," said Dover.
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GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND, Feb 20, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Cytomedix, Inc. (otcqx:CMXI)
-- $7.5 Million Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
-- $5.0 Million Equity Raise
-- $15 Million Committed Equity Facility
Cytomedix, Inc. (otcqx:CMXI) (the "Company"), a regenerative therapies company commercializing and developing innovative platelet and adult stem cell technologies, announced today the execution of a comprehensive financing plan for 2013. Included in these executed transactions is a tranched $7.5 million senior secured term loan facility, a $5 million equity raise, and a $15 million committed equity facility. The initial fundings position Cytomedix to confidently execute on its 2013 operational business plan.
"We are pleased with this capital infusion, as it provides us with the necessary capital to execute on our strategic growth plans," said Martin Rosendale, Chief Executive Officer of Cytomedix. "This capital will facilitate our continued growth following the record product sales we achieved in the fourth quarter of 2012, the expansion of the AutoloGel System with Medicare coverage, and the international growth of the Angel cPRP System."
$7.5 Million Credit & Security Agreement with MidCap Financial, LLC
The Company has entered into a Credit and Security Agreement with Midcap Financial LLC. The agreement provides for an aggregate term loan commitment of $7.5 million, of which $4.5 million will be received by the Company in the first tranche upon the closing of the transaction, following satisfaction of certain closing conditions. The second tranche of $3.0 million may be advanced to the Company, at the Company's discretion, upon satisfaction of certain milestone and additional capital inflow requirements.
$5 Million Registered Offering The Company has also entered into securities purchase agreements with certain existing institutional shareholders comprising members of its largest existing shareholder, Aldagen Holdings LLC, the State of Maryland Venture Fund, and other new institutional investors for the sale of 9,090,910 shares of its common stock in a registered offering at $0.55 per share. In addition, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,363,637 shares of common stock will be issued to the investors. The warrants are exercisable immediately, expire five years after issuance and have an exercise price of $0.75 per share. Gross proceeds of the offering, before placement agent fees and offering expenses, are expected to be $5.0 million. Subject to customary closing conditions, this transaction is expected to close on or before February 25, 2013. These securities were offered through a prospectus supplement pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement and base prospectus contained therein. Burrill Securities LLC acted as sole placement agent for this offering, and Barrington Research Associates, Inc. acted as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offering.
$15 Million Committed Equity Facility As a condition to the Credit and Security Agreement, on February 18, 2013, the Company entered into a purchase agreement, together with a registration rights agreement, with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, who also participated in the $5 million registered offering, pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to $15 million in shares of its common stock, subject to certain limitations, from time to time over the 30-month period commencing on the date that a registration statement, which the Company agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the registration rights agreement, is declared effective by the SEC and a final prospectus in connection therewith is filed. The Company's sales of shares of Common Stock to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement are limited to no more than the number of shares that would result in the beneficial ownership by Lincoln Park and its affiliates, at any single point in time, of more than 9.99% of the then outstanding shares of the Company's common stock.
A more detailed description of the foregoing agreements is set forth in the Company's current Report on Form 8-K, as filed earlier today with the SEC.
A shelf registration statement relating to the securities issued in the $5 million registered offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and has been declared effective. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC. Copies of the base prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained directly from the Company by contacting Cytomedix, Inc., 209 Perry Parkway, Suite #7, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2143.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in this offering, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer solicitation or sale are unlawful prior to registration or qualification under securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Fourth Quarter 2012 Product Sales In its 8-K filed on February 20, 2013, the Company reported fourth quarter product sales of $2,037,717, representing an increase of 27% over the same period in 2011 and a 20% sequential increase over the third quarter of 2012.
