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Patrick-Murray Administration Secures Federal Relief for Massachusetts Farmers
"This disaster declaration will give Massachusetts farmers affected by last summer's inclement weather access to loans and other assistance they need to stay afloat," said Governor Deval Patrick. "Farmers in 13 counties are now eligible for aid thanks to Secretary Vilsack's support for our farmers during last year's difficult growing season."
"Through this federal relief, Massachusetts farmers will receive needed assistance and support during a very critical time as they not only recover from last year, but also prepare for a new growing season," said Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray.
In October 2009, the USDA granted Governor Patrick's request for federal disaster relief for farms in Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester counties. These areas were declared primary natural disaster areas. Farms in Barnstable and Suffolk County, which were declared contiguous disaster areas, are eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loan assistance. On February 1, 2010, Governor Patrick sent a letter to Secretary Vilsack requesting the inclusion of Dukes and Nantucket counties as primary disaster areas.
With the USDA's naming of Dukes and Nantucket Counties as primary disaster areas, farmers in those regions are also now eligible for low-interest loans and other disaster relief including supplemental revenue assistance from the FSA, provided that individual farms meet eligibility requirements. The FSA will consider each farm's application based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. Local FSA offices can provide affected farmers with further information regarding available assistance.
"On the eve of the growing season, this aid will come as welcome support to our farmers as they recover from the devastating effects of last summer's rains and storms," said Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles.
"Farmers on the Vineyard and Nantucket are still reeling from last summer's devastating rain and unseasonably cool temperatures and who knows what they'll face this year. Massachusetts farmers depend on successful corn, potato, and tomato crops, especially in lousy economic times across the board. To get back on their feet, they need relief right away and this disaster declaration means a lifeline they can take to the bank. I'm grateful to Secretary Vilsack for granting the state's request and helping us get assistance to those who need it most," said Senator John Kerry.
"During these difficult economic times, I'm pleased the USDA has made federal assistance available for farmers on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard," said Congressman William Delahunt. "This designation and subsequent assistance will help farmers who have suffered losses caused by last season's rains and flooding get back on their feet."
Excessively wet and cool weather in May, June, and July 2009 had a negative impact on growing conditions and production levels of many of the state's major crops, including yellow corn, strawberries, tobacco, potatoes and tomatoes. June 2009 was the second gloomiest June on record in Massachusetts since 1885, according to the Blue Hills Observatory in Canton.
The cool and wet conditions created an ideal environment for destructive pathogens such as early blight, Septoria and late blight. Agricultural producers in Dukes and Nantucket counties reported that more than 80 percent of their tomato crop was destroyed. Heavy hail in Berkshire and Franklin County and flooding in Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex and Norfolk also harmed crops. The state's farms saw losses ranging from 30 percent to 100 percent because of persistent inclement weather or disease.
"Agriculture is a significant facet of our economy in that our producers and growers support farming jobs and other sustainable industries including clean energy," said DAR Commissioner Scott Soares. "This aid will help these farmers rebound from last year's losses so that they may continue their work to maintain their beautiful working landscapes across Massachusetts."
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The BlogHappy Birthday, DublinerJames Joyce and Ulysses are another year older5:13 PM, Feb 2, 2010
• By KATHERINE EASTLAND
While regular calendars note February 2 as Groundhog Day, it's worth recalling that, on the literary calendar, today is the birthday of Dublin-born novelist James Joyce. On on this day in 1922, age at 40, he published Ulysses (which he pronounced "Oolissays"). February 2 was a lucky date in his mind. (He also thought blue and white most auspicious hues.) Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses At the Barnes and Noble website—home to regularly sound book reviews, short and long, and its Daybook—I learned the genesis of the repeated, breathless use of that already breathy word "yes" in the "famous 45-page, 8 sentence, Molly Bloom monologue" that ends Ulysses. Apparently, Joyce had simply heard a friend, an American named Lilian Wallace, saying the word "yes" over and over in conversation. She was in attendance at a special dinner Joyce held on the day Ulysses was published. (And at this dinner he unveiled a copy of Ulysses, which had blue covers and white type.) Should you crave to read a tad more about Joyce and his quirks, which were legion, even by writers' standards, check out today's Writer's Almanac. A sample here: Recent Blog PostsThe Weekly Standard ArchivesBrowse 20 Years of the Weekly Standard |

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JDBC Developer's Resource
Author: Art Taylor
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.
URL: http://www.prenhall.com/ — developers_resource_series/
Price: $49.95 US
Reviewer: Rob Wehrli
Java is hot. Java with Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) is very hot. This Art Taylor book, published by Informix Press/Prentice Hall, is rich with content and worthy of more careful study by anyone but the most astute Java professional working with JDBC.
True to its cover, Taylor's book features:
A tutorial and reference in one volume
Examples of every key JDBC method
CD-ROM containing JDBC/ODBC drivers from Intersolv
JDBC Developer's Resource also comes very close to being "Everything a developer needs to build database-enabled Java applications." Not reported on the cover, but inside, are examples of two and three-tiered applications. The JDBC tutorial offers a hands-on, step-by-step approach to implementing the power of JDBC, that is not for those afraid of getting their hands dirty in properly commented code. The one buzzword missing from the cover is "practical"--it is a practical book, and its "Quick Reference" enforces that impression.
