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Cowen & Co.'s Jeffrey Osborne today initiates coverage of three materials stocks tied to hot tech trends, GTA Advanced Technology (GTAT), Amtech Systems (ASYS), and SunEdison (SUNE).
GT Advanced is the operator of furnaces for the preparation of sapphire materials, among other things, and has a deal with Apple (AAPL) to run those furnaces, presumably for use in the forthcoming iPhone.
Last week, some analysts were taking a more cautious stance on the stock given that it's not yet clear to them when revenue from Apple will start to arrive in meaningful fashion.
But Osborne starts the shares with an Outperform rating, and a $19 price target, writing that "While EPS is subdued in the near term as the Arizona Apple factory ramps, we see a clear path to $1.50-$2.00 in EPS by 2016 as end market conditions improve in solar and LEDs, leverage plays out in Arizona and new products kick in."
Osborne sees multiple uses by Apple for sapphire:
In September, our Apple analyst, Timothy Arcuri, expects a bevy of new products from Apple. He sees a role for sapphire in wearables and high end iPhones (both 4.7″ and 5.2″), according to his conversations with industry contacts. We expect a ramp up in sapphire use relative to Corning's Gorilla Glass over the coming quarters, especially as the cost reductions play out through incorporating the Hyperion tool set, which is not part of the current production process.
He is also sees positive prospects for the company's equipment to make solar panel cells after a rocky 2014:
While many in the supply chain are focusing more on project development instead of manufacturing, we expect a handful to add more capacity given likely demand increases and more attractive return on investment from the lower cost of production of new tool sets (DSS, Polysilicon, HiCZ, and Merlin) from GT and others in the industry.
Osborne models GT Advanced making $625.9 million in revenue and 15 cents in EPS this year, versus consensus of $628 million and 11 cents. For 2015, he sees $1.12 billion and 79 cents versus consensus of $1.15 billion and 82 cents.
Amtech is a provider of equipment for both semiconductor and solar panel preparation. Osborne starts the stock at Outpeform as well, with a $15 price target, citing the same increase in solar capital equipment spending as he cited for GT Advanced. He notes that Chinese producers of solar cells are soon going to have to spend more to keep up with production:
We see global demand at 45.5 GW in 2014 increasing to 60.2 GW in 2016 acting as a driver of a capital spending cycle relative to effective cell equipment capacity in the 45-50 GW range currently. While the Chinese have been running at full capacity for a few quarters, they have been outsourcing to Tier 2 vendors in China and to the Taiwanese; however, our checks suggest these vendors are also starting to run at nearly full utilization. While many in the supply chain are focusing more on project development instead of manufacturing; we expect a handful of vendors to make the leap forward to 20% efficient panels.
As for SunEdison, the developer of solar energy projects, he writes that the big story is the move from government subsidies to so-called Yieldcos, spin-offs that promise shareholder payouts that are akin to master limited partnerships (MLPs).
While he sees that as positive, he thinks SunEdison's stock has already priced in the payoff from its own spin-out, TerraForm Power (TERP), back in July, and he assigns the stock a Market Perform rating, and a $20 price target:
In May, SUNE spun out its semi unit and in July, TerraForm Power, a YieldCo was created. While we applaud the shareholder friendly actions that have improved the cash balance of SUNE in order to allow management to accelerate project development, we see these items as priced in. Our sum-of the parts analysis leads us to a low to mid-20s valuation for the company, with the development company worth ~$16/share, the TerraForm dividend stream worth $3-4 per share eventually and the solar materials and semiconductor units each worth ~$1-2 per share. Adding up these figures, we see a mid-$20′s stock price as stretched. We like the strategy the company has undertaken; however, would be more inclined to get constructive on the stock in the mid to high teens.
(For more on TerraForm and the Yieldco phenomenon, see my column in this week's Barron's print magazine.)
GT Advanced shares today are up 55 cents, or 3.4%, at $16.78, SunEdison (SUNE) shares are up 36 cents, or 1.7%, at $21.18; Amtech shares are up 42 cents, or almost 5%, at $9.37.
Shares of semiconductor wafer supplier SunEdison (SUNE) are up $3.05, or almost 16%, at $22.37, after the company this morning reported Q2 revenue that missed analysts' estimates, but delivered a surprise profit.
SunEdison reported $557.5 million in non-GAAP revenue, and EPS of 12 cents, compared to the Street consensus of $567 million and a 29-cent net loss per share.
The company projected sales of energy producing systems to rise from 54 megawatts last quarter to 70 megawatts this quarter.
SunEdison said its "project pipeline" at the end of the quarter was higher by 684 megawatts of projected capacity, at 4.3 gigawatts. The company said it completed 218 megawatts of capacity during the quarter, which was toward the higher end of what the company had forecast.
CEO Ahmad Chatila remarked that the quarter was a "transformational period" for SunEdison, including the IPO of two former divisions of the company, SunEdison Semiconductor (SEMI) and TerraForm (TERP), the so-called Yieldco for the company's projects business.
SunEdison Semiconductor shares are up 4 cents at $16.54, after it reported its own results this morning, with revenue of $214.6 million falling below the average $216.3 million, but the reported profit of 34 cents beating the Street's expectations for a 39-cent loss.
As with Tuesday evening's report by First Solar (FSLR), and the analysis the morning after, the discussion this morning on the conference call with analysts turned to the Yieldco, and the possibility for further MLP-like spin-offs. Chatila was asked about those prospects, and remarked,
Our volumes around the world are very very high and they're growing and we would like to take advantage of that and so we're thinking about others. We are not ready to announce exact dates but it's clearly on our mind and it's not like the last few weeks we start thinking about it. Actually, I would say international vehicle assessment started in January of 2013, so I'll just tell you we've been strategic.
Update: FBR & Co.'s Aditya Satghare, reiterating an Outperform rating on the shares, cheering the company's disclosure of "all key metrics of pipeline growth."
"We acknowledge the best in class disclosure from the management team in terms of pipeline and value creation, and believe that this should set the benchmark for pipeline disclosure in the sector," writes Satghare.
Update: Shares have reversed course from earlier losses, and are now up $2.06, or 3.2%, at $65.70.
Shares of First Solar (FSLR) are down $1.26, or 2%, at $62.00, after the company yesterday afternoon missed Q2 expectations by a wide margin, as some of its solar energy installations were delayed.
The focus on the call, though, was less on the results, and more on the prospect that the company might spin out some of its business into a separate outfit that acts rather like a "master limited partnership" in the pipeline industry, with investors getting paid a distribution; the prospect is referred to by management and the Street as a "Yieldco."
On the call, CEO Jim Hughes briefly remarked the company is still evaluating the option but is getting close to making a decision:
Finally, I would like to provide a brief update on our position with respect to a yield co. As we have stated previously, this is an issue we felt needed careful consideration. We did not believe we needed to rush into a decision, but rather take into account the evolving industry dynamics and make the best long-term decision for our shareholders. With that in mind, we are nearing the end of our decision-making process and subject to market conditions we expect to make a final decision near term by the next earnings call at the latest.
Despite the big miss, there are plenty of defenders this morning. Needham & Co.'s Edwin Mok raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Hold, with a $75 price target, pointing out that the company held onto its full-year outlook, which means the "issues was more timing" in the quarter, than a fundamental breakdown in the business.
Like others, Mok is fixated on the idea of the company offering a vehicle for getting paid on the yield:
While a final decision has not been made, we see a high likelihood FSLR will create a yieldco. We believe recent ■ successful launches of others such as TERP [TerraForm Power] and NEP [Neptune-Calculus Income & Growth VC] [both N/R] demonstrate investors' willingness to own these assets at very low yield. Mgmt acknowledges yieldco lower the cost of capital (a change from Analyst Event), which we believe will allow their Sponsors to be more cost competitive. With a strong developmental pipeline, we believe First Solar could be a very successful yieldco sponsor.
