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As 2012 prepares to call it quits and retreats into the historic mists where expiring years go to join their calendrical ancestors near and far, the least we can do is thank the old boy. For, by any measure, these were a memorable 12 months, filled, in turn, by frustration and satisfaction. They encompassed a somnolent economy at home as well as a fragile European Union that threatened to fracture at any moment and take the euro with it, but managed through deft and delay to muddle through.
Besides the Old World teetering on the edge of, or already mired in, recession, worsened by a widespread veneration of austerity, the year drawing to a close was witness to a staccato recovery by a conspicuously less vigorous China; a lackluster performance of gold after decades of glistening gains; and, of all things, a neat cyclical-bull market in equities fueled by the dexterity of Uncle Ben and his counterparts around the globe in debasing their currencies and by investors' insatiable lust for yield in a zero-interest-rate world.
By no means does this exhaust the claims that the departing year can legitimately make for being extraordinary, but, at the very least, they bring into sharp relief the remarkable crosscurrents that raged from January right through its final waning hours, which were charged with anxiety spawned by the discomfiting presence of the fiscal cliff. It was, too, lest we forget, an election year, featuring the incredible implosion of Mitt Romney and triumph of Barack Obama, despite the handicap of a character tic that prompted him to give away the store every time he sat down to negotiate virtually anything with the perennially belligerent swamis of the GOP.
Retaining the presidency seems to have fortified Mr. Obama's spine, at least temporarily. In any event, the well-publicized, seemingly boundless enmity between the two parties hasn't been ameliorated one whit, as illustrated in their reluctance in the scant time remaining to thrash out some sort of makeshift agreement that would defer the fiscal strictures ordained by the law enacted as part of a 2011 deal to raise the debt ceiling. The howls you hear are from our beloved congressmen squealing about having their vacations from the cushiest job imaginable cut short and being forced to return to Washington in a Hail Mary effort to keep the nation from tumbling over that scary cliff.
THE PROSPECTS FOR THESE last-minute "heroics" look decidedly iffy. And further beclouding the picture is Mr. Boehner's inability to deliver the Republican vote in the House. But we can't really blame those GOP lawmakers, since they were no doubt confused by the speaker's unveiling an all-but-indecipherable Plan B, having forgotten apparently to devise a Plan A.
What we find truly absurd is how, as the clock ticked on, the markets complacently put their faith in the notion that the "smart money" (whoever they might be) was darn-near unanimous in endorsing the shibboleth that a deal had been cut by the legislators to circumvent the ever-more-menacing fiscal cliff. All by themselves, even casual spectators of the investment scene would almost instinctively know that when the consensus is so overwhelming, it's rarely right.
Even as we scribble these lines, the president is huddling with the so-called leaders of both parties to have one more shot at patching together a detour around that daunting cliff. Anything is possible, of course, but it would take the mother of all miracles to achieve a political truce that's an absolute prerequisite for that to happen, and Washington is not famous for conceiving even minor miracles.
The received opinion on the Street is that should all these last-ditch efforts come to naught, both the economy and the markets are destined to keel over. Obviously, it doesn't take all that much insight to come to that conclusion, and up to a point, it echoes our feeling. We suspect, though, that the impact will be greater on the markets than on the overall economy. And we draw some comfort from the fact that two economists, Michael Darda of MKM Partners and Paul Kasriel of Econtrarian, whose calls over the years have mostly been on the money and whose judgment we respect, don't think the world necessarily is coming to an end should we go over the cliff.
In his latest dispatch, Michael notes that an abrupt drop in consumer confidence in December as measured by the Conference Board, to 65.1 from the previous month's 71.5, got a lot of media coverage that connected it with the looming fiscal cliff. What didn't get more than a speck of attention was that the entire decline in Jane and John Q's confidence was in the volatile "expectations" category. By contrast, the "present situation index" advanced to a new cyclical high last month, and "jobs hard to get" hit a new low since recovery began.
None of this, commented Michael, is to say "there are no signs of risk aversion." Among them was that velocity of money remains depressed and "investors are literally paying the federal government to borrow from them" (which he takes as "making a mockery" of fears that the U.S. is headed for a fiscal crisis). He points out that the one comparable recession during the past 100 years, in 1945, involved a fiscal 10 times the size of the fiscal cliff and was also associated with a slowdown in monetary growth at a time when the velocity of money was falling. The Fed, Michael says, is making what he dubs "an open-ended effort to avoid such a scenario," and he believes it has a good chance to succeed.
Paul Kasriel retired last April as the designated prognosticator and economy-watcher for Northern Trust and is no stranger to this sacred space. What we particularly like about Paul are his willingness to stand apart from the crowd in sizing up the economic outlook and his leavening sense of humor, a missing element from most practitioners of the dismal science. Both qualities were very much in evidence in a recent paper he put out taking issue with the idea embraced by what he calls "the economist quacks" that we're headed for hell in a handbarrow (aka recession) if taxes go back to where they were during the Clinton era.
"I keep hearing," he explains, "that if tax rates and revenues rise, a huge amount of spending power will be sucked out of the economy." He asserts that's rubbish. "The Treasury is going to collect higher taxes from me and either transfer them to you or buy something from you. In other words, an increase in tax revenues will not 'suck' spending power out of the economy, but rather redistribute that spending power." He readily grants that "you may not like the outcomes of this redistribution," but suggests you not confuse it with a net decline in spending as a whole.
Paul also takes issue with the idea that Uncle Sam's spending is out of control. Does anyone bother to take a gander at the data? he wonders. No question that outlays soared when the economy fell out of bed at the start of the recession, and money was wildly pumped into the financial system and the like to contain the damage.
But when the concern that the recession would morph into depression subsided, so did the level of government spending. Since early 2010, growth in such expenditures, including entitlements, defense, interest, waste, and fraud have been, Paul reckons, "quite tame," indicating to him that the $1 trillion reduction in spending authorized by Congress back in 2011 "is biting."
We can't say we buy every bit of either Paul's or Michael's analyses and arguments. But we cotton to their contrarian take on the economy and the presumed fiscal crisis as worth sharing with you.
OUR FRIENDS AT BESPOKE Investment Group have come up with their variation of the "Dogs of the Dow" approach to playing the market. It consists of buying the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the start of every year. Last year, investors using this strategy found themselves barking up the wrong tree: The Dogs were up more than 7%, but the other 20 had an average gain of more than double that amount.
