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By Geoff Gaherty
I'm often asked when the next comet or asteroid will come along, and my answer surprises many people: There are always quite a few asteroids and comets in the sky, but they are mostly faint and require a telescope or at least binoculars to spot.
By default, Starry Night is set to display these asteroids and comets but, because most are faint, you probably don't know they're there unless you turn on their labels (under the Labels menu). Do that right now, and I guarantee that you will be amazed! You will also want to turn the labels off again, as they will drive you crazy.
You will probably never see an asteroid with your naked eye—if you do, it may be the last thing you ever see because that would mean the asteroid was too close for comfort!
Asteroids are very small bodies. Now that Ceres has been promoted to being a dwarf planet, the largest asteroid is Pallas, only 524 km. in diameter, and most asteroids are a lot smaller than that. Since most asteroids are located in the "asteroid belt" between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, so you have a bunch of very small objects which are very far away. The brightest asteroid, Vesta, just barely reaches naked eye visibility close to its opposition.
Let's digress for a moment to talk about the "asteroid belt." This is far from being the sea of rocks you may remember from Star Trek or some computer game. In fact, the asteroids in the "asteroid belt" are so far apart that you would require a telescope and Starry Night to spot one asteroid from the next. Did you know that you can move your observing location in Starry Night from the surface of Earth to any other body in the solar system, or any star, for that matter?
If asteroids are so small and far away, how do we choose which ones to look at? I use the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Observer's Handbook to find out which asteroids are well placed at the present time. It lists all asteroids brighter than 10th magnitude visible during the year. I use this to compile a shorter list of all asteroids brighter than 9th magnitude.
The largest asteroid, Pallas, will be in opposition on July 29. This is not a very favorable opposition, since Pallas will reach only magnitude 9.5. The good news is that it will take place in an interesting part of the sky, in the tiny but bright constellation of Sagitta, the arrow.
As always, Starry Night will pinpoint Pallas' location from night to night but, with fast moving objects like asteroids and comets, I like to use Starry Night's Celestial Path feature to plot its daily motion.
This shows Pallas' path from June 25 to opposition on July 29, a gently curving arc along the south side of Sagitta.
What will you see? Pallas is so far away that it will appear as a 10th magnitude star. However, it is moving against a rich area of the Milky Way, so even watching it for 10 or 15 minutes should show some motion against the background stars in a telescope at moderate magnification, confirming that this is, in fact, a moving asteroid.
While in the area, be sure to check out the three outstanding deep sky objects: the Coathanger Cluster; the best planetary nebula in the sky, the Dumbbell (Messier 27); and the pretty little globular cluster Messier 71.
As with asteroids, there are always dozens of faint comets scattered all over the sky. However, it's the occasional bright one that catches our interest. In fact, it was a bright comet, Arend-Roland, that first got me started in astronomy in 1957, and another bright comet, Hale-Bopp, that got me back into astronomy in 1997.
Bright comets are hard to predict in advance, as most are one-time visitors to the inner solar system. There are, however, two interesting comets which will be gracing our skies in the next couple of years.
The First is Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) discovered last December by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin. This comet will make a close approach to Earth, 0.23 au. distant, on 2011 October 16. Present predictions are that it will be just fainter than visible to the naked eye, so binoculars will probably be needed to spot it. It will be sitting right above Mars on October 16 at 6 a.m.
There is a lot of nonsense circulating on the internet about this comet. New age crazies are claiming that it is the mystery planet "Nibiru," while others say it is a brown dwarf star which will collide with Earth. In fact, it is just an ordinary comet, currently 3 or 4 km. in diameter, which hopefully will sprout a nice little tail around its time of closest approach.
A more interesting comet is expected to put on a spectacular show in a year or two. This is the first major discovery by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) in Hawaii.
This comet is predicted to reach 0.9 magnitude on 2013 March 25, making it by far the brightest comet in years. It will be low on the western horizon at sunset on that date, but will swing up higher above the Sun over the next few days. This looks like being the first great comet of the 21st century.
Both these comets are currently in the Starry Night comet database, so you can easily track their progress.
This article was first published in The Starry Night Times, where Geoff Gaherty was a columnist.
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4 Threat Matrix: Satellite imagery of Israeli strike in Latakia released
Written by David Barnett on July 15, 2013 4:36 PM to 4 Threat Matrix
Available online at: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/07/satellite_imagery_of_israeli_s.php
On July 12, US officials confirmed that Israel carried out a strike against Yakhont missiles near Latakia, Syria on July 5. Despite media reports to the contrary, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon had denied that Israel was responsible for the incident. [See Threat Matrix report, Did Israel strike in Syria again?.]
In recent days, Israeli media outlets, including Channel 2 and Israel Defense, have released satellite imagery from Digital Globe showing the destruction.
In one of the images, a warehouse appears to have been destroyed along with its contents. It is not clear if the Yakhont missiles were stored in this location. But if they were, it seems highly likely that they were successfully eliminated.
Another image shows a series of storage warehouses. According to Israel Defense, "impact can be identified with certainty at five warehouses." A third image shows "about six cargo transporters" not far from the sites of the strikes.
There is strong reason to believe that the Yakhont missiles targeted by Israel were those described by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in mid-May. The Journal even noted that Israel would possibly look to target the shipment "in the near future" out of fears that the weapons could be transferred "within days" to Hezbollah.
It is still unclear how Israel carried out the most recent strike. In previous strikes, Israeli aircraft never actually entered Syrian air space, according to reports, but rather used a lofting maneuver while over Lebanon. According to the Wall Street Journal, US officials declined to provide details on the recent strike.
Speculation has since swirled. For example, the notoriously unreliable Uzi Manhaimi claimed in the Sunday Times that Israeli Dolphin-class submarines fired cruise missiles at the arms depot. Today, the pro-Kremlin RT alleged that Israeli aircraft used a military base in Turkey to carry out the strikes. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denounced the RT report. "Turkey will neither be a part nor a partner of such attacks. Those who made these claims want to damage Turkey's power and reputation," Davutoglu said.
Past Israel strikes in Syria since March 2011
Since the start of the uprising against Bashar al Assad in Syria, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has carried out at least three other strikes in Syria.
In late January, the IAF reportedly struck targets near the Scientific Studies and Research Center (Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques) in Jamraya. According to reports, the IAF targeted a weapons convoy, which included Russian-made SA-17 antiaircraft missiles, near the facility.
While some reports of the January strike suggested that the SSRC facility itself was targeted and "flattened," satellite imagery revealed that the facility, known for its ties to Syria's chemical weapons program, was relatively unscathed. The images did show a burnt road near the facility, possibly indicating the location of the Syrian weapons convoy when it was hit, however.
In early May, the IAF carried out two separate strikes in Syria. The first strike on May 3 reportedly targeted Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles from Iran, which were located at Damascus International Airport. The second strike on May 5 reportedly retargeted the SSRC facility that was struck in January.
Although Israeli officials have not taken official responsibility for any of the alleged strikes, they have repeatedly warned that they are prepared to act in Syria to prevent Hezbollah and other terror groups from obtaining advanced weaponry.

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What are the Cheapest Options For Switching Both Gas and Electricity Providers in Ireland ?
Updated May 13th 2018
Hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland have never switched energy providers. Recent figures show that more than half of electricity and gas customers have never switched supplier.
Of those that have switched – 51% have just gone back on the default standard rates after the discounted rate ended.
Our latest Electricity and Gas Price comparison shows that, for average households , switching energy supplier could cut energy bills by as much as €484 in just one year.
Question : How many hours would you have to work to earn €484 in take home pay ? (Answer: About 40 hours ( a full weeks wages) for someone on €28k a year).
Note: The price comparisons below are based on what might be typical usage in a medium sized house, using gas for both heating and hot water. ( 11000 Kwh of Gas and 4200 kwH of Electricity a year .)
We have assumed that the household is currently on the standard rate of Electricity with Electric Ireland and on the standard rates for gas with Bord Gais Energy. The current total charge for both fuels would be €1786 a year in this scenario – if paying bills as received ,not by direct debit.
Switching Dual Fuel – Same Supplier :
1.The best value switching deal for a dual fuel bundle in this scenario is on the Energia website using the promo code CHEAPDUAL . You will get €50 cashback and 29% off their standard electricity rate and 28% off gas rates for a year. This deal will work out at €1405 in the first year – a saving of €381 .
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The best option for gas , if you are currently on Bord Gais standard rates , or with any other supplier, is to switch your gas over to Electric Ireland . In the first year this would work out at €527 (this includes €175 cashback offer ). This is a saving of €253 in year one compared to the €780 cost on Bord Gais Energy standard rates.
Other prices – Flogas €628 ; Just Energy €629
The current cheapest electricity switching deal for Electric Ireland customers is from Bord Gais Energy at €775 in year one (including €175 cashback). This would be a saving in year one of €231 compared to staying on Electric Ireland's standard rates.
If you are already with BGE for Electricity – then the best deal is to switch to Electric Ireland (€790 incl €175 cashback)
This combination of two separate energy providers (BG for Electricity and Electric Ireland for gas) will work out at a total of €1302 in year one. This is a saving of €484 in year one compared to staying on the standard rates with Electric Ireland and Bord Gais Energy.
You can check other supplier prices for your personal usage on the very useful Switcher.ie website
But – note that the Energia promocode and cashback offer is only available direct with Energia Online
Note :To get these lower prices with any of the suppliers you will usually have to pay by direct debit and have online billing.
See our Electricity Price Comparison Here
The main message is …. if you have never switched and are still on the standard rates from Electric Ireland or Bord Gais Energy – then switching provider can save you significant amounts of money.
You should try and treat energy supply like car insurance – shop around when the one year contract is over and get a better deal. It only takes a few minutes to fill a form in and it could save you a few hundred euros each year.
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Diversity Visa, Eligible Countries are published every year.
Green Card lottery doesn't allow natives of all the countries in the world to participate in this annual draw.
This green card lottery program will allow only natives of the countries which are listed as eligible ones in the eligible country list.
The eligible country list is published by the U.S State Department every year specially for the green card lottery program.
Normally natives of those countries which had sent more than 50,000 people to the USA within the last 5 years are not eligible to
participate in the draw. Natives of all the Africa region countries except Nigeria are eligible to participate in the program.
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KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories.
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Each year the State Department used to announce the eligible country list just before the beginning of the lottery. The 2018 draw instruction is announced and it carries the eligible country list. People can claim eligibility for the draw through their eligible country born marriage partner and claiming their parent's nativity. For to get more information on this, you must read the dv 2018 diversity visa lottery Instructions which is now available in online websites
Source: State Department, USA.


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PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PAR) Q4 2015 Earnings Conference Call March 30, 2016 4:45 PM ET
Chris Byrnes – VP, Business & Financial Relations
Karen Sammon - CEO
Matt Trinkaus - Chief Accounting Officer
Matthew Cicchinelli - President of PAR's Government Business
Sam Bergman - Bayberry Asset Management
Gary Siperstein - Eliot Rose Wealth Management
Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the PAR Technology Full-Year 2015 Fourth Quarter and Yearend Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later there will be a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder this conference is being recorded.
Now I would like to hand the conference over to Chris Byrnes, Vice President of Business and Financial Relations. Please proceed, sir.
Chris Byrnes
Thanks Brain and good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to welcome you today to the call for PAR's fourth quarter and yearend 2015 financial results review. At this time I'd like to take this opportunity if I can take care of certain issues and regards to the call today. Participants on the call should be aware that we are recording the call this afternoon and it will be available for playback. Also we are broadcasting the conference call via the World Wide Web. So, please be advised if you ask a question it will be included in both our live conference and any future use of the recording.
Joining me on the call today is PAR's CEO and President, Karen Sammon; Matt Trinkaus PAR's Chief Accounting Officer, and Matthew Cicchinelli President of PAR's Government Business.
At this time I'd like to tell you that this conference call includes forward-looking statements that reflect management's expectations based on currently available data. However, actual results are subject to future events and uncertainties. The information on this conference call related to projections or other forward-looking statements may be relied upon and subject to the Safe Harbor statement included in our earnings release this afternoon and in our annual and quarterly filings with the SEC.
I'd now like to turn the call over to Karen Sammon for the formal remarks portion of the call, which will be followed by General Q&A. Karen?
Karen Sammon
Thanks, Chris. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us today for our fourth quarter and year-end 2015 conference call. During this call I will review our results for the quarter. Matt Trinkaus, our Chief Accounting Officer will give the financial details. I will then give a brief summary following which we will open the call for Q&A.
I begin this afternoon by commenting on the recent circumstances surrounding determination of PAR's former CFO Mike Bartusek. As you may already know Mr. Bartusek's employment with PAR was terminated for cause, as a result of unauthorized transfer of company's funds. The CFO did this in contravention of the company's policies and procedures. I am confident that this was one individual acting alone in making unauthorized investments. These unauthorized transfers occurred during the period between September 25, 2015 and November 6, 2015. This activity does not involve customer billings, accounts receivables or account payables nor our operations in anyway and PAR is not making any restatements or filings of prior quarter earnings.
I am proud of the way our company reacted or responded once they became aware of the situation, I notified the audit committee which took the necessary steps quickly and decisively. The company's audit committee and entire Board of Directors approved an internal investigation which was commenced under the audit committee's supervision. That investigation has been completed, although the company continued to pursue recovery of the transferred funds. The investigation was led by outside counsel to engage an independent forensic consultant to assist in the matter. As directed by the audit committee the company has reported this matter to federal law enforcement agencies including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In lieu of this situation we wrote down $776,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015 that was reported in our GAAP earnings this afternoon, the actual amount of the unauthorized investments. It is our intention to remediate this issue and have the funds in question returned to the company. We look forward to putting this event behind us and fully concentrating on transforming our company.
I'm pleased now to review our results from the fourth quarter 2015. This afternoon we announced the company reported fourth quarter revenues from continuing operations of 56.8 million compared to 59.3 million in the fourth quarter last year, a 4.2% decrease. This decrease was due to higher than normal government contract Task Orders in the fourth quarter of 2014 associated with our Eagle Intel-X IDIQ contract that were not duplicated in the fourth quarter of 2015. We recorded GAAP net income of $1.3 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.08 in the quarter which included the write off of 776,000 and compared to a net loss of $1 million and a $0.07 loss per share in the same quarter in 2014.
On a non-GAAP basis, PAR reported net income from continuing operations of $2 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.13 in the quarter. This compares to non-GAAP net income of $1.8 million and $0.11 per diluted share last year, an 18% increase in EPS year-over-year. For our fiscal year 2015 our Company grew revenues 5.1% and were reported at $229 million compared to the $217.8 million in 2014. GAAP net income from continuing operations improved dramatically to $4 million or $0.26 diluted earnings per share in 2015 compared to net income of 71,000 or 0 per diluted share for all of 2014. On a non-GAAP basis, net income from continuing operations was $6.1 million, a 61% increase from the non-GAAP net income of $3.8 million in 2014 and earnings per share on an adjusted basis rose 63% to $0.39 when compared to the $0.24 adjusted earnings per share reported in 2014.
My comments from here on will focus solely on our non-GAAP results. I will first address highlights for the quarter in our restaurant retail business. We continue to make progress executing our diversification strategy for our restaurant and retail business by focusing on designing and delivering software led solutions that expand our customer base throughout the lower tier multi-unit organization in our target markets. Our diversification strategy also includes growing our installed base with Tier 1 accounts and we now count nine out of the top 20 restaurant organizations as PAR customers. Importantly, within our Tier 1 customer base is the opportunity to extend and expand our relationship by introducing them to PAR's various software platforms, Brink, SureCheck, and PixelPoint and the related software delivery services.
In this past quarter, we are pleased to report that our restaurant retail technology business revenues increased 4% to $36.4 million from the previous year's fourth quarter reported at $34.9 million. This growth demonstrates the strength of our business with our global Tier 1 customers along with the growing number of Brink and SureCheck clients. The expansion of our portfolios with an emphasis on cloud solutions positively impacted our performance and will transform our Company. The pipeline for Brink and SureCheck continue to grow.
Other indications of success of our strategy are evidenced by the growing number of RFPs, pilots and implementation engagement along with the quality of our new channel and integration partners. PAR's Brink POS portfolio remains key to our diversification strategy and we are targeting and winning new customers in all restaurant segments that include fast casual, quick serve and table service dining. These new Brink customer wins are methodically increasing our recurring revenue that as of the end of 2015 with 22% of our restaurant segment revenues. Brink doubled its recurring revenue contribution in the fourth quarter over last year and added nearly 650 new customer sites in 2015.
Leveraging the market momentum captured with wins like Five Guys, Pita Pit and others, we are executing aggressive growth plans. We are carefully managing the pipeline and are gaining confidence in our ability to achieve our annual recurring revenue and backlog goals for 2016. High quality restaurant companies select Brink for their businesses as a result of Brink's features and functions along with its enterprise multi-unit design. Brink's performance, increased reliability, faster access to data and cost structure as a monthly operating expense make it a compelling solution. As a result, the Brink Solution has an extremely low churn and our retention rate is near 100%.
The true benefits Brink provides include increased redundancy, lower infrastructure cost, and entire economies of the solutions that have created a distinct advantage of our older server based POS systems. Brink's multi-unit design also gives us an edge over tablet POS providers that focus on SMBs one to five store configurations. We are also seeing reduction in the sales cycle as compared to our legacy platform and as our Web based Brink sales team continues to grow.
We are experiencing increased interest in our cloud based food safety solutions SureCheck and have recently signed on Festival Foods and Lunds & Byerlys food stores as new customers. All new customers are deploying SureCheck in the SaaS model and are adopting PAR's new SureCheck advantage all in one hardware solution. PAR's SureCheck advantage is a patent pending IoT mobile solution designed for food quality and task management. SureCheck software and hardware addresses a costly and cumbersome business challenge from multi-unit food retailers specifically the recording of an employee's proper preparation and handling of foods to reduce the threat of food borne illness.
SureCheck enables passive compliance which is the FDA mandated regulatory process while improving operational efficiencies through the automated of outdated traditionally pen and paper processes. We are expanding our relationship with our largest customers such as Walmart, as they continue to deploy the SureCheck Solutions through their entire international markets and in new store openings. To date Walmart has deployed our solution in all 5,224 U.S. and Walmart and Sam's Club and in nearly 700 of their international network of stores including those in Canada, China, India, Mexico, South America and in the UK. The remaining stores will be deployed through 2017.
Restaurants, grocery stores and contractors and providers are all looking for better ways to manage the preparation and handling of food items in the consistent manner with visibility and transparency across multi units chains for seamless reporting brand protection and most important customer confidence.
In the fourth quarter we launched our eight generation hardware platform or EverServ 8000 family of terminals. The EverServ 8000 was designed with the current business needs of our customers in mind. The terminal maximizes power and performance using the newest Intel technology. The design allows the terminal to the used in a standard POS configuration as a customer facing kiosk, a low profile version of eliminating any barrier with the customers or in a wall mounted fashion for space constrained areas. I'm also pleased to report that our company is restoring final assembly to our headquarters in Upstate New York with this new hardware release.
New York State has recognized and awarded our restoring efforts with an economic development grant that is tied to capital investment in PAR's central New York facility, upgrade to our internal IT infrastructure and new job creation. This important initiative demonstrates our commitment to the quality of our products ensuring tighter inventory controls and our commitment to our employees and community. As the result show in Q4 and throughout 2015 we are strengthening the foundation of our restaurant and retail segment to support our strategy. In 2016, we are focused on optimizing our current investments and our leveraging our momentum to accelerate growth of our Brink and SureCheck portfolios in our target markets.
Now turning to our government segments. I'm pleased to report that our newly appointed President for our government business Matt Cicchinelli is having a positive impact on our business. His business acumen and people skills are a solid combination and I'm confident in his leadership of this segment. Above our government business reported 16% lower quarterly revenue of 20.4 million compared to fourth quarter last year, we are able to manage our business adeptly and grow net income by 27% over the same period.
The revenue decrease was primarily attributed to a reduced volume of lower margin Eagle Intel-X IDIQ Task Orders and Q4 this year compared to the same period in 2014. Growth in net income was earned through increased software development support for customers using tactical situational awareness and mission planning tools.
During this past quarter we successfully secured additional contract awards for satellite, radio antenna and telecom facility operations and maintenance with the U.S. Navy at Dixon, California and Jacksonville, Florida. We also secured a 12.9 million subcontract award with BAE to provide similar support services to various types in Hawaii and the Western Specific. We continue to focus new business development efforts to support intelligence agencies, armed services and tactical edge war fighters with specific emphasis on Tampa, Florida, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio and the national capital D.C. region.
I'd now like to turn the call over to Matt Trinkaus for further details of our financial performance.
Matt Trinkaus
Thank you, Karen and good afternoon, everyone. Product revenue in the quarter was $24.3 million, an increase of $1.5 million and 6.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, during the quarter the increase in product revenue was mostly driven by hardware sales sold through our network of dealers and increased hardware cash and sales of Brink POS and deployments to our largest global customers. Highlights for the quarter includes strong growth within the company's international markets noting a 9.3% increase over 2014.
The majority of the increase within PARs international markets was driven by the company's largest global customers as they continue to upgrade their technology platforms. The company's domestic operations accelerated deployments to Jack in the Box are new Tier 1 customer. In addition you have experienced increased hardware sales with the adoption of Brink POS within the vast casual restaurant market.
Service revenue was down slightly during the quarter generating a 12.1 million versus a 12.2 million in 2014. The decrease was largely due to lower professional service revenue as a large statement of work was executed in 2014 in congruence with the deployment of our PixelPoint software platform. Offsetting this decrease was an increase in recurring revenue of our software related services primarily revenue streams generated from software sold as a service, through deployment of Brink POS a higher software maintenance revenue generated from our PixelPoint product and increased hosting revenue from the international deployment of SureCheck. In addition, service revenue generated by the Company's hardware repair center has increased compared to prior year driven by higher volume of contracts.
The Company's recurring revenue base represents both software related service contracts and hardware support. Software related services continues to grow, increasing 38% compared to the same software related services revenue streams in Q4 2014. Overall recurring revenue represents 22% or 7.9 million of the total restaurant retail technology revenue during the quarter, an increase of 3% on a sequential quarter basis.
Contract revenue from our government business was unfavorable year-over-year decreasing 3.9 million to 20.4 million in 2015 from 24.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The decrease from Q4 2014 is mostly due to past quarters receipt with certain ISR contracts. Contract backlog continues to be significant noting a total backlog of over 101 million as of December 31st, a slight increase from the 98 million reported at the end of the third quarter 2015.
Product margin for the quarter was 25.7% in Q4 2015 versus 28.4% in Q4 2014. The decrease in product margin percentage primarily related to a large deployment of our pixel software in 2014 for a specific customer that did not reoccur in 2015, and an increased demand from our lower margin product mix as compared to 2014. Service margin for the quarter was 34.5% compared to the 24.7% reported in fourth quarter of last year. Service margins have been favorably impacted by an increase in software related services during the period primarily driven by higher SaaS revenue and favorable performance with the Company's call center operations and hardware and repair center.
Government contract margins increased 250 basis points to 8% as compared to 5.5% for the fourth quarter 2014. This increase is the result of favorable contract mix with a higher volume of revenue earned through higher margin contracts. SG&A was 7.3 million, an increase of 809k from Q4 2014. The increase was primarily due to investments within our sales force related to our Brink and SureCheck products and increase in expenses related to their collectability of certain customer receivable balances and bonus accruals relating to 2015 performance. Net R&D expense was 2.4 million down from 2.6 million during 2014. The majority of the decrease is due to software investments that recorded higher capitalization based on the Company's policy and respective accounting guidance.
Now to provide some information on the Company's cash flow and balance sheet position. Cash provided by continuing operations during the 12 months ended December 31st was 2.2 million mostly due to the add-back of non-cash charges offset by changes in working capital requirements. Cash generated from investing activities of approximately 7.5 million noting the company closed on the sale of its hotel resort and spa reporting unit and received 12.1 million at the time of close. Offsetting the cash increase was investments with capital expenditure of 1.7 million and capital software of 2.1 million.
Cash used in financing activities was 7.7 million noting a net reduction of our buy [ph] wins of 5 million and deferred guaranteed payment of 3 million relating to the acquisition of Brink. Inventory decreased from December 31, 2014 by 4.4 million mostly related to the deployment of inventory to new customers and increased inventory turns within our international locations.
Additionally, accounts receivable increased compared to December 31, 2014 primarily due to timing of revenues associated with the restaurant retail technology business. These outstanding decrease for restaurant retail technology business noting 51 days at December 31, 2015 compared to 55 days in 2014. And the government reporting unit remained consistent at 42 days respectively.
This concludes my formal remarks and I would like to turn it back to Karen for her closing comments.
Karen Sammon
Thanks Matt. 2015 was a busy and largely successful year for PAR. In our restaurant retail business our Tier 1 customers including McDonald's and Jack in the Box were solid contributors to our growth. We experienced early and sustained success with our Brink Solution and investments to our SureCheck team in the platform increased our rate of success with global deployments including the complexity of language, hosting, and localization.
We launched our new hardware platform and transformed our international operations. We drove out costs and eliminated expense. Our government business once again exceeded our internal profit targets for the quarter and sustained its operational excellence. Similar to our restaurant and retail business, we are pursuing opportunities that will provide near term improvement while simultaneously building a foundation of growth in our business to deliver higher profitability in the future.
In closing, a lot of work remains ahead of us to fully transition the Company and we are encouraged by the progress we have made. PAR's focus on delivering contemporary technical solutions that solve complex business problems faced by our global customers.
We are fine tuning our operations on a worldwide basis to eliminate unnecessary cost and are investing in new ERP platform that will provide us within increase visibility into our processes, so we can continue to streamline and scale the business to grow. We're investing in our teams and we're committed to attracting the best talent and positioning them for success in a proactive dynamic conscious culture. I'm grateful to our Board for their confidence in my ability to lead our organization through its transformation. It is my objective to ensure that the stakeholders within PAR's ecosystem, our employees, customers, partners, our communities and you, our shareholders receive value.
This concludes my remarks and I'd now like to open the call for questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
Thank you. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Sam Bergman with Bayberry Asset Management. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.
Sam Bergman
Good afternoon, Karen and Chris, very, very nice quarter and ending to the year. I have a couple of questions. First question I have is, can you supply to us any type of metrics in the Brink's business or Brink's division in terms of units already installed or pilots that are ongoing?
Karen Sammon
Sam, I mentioned that we deployed nearly 700 sites in 2015 and so that bring our total over a thousand and we're continuing the momentum into Q1; while I can't provide you with the metrics now, it's my intention to start giving you quarter-over-quarter growth as we go forward. In terms of pilots that we have going on with Brink, the Brink interest is very high and we have a number of implementations occurring simultaneously and the backlog is growing significantly.
Sam Bergman
So, can you give us any idea around backlog, if you can't give us a complete metric account of what you have in the first quarter, give us an idea of backlog going into the first quarter.
Karen Sammon
The backlog going into the first quarter include sites for Five Guys and Pita Pit and those are names that we announced last year, they're quite large and we have deployed little over 100 Five Guys stores to date, they are ramping up their deployment to start in the later part of April and so that gives us a good runway going forward and Pita Pit likewise was waiting for our release of our 3.6 [ph] version of software that has been delivered to them and we are now in the process of deploying those sites. So, those sites alone exceed 1,300 and there is others that I've haven't mentioned, but that should give you a good idea.
Sam Bergman
Do you have a count of how many Five Guys were implemented in the fourth quarter and did you give that out?
Karen Sammon
We didn't give it out, there was a slowdown in the fourth quarter due to one of our partner's product, we have a third party product that was required and we're waiting for them to resolve some issues. So, it slowed down the fourth quarter due to that issue in the holidays, picked up in the first quarter and it will continue throughout '16.
Sam Bergman
So, the only way the implementation is going to quicken the pace is in April, do you expect the whole company and Five Guys to implement 1,200 stores in 2016 or do you expect it to carry over in 2017 at this time?
Karen Sammon
I definitely expect it to carry into 2017 and we've been very conservative in our estimates and so our growth targets are significant for this year but we used a small number of Five Guys.
Sam Bergman
Okay, in the recent announcement on Jack in the Box, could you tell me what percentage of that has been installed, if any?
Karen Sammon
That is -- will wrap up in the end of this quarter. So, I think maybe it rolls into the first week of April. So, we deployed roughly 2,200 stores, 2,100 stores from around June through April. June 15th.
Sam Bergman
So, if in Tier 1 and Tier 2, what's the opportunity for Brink's to be installed in Tier 1 or Tier 2 accounts and have you at this time any pilots ongoing?
Karen Sammon
There is several Tier 2 accounts we are talking to -- we're in early stages with a number of Tier 1 accounts, I would say that they're early stage and they're going to move a lot slower than Tier 2, Tier 3 and we have a number of Tier 3 accounts that are in various stages including contract complete.
Sam Bergman
And can you give us any backlog in defense?
Matt Trinkaus
Sam, that's 101 million at the end of the year.
Thank you [Operator Instructions]. Our next question comes from the line of Gary Siperstein with Eliot Rose Wealth Management. Your line is now open, please go ahead.
Gary Siperstein
Karen congratulations on a wonderful year, just an amazing improvement in operating income and non-GAAP income.
Karen Sammon
Thank you, Gary.
Gary Siperstein
Just following up on a couple of book keeping items, so the roughly $750,000 write off from the CFO maleficence that you took in the fourth quarter, so Matt, did that reduce the operating income by $750,000 so that your GAAP earnings of $0.08 would have actually been $0.13?
Matt Trinkaus
Yes, without the investment it would have been -- without the write off it would have been $0.13, it is included within our GAAP numbers, and it's $776,000 Gary.
Gary Siperstein
And what would that -- would that have had an equal effect on the non-GAAP $0.39 or no?
Matt Trinkaus
It would have, yes.
Gary Siperstein
So you would have then $0.13 on a GAAP basis, that's remarkable. In terms of the roll outs and the ongoing business, I think Matt I think you gave two figures, 22% of restaurant business is now cloud software subscription model and I think you specified that that was just $8 million. So, if that's accurate and I know you've been building up to it and it's increased over the last few quarter, but at least at the current fourth quarter run rate that's roughly $30 million business. Is that correct?
Matt Trinkaus
So Gary there is two figures in there, there are the hardware support contracts which right now is the larger portion of that $8 million. The software that's 38% growth that we've seen compared to Q4 of 2014. But the larger component of our recurring revenue right now of that 22% in total is our hardware support contracts.
Gary Siperstein
And that figure also includes Pixel works?
Matt Trinkaus
It does, yes.
Gary Siperstein
And Karen can you give us some color on why -- you mentioned some of the silent features of the Brink software. But why is it having so much success? And can you give us some color on who the competition is and why you're winning versus the competition? In other words who did the Five Guys look at besides you folks, for example?
Karen Sammon
So the answer to your question, the first question the product is gaining traction for a number of reasons. It's designed for multi-unit operators. It's a true hosted platform. We sell it as a subscription model so it's an OpEx not a CapEx. And it's a totally integrated solution with POS, loyalty, mobility, kitchen systems. So it provides our customers with better visibility and management of their systems in a much faster fashion. It's also because it's a lower investment that makes it really attractive for upgrading and we're finding that our customers really, the technical side of our customers appreciate the ability for us to interface to other third party platforms because of the modern technology and the modern platform.
We compete against Oracle, Symphony, we compete again -- these are the traditional, the more traditional competitors Oracle, Symphony, NCR, Aloha sometimes NCR Silver, XPIENT. The new competition includes Toast and Rebel and Task, there is a number of tablet based POS that will show up. And we win because we have a great system. We also have the infrastructure and the depth of knowledge of how to work with multi-unit restaurant chain and the experience. So we have those coupled together are making us successful.
Gary Siperstein
And what kind of things is Brink going to do in the future to stay in front? Can you give us any direction on future releases or future features?
Karen Sammon
I can give you an idea of the things that we're working on. In addition to not so sexy things like ensuring that our platform stays competitive from a technical perspective and that we are able to support high availability meaning the support of many systems operating in the cloud so there is no degradation in performance. That's really important to us. More other things that we are working on that we think are of major importance to our customers, it's around digital. And so we increase -- we already have integrated loyalty in mobility and we're focused on augmenting that part of our portfolio.
Gary Siperstein
Okay and you've talked about many opportunities with Tier 3 some opportunities with Tier 2 and maybe one or two early talks with Tier 1 and so is that starting to progress quicker than you would have that they are earlier imagined we know Tier 1 is slow to move but it seems pretty quick after you guys acquired Brink and one Five Guys to be already talking the Tier 1 about it.
Karen Sammon
It's definitely exceeded our expectations. We're rolling out Five Guys right now we're talking to several other Tier 1s and they are in different stages of maturity but it has been surprising for us to see the demand within Tier 2 into Tier 1 and internationally and so we are being very intentional on where were going, ensuring that we can invest in the platform to be able to ensure our success as we moved through the tiers. I want to make sure that, that our platform is ready and that we don't get consumed by any Tier 1.
Gary Siperstein
Alright that's sounds prudent. And just staying with restaurants on the hardware side it seems like you had a nice revenue increase from your Tier 1. Is there any factor in that in terms of seasonality and it was if the new EverServ product what do you think accounted for the uptick?
Karen Sammon
We have the good portion of winning Jack in the Box and so that was very great our ISD partners, we put -- we concentrated on expanding our ISD partners and they contributed to our gross in the fourth quarter and throughout last year. We also increased our revenue due to major products with McDonald's some of it has to do with terminals some of them had to do with other products that we delivered along with our services so we had a nice year with McDonalds both in terms of terminal delivery and project delivery with third party products in the U.S. and around the globe.
We saw an uptick in McDonalds business in Southeast Asia, Australia and in the UK and Middle East as well as in the U.S. I think that McDonalds as they're going through their own transformation they're investing in technology to be able to achieve things like all day breakfast and to create new taste, so that has been good thing for us.
Gary Siperstein
Is there any opportunity for PAR with Yum talking about separating their Chinese business from the domestic business?
Karen Sammon
I hope so and so I'm following that closely. We've been talking to KFC about being a more significant partner outside U.S. Throughout 2015 and we are starting to see an uptick in our business in different areas and so we don't have anything firm in China, but certainly on our radar.
Gary Siperstein
And circling back to Jack in the Box and Qdoba, I think you guys displaced NCR there. So if that's correct, why, if NCR was their vendor before and they were used to that, what allowed you guys to win?
Karen Sammon
We've displaced NCR many times and then they are a good competitor and they've got a good products. In this round with Jack we had the right product, the right services and the right team structure to work with them as they went through this transition. It's really hard to change supplier, so either questions are really good one and we've put a full focus on winning jack and there was just right time what the other element they really were looking for a service partner that could support them and all their franchises they have gone through a refranchising efforts over last two years and it changes the dynamic, we need to be very aware and strong in franchises support and its part of us that very well.
Gary Siperstein
I think just sticking with [indiscernible] for a minute, so it seems like we are at a point where all three parts of the company are profitable the software and services, the hardware and government. Historically we didn't seem to make a lot of money on the hardware and you talked about ensuring or doing more in New York as opposed to off shoring like Apple does with Faxcon and Sharp, et cetera. Tell us what you are going to bring to the table in terms of getting a hardware appropriately profitable, it's been a great product for your customers but historically just hasn't returned a lot for PAR shareholder.
Karen Sammon
Yes that's been challenging for us. We have -- this is a competitive field and as you know, when we're delivering hardware without software and we get pretty beaten up on the price and the margin suffer.
So couple of things and I'll get to reassuring in a minute. So, we are really focused on delivering software lead solutions which include our hardware, our hardware is well, respected in the industry. As we move through the Tiers and we're able to achieve a higher price which then in turn will return a higher margin for the company and for our shareholders. The restoring of the product, that's took a couple of years for us to make this decision and we're planning and advances of EverServ 8000, we found that our cost of reworking terminals when they're based in our forecast, our forecast would fluctuate between Subway and McDonald, as example, and we would get higher order from McDonald's and so we'd have to rework terminals that where Subway terminals to McDonald terminal.
So when we look at the 8,000 we designed it to be able to do the assembly here in the U.S. and we have our suppliers consigning the material to us and so we can then due the assembly based on order, so we'll have as much of lag time in delivering products, we'll be able to assemble the product that our customers are demanding just in time and we should be able to review our inventory cost through consignments. So, we were early on in this effort and we believe that is going to be the best for our customers and for our shareholders.
Gary Siperstein
Just a couple of more then I'll give someone else the chance, just moving on SureCheck, did I hear you correctly, so the Walmart International rollout will continue through a portion of 2017?
Karen Sammon
It will definitely, they have something like between 7,500 and 8,000 sites outside the U.S., they're larger outside the U.S. than they are here and so we're at the tip of the iceberg. As a matter of fact I think that we said we rolled out 700 which is about -- it was just 10%, so it's about 7,000 sites outside the U.S.
Gary Siperstein
Okay and certainly with all the publicity with Chipotle and others with a problem in their food chain and different things happening, is that accelerated your conversations in that area and leading to additional trials?
Karen Sammon
That is certainly, I was going to say that, we don't want to be an ambulance chaser but its' certainly increasing the number of conversations. Couple of things, the Chipotle issues, we have created more awareness and it's really unfortunate, because they're a terrific brand and they will get their arms around their processes then SureCheck fits really well into -- it's their go forward solutions because they have to change the process through the distribution and right into their stores.
And we also participated in a major Food Safety Conference in Berlin this quarter and that was really well received and so we have increased interest outside the U.S. mainly in Europe and in the U.S. and grocery it's growing, contractors and restaurants. In restaurants as you might expect the table service fine dining chains are expecting more interest than as we go into QSR. In the QSR, they will come around but they really through their own processes, through their distribution channel, they eliminate risk but it doesn't get all the way to what we do in the store, so we're targeting to a number of chains and more in table service.
Gary Siperstein
Alright and because of the Walmart win, are there other -- I guess you'd consider Walmart is a Tier 1, are there other Tier 1 that are looking at us on the store side, and on the restaurant side, is that mostly you said table served that Tier 1, Tier 2 or is it Tier 3?
Karen Sammon
So, in grocery, yes, there is many Tier 1, that are on various stages of our pipeline and contracts food and you may know, companies like Aramark, Compass and Sodexo, so we have interest with them and the business is that they work with and [technical difficulty]. When you breakdown the Tiers and table services and that casual, there is some larger chains, but yes it's this largest chains in those restaurant
Gary Siperstein
Okay, great and Matt, going over to the government side, so government again, I guess similar to hardware is always contributed but it seems to have been stuck in its 80 million to 90 million revenue range, what's the process, I know Karen you mentioned, a date in Ohio, you mentioned different investments we've made, to try to get that going and it's a wonderful backlog, but what are our aspirations for that? Can that be a $100 million business, $150 million, $125 million business in three to five years, and what would it take to get there?
Karen Sammon
This is another good question. We have included our government business in our strategy for an accelerated growth and I have Matt Cicchinelli here, he's the President of our government business unit and I am going to let him take the question.
Matt Cicchinelli
Sure Gary. We do have a three year minimal and longer range strategy designed towards doing those vary things you described and we feel pretty comfortable in providing the rational and the basis based on who we are and what we can continue to grow. We have some really strong foundational components, on a couple of levels and I'll highlight them quickly. But one is we are really well understood for our technical competencies in certain areas that are really relevant in today's defense and intelligence market.
There are vagaries and uncertainties to the government budget but the intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance, the ISR world will remain a high area of government investment as we move forward. And then the specific customers in the world of special operations and intelligence analysis are actually areas that the government will continue to focus on as they think about what their investment priorities are in a variety of defense postures going forward. So there is some stability to our customers' intentions that is really helpful for us to project growth going forward.
On top of that, our past performance and our reputation for delivering results and for solving challenging problems gives us a certain stickiness with our current customers, and our growth strategy is predicated on actually leveraging that to a broader set of audiences and they are real and they are approachable and they do have budgets and intentions going forward. So we've made some initial forays into that, feel comfortable that we're on track and on progress. We've really had the capacity to invest within our current rate structure and 2016 will be a demonstration of that.
We're out engaging more customers with relevant discussions and are being invited into the types of conversations we expect and feel pretty good about. What we've been discussing with Karen about where the government company can go and I know the team is pretty energized and excited to deliver.
Gary Siperstein
And last question Chris could you give us some color on the IR plan for this calendar year? I know you're at Sidoti I guess tomorrow. Do you have a PowerPoint at Sidoti that will end up on PAR's Web site and what's sort of the game plan now that the noise is coming out of the numbers and the PAR story is getting clearer and its brand new again, and the fact that -- I think you did $0.7 or $0.08 GAAP earnings in Q3 and $0.13 adjusted for the CFO situation in Q4. It seems it's a pretty interesting story to tell going forward.
Chris Byrnes
Absolutely Gary and you're correct. We are I think we'll be more aggressive than we had been earlier I think we're getting confidence behind the story. There is still some seasonality in our business it's not all sequential growth but our focus and our goals have improved quarter-on-quarter and apples-to-apples comparison. But certainly I think we'll be much more aggressive in our outreach program, our targeting program, and listening some sell site analysts and getting much more exposure than we have been of late. And I think we've earned that distinction and now we're looking to make sure that the right people hear the right story.
Thank you. We have follow up question from the line of Sam Bergman with Bayberry Asset Management. Your line is now open, please go ahead.
Sam Bergman
Just one last from me question on McDonalds have their conference coming up in June. Can you talk about any co-engineering development you have with the McDonald's on a POS hybrid system for that conference, if any? And if you don't have any at this time, is it your expectations that they're going to pick up the new EverServ product with the franchise owners?
Karen Sammon
I am not sure about the co-engineering. We work really closer with McDonald's on a lot of products. We did co-engineer a new product for their kitchen system which we are selling in different parts of the global market. But for the conference we're going to be showcasing the EverServ 8000, we'll be showcasing our tablet and our SureCheck platform.
So they have embraced our new platform, they've had in their labs and it's in their store I think tomorrow. And so we are going towards the process of certification and they have been well aware of what we've been doing for many months for year.
Sam Bergman
Can you talk about any feedback you are planning from them like SureCheck?
Karen Sammon
So SureCheck is very interesting to them McDonalds has as they are a major massive organization so different parts of the organization have different levels of interest but we have been talking to their global food safety executive about SureCheck and are receiving endorsement for it. So they are looking -- they're reviewing in the U.S., in the UK and Australia in China and so while were still in early stages there is definitely interest and there is different kinds of interest even different levels of interest from different regions and then from franchises to the corporation so were we've been talking to McDonalds SureCheck for nine or 10 months.
Sam Bergman
Thank you very much. Speak to you in four weeks.
Karen Sammon
Thank you.
Thank you there are no further questions. So now at this time I'd like to hand the call back to Karen Sammon for closing comments.
Karen Sammon
Thank you. I appreciate all of your time this afternoon. Thank you for attending and with this I will conclude the call.
Ladies and gentlemen this does conclude today's program and you may all disconnect. Everybody have a wonderful day.
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Does anyone know haow to change the time you poop> i need to change it about 12 hours. At present i am an early morning pooper having always beeen trained to go before school as a kid. Result when i wake up with a wet diaper instead of having time to enjoy it i have the urge to go number 2 so i have 2 choices , either too mess which i dont often want to do or get up and take of the wet diaper ,go and then change. I would much rather be a evening pooper so i could get it over and done with before i put a diaper on at night.
i have tried "holding it but it never worked for more than about 2 hours meaning i had to go at morning break time .
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What does your man need?
I know what mine needs.
He needs a peaceful home,
clean underwear,
satisfying meals,
physical attention,
playtime (with me and without me),
a tidy house,
and most of all...
a godly wife!
For the next couple of months I'm joining the "Completing Him Challenge" over at Women Living Well. The challenge is to take inventory of your relationship with your husband and allow the Lord to reveal and refresh areas that have taken a backseat to kids, work, hobbies...and, well, LIFE!
I want to be all that the Lord has made me to be for Marko. And by God's strength, I can be the woman he needs me to be. Want to join me?
Here's the Topic Schedule for those who want to link up each week:
June 7 - announce to your readers you are participating by posting the button on your site and leaving your link below.
June 7 - announce to your readers you are participating by posting the button on your site and leaving your link below.
June 14 – Post Pictures from your dating days (or tell us all about it!). Think about one thing you used to do or have as a couple that you have lost in the shuffle of life. How can you regain it?
June 21 - Remember Your Vows - post pictures of your wedding day. We will review the sacredness of this day.
June 28 - Ask your husband every morning how you can pray for him that day. Bonus: Fast and pray for him one day this week.
July 5 - Admire Your Husband. Write this post and then show it to him! He will smile!
July 12 - Make a list of 5 things you currently do and ask him to prioritize them for you of what is important to him. For example - a clean home, home cooked dinner, coupon clipping, service at church, having friends over for dinner, watching/doing sports with him, etc.
July 19 - Make him a priority. Ask him what his favorite dinner, dessert and drink are. Be sure to serve him all three one night this week. Bonus: cook his favorite dishes all week long!
July 26 - Support his vision. Discuss his vision for your family. Where does he see your family in 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years. Share with us how you let your husband lead.
August 2 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T! No complaining, criticizing, rolling your eyes, nagging, or giving him any friction this week. Enjoy a week of peace in your home!
August 9 - Kiss Him Like You Mean It (and be sure the door is locked!)
"There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!"
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|Tubeless tire
In the November update I commented that tubeless tires ride as well as any tire (provided the pressure is the same) and that people who believed differently were likely swayed by what they had heard or read about them. This is nothing more than a twist on the well-known placebo effect. We humans just like to believe something works or doesn't work based on our preconceived notions and what others around us say or do. This effect is remarkably strong and well illustrated in a recent episode of dateline that illustrates the extent to which humans are influenced by what their peers say and do.
People unfamiliar with the placebo effect underestimate its power. They think it is something rare that only happens in highly susceptible and gullible individuals. Unfortunately that is not the case. Placebo effects are very strong and they happen in even the most skeptical and cynical individuals. Placebo responses are so prevalent that a rather convoluted study design, known as a double blind placebo-controlled study, is needed to sort them out. In a double blind placebo controlled study, half the patients get a sham treatment but neither they nor their attending physician (or anyone else) knows who gets what.
A good rule of thumb regarding placebo is that half the people getting a placebo will show or report a benefit. So if I give a new drug to 100 people, 50 are expected to claim it works for them, regardless of whether it does or not. They may even show objective signs of improvement (as to why that is requires a longer discussion).
Or to put it another way, if half are doing better, the drug does not work. Ever wonder why it is so easy to find people who will testify to the value of a bogus treatment or diet? Or why user testimony is useless and misleading?
In any case, to come back to tubeless tires, in that November post I commented that I did not like to use sealants when installing a tire because I did not like to have fluids sloshing around in my tires. I hereby implied that the sloshing was noticeable or that it might affect handling. That evoked a comment from a reader.
In essence I was falling prey to my own preconceived notions. That was doubly ironic since I was trying to dispel other people's preconceived notions. Even in responding to the comment I noted that tires with fluid feel different. But is that really true?
To find out I tested some tires with the recommended amount of sealant and some without. It turns out one can detect fluid when holding the tire in one's hand, but there is no way one can feel it when riding.
So, there you have it. As the Brits would say, I eat humble pie.


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There is no doubt in my mind that many people have said that viewing Born Into Brothels was the highlight of the week, though it's kind of an undeniable truth. The film was so raw and truthful and in all honesty, for the majority of the film I felt like I was either fighting back all of the world's tears or I was about to explode from the infinite joy I was experiencing for these children.
It genuinely blew my mind and broke my heart when I realized how truly insightful and full of life these children were. They were speaking of ideas and concepts that I'm not sure I would have thought of on my own, nor would I have payed much attention to it. One of the young girls had pointed out that in order to learn to do something really well, you have to put up with a lot. She makes perfect sense, and it broke my heart knowing that many of these children would not have the opportunity to make something of themselves in the future because of where they were born and raised and how they were raised. It feels as though they were taught many of the wrong things.
It pained me to know that their insight, curiosity, hopefulness, and their very livelihood would go to waste just because their futures were already predetermined. Their hunger for life and for knowledge was so tangible, it was such a thing of beauty. And although it was sad, Avijit said something that rung so true to me. Although there is sadness and pain, we must still look because it is truth.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Best of the Week:Born Into Brothels
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I loved this post. There was so much passion and emotion overflowing in your writing that it made me feel exactly what you felt while watching that movie.
I'm so glad that after you mentioned how insightful the children were, you ended the post with that quote because that was one of the top things that really stuck with me after the movie ended. It astounded me to hear that kind of wisdom come out of the mouth of a 10 year old boy.
Awesome Post!
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So, as has been previously suspected, I am an Idiot. Yesterday morning I drove the 30 miles to the GRE testing site in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia. The Testing site was in the King of Prussia area (I'm not kidding, there are some weird-ass names in PA)and it took me about 45 minutes to get there. After an uneventful drive, I showed up with all my required materials, some scratch paper, three writing utensils, my driver's license and even Jelly Belly beans with electrolytes, in case I was having a melt down.
I pulled out my ID, walked to the sign-in desk and smiled confidently. Then the woman behind the desk told me that I wasn't actually registered. Though I had gone through the automated process of signing up, I didn't actually receive a confirmation number indicating that the process was successful. Therefore, there would be no way for me to take the test.
Dammit, I had been studying for the past 48 hours, almost nonstop. I took a short break to go to the bathroom once, but that was all. Now my new GRE date is the 29th of December. The up-shot is that I have more time to study, the downside is that I have to study more. Like I said, I'm an idiot.


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The Angel Particle.
Does It Matter ?
From 'The Independent' ( thanks Roob ) :
'Physicists believe they have discovered a particle that is both matter and anti-matter, an idea that was first theorised 80 years ago.
When the Big Bang created the universe out of nothing, scientists believe the explosion created equal amounts of matter and anti-matter.
And, if they were ever to meet, they would annihilate each other – returning to 'nothing' apart from a burst of energy.
However, in 1937 an Italian theoretical physicist, Ettore Majorana, predicted the existence of a strange class of particles called fermions that were their own anti-particles.
And now, in an article in the prestigious journal Science, researchers report they have found the first evidence of just such an object, which they dubbed the "Angel Particle" after Dan Brown's thriller Angels and Demons which involves a bomb made from a combination of matter and anti-matter.
Professor Shoucheng Zhang, a Standford University physicist who proposed how an experiment to find the particle could be carried out, said: "Our team predicted exactly where to find the Majorana fermion and what to look for as its 'smoking gun' experimental signature.
"This discovery concludes one of the most intensive searches in fundamental physics, which spanned exactly 80 years."
'The Laws of Reflection' and Angles. 'The angle of incidence is equal to the angles of reflection.' But please don't ask me what it means !
Anti Matter Matters.
Heroes And Villains.
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This is to bring to your notice about an Tamil Magazine article which brings awareness to the community on the importance of Water and its implications it causes to the environment. One Person from coimbatore who is a bus Conductor is creating lot of awareness by putting on campaings to the world and the community
The Article titled "En Kuzhandai Ethilay Neerai Parkum?" is an reality check towards the point on where the world is going in reality. He portrays about the various problems the young generations will face upon in the future if the environmental problems are not given due notice. When you find time please try to go through this article released in the 2nd Week Magazine Kungumam on July 2007.
He also tackles reiterates the legal issues which are coming out of environmental problems. We need to avoid using the Mineral Water and Oxygen Parlours which shows the inefficiencies of our government and our people to control or manage the Environmental problems.
I'm trying to put small efforts to appreciate this mans efforts. Lets also try to use this media such as Internet to propagate the message of peace and prosperity.


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SPOILER ALERT if you don't want any details, don't read - and yes, I refer to some things that happen in my review, so there are spoilers.
This is the first Outlander book I listened to on audio first. Usually I read it first, then do the audio but the audio came out at the same time, so I just went ahead and listened. Davina Porter is such a wonderful narrator, that I didn't have any trouble following along. But now I'm having that THING you get with Outlander - you know, where you need to go back and really look again at something that happened earlier in the book. I really need to learn to use bookmarks on my ipod (is that possible? must google)
Of course, it was wonderful. A long, winding road of a story, going back and forth between times and dates and eras and countries. It's a story that keeps putting poor Claire and Jamie in danger's way - even when you know Jamie will find her and save her, or she him. Now we also have to worry about Roger and Bree - and Jem and Mandy! (and Ian and Rollo too) Lord John and Willie play big roles in this, and it will help a reader to have read all the Lord John books to keep up with various references.
Knowing a little American history would be helpful too - I grinned at Claire's trying to remember helping Bree with American history so she could remember when certain things happen. That would be me - shaking hands with Benedict Arnold and trying to remember exactly what he did when that makes him so infamous today!
The Revolutionary War is fully underway throughout the book, and Willie is an officer for the British side, making his Papa Lord John proud. He undergoes some harrowing experiences and gets in a scrape or 2 - he is only 19 or so at the time. Lord John is approached by a mysterious stranger - who is no stranger to him at all. There's a mystery, though. I cannot even recall if the mystery is fully resolved. It's almost a Lord John story-within-the-Claire/Jamie-story.
Jamie and Claire are determined to get to Scotland, presumably for Jamie's printing press, but also to finally return young Ian to his parents, more than 10 years after he was abducted by pirates. He's so different now - part Mohawk, very independent. But Ian and Jamie are both pressed into service for the rebels, and Claire travels along as company surgeon until they can make their way to a ship headed east.
Bree has a new job as an engineer near their Lallybroch home, and Roger stays home with the kids, doing various ongoing restoration, studying local music and even getting involved in the community after the local kids hear Jem give a great Gaelic curse. Gaelic is a dying language, and most of them don't know it - so Roger starts a class. But there's another mysterious stranger in the book, this time in current day Scotland - and he's no stranger either!
The closer you get to the end of the book, the faster things start - well, falling apart. Yes, J&C make it to Scotland (surely every fan has already read the famous Laoghaire scene?), but then - oh no! Fergus' son needs surgery in America, and old Ian is dying in Scotland, and Jem goes to spend the night with a trusted friend but is his father really trustworthy, or... is Jem being forced by him to time travel?
For a while it seemed as if there were going to be this one particular huge cliffhanger with Jamie and Claire - I prepared myself for it, but while it was resolved, there were issues now that Jamie is going to have to really prepare himself for... Let's just say that old plotline, the hero misses the ship and the ship sinks, makes an entrance at some point... and what would you do if you were Claire. Except you are not Claire, you're Omnipotent and Know All. Ew. (Jamie's fine, don't worry. But will he bitch slap John for what happened while they all thought Jamie lost at sea?)
And yes, a cliffhanger or two are dangling at the end - did Roger go too close to the stones? Will they find Jem?
Once again Gabaldon and Porter take me on a fantastic adventure and I really loved every minute. 4 more years! but 5 stars


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Gone are the days when our Mom would discard the jeans if it tore. These are the days we wear almost every thing ripped. Yes Mom, you can scold us as much as you want. 😀
And what is better than Stripes X Rips X Tie ups? No, nothing! Take out that basic shirt of yours and tuck it half way, or tie a knot, do whatever, your wish, experiment! Pair a Basic Striped Shirt with those torn Denim Shorts and Tie up flats and you are good to go to almost everywhere with your Gang. It is everything from casual to comfortable to Chic. Get out there and wear this and do not forget to send me your version of this.
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Project SEARCH Scotland
A short film introducing the work of Project SEARCH Scotland, an award-winning partnership initiative that helps people with learning difficulties/disabilities into competitive employment.
The project is based on a model initially devised in Cincinatti Children's Hospital in the USA, and is delivered from several locations across Scotland. This film was produced for the 2013 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration, in which the project was selected as the winner of the 'Support to Work' category.
The SURF Awards are delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government. For more information, please visit: www.scotregen.co.uk/surf-awards
- Where is Scotland again? In search of that border… | Channel 4 News
- UK: Scotland revisits independence debate
- UK on Knife-Edge as Scotland Set to Vote on Independence
- Truffle Hunting UK
- The Fairy Faith – (In Search of Fairies – Documentary)
- Terrifying Owlman stalks visitors at abandoned hospital.
- Teenage boy found safe after massive search and rescue operation in Scotland
- Scottish Independence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- Scottish accent vs Irish accent (funny)
- Scotland's Named Person Law – Harmful Opinion
- Scotland mourns helicopter crash victims, search for bodies continues at Glasgow pub
- Scotland : Documentary on The History of Scotland Before it was Scotland
- Scotland: Asserting Independence – UK
- Police Scotland: Use of Stop and Search
- One Way Poor People Can Buy Land With No Money
- Easy English 10 – Scotland Referendum: Should Scotland be independent?


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What do the ducks and geese see, paddling and pushing along? Do they know teal sheen of feather, orange flash of fish, herringboned brown of breast, and rippled reflection of sky and plant and bird on the marbled surface they swim?
And what would they make of the blown glass in the museum by the lake? The smooth, cool surface like water stilled but swirling with haloed orbs, reflecting rays and stringed ovals on a polished platform. The black room, like dark matter or vast space, the bowl like a solar system, spinning under a pin of light.
And what of the great swirl of stardust, the explosion of light and color spun from the oldest supernova, eons before human, and art, and duck, in that distant past even now visible in a suspension of time like water or glass, holding what is and what appears to be?


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This is the best thing that you'll see all day long. I promise.
Hat tip: American Digest.
"The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible." — Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)
Sunday, March 17, 2013
"Me and God's worked hard. Don't screw it up."
Labels: Deep Thinking, family, made of win, theology
4 comments:
- libertyman said...
- March 17, 2013 at 7:05 AM
- Ajdshootist said...
Now that is the best wedding speech i
have even heard. Simply brilliant.
- March 17, 2013 at 9:32 AM
- SFMEDIC said...
What a speech by Dad as he gives away his daughter. Hope that groom takes the message to heart. It will
insure a happy marriage.
- March 17, 2013 at 10:03 AM
- Dirk said...
Hm... Kinda dusty in here all of a sudden. :)
I'm gonna have to save the link to that, and use some of it when my daughter gets married.
- March 18, 2013 at 12:10 PM
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44th Annual Founder's Day
Jun 16 2018
Time: 10 am-4 pm
Cost: Free
Celebrate the founding of Put-in-Bay by Hispanic merchant Jose DeRivera. Kids games (12-2 pm), food, festival vendors, live music, and lots of fun. This old fashioned park fair is one of the community's oldest events. DeRivera deeded the downtown park's use for the residents and visitors of Put-in-Bay. He also donated the property for Put-in-Bay's first school and the first Episcopal Church.


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A while back Sky Television revamped their film channels and I had a little moan at the time; things have become even worse since. Although there are now a minimum of eleven channels (laughingly dubbed Comedy, Action, Classic, etc.) showing movies 24/7 (plus a +1 channel and various HD channels), they manage to show the same films over and over and over again. The so-called Premiere Channel features five "new" films a week, but whereas even when there were fewer channels the monthly average of films new to satellite was higher in the past, there are now only very occasionally first showing films on the other ten. This week is fairly typical of the sorry fare on offer:
There is always at least one film of the five that I have viewed previously and this week's is "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008) which I saw on a flight and which I have touched on before. Since in-flight movies leave much to be desired, I did watch it again and found it vaguely amusing as Jason Segel goes to Hawaii to get over being dumped by Kristen Bell, only to find her there vacationing with new beau Russell Brand. Some child is rumoured to have asked of Brand recently, "What is he for?", which is a good question; I can only say that he is marginally more watchable than other "national treasures" like Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry.
Then there were two late-night "horrors" in both senses of the word, the American "Pathology" and the British "Doomsday", both from 2008 and neither, as far as I know, blessed with a theatrical release. The former followed the nasty exploits of a bunch of medical interns, including Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia, as they played a sick game of seeing which of them could best get away with murdering the patients in their care without being discovered. Makes you wonder! The other was rather more imaginative but absolutely stupid, as action heroine Rhona Mitra and her fellow-soldiers are dropped into Scotland (which has previously been quarantined from the rest of the country) to find a cure for some grotty plague which has now broken out in London. The survivors she finds -- a remarkably high number given the plague's history -- seem to be divided into two groups. The first centred in Glasgow consists of all-the-same-age heavy-metal punks; the second in the Highlands, led by renegade scientist Malcolm McDowell, has recreated a medieval microcosm with knights in armour and trial by combat. The film doesn't address minor issues like how petrol manages to be available some twenty-odd years after civilisation has effectively shut down or where all the consumer gear comes from; the filmmakers don't seem terribly bothered by the nonsense and illogicalities on display and expect the viewer to have a good time.
There is usually one film a week aimed at children and this week's is "The Spiderwick Chronicles" (2008) which I again saw much of on a flight. Likeable British child actor Freddie Highmore dons a suitable American twang to play twins, one adventurous and one studious, who move to a creepy old house with their older sister and recently-separated mom, Mary-Louise Parker. There the more forward twin discovers a journal written by a great-great-uncle (David Strahairn) some 80 years earlier categorising all of the unseen denizens with whom we share our world: fairies, goblins, elves, and ogres to name a few. He disappeared all those years ago leaving his young daughter to grow up into the aged Joan Plowright (now consigned to the local loony bin). When the big bad local ogre gets wind of the book's emergence, the family is under attack by a variety of beasties until young Freddie manages to save the day. It's all imaginatively put together with the now visible demons not overly scary for younger viewers, although as they say, parental guidance is probably advised. This one would make a good double bill with "The Water Horse" which I touched on last week.
That leaves something called "How She Move" (2007) to complete the week's tasty treats (not). As far as I can establish this is yet another 'black' dance movie and while I shall probably watch it on principle, I expect very little. Such are the trials of being such a completist!
The other satellite film channels other than the new French channel, also show little to tempt me. TCM in Britain seems to re-show the same fifty or so films -- I get very frustrated when I read details of their more imaginative U.S. programming including a large number of silents -- and Film Four since it moved to Freeview (with frequent ad breaks) seems to have cut back on films which have not previously been shown elsewhere. However, I notice that next week includes some new offerings from Iran, Paraguay, and Chad, so we shall try to retain our optimism and enthusiasm. Meanwhile I shall continue to scour the various schedules in pursuit of the elusive.