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The Ricoh India stock rose more than 10% on BSE on Tuesday after its promoter announced an offer to delist the company. Ricoh Indias promoter, Ricoh Asia Pacific, made an announcement of acquiring shares representing 26.4% of the equity capital of the company from public shareholders to delist the company from BSE. In November last year, the board of directors had approved the delisting proposal received from Ricoh Asia Pacific.
The scrip touched a high of R148.95 intraday before ending 12.5% higher at R144.95 on BSE. The scrip has gone up over 147% since November last year.
The floor price for delisting has been fixed at R58.01 a share, while the indicative price is at R120 a share, representing a 106.85% premium on the floor price. The pricing for the delisting is in line with the industry average, said a merchant banker, handling the Ricoh India delisting.
At the end of March, the promoters held 73.60% stake in Ricoh India, domestic institutional investors held 0.02%, while Non-Institutions held 26.38%.
Ricoh India had earlier tried delisting in November 2012 which failed after the company could not acquire the required number of shares.
Another MNC, AstraZeneca Pharma India, had recently announced board decision to seek shareholders' nod for voluntary delisting of equity shares on various bourses.
While several small firms have managed delisting in past two years, the bigger firms were struggling. Most of the bigger MNCs that wanted to delist their shares in 2012, for instance, did a volte face and opted for stake sales. This included firms such as Oracle Financial Services Software and Novartis India.


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Being prepared is important to the women of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In order to be ready for the aftermath of floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters, the group will lead volunteer efforts on Saturday, March 1, to assemble disaster kits they hope will ease the suffering of victims. Loomis Relief Society members will join Rocklin and Lincoln members in hosting the community humanitarian open house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the LDS church located at 2610 Sierra Meadows Drive in Rocklin. Organizers are looking to the community for donations and volunteers to help tie quilts and assemble hygiene kits. The goal is to tie 100 quilts and assemble at least 1000 complete hygiene kits before the day is done, said Michelle Fluckiger of Loomis, president of the Rocklin Stake Relief Society. Hygiene kits include personal essentials that are often left behind when disaster victims evacuate. The list of items is very specific; we've learned what works and what doesn't, said Fluckiger. Items needed include individually packaged toothbrushes and six- to eight-ounce tubes of toothpaste without pumps, unbreakable combs without sharp handles, and individually wrapped four- to five-ounce bars of soap. Also needed are towels that are approximately 15-by-25 inches in size (no dish towels or wash clothes), and quart-size sealable plastic bags. The hygiene kits and quilts that we will produce on March 1 store easily and will be pre-positioned in key locations for quick distribution to disaster victims when the need arises, Fluckiger explained. For more information or to arrange for pickup of items to be donated, call Nancy Boberg at 205-9020.


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I'm going to have to consider going back to FC2 at some point, give it another try. But it dawned on me today, the reason I'm enjoying 3 so much is because there is this huge world to explore- and this time, there's actually cool shit to do in it! The one thing I do miss from FC2 is everything happening in real time- I don't have to go into a separate map screen to look at the map, which was infinitely more helpful than having to load a separate screen for that stuff this time round. There's no sat-nav style guide on the map when you set a waypoint, so I'm finding myself having to open the map a few times even on a relatively short journey. Also, I haven't really seen any fire effects yet. Just before I stopped playing FC2, that was the reason I kept going back to it. That, and the awesome buddy system, which hasn't made an appearance here so far.
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Is healthy dining just a fad?
More restaurants embracing veggies, gluten-free fare
Gluten-free, organic, all natural, low sodium. They're the familiar buzzwords that have come to define a growing movement among consumers for healthier menu choices when dining out.
Like it or not, food industry experts say restaurateurs can't ignore an increasingly savvy segment of diners who are expecting better-for-you options on restaurant menus.
A growing public consciousness about healthful food and how to creatively incorporate it into restaurants' culinary offerings was a common theme that infiltrated many of the panel discussions at the National Restaurant Association's four-day trade show that concluded this week in Chicago. It drew more than 60,000 attendees and some 2,000 exhibitors from around the world.
From smoothie shops and vegetarian-style restaurants to long-standing family-style chains, offerings that feature greens or vegetables like cauliflower and Brussels sprouts or incorporate whole grains instead of white flour are growing in prominence.
"We're on the cusp of a real shift," said nationally known menu expert Nancy Kruse, president of the Atlanta-based Kruse Company. "We're going to be talking more about real foods, you're not just throwing something on the plate, you're handcrafting it, and it's fresh. It's the No. 1 most powerful driver of menus. You're delivering on the real thing."