The Company cautions shareholders and potential investors in the Company's securities that the above-referenced financial data relating to the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012 should be considered preliminary. Stegman & Company, the Company's independent public accountants, have not audited or reviewed these amounts and that such financial information is subject to further analysis, change and independent review. These results are subject to change, possibly material in nature, following completion of the audit for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
About Cytomedix, Inc. Cytomedix, Inc. is an autologous regenerative therapies company commercializing innovative platelet technologies for orthopedics and wound care with a pipeline of adult stem cell therapies for tissue repair. The Company markets the AutoloGel(TM) System, a device for the production of autologous platelet rich plasma ("PRP") gel for use on a variety of exuding wounds and the Angel(R) Concentrated Platelet Rich Plasma System, a blood processing device and disposable products used for the separation of whole blood into red cells, platelet poor plasma ("PPP") and PRP in surgical settings. On February 8, 2012 Cytomedix closed the acquisition of Aldagen, a biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative cell therapies based on its proprietary ALDH bright cell technology, currently in a Phase 2 trial for the treatment of ischemic stroke. For additional information please visit www.cytomedix.com.
Safe Harbor Statement Statements contained in this press release not relating to historical facts are forward-looking statements that are intended to fall within the safe harbor rule for such statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information contained in the forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain, and Cytomedix' actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond Cytomedix' ability to predict or control, including among many others, risks and uncertainties related to the Company's ability to successfully integrate the Aldagen acquisition, to successfully manage contemplated clinical trials, to manage and address the capital needs, human resource, management, compliance and other challenges of a larger, more complex and integrated business enterprise, viability and effectiveness of the Company's sales approach and overall marketing strategies, commercial success or acceptance by the medical community, competitive responses, the Company's ability to raise additional capital and to continue as a going concern, and Cytomedix's ability to execute on its strategy to market the AutoloGel(TM) System as contemplated. To the extent that any statements made here are not historical, these statements are essentially forward-looking. The Company uses words and phrases such as "believes," "forecasted," "projects," "is expected," "remain confident," "will" and/or similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ from the forward-looking statements. More information about some of these risks and uncertainties may be found in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Cytomedix, Inc. Cytomedix operates in a highly competitive and rapidly changing business and regulatory environment, thus new or unforeseen risks may arise. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Except as is expressly required by the federal securities laws, Cytomedix undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, changed circumstances or future events or for any other reason. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2011 and other subsequent filings. These filings are available at www.sec.gov.
Cytomedix, Inc.
Martin Rosendale
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Maslan
Chief Financial Officer
David Jorden
Executive Chairman
(240) 499-2680
Michael Rice
Founding Partner
LifeSci Advisors LLC
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Since Vince was established in L.A. in 2002, the label has become a global name in relaxed, pared-down, effortless style. Beginning as a collection of women's premium knits and cashmere jumpers, Vince now encompasses women and men's ready-to-wear, denim, footwear and select accessories, underpinned by their commitment to 'everyday luxury essentials'. Blending sumptuous cashmere, wools and light linens, this range of Vince knitwear exudes sophisticated chic. Their timeless pieces feature clean lines and flattering cuts to create jumpers that will endure, using muted, neutral colour palettes and light stripes to make uncomplicated, beautiful designs.
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Your iPhone takes pretty pictures, sure, but it doesn't really tell you much abou them. Lab will show you resolution, ISO, aperture, and shutter speed for your shots, as well as when and where you snapped them.
What is it?
Lab, iPhone and iPad, $1. A pretty app for finding out all the stuff your iPhone doesn't tell you about the photos it takes—how big they are, in pixels and in megabytes; when they were taken; where they were taken; their aperture, ISO, and shutter speed information, etc. All that is served up for every photo in your Photo Roll with a nice clothesline interface, a map for where the photo was snapped, and a histogram for a quick exposure overview.
Who's it good for?
People who take iPhone photography seriously; people who dump their photo collections onto their iPad to share with others.
Why's it better than alternatives?
It takes one thing—uncovering the hidden data stored in your photos—and does it well. The interface is nice and clean, and the app reliably yanks out as much photo information as can be expected. The map and histogram provided for each photo add a nice visual touch. And, hey, it's only a buck.
How could it be even better?
