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Bloody Mary Cocktail
The Bloody Mary represents a drink where everybody is welcome to test out their creativity just a little to see what sorts of unique twists they can add to this long-time classic. Start with the basic recipe and then see where that leads you.
1 1/2 vodka
3 oz tomato juice
1/2 oz lemon juice
celery salt to taste
worchestershire sauce to taste
black pepper to taste
1 tsp horseradish sauce
1 Tbs ancho chili powder
garnish with celery stalk
Build in a pint glass.
Robert Hess 17 Aug 2007
9:00 am
For those of you who feel that you do need to take a shortcut with the Bloody Mary, and use some sort of pre-mix, the only one I can really recommend is Demitris Bloody Mary mix, mostly because it isn't a fully bottled pre-mix, but is a concentrated spice mixture that you add to tomatoe juice. This allows you not only select the brand of tomato juice you want to use, but also adjust the seasoning to your liking.
Perry 19 Sep 2007
3:44 pm
I'm floored there have not been a flurry of posts here. There are those who loathe the bloody mary (my wife included) and those who relish it as I do. I will try the ancho chili powder. Seems a natural. I'm always looking for some variation on this cocktail. I make it two ways—from scratch and using a pre=made mix that I doctor. Without going into to much detail, one ingredient worth exploring is celery seed. The tomato juice and the pre-mix have plenty of salt for me, so a few dashes of celerry seed (crushed a bit with a muddler) adds wonderful flavor without more salt. I shake and strain mine into a frozen cosmo glass or double old-fashioned with a little crushed ice. Lemon and pickled asparagus garnish.
Robert Hess 19 Sep 2007
4:28 pm
I find that all mixes are better when doctored up a little bit, if for no other reason then you then feel like you participated a little be more… or perhaps that's just the chef in me coming out.
Good point on adding celery seed if you're using an already salted mix, or a tomato juice which might be salty enough already.
Some folks reject the Bloody Mary because they hate tomato juice, my good friend Gary Regan is one of those. But he does like what is known as "Tomato water", which is the mostly clear juice that you can strain from a tomato. It still has that great tomato flavor you are looking for, but without the texture of tomato juice which some people object to. From there you can add similar style ingredients to it to make a clear bloody mary.
Penny 20 Oct 2007
6:02 pm
I prefer to use a combination of tomato juice and Clamato juice usualy half and half then add the usuals: lemon juice, worchestershire sauce, celery seed, Tobasco, garlic salt, horseradish and my favorite secret ingredient: Pick-a-Peppa sauce (kind of like A-1, but better). Then I salt the rim with a combination of Lawry's Season Salt and Cajun Spice, garnish with olives and cocktail onions, and you've got in my opinion the best Bloody Mary ever!
Charles LeBell, Sr. 31 Dec 2007
12:47 pm
Tomato juice has a slight bite that hits the palette after all the other flavors have passed. A 1/4 tsp of powdered sugar knocks it right out.
Robert Hess 1 Jan 2008
5:05 pm
Thanks for that. Good point, I'll have to try it out and see how this changes the drink overall.
Myself, I avoid using powdered sugar as an ingredient in a cocktail since powdered sugar includes cornstarch which can add a bit of a slimey texture to the drink, if not putting little lumps in it as well. Simple syrup works far better, or you can get what is called "bar sugar" which is finely ground sugar which will dissolve quicker than normal granulated sugar.
Rory Goggin 13 Jan 2008
4:53 am
I use V-8 Juice (or any good vegetable juice) and substitute lime juice for lemon juice. Because the V-8 has celery juice, I don't add any celery seed/salt.
I've also substituted Ever-clear (grain alcohol) when I awoke to my wife being "out of sorts" and found I had no vodka for my Sunday Morning "Bloody". I found that, using an appropriately diminished measure of grain alcohol actually made for a very smooth "bloody", and I named this drink after my wife - the "Bloody Mary Jo"
Stephen P. Murphy aka "The Murph" 14 Jan 2008
6:48 pm
I love your sight. I just came across it! I have recently launched my very own bottled Bloody Mary Mix. I'd love to get this product into your hands! I also think I may change your opinion about pre-mix Bloody Marys once you have tried mine. I mean no disrespect by that comment. I have a similar passion as you and I get nothing but the highest possible compliements by everyone who tries my mix. I hope to hear back from you. -"The Murph"
Diann aka "ksirah2" 16 Feb 2008
6:51 am
Fun, fun, fun! My friend and I have become tomato-growing maniacs and juice it all (we made aout 65 quarts last year and will certainly surpass that this year), then put seasonings right into the quart canning jars, and call it "Precious." And it is. Quite sublime with the *real* juice (it's not a pulp!) and a rather more delicate recipe than some.
I've enjoyed a powerful version called Reata's Famous Bloody Mary but with less horseradish and adding some celery salt—not for the timid! Scroll down at http://www.texascooking.com/features/sept97spirits.htm
Roberta Straub's is awesome, though quite a process (starts with the rimming mix, then 3 more episodes) and expensive because I doubt many have all those exotic ingredients on-hand: http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/cocktails-on-the-fly?page=1 You really do need those garnishes, especially the shrimp!
And now to try Robert's—the Ancho chile is an intriguing addition….
BTW, does anyone else make things in quanitity and then freeze—like: Bloody Mary mix, fresh lemon juice, fresh lime juice, homemade grenadine, etc. etc.—I never see it mentioned.
And Robert, thanks for all your shows and info—I appreciate and enjoy them all.
