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This is a discussion on Hello from O.P. Kansas within the New Members Introduce Yourself forums, part of the Welcome To DefensiveCarry.com category; I have posted a couple of times but havent officially introduced myself. I will be taking my CCW course this Saturday 8-15. I am more ...
I have posted a couple of times but havent officially introduced myself.
I will be taking my CCW course this Saturday 8-15. I am more than excited! I have owned many different firearms over the years and am former military. I have always wanted to carry but never got around to taking the class. I finally decided it was time.
I have been reading posts here for quite a while and have learned invaluable information. I have been going to the range much more frequently and joined the local USPSA club in preparation. I know I still have a significant amount to learn.
Thanks to everyone here who contributes to this forum. I truly appreciate the information freely offered. I would like to take a defensive pistol and possibly a defensive carbine class. Does anyone have any firsthand experience with classes offered locally?
Thanks again!
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Which would be the better drill to buy?
I bought an 18v Bosch Brut Hammer Drill in 2005 and I loved it. I had three batteries for it but they all died out on me a few months back. I since started looking into corded drills because I do not care to keep buying/recharging batteries all the time.
I really wish they made a copy of the cordless dills with cords. I say this because I like the one-handed balance (Im not a fan of the pistol grip), keyless chuck, clutch with 15 or so screw settings, 2 speed options, hammer mode, and so on. If I could only have all this in a cord drill! If I could only have my same Bosch drill with a cord I would be one happy camper. I dropped that drill so many time and it just took a beating and kept on going.
After searching the web for a few days I have found two cord drills that stood out to me.
I wanted to see what other people thought about these two drills. I want to make the right choice. I do not want to waste my money on the wrong drill.
What did I use my 18v cordless Bosch Brut Hammer drill on? Well I flip houses on the side and do most of the work my self. So I used my drill for just about every thing you can think of.
Ya, I'd say that it's gonna come down to a personal choice.
Well if that includes driving screws you might be disappointed with a corded drill. There is a completely different torque level with corded drills. They don't have a lot of torque at low speed like a cordless so they don't tolerate the low speed and high torque required to drive screws as well as a battery powered drill and will get hot fast if used repeatedly like that. Low gearing helps but still not the same.
Corded drills don't usually have a brake either and that makes the precise things like running in screws quite a bit more challenging. Not saying they won't drive screws, but they sure don't do it as well. There are corded screw guns for drywall and decks but they use a special nose piece and clutch to set the depth. They are meant to be operated at full speed to just zip hundreds of short screws in repeatedly.
Hard to beat having a selection of drills, both corded and cordless and if you are drilling a lot of concrete a rotary hammer will beat a hammer drill on every hole. I have 7 or 8 different types but if I had to choose only 1 it would be my cordless.
But if your drill works fine, have you considered making a power cord for it. You just need an 18v supply with enough amps to run it and some wire.
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I am 23 years old, a full time college student, with 2 little boys at home that I take care of with the help of my amazing boyfriend. Of course, I got these awful battle scars from my children. I had my first right out of high school, I was 18 and gained a total of 65lbs. I went from 140lbs to 205lbs by the end of my pregnancy. I gained 85% of that weight in the last 3 months, leaving me with this nasty tummy! My 2nd pregnancy wasn't as bad, I only gained 35lbs and it was so much easier to lose the weight.
I have a small torso as it is, I'm mostly all legs, so when my stomach makes room for a baby, it has to stretch a lot!! I lost all of the weight after both pregnancies, I am now down to 126lbs. My doctor even tells me I'm tiny, so there's not hardly any fat to remove, just excess skin.
As the date gets closer, I get more excited, but I also feel a little more guilty. I know saving this money could help pay off my student loans, get a more reliable vehicle, or just take care of my children more securely in general..but I know I deserve to be happy and it's only a one time thing. If I can spend $5,000 on a down payment on a house, just to end up giving it to my ex and moving out of it anyway because of a break up. (Which really did happen.) Isn't this lifelong happiness more worth it? I'm so ready!


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Posted Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 by Allen B. Ury
The dangers of acetaminophen overdoses. Dietary issues start young, and how to avoid them. These and other stories of interest from the world of health a medicine in this week's Medical News Notes.
Parents Warned to Avoid Acetaminophen Overdosing in Children
Be careful how much Tylenol you give to children. It can cause permanent liver damage. This warning comes from doctors writing in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). The authors note that, too often, worried parents give their sick/feverish children more than the recommended dose of acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol), which can lead to liver damage or even death. What to do if an accidental overdose occurs? Rush the child to the nearest emergency room. There, the child should be given N-acetylcysteine, a drug that can counteract the effects of acetaminophen. But it needs to be given within eight hours to be effective.
Childhood Eating Patterns Can Signal Future Eating Disorders
For many girls, eating disorders start early. How early? Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital wanted to find out. Over 11 years, they tracked the eating patterns of girls as young as age 9. They discovered that preadolescent girls who tried to diet developed dissatisfaction with their bodies by age 14, and many had clinical eating disorders by age 19. This was most common among "perfectionists" who tried to micromanage their food consumption as teenagers. Ironically, most of these girls became overweight later in life. Another twist the researchers discovered: Girls who tried to manage their weight by skipping lunch usually ended up gaining more weight than girls who ate three meals a day.
Obesity Stigma Remains Longer After Weight Is Lost
And speaking of weight gain, once a woman is viewed as "fat," that stigma can remain even if she loses weight. So say psychologists from the University of Hawaii in Manoa and the University of Manchester in Great Britain. In a series of experimental surveys, the scientists found that people who had negative feelings toward women they viewed as "fat" had the same negative feelings even after the women had lost as much as 70 pounds. Many of the women themselves also considered themselves "fat" even after their weight loss. Part of the stigma comes from the widespread (and mistaken) belief that weight is easily lost, so if a person has ever been fat, it's a sign of weak character, a permanent condition, the scientists concluded.
Natural Trans Fats May Be Good for You
A lot has been written about how bad the trans fats in french fries, donuts and similar "junk foods" are for you. Well, it turns out that while artificial trans fats may be unhealthy, natural trans fats are actually good. Researchers from the University of Alberta found that milk and meat from cattle, goats and sheep can be health-enhancing when eaten as part of a balanced diet. "There is no association between natural trans fats intake and cholesterol-dependent cardiovascular risk factors," said Dr. Jean-Michel Chardigny of France's National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), which provided data for the Canadian study.
Mediterranean Diet Promotes Physical and Mental Health
So how can you avoid gaining weight in the first place and still eat foods you enjoy? One answer is the so-called Mediterranean Diet. In a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Spanish researchers showed how a diet rich in fish, olive oil, nuts, fruits and vegetables resulted in subjects enjoying long-term overall health and a better mental outlook. Also a part of the diet: the moderate consumption of alcohol, particularly wine.
