text:
Last year's champion juvenile colt puts his crown on the line Saturday, just days after the 2012 champion 2-year-old filly was upset.
It's a time-lapse study of the vagaries of Thoroughbred racing: Saturday, last year's best 2-year-olds are crowned. Monday, one tumbles in her 3-year-old debut. Saturday, the other tries to maintain his ranking atop the 2013 Kentucky Derby lists.
And that's only the top attraction under the Big Top that is weekend racing. It's a regular three-ring circus and here are the main acts:
The road to the Derby
Shanghai Bobby -- undefeated in five starts, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and newly crowned Eclipse Award winner -- is the marquee attraction among 10 in Saturday's $400,000, Grade III Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The Harlan's Holiday colt drew the rail with Rosie Napravnik named to ride for trainer Todd Pletcher. "Expectations are pretty high, so we have to make sure we've done our job properly and put him in a position where he will perform to the best of his capabilities," Pletcher said. "He's doing great. He's grown up, filling out, all the things you want to see from him going into his 3-year-old year." But this is no walkover. Frac Daddy, who finished second in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club, will line up right next to Shanghai Bobby and trainer Ken McPeek said facing the champ doesn't bother him. "I think we can run with him," McPeek said early in the week. Bern Identity won the Grade II Sanford at Saratoga last summer and has never been out of the money in six starts. Itsmyluckyday and Sr. Quisqueyano are back after finishing 1-2 in the Gulfstream Park Derby. Dewey Square was third in the KJC for Eclipse Award-winning trainer Dale Romans and worked a bullet 59.10 seconds over the course Sunday. Joshua's Comprise is making his 16th start for trainer Barry Rose and still seeking his second win.
An upset already in the books in this week's Derby preps. In Monday's $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park, long shots Will Take Charge and Texas Bling battled down the stretch before Will Take Charge did so, winning by a neck. The favorite, Always in a Tiz, was a head farther back in third. Will Take Charge, an Unbridled's Song colt out of the outstanding Dehere mare Take Charge Lady, ran 1 mile on a fast track in 1:38.64 with Jon Court aboard for trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Lukas suddenly is all over the Derby trail, having won Saturday's Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds with Oxbow -- by 11 1/2 lengths, no less. "This is unbelievable," said Will Take Charge's owner, Willis D. Horton. "He had kind of a rough race. It's remarkable that he could still win. We've thought highly of him since we got him. We look forward to going forward with him, hopefully to the Derby." Will Take Charge, a half brother to last year's Florida Derby winner, Take Charge Indy, went to the post Monday at 12-1 odds.
At Aqueduct on Monday, Clawback went by pacesetting Rubies and Pearls on the turn, kicked in and drew off to score by 5 lengths as the odds-on favorite in the $75,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes. Winning Cause stumbled at the start, then rallied for second, and Rubies and Pearls was third. Clawback, a Florida-bred Put It Back colt, ran 6 furlongs on the fast inner track in 1:09.75 with Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons. He now has two wins in a row after two second-place finishes. "He did everything right," said Rusty Myers, assistant to winning trainer Rick Violette. "I think we're going to stay with the one turn for a while, but that's up to Rick and the owners. He's running great sprinting."
Distinctiv Passion led all the way in Monday's 6-furlong, $75,000 San Pedro Stakes at Santa Anita, winning by 1 1/2 lengths, ridden out. Hear the Ghost, Disarm and Really Mr Greely completed the order of finish. Distinctiv Passion, a Florida-bred With Distinction colt, got home in 1:08.50 with Edwin Maldonado up. "Our next hope is the (Feb. 17) San Vicente, which is a 7-furlong race," said winning trainer Jeff Bonde. "That will be our next chair up the ladder. But he showed no signs of quit. How far he's going to run right now is interesting to the world. But for us, he's a lot of fun."
The Oaks trail
This journey got off to a rocky start on Monday as Breeders' Cup and Eclipse Award winner Beholder came up 3/4 length short of 20-1 chance Renee's Titan in the $150,000, Grade II Santa Ynez stakes at Santa Anita. The 6 1/2-furlong event for 3-year-old fillies went in 1:16.14 as Renee's Titan charged from last of seven for the victory even though winning rider Tyler Baze lost his whip during the stretch run. Early leader Dawn's Charm finished third, just a nose behind Beholder. Renee's Titan is a Bernstein filly out of the Tiznow mare Titan Queen. Leandro Mora, assistant to winning trainer Doug O'Neill, said when he saw Beholder make the first move, he said to himself, "'OK, that's adios.' Then when she (Renee's Titan) started running like that, I knew we had a huge chance." Richard Mandella, who handles Beholder, said, "She just got a little tired." He said she Beholder return in the Grade I Las Virgenes Stakes on March 2.
Saturday at Gulfstream Park, Kauai Katie, who finished fourth in the Breeders' Cup, takes on five rivals in the $200,000, Grade II Forward Gal Stakes at 7 furlongs on the main course. Kauai Katie rebounded nicely from the Santa Anita defeat, winning the Grade III Old Hat Stakes at Gulfstream on New Year's Day. The Malibu Moon filly now has four wins from five starts and trainer Todd Pletcher said the Breeders' Cup loss was due to a combination of factors. "It was probably a little farther than she wants to go, at least at this point in her career," he said, "although I'm not sure she liked the track that day. She's a very good filly. We'll keep her at sprint distances for now at least."A wild card here is Fusaichiswonderful, a Fusaichi Pegasus filly who won all five of her starts last year in Puerto Rico, also trained by Pletcher now and making her first mainland start. My Happy Face comes off a win in the Grade III Tempted Stakes at Aqueduct in November. Spring Venture won all three of her starts at Woodbine before finishing 13th in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Nick Zito sends out the promising Pow Wow Wow, an Indian Charlie filly.
Out west, six 3-year-old fillies are entered for Saturday's $100,000, Grade III Santa Ysabel at 1 1/16 miles. None has particularly distinguished herself and several were also-rans in the Blue Norther Stakes at 1 mile on the Santa Anita turf on New Year's Day, including Scarlet Strike, who was beaten only a nose that day. The "name of the week" is in this race -- Fiftyshadesofhay, a Pulpit filly who finished eighth in the Blue Norther.
Sam Houston Race Park
Saturday is the big night in Houston with the $400,000 Ladies Classic at 1 1/16 miles and the $200,000, Grade III John B. Connally Turf Cup at 9 furlongs on the lawn.
In the Ladies Classic, Joyful Victory has been a money-making machine for trainer Larry Jones even though the 5-year-old Tapit mare has won only a single race in almost two years' time. Despite the lack of photo ops, Joyful Victory has been in the money consistently in top company from Fair Grounds to Santa Anita and back to Churchill Downs. Rosie Napravnik is named and will have to catch a quick flight across the Gulf of Mexico after riding Shanghai Bobby in the afternoon at Gulfstream. Brushed by a Star and Summer Applause show records similar to Joyful Victory's. She's All In has two straight wins in lesser heats.
The Connally finds rivals from all points of the compass, many with interesting paths to this race. Wilcox Inn is a multiple graded stakes winner and got home second in the Grade I Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland last fall. But he then finished ninth in the Breeders' Cup Mile, admittedly behind some much rougher foes than the nine he will face Saturday night. King David jumped up from the claiming ranks to win the Grade I Jamaica Handicap last October at Belmont Park, then finished second in the Grade III Commonwealth Turf at Churchill Downs. He was fourth in a very tough race on the Gulfstream Park turf last time out. Some of the other horses here show running lines from top races at top tracks as far afield as France. A few others are stalwarts on the Oklahoma-Texas circuit.
Santa Anita
Saturday's card is jam-packed, with two graded stakes, including the aforementioned Santa Ysabel, and four stakes for state-breds, including two rich California Breeders' Champion Stakes events.
The $250,000, Grade II Santa Monica Stakes picked up nine fillies and mares to try 7 furlongs on the main track. Bob Baffert saddles two -- Distracting, who comes off a second-place showing in the Paseana Handicap two weeks ago, and Pink Lollipops. Sugarinthemorning, second in this race last year, is back. Teddy's Promise won the Kalookan Queen Stakes last time out. Belle of the Hall is running for the first time since finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Byrama has never finished worse than fourth and gets Gary Stevens in the irons. Kindle appears to be improving, finishing second in the Grade II Monrovia Stakes in her last outing.
The California Breeders' Champion Stakes events for 3-year-olds, each worth $300,000, proved popular. The filly version and the open race each drew 11 entrants.
Fair Grounds
Two turf races postponed from last weekend -- the Grade III Col. E.R. Bradley and the Marie Krantz Memorial -- will be run on Saturday. The Bradley, at the "about" 1 1/16 miles distance, drew a field of nine and Lukas's veteran campaigner, Optimizer, is a lukewarm favorite with James Street, Strike Impact and Trend also to consider. The Krantz, at a similar distance for fillies and mares, has six set to face the starter. The overwhelming early choice, Daisy Devine, drew the rail. Since she likes to go right to the lead, that should be no problem. She seeks her third straight win.
The Saturday program also includes a sprint for older horses and a turf sprint for 3-year-olds.
Hong Kong
The first leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series, the Kent & Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup, goes Sunday at Sha Tin. Fourteen are set to go the 1,000 meters down the straight, including Joy and Fun, Eagle Regiment and Lucky Nine.
Already on the books:
It was an international night Thursday at Meydan in the third week of the Dubai World Cup Carnival. While Godolphin captured the featured UAE G2 Cape Verdi with Sajjhaa, it was Elderly Paradise, winner of the Macau Derby, who put the invaders on the board. "He has got used to the track after his first start when he finished second and now everything depends on how he comes out of this race," said Elderly Paradise's trainer, Man Chau Tam. The winner is a 5-year-old, Australian-bred gelding by Danewin.
Laurel Park
Broad Rule stalked the pace in Monday's $75,000 Fire Plug Stakes, then was just up with a three-wide move to win by a neck over Harbor Kid. Pacesetting longshot Flattering Andy faded to finish third and the even-money favorite, Immortal Eyes, was fourth. Broad Rule, a 5-year-old son of Dixie Union, ran 6 furlongs on a fast track in 1:11.60 with Forest Boyce up.
Private Tale started last of nine in the $75,000 Native Dancer Stakes advanced through the turn and into the stretch and was up to win by 3/4 length over the favorite, Javerre. Adirondack King finished third. Private Tale, a 5-year-old Tale of the Cat gelding, ran 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:45.85 with Sheldon Russell riding.


