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Here's to all the fantastic kissing scenes in YA books! There's nothing better than seeing two characters lock lips after you've been obsessing over them for an entire book.
We've created a list of YA books with fantastic kissing scenes that will make you swoon. Whether you like your kisses soft and sweet or sizzling and steamy, there is something here for you. So put on your lip gloss and get reading!
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
The kissing scenes in this book are so amazing, Netflix made a movie about them! Okay, okay, the movie is about the whole book, not just the kisses. But you won't be disappointed. The kisses in this story are hot and sweet at the same time. And the connection between Finch and Violet will have you laughing and crying at the same time.
Going the Distance (The Kissing Booth #2) by Beth Reekles
If you've read The Kissing Booth or watched the hit Netflix movie, you'll know just how steamy Elle and Noah's kisses can get! With a long-distance relationship, suspicious social media posts, and a cute new boy on the scene, you can count on some swoonworthy kisses in this sequel. Join Elle as she navigates her senior year and all the kisses that come with it!
Jackpot by Nic Stone
If you love stories about opposites attracting, you'll adore this YA novel from the bestselling author of Dear Martin. Rico and Zan are different in many ways, but that's what makes their chemistry so amazing. Even though they're from opposite sides of the economic spectrum, they find companionship and encouragement in each other.
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith
Hugo and Mae are an adorable couple. Even though they come from different continents, they feel an instant connection to each other. Plus, going on a train trip across the United States is super romantic and the perfect situation to fall in love. Their first kiss is everything you'd hope it would be—sweet, genuine, and breathtaking.
Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas
Nobody can write kisses quite like Sarah J. Maas. And a kiss between Catwoman and Batwing? It just doesn't get better than that. The tension between these two enemies builds throughout the entire novel, so by the time they kiss, sparks practically fly off the page. If you want a kissing scene with loads of passion and mystery that will make your heart pound, you can't go wrong with this one!
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Let's hear it for the super-sexy scenes with no kissing! There aren't many romantic kisses in this book, but the sizzling chemistry between Aurora and Kal has us shipping them hard. We're counting down the days until the sequel, Aurora Burning, hits bookshelves (May 5!) so we can finally find out if these two will pucker up—and if it will be as life-changing as we've imagined.
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
Feeling like a fish out of water at her new prep school, Jessie strikes up an online friendship with an anonymous person. As their friendship turns flirtatious, Jessie tries to uncover this mystery person's identity. Let's just say that sometimes, it pays to meet your secret admirer. The kissing scene in this book will have you grinning from ear to ear.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
When you're allergic to the world, the possibility of romance is pretty much nonexistent. Desperate for freedom, Maddy throws caution to the wind and heads out on an adventure with the boy next door. When these two teens lock lips for the first time, it's unforgettable. Once you've read the book, you can experience the kisses all over again when you watch the movie.
Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein
When June and Oliver's moms arrange for them to carpool to school every day, the teens are skeptical. As they spend time together, they fight over everything from music to life's big questions. But they can't deny their growing friendship—and attraction. You won't want to miss the moment when they kiss for the first time!
We Are the Perfect Girl by Ariel Kaplan
Aphra and Bethany are two best friends working together to catch the perfect guy. It seems like a good plan until they both fall in love with him. Jealousy, misunderstandings, and incredible kisses are bound to happen. This book is fun and sweet and will have you racing through the pages, looking for the kissing scenes.
19 Love Songs by David Levithan
Get ready for a feel-good book that will melt your heart. This collection of short stories from the author of Every Day and Two Boys Kissing will have you shipping all the couples. You'll find stories featuring favorite characters, family, love, poetry, and kissing. It's the perfect book to read this Valentine's Day.


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Van Eeden, E. & Warnich, P. et al. 2018. Teaching and learning History and Geography in the South African classroom. [Book review]
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)

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In December 2020, the community was asked to propose priorities for the development of IPFS for 2021 on GitHub.
There were a lot of proposals.
A decision was to be taken by mid-january.
But the Roadmap hasn't been updated, and blog.ipfs.io hasn't published an announcement.
Was the priority for 2021 chosen/announced? Is there one?
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Well, la dee da. All this self-imposed isolation and social distancing, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has given me oodles of time for self-or-other-reflection.
Going into the fourth month of voluntary quarantine, I find my mind tunnelling into uncharted and imaginary territory, which, not that long ago, would have possibly been dismissed with a shake of the head and a roll of the eyes. The fertile ground upon which the seeds of my unfettered brain have settled is none other than the realm of conspiracy theories.
Oh sure, the world is full of these theoretical concoctions on how and where the virus began (or did not begin if you believe the conspiracy that it's all a hoax). You've probably been bombarded, through news services and social media, with claims that it is being caused by the new 5G technology, or that Bill Gates already has the patent on the vaccine and is just waiting for the right moment to maximize his profits.
Knowing President Donald Trump's recent history, who would not put it past him to have sold off his hotel and golf course empires, as the conspiracy theory goes, and invested everything in toilet paper? Not to be outdone, we also have the Americans and Chinese pointing fingers at each other and claiming that "you started it!" with biological warfare weapons that have escaped from secret labs.
However, nowhere on this planet are conspiracies likelier to be born and nurtured than right here on this little island we call Salt Spring. What we are sitting on is a veritable Salish Sea Petri dish for culturing exotic conspiracy theories.
Speaking of pointing fingers, here on Salt Spring there exist conspiracies linking two of the regular warring factions with the pandemic. In both cases, however, the theories claim that there is no health hazard and that the pandemic scare has been created to further each faction's ends. On the one hand, word has it that the whole kerfuffle has been started by a ragtag alliance of "drawbridge NIMBYers" to scare away tourists, development and commercial progress. Countering this is the theory that the culprits who are at the bottom of the public panic are the usual suspects of island developers and municipality incorporators. The strategy behind this thought is that the kibosh on tourism will starve out all the cottage industry NIMBYers and will eventually force them to move off island. Ultimately, this will leave Salt Spring open for "free-for-all" growth.
One of the "go-to" conspiracies is that the virus has spread all over the island but the health authorities are keeping it under cover to quell any public panic. Another collusion plot has people believing that the virus has never even come to the island but the local government is using this ruse to control us and limit our movement, all the while plotting to have the potholes filled and the road lines painted while the roads are empty.
