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Hope you enjoyed the Netflix rally that kicked off 2012. Now it's time to sell, according to one investment bank.
That's the advice Raymond James is recommending to clients this morning after downgrading the stock to "underperform" from "market perform."
"While we expect Netflix to remain the clear leader in digital streaming," the online video distributor's subscriber growth "could prove more challenging," Raymond James says. And the streaming space is expected to get even more competitive, which will push content costs up and cause "low long-term streaming margins," according to the firm.
Netflix's hold on the online streaming market will face significant tests in the coming months as competitors launch similar offerings. Comcast announced last week it would unveil its own online subscription service. It will cost $4.99 a month for most Comcast subscribers, cheaper than Netflix.
Meanwhile, Amazon has been striking content deals with various studios for its streaming service, which is available for customers who splurge on Amazon Prime. Dish Network has its own service and Verizon is expected to launch something similar with Coinstar's Redbox later this year.
Based on its 2013 estimates, Raymond James says Netflix's fair value ranges from $70 to $104.
"We believe investors continue to overlook the significant profit differences between the high margin but mature DVD business and higher growth but low margin streaming business," Raymond James says. "As such, we believe it is appropriate to use a sum-of-parts valuation in analyzing Netflix."
Shares are down 2.6% at $108.78. The stock is still the third-best performer in the S&P 500 this year, up 57%. But it has dropped 9.4% this month, underperforming the S&P 500′s 4.3% advance.


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President Obama spent a lot of time during the first presidential debate on Wednesday saying what he would do if elected to another four years in the Oval Office. He has a plan to cut spending, another plan to cut deficits and the national debt, a plan to boost employment, and all kinds of plans to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while somehow saving money throughout the system. He has a plan to cut taxes and another plan to raise revenue. Mr. Obama has a plan for everything. The problem is this man has been president for almost four years already and spending, deficits, debt and taxes are all going up while unemployment has been stuck above 8 percent for 43 months and entitlement programs are bankrupt. After squandering one term in the most powerful job on the planet, it would be foolhardy to give him another term to dig the hole deeper.
Voters are growing increasingly skeptical of new Obama promises because they remember all the ones he hasn't kept over the past four years. For example, as Republican Mitt Romney pointed out in Wednesday's debate, Mr. Obama promised during his 2008 presidential campaign that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. He has failed to deliver and deficits have been over a trillion dollars every year of his term and are projected to jump over a trillion dollars for the next four years. This runaway spending train will only continue to accelerate as Democrats push more bloated programs.
Several recent surveys expose that the president's record is starting to push the electorate away. According to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Oct. 3, 53 percent of likely voters view the 2012 election as a referendum on Mr. Obama's political agenda. At least half disapprove of the job Mr. Obama has done as president; 49 percent think the United States is weaker after Mr. Obama's first term while a mere 29 percent think it is stronger. The president's party is generically losing congressional races nationally by 4 points – the worst performance by Democrats in over three months, according to Rasmussen. Breaking it down to specific programs, 52 percent favor repeal of Obamacare, this president's signature legislative achievement. That doesn't leave Barack much to run on.
On Nov. 3, 1969, President Nixon gave a speech in which he appealed to the great "silent majority" of Americans for support to keep the U.S. military engaged in Vietnam fighting global communism. Zeroing in on the hippie doves holding protests and blowing up buildings for peace, he warned, "If a vocal minority, however fervent its cause, prevails over reason and the will of the majority, this nation has no future as a free society." That ominous crossroad is where America sits now one month before the presidential election – and we're again held hostage by a fringe minority.
Mr. Obama is the most radical left-winger to ever occupy the White House. Mainstream Americans don't agree with his deficit spending, record debt, increased taxes, persecution of domestic energy producers, green boondoggles, anti-corporate red tape and crazy social experimentation. This government-centric ideology is out of step with the majority. According to the latest Politico Battleground poll, Mr. Romney is up 4 points over Mr. Obama in the important "toss-up" states. As November gets closer, the Republican challenger's numbers are improving as the silent majority comes out and stands up against big government. Momentum is in Mr. Romney's favor in the final stretch.
Brett M. Decker is editorial page editor of The Washington Times. He is coauthor of the new book "Bowing to Beijing" (Regnery, 2011).
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BELLEVIEW — One day last week, Brenda Counsell sat at a small desk inside her store, Comfort Care Medical Equipment and Uniforms, which is in the Kmart plaza off U.S. 441. Surrounding her were walkers, countless boxes of health supplies and racks of brightly colored medical uniforms.
About the program
• Formal name: Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program
• Launched two years ago as a pilot in nine metro areas.
• On July 1, Medicare expanded the program to 91 more metro areas, including Marion County.
• The program changes the amount Medicare pays suppliers for certain durable medical equipment and supplies, and changes who can supply these items.
• This program replaces the standard fee schedules which, according to the government, sometimes required Medicare paying three to four times what commercial insurers pay for such equipment and supplies.
• Under the bidding program, suppliers submit bids to provide certain medical equipment and supplies at a lower price than what Medicare now pays. Note: This does not include all equipment, just what is on the bid list.
• Medicare uses these bids to set the amount it will pay for those equipment and supplies under the competitive bidding program.
• Qualified, accredited suppliers with winning bids are chosen as Medicare-contract suppliers.
• Medicare also implemented a national mail-order program for diabetic testing supplies, resulting in average savings of 72 percent for these supplies.
• Medicare says the Competitive Bidding Program will result in lower, more accurate prices, ensure patients' access to quality equipment, and help limit fraud and abuse.
• Critics question the fairness of the system, the quality of the bid-list items being provided by the low bidders, and the customer service that patients will receive.
• Estimated saving: $25.7 billion over 10 years for the government; for beneficiaries, an additional $17.1 billion in out-of-pocket costs.
