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Mergers and Acquisitions : M&A's Class StruggleMay 2010 By Erik Cagle
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"It's not likely that we will see more mega-deals today solely because a few have occurred already. That might be the case for a company that felt particularly threatened by one of the mega-deals."
Indeed, the larger print community at times seems to harbor subtle resentment toward the attention that is sometimes thrust upon the industry transactions with the head-turning price tags. These sales, they argue, cast an unrealistic light on what the majority of companies are enduring. John Hyde, senior vice president of NAPL and a consultant with 20 years of experience, feels the top-end moves aren't indicative of what's at play for 90 percent of the printing industry.
Citing NAPL research, Hyde notes that 90 percent of the industry's members are "treading water or worse." While the top 10 percent are traded as going entities based upon EBITDA, the balance are primarily sold based on their underlying assets.
"For most companies, the asset that has the greatest value is the general intangibles—the customer relationships," Hyde adds. "Historically, it would have been the equipment, but that hasn't been true for quite some time. The customer relationships are extremely valuable, simply because companies need sales. There's an imbalance between those who need sales and those who have sales."
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How will the balance of 2010 shake out? According to CGX's Cohen, as the economy goes, so follows the fate of M&A activity. Absent meaningful recovery, he sees more distressed companies either liquidating or merging with stronger counterparts. Unfortunately, Cohen doesn't believe the industry has reached rock bottom.
"Unfortunately, we are only at the tip of the iceberg in terms of business failures," he contends. "Banks will eventually dig themselves out of their tremendous backlog of workouts and restructuring, and begin to focus on their printing company credits. When they do this, you'll see even more business combination transactions and liquidations in our industry."
Valuation expectations will play a large role in M&A fruitfulness going forward, according to De- Wese. Sellers, uplifted by the high-visibility deals, are buying into the recovery message, while buyers are aggressively holding prospects' feet to the low-ball fire in the name of low demand.
Reasonable expectations, and a middle ground, must be sought out. "Both sides must make some mental adjustments with respect to prices, whether their transaction can be price with a multiple of EBITDA or on an adjusted book value basis," DeWese notes. "If you didn't sell during the 1995-2000 period, you missed the golden era for printing industry M&A."
Carl Norton, founder and CEO of Nationwide Graphics, sees financial institutions wielding much influence over the tone of industry deals as the year wears on. "When bank lending eases up, we will see smaller companies making strategic mergers and acquisitions," he says. "I believe that financing will play a major role in facilitating the smaller deals since smaller, privately held companies usually don't keep an abundance of liquidity on their balance sheets."
As for Hyde, he is advising that clients with designs on selling their healthy business to sit tight in favor of sunnier skies. Only "must sells"—companies in financial distress or those with issues at the executive level—should consider entertaining offers under the current economic conditions.
"The financial results from 2007, 2008 and 2009 are not trending upwards for most companies," he cautions. "Without upward trending financials, there can't be enough of a growth rate to justify a high price."
Hyde also cites the psychological element as playing a role in M&A transactions, with buyers taking a much more aggressive posture in challenging assumptions. The short fuse exhibited by lending institutions also spells more opportunities for distressed sales as wounded printers are forced into liquidation scenarios by impatient banks.
Of course, obtaining financing in 2010 is not the same animal that it was in 2000, though some may argue that a strong balance sheet is a strong balance sheet, regardless of the year.
"The asset deals will continue," Hyde adds. "This is long-term in nature because of the structural changes in our industry. At least 20 percent of the printing companies will be going out of business in the foreseeable future, many through asset sales." PI


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Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE:TRNO), an acquirer, owner and operator of industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets, announced today its quarterly investment and operating activity for the second quarter of 2013.
During the second quarter of 2013, Terreno Realty Corporation acquired five industrial properties consisting of eleven buildings containing approximately 869,000 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $61.6 million as follows:
- 240 Littlefield. One approximately 85,000 square foot industrial building in South San Francisco, California that will be substantially renovated by removing approximately 17,000 square feet of building and adding 10 dock high loading positions, creating a 68,000 square foot rear load distribution facility. This property was acquired vacant for a purchase price of approximately $8.4 million.
- 101 st Road. One approximately 52,500 square foot industrial building and an adjacent improved 2.28 acre lot in Medley, Florida located adjacent to Miami-Dade County's Flagler Station Business Park that was acquired for a purchase price of approximately $6.0 million. The building was acquired vacant and was 100% leased shortly after acquisition to a logistics company. The lease commences in August 2013. The improved lot is 100% leased to a leading provider of ground small-package delivery services.