Anonymous 13 Apr 2008
9:28 pm
It strikes me as somewhat odd that you would use horseradish sauce in this recipe, rather than prepared horseradish. It's generally just as easy to find in most markets, and the difference in pungency would really be quite extraordinary (or you could simply use less, I suppose. I, personally, like my Bloody Marys to be a bit on the spicy side.)
Perhaps my favorite spicy element for a Bloody Mary, however, is a pureed can of chipotles in adobo sauce. It definitely provides an interesting change of pace from the biting heat of horseradish or the flaccid flavor profile of most common hot sauces.
Alisa 24 Apr 2008
7:24 pm
I like using Absolute Citron and Absolute Peppar as the vodka to add flavor. Angostra (spelling?... the bitters people) make a pretty good bloody mary spice sauce you can add to tomato juice and make as mild or spicy as desired. Love the site!
Simon (London UK) 4 Aug 2008
11:11 am
Thanks for this great site, its so good to see the drinks made and explained.
Worchestershire is pronounced:
Common people in England thinking they are being posh may pronounce the "shire" ending as in <hire> with an <s>, but that is 'quite wrong'!!!
Of course in England most people would just call it Lee & Perrins, it 's great on Pork Sausages for breakfast!!!
Thanks again
Mitch West 27 Aug 2008
12:25 am
I met you a few years ago in London
whilst i was working for Milk and Honey London
I'm currently working in a tiki bar here
you may have heard of Mahiki
Your bloody mary recipe sounds great
there is just one thing that concerned me
As Dale Degroff himself and several experienced
bartenders always told me
"You should never, shake your bloody mary"
Due to a skin on the tomato juice which
would ruin the taste and that a roll technique
was the perferred method.
Wondering what your opinion is on this
i have to say i was shocked to see you shaking
that bloody mary
Mitch West
Robert Hess 27 Aug 2008
5:31 am
Mitch, I frankly haven't been able to notice a big difference between shaking and "rolling" a Bloody Mary. A problem with rolling, is that if not done properly, the drink may not get as cold as it should. But I'm more than willing to change my mind on this :->
Jude 21 Sep 2008
8:37 am
The link didn't work. Here's what I wrote:
1984. My first day on the job as a bartender.
The manager says, "Never shake a bloody mary. You'll bruise the tomato juice."
I heed his advice without question. I make bloody marys in the shaker glass, but gently pour the mixture back and forth instead of actually shaking it. Whenever I train a new bartender, I warn them: "Never shake a bloody mary. You'll bruise the tomato juice."
2008. Sitting at home drinking a V-8 for breakfast, thinking, how the hell you gonna bruise tomato juice? It's already been smashed, screened, pureed, pulverized, and generally beaten to a bloody pulp before it ever goes into the can.
I don't know what made me think about it this morning, but twenty-eight years later I'm finally realizing that that bar manager was messing with me. And somewhere in the world, some other former bartender is finally realizing that that Jude guy who trained him/her was also full of crap.
Robert Hess 21 Sep 2008
9:12 am
Like you, I have heard from many that "rolling" a Bloody Mary is important, but when I've made them by shaking them, I've never really notice them to taste off, bitter, or to "break" (or loose their thick texture).
A side-by-side test (for me anyway) shows the two to taste virtually the same, and with the same texture. Even straining out the ice, and drinking it without that getting in the way doesn't show (again, to me) any real difference.
In fact, I just did another side-by-side, in a blind test, and couldn't say that one was better, or even different, from the other.
Would love to hear from others on their experiences, and what they may notice as being the difference, and what aspect of making the drink they think might be attributing this effect.
Lawrence Spies 24 Aug 2009
10:37 am
Great Recipe Robert! Love the ancho chile powder addition! I like to use chipotle powder sometimes just to "kick it up a notch" for my ""chile head" friends. Sometimes I add one or two chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, and/or a tsp or so of the adobo sauce when making a big batch of Bloody Mary mix. The chipoltes add a great smokiness to the mix and a lot of spice/heat! (puree the chiles and sauce in a blender with a little tomato juice and add as needed) all this to taste of course so experiment to find that perfect heat/spice combo…Also a little shot of Heinz Chili or Cocktail sauce can make a great addition to a Bloody Mary as well…experiment!
Lawrence Spies 24 Aug 2009
10:48 am
oh almost forgot to mention Tabasco Chipotle sauce or their Garlic Hot sauce is great to use as well!
Haiden Goodman 31 Dec 2010
11:15 pm
Mine is pretty unorthodox. I cook sliced potatoes in spicy-hot v8 for quite a while along with a couple of lime wedges, then strain that and let it chill. Afterwards I add the vodka. Cooking the potatoes in the v8 brings out a lot of the potato flavor. I've also had moderate success leaving the potatoes in and serving it hot as a soup. I'm still working on the right amount of vodka for that though. It's delicious.
Jo-Jo the Barkeep 1 Jan 2011
8:25 pm
Shaking aerates the tomato juice giving it a lighter texture. Some people want it lighter, although most people including myself want it fuller bodied.
My mix is asian inspired:
Wasabi, sriracha sauce, yuzu, sacramento tomato juice, celery salt, black pepper, worcestershire.
It's so yummy, we called our cocktail "Bloody Wasabi." I have it featured on our list at Ris (Risdc.com) with Ketel one and a cucumber garnish.
Haiden Goodman 2 Jan 2011
10:09 am
Wow. That sounds good.
