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A woman is accused of threatening to blow up South Davidson Middle School on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant.
Valerie Lewis, 32, of 1077 Jim Elliott Road, Denton, was charged with communicating threats and felony false report mass violence on educational property. She received a $10,000 unsecured bond and a court date of July 23.
Lewis, according to a warrant, made a report to the Davidson County Schools' superintendent's office that she was going to blow up the middle school with everyone in it. In regard to a school employee, the court document stated, she threatened she was going to beat him up if she "sees him on the street."
Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said threatening phone calls will not be tolerated on school campuses.
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Donna Stafford, director of public relations for Davidson County Schools, said the threat did not cause a distraction for students. She said the school resource officer was called immediately and talked to Lewis.
"(Lewis) never went into the school," Stafford said.
Lewis, Stafford said, was in the parking lot when she made the phone call to the county schools office.
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Twitter is still to this day the rising star of social media and continues to gain followers and new members on a daily basis, making millions in total per year. Many approach Twitter as it is an intriguing concept; 140 characters to say everything you need to say. Once signed up, they end up staying and following other with similar interests or that offer things that they need or need to know.
There are also a fair few sellers and affiliate sellers on Twitter that make a very good living, but they don't do this manually. To discover and market to hundreds upon thousands of Twitter users on a daily basis would take quite literally forever, so what do they do? They use Twitter marketing software.
Twitter marketing software allows you as the marketer to successfully find people who are interested in what you have to say or what you have to sell as the case may be and there are a fair few options out there. If you're interested in what software is available for Mac, take a look at my other article 'What is the Best Twitter Marketing Software for Mac?'. But as a general overview, hopefully this article will help put you on the right track.
There are a few that have been around for quite a while and have got a good reputation to go with it. The likes of Tweet Adder and Tweet Whistle, while having similar systems, have different features and features that make an impact. For example, with these pieces of software you are able to find members by their interests, what they tweet about or by their location. You can search for information that the user has posted in their bio, whether this is about their profession, their interests or their life in general. You can search by their input of location and also by something they've been tweeting about. Twitter marketing software such as Tweet Adder and Tweet Whistle will then generate a list for you which can be used to add those members to your follow list in the hope that they will follow you back and read your tweets. You can set how many members to follow per day from your list, and we wouldn't recommend any more than 200 maximum.
Whilst those two pieces of Twitter marketing software are both very adequate and work very well for the purpose, if you have more interest in being able to follow your timeline as well as find out what people are saying about your products or affiliate deals or even your competitor's, then Market Me Suite might be a good place for you to start. MarketMeSuite gives you a nice interface which you can add numerous timelines to, including your own tweets, the tweets of those you follow and you can set up tweet list for certain terms or phrases so once they come in, you can see them and comment on the post. You can also set up automated responses to respond to tweets about certain subjects, which is another amazing feature.
We have used all of these piece of Twitter marketing software and we can recommend them all for different reasons; if you want adding power with extensive research capabilities, go with Tweet Adder or the considerably cheaper, but slightly unsure Tweet Whistle, whereas if your interest lies with customer communication, then take a look at MarketMeSuite. These are the three best piece of software for Twitter on the market today in our opinion.

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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The flood of memories that Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant produced in their eight seasons together with the Los Angeles Lakers could fill five or six books, serve as the origin story for nearly as many movies or after school specials and keep your mind twisting and turning about "What might have been?" for a lifetime.
The greatest reality show ever told is how folks describe it now, a daily soap opera with all of the drama (on and off the court) that anyone could ask for. And it was groundbreaking stuff, ahead of its time even, given that this all played out long before social media became a part of our everyday lives.
Broderick (you might know him as Brad or BT) Turner of The Los Angeles Times was there before, during and after every second of it and is still chronicling the daily happenings of what goes on in and around LA's basketball scene. And that includes keeping a watchful eye on DeAndre Jordan, Doc Rivers, Chris and Cliff Paul, Blake Griffin, Paul Pierce, Lance Stephenson, Josh Smith and the rest of the Los Angeles Clippers, the latest and greatest hoops reality show to hit town.
We dive back into the Shaq-Kobe drama and all the people impacted by it (from Magic Johnson, Jerry West and Dr. Jerry Buss to their teammates and the fans who witnessed it and still discuss to this day), discuss DeAndre's crazy summer and look ahead at what's to come in LA and elsewhere around the league after a month-long hiatus from the booth (Lang's still at the beach and Rick is all over the place, as always).
But with just weeks before teams show up for the start of training camp, it's also time to start assessing the 2015-16 season and how the pecking order will break down on each side of the conference divide.
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Only a short walk from the beaches of Sosua, you will find Tropix, a charming european style hotel offering a peaceful, friendly alternative to the big resorts.
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When I visited, the hotel was very homey; I didn't really feel like I was away from home even though I stayed for ten days in May. The location is perfect as it is situated just few blocks away from the main street so it's not hard to find. It is close to restaurants, shops, markets and just few minutes' way from a very beautiful beach. I never missed the pool side breakfast and it was fun for me. The manager is quite friendly and will help advise you on where to visit while in town. The hotel has this local feeling which I really needed as I wanted something different from what I am used to, it has that DR feel. You should make sure that your room has air condition, mine had one and it was working perfectly. The food portion was filling and the restaurant staff was friendly as well. The rooms had all the amenities that will make you feel at home and maybe even come back for another vacation. The rooms were very comfortable with enough space for my luggage. I visited here in March 2014 and I don't regret my decision. I know one thing for sure that I will be coming back here, don't know when but if the breeze of vacation blows me here again next year, you will find me here. Thanks to the manager and the entire staff for making my stay an amazing one, it was comfortable, fun and wonderful.
