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Don't blame the Hewlett-Packard board for signing off on buying a company that had allegedly cooked its books, CEO Meg Whitman told Wall Street analysts today.
The board listened to reports from accountants when they okayed the $11 billion deal to buy Autonomy, she said.
Whitman was a member of the board at the time. So were all the other current board members save one, Ralph Whitworth, who joined about a month after the deal closed.
Whitman joined the board in January 2011. The Autonomy deal was announced in August of that year.
Now that HP has accused Autonomy executives of improper accounting that made the company look more profitable than it was, you have to wonder: Why didn't the HP board question the purchase price in the first place?
That's what Benjamin Reitzes, an analyst for Barclays Capital, asked on the call. Whitman's answer: The board wasn't responsible. The two people who were responsible, in her view, are now gone: her predecessor, Léo Apotheker and HP's longtime strategy chief, Shane Robison, who retired in November 2011, shortly after the Autonomy deal went through.
She didn't mention that Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch left in May, some eight months after Whitman became HP's CEO.
HP says the company only discovered the problems after a whistleblower came forward after Lynch's departure.
However, even before HP announced its deal to buy Autonomy, there were rumors that said Autonomy's growth depended on creative accounting, says the Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen.
Whitman explained that while board members "feel terribly" that they voted for the deal, they trusted the due diligence by accountants from Deloitte. As well, Whitman said, "we hired KPMG to audit Deloitte, and neither of them saw what we now see."
Lynch has denied wrongdoing by Autonomy. He also said that Barclays and Perella Weinberg looked into Autonomy's financials before HP closed the deal.
Here's the full transcript as transcribed by Seeking Alpha.
Benjamin A. Reitzes- Barclays Capital, Research Division: Meg, with regard to the Autonomy situation, we understand what you're doing in terms of going after the folks that you feel misled you, but what about internally? What do you -- who's responsible internally for the acquisition? How are you analyzing yourself internally? The board -- I think everybody at the board was there when the Autonomy decision was made, except for Mr. Whitworth. So what's the introspective? What are you doing internally to make sure that you have the right processes? And who are you holding accountable internally, if anyone, to make sure this doesn't happen again and that maybe even there are some folks internally that need to be held responsible and we could see repercussions of this in the near future? How are you looking at it internally?
Margaret C. Whitman- Chief Executive Officer, President and Director: Yes, well, first of all, the CEO at the time and the head of strategy who led this deal are both gone, Léo and Shane Robison. With regard to the board, you're right. Most of the board was here and voted for this deal, and we feel terribly about that. What I will say is the board relied on audited financials, audited by Deloitte, not brand x accounting firm but Deloitte. And by the way, during our very extensive due diligence process, we hired KPMG to audit Deloitte, and neither of them saw what we now see after someone came forward to point us in the right direction. That said, obviously, we have not done any big acquisitions, and we will review the acquisition process. What I will say is due diligence now reports to our Chief Financial Officer. At the time, when I came to the company, I was surprised to find that due diligence and M&A reported [to] strategy as opposed to the Chief Financial Officer. I've never seen that before in my career, and that's a decision I made right away before I knew any of this. So I understand your point of view, and we have made a few changes in that regard. But in the end, you have to rely on audited financials and we did, and we will now carry on. And as you know, we've reported this to the SEC, as well as to the Serious Fraud Office, and we will take it from here.
Benjamin A. Reitzes: And in terms of internal personnel, though, based on what you see right now, the organization is -- can remain stable based on this occurrence?
Margaret C. Whitman: Yes, it can. I mean, really, the 2 people that should have been held responsible are gone, and that's the way I see it right now. So I feel good about the sort of the stability of leadership.
Don't miss: EXPLAINED: Here's How Autonomy Allegedly Cooked The Books, According To HP >


