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JDA Software Group (NASDAQ:JDAS)
Q2 2011 Earnings Call
July 26, 2011 4:45 pm ET
Mike Burnett - Group Vice President of Treasury & Investor Relations
Peter Hathaway - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President
Hamish Brewer - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Jeffrey Rhee - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Mark Schappel - The Benchmark Company, LLC
Richard Williams - Cross Research LLC
Greg McDowell - JMP Securities LLC
Brian Murphy - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Sean Barrett
Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the JDA Software Group Inc. Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This conference is being recorded today, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mike Burnett, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Mike Burnett
Thank you. Good afternoon, and welcome to the JDA Software earnings call for the second quarter ending June 30, 2011. On our call today, we will discuss the operational and financial results for the second quarter. With me on the call is Hamish Brewer, Chief Executive Officer of JDA Software; and Pete Hathaway, our Chief Financial Officer.
Before we begin discussing our results, let me remind you that our comments today will contain certain forward-looking statements that often involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed to be forward-looking. These risks are described from time to time in our SEC reports including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Our presentation also includes certain non-GAAP measures, which JDA uses internally in budgeting and performance monitoring activities to gauge our business performance. We believe these measures provide useful information to our investors in evaluating JDA's ongoing business results. We prepared a reconciliation of each of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure in our press release, which is posted on our website at jda.com. Additionally, we have posted a supplemental presentation slide deck on our Investor Relations website to accompany the review of our results.
With that, I will now turn the call over to Hamish Brewer for a discussion of the operating results and trends. Hamish?
Hamish Brewer
Thank you, Mike. I'm sure that 2011 is going to turn out to be an exciting year for JDA. The first quarter was a record quarter, the second quarter was not as good as we were expecting. And as we look forward, we have the potential to deliver dramatic organic growth in the second half. Of course, I appreciate that the focus now will be on the results for the second quarter, trying to understand if there are underlying forces in play that will slow JDA's progress. Now let me share with you my understanding of the trends that I see.
First, let's focus on license sales. As the leading indicator for this company, this revenue line retains a significant amount of management focus and so far this year, we've seen a very strong first quarter with year-over-year growth, 27%. The second quarter showed a year-over-year decline of 19%, leaving us effectively flat year-over-year for the first half.
We knew the second quarter contribution to annual software was going to be weaker than typical going into the quarter, but we were impacted on the downside with a few transactions in North America failing to come through as expected. We spent significant time internally analyzing and discussing whether there's a reason to be concerned about an underlying issue in this important market. And at this stage, I don't think that we can positively state that this is the case.
And the reasons are as follows. First, did we see some softness in closing key transactions in the second quarter? The answer to that question is yes, although, this is limited to a handful of transactions. So I think it would be premature to declare that we are facing an industry trend. Second, did we manage to close a significant number of large license deals indicating the vast willingness in the marketplace to invest significantly in IT spending? The answer to this question is also yes. Third, is the pipeline for the second half strong enough to support the run rate increase necessary to hit the midpoint of our guidance? We believe the answer to this question is also yes.
So on balance, when we consider our prospects for 2011 in respect of license and subscription revenues, considering the composition and overall maturity of our pipeline of new business opportunities, it seems most likely to us that we'll land somewhere in the existing range of software and subscription predictions of the sell-side analysts, where we're seeing numbers from $151 million to $155 million for the full-year.
One unusual characteristic that I'd like to point out, which increases our confidence in this projection, is that the third quarter pipeline appears to be uncharacteristically strong. And we currently expect that third quarter results will be similar or potentially even stronger than the first quarter this year. So we're not relying on delivering a heavily disproportionate percentage of our second half license revenue in the fourth quarter.
Moving on to services. There are once again a number of factors in play and I'd like to describe these to you. Consulting margins remained lower than we'd like through the end of the second quarter. As I mentioned at the start of this year, we're in the process of implementing a 3-year plan to improve operating metrics and I did not expect to see much sign of improvement this year. Unfortunately, I was right through the first half, with Q2 services margins remaining below my expectations. However, I should point out that projections for the second half look decidedly better. Based on a series of changes made earlier this year, we're beginning to see improvements filter through our overall mix of business.
First, we've been enjoying several courses of relatively strong license revenues in North America, and they're starting to compile into a strengthening backlog of business for our consulting organization in North America. Additionally, we've been selectively applying pricing changes to our new book of business and that's also starting to filter through. The net of all this is that we believe that our services business in North America is going to see steady strengthening of margins in the second half from the recent 18.8% in the first half to low- to mid-20s in the second half.
The second element in play is our pricing and revenue management business, which has been negatively impacted by downturn in its primary target markets of travel, transportation and hospitality since early 2010. The services aspect of this business is significant and the low utilization in this group has reduced our overall consulting margins.
The prospects for the second half appear to be better and I believe that we're going to see an improvement in contribution from this business to both our license and our consulting margins globally.
In EMEA, 2010 was a poor year for software sales, and you may recall that we made some management changes there in the second half of 2010 in response to this issue. The first 2 quarters of 2011, have seen a dramatic turnaround, selling about as much license revenue in the first 6 months of 2011 than we did all year in 2010. So far, we have not seen this upturn translate into significant services backlog, driving utilization and margins. But I expect that we will see stronger second half and the backlog going into 2012 should be better than it was coming into 2011.
Asia-Pacific services is expected to achieve its goals this year and a good portion of the pipeline of business for the second half is already identified. So I think we'll continue to see steady performance from this group.
Next, I'd like to comment on our managed services business. As you may remember, we established this new line of business in 2009 and it was augmented by a $20 million book of business inherited from i2 in the first quarter of 2010. With the acquisition of i2, we have managed to substantially grow this business. In fact, record revenues in the second quarter of 2011 were almost double the revenues of the same quarter a year ago. However, we're not hitting the revenue growth rate that we wanted to in 2011, and we expect to come in below our expectations for the year compared to our internal target. We're working to make changes to help accelerate this growth and I expect that we'll have more to say on this subject in the next couple of quarters.
As you can see, we have plenty of work to do in our services businesses and to that end, I am delighted to be able to let you know that we've recently been able to bring David Gai on board as Executive Vice President of Services worldwide. David has impressive experience working in global services businesses, consulting services, managed services and maintenance services for several major market leaders. And I'm optimistic that this experience will help us chart a positive course through all of the dynamics ahead of us.
