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In November last year, the company offering discounts to buyers had a remarkable IPO at the Nasdaq stock exchange, which was the largest among Internet companies since Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) IPO in 2004. Underwriters have sold about 35 million shares at $20 per share through increasing the share offering price and its number. This signified that the company's capitalization was about $13 billion as well as that the company attracted about $700 million of capital it desperately required for development. More insightful speculators managed to sell their shares with a profit, while the less risky ones remained with either paper or fixed loss. It hurts to watch and to bear an investment that has dropped from $20 to $5 in less than a year. Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) shares were that kind of an investment instrument.
I have always been cautious in regard to the so-called hot IPO of non-profit technological companies and have not taken part in such offerings. Practice shows that it is less risky for an investor (not a speculator!) to wait for the beginning of trades (for the appearance of earnings is even better) and buy liquid shares on the open market. Groupon stands as another proof for that truth (see the company's shares graph below).
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We should also mention that the investment bankers have brilliantly chosen the time for Groupon IPO, just as they did with that of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) (they know what they are doing!). The quarterly report following the offering was able to support Groupon shares at the price of IPO, while the 2011 annual report marketed the beginning of the stock prices free fall. Groupon offered class A shares, with the voting right of 1 vote per share. At the same time, the founders own all class B shares with the voting right of 150 votes per share as well as a part of class A shares. As a result, the majority stake at the shareholders' meeting belongs to the business founders. This is especially significant when voting for a purchase or merging of companies, which I will mention later. By the end of March 2012, there were 343 registered shareholders which is not a large number for a company with a 10M shares daily turnover. Groupon capitalization is $3.3B as of September 20, 2012 (over 70% less than the capitalization at IPO).
Let's analyze Groupon business-model, the reasons for the current situation, the company's advantages and disadvantages and drawing conclusions for the future. The service of Groupon, Inc., a company founded in October 2008, consists in creating a new way to attract clients for business via internet. Traditionally, local sellers attract customers through papers, Yellow Pages, street advertisers, etc. Groupon offers benefits both for the sellers offering commodities to the target audience on a certain territory and to the buyers who wish to get discounts for the goods and services they are interested in. Judging by its market share, Groupon does what it does quite successfully, being the market share leader in 37 out of 48 countries where it has presence.
Groupon services include the following: Featured Daily Deals, when the company sends the best offers from local sellers of goods and services providers to the target audience daily; Groupon Now! is a service launched in order to control the customer flow at a certain time, for example, during the period of day or month when the demand is traditionally low while the potential customers are hungry or bored; Groupon Goods consists in selling discount vouchers for commodities through the web-site; Groupon Getaways offers tourist industry promotions; Groupon Live offers concert tickets and tickets for events interesting for clients; Groupon Rewards is a marketing decision launched to gain clients' loyalty.
Groupon makes money through collecting payment from clients and gaining the so-called gross billing, which does not equal to the company's revenue. Then Groupon pays the negotiated price to the commodity or service provider, following an exclusive sale agreement signed for a certain term. Groupon pays the North American companies within 60 days from the sale of a product or service to the end consumer. Per the rest of international companies, the payment is realized after the client has paid and used the service or has purchased the product. Therefore, Groupon has an opportunity to use the clients' money to finance its working capital.
The difference between what Groupon receives from the customer and what it pays to its client represents the sales level. For example, in the 4th quarter of 2010, Groupon earned 41.5% of the Gross Billing amount and 40% of Gross Billing amount in the 4th quarter of 2011, i.e. the company's "commission" is fairly high. It is an unusual situation considering low industry penetration borders and high competition.
The company actively invests into acquiring the potential clients' databases, namely businesses possessing technologies which would enable Groupon to benefit in the future. In Europe, the company has partnered with Deutsche Telekom (OTCQX:DTEGF) which enables Groupon to distribute its mobile app to clients through smartphones provided by the European giant. In the USA, the company has partner programs with eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), thanks to which Groupon Daily Deals appear and are promoted on the mentioned companies' web-sites through their client database in exchange for a part of sale revenues. Above that, the company acquires subscribers via word-of-mouth advertising, search engines marketing, banner advertising, TV, radio, sponsor programs, social networks, its web-site and mobile applications. With the growth of business, Groupon forecasts that marketing expenses as a % from sales for attracting subscribers will decrease. This index has a clear downgrading tendency having dropped from 78% in the 1st quarter of 2011 to 21% in the 1st quarter of 2012, while marketing expenses within the international sector of the business are higher than those within the North American.
A short company history is presented in the table below (extract from 10-K):
The table below shows the actual and forecast quarterly revenue dynamics proving the company's growth slowing tendency. In 2008, Groupon sales were $5 and impressive $1.6B in 2011. The company receives about 55% of sales from its international activity and 45% from the North American, meaning the company is global.
The main expenses are not Costs of Goods, but Marketing Costs which are the expenses for attracting new subscribers and expenses for attracting new business clients reflected in Selling, General, and Administrative Costs.
However, despite multiple growths of sales, the number of subscribers, planned income in 2012, strong balance two thirds of which is represented by cash and its equivalents, the investors are still skeptical in regards to Groupon. Why?
First of all, Groupon announcement regarding its significantly loose internal financial statements control procedures on the background of the Chinese companies reporting scandals disappointed the investors: the 2011 numbers seemed doubtful in such case. Despite the right decision to hire a professional with many years of work experience with KPMG, the spot in the company's history and investors' memory remained.
Secondly, the company is slowing down. We will hardly witness the multiple growth rates of the last three years in the future. For example, in 2011 the company's revenue was $1.6B (433% growth compared to 2010). By the results of 2012 the revenue is expected at $2.4 B, meaning the growth is 50%. The expected revenue in 2013 is $2.8B, i.e. only 17% growth compared to the previous year.
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The barrier to enter the industry is low, and competition will increase which means that it would become more difficult to support the "commission" level of a deal at 40% every year. Moreover, the mere notion of "a discount" is vague in regards to the sale of products and services. For instance, in public catering industry where the margin is high, it is realistic to offer a 30% discount. However, such discounts are hardly applicable to most commodities producers. Per long-term perspective, it seems that the company's clients will mostly be new businesses willing to inform customers about its product. While the question whether the customer will return for another purchase depends on his/her satisfaction rather than on Groupon efforts. Mature businesses may also use Groupon services from time to time, but they cannot keep selling their product or service at half price for endlessly long period at the expense of profitability.
