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"He's an outstanding player," said Ron Guzzo, a manager at Motter's. He saw a lot of Nathaniel over a span of 20 years, because Nathaniel's instruments were often stolen from him on the streets. He would work at a Wendy's or shovel snow to save up for another.
"As I understand it, he was at Juilliard and got sick, so he came back home. He'd sit out in our parking lot on a nice day playing the cello, and we'd wonder where the heck that was coming from. It was Tony," Guzzo said, using Nathaniel's nickname.
Cello? Yes, it turns out Nathaniel started on the bass, switched to cello and has never had any training on the violin. He switched to the latter after ending up on the streets, because it fits more neatly into his shopping cart.
Everything he had told me about his life was checking out, so I figured Juilliard must be for real too.
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Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, who sleeps on the streets of the city, takes his meals at the Midnight Mission and plays a two-string violin, attended the acclaimed New York City music school on a scholarship.
Nathaniel told me a bass player named Homer Mensch was one of his mentors at Juilliard. Mensch, 91, is still teaching, and he immediately recalled Nathaniel.
"He had the talent, that was for sure," said Mensch, who remembered that Nathaniel had suddenly disappeared, never to return. I told him Nathaniel's illness had begun while he was at Juilliard and he was now a homeless violinist in downtown L.A.
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Nathaniel has memorized the phone numbers of the people who inspired him. To recall the numbers, he writes them in mid-air with his index finger. One day he gave me the home phone number of Harry Barnoff, a bass player and former teacher who recently retired after 46 years with the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Nathaniel had the potential to play with any of the major orchestras in the United States, Barnoff said. He tried to help Nathaniel through his most difficult times, offering him work around his house and taking Nathaniel's calls from mental hospitals and the streets.
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There are investments that I make which I'll focus primarily on the probability of success. Even if the "reward" – if correct – isn't that high, because the odds of succeeding are, the expected return is there. A high-grade Bond is a good example.
There are other investments that I make, which I'll focus first and foremost on the upside potential, and even if the odds aren't that great of it actually "working", it can be a worth while investment. I blogged about this several months ago as well.
These investments are obviously more speculative in nature, so the position has to be sized accordingly.
Most importantly, just because your average Penny Stock has 100x upside potential, doesn't mean it'll end up in my portfolio. (Unfortunately, I never invested in $APP because of all the risks involved.)
The ideal case (which doesn't come often), is finding an idea that has huge upside, while very little downside. I think we might have one now with $ZNGA.
Downside Risk.
$ZNGA like $FB (as I blogged about) should have never been valued at such insane valuations. So forget the fact that they were trading at $15 in March, it's irrelevant at this point.
This is what you need to know. $ZNGA @ $2.30 has a Market Capitalization of $1.91B. As of the end of last quarter, they had $1.54B in net cash & securities. They also just purchased a San Fransisco building (for their headquarters), which according to their filings is worth $272M. That gives their actual business a value of only $98.4M.
To put in "per share" terms…. $2.30 is stock price, but they have $1.86 in net cash and another .33 in their building value.
Again, the reason I'm starting with this angle, is because when purchasing a company that has a "long shot" to succeed, you first want to know what your downside risk is. In $ZNGA's case, you're talking about .11 per share or less than $100M in market value.
Of course, the stock could trade under Book Value, it can even trade under cash, it can theoretically go to zero. Don't forget however, you're not talking about a business like $RIMM or $NOK, that are burning cash. $ZNGA's operations provided $146M of cash flow the first 6 months of this year. They have over 300M monthly active users, and although their business model will continue to evolve, it's not in the same league of companies like $GRPN or $P.
The huge upside.
It all really got started in December of last year, when the Department of Justice interpreted the Wire Act to only prohibit "online sports betting" (vs prior interpretation of "all forms of online gambling"). This opened the door for online gaming legislation by the States. California, Nevada, and New jersey are leading the way.
Over the last couple of weeks, a Federal online Poker Bill titled "Poker Consumer Protection, Gambling Prohibition, Strengthening UIGEA Act of 2012″ (sponsored by Harry Reid & Jon Kyle) has been circulating. The well publicized US Fiscal issues (as well as the finances at the States level), make it more than likely that some form of legalization will occur sometime in the not too distance future.
Worldwide online gambling is estimated to be a $30Bil industry. Even in the US, where it's currently illegal, it's supposedly already a $5-$10Bil industry.
So while $ZNGA's official addressable market – "social gaming" (with virtual currency) – is currently less than a $8B market, it can easily quadruple overnight. (If legalized, i would also assume that online gambling would take away share from the $100B+ brick & mortar casinos.)
There's many reasons to why this is a "long shot". It's also almost impossible to quantify odds, and what the upside actually is.
First, we're dealing with Government regulation (and if that fails, State by State regulation).