Pushing the frontier of belief even further is the one that claims the virus is a deliberate attempt by the ruling class to effectively "cull the herd" by eliminating the very old, weak and infirm. This would save huge amounts of tax money spent on health care and old age pensions as well as open up more housing possibilities for the young, virile tech-savvy kindred who want to live a quieter and richer life more geared to their personal goals, such as exporting Salt Spring knickknacks all over the world.
Of course, leading the COVID-19 conspiracy theory race is that old dependable notion that the pandemic has been inflicted upon us by alien beings from a faraway galaxy or distant dimension. Apparently, these intruders from deep space have grown bored of abducting humans and transporting them up to their mothership flying saucers where they can probe our brains to find if there are any signs of intelligent life. Not finding any, it is no longer cost-effective to beam earthlings up and down in order to conduct neurological experiments on them. Why not just eliminate the whole kit and caboodle of them in one fell swoop?
That's right, those little elliptical-eyed critters from outer space are up to their eight little elbows in spreading the virus, which they hope will extinguish the human species and thereby leave them a planet ready for new occupants. Some even believe that the coronavirus is an alien life form itself which has travelled trillions of light years at the speed of light before finally catching the ferry over to Salt Spring.
A side shoot of the extraterrestrial conspiracy is that aliens have infiltrated human society and lived among us for decades and that the COVID-19 pandemic is just a ruse schemed up by global paranormal scientists. What the virus testing is actually looking for is alien genetic material in the test subject's DNA. This will give authorities some idea of who these aliens are and how many of them are already here on the planet. Of course, anyone living on Salt Spring who has ever taken in a Saturday market already knows not only that aliens are living right here among us but are pretty good at creating and marketing gadgets such as beer bottle cap wind chimes and essential oil chain lube.
We've only touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to discussing and analyzing the various COVID-19 conspiracy theories on the island. One of these garnering a great deal of support is the suspicion that the whole scare is being fuelled by Big Soap, a huge conglomerate of small, independent hand-cleanser makers who are behind the notion that everyone should wash their hands carefully 137 times a day. Others put the blame on everything from imported coffee beans, stimulant beverages and itinerant lamb fleecers.
Nobody asked me, but it's easy to see that Salt Spring is rife with a pandemic-load of theories on how, where and why we have been afflicted (or not) by the current plague. No matter which conspiracy you happen to subscribe to personally, just make sure that you enlist at least 10 other believers in your conspiracy bubble to make it official. Then you'd better go wash your hands.


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With country, rock and much more mixed together, this lands most often in pretty mainstream zones. While most of this works pretty well, it does have a tendency toward feeling monolithic. It also can get a bit dull at times. Still, a lot of that can be avoided by listening to a song or two at time rather than the full set at once. I think a lot of people probably listen to music that way these days, anyway.
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QUIZ: Only an 18-year-old can name 9/10 of these movies
9 October 2020, 18:36 | Updated: 12 October 2020, 17:35
It's true. Your film knowledge says a LOT about your age.
We all grow up watching different movies but every generation has their own selection of films that everyone their age knows and loves. Some people associate films like Legally Blonde and Mean Girls with their teenage memories, others were raised on Easy A and The Conjuring and then there are those who are still at school watching The Kissing Booth and Get Out.
Can you name all 10 of the movies in this quiz though? If you can identify at least 9/10, you are an 18-year-old or younger. If not, you're definitely older. Don't believe us? Take the quiz to find out if we managed to get it right.


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It was rumored yesterday, but now it's official. Ron Howard will be finishing the Han Solo spinoff film of the Star Wars universe.
Howard is replacing the duo of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who exited the project amid creative differences with LucasFilms' Kathleen Kennedy and Lawrence Kasdan. Howard will begin work on the film immediately. However, the Director's Guild of America will make the decision on who will be credited once it is complete. Could it be Howard? Could it be Lord and Miller? Could it be all three?
The film is more than halfway complete before Lord and Miller's exit so it is unclear how much Howard will have to finish.
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Episode 136 "Actually, I did not get permission from our gate yesterday."
Park Jong-soo, the president of the Knights Guild, stood face to face as soon as he got to work.
Jung Yoon-tae, a vice president, added hurriedly.
"The results from the association have come up a little higher."
"Is it a S grade gate?"
"No, yes, I am a grade A student, and he said he went up to the maximum reading."
"I got hit, this one."
If the S class has come out, I can give up neatly.
It does not make sense that one knight with no S class Hunter clears the S class gate.
Maybe you can barely clear the S-class hunters across the country like in the case of Jeju Island Reid.
If the result of horsepower measurement is A grade, the story changes.
One of the five guilds, Knight Templar, can not properly handle the A-level gates.
It may not have been possible to find a reduced position at all.
"Good morning, are you crazy?"
"I do not know."
"We'll get rid of it."
Honam's reputation guild.
Park Jong – soo set the bar for the word 'fame'.
"Let's put the gate in our front yard into the mouth of her mouth."
"It is said that the horse is," said the chaplain.
"It will not be so if the soil gets into my eyes."
"Grayson, why do not you take it?"
Park Jong-soo, who was so excited, asked what he was wearing.
It was natural.
The death and death of the attacking members as well as myself can be determined in a word of their own words.
I could not say anything excited.
Park Jong – su has a headache.
'Our Guild A class hunters are not at the level of competing with other large guilds.'
No, in terms of the number and qualities of A class, it was comparable to Hunters, which is called the best guild in Korea.
Only S grade one.
It was the Knights Templar who was at risk of being forced out of the five guilds because they did not have one.
For the same reason, only the elite of the Knights were enough for an ordinary grade A gate.
However, among the A class, if the gates with the highest magic value are at the gate, the Knights Guild without S class had to take the risk of the team members.
Even if it is classified as A class, the clearance difficulty of the dungeon itself is close to S grade.
The Hunter Association also said that it was hesitating to give permission because it knew the danger.
'…'When Park Jong-su's worries deepened, Jung Yoon-tae cautiously said.
"Actually, if this RedGate pops up, we're all dead."
The top-tier A-grade gig is too much, and suddenly it turns into a Red Gate?