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VIRGINIA WATER, England, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Adam Scott held on and won the Barclays, a result that gave him a second high-profile win in 2013 and moved him to No. 2 in the men's world golf rankings.
Scott won the Masters in April, defeating Angel Cabrera in a playoff. On Sunday, he held off a strong field with a 5-under-par 66 in winning the Barclays by a stroke.
Among those tied for second was world No. 1 Tiger Woods and fifth-ranked Justin Rose. Phil Mickelson, who Scott moves past in the rankings this week, was one of three players tied for sixth, two strokes off the winning score.
Woods is well ahead in the rankings and has been No. 1 for a total of 646 weeks. Scott, now with 10 PGA Tour wins, is second and Mickelson, who opened the year 17th in the rankings, is third.
Tommy Fleetwood had a birdie on the first playoff hole in edging Stephen Gallacher and Ricardo Gonzalez to win the European Tour's Johnnie Walker Championships at Gleneagles in Scotland. It was his first title.
Fleetwood closed regulation eagle-par-birdie for his share of the 72-hole lead while Gallacher, whose final round included a triple-bogey 7 on the 11th hole, went birdie-par-eagle in his final three holes. Gonzalez led after each of the first three rounds but opened Sunday with a double bogey. His final three holes of regulation went birdie-par-birdie.
Each jumps in the rankings, with Fleetwood moving up 115 spots to No. 162; Gonzalez rising 108 places to 244th; and Gallacher going from 74th to 64th.
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4. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 8.18
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Education isn't a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Nowhere is that more true than in New York City's schools, which educate more than one million students who among them speak more than 800 languages.
One of the ways the city is working to meet the challenge of effectively educating such a diverse population is through School of One (So1), an approach that uses technology to improve and personalize math instruction in five city middle schools. So1 is part of New York's iZone, an ambitious effort focused on figuring out what each student needs to learn and then providing it.
Instead of the usual 25 or so students and a teacher, So1 uses a larger room with 60 to 90 students and three teachers, with support from student teachers and/or paraprofessionals. Students are assessed at the beginning of the year so lessons can be created that are appropriate for the level each child is at.
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But that's just the beginning. Every day, the program's software produces a lesson customized for each student based on the strengths and weaknesses he or she has demonstrated in work completed up to and including the previous day. Part of the lesson might be online, or it might involve individual or small-group instruction.
So far, the results have been encouraging. Radical changes in how education is delivered usually result in an initial drop in test scores, but 2011 results found that students' performance held steady during their first year in So1.
Scores rose again last year, but the improvement wasn't consistent across the board. While students at every performance level did better, the improvement was much greater among students who began at lower levels, meaning that So1 would appear to be succeeding at the most elusive of educational goals: closing race- and income-based achievement gaps.
Because the So1 approach is such a departure from the norm for both students and teachers, New York introduces the concept to each new school as an after-school program before it becomes part of the regular school day. That allows teachers to gain the training they need to be effective in the new environment.
Teacher professional development and the technology So1 requires don't come cheap. But the good news is that they are largely one-time costs that New York has been able to cover with outside funding, such as a federal Investing in Innovation Fund grant. Once the program is underway, costs are comparable to those of more traditional approaches.
While So1's additional costs are largely incurred upfront, there is reason to believe that the benefits may be more permanent. Teachers report that enhanced professional development and the experience of teaching in the So1 environment make them more adept at identifying and addressing the needs and levels of individual students, whether they are in So1 or a traditional setting.
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Struggling Nevada homeowners facing foreclosure would be given added protections and advised of ways to keep their homes under a bill heard Thursday by an Assembly committee.
Passed unanimously by the Senate earlier, Senate Bill 321 requires lenders to inform borrowers of possible alternatives before filing a notice of foreclosure.
Known as the Homeowner's Bill of Rights, it would prevent lenders from initiating foreclosure proceedings while a loan modification is being considered, a practice known as "dual-tracking." Lenders also would have to decide on a whether a borrower qualifies for a loan modification before initiating foreclosure and act as a "single point of contact."
In a state hard hit by the recession and having the highest foreclosure rate in the nation, bill sponsors concede the bill won't help everyone.
"This bill will allow our residents to take the necessary steps to do everything they can to stay in their homes," said Assemblyman James Healey, D-Las Vegas, a co-sponsor of the bill who told the Assembly Judiciary Committee of his own frustrations trying to dig out from an under a home that lost considerable value during the recession.
While trying to refinance, "I got the run-around," he said.
"Every time I tried to call, I had to explain it to a different person … again," he said. "You call and get another person. And get nowhere."
"This went on for more than year … before they finally said, 'Sorry, you don't qualify to refinance.'"
Healey said on the advice of his lender, he stopped paying his mortgage, then opted for a short sale, a process that took nine months.
"These are the types of stories we as legislators should not stand for," he said.
Sen. Justin Jones, another sponsor, recalled trying to help his bewildered grandparents who bought their retirement home in 1995, then fell on hard times and were unable to pay their mortgage.
Being a lawyer, the Las Vegas Democrat said he naively believed he could help them navigate a path toward refinancing and keeping their home.
"The stress on my grandparents was enormous," he said. After receiving a notice of default, they elected to sell.
Some lawmakers and representatives of the banking and mortgage industry said given new lending rules issued by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and last year's national settlement with the nation's five top lenders, a state law is not needed.
George Ross, representing Bank of America, also cautioned that the bill, if enacted, would likely help only a fraction of distressed homeowners.
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"This is not going to keep everybody in their homes," he said. "An awful lot of folks know they cannot make their payments."
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It's the stuff movies are made of. Everyone piled into the family station wagon with the optimistic notion of seeing new sights and spending time together without the daily distractions and preferred electronic devices to turn to. However, if your family is anything like mine, after about an hour, the snacks are gone -- isn't it amazing how hungry you get when you start a drive? -- and the "Are we there yet?" begins.
Since you know this scenario is inevitable, don't fight it. Simply prepare for the vortex of boredom the same way you would pack your guide books, water, and extra clothes. If you have a range of games at your disposal -- some short term, some that can last for days -- you will all make it out of the car in one piece.
Here are a few fun road trip games to keep everyone engaged and amused until you get to your next destination.
1. Road Trip Bingo. Kind of like I Spy and Bingo all in one. Instead of numbers, you're looking for things out the window to fill your game cards -- fire hydrants, traffic lights, garbage cans. You can print out game cards before you go (many websites offer down-loadable versions), make your own, or pick up handy disposable options that open like advent calendars.
2. Dry Erase Hangman. Or dry erase anything, really. The Melissa & Doug game is fantastic because the letters are tethered to the board and you simply flip them over. Nothing drops on the floor!
3. Re-Stickable Stickers. This is genius for little ones. Because you know you can peel them off, let your kids stick them to their car seats, the front seats, and use their window as a canvas.
4. Pipe Cleaner Crafts. A rainbow color pack of these will give kids something to "build" with that's also safe enough to hold while you're cruising down the highway. Ask them to create a creature, then you can guess what animal they intended it to be.
5. Who am I?/20 Questions. Once a player thinks of a person -- a family member, a famous actress, a cartoon character -- the other players ask "yes" or "no" questions to discover clues. For bigger kids, limit the number of questions allowed to 20.
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6. Color Safari. One person picks a color (stay away from weird ones like lavender) and the players must spot 100 items -- or 25, or 10 for younger kids -- that are the chosen color. The first player to hit the magic number wins.
7. Name That Tune. Use the radio -- remember the radio? -- to sample a few beats of a song, then abruptly lower the volume. You'll find out just how many Top 40 hits your kids already know.
8. Billboard Haikus. Each player takes a turn picking out three words from three different road signs. The other players have one minute to turn the words into a three-line Haiku poem with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second line, and five in the third.
9. Two Truths and a Lie. Each player makes three statements to the group. The other players must guess which of the three is the lie. Hopefully they won't all be something like, "I am bored. I have to go to the bathroom. I hate my sister."
10. Punch Buggy. This is the game where you (gently) punch the other players when you spot a VW Bug on the road. Some folks say only vintage Volkswagen bugs qualify. Others allow for the modern kinds. One version also calls for the puncher to simultaneously call out the color of said vehicle. Debating these issues will eat up some travel time, so that's a good place to start.


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Get ready for "Survivorman: Riddick"
Vin Diesel and his alter ego "Riddick" are finally set to return to theaters and IMax on September 6, 2013. For those of you who are stupid and not just sold by the name Vin Diesel, this chapter in the Riddick series finds the blind guy left for dead on a sun soaked planet fighting for survival. I swear I'd see a movie if they just called it "Vin Diesel Doing Things".
If you're like me, and I pray you're not, your big New Years Eve plans revolve around getting drunk in front of the TV and screaming at Ryan Seacrest. It's sad. But now those plans may need to be put on hold because FearNet has announced they'll be doing a 12 hour marathon of the classic HBO series "Tales From the Crypt" hosted by the Cryptkeeper himself. This marks the first time in 15 years that John Kassir has reprised his role as the funny dead-one to pump out new material. It will also be the first time in 4 years that I plan on trying to stay upright till at least 8 pm.
IFC has finally dropped a release date for the much anticipated, by me at least, documentary "My Amityville Horror". The flick is a look inside the murders and spooky-time events that took place at the famous house some 30+ years ago. It also marks the first time that Daniel Lutz, who was 10 at the time, has gone on record about the events. Oh, the release date is March 1st for VOD. I probably should of mentioned that earlier.
It looks like the US remake of the Chilean horror flick "Hidden In the Woods" has officially been picked up for a 2013 US release. The film follows two girls and their fight to escape the horror they've faced all their life while living under the rule of an evil drug lord. No word yet on a specific release date or what sort of distribution the flick will get but stay tuned. If any info happens to be posted on the random days I decide to do the news you'll be the first to know. Or not.
Looks like there's another "Riddick" movie coming our way in the future... because if it's one thing we all need, it's more Vin Diesel??
The remake of "The Legend of Boggy Creek" has a cast. In other news, "The Legend of Boggy Creek" is being remade? There aren't even words to describe this remake disease anymore.
New "Sorority Row" poster, again, utilizing it's biggest um... "assets". I'm ashamed to say it's sort of working on me.
Brian Singer might be directing a "sequel" to the 70's "Battlestar Galactica" series? Doesn't that seem odd when the Syfy series actually has a fairly big following? Nothing is concrete at this point, but the rumor is that Universal is pursuing Singer to produce and possibly direct the film.
Here's a cool story... Clive Barker to produce television series penned by Marcus Dunston and Patrick Melton, who wrote and directed "The Collector" which just came out recently. The series is about a "haunted hotel". Sounds pretty sweet!