Second, and more importantly, you have tons of players (no pun intended) in the space. Bwin.Party in Oct 2011 signed a JV with $MGM & $BYD to offer online poker if/when legalized in US. They are currently operating internationally and have a $1B+ Market Cap (London). In May, $CZR bought a majority stake in Playtika (Israeli co) to enter the space. $IGT spent $600M to purchase both Entraction in 2011 and Double Down in 2012, giving them a solid foothold. There are many other companies (public & private) that are competing in this space many of them in the "Gray market" such as PokerStars, FullTilt, Bodog etc.
According to the Bill's draft, it looks like the online players including $ZNGA would have to partner with a brink & mortar casino. This is a huge deal. Although respected #FF List twitter friends @mojoris1977 & @Legacy_Trades opined last night that $ZNGA wouldn't be able to do it on their own, I think they could. Why not? They have most of the structure in place with virtual money, they have the platform with the most users etc. There have been plenty of stand alone – non brick & mortar – successful players in this industry.
Either way, if the legislation passes as is, it's a moot point, and $ZNGA would have to find a partner. $WYNN would be the most obvious option, as they terminated their relationship with PokerStars after their indictment by the NY US attorney. There have been multiple reports of talks between the two (via NY Post, via Forbes).
I think $ZNGA is in a very good position here. They have the single largest network of poker players playing their game. They have ~7M daily active users, and ~30M monthly. Those stats are just for Zynga Poker (they also have other virtual gambling games). While some of $ZNGA's traditional games have seen major drop-offs in their DAUs, Poker has been tremendously persistent.
$ZNGA knows this very well. In last night's CEO update, Mark Pincus wrote (emphasis mine):
Today we announced preliminary Q3 financial results and revised our forecast for the rest of the year. I want to add more color to the announcement and our future opportunity.
The challenges we faced in our web business in Q2 continued in Q3 and while many of our games achieved plan, we still experienced overall weakness in the invest and express category. To address this we're further investing in other genres like casino where we already lead with Zynga Poker and blue PVP, a category we pioneered with Mafia Wars, and now have the opportunity to reinvent with the industry's best talent here at Zynga.
Bottom line.
Can $ZNGA go lower? Yes.
Do I think it goes much lower? No.
I think the company, with their 300M+ monthly active users, making money, decent business model will hang in there.
On the upside, i think there's a 5-10x return potential.
The biggest risks imo to this thesis are the continued exodus by executives and key personal, the continues share issuance by the company to acquire / maintain talent (therefore diluting shareholders), & the potential class action lawsuits/headline risks.
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Women's Basketball Chosen Sixth In One Poll, Eighth In Other
OGDEN, Utah - For not the first time in history, and assuredly not the last, there is discrepancy between the women's basketball coaches and media in the Big Sky Conference. The Big Sky office announced the 2009-10 preseason coaches and media polls on Thursday morning.
The two groups agreed on the top three picks and the ninth selection, but had the middle of the pack in different orders.
Northern Colorado is selected sixth among the coaches with 28 points but eighth in the coaches poll with 66 points.
"With the way we ended the season last year it's no big surprise we're picked where we are," said Head Coach Jaime White. "The good thing is they mean very little to us as far as how we think we will end up."
Portland State, Montana and Montana State were tabbed by both groups as the top three, respectively, while Northern Arizona rounded out both polls in ninth. The coaches have Weber State fourth and Idaho State fifth ahead of the Bears, then Eastern Washington and Sacramento State in seventh and eighth, respectively. The media ranked Idaho State fourth, Sacramento State fifth, Weber State sixth and Eastern Washington seventh.
Montana won the Big Sky title a year ago, advancing to the NCAA Tournament where they fell to Pitt. Portland State, this year's choice to win the league, made it to the second round of the WNIT falling to instate rival Oregon State.
The Bears narrowly missed the 2009 Big Sky Tournament and return seven players who started in at least one game on last year's 12-18 squad, including Big Sky Second-Team All-Conference selection Courtney Stoermer and seniors Lizzie Cooper and Whitley Cox.
"We've been very excited by what we've seen thus far in practice," said White. "We return almost everyone from a year ago, so having a more experienced team is something we haven't worked with in the past here and we are looking forward to getting things going."
Northern Colorado begins the exhibition season on Nov. 2 against Regis and the regular season at New Mexico in the first round of the WNIT on Nov. 13.
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Be it resolved that this year, knowing of my past failures to truly better myself: This year I will again try to better myself by respecting my fellow men and women and respecting the conscious, creative force that brought this universe into being. I do this fully aware that I will probably fail to become a better husband, father, citizen, Christian, friend, mentor or spiritual guide; but I vow to work on these goals. I will be resolute but make no resolutions.
Resolutions are like prayers directed to the devil … the tailed beast just sits there and smirks at our silliness. This year I decided that it is much smarter to invest in a lottery ticket than to make resolutions. If I'm destined to be disappointed, I might just as well be disappointed about my bad luck than frustrated at my inability to keep a resolution. The very worst thing that could happen would be to win the lottery. How can I say that?