- Americas Gateway. Six industrial buildings totaling approximately 307,000 square feet in Doral, Florida located within Miami-Dade County's Airport West submarket. These buildings were 70% leased upon acquisition to 15 tenants and were acquired for a purchase price of approximately $23.7 million.
- Route 100. Two buildings totaling approximately 348,500 square feet in Elkridge, Maryland that were acquired for a purchase price of approximately $16.7 million. The buildings are adjacent to I-95, US Route 1 and Maryland Route 100 in the Baltimore/Washington Corridor and were 64% leased to seven tenants at acquisition.
- 1 Dodge Drive. One approximately 93,000 square foot industrial building located in West Caldwell, New Jersey. This 100% leased building is near the intersection of I-80, I-280 and US Route 46 and was acquired for a purchase price of approximately $6.8 million.
OperationsAs of June 30, 2013, Terreno Realty Corporation owned a total of 80 buildings aggregating approximately 6.1 million square feet, which were approximately 89.1% leased to 139 tenants. The leased percentage was reduced by an amount equating to approximately 5.5% of Terreno Realty Corporation's total square feet as of June 30, 2013 due to approximately 333,000 square feet of vacant space acquired during the quarter. The leased percentage was 93.3% at March 31, 2013 and 91.3% at June 30, 2012.
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To understand the motherboard we are reviewing today, we need to explain the 890GX chipset from AMD first. And all we simply need to do is tell you a thing or two about its features. The 890GX chipset consists out of two chips that are added onto the motherboard PCB. The Northbridge chip, which is called the 890GX and the paired (Southbridge chip) SB850. Together they form the infrastructure for all standard devices, connectivity and interconnect bandwidth.
The Northbridge chip primarily functions as a HUB for your processor, memory and PCIe links towards your graphics chipset. It is the primary chip responsible for these functions. The GX (opposed to FX) extension however also means that there's an IGP embedded into this ASIC. Much like the 785 chipset the 890GX has a GPU tucked nicely away into the die. It's based of the Radeon HD 4200 silicon, the Radeon HD 4290 to be precise.
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- Full hardware decode acceleration of H.264/VC-1/MPEG2
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For an IGP in its genre it's a pretty decent one as for any major high-definition function, it is completely capable thanks to the embedded UVD 2.0 video core. The IGP is based on the RV620 core which is DirectX 10.1 compatible. That fact also makes it a nice card for Windows 7 as it allows for low-level DirectCompute functions. We again see an optional link to a dedicated memory cache, the IGP can utilize a dedicated DDR3 (64 & 128-bit) performance framebuffer cache, or alternatively will hog some of your system memory.
Being a series 4000 graphics core, it will open up ATI Stream technology, which means you can encode media files over the GPU with 3rd party software like MediaShow Espresso or even accelerate Adobe Photoshop and Adobe flash.
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With an updated Hyperlink (revision 3) we now can connect to the SB850 chip with a well-appointed 2GB/sec bandwidth. Yes we just arrived at the next station on the motherboard, the SB850 Southbridge.
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|Fri, 11-23-2012 - 11:14am
I'm posting here regarding my 17 year old niece. Niece is 5'11" 280-ish. She's a big girl and has the life-long self-esteem/self-worth issues that go along with it. Not to mention the sibling rivalry from having a younger sister who is super-model beautiful that boys always fawned over. She's always felt big, ugly, unworthy. She's had family issues (I think many of you know the saga) and is currently being treated for depression.
Two weeks ago she met a boy. Well... a man. He's 22. From what niece tells me (and she talks about him non-stop), he thinks the world of her, tells her she's beautiful, can't believe such a beautiful girl is going out with him, she thinks he's so nice... Niece has been on cloud nine.
I've got red warnings lighting up all over. She's become so infatuated so quickly, I'm scared she's going to jump into having sex with him without really getting to know him... And I think this because she's done it before. 2 years ago, a similar situation. A boy gave her some attention - she fell "in love" and slept with him within days/weeks of knowing him. He immediately dumped her. This was a month before she moved back in with her mother, attempted suicide - all the stuff that led up to her moving in with my husband & me.
