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Young Cleve Morton
Young Cleve "Boe" Morton passed away on March 13, 2013. He was born on June 7, 1957 in Marquette, Michigan and grew-up on the "South Side" of Madison. He will be remembered for his smile, hopefulness, love of music, and athletic prowess. Boe offered everyone he met a sincere: "Everything's gonna be alright." His athletic accomplishments began as a "South Side Raider" and continued as a semi-professional in football (Wisconsin Express) and boxing (Tough Man Competition). As for music, he loved to sing and dance and nicknamed himself, "Motown Morton." He was a man of many hopes and dreams.
Boe is survived by his daughters, Nikia D. and Tiffany M. Morton; son, Tyler C. Morton; stepson, Jamie Yancey; granddaughter, Jaida Kroning; father, James W. Morton; step-mother, June Morton; sister, Angela D. Morton; and sister-in-law, Dawn M. Fontaine; brothers, James, Wesley, Joseph, Jesse and Michael; nieces, Andrea, Prenetta, Jessica, Danielle and Natalie; nephews, Jay (Olson), Wesley, Brendan, Joseph, Chandler, Dillion, Jaymes and Joseph; aunt, Joan Bush (Morton); and many first and second cousins. He is preceded in death by his mother, Doreen Ann Eberle (Morton).
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013 at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.
Special thanks to Dan Barlow and the staff of REM, as well as the physicians and nurses of the University of Wisconsin Hospital, TLSC Unit, for their care of Boe in his time of need.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in the name of Young Cleve Morton to either the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Attention: Development Office, 2001 Taft Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53713 or the YMCA of Dane County - West Branch, Attention: Luciana Cisneros-Luedtke, 5515 Medical Circle, Madison, Wisconsin 53719.


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Council Roundup: Light rail cost-cutting options discussed
Also, grant to make solar panel installations cheaper and council welcomes annexed residents
City councilmembers on Monday continued to deliberate several ideas for reducing the cost of the East Link light rail project.
In addition, a dozen members of the public offered their suggestions about where and how the light rail line should run through the city. The council is expected to endorse a set of cost-savings ideas for further review at its next meeting on June 25.
The Sound Transit Board, which oversees the East Link project, will provide direction at its meeting on June 28 about which ideas merit further engineering work and study.
Bellevue and Sound Transit have been working together since January on a "collaborative design process" to identify cost savings. The intent is to reduce the city's financial contribution for a downtown light rail tunnel.
In a pact last year between Bellevue and Sound Transit, the city agreed to provide $100 million in low- or no-cost contributions toward the cost of a tunnel. Another $60 million in "contingent" contributions by the city is the target of cost savings efforts; the city's goal is to reduce that contribution to zero.
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Also during the meeting, councilmembers acknowledged a lawsuit filed last week by two Bellevue homeowners groups against federal agencies. The suit seeks to stop construction of East Link based on alleged violations of federal law.
For more information, see the council study session material at http://www.bellevuewa.gov/pdf/City%20Council/PacketStudySession6-18-122a.pdf
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Grant to make solar power installation cheaper, easierBellevue has received a federal grant to make solar panel installation easier and cheaper by establishing consistent standards and processes for all utility types and jurisdictions.
Solar power can generate a considerable amount of electricity for a household, but the high cost of the hardware, permitting and installation means only a dozen homeowners in Bellevue have installed solar panels on their roofs so far.
Bellevue has teamed up with the state Department of Commerce, local utilities and the cities of Edmonds, Ellensburg and Seattle to reduce administrative barriers to residential and small commercial solar panel installations by streamlining, standardizing and automating administrative processes.
Known as the Evergreen State Solar Partnership (ESSP), the team was one of 22 nationwide to receive a grant for the federal Department of Energy's Rooftop Solar Challenge. The ESSP received $523,800. The council Monday approved Bellevue's acceptance of its $65,000 share of the grant. The grant requires Bellevue to provide up to $10,000 in in-kind contributions.
The ESSP aims not only to shorten permitting processing turnaround times, but also to establish online permitting for solar panel installation. The Development Services Department plans to expand online review to all construction, fire protection, right of way, utility connection and land use actions by May 2013.
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Reception, proclamation for annexed residentsThe council welcomed Bellevue's newest residents at a reception before Monday's meeting, then issued a proclamation during the meeting honoring the people from Eastgate, Tamara Hills and Horizon View who led petition drives for annexation in their neighborhoods.
On June 1, those three unincorporated communities officially became part of Bellevue, after a majority of property owners in each signed petitions calling for annexation.
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|Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Guatemala and Belize plan to hold a simultaneous referendum, set for 6 October 2013, to determine if this dispute will go before the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high unemployment, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, high crime rates, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.
