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Residential building permits were worth 13 times more than commercial and industrial permits last month.
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In June, the City of Moose Jaw issued 41 residential permits valued at $13.45 million compared to six commercial and industrial permits valued at $1.42 million.
Of the 41 residential permits, 14 were for new houses with a combined value of $4.11 million. In June 2013, there were eight new dwellings valued at $2.03 million.
Last month, the city also issued 13 permits were for storage garages, including open air parking garages, and have a value of $202,060.
The city issued four permits worth $66,800 for alterations, repairs and additions to homes. There were six permits worth a total of $30,200 for new nursing homes.
Further to that, the city issued a permit valued at $3,200 for a new low-hazard workshop. As well, one permit valued at $60,000 was for a new swimming pool.
On the commercial and industrial side, the highest singular permit was valued at $685,000 and it's for a new warehouse.
A permit valued at $485,000 is for a new office and one permit valued at $109,000 is for a new store.
The city issued a permit for alterations, repairs and additions to a medical office, valued at $100,000, and a permit for alterations, repairs and additions to a restaurant valued at $30,000.
The other commercial and industrial permit is for a new low-hazard storage room valued at $14,000.
In total from Jan. 1 to June 30, the city has issued 159 permits valued at $89.39 million. In the same time period in 2013, the city issued 183 permits worth $32.65 million.
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|Parishes and Towns
"Tullaherin", or Tullowherin,
a parish, in the barony of Gowran, county of
Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 3 1/4 miles (S.S.W.) from Gowran, on
the road to Thomastown; containing 895 inhabitants, and comprising
5122 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, the rectory being the corps of the
precentorship, and the vicarage forming part of the union of Kilfane and
corps of the archdeaconry, both in the patronage of the Bishop. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Thomastown, and
contains a chapel. Here is one of the ancient round towers, which at three
feet from the ground is about 50 feet in circumference, and has an entrance
at the height of about 12 feet; the upper part, near the summit, appears to
have been lighted by eight windows, of which four still remain; it is built
of silicious breccia, but the contiguous church, which is also an ancient
edifice, and in ruins, is contructed of limetsone.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]
Church Records
Civil Parish: Tullaherin. RC Parish: Thomastown.
Earliest Records: b. Jun 1782; m. Jan 1786.
Cross reference to Family History Library microfilm (double-check with the Library)
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC
parish parish period number
Tullaherin Tullaherin 1782-1833 0926203
1834-1990 0926203
Note: Tullherin R.C. parish was formed from northern Thomastown.
Historical Geography
Townlands (1851)
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 18 Apr 1999
Parish Townland Acres Diocese
Tullaherin Ballykeoghan 45 Ossory
Tullaherin Ballynaboley 685 Ossory
Tullaherin Baronsland 36 Ossory
Tullaherin Bishopslough East 15 Ossory
Tullaherin Bishopslough Newtown 574 Ossory
Tullaherin Bishopslough South 189 Ossory
Tullaherin Bishopslough West 98 Ossory
Tullaherin Blackwell 160 Ossory
Tullaherin Boheragaddy 250 Ossory
Tullaherin Carran 179 Ossory
Tullaherin Castlefield 196 Ossory
Tullaherin Cloghala 35 Ossory
Tullaherin Crowbally 144 Ossory
Tullaherin Dungarvan 41 Ossory
Tullaherin Earlsquarter 126 Ossory
Tullaherin Kilbline 690 Ossory
Tullaherin Loughboreen 212 Ossory
Tullaherin Newhouse 598 Ossory
Tullaherin Smithstown 9 Ossory
Tullaherin Tullaherin 759 Ossory
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Dear Friends,
In 2008, University of Michigan Global Business Partnership
announced the launch of the Eleanor Josaitis Global Citizenship Initiative in
honor of the Co-Founder of Focus: HOPE, Eleanor Josaitis. This Initiative
engages undergraduate and graduate students from diverse disciplines as members
of action learning teams working on human capital (housing, education,
healthcare and jobs) and global environmental (land, air, water, biodiversity)
projects partnered with corporations, NGOs and government agencies. In 2010 the
Initiative gave the first Eleanor Josaitis Social Entrepreneur Award to Tom
Torkelson, CEO and co-Founder of IDEA Public Schools in the Rio Grande Valley of
Texas. This year Bob E. Knowling, Chairman of Eagles Landing and former CEO of
the NYC Leadership Academy for school principals, will receive the award. He has
also been CEO of three high tech Silicon Valley start-up companies and Executive
Vice President of Operations & Technology at US West.
The Eleanor Josaitis award is a symbol of the
larger agenda of Michigan making a difference in the quality of life for those
at the base of the pyramid. A significant number of the Initiative's projects
each year will be with Focus: HOPE to help continue fulfilling its mission. To
date, projects have included teams of MBA students working with Focus: HOPE on
its fundraising strategy, strengthening corporate partnerships, and expanding
its IT training programs. Other global citizenship projects have included:
• Covad sponsored a
team (Bob Knowling was CEO at the time) working on job training with the
unemployed in East Palo Alto.
• GE sponsored two
teams in India; one working on how to impact healthcare in the greater Bangalore
area and the other working with rural villages to help rebuild them after the
• 3M sponsored a
team in China to work on occupational safety.
• Dow sponsored a
team in Mexico working on environmental emissions.
• Grupo Salinas sponsored two teams to work on building
bottom of the pyramid new rural communities in Mexico.
The Initiative's most recent project partnered students
from the University of Michigan Medical and Nursing schools with West Point
cadets. In partnership with P&G and Grupo Salinas, the students helped to
establish distribution channels for PUR, a water purification product, in
Oaxaca, Mexico. P&G's PUR is able to purify 10 liters of water for only 3.7
cents per day and will be delivered to low income families through Grupo
Salinas' Elektra stores helping to improve living conditions for thousands of
people. All of the Eleanor Josaitis Global Citizenship Initiative projects will
harness student diversity to deliver practical solutions to racism and poverty,
with the Focus: HOPE mission statement, broadened to a global context.