Moving on to maintenance. We continue to see strong performance in this area of our business, delivering a 9% year-over-year growth, which was helped by the ongoing weakness in the U.S. dollar. However, this strong performance is not just FX driven, it's also driven by strong operating metrics with a very healthy 96.7% year-to-date retention at the end of Q2. As a primary earnings engine for the company, this strong performance provides an extremely robust platform for the company as we work our way through the balance of this rather turbulent year.
Finally, the overall financial strength of our business model continues to drive very healthy cash flow from operations, transforming the soft result of the second quarter 2010, immediately on the heels of the i2 acquisition, into a very satisfying $33.7 million of free cash flow in the second quarter of 2011.
So to summarize, although license and subscription sales were less than we wanted in the second quarter, the first quarter was strong and we project that both the third and fourth quarters are going to be strong. We invested in additional sales capacity in the first half of 2011 and we expect to see that investment translate into significant organic growth in the second half of 2011.
Services margins remain low, as expected. Our managed services revenues are growing, but slower than we had hoped. We expect both of these metrics to improve in the second half. Maintenance results are very strong and we expect that to continue throughout 2011. The result of all this, together with the ongoing cost control, is that maintenance and services revenues are expected to perform well this year. However, software revenues seem more likely to come in near the middle of our guidance range.
The impact on earnings from this reduction in high margin software revenue means that we expect adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS to come in near the middle of our range.
Finally, free cash flow, including the payment received from the Oracle settlement, will likely exceed our guidance. I hope that this review has helped you assess the quality of our prospects for the balance of 2011, and consequently you'll be able to reach the same conclusions that we have with respect to our likelihood of hitting our guidance for 2011.
And so with that, I'll turn it over to Pete to provide an in-depth review of our financial results.
Peter Hathaway
Okay. Thank you, Hamish. In reviewing the second quarter results, I'll point out that this quarter represents the first apples-to-apples comparison year-over-year because we reported a full quarter of i2 in our Q2 2010 consolidated numbers. So for the second quarter 2011, adjusted EBITDA was $38.9 million compared to $41.3 million in Q2 of 2010. And adjusted EBITDA margin declined to 24% from 26% in Q2 of 2010, due to the year-over-year decrease in software sales and services margins, as well as a change in the revenue mix, weighted more heavily this year towards services and away from software.
For the same reasons, adjusted earnings per share declined to $0.45 compared to $0.48 in the second quarter of 2010. GAAP earnings per share increased to $0.24 from $0.19 per share in Q2 of the prior year, primarily due to last year's acquisition-related and restructuring charges. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is included with the tear sheet attached to our press release.
Total revenues increased 3% to $162.4 million for the quarter, including $30.8 million of software and subscription revenues as compared to total revenues of $158.4 million and software and subscription revenues of $38 million for the second quarter of 2010.
We closed 67 new software deals in the quarter compared to 54 in the second quarter of 2010. This includes 9 large transactions of $1 million or more in Q2 2011 compared to 6 in Q2 of last year.
Our average selling price for the trailing 12 months ended June 30, 2011, increased to $645,000 from $608,000 in Q2 of 2010.
Maintenance revenue presented another solid quarter. A customer retention rate on expiring maintenance contracts continues to track in line with our expectation. We ended the quarter with a year-to-date retention rate of 96.7%, similar to the strong Q2 last year at 97.3%. Maintenance revenues increased 9% to $66.1 million in Q2 2011 compared to $60.6 million in the second quarter of 2010. And the maintenance gross margin increased to 77.8% from 76.5% in Q2 of the prior year.
Last year, second quarter was somewhat negatively impacted by a higher rate of suspended revenue resulting from the integration of i2 customers, much of which was recovered in the third quarter of that year.
This recurring high margin revenue and cash flow stream represented 41% of our revenue in the quarter. Foreign exchange changes added $1.8 million to maintenance revenue for the quarter year-over-year.
Services revenue increased 10% to $65.5 million from $59.8 million in Q2 2010. However, our gross margin decreased to 17.5% from 24.3% in Q2 2010. Utilization rate decreased to 56% for Q2 2011 from 59% last year and was flat with Q1 2011.
A reminder about Q3 coming up, the Q3 2010 margins benefited from the deferred recognition of profits on a large services contract.
Moving on to operating costs, we continue to proactively monitor and manage the cost in the business. Total operating expenses decreased $2.3 million, or 3.5%, excluding the impact of the amortization of intangibles and the restructuring and acquisition-related charges. As a percent of revenue, total operating expense improved 230 basis points to 37.9% in the quarter compared to 40.2% in Q2 2010. This decrease is primarily due to cost containment and a $1.4 million year-over-year reduction in legal costs relating to the Oracle and Dillard's litigation.
Product development expenses this quarter of $19.8 million and 12% of revenue were comparable to Q2 2010. We continue to invest in R&D and product development that will enable us to maintain and expand our market-leading innovations.
Sales and marketing expenses increased this quarter to $25.4 million, from $24.5 million in Q2 2010, reflecting an increase associated with our current year's sales investment plans, which was partially offset by lower sales commissions on software. As a percentage of total revenue, the current quarter sales and marketing margin of 15.6% was comparable to Q2 2010.
General and administrative expenses decreased $3.5 million to $16.3 million from $19.8 million in Q2 2010. As a percentage of total revenue, these costs decreased 250 basis points to 10% from 12.5% in Q2 last year. As I previously mentioned, litigation costs declined $1.4 million.
In addition, variable compensation cost decreased $0.5 million, plus the positive impact of bad debts and recoveries more than offset the year-over-year wage increase. The effective tax rate on GAAP earnings was 25.4% for the quarter. This differed from the expected adjusted effective tax rate of 35% primarily due to the one-time favorable impact for the resolution of a tax position relating to a foreign jurisdiction for which tax statute had elapsed.
Turning now to cash flow. We had a strong quarter, generating $35.5 million of operating cash flow compared to a $2.6 million use of cash in the second quarter last year. Strong cash collections and an improvement in deferred revenue were the primary drivers of this change. DSO in the second quarter decreased to 71 days from 76 days in the first quarter, an increase from 66 days in Q2 of 2010. Free cash flow was $33.7 million after spending $1.8 million on capital expenditures during this quarter, compared to a negative free cash flow of $8.5 million in the second quarter of 2010. Our cash position at quarter end was $293 million, an increase of $135 million from June 30, 2010. This is attributable to the generation of $100 million in free cash flow during the last 12 months and receipt of $35 million from Oracle. This leaves us in a net cash position, as our cash now exceeds our debt, by $20.3 million. We had $37.1 million in restricted cash at quarter end.