Only country in Central America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean
|Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 22,966 sq km
land: 22,806 sq km
water: 160 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Massachusetts
|Land Boundaries:
| total: 516 km
border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km
|386 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
|tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
|flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Doyle's Delight 1,160 m
|Natural resources:
|arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower
|Land use:
| arable land: 3.27%
permanent crops: 1.39%
other: 95.34% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|30 sq km (2003)
|Natural hazards:
|frequent, devastating hurricanes (June to November) and coastal flooding (especially in south)
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; solid and sewage waste disposal
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Belizean(s)
adjective: Belizean
|Ethnic groups:
|mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% (2000 census)
|Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)
|Roman Catholic 39.3%, Pentacostal 8.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%, Anglican 4.5%, Mennonite 3.7%, Baptist 3.5%, Methodist 2.8%, Nazarene 2.8%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.6%, other 9.9% (includes Baha'i Faith, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Mormon), other (unknown) 3.1%, none 15.2% (2010 census)
|334,297 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 35.8% (male 61,118/female 58,665)
15-24 years: 21.1% (male 35,912/female 34,596)
25-54 years: 35.1% (male 59,196/female 58,024)
55-64 years: 4.4% (male 7,374/female 7,407)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 5,677/female 6,328) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 60.9 %
youth dependency ratio: 54.5 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.4 %
potential support ratio: 15.6 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 21.5 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 21.7 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.97% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|25.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|5.93 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|BELMOPAN (capital) 14,000 (2011)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|53 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 20.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 68.4 years
male: 66.75 years
female: 70.13 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|3.08 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|55.2% (2011)
|Health expenditures:
|5.2% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.2 beds/1,000 population (2010)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 99% of population
total: 98% of population
urban: 2% of population
rural: 1% of population
total: 2% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 93% of population
rural: 87% of population
total: 90% of population
urban: 7% of population
rural: 13% of population
total: 10% of population (2010 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|2.3% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|4,800 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|33.7% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|4.9% (2006)
|Education expenditures:
|6.6% of GDP (2010)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 76.7%
female: 77.1% (2000 census)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2003)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 19.5%
male: 13.8%
female: 28.8% (2005)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Belize
former: British Honduras
|Government type:
|parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
| name: Belmopan
geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo
|21 September 1981 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 21 September (1981)
|21 September 1981
|Legal system:
|English common law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Colville YOUNG, Sr. (since 17 November 1993)
head of government: Prime Minister Dean Oliver BARROW (since 8 February 2008); Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar VEGA (since 12 February 2008)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister from the General Assembly (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister
|Legislative branch:
| bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (12 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 6 on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 1 each on the advice of the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Better Business Bureau, and the National Trade Union Congress and the Civil Society Steering Committee; to serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives (31 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held on 8 March 2012 (next to be held in 2017)
election results: percent of vote by party - UDP 50.4%, PUP 47.5%, other 2.1%; seats by party - UDP 17, PUP 14
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with the court president and 3 justices, and the Supreme Court with the chief justice and 2 judges) note - in 2005, Belize ceased final appeals in civil and criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal president and justices appointed by the governor general upon advice of the prime minister after consultation with the National Assembly opposition leader; justices' tenures vary by terms of appointment; Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the governor-general upon the advice of the prime minister and the National Assembly opposition leader; other judges appointed by the governor-general upon the advice of the Judicial and Legal Services Section of the Public Services Commission and with the concurrence of the prime minister after consultation with the National Assembly opposition leader; judges can be appointed beyond age 65 but must retire by age 75
subordinate courts: Summary Jurisdiction Courts (criminal) and District Courts (civil)
|Political parties and leaders:
|National Alliance for Belizean Rights or NABR National Reform Party or NRP [Cornelius DUECK] People's National Party or PNP [Wil MAHEIA] People's United Party or PUP [John BRICENO] United Democratic Party or UDP [Dean Oliver BARROW] Vision Inspired by the People or VIP [Paul MORGAN] We the People Reform Movement or WTP [Hipolito BAUTISTA]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Society for the Promotion of Education and Research or SPEAR [Nicole HAYLOCK] Association of Concerned Belizeans or ACB [David VASQUEZ] National Trade Union Congress of Belize or NTUC/B [Rene GOMEZ]
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|Baird's tapir (a large, browsing, forest-dwelling mammal); keel-billed toucan
|National anthem:
| name: "Land of the Free"
lyrics/music: Samuel Alfred HAYNES/Selwyn Walford YOUNG
note: adopted 1981; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, "God Save the Queen" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Nestor MENDEZ
chancery: 2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-9636
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Vinai THUMMALAPALLY
embassy: Floral Park Road, Belmopan City, Cayo District
mailing address: P.O. Box 497, Belmopan City, Cayo District, Belize
telephone: [501] 822-4011