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The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's (IHRSA) annual trade show was held in San Diego, California, on March 10-14, 2010. Among the 382 companies displaying their new fitness products was X-Force of Stockholm, Sweden.
X-Force manufactures strength-training machines that have tilting weight stacks. By tilting the weight stack to 45 degrees on the positive motion, an X-Force machine supplies a 40-percent heavier negative stroke. With a heavier negative stroke, a trainee now has the power to make a deeper inroad into his starting level of strength . . . which ultimately leads to better results.
With X-Force, a trainee can apply "heavy negatives" under safer conditions and with more consistent control, compared to traditional methods of having spotters help do the lifting and lowering. Now, an advanced trainee, or even a novice – once he or she gets the hang of each machine – has solo control of the all-important negative or eccentric factor.
Last year at IHRSA 2009, attendees were interested and liked X-Force, but no one bought. This year was different.
X-Force took orders in the United States for 49 machines . . . and that does not include four lines of machines that were ordered from a club owner in New Zealand. And, many more machines than the combined totals above have already been sold in Europe. In fact, two European clubs have taken delivery on their equipment and they've reported nothing but outstanding results from their involved members.
So, X-Force scored BIG in San Diego and the future is THUMBS-UP.
X-Force will be displaying all their machines at FIBO, which will take place again this year in Essen, Germany, April 22-25, 2010. I'll be attending the trade show and will post a report about it on this website.
In the meantime, below is a roundup of photos from IHRSA 2010.
This photo was taken minutes before the X-Force display was opened for IHRSA attendees on March 11, 2010. The display contained 29 X-Force machines.
Luke Carlson performs an intense set on the X-Force Leg Press. Luke owns Discover Strength Personal Fitness Center in Plymouth, MN.
Left table: Big Jim Flanagan, a longtime strength-training professional, talks with Debbie Lee of the Gainesville Health & Fitness Center. Behind them: Joe Cirulli, Owner of the Gainesville Health & Fitness Center, discusses business with Jim Teatum of Sportwall International. Right table: Mats Thulin (seated), CEO of X-Force, examines a floor plan for two interested buyers, as Dr. Bjorn Alber, of X-Force, smiles his approval.
Note: The Gainesville Health & Fitness Center in Gainesville, FL, will be getting a complete line of 14 X-Force machines in June of 2010. I'll be conducting six months of eccentric training with more than 100 research subjects at Cirulli's club.
Bjorn Alber, a sportsmedicine physician for X-Force, urges an athlete to get one more rep on the Pec Seated Press.
Standing right: Roger Schwab, President of the Mainline Health & Fitness Center in Bryn Mawr, PA, shares an adventure with Alexander Hook, an exercise physiologist for X-Force. Schwab's Mainline club will soon have a line of X-Force machines.
David Landau of Advanced Exercise in Miami, FL, hits the X-Force Deltoid Lift with serious focus.
Another shot of David Landau, who is a frequent contributor to the discussion forum, showing precision form on the X-Force Pec Arm Cross.
Niclas Orrje, X-Force's legal advisor, offers his assistance to a trainee on the leg press. The ergonomically designed footplate removes much of the tension on the knees that normally occurs during this exercise.
Using 140 pounds on the X-Force Pec Angled Press is difficult for most women to perform, but Terri Gutierrez handles it with ease. I trained Terri during the early 1980s at the Nautilus Research Center in Lake Helen, FL.
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Bruce Pechman of Solana Beach, CA, helped pump his arms by using the X-Force Biceps and Triceps machines. Not bad for a guy who's 54-years old.
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Some Halloween stitching has been finished! The first one is from the new Prairie Schooler Book 148. As soon as I saw this, I had to start it!
And a freebie from The Sampler Girl, called Quaker Boo. This is stitched on 28 ct Jazlyn called Pumpkin Spice, using good ol' 310 ~ black DMC.
A little more random stitching has gone on, including a little Christmas stitching. And of course I absolutely to stitch the Blackbird Design ornament from the new JCS issue, which was so kindly sent to me from a very dear friend. I'll get a picture once I actually have the little stocking finished.
One more week off work for me, and I am finally starting to feel like my old self again. If only I could make this week streeeeetch a little longer! But I'm feeling too guilty about the ladies who have had to do my work for the past few weeks.
Have a great week!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Halloween Stitching
Some Halloween stitching has been finished! The first one is from the new Prairie Schooler Book 148. As soon as I saw this, I had to start it!
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Back again
Thank you all for your good wishes for the surgery! Its hard to believe that almost 2 weeks have passed already ~ I think I was in a big of a fog last week and the days slipped by. The surgery went well - 4 hours of it, although the doctor was not able to do it with the small incisions and had to go for the large one to get all the disease cleared up. Which meant a couple extra days in the hospital and a slower recovery at home. I'm finally able to sit at the computer a little more comfortably, although I made sure I was able to get into a stitching position as soon as possible. Well important things have to come first!
I hope to start visiting blogs and get some more stitching mojo back. I've just been picking at a few different projects here and there without really making any progress on anything.
We had our Thanksgiving Day on Monday and although we missed getting to our cottage for our annual feast, Carrie and our new son-in-law JF cooked an amazing dinner for us. Why is it food always tastes so much better when someone else cooks it?
Here is a picture I snatched from Carrie's facebook page of our cottage - the back end of it! So pretty - I miss seeing all the beautiful colours up north.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Wedding Pics!
Hey ~ its been an amazingly busy couple of weeks and I haven't had much chance to post or read any blogs. Soon I hope to have lots of time for catch-up! Tomorrow is the surgery day for me and I expect to be back up and running very soon.
So in the meantime, here are some wedding pics! It was a gorgeous ceremony and reception, and although the weather was very cloudy, the rain held off and I think the overcast day made the colours in the pictures stand out even more. What fantastic memories we will have of this special day.
The bride-to-be~
Carrie and Maid of Honour Kelly~
With Mum and Dad~
The happy couple during the Rose Ceremony~
And finally....the kiss~
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Britney Spears flashes a peace sign while backstage at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival on Saturday evening (September 21) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Michael "Akerbeltz" Bauer
Primary background in linguistics and translation (Scottish Gaelic).
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Michael has provided many high-quality Scottish Gaelic translations, not just for Mozilla. He is also a gifted lexicographer who runs what has become our biggest dictionary and has helped to create much of the technical terminology that we use in Scottish Gaelic software translation.
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Michael is an active member of the Scottish Gaelic (gd) localization team, his love for languages is also a great resource for other l10n teams.
Jeff Beatty
Michael leads the Scottish Gaelic localization effort and has been regularly mentoring newcomers to the Mozilla localization program. He's successful mentor and a disciplined localizer that has been a shining example within the community.
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Michael serves Mozilla as the primary Scottish Gaelic localiser, as maintainer of the Scottish Gaelic spellchecking addon, and as a strong voice on behalf of small language communities.


