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The Scottish Government has only itself to blame for any perceived shortfall in funds from Westminster to pay for the rollout of a high-speed fibre-optic broadband programme, according to a leading telecoms analyst.
In August government leaders complained about the share of a £350m broadband pot announced by UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt where £68.8m was allocated for Scotland. Alex Neil, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment, claimed it fell short of expectations especially when it came to providing coverage to the more remote and rural parts of the country.
However, Scots-born Mark Giles, a London-based analyst with Datamonitor's Ovum telecoms research unit, said: "The amount set aside for Scotland may be contentious. But I get the impression that the Scottish Government aren't being as proactive in driving this forward as other regions. Also, that the allocations to Wales and Northern Ireland, announced before Scotland, could indicate a lack of co-ordination between Westminster and certain regions."
Giles added that he believed the Welsh government is expected to top up the Welsh broadband fund out of its own pocket, "but there is no mention yet if Scotland will." He said that Northern Ireland's broadband initiative – started in 2009 with BT as the contracted partner – represented a model to which others should aspire. In September Northern Ireland's enterprise minister Arlene Foster signed the programme off "on time and on budget."
Foster said that Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney should knock on her door to see what Scotland can learn from its neighbour. More than £52m has been invested in Northern Ireland's telecoms infrastructure programme, aimed at increasing fibre optic broadband speeds primarily for business users while attracting foreign investment. Foster described the broadband initiative as a "tremendous asset" for Northern Ireland.
She told Connect: "Broadband is an enabler. Use of these new services help local businesses increase their productivity and improve the competitiveness of the economy as a whole," she said. "It's essential that our businesses now take advantage of the exciting new opportunities this project creates so all of Northern Ireland can reap these benefits," she added.
Foster said the Next Generation Broadband Project was designed to deliver on the key Programme for Government objective; to ensure 85 per cent of businesses here will have access to next generation broadband speeds by 2011 and this has been achieved. The minister added that the project has stimulated a further £2m by the Executive and encouraged BT to make further substantial investments in Northern Ireland.
"Significant investment has been made in pushing fibre optic deep into rural areas across Northern Ireland. There are few, if any, parts of the British Isles which have anywhere near the amount of fibre deployed here and particularly to our rural areas." When it comes to Scotland, Foster said: "I know John Swinney well. He should give me a call and I'll give him the details of what can be achieved on the broadband front. Telecoms is one of the jewels in our crown and we must exploit it to the full so that all of Northern Ireland can reap the benefits of a dynamic and innovative economy."
BT has, in fact, invested close to £32m in the Northern Ireland project and Graham Sutherland, Scots-born chief executive of BT Ireland, said: "By March 2012 at least 89 per cent of phone lines will be connected to a fibre-enabled street cabinet. This represents exceptional progress, propelling Northern Ireland ahead of major European countries."
Giving evidence last month to the Scottish Parliament's broadband inquiry, Matthew Conway, director of regulatory development and nations at Ofcom, was asked how the Scottish Government could best fund infrastructure: "Northern Ireland is one part of the UK that it might look at to see how things have been done. Superfast broadband availability there is 97 per cent, so it is clear that the Northern Ireland Executive has done something."
Brendan Dick, BT's Scottish director and managing director of regions, defended the Scottish Government which he claimed was now "coming up to speed" on the broadband front. "Scale is everything and a commercially viable broadband initiative, covering the whole of Scotland and involving a partnership of the public and private sectors, represents the best way forward."
Dick added that BT remained committed to delivering large-scale broadband projects and playing a leading role in bringing faster technologies especially to rural communities. Dick called on the private and public sectors to work together to make faster broadband available especially to the still many rural, less populated areas in existence in Scotland.
Recently, BT announced six more exchanges in the Scottish Borders, Perth, Stirlingshire, South Lanarkshire and Morningside, Edinburgh, as part of its £2.5bn UK-wide programme. In addition, the telco said that 22 communities ranging from Hopeman in the north to Kirkcudbright in the south were among the latest in Scotland to be included in the roll-out plans for BT's next generation copper broadband service. They will have access to a faster service by next spring.
The Scottish Government has pledged £144.3m to support improvements in the country's broadband infrastructure. As part of that funding, Neil last month announced a £5m award to help kickstart a £120m South of Scotland Alliance (SOSA) project which aims to deliver up to 30Mbps to every house in the region.


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An energy firm that plans to file bankruptcy in weeks is being given more than $60 million in federal money for unclear purposes after President Obama tapped a former lobbyist for the company as the Department of Energy's chief financial officer--who is currently simultaneously employed by the DOE and at a lobbying firm that specializes in obtaining DOE grants.
The money to U.S. Enrichment Corp. was buried in the 1,500-page omnibus spending bill and defies previous statements from the company indicating that it wouldn't need any more money for its test program.
In November, Obama nominated as Energy Department CFO Joseph Hezir, managing partner of energy lobbying firm EOP Group, which has counted USEC as a client. He has not been confirmed by the Senate yet, but his financial disclosures say he currently works as a "consultant" to DOE. Hezir's financial disclosures show that he was paid for providing "advice on energy policy and DOE financial assistance programs" to USEC. He was paid $180,000 by the EOP Group last year. He says he will divest of his ownership share if he is confirmed.
His last lobbying report was filed in 2011. But on Friday, the EOP Group said he still worked there — highlighting an absurd distinction by which the managing partner of a lobbying firm is not counted as a lobbyist. Obama has touted tough rules keeping his administration and lobbyists apart to fend off corruption.
Hezir did not return a voicemail.
"Their friends making money is exactly the reason why they have this rule" banning lobbyists from administration roles, said Ryan Alexander, president of the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.
"The closeness of the nuclear industry to this administration is really troubling," she said.
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"A company that lost $44 million in the third quarter of 2013, that posted losses in 10 in the last 12 quarters, that literally is about to declare bankruptcy, gets $60 million out of nowhere."
The DOE did not respond to repeated requests for comment, including requests to respond to questions regarding whether the department requested the omnibus funds or Congress inserted them, and on what Hezir's current consultant role entails.
USEC spokesman Paul Jacobsen said the money is essentially to keep the lights on and run in place while the company waits for a much larger infusion of government cash.
"The scope of the work we're performing for DOE is being discussed with the department, but it will allow the us to maintain the readiness of the uranium enrichment technology for any potential future ramp-up to support national security purposes," he said in an email.
The Washington Examiner has followed USEC's political connections, the federal funds flowing to it, and its repeated broken promises, chronicling them in a November investigation titled "Enrichment at the Public Till."
