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Trading at $21.94 Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has a market capitalization of about $53 billion. This is down considerably from the IPO price, where speculators took a 1999-esque approach to piling in on the belief the stock just had to spike from the IPO price. Facebook's management and the investment banks managing the deal provided plenty of alcohol to these already drunk market participants by increasing the share offering, and raising the offering price. Before and after the IPO, I argued that Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) would be a far better play at their respective valuations, and I still believe that to be the case today, despite Google's rise and Facebook's decline.
Facebook's trailing twelve month revenue is just over $4.6 billion, and is growing at a rapid rate. The company is also making strong improvements in its technology offerings, and its ability to monetize the shifting nature of the online advertising market. These facts lead me to be quite bullish on Facebook the company, but even at this somewhat "discounted valuation" Facebook offers very little margin of safety, and only reasonable upside. To illustrate this, let's take trailing 12 month revenue of $4.635 billion and grow that by 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, and 10% respectively over the next 5 years. Assuming that Facebook's performance will be somewhat comparable to Google's, we will assume 30% and 25% operating and profit margins respectively.
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Using these figures as seen above, in year 5 net income would be $2.858 billion. Putting a generous 20 times multiple of those earnings would give Facebook a market capitalization of about $57.16 billion. Facebook would have grown its already robust cash balance significantly in this time, but I think the multiple is fair when you look at where various technology companies trade upon maturation. $57 billion is scarcely higher than the current price, leaving very little upside for investors. Now if Facebook can maintain an elevated growth rate over a 10-15 year period, the stock could offer a good value at current prices, but you could say that about most companies. Value investing requires a reasonable margin of safety, and even if I give Facebook a 70% probability of maintaining its leadership position in the social media market, the attractiveness of it as an investment was non-existent at the IPO price and marginal at best currently.
While I would certainly make the argument that Facebook's business is improving in many areas, there is still a lot that can go wrong for the company. There are a number of companies leveraging social networking in a successful manner, and some are in direct competition with Facebook. There is only so much time and energy that users are willing to spend on an online profile, so any decrease in market share could have a considerably detrimental impact. The shift to mobile creates tremendous uncertainty into the monetization of Facebook's huge user base. If the company fails to keep the user experience really enjoyable when it incorporates mobile ads, users could leave in droves. There is a great deal of well-funded and technologically savvy companies that would be willing to offer fewer advertisements, for just a small piece of Facebook's market leading market share. In addition, if Facebook follows the path of companies such as Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), share issuances will continue at an accelerated rate, diluting owners of the company.
On October 23rd, Facebook reported 3rd quarter earnings that were viewed quite positively for a company that has been quite disappointing since going public. Revenue of $1.26 billion, including advertising revenue of $1.09 billion, was up 32% and 36% respectively YoY, despite a negative currency impact. Ad revenue growth comprised of a 37% increase in the number of ads delivered and a 7% increase in the average price per ad. The company ended the quarter with 1.007 billion people using Facebook, up 26% from last year at the same time. 584MM people accessed Facebook each day on average in September, and there has been considerable growth abroad in countries such as Japan, Brazil, and India. Payments and other fee revenue was up 13% YoY to $176MM, but this was down 9% sequentially primarily due to weakness in Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA). GAAP expenses were up 64% YoY to $885MM and GAAP operating income was $377MM. GAAP net income was still a negative $59MM, down from $227MM of profit last year. Facebook like many technology companies likes to eliminate stock compensation as an expense, but this accounting practice is ridiculous, and while it may accurately portray cash flow, it should not be used to make it look like the business is vastly more profitable than actual real world results show it to be.
The biggest question plaguing Facebook has been the transition towards mobile computing, and the impact that has on advertising, and the monetization of that advertising. CEO Mark Zuckerberg portrayed the transition to mobile in a very positive light through explaining that mobile allows Facebook to reach way more people than desktop, mobile users tend to use Facebook more than desktop users, and lastly Zuckerberg believes that the company will be able to better monetize mobile per amount of time spent on it in comparison to desktop. I think Zuckerberg is more likely correct than wrong in his views on the future of mobile advertising, and the rapid improvement in Facebook's mobile platform is impressive.
Facebook has over a billion users, including 600MM on mobile, up from 376MM last year. Facebook is also the most widely downloaded app on most smartphone platforms, allowing the company to transition fairly smoothly, at least in terms of users from desktop. Zuckerberg points out that a desktop only Facebook user has a 40% likelihood of using Facebook on a given day, but the mobile user has a 70% likelihood of using it. Formatting ads on mobile is much different in that they can't just be on the side of the screen like they are on desktop, so companies like Facebook and Google are finding ways to deeply integrate the ads with the user experience. This process is tricky, and for many users, including myself, it can be quite annoying when not done properly. There were similar issues though on desktop when online advertising was in its nascent stages, so I have very little doubt that mobile advertising cost per click [CPC] and cost per 1,000 impressions [CDM] rates will improve as the model becomes more transparent and battle-tested. Mobile ads have many of the same capabilities to generate quick action from users, such as signing up for a newsletter or making a purchase, but it also allows users to make phone call or SMS to schedule an appointment or make an inquiry.
After 6 months of ramping up the mobile advertising business, Facebook is now generating 14% of ad revenue from mobile, and this number is likely to increase dramatically on a quarterly basis. With over a billion users, Facebook's primary concern is on monetization, and protecting its market share to emerging competitors such as Google Plus. One could look at the experiences of Myspace or Friendster as prime examples of how fickle users can be, when something new and exciting emerges as the technology of choice for the right demographics. Shortly after Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) lost market share to Google in Search, many market participants, including myself unfortunately, believed that the sustainability of a competitive advantage was not likely to be strong in that market, because other companies could likely create an even better algorithm just as Google had done to Yahoo to win market share. As the internet has matured, innovative companies such as Google have increased their competitive advantages by expanding into emerging growth areas such as mobile, while making other investments such as the purchase of Youtube, which gave Google considerable scale and breadth in the types of advertising solutions that it could provide to clients. Facebook must follow the path of Google as opposed to resting on its laurels like Yahoo and arguably Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have done until very recently.
