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Now that voters in the states of Colorado and Washington have approved legalizing the sale of marijuana in their states, there is the inevitable showdown between these new state laws and current federal law that makes marijuana sales illegal in all states.
The laws passed in both states last week allow the recreational use of marijuana and require that the states set up a bureaucracy to license, regulate and tax those sales. That system is expected to be at least similar to the bureaucracies that exist in states to license, regulate and tax the sales of liquor, wine and beer.
In few states is the enforcement of state liquor and beer sale laws more interesting, more convoluted and more complex than in Mississippi —where the "local option" laws regulating the sale of liquor and beer produce nothing less than a patchwork quilt of "wet" and "dry" jurisdictions.
In Mississippi, you have every possible combination across the state's 82 counties. There are counties that are "wet" on beer and "dry" on liquor. There are cities that are "wet" on beer or liquor in "dry" counties. There are "split" counties in which the half the county is "wet" and half is "dry." There are "dry" counties that are "wet" in so-called "resort" areas.
There are airports in "dry" jurisdictions that are "wet." With all those crazy variations through the "local option" and the strange way that Mississippi voters choose to exercise those options, there's the "patchwork quilt" designation on Mississippi's liquor and beer laws.
Can you imagine, gentle reader, if Mississippi were ever to follow Colorado and Washington voters in marking marijuana sales legal? One would need a map, a divining rod, two interpreters, a guide dog and a bodyguard just to drive from one end of the state to the other.
Wet. Dry. High. Not high. What county is this? Are we outside of the city limits? The mind reels…
Luckily, there's more likelihood that I'll grow a full head of hair by next week than there is that Mississippi voters will legalize marijuana sales in any form in my lifetime. The political dynamic that has historically made liquor and beer referendums interesting — the point at which the interests of Mississippi's people of faith and Mississippi's bootleggers intersect — would likely remain visible.
I'll still bet on Mississippi's people of faith to win that political battle hands down. I'd also bet on Marshall Fisher and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to carry the day on the secular side of that culture war.
So while there's virtually no chance that Mississippi will be similarly situated in terms of our voters choosing to legalize the sale of pot, the unfolding standoff in Colorado and Washington will remain a source of no small amount of interest for those interested in the conflict of federal and state laws.
Congress deemed marijuana as a Schedule l controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act back in 1970. So the fact that the sale, possession and use of marijuana is a violation of federal law is not a point of any serious debate. So the question becomes just how the Obama administration U.S. Justice Department will handle the conflict.
The Colorado and Washington laws legalized marijuana sales regardless of purpose. Some 18 states have adopted laws legalizing the use of "medical marijuana." In California — the first state to pass such a law — the state primarily left regulation to individual cities. The result has been a hodgepodge of federal raids and attempts at federal prosecutions.
But for now, be thankful that the only "patchwork quilt" of laws that Mississippians have to navigate are those regulating booze and beer sales, not marijuana.
Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or firstname.lastname@example.com [1].
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Susan Yurkovich is an Executive Vice President at BC Hydro where she is responsible for the Site C Clean Energy Project, and Mike Proudfoot is the CEO of the Transportation Investment Corporation (TI Corp) responsible for the implementation of the Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project.
Gary Webster (GW): What do you see as the top challenge facing managers of major infrastructure projects today?
Susan Yurkovich (SY): I think the most significant – and in some cases most underappreciated – aspect of the planning and delivery of a large infrastructure project is related to managing all of the interrelated stakeholders and their interests. This includes First Nations, communities, regulators, customers and other stakeholders. Particularly in complex projects such as a new hydro development, project managers need to start consulting early to understand who the various stakeholders are going to be, what their issues are, and how you are going to engage with them.
Mike Proudfoot (MP): I absolutely agree with Susan; the main challenge often boils down to stakeholder relationships and managing their competing needs in a way that keeps everyone involved and motivated. Staying connected with each of the stakeholders throughout the planning and delivery cycle is always a challenge, especially in projects with long development and delivery timelines. The trick is not only in meeting the initial needs of the stakeholders, but also building an open and collaborative relationship where all parties feel they can speak openly about their role, challenges and pressures throughout the development and planning cycles.
GW: Has this influenced how you have built your project team?
MP: Certainly. Our team must include a wider range of project specialists and consultants than ever before. For example, we work with environmental consultants, First Nations advisors, engineering firms, business and financial advisors and public consultation specialists, just to name a few. Project managers must recognize the wide range of skills and capabilities that are now critical to the success of megaproject delivery.
SY: I'd echo Mike's comments. In addition to external stakeholders, project managers are also required to develop clear governance and decision-making processes right at the start of the planning phase, while remaining flexible to adapt to changing circumstances. For the Site C project, we determined early on that a project of this size requires international hydro development expertise and review. For that reason, we recruited an international Technical Advisory Board to advise on the technical aspects of the project. In addition, we have established processes for internal specialists and stakeholders to participate in the project's development, as well as third party external review. These reviews are documented and provide a platform to move forward from our decisions with the confidence that we have made the best choices for the project and have involved stakeholders input.
GW: How are you approaching risk management as part of the planning process?
SY: Again, it's all about starting early. We started with a strong and proven risk framework approach which identified key project risks in each stage of project development, and then identified who best to manage and mitigate those risks. This allowed us to incorporate principles of safety-by-design, and engineering-by-design, which means that where possible, we seek opportunities to 'design out' safety or technical risks of the project. On a regular basis, we go back and revisit the risk framework to keep it updated and develop mitigation options for review by the project's leadership team.
MP: For us, it really comes back to understanding what the risks are and then aligning those risks back to the appropriate party. Obviously, construction and design risks that relate to bridges and interchanges lies squarely with the design-builder. But the Province has retained the risks related to things like securing environmental approval certificates and property acquisition. It really comes down to being very deliberate about how those risks are evaluated and aligned.
GW: Based on your experience in megaproject planning, what advice would you offer other project managers now embarking on similar projects in other jurisdictions?
MP: If I were to pick just one thing, I would say communication. On the one hand, we've gone through great lengths to communicate all of the work that we are doing, much of which goes unseen by the public and some of the stakeholders. For example, we've been working to bring salmon stocks back to the rivers that pass through our development, which is an important environmental benefit of the project that most commuters travelling down the highway would never see or know unless we communicated it to them. We've also focused on ensuring transparent and clear communications about the impact that our development will have on every-day issues such as traffic flow and road closures. These are the issues that could easily derail a project unless they are clearly communicated.
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Durham, N.H. - The Holy Cross women's track and field team took third place in New Hampshire, finishing ahead of Massachusetts. Boston College won the overall meet with 141 points with New Hampshire in second with 131.5 points. The Crusaders finished with 93.5 points.
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English transfer Ben Stow was paired with two of his assistant coaches as well as a member of the Champions Trace Golf Club during their practice round. Due to a hectic school schedule created by the same circumstances that led him to the Commonwealth, he was forced to play in the first practice group in order to make class on time.
Stow was still new to the team, having just met his assistants and club member Jeff Garrett. While preparing for their first hole, volunteer assistant Tim Philpot laid out the situation for Stow.
"Jessie (Mudd) and I are playing you and Jeff Garrett, and Jeff is a 16-handicap," said Philpot.
Stow was first to tee off. As he teed up his ball and prepared his first shot, he looked back at the other members of the foursome and said, "Now he's an 11, because I'm a plus-five."
The English transfer promptly stepped up to his position in the tee box, wound up and launched his drive 300 yards down the middle of the fairway and went about his business.
That's who Stow is: a talented, confident, experienced player who figures to bolster a Kentucky men's golf lineup that found success in the fall without him.
Now Stow, who hasn't played in a single tournament since leaving his home in Salisburry, England in August, is chomping at the bit to compete for his new university and new teammates at the University of Kentucky.
That opportunity almost never came as concerns about credits transferring and visa issues arose.
Stow knew it wouldn't be easy, but the opportunity to test himself against some of the best competition the United States has to offer was the primary reason he chose to come to America, play for Kentucky and compete in the Southeastern Conference.
"I've competed at the highest level in Europe," said Stow. "So I was like, 'I want to go to America and see how I fare against those guys,' because there's some good players out here in collegiate golf."
Meanwhile, Stow was working tirelessly and purposefully to maintain his game as he plotted his potential move across the water hazard known as the Atlantic Ocean. He played a tournament in Iceland, the European Championship, spent six hours at home where he spent time with friends, ate dinner and was back in the air on his way to Kentucky.
It only took one visit to the United States, one visit to UK's campus - an empty summer campus with few students around - for Stow to make up his mind. He would spend his junior and senior seasons at the University of Kentucky instead of the United Kingdom.
"I sat down with my dad when I got back," said Stow. "I had eight hours on the plane, and I was like, 'Dad, I love it. I think it's the right thing to do.' "
Stow had other options. He says that South Carolina, Tennessee and Illinois each reached out to him, but Kentucky was the only place that he visited. But it was no stroke of luck that Stow randomly decided to play for Brian Craig and the Kentucky men's golf program. It all culminated with one of Craig's contacts, a valuable one that helped him land the talented European.
Terry Casey, the father of English golfer and PGA Tour member Paul Casey, had reached out to Craig to tell him about one of his players that he managed in the English Golf Union. Terry suggested to Stow that he think about playing in the United States and that he take a look at Craig's program at the University of Kentucky. Stow loved the atmosphere and the people that he met during his lone trip to the Bluegrass State.
The Atlantic Ocean was hardly the only obstacle between Stow and his collegiate golf career, however.
Often times, transferring from one college to another is a difficult process, even when both schools are in the same country. Credits don't transfer, curriculum differs, and not every institution offers the same degrees. Becoming an American student by transferring from an English university doesn't help much in those matters.
Stow and Craig waited, holding their breaths collectively waiting for a decision on whether or not Stow would be a Wildcat. It went down to the wire, but news finally broke that he would be eligible to play for Craig at UK.
Stow got over here as fast as he could, but time was ticking. Visa issues slowed the process down even more for him, and chances of him making it to campus in time for the beginning of his first semester were diminishing by the day. Looking for any possible way to speed up the process, the staff looked to Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. The Senator came through, helped speed up the process and with great haste did Stow start his voyage.
At the last possible moment, Stow enrolled at the University of Kentucky right at the end of the add/drop period in the early portion of the fall semester. And the rest, well, is still to be determined.
Stow has yet to play a single round for Kentucky, but he's already making an impact on his new teammates who have taken him in almost immediately. While some players may resent a player of Stow's status and the experience he brings to the table, the team has embraced him with the possibilities of what could be.
"Ben's got a trait that every great player has, and it's the number one trait and that's desire," said Craig. "That's where he's rubbed off on the team is in desire because that trumps everything. So that kind of desire to train and do what you need to do to get better is a great model to your peers.
"Ben's got a unique opportunity to be a leader right off the bat even though he hasn't been here very long, he's very well connected with the guys."
His desire, or as Stow calls it, "work ethic," is what has made him into a player who has built a resume that says he has earned the No. 2 ranking in Europe among players age 21 or younger, played on several continents and competed in the top European events in the sport has to offer.
"I've always been a very, very driven person. Competitive I suppose," said Stow. "When I get my work hat on, it's kind of hard to get me out of that state."
Though Stow claims he's always had something "burning inside" of him, his competitiveness and passion for the game really took off after training sessions with Ryder Cup veteran and European player Gordon Brand Jr. Brand Jr., a relentless worker who told Stow stories of his days of playing in tournaments with bandages on his hands because of cuts left on his palms due to tireless practice habits, has made a long-lasting impact.
"He said to me, 'If you work harder than everyone else, then success is inevitable,'" said Stow.
Stow has weaved those words of wisdom into his own daily fabric.
"Kind of one of my mottos when I get up and train is if I give 100 percent every day, then success is inevitable," said Stow. "If I put in 100 percent every day, I don't need to worry about being successful because I know I'm going to get there. It's just a matter of when."
Stow, however, hopes the when is sooner rather than later. He has Tiger Woods-like expectations and aspirations. After a five-month layoff from the sport he's spent his whole life passionately training for, he's ready to get back into the swing of things to prove to everyone and to himself that he's one of the very best. He's not bashful about it either.
"I'd like to be the best player on the team, have the lowest stroke average," said Stow. "I'd like to kind of get the team into the top-25 and make the NCAA Tournament. On a personal level, I'd like to eventually get SEC Player of the Year and be an All-American."
But the Englishman doesn't just want to be an All-American, or an All-European. Stow has his sights set even higher. With his tireless training and desire, maybe his goals aren't that far-fetched.
"As far as I'm concerned, the sky's the limit," said Stow. "I want to be the best golfer in the world at some point."
When January rolls around and Stow finally tees it up for the first time as a Wildcat in the Jones Cup Invitational, it will be nearly five months since Stow played a meaningful round of golf, something he hasn't done since he was 12 years old. It will be an opportunity to get a head start on the season after sitting out the fall, but also to help to get him rolling as he looks to help elevate his team to the highest level. While Stow is brimming with anticipation for the upcoming season, his head coach is just as giddy with the opportunity to add a player of Stow's stature to an already surging UK lineup.
"I'm excited because I think we have a chance to be a really special team this spring," said Craig. "We have a chance to really be good. We were good in the fall, but we have some guys I think can play better. And then with Ben in there, we've got a whole new dynamic to the lineup."