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A spokeswoman for the bank firmly denied press reports that Lloyds had hired Goldman Sachs, the American investment bank, to advise on the future of its South American businesses: "We've not appointed anyone to sell our South American businesses. We have no plans to sell."
The company has said it would like to make acquisitions with its cash pile, which reached over pounds 1bn after the sale last Friday of Business Technology Finance for pounds 235m. But it also indicated it was "not averse" to a share buy-back.
Lloyds would not comment on its longer-term plans for its South American portfolio, which includes large businesses in Brazil and Argentina and offices in 10 other countries, nor on whether it intended to build on those businesses.
It insisted there were no difficulties there. "Brazil has now become profitable. We don't have Third World debt problems," the company said.
Lloyds, which in February paid pounds 300m for the remaining half share in Banco Multiplic, its Brazilian bank, also denied suggestions that rival HSBC, which recently bought an Argentinian financial services company for pounds 380m, was making more aggressive in-roads in the region.
"We have been the most committed of all the players. We stayed in the Third World when many pulled out," said the spokeswoman. "We have been tidying up our portfolio after the TSB merger and we are looking at our businesses."
Commenting on reports that Goldman Sachs would present a proposal about the future of its South American operations to the Lloyds board, the spokeswoman said she was unaware of plans for any such presentation or whether Goldman was acting as unappointed adviser on this or any other project.
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Moodle: FAQ: Is there a way to combine my course section enrollments?
Currently there is no way to automatically combine course enrollments for different course sections in moodle.
You can however manually add students to a course by using the "Assign Roles" link in the administration block of a course. You will need to search for each user and add them to the student role.
- Enter course you want to add students to.
- Click/expand 'users' from the settings block.
- Click 'Enrolled users' and then click the "Enrol users" button on the top right of the page.
- Verify that 'student' is listed in the 'Assign roles' drop down.
- In the search textbox enter the students computing id or name and hit enter/search.
- Enroll the user by clicking the "Enrol" button located to the right of their name.
- When finished searching and adding students click the 'finish enrolling users' link at the bottom of the popup.
Another method would be to get the address for a course and email or otherwise convey this information to the students. When the student opens the link to a course they will be prompted to enroll. If you have an enrollment key assigned to the course you will also need to give that information to the student. More information about the enrollment key can be found here. You may also need to enable 'self enrolment' in the enrolment methods under users in the settings block. More information can be found here.
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Men's Golf Places Fourth at Jack Nicklaus Invitational
Oct. 9, 2012
DUBLIN, Ohio – The University of Kentucky men's golf team wrapped up their final round of the Jack Nicklaus Invitational on Tuesday, finishing in fourth place in a competitive 11 team field. The Wildcats posted a combined score of 33-over-par at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.
Kent State claimed the title of the event with a score of 29-over-par, four strokes ahead of the Cats.
"We had a chance to win today with a few holes to play," head coach Brian Craig said. "We did not quite get it done but this team is getting better, a lot better. The Muirfield Village experience will help us to be better prepared the next time we play championship golf. The greens were rolling 13.5 on the stimpmeter and we had the Sunday hole locations that the PGA Tour uses here. It was an extraordinary test of golf and we handled it admirably."
Senior Chase Parker had a strong round for UK, carding a 2-over-par, 74. The Augusta, Ga., native recorded two birdies on the afternoon and concluded the invitational tied for sixth at 5-over-par, marking the first top-10 finish of the year for Parker.
Will Bishop and Cody Martin both completed the event in a tie for 14th individually with scores of 8-over-par. Bishop turned in a round of 5-over, while Martin was 6-over on the day.
Sophomore David Snyder and junior Stephen Powers both finished tied for 28th at 13-over-par.
UK featured a split squad this week as coach Craig sent four individuals to the Bearcat Invitational in Hebron, Ky., at the Traditions Golf Club. The tournament picked up where it left off in the second round and played the final round of 18 on Tuesday.
After firing a 2-over-par round one, freshman Harrison Greenberry posted scores of even par and 1-under in the final two rounds. Greenberry concluded the Bearcat Invitational with the lowest score among Wildcats at 1-over-par, tying for ninth place overall.
Joseph Barr and Seth Blann each recorded scores of 14-over for the tournament, finishing tied for 41st. Matthew Anderson was tied for 64th at 23-over-par.
The Wildcats have a quick turnaround as they travel to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico to compete in the Querencia Cabo Collegiate, Oct. 14-16. For more information on the University of Kentucky men's golf team please visit UKathletics.com and follow on twitter @UKMensGolf.
Jack Nicklaus Invitational
Dublin, Ohio - Oct. 8-9
Par: 72 – Yardage: 7,352
Kentucky Lineup
T6. Chase Parker – 75 – 74 (+5)
T14. Cody Martin – 74 – 78 (+8)
T14. Will Bishop – 75 – 77 (+8)
T28. David Snyder – 78 – 79 (+13)
T31. Stephen Powers – 79 – 78 (+13)
2012 Bearcat Invitational
Hebron, Ky. - Oct. 8-9
Par: 72 – Yardage: 7,100
Kentucky Lineup
T9. Harrison Greenberry – 74 – 72 – 71 (+1)
T41. Joseph Barr – 76 – 74 – 80 (+14)
T41. Seth Blann – 75 – 77 – 78 (+14)
T64. Matthew Anderson – 77 – 84 – 78 (+23)


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Defender Keeley Dowling's first goal of the season was the difference in a game visiting Sky Blue FC would have won by four or five goals but for some spectacular saves by Saint Louis keeper Hope Solo.
After Solo had already stopped Kerri Hanks and Kacey White, Sky Blue FC continued to attack in waves and finally broke through for the winner in the 30th winner. Yael Averbuch beat two defenders and fed Dowling, who beat Solo to the far post.
"I had possession of the ball, picked my head up, and placed it with my left foot," Dowling said. "It was funny because Hope made such tremendous saves tonight and mine just snuck right by her. We played our game and came out on top. I'm very proud of my goal, but even prouder of my team."
Twice in the first part of the second half, Sky Blue FC had the chance to pull away, but Solo stopped shots by Brazilian Rosana.
The Athletica had plenty of possession late in the game, but it never tested goalie Jenni Branam.
"In the first half," said Sky Blue FC player-coach Christine Rampone, "we were so successful because we kept the ball moving. There were a good few combos and in the beginning the combinations really helped the way we played. We didn't do that as much in the second half but still came out on top. There were a lot of goal opportunities for us but we stayed compact and the first ball got us our victory. Midfield did a great job staying back and overall, we couldn't have played a better game."
Aug. 19 in Fenton, Mo.
Saint Louis 0 Sky Blue FC 1. Goal: Dowling (Averbuch) 31.
