Capella Education Company to Report First Quarter 2012 Results on April 24, 2012
Posted: March 21, 2012 at 6:23 pm
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Capella Education Company (NASDAQ:CPLA - News), a provider of online post-secondary education, primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, today announced that it will release first quarter 2012 financial results before the open of the market on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. A live conference call and Webcast discussing first quarter results is scheduled for the same day at 9:00 a.m. eastern time (ET).
To participate in the live call, investors should dial 866.385.4179 (domestic) or 702.928.7882 (international) at 8:50 a.m. (ET) and provide conference ID# 64157843. The Webcast will be available on the Capella Education Company web site at http://www.capellaeducation.com.
A replay of the call will be available starting on April 24, 2012, through May 1, 2012, at 855.859.2056 (domestic) or 404.537.3406 (international), conference ID# 64157843. It will also be archived at http://www.capellaeducation.com in the investor relations section for 60 days.
About Capella Education Company
Founded in 1991, Capella Education Company is a leader in online education, primarily through our wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, a regionally accredited* online university. In addition, Capella Education Company offers online education through Resource Development International Ltd. (RDI), an independent provider of United Kingdom (UK) university distance learning qualifications.
Capella University offers online graduate degree programs in business, counseling, education, health administration, homeland security, human resource management, human services, information technology, nonprofit management and leadership, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work, and bachelor's degree programs in business, information technology, nursing, psychology, and public safety. These academic programs are designed to meet the needs of working adults, combining high quality, competency-based curricula with the convenience and flexibility of an online learning format. Currently, Capella University offers 46 graduate and undergraduate degree programs with 143 specializations. More than 37,000 learners were enrolled as of Dec. 31, 2011, with nearly 80 percent of learners enrolled in graduate degree programs. For more information about Capella Education Company, please visit http://www.capellaeducation.com. For more information about Capella University, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).
Resource Development International Ltd. partners with a number of the top 100 universities in the UK to develop, validate and deliver UK higher education qualifications, predominantly through online courses. For more information, please visit http://www.rdi.co.uk.
Capella Education Company is also an investor in an innovative startup company called Sophia (http://www.sophia.org) - a social teaching and learning platform that integrates education with technology.
*Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), http://www.ncahlc.org. Capella University, Capella Tower, 225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552), http://www.capella.edu.
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Wellness Center raises the 'barre' on fitness classes
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With bathing suit season already here, most people are trying to find the health regime that is going to get them looking good for the season. Tatiana Habanova, owner of The Pilates Wellness Center, is helping guide her clients to the body they always wanted with her newest venture, Barre Studio Wellington, in the Wellness Center.
Booty Barre is an energetic 55-minute class that combines the toning benefits of yoga, Pilates and dance to strengthen and stretch the body, Habanova said. The method was designed by Tracey Mallet to provide a great dance workout for people who are not dancers.
"Don't be intimated by the word 'booty,'" Habanova said. "This is a technique-orientated class; this means we use the same choreography for each class allowing participants to not only strengthen their bodies but improve their technique over time."
Habanova opened the Barre Studio last November after being certified in the Booty Barre Method.
"I saw that barre classes were quickly becoming a fitness craze in California and New York, she said. "I wanted to bring something new to Wellington and thought this would be a great fit."
"The class really takes Pilates vertical," she said. "It is a great low impact workout that produces results."
Each class has a maximum of 10 participants who line the barre, which follows the length of the room.
"We use fun pop music so the mood in the room is high energy while putting into use the core principals of Pilates and yoga. Habanova said.
Charlotte Weiness, a seasonal equestrian who travels from Stuart to work with Habanova, said she loves the barre class because the group energy is different from a one-on-one session.
"Feeding off the group's energy makes you work a lot harder," Weiness said. "I like applying what I have learned about how my body works in the one-on-one session to the workout in the class. When I do something right I feel a great sense of accomplishment."
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Pilates made easy
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Build a bridge ... concentrate on key Pilates moves for a fast workout. Photo: Jim Rice
With some fitness regimens, that first trip to the gym can nearly kill you.
Pilates, with its emphasis on core training and an abundance of moves, works the other way.
"The first time is almost the easiest," says Alycea Ungaro, owner of Real Pilates in New York and author of Pilates: Body in Motion.
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"It gets harder after that. Once you know what to do, the bar gets higher, the demand gets harder. You see things you're doing wrong and you fix them. You work harder."
Ungaro, who has been teaching Pilates for almost 20 years and opened her first studio in 1996, says Pilates is one of the most adaptable forms of exercise.
"We have exercises for people through every decade of their life or their condition, whether they're triathletes prepping for an event or people recovering from injury or postpartum," she says.
"It's a very malleable means of training. You can make it as hard or as easy as you wish."
Ungaro says that the classic Pilates mat routine is known for being effective in changing one's body. But many people find the complex choreography and multiple position changes too difficult to keep up with, she says. So she suggests trying Pilates as a circuit.
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Hot yoga gaining steam in Billings
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Six months ago, the only way you could find hot yoga in Billings was if youd taken an outdoor class over the summer.
Fast forward to today and organized classes in a room where the heats cranked up to 105 degrees and the humidity sits at around 40 percent at two studios in town are a hot topic in fitness circles.
I think Billings was just ready for it, said Lea Jacobson, the owner of Bikram Yoga Billings and one of four instructors there. This is a workout that just surprises everybody. Its a tough class and youre leaving knowing youve worked hard.
The idea behind hot yoga is to go through a routine based on traditional yoga poses in a room with what at first seems to be near-unbearable heat.
Instructors and practitioners tout it as a total workout with great benefits for the mind and body. They say it helps with focus, concentration, stress, flexibility, strength, balance, circulation and release of stored toxins.
