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Haynes International (NASDAQ:HAYN)
Q2 2013 Earnings Call
May 03, 2013 9:00 am ET
David Sean Van Bibber - Chief Accounting Officer,Controller
Mark M. Comerford - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Daniel W. Maudlin - Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Daniel M. Whalen - Topeka Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Philip Gibbs - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Greetings, and welcome to the Haynes International Inc. Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2013 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, David Van Bibber, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Haynes International. Thank you Mr. Van Bibber, you may begin.
David Sean Van Bibber
Thank you very much for joining us today. With me today are Mark Comerford, President and CEO of Haynes International; and Dan Maudlin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Before we get started, I'd like to read a brief cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements. This conference call could contain statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The words believe, anticipate, plan and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Although we believe our plans, intentions and expectations regarding or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and we can provide no assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Many of these risks are discussed in detail in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular, Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Thank you very much for listening. And now, let me turn the call over to Mark.
Mark M. Comerford
Thank you, Dave. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us today. Hopefully, you've all seen the press release and had a chance to review it. We'll follow our standard agenda in today's call. I'll open with comments about the business and our end markets, and then Dan Maudlin will give you greater detail on the financial results.
As we mentioned in the press release, the current economic environment for our products is somewhat muted and visibility is very poor. Whereas our second fiscal quarter was better than the first fiscal quarter with land-based gas turbines, chemical processing and our other markets showing a sequential increase, we were still negatively impacted as customers continue to be very conservative in their order patterns in light of global economic uncertainty in industrial markets and lower commodity price levels. I think it is best exhibited in the sequential decline in our -- the engine side of our aerospace business.
Haynes net revenue in the second quarter of 2013 came in at $129.2 million, down 18.7% from last year's $158.9 million. Net income in the quarter was $6.4 million, down 57.9% from fiscal '12's $15.2 million. Our net revenue in the aerospace market for the second quarter was $49.3 million, down just over 20% from last year's $61.9 million. Aerospace accounted for 38.2% of our total revenue in the quarter.
Activity in our structural aerospace tubing area continues to operate at full capacity. Demand for our products for aero engine applications remains slow as customers continue to manage their requirements very tightly. Also, several fabrication contracts are currently being negotiated, and it appears that commodity price adjustments are being negotiated and then renegotiated in light of the downward price pressure on commodities. In addition to the lower invoice level, our backlog in this area also fell during the quarter by 5%.
We remain very bullish on this market, especially in light of the delivery rates out of Boeing and Airbus, and we are in direct contact with customers and designers in the supply chain to discuss our concerns about how tightly they're attempting to manage their order patterns and inventory. We expect this market to rebound as the year progresses, but we are unsure of the timing of that rebound. I'll also remind you that the -- remember, in 2012, we shipped -- we equaled our record for shipments into the aerospace market, so some of this is -- was not unexpected that we would see a breather in this.
In our chemical processing market, net revenue for the second quarter was $33.9 million, down just over 10% from the $37.8 million we did in the second quarter of fiscal '12. CPI accounted for 26.2% of our total revenue for the quarter. As we've discussed, this market has experienced softness over the past few quarters as large project-related business went on hold. New application activity, including several related to natural gas applications, drove several new projects during the quarter and over the past 6 to 9 months. We've also seen some good activity in some of our proprietary materials' heat exchangers for what we would call traditional CPI applications.
Whereas this market remains very choppy, the large projects remain on hold. We've had some pretty good success winning some of these one-off specialty engineered applications. I wish I could tell you that these applications will be large, repeating business applications wins, but that isn't the case in this point in time. These are very specific wins, some involving new technology or wins for our materials based on reliability, which may have the potential for repeating. But right now, these are one-off wins by our field sales engineers with great support from our manufacturing and technical groups.
Our backlog decreased about 11% in the quarter after increasing 31% in the first quarter. We expect this market area to remain very competitive throughout 2013. But as I mentioned, we're seeing some requirements out there for new design work using new materials. We expect that trend will serve us well when the economy begins to strengthen.
Net revenues in the land-based gas turbine market totaled $30.2 million in the quarter, down 6% from the same quarter last year. As you may recall, we shipped a record level of product to this market in fiscal '12, and we then saw a drop to about $22 million to $23 million in the first quarter of this year. The increase in the second quarter to $30 million plus was unexpected as we had anticipated the supply chain to be overstocked from 2012 shipments. However, activity was strong in the second quarter. As an addition to the higher ship level over the first quarter, we also saw the backlog in this market increase 9.5%. The land-based gas turbine market accounted for 23.4% of our revenue during the quarter.
Similar to what we saw in CPI, our distribution and manufacturing groups responded well to some quick delivery requirements, and we believe that has helped us secure our position with several key accounts. Looking ahead, we're still very cautious about this market and the state of the supply chain. On a very positive note, we're continuing to see more activity in this market with new designs and new applications seeking better materials for more efficient engines. Design and quote activity is very strong.
Finally, our other markets category had net revenues of roughly $12 million in the quarter, down almost 48% from the second quarter of fiscal '12. This market accounted for 9.3% of our net revenues during the quarter. Key components in this area, like solar energy, industrial heat treating and flue-gas desulfurization, remained very sluggish. Our HASTELLOY C-22HS material remains in testing. We're working through some specification changes right now. But as we said previously, we do not expect any significant shipments for that application in fiscal '13.
Finally, on the commercial side, you may have seen that we introduced a new nickel-chrome-moly alloy during the quarter. This is HAYNES HR-235, which has targeted industries where metal dusting failures occur. We're currently scaling the alloy up in plate, sheet and tube for prototype work with some alpha customers. This is not a 2013 or a 2014 story. This will likely be 2015 or beyond by the time we see the scale-up, the testing, the field test results, et cetera. But I thought it'd be important to highlight this material and give you some insight on how the application engineering side goes in our business.
With respect to our capital investments, the projects are proceeding well. The Kokomo flat roll upgrade and expansion, we've got one of the new 4 high furnaces in place. It's undergoing validation. In fact, I think they're surveying it right now. Foundation work, wiring and substation work construction has begun for some of the new larger pieces of equipment that are going in to support that expansion.
On the tubular products side down in Arcadia, the new heat-treating addition is in process with significant portion of the furnace pit walls poured. We've also relocated several pieces of equipment and improved the layout of the facility in preparation for the second structural addition, which will house the finishing process. Also, we had an OHSAS 18001 safety audit about a week ago with a lot of attention directed towards the new construction area, and we were very pleased that there were no findings by the auditors.
On the distribution side, during the quarter, we're continuing to review our in-house process capabilities and how we stock material based on customer demand and general market conditions to determine areas where we might improve our next-generation supply and product quality capabilities. We expect to be assessing those capabilities as we better rate our current distribution and light manufacturing capabilities in North America.
In Europe, I think you know our activity has picked up quite a bit over there in the past 5 years as we've -- in support of the land-based gas turbine and the aero engine business in Europe. So our U.K. facility, we're expanding the footprint for more value-added processing equipment. Also, in Zürich, where we also handle quite a bit of land-based gas turbine and a lot of the chemical process industry, we're reroofing that facility right now.
Our IT project, our European locations have run their facilities on the new system for just over 4 months now. Fine tuning is still underway to support user request for minor modifications to help with workflow and reporting. The great thing in Europe is that we have taken 3 different systems, none of which was consistent with our U.S. system, and we've migrated our operations to a single system, which, in the future, is the same system we'll be using in the U.S.
The focus right now is shifting onto the upcoming implementation for North American -- North America for order fulfillment, the service center operations, the accounting and purchasing. The final phase involving the manufacturing locations is also in the planning and training stage for implementation.
With that, let me turn it over to Dan for more details on the financials.
Daniel W. Maudlin
Thank you, Mark. Let me begin the financial review with a year-over-year comparisons of the second quarter of fiscal 2013 to the second quarter of fiscal '12. Net revenues were, as Mark mentioned, $129.2 million, which is an 18.7% decrease from the second quarter last year. This represents a decrease of $29.7 million, of which $21.9 million can be attributed to volume with pounds sold lower by 13.8%. We believe this decrease in volume is primarily due to the continued reductions of inventory within the supply chain and customers delaying orders as the price of nickel decreases. Also contributing to the sluggish demand is the continued uncertain macroeconomic conditions, which is slowing industrial production in the U.S., and soft European economic data. We continue to see delays and lower order levels for large project-type orders.
The amount of the net revenue decrease attributable to price is $7.8 million with lower average selling prices by 5.7%. We continue to experience increased price competition in the marketplace relative to fiscal year 2012, particularly in the commodity-type alloys. This competition requires us to aggressively price orders, which has unfavorably impacted average selling prices, as well as gross profit margin and net income. As note, direct lead times are decreasing, the downward pressure on prices for service inter-transactional business is also occurring.