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Pretty soon, much of the inventory will be reduced or stored off site. To get a lower rent, Counsell will downsize from two shop suites to one. And she already has reduced work hours for one of the store's five employees.
Why all the cutbacks?
The federal government. Medicare, to be exact.
Like many mom-and-pop suppliers of "durable medical equipment" such as wheelchairs and standard walkers, Counsell's business has been slammed by a new Medicare rule that kicked in locally on July 1.
Simply put, Medicare solicited bids from outfits that want to be suppliers of certain medical supplies, like standard walkers. It's important to note that not all items are affected, just those on the specific bid list.
At the winning stores, Medicare coverage is accepted for items on the bid list.
At every other store? Medicare patients can buy items on the list, but the Medicare coverage doesn't apply.
On Friday, when explaining all this to a journalist, Counsell overheard a customer who had come into her store. Sure enough, when hearing the news, the customer left — no doubt to find a winning bidder where her Medicare coverage will greatly reduce her cost for the item she sought.
The bidding program is simple enough in design. The goal is to reduce Medicare expenditures through competition while still ensuring that patients have access to needed equipment and supplies.
So far, the government says, the strategy is working and has achieved hundreds of millions in savings.
But Counsell isn't a fan. She didn't even enter the bidding process, knowing that big national companies, which benefit from economies of scale, would be unbeatable.
"They can buy truckloads. We are a small operation," Counsell said. "I could have bid. We just felt it was in vain."
Pramila Mitra had a different experience. The owner of Pramila Mitra Respiratory Services in Ocala won all four bids she sought, including the walker category. She said she is proof that small operators can succeed under the new system.
"I can still make it happen," she said.
Mitra has been in business 11 years, keeps her staff numbers and overhead costs low and considers her business a calling more than anything.
"Obviously we picked up lots of business" with the new bidding system, she said. "I'm very much honored to serve the patients."
Medicare has a website, www.medicare.gov/supplierdirectory, that allows users to type in a ZIP code and find the nearest suppliers for particular bid-list items.
On Monday, a search of "34471" and "walkers and related accessories" turned up 12 providers. Walmart and two Ocala stores — Mitra's and Repiratory Support Services, Inc. — were the only ones with Marion County addresses.
The others were in Leesburg, Tavares, Altamonte Springs, Largo, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Hialeah and Fort Walton Beach.
There's a bit more to the geographic part of the story. North Florida Medical Sales & Rentals, Inc.'s Ocala office, for example, says it can provide most bid-list items because it is a subcontractor for a winning bidder: Colonial Medical Supplies in Orlando.
This is the kind of confusion that worries many local operators. Counsell is concerned that patients now have fewer local options and might have to travel to get what they want.
These patients have been shopping at stores like Comfort Care for years and are accustomed to the staffers who know their needs and medical situations.
"We go out of the way. The patient comes first," Counsell said.
Bitting's Pharmacy also worries about the patients. In the past, they could get all their needs, including prescriptions, at the store. Now they have to go to two or three places.
"The problem is the inconvenience to the patient," said Pam Hammar, co-owner of Bitting's.
"I don't think they (government officials) realize it," she said, wishing that the people who design and implement these kinds of programs actually work a day in the field to get the true story.
As for store owners like her: "I guess we all have to adapt."
Some haven't been able to do so. In Rochester, N.H., Carney Medical Supply was in business for more than 46 years but had to close its doors last month in the wake of the new program, according to an account in the Rochester Times.
For Counsell, the short-term solution is making cuts and playing up what used to be a secondary part of her business: medical uniforms.
"It's probably going to be our saving grace in the end," she said.
A written defense of the bidding program was provided last week by Jonathan Blum, acting principal deputy administrator and director for the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Blum wrote that the program has already saved more than $400 million during its first two years in the nine pilot areas.
On July 1, when the program expanded to the additional 91 areas — including Marion County — the result was an average savings of 45 percent on competitive bid items.
The national mail-order program for diabetic testing supplies resulted in average savings of 72 percent, he wrote.
"CMS has awarded contracts to experienced national and local suppliers across the country. Each supplier is carefully screened to ensure that it is accredited under applicable Medicare quality standards and meets rigid financial standards, specific Medicare supplier enrollment requirements, and state licensing standards," Blum wrote.
But according to the American Association for Homecare, a trade group representing smaller sellers of durable medical equipment, the government presents an overly rosy picture.
For example, the group worries that the program is not holding bidders accountable for providing the equipment, explaining how it works, and repairing it when necessary.
The association also worries that bidders are being properly vetted to make sure they are qualified to provide the products they promised to provide.
The association has plenty of help in its battle — which so far has been unsuccessful — to stop the program in its tracks.
In May, members of Florida's congressional delegation called on the feds to delay the bidding program's expansion into the 91 new areas.
Signers included all three of Marion County's voices in Congress: Democrat Corrine Brown and Republicans Ted Yoho and Rich Nugent.
The delegation said the public should be allowed to independently verify CMS' calculations, evaluate the financial health of providers, determine if the provider can serve the market, and conclude whether the bids are based on market forces.
Blum, the federal official, said his agency is conducting real-time claims monitoring and so far has found no problems.
"In addition, we have heard very few complaints about the program. We continue to carefully monitor the program to ensure that there are no negative consequences for Medicare beneficiaries while savings are achieved," he wrote.
Still, longtime Comfort Care customers like Jane Blue are worried about how this bidding system has worked out.
Her husband, a doctor, requires personal medical supplies because of spinal cord damage suffered during a vehicle wreck. They understand the medical system and will be OK.
But Mrs. Blue said the government made "a big mistake" by not making more room for the local stores, who are dedicated to helping the customers who need help navigating the system.