It was a terrible thing to think about.
Half if you're lucky.
If the luck does not follow, all of the raids, including yourself, could be killed.
'If you think coolly, this thing is right.'
However, when the rumor of a guild abandoning the A-level gate spread, I had to see that the destiny of the Knights was also over.
What kind of newcomer will come to the guild that does not have a S-class Hunter or a Class A gate?
"Gracie, let's join in with this other guild."
Park shook his head.
"I do not think I'm going to be alone.
To handle the A-level gates that can eat allots when the Knights Templar is lost.
If I had to hold my hand, it was still a problem.
'It's the same as advertising a lack of competence.'
There were dozens of people on their faces.
"If you do not get attracted to the guild, how about an individual?"
Two people 's head went back to the woman' s voice coming from the side.
It was a healing class A class Hunter and Jeong Jalim who are in charge of Hill in the Knights' elite raid.
The healer's voice is great.
It is not necessary to say that the healer has a variety of skills to hold a Class A rank.
Park Jong-soo did not hide his embarrassed expression as the fate of the Knights Guild was hanging on this day.
"I am going to enter the top-level A-level gate.
Park Jong-soo's words were cut off.
It is because the person who came suddenly came up to say the word.
The man who wiped out the A-class, S-class marshals alone!
Park Jong – su, who could not stand the excitement, got up.
'If Sung Jin-woo comes!'
He was the one who knocked out all of the S-class hunters in Korea who had not been able to come in before.
If he did, the security of the attackers would be 100 percent guaranteed.
Where is it?
I was able to avoid the mistakenness that I had to deal with class A gates by borrowing the power of another guild.
'Rather, when the knighthood's name goes up, it goes up.'
Who would be in the guild to have the best Hunter in hand and raid?
The lives of team members and the honor of the Knights.
It was a great way to catch both rabbits at once.
My god asked me, Park Jong-soo, excitedly.
"What are you doing now, Sung Jin Hun Hunter?"
Jung Jilim, who had made his first speech, also shook his head.
"It's quiet except for the news that I've handled one of the gates on the road recently."
Jung Yoon-tae, who recalled Sung Jin-woo from the recent news, pulled out his cell phone.
"I'll contact you, Sung Jin Hun Hunter Yes, sir?"
"Yes, it is. Put the phone in. "
"Should we try to solve this important thing with a phone call? I'll find you and give you your word. "
When Jung Yoon – tae agreed, Park Jong – su said with a smile.
"Let's go up once."
*** That night. Hain, who lay on the bed, struggled with bitterness while wearing his quilt over his head.
'I think so, I think so!'
That's why I confessed it!
Her movements stopped when she was kicking her bed.
There was an unexpected thought.
How do you interpret your answer?
– Is not there a better way to come into the guild then?
Once I got up in a hurry to think about trying to save my seat, but when I remembered the moment, I was distressed and the accident stopped.
I remember when I came back again, my face was hot again.
When faced with the mad eyes of the petrified pet, I had foresaw death that I could never avoid.
Absolute horror.
The fate of the fisherman.
I looked at the 10 fingernails on both sides of the car, and I saw that the car had closed his eyes.
But then.
I felt a warm warmth behind my back. At the same time, a familiar scent enveloped her warmly.
Cha Haein glanced openly and looked back.
Jinwoo, holding the pet's nails, was staring at the pet.
It is true that at that moment my heart was running wild.
By the way.
-Perhaps… Are you interested in me?
Is not it folly to ask in that situation?
Cha Hae – soon shook his head as if trying to shout.
Even if I asked so, I should not have answered honestly.
'Maybe you think you're a strange woman.'
By the way.
I thought that I could not, but my mouth moved by itself.
If you are with Sungjin Hunter, you will be able to express your unhappiness.
It's not like yourself.
'Like you are not yourself?'
Those words that are strangely familiar.
Where was it?
There was a memory somewhere that I heard a similar expression.
The memories that had been erased in my mind swept past my brain.
-……send it.
Cha Hae – in caused his upper body.
'……!'Obviously it was not an old thing, but as I dreamed and woke up, the voices that had disappeared on the other side of the memory came to mind.
-…Please tell me.
Cha Haein tried to remember the contents of the voice and the owner.
The form of memory, which was blurred as it was covered in dense fog, gradually came to my appearance.
-……Please tell me you need to be careful.
'I met Min Bong Hunter.'
When he lost consciousness and was dragged into an unknown darkness, it was Min Bung Hunter who snatched his wrist.
I was feeling uncomfortable for a moment.
I remember seeing the black armor surrounding the whole body of Min Bong Hunter, I thought it was the wonder.
Only the face is exposed.
Even his face seemed sadly somewhat unlike usual.
As the memory of the time slowly began to emerge, Cha Haen suddenly felt the back of the throne cool.
Min – bong Hunter spoke with a face that seemed to bear the crying.
– To Sung Jin Hunter.
'To Sung Jin Hunter …?' – Tell them that you must be careful of your strength.
*** Jin-woo, who finished the shower, stood in front of the bathroom mirror.
I'm sure it looks good here.
By the way.
I really liked the beauty of the girl like Cha Seo, so I tried to move the guild.
'Am I that much?'
Jin looked into the mirror.
There was a figurine and laughter.
I had no intention of falling in love with others even if I did not tell them.
Only one part is confident.
It was all the muscles that became harder and harder in daily quests that did not fall a day and repeated every day.
It is the sound of the body in the end.
The face is …… Well, except for a little strong eye, is not it a common sight on the street?
But then.
Looking at the mirror, Jinwoo 's eyes turned sincerely.
I tilted my head slightly forward and looked in more detail.
The enlightenment in the mirror and the enlightenment in reality have faced each other for a long time.
I was young in the eyes of Jinwoo.
The gaze swept across the face.
I knew it.
The change was right.
Even though it did not grow big, the small scars, dots, and dirt that were found when I looked closely, some of them were disappearing neatly.
'Is it due to the effect of rehabilitation will buff?'
Among the buff effects I received in exchange for the player, I was told to 'restore all parts of the damaged body'.
It was enough to reproduce even the leg which was cut by stone statue.
It may not be strange that minor skin damage is cured.
But what a strange thing.