text:
Home: Tony's Pizzeria & Gyros
Family Owned & Operated!
For Pickup or Delivery, Call:
(405) 265-2020
(405) 265-2020
welcome to tony's pizzeria & gyros
Quality Ingredients For A Delicious Pizza & Gyros Everytime!
At Tony's, only the highest quality ingredients go into our freshly made pizzas and gyros.
Conveniently Located!
We are located off of Cornwell in Yukon, in the Arvest Plaza. Give us a call or stop in today!
939 S. Cornwell
Yukon Oklahoma, OK 73099
Open Late Weekends!
- Monday: 10:30am - 9:00pm
- Tuesday: 10:30am - 9:00pm
- Wednesday: 10:30am - 9:00pm
- Thursday: 10:30am - 9:00pm
- Friday: 10:30am - 9:00pm
- Saturday: 10:30am - 9:00pm
- Sunday: Closed
That's right, we deliver!
Want to stay home and watch the game?
Call: (405) 265-2020

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Century College is known for high-quality programs and degrees taught by expert instructors.
Programs at Century are grouped under Academic Pathways. Each of the eight Century College Academic Pathways provides you with special learning opportunities and activities, along with personalized guidance from an academic advisor or counselor. Explore the exciting major areas below to find your Pathway!
The Cosmetology program provides you with an affordable education to prepare you for an exciting career in the Cosmetology industry with particular focus on nail care, skin care, hair styling, coloring, cutting, and more.
The Facilities Maintenance Engineer program prepares students for employment in residential office buildings, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, community centers and commercial facilities with emphasis given to advanced facility systems and computerized maintenance management systems.
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology, commonly called HVAC, is the service and installation of heating and cooling equipment. The main emphasis is on domestic, with some instruction on light commercial.
Nationally, horticulture is a major employer and includes jobs in garden centers, greenhouses, grounds maintenance firms, park systems sports complexes, and private grounds. Persons working in horticulture may also be self-employed. The Horticulture department offers a variety of awards including certificates, diplomas and degrees.
The Associate in Applied Science Degree will convey the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in traditional and renewable energy fields.
For information on non-credit courses and customized training, visit Continuing Education & Customized Training


text:
Collecting Student Feedback
Would you like to ...
- give students a sense of empowerment regarding their learning,
- determine barriers to their learning, or
- assess the effects of various instructional practices on student learning?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, consider collecting student feedback in one of the following ways
A Reaction Sheet or One Minute-Paper
- During a class session, pose one or two questions and allow students to respond anonymously. The typical one minute paper asks, "What is the most significant thing you learned today?" "What do you need explained more clearly?" "What was the muddiest point?"
- The "minute paper" could also be adapted as a reflection strategy by asking questions that help students develop their own meaning in relation to the content. For example, "What idea expressed in class today strongly influenced your opinions, viewpoints or values?"
- Whatever questions you use, be sure to close the communication loop. Follow up in a subsequent session by addressing their concerns and sharing what you learned and how you/they will use the information to improve their learning.
Exam Feedback Questionnaire
- Attach a brief feedback questionnaire to an exam consisting of two to five questions, which allow you and your students an opportunity to examine what they learned from the test. A Test Feedback Questionaire is available on the CTE's website.
- Compile the results and share appropriate information with students.
For more ideas on getting student feedback
Center for Teaching Excellence
TLC Building
400 N. Capitol, Suite 324
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 483-1680
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Additional contact information
Open Hours
Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm
To send an APPLEGRAM online,
fill-out the Applegram form.


text:
April 15, 2013
You can use a safety monitor only to protect workers who do roofing work on roofs that have slopes no greater than 2:12 and widths no greater than 50 feet. Safety monitoring on roofs wider than 50 feet is not permitted unless a warning-line system also protects the workers.
The safety monitor, who must be a competent person, is responsible for:
Only those who are doing roofing work are permitted in the area controlled by the safety monitor. Mechanical equipment can't be used or stored in the area.
Requirements for safety-monitoring systems for roofing work: 437-003-2502 (Division 3, Subdivision M)
Guidelines for determining roof widths: Appendix A to Subdivision M.
Reprinting, excerpting, or plagiarizing any part of this publication is fine with us!
But remember: the information in this newsletter is intended to highlight safe work practices, but it does not replace Oregon OSHA workplace safety and health rules.
For information about Oregon OSHA services and answers to technical questions, call (503) 378-3272 or toll-free within Oregon, (800) 922-2689.


text:
Inside GlobalFoundries' Fab 8
We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use.
Aerial photo of Fab 8 courtesy of GlobalFoundries
While technology enthusiasts often talk at length about the processors that run the devices we use every day, we often pay little attention to the advanced and complex manufacturing processes that it takes to make these chips. Personally, I find this manufacturing technology fascinating, so I jumped at the chance to actually tour the cleanroom at the new GlobalFoundries facility in Saratoga County, New York.
Aerial photo of Fab 8 courtesy of GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries makes chips for a variety of companies including IBM and AMD. (Indeed, it started as a spinoff of the manufacturing arm of AMD.) The company is owned by ATIC, an investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi. It has facilities in Dresden, Germany and Singapore and is now building its Fab 8, a $4.6 billion factory in the Luther Forest Technology Campus, about half an hour north of Albany. It is one of just a few big fab projects in the United States; the others being Intel's Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona and Samsung's expanding logic plant in Austin, Texas.
Construction on GlobalFoundries' Fab 8 started in June 2009, and I first visited about two years ago, when the building was mostly concrete slabs and support beams.
Construction of the first phase—including a 210,000 square foot cleanroom—is now finished, and tools have been moved in. Earlier this year, the company announced it had started production of 32nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chips as part of a joint production agreement with IBM. The two companies have worked together to create a "gate first" high-k/metal gate process at 32nm, which is also used at GlobalFoundries' Dresden plant to create chips for AMD, such as the "Llano" processor. Like at most current chip factories or "fabs," all of the chips at Fab 8 are manufactured on silicon wafers measuring 300mm in diameter.
The factory is currently in the early production stages of its 32/28 nm process and expects to be sampling chips to customers later this year. GlobalFoundries says that 20nm development wafers are also running at the fab.
A second phase—including a 90,000 square foot expansion of the cleanroom—is almost complete, but GlobalFoundries hasn't yet decided when to install tools, as that will depend on market demand. When both phases are up and running, the total capacity of the factory is expected to be 60,000 wafers per month. This won't happen until the end of 2013 at the earliest, and is dependent on how quickly GlobalFoundries attracts customers that need the capacity. The factory employs 1,300 people on site, including fab operators and administration.
I put on the cleanroom attire (known as a "bunny suit") and swapped out my notebook and pen for ones specifically designed for cleanroom use; the paper is specially made not to shed anything in the room, and the pen uses a low-sodium ink although it looks pretty much like your typical inexpensive BIC pen.
While I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside the cleanroom itself, here is a picture of me suited up just before entering
Section Manager Andrew Alexander took me through the plant, explaining that it takes about 90 days to build a microprocessor.
The layout of a chip factory is very different from a traditional assembly line. You don't see a product go from one station to the next, producing a finished wafer on the other end. Instead, semiconductor manufacturing seems to group the tools together in particular places in the factory, and then uses a track system to automatically move the wafers from one part of the factory to another. It often stores the wafers in process overhead in what is known as zero footprint stockers, or ZFS.
The first step is to take the bare silicon wafers as they come in from suppliers and move them from a Front-Opening Shipping Box (FOSB) to a Front-Opening Unified Pod (FOUP). (As you can tell, fabs are just as acronym-happy as the rest of the tech world.) These FOUPs are special plastic enclosures that hold the wafers as they move around on the plant's automated material handling system. Each FOUP can typically hold up to 25 wafers.
The basic manufacturing process begins with chemical/mechanical polishing of silicon wafers. Here, the goal is to "planarize" the surface, or make it as flat as possible.
The basic process of working on a wafer involves multiple steps. First, a thin film of a material, such as oxide, nitride, aluminum, or copper, is placed on top of a wafer. The next step is to pattern the parts that form the transistors using photolithography. In this lithography process, a film, or photoresist, is applied to the wafer and a pattern is then projected from a template, or mask, onto the wafer using ultraviolet light. This is essentially akin to the old-style photography process. The unwanted parts are then etched away, leaving only the patterned features. Implanting inserts an impurity— typically arsenic, boron, or phosphorus—into the silicon to produce specific semiconductor properties. Cleaning then prepares the wafer to go through the process again. These steps are repeated over and over to build up the layers that form transistors, contacts, and metal interconnects that make up a finished chip.
All of the equipment that performs each of these steps is very specialized and there are a limited number of suppliers of each type of equipment. For instance, Applied Materials and Novellus are the key suppliers of thin film deposition equipment, while Tokyo Electron and LAM Research are known for their etching tools, Varian for its implant tools, and ASML and Nikon for their lithography equipment.
The precision of all of these tools is pretty amazing. Oxides are deposited on the wafer at temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius. In the etching step, plasma gets heated to ignite gasses within a vacuum tube that eats away at anything not covered by a resist. For implanting, the equipment needs to be built on a concrete floor, rather than the raised metal floor that makes up the bulk of the fab, to keep vibration to an absolute minimum. During lithography, light passes through a liquid and is focused to produce components that need to be precise to within a few nanometers.
Alexander pointed to the 10 ASML lithography machines, mostly immersion scanners, and explained that these were very expensive machines. (Indeed, costs of these machines are usually estimated at $60 million or more each; ten would be in the range of the direct subsidies New York State has given GlobalFoundries for building the factory at that location. New York has given the firm a $1.2 billion incentive package, of which about half is tax relief.)
Another part of the factory includes R&D test machines. Most people expect finer chip geometries to require extreme ultraviolet (EUV scanners), and while Fab 8 doesn't have one yet, the company has plans to eventually purchase a production tool for the factory. Usually, you see estimates that such tools could cost $150 million or more each. In the meantime, GlobalFoundries is working on EUV using prototype tools at both Albany Nanotech and IMEC in Belgium.
Less than 100 of the plant's 1,300 employees operate the actual chip-making equipment. In general, the plant is automated and runs from a separate operations center that abuts the fab itself, though technicians go inside the cleanroom to maintain and repair the delicate machinery. The operators manage the computer system, and the system actually runs the fab.
I was quite interested in hearing Alexander's take on what makes this factory different from ones he has worked on from Intel and Samsung.
Because the factory is aimed at making products for a variety of different companies, it is designed to be able to "tweak" the manufacturing process to meet the needs of a specific customer. It thus takes the basic "common platform" designed by IBM and its partners, goes to its vendors, copies as much of the IBM recipe as it can, and then modifies it as needed. This, he said, is very different from the "copy exactly" process that Intel has stressed in recent years, where each manufacturing line is identical.
The fab's ability to tweak the process makes it more flexible than its competitors', which typically have a few set processes.
I'm always interested in seeing leading-edge manufacturing technology, as that's what has driven the advanced capabilities behind all of the technology we now use, from PCs and TVs to smartphones and tablets. As with Intel and Samsung, it's great to see the advanced manufacturing capacity in the United States, as well.