Generally speaking, I like the book. In fact, I was asked to review it, because I am very involved in database design and am a systems and software engineer. Currently, about 90% of the code I write is for server-side Java applications for the Internet. About 99% of these applications use some kind of database back end. Of these, I'd guess that 75-85% use the JDBC-ODBC Bridge. While these relational database management systems (RDBMS) may not be as exciting to me as object-oriented database management systems (ODBMS) with native Java bindings, they are by far the largest contingent of installed systems. It is this portion of the database world addressed by JDBC.
The content of this book addresses the many issues surrounding implementation of JDBC in Java applications by providing many excellent, working examples through a logically structured presentation of information. It starts with basics and develops into a number of higher level concepts. It even has a brief SQL introduction for newcomers to RDBMS. I am not overly fond of the graphical layout of this manuscript, but I consider layout to be a matter of personal taste rather than a design flaw. Many code samples feature black ink on a rather dark gray background. The included CD-ROM features a number of cool goodies including a collection of drivers from Intersolv.
In a classroom grading scale, I'd give it a B+ for content and structure, and a C+ for presentation. I'd give the JDBC quick reference guide an A-. Would I buy this book? Based on the content, I'd certainly buy it, but while shopping for a book, I'd look at other books on the shelf for matching content with a better visual appeal to me. If you're new to JDBC and want a quality tutorial, buy this book.
Rob Wehrli is a systems engineer and longtime resident of Honolulu, Hawaii. He enjoys playing golf and chess. He can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com.
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ConnectME Authority Fourth Grant Round, Six Grants for $805,000
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Commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission on Thursday lifted the ban on trading in sugar futures, as retail prices of the sweetener have dropped by 40 per cent since January and also buoyed by expectations of a bumper output in 2010-11.
"We have allowed to lapse the ban on sugar futures trading today," FMC Chairman B.C. Khatua told PTI.
He said FMC would take a decision on launch of new contracts in 2-3 days after consultation with sugar industry and commodity exchanges.
The government had banned futures trading in sugar in May last year to control prices in the domestic market. India, the world's second largest producer and biggest consumer, has been importing sugar from February 2009 to meet domestic demand.
However, the output in 2010-11 (October-September) is expected to rise to 25 million tonnes from 19 million tonnes in the current sugar year, which runs from October to September. Annual demand is 23 million tonnes.
The prices have crashed to Rs. 30-32 per kg in the retail market of Delhi from a record Rs. 48 a kg in the mid-January.
Leading commodity exchanges - Multi Commodity Exchange and National Commodity Derivatives Exchange, on whose platform sugar futures are largely traded, said that they are ready with new contracts and are awaiting FMC approval.
Yesterday, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had said, "The decision to lift ban on sugar futures lies with the regulator. The ball is in the court of FMC."
At present, sugar prices in India are cheapest in the world, as the wholesale sugar prices are ruling lower at Rs. 24/kg, compared with Rs. 80/kg in Pakistan, Rs. 60/kg in Bangladesh, Rs. 55/kg in Sri Lanka and Rs. 40/kg in Brazil, he had said.
FMC, which oversees the functioning of 23 commodity exchanges, is yet to take a decision on lifting the ban on other food items - rice, urad and tur. The suspension on futures trading in these three commodities has been imposed for indefinite period since 2007.
The size of the commodity futures market is estimated to be more than Rs. 77 lakh crore.
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Asia Pacific Wire And Cable Corporation Secures Three New SDI Contracts In Singapore Totalling $64.0 Million USD
APWC's Thai Subsidy Records FY2012 223% Net Income Growth
Stock Elevated to NASDAQ Global Market Effective February 15, 2013
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (Nasdaq:APWC) ("APWC" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electric-power industries in the Asia-Pacific region, today announced that its Singapore-based, operating subsidiary, Sigma Cable Company, has been awarded in 2012 three new government contracts with a total contract value of approximately $62 million over a two year period. The Company has also announced it has met the requirements for listing on NASDAQ's Global Markets and has been trading on the elevated level of NASDAQ since February 15, 2013.
The three new contracts received from the Singapore government relate to Supply, Delivery and Installation (SDI) of low and mid voltage power cables. Sigma Cable, Asia Pacific Wire Company's Singapore subsidiary has begun work on these implementations which are expected to be completed between now and 2014. Adding to Asia Pacific Wire's growth is the Company's 50.93%-owned and SET-listed Thai subsidy, Charoong Thai Wire and Cable (SET Ticker Symbol: CTW). CTW reported a gross margin improvement of 8.6% for the period ended December 31, 2012 and a 223% improvement in net income resulting from better operational efficiencies. As reported in 2011, Asia Pacific's Thai-subsidy recorded $186.0 million in sales, and accounted 39.4% of APWC revenues. Asia Pacific Wire Company will consolidate its majority ownership position of CTW financial results in the Company's year end 2012, 20-F filing expected to be filed in April of this year. Separately, NASDAQ notified the Company that effective February 15, 2013, APWC's stock began trading on the NASDAQ Global Markets platform. The migration from NASDAQ's Capital Markets platform to its Global Markets platform is a function of APWC meeting NASDAQ's requirements for the migration, which includes liquidity requirements, operating history and a diversified shareholder list. There is no impact on existing shareholders from this change in trading platforms.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Local couple sees big future for gay rights after Supreme Court ruling
BATON ROUGE, LA (FOX44) — After two decades together, one Baton Rouge couple IS thrilled with the Supreme Court decisions that were made Wednesday.
