A new conception machine that exploits the "ALU-SPEED" technology: the new Complett patent on the movements of the sewing heads. Less friction, balanced, and reduced moving masses, and perfect lubrification allow to reach a higher speed. There is virtually no wear of the components.
An innovative study on the reduction in the overall dimensions and weights, that leads to a solution of the maximum compactness (new Complett patent) combined with the top-quality materials used in the manufacture of the machine.
The absence of vibrations, the noiseless operation, and the very low power consumption 140 watts (equivalent to the consumption of one bulb of household use) combined with high speed and seam quality make of the machine model 232 the ideal working place as far as performance, productivity and ergonomics are concerned.
PROFILE SYSTEM (COMPLETT PATENT REGISTERED) that improves the seam quality and helps to eliminate the problem of the corners. The second sewing head follows the "curved" contour of the sock and stitches at two different heights.


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package com.google.api.services.businessmessages.v1.model;

/**
 * Details about the representative (human or chatbot) that sent the message.
 *
 *
 This is the Java data model class that specifies how to parse/serialize into the JSON that is
 * transmitted over HTTP when working with the Business Messages API. For a detailed explanation
 * see:
 * https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/google-http-java-client/json
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@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
public final class BusinessMessagesRepresentative extends com.google.api.client.json.GenericJson {

  /**
   * Optional. The representative's avatar image, as a publicly available URL. Displays as a circle.
   * Avatar images don't support personal information, such as depictions of representatives in
   * photographs or illustrations. Use images that don't identify individuals, such as icons, logos,
   * or fictitious illustrations. After an avatar image is used in a message, the image can't be
   * modified or deleted. Images must be 1024x1024 px and have a maximum files size of 50 KB.
   * The value may be {@code null}.
   */
  @com.google.api.client.util.Key
  private java.lang.String avatarImage;

  /**
   * Optional. Name of the representative.
   * The value may be {@code null}.
   */
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  /**
   * Required. The type of representative.
   * The value may be {@code null}.
   */
  @com.google.api.client.util.Key
  private java.lang.String representativeType;

  /**
   * Optional. The representative's avatar image, as a publicly available URL. Displays as a circle.
   * Avatar images don't support personal information, such as depictions of representatives in
   * photographs or illustrations. Use images that don't identify individuals, such as icons, logos,
   * or fictitious illustrations. After an avatar image is used in a message, the image can't be
   * modified or deleted. Images must be 1024x1024 px and have a maximum files size of 50 KB.
   * @return value or {@code null} for none
   */
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    return avatarImage;
  }

  /**
   * Optional. The representative's avatar image, as a publicly available URL. Displays as a circle.
   * Avatar images don't support personal information, such as depictions of representatives in
   * photographs or illustrations. Use images that don't identify individuals, such as icons, logos,
   * or fictitious illustrations. After an avatar image is used in a message, the image can't be
   * modified or deleted. Images must be 1024x1024 px and have a maximum files size of 50 KB.
   * @param avatarImage avatarImage or {@code null} for none
   */
  public BusinessMessagesRepresentative setAvatarImage(java.lang.String avatarImage) {
    this.avatarImage = avatarImage;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Optional. Name of the representative.
   * @return value or {@code null} for none
   */
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    return displayName;
  }

  /**
   * Optional. Name of the representative.
   * @param displayName displayName or {@code null} for none
   */
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    this.displayName = displayName;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Required. The type of representative.
   * @return value or {@code null} for none
   */
  public java.lang.String getRepresentativeType() {
    return representativeType;
  }

  /**
   * Required. The type of representative.
   * @param representativeType representativeType or {@code null} for none
   */
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    this.representativeType = representativeType;
    return this;
  }

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Q: $\mathbb{R}$ with the right topology is pseudocompact. I am studying for the math GRE, and I found this question on topology to be hard for me.
Endow $\mathbb{R}$ with the right topology, generated by $\tau=\{(a,\infty):a\in\mathbb{R}\}$, and call this space $X$. Why is $X$ pseudocompact?
By pseudocompact, I mean that every continuous function $f:X\mapsto\mathbb{R}$ is bounded.

A: Let $f: X \to Y$ be continuous, where $Y$ is a Hausdorff space. Then $f$ is constant.
Proof: if $f(x_1) \neq f(x_2)$ for some two points $x_1$ and $x_2$, then let $O_1$ and $O_2$ be disjoint open neighbourhoods in $Y$ for $f(x_1)$ resp. $f(x_2)$.
Then $(x_1 \in) f^{-1}[O_1]$ is non-empty and open (by continuity) and $f^{-1}[O_2]$ also is non-empty and open and $$f^{-1}[O_1] \cap f^{-1}[O_2] = f^{-1}[O_1 \cap O_2] = f^{-1}[\emptyset]= \emptyset$$
But this is a contradiction as two non-empty open subsets of $X=\Bbb R$ in the right-topology always intersect. (it's anti-Hausdorff, as it were).
As the reals in their usual topology is certainly a Hausdorff space, and all singletons are bounded, this immediately implies that $\Bbb R$ in the right topology is pseudocompact.

A: First thing to note is that a general open set in $X$ is of one of the following types
$$ \emptyset, \quad X, \quad (a, \infty). $$
This is because
$$ \bigcup_{i\in I} \ (a_i, \infty) = (\ \inf_{i\in I} a_i, \infty).$$
This means that the closed sets are of the form
$$ \emptyset, \quad X, \quad (-\infty, b]. $$
Now if you have a continuous map $f: X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, then the preimages of of closed sets are closed. Now we have for $x\in \mathbb{R}$
$$ f^{-1}(\{x\}) = (-\infty, b_x] \quad \text{or} \quad f^{-1}(\{x\})= \emptyset \quad \text{or} \quad f^{-1}(\{x\})=X.$$
If $f^{-1}(\{x\})=X$, then $f$ is constant and thus bounded. We just need to rule out that the first case can happen. Assume that there exists $x\in \mathbb{R}$ such that
$$ f^{-1}(\{x\}) = (-\infty, b_x]. $$
As
$$ \bigcup_{x\in \mathbb{R}} f^{-1}(\{x\}) = X $$
there must exist $y\in \mathbb{R}\setminus \{ x \}$ such that $f^{-1}(\{y\}) = (-\infty, b_y]$. This yields a contradiction as we cannot map a point to two different values. Hence, all continuous functions $g: X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ are constant and thus bounded.

