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My 14 year old daughter had been struggling with her health for 2 1/2 years before meeting with Dr. Nieto. She suffered. From daily nausea and vomiting, headaches/migraines, constipation and many other minor ailments throughout her illness. She was originally seen by GI and neuro doctors who couldn't find anything wrong. After a stay at the hospital we met a geneticist who diagnosed her with cyclic vomiting syndrome. After more hospital stays and ER visits than I can remember, I had finally had enough of all the different opinions, suggestions and medications that were not helping my daughter. I was able to get her in to see Dr. Nieto who diagnosed her with chronic idiopathic constipation and pelvic floor dysfunction. He put her on Linzess and sent her for biofeedback physical therapy. After 3 therapy sessions my daughter was able to come off of the medication and has not been sick since. I am so grateful for Dr. Nieto. Finally, someone who knew what they were talking about and knew exactly how to treat my daughter.
He is the best!! I recommend him to everyone who needs a gastroenterologist
Amazing provider.
Very good listener. I had a complicated medical condition. But he was able to put everything together and I feel amazing.
This is a awesome doctor. A doctor left a 18mm pollup in my colon which caused severe hemoraghing which caused me to lose so much blood I needed 2 pints of donated blood. I almost died. This doctor performed the 2nd colonoscopy and found the 18MM pollup that I HAVE NO CLUE how someone could have missed it. It was the largest one in my colon and I had over a dozen. Anyway....this doctor can clean my colon ANYTIME. He was very polite. Introduced himself to me before and after the surgery. I loved the experience with him. I DEFINATELY would refer him!!!!! He knows his stuff. These old doctors need to retire!
After a barium swallow revealed a mass in my esophagus I was put on Dr. Nieto schedule for an endoscopy since my regular physician was going on vacation. Not knowing Dr. Nieto I was very nervous and even wanted to wait till my doctor returned from vacation to have this procedure done. God himself pushed me to carry forward with Dr. Nieto and all I can say is what a true blessing!! Dr. Nieto was very reassuring to me in letting me know that he will take good care of me and he would remove my mass if he was able to. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to remove my mass due to the size but never the less he guided me where I needed to be and who I needed to see. Because of Dr. Nieto expertise, professionalism and wonderful bed side manner I've transferred my care under him. Today, I am mass free, happy and healthy because of his professional guidance. Thank you Dr. Nieto!
dr nieto is the best dr in Jacksonville fl I would send every one I know to him
Since the early 1990's I have had a continuous problem with food getting caught in my esophagus. Over this time period I've had my throat dilated half a dozen times to ease the problem. In 2011 saw a different doctor with this group who diagnosed my new problem (eosinophilic esophaitis) and was instructed to swallow my medicine via an inhaler, which did not work for me. In early 2014 went to see Dr Nieto about my problem and he recommended that I try a different method of taking my medicine (swallowing a nasal spray) plus a regiment of other medicines which has worked tremendously. Have not had a problem with my throat since I started this program. Would highly recommend Dr. Nieto for anyone who might have this affliction..
I suffered from chronic diarriah for about 5 years. I would have uncontrollable bowel movements, I was afraid to eat because what ever I ate ran straight through my body and I just couldn't control my bowels. I was constantly aware of a bathroom and wouldn't go somewhere or partake in activities if it ventured too far from a bathroom. Not being able to control my bowels lead me to having anxiety all the time and I just was not living life, I was just trying to survive it. I finally couldn't live like this anymore and that's when I found Dr. Nieto and Borland Groover. He changed my life. We went through several tests and finally he diagnosed me with Bile Mal absorption syndrome. He place me on Welchol, which I will take the rest of my life. But it has changed my entire life. I no longer suffer from uncontrollable bowel movements or chronic diarriah or the constant worry of where is the next bathroom. I am living my life, something I lost for 5 years. It was embarrassing at first, then I realized I have a condition, and it's okay because I am in control now. I would recommend DR. Nieto to anyone having any kind of stomach issue. My only regret is not going to him sooner!
after a long miserable and painful life for over 5 years I made an appointment with Dr Nieto. He is genuine and caring. He listened to me and was able to fix my issue. I now have a life. Thank you so much I do not think you will ever know how grateful I am to have a normal life again.
I was very ill when I first met Dr. Nieto. I was feeling hopeless and didn't feel like anyone understood the pain and suffering I was experiencing. I had two episodes of acute pancreatitis and have sludge in my gallbladder. Dr. Nieto preformed exploratory surgery and ordered some tests that no doctor had ever preformed. He found my problems and for the first time in my life, I have hope of living a more "normal" life. He has me on the right diet, vitamins and medication. He listened to me and explained everything until I was able to understand my treatment plan. He also said to call if I have any questions and I will be following up with him. I don't ever want to lose this doctor as my G. I. doctor. I highly recommend this doctor to anyone who is experiencing stomach, (gastrointestinal) problems. He changed my life. There is hope. Thank you Dr. Nieto.
We were one of Dr Nieto's patients here in Orlando and we ARE one of his patients in Jacksonville now. He is worth the drive. He listens, evaluates, and recommends the appropriate treatment . Bedside manner is awesome , his good looks is a bonus. We have been to several doctors here in Orlando, one was good but seemed so busy and always in a hurry . One terrible one in Maitland just wanted to give extreme medications . Dr Nieto on the other hand listens to his patients, evaluates the overall condition and gives the appropriate treatment without making his patients feel incompetent for giving a personal input .
