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Would be happy to comment . Let's start with pointing out the specifics that are in front of us:
1. All the tools we had to bring HD DVD to our customers yesterday, we have today and tomorrow. BB has and will continue to offer HD DVD to its customers in the 250 stores and online. Nothing has changed in this. Nothing. Note that the great pains they took in their press sub-heading to confirm their commitment to HD DVD:
"Company will continue to offer HD DVD titles online and in select number of stores"
They would not go out of their way to confirm their intention in such a clear way to support HD DVD if they did not believe in viability of HD DVD.
2. Yes, they are expanding their offering to other stores. One would think though, that the core stores that carry both formats, were picked because they were closer to where potential customers are (e.g. higher income, higher probability of owning HDTVs, larger metropolitan areas, etc.). As such, the fact that those stores continue to carry HD DVD is very substantial aspect of this story.
3. Please read BB's own press release – they clearly state that they cannot and are not stating a "winner." And that they are very open to changing their distribution strategy in the future. Given the fact that they already carry HD DVD in such a broad basis already, making adjustments to that plan comes easily.
4. Both formats right now are niche products. As such, expansion to large set of stores is not that significant in itself. The key to expanding the market is to make the players more affordable. I can have 1000 Ferrari showrooms, but that doesn't mean people will go and buy them in droves . The key is to bring the cost of that Ferrari to the level of a Honda and then you have it available in all the stores. Until then, the cart is being put before the horse. But still, I applaud BB for wanting to make HD more mainstream. And as soon as they do, we will be ready with HD DVD .
Please note that I am not saying this is not a positive development for BDA. It is. They have had a long drought wrt to getting more companies on board while we have been making progress in reverse (e.g. Circuit City carrying HD DVDs). But as you can imagine, by now we are used to press releases from companies in support of their format. Yet, BD remains a niche product as does ours frankly. The cost of products is simply too high, and the value too limited to consumer in relation to it, leading to small sales (and rentals). As such, our focus remains as I stated: getting the cost down, and making it more affordable for people to own the sockets which will eventually drive rental business. We have that advantage on the replication, and better interactivity to differentiate our product from DVD, but the playback devices still have room to come down in price to gain wider adoption….
Note that Blockbuster also supported DIVX (Digital Video Express) over DVD, the Circuit City disc-based PPV format competing with DVD that failed in the end - despite a year of exclusive support in Circuit City stores plus FOX and Walt Disney's excluisve support.
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Founded in 2004 by Allois Malfitani and close friend Chris Groak, Pohnpei Surf Club is the original surf operation in the Caroline Islands. Having surfed the region since 2000, Allois and Chris decided it was time to share their secret but with a focus on ensuring that the environment (both land and water) was respected. The surf breaks are all situated between one and two miles offshore. Navigation through the maze of shallow inshore reefs is not easy and requires their expert local knowledge.
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Pohnpei Surf Club is now operating out of Pohnpei's latest and greatest holiday accommodation. Boasting excellent facilities and located just 10 minutes' drive from the airport, the new and improved Pohnpei Surf Club is close to surf breaks and only a short stroll to some excellent Pohnpei bars and restaurants such as the Rusty Anchor, Ocean View Hotel and Restaurant, Arnolds Pizza, Flamingo and Simons Market (local fish and produce market). It's also just a quick car ride to Cupids and other bars and restaurants in Kolonia town… the perfect location!
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Calculating time to ferry landing at Blanc Sablon beyond Forteau.
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Ending Odometer 54265 = 261 miles
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June 21 Up at 4:30 and off to Staitsview and LAnse aux Meadows and saw 21 moose on the way up there! This is the northern most point in Newfoundland and the place where the Vikings landed.
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D1N0: Did they 3-dprint that body? Those lenses don't seem to have enough angle of view to create a 360 dome (like the Ricoh Theta).
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Surely there would be one or two enthusiasts, but no normal professional will rely on a M4/3 sensor for their professional work.
Everybody knows PRO photographers only use large format film cameras with film plates the size of a baby's blanket. Digital is for sissies!
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Really, why don't? Degrees and centimeters, so easy to understand! Why should you assume a reader have prior experience on shooting fast full frame lenses?
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Thank you.
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Flange back distance: I suppose there is no enought room between sensor and rear lens element to house a mirror assembly. So they are releasing for every major mirrorless system, not that uncommon...
