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Q: Using extern for static variables I'm seeing something odd when I run some code that uses the extern keyword to reference a static variable within the implementation file.  So I declare the static variable gCounter within my implementation file and reference it within two methods in the same implementation file (because its static).  However, when i use the extern keyword in my methods i get different results.  My understanding (from reading my book) is that extern isn't necessary when you're referencing a static variable declared in the same file as your methods.  Code is as follows:
/** interface **/
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface Fraction : NSObject

+(Fraction *) allocF;
+(int) count;

@end

/**implementation**/

#import "Fraction.h"

static int gCounter;

@implementation Fraction

+(Fraction *) allocF
{
    extern int gCounter;
    ++gCounter;

    return [Fraction alloc];
}

+(int)count
{
    extern int gCounter;
    return gCounter;

 }

@end

/**main**/
#import "Fraction.h"

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{

    @autoreleasepool
    {

    Fraction *a, *b, *c;

    NSLog(@"The number of fractions allocated: %i", [Fraction count]);

    a = [[Fraction allocF] init];

    b = [[Fraction allocF] init];

    c = [[Fraction allocF] init];

    NSLog(@"The number of fractions allocated: %i", [Fraction count]);

    }

    return(0);

}

When I use the extern keyword in my methods, the code works properly and results in the integer 3 being printed.  However, when I remove extern, the integer 2 gets printed.  Why is that?  Since gCounter is a static variable, shouldn't this work without the extern keyword?

A: You need to understand the difference between a declaration and a definition:

*

*static int x and int x are definitions. The compiler reserves memory for x.

*extern int x on the other hand is a declaration. You tell the compiler that there is a variable x that is defined somewhere else.

Also, you can define different variables in different scopes, that have the same variable name:
int x = 0;
{
    int x = 1;
    NSLog(@"x = %d", x); // x = 1
}
NSLog(@"x = %d", x); // x = 0

So if you write
int x;
void foo() {
    int x;
    x++;
}

you are incrementing the function local x.
int x;
void foo() {
    x++;
}

increments the global x
int x;
void foo() {
    extern int x;
    x++;
}

You need to declare extern int x if your definition of x is in another compilation unit, if it's in the same compilation unit, the last two are equivalent.

