text: Home Culture Male Nudity, Illicit Substances and Ill-Timed Professions of Love Can black male characters hang in the era of the bromance? Or is the trend all about emasculation? By: Saaret E. Yoseph Posted: Oct. 2 2009 6:30 AM 0 Welcome to the age of the bromance—a comedy, at times romantic, that showcases a deep-rooted, affectionate, borderline gay relationship between two or more white men. Lately, Hollywood has been packing and repacking the same successful recipe for male bonding on film: hijinks, dirty jokes and a handful of "hetero" man love sprinkled throughout. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express and the forthcoming Couples Retreat all follow the bromance formula with a mostly white cast. But what happens when one of the bros is a brother? So far, nothing good. Bromanticism has been unkind to "the black friend." We've seen plenty of funny moments, but most at the black buddy's expense. The ebony/ivory technique has obviously been used in films before, but until recently, interracial friendships among men have typically evolved within action flicks. Take Agent K in Men in Black. Here, "the black friend," played by Will Smith, is one of a fearsome duo—the unruly, ass-kicking other half to a white male lead: On the plus side, the two characters do share roughly equal amounts of screen time, solid one-liners and a back story to overcome. (Ditto for 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard with a Vengance … etc.) But when they aren't toting guns or blowing up things, the black friend is strictly relegated to the sidelines. Page 1 of 4 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre


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After shaking up a simple Singapore sling a few weeks ago, I decided I needed to compare it to the real deal. But I realized the classic drink's ingredients weren't just hard to track down; they'd also be expensive to acquire.
I paid a visit to Smuggler's Cove, a tropical escape in San Francisco that specializes in re-creating authentic versions of classic Tiki cocktails. There, owner Martin Cate and bar star Marco Dionysos made me a perfectly balanced version, and chatted with me about the Polynesian pastime. Both bartenders believe that the cocktail's hazy beginnings are the cause of its devolution and waning popularity.
Prominent bar chefs disagree over whether the drink should have pineapple juice. Their recipe, which comes from Singapore Sling authority Ted Haigh, does. In comparison to my simple sling, it's far more complex, with more depth of fruit, less sugar, a clean finish, and a nice, foamy top. Read on for the recipe.


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There really isn't that much longer to wait until the release of one of the biggest (if not the biggest) games of 2013, because Grand Theft Auto V is out on September 17th.
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The last of NASA's Great Observatories is about to lose its cool. When it does, its view of the universe will slowly fade away.
Spitzer Space Telescope was launched five years ago this week. It studies the infrared sky -- the glow produced by stellar nurseries and nursing homes, the incubators for new planets, and other objects with lots of dust.
Infrared is a form of energy that we can't see with our eyes, but that we feel as heat. Most infrared comes from objects that are warm by human standards, but not by astronomical ones -- objects with temperatures of up to a few hundred degrees.
Unfortunately, that includes telescopes. They radiate their own infrared energy, producing a "fog" that overpowers the glow of astronomical objects.
So an infrared telescope must be cooled to frigid temperatures -- the colder, the better. Spitzer, for example, is chilled to near absolute zero by liquid helium. But the helium is running out. When the last of it is used up in a few months, the telescope will slowly warm up, and it will lose part of its vision.
Astronauts can't help Spitzer like they do Hubble Space Telescope. Spitzer trails Earth by a couple of million miles -- far out of a space shuttle's range.
Spitzer won't completely shut down, though. Astronomers are working out a new mission that'll let it continue to observe the universe. But its view will never be the same as during its chilly first five years.
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Brienne Fisher – Director, Investor Relations
Jim Hawkins – President and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Murphy – Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Ken Traverso – Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Sara Michelmore – Cowen and Company
Brian Weinstein –William Blair & Company
Matt Dolan – Roth Capital Partners
Joshua Zable – Natixis Bleichroeder
Mike Duncan – UBS Securities
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
Sameer Harish – Needham & Company
David Nierenberg – D3 Funds
Natus Medical Inc. (BABY) Q3 2009 Earnings Call November 2, 2009 10:00 AM ET
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Natus Medical 2009 third quarter financial results conference call. (Operator Instructions). As a reminder, this conference is being recorded today, November 2, 2009 and contains time sensitive information that is accurate only as of today.
I would now like to turn the call over to Brienne Fisher, director of Investor Relations for Natus Medical, please proceed.
Brienne Fisher
Earlier today, Natus Medical released financial results for the 2009 third quarter. If you have not received the news release or if you would like to be added to the company's distribution list, please call Natus Medical in San Carlos, California at 650-802-0400 or email your request to firstname.lastname@example.com.
This call is being broadcast live over the Internet at www.natus.com and a replay of the call will be available on the company's website for the next 90 days. In terms of the structure for today's call, Jim Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Natus will present opening comments. Then Steve Murphy, Chief Financial Officer of Natus will summarize the company's financial results.
And then Jim Hawkins will conclude the prepared remarks with comments about the company's strategy and financial guidance for 2009. Ken Traverso, Vice President of Marketing and Sales will join in answering any questions.
Some of the information to be furnished in today's session will constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are those focused on future performance, results, plans and events and include the company's expected results for 2009.
Natus reminds you that its future results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to a number of risk factors. For a description of the relevant risks and uncertainties that may affect to company's business, please see its periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I would now like to turn the call over to Jim Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Natus Medical. Jim?
Jim Hawkins
Thank you, Brienne. In the third quarter, our revenue increased to $44.9 million compared to $41.7 million reported last year, while our net income totaled $3.7 million compared to $4.8 million in our third quarter last year.
While our profit results were down from last year, we are quite pleased that we showed revenue growth of approximately 6% over the same period last year, and our revenue increased sequentially over our second quarter by about 19%.
Even without the contribution of Alpine, our third quarter revenue increased by 12% over our second quarter 2009. We are also happy to report that Natus generated more than $6 million in cash through operations in the third quarter and exited the quarter with $29.6 million in cash.
In the quarter, the worldwide economic slowdown that started to impact our business in December 2008 continued but to a much lesser extent. In the third quarter we experienced not only increased sales activity but more importantly an increase in orders. We believe this is a sign that hospital capital spending has stabilized and is gradually improving.
In 2009, we continue to focus on cost reduction. Our improved third quarter financial results reflect our efforts to reduce spending and showed productivity gains through operating efficiencies as we continue to integrate our acquisitions.
In the third quarter, we continued to see solid sales results for our newborn hearing screening products as we are the worldwide market leader in this segment. We were also pleased with the results in our neurology and newborn care product areas.
We believe hospitals are continuing to limit spending on capital equipment but we are certainly experiencing stabilization in business and believe we will continue to see our revenues and earnings increase as we proceed through 2009 and into 2010.
