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Whiting: Is Tet parade poised to reject freedom?
By DAVID WHITING
Eight-thousand miles away but emotionally next door to Orange County is a country where tolerance is unexpectedly gaining a foothold. After being condemned by human rights activists, Vietnam is coming out of the closet. Same-sex wedding ceremonies were legalized last month. Some believe that same-sex marriage will follow. Yet in
Tue Dec 10, 2013
Whiting: Woman sends 28,000 presents to troops
By DAVID WHITING
Pink isn't a color you expect to see on soldier's stationery. But somehow the upbeat color is perfect for this mission. The pink note is a thank-you sent from Afghanistan to Ann McAfee, a woman who in the last eight years has quietly sent our men and women in uniform exactly 28,278 C-rats. Never heard of a C-rat? Neither had I un
Tue Dec 10, 2013
Whiting: Mountain bikers ask for trail manners
By DAVID WHITING
You know we have some challenges when mountain bikers ask me to write about trail manners. Readers share stories of mountain bikers more than any other group – hikers, trail runners or equestrians. They talk of bikers ripping down trails, terrifying people and sometimes accidentally hitting someone. Now, even the mountain b
Mon Dec 09, 2013
Whiting: Once homeless, family starts anew
By DAVID WHITING
With Shirley Temple curls, Faith Edwards toddles across the living room clutching a toy as Mom and Dad watch with smiles that light up their apartment. Sure, it's a typical family scene. But for the parents, Joy Edwards and Robbie Brown, the love connection – heck, the roof over their heads – only became possible through the
Tue Dec 03, 2013
Whiting: Outdoor gift guide offers price range
By DAVID WHITING
For years, I coveted one of those big honking watches with a digital barometer, thermometer and compass. It seemed like such a cool and critical device. I could shout out what direction I faced with every twist and turn of the trail. I could tell climbing buddies exactly how cold we were. I could announce altitude with attitude.
Mon Dec 02, 2013
Whiting: FDA fools us with 'fat free' labels
By DAVID WHITING
If you're like me, every morning you read the newspaper sipping coffee while unknowingly pouring poison into your body – poison the Food and Drug Administration pretends doesn't exist. Sure, we knew that regular nondairy creamer contains trans fat. But my poison is "fat free" coffee creamer that is secretly packed with
Mon Dec 02, 2013
Whiting: Rejoice in open wet trails, but tread carefully
By DAVID WHITING
Just when I was about to bemoan trail closures, OC Parks already is on that path. In fact, they're way ahead of me. I was considering calling for keeping trails open to foot traffic during minor storms – and my apologies to equestrians and mountain bikers, but your dirt footprints are just too damaging in muddy condit
Mon Nov 25, 2013
Whiting: Great Park CEO says go
By DAVID WHITING
In the messy, never-ending wasteful wars over the Great Park, it's time for the politicians to listen to the experts. After nearly six years of quietly serving the board, Great Park CEO Michael Ellzey is stepping forward in a last-ditch effort to save the future of the park from being reduced to ashes. After being directed by a u
Sun Nov 24, 2013
Whiting: Assassination impact on D.C. family crosses generations
By DAVID WHITING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As my mother drove through Rock Creek Park with the radio off and the top down on the family convertible, she glanced up at bare tree branches framing alabaster clouds.It was a warm Friday on Nov. 22, 1963, and the day felt perfect.But as Alice Whiting stepped into her obstetrician's office, something was o
Wed Nov 20, 2013
Whiting: Helping homeless makes hearts grow
By DAVID WHITING
Forget the term "soup kitchen." Sixth-grader Anthony "A.J." Cabello is at a church in Costa Mesa and serves both God and the homeless as he helps offer some 300 needy people salads of lettuce, croutons, carrots, grapes, cucumber, apple slices. Yes, that salad is just for starters. When it comes to feeding
Tue Nov 19, 2013
Whiting: Night offers its own music and dangers
By DAVID WHITING
The night beckons – and with daylight saving time gone, it beckons whether we like it or not. For most outdoor fans, that means we either get up extra early to run, bike or walk in daylight or venture like vampires into darkness. Darkness is pretty cool. But if it's been awhile since you have ventured into the
Mon Nov 18, 2013
Whiting: Give up 2 seconds, save a cyclist
By DAVID WHITING
Former Olympic cyclist Paul Deem walks through his yard in Laguna Beach and proudly points to the roses, fruit trees, wisteria that his wife lovingly tended before she was killed by a driver. As Deem and I talk, it's been more than two months since Debra Deem rode her bike for the last time on Coast Highway. Her widower quietly explains
Mon Nov 18, 2013
Whiting: Bicultural wedding honors diverse backgrounds
By DAVID WHITING
While a pastor preaches about Adam and Eve at a wedding in Santiago Canyon, Azar Beik gestures to a bridesmaid to adjust the bride's train so her daughter won't trip and take a dive. After all, a flying bride is a faux pas at any wedding. But at this wedding, keeping the bride intact is especially critical. The Christian wedding
Thu Nov 14, 2013
Whiting: An empathetic voice for the mentally ill
By DAVID WHITING
Walk through Mary McCarroll's home and you'd never know that what's most important is missing. Her Lhasa apso, Tangerine, scampers down a hallway filled with McCarroll's paintings. Her violin sits on the kitchen table waiting for practice. Her amplifier and guitar in the living room are ready to rock. It's not until McCarroll sta
Wed Nov 13, 2013
Whiting: Fullerton bike loop is urban wonder
By DAVID WHITING
The Fullerton Loop trail has its own Facebook and Yelp pages, its own logo, YouTube videos, is detailed on numerous mountain biking websites. But it can't get any respect. The loop's hometown officials seem to pretend it doesn't exist. I saw no "Fullerton Loop" trail signs. The city doesn't put
Mon Nov 11, 2013
Whiting: Vets vow to help those who follow
By DAVID WHITING
On a warm Saturday in August, a squad of Vietnam veterans serves grilled hamburgers to soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the soldiers are young enough to be the veterans' children, and the gesture seems like no big deal. But there is far more going on at the Army Reserve base in Costa Mesa than a simple picnic.
Sun Nov 10, 2013
Whiting: Will less government help OCFA?
