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Arco Platform Limited (ARCE)
Q1 2021 Earnings Call
May 24, 2021, 6:00 p.m. ET
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for standing by, and welcome to Arco Platform's First Quarter of 2021 Earnings Call.
This event is being recorded and all participants will be in a listen-only mode during the company's presentation. After Arco remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. At that time, further instructions will be given. [Operator Instructions] This event is also being broadcast live via webcast and may be accessed through Arco's website at investor.arcoplatform.com where the presentation is also available.
Now, I'll turn the conference over to Carina Carreira, Arco's IR Director. Please Carina, you may begin your presentation.
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Carina Carreira -- Investor Relations Director
Thank you. I'm pleased to welcome you to Arco's first quarter 2021 conference call. With me on the call today, we have Arco's CEO, Ari de Sa Cavalcante and Arco's CFO, Roberto Otero.
During today's presentation, our executives will make forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or future financial or operating performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this presentation include, but are not limited to, statements related to our business and financial performance. Our expectations and guidance for future periods, our expectations regarding strategic product initiatives and their related benefit and our expectations regarding the market. These risks include those set forth in the documents that we issued earlier today, as well as those more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this presentation are based in the information available to us as of the date hereof. You should not rely on them as predictions of future events and we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
In addition, management may reference non-IFRS financial measures on this call. The non-IFRS financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with IFRS. We have provided a reconciliation of these non-IFRS financial measures to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure in our press release. Please note that except from revenue gross margins, selling expense, G&A and cash flow from operations, all other financial measures we disclose here are non-IFRS and growth rates are compared to the prior year comparable period, unless otherwise stated. We also note that year-over-year comparisons are affected by acquisitions that were not included in our 2020 financials.
Let me now turn the call over to Ari, Arco's CEO.
Ari de Sa Cavalcante Neto -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Carina and thanks everyone for joining today's conference call. We hope that you and your family are all healthy and safe. We would like to present three topics today as shown in slide three. First, our healthy operating results for the quarter, despite the challenging scenario, with a strong 28.5% revenue recognition and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 35.7%. We are maintaining our margin guidance of 35.5% to 37.5% and expect our free cash flow to improve along the year, as we collect the receivables, reduce capex and benefit from a lower effective tax rate. As we now have better visibility on the actual numbers of students enrolled, revenue recognition for 2021 is leading to slightly lower versus ACV impact by the second wave of COVID-19 in Brazil.
Second, the commercial cycle for 2022 school year continues to show encouraging results and we are excited about our recent movements for growth in the years to come. We have strengthened our core segment with the acquisition of COC and Dom Bosco. We are achieving great results from our cross-sell initiatives and continue to leverage on our superior value proposition and consistent improvement in our offering and the interest in B2C will allow us to explore this huge and promising market. And finally, we will present an update on our ESG Agenda and we conclude our materiality assessment.
I will now turn the call to Otero to discuss the results for the quarter. Otero, please go ahead.
Roberto Otero -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Ari And good evening everyone. Thank you for your time and I also hope that you and your relatives are all safe and healthy.
Moving to Slide four. Net revenues for the first quarter of 2021 were BRL331.7 million, representing a 27% growth year-over-year. Revenues for core solutions increased 20% versus the first quarter in 2020 and supplemental solutions delivered a 64% growth impacted by the addition of Escola da Inteligencia to the portfolio.
Cost of sales increased 30% year-over-year, leading to a gross margin of 73.7%, in line with the same period last year. When excluding depreciation and amortization related to our Educational platform, cash gross margin actually expanded 160 basis points to 78.7%. Selling expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization increased 35% year-over-year, representing 36% of revenues versus 34% last year. This increase reflects the additional sales personnel resulting from the restructuring of the commercial teams from recently acquired solutions such as Positivo. General and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization on the other hand increased only 7% to 22% of revenues from 26% in the first quarter last year, as a result of our reduction on travel expenses and gains on scale. As a result, adjusted EBITDA reached BRL118.4 million, 22% above the first quarter last year with 35.7% EBITDA margin. Finally, adjusted net income was BRL61.1 million for the quarter from BRL56.2 million in the first quarter 2020 with adjusted net margin of 18.4%.
Turning to slide six, we'd like to make a quick recap on the dynamics for ACV bookings, revenue recognition and cash collection for our business. We kick-off the commercial cycle for the ACV bookings on the year prior to the beginning of the school year and we start recognize revenue as we deliver the material to partner schools. For the Core segment we have on average four deliveries per year, usually one month prior to the usage in the classroom. For the supplemental solutions, we usually deliver the material twice a year. The cash collection matches the fiscal year or the school year. In a normal year, the vast majority of our partner schools pays for our solutions in up to eight instalments with only a small portion pay in up to 12 instalments. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenging environment for the educational segment, we opted to support our schools and protect our pricing and retention through slightly more flexible payment terms. Therefore, receivables from 2021 school year are more concentrated between the second and fourth quarters with only 2% having slipped to 2022.
On slide seven, we present the breakdown for our receivables and the year-over-year increase mainly relates to the neither past due, nor impaired portion, reflecting the more flexible payment terms. As the profile of our receivables improve and we evolve our interim processes, we see the allowance for doubtful accounts returning to pre-pandemic levels.