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We get ready to go.
Aaron warns us about washes that may take out the road. Sometimes you don't see the wash until it is too late so you need to pay attention. He has said this several times during our trip.
Let's go!
My camera is taking a beating and the shutter cover starts acting up.
Something looks challenging down there.
We wait for the Jeeps to get out of the way up the trail.
I climb up to a huge rock for a better view.
Some class A riders right there.
These rocks are a challenge.
I wanted to get a shot of this cool mountain with stripes. If you look down the trail you can see a really bad wash out.......no you can't.
This stretch of trail was made up of really weird slip rock.
It was solid but when you rubbed it with hand or tire it would release sand. The reason I say this is because shortlybafter taking these shots I ran up on a wash out and grabbed too much front break. It was the only crash I had all week and I slid for 30 feet on my back.
It was like a wake up call.
We stop for lunch. Trail sauage, pizza, trail mix, camel back water. No one has had a flat tire or gotten hurt.
Iron pony's.
We get on the trail and run into this gold mine.
I'm an engineer so this stuff really fascinates me.
This machine was run by steam and used belts and pulleys. Which have probably rotted away in this desert sun.
Matt is standing in front of a box that emptied into a crusher.
You can see the slucenand a tumbler.
Andy waits while we explore.
The patentnon the gearbox Matt is looking at said 1918.
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The mine entrance.
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There is increasing hostility between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea. What does the maritime dispute means for President Barack Obama's second term Asian agenda?
Most recently in the ongoing dispute, Japan has charged that its vessels and aircraft in the area have been targeted by Chinese weapons-guiding radar.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the incident dangerous, indicating it could lead to a miscalculation and an armed flare-up if China were to do it again.
"At a time when it seemed there are a signs of improvement towards increasing talks between Japan and China, having this sort of one-sided provocative action taken by the Chinese is extremely regrettable," he stated.
Beijing says Japan is stoking tensions by sending ships and planes into areas claimed by China. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying.
"Japan is deliberately spreading false information, tarnishing China's image, creating tensions and misleading international opinion," he said. "We can't help but maintain a high degree of alertness regarding Japan's true intentions."
Cato Institute analyst Justin Logan says it's a dangerous time.
"It is unnerving that you do hear both Chinese and Japanese sound an awful lot like they would fight a war with one and other over what — compared to the prospective costs of a shooting war — are worthless rocks," he explained.
Logan says the dispute is being fed by nationalism on both sides. "It's not just a case that this is a sort of a realist, get-the-map-out, secure-your-sea lines sort of dispute. There are real burning historical beliefs at stake here," he said.
The Obama administration says it is trying to maintain the status quo without taking sides.
Secretary of State John Kerry says it's part of a complex set of Asia-Pacific challenges facing President Obama's second term.
"China is an ongoing process. And it takes commitment and perseverance to break through on one issue or another. We have a lot of issues with China," Kerry stated.
Ruth Wedgwood, at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, says China's ambitions in the East China Sea and in the South China Sea push its smaller neighbors toward the United States.
"China would be, just by the sheer fact of its portliness and bulk a very important neighbor to every country in the region. So I suppose you could argue to them that this is counterproductive, that they are driving countries into our arms," she added.
U.S. officials say China's radar lock on Japanese vessels increases the risk of a miscalculation that could undermine peace and economic growth in the Asia-Pacific.