In addition, the lower metal prices primarily nickel, put downward pressure on prices. We also had a lower valued product mix compared to last year that contributed to lower average selling prices. Net revenues were down across each market compared to Q2 of last year.
Gross profit margins and margin percentages declined in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the second quarter of fiscal '12, due to the combination of lower volumes, weaker pricing and a less profitable product mix have we -- as we have discussed. Gross profit margin as a percentage of net revenues was 15.5% in the current quarter compared to 21.7% a year ago.
Selling, general and administrative expenses, including research and technical expenses, were $10.3 million, which is a decrease of $1.2 million compared to the prior year second quarter of $11.5 million. The reduction is due to reduced costs for incentive compensation programs and certain cost-management initiatives to reduce costs. SG&A as a percentage of sales increased from 7.2% to 7.9% compared to a year ago due to the lower level of revenues. Looking forward, full year fiscal 2013 SG&A is forecasted to be approximately $43 million.
Tax expense in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 was $3.4 million or an effective tax rate of 34.5% versus $7.9 million or a 34.2% effective tax rate in the second quarter of fiscal '12. The effective tax rate for the full year is anticipated to be between 34% and 34.5%.
Net income for the second quarter was $6.4 million or $0.52 per diluted share compared to the net income of $15.2 million or $1.23 per diluted share in last year's second quarter.
To comment on the sequential quarters, comparing the first quarter of 2013 to the second quarter of 2013, the second quarter of FY '13 achieved higher revenue in gross profit dollars than the first quarter. However, the gross profit margin percentage declined to 15.5% from 16.4% of the prior quarter. Average selling prices per pound was negatively impacted during the quarter by items previously discussed, such as lower-valued mix, lower metal prices and increased competition.
Net revenues in the aerospace market declined by $3 million. However, net revenues increased in the chemical processing market by $7.6 million, increased in the land-based gas turbine market also by $7.6 million; an increased in other markets by $1.4 million. The other revenue increased $1.2 million. Overall, the second quarter of fiscal '13 net revenues increased $14.9 million from the first quarter of fiscal year '13. Volume increased by 0.9 million pounds, and net income increased by $0.6 million during this period.
Backlog was $207 million at March 31, 2013, a decrease of $4.7 million or 2.2% from December 31, 2012. Backlog dollars declined during the second quarter of fiscal year '13 due to an 8.3% decrease in the backlog average selling price for the quarter, largely offset by a 6.6% increase in the backlog pounds. The reduction in backlog during the second quarter resulted from reduced order entry pricing and lower-valued mix of products in the backlog. Backlog for aerospace and chemical processing markets declined in the second quarter of fiscal '13. The backlog for the land-based gas turbine market increased in the second quarter fiscal '13.
To comment on our April backlog, the balance of the backlog increased from the $207 million at the end of March to $210.5 million at April 30, 2013, and the backlog pounds were approximately 7.1 million pounds with an average selling price of $29.57. The increase in backlog in April includes a large blanket order for aerospace tubing, which we'll ship in 2014. We received these blankets from time to time. But in light of the current economic slowdown, we felt it important to let you know about this specific increase in the backlog.
Capital investments. Management continues to believe in the long-term growth of potential of our core markets. Therefore, we are continuing to implement the previously announced capital investment projects. The proper execution of these capital projects continues to be a major focus area for the management team. Capital investment in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 was $13.7 million, which brings capital investment to $22.7 million for the first half of fiscal '13.
The forecasts for capital investment for fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year '14 are $70 million and $39 million, respectively. It is possible that we could be light on the $70 million spend this year due to the timing of cash payments. That amount would carry into 2014. The actual and planned capital investments over the 3-year period of fiscal 2012, 2013 and 2014, it's approximately $135 million, are expected to allow the company to increase capacity, enhance product quality, reduce costs and improve working capital management. The company anticipates that these significant investments will help the company improve efficiency and meet the expected long-term customer demands for volume and quality improvements.
Cash flow. During the second quarter, the company's cash balance declined from $65.5 million at December 31, 2012, to $48 million at March 31, 2013. Cash flow from operations was $29.1 million in the first 6 months. There was a slight use of cash of $0.5 million in the second quarter alone.
In the first quarter, cash collections from accounts receivable was strong from the high levels of accounts receivable that we had at the end of our fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, that was collected in the first quarter of this year. In the second quarter, accounts receivable increased $14 million from December 31, 2012, which we expect should contribute to a stronger cash collections in the upcoming third quarter from accounts receivable.
Inventory decreased in the second quarter as a source of cash of $13 million. Uses of cash included the capital expenditures in the quarter of $13.7 million and a dividend payment of $2.7 million.
Our liquidity remained strong with a 0 balance on our revolver. In addition to the $48 million cash on hand, the company has a credit facility of $120 million, which can be increased to $170 million at the company's option. This, combined with cash on hand, provides total liquidity of over $235 million, which is expected to enable the company to fund the capital program as well as take advantage of future economic recovery and any other growth opportunities that may become available.
Outlook for the third quarter of fiscal '13. Management continues -- I'm sorry, management currently expects that net income for the third quarter of fiscal '13 may be lower than net income for the second quarter as it is expected to continue to be unfavorably impacted by weaker pricing similar to that experienced during the first and second quarters. Visibility in the marketplace remains poor. And based upon the continued economic uncertainty, level of bookings to date and feedback from key customers, management does not anticipate a significant recovery during the third quarter of fiscal 2013.
We believe this period of uncertainty, low visibility and sluggish consumer demand is temporary. As we navigate through this period, we continue to focus on the long-term demand drivers and growth potential of our markets. When the economy recovers, we feel we are well positioned to capitalize on those future opportunities.
With that, let me turn the discussion back over to Mark.
Mark M. Comerford
Thanks, Dan. The economic environment is cloudy right now and I think one of the best evidence points of that is I think it's probably the first time in 6 months or a year that we've been able to talk to you about an increase in the backlog. However, as Dan mentioned, quite a bit of that was blanket orders that'll be out into 2014.
We've also -- I mean, Airbus and Boeing, at the pole end of the commercial aerospace supply chain, are doing well. They've got great backlogs, and they're ramping to higher levels. As a result, we'd expect demand for our aerospace products to firm up over the next few quarters.
Our land-based gas turbine market has showed surprising resilience over the past 18 months, and we're pleased with where we have positioned our products and service capabilities. However, because of our high shipment levels into this market area, as we mentioned, 2012 was a record level, we remain very cautious as we look forward in land-based gas turbine.
In the chemical process market, we see pockets of specific strength, both geographic and application driven. But the overall larger project market remains very slow.
As we mentioned in the press release and we reiterated in this call, we have excellent growth opportunities: geography, new alloys, new products. We're expanding in areas where we have constraints, for instance, in the aerospace tubing area, and we're associated with excellent end markets. However, at this point in time, we still have not seen any rebound to our order books.
Broader economic indicators in the U.S., automotive and housing seem to be doing well. They appear to be signaling that the consumer is gaining confidence. Japan is also doing well, and showing greater strength. Hopefully, we'll begin to see Europe work through their issues. And we'll begin to see China, as well, maintain a reasonable level, such that we can see industrial demand increasing globally as we move through the balance of 2013 and into 2014.
Rob, if you will, let's turn the call over to questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
[Operator Instructions] Our first question is from the line of Edward Marshall of Sidoti & Company.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
So let me -- correct me if I'm wrong. It sounds like to me that -- so look -- at least, sequentially, it looks like the only -- the, really, only the large of the 3 segments that fell was aerospace. And it doesn't seem that the aerospace supply chain, when you listen to the OEMs or you listen to some of the suppliers, are really seeing the decline. It sounds like to me that maybe the -- because of penalties in the supply chain, if you miss shipments, that they restock well in advance of the rate hikes. Now that the rate hike is out of the way, I think that there's a somewhat of a destocking going on. Is that kind of aligned with what you guys are seeing in the supply chain there?
Mark M. Comerford
That's pretty much what we're hearing. That and that there is some destocking occurring. And we're also hearing from -- as I mentioned, some of these second-tier, third-tier fabricators, that there's quite a -- people are being rewarded right now for putting off purchasing by the fact that nickel keeps going lower. So there is -- people are playing a little bit of a nickel game right now, and that's where we've expressed a lot of concern to people that you can't keep doing this. We can't just turn the faucet on and off.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
What happens to -- how do I think about -- kind of coming off that question. How to think about maybe your lead times and how fast could you ramp up if the supply chains starts to tighten again? I mean, I'm assuming you're pretty short lead times right now. And how -- if the supply chain tightens up, how fast can you get back to, say, full production?