Moving now to slide eight, we intensified investments in content development and technology in the first quarter to further strengthen our solutions ahead of the commercial cycle. Positivo was the brand with the largest investment, part of our goal to improve acquired solutions to increase customer satisfaction and retention rates, as well as accelerate organic growth. Investments should reduce as a percentage of revenues in the upcoming quarters and finish the year below the historical 10% level.
On slide nine, we detail the corporate restructuring the company is undergoing and the potential for additional tax benefits. Today, only Positivo and part of SAS both incorporated under CBE or Companhia Brasileira de Educacao e Sistemas de Ensino S.A. benefit from amortization of intangible assets and goodwill from business combinations, representing around BRL60 million per year. This year we should conclude the incorporation of the four remaining subsidiaries of SAS into CBE and save additional estimated BRL30 million in taxes, starting in 2022. As we incorporate other businesses into CBE, we will be able to capture additional tax benefits and therefore further reduce our effective tax rate, currently at 20.3% from 32% in the first quarter of last year. As a result of the improvement in the upcoming months in these three lines, receivables, capex and taxes, we expect our free cash flow generation to increase. In fact, results from April already show our free cash flow 2 times higher versus April in 2020, which means collection accelerated in line with our expectation and cash flow generation should be concentrated between Q2 and Q4.
Finally on slide 10, we present a schedule for the payment of our debt and sellers notes. Our cash position is enough to cover for the short-term and mid-term obligations and we already have firm proposals from banks for a credit line between BRL600 million to BRL700 million to strengthen the balance sheet at attractive conditions.
I will now turn the call back to Ari. Ari, please go ahead.
Ari de Sa Cavalcante Neto -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Otero. We are very excited about our recent initiatives and the prospects for the future. First on slide 12, the acquisition of COC and Dom Bosco was very important in a strategic standpoint for Arco. It was financially accretive as price paid is equivalent to 14.4 times 2020 EBITDA and is expected to generate tax benefit of net present value of BRL214 million once the business are incorporated.
COC and Don Bosco are very complementary to Arco's current portfolio, both on price and geographic presence. They are top-of-mind brands in the Southeast region where 50% of the student base is concentrating, being 36% in the Sao Paulo state. According to a study concluded by EY Parthenon, in 2019, COC is the top three brands in the high-priced year with best awareness among parents in the top five brands with best awareness among Principals. COC and Dom Bosco have a proven track record on students' admissions with 48% of COC schools and 28% of Dom Bosco schools being among the top three in their national exam ranking of their cities.
Arco has an extensive M&A track record of acquiring and improving and will accelerate growth of the acquired solutions by applying its winning factors of high-quality content, relevant technology, reliable customer service and effective distribution. Additionally, initial assessment from integration team already shows approximately BRL15 million in cost synergies, leading to a post synergy multiple of 11.6 times 2020 EBITDA.
Finally, the deal includes a commercial agreement to distribute selected supplemental solutions from Pearson, which are complementary to our current offer, boosting cross-sell opportunities.
Second, on slide 13, we share the promising results from the strategy designed to capture cross-sell opportunities. We have invested in more incentives, bundle benefits and training and as a result, 72% of 2022 year-to-date new school intake for supplemental solutions comes from cross-sell initiatives.
On slide 14, we are proud to present the results of our continuous product evolution by putting investments in digitalization and innovation in first place we deliver differentiated technology, content and pedagogical services leading to high-customer satisfaction and excellent academic results. In 2020, our NPS has increased 15% for our legacy brands, SAS and SAE to 88% and 13% for Positivo to 75%, making us leaders in the industry. We are also leaders in academic results related to admissions in public universities through the national exam, ENEM, far ahead of the second player on the students admitted in first place, students admitted in second and third place and students admitted in fourth to tenth place.
On slide 15, our B2C Prep [Phonetic] through the acquisition of Me Salva in March is showing promising early results. We have already started investing in team and marketing, while focusing on increasing the share of premium offerings such as medicine test-prep courses to accelerate Me Salva's growth. As a result, Me Salva sale is expected to nearly double in 2021. By leveraging on Me Salva's outstanding test-prep offering, we expect to launch a B2B best-prep solution to partner schools already in the second half of this year.
Moving to slide 16, our ESG agenda evolves as we conclude our materiality assessment. We have engaged many stakeholders in the process and I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you, who took the time to contribute to such an important theme. Our materiality map confirms the relevance of topics related to impact in education and team as an asset, in line with our strategy. Next steps include the definitions of main indicators and disclosure of results in upcoming months.
Thank you very much for your time. And operator, we can now open for questions.
Questions and Answers:
Thank you. The floor is now open for questions. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Pedro Mariani with Bank of America. Please Pedro, go ahead.
Pedro Mariani -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Analyst
Hey, Ari, hey Otero. Good evening all and thanks for the opportunity here. I have two questions from me. And my first one is related to the impact in revenue recognition. I mean, Otero, if you could please tell us again, what do you expect an impact coming from this lower recognition of revenues related to the COVID-19 second wave. And also, I mean, what have changed in the environment compared to engage with that, Me Salva. This is the first question.
And my second question goes to Ari, regarding the B2C product. Ari, could you share what are the -- for initiatives already mentioned in order to expand this business line right and if possible, I mean how much of your total revenues you expect these to represent in five weeks from now. These are my two questions as well.