Saint Louis -- Solo, Tancredi, McNeill (Logterman, 65), Ellertson, Weber, Woznuk (Cross, 61), Cinalli, Fletcher, Chalupny, Walsh, Welsh (Pistorius, 72)
Sky Blue FC -- Branam, Dowling, Buczkowski, Rampone, Schnur, White, Averbuch, McCallum (Francielle, 73), O'Reilly (Parker, 64), Rosana, Hanks (Kai, 46)
Yellow Cards: Saint Louis -- Logterman 90+; Sky Blue FC -- Schnur 67, Kai 78
Referee: Ted Unkel.
Att.: 5,064.


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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger is delighted to see Mark Halsey back in action seven months after the referee was diagnosed with cancer.
The official took charge of Arsenal's opening game of the season - a 6-1 win at Everton - 24 hours after being told he had the disease. Halsey started chemotherapy treatment six days later and returned to the game at a reserve fixture between Leicester and Scunthorpe at Hinckley United FC this week.
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died on Sept. 11, 2012. The hearing took place on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on May 8. Witnesses included Gregory Hicks, a former U.S. diplomat in Libya, who said more could have been done to help the American victims of the attack. Also testifying were Eric Nordstrom, a former regional security officer in Libya, and Mark Thompson, the State Department's acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism. Democrats on the committee accused Republicans of a full-scale media campaign designed to smear the Obama Administration and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Hi, as long as you reinvested into another traditional IRA within the 60 day time frame, it will count as a rollover and there's no penalty and no tax
Here's a chart that shows ALL of the retirement accounts that can be rolled over (one account to another) ... If you'll note: the traditional IRA on the "Roll From" side of the chart is "rollable" to a traditional IRA on the "Roll To" side of the chart with no restrictions
Rollover Chart
The IRS says "If the distribution from the qualified plan or IRA is paid to you, you have 60 days from the date of receipt to roll it over to another qualified plan or IRA." See this: http://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Plan-Participant,-Employee/Retirement-Topics---Rollovers-of-Retirement-Plan-Distributions
So, no tax consequences there
ON the Roth, you can always withdraw the principal (contributions mad from already taxed dollars) with no tax ramafications
And finally, the traditional and IRA issues here aren't related at all
Hope this helps
I still don't see you coming into the chat session, so I'll move us to the "Q&A" mode. … Maybe that will help … (We can still continue a dialogue there, just not in real-time chat, as we can here)
If this HAS helped, I would appreciate a feedback rating of 3 (OK) or better … That's the only way they will pay us here.
HOWEVER, if you need more on this, PLEASE COME BACK here, so you won't be charged for another question.
If someone is not able to work due to a disability and they withdraw money from a ROTH IRA that goes beyond the amount of their contributions, and they have a note from their doctor regarding their inability to work, what are the tax consequences?
Are you saying the same exceptions that apply to a traditional IRA would apply to a ROTH IRA? If there was a qualifying letter regarding disability from the doctor and someone withdraws beyond the contribution amount from a ROTH IRA, what is the tax consequence to the amount withdrawn that was not contributions. At this point I have zero earned income this year, although there would be a little income from a traditional IRA, although I had taxes withheld just in case, even though the doctor had provided a letter after I called the IRA and had them explain the law.
Your answer did help. I have a related question though. How many letters in one year does someone need for the IRS to show someone needs the money due to a long indefinite period of being unable to earn a substantial and gainful living for health reasons? I am not sure I will be able to earn any pay this year, but that remains to be seen. For easy math though, assuming I had zero taxable income this year, would that mean all medical expenses paid by my IRA money would avoid the tax penalty?
Are you saying if I had a letter in May, I do not need to get another letter for this year if an IRA withdrawal was made after May?


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2007 Trends : Simply Complex
One of the most over-speculated and questionable trends today must be the concept of simplicity. You can't miss a trends report or prediction without it popping up. Arguably, our current...
One of the most over-speculated and questionable trends today must be the concept of simplicity. You can't miss a trends report or prediction without it popping up. Arguably, our current fascination with simplicity was born our of the launch of the iconic and sleek iPod and then reinforced by the arrival of products and brands like the American Apparel, Uniqlo, the RAZR and even Tivo.
Yes, PSFK will hold our hand up and say that we've tagged our product and service reports 'simplicity'. But trends change and in review, it might be because of the fact that many of these products and services are far from simple that they have become so popular and that the trend is Simply-Complex not simplicity itself.
A few months ago Don Norman published a thought-provoking article on his site called 'Simplicity Is Highly Overrated'. The article suggested that simplicity was a fantasy and that we actually long for complexity to engage us. He said"
"Why do we deliberately build things that confuse the people who use them? Answer: Because the people want the features. Because simplicity is a myth whose time has past, if it ever existed.Make
it simple and people won't buy. Given a choice, they will take the item
that does more. Features win over simplicity, even when people realize
that it is accompanied by more complexity. You do it too, I bet.
Haven't you ever compared two products side by side, comparing the
features of each, preferring the one that did more?"
So, maybe the first thing we look for in a product is something that is accessible rather than totally simplistic, then we look for detail and complexity.
Think of a way that a video game gets you involved in a game: often it takes you through a number of levels to train you. The first level is rather simple and often helps you understand a basic game play such as movement. As the levels increase, the more you learn. By the end of the training levels you're pretty sophisticated in terms of games play and ready for the proper game. If the game only required simplicity – i.e. the need to only have the skills to complete the first level – we'd all get rather bored of it rather fast.
Software has the same approach. It's very easy to start some programs, but it's what we learn to do with the product later that keeps us interested. Updates are essential in retaining our attention.
In fact, the iPod and American Apparel appear to be very simple but are highly complex at the same time. On one level they just offer this easy to use music player and colorful tees, but on another level they are detailed and changing. The popularity of the iPod may not be only to do with it's simple interface – that really just grants access. The popularity could be due to the complexity of functions which we learn to use over time: the synchronization with iTunes, buying new music, subscribing to podcasts and connecting it to your sneakers. After a while, our little white box is quite a provider of entertainment and even exercise. We get quite used to the versatility so that when we see very complex products like this one, we seem to think we can learn to use them.
American Apparel is simply-complex. AA have a deep social and ecological mission behind it and the more you go into the stores the more you get to know it. At first, you go to the store because you can find that top or bottom that's the perfect color but as you use the changing room, you start to get involved in the American Apparel story. Your shopping experience will make you pass photos of social issues such as arrest-photos of women arrested in California in the 60s or a photo-montage of clothing labels from around the world. On your way to the counter you pass TV screens with founder Dov Charney on business shows and when you get to the counter, you find a Mexican newspaper you could pick up (if you can read Spanish).
Online, there have been several services that have been praised because incorrectly for their simplicity. YouTube is not about simplicity. Flickr is not about
Simplicity. These sites are very simple to access but their success
relies on the deep complex levels you can go to in order to customize
your experience: channels, sets, groups, widgets, friends and so on.
It's worth reading Jack Cheng's words here when he looks at the simple-complex factors at work behind the success of Amazon. Also watch these two creatives talk here about 'good design' becoming more prevalent in 2007. Are they really saying stuff that makes us want to use it day after day after day?