On July 6, we announced the acquisition of Hawaii Medical, a manufacturer of single-use disposable products sold into the NICU in nursery and hospitals. Although relatively small with trailing annual revenues of $3.2 million, it is a great tuck-in acquisition for Natus as we plan to move Hawaii's operations into our Olympic Medical facility during the third quarter.
By bringing their products to our direct sales force, we will not only increase sales but also profitability by capturing the markup their U.S. distributor was enjoying. We also plan to launch these products into international markets beginning in the fourth quarter.
Prior to the acquisitions, substantially all of Hawaii Medical sales had been in the United States. I am pleased to now report that we have completed the integration of Hawaii Medical. All of their operations have been transferred to our Olympic Medical facility in Seattle and we have launched their products into markets outside the United States.
On September 14th, we announced the acquisition of Alpine Biomed, manufacturer of neurological devices and disposable products. Alpine is a market leader in EMG in Europe with 2/3 of their revenues outside of the United States.
We are currently working through the integration of Alpine and expect it to be accretive to our 2010 results. We believe the acquisitions of Hawaii Medical and Alpine Biomed suggest that our business model is back on track.
This coupled with improved business conditions in our markets gives us the opportunity to return to the revenue and earnings growth rates we achieved in the years leading up to the 2008 recession through a combination of organic growth, cost reductions and accretive acquisitions.
With that overview, I would like to turn the call over to Steve Murphy. Steve?
Steve Murphy
Today I will be discussing our third quarter 2009 financial results on a basis consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. I will also present selected results on a non-GAAP basis that exclude the direct acquisition costs of the Hawaii Medical and Alpine Biomed acquisitions. We believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP results aid in assessing the performance of our core business.
All per share amounts presented today are on a diluted basis. I will also discuss the contribution of Hawaii Medical and Alpine Biomed to our third quarter results. We reported third quarter revenue of $44.3 million, an increase of 6% or $2.5 million from revenue of $41.7 million for the third quarter of 2008. Alpine contributed $2.4 million to revenue during the third quarter. Excluding the contribution of Hawaii and Alpine, our revenue grew by 10% sequentially over our 2009 second quarter.
For the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, we reported net income of $3.7 million or $0.13 per share compared with net income of $4.8 million or $0.17 per share over the third quarter of 2008. Alpine Biomed contributed approximately $196,000 to income before taxes. We have adjusted our third quarter 2009 GAAP results with the direct costs associated with the two acquisitions we completed in the quarter which totaled $460,000 and were reported as a component of general and administrative expense.
Excluding those costs, our non-GAAP net income was $4 million and earnings per share were $0.14. Although these results are lower than our results last year, they still exceeded our expectations as reflected in the guidance we provided on July 30th, with our non-GAAP earnings per share exceeding the high-end of our guidance by $0.03.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we reported revenue of $114.9 million compared to $118.4 million for the comparable period in 2008, and net income of $6.8 million or $0.24 per share compared with net income of $11.2 million or $0.43 per share for the 2008 period.
Revenue from devices and systems contributed to 54% of total revenue in the third quarter 2009, compared to 59% in 2008, while revenue from supplies and services contributed to 44% of total revenue in the third quarter of 2009, compared to 39% in 2008.
Other revenue consisting primarily of freight charges was approximately 2% in both periods. The increase in revenue from supplies and services to 44% from 39% last year reflects the contribution of Hawaii Medical where substantially all of their revenue was from single-use disposable and/or consumable products.
Hawaii Medical contributed $934,000 to revenue in the third quarter. Revenue from domestic sales was $30.1 million for the third quarter of 2009 or 68% of total revenue, compared to $29.9 million or 72% of total revenue in the same period in 2008. Revenue from international sales was $14.1 million in the third quarter of 2009, compared with revenue of $11.8 million reported last year.
Looking at revenue in the third quarter 2009 from the standpoint of our product families, our hearing products contributed to 39% of revenue, our neurology products contributed to 41% of revenue, our newborn care products contributed to 15% of revenue, while 5% of revenue was from other sources. Given the contribution of Alpine Biomed in the third quarter, these percentages are substantially in line with our expectations as we enter the year.
Our gross margin was 60.6% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to 62% in the same period last year. During the third quarter 2009, we paid $460,000 of severance costs for production personally at Excel-Tech in our corporate facility in San Carlos. These staff reductions were the final phase of the restructuring we initiated early last year and reflect our continued effort to outsource manufacturing to contract manufacturers.
Absent the severance cost our gross profit would have been 61.6% and I will note that we did not exclude these costs in the non-GAAP results we released today. Total operating expenses were 48.9% of total revenue for the third quarter of 2009 up from 45.4% of total revenue in the third quarter last year.
And substantially the same as our second quarter 2009 operating expenses as a percent of revenue. However excluding the $460,000 of acquisition-related direct costs I mentioned earlier, our operating expenses would have been 47.8% of revenue representing about a 1% improvement sequentially over our second quarter 2009.
Our effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2009 was 30% and was 34% on a year-to-date basis. Our effective tax rate was lower in the third quarter than in previous quarters because of a number of discrete adjustments to the tax provision including primarily the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on deferred taxes at Excel-Tech.
In addition, the acquisition of Alpine Biomed resulted in a marginal reduction of our effective tax rate because their foreign operations are taxed at lower rates than our consolidated rate. We expect that our cash tax payment rate in 2009 will be approximately 20%.
During the three months ended June 30, 2009 we recorded approximately $2 million of depreciation and amortization expense including $1.1 million of amortization of intangibles associated with our acquisitions. We also recorded $1.3 million of stock-based compensation expense.
At September 30, 2009 we recorded cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $29.6 million, stockholders' equity of approximately $238 million and working capital of approximately $76 million. We have a $25 million revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank that we are not currently drawing on.
Before I turn the call back to Jim, I will note that for the first time in the history of Natus as a public company we will report retained earnings on our September 30th balance sheet having eliminated an accumulated deficit that approached $40 million in 2004. Jim?
Jim Hawkins
Before opening up the calls to questions I would like to make a few comments and review our guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2009 and 2010. As we noted in our press release we have experienced increased demand among all of our product lines through the third quarter.
We expect this trend to continue through 2009 and into 2010. In light of these positive conditions we now expect revenue for the full year 2009 to range from $164 million to $165 million and earnings per share to range from $0.39 to $0.40.
We had previously said we expected revenue would range for $149 million to $151 million and earnings per share would range from $0.35 to $0.37. For the fourth quarter 2009 we expect revenue to range from $49 million to $50 million and earnings per share to range from $0.15 to $0.16.
We had previously said we expected revenue would range from $40.3 million to $41.3 million and earnings per share would range from $0.14 to $01.15. This compares to revenues of $43.4 million and earnings per share of $0.22 reported in the fourth quarter of 2008.
For the full year 2010 we expect revenue to be approximately $196 million and earnings per share to range from $0.49 to $0.51. Our guidance is on a GAAP basis including the impact of expensing employee equity-based compensation.