Roberto Otero -- Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Pedro, hope you're doing fine. So thanks for the question. So as we mentioned in the presentation, we expect the revenue recognition for this year to be slightly below the ACV announcement, may be a low to mid single digit. This reflects the pandemic of course and lower enrollments for 2021 than initially expected by the schools. So as you know, we delivered the content to schools divided in four of deliveries along the year. We are not including the second delivery, which allows us to have a much clear view on revenue for the year and the size of the enrollments. And this is the reason why we are providing such guidance to the market at this time. This potentially lower revenue recognition does include any potential upside, all right. So this could come from eventually reenrollments in pre-K and kindergarten or supplemental products being sold in the second half of the year, but we prefer to be conservative to you for the benefit of transparency.
I'm returning to Ari for his comment on B2C.
Ari de Sa Cavalcante Neto -- Chief Executive Officer
Hello Pedro. Thank you for your question. So, regarding your question on Me Salva, we really expect Me Salva to be sizable portion of our business in five years. I think there is a big opportunity there. And just to remind you, we have a 70% of the students coming from public school. So it's a large TAM that we don't address yet and we already started to strengthen the team, especially in the commercial and digital marketing area, where we are investing to capture more customers. We also see an opportunity to expand the products that are offered there. So for instance, we right now have a course to med school that it's going very well with a very interesting ticket. So we are starting to work together with Miguel [Phonetic] and we are very optimistic that in the long run, this will be a very strong and sizable business for Arco.
Pedro Mariani -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Analyst
[Indecipherable] thanks a lot.
Our next question comes from Vitor Tomita with Goldman Sachs. Please Mr. Tomita, go ahead.
Vitor Tomita -- Goldman Sachs -- Analyst
Hello Ari, hello Otero, hello all and thanks for taking my questions. So my first question would be, if you could give us any additional detail on the initiatives to provide more flexible payments per school. So maybe here [Technical Issues] negotiate the contract [Technical Issues] included expanding their publishing actual gain with Arco and whether we should expect additional negotiation with Me Salva.
And our second question would be also on this market [Technical Issues] pay tariffs on schools, not thinking about our overall market, if you have already seen significant number of schools closing down due to financial difficulties and if you have [Technical Issues]. Thank you.
Roberto Otero -- Chief Financial Officer
Hey Vitor, it is Otero here. Thanks for the question. So as you know, I mean we have a lot of discipline. So we care a lot about the brand reputation and we don't use prices, discounts or creative contracts to I mean renew or add schools to the portfolio, but if schools or -- the market or the schools are going through a very difficult unusual environment and our goal to provide support and to help them, and to help them navigate this period, of course, without causing any damage to the business model, without causing any damage to our operations and our financials. So I mean, given a little bit more detail broadly in the presentation.
Basically in for some very specific cases, we renegotiated the length of the contract. So we prolonged in 30 days, 40 days, right. The contract, so along this close to have one month of breadth, right and then returning to it's payment toward it, right. So this is exactly what we did, we are not providing any sort of discounts or any sort of financially that goes beyond expanding a little bit this contract, right. So that's pretty much what you see on the aging of the receivables. We are not concerned with delinquency, if you see the provision for bad debt actually came down, as we go to pre-pandemic levels. We are not changing at all the policy here. So we are keeping exactly the same provisioning policy we have had over the last year, right. But we have improved the collection process, right.
So the pandemic led us to improve the collection of profit internally. And as a result, we are seeing a provision for bad debt also coming down. So that's what basically it's equal right, so just prolonging a little bit, we did the payment terms for some specific contract, right. You also asked about the schools' closures. I mean, to be very honest, it's not something that has impacted ourselves very much. Actually what we saw is the schools of course, reducing size, especially in pre-K, kindergarten and for those who have, I mean prep for university-evolution debt, right. So both extreme of the K-12 cycle, we saw the highest impact to school, right. But schools closure gave the profile of our clients, it was minimal and as a consequence, you have seen our financials that the provision for bad debt and even the receivables past due or impaired actually have come down, right. So we are not seeing that affecting the business.
Vitor Tomita -- Goldman Sachs -- Analyst
Perfect. Thank you very much.
Our next question comes from Caio Moscardini with Morgan Stanley. Please Mr. Moscardini, go ahead.
Caio Moscardini -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst
Hi, good morning everyone. I was wondering if you guys can give some more color regarding the BRL648 million related to accounts payable to selling shareholders. How much international school represents from this amount and when do you guys expect to close the deal?
Roberto Otero -- Chief Financial Officer
Hey Caio, Otero here. Thanks for the question. So international school is almost half of that amount, right. Actually this among has not changed. There has been no update to that amount. As you know, I mean you're seeing the arbitration process. If we have any update on that, we will automatically let the market know, right. But so far we are keeping this in the short term seller note payables. And as I said, almost half of that amount relates to international school, Caio.
Caio Moscardini -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst
That's good color. Thank you and good night.
Roberto Otero -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you.
Our next question comes from Lucas Benjin [Phonetic] with Bradesco BBI. Please Mr. Benjin, go ahead.