By DAVID WHITING
Call it a tale of two cities – well, really one city and 23 others. When the city of La Habra wants to discuss fire department policy, an administrator simply calls an assistant fire chief. When one of the other cities in Orange County wants to discuss fire department policy, a city council member hashes it out with the Ora
Thu Nov 07, 2013
Whiting: Lost columnist relearns own lessons
By DAVID WHITING
MOUNT McLOUGHLIN, Ore. – I've climbed to the top of this mountain a dozen times – including an hour ago. But getting down? Well, this time is different. The pine-tree covered ridge to my left is too far left for the trail that I hope – no, need – to find. But the cascade of volcanic bou
Tue Nov 05, 2013
Whiting: Does big fire board need rescuing?
By DAVID WHITING
As I walk into an Orange County Fire Authority Board meeting, a board member wonders – and I am not making this up – if the subject at hand should be discussed because the Register too often learns of matters better kept confidential. What's weird is that this is a public meeting. Perhaps even weirder is that it appears the s
Mon Nov 04, 2013
Whiting: 'Human potential movement' returns
By DAVID WHITING
A man rises from his chair in a hotel ballroom and tells how he tracked down the father he never knew. A woman reports she tripled her salary. Another woman shares that she's met the love of her life. It is graduation day at WorldWorks – a descendant of the controversial Lifespring and EST movements – and there is much joy in
Thu Oct 31, 2013
Whiting: Animal psychic finds Buddy's voice
By DAVID WHITING
Thirty-five pounds of furry love named Buddy leaps onto our couch and snuggles between my wife and an animal psychic. Yes, with Halloween on Thursday, it's time to set aside disbelief, cuddle up next to your pet or recall a favorite animal and take a walk on the wild side. You never know what you might find. Spirit
Wed Oct 30, 2013
Whiting: Tram offers outdoor fun without effort
By DAVID WHITING
MT. SAN JACINTO – As the tram car jiggles past the first of five spindly towers that appear to defy physics while clinging to towering rock croppings, some inside squeal. It's not a woo-hoo squeal. It's more like a what-have-we-gotten-ourselves into squeal. Others hug their children or significant other. A few c
Tue Oct 29, 2013
Whiting: Fire agency chief says buck stops with him
By DAVID WHITING
"Blood in the water." When I wrote a column critical of certain things about the Orange County Fire Authority several days ago, I expected blowback. But I didn't expect a blood-level response from the chief. The column cited a list of significant challenges and called for "bold and brave change." It questi
Mon Oct 28, 2013
Whiting: FDA finally starts to tackle opioid epidemic
By DAVID WHITING
With the prescription drug epidemic killing, on average, someone every other day in Orange County, the Food and Drug Administration this week finally took its first significant step to slow the death rate. It may not seem like much, but the FDA's move to clamp down on relatively easy access to hydrocodone indicates a long-awaited p
Fri Oct 25, 2013
Vision that's beyond sight
By DAVID WHITING
Friday night lights glow brighter when Jake Olson strides onto a football field.Just 16 years old, Jake is the long snapper for Orange Lutheran High School. On a good night, the junior bends down, executes a perfect seven-yard hike toward the kicker and blocks a rusher. So what?Jake's blind.But playing football blind isn't t
Thu Oct 24, 2013
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The lovely garden at the Hallstead-Great Bend location is planted and maintained by the Hallstead-Great Bend Civic Club. In order to have beautiful flowers in the growing season, winter maintenance is crucial, so the Civic Club has "winterized" the beds. Please help us extend a special thanks to Linda Anesi! |

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Not a good idea imo, since it's region locked all countries which is not EU are considered US. So you won't be able to play if your account is flagged as EU. Note that this has nothing to do with the server(shards in gw2 terms) selection. You'll be able to choose any shard regardless of the account region.@ daelin according to my research, Far Shiverpeaks seems to be the Unofficial Dutch/Scandinavian Server, so you might want to consider Gandara, Desolation or Whiteside Ridge
Guess who just pre ordered Guild wars 2?ME It's downloading all the stuff now... I actually dont know why I pre purchased it since I cant play till 25th August.. But Oh well.Downloading at about 600-800 kbps. Best part is it's downloaded 200MB and it's at 0%... I can Imagine how big this game is
I played Far Shiverpeaks in the Stress test on 9th Au...There were majority english speakers.. but some people were speaking french
I was done wtih downloading a long time ago. I got on the August 9th stress test but was unable to get on this one.Bro what server are you planning on playing on?
Come on people, unless you have a guild ingame already, join us in EU Far Shiverpeaks!


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Tumblr dedicated to Soul Eater 'till the day i die. I know that ended today (9/8/13), but Soul Eater will stay on my heart forever and ever. So my thanks to Atsushi, even if the last chapter pissed me off to my limits. Hey.. Thank You Atsushi Ōkubo. Thank you for every single chapter of Soul Eater.
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Strange Rain is pretty hard to describe without actually playing with it, but we'll give it a shot. The primary function of the app is to give you a break from your hectic life by displaying a mesmerizing scene of rain falling from the sky. The iPhone screen acts as a skylight, so you're looking straight up as rain drops fall and hit the screen. You can slightly affect the raindrops as they fall by touching the screen and moving your iPhone, and tinkly music from a haunting melody plays amid soothing storm sounds, every time you touch … Read more


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Brent Novak – Vice President of Finance
Errol Ginsberg – Chairman of the Board & Chief Innovative Officer
Atul Bhatnagar – President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Thomas B. Miller – Chief Financial Officer
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
Analyst for Ajit Pai – Thomas Weisel Partners
[Andy Sopic – Nutmeg Securities]
IXIA (XXIA) Q4 2008 Earnings Call February 5, 2009 5:00 PM ET
Welcome to the Q4 2008 earnings conference call. At this time all participants are in a listen only mode. Later we will conduct a question and answer session. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Brent Novak, Vice President of Finance.
Brent Novak
Thank you for joining us on today's conference call to discuss IXIA's fourth quarter results. This call is also being broadcast live over the web and can be accessed in the investor relations section of IXIA's website at www.Ixia.com for 90 days. With me on today's call are Errol Ginsberg, IXIA's Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer, Atul Bhatnagar, IXIA's President and Chief Executive Officer and Tom Miller, IXIA's Chief Financial Officer.