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Tourism is the number one foreign exchange earner in this small economy, followed by exports of marine products, citrus, cane sugar, bananas, and garments. The government's expansionary monetary and fiscal policies, initiated in September 1998, led to GDP growth averaging nearly 4% in 1999-2007. Oil discoveries in 2006 bolstered this growth. Exploration efforts have continued and production has increased a small amount. Growth slipped to 0% in 2009, and has remained at just over 2% per year during 2010-2012, as a result of the global slowdown, natural disasters, and a temporary drop in the price of oil. With weak economic growth and a large public debt burden, fiscal spending is likely to be tight. In September 2012, the government paid half of a $23 million interest payment that had been due in August 2012. In January 2013, the government announced that it had reached a deal with creditors to restructure its $544 million commercial external debt, commonly referred to as the "superbond." The superbond represents one half of the country's public debt. A key government objective remains the reduction of poverty and inequality with the help of international donors. Although Belize has the second highest per capita income in Central America, the average income figure masks a huge income disparity between rich and poor. The 2010 Poverty Assessment shows that more than 4 out of 10 people live in poverty. The sizable trade deficit and heavy foreign debt burden continue to be major concerns.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $3.048 billion (2012 est.) $2.896 billion (2011 est.) $2.84 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $1.554 billion (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|5.3% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,900 (2012 est.) $8,600 (2011 est.) $8,600 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|Gross national saving:
|27.3% of GDP (2012 est.) 28.2% of GDP (2011 est.) 24.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 77.3%
government consumption: 18.1%
investment in fixed capital: 30.4%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 71%
imports of goods and services: -98.2% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 77.3%
government consumption: 18.1%
investment in fixed capital: 30.4%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 71%
imports of goods and services: -98.2% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber
|garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil
|Industrial production growth rate:
|2% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|120,500 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 18.1%
services: 71.7% (2007)
|Unemployment rate:
|11.3% (2012) 13.1% (2009)
|Population below poverty line:
|41.3% (2010 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $400 million
expenditures: $450 million (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|25.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Public debt:
|90.1% of GDP (2012 est.) 91% of GDP (2011 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 April - 31 March
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.2% (2012 est.) -2.5% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$59.5 million (2012 est.) -$31.3 million (2011 est.)
|$548.5 million (2012 est.) $603.6 million (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood, crude oil
|Exports - partners:
|US 30.8%, UK 21.2%, Nigeria 4.8%, Costa Rica 4.1% (2012)
|$808.3 million (2012 est.) $778.2 million (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco
|Imports - partners:
|US 23.1%, Germany 14.6%, Mexico 11.2%, Cuba 9.1%, Guatemala 5.4%, China 4.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.1% (2012)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$289.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) $237.1 million (31 December 2011 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$1.503 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.423 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2012 est.) 2 (2011 est.) 2 (2010 est.) 2 (2009) 2 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|52.03 million kWh (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
|Electricity - consumption:
|630 million kWh (2011 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|102,100 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|33.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|37.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|29.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|4,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|6.7 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|7,044 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|3,553 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|980,500 Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 28,800 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 178
|Cellular Phones in use:
|222,000 (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: above-average system; trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay
domestic: fixed-line teledensity of slightly less than 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 70 per 100 persons
international: country code - 501; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2011)
|Broadcast media:
|8 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV provides access to foreign stations; about 25 radio stations broadcasting on roughly 50 different frequencies; state-run radio was privatized in 1998 (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|3,392 (2012)
|Internet users:
|36,000 (2009)
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| 47 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 92
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 3 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 41
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 29 (2013)
| total 3,007 km
paved: 575 km
unpaved: 2,432 km (2006)
|825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2011)
|Merchant marine:
| total 247
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 33, cargo 156, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 30, roll on/roll off 10, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 152 (Bulgaria 1, China 61, Croatia 1, Estonia 1, Greece 2, Iceland 1, Italy 3, Latvia 9, Lithuania 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 2, Russia 30, Singapore 4, Switzerland 1, Syria 4, Thailand 1, Turkey 16, UAE 3, UK 4, Ukraine 6) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Belize City, Big Creek
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|Military branches:
|Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, BDF Air Wing (includes Special Boat Unit), BDF Volunteer Guard (2011)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age for voluntary military service; laws allow for conscription only if volunteers are insufficient; conscription has never been implemented; volunteers typically outnumber available positions by 3:1; initial service obligation 12 years (2012)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 81,284
females age 16-49: 79,185 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 59,431
females age 16-49: 57,221 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 3,723
female: 3,584 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|1.2% of GDP (2012)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Guatemala persists in its territorial claim to half of Belize, but agrees to the Line of Adjacency to keep Guatemalan squatters out of Belize's forested interior; both countries agreed in April 2012 to hold simultaneous referenda, scheduled for 6 October 2013, to decide whether to refer the dispute to the ICJ for binding resolution; Belize and Mexico are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty
|Illicit drugs:
|transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis, primarily for local consumption; offshore sector money-laundering activity related to narcotics trafficking and other crimes (2008)
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Whether you're in shape for a 5K or half marathon or you would be huffing and puffing along the way, it's time for the 30th annual Run for Education on Sunday, Oct. 13. [Web Link Registration] for the Oct. 13 5K and half marathon ends soon.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, October 3, 2013, 5:04 PM
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30th anniversay of The Run is Sunday
Original post made on Oct 4, 2013
Like this commentPosted by Joe Combs
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 4, 2013 at 10:38 am
The Run for Education is a great event to support even if you are not a runner. The money raised supports our schools in areas that are underfunded. Even if you aren't a runner, please sign up and support the runners who do participate. The T-Shirt alone is worth the price of admission and quality schools are a big reason our Real Estate Values remain higher than the average.