Niece still regularly chats with her Mom. Her mother called me last night to tell me I had to do something about her daughter. Mom says she asked point blank if they were having sex. Niece [big pause before answering] says no. Mom detects the lie & gets her to admit that yes, they *tried* but claims the guy "felt bad" and couldn't go through with it. (HE felt bad, SHE didn't?)
So in spite of our many girl-talks and her saying she learned from her first experience and is NOT ready for sex... she's very likely completely lying to my face. Apparently she's so freaking insecure, she's ready to immediately screw the first guy who calls her pretty.
She's off with relatives for Thanksgiving & this is just roiling around in my head. He may be the nicest guy in the world but... dude, it's only been 2 weeks! You barely know him, you don't know if this is the real him or just a bunch of BS he's saying to get into your pants! I'm so angry & upset right now, I feel like if she were here right now, I'd be yelling & screaming (and since she's not, I'm here freaing out & venting). I do have time to calm down before she returns and plan on having a calm, rational conversation with her. Just wondering what you think might be the best approach.
EDIT: Niece is 17, turns 18 next week. "BOY" is 22, turns 23 soon after she turns 18.
|Fri, 11-23-2012 - 11:55am
Is your niece getting any kind of counseling related to her suicide attempt and other issues including the self-esteem? It seems like she may need professional help to understand how those issues could drive her to make poor choices, and to learn how to exercise control when faced with such choices. Without knowing what you and she regularly cover in your "girl talks" its hard to suggest what to say in the upcoming conversation...but probably something about how one knows when they are ready to take a relationship to the level of having sex, what it means emotionally, and how she would feel if the new bf broke up with her shortly after having sex, why its a good idea to make sure the relationship might last for a while...maybe suggest that she see if the relationship is strong enough to endure *without* sex as a way to tell if he likes her or is using her.
Is she on birth control, and informed about safe sex? If there are any doubts about that I would suggest getting her the gyno asap to make sure she is protected. While she is still a minor you can talk to the doc about your concerns, so that the doc might frame the advice to include waiting until she knows her partner well. The only thing worse than a naive sexually active 17/18yo with low self esteem is her being pregnant and/or with a STD.
I would also encourage her to bring him around so you can meet him....invite him to dinner etc. You can get a sense of him and he sees that she has a family that is concerned about her, which can help him to see her as a three dimensional person. If she's telling the truth about him declining sex because he felt bad, then that's a good thing---he may have a conscience and some maturity and could be a good influence in helping her to learn to value herself.
|Fri, 11-23-2012 - 12:34pm
Oh hey, this did post! Good! I thought it was lost in internet purgatory forever....
Her suicide attempt landed her in the psych ward for a week. She wasn't cleared to return to school w/o a week of follow-up outpatient care which her mother did not do. THUS, she couldn't return to school which led to the truancy charges which led to mother freaking out about the potential $500 fine (never mind her daughter's treatment) which led to her moving in with dh & me.
ANYWAY - yes, one of the conditions of her moving in was to seek & continue care for her emotional/psychological issues. She's been in therapy the whole time she's been with us. That combined with her prescribed medication is doing job and she's doing MUCH better than when she first moved in.
It's hard enough parenting a teenager/young adult - especially one that's been brought up so differently & only been part of my immediate family for a year! I didn't experience these types of issues w/ my older dd so this is all new territory.
Thank you very much for your suggestions, those are all very good points & I'll be incorporating them into our chat.
|Fri, 11-23-2012 - 12:56pm
No real advice other than what elc mentioned. I'd definitely encourage her to bring him around so you can meet him. My younger ds dated a girl for a year and a half that was over 4 years younger than him. They started dating when he was just turning 20 and she was 16 (which we were NOT thrilled about but her parents were OK with it). The older she got the more comfortable I was. They just broke up about a month ago; he's now 22 and she's 18. I can see why the big age difference at their ages would raise a red flag but sometimes it can work out. But I'd for sure want to meet him. If he's reluctant to come around THAT would be a red flag, too.
|Fri, 11-23-2012 - 1:58pm
GRRR I had to sign in THREE times befor I was "authorized" to post. I posted to you on POT. That worked--for 5 minutes--so i foolishly thought this forum would work also....
Anyway I'm adding that I have 2 ADDult daughters. We went thru MANY years of counseling, and i need to tell you that it will not work if your niece is going by herself. YOU need to go also--to help understand how to parent her, to learn what the counselor is telling her, and what your niece is supposed to be doing as part of her therapy. If YOU don't understand what she is working on, and can give her appropriate feedback and guidance, she won't get far. You need to be able to reference her therapist's instructions and ideas in your "talks'.