Application developers are engaged in a modern day gold rush, as few barriers to entry create the opportunity to develop the next hot technology. While this is both good and bad for Facebook, Zuckerberg believes that app development will continue to shift more towards a social, sharing environment, which should be quite beneficial for Facebook where there is the best opportunity for friends to connect with one another. One thing that was alarming about the Facebook IPO was the company's reliance on Zynga for gaming revenue. Zynga's financial performance has been truly abysmal, as has its capital allocation, Facebook saw a 20% payment revenue decline this quarter compared to last year from Zynga. The rest of the games ecosystem has been growing, and YoY was up 40%. Zynga now only accounts for 7% of total revenue, which is down from 12% last year at the same time.
Earlier in the year, Facebook acquired Instagram for about $1 billion. This price seemed quite rich for a company that really generated no revenue, but Facebook has a strong balance sheet, and seems to be leveraging it in what it hopes to be a fruitful way, similar to Google earlier in its existence. At the time Facebook agreed to acquire Instagram, the company had 27MM registered users, and this number has now ballooned to over 100MM. I'd expect to see similar tuck-in acquisitions moving forward, but there is a lot of risk of Facebook overpaying. Thus far Mark Zuckerberg has been ahead of the curve in terms of innovation, so I believe he should be respected, but for an investor looking for a considerable margin of safety, this should raise some red flags.
Facebook has been increasing its technological offerings, such as its Mobile App-Installs offering, which assists developers in creating and distributing apps on a global basis. The company also is rolling out Facebook Exchange, and a product it refers to as Custom Audiences. The goals of these products is to make it easier for advertisers to leverage the immense knowledge that Facebook possesses in terms of its users preferences and interests to create a customized advertising experience. I believe that this knowledge is really unique to companies like Facebook and Google, and should not be underestimated. COO Sheryl Sandberg pointed out that Custom Audiences can allow an automaker to advertise to customers when they are actually looking for a car, which obviously is quite an efficient and powerful advertising method. The question of whether these companies would be violating privacy laws is one that I am not qualified to evaluate, but legislation in this area should be monitored closely for someone is considering investing in this arena. In addition, Facebook is launching its Gifts program to allow friends to send personalized gifts for birthdays or special events, and the benefit is that Facebook stores addresses, phone numbers, and payment info making the process quite easy.
Stock prices tend to change much more quickly than the intrinsic value of the underlying business, and it is safe to say that Facebook is far closer to intrinsic value than it was at its IPO, but I'd like to see the stock around $15-$16 before I'd really start to get serious about it. The same logic caused me and many other value investors to miss out on Google from its IPO price, but this conservatism has helped far more than it has hurt. For examples of this, look no further than the disasters of Zynga, Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN), and 95% of the tech IPOs in the late 90's. To actually invest in the company, I'd want to see more of a track record in terms of shareholder friendliness, because I was quite disenchanted with the obvious fleecing of unsophisticated investors during the IPO process. This is certainly a stock that I'll keep on my radar and hope that at some point, investors overshoot on the downside, allowing for a solid buying opportunity.
Disclosure: I am long GOOG, YHOO, MSFT. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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ASHEVILLE -- Complexions Contemporary Ballet, a renowned troupe that's been described as "one of America's only truly integrated dance companies" will bring its fluid blend of modern and classical dance to the Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place in downtown Asheville tonight and Saturday night.
The New York-based company, which has carved out a diverse niche in the competitive world of dance through its fusion of disciplines and innovative choreography, will perform at 8 p.m. today and Saturday, between international appearances in Egypt and France.
Complexions plans to perform three major routines in Asheville. The company will open with "Mercy," an epic work with an abstract format performed by the entire company of 16 dancers to music ranging from Phil Kline to Mendelssohn to gospel choirs.
The second work, "Hissy Fits," is a suite of high-voltage dances for 11 performers that aims to capture the uncontrollable emotional impulses that frame relationships. "Hissy Fits" is accompanied by music performed by Eroica Trio and Gabriela Montero.
Complexions will close the program with "Rise," a work that explores the dizzying journey of life in all of its complexity and ecstasy. Featuring the songs of U2, Rise gives voice to the challenges and triumphs encountered by a group of voyagers in a dream world where imagination and love prevail.
The company, founded by former Alvin Ailey dancers Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden and includes 16 athletic dancers, is on a mission to awaken its audiences to its new genre of dance that combines athleticism, lyricism, technical training and experience.
Rhoden, the founding artistic director and resident choreographer of Complexions, has been described by The New York Times as "one of the most sought-out choreographers of the day." He has directed and choreographed for film, theater and performances including E! Entertainment's "Tribute to Style" and Cirque Du Soleil. He also has worked with high-profile artists such as Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Kelly Clarkson and Patrick Swayze.
And Richardson, founding artistic director and artist-in-residence, is hailed by The New York Times as "one of the great modern dancers of his time."
Pre-performance discussions will be held at 7 p.m. in the Forum at Pack Place before each Complexions Contemporary Ballet performance. (Free for ticket holders.)
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Continuity: When the Thals blow the Bunker entrance, smoke emerges from the door before the switch is thrown.
Other Mistake: In the closing scenes, the Dalek lights are often out of sequence with their voices, notably when they are saying, "Pity?"
Continuity: During the struggle with Nyder, the Time Ring falls against the wall. When the Doctor retrieves it, it has moved to the centre of the hall.
The Doctor's big brown overcoat was taken by the regular Kaled army in Part One and disappeared. But when he emerges from the incubator room at the end, it has been magically returned to him.
Sarah Jane: You don't sound dissapointed. We've failed, haven't we?
The Doctor: Failed? No, not really. You see, I know that, although the Daleks will cause havoc and destruction for millions of years, I know also that out of their evil must come something good.
Dalek: We are entombed, but we live on. This is only the beginning… When the time is right we will emerge and take our rightful place as the supreme power of the Universe!
The Doctor: But the final responsibility is mine, and mine alone. Listen: if someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you, and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives, could you then kill that child?