In conclusion, I believe we are well positioned to fall within the range of expected outcomes for the year even though our second quarter results did not meet our goal. Specifically, we feel confident about the midpoints of our range of original guidance. This implies that the second half of the year should report strong license sales. In Q -- excuse me, in 2010 Q3, it was particularly weak, while Q4 was particularly strong. This year, our Q3 pipeline supports a possible outcome that could be substantially better than last year's. Q4 is traditionally strong and we have no indication that it shouldn't be strong again in 2011.
Our goal for 2011 is to generate meaningful organic growth. The midpoint of the range of license guidance represents 17% growth over 2010 and for total revenue growth the midpoint would be 9%. This translates into organic earnings growth for adjusted EBITDA of about 10% and adjusted non-GAAP EPS of about 8%. In terms of cash flow, all in, we feel we are going to exceed the upper end of the range of original guidance. Halfway through the year, we have produced $89 million of free cash flow, which includes the Oracle settlement of $35 million. Excluding the settlement cash, we're approximately $51 million ahead of last year's June-to-date cash flow production. And year-to-date 2011, we have generated 57% of the midpoint range of original annual guidance for free cash flow.
And with that operator, I would like to open the call up for questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
[Operator Instructions] Our first question is from the line of Richard Williams with Cross Research.
Richard Williams - Cross Research LLC
I wonder if you could provide more color on the deals that slipped and particularly the region, perhaps the type of business whether it be retailing or discrete manufacturing? Anything you can give us.
Hamish Brewer
Yes. There were several in North America and there was nothing specific [ph] I don't think, particularly common about the types of deal. But they were in North America.
Richard Williams - Cross Research LLC
Were they retail-oriented?
Hamish Brewer
I think that retail was certainly a sizable part of it. I don't really remember the exact details on that, Rich.
Richard Williams - Cross Research LLC
Okay. And in terms of the pipeline for 3Q, have you already closed any of this handful of deals that slipped?
Hamish Brewer
I don't believe we've closed anything significant so far. But I think we are expecting to close a good number of the deals that slipped in Q3. Some of them, we believe, have moved out beyond Q3. But we do expect to close a reasonable portion of them, certainly more than half of them I believe, last time I checked, within Q3. So we think that quite a few -- we don't think very many of the deals have actually gone away at this point.
Richard Williams - Cross Research LLC
So we've seen over the last couple of years that 3Q can become shaky at times. Any reason to think that this is similar sort of activity?
Hamish Brewer
It's hard to say. I mean Q2 has always -- historically, if you would ask me, generally speaking, what's the seasonality for license revenue for JDA? Yes, I would have said well, Q4 is the strongest and typically followed by Q2. And this year, the pattern is just different. It's -- we obviously, we had a strong Q1. And in Q3, as we look at it today, it looks pretty solid. So I know last year, Q3 was significant -- was by far the softest quarter of the year. But I don't think we're going to see that at all in 2011.
Richard Williams - Cross Research LLC
Okay. So maybe this is the new seasonality with i2?
Hamish Brewer
I wouldn't go quite that far. Maybe, just think of it more like sort of a new year [ph] or something.
The next question is from the line of Patrick Walravens with JMP Securities.
Greg McDowell - JMP Securities LLC
This is Greg McDowell on for Pat. My first question, in reiterating your software guidance or at least coming in at the midpoint, are you assuming a steady state economic environment?
Hamish Brewer
We are not factoring in a sizable collapse of the economy, if that's your question, no. And we are not trying to second guess what's going to happen macroeconomically here. We're kind of assuming, plus or minus, that things stay pretty much as they are. Let's say obviously, if they were to get dramatically better or worse, that might have an impact.
Greg McDowell - JMP Securities LLC
And then the confidence you have in the second half pipeline, are there some megadeals, $5 million plus likely sort of transactions that you're assuming have to close to make that guidance? Or is this all hitting singles, doubles, triples?
Hamish Brewer
It's interesting. There's a good list of large deals, but we're not specifically dependent on any one huge deal. This isn't like the fourth quarter of 2008, where we had an enormous deal that was so big that it was actually material for the year. We haven't got that kind of situation going on.
Greg McDowell - JMP Securities LLC
And if I could squeeze in one more question. I just wanted to drill into the managed services business. And you said on the prepared remarks that it's coming in below your expectations for the internal target. I was just wondering what's behind some of the gives and takes to that managed services business that leads you to be a little disappointed with the performance so far this year?
Hamish Brewer
Yes. Let me just reiterate, by the way. Obviously, we've picked up a sizable run rate of business from i2 in January of last year. And so if you consider that effectively baked in to the Q2 numbers of last year, we almost doubled the run rate of Q2's revenues last year. So please don't read into this that I am fundamentally disappointed in managed services. I mean to double your revenue in a year is obviously quite good. But the fact is, we were hoping to do somewhat better and our internal plan was built on us doing somewhat better than that. And we just think we're going to come in a bit short based on our run rate still [ph]. And I think it's not -- I think these are operational issues. It's a new business for us. We're still working our way through how to most effectively sell it into the marketplace, how to most effectively do business development and all those kind of activities. So I think that these are operational issues and I don't have any reason at this stage to believe that there's a fundamental reduction in the opportunity that's out there in the marketplace. So this is really about JDA getting our arms around how to most effectively execute on that opportunity.
The next question is from the line of Mark Schappel with Benchmark Capital.
Mark Schappel - The Benchmark Company, LLC
Hamish, starting off with you. Regarding the deals that slipped in the quarter, were they -- were some of these deals or a good portion of these deals part of a large sort of transformational supply-chain project where the software piece may have been relatively small compared to the overall project? Or were these just kind of standard, software-only type of projects?
Hamish Brewer
I don't want to really get into the details of the specifics of these transactions. I mean, as I said, it was a mix of transactions, they were in North America. I know some of them were retail. And that's really all I want to get into in terms of the details of those transactions. They're still active transactions for us. I don't think that there's anything -- when I look at them, as I said earlier on, I don't think there's anything that when we look at these transactions, we could say there's a common theme running through them. I don't think that would be fair to say, so if you're all question is, is there some kind of theme here? I don't see evidence of it in the Asia [ph].