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COMSOVEREIGN : Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (form 10-Q)
Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Quarterly Report to
"Company, "we", "us" and "our" refer to the COMSovereign Holding Corp. and
subsidiaries.
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and Analysis ("MD&A") of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,"
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"project," "intend," "continue," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate,"
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"target," and "future," variations of such words, and other comparable
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Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future
performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of
whether, or the times by which, our performance or results may be achieved.
Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those
statements are made and management's belief as of that time with respect to
future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested
by the forward-looking statements. Readers should carefully review the risk
factors included under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our fiscal 2020 Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
on March 30, 2021.
Business overview; Operational environment and key factors influencing the results of fiscal 2021 and 2020
The following MD&A is intended to help readers understand the results of our
operations and financial condition and is provided as a supplement to, and
should be read in conjunction with our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements and the related notes ("Notes") in Part 1 of this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q.
Growth and percentage comparisons made herein generally refer to the six months
ended June 30, 2021, compared to six months ended June 30, 2020 unless otherwise
indicated.
We are a provider of technologically-advanced telecom solutions to network
operators, mobile device carriers, governmental units and other enterprises
worldwide. We have assembled a portfolio of communications, power and niche
technologies, capabilities and products that enable the upgrading of latent 3G
networks to 4G and 4G-LTE networks and will facilitate the rapid roll out of the
5G and "next-Generation" ("nG") networks of the future. We focus on special
capabilities, including signal modulations, antennae, software, hardware and
firmware technologies that enable increasingly efficient data transmission
across the electromagnetic spectrum. Our product solutions are complemented by a
broad array of services, including technical support, systems design and
integration, and sophisticated research and development programs. While we
compete globally on the basis of our innovative technology, the breadth of our
product offerings, our high-quality cost-effective customer solutions, and the
scale of our global customer base and distribution, our primary focus is on the
North American telecom infrastructure and service market. We believe we are in a
unique position to rapidly increase our near-term domestic sales as we are among
the few U.S.-based providers of telecommunications equipment and services.
Our Operating Units
Through a series of acquisitions, we and our existing subsidiaries have expanded our service and geographical offerings over the past two years. Our company consists of the following main operational units:
? DragonWave-X, LLC. DragonWave-X, LLC and its operating subsidiaries,
DragonWave Corp. and DragonWave-X Canada, Inc. (collectively,
"DragonWave"), are a Dallas-based manufacturer of high-capacity
microwave and millimeter wave point-to-point telecom backhaul radio
units. DragonWave and its predecessor have been selling telecom
backhaul radios since 2012 and its microwave radios have been installed
in over 330,000 locations in more than 100 countries worldwide.
According to a report of the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission, such as
of December 2019, DragonWave was the second largest provider of
licensed point-to-point microwave backhaul radios in North
America. We
acquired DragonWave November 2019.
? Virtual NetCom, LLC. Virtual NetCom, Inc. ("VNC") is focused on the edge
developer of wireless telecommunication technologies and manufacturer of equipment
both 4G LTE Advanced and 5G compatible radio equipment. VNC designs, develops,
manufactures, offers and maintains a line of network products for wireless connection
network operators, mobile virtual network operators, cable TV system
operators, as well as state and business enterprises, which allow for new sources of
revenues and reduction of capital and operating expenses. VNC has also been developed
fast-deploying tactical systems that can be combined with tethered
balloons and drones offered by ours Drone aviation daughter and allowed and
operates in almost every place in the world. We acquired VNC in July 2020.
? Fastback. Skyline Partners Technology, LLCwhich conducts business under the name
Fastback Networks ("Fastback") is a manufacturer of smart connections
radio (IBR) systems that provide a highly efficient wireless connection to
virtually any location, including those caused by Nonlinear Visibility (NLOS)
Limits. Fastback's extended IBR products allow operators to save money
add capacity and density to their macrocells and expand the range of services
density with small cells. These solutions also allow operators to provide both
temporary cellular service and data service using mobile / portable radio systems
and provide a wireless Ethernet connection. We acquired Fastback in January
? Drone aviation. Lighter Than Air Systems Corp.which conducts business on
name Drone aviation ("Drone aviation"), is located in Jacksonville, Florida and
develops and manufactures cost-effective, compact and improved connections
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including light air balloons and
drones that support surveillance sensors and communication networks. We
acquired Drone Aviation in June 2014.
? Sky Sapience Ltd. Sky Sapience Ltd. ('SKS') is an Israeli producer
of drones with patented tethered turning technology that provides
long – lasting, mobile and in all weather conditions reconnaissance, surveillance and
Intelligence Opportunities (ISR) for customers around the world for both land and
marine applications. Its innovative technologies include optical fibers
connections that allow secure high-capacity communication, including support
for commercial 4G and 5G wireless networks. The leading line of SKS HoverMast from
drones connected to a quadrotor have a continuous ground power, fibers
optical communications for cyber immunity and the ability to work in
Environments rejected by GPS while providing a dramatically improved situation
consumer awareness and communication capabilities. We acquired SKS in March
?   InduraPower, Inc. InduraPower, Inc. ("InduraPower") is a Tucson,
Arizona-based developer and manufacturer of intelligent
back-up power supplies for network systems and telecom nodes. It also
provides power designs and batteries for the aerospace, marine and
automotive industries. We acquired InduraPower in November 2019.
? Silver Bullet Technology Inc. Silver Bullet Technology Inc. ("Silver
Bullet") is a California-based engineering firm that designs and
develops next generation network systems and components,
large-scale network protocol development, software-defined radio
systems and wireless network designs. We acquired Silver Bullet in
? Lextrum, Inc. Lextrum, Inc. ("Lextrum") is a Tucson, Arizona-based
developer of full-duplex wireless technologies and components,
including multi-reconfigurable radio frequency (RF) antennae and
software programs. This technology enables the doubling of a given
spectrum band by allowing simultaneous transmission and receipt of
radio signals on the same frequencies. We acquired Lextrum in
?   VEO Photonics, Inc. VEO Photonics, Inc. ("VEO"), based in San Diego,
California, is a research and development company innovating SiP
technologies for use in copper-to-fiber-to-copper switching,
computing, high-speed ethernet, autonomous vehicle applications, mobile
devices and 5G wireless equipment. We acquired VEO in November 2019.
? Sovereign Plastics LLC. Sovereign Plastics LLC (Sovereign Plastics), based
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, acts as a material, a component
source production chain and supply for all our subsidiaries as well
provides plastic and metal components to third-party manufacturers. His
ability to quickly prototype new products and machine castings,
metals and plastic castings have reduced the production cycle for many of ours
components from months to days. We have acquired the business that is currently underway
by Sovereign Plastics in March 2020.
? RVision, Inc. RVision, Inc. ("RVision") is a California-based developer of
technologically advanced video and communication products and physical
security solutions for government and private sectors
industry. He served governments and the military for almost two
decades with complex, environmentally friendly optical and infrared rays
cameras, hardened processors, custom tactical video hardware, software
solutions and related communication technologies. It has also evolved
nano-defractive optics with integrated, powered by artificial intelligence
electro-optical sensors and communication network connection products for
smart city / smart campus applications. We acquired RVision in April 2021.
? Innovation Digital, LLC. Innovation Digital, LLC ("Innovation Digital") is a
California-based developer of mixed analog-digital "outside modern technologies"
solutions for signal processing, intellectual property (IP) licensing, design and
consulting services. His signal processing and intellectual techniques
properties have significantly improved the bandwidth and accuracy of RF
transceiver systems and have provided capable technologies in the field of
communication and RADAR systems, signal intelligence (SIGINT) and electronic
combat (EW), test and measurement systems and semiconductor devices. We
acquired Innovation Digital in June 2021.
? RF Engineering & Energy Resources, LLC. RF Engineering & Energy Resources, LLC
("RF Engineering") is a Michigan-supplier of high quality microwave oven
antennas and accessories. Providing one of the industry's lowest cost of
ownership, RF Engineering has continued to innovate and expand recently
announcing the industry's first Universal Licensed Microwave Antenna.
By maintaining frequencies of (6-42 GHz), customers can now reduce cost savings
and safe proof of the future of their networks using this new universal plug
and play architecture.  We acquired RF Engineering in July 2021.
Response to Global Pandemic
In March 2020, the World Health Organization categorized the COVID-19 outbreak