Inspired Cocktail 22 Feb 2011
2:08 pm
Hi robert. I haven't watches video just yet as I'm on my phone…but i was wondering whether you put lemon juice in you bloody Mary?
Inspired Cocktail 22 Feb 2011
2:11 pm
Wait nevermind, I missread the ingredient list
Demitri 28 Dec 2011
11:05 am
Hello Robert: I have a few new flavors for you to try, as well as two new rim salts and a "secret" new product I'm developing. Meet for a cold one or three?
Demitri 28 Dec 2011
11:23 am
PS: Congratulations on Imbibe naming you one of "The 25 Most Influential Cocktail Personalities of the Past Century"! http://www.imbibemagazine.com/25-Most-Influential-Cocktail-Personalities
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwired - May 12, 2014) - ValueVision Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVTV) ("ValueVision"), a multichannel electronic retailer via TV, Internet and mobile, today mailed a letter to its shareholders regarding the slate of nominees and proposals to be put forth by Clinton Group and its affiliates ("Clinton") at ValueVision's 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The full text of the letter from Randy Ronning, Chairman of the Board, is below:
May 12, 2014
Dear Fellow ValueVision Shareholder:
At ValueVision's upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on June 18, 2014, you will be asked to make an important decision regarding the future of your Company.
Clinton Group ("Clinton"), a hedge fund that appears to beneficially own approximately 4% of ValueVision shares, and that holds only partially disclosed derivative positions, has launched a proxy contest in an attempt to take control of 75% of the seats on ValueVision's Board of Directors. Your vote is important in this election and we urge you to be sure to vote so that your voice is heard at this year's Annual Meeting.
ValueVision's Board has the demonstrated strength, diversity, experience and qualifications to provide effective and independent oversight and direction to the Company. ValueVision's Board consists of eight highly qualified directors, seven of whom are independent and all of whom possess substantial industry and public company expertise. Each member of your Board is committed to delivering superior results and serving the best interests of ALL ValueVision shareholders.
Clinton is seeking to take control of the ValueVision Board. Rather than paying for control by acquiring additional shares, Clinton has actually reduced its beneficial ownership in ValueVision shares by almost 40% during the course of its campaign.
Your Board of Directors urges you, our valued shareholders, to protect the value of your investment by voting the WHITE proxy card to elect the Company's highly qualified and experienced nominees.
Since the appointment of Keith Stewart, who has over 21 years of multichannel retailing experience, as Chief Executive Officer in January 2009, ValueVision's share price has increased by approximately 869% from $0.52 to $5.04, the closing share price on May 9, 2014. An investment in ValueVision is worth more than three times as much as an investment in the Russell 2000 index over the same period.
Mr. Stewart's initial mandate as CEO was to execute a turnaround of ValueVision, which at that time had an uncertain future. We believe real progress has been made and continues to be made to position the Company for the future. ValueVision's management team, working closely with the Board of Directors, has:
We have provided clear financial and operating metrics by which shareholders can measure the progress of the turnaround. Units shipped have doubled as ValueVision has increased its household penetration and purchase frequency. For fiscal year 2013 as compared to fiscal year 2008, net units shipped increased by 132% from three million to seven million. Over the same period, by lowering the average price point of our merchandise by 54%, we have broadened the appeal of our product offerings across 86 million U.S. homes reached via television and via our online and mobile digital store front, achieving industry leading Internet sales penetration.
In addition, distribution costs of our national footprint of cable and satellite homes decreased to $1.07 per home in fiscal 2013 versus $1.72 per home in fiscal 2008. The Company has also improved the productivity of its national distribution footprint by optimizing its network through lower channel positions, the addition of second channels and better adjacencies. Moreover, our Adjusted EBITDA was $18 million in fiscal 2013 versus a loss of $51 million in fiscal 2008. We have achieved a 49% reduction in transaction costs per shipped unit during that timeframe.
Trailing 12 month total active customers increased significantly to 1,360,000 in fiscal 2013 versus 754,000 in fiscal 2008. Finally, in 2013, we successfully transitioned the Company's consumer brand to ShopHQ from ShopNBC, and we are now building our own unique and compelling brand.
ValueVision is now well positioned to deliver long-term, sustainable growth and profitability. During our fourth quarter 2013 financial results issued on March 5, 2014, we announced the seventh consecutive quarter of sales growth and positive adjusted EBITDA. We believe this strong momentum is a direct result of our strategy and vision to drive continued improvement in our top and bottom line financial performance, and our focus on creating a customer experience and shopping destination that supports the continued expansion of our growing customer base of more than 1,360,000 customers.
Clinton has yet to articulate a detailed strategy to improve upon the results that the ValueVision Board and management team have achieved. We have repeatedly asked Clinton to share its proposed strategy since Clinton began its public campaign to unseat ValueVision's Board six months ago with a now abandoned solicitation for a Special Meeting. However, Clinton apparently does not have a strategy, or does not want to share its strategy before it gains control of the Board and removes ValueVision's current Chief Executive Officer.
Clinton has provided shareholders with no concrete strategy to create value and the specific points they have raised are either already part of the Company's existing strategy or have been considered (and rejected) within the context of the Company's overall financial and operational circumstances. This may be a tacit acknowledgement that the Board and management team's current strategy is the right strategy to enhance shareholder value. Either way, Clinton's lack of compelling new ideas is further evidence that Clinton does not understand our business or industry. In contrast, ValueVision's continued strong performance and improved metrics demonstrate that your Board and management team are successfully executing their strategy to deliver enhanced results and drive shareholder value.