In order to increase its sales and market share, the company actively invested into sales force. By the end of 2011, over 5000 sales representatives around the world worked for Groupon. The table below shows their growth and regional distribution.
Groupon was founded in 2008, the year of "the Great Recession." Such services are popular during crisis when people tend to save. I do not think that the global issue will be resolved in the nearest years to come, however, with greater stability, the businesses will be providing less discounts seeing the possibility to sell for more, and the end consumers will more incline to consume products and services even though discounts would not be provided. Professional sales representatives are a significant asset for the company. It is strategically more important for Groupon to attract businesses which would sell their services with discounts. Attracting an end consumer, for instance, to a restaurant having discounts appears to be an easier task. At the same time, competitors act similarly, hiring sales representative around the globe. With tightening competition and decreasing level of "commission," keeping sales representatives working off commission is possible only at the expense of business profitability for companies like Groupon.
Despite the launch of Groupon Rewards program, end consumers tend to choose a product based on the price rather than the brand. From my point of view, such business loyalty to a company like Groupon is doubtful. If an average consumer finds the same product offered by another "discounter," he/she would rather go there, it is the discount-hunter psychology.
So, the Groupon IPO share price of $20 was indeed overstated, but what can be said now, when the price is about $5 per share or even less? The $5 rate is a psychological benchmark, and if the management believes in the future of the company, it can regard the possibility to repurchase shares from the market if there is over $1B of cash available on the company's balance sheet (a third of the business capitalization!) and almost no debts. This will cause short-sellers to panic, considering that 20% of all the shares traded were shorted by the end of August. On the other hand, if the management does not believe in the company's future, Groupon can be a target to be purchased by the giants like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) or Google. It would be especially beneficial for Amazon to exchange shares with Groupon now, taking into account Amazon's overestimated shares.
In September 2012, the company launched Groupon Payments to promote the business synergy and margin growth, which is a strategically correct decision. From now on, businesses that use Groupon services have an opportunity to pay less for processing their transaction thus increasing profitability. The new service caused a positive reaction of the market: GRPN shares increased by 13% on the announcement day with the volumes increasing by 3.2 times the average.
Based on current rates, the ratio of Groupon capitalization to the sales is lower than the industry average (1.7 and 2 accordingly). The company is expected to gain its first earnings of $0.18 per share in 2012. The earnings expected in 2013 are $0.37 per share. This stands for P/E in 2012 is 29, while the expected P/E in 2013 is 14.4. Taking into account the expected earnings per share growth at 30% rate in the coming 5 years, considering relative indexes, Groupon does not appear to be very expensive even for value investors at the moment. What remains is to fulfill the expectations of earnings.
So, Groupon is a global company, but at the same time, its shares are speculative today. I would hardly include its shares into a portfolio of a long-term investor, whose objective is to accumulate pension savings or funds for education due to the existence of better alternatives. At the same time, Groupon's price level may be attractive for speculators.
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text: Our Verdict A respectable HDMI, and a worthy upgrade For Good picture and sound for the price decent value for money Against Chord Company's SuperShield is only £10 more Reviewed on 26th November 2009 Not all HDMI cables are the same, proclaims the blurb on the new 1.5m-long 500-series HDMI from Cambridge Audio. Yet search the web, and you'll find many forum posters disagreeing, arguing that one HDMI is much the same as any other, and that by implication, high-end leads are a waste of cash. Us? All we can go on is the evidence of our eyes and ears, and the Cambridge Audio's picture and sound performance is so obviously superior to a free (or very cheap) HDMI that we find it hard to believe you could fail to notice the difference. Edges are sharper, colours appear more rich, black areas of the screen are denser and more consistent – even motion seems more convincing. Sound is better too, with clearer definition in the surrounds and more punch. Only one thing stands between the 500-series and five stars: the Chord Company SuperShield is better, and costs only £10 more. More after the break See all our HDMI cable Best Buys Follow whathifi.com on Twitter Related News Christmas Gift Guide 2015: 9 tech gift ideas under £50 Wed, 02 Dec 2015, 09:51am Monster: "Our cables are backed by science: more data can go through" Tue, 20 Jan 2015, 05:38pm Tech start-up Woojer launches "silent, wearable" subwoofer Wed, 29 Oct 2014, 03:07pm Reversible USB Type-C can also support 4K video Wed, 24 Sep 2014, 11:28am Vayta announces dekk audio anti-vibration platform Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 04:10pm Accessories Cambridge Audio 500


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and be horrible forever or have them be bought by magic johnson and moved to LA? this could easily happen. it looks like everytime we are close to building a stadium in SF, for some reason it gets postponed and im not sure if you guys have heard, but magic johnson is looking to bring a team to LA.
so my question is, would you rather the niners stay in SF and horrible or move to LA and build another dynasty?


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The 2011 NE10 Regular Season Champion Assumption College Softball team will be conducting two 2day Softball Day Camps for players entering grades 4 through 12 hosted at Windham High School on July 19 & 20 and 26 & 27 from 9 AM to 4 PM Rain or Shine.
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O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and ruthless stepmother? I see thy children given into slavery to others without ever receiving any benefit, and in lieu of any reward for the services they have done for them they are repaid by the severest punishments.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
O Lord, Thou givest us everything, At the price Of an effort.
Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
The Medici created and destroyed me.
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar.
Source: N. Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC: Rome Press Inc., 1988.
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O speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest? Go and take your place with the seekers after gold.
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My dell Inspiron laptop modem is not working. The Dell modem helper says that it is already in use and has a port confilct. When i go to the device manager there is not even a catagory listed for "ports". Under the modem properties is says that it connected to com 3.
As Molly said in comments, the actual port is a virtual one.
Modems should be listed under the modem section, however, I think I may know what is going on here.