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How Republicans - and some Democrats - steered billions to a failing privatized arm of the government many times the size of Solyndra, executives profited, and taxpayers lost.Part One: Feds invested billions in energy firm virtually sure to fail
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USEC had asked DOE for a $2 billion loan guarantee of the type given to defunct solar company Solyndra to create a centrifuge plant that would refine uranium so it could be used in nuclear reactors, based on technology that DOE itself developed and gifted to the company to put the final touches on and bring to market.
But DOE repeatedly implored the company to withdraw its request, pointing to serious technical and financial problems. USEC, a prolific campaign donor and lobbying spender, drew on its extensive political connections to lawmakers including House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and DOE eventually agreed to give it a small amount of money to demonstrate the technology's readiness through the end of 2013.
A July 29 press release said that "The three remaining milestones are scheduled for completion by the end of the program in December ... The overall program remains on schedule and on budget."
In the meantime, DOE's concerns about the company's financial viability panned out, and the company announced plans to declare bankruptcy in the coming weeks and then continue with the same business model after taking out new loans.
Days later, DOE gave it more money to extend the demonstration program by a few months, until March. And buried in the omnibus bill was more than $60 million for USEC with potential for $50 million more.
But the fundamental question is whether USEC builds a $4 billion plant — which the money will do nothing to accomplish — or not, and lingering in a middle ground produces no actual product.
"It shows you the insanity of the process, how absurd it is that they passed this 1,500 bill in a day and a half, no one knows what's in there, and we go through and when we do find things that make no sense. We're powerless to stop it as citizens, and it's too late," Alexander said.
The Washington Times reported earlier this month that Hezir's nomination walks a fine line with Obama's self-styled tough rules on lobbyists, whom the president has frequently demonized. By filing papers ending his formal registration as a lobbyist in 2011, he's just barely completed a two-year "cooling-off" period. The Times noted that essentially all of EOP's clients are energy firms that stand to gain from DOE grants.
In a letter to administration ethics officials, he said he "will not participate personally and substantially" in matters involving former clients "for a period of one year after I last provided service to that client," unless he requests and is granted an ethics waiver.


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This morning, I was eating my spicy noodle breakfast at the dining table. Rifa was taking off his clothes nearby, to shower after sweeping the floor. His dad, my sociopathic egomaniac brother, saw that the floor was still dirty and ordered Rifa to re-sweep it. And he did. Naked.
My sister Farah went out of her room, met Rifa, and asked, "Why are you sweeping the floor without your clothes on?"
I was laughing like an insensitive maniac, "Faaarr! Take pictures NOW! Record him on a video!" It was crazy hilarious to see an eight year old naked boy sweeping the floor. "So, when he's all grown he can see how he swept the floor naked when he was little. AHAHAHHAHAHAHA!" I choked from laughing so hard.
Rifa, being easily offended as he is, stopped sweeping, and yelled at me, "Don't laugh! It's time to abandon Mel-mel in the farthest market!"
Irresponsible Indonesians abandon unwanted cats and kittens in a traditional market where these animals can find leftover food. Apparently, Rifa thinks he can do the same to me.
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I laughed harder, "That's like... fifteen minutes away from here. I can go home safely with my eyes closed from Kebayoran Lama!"
"FINE! I'll send you somewhere reeaally far so you won't be able to come back here!"
"Like where? America?" Rifa knows America is a faraway country.
"Yes! I'll ship you in a package to America!"
"HA. Go ahead. I know how to go back home even from America."
"How will you do that?"
"I won't tell you how."
"You'll take a plane, won't you?"
"Not telling."
Still raging at me, Rifa went to the bathroom, shouting, "I want a DIVORCE from Mel-mel!" The twins always want a divorce from me every time I vex them.
"We can't have a divorce. We're not married."
"Yes, we can! We won't be families anymore!"
"No one wants to be your family. Only ducks want to be your family."
"Daaaaaaaaaaddyyyyyyy... Mel-mel said only ducks want to be my family!" Rifa filled his toy syringe with tap water and aimed it at me.
"Spray me once, and I'll take that thing away from you forever," I threatened.
My voice was so dark that he refrained from spraying water at me and started taking his shower. Rofi joined him and they closed the bathroom door. I could hear Rifa grumbling aloud, cursing me, "I am SO mad at Mel-mel! I'll be Mel-mel's enemy from now on!"
Rofi commented, "Are you really mad at Mel-mel?"
"YES, I AM!" Rifa roared, "I won't ever care about Mel-mel anymore!"
Of all the twenty minutes in the shower, they probably mentioned Mel-mel and Amel at least fifty times. It's so flattering to be the center of twin little maggots' universe.
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Officers said this isn't the first time alderman has been accused of burglary. He just got out of prison for comminuting a home break-in but was shot several times by the homeowner.
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Mamie Davis's comment, September 13, 2:57 AM
This is a horrible part of Alaskan life. And I think its very unfortunate that these kids are born into these communities. They are born into disease ridden centers where EVERYONE knows they are more than likely going to be abused, but no one can take them away or protect them. I think the power of "tradition" and the cultural values of silence and avoidance of familial shaming is what is crippling these villages. Those values worked in more primitive times when there was no resources, there was no where to go but stay and take it. I'm talking about a hundred years ago, when Alaska was more or less without any kind of organizational structure we know today. But how can you tell someone, politically correct, that their cultural values are askew, that they are only assisting in the continuation of silence and victimization and they need to reevaluate them. Western society had to do the same, granted we had a longer period of time to do so, but we no longer practice primogeniture or stone people for witchcraft. I believe the source of the cultural power is legitimate but it is being carried out in all the wrong ways. Instead of building a healthy community in which to survive, it creates a perverse trap in which to suffer... silently.
Mamie Davis's comment, September 13, 2:22 AM
I think the backlash against the banning of the porn websites is entirely correct even if the judge who imposed the ban was trying to do it to remove "kiddie" porn (which it was discovered not to be). I think its worrisome that a government organization in Lebanon, the Ministry of Justice issued the order to block the six cites but there are no other government agencies to act as a check and balance to prevent religiously bias, ultra conservative or unjust laws from being implemented. The Ministry of Telecommunication who implemented the ban said they had no choice but that they support freedom. But if even they can't review the acts of the Ministry of Justice, that absolute power will most definitely lead to corruption.


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April 2007 (Palm Springs, Calif.) - The California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA) reminds homebuyers and sellers, as well as all individuals involved in real estate transactions, that the services of a qualified and professional home inspector are unique in some very important respects.