No doubt 2007 will see simplicity used as a buzz word but it may be hiding the simple complexity of the products its being used to sell. 2007 will see a continued trend towards products that boast simplicity but do more than one thing, that
multi-task. Beauty products have to moisturize and sparkle, soda drinks will refresh and thin you and any other simply-complex products.


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the oil seal has a spring that holds tension to the hub. over time, and this is lots of time mind you, this pressure will cause a seal to wear into the hub creating a little groove.
this groove could allow oil to seep past even with a new seal.
there are 'fixes' for this on more common vehicle makes, like small block chevy and ford motors, that consists of a thin metal sleeve that gets pushed over the snout to create a freash surface for the seal to seal against.
there are (apparently) similar 'fix-its' for the rear main sel as well, but i do not know if there are any made for the bmw motors. (i did not bother to check, but i'm sure a quick google will reveal any possible repair kits out there)
most repairs for the oil seal do not require the replacement of the hub. only if it is grooved.
a regular seal puller should be sufficent to remove the old seal.
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Apparently I'm not allowed to vote in these polls anymore. Whenever I see one nowadays it's the results, not the voting options, as though I've already voted in it - even if it's a new poll like this one, that at the time had no answers.
But I would have answered cream - the biotera creme I'm using right now gives me great clumping so far.


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Attached YOU may find the most refreshing statement by the Corps on new approaches to floodplain management along the Missouri River.
Some people will not appreciate the reasonableness and efficiencies of these policies; we can encourage them to look at the science behind these approaches.
On another note, I did attend the COE meeting in Omaha NE yesterday and in company of Stu Maas. It was a full house with many filled with anger over the COE management of the Reservoirs.
I did speak on 3 different occasions in response to some ideologies about said management and some of the politics that drives past and present management of the river itself in our reaches. Steve King was present and spoke with emphasis on his Bill in DC which focuses merely on lower the reservoirs as a means to control flooding. I commented in part of Support for the measure but also placed emphasis on the fact the lowering the reservoirs for more flood storage is just 1 small component of flood mitigation. The problem we are still going to have in the reaches on Iowa & Nebraska is flood waters are still going to have to pass through this reach, the question is what will it do when it gets here? A 1300 ft wide river channel has the capacity to take on higher volumes of water but what we have done in the name of navigation and channelization is narrow the river down to just 300ft. Said flood water when it gets here is still going to do 1 thing. It is going to rise up and over its banks and we are going to have the very same thing happen again. I also said asking MT to be the only source with something on the table in the name of flood mitigation is not going to solve our problem.
The question remains what is Iowa and Nebraska willing to put on the table in the name of Flood mitigation to protect its constituents?????
I also said MT, ND , SD doesn't have a 3 million dollar annual economic Navigation industry but what they do have is recreation. I also sighted facts that Iowa only obtains about 2% of the 3 million and Nebraska obtains 3% of 3 million generated by navigation. Simply put in it's context is that we are giving the COE 6.5 million dollars a year to manage the river to support a failed navigational industry where as some of the infrastructure put in place to support said navigation is also a key element to increasing Flood rise 5 to 15ft and forcing the river to come up and out.
Looking at the long term cost and associated damages caused in our section of the river, it being managed for Navigation and to continue said management in our reaches is simply a irresponsible use or application of tax payers resources that could be better utilized in flood mitigation measures and other designated uses that are far more economically beneficial to our states. I am speaking of IA & NE.
I listened and time and time again I heard people draw fire on the COE for how they manage the river. I again spoke and advised all in the room that the COE was authorized by congress 3 years ago to do a study on each of the 8 authorized purposes of COE management. This study would have been the first of its kind that would evaluate each one of the 8 authorized purposes and let them stand on their own merits. Have they developed as first expected in 1944 or have others? Which ones should we continue and which ones should we potentially get rid of? I advised folks that this study would have given the COE a lot of information in the potential re-witting of the master manual in how the river is to be managed going forward into the future and that information would have been given to DC Senators & Representatives for review. However I advised the folks that as some wish to claim upper basin state politics and recreation as a culprit in how the river is managed, SO it was the state of Mo. and said delegates that Killed the MRAPS study, preventing the COE from the ability to review its management of all 8 Authorized purposes. FACT not hot air.
Also in attendance was Zack Nelson a representative from Senator Ben Nelsons office of NE and Nathan Vanderplats a representative from Senator Tom Harkins office IA. I spoke with them all and thanked them for their attendance on behalf of Senators, who from what I gather from Representative King where in DC up on the Hill during a vote session. I asked specifically to meet with senators at the earliest possible opportunity to discuss Mo. River Management that are and will continue to negatively impact our states recreational opportunities, management abilities of present and future migratory habitat facilities.
Key issues are that of Hydrology and channel degradation and how we as states and as a waterfowling community are left in the breeze to struggle with this problem and I must remind folks that we are loosing and it is costing our states Fish and Game & Fish & Wildlife agencies dearly as we slowly see what opportunities we do have go dry. This effect has multiple consequences in lost state revenues and conservation revenues as waterfowl hunter numbers continue to decline. There are ways to turn this around and I will sit down with Representative King, Senator Harkin and Senator Nelson to discuss potential options / ideas that aid our states and said agencies combat this problem that they did not create nor adequate resources in which to mitigate said negative impacts.
In closing I wish to say Thank you to Representative King for his attendance and sharing his thoughts and information on some issues. I wish to say Thank you to Tom Harkin & Nathan Vanderplats, Senator Ben Nelson and Zack Nelson for being there and I look forward to our meeting / discussions.
Together we all must do the right thing and sometimes doing the right thing is not always the easiest. Our first impulse is to take the easy route which is never in the long term best interest of the people or that of our states Natural Resources. These things are Not infinite and that is something that all should remember because when Sportsmen are gone or our number so few, who is it that will pony up the bucks to protect, restore or enhance our Natural Resources? WHO
90 plus % of all North American Wetland that are protected today have been protected, restored or enhance by the Federal Duck Stamp. I strongly ask my friends in congress to consider bringing forward the North American Wetlands Loan Act.
I strongly ask my friends in congress to seek EWP funding for the Mo. Valley region of Iowa & Nebraska.
I strongly ask my friends in congress to maintain strong Support for North America Wetlands Conservation Act better known as NAWCA.
I ask my friends in congress to maintain strong Support for WRP in in the farm Bill and maintain strong support for CRP with in the farm Bill.
This flood of the Mo. River was increased by high run off in the upper basin. It is not by chance that in those regions we have seen unprecedented conversion of native prairie or pasture to row crops, marginal lands taken out of CRP and put back into crop production and wetlands being drained at such a rate that not even the Reservoirs of the Mo. River can handle it. If we rip it up, plow it under and drain it all, one thing is evident. The water does come down stream and we all shall see more flooding in the future and far more frequent in Nature. Maybe going Green in our quest for energy Independency isn't really all that Environmentally friendly after all and lets not forget the Bill that tax payers have to pick up with each Federal Flood disaster. We simply cannot sustain the cost for bad AG policy.