Mark M. Comerford
It depends a lot on the product. But for instance, we're still running pretty much at capacity, as I mentioned. Aerospace tubing, we are at capacity. But premium melting, vacuum melting is also still running pretty close to capacity. So -- now that's also -- that's restocking and making sure we have product on the ground. But it's anticipation of what we're seeing if the order book starts to get heavier. As far as people, we're still in good shape with people. We've cut back on overtime hours and things like that. Watching the cost structure. But we haven't gone through any major cost-reduction efforts at this point in time as far as personnel or anything like that. So we think our ramp-up time should be relatively quick. And you're right, right now, lead times across-the-board are very, very short. I think we're pretty fortunate in that we own our own distribution system, and we've picked up a lot of transactional business, which helped us a lot in the second quarter. That's the big wildcard as we talk about view for the third quarter. We don't know what that transactional business will look like in the third quarter.
Daniel W. Maudlin
As we manage through this kind of uncertainty, it is -- that's the challenge, is how much inventory to keep on hand and if you have the right inventory for the upturn. So as we manage through this, keeping inventory levels at a place where we can respond quickly is always going to be a challenge.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
So extrapolating from what you just said, it sounds like to me that I don't think this is a surprise, looking at the release and kind of your commentary already -- but I just want to make sure that I'm right. You're running at full capacity in several different lines. You saw a gross margin contraction, and that was really just a function of price. I think your gross profit per pound fell about $0.47 or so in the quarter. It's just about a function of just pricing, and what that decrement in pricing is doing to you.
Daniel W. Maudlin
A lot of that is occurring, yes, especially as we comment that with production lead time shortening, that puts a lot of price pressure on the service center transactional business. So we may be getting some transactional business but there's a lot of competitive pressure on that price, that impact.
Mark M. Comerford
If I could also too -- if you look at it as a broad statement, absolutely true. I think one of the things to look at, too, on the pricing side is with aerospace erecting itself more so than anybody, I'll say, in the supply chain, as evidenced by the decreased revenue levels and decreased backlog, that's a big mix issue. When you look at the overall price, that's one of the areas -- one of the reasons price is dropping is we're seeing that change in mix so dramatically in the past, I'll say, 6 months.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
And again, that's not something systemic. That's just a destocking because we went up in rate hikes.
Mark M. Comerford
That's exactly what we believe, yes.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Okay. So I guess that confirms the reason why you're continuing to expand -- the expansion plans and you're not looking at further restructuring and so forth, that this is strictly a temporary situation and not something more systemic.
Mark M. Comerford
Yes. I think if you take a look at the 2 big expansion projects, one is the aerospace tubing, that is still operating at capacity. And if you take a look at the Kokomo flat roll operations, those are -- that's an area that has run into very severe constraints twice in the last 5 years.
Daniel W. Maudlin
And the benefits of those projects, especially in Kokomo, are reduced costs, better inventory management and some of the better efficiencies that we would gain even at these current volumes.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
Yes. So I think you said that there was a couple of large orders that hit. And was it chem processing that you mentioned in the quarter? Is that what you said?
Mark M. Comerford
Yes. That's right. We've seen project work. I -- again, I -- what we define as large is not what some of these -- the other people in the space might define as large. But yes, we get some nice things associated with heat exchangers and also the -- rather than just assets and things like that, we saw some things in the -- natural gas area that were very helpful to us in the last, I'll say -- we've been working on it for 9 months a year, but some of them hit in the last 2 quarters, which helped us out quite a bit.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
So this follows a 30% increase in the backlog in chem processing last quarter, if I remember, so it seems that there's some momentum building in the backlog. I understand you're cautious about how you're phrasing some of the chem processing discussion, but it sounds like -- knowing that there's a big advantage to lower gas prices here domestically, it almost sounds like we're starting to see the trickles of maybe what would be a rebound in that cycle.
Mark M. Comerford
That -- I don't know where it'll come short term. But I mean, if -- in the last couple of months, if you take a look -- I mean, I think it was Methanex and Sasol, both announced big plants coming into the U.S. So yes, I'd agree with you. What that looks like short term versus long term, I think long term, it's very good. We'll see where things go, but I do think those are direct results of what we've seen with the natural gas prices.
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company, LLC
So if I could sum up just the way I see it, the chem processing, maybe even some of the gas turbines, on a sequential basis saw some improvements, year-over-year as well, and with temporary aerospace destocking and who knows what happens with nickel. But looking at the demand scenario, I mean, going forward, after we get past this temporary situation, I think not much has changed. Is that the right way to think about it, and that you see the improvements in the other markets kind of filling in where aerospace left off?
Mark M. Comerford
That's pretty much the story of what has been occurring.
Daniel W. Maudlin
I think it's just that short-term visibility is low, and we just can't quite see past it on when the upturn may begin.
[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Dan Whalen of Topeka capital.
Daniel M. Whalen - Topeka Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
You addressed a lot of my questions there, but maybe we could touch on the capital projects and where you're actually adding capacity there. Is that going to require additional certifications from some of the key customers? And if that is the case, where does -- where will we kind of stand in terms of the timeline from that perspective?
Mark M. Comerford
The Kokomo flat roll, not so much. I think we'll be in real good shape there. Now obviously, we have to commission and get it through our quality standards and things like that. Now on the furnaces and production equipment down in Arcadia, the product is what's certified as opposed to the process or the equipment. But again, it'll be a very rigorous testing procedure that we'll go through internally. It's almost like the automotive guys with PPAP. I mean, it's not a formalize thing, but we'll run it internally through very rigorous. So giving a timeframe on it, the equipment will be in by the end of the next fiscal year. So let's call then in the September, October timeframe of next year, and then we'll probably spend about 3 months commissioning that. So by the time you start talking about calendar '15, we'll be up and running. In fact, we've had a meeting -- just this last week, I talked to some of the commercial guys about the product. And we start talking a little bit about, okay, when should we start booking that equipment, and we're starting to talk to our suppliers of things like shells and tube hollows as to what their lead times will be and when they'll able to firm a price, et cetera. But if you think about it -- if I were to give you a timeline, I'd say October of next year, we expect to have all the equipment run in place, and we'll start commissioning and doing surveys and evaluations of the equipment, getting it qualified. And then I'd say by first calendar quarter of '15, we should be up and running and booking that equipment.
Daniel M. Whalen - Topeka Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Great. And then certainly, this is a bit out here, but in -- I mean, these initiatives certainly have a lot of potential leverage here to the gross margin line. How should we kind of be thinking in terms of a ramp process in terms of when that will start flowing through here, just given -- it seems like there's tremendous levers that will be taken from these initiatives.
Daniel W. Maudlin
Yes. We are expecting some leverage on the gross margin line. As we previously mentioned, we're hoping for 2% to 4% improvement in our gross margin percentage, kind of based on 2012 levels. And when that will start occurring, of course, we need the whole program to be up and start utilizing that capacity. There'll be a few pieces of equipment that will come online prior to that, and we can start seeing some cost benefits. So I do expect a little bit of leverage prior to the entire program being completed, but it really will be most of it after the full project is complete and we start increasing the volumes across that equipment.
Our next question is from the line of Phil Gibbs of KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Philip Gibbs - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
I had a question on the aerospace business. How much of the -- of what you're seeing now is purchasing managers just being cute with nickel versus guys just maybe having too much inventory on the ground? How do you parse out between those 2 things?
Mark M. Comerford
I'll tell you what, if I were to take a look at it, what I'd say is we anticipated some of this, if you ask my opinion that -- and we mentioned it last call and we may have even put it in the shareholder letter that we had the record output in aerospace last year. So we expected some level of a pull-back. If you ask me, I'd say the destocking would be 2/3 of the issue right now, and maybe 1/3 of the issue is transactional, people putting off ordering or at least putting off blanket ordering until we see a change. I think if we start to see a change in the nickel market, we're going to see people starting to rush to get contracts done and get blankets put back in. I think it'll be something maybe not as dramatic as what we saw in the early part of 2011, but I think we will see a rush at that time. So I'd say it's about 2/3-1/3.
Daniel W. Maudlin
And if you're looking at the nickel LME, it is now below $7 per -- $7 a pound. So I think the room to go down further than that, we would think we're getting close to the bottom. So hopefully, that will start abating soon.
Mark M. Comerford
Yes. And, Phil, putting it in your terms, if you sit back and say, would it have been reasonable to see maybe a 10% to 15% drop in volume year-on-year because of the destocking? I think that would've been reasonable. And then seeing another 5% to 10% drop because of what's happening in the transactional environment with people playing nickel games, I think that's reasonable and that's where you come up with that -- essentially, the 20% year-over-year drop.
Philip Gibbs - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Okay, got you. And then on the MRO front for the engine business and how do we think about some of these headwinds from aircraft retirements? I'm sure you've been reading the same things that I have, Mark, on that issue.