After the market closed today IXIA released a press release discussing the results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. We would like to remind you that during the course of this conference call IXIA's management may make forward-looking statements including financial projections, statements as to the plans and objectives of management for future operations and statements as to the company's future economic performance, financial condition or results of operations.
These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on the company's current expectations and beliefs. Words such as may, will, expects, intends, plans, believes, seeks, estimates and variations of these words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The company's actual results may differ materially from those projected in these forward looking statements.
With that said, I'd now like to turn the call over to IXIA's Chief Financial Officer Tom Miller.
Thomas B. Miller
I should mentioned that unless specifically noted otherwise, we are discussing all numbers on a non-GAAP pro forma basis prior to non-cash charges for the impact of stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition related intangible assets an impairment charge related primarily to the company's investment in auction rate securities as well as the related income tax affects of such items.
In the fourth quarter these charges consist of $2.9 million related to stock-based compensation, $1.4 million for the amortization for acquired intangible assets, a $15.9 million investment impairment charge and a net tax benefit of $600,000 related to these items. A full reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures covered in this call to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are available in the investor relations section of our website at www.IXIACom.com.
Revenue for fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 was $41 million, below our guidance of $44 to $48 million. This $41 million of revenue compares to $47.3 million in the immediately preceding third quarter of 2008 and $46.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. Our GAAP loss for the quarter was $0.29 per share which includes a $15.8 million write down on auction rate securities. Non-GAAP EPS for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $0.02 per diluted share.
In the fourth quarter interface cards accounted for 66% of our revenues, software accounted for 16% of revenues with the remaining 18% representing revenue from chassis, warranties and other products. From a geographic perspective, domestic revenues represented 62% of our total fourth quarter revenues with Canada representing 6%, EMEA 13% and Asia Pac 19% of revenues.
From a customer perspective 56% of our revenues in the fourth quarter came from network equipment manufacturers, 15% from service providers, a combined 12% from enterprise university and government customers and 17% from distributors, communication chip manufacturers and other accounts. Our top five non-distributor customers represented approximately 33% of revenues in Q4 and included CISCO, Juniper, Alcatel Lucent, Hewlett Packard and Hitachi. Sales to CISCO, our largest customer were $7.9 million representing 19% of revenues.
Moving down the income statement, non-GAAP gross margins were 79%, within our target range of 78% to 80%. We expect our non-GAAP gross margins to be in the 78% to 80% range for the first quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $31.9 million in the fourth quarter, approximately $650,000 higher than the $31.3 million reported in the third quarter. Included in the fourth quarter operating expenses were approximately $2.1 million in non-recurring costs related to severance, due diligence on strategic initiatives and certain other one-time accruals.
Excluding these non-recurring items from the Q4 run rate, non-GAAP operating expenses for the fourth quarter dropped by approximately $1.5 million sequentially from the third quarter primarily due to lower bonus expense. Fourth quarter 2008 non-GAAP net income was $1.4 million or $0.02 per diluted share. This compares to $7.7 million or $0.11 per diluted share for the same period last year.
The non-GAAP effective tax rate was a -28% in the fourth quarter. This low effective rate is due primarily to lower than projected pre-tax income in the fourth quarter and the pickup of a full year's worth of federal R&D tax credit in Q4. We expect a non-GAAP effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2009 to be in the range of 21% to 27%.
Turning to the balance sheet cash, cash equivalents and investments were approximately $206 million at December 31 which compares to $217 million reported three months earlier. As noted we recorded a $15.8 million impairment charge for auction rate securities in Q4. As we had reduced the carrying value of our auction rates by $6.9 million through other comprehensive income prior to the start of the fourth quarter, the impact on cash and investments due to this impairment in Q4 was a reduction of $8.9 million. After the impairment charge IXIA had auction rate securities for the current value of $3.2 million at year end. Also at yearend over 90% of our cash and investments was invested in T Bills.
Pursuant to our $25 million share repurchase program, during the fourth quarter we repurchased 472,000 shares of IXIA stock at a total cost of $2.8 million or an average of $5.92 per share including commissions. Cash flows from operations for the fourth quarter of 2008 were $1.7 million compared to $5.4 million in the immediately preceding third quarter. Capital expenditures for the fourth quarter of 2008 were $1.4 million compared to $2.3 million in the immediately preceding third quarter.
Accounts receivable decreased from $37.2 million on September 30, 2008 to $34 million as of December 31st. DSOs for the fourth quarter based on trailing figures was 76 days. Inventory was $15 million at December 31 for an annual turnover rate of 2.3 times. The number of full-time employee equivalents as of December 31, 2008 was 805 as compared to 797 employees at the end of the third quarter.
Looking forward, the continuing economic uncertainty has reduced our visibility. Taking this in to account and based on a review of the sales pipeline and discussion with our sales management team, we expect first quarter revenues in the range of $37 to $42 million and we expect first quarter revenues from CISCO to be $6 to $8 million. We currently expect our non-GAAP EPS to be in a range from a loss of $0.01 per share to earnings per diluted share of $0.03 in the first quarter with comparable GAAP EPS estimates in a range between a net loss of $0.02 to $0.06 per share.
The difference between anticipated GAAP and non-GAAP results relates to the expect non-cash charges and associated tax affects including non-cash charges relating to stock-based compensation. We estimate at this time that out stock-based compensation charges will be between $3.7 and $4.2 million for the first quarter of 2009 on a pre-tax basis.
With that said, I would now like to turn the call over to Atul.
Atul Bhatnagar
The economic turbulence of the last few months has impacted IXIA as long as the industry in general. We expect to see continued uncertainty at least in the near term and possibly longer. Accordingly, we are taking some immediate actions to reduce operating expenses and all expenditures in 2009.
These actions include decreasing compensation costs through the direction of bonuses and raises, further reduction in compensation costs through the impact of normal attrition and the elimination or reduction of numerous other operating and capital expenses. We are committed to lowering operating expenses in 2009 to below 2008 levels.
As of now, we expect non-GAAP operating expenses for 2009 to be approximately $120 million or about $6 million lower than the 2008 level. Q1 is expected to be a higher expense quarter somewhere under $31 million due to payroll taxes and our annual sales meeting. After Q1, quarterly expenses are expected to drop to under $30 million.