However, it does not include the impact of any future acquisition-related charges associated with Hawaii Medical or Alpine Biomed acquisition or other acquisitions or restructuring-related charges that may be incurred and the impact any future potential acquisitions might have on our related – on our results from operations. All earnings per share amounts are on a diluted basis.
Operator, with that I'll open up the call to questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from the line of Sarah Michelmore – Cowen and Company.
Sarah Michelmore – Cowen and Company
Jim, if you can just talk us through Alpine a little bit and just in terms of the mechanics of making that a accretive. What should we think about in terms of cost savings and at what pace? Thanks.
Jim Hawkins
Certainly, you know, the product lines fit very well together and we look for certain not only cost synergies going forward but also on the sales side by putting the sales forces together, some real benefits there.
We really don't see getting these benefits in a major way until 2010 as we typically, when we do acquisitions, like to get these synergies at the beginning of the year and put the sales forces together at that time, because we just hate to give our sales force new products, especially in Q4. They're focused on closing their year and having to take them out of the field to do training on all the Alpine products just doesn't seem productive. So we typically wait till January to do that. Thus we expect the real benefits to come in 2010.
Sarah Michelmore – Cowen and Company
And if I look at your 2010 guidance there. if I just look at what you did in Q3 and what your guidance is for Q4, it just seems like in terms of the top line you're not really anticipating any underlying organic growth. And then on the margins also if I assume that Alpine is in fact accretive during the year, it doesn't seem like you've modeled in any significant underlying increase in operating margins either. So just curious if that's just conservatism on your part, or are there other things that we should considering when we draw models? Thanks.
Jim Hawkins
Let's see, I think – I might not have this exactly right – but I think the guidance we gave has about a 5% built-in revenue growth from internal, so that I would say is certainly below our historic levels.
And I think the reason we're doing that is there is – and maybe it is a touch conservative – but there is certainly going on a lot in health care right now with the unknown of what this health care reform is going to be and knowing if people that have followed Natus, you know, we really like to be on the conservative side when there's a lot of unknowns out there.
So we've taken that approach again and we're hopeful that certainly if things fall out, we'd love to exceed those numbers, and as we hinted, I think there's an opportunity to get back to our historic growth rates, both internal growth and earnings per share in 2010. But we just didn't feel comfortable guiding to that at this time with the unknowns out there.
Sarah Michelmore – Cowen and Company
And is there anything specific on the cost infrastructure side that we should keep in mind that would keep you from expanding your operating margins more than what you had kind of assumed in that model, is there any specific headwinds there? Maybe it's the non-cash expense that just – is there anything specific year-on-year that we should keep in mind in terms of dynamics? Thank you.
Jim Hawkins
I don't think so. You know, as historically when we do acquisitions as with Alpine we buy companies a lot of times that have gross profits in that 50% range. And it takes us maybe a year to get them up to where the 60% range or better. And so we would anticipate that would be sort of a key factor in being able to try to improve that gross profit as we move through 2010.
Your next question comes from the line of Brian Weinstein – William Blair & Company.
Brian Weinstein – William Blair & Company
I'm following up on Sarah's questions here. I'm just scratching my head a bit on the guidance. It looks like you guys are – put up kind of a 9% after-tax margin now, are kind of guiding to a similar after-tax margin in 2009 but if I do the math it looks like you're guiding to about a 7% after-tax margin in 2010. So I appreciate the conservatism there, but is that really what's going on, because it seems to me that if business is getting better that we should expect to see an acceleration there.
Jim Hawkins
Sure Brian, I think one thing Steve did mention and I'm not sure the exact factor but we are – the tax rate in this quarter was quite low and I think Steve's numbers are probably in the 38% tax rate for next year on our guidance. So that is a potential factor there. And I think that we just want to be a little bit on the conservative side. These are – I would almost classify this as a preliminary guidance.
It's early, we wanted to get out there with the acquisition of Alpine and to put some numbers out so analysts and shareholders wouldn't get too far ahead of themselves because we do have work to do in gaining the synergies for next year and it certainly isn't a slam dunk combined with the business climate out there. But we are certainly hopeful.
Brian Weinstein – William Blair & Company
And am I right to say that on the trailing 12-month revenue Alpine prior to your acquisition was doing about $30 to $35 million?
Jim Hawkins
Yes, I think if you as we mentioned I think in the press release I think they did about $32 million when it's $32 to $34 when you back out sales that they were selling to us and we were selling to them, they'd get eliminated now. So it's in that range.
Brian Weinstein – William Blair & Company
And is there any reason to think that they cannot get to a 20% plus pre-tax margin over the next kind of 12 months or so?
Jim Hawkins
Yes, we would certainly as I think you know as you've followed us, that certainly is our goal to get to that over the next 12 months.
Brian Weinstein – William Blair & Company
Yes, okay. Again it just seems that you guys are being extremely conservative which I guess I understand in this environment. Thank you.
Your next question comes from the line of Matt Dolan – Roth Capital Partners.
Matt Dolan – Roth Capital Partners
Just a couple questions on the environment as you see it and kind of what you're tying into guidance, Jim. On the pricing side of things are you expecting a constrained ability to be able to raise prices next year, does that play into this organic growth rate? And then on the order size side of things what are you seeing now? Have you been able to get some of those bigger orders on the table or is the overall dollar amount still an issue with some of these hospitals?
Jim Hawkins
Yes, so on your first question on pricing, yes, I think we have certainly going into 2010 in our forecasting have not – have lowered the pricing capabilities that we've had over the last few years. We've toned that down a bit, don't really want to get into what percentages but certainly it is reduced from prior years as far our ability to raise prices. We just think we want to be conservative going into 2010 with this environment.
Let's see the other part of your question was order sizes. Yes, we did certainly see some activity in bigger orders and certainly closed some bigger orders but there are still quite a few out there that we're hoping to bring in by the end of the year. But again makes it difficult to guide for big orders these days and include them in guidance when it is a little lumpy out there.
Matt Dolan – Roth Capital Partners
And a question on Alpine, maybe could you talk a little bit about those synergies you're expecting to see given the fact that they were – the majority of their business was OUS prior to your acquisition?
Jim Hawkins
Sure, outside the U.S. it really is a great fit in that they do go direct in both France and Germany which is where we're strong. So by being able to have all those sales people now carry all the products, we think is going to be a big help there. By giving us more power outside the U.S. in this environment we think that's a benefit and we're going to be able to leverage our sales management outside the U.S. in a big way.
Outside of France and Germany Alpine I think had one or two people out there trained to work with distributors and we have 14. So we think we're going to get a lot more [mind] share and certainly we'll get the benefits there. And in the U.S. again by our – I would say much larger sales force then what Alpine had in 2010 by combining these we will do quite well.
Matt Dolan – Roth Capital Partners
And then finally, with these two deals being integrated at this stage, what's the outlook from an acquisition standpoint for Natus? Should we expect something here in the near future or do you have too much to digest right now?