Mark M. Comerford
Yes. We don't have the visibility. I mean, we have estimates for MRO versus OEM. We don't have the visibility because, essentially, we're supplying customers -- the same people doing OEM are the same people doing the MRO work at our level. So we don't have that same level of visibility through this. So it's tough for me to really come out and say -- I mean, I've read the same things you have that the MRO issue is a major part of what's occurring right now. I think for me to speculate on something like that, I just don't think it'd be responsible right now. Just what we're seeing right now is a big -- pretty fair size of destocking in the aerospace industry, and we just don't know when that's going to start bouncing back for us.
Philip Gibbs - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Okay. And this is the last one, if I could. I really appreciate it. Your initiatives to restructure your service center footprint and some of your IT upgrades, can you give us an update on those 2 major items?
Mark M. Comerford
Yes. On the IT, as we mentioned, Europe's been up and running for 4 months now. We went through the usual bugs in getting that going. But frankly, going from 3 systems, none of which matched up with the U.S. system, now down to a single system, I think is just going to be fantastic for us. And by the way, that's also going to be a system that will match the U.S. system, which we'll start implementing here in the October, November timeframe. And just think about it, I mean, from the point of view of supporting people, the tech support on it, we'll be able to do those things internally now. We'll have everybody seeing the same data. We'll be able to see data real time as opposed to getting monthly reports or weekly reports. I think it's going to be very, very helpful to everyone in the company as we go through it. So we're very excited about the IT system. With respect to the distribution, and I think I've said this before, a lot of people when they think of distribution, they think of pick and pack, and that's not Haynes. Haynes distribution is really light manufacturing. We're cutting a lot of the parts these days. So the location of those pieces of equipment, some of the computer programs for optimizing yields, a lot of that is going into what we're discussing now. Also, our European operations have done a real nice job of consolidating the back-end operations for certain applications. So a lot of the aerospace parts, regardless of where they go in Europe, are now cut out of the U.K. facility. So we're seeing gains in that area, but we need more floor space to continue in that program. And we'll be doing the same type of thing here in North America, making sure that we're optimizing those types of operations on the back end as we go through. Dan, anything to add to it?
Daniel W. Maudlin
Well, I would add to the -- on the IT side, especially, we have our U.K. service center, which is kind of a nice model of a service center for us, and in implementing the IT system there, first, we're able to kind of work out all the issues, all the normal bugs that you would expect, and we'll be able to bring back everything we learned from there to implementing it for the domestic service centers here. So it's kind of nice the way we've done it in Europe first, a little smaller footprint. We'll bring it back to the U.S. and get a nice running start. So I think -- I've been very happy with what I've seen in the system so far. Anytime you implement a -- an ERP system, it's a challenge, and it certainly is. But I think we're progressing well, and I think we're going to get some great benefits in production planning and visibility and some of the other things Mark said. So pretty excited about it, but we still have quite a bit left to go on it.
At this time, we've reached the end of our Q&A session for today. I will turn the floor back over to Mr. Mark Comerford for closing comments.
Mark M. Comerford
Thank you, Rob, appreciate it. Thanks very much for your time today, everybody, and thank you for your interest and support of Haynes International. We'll look forward to updating you again next quarter.
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This fun set of Addition worksheets features all the great Counting Creatures artwork with progressively difficult sums from 4 to 12. Each of the 90 worksheets is fun to do and many include opportunities to draw, count and color, to help polish their primary math skills. These worksheets help make math FUN!
Downloads of all 90 pages or smaller sets include:
Set 1 - 18 pages:
This set of worksheets includes 9 worksheets with equations and spaces for children to make their own pictures to help them solve the equations, and a fun picture of a Counting Creature to color on each one. It also includes 9 worksheets with "Domino Bugs" on them for kids to count the spots and solve the addition problem! Both worksheets feature just a few problems on each page for beginning learners. Children will enjoy coloring the fanciful creatures if they finish their work early enough, and teachers will appreciate the fact that equations are written both horizontally and vertically to help kids get used to both formats.
Set 2 - 18 pages:
This fun set includes five worksheets in which kids get to draw monster body parts and then add them together to get the total. There are three worksheets in which kids count the spots on the butterflies, and 2 in which they count the "bug hops" to get the total. There are three worksheets in which kids count the black spots vs. the white spots on "dice bugs" to get the total, and six more fun "count the creatures and write the equations" types of addition worksheets. This set is one of Heidi's favorites!
Set 3 - 18 pages: This set of worksheets is great for kids that are just getting started with addition. Each of them asks the children to count the monster body part or related object and find the total using the picture clues. On nine of the worksheets, the children need to write their own equations based on the picture cues as well as the answer to the problem. Kids will enjoy coloring the little pictures of the counting creatures, and teachers will appreciate the worksheets for motivational practice!
Set 4 - 20 pages:
This set features nine worksheets with cyclops monster heads to count and form into addition equations in both a horizontal and vertical format for each one. There are also nine more worksheets in a "color by number" format, in which children color the picture based on their sums that they fill in. Each one of these pictures features a different creature and some fun items that go with him or her to color! There are never more than eleven equations on each page, so that these worksheets may be something that young learners can finish in a reasonable amount of time, and still have a little time left to color. Two more extra addition worksheets with simple problems and pictures to color round out the set. This is a great set to have towards the end of the year when your students are getting faster at completing their work and might need a bit more to do to keep them busy!
Set 5 - 16 pages:
This set includes seven worksheets with addition problems, but with no spaces for children to draw pictures to figure out the answers to the equations this time. Each page does have a creature on it to color, and there are never more than eleven equations per page, so that little learners can complete these worksheets in a reasonable amount of time. These worksheets are perfect for the children that are ready to "move on" to doing some of these addition problems in their heads! The remaining nine worksheets have six addition equations printed on each page, with space for children to draw pictures to help them solve each one. Each page includes something fun to color!
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A Hard Day's Work
Len Denham
We were not destined to stay in Netherwood Street for long as the new Westcroft Estate in Cricklewood was being completed and by the end of the year we would have moved there. But it was from Netherwood Street that my mother would take us all for a walk to see whether we might run into my grandfather.
Now this was no mere stroll. It involved walking up Hemstal Road, a tidy climb uphill to reach West End Lane along which ran the 28 bus destined for Wandsworth and the 53 bus headed to that strange sounding place, Plumstead Common. We crossed the road near to the Police Station, which featured strongly in the case of grandfather and the Christmas turkey, and proceeded down Broadhurst Gardens passing the shop of Mr Copeman who regularly shaved grandfather with a cutthroat razor and who gave me my first haircut.
Before we reached Fairhazel Gardens, some way along which we hoped to find grandfather finishing his liquid lunch, my brother Leslie would have given up on his training for the fifty kilometre walk (or whatever the equivalent was in those days) and opted for a ride in the bassinet. This rather stately perambulator was now on its third resident, being the favoured mode of transport for the baby, Ronald, then just over a year old. Alas two occupants were all that the springs could take and poor mother could push. So I got the training whether I liked it or not.
One day we happened upon Grandfather, or 'Doctor' as he was known in those parts for some reason that nobody ever explained to me, starting rather than finishing a pint of mild. My mother remarked upon this and enquired whether he should not be thinking of returning his horse and cart to the yard at Acacia Road.
It transpired that the 'Doctor' thought he had something to celebrate as a couple of hours before the baker, not a man that he counted amongst his friends, had parked his handcart in front of the horse-drawn milk cart and neglected to secure the shutter. Grandfather's horse, Joey, knew an opportunity when he saw one and, whilst the baker downed a pint, Joey downed a tray of cakes.
The baker saw this as the equivalent of a purchase made by 'Doctor' on behalf of his horse whilst 'Doctor' saw it as downright stupidity on the part of the baker and refused to entertain his claim. The baker departed without satisfaction and grandfather concluded that this was good cause for an extra pint.
These walks with the objective of finding my grandfather, if he had not already turned tail for the stables at Acacia Road, were a fairly regular occurrence and on those occasions when we did succeed in tracking down the 'doctor' we would return with him to the yard.
There the horse would be taken out of the shafts and put in its stable. The stables were laid out in a huge square and the set up not dissimilar to an American barn. Individual boxes provided the outer perimeter of the square and faced inwards across a wide corridor to boxes forming the inside of the square and facing outwards. Thus the horses could see their companions opposite.
An overhead rail ran above the corridor and as soon as all the horses were safely stabled they received their reward for a hard day's work.
And a hard day it was as they were pulling a fully laden milk cart at six o'clock in the morning and feeding time was about four o'clock. Unless they were fortunate enough to come across a stupid baker the only food they had during the day was what they found in their nosebag during a short break when the roundsman enjoyed a cup of tea provided, if he was lucky, by one of the maids at a big house.