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The rooms are nice decorated and furnished. Everything including the pool was cleaned up daily. A daily breakfast is available a low costs and the service was always really friendly.
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Electromach staff will start the New Year with sportive intentions!
Good health of your employees is very important, Electromach is well aware of that. Besides courses to prevent RSI-related complaints, and a 'stop smoking' course, all employees can benefit from a discount on their gym membership.
To motivate the employees to work out, Electromach decided to sponsor the employees who would going to participate in the CityRUN 10K. The CityRUN is one of the races which will be held during the annual Marathon Weekend in Enschede.
On April 22, 2012, the 'Enschede Marathon', Netherlands oldest marathon, will celebrate its 65th anniversary. Besides the traditional marathon distance of 42K, a half-marathon (21,1K) and the CityRUN 10K are organized.
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To put it simple, Anatomy is the structure of the body parts, and Physiology is how each of the body parts function. Let's start with the inner parts of the body, called the systems which are the structure of the body parts, and after which, we will list the function of each system. The body is built like a sophisticated machine that only its creator completely understand its operations. After studying Anatomy and Physiology, I understood clearly what the writer of Psalm 139: 14
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"I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."
We can conclude that the body systems are an organized group of organs or cells related to each other. Where as each organ performs a specific or a certain function. Let's begin with the Circulatory System.
The heart is a hollow muscular contractible organ that is the center of the Circulatory System. It is divided into 4 chambers. There are two upper champers with thin walls and two lower chambers with thick walls.
The two upper chambers are called the atria (left and right). The two lower chambers are called ventricles.
The two sides of the heart are separated by a strong muscular wall known as the septum. There are several valves in the heart. They are; Pulmonary, Tricuspid, Mitral, and Aortic. Each valve is lined with a membrane called Endocardium.
The muscle of the heart is called, Myocardium. Inside of this muscle, there are fibers that forms a network of branches called arteries and veins. The Aorta, is the largest artery in the body. It leads from the left ventricle and supplies the body with oxygenated blood.
The Pulmonary artery leads from the right ventricle. It divides into two branches that supply used blood to the right and left lungs.
Inside of the heart is lined with a smooth membrane called the Endocardium.
Pericardium is a tough membrane that is double-layered covering the heart as a bag.
There is a space between the two layers of Pericardium and Endocardium that contains a thin layer of fluid that lubricates and allows free movement of the heart muscle within the outer bag.
Being that the heart works hardest of all the muscles in the body, it has large energy requirements that need an adequate supply of fresh oxygenated blood to maintain its actions, as all of the muscles in the body do.
The heart has a network of branches which is its own system of arteries, capillaries, and veins exclusively for its own blood supply. This system is call the Coronary. The reason behind the name is due to the arteries surround the upper portion of the heart like a crown. The word "Corona" in Latin mean crown. Both the right and left Coronary arteries arise from the beginning of the Aorta. From that point, smaller branches pass into the heart. The left artery is divided into two large branches; Right Coronary artery and left Coronary artery.
1. The heart rate is approximate 70 beats per minute at rest for an adult.
2. During strenuous exercise, the heart rate can become 200 beats per minute.
3. The heart contracts about 100,000 times per day and more than 2.5 billion time in an average lifetime.
4. The heart pumps at least 9 pints (4.5 liters) of blood per minute.
5. The heart pumps about 1,500 gallons (6,000 liters) of blood daily.
6. The heart generates enough power in a day to drive a truck 20 miles.
The Body Systems:
1. circulatory – circulates body fluids. It includes both cardiovascular
(heart and blood vessels) and the lymphatic systems
2. digestive – is defined as the Alimentary Canal. This includes the mouth, teeth, tongue,
pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, accessory glands (salivary glands, liver, pancreas)
3. endocrine- ductless glands that produces an internal secretion discharged into the blood
or lymph. It is then circulated into all of the body parts.
4. hematopoietic _ has to do with the production and development of blood cells.
5. integumentary- consists of the skin, hair and nails and its appendages.
6. lymphatic-circulates lymph. It includes lymph vessels, lymphatic organs
(lymph nodes, ducts, tonsils, thymus, spleen)
7. muscular- includes all of the muscles (smooth, cardiac, striated, and skeletal)
8. nervous – consists of the brain, ganglia, spinal cord and nerves
9. reproductive-includes the gonads, their structure association and ducts.
10. respiratory- consists of the air passageway and organs (nasal cavities, oral cavity
pharynx, trachea, and lungs (bronchi, bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli.
11. skeletal- The bony framework of the body.
12. urinary – Secreting or containing urine.
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A wonder strike from veteran Lee Hughes lit up a second consecutive home win for Notts County as they beat battling Walsall 2-1.
The home side were quickest out the blocks with Cristian Montano slamming a shot against the post after just two minutes and Hughes glancing a header narrowly wide in an early onslaught.
Walsall offered precious little going forward in the first half and County went ahead through a moment of brilliance by 35-year-old Hughes after 37 minutes.
The striker took an innocent-looking cross from Alan Judge on his chest before hammering a volley past a helpless David Grof in the Saddlers goal from the edge of the box.
County made a sloppy start to the second half and paid for it when Andy Butler equalised for Walsall with a header from a Richard Taundry free-kick on the hour.