Changing the majority of ValueVision's Board Members and replacing the Company's Chief Executive Officer would be very disruptive to the current momentum achieved by your Company, and it is particularly risky considering Clinton either has no strategy or wants you to support its actions without sharing with you what they would do differently, and why that would work better than the Company's current strategy, which has resulted in seven successive quarters of growth.
Clinton has been emphatic in its demands for control of ValueVision's Board; however, during the course of its campaign:
Given that Clinton has already significantly sold down its ownership in ValueVision, shareholders should question whether Clinton is investing for the long-term, or whether it may decide that its own best interests are served by selling the rest of its holdings in ValueVision, whatever the outcome of the proxy contest Clinton has initiated.
The ValueVision Board and management team are open to listening to and considering the views of all shareholders and have engaged in numerous discussions with Clinton regarding its various (and inconsistent) proposals. Because we value the views of ALL our shareholders, ValueVision scheduled - and filed a preliminary proxy statement for - a March 14, 2014 Special Meeting of Shareholders for the sole purpose of providing shareholders with an opportunity to vote on Clinton's proposals. Importantly, that offer was made despite ValueVision having no legal obligation to call or hold such a meeting.
We also attempted, on numerous occasions, to reach a settlement agreement with Clinton in order to avoid the expense and business and operational distraction of a proxy contest. However, we were unable to reach such an agreement despite the compromises we offered.
ValueVision is encouraged by the support the Company has received from shareholders in connection with Clinton's Special Meeting request and looks forward to continuing its dialogue with shareholders, including at the 2014 Annual Meeting.
Your Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regularly reviews the composition of the Board to ensure that it is composed of both engaged and dedicated directors who have a broad range of relevant experience. The regularity with which the Board is refreshed is indicated by the current average director tenure on the Board of just three and one-half years. Therefore, in response to the proposed nominees from Clinton, ValueVision formed a separate Special Nominating Committee to specifically, and on an expedited basis, review the qualifications of such nominees as well as seek to further strengthen the Board by adding independent directors to ensure we have the best leadership to oversee the successful execution of our strategy.
As a result, in March 2014, we announced the appointment of two new independent directors: Landel C. Hobbs and Lowell W. Robinson.
Mr. Hobbs brings 18 years of experience in the media and telecommunications sectors, including financial, strategic and operational leadership roles. Most recently, Mr. Hobbs was Chief Operating Officer of Time Warner Cable, where he led a major operational reorganization. While at Time Warner, Mr. Hobbs relaunched Time Warner's commercial line of business in 2009, and was responsible for Time Warner Cable's rebranding efforts and its creation of proprietary customer segmentation, pricing architecture and yield management, which are designed to maximize profits through the understanding, anticipation and influence of consumer behavior and demand trends.
Mr. Robinson brings extensive public company experience and a deep understanding of the Internet, media, consumer and retail industries. In his career, Mr. Robinson has held senior global financial leadership positions at Citigroup Inc. and Kraft Foods. He also has served as a director on the Board of several public companies, including The Jones Group and International Wire Group, Inc. In addition, Mr. Robinson has been Chief Financial Officer of several public companies and has provided transformational management at both board and operational levels.
Furthermore, in March 2013, we appointed Ms. Jill Botway as an independent director. Since 2012 Ms. Botway has served as Executive Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing for Specific MediaMySpace, a multiplatform digital media company. In addition, from 2009 to 2010, Ms. Botway was Chief Executive Officer of WMI Inc., a multiplatform media services company and since 2010 she has been a Managing Member at private equity firm Cavu Holdings LLC. From 2005 to 2009, Ms. Botway was President of Omnicom Media Group U.S. Strategic Business Units. Before joining Omnicom Ms. Botway held various executive positions with media companies and practiced as an attorney.
All of ValueVision's Board members were carefully selected by your Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee following a thorough review of their qualifications and were overwhelmingly re-elected at the June 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders with recommendations for their re-election from proxy advisory services firms such as ISS and Glass Lewis, with the exception of Mr. Hobbs and Mr. Robinson, who were appointed to the Board after the June 2013 Annual Meeting.
We urge you to protect your investment by voting the enclosed WHITE proxy card today "FOR" all of ValueVision's nominees.
Your vote is extremely important, no matter how many or how few shares you own. We urge you to vote today by telephone, online or by signing and dating the enclosed WHITE proxy card and returning it in the postage-paid envelope provided. Please do not return or otherwise vote any Gold proxy card sent to you by the dissident group.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and management team, we appreciate the continued support of ValueVision shareholders as we build value together.
Randy Ronning
Chairman of the Board
Your Vote Is Important, No Matter How Many Or How Few Shares You Own
If you have questions about how to vote your shares, or need additional assistance,
please contact the firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies:
Shareholders Call Toll-Free: (888) 750-5834
Banks and Brokers May Call Collect: (212) 750-5833
We urge you NOT to sign any Gold proxy card sent to you by Clinton. If you have already done so, you have every right to change your vote by signing, dating and returning the enclosed WHITE proxy card TODAY in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you hold your shares in Street-name, your custodian may also enable voting by telephone or by Internet -- please follow the simple instructions provided on your WHITE proxy card.
Jefferies LLC is acting as financial advisor and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Barnes & Thornburg LLP are acting as legal advisors to ValueVision.