Mark Schappel - The Benchmark Company, LLC
Okay. And regarding deals in the quarter, specifically the big deals that were contested, which are quite, pretty much all of them, deals in competitive situations, how would you characterize your competitive win rate in the quarter in terms of percentage?
Hamish Brewer
We're pretty happy with our win rate. I mean, let's remember, we did close 9 $1 million-plus deals. On a historical -- and as you say, those last year were typically strongly contested. And on a historical basis, that's a good performance. So I'm not dissatisfied with our win rate and I think they were nice deals.
Mark Schappel - The Benchmark Company, LLC
Okay. And then finally, Pete, moving over to you, foreign exchange impacts on revenue, what was that impact this quarter?
Peter Hathaway
It was about $2 million.
Mark Schappel - The Benchmark Company, LLC
$2 million positive?
Peter Hathaway
The next question is from the line of Sean Barrett with HMI Capital.
Sean Barrett
One of my questions was answered already. Just wanted to ask on the maintenance benefit from the FX gain, what would the growth have been without that FX benefit in the maintenance segment?
Peter Hathaway
Yes, well that represented $1.8 million. So it was 9%, I'd just do the math, I don't know the number off the top of my head, but it represented $1.8 million.
The next question is from the line of Brian Murphy with Sidoti & Company.
Brian Murphy - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Hamish, I know you made some comments on Asia-Pacific, and I think I missed those. So, A-Pac was down about 50% in the first half of the year. Do you expect that to rebound in the back half of the year? And also, was the underperformance in the first half mostly related to Japan? And how are things changing over there?
Hamish Brewer
You're right, we certainly experienced the impact from the earthquake and the following tsunami in Japan. And I think that what we're seeing is we're seeing the pipeline in Japan recover. But it still hasn't translated into revenue for us yet. And so, there's still, in my mind, there are some questions as to what the likely revenue flow is going to look like for the second half of the year in Japan. The -- Japan, historically, by the way, is our largest revenue contributor in Asia-Pacific. So if Japan goes -- if Japan stops, then a big portion of our business stops. So I think the positive sign is that the pipeline has -- seems to have restarted, but it hasn't yet started translating into revenues, the risk we've got there. Overall, in Asia-Pacific we had a good first half last year, particularly a strong second quarter, if you look back. And we haven't been able to replicate that. And I think that to some degree is lumpiness. We think that overall for the year, there's obviously still risk for Asia-Pacific because of the Japanese situation. But we don't anticipate a disastrous year for Japan. So the second half should -- we're hoping to pick things up a little.
Brian Murphy - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Okay. That's great. And you also referenced some investments that you made in sales capacity in the first half of this year that you expect to maybe bear fruit in the second half of the year, can you just give us some color on that? Is that more quota reps? Is that pre-sales? Inside sales? Business developments? Support staff? Anything there would be helpful.
Hamish Brewer
Yes. We've added I think, on a year-to-date basis, we've added about [indiscernible] I think we've -- I can't remember the exact number that we've added. But our plan was certainly to increase our headcount both for quota-carrying reps and also for presales and corporate sales into the back office and marketing development. Overall, our plan is -- I think through June we've added about 20 reps, it looks like. A reasonable number, globally. And we've added about 23 sales people and about 13 corporate sales people. So the investment is -- certainly, we've made the investment in the people. Now we've got a fair number of them onboard. And typically with these kind of guys, you're looking at 6 months or so then to build that pipeline and start to deliver results. But we've hired those people through the first half. Hopefully we're going to see some benefit from them starting to play into the second half of the year.
Brian Murphy - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Okay. And just one last one. Were you surprised at the performance out of Europe this quarter? And sort of what are the expectations for Q3? Is that part of your outlook for Q3? Or is that just mostly confined to North America?
Hamish Brewer
In Q2 for Europe, was good. They had some sizable deals that they were going after and they were able to bring them in. We originally, at the start of the quarter, anticipated some of those deals might land in Q3, so there's a sort of offset effect there. And that we anticipate that Q3 for Europe is going to be softer unlike the other parts of the world. But overall, I'm very -- as I said, they sold almost as much in the first half as they did last year, so I'm very satisfied with the progress that we're making in Europe.
[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Jeff Van Rhee with Craig-Hallum.
Jeffrey Rhee - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
A couple of housecleaning and then just a couple of broader questions. First just Pete, on the CapEx, I think the guidance in February and April was $25 million to $30 million. I think you've done about $4 million or $4.5 million now, what's the expectation on CapEx for the year?
Peter Hathaway
Jeff, I think we can -- we probably won't top $25 million at this point. Because as you're -- I think you're subtly pointing out, some of that is related to that -- to the managed services, which isn't growing as fast as we thought. So I think it's fair to pull back on that a bit.
Jeffrey Rhee - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Okay, fair enough. And then on the G&A, I just missed, there were a lot of pieces in the G&A number, you mentioned something about bad debt but I didn't catch part of that -- all of that.
Peter Hathaway
There was a lot going on in there. So that -- there are 2. The G&A is favorably impacted by $1.4 million because of a drop in Leo [ph] expenses. We had a drop in variable comp, I think primarily bonuses because the quarter was down a bit of about $0.5 million. And then there was little bit of noise in bad debts. Bad debts was down, and we had some recoveries of some previously written-off accounts so that was favorable. And those amounts basically offset the year-over-year increases in compensation. That's kind of how the flow goes.
Jeffrey Rhee - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Okay. All right. I think I follow that. Okay, then I guess just broader question, maybe this is for everybody or maybe more so for Hamish. If I look at the numbers, I think I have organic growth down 5% in the first half. And if you adjust for the conversion of the term licenses, it would be lower than that. To get to the midpoint, we're talking 33% growth by my math for the second half. And at least by my numbers, as we go back to Q3 of last year, we've missed every quarter. Last year, Q3 we were looking at a huge pipeline for Q4. And given that track record of these deals continually pushing out, how do you adjust or how have you adjusted your pipeline modeling or your sales forecasting methodology? Namely, have you adjusted your close rates down? I mean how do you adjust after seeing that pattern over the last 4 quarters?