I am also praying for the Maas family and specifically for a good friend Marian Maas who went in to the Hospital yesterday to get some testing done to figure out the negative mass reading on her lung. She has been a strong advocate for our Natural Resources folks on the Great Mo. River with in the whole MRRIC process from it's inception. I pray for the best and God bless.
Bill Smith
Mo. Valley Waterfowlers Association IA & NE
Sioux City Iowa
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Op-Ed for Immediate Release: Oct. 24, 2011
Contact: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division
Phone: (402) 995-2420 (888) 835-5971
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Past lessons can help shape floodplain management
By Brig. Gen. John R. McMahon
Northwestern Division Commander
The Missouri River Basin Flood of 2011 has once again drawn our attention to the benefits and risks associated with the Missouri River Mainstem reservoir system, its tributaries, levee systems, and the floodplain.
Despite tangible returns on investment of the multi-purpose system, we know it cannot capably handle the most extreme of flood events. Many Basin governors and members of Congress have called for flood control to be the top priority of the eight authorized purposes, and are advocating for increased storage in the reservoirs. As we know, empty space in the reservoir system facilitates the flood control purpose, but with direct implications to the other seven authorized purposes including navigation, recreation, hydropower, irrigation, fish and wildlife, water supply and water quality that need to be thoroughly considered through a public process. We should also be mindful that extremes on the other end of the spectrum in the form of drought are possible and have equally dire consequences to the authorized purposes of the system. We should look at this with our eyes wide open considering the hydrological history of the system and not just one year's worth of data.
Notwithstanding these very legitimate calls for preeminence of the flood control purpose, there are many other means to the same end that ought to be considered as we go forward. Flood risk can be mitigated beyond creating more space in the existing system. Designating floodways, establishing flood corridor easements, applying new building codes, exercising emergency response plans, stockpiling materials and emergency supplies, improving maintenance and inspections, applying technology to assess best and highest use of the land—that is, uses in the floodplain that are compatible with risk of periodic flooding-- buying flood insurance, changing local zoning ordinances, changing existing levee alignments or setting back levees to allow more room for the river are all examples of alternatives, both structural and non-structural, that should be considered. As they are, we must work closely with landowners, levee sponsors—who decide-- and local communities, states, Tribes, federal agencies and others—who support--- to ensure wise investment of scarce public funds is made.
Wise investment choices result from applying what we learned from past flood events in 1927, 1972, 1993 and 2011. Extreme flood events such as the 1972 flood in Rapid City, S.D., in which 238 lives were lost, and this year's flooding throughout the Missouri River Basin, remind us that there are limits to man's ability to eliminate all flood risk. The dams certainly mitigated this year's losses and the levees protected some communities—however, we must accept the fact that even these well-designed structures have limits. The citizens of Rapid City, with federal and state assistance, reshaped the once destructive Rapid Creek floodway into a "green-way" by converting most of the floodplain into a large park with bike paths and ball fields. They decided that no one should "sleep in the floodplain" and moved houses and hotels to new locations. They thought and acted differently about the floodplain, albeit on a much smaller scale. Today, Rapid City's central park is a testament to smart floodplain management and a great example of wise investment.
Hence, a broader, more comprehensive approach that involves these other types of actions and measures may be warranted. With this unprecedented flooding event comes a rare opportunity to shape the future of the floodplain in positive, long-lasting ways, much as did our forefathers who envisioned and designed the system we enjoy the benefits of today. This opportunity begins with acknowledgement of the shared responsibility we all bear for our future in the floodplain---if we continue to pit upper basin states against lower basin states or one authorized purpose against the other, and resort to long drawn out litigation, if we fail to learn from the past—then our history is doomed to repeat itself, and this opportunity will be lost until the next calamitous flooding event occurs. The 1994 "Galloway Report" following the 1993 flood event recommended specific policy and programmatic changes to how floodplain management is addressed. Among other points, delineating responsibilities among basin residents, agencies and municipalities, each with a fiscal stake in the basin's floodplain management effort, and embracing a proactive, shared approach, it envisioned reduced flood damages, minimized upheaval and emotional impact to families and communities, mitigated economic impacts, and a diminished overall toll on communities and taxpayers. When will we learn?
With shared responsibility comes a shared vision of the future. And out of a shared vision comes shared purpose and real progress. The people in the Mississippi River Valley took a shared responsibility approach to following the great Mississippi flood of 1927 which killed about 500 people, left 600,000 homeless, ruined productive cropland, and left 72 percent of the floodplain (16.8 million acres) in shambles�..in the aftermath of that natural disaster, the people and their leaders got organized, conceived the Mississippi River and Tributaries project, got it authorized and funded with a focus on flood control and navigation, and have since seen more than $13.9 billion invested and $478.3 billion in damages prevented—that's a 34 to 1 return on investment. Isn't it time we in the Missouri River Basin got similarly organized and galvanized?
Our situation in the Missouri River Basin is different and yet we can still learn from our fellow citizens—we need to get organized around a common vision and with true purpose and acceptance of our shared responsibility. We have a singular opportunity to collaborate with one another given wide appreciation for the value of flood risk management. This collaboration, cooperation, coordination and communication has already begun with the establishment of the Missouri River Flood Task Force, a coalition of states, Tribes, local communities, federal agencies and other partners, contributors and observers. The mission of the Task Force is to complete initial repairs to public infrastructure (e.g. levees, roads, bridges) by March 1, 2012 and to conduct long-term recovery activities to address overall flood risk reduction strategies and plans to keep comprehensive flood risk reduction as the focused priority.
We have a conscious choice to make about the future and where and how we invest for it as a result of this flood event. While acknowledging the federal obligation to repair levees under Public Law 84-99 authority, the status quo of repairing what was without thinking in broader, longer terms about other options would be a missed opportunity. Let's learn from the past and shape the future now. We are in a unique place in history where our decisions could have a significant and positive difference in the lives of our fellow citizens in the Missouri River Basin. Let's work together to make wise, informed investment decisions for a better future in the basin.


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People generally are worried about how to maintain the budget and how to finance for the wedding, but you need not to worry about it as you will come to know the expenses and the ways to save the money. You can go for the wedding cards India for the wedding so that in this way you are cutting off the expense of the invitations. For more about the wedding expenses you can take a look on the following:
Date and Time
Highly sought and looked for after seasons and days of the week are pricier for evident reasons. A night gathering is typically more lavish than an early lunch or evening gathering, not just due to higher providing food costs for supper, additionally in light of the fact that individuals have a tendency to drink less amid the daytime, and numerous couples decide to go all the more relaxed on components like lighting, music, and stylistic layout amid the daytime.