"Beams of sunlight spontaneously generate cats"
Nitpicking doesn't.
It's like I'm missing something... to remove a little wobble, that only affect big heavy lens strapped to the most compact full frame camera in the market that you supposely bought for its portability; that does not affect image quality in any way; and that never caused breakage or other kind of problems (in my knowledge), you are supposed to:
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Looks like a very good deal...
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(Edit: okay, she is using a different camera)
looks like a Fuji instax...
Linus M: "The only working unit is a prototype with an F2.0 lens that's much bulkier than the anticipated final product, and held together with duck tape"
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Looking at words and tape...just shows how little interest this device triggered in me....
Duck tape is correct too, make your searches there is a funny story behind. And that in the pictures is electrical tape, not duck/duct. You can see I'm also very interested in the product...
marcio_napoli: Yeah, right.
Just right, Sony, keep them coming, those bizarre, freakish gadgets you're trying to sell.
If one is serious enough for APS-C, yeah, go ahead... show you're tremendously serious about your photography, and plug it to your cell phone, to have the largest sensor-that-makes-zero-sense-plugged-to-your-pocketable-telephone.
Yeah, makes tons of sense.
btw an APS-C webcam might be pointless if you are just chattin with your mom, but on a business teleconference it would make you look so good that old man from Singapore will buy your stuff for an higher price!
marcio_napoli: Yeah, right.
Just right, Sony, keep them coming, those bizarre, freakish gadgets you're trying to sell.
If one is serious enough for APS-C, yeah, go ahead... show you're tremendously serious about your photography, and plug it to your cell phone, to have the largest sensor-that-makes-zero-sense-plugged-to-your-pocketable-telephone.
Yeah, makes tons of sense.
Why? Because you say so? While not my weapon of choice, I can see dozens of good uses for this little toy:
-If you are not a compulsive shooter but want to just take few high quality shots when needed, this is the most compact setup possible.
-If you are a pro using a Nex body, this is a super small and light backup/second body.
-Paired with a tablet this would be a great compact setup for a videographer or a great proof camera for a studio photographer to check composition.
-With a fast lens and an ipad you can pretend to be one of the assholes who take front row at theater just to blind who's behid during the kid's dance show, then blow their mind when comparing pictures taken.
If is not your cup of tea, don't judge the taste of the one's drinking it.
marcio_napoli: Yeah, right.
Just right, Sony, keep them coming, those bizarre, freakish gadgets you're trying to sell.
If one is serious enough for APS-C, yeah, go ahead... show you're tremendously serious about your photography, and plug it to your cell phone, to have the largest sensor-that-makes-zero-sense-plugged-to-your-pocketable-telephone.
Yeah, makes tons of sense.
I'd rather like to see other companies trying to innovate so bad like Sony is doing!
Yeah but of course every product that is not tailor-made to your use case is a nonsense, right?
I wonder if someone already paired this with Google Glass (or if is it even possible)...
I can only say wow! Expecially number 1, if I wasn't so out of money now I'd instantly buy it on canvas!
mpgxsvcd: The single biggest thing to remember here is that Sony, Panasonic, and Olympus all depend on revenue from something other than Digital Cameras to keep their businesses going. Canon and Nikon are Camera companies first and foremost.
Slumping camera sales will hurt Nikon and Canon way more than it would for Sony, Olympus, and Panasonic. If Nikon and Canon stopped selling DSLRs and compact cameras tomorrow those companies wouldn't be around for long.
Cameras like this are the best bet at continuing to sell cameras to the mass market. Canon and Nikon have abandoned this market almost entirely.
Having a big company to cover your back means that company like Sony can take the risk of bringing new, innovative and exciting products to the market, something that a company like Nikon can't. Sometimes they miss, sometimes they change the world. Cameras like this may be aimed to mass market (so are many Canikon products), but when I think to A7 or R1 I'm really happy that Sony is not Nikon.
koolbreez: The photographer did not willingly give the camera to the monkey with the intention of the monkey taking the pictures.
The monkey took the pictures on its own, with no instruction, or payment from the photographer to do so. This might have been a different case if the photographer had paid the monkey, with maybe fruit, for the monkey's work in taking the pictures, but as no form of payment took place, from the accounts of what happened, the monkey owns the copy-write, and with not contesting the creative commons designation by the monkey, the copy-write is lost, except for commercial purposes.