However the Magpies were soon back in front as skipper Neal Bishop chipped over the visitors defence and West Ham loanee Montano fired past Grof to give Martin Allen`s side victory.
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RIPTON — Award-winning poet Ruth Stone, whose career thrived late in life as her sharp insights into love, death and nature received ever-growing acclaim, has died. She was 96.
Stone, who for decades lived in a farmhouse in Goshen, died Saturday, Nov. 19, of natural causes at her home in Ripton, her daughter Phoebe Stone said Thursday. She was surrounded by her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County Solid Waste Management District (ACSWMD) board has approved a 2012 budget of $2,576,552 that reflects a 7-percent increase in expenses, but maintains a level fee for trash disposal and reduces the drop-off charges for some recyclables at the transfer station.
Theresa Kuczynski, manager of the ACSWMD, said the budget increase is based on the assumption the transfer station will handle an increasing amount of trash, demolition debris and recyclables next year.
BRISTOL — Local teenagers are taking risky business into their own hands, aiming to rein in teen substance abuse and other hazardous behaviors.
After the Vermont Department of Health earlier this month released the results of this year's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — a biennial look at everything from teen sex to bullying — a taskforce of Mount Abraham Union middle and high school students spent a day analyzing the Bristol school's results.
MIDDLEBURY — Shoreham native and aspiring filmmaker Cosmo Pfeil's latest project is aimed at shedding light on the potential dangers of nuclear power, and while one would think he could focus his lens on his home state — which hosts Vermont Yankee — he's decided to point his camera at a facility in Tennessee.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Dec. 6 will begin paring back the first draft of a 2012-2013 municipal budget that would require a 3.4-cent increase in the local tax rate in order to maintain existing services and capital improvement priorities.
The draft $8,504,690 spending plan, reviewed by the selectboard for the first time at a meeting last Tuesday, represents a $230,825 increase compared to this year's municipal budget. One penny on Middlebury's tax rate raises roughly $72,000.
FERRISBURGH — Car dealer Tom Denecker recently abandoned a two-year effort to persuade Vergennes to extend a city sewer line a few hundred feet across Route 7 to his Ferrisburgh auto dealership.
It is the latest in a series of episodes in which city officials have weighed the impact of new Ferrisburgh hook-ons to the city sewer system vs. increased revenue the city could secure.
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A VALLEYS woman who "petrified" children by threatening a man with a kitchen knife was jailed for nine months yesterday.
Mother-of-four Deborah Eyre, 41, of Mynyddislwyn Close, Pontllanfraith, admitted affray on August 26 last year when she threatened Richard Williams with the knife in a drunken argument on St Sannon Road in the town. Due to face trial at Newport Crown Court, she pleaded guilty to affray at the last minute.
After drinking heavily, she became involved in an argument with Mr Williams, which led to her leaving the scene and returning with a knife.
Andrew Jones, defending, said: "The witnesses all say that the matter was over in seconds, not a prolonged upset of threatening behaviour. It's a kitchen knife taken from the kitchen in the heat of an argument and, your honour will no doubt have gathered, by a woman heavily in drink.
"She's a woman who has abused substances: heroin, crack cocaine, meow-meow and amphetamines. In the early 90s, her five-year-old son suffered a traumatic death. He was strangled with a cord and a hoodie at an electric sub-station. They were unable to retrieve her son's body because his body had fallen into the substation. The lady has spent the last 20 years taking illicit substances."
Recorder David Miller added: "You were subject to a community order at the time you committed that offence.
"You were drunk and you became involved in a confrontation with another member of the public and in the presence of children. You returned to a private address, got a knife, came out of your garden and approached the person with whom you had had a dispute.
"Children were petrified and left the scene. I'm satisfied this is an affray involving a risk of serious injury."


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One drag racing team at the Import vs. Domestic World Cup Finals in Maryland last weekend found out what happens when you overheat a bottle of nitrous oxide. It totally explodes.
If you're wondering why a person would heat up a highly compressed bottle of gas, Dragzine explains that it helps get a bottle to optimum pressure (900-950 psi) if ambient air temperature is too low.
Thankfully, no one was near the bottle when it blew and nobody was hurt.
(Hat tip to TheMythIsReality!)
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ARDMORE, Pa. � There is no reason golf should take this long to play.
ARDMORE, Pa. � There is no reason golf should take this long to play.
That�s why players at Merion for the U.S. Open received a notice when they registered that warned about pace of play. The fear was that slow play was damaging the game�s popularity, and the instructions in the notice could not have been clearer.
�Be observant, reach your decision quickly and execute your shots with promptness and dispatch.�
Just don�t get the idea anything will change. This notice was handed out at 1950 U.S. Open.
If the players at the U.S. Open this week would read David Barrett�s book, �Miracle at Merion,� on Ben Hogan�s victory at 1950, they might laugh.
Or maybe cry.
Joe Dey, the USGA�s executive director at the time, is quoted in the book as saying, �The time has come when we simply must act if the game is not to be seriously injured.�
The size of the field for the 1948 U.S. Open at Riviera was 171 players. It was lowered to 162 players the following year at Medinah, but that didn�t seem to help. Dey lamented that the first group (threesomes) took 3 hours, 27 minutes to complete the opening round, while the last group took a whopping 4 hours, 16 minutes.
�That is just awful, and it doesn�t make sense,� Dey said. �It hasn�t been so long since three hours was considered adequate for a round. This is murder on spectators as well as on players who wish to play at a reasonable speed.�
At the rate championship golf is going, three hours might soon be considered adequate to make the turn.