Just went to Dr Nieto to have an endoscopy. The entire staff was fantastic Kudos to Eric and Pennie for getting me settled in Pennie was great with the IV by the way. Saw Dr Nieto after and as usual he was reassuring and comforting. 4 years now he has been my doctor and he has not lost that personal touch of his. I travel 2 1/2 hours to Jaxsonville to see him and will continue to do so.
I travelled to Jacksonville to have a procedure by Dr. Nieto. To my surprise he was not only truly a wonderful, well educated and very personable doctor, but caring and well worth the drive to Jacksonville. I have never met a doctor so understanding and caring of his patients as this doctor. I hope his love of his work continues. He is a very special person, "Doctor".
I had my screening colonoscopy and it was very smooth
Helped me with my chronic symptoms
For 6 years I had struggled with violent digestive problem that kept me home from work periodically and made me believe I might be dying. Dr. Nieto was the only one who thought it might be a simple food allergy. When I eliminated wheat, my symptoms calmed down. I can live with this.
i have followed dr nirto from orlando to jacksonville fl,he is the only doctor i trust treating my pancreattis,i am 71yrs old and have to travel several hours tosee him
For the past few decades I have been suffering from multiple digestive issues which were originally diagnosed as IBS. A few months ago I went to the ED at a local hospital suffering from severe abdominal pain and "chills". Blood tests at the time showed a WBC of 15,000. I was admitted as a GI possible GYN patient. The PA working for a local GI dismissed my case as GYN and did not take the time to discuss my issues or symptoms. After four days I was discharged whereupon I requested that my PCP coordinate my care and refer me to a different GI group for follow up. She referred me to Borland Groover and they set an appointment for me with Dr. Nieto. I am so grateful that they did. He was completely thorough and really took the time to discuss and review my medical history. He even took the time to summarize and confirm everything again just to make sure that nothing was missing during his decision making process for determining the course of diagnostic services needed. At the end of our first discussion he stated that he had an idea as to what my condition might be and that a biopsy of the esophagus was required for diagnosis. He performed an Endoscopy and a Colonoscopy the following week. He (Dr Nieto) along with the nurses and the Anesthesiologist at Borland Groover did a fantastic job of making me comfortable. The procedures went extremely well with no ill effects. The esophageal biopsy confirmed that I suffered from Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE) and a gastric fill study showed that I have Gastroparesis. To some it may seem that what was found does not match the primary symptoms as presented to the ED. However, it is important to recognize that EE is an auto-immune disorder that is generally triggered by food allergies. The food allergies cause and have been causing (apparantly) a variety of symptoms. Dr. Nieto was quick to recognize that this was the possibility. After I received the dx of EE I was referred to an Allergist and it is confirmed that I have many food allergies, some of which are common foods such as milk and wheat. I was eating what my body viewed as poison on a daily basis. After only three weeks of eliminating these foods from my diet and taking the appropriate meds to treat the allergies and the EE I feel better than I have in 20 years. I have and will continue to recommend this physician to anyone who requires GI care.
he is a very careing doctor,saw him in his orlando office,but now travel 112miles one way to see him in jacksonville,i am very sick and he is doing every thing possible to help me,even though there is no cure for my problem.
First of all, the nor and Grover office was great. They were courteous on the phone when I made my appointment & were just as professional and polite when I went in. Kudos to a patient-friendly office. Dr nieto was the first GI that actually did a root cause analysis. It may seem remedial but he did it the right way. He asked me so many questions that it really surprised me because I was used to meaningless conversations with other Doctors. He ended up doing an endoscopy on me and made me feel very comfortable about the procedure even though I'm not the bravest person when it comes to this. Everything was a success and with his guidance I feel significantly better and am well informed about my condition. Thanks doctor for helping me feel better and for explaining what I needed to do to live a better life.
I had a very good experience at Borland Groover clinic. I had my upper endoscopy by dr Nieto. I did not feel a thing it went very smooth. The nurses were great and the overall experience was excellent. I had my follow this week and dr Nieto took the time to explain the findings and he gave me a diet and treatment plan. I talked to one of my friends at ucla that recommended dr Nieto. He was at ucla for a long time and was well respected at ucla.
I had my endoscopic ultrasound done by dr Nieto he found an early tumor in my pancreas I went to surgery and did very well. His office was polite and accommodated me Very quickly. After my diagnosis dr Nieto took the time to explain the procedure findings and what the treatment was. He was very empathetic and compassionate he made me feel like he really cared about me as a person.
I met Dr Nieto recently, he had a very through approach to my chronic condition. He figured out what was going on after a few test and two office visits. I am currently on a treatment plan and my condition is under control. I have very little symptoms and my quality of life has improved significantly. My condition is a common one but he took the time to listen, that is what made my diagnosis and treatment so easy to figure out. I thank him for his professionalism and his time to listen. I have referred several friends and they have had similar positive experiences.
Professional office, good service, nice doctor. The whole process was professional and efficient.