Knowing how far to go when serving up healthier foods remains a challenge. Even Jamba Juice, which markets its smoothies and juices as flavorful, healthy indulgences, wondered whether a kale-based beverage would resonate with customers, despite kale's growing prominence.
"Even though kale had become kind of mainstream we didn't think it would go over well, but our Kale-ribbean Breeze is taking off across the board, " said Susan Shields, chief innovation officer of Jamba Juice. "It's playing well on both coasts and in the Midwest."
Over the past year, the Emeryville, Calif., company has expanded its offerings to include concoctions that incorporate whole foods like beets, carrots, cucumbers, apples and ginger.
Greg Dollarhyde, CEO of Santa Monica-based Veggie Grill, said he wasn't so sure four, five years ago whether gluten-free was destined to be just another L.A.-inspired health craze that would burn out.
"It's growing and growing, maybe peaking at about 18 percent of the population (following a gluten-free diet)," he said. "But you have to listen to your guests, talk to them, you learn a lot."
In truth, the number of people who are truly gluten-intolerant because of celiac disease represent only a tiny fraction of the population (about 1 percent), and even those who have banished gluten from their diets for health reasons seem to have little knowledge of what exactly gluten is. Witness the recent segment on Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show in which he did man-on-the-street interviews with people who said they were committed to a gluten-free diet but when pressed couldn't provide a definition of the substance.
Bay Area food industry consultant Aaron Noveshen, founder of The Culinary Edge, played a clip from the segment during his panel on food innovation.
"There's a lot of misunderstanding out there," he said. "These are thoughtful people and even the ones who are eating it don't know what it is."
The gluten-free category was in fact one of the largest food segments showcased on the trade show floor, where everything from pizza crusts and pastas to cereals, baking mixes and cookies were touted as gluten-free.
Restaurants shouldn't be expanding their restaurant menus to include healthier options just because of some moral imperative, said Hank Cardello, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a nonpartisan policy think tank. It's also good for business.
Over a period of five years, the institute analyzed 21 restaurant chains — including Denny's, McDonald's, Olive Garden and Burger King — and found that at 17 of the chains, the lower-calorie menu items outperformed the higher-calorie options. Not only that but those companies that emphasized their lower-calorie offerings saw the highest same-store sales growth.


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We've seen Superman and Batman from the DC Comics stable, so who's next? The ringed hero of "Green Lantern" has emerged with a first look, courtesy of "Entertainment Tonight," and they've provided a tease of new footage ostensibly for the film's trailer to be seen in front of next week's "Harry Potter And The Last Movie: Part One."
And the verdict is... well, it's not very easy to judge the tone of 30 seconds cut from a longer preview with the "Entertainment Tonight" jackholes talking over everything. But visually, we are unenthusiastic. It's a modern space opera type-deal -- you weren't expecting them to build sets or stitch costumes, were you? -- and as a result, the much-ballyhooed CGI Green Lantern costume looks like an awful gangrene has beset Ryan Reynolds' body. The gamble when doing an entirely CG-costume is that you hope it looks 1) like it's real, tangible material, and 2) as if there's still an actual person there. Two counts of failure. For fans who know nothing about the superhero, it certainly does look like he completes a transformation from stunt pilot to floaty colorform.
Fans desperate for a peek at what the 82nd most popular costumed superhero looks like will note two elements present in this clip. One is the brief peek at the alien planet Oa, which, in a quick glimpse, appears to be the default dark, rocky surface of any onscreen alien landscape. Another is the presence of fan favorite character Kilowag, a hulking behemoth who looked better in costume form in "The Fifth Element" then he does FXed up about 15 years later. When Warner Premiere released the not-bad "Green Lantern: First Flight" to DVD, he was voiced by Michael Madsen. The supporting cast in the new film is made up of the likes of Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard. Animation one, Martin Campbell zero.
"Green Lantern" arrives in theaters June 17th. Enjoy this sneak peek of what the trailer holds before "Entertainment Tonight" premieres the entire thing on Tuesday in between discussions of Demi Lovato's toothpaste brand and the wacky dance Nick Cannon does when he gets his mail every afternoon.


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• Fantasy stat: Hardy extended his hit streak to 16 games with an RBI single in the first. The shortstop also has 22 RBIs during the stretch.
• Figure this: With a 20-10 mark, the Brewers are 10 games above .500 for the first time since 1998.
• Did you see that?: On Cinco de Mayo, the Chorizo finished second to the Hot Dog in the Sausage Race.