Paul Coster of J.P. Morgan, who has an Overweight rating on the stock, and a $76 price tarot, is also intrigued by Yieldco prospects:
FSLR is nearing the end of its evaluation period regarding the formation of a YieldCo and plans to make an announcement by at least the time of the next earnings call (early November). The company has ~1.5GW of opportunities that are not yet sold and therefore could be dropped down into a YieldCo, 600MW of which are either completed or nearing COD which could be used in an initial YieldCo portfolio. The hurdle for creating a YieldCo is higher for FSLR relative to other solar developers owing to the firm's relatively low cost of tax-efficient capital and the focus on larger-scale utility projects with well-defined end-customers, however it seems increasingly likely that a subset of the firm's business could be suited to a YieldCo drop down.
Citigroup's Shahriar Pourreza, who has a Buy rating on the stock, and an $87 price target, writes that Yieldco has become a more desirable option now:
Valuation of initial deals has surpassed expectations (on par if not more favorable than MLPs). Investors have gained comfort with non US assets and some currency exposure. There is a public solar YieldCo in the market which reduces market risk of others. The market has reacted favorably to the IDR structure and has gained comfort with accounting issues. Lastly, there is a large growth opportunity available beyond US renewables which creates long term visibility to growth for a First Solar YieldCo.
Solar energy technology developer First Solar (FSLR) this afternoon reported Q2 revenue and earnings per share that substantially missed analysts' expectations,
Revenue in the three months ended in June rose to $544.4 million, yielding EPS of 4 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $807 million and 33 cents per share.
First Solar said revenue was hit by a delay in recognition of proceeds from one of its solar projections:
The decrease in net revenue is primarily attributable to achieving revenue recognition on our Campo Verde project in the prior quarter and project delays in the second quarter which resulted in the deferral of some revenue recognition to the second half of the year.
CEO Jim Hughes added,
While project delays in Q2 resulted in deferring some earnings to later in the year we remain on track to our financial targets for the year and reaffirm our full-year 2014 EPS and operating cash flow guidance. In addition I am proud of the execution by the organization as demonstrated by a new record cell efficiency and new bookings of over 800MWdc.
First Solar stock is down $3.23, or 5.3%, at $60.43, in late trading.
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Amazon's next thing
Shares of Amazon.com (AMZN) are up $3.93, or 1.2%, at $329.55, as the company's rumored unveiling of its own smartphone approaches at 1 pm, Eastern time, today.
There hasn't been a flood of coverage from the Street in advance of the event, but SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's Rob Peck this morning reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Amazon, writing that he's received many calls from investors asking what the phone could mean to the bottom line.
He surmises, "Assuming the middle scenario of 10% penetration, the company could sell 2.7m phones at a $400 assumed ASP to the carrier (not the consumer), driving ~$1b of lift from phone sales."
"Further, we assume that 70% of the sales go to new Prime customers, driving ~ $200m of new Prime subscriptions."
"Lastly, we assume that each NEW customer buys 10 items per year at an ASP of $50, driving another ~$900m of revenue. In total, this scenario would drive >$2b revenue lift for Amazon, or a 2% lift off of Street consensus for 2015."
Cautions cheers for Cisco
Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) are up 11 cents, or 0.4%, at $24.61, after James Faucette, formerly with Pacific Crest, now with Morgan Stanley, today initiated coverage of the stock as part of a broadly "cautious" note on hardware names, giving Cisco an Overweight rating despite dwindling hardware industry prospects.
"We expect Cisco to grow share and operating margins over the next few years," he writes. He assigns BlackBerry (BBRY) an Equal Weight rating, writing "we are also more convinced than most that BlackBerry management will preserve tangible book value of ~$4/share even as we expect current business turnaround efforts to stumble.
Low downside for DirecTV
Shares of DirecTV (DTV) are up 33 cents, or 0.4%, at $83.99, after Buckingham Research's James Ratcliffe raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Neutral, with a $95 price target, the same as the take-out price AT&T (T) is offering to buy DTV, writing that there is 13% upside to that price if a deal goes through, which he thinks has a 90% chance of happening.
However, even if it doesn't happen, DirecTV will likely "restart aggressive buybacks," with perhaps $3 billion to $5 billion worth in 2015, and $3 billion a year after that.
Solar City deeper in manufacturing
Shares of Elon Musk's SolarCity (SCTY) are down $2.10, or 3.3%, at $62.43, after the company yesterday afternoon said it would purchase solar panel module provider Silevo of Fremont, California, for $200 million in SolarCity stock, plus an additional earn-out payment of $150 million in stock. Further details are available in the 8-K filing from SolarCity.
Roth Capital Partners's Philip Shen, who has a Buy rating on Solar City shares, raises his price target this morning to $80 from $65, writing that "SCTY's announcement that it plans to vertically integrate into module manufacturing was unexpected," and that although the economics of module manufacturing "have been challenging at best" for various industry players, the deal makes sense considering it mitigates "long-term supply risk" and it "lowers upfront installation costs to retain more value per watt."
Also yesterday, Solar City said it would set up a factory in upstate New York to produce more than a gigawatt worth of panels per year, as chronicled by Financial Times's Ed Crooks.
Speaking of solar, J.P. Morgan's Paul Coster this morning cut his rating on shares of SunPower (SPWR) to Neutral from Overweight, with a $40 price target, given the 35% run up in the stock this year, writing that the "risk-reward is now balanced."
Adobe's triumph
Shares of Adobe (ADBE) are up $6.09, or 9%, at $73.63, after the company yesterday afternoon beat fiscal Q2 expectations, forecast revenue and profit a little lithgt of consensus this quarter, and raised its expectation for the full year's total in recurring revenue from its "Creative Cloud" subscription.
There haven't been any ratings changes, that I can see, but there are plenty of price target increases.
RBC Capital Markets's Matthew Hedberg, reiterating an Outperform rating, raises his price target to $85 from $75, writing "Creative Cloud adoption remains robust and should accelerate in 2H/14 following a new product launch on 6/18 that will be the biggest updates since CS6.
Nimble's nice
Shares of Nimble Storage (NMBL) are up $2.12, or 7.6%, at $30, after the stock got yet another upgrade today following a couple over the course of the last week, this one from Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty, who raised her rating to Overweight from Equal Weight, with a $38 price target. Huberty writes that after recently meeting with management, she concludes "new products will increase enterprise penetration," and that the company's "competitive moat is intact and sustainable," with gross margins that are "stable."
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Tibco (TIBX) are down $1.66, or 8%, at $19.12, a slight improvement from last night's after-hours 12% drop, after the company yesterday afternoon warned that revenue and profit in the fiscal Q2 ended this month would miss consensus estimates because of lower-than-expected sales of a data analysis program called "Spotfire," recently introduced. The company said it was undertaking measures it believes will improve sales.
The stock has gotten three downgrades this morning, that I can see, from Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Mizuho Securities USA, and JMP Securities.
Mizuho's Abhey Lamba, cut his rating to Neutral from Buy, and cutting his price target to $18 from $25 writes that "Spotfire posted lackluster performance for the third quarter in a row, which we believe is concerning as fundamentals of its end markets are relatively strong."
"Growth in core infrastructure is not very encouraging as it had very easy compares," adds Lamba. "While valuation might offer support on the downside, choppy execution will make it difficult for the stock to perform."
Shares of First Solar (FSLR) are up $2.49, or 4%, at $65.42, after the U.S. Commerce Department late yesterday made a preliminary determination of import duties to be imposed on Chinese solar power panels from Trina Solar (TSL) and others to counter-act alleged dumping by the Chinese firms. Final rates are set to be announced by late August, Commerce said. Shares of Trina are up 11 cents, or 1%, at $10.37.
Shares of AT&T (T) are down 18 cents, or half a percent, at $35.02, after the company late yesterday provided additional details about its proposed merger with DirecTV (DTV) in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Tuesday was a busy day, as the filing followed AT&T's announcement in the morning of revised profit outlook for this year as the cost of accelerated handset upgrades takes its tole.