Even though gay marriage is not accepted in Louisiana, this couple told NBC33, its the start of something big for not only gay couple but for the nation.
"I'm kind of surprised," said Carey Long.
Carey Long could have never imagined what he heard Wednesday morning.
"I think it a tremendous step forward."
Carey and his partner Joe Triagle never even considered marriage, let alone being recognized by the federal government.
"My partner and I have enjoyed 20 years of a wonderful relationship together," said Traigle.
But now with 13 states accepting gay marriage and all that comes with it, they told NBC33 their future has endless opportunities.
"But now as things have evolved of course we would like to be accounted the same rights, not necessarily a religious ceremony but a civil ceremony, we think were entitled to that," stated Traigle.
And for others looking for acceptance, they say at least those married legally can reap all the benefits that another man and woman do today.
"Were still going to have those pieces of paper with us but now we are recognized as a coupe or that much closer to being recognized as a couple," noted Long.
With the ruling, this couple two decades deep into a relationship are now considering the possibilities that could come up in their lifetime.
"I never would have thought I would happen so when people would ask me if it was important to me I would say eh it's not that important but when you reach a point where all of a sudden you see the positive changes that come from it," said Long.
So for Carey and Joe they can't be married legally here in Louisiana but after Wednesday's decision, they will never give up hope.
Louisiana law also does not recognize those couple who gets certificates in other states and then come here.


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How much data are you using at this very moment? DataMan's new Stopwatch widget lets you track your usage right from your iPhone's Notification Center.
The mobile app analytics company continues to add features and says it has no plans for an acquisition or an IPO.
Keeping track of your data usage throughout each billing cycle is easier than ever when using Android's latest flavor, Lollipop.
One day after the FCC adopted new Net neutrality rules, consumers are left scratching their heads about what it means for their Web-surfing experience. Has anything really changed?
Now you can see at-a-glance if you're getting close to your monthly limit.
Twitter reports revenue and profit above analyst expectations, but the company also shows that more people were on the social network and using it longer.
Roku is No. 1 for set-top-box purchases and usage, and the gulf between it and No. 2 Apple is widening, a study says -- but opportunity may rouse the sleeping giant.
With users now spending 60 percent of their Internet time on mobile devices -- the majority of that within apps -- Pandora, Instagram, and Facebook are seeing a surge in mobile use.
Just ahead of Apple's HealthKit and Google's rumored Google Fit, health and fitness apps skyrocket with a 62 percent increase in usage -- that's a rate 87 percent faster than the rest of the app industry.


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Greylite: Greylisting for Qmail
Version 1.1 of Greylite, a greylisting implementation for the Qmail mail server was released a couple of days ago.
Greylite is not a patch for the mail server but resides in the Qmail chain. Greylite requires an Sqlite 3 database and Qmail running on the Tcpserver super server which listens for incoming connections and understand access restrictions like Tcpwrapper.
Greylisting involves denying all initial delivery attempts. Regular MTAs will attempt to redeliver, spammers and wormers will typically not, and this makes greylisting a useful technique for fighting spam. To avoid unnecessary delays to legitimate mail, Greylite uses a variant on this techniqe: servers that have passed the test once before are added to a whitelist and can deliver mail without restrictions in future.
The C source code of the program is available from the project homepage under the revised BSD license. In the few days since version 1.0 was released, the developers have made a number of improvements: Greylite no longer waits infinitely if the other end fails to respond but removes obsolete requests from the database.
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'Baking' these tasty tomatoes on the grill gives them a nice smoky flavour.
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What do you look for in a thematic composition reader? Certainly classic essays that every student should read, as well as fresh selections that showcase some of the best new writing; plus an array of engaging themes that point toward the disciplinary thinking and writing students will have to perform as undergraduates; and helpful support that moves students from critical reading to thoughtful writing to using sources and revising. The Arlington Reader: Themes for Writers offers all this—and more. It is the least expensive and most manageable full-service thematic reader on the market, with a price students can afford and in a size they'll be happy to carry in their backpacks. The fourth edition includes a substantial new mini-rhetoric, with three full chapters of critical reading and writing process instruction, as well as new topics and readings that will challenge students' assumptions and spark considered writing. The print text is now integrated with e-Pages for The Arlington Reader, designed to take advantage of what the Web can do.