As for the talks, I can also tell you that "talking" doesn't work. As one of my kids said--"You know what Dr L said Mom. Don't TELL me things. Help me convince me." So instead of telling her that this guy probably doesn't have her best interests at heart, and because she hasn't had a lot of exposure to successful adult relationships, ask her questions like..
So, what does he do for a living? How successful is he? Where does he live? What does he do for YOU? Does he show you off to his friends? His family? Does he want to meet us? What does he do to impress you with his worth? Is education important to him? Does he help you with your homework? Does he take you out? Where does he take you? Could he support you if you got pregnant? Could he support you AND a child? Would you have a home of your OWN to live in?
Let HER think about these questions, and reach her own conclusions. If he has no education, no job, no prospects, lives at home and only sees her in the back seat of someone else's car, perhaps she will think about these things.
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We started counseling when our girls were 13 & 15, so we had the hang of it by the time they turned 18. At first we sat in on all the sessions, but eventually, we sat together for only part of the session. During the one on one time, any issue the girls wanted to bring up in private, could be discussed, and then the Pdoc would help them decide whether or not they should include parents in future talks about that issue. During our sessions together, doc would say, (for instance) "So, did you handle XYZ issue the way we discussed?" or "Is there anything you continue to disagree about?" or "Mom, it's Lolo's turn to give her opinion now." or "(Kid) did you hear what you just did? You disagreed with EVERY statement your Mom, made--including what the weather is like!"
Therapists are generally OK with parents sitting in on sessions, as long as the child agrees, because they know kids LIE-- A LOT. They tell the therapist what they think the therapist wants to hear, or what casts them in a more favorable light. After they turned 18, both our kids went thru periods of abandoniong counseling, and quitting meds, but our advantage was that grades as began to fall AGAIN, or they got in financial trouble AGAIN, they knew a condition of our not killing them, was to be included in restarted therapy.
The best you can do is tell your neice that your condition for continuing to let her live with you AND continuing to pay for her counseling, is that you get to sit in with her and her counselor half of the sessions, or every other session.
|Sat, 11-24-2012 - 1:20am
My dd started therapy at 19yo so she had to give permission for me to be present, but the Pdoc and therapist told her that there should be some family sessions--that the parents are part of the dynamic, they have a different perspective that needs to be considered, etc. And part of our condition for dd moving back into our home and receiving financial support was for her to attend therapy and to allow us a degree of involvement in it. She was seeing a female therapist once a week and I joined them once a month for most or all of the session; I attended all of the Pdoc sessions but they were less frequent. Also I was free to call either practitioner at any time to discuss my concerns although they didn't tell me what dd had said during private sessions...but if she had told them something in private that they felt I needed to know they got her to discuss it during the family session. Eventually she was down to once a month with the therapist and I joined them every 6 months or so. (she stopped seeing the Pdoc after she went off the meds, which was okay with us) So there's no "right way" to do it and it will likely change over time anyway. Since you have some concerns right now about dn heading into this new relationship maybe you should try to join her next session, or at least tell the therapist about your concerns so s/he can address those issues in the coming sessions.


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The SacramentNo longer responds to my messages, nor my calls...
Every day hanging by a thread is my hope...
I never believe to lose my heart this way for someone else…
Now I wonder why suddenly she no longer wanted me. Why my life went empty. Why nobody answer my questions...
Nothing left without her...
Live without living in me and the hope for life is so high, that I die, because I do not die...
One day I dreamed a love like no one could ever dream it, some love it was all life, all poetry.
And the winter passed and did not come, and the spring also passed, and neither came.
I'll stop calling the Moon by your name. Maybe knows, that I died in your mouth.
You have killed more than ten times and I have been reborn in other: your eyes.
Happy images of the woman fill my confused mind.
My heart lets himself go, and for the first time is quiet. And I smile at the naive girl.
About the beauty of the night, the immortality of the spirit, the stupid of the diurnal world, the black magic, his desire
Heartache Every MomentI had never seen eyes so naive. That soft mouth, of pastel color, that velvety skin ... everything in her looks fragile but perfect.
A star on top of another, never a calculable amount, a passion for you, about a passion for you.
Breathing with your gazes, your eyes, your heart. It was stupid to be so focused on one person, and I knew it.