My initial thought upon meeting Dr. Nieto was, "he's too young." I was quick to change my opinion upon beginning my examination as I was impressed by his professionalism, empathy, patience and seemingly high level of knowledge. He took the time to thoroughly examine me and explain his diagnosis. I was extremely satisfied with Dr. Nieto's bedside manners, knowledge and treatment. I highly recommend him.
I recently saw Dr. Nieto and I can honestly say he was very knowledgeable and took full interest in my problems. It was the first doctor in a long time who was taken the time to fully explain the causes of my symptoms and to make sure I understood. My wife was also very impressed because he helped her understand also since she takes care of me. The office was also great and there was no wait time like at other places. His nurse also was extremely helpful and very knowledgeable also.I would recommend this doctor to all my friends and family.
Very intelligent dr. He has taken excellent care of me
Dr. Nieto is by far the best doctor in any field. Superior ratings!!
He took care of my pancreatitis and was very informative and professional. Excellent bedside and really cares for his patients.
I had the pleasure of having dr nieto as my dr. I know he relocated to be closer to family, but I plan to follow him. He was only dr that helped me and listened to my GI problems. I have improved greatly since I started seeing him. I wish him the best
dr. nieto seems to know what he is talking about just started taking his meds hopefully all works out i seem confident in him
We had seen 2 other gastroenterilogists in Florida before Dr. Nieto, one at the Mayo Clinic. The doctor in Lake Mary gave us 5 minutes of her time. The other at the Jacksonville Mayo clinic implied that All of our symptoms were in our head. Dr. Nieto was like a breath of fresh air! He actually listened, and not only diagnosed and repaired our problem, but continues to work with us in total patient care. Yea for Dr. Nieto. We could have saved ourselves so much time, money, and heartache if we had found you first!
Long wait at office. Didn't review test results by scheduled return visit. Was supposed to call by the next day with results...never received the call. Hopefully my refering physician will have the results when I see him in a few months.
Very intelligent physician, he cured my husband of Barretts esophagus with a new procedure. He is very charismatic, dedicated, professional, and personable. PS he looks like he walked out of a GQ magazine.
Dr Nieto was refered to me by a nurse from Florida Hospital. She recommended him highly and she was absolutely right. He was caring and easy to talk to. I saw him for a routine colon screening and had an excellent experience. I recommend him highly.


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It's gut check time now ladies and gentlemen. We've talked all season about it being way too early to make any conclusions on this 2008-09 season. Well, now that bright red light on the camera (not to be confused with the bright red jacket on Sidney Lowe) is on for good. It's February now, which is to college basketball what September is to the baseball pennant races. Time to separate the contenders from the pretenders. At 4-3 in the ACC, and coming off back to back tough losses to clemson and boston college, the week off couldn't have come at a better time for the Hokies. Hopefully this time has been used wisely because now it's go time.
Starting with tomorrow's game against old nemesis n.c. state, the Hokies play four straight games they are likely to be favorites (home against improving georgia tech, then at reeling uva and at inconsistent maryland). It is an absolute MUST that the Hokies sweep through this four game set. With home showdowns with duke and carolina sandwiched in between road trips to clemson and fsu to conclude the season, the ACC schedule makers have set the Hokies up with a murderers' row type finish. The pivotal game in the season could come down to the February 21 game in Cassell againt fsu. So as you can see, it would certainly behoove the Hokies to be sitting at 8-3 in conference going into the final five-game stretch. It's not just about distinguishing yourself as to whether or not you are an NCAA Tournament team, but putting yourself in position to make some noise once you're in the big dance.
But, first things first, the key to this finishing stretch will be that overused cliché "to take each game one at a timeâ€. Tech's recent track record versus the wolfpack should be motivation enough to get the Hokies' full attention going into tomorrow's game. It better be, because now, it's money time.

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Mike Tyson Mysteries
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Season 1
A River Runs Through it into a Heart of Darkness
A Chinese businessman is attempting to dig the world's largest canal through Nicaragua and needs Mike's help to win the hearts and minds of the jungle dwellers who are against the project. But are Mike and the gang on the wrong side this time? Is the Nicaraguan canal project not only stupid, but evil too?
When Pigeon can't pay off a gambling debt, Gregor the gangster takes Mike's daughter Yung Hee as collateral. Can Pigeon and Marquess get her back before Mike finds out she is missing? And why is Mike in Ohio giving a commencement speech?!
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Cute young Victor was understandably a bit nervous when he was told of his impending encounter with STAXUS favourites Justin and Marty — and it shows. But if anything that only adds to the overall sense of pleasure in the opening moments of this terrific threesome; and suffice it to say that the two stalwarts are more than happy to put the new-boy at ease, filming each other as they take turns to slurp on Jones's handsome (and notably hairless) knob.
For all their patience, however, it's pretty obvious that Love and Conway have only one objective in mind here, teasing the rookie hole with their meaty, uncut shafts. In the end it's blond-boy Conway who gets to pop that pucker first, forcing his swollen dick deep inside the horny novice's ass and getting an animalistic groan of pain and pleasure in return. Jones's predicament is only just beginning, however.