Nonetheless, over the years the Dogs have acquitted themselves quite well. So Bespoke has thoughtfully provided the likely pack for 2013 and their yields as of last week:
AT&T T -0.33585222502099077% AT&T Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD35.61 -0.12 -0.33585222502099077% /Date(1436216429398-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 25243087 AFTER HOURS USD35.75 0.140000000000001 0.39314799213704016% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 397188 P/E Ratio 32.372727272727275 Market Cap 185545887622.833 Dividend Yield 5.279415894411682% Rev. per Employee 523901 More quote details and news » (ticker: T), 5.27%; Verizon Communications VZ -0.3389830508474576% Verizon Communications Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD47.04 -0.16 -0.3389830508474576% /Date(1436216459130-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11874254 AFTER HOURS USD47.13 0.0900000000000034 0.1913265306122449% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 177489 P/E Ratio 19.764705882352942 Market Cap 192504592369.451 Dividend Yield 4.6768707482993195% Rev. per Employee 723322 More quote details and news » (VZ), 4.70%; Intel INTC -1.6854851906398298% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD30.04 -0.515 -1.6854851906398298% /Date(1436216400539-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 30794907 AFTER HOURS USD29.97 -0.0700000000000003 -0.23302263648468707% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1673158 P/E Ratio 12.728813559322035 Market Cap 144952921447.754 Dividend Yield 3.195739014647137% Rev. per Employee 523777 More quote details and news » (INTC), 4.28%; Merck MRK -0.20808045777700712% Merck & Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD57.55 -0.12 -0.20808045777700712% /Date(1436216712761-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7815073 AFTER HOURS USD57.74 0.190000000000005 0.3301476976542137% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 239073 P/E Ratio 14.909326424870466 Market Cap 162930543174.032 Dividend Yield 3.1277150304083405% Rev. per Employee 588414 More quote details and news » (MRK), 4.08%; DuPont DD 0.01666944490748458% E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD60 0.01 0.01666944490748458% /Date(1436216553239-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8108789 AFTER HOURS USD60.25 0.25 0.4166666666666667% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 30937 P/E Ratio 17.191977077363898 Market Cap 54305169120.1183 Dividend Yield 3.1032056293979666% Rev. per Employee 544730 More quote details and news » (DD), 3.78%; Hewlett-Packard HPQ -0.39100684261974583% Hewlett-Packard Co. U.S.: NYSE USD30.57 -0.12 -0.39100684261974583% /Date(1436216569908-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11531255 AFTER HOURS USD30.57 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 49897 P/E Ratio 12.228 Market Cap 55438878513.5578 Dividend Yield 2.3029113509977104% Rev. per Employee 355334 More quote details and news » (HPQ), 3.66%; General Electric GE -1.755041075429425% General Electric Co. U.S.: NYSE USD26.31 -0.47 -1.755041075429425% /Date(1436216454359-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 27499061 AFTER HOURS USD26.35 0.0400000000000027 0.15203344735841884% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 359046 P/E Ratio 273.4927234927235 Market Cap 269833403949.842 Dividend Yield 3.4967692892436335% Rev. per Employee 482115 More quote details and news » (GE), 3.61%; Johnson & Johnson JNJ -0.24380333197887039% Johnson & Johnson U.S.: NYSE USD98.2 -0.24 -0.24380333197887039% /Date(1436216534029-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6721532 AFTER HOURS USD98.31 0.109999999999999 0.1120162932790224% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 96264 P/E Ratio 17.567084078711986 Market Cap 290435670725.638 Dividend Yield 3.054989816700611% Rev. per Employee 580258 More quote details and news » (JNJ), 3.45%; and McDonald's MCD -0.5407091608609753% McDonald's Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD95.65 -0.52 -0.5407091608609753% /Date(1436216418900-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3817832 AFTER HOURS USD95.9 0.25 0.26136957658128596% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 34634 P/E Ratio 21.446188340807176 Market Cap 92180387203.6468 Dividend Yield 3.554626241505489% Rev. per Employee 63571.2 More quote details and news » (MCD), 3.43%.
In a fey touch, Bespoke points out that the lowest-yielding Dow stock at the end of last year was Bank of America BAC -0.5284791544333529% Bank of America Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD16.94 -0.09 -0.5284791544333529% /Date(1436216456900-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 57910000 AFTER HOURS USD16.99 0.0499999999999972 0.29515938606847697% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 816886 P/E Ratio 25.55438225976769 Market Cap 178850763558.876 Dividend Yield 1.1806375442739079% Rev. per Employee 426549 More quote details and news » (BAC), with a gain of upward of 106%.
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Update on expelled Dawson student
Hamed Al-Khabaz is the Dawson College student who was expelled from school after exposing a serious vulnerability in the school's online portal system. The flaw left personal data from thousands of students exposed. He spoke to Daybreak's Mike Finnerty again this morning to tell us about developments in his story.

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Serena Williams stayed on track for a third consecutive Grand Slam title with a 6-1, 6-3 win Saturday over Ayumi Morita in the third round of the Australian Open. Williams, who won last year's Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles, showed no discomfort from the right ankle injury she sustained in the first round. She'll play her fourth-round match against Maria Kirilenko, who beat Yanina Wickmeyer earlier Saturday. Williams won six games in a row to end her match with Morita, coming back from a 3-0 deficit after losing her serve with a double-fault on break point in the second game of the second set.
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Sell Corning And Buy GT Advanced Technologies
Posted by: FinanceGuru (IP Logged)
Date: April 25, 2014 12:31PM
Corning's (GLW) shares are have perfomered consistently in the last few months. However, the potential scenario of losing Apple as its customer to GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) may change that trend. If reports are to be believed, Apple's (AAPL) next iPhone will come with a sapphire display, instead of Corning's Gorilla Glass, and this can largely hurt Corning's revenue going forward. In addition, the company also has many other headwinds and should be avoided at current prices.
A chink in the Armor?
Majority of Corning's sales were dominated by record purchases in display and the high demand in LCD glasses, mainly because of the increase in market demand for bigger size screens in televisions. The numbers in fourth quarter being up to standards, The company's management remains quite satisfied with the performance. The company's management, however, does expect decline in the prices of LCD.
GT Advanced Technologies' sapphire display's foray into the market has hurt Corning's gorilla glass sales massively. One could tell it wasn't very surprising that Corning's gross margin dipped well below expectations. Corning's nervousness has been quite obvious over the past year at the thought of losing out Apple to their rivals, GT Advanced Technologies.
A potential disaster
Corning's nervousness was made even more obvious after well reputed sources like Forbes and Canaccord reported that the next iPhone will almost certainly have the Sapphire Display, however, it still hasn't been confirmed officially. Senior Vice President of at Corning, Tony Tripney recently blasted the Sapphire Display technology, making claims about why Gorilla Glass is still a better option than the Sapphire Display. Tripney said:
1) Sapphire is about 10 times more expensive than Gorilla Glass slates.
2) Sapphire is about 1.6 times heavier than Gorilla Glass.
3) Sapphire transmits less light than Gorilla Glass.
4) Sapphire is so hard that manufacturing proper screens out of it requires pricey machines.
5) Gorilla Glass can take 2.5 times as much pressure as a sapphire screen before breaking.