text:
Improvements for Gear section of Strava (Cycling)
I am at a crossroads with equipment list management. I am about to dump tracking all my components as I have seen no improvements in a very very long time. I switch around wheels and tires all the time and that tough to track the way it's currently setup here on Strava. But now I have recently cracked my frame and is being replaced under warranty. I will be moving all my component to this new frame, so this is where it will be a complete failure for me. How do I track going forward? Components are tracked by Frame and not individually.
Support Summary:
1. Allow components to exist independently from bikes/frames
Instead of limiting only one active version of each component per bike, components would exist as a "pool" and could be removed from a bike without being retired, could be "shelved" for any amount of time without accumulating mileage, and could be easily switched between bikes. Like different tiers - at the top level there is a group of frames, and under that is a group of components, any amount or type of components you wish to track. Then there is freedom to match the components to the frames in any desired way.
2. Ability to add historical usage to a frame or component
As the system currently stands, bikes and components added to Strava are treated as new, with zero use. Of course, we know this is only the case a fraction of the time. For a functional gear tracking system there needs to be a way to add an item to the system with historical mileage/usage.
3. Track Gear in hours as well as miles
4. Ability to set notifications for when a component reaches a certain amount of use (miles or hours)
5. Add maintenance records, or simply a notes field to any Gear item to keep track of when equipment was last serviced
Are there any additions, or major feedback trends that I missed? -Elle


text:
You better believe we were excited to finally see the new Spring/Summer 2008 looks from Fila Japan as worn by their sponsored player, Akiko Morigami. Here she is playing on the third day of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. She lost to Italian Sara Errani 2-6, 6-3, 4-6.
Ever since the winter we'd been dying to figure out what the Japanese arm will be doing for early 2008 (we already know what they're doing for the rest of the world, with Tursunov and Kuznetsova showing off at Indian Wells last week). For the most part, thanks to Ichizo, all that we found were nibblets — a cryptic post on her own site talking about a photo shoot, and that picture on the right from the shoot's stylist.
Until this week, of course. We'll do another post about the rest of the men's and women's tennis collections soon.
More: For now, see more photos (and some close-ups) of Akiko's outfit after the cut…
This photo was from a pro golfer who's also sponsored by Fila.
(match photos by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)


text:
Basement Waterproofing can increase the value of your home by $1,217
A basement is really a significant component of a house and is particularly used to store things. However, most homeowners with a basement in their home are dealing with problems like foundation fractures, water flooding, basement leakage, and much more. Because of this, it becomes necessary to find efficient solutions to these troubles considering it is a notable fact that water weakens the composition of a house and can damage its foundation. In such scenarios, the most efficient alternative is basement waterproofing in New Milford. Basement waterproofing in New Milford offers a lot of benefits such as home protection from damage caused by water, prevents the growth of mold, protects belongings from the flood, turns your basement into a livable quarter, and most importantly, it adds value to your house.
Fair price breakdown
There are two solutions in which New Milford basement waterproofing can be applied. Interior-based waterproofing methods, otherwise known as negative side projects, require moving out water that is within the home. Mending a water issue from within can be a more cost-effective choice, specifically in situations where outdoor work isn't handy or probable. You can use drainage systems that can cost around $1,813, sealants that range from $4 to $8 per square feet or epoxy injection that has a starting price of $1,665.
Estimated final cost for basement waterproofing
|Fair Price
|Waterproofed Surface Labor
|16.4 Hours
|Waterproofed Surface Job Materials and Supplies
|200 Square Feet
|Totals - Cost to Waterproof Basements - 215 Square Feet
|Average Cost Per Square Foot
Find the Best Costs on Basement Waterproofing - New Milford, 07646
On the other hand, exterior waterproofing projects that are occasionally labeled as positive side jobs are used to stop the water from getting inside your home. Several builders consider setting a subterranean trench or border drain to be the most efficient method if executed in the right way. Then again, the standard spectrum to have an excavation job is $20,000 to $30,000, and is often as high as $80,000, based on how reachable the aimed spots are, what amount of excavation is needed, and what landscaping or additional job is required to be restored.
Bergen County Basement Waterproofing FAQ
Last Updated: Jul 14, 2020
Local pros & Availability
Basement Waterproofing available in your area
- Open
- Closed
1Cliffside Park Area.Cliff Park, NJ 07010
268 Colfax Ave.Clifton, NJ 07011
326 Foster St.Clifton, NJ 07011
480 Sylvan Ave.Clifton, NJ 07011
5945 River Rd.Edgewater, NJ 07020
6Cliffside Park, NJ 07010


text:
Swarm science meeting – presentations now available online
Following ESA's Second Swarm International Science Meeting held last summer in Germany, 88 of the presentations given at the three-day meeting are now available online.
The presentations can be viewed and/or downloaded from the Second Swarm International Science Meeting website and then clicking on 'Programme' in the left-hand bar.
The meeting was held on 24—26 June 2009 at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany with the programme covering the scientific aspects and current status of ESA's magnetic field mission Swarm. This meeting was the second in a series dedicated to the Swarm mission; the first took place in May 2006 at the University of Nantes in France.
This second meeting proved to be an overwhelming demonstration of how interest in this particular field is growing within the scientific community. The three-satellite Swarm constellation, which is scheduled to launch in 2011, will make it possible to complete more than a decade of magnetic filed observations within the context of the 'International Decade of Geopotential Research' and provide the best-ever survey of the geomagnetic field and its temporal evolution.
Swarm will lead to new insights into the Earth system by improving our understanding of the Earth's interior and its effect on geospace, the vast region around the Earth where electro-dynamic processes are influenced by the Earth's magnetic field.
"The 2nd Swarm Science Meeting in Potsdam was an overwhelming demonstration of the large and growing science community in this field. The June 2009 EOS (American Geophysical Union) article has highlighted the significant advances in geomagnetic research that has taken place during the present decade based on data from the existing missions," said Eigil Friis-Christensen from the Technical University of Denmark.
"These advances were presented with particular focus on the benefits of the new and extended opportunities that Swarm will bring. Specifically noteworthy was that the growth of the attendance relative to the 1st Swarm Science meeting seemed to be linked particularly to a growing interest among the communities in neighbouring research areas .It has now been realised that Swarm does not only present state-of-the-art magnetic observations but provides a unique set of complementary observations describing the electrical state of the upper atmosphere, which is a key element in the concept of space weather."


text:
ORLANDO -- Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, put a question to an audience Gartner's Symposium ITxpo here on Monday. "Raise [your] hand if you're sure the Chinese are not inside your corporate network."
Many of the 8,500 attendees were in the hall to hear the question, but only five hands were raised. "Congratulations," Schmidt said from the stage.
Getting more serious, Schmidt lamented the open pathways in corporate networks, letting hackers slip in via NT servers.
Schmidt suggested a better network would eliminate the corporate intranet.
"We're going to have just a network. We're going to make sure that gaining access is application to application," he said.
In an interview on stage with Gartner analysts David Willis and Drue Reeves, Schmidt was asked whether he's sure that Chinese hackers haven't penetrated Google's corporate network.
"We're quite sure they are not right now," said Schmidt of the Chinese, "although every second we check." The audience chuckled.
"I can be quite sure that the Chinese are visiting the U.S. government at the moment because no one is there," said Schmidt, a reference to the federal government shutdown.
Major vendors, and other companies, have faced attacks from China.
Meanwhile, when asked about the security of mobile devices running the Google built Android operating system, Schmidt said "it's more secure than the iPhone."
Patrick Thibodeau covers SaaS and enterprise applications, outsourcing, government IT policies, data centers and IT workforce issues for Computerworld. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @DCgov, or subscribe to Patrick's RSS feed . His email address is email@example.com.
Read more about security in Computerworld's Security Topic Center.