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ECCLESMACHAN, West Lothian
"Ecclesmachan (Celt. 'church of St Machan'), a village and a parish of Linlithgowshire. The village stands 2 1/4 miles N by W of Uphall station, 3 WSW of Winchburgh station, and 4 ¾ ESE of Linlithgow.
The parish until 1891 consisted of two portions, separated by a strip of Linlithgow parish, 1 mile broad at the narrowest. In that year, however, the Boundary Commissioners united the two portions of Ecclesmachan by transferring to that parish the intervening Linlithgow strip. It at the same time received a further accession of territory by having transferred to it also the western portion of Dalmeny parish, the eastern portion going to Kirkliston. While the south-western portion was the larger of the two, the north-eastern contained the village."
Extract from Groomes Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland c.1895.
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- The transcription of the section for Ecclesmachan from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Below is a list of the population of Ecclesmachan over various years.
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Dated October 17, 2005.
Robert Walters:
Mr. Chairman, thank you and Council. With us is Sidney
Has No Horses. He's a medicine man from Oglala and Mr.
Chairman he has a message that he is (taking) to all
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which came out of a ceremony – and I feel it's a good
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Sidney Has No Horses:
Mitakuye Oyasin. All my relatives.
I'd like to get in the middle if I could, I really
don't like to use the mic.
My name is Sidney Has No Horses. I'm from the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation.
You probably know my father, his name was Dawson Has
No Horses. He was a Yuwipi man, a powerful medicine
man. My grandfather's name is Frank Fools Crow. He was
also a powerful medicine man.
Six months ago, we had a ceremony. In this ceremony,
two angels came to me and they talked to me and they
told us of the devastation that would happen to the
islands and the Indian Ocean. They told us of the
earthquakes that would hit Japan. They told us of the
tsunami that wiped out all the people and they told us
of the hurricanes that came to Florida, the one that
came to New Orleans, and the one that went to Texas.
There's one more hurricane coming to wipe out another
Two weeks ago, we had a ceremony, Sitting Bull, he
came in and he talked to me. Crazy Horse, he talks to
me. Chief Big Foot talked to me. And they asked me to
go to the seven council fires and to the council
people and to warn all of these fires, within six
months there's going be a tidal wave that's going to
wipe out Los Angeles. Within six months, there's going
to be an eruption in the northwest with the volcanoes.
They say from the eruptions of these volcanoes, the
ash that is coming, the Missouri River will be
destroyed. They say the water that we drink from the
ground is going to be no longer drinkable.
These hardships are coming because God is bringing
this. Whether you believe in Christianity, Native
American Church, or the Traditional way, if you read
the Bible, we're going into the fourth seal. There's
diseases coming that are going to wipe out our
children and like this man said here, methamphetamine
on our rez is very bad too. If we don't stop that,
it's going to destroy the next generation. Many
vegetables are going to be born into our tribes.
When I'm done here, I'm going to Standing Rock and I'm
going to stand in front of them, their council and
tell them the same thing I am telling you now. This
winter is going to be very cold for a long time.
Ranchers are going to lose their horses and cows
because it ain't going to warm up. The price of is
going to skyrocket and sometimes they're not going to
be able to deliver the to our families.
This food issue in the Bible, it says one day there be
no food on the store shelves. If you look at the
hurricanes, in a lot of the stores there's not food on
the shelves. These people lost their homes. They can't
drink that water . . . and so I come because of the
mighty chiefs that talked to me and because of who I
am. They tell me, I need to warn the tribes.
Today I came here without announcement, but to see you
all gathered like this. I know God is on my side to
see you gathered.
The Sisseton-Wahpeton tomorrow will be gathered at 10
o'clock and they will hear what I have to say.
The Flandreau people are going to be waiting for me
tomorrow evening.
I'm going up to Ft. Yates here, I'm going to talk to
them even if it's after hours and so I thank you very
much for letting me come in and I'm thankful that I
got all of you together at the same time.
I offer you all a handshake. My name is Sidney Has No
Horses. I am from Batesland, South Dakota.
You might want to write this down. My phone number is
605-288-0097. We incorporated ourselves through the
state of South Dakota to let you know that we are
Within six months, we are going to be living in a hell
of a world and these chiefs have talked to me, me and
my cousins.
If you ever want a ceremony, you get ahold of us and
we will bring you a ceremony to let you believe.
But the chiefs tell me, some of you have good hearts.
Some of you have good minds. Some of you have
spirituality. You are the people that will take heed
on the word that I bring, and there's a lot of people
that didn't believe us when everything we told them
has happened and my President, Cecelia Fire Thunder, I
talked to her yesterday and she supports because
everything I told her would happen to our tribe has
The power of God, he knows what he's bringing to us
and in three years, as the keepers of Mother Earth, if
the seven Fires do not come together, there's going to
be a meteorite that will be coming and it's going to
hit off of San Francisco and they told us that Seven
Council Fires, these Seven Fires never had and
jealousy toward each other.
I've been trying to get the medicine men of Oglala to
come in unity, but they can't and now God asked me to
come and get all the Tribal Councils together and all
the tribes together. That's a very hard job that he
has given me. I'm very nervous as I stand here in
front of you, but I tried to look you all I the eye to
let you know that I'm for real and so at this time,
these are foods for thought, things you can think
about in the next six months and this is coming to us.
It's very hard for me to say this, but I thank you for
the little time you have given me. I thank you. Now
I'm going to Standing Rock. I will be going to every
reservation. Maybe the tribal members will get
together and at least the tribal presidents will have
a ceremony for all you to hear and believe in God.
All my relatives. Mitakuye Oyasin. You have my phone
number and so if any questions, please contact me.
This meeting was held in Eagle Butte on October 4,
2005 at their regular October session and was signed
by Winona Charger Assistant Tribal Secretary.
Mitakuye Oyasin.
Tu' dash jaa' Toksha Ake Pass it on, sil vous plait
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Should You Buy Facebook?
Facebook launched its initial public offering a few weeks ago and a lot of investors gobbled up shares of the stock. Facebook had a lot of things going in its favor. The company has name recognition. Facebook is incredible well known with over 600 million people having accounts. Social media is one of the hottest niches in the technology market place and investors are lining up to throw cash at the sector. Combine all of the factors and you can see why Facebook's stock price hit $45 a share.
The bloom quickly came off of the rose and Facebook has seen its stock price tumble dramatically. Shares of Facebook have plummeted 55% as investors have been burned by the pricey IPO. Now Facebook is trading slightly above $20 per share. The stock dropped because a number of larger firms dumped their shares on the open market burning smaller investors. There was also some concern over the short term revenue and profit growth.
While growth investors may hate to see a stock like Facebook plummet. As a value investor, I love it when a quality company has a major price dip. That is a buying opportunity to me.
I love Facebook as a social media website but the stock was clearly overpriced.
Facebook was trading at 9 times book value, 85 times earnings, and 3 times the projected growth rate. The future P/E ratio was near 70. There was no reason that Facebook deserved such a lofty valuation except for hype. While I did not like Facebook at its IPO price, I do think that the stock is worth a shot in this price range. I would buy Facebook in the $18-$20 range as much of the risk has disappeared from the investment.
The P/E ratio is still high but Facebook's P/E ratio is much closer to the projected growth rate of the company. Facebook has a massive $10 billion dollar cash hoard and virtually no debt. The company is still in the early stages of capitalizing on its online advertising. Facebook's $1.8 billion in free cash flow should continue to rise long term. The 3.5 price to book value is right in line with industry competitors.
3 Responses to "Should You Buy Facebook?"
When they announced that they were both increasing the IPO price AND the float (number of shares), I knew that they were leaving no money on the table for investors. Good for them as they maximized the cash they were able to raise, but the PR ever since has definitely taken a toll.
It will be interesting to see how it goes. They can definitely expand advertising, but I think there's limited upside there, simply because people dislike advertising and at a certain point will reduce (or eliminate) their use of Facebook or find ways to filter the ads, thus reducing their effectiveness (and value).
I see a flat ride for quite a while.
It will certainly be interesting to see how it goes… I've certainly been writing a lot about Facebook and finally bought some shares 10 days ago or so, which I intend to hold for a long time. I just think most people are getting it wrong.. I see so many other revenue options so just looking at growth in users and advertising is missing a huge part of the picture in my opinion.. time will tell though:)
I feel that Facebook was doomed from the start. When you have multiple employees with numerous amounts of shares locked up, the first thing that they're going to want to do is cash out to maximize their profits. Even Mark Zuckerberg himself had stated in his initial report to the shareholders that one of the main things to watch out for in the future would be "himself." If that doesn't get the message across to people to be wary of FB's potential in the future, I wouldn't know what will. Management didn't sound like it was on board, and I would've taken that as a big red flag.
Next we would have to take a look at Facebook's earning potential. They rely heavily on advertising and as Money Beagle stated, the use of massive advertising would cause people to find new ways to filter the advertisements. That in itself would require them to potentially find new ways of generating revenue, such as charging for games played on FB, or begin charging people to use the basic instant messenger. The downside would be that what people have enjoyed before FB went public, would begin to deteriorate when they try charging for their services.
Another issue would be actual users of Facebook. I know that the company posts that they have at least 850 million+ users, but how many of those accounts are actually valid? How many times have you come across someone you know who has multiple profiles?
I feel that there isn't enough meat and potatoes to justify why anyone should buy into Facebook. Facebook is currently trading at a P/E of 111. Benjamin Graham would be rolling over in his grave if his prodigy child Warren Buffet were to even think about buying into them now.