A few years ago, the number one malware/scam for a period of time were malicious dialers which would call up premium rate phone numbers. To stop this, many Internet service providers (and a few security suites) introduced "Modem Blocker" applications that would basically hog your modem port and not let anything dial - which for 99% of people is fine as usually (but not always) people use either ethernet or wireless.
Look through your security software and ISP utilities for anything that sounds similar, I remember spending a few hours trying to figure this out before I realised what was happening - For me, I found it using Microsoft / Sysinternals Autoruns - a program called lockmodem.exe (I think) by BT Internet.


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Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper Wii U
- Publisher: Tecmo Koei America Corp. , Tecmo Koei Games
- Release Date: Nov 18, 2012
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Jan 2, 2013What it lacks in graphical fidelity, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper more than makes up for in every other area, with the standard en masse battling fare proving as thrilling as ever, now complete with crazy time travelling storyline to make the missions more intriguing.
Dec 10, 2012For a launch game, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper works well on the Wii U, giving players something different opposed to your more mainstream releases. Gameplay is quite fluidic but the only set back is the graphically limitations of the port. Nonetheless, it's a fine example of what the Wii U can do with some classic Koei gameplay.
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Nov 18, 2013For me personally this game gets 10/10 simply cause I love the frantic over the top action and the silly humour of the Warriors game titles.For me personally this game gets 10/10 simply cause I love the frantic over the top action and the silly humour of the Warriors game titles. The coop mode is also the best I have found in the series yet. The whole game can be played cooperatively and really is twice the fun with a good friend or in my case my wife.
She loved this game too. We played through the game completely and it took us quite some time after the medium difficulty setting we set off for higher grounds and tried out the higher ones. That gave us quite some replay value. There are like 100 Characters to choose from and they´re almost all completely different from their combo´s and animations. This is pure hacking and slashing wonderland! Buy this game of you want some chillaxing groovy times while bashing thousands of heads in. We even reached the KO limit once which was 9999 flatted solders, per player... oh great great great game!!
But I gotta admit, this kind of game is one of those you either hate it or love it … Full Review »
Feb 19, 2013Absolute blast. Warriors Orochi 3 was a phenomenal game by itself. Improving virtually every aspect of Warriors Orochi 2 in graphicsAbsolute blast. Warriors Orochi 3 was a phenomenal game by itself. Improving virtually every aspect of Warriors Orochi 2 in graphics gameplay challenge fun and replay value. There's a bunch of new characters from an already enormous roster list. The chaos mode is really difficult (which is an improvement over the 2nd one), they improved abilities and weaponry by making it easier and more understandable- and for that matter less cheap. Also in a lot of ways- while some characters still aren't perfect, almost are the characters are playable if not excellent. The storyline is at best decent but thats still a drastic improvement from it's old "Orochi just showed up and everything went to crap" story. On that note, there are an enormous amount of stages to choose from and all of them are fun. The only thing I miss a little is that there is only ONE story mode instead of several. But in a way it makes the game more uniform and less confusing on the story. But the fluidity of this game has never been better and I haven't had such a good time on Koei games since this one. And it being on the Wii U made it even better. HD is amazing, incredibly sharp, and being able to post easily on the Miiverse with other lovers of the game is great. The battle mode is ridiculous but all the more fun to do. Making your own stages is ridiculous. Oh and also- there's a few more characters and levels to choose from in the Hyper edition. Did I mention the online is awesome too? Even better still is the ability to play 2 players. And if you don't want to split the screen you can play on the Wii U pad and the other play on the TV. It's phenomenal!
The short version: This game rocks harder than the other DW and SW and OW games before it. If you like those, you'll love this. If beat em ups aren't your thing you won't like it. But if you haven't played any of them in the series this is a great place to start and have a blast with a buddy! One of the best games co-op games of all time- and on the Wii U it's even better. The Wii U is great, this game is great. Fun for everyone!… Full Review »
Feb 13, 2013While it's certainly true that most of the games that Tecmo Koei makes nowadays are exactly the same thing with the only difference beingWhile it's certainly true that most of the games that Tecmo Koei makes nowadays are exactly the same thing with the only difference being characters and setting, that doesn't mean that they're bad, especially not when they deliver to an audience that hasn't had a good dose of their best. The Wii U version of Warriors Orochi 3 is different from the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions being that it has four extra characters (Seimei Abe, Shennong, Rachel and Momiji) and a new Duel Mode that is surprisingly an interesting addition. The core gameplay is the same hack-and-slash routine we've come to expect, but it's done so well that it almost doesn't matter,making you feel like a total badass when you cut down about thirty enemies with a single combo. The most pressing issue for this game is that it doesn't look quite as good as its counterparts and the enemies suddenly popping in when it looks like you have a clear path is really annoying. That, and quite a few of the characters aren't exactly balanced (Some characters being way too weak and others being way too strong or having combos that go on for too long), thus making fighting them in the Duel Mode seem a little unfair. Regardless of that, this is probably the definitive version of this game and I highly recommend it. Not to mention you can play as Ryu Hayabusa. Come on, that's cool.… Full Review »


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- Conference date: 29 June–3 July 2009
- Location: Paris (France)
We present results from a detailed study of cluster red sequence at z≈1 from the ACS Intermediate Redshift Cluster Survey (Mei et al. 2009). Our analysis shows that the red sequence is well defined at z≈1 and elliptical and lenticular galaxies lie on similar color‐magnitude relations. We analyze the parameters of the early‐type color‐magnitude relations ‐scatter, slope and zero‐point—as a function of redshift, galaxy properties and cluster mass. Our results suggest that bright elliptical galaxies in cluster cores are on average older than S0 galaxies and peripheral elliptical galaxies (by about 0.5 Gyr, using a simple, single burst solar metallicity Bruzual & Charlot (2003) stellar population model). The red sequence does not show significant evolution out to redshift z≈1.3 nor significant dependence on cluster mass. The fraction of morphological early‐type galaxies on the red sequence is 80% to 90% of the total red sequence population for most of our clusters. In the highest redshift, low mass cluster of our sample, early‐type/late‐type fractions on the red sequence are similar (≈50%), with most of the late‐type population composed of galaxies classified as S0/a. This trend is not correlated with the cluster's X‐ray luminosity, nor with its velocity dispersion, and could be a real evolution with redshift.