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(as) busy as a beaver (building a new dam)
(as) busy as a beaver (building a new dam)
Very busy, assiduous, or hardworking. The phrase refers to beavers' reputation for being extremely industrious. Between working two part-time jobs, volunteering on the weekends, and looking after his little brother, Sam's been busy as a beaver this summer. I've been as busy as a beaver building a new dam this year. I've had almost no free time!
*busy as a beaver (building a new dam)and *busy as a bee; *busy as a one-armed paperhanger; *busy as Grand Central Station; *busy as a cat on a hot tin roof; *busy as a fish peddler in Lent; *busy as a cranberry merchant (at Thanksgiving); *busy as popcorn on a skillet
very busy. (*Also: as ~.) My boss keeps me as busy as a one-armed paperhanger. I don't have time to talk to you. I'm as busy as a beaver. When the tourist season starts, this store is busy as Grand Central Station. Sorry I can't go to lunch with you. I'm as busy as a beaver building a new dam. Prying into other folks' business kept him busy as popcorn on a skillet.
busy as a beaver
Also, busy as a bee. Hardworking, very industrious, as in With all her activities, Sue is always busy as a bee, or Bob's busy as a beaver trying to finish painting before it rains. The comparison to beavers dates from the late 1700s, the variant from the late 1300s. Also see eager beaver; work like a beaver.


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Supports Machine Tool Distributor, Methods Machine Tools, at Open House
Supports Machine Tool Distributor, Methods Machine Tools, at Open House
Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron (NASDAQ: CIMT) company, announced today that it will support machine tool distributor Methods Machine Tools with demonstrations of its GibbsCAM CNC programming system at the Methods Metal Storm 2012 Open House event. GibbsCAM's programming capabilities will be featured in support of programming and post-processing to make parts on Nakamura-Tome multi-tasking machines. The Nakamura MTMs are among the 50 machine tools to be on display, under power, at the event. Other machines include Matsuura machining centers, Kiwa-Japan horizontal machining centers, Exeron die-sinking EDMs, Fanuc drills and wire EDMs, plus Feeler lathes, vertical machining centers, horizontal boring mills and 10-meter bridge mills. Methods Machine Tools will also hold technical seminars on various metalworking topics during the two-day event, which will be held at its headquarters, 71 Union Avenue, Sudbury, Massachusetts, on June 13-14, 2012.
GibbsCAM's library of postprocessors exceeds 10,000, including over 1,100
"With the reputation that GibbsCAM has earned in programming complex parts on advanced multi-tasking machine tools, it makes perfect sense to be selected as the supporting CAM system for Nakamura-Tome multi-tasking machines," said Bart Ehlers, Regional Distribution Manager for Gibbs and Associates. "We maintain a growing library of more than 11,000 unique post-processors for our customers. That includes over 1,000 MTM post-processors, so we are pleased to demonstrate our superiority in programming MTMs, with integrated functions such as toolpath verification and machine-tool simulation, all accessed through a common, easy-to-use interface, in support of our partner and joint customers."
Gibbs and Associates maintains strong partnerships with various machine-tool builders and their distributors around the globe. These partnerships may include software development, technical support or cooperative marketing, all in addition to the continuous support of joint customers.


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(NewsUSA) - They are called "silent destroyers." Able to chomp away undetected at the flooring, walls and even wallpaper of a home, termites cost U.S. homeowners approximately $5 billion in property damage each year, according to the National Pest Management Association (NPMA). This damage is not usually covered by traditional homeowners' insurance.
Looking for the signs of an infestation is most important in the spring. This is when male and female swarmers -- the colony's reconnaissance team -- emerge from their winter spots to scout out a new home for their colony, which can include millions of termites.
These swarmers shed their wings when they've found a suitable home, leaving signs of their presence around windows and doors. But because swarming termites are often mistaken for flying ants, many homeowners don't recognize these wings as the first sign of a termite infestation.
Many people think their homes are safe if they've never experienced infestations before or if their homes previously passed inspections in recent years, but termites are determined, and depending on the species, they can cause serious damage in short order. "Termites are found all throughout the United States and can be rather difficult to control once an infestation takes root," says Jim Fredericks, chief entomologist for the NPMA. "Some species are more aggressive than others, such as conehead termites found in southern states like Florida. They forage over the ground instead of under it, allowing them to spread very quickly if left unchecked."
In recognition of Termite Awareness Week, the NPMA is sharing a list of common termite species that homeowners should look out for this spring:
* Subterranean termites build very distinctive mud tunnels as protection from the open air. They are found in all regions of the United States and can be some of the most destructive because they eat 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
* Formosan termites are found in warmer climates such as Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and California. They are an invasive species, originally from China, and are known to be one of the most aggressive species of termites.
* Drywood termites are also usually found in southern states along coastal areas from South Carolina westward to Texas and California. This species is unique in that it doesn't require contact with the soil. Drywood termites form new colonies by gaining access to structures through small holes and infesting attic framings.
* Dampwood termites require humidity and constant contact with water. They are most common along the Pacific coast and neighboring states as well as southern Florida. Because of their specific needs, dampwood termites are usually found in structures with wooden siding or leaky roofs.


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It's completely legal to participate in online gambling activities in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malta, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Singapore, Spain, and Switzerland. On the other hand, a lot of Asian countries and Latin countries are currently in the process of legalizing online gambling.
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It's honestly extremely hard for the government to regulate online gambling and monitor each of its citizens' online activity. Lawmakers were unprepared for the online gambling industry's fast-rising popularity. However, a lot of countries are now able to catch up and created online gambling laws. Most gambling laws are rather focused on the gambling operators and not on the online casino players. It's easier that way since it's not easy to monitor every individual's online activity.
It all depends on a country's gambling laws. If a country follows a strict gambling law, then violators might get jail time. In other countries where online gambling is not heavily regulated, violators might just be charged with a hefty fine.
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Japanese Courtesy
March 28, 2010
BioE recently posted some cool public service announcement posters from the Tokyo subway system, and it got me reminiscing about some interesting experiences I have had in Japan.
I find some of the idiosyncrasies of this culture that places such overt emphasis on honor, courtesy, respect, and manners fascinating. For example, the big-city large department stores have elevator attendants–all conventionally attractive young women dressed in business suit-like uniforms with pillbox hats–who literally shove waiting passengers into the elevator, packing them in as tightly as possible.
I was once on an elevator in an Odakyu store in Tokyo, and there was an elderly woman using a cane to stay upright next to me. As more and more people were shoving harder and harder into the elevator, this poor woman was being crushed. I saw the misery on her face, so I loudly said, "Stop! Stop!" and pointed at the woman being crushed.
Everyone involved, including the woman being crushed, paused, looked at me like I was a complete lunatic for a moment, and then resumed slamming into the elevator.
But in a large variety of other ways, Japanese people are paragons of politeness and hospitality.
Every place has its courtesy quirks. For example, in New York City, if you are a tourist and you get in people's way on the sidewalk or in the subways, they'll bowl you over and glare at you. But if you ask directions to somewhere–either on foot or via subway–you'll collect an entire panel of local experts who will discuss the ins-and-outs of various routes in detail, and then deliver a consensus verdict.
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If you've ever got in the way of those little old ladies, you'd know they don't need your protection. Particularly when they are riding bikes. And carrying umbrellas. (At the same time.) Just get out of their way, because they are coming through 🙂