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POTTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Shell Chemical's proposed ethane cracker in Potter Township, Pa., could create as many as 8,000 jobs and generate $4.8 billion in economic output annually, TimesOnline.com reported.
The numbers are based on an economic input analysis by the Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh.
While the facility would generate only 400 full-time jobs within the plant, officials estimate that the additional jobs — estimated from 2,000 to 8,000 — would be created by supporting and supplying the $2.5 billion facility.
"This would be the single largest industrial investment from the ground up ever -- or as long as statistics exist," said Dennis Yablonsky, chief executive of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and its affiliates, which include the economy league. "We have an opportunity to build on this momentum."


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This week Google announced tighter integration between its online business apps and QuickOffice, the product it purchased in June that enables mobile users to view and edit Microsoft Office documents.
It's the latest volley in an ongoing battle for the heart of mobile users. Microsoft has launched Office365 and SkyDrive in an attempt to attract its loyal desktop Office users to the cloud.
The latest version of QuickOffice is more fully integrated into the Google Apps for Enterprise product. According the official Google blog post on the matter, "In the past few months, we've incorporated QuickOffice conversion technology into this process so your Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files look even better when you convert them to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, respectively."
Google is also giving QuickOffice for iPad away for free to all its enterprise customers. That app makes it possible for iPad users to read and edit Office documents.
Google bought QuickOffice expressly to help Google Apps for Enterprise customers access and share Office documents with colleagues who might not be using Google Docs -- and help prevent customers from drifting to the Microsoft offering. Given the popularity of Microsoft Office, being able to work with Office documents on any platform including iOS and Android gives Google a substantial advantage.
In fact, a report published by Morgan Stanley (pdf download) last May predicted that 25 percent of tablet users would buy a Windows tablet precisely because of the easy Office integration. If users can access and edit Office documents on a different platform, however, that partially negates Microsoft's advantage -- and if users didn't have to worry about Office, would they still buy that Windows tablet?
John Blossom, author of the book Content Nation and president of market research and consulting firm Shore Communications, says Google's popularity has been on the rise and an improved QuickOffice gives it a leg up, especially among younger users who prefer to use less expensive and more open cloud services.
"The integration of QuickOffice into Google Docs reduces Microsoft's ability to attract its Office users to its own cloud-based Office 365 productivity apps and SkyDrive cloud storage services. It's far more likely that younger PC users will continue to 'go Google' for their productivity needs, using QuickOffice to bridge the technology generation gap for those still forced to stick with more costly and less open Microsoft solutions," he said.
Microsoft has been talking about building a version of Office for iOS for some time, although it still has yet to release a product. With this release, Google is undercutting Microsoft before it can get out of the gate with Office for iOS. Blossom believes Google is putting the squeeze on Microsoft with this move. "A future for Microsoft gets harder and harder to imagine with every new Google product and feature," he said.
It's also worth mentioning that as we reported earlier this week that Google announced it would end its support of Google Sync, which allowed Google's online products to sync email, calendar, and contact info using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol. Google will continue to offer the Sync product to Google Apps for Business customers, which would seem to be consistent with the QuickOffice announcement, which is also only for paying Apps for Enterprise customers.
While this QuickOffice update is relatively minor, it's part of an overall strategy to undermine Microsoft's cloud strategy, and is just one more chess move as the battle continues.