Author Biography
Lynn Z. Bloom is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and holder of the Aetna Chair of Writing at the University of Connecticut. Previously, she taught and directed writing programs at Butler University, the University of New Mexico, and the College of William and Mary, and she chaired the English department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Bloom's publications include composition studies, biography, autobiography, creative nonfiction, poetry, reviews, articles, book chapters, and textbooks. Her numerous books range from Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical to The New Assertive Woman to her current works, The Seven Deadly Virtues and Other Lively Essays and Writing and Teaching Writing in Troubled Times.
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Just after the holidays we went to Berlin for the exchange with the pupils of the "Gabriele von Bullow Gymnasium" we were with four nice teachers Mrs De Bel Air ,Mrs Grasland, Mr Roche and Mr Fontaine the organiser of the trip .It was very nice to do the trip with them .
After 21hours of bus we arrived in Berlin at 15 o'clock and we were very happy to met our pen pal and to pass the week end with them.On The saturday night I go to the conformation of one member of my pen pal's familly and I go to bed at midnight I was very tired. On sunday we make a party for the birthday of my pen pal's mother and all his familly was there.
On the sunday afternoon with the friends of my pen pal and with his stepfather we make a bowling and it was great.
On monday we were very happy to go to the college to met our friends and to tell to them our experiences in the host famillies after a lots of stories the bus arrived and we visited the western part of berlin by bus explain by a german teacher .Afterwe go to the east side gallery ,to Check point Charlie and all about the Berlin wal and the Cold war.After a lunchwe take some pictures near the Brandburg gate thinking about our next visit the reichstag dome where we saw a beautifull view of berlin.(The reichstag is a big place wich is like our"assemblée Nationale").
After a little passage near the chancellery where Angela Merkel work we did a bowling in Tegel with all the french pupils and their penpals.
It was a very great day!
On tuesday we visited the garden of Charlottenburg castel and Afterwards we did I think one of the favourites visits of the boys the olympic stadium :the place of the story of Hitler and Jesse Owens during the olympics games of 1936, the head butt of Zidane during the football world cup of 2006 and the World records of Usain Bolt on 100 and 200 m during the athletic world championship of 2009 on the blue lane.
For the afternoon we went to the holocaust memorial for the europeans jewish it is a giant place with 2711 stones wich was built by the architect Peter Eisenman.At the end of the day we entered on the museum wich is situated under the memorial .
On wednesday we visited the concentration camp for women of
Ravensbruck we went to the guardians houses ,to the prison , to the
crematorium furnace and to the memorial where a pupil put a flower
spray because a member of her familly was killed by the nazis on
this camp after a short time of silence we ate a picnic in the
nearest city. At the end of the day we visited the gardens of the
Rheinsberg castel where there is a huge lake.
On Thursday we went to Cecilienhof castel where Staline ,the americans presidents roosevelt and truman and the two english prime ministers Churchill and atlee had signed the Potzdam agreement .After a short time of shopping in potzdam we go to Sans souci castle where we drive around the gardens wich are beautifulls.on the night we went to a party in Fontane House wich is a big house for made parties.
On Friday we did shopping in a big avenue the Kurfurstendamm where we buy presents for our familly .Afterwards we took the U banh to Alt-Tegel .I pass all the afternoon with my pen pal and we ate carry wurst a speciality from Berlin.At 4 o'clock my host familly bring me back to the bus .
On saturday after a bab night in the bus and 21 our in the bus we arrived in rennes very tired at 13 o'clock very happy of the trip !
thanck you very much"dankeschön to all the teachers who go with us !!!


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Googleplex | |
The south side of the Googleplex
Built | 2004 |
Location | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States |
Address | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 |
The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google, Inc., located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States, near San Jose.
The original complex with 2 million square feet of office space is the company's second largest square footage assemblage of Google buildings (The largest Google building is the 2.9 million square foot 111 Eighth Avenue building in New York City which Google bought in 2010). Once the 1.1 million square foot Bay View addition comes on line in 2015 the Googleplex will be the largest collection of Google buildings with 3.1 million square feet of space.[1]
"Googleplex" is a portmanteau of Google and complex and a reference to googolplex, the name given to the large number 10(10100), or 10googol (with complex meaning a complex of buildings).
Facilities and history[edit]
Original campus[edit]
SGI Campus[edit]
The site was previously occupied by Silicon Graphics (SGI). The office space and corporate campus is located within a larger 26-acre (110,000 m2) site that contains Charleston Park, a 5-acre (20,000 m2) public park; improved access to Permanente Creek; and public roads that connect the corporate site to Shoreline Park and the Bay Trail. The project, launched in 1994 was built on the site of one of the few working farms in the area and was city owned at the time (identified as "Farmer's Field" in the planning documents),[3][4] was a creative collaboration between SGI, SWA Group of San Francisco, Sausalito, and the Planning and Community Development Agency of the City of Mountain View.[citation needed] The objective was to develop in complementary fashion the privately owned corporate headquarters and adjoining public greenspace. Key design decisions placed parking for nearly 2000 cars underground, enabling SWA to integrate the two open spaces with water features, shallow pools, fountains, pathways, and plazas. The project was completed in 1997. The ASLA noted that the SGI project was a significant departure from typical corporate campuses, challenging conventional thinking about private and public space and awarded the project the ASLA Centennial Medallion in 1999. [5]
STUDIOS Architecture was the executive architect for the original SGI campus, and provided both interior architecture and base building design.