• Elias Says: Jeff Suppan's five wins are the most by a pitcher who switched teams in the offseason
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Brewers 6, Pirates 3
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- J.J. Hardy says the buzz around the Brewers has officially begun. Pirates reliever Matt Capps buzzed Prince Fielder in a different way.
No worries, Milwaukee isn't losing its cool on the field or in the clubhouse.
Jeff Suppan won his fifth straight start, Hardy hit a three-run homer and extended his career-best hitting streak to 16 games and the Brewers beat the sloppy Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Saturday night.
At 20-10, the Brewers have the best record in the National League and are 10 games over .500 for the first time since 1998.
"We're not going to get too caught up in it," said Hardy, who had just finished an interview with a national TV program. "I don't think we're going to go out there and change anything that we're doing right now."
The Brewers certainly don't need to, and Suppan (5-2) has been a key reason why. The Brewers' prized free agent acquisition in the offseason lost his first two starts after signing a four-year, $42 million contract.
Since then, he's 5-0 with a 2.06 ERA.
"Our focus is really just winning today and getting ready to win tomorrow," Suppan said.
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh (13-16) is struggling after a promising and couldn't do much of anything right Saturday, committing two errors and getting caught twice in rundowns between third and home in the sixth inning.
With the Pirates down 3-0, first baseman Adam LaRoche singled home a run to start the wild sixth. He then made two critical baserunning errors that cost the Pirates, starting when Ryan Doumit hit a sharp grounder off Suppan's right leg.
The ball nearly rolled into the Brewers dugout, but Fielder, the first baseman, grabbed it and caught LaRoche leaning off second base.
Jason Bay then broke from third to home in an effort to help LaRoche and got caught in a rundown. He was tagged out by catcher Damian Miller.
"That is a play they teach you starting in Little League; you have got to mirror that guy. Whoever is in front of you, even if he goes and you're out by a mile, you go and you mirror him," LaRoche said. "That is a mental error that can't happen in a game like that when we're not scoring a ton of runs."
LaRoche advanced to third on the play. He was retired in a rundown of his own on the next play off a chopper to Brewers' third baseman Tony Graffanino.
"It was a rough day on the bases today," LaRoche said.
Suppan then gave up an RBI double to Ronny Paulino to cut the lead to 3-2 before being pulled for left-handed specialist Brian Shouse, who got out of the bases loaded jam by striking out Chris Duffy on a changeup.
"Bases loaded and nobody out in the sixth inning versus an out and two men on is a completely differently scenario, completely different," Pirates manager Jim Tracy said.
Suppan, who hit an RBI single in the second, allowed two runs and eight hits, walking two and striking out five in his shortest outing this season.
Hardy hit his eighth homer of the season to left field in the seventh to put the game out of reach. Capps hit Fielder, the next batter, high on the right shoulder and was ejected by home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez. Capps said he didn't think he should've been ejected, and Fielder was coy about the play after the game, even though Brewers manager Ned Yost called the play "fishy."
"That's fine," Fielder said. "J.J. already did the job, so whatever."
Xavier Nady hit a solo homer in the ninth and the Pirates got another runner to first, which caused the Brewers to bring in Francisco Cordero -- who got his 11th save with one pitch.
The Pirates have lost six of eight and Pittsburgh starter Zach Duke (1-3) once again struggled early. He has given up 12 runs in the first inning of his last five starts. He pitched five innings, giving up six hits and three runs while walking one and striking out one.
Milwaukee scored two unearned runs in the second after second baseman Freddy Sanchez was charged with an error on a groundball that squirted through the infield untouched. On the play, he tried to avoid Damian Miller on the base paths.
"If Freddy would have taken one more step and made contact with the runner, he'd been out," Tracy said.
But that's the way things have been going for Milwaukee.
"A lot of things are going right," Hardy said. "More things are going right for us than going wrong, that's for sure. It's nice."
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Suppan showed no ill-effects from being hit, sprinting back to the dugout after being pulled from the game. ... Jack Wilson's single in the first inning gave him 50 at Miller Park, fifth most among active visiting players. ... Brewers LF Geoff Jenkins and 3B Craig Counsell were out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with the Pirates using left-handed starters for each game of the series so far. Right-hander Tony Armas is expected to pitch the series finale.


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Orientation is now complete and we just said farewell to our 2012 Orientation Advisors. What a whirlwind! Did you know there are only 35 days until move-in day?!