Wedding Style
The more formal the issue, the more costly, on the grounds that you'll need to match the site, sustenance, and musical amusement to the general upscale tone. The cost for an entire six-course feast is regularly more prominent than for a mixed drink soiree with generally appetizers; the charge for a twelve-piece band is more prominent than that for a DJ or a quartet; hard and fast stylistic theme like lighting, forte cloths, and emotional botanical shows additionally will keep running up the bill. Furthermore, fancier undertakings have a tendency to be bigger.
The Amount Do You Really Require?
Much the same as purchasing shoes, a loft, or a couple of pants, in terms of financing a wedding, you ought to make sense of the amount you have to spend to get what you need. You can likewise shop wedding invite so that you can set your financial plan in this way. Set your desires in like manner. Bunch Take note of: The normal expense for a 150-man wedding is about $25,000 (higher in urban regions).
Here is an essential breakdown of what you can hope to pay:
- Gathering: 48%-50%
- Function: 2%-3%
- Clothing: 8%-10%
- Blossoms: 8%-10%
- Amusement/Music: 8%-10%
- Photography/Videographer: 10%-12%
- Stationery: 2%-3%
- Wedding bands: 2%-3%
- Stopping/Transportation: 2%-3%
- Blessings: 2%-3%
- Incidental: 8%
- To dodge anxiety, apportion around 5% of your financial plan for an "in the event of some unforeseen issue" reserve.
- If you're paying for your wedding trip yourselves, recollect to spending plan for that too.
The amount would you be able to Spare?
When you're locked in, begin setting aside as quite a bit of your pay as you can for the wedding. Sparing 20% of your month to month wage is a decent – however difficult – objective. The more extended your engagement, the more you'll have the capacity to sock away.
- Ways: As far as possible your spending on little stuff (leasing motion pictures as opposed to going out; going to Starbucks once rather than twice per day; downloading only the tune you cherish as opposed to purchasing the entire Album). These progressions will barely influence your personal satisfaction, yet following a year, the additional money will cover some wedding essentials.
- Make the greater part of your cash: As opposed to stashing your cash in a low-premium investment account, consider purchasing Compact discs or opening a currency business sector account. Furthermore, the wedding cards with price so you can get the cards at the low price and maintain the budget as well. The interest rate can be twofold that of an investment account. Simply check the fine print to maintain a strategic distance from penalties.


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There are a few reasons for shopping on the internet for a promdresses. As more buyers become happier with the concept of purchasing all types of products online, web shopping for promenade dresses has increased substantially during the last one or two years. Many individuals don't live in spitting distance to a physical store that carries the large choice of dresses they can find on the web. So internet shopping is useful, you can pick from the best selection, and you can order your dress long before it is doubtless sold out or back ordered to a date that's past the event. A couple of internet promdresses shops start to put new spring styles on their sites as early as October so that you can begin shopping much sooner than at your local promenade store and sometimes you can get a reduction in pricing, even on designer prom dresses.
During your promenade It's worth keeping in mind that a promenade dress is basically quite a fragile piece of clothing. Significantly , always clean your hands before touching your robe. There's an inflating trend to arrive at promenade in the wackiest way possible but you ought to be careful to think about whether your arrival technique hazards causing damage to your promenade dress.
If your body is apple-shaped, your mid-section is heavier or thicker than other bits of your body. Select dresses that take the stress away from your mid-section.
An empire robe might work well with this kind of figure. The A-line or princess dress flares out to the hemline and is narrow close to the waist. An a-line dress can work best too if you've got a bodice with boning to give it a slimming effect. It forms an 'a' shape as it fits to your body from top to bottom. High-Low, Lace-Covered, and Chiffon Promenade Dresses The high-low dress zigzags vertically at the hemline so it is short in some spots and long in others. Chiffon dresses look like a posh night robe worn by the ladies of Rome or Greece. The lace-covered dress could be a satin or satin-like material beneath with lace as a top layer.
Promdresses are fragile and often costly items of clothing so after you have purchased yours you'll be wanting to do all you can to look after it. So with a little forethought and effort you can take the best care of your promenade dress before, during and following your promenade. Before your promenade you want to take the relevant steps to stop any creases or damage happening to your robe. Most credible promenade dress outlets will supply complimentary garment bags with their promenade dresses


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Thirty percent of German women are childless—the highest proportion of any country in the world. And it's intentional. Why? Because they can be. Free will, baby. A professor of psychology examines what this trend augurs for conservatives who wring their hands at the thought of people enjoying sex outside the context of procreation.
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THE GERMAN PUBLIC was recently shocked to learn that 30% of "their" women are childless ? the highest proportion of any country in the world. And this is not a result of infertility; it's intentional childlessness.
Demographers are intrigued. German nationalists, aghast. Religious fundamentalists, distressed at the indication that large numbers of women are using birth control.
And evolutionary biologists (including me) are asked, "How can this be?" If reproduction is perhaps the fundamental imperative of natural selection, of our genetic heritage, isn't it curious ? indeed, counterintuitive ? that people choose, and in such large numbers, to refrain from participating in life's most pressing event?
The answer is that intentional childlessness is indeed curious ? but in no way surprising. It is also illuminating, because it sheds light on what is perhaps the most notable hallmark of the human species: the ability to say no ? not just to a bad idea, an illegal order or a wayward pet but to our own genes.


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Business Schools Aren't Producing Ethical GraduatesDeborrah Himsel
You can't accuse them of not trying. Business schools make efforts to teach students to carry ethical lessons from their MBA program into the working world and to behave ethically as professionals. Most top schools include ethics courses or build ethics-related segments into classes on global management and leadership.
As much as they try to impart ethical lessons, programs often fail to contribute to an ethical business climate. At least 100 publicly traded companies, including Wal-Mart, GlaxoSmithKline , and Hewlett-Packard, have reported investigations relating to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Over the last two years, Walmart has paid $439 million in legal fees in response to a probe of possible violations in Mexico. In May, Avon Products reached a preliminary $135 billion settlement over allegations of bribery in its China operations.
Acting as an ethical manager in the gray areas of global business is an especially huge challenge. It's not that Western MBAs become immoral or amoral when they take on management roles in China, Russia, India, and other countries. It's simply that what they've been taught—and how they've been taught—has little effect on their decision-making when they're placed (literally and figuratively) in foreign situations.
In the classroom, teachers implore students to resist improprieties or even to blow the whistle when they spot corrupt practices. Try repeating this admonition to an MBA who has just landed a job after months of searching, to an experienced manager struggling to make numbers, or to professionals who have learned to do as they're told in a hierarchical culture. Good luck.
The teachings of the classroom are no match for the harsh realities of the global workplace. That's why MBA programs should provide ethical lessons that give students on-the-job experience in real situations.
At the Thunderbird School of Global Management, we send students on seven-week consulting projects in markets such as Indonesia, Vietnam, Angola, and other countries. They experience first-hand how business is done in that particular region, such as being asked for a "facilitation fee" (an alternative term for a bribe) that is par for the course in most of the countries where students do projects.