Home buyers in California have the right to secure inspection reports on the systems and components of a property as a condition of sale. Although ill-advised, they also have the option to waive that right.
FACT: California real estate sale/purchase contracts will typically include contingencies, not the least of which is a specified window of opportunity to have a property inspected by a qualified inspector. Transactions are concluded and escrows closed on the release of such contingencies, and ownership of the property transfers from one person or entity to another.
REALITY: Currently, the standard sale/purchase contract on a home includes a seventeen day inspection contingency period. By agreement this time-frame is often modified, typically lessened, based on various factors; the most common being market trends favoring the seller. The countdown to expiration of inspection (or other) contingencies begins upon written acceptance of the offer. Time becomes of the essence to the buyer to engage the services of a properly qualified inspector to secure an inspection, and review and approve an inspection report.
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Sometimes good Samaritans come literally out of nowhere.
"By chance, I was driving by the house one day," Mark Watson said.
Similar to the Christmas wonderland taking up the front yard now, it was Lara Care's elaborate Halloween display that first caught Watson's eye.
"We were cleaning up to get the Christmas decorations out," Care said.
Watson decided to stop at the Care home and it was during a happenstance conversation he discovered he needed to pay it forward.
"What a great little boy and how strong he is," Watson said about Care's 10-year-old son, Matthew. He's on his second bout with leukemia and it's more aggressive this time.
"The prognosis: I don't talk about it cause it's not a very good prognosis, but I stay positive everyday," Care said.
Matthew can't go to school or even play outside. His immune system is just too susceptible to the environment.
"The whole house is sterile. We have a note on the front door saying if you're ill, sick, not feeling well or even if it's allergies, don't come in," Care explained.
Enter Watson's growing fondness for the family, especially young Matthew. Watson came up with two surprises. Matthew loves video games and, Sunday, it was an MMA or Mixed Martial Arts game with Matthew playing as Joe "Diesel" Riggs, a real-life MMA fighter. Then, there was a knock at the door.
Through connections, Watson was able to land Riggs for a home delivery.
"It's a good thing that I can come out here and meet ya, and you can give me inspiration for my fights, you know, you're a tough kid," Riggs told Matthew.
Riggs' visit was about more than just being a celebrity.
"I lost my first child," Riggs said. "It's made me very compassionate towards other people who are going through the same things, and anything I can do to help people like that, I'll be there at the drop of a hat," he said.
But Watson had a second surprise up his sleeve designed to make life a little easier for Matthew and his family.
"It's gonna take out the allergens and the molds, and all the things that are not good for him," Matthew's mother said.
"All of your friends at Arizona Environmental made this possible for you," Watson said.
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Q: I just signed on a VERY small (less than 300 square feet) studio in Jerusalem, Israel. I'm obviously trying to maximize functionality and space, so I had the idea of getting a loft bed so I could use the space under it for seating/storage. My friends are concerned that because the space is so small, the loft bed will actually just cramp it and make it feel even worse than if I just stick a bed in there and work around it. Are there times when a loft bed is a bad idea? Should I just accept my small space and cramp away??
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I have a friend that had a loft bed in a very small space (more like 100 square feet) however she found sleeping in the loft to be too claustrophobic. She ended up moving the bed below the loft and just using the top part of the loft for storage. If it was me I would be tempted to get a day bed that could double as a sofa and storage. Ikea has some with drawers for storage http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30080316/
As long as your ceilings are high and it doesnt completely block the windows, I think they can work!
My condo only has 8.5ft ceilings and it just seems too low for me
Loft beds are OK if you don't roll over in your sleep a lot, get up during the night a lot, have dogs or cats who would share the bed (my dogs would never make it up there). I also like the loft beds I've seen that have more than a skimpy ladder (unless you're 12 years old). The photo shown has it the same color as the walls so it blends in (a plus). The other issue I have had is making sure the height of the loft bed is high enough so you are not smashing your head into it. If you have high ceilings and not a lot of floor space, I'd certainly consider it.
A lot of that depends on how high your ceilings are, if they are more than the now common 8.5Ft tall ones found in most post war buildings, then I can see how it can feel cramped when in bed, but you have to admit, it does help with space utilization.
Also, decide how you live and what you intend to do in the space as that'll determine how you go about setting it up.
Difficult to say without a picture of the space or the kind of loftbed you're thinking about. I think a children loftbed or something like that will look bad and cramped, but something which looks designer and built in can look fantastic, the question is if you have the money or diy knowledge to get something like that. With a small budget or diy knowledge it might be better to go with a daybed with storage, that way you have a bed, a couch and some storage, than having your room looking like a children or college dorm room.
Also, it kind of depends of the height of your room.
I'd be more inclined to get a bed that can double as a couch/seating. It's hard to tell without a floorplan, but with your bed lofted, where will you sit?
The last studio I lived in was long and narrow, and some friends encouraged me to get a loft bed but I think they can make a small space very claustrophobic.
Instead, I opted for a futon with a small frame such that the futon coudl be folded up in thirds and rested in the frame to make a relaxing lounge chair. I didn't mind sleeping on the floor at all (but then again, I love Japanese culture), and it was great to come home to my studio, especially with guests, and it felt like a living room. The Japanese are really smart regarding the use of room space.
you could always make a loft and use it for storage instead of the actual bed.
My husband and I hand built a double loft bed when we were first married and lived in a tiny apt. The ceilings were 9 or 10 ft, and we designed it so that my 6 ft tall husband could just sit up in bed without smacking his head. We kept the couch, stereo, and a drafting table below. Fine for sitting, but not even I could stand upright (I''m 5'4") in that space. It also blocked half of the row of windows in that room.
Changing linens and making the bed is a hot, exhausting, onerous chore. As a result, be prepared to have a mussed, unmade bed 90% of the time. Our apt was on the 2nd floor, so the combination of an upper story with a bed near the ceiling meant it was horrendously hot during the summer. We slept with our heads at the open windows and our arms dangling outside. Seriously.
We did what was necessary because it was only logical for that time and space, but we've only ever had our bed firmly planted on the ground after we moved.
I live in 125 square feet, made only possible by the fact that my bed is elevated. I have to climb a ladder to get up there and there is just enough space to turn over or recline to read a book. I love my cozy nest, but it is definitely not for everyone. I prefer to use the bedroom as a good size home office since I spend my days there and only eight hours unconscious. It really depends on your priorities.
I have seen small apartments with really high ceilings where you could have a mezzanine-type space with proper stairs and room to walk up right, making the loft bed area more like a second story.