Hamish Brewer
Well I think that -- let's go back and talk about this specifically. At this time last year, we said that we felt that Q3 was going to be lighter and Q4 was going to be stronger. Now, actually Q3 came in slightly below our expectations, but we knew it was going to be a softer quarter. So we were directionally right that we weren't quite right in terms of the extent of it. Coming off the back of that soft Q3, we said that we were going to have a strong Q4, and we did just that. We delivered a strong Q4 going into Q1 of this year. We understood that Q1 looked like it had a good, strong pipeline and we delivered to that. And in Q2, we -- as I said earlier on, we had an expectation that it was going to be down sequentially. It came in a little bit below where we thought it was going to be. So were we right? Were we exactly right about the numerical result? No, we weren't. But we knew it was going to be lighter. And in the same way, we anticipate now that Q3 is going to be stronger and Q4 looks strong as well, at this stage. Obviously, the first 90 days or a couple of months out. So the clarity on that quarter is going to get better over the course of the next few months. But when I look at the historical accuracy of our projections, I think we've -- well, I can't say that we get the numbers exactly right and that's forecasting for you. I mean, the one thing about a forecast you can be sure of, is it's wrong. But the directional indications have been, I think, 100% accurate.
Jeffrey Rhee - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Right. But I mean -- I guess I don't want to belabor the issue, but the second half last year was down almost 15% organically and first half was down organically. We're looking at up 33% for the second half. I'm just trying to get a sense of the conviction, I guess what you're saying is there's no change in the forecasting methodology in terms of discounting forward deals?
Hamish Brewer
We haven't made a significant change because last year, we set guidance for the full year. And I believe we pretty much hit our numbers for the full year. So, is the pattern has failed [ph], this year, the same as it was last year? No. So we had a much softer Q3 last year. This year we had a soft Q2. So if you want to compare the first half of this year to the second half of last year, you can make -- obviously the math that you've gone through is correct but the fact is that right now, we anticipate that the second half is going to strengthen and that we are going to come in with effect [ph] somewhere in the middle of our guidance.
Jeffrey Rhee - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Okay, fair enough. One more and I'll let somebody else jump on the call. The mix of deals, big deal versus midsized, just talk to the midsized deals and sort of how the pipeline and pipeline progression of midsized deals has fared. You give out kind of a rolling 12 ASP on licenses and it's hard to figure out what's going on with those midsized deals. So just give me maybe a little progression in the sense of what's going on there.
Hamish Brewer
Yes. Well if you look back over the last 2 or 3 years, what you're going to see is a steady increase in the number of million-dollar-plus transactions. So by implication, they are taking a bigger share of the total dollars of the license revenue that we generate each quarter. So overall, I think the shift that's going on in our business is, there is a gradual shift towards more revenue coming out of $1 million-plus license deals. And by implication, the number of smaller deals is diminishing. And therefore, the average sale price has been creeping up steadily, so that's the math for the situation.
Peter Hathaway
I did want to make one correction on -- Mark had asked with the FX impact was year-over-year, I had said it was $2 million. It's actually $3 million year-over-year.
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Does this all the time. I take it this feature has been broke for some time now?

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Through my experience, I believe All Web Leads is run by a group of fraudulent Indians. I have a health insurance business which I needed to increase its client database. [continued below]....
After waiting for five days from the date I called, I decided to make contact as I did not receive any from of contact from the merchant. On calling them, he told me (he did not give me a name even after requesting for the same) he was
on another call and would contact me as soon as he finished talking to the other party. I found it to be very unprofessional if a person states they will call you and they dont. This is what happened and I decided that they were
actually up to something as a whole day had passed without any contact from the company. To date, it has been a week and a half before I got any response from the All Web Leads Inc. I have also been checking my Pay Pal balance just in case they decided to refund the money, but it is still the same.
I just called the merchant again recently and got a man on line. I politely explained my situation to him. He hanged up on me in the middle of my explanation prompting me to call him again. The second time round, he said he would call me back in about fifteen minutes and he hung up again. I waited for several hours, but there wasnt any forthcoming phone call. The third time I tried calling the company did not bear any fruit as no one seemed to pick up the phone. Apparently, they do not have a voice mail system in place therefore you cannot be able to leave a message when they do not pick up the phone. This clearly shows All Web Leads are scam-backs!
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This maquette, or model, was a design for a streetbased loudspeaker to be placed at city intersections, where it was to broadcast a speech by Lenin on the fifth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Klutsis combined his interests in architectural design, posters, and typography, designing a kiosk on which Lenin's name is spelled out in bold red letters while the Russian words for "radio-announcer" and "speech" appear in black. As with other Russian Constructivists, such as Aleksandr Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, Klutsis sought to place art at the service of the new Socialist society and its early ideals. Striving for maximum legibility, he opted for bright colors and simple geometric forms.
Klutsis made this maquette, or model, as a design for a "radio-announcer"—a street-based loudspeaker—to be placed at city intersections, where it was to broadcast a speech by Lenin on the fifth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. An architecture of struts and cables supports geometric panels and gaily painted loudspeakers. The work clearly announces its purpose: the name "Lenin" appears in large red letters on an arrangement of vanes; black letters running across the leader's name spell the Russian word for "speech"; and in smaller letters above appear the words for "radio-announcer." Like other Constructivist artists, Klutsis chose simple forms, declarative colors, and bold typography—the aim was to be easily understood. Intricately calculated and visually involving, the structure of crossbars and wire rigging is also completely open to view, and every part is self-explanatory in function.
Klutsis had studied abstract painting and had worked in the Suprematist style, but after the Revolution he joined the many Russian artists who threw their energies behind the developing Communist state. Artists throughout Europe were trying to find aesthetic languages that would have a place in a world shaped by new industries, new technologies, and new social forms, a world of mass publics and mass media of communication. Radio-Announcer puts this concern into a Russian context: the attempt to build a utopian society.
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Apr 11, 2013
I would never make the pillow shown in the tutorial... but the same flower in a smaller size looks great on the wreath. I might actually have to make that this year.
Apr 11, 2013
@ mommymindy: The wreath picture is not misleading at all. Apparently some people forget to read the whole tutorial. Scroll all the way to the bottom to find the wreath picture on the original site. Just above that photo, the creator describes how she made the wreath. There are not any step-by-step directions there because anyone who can read and THINK should be able to make the wreath from her brief description. The flowers on the wreath are just a smaller version of the flower on the pillow. Simply use your own judgement on the size of the felt square to get the size flowers you want for the wreath. You should not need specific instructions for those flowers, since they are made with the same technique. This is another example of thinking outside the box.
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This is for a pillow and although the wrath in the p. Picture is at the bottom it misled
Jan 30, 2013
The pattern is for a pillow....not the flowers shown on wreath
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I'v been trying to set up the Performancing Firefox extension to allow me to post to my WordPress blog. This is a blogging client that is popular and supports WordPress. However, when I try to set it up to recognize my site, I get an error message: "incorrect username or password". I know the un and pw I'm using are correct.