text:
- Tech Trader Daily
JIVE, QLIK, TNGO Among Bernstein's Top Software M&A Targets
- Order Reprints
- Print Article
Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi today ponders the prospects for mergers and acquisition in tech, arguing the pace could "modestly accelerate" given rising cash balances and the intent of large tech outfits to remain acquisitive.
He comes up with a number of potential targets in software, including Millenial Media (MM), Jive Software (JIVE), Tangoe (TNGO), Qlik Technologies (QLIK) and Sourcefire (FIRE).
A variety of tech trends, including server virtualization, commoditization, and the move to "modular" architectures, have made the hardware business a tough one, observes Sacchonaghi:
Historically, IT hardware has been a challenging sector, even for many of the largest players. From 2002 to 2012, three companies in our coverage – IBM, HP and Lexmark – and JAVA (acquired by Oracle) saw flat to negative growth in gross profits derived from hardware, while IBM, Lexmark and JAVA have see negative growth in revenues as well (Exhibit 1). Collectively, these four companies have seen their hardware revenues decline by 2% and gross profits decline by 11% since 2002, indicating that margins have also eroded. Moreover, HP's hardware revenue growth is almost entirely attributable to the PC business over the period ($13.8B out of the $14.2B increase), rather than due to strength in the company's enterprise hardware business. Within our coverage, Apple, EMC and Dell have grown gross profits from hardware since 2002, although Dell has seen a material decline in hardware revenues in recent years (from >$45B in 2009 to $39.5B in 2012).
As a consequence, IT hardware makers, including Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), and Dell (DELL) have been some of the more acquisitive companies:
From 2002-present, companies in our coverage have made 275 acquisitions, largely focused in software and services, with 80% of the deals being for private companies. Our analysis shows that IT Hardware (ex. Apple) has been more acquisitive than overall large-cap technology in recent years. Historically, acquisitions have focused on securing key technologies or gaining access to rapidly growing segments rather than simply acquiring revenues, and have been largely of small private companies as a result.
And M&A deals have increasingly focused on software deals: "Given that IT Hardware companies have been attempting to move away from hardware, acquisitions have historically been focused on software and services."
"Overall, software has accounted for over 60% of IT Hardware acquisitions since 2002, followed by services at 23% and hardware/other at 14%."
Deals have taken out many of the companies Sacconaghi and his staff have identified over the years:
Since our initial 2006 report on this topic, fifty-nine companies from among our identified software targets have been acquired, including 20 out of 87 companies in our April 2011 report (since 2006, we have listed 457 potential targets in our notes, counting companies more than once if they were listed in multiple years; see Exhibit 20). Out of the 59 companies that have been acquired, ten were acquired directly by IBM (6), HP (2), Dell (1) and EMC (1) (EMC), and one was acquired by Cognos, which was subsequently acquired by IBM.
Sacconaghi offers up a table of the latest screen of "high-growth" software names:


text:
Online Examination Website
We (Mocktime.com) provide online examination software for various purposes like to conduct online exams, for e-assessment etc. Our Clients are mainly exam conducting bodies, Coaching Institutes, Websites and other institutions. We provide customized services depending upon the requirement of our clients. Click here for more info
1. SOFTWARE PANEL + READY MADE CONTENT (For Institutes) (with institute branding)
Per Student/Login charge as per test package (50/- per student) (No any hidden cost)
For any query contact us at [email protected].com or call at +91 – 9050446640
2. SOFTWARE PANEL + READY MADE CONTENT (For websites) (with WEBSITE branding)
Per product sale (100/- per product or 50% of product whichever is lesser) (No any hidden cost)
For any query contact us at [email protected] or call at +91 – 9050446640
3. READY MADE CONTENT + your OWN CONTENT: at own website or at own domain
Interested institutes/websites can run this product (like http://yourdomain.com). User need to pay in following terms:
1. One Time Set up Fee (50000/- to 2 lacs depending upon features)
2. Server Rent (depends on the load of their website traffic) Click here for more info.
USER Clients
Coaching Institutes – Institutes who want to conduct online tests for their student for various competitive exams.
Exam conducting bodies – Institutions who conduct online exams services to various bodies.
Schools/colleges/universities – Schools/colleges/universities can take help of this software for e-assessment of their students.
Websites – Websites can sale readymade online test series products to various students across India from their web platforms.
This Product is useful for larger Institutes who want to conduct online tests for their student for various courses/exams. Additionally, Institute with its own system and contents can also sell online test series. Institute can allot this software to its franchises or clients with website. Student can take test via laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile.
Specific Features of Online software:
Advance Online Examination Platform
Franchise/Client Management
Dynamic Website with Admin Panel (For online sales of test)
SMS/E-mail Integration and Channel
Payment Gateway Integration
B2B Module + B2C Module:
Create a New Franchise or Client and allot new software to them with a website. An Online Examination Management Software will automatically allot to franchises/client with website. Create Test Series and allot to Franchise or sell Test Series in your Website.


text:
A 10-week project in collaboration with Whirlpool and Ikea about Interaction in the Kitchen. Eddy combines the two functions of washing and storage in one environment. Handling of kitchen items is minimized and the system provides a viable alternative for small kitchen environements.
The concept was presented with some 3D animations and a Flash interactive demo quickly showcasing the interaction and UI.
10 weeks, November-December 2006
Umeå Institute of Design
Shows the sequence of loading the dishes and closing off one section to washing.
Video mov, 640 x 480px , 8.17 MB
Shelves with washing functionalities. Dividers allow a limited section to be washed, reducing manipulation and minimizing energy resources.
Kitchen tools and dishes are constantly moved and transfered during the cooking-eating-washing cycle.
The main idea of this project to combine washing and storage in the same location.
Close the curtain from the top. Then adjust time (keys 1 and 3), press 8 to start the washing procedure, and 9 to end it.
Don't worry if it's not working smoothly. It never did!


text:
On New Years day, I became transfixed with watching the Kofy 80′s themed dance party marathon. I can only explain this as Kofy ,the local Bay Area TV station, cruises the streets of Oakland seeking out the confused street walking leftovers from the Occupy movement and invite them into the studio to pretend to dance, while in silence. Then they play "It's a Cruel Summer" over the footage and feed it to me for cringing pleasure. I call it a marathon, but I actually think it was just one really long hour.
I thought that was the most amusing thing that Kofy had to offer. That was until I was informed that right before commercial breaks, Kofy shows off dogs watching tv.
Hence Goober. My favorite bay area celebrity pup since Chance from Homeward Bound 2.


text:
Add a little mystery to your everyday look with these exquisite drop earrings. Onyx is a powerful gemstone with protective properties. It helps to shield the mind and body from negative energy. Our dark dangles are ready to add some swing to your look.
All weights pertaining to gemstones, including diamonds, are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. View Gemstone Enhancements and Special Care Requirements for important information.
Vermeil Plating:
Pronounced "vermay," vermeil is an electroplating process in which 14K gold or higher is coated over sterling silver. Officially designated by the jewelry industry, items may only be sold as vermeil if they have a minimum thickness of 100 millionths of an inch (2.5 microns) of gold over the silver. Regular gold plating is less than 2.5 microns.
The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
Gold/Platinum Embraced Silver or Bronze:
Our platinum and gold embraced collections feature layers of platinum or gold over sterling silver or bronze for a lustrous, radiant finish everywhere you look and touch.
To care for your plated jewelry items:
Onyx is a variety of chalcedony quartz that features a fine texture with a smooth black color. Some onyx can display white bands or ribbons against black or brown backgrounds. The bands that move through the stone run parallel and onyx is therefore sometimes known as zebra agate. Mined in Brazil, India, California and Uruguay, most onyx today is color-enhanced to increase its depth of color. It ranks a 6.5 on the Mohs Scale and is an ideal stone for carving. In fact, it is a favorite material of lapidary artists.
Onyx was very popular with the ancient Greeks and Romans. The name comes from the Greek word "onux" which means fingernail. Legend says that one day frisky Cupid cut the divine fingernails of Venus with an arrowhead while she was sleeping. He left the clippings scattered on the sand and the fates turned them into stone so that no part of her heavenly body would ever perish. In Greek times, almost all colors of chalcedony were called onyx. Later, the Romans narrowed the term to refer to only the black and dark brown colors, while the reddish brown and white onyx became known as sardonyx. Highly valued in Rome, sardonyx was especially used for seals because it was said to never stick to the wax. Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio was famous for wearing sardonyx.
Worn during mourning in the Victorian age, onyx is now traditionally given as a 7th wedding anniversary gift. It is thought to increase happiness, self-control, courage, intuition and instincts. The stone is also believed to cool the yearnings of love and decrease sexual desire.
Earring Back Types
Butterfly Back: A double looped piece resembling a butterfly that fits over a post. Variations on this design are called push back clasps. The basic post and butterfly back are usually used for stud earrings and lighter weight drop earrings.
Hinged Snap Backs: This clasp features a hinged post that snaps into a groove on the back of the earring. It is commonly found on hoops. Sometimes the hinged post is curved to provide more room to fit around the ear, sometimes called a saddleback.
Hook Backs: This earring backing is simply a long, bent post that fits through the piercing. Hooks have several variations, most notably the shepherd's hook and the French hook. While thin wire hooks reduce the weight of long earrings, making them more comfortable, they aren't as secure as other clasp styles.
Lever Back: A hinged lever snaps shut against the curved post to form a closed loop around the ear lobe. This clasp is very secure and good for large or medium sized styles that drop just below the ear.
Omega: Also called French clips, this clasp has a straight post and a looped lever. The hinged lever closes around the post and is held against the ear with pressure. The omega clasp is the most secure clasp, especially for the larger, heavier earrings.
Screw back: This backing is a slight variation of the standard post and butterfly nut back. Instead of pushing on the back, the nut twists onto the threaded post. A screw back post design is often preferred for expensive diamond stud earrings that require increased security.