6) Sapphire display will shatter easily as compared to Gorilla Glass.
Most of the statements above are seen as a desperate attempt to retain Apple. It's obvious because the claims are largely vague and baseless, and have been proved wrong. This is widely seen as a last-ditched attempt to save Apple from the grasp of GT Advanced Technologies.
Contrary to the claims
Corning's senior VP has based his claims on the false belief that the iPhone 6 will have a display that's purely sapphire. A new technique, which involves fusing the sapphire laminate sheet and the cover glass together, that has been utilized by Apple, which would mean the display is not going to be purely Sapphire glass. Contrary to claims 1,2 and 3, Apple will not manufacture the pure sapphire displays for its next phone, that job is in the hands of GT Advanced technologies who acquired twin creek during the end of 2012 and it developed a process called the cannonball technology which produced sheets of sapphire that are thinner than human hair.
Moreover, the cost is not "10 times" the cost of Gorilla glass as is being claimed by Corning. The cost of a sapphire sheet is approximately $9 to $12, compared to Gorilla glass which is $3.
Proving claims 1 and 3 wrong, production of sapphire will not be so expensive. Their customers are loyal, they will not stop buying Apple even if they charge a few more Dollars. The large scale production will bring down the overall cost in the future.
Scratches weaken phone's screen, which make it more prone to shattering, in which case Sapphire will be a better option because of its scratch resistant abilities for more careful users who rarely drop their phone. For users who drop their phone often, Gorilla glass is the better option for them. This also proves Tripney's last 2 points wrong.
A Sapphire iPhone Is Very Likely
The two major problems with using sapphire in smartphones are high cost and oil affinity. However, if you take a look at Apple's recent patent filings, you will be convinced that the Cupertino giant has solved these problems. Apple recently patented a technique which involves fusing a thin sapphire laminate sheet with cover glass. This means that Apple will not have to manufacture pure sapphire displays for the iPhone 6, which will ultimately bring down the cost of sapphire displays.
The Bottom Line
Considering the fact that Corning has offered a solid return of approximately 55% over the year, I believe that this is the perfect time to sell. Future looks bleak for Corning, considering the fact that Corning is likely lose Apple to GT Advanced Technologies. Thus, investors should consider selling Corning and buying GT Advanced Technologies.
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I liked Corning and made money on price appreacion and divends, while owning it, but when I saw Corning team intenionly mislead with their tests and talking points, that I knew were false, I sold, Why? I had studied Sapphire glass long before I had heard and invested in GTAT, I sold Corning, after owning both stocks for quite a while. I don't doubt they can continue to profitably sell Gorilla Glass, its a big market and only Apple will be using sapphire glass, but I got an instant distrust of the management team.
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Clearwater Township monthly meetings are moving from Tuesdays to Mondays starting in 2014.
At the December organizational meeting, the board voted to change the meeting dates to help accommodate the schedule of the township's maintenance supervisor, Mike Ludenia.
Ludenia was elected to the Silver Creek Twp. board of supervisors last year. Silver Creek holds its monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of each month - the same as Clearwater.
Since an important part of each monthly meeting concerns road and building maintenance reports, the board decided to change the meeting date so Ludenia did not have a scheduling conflict.
Beginning in January, Clearwater Twp. monthly meetings will be held the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. In the event of a holiday that Monday, it will be moved to the following Tuesday.
In other decisions at the organizational meeting, the board elected Supervisor Bruce Sobotta as board chair for 2014, replacing Dan Mol.
The board voted to keep their salaries and the maintenance supervisor's salary the same, but increased the clerk's salary from $18 to $19 per hour. Part-time road maintenance workers will get an increase from $17.50 to $20 per hour.
The township hall maintenance worker will get an increase from $15 to $17.50 per hour.
Election judges will get an increase from $12.50 to $15 per hour and the head election judge will get an increase from $14 to $17.50 per hour.
The board voted to transfer $75,000 from the road & bridge fund to the equipment and building fund to start saving for construction of a future fire hall near township hall. Super-visor Sobotta said preliminary costs for a 60'x80' finished pole building were about $250,000.
The board also transferred $225,000 from the road & bridge fund to the road project and building fund for major road projects expected in 2014. Clerk Jean Just said with the $140,000 payment from the state coming in, the township will still have a balance of about $260,000 in the road & bridge fund after the transfers.
In other business, the board recommended approval of a variance for Diana Roswell for the addition of a new foundation at 12370 Grover Ave. NW.
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Moxie the Doxy
- Category: Sewing for Kids
- Price: $8
Quick Link $moxie-the-doxy
This lovable dachshund pattern would make anyone smile. Moxie the Doxy is a quick, fun and easy pattern with step by step directions, full color photos and helpful tips for creating your own lovable litter of pups. Create your own handmade happiness! This project is suitable for beginners and would make a good sew together project for parents and children.
- body - 2 pieces of fabric1 - 18" x 10"
- legs - 2 pieces of fabric1 - 12" x 6"
- ears - 2 pieces of fabric1 - 7" x 6"
- tail - 2 pieces of fabric1 - 5" x 6"
- coordinating thread **
- linen thread, perle 8 or durable string
- polyester or wool toyfill
- 4 tiny buttons for eyes ***
- 4 buttons ¾-1¼" for legs ***
- sewing machine
- small hand-sewing needle
- 6-8" doll maker's needle
- sewing machine
- fabric scissors
- disappearing fabric marker or hera tool
- lacquered chopstick or turning tool
- fabric pins (optional)
- pinking shears (optional)
- ¼" or edgestitching foot (optional)
* Quilting cottons, linens and tweeds are suitable for this pattern. Avoid fabrics with give or stretch, as they tend to look unusual when stuffed. Fabric sizes are approximate. Please allow additional fabric for directional prints or fussy cuts.
** When choosing thread, white or cream thread will work for most light colored fabrics. For darker colors, it's best to select a thread in a shade matching your fabric. If the shade is unavailable, select a thread lighter than your fabric.
*** Safety eyes and embroidery are also suitable alternatives for the eyes. Leg buttons may be omitted. Please see government guidelines in your area regarding small parts and children's toys.


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On January 20, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC v. Iskanian, leaving intact a decision by the California Supreme Court holding that representative Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claims cannot be waived in arbitration agreements. Enacted in 2004, PAGA deputizes private citizens to seek penalties on behalf of the state by bringing representative suits for workplace violations.
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Including PAGA Representative Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Post-Iskanian
After the California Supreme Court's recent decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation, which held that PAGA representative action waivers are unenforceable under California law, employers have struggled with whether to retain such waivers in their arbitration agreements. The answer to whether such waivers should be retained is not as straightforward as one might expect.