Also I doubt that under US, UK, EU or whatever law, giving a banana to a monkey is a legal binding work-for-hire contract...


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"It was really cool that [Joel] called out of the blue and said, 'There's a role, and I'm making it younger'," recalls Dohring, speaking on his first day of work on the set at Warner Bros. Studios, in late July. "I read the two pages that they had. It's such a dark character. He was sharp. I was like, 'I get this guy. I get it.'
"I had to go through the process of audition and all of that. Even so, Joel pushed it all the way through to the end. I don't know if it would have happened [without him]."
Dohring sees some parallels between his "Veronica" character, high-school bad boy Logan Echolls, and Josef, and some important differences.
"This character is like Logan but even more extreme," he says, "which is fun to play. It's cool to keep going forward in challenges, as opposed to doing something you've done before. This is not like what I've done before.
"There's no little blonde girl, just a tall, dark, handsome drink of water."
Ironically, on "Veronica Mars," Dohring played younger than himself as Logan, but on "Moonlight," he's playing a bit older. And, although Dohring's the youngest member of the cast, Josef is the most senior vampire, a self-centered veteran of the night who's used to getting his own way.
"That's going to take some acting," Dohring says, "especially with Alex. That's the challenge right there, for me, keeping that there. But at the same time, Mick's more of a moral character, so there's some respect there in that regard, because I'm without that quality, the moral-ness.
"But, yeah, there is some authority, just age-wise, so that'll be the constant thing that I'm working on always, to make sure I keep that."
"Veronica" fans may notice that Dohring looks a bit bigger than he did then, but not too big -- not anymore, anyway.
"I actually got a little too big," he says, "because I couldn't move around as much as I wanted to. When you get muscled, it actually resists flexibility, so I'm doing stretching, working out with just my own weight, not the huge weights, but push-ups and pull-ups."
And Dohring gets to slip that upgraded physique into some very sleek threads.
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Shooting on a big studio lot is also a bonus.
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FRAN already up big BEBE will soon follow being a bit pricier and form fitting for many women however its like the Apple brand of womens apperral they all really want it because it looks the best!
Sentiment: Strong Buy
And get into something thats really flyin BEBE...all women gotta have some.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
to escape debt responsibility. When will this absurdity end??
Volume will be BIG and RED
Sentiment: Strong Sell
could spell the end for Caesar.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
with all that spare change adds up to BIG MONEY for BEBE. And their dresses are the hottest out there for sure.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Goes up on bad news goes up on good news, still think Apollos behind it. Glad I got out when I did. I put all my money in womens dresses and accessories-BEBE- so I can sleep at night and know its goin higher !!
I'm completely flabbergasted !! maybe CZR will start heading in the right direction DOWN!!!!
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Apollo still not dumping all their worthless shares yet believe they and the fools can drive it higher using the formula of "there's a sucker born every second".
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Bob must be a really sad and lonely guy to need to make up this much bolder dash on the board. Not only that but i can see he doesn't get out much either nor has he been to a casino lately in case he hadn't noticed THEIR EMPTY that's the real point.. compared to 5-10 yrs ago. All the people, myself included that used to visit Vegas at least once every 3 yrs stopped going at all. Even local casinos are way down compared to 3-5yrs ago. People can't just throw money away anymore baby boomers have to support their kids that cant find a job in this fantastic economy. And with the dollar getting stronger every day casinos have to be anticipating much lower foreign visitors.So wheres the path to prosperity Bob? and don't say internet gambling govt will never pass that it will be the end of our society.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
up. Wait till they start unloading their shares will make 7 mil volume look like nothin.
EXACTLY nothing... no response from bobdavis491 of yet ?? Holding companies are merely instruments of total corruption and should be illegal
Sentiment: Strong Sell
just like housing bubble in 05 get ready to short this thing at 17 !!!!!
all over it thanks to the workings of evil geniuses behind it .Price should be 13.13 forever. If its not bad enough went the wrong direction Scotrade had temporary login problem of which they hold no accountability or liability for OF COURSE.. COST ME AN EXTRA 800.00 ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCE SAME THING?