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Treweek, S; Doney, A; Leiman, D
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By Rob Enderle January 3, 2022 4:00 AM PT Email Article
Credit: Consumer Technology Association
This is the first week of the new year and, given how 2020 and 2021 were, I am feeling a bit of trepidation that 2022 could be worse.
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So, let's talk about what I expect to appear at CES, and we will close with my first product of the week for 2022: Dell's Concept Luna, the first truly sustainable laptop design.
CES has evolved into a technology showcase for cars. It's the place to see what car companies are thinking about for the future. The event has featured electric cars for years, along with advanced materials made with 3D printing technology, not to mention a considerable number of vehicles that fly rather than drive.
With more trials starting up, both with autonomous and flying vehicles, I expect more of that this year at the event — but with a greater focus on near-term execution and fewer pie-in-the-sky displays.
The companies that make these things are pivoting to revenue-focused products, which means what we will see should be a lot more near-term practical this year than in prior years. We might see the first Level 4 autonomous car concepts that have a high probability of being built this year, as well.
Nvidia will undoubtedly highlight its simulation advancements and computer brains for the cars during its keynote and have a far bigger emphasis on using its simulation tools to create robots for the home and for business.
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We will have better robotic vacuums, robotic security products and drones, and we will begin to see the next generation of robotic pets. Amazon has been talking about an Echo product that is mobile, and CES is a good place for them to preview what should be a complete offering that they expect to ship in the first half of 2022.
Robots that clean windows, help around the house, and provide companionship to our aging population are also expected to be part of this event. I bet most of these will look too creepy to most of us. That uncanny valley problem, where the robots both look too real and not real enough has proven exceedingly difficult to overcome.
We should have a large number of drones with longer battery life highlighted at the show, as well as better AI-driven features and easier ways to comply with drone-based regulations. We may even see some anti-drone technologies highlighted at the CES, though these often are held back for events focused on security held later in the year.
Mixed reality continues to provide the promise of traveling electronically rather than physically, and it would not surprise me to see several firms using robots to provide telepresence experiences at CES.
Vastly improved AR and VR headsets, along with peripherals like connected chairs with vibration, wind and even scents to make the experience more realistic are expected at the show.
Oculus from Meta (Facebook) remains the top technology in the market for consumers, while Microsoft's HoloLens remains the strongest technology for business. I anticipate updates for Oculus, but I expect Microsoft will wait until one of its own events to highlight advancements.
New alternatives to controllers for better immersion and to provide touch are expected, coupled with 2D treadmills that create more realism when moving through a virtual environment. Higher resolution optics and lighter headsets are also anticipated to show up at CES 2022, which should also create a far more immersive experience.
Connected Appliances
CES is where you go to see the most advanced appliances. That was where I first saw Samsung's connected Flex Washer & Dryer laundry system I bought for our home. Much of what I currently have in terms of appliances are connected and some, like the Samsung refrigerator with a built-in internal camera, are handy.
Expect more of these to be tied into home automation platforms with Amazon's Alexa again being in the connectivity lead — but with other companies attempting to challenge that lead and exceeding Amazon's capabilities as they struggle to differentiate. But the battle will not be won on features so much as on standards, and here Amazon has what may be an insurmountable lead in terms of interoperability.
PCs at CES are exclusively focused on consumers and we should see some interesting gaming machines at the event. There hasn't been a lot of buzz on VR PC gaming of late, with more of a focus on traditional gaming. But expect a lot of large 4K displays with various configurations and more self-contained offerings.
This is the year Intel is expected to push back strongly on the belief that it is no longer competitive. I know it has been working with several vendors, including my Dell Concept Luna Product of the Week below.
One thing I'm looking forward to here is a keyboard advancement to address the massive improvement in Office 365's predictive typing. Right now, the stretch to the right arrow button is too far for even my large hands which reduces productivity. I anticipate at least one keyboard or PC vendor to address this at CES this year.
TVs will begin to highlight 8K capabilities along with more smart TV functions. They have been evolving into more of a PC-like product over time, and high-end offerings like LG's OLED TVs, are running their own OS today (LG now uses the old Palm OS, called webOS).
Better wireless linking to your personal electronics, more energy efficient designs, and more functions that allow for a broader use of the TV (like for video conferencing or static images) could also pop up, along with the next generation of rollable displays that are more than a year away from general availability.
Projection TVs continue to provide ever better performance for those that can use them. Though in recent years home theaters have become a far less attractive home improvement than home offices.
CES remains the place to go to see the near-term future of technology and it will do this again in 2022.
I am worried it will also be a mass infection event so I am not going but will watch as much as I can remotely and will report on what I have seen that is interesting after the show.
If you go, make sure you check out the automotive section which has become my favorite. Remember that Covid will be all around you so distance, mask and wash your hands often as you do not want to end up in a Las Vegas hospital if you can avoid it.
Oh, and I hope you have an incredibly Happy New Year!
Dell Concept Luna
The Dell Concept Luna was announced just before Christmas and it is one of the most innovative laptops ever created. It does not sport innovative features like foldable displays or inductive charging, but what it does highlight is the most sustainable PC design conceived so far.
Modular in nature, it is designed to become a critical part of PC as a service (PCaaS) as well as the anti-Apple laptop since it's designed to be easily serviced by anyone. It uses recycled materials heavily and is designed to be upgraded over time, either to address the needs of the existing user or to enable it to be passed down to subsequent users who cannot afford a new laptop.
It makes substantial use of recycled metals and carbon fiber, recycled plastics, and even water-soluble glue so that the motherboard can be more easily recycled at end-of-life.
Although not for sale yet, it has become a showcase of how much you can do to reduce waste. Even the manufacturing method reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent. It is more robust to stay in service longer and more energy efficient.
Designed with Intel's help, Dell's Concept Luna represents the state of the art when it comes to designing a sustainable laptop — and that makes it my product of the week.
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TECSYS Inc. (TCS) Q4 2019 Earnings Call Transcript
TCS earnings call for the period ending April 30, 2019.
TECSYS Inc. (TSX:TCS)
Jul 3, 2019, 5:00 p.m. ET
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the TECSYS Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year-End 2019 Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. Instructions will be provided at that time for you to queue up for questions. (Operator Instructions) Please note that the MD&A and financial statements were filed on SEDAR aftermarket today July 3rd 2019.
Some of the statements in this conference call, including the question-and-answer period may include forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from such statements.
I would like to remind everyone that this call is being recorded on Wednesday July 3rd 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.
I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Peter Brereton, Chief Executive Officer of TECSYS. Please go ahead, sir.
Peter Brereton -- Chief Executive Officer, President & Director
Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. We appreciate you joining us for today's call. Earlier today, we issued our fiscal '19 fourth quarter and year-end financial results. And as already stated, a copy of those results is available on SEDAR and on our website at tecsys.com. The full year results are audited.
Joining me today -- pardon me is Mark Bentler our Chief Financial Officer. I will start by summarizing the key events of fiscal 2019 and reviewing our financial results. Mark will walk us through the financials in more detail. I'll then close with some comments on our outlook followed by a Q&A session.
There are five key highlights that I would like to focus on as I reflect on the past year : acquisitions; branding; partnership; expansion of our target markets and the move to a SaaS model.
On the acquisition front, TECSYS acquired OrderDynamics in November of 2018. This acquisition expanded our omni -channel distribution capabilities for e-commerce companies as well as adding omni-channel support for our complex distribution market.
Just recently in February of this year, we announced the purchase of PCSYS, a leading European supplier of software and hardware solutions for warehouse management, transportation management and labeling. I'm pleased to see that the integration of these companies is currently under way and going well.
In January of 2019, we announced a new brand identity and logo. This is anything but cosmetic change. From the outset of the rebranding process, we recognized that a great brand should reveal the purpose and ethos of an organization. We believe the new brand evokes at once both the warmth and high standards of quality that the Company represents. This new identity is driven by our inherent culture of excellence and highlights the purpose of empowering good companies to achieve greatness by clarifying uncertainties and overcoming challenges in their complex supply chains. We've had great feedback on the new branding, and we see concrete results in boosting our profile in the marketplace.
I have spoken before on these calls about our partnership ecosystem. Our foundational relationships with companies such as Workday continues to expand. In this past fiscal, we won three new accounts in the healthcare market with Workday, and our work with them continues. We also continue to expand our partnerships with systems integrators and see them playing a key role in our deployment strategies. It's difficult to overstate the importance of these partnerships to our business. The growth in the ecosystem improves the array of services that our customers can take advantage of and expands our market reach.
Turning to the subject of our target markets -- pardon me. I'm in day seven of a cold, so you may hear this cough a few times. But turning to the subject of our target markets, fiscal 2019 was the year that healthcare returned in a very significant way. Bookings from hospitals soared 65% over the prior year, as we saw in six new IDNs and many existing accounts expanded their solution footprint with us.
These sales included solutions for pharmacy or cath lab, nursing supplies as well as warehousing transportation and demand planning and forecasting. This momentum carried right through to the end of the year. We believe it's an excellent sign of things to come.
Finally, as many of you know, at the beginning of fiscal '19, we undertook to establish a more robust longer term recurring revenue stream to gradually replace our existing economic model of perpetual licensing.
As Mark noted in the press release that we put out today, we are making good progress, but it's not without some sort of short-term financial impact due to the requirement to recognize revenue over a longer period. The short-term impact will be discussed in more detail later in this call. At a big picture level, however, this is an exciting transition as we move the business to a recurring revenue model. We look forward to providing a more holistic solution for our customers and to providing a far less lumpy operating model for our investors.
At this point, I want to turn to the financials. Total contract value bookings for the year reached CAD63.2 million, a 31% increase compared to CAD48.1 million booked in fiscal 2018. We added 23 new accounts over the course of the year compared to 12 in fiscal 2018.
Our contract bookings in the fourth quarter of fiscal '19 demonstrated how our momentum increased through the year. We achieved CAD19.2 million in bookings in Q4, a 31% increase over the CAD14.7 million of Q4 of 2018. This growth reflects continued growth of our healthcare business.
Mark will now provide some details on our financials for the year and the quarter.
Mark J. Bentler -- Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Peter. Total revenue in fiscal year of 2019 was CAD76.4 million, up 8% over CAD70.7 million achieved in fiscal 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2019, total revenue was CAD23.2 million, about 23% higher than Q4 of 2018 when we achieved CAD18.9 million. At the end of fiscal 2019, annual recurring revenue, which includes any contractually committed purchase of SaaS, proprietor and third party software maintenance, customer support and hosting services was CAD38.3 million, up 46% from the prior year.
Cloud maintenance and subscription revenue recognized during the year was CAD31.3 million, representing 16% growth over fiscal 2018. The acquisitions of OrderDynamics and PCSYS contributed 11% of the growth, while SaaS and maintenance growth in our organic business contributed 5%.
Cloud maintenance and subscription revenue was CAD9.4 million in Q4 of 2019, CAD2.5 million or 36% higher than the same period in 2018. The majority of the growth was the result of the OrderDynamics and PCSYS acquisitions, which contributed 30%. Organic growth contributed 6%.
Proprietary product revenue defined as internally developed products, including proprietary software sold as perpetual licenses and hardware technology products was flat from 2018 to 2019 at CAD6.9 million. The steady proprietary product revenue was result of an offsetting decline in perpetual license revenue in our organic business, and an increase in both perpetual license revenue resulting from the PCSYS acquisition and hardware technology revenue in our organic business.
For the quarter, we saw 48% decrease in proprietary product revenue to CAD1.6 million, primarily due to a decrease in proprietary software license revenue compared to the same period last year.
Q4 2018 had a significant health system deal with a higher than average perpetual license amount, and importantly, during Q4 2019, approximately 60% of our software product bookings were SaaS compared to just 4% in Q4 of 2018. This had a significant impact on revenue and profit in the quarter, as SaaS subscription revenue was recognized over multi-year terms, whereas perpetual license revenues are typically recognized upfront in the quarter of signature.
Third-party products revenue was flat at CAD6.8 million in comparison to fiscal 2018, with a decline in our organic business offset by third-party product revenue resulting from the PCSYS acquisition. Professional services revenue increased 5% to CAD29.3 million during fiscal 2019, due to the acquisitions of order dynamics and PCSYS with the slight year-on-year decline in our organic business.
The fourth quarter of 2019 saw a return to professional services revenue growth in our organic business. With that revenue up 19% from the same quarter last year. Gross profit for fiscal 2019 was CAD37.4 million, a 7% increase compared to CAD34.9 million in fiscal 2018. This is mainly attributable to a higher services margin of CAD2.4 million and higher product margin of CAD0.1 million. The gross margin as a percentage of revenue was 49% for fiscal 2019 consistent with fiscal 2018.
Fourth quarter fiscal year 2019 gross profit was CAD10.9 million or 47% of revenue compared to CAD9.6 million or 51% of revenue in the previous year. Total operating expenses for fiscal 2019 were CAD39.2 million, 28% higher than CAD30.6 million in 2018. The increase was due in large part to the acquisitions and operating costs of OrderDynamics and PCSYS.
Looking at operating expense by function. Sales and marketing expenses were up 19%, while G&A expenses increased 47%. G&A expenses were impacted by both acquisition costs and stock-based compensation costs. R&D expenses increased to CAD12.7 million from CAD9.8 million in fiscal 2018.
Adjusted EBITDA in fiscal 2019 was CAD2.8 million, down from CAD6.5 million in fiscal 2018. Looking at adjusted EBITDA on a quarterly basis, we generated CAD0.7 million in Q4 2019 compared to CAD2.3 million in Q4 of 2018. The decline in Q4 2019 compared to Q4 2018 is primarily attributable to the decline in product margin resulting from lower proprietary software license revenue, which was partially offset by higher organic services margin and CAD0.9 million loss related to OrderDynamics.
The shift to SaaS negatively impacted full year 2019 revenue and adjusted EBITDA by roughly CAD3 million. This number is based on a what if the SaaS bookings in the period were sold as -- instead as perpetual licenses. For this we use an estimated license value of 2 times SaaS annual subscription value.