But, as we trim cost in preparation for this challenging economic environment, we are laser focused on what is most important to IXIA as a company, namely innovative products and strong customer relationships. The majority of our employees are directly involved in either developing or selling our products. To maintain our product leadership and to keep sales momentum even in tough times, we need to retain our highly skilled engineers engaged on product innovation and we also need to keep our sales force fully staffed, on the street and in constant contact with our customers.
We need to stay close to our customers, understand their needs and be ready to deliver next generation products when their budgets ramp back up. With high gross margins, positive cash flow and over $200 million in the bank, we are committed to maintaining our strong foundation of people, products and processes that will win market share in 2009 and beyond and, we truly care what our customers think of the IXIA products and their interactions with IXIA's sales and support personnel.
We just completed our second customer satisfaction survey. The results were very positive and reflective of the investment we have made in our customer relationships. We surveyed over 200 customers and found a 12% increase from the prior survey of customers who were delighted with IXIA as a company as well as a 12% increase in our customers' willingness to recommend IXIA's products and services. We'll continue to closely monitor and measure our customer satisfaction levels. It is easier and less expensive to sell to satisfied customers.
We also made significant strides this quarter in improving our manufacturing process and supply chain management. We just signed a new manufacturing agreement with Plexus Services Corporation, a major electronic manufacturing service company. Over the next several months we will transition a substantial portion of our manufacturing and material sourcing to Plexus. By leveraging its' operational expertise and purchasing power we expect to reduce our product cost over the next several quarters. These savings should start to show up in our costs of good sold in the second half of the year.
Turning to our product development efforts, we enter 2009 with significant product leadership in several key areas. In Q4 IXIA became the first test and measurement company to deliver a 100 gigabyte Ethernet test solution. As the convergence of networking and storage accelerates we are well positioned to fulfill our customers' needs with our IxYukon 10 gigabyte solution. We also further expanded in to converged datacenter Ethernet by leveraging our IxYukon 10 gig solution.
On the application side Frost & Sullivan has recognized IXIA as a leader in triple play testing with a 38.5% market share in addition to being the leader in 1 gigabyte and 10 gigabyte testing. With increasing concerns over lack of security and exposure to malicious threats in datacenters and communications infrastructures, equipment makers and service providers are looking for new ways to test their systems for robustness. IXIA's recently introduced IxDefend Solutions is targeted dedicatedly at this area of resiliency and security testing.
With IxDefend and the rest of our product line up, we are poised to further accelerate our leadership in 2009 with continued strong investment and focus on innovative products and customer delight. With the industry's only 40 and under gigabyte Ethernet test solutions IXIA continues to be at the leading edge of converged communication testing. As equipment manufacturers and service providers work towards the development and deployment of this next major Ethernet technology, IXIA is well positioned as a key partner to many of them.
At this point IXIA offers the only commercially available test solution for 100 gigabyte Ethernet. We continue to work closely with the early adopters as well as with standard IEEE and ITU. We are focused on continuing to lead in 40 gig Ethernet and 100 gig Ethernet on a global basis. By using this technology to get a foothold in many labs across the world, we expect these products to be strong drivers for IXIA's growth going forward with equipment makers and service providers.
In the 10 gig Ethernet arena, our IxYukon product line continues to offer the highest performance and density in the industry. With 96 [cords] per chassis, IxYukon has four to one density advantage over its nearest competitor. IxYukon was instrumental in driving significant growth in 10 gig sales in 2008 when compared with 2007. IxYukon now drives the bulk of IXIA's 10 gigabyte sales.
As a company, we are very proud that within six months of introduction IxYukon has also become IXIA's best selling load module exceeding our expectations and it is earning substance in the market place with unprecedented quality. We expect the 10 gigabyte market to continue to grow over the next several years. The 10 gigabyte Ethernet is finding more applications in the real world. A key driver for 10 gigabyte Ethernet going forward is datacenter Ethernet. Equipment manufacturers are developing innovative solutions based on fiber channel over Ethernet or FCOE.
In Q4 IXIA delivered the industry's most comprehensive datacenter Ethernet solution for FCOE. This solution is based on the IxYukon hardware and was demonstrated last November at the Super Computing 2008 Trade Show in Austin Texas. IXIA was the only test and measurement vendor in this public demonstration. In 2009 IXIA will continue to partner with key customers to build on this strong datacenter Ethernet solution.
With IxYukon's superior per density and with strong portable support provided by our network products, IXIA's datacenter Ethernet solution is well positioned for this key growth market. In the area of converged IT services and applications testing, IXIA continues to lead the market with our multi dimensional IX load product. The market for triple play and advanced service testing has driven significant new revenue and growth for IXIA.
All major service providers are moving quickly to offer IP based communications and entertainment services. This trend continues to drive significant overall investment for product development and network build out. In addition, the [inaudible] intelligence of traffic management has been increasing dramatically. As new converged IT services like IPTV, [inaudible] are deployed and scaled, the focus on testing is now beyond protocol and performance.
Our customers are now looking to truly analysis and [inaudible] a subscribers experience when multiple converged services are deployed. This type of testing requires a new level of testing sophistication in subscriber modeling and emulation that stresses and tests all the underlying network and [inaudible] protocols with realistic traffic and loads. We are confident that we can maintain our leadership in this key area.
Another recent innovative solution is our new security and robustness assessment product called IxDefend. Security threats and malicious attacks are an increasing concern to our customers. IxDefend is a software solution that runs on IXIA hardware to provide customers with comprehensive and preemptive threat assessment across various IP technologies and protocols. The best way to access robustness is to test for various threats in conjunction with high load performance in one chassis.
IXIA solutions have always focused on load performance. IxDefend now allows our customers to further leverage their investment in IXIA load generation equipment by adding significant security and threat test capabilities. This is another example where the total cost of ownership is optimized with a multipurpose IXIA platform.
In spite of the difficult challenges we expect to see during 2009 on a global economic front, we continue to remain very confident about IXIA's future. We have a strong balance sheet and no debt. We enjoy competitive advantage and technological leadership in many of our key markets and our customer satisfaction levels are at an all time high. In addition, IXIA's employees are energized and confident in their ability to innovate and deliver new products.
While we are committed to maintaining our profitability during this period of economic uncertainty, we will also continue to make [inaudible] investments in our business to ensure our core technology and market leadership positions remain intact and in fact get stronger for when the economic environment improves because when the economy does rebound and demand increases, customers will be looking for new solutions and not legacy technology. We plan to be there with the solutions they will want.