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Though I've also got one short C&T paper to write as well by next week, what's on my mind is a much larger assignment–my Religion term paper. I figured out fairly soon that, for the class about the Gnostic Gospels and medieval heretics, I wanted to do it about the latter. I had neither the philosophical background nor the New Testament knowledge to study the former with ease. I was soon attracted to the Hussite Revolution, a pre-Luther movement in what was then Bohemia, or the Czech Republic. What attracted me at first to the subject was how it split–the more radical Taborites broke off from the more conservative Prague Hussites, and, at one point, actually went to war with each other as the Pope launched a crusade.
However, there is a disappointing lack of primary sources about the Hussites in English. The Czechs obviously dominate scholarship in the area, though there was some secondary sources in English. However, there wasn't enough for me to go on. I gravitated to John Hus himself, their leader and martyr. The main reason was, the majority of the scant primary works translated into English are Hus'. In fact, everything I have to go off of comes from two sources: An early 20th century translation of his treatise on the church, de ecclesia, and a deceased church historian, Matthew Spinka, who's translated some of his letters, a first-hand account of his trial, and one of his minor treatises from Latin into English.
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We were a little suspicious of spiritual practices when we were growing up.
Perhaps we heard too many sermons warning us not to fall into the trap of "works righteousness" and think we could earn our way to heaven if we racked up enough good points on God's scorecard. Salvation, we learned, wasn't achieved through our actions but was a gift of God, a grace. Somewhere along with that affirmation we absorbed the idea that spiritual practices were unnecessary — or even dangerous — and to be avoided.
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Heath Ledger found deadHeath Ledger has been found dead from a suspected drugs overdose.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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I am getting back on this plan again. I had the wind knocked out of me when they sent my job to India.
After 25 years at that company and they just threw me and others aside like what we did for them meant absolutely nothing. I guess I am not... Read more
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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Wow I had such a great vacation. We went on a zipline adventure and that was so much fun. The weather was nice too. Ate some stuff I have not had in forever but not everything either. was outside almost all day everyday that is always a plus. Pl... Read more
Thursday, July 18, 2013
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Ok I will be on vacation starting tomorrow and this could be dangerous. I know I have plans to go and get some food items that I am sure are not going to be the best choices. I do not eat them all the time it has probably been a year since I hav... Read more
Thursday, July 11, 2013
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I barely got out of bed this morning on time. Cleaning all those cherries was exhausting. The blueberries were much easier. Yeah now I have fruit all ready to go just get it out of the freezer or throw it in my Nutriblast for a yummy breakfast o... Read more
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Monday, July 08, 2013
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Friday, July 05, 2013
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I am back at this again. This time it will work I am so tired of being tired and in pain all the time. This heat is really torture for me too and I am sure if I had most of this fat gone I would not be feeling this miserable. I bought the Spark... Read more
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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It is absolutely beautiful here today.
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010
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Shuttlecock sugarbush (Protea aurea)
|Protea (1)
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Subspecies Protea aurea potbergensis is classified as Near Threatened (NT) and Protea aurea aurea is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the Interim Red Data List of South African Plant Taxa 2007 (3).
The Protea family is South Africa's best known plant family (4), and contains an incredible diversity of flowering plants, from low shrubs to trees, and thus was named after the Greek sea god, Proteus, who possessed the ability to take on any form (5). The shuttlecock sugarbush is a large, erect shrub reaching a height of up to five metres (2) (4), with oblong to egg-shaped leaves (2). The most distinctive feature of this species is undoubtedly the shuttlecock-shaped flower heads, measuring 30 to 120 millimetres long, formed from a multitude of small flowers clustered closely together. Modified leaves encircling the flower heads are pink to creamy green (2).
Endemic to the Cape Floristic Region, a 'hot-spot' of plant diversity in south-western South Africa (2). Subspecies P. a. potbergensis is found only on the Potberg Mountains (4).
The shuttlecock sugarbush grows on cool, sandstone, generally south-facing, slopes (2) (6).
The shuttlecock sugarbush bears its distinctively shaped flower heads from January until June (2). The tiny flowers, or florets, in the centre of the flower head may produce male and female reproductive organs (stamens and pistil) and nectar, while those around the outside are sterile and so act solely as advertisements (7). This spectacular bouquet attracts birds, such as orange-breasted sunbirds (Anthobaphes violacea), which come to feed on the nectar, but simultaneously benefit the plant by carrying out pollination, as pollen rubs on and off the bird's forehead or bill (7) (8).
The seeds of the shuttlecock sugarbush are dispersed by the wind (4). Fires that occur within their habitat kill the plant, but the seeds are able to withstand such temperatures, and survive to start a new generation (4). Many Protea species have developed a way of avoiding the summer drought by delaying seed germination until autumn, but not the shuttlecock sugarbush; the seeds may begin germinating in early summer and this species has no summer-avoiding dormancy period (9).
The subspecies P. a. potbergensis is classified as Near Threatened (3), presumably due to its restricted location. This subspecies occurs within a nature reserve, (a protected area), but the natural habitat of this area still faces the severe threat of infestations of invasive plants, particularly rooikrans (Acacia cyclops) and Port Jackson (Acacia saligna) (10). While the shuttlecock sugarbush, as a species, is not considered threatened, urban expansion and agriculture pose a threat to the habitat of the Cape Floristic Region (11), to which this species is confined.
Within the Cape Floristic Region there are a number of protected areas (12), and a number of conservation organisations are working to conserve this botanically rich habitat (13) (14). One of these, De Hoop Nature Reserve, contains the endemic population of the subspecies P. a. potbergensis; however, as mentioned above, while this may protect against the threats of encroaching agriculture and urbanisation, invasive species still pose a threat (10).
For further information on the Cape Floristic Region and its conservation see:
- Conservation International: Biodiversity Hotspots:
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- Cape Floristic Region: an area occupying about 90,000 square kilometres in South Africa that contains an incredibly high diversity of plant species (around 8,700 species), of which 68 percent are found no where else.
- Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
- Germination: the beginning of growth, usually following a period of dormancy and in response to favourable conditions. For example, the sprouting of a seedling from a seed.
- Pistil: the female reproductive organ of a flowering plant; consisting of a stigma (the pollen receptor), style (a stalk connecting the stigma with the ovary below), and ovary (encloses the ovules).
- Pollinate: to transfer of pollen grains from the anther (male part of a flower) to the stigma (female part of a flower) of a flowering plant. This usually leads to fertilisation, the development of seeds and, eventually, a new plant.
- Stamens: the male reproductive organs of a flower; comprised of an anther (the pollen-producing organ) and a filament (stalk).
- Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
- Heywood, V.H. (1978) Flowering Plants of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. (2000) Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. National Botanical Institute of South Africa, Pretoria .
Threatened Species Programme. (2007) Interim Red Data List of South African Plant Taxa. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Available at:
Protea Atlas Project (February, 2008)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Protea Information Sheet (February, 2008)
- Paterson-Jones, C. and Manning, J. (2007) Ecoguide Fynbos. Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa.
- The Private Life of Plants(BBC tx. 1995).
- Cowling, R. and Richardson, D. (1995) Fynbos. South Africa's Unique Floral Kingdom. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, South Africa.
- Bond, W.J. (1984) Fire survival of Cape Proteaceae – influence of fire season and seed predators. Plant Ecology, 56(2): 65 - 74.
- Government of the Republic of South Africa. (2003) Nomination of the Cape Floral Region of South Africa for Inclusion on the World Heritage List. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa.
- Rouget, M., Richardson, D.M., Cowling, R.M., Lloyd, J.W. and Lombard, A.T. (2003) Current patterns of habitat transformation and future threats to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Biological Conservation, 112: 63 - 85.
UNEP-WCMC: Cape Floral Protected Areas of South Africa (February, 2008)
Conservation International: Biodiversity Hotspots (February, 2008)
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The 2005 rankings are based on the opinions and behavior of 3,267 corporate recruiters who hire full-time business school graduates. Recruiters rated each school on 20 different attributes, noting their recruitment history and plans to recruit at the school.
Fordham's Graduate School of Business Administration was established in 1969 and has been recognized nationally for the quality, innovation and comprehensiveness of its programs, which prepare graduates for global competition. The school's part-time MBA program is ranked 19th by U.S. News & World Report.
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to approximately 15,800 students in its five undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and professional schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan and Tarrytown, and the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y.


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5-2-05 - Grayson County authorities are working what they call a large meth bust in a rural west of Sherman. Authorities arrested 6 adults and took custody of 5 children in the home.
They discovered the meth labd in a home on Gibbons road between Southmayd and Sherman Monday afternoon. Officers driving by smelled anhydrous ammonia coming from the house. They knocked on the door and said once it was opened, the smell was overpowering. 7 adults were inside the home, as well as 5 children.
The children, from 6 months to 10 years old, are being checked out at a local hospital.
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The headline of this article is on the front page of Yahoo News. I clicked on it read it. It is in fact not an article, but an ad for an article. If you want to pull this kind of BS, it should at least say "Advertisement" below the title. That way I can avoid wasting my time.
I find it almost typical of Elon Musk to be taking this approach to enterprise IT. In today's realm of extremely specialized skills and multi-million dollar monolithic systems literally holding enterprises hostage - business agility is now more than ever a competitive edge. Musk is an innovator inside and out - and it's great to see him get coverage on the behind-the-scenes IS strategies he's employing at Tesla.
By burning it to the ground?
Yep. There are many organizations who went with SAP or Salesforce, and are a nightmare internally, and from a customer service perspective. All that money lost. And don't even get me started about EMR software like EPIC.
ad or not its still stating sum significant facts, its not like saying i am a republican and dont believe in communism
or saying i am religious and eat animals, gm an toyota dont even know where to begin to operate in this manner and guess who they are going to trust when they have to start innovating like tesla? thats right tesla, employing a IT movement as well.... glad i just bought shares, and they have a factory in china, buy and hold you may be able to profit a bit from day trading as well, i have once , and diversified myself even more
Vishal, Hasso, Billy McD, and co need to take note. Don't neglect the core ERP, letting it die on the vine, only innovating with new platforms (HANA) and wrap arounds as stand alones* (mobile). Take advantage of the extended solutions to fully rework the core ERP, then win Tesla (and other in-house users) back, as well as all the Oracle, Netsuite, Workday, and MSFT folks.
*Feed and speed via HANA under the same old ERP isn't enough. Use HANA, as well as Ariba, Smartops, Sybase, Hybris, and others to remake, and, in fact, re-imagine ERP. For that matter, fill in the functional gaps (%70 missing per cust base) you know are there.
Too bad the batteries catch on fire!
Wait, is it called Intellilink?
everyones making a better consumertrap
@ Luke, Too bad Gas catches on Fire too?
DELL backend still is running HP Tandem system for more than 20 years now. ..DEll spent many millions to replaced it but can't get rid of it. HP should be proud. So it is wise not to be stuck to one system.
Elon Musk: Real American Hero!
You know, I would expect to see stupid references to Tesla car fires on discussions at AOL, etc. But on a WSJ post? Really? Is there no place where we can escape morons?
$20M for NTT to do SAP? That's not even enough to register as a departmental project.
Here in Massachusetts the Department of Revenue tried to replace an aging system with a customized tax version of SAP. The story I've heard (they always change with the retelling) was that they went with this SAP tax package because it was COTS… & then expected to customize it.
Evidently no one clued them in that customizing a COTS package—particularly SAP—is D-U-M-B!
I think Elon Musk is the new Steve jobs, Bill Gates combined!!!!