Before he knows what's hit him he's the centrepiece of a stupendous spit-roast — one that he'll be no doubt be telling his grandkids about in years to come! No wonder that the scene ends with a plethora of jizz, neatly concluded with a mutual cockhead rub-off that'll quite simply blow you away!


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Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ:ACPW)
Q2 2009 Earnings Call
July 24, 2009 11:00 am ET
John Penver – Chief Financial Officer
Jim Clishem – Chief Executive officer and President
[Sean Lockman] – Ardour Capital Investments
Stuart Bush – RBC Capital Markets
Good day everyone. Welcome to Active Power's second quarter 2009 earnings conference call, with your host, John Penver, Chief financial Officer and Jim Clishem, President and CEO. (Operator Instructions). I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Penver. Please go ahead, sir.
John Penver
Good morning everyone, and welcome to Active Power's second quarter 2009 conference call. I'm John Penver, the Chief Financial Officer for Active Power. We issued a press release this morning announcing our second quarter 2009 results. If you don't have a copy of this release it can be found on our website at www.activepower.com.
Jim Clishem, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Active Power, will lead today's call. After Jim's presentation I will briefly discuss financial details, after which point we will be happy to answer any of your questions in the Q&A section of the call.
Before we begin, let me remind everybody that any forward-looking statements that we may make are based on our current views and expectations. Although we believe our expectations and views are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that will be attained.
Factors and risks that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expectations include, but are not limited to, an inability to accurately predict revenue and budget for expenses for future periods, fluctuations in revenue and operating results, dependence on our relationship with Caterpillar, an inability to successfully manage and integrate new direct sales efforts or channel partners, competition, overall economic and market performance, and other risk factors as set forth in our most recent SEC filings. Jim?
Jim Clishem
Thanks, John. I'll first detail some of the business highlights from the quarter and our current outlook for the second half of 2009, and then after I conclude John will detail our financial results. Revenues for the quarter were $6.6 million, a 2% decrease from the same period last year. For the first half of 2009, revenue was $17.8 million, a 24% increase compared to the same period in 2008.
Gross margin this quarter was 22%. This compares to 14% recorded in the second quarter of 2008, and 29% achieved in the first quarter of 2009 on higher product volumes. For the quarter, net loss was $3.5 million, or $0.06 per share. This compares to a net loss of $4.4 million or $0.07 per share in the second quarter of 2008, and a loss of $2.4 million or $0.04 a share in the prior quarter. This amounted to a 22% reduction in quarterly net loss compared to the prior year.
Cash and investments increased by $1.2 million during the quarter due to the completion of a $3 million private offering of securities during the period. This compares to a decrease in cash and investments of $3.2 million in the second quarter of 2008, and a decrease of $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2009. Cash and investments as of June 30, 2009, were $11.7 million.
We shipped 55 flywheels to 20 countries this quarter. Our Americas revenues were 77% and international were 23%. Service and spares revenues were $1.4 million for the quarter, an increase of 19% compared to the second quarter of 2008.
We believe our second quarter results came in under guidance do to a slowdown in customer capital spending. As we indicated in our pre-earnings guidance release on July 10th, a number of orders we anticipated closing and shipping during the second quarter have been deferred to later in the year. This was particularly true in our European markets.
This is the first quarter that effects of this global economic environment have specifically been reflected in our results. However, we do see some very encouraging trends for the business overall. I'd like to highlight some of these trends now and take a look at the business ahead.
So even in a challenging sales environment, our sales pipeline continues to grow quarter-over-quarter and is in fact at its highest level in the last two-year period. Actual orders received during the second quarter more than doubled from the level of orders received in the first quarter of 2009.
Our value proposition of efficient, reliable and green resonates now more than ever as clients strive for ways to improve efficiency in their operations without sacrificing reliability, all while reaping economic benefits. The data center market, which is our primary vertical market, remains strong and growing. The health care, education and government markets are also strong vertical markets for us at this time.
The pipeline of sales opportunities and quotes for our containerized continuous parts system known as PowerHouse is growing, and we are very encouraged about the prospects for this product in the marketplace.
We will expand on the success of this innovative solution, having already deployed more than 20 megawatts on the PowerHouse platform globally. The solution is timely, compelling and a technology for a variety of applications, including facility infrastructure expansion, disaster recovery, temporary and critical power needs and event support.
Our relationships with Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems to co-market containerized data center infrastructure continue to show promise with increased proposal and quoting activity as we are investing aggressively in these co-marketing efforts.
As an example, in June, we took our PowerHouse demo on the road to Las Vegas showing – showcasing rather, our containerized system at the HP Technology Forum and Expo alongside the HP POD. We conducted tours of our demo to more than 300 IT professionals from around the world.
In early May, we held a joint webinar with Hewlett-Packard focused on data center and power cooling infrastructure containerization. Speaking to nearly 100 IT and data center professionals, we discussed how PowerHouse and the HP POD can help data center managers rapidly expand capacity in support of critical IT and business operations, while reducing capital and operating expenses as compared to traditional approaches.
And in February, we published a joint white paper with Sun Microsystems describing how PowerHouse and the Sun Modular Datacenter can increase speed of deployment while reducing expansion and incremental operating costs by as much as 50%.
Overall, we are pleased to see not only an increase in deal flow, but we have already received orders from our newly developed containerized data center partners for product delivery later this year. Positive engagement with these partners is consistent with our strategic initiatives to build and deepen our distribution channels.