as a pandemic and the President of the United States declared it a national
emergency. Our first priority in the midst of this pandemic has been the health
and safety of our workforce. While we believe the effect of the pandemic on our
company was not significant in 2020, in 2021 it has affected our supply chain,
delaying expected revenue from 2021 into 2022. We continue to monitor the market
and environment for impacts to the business as the pandemic continues to evolve
and its future effects remain uncertain.
Important components of our results of operations
Our revenues are generated primarily from the sale of our products, which
consist primarily of backhaul telecom radios and tethered aerostats and drones.
At contract inception, we assess the goods and services promised in the contract
with customers and identify a performance obligation for each. To determine the
performance obligation, we consider all products and services promised in the
contract regardless of whether they are explicitly stated or implied by
customary business practices. The timing of satisfaction of the performance
obligation is not subject to significant judgment. We measure revenue as the
amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for transferring
goods and services. We generally recognize product revenues at the time of
shipment, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.
We expect our revenues for the year ending December 31, 2021 ("fiscal 2021") to
exceed those of fiscal 2020, primarily due to our availability of working
capital, including from a portion of the net proceeds of the equity offerings we
completed in the first quarter of 2021, for the purchase of parts and components
and the manufacturing of products, primarily those of DragonWave in quantities
that greatly exceed the quantities that we were able to manufacture in 2020 as
well as our acquisitions of Fastback and SKS. However, due to the COVID-19
pandemic, we have experienced delays on the delivery of certain components
required for the manufacture of certain products, primarily those of DragonWave.
Primarily as a result of those delays, we have experienced manufacturing and
shipping delays that have adversely affected our revenues in fiscal 2021. We
expect to recognize a significant portion of those revenues in early 2022.
Additionally, primarily as a result of these delays, we now expect to commence
commercial production of certain new products in late 2021 or early 2022 that we
have previously produced in only limited quantities or as prototypes and for
which we had expected to ramp up production earlier in 2021, including, among
others, intelligent battery back-up power solutions for the telecom, aerospace
and transportation industries and airborne high-bandwidth, LTE-Advanced and
aerostats.
During fiscal 2020, approximately 18% of our sales were to customers located
outside of the United States. While our near-term focus is on the North American
telecom and infrastructure and service market, a key element of our growth
strategy is to expand our worldwide customer base and our international
operations, initially through agreements with third-party resellers,
distributors and other partners that can market and sell our products in foreign
jurisdictions. We expect that over the short term our percentage of sales
outside the United States may increase as we build up our sales and service
teams. Notwithstanding such percentage increase, we expect the sales of tethered
aerostats and drones will primarily be to the domestic market customers,
primarily to the U.S. government and its agencies, even if such systems are for
implementation in foreign locations.
Costs of goods sold and gross profit
Our cost of goods sold is comprised primarily of the costs of manufacturing
products, procuring finished goods from our third-party manufacturers,
third-party logistics and warehousing provider costs, shipping and handling
costs and warranty costs. We presently outsource the manufacturing of
DragonWave's microwave products to a single third-party manufacturer, Benchmark,
which manufactures our products from its facilities. Cost of goods sold also
includes costs associated with supply operations, including personnel-related
costs, provision for excess and obsolete inventory, third-party license costs
and third-party costs related to the services we provide. Additionally, cost of
goods sold does not include any depreciation and amortization expenses as we
separate depreciation and amortization expense into its own category within
operating expenses.
Gross profit has been and will continue to be affected by various factors,
including changes in our supply chain and evolving product mix. The margin
profile of our current products and future products will vary depending on
operating performance, features, materials, manufacturer and supply chain. Gross
margin will vary as a function of changes in pricing due to competitive
pressure, our third-party manufacturing, our production costs, costs of shipping
and logistics, provision for excess and obsolete inventory and other factors. We
expect our gross margins will fluctuate from period to period depending on the
interplay of these various factors.
We classify our operating expense as research and development, sales and
marketing, and general and administrative. Personnel costs are the primary
component of each of these operating expense categories, which consist of
cash-based personnel costs, such as salaries, sales commissions, benefits and
bonuses, as well as share-based compensation expenses. Additionally, we separate
depreciation and amortization expense into its own category.
In addition to personnel-related costs, research and development expense
consists of costs associated with the design, development and certification of
our products. We generally recognize research and development expenses as
incurred. Development costs incurred prior to establishment of technological
feasibility also are expensed as incurred. We expect our research and
development costs to continue to increase as we develop new products and modify
existing products to meet the changes within the telecom landscape.
In addition to personnel costs for sales, marketing, service and product
management personnel, sales and marketing expense consists of the expenses
associated with our training programs, trade shows, marketing programs,
promotional materials, demonstration equipment, national and local regulatory
approvals of our products, travel, entertainment and recruiting. We expect sales
and marketing expense to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we increase
the size of our sales, marketing, service and product management organization in
support of our investment in our growth opportunities, whether through the
development and rollout of new or modified products or through acquisitions. We
expect our sales and marketing expense to increase materially in the year ending
December 31, 2021 as we ramp up our sales and marketing efforts to correspond to
our increased production efforts relating to certain of our telecom products.
General and Administrative
In addition to personnel costs, general and administrative expense consists of
professional fees, such as legal, audit, accounting, information technology and
consulting fees; share-based compensation; and facilities and other supporting
overhead costs. We expect general and administrative expense to increase in
absolute dollars as we continue to expand our product offerings and expand into
new markets. During fiscal 2020, we incurred, and during fiscal 2021 we expect
to continue to incur, increases in supporting overhead costs, professional fees,
transfer agent fees and expenses; development costs and other expenses related
to operating as a public company.
Depreciation costs consist of depreciation related to fixed assets, such as test equipment, research and development equipment, computer hardware, production facilities and improvements to leases, as well as depreciation related to intangible fixed assets.
Share-based compensation consists of expense related to the issuance of equity
instruments, which can be in many forms, such as incentive or nonqualified stock
options, stock appreciation rights, stock bonuses, restricted stock, stock units
and other forms of awards including performance-based awards under our long-term
incentive plans or outside of such plans. The expense related to any share-based
compensation grant is allocated to specific groupings in the Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Operations in the same manner as the grantee's normal
compensation expense and will vary depending upon the number of underlying
shares of common stock, the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant
and the vesting period.
Interest expense is comprised of interest expense associated with our secured
notes payable, notes payable and senior convertible debentures. The amortization
of debt discounts is also recorded as part of interest expense. As many of our
debt instruments were past due at various times during fiscal 2020 and, as a
result, were accruing interest at increased interest rates, and as we have been
able to refinance our debt or issue equity to reduce our outstanding debt in the
first quarter of fiscal 2021, our interest expense is expected to decrease in
fiscal 2021 due to lower interest rates on our debt or lower debt balances.
Current and deferred income tax expense or benefit in any given period will
depend upon a number of events and circumstances, one of which is the income tax
net income or loss from operations for the period which is usually different
from the U.S. GAAP net income from operations for the period due to differences
in tax laws and timing differences. Management assesses our deferred tax assets
in each reporting period, and if it is determined that it is not more likely
than not to be realized, we will record a change in our valuation allowance
that period.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended                 Six Months Ended
June 30,                          June 30,
(Amounts in thousands, except share and
per share data)                                2021             2020             2021             2020
Revenue                                    $      3,611     $      3,010     $      5,698     $      5,495
Cost of Goods Sold                                1,813            1,553            2,887            2,613
Gross Profit                                      1,798            1,457            2,811            2,882
Research and development                          1,199              413            1,747              701
Sales and marketing                                 109               16              157               30
General and administrative                        6,976            4,246           14,111            8,681
Depreciation and amortization                     3,617            2,913            7,278            5,745
Impairment expense                                  281                -              281                -
Gain on the sale of assets                            -                -              (83 )             (1 )
Total Operating Expenses                         12,182            7,588
23,491           15,156
Net Operating Loss                              (10,384 )         (6,131 )        (20,680 )        (12,274 )
Other (Expense) Income
Interest expense                                   (547 )         (1,384 )         (1,016 )         (2,357 )
Other income                                         13                -                -                -
Gain/(loss) on extinguishment of debt               323                -           (5,025 )              -
Foreign currency transaction loss/(gain)             18              (51 )
(62 )             40
Total Other Expenses                               (193 )         (1,435 )         (6,103 )         (2,317 )
Net Loss                                   $    (10,577 )   $     (7,566 )   $    (26,783 )   $    (14,591 )
Loss per common share:
Basic                                      $      (0.15 )   $      (0.18 )   $      (0.42 )   $      (0.34 )
Diluted                                    $      (0.15 )   $      (0.18 )   $      (0.42 )   $      (0.34 )
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic                                        68,770,644       42,886,180       63,538,782       42,856,809
Diluted                                      68,770,644       42,886,180       63,538,782       42,856,809
Three and six months are over June 30, 2021 compared to the expiration of three and six months
It's over in three months June 30, 2021, total revenue was $ 3.61 million
compared to $ 3.01 million for the same period in 2020 an increase of $ 0.6 million. This increase consists mainly of revenues from $ 0.3 million since the acquisition of Sky Sapience in February 2021.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, total revenues were $5.7 million
compared to $5.5 million for the same period in 2020, an increase of $0.2
million. This increase primarily consisted of revenues of $1.6 million from the
acquisition of Sky Sapience in February 2021, which offset the decrease in the
revenues of DragonWave of $0.6 million and of Drone Aviation of $0.7 million,
which were affected by delays in production due to component shortages.
It's over in three months June 30, 2021, the cost of goods sold was $ 1.81 million
compared to $ 1.55 million for the same period in 2020 an increase of $ 0.26 million.
Gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was 1.8 million with a
gross profit margin of 50% compared to $1.46 million for the same period in 2020
with a gross profit margin of 48%.
For the past six months June 30, 2021, the cost of goods sold was $ 2.89 million
Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was $2.81 million with a
These changes in gross profit margin are mainly due to the combination of products.
Expenditure on research and development
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, research and development expenses were
$1.2 million compared to $0.41 million for the same period in 2020, an increase
of $0.79 million. This increase primarily consisted of increased expenditures of
$0.5 million and $0.3 million relating to our acquisitions of Sky Sapience
VNC, respectively.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, research and development expenses were
$1.75 million compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2020, an increase
Sales and Marketing Expense
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, sales and marketing expenses were $0.1
million compared to $0.0 million for the same period in 2020, an increase of 0.1
million This increase primarily consisted of increased expenditures relating to
our acquisition of Sky Sapience.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, sales and marketing expense was $0.2
million compared to $0.0 million for the same period in 2020, an increase of
$0.2 million. This increase primarily consisted of increased expenditures
relating to our acquisition of Sky Sapience.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, general and administrative expenses
were $7.0 million compared to $4.3 million for the same period in 2020, an
increase of $2.7 million. This increase primarily consisted of $1.8 million in
payroll related costs related primarily to the acquisitions we completed
subsequent to June 30, 2020, $0.2 million increase in rent, $0.2 million
increase in director fees and $0.1 million increase in transfer agent fees.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, general and administrative expenses were
$14.1 million compared to $8.7 million for the same period in 2020, an increase
of $5.4 million. This increase primarily consisted of $2.4 million of additional
expenses from new acquisitions and newly-formed companies, and $1.3 million on
payroll for existing companies, $1.1 million of incremental advisory fees, and
$0.3 million of increases in rent.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, depreciation and amortization expenses
increase of $0.7. This increase primarily due to the increase in depreciable
assets we acquired from new acquisitions.
For the past six months June 30, 2021, depreciation and amortization costs were $ 7.3 million compared to $ 5.8 million for the same period in 2020 an increase of $ 1.5 million. This increase is mainly due to the increase in depreciable assets acquired through new acquisitions.
Other Income and Expenses
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, other income and expenses were $0.2
million compared to $1.4 million for the same period in 2020, a decrease of
$1.2. This increase primarily consisted of decreased interest expense of $0.8
million due to lower interest rates and decreased borrowings.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, other income and expenses were $6.1
$3.8 million. This increase primarily consisted of loss on extinguishment of
debt of $5.2 million, which was offset by decreased interest expense of $1.3
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $10.6 million
compared to a net loss of $7.6 million for the same period in 2020, related
the items described above.
For the past six months June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $ 26.8 million
compared to the net loss of $ 14.6 million for the same period 2020, related to the elements described above.
The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes
have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. For the six
months ended June 30, 2021, we generated negative cash flows from operations of
$26.85 million and had an accumulated deficit of $91.41 million.
Management anticipates that we will be dependent, for the near future, on
additional debt facilities or investment capital to fund growth initiatives. We
intend to position our company so that it will be able to raise additional funds
through the capital markets, including but not limited to, securing a line or
lines of credit, the issuance of debt, and/or accessing the equity markets.
Our fiscal operating results and accumulated deficit, among other factors, raise
substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We will
continue to pursue the actions outlined above, as well as work towards
increasing revenue and operating cash flows to meet our future liquidity
requirements. However, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in
any capital-raising efforts that we may undertake, and our failure of to raise
additional capital could adversely affect our future operations and viability.
Liquidity is the ability of an enterprise to generate adequate amounts of cash
to meet its needs for cash requirements. As of June 30, 2021, we had $5.4
million in cash compared to $0.73 million at December 31, 2020, an increase of
$4.67 million resulting primarily from net proceeds of two public offerings,
debt financing and liabilities paid. As of June 30, 2021, we had $1.71 million
in accounts receivable compared to $0.79 million at December 31, 2020, an
increase of $0.92 resulting primarily from receivables gained through business
acquisitions during the first six months of 2021.
As of June 30, 2021, we had total current assets of $21.56 million and total
current liabilities of $20.71 million, or working capital of $0.85 million,
compared to total current assets of $7.68 million and total current liabilities
of $34.26 million, or negative working capital of $26.58 million at December 31,
2020. This is an increase in working capital of $27.43 million over the working
capital balance at the end of 2020 that was driven primarily by the two public
offerings and debt financing completed during the first six months of 2021.
To June 30, 2021, we had undiscounted liabilities related to the payment of indebtedness as follows:
? $ 1.55 million related to accrued liabilities and liabilities that
were past due;
? $ 51 thousand associated with indebtedness due in the third quarter
of 2021;
? $ 2.23 million related to indebtedness due in the fourth quarter
? $ 6.32 million associated with indebtedness due in the first quarter
? $ 2.69 million associated with indebtedness due in the second quarter
?   $3.67 million related to indebtedness that is due from the third
quarter through the end of 2022;
? $2.45 million related to indebtedness that is due in 2023; and
? $11.3 million related to indebtedness that is due during or after 2026.
We anticipate meeting our cash obligations on our indebtedness that is payable
on or prior to June 30, 2022, primarily from liquidity management tools such as
a line of credit, from earnings from operations, including, in particular, the
operations of DragonWave, VNC, Fastback, SKS and Drone Aviation, and possibly
from the proceeds of additional indebtedness or equity raises.
Our future capital requirements for our operations will depend on many factors,
including the profitability of our businesses, the number and cash requirements
of other acquisition candidates that we pursue, and the costs of our operations.
We have been investing in research and development in anticipation of increasing
revenue opportunities in our cellular network solutions business, which has
contributed to our losses from operations.
We plan to generate positive cash flow from our recently-completed acquisitions
to address some of our liquidity needs. However, to execute our business plan,
service our existing indebtedness, finance our proposed acquisitions and
implement our business strategy, we anticipate that we will need to obtain
additional financing from time to time and may choose to raise additional funds
through public or private equity or debt financings, a bank line of credit,
borrowings from affiliates or other arrangements. We cannot be sure that any
additional funding, if needed, will be available on terms favorable to us or at
all. Furthermore, any additional capital raised through the sale of equity or
equity-linked securities may dilute our current stockholders' ownership in us
and could also result in a decrease in the market price of our common stock. The
terms of those securities issued by us in future capital transactions may be
more favorable to new investors and may include the issuance of warrants or
other derivative securities, which may have a further dilutive effect.
Furthermore, any debt financing, if available, may subject us to restrictive
covenants and significant interest costs. There can be no assurance that we will
be able to raise additional capital, when needed, to continue operations in
their current form.
We had capital expenditures of $3.78 million and $0.15 million during the six
months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020. We expect our capital expenditures for next
12 months will be consistent with our prior spending. These capital expenditures
will be primarily utilized for equipment needed to generate revenue and for
office equipment. We expect to fund such capital expenditures out of our working
Loan and debt agreement
Summary information regarding our debt agreements or other credit facilities is provided in Notes 13 and 19 to the notes to the consolidated financial statements set out in Part I, point 1 of this quarterly report.
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Ohio Lottery announces record $1.4 billion in profits
by Charbel LebbosJul 21, 2022Local News
The Ohio Lottery made record profits in the past year, netting $1.4 billion that will go to the state's Lottery Profits Education Fund.
From last July through June, the lottery had $4.3 billion in traditional lottery sales, which includes things like Powerball tickets, scratch offs and Keno machines, and $1.3 billion from video lottery terminals, the slot machines used at racinos.
Sales in total were up $112 million for the fiscal year compared to last year, according to a news release from the Ohio Lottery Commission. Profits were up $46 million.
Scratch-off games led sales with $2.3 billion. The $20 "$300 Million Diamond Dazzler" had $117 million on its own.
Draw-based games sales, like Pick 3 or Pick 4, brought in $2 billion in sales.
The $1.4 billion profit is being transferred to Lottery Profits Education Fund, which supports K through 12, vocational, and special education programs in Ohio.
The Lottery Commission said it made a lot of changes focused on convenience, including letting players cash out a higher dollar amount on their phones.
Players can now cash up to $25,000 in winnings on the Ohio Lottery mobile app. Since the limit increase in February, the lottery said there were 545 claims of more than $5,000.
The Lottery said it also introduced new scratch-off vending options for bars and restaurants. According to a news release, game dispensing units were installed at more than 450 locations.
Data shows the lottery's profit have steadily risen since 2012, which is when race tracks started becoming racinos and introduced the video lottery terminals.
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2007-10-05 Time Out Beijing: Maggot Man
Source: Time Out Beijing, October 2007
Maggot man
Flora Bagenal chats to forensic scientist Mark Benecke ahead of his gruesome talk in Beijing
[More Benecke-Press-/Media-Informations] :: [MB on Chinese tattoo artist Dong Dong HERE and HERE] GERMAN TEXT :: [MB in Police Daily] CHINESE TEXT :: [A brief survey of the history of forensic entomology] ENGLISH TEXT :: [German-Chinese art exhibition: Body Reincarnated Flesh Berlin 2008] GERMAN TEXT :: [An interview with MB in MAXIM China] CHINESE TEXT :: [MB is the Detective of Decay] CHINESE TEXT
[Huge photo gallery of Mark from / in China]
Mark Benecke in TIME OUT Beijing: Speech at Bookworm'
It's hard to take a scientist who signs his name 'maggot man' seriously. Harder stillwhen his website arries the slogan 'Sailing for Truth' next to a blood drenched egg timer, a praying mantis with a human head and a picture of the man himself posing with a skull. Being a world expert on the decay of human flesh clearly requires a sense of humor then, but despite appearances, Dr. Mark Benecke is one of the most eminent forensic scientist in his field.
A specialist in forensic entomology - the examination of insects such as maggots and bluebottles in rotting flesh to determine the cause of death - he has written countless books and papers on such grizzly subjects as blood splatters in violent homicides and even vampirism. When he's not appearing on TV chat shows talking about the science of fingerprinting, he teaches kids the art of crime scene investigation, assist police training (including the FBI) and is a visiting professor at universities from London to Saigon. He famously worked with the KGB to identify Hitlers's skull and is one of the few accepted biological forensics experts in the world to be put under oath in court.
This month's talk will be the second time he has entertained Beijingers, and if it's anything like last time, say The Bookworm staff, he'll put the audience off their food for a week. While Benecke admits his gory subject molter is not for the squeamish, he insists there's a lot more to it than sensationalism.
'Smelly corpses, fibres, urine, faces, blood an insects are not glamorous. In fact most oaf the content of my research is certified "boring". If I didn't play along with the character everyone wants to see I would never get the kind of interest I do,' he explains, adding firmly that 'people who mix fictional stuff like C.S.I. with reality must have a sew loose.' Fiction, he says, 'is fiction.'
Strong words - yet his attention-grabbing has certainly gained him some fans and Benecke ha a dedicated student following, including members of China's Sichuan Society for Forensic Medicine, of which he is the only Western member.
'We don't see much of our Chinese colleagues in the West because it's expensive for them to travel outside of the country and language skills are still in the process of improvement,' he says. However, links between Western and Asian forensics go further back than most people think. One of Benecke's favorite facts is that the first ever recorded case of forensic entomology was in medieval China.
The case was reported in a 13th century medical textbook calls His Yuan Lu (The Washing Away of Wrongs). A murder was committed in a rice field and the following day the person investigating the crime told all workers to lay their sickles on the floor. Invisible traces of blood drew blowflies to a single sickle. So confronted, the owner of the tool confessed and banged his head against the ground.'
The science has of course become more sophisticated since then, but the basic principles applied remain the same, insists Benecke: 'Most offenders still really do not understand how to avoid stains. Even I would find it difficult after 15 years of full-time work with stains to avoid leaving a trace on a crime scene', he says with chilling authority.
Is it possible to commit the perfect murder then? You'll have to got to his talk to find out…
Mark Benecke talks at the Beijing Bookworm at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 5. Free. See listings for Bookworm contact details.
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Predicting the effects of future climate change on the subalpine and alpine meadows of Pacific Northwest Mountains
Mount Rainier Science Brief
Kevin Ford and Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, University of Washington
Figure 1. Subalpine meadows at Mount Rainier.
The subalpine and alpine meadows of Mount Rainier National Park (Figure 1) form a diverse and ecologically important component of the Park's flora, and protecting these plant communities is important for maintaining biodiversity within the Park. For example, these meadows support seven of the 12 imperiled or rare plants in the Park (including the two plant species endemic to Mount Rainier and the local area). These meadows also provide important habitat for wildlife such as mountain goats, white-tailed ptarmigans, hoary marmots and the American pika. In addition, the meadows are a popular destination in the Park, with about 65% of visitors travelling to the meadows to view the wildflower displays. The Paradise Jackson Visitor Center (the Park's main visitor center) and the Sunrise Visitor Center (the highest point in the Park that can be reached by car) are both situated on the edge of these meadows.
Subalpine and alpine meadows are found at high elevations where temperatures are too cold or snow covers the ground for too long for trees to grow. They occur between about 1650 and 2000 meters on the west side of the Park, and 1900 and 2200 meters on the east side. At lower elevations, trees outcompete meadow species. At higher elevations, conditions are not suitable for any plants to cover a large fraction of the ground, and only a few plants are able to establish in sheltered microhabitats. Meadows are probably found at lower elevations on the west compared to the east side of the Park because the west receives more snowfall, which shortens the snow-free period of the year in which plants can grow. Small-scale topographic features can also be important in determining the distribution of these meadows. For example, in the subalpine zone of the Park, meadows are typically found in depressions in the landscape (where large amounts of snow accumulate and snow-free periods are short), while patches of forest occupy ridges only meters away where relatively little snow accumulates and snow-free periods are longer.
Status and trend
Mount Rainier's subalpine and alpine meadows are dynamic ecosystems. Trees, mostly subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), have readily invaded the subalpine meadows of the Park over the course of the 20th century in association with warmer temperatures. These tree invasions have also been documented in a variety of other locations throughout the world. In addition, meadow plant species are able to colonize new habitat that was previously covered by ice or bare ground under favorable climatic conditions. Thus, rising temperatures in the 21st century could cause the total geographic range of these meadows to shrink, expand or remain the same, depending on the relative rates at which meadow species colonize bare land and trees invade meadows.
However, a general upward movement of the meadows will likely reduce the area of land they occupy because there is less land at higher elevations due to the conical shape of mountains. And although meadows occupying the flanks of Mount Rainier have high elevation land available to potentially colonize, meadows in the Park that occupy the peaks of smaller mountains will have no "escape route." Furthermore, forests might move into meadows faster than meadowsexpand onto bare ground because tree seeds can disperse farther due to their greater seed release heights and because the poorly developed soils above the meadows may limit establishment (while trees would not face this constraint when establishing in meadows). This difference in migration rates between trees and meadow plants could also lead to meadows shrinking.