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Alter Bridge Prep New Box Set for May Release
Alter Bridge may be working on a new album this year, but it looks like fans will have a chance to reflect on the band's past before the new disc drops. The group revealed in a posting at their website that a new box set is in the works for a May release.
The band has launched an official website for the box set, and there is a video teaser trailer (watch below) with quick flashing images teasing the release date, which is May 14. The site itself also has a countdown to May 14, with a running clock on the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the collection's arrival.
Alter Bridge offered their first album, 'One Day Remains,' in 2004, followed by 2007's 'Blackbird' and 2010's 'AB III.' The release dates for all of those albums flash in the box set video teaser, along with the release date for the band's 2011 'Live at Wembley' collection. While nothing is confirmed as of yet on what the box set will contain, it could be assumed that it will be comprised of all of those releases or at least selections from those discs.
The band recently regrouped to begin work on their next studio album. Guitarist Mark Tremonti has revealed that the plan is to spend the next few months putting the disc together, with talk of the group returning to the road this fall to support the effort.
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and any other Clark hammocks using these.
Harbor Freight sells 2 different kits of ten 39" or 12" 3/16" fiberglass rods with threaded brass connector at the ends of the rods, and a hook with which to fish tape. Because that's what both, a 10 foot kit and a 33 foot kit, are about -- electrician's variable-length wire-fishing.
http://www.harborfreight.com/3-16-in...kit-65326.html and item 65327
Kits are $10 - $12 each. (One rod from the shorter kit and one from the longer gives you exactly the 51" needed for each of the Clark 3-rod-poles.) The brass is a little heavier than the kite-part connectors Clark uses. Screwed together, the flexibility and therefore strength seemed comparable to the the Clark OEM rods.
I didn't buy and can't report whether the fittings could be pulled off and then re-glued to shortened and easier-to-pack / harder-to-forget rod segments.
I'd guess that other electrical supply house sell similar. Beats shipping costs.


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To you, I pass along this message that I wrote to all the Californian bigots a few months back. I'd write you your own post, but you're not worth the time.
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Located in the Monadnock Region and Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire, Long Ridge Farm is home to our flock of CVM Romeldale sheep, a critically endangered breed of sheep in North America. They grow the finest fleece, raise the most beautiful lambs and have dispositions second to none. An all-American breed with class! Since our founding in 2000 we are proud to be a mainstay in the preservation of CVM/Romeldales in New England. We hope you take some time and learn more about this breed of sheep and what sets them apart from the rest.
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My friend Sylwia is starting her own photography business. I volunteered to be her model one cold evening in April. She had just moved into a new building next to Rittenhouse Square and mentioned that there was a roof deck that she hadn't yet been to. "Let's go!" I exclaimed, up for an adventure. So we wandered around her building trying to find the correct set of stairways to lead us to the top floor with roof access, and made our way into the cold. It was just before sunset and the lighting was perfect, as was the view. Here are a few of the photos she edited in her own colorful style:
Photos courtesy of Life Goes on Productions, April 2, 2011. Thanks Sylwia, I'll be your model any time :-)


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TV network G4 will be paying tribute to Jackass star Ryan Dunn before airing the remaining episodes of his Proving Ground show.
"Ryan was an incredible talent who will be missed tremendously by his many fans, including G4 viewers," said G4 President Neal Tiles. "It was important to all of us at G4 to find a way to celebrate his life and pay tribute to him. With the support of Ryan's family, we've decided to air the remaining episodes of G4's Proving Ground and give his fans the opportunity to continue watching this series that he was so passionate about."
Before airing the remaining eight episodes of Proving Ground G4 will air the Dunn tribute as part of a special Attack of the Show! on July 19 at 7 p.m. followed by the next episode of Proving Ground.
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Dunn and his friend Zachary Hartwell were killed last week after the 34-year-old Dunn lost control of his Porsche while travelling at a high rate of speed near the Pottstown exit of Route 322 in West Goshen, Pa.
Dunn had a blood alcohol level of .196 -- more than twice the state's legal limit (.08) -- when he crashed, authorities said.
He was one of the integral members of Johnny Knoxville's "Jackass" and Bam Margera's CKY crews.
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28 April 2011 - Lucca (Italy) – Istanbul (Turkey)
Tagetik Goes Ashore in Turkey
New distributor, Keysoft – Financial Performance Management Applications provider, and first new customer Türk Ekonomi Bankası already
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Business Intelligence, today announced the opening of its new distribution in Turkey and the first Turkish customer, Türk Ekonomi Bankası. In confirmation of its ongoing global expansion strategy, the company has just signed a partnering agreement with the leading vendor in the region, Keysoft – Financial Performance Management Applications provider.
Heading the new partner based in Ataşehir – Istanbul is Fehmi Özisitmez, who is a veteran in software business and financial performance management applications, will report directly to Tagetik's Chief Operating Officer, Manuel Vellutini. Keysoft (http://keysoft.com.tr/) has strongly committed to Tagetik's mission of helping organizations in all industries translate strategy into operations, manage and measure their overall performance, while improving decision-making down to each business level.
This is the case of Türk Ekonomi Bankası, abbreviated TEB the first customer just a few months after the opening of the Turkish distribution. In March 2005, TEB has signed a joint venture agreement with the French BNP Paribas SA, one of the largest financial associations in the world. TEB is aggressively expanding its retail network in Turkey since and has more than 240 branches as of Q2 2007.
TEB's 2010 merger with Fortis Bank increased the group numbers to over 600 branch offices and 10,000 employees. TEB decided to implement Tagetik 3.0 with the support of Keysoft's consultants to manage easily and quickly the rising demands on improving its legal reporting requirements following the merger. The Tagetik's financial reporting application went live as of March 2011.
"Tagetik leverages a global presence in 20 countries, strong relationships with system integrators, technology leaders and local consulting specialists as well as major analysts validation," says Manuel Vellutini, EVP Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "The opening of a new distribution in Turkey clearly demonstrates the ability to expand internationally as an independent, specialist software vendor in the CPM market. And the first banking customer in the region is an incredible success as it can help us conquer market credibility and strengthen our enviable track of records in responding to the complex needs of the financial services industry."
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) has announced a strategic management realignment to position it for growth, with changes designed to increase top-line global revenue and manage the continued digital transformation. This realignment was announced today by Martin Tremblay, president of WBIE.
As part of the management realignment, David Haddad was named to the newly created role of executive vice president of publishing operations and will report to Tremblay. Haddad will be responsible for driving all revenue activities across WBIE's live and console game businesses as well as supporting the digital transition. Worldwide sales and distribution for console and digital games, digital publishing, live publishing, and business intelligence now report to Haddad.
Haddad most recently served as senior vice president of digital publishing at WBIE, and has held leadership roles at Etoys, Mattel, and The Walt Disney Company.