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Netflix reported their quarterly earnings today, and the news was mostly—though not entirely—good. Revenue was $519.8 million, up 27% from the year-ago quarter, but fell a few million short of Wall Street expectations. As a result, the stock was down nearly 10% in after-hours trading. But the number of subscribers is up 42% from the year-ago quarter, up 2 million from last quarter—and there are sure to be more as Netflix expands northward into Canada.
There are also some very encouraging signs for Netflix's streaming video empire, even more interesting to those of us who have been following the company's transition to non-physical media. Of the now 15 million Netflix subscribers, a whopping 61% have streamed some sort of video for more than 15 minutes. That's way up: Only 37% did the same in the year-ago quarter.
But that has a slightly unfortunate effect on Netflix's business. Though many customers now use Netflix for its streaming capabilities than its traditional mail-order DVD and Blu-ray business, the company's pricing is still disc-based. So there has been a shift toward the cheapest possible option that still allows for streaming video, the $8.99 plan, because discs are becoming less important.
Netflix's average subscriber price, in turn, has lowered from $13.29 last year to $12.29 this year. It's not surprising, but it's something Netflix will have to think about.
Oh, and Netflix's CEO, Reed Hastings, had a few words for Hulu when asked if Netflix is concerned about Hulu's move into paid subscription plans with Hulu Plus: "The Hulu team is sharp, and we're not going to underestimate them."
Dan Nosowitz, the author of this post, can be followed on Twitter, corresponded with via email, and stalked in San Francisco (no link for that one—you'll have to do the legwork yourself).


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Where to begin. I'm an insomniac with anxiety and strees problems. The lack of sleep and overstock of stress lead to humorous, yet angry rants about which ever topic I find. This lead to the nick name "Hayden Smash." Not all my humor is through ranting. I have some class as well, ya dig?
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In my life I've had my share of tough times, emotionally and financial. But the toughest time was losing my parents. My Mother past when I was 10 years, no one knew how to comfort a child. Then I lost my Father as adult, that was tough too. The kicker is that both of my parent died in December.
The Christmas season has always been connected to grief around my parents . January is another month connected to my parents. Both of their birthdays are in January. Yes, it is strange. Over the years the grief has healed pretty much. I do have a good cry in December and then let it go.
Giving people healthy support is not something that is discussed much. I know people want to be supportive, but are just not sure how to in a way that will truly be comforting. Here are some tips to on how to be supportive.
When life hands you a tough situation, you may need to lean on other people for comfort. But what if you're the person that needs to provide the shoulder? It can be a difficult job since you need to be the one that stays strong for the other person.
How you provide comfort will vary depending on who you're comforting and what they've gone through. However, there are universal tips to keep in mind when you're consoling someone.
Here are some strategies that can help you provide much-needed comfort to others:
- Uplift them. When someone approaches you for comfort, chances are that they're not asking you for your advice. More likely, they just need someone to be there for their emotional needs. Avoid trying to solve their problems unless you're asked for advice. In that case, you're free to provide any advice that you have.
- Listen well. It's always a good idea to develop your listening skills. A part of being a good listener is truly striving to understand what the other person is saying. Remember that you can provide a certain degree of comfort just by lending an open ear to the person suffering.
- Offer unconditional help. Sometimes it's comforting just to know that the other person is there. Tell the person that's suffering that they can discuss their problems with you any time they need a lift to help them get through.
- Give a hug. It'll certainly vary depending on the relationship that you have with the person you're comforting, but you can provide physical comfort with a hug. Hugs simply make people feel better! The human touch can melt the soul and warm them with comfort.
- Be understanding. You might not know what it's like to go through the tough time that you're helping with, but that doesn't mean that you can't strive to understand. Do your best to try and understand where this person is coming from.
Understanding Grief
If the person you're helping is dealing with loss, you'll also be helping them with their grief. Grief is a natural emotion to go through when you find yourself facing a traumatic loss. If you gain a better understanding of grief, you may be able to assist with comfort in a helpful manner.
The Stages of Grief
Grief is expressed in different stages and different people spend varying amounts of time on each stage. Sometimes the stages aren't even expressed in the same order.
Grief usually starts with the initial shock of the loss and often time's denial accompanies this distress. Then pain and anger sets in, which may last for a long time. Sometimes depression also sets in before the person journeys into acceptance.
While you don't want to push a person through the stages too fast, you do want to do whatever you can to help them along to acceptance. When they're angry, be an open ear and try to reassure them. Help them see their problem or loss from a different perspective.
Depression can be difficult to help with since the person tends to lose interest in the world around them. You and your shoulder to cry on can make a difference. Show them that the world hasn't given up on them, so they shouldn't give up either. With your support, and the help of a professional, eventually acceptance will win out.
When someone you know is going through a rough time, use these tips to guide you in consoling your loved one. The comfort you bring them may be the one thing that helps them make it through to better days.
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GOLDENS BRIDGE - State Sen. Greg Ball (R-40th District) has confirmed he will not seek re-election and believes the Republicans can hold onto his seat.
Ball made the announcement in a YouTube video made public Friday morning. His decision to not run again was rumored for several days and was a hot topic of conversation at the state's Republican Convention earlier this week, which he did not attend.
Ball says he held off on making an announcement until he was sure that the Republicans would be able to maintain his seat.
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The decision comes as published reports have circulated that Ball may be under federal investigation for misusing campaign funds. The accusation was also made Thursday by State Assemblyman Steve Katz (R-Mohegan Lake). Ball tells News 12 he knows of no investigation and denied the accusations.
The Republican Ball wants as his successor is Terrence Murphy, a chiropractor and Yorktown councilman who says he is "thrilled" to have Ball's endorsement. Former Assemblyman Robert Castelli has also announced his candidacy. The Democratic candidate for the 40th Senate District will be Justin Wagner, who lost to Ball two years ago.