'Doctor' probably did all right as his round included many big houses with servants and he worked the same area for more than fifty years, first for Buckingham's Dairy and then United Dairies when they absorbed the smaller firm.
This feeding time for the horses was a fairly terrifying experience for a rising four year old because the feed was placed in a huge bin suspended from the overhead rail. As the bin commenced its journey around the square the horses on three sides of the square could not see it but there was nothing wrong with their ears and as soon as they heard the clanging and rumbling of the feed bin starting its journey they started neighing in a deafening chorus supplemented by the sound of their hooves cracking against the wooden stable walls as they tried to will the food bin to reach them faster. The racket was at its worst when the bin reached halfway, the horses housed in the second half presumably fearing that the food may run out before it reached them. But as more and more of them were fed so they became quiet until all one could hear was the steady sound of seventy or so horses munching in unison.
Then came the time we had been waiting for as we were taken to be lifted up to stroke the friendlier of the horses. You will have realised that the four corner stables on the outer side were considerably larger than those on the straight sides and it was into one of these stables that we went for our final treat. A docile grey horse would allow Les, and sometimes me, to be placed on its back and be led in circles around its box. Why Les always got a ride and me only occasionally I cannot explain.
Back then to our grandparent's house, or more accurately, upper half of a house on the corner of Lowfield Road where my grandmother would provide tea and we would await the return of grandfather. I remember that he often brought home a milk bottle filled with shelled eggs. The bottles in those days were almost as wide at the top as at the base and were sealed with a rather stiff cardboard cap, which was pressed into grooves in the bottleneck and subsequently removed by pulling a tab. The eggs brought home by grandfather were those cracked during the day, broke into the bottle and sold cheaply to the dairy staff. The milk roundsman carried butter, eggs and cream as well as milk but not the other groceries, which they frequently deliver to their customers today.
These walks were probably where I first heard the stories of my mother's childhood. How, as a schoolgirl, she had to meet my grandfather on his milk round at 5. 30 a.m. every day and help him with his deliveries until 8. 30 a.m. before she returned home to prepare for school at 9 o'clock. There were no bottles of milk in those days and milk and cream were dispensed by jugs from metal churns into the customers' own jugs. The measures were gills more often than pints and the work very hard on a little girl's hands on a bitter, cold winter morning.


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The buzz was true: Lady Gaga did indeed come to town to perform at the final inaugural ball, the Tuesday night bash for campaign staffers at the Washington Convention Center. Following remarks from President Obama and Joe Biden, Gaga took the stage, looking kind of like a robot swan in a Nancy Sinatra wig (judging from the many photos posted online) and sang a few of her hits — "Born This Way," "Edge of Glory." And then, the unexpected surprise: Tony Bennett joined her for a duet on "The Lady is a Tramp." (They first recorded the Rodgers & Hart classic together in 2011.) And then they were off, Gaga politely explaining that she had to make it to a concert in Phoenix tomorrow.
Read also at Post Politics: At inaugural ball, Obama honors deceased staffer, 1/23/12
More Reliable Source: Rahm Emanuel's after-party; Beyonce; White House after party; Ashley Judd; celebrity sightings


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From: Carol Botteron <>
Subject: More than 2 FTDNA Projects (was What to do about reluctant brothers:for Lois)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:21:23 -0500
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At 11:57 AM -0500 3/13/06, William Hurst wrote:
>Diana wrote:
>>Last I heard, FTDNA only allows someone to join two projects, which basically
>means one surname project and one regional project; and, of the two, the most
>>important choice is the surname project.
>Diana and Roy, it's a little confusing but two projects is not the
>limit. I belong to four: a surname project, a geographic project, a
>Y-DNA haplogroup project, and an mtDNA project. Generally, if your
>FTDNA personal page Join button will let you join, I guess you can
>join, depending on the rules of the project.
If the button won't let you join, send FTDNA a note. I was in two
(one mtDNA haplogroup project and one geographic) and wanted to
join a second geographic project. I asked FTDNA what to do, and
told them they could remove me from the first geographic project
if necessary. They said it was OK to be in all 3 and added me.
Carol Botteron (mtDNA J1b1)
French Swiss and Hickson/Hixson/Hixon projects
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Rashid Khan
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North Indian vocalist, Ustad Rashid Khan.
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Playhouse, Arts Centre, March 6
On CD, Ustad Rashid Khan - one of North India's most admired classical vocalists - is mightily impressive. It's clear that his voice is a finely honed instrument over which the singer has absolute control, as he sustains a note across a phrase or modulates each syllable with remarkable precision.
On stage, though, Rashid Khan's voice sounds bigger, fuller, richer and deeper than any digital approximation can convey. When he begins a raga with the traditional slow section (or "alaap"), the resonance of his sustained tones seems to fill the stage and vibrate through the entire auditorium.
At the Playhouse on Sunday night, I was often reminded of the links between the classical Indian vocal tradition and the ancient Vedic chants from which it evolved. Even though Rashid's lyrics were based on secular themes (joyful love; frustrated love; unrequited love), the extraordinary resonance of his voice brought to mind the sacred chants of monks in both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions.
Spirit of India director Mohindar Dhillon noted during the concert that Rashid's style of singing - known as "khayal" - is not everyone's cup of tea, and requires patience on the part of the listener as each song slowly develops.
Actually, it wasn't at all difficult to sink into the richness of Rashid's voice or be carried along by the harmonium (Jyoti Goho) and tablas (Shubhankar Bannerji) bubbling richly beneath. As each raga progressed, the instrumental accompaniment became more insistent, and Rashid would encourage his disciple (vocalist Prasad Khaparde) to embellish an improvised motif.
Often, Rashid would enter just as Prasad's phrase was tapering into silence, creating the impression of a reverse echo: a finely nuanced line that suddenly stepped into the foreground and doubled in size.
Rashid is revered in India for the emotional impact of his singing, and the intensity of his lyrical interpretation was unmistakeable.
But perhaps the most awe-inspiring moments on Sunday came during the "taraana" at the end of the first set. Here, Rashid improvised using wordless syllables (rather like a jazz scat) at an incredibly rapid pace, forming staccato rhythms that were matched by Shubhankar's tablas to create a mood of mesmerising urgency.


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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Week 14
Quality starting pitching is essential to winning in fantasy baseball. If you have a pitcher that hasn't been carrying their weight, consider adding a starting pitcher who will make two starts in Week 14.
If the pitcher you consider isn't at the top of the rankings, there's often a chance he'll throw at least one good game out of the two he is probable to start. Worst case, a pitcher with two starts will generally keep a lower ERA and bring in more strikeouts, which could save owners in weekly head-to-head matchups.
Edinson Volquez of the Cincinnati Reds, an FBD All-Star and 10-3 with a 2.08 ERA, 110 strikeouts, and a 1.21 WHIP in 99.3 innings, tops our list of two-start fantasy baseball pitchers in Week 14. He takes the mound Tuesday at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates and Zach Duke, then Sunday at home against the Washington Nationals and Collin Balestar. Other "must starts" in Week 14 include:
- Roy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays (8-6, 3.12, 100, 1.09) FBD All-Star / Week 5 Pitcher of the Week
- Gavin Floyd, Chicago White Sox (8-4, 3.39, 57, 1.12) FBD Week 10 Pitcher of the Week
- John Danks, Chicago White Sox (5-4, 2.62, 69, 1.23) FBD Week 3 Pitcher of the Week
- Rich Harden, Oakland Athletics (5-0, 2.15, 83, 1.09)
- Ted Lilly, Chicago Cubs (8-5, 4.74, 95, 1.32)
- John Maine, New York Mets (8-5, 3.73, 79, 1.31)
The Sunday Special – Two two-start pitchers that should impress you with their performances in Week 14:
- Kyle Lohse, St. Louis Cardinals (9-2, 3.94, 46, 1.29). We recommended Lohse back in Week 4, and 10 weeks later we're still on his bandwagon (apparently though, you guys haven't caught on). Sometimes we do know what we're talking about, and Lohse has made us look pretty good. He hasn't lost a game since May 8, and won six in a row before logging a no decision 6/25 on the road versus the Tigers. His ERA has dropped from 4.87 to 3.94 since 5/8. He doesn't log many strikeouts, but most guys available in around 40% of leagues aren't strikeout machines. Lohse takes the mound Monday at home against the New York Mets and John Maine, then Saturday at home against the rival Cubs and Ted Lilly.
- Justin Masterson, Boston Red Sox (4-1, 3.43, 32, 1.19). We overlooked Masterson's call to the rotation earlier this month in the midst of the Clayton Kershaw debut and Joba Chamberlain's call to the rotation. He made starts in April and May before joining the rotation full time June 3. His ERA continues to rise, but that happens to young pitchers after their scouting report makes the rounds. While he doesn't have a high strikeout rate, Masterson did strike out 9 against the Reds on June 13. We like him Monday on the road against Tampa Bay and James Shields, then Saturday at Yankee stadium against FBD's favorite Cornhusker, Joba Chamberlain.
Waiver Wire Wonder – A two-start pitcher owned in less than 40% of leagues to consider in Week 14:
- Eric Stults, Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0, 0.60, 8, 0.80). Another pitcher FBD overlooked while the entire fantasy baseball community drooled over Clayton Kershaw was his teammate, Stults. The 28-year old lefty has made starts for the Dodgers over the past two seasons, but caught our eye when he threw a complete game shutout against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. He gave up four-hits, one walk and struck out three. Three runs were scored against the Dodgers in Stults' first start of the season, but only one was earned. Stults is a high-risk/high-reward pick when compared to pitchers like Lohse or Masterson, but that's why he's still available in nearly 70% of leagues. He takes the mound Monday on the road against the Astros and Roy Oswalt, then Saturday against the Giants and Barry Zito.


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Tabloid Cheat Sheet: Scarlett Johansson And Ryan Reynolds Divorce? "Glee" Cheating Scandal?
It's hump day again and since it's springtime, we should all take a cue from the bunnies and take advantage of the verb. Looks like the celebs are busy enough for the rest of the population, at least if you believe everything you read is true. And why wouldn't you? Wasn't it God who invented these magical little magazines compiled of virtue and veritas? Oh, it wasn't? Well, screw it—they're fun, frivolous, and you don't even have to read the whole thing because we hand-picked the juiciest stories, just for you! So now you can make time for other spring activities.
- It's been awhile since Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have graced a tabloid cover, but it was totally worth the wait. Apparently, Robert told Oprah that Kristen's preggers! But then Kristen "joked that Rob's the one who's pregnant," which leads me to believe they were kidding. Dinger. The rest of the article features a "relationship expert" saying this means Rob's baby-hungry and that they're totally in love. Their reps have apparently confirmed that they are "together and dating, 100 percent." Really?
- Kate Hudson is apparently pissed at A-Rod for replacing her with Cameron Diaz. A-Rod and Diaz were seen at a New York restaurant recently, and Diaz was spotted leaving his apartment early the next morning. (Walk of shames with paparazzi must totally suck.) According to a source, Kate is "desperate to get back together with Alex and finds it humiliating that he's chosen Cameron." Some people are calling her new boobs "consolation implants." That's just mean.
- Even though Heidi Montag was allegedly regretting her surgeries and can no longer hug, she's still planning on a third breast augmentation. Folks are blaming Spencer. A former friend says, "I always used to think of Heidi as independent, but she's become Spencer's little blond puppet." Spencer denies involvement with the surgeries though. "I'm not in charge of anything she does with any part of her body," he says. "I'm her husband, not her owner." But the friend says that Spencer has "a knack for figuring out someone's weaknesses and exploiting them." The article alleges that Heidi's addicted to fame and the couple feeds off of each other. Ya think? [OK!]
- In more boring Speidi news, Heidi disowned her family and this time it's allegedly not a PR stunt. Heidi's mom Darlene didn't get a call from Heidi on Mother's Day. She told Us Weekly, "Heidi and I aren't speaking to each other right now." On the May 11th episode of "The Hills," Spencer said of Darlene, "She's not god. She didn't make Heidi. She's just a vagina!" A friend of Spencer's admits, "The line between the TV villain and the real villain is so blurred now. This isn't for the cameras. This is real." Darlene has been writing letters and trying to reach out to Heidi. Spencer's family also isn't talking to him; he cut them off. His parents even "took the pictures of him out of their home." Sad face.
- Even though they haven't appeared to like each other on their show, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott renewed their vows this week and invited the family, including Tori's formerly estranged mother Candy and her kinda hunky brother Randy. Tori says, "To be with the man I love, and our beautiful children, and have my mom there made everything come full circle." The couple is working on their issues and still see each other as soul mates. Boring. But the article did mention that included on the guest list were "guncles" (that's "gay uncles") Bill Horn and Scout Masterson, so at least we learned a new word!
- Jenny McCarthy is apparently worried about Jim Carrey. Depression was a factor in their breakup. As a source says, "Jim has mood swings, from very high to very low, all over the map." And since the split, Carrey's Twitter has become increasingly incoherent; the tabloid mentions, "One day, Carrey tweeted the nonsensical word boing about 100 times." One insider says, "He's been behaving weirdly, publicly and privately," while another source counters, "He's just been having fun with Twitter." [Us Weekly]
- Matt Lauer has allegedly walked out on his wife of 12 years, after she accused him of cheating on her with at least two women. They fought for two days before the father of three moved out and his wife, Annette, stopped wearing her wedding ring. A "Today" show insider told the National Enquirer that they've been living apart for two months. Accusations of cheating stem from Matt's Olympic coverage in Vancouver. Some sources saw him flirting with two Canadian broadcasters and Matt was supposed to fly back for Valentine's Day, but canceled at the last minute. Matt also had an affair with a married woman right before their marriage in 1998 and Annette filed for a divorce and withdrew it a month later, deciding to give Matt another chance. For the children's sake, the couple will still spend time together on the weekends.
- Lisa Marie Presley is apparently moving to London because of recent rumors that Michael Jackson was gay. Lisa Marie publicly announced that their marriage was not a sham and her husband Michael Lockwood is helping her look for homes in the U.K. But her mother, Priscilla, is "furious that Lisa Marie is taking away her 19-month-old twin granddaughters" and thinks she's shirking her responsibilities. But Lisa Marie doesn't care; she's already made friends with Prince Andrew and Fergie and wants to record her next album there.
- Most likely, the tabloids are bitter that Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are never caught on camera together. But the Enquirer says they are on the rocks. An insider says, "Sadly, it looks like they have been growing apart for months, there are very real fears they are headed for divorce." An insider says that when they are together, it just reinforces their differences. "They used to help each other practice scenes. But then I think their egos got in the way. It seems like they're always bickering about something." [The National Enquirer]
- After fighting for 20 years, Tatum O'Neal has made up with her dad, Ryan O'Neal. Tatum said, "He told me he's sorry. He's all I have in terms of family, and I need him in my life." After winning an Oscar at age 10, Tatum entered a decades-long period of drug abuse, most recently getting arrested for trying to buy crack in 2008. Her father left her and her brother to move in with Farrah Fawcett when she was 16 years old. Tatum made peace with Farrah before her death, bringing her orchids. Tatum worried for her dad, who allegedly hit on her at Fawcett's funeral before he realized it was his daughter. Ryan admit that he's been a bad parent. "She didn't want me, and she said I abandoned her, and I did," he said. "A lot of harsh things were done, we're starting over."
- It's been four months since Susan Sarandon broke up with Tim Robbins, and apparently she's as happy as she can be. She hasn't addressed the rumors that she's dating her SPiN Ping-Pong club business partner, Jonathan Bricklin, but they've been seen getting late-night drinks together and traveled to Machu Picchu last month. Bricklin's brother said, "There's no question they enjoy each other's company. But I really got the sense that they are just business partners."
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Midsummer would not be Midsummer without strawberries, and this is a simple Swedish recipe to make, to celebrate Midsummer, wherever you may be! In Scandinavia, the summer solstice is a magical time. The lavender twilight lasts until 11 p.m. and the day breaks again at about 2 a.m.; above the Arctic Circle, the sun doesn't sink below the horizon for weeks. This year, 2007, Midsummer Eve, the beginning of the three day official holiday, falls on June 25. Throughout Scandinavia, families and friends gather to decorate the maypole with birch leaves and wildflowers, make flower crowns for women and girls, dance around the maypole, sing summer songs and feast on pickled herring, new potatoes, and aquavit. In addition, many families have their own special foods that they traditionally serve as the Midsummer meal. These are usually dishes that can be prepared ahead of time and easily served outdoors.
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This recipe is delicious! I made with tiny strawberries so I didn't have to cut them except to remove the tops. I was afraid that the strawberries would be a bit firm with such a short cooking time, but it really is enough to soften them, but not make them lose their shape. I had some of this over vanilla ice cream tonight, and I look forward to spooning this over some pound cake or just out of the jar...I made this and put in canning jars to store, but I'll keep this in the fridge just to make sure it stays good. Thanks for posting this delicious recipe, French Tart!
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- 709.77 ml fresh strawberries
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- 118.29 ml sugar
- 36.97 ml arrowroot or 36.97 ml cornflour or 36.97 ml cornstarch
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- Clean and hull strawberries. Cut large ones into bite-sized pieces or slice.