R.W. Baird's William Power, reviewing the DirecTV filing, notes that AT&T "confirmed that programming costs constitute a significant portion of its planned $1.6 billion in cost synergies," with programming expenses currently 60% of the cost for AT&T's "U-verse video revenue." T estimates that the increased scale will enable it to reduce U-verse programming costs by 20%.
Google (GOOGL) said in a blog post it is expanding its overnight shipping service for online purchases, known as "Google Shopping Express," to a broad area of Northern California, beyond its initial deployment in the San Francisco Bay Area. Google shares are down 60 cents at $553.91.
The Street continues to ponder Monday's announcement by chip maker Broadcom (BRCM) that it will seek to get out of the baseband chip business, via sale or a wind-down of the unit.
Drexel Hamilton's Richard Whittington this morning raises his rating on the shares to Buy from Hold, and hikes his price target to $45 from $30, and raises hid EPS estimate for the year to $2.58 from $2.40. Whittington calls the proposed disposal of baseband a "strategic milestone."
He also thinks that "Apple, Google and Samsung home (as well as auto) connectivity initiatives are increasingly liable to spill over into the "new" BRCM."
Shares of Broadcom are up 18 cents, or half a percent, at $36.06.
Shares of Pandora Media (P) are down 50 cents, or 2.2%, at $24.11, after the company this morning announced that "listener hours," one of its performance metrics, for the month of May rose by 28%, year over year, to 1.73 billion hours. And Pandora's share of total U.S. radio listening rose to 9.13% from 7.29%. This is the last time Pandora plans to release monthly data for its metrics, it said.
However, the stock more likely reflects the imminent announcement by the Justice Department it will review the regulation of Ascap and BMI, the licensing clearing houses, which could affect what royalty rates Pandor pays, as related by The New York Times's Ben Sisario.
Rich Greenfield of BTIG Research was on CNBC this morning with host Simon Hobbs discussing the matter. Greenfield, who has a Sell rating on Pandora, told Hobbs the reality is that probably some content costs will rise for Pandora, putting pressure on its business.
Note that the company's annual shareholder meeting is going on today.
Solar panel technology services firm SolarCity (SCTY) this afternoon reported Q1 revenue that topped analysts' expectations, and a deeper-than-expected loss, and said it expects losses to be much larger this quarter as well.
Revenue in the three months ended in March more than doubled, year over year, to $63.5 million, yielding a net loss of 82 cents .
Analysts had been modeling revenue of $53.4 million and a 72-cent loss per share.
The company deployed 82 megawatts of solar panel capacity, driven by a doubling in residential installations, the company said.
For the current quarter, the company sees combined systems and incentives revenue of $56 million to $64 million, and a net loss of 90 cents to $1 per share. That compares to the consensus for $64 million and a 62-cent loss per share.
The outlook assumes deployment of 105 megawatts to 110 megawatts during the quarter.
For the full year, the company said it expects to deploy 900 megawatts to one gigawatt.
SolarCity shares are up $3.49, or over 7%, at $51.20, in late trading.
Shares of First Solar (FSLR) continue to move higher following yesterday's analyst day presentation, at which the company raised the bottom-end of its revenue range for this year and forecast profit next year and the year after well above Street expectations.
The shares are up $2.85, over 4%, at $72.25, after yesterday rising almost 21%.
Although there are no ratings changes today, that I can see, several bears on the stock — and most of the ratings are still bearish — were scrambling to raise price targets today to accomodate the rising stock price.
Most analysts seemed encouraged by the company's promises about the increasing efficiency of its "cadmium telluride" solar technology this year and in coming years.
Citigroup's Shahriar Pourreza reiterates a Buy rating on the stock, and a $63 price target, writing "The takeaway is that FSLR is well positioned strategically with rapid technological improvements, a strong balance sheet, an important GE relationship, and strong management to capitalize on the large global solar opportunity set."
Pourreza lauds the increasing efficiency the company is aiming for with cadmium telluride:
First Solar presented a compelling argument that its CdTe technology is positioned to become more efficient than mono crystal and multi-crystalline cells. Over the last several years, FSLR has invested heavily into CdTe technology and now expects efficiency rates to increase to 20.4% in 2014 (comparable to multi crystalline) and 25% by 2016 (comparable to mono crystalline). Meanwhile, there has been less investment in the competition and some industry observers indicate that mono and multi crystalline are nearing theoretical limits. Assuming FSLR can execute on these forecasts, it will have the best in class cell technology. In addition to a favorable cell comparison, module efficiencies are forecasted to grow from 17.2% to 21.7% by 2016. With these cell and module forecasts, the current overall efficiencies are now planned to grow from 13.4% in 2013 to 19.5%. If FSLR delivers on the high quality produced at a lower cost, there are significant opportunities to create value around the world. While the upside potential is impressive, we note that there several practical considerations to consider.
Pourrez also likes the trends on the project funding side:
In addition to technological advancement, cost of capital, which is 33% of LCOE is declining materially. The debt market is recognizing the long term contracted nature of solar and the stability of cash flows and the spreads are starting to contract. The tax equity market is growing and able to finance at ~8%. The advent of the yieldCo with reduced equity costs also reduces WACC. With these advances, the WACC is 6% with ~9% assigned to the cost of equity. This is lower than 12-13% not too long ago.
Robert Stone with Cowen & Co. reiterates a Market Perform rating, and hikes his price target to $68 from $50, writing that "the shares look fully valued on recent gains."
Stone acknowledges that if the company can produce bookings in coming years at a rate similar to last year's performance, it can cover the revenue it is forecasting:
Bookings in 2013 were about 30% of the 5.5GW Q1:13 pipeline, which expanded to 10.6GW by Q4:13. Assuming market growth and ASP trends, the utility scale opportunity is about $15B in 2015-16. A 30% capture would cover the roughly $4.5B in targeted, un-contracted 2015-16 sales. Smaller projects should also complete faster.
Stone notes the company's move into installations of panels for smaller spaces, via the use of "crystalline-silicon" (c-Si), which the company picked up with the acquisition last year of TetraSun:
FSLR is also developing c-Si heterostructure module technology via the acquisition of
TetraSun. This should increase the TAM as higher-capacity c-Si modules are more
suitable for space-constrained rooftop applications and certain markets (such as
Japan). Production is expected by year-end-2014, hundreds of MW produced in 2015.
Credit Suisse's Patrick Jobin reiterates a Neutral rating on the shares, but hikes his price target to $70 from $33, writing that he is "incrementally more positive" about First Solar given a "compelling tehcnology roadmap" that "could improve First Solar's relative cost competitiveness."
He notes the company's roadmap for increasing efficiency of its parts:
First Solar is now targeting 19.6% manufacturing cell efficiencies (23% research cells) by 2017 vs. prior 2017 target of 17.2%, and 15.9% on average in 2015 (vs. prior guidance of 15.1%), which would exceed production efficiencies of multicrystalline cells and turn the "balance of system" handicap from lower energy density to an advantage along with lowering manufacturing costs per watt and increasing manufacturing capacity without plant expansions. While there is certainly execution risk to reaching these targets, the company has delivered on their prior efficiency improvement targets for 2013. In total, system cost per watt is guided to under $0.99 (last year's guidance) by 2017 vs. 2013′s $1.58 driven by 52% efficiency increase, 15% line speed production increase, and 19% variable cost reductions on the module side, the reduction in the energy density discount, trackers, and the 1500V AC/DC inverter design. At a total system cost of <$1, coupled with low cost financing, we estimate an LCOE of $0.05/KWhr is feasible ($0.06 ex-ITC).
Jobin also thinks visibility is good for 2015 and 2016:
First Solar is guiding to revenue of $3.7-$4.0b in 2014 with >90% with PPAs contracted, $3.8-$4.3b in 2015 with ~65% with PPAs contracted, and $3.8-$4.5b with only ~25% contracted. Management has identified opportunities reflecting 10.6 GW dc. If the company obtains the historic conversion rate they experienced in 2013 of 30% (of 5.5 GW opportunity set) the company would book over 3 GW on opportunities have already been identified, enough to fill the 2015 gap and make progress into 2016.