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Munmun Khan (center) and Zeinab Khalil (right) at the recent MLK Spirit Award Ceremony.
The Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS) students Munmun Khan, Zeinab Khalil and Keya Patel recently received the Ninth Annual Central Campus Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Spirit Award. The award honors undergraduate students, from Central Campus schools and colleges, who demonstrate the leadership and vision of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Munmun (B.A. International Studies '14) is a Gates Millennium Scholar and recipient of the International Institute's Summer Research Grant, interning at Save the Children International. As a campus leader, she has been active in the Global Scholars Program, Project Community, and Program on Inter-Group Relations. In these capacities, she has worked with peers to challenge power, privilege, and social identity and their impact on interpersonal relations. Most recently she has been one of the facilitators for the first dialogue on "Race, Socioeconomic Status and Health Equity" for graduate students at the School of Public Health and is currently working on a grant to bring social identity awareness to the Community Action and Social Change minor. Munmun has previously been recognized on campus through the Social Justice Award (2013) and the Outstanding Community Impact Award by the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning. In addition, she has been published online in the Huffington Post.
Zeinab (B.A. International Relations and Middle Eastern and North African Studies '14) is the co-founder of the Michigan Women of Color Collective and is a Michigan Daily columnist covering social justice issues. She is a member of the Students Allied for Freedom and Equality BDS Committee and currently sits on the President's Advisory Commission on Women's Issues. In addition, she was a facilitator for Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity in metro-Detroit and served as President for the Muslim Students' Association. Zeinab was a Davis Projects for Peace Fellow and Truman Scholarship Finalist; she also participated in the Women Human Rights Defenders Program at Nazra for Feminist Studies.
Keya (B.S. International Studies '15) is the external director of Sa Nimá Collaborative. Sa Nimá Collaborative strives to work with members in the rural community of Samox San Lucas in Guatemala to conduct education and engineering projects. In terms of the education project, Keya has been instrumental in locating linguistic training, and cultural competency for Sa Nimá Collaborative and holds a strong belief that children should have every opportunity to learn and to thrive through interactive learning methods. During the design and iteration phase of the organization's engineering project, Keya worked to ensure the solar lights prototypes were culturally appropriate and sustainable within Samox San Lucas. To reflect upon her service work in Guatemala, Keya has executed collaborative events on the University of Michigan's campus. Examples of events include the SEE Sustainable Development Conference, a campus-wide conference on social, economic, and environmental sustainability, and the Unpacking your Travel Experiences: Reentry Event, which brought together students from fourteen engineering organizations to evaluation the meaningfulness of their organization's international experience.


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Los Angeles Angels of Anheim outfielder Torii Hunter's comments on black Latinos last week were so embarrassing he wound up apologizing for them. "As African-American players, we have a theory that baseball can go get an imitator and pass them off as us," Hunter says. "It's like they had to get some kind of dark faces, so they go to the Dominican or Venezuela because you can get them cheaper. It's like, 'Why should I get this kid from the […]
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I created this group, so I should probably introduce myself. My name is Trond, and have used Bronica S2As since I bought a kit from a fellow APUGer a few years ago. During the last few years, I have accumulated a lot (too much perhaps) of gear: four bodies, lenses from 40mm to 300mm, etc, etc.
I was thinking this could be a place to share technical information on using the cameras and accessories, simple repairs and manuals.
I'm a bit in doubt about how useful it is to discuss specific gear outside of the normal forums, but we have too see how it works out.
Hi Trond
Bronica Cameras:: Medium Format SLR Cameras & Lenses
Hi Trond,
I too have had the classic Bronica Addiction. 2- S2a bodies, 2- C bodys all lenses 40mm to 500mm, bellows II unit about 8 120/220 backs, 1 polaroid back. It is a very well made camera! I have shot with these for several years now. Unfortunately with my medium format camera addiction they are not getting the use they deserve! (Norita, Exakta66, Pentacon6,Pentax67,& now Voightlander Bessa III) Major GAS Here!
Hello, I recently got rid of a GS-1 outfit to simplify and go square, and fell in love with the classic Bronica. I bought a C with the 75mm PC lens (but would love to have the Zenzanon Zeiss 80mm. I followed some great online advice to get it to focus correctly, and love using it.
Good luck with your Bronica C! Square certainly is nice.
Hi fellas... Bill Logan here... an avid classic Bronica user from way, way back. I started using the S2 when it was bout all there was save the H'blad 1000F. When I was in Vietnam first time in 67 O got a C model which I foolishly let got for a Mamiya Universal, which I also loved and then went to and original EC which I loved even more and updated to the ECTL which was the very best of all by far. Then the LF blues got me and scaled back to a 'blad. Now Jimmy Koh has me in a very nice black S2a, 75, 50, and 135. Just recently I saw a ECTL on KEH which does work and grabbed it! Just like old times. I want the Nikkor 200 and I will get it soon. So, I'm back, guys!
Hi. just found this web site. I use a bronica ectl. this has got to be the best camera ever. It's just a pleasure to use and the negs are so sharp i can print upto 30"X24". nice to know there are others who love these cameras .
I just picked up today a Bronica C with the 75mm f/2.8 and an extension tube for close up work. I'm excited to use this camera. It hasn't been used for a long time they told me but I've fired the shutter and loaded it with some tmy 400 and I'm ready to go see what's going to happen.
mwelsh, good luck with your Bronica. You should check if the foam in the viewfinder has been replaced. If not, the focus will probably be off. If you are able to push down the ground glass a little, then it will need attention. Replacing the foam is relatively easy.
Got hooked on Bronica when I learned the S & EC series can share Nikkor SLR 400, 600, 800 & 1200mm lens heads from four decades ago that used a common Nikon or Bronica focusing unit (I have one of each). Love using the 1200mm F/11 Nikkor ED on the Bronica bodies after finally acquiring a tripod & fluid head solid enough to support all of this. Unlike Nikon SLR bodies, the weight of the Bronica body eliminates the need for mirror lockup at low shutter speeds. Own two S2A and one EC-TL body, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, & 135mm Nikkor lenses, a 250mm F/4 rangefinder Nikkor with bayonet adapter that allows using it on the Bronica bodies -- and the 400mm F/4.5 & 1200mm F/11 Nikkor lens heads. The S2A bellows allows tilt & shift with these lenses -- nice! Shoot mostly transparencies on Velvia 100, then scan the images for Photoshop processing with Nikon 9000 Coolscan.
Do you find it dificult to focus those long lenses. I've got the 600 with the Bronica mount, maybe I need more practice but I find it hard to focus.
I got it for use with my classic Bronica's, of course, but it only works with the S2A. The previous owner had canablised a Nikon lens and LITERALLY glued the mount over top the Bronica mount!
After much pains-taking work cleaning it, I got it to work. But the armeture that activates the aperature (I don't konw what that litle flipper is called) it only connects on the S2A. Any ideas on how this could be adjusted? I'd like to use it with my EC-TL.
Hi there from Copenhagen
I have once again run amok, I have 5 bodies, 1 ETR, 2 ETRS and 2 ETRsi's, 120 & 220 backs as well as polaroid back, speedgrip and motor. I have been using this on/off for the last 4 years, and it have outlived my digital cameras, but have to live side by side with my analogue Canon EOS 1