Sarah Jane Smith: We're talking about the Daleks. The most evil creatures ever invented. You must destroy them. You must complete your mission for the Time Lords.
The Doctor: Do I have the right? Simply touch one wire against the other and that's it. The Daleks cease to exist. Hundreds of millions of people, thousands of generations can live without fear, in peace, and never even know the word "Dalek".
Sarah Jane SmithThen why wait? If it was a disease or some sort of bacteria you were destroying, you wouldn't hesitate.
The Doctor: But if I kill. Wipe out a whole intelligent life form, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks.
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This is the situation in the movie The Constant Gardener. Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) works with Dr. Joshua Ngaba ( Jon Sibi Okumu) in the slums of Nairobi. Tessa Quayle is English (Wiesz is Jewish), and married to Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), an Englishman (Fiennes is English). Justin works for the British Embassy and almost never sees his wife; not he but she is too busy at her work, too busy trying to save the world in the slums of Nairobi.
Justin suspects his wife is fucking the African doctor. He suspects this because she is always with the doctor, and also because he sees himself as a weak man, a petty civil servant. He is not as spirited as his wife. His wife burns like a man, has the will of a wild horse, and the hunger of a tiger. She leaps at any injustice; she bares her teeth at any man who dares to challenge her determination. Justin is in love with a power he can not satisfy. But the African doctor can satisfy her. Why? Because he is an African. How can he, a man with two thousand years of civilsation behind him, sexually compete with an energetic African—even if the African is a doctor? But it turns out the African is not fucking his wife because the African is gay. The African fucks men not women. This has another direction of meaning that I cant take in this post (but, quickly, gay sexuality for the basic African mind means decadence, means all that civilisation, that education, that doctoring has finally corrupted the wholesome African meat of the man and made him a Westerner from just below crust to core).
The white woman turns out to be faithful to her white husband. But this is not the matter. This is what I want to point out (and here I must turn to Zizeck and Lacan for some guidance): Even if Tessa was fucking the African doctor, the fact of Justin's jealously, a jealously that has racist reasons, is a problem that needs to solved in and of itself. (The film fails to see this.) Why do African men, in the presence of European women, make him feel this way, feel this jealously, this fear? Where do these feelings come from, and how do they fit into (and work within) his identity? Can he have an identity without them? He can't, which is why he dissolves and dies at the end of the film.
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Cast: Tom Byron, Marc Wallice, Melanie Moore, Tony Montana, Mike Horner, Roxanne Blaze, Hyapatia Lee, Debi Diamond, Crystal Wilder, Terry Thomas, Nick East
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Hyapatia, this is your life! Hyapatia is a rock singer, performing for an audience of old friends and lovers, and telling her life story through her own songs and flashback sex scenes. Roxanne Blaze plays the young Hyapatia – first in a scene with Nick East as the boyfriend she left behind; them with Mike Horner as the guy she meets in a doctor's office. The two scenes are fine – especially Horner's – but Roxanne, in a cheap Dynel wig, so unlike Hya's lustrous mane, is simply not credible as Hyapatia's younger self. She's just a sweet pretty girl with none of Hyapatia's intense allure – and her light brown pubes and pale blue eyes don't help either.
Melanie Moore turns up the heat in a threeway sandwich with Tony Montana and Terry Thomas. The other threeway is another highlight. Marc Wallice cheats on Hyapatia, as Crystal Wilder and Debi Diamond first perform for Marc, and then drain him dry as he joins in. Hyapatia's closer with Tom, prefaced by her dancing with him, is a winner too, but the episodic structure of the film prevents much sexual tension from building; the songs, sex and story all feel a bit crammed in. Hyapatia's songs rock the house, even if the lyrics are occasionally a bit heavy-handed, and she surely commands the stage. The non-vocal part of the soundtrack by G.G. Green is worthy of note, too. I don't think another porn star (except maybe Sharon Kane) could be the centerpiece of a film like this. As a biographical study, it's interesting and well worth a look – but it's not a very good porn film. The sex is not the center and the arousal level just isn't there. Hyapatia on the boxcover, however, will make this a sure seller/renter.


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Wikipedia talk:Help Project/Archive 2
|This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
|Archive 1
|Archive 2
|Archive 3
- 1 How was the following page created?
- 2 Scope of project and project banners
- 3 New help file - procedures?
- 4 Should H:IOUF redirect to WP:Images?
- 5 Introduction pages discussion page redirection
- 6 Header bar change proposal to include IRC help channel
- 7 Current Discussions
- 8 Article work list
- 9 Introduction Pages
- 10 What about these two pages?
- 11 Scope 2
- 12 Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem
- 13 Wikipedia:Helping Hand Group
- 14 oh, btw
- 15 Wikipedia:How to edit a page
- 16 Notice: Help:File page needs updating
- 17 POssible cleanup - possible goof!
- 18 New project intro and header
How was the following page created?
If anyone knows how the above page was created, please contact me. The Transhumanist 23:46, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering how far your scope extended, and whether project banners should be placed on these pages - as most( if not all) help and contents pages have no associated project to provide centralised discussion? LeeVJ (talk) 01:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
- Still sure that we need a template, I intend to produce a basic template, and will tag it to pages likely to be accessed by a new reader from main page, e.g from the sidebar, common warnings messages,intro,tutorial etc. L∴V 01:15, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
Project template
Here's a quick attempt ising WPBannerMeta, no picture/icon - any ideas? L∴V 19:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
|WikiProject Help
- Looks good. I say go for it. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
- Right, working on it : Template:Help Project L∴V 12:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
- First draft, have double check it - one thing required is a category, I think! L∴V 13:11, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
- have applied to the first tutorial page as a tester .. L∴V 22:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
New help file - procedures?
I recently started editing a file WP:How to use primary sources (biological sciences). My goal here is to try to make it a little easier for non-biologists to track down and use primary sources, especially for breaking news items. I'm not sure how well I've accomplished this so far, but I'm curious what people think. What standard determines when such a page is no longer an essay but a reliable help document? Mike Serfas (talk) 07:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if there is a standard as such - just consensus, but the help system should abide by guidelines and policies so first stop is to make sure it does this. L∴V 13:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'd suggest asking the folks at WP:Wikiproject Biology to check/improve/ratify it. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:39, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Should H:IOUF redirect to WP:Images?