Lucas Benjin -- Bradesco BBI -- Analyst
Good evening, everyone. A question from my side. Could you give us an update on how you are seeing the M&A markets going forward, especially looking at under learning system solutions after the acquisition of COC and Dom Bosco. Thank you.
Ari de Sa Cavalcante Neto -- Chief Executive Officer
Hi Lucas, thanks for the question. So on the M&A side, I would say that when we look back, we have made. I mean transformational acquisitions. We actually had the opportunity to buy what we wanted to buy and this was a very successful move for the company in terms of capital allocation and discipline. Yes, we are still waiting for the antitrust approval for as you'll see and the growth on Dom Bosco. So looking ahead, I would say that you should expect acquisitions to be more inclined to some sort of diversification of revenue pull, of course inside our core business, always inside our core business, but leveraging on the scale that we have gained over the years.
So when we look at the scale we have today on the core segment, we can explore that in two ways, right. The first one is efficiency, of course, right and the second one is growth. So we will look at this scale, we will have the core business to generate incremental growth and for that we need to use supplemental and new products that will benefit from that scale. And it's not a coincidence that the cross-sell initiatives has been been put in place, right. Finally, it's something that we've been talking about to the market for a while and this is the reason why we have kicked off the cross-sell initiatives now, because we really want to take advantage of the nearly 1.4 million we have on the core segment. And M&A will be included in that, as a way to expand other product offering and leverage on this scale. So more and more would eventually there talking about an ARPU revenue metric as we will expand cross-sell in our way going forward.
Lucas Benjin -- Bradesco BBI -- Analyst
Okay, thank you.
Ari de Sa Cavalcante Neto -- Chief Executive Officer
Well, thank you.
[Operator Closing Remarks]
Duration: 28 minutes
Call participants:
Carina Carreira -- Investor Relations Director
Ari de Sa Cavalcante Neto -- Chief Executive Officer
Roberto Otero -- Chief Financial Officer
Pedro Mariani -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Analyst
Vitor Tomita -- Goldman Sachs -- Analyst
Caio Moscardini -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst
Lucas Benjin -- Bradesco BBI -- Analyst


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Update on Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell's trade talks with a month to go until camp: Shams Inside Pass
It's been two weeks since Kevin Durant repeated his trade request to Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai in an in-person meeting, telling Tsai he had to choose between his 12-time All-Star player or head coach Steve Nash and his general manager Sean Marks. It added a new dynamic to the offseason's biggest storyline, a restless cloud that began to linger over the franchise when Durant asked from Brooklyn on June 30. In terms of trade promotions, no deal is closer at the moment, but a new suitor has emerged from the Western Conference.
With NBA training camps scheduled to open in about a month, here's the state of play.
The Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat remain among Durant's most serious threats because they have the kind of figures needed to meet the Nets' asking price in a deal for two-time NBA Finals MVP. However, no one has matched Brooklyn's hefty price tag for an All-Star, other high-ranking players, and draft picks — and there have been no recent talks with these top three. The Celtics offered All-Star Jaylen Brown, guard Derrick White and a first-round draft pick in July, according to league sources; the Raptors have refused to provide Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes; and Miami has yet to seriously consider a package involving All-Star Bam Adebayo.
The Philadelphia 76ers recently expressed interest in Durant, while the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets also called the Nets in late June and early July to estimate the price, sources said. The New Orleans Pelicans also made inquiries with the Nets on June 30 but held all-star Brandon Ingram untouchable, sources said. Also last month, the Atlanta Hawks offered John Collins, De'Andre Hunter and a draft pick for Durant, according to sources.
Neither of these talks gained much traction. Durant has four years and $198 million left on his Nets contract.
A major complication of including logical players in trade talks for Durant, such as Adebayo and Utah's Donovan Mitchell, is that they cannot be acquired via Brooklyn's trade with Ben Simmons on the roster due to the set rookie expansion rules.
Recently, a new team has expressed interest in Durant: the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources report the athlete. Fresh off a 56-win season, the Grizzlies have made fresh inquiries to the Nets about Durant, those sources added. Memphis has five first-round draft picks (four of their own unprotected selections and one protected via Golden State in 2024) that are theoretically in a trade, as well as from youngsters like Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane, Ziaire Williams and Brandon Clarke , Kennedy Chandler and David Roddy.
moments after the athlete reported that Durant had requested a trade back in June, a tweet from Grizzlies star Ja Morant drew a lot of attention for his apparent pro-Durant sentiment.
easy money
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 30, 2022
Zach Kleiman, the Grizzlies' executive vice president of basketball operations and the NBA's current Executive of the Year, has done a masterful job of building the team's foundation around All-NBA star Morant and a strong supporting cast while maintaining assets for the secure the present and the future. The Grizzlies won't include Jackson or Bane in a potential bid for Durant, sources said, but rather a package built around their bevy of draft picks.
The Phoenix Suns similarly have a package dangling around all-defensive wing Mikal Bridges and a handful of first-round draft picks that haven't gotten steam with the Nets, league sources said. With Deandre Ayton signed a contract for a maximum of four years and not reschedule until January, Phoenix has been trying to make creative proposals to Brooklyn for the past month, possibly via three- or four-team trades involving an all-star caliber player is active goes into the net. But the Suns have yet to find a deal that fits – and that's largely why they appear to be behind Boston, Toronto and Miami in the Durant Sweepstakes.