I hope to see you there.
Joe Combs


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Very good design, well made, good sound
Pros: Sound, comfort, great value, long life
Cons: Replacement cable price (complaint is specific to UK). Case not as good as older Shures.
Price and value:
These are very decent value and the price in the UK is close to the US price. This is quite unusual as UK consumers are typically ripped off to the tune of 1.5 to >2 times the US price for the same Asia manufactured products. Shure UK get some goodwill for not playing that game with the price of the SE215. They lose a sliver of that goodwill because in the UK they maintain super high prices for aftermarket products such as tips, cables, and replacement left/right phones. After 14 months I needed a new cable. UK price is £45! That is US $69. I bought the same genuine cable from a Canadian retailer for about half that price including international delivery. And when I need new tips I can save about 35% by buying from North America, or by buying a 3rd party replacement.
These things are built to last. I haven't been particularly careful with them. They have been sat on, snagged, dropped, trodden on and once even immersed in salt water (I fell in the sea with them in...whoops) and I often sleep with them in. I needed to replace the cable after 14 months as the thicker "memory" section cracked, leading to sound dropping out and wires actually being exposed. In the last few years I've had two pairs of Sennheiser IEMs fail (cable), some Klipsch IEMs fail (?), and a pair of Sony headphones fail (cable). Being able to replace the cable on the Shures is a massive plus point.
My SE215s have kept working and been maintainable while several other IEMs and headphones have died on me. That makes them better value than every other 'phone I've ever bought except a pair of Sennheiser HD 500 which worked for over 10 years before blowing a driver.
Very comfortable. They sit flush in the shell of the ear and cause no irritation or pressure and can be worn all day or night without discomfort. Having the cable route behind the head is ideal for me. In daily use these are as comfortable as smaller, lighter IEMs such as Sennheiser CX series, and if you need something suitable for sleeping in or wearing under a hat/helmet then the Shures are surely as good as it gets without paying for a custom fit.
Very good but depends on good fit and on choice of tips to a small degree. With the supplied tips the isolation should be good enough for most people most of the time. You don't get quite the isolation as with long, thin IEM that sit relatively deep in the ear canal but it is far superior to Senn CX type tips which sit at the entrance. Triple flange tips aren't part of the retail package but are available. They do offer more isolation but many will find them irritating to the ear canal. Tips that fully seal the ear probably aren't ideal because these Shures aren't designed with any tiny breather hole to relieve the pressure, which can be obvious if using triple flange tips. The regular silicone and foam tips are very nearly as good.
Slightly emphasised bass, good midrange, slightly rolled off highs. To me this is a fine combination. I don't want bass heavy IEMs but I do want slight emphasis to make up for the lack of bone conduction or air being moved or whatever it is that goes missing with neutral IEMs/headphones compared with speakers. The highs might be slightly rolled off, probably to avoid harshness. With really powerful high tones (soprano voices or similar) you might occasionally be reminded that these cost £75 and not £175 as some harshness can become evident, but overall it's very hard indeed to fault these IEMs. I've used them for many hours almost every day for 14 months and they aren't tiring or irritating. That in itself is probably better compliment than any description of their sound quality or technical analysis (which I can't offer anyway).
If worn as recommended by Shure, with the cable held snug to the back of the neck/head by the keeper, then there is no annoying noise from the cable. Because the IEMs sit flush in the ear there is no wind noise or whistling effect when used outdoors.
The supplied soft case was a little disappointing. I used to have a pair of Shure E2C IEMs and they came with a really tough little case. The new soft case is made of heavy cordura but isn't of the hard clamshell type and I think it doesn't offer enough protection.