So when the USGA announces Wednesday that it is launching a comprehensive campaign to combat pace of play, there is reason for skepticism.
The campaign is geared toward the recreational game. It will study what causes slow play and attempt to find solutions aimed at the player and golf course management. That�s a good start, because the problem with slow play in golf is not at the professional level. That distinction must be made.
There are exceptions to be sure � a lot of them. Kevin Na and his horrific pre-shot routine of intentional misses at The Players Championship last year. Keegan Bradley and his start-stop-start stride into the ball to play the shot. Guan Tianlang at the Masters. Ben Crane at any tournament.
Tournament golf should abide by the rules, which in this case is Rule 6-7 � play without undue delay. But championship golf is different from the recreational game. The greens are faster than most golf fans can imagine. The golf courses are bigger. Rare is the par 5 that can�t be reached in two shots. It�s still a game, but for tour players, it�s also their (well paying) jobs.
That�s not to suggest tour players don�t have an obligation. They owe it to the sport to set a good example. One reason often cited for slow play is that regular golfers try to copy what they watch on TV. And what they see are ridiculous pre-shot routines, reading putts from every conceivable angle and endless study of the yardage book.
Even so, the influence of televised golf is overstated in at least one respect.
�If we did everything professionals do, there would be no ball marks on the greens,� said Rand Jerris, the USGA�s senior managing director of public services.
The USGA, along with the PGA Tour, has embarked on its most extensive study on pace of play. Not to poke fun, but this could take a while. It�s not an easy fix because the time it takes to play golf in America has been sliding in the wrong direction for 60 years or more.
According to a National Golf Foundation study, slow play � defined as having to wait on the group in front more than a few times � was listed by 91 percent of golfers surveyed as taking away from their golf experience.
Among the areas the USGA is targeting in its campaign:
� Designing golf courses where the routing, length and placement of hazards would help move things along. This sounds like a great idea except that hardly anyone is building golf courses in America.
� Making the golf course easier (and quicker) to play by limiting the rough, widening the fairways, slowing the greens and providing more accessible hole locations.
� Encouraging golf courses to manage the intervals in tee times, such as adding a few more minutes between groups.
� Working on player behavior to remind them to be ready to play and to use the right set of tees.
The intentions are noble. But any time words like �campaign� and �education� and �initiative� are involved, it�s fair to wonder if brainstorming will lead to real results.
For its part, the U.S. Open is making a few changes this year. The starting time Thursday and Friday morning at Merion has been moved up 15 minutes to 6:45 a.m., meaning there will be (or should be) a gap of 5 hours, 48 minutes from when the last morning group tees off and the first afternoon group tees off on the first hole. Tee times on the weekend will be 11 minutes apart instead of 10 minutes. Every second helps.
But it comes back to a question from 1950 at Merion that so far has no answer.
Why is it no longer reasonable for a three-hour round? As the modern player gets better, the courses have become harder to provide a stronger test. But that would suggest the U.S. Open was not as hard as it is now. Olympic Club in 1955 and Winged Foot in 1974, to name two examples, would suggest otherwise.
And as much as the USGA is trying to find a solution, it surrendered to slow play 11 years ago at Bethpage Black. After 101 years of everyone starting the round at No. 1, the U.S. Open went to a two-tee start. Officials talk about having more daylight by sending players off the front and nine back nine, and the flexibility in case of bad weather. But this would not have been necessary if golf had not slowed to a crawl.
If this new initiative on pace of play doesn�t provide any answers, perhaps the words of the great Julius Boros should be considered:
�By the time you get to your ball, if you don�t know what to do with it, try another sport.�


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Wabash Day 2010 - Evansvilleby Thom Liffick '73 • October 11, 2010 Share:
The Evansville Association of Wabash Men had a highly successful 2010 WABASH DAY with seven participants contributing their time and sweat to the benefit of the Evansville Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC).
Graduates from four different decades provided their efforts to "deconstruct" suspended ceilings from the office areas at ARC, a dusty job that prepared the area for professional crews scheduled to start on October 11.
Eric Strehl '91, Gordon Vogel '72, Matt Piechocki '03, Joab Schultheis '91, Wayne Hentrup '84, Jon Reitz '88, and Thom Liffick '73 also painted about 300 feet of exterior fence to improve the appearance of the parking area for agency staff.
Donuts provided by Eric Strehl, lunch provided by Barb Liffick and teamwork provided by seven Little Giants made for a great 6th WABASH DAY in Evansville. We were also greatly assisted by Tony Winstead and Jennifer Bayer, staff at ARC who guided us through our project.


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Sybase has announced the availability of its SQL Anywhere12 database and synchronization software. This version of SQL Anywhere provides support for storage and synchronization of spatial data, iPhone devices and large-scale synchronization environments, among other features.
- Spatial support to enable tracking, location aware querying, data management and synchronization of spatial data; support for OGC and SQLMM standards for spatial data types and APIs, native import for shape files and built in functions to export to KML, GML and SVG formats
- Scale-out support to allow high transaction volume database servers to offload read-only and reporting transactions to a self-managing tree of scale-out servers
- Mobility tools to effectively manage, monitor, diagnose and deploy large scale sync environments on various device platforms. The addition of iPhone support in SQL Anywhere 12, in addition to Blackberry and Windows Mobile
- Self-management innovations such as server thread auto-tuning that automatically adapts to changing workloads, self-healing statistics management and synchronization dynamic cache sizing for environments where resources are changing in real-time and DBA intervention is not readily available
- Developer productivity enhancements including new Oracle/MySQL compatibility; support for .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010; and enhanced full-text search filtering capabilities.