'…I think it's a little bit difficult. "
The age of mid-20s.
But in the mirror, he was seen in his early twenties, about two or three years younger.
It was a surprise.
It is said that magic can prevent a certain degree of aging of an awakening, is it similar to that?
'Eli …'
Jin-woo came out of the bathroom when the man thought that it was funny to look at the mirror by himself.
My sister was out of the room, too, so her brother and sister reunited in the living room.
Jinwoo laughed and called Jinna.
"How about you?"
"Like charm as a man."
Jina frowned.
"Where did you come from? My eyes are just my brother's brother? "
"Come on, thank you."
Jinwoo laughed and smiled at Jin-A's ball, and Jin-ah also responded with a sharp bottom kick.
Of course, it was Jinnah who jumped sore.
"Have you forgotten what your brother is? Can you study properly with that head? "
"What did you say?"
Jin-a who popped out of his mouth pointed his eyes.
"In this test, I am the first in the whole school?"
Jinwoo swallowed the laughter, his brother's reaction was fun.
The good thing about my family is that even though I am different, they always give me the same attitude in the same place.
Jinwoo rubbed his wet head with a towel and passed by Jinnah.
"My brother too."
Jinwoo, who was about to enter the room, recalled something and looked back.
"True, I want to make a guild this time."
The shining red eyes shined their eyes.
"Are you listening to the boss now?"
"If it is good."
"What is the name of the guild?"
"I do not want to ask that once."
"Five! What is it? "
The younger brother who sends the expectation eyes gently asked the truth.
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Understanding his players are hurting, Conn makes sure to leave lasting memories for them
LANCASTER – Lancaster baseball coach Corey Conn truly cares.
He understands that his players are hurting right now because their season has been put on hold and more than likely will not be played at all because of the recent action the Ohio High School Athletic Association took because of the coronavirus.
Last Friday, which was the last day he could be with the team because of the OHSAA's "no contact" rule for the next three weeks, Conn wanted to make sure if it was the last practice together, he was going to make it special and a memory they could cherish.
Conn didn't want to show it on the outside, but his heart was breaking on the inside, especially for the senior players. If that wasn't heartbreaking enough, he thought about the players who were finally going to get their chance to shine.
"My thought process was that Friday was the only day guaranteed, so let's make sure we have a really good practice and give our guys something to remember," Conn said. "It was really tough. You tried not to think about it. We talked about taking one day at a time and those sorts of things and tried to be in the moment as much as possible, but then you realize why you are in that moment. Then it hits you and you try to hold it together. We just tried to cherish those last moments, especially with the seniors.
The team had hitting practice at the high school, then headed over to Beavers Field where they usually play their home games. They had defensive practice and took infield like they would normally do for a game. They even stood for the national anthem.
Conn then wanted to make sure the seniors were honored, and he tried to do some of the things they would normally experience on Senior Night. He had the moms of the senior players get their pictures taken with their sons. He wanted to make sure they had special memories if that was the last time they would be together as a group.
At the end of the defensive drills, he met with the players on the pitcher's mound and talked about the relationships he had formed with of them and to let them know how much he cares about each one of them. There is no doubt, there were a few tears shed during that meeting.
There were seven seniors in the starting lineup, led by returning All-Ohio players Casey Finck and Evan Sines, as well as Wes Ward, Max Hamilton, Nathan Pechar, Caleb Boring and Brendan Hutton.
"It was difficult to navigate all those thoughts at that moment," Conn said. "It was very difficult when you look at some of our seniors who have had incredible careers, and for the guys who have put in the time and waited for their shot and it may not come. The worst thing is you can't be around them every day."
Not being able to be around his players may be the toughest thing of all for Conn because of the relationships he has forged with them. The players know how much he cares about them. What he did for them last Friday was not about him.
The players always come first with Conn, and he is always thinking about their well-being instead of his. He appreciates and understands how much the players have sacrificed to be successful, which is why last Friday was hard.
Conn has invested his time with them, and in turn, the players have done the same for him. Coaching is all about building relationships, and to be honest, I'm not sure I've ever seen a more genuine player-coach relationship than I have that Conn has with his players.
Because of that special bond, it makes it even more personal and more heartbreaking that Conn must see something the players have worked so hard for, taken away.
"It is incredibly difficult," Conn said. These are my kids. You have that strong relationship with them. Throughout the course of a season, I spend more time with them than I do my own kids. These are my boys and I care for them. It's hard not to be able to talk to them and see how to they are doing. You want to make sure they are staying in good spirits and focusing on the right things."
Conn has taken the program to heights it hadn't seen in 25 years. The Golden Gales have won back-to-back Ohio Capital conference-Ohio Division championships and two consecutive district titles. The pieces are in place to continue that success this season.
This senior class has a chance to really cement their legacy, and if they don't get that chance, there will always be unfinished business and that what-if question.
One thing is for sure, regardless of what happens, Conn wanted to make sure they went out winners.
A tradition that started a few years back is after every time the Gales win, and after the players shook hands with the opposing team, they would all go out to short left field and wait on Conn. The smiles on their faces was undeniable as they waited on their coach.
Conn would then run out to them and jump into their waiting arms to celebrate a victory. He made sure he did that one last time on Friday.
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Yamaha R-N303 Network Stereo Receiver with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and MusicCast
Ooberpad brings you the Yamaha R-N303 - a high-quality network stereo receiver with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and MusicCast delivering outstanding sound quality and a clean design.The R-N303 plays sources from its analogue and digital connectors, streaming services, internet radio, DAB+ or even hi-res audio via the local network. The R-N303 is equipped for digital audio input with both audio and coaxial terminals. The optical is for receiving audio from a TV and the coaxial is for receiving audio from a Blu-ray Disc™ player. The audio stays in the digital domain, giving you pure, pristine, dynamic sound for all your entertainment sources, from sports and other programmes to movies and concerts.
Yamaha's R-N303 is a great choice for anyone looking to enjoy a smooth stereo sound from a variety of sources, both wired and wireless. Its analogue and digital connections let you hook up traditional analogue components, like a CD player or turntable. Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth give you even more ways to listen.