I've tried changing to a simpler password (no luck). I've tried it with a longstanding blog that I have, and also with a brand new install. No luck. I'm using latest version of WordPress.
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By Lindsey Siegele
Garden Weeds, Nutsedge
Nutsedge has gotten a bad rap, but for good reason. This pesky weed has been known to infest gardens, spreading thousands of nutlets underground and reproducing at an alarming rate (see our readers' nutsedge woes). While this rather invasive plant has caused many a groan from gardeners, it has one redeeming quality: nutsedge is edible.
Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus), sometimes called Earth almond or Chufa, has tuberous roots that can be eaten raw or cooked. Their sweet, nutty flavor makes them ideal for a multitude of recipes, from soups to sweets. According to Cornucopia II: A Sourcebook of Edible Plants, yellow nutsedge was used to add sweetness to ancient Egyptian barley juice, and in Spain, the tubers are added to horchata de chufa (see photo), a beverage "prepared by mixing the ground tubers with water, cinnamon, sugar, vanilla and ice."
Purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) also has edible roots. Freshly-dug purple nutsedge has a strong menthol flavor that Cornucopia II compares to Vicks VapoRub, so, while the raw tubers can be eaten immediately, they're best after drying. Like the yellow variety, purple nutsedge can be eaten boiled or roasted.
William Woys Weaver even suggests growing your own nutsedge for food in his book, "Heirloom Vegetable Gardening." Praising the tubers' similarities to other nuts, he says, "In texture, [nutsedge] is somewhat mealy like a chestnut, yet with a distinct almondlike flavor. It was used by country people as an almond substitute in cookies and confectionery, and was even pounded with sugar to make a type of faux marzipan once quite popular among the Pennsylvania Germans."
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Incidentally, they send me a Happy Holidays email after the ads were disabled, how kind of them -)
I never received an e-mail stating I was banned, yet all of our critical keywords, that is keywords that were receiving traffic got the dreaded 1/10 back in early December. When I try to add a new payment method, I get a 'declined' message from the payment page.
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- The Evansville, IN Comfort Inn East hotel is minutes fromEvansville Museum of Art , Reiz Home Museum, Ford Center, Casino Aztar, Eastland Mall, historic New Harmony, historic Newburg, Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville Regional Airport, Ivy Tech University, University of Evansville and University of Southern Indiana. Several restaurants and cocktail lounges are nearby. Free amenities include high-speed Internet access, newspaper, local calls, fitness center and outdoor seasonal pool. We offer free hot breakfast. Business travelers can access our fax machine. Meeting room available. Rooms have hairdryers, coffee makers, irons and ironing boards. Some have microwaves and refrigerators. Laundry facilities are onsite. Pet-friendly, smoke-free hotel. Enjoy our Manager's Reception Monday - Thursday, offering free drinks and snacks. The next time your travel plans bring you to Evansville, stay at the Comfort Inn East. Book your room today.
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Swimming Pool: Seasonal, Outdoor
Check-In Time: 3 PM
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Property Amenities: 24-hour front desk, Free breakfast, Fitness facilities, Meeting rooms, RV, bus, truck parking, Gift shops or newsstand, Business center, Laundry facilities
Room Amenities: Iron/ironing board, Cable TV service, Pay movies, Hair dryer, Free local calls, Air conditioning, Coffee/tea maker
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Complimentary breakfast, great location and always a pleasant stay for friends and family I have in town.


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Rebellion is the turning point in the great interstellar war between all living creatures and the machines. Star Force is on the side of the machines... but for how long?
In the third book of the Star Force series, Kyle Riggs learns just what kind of war Earth is caught up in. At the mercy of the Macros, his marines fight against new alien races, big and small. They battle the innocent and the vile alike, until their situation becomes grim. Rebellion is a military science-fiction novel by best-selling author B. V. Larson.
Battle stations! Listen to another Star Force novel.
©2011 B.V. Larson (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
I drive an average of about 1.5 hours every day. Since 2009 I've been a huge Audible fan thanks to This Week in Tech (TWiT.tv)
"Great series - but please rid us of Riggs already!"
Just about every selfish decision Kyle Rigs makes ends up killing thousands! He should have been fired or taken out by a firing squad. Let another character take over already.
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"gripping series"
This book, the third in the series, is my favorite thus far, although I have liked them all. The premise is creative and unique.
"Mediocrity...that I just can't stop listening to"
See-through plot development. Sub-par space physics. Author is good, and overall ties the necessary strings, but character development is shallow, and like an overzealous pitcher, the wind-up before delivery of a plot thread is painfully long. Additionally, the physics of space combat and comms is laughable. (ex. A ship pops out of an instantaneous wormhole transportation "ring", is then limited to relativistic travel/time delays, but never-the-less has real time communication capability with everyone in the system, and real time reporting of every other ships movement activities. Even the fleet movement concept is more or less limited to what surface ocean vehicles have been doing on earth for the last thousand years.)
Author needs to study more and incorporate realistic physics in his books, or at least provide an technological solution for avoiding those limits. Main character needs to have a little A LOT more depth. Associated characters need to be better developed. I feel as though I'm reading a story, written by a guy whose read a lot about relationships, but hasn't personally experienced many.
Saving grace of the series. I'm not sure if his voice acting is what the author had in mind for each character, but his "role-playing" smooths over a lot of stilted dialogue and actually sets the stage required for "willing suspension of disbelief" required to get into the story line.
maybe...but I wouldn't expect anything great from it. A lot like other sci-fi, big explosion, eye candy (hot actresses), surrounding an unrealistic "hero" who falls into being a good leader (though in real life would be horrible at it)...I wouldn't expect it to work on all levels, and miss intellectually stimulating and heart-string pulling completely. But as a blow-em-up for fun, sure.
In spite of my other negative comments above...Ive listened to 3 of them. I'll probably finish the series. Along the lines of a guilty pleasure, you don't have to think much or feel much to enjoy the books.
"Riggs is slowly figuring it out"
The 3rd installment of the Star Force series has Riggs coming to the realization that his "agreement" with the Macros is quite tenuous and probably should not be expected to last long. Riggs can only maintain the mercenary posture a bit longer before resorting to more aggressive actions. There's more aliens with the added feature of some space piracy thrown in. Serving with Riggs should also not be viewed as long term employment.