It is fair to say that most students waste an hour of their day
on a computer, napping, or just sitting around in an attempt to
avoid writing a paper or studying. Geneseo offers a way to use
that wasted hour in a way that will benefit students in the
long-run. Geneseo Opportunities for Leadership Development (GOLD)
is a program that I have been able to take advantage of during my
time here and know that I am better off because of it. The program
is made up of one-hour workshops that cover a wide range of topics
that are intended to prepare students for leadership roles in the
college and global community. Whether it be the skills I picked up
in the "Time Management" workshop which has helped me balance
being a student, an athlete, and being involved in other campus
activities, or the "Being An Uber-Efficient Researcher" workshop
which has changed the way I find information for papers and has
simplified the entire process of writing a research paper, every
workshop has something different to offer and that hour of time is
never wasted.
Looking back on my freshman year, I wish I would have taken more of these workshops early on – especially "Time Management" and "SMART Goals" – because these workshops provide tips that help the make the transition to college easier and GOLD is a great way to meet new people. There really is a workshop for everyone and it is easy to register for workshops after creating a GOLD account at gold.geneseo.edu/register/new/. Once you have an account, you can browse the workshops offered last year to get an idea of the topics that were covered.
At the end of July, the new workshops (many of which will be similar to last year's workshops, along with a bunch of new workshops) will be posted and you can begin to register. My recommendation for any student who is thinking about the program is to sign up for one or two workshops that sound interesting and try them out. If you think of all the ways you could waste an hour, you really have nothing to lose by attending a workshop.
Have you begun thinking about what you'll need to make your residence hall room more like a home? The following lists might help:
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It's all about the love. No really. We like to think of ourselves as the heart of the campus and our passion is the improvement of the human condition through the expansion of a caring community. We know it's warm and fuzzy but we mean it. So, how do we do it? Two ways. We provide a safe and inviting place where the college community can gather to engage and flourish and opportunities to learn, interact, reflect, program, question, and have fun.
If you want to get in with this circle of caring, you've got to know what's going on and the best way to do that is to be our fan on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We have over 1000 fans so by liking us, you're in good company and how else are you going to stay-up-to-date on important holidays like Ice Cream for Breakfast day or Bubble Wrap Appreciation day? Seriously, though. It's one of the best ways to know what's going on in the MCU and around campus. Don't wait for the fall semester, find us on Facebook and follow us now (@GeneseoMCU) so you start off the year already in the know!
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LOL, BTW, and "HEY" might be great way to communicate in a text to a friend and via Facebook, but as we move into a world where more and more communication is electronic, and communication trends seem to be becoming more and more lax, proper etiquette can fall to the wayside. As you arrive at Geneseo, you will quickly find yourself communicating with professors via email for many different reasons. Being aware of email etiquette can help you put your best foot forward with your faculty members and save you from some embarassing situations.
Two of the most common mistakes: starting an email in an informal way and not concluding with your full name. Although appropriate to start an email to a friend with "Hey," addressing your professor with their appropriate title is key. It is a a sign of respect that goes a long way. Also, be sure to end your email with your full name. Signing off with just a first name might be fine in a smaller class or towards the end of the semester once you know your professor well, but don't forget that a professor may have several sections of a class or there may be someone with your same name. The easier you make it for the faculy member to identify you, the faster their response and they are better able to help you. And finally a tip for sucess: everything you do is a reflection on you, make sure you are making the impression that is most closely representative of who you are.
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Have a virus or need to have your computer serviced? The
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CIT also publishes a newletter called NewsBytes that is an electronic publication distributed to faculty, staff and students via email. CIT uses NewsBytes to inform the campus community about technology related news. If you are using technology in a way that would interest others, let their office know and you could be may featured in a NewsBytes article.
For more information about CIT, check out their website and for help with your computer call the HelpDesk at (585) 245-5588 or stop by South 225A.
CIT HelpDesk will be open and staffed during move-in weekend.
If you have any questions about Orientation & First-Year Programs, please contact us at email@example.com or by calling 585-245-5852. Watch for the next issue on August 3, 2012.
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Syncapse puts new funds to work with Executive hiring spree
Toronto's Syncapse Corp. announced today five new additions to its executive team, signaling its intention for rapid growth heading into the second half of 2011.
This is the third major hiring announcement from Syncapse, since it raised $25 million in a Series A round of funding from growth equity investor ABS Capital Partners in February. These additions will serve to round out the executive team and position the company as it continues to grow its Fortune 500 client list with an industry leading social media management solution.
Mark Millar joins Syncapse as Chief Financial Officer from Platform Computing Inc., David Wexler joins Syncapse as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources from EA Sports, Sarah Long joins as Vice President, Marketing from Diageo, Larry Philps joins as Vice President, Engineering from Autodesk and Derek Marshall joins as Vice President, Program Delivery from Rogers Communications Inc.
"As large organizations evolve in social media, demand increases for a solution that is scalable, measurable, and reduces complexity. Syncapse is committed to providing the best solution on the market, and these new roles have been created to support our vision," said Michael Scissons, President and CEO, Syncapse.
Founded in 2007, Syncapse Corp. is a leader in enterprise social media management with offices in Toronto, London, New York, Portland and San Francisco. professionals worldwide.


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Work on the new jail in Sumter County is set to resume later this month.
A.G. Gaston Contractors out of Birmingham have been hired to finish the work. In April, work came to an abrupt halt when it was discovered that the previous contractor did not have an operating license. Sheriff Johnny Hatter says this week's escape of two inmates is just more proof why a new jail is needed.
"We have bad locks in the old jail," Hatter said. "It has gotten to the point that the old jail will take too much money to upgrade, something must be done!"
Work on the new jail is set to resume July 2. It is expected to be complete sometime early next year. Hatter says compared to the current jail, which can house 54 inmates, the new jail, will be equipped to house 85.
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Below is an email I sent out regarding a job taking place in my new apartment.
here it is:
Last month I moved into a two-story greystone in Chicago, and I imagine the
building is at least 50 years old. My landlord decided to remove the forced
heat radiators and install central. As you may know this involves taking out
all of the radiators and mainly doing a lot of cutting away of the floors.
What I am concerned about is when they went into my closet, the cut a whole
leading from the basement, through my closet and into the apartment upstairs,
leaving a lot of black dust behind. I am wondering if when they cut through
the floor dividing the two floors, they irritated possible asbestos.
I know nothing of home maintenence and would probably believe most of what the
guys who are doing this would tell me. By the way, the guys who are doing this
don't seem to be the most professional of the lot, as no tarps or protection of
any sort was provided. Today, I asked one of the men if there was asbestos in
the building and he said probably, but from what he could tell he didn't see
any since they have been working. He said, "trust me, I would know." While I
don't doubt that, is he understating the problem, if there is one?
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Announcing Rs 1 lakh as compensation for the families of those killed in the stampede, the minister said he was going to Allahabad to assess the situation.
There are a total of 12,000 trains on Indian Railway's 65,000 km long route system which carries 2.3 crore passengers in a day. So all the trains cannot reach at one spot in a day as there are limitations on the part of railways to carry crores of passengers in a given day, he said.
He was asked whether railways was prepared to handle the rush of 3 crore passengers in a day at Kumbh fair.
Even if we want to run trains after every 10 minutes we cannot do that because there has to be a minimum gap between two stations and safety of passengers who have boarded the trains is also equally important for us. Trains cannot run like vehicles run on roads, Bansal said.
We have announced Rs 1 lakh announced for the next kin of the deceased in the incident and Rs 50,000 for the grievously injured persons and Rs 25,000 for those who have suffered simple injury in the stampede, he said.
The stampede has claimed lives of 36 people till now. There were 36 dead and 39 injured out of which three are in serious condition, he said.
I am going to Allahabad along with Chairman Railway Board to see the arrangement there. Because there will be three more important holy baths where large number of people are expected to come to the Kumbh Mela, minister said.
The next holy bath at Kumbh fair is slated to be held on February 15 and 25. There is one holy bath in the next month also.
Bansal also announced free passes for the families of victims who want to reach the site. Relatives of victims can avail two AC Second class passes to reach the site and for their return journey also.
About the arrangement, he said 220 trains were arranged for the occasion besides 212 regular trains which pass through Allahabad and adjoining stations.
There are enclosures made for catering to the passengers for 220 special trains. Now we are pressing more trains to clear the rush.


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This headline is pure tabloid. LH asked Martin what's going on and Martin told him - that's all. Seems like poeple are determined to create friction between these two before we've even had testing. Stupid really. Once they see MS go at the first test, then there gonna know what the score is!


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As investors open the books on 2013, there was widespread hope that this will be the year in which the semiconductor industry turns around. While a better demand environment would certainly help ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq:ONNN), internal operating leverage is even more important to the company's financial results. This stock is not tremendously compelling on a long-term basis, but if ON Semiconductor starts delivering better margins, better earnings and a revaluation of those earnings could make this a winning stock.
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ON Semiconductor thought it was making a transformational acquisition when it acquired Sanyo's chip business, and the company was right - though not at all in the way it had hoped. Sanyo's operations were socked by the devastating floods in Thailand shortly after the deal closed, and the company's margins have languished since. Now the squabbles between China and Japan over some disputed territories are spilling over into business, with Chinese customers and businesses boycotting Japanese products.
Management has worked hard to pull expenses out of the Sanyo operations, and has recently talked about driving break-even results on $200 million in quarterly revenue in 2013. If that all works out, Sanyo could finally start to make some positive contributions later in this year - a welcome addition given the debt that the company took on in the deal. Looking even further out, Sanyo could have higher incremental margins than ON's base business, so success here is critical to the bull thesis.
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Can the Company Carve its Own Niche?
Whether or not ON Semiconductor fixes Sanyo, I do still have some concerns about the company's base business.
While it is a top 10 analog chip company (though still quite a bit smaller than Texas Instruments (Nasdaq:TXN), Analog Devices (Nasdaq:ADI) and Maxim Integrated (Nasdaq:MXIM)), the company has not really established a niche for itself like Analog Devices or Linear Technology (Nasdaq:LLTC).
That's concerning to me, as analog chip companies are under fairly continual price pressure and more commodity-type chip companies don't enjoy the same premiums. Equally to the point, the analog chip industry on the whole tends to broadly track nominal U.S. GDP, and that essentially means that ON Semiconductor is a leveraged play on basic U.S. economic growth.
The Path to a Better Valuation
I do believe that ON Semiconductor could generate mid-teens operating margins in a couple of years, provided that the Sanyo improvements bear fruit and that U.S. economic growth stays positive. If that happens, ONNN's multiple could be 30%, 40% or even 50% higher than it is today. Couple that with the better earnings and revenue that go with that growth and margin leverage and you can see how this stock could be a winner.
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Several things have to happen between now and then, however. First, those Sanyo improvements simply have to come through - I suspect Wall Street is sick of hearing about this topic, and the company needs to deliver to improve sentiment. The company's new product wins in automotive, industrial and consumer goods have to ramp up and ramp up profitability. Last but not least, beaten-down chip end markets like computers, consumer electronics and telecom equipment have to start showing some signs of life.
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ON Semiconductor is not all that exciting from a free cash flow (FCF) perspective. I don't project the company outgrowing the analog chip industry, so the revenue growth prospects over the long-term are in the low single digits. While I do believe that the company can lift its margins and produce solid free cash flows, even 10% compound free cash flow growth doesn't point to a compelling fair value (in the high single digits).
That said, chip stocks don't really trade in response to cash flow-derived fair values, probably in large part because the businesses are so volatile that accurate free cash flow models are well-nigh impossible. Instead, these stocks tend to trade on price/sales and price/earnings multiples. While peer analysis suggests a fair value around $8 (based on the company's weaker margins), I wouldn't rule out a double-digit share price if ON Semiconductors shows convincing signs of delivering on its margin potential.
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A bunch of Minnesota's top hip hop artists come together for the second annual Cold Flows for Warm Clothes, a unique benefit concert to support American Indian youth in South Minneapolis.
Net proceeds and donations will go toward funding youth programs at Little Earth of United Tribes, a Native run housing complex in the heart of the Minneapolis urban community. All of the artists are donating their time.
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An article in the September 21 edition of the National Post suggested that a 1% increase in a company's pricing translates into a 12.5% increase in profits without the need for additional volume or cost savings. Industrial company Parker Hannafin (NYSE:PH) addressed its pricing policies back in 2002. The results were impressive; it grew net income from $130 million in 2002 to $949 million in 2008. That's six straight years of profitable growth and all because of pricing.
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So how do you find other companies who've used pricing increases to their advantage? The quickest method is to screen for companies who've grown revenues an average of 14% annually over the past five years. My screen produced 1,121 stocks. To narrow it further, I'll use consumer discretionary stocks, which reduces the field to 72. The winners are those companies increasing revenues and gross margins in each of the last five years.
Then There Were Seven
The education industry was the big winner with four companies making the cut out of seven consumer discretionary stocks. Other industries represented include gaming, apparel and audio/video products. While the past five years have been good to all seven companies, potential investors want to know about the next five and beyond. With this in mind, I'll try to handicap all seven and the likelihood of each duplicating its past success.
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|Strayer Education (Nasdaq:STRA)
|Capella Education (Nasdaq:CPLA)
|DeVry (NYSE:DV)
|ITT Educational Services (NYSE:ESI)
The Business of Education
While for-profit schools will always do well in an education-obsessed society, they will be severely tested in the next couple of years as the Obama administration introduces new rules meant to reduce the number of students who are heavily in debt and without gainful employment after completing their education. Devry CEO Daniel Hamburger feels the regulations will hurt access to education as the number of programs available is cut back and with it, the job growth that comes with more students taking classes.