Any ides on when that may be? I think your opinion is worth more than 2 cents. I still think rallys in stocks over 35% short are the easiest thing in the world to start unless there is a definite negative suprise
Yes the insanity of the human mind fear and emotion at work. some brilliant maniacs started a rally last night knowing there was no suprise in bankruptcy anouncement- caught the shorts off guard (myself included) and since there are always more idiots to buy anything than people who short got a major inverse logic rally going thanks to stock being about 40% short.Wait in about 2 days they will all be bailing out. since stock will ultimately be 0 but will take months.
will surely be loosing it tomorrow thats how this perverse stock works
will fall just like Amazon and Netflix
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Spent a good part of this sunny Sunday butchering this old and dead polaroid 320.
Removed all the innards and electronics, then had to modify the "front standard" to accept the larger bore of the lens and flange.
Though this lens and shutter are about 80 years old the shutter works nicely on all speeds (and off by a hefty margin on all speeds...).
Spent the rest of the afternoon shooting some old FP3000b (new material coming in next week), this is just so much fun.
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DULUTH -- A lightning strike caught a Duluth townhome on fire Wednesday afternoon, one of three lightning-related blazes within an hour during the day's pop-up thunderstorms, Gwinnett fire officials said.
Firefighters responded to the townhome on the 2500 block of Summit Cove Drive in Duluth around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, with heavy smoke coming from the two-story structure, Gwinnett fire spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge said.
Nobody was home at the time, and a neighbor called 911 after smelling smoke during the brief thunderstorm, Rutledge said.
The fire, caused by "an apparent lightning strike to the end unit," Rutledge said, caused "extensive damage" to the unit. The adjoining unit suffered only light residual smoke damage.
Only a few minutes prior to responding in Duluth, Gwinnett County firefighters were in Lawrenceville fighting a shed fire also caused by severe weather.
Just after 3:30 p.m, they responded to a home on the 2500 block of Old Peachtree Road. A lightning strike appeared to have caught fire to two large trees leaning against the shed behind the home, sparking the fire that moved to the 16-by-20 foot outbuilding, Rutledge said.
Residents were not home at the time and no injuries were reported.
Just down the road on the 1800 block Charleston Oak Circle, firefighters contained another shed fire caused by lightning strike at approximately 3:16 p.m.
The blaze caused minor damage. No injuries were reported, Rutledge said.
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I kind of like it. Jindal doesn't differentiate himself from the pack very well, and a joke like this...it makes a big difference both in demonstrating the personality he's been hiding from the public all these years, and brings to the forefront part of what makes him different from his fellow candidates: his ethnic background.


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The Springfield school board will have a special meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday to discuss upgrades to various athletic facilities.
The discussion will include the synthetic turf field project at Glendale, Hillcrest and Kickapoo high schools as well as stadium scoreboard replacement or renovation at the five high schools.
Last year, the board entered an agreement with Athletic Surfaces Plus, a Memphis-based consulting company, to privately raise funds for the upgrades. The goal was to raise at least $2.5 million before work started.
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An unexpected drop in federal funding aimed at leveling the playing field for low-income students prompted Springfield school officials to propose deep cuts.
The district recently was notified it would receive $7.4 million in federal Title I funding for the 2012-13 year, a drop of $900,000, or 10 percent. It must also sequester an additional $322,000 or 4.5 percent in anticipation of a mid-year budget cut.
Associate Superintendent Ben Hackenwerth delivered the bad news during a school board study session Tuesday. It completely upended the planned discussion of the districts proposed 2012-13 budget, which must be approved by the end of June.
He then offered a plan for how to absorb the cuts:
Reduce the number of Wonder Years preschool classrooms from 24 to just 10. Last year, 369 low-income 4-year-olds participated in the program that focuses on language development, literacy, math and social interaction.
He said the district could move to a co-teaching model and use two teachers in a classroom of 20 rather than the current teacher and paraprofessional, also known as a teaching assistant, in a class of 15. That move would preserve more jobs and allow the district to expand quickly, with staff in place, if funding becomes available.
Suspend Title I services at Delaware, Pittman and Twain elementary schools. Those schools were able to use the funding for math and literacy coaches, specialized staff training and smaller class sizes.
Principals at the three schools were notified Tuesday that the extra help would likely be suspended.
It wasnt immediately clear how many jobs could be affected if those changes are made.