About ValueVision Media
ValueVision Media, Inc. is a multichannel retailer that enables customers to shop and interact via TV, phone, Internet and mobile in the merchandise categories of Home & Consumer Electronics, Beauty, Health & Fitness, Fashion & Accessories, and Jewelry & Watches. ValueVision transitioned its consumer brand to ShopHQ from ShopNBC in fiscal 2013. ValueVision's television network reaches over 86 million cable and satellite homes and is also available nationwide via live streaming at www.shophq.com. Please visit www.shophq.com/ir for more investor information.
Forward-Looking Information
This release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and accordingly are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from the expectations contained herein due to various important factors, including (but not limited to): consumer preferences, spending and debt levels; the general economic and credit environment; interest rates; seasonal variations in consumer purchasing activities; the ability to achieve the most effective product category mixes to maximize sales and margin objectives; competitive pressures on sales; pricing and gross sales margins; the level of cable and satellite distribution for our programming and the associated fees; our ability to establish and maintain acceptable commercial terms with third-party vendors and other third parties with whom we have contractual relationships, and to successfully manage key vendor relationships; our ability to manage our operating expenses successfully and our working capital levels; our ability to remain compliant with our long-term credit facility covenants; our ability to successfully transition our brand name; the market demand for television station sales; our management and information systems infrastructure; challenges to our data and information security; changes in governmental or regulatory requirements; litigation or governmental proceedings affecting our operations; significant public events that are difficult to predict, or other significant television-covering events causing an interruption of television coverage or that directly compete with the viewership of our programming; and our ability to obtain and retain key executives and employees. More detailed information about those factors is set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this announcement. The Company is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Important Information
This release may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in connection with one or more meetings of the Company's shareholders, including the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. On May 9, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a proxy statement and a WHITE proxy card in connection with the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in connection with the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Information concerning the interests of these directors and executive officers in connection with the matters to be voted on at the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is included in the proxy statement filed by the Company with the SEC in connection with such meeting. In addition, the Company files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy and information statements, and other information with the SEC. Any proxy statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is available, and any other relevant documents and any other material filed with the SEC concerning the Company will be, when filed, available, free of charge at the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY ANY SUCH PROXY STATEMENT FILED BY THE COMPANY AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO PARTICIPANTS.
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An Atlanta-based company plans to expand its chain of assisted-living facilities specializing in Alzheimer's care to Bluffton.
Principal Senior Living Partners, which operates 17 Benton House senior centers in five states, has submitted a preliminary development plan to town of Bluffton staff in hopes of building a 41,364-square-foot facility just outside the gates of the Hampton Lake residential development.
The 7.54-acre site lies just south of Bluffton Parkway at the roundabout connecting Hampton Lake Drive to the east and Parklands Drive to the west.
The 59-room center will combine assisted living with a comprehensive memory care unit, screened-in porches, two courtyards, a media room and dining facilities, said David Winters, one of two founding partners with the company. At capacity, the facility will serve 72 patients, some of whom will double or triple up in the memory care center as their condition intensifies, Winters said.
"As disease progresses, in Alzheimer's you'll find that people sort of pair up, and we find that it's best to put those people in the same room because it's better to have each other near," he said.
The company prides itself on optimal staffing ratios and a "neighborhood-like" design that provides a variety of activities with a sense of routine. But those who require intensive monitoring or pose a serious risk fall outside the facility's capabilities, Winters said.
"If someone is a wander risk or a danger to themselves, this will not be the property for them, but if they generally fit the assisted-living, residential-community-care definition, we'll be perfectly fine for them," he said.
The center, which the company hopes to open in the summer of 2014, will employ 25 to 30 full-time employees, including nurses, care assistants, cooks and other support staff.
The town's development review committee, made up of staff and planning commission members, has requested further justification for the 49 proposed parking spaces, a traffic impact study, the addition of an outdoor gathering area and modifications to an access road off Parklands Drive to improve safety and minimize impervious surfaces that cause greater stormwater runoff. Once the company meets staff recommendations in a final development plan submitted to the DRC, the project can advance, said Danny Wilson, town planner.


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A Years Worth of Style: Top House Tours of January 2011
One of my favorite time periods on the annual Apartment Therapy editorial calendar is occurring right now - the last two weeks of December. We take time to look back at the posts that helped define the year and none are more fun to rediscover than the House Tours. They truly show how we live, circa 2011. Here are the readers' favorite tours from January - I hope you enjoy them (again!)...
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Stocks finished lower for the second session Tuesday, dragged by telecoms, as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of what is expected to be a weak fourth-quarter earnings season.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 55.44 points, or 0.41 percent, to end at 13,328.85, led by Boeing and Verizon.
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The government auctioned $32 billion in 3-year notes at a high yield of 0.385 percent. The bid-to-cover was 3.62.
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Toxic Chemicals Discovered in 'Nontoxic' Nail Products in Bay Area
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A report showing potent chemicals are in nail care products that claim to be toxin-free is prompting a state senator to call for reforms, and the state attorney general's office is reviewing the findings.
The state Department of Toxic Substances Control study found that 18 of 25 nail care products bought in the San Francisco Bay Area contained at least one chemical linked to cancer or reproductive harm.
"What we found was somewhat surprising and somewhat disturbing," said Karl Palmer, the study leader and the department's pollution prevention performance manager.
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The study released yesterday showed that most of the nail care products claiming to exclude a "toxic trio" of chemicals linked to cancer or reproductive harm did not live up to the claim. Five of the seven products claiming to be "three free" actually included one of the three focus chemicals: toluene, formaldehyde or dibutyl phthalate.