Please see Help talk:Images and other uploaded files #Redirect to WP images page?. Eubulides (talk) 22:37, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
- Page has been moved to :Files
Introduction pages discussion page redirection
Currently clicking on Wikipedia:Introduction..2..3 discussion tab redirects to the hidden templates discussion, this gives the game away a little , and if you then click on the 'article' ( which is 'template' now ) really gives it away, this could also confuse new users. I'm not sure if it can be done but wouldn't it be better the other way rounf , i.e. redirect the template's talk to the articles talk ? Maybe we could add a template doc for each with a link to a subpage for discussing templates workings specifically away from casual readers ... ? L∴V 01:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 00:06, 20 October 2009 (UTC)Done
Header bar change proposal to include IRC help channel
Hi everyone - just saw this WikiProject and knew some people would be interested in this discussion: Wikipedia_talk:Help_desk#Adding_.23wikipedia-en-help_to_the_header. Would love ya'll's (i think i can do that, two apostrophes? ha!) input on the topic. Thanks. JoeSmack Talk 16:28, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
- Sounds like a great idea ... ! L∴V 14:44, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Current Discussions
I think somewhere in the project we could do with a 'what's happening' type section with links to current ongoing discussions that are important, need a broader perspective or would simply like further opinion on an idea ( I know I've suggested things on those quiet pages which just needed a second opinion to confirm it was good enough to act upon). I seen a neat scrollable box in another project before or we stick to a normal section, whether it should be part of this talk page or (gut feeling) on the main project page is another question ? L∴V 18:37, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 22:10, 11 October 2009 (UTC)Done
Related move request
There is a move request for the Edit summary page from HELP: to WP: space, might have some other viewpoints arrive there... Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 12:41, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Media work duplication
- I have noted that a number of pages (e.g. Help:Displaying a formula ) seem to be directly copied from MediaWiki and still refer to it, which leads me to wonder how wikipedia help works with mediawikis help - after all mediwiki help should be more up to date and comprehensive and provides help for all wikis using it.
- It used to. The original concept was for help pages to transclude the MediaWiki help pages and have en.wiki specific help tacked on. The MediaWiki pages were never maintained, so they went out of date. And en.wiki has diverged from the default and other language wikis in so many ways that the MediaWiki help pages were sometimes wildly inaccurate. About a year ago, the transclusions were removed, leaving us on our own.
- Those MediaWiki help pages were supposed to be the contents of the Help namespace. Now that the connection has been removed, there is a lot of blurring between the Help and Wikipedia namespaces. For example, we have both Help:Footnotes and Wikipedia:Footnotes. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 02:05, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
- I think there needs to be some discussion on what should be in Help and Project (Wikipedia) namespaces. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:28, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks Gadget, very informative - do you have any other nuggets of information on how the help system has deveoped, maybe we can identify some other areas which may have been superceded? I agree - it would be a good first step to have the namespaces defined... L∴V 11:49, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Article work list
A number of articles have cropped up that need attention, but before they get lost I have just added this section Wikipedia:Help_Project#Articles_needing_attention linking to a subpage Wikipedia:Help Project/ArticleTLC listing articles that need work. Maybe we can turn it into a work list, but for now it serves as a useful way of quickly tracking articles that need some TLC. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 16:00, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Introduction Pages
A main entry point, we have four tabs introducing wikipedia, linked from 'anyone can edit' and used as a 'start here' point for many a header/index/template: These are
The first page is fine, but 'more on editing' and 'explore are' just a bunch of links, not very good for a brief overview! I also feel Explore might have lost its way somewhere ( between how to browse articles vs community). I think for the purposes of a providing a quick overview, the second tab should be how to browse wikipedia articles, the third should be an introduction to the community side of WP. The tutorial itself covers the links in the current 'more on editing tab' in much better context, that's why I suggest we drop it / merge it with the last page of the tutorial (which needs some work too!). Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 00:24, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
- Maybe we could adopt Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset or sections of it as a part of the 'more on editing' page - instead of dropping? Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 01:16, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
What about these two pages?
We have WP:Talk page and WP:Talk page guidelines, both marked as guidelines. At WT:Talk page I've suggested making that one into a help page so we have one help page and one guideline. What do people think? (Might be best to respond over there.)--Kotniski (talk) 14:53, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- Have commented there, but the moves look good to me. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 22:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- I have the applied the project banner to a few more pages, I see you have too quiddity, I am now look at the help desk and reference desk, these seem to work as a wikiproject on a page, maybe we should invite them...as, although the pages are actually part of the help system, I'm not sure if they'd appreciate being tagged - and help project couldn't handle redirected and misplaced questions without support ... L∴V 01:22, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
- I'd agree with your hesitation. Outside of the main index pages (which now seem to be covered), it gets into overlap territory quickly. Do we include the MoS pages, or other policy/guideline pages? Helpful (as opposed to humourous) essays? etc. I'd say no to each, for now at least.