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"Last month, Pollet raised $8,000 to Pollets $6,300, leaving him (with around $11,000) less than $5,000 shy of the $15,800 White has on hand."
Damn you, Pollet! Daaammmnn youuuu!!!
Is that $10,900 for Rasmussen or $100,900?
The world would be a better place if political journalists banished the term "war chest" from their vocabulary.
I've heard nickels has $2,1,30,232.00,23!!
White and Pollet are in the 46th, Erica, not the 36th.
@4 -- Uproarious. Thanks for the funniest post of the day! :-)
Did they ever get the illegal vote-counting sorted out? That was White's guy, right? Why hasn't White been booted off the ticket? Is the guy who "found another vote" after taking them all home (!!!) still a member of the party? If so, why?
yeah, but rasmussen's keeping park's projects on hold because cleaner and safer parks means he can't go cruising.
You know what, Fnarf? You're a fucking asshole, that's what.
No one but you has questioned the integrity of Dean Fournier, who says he found the extra ballot. Dean is so clean he squeaks.
If Dean says he found the extra ballot, then he found the extra fucking ballot. But you know what? Dean also says that no matter what he found, he knows it's not official, and he told that to me right up front.
So nobody in the 46th is trying to put anything over on anyone else as far as I can see. I was up there Thursday for the whole meeting, and I have talked to all the players about what happened, and you most assuredly have not.
So shut the fuck up, get the fuck on out of here, and quit trying to throw shit at good people. They work their asses off for the Democratic Party and for our communities, and you're just some asshole who posts shit on some blog.
Ivan--please, just calm the fuck down. We all know you don't like ECB. We all know you like the Democratic party. And we all know you have no right to judge Fnarf or anyone else for how they live their life.
I thought you Vashon Islanders were supposed to be all zen and shit, what happened?
Fixed the crazy typos; thanks for pointing them out.
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Hey, buddy, Maybe *you* let people walk all over *your* friends. I don't.
Reuven Carlyle is the "business" candidate? Reuven is one of the most progressive and intelligent candidates I've ever met. He's been successful in a couple of different tech and telecommunication businesses, worked for Scoop Jackson, Tip O'Neil and Warren Magnussen in DC, etc, etc,...read his website. He's a big Obama supporter, endorsed by Ed Murray, Peter Steinbrueck, Thomas Goldstein, NARAL, Allied Arts, among a ton of other.
Referring to him as just the "business" candidate really belittles his progressive agenda. He's raised the money by getting a lot of people excited about his campaign early on. This guys is for real and it's be great to have someone as capable as him in the State House. Might actually help the Dems get something done there.
Meinert: Dude, calm down. All I meant is that he's going to have more money than his opponent, and a LOT of that is gonna come from business. That's not bad or good--hell, you're a businessman, right?--it's just a financial fact. Go back and read my story on this race.
Maybe Reuven can give Josh Feit a job.
EB- buy me a drink and I'll be calm.
Didn't mean to sound too excited, just wanted to point out he's more than a bizness man. As am I, I hope.
Nice story on the race btw. And sort of funny. I think the Democratic party establishment is going to see some big changes this year - lots of new blood. Obama leading that wave. Reuven following that trend on a local level.
To me it sounds like you've got a good ol boys club there where everybody is supposed to go along because of what good friends they are. Good friends should go hang out at the bar together and maybe hug a lot. Being friends does not add legitimacy to a vote. When your feelings prevent you from seeing that you are presenting the people with an apparently corrupt process, you have a problem. Don't expect this to boost the fund raising. I know I wouldn't give money to anybody who says "Stop asking questions; just trust us."
mr chos and mr narf - the action at the 46th only involved the endorsement of the district - it has nothing to do with who is on the ballot.
this is a club that has no public funding and should not be controlled by the government. ECB is doing exactly what should be done about this by reporting it.
Usually the districts require 60% or more to get an endorsement so really with a vote so close a dual endorsement would be the solution.
Ivan - as for the name calling by TT - not to worry that's what he does. You have committed the sin of not supporting his rail meal ticket.
Well, elenchos @ 17:
Maybe if you got off your smug, know-it-all -- but really ignorant -- high horse and became a participant instead of just being a pontificator, you'd come to find out that it's not at all what you have concluded.
Shit happened Thursday night in the 46th District just like shit happens everyehere else and to everyone else, almost certainly including *you.*
Their verification process for the original ballot count was slipshod and did not include extra procedures that would have made it airtight. All players have confirmed this to me in person and have accepted responsibility.
I stick my nose into this so as to forestall anything like that happening in the District where I preside for now, the 34th. It is my responsibility to understand these procedures and master them. Fortunately, we nominated our unopposed candidates by acclamation and didn't have to face these problems this time.
The process was not and is not "apparently corrupt," and the 46th District, in particular, is anything *but* a "good old boys club."
But you just stay in your little ignorant bubble, OK, and believe what you want to believe, OK? Just don't expect to run your shit past those of us who practice local politics every day and, uh, know the facts.
You could get involved and learn something, and not have to depend on Erica C. Barnett's second- and third-hand "reporting." But I guess that's too much to ask.
So what's wrong with the 36th and 46th, that they can conjure up only two candidates apiece for their open House seats? Two years ago, we had six excellent Democratic contenders in the 43rd.
Then again, we can pretty much guarantee that the August primary winners will pick up more than the 24% of the vote that Jamie Pedersen pulled in. OTOH, they'll have to do it again in November.
Speaking of Jamie Pedersen, wonder who will get nominated by the 43rd Dist Dems tonite when the PCOs elect the official State Rep candidates?
I was also very impressed with Reuven Carlyle. I think he is an excellent candidate. He spoke at the 36th LD caucus early last month and was passionate and fiery. His opponent, John Burbank, also spoke. Burbank neglected to mention the dreadful 'latte' tax he proposed a few years ago.
Oh, I wish I'd seen this earlier. You couldn't be more wrong, Ivan.
What you don't seem to grasp about basic ethics is this: it does not matter if Dean Fournier is the nicest, smartest, most committed, most honest dude in the history of the universe.