And 10 of the 12 products claiming to be free of toluene actually included the solvent, which can harm a developing fetus or induce asthma-like symptoms.
Julia Liou, manager of the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, said during a press call that the report raises serious concerns for the state's 121,000 full-time nail salon technicians.
"We don't want workers to feel they have to choose their livelihood over their health," Liou said.
The findings of the report echo those first reported by authorities in Oregon who fielded complaints about Brazilian Blowout hair products, which were found to contain formaldehyde despite claims to the contrary.
The California attorney general's office sued the company that makes the solution and reached a settlement, fining the firm and requiring it to warn salon workers of formaldehyde in two of its products.
Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Kamala Harris, said her department is reviewing the findings of the Department of Toxic Substances Control nail care products report.
Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, called yesterday for a law to end mislabeling of nail products that contain toxic chemicals.
Adam Keigwin, Yee's chief of staff, said the senator's office is exploring the best way to address the problem, whether it's higher fines, a chemical ban or sanctions for distributors of foreign products. He said the senator is concerned about consumers and about protecting a largely women-led industry.
"There's obviously a problem," he said. "What the answer is, we don't know yet."
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The Department of Toxic Substances Control report says there are 48,000 nail salons in California.
Christina Jewett is an investigative journalist for California Watch.


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There are two common types of fixed dental braces used to realign the teeth: ceramic fixed braces and metal fixed braces. Both types of fixed appliances include brackets which are affixed to each individual tooth and an archwire the orthodontist fits into the bracket slot to gently move the teeth into proper alignment. Elastic or wire ties will be applied to hold the wire in place. Some orthodontists may use self-ligating brackets which do not require a rubber or wire tie to secure the wire.
Fixed dental braces are used to treat a wide variety of malocclusions, including overbite, underbite, crossbite, and overcrowding. If the orthodontist has determined that the malocclusion has been caused by overcrowding, it is possible that teeth may need to be extracted to increase the amount of available space to properly align the teeth.
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By the way, we had only one procedure that didn't work out as planned, but Tor made good on it and the solution turned out as good or better.
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Bottom line, Tor is better than my expectations. He pays attention to more than just how my mouth looks; he's concerned about my overall health and how my life-style affects, and is affected by, the health of my teeth and gums.
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Austin, TX
I have been going to Dr. Gotun since he used to have his practice on William Cannon Drive ( 20 years now). Now he is located in Bee Caves. He is an excellent dentist.
The thing I like best about Tor Gotun is he is relatively pain free when administering his shots to numb your mouth. Dentists I have had before always seemed to be a bit heavy handed in this activity.
He is very up to date with modern dental technology. He can make a crown or cap in his office at the moment of your appointment and have you leave with a fully functioning mouth. I have friends who use other dentists who must wander the city of Austin for at least a week with a hollowed out molar stuffed with gauze as they await their topping to arrive by mail to their dentist's office.
The staff is very friendly, and Dr. Gotun will never talk down to you. He is very good at explaining why he is doing something or why he wants to do a procedure. He may have gotten two of my wisdom teeth, but I will still try to hold onto the remaining two regardless of his explaining the safety factors of hanging on to them as you get older.
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Pink or lime-green for the nursery. Madison or Mia. Stay home or work. Playground or library. Time-out chair or "I'm counting to three." Private or public school. Broccoli or carrots.
Parenthood is all about making the best choices for your child, and that doesn't change when it comes to choosing a commander-in-chief. In fact, kids affect how we vote: 42 percent of parents have changed their political views since having children, according to a survey of 1,100 parents commissioned by Parenting. In partnership with NBC News, and with über-smart journalist Kate Snow serving as moderator, we gathered parents—liberal and conservative, Christian and Muslim, urban and rural—to discuss the intersection of parenting and politics.
Video: Watch kids give their take on this year's election issues
Meet the panelists: Pauline Owens-Teel, mom of a special-needs child, photographer, Virginia Beach Jason Avant, father of two, founder of DadCentric.com, San Diego Tania Paredes, mom of a 1-year-old daughter, psychotherapist, Miami Katherine Alvarez, mother of a special-needs child, social worker, Las Vegas Jesse Snider, father of two, military veteran, New York City Anna Deutmeyer, mom of a 3-year-old daughter, elementary school teacher, Brooklyn Kelly Vincent, father of four daughters, entrepreneur, Lenexa, KS Denene Millner, mom of three children, writer-blogger-author, Atlanta Aileen Riley, stay-at-home mom of three, Cumberland, RI Aliya Hasan, mom of two, physician, Denver
What are the top three issues the U.S. should focus on?
- 75% said the economy
- 37% said health care
- 33% said education
Video: What parents think about our current healthcare system
Anna: Education is my number one. It's so personal to me as a third-grade teacher. I see it, I breathe it, I experience it every day. I'm in a public school, and I see some things that are wonderful. However, I also see some things that really, really concern me, especially with a 3-year-old who will be moving into the public school system in the near future.
Jesse: Economy is a top priority, but education feeds right into that. Look at how we are ranked around the world in math and science. That's where our jobs are going to be in the next decade.
Pauline: For me, it's health care. I'm the mother of an adopted special-needs child. My main concern is what happens when she turns 18 years old and her adoption subsidy through Medicaid runs out. Is she going to be able to live a normal life?
Katherine: I'm with Pauline. My husband and I are special-needs parents, and our biggest fear is "Am I going to die before my child?" It's over $67,000 a year to cover medical costs and therapies. People may not put health care up on top because they're not affected by it right now. When you have a child or family member that's affected, it becomes your top priority.