- In a saucepan, combine strawberries and sugar. Mix a little of the water into the arrowroot (cornflour/starch) to create a thin paste. Add this mixture into saucepan. Add remaining water, and stir to combine. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring carefully & then take off the heat immediately.
- Pour the strawberries into a serving bowl, sprinkle with a little more sugar, and let them stand.
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Badia, South Tyrol
|Comun de Badia
Comune di Badia
Gemeinde Abtei
Badia (Abtei)
|Coordinates: 46°35′N 11°54′E / 46.583°N 11.900°ECoordinates: 46°35′N 11°54′E / 46.583°N 11.900°E
|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
|Province / Metropolitan city
|South Tyrol (BZ)
|La Ila (La Villa, Stern), San Ciascian (San Cassiano, Sankt Kassian)
|• Mayor
|Giacomo Frenademetz
|• Total
|82 km2 (32 sq mi)
|1,315 m (4,314 ft)
|Population (Nov. 2010)
|• Total
|• Density
|41/km2 (110/sq mi)
|Badioć, Badiotti, Abteier
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|Postal code
|Dialing code
|Patron saint
|Saint Leonard
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Badia (Italian pronunciation: [baˈdiːa]; German: Abtei [abˈtaɪ̯]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It is one of the five Ladin-speaking communities of the Val Badia.
Neighboring municipalities[edit]
The following communities neighbor Badia: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Corvara, Mareo, Livinallongo del Col di Lana, San Martin de Tor, La Val and Sëlva.
The municipality of Badia contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) La Ila (La Villa, Stern), San Ciascian (San Cassiano, St. Kassian) and the town of Badia itself.
Coat of arms[edit]
The emblem is that of the Winkler Colz von zu Rubatsch family which, in the 16th and 17th century, had property and the castle at La Ila. The shield is party per fess, at the top is represented a sable steinbock, holding with the front hoofs a red broken branch on an or background. The lower part is divided into three, with vertex at the top, alternating gules and argent with a rose in the center; every rose has the central petal in or. The emblem was granted in 1967.[1]
Linguistic distribution[edit]
According to the 2011 census, 94.07% of the population speak Ladin, 4.17% Italian and 1.76% German as first language.[2]
Main sights[edit]
Natural areas[edit]
Badia is part of the Puez-Geisler and the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park. It is also near the mountains of Lagazuoi (2,778 m), Conturines (3,064 m), La Varela (3,055 m), L'Ciaval (Kreuzkofel) (2,907 m) and Gardenaccia (2,500 m).
A pilgrimage church, the Church of the Holy Cross, is located near the birthplace of Saint Josef Freinademetz.
Notable people[edit]
- Micurà de Rü (1789–1847), born in Rü, San Cascian, Ladin linguist.
- Joseph Freinademetz (1852–1908), born in Oies, Catholic saint and missionary to China.
As in other Ladin-speaking communities in South Tyrol, tourism is the most important contributor to Badia's economy. Around 69% of the population work in the service sector, around 21% work in production, and around 10% work in agriculture, however most of these hold other jobs as well and farm on the side.
Part of the comune lies in Alta Badia, a ski resort at the top end of the Val Badia valley, surrounded by the peaks of the Dolomites mountains.
Badia is accessible through the Val Badia from St. Lorenzen in the Puster Valley, as well as through passes over the Dolomites such as the Valparola Pass and the Gardena Pass, which are only drivable during the snow-free months.
Maratona dles Dolomites[edit]
The start of the annual single-day seven mountain passes crossing Maratona dles Dolomites bicycle race is every year in La Ila.
- ^ Heraldry of the World: Abtei
- ^ a b "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
External links[edit]
- (Ladin) (in Italian) (in German) Homepage of the municipality
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Hugh Berry and Unknown Wife
|HUGH BERRY3 (John2, John1) son of John Berry and Edith Polk, was born c1789 in South Carolina, and died in November 1849 of "30 day fever"
His wife's name is unknown.
|1820 Marion Co Mississippi page 88 1 m 26 < 45 / 3 f < 10 1 f 15 < 25 If Hugh was born in 1789, he would be about 31 years of age
|1830 Simpson Co Mississippi 2 m < 5 1 m 5 < 10 1 m 10 < 15 1 m 30 < 40 / 2 f 5 < 10 1 f 10 < 15 1 f 15 < 20 1 f 30 < 40
|1840 Simpson Co Mississippi 1 m < 5 1 m 10 < 15 1 m 40 < 50 / 1 f < 5 1 f 5 < 10 1 f 10 < 15 1 f 15 < 20 1 f 20 < 30 1 f 40 < 50
|In 1850, all of the children are living with Absolum and Lavicia Berry
This family is not one whom I have found to be easily traced, apparently Hugh and his wife died before the 1850 census, and thus I found several names in the 1850 and 1860 census unknown to me, but information shared from Rozier Dedwyler has given us the following information, along with the census records, and cemetery records I have found for these families.
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|They had at least 12 children, the known children of Hugh Berry are:
|3-4 i.
|WILLIS BERRY3, born in 1830 in Mississippi, and died in 1863, probably while in the service of Co A 39th Inf. CSA, his burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
|4-4 ii.
|ABSOLUM BERRY, born c1828, and apparently died before 1860
|ARCADA BERRY, born c1832
|5-4 iv.
|FRANCES 'FRANKY' BERRY, born c1838, and died between 1870-80, burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi in an unmarked grave
|JOSEPH BERRY, born c1840 -I have been unable to locate him in Mississippi in 1860-
|In 1850, a 20 year old William Berry is living in the home of John Briggs. He may also be a child of Hugh Berry.
WILLIS BERRY4 (Hugh3, John2, John1), son of Hugh Berry, was born in 1830 in Mississippi, and died in 1863, probably while in the service of Co A 39th Inf. CSA, his burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
He married MARY A. MYERS, daughter of Eli Myers and Elizabeth Beasley. She was born May 10, 1833, and died September 16, 1918, burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
|In 1850, Willis is living with Absolum and Lavicia Berry
| 23 August 1860, 3rd Beat, Westville, Simpson Co Mississippi page 183-47 #303/303 [Next door to Henry and Levisia Myers]
Willis Berry, age 20, Mary Berry, age 27, Eli M. Berry, age 6, Mary E. Berry, age 2, Manervy A. Berry, age 1, all born in Mississippi
In 1870, I have read the entire Simpson and Lawrence Co census, and not found her or her children. I cannot imagine where Mary and her children were in 1870, unless they relocated for a few years after Willis' death, were missed in the census taking, or are enumerated with another family with their surnames changed in error
29 June 1880, SD 2 ED 100, Simpson Co Mississippi page 29 #256/256 [Next door to Emanuel and Missouri Myers]
Mary Berry, age 47, Eli Berry, age 26, Elizabeth Berry, age 25, John H. Berry, age 18, Michael Myers, age 57, George Morris, age 18, all born in Mississippi
Note: George Morris is a black servant. Mary's brother, Michael married Willis' sister, Frankey. Another brother, Henry Myers married Lavina Fortenberry, (need link) daughter of Blanche Shivers & Isaac Fortenberry.
|30 June 1900, Beat 3 SD6 ED97, Simpson Co Mississippi page 31 #255/259 and 256-260
Mary Berry, widow, age 67, born Jan 1833, and next door is: Eli M. Berry, head, age 46, born Sep 1853, John Berry, brother, age 39, born Jan 1861, they and all parents born in Mississippi
|I did not locate Mary in a 1910 census, though most of it was all but illegible
Click on the links for more about individual families
|Children of Willis and Mary are:
|ELI M. BERRY5, born September 19, 1852 in Simpson Co Mississippi and died June 20, 1947 in Simpson Co Mississippi, burial in Stonewall Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi. He did not marry.
|ISHAM BERRY, born January 1855, and died in 1858
|6-5 iii.
|MARY ELIZABETH BERRY, (NEED LINK) born January 25, 1857, and died August 1888, burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi --at home in 1880--
|MINERVA A. BERRY, born January 1859, and died August 15, 1859, burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi.
|JOHN H. BERRY, born January 17, 1861 in Simpson Co Mississippi, and died April 19, 1945 in Simpson Co Mississippi, burial in Stonewall Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
He married EDNA BOOTHE on November 16, 1917 in Jefferson Davis Co Mississippi. They had no children.