Jim Hawkins
Yes, well, we keep our eyes open for, at this point, things that we would consider almost tuck-ins. And a tuck-in means that these days at our size as probably something less than $10 million or maybe less than $15 million in revenue, something along those lines.
I would say a bigger acquisition in the $30 million to $60 million range. It's not our plan to do one here in the next few quarters and I would say most likely it's the back half of next year because we do want to get this integration completed.
Your next question comes from Joshua Zable – Natixis Bleichroeder.
Joshua Zable – Natixis Bleichroeder
Most of them have actually been answered, but just a couple of quick ones here. Just first on Alpine, I know you gave us the revenues for the quarter. Can you break that up as far as devices in disposables and all devices?
Jim Hawkins
Steve, do you have any numbers handy on that?
Steve Murphy
You know what? We're still getting our hands around it and to be honest, I don't have the breakdown.
Joshua Zable – Natixis Bleichroeder
And then again, just kind of getting back to the environment because I know a lot of people kind of asked about the outlook and whatnot, you guys obviously seem to be doing pretty well here on a relative basis. I know you said that orders have picked up, Jim.
Can you just kind of give us a sense, just general? We know you guys are sort of at the lower end of cost, if you will, as far as equipment goes, so that's helping you. Is it a function of these were kind of backed up orders that we talked about the delay in spending and they kind of finally pulled the trigger?
Is it a function because it's at the end of the year? Is it a function of you guys beating out competitors there?
I mean, I'm just trying to get the dynamics because it's really difficult in this environment for us to gauge sort of what hospitals are spending on and where you guys seem to be having success, so maybe just any color would be helpful.
Jim Hawkins
Yes, Josh, I think I agree with you. I think we have done, probably gotten, maybe performed better than some other in the device space. I think it's a lot of reasons. We have a great sales force out there and a great brand and people do need our products. And I think we've mentioned early on they can delay them for a while but not forever.
On top of that, I think our strategy on focusing on international is starting to pay off because it's just certainly not being as affected as the domestic markets. Steve, I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but I think we're right around 40% now as we looked at 2010, of our international business as a percentage of our total sales, where if you go back a couple of years we were probably 25%. So I think that's helped as well.
Your next question comes from Eric Schneider – UBS.
Mike Duncan – UBS
This is kind of going on the back of some of the other questions, but for 2010 the guidance seems to suggest less leverage than we've seen in the past. The first question is do you expect to see year-over-year improvements in both gross margin and SG&A as a percentage of sales?
Jim Hawkins
For the full year, it's a little difficult on gross margin in that Alpine that we acquired, a fairly significant acquisition, was a 50% kind of gross profit company. So when we averaged over 60%, that does obviously drag us down.
So to get to those levels, we're certainly hopeful to get it certainly a lot better than it is now. But when you look at the whole year and timing the improvements of that, it is going to be difficult to get improvements in gross profit year-over-year.
Mike Duncan – UBS
So it's probably more flattish for gross margins?
Jim Hawkins
I would say that's probably correct. We certainly would look to be north of 60% for sure as a company, but to get to 63%, 64% might be a little difficult.
Mike Duncan – UBS
And then do you see 2010 as a transition year, or should we just expect kind of more modest leverage going forward?
Jim Hawkins
I'm not sure of the definition of a transition year. This is what Natus does. We see it as a year where we're getting back on track, where we'd like to get to our historic levels of internal growth which we see the opportunity to do that if things fall into place.
And then by doing these accretive acquisitions, we look really to get back to our historic rates and don't see it as a transition year as much as getting back to the prior five years that we've been operating in before the recession.
Mike Duncan – UBS
And then on the capital equipment side, I realize this is probably a difficult question but would you venture a guess at the percentage of sales that were delayed versus sales that were just lost completely?
Jim Hawkins
Oh, boy, I don't know how many we've lost completely.
Mike Duncan – UBS
Or are you seeing – has there been customers?
Jim Hawkins
There hasn't been a lot I would say that we've lost completely. I'd say it's the vast, vast majority is delayed.
Mike Duncan – UBS
So you're not seeing any weakness from customers where they're just shutting down for whatever reason, deciding not to expand where they would have before?
Jim Hawkins
Ken, why don't I turn that over to you and see if – I can't think of any myself – of any orders that we've lost because hospitals have cut expansion.
Ken Traverso
No, not really. As Jim said before, a lot of this stuff is replacement product, and at some point you just have to replace some of this equipment. Some of the orders that were larger and that were pushed out were just because I think hospitals were being conservative as well in their capital spending and wanting to make sure that they could see where things were going to fill out before they spent $1 million.
Your next question comes from Jayson Bedford – Raymond James.
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
Just related to the neurology business seemed quite strong, at least related to the second quarter. I'm guessing Alpine helped, but were there specific strengths in either NeuroCom or Excel-Tech that really fueled kind of the sequential increase in neuro?
Jim Hawkins
Yes, I would say that was, Jayson, the biggest upside that we saw in Q3 was on the neuro side of the business. Both Excel-Tech and NeuroCom exceeded our expectations in the 10% to 20% range. They both did very, very well and we were pleasantly surprised by that.
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
So it was from both sources?
Jim Hawkins
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
With respect to gross margin, you look at it, your revenue increased nicely, again, both year-over-year sequentially yet gross margin was down year-over-year flat sequentially. I'm just wondering does that reflect either product mix or is there a pricing dynamic that occurred in the quarter?
Jim Hawkins
No, I don't think it's pricing because we typically are quite disciplined on pricing and we put in prices at the beginning of the year and we pretty much stick with them. I would say there's a little bit of Alpine in there. It represented 5% of our revenues approximately for the quarter and, as I mentioned, there was a lower gross profit there.
Also, Hawaii Medical, if you go back and remember when we acquired Hawaii, through the quarter we were selling through their distribution channel. There was a 90-day notice to their distributors. We've now, as of October 1st or 3rd, that has expired, but because of that there was a lower gross profit for them in the quarter. So we look for their revenues to certainly be at a higher gross profit in Q4.
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
Lastly, can you just update us on the current sales force in terms of how many folks you have selling and which products?
Ken Traverso
We've got about 24 people selling in the neuro space in the U.S., about 16 in pediatrics, and then our diagnostic hearing business goes through our dealer network, but that's managed directly by a Natus person.
Internationally, we've got between 13 and 15 international regional managers and sales managers that manage our distributors in about 110 countries.
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
And Ken, is that kind of the group going forward? Do you expect any changes?
Ken Traverso
Well, as Jim said, we've got a new group here with Alpine. They're direct in a couple countries in Europe and in the U.S. and so we've got to reconcile where everybody's going to be and what territory sizes we're going to have for 2010 as we pull the product lines together. But their product lines are very complimentary so it should be good for us.