Sometimes the clothesline view can slow down the scroll through bigger Photo Rolls, and the app doesn't currently have support for photo albums (though apparently it's coming soon). Photos that have been processed with one of the many filter/effects apps lose much of their embedded data, though that's not really Lab's shortcoming.
You can grab Lab in the App Store for $1.
We're always looking for cool apps—for iOS, Android, Windows Phone or whatever else—to feature as App of the Day (yes, apps for other platforms will start popping up soon!) If you come across one you think we should check out, let us know.
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Mapping Toolbox and MATLAB enable you to develop customized solutions to geospatial problems such as predicting weather patterns, modeling the movement of glacial land masses, or finding optimal locations for wind turbines. With function-level access to all key features in the toolbox and the high-level MATLAB language, you can develop innovative algorithms and automate your workflow for repetitive tasks.
Mapping Toolbox imports a wide range of GIS and geospatial file formats, enabling you to read both vector and raster data into the MATLAB environment. The toolbox helps you reduce access time and improve memory usage by providing functionality for specific file types to read a portion of a file and downsample data prior to use. The toolbox supports georeferenced imagery and other raster data grids, including orthoimagery, geolocated satellite swaths, digital terrain elevation models, and various global data grids.
Mapping Toolbox also exports data to a number of file formats, enabling you to share data with applications such as Google Earth™ and ArcGIS®. Using the toolbox with MATLAB or Image Processing Toolbox™ provides access to additional file formats.
File formats and data products supported by Mapping Toolbox include:
Relevant data formats supported by MATLAB include:
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Mapping Toolbox provides visualization functions and an app for producing customized 2D and 3D map displays. The map displays can be simple or sophisticated, and can be tuned to your application. You can readily combine raster and vector data sets of different scales in the same display. For example, you can display images and data grids in their correct positions—regardless of resolution or area covered—and then overlay vector map features.
With the visualization functions in the toolbox, you can:
Map displays can be defined, customized, and annotated in a variety of ways. You can:
Function-level access to map display capabilities in the toolbox enables automatic creation of frequently used map displays. For example, you can use batch mode processing to examine a geospatial time-series data set and create an animated display that shows how the data changes over time. Functionality in MATLAB enables you to save animated map figures to a movie or GIF file.
A web map is an interactive, dynamic map display that uses basemaps from Web-based data sources to give your data a visually rich contextual background. With Mapping Toolbox, you can create web map displays from sources such as OpenStreetMap, ESRI ArcGIS Online, MapQuest, and many WMS servers. You can pan across the map, zoom in/out to view higher/lower resolution basemap data, specify the geographic region to view, and more. You can create overlays of markers and lines with related attribute data such as names and colors. Web map displays enable simple map creation using high resolution base maps without having to load the entire dataset into MATLAB.
With Mapping Toolbox, you can locate and download map data as image tiles from WMS servers. Many government and commercial organizations, such as NASA, ESA, USGS, NOAA, ESRI, and Microsoft adhere to the WMS protocol for rendering, reprojecting, and serving georeferenced data sets over the Internet. Mapping Toolbox enables you to access elevation, oceanography, weather, satellite imagery, and many other raster data sets in MATLAB.
To assist with identifying WMS data layers that are appropriate to your application, the toolbox provides a prequalified database of WMS servers and layers that enables you to search for an appropriate data set by layer name, server name, location, or other terms. The toolbox provides functions and classes that enable you to define a custom map request and retrieve a map directly into MATLAB for processing.
Mapping Toolbox supports the visualization and analysis of 3D data, such as digital terrain, bathymetry, and other gridded-data products. It provides functions to visualize terrain data and add annotations such as contour lines. You can control lighting, shading, colormaps, and other aspects of the display. The MATLAB graphics environment enables you to reposition the figure camera interactively and programmatically to view your data from different perspectives.
The toolbox also provides functions to calculate gradient, slope, aspect, line-of-sight visibility, and viewsheds. You can use these functions in applications such as the placement of communication towers, where you need to calculate the direct line-of-sight from many vantage points to determine the optimal location.