A strange sensation at see you, you're looking in the wrong direction. And as if guided by a divine hand, for the sweet push of destiny, turn your gaze to me.
Everyone knows the beauty of your eyes, and you know they are the most beautiful ... and still you dedicate me a glimpse ... then why when you look at me you do it coldly ? With eyes so cold that freezes the soul.
You do that to hurt me, but I must say that you reflect a little spark of pity for this undignified love for you. Even so, your look is more beautiful than the person who looks at you, do not look at me like that ... because you will not be less beautiful.
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PretendingYou, full and complete you, you have become my strength and my talisman for all times...
You, and again you, you let I wrecked just in you…
You, my madness is you, you tie me to your body and do not let me go...
You, inside me, between every atom, between every cell you live among...
I say all the time: fear not, there are songs that will never know who sings...
Those kisses never know who prints them on your lovely lips...
You nail down your dreamy eyes and tenderly ask me: Are you crying?
No, I answer. Dried my eyes are... to the bottom you can look into them.
If you get lost, breathe me and you will find you.
The truth is that I beg you to remember that this that born in my mouth, this awakening in my eyes, will sleep latency in your soul.
Undoubtedly you will become the most beautiful and sad fisherwoman of Stars.
I'm hiding my will to live, of my desire to live for you.
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I try to avoid wearing shoes,I try to avoid wearing shoes, even the metaphorical kind.
There's something about being touched by every blade of grass and affectionately scratched by every crack in the sidewalk that dares me to take another step. And sometimes I need that.
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1. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?
(a) Money.
(b) Books.
(c) Health.
(d) Time.
2. ___________ is the only Ivy League school at the time that has more than fifty Native American students.
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.
3. Robert teachers his daughters simple Navajo ________ as well a explains to them the interconnectedness of the world.
(a) Crafts.
(b) Water chants.
(c) Parables.
(d) Insights.
4. How many sisters does Dr. Alvord have, according to her family history?
(a) Zero.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
5. Alvord's grandmother _________ understands the complexities of living two lives, as she comes from a mixed background.
(a) Anne.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Grace.
(d) June.
6. _______ eventually has to make a decision about whether to stay on or to leave the reservation.
(a) Anna.
(b) Alvord.
(c) Grace.
(d) June.
7. During the ceremony, many people sing songs that talk about the beauty of the _____________.
(a) Earth.
(b) Universe.
(c) Shooting stars.
(d) Sick person.
8. __________ among the Navajo were challenging for some doctors, according to the book's description.
(a) Rites.
(b) Families.
(c) Songs.
(d) Superstitions.
9. ________ bark can be used to treat pain, and it is still being used today in chemical form.
(a) Evergreen.
(b) Redwood.
(c) Willow.
(d) Fir.
10. The form of healing that is used in the Navajo culture is the idea of walking in ___________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Balance.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Harmony.
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(a) Grief.
(b) Peace.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Happiness.
12. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?
(a) Music.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) Human anatomy.
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(a) Beauty Way.
(b) Chantway.
(c) Blessingway.
(d) Songway.
14. In which town is Carolyn visiting a clinic during the start of this particular chapter?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Crownpoint.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Gallup.
15. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?
(a) Neither.
(b) Mother.
(c) Both.
(d) Father.
Short Answer Questions
1. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?
2. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.
3. Most people on the reservation spoke __________ as their first language, according to Alvord.
4. Alvord begins to see how her Native American ________ can aid in her educational process.
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|31.688×10−9 ly
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A light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy, telecommunications and relativistic physics. It is defined as the distance that light travels in free space in one second, and is equal to exactly 299,792,458 metres. It is just over 186,000 miles and almost 9.84×108 feet.
Just as the second forms the basis for other units of time, the light-second can form the basis for other units of length, ranging from the light-nanosecond (just under one U.S. or imperial foot) to the light-minute, light-hour and light-day, which are sometimes used in popular science publications. The more commonly-used light-year is also presently defined to be equal to precisely 31557600 light-seconds, since the definition of a year is based on a Julian year (not Gregorian year) of exactly 365.25 days, each of exactly 86400 SI seconds.[1]
|The metre is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1⁄299792458 of a second.
This definition fixes the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299792458 m/s, and hence the light-second at exactly 299,792,458 m.[2]
Communications signals on Earth rarely travel at precisely the speed of light in free space, but distances in fractions of a light-second are still useful for planning telecommunications networks as they indicate the minimum possible delay between sender and receiver.