Among interested teams, across the league, the Celtics were seen as the clear answer as the team that has the ingredients to pull off a deal with Brooklyn. For now, Boston has not included guard Marcus Smart or center Robert Williams in a proposal, sources said. The Celtics have up to three first-round picks to trade to Brooklyn. When Brooklyn turned down Boston's offer last month, the Nets countered by requesting Brown, Smart, draft picks and possibly another rotation player, sources said.
So yes, Boston has the necessary pieces and Brooklyn has listened, but there is a gap.
For the Celtics there is a careful balance between improving the roster and maintaining their current status as championship contenders. Brad Stevens, President of Basketball Operations, patiently and skillfully continued to strengthen the Celtics' roster after their NBA Finals berth, adding Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari this offseason.
Will Boston now address the Nets' asking price to add a potentially missing piece that has become available in a way rarely seen in NBA history? We have to wait.
There's just over a month left in the NBA's offseason. The Celtics and other teams pursuing Durant have time to make their best suggestions and those deals can escalate quickly, but the clock is ticking for everyone involved.
Should neither team step up their pursuit and reach Brooklyn's price tag, Durant will have limited options other than reporting to Nets training camp. Across the NBA, however, people are wondering if the 33-year-old future Hall of Famer, who will be 34 at the start of the season, will attend training camp if a trade doesn't go through.
In recent NBA recollection, there have been multiple routes for stars requesting a trade. Some have returned to their respective teams and played out the season. Elsewhere, Simmons needed until the February trade deadline to be traded last season, when he did not appear in training camp and eventually did not play for the Philadelphia 76ers after the 2020-21 season ended. Jimmy Butler and James Harden, meanwhile, were traded within the first month of the season when they were upset, in an awkward environment, and reported they would play with Minnesota and Houston, respectively, in 2018 and 2020.
For their part, the Nets believe they've improved the roster and have a championship-level team. The Nets traded for Royce O'Neale, signed TJ Warren and brought back Patty Mills and Nic Claxton while expecting the full returns of three-time All-Stars Simmons and Joe Harris. All-Star Kyrie Irving also opted for his $37 million player option, signing for the 2022-23 season in Brooklyn, and sources with knowledge of the situation say he's been training with teammates this offseason and engaging in constructive dialogue conducted with the organization. Brooklyn has made it clear to interested teams that they want to keep the seven-time All-Star, according to sources. The Nets were without Simmons and Harris for most of last season, including their playoff series against Boston, but both will provide a major boost to the upcoming season.
Simmons was cleared for three-on-three basketball activities after back surgery in May, and he is on track to be cleared for full five-on-five activities in the coming weeks, league sources say. The Nets and Simmons expect him to be ready for training camp by the end of September.
For now, however, the team's standoff continues with its biggest star.
More NBA news and notes…
The latest on Donovan Mitchell's trade talks
The Jazz and Knicks are in talks about a deal that would send Donovan Mitchell to New York, according to sources. A deal isn't considered imminent yet, but the Knicks are motivated to acquire Mitchell and have proposed new packages to Utah's new front office, led by CEO Danny Ainge.
New York recently made an offer from Evan Fournier, Obi Toppin, extra salary and two unprotected first-round draft picks (five total), league sources tell me and the athleteis Tony Jones. Jazz's asking price was greater than that.
Mitchell has three guaranteed years left on his contract, allowing the Jazz to bring him into the upcoming campaign and patiently turn to trade talks. The Charlotte Hornets and Washington Wizards were also among the teams interested in Mitchell, sources said.
Celtics sign Valentine at training camp
The Celtics and free agent guard/forward Denzel Valentine have agreed to a training camp deal at Facility 10, sources said. Valentine will be competing for one of the open Celtics squad spots at training camp.
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Microsoft said it is exploring some ideas to include ads in Bing Chat. Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, shared the news recently and showed what these ads would look like.
Ads on Bing Chat are no surprise, as monetizing the new Bing is one of the main points of Microsoft's multi-billion dollar AI investments. Last month, some users reported seeing ads on the generated responses of Bing. In one example, a Reddit user shared a screenshot of the bot adding product suggestions after it was asked about a topic related to the ads. Also in the same month, Reuters reported that Microsoft met with a major ad agency to discuss these ad-related matters for businesses. Now, the company confirmed the plans, with Mehdi detailing some of them.
"In addition to what we've already built into the preview experience, we are also exploring additional capabilities for publishers including our more than 7,500 Microsoft Start partner brands," Mehdi wrote in a blog post. "We recently met with some of our partners to begin exploring ideas and to get feedback on how we can continue to distribute content in a way that is meaningful in traffic and revenue for our partners."
According to him, the company shared with the partners the new ad ideas it has been exploring, including the new "expanded hover experience" in the Bing Chat responses. In this, Mehdi said that hovering over a link from a cited publisher will display more links. In another one dedicated to Microsoft Start partners, a caption of Microsoft Start licensed content will be placed next to the chat answer.
Bing Chat now has Ads!
It's going to be fascinating to see how the unit economics of Ads in language models will unfold and affect search advertising.
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Bing user Debarghya Das shared some samples of these ads in the responses generated by Bing Chat. In the screenshots, Bing can be seen putting an "Ad" caption in the responses. A Microsoft spokesperson told The Verge that some users might encounter these ads now.