42% of parents have changed their political views since becoming parents
48% of parents have become more politcially motivated since becoming a parent
Video: Watch parents share how their political views have changed
Kate Snow: Has anyone changed their views since having kids?
Aliya: It's made my positions stronger. I'm Muslim, and there is a lot of Islamophobia out there. It's OK for me to handle it, but I want to shield my kids from it. I don't want them to have to ask me one day, "Why does this person hate me because I'm Muslim?"
Denene: I've become more firmly rooted in my stances as well. Women's rights have turned into a whole different thing for me now that my oldest daughter is 13. That absolutely carries over into how I feel about my children's right to legislate their bodies.
Jason: My views became less selfish. Before having kids, improving our education system was an abstraction for me. Today I have a vested interest in it because I have two kids who are going to be a product of that system.
6 out of 10 respondents are OK with a single parent being president
Kate Snow: Is there anything that would stop you from voting for a presidential candidate, in terms of their lifestyle choices? If they were divorced, gay, a single parent?
Anna: I'm looking at it from the opposite extreme. I wouldn't vote for someone who wasn't accepting of those different situations because that's what our country is all about.
57% say being a parent makes you a better president
Tania: [Having kids] doesn't make you better, just more aware.
Jesse: Even if the president has kids, I hope it isn't affecting policy. I don't want you tackling issues based on your children's best interests, but based on America's best interests.
Are you OK with your children joining the military?
50% of dads would support their child's decision to join the military
30% of moms would support their child's decision to join the military
Video: Watch what parents think about their kids joining the military
Jesse: It would be their decision, but honestly, it did a lot of good for me.
Kate Snow: But what if your child came home and said, "Dad, I'm going."
Jesse: I would make sure they're doing it for the right reasons. If they say, "I want to drive a tank," I'm not supporting that. On the other hand, our pediatrician got his training in the army. They paid for his medical school. Education is a good reason.
58% of parents talk to their kids about news and current events
Video: Parents discuss the importance of education reform
Kate Snow: Is anybody using election coverage as a teaching tool with your kids?
Jason: My son's 8. He's starting to ask questions about politics, but he frames them like an 8-year-old. He'll ask, "Are those the bad guys, Dad?" That's my biggest challenge, explaining to him that this is why we're voting. It doesn't make some people bad.
Kate Snow: On Parenting's Facebook page, Marisa A. wrote, "How do we teach our kids to cooperate when the grown-ups in government can't?" Do you share that same frustration?
Anna: We should be teaching our children that it's OK to disagree with somebody. They should stand up for what they believe, but be accepting and respectful of other people's views.
Kelly: My oldest daughter has come home from school and repeated things that her teachers said that definitely skew liberal. I'll tell her, "Well, that's one view, but here's another view." I've even written down questions for her to take to school and ask the teachers. It was great because at the end of the year, she had this one teacher, the most awesome guy ever. I probably picked on him the most. We had a nice long conversation, and he enjoyed all her questions.
42% say "The quality of my children's lives will be better than ours"
Aileen: I'm confident that my kids will have a great future. It's the rest of the country I'm worried about.


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"The Good Wife," the story of a political wife's personal and professional comeback from the disgrace wrought by her hooker-happy husband, debuted in 2009, 18 months after Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal erupted and well before Anthony Weiner tweeted himself out of office.
The CBS drama, from the start, came across as more human and realistic than the sex-fueled imbroglios playing out in the increasingly cartoonish realm of politics. The show has proven more durable that many political careers: With its 100th episode nearing, "The Good Wife" remains the strongest and most consistently evolving adult drama on broadcast network TV.
Now, in a week where the Weiner mess provided inspiration for installments of two shows ("Law & Order: SVU" and "Scandal") and Mark Sanford's "soul mate" emerged from the shadows, "The Good Wife" is making perhaps its biggest splash yet. Sunday's episode is shaping up as an explosive game changer, driven by a plot once unthinkable: Julianna Margulies' betrayed wife, Alicia Florrick, becomes a betrayer.
Alicia's maneuver isn't about sex – she seemingly got that out of her system via her dangerous affair in Season 3 with her law firm boss and former law school crush, Will Gardner. Her gambit is about power, stealing clients as she semi-secretly starts her own law firm, buoyed by her status as wife of Illinois' new governor. Which is far sexier than sex, at least in "The Good Wife" universe, a place precariously built on control, corruption, situational ethics and human foibles.
Margulies, whose facial expressions are worth a thousand words of script, imbues Alicia with the quiet resolve of a woman who will never again allow her fate to be determined – or herself to be defined – by her husband or anyone else. She's seeking unhindered independence in a legal and political world that too often makes the mistake of underestimating her.
Of course, things never unfold without unexpected repercussions on "The Good Wife." It's a show full of twists that presaged the machinations of "House of Cards," hinging on the constant collisions of Alicia's personal and professional lives.
"The Good Wife," which tosses great courtroom drama into the mix, keeps us entertained while rewarding our intelligence and patience. Even when the show seems like it's coming full circle, it's really just crossing a new line.