Every attempt will be made to reassign teachers and paraprofessionals that may be impacted by those reductions, he said.
The districts overall poverty rate hit a record 52.9 percent this year, which left the board puzzled by a drop in funding earmarked to help struggling students catch up. As a group, low-income students are less likely to graduate and more likely to lag behind their peers academically.
Hackenwerth explained that the state experienced an $11.5 million drop in Title I funding, necessitating cuts. He said the formula the state uses shows that even while Springfields poverty rate has climbed steadily, other districts were considered poorer.
Additionally, the district was required to set aside nearly $1 million last year to provide mandated help, such as tutoring, required for schools that fall short of the federal No Child Left Behind benchmarks. The state applied for a waiver from those requirements, which could free up that amount, but its uncertain when and if that may be approved.
Brian Hubbard, director of Title I, said the district could pull from reserves or other sources to shore up the federal funding drop for one year without risking it being labeled supplanting. If the district provided it longer term, it would risk permanently losing the amount intended to supplement existing funds.
Funding amounts for each of the 20 remaining Title I schools are also expected to drop slightly, but the impact was not yet known.
The district is required to serve schools where at least 75 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price meals, a national measure of poverty, but was allowed to serve schools that fell just under that line.
We typically serve schools at 50 percent or higher. That has been our practice, Hackenwerth said. In an attempt to maintain the effectiveness and quality of programming in our Title I sites and not spread services too thin well suspend services at three of our current Title I schools.
Those three schools fall under that 75 percent.
Board members reacted strongly to the proposed cuts but no consensus emerged Tuesday on whether to pull funds from elsewhere to maintain services at the same level.
I guess Im very cautious, said board vice president Kris Callen, pointing out the yearly fluctations in federal funding. As much as thats something that I personally would like to do, I dont think it's a very good precedent to set.
Rather than rush into a decision, board president Tom Prater recommended giving the administration time to generate options.
At this stage, I dont think I as a board member or we as a board, have an idea of the way to fix this problem, he said. For us to sit here on the spur of the moment and say Well, lets put back $300,000 or $500,000 or whatever it may be I think we all want to but its not the way to do it.
Prater suggested the board vote June 26 to approve the proposed $212 million operating budget for next year with the expectation that amendments, likely addressing the Title I shortfall, could be made during the next 30-60 days. Decisions would likely have to be made before the school year starts mid-August.
We can amend our budget, and obviously sooner is better than later, Prater said. It wont bother me to put back something, even later than wed like to, versus sitting tight on it for a year.
At a budget work session two weeks ago, the board was provided the proposed budget with $10.1 million in new or redirected spending including $7.1 million for improved pay and benefits and $1.5 million for budget requests deemed highly critical. Items categorized as just critical or important didnt make the cut.
Board member Andy Hosmer said new details about the Title I cuts may shake up the priorities.
Now were looking at money that was spent last year that will not be spent this year in our most vulnerable schools with our most vulnerable students, Hosmer said. I guess what Id like to hear is if you have to re-jigger highly critical critical and important needs and put these things into that puzzle, where would these come out?
Superintendent Norm Ridder said that with the budget deadline looming, more time was needed to do that analysis.
Were going to need to make some type of recommendation to the board, it may be tentative, by (June) 26, he said of the final board meeting of the month. That would include a timeline, as far as time we may need beyond that.
Ridder added that this is the most unsettled Ive felt going into what is typically the end of the annual budget process.


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Judge's ruling means creditors could block Rangers sale
Jun 22, 2010, 3:30 PM EDT
The judge in the Texas Rangers bankruptcy case ruled today and — contrary to the statements he made from the bench last week in which he suggested he was leaning in the Rangers' favor — held that the creditors' interests are "imparied" by the bankruptcy plan. That means they can vote to accept or reject the prepackaged plan that the team had come up with. Of course, the creditors have said they would reject the
prepackaged plan, so unless something dramatic happens soon, they probably will.
I haven't read the entire decision yet — Maury's got it in case you're interested — and I will obviously update with nuances that matter, but the upshot of this is that the plan for the Rangers to emerge from bankruptcy quickly (i.e. before the trading deadline) is in serious jeopardy. It also means that the whole sale of the team to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan could unravel, and the team could be put up for bid again. Obviously if the team doesn't emerge from bankruptcy and isn't sold before the end of July the Rangers will be in no position to make any big moves before the deadline.
