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Crichton is tied for fourth worst in the categoryh with a 19 percent graduation while LeMoyne Owen ties for 10th at22 percent. The nationwidr average graduation rate is54 percent. The study arrangesx 1,385 schools into six categories of entrance difficulty ranging from to “most competitive.” Then, using data from the , the studt ranks the schools by likelihoodc of graduation over a six-year period. According to the report, “Thwe South has the dubious distinction of housing institutions with some of the lowest graduation ratea inour sample.
” ’s rate of 44 percenf ties for third worst graduation percentage amongy “very competitive” schools in the South. Sewanee: The places thire highest amongthe South’s “highly competitive” schoolsz with 78 percent, and ranks as fourth highesg in the “most competitive” field with a 91 percenft graduation rate. The graduates 34 percent of its , 57 percent; and , 73 percent. The Tennessee stated average is 48.5 percent.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
UMB will restructure asset-management business - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The family now will be calledeScout Funds, but the funds will keep theirf current ticker symbols, Kansas City-basex UMB Financial (Nasdaq: UMBF) said in a Mondaty release. Scout Investment Advisors will continue to manage the UMB Scout Funds and will assumse management of all institutional separately managex accounts and specific large individual separately managed accounts that UMB Bank Scout Distributors CEO Gary who also is president of the UMB Scougt Mutual Fund family and will remaijn so with the renamedScout Funds, said in an intervie w that the restructuring “is purely our effort to better position ourselves within the asset-management business.
” “We hope this sendsz (the marketplace) a message that we’rs firmly committed to the money-management business,” DiCenzo said. “It’ s an outstanding way to briny products tothe marketplace. ... From an internal standpoint, we feel this will increase the focue of our institutional fund managers and money markegtfund managers.” The restructuring affects aboutr 60 employees, he said. No jobs will be cut. Scout Investmentt Advisors Chairman and CEO Clyde Wendel said in the releasee that the changeshould “allow us to becomd more competitive and expand opportunities in the marketplace.” UMB Financialp ranks No.
20 on the Kansas City BusinessJournal ’x list of area public companies.
The family now will be calledeScout Funds, but the funds will keep theirf current ticker symbols, Kansas City-basex UMB Financial (Nasdaq: UMBF) said in a Mondaty release. Scout Investment Advisors will continue to manage the UMB Scout Funds and will assumse management of all institutional separately managex accounts and specific large individual separately managed accounts that UMB Bank Scout Distributors CEO Gary who also is president of the UMB Scougt Mutual Fund family and will remaijn so with the renamedScout Funds, said in an intervie w that the restructuring “is purely our effort to better position ourselves within the asset-management business.
” “We hope this sendsz (the marketplace) a message that we’rs firmly committed to the money-management business,” DiCenzo said. “It’ s an outstanding way to briny products tothe marketplace. ... From an internal standpoint, we feel this will increase the focue of our institutional fund managers and money markegtfund managers.” The restructuring affects aboutr 60 employees, he said. No jobs will be cut. Scout Investmentt Advisors Chairman and CEO Clyde Wendel said in the releasee that the changeshould “allow us to becomd more competitive and expand opportunities in the marketplace.” UMB Financialp ranks No.
20 on the Kansas City BusinessJournal ’x list of area public companies.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
KC chamber backs smoking ban - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The chamber said Monday that it now supports a smoking ordinance that would prohibit smokintg in all enclosedpublic places, including bars and restaurants. A representativse from the chamber will assert that view at theCity Council'as finance and audit committee hearing on Wednesday according to a written release. During that hearing, the committeed will listen to public testimony about a reviseed smoking ordinance that Councilman Chuck Eddy introduced in The revised ban would prohibit smoking in all encloserdpublic spaces, including bars and restaurants, beginning in January 2008.
The city'w current smoking ban takes effecyt only after 85 percent of themetrio area's population passes a similar ban -- a task that critic contend could take several more The chamber's decision to support the ban followede a recommendation of approval from the Health Council of Greatee Kansas City, a branch withij the chamber. Small business and restaurang owners that belong to the chambert also supportedthe ban, so long as it created a levelo playing field by banning smoking in all enclosexd public places.
"We urge the counci l to join cities from Olathe and Lawrenceto Lee'as Summit and Independence in banning smoking in publiv places," chamber President Pete Levi said in the Local members of the have criticizer Eddy's revised ordinance because it exempts the gamblintg floors at two Kansas City casinos untio other area casinos ban smoking. Chamber spokeswomahn Pam Whiting said the organization had some concerns abougt how a smoking ban would affect its members that operate barsand restaurants. But most of thosse members supportthe ban, she said. "The chambe r has taken stands in the past that have resulted in some Whiting said.
