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January 19, 2020 by OUR COMMON GROUND
Civil rights legend Ruby Sales (OUR COMMON GROUND Voice) learned to ask "Where does it hurt?" because it's a question that drives to the heart of the matter — and a question we scarcely know how to ask in public life now. Sales says we must be as clear about what we love as about what we hate if we want to make change. And even as she unsettles some of what we think we know about the force of religion in civil rights history, she names a "spiritual crisis of white America" as a calling of today.
Source: Ruby Sales — Where Does It Hurt? – The On Being Project
Ruby Nell Sales is a highly-trained, experienced, and deeply-committed social activist, scholar, administrator, manager, public theologian, and educator in the areas of Civil, Gender, and other Human Rights. She is an excellent public speaker, with a proven track record in conflict resolution and consensus building. Ms. Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender, and reconciliation, and she has done ground-breaking work on community and nonviolence formation. Ms. Sales also serves as a national convener of the Every Church A Peace Church Movement.
Along with other SNCC workers, Sales joined young people from Fort Deposit, Alabama who organized a demonstration to protest the actions of the local White grocery-store owners who cheated their parents. The group was arrested and held in jail and then suddenly released. Jonathan Daniels, a White seminarian and freedom worker from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts was assassinated as he pulled Sales out of the line of fire when they attempted to enter Cash Grocery Store to buy sodas for other freedom workers who were released from jail. Tom Coleman also shot and deeply wounded Father Richard Morrisroe, a priest from Chicago. Despite threats of violence, Sales was determined to attend the trial of Daniels' murderer, Tom Coleman, and to testify on behalf of her slain colleague.
As a social activist, Sales has served on many committees to further the work of reconciliation, education, and awareness. She has served on the Steering Committee for International Women's Day, Washington, D.C.; the James Porter Colloquium Committee, Howard University, Washington, D.C.; the Coordinating Committee, People's Coalition, Washington, D.C.; the President's Committee On Race, University of Maryland; and the Coalition on Violence Against Women, Amnesty International, Washington, D.C. She was a founding member of Sage Magazine: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. Sales received a Certificate of Gratitude for her work on Eyes on the Prize. Additionally, she was featured in Broken Ground: A Film on Race Relations in the South, by Broken Ground Productions. From 1991-1994, Sales founded and directed the national nonprofit organization Women of All Colors, dedicated to improving the overall quality of life for women, their families, and the communities in which they live. Women of All Colors organized a week-long SisterSpeak that brought more than 80 Black women together to set a national agenda.
In 2000, Dan Rather spotlighted Sales on his "American Dream" Segment. In 1999, Selma, Alabama gave Sales the key to the city to honor her contributions there. In 2007, Sales moved to Columbus, Georgia, where she organized: a southern summit on racism; a national write-in campaign to save Albany State from being merged into a White college; a grassroots and media campaign to shed light on the death of seventeen year old, Billye Jo Johnson, who allegedly killed himself on a dark road in Lucedale, Mississippi when a deputy stopped him for speeding; Long Train Running Towards Justice, which celebrated the work of Black teachers during segregation and explored the ways that the Black school culture has been destroyed by White officials under the guise of desegregation; and a meeting with students at Savannah State to assist them in organizing and mobilizing a move by officials to merge Savannah State with a White college.
"Ruby Nell Sales is an African-American social justice activist. She attended local segregated schools and was also educated in the community during the 1960s era of the Civil Rights Movement. She has been described as a "legendary civil rights activist" by the PBS program "Religion and Ethics Weekly" Wikipedia
Born: July 8, 1948 (age 71 years), Jemison, AL
Education: Tuskegee University, Episcopal Divinity School "
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HARTFORD, Conn. — On a sweltering Saturday afternoon last June, Crystal Carter took a deep breath as she walked toward the red "for rent" sign.
Shaded by tall oak trees, the three-story duplex looked cozy. The first floor siding was painted yellow, with white railings leading to the front door. The windows appeared new, the lawn freshly cut.
Although the property was in Barry Square, on the edge of a struggling area in southern Hartford, the family outside buoyed Carter's spirits. Four children giggled in a recliner in the front yard, singing along to the radio while their father packed a moving truck. Across the street were Trinity College's dignified brick pillars, the entry to the elite school's 100-acre campus.
Carter tried to tamp down her excitement, but this looked like the kind of place the 48-year-old single mother so desperately wanted for her five kids: no mouse traps, no chipped paint trying to camouflage mold.
"You own this place?" she asked the sweat-soaked man. Yes, he said. "Are you renting it out, or has it already been rented?"
He put down a crate and offered her a tour of the first-floor, four-bedroom unit. Inside, she marveled at the modern kitchen, finished hardwood floors and large closets.
"This is a lot of space. When are you putting this on the market?" she asked.
"It's ready, if you want to do the application," he told her. Rent was $1,500 a month.
Carter paused.
"I'll be paying with a Section 8 voucher," she said.
"Yeah," the man shot back. "I don't do Section 8."
Officially called Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 rent subsidies were supposed to help low-income people find decent housing outside poor communities. But, for the better part of a year, Carter had found the opposite. This was easily the 50th place she had toured since her landlord sold her last apartment and evicted her. Nearly all of them were in poor areas. They had holes in the wall, uncovered electrical outlets, even roaches and mice. When she hit upon something clean, she learned not to ask too many questions. She complimented the landlord, talked about her children and emphasized that she didn't smoke. None of it seemed to matter, though, once she uttered two words: Section 8.
Now, as Carter showed herself out of the first-floor rental, she felt panic welling within. "There really are no doors open for people that have a voucher," she said afterward. "It makes you feel ashamed to even have one." Typically, vouchers come with a time limit to find housing, and Carter had already won three extensions. She wasn't sure she'd get another.
She had just 40 days left to find a place to live.
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As the federal government retreated from building new public housing in the 1970s, it envisioned Section 8 vouchers as a more efficient way of subsidizing housing for the poor in the private market. They now constitute the largest rental assistance program in the country, providing almost $23 billion in aid each year to 2.2 million households. Local housing authorities administer the program with an annual budget from Washington and are given wide latitude on how many vouchers they hand out and how much each is worth. The bulk of the vouchers are reserved for families who make 30% or less of an area's median income. That is $30,300 or less for a family of four in Hartford.
For years, researchers and policymakers have lamented the program's failure to achieve one of its key goals: giving families a chance at living in safer communities with better schools. Low-income people across the country struggle to use their vouchers outside of high-poverty neighborhoods.
In Connecticut, the problem is especially acute. An analysis of federal voucher data by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica found that 55% of the state's nearly 35,000 voucher holders live in neighborhoods with concentrated poverty. That's higher than the national average of 49% and the rates in 43 other states.