The light-second is a convenient unit for measuring distances in the inner Solar System, because it corresponds very closely to the radiometric data used to determine them (the match is not exact for an Earth-based observer because of a very small correction for the effects of relativity). The value of the astronomical unit in light seconds is a fundamental measurement for the calculation of modern ephemerides (tables of plantary positions): it is usually quoted as "light-time for unit distance" in tables of astronomical constants, and its currently accepted value is 499.004786385(20) s.[3][4]
Multiples of the light-second can be defined, although apart from the light-year they are more used in popular science publications than in research works. For example, a light-minute is 60 light-seconds and the average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8.317 light-minutes.
|2.997924580×108 m
|2.998×105 km
|1.863×105 mi
|average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 1.282 light-seconds
|60 light-seconds
|1.798754748×1010 m
|1.799×107 km
|1.118×107 mi
|average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8.317 light-minutes
|60 light-minutes
= 3600 light-seconds
|1.079252849×1012 m
|1.079×109 km
|6.706×108 mi
|semi-major axis of Pluto's orbit is about 5.473 light-hours
|24 light-hours
= 86400 light-seconds
|2.590206837×1013 m
|2.590×1010 km
|1.609×1010 mi
|Sedna is currently 0.52 light-days from the Sun; on an orbit that varies from a perihelion of 0.44 light-days to an aphelion of 5.41 light-days
|7 light-days
= 604800 light-seconds
|1.813144786×1014 m
|1.813×1011 km
|1.127×1011 mi
|The Oort cloud is thought to extend between 41 and 82 light-weeks out from the Sun
|365.25 light-days
= 31557600 light-seconds
|9.460730473×1015 m
|9.461×1012 km
|5.879×1012 mi
|Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to the Sun, about 4.24 light-years away


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Hooksett parents speak out about Manchester schools
Hooksett parents spoke up loud and clear at a joint meeting between Manchester and Hooksett school officials Thursday night.
"Hooksett and Manchester kids can't get the education they are worthy of [given the budget issues]," said Phil Denbow, whose daughter graduated from Central last year. "I now have an eighth-grader who will be heading to high school this fall. With the current money issues that your district is having, why would I knowingly send my son into that environment?"
"I honestly feel this board is failing my daughters," said Dave Levesque, who has twin daughters who are West seniors. Levesque took issue with extended lunch periods, aging computer systems, and Hooksett's lack of representation on the Manchester Board of School Committee.
Manchester Superintendent Thomas Brennan, Mayor Ted Gatsas and the Manchester Board of School Committee all were in attendance, but did not have an opportunity to respond to the public's comments.
Between the two boards, discussion ranged from budget issues to the use of Manchester High School West. There were also questions about Hooksett's recent change of policy allowing parents to transfer their students from the Manchester schools, and whether that change was in violation of the contract between the city and town.
Hooksett School Board member David Pearl asked the city board to vote on whether they felt the policy to be a violation, saying: "I think if you feel that way, you should say it. If you don't, I would appreciate it if you don't say it."
Gatsas interrupted Pearl, saying, "if we thought you were in violation, we wouldn't be sitting here having this conversation."
Manchester's continuing budget issues were another point of concern. Pearl noted that "the result is unpredictable."
"The budget that the mayor must produce in the city of Manchester must take into consideration the tax cap," said Gatsas. "Under the guidelines of our charter, I don't have any choices. I can tell you that I will follow the law of the city."
Also discussed was the possibility of using Manchester West, which is under-enrolled, by transferring Hooksett Central students to West or leasing West as a Hooksett high school. The idea was put forth by Brennan during an Oct. 2 meeting with the Hooksett School Board.
Pearl took issue with the suggestion that Hooksett should set the terms of such a discussion.
"If it's a plan that you have, part of that plan I think would be what you're planning to offer to us," he said. "From my point of view, there's nothing appealing about the process, because nothing has happened to West to make it appealing to us."
Brennan noted that the leasing option has unique benefits.
"The roles would be reversed, where we would be sending students to your high school [and] where you, as a school district, could control the education and other aspects of that building," he said.
The Manchester Board of School Committee will meet with the Candia School Board, which has also expressed concerns about overcrowding in the city schools, at the Health Department building in Manchester on Nov. 26 at 7 p.m.
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