I think a proper loft bed - not those ordinary beds on long legs - will work in the right kind of room. Ideally across an alcove or between two end walls, rather like a giant shelf. The illustration accompanying your post is a particularly bad example, it would be better to use a part of the room away from the window for sleeping. A loft bed or mezzanine should fit naturally into the space, with either storage, a work area or seating beneath it, where you do not necssarily need full height (below) to stand up. Hope this helps.
i lived in a bakery turned studio and the previous tenant had done precisely this.
the studio had very high ceilings and the loft was built against the interior wall so it obstructed no views. it also gave the space a sense of division and the loft was large enough for a queen size bed and a small nightstand.
there were other studios in this bakery with the same floor plan that had no loft built and i can say that i really lucked out. i don't know that it would have occurred to me then that such a thing could be done.
I've seen more lofts done wrong than right. Anything that blocks the sight lines, adds angles to the room or lowers the ceiling is going to make the space feel smaller. Plus, climbing a ladder and sleeping with only a couple feet of head room is not a great way to live. Why not get a daybed/sofabed/futon option? Much better solution than having both a sofa and a mattress in a tiny studio.
Hope this helps a little!
I saw it years ago in the now defunct Domino (sigh).
Well I live in a 300 square foot apartment currently and don't find it to be terribly small. I have enough room for a queen bed, dresser nightstand and floor mirror in my bedroom, a small couch, desk and bookshelf in my livingroom, and a table that seats four in my kitchen. What I'm saying is that you probably don't need a lofted bed to maximize space as long as you don't have an excessive about of possessions. However I am a fan of the look of lofted beds and say go for it if you can find a nice one and have the ceiling height.
What about a Murphy bed?
What about a murphy bed? I dont know what your place looks like at all, but they sure save room. You could even get crazy and attach some sort of fold down table to the bottom. If you do it we will surely need a picture. ;)
I used to live in a 225 sq ft studio and decided to loft my bed because I entertain often and didn't want people all over my sleeping space. I didn't feel like it made the space feel smaller. On the contrary, it felt more like a real apartment (vs. a hotel) being able to have a desk, couch, etc. If you go with the loft, I recommend building a shelf to put your glasses, alarm clock, etc.
You should also be smart with the rest of your furniture. Buy foldable tables or tray tables that you can stash when not in use but can be brought out if you want someone to come to dinner. Also look for furniture that can serve double duty (eg: a trunk as a coffee table that can also be used as storage).
Think of the pragmatic issues, mostly already mentioned. Are the ceilings high enough so you can sit up if not STAND up on the bed platform? Would the platform be large enough so you have room all around for adjusting the linens? Are you good with ladders or the kind of stairs you could have? Do you need to get up during the night? Do you have pets? (If so, do THEY need you to get up in the night???)
All sorts of factors to think about and approve before getting serious.
How about getting a platform storage bed, and hanging cabinets or shelves on the wall above it? I think that in a space that small, every single piece should have some sort of storage function!
Our kid has a very small room, and also has lots of "stuff". So we recently built him a loft bed and it's AWESOME! He has his own little "man cave" beneath, and now enough floor space for two comfy chairs for when his buddies visit. We specifically needed a loft bed with a perfectly vertical ladder, so as not to take up any further space. Our ceilings are only 8 ft, but he can fully stand underneath, and sit up straight in bed. We will probably add a desk and chair when he's older. Here is our bed: http://diyloftbed.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/we-made-a-loft-bed/
If the Israeli IKEA does the 2-seater bed settee, that is a small neat option that opens up into a serviceable double bed and, as I have just proved for a few days, works nicely as a single bed with the back cushions removed (and one used as a pillow). I'm not very tall though. I read once about a chic New Yorker who slept between two duvets which, I must say, sounds a quick answer to the whole fold-up bed bother. Loft beds sound fun but think about those nights when you've had a drink or two and wake up in the night needing to go...
I'd love a room with ceiling height that leaves room for a loft bed.
Good luck with whatever you decide
I wish AT would do a piece on stylish and functional futon/daybed/sleeper sofas. It seems like this issue comes up a lot, and maybe people need some fresh ideas.
I have lived and worked in less than 300 square feet for 3 years. Before I rented my unit, there was lofted bed which was situated halfway up several windows; despite the high ceilings, the space underneath felt crowded and unusable. I asked the management co. to take down the loft and it opened up the light and space considerably. I eventually bought a murphy bed (used on Craigslist).My space is infinitely more useable now. I agree with the others that the ceiling height and placement matter with a lofted bed. My feeling is that having ceilings under 9 feet makes it a challenge to use the space underneath.
This is a very well done loft http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/05/inside_a_271squarefoot_urban_treehouse_in_brooklyn.php
A loft bed is one of those things that makes sense logically - but not spatially. What you're trying to achieve is (a) a place to sleep and (b) a place to live / entertain.
The best solution is to combine these functions in a beautiful daybed. Consider the cost of building a nice loft as you contemplate. For that price you can buy a beautiful antique Balinese or Chinese daybed, plus beautiful fabrics. (You can also resell an antique daybed, not a sleeping loft)
A dramatic daybed should fit your sleeping and dwelling needs, much better than the cramped spaces created by a sleeping loft. I've known a few people in New York City who have had them in studio apartments, and they have entertained 3-4 people comfortably. Get a local futon store to order a custom-made mattress for you, it's surprisingly affordable.
Some examples-
Good luck!
I'm not sure what kind of loft bed SpaceKit is thinking about, but when I was younger, my dad built a loft bed for maybe $200 with this plan: http://www.oploftbed.com/aboutus.php (I know, it has a very awkward name.) Is it designer? Obviously not, but it comes together quickly, easily, and is quite sturdy.
We had it on the highest setting, so I basically crawled into bed. It worked at the time, but as an adult, I prefer more space (and style.) I currently live in a 250 sq ft apartment, which would be terribly suited for a loft bed. I tried a futon, and you know what? They suck. After a few months, they get pretty uncomfortable to sit or sleep on, and they always seem dorm-y. In the end, I just decided to use a full size bed. Yes, it takes up all the space, and so I don't have a couch. Is it so weird to just have guests sit on the bed?
So, I would recommend getting either a regular bed, or a daybed. Sleeping badly sets your whole day off on the wrong foot - it's worth the space for a good night's sleep.
Consider an airbed that you can deflate and put away easily. I used one for 5-6 years and it was really comfortable plus its "adjustable" like the expensive sleep comfort beds.
I lived in a very small apartment with high ceilings where I was able to build a comfortably tall loft space. I still regretted it. The room felt terribly dark and cramped. In retrospect I would have just used a daybed and raised it up a little to add extra storage underneath. You will have a much greater sense of space if you can keep the area above waist-level as open as possible - no lofts, wall shelves, etc.