- I'm not sure about the Help: namespace pages themselves though. We should possibly cover all of those? eg Help:Section, Help:Link, etc. Search for all "prefix:Help:" pages (344 pages currently, including redirects). Insufficient
datacoffee. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:05, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
- Gonna need pure cofee beans to chew :) I think anything that hasn't got a home - or an established team, although we could provide a nudge link for inter project communication. Logically the project should cover Help: even though it's a lot of articles ( where's that coffee), I am hoping the more pages covered the more interested editors are drawn to the project, I get the feeling there's a number of freelancers who'd chck in occasionally if they knew where to go. L∴V 13:05, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
- With more articles to cover, we could add an importance category to the template if needed- to seperate articles that get more attention / views, I'm also keeping in mind the assessment option if the number of articles get large enough - primarily so it is easy to see if an article has been checked over recently, and maybe later to ensure standard of help pages is up to scratch. L∴V 13:05, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
- Maybe not so much coffee is needed ... a number of those pages are subpages, redirects etc, so not such a headache... L∴V 01:48, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- I have the applied the project banner to a few more pages, I see you have too quiddity, I am now look at the help desk and reference desk, these seem to work as a wikiproject on a page, maybe we should invite them...as, although the pages are actually part of the help system, I'm not sure if they'd appreciate being tagged - and help project couldn't handle redirected and misplaced questions without support ... L∴V 01:22, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Scope 2
I have started working through Search for all "prefix:Help:" pages and tagging relevent pages, cleaning up a few on the way, There are a quite a few with active editors, I hope this drive brings them together... If you are one of those editors please add your two cents/pennies all contributions, ideas and suggestions are welcomed L∴V 01:44, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
current position Help:Monobook L∴V 01:49, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
- Currently paused, Arbitarily0 is looking in to using AWB to speed up the process (AWB is down at the moment but should be working again soon)... L∴V 00:40, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Alas AWB doesn't like help: namespace :( back to the quill.. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 01:04, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
- But I have twisted it's arm! I am over half way through now, hopefully once complete we can move on - I am hoping I we can set up some sort of article table that lists articles within scope that require attention, things like merge and delete etc that might make the whole picture a bit clearer! Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 01:03, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
- Alas AWB doesn't like help: namespace :( back to the quill.. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 01:04, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Ok, I think I'm mostly done, well at least the majority, if anyone spots whle categories that I have missed. I have left out essays and most guidelines for now ( a couple were purely how-to-s so i just tagged, which I'll leave for further contemplation. THere's also a huge amount of help which we shouldn't try to cover e.g. template documentation, I'd suggest for now as an ad-hoc for very common templates or something. I'll leave tagging and scope for a bit, and see how what comments come back ( if any) from the new tags. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 02:05, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
- Great work! :) JoeSmack Talk 02:07, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Redirect some pages questions to specific area when one is relevant
- Identify correct the place to ask questions related to the article and have BIG pointers to that place e.g. help substitution, pointers to New contributors' help page and mediawiki help desk for more technical questions.
- Yeah, that's a good idea. Even I am a little confused there. So, we have:
General help
Article construction
- Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback - light
- Wikipedia:Peer_review - medium
- Wikipedia:Featured_article_review - heavy
For info about policies and operations
- Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
- Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)
- Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
- Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)
...of course this doesn't include watched pages for disputes, editor critique or violations connected to content/policies. See Wikipedia:Where_to_ask_a_question and Wikipedia:Requests. This is a lot for any new editor to soak in, geez. JoeSmack Talk 16:41, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- It's a lot for any established editor to take in ;)! L∴V 18:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- WP:Questions should have links to every place to ask questions - I edited it a while ago to try and simplify it for new users, if we find there are more avenues not covered we should maybe link to a fuller 'where to ask questions' or maybe a general FAQ type article where a user finds the sort of question they want to ask and click on the link next to it, this takes them straight to the correct place to ask that type of question. e.g. 'I have a media file I would like to give to wikipedia, how do I do this? (link to file upload or wherever)' etc ? Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 22:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
- Just found Wikipedia:Help Project/Link repository by accident, a historical list of every link editors could find... think I'll start a new one that is more general - Wikipedia:Help Project/Overview, Don't think we need to list every link - just a general idea and maybe a few important pages. I have no idea how it may shape out. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 20:50, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
- WP:Questions should have links to every place to ask questions - I edited it a while ago to try and simplify it for new users, if we find there are more avenues not covered we should maybe link to a fuller 'where to ask questions' or maybe a general FAQ type article where a user finds the sort of question they want to ask and click on the link next to it, this takes them straight to the correct place to ask that type of question. e.g. 'I have a media file I would like to give to wikipedia, how do I do this? (link to file upload or wherever)' etc ? Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 22:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
- It's a lot for any established editor to take in ;)! L∴V 18:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem
It seems to me that Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem could be improved quite a bit. Any thoughts/volunteers? Rd232 talk 16:01, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Helping Hand Group
It now redirects to this project but see [1] for some history of how this project started and there may be some useful ideas to use from that page... -- Ϫ 03:47, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
- Thankyou Oe, I think we should have a history section - there have been several bashes at improving the system haven't there! Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 12:42, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
oh, btw
I think we'd have some people interested in this RfC.... Wikipedia:Requests for comment/new users... JoeSmack Talk 15:15, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:How to edit a page
I ran across Wikipedia:How to edit a page for the first time in ages and slapped a how-to on it, but it looks like it could use some TLC. I mentioned it to Kotniski and they suggested I mention it here. It's a pretty ugly page for one that's pretty important for newcomers, if you ask me. I remember finding it rather ugly back when I first encountered it as a newbie. Hiding T 17:08, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- Ouch, its quite detailed. My gut feeling is that this would serve as a comprehensive guide, maybe a little tidying, but have directions to ( or create) a simpler version article for newcomers before they run to the hills... Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 22:04, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- Ouch indeed. I usually provide Wikipedia:Tutorial which is more clear and manageable. JoeSmack Talk 22:41, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- I don't really see why it's in Wikipedia: space. It looks like one of the less newbie-friendly Help: pages to me. Rd232 talk 23:02, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- ..but it aims itself at a new editors quote 'Editing most Wikipedia pages is easy. Simply click on the "edit this page" tab at the top of a...' The page makes me queasy just looking at it - the only way I can see at the moment to save it is to strip it down to the 'wiki - markup' section and rename as 'advanced cheatsheet', maybe the remainder could be cleaned up to provide an overview but I am sure there are better pages that cover this already. Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 23:52, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- Double arg! this page is linked from several 'welcome' templates and has a hit rate of about 1000 per day, think we've struck a nerve! Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 00:33, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
- XfD it, see what comes of it. Maybe a redirect to the tutorial would be best... JoeSmack Talk 00:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Notice: Help:File page needs updating
Particularly changing "Image:" to "File:" and other little things. -- Ϫ 01:32, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
POssible cleanup - possible goof!