What matters is the appearance of impropriety. Taking the ballots home unsecured is a fundamentally corrupt act, EVEN IF HE'S HONEST. Counting them again at home is a fundamentally corrupt act, EVEN IF HE'S HONEST.
When money goes missing out of the safe, everyone who has the combination is a legitimate suspect. The only way to be above it is to not have the combo.
The guilty party in the 46th is not Dean Fournier. It's the Democratic Party in the 46th, who allowed this slipshod B.S. to cast a shadow on their work.
I also think it's sad when Democrats fall back on the excuse "we work really hard" to defend against charges of incompetence. Really hard at what, exactly? Idiotic paper-shuffling rules that don't even protect against the most basic procedural problems? You work hard but you don't know where your ballots are? We're supposed to be impressed?
One more: Ivan, by "accepted responsibility" you of course mean "absolved themselves". Right?
Fnarf @ 23, 24, 25:
You remain full of shit, and just a bomb thrower. Fournier told the world that he knows there's nothing official about this, and everyone agrees that it is the case. The fact that he took the ballots home (which everyone agreees he should not have done) is meaningless except to conspiracy theorists.
By "accepting responsibility," I mean admitting "we fucked up," which is exactly what they copped to.
You don't know what happened and I do. you didn't talk to the people, and I did. You don't know jack shit except what "appeared" to be true.
That won't cut it. You're a fucking dilettante in local politics, and you are not credible any more.
I really wish people would educate themselves about Democratic processes sometimes... before typing away.
Fnarf, you're like the folks who bitched on here about being "disenfranchised" by the caucuses.
The Democratic Party is a PRIVATE organization, not funded by any tax dollars, and bound by its own rules.
This is not a "fundamentally corrupt" act, and it is enough to admit the mistakes that were made.
The ballots weren't "unsecured." He took them home precisely to keep a record of them. They could have thrown them away in the trash afterwards, I suppose. What he did was a good thing, even if it led to catching this mistake.
If the 46th wants to take a revote, that's their business and their choice, but ultimately the rules were followed and the result was announced at the meeting. In the end, it's not all that different from discovering that someone was in the bathroom when the vote was taken and didn't get a chance to vote.
This wasn't an official election that gives anyone any right to anything having to do with the government or my tax dollars. So get over it already!
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Sprouts and Squash CasseroleGluten Free, Grain Free, Recipes, Side Dishes
By Guest Author Dina-Marie Oswald of Cultured Palate
Having transitioned my family to a Traditional Diet after being on the GAPS diet, I am always trying creative, colorful and mouthwatering vegetable combinations. The squash casserole recipe below was born from the desire to present Brussels Sprouts in a way in which our younger children would enjoy them.
Brussels sprouts are not a favorite vegetable with my younger children, but I really like them. Having 10 children (ages 4 yrs – 28 yrs), 7 of whom are still at home, I realize that not everyone can be totally pleased with every meal. Nevertheless, I do try!
Brussels sprouts which originated in Belgium are so cute – just like miniature cabbages. Like broccoli, they contain chemicals which fight cancer. Be sure to steam, roast or stir-fry the Brussels sprouts to maintain the highest level of anticancer properties as boiling greatly diminishes them. Additionally, Brussels sprouts may even help protect our DNA. There is good reason to include them as a regular part of the menu!
If you have not tried butternut squash, a treat awaits you! Being a winter squash, butternut squash combines a nutty flavor with sweetness similar to pumpkin. When ripe, it's golden yellow skin covers orange pulp. Butternut squash is good source of beta carotene, Vitamins E and C as well as magnesium and potassium.
Some are daunted by the peeling process which is made easier with a potato peeler. Once peeled the squash can be cubed and cooked. Another excellent way to prepare it is by roasting – split the squash in half, place face down on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350F until tender – about 45 min.
While I normally use butternut squash in the squash casserole recipe below, it also works well with other winter squash varieties.
Squash Casserole Topped with Sprouts in a Creamy White Sauce
- 1 lb Brussels sprouts
- 1 1/2 c. butterut squash, cubed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- dash of nutmeg
- 2 c. raw milk
- 1/4 c. butter
- 1/4 c. sprouted whole wheat flour
- sea salt and pepper to taste
If using fresh, clean the Brussels sprouts and cut the large ones in half.
Steam the Brussels sprouts and squash separately until tender.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Saute the chopped onion and minced garlic in butter. When the onions are translucent, add the flour stirring constantly.
Add the milk slowly, bring to a boil and remove from the heat.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Using a 8″ x 8″ greased and dusted with flour baking dish, arrange the squash on the bottom.
Layer the Brussels sprouts on top of the squash.
Pour the white sauce over the entire squash casserole.
Bake for 30 minutes. Serve the squash casserole immediately and refrigerate any leftovers after it has cooled.
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Claudia- I just made a white sauce the other day subbing an equal amount of arrowroot powder for the flour.
Dina-Marie- thank you so much for this recipe. Looks yummy! I will definitely try it, with arrowroot powder instead of wheat flour.
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Claudia,you could easily substitute other flours and I would
use the same amount.
Sabrina, I see no problem with using almond milk and coconut oil to make it dairy free – I have not tried it but think it would work fine!
It is fun trying new recipes,especially when they turn out to be winners!
This recipe looks delicious! Do you think almond milk and coconut oil could be substituted for the milk and butter to make this dairy free?
Wow, 10 children and you still have time to try new recipes? I get overwhelmed with 2!
Can a gluten free flour like coconut or almond flour be used? If so, same amount?
You wouldn't want to use the same amount of coconut flour because it's so absorbent your sauce would be way too thick. I'd start with a tbsp of coconut flour and add more if needed. I'd be concerned almond flour wouldn't be absorbent enough, and it might give the wrong texture. Arrowroot wouldn't work for those of us on the GAPS diet.
Elizabeth K
This sounds wonderful, I will be giving it a try. I usually roast my brussels sprouts with garlic cloves, onions, potatoes or apples, a splash of apple cider, a splash of maple syrup, lots of butter, and I grease the pan with coconut oil. We love our sprouts!
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I'm intrigued…I have only had brussels sprouts once and that was in a school cafeteria (as you can imagine, they were not very good). Maybe I'll have to give this a try.