If I were unlucky enough to win the lottery, my wife, Candy, would quit her job and become a full-time grandmother with necessary trips to New Jersey — or worse, the grandkids might show up here! She would very likely want to move from here; she's always talked about a penthouse overlooking Elliot Bay. She would want to travel four to six months of the year. She'd need to set up trust funds for the kids and grandkids. I'd be happy to paint the house, get a new roof and buy some better windows, maybe even a new TV. I already have good boots, walking sticks, an OK camera, a workable computer and an almost-new car.
At least maybe if she took me to Paris again, we could afford to eat out once or twice at a nice restaurant. And we could hire a guide to help us order food so that we don't order parts of a pig we never dreamed of eating!
I could see a future where I'd never get to hike again or ever see a wild creature outside of a zoo. But just maybe I'd be able to ride some trains somewhere. I do believe that a good percentage of lottery winners commit suicide, get divorced or drink way too much. Some do all three. I've been divorced and don't want to do that again. I've drunk quite a lot, but I can do that and be poor, and I'm very happy being alive — here. Alive in New Jersey is an entirely different thing!
Don't get me wrong. I really believe that I could be happy and wealthy. I enjoy nice wines and cruises and cute little bistros almost anywhere in the world. I could buy the mountain at Tubal Cain Mines and build a castle and still shop at Costco using my new helicopter to fly back and forth. I could probably fly in to church when I needed it. And I could always fly some friends in for parties on the mountain. But I'd probably be happier just staying where I am with the two cats and seeing Candy between her trips or traveling with her.
Without a doubt, the best part of being rich would be to give money away to folks who could really use it, and I don't mean political parties or candidates or even churches, schools, or medical research facilities, but real people who are hurting and in difficulty through no fault of their own.
And I have this notion that giving should be done locally and anonymously. There's no way that I could spend a few hundred millions for myself and I doubt if anyone in my family meets my definition of needy.
Alas, I was lucky this time and someone else in the state won half of the mega-millions. So I can feel free to go hiking! Maybe I'll revisit the Spruce Railroad Trail.
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Bugs story time
Hear all about bugs and read "Snail's Birthday Wish" by Fiona Rempt and Noelle Smit at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday, May 16 and May 17, at Barnes & Noble, 8136 W. Bowles Ave. For our craft we will make bugs.
For information, call 303-948-9565.
Cub Scout Pack 686 yard sale
Former Jefferson County sheriff Russ Cook was arrested in South Jeffco on Jan. 21, accused of stalking a woman in El Paso County.
Jeffco deputies arrested Cook, 58, in his home without incident, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. Kelley said her office asked Arapahoe County for assistance in holding Cook on the no-bond warrant to avoid conflicts of interest in the Jeffco jail.
Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said that Cook was transferred to El Paso County custody the morning of Jan. 23. He reportedly bonded out later that day.
A proposed assisted-living facility has grabbed the attention of several residents in the Kipling Villas neighborhood.
But that's not because of the prospect of new development — neighbors acknowledge it's bound to happen on the northeast corner of West Coal Mine Avenue and South Kipling Street. Any issue with the proposed Sunrise Senior Living facility comes with its size.
Supporters of the Foothills Park and Recreation District are preparing to direct a positive campaign should the district seek a property tax increase in May.
Residents of Kipling Villas find benefits in location. On the one hand is the system of greenbelts bisecting the neighborhood. On the other, easy access to the restaurants and retail of South Jeffco has appeal.
"We've lived here about 15 years now, and one of the reasons we moved here at the time was we wanted to be closer to Clement Park," said Ken Schauer, an active Kipling Villas resident. "The prices in Kipling Villas were lower than the prices in Woodmar, so we ended up buying a house here so we could get more for our money."
The ski ball of misfortune
Jeffco District Attorney Scott Storey says he wants to continue what he's started at the DA's office and hopes Jeffco voters will give him another four years to do it.
On Jan. 16, Storey announced his bid for re-election in November to a room full of supporters at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
Jeffco voting officials took another step in the fight to defend their voting equipment by appealing the secretary of state's decision to decertify the machines.
"Since we were prohibited from participating in the testing process, we are still only getting small glimpses into what that looked like; however, under state law, we have to proceed with this appeal with what limited information we have been allowed to access so far," Jeffco Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson said after the appeal was filed Jan. 16.
*Editor's Note: Jim Congrove announced Jan. 22 that he would not seek re-election as District 1 Commissioner, after normal print production deadlines. Look for further updates on this site and in the upcoming print edition.
Fresh off the second criminal probe he has faced as a county commissioner, Jim Congrove says he hasn't decided if he's going to run for re-election to the District 1 commissioner seat this fall.
Jeffco District 1 Commissioner Jim Congrove will not seek re-election this fall, according to a statement from the Jefferson County Republican Party.
Congrove said through the statement that he is endorsing Jeffco Treasurer Faye Griffin for his seat, which represents northern Jeffco.
Griffin will face off against state Sen. Sue Windels, D-Arvada, for the commission seat, according to filings in the county clerk's office.