"Yes, ads will show in the new Bing, specifically in chat (as they do in the traditional search results)," Caitlin Roulston, a director of communications at Microsoft, told The Verge. "Since the new Bing is in preview, there may be some variability in how it's currently showing up. We're still exploring new opportunities for ad experiences and will share more over time."


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In the early 1980s the world realised that tropical forests were not
just a treasure house of biological wonders and a source of cheap logs.
So in 1985 an international plan to save the world's forests was agreed.
The Tropical Forestry Action Plan defined, correctly, the broad, interdependent
nature of problems in the forests. It took the view that past assistance
to forestry had been reasonably successful and that the need was for more
and bigger projects. But this approach has failed to save forests, and the
future of the TFAP will be debated next week at a meeting in Geneva (see
'Last chance for rainforest plan?', this issue).
An aggressive strategy was adopted to prevent TFAP from being just another
document mouldering on the shelves of aid agencies. Following the approach
used by the World Bank, groups of consultants were sent to each tropical
country to analyse issues in the forestry sector and come up with a list
of projects for possible funding. Aid agencies interested in the country
then met to pledge their support to a selection of these projects.
The plan had all the ingredients needed to make it attractive to aid
agencies. It provided a rationale for the development banks to increase
their portfolios, and it promised rich pickings for the UN agencies where
most people's jobs depend on the 14 per cent overheads charged on projects.
The prospects for the international forestry aid community looked good.
What was overlooked was that, far from being a story of success, the
record of development assistance to forestry was strewn with disasters.
On closer examination several of the so-called success stories cited in
the TFAP have been unmitigated failures. The 'successes' included World
Bank plantations established on valuable natural forest land in Madagascar
to provide raw materials for a pulp factory that was never built. The project
tied up all Madagascar's trained foresters and the loan repayments exceeded
the annual operating budget of the entire forest department. Another 'success'
was an Indian project which enabled urban entrepreneurs to get rich by growing
eucalyptus on land from which the natural forest had been cleared.
But rainforest conservation was on the crest of a wave of public and
political sentiment in the industrialised countries. In response the banks
and the bilateral agencies redoubled their efforts, and forest experts descended
upon the tropical countries in droves to produce even longer lists of projects.
Normal work in the forestry sector was temporarily suspended while the local
foresters were mobilised to collect data for the foreign consultants who
monopolised their vehicles and made them attend interminable meetings.
The TFAP was a creation primarily of aid agencies, who used it to feed
their insatiable appetite for projects. It imposed a uniform, 'top-down'
planning process on all countries irrespective of the enormous differences
in the strengths and weaknesses of their national forestry institutions.
The national plans were strongly influenced by the Food and Agriculture
Organization's forestry staff in Rome, who have been notoriously resistant
to concern about the biological and social values of forests. In many countries
the action plans were seen as just another exercise by well-meaning outsiders
which had little relevance to day-to-day problems.
Few national forestry action plans examined the policy issues underlying
forest mismanagement. Since the planning process was almost totally dominated
by foresters, scant attention was paid to the fact that virtually all deforestation
in the tropics is caused by agriculture. No tropical forest has ever been
destroyed by logging alone: loggers make it easier for poor people to encroach
into the forests in search of land and it is the needs of these people that
have to be met if tropical forests are to be saved. The TFAP signally failed
to address agricultural issues.
So the campaigning non-governmental organisations of the North fixed
upon the TFAP as a symptom of the general failure of aid programmes to deal
with these problems and accused it of contributing to both loss of forests
and marginalisation of forest peoples. The public outcry led to reviews
of the TFAP by organisations ranging from Friends of the Earth to the FAO
itself. These reviews will culminate in the meeting in Geneva.
The danger is that the politicians and diplomats at this meeting will
see the answer lying in yet more detailed plans and more intense coordination.
There will probably be calls to establish an independent body to oversee
the plan and a professional monitoring unit. The debate will certainly be
influenced by the rivalries between the different agencies who wish to cash
in on the global concern for tropical forests. Japan has not supported TFAP,
preferring to see the Yokohama-based International Tropical Timber Organisation
expand to be a world centre for forestry. The FAO would like to see an international
forest convention to provide a permanent umbrella body for the TFAP within
its own bureaucracy in Rome.
Critics point out that this would allow the FAO to carry on business
as usual during the many years that it would take to get a meaningful convention
ratified. The UN Commission on Environment and Development must wrest some
order from the confusions in time for its World Environment Conference in
Brazil next year. Most people agree that some sort of coordinating mechanism
for international aid to forest conservation is needed but many are now
questioning the value of international bureaucracies, which are notoriously
Even FAO's independent review stressed the need for the TFAP process
to be 'country-driven'. Locally-based forestry officials might be the best
people to evaluate the progress of TFAP. And just as we use key indicators
to measure the progress of a country's economic development, so we might
request governments to report back on a number of easily measurable parameters
which would indicate their success in combating forest destruction. The
area and rate of loss of forests, the condition of watersheds and the number
of jobs created in forestry could all feed into a league table which would
enable the rest of the world to judge the performance of each country in
achieving wise use of its forests.