The negative impact on Q4 2019 results for this shift to SaaS was roughly CAD1.5 million. The Company incurred a net loss of CAD0.7 million during fiscal year 2019 or CAD0.06 per share compared to a profit of CAD3.9 million or CAD0.30 per share for fiscal year 2018.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, net profit was CAD0.1 million or CAD0.01 per share compared to CAD1.8 million or CAD0.13 per share for the same period in fiscal year 2018. Once again, these figures are largely a result of our acquisitions and shift to SaaS.
We ended 2019 as strong position with cash and cash equivalents of CAD14.9 million, an increase of CAD1.4 million from the end of our previous fiscal year. We've mentioned several times on our -- during this call our shift to SaaS. With the shift, we intend to provide disaggregated information about bookings, including software product bookings comprised of perpetual licenses as well as SaaS annual recurring revenue bookings and professional services bookings.
Accordingly, we expect to phase out the reporting of total contract value bookings. Furthermore, we believe it is becoming more relevant to measure backlog from two different perspectives. One, professional services backlog that includes the value of contracted orders for the delivery of professional services, including those contracted orders that may extend beyond one year. And two, the natural backlog that is created by annual recurring revenue. As such, we expect to phase out the reporting of aggregated backlog amounts. We believe this desegregation will provide greater visibility to stakeholders as we continue this transition to SaaS. We will start this disaggregated reporting in Q1 of fiscal 2020.
I will now turn the call over to Peter to provide some outlook comments.
Thanks, Mark. In fiscal 2020, we are looking forward to delivering growth for our primary business sectors, with a particular focus on the healthcare segment. Concerns over the uncertainty around US healthcare legislation seems to have abated and the trend toward cost savings and efficiencies continues to preoccupy US hospital executives.
Our value proposition to this group continues to strengthen. Once again, Gartner released its 10th annual healthcare supply chain, top 25 ranking in the best of the best masters (ph) category recognizing supply chains that have been consistent leaders over the past decade. I'm pleased to report that the top three healthcare supply chains are TECSYS customers.
I want to close out with our outlook for fiscal 2020. First, we will maintain a laser focus on developing and growing our SaaS revenue model, in particular, and annual recurring revenue generation specifically. As we move through the year, we will be providing you with sufficient metrics to gauge our progress.
Secondly, we will continue to expand our partner ecosystem. This is key for us and we now have partners working with us in both North America and Europe. We'll keep you posted.
Thirdly, we will continue to expand our omni-channel business platform. We continue to see exciting opportunities in the convergence of retail and distribution supply chains. Remember change is what drives our business and this is a monumental change that continues to turn the traditional supply chain on its head.
Finally, we have a strong focus on improving our margins. This will take some time as we undergo the transition to SaaS, but we are pleased to see the speed with which the transition is happening and look forward to having this transition behind us. We believe that a growing SaaS business in two exciting markets will provide great value for shareholders.
With that, we will open the -- pardon me, we will open the call up for questions. Thank you.
Thank you. (Operator Instructions) The first question comes from line of Nick Agostino with Laurentian. Your line is open.
Nick Agostino -- Laurentian Bank -- Analyst
Yes. Good afternoon. I guess, first, if I can just start with a couple of housekeeping items that just -- I think I may have missed some of the numbers. On the recurring revenue, I heard CAD38.3 million exiting the year. What was the growth rate on that?
That growth rate was 36%.
36%. Okay. And then the other one was -- you spoke about the shift from perpetual to SaaS and the impact it had on the quarter. I heard a CAD1.5 million number, what was that referenced to?
Yeah, that's roughly CAD1.5 million. We calculate that number by looking at how much SaaS ACV or annual recurring revenue we booked in the quarter. And we convert that into a license equivalent by a factor of 2. So we take that ARR number times 2 to sort of help us understand what that would have been sold for as a license and that's approximately how the pricing of the SaaS licensing works.
And that was on the EBITDA, that's the reference was to EBITDA?
It's both, right? It comes off -- basically a reduced revenue by CAD1.5 million and a reduced EBITDA by CAD1.5 million.
Okay. Yeah. Fair comment, fair comment. And then just on the questions, you mentioned last quarter, you indicated the partnerships were going to be -- were played a strong role in fiscal Q3, they would do the same in fiscal Q4. On the call, you highlighted Workday, I believe it was three healthcare deals for all of fiscal 2019 and you also highlighted the SIs (ph) were a bigger -- bigger contribution this quarter as well. Can you just give a little bit more color as to what Workday exactly contributed on the quarter and what specifically you're seeing out of the SIs relative to say fiscal Q3?
Sure. I mean, of the six healthcare networks that we signed in the fiscal year, three of them were signed jointly with Workday. And it was a cooperative effort. I mean, Workday sells their software, we sell ours, there's no sort of reseller arrangement on either side et cetera. But it was teamwork together in the field to go after those accounts, and land those accounts. And we believe we were helpful to them and they were certainly helpful to us. So it was a very positive process. And we continue to work on other opportunities with Workday both inside of healthcare and outside of Healthcare. So those were -- they were certainly very significant. (Multiple speakers)
Sorry -- if I could just ask there, you had two healthcare wins or two IDN wins in the quarter itself. Did those come through Workday or at least was there a split there?
Both of those were jointly with Workday.
Okay perfect thank you. And then, sorry, continue on the SI side.
Yeah. On the SI side, it's -- we continue to sort of see the most progress, more in the middle market space with SIs. We're doing a lot of work for instance with OSF, they are based at Quebec City, but they've got a sizable presence in France, doing some work with them. We continue to work with RiseNow, continues to grow in the space out there in the market. We've got multiple projects under way jointly with Avalon that I mentioned before. But we're also seeing that with the -- we're doing -- the work we are doing now jointly with Workday, we're seeing more interest from some of the larger integrators as well.
So we're -- at this point, it's still approximately probably 20% of our projects that have integrators directly involved in them. But we're seeing that continuing to rise. There are deals also in our pipeline right now that have been brought to us by integrators. So that's where you start to see that, that nice two-way flow sort of their -- them getting business through our efforts. But in addition to -- the flip side to that, them bringing us new account opportunities.
Okay. And then in the past or at least you said earlier that, when we get through the SI transition period and in the past, I think you tried to quantify that somewhere between year, year and a half. You also indicated that the -- that transition is happening faster than expected. Can you maybe just give an update, now that we're -- I guess two quarters through, how much longer you see the transition period, I guess last seen (ph) before we start to post -- organic growth on the top line and start to see the benefit on the EBITDA?
I mean, I think Nick, it's going to be -- it's still going to be a gradual transition. It's going to be -- you're really looking out sort of -- I mean, it's going to be a -- the bulk of it is going to be this fiscal year, let's put it that way. I mean, we saw this past fiscal year, it hit license revenue by about CAD3 million bucks in total in terms of dragging it down. But at the same time, added CAD1.5 million recurring revenue that's already going to be coming into this fiscal year.
Now this fiscal year what do we anticipate? Well, we think the bulk of our new bookings are going to be in SaaS, so we'd anticipate a further decline in license revenues this year. But -- some pretty nice growth in recurring revenue. So I think the process -- I mean the timeline is still over -- about an 18 month period, but it's -- that's -- it's certainly more front end loaded than we anticipated.