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The PAiA 9700 Series takes a decidedly high level, systems approach to Synthesizer Module design. Rather than individual elements such as a single VCO, VCA or Envelope Generator, each PAiA module combines multiple elements and a powerful patch-over hardwired normaling scheme behind a single compact panel. Common synth voices can be realized with few patch cords but elements can also be accessed individually for maximum versatility in creating complex, unique timbres. A lot of synth power gets packed into a small space at a low cost. Even a "small" system of only four modules, such as the P9700S, provides the sound generating power of as many as 15 conventional modules, including:
System level design also improves performance and lowers cost. Local voltage regulation and Star grounding on and between modules means a low noise floor and no parasitic modulations or interactions such as oscillator locking. Distributing costs like circuit boards, panels and power connectors across multiple elements dramatically lowers per element cost.
All modules are scaled for 1Volt/octave Control Voltages with standard 100k ohm input impedance. Nominal signal level is approximately +10dB. Modules are designed for ±18V. unregulated bipolar power but ±15V. regulated supplies can also be used.
FracRak accessory kits have heavy duty 1/8" black anodized and screen printed aluminum panels that are 2U high (5-1/4") and provide 1/8" phone jacks for patching.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2013
Today's (Dec. 15) women's basketball game between Central Connecticut and UMass Lowell has been postponed. The game will be rescheduled for a later date.
UMass Lowell's ability to travel to New Britain for today's contest was limited by yesterday's winter weather.
Information regarding a rescheduled date and time will be posted on CCSUBlueDevils.com when it is available.


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Here you'll find the work I spend my time on.
I created a small rocket game to make navigating the site fun and easy. You can access the different parts of the site by flying into the various areas, or by simply clicking with your mouse.


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While most in the fashion set were thrilled to see the First Lady in a lush red McQueen gown at the state dinner earlier this week, venerable American designer Oscar de la Renta was less than thrilled with her decision not to wear an American designer to such a political event.
My understanding is that the visit was to promote American-Chinese trade — American products in China and Chinese products in America. Why do you wear European clothes?
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Alexander McQueen is, of course, a house based in the UK and now helmed by a British designer, Sarah Burton. Dominican-born de la Renta has worked in the US for more than 50 years -- after training in Spain and working in Paris -- and has come to represent classic American fashion by, among other things, designing many a patriotic stand-by-your-man suit and gown for politicians and political wives. It should be noted, however, that the designer has not dressed the First Lady of the current administration.
While she didn't opt for a Chinese, American, or Chinese-American designer, the bold red hue was still a pointed wardrobe decision among many in Michelle Obama's style history: the color symbolizes luck and happiness in Chinese culture.