"Hopefully, all of our memberz will understand our The finance and audit committee will meetat 10:3 0 a.m. Wednesday in City Hall. The City Council considered the revisecd ordinance atits Nov. 30 meeting but unanimously decided to send it back to the committew for further research andpublic
The chamber said Monday that it now supports a smoking ordinance that would prohibit smokintg in all enclosedpublic places, including bars and restaurants. A representativse from the chamber will assert that view at theCity Council'as finance and audit committee hearing on Wednesday according to a written release. During that hearing, the committeed will listen to public testimony about a reviseed smoking ordinance that Councilman Chuck Eddy introduced in The revised ban would prohibit smoking in all encloserdpublic spaces, including bars and restaurants, beginning in January 2008.
The city'w current smoking ban takes effecyt only after 85 percent of themetrio area's population passes a similar ban -- a task that critic contend could take several more The chamber's decision to support the ban followede a recommendation of approval from the Health Council of Greatee Kansas City, a branch withij the chamber. Small business and restaurang owners that belong to the chambert also supportedthe ban, so long as it created a levelo playing field by banning smoking in all enclosexd public places.
"We urge the counci l to join cities from Olathe and Lawrenceto Lee'as Summit and Independence in banning smoking in publiv places," chamber President Pete Levi said in the Local members of the have criticizer Eddy's revised ordinance because it exempts the gamblintg floors at two Kansas City casinos untio other area casinos ban smoking. Chamber spokeswomahn Pam Whiting said the organization had some concerns abougt how a smoking ban would affect its members that operate barsand restaurants. But most of thosse members supportthe ban, she said. "The chambe r has taken stands in the past that have resulted in some Whiting said.
"Hopefully, all of our memberz will understand our The finance and audit committee will meetat 10:3 0 a.m. Wednesday in City Hall. The City Council considered the revisecd ordinance atits Nov. 30 meeting but unanimously decided to send it back to the committew for further research andpublic
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Universities chase stimulus cash for shovel-ready projects - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposals are targetinvg funding streams flowing down throughg the American Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-readh initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive yeare of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-readyu cash to catch up on much-needed facilitt upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of studentx in need of re-training or tackle big capital projects aimed at bolsterinf academics and research. The approacnh is twofold at , whichy has seen its student population surge by 12 percentr in the pasttwo years, due in part to risinvg unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 millioj to build additional classroom capacity on its three main campuse s as well as to enhance vocational traininyg facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellymn Drotzer, director of the office of grants The college wants the cash, among other projects, to buil d out its and the Maroonee Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculu on maintaining and repairing emerging green energy and hybricd systems in boats and It also wants to expand classrooms for aviation training, including a facility to train a new generation of air traffi c controllers, which are expected to be in high deman d in a few years to replace a wave of retiringg controllers, Drotzer said.
“These are all shovelp ready,” she said. “We have a history of trainint in technical trades an now we are lookintg to be responsive to providing curriculujm in this new emerging industry of green The ’s 18-member stimulus working group meetx regularly to discuss opportunities and set a course to capturse as much of the federal cash as So far, the school has more than 400 proposalsw seeking in excess of $350 million in “We saw this as a very significant opportunity for the universitu and to do something for the said Richard Bookman, vice provost of research at UM.
Amony the projects on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawatet research center at UM’s Rosenstiell School of Marine and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he The university is seeking $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help build the center, which will study sea creatures as well as the physic of waves on structures. UM is also is submittin proposals fora $15 million to $20 millionj addition to a science building at its Cora Gables campus and a multi-story researc building at its medical school. has science, green technologt and culinary training onits shovel-ready submissiomn list. The school is requestin help fundinga $22.
7 million hospitality management cente to house a culinary arts schoopl as well as $40 million for an extensive renovatiomn and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its north campus and $1.2 milliohn for an and Technology. But by most accountsz competition for stimulus funds willbe fierce. And specifivc funding priorities from federal and statre allocatorsbeyond short-term projects that woulf create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camille assistant VP and interim director of sponsored research at . “Theh are not telling us what they are looking she said. But FAU is seeking $4.
5 million to help buils out water reuse infrastructure at its newly gold level Leadership in Energy and and platinum levelengineering building, slated to open in 2010. The universityt also is seeking federal stimuluds funds to create a road connectod system at its main campuss off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditionalp parking. It also wants funding to put a greenm roof on its administration While the application process is infull swing, UM’sx Bookman doesn’t expect the winning project s to be announced until the fall.
The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposals are targetinvg funding streams flowing down throughg the American Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-readh initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive yeare of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-readyu cash to catch up on much-needed facilitt upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of studentx in need of re-training or tackle big capital projects aimed at bolsterinf academics and research. The approacnh is twofold at , whichy has seen its student population surge by 12 percentr in the pasttwo years, due in part to risinvg unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 millioj to build additional classroom capacity on its three main campuse s as well as to enhance vocational traininyg facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellymn Drotzer, director of the office of grants The college wants the cash, among other projects, to buil d out its and the Maroonee Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculu on maintaining and repairing emerging green energy and hybricd systems in boats and It also wants to expand classrooms for aviation training, including a facility to train a new generation of air traffi c controllers, which are expected to be in high deman d in a few years to replace a wave of retiringg controllers, Drotzer said.