1-year manufacturer's warranty
Key Features:
- Two channels of 100 W high-power output (0.2% THD)
- Simple and sophisticated design
- Optical and coaxial audio inputs for TV
- Phono input terminals for turntables & vinyls
- Wi-Fi®, Wireless Direct, Bluetooth® and AirPlay® for wireless connectivity
- DSD 5.6 MHz, FLAC, WAV, AIFF 192 kHz/24-bit, Apple® Lossless 96 kHz/24-bit playback
- Multiroom audio with Yamaha MusicCast
- Add audio in up to 9 additional rooms with MusicCast
- Voice control using your Alexa device like Echo or Echo Dot
Benefits of Yamaha R-N303 Network Stereo Receiver:
Advanced circuitry for sonic clarity & high power
Each unit is of the Yamaha R-N303 is equipped with a high-quality/high-power amp, featuring a single push-pull and discrete configuration that delivers a maximum output of 140 watts/channel (8Ω). Its low-impedance design minimises the lengths of the audio signal paths, while placing the power supply unit near the amp unit eliminates energy loss, achieves superior drivability for optimum sound reproduction with all kinds of speakers, providing exceptionally dynamic, exciting sound.
Experience high-resolution
The Yamaha R-N303 supports an extensive variety of high-resolution audio formats. Feel the very breath of the vocals, bask in the airy atmosphere of a concert hall and experience all of the performance as never before.
Control at your fingertip via Smartphone App
With the free MusicCast Controller app, simply tap and flick on the intuitively designed screen, and easily operate all of your MusicCast devices, as well as the Yamaha R-N303.
Multiroom audio with Yamaha MusicCast
MusicCast incorporated in the Yamaha R-N303 employs a high-performance wireless network to deliver music and audio enjoyment. It can stream digital music content from your smartphone, PC or NAS to other MusicCast devices in your home. It can also share the music from external devices such as a CD player or TV connected to the Yamaha R-N303. Audio content from Bluetooth®-connected smartphones or tablets can also be streamed to MusicCast devices in multiple rooms. The Yamaha R-N303 is equipped with Bluetooth® functionality to let you enjoy easy wireless music playback from smartphones and other devices.
AirPlay, Bluetooth, streaming, DAB+ and hi-res playback via networkBeing a modern stereo network receiver, the Yamaha R-N303 is compatible with all present-day playback options such as Apple AirPlay for wireless music transmission from Mac, iPhone and iPad. Through network connections, music can be played from PC, Mac or NAS, both wired and wireless. For all these options, Yamaha R-N303 supports hi-res playback of DSD 5.6 MHz, AIFF/FLAC/WAV with 192 kHz / 24 bit and Apple Lossless with 96 kHz / 24 bit. Streaming services like Spotify, Napster, Deezer and Juke offer songs of all styles. The Yamaha R-N303 is also compatible with the audiophile streaming services Tidal and Qobuz. Wireless playback from mobile devices via Bluetooth is possible, too. What is more, an integrated DAB+ receiver receives digital radio in outstanding quality, an FM tuner for analogue radio is present as well.
Hi-Fi sound for your TV
The Yamaha R-N303 is equipped for digital audio input with both audio and coaxial terminals. The optical is for receiving audio from a TV and the coaxial is for receiving audio from a Blu-ray Disc™ player. The audio stays in the digital domain, giving you pure, pristine, dynamic sound for all your entertainment sources, from sports and other programmes to movies and concerts.
Special phono input terminals
The comprehensive connectors of the Yamaha R-N303 include special phono input terminals, letting you easily connect a turntable and enjoy music from your vinyl record collection.
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Technical Specifications of Yamaha R-N303 Network Stereo Receiver:
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|Yamaha R-N303 Receiver
Receiver / Integrated Amplifier -
Network section
DLNA - Version 1.5
File Format - MP3, WMA, MPEG4 AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, DSD
Wi-Fi - Yes
Bluetooth - Yes (SBC / AAC)
Maximum Power (4 ohms, 1kHz, 0.7% THD, for Europe)
|Maximum Power(8 ohms, 1 kHz, 10% THD)
|High Dynamic Power/Channel (8/6/4/2 ohms)
|Frequency Response
0 ± 0.5 dB / 0 ± 3.0 dB
|Total Harmonic Distortion (CD to Sp Out, 20 Hz-20 kHz)
|Signal-to-Noise Ratio (CD)
100 dB (Input shorted, 500 mV)
Audio In / Out
|6 / 1
|Digital Input
Yes (Optical / Coaxial)
Phono Input
Headphone Out
FM 50dB Quieting Sensitivity (IHF, 1 kHz, 100% Mod., Mono)
3 µV (20.8 dBf)
FM Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Mono/Stereo)
65 dB / 64 dB
|Standby Power Consumption
0.1 W (Network standby on / Wi-Fi connection; 1.8 W)
|Dimensions (W x H x D)
17-1/8" x 5-1/2" x 13-3/8" (with antenna up: 17-1/8" x 8" x 13-3/8")
7.2 kg; 15.9 lbs.


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The Moral Arc is Bending Towards Justice: A Look Back at What We Achieved and What is on the Horizon
By Dominique Martin (he/him), Policy Research Analyst
Last year, New Virginia Majority released our ten-year vision— a robust policy agenda covering a range of policy issues that centers the needs and struggles of working people, people of color, immigrants, women, and young people to build a real democracy rooted in racial and economic justice. A key tenet of our long-term vision is transforming our criminal justice system. We believe that a fair and just criminal justice system ensures that law enforcement officers are accountable to their communities, there are more community-based alternatives to incarceration, poverty is decriminalized, and returning citizens have a fair shot to succeed.
During the 2020 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly, several pieces of legislation were passed that will help our communities make significant progress and begin to advance a progressive criminal justice agenda. Yet, there is still work to do and we will build on the progress we have made to move Virginia closer to a truly just society for all. Here is an overview of some key bills that passed the General Assembly in 2020 along with our perspective on what lawmakers should prioritize during the 2021 General Assembly Session, which begins on January 13, 2021.
Policy Wins From the 2020 Regular Session
The 2019 elections brought a shift to Virginia's political landscape. Democratic control of the House of Delegates, Senate, and Governorship opened the path for bold policy ideas to become law in the Commonwealth. Reform efforts helped to reshape the criminal justice system at all levels, from prevention, first contact, and to post release. Some of these bills were:
- HB277 (Price): Allows individuals to perform community service during imprisonment to earn credit against fines and court costs imposed upon them.