We would like to thank the entire IXIA team and our partners for their contribution and loyalty during this tough times. With that said, we will now be happy to answer any questions you may have. Operator, you can now open it up for questions
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from Sam Wilson – JMP Securities.
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
I have sort of a number of one off questions I hope you'll forgive me for a few minutes here. First, on carriers and enterprise it looks like quarter-to-quarter they were down the most versus NEMs and I'm wondering here if you're the NEMs continue to invest throughout this downturn on next generation products and you're benefitting a little bit from that versus the carriers and enterprises which are pulling in? Or, do you think this is just a lumpiness in the business? I just want to get a sense for what you think is going on among your individual customer segments?
Atul Bhatnagar
NEMs definitely are continuing to invest in the next generation platform. I think we see that across the board because we all know as the markets come back the density and speed increases will be a new number not the legacy platform so we do see that investment continuing. On the carrier front, really in some ways there is some lumpiness because the projects tend to be lumpy. Enterprise for us is again, I don't see a significant trend right now which tells us very definitively. I think a couple of quarters in a row will give us an idea.
So, on the carrier front there are many projects which we still have in the funnel that we're working on so I don't think there's a specific trend as such I could point to right now. But, NEMs you're right we are seeing that the next generation products, they're still buying the right solution to make sure they are there as the markets turn around.
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
A second question, in the past Nortel's been a top five customer. I'm wondering if you have any exposure vis-à-vis Nortel's bankruptcy right now?
Thomas B. Miller
Very minimal. We have right around $100,000 in accounts receivable. Fortunately for us in that respect Nortel's purchases have been low the last couple of quarters. They were very large in Q1 but the purchase levels came down during the year.
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
I know there's sort of a reorganization, are they continuing to buy from you on a cash basis now or is it effectively down to zero?
Thomas B. Miller
Right now there's not a whole lot of activity going on with them and when we start seeing orders we'll assess how we want to be paid for that.
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
I wanted to get a sense also, I know you're running a program called right now switch to IXIA where you will it looks like from what I understand of the program, either buy or repurchase old equipment from other vendors or your own legacy stuff for upgrades. Can you talk a little bit about that, the program itself? Then also, in the context do you feel like in this environment right now running promotions can stimulate customer demand or is the environment so bad that really it's sort of buckle the seatbelt, batten down the hatches and survive until the next upturn comes?
Atul Bhatnagar
Sam, switch to IXIA, if I look at last year, I think the first two quarters there was a pent up demand. In terms of the last few quarters it really hasn't been that huge a program for us. Most of the time the place where we benefit is is if our competition has some old chassis and we can position some of our new chassis, that brings us the real estate and down the line we can sell the blaze in to it. I think overall this is mostly to make sure accounts where IXIA is not present and yet the customer will benefit tremendously by the innovation of our 10 gig high density and our IX load [inaudible] solutions, those are the accounts we target.
So far it has worked well for us and we are very mindful of the margins and as you can see towards the year we maintain our margins. Net/net this has opened up some new accounts where we were not there before.
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
Can you just give us a sense right now, are customers batten down the hatches and just not buying it? Are they price sensitive so if you ran a promotion you could stimulate a little bit of demand? It kind of doesn't matter? I'm just trying to get a sense for their propensity to purchase right now?
Atul Bhatnagar
Without naming the NEMs of our customers, I would say that it's all over the spectrum. I think everyone is definitely spending cap ex dollars very judiciously and very carefully and that is a trend everywhere. I will say that even in this environment there are several NEMs that are doing well, who are actually gaining market share, coming out with new products, expanding their market segments and they are buying and they are buying aggressively. And, there are some NEMs who are really being more conservative.
So, from our vantage point we are growing our business extremely well with some of them, with some of them it's stable. With some of them its decreased, it's all over the place.
Sam Wilson – JMP Securities
My last question is for Tom, on the ARS issue, I know there's been a little bit of a settlement going on, etc., you've taken an impairment. Do you expect to be made whole at some point in the future or do you expect this is probably permanently impaired?
Thomas B. Miller
I think from an accounting point of view this would be an impairment. We are pursuing recovery of the funds. I can't comment on that though, the likelihood of that happening but we are definitely pursuing it. I think most of the settlements so far have been individual investors, corporations and institutions have had less success getting made whole but we're certainly pursuing that. We'll keep you posted on that.
Your next question comes from Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
I noticed that deferred revenue was down, should we expect that services revenue might be down a little bit in the March quarter sequentially?
Thomas B. Miller
I don't think services revenue will drop that much. I think the main driver of service revenue right now is warranties, extended service contracts, things of that nature. That should be relatively flat going forward.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
You mentioned due diligence as part of the expense we're suppose to look past for the non-GAAP, maybe you could tell us what we spent our money on?
Thomas B. Miller
Actually, that's in the non-GAAP $0.02. We just commented that if you took that out, the expense rate would have been lower but when we said $0.02 non-GAAP we were including that $2 million of expense.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
What kind of stuff are you looking at there since you mention it?
Atul Bhatnagar
Matt, I wouldn't go publically in all the details but this is also an environment where you evaluate different opportunities, different companies and see how you can grow your business and as we have maintained and as you have seen us from our discipline we are very cautious where we spend money but as we see opportunities we do a pretty thorough evaluation and part of the evaluation is in checking the companies out in the diligence. So, these are the expenses and I'll stop at that.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
What was your book to bill like?
Thomas B. Miller
It was about one.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
What were things like in Japan?
Thomas B. Miller
Japan was actually pretty good for the quarter. Our top five accounts included Hitachi and we actually had a decent quarter in Asia Pac; Japan, India, were pretty good for us.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
Have you seen – is it too early in the quarter to register a slowdown in those markets?
Thomas B. Miller
I think it's a little early to call it. I mean, we did give a guidance range that is down to slightly up. You can infer from that what you want.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
Well, we heard a lot about geographies from CISCO last night and a lot of it was going in the wrong direction so I thought maybe we could see if you had gotten any feel from that as well?
Atul Bhatnagar
Matt, on the hand I think when you look at the large NEMs, the more economic pressure mounts on them I think they also look at more outsourcing and more testing overseas so I think in some sense the economic pressures does support some of the network testing labs, big labs in India and China. In that sense it might go in North America you'll see slowdown, some of the testing labs might see more gear being bought.