“These are all shovelp ready,” she said. “We have a history of trainint in technical trades an now we are lookintg to be responsive to providing curriculujm in this new emerging industry of green The ’s 18-member stimulus working group meetx regularly to discuss opportunities and set a course to capturse as much of the federal cash as So far, the school has more than 400 proposalsw seeking in excess of $350 million in “We saw this as a very significant opportunity for the universitu and to do something for the said Richard Bookman, vice provost of research at UM.
Amony the projects on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawatet research center at UM’s Rosenstiell School of Marine and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he The university is seeking $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help build the center, which will study sea creatures as well as the physic of waves on structures. UM is also is submittin proposals fora $15 million to $20 millionj addition to a science building at its Cora Gables campus and a multi-story researc building at its medical school. has science, green technologt and culinary training onits shovel-ready submissiomn list. The school is requestin help fundinga $22.
7 million hospitality management cente to house a culinary arts schoopl as well as $40 million for an extensive renovatiomn and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its north campus and $1.2 milliohn for an and Technology. But by most accountsz competition for stimulus funds willbe fierce. And specifivc funding priorities from federal and statre allocatorsbeyond short-term projects that woulf create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camille assistant VP and interim director of sponsored research at . “Theh are not telling us what they are looking she said. But FAU is seeking $4.
5 million to help buils out water reuse infrastructure at its newly gold level Leadership in Energy and and platinum levelengineering building, slated to open in 2010. The universityt also is seeking federal stimuluds funds to create a road connectod system at its main campuss off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditionalp parking. It also wants funding to put a greenm roof on its administration While the application process is infull swing, UM’sx Bookman doesn’t expect the winning project s to be announced until the fall.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
'Saturday Night Live' recap: Jason Segel hosted, while the Muppets, Paul Rudd ... - Entertainment Weekly
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CTV.ca | 'Saturday Night Live' recap: Jason Segel hosted, while the Muppets, Paul Rudd ... Entertainment Weekly During the sweet, bouncy little tune, titled “I Can't Believe I'm Hosting SNL“, Segel lived out two of his lifelong dreams at the same moment: Hosting the late night show and hanging out with his beloved Muppets. If this opening m onologueâ€"which ... Jason Segel (and the Muppets) Take Saturday Night Live It's a long way from Freaks and Geeks to Saturday Night Live's stage Jason Segel Kisses Paul Rudd And Everyone Else On SNL (VIDEO) |
Friday, November 18, 2011
State budget cuts tear into tourism marketing - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Those decisions created nearly 21,000 jobs, representing a capital investmenty ofabout $3 billion, a 17 percentg increase over 2007. But whether the statde will be able to keep up its aggressivre corporate recruitment efforts is farfrom Gov. Sonny Perdue is askingf the General Assembly to slashthe department’s $39.65 million budget by 17.9 percent for the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30 and by 21.7 percen in fiscal 2010. “We’re positioning ourselves for when the economy saidKen Stewart, commissioner of the statr Department of Economic Development. In looking for ways to plug a $2.
2 billiobn deficit, the governor has recommended much smalle hits toother departments, including corrections, community healtg — which oversees Medicaid — and the statr university system. The cuts would affect all aspectz of the economicdevelopment agency’zs operations, from $3 million for tourism promotiomn and $2.4 million for domestic and global marketingy to $260,000 for efforts to lure film, videko and music producers to Georgia. Those reductionsz not only would hurtthe state’s ability to create jobs but filter down to the local said Nick Masino, vice president of economid development for the . “Thd DED is typically the lead agency on any he said.
“To hear they’re havinh their marketing dollars cutis disappointing.” The state isn’t the end-all in the economidc development game. The Gwinnett chamber, for invested $1.7 million last year on job recruiting efforts insidesthe county. Large hotele typically spend $2 million to $7 million promoting themselvesd withWeb sites, billboards, and radio and TV ads, said Ron public affairs director for the . he said the state should do its part to keepsales flowing. “Our businesses spendf money luring tourists tothe state,” Fenne said. “We’d obviously like the state to spencdmore money.” The stakes are high: Tourisj in Georgia generates $34.
1 billion a year in direct economiv impact and $1.5 billion in state and loca tax revenues, according to the Departmenrt of Economic Development. Even so, lawmakers are unlikely to restored any of the cuts tothe agency’s said Rep. Ron Stephens, chairman of the House EconomixDevelopment Committee. Stephens, R-Garden City, said a reasohn for the disproportionately larged reduction is that the legislature gave the department more than it askee for in the lastfour years. Also, legislative leadere have pledged to make even deeper cuts from the 2009 budgef tofind $428 million to fund the annuak property tax relief grant alreaduy promised to Georgia homeowners.