Everything thats in here, its very healing, said Melissa Vuletich, owner and instructor at Sumits Hot Yoga Montana.
The two studios are relatively new. Bikram was the first, opening in October.
Popularized and pioneered in America in the 1970s by Bikram Choudhury, each class at the Billings studio, at 2049 Broadwater Ave., is 90 minutes and goes through 26 set postures and a pair of breathing exercises.
Each of the four instructors has at least 500 hours of training for certification before leading classes, which see a regular attendance of as many as 60 people, said Jacobson.
Eighteen years ago, Jacobson had surgery for thyroid cancer and for a lot of years, I didnt feel good. Shed done traditional yoga before and in early 2009, shortly after her son persuaded her to switch to a vegan diet, tried out Bikram.
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Pru Life UK income jumps 33% in 2011
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MANILA, Philippines - Pru Life UK, the Philippine life insurance arm of London-based Prudential plc, showed a 33% growth in 2011, boosted by increased sales.
In a statement, Pru Life UK said its total gross premium income in 2011 reached P10.4 billion, from P 7.8 billion in 2010. Total gross premium income is the premium income earned (first year, single and renewal years), gross of reinsurance, for the period.
"Our improved performance was brought about by recruiting more financial advisers and increased productivity. We recruited over 1,000 agents in 2011. Furthermore, there was significant growth in the business brought to us by brokers," Pru Life UK President and CEO Antonio De Rosas said, in a statement.
De Rosas also attributed the companys continued growth to its aggressive recruitment strategy, training and coaching programs for financial advisers. The company also launched innovative products such as the Pru Link Exact Protector, a revamped version of one of Pru Life UKs bestselling unit-linked or investment-linked products, the PruLink Exact Plus.
Meanwhile, Prudential plc said its Asian life insurance business became the single largest contributor to the group International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) operating profit, accounting for 34% in 2011.
Asian life insurance excluding Taiwan has grown from 12 per cent of Group IFRS operating profit in 2007 to 34 per cent in 2011. The nominal amount has nearly trebled in three years from 257 million to 709 million, said Prudential plc Group Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam. The heart of our strategy remains Asia, where our positive momentum has been maintained in 2011, with total IFRS operating profit up 30 per cent and a cash remittance to the Group of 206 million. Asia is generating both growth and cash and our focus on the fast-growing markets of Southeast Asia continues to pay off, he said.
Prudential plc, through Prudential Corporation Asia, has life insurance operations in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, India, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Korea.
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Olmsted Falls star Steve Gansey enjoying D-League coaching stint at age 26
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Former Olmsted Falls High School coach Pat Donahue is not the least bit surprised his former star player, Steve Gansey, is the head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League at the age of 26.
"He was always a student of the game," said Donahue, who is teaching but no longer coaching at Olmsted Falls. "He was always interested in how the game was played, why things were done. Steve was the kind of kid who was always into basketball. He was one of the guys willing to work on his game. He always wanted to put more time in. He has taken that right to the coaching ranks."
Gansey returns to Ohio on Wednesday night when the Mad Ants, 11-31, visit the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers' D-League team that is 24-18.
"I knew I was going to be a head coach at some time in my life," Gansey said. "If I said I knew it was going to be at 26, I'd be lying to you. It's a great opportunity, and I'm having so much fun."
After starring at Olmsted Falls, Gansey played at Cleveland State. When Mike Garland was fired, he transferred to Ashland and played for Roger Lyons. He'd already figured out his playing career wasn't going to last much longer, and he wanted to have fun and experience the college life.
He got an internship at Priority Sports and Entertainment in Chicago, run by agent Mark Bartelstein, who represented Steve's older brother Mike Gansey, now a seasonal assistant in basketball operations with the Cavs. A stint at USA Basketball followed before Gansey took a job as an unpaid volunteer to long-time Fort Wayne head coach Joey Meyer two years ago. He was promoted to the first chair last year when former Cav Vitaly Potapenko took a job with the Indiana Pacers. Then he took over for Meyer, the former DePaul coach, when the team started 5-10 this season.
"The best part is that I'm in the head coach's shoes," he said. "You don't really know how you're going to do things until you put on those shoes and become that guy. It's a lot different sitting six inches to the left or the right.
As young as I am, anything that I'm going to endure in my life in the next couple years, I have this to look back on. I will make mistakes, but hopefully not the same mistakes. It has been a great learning experience and a great opportunity.
I would like some more time and some more opportunity to work with these guys. I just wish our season wasn't ending here pretty soon."
Gansey is drawing on everything he learned from Donahue, Garland, Lyons and Meyer. Donahue, he said, taught him how to compete.
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Health network to be part of hockey arena complex
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Health network to be part of hockey arena complex
A major name is making the move to downtown Allentown and the city's new hockey arena complex.
Lehigh Valley Health Network announced Tuesday afternoon it will locate a new sports medicine and fitness center on the site.
LVHN will also be a major sponsor at the arena, with highly visible advertising inside and out.
The move could potentially create hundreds of new jobs, but overhanging the announcement was a lawsuit that could delay the arena project.
"It is a real, real exciting day, I think, for the city of Allentown," said Mayor Ed Pawlowski, D-Allentown.
Lehigh Valley Health Network is signing on as sponsors and the minor league Phantoms' official team doctors, but the big announcement is the new sports medicine center that will occupy five floors of an adjoining office tower.
The facility is slated to offer outpatient rehab for sports injuries, screening programs for concussions, and fitness facilties for adults and youth athletes.
"You have to believe, and when you see that big gap down here, you begin to believe," said Dr. Ronald Swinfard, LVHN president and CEO.
Swinfard suggested the new venture could create hundreds of new jobs, although an exact number is not yet known.
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