- HB757 (Aird): Limits employment applications for local and state government positions from including questions about arrests and convictions (ban the box).
- HB995 (Lindsey): Raises the felony larceny threshold from $500 to $1,000.
- HB972/SB2 (Herring/Ebbin): Decriminalizes marijuana usage and possession from a maximum fine of $500 and/or a maximum 30-day jail sentence for first offense and Class 1 misdemeanor for subsequent offenses, to no more than a $25 civil penalty for simple possession further reducing contact with the criminal system.
- HB1196 (Lopez): Repeals the requirement that the drivers license of a convicted person is suspended for failure to pay fines and court costs.
- HB1462 (Scott): Allows a magistrate to grant bail without having to get approval from a Commonwealth Attorney, potentially reducing the amount of people held pretrial. This will help citizens avoid the devastating consequences of being detained while awaiting their day in court, and will lessen the amount of people detained pretrial overall.
- HB1250 (Torian): Prohibits law enforcement officers from using bias-based profiling, and creates a database to collect information related to the use of profiling during police stops and to catalog complaints about officers' use of excessive force.
Progress Made During the 2020 Special Session
This summer a special session was held in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, and the months of protests that followed. The special session resulted in the passage of many important bills that will help protect our communities from police violence and empower us to hold law enforcement officers accountable when they engage in misconduct. These bills include:
- HB5043/ SB5038 (Bourne/ McPike): Enables the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) to work together to create a Marcus alert system and submit a plan by 7/1/21 as an attempt to help those experiencing mental health crises by utilizing law enforcement and behavioral health workers for crisis intervention.
- HB5055/ SB5035 (Herring/ Hashmi): Gives localities the authority to establish an independent Civilian Review Board that has investigatory power, subpoena power, and a say in disciplinary decisions regarding law enforcement officers.
- SB5014 (Edwards): Requires all new law enforcement officer-hires to complete Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) as part of the minimum training standards and requires currently trained CIT officers to complete advanced training.
- HB5072/SB5024 (Lopez/ Lucas): Gives the Attorney General authority to initiate investigations into unlawful practices committed by law enforcement agencies.
- HB5062/SB5033 (Mullin/ Surovell): Allows a prosecutor the authority to dismiss a criminal case.
- SB5007 (Morrissey): Sentencing reform allowing judges, as opposed to juries, to determine sentences in criminal cases unless otherwise requested. This brings Virginia in line with nearly all other states in the United States and is expected to result in more fair sentencing.
- HB5148 (Scott): Earned sentence credits can be earned to reduce the length of sentences, incentivizing incarcerated people to engage in good behavior and community service.
SB5030 (Locke): This is a package of bills rolled into one piece of legislation, Senate Bill 5030 includes several new laws related to criminal justice and policing that were passed separately in the house. These laws have an enactment date of 3/1/21:
- HB5029 (McQuinn): Law enforcement duty to intervene and render aid.
- HB5069 (Carroll Foy): Prohibits neck restraints and provides for disciplinary action unless the use of a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the law enforcement officer or another person.
- HB5099 (Aird): Limiting the circumstances under which search warrants (especially no knock warrants and nighttime warrants) can be requested from a judge or magistrate and execution to daytime, unless good cause is shown upon warrant request.
- HB5051 (Simon): Requires the adoption of standards of conduct and expanded the criteria for decertifying law enforcement officers who are found guilty of misconduct and mandates reporting to the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing.
- HB5104 (Price): Mandates law enforcement agencies and jails request the prior employment and disciplinary history of new hires.
Key Opportunities for the 2021 Regular Session
The General Assembly took important steps forward in 2020 but there is still work to do. We look forward to working with members of the General Assembly and our partners to expand our bold vision for Virginia by advancing legislative measures in 2021 that:
- End qualified immunity for law enforcement officers.
- End the practice of cash bond and other court fees and fines that criminalizes poverty.
- Implement an equity-focused legalization of marijuana that addresses the economic and social implications of the criminalization of marijuana in low-income communities and communities of color.
- Implement restorative justice practices, such as automatic expungement and rights restoration, clemency, sentence reductions, and retroactive sentencing, in alignment with the policy recommendations from Virginia's Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. Marijuana convictions that are no longer criminalized should be included in the the list of circumstances that qualify for automatic expungement. These were policy recommendations that were submitted to the Commission by New Virginia Majority.
- End the death penalty in Virginia.
Click here to read our Ten Year Vision for Democracy, Justice, and Progress.


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Boris Johnson, should not on balance still be Prime Minister and in the long term, the Conservatives risk being severely punished for not removing him. But despite everything, he remains in post and still, we cannot write him off.
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With regards to Johnson's own leadership to date, his government's apparent support of herd immunity as the response to COVID-19 in early 2020 had much more in common with Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy in the 1930s than the Battle of Britain.
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There are few issues where UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Labour Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn see eye to eye, yet this proposal has achieved just that. Rarer still to have the Second Heir to the Throne comment on such matters saying it would be "damaging."
Written By: - Date published: 6:11 am, January 29th, 2021 - 21 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's Blog In late March 2020, the medical director of the NHS Stephen Powis said that keeping the UK COVID-19 death toll to under 20,000 would be a good result. Ten months later, almost to the day, the UK's official death toll from COVID-19 hit 100,000, a few days after an […]
Written By: - Date published: 12:18 pm, May 9th, 2020 - 17 comments
First Secretary of State Dominic Raab has said that lockdown changes being announced this coming Sunday will be 'modest' and 'small'. This is hardly surprising when earlier in the week the national statistician Professor Ian Diamond said that COVID-19 infection rates could be increasing. In particular, the number of cases being reported in care-homes appears to be increasing. Adding to the pressure both the Scottish and Welsh ruled out any significant relaxation of the lockdown rules.
Written By: - Date published: 11:01 am, March 29th, 2020 - 212 comments
Developments on Covid-19 are happening at pace as we enter the make or break stage concerning the virus's spread.
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Originally posted onNick Kelly's blog
Nick is a Director of Piko Consulting and works as a Political Adviser in The House of Lords.