For-profit schools account for 12% of post-secondary students in the U.S. but receive almost 23% of federal aid, which is a large part of their revenue. The new rules will require schools to prove they are preparing students for real jobs in order to qualify for this federal aid. As a result, Career Education (Nasdaq:CECO) sees annual revenue growth of 8-10% in each of the next five years compared to 15% in 2010.
The four education companies listed above averaged over 20% annual growth the last five years. In the future, I'd expect this to drop by half. Whether they can continue to improve gross and operating margins despite regulatory changes is the million-dollar question. It is by far the biggest risk facing investors at this point. With an uncertain future, an education ETF would be an ideal vehicle to lower your risk. Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware, there isn't one.
Best of the Rest
If you look at the trailing twelve-month margins for True Religion, WMS Industries and Dolby Laboratories, only WMS has positive growth. True Religion's gross margins are still strong but operating margins are lower from new store opening expenses. As for Dolby, its fourth quarter ends at the end of September and management are calling for an 85% gross margin, 600 basis points lower than in 2009.
That's likely to continue to decline in the future, and here's why. In its 2010 third quarter, licensing revenue was 74% of overall sales compared to 83% in the same quarter last year. Licensing gross margins are 98% - pure profit. At the same time, product revenues went from 13% of overall sales to 23% with gross margins of 56%. The more Dolby sells actual products, the less money it'll make from every dollar of revenue. That happens to every licensing business that transitions into actual production. Dolby's a great company, but don't expect the margins to keep pace with the past.
This leads me to WMS Industries. Although the company's annual revenue guidance for 2011 of $830 million to $850 million is lower than the analysts' estimate of $852 million, its future in gaming is bright. Its new products have been well received, it continues to invest in research and development ($106 million in fiscal 2010) and operating margins in 2011 are projected to be at least 60 basis points higher than in 2010. I like its chances.
The Bottom Line
Of the seven companies highlighted, WMS Industries is my pick as the likeliest candidate to continue growing revenues and margins. (To learn more, see The Bottom Line On Margins.)
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Fantasia 2013 Gets All Wrapped Up With Our Top Picks and Reviews
The Fantasia Film Festival is all wrapped up and we've got links to all our coverage and some fun answers to what we loved and didn't below!
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Boozie Movies Falls Asleep Before Reviewing ACROSS THE RIVER. But The Nightmares Were Worth It by Greg Christie
THE BATTERY Bravely Sidesteps The Usual Zombie Routine by Kurt Halfyard
BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, A Gloriously Devastating Bluegrass Masterpiece by Kurt Halfyard
BUSHIDO MAN Will Make You Hungry For More by Andrew Mack
CURSE OF CHUCKY Is A Satisfying Old School Horror Ride by Justin Decloux
DOOMSDAYS, A Charming 21st Century Slacker Manifesto by Kurt Halfyard
FATEFUL FINDINGS, Beyond All Working Definitions Of Cinema by Peter K.
GATCHAMAN Can't Fly With Clipped Wings by Justin Decloux
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Burma: Monks march against Rohingya
|Radio Free Asia
|Publication Date
|3 September 2012
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|Radio Free Asia, Burma: Monks march against Rohingya, 3 September 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5052e2a11a.html [accessed 30 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Thousands take to the streets to back a call by the Burmese leader to deport the Muslim Rohingya minority.
A section of the monks who took part in the protest march in Mandalay, Sept. 2, 2012. RFA
Buddhist monks in Burma protested at the weekend to back President Thein Sein's suggestion to deport the minority Muslim Rohingyas, but organizers called off further demonstrations over crowd control measures.
The protest march on Sunday in Mandalay attracted a large number of monks wearing their traditional deep red robes joined by an equally large group of city residents. Some reports suggested that the crowd swelled to several thousands, triggering security concerns by the authorities.
The monks supported Thein Sein's call to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR to deport hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas living in Burma even though they have lived in the country for generations.
The call, which was swiftly rejected by the UNHCR, came after deadly violence in Burma's western Rakhine state in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and the Rohingyas that left scores of people dead and tens of thousands displaced.
Burma does not recognize the Rohingya as one of its ethnic groups, considering them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The U.N. says some 800,000 Rohingyas live in Burma and that the group is one of the world's most persecuted minorities.
Deep resentment
A broad view of the street protests in Mandalay, Sept. 2, 2012
The protests by the monks on Sunday is the latest indication of deep resentment by Burmese against the Rohingya minority.
"This is to show solidarity and support of the Mandalay clergy and the city's population for President U [honorific] Thein Sein regarding his stand on the Rakhine state crisis," Wirathu, who led the protest by the Mandalay monks, told RFA's Burmese service.