The segregation results, at least in part, from exclusionary zoning requirements that local officials have long used to block or limit affordable housing in prosperous areas. As the Mirror and ProPublica reported in November, state authorities have done little to challenge those practices, instead steering taxpayer money to build more subsidized developments in struggling communities.
Dozens of voucher holders in Connecticut say this concentration has left them with few housing options. Local housing authorities often provide a blue booklet of Section 8-friendly properties, but many of the ones listed are complexes that have a reputation for being rundown and are in struggling communities or have long waitlists. Many recipients call it the "Black Book" because "you are going to the dark side, for real. The apartments in that black book are nasty and disgusting," said Janieka Lewis, a Hartford resident whose home is infested with mice.
Separated by Design: How Some of America's Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
In southwest Connecticut, the gap between rich and poor is wider than anywhere else in the country. Invisible walls created by local zoning boards and the state government block affordable housing and, by extension, the people who need it.
Josh Serrano also lives in one of the state's poorest neighborhoods. After landing a voucher in 2018, he tried to find a place in the middle-class town of West Hartford, where his son lives part time with his mother. He also looked in nearby Manchester and Simsbury. At each stop, the rent was higher than his voucher's value or the landlord wouldn't take a voucher.
"There is an invisible wall surrounding Hartford for those of us who are poor and particularly have black or brown skin like myself," he said. "No community wanted me and my son."
Nearly 80% of the state's voucher holders are black or Hispanic and half have children. Their average income is $17,200 a year and the average amount they pay in rent out of pocket is $413 a month.
The federal government has taken a mostly hands-off approach to ensuring the Section 8 program is working as it was originally intended. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development typically leaves it up to each housing authority to determine how much a voucher is worth, which essentially determines the type of neighborhood a voucher holder can afford. And when HUD assesses the work of housing authorities — to decide whether to increase federal oversight — only a tiny fraction is based on whether local officials are "expanding housing opportunities … outside areas of poverty or minority concentration." (And even at that, nearly all housing authorities receive full credit.)
Moreover, federal law does not make it illegal for a landlord to turn down a prospective tenant if they plan to pay with a voucher, so HUD does not investigate complaints of landlords who won't accept Section 8 vouchers.
Connecticut goes further. It is one of 14 states where it's illegal to deny someone housing because they plan to use a Section 8 voucher. And the state allocated more than $820,000 in the last fiscal year to help pay for 10 investigators to look into complaints of all types of housing discrimination and provide legal assistance. "There has been an effort to try to change" housing segregation, said Seila Mosquera-Bruno, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Housing.
But those efforts have done little to prevent landlords from continuing to reject voucher holders. The groups charged with investigating housing complaints say they lack the resources to be proactive and believe they are only seeing a fraction of what's really going on.
"Housing providers keep coming up with ways to rent to who they want to rent and find ways around housing discrimination laws," said Erin Kemple, executive director of the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, which investigates complaints. "There is a lot more discrimination going on than what we are investigating."
In 2018, fewer than 75 complaints were made that accused the landlord or owner of refusing to accept a voucher or some other legal source of income, such as Social Security. The Connecticut Fair Housing Center said that figure isn't low because discrimination is scarce but rather because prospective tenants are fearful that complaining could hurt them and know that it will do nothing to help them with their immediate needs; investigations can take longer than the time they have to find a house with their vouchers.
"In order to make it a real priority and address the real effects of discrimination in society, the government should dedicate more resources to ferreting it out," said Greg Kirschner, the group's legal director.
A Hartford native, Carter reluctantly moved back to her hometown in 2011 to escape an abusive relationship. She had delayed relocating, she said, because she worried she'd be taking her children from a quiet neighborhood in Florida to a "war zone" in Connecticut.
"They not from the streets. Their heart is trying to be goofy-cool," she said of her three sons, now 10, 17 and 18, and two daughters, ages 13 and 14. "They don't have that fight in them. I do." (Worried about her children's privacy, Carter asked that they not be named in this story.)
More: Source: How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out — ProPublica
Posted in Banking and Financial Policies, Black economics, Black Homeownership, Black Land Wealth, Black Political Activism, Blacks and the Credit Industry, Community Activism and Action, Congress and Public Policy, Entitlement Issues Public Policy, Government Policies, Housing, National Issue, Race, Racism and White Privilege, State and Local Issues, State and Local Political Issues.	Tagged Housing Choice Vouchers, housing crisis, housing discrimination, HUD Office of Public Housing, Rental housing discrimination, Section 8
January 1, 2020 by OUR COMMON GROUND
How slavery became America's first big business
Historian and author Edward E. Baptist explains how slavery helped the US go from a "colonial economy to the second biggest industrial power in the world."
By P.R. Lockhart Aug 16, 2019
"Of the many myths told about American slavery, one of the biggest is that it was an archaic practice that only enriched a small number of men.
The argument has often been used to diminish the scale of slavery, reducing it to a crime committed by a few Southern planters, one that did not touch the rest of the United States. Slavery, the argument goes, was an inefficient system, and the labor of the enslaved was considered less productive than that of a free worker being paid a wage. The use of enslaved labor has been presented as premodern, a practice that had no ties to the capitalism that allowed America to become — and remain — a leading global economy.
But as with so many stories about slavery, this is untrue. Slavery, particularly the cotton slavery that existed from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the Civil War, was a thoroughly modern business, one that was continuously changing to maximize profits.
To grow the cotton that would clothe the world and fuel global industrialization, thousands of young enslaved men and women — the children of stolen ancestors legally treated as property — were transported from Maryland and Virginia hundreds of miles south, and forcibly retrained to become America's most efficient laborers. As they were pushed into the expanding territories of Mississippi and Louisiana, sold and bid on at auctions, and resettled onto forced labor camps, they were given a task: to plant and pick thousands of pounds of cotton.
In this 1897 photo, African American men and boys are shown picking cotton on a plantation in Atlanta, Georgia.
The bodies of the enslaved served as America's largest financial asset, and they were forced to maintain America's most exported commodity. In 60 years, from 1801 to 1862, the amount of cotton picked daily by an enslaved person increased 400 percent. The profits from cotton propelled the US into a position as one of the leading economies in the world, and made the South its most prosperous region. The ownership of enslaved people increased wealth for Southern planters so much that by the dawn of the Civil War, the Mississippi River Valley had more millionaires per capita than any other region.
In recent years, a growing field of scholarship has outlined how America — through the country's geographic growth after the American Revolution and enslavers' desire for increased cotton production — created a complex system aimed at monetizing and maximizing the labor of the enslaved. In the cotton fields of the Deep South, this system rested on the continuous threat of violence and a meticulous use of record-keeping. The labor of each person was tracked daily, and those who did not meet their assigned picking goals were beaten. The best workers were beaten as well, the whip and other assaults coercing them into doing even more work in even less time.
As overseers and plantation owners managed a forced-labor system aimed at maximizing efficiency, they interacted with a network of bankers and accountants, and took out lines of credit and mortgages, all to manage America's empire of cotton. An entire industry, America's first big business, revolved around slavery.
"The slavery economy of the US South is deeply tied financially to the North, to Britain, to the point that we can say that people who were buying financial products in these other places were in effect owning slaves, and were extracting money from the labor of enslaved people," says Edward E. Baptist, a historian at Cornell University and the author of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.
Baptist's book came out in 2014, the same year that essays like the Ta-Nehisi Coates's "The Case for Reparations" and protests like the Ferguson Uprising would call attention to injustices in wealth and policing that continue to affect black communities — injustices that Baptist and other academics see as being closely connected to the deprivations of slavery. As America observes 400 years since the 1619 arrival of enslaved Africans to the colony of Virginia, these deprivations are seeing increased attention — and so are the ways America's economic empire, built on the backs of the enslaved, connects to the present.
I recently spoke with Baptist about how cotton slavery transformed the American economy, how torture, violence, and family separations were used to maximize profits, and how understanding the economic power of slavery impacts current discussions of reparations. A transcript of our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
P.R. Lockhart
When you talk about the sort of myth-making that has been used to create specific narratives about slavery, one of the things you focus on most is the relationship between slavery and the American economy. What are some of the myths that get told when it comes to understanding how slavery is tied to American capitalism?
Edward E. Baptist
One of the myths is that slavery was not fuel for the growth of the American economy, that it actually the brakes put on US growth. There's a story that claims slavery was less efficient, that wage labor and industrial production wasn't significant for the massive transformation of the US economy that you see between the time of Independence and the time of the Civil War.
And yet that period is when you see the US go from being a colonial, primarily agricultural economy to being the second biggest industrial power in the world — and well on its way to becoming the largest industrial power in the world.
Another myth is that slavery, in and of itself as an economic system, was unchanging. We fetishize machine and machine production and see it as quintessentially modern — the kinds of improvements in production and efficiency that you see from hooking up a cotton spindle to a set of pulleys, which are in turn pulled by a water wheel or steam engine. That's seen as more efficient than the old way of someone sitting there and doing it by hand.
But you can also get changes in efficiency if you change the pattern of production and you change the incentives of the labor and the labor process itself. And we still make these sorts of changes today in businesses — the kind of transformations that speed up work to a point where we say that it is modern and dynamic. And we see these types of changes in slavery as well, particularly during cotton slavery in the 19th-century US.
The difference, of course, is that this is not the work of wage workers or professional workers. It is the work of enslaved people. And the incentive is not "do this or you'll get fired" or "you won't get a raise." The incentive is that if you don't do this you'll get whipped — or worse.
The third myth about this is that there was not a tight relationship between slavery in the South and what was happening in the North and other parts of the modern Western world in the 19th century. It was a very close relationship: Cotton was the No. 1 export from the US, which was largely an export-driven economy as it was modernizing and shifting into industrialization. And the slavery economy of the US South was deeply tied financially to the North, to Britain, to the point that we can say that people who were buying financial products in these other places were in effect owning slaves and were certainly extracting money from the labor of enslaved people.
So those are the three myths: that slavery did not cause in any significant way the development and transformation of the US economy, that slavery was not a modern or dynamic labor system, and that what was happening in the South was a separate thing from the rest of the US. . . ."
Read the full interview here: Source: How slavery became the building block of the American economy – Vox
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Dow 14,000: What to Do Now
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The great thing about Google's business model is not how they make money but how much their data generation reveals about the world.
For instance, if you take a look at Google Trends, their page on search statistics, it's not hard to see people that are getting interested in stocks again. A search for the phrase Dow 14000 was hugely popular in July 2007.
You see the phrase come up again and again in the intervening years, hitting peaks in October 2008 (October is a touchy month in market history), then March 2009 (the recent bottom) and then not again in a big way until February 2012, when the industrials were flirting with 13,000 once gain.
Needless to say, the hype-o-meter has taken off, thanks to the index's recent performance.
That has unleashed a wave of media stories, naturally, about small investors and whether they will dip a toe back into the equities markets.
Leaving aside for a moment the fact that index and exchange-traded funds have been raking in assets once housed in active mutual funds, there is a question worth posing: "Are stocks safe again?'
Of course stocks aren't "safe." They never were and never will be. That's what risk is all about. If you wanted an investment that paid a return at virtually zero risk, you would buy an insured bank CD or put your money in a savings account.
The next step up the ladder of relative safety is bonds, particularly U.S. Treasury bonds.
Yet the bond market implies all kinds of risks most small investors ignore, such as credit risk (that a government or corporation won't pay you back) and interest rate risk (that you won't be able to sell a long-dated bond because newer bonds pay more interest).
And of course there is the risk, shared by any so-called "safe" investment, that your return will fall behind inflation itself.
But the bottom line is more simple than that: Bonds are a type of loan for which you can expect the return of your principal in time. Stocks are not.
Unless, apparently, you are Jack Bogle. The founder of The Vanguard Group made an interesting case in an interview with CNBC.
Put simply, he said, stocks over the coming decade will be "income generators" for investors.
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By the Letters: Blambot's Nate Piekos
Wendy Browne January 28, 2019 January 28, 2019
An incredible amount of work and attention to detail goes into lettering a comic that the average reader is likely not aware of, despite the fact that it is the lettering of a comic that can help guide the reading experience from panel to panel. Nate Piekos has been working in comics lettering, typography, and graphic design for over fifteen years, after graduating from Rhode Island College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design. His name appears on many, many comic credit pages and earned him several accolades, and he is the mastermind of the font website Blambot. He is also the creator of the webcomics, Atland, and The Berserker's Daughter, and the online choose-your-0wn-adventure novel, Dead Ends. His expertise has helped shape the comic book industry, from the biggest titles, to indie and webcomics.
In my research, I discovered several interesting articles written by or about Piekos and his work as a letterer, including this one on how he created a font to mimic Wendy Pini's handwriting for Elfquest and went on to letter the story's final quest. Taking time out of his busy schedule, Piekos answered a few questions about several of these pieces, as well as all the helpful tools Blambot has to offer.
Two years ago, you offered a list of 13 things to help readers like me better appreciate the work letterers do, including the evolution of lettering practices, just what letters a letterer is responsible for, industry specific terms, and more. Do you have any updates to that list, based on changes in the industry/technology/etc.?
No changes—it all still holds true, and letterers are still trying to reinforce those standards, but it's a hard sell when lettering is an "invisible art." I was thinking about this recently when I went to see a superhero movie; there was comic book lettering on-screen throughout the film, and clearly no one hired or consulted an actual comic book letterer to create that lettering. The very specific conventions of comic book lettering were ignored. I can't think of a comic book movie that's gotten it right yet.
You recently introduced "Contextual Alternate Feature" for your pro dialogue fonts. Can you break this down into layman's terms?
Contextual Alternates and Opentype Autoligatures are ways that the font designer can program a font to react a certain way as you type. A little behind the scenes magic. My new pro dialogue fonts contain six different versions of each letter, three versions of each number, etc., so that as you type, they seem to swap out so the whole thing looks more handwritten and organic. Last year I created my first font featuring all these perks, called Collect Em All BB.
Blambot has been instrumental in refining the comic lettering craft and the industry as a whole, but your focus is not only on the big publishing companies. By offering free fonts to the indie creator community, tips and tricks, instructional videos, and more, you're making the industry more accessible to everyone who is passionate about making comics. What inspired this approach to your business? Why do you feel it's important?
When I was in design school, I was making my own photocopied comics and passing them out to friends. There were no affordable comic fonts at the time, so I started figuring out how to make my own. After graduating, it took me about six years to "break into" comics, so I know what it's like to have a passion, but not have the resources. I decided then that I would always support folks in my situation. I got lucky, and this has been my full-time career for almost 15 years, but I've never forgotten. At the same time, I'm raising the overall quality of comic book lettering; teaching people how to do it well. That's important to me, too.
Earlier this year, you worked with Kriota Wilberg on an interview regarding work-related injuries you have struggled with. How has your work evolved to accommodate and hopefully prevent further injury? What advice would you offer to amateurs and other professionals to avoid or mitigate such concerns for themselves?
I made it a mission to make my office as ergonomic as it could possibly be; sit-stand desk, Herman Miller Embody and Aeron chairs, I retired my Wacom Cintiq for an Intuos tablet, and on and on. But most importantly, I don't work myself to death anymore. I work a reasonable day with breaks and stretching. I will no longer kill myself for my job. My advice would be: there's this bogus notion in comics that it's heroic or "just something we have to put up with," to do over-nighters, or work all weekend. But this will catch up to you. It's cumulative. I've shown some physical therapists the typical workspace and body positions that most comic creators are in all day, and they were horrified. I wish someone had warned me in my 20s. But people don't pay attention to these things until it's them personally suddenly going through the pain and expense. The good news is I'm better, but it's taken years just to get to "better."
What inspires the creation of a new font? Typically, how long does the process take?
Inspiration comes from a lot of places, but usually necessity! I'll get a new project to letter and realize I don't have a font that would fit a certain function, or work well with a certain style of art. Of course, it's too late to use on that project, but I file away the idea for future development. The process can vary widely based on the font, usually anywhere from a few weeks, to a few months. The more complex the font, the longer it takes. I usually start out with good old ink and bristol board, then move to Adobe Illustrator to do the bulk of the design work, and finally to Fontlab to make the actual software.
Is there a particular font creation project that stands out most for you, for good or bad reasons?
Some of my favorites include the font used by Charles Schulz and Associates, which was eventually turned into the new PEANUTS logo that you see everywhere now, including the 2015 animated movie. They hired me to develop an entire alphabet from some of Schulz's drawings. Another is the font, Might Makes Right BB, which I feel like was a high benchmark for me. I've designed hundreds of fonts, but up until that one, I'd never been more satisfied with the end product.
As far as low points, I have a hard time looking at my older catalog; I only see the flaws. I wasn't good enough at kerning, or the design needed more work, etc. But luckily, there's always some people out there who really like them.
What are your tools of the trade? How has your process evolved over time?
I'm predominantly digital like everyone else: my studio has a primary 27" iMac with a dual monitor set up (another 27" of desktop). I use a Wacom Intuos tablet. I also have a secondary iMac (truth be told, it's mostly for Netflix and music while I work…) and a MacBook Pro that's basically just to check email when I travel. For software, I letter, design logos, and fonts in Adobe Illustrator, I digitally hand letter in Photoshop, and I build font software in Fontlab. But I still have a complete hand lettering set up in the office: my dad's old drafting board from the '70s, Bristol board, ink, and all manner of modern and vintage lettering tools. And yes, I still use them! Mostly for concept work that eventually becomes fonts.
My process is now all about streamlining. I'm constantly chasing down ways to shave time off the process of creating and focus more on the creating itself. All kinds of shortcut keys, programmable actions in Illustrator, etc. I barely even look down at the keyboard, or use the tools menu in Illustrator. My left hand operates by muscle memory on all those shortcuts, while my right holds the stylus for my tablet.
Name three things that you love about your work as a comic book letterer, and one thing that you wish could change/vanish.
What I love:
1.) That I'm my own boss. I set my own hours. I grew up at the foot of my dad's drafting board; he's a self-employed architect, and I knew even then that I wanted to call my own shots.
2.) I get to work in an industry I've loved since I was a pre-teen. I get to work with my heroes; people I looked up to as a kid are now people I talk to all the time. And also, working with my contemporaries, who are amazingly talented. We all came up together, and there's a bond that comes with that. And of course, now I'm old enough (43) to work with the people coming up under me. It's truly an honor to hear, "I've been following your work since I was a teenager, and you're the reason why I wanted to do this."
3.) That my work is appreciated by the folks buying the comics and my fonts. I'm so lucky that those people afford me the opportunity to make a living doing what I love.
As to what I would change in the industry, I touched on above; comic creators are all too willing to sacrifice their health. And sadly, there are publishers out there who realize that this works in their favor, and treat freelancers as disposable and interchangeable. We can't change that unless we all communicate better, and refuse to treat ourselves, or be treated, that way.
Follow Nate Piekos on Twitter where he frequently shares more lettering tips and progress posts as he continues to refine the fine art of comic book lettering.
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After Carla left the company in 2002, Chuck continued the business working with his wife and partner, Jean. Today, we are one of the leading independent dealers in the state of Ohio.
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Students grade 3-5 may participate in a year-long preparatory curriculum for FREE — contact Outreach & Education Coordinator Bernie Brink via email for details.
Tickets are $4.50 per person when payment is received by January 3, 2020. $5.00 per person thereafter.
Schools receiving Title I need-based funding receive admission at no cost. Please indicate eligibility on registration (see below).
Link Up curriculum is offered FREE to all participating schools and students, including teacher's guide, student workbooks, audio and video resources, and assessment tools. Teachers are also invited to our Link Up Professional Development session, held in the fall.
Additionally, the Philharmonic docent program offers free assistance to your classroom. One of our experienced, knowledgeable docents will visit your school and make a presentation that will prepare your students for their experience with the orchestra. Available for all Philharmonic Kids concerts; contact Bernie Brink via email to arrange for a docent.
Contact Outreach & Education Coordinator Bernie Brink at 719-344-2456, or send an email.
Link Up with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic is a FREE program for students in grades 3-5 that provides textbooks, digital resources, professional development, and in-classroom support to teachers. Students explore orchestral repertoire to learn basic musical concepts through listening, composition, and performance with the help of extensive standards-based classroom activities and materials produced by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. Linking your classroom to the concert hall, this engaging program culminates in a spring concert at the Pikes Peak Center where students sing and play along with the orchestra from their seats.
Participation is completely free for schools receiving Title I assistance.
Non-Title I schools receive all curricular materials for free when they purchase tickets for the concert.
Complete your free registration here on our website.
Receive your FREE Link Up Teacher's Guide and student workbooks by contacting Outreach & Education Coordinator Bernie Brink (719-344-2456 or bernie@csphilharmonic.org).
Obtain instruments for the program. Link Up includes tracks for voice, recorder, or violin, but band and orchestra instruments are also welcome. Recorders are available from the Philharmonic for $5.00 each.
Attend a Link Up professional development seminar in the fall. This workshop will focus on tailoring the curriculum to your students' goals, and you'll have the chance to hear from seasoned participants in the Philharmonic's Link Up program.
Learn the Link Up repertoire. The Link Up curriculum is designed to be supplemental and flexible. You choose what activities will best suit your students and existing lesson plans, and you may be as ambitious as you please in learning the repertoire. Many schools begin tackling the Link Up curriculum at least 3 months prior to the concert, so they are prepared to play well and have the most interactive, fun experience possible at the concert!
Attend the culminating Link Up concert in February at the Pikes Peak Center with up to 1,800 other students and teachers from throughout the region. The concert is fun and interactive, and your students will be invited to sing, play and dance along with our professional orchestra!
Link Up is designed to grow with your student. You can participate again the following year with a whole new repertoire with new concepts and challenges!


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Campaigns Buying Personal Data to Influence Votes
New details have been revealed on the efforts by Democrats and Republicans to mine American voters' personal data to influence the outcome of next month's election. The New York Times reports the Obama and Romney campaigns are purchasing an unprecedented amount of personal information from private companies and using it to encourage or convince targeted voters to head to the polls. The information collected includes everything from religious ties, interest in pornographic sites, product preferences, financial status, social media affiliations and whether a voter has gay friends. That information is then used to shape the approach of unsolicited phone calls from campaign staffers to the voters, based on how they have been analyzed. Some voters will even be pushed to vote by being publicly "shamed," when the campaign publicly divulges how frequently they and their neighbors have previously voted in the hopes that public disclosure will spur them to action.
Obama, Romney Prepare for 2nd Presidential Debate
With just over three weeks until the election, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will hold their second debate on Tuesday at New York's Hofstra University. On Friday, Romney and vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed supporters in Ohio just hours after Ryan squared off against Vice President Joe Biden.
Mitt Romney: "When it came to jobs, both last night with Vice President Biden and my debate with President Obama, they didn't have a plan for creating jobs for middle-income Americans. They say they care for middle-income Americans, and I believe they care. They just don't know what to do, and so they say, well, they're going to have another stimulus. How did the last one work out, you know?"
Paul Ryan: "What we are witnessing when we turn our TVs on a daily basis is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy. And when you say it's OK to impose these devastating cuts in our military or that we don't need any more Lima-built M1 tanks, what we are doing is we're projecting weakness. And when we project weakness abroad, our enemies become more brazen, our enemies are more tempting to test us, and our allies are less willing to trust us."
Meanwhile, Vice President Biden addressed supporters in Wisconsin, where he said the differences between the two campaigns are as stark as any in his lifetime.
Vice President Joe Biden: "Anyone who watched that debate, I don't think there's any doubt that Congressman Ryan and I, Governor Romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for America and, quite frankly, a fundamentally different value set. And the fact is that the differences that we have about the future of this country are, quite frankly, profound. They're as profound as any differences in any presidential campaign that I have observed, that I've been involved in."
HRW: Syrian Regime Dropping Cluster Bombs on Civilians
The Syrian government is being accused of continuing to drop cluster bombs on civilian areas in recent attacks on rebel strongholds. In a new report, Human Rights Watch says the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used military planes and helicopters to drop the cluster munitions, further endangering civilians with the unexploded bomblets left on the ground. Human Rights Watch U.N. Director Philippe Bolopion condemned the bombings.
Philippe Bolopion: "If we needed any further proof of the Syrian government's complete disregard for the lives of its own citizens and its own children, well, here it is, because we know now that the government is using cluster munitions in populated areas. And, of course, these weapons are extremely dangerous for the civilian population and the children, because most of the bomblets that are left on the ground do not detonate on impact and they remain active for weeks, months and sometimes years."
U.K. to Begin Afghan Withdrawal in 2013
The British government has announced plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year. British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond says despite the withdrawals, more than half of British troops in Afghanistan will still remain behind until the U.S. pullout one year later in 2014.
British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond: "I would expect it to be significant, which means thousands, not hundreds, but I would not expect it to be the majority of our forces out by the end of next year. We will have — by the beginning of 2013, we'll have 9,000 troops there, and by the end of 2014, we'll have virtually none. And I would expect there to be a significant step at the end of 2013."
Study: U.S. Bombings Caused "Staggering Increases" in Iraqi Birth Defects, Miscarriages
A new study has provided further evidence of the damage to Iraqi public health caused by the 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation. The Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology found "staggering increases" in Iraqi birth defects and miscarriages in the Iraqi cities of Basra and Fallujah, which both endured heavy U.S. bombing. Iraqi children were found to have elevated levels of mercury and lead, key elements in the manufacture of bullets and bombs. Overall, the study says U.S. bombings have left a "footprint of metal in the population," causing a "public health crisis." Next March will mark the Iraq War's 10th anniversary.
Torture in U.S. Custody to Be Raised at Gitmo Hearing for 9/11 Suspects
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four suspected co-conspirators will appear today in a Guantánamo Bay military courtroom for a pretrial hearing in their tribunals for plotting the 9/11 attacks. All five of the men were once held in secret CIA prisons before being sent to Guantánamo in 2006. Ahead of today's hearing, the military prosecutor and the military attorney in the case sparred over the admissibility of the suspects' alleged torture while in U.S. custody.
Mark Martins, prosecutor: "I have said that no statement under the Military Commissions Act obtained as a result of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or coercion is admissible. That's true. That refers to the prosecution's case against an accused. It can't be admitted. That is not to imply that there can be no addressing by the military commission of evidence of mistreatment. I have never said that, and that's not what the Military Commissions Act reads."
Capt. Jason Wright, defense attorney: "From a legal perspective, it's unconscionable that somehow the government would maintain that three-and-a-half years or four-and-a-half years of someone's life can't be discussed — and not just those years where they may not have been doing anything of substance, but those years where our government tortured them."
Pakistani Teenage Activist Flown to U.K. for Medical Treatment
The Pakistani teenage activist shot for advocating girls' education has been flown to Britain to undergo further medical treatment. Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai was on her way home from school last Tuesday when Taliban militants shot her in the head and neck, leaving her critically wounded. The Taliban says she was deliberately targeted for her vocal campaigning against efforts to stop girls from attending school. On Sunday, a Pakistani military spokesperson briefed reporters on Malala's treatment and the effort to apprehend her attackers.
Asim Saleem Bajwa: "We met the team of doctors, and as per them, Malala is still on ventilator. They reduced her sedation today in order to carry out a better clinical assessment by the neurosurgeons. That happened. Malala did respond to that, and she did move her four limbs, which is a positive development that way. There have been apprehensions. There are investigations which are going on, and everyone concerned is trying to pursue and get hold of the gang which was involved in doing this."
Philippines, Rebels Sign Preliminary Accord for Peace Talks
The Philippine government has signed a preliminary peace deal with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The pact lays the groundwork for negotiations to resolve the conflict by 2016. Steps would include the establishment of an autonomous Muslim region in the southern area of the island of Mindanao.
Colombian Peace Talks Kick Off in Norway
Talks begin today in Norway between the Colombian government and Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Ahead of the negotiations, Kristian Berg of Norway's Peace Research Institute Oslo said addressing economic inequality and establishing lasting trust will be pivotal to a successful agreement.
Kristian Berg: "The challenges in Colombia are certainly running very, very deep. Trust is in itself a key problem, given that the last negotiations and the ceasefire concluded in the context of those negotiations were basically misused by the government to clamp down on some of its adversaries. Also the economic inequality in Colombia is of massive dimensions, and one critical issue in the negotiations will be the ability to really look at economic redistribution."
The talks are due to move on to Cuba after concluding in Norway.
10 Arrested in Bahrain Protest Crackdown
Ten people were arrested in Bahrain on Friday when government forces disrupted a pro-democracy protest. Police fired teargas and stun grenades at a crowd of hundreds of demonstrators marching against the U.S.-backed Sunni monarchy. It was the latest in a series of protests against the Bahraini regime. Bahrain is a key U.S. government ally, hosting the Navy's Fifth Fleet.
"Global Noise" Anti-Austerity Protests Held Worldwide
Rallies were held in dozens of cities on Saturday under the banner of "Global Noise," a worldwide day of protest against austerity and inequality. Organizers called on demonstrators to create a global "casserole march," inspired by protests featuring the banging of pots and pans by the Indignados in Spain and the "Red Square" student movement in Quebec. In Madrid, thousands of people marked "Global Noise" with a march to the headquarters of the European Union, just one day after it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama Campaign Office Targeted in Denver
Police in Denver are investigating the shooting of President Obama's local campaign office on Friday. People were inside the office when a single bullet was fired through the window, but no one was injured.
Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies at 82
Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has died at the age of 82. Specter achieved national prominence in the early 1990s during the confirmation hearings of future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, when he harshly questioned Anita Hill, the law professor who had accused Thomas of sexual harassment. Specter drew criticism after accusing Hill of "perjury" and helping to push through Thomas' controversial appointment. A longtime Republican, Specter again made headlines in 2009 when he crossed the aisle to join the Democrats. He retired after losing his seat the following year.


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Are you working in research areas relevant to rheumatology such as pain, autoimmune diseases, bone and joint diseases, inflammation, and immunology?
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Chaired by Queensland University of Technology Professor Matt Brown, with The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Professor Ranjeny Thomas also on the conference organising committee, the 21st Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology Congress in conjunction with the Australian Rheumatology Association (APLAR-ARA 2019) will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 8-11 April 2019.
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There will be a 1 day pre-meeting immunology course on Sunday April 7 2019, targeted at those interested in learning more about the immune system generally as well as its role in autoimmune disease.


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If you are an e-commerce company owner, getting a good knowledge of sales funnels and also converting a cause a client is one of one of the most basic points you must understand from the get go. To place it merely, a sales funnel is the process that a prospective buyer goes via from being a visitor/lead to lastly buying the item or the solution. This process limits in the direction of the end, making it look like a funnel, hence the name. Your organisation and the revenue depend completely on how you manage to effectively perform this channeling procedure.
Initially, Click Funnels Pricing could make you think if it is worth it, however you will require it making a fast progression and awareness amongst the customers particularly in the really first few phases of running a service. This solution particularly assists the startups and the entrepreneurs who are not very acquainted with the marketing and sales process to obtain the best from their advertising techniques by transforming visitors effectively to be purchasers.
When you pay a routine web designer to create an internet site for you, the final outcome may be visually pleasing, however they often do not focus on making a sale through the system. When it comes to any type of organisation internet site, the reason for any person to launch an online space devoted to their company is to lead any kind of prospective customer that visits the website to ultimately buy. Click Funnels has actually placed with each other a number of internet site templates that consist of a complete sales funnels from the welcome display to the last Thank You screen. It resembles having a salesman that would take your customers via up until the last sale.
Click Funnels have been produced by sales and advertising professionals with years of experience in really making sales. They operate under the slogan, "Take the power back from the technology people", because during the previous years or so the growth of sites has actually been fully dominated by programmers and programmers without an appropriate expertise of making a sale. Click Funnels make sure that the cash which you invest on the style as well as advancement of the web site is not fruitless. This is why Click Funnels Pricing is much more essential since you are not only spending for a simple website yet a fully working on the internet shop that helps you convert every single customer into a sale. Adhering to are several of the pre-designed sales funnels that you can pick at the Click Funnels.
You can pick these funnels according to the market you are working in, the type of solutions that you supply and just what kind of a sales process that you desire your prospective customers to go with. There are samples of all these funnels that you could have a detailed check out and also experience the exact same channeling procedure that your visitors will certainly experience when you make use of that funnel.
All the layouts and sales funnels that you get in the Click Funnels solution are significantly adjustable. You could use your very own shade motifs, pictures as well as messages considering the suggestions that Click Funnels supply to obtain the ideal outcomes. The customizing as well as editing procedure is a straightforward drag as well as drop approach making anybody, also without any kind of website design experience, to create the sort of site that you always dreamed to have for your business.


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New Immigration Bill Introduced: The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021
A new presidential administration typically starts off running with its highest priorities on day one. That is precisely what happened when President Biden took the oath of office on January 20, 2021. On the same day as his inauguration, President Biden sent an immigration bill to Congress – The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 – in order to modernize our immigration system.
What is so symbolic about sending this bill to Congress on the very day he took office is that it demonstrates that immigration reform is at the very top of President Biden's agenda. Moreover, the bill proposes massive changes to the U.S. immigration system.
In this article, we are going to discuss some of the details of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, and then give you some thoughts on whether the bill will ultimately become a law. Remember, at this point, the bill that President Biden sent to Congress is not a law. The bill still needs to pass the House and Senate. Yet, there are so many new provisions in the bill meant to improve U.S. immigration, that it is worth taking a closer look.
If, after reading this article, you have more questions about recent immigration updates, then we invite you to contact us at Ashoori Law. Feel free to call us at +1-818-741-1117 or you may schedule a free consultation by clicking this link.
Pathways to Citizenship
Probably the most significant part of President Biden's proposed immigration bill focuses on a path to citizenship for noncitizens in this country. In particular, the bill proposes the following:
Establish an 8-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The bill allows undocumented people to apply for temporary legal status, which will then give them the ability to apply for a green card in five years after passing a criminal and national security background check, and after they begin to pay taxes.
Expedited path to citizenship for some. DACA Recipients, those with Temporary Protected Status, and immigrant farmworkers who meet certain requirements can be eligible for green cards immediately under the proposed bill. Also, all green card holders who pass additional background checks and demonstrate knowledge of English and U.S. civics can apply to become citizens after three years, rather than five.
Replace "alien" with "noncitizen." The bill will update the laws in the U.S. by changing the word "alien" to "noncitizen."
Keeping Families Together
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 put a premium on keeping families together. Some of the provisions to ensure that occurs are as follows:
Raising per-country caps. The proposed bill focuses on family-based immigration by clearing backlogs in the immigration system, recapturing unused visas, eliminating lengthy wait times, and most importantly, increasing per-country visa caps.
Repeal three- and ten-year bar to reentry. Back in 1996, Congress established the "three- and ten-year bars" that prevent certain individuals from returning to the U.S. for any purpose if they had voluntarily departed after having been unlawfully present in the U.S. for an extended period of time. The three-year bar applies to those who have been in the U.S. unlawfully for more than six months, and the ten-year bar applies to those who have been in the U.S. unlawfully for a year or more. President Biden's proposed bill will eliminate those three- and ten-year bars.
Smarter Border Controls
Finally, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 proposes to use technology and infrastructure to stop narcotics from passing through our borders. Specifically, the bill seeks to:
Improve and expand anti-gang task force. The bill requires that that FBI, DEA, and DHS, in coordination with the Secretary of State, improve and expand the transnational anti-gang task forces that are operating in Central America.
Funding for technology at the southern border. The bill also allocates a record amount of funds to deploy technology so that DHS can expedite screening and enhance detection of narcotics and contraband at every port of entry, and between ports of entry particularly across the southern border.
It's Not Law, Yet
As you can see, President Biden's proposed immigration bill is ambitious in its goals, which of course means that it will be a challenge to get through Congress. In fact, for the bill to pass the Senate, it will need 60 votes – that means 10 Republicans need to vote for it which is highly unlikely. So, the chances that President Biden's bill will become law, as written, are very low.
That said, there is more hope that different, smaller pieces of the legislation could be passed in a series of smaller bills over time. So, there is still potential that some of President Biden's significant proposals may eventually get signed into law.
My name is Michael Ashoori and I'm a U.S. immigration lawyer and the founder of Ashoori Law. As an immigration lawyer, I help families, professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs get visas, green cards, and citizenship to the United States. If you have any questions, feel free to schedule a free consultation by clicking this link.
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At SpringML we solve complex customer problems using Google Cloud Platform and Cloud ML. Our solutions include real-time predictions, large scale video processing and transcription to name a few. In this blog we highlight a few reasons why CloudML and TensorFlow provides a compelling machine learning platform.
Distributed, high performance: Data in TensorFlow is represented as tensors which are multi-dimensional arrays. In some sense they are similar to NumPy arrays in Python but with a few important differences especially around distributed computing. TensorFlow programs are structured into a construction phase that creates a computational graph followed by an execution phase. TensorFlow supports distributed computing allowing parts of the graph to be executed on different processes. In addition it also supports execution on GPU that allows for much faster computation compared to CPU based processing.
End to end platform: TensorFlow models can be deployed and made available as a prediction service. This makes the model available to clients with either real time or batch needs. For instance a mobile application needing to get a prediction can make a call out via REST to the model to get a real time prediction. The process of training the model on the cloud, deploying and then making it available as a prediction service is simple – this is possible because of the fully integrated stack that CloudML offers. Also Cloud ML provides API based services such as Speech, Vision and Translation which can be easily integrated without need of complex custom development.
Easy to get started: Though TensorFlow provides complex deep-learning models and non-trivial distributed computing features, it is fairly easy to get started. Google has provided copious documentation and several examples and code labs that make it possible to get started and understand how various components work together. There's also a tool called TensorBoard that makes it easier to visualize, debug and tune the models. Cloud ML is integrated to Google Big Data product suite e.g BigQuery and Google Storage which makes it easier for data access and running machine learning models quicker.
Open Source: TensorFlow was originally developed by Google Brain team but later made open source and is getting wide spread acceptance. Github repository lists over 600 contributors and recently held TensorFlow Dev summit highlighting several use cases in such diverse areas as agriculture, genomics and healthcare. We believe open source support and collaboration with various companies helps to build a comprehensive open source machine learning library.
In a nutshell Cloud ML provides an integrated stack that allows you to train sophisticated models in the cloud and also serve those models for real time or batch predictions – all in an enterprise-grade architecture.


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Ansys (ANSS) Up 12.3% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Ansys (ANSS). Shares have added about 12.3% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.
Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Ansys due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers.
ANSYS Q3 Earnings & Revenues Top Estimates
ANSYS Inc. reported third-quarter 2019 non-GAAP earnings of $1.42 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.25. The figure was also higher than management's guided range of $1.15 per share to $1.28 per share. Further, the bottom line improved from the year-ago quarter figure of $1.31 per share.
Non-GAAP revenues of almost $345.5 million comfortably outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $334 million. Further, the figure was higher than management's guided range of $320 million to $340 million. Non-GAAP revenues increased approximately 18% from the year-ago quarter, driven by double-digit growth across lease, maintenance and service revenues.
Moreover, robust growth across each of the three major geographies and strong product portfolio drove the quarterly results.
As of Sep 30, 2019, total deferred revenues and backlog came in at $650.4 million, reflecting an improvement of 19% on a year-over-year basis.
Segment Revenue Details
Software licenses revenues during the reported quarter came in at $137.1 million, up 25.7% year over year. While Lease licenses revenues improved 67% on the back of higher multi-year contracts, Perpetual revenues were up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Maintenance and Service revenues came in at $206.8 million, up 14.7% year over year. Notably, individually, maintenance and services revenues improved 13% and 55% year over year, respectively.
Geographic Revenue Details
Region wise, Americas and Asia-Pacific revenues increased 34.7% and 1.8%, respectively, at constant currency. Meanwhile, EMEA revenues were up 18% on a year-over-year basis.
Americas witnessed demand for ANSYS's solutions. Robust investments in data centers, smart, connected solutions and 5G acted as primary catalyst. Customers' focus on utilizing simulation across repair, maintenance and other overhaul projects was a positive. Budgetary increase in allocation for defense spending across Europe and the United States favored growth in aerospace and defense domains.
EMEA revenues were up primarily due to investments in autonomous vehicles, electrification and functional safety. Moreover, robust adoption of 5G was a key growth driver.
Strong performance in China, Japan and South Korea related to 5G, artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies was a positive in Asia-Pacific region. Robust investments in autonomous vehicles and electrification also acted as a catalyst.
Direct and indirect businesses contributed 77% and 23%, respectively, to quarterly revenues. ACV increased 12.8% (14.1% on a constant currency basis) from the year-ago quarter to $290.9 million.
Operating Details
Non-GAAP gross margin came in at approximately 90.1% during the quarter as compared with 90% reported in the year-ago quarter.
Non-GAAP operating margin contracted 70 bps on a year-over-year basis to 43.3% in the reported quarter.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
ANSYS exited the quarter with cash and short-term investments of $732.9 million (the United States comprised 69%) compared with $631.7 million (the United States comprised 66%) in the previous quarter. The company generated cash from operations of $120.4 million compared with $88.5 million in the previous quarter.
Further, the company repurchased 0.3 million shares during the first nine months of fiscal 2019 for approximately $179.41 per share. As of Sep 30, 2019, the company has 3.5 million shares remaining in the share buyback program.
In the quarter under review, ANSYS inked a deal to acquire Livermore Software Technology Corporation, in a bid to strengthen its explicit dynamics suite and finite element analysis capabilities. With the latest buyout, the company aims to aid developers design cost-efficient and safer vehicles while minimizing costs concerning physical testing.
The acquisition is expected to aid ANSYS in enhancing strength in automotive, avionics and aerospace, and other domains. This is expected to provide a boost ANSYS' financial performance in the days ahead.
ANSYS expects non-GAAP earnings in the range of $1.87 per share to $2.05 per share for fourth-quarter 2019.
Non-GAAP revenues are anticipated in the range of $454.1 million to $479.1 million. Management projects non-GAAP operating margin to be in the range of 45-46.5% for the fourth quarter.
For 2019, ANSYS updated outlook. The company now anticipates non-GAAP revenues of $1.490-$1.515 (previously $1.460-$1.500). Non-GAAP earnings are envisioned in the range of $6.20-$6.38 per share (previously $5.98-$6.28 per share).
The company anticipates operating cash flow for fiscal 2019 to be in the range of $485-$510 million (previously $470-$510 million). Non-GAAP operating margin is projected to be in the range of 44.5-45% (previously 43.5-44.5%).
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
It turns out, estimates revision have trended downward during the past month.
VGM Scores
Currently, Ansys has a subpar Growth Score of D, however its Momentum Score is doing a lot better with a B. However, the stock was allocated a grade of F on the value side, putting it in the fifth quintile for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of F. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Estimates have been broadly trending downward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions indicates a downward shift. Notably, Ansys has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.
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Islanders beat Rangers 4-0 in 1st of 8 games between rivals
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NEW YORK (AP) - Anders Lee finished with two goals and joined Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal with first-period goals as the New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4-0 at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 shots for his 28th career shutout and third with the Islanders. Defenseman Nick Leddy added two assists.
"We know how important points are in a shortened season, we wanted to come out and play well," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. "I thought our whole bench was moving their legs and doing all the right things."
Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves as the Rangers fell in the first of eight games between the rivals. Alexis Lafreniere, the first overall selection of the 2020 NHL draft, made his debut and recorded one shot in 15:27 minutes of ice time.
"It was a good lesson for our young group in patient hockey and what it takes to win at this level," Rangers alternate captain Chris Kreider said. "That's a very detailed team, they don't give you a whole lot. Anything you get, you got to earn. I think we relied a little too much on our East-West play, too much on our skill. … That's a very good team, but we definitely didn't play well."
Barzal capped off the three-goal first period with an impressive stick-handling maneuver before sending the puck past Shesterkin. The Islanders signed Barzal to a three-year contract earlier this month worth a reported $21 million. The 23-year-old center has led the Islanders in scoring in each of his three NHL seasons.
Nelson scored his first of the season 2:33 into the first period on the power play. Anthony Beauvillier's shot deflected off Adam Fox's skate to Nelson in the slot for an early Islanders lead.
"When you get that close like we did last season, it makes you just want to get back to that spot and take that next step," Lee said in reference to last season's playoff run to the Eastern Conference final. "You can't just get there, you have to play a whole regular season and put all the work in. It started with that mentality tonight, we got a long way to go. We have a great foundation to build off of."
Lee doubled the Islanders' lead 1:19 after the opening strike, scoring on a wrist shot from the right circle. Defenseman Nick Leddy recorded his second assist of the game on the goal.
Shesterkin became the first goaltender other than Henrik Lundqvist to start a season opener for the Rangers since Kevin Weekes in October 2005. Lundqvist signed with the Washington Capitals in October, but is unable to play this season due to a heart condition.
Lee was credited with his second goal after winning a puck battle. Twenty-one-year-old defenseman Noah Dobson also assisted on the Islanders' second power-play goal.
"They are very structured, well coached, they've got guys that understand how to win at this level, they don't beat themselves," Rangers coach David Quinn said. "We didn't play fast enough, we didn't use our speed to our advantage."
The Islanders enter the season after making it to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since the 1992-93 season.
FRESH LOOK
The average age of a player on the Rangers' active roster entering the season is 25.5 years old, which is the youngest in the NHL. It was the first time in franchise history that seven players 22 or younger (Filip Chytil, Adam Fox, Brett Howden, Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafreniere, Ryan Lindgren and K'Andre Miller) played in a season-opening game according to NHL Stats and Information.
The Islanders and Rangers play again Saturday at Madison Square Garden as part of a truncated 56-game schedule. The teams will square off seven more times this season as part of a travel-friendly East Division that includes the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
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