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Falsely accused Kevin Curtis and his attorneys face television cameras in the Big Apple today, the Mississippi flotsam on a tsunami of national media attention.
Just a week ago, the 45-year-old Corinth Elvis tribute artist faced multiple federal charges that he mailed poison letters to President Barack Obama and other elected officials.
He's facing intense scrutiny now from network and cable interviews during a media-paid trip to New York City.
Oxford attorneys Christi R. McCoy and Hal Neilson, who stoutly defended Curtis' innocence for five straight days, will be there, too.
They start out with the "Today" show on NBC.
Kevin Curtis' attorneys also know what it feels like to be falsely accused.
In just the past few years, both were.
Hal Neilson came away from a two-week criminal trial found "not guilty" on federal charges. In its aftermath, he vowed to take up the cause of people wrongly prosecuted.
Christi R. McCoy, who was Neilson's attorney in that trial, lost her chance at being Mississippi's first female U.S. attorney when the Obama Administration put her name on ice because someone told them her legal investigator violated the law somehow.
Speaking from experience, Neilson said, "There's nothing worse than someone falsely charged. I'm pleased the government saw what Christi and I saw," which was nothing.
Fast-forward to Wednesday, April 17, 2013.
Federal agents swooped into Northeast Mississippi and scooped up Curtis on charges he plotted and carried out a scheme to mail ricin-laden letters to President Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland.
McCoy got a call from a Curtis relative, asking her to see him the next day. Her office is across the street from the Lafayette County Detention Center in Oxford, where Curtis was held.
"I knew last Thursday that Kevin had not done this," McCoy told the media Tuesday.
Late Tuesday, government prosecutors dropped all charges against Curtis, and Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander signed the dismissal order.
They said they had "found new information" about the case.
They did not say, but everyone else did, they had no evidence to directly link Curtis to the crimes.
At a lengthy news conference Tuesday afternoon, a free Curtis termed it "divine intervention" that McCoy came to his rescue.
"This is the first time I've ever had real legal representation – I will never let you go," he said to McCoy.
Curtis was talking about more than a decade of legal complaints against him and a quest to get someone to listen to his personal and political views.
McCoy says that's what she tries to do, even after her 20 years as an attorney.
"Every time I meet a new client, I do so with an open mind," said the Prentiss County native.
Neilson brings his 23 years with the FBI and a deep knowledge of how that closed bureaucracy works.
He still feels the sting of that trial on charges he lied about his financial interests in the new FBI Building in Oxford.
"What I went through," he said, "really opened my eyes."
McCoy and Neilson also applied their collective experience to save Curtis from being sent away for a psychological evaluation by a U.S. Bureau of Prisons' expert.
"There was no way I was going to let him go without a fight," McCoy said. "We felt very strongly about it."
Had Curtis been sent away indefinitely in custody, the clock to his right to a speedy trial also would have stopped.
Across the three days of hearings and out-of-courtroom conversations with prosecutors, McCoy stared them down.
Under withering cross examination, she grilled the government's key witness, an FBI specialist on weapons of mass destruction.
The man presented no direct links between the letters and Curtis, but he insisted that he believed Curtis was the one who mailed the poison letters.
Curtis admits he suffers from bipolar mood disorder. McCoy said he may be a little bit crazy but he's not a criminal.
Late Tuesday, McCoy and Neilson were proven right.
"This case took a lot of planning and determination – it was diabolical and very frightening," McCoy noted.
"That is sooo not Kevin."


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Pediatric gynecologist addresses needs of youth
By Robin Russell
Children and teenagers bring an entirely different set of gynecologic issues to a doctor's office than do adult patients. That's one reason that UT Southwestern has recruited Dr. Akilah Weber, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who is also a specialist in pediatric and adolescent gynecology.
Dr. Weber arrived on campus in September 2010 after completing a fellowship in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, one of only six institutions in the United States and Canada that offer such a fellowship.
Pediatric and adolescent gynecologists diagnose and manage congenital reproductive anomalies, disorders of sex development, gynecologic malignancies, gynecologic disorders in medically complicated children, and reproductive problems. Among the conditions they see are labial adhesions, vulvovaginitis, chronic vaginal discharge, some genitourinary anomalies that require surgical reconstruction, and skin disorders such as lichen sclerosus.
Because few institutions have a fellowship-trained pediatric and adolescent gynecologist, other subspecialties sometimes take on these issues.
"I think it is always useful to have an Ob/Gyn," Dr. Weber said, "especially if they are trained in pediatric and adolescent gynecology, to manage or collaborate in the management with other subspecialties in the care of girls and adolescent females when dealing with their reproductive system."
This was an important aspect of her fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she collaborated with other subspecialties each week. "There was a clinic for young women with bleeding disorders, staffed by hematology and pediatric and adolescent gynecology," Dr. Weber said. "We operated with the pediatric surgeons in treating young girls with anorectal malformations and we collaborated with pediatric urology and pediatric endocrinology in the medical and surgical management of young girls with disorders of sexual development.
"Because we see pediatric, adolescent and adult patients, we have much more of a broad view of how some of these gynecologic problems can have long-term effects on someone's reproductive function for their entire life. Additionally, we're able to follow and care for them into adulthood."
She hopes her expertise will help build a solid regional referral base of young gynecologic patients here at UT Southwestern. She sees patients at both Children's Medical Center Dallas and Children's Medical Center at Legacy in Plano. She also staffs an adult gynecology clinic one day a week.
Having a career in medicine was nearly a foregone conclusion for Dr. Weber. Raised in San Diego, her dad always told her she was going to be a physician.
"I think he was always fascinated by medicine, but he always said he never had the stomach for it so he went into law instead," she said. "As a child, I was always placed in schools that were magnet for math, science and computer. My extracurricular activities were generally something that had to do with science. Eventually I developed my own love for science."
When she graduated from high school, she was listed in Ebony magazine as one of the nation's top high school seniors. Though she thought she was going to be a neurological surgeon, she discovered at the University of Rochester Medical Center that she really enjoyed working with adolescents and women, so she chose Ob/Gyn as her specialty. She completed a residency at Chicago's Cook County Hospital and a fellowship in Cincinnati.