Three Key EEO Cases to Watch on the SCOTUS Docket This Term
The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on several key questions for employers this term related to employee discrimination. When does an employer have to accommodate a pregnant employee? How about a job applicant who wears a head scarf in an interview but does not make it clear she is doing so for religious reasons and needs an accommodation? Can a court decide whether the EEOC has done enough to resolve your case? Here are three key EEO cases to keep your eye on in the coming months. Read More
PDA and Young: Pregnancy Discrimination Law to Break from Its Infancy
On the heels of the Hobby Lobby decision in late June, the Supreme Court has signaled that women's health issues in the workplace will continue to be a central issue by granting a petition for certiorari in Young v. United Parcel Service on July 1, 2014. In Young, the Court will examine whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act ("PDA"), which provides that pregnant women "shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes…as other persons…similar in their ability or inability to work," requires employers to provide work accommodations to pregnant women to the same extent they provide them to other disabled workers. The Court's review of Young comes at a time when pregnancy discrimination laws are gaining more attention and more traction, and litigation in this area is increasing.
Compelling Individual Arbitration Violates National Labor Relations Act? It Does According to ALJ
Joining the ever growing list of opinions on the arbitrability of class claims, an NLRB Administrative Law Judge recently ruled that an arbitration agreement that did not expressly bar workers from bringing class or collective actions still violated federal labor law because the employer's steps taken to enforce the agreement in court had the practical effect of doing so. Read More
Post This! Private Employers Not Required to Display Pro-Union NLRB Posters
The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently announced that it would not seek Supreme Court Review of two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions invalidating the NLRB's Notice Posting Rule, which would have required most private sector employers to post a pro-union notice of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act on their premises and websites. Read More
Time's Up: Supreme Court Upholds Enforcement of Claim Limitations in ERISA Plan Language
Christmas may have come a little early for plan administrators and companies looking for clarity in ERISA litigation. Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. that contractual limitations provisions in ERISA plans are enforceable unless the time limitation is unreasonably short or is preempted by statute. Read More
Arbitration Wars: The California Supreme Court Strikes Back In Sonic II
On October 17, 2013, the California Supreme Court revisited the enforceability of arbitration agreements in California. The Court released its decision Sonic-Calabasas Inc. v. Moreno (Sonic II). In that 5 – 2 ruling, the California Supreme Court reversed its prior decision to strike down an arbitration agreement on the ground of FAA preemption, but remanded the case for analysis of the enforceability of the arbitration agreement under an unconscionability analysis. Read More
Court Strikes Down Proposed Class of Female Wal-Mart Employees – Again!
After suffering defeat in the United States Supreme Court, Plaintiffs in Dukes et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. returned to court in California in an attempt to certify a newly defined and smaller class of 150,000 current and former female employees. On August 2, 2013, Judge Charles R. Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification, which leaves each member of the proposed class to pursue her claims individually against Wal-Mart. Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 3:10-CV-03005-CRB, Slip Op. at 2 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 2, 2013). Read More
Supreme Court To Clarify Key Issues Regarding The Permissibility Of Class Arbitration
In the last several years, the enforcement of agreements to arbitrate disputes, whether between businesses or between businesses and their employees, has become a hotly contested issue in the courts. The U.S. Supreme Court issued two significant pronouncements in this area in the past few years. In 2010, in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp., 130 S.Ct. 1758 (2010), the Court held that where an agreement to arbitrate is silent on the question of whether a plaintiff can arbitrate her claims on behalf of a proposed class of similarly situated individuals (similar to a class action lawsuit), class arbitration is not permissible. Last year, in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), the Court held that (1) under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), arbitration agreements are to be enforced "according to their terms"; and (2) state law rules prohibiting the use of "class-action waiver" provisions, in which a party waives his or her right to arbitrate claims on a class basis, are preempted by the FAA. Together, these cases stand for the fundamental proposition that the parties to arbitration agreements should be bound by the clear terms of such agreements, especially with respect to class arbitration issues. Read More


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Getting Started with Yammer: The Basics and Beyond
Whether invited by a coworker, heeded a friend's recommendation, or serendipitously discovered Yammer on your own — you're here! Now what?
Yammer is about connections – connections between people, teams, offices, information and ideas. Just by logging in and sharing "what are you working on" you're growing your company's Yammer network and building a knowledge base of information that will benefit your coworkers. Yammer is as useful as you make it, and it's up to everyone in your company to do this — including you! Yammer is like a bank — the more you contribute and deposit, the more you can withdraw.
Before you hop into your growing Yammer network to start connecting with other users, we want to make sure you're set up for success. Getting started with Yammer is easy, just check out these simple steps:
Let's start with the basics:
Complete your profile: A completed Yammer profile lets your colleagues know who you are, what your expertise is, explains your role in the company, and how they can contact you. Don't forget a profile picture!
Introduce yourself: Once you complete your profile, it's a good idea to introduce yourself to your coworkers. Make it easy for others to discover you and to want to connect with you. Need an example? Here is my introduction on my first day at Yammer:
Join groups, follow topics: Groups and topics ensure that the right information is delivered to you in real time. Join groups relevant to your job – department, projects, teams — as well as groups relevant to your life – interests, activities, location, etc. Make sure to set your notifications properly to deliver messages to you with the right priority. Topics are a great way to organize information and posts on Yammer. You can follow a topic to ensure that all conversations tagged with that topic are delivered to your feed. (See more on adding topics below):
Adjust your notifications: Yammer notifies you of each interaction you are a part of on your Yammer network via an email, SMS or IM. If you are wildly popular on Yammer (you Yammer superstar!) you may end up getting notifications, so take charge and tweak them to deliver maximum utility. You can set up your global notifications for an entire network (such as for each public @ mention, direct message, etc), as well as for each group you are a member of.
To change your notifications click your name in the upper right corner of Yammer. In the drop down menu, select "Edit Account". From there, select "Notifications", and follow the dialog to determine for what Yammer activities and groups you want to receive notifications.
Follow your coworkers and team: Follow members of your team and coworkers to get their updates delivered right to your feed in real time. To follow a user, go to their profile and click "follow." There may be some members whom you will want to follow; however, we advise to rely on groups instead of individuals for delivery of topical content. People change jobs and positions, and depending on any one person for discovery of business-critical content may be risky. That being said, you should probably go ahead and follow your boss… And your boss's boss…
You've followed the right content, changed your settings and updated your information. Now, let's get to the good part –what you can do with Yammer. Using a new tool like Yammer may be daunting at first, but you will soon realize that there is no wrong way to use Yammer — it's up to your business and your team to determine what you want out of it and how you will get there. That being said, here are the top 10 things that everyone should do:
The good stuff:
- Post a message: — a question, an update on your current project, an interesting article that others will benefit from. Don't be afraid to share content from anywhere. If you see an interesting article on your company or a competitor – you can bet your colleagues will want to know. Post to a group if the content is specific; post to the wider network if you want others to serendipitously discover it. You can also @mention (public mention) colleagues to draw them into the conversation.