Agree with those who said the ceiling height is a key issue. Don't even think about it unless there is at least 7 feet under the loft. The average person must be able to use the space under the loft without stooping to make it worthwhile.


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Risen 2: Dark Waters Walkthrough
[Continued] Page 2
Tacarigua Part 2
The Sword Coast Part 2
Caldera Part 2
The Island of the Dead
Tacarigua Part 2
We can start the search for Treasure in Tacarigua. Talk to Patty to set sail to Tacarigua and when you are there, go straight to the Tavern.
Ask Patty to go with you and when you are near the Tavern, ask he about her father's Treasure and also about everything else including the Druid. The Chest for which Patty has the key is in the upper floor of the Tavern. Go up the stairs which are to the left of the tavern and head into the room to the left and go all the way to the right and you see Steelbeard's Chest -
Open the chest and take everthing. You get another page from the treasure chest. Talk to Patty after this and if you look at the page, it gives us the locations of the remaining two pages also. One is in The Sword Coast and the other in Antigua. The treasure chest which has the next page on the Sword Coast is also marked on the map.
Go into the Tavern and talk to Booze and ask him about the Artifact. Booze gives us dome nice info including the name of Captain Garcia who was last spotted on Caldera. Go back to the ship and head to The Sword Coast.
The Sword Coast Part 2
Go to Sword Coast and open your logbook, mark the quest and the treasure chest is shown on the main map. You can go there by landing on the beach and waking right till the temple - just see the map to know the exact location. When you reach the temple, the X mark is to the left. Dig up the treasure and look in to get the next Page.
Legendary Items
Black Magic +10
Head into the temple and go to the left. Take the Idol and the door behind shuts and the door ahead opens. Go in and read the book to know about The Bottle of Memories. Go back to the Altar and place the Idol, wait for the door to fully open. Now, pick up the Idon again and run out before the door closes. Walk into the room to the right and follow the same procedure to get a few valuables.
You can buy the Bottle of Memories from Kapua.
Caldera Part 2
NOTE: Before coming to Calderan make sure you have ingredients to make a Voodoo Doll.
You ought to go to Caldera next. Go in and speak to Carlos. He tells us about what Garcia did in Cladera and also allows us to go into the city. TO go to the City, just go right from this room and talk to the gate keeper. You come onto a bridge with a helpful guard who gives us more info. You ought ot visit Mauregato first now.
Cross the bridge and go left and into the first house on the right - that's Mauregato's place. In here, before you even speak to him steal everything. In the room to the right you find an important piece of paper and also some valubles. Search all the rooms in his house and you should also be able to find a Signet Ring. After you have both these items, talk to Mauregato and natually, he is of no help at all. Go back out and head to the bridge again and onto the steps opposite to the bridge. Go into the first house to the right and talk to Lucia. She has a room for rent - 250 Gold.
Now, if you have your lockpicking skill up to 60, only then give Lucia the money and take the room. Now, head outside and talk to the merchant Possidino. Give him the room keys and go back to Lucia and tell her that you gave away the room to Possodino and ask he to give you Garcia's Room. Take the room again for 250 Gold and head up stairs to his room. Garcia left back two chests - one needs a skill of 60 and the other need lockpicking at 90. There's also a Jade earring in here.
To the right of Garcia's room is Da Silva who has a Voodoo Altar and he can also teach you to master Potions. Head back downstairs and into the first room to the left and talk to Pantaleo. He gives you a Wig in excahnge for the receipt you took from Mauregato's House. Now, go back outside the hotel and go towards the High Concil chambers and a Servant invites you to Azuro's House. Go to Azuro's house (right from the bridge coming into the city from the fort). Talk to Azuro, he wants us to take Mauregato down. Just agree to what he says and he gives you a fake letter (if you have the Signet Ring from Mauregato's hosue) and asks you to get some messenger's clothes.
------Messenger's Attire
You can buy Messenger's Clothes from Pantaleo back in the hotel. You need this to pose as a messenger of either Mauregato or Azuro later.
------Access to the Archives
Now, go to the Voodoo altar and make a Voodoo Doll of Mauregato. Go near him in his house and use the doll. After you gain control of Mauregato, head straight to the High Council.
Talk to Puco to the right and tell him that you are against Mara and he will do the same. Talk to Custodio ahead and call a meeting. He asks you to Inform Puco and Godin. Tell Puco about the meeting. Godin is in the area to the right - you can go there by taking the steps down to the right of Puco and go right down the stairs. After informing them, head into the meeting chamber and vote against Mara - you can also Vote for Mara if you asked Puco to vote for Mara earlier too but let's do the good thing for now. After the meeting, tell Custodio that you want to resign. You can also get a letter proving that Mauregato is guilty in his office here.
Now, go back to the house and change bodies and after you gain control over yourself, go to Azuro and talk to him about the resignation. He gives you an official letter and makes you his messenger. Head to the High Council Building and into the Archives - take the steo down to the right from the hall beside Puco and go to the left, a guard is blocking the path, tell him that Azuro is going to be the next member and all that and he allows you to go inside the Archives. First, head left and to the end ahead and read High Council Ruilings to know the location of Garcia. Before you go back out, read everything here and take everything.
Legendary Items
You get the location of the Skull if you read the book which is in the room to the left as you enter Mauregato's House.
We sould now call Steelbeard in his spirit...head to the Island of the Dead.
The Island of the Dead
You cannot Dock near the Island since it has no Dock... Take the boat out to the Island. There is nothing to look around on the beach so head straight up to the entrance of the Graves. You meet Tao outside, tell him about your endeavour and he tel you what you need to do - Fake your death, go to the Underworld and all that.
----The Potion of False Death
The first part of the Quest focuses on collecting ingredients for the Potion of False Death.
You face a warrior first then a Ghoul and a Grave Guardian after that. Kill all of them and go down the stairs onto the sand.
Black Lotus 1/5
The first black lotus is directly ahead from the foot of the steps near the rocks in front of us.
Black Lotus 2/5
The second Lotus is just to the right of this one near the wall. Now, you have three ways to go, first head into the path to the left.
Grave Dust 1/6
Kill the Ghoul and Guardian in the beginning and move ahead and you fight a Warrior and a Ghoul and also you see the first of the Grave Dust to the left here on the wall.
Black Lotus 3/5, 4/5
Move ahead and you come to another warrior and ghoul. There are two Black Lotus here, one near the dead tree in the center and the other to the right near the Statuette.