One of the top ethics programs is at Babson College. Mary Gentile, who heads up their effort, has teamed with the Aspen Institute and Yale School of Management to develop Giving Voice to Values (GVV), which moves from theory to action by putting students in situations in which they must demonstrate how to act on their convictions and answer the question: "If I were going to act on my values, what would I say or do?"
Other schools have adopted this program, and sessions are currently being held on campuses in all seven continents. Even better, the program has been gaining traction in countries such as India, helping business people in that country confront their own particular ethical challenges.
We are making progress, but it's not enough. Here are three actions all business schools can take to improve ethics education:
1. Put more emphasis on doing rather than telling, giving students experience working in an emerging market or in role-playing situations that force them to examine their ethics and act on them.
2. Create joint classes with MBA students from other countries (or B-schools) to foster a first-hand appreciation of the ethical challenges of doing business in these countries.
3. Establish programs that involve global corporations so that students have a chance to learn from business executives who have dealt with the issues they will soon face. Or, if possible, create internships and additional corporate-partner efforts that allow students to work abroad and experience ethical dilemmas in the field.
Until additional MBA programs adopt this approach, we will continue to see a rise in investigations—and wonder why the lessons taught in school don't stick in the real world.


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HTC has launched the Desire 601, the first phone in the long-standing Desire range to feature 4G connectivity.
Unlike the HTC One-series phone, the Desire 601 has a plastic body rather than an aluminium one. Looks and feel-wise, it's a less immediately impressive phone than either the HTC One and One Mini.
However, its specs reveal that it's intended to be a significantly lower-end phone than either of those top models.
HTC Desire 601 specs
The HTC Desire 601 has a slightly larger screen than the HTC One Mini, at 4.5 inches rather than 4.3, but resolution is lower. Where the One Mini has a 720p screen, the Desire 601 display is 960 x 540 pixels in resolution.
The phone uses an SLCD2 panel, which is a little cheaper to produce than the top-end IPS screen of the HTC One.
Internal storage is a reasonably low 8GB, but you can expand on this thanks to the microSD card slot found under the phone's removable plastic rear.
The HTC Desire 601's core specs are also distinctly mid-range. It has a dual-core 1.4GHz processor, backed up by 1GB of RAM.
Although significantly lower in power than the quad-core CPUs and 2GB of RAM found in top-end phones, the Desire 601 should have enough power to run Android with HTC's Sense UI lag-free.
HTC Desire 601 camera and speaker
Not all of the One-series design DNA has been cast aside, though. One of the HTC Desire 601's best features is its pair of BoomSound speaker, which sit on the front of the phone to either side of the screen.
In the HTC One, they produced sound that easily trumped top rivals the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5. We hope the Desire 601's speakers will pull off the same trick.
However, the phone does lose out on the 'UltraPixel' tech of the One-series twins. Instead it uses a standard 'megapixel' camera with the usual tiny sensor pixels that result in pretty ropey low-light performance.
In good lighting, the HTC Desire 601's eight-megapixel camera should be able to produce decent shots, and it has an LED flash. As the phone uses the latest HTC Sense interface, you also get Zoe mode, which animates your image gallery and lets you share video clips of your photo journeys online.
HTC has not yet released firm pricing or release date info for the UK, but networks' deals are sure to be revealed soon. We expect the phone to significantly undercut the HTC One Mini,which sells for a shade under £400 SIM-free.


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Japan's Web Spinners
It looked like a scene out of Japan's Roaring Eighties. On Feb. 2, several thousand young Japanese stood cheek-by-jowl in the dimly lit Velfarre, Tokyo's hottest disco. The suit-clad professionals hadn't come to dance 'til dawn. They were here to absorb every precious syllable from the mouth of Masayoshi Son, 42, founder of Softbank Corp. and longtime evangelist for the Way of the Web. "The most amazing opportunities await you," Son told the mesmerized crowd, exhorting them to find an inner dream, pin it to a business model, and quickly seek venture funding. The hidden subtext: Don't miss the boat. "Japan is going through its biggest social upheaval since the Meiji Restoration [of 1868]," Son intoned.
The comparison is apt. For the first time since the Meiji period, when thousands of new businesses were spawned in a rush to modernize, the country is marshaling its resources to catch up to the West and build a New Japan. Its young elite are starting to migrate from Old Economy banks and trading houses to Internet ventures--startups whose technical resources and pluck almost make up for their lack of cash flow. Smart, aggressive Japanese techies versed in software and network engineering are burning midnight oil in "Bit Valley," a maze of small office buildings that stretches away from Tokyo's Shibuya Station. And orchestrating this migration, in myriad unseen ways, are a half-dozen native-born empire builders and investors--you might call them the Sons of Son. They have found Internet religion, and they have the brains and the bucks to make it stick.
If this were just a brigade of bowing, name-card-shuffling Son-clones, the rest of the world might not need to take note. But economists and market analysts say something much more important is brewing at high-level gabfests and gatherings like the Velfarre disco event. Money and power are coalescing in a new, uniquely Japanese way. Softbank's startup investments of about $400 million in Japanese Net companies are valued, on paper, at about $50 billion. Now Son, with a 38.2% stake in Softbank that's worth more than $60 billion, is poised to break into the banking business. Then there's Yasumitsu Shigeta, 35, the hard-charging founder of Hikari Tsushin Inc., a mobile-phone retailer turned Net investor. With backing from private investors, he has built a $300 million venture-capital war chest, with plans to launch an even bigger one, worth $500 million, in March. Trans Cosmos Inc., a systems integrator that helps U.S. ventures set up in Japan, created a $100 million fund late last year, targeted at Japanese startups. And there's Masatoshi Kumagai, who has $40 million for acquiring ventures to expand his interQ group. "The Internet is about to revolutionize Japan," says Hikari's Shigeta. "We're investing in startups with the aim of becoming a dominant force."
Some observers use the word keiretsu to describe these growing families of Net companies. But Son, Shigeta, and others say these business hybrids bear closer affinity to the family-run industrial combines, called zaibatsu, that were broken up after World War II. Still others like the new coinage "Net-batsu." Whichever term you prefer, these new Net builders are a breed apart from traditional Japanese corporate groups and could bring profound changes to local business culture and society. The government is beginning to recognize their importance and is easing regulations to give the ventures more room to maneuver. One thing is certain: If you want know where Japan's Internet is headed, these are the people to ask.
To be sure, the new Net builders won't have the field to themselves. Sony, Fujitsu, NTT, and even carmakers such as Toyota are charting their own Net strategies. Foreign companies, such as Microsoft, AOL, and Amazon.com, want pieces of the pie--as do U.S. and European venture capitalists. In the past half-year, J.H. Whitney, Hambrecht & Quist, and others have funneled more than $1 billion into Japan.