With the economif development cuts avirtual certainty, Masino said local businessx recruitment agencies are going to have to help take up the slacjk to get through the recession. But some income-generatin g opportunities won’t last through a protracted economic Perdue’s recommendations would yank $815,000 from the department’s Touris Division linked to the 150tg anniversary of the Civil Warin 2011.
Those decisions created nearly 21,000 jobs, representing a capital investmenty ofabout $3 billion, a 17 percentg increase over 2007. But whether the statde will be able to keep up its aggressivre corporate recruitment efforts is farfrom Gov. Sonny Perdue is askingf the General Assembly to slashthe department’s $39.65 million budget by 17.9 percent for the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30 and by 21.7 percen in fiscal 2010. “We’re positioning ourselves for when the economy saidKen Stewart, commissioner of the statr Department of Economic Development. In looking for ways to plug a $2.
2 billiobn deficit, the governor has recommended much smalle hits toother departments, including corrections, community healtg — which oversees Medicaid — and the statr university system. The cuts would affect all aspectz of the economicdevelopment agency’zs operations, from $3 million for tourism promotiomn and $2.4 million for domestic and global marketingy to $260,000 for efforts to lure film, videko and music producers to Georgia. Those reductionsz not only would hurtthe state’s ability to create jobs but filter down to the local said Nick Masino, vice president of economid development for the . “Thd DED is typically the lead agency on any he said.
“To hear they’re havinh their marketing dollars cutis disappointing.” The state isn’t the end-all in the economidc development game. The Gwinnett chamber, for invested $1.7 million last year on job recruiting efforts insidesthe county. Large hotele typically spend $2 million to $7 million promoting themselvesd withWeb sites, billboards, and radio and TV ads, said Ron public affairs director for the . he said the state should do its part to keepsales flowing. “Our businesses spendf money luring tourists tothe state,” Fenne said. “We’d obviously like the state to spencdmore money.” The stakes are high: Tourisj in Georgia generates $34.
1 billion a year in direct economiv impact and $1.5 billion in state and loca tax revenues, according to the Departmenrt of Economic Development. Even so, lawmakers are unlikely to restored any of the cuts tothe agency’s said Rep. Ron Stephens, chairman of the House EconomixDevelopment Committee. Stephens, R-Garden City, said a reasohn for the disproportionately larged reduction is that the legislature gave the department more than it askee for in the lastfour years. Also, legislative leadere have pledged to make even deeper cuts from the 2009 budgef tofind $428 million to fund the annuak property tax relief grant alreaduy promised to Georgia homeowners.
With the economif development cuts avirtual certainty, Masino said local businessx recruitment agencies are going to have to help take up the slacjk to get through the recession. But some income-generatin g opportunities won’t last through a protracted economic Perdue’s recommendations would yank $815,000 from the department’s Touris Division linked to the 150tg anniversary of the Civil Warin 2011.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Survey: Charlotte lags Raleigh in fitness - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The survey ranked the Raleigh-Cary area as 20th in fitnesds among the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the United The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord region came in 34th. The annualp ranking surveys health factors, including the percentages of thoses whoare obese, smoked and have chronic illnesses such as asthmqa or diabetes. It also factorws in how frequently people exercise and the percentage of the populationn withhealth insurance. Community and environmentall indicators are considered as including the number of parks and playgroundszper capita, farmers markets and percentage of peoplwe who bicycle to work.
According to the survey, the Charlottde area’s strengths included a lower percentagwe of individualswith disabilities, diabetes and Challenges included higher unemployment and fewer swimming pools, parks, golf coursex and tennis courts per capita. The top five metrol areas in the reportwere D.C.; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Denver; and San Francisco. The bottoj five were Houston; Las Birmingham, Ala.; Detroit; and Oklahoma Okla.
The survey ranked the Raleigh-Cary area as 20th in fitnesds among the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the United The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord region came in 34th. The annualp ranking surveys health factors, including the percentages of thoses whoare obese, smoked and have chronic illnesses such as asthmqa or diabetes. It also factorws in how frequently people exercise and the percentage of the populationn withhealth insurance. Community and environmentall indicators are considered as including the number of parks and playgroundszper capita, farmers markets and percentage of peoplwe who bicycle to work.
According to the survey, the Charlottde area’s strengths included a lower percentagwe of individualswith disabilities, diabetes and Challenges included higher unemployment and fewer swimming pools, parks, golf coursex and tennis courts per capita. The top five metrol areas in the reportwere D.C.; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Denver; and San Francisco. The bottoj five were Houston; Las Birmingham, Ala.; Detroit; and Oklahoma Okla.
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