That sound you hear is every Rangers fan in the world screaming bloody murder to the heavens above. Once they get done venting, however, they should refocus those screams at Tom Hicks because he's the one that got everything in such a mess to begin with.
- APBA Guy - Jun 22, 2010 at 5:12 PM
By all means lets focus on the parties that matter here, MLB and especially Tom Hicks. From a fan's perspective there are no sympathetic parties here, and unfortunately they all can't lose in this deal. But I like the Rangers team on the field, and some competition with the Angels is good in the AL West. Being unable to move on a star pitcher may not be the worst thing in the world, especially if it mans not having to carry Roy O's salary next year.
- Ron Thompson - Jun 22, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Craig, I told you last week that no one with any sense would draw any conclusions on how a judge is going to rule based upon his comments before both sides make their argument.
- Craig Calcaterra - Jun 22, 2010 at 8:43 PM
That you did, Ron. And I will admit that in this instance I was mistaken. I think, generally speaking, the proposition I argued for last week (if the judge says he's inclined to rule one way then he's really, really inclined to rule that way) still stands, but I will grant you that I was very, very wrong in this case.
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Let stand at room temperature for at least 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Then blend in 1 tablespoon cornstarch.
Meanwhile, in a pan blend 2 tablespoons each sugar and soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sherry, the vinegar, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch.
Cook, stirring, until thickened, set aside.
Heat 2 or 3 inches of salad oil in a deep pan to 360°.
Drain marinade from spareribs and discard.
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Oxy Ingleside Energy Center, LLC filed as a Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the State of Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 and is approximately three years old, as recorded in documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. A corporate filing is called a foreign filing when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the state they originally filed in. This does not necessarily mean that they are from outside the United States.
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Booth Laird's 2Q 2014 Newsletter provides updates on in and their most most recent investment - Bed, Bath, & Beyond (BBBY) General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) and why Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) reminds Jonathan Booth of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B).
Jonathan Booth update on General Motors
- The stock price dropped further after our Q1 2014 Newsletter from $34.11 to as low as $31.93, at which point we bought even more GM TARP Warrants (deep-in-the-money General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock options that expire in 2019). The stock has since rebounded to $37.58 as of close of business yesterday.
- Despite the pullback this year, we are still up 30% on the GM stock and up 66% on the GM TARP Warrants we purchased in 2013. We are also up 19% on the GM TARP Warrants we purchased earlier this year on the pullback.
- The independent investigation regarding the delayed recalls was completed and the results released publicly. As we confidently felt would be the case, the delay was due to good old fashioned incompetence rather than a vast conspiracy to cover up less than 50 crashes among over 90 million General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) cars on the road at any given time.
- GM announced a compensation plan for crash victims to be managed independently and without financial limits by Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney and crisis expert who also aided victims in the aftermath of 9/11 and the Boston Bombing. As we predicted based on prior court cases and settlements, the payout per person is likely to be $10M or less.
- General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has expanded the recalls to over 29 million vehicles for model years as far back as 1997 as the company continues to go way above and beyond to ensure it clears its name. To date, less than 20 fatalities are linked to recalled vehicles, and, while tragic, not all fatalities can be confidently attributed to a defect in the vehicle.
- Despite the increasing number of recalls, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has posted three consecutive months of higher than expected sales growth results. As we noted in the last newsletter, consumers have short memories unless directly impacted. It helps that General Motors is not the actual brand name of any vehicles, helping to avoid a negative association with the actual U.S. brand names of Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, and Cadillac. Anecdotally, dealers are also taking the opportunity to sell new General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) vehicles to consumers bringing in their old GM vehicle for a recall notice. Even more impressive, this success has been achieved despite price increases well above the industry average.
- We have adjusted down our exit price to account for the cost of the additional recalls, but that exit price still exceeds the current market price.
Jonathan Booth: Venture Further into the Unloved – Retail
Few industries are as unloved by the stock market as retail at the moment. While the S&P 500 continues to set new highs, many retail companies are hitting 52-week lows. Certainly, much of it is deserved as many retailers respond to competition from e-commerce by cutting costs and staff to the detriment of the shopping experience, driving even more people to shop on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) or Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK). We have seen the toll that the internet can take on brick-and-mortar stores, such as the collapse of Blockbuster and Borders and the decline of shopping malls and big box electronics stores.