I stumbled upon [Help:Starting a new page] and was dismayed, info ony really relevent to advanced editting at the end and overcomplicated redundent stuff for newbies at the front ( a hangover from mediawiki help). Following the links I saw a lot of redirects of 'create an article' sort came here. so I cut the technical stuff to a new page Help:Empty pages, and redirected Help:Starting a new page to Wikipedia:Starting an article, altered the shortcuts ( creating a new WP:EMPTY for empty pages, and think that the whole 'user looking to create an article' situation is drastically improved. The goof - I see that a few editors have been at the article this year trying to fix it. I am hoping you editors where also trying to work out just what to do with this help file and I have now solved it, failing that if there really is a need for how to create a new page we should have this incorporated into creating article/template type help. Let me know if I've made a mess and I'll fix... Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 02:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
- We definitely need this kind of exploring to find all the cobwebs, thanks lee. JoeSmack Talk 08:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
New project intro and header
I thought with a possible new influx of editors I'd make the intro and headers more descriptive / friendly - I hope that's alright, but as always, please modify to your own heart's ..., hopefully I'm judging the sentiment of everyone correctly and not causing any offense or annoyance. In case anyone missed i - I I prefer to be bold and take no offense at being reverted! right onto a few more project banner taggings .... !Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 00:33, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
- The introduction is quite good, nice. Let me futz with it a bit as well, see what comes out. JoeSmack Talk 02:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
- P.s. you've been maintaining our front WikiProject page beautifully Lee, thanks. JoeSmack Talk 02:41, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Beginners / Advanced Help
- Several 'sets' of help pages ( whilst trying not to duplicate ), for non-logged in users start with the very basics, some basic editting and all the questions, some form of tutorial which at the end shows how to set a preference / edit the monobook / quickly access full help. Full help - which can skip any these startup help pages ( leaving say one link to access them again) and provide the options a new editor might need, maybe a further set which gives quick access to technical areas for advanced editors ... This would be some task but would enable us to write pages to address the needs and information level of that level of user... L∴V 18:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I'm not quite getting what you're saying. Do you mean there should be special help for non-logged users that is real real basic? If I had to take a shot in the dark about that, what of Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0? JoeSmack Talk 22:33, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- Erm, basically minimalised help that is accessable from main screen, advanced help covering more issues, somehow switchable. I should probably concentrate on grokking how the system currently fits together before coming up with madcap ideas ! ( The article wizard looks promising - and it is being developed at great speed recently )!L∴V
- I'm sorry, I'm not quite getting what you're saying. Do you mean there should be special help for non-logged users that is real real basic? If I had to take a shot in the dark about that, what of Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0? JoeSmack Talk 22:33, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- Gah, have you looked around Category:Wikipedia_help? So much of it is just garbage, there is very little maintenance in the help part of EN. JoeSmack Talk 22:51, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- Yep, its scary out there, but there are some dedicated editors improving it over time, so I dread to think what it was like a year ago! L∴V 13:32, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
- Gah, have you looked around Category:Wikipedia_help? So much of it is just garbage, there is very little maintenance in the help part of EN. JoeSmack Talk 22:51, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
- I've refined my opinion slightly on this - I was slightly picturing two articles with differing levels of detail for some of the help subjects, but a help on article on a particular subject should be able to be written so that it starts off easy and goes into further details later - allowing readers to read to their own level. L∴V 12:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


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Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 9:09 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 9:23 p.m.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The last time Josh McCown was at Bank of America Stadium he had been benched by Arizona coach Dennis Green the night before the game with Carolina in 2004. He then watched his replacement, Shaun King, get roughed up in the Panthers' 35-10 win.
The following year, McCown had one of his better games for the Cardinals, throwing for nearly 400 yards and two touchdowns in another Panthers' win, 24-20.
Coach John Fox most remembered the second encounter, and it's one of the reasons McCown was back in town Tuesday, scurrying to learn his new teammates and playbook so he could perhaps serve as Jake Delhomme's backup in Carolina's opener Sunday at San Diego.
"I think he caused us fits," Fox said. "He's a good athlete, good size, and a lively arm. For whatever reason, I remember the one game out there he played well against us."
After watching Matt Moore and Brett Basanez struggle in the preseason and Moore hurt his left leg late in the final preseason game, the Panthers on Friday sent a seventh-round pick in next year's draft to Miami for the 29-year-old McCown.
The reason McCown was available? Brett Favre, sort of.
McCown, who played for Oakland last season, had signed with the Dolphins shortly after free agency began in February. He received a $2.5 million signing bonus and fully intended on being the starter.
"Going around the last few free agency times I always tried to get into a situation where you're competing for a job," McCown said. "I'll be honest, that's why I went to Miami."
But then Favre unretired and was traded to the New York Jets. That made Chad Pennington expendable, and the Dolphins quickly snatched him up after the Jets released him.
Add in Dolphins draft pick Chad Henne, and all of a sudden McCown was watching the final three preseason games from the sidelines.
"It seemed as though from the get-go they were moving in the direction of making Chad the guy," McCown said. "So with that being said, I kind of didn't know where I stood completely. When you go through the second, third, fourth preseason games I figured something was up. So I was excited to get the call to come here."
Despite his benching in 2004, McCown enjoyed Charlotte during his first visit with the Cardinals in 2002. A native of Jacksonville, Texas, McCown wanted to play for a team in the South, but didn't think Carolina was a good fit.
"No, simply because I always understood that Jake was solidified there as the starter, so I was always looking for an opportunity," McCown said. "Went to Detroit, end of the year got traded. Then I went to Miami. So I'm excited about being here."
McCown brings an experienced, if unspectacular resume. His best season in the NFL was the year he got benched in Carolina. He started a career-high 13 games and had 11 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions.
He has a career passer rating of 71.6, and his main problem has been turnovers. He has 40 career interceptions to his 35 TD passes and has fumbled 39 times, losing 14.
But McCown has good size (6-foot-4, 215 pounds) and already has some understanding of the offense. McCown's offensive coordinator in Miami was Dan Henning, who spent five years running Carolina's offense under Fox until he was fired after the 2006 season.