text:
Carolina Lineman Boots
You've got all the other gear you need for your job, so when you're climbing utility poles and working around dangerous electrical wires, you need a pair of Carolina Lineman Boots to keep your feet safe and secure. The tall footwear is lightweight to help you move with ease, breathable to keep you cool, and durable to give you long-lasting support.... These work boots will power through your workday with you, whether you're high up above or prepping equipment on the ground. With steel lineman shanks, they're crafted specifically to meet safety requirements. Additional features include waterproof boots and steel toes for extra protection. No matter at what altitude your job takes you, choose Carolina Lineman Boots from Working Person's Store for stability. Staying on your feet is important and these will help you do just that!(Learn More About carolina lineman boots)(See less)
5 Item(s)
$209.99Free Shipping
$204.99Free Shipping
$209.99Free Shipping
$214.99Free Shipping
$204.99Free Shipping


text:
Preparing and Submitting your manuscript
A research paper, abstract or poster submitted to GSTF Journal of Geological Sciences (JGS) must be original that are unpublished and cannot be under review for publication elsewhere during the time it is being considered for GSTF Journal of Geological Sciences (JGS). Furthermore, after you submit a paper to GSTF Journal of Geological Sciences (JGS), you must await the response from GSTF Journal of Geological Sciences (JGS) and only resubmit elsewhere if your paper is rejected–or withdrawn at your request–from GSTF Journal of Geological Sciences (JGS).This restriction applies to identical papers as well as to papers with a substantial overlap in scientific content and results. This restriction applies to identical papers as well as to papers with a substantial overlap in scientific content and results.
Publishing Charges
- Article Processing Fees USD 275 (PDF version) for publishing an accepted manuscript.
|Publication Fee (USD)
|PayPal Svc Charge (USD)
|Total Fee (USD)
|PDF Version
|Publication Fee (USD)
|Bank Svc Charge (USD)
|Total Fee (USD)
|PDF Version
To assist/support and to minimize publication barriers, GSTF extends financial assistance/discounts on a case by case basis based on merit and financial need for Authors from low income countries. In all cases, the acceptance and publication of the article is solely based on quality, relevance and academic rigour of the article.
Revenue Sources
From inception, GSTF receives revenue from a range of sources which includes rights, royalties, training programs, professional certifications programs, consulting, government and/or private funding and/or grants, sponsorships, conferences, sale of reprints, and open access publication fees. Separation is maintained between the editorial team and the advertising and sponsorship sales teams.
GSTF Journals do not generate any income via subscription fees or from pay per view. The publication fees of the journal will subsidize costs involved in provision and maintenance of publication infrastructure, operational and administrative costs including print and shipping, processing of manuscripts through peer-reviews, hosting services of the on-line libraries amongst others. The author may be able to defray the processing fees by securing funds from their institutions and/or research funding.
Format Requirements
- o All papers are encouraged to follow the IEEE standard template (Double-column, 10-pt Times New Roman, Single-spaced), plus keywords.
- Papers in PDF Format
- Images (line graphs, images), B/W only; minimum 300dpi resolution.
- Author profile: Maximum 100 words
- Author photo: 300dpi resolution
- Page limit: 10 (Additional pages are subject to a fee of USD80 per page)
Click here to download the paper template.
Submitting your manuscript
All articles submitted to GSTF journals will be checked for plagiarism and must be submitted through GSTF Journal Submission Portal.


text:
Additional Information
|Hose Union Products - Fluid Category
|Hose Union Products - Installation
|Hose Union Products - Material
|Hose Union Products - Retractable Shelf
|Hose Union Products - Inlet Size
|15 mm
|Hose Union Products - Outlet Size
Model HUTB only, Installation Kit includes- Servicing valve, Double Check Valve, Tectite elbow (since soldering not permitted), brass hose connector and fasteners.
Downloads & Resources
Specification Clauses
Where indicated on the drawing, a Hose Tap enclosed in a compact stainless steel "Tap Box" shall be installed - as manufactured by Arrow Valves Ltd – Tel 01442 823123 www.arrowvalves.co.uk. The supply pipe shall be 22 mm rear entry – model HUTB221. A separate servicing valve must be provided by the installer to enable maintenance of the assembly and appropriate backflow protection is required. Where the application is no greater than Fluid Category 3, a Double Check Valve Assembly shall be fitted, which where appropriate shall be fitted inside the thermal envelope of the building. When used to supply a porous irrigation hose, the manufacturer's DB Pipe Interrupter and Hose Shield shall be provided – model DB20ILS152. A weatherproof padlock with two keys shall be provided to secure the hinged lid – model SP353. Amend as required [1] 15 mm rear entry – model HUTB15 [1] surface (bottom) entry – model HUTBSXX [where XX, 15C (15 compression), 20 or 25 (MDPE)] [1] top entry - model HUTBT15 [2] Delete if not required. For 20 mm hose (22 mm Tap Box) code DB20ILS20 [3] Delete if not required or combination padlock available - model SPCP1


text:
German prosecutor: Still weighing NSA probe
Germany's chief federal prosecutor says he hasn't decided whether to open an investigation into alleged surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency but is suggesting that he's skeptical.
Prosecutor Harald Range's office has been considering since June whether it has grounds to investigate reports of NSA surveillance in Germany, which later included allegations that Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone was monitored.
Range said Wednesday he hasn't made a final decision because he's still awaiting answers to some questions from German authorities. But he says there so far are "no concrete indications that the NSA or (Britain's) GCHQ systematically monitored German telephone and Internet traffic."
The prosecutor says he's also still seeking answers regarding the "conclusiveness and origin" of an alleged NSA document that appeared to show Merkel's phone was targeted.
Explore further
© 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


text:
Key Features
- Learn
- Gardens
- Product Specs
- Grows new grass thicker and quicker versus unfed.
- Improves seeding results
- Good for sod and grass plugs
How to use
CONNECT: Connect sprayer to hose. Extend hose to farthest point of the area to be fed.
FEED: Point nozzle in the direction you want to spray. Slide thumb activation switch forward to ON position. Spray evenly over entire area, according to chart on the product label.
FINISH: When finished feeding, slide thumb activation switch backward to the OFF position. Turn off water. Relieve water pressure by sliding thumb switch to the WATER position until water slows to a drip, then switch back to OFF position.
Additional Information: Do not apply near water, storm drains, or drainage ditches. Do not apply if heavy rain is expected. Apply this product only to your lawn.
Where to use
Can be used anytime you're planting new grass or installing sod, sprigs or grass plugs.
Where not to use
Do not apply near water, storm drains, or drainage ditches. Do not apply if heavy rain is expected. Apply this product only to your lawn.
When to apply
Plant grass seed according to the instructions on the grass seed package. Once seedlings sprout, begin using Scotts® Turf Builder® Starter® Food for New Grass Ready Spray®
First Feeding: When new grass begins sprouting.
Second Feeding: One week after first feeding.
Third Feeding: One week after second feeding.
Scotts No-Quibble Guarantee®: If for any reason you, the consumer, are not satisfied after using this product, you are entitled to get your money back. Simply send us evidence of purchase and we will mail you a refund check promptly. For more details, click here.
Fertilizer Analysis
While there are no restrictions on reentering the lawn with this product, we recommend watering the product in and waiting until it is dried before going back on the lawn.
Disposal Methods
If empty do not reuse container. Place in trash or offer for recycling if available. If partly filled, call your local solid waste agency for disposal instructions. Never place unused product down any indoor or outdoor drain.
Product Label
This is not the product label. Always read and follow the product label before use.
Safety Data Sheets can be found at scottsmsds.com
Need an answer to a product question? Scotts experts are always available by email and phone in our Help Center.


text:
Michelle Martin can be called a woman of many talents.
She owns an art gallery, can frame nearly anything, can whip up your favorite espresso drink, is a talented artist and has a knack for interior design.
And if that isn't enough, Martin has added one more thing to her list: wine expert.
Martin recently opened a wine tasting bar at West Fork Gallery.
"I love wine and I've always wanted a wine cellar," Martin said.
For 16 years Martin has owned West Fork Gallery, which is housed inside a historical Dolores building. The building is about 110 years old and is the original track warehouse for the railroad. After the building was a track warehouse, it was used as an antique store and was named Bill's Emporium and Antiques, Martin said.
"About 40 or 50 years ago, a vault was put in," Martin said.
The vault, complete with a vault door and thick concrete walls, was put in by Bill Wagner, Martin said.
"This vault is a huge attraction," she said. "Everyone wants to know about this vault and others have stories they tell me about the vault."
Some of the stories involve Bill taking them back into the dark vault and showing them priceless antiques and artifacts, embalmed animals and even rocks that glowed under black light.
"The stories I hear are amazing," Martin said. "It was like the secret cave."
Martin has used the vault to help in her framing business; because the vault is fire proof, she often stored priceless works of art inside. Martin has framed everything from an original Picasso to a Salvador Dali.
One day, as Martin walked into the vault she had an idea.
"I thought, this would make the perfect wine cellar," she said.
The vault is dark, safe and the perfect temperature.
From that thought, spawned the perfect idea to have a wine tasting room.
Currently, Martin offers wine from Colorado's Mountain View Winery featuring wine from Garrett Estate Cellars.
There are 11 different wines to taste.
"The whites are exceptional and have won many awards," she said.
But her favorite is the Daredevil Red.
"It's not too dry and it's not too sweet and goes with everything," she said.
Martin works under the winery's liquor license. Bottles range in price from $15 to $24.
"This area needs a place that does wine tastings," Martin said.
The gallery is also available for community events and after-hour tastings by appointment.