- Read what your colleagues post: Skimming your feed will give you a pulse of what's happening in your organization. It will help you discover what your teammates are working on, as well as serendipitously discover what's happening across the organization — for some of that cross-functional magic.
- Like something: If you like a message on Yammer, let your coworkers know! If you "like" a message, the colleague who posted it will get a notification — it's a great way to let someone know you agree or acknowledge receipt of the message.
- Reply to messages: Take a step beyond a 'like' and share your thoughts on your colleague's post. This helps individual thoughts become conversations, connects individuals and content and answers questions. Besides, interacting with a new joiner's first post has been linked to engagement and consequent logins — especially when it comes from executives.
- View profiles: Get to know your coworkers by viewing their profiles and maybe you'll learn something new about them. If everyone fills out a profile, it helps people connect. Fill out yours, check out others to start connecting with people throughout your organization.
- Create a group: Start a public or private group for your team, department, a project or a common interest. Don't be afraid to get creative to rally coworkers behind a cause and stimulate discussions. Are you working on a project? Start a group — it's all about ad-hoc collaboration! Are you part of a team? Start a group – structured collaboration is great too. Have interests outside of work or want to explore your city (or the world) together? You know what to do!
- Use topics: Topics can be used to track messages around a certain topic (go figure!) If a colleague is following a certain topic, but isn't necessarily following you, adding a relevant topic allows for others to discover your post. To add a topic to a post, click "add topic" while composing the message or simply use a hashtag. You can also add topics to a published message by clicking "more".
- Send a private message: Some messages are best kept private Collaborate privately with one or more colleagues using Yammer private messages.
- Search for information: Find what you're looking for using search. Scan results for people, previous conversations, pages and files. Before you post your question on Yammer or dive into a new project- do a search! The information you need may be on Yammer.
- Install the desktop and mobile apps: Access Yammer right from your desktop all in real-time. Download the mobile and desktop apps to stay connected wherever you are.
By now, you should have (at least) ten items on your Yammer to-do list, but of course, there are always more to add. What tips would you add to help a new user getting started with Yammer?
52 Responses to Getting Started with Yammer: The Basics and Beyond
I love the concept, and… I am trying to like your functionality – First, please consider changing "blog" to "blog/resources" or "blog/support"- it wasn't intuitive to me so I felt frustated after a little time – Is there an obvious place to make feature requests (I just got here so I apologize but I dont see it yet at this level )? I would like to see the ability (as the admin of the network) to delete "pending" members (who someone entered a year ago before I took over network – and sadly who I just managed to accidentlaly reinvite as I cruised through the list and clicked too fast when I though I was clicking "show more" at the end of the list, uugh!) – I can't access them in any way that I can see (other to block their potential future membership – which I just did) – Two, and more important, I want to be able to set "share an update with 'my colleagues' " to share with "____" group instead (as a "default" that sticks until a user changes it – kind of like how you allow the types of conversations ones sees in the feed to be set and stick until a user changes it – I assume thats by design) – I am trying to gather a group of high level leadership and I dont want them to have to see the posts of the rank and file yet – as the "default" in their feed each time (as it may easily turn off the leadership to participate – sounds snobby, but gaining key members needs to be strategic with site support). Your SF neighbor. Dr. John 238-2904 Thanks for listening
oops – thats 3 issues combined, not two, I cant edit it (another new suggestion! hah, hah ) – sorry if I confused the last two items as I smashed them together.
Hello Dr. John,
Thank you for your comment. It sounds like you have a couple of feature requests, we welcome and encourage submissions on this site:
Post editing and a default group setting are both top voted feature requests, and are under review by our team, but are not currently available features.
It seems like you're looking to remove a pending invite; that is currently not possible.
We are happy to have someone reach out to you to talk about your Yammer network and answer any additional questions you may have. Hope this helps!
OMGrrrrrr _please_please_please add Post/Update Edit capabilities to yammer.
As yammer patient 0 (yes I brought yammer to our company) I am a BIG advocate. However, I can only delete and re-post so many times before I want to throw in the towel on yammer altogether. No I'm not a terrible writer. Rather, I'm human and I sometimes accidentally post before finished, and often see mistakes only as I'm hitting the 'Update' button.
I am pushing for yammer to be used on a specific group IT project. The lack of editing capabilities makes yammer a non-option. This is a major bummer – because conceptually, yammer is our best choice.
Hi Laura,
Sorry to hear you are frustrated. Post editing is something that is discussed frequently, but we do not have plans to add this functionality in the near future. The reason here, is that often sensitive or important information is posted on Yammer, and we want this content to remain in its original, unchanged form. Say I posted an opinion about something, and 10 people completely disagreed with. Say I then went back and edited my original post to change my opinion. This would decay the thread in 2 ways: 1. The existing replies to that thread would no longer make sense, and those who stumble upon the message later, would not be able to understand the conversation 2. This would potentially upset those who took the time to respond to my original post, as it would appear that I was going back on my word. For conversations involving policies, or company announcements – not allowing editing is important, as we don't want people to be able to "change their mind" about something later on. We understand that editing would be helpful for typos and spelling mistakes, but we think solving for static and unchanging content is higher priority. Hope this helps to explain!
Hi there Molly,
I understand your reply: integrity of the discussion thread is crucial.
On the other hand: seeing a typo after posting is a real nag. For instance: today I posted a story with an external link added, and managed to not copy the l of html at the end of the link (I am human after all…). A colleague replied with the correct link, but I want to be able to change this in my original post.
Reposting is not an option. All the other reactions will be deleted as wel (I presume).
So, why not implement one of the following:
– Being able to edit the attachments (links, pictures).
– Being able to change the post, but adding an extra feature that shows how much of the original post was changed (shown as a %); this is a common feature on forums.
In my view these are issues that Yammer needs to address to stay/become a success. It's not uncommon in The Netherlands to refer to Yammer as Jammer, which translates best as 'Bummer'). That's mostly due to the above, the below par performance of the desktop app (character delay when typing, and recently the deletion of the feature to post pictures) and accidental posting when entering (people don't use Yammer as Twitter, they want to post a story in a few paragraphs to enhance readability).
Thank you for your feedback Marcel. I will certainly notify the product team of these issues and concerns.
Does Yammer offer a media manager similar to hootsuite or tweetdeck?
Hi Lori,
Thanks for your question! No we do not offer a media manager similar to hootsuite or tweetdeck.
Are you able to use hash tagging/topics for groups? For example, if a group within yammer wanted to keep track of what other business users were saying about them, how could they? If I worked with XYZ Group, is it possible for someone to post "I really like what #XYZ Group is doing" or "I really like what @XYZ Group is doing." So far, I haven't been able to do this, but wanted to make sure.