Overall it's hard to find fault with these IEMs at £75. Criticisms are few, small and qualified while positive attributes are plain and abundant. You get the same mature design, easy comfort and good build as with the most expensive Shures, and sound quality that doesn't feel in any way modest. I would unreservedly recommend these to anyone who wants to spend a moderate amount to get a huge sound upgrade over the buds supplied with their player/tablet.


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By NEMS Daily Journal
Castens' column on guns won a reader's approval
Please allow me to thank Errol Castens for his column of Jan. 18 regarding the killing of innocent school children, school officials and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut by a depraved young man with obvious mental disorder issues.
Mr. Castens then addressed President Obama's, the liberal media's and left wing "anti-gun zealots" usurpation of a senseless tragedy for their own political agenda of gun control. Mr. Castens' comparison of this and other instances of so-called gun violence to 50 million legal abortions of equally innocent unborn children in the last 40 years as a consequences of Roe v. Wade legislation is the best summation and illustration of the liberal lunacy that has possessed a so-called Christian nation to this point in our history.
If anyone can enlighten me as to why liberals or "the left" cry, wail and rend their garments over gun violence and demand gun control but are seemingly deaf to the abortion of an innocent baby that has a soul, by the way, without even a whimper of protest, please feel free to do so. Why not ban chemicals, stainless steel probes and suction devices if they are so concerned regarding the killing of innocents? Mr. Castens is a breath of fresh air, wisdom and reason compared to the Journal's most liberal columnists.
I also wish to thank the Harrisburg Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for the purchase of advertising reminding your readers that Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, is also the official Mississippi holiday honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, a man known and revered for the "contents of his character." It would appear that the Journal once again failed to note this historical fact.
David C. Horn
LETTERS POLICY: The Daily Journal welcomes letters from readers. Letters should be brief – not more than 350 words. Shorter letters are preferred. Letters must be signed, with the name, address and daytime telephone number of the writer. Anonymous letters will not be considered. Letters are subject to abridgment. Send letters to The Editor, Box 909, Tupelo, MS 38802-0909, fax to 842-2233 or email to email@example.com.


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I've set in my office most of the day, tears constantly filling my eyes...I can only pray for God to enlighten us with His love and His mercy...What has happened to our Country and this world?
I've set in my office most of the day, tears constantly filling my eyes...I can only pray for God to enlighten us with His love and His mercy...What has happened to our Country and this world?
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So so so sad! All those kids were doing was looking forward to Santa coming. Prayers out to everyone!!!
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The school did have a system to "buzz in" people. It is suspected that Adam was known at the school, due to his mother working there, and that is why he was allowed to enter the building. He also seemed to know which classroom his mother worked in.
There is a dead man in Hoboken, NJ. At first he was said to be the shooter's father, but later they seemed to back down on exactly who the man was.
20 children died. 2 had been taken to the hospital and died there. 6 adults at the school, and the 7th was the shooter, himself, who took his own life. But also heard conflicting reports that the total adults killed were 27, but the mother would have made 28; and the man in NJ 29. At first it sounded as if his mother was at the school, since it was her kindergarten class that was attacked. So the total number is not clear.
One report said that two of the teachers took children to one of the bathrooms and locked the door. Maybe schools need a "safe room" (or several of them) to protect against a situation like this? There was a lot of praise for how the teachers kept their heads about them during this situation; and when it was over & they were able to evacuate the survivors to the nearby firehouse.
My brain simply can't imagine any human being doing this horror. Makes me wonder if he was on some kind of drugs.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Words cannot expalin the feeling of sitting in your truck eating an early lunch, listening to the radio, and hearing that there was a reported shooting at the High school your child attends...
You are 1 hour from home.
You cannot get information as to the whereabouts of your child. Your pager is ringing off the hook, but you have no cell phone to call any of the numbers..
You get home,, and still no idea where your child is. You go to the evacuation area, and watch bus load after bus load of kids depart the bus,, but still your child isnt there..
4 hrs later,, He arrives on your door step..
This was my experience with this on April 20th 1999.
Most all of us have no idea the grief, heartbreak and sadness that are happening to that community.
There are no answers.... Only Prayer..
We have to start to realise we must take care of ourselves, familay and friends.
If we know somwone who is troubled,, its up to each of us to extend a hand to offer help..
Please folks, PRAY for those people who have been hurt today..
A very sad day.
Would it be possible to still protect the 2nd amendment rights of responsible gun owners, and yet weed out those who are less than responsible. Perhaps a coalition bringing together Federal, State, and local LE maybe teamed with the NRA, and our woefully defunded mental health care system, to expand and broaden the background check system. Maybe a training program for those who wish to purchase and own semi-automatic, high-capacity firearms, and I'm not talking about the semiauto 12 Ga. Certainly the military and LE are trained in the use of such. Why not the individual?