"Coming to UT Southwestern was an easy choice," she said.
"UT Southwestern has such an outstanding reputation, especially in the Ob/Gyn department. I used their publications and books throughout my entire residency, so to work here with other faculty is an incredible experience."


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|Grantee Name:
|Algiers Charter Schools Association
|Project Name:
|Teaching American History- Teacher Professional Development and Curriculum Development
|Project Director:
|Kevin Guitterrez
|Number of Teachers Served:
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|Grade Levels:
|Grades K-12
|Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History, National World War II Museum, Louisiana State Museum
|The American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the Dred Scott Decision, the Civil War, Reconstruction, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement
|Workshops, site visits
This program will be implemented within the context of an education community that was ravaged in the summer of 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which resulted in a diaspora of the community, fragmentation of the local school system, reorganization of education resources and capacity and upsurge of public charter schools. The goal of this proposal is to raise student literacy and academic achievement through the instruction of traditional American history. School leadership is acutely aware that success is not possible unless they raise teachers' understanding, knowledge, and appreciation of traditional American history through an intensive, on-going professional development program that will help teachers develop and expand their expertise in American history content and provide them with new and innovative teaching strategies. To accomplish the goals of this project, the association will partner with Our Lady of Holy Cross College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and local museums and historic sites. Through a series of three teacher institutes for advanced study in American history, the Algiers Charter Schools will train 60 teachers. The six teacher institutes will focus on the issues, people, ideas, and events in the study of traditional American history, as well as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) U.S. History Framework. Course content will explore the following: 1) the Americas, beginnings to 1607; 2) colonization, settlement, and communities (1607-1763); 3) the Revolution and new nation (1763-1815); 4) expansion and reform (1801-1861); 5) Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877); 6) the development of modern America (1865-1920); 7) Modern America and the World Wars (1914-1945); and, 8) contemporary America, 1945-present.
|Grantee Name:
|Lafayette Parish School System
|Project Name:
|Conflict and Resolution
|Project Director:
|Louise Chargois
|Number of Teachers Served:
|Number of School Districts Served:
|Number of Students Served:
|Grade Levels:
|Grades K-12
|American Institute for History Education, National Council for History Education, University of Louisiana - Lafayette
|Year 1: Revolution and a New Nation (1750 - 1820); Year 2, A Nation Divided (1820 - 1865); Year 3, Reconstruction and War in the West (1865 - 1910)
|Workshops, seminars, field studies, peer discussion groups
Lafayette schools face a number of persistent challenges: academic under-achievement, poverty, substance abuse, and significant achievement gaps that distinguish student subgroups in our schools. Further, all district schools, regardless of economic and demographic profiles, demonstrate high failure rates on state-administered American history achievement tests. During the planning and development stages of the project, administrators and staff identified a number of significant participation and programmatic goals: (1) to expand teacher knowledge, understanding and appreciation of American history; (2) to improve the instruction of traditional American history content; and (3) to increase student interest and achievement in American history as a result of enhanced instruction. This project is designed, in response to numerous research studies that confirm the importance of ongoing, sustained professional development for educators, to provide a multi-year, comprehensive teacher development experience. Each year of the program will highlight a different period in history. Within each time period, historians and experts will work with faculty to study the lives of key individuals, explore social movements and trace the political and social growth of the United States. Course content will explore the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, The Mexican War, Bleeding Kansas and Border Ruffians, The Civil War, Reconstruction, The Indian Wars: 1860-1876, The Indian Wars: 1876-1890, and the Spanish-American War, among other topics.


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Polo Riding
Four Gaits
There are four basic paces (or gaits) for equine motion. Watch the legs of a horse. Pay attention to how a horse moves in:
A horse's back works as two separate halves. As a horse picks up a hind leg and brings it under his body, his back and hindquarters will lower on that side. As his hind foot steps onto the ground again, his hindquarters and back rise on that side as his foot pushes against the ground.
Sit the Horse
The next time you get on a horse, try to feel these movements of the horse's back in the walk. Feel one side of the horse's back dropping under your saddle as the other side is rising. Feel the horse's belly sway from side to side between your legs.
Collected and Extended Paces
If you compare a horse's body to a metal spring, a collected pace is like compressing the spring. The hind legs come well underneath and the neck comes back. The strides are short and less ground is covered.
An extended pace is like stretching a spring. The body of the horse is elongated and more ground is covered with each stride.


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For those who are planning to invest into stocks or those new to the market, will often ask, where do I find penny stocks? It's usually the first question people think about when they hear how profitable penny stock trading can be.
Penny stocks are cheaper by a large margin by nature and this means you can buy a lot more for your money. These types of stocks are usually being offered by companies that are just starting out and need to raise capital. The downside is that penny stocks do not hold the same level of security as higher quality stocks so caution is advised.
However, this does not mean that penny stocks are not worth investing into. These stocks can provide huge returns on investment very quickly sometimes.
It is easy to find penny stocks if you know what they are, most people don't even know what a penny stock is. A penny stock is usually being offered at a low price in moderate quantities. They are usually offered by companies that are not quite known in their respective industries quite yet. A penny stock will trade for $5.00 or under a share.
These stocks do not trade on the major indexes but they trade on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) or the Pink Sheets.
To find good penny stocks you must investigate the background of the company that is offering the penny stock. This helps you eliminate your risk for fraud. Make sure you look at their products, their services, financial sheets, revenues, and anything you can find that would make you believe the company is worth investing into.
It is crucial that you do research on any company you want to put your money into!


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Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has defended the club's failure to sell their entire ticket allocation for Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Millwall.
The Latics have sold around 22,000 for the Wembley clash, prompting the Football Association to make the 10,000 spare tickets available to 'neutral' supporters.
That has led to some sarcastic jibes about Wigan's support but Martinez preferred to focus on the strides they have made since his arrival at the club 18 years ago.