Great question, Alex. @ mentioning whole groups is something that we are considering. We'd have to resolve how these types of notifications would appear without overpowering the notification feed. As far as topic, you can use them *inside* of groups, for an extra level of categorization. However, I don't think this is what you were asking.
How can I delete a private message?
George: Thank you for your question and for visiting our blog. Currently, it is not possible to delete a private message, but we are looking at adding this functionality in the future.
How far into the future? Is this possible yet?
Hi Erica, Thanks for your question. This functionality is not yet possible. It is something we are considering for the future, but it is not certain when or if this will happen.
Deleting a private message
I know you are looking at adding this, but it would be great to have this implemented soon so that during a company or department wide demo, one could actually show the functionality within a live account and not be worried about any confidential messages.
Kevin, I agree that deleting a private message is important. It's on our list of things to do, but we don't have a targeted date yet. Thank you for your patience!
Hi, I am a first time user of Yammer and am keen to start a group for my team as a central port to upload information which would be useful for their day to day job as well as having the ability to share ideas and wins. Is it best to start a group or new network?
We would recommend a group for this! That way, others in your company can see how your team is sharing ideas and wins. It's great for other areas of your org to see what your team is accomplishing.
Does yammer delete the function to notify via IM?
I just find EMail and SMS.
Not at this time.
My post icon keeps disappearing on my iPad – I've reloaded it any still now luck – can you help
Can you give us a bit more detail (and screenshot, if possible) by filing a ticket at help.yammer.com or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
Is there anyway I can post a message that I don't want people to be able to respond to?
No, there is not! Yammer is about open communication and collaboration, and we wish to encourage this as much as possible!
How can i send a message for 2 persons including me. If this is the case, i will receive e-mail notifiacations also..
Hi Thivan, if you send a private message to another person, you will both be included in that message. If you want to activate e-mail notifications, please go to your Account Settings and select the Notifications you wish to receive. Hope that helps!
Question: whats the difference between using the topic button to add "topic" instead of in the end of an post writing "#topic"? Is it one or the other? Or should you use both?
What happens to files we upload, like if we want to share documents. Are they indexed by search engines or are they kept private? Something in between?
The files remain private on your network and are not indexed by search engines. Of course, there may be a case in which someone on your network downloads and shares a file externally, that should have remained on the private Yammer network. If that is the case, the issue is with member education. Members should know what is okay to share outside of Yammer.
The files you upload to Yammer remain in your network, and are not indexed by search engines. There may be a case that a member of your network downloads and shares a file that should not have been made public. If this is the case, the issues is around member education. Members of your Yammer network should know what is okay to share outside of the network. Hope this helps!
Help how do I delete a comment on a thread
Hello Wen, you can delete your own comments by selecting "More" next to that particular message. You cannot, however, delete comments or posts from other people. Hope that helps!
two questions:
1. Can I see all my posts?
2. Can I influence the Editor behavior? It is pretty annoying that it autocorrects a lot in a German way (which is my browser language) but I write most posts in English.
Hi Conny,
If you go to your Profile and click "Message View" (this is located below your profile picture), you will be able to see all of your messages on Yammer. "Conversation view" will bring up all threads on Yammer that you have participated in. Currently there is no setting to change the editing functions in Yammer. We would have to assume this would be a browser setting, not a setting in Yammer.
With the desktop or web version, can Yammer make a sound when anyone posts a new item or comment?
Sorry Adam, sounds are currently not an option in Yammer. Thanks for your question!
I teach at a college and we are looking at implementing Yammer to facilitate open communication and interaction between students and faculty. However, we want to prevent students from creating external networks whose members can have generic email ids such as gmail etc. Is it possible to do this and how?
Hi there
Just like Nisha above, we are looking to use Yammer as part of our online virtual learning platform, where it will facilitate communication between students and instructors. We would like to ensure that each class of students can only interact with each other and no-one else on our Yammer network (which will need to be an external network because our students can be from different client organisations with different domain email addresses), and so to do this I understand that we can create private groups for each class. My questions are – is my understanding correct about use of private groups? Is this the best way to manage learning cohorts within Yammer? And, is it possible to set up a private sub-group within a larger private group, as we would like the students of each class to also have the facility to interact via Yammer with other students who have previously attended the course? Eg if we repeat run a course on leadership skills each month, we would like the students that enrol to become members of the leadership training group, but we would also like the students for a specific class in a specific month to be members of their own private group within the wider leadership student group. I hope that makes sense?
Hi Mark,
Yes your understanding about Private Groups is correct. Only those in the group will be able to see the content and interact in the group. You cannot, however, create sub-groups. Hope that helps!
I can't seem to find information related to editing a post. Why in the world am I not able to edit my own post? Maybe I can and just haven't figured it out. maybe I mis-spelled something, entered the wrong link, etc.
Hi Mike, we don't allow post editing. You can select "more" and delete a post, and then re-post it.
aaaagh! that is a problem. What about notes? Perhaps you could use the notes module… but can I create a new note via email? I need both functionalities (edit post *and* new item creation via email) help.
Hi Laura,
At this time we do not allow creating notes via email. You can create a post via email.
How do I create my profile?
Hi Sherri, you click your photo in the upper left corner. From there, you can click "Edit Profile". Hope this helps!
Is there any way to receive notification whenever someone uses a certain hastag? I know you can search for hashtags or scroll through the news feed but I feel this would be too cumbersome or time consuming for what we have in mind.
For example if someone posts an update saying "I would really like some advice on this #oranges", could certain people who are experts in the field of oranges get a notification saying someone has posted about it so they would know to check it out?
Hello Rhys,
Great question, but at this time, we do not have notifications for hashtags.
Hi, I have a yammer embedded feed on a monitor on the wall. How do I disable the button that requires me to press it to see the new messages? The button says "Click here so see 1 new messages". I want yammer to automatically scroll the conversations on a huge display without having to keep clicking buttons with a mouse. Is there anyway to automatically display the messages in a feed?
Hi Frank,
Yammer does not automatically update as new messages come into the feed. For a continuous stream we would recommend YammerFall. You can find more information here: http://www.yammerfall.com/
I am new to yammer and would like to see activity before I decide if I want to post or not. Is there anyway I can hide my 'online now' status so others cant see that I am logged in until I feel comfortable enough to participate??
Hi Nikki, great question! At this time, you cannot hide your 'online now' status. We want to encourage real-time communication and Online Now helps show which of your coworkers are available to talk to.


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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is working to inform Americans gearing up for their Independence Day celebrations next week that the new analysis of crash data shows July 4 is the deadliest day for teenage drivers and the motorists alongside them.
"I would really like to see the city conserve and capitalize its assets," said Valley City's newest commissioner, Madeline Luke. Two of Valley City's biggest assets, Luke says, are the Sheyenne River and a walkable downtown. Luke hopes to use her seat on the city's commission to preserve both.