I know that expands the role of government. Not what I wish for either
Lately I have noticed that relatively cheap AR platforms are now for sale at my local Walmart. I'm sure many of the purchasers are not hunters nor do they live in urban environments where self-protection is an element to be considered. JD
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One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
How would that have helped in today's tragedy?
2 - What makes you think background checks would have prevented this? He didn't go buy this gun from Academy and then commit the crime.
3 - What does Law Abiding Citizens taking training have to do with anything? This kid just killed almost 30 people WITHOUT training. The training I'd support is training the School Staff to be able to competently engage these wackos so they'll off themselves quicker rather than walking around shooting innocent people for 15 minutes before the cops show up or someone decides to do something. Most all these Active Shooters shoot themselves immediately after running out of ammo, being confronted or as soon as it looks like their plan is folding. Nothing spells Failed Plan like lead coming your way from an Armed Teacher! Texas has the right idea.
4 - Hunting and Self-Protection aren't the only reason to own guns nor should they be.
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Darrel scotts testamony before house judiciary commitee.
Darrel Scott is the father of rachel Scott, one of the Columbine victims.
Ithink it is spot on!
Guess our national leaders didn't expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologis t, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:
"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain Their blood cries out for answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart. "In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA.
I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy-it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room.
Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. " I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best. This was written way before I knew I would be speaking here today:
Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air. You've stripped away our heritage, You've outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die. You seek for answers everywhere, And ask the question "Why?" You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed. And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need!
"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, soul, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and reek havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history.
Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictiv e laws. "Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts. "As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes-He did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999 , at Columbine High Sc hool prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA - I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone! My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
Our school system at one time has considered (would most likely have gone through with it except for lacking the funding) having a plains clothed officer on duty at each school, much like the air marshals for airplanes/ports. If you cannot arm the teachers or other administrative personnel, after all, we wouldn't want them to be "disgruntled" employees, then this is a viable option.
I work at my son's school before and after, caring for those kids that need dropped off early and those that need to stay until 6pm. We have these kids in the commons/cafeteria which is only 20ft from the front doors. We have NO plan for getting kids out in the case of someone coming in with a hidden gun. Yes, we have the buzzer and camera, but like this shooter, family members of kids and teachers get "buzzed" in all the time. When this issue was discussed between myself and my co-worker, the only thing that we could come up with is to yell "FIRE" - "FIRE DRILL" and try to get the kids to go out our fire route. All the classrooms are locked so there is NO place to hide, no doors on any of the bathrooms, and all open rooms- office, library, and teachers lounge- have huge picture windows where a gunman could enter easily.
I would love to be allowed to carry my pistol with me- but obviously that wouldn't be allowed!!!!
I guess if we, as a society are not going to change our thinking- about how we raise our children, how we conduct ourselves, and how we continue to allow our values to fall in the gutter, then horrendous acts of violence will continue to plague our country.
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Tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary since the Standard & Poor 500-stock index's highest close, and the performance of individual S&P sectors is all over the map. Financials continue to show the effects of the crisis: The sector is down 50% on a total-return basis from the Oct. 9, 2007 high, when the broad index closed at 1565.15.
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Shares of Twitter (TWTR) dropped $15.94, or over 24%, to close at $50.03, after the company yesterday afternoon reported its first quarter since going public last fall, delivering Q4 revenue that beat analysts' estimates, and a surprise profit, on a non-GAAP basis, and a higher-than-expected revenue forecast for this quarter and the full year, but also user metrics that disappointed Street expectations.
The headline disappointment for the company was the average monthly active user (MAU) count of 241 million, which was below estimates that varied from around 243 million to 250 million and higher.
Other metrics, such as timeline views on the service, and the number of timeline views for each MAU, were also less than some were expecting.
Remarks by CEO Dick Costolo on the conference call regarding efforts the company will make to boost user count this year seemed, if anything, to somewhat unnerve some, who see a tougher hill for the company to climb in matching up to Facebook's (FB)billion-user-count.
The divide between financial performance, and outlook, on the one hand, and disappointing metrics, on the other led to a situation today in which many analysts were raising price targets and estimates, while sounding more concerned than previously about the future of the business.
There were four downgrades today, as far as I've seen, from UBS, Atlantic Equities, Stifel Nicolaus, and Sterne Agee.