Listening to the results being reported while driving on that California freeway, I recall thinking 'this result could lead to the break up of the United Kingdom'. On hearing that both Northern Ireland and Scotland had voted to stay part of the EU, in contrast to the rest of the country, it was hard to imagine that this would not become a significant issue.
Written By: - Date published: 7:18 am, January 16th, 2020 - 6 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog
The UK Labour Party in the 2019 election assumed that like in 2017, the release of their policy manifesto would see their support increase significantly. Assuming that 2019 would be a re-run of 2017 was a foolish mistake.
Written By: - Date published: 6:14 am, January 13th, 2020 - 28 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog
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Written By: - Date published: 11:23 am, December 12th, 2019 - 5 comments
Can the Conservatives get brexit done by January 31st as they are promising in the election? The short answer is no. The slogan is catchy, and taps into public sentiment. But it is also pure unadulterated bullshit. If the Conservatives do form the next government these words will haunt them, especially Boris Johnson.
Written By: - Date published: 12:14 pm, December 10th, 2019 - 18 comments
The NHS is well loved by the British public. It is seen as something which makes British society decent and civilised. That the NHS is now stretched and badly underfunded is seen as a national outrage. Fears of even further privatisation of the NHS due to a US trade deal has unsurprisingly made the NHS the number one election issue.
Written By: - Date published: 10:14 am, December 10th, 2019 - 17 comments
A chuttering PM and…well, I guess being left speechless.
Written By: - Date published: 4:25 am, December 7th, 2019 - 3 comments
The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats to life on our planet, and as Prime Minister Boris Johnson should have fronted this debate. By failing to do so, he has shown himself to be a weak and feeble leader. By not engaging on the critical issue of climate change, Boris Johnson has shown not only UK electors, but the world that he is a fool.
Written By: - Date published: 9:56 am, December 6th, 2019 - 14 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Scotland matters in the 2019 UK general election. Yet much of the electorate have little understanding of the place, it's politics or what could happen after the December 12 election. Scotland could well decide the outcome of the 2019 UK Election. It did in 2017. At the last election fierce […]
Written By: - Date published: 12:20 pm, December 5th, 2019 - 12 comments
In 2017 UK general election, it was predicted that the Conservatives would win by a landslide. Why? Well the polls said so. The polls made various assumptions about turnout and which constituencies were marginal and likely to turn. Also commentators assumed that Labour under Corbyn had moved too far left, and could not win the centre ground and win. All of this commentary and analysis proved to be bullshit.
Written By: - Date published: 2:35 am, December 4th, 2019 - 2 comments
With just over a week to go till the UK General Election, polls (which are questionable in reliability) show the race getting tighter. Expect lots of harsh word and dubious tactics. In all this, political operators shouldn't forget that real people's lives are impacted by events like terror attacks. Politicians from all sides need to think about their actions before trying to gain political points.
Written By: - Date published: 11:10 am, November 22nd, 2019 - 8 comments
Nick Kelly on the role of social media in the UK election.
Written By: - Date published: 9:48 am, November 22nd, 2019 - 16 comments
Nick Kelly on allegations of bias in the UK media.
Written By: - Date published: 5:32 am, November 14th, 2019 - 6 comments
Nick Kelly summaries the lack of compassion shown by Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg during this weeks UK election campaign.
Written By: - Date published: 11:15 am, November 9th, 2019 - 6 comments
Nick Kelly gives a summary of each major United Kingdom political party.
Written By: - Date published: 8:07 am, November 4th, 2019 - 10 comments
Nick Kelly is a form NZ trade unionist and NZ Labour activist. He is a co director of Piko Consulting, and currently lives in London expanding Piko into the UK. The below was originally published on Nick Kelly's blog
Written By: - Date published: 7:46 am, October 21st, 2019 - 13 comments
As a direct result of the lack of trust by a majority of parliamentarians about how committed Boris supporters are to the process of parliament. They want to see the details of the legislation, debate and pass it before the actual Brexit. Details are the job of MPs.
Written By: - Date published: 5:16 am, October 18th, 2019 - 45 comments
In the UK, Boris Johnson has just had a rather nasty setback in trying to get support for his Brexit package. It looks remarkably like the last one – which failed three times in parliament. It looks like the clone with tweaks will fail again.
Written By: - Date published: 8:57 am, August 3rd, 2019 - 30 comments
in England the Conservatives have lost a safe seat in a by election to the SDP. And from Ireland comes a cunning plan that would obliterate Johnson's majority.
Written By: - Date published: 10:18 am, June 23rd, 2019 - 57 comments
In a week where Donald Trump almost starts war against Iran, gets accused again of sexual assault, and has his ICE staff deny toothpaste, soap and blankets to kids in detention and Boris Johnson gets accused of domestic violence the local right loose it when Jacinda Ardern makes a cake.
Written By: - Date published: 9:39 am, June 13th, 2019 - 27 comments
Boris Johnson declared his candidacy today. The Guardian's Tom Kibasi speculates on his strategy – pick a fight with the EU, make Brexit the issue and call an election. Do a deal with Farage and save Britain from Corbyn. Will it work?
Written By: - Date published: 2:10 pm, June 10th, 2019 - 63 comments
In the same week that Donald Trump said that the American climate was the cleanest climate, Ian Dunlop, former chairman of the Australian Coal Association, has warned of massive social consequences ranging from increased religious fervour to outright chaos. And UK Chancellor Philip Hammond is questioning if remedial action is affordable.
Written By: - Date published: 10:31 am, June 8th, 2019 - 22 comments
In the United Kingdom politics is becoming very unstable with the surge of the new Brexit Party, a Conservative Party that no longer knows what it stands for and Labour also shedding significant support to other parties with clearer positions on Brexit.
Written By: - Date published: 9:46 am, August 9th, 2018 - 68 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly Blog
Written By: - Date published: 7:57 am, July 24th, 2018 - 75 comments
In the United Kingdom Theresa May is facing a confidence threatening Brexit crisis, the organisers of the Vote Leave campaign are facing prosecution, and an opinion poll suggests that a significant proportion of the electorate are willing to shift right to achieve a hard Brexit.