And I would say that we're seeing Nick the increase in professional services revenue in particular starting to flow through. Now if you look at our Q4 results this year in our professional services revenue number, they're up pretty substantially from the same quarter last year, up about 9%, and that starts to speak to some of that backlog starting to come through professional services now.
Okay, great. Thank you. That's it.
Our next question comes from line of a Amr Ezzat with Echelon partners. Your line is open.
Amr Ezzat -- Echelon Partners. -- Analyst
Thanks for taking my questions. A couple, first on the acquisitions, maybe first on OrderDynamics, the MD&A suggests that you guys had operating losses of CAD1.2 million at OrderDynamics. It's a little wider than I had anticipated. I'm just looking for a bit of color on the dynamics there and what is driving that loss? And maybe tell me are they wider than what you guys had anticipated?
Yeah. Amr. I'm impressed with the speed with which you can read through an MD&A. But yes, the loss in OrderDynamics is wider than what we had anticipated, not by a wide margin. We had anticipated a fairly substantial loss in OrderDynamics, but it is a bit wider than we had anticipated.
And we are working with them both on the sales side and on the revenue and pricing side as well as on the cost side, and expect that will -- that will narrow pretty dramatically throughout this fiscal year. And we anticipate it that by the end of the fiscal year, there'll be effectively at a break even EBITDA.
Okay. So still in line with what you guys had anticipated 12 to 18 months. I think you guys have (multiple speakers) break even, So OK, so switching gears on PCSYS. Again, there -- I think it was CAD300,000 in operating profits. And when you guys made the acquisition, you reported that their fiscal '18 was CAD1.8 million in operating profits. Just looking to get more color there as well?
Yeah. So part of that Amr is the CAD300,000 number that you're quoting there, it has amortization in it as well from purchase accounting. So if you take that out, the number is more like CAD600,000 that we recognized in the quarter. So that kind of squares back around in other run rate of EBITDA that we expected, in fact maybe...
No. It's even higher?
Slightly ahead of that run rate.
Okay. That's good color. Then Mark maybe back on the 2 times factor that you chatted about to convert the SaaS bookings to upfront licenses. Is that consistent with the pricing model that you guys are using or maybe you could give us a bit more color on how the SaaS pricing compares to the upfront license on average?
Yeah. It is. We usually use a rule of thumb in pricing of 2.5 times -- anywhere between 2.5 times and slightly more of maintenance is the SaaS number. So if we were going to sign a license -- perpetual license deal at CAD100,000 (ph), we would typically charge maintenance at 20%, right? So that would be CAD20,000 (ph) of maintenance. And we usually think of SaaS at about a 2.5X that maintenance number. And so that CAD20,000 (ph)of maintenance would turn into CAD50,000 (ph) of SaaS, right.
Understood.
So now you can sort of see the 2 to 1, the CAD50,000 of SaaS equals a CAD100,000 of license.
Understood. That's helpful. I maybe missed it in my MD&A reading. But can you give us the latest Company headcounts including PCSYS and OrderDynamics, and how should we think about the hiring plans over the year?
Yeah. We're at about 480 exiting the year. 480 people. And I mean, now we're thinking about the future is we're going to invest a bit, but mostly, the investing that we're going to do is around revenue generation. I think well, we've got -- we've certainly got an outlook to continue to increase our sales and marketing headcount. We'll have a little bit of R&D investing -- investment as well. But most of the headcount increase will go into revenue generating people and services.
Great. Thank you. I'll pass the line.
And our next question comes from line of Andrew McGee with National Bank. Your line is open.
Andrew McGee -- National Bank -- Analyst
Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Just wanted to touch on the bookings growth that you saw and the pivot to SaaS and how that accelerate. I was just wondering, if there's any one or two large deals in that number that would have seen that number accelerate even faster or that the pace (ph) that we should expect going forward?
Yeah. There were no, -- I mean if you look through the year, there was -- I mean, if you look at total, the old (ph) total contract value number that we use. That was sort of hit into the sort of CAD63 million, CAD64 million bucks, I think the largest single deal in there would have been about CAD5 million. So there was no -- I mean, some years, we have one of those, where you have sort of one deal that sort of changes all the numbers, but we didn't really mean most of these were fairly average sized deals. If you look at all the new hospital networks we signed for instance. They ranged in size from sort of one very small one, that sort of started just with the transportation management module up to sort of -- and bulk of them were in the sort of CAD1.5 million to CAD2.5 million range kind of thing as initial contracts. So it was all pretty typical I would say.
Okay. Thanks. And then, as we think about you retooling the sales model or adding sales and marketing. The bulk of your additions have come kind of in recent quarters. But this acceleration to SaaS seems to have come quicker than expected. I'm wondering, is it -- maybe a change in the way your customers are buying products or is it related to the sales model, and how you'd maybe change -- compensation structure to favor the SaaS model, is it one or the other?
No. We actually changed the compensation to favor SaaS. Probably, I don't remember now two or three years ago, and we're seeing very, very slow uptake in the market. The -- a lot of especially in healthcare sort of general approach seem to be sort of there's no way we're going to allow anything close to patient data to get out into the cloud. It's got to be protected, it's got to be on our premises and so on. And somewhere around a year ago that just started to shift, and it started to shift very rapidly to the point now where -- many of these CIOs are sort of feeling like it's maybe safer in our cloud than there is kind of thing. So there's a shift happening there.
I think our work with Workday was an accelerator to that, because of course, everywhere Workday goes, they're promoting a pure cloud message. So that was definitely an accelerator, but there is no question, there was an overall sort of shift in the general market. It's like sort of all this preaching about cloud for the last number of years finally really just caught fire in the last 12 months.
Okay. That's good to hear. And then just maybe touching on Workday in Workday and your SI. I'm wondering, if you can provide any context into the size of how much they've contributed to your pipeline and whether or not, it's expanded it by a factor of whatever percent or multiple. Is there any context that you can wrap around that in giving us a sense of what you guys are now seeing versus maybe what you saw last year?
Yes. Some of that is very subjective. I mean, overall our healthcare pipeline is virtually doubled what it was a year ago. How much of that is directly tied to Workday. How much of it is tied to the fact that the whole -- all of the tension and fear around the Affordable Care Act is gone and the healthcare market has sort of come back with a vengeance in general. It's hard to sort of split that out in a way, but if you look at sort of the active deals in our pipeline in healthcare, right now about 20% of them roughly are clearly tagged as sort of Workday partnership deals. The -- so you it's significant but it's not the only driver in that number.
Right. And then my last question here as you mentioned in your opening remarks that you -- the healthcare bookings, the momentum you're expecting to see that to continue through the year. I imagine, that's a number of factors. But I'm wondering, if you're seeing any shortening in the sales cycle?
We are seeing a shortening in the sales cycle, and I think there's two -- there's probably two reasons for it. One is just sort of our -- our general acceptance in the healthcare market continues to rise. So there's less sort of fear around making a TECSYS decision. But I think the other factor is that more and more of our -- like if you look at the total mix, I mean, we added another IDNs in the year. So we're now up over 40 IDNs. So a bigger and bigger percentage of our healthcare bookings are actually coming out of our base, and our base, they already know us they already trust us. They've already got proven results from projects they've done with us. So decisions made by our base to expand the relationship and add another department or add another hospital, those are definitely made much more quickly than the initial deals.
Okay, great. Thanks for taking my questions and really appreciate the extra commentary that you've provided this quarter on the SaaS side and bookings.