In turn this will enhance Active Power's market penetration and expand our revenues in critical power system deliveries. Based on how these partnerships have developed, PowerHouse has the potential to meaningfully increase revenues levels across all of our major markets over the next several years.
It's also worth noting PowerHouse received silver in Consulting Specifying Engineer Magazine 2009 Product of the Year awards program. We were extremely pleased with this recognition since winners are selected by the magazine's readers, made up mostly of consulting and specifying engineers from across the globe.
Also consistent with our strategic initiative to improve our financial results, we remain diligent in our efforts to reduce product cost and operating expenses, critical elements of our ongoing commercialization strategy. We remain committed to various engineering efforts to reduce our development and manufacturing cost, while at the same time enhancing system power density, paralleling capability and serviceability for the benefit of our customers.
As I mentioned during our call last quarter, gross margin improvements are attributable to the efforts we have had in place to design cost out of our product, reduce cost in our manufacturing operation, and reduce supply chain costs through higher sales volumes.
We've had quite a bit of interest recently from our shareholders about what efforts we have in place to leverage potential stimulus funding opportunities from the Department of Energy, state governments and other sources via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
To tackle this, we've put an internal team in place that is proactively monitoring grant opportunities, and has already kicked off an aggressive outreach campaign. We've been meeting with political influencers to improve Active Power's profile for potential funding opportunities. Most recently, we submitted a research and development proposal for a grant sponsored by the DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program.
Our proposed development program will develop a next generation flywheel-based UPS system that would further our power density, electrical efficiency and reliability as compared to conventional UPS technologies, all at a lower cost. This has the potential to significantly increase market share for Active Power by giving us a more cost effective and compelling product.
In summary, we expect to see a continuation of lengthened sales cycles in the customer approval process, resulting in uncertainty around timing of orders. This will limit our revenue visibility in future periods. We also believe customers will continue to remain cautious with capital spending, but we see the situation improving in the second half of the year.
We believe the advantages of our UPS products and our PowerHouse continuous parts solutions will be recognized for their ability to impact the customer's bottom line. This will allow Active Power to continue to gain market share even if the down economy persists.
Looking forward, it is encouraging to see an increase in client proposals and sales quoting activity on many fronts, which indicates that Active Power will be in an even stronger position as credit markets ease and capital spending begins to improve.
Despite external economic forces, we remain focused on increasing sales and margins through our execution strategy of preserving cash, building brand, bundling compelling power solutions and improving our overall internal efficiencies towards the operating profitability.
I want to express our appreciation for the support of our customers, partners, shareholders, and our employees as we prudently work to move the business forward.
John will now discuss financial details from the second quarter and provide a brief overview from our near term outlook. We will then move to a Q&A portion of the call. John?
John Penver
Thank you, Jim. Okay, let's talk about Q2 results. Our revenue for the second quarter was $6.6 million. This was a decrease of 2% compared to the second quarter of 2008. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2009, our revenue of $17.8 million was 24% higher than the first half of 2008, when we had $14.3 million in revenue.
Our flywheel-based UPS products again contributed the majority of our revenues this quarter and represented 60% of the total revenue. This compares to 75% of the revenue in the second quarter of 2008, and 85% of revenue in the first quarter of 2009.
This quarter, we did have more ancillary revenues. By that, that is revenue from the sale of third party equipment such as generators and switch gear that we repackage and sell to our customers along with our UPS products.
We have seen how little of ancillary revenue fluctuates significantly on a quarterly basis as it's tied to specific customer orders. It fluctuated from $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to $150,000 in the first quarter of 2009 and back up to $800,000 in the second quarter of 2009.
We also had a higher proportion of service and contract revenue this quarter compared to the prior year. In fact, our service revenue was 23% higher in 2009 than the second quarter of 2008. Although at $1.2 million, this was flat with below in the first quarter.
Due to our lower revenue compared to the first quarter, service revenues represent approximately 80% of total revenue. During the quarter we shipped 55 flywheels at an average selling price of $72,000 per flywheel. This was a decrease of 54% in real volume compared to the first quarter of 2009, and a decrease of 11% compared to the second quarter of 2008. This reflected lower number of total transactions we experienced during this period.
Our average selling price was also negatively impacted by the specific sale of three 1200KVA UPS products to Caterpillar as we phased out this product.
Our business results were also impacted by the performance of our OEM partner, Caterpillar, where our total revenues from Caterpillar declined by 25%, compared to the second quarter of 2008. For the six-month period of 2009, our total revenues from Caterpillar have actually increased by 9% compared to 2008. But this compares to a 37% increase in our direct sales in this period compared to 2008.
In looking at the geographic mix, the Americas represent the majority of our revenues and were 77% of our revenue in the second quarter. Our total North American sales were down 1% compared to the second quarter of 2008.
Our sales from EMEA, which for us we define as Europe, the Middle East and Africa, were down 11% compared to the second quarter of 2008, and our sales from Asia were 3% higher than in the second quarter of 2008.
On a six-month year-to-date basis, we have seen year-over-year growth of 38% in North America, 65% growth in Asia and a decline of 28% in our EMEA business, highlighting the difficulties we have had in the EMEA market.