"SQL Anywhere 12 is a culmination of research and development that serves existing customers while addressing emerging requirements for embedded database server and mobile applications," said Dave Neudoerffer, vice-president of engineering, Sybase. "This SQL Anywhere release breaks new ground with innovations for growing data volume, diverse data types and new device platforms to further enhance Sybase's leading mobility platform."


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Friday, September 20, 2013 at 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM
Cohen Center, Room 1901658 Musketeer DrCincinnati, OH 45207United States
Join us to learn more about the field of Occupational Therapy and how you can earn your Master's Degree in five years through Xavier's program. You will learn about the curriculum and experiences available to Xavier students as well as the work that occupational therapists really carry out in the field.
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The NFL Team Physicians Society just sent out a memo, asking its members to dress more like doctors and less like every other team employee on the sidelines.
According to the memo, obtained by Tom Pelissero of 1500ESPN.com, doctors were urged to wear "professional attire" on the sidelines, as opposed to the standard-issue team gear that every assistant coach, ball boy, etc. wear on game days
It began as part of a new photo credentialing process, designed to make it easier for security to differentiate doctors from coaches if they leave the bench area.
"The credentials and differentiating sideline wear help physicians and game operations staffs in ensuring that medical staffs have full sideline access and visibility of the playing field," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email. "[This] is another improvement in injury management originally discussed by the NFL Physicians Society with Commissioner Goodell."
Not every physician on the sidelines chose to wear team gear anyway, so it's not a drastic shift.
But at least symbolically, it helps the league draw a line between doctors and coaches — and between the Hippocratic Oath and the urge to get guys back on the field as quickly as possible — at a time when closing in on 4,000 players are suing the league over concussion issues.


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These charming pink roses and white daisies in a white wicker basket are sure to bring a smile.
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This page is meant to be a collaborative whiteboard for reaching agreement on designs of various issues. Usually this information is scattered around Django IRC channel, tickets and mailing lists and is both hard to find and quite often non-conclusive.
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- if it's a minor issue, just open a ticket and exit
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- if it is rejected on the mailing list, exit
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Large Prairie Beardtongue
Large prairie beardtongue, which is commonly referred to as beardtongue, is a native perennial forb found in the prairie. Beardtongue is in the Plantaginaceae family.
Beardtongue is found throughout most of the Great Plains. Many times people cultivate it as an ornamental plant, and it escapes and naturalizes elsewhere.
The inflorescence of beardtongue has white to pale lavender flowers streaked with purple lines. Their flower shape refers to its name. It has large, showy, two-lipped flowers. Beardtongue flowers from April to June and can usually be found in localized groups in the prairie.
Cattle eat beardtongue in the early spring because of its high protein content. If the plants are heavily grazed they will rapidly disappear from an area. White-tailed deer also browse beardtongue during this time. Seeds may be eaten by rodents, and its flowers visited by butterflies.


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The following is a list of 100 Anti-War quotes.
Many of them come from America's venerated Founding Fathers like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.
Many also, come from conservative voices like Pat Buchanan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Ayn Rand, and even George W. Bush (before he became president and went back on his campaign promises to keep America out of open-ended wars and nation-building).
So if your family, friends, or co-workers question your patriotism for opposing war, refer them to this list so they can see how the American Founding Fathers felt about war.
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1. "As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral." -U.S. WWII General Omar Bradley
2. "The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." -James Madison
3. "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -James Madison
4. "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. " -James Madison
5. "Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other." -James Madison
6. "The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war." -James Madison
7. "It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." -James Madison
8. "Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their opposites, peace, economy, and riddance of public debt, believing that these were the high road to public as well as private prosperity and happiness." -Thomas Jefferson
9. "The most successful war seldom pays for its losses." -Thomas Jefferson
10. "The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force." -Thomas Jefferson
11. "Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other." -Thomas Jefferson
12. "I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind." -Thomas Jefferson
13. "Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it." -Thomas Jefferson
14. "If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest." -Thomas Jefferson
15. "Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government." -Thomas Jefferson
16. "War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses." -Thomas Jefferson
17. "A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit." -Thomas Jefferson
18. "Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto." -Thomas Jefferson
19. "War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer." -Thomas Jefferson
20. "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." -Thomas Jefferson
21. "Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty." -George Washington
22. "The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure." -George Washington
23. "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." -George Washington
24. "It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world." -George Washington
25. "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force... Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." -George Washington
26. "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." -George Washington
27. "My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." -George Washington
28. "Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later." -Benjamin Franklin
29. "A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang." -Benjamin Franklin
30. "I hope....that mankind will at length, as they call themselves responsible creatures, have the reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats..." -Benjamin Franklin
31. "When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?" -Benjamin Franklin
32. "All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones." -Benjamin Franklin
33. "There never was a good war or a bad peace." -Benjamin Franklin
34. "Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
35. "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war." -John Adams
36. "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak..." -John Adams
37. "A people free to choose will always choose peace." -Ronald Reagan
38. "The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor." -Ronald Reagan
39. "History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap." -Ronald Reagan
40. "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." -Ronald Reagan
41. "...no mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology." -Ronald Reagan
42. "People do not make wars; governments do." -Ronald Reagan
43. "We must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." -Ronald Reagan
44. "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
45. "How far can you go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?" -Dwight D. Eisenhower
46. "We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
47. "We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
48. "Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
49. "You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
50. "War settles nothing." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
51. "There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
52. "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
53. "Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
54. "When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
55. "This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
56. "I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
57. "Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing." -Ayn Rand
58. "Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives." -Ayn Rand
59. "No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country." -Alexis de Tocqueville
60. "All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it." -Alexis de Tocqueville
61. "If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road." -George W. Bush, before becoming president and doing exactly what he promised not to.