F him
Elon Musk knows what to invest in and how to make it succeed.
It is a shame we Americans cannot elect politicians who are like Elon instead of President ...
perhaps the page didn't load correctly but all I see are two sentences. How is that "an article"?
I think Elon has a bad Musk!
At 4,741 Lbs The TESLA S is THE ELECTRIC PIG!
None of the people referred to in this article and none of the people who have posted their comments above have implemented an ERP product for a company which has a really complex manufacturing operations. Multi National, Multi Currency, Multi Time Zone, Follow the Sun Supply Chain management, Complex tax structure, 24/7 Factory Operations, Variant Configurations, Web Store Front, Just in Time MRP, Demand Planning spanning across Warehouses spread out over different continents. When you sell only 100000 units of anything with three different configuration you can do it in Access Database. There is more publicity stunt in this kind of news articles. Good luck to the CIO if this company truly expands its operations world wide.
@ERP Guy, the point was that doing this project in-house using an adaptable technology should allow them to scale up at their own speed, without being tied up by SAP. It means a lot to own your tech end-to-end.
PS it is in fact possible to implement complex manufacturing ERP projects in-house... not with 5 million lines of code though, or an army of SAP consults, but with a solid aPaaS. The article leaves out what technology Vijayan used, which I'd be very interested in finding out. Mendix has made a practice of swooping in on enormous failing (or flailing) projects and turning 150 person 3 year projects into 6 person 10mo projects. In fact half of the requirements you listed come as pre-built modules...
ERP Guy shows up trying to defend his outdated tech job.
Clouds and ERP's are simple... You think... multi currency? time zone? follow the sun is built into development tools now. Click a button and its done... Get over your outdated SAP system. Its a joke, always was to us real developers... Stop trying to defend your dinosaur tech...
The article is a shallow puff-piece, no offense intended. It doesn't say much about how or what was created- and especially what kinds of open-source or pre-built modules they started with. Notwithstanding the Mendix advertising boast below, I think its plausible if you start with the right software to begin with...
I remember a lot of people asking, "Why buy a Porsche when all you need is a Pinto?" Often the big ERP systems/projects are exponentially more complicated and costly than they need to be. Too often enterprises think they can save money with these packages but blow it by insisting on customizing the package to do things they way they have always been done and the consultants happily cash the checks instead of suggesting changing business processes. SAP, et.al., haven't helped by making configuring the software almost as complicated as building a basic system from scratch.
Agree with Greg - there's a big difference between building what you need and building what the software industry deems 'right for you'. It's almost military-industrial complex; SAP tells customers what they need rather than customers telling SAP what they need.
To think I signed up for a WSJ account just to read this article - very disappointed. This should not be in the CIO Journal section this is pure fluff. Where's the meat of the article? Possibly some detail about the technology used? Shameful. Going to cancel my subscription now.
There is no article
Would love to know what technologies were used both front end and backend. Maybe Rachael can actually make a phone call and do some real journalism here.
An ERP software package in four months? I get the distinct impression that SAP was written in two months... ...by an ape.
ERP_Guy, why yes.. yes I have. I was up to my elbows in the end to end implementation and I got to manage the system after the consultants left. If I'd had the same level of talent in-house as Musk does, I would have hoped that we had gone that way too
what a joke, another bubble.
Wait, so like the WSJ is now publishing "Tweets" as articles?
Honestly, this just seems like click bait to me. I see it in my feed reader and I click through with hopes of actually reading content. Instead I'm presented with this 2 sentence paragraph. Horrible.
Hey, where is the story I was promised? I want to know how TSLA developed their own SAP system, what they did to make SAP work for them, and how their approach to IT differs from the competition.
This "article" is joke.
And this is why I don't bother subscribing.
This is ridiculous...
...aaaaand the link to subscribe is broken also. Incomplete info, broken links, no fixes, did these guys work on the healthcare.gov site?
Interesting, and I understand both sides of this discussion, ERP is too much too complex to expensive and go your own way, nimble etc. However the BIG SIMPLICITY that you buy with ERP, and all that it is, really is objects that interact with each other with predfined business rules. Nothing more, nothing less. All these go it yourself developers, think you can do better, go for it. But it is not easy, to define 600 objects and 5000 rules on how they interact. Plus the ERP is known by mny, so a home grown IT developer cannot hold you hostage to some spagetti system. If you have a system with 3 objects and 4 rules, go for it. But places I worked this was never an option.
I have implemented an ERP or two in my day, in companies probably as complex as Tesla. The configuration can only take a system so far. The real business process very rarely are efficient using an EPR front end as the front end is a generic interface that can be utilized in many different industries.
A hybrid approach of buying core accounting, manufacturing, purchasing, etc. functionality then adding a web based front end that embeds the core competencies needed by the business would provide an optimal solution.
The front ends should almost be considered expendable or consumable by nature as the business morphs,


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The Patron "Saint" of Panfish Anglers
are hitting well and you get into crappie, you can catch all the fish you need for supper out of one or two downed tree tops," Victor said. "A lot of the crappie run between 7- and 11-inches long, but now and then you'll catch 12- or 13-inchers."
On my first day on the river, none of the panfish we caught were what you would call "lunkers," but they were large enough. During our five hours of fishing, we put 48 panfish in the cooler. We also caught 13 different species of fish, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, longear sunfish, green sunfish, redear sunfish, warmouth, white bass, black crappie, white crappie, goggle-eye, bluegill and channel catfish.
A Chance to Catch Walleye
The St. Francis River was once one of Missouri's premier walleye streams. The Missouri state-record walleye - a 20- pounder - came out of the St. Francis. For reasons not fully understood, the river's walleye population plummeted to the point that catching a walleye there was extremely rare.