"It's not about the numbers," Martinez said. "The numbers need to have a meaning. Back in 1995, when I arrived at the football club, we had gates of 2,000 people.
"Now we are in the best league in the world, and we are in the semi-final of the best cup competition - for us to take whatever figure it is represents an incredible percentage of the town.
"It's an incredible turnaround of the fans we had 15 years ago, so for us it is a success.
"I know from the outside they will compare numbers, but we don't really care about that. What's important is that every year we increase our fanbase and we increase the feeling of being attached to our football club.
"Going to Wembley with very passionate fans that care for the football club is part of their lives."


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There are 18 rooms at Vendôme, each offering all the essentials to ensure a comfortable stay. Each one comes with a flat-screen TV with satellite / cable channels, in addition to a private bathroom.
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My son and his girlfriend went to a shop here in Seville that specialises in American products and brought back some items in a 'biodegradable' plastic bag . I'm skeptical and want to send an email to the shop asking them to stop using the bags, but I need help explaining why they are not as environmentally friendly as the manufacturer claims.
Could you check it out and help me, please?
One thing that really bothers me is that this company claims on their site that there is 'no need to ban plastic', thanks to their technology.
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Both southbound lanes in the 100 and 200 block of Front Street are scheduled for closure to all traffic beginning Monday for the installation of stamped brick concrete crosswalks. Work is expected to last five days. Two-way traffic in the northbound lanes will be maintained. Once the work in the southbound lanes is complete, the northbound lanes will be closed beginning Aug. 5 for an additional five days.
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The Williamstown American Legion Auxiliary Post 159 will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 10. Tables can be rented for $10 for one and $5 for a second table. Those who sell items keep their profits. Setup is after 7 pm. Aug. 9 or at 7 a.m. Aug. 10. There will be food sales on site.
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The 57th annual Marietta Day Celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday. There will be a skating party at the Marietta roller rink from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday with free pizza and a dinner at Masonic Park Sunday. The park opens at 11 a.m. with food served at 1 p.m. There will be chicken, ham, hot dogs and table service provided. Water will also be provided. Those attending should bring a covered dish or dessert to share. There will be games, giveaways, a silent auction, karaoke and raffles.
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September 23, 2010 8:30 am ET
Jeff Matthews – VP, Corporate Strategy, Business Development and IR
Richard Robinson – Chairman, President and CEO
Maureen O'Connell – EVP, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer
Judith Newman – EVP and President, Book Clubs
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Margery Mayer – EVP and President, Scholastic Education
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Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Scholastic's fiscal 2011 first quarter earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. (Operator instructions) As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded.
I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Jeff Matthews, Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Business Development, and Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Jeff Matthews
Thank you Ellie, and good morning everyone. Before we begin, I would like to point out that the slides for this presentation are available for simultaneous viewing by going to our Website, Scholastic.com, clicking on the Investor Relations, and following the links on that page.
I also like to note that this presentation contains certain forward-looking statements which are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the Children's Books and Educational Materials markets, and acceptance of the company's products in those markets, and other risk and factors identified from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated.
Now I will introduce Dick Robinson, the Chairman, CEO, and President of Scholastic to begin our call.
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Thank you Jeff. Good morning and thank you everyone for joining us on our fiscal 2011 first quarter conference call. This morning, I am joined by Maureen O'Connell, Chief Administrative Officer and CFO, and other members of the executive team are available to answer questions at the end of the prepared comments.
Scholastic had a solid start to fiscal 2011 as we moved forward with our plan to sustain last year's strong performance. Though it's still early in the year, we remain confident that we will achieve our goals for the year based on the stimulus funding outlook for Scholastic Education, early positive indicators in our School Book Clubs channels and a strong start for trade.
At the same time, we have taken significant steps to leverage our strong free cash flow and balance sheet to drive long-term shareholder value. We increased internal investments in the key ecommerce and ebook capabilities for children's books. We accelerated development of new technology programs and also made a small but highly strategic acquisition of Math Solutions, the leading brand in K-12 math instruction and professional development. And in addition, we continued to return value to shareholders.
This morning, we announced that the Scholastic Board has authorized the repurchase of up to 150 million of the company's common stock through a modified Dutch auction tender offer. After exploring possible ways of returning cash to shareholders in addition to our current dividend, we concluded that cash tender offer is an efficient mechanism for stockholders and seek liquidity at a premium over current trading prices. At the same time, stockholders who do not participate in the tender offer will share a greater portion of Scholastic's future potential.
We intend to commence the tender offer during the week of September 27. Additional information is available in this morning's announcement and in the tender offer statement including the offer to purchase, Letter of Transmittal, and related tender offer documents when it becomes available on investor.scholastic.com and sec.gov.
Now, turning to the quarter's results. In Scholastic Education where we benefitted significantly from the initial disbursement of federal stimulus funds a year ago, first quarter revenue declined this year, but we continue to target full-year revenue in line with last year's record-breaking levels. Though the federal funding landscape has changed somewhat, we expect that federal Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants, in addition to higher service sales to our expanded customer base, will help drive growth later this fiscal year.
In addition to last year's flow of federal funding which particularly benefited sales in new districts, two other factors affected the first quarter comparison. Last year, we recorded strong sales for a major adoption of READ 180 in California as well as a significant sale in the classroom and library group, which was not repeated in the current quarter. Offsetting these factors, we recorded strong growth in services last quarter, reflecting a larger installed base of school districts using READ 180 and System 44. Higher service sales, much of it already under contract will also help the remainder of the year.
In upcoming quarters, we expect sales to also benefit from a pickup in federal funding, which has changed from a year ago. This fiscal year in addition to formula-based title 1 and IDEA funding, more stimulus dollars are being directed through competitive programs including Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants. As widely reported, the competitive programs have delayed the flow of dollars to schools, since states must apply and be approved before they can award dollars to local districts.