62. "Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." -George W. Bush (I wish he had governed according to the principles in this quotation.)
63. "War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it." -George Orwell
64. "Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac." -George Orwell
65. "The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor." -George Orwell
66. "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." -George Orwell
67. "War is a way of shattering to pieces...materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent." -George Orwell
68. "All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." -George Orwell
69. "The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." -George Orwell
70. "What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood." -Aldous Huxley
71. "A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny." -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
72. "The next war ... may well bury Western civilization forever." -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
73. "In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful."
-Leo Tolstoy
74. "A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over...is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen." -G.K. Chesterton
75. "War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it." -Martin Luther
76. "How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business." -Albert Einstein
77. "It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." -Albert Einstein
78. "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." -The Mahatma Gandhi
79. "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" -The Mahatma Gandhi
80. "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." -The Mahatma Gandhi
81. "Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood." -The Mahatma Gandhi
82. "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." -The Mahatma Gandhi
83. "If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire." -Pat Buchanan
84. "All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons." -The Dalai Lama
85. "The best defense is no offense." -Dr. Ivan Eland
86. "It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
87. "The chain reaction of evil--wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
88. "We have guided missiles and misguided men." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
89. "The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
90. "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
91. "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
92. "'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded." -F.A. Hayek
93. "The essence of so-called war prosperity; it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income." -Ludwig von Mises
94. "Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business." -Ludwig von Mises
95. "The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace." -Ludwig von Mises
96. "History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents…. A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets." -Ludwig von Mises
97. "War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings." -Ludwig von Mises
98. "War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror." -Ludwig von Mises
99. "Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things." -Ludwig von Mises
100. "Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly." -Ludwig von Mises


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Peppermint Snowflake Ring ornament is the 4th (and final) of my 2012 Ring Ornament Series. The ornament was made using Caron's Simply Soft yarn and worked by crocheting around a 2" plastic ring. You can find the links to the other ornaments in this series, and for last year's series on the right sidebar of the blog. Enjoy! :)
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This is a tale so buckle up and read well,
Not long ago the owner of Hawaii All Star Paintball games sold off all of his old rental mag's. Right around 40 of them in 2 batched the first of 30 and the second of 10. He was selling them for an incredibly cheap price, $125. This was any Mag enthusiast's wet dream, ULE Automags with a LVL 10 bolt for the cost of the body. Many people just sent the guy money, My friend Darren being one of them, without knowing if they had all been sold. I posted and got a flat out "Sorry, I sold them all".
I was pretty sad but Darren contacted me telling me he got his but that they were in really bad shape and sent me one. On of the employees from the park packed them for the owner. Horror stories were told of people getting them with no packaging and the guns just flopping around.
That happened to the 4 he bought. little to no packing makes for lots of new scratches.
Anyways Mine looked pretty similar to this one but much dirtier, 10+ year old paint for example. The excel Barrel it came with was dinged to all heck too.
So I got to work with some Dowan and a toothbrush and watched 12 episodes of Star Trek TNG.
I got her fairly clean:
But I decided I wanted an ASA that wouldn't eat orings:
And a feedneck that could fit my Rotor:
Afterwards I decided I loved the gun, It shoots very well and I just wanted to give her a facelift.
Cruising around I found a Westwood Autococker with a gorgeous Ano Job. I wanted it.
I contacted Caustic Customs about the job, Stephen is a stand up guy and I knew I wanted him to do it after seeing this:
I asked for a clear and gloss black Zebra stripe that flowed from piece to piece. He said it was going to be hard and that his wait time was bout 6-8 weeks. So I sent her in and waited. He contacted me and we worked out some details, after the first night he contacted me and told me he couldn't keep it clear, but that he could make the entire thing "3d" at no extra charge because he made a mistake. I agreed and this is how she came out. I am extremely satisfied with the work.
I picked up the X valve through a trade and tuned it, It absolutely rips when you hit the sweet spot.
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The Pregnancy of Great Britain
'She', 'her', be delicate in the terms by which you refer to Great Britain; but be sure that this most shapely of islands - for a good few hundred years - has been rather more rounded than in previous times: For she is with child. And who was it that shot his lava into her Wooky Hole? This continues to be a mystery - a mysterious one at that.
The Bump[edit]
The bump of Great Britain's pregnancy has created a rich and bountiful land with spectacular mountainous valleys and greenery. Such a luscious environment quickly attracted human people onto it, keen to take advantage of the mineral rich soil, spectacular scenery and inherent xenophobia. The people that have chosen to live there are designated as 'Welsh'.
Though there are many advantages to habiting upon Great Britain's fertile bump there is the constant problem of inhabitants sleep deprivation caused by the joyful foetus kicking in its mothers earthly womb.