Hannah Healy @ Healy Real Food Vegetarian
Looks delicious! I love brussel sprouts, but I know it's sometimes hard to feed them to kids. I bet they loved this though!


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Skip to comments.Span hits mom with foul ballWilson only sore after scary incident in Twins game
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Twins outfielder Denard Span struck his mother, Wanda Wilson, in the chest with a foul ball during his at-bat in the top of the first inning on Wednesday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
Span was leading off the game against the Yankees' Phil Hughes when he fouled a 3-2 pitch directly to the left of the visitors' third-base dugout, where a group of his family members were settling in for the game.
The ball struck his mother, and Span immediately dashed into the field-level seats, consoling her as help arrived.
According to an announcement, paramedics checked on Wilson and while she was sore, she declined to go to a local hospital and instead remained at the stadium, seeking a seat in the shade to rest and watch the game.
After the delay, Span returned to the plate and looked at a called third strike from Hughes, remaining in the game. He exited after the top of the third, going 0-for-2.
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What are the chances?
That was my first thought as well.
The odds are against it, I would think
i was coaching a babe ruth league team...my best pitcher was on the mound....i was looking at the score book...heard the batter make contact...i looked up just in time to see a line shot foul....i had a split second to turn my head and tried to duck but took it right in the side of the head....needless to say it was one hell of a concussion and messed up my equalibrium to this day....
So this is a description or account of a game without the express written permission of major league baseball?? This guy is in trouble!
I heard he was trying to pop one over to her as a souvenior. When he ran over there he was overheard saying "Mom - you were supposed to catch it!" ;)
Glad to here the gal is okay! What a scare for them both.
Baseball foul balls are more dangerous than people think
Everytime I see one go into the stands I wince.
It was not subject to approval, therefore ok to report.
I was watching that...,.after 5-7 minutes she got up with the help of medical people.
Fowl ball!
Mother's day, 1939
Soft tissue injuries are time bombs. The internal bleeding causes the real damage hours later. She should get to a hospital and get some imaging done, while we are not in the thrall yet of the deadly Obama-medical-restraints.
Also consider Yunan White: http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/en/119Kaleidoscope3258.html
Someone is going to have to buy a really good Mother's Day gift this year.
I was sitting center seat first row behind the Red Sox dugout (Best seats i ever got there) in the early 80's.
A foul ball laser beam was lauched at us.
We all ducked except this one young girl who caught it right on the side of her head.
I never seen so much blood.
I duck even quicker nowadays....
I wince when these maple bats shatter. Only a matter of time before someone really gets hurt with one of these wooden daggers.
As long as it's not Roger clemens throwing it at you...
I had to watch that several times to figure out what was going on. I think an air traffic controller is going to lose his job over that.
That's why they are called "foul balls"
You want to keep your eye on the game. Seriously.
I go to watch the Mariners at Safeco Field two or three times a season. While waiting for the game, there is always an announcment about "feeling you are too close to the action", and that they will find you a different seat if you wish.
I know my eldest daughter actually doesn't want to sit down by the field as she doesn't like all the "balls and bats" flying into the stands.
Wow! I know that baseball keeps stats for EVERYTHING, but, stats on how many players have hit there mothers is a little much.
"It was a pretty scary moment," said Minnesota right-hander Brian Duensing after the Twins defeated the Yankees, 4-2. "It happened so fast. I was talking to Denard about it, and he said that once he fouled the ball off and hit it, then he realized it was his mom. He knew right away, so he ran over there. From what I heard, she's all right, but it could have been way worse."
Paramedics stationed at the stadium checked on Wilson and while she reported being "sore," she declined to go to a local hospital and instead remained at the stadium, seeking a seat in the shade to rest and watch some more of the game.
Span left the stadium without speaking to reporters, but he fired off a seven-word Twitter message on his mobile phone around 4 p.m. ET, reading, "My mom is feeling OK right now!"
"That is kind of weird that something like that would happen," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said in Fort Myers, Fla. "I'm glad she's OK."
There is a vertical net behind home plate on the field level at the Yankees' spring home, but it does not stretch all the way to the dugouts. Wilson was sitting in an area of five-seated rows that is unprotected.
"It's kind of a really dangerous spot," Hughes said. "I think they should move the nets all the way in to the dugout, because you can get those foul balls like that, arguably coming back harder than if a guy just nicks one and it goes back to the screen.
"That's really tough. I know he's from around here, so it had to weigh on him when he was out trying to finish that at-bat and go on in the game."
After the delay, Span returned to the plate and looked at a called third strike from Hughes, remaining in the game. A Tampa native, Span exited after the top of the third, going 0-for-2.
"It affected him," said Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson, who was serving as Minnesota's acting manager for the split-squad game. "He wanted to come out then, so we took him out. He went and saw her, and then he said, 'Oh, I'll stay in.' He's real close, and obviously it's his mom. Finally, we said, 'Just go. Go be with her.'
"I know it tore him up pretty good. She's doing well, they said she's fine, and he got a chance to be with her. I'm sure he'll probably buy her a nice dinner tonight and nurse her along."
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did bbt go down to $31.00 or is Scottrade wrong?
Sure hope it rebounds tomorrow !! bd
Except for final trade of 34.50, came back to 37 after hours on heavy volume.PNC followed same pattern.
not totally is probable right.I am looking for evidence of a large block trade at the end. I think may be a computer bailed out or sumthin.
nobody's manipulating anything -- god, do you still really believe ANYONE on wall street is that competent these days?? -- when things are falling that fast, the computers just can't keep up. That's why the chart just shows a straight line to the close with no in-between. Same thing for DJIA and index prices. The close is legit, it's all the data for the 15-30 minutes prior that's suspect.
oh my gosh! I cannot believe someone wanted to sell like that! Crazy!
It looks like someone put a sell at market order for 1 to 1.5 million shares at the end of the day. I wish I had my buy order in at 31.It also looks like a similar end for PNC too.
AH's up $3.50 at 4:34 pm.
I know it's up in AH...but why down to $31 right at the bell????
I was wondering the same thing. Then it says up to 34 after hours...Same thing with other stocks.