He also sees new markets paying off for the company: "We believe three new market segments, commercial/industrial, hybrid PV generation and rural energy access, could provide additional upside to 2015+ estimates."
Jobin thinks the shares reflect the earnings potential, and that there's support at the current price:
Guidance implies net cash grows to $2.2-$2.7b ($22-27/share) by YE2015, and thus even just an undiscounted 10x multiple on 2016 earnings plus cash would reflect $65-70/share value. Our revised Target Price of $70 reflects 15x our 2015 earnings estimate of $4.75. While First Solar still needs to deliver on their efficiency & cost roadmap to improve their competitive position, a short thesis on the premise they will be unable to do so seems to lack merit, in our view.
Deutsche Bank's Vishal Shah reiterates a Hold rating on the stock, and a $70 price target, writing that "we believe shares are likely discounting these growth prospects and considering the aggressive efficiency/cost roadmap, shares could likely remain range bound until mgmt is able to demonstrate further progress on cost/efficiency front."
Shah is concerned about low margins this year, and about how believable the out-year forecasts really are:
2014 EPS guide below consensus. Mgmt expects margins at the low end (16-18% range) due to competitive pricing, conservative assumptions on 4-5 unsold projects (representing ~25% of shipments) and lack of significant cost/efficiency improvements. PPA prices are currently in the $50-70/MWh range vs $90-100/MWh about 12-18 months back. 2015 EPS is expected to nearly double as the company expects to benefit from lower cost/higher efficiency and lower cost of capital. We expect some skepticism over 2015 targets especially since most of the legacy high margin projects are expected to get completed in 2014; Not much visibility into 2016 – only 25% or ~$1 or EPS is currently under backlog. The company would have to book ~3GW of projects in order to hit 2016 targets. Plus 2015 will likely represent a near term earnings peak.
Shares of solar energy technology provider First Solar (FSLR) are up $10.29, or almost 18%, at $67.85, after the company this morning announced, on the occasion of its analyst day meeting, a forecast for revenue this year above what analysts have been modeling, and projected profit in the next two years well above consensus.
For the current year, First Solar sees revenue of $3.7 billion to $4 billion, and EPS of $2.20 to $2.60, and operating cash flow of $250 million to $450 million.
That profit outlook is lower than the forecast provided by the company nearly at year ago, at its April 9th analyst day, which was for $2.50 to $4, though the company raised the bottom end of the revenue range from the $3.5 billion offered at that time.
The Street has been modeling $3.77 billion in revenue this year and $3.28 per share.
For 2015, the company sees revenue in a range of $3.8 billion to $4.3 billion, below the average $4.24 billion estimate, but EPS of $4.50 to $4.60, above consensus for $3.82. That EPS view is higher on the bottom than the prior $4 offered in April.
Operating cash flow next year is expected to rise to a range of $300 million to $600 million.
The view for 2016 is for $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion, above the average $3.87 billion estimate on the Street, and EPS of $3.50 to $5, well above the average $2.76-per-share estimate.
Today's upbeat forecast follows a disappointing Q4 report on February 25th that pushed the shares down 9% the next day.
Noted bear Gordon Johnson of Axiom Capital, who has a Sell on First Solar shares, and a $29 price target, is the first I've seen to weigh in this morning. Last night, Johnson, who has a Sell rating on the stock, had published a report stating operating expenses are running at 14.9% of sales, and that as a result, profit this year might come in lower than expected.
Johnson takes a victory lap this morning on that view:
… raised the 2014 rev. guidance slightly to $3.85bn vs. $3.75bn previously (i.e., guidance provided at last analyst day). Thus, in a nutshell, on higher revs., the company is generating less profitability. This is in line with our pre-guidance day note published yesterday [...] Of course, EPS in 2015 was raised slightly from $5.00/shr to $5.25/shr, but SHOCKINGLY 2015 rev. was lowered to $4.05bn from $4.5bn, and 2015 OCF was lowered to $450mn from $800mn. We think EPS takes a nose dive in 2015, and ends up below $2/shr. But, it would appear that FSLR is beginning to "see the light" on its limited prospects. Given how the stock has traded, and no plans on a yield co. at present, we see these results as neg.
Johnson provides the following handy comparison of last year's and this year's forecasts (click for larger image):
Shares of solar energy technology systems installer Solar City (SCTY) are down 70 cents, or 0.9%, at $76.40, after the company this afternoon reported Q4 revenue in line with a prior pre-announcement, and a smaller-than-expected net loss per share.
Revenue in the three months ended in December roughly doubled, year over year, to $47.3 million, yielding a net loss per share of 46 cents.
Analysts had been modeling a 56-cent net loss.
Solar City had announced the revenue figure back on February 24th, saying accounting work would delay the release of full results. On March 3rd, the company offered further details in saying it would delay its 10-K filing.
For the current quarter, the company re-affirmed previously projected deployments of 78 megawatts to 82 megawatts. The company sees net loss in a range of 70 cents to 80 cents, excluding some costs. That compares to Street consensus for a 49-cent loss.
The company also re-affirmed a projection for full-year deployment of 475 megawatts to 525 megawatts.
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I just got a pair of discontinued AE Fairfax from Nordstrom Rack. Can someone tell me what color these shoes are in? I am leaning towards burgundy and using the merlot color shoe polish but an AE salesman insisted on chili.
You guys think these can successively be worn without looking like I'm about to start trekking the Pyrenees?
Went home over the past weekend and found them in the bottom of my closet. From 2002, when they
were still stitching these tough pups in England. I'll wear them regardless this winter as they're great boots and still look good, but I'm in need
of a second opinion as to whether they can be sported with something like a pair of slim fitting jeans and an ocdb without looking like an ad from Dick's Sporting Goods...
Question about 80's jackets
Guys, when I was a young man, single, fresh out of university in the early 1980's, earning a good salary, I bought what was cool at the time. And what was cool was what I saw on TV and on the big screen....... Miami Vice and Richard Gere in American Gigolo. Those three men, Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, and Richard Gere defined for me what I needed to look like to be a chick magnet. LOL !
So I bought alot of pieces with that distinctive 80's look. Low Gorge, Very low button stance, and very baggy fit. I have some Armani, Boss, and Parachute pieces. I don't wear them any more, just keep them around for sentimental purposes. Life back then was far simpler when all you had to worry about was where the next party was, what you were going to wear, and what women you could pick up.
So my question is... Does anyone foresee at any time in the next 50 years when this 80's style could return?
I hate to just throw this stuff out. I could give the stuff to my 21 year old son in the event that the stuff becomes trandy again.
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Never Tell A Woman You Love Her! (Unless...)
When I worked as a doorman in New York's Paramount Hotel, I met a lot of very interesting characters. One was a mounted police officer who looked like a movie actor (with a dashing mustache and a face of the Clark Gable/ Errol Flynn cast). The dashing mounted officer had been something of a playboy in his day, and he bragged about having had different girlfriends for different activities – one for skiing, one for going to the theater, and so on. Since I was only 19 years old, he was happy to give me advice on how to handle relationships with women. I'll never forget one piece of wisdom he imparted: "Never tell a woman you love her." Why would anyone say such a cold and heartless thing to a young and impressionable fellow? (who was almost embarrassed to admit that he had already told his girlfriend "I love you" hundreds of times).
In a paper just published this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, MIT's Josh Ackerman joins Vlad Griskevicius (University of Minnesota) and Norm Li (Singapore Management University), address this very issue. And although all three of these researchers were once graduate students in my lab, I did not, to the best of my recollection, ever pass on the sage advice from my NYPD romance mentor.
In one of their six studies, the researchers asked students to imagine they had just started a new romance with someone they found "attractive and interesting." If you were a subject, you'd read a scenario describing lots of things couples do together, including eating meals and meeting friends with your new partner. Half the time you'd read a scenario in which you and your partner had already been sexually intimate, the other half the time you'd imagine a partner with whom you had not had sex. One month into the relationship, you'd imagine your new partner saying: "I love you." Next you'd be asked how happy it would make you to hear this confession of love (on a scale ranging from 0 ("not at all") to 7 ("very much").