While book #3 is much better than #2, there are several noteworthy dings that deserve mention. The alien depictions are rather simplistic and somewhat adolescent. The Marcos while entirely mechanized are still too anthropomorphized (if I were as intelligent as the Macros, I'd stop looking like biotics and optimize a bit). The Marvin AI is a direct steal from Douglas Adams. Finally, as Riggs learns more about the origins of the Blues, everything that he guessed at in the 1st book is exactly dead on; there is nothing subtle in the evolving storyline.
The main remaining mysteries are the origins of the rings as well as how and why a species that is relegated to gas giants would even bother to build machines that end up trying to take over the universe.
One additional point of note: while this series is one continuous story arc, there is little backstory presented in subsequent installments. Lastly, the narrator's range is limited resulting in a Star Trek-like one of everybody and some recycling of character personalities.
"The hi-tech savagery continues..."
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Mark Boyett is a great performer who continues to breathe life into characters in yet another Star force novel.
"Rebellion" keeps the action coming. Rigg's Pigs are in for another bloodbath in V.B Larson's third installment of the "Star force" series. If you've made it this far you know the score, and life for Star Force Marines is about to get worse. Book 3 does a good job of adding more humor, drama, and gore into the mix without slowing things down. Better than book 2.
"This book brings the story togeather"
In this book the story comes together well, while I found the first 2 books a bit disjointed the 3rd book does a good job of bringing the story together and laying the foundations for the books to come. I really enjoyed this book and want to get into the next couple in the series to see how it will unfold. The narrator does another great job.
Imagine being killed twice and come through with more than you came out. Keep coming, awesome book.
"Good story and narration"
Mark Boyett's reading really brings this story to life! His characters are well done and believable. The Story itself is entertaining. It has space battles, ground battles, morality, love and not so many main characters that you can not keep track of them all. Some of the science is more glossed over than I would like, but I can look past that. Each book has been it's own story, yet still a continuation of the whole story. That helps greatly in long series in not getting bored.
"Good Story... Bad Writer... Worst Characters"
The overall story is fascinating. I love the concepts and the plot. However, every single character is underdeveloped. Every. Single. One.
Every character was given one trait and then the author becomes repetitive with it. Sandra likes sex and being angry. Marvin likes to explore and be curt. Riggs likes to program. Etc...
Also, the sex in every scene is distracting. It'll be an intense military scene and all Sandra and Riggs (or Quan) can think about is what they will do in bed next. It's base. But if you're Sandra and that's as deep as your character goes... There is no avoiding it.
In short: the characters, especially Quan and Sandra, become overly annoying. To the point I don't want to continue the series.
"Interesting story, but lacking in character"
As usual, Kyle Riggs is not only a computer programmer, but also a battlefield commander, master tactician, aerospace engineer, and skillful diplomat. Come on Larson, can't you just once develop some solid secondary supporting characters who are more than "yes" men?
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This Crunch Stitch Crochet Potholder Pattern is perfect for spring. Featuring a luxurious bumpy texture, this is one of those free easy crochet patterns that works up quick and gives a healthy dose of color to your kitchen. Easy crochet patterns are great for beginners or anyone who is short on time. Sure, you can buy a potholder and a home good store, but that's no fun at all. Instead, discover why potholder patterns are so popular and make your own version of this delightful project.
- Two balls Lily Sugar 'n; Cream, or other 100% cotton yarn (approx. 2.5 oz./ 120 yds per ball); 2 balls Hot Green (MC), one ball Lime Stripes (CC)
- Size G crochet hook
- Yarn needle
Don't stop with this crochet potholder pattern - you can crochet so many amazing items for your kitchen. There are tons of great ideas in our collection 14 Beginner Crochet Patterns For Your Kitchen, including sweeper covers, jar cozies and more. Turn your kitchen into a colorful yarn-filled haven with these free crochet patterns.
Gauge: 15 st and 16 rows in pattern stitch = 4 in. x 4 in.
Stitches used: Ch, sc, sl st, hdc.
Finished measurements: Approx. 9 in. x 9 in.
Potholder Panel (Make 2):
With MC, Ch 31
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, *hdc, sl st across, with sc in last st. 30 st.
Row 2: Turn. Ch 1, sc in sc, *hdc in sl st, sl st in hdc, with sc in last sc.
Rep row 2 for a total of 28 rows, or until piece measures approx. 6 ½ in. from beg.
Fasten off.
Row 1: Crochet two panels together evenly with a row of sc, working 3 sc in same st at corners. Join to beg sc. Switch to CC.
Row 2: *Sc, ch 3, sk 2 sc, sl st in next sc* around. Join w sl st to first st.
Row 3: *4 sc in ch-3 sp, sl st in sl st* around. Join w sl st to first st.
Row 4: *Ch 4, sk sc and sl st in sl st* around. Join w sl st to first st. Fasten off and weave in all loose ends. Yum!
Once you'veworked on one crochet potholder pattern, you may not be able to stop. Luckily, there are plenty of unique and interesting patterns to keep you busy in 13 Free Crochet and Knit Pot Holder Patterns. Whether you love to knit or can't get enough crochet, you'll find a fun kitchen crochet pattern to work on and display. Pot holders make great housewarming gifts and can be completed in no time at all. Make a bunch so you can keep a few for yourself.
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Jul 25, 2013
I like this pattern. I will make it with a plain contrasting border, not the stripes. I think the pattern is meant to be - Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, *hdc in next st, sl st in next st, repeat from * to last st, sc. Row 2: Turn. Ch 1, sc in sc, *hdc in sl st, sl st in hdc, repeat from * across with sc in last sc. Hope this helps. I am currently doing a similar pattern so it made sense to me right away.
Denver Silver
Jul 24, 2013
Hi Lisa! Your Crunch Stitch Potholder is really pretty. I would love to make it but, although I have crocheted for years, I am not understanding your instructions for this potholder. My problem starts with Row 2. Is there a reason that an asterisk appears before the "hdc" in Rows 1 and 2? Something like that usually appears before a series of stitches that are to be repeated within a row. That doesn't seem to be the case here. Also, using the instructions in Row 2 as they are printed, I don't understand how I get to the last stitch in the row. Three stitches are made and then you are supposed to be at the end of the row. It is almost as though there has been a misprint in the pattern. Thanks in advance for your help, Denver Silver
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Aug 07, 2011
I am having a horrible time with the instructions. I have been crocheting for about 43 years, but no matter how I follow the notes, it's just not sinking in lol. Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help!