Google campus[edit]
The former SGI facilities were leased by Google beginning in 2003.[6] A redesign of the interiors was completed by Clive Wilkinson Architects in 2005. In June 2006, Google purchased some of Silicon Graphics' properties, including the Googleplex, for $319 million.[7][8]
Since the buildings are of relatively low height, the complex sprawls out over a large area of land. The interior of the headquarters is furnished with items like shade lamps and giant rubber balls. The lobby contains a piano and a projection of current live Google search queries. Facilities include free laundry rooms (Buildings 40, 42 & CL3), two small swimming pools, multiple sand volleyball courts, and eighteen cafeterias with diverse menus. Google has also installed replicas of SpaceShipOne and a dinosaur skeleton.[9][10]
Since 2007 the site has featured a series of solar panels covering the rooftops of eight buildings and two solar carports, and capable of producing 1.6 megawatts of electricity. At the time of installation Google believed it to be the largest in the United States among corporations. The panels provide the power needed for 30% of the peak electricity demand in their solar-powered buildings.[11]
Four 100kW Bloom Energy Servers were shipped to Google in July 2008, making Google the first customer of Bloom Energy.[12][13]
The Android lawn statues (previously outside of Building 44 on Charleston Road), are now located on the Google campus at 1981 Landings Drive (at 37°25′06″N 122°05′17″W / 37.4184135°N 122.0879531°W), and include a giant green statue of the Android logo and additional statues to represent all the versions of the Android operating system.
Bay View addition[edit]
In 2013 construction began on a new 1.1 million square foot headquarters campus dubbed "Bay View" adjoining the original campus on 42 acres leased from the NASA Ames Research Center and overlooking San Francisco Bay at Moffett Federal Airfield. The estimated cost of the project is $120 Million with a target opening date of 2015.[14][15][16][17]
NBBJ is the architect and this is the first time Google has designed its own buildings rather than moving into buildings occupied by previous businesses.[18]
The addition is off the northeast corner of the complex, by the Stevens Creek Nature Study Area/Shoreline Park. Before announcing the construction, Google, through its in-house real estate firm, Planetary Ventures, sought permission from the city of Mountain View to build bridges over the Stevens Creek.[19] Google's 2012 year-end annual report noted it can develop only 7 acres of the 42-acre site.[20]
The Googleplex is located between Charleston Road, Amphitheatre Parkway, and Shoreline Boulevard in north Mountain View, California close to the Shoreline Park wetlands. Employees living in San Francisco, the East Bay, or South Bay may take a free wifi-enabled Google shuttle to and from work. The shuttles are powered by a fuel blend of 95% petroleum diesel and 5% biodiesel, and have the latest emissions reduction technology.[21][22] One of Google's shuttles is free to anyone traveling from the downtown Mountain View Caltrain station to the business park around the Googleplex.[23] Googleplex was also the main filming location for the 2013 film The Internship.[citation needed]
To the north lies the Shoreline Amphitheatre and Intuit, and to the south lies Microsoft Corporation's Silicon Valley research complex, the Computer History Museum, and Century Theatres. Moffett Field lies nearby to the east.
Other Google Mountain View locations[edit]
Google in its 2012 year end annual report said it had 3.5 million square feet of office space in Mountain View.[20]
Google has another large campus in Mountain View dubbed "The Quad" at 399 N Whisman Road about 3 miles from the Googleplex.[24]
In addition, the secret Google X Lab, which is the development lab for such items as Google Glass, is located in "ordinary two-story red-brick buildings" about a half mile from the Googleplex. It has a "burbling fountain out front and rows of company-issued bikes, which employees use to shuttle to the main campus."[25]
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- Android lawn statues
- Planet Google (book)
- The Internship (2013 film)
- ^ Strickland, Jonathan (2008-08-04). "HowStuffWorks "Introduction to How the Googleplex Works"". Howstuffworks.com. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ Kelly, Caitlin (2012-04-28). "Google Course Asks Employees to Take a Deep Breath". The New York Times.
- ^ Mountain View, CA - Nicholas Perry - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ^ http://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=14618&page=1&dbid=0
- ^ "Medallion Sites". American Society of Landscape Architects. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ^ Olsen, Stefanie (2003-07-13). "Google's movin' on up with Sujeet Kumar and Manohar Patti". CNET News.com (CNET Networks, Inc.). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ Mills, Elinor (2006-06-14). "Google buying its Mountain View, Calif., property". CNET News.com (CNET Networks, Inc.). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ Conrad, Katherine (June 14, 2006). "Google to purchase Mountain View buildings". San Jose Mercury News (AccessMyLibrary). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ Weinberg, Nathan (2007-11-08). "Yes, Google Has The Dinosaur". google.blognewschannel.com. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ Mohney, Chris (2007-02-06). "25 things to see at the Googleplex before you die". Valleywag. Gawker Media. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Reducing our Footprint". Google. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
In Mountain View, CA, for example, we currently have a 1.6 megawatt solar power system that generates 30% of the peak power necessary to fuel the buildings on which they are located.