Mathew Robison – Pacific Growth Equities
One of your principal competitors had kind of an edge over you in Europe and Asia, especially China. Have you made any meaningful end roads in those markets?
Atul Bhatnagar
If you look at IXIA's position I would say in Asia I wouldn't say anyone has an edge on us. I think in places like India, China, Japan, we are very well positioned and in Europe we have focused quite a bit over the last few quarters. I think in 2009 you will see a significant focus on Europe from us. We do know that we have opportunities there to pursue.
Your next question comes from Analyst for Ajit Pai – Thomas Weisel Partners.
Analyst for Ajit Pai – Thomas Weisel Partners
I have a couple of questions, first I wanted to ask about the software in your revenue mix. What are you expectations for the March quarter? Do you see selling more in to NEMs on software side or is that more highly correlated to your carrier sales?
Thomas B. Miller
I would say that once again, the 15% to 20% range is where we would expect software to be. That's kind of the target range for it. It was at about 16%. I think the NEMs historically have purchased – well, I know they have historically purchased a lower percentage in software than enterprise, government and carriers. So, I think the quarters where we really had big software numbers, a high percentage, approach 20%, is typically when you are getting a lot of government business, when you're getting a lot of carrier business.
That said, we are focusing on some software products this quarter and we do have some marketing initiatives to sell some particular ones and we'll see where we come in. But, the NEMs in general and maybe it's just because of the number of ports they have, they tend to spend a little bit less on software.
Analyst for Ajit Pai – Thomas Weisel Partners
The next question I had in terms of pricing, have you seen changes in the pricing environment in January versus let's say last quarter?
Thomas B. Miller
I don't think that January represents a real break with the fourth quarter. There's always a lot of pressure on ASPs, it's always a struggle. We also tend to balance that with lower costs and we've managed to keep our margins right in that 78% to 80% range. So, I don't think I would characterize January as being particularly bad on pricing pressures.
Analyst for Ajit Pai – Thomas Weisel Partners
The final question, I wanted to ask about the $2.1 million. How was that allocated between line items on the income statement?
Thomas B. Miller
Well, I think it was G&A and some selling, are the main areas. The strategic initiative part would have hit G&A for the most part and some of the severance hit the sales area.
Your next question comes from [Andy Sopic – Nutmeg Securities].
[Andy Sopic – Nutmeg Securities]
A couple of my questions have been already asked and answered but, you know in a tough environment I'd like to ask you about in a general sense growth initiatives and especially in a large account like CISCO. It's clear now that CISCO has not been a growth business for you for quite some time and if anything, it looks like those overall revenue trends are falling. Can you comment at all about some of the types of initiatives or programs that you may have underway to increase your penetration in to CISCO and in growth initiatives really in general in the business?
Atul Bhatnagar
Let me address the CISCO part first. CISCO is a fairly broad provider of solutions across the board and [inaudible] in our industry. Actually, as I look back on the last few quarters the investment IXIA has made, the close partnership we have with them, that has opened some new businesses for us and some new areas where we were not there before. I know the next few quarters are going to be tough for everyone, but even in CISCO we anticipate some new business which we are opening right now.
Yes, we know that this year is going to be a tough year there. In terms of the growth initiatives our IxRave carrier monitoring or service verification solution is still a very key area for us to focus. We are driving that pretty hard. There's a good funnel developing. It's just that when you are working with service providers, the gestation period is generally longer and once you get going then also the loyalties are a little longer.
So, I think for us the carrier monitoring side is pretty important. We are also looking to expand in Europe and we have brought a very experienced new leader four months back in Europe because we do believe IXIA can grow its business significantly in Europe with the products we have. There's no reason if we have the kind of success in North America with our products and solutions, there's no reason why that cannot be repeated.
So, with that in mind we brought a very experienced leader who is now building a pretty strong team. So, I think this year we'll have more to say about our growth in Europe. The last thing I would say is that service is another area as the economy slows down people will be expecting more services from companies like IXIA. With that in mind, that is another area we are focusing and we have a leader who is now leading that initiative. So, I think in the coming quarters we'll probably touch upon those two things.
[Andy Sopic – Nutmeg Securities]
How about indirect and distributor related opportunities? Is that something where you would like to try to grow your opportunity?
Atul Bhatnagar
In the territories and geographies where we are going for the first time, we generally end up using our partners and there are actually some distributors who are very loyal and very effective for us. But, our experiencing general is that IXIA's sale is a consultative sale, it's a technical sale, it has significant sophistication. There are not too many distributors and channels out there who can do a very effective job.
But, with products and solutions like IxRave, where we are doing carrier monitoring, where we are going in to carriers tier-1, tier-2, tier-3, I think many tier-2 and tier-3 especially can be filtered through a distribution channel and we are absolutely looking at that.
We have no further questions at this time.
Atul Bhatnagar
Again, we think you for being on the call today and I appreciate your support. We look forward to updating you on our progress in the coming month. Thank you.
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By the end of this week I'll know for sure if I'll be at EVO. I already registered back in April and hotel/housing probably won't be an issue. Can't wait to get crazy before/after the tournament.
On that note, I'll probably only be able to do two or three real strategy posts before then… got to practice, and there's a tourney in New York the weekend before. And of course my birthday is coming up so that is mandatory party day. But, I'll definitely take requests for strategy posts, as long as it isn't "tell me all your Litchi tricks!" or something. Gotta save that shit for nationals, lol.
I'll try to cover what goes on at the tourney on twitter, so if you don't already, follow me on twitter at twitter.com/LordKnightBB.
Today I'm going to cover some Tao mixups.
Tao's basic high/low game is rather weak. Where she excels, however, is extremely varied pressure. To start, get used to using partly charged (very slight charge) 5C. You'll get a good amount of counter hits using it after a dash 5B.
Tao is best at using throw reject miss. The basic premise of this is to make it appear as if you were going to throw, then doing something to either keep them in blockstun, or make the throw whiff.
The basic setup would be to dash up > 2D > jC. As long as they don't OS tech, their throw whill whiff. Pick up the CH and go for it. Alternatively doing dash 2aa > purple throw will also work. Vary it by throwing in some green throws to keep them on their toes.
Next, some airthrow setups.