Jayson Bedford – Raymond James
And how big is the Alpine group now?
Ken Traverso
There are about 8 or 10 in the U.S. and internationally there's about 15 depending on their direct and dealer manager organizations if you combine them both.
Your next question comes from the line of Sameer Harish – Needham & Company.
Sameer Harish – Needham & Company
Hi guys. Thanks for taking the question. I just wanted to follow up a little bit on the Alpine integration plan. Can you talk a little bit about some of the activities that need to go on there? It seems like on the sales side that it's largely additive in the near term, but maybe as far as manufacturing and in the G&A side kind of what the integration plan is there?
Jim Hawkins
Certainly, we are looking to constantly improve costs and, as we mentioned, we do have an overall plan for contract manufacturing. It is something that we've driven for a number of years at Natus and we think it makes a lot of sense. So there's not really any one thing, Sameer, that we're shooting for. It's really just to get it in to the Natus model over 2010.
Sameer Harish – Needham & Company
Last quarter we asked about hearing side that you mentioned that there weren't any major country initiatives in 2009. Have you seen any change in there or maybe you can comment on what your outlook for 2010 is?
Jim Hawkins
I believe in 2010 – Ken, correct me if I'm wrong – but we do not have modeled any new country adoption in 2010 in our guidance numbers.
Ken Traverso
Your next question comes from the line of David Nierenberg – D3 Funds.
David Nierenberg – D3 Funds
Jim, I want to give you the opportunity to sound off philosophically about profitability in 2010. Your conservatism, I think, makes perfectly good sense given the environment. But I am assuming that you're not going to leave on the table opportunities to take price increases, to drive costs down, or to drive sales up.
Jim Hawkins
I would agree with that, David, and maybe just to look back at the facts I think. As we went into – as we entered or we were in 2009 I want to say our guidance in the February timeframe was maybe $0.32 to $0.34 for this year. Again, I think we had mentioned it was on the conservative side and we were hopeful that things would stabilize and improve, as they have.
Here we're ending the year. We're forecasting $0.39 to $0.40. We think in these uncertain times, it is just prudent to be conservative in your early year guidance. But we're not putting our – taking our foot of the pedal at all on both revenue opportunities and cost.
David Nierenberg – D3 Funds
That's good, because in the 5.5 years you've run the company you certainly have been a profit maximizer.
Questions for you about opportunities in developing and emerging country markets to further propel the growth of the newborn hearing screening business. I realize that the economics and health care reimbursement of every country is different. Medical-legal standards of care are different but the number of births so far exceeds the number in the United States and in developing markets, so I am wondering what longer term plans you and the team may have to take ownership of those markets in a manner comparable to what you have done in the developing markets?
Jim Hawkins
And maybe just to review for everyone that might be new to the story. There is about – a little over 4,000 births a year in the United States. We say about 10 million births in the developed world and then there's maybe 100 million to even 120 million births outside of the developed world.
David, I think that's what you are alluding to, that 100 million to 120 million birth market per year. It is true we have not focused on that. I don't want to say at all, but pretty much not at all. But it is an area this year that we are now going to focus on and look to potentially bring in some partners as we go to some of these other countries, the Chinas, Indias to look at different alternatives and perhaps even a lower cost initiative, something to really try to get some of these countries going. This won't happen overnight. We know that. But we also think it's time to start look at those markets.
At this time I would like to turn the call back over to Natus Management for closing remarks.
Jim Hawkins
Well, I'd like to thank everyone for participating in our third quarter conference call. We were very happy with our results as we tried to communicate, and we look forward to a good finish for 2009 and certainly excited about 2010. Thank you, again, everyone for participating.
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The guy is so full of himself it is leaking out. The "I" is because S&W bought Thomson Center who made an "ICON" rifle.
Send me a PM and I will give you my FFL info so you can send my your junk S&W's.
I own 3 S&W revolvers, two .38's and a .22 - all K Masterpieces. None have ever malfunctioned and the quality is top notch. I sent one .38 back for reconditioning a few years back, it was returned with a note saying please accept this at no charge from S&W. I have no complaints whatsoever about S&W.
I've shot out 2, 6" M19's a 2 1/2" M19 to the point they wouldn't work. That took about 2500 rounds of .357 loads, I also shot out a Taurus whatever, basically a M19. The K frame is fine of .38 Specials but no more (unless you don't shoot much). The N frame .357 is great, a little heavy, but great. I don't own a Smith now, probably won't ever again. I'd have to agree with the article and I DO remember the deal made with Clinton. Not good. The M39 and 59 were abominations by the way.
Who's Chuck Hawkes?
Smith & Wesson does not "machine" their frames, they are castings. So much for being a gun expert.
The whole, entire, 38 Special +P thing is a bunch of hogwash. Period. In any gun. If you don't think so, then without going in to lots details ask yourself: with the number of lawyers eager to take up liability cases in this country, why would any gun maker market a 38 Special that was not safe to shoot 38 Special ammunition? Or, why would any ammunition maker produce and market 38 Special ammunition that produced pressures in excess of the SAAMI maximum specified for the caliber? Would the lawyers representing such an ammunition manufacturer allow them to do this?
This whole "is my gun safe with +P ammunition" thing has to stop (unless you're talking some of the cheap imported guns) A lot of the so-called +P ammunition being made today chronographs right around, or sometimes even less than 900 fps out of a 4 inch barreled revolver, this I know first hand as a fact. Open up the cylinder after firing and many of the empties of so-called +P ammunition will shake out of the cylinder. Idiots like CH perpetuating this myth ought to do some real research once in a while instead of parroting what they hear from others.
I'm through buying guns, but only because I live on Social Security and can't afford to anymore. Only one Smith I owned, a 411, was later than 1990 vintage. I currently own only two, a 1990 Model 640 (my EDC) and a 1966 Model 10-5. I like the older ones. And no Smith handgun I have ever owned has ever given me the slightest trouble. A Model 15-8 I have since given to my son and his boys was single sweetest handgun, pistol or revolver, I've ever owned. As for the copying thing, look at the innumerable copies of S&W revolvers that have been manufactured forever in Argentina, Spain, Belgium and heaven knows where else. Take a stroll through A. B. Zhuk's Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Handguns, which arranges them by country of manufacture. It'll be an eye-opener that Hawks probably hasn't experienced.
In fact , you should get a copy of that book anyway if you're interested in handgun history around the world.
Gettin a little long in the tooth and will be 68 this coming Aug. Will never be known as a big gun collector or owner as total is around a dozen. Most are are revolvers and with few exception all are Smiths. Every brand of firearm will have it's followers. Never forget that one man's rose is another man's poison. Really don't care enough to challange anyone's veiwpoint on guns! I'm more than satified with Smith's products and will continue to purchase them. Should you think that I'm just an old fool because I didn't purchase another brand that you think is better, best I can think of is "Well, Bless your heart". (now go play)
Most people agree S&W revolvers are outstanding.