- ^ NASA Technology Comes to Earth | Bloom Energy
- ^ Bloom Energy Revealed on 60 Minutes! : Greentech Media
- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/pdf/255793main_June.08.Agram.smallfile.pdf
- ^ "Google Starting Construction on New Campus - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ Goldberger, Paul. "Exclusive Preview: Google's New Built-from-Scratch Googleplex". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ "Googleplex: Google to build $120m futuristic HQ with a garden on the roof | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ Russell, James S. (2013-04-24). "Google's New Campus Has Light, Fresh Air, Low Power Use". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ http://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=58291&&dbid=0
- ^ a b "Form 10-K". Sec.gov. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ Spivack, Cari (2004-09-13). "Worth the drive". Official Google Blog. Google, Inc. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "Campus operations -- A closer look". Google, Inc. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
- ^ Shoreline Shuttle
- ^ Jolie O'Dell2011-05-17 20:17:36 UTC (2011-05-17). "Google To Open New Campus in Mountain View [PICS]". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ Stone, Brad (2013-05-22). "Inside Google's Secret Lab". Businessweek. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Googleplex. |
- Life in the Googleplex 2006 Photo Essay from Time magazine
- Googleplex East: Inside Google's New York City Headquarters, from Information Week
- A Video Tour of Googleplex on YouTube
- Biking around Googleplex on Kinomap
- Andrew Norman Wilson's Viral Video "Workers Leaving the Googleplex"


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But as she sits on the porch of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy office at the former Ojai Honor Farm site off Old Baldwin Road, she soaks in the view stretching toward the surrounding mountains and marvels at her luck.
"This position is a complete honor. I don't know how I got so lucky," said Walter, 49, of Ventura. "I've always been interested in doing work that I personally find meaningful, which led to environmental work. I'm so honored to be in this position with so many talented, smart, dedicated people who are working toward the same goal."
Walter has been hired for a three-year period as the Ventura River watershed coordinator. The idea for the position came from the Ventura River Watershed Council — a coalition of water agencies, local governments, the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy and other nonprofit groups that work to protect the watershed.
The position is funded by a grant from the California Conservation Department with matching funds from Ojai Valley Land Conservancy partners.
Walter said she sees her job as pulling together the work of the many organizations that have completed studies, started restoration efforts and otherwise worked to restore and preserve the watershed, which provides all of the drinking water for most Ojai Valley residents.
"We don't import our water. Our watershed is very rare in Southern California. We rely on it for our local water needs, which is sort of an opportunity and a curse," Walter said.
The local water supply is cyclical, with all rain occurring in a few months. And the watershed, which includes all tributaries that drain into the Ventura River until it empties into the Pacific Ocean, is particularly steep. That means the water runs downhill fast after it rains.
The watershed plan will address issues such as flooding, streamside habitat restoration, water shortages and water pollution.
"We want to strengthen the active nonprofits to get together and try to agree on the biggest issues and priorities," Walter said. "We want to look at how to work together to be more efficient and effective."
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MPS&A added that the Adherence Performance solution is the second offering from its Informatics Program, which focuses on providing pharmacies with actionable data. The first, its Business Optimization solution, was released to large chain and outpatient pharmacies last year. The reports focus on operations analysis and highlight actions that pharmacies can take to boost efficiency and mitigate the cost of business.
"Within a few months of introducing our Business Optimization reports, we helped some customers increase their central fill pull-through rates to save thousands of dollars per month on inventory costs," Ray stated. "We also pinpointed areas for efficiency improvement during dispensing that helped a customer reduce wait times by 38%. Based on these results, we're confident that our Adherence Performance reports will bring results for our customers too."
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Compensating for Long-Term Value Creation in U.S. Public Corporations
Three categories of performers are rewarded for value creation in U.S. public corporations. They are: (1) the executives who manage the corporations; (2) the directors who oversee the performance of these corporations; and (3) the individual asset managers and others who provide investment services to investors who own, directly or indirectly, these corporations.
The following post takes a look at the correlation between the long-term incentive compensation of these three categories of performers and long-term value creation in U.S. public corporations that is attributable to them. In fact, such correlation appears to be limited. In addition, the article will consider a definition of "long-term" value creation, the roles of these three categories of performers in creating "long-term" value and the methods of compensating these different categories of performers in their respective roles in "long-term" value creation.
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Evaluating Pension Fund Investments Through The Lens Of Good Corporate Governance
I understand today's participants include a number of trustees and asset managers for some of the country's largest public and private pension funds. Without a doubt, pension funds play an important role in our capital markets and the global economy. This is due, in part, to the fast growth in pension fund assets, both in the public and private sectors.