Tao gets her air options back after an airthrow is broken. There's a bunch of ways to keep the opponent down.
This time, combo theory!
There are a couple of main combo routes:
8D loop:
8D loop ender:
Confirm route:
Non 8D loop route:
AB2 route:
Easy route:
Ground route:
The most important thing you need a strong neutral game to be successful. Without understanding her neutral game, you'll be flailing around the screen and taking unneeded damage. Tao is tied for the lowest health in the game (9500 HP) - so you have to be cautious.
Biggest change in CS2 is her j5D. It is much shorter than in CS1. Your horizontal mobility using just j5D is much more limited than before - thus you have to compensate with other forms of movement.
The second biggest change from CS1 to CS2 is how much hitstop her drives have. This is very good or her - it means that it's much easier to time drive cancels, which you'll need for neutral. It also makes combos waaaaay easier than before.
Now, Taokaka is a movement based character, so in the end you must understand her movement.
So, everyones movement will probably be varied somewhat. Go to options would be:
Next time I'll cover combo theory and mixup. If you have any questions, just ask!


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2013 NFL Draft Preview: Ranking the Interior Linemen
Typically, offensive guards are not drafted very early in the first round. In last year's draft, Stanford guard David DeCastro was thought to be one of the "safest" picks in the entire class, but he fell all the way to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 24th overall pick.
This year, Alabama's Chance Warmack has a chance to crack the top ten. Warmack (6-2 317) is a throwback who will help a team immediately as a rookie.
He could go as high as No. 7 to the Arizona Cardinals, so it's unlikely that he'll endure a DeCastro-type fall. But either way, Warmack is a surefire first-round pick.
Behind Warmack, the next-best interior offensive linemen in this year's draft is Jonathan Cooper of North Carolina. Cooper is more athletic than Warmack but isn't quite as physical. His versatility could help him on draft day, as he also has the ability to play center.
The center position lacks a true can't-miss guy at the top.
Alabama's Barrett Jones, Wisconsin's Travis Frederick and California's Brian Schwenke all figure to be drafted at some point on Day 2. Jones is the most versatile of the bunch, Frederick is the most physical, while Schwenke is the most athletic.
Warmack and Cooper will likely be first-round picks, but the depth at offensive guard doesn't stop there. Larry Warford (6-3 332) of Kentucky is viewed as a starting-caliber guard, as is Syracuse's Justin Pugh (6-4 307) who some prefer as a right tackle.


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Banking on Bevins
Former end moves inside for Cyclones
AMES — Collin Bevins stubbed his toe, literally, on his path to contributing to the 2013 defense at Iowa State University.
But his coaches say a minor injury suffered near the end of spring camp does nothing to diminish their intention of using the redshirt freshman from Creston on a regular basis next fall.
Bevins, 6-5 and up to 280 pounds now as a defensive tackle candidate for the Cyclones, was having a stellar spring practice when he suffered a foot injury Thursday during the 14th of 15 practice sessions leading up to Saturday's spring game.
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Park rangers will more strictly enforce beach rules to protect nesting birds along the Gulf Islands National Seashore.
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A black skimmer captured in mid-flight; the brilliant orange and pink, or the soft blue of a sunrise or sunset; the reflection of lights scattered like diamonds on the Sound at night or the image of the Navarre Beach pier resembling a runway ready for flight.
Haiden Redmond, 18, and Josh Brown, 17, of Gulf Breeze, brought a white wall to life at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center.
Cosa c'è di nuovo translates to 'what's new' and what's new is Navarre residents will have more dining options once Rocco's Italian Bistro opens its doors on Navarre Beach.
Spring break is only four weeks from now, and the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station has just the adventure for students in third through eighth grades.
Lassos will be replaced with fishing rods and spurs with hooks if Navarre can corral its first rodeo in June.
Each year hundreds of people make their winter home in Florida and are, therefore, dubbed "Snowbirds." They come in the winter months for many reasons, maybe to escape the cold and snow back home for warmer temperatures, to visit Florida when the beaches aren't crowded with tourists or to spend some time gazing out over the water as the sun sets on Navarre Beach.
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openSUSE 11.1 Downloads: 175TByte traffic in first 30 hours
It didn't quite make the planned 200TB, but with 175BT in 30 hours, openSUSE 11.1 has again set a new download record.
openSUSE has published first figures regarding downloads of Version 11.1. Taking the 4.3GByte DVD downloads into consideration, openSUSE counted 40.000 downloads of Version 11.1 in the first 30 hours with the 32 bit version making up 58% of downloads, the 64bit variation 31%. The Live and Add-on CD versions accounting for the rest. The figures relate to the direct downloads from software.opensuse.org only, disregarding the download numbers from mirror servers.
For the 64bit Version, the figures mark an increase of 3% over last year with the complete download volume up 5% (163 TByte for 11.0). Around 23.500 users have uploaded hardware profiles over smolt and with the help of IP addresses, the openSUSE Project has counted about 100.000 updates.
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I occasionally read book in the M/M genre, and I follow the review site Reviews by Jessewave. Wave is good people, and is a black woman from Canada. Her tastes are very similar to mine and I rely on her for guidance in this genre that I haven't been reading long enough to really develop any fave authors. (However, I don't post there because frankly that community is even more drama filled than Romancelandia and I don't need the crazy.) Last week I popped in to find even more crazy than normal. Apparently Wave posted on another blog that she doesn't review books that feature sex with trans men. That set off a veritable crapstorm about her head from authors of trans books who took issue with this, especially as they are of the opinion that trans men ARE men. They insisted that Wave take down her rainbow banner and specify that she only reviewed books featuring cis-men.
Now, my first reaction to this was outrage on Wave's behalf. How dare they tell her what to do with her site and what she has to specify? Then I got to thinking about how angry we authors of multicultural books are at the sites that won't review our books despite calling themselves romance review sites. So I had to ask myself, am I a hypocrite? Since I have no interest in reading books about trans men and I like Wave and the authors were being so obnoxious my first reaction was to side with Wave. Doesn't she have the right to read/review what she wants without being called transphobic? Then I have to ask about all those people who have no interest in reading/reviewing multicultural books. Don't they have the same right? The authors said that if Wave only reads cis-gendered books the header shouldn't say M/M because trans-men are men. Of course, that begs the question, if trans-men are men, then why the hell is there a T on GLBQ? But I suppose that's a question for another day.