Pregnancy Cravings[edit]
Great Britain's pregnancy did bring with it the usual motherly cravings. Great Britain's was not eating beetroot or charcoal but was for the colonisation of any country it could get it hormonally confused hands on. Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's "imperial century" by historians and "don't argue with a pregnant woman" by surrounding nations, around 10,000,000 square miles (25,899,881 km2) of territory were added to the British Empire.
Many colonised countries were concerned by Great Britain's behaviour but they were assured somewhat by the comments of experts who argued that it was a temporary thing that wouldn't last for more than a couple of hundred years. After the second world war when Germany had finally shut up and chilled out attention turned to Great Britain, with the 'she's pregnant' excuse running thin. Sure enough after The Second World War Great Britain calmed down after a particularly large meal (which lead directly to 'the wind of change') and said in somewhat of a huff, 'I don't want them [the colonised countries] any more anyway.'
Baby's Father[edit]
It is not know which country fertilised Great Britain's eggs with a spurt of its national pride; but through deduction and more prominently - wild speculation - it is possible to ponder the possibilities (or PPP as you may decide to be an unnecessary way to refer to it).
USA USA USA USA...[edit]
The USA USA USA USA... and Great Britain - how they banged on about their 'special relationship'. Is this some rather obvious thinly-veiled confession? They were certainly in a very close relationship at the time.
But their relationship, though sweet at times, was often bouncing on rougher seas. It is said that soon after Great Britain announced her condition, USA USA USA USA... was heard commenting that 'he was too young to be tied down'. It is believed that he had quickly grown tired of Great Britains possessive nature and craved his independence. His constant protestations that he wanted split-up with Great Britain were ignored by her, with Britain telling all that would listen that we're still together - we're definietly not breaking up. But in 1783 - finally - Great Britain admitted to a close friend (probably Iceland or Belgium or another such country we know nothing about) that their relationship was over.
It looked less likely that USA USA USA USA... was the father come The Second World War. A very horny Germany was having its wild way with several nations. Great Britain called Nazi a twat after he did the dirty on girl chum Poland, for which Nazi's response turn his attention to Brit with consistent attempts to penetrate her. America seemed particualy unbothered by the plight of his ex. leaving Great Britain to endure a full three years of unwelcome advances from Nazi before coming to the aid of the possible mother of its child. Even then, it's largely believed that the only reason he finally got involved after Japan tried to do the US up the Pearl Harbour.
After rekindling their romance in a casual on-off relationship for a good sixty-five years, America has again decided to become footloose and fancy free. After Bush was replaced by Obama, America decided that the whole relationship thing was getting too 'heavy' and that it wanted to see other countries again. 'We can still be friends' America pleaded, and of course I'll support our child.
France a suspect? Are you le mad? Brit and Frank have shared nothing much over the years apart from eternal loathing. "I wouldn't touch her with a long baguette" Frank said thoughtfully, pipe in mouth, insisting his words were some multi-layed philosophy.
No argument was bigger, and bored the world for longer, than what became known sarcastically as the Hundred Years War (1337 - 1453). Constant childish bickering occurred after Brit came over to Agincourt for a 'holiday' and was accused of stealing territory by a rather over sensitive Frank. Frank's constant insistence that it should have it back was met with a disinterested and rather obstinate response until eventually Brit returned all the territory it had supposedly snaffled just to shut Frank up.
So why do some people suspect that maybe France is the father of Brit's baby? The Channel Tunnel. Such a bizarre and over-costly thing can only have been built for the purpose of child-access.
The Complication of Ireland[edit]
Will you Ireland just behave yourself? Will you not grow up and leave your poor mother in peace at this sensitive time? No you wont?
The USA; your estranged father; he treats you to trips to the fair ground and sweets - no wonder you act like the spoilt child. Your ADHD - 'Look at me! Look at me! How I suffer' you cry, and your parents agree and concede to your every whim. It's the guilt. They couldn't/didn't look after you in the nineteenth century and you nearly starved.
The Third Trimester[edit]
She is tired. The years have been long and the bulge is now big. She is no longer the social heavy-weight she once was, although she often talks as if she were. There's a sadness inside, a reluctant realisation of place.
A child is to be born. A new nation will spring forth from the womb from this cynical, tired island - left, one suspects, to go it alone


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Sweetwater consists of two luxury, private, and spacious self-contained retreats set on160 acres surrounded by a beautiful mountain range just one and a quarter hours north of Cairns International Airport or 25 minutes from Port Douglas.
The beautifully presented, architect designed, self contained holiday retreats each accommodate two people in a luxurious king bed. The retreats are finished to a very high degree of comfort with absolute attention to detail. Unique features of the accommodation include a well equipped al fresco kitchen situated on the veranda overlooking the mountains and an indoor/outdoor shower.
The property boasts a range of habitats including a beautiful private rainforest walk, a permanent freshwater creek offering numerous swimming holes, which meanders through the property, wallabies, platypus and other marsupials together with an abundance of birdlife. A bush barbecue facility on the edge of the creek is the perfect place in which to relax and watch the sun go down.
Sweetwater is a slice of nature's paradise. A warm welcome awaits you.
Each lodge consists of a spacious entry area with desk and chair, suitcase set down, fridge and tea and coffee facilities. The en suite indoor/outdoor bathroom is situated to the left of the entry consisting of indoor/outdoor shower, bath, toilet and vanity. Hairdryer and bathroom amenities also supplied. Beyond the entry area is the king bed which then leads into the lounge area consisting large corner lounge suite, coffee table, LCD television, DVD player and wood burning fireplace. The al fresco kitchen is situated on the veranda to the right of the lounge area and includes table and chairs, well-equipped kitchen with barbecue and four burner cooktop.