"What I try to do is pull out the plays that I'm not comfortable with yet and get those nailed down," McCown said.
With Moore's status uncertain this week, McCown may be the No. 2 QB Sunday. It's clear Fox has confidence McCown could fill that role, unlike Green three years ago when he made the QB switch in a Charlotte hotel room the night before kickoff.
"I thought he had played very well when they made a change when they were here," Fox said. "We followed him in Detroit and followed him Oakland and we talked about him this past offseason."
Fox said WR D.J. Hackett will likely return to practice Wednesday after missing almost a month and all four preseason games with a toe injury. Hackett's return will help a thin receiving corps, with Steve Smith beginning his two-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team and Ryne Robinson still sidelined with a knee injury. ... Moore said he's no longer using crutches and hopes to practice Wednesday. ... Newly signed KR Mark Jones intends to return punts and kickoffs Sunday. "As far as I know, yes," he said.
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can Kemba play the 2 at all? I could see him as a Jason Terry 6th man type player for sure.
can Kemba play the 2 at all? I could see him as a Jason Terry 6th man type player for sure.
If he could find his shot, then probably. He is quick enough that I don't think his overall size will effect him that much on defense.
I could see Dragic and Walker being out on the court at the same time, but remember the Cats also have Henderson, Gordon, Williams, and Carroll at the two.
This is what I'll always remember him for:
if Higgins/Cho get this done this will be easily the best offseason for the Cats. Goran pretty much almost carried the Rockets into the playoffs last season.
One this is for sure, a Dragic-Walker combo is a hell of a lot better than an Augustin-Walker combo.
Let's sign Dragic and Jamison and call it an off-season.
What would be really sweet, is if the Bobcats could sign Dragic and pull off a sign and trade deal to get rid of Augustin and acquire a mediocre player or a pick in return; hell, even cash compensation would be nice (at least we would be getting something for him). If they could do that, I would personally hire someone personally hold Cho's nuts behind him.
It appears it won't be as easy as I had thought...
David Aldridge: Despite his request, league source reiterated tonight that Hornets will match $58M sheet Suns committed to Eric Gordon Tuesday. Twitter
Chris Broussard: Source: Jeremy Lin still meeting with Rockets. With Nash In LA, source says NYK likely to match any offer. Twitter
Paul Coro: The #Suns' next task will be settling on a point guard between Goran Dragic & Raymond Felton. Felton visits Phoenix tomorrow. Twitter
Suns... PLEASE DECIDE YOU WANT FELTON, PLEASE DECIDE YOU WANT FELTON, lol.
Suns only want to offer Dragic 7m, so I think they will go after Felton.
When the hell will Kemba see the court?
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The Waitati Militia is armed and ready for the Waitati New
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Militia members spent yesterday preparing weapons and
costumes for tomorrow's battle royal when Clan McGillicuddy
will defend Almond Castle, in Almond St, Waitati.
One of the militia's most revered combatants will be missing.
Peter (Pete) Maxwell Forbes Smith, of Waitati, who operated
under the alias ''Escherichia von Coli'' on militia missions,
died on Saturday. He was 73.
Mr Smith was to have been the honoured guest at tomorrow's
''This was to have been Pete's last battle. It was being held
in his honour,'' battle organiser Amanda ''Mandy Mayhem''
Morrison said yesterday.
''But, he will still be attending the battle. He'll be there
in his box as a higher presence.''
The ''pacifist warfare'' enthusiasts fight their battles
using strictly non-harmful weapons, such as newspaper swords
and cardboard shields.
Water bombs, flour bombs, porridge bombs, funnelators (huge
slingshots) and meths mortars, armed with soft or rotten
fruit, may also be used.
Psychological weapons, such as the can-can charge, heavy duty
assault poetry, mass singing and vicious taunting, are also
Ms Morrison said the battle would start with the traditional
trading of insults between the Waitati Militia and the
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt will attempt to act as
peacemaker during the battle, which will start at 1pm. It
will be followed by the Militia Ball in the Waitati Hall.
A service for Mr Smith will be held at 1pm on Wednesday in
the Waitati Hall.
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Kind of like Costco, but not exactly.
Red triangle means that the window can be opened from the outside. Firefighters will open those windows during a fire.
A castle that is next to modern streets and stop lights.
Interesting how the floor is elevated. I'm not sure what the benefit is. Makes the room inside cooler during summer?
Hint: Find the turtle.
CocaCola makes tea in Japan. This product has global potential.
There're these holes in the walls surrounding the Palace. I'm not sure what they do.
I think this is a security device that protects the palace. Anyone reads Japanese?
This thing is next to the palace. There's only one of them, and I have no idea what this is for. Old rusted street light?
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21st Consecutive Award for the City of Grand Blanc
The City of Grand Blanc received their 21st consecutive Certificate of Excellence Award in Financial Reporting. Pictured left to right are Tamar Lewis, board member for the Michigan Government Finance Officers Association, new city Finance Director Diane Waterworth, and City Manager Wendy JeanBuhrer.
PPT Reimbursement calculator
Accounting Standards Committee chairperson Joe Heffernan has created an Excel file that local units can use to calculate the amount of reimbursement they should expect from the State.
This spreadsheet may be used by local governments to estimate the amount of personal property exemption loss reimbursement they may receive. This is an estimate for budgetary and planning purposes only. The Michigan Department of Treasury has not approved this spreadsheet, and actual results may vary from this estimate.
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MGFOA Online Store Is Now Open
Show off your membership in the MGFOA with the latest logo gear. Visit the MGFOA Online Store to purchase shirts, jackets and tote bags.
MGFOA Marketing Study
Recently, MGFOA went through a Marketing Study and this is the Strategic Marketing Plan that resulted from the study.
Lawmakers to big box stores: Pay your fair share of taxes!
Bridge Magazine explains "dark store" issues in this online article.