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The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education
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It's a small building on prime real estate. Maybe not all the air rights were used, or maybe they were not used at all.
I thought the air-rights have already been bought and used by the Carnegie Hall, Metropolitian, and CitySpire Towers?RUSSIAN TEA DEAL BREWING
By BRADEN KEIL and LOIS WEISS
June 24, 2004
It could be tea time again in New York rather than tee time.
The United States Golf Association has agreed to sell the six-story building that housed the historic Russian Tea Room on West 57th Street to a consortium of restaurateurs and developers, The Post has learned.
The sale price, in the $20 million range, will also include the rights to the famed Russian Tea Room name and the air rights for development above the building a few doors down from Carnegie Hall, sources said.
One of the restaurateurs involved in the negotiations is Tony Zazula, a co-owner of the upscale restaurant Montrachet in TriBeCa, according to the sources.
Zazula had no comment.
The consortium, which has until the middle of next month to back out, is considering options including a restaurant on the first two floors and high-priced condos or office space for the remaining four floors.
The Russian Tea Room was opened in 1926 by members of the Russian Imperial Ballet.
In 1995, Warner LeRoy purchased the restaurant, gutted the entire structure and gave it a four-year, $20 million makeover.
But the over-the-top restaurant struggled almost from the beginning, and by 2002 was thrown into bankruptcy following LeRoy's death.
The restaurateur's estate closed the eatery and sold it for a reported $16 million to the golf association to house a golfing museum.
Those plans were scrapped a year later and the property was put on the market.
Copyright 2004 NYP Holdings, Inc.
It's a small building on prime real estate. Maybe not all the air rights were used, or maybe they were not used at all.
Landlords seeing concrete results
July 07, 2004
The real estate scene began to improve at the end of last year and into first-quarter 2004, led by a large number of law firm leases. Midtown and downtown office rents are still below their 2000 peaks, but vacancy rates have begun falling from the high point they hit at the end of 2003. The amount of sublease space on the market has steadily declined. City officials project that office vacancy rates will continue falling for the next several years as rents rise. Retail rents have already been increasing, with Fifth Avenue remaining the premier shopping strip. On the home front, apartment prices in almost every category and Manhattan neighborhood kept climbing skyward.
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By John Salustri
July 12, 2004
NEW YORK CITY-Sources familiar with the deal have confirmed to GlobeSt.com that the 1.1-million-sf 180 Maiden La. in Lower Manhattan is set for a change in ownership. Joseph Moinian is currently in negotiations with current owner the Paramount Group to purchase the asset for roughly $355 million. In a market still reeling from inflated prices for trophy assets, experts tell GlobeSt.com that this deal is a win/win.
But sources are calling the news premature, indicating that there's a sea of negotiation and paperwork that lies between this report and a done deal. In fact, closing is not in sight for another two months. But the extent of negotiation that remains is a mystery. No one at Paramount or Eastdil Realty, the marketer of the asset, returned phone calls by deadline, and executives at the Moinian Group responded only with a no-comment.
The 41-story building is home to law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Goldman Sachs. The asset was constructed in 1984.
The Moinian Group boasts a portfolio of some eight million sf of office, industrial, retail and hotel properties around the US, most of it based in Manhattan. Local holdings include Columbus Tower at 1775 Broadway and 900 Eighth Ave. According to the company website, Moinian is also planning or currently building some 1.5 million sf of Manhattan commercial space.
"I have a tremendous respect for Joe [Moinian] as a real estate professional and an operator," says Michael Boxer of RCG/Longview. "He knows his business. I don't think anyone would argue that he's probably paying full price for the building. But given the prospects for Downtown in general and the significant infrastructure we're likely to see emerge as a result of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, we're going to see great viability and vibrancy in Downtown. It's not unreasonable to believe that Joe looked to those prospects and accepted the exposure in Maiden Lane given what's going to happen in the next few years." Boxer says that some of the transaction's senior lenders are considering RCG for junior pieces of the loan.
He adds that, given the first-class nature of the asset and the quality of the tenancy, "It's reasonable to assume that the long-term prospects are extremely favorable."
Ken Krasnow, executive managing director and New York leader for Cushman & Wakefield agrees. "Long term, there's tremendous bullishness for Downtown," he says, "and 180 Maiden La. is one of the best buildings in the market."
© 2004 by GlobeSt.com, LLC.
State Agencies Lease 250,000 sf Downtown
July 15, 2004
In a major downtown leasing transaction, the New York State Department of Health and Public Service Commission have leased nearly 250,000 square feet of space comprising four full floors at 90 Church Street.
The agencies plan to relocate from four different locations -- 1 Penn Plaza, 5 Penn Plaza, 80 Maiden Lane and Gertz Plaza in Queens into their new facilities during the first quarter of next year.
The 15-story, 1.1 million square foot office building at 90 Church Street, between Vesey and Barclay Streets, is owned by the U.S. Postal Service, leased to 90 Church L.P., and managed by Boston Properties.
Peter Hennessy, Janet Woods and Natasha Szarkowski of the Staubach Companys New York office represented both state agencies in the 10-year leasing transaction valued at $68 million. Drew Conner of Boston Properties represented the landlord.
"The consolidation move reduces the states lease obligation, increases operational efficiency, and helps promote growth in the downtown marketplace," said Hennessy. "This lease is a win-win for everyone."
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By LOIS WEISS
July 16, 2004
In the latest deal to hit the frothy Manhattan real estate market, Tribeca Associates pocketed a $30 million profit yesterday on the $91 million sale of its Midtown office building, Penncom Plaza.
The buyers were sophisticated local players Zamir Associates and C&K Properties, and the deal was brokered by the Cushman & Wakefield team of Richard Baxter, Ron Cohen, Scott Latham and Jon Caplan, with Heather Brownfeld and Nat Rockett.
Just last December, Tribeca Associates principals Bill Brodsky and Elliott Ingerman and their investment partner, Ritchie Capital, paid a joint venture of Blackacre Capital Management and Taconic Investment Partners $62.75 million for the 18-story building, brokered through Woody Heller at Studley.
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By STEVE CUOZZO
July 20, 2004
The 42-story office tower that is home to Court TV, 600 Third Ave., is being sold by Sumitomo Corp. of America to GE Asset Management and L&L Acquisitions for $212 million, or $420 a square foot.
The sale, now in contract, is a sweet comeback for L&L, owned by David W. Levinson and Robert Lapidus. The duo and their partners narrowly lost out on bidding last month for 480 Lexington Ave. and 750 Third.
The Court TV building, located at 39th Street, is the biggest purchase yet for L&L, whose other holdings include 150 Fifth Ave. and part of Metropolitan Tower.
"We characterize it as a very high-end Third Avenue boutique building that has historically attracted company headquarters as its major tenants," an exultant Levinson said.
Sources said interest in 600 Third ran high; both Mortimer Zuckerman's Boston Properties and a partnership led by Edward Minskoff made it to the last round.
Besides Court TV, which has 140,000 square feet there (with all its studios), tenants include Sumitomo, which remains as a tenant; space/defense contractor Loral; and L3 Communications.
CB Richard Ellis's Darcy Stacom, who brokered the deal for Sumitomo with CBRE's William Shanahan, said the building "has always been sort of a sleeper," because of its location at the southernmost end of the Third Avenue office corridor. "But it's been over 95 percent leased to top-credit tenants for over 20 years," she said.
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By STEVE CUOZZO
July 20, 2004
J.P. Morgan Chase, a his toric pillar of downtown real estate and employment, plans to shed up to a whopping half-million square feet of Lower Manhattan office space in the wake of its merger with Chicago-based Bank One, sources said.
The bank currently has about 2 million square feet of offices downtown, not including a 500,000-foot block that it had already decided before the merger to dump when the lease expires in 2006.
No one at J.P. Morgan Chase would discuss how many jobs would be cut if the bank decides to shed an additional 500,000 square feet. A real estate industry rule of thumb allocates 250 square feet to each employee, meaning a potential loss downtown of 2,000 jobs.
But sources familiar with J.P. Morgan Chase's strategy said the real estate cutbacks would likely result in a lesser number of job reductions, because not all of the bank's downtown floors are occupied.
A spokesman for the city's Economic Development Corp., Michael Sherman, said, "It's too early to predict the effects of the merger. We have been in discussions with J.P. Morgan to get a better understanding of the implications for the city as the company moves to rationalize its real estate portfolio. We continue to talk to the company so that together we can arrive at the best possible outcome for the city."
J.P. Morgan Chase is moving its consumer banking headquarters to Chicago, but is keeping its corporate headquarters in New York, where it has more than 20,000 employees in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Real estate circles have buzzed for months about J.P. Morgan Chase's intentions downtown, where it owns two large office buildings, net-leases two others and is the largest tenant in a fifth.
As The Post previously reported, the bank will not renew its net-lease, expiring in 2006, at 2 Chase Manhattan Plaza, where it occupies 535,000 square feet. That decision, which pre-dates the merger, will not raise the vacancy rate because the tower is for sale and will likely be converted to apartments.
Now, however, J.P. Morgan Chase intends to unload between 300,000 and 500,000 square feet at one of its four other buildings: 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza or 4 New York Plaza, both of which the bank owns; 75 Wall St., where it is the main tenant; or 95 Wall St., where it holds a net-lease until 2011.
To determine which block would fetch the best price, the bank is "testing the waters" on each.
"They're playing 'let's make a deal,' " a banking source explained. "Once they've decided where it makes most sense to sell or lease space, they can simply juggle their employees by moving them from one building to another."