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Managing Director
Member of the Board of Directors
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John van der Velden holds a degree in chemistry from the University of Rotterdam and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
In 1996 he started his professional career at Unilever in the field of research and development and went on to work for Elsag Bailey Hartmann & Braun in various engineering positions.
John van der Velden also worked for many years at ABB B.V. in diverse sales and business unit management positions.
Since 2007 he has held various business development roles at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, most recently as Vice President Business Development.
John van der Velden has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Linde Engineering Division since June 2015, with a particular focus on sales and technology.
He is responsible for all product lines, regional sales, research and development as well as Cryostar SAS, Linde Kryotechnik AG and Selas-Linde GmbH.


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The Alcohol Beverage Market
Probably once a week someone asks me, what are multiples doing. What they are really asking is "are sales prices going up or down." As a banker I love that question because it means there might be a financing opportunity and a way I can help in an acquisition (...yes I do have a day job making loans as boring as that might sound.) If you understand valuation theory and want to go straight to the answer to the question, skip down the page to the Current Public Company Multiples section.
Still with me? The answer for alcohol beverage companies is that multiples for craft breweries are at the top of the list, large breweries are at the bottom and wine multiples are in the middle. That makes sense because craft brew is the rage with strong growth. Both spirit producers and craft brewers are cutting into the market share of the traditional beer producers. That reflects in the valuation growth of publicly traded companies as seen in the chart following.
How does the growth rate in an industry segment impact the value of a company? A buyer of any company wants to be in a high demand-driven market because that spells opportunity. If you are buying a stock, you are betting that will go up in value and its the same thing with the buyer of a company. Wineries have been in a strong growth phase for more than 20 years now but we don't see public companies gobbling up wineries and driving up valuations.
Unique Premium Wine Company Factors
Versus public wineries, there is a difference when it comes to premium and luxury wine companies because they are tied to terrior. The properties are always small, and value is often hidden from current earnings and instead housed in the increasing value of unique vineyards. That makes current returns less than competing investment choices, and the time horizon to see a real return in the wine business longer than almost all public companies can tolerate. In fact the landscape is littered with public company acquisitions of wineries and subsequent failures as the public company drives sales higher with grapes from increasingly variable sources, and/or spins off their vineyards acquired to improve current period ROA.
Because winery investments run the gamut from one-of-a-kind to a commodity, putting a value on them isn't easy. So for a real winery valuation I'll send people off to appraisers or people who value businesses for a living. But after decades in the business now, I can normally get pretty close for a starting discussion point or at least frame up a good discussion and narrow down some options which is what I hope you can do when you're done reading.
The Big Picture
EBITDA, the company could be worth $11,900,000. Said another way, that buyer is buying 11.9 years of profits. That gets back to the old "everything is for sale and everyone has a price" chestnut. If someone is going to offer you 75 years of the future profits of your company today almost anyone is going to take the money and clip coupons.
But what if your company is showing a huge loss? Applying the 11.9x multiple to a losing company means in theory you have to pay someone to take the winery off your hands. That is a possibility which is why sellers take losses at times and in the worst cases, it's why we have a bankruptcy code. Of course there is other value even for a company losing a modest amount of money that is held in the asset and the brand values, net of debt.
Each winery is going to be a little different but essentially the multiple of a company will decrease as EBIDTA approaches zero with the assets and brand value taking on a larger portion of company value or said the other way, the higher the earnings of a company, the less assets impact the valuation.
Defining the term "Multiple"
If you have a working knowledge of the term "multiple." skip down to the break in the page. A multiple is a number derived by dividing a company's total value by some other metric. Generally multiples are implied to be a multiple of cash earnings or EBITDA, but it can also be a multiple of sales. Here's the basic math using Boston Beer. NYSE:SAM:
|Share $
|Boston Beer
|$ 241.79
|$ 3,082.82
|$ 739.05
Since this is a public company, its easy to figure out how the market values the company. That's the Market Cap calculation which is just share price times shares outstanding. Then to get to the EBITDA Multiple, you divide the Market Cap by EBITDA. The Sales Multiple is the Market Cap divided by Sales. Why can this be useful in the wine business?
Its useful because we don't have public valuations in the wine business but in theory, you can take the average winery multiple in public companies, apply that to your own sales or EBITDA and voila, you know exactly what your company is worth.
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Current Public Company Multiples
Here courtesy of Eureka Capital Markets, LLC is a breakdown of the average sales and EBITDA multiples of public wine companies as of March 1, 2014.
While you could do the quick math (Your EBITDA * 16.8, or Your Sales * 4.9) and come out with a valuation now, to get a better valuation you need to strip out the personal expenses in the company first which gets you closer to the free cash flow a buyer is really getting. Because there are always personal expenses in a family company, I tell our clients contemplating selling their business that they should start at least three years before and really scrub the financial statements of personal expenses. At a minimum, they should be able to pull the personal expenses out, and at least get review quality financials prepared. The quality of the financials will give the buyer more comfort with price, and you will get a bigger return by doing the scrubbing.
Private Wine Company Multiples
Before finishing I should answer the question some of you will ask which is, where are multiples for wineries now? The answer is they are lower than they were pre-crash when people seemed to focus on a 20x multiple and came to the conclusion the value of their company was worth a small third world island country.
Private wine company multiples always seem to carry higher valuations than many other private businesses. The Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Survey of 327 private equity companies done in late 2011 concluded the following: