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synopsis: The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software in the UK, has acquired Ezitracker, a leading provider of workforce management solutions in the UK. Ezitracker's cloud-based software enables facilities management companies to effectively manage their workforce.
buyer parent: TA Associates
buyer: Access Group
Access is a leading provider of business software to the UK mid-market. Their portfolio of solutions includes ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, recruitment, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation, manufacturing, and more. "
target: Ezitracker
Ezitracker is a leading provider of workforce management solutions in the UK. Ezitracker's cloud-based software enables facilities management companies to effectively manage their workforce. Their platform features solutions for onboarding, scheduling, payroll, employee engagement, and more.
Team Software, Inc., acquired Innovise Ltd
synopsis: TEAM Software, the leading provider of technology solutions for contractors in the North American cleaning and security markets, has acquired Innovise, a United Kingdom-based technology innovator specializing in software for security guarding, cleaning, and facilities management businesses.
buyer: Team Software, Inc.
TEAM Software develops financial, operations and workforce management solutions for contractors with distributed workforces, with a focus on the cleaning and security industries. TEAM's efficiency-enhancing technology transforms business management and drives profitability. "
target: Innovise Ltd
Based in the United Kingdom, Innovise develops software applications for businesses in the guarding, cleaning and facilities management industries that increase productivity while reducing risk and the cost of operation.
TotalMobile Ltd., acquired CloudDialogs Ltd.
synopsis: Horizon Capital announces that their portfolio company Totalmobile, a Mobile SaaS innovator in Field Service Management (FSM) and Mobile Workforce Software Solutions, has acquired 100% of CloudDialogs. CloudDialogs is the Bury St Edmunds, UK-based provider of workforce scheduling SaaS solutions to the Building Services Market.
buyer parent: Horizon Capital LLP
buyer: TotalMobile Ltd.
Totalmobile is a Mobile SaaS innovator in Field Service Management (FSM) and Mobile Workforce Software Solutions. They provide their customers with a complete solution that empowers the mobile workforce, provides organisations with a real competitive advantage and customers with a great experience. "
target: CloudDialogs Ltd.
CloudDialogs is a provider of workforce scheduling SaaS solutions to the Building Services Market. They combine the latest technology with an unrivaled depth of understanding of housing repairs, scheduling and mobile working. They created a new kind of Service Management system, Service Connect.
HqO, acquired Office App
synopsis: HqO, the end-to-end tenant experience platform for commercial real estate properties, announced that it has acquired Office App, a leading European tenant and employee engagement platform.
buyer: HqO
HqO is the end-to-end tenant experience platform for commercial real estate properties. HqO is known for its tenant experience platform comprised of an award-winning tenant app, analytics suite, and partner marketplace. "
target: Office App
As Europe's leading tenant and employee engagement platform, Office App provides landlords and corporates with a digital platform on which to create future-proof, sustainable, and people-focused office spaces.
SimpleNexus, LLC, acquired LBA Ware
synopsis: SimpleNexus, a digital mortgage platform for loan officers, borrowers and real estate agents, has acquired LBA Ware, a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. LBA Ware offers incentive compensation management solutions and business intelligence software that help increase business productivity and efficiency.
buyer: SimpleNexus, LLC
SimpleNexus is a digital mortgage platform for loan officers, borrowers and real estate agents. SimpleNexus offers an app that streamlines each stage of the mortgage transaction. Their solutions enable users to convert more leads to loans, enhance their POS, manage loan pipelines, and more. "
target: LBA Ware
LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. LBA Ware enables mortgage companies to enhance their lender experiences. They offer incentive compensation management solutions and business intelligence software that help increase business productivity and efficiency.
FRONTSTEPS, acquired Evercondo
synopsis: FRONTSTEPS, the nation's #1 software platform for HOAs, Builders, Security and Patrol companies, Realtors, and Homeowners, announced the acquisition of Evercondo, a platform that allows condominium and high-rise based property managers, committee members and owners to access management tasks via a single web platform and smartphone app.
buyer: FRONTSTEPS
FRONTSTEPS is the #1 software platform for HOAs, Builders, Security & Patrol Experts, Realtors and Homeowners. They deliver technologies to simplify how people build, connect, operate and secure modern communities. "
target: Evercondo
Evercondo is a platform that allows condominium and high-rise based property managers, committee members and owners to access management tasks via a single web platform and smartphone app.
essensys Ltd, acquired Hubcreate Ltd.
synopsis: British IT orchestration and automation company essensys announced its acquisition of Hubcreate, the market-leading workspace management software. Hubcreate provides online billing, invoicing, room booking & CRM software for business centres, serviced offices, co-work space & meeting room venues.
buyer: essensys Ltd
essensys transforms the way business IT is delivered. Thanks to leading-edge cloud orchestration and automation technologies, essensys enables infrastructure, platforms, apps and services to be all provisioned, managed and monitored with breath-taking simplicity in a single, self-service interface. "
target: Hubcreate Ltd.
Hubcreate Ltd is a SaaS provider to the flexible working Industry. They provide mission critical software to flexible workspace & Coworking businesses to manage members, community, buildings and invoicing. Their software frees office managers & community managers from time consuming tasks.
Foresight Group, acquired Protean Software Ltd
synopsis: Foresight Group is delighted to announce the successful acquisition of Protean Software Ltd. Coventry-based Protean develops and sells business management and field service management software to organisations involved in the supply, installation and maintenance of equipment.
buyer: Foresight Group
Foresight Group is a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing investment funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for 30 years. "
target: Protean Software Ltd
Protean Software delivers the field service management solutions to fit distinct business requirements and address the complete service lifecycle, from lead generation and project quotation to service billing and asset retirement.
HashChing, acquired Mystro Australia
synopsis: HashChing, Australia's leading mortgage broker platform, has acquired Mystro, a document automation and data collection company in Australia. Mystro offers a platform for data collection and automated client onboarding. Their platform helps mortgage brokers to streamline their document management, client data collection, and loan applications.
buyer: HashChing
HashChing is Australia's leading mortgage broker platform. HashChing provides consumers with access to great home loan deals. Their platform connects users directly to verified broker partners who can further negotiate a better deal from the lenders to save them time and money. "
target: Mystro Australia
Mystro is a document automation and data collection company in Australia. Mystro offers a platform for data collection and automated client onboarding. Their platform helps mortgage brokers to streamline their document management, client data collection, and loan applications.
Inside Real Estate, acquired BrokerSumo
synopsis: Inside Real Estate, a provider of software to real estate brokers, acquired BrokerSumo, a Commission Management cloud software provider to real estate brokers. BrokerSumo's product allows customers to easily manage commission calculations, agent onboarding and billing, transaction payments and all forms of internal and external reporting.
buyer: Inside Real Estate
Inside Real Estate provides residential real estate brokers and agent teams a cloud-based software platform and marketing services that helps brokers intelligently engage prospective home buyers and sellers and dramatically simplifies the buying/selling process. "
target: BrokerSumo
BrokerSumo provides real estate brokers with the best modern, cloud-based solution for commission calculation and tracking, broker commission approvals, automated agent billing and payouts, 2-way Quickbooks Sync, 3rd party transaction integrations, agent roster management portal and other tools.
BoomTown, acquired Brokermint
synopsis: BoomTown, the leading cloud-based sales and marketing automation platform for real estate professionals, is excited to announce the strategic acquisition of Brokermint. Brokermint's technology consolidates and automates all back office and transaction management functions through easy-to-use, scalable software solutions.
buyer: BoomTown
BoomTown exists to make real estate agents successful with easy-to-use technology that creates opportunities and turns them into closings. Capabilities include a customizable real estate website integrated with local MLS data, client success management, and a cutting-edge CRM. "
target: Brokermint
Brokermint is an easy-to-use, complete cloud-based solution for the residential real estate back office, supporting over 55,000 agents and processing over 300,000 transactions per year. Core capabilities and modules include Transaction Management, Commission Automation, Accounting, and more.
Realtor.com, acquired Reesio
synopsis: Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp and operator of realtor.com, a leading online destination for real estate services, announced it has acquired Reesio, a document and transaction management platform that allows real estate professionals to simplify the process for home buyers and sellers by bringing the entire transaction online.
buyer parent: News Corporation
buyer: Realtor.com
The realtor.com website and mobile experiences connect people to the most important and accurate information they need to find their perfect home and to the realtors whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. "
target: Reesio
Reesio is the only complete one-stop-shop solution for the technology needs of modern real estate professionals. They provide full Transaction Management, CRM, Listing Syndication, and Offers Management all in one place.
GI Partners, acquired MRI Software LLC
synopsis: GI Partners ("GI"), a leading middle market private equity firm, announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of MRI Software LLC ("MRI"), a global provider of real estate property and investment management software solutions.
buyer: GI Partners
Founded in 2001, GI Partners is a leading private investment firm that currently manages over $11 billion in capital commitments through middle market private equity and select real estate strategies for recognized institutional investors across the globe. "
target parent: Vista Equity Partners
target: MRI Software LLC
MRI Software offers property management software solutions to the global property management and investment industries. MRI serves the global multifamily and commercial property industries, helping them improve their bottom line and maximize their returns on their diverse business portfolios.
Vista Equity Partners, acquired Intuit Real Estate Solutions, Inc.
synopsis: Intuit Inc. has completed the sale of Intuit Real Estate Solutions to Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in software and technology-enabled businesses. IRES is a leading provider of software and services to companies in the real estate management and investment industry.
buyer: Vista Equity Partners
Vista Equity Partners is a private equity firm with $1 billion in capital focused on investing in dynamic, successful software and technology-enabled businesses. Vista seeks to partner with world-class management teams who have a long-term perspective and are committed leadership in their markets. "
target parent: Intuit, Inc.
target: Intuit Real Estate Solutions, Inc.
Intuit Real Estate Solutions offers business management solutions to the global property management industry as well as to corporate real estate managers.
closed 6/5/2006 via PR Newswire
First American Residential Group, acquired Sonic Eagle, Inc.
synopsis: First American Residential Group, a member of The First American Corporation family of companies, today announced that it has acquired privately held Sonic Eagle, Inc., a California-based provider of enterprise broker and real estate agent productivity technology.
buyer parent: The First American Corporation
buyer: First American Residential Group
First American Residential Group is a subsidiary business line established by The First American Corporation in 2002 to address the real estate brokerage, MLS and relocation market segments with the full array of First American capabilities. "
target: Sonic Eagle, Inc.
Sonic Eagle, Inc. was founded in May 2002 by one of the real estate industry's most visionary development teams. Through the "appropriate" application of technology, our solutions differentiate our Broker customers in the eyes of Agents and our Agent customers in the eyes of the consumer.
closed 11/4/2021 via Company Press Release
Main Capital Partners BV, acquired Zig Websoftware B.V.
synopsis: Main Capital Partners announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Zig Websoftware. Zig develops and implements innovative software solutions for housing corporations, student accommodation and commercial property management and is the market leader in housing allocation.
buyer: Main Capital Partners BV
Netherlands-based Main Capital is a strategic investor with an exclusive focus on the software sector in the Benelux, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Nordics regions. Within this sector, Main Capital is the most specialized company in management buyouts and later-stage growth capital. "
target: Zig Websoftware B.V.
Zig develops and implements innovative software solutions for housing corporations, student accommodation and commercial property management and is the market leader in housing allocation.
announced 5/12/2021 via Yahoo, Inc.
Scout24 AG, will acquire Vermietet.de
synopsis: Scout24, a leading operator of digital marketplaces in Germany, will acquire a majority stake in Vermietet.de, a leading property management platform in Germany. Vermietet.de's cloud-based solutions enable property managers to track their property's performance, prepare modernizations, do structured accounting and manage their tenants.
buyer parent: Hellman & Friedman LLC
buyer: Scout24 AG (DB:G24:$460.34)
Scout24 AG's digital marketplaces, ImmobilienScout24 and AutoScout24, help people find a home and a car. Scout24 offers additional services including credit information, the brokerage of relocation services or construction and car financing. "
target: Vermietet.de
Vermietet.de is a leading property management platform in Germany. Vermietet.de offers cloud-based solutions for private landlords and property managers. Their platform enables users to track their property's performance, prepare modernizations, do structured accounting and manage their tenants.
Confirma Software AB, acquired Tietoaika.fi
synopsis: Confirma Software, a Nordic platform focused on acquiring strong enterprise software companies, has acquired Tietoaika.fi, a Finnish developer of real-estate management solutions. Tietoaika offers cloud-based ERP solutions for real estate management companies. Their Domus ERP platform provides solutions for invoicing, property management and more.
buyer parent: ABRY Partners, LLC
buyer: Confirma Software AB
Confirma Software is a Nordic platform focused on acquiring strong enterprise software companies with specialized offerings for SME customers. Confirma Software is committed to continue the successful operation of each of its subsidiaries under their existing brands and with existing management. "
target: Tietoaika.fi
Tietoaika is a Finnish developer of residential real-estate management solutions. Tietoaika offers cloud-based ERP solutions for real estate management companies. Their Domus ERP platform provides solutions for invoicing, accounting, property management, and more.
Idealista S.A.U., acquired Rentger
synopsis: Leading Spanish property portal company idealista has announced its acquisition of rental management software company Rentger. Founded in Madrid in 2018, Rentger automates tasks and paperwork associated with renting and claims to cut admin tasks by 80% for the private and professional landlords and institutions it is marketed to.
buyer parent: Apax Partners
buyer: Idealista S.A.U.
Idealista is a Madrid-based property classifieds site. Idealista makes looking for a property in Spain easy, with more than 1,700,000 listings of flats and houses for sale or rent. "
target: Rentger
Rentger is a rental management software company. Founded in Madrid in 2018, Rentger automates tasks and paperwork associated with renting and claims to cut admin tasks by 80% for the private and professional landlords and institutions it is marketed to.
MRI Software LLC, acquired ProLease
synopsis: MRI Software ("MRI"), a global leader in real estate software solutions, announces that it has acquired ProLease, a leading provider of lease administration, lease accounting, lease analysis and workplace management applications.
buyer parent: GI Partners
buyer: MRI Software LLC
MRI Software is a leading provider of innovative real estate software applications and hosted solutions. MRI's comprehensive and flexible technology platform coupled with an open and connected ecosystem meets the unique needs of real estate businesses from property-level management to analytics. "
target: ProLease
Backed by 20 years of experience, ProLease gives real estate, facilities, and accounting professionals a powerful platform with every tool they need. ProLease is a leading provider of lease administration, lease accounting, lease analysis and workplace management applications.
Access Group, acquired Servelec Limited
synopsis: Digital software provider Servelec has been acquired by the health and social care division of The Access Group. Servelec is the leading supplier of digital care software across health, social care, education and youth services in the UK.
target parent: Montagu Private Equity
target: Servelec Limited (LSE:SERV:$91.22)
Servelec is the leading supplier of digital care software across health, social care, education and youth services in the UK. Servelec offers software solutions for Electronic Patient Records, social care case management, patient flow & bed management, education management, and more.
Access Group, acquired Oosha
synopsis: Access, a leading provider of business management software in the UK, has acquired Oosha, one of the UK's leading providers of cloud and IT managed services to the Legal Sector. Oosha offers services for managed desktop, managed security, disaster recovery, and more.
target: Oosha
Oosha is one of the UK's leading providers of cloud and IT managed services to the Legal Sector. Oosha provides digital workplace solutions that enable a more flexible and collaborative employee experience. They offer services for managed desktop, managed security, disaster recovery, and more.
Access Group, acquired CPL Learning
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synopsis: CPL Learning, a employee education company that works closely with clients, has announced that it has been acquired by business management software provider The Access Group, with a portfolio, of solutions including ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, recruitment, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation, manufacturing, and more.
target: CPL Learning
CPL Learning, based in the United Kingdom, is a employee education company that works closely with clients, using collaborative and innovative methods to meet and exceed their learning and team engagement needs.
announced 12/23/2020 via Company Press Release
Access Group, will purchase Asia and Australia Business from The Sage Group plc.
synopsis: Sage has entered into an agreement for the sale of its businesses in Asia and Australia (excluding global products) with The Access Group. Sage is a global market leader for technology that helps businesses of all sizes manage everything from money to people.
seller: The Sage Group plc. (LSE:SGE:$2,445.94)
Sage is a global market leader for technology that helps businesses of all sizes manage everything from money to people. They accomplish this via Sage Business Cloud, a business management solution comprising Accounting, Sage Intacct, Enterprise Management, People & Payroll, and Payments & Banking.
Access Group, acquired Unleashed Software
synopsis: The Access Group has announced the acquisition of Unleashed, a New Zealand headquartered organization offering best practice inventory management software for the manufacturing, wholesale and distribution markets across Australasia, the UK, US and EMEA.
target: Unleashed Software
Unleashed is cloud software that gives businesses the freedom to better make, manage and move products — by enabling them to achieve complete clarity and control over suppliers, production, inventory and sales.
Access Group, acquired DPS Software Limited
synopsis: The Access Group announced the acquisition of DPS Software (DPS), a UK leader in SaaS based Practice Management software for Legal Practices and In-House Legal departments, with a focus on firms with between 10 and 200 employees.
target: DPS Software Limited
DPS Software (DPS) is a UK leader in SaaS based Practice Management software for Legal Practices and In-House Legal departments, with a focus on firms with between 10 and 200 employees.
Access Group, will acquire Eclipse Legal Systems
synopsis: Access, a leading provider of business software to the UK mid-market, is acquiring Eclipse Legal Systems from Capita plc. Eclipse is the leading provider of Case Management, Practice Management, Matter Management and Process Management Software.
target parent: Capita PLC
target: Eclipse Legal Systems
Eclipse is the leading provider of Case Management, Practice Management, Matter Management and Process Management Software. Their Proclaim system is in use by over 25,000 professionals in a vast range of sectors, and is the only solution of its type to be Endorsed by the Law Society.
Access Group, acquired eLearning For You Limited
synopsis: The Access Group, one of the UK's leading providers of software, has today announced the acquisition of eLearning For You, a provider of eLearning solutions for the care industry. eLearning For You work with national subject-matter experts to create engaging eLearning for the care sector.
target: eLearning For You Limited
eLearning For You is a UK-based provider of eLearning solutions for the care industry. eLearning For You work with national subject-matter experts to create engaging eLearning for the care sector. eLearning for you has decades of experience in training and a background in care.
Access Group, acquired CoreHR
synopsis: The Access Group announced the acquisition of CoreHR, a UK and Ireland market leader in HR and Payroll software for Mid-Market & Enterprise level businesses. Their intuitive and innovative people-centric SaaS solutions enable leaders to unleash the untapped potential of their employees across their organization.
target: CoreHR
CoreHR provides HR and Payroll solutions to some of the world's leading organisations. Their intuitive and innovative people-centric SaaS solutions enable leaders to unleash the untapped potential of their employees across their organization.
Access Group, acquired Mintsoft
synopsis: The Access Group, one of the UK's leading software providers for mid-sized organizations, announced the acquisition of Mintsoft Ltd, a Chelmsford based order and warehouse management solution provider for third-party logistics and Multi-Channel Retailers.
target: Mintsoft
Mintsoft is a cloud based order and warehouse management platform that's been built from the ground up for 3PLs and multi channel retailers. It's integrated with all the major market places and e-commerce platforms, as well as all the major couriers.
Access Group, acquired People HR
synopsis: The Access Group, one of the UK's leading software providers for mid-sized organisations, announced the acquisitions of People HR, a Doncaster based HR solutions provider. People HR is a leader in the HR systems market in the UK, with more than 5,000 companies utilising their solution to transform their organisations into social enterprises.
target: People HR
People HR is a Doncaster based HR solutions provider that has fast become a leader in the HR systems market in the UK, with more than 5,000 companies utilising their solution to transform their organisations into social enterprises.
Access Group, acquired The Payroll Service Company Ltd
synopsis: The Access Group, one of the UK's leading software providers for mid-sized organisations, announced the acquisition The Payroll Service Company, a Cambridgeshire based Payroll solutions provider. The Payroll Service Company (PSC) has grown to become one of the mainstay Payroll solution providers in the UK market.
target: The Payroll Service Company Ltd
The Payroll Service Company is a Cambridgeshire based Payroll solutions provider. The Payroll Service Company (PSC) has grown to become one of the mainstay Payroll solution providers in the UK market, built on their 45 year heritage in serving this sector.
Access Group, acquired Attaché
synopsis: The Access Group, the UK-based leading provider of software to growing mid-market businesses, announced the acquisition of Attaché, an Australian-based Financial Management and Payroll software supplier with over 30 years' experience providing software to Australasian mid-market businesses.
target: Attaché
Attaché is an Australian-based Financial Management and Payroll software supplier with over 30 years' experience providing software to Australasian mid-market businesses.
Access Group, acquired Safety Media Ltd
synopsis: The Access Group, a leading provider of business software to the UK mid-market, has acquired Safety Media Ltd, a provider of Health & Safety e-learning and software solutions in the UK. Safety Media offers over 100 health, safety and compliance e-learning courses. Their online platform provides solutions for audits, risk management, and more.
target: Safety Media Ltd
Safety Media is a provider of Health & Safety e-learning and software solutions in the UK. Safety Media offers over 100 health, safety and compliance e-learning courses. Their Health & Safety online platform provides solutions for incident reporting, audits, risk management, and document management.
Access Group, acquired Joyful
synopsis: The Access Group, the UK's leading provider of software to growing mid-market businesses and charities, has acquired Joyful, a Not-For-Profit donor and member attraction website software supplier exclusively to Charity and Membership organisations. Joyful is a provider of Software as a Service platforms for Charities and Membership organisations.
Access is a leading provider of business software to the UK mid-market. Their portfolio of solutions include ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, recruitment, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation, manufacturing, and more. "
target: Joyful
Joyful is a Not-For-Profit donor and member attraction website software supplier with over 10 years' experience providing software exclusively to Charity and Membership organisations. Joyful has become one of the leading Software as a Service website software technology businesses in this sector.
Access Group, acquired Unicorn Training Group LTD
synopsis: The Access Group, a leading provider of business software to mid-sized UK organisations, has acquired Unicorn, a UK provider of learning technology solutions. Unicorn offers GRC learning software for the financial services industry. Their LMS provides a clear user interface that holds all of their client's learning material in one central location.
target: Unicorn Training Group LTD
Unicorn is the UK's leading provider of learning technology solutions. Unicorn offers GRC learning software for the financial services industry. Their Learning Management System (LMS) provides a clear user interface that holds all of their client's learning material in one central location.
Access Group, acquired Volcanic
synopsis: The Access Group, the UK's leading providers of software to growing mid-market businesses, announced the acquisition of Volcanic, a recruitment and staffing website software supplier with over 10 years' experience providing software exclusively to the recruitment industry.
target: Volcanic
Volcanic is a recruitment and staffing website software supplier with over 10 years' experience providing software exclusively to the recruitment industry. Their award-winning content management system (CMS) powers the success of some of the world's biggest recruitment brands.
Access Group, acquired Microdec Plc
synopsis: The Access Group, one of the UK's leading providers of software to growing mid-market businesses, has acquired Microdec, a UK-based provider of business management and CRM software for the recruitment industry. Microdec's customisable software allows their customers to find suitable candidates for roles quickly and with ease.
target: Microdec Plc
Microdec is a UK-based provider of business management and CRM software for the recruitment industry. Their customisable software allows their customers to find suitable candidates for roles quickly and with ease. Microdec allows recruitment companies to work more effectively and efficiently.
Access Group, acquired DesignMyNight
synopsis: The Access Group, one of the UK's leading providers of software to mid-market businesses, has acquired DesignMyNight, a nightlife discovery website. DesignMyNight has two SaaS products: Collins, a reservation and enquiry management tool for casual dining restaurants, bars and pubs, and Tonic, an event ticketing and marketing platform.
Access Group is a leading provider of fully integrated business management software. Its portfolio spans ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, recruitment, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing. "
target: DesignMyNight
DesignMyNight is website that lets users discover and book the newest and best nightlife locations in the UK. The company also created Collins, a booking and enquiry management software for bars, restaurants, pubs and clubs, and Tonic, one of the leading ticketing platforms in the UK.
Aptean, acquired JET ERP
synopsis: Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, announced the acquisition of JET ERP Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software in Austria, operating under the brand "Data Systems - Solutions made in Austria".
buyer: Aptean
Aptean is a global provider of industry-specific software solutions. Aptean's purpose-built Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and supply chain management solutions help address the unique challenges facing process and discrete manufacturers, distributors, and other focused organizations. "
target: JET ERP
JET ERP is a leading developer of ERP and business management solutions in Austria. The company's portfolio includes its modular, highly integrated cross-process software for document management as well as business intelligence applications.
Admicom Oyj, acquired Aitio
synopsis: Admicom, a Finnish provider of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, has acquired Aitio Finland Oy, a Jyväskylä-based company specialising in software development, and Hillava Oy, a cloud-based enterprise resource planning software company belonging to the same group.
buyer: Admicom Oyj (HLSE:ADMCM:$24.87)
Admicom is a Finnish forerunner and provider of cloud-based enterprise resource planning solutions for construction, building services engineering, and manufacturing companies and a comprehensive partner in software and accounting services. "
target: Aitio
Based in Finland, Aitio delivers tailor-made software development services to its customers, as well as related integration and maintenance services, mobile applications and cloud solutions. Hillava offers and develops a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system.
announced 11/15/2021 via GlobeNewswire
Heeros Plc, will acquire Taimer Oy
synopsis: Helsinki-based Heeros Plc will acquire Taimer Oy, a Finnish software company known for its financial administration cloud services. Combining Taimer with Heeros' financial management software is an investment that will allow Heeros to accelerate growth both in Finland and internationally.
buyer: Heeros Plc (HLSE:HEEROS:$10.03)
Heeros is a Finnish software company specialising in cloud-based financial administration solutions. Its solutions cover all the basic tasks of financial administration, from scanning paper invoices to processing and archiving purchase and sales invoices and travel receipts. "
target: Taimer Oy
Based in Finland, Taimer is an all-in-one business management software that helps businesses simplify work, boost sales and grow effortlessly. Taimer combines sales CRM, project management, collaboration, invoicing, time tracking, and various other business functions into one centralized solution.
FreshBooks (Canada), acquired FastBill GmbH
synopsis: FreshBooks, a leading cloud accounting software provider with paying customers in 160+ countries, has announced the acquisition of FastBill, one of Germany's leading cloud accounting and invoicing software solutions.
buyer: FreshBooks (Canada)
FreshBooks is a leading cloud accounting software provider with paying customers in 160+ countries. Its owner-first accounting platform takes an easy-to-use approach to managing finances, billing, payments, and client engagement. "
target: FastBill GmbH
FastBill is one of Germany's leading cloud accounting and invoicing software solutions. They help self-employed professionals, small businesses, and startups maintain better control of their finances through electronic invoice management, reporting, and access to tax advisory services.
announced 7/1/2021 via GlobeNewswire
Aptean, will acquire Ramsauer & Stürmer
synopsis: Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ramsauer & Stürmer, a leading provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software in Austria.
target: Ramsauer & Stürmer
Ramsauer & Stürmer is a leading provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software in Austria. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, Ramsauer & Stürmer offers clients a full spectrum of ERP functionality with its rs2 business software.
Ekon, will acquire PRIMAVERA Business Software Solutions
synopsis: Oakley Capital has reached an agreement to acquire PRIMAVERA Business Software Solutions, a Portuguese company. Oakley will combines PRIMAVERA with Ekon, one of its current portfolio companies, a Spanish provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. PRIMAVERA offers ERP and cloud solutions to more than 32,000 SMEs across Portugal.
buyer parent: Oakley Capital Limited
buyer: Ekon
Ekon provides Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") software to over 1,000 SMEs in Spain. The company includes solutions for finance, payroll and CRM, as well as dedicated vertical modules for manufacturing, wholesale, health, retail and construction. "
target: PRIMAVERA Business Software Solutions
Having been founded in 1993, PRIMAVERA offers ERP and cloud solutions to more than 32,000 SMEs across Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries. With a disruptive idea and a lot of determination, PRIMAVERA was a pioneering company in developing management solutions for Windows.
SailPoint, will acquire ERP Maestro
synopsis: SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc., the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise, announced its intent to acquire ERP Maestro, a SaaS governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solution.
buyer: SailPoint (SAIL:$350.91)
SailPoint is the leader in enterprise identity governance and brings the Power of Identity to customers worldwide. SailPoint's open identity platform gives organizations the power to enter new markets, scale their workforces, embrace new technologies, innovate faster, and compete on a global basis. "
target: ERP Maestro
ERP Maestro offers a SaaS governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solution. They are fast becoming a leading access security and compliance software solution for companies running SAP and their external auditors.
Konfío, will acquire Gestionix
synopsis: Konfío, the largest online lending platform for SMEs in Mexico, will acquire Gestionix, a Mexican company that develops cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for SMEs and their accountants. Gestionix's ERP system simplifies operations and provides solutions for inventory, accounting, billing, and more.
buyer: Konfío
Konfío is the largest online lending platform for small and medium businesses in Mexico. Konfío helps companies to achieve economic growth through the access of credit solutions with a proprietary algorithm that combines data and technology to measure creditworthiness in a matter of minutes. "
target: Gestionix
Gestionix is a Mexican company that develops cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for SMEs and their accountants. Gestionix helps SMEs to more efficiently manage their business. Their ERP system simplifies operations and provides solutions for inventory, accounting, billing, and more.
SAOP d. o. o., acquired Opal informatika d.o.o.
synopsis: Solitea, through its 100% subsidiary Saop, doo, has completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in the Slovenian company Opal Informatika, whose ERP systems are used by more than 600 entities. Opal supplies ERP systems under the OpPIS client brand.
buyer parent: Solitea, a.s.
buyer: SAOP d. o. o.
Saop is a leading Slovenian provider of systems for accounting firms and public institutions. Founded in 1987, the company was one of the first to launch its own ERP system, iCenter, on the Slovenian market, which is now used by more than 14,000 users. "
target: Opal informatika d.o.o.
Slovenia-based Opal Informatika was founded in 1991. From the beginning, it has focused on software development and related services. It is a supplier of a comprehensive ERP system Opal, of which there is also a cloud version of the product available under the OpPIS Client brand.
Visma Advantage, acquired Yuki
synopsis: Visma, the leading provider of business software and business processes for accounting & payroll, has acquired Yuki, an all-in-one accounting platform and the very first self-learning community driven, full automatic accounting software in the world. Yuki is based in the Netherlands.
buyer: Visma Advantage
Visma is the leading provider of business software and business processes for accounting & payroll. The group comprises five business areas which are Visma Software, Visma BPO Accounting & Payroll, Visma Procurement & Collecting, Visma Retail and Visma System Development & Integration. "
target: Yuki
Yuki is an all-in-one accounting platform and the very first self-learning community driven, full automatic accounting software in the world. They are based in the Netherlands.
Var Group S.p.A., will acquire Infolog Business Solutions Group
synopsis: Var Group, an Italian provider of IT services and solutions, will acquire a 51% stake in Infolog Business Solutions Group, an Italian software house that specializes in warehouse management systems (WMS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Infolog's advanced WMS solution allows users to manage all processes related to warehouse management.
buyer parent: Sesa S.p.A.
buyer: Var Group S.p.A.
Var Group is an Italian leading company specialised in provisioning IT services and solutions to the Enterprise and SME segments. They help improve processes, optimize costs, create new products and services, be present in new markets, and grow businesses. "
target: Infolog Business Solutions Group
Infolog Business Solutions Group is an Italian software house that specializes in warehouse management systems (WMS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Infolog's INTELLIMAG is an advanced WMS solution that allows users to manage all processes related to warehouse management.
Kerridge Commercial Systems, acquired Infomat
synopsis: Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), a leading provider of ERP software, services and support solutions for wholesale, distribution, rental and installation customers worldwide, has announced its acquisition of Infomat, a Belgium-based company that develops and delivers integrated ERP, CRM, and DMS software solutions.
buyer: Kerridge Commercial Systems
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) provides specialist software, services and support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to distributive trades customers, large and small – wherever they are in the world. "
target: Infomat
Infomat develops and delivers integrated ERP, CRM, and DMS software solutions. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Wilrijk, Belgium.
Softland Ltda, acquired Balcony Software
synopsis: Softland, a leading company in ERP-type solutions in Latin America, announced the acquisition of Balcony Software, an Argentine company that develops and implements a solution that connects and manages the operation of "Marketplaces" with business management systems (ERP's).
buyer parent: The Sage Group plc.
buyer: Softland Ltda
Softland is a company founded in 1982, and a leader in the area of software solutions for business management in Latin America. Softland offers ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) management systems for small, medium and large companies. "
target: Balcony Software
Balcony Software is an Argentine company that develops and implements a solution that connects and manages the operation of "Marketplaces" with business management systems (ERP's).
FOG Software Group, acquired Volo Commerce
synopsis: FOG Software Group, a division of Constellation Software Inc., has completed its acquisition of the Volo Commerce. UK-based Volo Commerce is a powerful, multi-channel e-commerce platform with a broad feature set that has been serving customers for over 15 years.
buyer parent: Constellation Software, Inc.
buyer: FOG Software Group
FOG Software Group is a division of Vela Software and Constellation Software, Inc. The companies acquire, manage, and build software companies in a variety of vertical markets. FOG helps their acquired companies improve operations, grow through organic initiatives, and seek additional acquisitions. "
target: Volo Commerce
Volo Commerce has over a decade of multichannel e-commerce experience working closely with merchants selling across international marketplaces like Amazon and eBay and website platforms. Volo combines powerful, end-to-end automation with marketplace know-how and account management expertise.
Cisco Systems, Inc., acquired 42hertz
synopsis: US-based networking giant Cisco has acquired 42hertz. Formed in 2011, 42hertz provides enterprise solutions including end-to-end CRM, ERP or other customized solutions leveraging data science and artificial intelligence. They are headquartered in Houston, Texas and Bengaluru, India.
buyer: Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO:$49,818.00)
Cisco System's hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible. Cisco designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. "
target: 42hertz
Formed in 2011, 42hertz provides enterprise solutions including end-to-end CRM, ERP or other customized solutions leveraging data science and artificial intelligence. They are headquartered in Houston, Texas and Bengaluru, India.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., acquired MYOB Limited
synopsis: Global investment firm KKR has acquired MYOB Group, a leading provider of online business management solutions. It makes business life easier for approximately 1.2 million businesses and accountants across Australia and New Zealand by simplifying accounting, payroll, tax, practice management, CRM, job costing, inventory and more.
buyer: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR:$26,682.49)
KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, growth equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic manager partnerships that manage hedge funds. "
target: MYOB Limited (ASX:MYO:$312.12)
MYOB Group Ltd is a leading provider of online business management solutions. It makes business life easier for approximately 1.2 million businesses and accountants across Australia and New Zealand by simplifying accounting, payroll, tax, practice management, CRM, job costing, inventory and more.
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Boss Info AG, acquired ProFinance
synopsis: Boss Info AG, a company that offers comprehensive information and communication technology services and and complete enterprise resource planning solutions, has acquired ProFinance, a convenient cloud-based provider of enterprise resource planning solutions for businesses.
buyer: Boss Info AG
Boss Info AG offers comprehensive information and communication technology services and and complete enterprise resource planning solutions. By using innovative technologies, Boss Info optimizes the business processes of their customers. "
target: ProFinance
ProFinance is a convenient cloud-based provider of enterprise resource planning solutions for businesses. They make it possible to introduce only an order processing or an all-encompassing overall solution.
GUS Group AG & Co KG, acquired K+H Software GmbH & Co.KG
synopsis: The GUS Group, a provider of corporate ERP solutions for the process and logistics industries, has acquired K+H Software, a German provider of accounting software solutions. K+H Software's web-based software provides solutions for financial accounting, asset accounting, and cost accounting.
buyer parent: Elvaston Capital Management GmbH
buyer: GUS Group AG & Co KG
The GUS Group provides corporate ERP solutions for the process and logistics industries. Since its founding in 1980, the Group has been pursuing a consistent process orientation along the entire supply chain. More than 200 employees work for the company around the globe. "
target: K+H Software GmbH & Co.KG
K+H Software is a German provider of accounting software solutions. Their web-based software provides solutions for financial accounting, asset accounting, and cost accounting. Their software is used by companies various industries, including logistics, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and more.
Var Group S.p.A., acquired Panthera Srl
synopsis: Var Group S.p.A., a subsidiary of Sesa S.p.A. and a leading company specializing in provisioning IT services and solutions to the Enterprise and SME segments, has acquired Panthera Srl, a Italian ERP solution that is offered in SaaS mode geared to managing changes, controlling processes, and reducing costs.
target parent: F2i SGR
target: Panthera Srl
Panthera Srl is the Italian ERP solution that is offered in SaaS mode geared to managing changes, controlling processes, and reducing costs. They are a unique and integrated application, created to provide companies with the flexibility to respond promptly to business needs.
Verdane Capital, will purchase FPS and Banking Businesses from BasWare Oyj
synopsis: Basware Corporation has signed an agreement to sell its Financial Performance Solutions and Banking businesses to Verdane Capital, an active owner of technology-enabled growth companies in Northern Europe.
buyer: Verdane Capital
Verdane is a Nordic private equity company which through its funds invests in software, consumer internet, energy and high-technology industry companies. Verdane's funds are distinctive in that they can invest in either entire investment portfolio, parts of a portfolio or entire target companies. "
seller: BasWare Oyj (HLSE:BAS1V:$184.50)
Basware's Financial Performances Services (FPS) is Finland's leading provider of financial consolidation and reporting software. Basware's Banking services is a payment automation solutions provider for companies and organisations of all sizes.
Ticker: APPF
AppFolio
AppFolio creates comprehensive, easy-to-use, cloud-based business software solutions for vertical markets. AppFolio's products include cloud-based property management software (AppFolio Property Manager) and cloud-based legal practice management software (MyCase).
Ticker: OB:ORN
Orn Software
Based in Norway, Ørn Software is a Nordic provider of SaaS solutions enabling efficient operations and maintenance across a wide range of asset-heavy industries, including real estate, manufacturing, food & beverages, and aquaculture.
Ticker: ASX:TNE
Technology One Ltd
TechnologyOne is Australia's largest publicly listed software company and one of Australia's top 200 ASX-listed companies, with offices across six countries. They create solutions that transform business and make life simple for their customers.
oRo Co., Ltd.
oRo, based in Japan, has two main divisions, a business solutions division which develops cloud software 'ZAC Enterprise' and 'Reforma PSA' and a communication division which focuses on digital advertising.
Ticker: OTCPK:EPAZ
Epazz, Inc.
Epazz, Inc. specializes in enterprise cryptocurrency blockchain mobile apps and cloud business process software, with more than 500 repeat customers. Epazz technology makes it easy to convert legacy systems into cloud business process software.
Ticker: UPLD
Upland Software
Upland Software is a leading provider of cloud-based Enterprise Work Management software. Their applications enables users to manage their projects, professional workforce and IT investments, automate document-intensive business processes and engage with their customers, prospects and community.
Ticker: ENXTBR:UPG
UnifiedPost
Unifiedpost Group wants to become the leading cloud-based platform for SME business services built on "Documents", "Identity" and "Payments". Unifiedpost operates and develops a 100% cloud-based platform for administrative and financial services.
Ticker: HLSE:BAS1V
BasWare Oyj
Basware is the global leader in providing purchase-to-pay and e-invoicing solutions in the world of commerce. Basware empowers companies to unlock value across their financial operations by simplifying and streamlining key financial processes.
Ticker: LSE:SGE
The Sage Group plc.
Sage is the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, supporting the ambition of entrepreneurs and business builders. Sage helps drive business builders with the most intelligent and flexible cloud-enabled software, support and advice to manage everything.
Ticker: ASX:XRO
Xero Limited
Xero provides online accounting software and services for small to medium sized businesses. Its accounting system has a cashbook, automated daily bank feeds, invoicing, debtors, creditors, sales tax and reporting.
Ticker: ASX:RKN
Reckon Limited
Reckon Limited (RKN) is an Australian publicly listed company well known as a leading provider of software solutions for accounting and bookkeeping professionals, as well as small to medium sized businesses, small office/home office users and personal wealth management.
24SevenOffice
Based in Norway, 24SevenOffice offers a complete cloud-based ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution that provides everything small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise-sized businesses need to manage their operations in one integrated system.
Bill.com is a leading provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates back-office financial processes for small and mid-sized businesses. Bill.com's AI-enabled financial software platform provides an intelligent way to create and pay bills, send invoices, and get paid.
Ticker: PAY
Paymentus Corporation
Paymentus is a leading provider of cloud-based bill payment technology and solutions. The company's omni-channel platform provides consumers with easy-to-use, flexible and secure electronic bill payment experiences through their preferred payment channel and type.
Ticker: WDAY
Workday, Inc.
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world's largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies.
Ticker: DMAN
DemandTec, Inc.
DemandTec delivers cloud-based analytics software that enables businesses to examine different customer buying scenarios, both online and in-store. As a result, companies can spot trends and shopper insights to make better price, promotion, and assortment decisions. .
Ticker: HLSE:ADMCM
Admicom Oyj
Admicom is a Finnish forerunner and provider of cloud-based enterprise resource planning solutions for construction, building services engineering, and manufacturing companies and a comprehensive partner in software and accounting services.
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When using hairy vetch to improve very poor soil, mixing a balanced organic fertiliser into the soil before planting will give better results.
Sow hairy vetch in late summer so the plants can become established before cold weather comes. Broadcast seed into cultivated soil so that the seeds are about 7 cm (3in) apart and 1 cm (1/2in) deep. No thinning is required.
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Q: QGIS report composer to show related tables Is it possible to include in the QGIS report composer a fields group section with tables that are related on a 1 to many relationship?
For example a point layer "HOUSES", with a KEY that relates to a table "FAM" that has a list of family members data (name, sex, age , etc). But I can´t get it to work in qgis report composer.
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A: You can add an Attribute table and use a filter expression to get to corresponding data.
If you have an Attlas/Group Layer with the column "key", and you want to get the table fam that also has the column "key", the item properties of the attribute table would look like that:

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Q: jQuery Ui Tabs cannot handle onclick in loaded document I have jQuery Ui tabs like this

Preloaded

Tab 1

Tab 2

Tab 3 (slow)

Tab 4 (broken)

in the JavaScript I have
$(document).ready(function() {
    $( "#moreinfotabs" ).tabs();
    $('a').click(function(){
        alert("asdas");
    });

When content1.php for example is loaded, I want to handle click on the links in content1.php and to alert something but It's not happen. How to do that ?
PS: I wrote for a link, whatever I want to use with a.classname....

A: For dynamically generated elements, events should be delegated, from one of static parents of the element, or document object.
$(document).on('click', 'a', function(){
    alert("asdas");
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Please note that you haven't closed the document ready handler:
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Tatyana Rybak
Head, Accounting, Reporting and Audit Directorate
Ministry of Finance, Belarus
Tatyana Rybak is the Head of Accounting, Reporting and Audit Regulation Directorate of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus. She graduated with honors from the Faculty of Accounting and Economics of the Belarusian State Economic University. Ms. Rybak was conferred the Ph.D. in Economics in 2001, followed by the Associate Professor scientific title being give in 2005. She became a certified auditor in 2003. From 1995 to 2009, Ms. Rybak pursued her junior professor and associate professor career and had extensive experience in auditing and consulting. Since October 2009, she has been working at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus. Ms. Rybak is the author and co-author of many scientific articles and textbooks on accounting and financial reporting. She is one of the main developers of the Belarusian Law on Accounting and Belarusian Accounting Standards. Ms. Rybak is a member of the Coordinating Council on Accounting of CIS Executive Committee.

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Q: Signature verification fails for secure boot kernel I'm trying to setup secure boot with using custom keys exclusively following the guide from rodsbooks. I created and enrolled keys for db, KEK and PK and signed grub and the kernel image accordingly (with the same db key) and could verify the signature with sbverify against the created db key.
If I turn on Secure Boot it fails to verify the signature for the kernel image:
"/boot/vmlinuz... has invalid signature"
What I figured out so far:

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*The signature for grub is working. If I remove it, I'll get a different error (the red box)

*using different keys for grub and kernel image has the same result (I would also expect that it's ok to use the same key)

*Signing the kernel with sbsign or osslsigncode (like this question) makes no difference, same result

*bootctl status only shows grub as bootloader

*I did not change the name of the kernel image. I would expect there is not change in grub necessary

*MokManager (i.e. mmx64.efi) is present (but shouldn't make a difference here?)

Kernel is version 4.19.0-6; Distribution is Debian 10, if that matters.


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What Was Donald Sterling Thinking?
What was 80 year old Donald Tokowitz, aka Donald Sterling, thinking in his one hour Mel Gibson diatribe with V. Stiviano, his girl friend, aka "The Mistress?" He wasn't. The old geezer was instinctively acting out of vanity and hubris. Donald Sterling is a very vain philanthropist. We know because he takes out ads, up to a full page, in the Los Angeles Times touting his charity in the community. Just this morning a half page ad ran, a thank you from the Department of Nephrology at UCLA for the largest gift yet given to basic kidney research at UCLA. As Carly Simon would sing "You're so vain." We also know the hubris because he has gotten away for decades with being a misogynist, sexist pig with a history of racial discrimination. Donald Sterling is a financial genius in his own mind. He paid $12.5 million for the Clippers in 1981. He was earning about $12.5 million a year even when they were chronic losers. The self-made real estate billionaire has a history of losing judgments for discriminating against African Americans, Hispanics, Koreans and tenants with children. How could he be a racist? The Los Angeles Chapter of the NAACP awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. It was scheduled to again grant him the award on May 15, 2014. Donald Sterling is invincible in his mind. Elgin Baylor, one of the NBA's all-time great players, was the Clippers General Manager for years, doing Sterling's bidding. He was unceremoniously fired a few years and filed suit in 2009 for wrongful termination. He claimed Donald Sterling ran the Clippers "with the vision of a southern plantation-type structure." Donald Sterling won the case, proving he's always right. The Los Angeles Clippers had to make a major decision years ago. They could stay in Los Angeles at the new Staples Arena, or they could move to Anaheim in Orange County, develop a fan base of their own, and get out from under the shadow of the Los Angeles Lakers. The rumor was that Sterling would not move the Clippers to Anaheim, where they played a few games a year, because he did not want to leave the "Los Angeles Hotties." V. Stiviano was not the first. The Clippers remained in Los Angeles. Donald Sterling was a caricature of Dr. Jerry Buss, the late Lakers owner. The 80 year old reprobate succeeded for decades with no blowback. David Stern, the recently retired Commissioner of the NBA, had heard many complaints over the years about Donald Sterling, but he did nothing – at least publicly. David Stern knew, but never had the tape. Didn't Donald Sterling learn the lesson from Marge Schott, the owner of the Cincinnati Reds, who was run out of Major League Baseball for her racist comments? Apparently not. What was Donald Sterling thinking with most NBA players being African Americans? He wasn't. Donald Sterling is of the species that believes a kept woman should be a potted plant that reflects beauty on him. He spent at least $1.8 million on her in cars and baubles, including a 2012 Ferrari, 2 Bentleys, and a 2013 range Rover, a duplex apartment and a stream of cash for living expenses. She returned the favor by appearing in public with others, African Americans. That struck at Sterling's vanity. Donald Sterling's estranged wife is seeking restitution V. Let's look at it from a different perspective. When I was a young man, perhaps in high school, but probably in college, I always thought when I saw an older man with a young honey draped around his arm, that I was looking at two idiots, unless she was his daughter, granddaughter or perhaps his niece. Once I reached my 50's, I knew they were two idiots. Old geezers, sugar daddies, codgers, big daddies, or letches with young honnies, gold diggers, trophy wives is a recipe for disaster. The 89 year old J. Howard Marshall married the 26 year old Anna Nicole Smith. He died 18 months later, leaving a will that purported to disinherit his family from his prior marriage. The resulting legal battle enriched many lawyers. Five men and a corpse claimed paternity of her son when she died of an overdose in Hollywood, Florida. The 60 year old Paul McCartney did not have a prenupt when he married Heather Mills. Nor did search the intern to discover Heather's x-rated photos. 82 Year old billionaire Kirk Kirkorian celebrated in 1999 a 28 day marriage with 34 year old Lisa Bonder, and then millions litigating "Who's the dad" with Steve Bing. Barbara Piasecka, who came to America with $200, hit the jackpot as a 34 year old maid when she married 76 year old J. Seward Johnson, Jr. (of Johnson and Johnson fortune). Let us not forget 83 year old Summer Redstone and 44 year old Paula Fortunato. The best is yet to come from that marriage with Redstone having problems with the children of his first marriage. What was Donald Sterling thinking? He wasn't; he was acting like a foolish old man.
The California State Senate Took Wednesday Off For a Mandatory Refresher Course in Ethics
The California Senate, comprised of 27 Democrats and 13 unknown Republicans, voted 28-1 on March 28 to suspend with pay three Democratic Senators, Rodrick Wright of Inglewood, Ron Calderon of Montebello, and Leland Yee of San Francisco. Senator Wright was convicted in January of perjury and filing false reports of his legal residences. Senator Calderon was indicted in February on 24 counts of corruption. Senator Yee was indicted in March of corruption and gun running. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg celebrated one month without indictments by calling a mandatory one day course in ethics for all state senators and staffers. It's called "A Day of Reflection" on ethics. The Senators reflected on whether they were as dumb or unlucky as the three disgraced Senators. Some were reflecting on how quickly they could get out of the malaise of Sacramento into the Big Time of Congress. No floor sessions; no committee hearings. Mandatory attendance at taxpayer expense. He called for it Wednesday at the State Library. The three suspended Senators and two no-shows did not make the meeting. The Senate's problem is not political corruption by ignorant, unethical Democratic Senators. The problem is political corruption by arrogant, dumb and unethical Democratic Senators, two of whom were stupidly caught on FBI wiretaps. They knew they were violating the law. Senator Yee is recorded saying "I hope I don't get indicted." Senator Steinberg recognized the training would not have prevented the kind of corruption of Senators Calderon and Yee. He said "But that's only half the point." The full point was to make it appear that the California Legislature was taking pro-active steps to change its image, if not its conduct. Senator Steinberg, the righteous Senator Steinberg, had earlier contributed $15,000, presumably out of campaign funds, to Senator Wright's Legal Defense Fund. Their problem is that the Senators do not heed the wisdom of former Assembly Speaker "Big Daddy" Jessie Unruh (1961-1969) about lobbyists: "If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, and then vote against them, you have no business being up here." Today's legislators just want to be bought. The Senators met in closed session, followed by a news conference. The first presentation was entitled: "Crating a Culture of Ethics – A National Perspective." The ethically challenged California legislators don't need the national perspective. This is California – not New York or Illinois or Rhode Island. The State Assembly has been too smart to date for a corruption scandal. They learnt from Big Daddy. They met as usual yesterday. Senator Steinberg's office issued a press release: "The group sessions will include a presentation … on strengthening standards of conduct in individual and institutional decision making." These sessions can be interminably boring. No word on rather or nor the Senators and staffers could bring their cell phones, Black Berries, laptops, and notebooks into the meeting, or even scratch paper to doodle on. No telling if any of them were checking to see if they will be indicted next. Remember, a whole month has passed by. No, these California Senators could not work a full day in a library. It only lasted two hours, but they thought it was a full day. They were paid for a full day's work, including perks. Just another day at the public trough. Business, as usual, in Sacramento.
Mass Hysteria in Oregon: Drunk Teenager Urinates - Portland Flushes 38 Millions Gallons
Reservoirs are not naturally clean waters. Stream water, the beautiful, radiant clear water of the mountain stream is impure. Take a look at "pure" stream water or your tap water under a microscope. Watch the bacteria swim. W.C. Fields was once asked if he drank water. His response was "I don't drink water. Fish fuck in it." Animals and birds relieve themselves in reservoirs. Humans, especially children, urinate in them. Dead birds and animals float in them. Municipal reservoirs often serve multiple uses, including boating, fishing, swimming, and bathing. On Wednesday, April 16 eighteen year old Dallas Jeffrey Delynn,a drunk skateboarder proved the power of today's youth. He urinated a few ounces into one of Portland, Oregon's reservoirs. The Portland Water Bureau responded by emptying Reservoir #5 at Mt. Tabor of its 38 million gallons of water, without waiting for the water quality tests. It flushed 38 million gallons of potable water down the stream without waiting for the water quality tests. The teenager was arrested for public urination in a reservoir of pretreated water. The reservoir's pre-treated water was intended to go directly into the city's water pipes without further treatment. An open reservoir cannot be clean. David Shaff, the Director of the Portland Water Bureau, explained "Our customers have an expectation that their water is not deliberately contaminated." He added "The basic commitment of the Water Bureau is to provide clean, cold, and safe water to its customers." He continued "And the basic premise that is that we don't have pee in it." Or, at least, human pee! Bird pee is OK; it apparently passes David Shaff's sanitary standards. Shaff admitted that birds fell into the reservoir. The bacterial risks of a decomposing bird or animal carcass greatly exceed those of a drunk teenager's urine stream, which urine would be quickly dissipated in 38 million gallons of water. Portland's drunk teen was simply practicing pollution control by dilution, a time honored practice in much of the world. The water quality tests came back after the reservoir was drained: the reservoir was clean. The readings for Coliform and E. Coli clean. The Portland Water Bureau reacted similarly in 2011 by draining 8 million gallons from Reservoir #1. We would probably have to drain every reservoir and swimming pool in America because of human urination if we followed Portland's lead. I believe Portland is one of America's greenest cities. Yet, it wastes one of America's most precious resources, water. I think we are looking at a pea brain in David Shaff's pee hang-up. "Water, water, every where. Nor any drop to drink."
$12 Million in Medicaid Is Paid Out In Illinois: Only $12 Million?
The State of Illinois disclosed to the Associated Press pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request that it had paid out in excess of $12 million to over 2900 deceased claimants since 1970. The Illinois state agencies of Healthcare and Family Services, and Human Services couldn't explain how it happened, how they missed the 2900 deceased in state records. State Representative Patti Bullock (R. Hinsdale) said "I'm shocked, but not surprised." We know. Think Illinois. Think Chicago. The dead vote in Chicago. Only Chicago can promise you immortality, at least on the voting rolls. Tombstones in Mt. Olive cemetery have voted for over a century - for Democrats. Who's to say otherwise? The tombstones defy discovery. No depositions, no interrogatories, no cross examination. Their silence is eternal. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon in 1960 by 112,827 votes. Or did here? The history of voting fraud in Chicago and Texas is fairly well documented. JFK carried Illinois by 8,858 votes. Or did he? Major Daley held back the Chicago vote until the next morning to determine the plurality JFK needed to carry Illinois. The Senator miraculously carried Cook County by over 450,000 votes, even including the large Republican margins in the Cook County Republican suburbs. The Mt. Olive ghosts fulfilled the first rule of Chicago voting: "Vote early, Vote often, Make your vote count." William "Bill" Mullen won a Pulitzer prize in 1973 for documenting Chicago's voting fraud in the 1972 election. The United States Attorney for Chicago estimated that the Democratic machine in 1982 manufactured over 100,00 bogus votes in a failed attempt to prevent the gubernatorial election of James Thompson as Governor. 63 were convicted of voter fraud in that election. My colleague, the talk radio host Hugh Hewitt, published in 2004 the book, which sums it up: "If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends On It." Senator Lyndon Baines "Landslide" Johnson, the 1960 vice presidential candidate, fulfilled his role in carrying Texas. The Kennedy-Johnson ticket carried Texas by 46,257 votes. Or did it? One representative example is Fannin County, which saw 6,138 votes cast, with a 75-25 split for the Democrats. Fannin County only had 4,895 registered voters. Vice President Nixon would have received 270 electoral votes, and thus won the 1960 Presidential Election, if he had won Illinois and Texas. If the dead can vote, then they can also receive benefits, an annuity, ad infinitum. This annuity is better than whole life insurance. It cost nothing. The corpses understand their role. The vote and benefits are passable to future generations: the gift, the annuity, that just keeps giving. Indeed, machine politicians understand that they must pay for votes. Philadelphia calls it "Walking around money." Even the dead are paid for their votes. $12 million is a small price to pay for buying the votes of the dead.
Montgomery, Alabama? Why?
My wife told her lunch companions last week that she was going to Montgomery. Alabama. Their response, almost in unison, was an instinctive "why?" The short answer is that I was giving a talk on Tuesday in Montgomery. The longer answer is that Alabama is the only state that I haven't been to. The answer is that I believe in history and Montgomery is the city with some of the most significant history in America. The downtown/Capitol area is a living history museum. So many critical points in American history occurred within a few square miles of downtown Montgomery. Prominent signage marks the historic sites in Montgomery. The memorial signs are not the same as being at the scene at the time, but you can "feel it." The city and state are not hiding from their slavery, secessionist, segregationist past. They mark this past just as they do the Civil Rights Movement. They are airing it all out in public. Both Montgomery and Alabama publish maps and brochures with the appropriate Civil Rights Trail. Montgomery was the "Cradle of the Confederacy." It is the Old South. Montgomery is the birthplace of the modern Civil Rights Movement. The Confederate States of America were formed on February 4, 1861 in the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery. The Provisional Constitution of the Confederacy followed on February 8, 1861. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederacy on the steps of the Capitol on February 18, 1861. The first White House of the Confederacy is across the street from the Capitol. Jefferson Davis lived there with his family until the Capitol was moved months later to Richmond, Virginia. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed 25,000 from the same Capitol steps at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March. Dexter Street runs six blocks from Court Square, a rotary circling an artisan fountain, up Goat Hill to the Capitol. Rosa Sparks walked a few stores from her job as a seamstress to the bus stop on the square on December 1, 1955, a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The three story Winter Building stands across the street from the bus stop. Leroy Pope Walker, Secretary of War for the Confederacy, entered the second floor telegraph office on April 11, 1861 and signaled General P.G.T. Beauregard in Charleston, South Carolina to remove the Union soldiers from Fort Sumter. The shelling began the next day, igniting the Civil War. Slaves were auctioned by the Court Square Fountain. The Dexter Street Baptist Church was earlier a holding pen for slaves. Two blocks, two bus stops down the street, is the bus stop where Rosa Parks refused to stand and yield her seat to a white passenger, igniting the modern Civil Rights Movement. She may not have been legally required under Montgomery law to yield her seat, but the bus driver believed she was. She was immediately arrested. Montgomery blacks responded by mounting a boycott of the busses. They formed the Montgomery Improvement Association to coordinate the boycott. The 24 year old Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., recently arriving in Montgomery for his first ministry (1954-1960), was named the leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association. He soon became the face and voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Attempts were made to assassinate him in Montgomery. The Reverend Ralph David Abernethy preached at the nearby First Baptist Church (the one for blacks – not whites). He became Dr. King's closest friend and successor. Troy University built the Rosa Parks Library and Museum next to the second bus stop. The museum has a replica of the bus, on which a video is shown reenacting the critical moments on the bus. (You can sit on the actual bus in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.) The museum contains several original documents from the history of the Boycott. The successful 381 day Boycott struck a large blow to segregation and the Jim Crow laws. Reverend King's church, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, now the Dexter Ave. King Memorial Baptist Church, is just one block down from the Capitol. Tours are available of the Church. You can stand at his pulpit. The basement is a shrine to Reverend King and the Civil Rights Movement. It contains a wall length mural depicting his life. It is also where the bus boycott was planned. A few blocks away is the Dexter Parsonage Museum, where the King family resided during their six years in Montgomery. Also a few blocks away is the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Memorial and Center, beautifully and movingly designed by Maya Lin. A few blocks up South Court Street from Court Square is the Greyhound Bus Station, where 21 Freedom Riders (mostly college students) from Nashville were assaulted by 200 Ku Klux Klan protestors on May 21, 1961. None were killed, but several were severely injured, including John Seigenthaler, an assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who responded by dispatching hundreds of federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders. Floyd Mann, Alabama Public Safety Director, was a segregationist, but also a man of the law. He believed a deal had been reached between Governor Patterson, Montgomery Commissioner L.B. Sullivan (the Sullivan of New York Times v. Sullivan) and the Attorney General to protect the Freedom Riders. He was wrong. Many Montgomery Police took the day off, while a few motorcycle officers directed traffic. Director Mann stopped the violence and saved lives by sticking his gun on the head of a demonstrator about to kill one of the Freedom Riders. He threatened to kill the demonstrator. I did not know that a white segregationist was the unsung hero of the day. He went on to an illustriuos career in Alabama and Washington, D.C. The Kennedys were hesitant to become too visibly involved in the Civil Rights Movement for fear of losing the southern states in 1964. The violence, especially in Aniston, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma forced them to act. The bus station is now the Freedom Ride Museum. The Capitol originally contained the Governor's Office, the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Alabama House of Representatives, and the Alabama Senate. The Capitol is open to the public and is a museum. A small touch is that the House and Senate chambers now have plaques listing the African American Representatives and Senators who served during Reconstruction. A block from the Capitol is the Alabama Archives and History Building, which contains the Museum of Alabama. The new addition lays out the history of the state, again depicting the good, the bad, and the ugly, the heroic and tragic, the sordid and soaring. Where else but Montgomery will you find the the Hank Williams Museum and the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald House and Museum? We had no idea. Montgomery, like many cities throughout America, has seen better days. The once bustling Dexter Street, with wall to wall hotels, department stores, variety stores, jewelers, and other merchants, is now mostly empty storefronts in faded glory, hopefully awaiting redevelopment. The First Confederate White House was moved in 1920 from the bottom of Goat Hill to its present location across from the Capitol. The former location is now a skate park. How quiet is downtown? There is no Starbucks. No Subway. No McDonald's. No fastfood restaurant at all. One of the downtown restaurants is Wintzell's Oyster House, part of a chain based in Mobile, Alabama. Its wall is plastered with small signs. The two I like are "A dime is a dollar with the taxes out," and "Success only comes before work in the dictionary." Downtown shuts down on Sunday. Montgomery lacks corporate headquarters. Most of the jobs are in government and, to a much lesser extent, tourism. It does have the minor league Class AA Montgomery Biscuits baseball team in Riverfront Stadium. The city is bringing back the downtown riverfront area. Old Alabama Town, scores of restored old stores, residences, and lofts, many in their vintage splendor, is nearby. Taxis do not line up outside the new Renaissance Hotel, connected to the new Montgomery Convention Center and the new Montgomery Performing Arts Center, is nearby. The current bus map lists attractions, Wal-Marts and Sam's Club. Why Montgomery? Because
Praise Be To The Lord: The American Atheists Conclave in Salt Lake City Thursday
Praise Be To The Lord: American Atheists Meet In Salt Lake City Thursday The 51st Annual Convocation of American Atheists is in Salt Lake City on Thursday, the equivalent of bringing refrigerators to Eskimos in January. The opening prayer by no one is on the being of nothingness, followed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's classic rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The atheists fear not Charlton Heston or Joseph Smith descending from the Wasash Mountains with tablets in their hands. The atheists are tempting fate in Salt Lake City. Fortunately, the Mormons are known for their boundless warmth and hospitality. The atheists are reknown for their interminable dourness and hostility. Less than a thousand parishioners are expected in attendance, probably half of whom are media representatives looking for the journalistic miracle that gets them media attention and immortality: "Lightning Smites Atheists: God has Spoken." Legal Tender can neither be tendered nor accepted because it says "In God We Trust." The atheists are in an evangelical mood with the 94% of Americans who believe in God. Alas, atheists cannot convert with the divine fervor of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Atheists have nothing to offer. May the Church of Latter Day Saints unleash the power of scores of Mormon missionaries upon the hapless atheists. The American Atheists claim a kinship with devout Christians worldwide. Just as Jesus Christ was martyred, so too was their spiritual and corporeal founder, Madelyn O'Hair Murray, who was killed along with her son and granddaughter by a money hungry apostle, David Roland Waters, in 1995. Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver grew to $500,000 in gold coins by David Waters. God has no power over human caused inflation. Rather than Salt Lake City, the atheists should have chosen the United States Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado Springs. The Air Force brass are acting like the pre-Constantine Roman Emperors with Christianity. The atheists do not meet in such heathen centers as New York City and San Francisco. The Big Apple is always at risk of a Ghostbusters IV and St. Francis' city has been described as the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. Nor do they gather in the snake handling Pentecostal churches. The atheists are mortally scared of the demon rattlesnake. Let us lift up our arms and pray for them; let us pray for their immortal souls. Let us pray for the Mormon missionaries to do God's will.
Campus Riots Run Amuck: UConn Basketball 2 Championships - UConn Students 1 Riot
The University of Connecticut's Woman's basketball team decisively defeated Notre Dame 79-58 Tuesday evening. Number 1 and Number 2, both undefeated, played for the national title. UConn prevailed, ending the season 40-0 and earning its ninth national title. The University of Connecticut's Men's Basketball Team defeated the University of Kentucky 60-54 Monday evening to win the national title, it's fourth. The University of Connecticut thus won both titles in one year. It has only happened once before, in 2004 – also by UConn. The University of Connecticut had a lot to celebrate. Celebrate it did in its sleepy, rural town of Storrs, Connecticut after Monday's win over Kentucky. UConn simply joined the recent trend with college campuses. Unfortunately, some students and non-students rioted after the men's victory. 34 were arrested, of whom 20 were students. The 35 arrests matched the number ten years earlier when UConn also won both titles. Significantly, no riots occurred after the women's victory. These athletic riots are not a new phenomenon. Rutgers, Maryland, Penn State, and Nebraska have experienced them. The riots cross the spectrum of academic institutions. 5,000 Michigan fans rioted after the 1989 national basketball championship. The fight song became, for a short time afterwards, "Hail to the Victors, Violent." 5,000 Ohio State fans similarly rioted in Columbus on November 23, 2002 when the Buckeyes defeated Michigan 14-9 during the Ohio State perfect season. 107 fires were started, 20 cars damaged, and 70 arrests followed. Winning a title is a joyous occasion for the school, the team, and the fans. A celebration is in order. But not a riot. It's not limited to college teams. Laker fans rioted a few years ago after a game. They were outside Staples Center the entire game. Fans on losing teams have been known to vent their spleen by rioting, such as those of Arizona after its loss, and a few fans in Lexington, Kentucky after the Wildcats' loss to UConn. I remember the campus riots of the 1960'sand 1970's. They were focused on social issues, such as anti-Vietnam War riots, as well as "Free Speech" and "People's Park" on the Berkeley campus. Tragedies resulted at Kent State and Jackson State. I also remember one of the jokes at the time. The riots always occurred in the spring (except for Berkeley and San Francisco State) after the snow melted. The students needed to let loose after being confined for months. Think of Frost Belt students loose in Florida for Spring Break. Today's riots seem to be sheer hedonism and exuberance, fueled by alcohol, underage drinking, and a sense of FUN. The rioters apparently believe they can get away with it because of sheer numbers. Individuals will be lost in the crowd. Some evidence supports the proposition that athletic success is simply the spark, or the excuse, that triggers riots that might otherwise occur. Students two nights ago at Iowa State rioted at 11:30 during the annual Veishea Celebration. The Iowa State President cancelled the remainder of the week-long festival. 55 people, students and non-students, were arrested in Amherst, Massachusetts in pre-St. Patrick's Day festivities this year. The annual Blarney Blowout is sponsored by bars, and has caught on with University of Massachusetts students. UMass lived up to its nickname "ZooMass. (By way of disclosure, my wife has a masters degree from UMass). Drinking was allowed to commence at 10:30AM. The result with undergrads is highly foreseeable. Over 100 were arrested and 44 hospitalized last Saturday in Santa Barbara during the annual spring break Deltopia. The crowd of 15,000 went out of control. Several police officers were injured. The riots occurred in Isla Vista, often referred to as the student ghetto at UCSB. About 100 were arrested last year with dozens of injuries. Umass and UCSB students subsequently complained about overreaction and police brutality in responding to the riots. The crazed rioters do not realize that their faces are captured by video cameras and smart phones. The Ohio State University showed the way in the aftermath of the November 23, 2002 riots. The police posted online photos of suspects. Not all campuses, and most students do not engage in these riotous activities. The University of Connecticut has successfully used its athletic success to raise its academic profile and improve the quality of the academic program. UConn Law School adopted the motto: "A law school the basketball teams can be proud of." Huntington Beach became notorious for riots on the 4th of July. The police cracked down, but a riot occurred July 28 on the last day of the U.S. Open of Surfing. Police posted over 20 photos of suspects online. Luis Gonzalez, one rioter, is apparently a dim bulb. He posted he liked his picture. The police wanted him for writing "F_CK the Pigs" on the sides of police cars. Michael Jay Lytle, another suspect, was arrested a few days after the riots. He was an off-duty Fullerton firefighter. A small minority of students and non-students besmirch the reputations of these colleges, but administrators need to take action to prevent such riots in the future. Universities should expel students involved in campus and community riots. Second, turn off the cameras. One lesson from the riots of the 1960's was that they were energized by the media's coverage. It is difficult for the media to exercise restrain in covering mass riots. They should not publicize these riots until after they are over.
Congressman Jim Moran Proclaims Congress Needs a Pay Raise
Congressman Jim Moran Cries Out for a Congressional Pay Raise The fiery, bombastic, hot-tempered, anti-Semitic, always colorful Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia's 8th Congressional District announced earlier his retirement from Congress. The lifetime Congressman is a living , breathing, walking, bloviating argument for term limits. The now politically liberated Congressman said Thursday Congress needs a pay increase: "I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid." Congressman Moran is not known in Washington as a deep thinker, but rather for thinking more with his fists than his brain. Second, our "underpaid" members of Congress earn $174,000 annually, which puts them in the top 2% of America. However, the top 2% can still demagogue against the top 1%. These are some of the benefits our "underpaid" members of Congress receive: 1) Full vesting of pensions after 5 years of service. They only contribute 1.3% of their salary to their pensions. Congressman Moran is in line for a Congressional pension estimated to be as high as $100,000 annually. 2) Free, preferred parking at Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport. 3) Bipartisan international junkets on "fact finding" missions 4) First class tickets at taxpayer expense. Then Speaker Nancy Pelosi topped that by flying military jets back and forth to San Francisco from D.C. 5) A Congressional gym 6) Death benefits 7) Heath insurance, albeit now through the District of Columbia Exchange 8) House and Senate Dining Rooms, often operating at a loss 9) Congressional barbershops, often operating at a loss 10) House and Senate gyms, which remained open during the government shutdown. The House gym includes a heated swimming pool, sauna, basketball court, paddleball courts, a steam room and flat screen TV. The Senate gym includes tennis courts 11) Hitting on interns, pages, and secretaries – at least in the past 12) Occasionally supplementing the Congressional income on the side 13) Insider trading. Members of Congress can legally trade on inside information. Third, our elected representatives are part-time workers. Congress may technically be in session for extended periods during the year, but members of Congress are not. 5 day weeks are anathema to our elected, public servants in D.C. The proposed 2013 House Calendar had 239 days off. Our "underpaid" Representatives currently hold a 15% approval rating by the public. If only they were paid what they were worth? Congressman Moran also remarked that "A lot of members can't afford to live decently at their job in Washington. He's not one of them. He resides across the Potomac at home within easy commuting range of the Capitol. We're not sure about the home. The once-millionaire is going through his third divorce and lost his millions gambling in the market. Members of Congress knew the pay when they ran for office. They have free will and determinism. THe Representative noted that members of Congress have now gone three years without a raise. The millions of Americans who lost their jobs and benefits, or saw them reduced over the past half decade, are hardly sympathetic to Congressman who have received a frozen $174,000 each of the past three years. Congressman Moran never forgot that we the public are serving the "public servants" rather them serving us.
Gun Free Military Bases: An Oxymoron
Oxymoron: "A figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side." "Gun free military zone" is a true oxymoron. Military personnel are not even allowed to keep personal guns in their on-based housing. Our highly trained military personnel have less ability therefore to defend themselves and their families than off-base civilians. That too is an oxymoron. Our brave young men and service are trained to protect us, but they are not allowed to protect themselves, except by "duck and cover" or "shelter in place." Yet again, an oxymoron within an oxymoron. Thus, as in the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood attack by Nidal Hasan with 13 dead and over 30 wounded, the Washington Navy Yard killings of Aaron Alexis on September 16, 2013 with 12 dead and 3 wounded, and Wednesday's second Fort Hood shooting in 5 years with Ivan Lopez killing three and wounding 16, the highly trained, defenseless soldiers, marines, and sailors can be moved down. The policy is 20 years old, being attributed to the first months of the Clinton Administration, but it actually began in President George H. W. Bush's Administration. A Defense Department Directive in April 2011 reaffirmed "Armed DoD personnel with firearms shall be limited and controlled." "Gun free zones" do not deter shootings. The killings in schools, such as Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Virginia Tech are in gun free zones. The shootings at movie theatres, churches, city halls, post offices, law firms, hair salons, factories, and fast food restaurants were in unarmed civilian facilities, technically not "gun free zones," but tragedies, broken only when police can arrive on the scene after the mass killings commenced. Military bases are different. Armed soldiers could respond immediately, as they are trained to do, rather than waiting for the inevitable delay, however short, before the arrival of MP's or civilian police. President Obama said of Tuesday's shootings: "They served with valor. They served with distinction. And when they are at their home base they feel safe." Our soldiers serve with valor and distinction, but they should not feel safe at home on their base. A "Gun free zone" is not gun free when crazed fanatics can bring guns onto a base. Gun free is not gun proof. That is not an oxymoron. Never forget, "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."
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