text:
Psst, wanna buy an inflation-protected annuity for a bargain price? Sounds too good to be true? Well, it does come from an entity that has a few balance sheet and accounting issues. But it does have a pretty good business model—such as being able to print its own money to make annuity payments and throw customers in jail if they don't pay their bills.
Yes, one of the best sources of annuitization income for retirement is the federal government. As with many government programs, Social Security rules are complicated—but knowing them gives you access to some pretty sweet deals. Advisors are waking up to the benefits of helping clients maximize their retirement income strategies by wading through arcane Social Security rules.
Social Security claiming strategy is a game between you and the government, or, more accurately, between you and the taxpayers. Taxpayer advocates should be encouraging single obese smokers to claim at age 70, and fit, married, well educated, high earners (who probably look more like financial planning clients) to claim early. That's because rules created for the Ozzie and Harriet generation still apply for today's retirees, and because what is actuarially fair for the average American may be a bargain for you.
First, the basics. Social Security retirement benefits are based on the highest 35 years of wage inflation-adjusted earnings. The benefit amount is highly progressive, meaning that the benefit increases quickly up to a set amount, and then more slowly at "bend points" beyond that amount up to a 2012 maximum full retirement age benefit of $32,851.
You can claim at age 62, but full retirement age is now 66. If you delay claiming between 62 and 70 you get a higher benefit for each year you wait. Remember Ozzie and Harriet? Social Security is designed for a primary earner (husband) and a housewife who is entitled to a spousal benefit that she can claim at age 62 or delay until 66 for a full 50% of the primary earner's benefit.
How does claiming age affect Social Security benefits? Let's assume your income at full retirement age is $2,000 per month. Your benefit falls to 75% of that amount, or $1,500, if you claim at 62 and increases by 5% if you wait until 63 and then by about 7% each year up to age 66. After full retirement age you get an extra 8% per year. That's $2,640 per month if you can wait until 70. Spousal benefits also are reduced if claimed earlier than age 66.
Should a retiree claim at 62? Probably not. Stanford economist John Shoven and his co-author Sita Slavov estimate that everyone is better off waiting until 70 to claim Social Security if real, after-inflation interest rates are zero—which is about the market rate right now for inflation-adjusted bonds and annuities. So if you're thinking about buying an inflation-adjusted income annuity, don't do it until you've delayed claiming Social Security.
Singles should wait until 68 or 69 if they apply a discount rate of 2.5% to 4.5% to benefits—anything higher and they should claim at 62. Married couples should only consider claiming before 70 if they discount earnings above 6% after inflation. Can you find them another safe investment paying a real 6%? All these scenarios are based on average mortality, so a healthy client will have even more incentive to delay.
The biggest obstacle to implementing an optimal claiming strategy may be your client. A new study by Owen Haaga and Richard Johnson of the Center for Retirement Research finds that most retirees born in the 1930s claimed Social Security at age 62—the first year of eligibility. That fell to 46% for retirees born in the 1940s who were also far more likely to delay past 65. An advanced degree also doubles the probability of claiming at age 65-plus compared to having less than a high school degree. So younger, better educated clients are more open to delayed claiming.
Much of the resistance to claiming later in life is the persistent belief that Social Security will go broke and renege on its obligations. Convincing a client to delay is often the first step in developing a strategy. According to Andrea Eaton, a financial planner at Cornerstone Wealth Advisors inMinneapolis, "most Americans' first thought is to begin claiming at age 62 or the full retirement age, but we have been able to change most clients' minds."
A decrease in payment size down the road is possible, but as long as workers keep contributing to Social Security the checks won't stop. Taxpayers have been paying more toward Social Security than is paid out to beneficiaries (there was a $55 billion deficit in 2012). This excess went into the so-called Social Security trust fund, which can then be used to pay future retirees. The trust fund will continue to grow until 2021, and won't be depleted until 2033. After 2033, there could be a 23% cut in benefits according to current rules.
A big future haircut for retirees is hard to imagine. Politicians have been burned at the stake for suggesting even modest increases in retirement age or benefit cuts. Even a more realistic cost of living increase (the chained CPI) was branded a vicious attack on seniors with promises of retribution for any politician who dared vote for it. Reform will likely include a reduction in benefit growth, higher taxes and increasing the future age of eligibility. But Social Security isn't going away.
The Spousal Benefit
The spousal benefit underlies many of the most valuable and complex claiming strategies used by advisors. I can usually make it through about 30 seconds of a Social Security claiming strategy discussion before my eyes start glazing over. So I asked Amanda Lott, a wealth advisor for RegentAtlantic Capital inMorristownN.J., and expert in Social Security claiming rules, to give me a primer on how advisors can make the best recommendations.
Lott begins by presenting a scenario where a client claims at 62 and then compares that to the amount of benefits a retiree would receive from an alternative strategy by age 85. Not worrying about discounting higher future benefits makes sense since they will rise with inflation. Lott says that "even if you just do an aggregate sum, it's several hundred thousand dollars that you leave on the table" by claiming too early. Another strategy is to estimate the breakeven age at which benefits from a delayed strategy will be higher. Since the likelihood that one spouse will still be around at age 90 is 40%, this can be a compelling illustration.
Academic studies have shown that married couples receive the largest gains from creative claiming strategies. That's because the lower-earning spouse is both entitled to the larger delayed Social Security payment upon the death of the breadwinner and to receive a larger spousal benefit when the breadwinner is still alive. A recent analysis showed that a married couple received a 70% larger lifetime benefit just by deferring from age 62 to 63.
A spouse can claim the full 50% of the breadwinner's Social Security benefit at age 66. And you can claim the spousal benefit if you've never worked and if you have your own working history. This is where things get interesting. Since more baby boomer husbands and wives have their own employment history, they can take advantage of the spousal benefit to get even more income if they wait to claim their own benefits. Lott provides some examples to help us understand how this works.
Let's first start with a breadwinner/homemaker scenario. Both are able to claim income based on the breadwinner's earnings history. The homemaker gets no advantage from delaying spousal benefits beyond age 66. But the breadwinner does continue to get an 8% increase in benefits each year he waits to claim between 66 and 70. When the couple reaches the full retirement age of 66, the breadwinner can file for Social Security benefits and suspend payments—this is known as "file and suspend." This allows the breadwinner to delay his benefit until age 70 while allowing the homemaker to maximize her 50% spousal benefits at age 66. The homemaker now gets a higher income, but even better she is eligible to receive the breadwinner's higher delayed income when he dies. That's because survivor benefits allow the spouse to step in for the breadwinner and receive the full amount of his benefits. Since women tend to outlive men, this can be essentially a significant inheritance to provide income security into old age.
It gets a little more complicated when the homemaker is significantly younger than the breadwinner. If you have a couple with a 67-year-old breadwinner and 61-year-old homemaker, then the homemaker will be eligible for full spousal benefits after the husband hits age 70. So have the husband wait three years until age 70 to claim, and then have the wife wait another two years until 66 to begin receiving spousal benefits.
In cases where there is a very wide difference in age, for example the homemaker is 62 and the breadwinner is 75, then it can make sense for the homemaker to go ahead and take spousal benefits early. That's because she will likely receive the higher survivor benefits within the next decade and will have earned a decade's worth of spousal benefits in the interim. It's morbid, but it does make sense to have an eye on mortality tables when making recommendations.
What if the 75-year-old husband client passes away and leaves a 60-year-old wife? The wife is eligible to receive survivor benefits at age 60, but these are reduced each year that she claims them before 66. So she can maximize survivor benefits by waiting until 66. This is where an advisor can take advantage of the decoupling of working and survivor benefits. If the wife has her own earning history, she can begin taking benefits at age 62 and it has no impact on her ability to collect survivor benefits. She can then collect four years of her own benefits, for example at $1,000 per month, and then step into her former husband's $2,000 per month full survivor benefits at age 66.
This even works in reverse. If she has a longer working history and is eligible to receive $2,000 per month but her survivor benefit is $1,500 per month then she should go ahead and claim the survivor benefit right now at age 60 and then delay her own benefit until age 70. The rule, according to Lott, is that you look "at your own benefit and the survivor benefit to see which one's higher and maximize that one. If the survivor is higher, it's maximized at age 66. If their own working record is higher, that's maximized at age 70."
In the future, most spouses will each have their own earnings history. In this case, strategically claiming the spousal benefit can be particularly beneficial for couples whose ages are within four years of each other because either spouse can file and suspend only if both spouses are full retirement age (66). Lott gives an example of Bob and Sue who are both 66 and who each have their own primary benefit that they can claim anytime between ages 62 and 70. If Sue has higher lifetime earnings, then she should file and suspend at age 66 so that Bob can receive full spousal benefits between age 66 and 70.
Bob also needs to file a "restricted application," which lets Social Security know that he realizes the spousal benefits are less than his own. This is essentially free money since Bob continues to delay claiming his own benefit until age 70. This strategy not only gives Bob and Sue a higher monthly income by delaying until 70; if Sue's full retirement benefit was $2,500 per month then Bob gets $15,000 per year for four years in bonus cash by claiming spousal benefits.
Eaton gives another example where a wife is turning 62 and a husband is 60. She recommended that the wife begin claiming at age 62, allowing the husband to claim spousal benefits at age 66. At age 70, he can begin claiming his delayed benefit. An advisor can use a spreadsheet to estimate to assess which claiming strategy provides the most benefits by age 85 or which strategy provides the earliest breakeven age when compared to an early claiming baseline.
Bridging the Gap
Telling retired clients that they should wait to collect Social Security means that they're going to need to spend money out of their portfolio in the meantime. That's another challenge of delayed claiming. You need to convince the client that spending assets right now is an investment in future income.
Eaton likes to use a bucket-type strategy to help a client frame this investment by carving out a portion of the portfolio and calling it a "Social Security bridge." Eaton says that "if we think they're going to get $3,000 a month at age 70 and they're 62 now, we'll segment $350,000 and that bridge portfolio will provide them the $3,000 a month they need. The bridge that would hypothetically last a short amount of time is managed very conservatively."
Delayed claiming also provides opportunities to maximize qualified account strategies. It's best to keep an eye on income tax thresholds and maximize taxable income below brackets using IRA or 401(k) assets before age 70. For most clients, Social Security income will be 85% taxable so pulling money from a qualified account instead of from Social Security is not tax inefficient.
Furthermore, delaying provides an opportunity to initiate Roth conversions. According to Eaton, "if you have a married couple, you can keep them in the 15% tax bracket and fill that up with Roth conversions because they haven't started Social Security whereas once they start Social Security that opportunity is gone or is limited. If you think about down the road when there is only one survivor left, that will often push them into the 25% tax bracket. By doing the Roth conversion, you can keep them in the 15% tax bracket by moving all the IRA money over while there are two people and the tax bracket is twice as large. And you don't have to be worried making more of their Social Security income taxable when you do a Roth conversion."
Both tax avoidance and Social Security claiming strategies can save a client thousands of dollars by understanding the rules. This allows advisors like Eaton and Lott to provide significant value before they even begin to make portfolio recommendations. As Eaton says, "it's probably the cheapest way to get a guaranteed return out there."
Check out these related stories on ThinkAdvisor:


text:
If you are a juror and you try to use Facebook to contact a defendant, you will get be dismissed. And if you're an imbecile like the guy in this photo, then you will get in jail.
He is 29-year-old Jacob Jock and he has been sentenced to three days in jail by Circuit Judge Nancy Donnellan.
Jock was one of the members of the jury in an auto negligence case last December. For some reason, he thought it would be a great idea to befriend the defendant, a woman called Violeta Milerman (in the photo below). When Violeta told her lawyer, the judge dismissed Jock from jury duty. But instead of leaving quietly, he posted the following on his Facebook page:
Score ... I got dismissed!! apparently they frown upon sending a friend request to the defendant ... haha.
Well, haha indeed, you jerk, judge Donnellan probably thought. This is what she had to said after the two-hour hearing that lead to Jock's conviction for criminal contempt of court:
I cannot think of a more insidious threat to the erosion of democracy than citizens who do not care.
Jock was taken away by police while his girlfriend cried, probably thinking that his boyfriend was both an imbecile and also wanted to score something else with this Violetta character.
The moral of this story: don't be a idiot. [Herald Tribune]


text:
Sony launched its cloud-storage service PlayMemories Online today, with registered Sony Entertainment Network users handed 5GB of space free.
PlayMemories lets punters upload image and movie content to the cloud, accessing it again from their PC, PlayStation 3, TV or mobile device.
A free app is available for the latter, which lets users upload from Android or iOS devices.
More details and download links over at PlayMemories Online. ®


text:
A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1914 - 2013
Historical Period:
The 20th Century and Beyond
Armen A. Alchian is one of the 20th century's great teachers of economic science, and the co-author, with William R. Allen, of the classic textbook University Economics. Born in 1914 in Fresno, California, he studied at Stanford, finishing his PhD. dissertation in 1943. He became a full professor at UCLA in 1958. He is known as the founder of the "UCLA tradition" in economics, which emphasizes that individual behavior is self-seeking and rational and that this can have many unanticipated consequences. Alchian has become recognized as one of the most influential voices in the areas of market structure, the theory of the firm, law and economics, resource unemployment, monetary theory and monetary policy.
See also at our sister website Econlib:


text:
Don't laugh! Old folkster's message to kids
When my kids were little and we'd set off on a long road trip, my bag of traveling tricks would always include several Peter, Paul, and Mary tapes. And as we rolled along the New Jersey Turnpike on our way to Grandma's house, we'd all sing along to "If I Had a Hammer" and "Blowin' in the Wind."
There was nothing covert about my choice of this music. I knew I was indoctrinating my kids with the kinds of social values I think all children need as part of their moral fiber– values such as peace, justice, equality, and social responsibility.
At the age of 64, Peter Yarrow is playing it solo but still whistles this tune. Based on the '60s idealism of wanting to change the world, his organization, "Operation Respect," seeks, according to its website, "to transform schools, camps, and other organizations that focus on children and youth into more compassionate, respectful, and safe environments."
Yarrow has inspired a set of educational resources designed to help educators create such a climate, and is traveling around the country singing its praises.
Meriwether Lewis Elementary School has decided to incorporate Operation Respect's "Don't Laugh at Me" program into its state-mandated character education curriculum. So the PTO is bringing Yarrow to town to help kick off the program.
The folk singer will present a concert for kids at the school on March 7. That evening Yarrow will take the stage down the road at Western Albemarle High School to perform many of the old favorites including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Light One Candle."
The feature presentation of the evening, however, is the song that forms the core of this character-building curriculum. Written by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin, "Don't Laugh at Me"— the song and the program— hopes to sensitize children to the painful effects of behaviors that ridicule, disrespect, ostracize, and bully others.
And since what Yarrow really wants is for people to hear his message, he insisted that there be no admission charge. (Donations will be accepted.)
"We've lived through a time in which people felt they could forge their own future and make a better world," Yarrow says. "We may not have achieved our dreams in the time frame that we once believed was possible, but the magnitude of what is yet to be achieved only confirms the importance of our commitment. Knowing this, we can't stop now."
Peter Yarrow performs in a free public concert at Western Albemarle High School Friday, March 7, at 7:30pm. Route 250 West. 295-8521.


text:
James Franco checks in for the first two episodes of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project playing Dr. Paul Leotard, a model-turned-ob-gyn who joined the office following Mindy's (Mindy Kaling) missionary trip to Haiti at the end of last season.
"He has firmly established himself as the most popular doctor at the practice," says exec producer Jack Burditt. "So when Mindy returns and wants everything to go back to normal, he is a huge obstacle in her way."
Franco's appearance on Sept. 17 kicks off a long line of guest stars this season, including Justified's Timothy Olyphant, Happy Endings' Adam Pally and indie rock band The National. "I tried very hard, but probably failed, not to come off as superstalkery," says Burditt. "It's exciting!"
Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!


text:
View as Grid List
Items 1-36 of 137
FREE DELIVERY over £50*
UK mainland when you spend 50 or more
ACCURATE Delivery Dates
We take a pride in delivering on time
ONLY THE BEST Brands
Price match! We will beat any like for like offer
Celebrating 15 YEARS of excellence!
from parents for parents
Stores Now Open! - Appointment Only. Book Now.
Items 1-36 of 137


text:
Episode 95
Summary coming soon! Feel free to write one up for me and email it to me! email@example.com. I'll shout you out or promote something for you! Whatever, I'm just lazy! Thanks!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:56:24 — 106.6MB)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify | RSS | More


text:
Earthwise Beauty – Mother Nature in a Bottle
Earthwise Beauty is truly as earthy as beauty products can get. Their formulas combine healing herbs and aromatherapy with no extra fillers or additives. When I use Earthwise Beauty products I feel like I'm using the purest ingredients that Mother Nature intended us to use. Also all of their products are handmade and hand packaged which adds charm to this cruelty-free, organic, grass-rootsy company.
My faves: The rich and emollient (yet non-greasy) Cypress Hand Cream ($20) which is made of avocado kernel oil, shea butter and allantoin (from comfrey root). It smells amazing and is works wonders on dry hands – perfect for this time of year!
Another one of my favorite products is the Chamomile & Lavender Hydrating Face Gel ($40). My skin gets especially dry this time of year and I'm so used to shellacing my face with layers of moisturizer before going to bed and still feeling dry. This amazing face gel truly is soothing and allows the pores on my face to feel quenched. Needless to say, the ingredients in this face gel smell calming and beautiful, pure and healthy. This gel is also perfect for sunburned skin… so it's great year round!
I'm also quite addicted to their Carrot-a-Day Nutritious Face & Eye Gel ($48). I know carrots are the bomb. I'm already sold on anything carrots. This wonderful eye gel and face serum is perfect for fighting wrinkles and can be used alone or under face or eye cream. I like to layer all of these earthy facial tonics and recreate a day at the spa.
Earthwise Beauty has a wide variety of beauty products for hair, feet, oral care, babies, face, body, hands lips, eyes, etc.
Average cost of products is $20-40.
Save 15% off your entire Earthwise Beauty purchase from their website with coupon code Sunny. There is no order minimum or expiration date. 🙂
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
Filed in: vegan skin care
Comments (2)
Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed
Appreciate your inforamtion. It is just too greeeeat!
Hi this is a cool looking blog, I was just looking for this last night. Glad I finally found what I wanted.