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JJAP Conf. Proc. 5, 011107 (2017) doi:10.7567/JJAPCP.5.011107
Effects of source materials on fabrication of β-FeSi2 thin films by RDE method
- National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8508, Japan
- Received September 15, 2016
The reactive deposition epitaxial (RDE) growth method has been employed extensively in the β-FeSi2 thin film growth. It has been already clarified also that the Fe/Si ratio of source materials affects on the quality of deposited β-FeSi2 thin films by ion beam sputter deposition under high-vacuum condition. On the other hand, to provide methods capable of depositing a high-quality β-FeSi2 thin films inexpensively are important as well. In this study, we used a conventional vacuum deposition system and a few different kinds of iron silicides of Fe2Si, α-FeSi2, and ε-FeSi, which each contains Si, as the source materials in the RDE growth. We found that the depositing Fe2Si onto heated Si substrate helps improving the film flatness and the electric properties of the obtained β-FeSi2 thin films compared to that of Fe-deposited films, even at the relatively low vacuum depositing.
Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
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Time froze as me and Beatrice sneak from our place turning into the driveway, stopping.
'Know how to jack a car?' she looks at me with a lewd face.
'Well not really', I answer thinking of the times I stole money from the glove boxes. 'I was really broke then so no hard criticism please!' I say as her bright widening pupils are attached to a convertible old red MG.
She starts walking over to it casually opening the front seat door waving at me to come as the engine grumbles into gear.
We look back but no one has come out yet as we take off to where I wouldn't know. She leans over kissing my mouth softly as I squeeze her leg. We're flying to the moon on this spectacular afternoon. In love and in an MG.
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The Boeing Company's commercial business is facing issues. The company is having low demand for its commercial jets. It has done even lesser deliveries in May from April and has grounded its 737 MAX planes.
In May, Boeing deliveries dropped to only four planes, which is lower than six deliveries, which it did in April. In six decades this is the company's lowest total number of deliveries. However, it is 87% fewer deliveries to customers at the same time a year ago.
Airlines pay the majority of the purchase price after receiving the plane. Therefore, deliveries are financially important to plane makers.
The company resumed its operations last week. Moreover, it plans to make deliveries for the MAX in the third quarter.
Order Cancellations
Consequently, there were about 18 order cancellations last month. This includes 14 MAX jets that were the company's best-selling plane until a pair of crashes just over a year ago.
Aircraft leasing companies and airlines have either canceled or deferred deliveries.
The airlines that have canceled orders include Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Brazil's GOL. These actions taken by the airlines are because the industry is facing a collapse in air travel since January.
The companies that canceled orders in May are three from Aviation Capital Group. Similarly, one from CIT Aviation, four From General Electric Co's leasing division, and six unidentified customers.
However, leasing firms, who are among the largest MAX customers, controls 40% of the global fleet.
However, Boeing's adjusted net orders sank to a negative 602 airplanes.
New Orders
Boeing has received nine new orders. These orders are for wide-body planes. Its deliveries include two 777 freighters, one 737 NG (Next Generation) based aircraft for the U.S. military, and one 767 freighters, but no passenger planes.
The Pandemic Effect
As air travel is at a halt, there has been a 95% decline in the number of flights since the pandemic. Airlines are not operating their domestic flights and have canceled most of their international routes. And are terminating their operations at the airports.
Many airlines are laying off employees. Emirates, one of the world's biggest airlines laid off hundreds of pilots and thousands of cabin crew.
Similarly, Boeing took a major step and laid off 6,700 employees from its workforce in the United States. The company has decided to lay off 10% of its workforce globally. They have also approved voluntary buyouts. The voluntary buyout will be for about 5,500 employees.
The company has planned to overall cut 16,000 jobs. The company will be laying off 4,000 more employees. The remaining number of employees the company will be laying off will be announced in the next few months.


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Firewall vendor Check Point Software Technologies (CHKPF) enjoyed a good quarter, but not good enough for a market increasingly bearish about Internet stocks.
The market beat down the company's stock by 15 percent today, despite the fact that the company turned a better-than-expected quarterly performance.
Check Point's stock closed at $25.37 yesterday, down $4.75 from the previous day. The stock is up 62 cents today in midmorning trading. Check Point, which went public June 27 at $14 a share, reported its third-quarter earnings after Monday's market close.
Check Point posted net earnings of $3.7 million, or 10 cents a share, for the quarter ending September 30, compared with $1.6 million or 5 cents a share for the same quarter last year.
Check Point also reported Monday that it had been sued by Checkpoint Systems, a New Jersey manufacturer of theft prevention devices, for infringing on a trademark with its name. The suit seeks an injunction and unspecified damages. The firewall firm said it would contest the lawsuit.
In addition to making money, Check Point reported that quarterly revenues jumped more than threefold, up to $8 million from $2.6 million last year.
But that performance wasn't enough to please some investors. "To some people, being ahead of the numbers isn't good enough," said senior analyst John Powers of Robertson Stephens. "Some were expecting a bigger blowout and decided to sell."
Goldman Sachs Internet analyst Michael Parekh echoed that view. "Today's price action was a little profit-taking, as we've seen in a number of cases in the last few weeks with other stocks, too."
Check Point professed to be baffled by the buffeting its stock took in the market after the positive earnings report. "We can't speculate on what occurs among our investors," said Emily Cohen, Check Point's director of corporate communications.
Goldman Sachs's Parekh could find no fault in Check Point's quarter, which included 40 percent gross profit margins and topped his earnings estimates. "They executed well in terms of expanding distribution channels, especially in the United States among resellers and [original equipment maker] relations."
Stocks of companies that provide security technology for the Internet and Check Point in particular have in general outperformed the Internet software group over the summer, an abysmal period for most public Internet companies, Parekh said.
"People do view security as being an essential element in commercialization of the Internet, especially with the intranet trends," he said.
None of Check Point's firewall rivals including Raptor Systems, Secure Computing , Trusted Information Systems, and V-One are making money yet either.
Even so, Wall Street analysts praised their recent earnings reports. Check Point just seems to have been unlucky by going last.
"They all exceeded analyst expectations. In the case of Raptor, its stock ran up in the week to prior to reporting the quarter's results and pretty much held at the higher plateau," Powers said. "Check Point ran up, then gave a lot back when it reported."