For example, since 1993, total public pension fund assets have grown from about $1.3 trillion to over $4.3 trillion in 2011. Over that same period, total private pension fund assets more than doubled from roughly $2.3 trillion to over $6.3 trillion by 2011. As of December 2013, total pension assets have reached more than $18 trillion. This growth was fueled by many factors, including the rise in government support of retirement benefits, and the increased use by companies of pension plans as a way to supplement wages.
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Private Equity Management of Fees and Expenses: A Cautionary Tale
In recent weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that it is closely reviewing how private equity fund advisers disclose the allocation of fees and expenses to their investors. The SEC is primarily implementing this review through the Presence Exam Initiative (the Initiative), which has been initiated through the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE). [1] Under the Initiative, the SEC has examined more than 150 newly-registered private equity advisers. According to the OCIE, the goal is to examine 25% of the new private fund registrants by the end of the year. The SEC has indicated that over 50% of the newly-registered private equity fund advisers that it has examined to date have either violated the law or have demonstrated material weaknesses in their controls related to the allocation of fees and expenses. The SEC has identified inadequate policies and procedures and inadequate disclosure as related issues, with deficiencies in these arenas running between 40% and 60% of all adviser examinations conducted, depending on the year. This sheer number of perceived deficiencies likely will result in increased regulatory investigations, enforcement activity and possible sanctions, as well as increased exposure to investor-initiated lawsuits. As a result, (i) sophisticated fund investors will likely start asking questions to determine whether their fund managers engage in these practices and (ii) private equity firms should consider compliance and disclosure practices that can help limit this exposure.
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Risk Choice under High-Water Marks
High-water mark (HWM) contracts are the predominant compensation structure for managers in the hedge fund industry. In the paper, Risk Choice under High-Water Marks, forthcoming in the Review of Financial Studies, I seek to understand the optimal dynamic risk-taking strategy of a hedge fund manager who is compensated under such a contract. This is both an interesting portfolio-choice question, and one with potentially important ramifications for the willingness of hedge funds to bear risk in their role as arbitrageurs and liquidity providers, especially in times of crises. High-water mark mechanisms are also implicit in other types of compensation structures, so insights from this question extend beyond hedge funds. An example is a corporate manager who is paid performance bonuses based on record earnings or stock price and whose choice of projects influences the firm's level of risk.
SEC v. Contorinis: SEC gets Powerful New Tool—For Now
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has broadened the Securities and Exchange Commission's power to seek civil disgorgement of profits from insider trading violations even where an individual did not personally profit from the illegal trades.
In its panel opinion in SEC v. Contorinis, decided on February 18, the Second Circuit upheld a trial court order requiring that Joseph Contorinis, the former managing director of the Jeffries Paragon Fund, disgorge more than US$7 million in unlawful profits obtained by the fund as a result of Contorinis's trading on material nonpublic information. This is despite the fact that he did not trade with his own personal assets and his personal compensation from the trades amounted to only US$427,875.
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Carried Interests: Current Developments
The tax status of so-called "carried interests," held by private equity fund sponsors (and benefitting, in particular, the individual managers of those sponsors) is the subject of this post. A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit holding that a private equity fund was engaged in a trade or business for purposes of the withdrawal liability provisions of ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) has caused considerable comment on the issue of whether a private equity fund might also be held to be in a trade or business (and not just a passive investor) for purposes of capital gains tax treatment on the sale of its portfolio companies. Proposed federal income tax legislation, beginning in 2007 and continuing into 2013, also has raised concern as to the status of capital gains tax treatment for holders of carried interests. The following post addresses both of these developments.
Valuing Private Equity
In our recent NBER working paper, Valuing Private Equity, to value PE investments, we develop a model of the asset allocation for an institutional investor (LP). The model captures the main institutional features of PE, including: (1) Inability to trade or rebalance the PE investment, and the resulting long-term illiquidity and unspanned risks; (2) GPs creating value and generating alpha by effectively managing the fund's portfolio companies; (3) GP compensation, including management fees and performance-based carried interest; and (4) leverage and the pricing of the resulting risky debt. The model delivers tractable expressions for the LP's asset allocation and provides an analytical characterization of the certainty-equivalent valuation of the PE investment.
Are Hedge Fund Managers Systematically Misreporting? Or Not?
The hedge fund industry has grown tremendously over the last two decades. While this growth is due to a number of factors, one explanation is that its performance-based compensation system creates incentives for managers to generate alpha. This incentive system, however, could also motivate some managers to manipulate net asset values or commit outright fraud. Due to the light regulatory environment hedge funds operate in and their secretive nature, monitoring managers is generally difficult for investors and regulators.
In response, recent research has attempted to infer malfeasance directly from the distribution of hedge fund returns. In particular, the finding of a pervasive discontinuity in the distribution of net returns around zero has been interpreted as evidence that hedge fund managers systematically manipulate the reporting of NAVs to minimize the frequency of losses. This literature, however, has not recognized that performance fees distort the pattern of net returns.