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this is the third picture of Nora
the new owner of my beautiful Nora is exassin
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They are just a accessory
hare's ears are removable
They are just a accessory
The Commissions are open
commissions are open ( updated)my original art is based on of 3D Custom girl
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What is the halachic implication when the Ba'al HaBayis ("Man of the House"), as an individual and not the entire community, accepts Shabbos (Sabbath) early? Are his wife and children automatically bound to commence Shabbos at that point are are they able to start at the normal time? Does it make a difference if he accepts it on the condition that his family need not? Does it make a difference if he is absent (i.e. at Shul) but perhaps they are bound when he arrives home? [With sources please :)]
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No they are not bound. Even when he arrives home milachah may still be done although not personally for his own benefit.


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Privolzhsky (inhabited locality)
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For other uses, see Privolzhsky (disambiguation).
Privolzhsky (Russian: Приво́лжский; masculine), Privolzhskaya (Приво́лжская; feminine), or Privolzhskoye (Приво́лжское; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
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- Privolzhsky, Mari El Republic, an urban-type settlement in Volzhsky District of the Mari El Republic
- Privolzhsky, Saratov Oblast, a work settlement in Engelssky District of Saratov Oblast
- Rural localities
- Privolzhsky, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, a settlement in Fokinsky Selsoviet of Vorotynsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Privolzhsky, Republic of Tatarstan, a settlement in Spassky District of the Republic of Tatarstan
- Privolzhsky, Tver Oblast, a settlement in Kimrsky District of Tver Oblast
- Privolzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, a settlement in Privolzhsky Selsoviet of Svetloyarsky District of Volgograd Oblast
- Privolzhsky, Yaroslavl Oblast, a settlement in Klimovsky Rural Okrug of Nekrasovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast
- Privolzhskoye, Marksovsky District, Saratov Oblast, a selo in Marksovsky District of Saratov Oblast
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The Mk I (prototype)
Being a prototype (and my very first knitted item EVER) this one won't actually be sent to anybody, we're keeping it for posterity.
The Mk II (Production) "First in Flight"
Our first "production model", sent to Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) primarily for his co-sponsorship of the Blunt and Rubio Amendments.
UPDATE: The Senator (sort of) acknowledged receipt of his "gift" with an actual snail mail letter. He didn't specifically mention his knitted vulva, but I do know he at least read the accompanying letter. Or (more likely) one of his staffers did. Oh to have been a fly on the wall!
The Mk III "Wild Irish Rose"
Sent as an "organ donation" to someone in PA
The Mk IV "Sally Hemings"
For the more Jeffersonian crowd.
The Mk III Mod 1 "Spiritu Santorum"
Variously described as "ghastly" and "disturbing" and frankly, it makes even ME a little uncomfortable. But not as uncomfortable as the reason for its existence.
The MK IV "Cinnamon Girl"
Sent as an "organ donation" to someone in PA
The Mk IV Mod 1 "Private Dancer"
"Organ Donation" to NJ
The Mk IV Mod 1 "Tokyo Rose"
The Mk V "Lilith"
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While most other states are limiting expectations as they try to recover from the recession, Gov. Jerry Brown is dreaming of a bright future for his native California.
Even as he prepares for another year of budget cuts, Brown is bucking national conventional wisdom by proposing spending on the types of long-term projects most other governors and state legislatures are shunning.
The 73-year-old Democrat, in his second stint in the governor's office, has said he intends to plan for California's future even as the state tries to right its economy and limit spending on basic programs such as health care for the needy, social services and higher education.
The budget proposal for the 2012-13 fiscal year that he released on Thursday commits seed money to a number of expensive projects that he hopes will guide California in the decades to come. The amounts are relatively small but provide down payments for initiatives he said are essential to keeping California desirable.
The allocations underscore Brown's support for a $98 billion high-speed rail line that has been heavily criticized for its ballooning price tag and an array of alternative energy projects he hopes will lead to a cleaner environment and so-called "green" jobs.
Despite the worst economy in modern times, the Democrat once mocked as "Governor Moonbeam" for proposing communication satellites in space is asking state lawmakers to support "bold moves" that live up to California's history of innovation. Critics question whether California can afford the projects in the years ahead.
"This is a strong, confident investment in the future of California," Brown said in releasing his budget plan. "There are a few people, some of them who are hankering after life in Texas, who call California a failed state. But we are the innovative state. We're the state of Apple computer, of Facebook, of Hewlett-Packard, Hollywood, stem cell research, international trade, diversity. This is a state that's dynamic, it's creative, and it's prosperous."
Brown's approach is markedly different than that taken in most other states in the wake of the Great Recession. Other governors and state legislative leaders have taken the opposite view, arguing that governments at all levels must live within their current means.
Forty-eight states have cut programs and services since late 2007. That includes California, which has made deep cuts to social services and education. Brown also has sought to reduce bureaucracy or transfer to local governments the types of programs that he believes should not be overseen by the state, but he also has said he wants to empower government's core functions, including offering help to those who need it most.
Brown's 2012-13 spending plan includes $4.2 billion in cuts to the state's welfare-to-work program, Medi-Cal and child care services. Yet he also is proposing spending about $1 billion in expected revenue from California's new "cap-and-trade" program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He wants that money to go toward clean energy research, natural resource protection and infrastructure projects related to alternative energy.
He also budgeted $15.9 million for the agency overseeing the high-speed rail project, signaling his continued support for it even in the face of several reports that question the project's planning and costs. The rail line is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects proposed in any state, with plans to link the San Francisco Bay area, the Central Valley and Southern California with trains running up to 220 mph.
The current cost estimate is more than double the original, and funding for most of the project has not been identified.
Brown also wants to devote $25 million and create 135 new jobs as part of a habitat conservation and water delivery system in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. That comes amid the ongoing debate over whether California should build a massive canal or tunnel to move Sacramento River water to farms and cities to the south.
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News From Paessler
Gotcha! Hunting for Critical Internet Issues (and Pokemons)
Your business relies heavily on the Internet, and increasingly on cloud-based services in the Internet. And while you rely on PRTG Network Monitor as a great tool for discovering issues in your internal IT infrastructure, we want to make sure you're also aware of what PRTG offers for detecting issues in the public Internet. Because we understand how frustrating it is when you can't connect to an important server for, like, an entire weekend.