In addition to our strong partnerships at the local district level, we are working with state level decision makers who are directing Race to the Top and SIG grants. As a result, we are listed in multiple states as an improved external provider. While executing our plan to consolidate last year's record growth, we continued developing new products and services to drive long-term growth. Two weeks ago, we announced the acquisition of Math Solutions, a leading authority on K-12 math instruction and professional development. Math Solutions and its founder Marilyn Burns, a renowned a math educator and author of major Scholastic programs including Do the Math are closely aligned with our current strategy of helping districts implement turnaround strategies, helping teachers become more affective and helping children achieve their full potential.
As part of Scholastic Education, Math Solutions will help us expand our professional development and services in math, and to accelerate the development of the upcoming Math 180 suite of programs, which should benefit revenue and profit in fiscal 2012 and beyond.
In the Children's Books segment, last quarter results were very positive, in terms of the summers trade sales, the outlook for Clubs and Fairs and our progress on key digital initiatives. In trade, we beat a strong comparison a year ago with the help of Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy. Mockingjay was a global phenomenon debuting at the top of all national best-seller lists in the U.S., Canada and Australia, driving strong sales of Hunger Games back list. The 10th book in the 39 Clues series also hit children's best-seller list and this morning, we are announcing Part 2 of the 39 Clues to include six more titles from best-selling authors including David Baldacci.
In Clubs and Fairs, which are ramping up with the new school year, we are optimistic based on some important early indicators. In Clubs, we are seeing positive customer response since the start of schools several weeks ago, with the total number of teachers sponsoring clubs and order volumes both up from a year ago. In fairs which performed solidly last year, fair bookings are on plan and we continue to project a slight increase in total fair count. Now, all fairs this year will have new point of sale devices, which helped to lift revenue per fair in tests last year. Overall, based on our first quarter results and positive customer metrics, we expect to continue solid growth from Children's Books in fiscal 2011.
This year, we are also accelerating key digital initiatives in Children's Books where we have the unique opportunity to leverage our position as the world's largest children's book publisher and distributor into a leading position online where we already have a significant presence and in ebooks. In many ways, this parallels the transition we successfully and profitably have made in Scholastic Education starting 10 years ago and where we are now the market leader in educational technology.
In Children's Books, we have already hit significant milestones this year in our digital development. In August, we fully rolled out our new online ordering platform, also known as New COOL to all book club teachers and parents. This is a key achievement for our fiscal 2011 plan and our longer term strategy to grow online. New COOL makes Scholastic's unique school-based distribution model and value proposition accessible directly to parents and kids online as well as to teachers. We are already seeing a significant increase in the percentage of orders coming in online from parents this year.
In addition, we are moving forward with our plans to begin selling children's ebooks later this fiscal year. In the first quarter, we saw a strong increase in ebook revenue for our Hunger Games series where ebooks are approximated 10% of total sales, and we believe that these sales are primarily incremental. They also indicate potential for significant long-term demand for children's ebooks, which could represent more than 25% of the children's book market in 2015 or before.
For this to happen, we are addressing three critical needs in the marketplace. First, we are leveraging Scholastic's brand and reputation and our marketing scale and book channels including New COOL to reach the kids, parents and teachers who drive book purchases today.
Second, we are developing a robust selection of ebooks and enhanced ebooks using our own content and working with other publishers too, to offer a large, carefully curative selection of quality children's title at launch.
Third, with our deep knowledge of kids and reading, we are developing a compelling children's ereading experience that also involves their parents and teachers. This will be delivered through a downloaded software application distributed through Cool and available on multiple platforms. There is still much to be learned about how children's e-books will evolve. As part of our strategy to lead and understand this market, we are moving aggressively towards launching a robust ebook offering later this fiscal year.
As you know, these digital initiatives will involve $20 million in increased operating expense in 2011, and investments that will generate growth for Scholastic in market share and driving demand for children's print and electronic books over the next several years.
Now, I will ask Maureen O'Connell to review our first quarter financial results and the outlook for fiscal 2011.
Maureen O'Connell
Thanks Dick, and good morning everyone. Looking at first quarter results, revenues declined relative to a year ago primarily reflecting lower educational sales. This was partially offset by strong results in international and trade. Cost of goods sold increased slightly as a percent of sales compared to a year ago due to a decline in educational, technology product sales this quarter.
SG&A was down compared to a year ago, reflecting lower salary-related expenses, as well as lower commissions related to the educational technology sales. This was partially offset by approximately $5 million in incremental spending on digital initiatives in the quarter, most of which was recorded in SG&A.
We also incurred $1.2 million in one-time costs in the UK. This completes our restructuring reducing our footprint in the UK by 40%. Operating income declined by $11.5 million related to lower educational sales and increased spending on digital initiatives. Overall, the loss per share from continuing operations was $0.95 a share compared to $0.68 a year ago.
Looking at the balance sheet and the cash flow, free cash flow in the quarter was a use of $96.9 million compared to a use of $74.8 million last year. Scholastic typically uses cash during the summer with schools out of session and the need to build inventories before the fall. The year-over-year increase was primarily driven by the timing of inventory purchases and lower tech payments as compared to a year ago as well as investments in POS technology and fares and New COOL in Clubs.
Accounts receivable declined reflecting lower educational sales. Accounts payable increased partly reflecting the early inventory purchases. As a result of improved free cash flow during the prior 12 months, total debt and net debt continued to decline. As of August 31st, 2010, net debt was $118.1 million, improving from $236.4 million a year ago as a result of strong free cash flow over the last 12 months.
We also completed share repurchases of 9.7 million this quarter and at quarter-end remained undrawn on our committed $325 million revolving credit facility. We are affirming our fiscal 2011 outlook for revenue of $1.9 billion to $2 billion and EPS of $1.95 to $2.20, which corresponds to operating income of $150 million to $165 million, excluding $20 million of strategic spend on digital initiatives. This is in line with fiscal 2010 results.
We continue to expect free cash flow of $90 million to $100 million for the year. Note our outlook is prior to any impact which could result from the proposed tender offer and excludes the impact of one-time items associated with non-cash non-operating items.