You'd also be asked about your "sociosexual orientation," filling out a questionnaire to determine whether you are someone who is unrestricted (who thinks sex without love or commitment is a fun idea) or restricted (someone who only really enjoys sexual intimacy in the context of a committed relationship).
It appears that unrestricted men have a strange double standard about hearing a woman say the words "I love you." If a woman professes love for an unrestricted man before they have had sex, it makes him happy. Why? Perhaps because it is taken a signal that they are getting somewhere, and are better positioned to experience carnal "lovemaking" in the near future. If on the other hand, a woman tells an unrestricted man "I love you" after they have already had sex, it makes him unhappy. Why? Perhaps because they were, like my mounted cop friend, hoping to take the sexual benefit without having to pay a commitment cost. To see a figure with the results, click here.


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Oil Spill Cleanup Impedes Major Texas Ship Channel
The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked the movement of about 60 ships, including three cruise ships, between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways.
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America's only twin panda cubs!
Don't miss your chance to see two special somebodies. They're like nobody you've ever seen, nor may ever see in your lifetime! We were thrilled on July 15, 2013, when Lun Lun was giving birth, but the thrill of a lifetime came just moments later … when we realized she had given birth to twins!
Why is this so special?
Twins have only been born in the U.S. on one other occasion – more than 25 years ago, in 1987. Very little is known about giant panda twins in the wild. Wild mothers typically care for only one cub, and the other usually does not survive. Our panda twin cubs Mei Lun and Mei Huan had some help from our team of animal care professionals for their first few months until their amazing mom, Lun Lun, took over the care of both cubs full-time.
They're now exploring their exhibit, playing, wrestling, climbing (and falling), getting into mischief, and winning the hearts of people around the world. See America's only twin pandas.
Plan your visit today! They do grow up fast – get tickets now.
A tip or two
- Mei Lun and Mei Huan are typically on exhibit in the dayroom habitat from Zoo opening time until the early afternoon hours. Exhibit times may be subject to change due to animal care activities. Mei Lun and Mei Huan generally go off exhibit for the day around 3 p.m. Make plans to see them during the early part of your Zoo visit!
- If you arrive and you don't see them, or if they're sacked out napping (they are babies, after all!), go check out a few of our other Zoo exhibits and then come back!
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was at home depot today getting wood for the greenhouse and found this...new to me? maybe not you guys here but I figured I would post a pic.. didn't like the fact the rocks were glued to the soil and they were $ 14.98 each...coral cactus "cristata" euphorbia lacteal ??? I will say they did look nice For now but like all home depots they will find away to kill them... |
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I don't see the point either. (glue rocks) Marie |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 19:06
The crests are naturally those colors (just in case you didn't know). They also have these at Lowes. I saw some on clearance for $5 there the other day. If Stush sees this post, I'm sure he'll share some pictures of his. As much as I don't like these particular Euphorbias, his are beautiful. But, the glued rocks idea is overrated, for sure. I saw some cacti at HD the other day, all painted various colors of the rainbow. Boy. And... Some succulents at Wal-Mart that were painted gold. Planto |
Planto, That's what I though this post was going to be about. Painted plants. They are doing it again. The few people who fell for this is going to be mad at them but they don't care, they have thier money already. The crest plants look great but I like it grafted on it's own plant base, E. lactea. I have had luck only with that grafted stock. Those are on E. neriifolia. I am looking for one white crest with yellow highlights. Mine are getting old and needs replanted. I am looking for some nice pots to put them in. Stush |
- Posted by boston3381 7 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 20:13
I just find it funny that they sell this stuff up here...im not a big cactus guy but I do like succulents that are perennials for my zone mostly "hens and chick's" ..im sure people buy this stuff and 90% of is killed buy the owner or Walmart and other big box stores.. to know some one is growing this only to have it end up in a box-store is just really disapointing ...sry all just venting ... |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 20:30
Boston, No need to apologize. Planto |
- Posted by boston3381 7 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 21:16
with out getting to deep, they are graffed on to E. neriifolia euphorbia lacteal is what the plant should be and not graffed on too E. neriifolia ? I know a little about grafting with tomatoes..so I think I know what your saying? P.S. I am a novice with succulents and cacti. when I have time witch is in the past 2 years I have been growing succulents outside kind of doing a test and trial of what works around here in the winter... |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 21:27
boston, I believe what Stush was saying is that he prefers to have the "crest" which is a "crested" version of Euphorbia lactea grafted to a non-crested form of Euphorbia lactea (itself essentially). The ones you pictured appear to be grafted to Euphorbia neriifolia (a different kind of Euphorbia. The actual "plant" on top is an abnormal growth form of Euphorbia lactea (I don't know what causes it to grow abnormally). I believe sometimes it's referred to as "Cristate." Some plants have "Cristate" in their "name" I think, which is to signify it's a crested form of that particular plant. Planto |
Hi, Boston! These "coral cacti" may be rare in your area, but they are always available here in SW Florida. And I think you are right - they die after going home because people think they look nice and tidy in those pots with the glued rocks. When the snowbirds are down, the price runs $14.95. Other times they are 5 bucks. I rarely see the Sempervivums, hens and chicks. I know why. I was excited to find some, but they didn't make it through the summer. Bummer - because I really like those. I yelled at the guy watering the succulents at HD yesterday. I told him when the plants are turning black and the soil is soupy, they don't need water! He actually told me he had to keep them wet or they would die in the sun. Nope - don't buy my succulents there! |
Hi folks, Sorry to hijack this post... I have several E. lactea ''cristata''s with green & white variegation grown from rooted cuttings-6''-8'', taken from mother plant which is 4'+, & easily 400lbs + . I also have two of the Home Depot grafted plants -scions pink/ purple colouration and rootstock typical for such grafts. My question is: Will a 6'' tall rootstock support the weight of the scion decades down the road? Anyone with experience? Thanks ,Dan |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 22:07
Dan, Uh... I cannot answer your question, but I'd like to ask you, could you show us a picture of this 6' Euphorbia? I think my jaw dropped when I read your post. Planto |
Hi Planto, The root stock is 6'', not 6'- that's inches, not feet. Thanks for quick quick response. Sorry about your glasses. Ha! Cheers! Dan |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 23:30
Dan, I got my numbers mixed up, haha. I saw 6" and 4', but meant to ask you if you have a picture of the 4' "Mother." My eyesight is fine, but my brain... Not all there sometimes. ;) Planto |
Do you mean will the crest eventually pull away from, or crush the root stock from the weight? I have wondered the same thing. The good news is we can root the crest without the root stock if that happens. If you mean will the plant tip over, well, I've already had that happen. My ghost crest is growing evenly on both sides. This green variegated crest seems to be more prolific on one side. I've had to prop it with rocks. You are seeing about 1/2 of the size of the rock buried on the right. I've had it about 2 years. |
The picture Stush posted is way bigger than mine and looks to be holding up well. But as mentioned, that's a different root stock. |
Planto, no explanation necessary- my eyes and brain have been there many times. . Sorry, I don't have a pic of the mother plant. It used to be a spectacular specimen, for us shivering, snow shovelling fools anyway. But its previous splendour is slowly disappearing due to the greenhouse owners need to slice off pieces and put a price tag on them. Crenda, Cheers! |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 14 at 11:06
Dan, Shucks! *snaps fingers* That must be a sight at least. :) Planto |
- Posted by LauraRobichaud 5b Mass. (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 14 at 11:14
Will these plants survive on their own roots without the grafting stock? They seem to have chlorophyll, right? |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 14 at 11:25
Laura, Looks like it. I found a website that has a few pictures of some in pots by themselves (not grafted). EDIT: okay, maybe I should read this website and not just look at the pictures. It says "The green form of Euphorbia lactea "Cristata" is propagated by cuttings or graft, while the variegated forms are difficult to grow on their own roots, and are generally grafted for convenience." Planto |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cactus art website
This post was edited by plantomaniac08 on Fri, Mar 28, 14 at 11:26
Planto, Thank you for clearing up what I wanted or meant to say. I saw a E. lactea cristata when I was visiting friends at Tampa, FL. It was well over 8 ft. tall. Never been trimmed of any reversions on the crest. It was on it's own root system. And I have rerooted cuttings from my white ones all the time. Gave BikerDoc one. They grow just find on their own. I also have a white Ghost from a cutting from the same plant. And yes they will break off from their graft stock at some time down the road. These guys get large and big in time. Mine are very heavy and must be handled extremely carefully. One tip and it can come off its base. At some time (years from now) I can show a crest 3 ft. sq. |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 14 at 15:14
Stush, Sorry, wasn't trying to put words in your mouth or create words where there were none. I am too type happy sometimes. Planto |
Stush - thanks for the clarification on the plant eventually getting too heavy for the root stock. I'm years from that point, but will always keep an eye out for changes. It looks like my Ghost crest is growing a reversion. Time will tell, but it will be fun to have a plant like the one you have posted! Dang - my son lives in Tampa. Gonna have to send him on a "plant hunt" so I can see some dandies in the area! That may be a failed quest. Bought the kid some silk plants and he told me he would probably kill them. Arghhh! LOL |
Planto, I ment that is the nicest way. That was nice of you to do so. Crenda, I wish I had a picture of that monster plant. I can not tell why I didn't have my camera with me. It was in the Botanical gardens at a place called 'Sunken Gardens'. It was in with cactus of all kind and this guy was head and shoulders above all. The reversions grew several feet tall then surprised to me, they started to recrest. Didn't know they could do this? I don't think I am ever going to go there again. My friend passed away. He gave us the best vacation we have ever had. I see now why us northerns go south for retirement. |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 29, 14 at 10:51
Stush, Oh okay, thanks. :) It is hard to "read" someone's typing sometimes. I thought maybe I had upset you (glad to know I didn't). Sorry to hear about your friend. It would be difficult to return to a place knowing the last time you were there, you were with your friend. Planto |
Thanks Planto, His wife has yet to go back. They were so close and every morning they can they walked along the beach. It was a very close nit community. Every one was so friendly. Most were Canadians. I will miss the place. Stush |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 29, 14 at 17:57
Sure thing. I cannot imagine the loss of a friend, let alone a spouse. *hugs* Planto |
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I'd like to start out by mentioning the WONDERFUL people over at Chobani! I recently reached out to them and within 24 hours they wrote back, and were more than excited to send me some Cho-cups to try.
Chobani gave me an estimated arrival date, and sure enough when I came home there was a temperature-controlled package at my doorstep. I tore open the packaging like it was Christmas morning, and inside sat two flats of chilled yogurt!
Along with the standard 0% and 2% fat cups, Chobani included a new product line for me to sample. I was thrilled to test out the latest Flip Cups— and let me just tell you, these cups are amazing. Flip Cups have not yet shown up at my local grocery store, but once they do I will be sure to grab an entire cart.
I love that Chobani always creates unique and tasty flavor combinations: Key Lime Crumble and Almond Coco Loco, YUM!
TIP: For a tasty, frozen summer treat, place Chobani in the freezer for 30-40 minutes. Remove the cup, eat and enjoy! It is healthy, full of protein, and just as satisfying as frozen ice cream.
Now, for today's post: fig & honey Greek yogurt pancakes, which were inspired by my new Chobani delivery. If you like figs, or honey, or pancakes… I think you'll LOVE this recipe.
These little pancakes are full of goodness. First, I mix protein-packed Chobani Greek yogurt with healthy Kodiak Flapjack mix. Next, I add dried figs and honey, which create the optimum level of sweetness. To finish it off, I developed a simple fig infused syrup that takes these pancakes to the next level.
What You'll Need:
• ¾ cup water
• 1 ½ cups Kodiak Flapjack mix
• 1 plain 0% fat Chobani Greek yogurt
• Nutmeg or cinnamon, just a dash (½ tsp.)
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tsp. honey
• 6 dried figs
• Pam or coconut oil spray
• 1 ½ cups lite maple syrup (suggested: Hungry Jack Brand)
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Now it's Your Turn:
1. First, stir together pancake mix, nutmeg/cinnamon, yogurt, water, honey and vanilla.
2. Slice 3 dried figs into small pieces and stir into your mix.
3. Heat up your skillet. Spray with Pam or coconut oil. After a few minutes, scoop 1 tbsp. of mix onto the skillet to test the heat.
4. Once your skillet is ready, form 1-3 small pancakes at a time. Do not overcrowd the skillet, because it lowers the surface temperature and the pancakes will cook unevenly.
5. While cooking the pancakes, grab a small saucepan for the fig syrup. Slice the remaining 3 figs in half. Add syrup and figs to the saucepan and simmer on low for 7-10 minutes. Once the syrup has started to bubble, remove from heat and pour into your blender. Blend for a minute or two, pulsing, to create a uniform liquid.
6. After you cook all the pancakes, drizzle with fig syrup and serve.
7. Enjoy!
I must confess: this is without a doubt, my new favorite pancake recipe. I absolutely adore figs because they are so sweet they practically taste like candy (very healthy candy ☺). When you mix together Chobani Greek yogurt with Kodiak Flapjack mix and tuck little figs inside, the flavors get together and create a delicious little gift for your taste buds.
Try fig & honey Greek yogurt pancakes next time you are in the mood to spice up your go-to pancake recipe. With little effort you can create a pancake that is packed with nutrients and that will satisfy your hunger for hours!
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Some community members still hold out hope that the Dahlia site or the Holly may once again turn into thriving commercial centers. At the very least, they'd like to see a new grocery store: Northeast Park Hill has nothing other than two small convenience stores to serve the dietary needs of 18,000 residents. But such scenarios look unlikely. Although both shopping centers were built around the promise of the automobile, since neither is located on a main thoroughfare, they're not viable as retail properties today.
"The problem is that they are right in the middle of the community," says Michele Wheeler, executive director of the Northeast Park Hill Coalition. "Sometimes I wonder if these two shopping centers were on Martin Luther King Boulevard, would something would have been done by now? I say yes. But because they are stuck a block north of the main drag, nobody sees them. They're just forgotten eyesores, except to the people who live around them."
The two locations seemed destined to be ongoing reminders that while Greater Park Hill was selected as one of the ten best neighborhoods in the country by the American Planning Association in 2008, its northernmost section would forever be a flyover zone, just as it was when the airport was located at Stapleton. Homeownership in the area lingers around 50 percent, well below the state average, and foreclosures are predicted to rise. The vast majority of kids qualify for free or reduced-price lunches at area schools, almost all of which are performing well below expectations.
To get as close to the heart of the problem as possible, in 2009 the Prodigal Son Initiative and new state senator Michael Johnston joined forces, setting up shop in a formerly ramshackle building across from the Holly's remains and launching the Park Hill Community Center. "That was the place in the community where people seemed to be working the hardest to bring back a neighborhood that had really been hit hard," says Johnston, a former school principal and Obama advisor. "With Terrance, it really was a natural partnership."
But Roberts could only do so much with his very limited resources. "We aren't getting crime prevention and control money," he says of Prodigal Son. "The city hasn't given us a dime. Foundations weren't supporting organizations in northeast Denver, and that was before the recession. The people working around here are doing all that we can, but there are still a lot of kids being left out there who don't have anything to do — and so they're finding negative things to do with their time instead of positive things."
Just like the Holly, Roberts and the work he was doing seemed out of sight, out of mind.
But then something funny happened. In the spring of 2009, the Urban Land Conservancy, a Denver nonprofit dedicated to acquiring and preserving community assets in urban areas, purchased Holly Square from its longtime owner, Michael Bullock, for $750,000. "Although I only owned the center a short time, it is the focal point of the community," Bullock says, "and transferring the land to ULC, I believe, was in the best interests of the neighborhood."
The ULC had already been turning heads for the do-gooder approach it was taking to urban redevelopment. Since its founding in 2003, it had redeveloped a former tram facility at East 35th Avenue and Franklin Street into the Phillips Center non-profit space, and had also purchased a dilapidated housing project across from the Dahlia site in order to transform it into transit-oriented low-income housing. Now the organization had similar hopes for the Holly. As a precondition of the purchase, the ULC made Bullock remove the fire-damaged buildings once and for all. Working with the Denver Foundation's Strengthening Neighborhoods Program, it formed a steering committee to develop a new vision for the Holly and the surrounding blocks, a group that included neighborhood activists, city officials and a former Blood named Terrance Roberts. This past April, it even held a community fair at the Holly so other community members could weigh in.
These efforts didn't seem like hollow concessions. Aaron Miripol, ULC's CEO and a longtime activist, showed up for every event, sweaty from biking across town. "When we buy a property, we aren't operating solely from a financial and real-estate perspective," says Miripol. "We want to understand what is going on in the community. We are in it for the long term."
Miripol was sure there was enough neighborhood buy-in to make the redevelopment work. When the longtime liquor store at the Holly — a beacon for criminal activity — filed an application to reopen in a storefront across the street, residents came out against it by the hundreds, creating so much opposition at the city hearing that the liquor-store owners withdrew their application on the spot.
"I can't speak enough of the way they dealt with the liquor-store application," says Miripol. "That says something. People truly care and feel vested in this area. That's very powerful."
The neighborhood clearly wasn't ready to give up on the Holly — so potential investors shouldn't, either, he determined.
In June, the ULC released a draft vision plan for the Holly detailing possible options for the site, including a school, a training and community center, a central plaza, a community garden, a playground and maybe even a small market. But given current economic conditions, construction of any of these options is likely to be several years down the road. And that meant the desolate remains of the Holly — now just a 22,000-square-foot concrete pad with twelve rusty pillars that once supported the center's front awning — would continue to blight the community.


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Just saw the other thread got too long...so here we are on Part 2. :)
Part 1: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2898010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bib #'s! If you'd like your bib added please post it in this thread. If I make a mistake please let me know! :) 5K 977 LuzzBightyear 1318 RunRookie's son 1910 RunRookie 2871 ironz 2872 ironz's boyfriend 2886 Ariel484 4622 VernRDH's daughter 4720 VernRDH's husband 5564 disney_runner 6545 PixieDust32 7711 KippWade 8212 liznboys 9826 sunnygal041 Half Elite (40001-40050) 40009 Sean Astin A (40051-42045) 40137 jmasgat's daughter 40301 ******************'s husband 40514 mittmee mouse 40771 Disneycouple99 41315 ccgates's wife 41464 saremmons 41677 butiflfeet's husband 41678 butiflfeet 40820 steves1019 B (42046-43993) 42731 Newtodisney 42732 Koda 42768 SPAM 43213 disneybass's daughter 43227 steves1019's wife 43473 myweegirls (DEA's wife) 43788 Weluvdisny C (43994-46260) 44268 ccgates's sister 45054 VernRDH's father in law 45513 belle2211 45523 belle2211's friend 45580 Disneycouple99's wife 45877 cewait's daughter 45935 Sabeking 45968 KippWade D (46261-48170) 46468 es45 46524 McDuck 46525 McDuck's husband 47236 mufasa0505 47664 My4Men's husband 47665 My4Men 47984 Soccer Princess E (48171-50335) 48252 saremmons's mother 48764 Momto2PrncChrmgs 48765 Momto2PrncChrmgs's husband F (50336-52889) 51986 VernRDH's husband 51987 tedhowe 52179 lisah0711 52350 Mickeyfan74 G (52890-55227) 53421 Fruto76 54200 FFigawi's wife 54504 DEA (myweegirls's husband) 54790 disgrits's daughter's friend 54799 disgrits's daughter 54841 Goofierunner's SO H (55228-57600) 56944 Beast2Prince 57196 cewait's niece Full Elite (1-50) A (51-1762) 248 saremmons's husband 727 joan4mickey's son 910 Wandacga 1041 Danhockey04 1207 LSUfan4444 1313 gadeac 1459 WhereInFlorida 1690 Bephus B (1763-3475) 1986 CDuenow 2566 jimandami's husband 2616 jimandami 2996 PRmamiDEdos's husband C (3476-5502) 3476 Soccer Princess's husband 3538 BigEeyore 3815 ChrisRuns 3820 Wandacga's husband 4211 sunshine girl 4297 yellowjacket22 4587 DisneyRunnerChick 4698 steph0808 5000 joan4mickey D (5503-7172) 5754 guava's husband 5795 ZellyB's husband 5797 ZellyB 6122 dumbo_buddy 6412 airman 6514 ColleenG 6551 guava 6604 PRmamiDEdos 6623 gsu1988 6627 kimmiepcft 6937 ****************** E (7173-9094) 7700 Mickey'sfriend 7723 disgrits's husband 7835 Cruz91 7969 irishtwins1112 F (9095-11405) 9429 cewait's brother 9507 poohs4me's sister 9514 poohs4me 9881 wvjules 10481 regul8ter18 G (11406-13500) 12452 tehvalerie 12646 robynslp H (13501-15430) 13685 Kandiwilde 15365 Drew Carey Goofy A (20001-21434) 20008 Reep 20372 parrotbay51 20512 ccgates 20747 LuzzBightyear 20927 ironz's boyfriend B (21435-22912) 21652 RedSonya 21684 hubby_of_newtodisney 21696 halvnorsk 22344 jmasgat 22346 cobbler's husband 22377 CaptHomer 22744 JRM393 22824 Qltrgrl2 C (22913-24071) 23133 FFigawi 23186 garner384 23527 cewait 23846 Ariel484 23974 bmer1rick D (24072-25587) 24445 John VN 24572 pilk 24782 ironz 25129 VernRDH 25275 RunRookie 25285 cobbler 25344 liznboys 25378 disney_runner 25400 regul8ter18's father E (25588-26848) 25592 Dr.Girlfriend 25867 Terapin F (26849-27720) 27067 twoWDWfools's husband 27068 twoWDWfools 27522 2gr8DisneyKids 27535 DrMomof3 G (27721-28808) 28462 Tiger Lily 03 28511 Tiger Lily 03's son 28719 sunshine269 H (28809-30125) 29015 Jusacuz 29233 Ariel484's brother 29536 Goofierunner |
Rick~Thanks for sharing. Wow, bronchitis 2 weeks before your full! That's wonderful you got through it! My doctor also prescribed a z-pack and a nasal spray. She also has me using an inhaler daily and she wants me to carry a rescue inhaler when I run for awhile. I told her I was wheezing while running. It was never severe (my son has asthma so I know about wheezing), but I guess it concerned her. Thanks again!
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! And those of us running Turkey Trots have fantastic runs :thumbsup2
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone! :yay:
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Great point about seeing what the end looks like. I think a lot of people visualize running down MSUSA toward the castle, but not the finish line. So if this helps anyone...here you go! https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J...0/IMG_0402.JPG Uh, except if you're running the half imagine it saying "half marathon"...same thing goes if you're running the 5K. :upsidedow I haven't used Novice 2 yet but I think I am going to try it for my next marathon (first one not at Disney!) :eek: |
Has anyone registered for the Race Retreat? I made sure I read over the registration page over and over again to register for the right retreat, but it says the date for the Marathon Race Retreat is on the 12th. Does anyone else see that too?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Ran the local T-day 10K today...this race last year was my first real road race so it was fun to do again. I ran a 48:42, which was a 6 minute improvement over last year and it was just a really good race for me! We are also doing a team trail race Saturday, where you run as many 1 mile loops as you can in an hour so that should be fun! Hope everyone had a great day, great races, and good luck with your training this weekend!
Today I am thankful for Advil for relieving the awful pain in my foot and ankle from yesterday's run. I thought, there is no way I've been training for seven months to get injured with seven weeks left. But the pain is gone! :cheer2:
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Oh good, part 2! Hopefully I can keep up with this thread better than I did with the first part!
I ran a half marathon this morning, and after a disappointing finish at Wine & Dine a couple of weeks ago I am thrilled that I was able to pull off a PR! And by over 9 minutes, too! It was exactly what my bruised ego needed as I get back full force into Goofy training. Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving!! |
Uggh feeling so stuffed after a wonderful meal with the family today. But I started my day with a 5k PR at the Turkey Trot. :cool1: Time was 31:12 official, splits 10:15, 9:42, 9:44, 1:29. For a crowded race (6000 runners for the 5k) I will take it!
Unfortunately my PF left foot is killing me from standing cooking all day after running. Hoping some Advil will help, since DH and I are headed out shortly for shopping. |
Does anyone else have race nightmares? I have these terrible dreams where I get to the start of the marathon and then I realize that I forgot to go to the expo to pick up my race bib so I can't participate.................or that I get too slow and I am not allowed to finish the race. I wish I had normal dreams.:confused3
I ran a 5-mile Turkey Trot this morning...46:11, a new 5-mile PR for me! :yay:
Oh where do I begin? Before this princess last year, I had dreams I turned left and headed to Animal Kingdom instead of Magic Kingdom. Another dream - I found a secret door and crossed the finish line after half an hour. They wouldn't let me keep running. Another dream - I showed up at disney undertrained and forgot my socks so I went into the bathroom and stole someone's socks. Another - one ran for an hour, stopped by a pool for two hours in the middle of the run and then started running again. Two nights ago, I had one where I forgot to pack my gels and waterbelt and watch so I was trying to figure out where to pick them up on the course. WAKE UP EXHAUSTED! |
And I just signed up for Tink the following weekend. :faint:
They just opened up additional spots for "Green Friday." YOLO, I guess. Isn't that what all the kids are saying? |
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¡§The new loyalty program represents a simpler, more flexible and much more rewarding scheme for our customers,¡¨ said Vincent Knoops, General Manager, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & the Maldives. ¡§With this new program our customers in the Middle East and around the world can now redeem Miles earned rather than points. The process has also been simplified and members are notified on a regular basis as to the status of their membership level.¡¨
KLM launched Flying Dutchman more than a decade ago and celebrated by making a number of key changes to one of the most popular loyalty programs around. The main changes to the program have been customer-centric and include the move from a ¡¥Points¡¦ to ¡¥Miles¡¦ system, which constitutes an easier reward program, where a flyer earns Flying Dutchman Miles for all actual miles flown. The second major change concerns the introduction of a four-tier membership level system: Blue Plus, Silver Elite, Gold Elite and Platinum Elite, each of which has a clear set of privileges.
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To tighten her family ties, Bavarian photographer Nina Röder set out to bring three generations of women- herself, her mother, and her grandmother- together for a fun game of dress up. But this game was more than just donning vintage attire, they invoked specific memories from her mother's youth, in the house she grew up in, wearing her actual clothing. From an awful prom date who couldn't dance and brought carnations, which is the flower associated with graves in Germany, to her first time putting on make-up, all 3 ladies got to re-live these personal moments etched in the mother's memory. She calls the series Mutter Schuhe (Mother's Shoes). [Read more…]
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Posted on Written by Michael LaBellaLubrizol Corp. is opening an additives manufacturing facility in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, the company's latest investment in China.
Construction on the 400,000-square-meter (1.41-million-square-foot) site began in October 2010. The plant will offer select additive component manufacturing and additive package blending. In the coming years additional capabilities and capacity will be phased in to meet market demand, Lubrizol said.
"Our investment in the Zhuhai facility is further confirmation of our ongoing commitment to the region, to the industry and to our customers' success. This is truly an opportunity to help our customers meet their growth plans while offering in-country technical support and improved security of global supply. It is also a testament to our commitment to the community in which our employees live and work," Lubrizol president and CEO James Hambrick said in a statement.
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(12-25-2011 02:06 AM)joe callahan13 Wrote: So I decided I am going to try to chase down an original card of all the 1919 "Black Sox". Shoeless Joe will probably be the most expensive, but Fred McMullin only has ONE CARD. (Ugh) I realize it's a longshot, but if anyone has any, let me know!! I already have a 1911 Ed Cicotte and 1909 Chick Gandil, still looking for: - Oscar "Hap" Felsch - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson - Fred McMullin - Charles "Swede" Risberg - George "Buck" Weaver - Claude "Lefty" Williams I would also be interested in any of the other players from that team that weren't banned. Already have a Red Faber and Ray Schalk, looking for the rest. It's not really for investment purposes, it's more of an interest thing so I am not terribly concerned with condition. (Especially since so many cards of the era were hand cut.) Let me know if you can help!
(12-25-2011 04:07 PM)waynetalger Wrote: T-206 has a Hap Felsch. Hal Chase was banned he knew about the scandle and didnt report it. Sleepy Bill Burns has a T-206
(12-25-2011 04:49 PM)joe callahan13 Wrote: Yep, Hap Felsch has been slightly difficult to find. Hal Chase was a gambler, but I don't think he was banned from baseball along with the Black Sox or related to this controversy. Someone anonymously sent proof of his gambling, but I don't think it was related to this. In any case, I want to stick to the Sox first, that will be expensive enough! :-)


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From a "show about nothing" to six friends hanging out in the Central Perk coffee house to Ben Stiller's discovery that the exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History come to life at night, New York City has been the prominent setting for countless television series and movies.
It may even be the location of next year's Primetime Emmy Awards if Mayor Bloomberg gets his way.
"Given how many TV shows are now filmed in New York City and how well they did tonight, maybe the academy should think about hosting next year's Emmys in the Big Apple," Bloomberg said in a statement. .
New York-based productions received top honors at the 63rd annual Emmy ceremony including the HBO mini-series "Mildred Pierce," which snagged five awards, and the drama "Boardwalk Empire," earning Martin Scorsese his first Emmy for directing.
A record 23 prime time television shows are being filmed here and 200 movies were produced last year.
"All of that activity supports 100,000 jobs and 4,000 local businesses, generating business not only for our entertainment industry but also for our lumberyards, food suppliers, hardware stores, transportation companies, hotels and so many other small businesses," Bloomberg said.
To attract television and film production in the city, the state renewed its tax credit program last August, which provides a 30 percent credit for productions that complete at least 75 percent of their filming here. The new legislation extends the program through 2014, amounting to $420 million a year in tax incentives.
Another incentive was also added to encourage out-of-state projects to come to New York by offering a 10 percent credit for those who do 75 percent of post-production here.
"The tax credit program narrowed the cost gap between shooting in New York and other locations," said Hal Rosenbluth, president of Kaufman Astoria Studios in Astoria, considered one of the largest and most sophisticated film and TV centers on the East Coast.
Before the first tax credit was initiated in 2004, producers had to pay high premiums to film in the state. If they filmed here, they would only stay for one to two weeks to get the "hero shot," capturing a landmark on film and then moving to a less expensive location to finish production.
State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria), who wrote the original tax credit legislation while serving in the Assembly, said Tuesday that the program worked "beyond our expectations. It's the single most successful economic development program in recent history and has created thousands of jobs for New Yorkers during a difficult economic time."
Rosenbluth thinks the tax credits should be permanent as it generates income for the city and indirectly produces jobs by attracting productions to the location. "The state gets to use some of the producers' money before giving it back to them," he said.
According to a 2009 Ernst & Young report on the estimated impacts of the state film credit, the return on investment ratio for filming in New York City is 1.90, meaning the investment returns more than its cost.
"It's a positive revenue scenario," Rosenbluth said.
Kaufman Astoria Studios, which opened its doors in 1920, supports those who work there, including stagehands, vendors and lighting technicians. Its $22 million expansion project in 2008 provided a 40,000-square-foot stage and support space.
Commenting on Bloomberg's suggestion to have the Emmys in New York City, Rosenbluth said: "It's terrific. It brings the stars out, it shows off New York and it hires New Yorkers to do it."