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It may have been the best four years in Lady Rebels' basketball history. During the span of 2001 to 2004, Owen County won 96 games. They captured the 8th Region All "A" Classic title four straight times. They reached the quarterfinals of the All "A" Classic State Tournament in 2001 and the 8th Region Finals in 2002.
The person running the point during those four seasons was Katie Smith.
Smith actually began her basketball career as an eighth-grader and was a starter during all five of her years as a member of the team.
In 1912, New Mexico and Arizona were admitted as the 47th and 48th states; the British ocean liner RMS Titanic sank in the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean; Woodrow Wilson was elected 28th President of the United States; and on July 30, Lucy Smoot Hall was born in Owen County.
Saturday, Hall will gather with friends and family at the Owen County Extension Building to celebrate her 98 years of life.
"I'm proud to have been able to live this long," Hall said. "The Lord has really blessed me all these years."
Below is a list of some of the winners from this year's Owen County Fair and Horse Show.
Exhibit Winners
Culinary: First place, Christina Stivers; best of show, Scott Johnson
Canned Fruits and Vegetables: First place, Scott Johnson; best of show, Jesse Brandenburg; youth, Blake Wolford
Garden Crops: First place, Benjamin Hart; best of show, Joel Wilson
Flowers: First place, Holly Brandenburg; best of show, Brenda Bruce
Knitting and Crocheting: First place, Kathy Spaulding; best of show, Alice Ducker
It is one of the greatest plays in National Football League history. Joe Montana finds Dwight Clark in the back of the end zone in the 1982 NFC Championship Game to propel the 49ers over the Dallas Cowboys and earn a trip to the Super Bowl. It is a pass that should not have been caught. The play has come to be known as the "The Catch."
Nine years prior to that play, Owen County had its own version of "the catch."
After two incidents earlier this month, the Owen County Friends of Animals has stepped up their campaign to encourage everyone to spay and neuter their pets.
The first incident occurred when a member of the road crew working near Monterey found a beer box with six new-born puppies.
The puppies were taken to the Owen County Friends of Animals shelter, where they were bottle-fed.
OCFA Director Hilari Gentry said four of the puppies made it, but two died.
For 37 years, I have made Owen County my home. It is a home by choice, having decided all those years ago to leave the home of my childhood and the home of my young adult life. From New York to Owen County – followed by many instances of having to address the question posed by all of my family and each of my friends in the North, "Why Kentucky?" And from my new-found friends and neighbors in Kentucky the question, "Why here, why Owen County?"
The Owen County Schools Superintendent Search Screening Committee is now in full swing, with members established and over a dozen applications to consider.
The Owen County Board of Education, along with the screening committee, held a joint meeting July 21 in the Owen County High School auditorium.
Owen County Board of Education Chairman Terry Patterson said Mike Oder, a representative from the Kentucky School Board Association, was present at the meeting to go over several standard topics with the board.
Elk Creek Vineyard received three bronze medals in the fourth annual Mid-American Wine Competition held at the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa.
"These wines were top notch," Bob Foster, director of the Mid-American Wine Competition, said. "Consumers ought to track them down and enjoy them."
Its web site boasts a year-long countdown to what has been labeled the "world's longest yard sale" and each year, hundreds of bargain hunters and antique dealers watch the countdown closely in anticipation of the 675 mile trek that makes up the 127 Corridor Sale.
Luckily for local businesses and restaurants, many of the eager hunters travel right through Owen County when the sale officially begins Aug. 5. The sale will continue through Aug. 8.
The annual sale will continue to have an impact on the local economy.
A fire at the county recycling barn Monday afternoon has damaged several thousands of dollars of equipment.
Owenton Fire Chief David Lilly said arson investigators have been called in to determine the cause of the blaze.
"I can't determine the cause myself," Lilly said. "We've had an investigator here (Tuesday) and another one will come from the insurance company (Wednesday)."
The barn, located next to the county garage on Blanton Street in Owenton, is used to process recycling.
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After three hours of debate, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) kept marriage defined as a union between a man and woman and did not repeal a ban on the officiation of gay weddings.
As reported by the Christian Science Monitor, on 6 July a 52 percent majority did not approve of a proposal that called marriage 'a covenant between two people.'
The vote means ministers who perform same sex weddings, even in states where the unions are legal, can face censure.
A recommendation for a two year study on the "theology of marriage' was approved.
The vote didn't seem to make either side happy.
'It was rather surprising,' said Mateen Elass, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Okla. 'It's inevitable that at some point our General Assembly will vote in favor of redefining marriage. This decision has just given some respite to the denomination before it faces an onslaught of departures.' Pastor Elass is against changing the definition of marriage.
'The move to affirm long-term, committed, same-sex relationships … as blessings from God is both the right way to go in the long-run, and inevitable,' said Rick Ufford-Chase, a former moderator of the General Assembly, in an email to the Christian Science Monitor. 'There are more and more people, of all ages, who are changing their minds about this important matter.'
Last year gay, non-celibate, Presbyterian ministers were allowed to serve openly.