For the past several years, however, the Conservation Department has been rigorously stocking walleye in the St. Francis. This boost to the population has proven successful. The walleye in the river are again spawning and producing young.
In the spring of 2003, the Department opened the river to walleye fishing, with an 18-inch, four-fish limit. If you panfish the St. Francis, your catch might well include walleye.
Victor said the best times to panfish the St. Francis are on days when temperatures reach no higher than the 80s. Those are also the best days for camping. When temperatures reach into the 90s or hotter, fishing can be uncomfortable. During mid-summer, the water level sometimes drops so low that it's hard to float a canoe through the riffles. The fishing is still good in the pools. It's just much harder to reach them.
It's a good idea to find out about river levels before you travel to the river. Recent rainfall will improve the floating, but if the rain is too heavy, the water muddies so much that it's not good for fishing. A good source of up-to-date river conditions is the canoe rental service at Sam A. Baker State Park (537/856-4223).
State law mandates that all boaters on Missouri waters have personal floatation devices. It's a good idea to wear them. The St. Francis drains rocky, hilly terrain. Heavy rains reach the river quickly and, in little time, can turn the river into a roaring rush of dangerous water.
You will find a lot of public access points on the river. The online Missouri Conservation Atlas shows most access points along the river. Just go to <www.missouriconservation.org> and click on "Conservation Atlas," on the left side of the home page.
Plan a day trip, putting in at one access and taking out at another access downstream. Four to six miles of river makes for a good day's float if you spend a reasonable amount of time fishing each pool.
If you enjoy panfishing, the St. Francis River has a lot to offer. Most of the time it provides a peaceful, easy float and the opportunity to catch a lot of fish and a large variety of fish. It has quickly become my new favorite panfishing spot, and there's a good chance it could be yours, too.


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From an E-Z SnackPak by Ampac, Drinkfinity pods by PepsiCo US, Coca Cola's Contour PET glass and Cadbury Glow by Mondelēz International – We round up the best F&B entries at the WPO (World Packaging Organisation) WorldStar Awards 2016.
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From the challenges of sourcing organic milk, to the threat 'alternatives' milks pose to the dairy sector and the 'scary' promotional dynamics of the yogurt category, the FoodNavigator-USA Dairy Innovation Forum covered a lot of ground. Here are some of the highlights from the 60-minute session, which is now available on demand.
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Nestlé took the top spot and Lactalis unseated its French rival Danone to take second place in the Rabobank Global Dairy Top 20. Can you guess how the likes of Yili, Fonterra, Arla Foods and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) finished?
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Zenith International kicked off its ninth Global Dairy Congress in the Netherlands with a trip to FrieslandCampina's Innovation Centre at Wageningen University.
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Tattenhall Dairy Products, which produces Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £11k costs for safety failings after an employee's finger was cut off by a fruit feeder machine.
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'Despite the recent political and economic disruption, the MEA ambient beverage market has grown and remains one of our core markets', says SIG Combibloc as it announced opening a joint HQ with its partner Obeikan Investment Group.
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May 5, 2016
Gert Steegmans of Belgium has won the second stage of the Tour de France in his home country.
His teammate, Tom Boonen, finished second and Italy's Filippo Pozzato was third in the 105-mile stage from Dunkirk, France to Ghent.
Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara kept the overall jersey despite going down in a crash that claimed many of the riders about a mile and a-quarter from the finish line.
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Black cherry, orange peel, dried fruit, and oak spice on the nose that carries through to the palate where it showcases raspberry, black cherry and vanilla oak spice along with medium body and supple tannin. Acids are balanced in the finish with some noticeable oak.
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Last year I started a thread about gardens we visited. Some people sent some lovely photos http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/gardens-we-have-visited-2013/80843.html so I thought I would start another for this year.
We went to the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park the end of April. It was pouring, they lent us umbrellas. No one else was in the garden except the ducks!
Excellent photo's. I visited Savill Garden in September last year. I liked the themed area's for the four seasons. It seems there's something to see regardless of when you visit.
I work very close to Savill Garden, but have never made it in. Planning an extended lunch hour this year when the roses are in bloom.
Visited Hidcote and Kiftsgate a couple of weeks ago, but didn't take pictures. But both well worth a visit
I visited RHS Hyde Hall a couple of weeks ago. I seem to have taken mostly close up shots of plants with their labels but have one or two more scenic ones which I (hopefully) have posted. I unfortunately didn't take any photos of the dry garden which I thought looked great even so early in the season.
Good to see those. That's the one RHS garden I haven't been to.
Doddington Hall in Lincoln - can't believe we've lived near Lincoln for 12 years and never been!! BTW - does anyone know what the white flower is - I am guessing white rocket (Hesperis Alba - Matronalis) - the sedum leaves are a red herring I think!!
It was all a bit 'between seasons' - the riot of wallflowers at the bottom giving way to the more subtle colours of early summer in the borders. Asked OH (in my usual 'why don't you take an interest in the garden darling?' kind of way) which plants he would most like to have in the new garden I am carving out of our alkaline paddock, so he chose....
...the azaleas...
Nostell Priory yesterday
Not the best photos but enjoyable day at a GW 2for1 offer.
Both look lovely .... Bit far for me, so nice to see others photos
Mrs. Garden - YES!! We were on the 2 for 1 and all. What a lovely little gift. I hope the marketing department at GW read this stuff, so they appreciate that we appreciate!!! Chicky, if it is any consolation, this morning I was looking at the booklet of gardens that came with the 2 for 1 card and sighing because we live so far from so many of the places I would like to see.
The bluebell pics are right next to the children's play area which is excellent.
Sorry, but I can't do pictures. went to Waterperry, near Oxford recently. Now in my top 3 of all time alongside Great Dixter ( Christo Lloyds) and ......oh yes, mine!!