BARELY KNOWN PIONEERS. Still, at this moment, there is a shimmering opportunity for pioneers whose names and companies are barely known today--just as Son and Softbank were barely known in the mid-1990s. "This is an opportunity that occurs only once in 100 years," says interQ founder Kumagai, 36. "It's our chance to create new businesses."
The model for nearly all the budding Net builders is Masayoshi Son, who oversees the world's largest conglomerate of Net-related companies. His Softbank Corp. has equity holdings in more than 300 ventures--160 in the U.S., 120 in Japan, and the rest in Europe and Asia. Five years from now, he sees himself at the helm of a Net-batsu spanning 800 Internet ventures scattered through the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
While Son's roots are in software distribution, his riches all flow directly from the Net. And so, he believes, does the future. So, while U.S. dot-coms are stocking up on physical products and distribution channels, Son has started to shed some of his non-Net assets, such as the Ziff-Davis Inc. publishing group. Meanwhile, a consortium led by Softbank has won the right to negotiate the purchase of the failed Nippon Credit Bank, which the government has put on the seller's block.
Son's basic game plan is to import the most successful U.S. Web companies, set them up in Japan, and take them public. The pattern will be repeated in South Korea and other parts of Asia. His first project, Yahoo Japan, turned out to be a high-wire stock market success: Son's stake now is worth some $10 billion. In coming months, he expects to list about 30 Softbank companies on Japanese markets, including Nasdaq Japan. The new bourse, in which Son has invested, will open in June and offer fast-track listing procedures for high-tech companies. Critics complain that this will represent a conflict of interest. They also voice concern about Softbank's $2 billion in long-term debt and its lack of cash flow, issues Son shrugs off.
Following in Son's footsteps is Shigeta, who struck gold in Japan's booming retail market for cellular phones. With his cash horde, Shigeta has purchased stakes in more than 70 Internet ventures in Japan, China, and the U.S.--mostly in the past year. Some competitors say its investments are haphazard, while others question whether Hikari has the finesse needed to run such a broad operation. But Mahendra Negi, an Internet analyst at Merrill Lynch Japan, says the scattershot approach works for Hikari: "That increases their chances of hitting on a success."
Close behind Softbank and Hikari is Trans Cosmos. Founded in 1966 as a data-processing venture by Osaka entrepreneur Koki Okuda, Trans Cosmos has grown into a leading network service company, with such clients as Sony, Microsoft, and Apple. It beat Softbank to the U.S., setting up office in San Francisco in 1989. Okuda's aim was not to gamble on future Web stars, but to invest in ventures with the technology it wanted to import into Japan.
Ultimately, Trans Cosmos took equity stakes in more than 50 U.S. Web outfits, including Amazon.com, Autobytel.com, DoubleClick, and Liquid Audio, in their initial stages. And in the past year, it has helped set up more than a dozen joint ventures in Tokyo, including that of online-advertising venture DoubleClick Japan, of which it owns 53%, and Autobytel Japan (16%). Some of these deals have already paid off. Last December, Liquid Audio Japan listed on Mothers, a new over-the-counter bourse in Tokyo, and it has since seen its value triple.
NEW AGE CONGLOMERATES. These New Age conglomerates indeed bear an uncanny resemblance to the old zaibatsu, which started out as retailing ventures, then grew into mighty groups engaged in trading, insurance, and shipping. Organized as family-run holding companies, they invested in new businesses and ballooned in size, until they were disbanded under the U.S. occupation of Japan--only to be reborn as the corporate groups called keiretsu. Now, history could be repeating itself. "The new zaibatsu will transform Japan from an industrial to an information society," says Son.
Investors are betting on this. With so few pure Internet companies listed on Japanese markets, they're falling over themselves to grab the early players. Atop everyone's list is Hikari Tsushin, which is hell-bent on the wireless Internet. Hikari's share price has quadrupled in value, to $2,009, since it made its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's main board on Sept. 2. Its market cap is now $62.1 billion, compared with about $36 billion for NEC.
Everywhere, it seems, the New Japan outshines the Old. As Softbank's share price zoomed from $72 to about $1,500 in the past year, its market cap soared above that of Sony Corp., at $121 billion. Nothing compares, though, with Yahoo Japan--51% owned by Softbank--whose shares go for a whopping $1.4 million, more than 2,000 times projected earnings for fiscal 1999. The scarcity of pure Net stocks accounts for some of this fizz. (Yahoo Japan has issued only 13,000 shares on the Jasdaq.) But the situation should ease later this year, when an estimated 250 Internet or high-tech ventures expect to go public.
TOP DOGS. If the many scenarios sketched by the Net builders sound like a sure bet, they aren't. Even if everything goes according to plan, some experts doubt there will be room in Japan for more than three or four dominant Net-batsu. One of them will likely be Softbank, says Hiroshi Fujiwara, an astrophysicist-turned-entrepreneur who runs Internet Research Institute Inc. The other two could be Sony and NTT, he says.
That prospect disturbs up-and-coming entrepreneurs, such as Susumu Fujita, president of Cyber Agent. Japan's largest online advertising company, it recently sold stakes to both Hikari (6.6%) and Softbank (2.6%) in hopes of neutralizing the competition. "They are fearsome rivals that could take over my company," says Fujita, 26.
The important thing, at this early stage, is to teach Japan's risk-wary youth how to become entrepreneurs. "We're going to need lots and lots of entrepreneurs to rebuild Japan," says Joichi Ito, 33, chairman of Infoseek Japan, who recently raised $20 million in venture funding from J.H. Whitney & Co. and PSINet Inc. to seed startups.
That could mean more competition down the line for top-tier Net builders, such as Hikari and Trans Cosmos. At the same time, these two must keep an eye on the Net aspirations of blue chips like Sony or Fujitsu. These are Japan's "click-and-mortar" equivalents of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and IBM, which are now duking it out with U.S.-based dot-coms.
Internal competition aside, other factors could cloud the future for Japan's Net builders. There's a dearth of experienced, flexible managers for fast-changing Net companies. Also, many people ask if the country can reform its rigid political and business structures quickly enough to nurture the Net-batsu. Japanese consumers still pay inflated prices for energy, telecommunications, and other basic outlays. That may be one reason Japan's economy is teetering toward recession.
Japan's Net builders believe they can reverse the slide. And as the revolution they started gathers steam, more men--and women, too--will find inspiration in their successes. That should further undercut Japan's ossified business structures and breathe more life into the manifold Net ventures. At this early stage, Japan is experiencing entrepreneurial drive it has not seen for 125 years. Or at least since the postwar days, when entrepreneurs Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka founded Sony in a firebomb-devastated Tokyo. If the Net builders keep pushing, the bullish prophecies of the Roaring Eighties could come roaring back: The 21st century may be Japan's century after all.


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Check out Far From Heaven, a new mixtape from R-Mean that saw the light of day on Monday, November 18th, 2013. R-Mean's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Far From Heaven has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work R-Mean has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what R-Mean has on deck.
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