The challenge facing the Geneva meeting is to move into the tropical
forest debate out of the international conference circuit and into the tropical
countries themselves where misguided polices and weak forestry institutions
are the real obstacles to halting forest loss.
Jeff Sayer is an ecologist who heads the Forest Conservation Programme
at IUCN (The World Conservation Union) headquarters in Switzerland. He contributed
to the World Resources Institute task force that put together the original
tropical forestry action plan.


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This segment began with a quick look at the increasing demand for the use of Gill Stadium, and Rich asked the question, "Who will pay for this?"
Then we spoke, at some length, with Derry Town Councilor Mark Osborne, and he gave us more details from the memorable Derry Town Council budget meeting last night.
Councilor Osborne reports no serious attempt was made by the administration to work within reasonable budget limits, and instead appeared to simply rubber stomp the various departments' demands.
Is Town Administrator Galen Sterns conducting back room meetings with department heads? If so, how does this behavior fulfill the earlier promise the Council made to clear up the perception of impropriety in this process?
Remember, if you don't like what your council is doing you can vote them out!
Click here for our first segment of the day that dealt with this topic.
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The Claremont Jets Annual General Meeting took place on Thursday, 12th May, 2022.
The outgoing Board reported having achieved several goals for the season. Two highlighted goals include the Men's and Juniors' teams making the Semi-finals and the inaugural season of the Women's Team to the club! The club is pleased to report that we are in a strong financial position with positive signs and aspirations for the club's future.
There was an open discussion for feedback about the 21/22 season and how our new Women's team found their experience so far at the Jets. This discussion articulated how the Jets have a positive club culture and how proud the Board is of our Women's team's achievements this season.
Elections for executive positions and general board members were held. The outcomes from these elections are:
- President: Kipp Crosby
- Vice President: Ethan Wren
- Treasurer: Alex Horley
- Secretary and Women's Team Representative: Marie Rowe
- Social Media & Marketing: Andrew McGuire
- General Board: Christian Horsley, Dougy Hartnell, Felicia Le Boydre, Gerrit Boogerd, Harry Fry, Harvey Wiggett, Torren Honda, Travis McGuire
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In "économiser beaucoup de l'argent", why is there a definite article after the "de"?
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Article after "beaucoup"
The English is ' a lot of the money that … ' - a reference to a quantity of a specific known 'item/thing', not of a thing in general.
The translation in French also will be specific. Therefore in this and similar specific use cases, the definite article is correct (contracted as appropriate) and changes the meaning.
Mostly when talking about quantities of something, the following noun is 'general' and in those cases the definite article is not used in French, and 'beaucoup de/d' is always 'beaucoup de/d'.
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Want To Have A More Appealing Hosted Pbx Market? Read This!Posted by sarahbennu on October 1st, 2019 Global hosted private branch exchange (PBX) market size will grow by almost USD 4.23 billion during 2019-2023, at a CAGR more than 14%. Artificial intelligence (AI) is extensively being incorporated at contact centers which are helping enterprises to improve customer experience. The integration of AI helps hosted PBX solutions to become more efficient and provides hosted PBX an intelligent agent facility. In addition, it can help enterprises in reducing costs and boosting efficiencies as enterprises would not have to operate contact centers 24/7 globally. Most importantly, AI will be able to automate operations and thus help to reduce the dependency on humans. For More Information: Request Free Sample Pages The advances in network infrastructure With the increasing number of business processes and a growing global network of organizations, the need for efficient communication systems is increasing within the organization. This is propelling the adoption of virtual network technologies which can help in improving the efficiency of the business and neutralize cyber threats. These updated technologies continuously require network efficiency checks. As a result, vendors in the Hosted PBX are introducing automation and flexible techniques in their offerings over the cloud network to improve the productivity of end-user industries. The introduction of next-generation network monitoring helps enterprises to passively collect data about the traffic on their network, and servers and then automatically discover all applications. Hence, hosted PBX has become a strategic priority for several industrial organizations. "The penetration of Internet and wireless broadband is increasing significantly across verticals, resulting in the proliferation of social and mobility phenomenon across enterprises. The dissemination of wireless Internet is constantly rising across industries mainly due to the advanced infrastructure and technologies, such as 4G and 5G, and wireless broadband becoming cheaper by the day. The popularity of wireless PBX system has increased significantly over the years and they have amplified cloud network consumerization across verticals. Such a digital ecosystem that is engulfing enterprise and consumer technologies demands the incorporation of hosted PBX capabilities for the better operation of the entire system," says an analyst at Technavio. This hosted PBX industry research report provides an in-depth analysis of the major drivers, upcoming trends, and challenges that will impact market growth over the forecast period. The report analyzes the competitive landscape and offers details on several hosted PBX manufacturers including –
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text: The Sundering Tuesday July 02, 2013 The Sundering is a major story event that in its specific expressions will include six major hardcover novels, written by the most popular and talented Forgotten Realms authors (R.A. Salvatore, Paul Kemp, Erin M. Evans, Richard Lee Byers, Troy Denning, and Ed Greenwood) and released every other month from August 2013 to June 2014. Each novel will tell a self-contained story featuring both new and well-loved characters, set against the background of the unfolding events that are reshaping the world.What good is your gold if your friends will not lift you when you have fallen?How long lived our memory of you when you are gone?Because in the end, that is the only measure. In the end, when life's last flickers fade, all that remains is memory. Richness, in the final measure, is not weighed in gold coins, but in the number of people you have touched, the tears of those who mourn your passing, and the fond remembrances of those who continue to celebrate your life.- Drizzt Do'UrdenThis latest installment in New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore's beloved fantasy saga, The Companions moves Salvatore's signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms. As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life--the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin.