Well I'll tell you that their M&P line is "outstanding" too
I find this hard to believe I have several S&Ws and have not had a minutes problem with any of them.
Hawk makes some good points and no, I don't believe he has an axe to grind. He's just telling it as it really is.
I love S&W, or at least some of it. I was literally raised on S&W handguns. My father had an old 6" Model 10 that he and my mother helped me hold as a child and learn to shoot on. Mom carried a Model 36 in her pocketbook, most of the time. At 14, Dad gave me a M-10 he bought from a guy at his job for a good price and at 16, he gave me his 6" M-28, that he had been wearing as a reserve deputy in our home county. He had acquired a Colt Trooper with a 4" barrel and it was an easier carry on his duty belt, although Dad still liked S&W's grip frame and action better, as did I.
Back in 77, I purchased a nickel plated M-36 with 3" barrel and round butt. It was a great little gun, with great accuracy. In 1980, I purchased a 4" M-29, the answer to a long dream of having one of these great guns. It had issues. One was that two chambers (I actually was able to verify which two) would print practically on top of one another at fifty yards. The others, were all over the target. This was during a period when S&W QC was really in the toilet. I sent it back, asking that a new cylinder or whatever the issue was be corrected. About three months later, I received the gun, with the same cylinder and the same problem. I later sold it to a friend who, even though warned of the issue, wanted the gun worse than I did. In 1988, I thought I had found my dream duty weapon, a 686 with round butt. When I went to shoot it after purchasing it, I noted that it was shooting waaaay to the left, even with the rear sight blade adjusted so far to the right, that it was hanging over the edge of the track the blade was seated in. A friend who was with me had the same problem. Our best groups were about eight inches to the left at 25 yds. Upon cleaning the gun at home, the problem became apparent. It was a large tool mark in one of the grooves extending from the muzzle back, about a half inch. A trip to S&W with a note that it was a police duty gun saw it coming back in about two months with a new barrel. It grouped fine but now, the rebound spring on the trigger had something wrong and if you were dry firing it, the hammer might not rebound at all if you let your finger off of it slowly enough. I traded it shortly afterward for a 4" Ruger Security Six.
In 1992, I purchased a M-640 (the TRUE j-frame in all stainless). It was great and I lost it in a divorce settlement. :-(
In 2007, I helped a female friend to get her CWP and bought her a 640 (the steroided .357). It was reasonably accurate but after less than a box of fifty rounds, the trigger was exceedingly hard to pull. I took it home and cleaned it up and it worked just fine. The next day, when she had to go for her CWP range test, she said it was doing the same thing, again. I took it home and cleaned it and found the problem. The gap between the cylinder and forcing cone was so narrow, that firing just a few rounds put enough crud on the cylinder face to cause it to bind up. Sent it back to S&W for that to be fixed. It came back in less than a month and worked fine. The day we sent that one back, I bought her a 642 so she wouldn't be without a gun while waiting on that one to be repaired and also, so she had one that was more easily carried concealed. As I explained to her, she needed to have at least two because the police would confiscate whichever one she used, should such an unfortunate event ever unfold. The new 642 worked just fine, but I noted that on her 640 and her 642, the bore had an exceedingly cruddy finish in them. The clean, smooth, lands and groves of past S&W's was not there. Instead, the new guns' bores looked like some sloppy workmanship or tooling had been used in the process of rifling the barrel. I just read elsewhere on here where S&W has gone to some electro-chemical process to rifle its barrels. FWIW and IMHO, they look like crap and don't clean easily as the old ones did.
Issues with the lacquer coating on the frames of the 642's are widespread. I later purchased two 642's for myself and was disheartened to find the frames had that crummy lacquer on them which can and does peel at times. Why didn't they just anodize the frames instead of using that lacquer?
I have a 442 on order, one without the "Hillary hole". I hope it will be a good one, reliable, accurate, and with a better bore than others I have seen.
Hawk was just telling the truth. I love some things about S&W, but they have had and probably still do, much room for improvement.


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We were here for a family getaway. The Deluxe twin we got was spacious. The location was great if you have a car to go around! Many good restaurants around the area!!
Agu pig pig wrote on June 1, 2012
This hotel has excellent facilities as well as an excellent beach front including views. The service staff is kind and friendly. The area was quiet and peaceful; a great environment for composing new music. Pianist/Composer http://www.sanddust.com
STEPHEN DUSTER wrote on April 14, 2011
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New Year, New Month, New Day
Finals Week
Yes, finals week has a weekend in the middle of it! Come hang out and study in the SSS TRiO Computer Lab or conference room as available.
Monday, December 10 • Friday, December 14
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Wednesday, January 9
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Last Day to Enroll
Wednesday, January 16
Donuts with the Director
Come have donuts, meet our Therapy Dogs, and get FREE school supplies.
Monday, January 14 8:30 AM • Thursday, January 17 10:30 AM
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Monday, January 21
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Last day for a full refund
Wednesday, January 23
Individual Tutoring Begins
Individual tutoring will start, must see Lisa Jones for more information.
Tuesday, January 22
New Day
Reading Workshop on Sq3R
SQ3R is an acronym for survey, question, read, recite, and review. SQ3R is an effective active reading strategy to better understand written content. It's also a great way to empower students who struggle concentrating on text. Additionally, students utilizing SQ3R have an easier time recollecting what they've read since they review content several times in multiple ways.
Tuesday, January 29 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Couponing 101
Learn simple couponing tools that will save you money.
Wednesday, January 30 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Science Movie
The Story of Everything. One of the world's most famous living scientists presents the wonders of the universe, revealing the splendor and majesty of the cosmos as never seen before. See how the universe began, how it creates stars, black holes and life -- and how everything will end.
Wednesday, January 30 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
New Day
Meet & Greet/FAFSA
Meet the faculty lab directors and staff members. Learn what all of the staff members do and what services are available through SSS. Learn how to prepare and submit your FAFSA online for 2013-2014 school term. Meet and greet will be from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. FAFSA training will be from 3:15-4:15 p.m.
Thursday, January 31 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM
New Month, New Day
How To Write A Thesis Statement & Organize An Essay
Find out the importance of a good thesis statement and how to organize your essay around it.
Thursday, February 7 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Backpack Collection for Foster Children
Bring your used backpacks, bags, and luggage to SSS Academic Advisor Lisa Jones. Used items will be donated to DHS Foster Care for children to keep personal items in.
Monday, February 4 • Friday, February 8
New Day
Culture Trip
The General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum utilizes its collection, facilities, and resources to advance the understanding of historical events, encourage leadership development and inspire enlightened decision making by providing a forum of critical thinking through scholarly research, exhibitions, and public programs. Lunch will be provided. Trip is limited to 14 students. Leave at 8:30am
Wednesday, February 13
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Friday Flick
"Despicable Me" -
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
Friday, February 15 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Homecoming Week
Monday, February 11 • Friday, February 15
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Diversity Workshop
For the workshop we will be playing Diversity Bingo. The goal is to help the students see how much or little diversity there is in their group. Diversity Bingo also will allow the students to examine elements of diversity that are not obvious.