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Number 6: First Avenue
Where: Manor Park
Routes: 25, 86
…also: First Avenue
Where: Mortlake
Routes: 209, 419
…and: Second Avenue
Where: East Acton
Routes: 207, 266, 272
…and so on, and so on, ad nauseam. There are bloody loads of these.
North Americans, we've often thought, show a distinct lack of imagination in the way they label their cities. Denied the privilege of thousands of years of history to draw on, and forced to design and construct an entire city pretty much instantaneously, they've forsaken the opportunity to copy London's approach to urban planning in favour of building their streets quite tediously parallel and then numbering them. What this approach lacks in excitement it makes up for through its use as a navigational aide (although the afternoon we spent looking for the zero point in Vancouver's block numbering system, only to discover it was somewhere out in the harbour, was a particularly annoying waste of our time).
London generally doesn't go in for this kind of grid-based nonsense, of course – but a few of the suburbs have at least toyed with it. Whether they represent laziness on the part of the authorities, or grand schemes that petered out before really getting going, we're not sure – but there are patches of outer London's street plan that do use numbers as names.
We can find no 1st Street anywhere, but there are a profusion of First Avenues, and generally a Second to match. With each number you climb, though, a few lose heart and give up on the scheme, until before very long none seem to be left. There are American cities so committed to their grid systems that you end up with street names well into the 200s. London struggles to make it to double figures.
East Acton, for example, features a First Avenue, and a Second, and a Third, each providing a bus stop with its name. This scheme, though, gets no further, and where Fourth should be you'll instead find Bromyard Avenue. Walthamstow and Bush Hill Park also have districts where the numbering makes it to Third; Mortlake gives it up as a bad lot after Second. Dagenham tries a bit harder a bit harder and makes it to Fourth, but while the first three are neighbours, there's then a gap featuring a couple of miles of streets and a country park before you'll find their ostensible peer. This, we can only assume, is some kind of bizarre geographical joke.
A few districts do make it to slightly higher numbers. Kensal Town runs to Sixth; Manor Park to Eighth. Hayes (Middlesex, not Kent) makes it up to Ninth Avenue, though rather than being neatly parallel its brethren are sprinkled on the landscape at random, so tracking them down feels a bit like looking for the next chocolate in the advent calendar.
The winner, though, seems to be an estate just beyond the city limits in Tadworth. There, on a modern housing development you'll find avenues labeled with all the ordinals up to 16th. Given the whole estate is built around a single dead end street called Holly Lodge, however, this not only shows a stunning lack of imagination on the part of the developers, but is very little use as navigational aide either. Poor show, Tadworth. Poor show.
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Two-thirds of employers monitor texts and emails sent through work phones
New research shows that two-thirds of employers are using some type of electronic monitoring.
As smartphones are increasingly being used in business, that number is expected to rise.
Experts say there is a rush for developers to create apps for corporate use and to make business dealings more efficient through the phone.
But this means increased scrutiny over messages. Experts say it is perfectly legal for employers to monitor messages though companies have to obtain consent from workers.
Experts advise employees to use a personal phone if they want to send something they don't want their bosses to see.


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restore iphone4s backup onto old iphone3gs
a couple of months ago i used to have an iphone 3gs and switched to the iphone 4s. I used the same personal computer itunes to maintain both phones. when i got the iphone 4s, i was able to restore my latest iphone 3gs backup onto it successfully.
When i go to Preferences -> Devices, i see a 3gs backup timestamped several months ago when i switched to the 4s. I also see my latest 4s backup timestamped last week. Sadly, my 4s is now broken so i want to reuse my 3gs. My plan was to use the latest 4s backup and restore that to my old 3gs phone.
The problem is, when my 3gs is connected to iTunes and I choose to "Restore from Backup", the only choice i am given is to restore using a backup of my old 3gs before i switched to the 4s, timestamped several months ago. I expected to see my latest 4s backup from last week as a possible restore point.
Is it not possible to put a 4s backup onto a 3gs?
Appreciate the input.
i had to update to the latest iOS on my 3gs and then my 4s backup was available as restore option.
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News Archive: October, 2010
Pacific Grand Prix – I think You'll like it
MFG #4, & Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships at Pacific Grand Prix, a 'Go-Kart' Track. Terry has been hyping up the venue for a couple of weeks now but decided to keep the course map under wraps. That won't keep me from delivering a brief synopsis of what to expect though.
There will be pavement, there will be grass, there will be gravel, there will most likely be mud, there will be smooth, and there will be bumpy. This course will have it all: Long fast stretches, subtle off camber bits, a run-up, a couple of hills, and some whoops. That's right, no pedaling, bike pumping whoops. But I'll warn you right now: don't just bomb them; that last one is a doozy.
I'm also planning on there being a full UCI Cat 1 legal length 70 meter pit for your mechanic's enjoyment.
Come on out and race in the mealstrom that the weathermen are predicting, and hang about to see the SSCXWC racing (and silliness) at the end of the day.
We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday for some racing fun.
MFG #4 and SSCXWC to be covered live on video
People are flying into town, couches are being surfed, and preparations are being made for Sunday's MFG #4 race, which concludes with the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships at 3:30 pm. Please note the MFG race schedule has been altered slightly for this race only, so the MFG singlespeed race is not back-to-back with the WC race.
We are happy to announce our continued partnership with PGP Motorsports Park with LIVE video coverage of the entire day of racing. Starting at 9:30, each race will be covered on live video, from three different camera angles at PGP Motorsports Park. Each start time will be set up on the PGP website as a chapter, and you will be able to watch the race live, or return back to the event and watch a race on-demand. We are certain this is the first time the SSCXWC event has been broadcast live.
You can still register for MFG #4 races here, as well as the SSCXWC here.
ALL MFG Races: On-site reg possible; online reg closes 8 pm Pacific on Friday, 10/22
SSCXWC Race: PRE-REG only. Mandatory qualifying race Saturday, online reg closes Wednesday (Today) at 5pm Pacific.
Do you want to sit in your hamster cube on Monday morning and talk about this, or this?
You decide!
MFG and SSCXWC on BicycleRadio
BicycleRadio.com will be interviewing us and the folks from Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships at 7:00 PM tonight to discuss the growth of SS Cross and the SSCXWC coming up on 10/24. Catch it live or on demand there after.
Sponsor Spotlight: The Cycling House
MFG Sponsor: The Cycling House
Website: thecyclinghouse.com
Facebook: thecyclinghouse
Location: Tucson, AZ
The Cycling House was born out of cold Montana winters being training-prohibitive in the InterWest region. The goal was to find a venue where the weather was great, the rain was non-existent, and the terrain was plentiful: namely, Tucson, Arizona.
The Cycling House takes a comprehensive approach to the concept of a training vacation by incorporating elements such as health, nutrition, and equipment along side great rides, amazing food, and first-class accommodations.
The Cycling House includes the following during each stay:
- Accommodations
- Airport Transportation
- Bike Assembly/Breakdown
- Fully Guided Rides
- Gourmet Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
- Coaching
- Trail Running Guide
- Hammer Nutrition Fuels
- Lap Swim Shuttles
- Bike Handling Clinic
- Massage Therapy Available*
- Core Workout Sessions
- Motor Pacing
- Bike Rentals**
- Garmin Fitness Demos
- CycleOps PowerTap Demos
- HED Demo Wheels
- Mechanical Support
- WiFi
- Washer/Dryer
*Sports massage available from a very experienced therapist. $65/hour, $35/half hour.
**Brand new top of the line road bike rentals for $25 per day.
Why we like The Cycling House
As if it wasn't enough to provide amazing food and first-class accommodations, The Cycling House offers Power Tap demos, Garmin demos, brand-name nutrition, and high end bike rentals at a very affordable price. What's more, The Cycling House is dialed down to details such as all-natural shampoos, conditions, and soaps. It's the little details that count, right?
The Cycling House has been a proud sponsor of MFG Cyclocross for two years now, and last year their week-long stay at the house was the first and most desired prize among the MFG category winners. Ask Kevn R. of Bikesale.com for details on his stay!
Five things you should know about The Cycling House:
- The most cost-effective winter camp week for 2011 is January 13-18th.
- Included in your stay is bicycle assemble and breakdown.
- In June 2011, a Montana camp option is available!
- Custom Camps are available!
- TCH president Owen G. raced for the Seattle-based Broadmark Capital Cycling Team, now Hagens Berman.
Sponsor Spotlight: Brouwer's Cafe
MFG Sponsor: Brouwer's Cafe
Website: brouwerscafe.blogspot.com
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Seattle-WA/Brouwers-Cafe/58076318382
Location: 400 North 35th Street in Fremont at Phinney Ave
Brouwer's Cafe has been a MFG sponsor for both seasons, and has graciously hosted the MFG kick-off party and the post-Woodland Park party for two years in a row. Brouwer's Cafe is rich in Belgian decor, food offerings, and of course, beer. With 300 bottles on hand, nearly 75 beers on draft, and a leather-bound scotch novel, there is a drink worth having for just about anyone at Brouwers.
What's more, Brouwer's is managed by none-other-than Nat P., a regular Hodala! singlespeed tough guy who regularly finds himself creepin' in the top 15 at all CX SS races.
Currently, Brouwer's just began Washington Beer Fest, and the list of choices on draft is astounding.
Why we like Brouwer's:
Really good food, insane beer draft and bottle list, and servers who are willing to make recommendations. Oh, and clean lines changed on every keg on draft make for QUALITY you won't find in say, Portland.
Five things you should know about Brouwer's Cafe:
- Service staff are intelligent and will make recommendations for drinks.
- Belgian passion with Manneken Pis in the front entry!
- Multiple frite sauces options including aioli, curry ketchup, and tartar.
- Uh, hair pedalers!
- The 10-person library room on the top floor.