"I think people are naturally drawn to water," Luke said. She has lived in various communities with rivers, which she says are beneficial to both quality of life and attracting travelers.
The North Dakota Winter Show will soon host a Flea Market and Craft Fair that will run in conjunction with a Horsemanship Seminar and Riding Clinic on Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12.
NDWS manager Dawn Riley said the process of soliciting vendors for the event began last week, and there is plenty of space for available for booths in the Main Arena of the Winter Show building.


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Thanksgiving Turkey Tips
Thanksgiving is just a few days away. My turkey is thawed and awaiting its initial brine before being cooked for the family. The Cornerstone Oregon 2010 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and 2011 Chardonnay have been dropped off at my mother's house so they are at cellar temp before dinner. For good measure, I've included a few bottles our 2012 Corallina Rosé as I find rosé to be one of the most versatile wines for the Thanksgiving meal.
My challenge this year? How to cook a 24lb turkey for a room full of foodies... Listening to Science Friday on NPR last week, Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks, Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food, offered a few ideas that I'm going to try out.
The USDA recommends cooking the bird to 165 degrees Fahrenheit for safety reasons. 165 is an instant kill temperature, where at that temperature for just few seconds any and all bacteria dies. Other temperatures will also make for a safe bird, as long as holding times are taken into consideration.
At 160 degrees, you need to hold the turkey for 30 seconds. At 155 degrees, you need to hold at this temperature for 1 minute. You can listen to the whole Science Friday story below via the provided link for more information. Cooking the turkey at a low temperature prevents muscle fibers from becoming tough, thus resulting in a tender bird.
If you want to cook your turkey low and slow, one can get their turkey down to a safe internal temperature and the desired juicy result, as long as you hold the bird at 150 degrees for 5 or more minutes. Allowing the turkey to rest for another 30 minutes should allow the internal temperature to reach between 155-160 degrees.
Jeff recommended cooking the turkey legs and breasts separately. This is due to to the muscle composition of each part being comprised of different fibers with differing proteins and connective tissues. While this takes away from the ascetic presentation of the turkey, you gain the advantage of being able to cook the legs in a way that is more conducive to their proteins and connective tissue (higher in collagen). The breasts are also able to be cooked in a manner that is beneficial for their fast twitch muscle fibers. Serious Eats recommends cooking the breasts to a temperature of 145 degrees.
There are various methods that people use to determine when a turkey is cooked. These range from seeing what color the meat is (different shades of pink, which influenced by a number of factors) to waiting for the juices to run clear. All that really matters is temperature and holding time. Be safe and use a probe thermometer.
This year I am cooking the turkey for 23 people. I plan on cooking the legs and breasts separately. The legs will be done via confit while the breasts will be roasted. All served with a generous glass of Cornerstone Oregon 2010 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir.
To listen to the Science Friday segment which inspired this post, please click here. Always remember to trust your own judgement and be careful if anyone pregnant or with a compromised immune system is at your Thanksgiving table. -Alex
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Winemaking is a journey with no end. You set goals, but as you achieve them you just have higher aspirations. The more you achieve, the more you know there is to achieve. With the two Cabernets you have we are now releasing we have achieved a goal we set for ourselves, but now our vision for what we will achieve in the future is even sharper.
Our first goal was to craft wines with elegance and finesse while still honoring the power, which is an accurate expression of Napa Valley terroir. It was also our goal to achieve wines with appropriate levels of alcohol. We do not simply want to have low alcohol levels for the sake of that alone by following some pre-set recipe, but to produce wines from grapes harvested at just the right moment, the moment that defines that vintage. We don't want underripe grapes anymore than overripe ones. Perhaps the most important thing to us is having acid levels that make the wines refreshing, even in their youth. What you will not get from us are wines suffering from the "big wine" syndrome so favored by certain well known critics. What you will get are wines that fire up your saliva glands with the zesty acidity required to truly compliment cuisine. If you like massive, oaky cabernet with 16% alcohol (no matter what it says on the label) with high pH and residual sugar you won't like these wines and we can live with that. Our first goal is to make wines we love to drink and our second goal is to find wine lovers who agree with us. We are not interested in making wines that try to satisfy the broadest range of consumers possible.
The 2010 Cornerstone Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon releases reflect well this vision. They are very different wines telling two distinct stories. We make different wines for that very reason as we find each expresses aspects of the Napa Valley well worth telling. By Napa Valley standards 2010 was a cooler vintage, which means by Bordeaux standards it was a a very good year. It reemphasizes my opinion that the problem vintages in Napa are the hot ones , not the cooler ones. The cooler weather helped us towards our goal to make balanced wines. While the "big wine" folks struggled with 2010, we loved it.
The 2010 Cornerstone Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon expresses the personality of three exceptional vineyards: Ink Grade on Howell Mountain, Oakville Station in the To Kalon district and Kairos in Oak Knoll. They weave together to produce a wine that reflects the character of the Napa Valley as a whole. The power and structure of Howell Mountain combines with the rich velvety Oakville Station and both are lifted by the bright aromatics and freshness of Kairos. However, cabernet sauvignon alone does not tell the whole story in this wine. Often I find that cabernet sauvignon on its own has a big start and finish, but can be a bit hollow in the middle. Here is where cabernet franc and merlot come in. A touch of merlot fills that hole in the middle and brings a beautiful silky texture. Cabernet franc is like MSG in a dish lifting and defining flavors. Together they achieve umami, that elusive savory personality that defines great wine.
The 2010 Cornerstone Cellars Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine of time and place. Sourced from the organically farmed Ink Grade Vineyard on the high slopes on the east side of Howell Mountain. Grown on the distinctive powdery, white tufa soils as contrasted to the red, clay based soils on many Howell Mountain vineyards, this is a firmly structured wine, which we make to express, not hide its richly tannic character. This is a wine born and made to age. I recommend waiting five or more years to let the many layers in this wine to expand and integrate. If you can't wait an hour or two in a decanter will help reveal the treasures still hiding in this young wine. Once again, a small touch of merlot is added to expand the textures on the palate.
Perhaps the most important thing to me is these wines give me the complete experience that I seek in wine: lifted aromatics, brightness on the palate, refreshing flavors and long, layered flavors that go on and on. Most of all they are wines that make me want a second glass. There is no such thing as a perfect wine, but in the fact that these wines purely represent the vineyard, vintage and varieties that gave them birth, I feel perfectly wonderful about them.
Swing for the Fences
The baseball season is long, one hundred and sixty two games. After six months of effort it can come down to one game, indeed one swing of the bat. Months and months of effort can come down to one second.
Baseball, grapevines and winemakers start and end their seasons at the same time and in the same way. Some teams are happy to go home with a .500 season while for others nothing less than a championship will do. Every year we swing for the fences expecting nothing less of ourselves than winning it all.