Now, I would like to turn the call back over to Dick.
Richard Robinson
Thank you Maureen – financially and strategic, following a strong fiscal 2010 both financially and strategically, we are committed to holding on to those gains in fiscal 2011. For Scholastic Education, despite a decline in the first quarter, we continued to target revenue in line with last year based on the outlook for federal stimulus funding and growth and services and follow-on sales to our expanded customer base. In children's books, we had a great quarter in trade and are positive about the outlook for Clubs and Fairs and our progress with ecommerce ebook initiatives. And across the company, we are holding our cost base and maintaining strong free cash flow conversion.
Together, we feel that these elements will deliver strong results in fiscal 2011 and position Scholastic well for long-term growth, we look forward to reporting on further progress on next quarter's investor call.
Now, I will moderate question-and-answer period. In addition to Maureen, I am joined this morning by Ellie Berger, President of Scholastic Trade; Deborah Forte, President of Scholastic Media; and Margery Mayer, President of Scholastic Education who will be joining us from the airport where she is en route to a sales call; and Judith Newman, President of Scholastic Book Clubs and ecommerce; and Hugh Roome, President of Scholastic Consumer and Professional Publishing. With that, let's open the call to questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator instructions) Our first question comes from Drew Crum of Stifel Nicolaus. Please go ahead.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Okay, good morning everyone. Thanks. I want to start with the New COOL launch. Can you talk about metrics you guys will be keying on in terms of evaluating or measuring the success of this initiative and in addition to that, I think last year you guys experienced some weakness owing to some teacher displacement, but it sounds like you are encouraged by the early trends you are seeing. Can you just comment there, you are anticipating an impact from teacher displacement?
Richard Robinson
Thanks Drew. I will ask Judith to answer those questions.
Judith Newman
Good morning Drew. So, as you know going into this year we have really a two-pronged strategy and one was to get back those teachers who we knew were displaced last year for various reasons. And so, we had an aggressive promotion and of course it's early, but indicators are that, that plan is really working to bring those teachers back in the fold. And the second big part of this strategy as you know was to launch New COOL fully and we did that successfully on August 1st. We rolled it out to all teachers and all parents. And the metrics that we are looking at are of course the responsiveness to the site and we are constantly monitoring satisfaction as well as a number of teachers and parents using it and how the teachers are spending across all the different clubs that are open to them as well as the number of parents that are coming online. And again, it's early, but we are very encouraged by what we are seeing with this great new site.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Okay, and somewhat related to digital and ebooks, any comment on the profitability of the ebooks in the quarter? I think you mentioned it was about 10% of the mix.
Richard Robinson
No, ebooks sales were just Hunger Games we said was about 10% of the total sale of the Hunger Games trilogy including Mockingjay and the other two books that have already been published. But ebooks really are highly dependent on best-seller status, and ebook sales for other books were far, far lower than 10% of total. Now, as we develop our ebook initiative and launch our Scholastic store for ebooks, which is coming later in this fiscal year, we will give an opportunity to our COOL customers in particular to order a wide range of ebooks and that will really begin to tell what the demand will be like when we ourselves are beginning to promote these ebooks as opposed to accepting ebook orders via largely Kindle and Nook and the other platforms, which is what we are recognizing for trade in the quarter that we just discussed.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Dick, are you guys changing your approach with your retail partners given some of the challenges and changes notably at Borders and Barnes & Noble which is an important part of your trade channel?
Richard Robinson
I will ask Ellie to answer that. We obviously continue to have very good relations with all of the major trade retail chains including the two you mentioned. Let her give some color to your question.
Ellie Berger
Yes, I would say that we do continue to have and cultivate our relationships with all our major customers and as they have ebook initiatives, we are learning about it and cautiously entering that market.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Okay, and shifting gears to Educational Publishing, you are reaffirming the guidance for essentially flattish revenue. Just given the mix of revenues, what are you assuming for profitability or margins for that segment?
Richard Robinson
Maureen, why don't you tackle that and then Margery if you are able to hear all of this and can talk from the airport, we will –
Margery Mayer
Yes, yes.
Richard Robinson
We hear you fine, that's great. We are delighted. So, Maureen will tackle the profitability and margin question.
Maureen O'Connell
Drew, you are correct. We are not changing our guidance for the Educational Publishing division and that guidance is flat revenue with some pressure on margins, because there will be a larger proportion of service sales this year, because we grew the installed base so much last year, those people continue to buy more tech services, more implementation services to our service revenues are very strong as they are this quarter, and that will put a little bit of pressure on margins.
Richard Robinson
Okay. Margery, we can hear a little background from the airport or –?
Margery Mayer
I am sorry.
Richard Robinson
You want to tackle that question from Drew?
Margery Mayer
Drew, you want me to talk about the profitability. Is that the part you would like me to speak about, Drew?
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
That was the gist of the question.
Margery Mayer
Yes, one of the things that we are getting a little less profitability because as Maureen said, because of the mix of services, but one of the things that we are doing is we have created a really effective flex organization where we can flex up and flex down our service deliverers, because that's always a risk when your service business is growing as fast as ours is. So, we have an eye on profits. It's really important to our business model to have that service business not only because it's very in line with what the initiatives are that are coming out of a Race to the Top, the Obama administration's improvement, but also because it really reinforces the strength of our materials and districts where we are supporting teachers in knowing how best to use them.
Richard Robinson
Margery, while you are on the line, I might want to talk a little bit about your view of the funding and how it's flowing and what you believe will happen to the rest of the year simply to assure Drew and others on the line of our commitment on outlook that we will reach our budget plan for last year's sales or approximating last year's sales.