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Jun 19, 2013
Nuliane 0261660, you sound a lot like me. I can look at most anything and copy it but reading directions really baffle me and make me confused. I thought I was the only one!! :-)
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Aug 03, 2011
What a pretty pattern. I will make this in the green called for. It will look nice with yellow in my travel trailer. I was taught to crochet as a child and did lots of doilies (that tells my age). Now I make clothes and accessories for my home. I really enjoy this site and look forward to using patterns posted here. Thanks. PS Would really like to have the pattern for the pineapple skirt.
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How to Make a Satin Ribbon Bookmark
Creasing the corners of a book can damage the pages. Leaving the book wide open and face down hurts the binding. Why not take five minutes and make a cute satin ribbon bookmark for yourself with ribbon and a paper clip? This satin ribbon bookmark is so easy and fun to make that you'll want to make one for every member in your family or for every book on your shelf.
For our satin ribbon bookmark, we drew inspiration from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and decided to create a satin ribbon bookmark that would hop through the pages like our favorite character, the iconic white rabbit. And since it is 2012, we decided that white fur should really be updated to sparkly silver and hot pink instead. And therefore picked the below Satin Ribbons to work with.
Polka dots, jungle green, or animal print ribbons – choose the printed satin ribbon of your choice for this craft tutorial.
Materials for 1 Satin Ribbon Book Mark
- Satin ribbon (5/8" is the perfect size) – you'll need around 5 inches
- Scissors
- 1 Giant paper clip
- Two small rhinestones and glue gun (optional)
- Cut 1 strip of satin ribbon in a length of roughly 4.5". The simple way to measure without using a measuring tape is to hold your paper clip side by side to the satin ribbon and measure out the length of two paper clips.
- Fold your satin ribbon strip in half, so that both ends are touching. Then cut the ends of the satin ribbon at an angle. We recommend cutting both at the same time to ensure both ends are matching.
- Keep the satin ribbon halfway folded and slip the folded side through the paper clip. Be sure that you are inserting the satin ribbon in the correct side of the paperclip. The side where the two ends of the paperclip are facing up is the correct side. Still unclear? Attach your paperclip to a nearby book to check which side is the right way.
- Once you slip the folded side through the paper clip. Knot the paperclip by slightly opening the folded part and bringing the ends of the ribbon through the hole (just like our white rabbit travels down the hole!).
- Tighten your knot. And you're finished!
- Add some rhinestones to your Satin Ribbon Bookmark Bunny with a glue gun if you wish.
Now, back to your novel.
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St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital cutting 60 positions
NEWBURGH - St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital announced Thursday it will cut its workforce by approximately 60 positions - its latest step in dealing with what it says are continuing operating losses.
The hospital estimated the reductions will result in $3.2 million in savings. The actual number of workers laid off will be 30 to 35, with the balance coming through the elimination of vacant positions. No bedside nurses will be laid off, the hospital said.
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital is projecting a $10 million operating loss this year. Hospital President Robert S. Ross said among the factors contributing to the loss are a decline in patient volume, and a reduction in reimbursement for services. Hospitals all across the country are seeing a similar impact, Ross said.
"Difficult decisions must be made to sustain quality care and services to our community," Ross said in a statement released by the hospital. "These losses simply cannot be sustained if we are going to continue providing service to our community. We must address this loss and are looking at all opportunities to further identify savings and efficiencies."
In a previous cost-cutting effort, St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital announced earlier this year it had asked the state Health Department for permission to reduce the hours at the emergency room at its Cornwall campus to between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. The hospital said patient volume at the Cornwall emergency room is low during the overnight hours, sometimes averaging only one patient per hour. That proposal has triggered protests from political office holders and others.


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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Freshman right-hander Justin Calomeni earned his sixth win and sophomore shortstop Peter Van Gansen drove in three runs with a single and pair of bases-loaded walks as No. 4 Cal Poly closed out an 18-game home stand with a 6-2 victory over Saint Mary's in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday in Baggett Stadium.
Calomeni (6-1) (pictured at right) allowed one run and four hits in five innings with no walks and four strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 3.80. Slater Lee, Bryan Granger and Reed Reilly pitched in relief for the Mustangs.
Cal Poly won 16 of the 18 games in the home stand and, with Tuesday's triumph, has won three straight, nine of its last 10 and 17 of 19, improving to 27-5 for the year. The Mustangs are 20-2 at home this season and 90-25 (78.3 percent) in Baggett Stadium since late in the 2010 season.
Saint Mary's fell to 13-18.
Cal Poly never trailed, scoring at least once in five of the first six innings. Saint Mary's mustered single runs in the third and seventh frames.
Cal Poly's 11-hit attack was paced by second baseman Mark Mathias, center fielder Jordan Ellis, right fielder Nick Torres and third baseman Jimmy Allen, each with two hits. Mathias and Torres both had a double and single. Designated hitter Brian Mundell contributed a sacrifice fly, his Big West-leading eighth of the year.
Van Gansen singled to knock in a run in the second inning and drew bases-loaded walks in the fourth and fifth innings, giving him 11 RBI for the season.
Ten of Cal Poly's 11 hits came from the top six hitters in the batting order.
Center fielder Anthony Gonsolin singled twice for Saint Mary's and shortstop Ricky Boas added a double. Second baseman Connor Hornsby and pinch hitter Trevor Ellison drove in the runs for the Gaels with RBI singles.
The loss went to Saint Mary's starter Corbin Burnes (0-2), who gave up the sacrifice fly to Mundell in the first inning. The Gaels used eight pitchers on "staff day."
Cal Poly, 5-1 for a first-place tie with UC Irvine in the Big West, resumes conference play this weekend, visiting Hawai'i for a three-game series Friday through Sunday.


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Apple counts down to 50 billion downloads in iTunes App Store
Apple has begun counting down (counting up, rather?) to 50 billion downloads in the iTunes App Store, and they're celebrating the milestone by giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the lucky person who downloads the 50 billionth app. The company will also be handing out $500 iTunes gift cards to 50 people that download the next 50 apps.


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The Town of Palisade is set to unveil its plans for its Civic Center.
Officials will hold a meeting Tuesday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. upstairs in the Palisade Community Center.
Those who attend will get to see the plans, get an update on the progress and learn more about the construction schedule.
You'll also get to share your thoughts on the project.