In our paper, Are Hedge Fund Managers Systematically Misreporting? Or Not?, forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics, we show that inferring misreporting based on a kink at zero can be misleading when ignoring incentive fees. Because these fees are applied asymmetrically to positive and negative returns, the distribution of net returns should display a natural discontinuity around zero. In other words, there is a mechanical explanation for the observed kink in the distribution of net returns. We demonstrate this effect by showing that funds without incentive fees have no discontinuity at zero until we add hypothetical incentive fees to their returns.
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Remarks to the Independent Directors Council Annual Fall Meeting
It is a privilege to appear before a group that is so important to the strength and integrity of the fund industry. Independent directors have significant responsibilities, and it requires tremendous effort and time on your part to do your job well. I applaud your efforts to learn from the professionals who are participating in this conference. The insights of the panels you heard yesterday and this morning, and those you will hear after lunch will provide valuable information.
The importance of mutual funds in the lives of American investors is clear. Mutual funds hold close to $14 trillion of the hard earned savings of over 53 million American households. The majority of Americans access the markets through mutual funds. They invest in funds, and hope their investments will grow, for many reasons—to make a down payment on a house, to save for a college education, and ultimately to pay for a retirement.
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- 1First you put some "adobo" to your tenderloins, then cut your peppers julianne style and the onions. Peel and smash the garlic.
- 2Then put everything in a big bowl together, the chicken,garlic,onion and the peppers and the dry wine and cover the bowl and put it in the fridge for 2 hours.
- 3Use a big pan or "caldero" put some olive oil and the put everything inside and cover it on a medium tempeture.You will see all the liquids from the veggies and chicken and you are going to wait until the chicken is cooked and tender. then uncover the pan and wait until all the liquid disappear and always stir the chicken so doesn't get burn, you just want to get some caramel color on the chicken. You can serve this with pasta or white rice and if you like some tostones on the side ( friend plantains)
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I know this is an old subject but, honestly Im sick of it always coming back up to haunt my friends and I.
The "bros" is nothing but a word people. It is a way to say how close all of our characters are together and that is all!
They are FRIENDS, not a group of characters you have to think are popular or whatever just because we draw a particular way or whatever it is that makes us popular even.
I dont find myself to be worth a damn to anyones time, okay? I dont deserve to be treated better or differently than anyone else. I just want everyone i the coomunity to think the same as everyone.
Poplularity doesnt matter, it's having fun and roleplaying and drawing that does.
I honestly cant even use the title "Bros" anymore...because its just ridiculous to say to me anymore.
All they are are a group of best friends to me.
On another note, I know that some of my friends have been getting harassed and talked about when there not around. For no good reason ether, and that is just inexcusable.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says North Korea's failed rocket launch shows the country is wasting money on rockets that "don't work" while its people starve.
Obama told a television interviewer that the North Koreans have "been trying to launch missiles like this for over a decade now, and they don't seem to be real good at it."
Still, he called the failed launch Friday an area of deep concern for the United States. He says in an interview with the Spanish-language TV network "Telemundo" to be broadcast Friday evening that the U.S. will work with other nations to "further isolate" North Korea.
The launch violates two U.N. Security Council resolutions, and the U.S. says it will kill a plan to give food aid to North Korea.
BEIJING (AP) -- China is appealing to the United States and South Korea to show restraint following North Korea's failed rocket launch.
China's foreign ministry said Sunday that Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi talked with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan. A ministry statement appealed for all sides to "remain calm and exercise restraint."
The failed launch Friday heightened tensions in the region, and the U.N. Security Council criticized it as a violation of resolutions that prohibit North Korea from developing nuclear and missile programs.
The United States suspended food aid to the impoverished North.
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has spoken publicly for the first time at a massive celebration marking the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung.
Kim gave the speech praising his grandfather Sunday as tens of thousands gathered in Pyongyang's main square for meticulously choreographed festivities that came two days after a failed rocket launch.
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John M. Kamensky is a senior fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government and a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration.
The Obama administration's fiscal 2013 budget proposal unveiled the first set of cross-agency priority (CAP) goals as required by the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010. Seven of the goals are mission-related, such as doubling the number of U.S. exports by 2014, and seven focus on mission support, such as closing critical skill gaps in the federal workforce. They are all detailed at Performance.gov.
The law also requires government to designate the officials who will lead each of the goals. Many are senior White House officials. For example, Michael Froman, deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, is responsible for the goal of doubling exports.
How will the CAP goal leaders undertake their tasks? According to Performance.gov, Froman will work with eight agencies and across more than 40 programs that have a role in moving that goal forward. He faces a real challenge in creating a network spanning those agencies and programs while also engaging key players in the private sector. So how do you create a network that works?
A friend just sent me a copy of the book "Networks that Work," by Paul Vandeventer and Myrna Mandell. The book includes a set of guiding principles to keep in mind. Even if you are not a CAP goal leader but are involved in managing or creating such cross-organization or cross-program networks, the book is a valuable resource.
Vandeventer and Mandell's eight guiding principles are:
The book includes case studies of three kinds of networks to provide insight into how those principles work in action.
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