Margery Mayer
Yes, okay. So, we had a very strong pipeline this summer, but we saw some delays in purchasing because of the timing on School Improvement Grants and I think people watched the market know that Race to the Top is likely to come in our last three quarters, and we didn't expect any in our first quarter. So, just to give you an example, a material example of how this has been working, we have a very large order this week from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
It was School Improvement Funds that were used for that order and that was something that we had expected to get in this summer, but instead it came in this week. And we have a lot of that kind of business lined up, and we are very much hoping that it's going to materialize in the second quarter. We think that we are extremely well positioned for School Improvement Grant money, and we are doing, I think lot of good work around Race to the Top. Our acquisition of ICLE a few years ago was fortunate. They are doing quite a bit of work with the SEAs, which are the State Education Agencies, and we are optimistic that we are going to do well.
Just a quick comment on Math Solutions, Math Solutions really boost our ability to expand our service business and get contracts for school districts and states that are looking for more stem, and we think that it brings important talent and intellectual property into our mix for expanding our overall math business.
Richard Robinson
Thank you, Margery.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
I guess just two follow-ups related to your comments, Margery. One is what is the total pot of money from the School Improvement Grant and secondly, I guess for anyone, is there any assumed accretion or revenue generation from your Math Solutions acquisition for fiscal '11?
Margery Mayer
So, school improvement grants, $3.5 billion are being awarded, and those funds can be used over a couple of years, and there is another $4 billion in Race to the Top. Also, one of the nice infusions in the schools that came late in August, and so we weren't able to see much effect in the summer was the jobs bill that provided another $10 billion for jobs preservation in schools. What was the second part of your question, Drew, about revenues for Math Solutions? I think that those revenues will be fairly modest and they are somewhat seasonal like we are. So, our acquisition occurred a couple of weeks ago. So, we missed the first quarter, fairly modest but growing.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Okay, and then two, just last housekeeping questions for me. Just the timing of the launch of the six 39 Clues books and the rollout of your point of sale technology in the fairs business.
Richard Robinson
On point of sale, we are – now every fair will have a point of sale device in the fair. So, we have those in all regions and all fairs, all case fairs as we call them which go into schools will be accompanied by a point of sale device, which is like an automated cash register that also keeps, takes credit cards, gives receipts and keeps inventory information, and it's been very, very helpful to the people who run the fairs, but also helpful to us in keeping track of information and knowing what people are ordering. Ellie, do you want to talk about the 39 Clues series?
Ellie Berger
Sure. We have two new Bridge books to be published this year. We have one Big Black Book coming out in October and the following next Bridge book which really sets up the new launch comes out in April of this fiscal, and then we will launch the new series in August of next year.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Okay. And Ellie, the new series you alluded is the additional six books?
Ellie Berger
Richard Robinson
Yes, that's fiscal 2012.
Drew Crum – Stifel Nicolaus
Got it. Okay, thanks guys.
Richard Robinson
Thank you Drew. Next question?
Our next question comes from Barry Lucas of Gabelli & Company. Please go ahead.
Richard Robinson
Good morning Barry.
Barry Lucas – Gabelli & Company
Good morning, Dick. Let me congratulate you first on the tender and returning value to shareholders, but maybe you could just touch base on the decision-making process since you have been active in the open market, buying back stock, the dividend remains unchanged, so just sort of what went into your or the Board's decision to go with the tender which we loved.
Richard Robinson
Barry, our General Counsel is sitting here looking at me with very dark looks, because he's been – we have been told that because we are about to make an offer for shares that we are not really able to comment on any of the backgrounds going into the decision-making process or the offer itself. So, I will have to bail out of answering that question for you. Sorry about that.
Barry Lucas – Gabelli & Company
All right. That's okay. I think in the past you have shared some discussion of improvement in either average ticket size or number of books ordered through New COOL or with POS system at the book fairs. Could you sort of refresh our memories on what sales did with the new technology?
Richard Robinson
Well, the POS sales was a slight increase with credit use in revenue per fair. However, it's really too early to comment on that for this year, but it was a relatively small increase, the customer satisfaction has improved, and some softer metrics. And of course our information about inventory is substantially clear, because we know every day what's selling in those fairs where people are using credit cards and point of sale data. So, in terms of impact from credit cards and from the New COOL, I will ask Judith if she will answer that question.
Judith Newman
Yes, Hi Barry. The thing about New COOL is that now with Parent COOL, we have the potential to get many more parents directly online, and of course it's too early on schools just opening, but that is the intent of New COOL and of course what our early results are showing is that parents are coming online and the more parents that order, of course there is a potential for more revenue with each teacher order.
Barry Lucas – Gabelli & Company
Great. Last time and I will come back with something we have talked about before. The speculation is Research in Motion will have a new reader announcement next week. I think Dell announced it something in the tablet this week and the Korean Samsung and others will probably be in the market. So, how important is a kids tablet to really driving both front list and back list sales of children's titles?
Richard Robinson
We are really looking forward to the large number of Android tablets that we expect would come out. Some will come out and some will be announced early next year. At this moment, our ereader software, which I will ask Deborah Forte to describe to you will function on COOL and will connect with many devices, not ours, that is we don't have a kid's device, but we will – I will ask Deborah to speculate a little bit on what or how kids might react to the new Android tablets and what a kid's tablet might look like?
Deborah Forte
As you know, our business is children's books. And so, we have concentrated and focused on software that will power children's books well and to do that across all platforms. So, we are looking forward to launching our software, which will power our books on all the new devices, because we want to be where the kids are. And the jury is still out on whether or not kids are going to embrace the new tablets coming out, exactly how they are going to access their books, which is why since we don't know that yet, and there is no true kids dedicated device, we need to evaluate whether that is the right option for us, at the same time making our software available everywhere.
Barry Lucas – Gabelli & Company
Terrific. Thanks very much and congratulations.
Richard Robinson
Thanks Barry.
I would like to turn the conference back over to Dick Robinson. Please go ahead.
Richard Robinson
Thank you all for joining us today. We had a good outlook for the year. We are delighted to be able to return value to shareholders. We thank you for your continued support and we will look forward to telling you more about our ecommerce, ebooks, book fairs and ereader in subsequent calls. Thank you all.
Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude today's conference. You may all disconnect and have a wonderful day.
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