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advances in remote and autonomous platforms have led to great spatial and temporal increases in sampling, with more gains anticipated, there are still portions of the deep ocean critical to studies of climate change (the water column below 2000 meters, for example) that require sampling by ships. Research vessels are also needed for tracer experiments, for measurement of chemical components of the ocean that do not currently have sensors capable of autonomous use, and for studies of deep sea biodiversity and geology. The largest research vessels of the fleet will be required for global oceanographic surveys. In addition, ship-based calibration and validation will continue to be essential for both over-the-side instruments and satellite remote sensing data streams. Coastal regions that experience the greatest human impacts will need capable Regional and smaller class vessels. Research vessels will also be needed for geological explorations of the seafloor, including large-scale seafloor mapping, seismic surveys, and drilling. Finally, the academic fleet will continue to play a unique and essential role in atmospheric chemistry research programs, providing access to the marine atmosphere with a duration and payload unmatched by other platforms.
New technologies are likely to increase the need for research ships that are capable of supporting multidisciplinary, multi-investigator science (Chapter 3). Research vessels of the future will increasingly be used as platforms that coordinate the operations of multiple autonomous vehicles and/or remotely operated vehicles, deployment of over-the-side instruments, and collection of complex datasets. Highly qualified marine support staff will be increasingly required for successful cruises. Ocean observatories and autonomous vehicles will impact future vessel design requirements for acoustic communications, deck space, payload, berthing, launch and recovery, and stability. Precise positioning will be needed to support off-board vehicles. Deployment, recovery, and maintenance of autonomous vehicles, remotely operated vehicles, and moorings that support long-term ocean observatories will require adaptable, technologically capable ships with large laboratory and deck spaces. Servicing ocean observatories and launching and recovering autonomous vehicles will result in increased demands for ship time. There is a need for increased ship-to-shore bandwidth, in order to facilitate real-time, shore-based modeling and data analysis in support of underway programs, allow more participation of shore-based scientists, and increase opportunities for outreach.
Oceanographic research needs and advances in technology will drive many aspects of future oceanographic ship design (Chapter 4), increasing laboratory, deck space, and berthing. Research vessel design must accommodate evolving research trends and unforeseen technological advances, while continuing to meet specific disciplinary needs. Supporting future research needs will require both highly adaptable general purpose ships and spe-


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The most interesting comment threads of December
Many of the posts here at Behind the Black are not much more than me providing my readers a link to what I consider to be an important story, what I categorize as a point of information. Ever so often, however, one of these posts will touch a nerve and generate a great deal of comments and discussion, most of which is generally well written and thoughtful.
In December two posts in particular resulted in a lot of debate. Because these comments were part of a point of information, however, they ended up being lost amid the many similar posts. I have decided to highlight both threads here on the front page because I think it worthwhile for others to read what was written.
Thread 1: A preliminary copy of the next IPCC report has been leaked.
Here was a case where several readers who believe in global warming challenged my skeptical take on the IPCC, and I and others responded. The give and take is quite illuminating.
Thread 2: The state where this past weekend's mass murder occurred is considered to have the fifth strongest gun laws in the nation.
In suggesting with this link that the mob-like rush to impose new gun control laws on the federal level after the Connecticut mass murder was a mistake, regular reader Jim asked, quite reasonably, "So what's to be done? Given the number of recent events like this, and the absolute horror of Newtown, what if anything is to be done?" The responses from myself and others I think gives us a much more reasonable and rational look at this sad affair than we have seen from the mainstream press.


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I am a sincere and prolific songwriter and a hard working business woman.
My Name is Marquisa Deshawn Crowder.
My voice is said to be a mixture of many great artists such as Anita Baker, Alanis Morissette, Sade, Faith Hill, Diana Ross, Patti Labelle, Billie Holiday, Sarah Mclachlan, Sheryl Crow, Minnie Riperton, Pat Benatar, Dennese Williams and Mahalia Jackson.
These are my favorite singers that have influenced my sound.
My lyrics and music should be compared to Earth Wind and Fire, War, Tower Power, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Sea Wind, Incognito, and Rod Timperton.


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Alameda Backyard Growers is meeting tonight to share details on how local residents can start work on their spring vegetable garden.
The event will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, February 10, at High Street Station, 1303 High Street, on the corner of Encinal Avenue.
The presenters include Nancy Sylvestri-Elzig, a "master gardener" and Alameda Backyard Growers member, who has generously offered to donate seeds from her employer, Renee's Garden, to those who pledge to "grow a row" for the Alameda Food Bank.
For those who cannot attend tonight's gathering but would like to participate, send e-mail to email@example.com.
ABG meetings are held monthly on the second Thursday of the month and are open to the entire community.


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When your home's organized, you can breathe a little easier. Life just gets simpler and more Zen when you can actually see all your stuff, and everything's easily within reach and in its place. To that end, these organization essentials, from Honey Can Do and more, will transform your space from cluttered to controlled.
Control clothes clutter in the laundry room (trust us, it feels good) with these hampers, sorters, and more. Laundry's never exactly fun, but these essentials will make it a lot easier.
Life's more organized when everything's in its place
These stylish storage essentials will take your closet (and laundry room) from scary to serene. We love how they blend function with style, effortlessly.


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t.A.T.u. (Russian: Тату, ) was a Russian music duo that consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova. The duo was managed by Russian television producer Ivan Shapovalov while in the group Neposedi. The duo were signed to their own production company T.A. Music, following the split with Universal Music Russia, and their sub-labels Interscope Records and Neformat.
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Pulaski, NY Pizzeria
Paulanjo's Pizza
For over 20 years, Paulanjo's Pizza of Pulaski, NY has offered excellent, traditional pizzeria restaurant menu items that keep loyal customers coming back for more. Owners Joe and Paula Harris opened their first Paulanjo's Pizza in 1987, and the business has been rapidly growing ever since.
We use hand tossed fresh dough daily, family-secret sauce, only the best meats and vegetables, and 100% real cheese, ensuring our customers the very best products.
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