Thus, the objectives of this ongoing research are to: 1) use broad-scale climate models and fine-scale measurements of climate (using microclimate sensors) to assess where the climate suitable for meadows will be located in the future given climate change; 2) quantify dispersal limitations on tree and meadow plant migration by monitoring the distance that seeds are moved from parent plants; and 3) quantify establishment limitations on tree and meadow plant migration by comparing the performance of seedlings transplanted in fertile versus infertile soils at Mount Rainier.
Figure 2. Snow disappears earlier from ridges (which are more likely to support patches of trees) than topographic depressions (which are more likely to support patches of meadow).
Initial results from broad-scale modeling suggest that date of snow disappearance is important for limiting the range of subalpine and alpine meadows at Mount Rainier (more so than temperature or precipitation per se) and that changes in climate predicted for the coming decades will result in an upward shift of the climate that has historically supported subalpine and alpine meadows. However, data collected from microclimate sensors show that snow disappearance date (and other climate variables) can vary dramatically over short distances due to differences in topography. In fact, snow disappearance date was, on average, three weeks later in topographic depressions than on ridges only 20 meters away, which was approximately equal to the average difference in snow disappearance date between locations near the upper and lower limits of the meadows (which are 200-300 meters apart in elevation). Thus, these topographic depressions are microhabitats that experience much later snow disappearance dates than the surrounding landscape and could provide important refugia for plant species that depend on long-lasting snowpacks as climate change progresses and snowpacks disappear earlier in the year. Preliminary results from vegetation surveys and seedling transplant experiments suggest that this fine-scale variation in snow disappearance date is important for plant distributions (Figure 2) and seedling establishment, but that the relationships are complex. Further research should help illuminate patterns in climate and how they affect plant species in the subalpine and alpine meadows of Mount Rainier.
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For the first quarter of the year, I kept a gratitude journal. I loved it, as it helped remind me of all the blessings (big and small) of each day. Then I filled said journal, and stopped keeping track on paper. While I still repeated at least three before going to sleep, I was certainly half-assing it.
One day I was laying in bed and though about this one memory from when I was a child. We were sitting in an enormous backlog of traffic en route to some family vacation destination (likely South Carolina). I looked up from the side window in the backseat and looked out the front windshield. We were sitting at the bottom of the hill. Straight front of us was a cascading hill of red lights. To the left, there was a long string of white lights.
I was taken aback, totally in awe of the hill of lights. It was absolutely beautiful, almost surreal. For a moment, I forgot it was traffic and simply thought we might be looking at a tower encased in Christmas lights. How could traffic be this beautiful?
As an adult, I'm well aware those red lights were brake lights and the white lights were headlights, but in the moment, it was breathtaking and surreal. I don't think I'll ever look at sitting in traffic quite the same, but it's stuck with me until this day as simply unbelievable how pretty traffic could be when I was a child.
Sunset in Vico Equense: Number one on the list would be perhaps the dreamiest day of my life. We drove up and down the Almafi Coast, then snuck our way onto a private beach a short walk from our Airbnb. We sipped wine from boxes, took mermaid and whale pictures, then swam out to a boat, jumped off of it, swam into a cave and then beached ourselves just in time to watch the sun set on the water. That's a series of surreal events that I honestly wonder if I dreamed up or actually lived.
The right turn onto Las Vegas Boulevard: Admittedly, I didn't think Vegas was going to be 'for me.' I hate wearing high heels, I don't know how to put makeup on more than just eyeliner and mascara and I don't often go to clubs. But then we took that first turn onto the Boulevard and I was hooked. I've never felt more energized by a place in my entire life.
Going to a local dive bar with my siblings: I turned 21 away from home, and have probably spent not more than a month or two at home as a drinking adult. One of those days recently was after my brother also turned 21. We decided to go on a family bar crawl through our hometown. Our crawl took us to the divest, cheapest bar I've ever seen. It felt like we took a time machine back in time. It also felt like home, it felt safe and it felt enchanted. The rug was gross, the beer was cheap and the company felt aged with the place. It was magical.
Swimming in the ocean alone: On the day after I found out I got the job offer, I waded out into the ocean alone (total transparency: my friends were a few yards away napping, so not at the beach alone, just in the water alone). The waves were big, and I could feel the tide attempting to tug my body deeper into the water. I was having terrible anxiety, but the water seemed to pull it all away as it tugged. It felt freeing and cleansing.
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Sliding down next to a waterfall: In reality, all of Iceland was surreal, but the first time I felt it was day one when we went to see a huge waterfall. Just beyond the massive, half frozen waterfall, there was a smaller one. We climbed up next to it, and slide down the side of it like a slide. That's pretty unbelievable, and totally surreal.
Performing with my work band in Cardiff: Have you ever been in a moment and already known it was going to be unforgettable? This was that for me. From start to finish, this was a surreal event: I learned an instrument to win a free trip, it worked and then we took home third place. Then, at the after-party, our song came on (well, the real version of it) and the entire bar of our international co-workers broke out to belt it out with us.
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Colorado must lead in federal education reform
By: Bob Schaffer
Nine months after being appointed to the State Board of Education, I'm still being asked why I would serve.
The answer is that the board is a vitally important - albeit lesser-known - elected body, and in the coming months it will be playing a critical role in changing what is arguably the most sweeping federal domestic legislation of the last generation: the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.
After having helped draft the initial NCLB proposal while serving in Congress, I was ultimately compelled to vote against it. I did so for reasons of principle that today educators in Colorado and former colleagues in Washington say have proved sadly prophetic.
The goals of NCLB - lifting educational achievement for all children, particularly the most vulnerable - are admirable beyond question. However, the mechanisms of implementation have seriously undermined state and local authority and imposed undue burdens and needless confusion upon educators across the land.
So, how does a noble idea go so far astray? The answer is in the nature of the legislative process. NCLB was a huge (more than 1,200 pages) and complex bill. As it moved through Congress, countless compromises were made, many of them contradictory. In the press of events, serious debates were deferred, and often purposely vague language was adopted in the interest of gathering votes.
All of this was predicated on hopes the U.S. Department of Education, in its rule-making processes, could honor the compromises, reconcile the contradictions, preserve "legislative intent," and produce a final product that would somehow retain the allegiance of the core ambitions of the bill.
It didn't - couldn't - happen. The gaps of understanding were simply too wide to be bridged. Almost immediately questions appeared, disagreements arose, and calls for changes were made.
On the plus side, light was cast upon an urgent national problem. Good-faith efforts are being made across the country, but only by paying the high price of weakening those principles of federalism that have always been the bedrock strength of the American Republic.
So what happens now? Can we improve this landmark law so that it helps our children without harming the delicate balance of local and national authority?
Over the next several months, the State Board will have a chance to advise Congress on changes in the law. In fact, the Board has already proposed certain refinements to Washington.
Already, the U.S. House Education Committee (on which I served for six years) has begun its own process of hearing from the states and constructing changes in the law as it moves toward its scheduled reauthorization. Hopefully, the knowledge, experience and relationships I gained while serving in Congress can be of value to the State Board as we seek the best result for Colorado's schoolchildren.
All this will occur in the context of a contentious election year and, undoubtedly, some will try to use the NCLB as a vehicle for gaining partisan advantage. To do that is wrong, and a grave disservice to our neediest children.
What is most needed is a civil and reasoned discourse about how our state and nation can advance the urgent mission of NCLB: ending the "soft bigotry of low expectations" and closing the achievement gap - yet do so without injury to our Western traditions of local control.
Fixing NCLB cannot degenerate into a simple flight from accountability. Colorado's education community must demonstrate that we have a better way to advance the worthy goals of NCLB. Districts like Pueblo 60 and Fountain-Fort Carson have already shown that children of poverty and color can succeed, and they have done so not through more regulation but through old-fashioned virtues like leadership, willpower, and hard work.
For a decade, Colorado has been a leader in education reform. By helping to improve NCLB, we can amplify that reputation.
In today's increasingly competitive world, there is no higher national imperative than education. All of us must be accountable for ensuring young Coloradans are prepared to thrive in that world. Their future and our country's strength depend on it.