Brokers at CB Richard Ellis, which has been tapped to sift offers on the downtown space, had no comment, and referred questions to J.P. Morgan Chase.
Having feelers out on four different properties has given rise in recent weeks to fears apparently mistaken that J.P. Morgan Chase wanted to unload up to 2 million square feet.
Brokers attribute the confusion to the fact that J.P. Morgan Chase has yet to formally put the spaces on the market. "There are no flyers or electronic listings," one veteran dealmaker said. "But there's buzz namely, that if you have a big tenant looking for space downtown, Chase has floors for you."
J.P. Morgan Chase spokeswoman Charlotte Gilbert-Biro had no comment other than, "We are absolutely committed to New York. In the process of rationalizing our real estate portfolio, we have surplus space and we are testing the market."
Abandoning 500,000 feet would be no favor to the downtown area, where vacancies have been slowly falling. Both CB Richard Ellis and Cushman & Wakefield report availability ebbing below 13 percent.
Copyright 2004 NYP Holdings, Inc.
You knew this was gonna happen. 10K less jobs, Consumer banking to friggin' Chi, maybe jobs to CHI and NJ! Woo-hoo. Corporate America coming through for NYC again.Originally Posted by krulltime
Really, what happened to the days when having a NYC address was IT. Now, they'd be happy in South Dakota, as long as the rent and salaries are cheap. It's really starting to irk me. **** THE EPS.
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They didn't say 10,000 jobs..just around 2,000.
It still sucks, though. But maybe, with the merger, JP Morgan will get bigger over time.
And don't forget, Vacancy rates are dropping! I've read the last couple pages of this thread, and there's been all sorts of good news
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By LOIS WEISS
July 21, 2004
THE tony tower at 717 Fifth Ave., on the southeast corner of 56th Street, has apparently found a buyer for just over $350 million.
In an unusual move, investment bankers at Eastdil are working out the last details on a contract to sell the 450,570-square-foot tower one of the city's best boutique office buildings to a venture that will divide and conquer it.
Sources say the office portion will end up in the vulture hands of Sam Zell's Equity Office, while the retail pieces will be purchased by a group consisting of Feil Organization, Lloyd Goldman, Jeff Sutton and Stanley Chera.
The retail tracks across several lower levels and is more than 40,000 square feet, with tenants including Hugo Boss and Escada.
Copyright 2004 NYP Holdings, Inc.
10K jobs will be lost overall in the combined company, not just NY. Sorry.Originally Posted by Pottebaum
Let's try to avoid using quotes in this way. Nobody is going to read the original article the fifth time around.
Give some credit to the people who read the thread - they have enough intelligence to follow the topic, without all this quoting.
If you think that the quoting is absolutely necessary, quote only a part of the post, not the whole post - that would be sufficient. Of course that involves some editing, but it makes the thread readable, and thats the point.
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Russian Tea Room bought by developer
by Wendy Blake
The Russian Tea Room has been bought by a local developer whos been making a business of buying up New York landmarks.
Gerald Lieblich led an investor group called RTR Funding Group that bought the famed West 57th Street eatery from the U.S. Golf Association, according to Belkin Wenig & Goldman, the law firm that represented the buyer. The reported price of the deal, which was inked last week, was $20 million.
The golf association bought the shuttered restaurant in 2002 for $16 million, with plans to turn it into a museum. But those plans fell through because of a disagreement with the state over how the facility would be overseen, and the cost involved in adapting the building.
Mr. Lieblich acquired Loew's Paradise, a storied movie theater in the Bronx, in 2001 and is renovating it. In the 1990s, he bought the Greenwich Village building that housed Coach House, a legendary fine-dining restaurant that has been transformed into trendy trattoria Babbo.
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Cantor Fitzgerald to get permanent HQ
July 26, 2004
Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been operating in temporary office space since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, says it will move its corporate headquarters to a building just off Park Avenue in midtown.
The bond trading firm, along with its online subsidiary, eSpeed Inc., will move into space currently occupied by Bloomberg News, the wire service and financial information provider, at 110 E. 59th St. Bloomberg is building a new headquarters for itself one block east on Lexington Avenue.
Cantor says it expects to start moving its employees to its new 125,000-square-foot space in the first quarter of next year. It currently operates in an office at 135 E. 57th St.
"This new location will support our future growth and provide a long-term foundation on which we can continue to build on our success," said Cantor's chairman and chief executive, Howard Lutnick, in a statement.
Cantor lost 658 employees on Sept. 11, more than any other firm. It was headquartered in the top floors of the World Trade Center's north tower at the time. In its new location, Cantor will occupy a portion of the ground floor, plus floors two through seven.
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Fort Lauderdale police say that video that shows an officer tackling a bicyclist during a Critical Mass cycling advocacy ride Friday doesn't tell the full story of the confrontation.
Dan Littell says police used excessive force when they arrested him on East Las Olas Boulevard during the monthly ride to promote cycling awareness. YouTube video appears to show an officer knocking him off his bike and holding him to the ground.
"Keep in mind just because an officer is captured on video using force, that footage alone is not conclusive that the officer's actions were not justified," Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman Det. DeAnna Greenlaw said in a statement Monday. "Obviously, the video in question does not capture all of the events that took place leading up to the physical arrest, and we ask that the media and the public not make premature conclusions."
Littell said a Fort Lauderdale Police cruiser was speeding next to the cyclists on the bridge, a dangerous spot for the bike riders.
"I yelled, 'Please slow down, we're on bikes here,'" Littell said.
He said the officer ignored him, so he pulled into the left lane from the right lane, where other cyclists were pedaling, and pulled in front of the police car.
"To block them to slow them down," Littell said. "Because they weren't slowing down... They were driving recklessly."
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Littell disobeyed commands to move to the sidewalk from the officers and attempted to block the patrol vehicle, telling the officers "go ahead and hit me," the police report said.
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Since I started this blog in June, I've made every effort to hit at least the biggest release of each week and post up a review before the weekend was over.
This weekend, though, the biggest new release will be "Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1" and I wanted to briefly explain why I won't be reviewing it, and get my plans on the record here.
I've never seen a "Twilight" movie. Pre-blog, I used to watch a ton of movies but I had options… if something didn't appeal to me, I just didn't go. (I could still do that now of course, but you know what I'm saying). As these films obviously weren't for me, I stayed away. Simple as that.
Now that I'm blogging though, I do feel a little bad for not "Scouting this out" for people, but I also feel like I need to fill that gaping hole in my pop culture/movie knowledge. So the idea came to me a while back (some of you may have seen this already) to fill that knowledge gap AND have a shameless stunt for the sake of the blog, both at the same time.
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Beat the Streak Report: Monday, Aug. 10
Today's recommended picks
Ichiro Suzuki, OF, Mariners
.455 AVG (5-for-11) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, Red Sox
.429 AVG (6-for-14) lifetime vs. Tigers starter Edwin Jackson
Skip Schumaker, 2B, Cardinals
.400 AVG (4-for-10) lifetime vs. Reds starter Johnny Cueto
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
eggman3131 continued his march to Joe D. over the weekend, getting just enough from Albert Pujols (1-for-2) yesterday to boost his BTS-leading streak to 39 games. Only two contestants have put together longer streaks this season.
hammanm also tabbed Prince Albert to hold onto second place, at 34 games, while samolina55 remained one game behind thanks to a 3-for-5 performance from the sizzling Ryan Zimmerman.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Albert Pujols (STL): 15.1%, 1-for-2
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 10.5%, 2-for-5
3. Kevin Youkilis (BOS): 5.8%, 1-for-4
4. Hanley Ramirez (FLA): 5.8%, 4-for-6
5. Michael Young (TEX): 3.7%, 1-for-5
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Dragbunt's Great Experiment – Day #1
As a critic of the "Kings at the Plate" daily advice, I've decided that if you can't beat them you should join them!"
I've got a one game streak going now. Beginning today, my pick of the day will come from the "Kings at the Plate" players only. I'm going with Ichirio for Monday 8/10.
I'm open to your advice on who to pick for Tuesday –
Jason Kubel, Hanley Ramirez or Orlando Cabrera.
People really act like lemmings. It would have been beautiful if Ichiro didn't come through tonight and it almost happened. If you look at who is pitching, it really was not a good pick. I suspect the leader only has few more days before he crumbles. He can only get away with so many run-of-the-mill picks until it bites his streak off.
Please consider the following info as to the reason Ichirio was an OK pick on Monday. Game was in Seattle, White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd is not the same pitcher on the road as he is at home, Ichirio hit well off Floyd in the past. Floyd's road ERA is 5.76. Ichirio singled off Floyd in the 5th inning. Sometimes not over-thinking the situation is the best way to go. Would the game leader be better off putting the rest of his streak in the hands of Ichirio and pick him for the next 17 games vs. trying to beat the system with his own agnoizing pick each day?
I don't know how you can say that it wasn't a good pick; Ichiro was 5-11 off Floyd coming in. I don't buy into any "lemmings" argument; there is a reason that he is picked so frequently. For example, this season he has not gone hitless in back-to-back games. I wouldn't pick him tonight since he is 2-11 against the opposing pitcher, but he'll still be amongst the most picked, because he is in best in baseball in getting hits, and that's what this Game is about (not to mention he leads off and draws very few walks, particularly this year).


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