Geo Maps Requires a Change of Map Service Provider
We use MapQuest as the default map service provider for geographical maps in PRTG. However, on Monday, July 11, MapQuest discontinued direct tile access to MapQuest legacy maps. If you're using the default map service provider settings in PRTG, your Geo Maps will probably look something like this:
New in PRTG: System Information
System Information gives you additional information about your devices which you can't get from standard monitoring alone. Together with all of PRTG's other monitoring features you now gain profound knowledge about your IT infrastructure from a single source?your PRTG Network Monitor.
Celebrating the 5th Housewarming Party in 15 Years
You may have already heard about our recent office move, back in April. Since then two months have passed - two months of unpacking, rearranging and getting familiar with the new Paessler headquarters. Now that we're well settled into our brand new office, it was time for a housewarming party to remember. Having moved 5 times in 15 years simply because we needed more space also means we've become housewarming party experts! Plus: We love fine food and drink - the perfect prerequisites for hosting a memorable party, right?
How to Grow and Stay Agile ? Part 1: Top 6 Business Decisions
I have been founder and CEO of this company for almost 20 years. It started as a one person part-time shareware business, and today we are 160 people with 10 offices around the globe, serving 150,000 users every day. With this blog article series, I want to share with you some of the better business and software development decisions we have made in the past 15 years. I could tell you that everything went exactly as planned, but really it was an iterative process. We just did everything we could to grow the business?and then it did...
Food Trucks Sensor for PRTG
For those who follow us on?Social Media?or have visited our?Career?page, it may come as no surprise: we at Paessler love food. And since we moved into our new?headquarters, we've got a new way to enjoy even more food: Food Trucks! It seemed only appropriate to combine this passion with PRTG. And so, we proudly present: The Food Trucks Sensor. Simply said: It shows if and when there are any Food Trucks near your building (sorry, it only works in Germany at the moment).?
Transforming SME Network Operations
Would you like to know how IoT or Hybrid Cloud are going to influence your daily work and how to prepare yourself? Would you like to know what other administrators' pain points are? Or are you just looking for some final arguments to convince your boss that you really need PRTG? Then have a look at this white paper?it might be interesting for you:
Sensors of the Week: SNMP Dell EqualLogic Sensors
Data storage is an important aspect of every business. In our data-driven world, a sound storage concept along with a backup and disaster recovery plan is essential. How do you monitor these critical parts of your IT infrastructure? If you rely on Dell EqualLogic SAN (Storage Area Network) arrays for storage, you're in for a treat: PRTG Network Monitor 16.2.24 comes with three new sensor types for EqualLogic monitoring. Whether you want to know what's going on with your logical disks, your physical discs, or the health of your storage array members?you now can easily gather the desired information with three brand-new dedicated sensor types.
UVexplorer: Layer 2 Discovery for PRTG
You use PRTG Network Monitor to know everything that's going on in your network? Using the PRTG Map Designer you also create individual dashboards to visualize certain aspects of your IT infrastructure? Now you can even automatically generate layer 2 maps that show the physical connections between the devices on your network. How? UVnetworks has expanded their network mapping solution UVexplorer to easily integrate with PRTG via the PRTG API. This allows you to benefit from their automated map layout functionality directly in your PRTG installation.
5 Reasons Why a New Headquarter Is a Management Task
Annual increases in sales of 30 to 40% and similar growth in workforce must have consequences. Once again, Paessler requires additional office space and for the 5th time in 15 years moves to a new headquarter. This is the painful side of success.
PRTG Included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics (NPMD)
Gartner as the world's leading information technology research and advisory company has acknowledged PRTG Network Monitor in the Magic Quadrant? for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics 2016. We believe we are on the right track due to our focus on the monitoring of small and medium sized networks.
eHealth Sensors: Know What's Going on in Your Medical IT
Great news for admins in hospitals or medical facilities! Paessler has developed new sensors for monitoring medical equipment that communicates via the protocols HL7 and DICOM. PRTG can now monitor your medical IT infrastructure even more closely, accurately and timely!
Ask the Expert: Current Status on IPv6
Paessler talked to Robbie Mitchell from Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), to get an update on IPv6 deployment and where PRTG Network Monitor users can go to for more information. Read the following article to find out what the expert has to say about IPv6:
[April Fools' Day 2016] Sensor of the Week: Gravitational Waves Sensor
In the beginning of February, the announcement that scientists had discovered gravitational waves astonished not only the science community, but baffled people all over the world. The discovery of what Einstein had predicted in his general theory of relativity, 100 years ago, will help scientists to actually see the big bang-and find out what happened during this initial single event.
Is Your Security Really Secure?
Since the early days of networking, security has been one of the top subjects in the IT and network world and today it's more important than ever. Last year 58% of all administrators being asked by us mentioned IT security as one of their core tasks and said it's an ongoing challenge. Indeed, security includes much more than just a virus scanner or a firewall: BYOD and IoT bring new risks, small mistakes made can endanger data, and physical threats like fire or water also must be taken into account when developing a security concept.


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Chemring Countermeasures Awarded GBP21 M Contract
Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring") is pleased to announce that its UK subsidiary, Chemring Countermeasures Ltd ("CCM"), has been awarded a five year long term partnering agreement worth £21 million, with options for a further £38 million over the contract period. The contract is for a range of different infra-red ("IR") and radar frequency ("RF") types of airborne expendable decoy flares for the UK MoD, that are used by the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and British Army to protect a number of fixed and rotary wing aircraft from the threat of IR and RF guided missiles. Deliveries of these flares are scheduled to begin in May 2012 and continue through to March 2017. All work will be performed at the CCM plant in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Dr David Price, Chief Executive of Chemring, commented: "We are very pleased to receive this order from the UK MoD, who continue to express their confidence and trust in our IR and RF decoys. This award is recognition of CCM's focus on innovative product design, and a high standard of manufacturing, safety and quality in infra-red and radar frequency decoys for the UK and all our armed forces customers."
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