Overall, our international revenues this quarter were 23% of the total, compared to 24% in the first quarter and this was the same as the second quarter of 2008. Our future quarterly results from international sales will fluctuate depending upon the timing and the size of the orders received and have been more unpredictable and dependent upon our success in winning larger projects.
During the second quarter, the proportion of total revenue sold through our direct channels was 61%. This compared to 57% in the first quarter of 2009 and 50% in the second quarter of 2008. So our revenues from Caterpillar represented 38% of our total revenue this quarter, compared to 43% in the first quarter of 2009.
The higher percentage of service revenue and higher margins on our ancillary revenues helped improve our gross margin to 22% this quarter, compared to 14% the second quarter of 2008 and to 29% in the first quarter of 2009. The decrease compared to the prior quarter can be attributed to our lower sales volume.
The lower number of wheels sold compared to the prior year and the prior quarter did not have as much as a negative impact on gross margin as one might ordinarily expect though, as our production levels in the quarter were much higher than our sales volume, which was reflected in our increased inventory at the end of June. So our overall utilization of our manufacturing facility was comparable to the first quarter.
We have been able to lower our overall manufacturing costs through our cost management activities as demand has decreased. But it is possible that we will show higher revenues in the next quarter and not as much of an increase in gross profit as we will be scaling back production to use the finished goods inventory. And therefore will have lower production levels, which will result in higher, unabsorbed overhead costs next quarter.
Our research and development expenses for the quarter were $1.1 million, the same as the first quarter of '09 and 19% lower than the second quarter of 2008, and this is mainly due to lower headcount. Our selling and marketing expenses of $2.7 million were 20% lower than our first quarter of 2009 and were 13% lower than the second quarter of 2008. This decrease reflects lower variable compensation costs and lower marketing spending, recognizing that our seasonal marketing spend is typically higher in the first calendar quarter than other periods.
Our general and administrative expenses for the quarter at $1.2 million were the same as the first quarter, pardon me, were 1% lower than the second quarter of 2008. Our reported GAAP net loss for the quarter was $3.5 million or $0.06 a share. This was a 22% improvement from the $4.4 million net loss or $0.07 a share that we recorded in the second quarter of 2008.
On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted EBITDA, which is our net loss excluding depreciation, stock-based compensation and any other one-time non-cash charges, was a loss of $2.6 million or $0.04 per share in the second quarter. This result compares to an adjusted EBITDA loss of $3.6 million or $0.06 a share in the second quarter of 2008 and an EBITDA loss, adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.6 million or $0.03 a share in the first quarter of 2009.
Our cash and investments increased during the quarter by $1.2 million, this net increase was due to the $3 million in proceeds we had from the completion of the sale of securities during the second quarter. Absent this our cash investments group decreased by $1.8 million in the quarter, which compares favorably to the $3.2 million decrease in cash investments we had in the second quarter of 2008.
The majority of the use in cash and investment can be attributed to higher inventory of $1.3 million as we had manufactured production in anticipation of delivery of orders, some of which were delayed beyond the quarter.
We also had a proportionally higher level of receivables relative to our revenue levels due to slow payment patterns from some our larger U.S. customers, all of which have since been resolved, and from an increase in foreign receivables in advance of some new orders for Q3.
Monitoring and controlling our working capital continues to be a management priority to help us manage the growth and expansion of our operation. We have witnessed some customer payment delays but overall we have tried to work with our customers to make more deposits and periodic payments against orders to improve to our cash flows and to reduce the investment we otherwise would be making in our working capital.
We've also scaled back our production levels to better align with our order flows and expect to see our inventory levels decrease again over the next several quarters. Based on our current plans for 2009 and the experience we have had with managing our cash, particularly over the last 12 months, pardon me, we believe we have adequate cash and investments on hand to continue funding our business through at least mid-2010.
As long as our current business expectations for 2009 are realized, we have more than enough cash resources along with our bank credit facility to operate our business. Our cash and investments on hand at the end of June were $11.7 million.
Our capital expenditures were not significant during the quarter. We anticipate a moderate level of capital expenses in the second half of 2009 as we build some PowerHouse demonstration units to support our sales and marketing efforts in the United States and EMEA. But otherwise, we do not anticipate any major capital expenditures.
There was a decrease in accounts receivable since the prior quarter, reflecting lower quarter end sales and a decrease in revenue from the first quarter. We did have a decrease in accrued expenses since year end and were able to increase our deferred revenues this quarter again reflecting normal project payment patterns and deposits.
So let me turn to our third quarter outlook. Based on the orders we've closed or expect to close shortly, we anticipate our third quarter revenues to be between $7 million and $10 million. We provide this range because our recent history of order timing shows there is a risk transactions could slip into later quarters.
We haven't seen a substantial increase in orders during Q2 compared to Q1 and this pattern has continued into the beginning of our third quarter. Based on the projected sales mix through expected orders, we would expect a gross profit margin between 20% and 26%. And at our current operating levels, this would be an EBITDA loss between $0.02 and $0.04 per share and a GAAP net loss between $0.04 and $0.06 per share.