Grave Dust 2/6
Past the dried tree in the center you will see a Warrior near a Grave, kill him and take the Grave Dust, go back and go left. You find a chest and an Ore Vein to the right of the grave.
Grave Dust 3/6, 4/6
Go back now and up on the path in the middle and turn right where you see another warrior. Kill him and go into the room to the right which has another Grave dust and a Jade. Go ahead and to the left where you fight another Ghoul and Warrior. Kill them and pick up the things here and head back all the way to where you jump up to the left to get here and go straight now and read the book to get a tip on a legendary item - The Parrot's Wing. Go down the path to the right now.
Grave Dust 5/6
As you exit the cave a Guardian is waiting for you. Enter the room to the left to find another Grave Dust. Now, there are stairs to the left, remember these beacause the Altar you need to go to after you collect everything is here.
Grave Dust 6/6, Black Lotus 5/5
Go to the right and kill the Warriors. Keep going and you will come to the first area again thru the central path. Now only the right side path remains. Go there and kill the Warriors and the Ghoul. In the end are more ghouls and a Guardian. After you kill them you will find the last Grave Dust in the room ahead and the last lotus to the right of the room. The room to the right has a treasure map and the treasure is on this island itself. The treasure contains a Hook Hand - one of the legendary items.
Now, go the the Altar of Transition and speak to Tao, use the Altar to head into the world of the dead and pick up the Old Coin to the right which is another legendary item.
Tao tells us to free the four souls which have been cursed to stay here forever.
NOTE: I will give you the places where you can do the main quest but you ought to look around everywhere again to get some useful stuff.
----The Artist's Curse
The Artist Nahele is to the right as you enter this area - this is just the same area so you do not need to explore everything again. To free Nahele, she needs to make the Skull Scepter and give it away. We need the Scepter so she asks us to bring the three pieces of the Scepter.
----The Hunter's Curse
The Hunter Motega is to the left from Nahele, talk to him and agree to help him kill the Silverback. Follow him into the cave to the right of Nahele and kill the Silverback and take it's skin - this releases Motega from his curse and he gives you his item.
----The Thief's Curse
You can open your map and quick travel to The Thief's Temple where you meet Akando the Thief. To free Akando, you must steal something from him. He says that he has a diamond in the chest in the room to the left of where he is sitiing but you need to get a key from a Voodoo priestess to be able to open the chest. Go back to Nahele and ask her for a key, she needs gold to make the key though. Go back to Akando and go into the room to his left and take the contents of the chest. He is free now. You also have his item.
----The Warrior's Curse
The last one is in the Arena. Go there and fight and defeat the Warrior to end his Curse and recive his item.
Go back to Nahele and she makes you the Scepter and the curse is lifted from her too. Now, go back to Tao.
Talk to Tao and give him the Scepter. He summons Steelbeard. Talk to him and he marks the location of the Artifact on your map but you cannot ask him anything about his Treasure. Tao also tells us that we can call Steel Beard back from the Underworld whenever we want with the Scepter.
After taking care of things, go back to the Transition Altar and return to living form and head back to your ship and plot a course for Maracai Bay.
While Going towards The Thief's Temple you will encounter a "Confused Ghost". Talk to him and he says something about being part of a whole or 1/2 or something like that. You can offer to help him find his real body and unite the ghost with the body again. This is continued in the Maracai Bay area during the quest "Unwanted Sermon".
You get the treasure map in the Arena Area when you are in the world of the living. The treasure is marked on the map and is very easy to find - it can be collected in the real or spirit world.
You find The Old Coin and The Hook Hand during the Potion of False Death Quest above and also the info on the Parrot's Wing.
Starting from the Inquisition Office where you dock your ship, go left and continue going straight and in a short while you will see a Tribal named Habib. If you ask him about Harlok, he tells you that you can find him up hill to the left and also that ten pieces of meat were stolen by Harlok and his men from Habib.
Go up the mountain path to the left of where you see Habib and you encounter a Panther and a couple of dead Inquisition Soldier. Kill the Panther and cross the wooden bridge to the right of the dad bodies of the soldiers. After you cross the bridge, move a few paces ahead and keep to the left. You will see a camp with four pirates around it but only three attack you. Kill them and go to the camp and you see that the fourth pirate is Harlok. Talk to him and tell him you are Steelbeard's Succesor and all that. He tell you that if you let him join you he will lead you to the island after you have all four clues that Steelbeard left behind. Agree to him and he will go to your ship automatically.
In this camp site, you can pick up a lot of things and if you read the book here, it contains information on The Pirate's Almanac.
If you speak to Mercutio in the temple near the Inquisition Dock he won't trade with you unless you bring him five storage barrels which are on the beach nearby. Go out of the temple and take the right steps down and go onto the edge of the sand to the left. You ought to see all the barrels in the water at the edge of the sand along the bank. There are two firebirds to kill but it's clear all the way here. Take the barrels back and Mercutio starts trading with you.
You can obtain the map of Maraci in two possible ways. The first is by doing the Beast in the Lake quest below and the second is by asking Commander Corrientes for a map in the Village of the Maracai Tribe. You will come across bothe ways in the main quest - The Expedition below.
While searching for The Expedition of Commander Corrientes, you come across three fishermen near the Lake near the Village. Talk to Hanu and tell him that you will kill the croc which supposedly killed hundereds of humans in it's time. The Croc is a few steps to the left near the lake, If you kill it and go back to Hanu he gives you a Treasure Map and you get the Map of the Island with it automatically.
While searching for the Expedition you come across The Old Camp area and after that you come to the dead body of a Inquisition Soldier, If you have Patty or Chani with you, they tell you that this area experienced a battle. Go left from this body up the mountain - Patty will tell you that this is the wrong way (when you are searching for Corrientes). You'll meet Angus here near a campfire. What you do with Angus will be revealed in the plot quest later. But just do not kill Angus and after you go to the Fire Temple, come back and tell him that he is free to go.
In the Maracai Tribe's living place you come across Malaika to the left of the fire who carved three Idols for the Ancestors but some Pirates have snatched the Idols from the grave. These pirates are near an Ancient Grave which come if you go right from the lake below the Village (you come across a grave which is just nearby opposite to the village. The exact location is here -
Take the Idols back to Malaika and she gives you a treasure map.
You can find Garcia's ship to the North East of the Island. You can go to the ship by going to the beach north (right side) of the Island and you will find a boat here which you can take to Garcia's Ship. There are four pirates guarding Garcia's Ship. Also, you will find info on Steelbeard's Artifact in the ship in the licing quarters. If you alread yspoke to Steelbeard's Ghost then you already know about the location of the Artifact. You can go back to Cordobar (south of the Village) and tell him about the ship, you can also go to the place where you docked your ship in the Inquisition's hold area and inform Valdez about Garcia's Ship so that the Inquisition Soldiers can get out of this place.
You will meet Jamila in the Maracai Village but she is not near the fire, she is brewing potions near a cauldron and you can reach there by going up the path from the fire area. She wants you to collect four Fire Pepper for her so she can make some food. She also marks all the fire pepper locations on your map. Go there and you meet another girl from the tribe. Speak to her and tell her that Jamila sent you and she gives you a fire pepper. The second is to the left of the chest behind the girl and the other two are just to the right. Take them back and Jamila gives you a special brew - you need this for The Unwanted Sermon quest below, so keep it aside.
You meet a strange white guy - Bones who is half fruit basket, he just goes on and on and never shuts up and he really is extremely annoying. But you need to ask him to join your crew as a Doctor. In the previous quest after you give Jamila the fire peppers she gives you a little something as a gift but you can't drink it. You need to give it to bones who then snaps out of the nut.
Now, the next order of businees with Bones is to get him his soul back. Ask him to follow you to the ship and go to The Island of the Dead, talk to Bones when you reach the Island and he gives you a secret password. Go to the Transition Altar and into the land of the souls and go near the Thief's Temple and talk to the Confused Ghost. Give him the secret word and he returns to his body.
Now, the next order of businees with Bones is to get him his soul back. Ask him to follow you to the ship and go to The Island of the Dead, talk to Bones when you reach the Island and he gives you a secret password. Go to the Transition Altar and into the land of the souls and go near the Thief's Temple and talk to the Confused Ghost. Give him the secret word and he returns to his body.
When you speak to Corrientes in the Maracai Village he mentions a group of pirates who are hiding nearby the village. And their leader is Black Dog. You can reach their camp by going down the path to the lake below the village. Then take a left and go straight, (you need to go straight past the chest that's here near the foot of the hill on which the village is) and then take the first left you see. You will come to Black Dog's camp soon, kill them and read the book here to get some info on The Talisman.
Firstly, here are the four areas where you find the graves -
You should go to the first grave which comes on your path while you are travelling during "The Expedition" quest. If you travel deep into the grave, at the end you come across a Golden Mask, if you try to pick it up a ghost of a Maracai Ancestor stops you and you can offer to help. You need to make sure that four graves have four masks in the Maracai Bay. This grave has the mask so you need to find three more. You will find the masks on Dead Pirates inside the graves itself. The graves are dangerous and filled with enemies, save often inside the graves and you also need to avoid traps.
One of the graves (the second grave) does not have a mask, instead it is filled with Naked Corpses. You can clear this quest during the other quest "Blood of the Ancestors" where you meet a person who tells you what the corpses are.
The last mask is on Black Dog or Garcia - you will encounter both of them during main quests below so you do not need to go looking for them. Just return to the place after you have the mask.
Chaka Datu is the chieftan of the Maracai Tribe. He is in the hut at the highest point of the village. Speak to him and he tells you all about his son who was killed by Garcia and also about choosing his next successor. If you offer to help then he tells you that only a Halmak of the Maracai is suited for the task. You should speak to one of the successors - Zaalu, he's in the tent nearest to Bones. Tell him to make you a Halmak but he already has a Halmak so you are to beat him in battle to be appointed as the New Halmak. So go and speak to Potaka and tell him of the development, he asks you to follow him to the battle ground. Just go there and beat him and talk to Zaalu again and he makes you the Halmak.
Datu is now going to give three tests to the successors and if they pass all three, they can be appointed as the next Chaka. Talk to Datu for the first test and tell what the test is to Zaalu. Zaalu asks you to follow him to the hunting grounds of the Black Hunter - a panther. Go behind him and he takes you to a cave. You can just go in and kill the Hunter and grab it's claws. Talk to Zaalu who leads you back to the village. FOr the second task, Datu sets up a few questions he wants to ask Zaalu to test his intelligence. But Zaalu is only intelliget enough to ask us for help. So, take Zaalu's hair and make a doll of him and go to him and control him. Run to Datu and he asks the three question - which are simpler than I though they would be. The answers are - Darkness, Time and Nothing. Get you body back and tell Zaalu that you made sure he passed the second test.
Talk to Datu again and he tells that for the third test the two Halmaks of the successors are to fight each other to assess the decision making ability of the successors to choose wisely. Beat the other Halmak and Zaalu is appointed as the new Halmak.
There are four treasure maps which you can get in Maracai. We know by now how all the treasures are shown on the map so you will not have any problem searching for them.
You get a treasure map from the fishermen outside the village who want you to kill the croc.
The second map is given by Malaika after completing her quest to return the three Idols.
The third map comes as a note in a bottle and is found here -
The last map comes during the main quest line.
As soon as you dock in Maracai Bay, the Inquisiiton Officers come to the ship and mention Garcia and tell that their ship had been sunk. Also, Commandant Corrientes who was on an expedition has not returned yet. So, it's up to us to go into the Jungle and search for the Commandant.
Firslty, facing the ship from the temple turn right and go down the steps. Go straight and turn right in the end (there is no other way to go). A few steps later, your partner - if you brought anyone with you - looks on the ground and mentions that the tracs are splitting up to left and right, you will also see a Maracai tribal called Habib here. If you speak to him and ask about Harlok, Habib tells you that Harlok is up the hill on the path to the left so Garcia must be in the Jungle. Head straight further into the Jungle now.
After a bit more of walking your partner tells you that the expedition went to the south-west (right side), so continue on their trail. You come to two left turns, one going up the Hill behind you and the other into the Jungle. Go on the path up the hill and your partner mentions seeing Campfire to the right, go right from here and you come to "The Old Camp Site".
From the Old Camp site, go back the same way you came onto the main path and go right and you see an old broke building to the left - remember this - it's near the old camp site and we need to come back here later. COntinue forward till you come to another branch in the road - the path to the right just has a chest so go there if you want to and come back and go straight.
Keep going and keep to the right, now you come across a dead Inquisition soldier. Your partner mentions that a big fight happened here - there are some oddities you can pick up around this place, after that continue right from the body. You soon come to a campfire with three natives around it. One of them is Hanu and they are all fishermen. Ask them about the expedition and they tell you that Corrientes is in the village near the lake just ahead. They also mention a monster in the lake - a croc, if you kill it, the fishermen give you a treasure map - which also gives us the map of Maracai bay.
Look into your map and you should be near a small body of water. Go on the right of the water from the campfire and you will see a path up the hill to your right having lit torches. Go up the path and you come to the vllage of the Maracai. The Expedition's Commander - Corrientes is in the tent to the left of the bonfire. Phew, finally!
Ask Corrientes about Garcia and the fire wall and all that. He explains that the entrance to the area with the fire temple has a Wall of Fire which cannot be crossed by normal means. But Corrientes does not know where the wall is, so he tells us thatif we can find out where the wall is he will tell us how to go thru it.
I'll give a picture of the area which has the cave leading to the wall of fire -
You can make your way there by going down the hill where the village is and turning left, move ahead and turn left again and make your way to the Cave. The cave will come to your right and as you can see it is near the absolute end of the place so look twice beofer you move away from there.
Enter the cave and you need to be very careful since you will come across four Grave Spiders and you may have to fight a couple of them at the same time. Keep going inside the cave - it's not a labrynth or a maze, it's just a straight path to the end where you will spot the wall of fire.
Report back to Corrientes about where you saw the wall of fire and he asks you meet the Shaman of the Maracai Tribe who lives seperately on another hill. He also marks it on your map so if you track the quest from your logbook you can see that X marks the spot where you find the Shaman, you need to go up on a path at the foot of a hill and the path is narrow so watch out for it carefully.
If you already did the Graves of the Ancestors quest you would have come across a grave which had naked people killed in it. Talk to the Shaman about everything and he does give you the blood you need and also provides some very useful information on Garcia - very useful!
Now that we have the blood of the ancestors which we needed to enter the wall of fire, go there and enter the wall and you come to another section in the map. This is a very large area and the fire temple is right on the other side of this place. Fight your way thru this place and go into the fire temple.
Enter the fire temple and you immediately meet Garcia. He actually tries to stike a deal with us but is eventually persuaded otherwise by Mara herself. So, you need to fight Garcai now. Hopefully, by now you ought to have had the Parry Skill unlocked by some guy. Always hold the parry button so you can avoid getting hit, hit him occasionally after he does his swinging. Garcai will fall and you can take some very very nice weapons from him which include a great pistol.
You also get what you came to Maracai originally for, the artifact that was with Garcai - The Thief's Bone Hand - which is the second part of the final weapon. Talk to Patty after this and go back to the ship and we finally set sail for Antigua.
Legendary Items
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Companies offering comprehensive patient vital sign monitoring was once a business many investors were unaware of. Ever since the (attempted?) implementation of the Affordable Healthcare Act, and the subsequent flight to cut patient claims costs, the industry began reaping a windfall. The impact of real-time patient monitoring is not only in the expectation of the member to have a higher quality of life, but also offers aggregated data to insurance providers to help predict and curb future claims risk.
This transparency into a large, and potentially expensive, data pool is worth billions to insurers, and companies like Alere (NYSE: ALR) have been providing the service to the patients for the benefit of the insurer. But just like any other developing market sector, Goliaths enter in, making for tough competition.
Alere's Connected Health
Alere is a healthcare solutions provider offering real-time, comprehensive, vital monitoring for patients suffering from a range of chronic illnesses, including congestive heart failure, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases. Its main offering is through Alere Analytics, Alere Home Monitoring, Alere Wellbeing, and Connected Device Technologies.
The specific market for medical monitoring is relatively small, compared with the market for pharmaceuticals and implant devices. It is a $11.6 billion market in the U.S. and it shows signs of exponential growth, according to NERAC.
Of the $11 billion market for remote monitoring, Alere accounts for approximately $615 million of the market share as of December 2012. This number has remained at that approximate level since fiscal 2010, and is showing no immediate sign of growing.
The competition
Medical device giants, such as Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) and savvy smaller competitors, like ActiveCare have gleefully entered this market with great aggressiveness. Medtronic is a medical device behemoth with over $16 billion in revenues, and approximately $1 billion of it coming from remote care management.
Medtronic offers patient monitoring for chronically ill patients as part of its overall medical device offering. "Large vendors dominate, but half of the revenue of this market are small players with nominal global market share," said Bruce Carlson, Publisher of Kalorama Information. "Small vendors will drive growth in the market and offer cheaper or more effective products. This is particularly true in the home care and telemedicine segment." This speaks volumes to where investors should seek out opportunities in this niche market segment. Medtronic may be the market leader, but investors should look at smaller companies that are gaining a foothold in this industry.
ActiveCare has snuck behind these giants and acquired contracts from insurers and state governments to provide services to over 24,000 members amounting to an annual run-rate of $16 million. It was able to do this with a proprietary platform that digests patient vital data, through which its "CareCenter" provides live, real-time care. It also has been able to realize the importance of patient data, and translated aggregated data into savings for insurers using ActiveCare's monitoring service for their members. Look for this company to continue its growth as management forecasted the company to be monitoring 40,000 members by year's end.
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The last fiscal year, ending March 31, Alere grossed $2.886 billion in revenue but ended up losing $1.09 in earnings per share. Its revenue growth from the prior year has been lethargic, to say the least, and that also can be said about its operating income.
Alere has consistently lost money over the years while pulling in decent revenue numbers. It is understood that this business requires a tremendous amount of research and development, and Alere's debt load reflects the company's growing need for future financing. As of fiscal year, ending in March, it holds over $3.7 billion in long-term debt and only $1.5 billion in common equity.
Serious point to consider
Alere is competing in a market that has many cash-rich companies entering into. The migration from traditional biometric monitoring to remote, real-time monitoring is one that does not require a swift change in focus for the likes of Medtronic and HomMED. Where these companies have multi-billion dollar research and development teams and budgets, Alere may run into significant headwinds if they continue to focus primarily on the remote monitoring market. Additionally, should Alere attempt to diversify its services, additional, unaffordable cap-ex would be required.
Also a shake-up with the board of directors is happening as Coppersmith Capital Management — which owns 7% of the company — went public to run three candidates for four seats up for election. This comes amid charges from the shareholder that Alere has been mismanaged for years and needs better oversight. Alere's counter-plan to Coppersmith's is its own plan to increase revenues, which is falling on deaf ears.
It is surprising investors seem to continue to want to buy this stock. The shares have risen over 58% over the past year without the fundamentals increasing in lock step. With the future of this company going through a bit of a managerial struggle, it is best to either take profits here, or stay away altogether.
Should a standoff between Coppersmith Capital and Alere result in a more aggressive and innovative board of directors, then the stock would warrant revisiting. Until then, my approach is to keep Alere out of the portfolio, but still on the radar.
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