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Stuck for the perfect gift for a sports-mad loved one this Christmas? How about buying them an English soccer club? That's what the 20,000 plus members of online venture MyFootballClub.co.uk (MyFC) will get this year when they take possession of their very own team, Ebbsfleet United, following the completion of due diligence on the purchase of the non-league side. For around $70, "owners" will take control of all aspects of running the club - both on and off the field - by voting in online polls for player transfers, team selection and tactics. Starting line-ups are decided...
...Ebbsfleet board is happy to be the guinea pig, and approached MyFC when they heard they were searching for the perfect club to buy. MyFC has raised a takeover kitty of around $1.5 million so far and the Kent club on the southeastern outskirts of London was in need of investment, running a debt with home game crowds at around the 1,000 mark...
...room, and everyone thought, This is brilliant. Young people, the first to adopt the Internet, have a lot of money to spend in a short period of time and are desperate both for information and to communicate with lots of people at once. It was the perfect thing for a tired industry. The bridal world hadn't changed in 20 years. Friends wouldn't touch bridal magazines because they were full of icky poufy sleeves. So we thought we would use the Internet to fundamentally change the business of planning a wedding...
...population, the Midwest produces 27% of its greenhouse gas emissions, thanks largely to the fact that many of the states rely heavily for power on coal, the most carbon-rich fuel (71% of the region's electricity comes from coal, compared to 49% nationwide). The deal isn't perfect. Too much emphasis is placed on biofuels, especially the corn-based ethanol that has made some farmers in the region rich, but which is of questionable environmental value at best. But the very fact that governors of red states like Kansas would agree to sign a pact that has anything...
...blocker notched a team-high 24 kills in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Big Red. With only three errors and 43 kill attempts in the Cornell match, Trimble finished with a striking .488 hitting percentage. In the second game of that match, she batted a perfect 10 kills on 10 attempts to lead the Crimson to a 30-28 game-victory over the Big Red. On the whole, Trimble finished with a .450 hit-percentage, 4 blocks, and an ace in addition to her 32 kills in her last two games wearing the Crimson uniform. Yesterday?...