Our season came to an end almost two weeks ago when we picked our two cabernet franc vineyards in the Napa Valley. As usual, although Oregon and California are neighbors, the vintage experience is very, very different. In the Napa Valley it was smooth as silk. The early flowering in the spring gave us all the time we wanted to ripen our fruit to the very point of perfection. In Oregon the pace was not as relaxed as an approaching storm forced us into high gear to get our fruit in before the rains hit, which we did.
Once again as in baseball, there is more than one way to win the game. The 2010 vintage may have been difficult and the 2012 vintage warm and benevolent, but we made excellent wines in both years. Most importantly we made wines of the vintage, letting the natural character of the wines nature gave us to speak their own minds. Perhaps the biggest difference between big industrial wineries and artisan producers like Cornerstone Cellars is that their wines taste the same every year and ours don't. In baseball "small ball" often wins games, but in winemaking there is only one way to the pennant and that is by swinging for the fences each and every year.
Now as we finish the 2013 harvest, we are releasing the Cornerstone Cellars Cabernets from the 2010 vintage and our Cornerstone Oregon Pinot and Chardonnay from the 2011 harvest, while the 2012's are still resting in their barrels. Each of them tells the story of our dance with Mother Nature every vintage and we are confident you will find each of their stories as compelling as we do.
Napa Harvest Dawn
Dawn's first light breaks over the Vaca Mountains and our night harvest of Kairos Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.
Harvest Oregon 2013: Beautiful Pinot Noir
Beautful Eola Hills Pinot Noir! Its looking good at Cornerstone Oregon in 2013
Harvest Oregon 2013: Beating the Storm
A last delivery of grapes arrives as the rain really starts to come down. Winemaker Tony Rydners rushes to get covers over the bins of just picked pinot noir. We were able to get all of our Oregon chardonnay and the marjority of our pinot noir picked before the storm.
Napa Harvest Dawn: After the Storm
The last of the storm clouds depart over Atlas Peak as the sun returns to dry out the vineyards of Yountville.
Harvest Dawn
While the scene sounds idyllic, and indeed it is, there is an undeniable feeling of pressure. We get just the one chance a year to make meaningful wines from each of these sites. There are no second chances. Every decision is critical, including the timing of today's pick, which I believe we have gotten just right.
Vintage 2013 is full of potential. Our early spring combined with a warm, but not too hot summer has been ideal for developing the complexity of flavors we strive for in our wines while preserving the essential acidity, which makes them live. It is our responsibility to fully realize this potential.
The Oakville Station Merlot was of such outstanding quality in 2012 that we have decided to produce not only our first single vineyard bottling of merlot, but our first Cornerstone Merlot ever. The 2012 Cornerstone Cellars, Oakville Station Merlot will be bottled next July and released after a year of bottle age in 2015. We only produced 100 cases and it will be exclusively available to our Cornerstone Club members. Looking at the outstanding quality of the merlot we are picking this morning, I have every reason to believe that 2013 will see our second single vineyard bottling from this very special vineyard block that is tucked into the famous To Kalon vineyard.
So as it happens each year in the natural cycle that is agriculture, our goals remain the same, but Mother Nature makes the rules. Our goal is to make elegant, refined wines that elevate your experience at the dinner table. Almost every year here in the Napa Valley nature gives us the privilege of achieving our goals. It is our duty to repay that privilege by doing the very best we can do. While that's a heavy responsibility, it is also a great honor. The ultimate expression of this honor is achieved when we can share our wines with you.
Harvest 2013: Oakville Station Cabernet Franc
Picking is hard work and the team does amazing job. Here just picked Oakville Station Cabernet Franc is loaded into half ton bins.


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ASA Announces 2011 Schedule for USA Softball Junior Women's National Team
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The USA Softball Junior Women's National Team will prepare for the International Softball Federation (ISF) Junior Women's World Championship with exhibition games against the 2011 USA Softball Women's National Team, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today. The team will also briefly train in Tampa, Fla., Salem, Va., and Bowie, Md., in addition to playing in the exhibitions.
For the roster of 2010-11 USA Softball Junior Women's National Team athletes, please click here
"Since the team was formed last summer, their ultimate goal has been to win the Gold Medal at the Junior Women's World Championships," said Junior Women's National Team Head Coach Karen Johns (Whippany, N.J.). "Playing against the USA Softball Women's National Team, the best team in the world, will be invaluable for them as they prepare for the challenge of the junior teams from Canada, Japan and the other international softball powerhouses. The USA has an amazing group of junior women representing them. I know they are looking forward to the opportunity of playing in Florida, Maryland and Virginia before taking on the world, and they will be ready for the challenge."
Joining Johns on the Junior Women's National Team staff are Suzy Brazney (Huntington Beach, Calif./Head coach at Golden West College), Stacy Iveson (Prescott Valley, Ariz./Head coach at Yavapai College), Tony Rico (Huntington Beach, Calif./Coach for the Worth Firecrackers) and Joe Salvatore (Monroe Township, N.J./Coach for New Jersey Breakers). Rico, coach of the Worth Firecrackers, is making his first coaching appearance with the program while the three other assistants were instrumental in the team's Gold Medal showing at the III Pan American Championship in Bogota, Colombia, in August.
The Junior Women's National Team will play against the National Team June 24-25 at the University of South Florida, where team member Kourtney Salvarola (Arnold, Md.) currently plays under the direction of Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla.), who is also the USA Softball Women's National Team Head Coach. The teams will clash again on June 29 at LewisGale Field, home of the Salem Red Sox, in Salem, Va., and July 1 at Prince George's Stadium, home of the Bowie Baysox, in Bowie, Md.
For ticket information on the three exhibitions, please visit USASoftball.com. Tickets for the exhibitions in Salem and Bowie are currently on sale with ticket information for Florida to be announced.
The Junior Women's National Team will hold practices June 23-26 in Tampa, June 27-29 in Salem, June 30-July 1 in Bowie as well as Dec. 2-6 in Cape Town, South Africa, the site of the Junior Women's World Championship.
Competition at the Junior Women's World Championship is Dec. 7-17. Last August, Team USA, which is currently has a record of 9-0, qualified for Junior Worlds by taking the Gold Medal at the III Pan American Championships (18-Under) with a 3-1 defeat of Canada. Silver Medalists Canada, Bronze Medalists Puerto Rico, fourth place finisher Brazil and fifth place finisher Argentina also qualified out of Bogota along with the USA.
The United States is the defending Junior Women's World Champion, beating Japan 3-1 at the 2007 event in Enschede, Netherlands. Team USA has never finished lower than third in the tournament, winning silver in 1981, bronze in 1985, gold in 1987, silver in 1991, gold in 1995, silver in 1999 and silver in 2003.