We have just returned to France having been on holiday in the West of England. I put the photos of David Austin's rose garden on the rose thread, but I'll add some more here.
Hever Castle in Kent.
WW, I think Great Dixter and Waterperry are my 2 favourites too.
Please feel free to come and see number 3 when you are next in town.
Yorkshire, end of July, visiting friends and Uncle. Perhaps Harlow Carr.
Lovely pics of Hever - particularly the one of the sky reflected in the lake. Fascinating place, considering what happened to Anne Boleyn next
Visited Mottisfont at the weekend - loved it, but only managed 2 pics before the rain came down
Mottisfont is near me so I go every year, especially when roses are at their best. Very good this year, and earlier. Lots of work going on to give more all year round interest as well.
We thought that Woody - it was fantastic to see that explosion of roses in June, but you would never do it in your own garden as there would only be one short season with anything to look at. However, lovely that someone else does it for us to enjoy - we don't have to look at it the rest of the year


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I just switched from a no name triple crankset and bottom bracket to a Shimano ultegra triple crankset. The problem is I cannot get the front derailleur set. With enough cable tension I can get my 52 and 42 chainring but I can not get to the 30 ( the cable is to tight ). If I loosen it I can get my 30 and 42 but not up to 52.
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Instructions:Colorful stray buttons can be put to new use as Christmas ornaments. If you don't have enough loose buttons, or the right colors, don't worry-stores sell them by the bagful. Kids will enjoy this project because each wreath they make will be unique.
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Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; he said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it.
On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why he didn't say, 'I love you, too.'
When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he
wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his
thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep -- I cried.
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Boat wouldn't start; can't figure out why.
From my other BB, his and hers diary entries from the same day..
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I've given birth three times in three years. Enough said.
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The government plans to introduce a quality mark later this year to help IT buyers choose suppliers with genuine carbon offsetting schemes.
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"People need to be sure that when they buy an offsetting product, the emissions reductions are actually taking place. This is why we are developing this code, which will be accompanied by a quality mark for accredited products," said the minister for climate change, biodiversity and waste, Joan Ruddock.
The government code will be voluntary, meaning that IT suppliers will be able to choose whether they want to seek accreditation for some or all of their products, which could include servers, monitors and cooling systems.
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Sound Meter is just one of those apps you would have never imagined we ever have. Not so many years ago, sound meters belong to cops knocking on your door at your college parties and brainy technicians and physicists talking about sound waves. At some point within, there were those clap'o'meters used in fancy TV shows and roadhouse amateur contests. Who was able to tell that your phone would be able to measure decibels?
Honestly, it isn't a panacea, so if you actually work on something important, this app won't be precise enough and it can be easily deceived. Anyway, even when it gets lost when there's too much noise and it seems to haphazardly give results when in silence, it's a great idea and worthy of being installed. As it's lightweighted there's no harm in having it, because one never knows when it may be useful.
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Can he not get a "real" job?
Because woman are Princesses :) there I said it.
Oh? What land are you princess of because I wasn't lucky enough to be born into royalty.
Old member, same account.
Sam: mom and Hep B positive. Guess which defines me better.
Clearly a Hufflepuff.
What? staying and home and scrubbing toilets makes you a princess now?
Gotta keep the royal throne clean.
Old member, same account.
Sam: mom and Hep B positive. Guess which defines me better.
Clearly a Hufflepuff.
Princess. Humph.
In all seriousness, are all women princesses? Or just the ones that stay at home? Are men princes? Where are the kings and queens in your hierarchy?
"I used to be with it. Then they changed what it is. Now what's it is weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you!" ~Abe 'Grandpa' Simpson.
1.) I agree that it can successfully work, however, just not for me.
2.) A Cougar is upset because I pointed out the fact that it's no shock she is the breadwinner and shares income like most marriages.
3.) A woman who allows a schitzophrenia to spend all day at home with a child when he cannot even work nonchalantly wants to send me a "F.U"
4.) I stated my own opinion and you ladies are on the defense as if I was talking about your spouse directly. Wow! Feeling insecure?
Just because im turned on by a working man doesnt mean that im unusual. In fact you ladies who are supporting stay at home dads are obviously against the norm...hense, the reason for this debate.
ODS (8), MDS (6) and Lil WTF born 11.6.14
Same old Reygo
Bunny, I care.
Big deal...
Dont be a Princess...what do I care. Im not the one married to ya...lol.
My husband and I are happy in our home and you all are too-- so what's the big fucking deal?
Two Adults, 3 Pets, and a Sweet Squish who joined our family on 9/4/2012.
You having a baby should not wipe away your financial obligations.
ODS (8), MDS (6) and Lil WTF born 11.6.14
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Mark Dayton predicted to win, but Margaret Anderson Kelliher hasn't conceded
Mark Dayton isn't quite the DFL nominee yet.
You might have thought you would go to bed last night or at least wake up this morning knowing who won the DFL primary for governor. But this is Minnesota, where we like to take our sweet time with elections.
All indications are that former senator Mark Dayton won yesterday's vote. The AP and Star Tribune have called the race for Dayton, and the Secretary of State's official tally, as of early this morning, showed him leading Margaret Anderson Kelliher by more than 1,600 votes, with 90 percent of precincts reporting. Many predict that margin will grow.
But Dayton wasn't ready to call the race over last night. "We've been told that we've won," he told the assembled supporters and press at his spartan campaign headquarters in St. Paul. "But until we've heard from Speaker Kelliher, we are not going to declare victory."
But having lead the tally for most of the night, and trailing by only a few thousand votes after midnight, Kelliher wasn't prepared to give up. She stayed out of sight of her DFL supporters gathered at Jax Cafe in Minneapolis, appearing only briefly after midnight to say a few words that didn't sound much like a concession: "It's been a long night and it's going to be an even longer night," she told the crowd. "There are still some numbers to come in and we're optimistic about that."