Tuesday, February 19 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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TRiO Day
Oklahoma TRiO Day is a celebration of all the TRiO programs across the state at the State Capital. It coincides with the recognition of National TRiO Day, established by the 99th Congress, Resolution 278. Watch for Sign up Sheet!! Trip is limited to 13 students. Leaving at 7:00 a.m. Be back by 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 20 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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SSS Movie Night
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A coming-of-age story about a shy, young boy sent by his irresponsible mother to spend the summer with his wealthy, eccentric uncles in Texas. Popcorn and drinks will be provided.
Tuesday, February 26 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Science Movie
"Life in the Undergrowth" - Taking to the Air from the stunning aerobatics of hoverflies to the mass migration of purple crow butterflies this film tells the story of the winged insects. All students thoroughly enjoyed the first episode in Life in the Undergrowth series shown last semester.
Wednesday, February 27 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Let's Talk Money Workshop
What is a budget? How to plan for a budget? Why budget? Learn tools and how to apply them to you.
Thursday, February 28 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Microsoft Word 2010
Do you have questions about writing papers in word? Is there something you wish you knew how to do? This informative and interactive workshop will answer all your questions! Seating is limited to 12 participants.
Monday, March 4 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Animal Therapy
Animals play an important role in our lives. Animals can even have a therapeutic affect on people and improve their lives. Learn how animals influence our well-being and meet some therapy dogs and their owners/handlers.
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Blue Ginger is consistently great. This time we went for lunch and enjoyed sitting outside.
My third visit to Blue Ginger did not disappoint. The food is creatively prepared and beautifully presented. It tastes fantastic! The calamari was perfectly seasoned, light and not in the least bit rubbery in texture. The spring rolls, served with a Korean cabbage, we ate as suggested - wrapped in lettuce with the cabbage salad on the rolls. The sauce there was great as well - a bit spicy, but perfectly paired. The highlight of the meal was the butterfish - beyond words in tastes. While grilled in a wasabi sauce, it is almost sweet, buttery and creamy in texture. My two colleagues followed my reccomendation and ordered this as well. None of us left more than traces of the meal on our plates.
Each dish has exciting flavors that all work in harmony to make for a memorable meal. Only suggestion is to improve the bread offerings, which are remarkably bland compared to what comes next.
where do you take foodie friends from California? Got it! from the blue ginger gimlet and on --perfection
I'm from Vancouver and we have high expectations for the quality of the food - we were definitely not disappointed. Everything was cooked perfectly and nothing was dry. All the ingredients were fresh and dishes were well-prepared aesthetically.
went there with some family members...very impressed. I had the butterfish which was delicious and melt in your mouth. My wife had the mussels and gazpacho both of which were unique and very flavorful. The server was attentive and very responsive to requests. My daughter is vegetarian and really enjoyed what she got. I'd highly recommend this restaurant.
Truly wonderful neighborhood restaurant with amazing staples such as the butterfish and foix gras shu Mai.
My friend and I loved our lunch at Blue Ginger! She got a tuna burger, and I got a caprese salad and their iconic dish which is sablefish. They used to call it butterfish, but all restaurants were prevented from mislabeling certain fish. Typically, this dish is a dinner entrée, but I decided to order it for lunch, and I was certainly not disappointed! The service was outstanding!
Blue Ginger and Ming Tsai are famous for a very good reason: incredible food. We have eaten at many high end restaurants in the US and Europe and this is one of the very best anywhere. Very rarely does a famous place/chef live up to the hype but this one does. We have been going for years on special occasions. This was a group of 5 and everyone had something different and everything was terrific, from the drinks to wine to appetizer to main dishes (so disappointing elsewhere) to dessert. The decor was very special when it opened but is now much copied. The server was solicitous but not always comprehensible. The noise level rose to just below annoying. But this is not about the accessories, it's about the food, and it is sublime.
We had read all the great reviews for Blue Ginger and decided to try it. It did not disappoint. The food was amazing. We had the Tuna Poke and the Butterfish. Outstanding!
Going out to eat is sometimes hard as our son has 6 of the 8 major food allergies. Other restaurant are food allergy aware but knowing that Ming Tsai has strict protocols and high awareness of food allergies, we felt completely comfortable eating there with our son. As far as the food, it was fantastic! I had the lemon pepper lobster and fried rice. It had an out of this world combination of flavors and textures! My mouth is watering just thinking of it and I've recommended it to people since leaving Blue Ginger.
I usually have a hard time finding good food in the Metrowest Boston area but this place was right up there with NYC and SF restaurants. Really amazing food! I have a new found respect for Ming Tsai :)
We don't get this this area too much, but we made it a point to get back into Blue Ginger. We were missing the food. As usual it delivered, the Tuna Poke, the Lamb were fantastic. The house cocktails are fantastic, I recommend the Ginger Gimlet.
Loved the food. Service was great. Ambiance was sober and relaxing.
Blue GInger is a special occasion restaurant! Charming wait staff, excellent food, and terrific wine/specialty drinks. Especially liked the scallops and the signature spring rolls!
I''ve been to the Blue Ginger before and I thought the food was very good. Keep up it up.
I loved the menu. It had steak, lobster, lamb, duck, and three fish/seafood dishes. That was a great selection. My duck dinner was outstanding with medallions of duck, wild rice mixture, and some wonderful, crisp salad on top of the rice. My son loved his steak dinner. However, my husband's lobster dinner was too minimal in size. The server was very knowledgeable and professional.
Ming's cuisine is delectable. I had the fois gras shumai and the lobster. I live in Maine, eat a lot of lobster and am apprehensive to order at restaurants because I can cook a variety of lobster dishes very well. The lobster was tender and succulent and the seasoning complemented the flavor of the lobster. Previous visits have wowed me too. Service was a c+.
There is nothing remotely close in New England to the preparations of Ming. The reputation here was earned long ago but, unlike so many, it remains deserved to an even greater extent as time moves on. There are no legitimate contenders regarding food. That said, I have felt for some time now that the spot could use a further refresh.
We were in a new location looking for good food and wine in a trendy environment. While the exterior was not indicative of a great restauranr, the interior proved that assumption wrong. The host staff was helpful and friendly. The food was creative and delicious. Our waiter asked right off the bat if there were any food allergies, which is a concern and focal point for Ming Tsai. It was impressive. We had a wonderful evening and will definitely go back next time we're in town.
Blue Ginger is where I take out of town guests. It's great to have a top quality restaurant without going into Boston.
Most people, including myself, know Blue Ginger as a world-class restaurant for dinner. But few seem to go here for lunch. Blue Ginger serves an excellent lunch menu.