Three of those analysts were already bears on the stock, but Stifel's Jordan Rohan had a Buy rating, which he cut today to Hold, writing that the engagement metrics were "confusing," and that the valuation on the stock "leaves no room for plateauing user counts," with fair value probably at $56:
Twitter reported its first decline of 3.4% y/y in timeline views per monthly active user, a metric that management claimed had more to do with changing the functionality of the Twitter iOS and Android apps. Other measures of engagement, including the number of re-tweets and shares, continue to rise by as much as 30% q/q. Net user growth in the U.S. has decelerated to only 1mn sequentially, a growth rate of 20% y/y and down from 34% in the prior quarter. This happened despite a spike from publicity surrounding Twitter's IPO in November. International user growth of 8 mn also fell below our projection, but the y/y user growth outside the U.S. remains at a respectable 34%.
UBS's Eric Sheridan cut his rating from Neutral to Sell, and cut his price target to $42 from $45, writing that "Given the likely forward effort (multiple quarters) to improve user growth & engagement (including product development costs), we see little potential for upside in ests over coming quarters."
His concern about the lack of mainstream appeal of the service is bearing out faster than he'd expected:
Over the medium term, we expect that Twitter's stock will underperform during a multiple quarter transition to (hopefully) better user growth/engagement. A lack of mainstream adoption or a more simplified use case was a worry of ours coming out of the IPO & seems to have come to the fore faster than we had anticipated. In addition, a small February employee share lockup (9.9mm shares) & a larger May lockup (465mm shares) will cause headwinds to stock performance. Once these medium-term headwinds have passed and/or Twitter demonstrates a clearer trajectory of user & advertising growth, we could become more constructive as we consider Twitter a unique social media platform with long-term monetization potential.
Sheridan raised his Q1 estimates to $242 million and a 3-cent loss, versus a prior $223 million and a 1-cent loss. For the full year, he's looking for $1.22 billion and a 1-cent loss, versus his prior $1.21 billion and negative 4 cents a share.
James Cordwell of Atlantic Equities cut his rating to Underweight from Neutral, and slashed his price target to $40 from $50, writing that "slower user growth and weaker engagement trends," raised concerns "regarding the long-term sustainability of Twitter's top line momentum."
"With multi-year strong growth required to justify the stock's premium multiple, we now see risks weighted to the downside, particularly as we move towards the lock-up expiry in May."
He still sees lots of ptoential for the company's network, but the company is going to find it tough going up against Facebook, he thinks:
We continue to see the company's significant user data and the real time, public nature of its platform leaving it well positioned to secure a portion of display, search and TV ad dollars. Combined with a currently significantly undermonetised international user base and ongoing innovation in ad products we see potential for strong revenue growth in FY14. More details on the opportunities for Twitter can be found in our recent initiation1. However slowing user growth and engagement trends, combined with some uncertainty regarding ad pricing trends leaves us concerned that the growth trajectory will slow materially in FY15. Combined with simply having fewer users to monetise, we fear Twitter will find it hard to compete with Facebook for the attention of both advertisers and R&D talent. In turn we expect this deceleration to place pressure on the stock's current ~25x forward revenue multiple. In the internet sector there is a strong correlation between FY14 revenue multiples and expected 13-15 revenue growth. Having traded at a significant premium to peers on this basis ahead of the quarter, Twitter now trades more in line with the sector given the upward revisions to estimates and the sharp sell off to $54 after hours. However, we believe that after the quarter concerns will mount that strong growth will not be able to be sustained, leading to a steady de-rating in the stock's revenue multiple. Projecting forward one-year, we forecast a '14-16 revenue CAGR of ~40%, which we argue only justifies at best a FY15 revenue multiple of 12-13x – we note the market anticipates Facebook growing at a similar rate between '13-15 and is currently trading at a 12.5x forward revenue. In addition, we believe the forthcoming lock-up expiry in May could be an additional negative catalyst for the stock, with this discussed in a bit more detail in our recent downgrade.
Cordwell raised his estimates for this year to $1.32 billion and a 10-cent profit, on an expected MAU count of 287 million, from a prior $1.2 billion and a 5-cent profit, and 303 million users.
Cowen & Co.'s John Blackledge reiterated an Underperform rating, and a $32 price target, writing that "these results appear to confirm our suspicion that TWTR's TAM is fundamentally smaller than FB and that engagement may have plateaued."
The higher forecast doesn't allay Blackledge's basic concern about the deceleration in metrics:
The revenue increase is driven by higher near-term monetization ($/1000 TLVs). However, we are sticking with our thesis that TWTR's user and engagement potential is far smaller than FB (and Instagram). The platform's long-term value to advertisers depends on i) user growth; ii) engagement; and iii) ROI, and results demonstrate that the user and engagement drivers are challenged, while ROI was rated below avg. in our recent ad buyer survey.
Blackledge raised his estimates to $1.16 billion in revenue and a 3-cent profit per share this year, versus a prior $996.8 million and 3-cent loss.