Achievement of these results will depend upon the realization of expected orders and the product and channel mix we anticipate. Operating expenses excluding variable selling expenses should be fairly consistent, with the results recorded during the second quarter.
Our cash requirements will therefore likely be driven by our working capital management. At this point we anticipate our cash balances will decrease by up to $1 million absent any major changes in working capital. We will continue to try to use our banking facility and manage our customer and vendor cash flows to mitigate cash consumption.
With regard to the listing of our stocks, NASDAQ announced in July an expiration of the temporary suspension of the $1 minimum bid price rule that's required for continued listing of the stock on the NASDAQ market, with effect from August 3, 2009. The impact of this change for Active Power is this now moves the time required for us to regain compliance with the bid rule to December the 2nd, 2009.
We also recently retained an external investment relations firm for the first time to help us increase the marketing and promotion of Active Power and to help us reach a broader section of the investment community. We do appreciate your continued support of Active Power.
At this time Jim and I will now be glad to answer questions that you may have.
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Thank you. (Operator Instructions). Our first question comes from Walter Nasdeo – Ardour Capital.
[Sean Lockman] – Ardour Capital
Hi, guys this is [Sean Lockman] for Walter. I was wondering if you could just give us a little bit more color in terms of what you're seeing and maybe in the second half of the year here as far as maybe credit loosening up or customer orders starting to pick up for you guys, just what you're seeing from your customers?
John Penver
I'll start off there. We're definitely not in the glamorous or flamboyant market that we might have seen a year ago, but we've definitely seen some improvements in credit. Some of our larger customers, particularly in the co-location arena, we've seen throughout the last 12 months a lot of continued interest in our products and our technology.
But people were hampered in their ability to go ahead with ordering, either through credit or through just general uncertainty about where the economy was going. And that was manifested in a longer sales cycle so people were still inquiring, people were still coming in, people were still interested in what we're doing.
Now what we're seeing is as that they're getting a little more confidence in the future of how the economy's going to turn out that they're starting to progress further on, get the approvals, and so we are seeing an increase in our order flow. We're certainly seeing that, the [base market] ahead of the EMEA market, and we still have a lot of significant opportunities that we're developing that, in the past, would have already closed. Jim, you might have a few other comments?
Jim Clishem
Well, I don't know if I really have much more than that but there is a pent up demand that's sort of been building as people in the past have been fairly cautious. And the other, sort of anecdotal comment, that's important to realize is that a lot of our normal approval processes with our clients, we're seeing decisions getting bounced up from facilities managers to higher level CIO, CFO, CXX sort of approval process. And I think that's the wild card, for me, that prudence that's going to continue even despite the capital markets freeing up capital.
So we're going to take a very conservative approach to that. The good news is we've not seen any cancelled orders for Active Power. And you saw, even in our inventory levels, it looks like buildup with orders that we've received but we were not able to ship during the quarter, and others that we anticipated to receive during the quarter that got stuck in the approval process. So hopefully that gave you a little more color on what we're seeing.
[Sean Lockman] – Ardour Capital
Thank you. One other quick question is we look at sort of your – the price for your flywheels at $72,000, I believe it was $80,000 in 1Q, are you seeing any sort of – or getting any sort of visibility in terms of how that price might be rebounding soon? Or can you shed some light on what you're just seeing in terms of pricing?
John Penver
The total average did come in at $72,000. That was negatively impacted by one particular large transaction. We had two different product platforms and we chose to phase out one of those product platforms, our 1200KVA platform. And so as we were phasing out that product we had one last order that went to Caterpillar, for a customer on the West Coast, a government customer. And if you excluded the effect of that transaction, our average selling price would have been closer to the $80,000 benchmark that we typically would see.
So it was kind of an aberration this period. We've actually seen our pricing hold up very well with the business that we've had, it's just that the number of transactions that we've closed has been lower. So we haven't seen the slowdown causing a degradation of pricing generally.
Jim Clishem
And John, this is Jim, just to add to that in our pipeline, both for the current quarter we're in and even two or three quarters out, we're seeing that ASP average selling price maintaining at that $80,000 or above. So I do think this was an aberration of us getting rid of some old inventory of a product platform that we announced over a year ago that we were going to phase out.
Our next question is from Stuart Bush – RBC Capital Markets.
Stuart Bush – RBC Capital Markets
I'm trying to get some clarity on your confidence level in the guidance range. We saw some delayed orders this quarter, but capital spending has been under pressure for a couple of quarters so you guys just – I guess it just started to impact you now. And I'm trying to understand, at the low end of your guidance range, how much of that have you talked to customers and already have, feel confident that it's already secured in your backlog?
Jim Clishem
The low end of our range, I'm extremely confident with. In fact we've added some additional conservative estimates on that range for the possibility – and we know nothing today – but just to be double sure that if there were any cancellations and we know of nothing – I just want to be clear – I don't know of any and none of our guys do, of any possible cancellations. But during the period, if anything were to occur, we wanted to make sure that low guidance still looked strong. So we feel very confident in that lower end of the range that we've given as our guidance for the Q3.
And I think the other dynamic that's at work here is there's some real economies of scale for our company as we build backlog. And so I think given this uncertainty, both in order confirmations and delays in getting approvals and so forth that we will continue to take the stance over the next few quarters of erring more on the side of building backlog than being speculative. And that will actually give us more and better economies of scale within our factory as we build that backlog for future deliveries, if that makes sense.