(Operator Instructions) Our next question comes from line of Daniel Rosenberg with Haywood Securities. Your line is open.
Daniel Rosenberg -- Haywood Securities -- Anlyst
Hi, there. Thanks for taking my question. I was wondering, if you could provide some additional insight into -- you mentioned your goals for the next fiscal year are focusing on margins. I was wondering, how much of that is going to be driven by a natural shift to SaaS revenue coming through the door versus some costs that are focused on your end in terms of improving some efficiency?
Yeah. I think there's a couple of different dynamics there. I mean, the organization as we start to scale up and have more SaaS bookings, it's going to create some natural kind of margin expansion opportunities. I think in our recurring revenue business. So I think that -- that will be just a natural driver once we get -- we get some more scale there. So that's number one.
Number two, I think our OrderDynamics' margins in the recent history that you've seen were not robust and especially on the services side, there's scale on that side of the business deal on the SaaS side. But on the services side, I think there's room you'll see some -- some expansion happening there that'll contribute to overall -- sort of I would say some tailwind in gross margin.
Of course the thing that's coming sort of the other direction against that is a couple of things. One we've got the shift to SaaS, which is sort of trading. SaaS revenue for -- which is good margin for license revenue, which is -- which is super high margin. So I think as we go through that, you sort of dip and the revenue chips down and you lose that 98% for proprietary license margin on that stuff, and it starts to get filled in over time with SaaS, the dollar contribution is going to be a creative for sure, but it's going to take a while for the margins to -- margin percentage to become accretive there.
The other thing that rose (ph) a little bit of difficulty into our -- sort of picture of margin is the PCSYS business which has a pretty big chunk of hardware in it and as we've talked about a little bit. And so that has a tendency to kind of bring down margins a little bit as it becomes -- it's only -- we've only got three months of that in our numbers right now. But that's another sort of dynamic that's going to put some headwind pressure on just gross margin expansion.
Okay. Thanks for that. And in terms of the PCSYS and OrderDynamics acquisition. I know it's early days, but I know there's some talk of cross-selling opportunities or maybe some of your existing client base expanding their services with you guys to Europe. Could you speak to any examples or indications that you have a cross-selling opportunity?
Yeah. I mean, we're still -- on PCSYS, first of all, we're still very early days. So we're getting to know them, we're looking at sort of how to cross the brands over and how to bring that together and so on. So that's early days. On OrderDynamics, I have to say, I'd actually hope that by this call I'd be able to say we'd signed our first one. There was a joint account between the two. We've got a few we're going after that we're -- we think we're getting pretty close to. But unfortunately, I can't tell you that we've signed one at this point. But certainly, we're seeing the interest, we're seeing the opportunity and we're working with -- the -- this OrderDynamics sales team, which is now part of our main sales team to not only continue to pursue some great opportunities in the retail and brand space, but also bring that over into our complex distribution business.
So hopefully, we'll have more news on that soon.
Okay. Thanks for taking my questions. That's it for me.
And gentlemen, there are no further questions at present time. I'll turn the presentation back to yourselves. Thank you.
Okay. Well, thank you all very much for your time today. And as always, if you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to give Mark or I a call, and we'll look forward to talking to you just after Labor Day to discuss our first quarter results. Thanks very much. Bye for now.
And that does conclude the conference call for today. We thank you for your participation, and ask that you please disconnect your lines.
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 Wolfgang Schmitz (1934–2017), Künstler und ehemaliger Professor an der Kunsthochschule Bremen
 Reinhold Wosab (* 1938), Bundesligaspieler von Borussia Dortmund und VfL Bochum, Europapokalsieger der Pokalsieger
 Heinz van Haaren (* 1940), DFB-Fußballpokalsieger 1972 mit FC Schalke 04 und Beteiligter am Bundesligabestechungsskandal 1972
 Jürgen Mikol (* 1942), Schauspieler, u. a. als Opa Pläte in Alles Atze
 Gerhard Hunsmann (* 1943), Mediziner
 Karlheinz Küting (1944–2014), Betriebswirt und Hochschullehrer
 Gertrud Schäfer (* 1944), Deutsche Meisterin im Kugelstoßen 1966 und Olympiateilnehmerin 1968, Trainerin der Leichtathletinnen Sabine Braun und Beate Peters
 Meinhard Starostik (1949–2018), Rechtsanwalt und Richter am Verfassungsgerichtshof des Landes Berlin
 Hans-Georg Huber (* 1952), Business-Coach, Führungskräfte-Trainer, Prozessbegleiter und Autor
 Hans Kruppa (* 1952), Schriftsteller
 Peter Neururer (* 1955), Fußballtrainer, u. a. Trainer beim FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum und bei Hannover 96
 Michael Groß (* 1956), Politiker (SPD), MdB
 Karin Kneffel (* 1957), Künstlerin
 Robert Schulte-Hemming (* 1957), Filmmusikkomponist, u. a. für die Serien Der Bergdoktor und girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz
 Dieter Welsink (* 1957), Weltmeister (1979) und Vizeweltmeister (1981) im Kanuslalom (Zweier-Kanadier), 16-maliger Deutscher Meister
 Beate Peters (* 1959), Bronzemedaillengewinnerin bei den Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 1987 im Speerwurf
 Sönke Wortmann (* 1959), Regisseur, u. a. Das Wunder von Bern, Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen und Die Päpstin
 Pete Barany (1960–2002), Sänger der Multicoloured Shades
 Andreas Homoki (* 1960), Chefregisseur und Intendant der Komischen Oper in Berlin
 Gabriele Katzmarek (* 1960), Bundestagsabgeordnete und Parlamentarische Geschäftsführerin der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (2013–21)
 Bernhard Hardtung (* 1961), Jurist und Professor für Strafrecht in Rostock
 Jutta Koch-Unterseher (* 1961), Politikerin (SPD), Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin
 Torsten C. Fischer (* 1963), Regisseur mehrerer Tatort-Folgen und Drehbuchautor
 Andreas Bick (* 1964), Filmkomponist, Klangkünstler und Hörspielmacher
 Barbara Meisner (* 1964), Künstlerin, Förderpreisträgerin der Stadt Düsseldorf
 Claus Fritzsche (1964–2014), Blogger und Lobbyist im Bereich der Homöopathie
 Franz-Josef Overbeck (* 1964), Bischof von Essen
 Peter Kruck (* 1965), Schriftsteller und Medienwissenschaftler
 Stephan Hollstein (* 1966), Musiker, Musikproduzent, Sänger
 Frank Sandmann (* 1966), Schauspieler, Moderator und Autor
 Oliver Wittke (* 1966), ehemaliger Minister für Bauen und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Karsten Braasch (* 1967), Tennisspieler, Mitglied des deutschen Daviscup-Teams
 Claudius Reimann (* 1969), Saxofonist, hat 1990 die Erzieherausbildung am Hans-Böckler-Berufskolleg Marl/Haltern abgeschlossen; hat Kultur-Aktionen mit Norbert Kühne realisiert
 Chris Kramer (* 1970), Bluesmusiker
 Matthias Pintscher (* 1971), Komponist und Dirigent
 Norbert Altenkamp (* 1972), Politiker (CDU), MdB
 Winfried Oelsner (* 1972), Regisseur und Schriftsteller, Grimme-Preisträger
 Kishor Sridhar (* 1972), Managementberater und Buchautor
 Phil Fuldner (* 1973), DJ und Musikproduzent
 Marco Kloss (* 1973), Schlagersänger
 Simone Sombecki (* 1973), TV-Moderatorin und Schauspielerin
 Christian Ahlmann (* 1974), Bronze-Medaillengewinner Olympia (2004) und Doppel-Europameister (2003) im Springreiten
 André Bardow (* 1974), Professor für Technische Thermodynamik an der ETH Zürich
 Mathias Schober (* 1976), Torwart des FC Schalke 04
 Stephan A. Tölle (* 1976), Theater- und Fernsehschauspieler, u. a. in der Fernsehserie Nord bei Nordwest
 Anna Hepp (* 1977), Filmemacherin und Fotografin
 Marc Andre Matten (* 1978), Sinologe
 Serap Güler (* 1980), Mitglied des CDU-Bundesvorstandes, Staatssekretärin, ehem. MdL NRW
 Christian Wetklo (* 1980), Torwart (1. FSV Mainz 05, FC Schalke 04)
 Hendrik Heutmann (* 1982), Schauspieler, u. a. Babylon Berlin und The Team
 Oliver Müller (* 1983), Science-Fiction-Autor und Kommunalpolitiker
 Tim Hoogland (* 1985), Fußballspieler (1. FSV Mainz 05, FC Schalke 04, VfL Bochum)
 Polat Keser (* 1985), deutsch-türkischer Fußballtorwart
 Henrik Weßel (* 1985), Volleyball- und Beachvolleyballspieler
 Philipp Pöter (* 1986), Handballspieler
 Christian Valentin Brunn (* 1994), erfolgreicher Produzent und DJ von elektronischer Musik unter dem Alias Virtual Riot, mittlerweile wohnhaft in Los Angeles, USA
 Noah Korczowski (* 1994), Fußballspieler
 Oğuzhan Aydoğan (* 1997), deutsch-türkischer Fußballspieler

Bekannte Einwohner und mit Marl verbundene Persönlichkeiten
 Ingo Anderbrügge (* 1964), Fußball-UEFA-Pokal-Sieger 1997, Betreiber einer Fußballschule in Marl
 Heinrich Breloer (* 1942), Filmregisseur, Grimme-Preisträger (Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman, Speer und Er)
 Yul Brynner (1920–1985), Filmschauspieler, UNO-Vertreter (UNESCO), 3. Januar 1960, Begleitung des neuen Baus einer Siedlung für ungarische Mitbürger und Angehörige der "Philharmonia Hungarica", 74 WE an der Brüderstraße.
 DJ Moguai (bürgerlich Andre Tegeler; * 1973), DJ und Moderator bei MTV, VIVA und 1LIVE
 Bert Donnepp (1914–1995), Pädagoge und Publizist, Gründer des Grimme-Instituts in Marl
 Rudi Gutendorf (1926–2019), Fußballbundesligatrainer und mehrfacher Nationaltrainer, Trainer beim TSV-Marl-Hüls (1962/63)
 Ulrich Hänel (* 1957), ehemaliger Feldhockey-Nationalspieler, zweifacher olympischer Silbermedaillengewinner, lernte in Marl das Hockeyspielen
 Maria Jacobi (1906–1994), Bundestagsabgeordnete von 1961 bis 1972 und Vorsitzende des Petitionsausschusses
 Fritz Kaßmann (1908–1991), bis 1970 Minister in NRW, von 1952 bis 1955 Amts- und Stadtdirektor in Marl
 Hans Kröner (1909–2006), ehemaliger Vorstandsvorsitzender der Fresenius AG, zuvor bei den BUNA-Werken in Marl beschäftigt
 Norbert Kühne (* 1941), deutscher Schriftsteller, lebt seit 1973 in Marl und veröffentlicht unter anderem unter dem Pseudonym Ossip Ottersleben
 Günther Marschall (1913–1997), Architekt und Erbauer der neuen Stadtmitte Marls und anderer öffentlicher Gebäude in der Stadt
 Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), Bundesminister und Vizekanzler, langjähriges aktives Mitglied des Vereins für Fallschirmsport Marl
 Hermann Moog (1901–1974), Maler, gründete 1950 in Marl die erste Kinder-Malschule Deutschlands (Malschule "Insel").
 Herman Prigann (1942–2008), deutscher Umwelt- und Landschaftskünstler, erstellte das Landschaftskunst-Projekt "Wasserstände" im Stadtteil Sickingmühle
 Ernst Oldenburg (1914–1992), deutscher Maler und Bildhauer des Expressionismus, hatte 1954 ein Atelier in Marl.
 Hartmut Riemenschneider (* 1958), Präsident des Bundes Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Gemeinden; seit 1998 Baptistenpastor an der Marler Friedenskirche
 Andi Rogenhagen (* 1965), Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor
 Wolfgang Sauer (1928–2015), blinder Schlagersänger, moderierte ab 2007 den Patientenfunk der Paracelsus-Klinik
 Hans Scharoun (1893–1972), Architekt und Erbauer der Scharoun-Schule
 Walter Schlempp (1905–1979), Architekt und Erbauer der Paracelsus-Klinik Marl
 Artur Schmidt (* 1985), Deutscher Meister im Boxen 2006 und Militärweltmeister 2006, boxt für den VfB Hüls
 Walther Sethe (1930–2012) Stadtdirektor von Marl 1982 bis 1990; zuvor seit 1964 u. a. als Rechtsamtsleiter, Kulturdezernent und Kämmerer in Marl tätig
 Herbert Somplatzki (* 1934), Schriftsteller, arbeitete elf Jahre auf der Zeche Auguste Victoria
 Dagmar Spengler (* 1974), Solocellistin der Staatskapelle Weimar, Schülerin der Marler Musikschule
 Emil Steffan (1899–1968), Kirchenarchitekt und Erbauer der Marler Kirche St. Konrad
 Paul Stein (1874–1956), langjähriger Generaldirektor der Zeche Auguste Victoria und Finanzier der NSDAP und federführend im Verwaltungsrat der I.G. Farben
 Hans-Christian Ströbele (1939–2022), Rechtsanwalt und Bundestagsabgeordneter von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; lebte bis zum Studium in Marl
 Heinrich Tenhumberg (1915–1979), Bischof von Münster und zuvor Industrieseelsorger in Marl
 Lisa Thomsen (* 1985), Volleyball-Nationalspielerin und Deutsche Volleyballmeisterin 2011, begann ihre Karriere beim VC Marl
 Hans Tietmeyer (1931–2016), von 1993 bis 1999 Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank, arbeitete 1954 auf der Zeche Auguste Victoria
 Leni Timmermann (1901–1992), Pianistin, Klavierpädagogin, Chorleiterin, Gesangspädagogin, Komponistin und Autorin; in Marl-Hüls aufgewachsen
 Werner Weinhold (* 1949), ehemaliger NVA-Soldat und deutschlandweit bekannt gewordener Straftäter
 Dennis Wolf (* 1978), seit 1992 wohnhaft in Marl, Bodybuilder

Siehe auch
 Liste von Persönlichkeiten aus dem Ruhrgebiet

Marl
!Personlichkeiten

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UPDATE FROM FOSTER MOM: My original personality description was accurate. Bonnie is a thoughtful dog, especially for her age. She always assesses a situation from a distance, and then joins in as she deems appropriate. She is not fearful or shy. Analytical would be the best word. I don't think I've ever had a dog who was this intelligent in an almost human-like way. She is a very quick study, and requires minimal instruction. She is self-disciplined, and would do well in a household that is quiet, calm, gentle, refined, ordered, and intellectual. She needs a home where her intelligence and sensibilities are recognized, appreciated and valued. She is an elegant and svelte looking dog; you can tell that she is female just by her looks. She is a remarkable dog.
My wife and I would like to meet Bonnie Belle. We lost our yellow lab, Jake, last October and are ready for a new friend. We are retired and live in South Carolina on Lake Keowee (Keowee Key). We are on the water and have a boat that a lab would thoroughly enjoy. Please tell us where and when we could visit.


I love a personal challenge! On my 70th birthday I decided to take up body surfing. Hopefully I will catch a wave before I reach my 71st birthday!
I am motivated, excited and enthusiastic about every challenge I take on. From experience I have found that the best thing about a personal challenge is that I do not have the burden of other peoples expectations. I can stop, start or just slow down depending on how I wake up in the morning.
Unconditional aging is my latest challenge to raise awareness that ageism is discrimination and has no place in the 21st century. I ask you to join me, as step by step, retiree by retiree we fight back at ageism!
Of course, there is a good chance that our affect against ageism will be small but what fun we will have in the process!
Every movement needs a name and I found that the definition of the word "unconditional" described the real potential that aging could and should have in our society.
When I was teaching I had the opportunity to ask a group of teenagers what they thought getting older would mean for them. Although their answers were all negative (not surprisingly) I did not feel they were being "ageist". The problem lies in their reality. They had little or no contact with active seniors who could challenge their stereotypical view. Their responses were simply a reflection of their experiences. However, it is likely that ageism discrimination will eventually creep into their psyche. Hence, my one women, personal challenge to break the mold of stereotypical aging!
Depression: "Most old people look sad!
For those of you who do not understand the pull of procrastination you will probably have planned for your retirement long before you get there. Your finances will be in order, dental work up to date and you will already have a well established health and fitness routine. Well done, carry on!
Procrastinators like myself will stumble into retirement with wide eyed innocence. However, the interesting thing about unconditional aging is that retirement is a great leveler and neither group is exempt its challenges. Step one begins with deciding which of these challenges you want to deal with. As my tag line is …….
"It's Your Retirement…..Own It!" you decide what is important to you. My advice though is to choose something that gives you the best chance of success. Do not let ageism discrimination limit your choices.
Response: Fitness is free if you do your research. Facebook has links to walking groups, council run fitness groups (free or greatly reduced) I attend twice weekly free Tai Chi on the beach that I discovered at my local library. Read more on my Health and Fitness on a Budget post to find a solution that is right for you.
One of the most unexpected downsides of retirement is that people you have known for many years through work do not always stay in your social network. Sad but true. Of course your real friends will still be there for you but your social network is going to shrink so be warned! The response is to be pro active. Take control and look further afield. If joining a club that is specifically for those in retirement scares you to death (it did for me) choose something with a more eclectic base. The list is endless, Rotary, Lions, choirs, Probus, crafts, etc etc. Take your time, do your research.
Do not be restricted by the confines of your pre-retirement life.
I chose to live on a houseboat and my boating neighbors certainly fit into the "eclectic" box! My post on retirement boredom has some ideas how you can re-vitalise your retirement. Active networking is the key to avoiding social isolation which my teenage researchers saw as a pre- requisite of being old!
You can do this by updating, adding to or part timing your previous employment. Some professions lend themselves to this better than others. Retired plumbers and electricians are in demand where I am but as a retired teacher/nurse I find little call on my skills other than emergencies and I can't really charge for that! Updating or life long learning as always been expected in my work experience so I saw no reason to stop when I retired. I did however change my environment and took up sailing.
Remember It's Your Retirement….Own It!" Having a purpose is closely linked to our identity. In Western society our identity ties in with our age cycles e.g. child, student, worker, parent and "elderly" ! For each of these stages we have pre-conceived ideas of the lifestyle each of them may inhabit. What are your images of "elderly"? My un scientific teenagers gave theirs through ignorance but I have met many retirees who appear to have a self fulfilling prophecy to fit the bill! Finding a purpose begins with motivation. Or, as my mother used to say use it or lose it! In her case this meant keeping active within the limitations of her arthritis and as socially engaged as her finances allowed.
Volunteering is the easiest option as it ticks all the boxes. Meeting new people, learning new skills and contributing to society are only a few of the benefits you can expect. For those of you with sporting expertise you have the added advantage of being able to engage with the younger generation and, hopefully, changing some of their misconceptions of "retirement". Read my best 5 Retirement Lifestyle Tips to start looking for a retirement lifestyle that gives you a reason to get up in the morning!
We now know that there is an area in the brain where happiness is registered!
A study from the Penn Sate found that people who smile also appear to be more likeable, courteous. competent. Another important characteristic of smiling is that it is contagious!
My family are used to my alternative approach to life in general so it's no surprise to them that my retirement is continuing in the same vein! There is no shortage of information for conventional retirement where financial planning, mortgages, superannuation, wills and insurances are all worthwhile goals. However, if you have ever thought about doing things differently then retirement can provide you with the perfect opportunity to spread your wings. Here are some of the "alternatives" that will definitely challenge the thinking of those with preconceived ideas of what aging can be.
Boat living: No previous skills required if you live in a Marina!
Caravanning is the land version of #1. In Australia you would be known as a Grey Nomad. Accommodation and casual work opportunities are the norm.
Relocating to where lifestyle is cheaper is an option for those who are really thinking outside the box.
Become a Home carer: If you have worked in the health system and have good health there are opportunities for live in carers. Some positions are suitable for married couples with one being the carer and the other a gardener.
Motel relievers: Previous experience better but I was offered a position when I was looking for a house sit.
Farm relievers: I also found these positions when I was looking for house sitting positions but I did have a lot of experience from my "farming" days as my Retirement Plan A explains.
Sell your travels: This would be my absolute dream! Google in travel blogs and you will find senior entrapreneurs who make money out of their travels.
How do you feel about your own aging? Remember this is what you show others.
Are you guilty of using ageism language? Are "senior moments" and "my brains too old for technology" part of your vocabulary?
Who were your role models for aging" Have they coloured how you live your retirement?
Do you know how to take responsibility for your aging. Do you actively seek out the new research on longevity, brain neuro-plasticity? Take a look at my TED talks for discussions that focus on positive aging on the role we play in achieving it.
Have you ever thought about being an activist against ageism. Could you start a consciousness-raising group or maybe just drop it into the conversation at a club you belong to?
Do you question negative attitudes to the elderly when ever you have the opportunity?
Do you speak up when you encounter ageist behavior or attitudes.
Do you have the skills to join forces with others to educate young people about ageism as being unacceptable as any other form of prejudice. Schools today have a curriculum that encourages senior citizens to share their histories. The plus side of this initiative is that it is an opportunity to present ourselves as individuals rather than the "old people" that my original teenagers saw.


Us vs. Them. Again. Still.
I suppose it should come as no surprise, what with the nasty brouhaha that erupted three years ago when Katie Couric was named anchor for CBS' 60 Minutes, that the recent announcement about Diane Sawyer taking over Charlie Gibson's anchor post on ABC World News upon Gibson's retirement was met with a scathing round of… er, analysis.
The nightly newscast is also the Metamucil half-hour, as the pharma ads reflect. The three newscasts collectively attract 20 million viewers, half the size of the audience 15 years ago, with a median age of 61.3, hence all the health coverage. Claiming Sawyer's appointment "historic," as many have, is misleading. It's a job many men, including Gibson, no longer want.
So, while we all know the fate of the numbers Couric found upon assuming her position, from what Heller says, it seems like dwindling ratings should have been an all but foregone conclusion (and she may be right: I mean, how many people do you know who get their news at 5:30, on TV? Thought so). And Katie was a convenient scapegoat, made all the more convenient because she was a trailblazer, a first.
But that's just the half of it.
Sawyer seems like a perfectly decent interviewer and a hardworking journalist, but I'm also struck that she fits into the "NewsMommy model" that Ann reported on back when Couric was chosen–essentially that the networks are choosing women who are non-threatening, aka maternal, for the top positions so as not to freak out viewers still not used to the idea that women can be assertive, independent, and–gasp–childless.
Sawyer is many things–smart, competent, often witty, exceedingly attractive–but "maternal" is not an adjective that springs to mind. You might even call her telepresence the opposite of maternal: glossy, self-contained, occasionally remote… So what, exactly, is it that qualified her as maternal? That she is a woman of a certain age? This is the sort of stereotyping feminists have long worked to combat.
In my opinion, Fortini hit the nail on the head, although I don't think Martin's post was quite as dismissive as Fortini took it to be. But really, aren't we beyond all this? What's with the use of the word "mommy" in that context–as if it's a synonym for airhead or lightweight? I'll concede that morning news shows like Good Morning America are to news as Pop-Tarts are to breakfast, but Diane Sawyer has a pretty impressive resume behind that pretty face (is it the pretty that's the problem?): she has 30 years of network experience, was an aide to Nixon, she's interviewed the last four presidents and their wives, as well as world leaders such as Ahmadinejad, Sadaam Hussein, Fidel Castro, Robert McNamara, and Manuel Noriega to name but a few. She's covered the State Department, and was one of the first female correspondents on 60 Minutes. And, um, Charlie Gibson seems like a nice guy and everything, but a hard-hitter? Not so much.
While Sawyer's new gig may indeed be a boobie prize, perceived as but a pit stop on the way to the Metamucil aisle, I'm struck by all the analysis. Because, had some guy been given the job, we'd all be on the same side: where are the women? Perhaps we'd be more focused on this sobering fact: according to the Women's Media Center, "women hold only 3 percent of the 'clout' positions in media." But now that she's there, the best we can do is to consume rumors of catfights between she and Couric, pick apart the career choices she's made, what she looks like, and each other.
What will it take for us to stop judging each other and get on the same team? To stop reaching for the shards of shattered glass from those ceilings our sisters have worked so hard to crack and using them as weapons against each other, rather than sweeping them up, admiring the fact that we might be able to make it through a little easier, and getting on with our own lives and the ceilings we'll inevitably face? Equality? Yet another reason to keep working for it–and, frankly, as good as any.
This is a great piece and you ask such a great question. Here's keeping my fingers crossed that we can leaves those shards of glass on the ground and help each other through the ceiling.