GFOA Requests Help with RTPA Legislation
Throughout the month of August, your congressional delegation typically puts business on hold in Washington, D.C., and heads home. The "August Recess" is designed to give members of Congress and their staff some time to reorient, so it's one of the very best times for constituents to communicate with them, either in person or in writing. Your advocacy has the most impact during this period because it allows your congressional representation to come face-to-face with the fiscal effects that federal preemption legislation has on localities within their districts. Please reach out to your member of Congress today urging them to support and co-sponsor the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA) (HR 2775).
The RTPA would compel retailers to collect taxes on remote sales, based on the consumer's location. Passing this legislation would finally bring federal law into the digital age by enabling state and local governments to collect sales taxes on online purchases that are already owed to them but not being paid. These bills would also level the playing field for brick-and-mortar retailers who currently face a competitive disadvantage of 5-10%, compared to remote sellers, because Congress has failed to act to update national tax laws with respect to digital sales.
Your direct outreach to your member of Congress is critical to advancing this legislation through the federal legislative process this year. Please take a few minutes during this key time to send a letter urging your Congressional representative to support RTPA.
We encourage you to explore and use the resources available on GFOA's RTPA Resource Page including a RTPA sample letter to Congressional Representatives, as well other material such as talking points and a sample Op-ed. Click here to find out the local address to send the letter and copy firstname.lastname@example.com for hand-delivery to your Representative's D.C. office.
Want to learn a little more about the Marketplace Fairness Act? On August 12 at 1pm (Eastern), GFOA's Mike Bailey, finance director for the City of Redmond, WA and Dustin McDonald, director of GFOA's Federal Liaison Center, will lead a joint webinar with the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) on federal efforts to require online retails to collect and remit sales taxes to state and local governments. The webinar is FREE for GFOA and ASPA members. Register for this webinar.
CRC Report Examines Expanding Legislative Fiscal Impact Statements
How can we know the true cost that proposed legislation would impose on Michigan's local governments, businesses, and individuals? This is the question Citizens Research Council of Michigan asks in its new report
The Cost of Legislation: Expanding Michigan's Fiscal Notes. The report explores how Michigan's legislative fiscal agencies might go about estimating costs for proposed legislation that is aimed at those outside of state government. In Michigan, these estimates, called fiscal notes, are critical in informing state policymakers of the true spending and revenue impacts of legislation.
Nearly every state in the nation has a process for estimating the costs of proposed and enacted legislation on state government. In Michigan, the nonpartisan House and Senate fiscal agencies are responsible for assessing the changes that would occur if proposed bills are enacted. These assessments typically include quantitative impacts of bills that would affect the operations of state government, but typically do not include fiscal impact statements for bills that would affect parties outside of local government.
"Our analysis shows that of the legislation reviewed by committees, most fiscal impacts are determined to be unknown or indeterminate," says CRC Research Associate Nicole Bradshaw. "While some other states are able to determine costs for parties outside of state government on a more frequent basis, several obstacles prevent Michigan's fiscal agencies from assigning quantitative fiscal estimates." In particular the report identifies the fiscal agencies' limited data access, the full-time nature of the Michigan legislature, the speed of Michigan's legislative process, and lack of expertise of non-state financial statements as hindrances in determining the true costs of legislation.
The report also discusses how the fiscal agencies may play a role in assessing whether legislation imposes a mandate on local governments. Under Article IX, Section 29 of the Michigan Constitution, generally referred to as the Headlee Amendment, the state cannot enforce a mandate on local governments without funding. "Accurate fiscal estimates would help state policymakers examine the cost legislation would impose on local governments and could be a step forward in ensuring that the state complies with this portion of the Headlee Amendment," said Bradshaw.
If policymakers wish to expand the scope of fiscal notes, CRC's report provides several recommendations including ways to improve access to necessary local government, business, and individual data as well as the need for the legislature to allocate additional funding to the fiscal agencies to ensure they have sufficient resources to expand their duties.
The full report is available at no cost on the Citizens Research Council's website, www.crcmich.org.
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While each document was created and reviewed by members of the Committee, it is important to note that these documents are not a 'one size fits all' solution. Finance officials seeking to use these documents should consult their respective government agency's charter as well as their agency's legal counsel.
Please visit the RESOURCES page of the site to view the documents.
If you would like to suggest any changes to these documents, please email the Standards Committee via Joe Heffernan.
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This is your opportunity to get involved and grow with the organization by serving and contributing your knowledge to a committee.
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John Waters Top 10 List: Fairy Tales, 3D Sex, Tasteful Trangression
Ah one of our favorite bad taste good --no... singular taste traditions of year-end end look backs has arrived: the annual John Waters Top Ten List at ArtForum. Though the Baltimore film icon hasn't made a feature film in over ten years he still says active as a celebrity for which we thank him. Try and imagine the world without him; we never want to!
His top ten lists generally contain at least one or two titles we haven't even heard of (rare for us don'cha know) and that's true again with #1 and #9 right here. They're also always a mix of smart, beautiful, queer, and head scratching choices -- I'm sorry but Love is NOT a good movie even if it does contain, as John Waters raves, "heterosexual rimming -- in 3D!"
John Waters 2015 Top Ten List
01 HELMUT BERGER, ACTOR (Andreas Horvath)
02 CINDERELLA (Kenneth Branagh)
Yes, you heard me, Cinderella. I fucking love this Disney film.
03 THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson)
04 TOM AT THE FARM (Xavier Dolan)
05 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller)
06 CAROL (Todd Haynes)
Maybe the only way to be transgressive these days is to be shockingly tasteful. This Lana Turner–meets–Audrey Hepburn lipstick-lesbian melodrama is so old-fashioned I felt like I was one year old after watching it. That's almost reborn.
07 THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (Marielle Heller)
08 TANGERINE (Sean Baker)
09 FLY COLT FLY: LEGEND OF THE BAREFOOT BANDIT (Adam Gray and Andrew Gray)
10 LOVE (Gaspar Noé)
His commentary is always great fun -- his take on Xavier Dolan's tense grief thriller Tom at the Farm is especially John Waters but hugely spoiler-filled -- so go read if it you're so inclined.