Kelliher's early lead was established shortly after the polls closed at 8 o'clock. Hennepin and Ramsey counties finished their counts quickly, and handed Kelliher an initial margin of some 18,000 votes. But from that point forward, the tide turned slowly and inexorably in Dayton's direction. Dayton supporters, dismayed by his early setback, gradually became more relaxed and even celebratory as one opponent, Matt Entenza, conceded, and precinct after precinct outstate cut into Kelliher's margin, a handful of votes at a time.
"I knew all along he was going to win," said Jean Kyle, a volunteer for Dayton, "It looked tough there for a little bit, but I believed."
The projected final tally will almost certainly stretch Dayton's margin of victory beyond the threshold required to avoid a recount. But it may take a while for that final tally to arrive, which raises the question of whether Kelliher will concede in time to hold the long-promised unity rally for all the DFL candidates this morning. Dayton said he will need the support of both of his primary opponents if he is to beat Republican nominee Tom Emmer in the general election.
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Hartlaub's turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi)
|Touraco de Hartlaub
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|Length: 43 cm (2)
Male weight: 195 g (2)
Female weight: 275 g (2)
Hartlaub's turaco is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1) and is listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).
Hartlaub's turaco is a spectacularly patterned, medium-sized bird with a strong, curved bill, short, rounded wings and a rather long tail. The vivid plumage of Hartlaub's turaco, is a product of two unique copper pigments, unknown in any other bird family, or indeed in any other animal group (2) (4) (5). The adult has a bushy, blue-black crest and a conspicuous red eye-ring, with a distinctive white patch immediately in front of the eye and a white line beneath the eye. Much of the upper body, including the neck, mantle, throat and breast is silky green, while the lower back, folded wings, and tail are an iridescent violet-blue (2) (4). Visible only in flight, the flight feathers are a striking crimson. Like all turacos, the feet of Hartlaub's turaco have a special joint that allows the outer toe to move either forward or backward, an attribute that enables these birds to move dextrously through vegetation (2) (5).
The distribution of Hartlaub's turaco is centred around the Kenyan Highlands, but extends into eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania (2) (6).
The native habitat of Hartlaub's turaco is thick, evergreen forest, from 1,500 to 3,200 metres above sea level. However, in parts of central Kenya, including Nairobi, this species is common in well-timbered, suburban conditions (2).
In spite of being poor fliers, the forest turacos (of which there a number of species) seldom descend to the ground. Instead, these shy but gregarious birds utilise their remarkable climbing skills to navigate the tree canopy, skipping nimbly from branch to branch. When unassailable gaps do eventually necessitate flight, they take to the air with a few earnest flaps to the next tree, before clambering back up into the leafy crown (2). Like other turaco species, Hartlaub's turaco mainly feeds on fruits and berries, some of which are extremely poisonous to humans, but it will also take the occasional small insect, and, in suburban areas, will often partake of exotic fruit (2) (4).
Although turacos generally forage in groups, breeding is a solitary affair, with monogamous pairs fiercely defending their territories. Courtship involves much calling, chasing and general exhibition, with Tauraco species commonly spreading their wings to display the striking crimson patches (2) (4). Hartlaub's turaco breeds between April and December, with peaks coinciding with periods of high rainfall. The flimsy nest is a shallow platform of loose twigs, positioned three to eight metres above the ground in thick foliage. A clutch size of two is typical, and the downy chicks hatch after an incubation period of 16 to 18 days, dutifully attended to by both sexes (2). Strengthened on a nutritious diet of caterpillars and regurgitated pulp, the precocious chicks do not linger long in the nest, and within two to three weeks are clambering through the branches of the nest tree, a week or two before they learn to fly (2) (4).
Hartlaub's turaco appears to be relatively common everywhere within its range, and is still abundant in some areas above 2,000 metres. In northern Tanzania, however, trapping for the bird-export trade has led to significant declines (2) (6). Nonetheless, the current level of decline is not thought to be sufficiently rapid to warrant the classification of Hartlaub's turaco in a threatened category on the IUCN Red List (1) (6).
In addition to its likely presence in several protected areas, Hartlaub's turaco is listed on Appendix II of CITES, which prohibits international trade in this species without a permit (3) (6).
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- Incubation: the act of incubating eggs, that is, keeping them warm so that development is possible.
IUCN Red List (January, 2010)
- del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1997) Handbook of the Birds of the World - Sandgrouse To Cuckoos. Vol. 4. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
CITES (January, 2010)
- Perrins, C. (2010) The Encyclopedia of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Burton, M. and Burton, R. (2002) International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish, New York.
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Sexy Feline Bandit Women's costume
Deluxe Black Cat Sexy Adult Costume
Sexy Wicked Wildcat Cougar Costume for Women
Collector's Edition The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman Adult Costume
Adult Sexy Leopard Girl Costume
Sexy Fetish Feline Women's costume
Women's Feline Fi Fi Tutu Dress Costume
Lovely Leopard Romper Sexy Costume
Adult Sexy Sassy Tigress Costume
Women's Deluxe Sexy Rebel Catsuit Costume
Sexy Here Kitty Kitty Women's costume
Sexy Women's Black Lame Zipper Front Catsuit Costume
Black cats are synonymous with the Halloween holiday, making them a great outfit choice. You can also choose one of our sexy jaguar or tiger print suits or choose a Catwoman ensemble if you're a fan of the sultry Batman counterpart. The catsuit is such a fun Halloween outfit idea because the combination of the stunning skin tight jumpsuit and the cute cat ears creates a very eye catching and fun look. We have a ton of choices within our catsuits so you can pick the animal print or style of solid black that you like the best. We also offer dress and mini skirt based cat ensembles and you can find options with either a cat ear headband or a cute oversized fuzzy car eared hood.