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Autonomous Clubs are small, temporary, alternating, leaderless groups of independent, interested and active people who are involved in the same subject or the same problem. They control, veto and eventually punish faulty leaders in their private living sphere when these leaders violate the freedom, safety or well-being of the 99%. They force them to take the arguments of the 99% into account. Members of the Clubs exercise their moral right to use power against powerful people who misuse their power for their own benefit, disregarding the interests of The People.
People are often organised in small circles, in the family, their work, their hobbies etc. But in political questions they only act in mass actions. People know they are only a small element in the big society. They do not expect too much from their small activities. Their actions are hardly visible, it are small pin pricks against mighty leaders. When the number of pricks grows over time pressure mounts and suddenly the pricks become very painful. It causes a jump in the social situation, it brings about a small revolution in the privileged life of the attacked 1%. When activists see the result of their actions their self-consciousness increases. They have achieved something that they never should have achieved when they had been active as a small element in a big demonstration.
Small is beautiful. Society is dominated by big entities. Private corporations and public institutions have grown tremendously in the last fifty years and obscure how the 1% take decisions, making it more difficult to control what they do, making it less transparent. The centralised control by the 1% restricts the creativity and the individuality of the 99%.
The action world copies what happens in the big world. Centralised control is strengthened and makes it more difficult for activists to control what action leaders do. Trade unions have become huge organisations on which individual members have hardly influence. Environmental groups have also taken this path. Leaders of these organisations are embedded in the system and real change cannot be expected from these organisations. The income of leaders depends too much on money that is provided by the sitting powers. When they demand too much they may lose their place and their income. Their first task is controlling the 99%, caring for it that common citizens do not become too dangerous for the rule of the 1%.
The influence of rank and file activists in huge political meetings or demonstrations is minimal, everyone has to agree with guidelines issued by seemingly all-knowing action leaders. Discussions about action tactics in Occupy (when the order came from above that all actions must be non-violent) were one of the reasons that the movement fell apart. Small organisations in which activists control their own activities promote the creativity and individuality. "Let hundred flowers bloom and let hundred schools of thoughts contend" (Mao Tse-tung). The basic idea should be the same, a revolution towards a world without a 1%. The safety of activists should also stand central and is reached when activists themselves decide how and where they are active. In demonstrations and other mass actions leaders decide in backrooms about the place and the method that must be used.
There are many different action methods, tactics and targets dependent on the ideas and the possibilities of activists. Trust the masses, they do it right, in each case not worse than selfish leaders. Mass people can be trusted more than greedy leaders in public, private and political sectors who think in first place of safeguarding their place in the top of society.
The 99% have not yet the means to exercise direct power on decision-takers. They transfer their power to elected people who are immune for any influence from the masses. Elected representatives live far from The People and represent the interests of the top of society. Most leaders are not elected and the influence of the 99% on their decisions is close to zero. That is why measures to solve the financial crisis have severely hit the 99% while the position and the wealth of the 1% has improved.
Mass actions hardly impress political leaders. Not-elected leaders do not listen to what happens in the world of the 99%. They live comfortable in their privileged and extravagant world and are not interested in what happens down under where the 99% produce the articles the 1% want. Autonomous Clubs are a new means to end the inequality in power and money.
The failing successes of mass actions force the 99% to look for new means to increase their power and to prevent that the top enriches itself still more. In mass actions all people act in the same way, in a multitude of Autonomous Clubs masses act on many different ways using their initiative and creativity. Many Clubs exert together a big pressure on faulty leaders. Autonomous Clubs penetrate in the eliteworld and make that world uninhabitable. It forces the 1% to descend to our world so that all people have the same status.
Democracy restricts and even blockades people to become active. They propagate that people should trust that elected representatives defend their interests but the 99% have hardly influence on what elected do. CEO's and owners of corporations in the private and directors of institutions in the public sector are never elected. The 99% have no power instruments to influence these people. Something else is needed for common citizens to protect their freedom and well-being against decisions from people higher-up. Something that gives The People an independent power.
Actions of the past have been proven insufficient. About victories Jean-Paul Marat said: "Despite their defeats, the princes do not lose anything". The successful guerrilla wars in countries like China, Vietnam and Cuba point in another direction. They had however one important shortcoming, after the victory people were again controlled by privileged circles and did not use the guerrilla method against the new 1% that resembled the Western 1%. Guerrilla tactics, a War of the Flea, should be used but have to be refined and improved. In past revolutions guerrilla became a war between two centrally organised armies and leaders on both sides were hardly targeted. The old guerrilla wars violated the Golden Rule for Actions that damage to the 99% must be minimal and pressure on the 1% maximal.
Patriotic Clubs, I call them Autonomous Clubs, are a new instrument to change power relations. The members of the Club choose themselves how, where, when, about what, with whom and against whom they become active. Many Clubs generate a constant stream of small unexpected and effective actions against targets who are forced to take the activities of the Clubs into account. The Clubs pressure people who take wrong decisions for their own benefit. Clubs dissolve after they have had some success. Former members can join another Club or return to their private life. The People do not need permanent structures, they need a possibility to move when they want to move. In a Humane Society Autonomous Clubs are the Fourth People's Power that controls, vetoes and punishes faulty leaders to stop corruption and other crimes of the leading class that cause too much misery.
In my book "The Power of the Autonomous Human, theory and practice of attacks on persons" I describe several actions and some (small) successes. People, including me, who participated in those actions got more self-esteem because they know they had become less dependent on the caprices of the people up there.
The action method is called Political Stalking, Small Violence or Creative Disturbance. (see Chapter 19 of "About Violence and Democracy, in search for an alternative for democracy"). It is an original method to impress your opinions on decision-takers. Political parties are obstacles and exist in the first place to control the masses. The media are only important in conflicts inside the elite. In conflicts between elite and masses they side with the elite because they are owned by the 1%.
Autonomous Clubs must never degenerate into political organisations. Then they become, as Roberto Michels already remarked a hundred years ago, institutions that obey the Iron Law of Oligarchy. After some time an elite controls the organisation. The dynamics of many active and unpredictable Clubs fundamentally changes society. Then a Humane World comes into existence where all people have the same status and have influence when they want it.