Ann McNair writes: My sister, Frances, remembers her being in the household, but she doesn't know what happened to her after the death of John H. Berry. She is not buried in Stonewall Cemetery.
|ABSOLUM BERRY4 (Hugh3, John2, John1), was born c1828, and apparently died before 1860
He married LAVICIA J. FRAZIER, daughter of Sanders Frazier.
|24 October 1850 Simpson Co Mississippi Page 66 #453/453
Absolum Berry, age 22, Lavicia Berry, age 19, Willis Berry, age 23, Joseph Berry, age 10, Arcada Berry, age 18, Frances Berry, age 12, all born in Mississippi
|23 August 1860 3rd Beat, Westville, Simpson Co Mississippi [Next door to Henry and Levisia Myers] page 183-47 #305/305
Levisa Berry, age 32, Duncan Berry, age 11, Qurney Berry, age 9, Thursey Berry, age 7, Louisa Berry, age 5, Laura Berry, age 3, all born in Mississippi
|24 July 1870 Monticello, T8R19W Lawrence Co Mississippi Page 234 #980/980 L.J. Berry, age 44, J.Q.M. Berry, age 18, both born in Mississippi
|Children of Absolum and Lavicia are:
|7-5 i.
|BURL DUNCAN BERRY5, born November 10, 1850, and died February 25, 1919 in McComb, Pike Co Mississippi
|8-5 v.
|LAURA BERRY, born January 01, 1858 in Simpson Co Mississippi, and died January 06, 1929 in Liberty Mississippi. Spouses & Children 1. Enos Travis (Husband) 2. Charles Mitchell (Husband) Marriage: 12 December 1877 in Lawrence Co MS born June 1838 in Tennesse Death: Liberty, MS Children: 1. Walter Mitchell 1 September 1878 Death: 18 September 1905 in Amite Co MS-Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery 2. Alvirdie (Birdie) Mitchell 28 November 1880 in Lincoln or AMite Co Death: 11 December 1952 in Vicksburg, MS/Zion Hill Cemetery/ Amite Co Married: Henry Elmo Jones Marriage: 15 October 1896 in Amite County MS born 5 October 1871 in Amite County, MS Death: 11 March 1938 in Amite County, MS/ Zion Hill Cemetery Father: William Walter Jones Sr Mother: Lenora Elizabeth Caston Children: Howard Jones Charles Barnett Jones Sr. Flossie Jones Donis Edell Jones Reggie Jones Harry Lee Jones Sr. Walter Hewitt Jones 3. Simon R. Mitchell 1 June 1885 in Amite County, MS Death: About 1971 in Jackson, MS Spouses & Children Ida Hutchinson Marriage: 29 December 1906 in Liberty, MS Death: 1960 in Natchez, MS Children: May Ethel Mitchell Lucie Lee Mitchell Annabel Mitchell Purvis Clinton Mitchell Malcolm Mitchell Jimmie Mitchell Clyde Mitchell Eula Mitchell
FRANCES 'FRANKEY' BERRY, was born c1838 in Mississippi, and died between 1870-1880, burial in Eli Myers-Berry Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi (Unmarked Grave) Married MICHAEL MYERS c1853, son of Eli Myers and Elizabeth Beasley ABT 1853
Children +1. EMANUEL MYERS b: 13 May 1854 in Simpson Co, MS Death: 17 Apr 1931 Burial: Shivers Cem, Simpson Co, MS Married MISSOURI L. SHERMAN 15 Jan 1880 in Simpson Co, MS b: 20 May 1863 in Mississippi Death: 17 Nov 1931 Burial: Shivers Cem, Simpson Co, MS Children FANNIE E. MYERS b: 15 Nov 1888 in Simpson Co, MS MAUDE MYERS b: 27 Jul 1893 in Simpson Co, MS OTA MYERS b: 30 Oct 1896 in Simpson Co, MS
+ 2. LEMUEL C. "LEM" MYERS b: 31 Jan 1856 in Simpson Co, MS Death: 28 Mar 1927 Burial: Owens Cem, Simpson Co, MS Marriage CATHERINE M. "KATE" LEE 2 Jan 1877 in Simpson Co, MS b: 28 May 1860 in Mississippi Death: 30 Apr 1936 Burial: Owens Cem, Simpson Co, MS Children: CHARLIE MYERS b: 16 Aug 1882 in Simpson Co, MS JOHN MYERS b: 18 Jun 1887 in Simpson Co, MS WILLIE MYERS b: 16 Aug 1889 in Simpson Co, MS HOUSTON MYERS b: 13 Jul 1895 in Simpson Co, MS
MARY ELIZABETH BERRY5 (Willis4,Hugh3,John2,John1), was born January 25, 1857, and died August 1888, burial in Eli Myers Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi --at home in 1880--
She married FRANK M. PEACOCK on June 19, 1883 in Simpson Co Mississippi. He was born January 1856 in Mississippi, and died March 17, 1937 in Shivers, Simpson Co Mississippi, burial in Peacock Cemetery in Simpson Co Mississippi in an unmarked grave. He had been married previously to Milly Myers, daughter of Eli Myers and Elizabeth Beasley. Their marriage took place in 1878, and she died c1880
|1900 Simpson Co SD 6 ED 98 Beat 4 Enumerated June 20, 1900 by W.A. Dickson Page 13 #216/216 Frank Peacock, widower, age 44, born January 1856 in Mississippi Sallie Peacock, mother, widow, age 83, born Mary 1817 in Mississippi Willis Peacock, son, age 20, born September 1879 in Mississippi Ely Peacock, son, age 14, born September 1885 in Mississippi
|Child of Mary and Frank is:
|ELY PEACOCK6, born September 1885 in Mississippi
Children of Burl Duncan Berry
|THOMAS DUNCAN BERRY6, born April 13, 1878 Thomas Duncan Berry: Married Josephine SMITH about 1903 in Cold Springs, Lincoln Co Mississippi (dau of geo smith and eliz peacock) Child: Clarence Robert BERRY moved to Kinney Co Texas.
|HENRY R.L. BERRY, born July 07, 1879
|QUINCY L. BERRY, born January 23, 1880
|LONNEY S. BERRY, born July 16, 1882
|JOSEPH MELVIN BERRY, born June 06, 1885
|ELIA OSCAR BERRY, born November 11, 1887
|BARNEY P. BERRY, born August 16, 1889
|ANNIE LAURA MAE BERRY, born February 07, 1892
|HENRY R.L. BERRY, born July 07, 1879
©Information herein may be used for personal information, but not published in any format without written permission of all persons involved in this genealogy.
|Mississippi Kinfolk
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Decision makers
- Jennifer BexleyDirector, Georgia International Horse Park
- Fred J. Boscarino, GCCEPresident/CEO, Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce
- Randal S. MillsMayor, City of Conyers
- Tony LucasCity Manager, City of Conyers
- David SpannChief Operating Officer, City of Conyers
Conyers Leaders: Cancel the Great Bull Run at the Georgia International Horse Park
Bull runs are cruel to the animals who are trucked around the country and forced to run in a panic through an area packed with screaming people. The event is also potentially fatal for human participants and bystanders, who are at risk of being trampled, gored, or otherwise injured.
Bull runs mean collisions, falls, broken legs, trampling, and other potentially fatal outcomes for everyone involved.
Georgia Animal Rights and Protection (GARP), an animal rights organization advocating for the compassionate treatment of animals, requests that the Georgia International Horse Park cancel the Great Bull Run, and switch to a compassionate and safe animal-free event.
- Director, Georgia International Horse Park
Jennifer Bexley
- President/CEO, Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce
Fred J. Boscarino, GCCE
- Mayor, City of Conyers
Randal S. Mills
- City Manager, City of Conyers
Tony Lucas
- Chief Operating Officer, City of Conyers
David Spann
I'm writing on behalf of Georgia Animal Rights and Protection (GARP) to express grave concern over The Great Bull Run, which is scheduled to take place at the Georgia International Horse Park on October 19, 2013. I urge you to consider canceling this event and instead host other activities that don't involve live animals.
No matter how cautious the organizers may appear to be, there is no way to ensure that the animals won't suffer or be injured at these events. After having been loaded onto trucks and herded into an arena filled with thousands of screaming people, the bulls will bolt out of the pen in a state of panic, confusion and terror when the starting gate opens. As they rush through the chute, they can crash into the barriers, fall and break their legs or collide with and injure each other.
They can also seriously hurt runners and bystanders. Every year, people are injured - by being trampled or even gored - during Pamplona's Running of the Bulls, and there have been many deaths. The inherent recklessness of these events can't be denied. Although the human participants are warned of the very real danger, the bulls are not able to opt out. Because it is cruel to animals and dangerous for humans, the Running of the Bulls is condemned worldwide.
There are countless exciting, adrenaline-packed events that the venue could host that would not put animals at risk. New Orleans, for instance, holds an annual event in which the roller derby team, Big Easy Rollergirls, chases participants through the French Quarter. Another option would be to replace the live bulls with humans in bull costumes for a fun, family-friendly event that does not put animals and humans in harm's way.
Seeing as the Georgia International Horse Park was founded on the principles of equestrian prestige and community ties, I urge you to not host an event as degrading and cruel as The Great Bull Run.
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