I live out of state and when I am in the Boston vicinity I always make reservations at blue ginger. This time my hubby and I celebrated our 40th anniversary and made sure we had dinner at blue ginger. It is a special place for us. The service is outstanding, the food is excellent and they have us special attention got our anniversary. I will go back again and again.
Gourmet level food at not too extra-expensive prices
Very accommodating to my food allergy. Interesting kids menu. Loved the tuna poke, sea bass & apple Napoleon for dessert!
Wonderful selection - from light to moderate servings perfect for lunch. Great for vegetarians as well.
excellent dining experience with equally wonderful menu. I wanted some of everything on the menu!!! would return in a minute. Hard to believe after all these years it still manages to wow me. wonderful, wonderful evening!!
Blue Ginger is one of the two or three best restaurants in the near-end western Boston suburbs. The food is inventive, the service excellent, the room comfortable if not seductively so. The place can be rather noisy; it was not on this occasion. For me also on this particular occasion, the food had less interesting textures and spices than it often does, so I would have to say that this was a lesser effort for BG. Still, it was very pleasant.
Never have I been disappointed with a meal at Blue Ginger. Today I introduced a friend to this very fine experience. Thank you, Jean
This was our second time eating at Blue Ginger. Everything was excellent again. The waiter (David) was very knowledgeable and helpful with suggestions. They have a large wine list and he helped pare it down to a great choice. His suggestion for dessert was right on as well. Given the prices, this is not a once-a-week choice for us. But, when you are in the mood for excellent food, wine and service, then we will continue to go back and enjoy it.
Always enjoy Blue Ginger. The food is always delicious and we love the asian flare. Ordered the spring rolls which were delicious along with the fried calamari. Loved it! I had the lobster - so good and my honey had the butterfish. His portion was a bit small but he liked the dish. Chocolate cake finished the meal off nicely and cardamom ice cream was definitely something new for us. Acoustics are not great and we had a hard time hearing each other which was a bit annoying. Overall, though, we enjoyed the night out and good food.
I have only been here twice; it is 3 1/2 hours from home, but well worth the detour when "passing by". The food has always been top-notch, the diners in my group all order different items so we all can sample. All of the wait staff is friendly, very attentive, and can answer any question about any menu items. Could not ask for a better dining experience.
It was a perfect evening..from signature cocktails through appetizers , dinner, wine and dessert. Wait staff was attentive but not over bearing. Our waitress was very knowledgable with flavors, portion sizes and recommendations. Courses were beautiful, delicious and unique. Portions were appropriately sized (not big enough to share) It was worth the 1 hour 15 minute drive. We will back!
we are lucky to have ming tsai in our midst in boston. make sure you make your way out to wellesley to eat the fantastic food at blue ginger. always fresh, beautifully presented, distinctively flavorful - a full feast for the senses.
Get the butterfish. It was incredible, and I don't normally order fish. I was just trying to get out of my comfort zone. First-time diners there and we loved it. A little pricey for our us but very worth it.
Good food and pretty good atmosphere but didn't meet wow factor expectations.....food needed more oomph tp put it into excellent category
Our dinner at Blue Ginger last Saturday night was, overall, very good. Nothing we ordered was as outstanding as we remember the food there being in its earlier years, but nothing was less than very good. We had the fried calamari and charcuterie platter as appetizers and the butterfish and duck as our main courses, The butter fish used to be fantastic; this time it seemed to have been seasoned with more than a simple miso-based marinade so the fish was a bit overwhelmed by the seasoning. The service was generally excellent, but I gave it only 4 stars because my hot appetizer arrived many minutes before my husband's cold one. Our server apologized when it was finally brought to him. It was very noisy, but that's a given on Sat. nite.
We were nervous that lunch at such a fine restaurant might be too much for our vendor but the prices were actually quite reasonable, the food was very good, and it wasn't crowded.
We enjoyed ourselves very much. We had seen Ming on PBS many times and my wife met him once in the DC airport so we thought we would give Blue Ginger a try. Doreen our server was outstanding and the food was pretty good too.
David, our server was excellent...clearly experienced and had wonderful recommendations. Thanks.
Interesting wine list, great appetizers, main dishes that are unique and have perfectly balanced layers of flavor.... Pair all that with great service and nice ambiance, and that sums up our last dining experience at Blue Ginger. The only downsides - parking is not always easy on a Sat night, unless you are willing to walk a little ways. The wine recommendations made by our server were spot on, and the bread basket was interesting to sample. The appetizer we chose this time was only so-so - some kind of mushroom leek spring roll - just not very memorable. But our main courses were amazing, as they always are. The chocolate tart with cardamom ice cream was the perfect ending! Would definitely recommend this spot!
Was in town for a quick weekend with an old friend, great night in the bar in a booth to catch up and enjoy a fantastic restaurant. Excellent drinks, wine and food.
Great menu, but it's missing the first drink I had there. It's a rum, ginger syrup, lime juice, and bitters(depends on bartender). Make sure Sea Wynde rum is used...it's a "Wynde-tini"!
Outstanding cuisine -zings the taste buds! Excellent service. A bit noisy. Excellent service!
Hello I am still savoring dinner. I had not been at Blue Ginger in sometime. From the glass of French white wine to the creative Caesar salad that was followed by duck breast, all were perfection. My colleague had the Indonesian curry noodles and received with enthusiasm. Service was a feel of being the only ones being served with attention and pleasantries A dinner extraordinaire.
Blue Ginger remains one of the very best restaurants in Boston. Definitely worth the trip.
My boyfriend and I went to Blue Ginger as a last minute decision. As it was the night before Thanksgiving, it was very quite. But the service and food was exceptional. We had made a reservation for the dinning room but opted to eat at a bar table. The waitress offered us both the bar and dinning room menus. We tried the dumplings and butterfish which were delicious and enough for 2 people to share. We decided we could possibly fit in one more small dish and tried the charcuterie platter. Which was also fantastic. I can't wait to go back because we were too full to try the desserts which sounded delicious. I must also mention the fabulous cocktails which were creative and delicious.
Great place and awesome food everytime we come here
Great restaurant in a nice suburb of Boston. Service was excellent, food was tremendous. Great for 2 couples enjoying each others company over great food and drink. Also would be great for a romantic dinner.
We enjoyed an absolutely outstanding dining experience. The chef's 4 course sampler and paired wine was tailored expressly for us at our table after we answered several questions about our tastes. We were treated to stacked tuna sashimi, a grilled butter fish, and surf & turf with hanger steak and lobster, followed by an over the top dessert selection. Each course was explained in detail by the attentive and knowledgeable wait staff - and the exquisite tastes were complimented by their wine selections. From the minute we arrived, the staff treated us graciously and made our stay memorable. We've traveled extensively and would rate this dinner as one of our finest.


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