You can also use Mapping Toolbox with Simulink 3D Animation™ to create a virtual reality world from elevation data; you can then couple the terrain data with analysis provided by other products. For example, you can use Aerospace Blockset™ with your virtual world to perform tasks such as visualizing flight paths over geographic data sets.
With geometric geodesy features in Mapping Toolbox, you can perform geodetic calculations that account for the curvature of Earth and other planetary bodies. You can find the surface area of arbitrary polygons or quadrangles on spheres and ellipsoids, calculate the intersections of geometric objects, compute the distance between points on a sphere or ellipsoid, and find the overlapping area between polygons. Navigation functionality enables you to perform tasks such as calculating and correcting for wind and current vectors based on heading and air or ground speed.
Mapping Toolbox contains more than 65 of the most popular and important map projections for displaying the curved surface of planetary bodies on a 2D map display. They include equal-area, equidistant, conformal, and hybrid projections in the cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal classes. The toolbox also supports projections in the PROJ.4 library and the UTM/UPS systems. Many projections support both spherical and ellipsoidal models of Earth and other bodies.
With the toolbox, you can apply forward and inverse projections to transform positions and direction angles or azimuths between geographic and projected coordinate reference systems. Raster and image data displays can be projected in map visualizations to match the coordinate systems of other data sets. You can also explore the properties of your projection by trimming the data to a particular latitude-longitude extent, calculating distortion parameters at a point, or visualizing map distortions as Tissot Indicatrices or scale-distortion contours.
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As the referendum on the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市), is about to take place, government leaders take the moral high ground, pretending to be ready to lay to rest one of their most cherished issues.
Urged on by the public, leaders do not want to risk having to stop construction of the plant, but not following through would destroy their credibility. This is placing them in a difficult situation, and their only way out is to take a rational and professional approach, and give the public a feasible and gradual strategy for phasing out nuclear power.
Here are four issues to consider for one such strategy:
First, why did the administration of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) restart the construction of the plant in February 2001? Was there any international political pressure?
If the current administration is unable to overcome US political pressure, it could complete the plant, but not make it operational. The alternative might be to resume the project in the future, which could be even worse.
Second, how should the plant's planned energy output be replaced without raising the price of electricity?
Recently, the US has successfully developed shale gas deposits using hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking." Since US shale gas deposits are projected to last for more than 100 years, the price of natural gas has dropped by 20 percent since its highest point in 2008.
According to Taiwan Power Co's estimates, if Taiwan could import natural gas from the US, the price of the nation's natural gas purchases would drop by 40 percent. The US has agreed to export part of its shale gas, and South Korea, one of its free-trade agreement partners, will begin importing US natural gas in 2017.
There are rich shale gas deposits around the world. If other countries developed it, the price of natural gas would drop further. According to the US Energy Information Administration, the cost of nuclear power generation, after equipment depreciation and amortization, is almost double the cost of natural gas used for electricity generation in the US. Since Taiwan must import its natural gas, the cost is higher.
If nuclear power is replaced with natural gas, the nation could expect to lower power generation prices if it handles shipping and storage properly. Thus, it is possible that nuclear power could be replaced by natural gas. However, more thermal power plants will result in an increase in carbon emissions. This leads to the next issue.
The nation must gain an understanding of nuclear power and natural gas carbon emissions. The average carbon emission rates of nuclear power, natural gas-fired and coal-fired thermal power are 5g/kWh, 400g/kWh and 800g/kWh respectively. For example, the carbon emission rate for the coal-based Taichung Thermal Power Plant, with a capacity of 5,780MW, is 931g/kWh, making it the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
To compensate for the additional 2,700MW of carbon dioxide emitted by thermal power plants once they replace the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, the nation needs only to establish six 550MW natural gas-based units, with a total capacity of 3,300MW, in Greater Taichung or the Datan Thermal Power Plant in Taoyuan County. They could replace the six coal-based units of the Taichung Thermal Power Plant.