R.W. Baird's Colin Sebastian reiterated a Neutral rating, but raised his price target to $55 from $48. He continues to believe it is "early innings" for the company to monetize its traffic, and that the company can have a bright future as the "de-facto real time news media platform:
Among key metrics, MAUs grew 30% Y/Y (domestic +20%; International +34%), slightly below our forecast, while monthly timeline views increased 26%, well below our estimate of +40% as the company focused on improving user experience. In contrast, monetization
accelerated nicely with ad revenues per MAU increasing 70% Y/Y offset by a
decline in timeline views per MAU (-3% Y/Y). With more focus on advertising and monetization, Twitter is well positioned to gain a relatively sizable share of advertising – in particular television ad budgets shifting online. Building on initiatives begun in Q4, Twitter plans to improve both user and advertiser experiences, with a robust product roadmap that we expect includes new ad formats (e.g., App Install Ads) along with services such as a broader Twitter Ad Exchange/Network."
Deutsche Bank's Ross Sandler reiterated a Buy rating, and a $65 price target, calling it a "great quarter, aside from the most important metric."
Every metric aside from monthly users was "up big," he writes, and he still believes the company can reach 1 billion users — some day:
We have consistently stated that there are two camps formed around the Twitter story: 1) the bears who think the product will stay niche and hence shares are dramatically overvalued, and 2) the bulls who believe that TWTR is one of the best positioned companies in mobile, and on its way to 1B users and a much larger market cap. We remain firmly in the latter camp, but admittedly, did not gain any additional confidence in TWTR fixing its "user funnel" problem, despite numerous new initiatives in 4Q. Every metric except MAU (the most important) was up big in 4Q. Revenue exceeded consensus by 11%, EBITDA by +80%. Engagement is increasing from new product features (favorites/re-tweets up 35% on 4Q "media forward" initiative), contrasting the noise around TLV/MAU which is increasingly becoming a false-read. Monetization is accelerating (ad rev/TLV +76%), despite well-below-average ad load suggesting, which bodes well for revenue in 2014 as the base of advertisers increases and targeting/formats improve [...] The MAU deceleration moves the bear case front and center, as TWTR introduced a number of new initiatives in 4Q which didn't have any impact on growth, further management gave few hard examples of how it plans to change the trajectory in 2014 other than it's the key focus. This rhetoric is similar to the doubts around FB monetization in late 2012 and early 2013, but admittedly, solving user growth is a much more challenging and new problem that investors have to grapple with going forward.
Sandler cut his Q1 estimate to $232.4 million in revenue and a 4-cent loss from a prior $183.9 million and a 7-cent loss, and slightly raised his monthly user figure to 261 million from 260 million. For the full year, he now models the company making $1.17 billion and losing 6 cents per share on monthly users of 281 million, versus the prior $954 million and negative 13 cents, on monthly users of 282 million.
Wedge Partners's Martin Pyykkonen, without offering a formal rating on the shares, writes that actually the focus should not be users, but rather the amount of ad revenue per 1,000 timeline views; if anything, the company may need to bump up some of the engagement on the service, he thinks:
Much of TWTR's comments on their first public company conference call yesterday focused on their efforts to drive user growth, especially with an emphasis on driving more casual usage of the platform. In paraphrasing what we heard yesterday, it sounded like "we're trying harder to drive user growth (and hoping it works)". We don't think TWTR has a user growth dilemma to solve (and usage is more critical than users for TWTR's, as well as FB's, financial model to work well, in our opinion), but TWTR is so far admittedly more of a niche product and will likely face user and usage metric comps vs. FB, as a social media stock and with a heavy concentration of mobile usage [...] TWTR provides useful insight on its metrics and revenue, in our opinion. Even with all the focus on number of users, we are primarily focused on usage metrics, and specific to TWTR's disclosures on their average revenue per 1,000 timeline views. TWTR's timeline views declining 7% sequentially to 148 million in 4Q13 was the negative operating metric in the quarter (more so than lack of accelerating user growth), especially in a seasonally stronger quarter, which we think points to needing more user engagement, interaction, etc. (vs. just simple following). TWTR's average revenue per 1,000 timeline views accelerated and was up 76% year/year in total to $1.49, while domestic and foreign advertising revenue per 1,000 timeline views were up 47% year/year and up 67% year/year, respectively. TWTR seems to have been more focused on large brand advertisers than expected so far, especially in light of the historical start GOOG and more recently by FB with small/medium businesses and then following that later with a larger brand advertiser push [...] As the macro domestic advertising market still looks healthy starting this year, it could be that TWTR contributes towards expanding total advertising spending (vs. capturing market share) in the nearer term. With TV ratings continuing to decline or at best be flat (C3 and C7 time-shifted metrics still developing), we also think that TWTR (as well as FB) will gain share from TV advertising as their mass audience reach argument vs. TV becomes more compelling over the next few years.


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