More than 200 yachtsmen are heading off around the world in two cruising rallies. One – the Blue Water Rally – has already set off, the other World Cruising Club starts in January. Both will visit the archipelago of Indonesia. They can take great comfort in the fact that their individual journies will, in carbon footprint terms, be negligable.
Not so the panjandrums of globalised lunching when the world's leading policymakers leave the blue skies of the Tropics a spaghetti junction of vapour trails as they circle over Denpasar in Bali for the 3 December climate change conference.
They will mull the fact that without policy change, world energy demand will be 50% higher in 2030 than it is today and global CO2 emissions will jump 57% between 2005 and 2030.
Can there be one good reason why they could not set a good example by staying at home and linking desk-tops to hold this conference electronically?


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The staff of the Kingston City School District is responsible for safely and efficiently transporting students to and from schools and school activities. They handle the logistics of routing for each of our schools and for resolving transportation concerns.
Please remember that students are required to be at the bus stop five minutes prior to the scheduled bus arrival times, and that students should be orderly and respectful of other riders and the property of others.
The following bus companies provide transportation to students in Kingston School District.
Parents in the Kingston City School District whose children plan to attend non-public schools the following year must file a request for transportation form by April 1st. Transportation is provided within a 15 mile radius.
Forms are available at all non-public and private schools. A new request for transportation form must be completed every school year for each child and for each school. Parents are to return the request for transportation forms to the schools and they will be forwarded to us before April 1st (the form is also available in a pdf format below).
If a parent is uncertain which non-public school his child will attend next year, they may submit more than one transportation request to ensure transportation will be considered. However, the parent needs to decide and the school district must be notified no later then May 15th to confirm which school the student will be attending in September.
Parents of children who reside in the Kingston City School District are reminded that April 1, 2018 is the deadline for filing applications for transportation to non-public schools for the 2018-2019 school year.
In order to be eligible for transportation, the distance between the child's residence and the non-public school may not exceed fifteen (15) miles. Parents who have questions about eligibility should contact the Transportation Office at 943-3050 for clarification.