I, of course, want more than anything to see fans of multicultural romance develop review blogs and sites. As far as I know there are only a couple and they aren't widely supported yet. I don't believe you can force people to read/review books they don't want to read/review. This more than anything points up the need for us to develop our own. Have any of you ever considered starting such a site?


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Meet Brendan Sar
Name: Brendan Sar
Hometown: Saginaw, TX
Major: Business - Marketing
Tarleton Organizations in which you are involved:
Student Government Association (SGA), Sophomore Class Senators, Tarleton Ambassadors
Favorites & Whys
Favorite Professor and why:
My professor for Macro Economics, Dr. Tanter. Professor Tanter makes me want to actually go home and study for fun, crazy right? It's because he makes class so interesting! Professor Tanter links the blandest definitions of economics to present day criteria as if he was our age, incorporating humor and misc. knowledge, all in an 8am class!
Favorite subject to study within your major and why:
Economics, because the only way to understand how the economy works, is if you open your eyes and look outside! Realizing how things work in our economy motivates me to find out what else is out there, and lemme tell yah, there's a lot!!
Favorite subject outside your major and why:
Food, if that's not subject, it should be! That's why I want a career where I constantly travel, because new food is probably as awesome as new birthday presents!
What one thing about Tarleton impressed you the most on your first visit?
I first visited Tarleton my sophomore year in high school. Being so young, the only thing that caught my attention was the freakin' awesome rotating garbage wall in the dining hall! Who knew something so simple could be so cool?
Favorite on-campus place to study and why:
My room! I'm always surrounded by people who aspire to be a better person. So, what more motivation do I need?
Favorite off-campus place to eat and/or hang out and why:
My friends Brandon and Jeremy's house! There's always something to do there, plus, it serves as a little get away from school work!
Favorite out of class book to read and why:
The DC Universe Encyclopedia! Duh? Every super hero and villain known to man exists in this book!
Favorite musicians/band and why:
Christina Perri, why you may ask? Because she's perfect. I hope you read this Christina Perri!


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When we travel to far distant shores, many of us are looking for a deeper meaning to our travels and our lives, searching out places that are sacred and mystical. The following book will help you move beyond the mainstream tourist destinations.
Sacred Britain: a Guide to Places that Stir the Soul by Martin Symington
"Britain is packed with places to visit that can be called 'sacred'. Many are mainstream tourist sites, such as Iona, Lindisfarne and Stonehenge. Many more are out-of-the-way pilgrimage destinations, druidic circles, holy wells or obscure islands that few people would find without this book. Some are only recognised as 'sacred' by people with a special interest: Karl Marx's tomb in Highgate cemetery, the island on Althorp where Princess Diana is buried, or Twickenham rugby stadium. This is a travel guidebook to places in England, Scotland and Wales associated with a sense of the sacred. The book journeys from pilgrimage sites with tombs of martyrs and scenes of medieval miracles to the remote islands of Iona, Bardsey and Lindisfarne, as well as to modern Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic shrines. It visits pre-historic stone circles and ancient chalk hill carvings such as the phallic Cerne Abbas giant. As well as sites of myth, legend, and apparition it covers shrines to philosophers and locations revered for their connections with art, music, literature, sport, and crime." (Syndetics)
You can find more books about spiritual travel in a past blog. And if you are looking for appropriate accommodation for your spiritual journey, take a look at our blog on monasteries.


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That's Anne-Sophie, who brings her vast talent to Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center this winter, along with a new album and performances in Washington D.C. and Boston.
Celebrating the Holidays at Rockefeller Center
Keith Douglas, Managing Director at Rockefeller Center, offers an inside look at the Center's upcoming winter season.
Born to Be the Sugarplum Fairy
Well, almost…starting at age 3 in a Nutcracker debut in South Carolina, the New York City Ballet's Sara Mearns has danced her way to the starring role at Lincoln Center.
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Winter 2013/2014's biggest cultural arts events in NYC, including Elton John at the Garden, A Christmas Story, Bernard Haitink and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and more.
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By David C. Van Essen, Ph.D.
President, Society for Neuroscience
This year's Progress Report summarizes more than 100 research discoveries that collectively illustrate how research in neuroscience is helping to better understand, diagnose, and treat many debilitating diseases and disorders of the nervous system. Each of the 10 sections focuses on discoveries related to a particular class of disorders or to a cross-cutting theme such as neuroethics. These individual discoveries ("nuggets of neuroscience"), and the broader themes that emerge from the report as a whole, are a significant part of the grand quest to understand the human brain in health and disease.
The human brain is an amazingly complex structure for processing information and controlling all aspects of our behavior. The complexity of the brain's intricate neural circuitry, involving billions of neurons and trillions of synapses, greatly exceeds that of any other organ system in the body.
This complexity is evident at many levels. At molecular and cellular levels it involves exquisitely choreographed molecular signals for transmitting information from one cell to another and for adjusting the strength of these signals during development and learning. At the systems level, it involves a symphony of coordinated neural activity patterns involving thousands of distinct brain structures communicating through tens of thousands of anatomical pathways. It also involves a high degree of individual variability in brain structure and function from one person to the next that is responsible for the tremendous diversity in our individual personalities and intellectual capabilities.
Given the brain's staggering complexity—far greater than that of a space shuttle or a supercomputer—it is hardly surprising that the nervous system can malfunction in countless ways. Indeed, more than 1,000 disorders and diseases of the nervous system have been identified, and the list continues to grow. The most prevalent afflictions, including Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, stroke, and learning disabilities, in aggregate affect a large fraction of our population and place a staggering burden on society in terms of economic impact, distress, and human suffering.
Without major progress in preventing and treating nervous system disorders, this burden will only grow as people continue to live longer. In order to accelerate progress, we need a much deeper understanding of disease mechanisms and of the normal mechanisms of brain function and brain plasticity, or adaptability. Such advances, including those highlighted in this report, will allow us to better harness and enhance the normal capacity of the nervous system to regenerate, repair, and adapt itself to insult and injury.
Several broad themes emerge from accomplishments in brain research in 2006. One involves progress in characterizing the genetic factors contributing to a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. These range from the elucidation of the role played by specific genes in familial Parkinson's disease to the identification of many anxiety-related genes in a mouse model.


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