So imagine my surprise when I came across a retailer that has experienced 21 years of uninterrupted revenue growth while maintaining high gross and operating margins, high returns on invested capital, no debt, and positive free cash flow even as e-commerce was born, took off, and toppled many a competitor. It was not some tucked away retailer in a high end area that protects it from e-commerce but instead a retailer with 1,500 locations nationwide and counting that sells quality goods at reasonable prices with exceptional customer service and a great shopping environment. The retailer was Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). Despite knowing the poor fortunes of brick-and-mortar retail, we could not pass up an opportunity to look into a company which had just hit a new 52-week low, down 22% on the year, and available at a 10% free cash flow yield ex-cash.
As I read through the latest annual report and latest earnings call transcript and reviewed the investor relations section of the website, it struck me that Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) reminds me of another well-run company you may have heard of – Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B), helmed by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
Why BBBY reminds Jonathan Booth of BRK
- Both have two 75+ year old men leading the company, each of whom has held that position with the company for at least 40 years.
- Both companies prefer to promote from within and command strong employee loyalty. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY)'s executive team outside of the co-chairmen/founders have been with the company for a minimum of 18 years on up to 43 years, which happens to be how many years ago the company was founded. BRK has a stable of managers leading its many businesses, many having founded their respective businesses before being acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B).
- Neither company panders to Wall Street. Both do not participate in any investor conferences of any kind, issue very few press releases (BBBY had 4 press releases in 2013, one for each earnings call), have sparse investor relations websites, and have no "investor presentation" slide deck or fact sheet of any kind. The track record of both companies affords that privilege in my view.
- Neither one has issued a dividend for at least 30 years (surprisingly, BRK is the only one of the two to have ever issued a dividend), instead preferring share buybacks when warranted. BBBY has returned 90% of its operating cash flows to investors the last two years via buybacks. As you know, we prefer buybacks to dividends if the stock is undervalued.
- Both are focused on fostering the appropriate corporate culture throughout the organization. BBBY store employees and store quality are a testament to this.
- Both are proponents of decentralization.
- Both dislike debt and love cash. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) has maintained a substantial net cash position for at least 22 years. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) carries a good bit of debt, but it is well supported by its assets and cash flows. BRK keeps a minimum of $20 billion in cash for "peace of mind" in any case.
- Both have achieved a consistent record of high returns on capital invested well in excess of each company's cost of capital (re: growing shareholder value every single year).
- Neither one conducts a typical earnings call. BBBY does not accept any questions on its calls, and BRK does not conduct one at all.
- Both lead off the annual report with a snapshot of the company's impressive track record under current management. BRK shows 50 years of BRK performance versus the S&P 500. BBBY shows 22 years of fairly detailed financial data, including revenue (21 years of uninterrupted growth), gross profit, operating profit, net income, store count, square footage, same store sales growth, and some balance sheet line items.
The company's track record, of which the last 22 years are conveniently provided on the first two pages of the annual report, speaks for itself. The company has grown from 38 stores in 1993 to 1,496 stores in 2014, only 1,014 of which are actual Bed, Bath, and Beyond stores. The rest are comprised of Harmon Health and Beauty (acquired in 2002), Christmas Tree Shop (acquired in 2003), buy Baby (purchased in 2007), and Cost Plus World Market (purchased in 2012). Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) also purchased Linen Holdings, a B2B business with no store front, in 2012. The company has also grown comparable sales per store nearly every year over the last 21 years. Revenue CAGR over the last 21 years was 20.8%, which dips down to 9.9% over the last 10 years and 9.8% over the last 5 due primarily to starting with a much higher base in the last decade. That growth can be broken down into two parts: 1.6% over the last 21 years from growth in sales/square foot (2.1% over the last 10 years and 3.7% over the last 5) and 19.2% over the last 21 years from growth in overall square footage (7.8% in the last 10 years and 6.1% in the last 5 years).
The company has remained highly profitable throughout that time on all metrics: ROE has averaged 25.3% over the last 21 years (22.6% over the last decade increasing to 23.1% over the last 5 years and 25.5% over the last 3 years) and ROIC has averaged an outstanding 38.5% over the last 21 years due to net cash reducing the invested capital base (39.0% over the last decade and 38.5% over the last