And I think we're going to take that stance here over the next couple of quarters until we get confirmation that things really have eased up as they are beginning to look like they are, but to answer to your question, long response, is that the bottom of the guidance we feel very confident in and hope that we'll see something even stronger than that as the results come out for Q3.
Stuart Bush – RBC Capital Markets
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Jim Clishem
Yes, we do. We have quite a bit of that particular client of incremental business that we believe will come to Active Power for the remainder of this year, and there's several locations, which I can't disclose, with that particular customer that we're already heavily engaged with.
The other area that you're going to see some additional growth, and I mentioned it in my comments here this morning, is the PowerHouse is really taking off to a large degree and it's our incremental sales distribution partners, Sun and HP in particular, where that's resonating a great deal. And don't forget that the business model, the traditional way that you guys build your models with the UPS only, is you start mixing in the PowerHouse, you get an amplification of revenues from that. So a dollar of UPS can be as much as $3.00 to $5.00 in total solutions sales cost.
So this is where we made a conscious effort to move by increasing distribution channels but also through our solution selling and the incremental sales expense to Active Power is extremely attractive by going through these distribution partners and, as I mentioned, we've already received some orders that will be delivered this year through those partners and I expect that's going to continue throughout this year and into next.
So as you think about your model, Stuart, and you can talk to John in more detail maybe after this call, you might want to think about not all revenue dollars are certainly created equal. And when we quote opportunities here you're going to see larger – there'll be a propensity for the ASP to want to go up higher because of the bundling effect.
The service revenues will begin and continue as they have been for over two years now. The service revenues will accelerate further as well and the margins on those will improve through the bundling and convenience factor of the PowerHouse solution. So we can probably talk with you maybe a little more in detail off line about how to think about your model on a going forward basis.
(Operator Instructions). It appears we have no other questions in queue at this time.
Jim Clishem
Okay. Well thank you all very much for attending the call this morning and join us for our – and your continued interest in Active Power. We'll speak to you again next quarter. Thanks so much.
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Here are some of the reasons why Nuance Communications Canada Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers (2016) and Montreal's Top Employers (2016):
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Voice biometrics is just one of the groundbreaking areas that software engineers get to work on at Nuance, part of a global company with headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts. With its second-largest global site in Montreal, the firm recently celebrated the launch of the state-of-the-art voice technology at two major Canadian financial institutions, RBC and Manulife Financial, among other customers worldwide. In voice biometrics, says Yakoob, "we represent more than 80 per cent of the commercial market. In the areas we work in, we are the leaders in the space."
Nuance has four major market areas - Healthcare, Enterprise, Mobile-Consumer and Document Imaging. The company draws on decades of experience in speech, natural language understanding and artificial intelligence to create seamless interactions with consumer electronics, apps, cars, IT systems and much more. Nuance is also behind such well-known brands as Dragon and OmniPage, as well as Swype smartphone keyboards.
The majority of Canadian staff are concentrated in a heritage building in downtown Montreal, and boast academic backgrounds in such disciplines as computer science, engineering, cognitive sciences, linguistics and business. There are additional offices in Waterloo, Ont., and Ottawa. "We look for employees who are bright, highly motivated, great team players, good communicators and able to adapt easily to changing project demands," says Claudia Wagner, Senior Manager, Professional Services - Enterprise.
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Wagner says Nuance employees have a great deal of responsibility for their projects, even early in their careers. "We give them a lot of room," she says. "We mentor them, we empower them and we don't stand in their way."
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Cai joined Nuance in 2010 after completing a master's degree in electrical engineering at McGill University, and was soon working on interactive voice response (IVR) systems. The work has meant a lot of collaboration with Nuance staff in places as far away as Germany and Australia, and Cai has also been able to travel to offices on the West Coast of the U.S. and in the U.K.
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By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Jan 10, 2016)
Here are some of the reasons why Nuance Communications Canada Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2016):
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If you have driven a late-model car recently, you've probably found you can talk to it. Depending on the system, you can safely dictate and send messages, tune your radio, check your tire pressure or launch the on- screen navigation, all with your voice.
But it's not just the carmakers who produce these wonders. In many makes, you can thank the technologists at Montreal-based Nuance Communications Canada Inc. for helping to create these features. And they've only just begun.
"The connected car is now the big battleground in technology," says David Ardman, Vice-President, Engineering. "The car is the last place where we're not fully plugged in."
Now, as the Internet becomes more available in vehicles, the options for drivers are beginning to multiply. Systems are able to take advantage of the cloud for more complex operations - all needing easy-to-use voice activation. "At Nuance," says Ardman, "we're here to humanize the interface between person and machine, to allow people to interact in a natural way."
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Given the fast pace of change in the industry, with self driving vehicles on the horizon, the connected car is sure to be a major growth area for software engineers who join Nuance, notes Ardman.
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He notes that many of them join in the firm's popular Innovation Challenges, in which Nuance people compete to show off new ideas and prototypes that are often developed further by Nuance.
"Very few companies can match what we do here," says Bhageerutty. "For young people looking for a challenging and fun workplace, this is the place to be."