text:
A federal appeals court grappled Wednesday with whether a prohibition against excluding jurors because of race or gender should be extended to sexual orientation.
During an hourlong hearing, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals peppered lawyers with questions about the removal of a gay man during jury selection for an antitrust trial two years ago.
The dispute between Abbott Laboratories and SmithKline Beecham involved Abbott's price hike for an AIDS drug, which had infuriated the gay community.
An attorney for Abbott used a peremptory challenge to exclude a man who had spoken of his male partner while being questioned for possible placement on the jury.
SmithKline objected to the strike, charging that Abbott did not want gays on a jury. The Abbott attorney denied removing the man because of his sexual orientation and insisted that he did not know whether the prospective juror even was gay.
SmithKline, which was awarded only a tiny fraction of the monetary damages it was seeking, contends the removal of the juror was one of several reasons a new trial should be granted.
"Sexual orientation, like race and gender, is immutable and has nothing to do with a person's ability to be a juror," Lisa Blatt, an attorney for SmithKline, told the 9th Circuit.
Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a Carter appointee, said the Abbott lawyer must have known the prospective juror was gay "unless he isn't very bright."
Reinhardt also noted that the lawyer failed to provide a non-discriminatory reason for the strike after the trial judge permitted it but gave him an opportunity to explain.
"Is that of no significance?" Reinhardt asked.
Daniel Levin, representing Abbott, said there were valid reasons for striking the man but the attorney did not offer them because the trial judge had already ruled in his favor.
Judge Marsha S. Berzon, a Clinton appointee, said Abbott was asking the panel to "make inferences about what those reasons might have been."
Although the judges did not clearly indicate how they would rule, they suggested that Supreme Court rulings have given sexual orientation some form of heightened constitutional protection. They also appeared troubled that the Abbott attorney had failed to provide a neutral reason for the exclusion.
The Supreme Court barred removing jurors based on race in 1986 and later extended the prohibition to gender. In California, a law signed in 2000 prevents juror strikes based on sexual orientation in state courts. Attorneys can generally get around the prohibitions by simply giving a non-discriminatory reason.
Thirteen civil rights groups, citing the Supreme Court's June ruling on same-sex marriage, have urged the 9th Circuit to extend protections to gays in federal jury pools. The 9th Circuit could rule at any time, but such cases generally take months to decide.
Courtesy of Los Angeles Times


text:
Our work with young people
Children and Young People are at the heart of what we do, as audience members, as participants and as thought leaders.
Through our landmark ART31 project we are working with young people and partners in Kent to create new opportunities through the arts for under 25's across the county.
Below are some of our current projects focused on the development of young people.


text:
Buried beneath all of the (justified) outrage that a federal judge rejected prosecutors' request to yank Bernie Madoff's bail is a report suggesting that the Ponzi scum may be working on a deal with the feds.
Madoff's lawyer, Ira Lee Sorkin, is "engaging in discussions concerning a possible disposition of this case," federal prosecutors noted in a court order released Monday, according to the New York Times.
That means the $50 billion fraud that has ensnared Elie Weisel, Kevin Bacon and scores of hapless investors and Jewish charities may be settled without a trial, the Times reported.
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
Madoff's lawyer would not discuss what "discussions concerning a possible disposition of the this case" means but several former federal prosecutors told the Times it could only mean that Madoff would plead guilty in exchange for a sweeter deal.
"He's trying to cut a deal," said Marvin G. Pickholz, a former securities regulator and specialist in white-collar crime told the Times. "The only other possible 'disposition' that could be negotiated would be for the government to drop the whole case — and that's not going to happen."


text: Because I am a fan of the misunderstood sport of table tennis, I scoured the App Store for a good table tennis game. I've not found any yet, but the match has just begun. Three apps: Paddle Ball, iPingpong 3D and Zen Table Tennis caught my eye. Balls in hand, I will drive forth a looping comparison. For reference, World Cup Ping Pong has also been recently reviewed here!


text:
New York Times Co. CEO Mark Thompson BBC scandal British Broadcasting Corp. BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile
NEW YORK — New York Times Co. CEO Mark Thompson started his job Monday amid a widening scandal at his former employer, the BBC.
When the Times hired him in August, Thompson was hailed as someone who could help the company at a time when print publications are suffering from the loss of readers and advertisers.
Thompson, 55, left the British Broadcasting Corp. in September after more than three decades with the public broadcaster. He joined the company as a production trainee in 1979 and spent his last eight years there as director general.
In recent months, Thompson has faced questions over a decision by the BBC's "Newsnight" program last December to shelve an investigation into child sexual-abuse allegations against renowned BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile. That decision was made while Thompson was still in charge of the company.
Thompson has said he only became aware of the investigative report after speaking with a BBC journalist at a cocktail party long after it had been canceled. When he inquired later about its cancellation, he said executives told him it had been terminated for journalistic reasons.
Conservative lawmaker Rob Wilson told The Associated Press last month that he has written Thompson seeking more answers.
Savile, who died in October 2011, was known for his eccentricity, garish tracksuits and Cuban cigars. Early last month, BBC rival ITV aired a documentary that detailed sexual abuse allegations against Savile. Since then, scores of women have come forward, alleging that they were abused by Savile when they were underage girls, sometimes in BBC dressing rooms. Savile's behavior was the subject of speculation long before that, but it was never formally investigated by the BBC.
In the latest twist, Thompson's successor as the BBC's top executive, George Entwistle, resigned on Saturday after a Nov. 2 "Newsnight" report wrongly implied that a former British politician sexually abused a child.
After the Savile scandal broke, Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. sent the company's staff a letter that said he was satisfied Thompson had no role in the decision to scrap the investigative segment on Savile.
The Times Co. did not make Thompson available for interviews on Monday. A spokesman said he spent his first day on the job meeting with employees and learning the company.
In a memo to staff on Monday, Sulzberger welcomed Thompson and said his experience "will be of great value to our company." He did not mention the BBC scandal.
"Mark will lead us as we continue our digital transformation, bolster our international growth, drive our productivity and introduce new technologies that will help us become better storytellers and enrich the experience for our readers and viewers," Sulzberger wrote. "That is what he did as Director-General of the BBC."
Thompson oversaw job and pension cuts while expanding the BBC's reach overseas and on the Web. It now reaches a global audience of 166 million people every week. The mix of cuts and online growth Thompson pursued at the BBC is a strategy the Times is interested in replicating. It has shed assets, paid down debt and launched a China-based website in recent months. Thompson was seen as the right man to take the company forward following the hasty exit of CEO Janet Robinson in December.
Thompson is the first foreigner to run the Times since its founding in 1851.
He faces big challenges at the Times. Its union votes on a new contract this week after prolonged negotiations. And despite sitting on $1 billion in cash following the sale of About.com in September, its core business eroded in the last quarter. Its net profit from July through September fell 85 percent to $2.3 million, even as the number of digital subscribers increased. Investors are calling for a dividend even as print advertising revenue spirals downward.
Stopped on the sidewalk on his way into the Times' Manhattan headquarters early Monday, Thompson was asked by a reporter from Britain's ITV News about the latest BBC development — the resignation of his successor, Entwistle.
Thompson said that he was "saddened by recent events at the BBC," but that it had no bearing on his new job.
"I believe that it will not in any way affect my job," he said.
The Times' own journalists have criticized its coverage of the BBC scandal, but it has published multiple stories about it.
Times columnist Joe Nocera asked in an Oct. 29 piece whether Thompson is "the right man for the job" and noted the ongoing investigation of Savile may distract him as the newspaper company's CEO.
"Since early October, all anybody has asked about Thompson are those two most damning of questions: what did he know, and when did he know it?" Nocera wrote.
The newspaper's public editor, Margaret Sullivan, had called on the company to pursue the story relentlessly, before she concluded in a blog post on Monday that "The Times has pulled no punches in reporting."
But as the BBC scandal has widened, media watchers such as news industry analyst Ken Doctor said Thompson should step aside "for the good of the Times."
Doctor, an analyst with Outsell, a global research and advisory firm, said there are "lingering questions about the extent that Thompson knew about the allegations."
"It's a major distraction for The New York Times, when The New York Times is in a huge transition mode for itself," Doctor said.


text:
Spring Hill Real Estate - Find Your Perfect Home For Sale!
Spring Hill Listings Summary
Spring Hill - Town vs. County Stats
Avg Price in Spring Hill: $256,800 / County Avg $308,100
Avg Taxes in Spring Hill: $2,100 / County Avg $2,200
Avg Sq. Ft. in Spring Hill: 1,935 / County Avg 2,016
Avg Price per/ft2 in Spring Hill: $133 / County Avg $153
Avg Walkscore in Spring Hill: 21 / County Avg 16
Avg Year Built in Spring Hill: 1996 / County Avg 1995
Avg Days on Website in Spring Hill: 66 / County Avg 81
Spring Hill Real Estate Market Health
|Areas in Spring Hill FL
|Spring Hill-Brooksville
|Spring Hill-Brooksville-Weeki Wachee
|Spring Hl-Brksville-WeekiWachee-Hernando Bch
|Spring Hl-Brooksville-Shady Hls-WeekiWachee


text:
The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine
Search this site:
Travel plans: Will Bypass bypass peds, bikes, and transit?
Published on
Oct 31st, 2011
32 comments
The proposed Western Bypass, the resurrected $235 million road project that will cut a 6.2-mile swath from Forest Lakes South to the North Grounds of the University of Virginia through neighborhoods...
Published on
Oct 6th, 2011
26 comments
I'm supposed to know what a sharrow is. It's a bike safety pictogram, but my first response was to wish the pictogram user had employed words since hieroglyphics don't speak to me. So what does this...
Fresh helmets won't hurt you
Published on
Jun 16th, 2011
5 comments
The points raised by Mr. Ballance and the Hook in the May 24 article on bike helmets ["More risk? Safety engineer slams proposed helmet law"] are not valid arguments against helmet usage. There is no...
Ghost bike gone
Published on
Aug 27th, 2010
10 comments
5:40pm, Thursday, August 26. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The ghost bike that stood as silent witness to the April 19 accidental death of bicyclist, UVA graduate student, religious philosopher, and...
Killed cyclist was doctor, surprise-minded father
Published on
Aug 27th, 2009
2 comments
The bicyclist struck and killed Tuesday was a 49-year-old Virginia Beach man riding from Wintergreen Resort to surprise his son, a freshman at James Madison University, the Harrisonburg newspaper...
Unidentified cyclist killed in H'burg
Published on
Aug 26th, 2009
0 comments
Police need your help to identify him.
© 2002-2012 Better Publications LLC - The Hook
100 Second Street NW - Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-295-8700 (fax: 434-295-8097)