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A project has been launched to preserve the memory of hundreds of servicemen and women who are commemorated in cemeteries across West Dunbartonshire, Helensburgh and Lomond.
Living Memory Dunbartonshire was created as part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Living Memory Project to encourage the British public to remember the forgotten front.
There are 300,000 war graves and memorials in Britain from both world wars.
The local group's aim, with the help of volunteers, is to build a profile of each and every one of the 424 people who lost their lives in the service of their country in World War One and World War Two and are now commemorated in 19 cemeteries across Argyll and Bute and Dunbartonshire.
Paul Hamilton, who is involved in the project and is a history teacher at Clydebank High School, said the scheme aims to keep their memories alive.
He said: "For each and every person commemorated by the CWGC in Dunbartonshire, they all have a unique story to tell.
"With the help of community groups, schools and local people, we hope to share their stories and keep their memory alive".
It also aims to encourage community groups to discover, explore and remember their war heritage – with everyone in the UK having at least one war grave three miles from their front door.
In the UK alone, there are more than 12,000 sites commemorating men and women from the First and Second World Wars.
Chloe Cunningham, is an education student at the University of Strathclyde and is also involved in the project.
She said: "Anyone who wishes to can become a community researcher for this exciting project by simply visiting the website.
"In doing so, individuals and groups will be helping to preserve the memory of a past generation.
"Our wish, is that their memories and stories are never lost through the passage of time and that their final resting places will remain a place where members of the local community will continue to pay their respects."
Residents can help by carrying out their own research into as many of the individuals mentioned on the group's dedicated website.
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Omaruru hospital hit by water, medicine shortage
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OMARURU hospital has been hit by a shortage of water and essential medication leaving patients worried of a looming disaster.
This was revealed by a patient currently admitted at the hospital who claimed to have suffered a panic attack on Monday, due to stress after the hospital failed to provide her with her usual injections as they were out of stock.
Said the patient: "I could have died yesterday after l was told that my medication was out of stock. l had a panic attack and my body became very weak. The hospital did not have any injections to assist me as the tablets were only issued today, l cannot survive without these medications but l thank God that he saved me yesterday. The government should do something about this situation because this is affecting a lot of people in this hospital.
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More often than not, the design team presents several UI versions for the client to select from. Of course, this stage also implies several rounds of amendments until the design is finalized. Ramotion is an award winning design agency with more than 10 years of experience in the industry. The team designed Firefox logo, Bitmoji by Snapchat and lot of other famous brands.
Designers and web developers regularly deal with information architecture and require a variety of tools and resources for the various stages of the project, which require expert knowledge for correct operation. Information architecture is complex and contains many intricate details, enabling the user to know exactly what's required for the website or app. This article created by our team at http://retrofoto.ru/photo/6451/?&page=748&sort=R&amnt=1 TMS is designed to answer the questions you might have about the web development team structure. I do my best to create qualified and useful content to help our website visitors to understand more about software development, modern IT tendencies and practices. Constant innovations in the IT field and communication with top specialists inspire me to seek knowledge and share it with others.
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A web developer primarily creates websites through computer programming. Each user experience or client interface on a website is carefully built and designed by web developers. They focus on creating a comprehensive website, on a single project node or along a development line. When it comes to web teams, a lead designer is someone who is capable of performing in various roles of design and is not limited by tools or media. The disciplines involved in being a web lead designer include UI/UX developing, visual and graphic design, interactive design and information structuring.
Members of the team should be made aware of what they will be held accountable for completing or reporting. Having clearly defined parameters also limits the chances of team members going outside of their boundaries and working on their coworker's tasks. Miscommunication between team members, a lack of alignment with stakeholders, scope creep, and trouble managing numerous projects or deadlines are all frequent problems for web development teams.
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At first, a UI/UX designer analyzes the project requirements along with it's target audience to see the complete picture. Such approach lets him/her identify the difficulties users are faced with and effectively solve them through design. With this in mind, the designer creates a wireframe which is a schematic placement of elements on the website.
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In a company, a web team is the subsector responsible for handling all digital material as it directly relates to the company's objectives and business. This means they are responsible for having the right tools, skilled people, regulation and technology necessary to be a fully functioning and possibly independent unit. A UX designer or graphic designer is a creative professional who designs user interfaces.


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Glass pendant in the form of a turquoise blue, oval disc with a hole at the top with a brown, cotton thread looped through. On one side is the Basmala written in Arabic script, highlighted in gold, and on the other side is imprinted 'Made in Austria' and a maker's mark.
The person who wore this amulet would have understood it to have protective powers. They would also have worn it as a demonstration of their faith. The verse on it is the Basmala, which reads, "bismillah-alrahman-alrahim" or "In the name of God (Allah), the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful". The Basmala occurs before most of the 'sura' or chapters in the Quran. It is also used in daily life, for example the recital of the Basmala is a prerequisite for the preparation of halal food.