Check out preview below of Sunday's episode, titled "Hitting the Fan," as "The Good Wife" goes rogue:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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The Bronx Celebrates:
Essay by John Yau
|Earlene, 1988
oil stick and charcoal on paper, 38 x 64"
The Bronx Celebrates: Whitfield Lovell
Because of a series of dramatic events, my outlook on life and my goals as an artist changed. Many of my personal issues began to surface in my artI was dealing with formal issues prior to that time. Suddenly, i found myself less interested in various approaches to color, picture plane, structure, etc. because I was leaning toward an art form which was more integrated with my life experience. I had traveled quite a bit and spent days and days wandering the great museums of Europe, Africa, and Mexico. I had silent dialogues with the masters who managed to communicate their visions across the barriers of time and culture in so many different ways. When i encountered Edvard Munch and much later, Frida Kahlo at the Grey Art Gallery in 1984, it was a real fuming point for me. I would say they became mentors in that they gave me the license to work autobiographically and explore personal and psychological visions.
The images in Lovell's drawings seem to be sculpted in lightcarved
out of the darkness and placed on a ground of textural marks. Lovell works
on large sheets of paper with oil stick and charcoal. Successive layers
are built in alternating strata. The oil stick is thinned with turpentine.
Lovell sometimes adds a gesso layer on top of the rabbit's skin glue sizing
when there is a heavy background of oil stick and charcoal. The technique
developed after Lovell worked with printmaking and the layering process
which is a part of that medium. A subdued, monochromatic pallet developed
in the mid-1980'sin contrast to the saturated color of Lovell's
earlier workto produce a more somber feeling.
I think it is important for the viewer to bring some of his or her own associations to the work. I try not to be so blatant that these images are limited to one issue or statement I want it to be open enough so that people can interpret and relate the images to their own experiences.Many of the works in the exhibition deal with loss. The work Pop/Pistol (1990) tells the story of Lovell's grandfather's death. The large drawing includes a man's portrait, a gun and the text of a newspaper account of the incident Unoccupied clothingan empty dress or suitis a metaphor for spiritual, emotional or physical absence. House/Dress (1990), the first work in this series, represents his sister's dressthere is a house shown as an emblem on her chest In Boston Road (1991), a 1 960's shirtwaist dress contains a street map of the South Bronx. The Boston Road, a historic highway connecting Boston and New York, was a main artery around the corner from 174th Street where the artist and his sister grew up. The clothing in this series of drawings is often life size. These works are, in a sense, memorialsconcretizing loss and remembering the dead.
Head with Flowers (1992) is a continuation of Lovell's Muerte Florida series, which refers to the Mexican burial tradition of covering the bodies of those who die at a young age with flowers. The series also refers to Lovell's sister's death. In this work a head rests on its side, as if asleep atop a blanket of tropical flowers. A purple light glows in the darkness surrounding the figure.
Earlene (1988) is a portrait of the artist's late aunt. In the drawing a likeness of an African-American woman is surrounded by images which suggest narratives about her life and personality. The vignette in the centera little girl eating chocolates with her motheris an allegory which alludes to the fiction of normalcy we all construct to protect ourselves against the harsher reality in which we live.
Now I realize that while growing up I had a sort of fantasy about the suburban home with a lawn and picket fence. We actually lived on Crotona Park North in a huge apartment with a terrace. There was a beautiful, exquisite view of the park So we could go out onto that terrace and look out and for as far as you could see there were grass, hills, and trees. By the time I finished in high school almost the entire neighborhood had fallen down around us. But we lived in that apartment; and we sat on that terrace and we enjoyed the view of the park.
The hand as a symbol for power, control, and action is a recurring image in Lovell's work. Left hand, right hand (1988), one of the first works using this symbol, shows realistic renderings of Lovell's father in one palm and his mother in the otheracknowledging their role in his identity and actions. In Marks (1988) Lovell contemplates the power of the artist to communicate through the authority of his hand. This work refers to the cave paintings of prehistory and a time when the actual print of the artist's hand was often a part of the image. In this work the drawings in the background, behind the hands, suggest the stick like figures of early childhood and a large totemic creature. Bird (1988) also includes an image of the hand. In this drawing the hands release a bird, Lovell's symbol for freedom and the spirit This bird is not flying but hovers in midair immobilized by the options.
The hand also figures into the work, Playing Dead (1992), which deals with the irony of death as a child's game. In this work the hand acts to shelter and protect as the game is played in the cradling support of a large, partially closed hand. It is based on an old photo of three young girls playing a game about something far beyond their understanding or comprehensiona game about death.
Lovell's work is often inspired by the complexities of human relationships. The work, Big Heart ( 1991 ) was sparked by a verbal description. The visual image occurred to Lovell, in response to hearing of a visualization technique in which one meditates on someone and "shrinks them so they may be placed into the heart." In the drawing Lovell's parents are shown as a loving couple filling the entire chamber of the heart. Through the layered surface, on the sleeve of his father's shirt are the partially visible words, "with love."
Lovell's work also contains humor. Untitled Suit (1992) is a recent work which refers to the issues of gender and identity. The work also deals with the sometimes striking contrast of outer facade and inner persona. Unoccupied clothing are once again used as a symbol but this time in a more generalized way. Lovell describes this work as a portrayal of the counterbalancing female element in every male (or the male element in every female). In the drawing the outer self is subdued, in the form of a conservative suit,arms at the sides, rigidly facing forward. The inner self is exuberant, free-spirited, and kicking up her heels.
As Lovell's work evolves, the themes become broader and more universal. Visual symbols and metaphors continue to be employed as tools with which to observe and comment on human nature. Storytelling takes a new form, based less on family history and more on human interactions. Lovell's newer work is still firmly based in the personal, the specific, and the familiarbut these elements are reconfigured in pursuit of revelationin an effort to make sense of life.
Untitled Suit, 1992