He said they decided to call off the protests, which were scheduled to continue until Tuesday, after discussions with the authorities.
"The main point [is that] the authorities are worried about [the crowds of people joining the protesting monks.] They insist we'd have to control these monks and townspeople. They want us to stop crowds following us from the sidelines," he explained.
"We can only take responsibility for those within the ropes we hold. People outside the ropes should be their responsibility. And they said we must call it off if we can't control them."
Despite only 100 residents of Mandalay officially allowed to protest, the city's security forces stood by and allowed thousands to march without hindrance, the Irrawaddy online journal reported.
It was the biggest protest since the monk-led Saffron Revolution in 2007, which was brutally crushed by the country's then military leaders.
Wirathu told Agence France-Presse that as many as 5,000 monks had joined the procession, with another several thousand people taking to the streets to watch.
The protest was to "let the world know that Rohingya are not among Myanmar's [Burma's] ethnic groups at all," he said.
One banner held by the protesters read, "Protect Mother Myanmar by supporting the President." Others criticized U.N. human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana, who had been accused of bias by several Burmese political parties in his reporting on the conflict between the Rakhines and Rohingyas.
Quintana had visited the troubled Rakhine state last month and called for an "independent and credible investigation" into the conflict.
Thein Sein has set up a 25-member commission to investigate the ethnic violence.
International rights groups claim the government did little to stop the violence initially and then turned its security forces on the Rohingya with targeted killings, rapes, mass arrests, and torture.
Reported by RFA's Burmese service. Translated by Khin Maung Nyane. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.
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Our first in what will no doubt be an extensive exploration of the innovative features of IBM Cognos 10 looks at the increasing importance of collaboration in creating the ideas that drive better business outcomes.
Behind every great innovation, invention or paradigm shift is a great idea. But the jury is still out on how and where this stroke of genius comes from, and better yet, how you nurture it.
In some cases, an idea can be a single thought, an illuminating moment – a flash, a blink or an epiphany. After years of working on the general theory of relativity, Einstein saw the solution in a dream where "a huge map of the universe outlined itself in one clear vision."1
Newton framed an idea after observing an apple fall to the ground. While Roy Plunkett invented teflon by accident when he was attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant.2
Ideas can also germinate over time. Steven Johnson (seen in his TED talk) spoke recently about the notion of the "slow hunch."
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Finishing up some work last night, I came across this photo, which so embodies the spirit of the afternoon it was shot on. Working in a particularly industrial area that day, poor Bart (aka Baby Bart) was just about going to lose his mind if one more 18-wheeler decided to back into a loading dock while we were trying to get a short entrance scene cleanly onto tape. I can't even remember how many takes we did.
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The first seven RAAF personnel to be trained as part of No. 1 Wireless Unit in a "special intelligence" course were trained at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne in July 1941. They were the first personnel in No. 1 Wireless Unit which was to be involved in the interception of Japanese Naval and military traffic. The members of the first group trained were:-
Shirley "Snow" Bradshaw
Edward "Ted" Cook (see photos below)
B. Crosby
G. "Taff" Davis
Clarence "Clarrie" Hermes
Alf Towers (see photos below)
Jim Wilson
They were all qualified radio operators and extremely proficient in international Morse code. Crosby did not finish the course and the remaining 6 operators were sent to Darwin by 3 September 1941 where "Snow" Bradshaw, as senior NCO, headed the intercept group in Darwin.
They set up two intercept radios (Kingsley AR7's on the top floor of the "Camera Obscura" building at the RAAF Darwin airfield. They worked in continuous 4 hour shifts intercepting Japanese naval "point to point" and "aircraft to ground" traffic from Japanese at the following locations:-
- Palau
- Saipan (Marianas)
- Tokyo
- Truk (Caroline Islands
Their intercepts were sent to the navy cryptology section in Melbourne via RAAF Signals Darwin. They enciphered their messages to Melbourne in a secret cipher before passing them over to the RAAF Signals personnel. This ensured that their intercepts of Japanese Kana code or encoded messages were not apparent to other military personnel to protect the secrecy of their intercept operation.
In the mean time the RAAF began to establish their own small administrative and intelligence group in Melbourne. H. Roy Booth was in charge of this new group. Their task was to start to learn how to process the intercept information sent from Darwin.
The RAAF Kana operators in Darwin intercepted many important transmissions leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Darwin intercept group was reduced to four due to illness. Jim Wilson had a falling out with Group Captain Scherger after he refused entry to Scherger to their intercept station on the grounds that it was "top secret". Apparently Sherger arranged for Jim Wilson to be transferred south on the grounds that he had gone "Troppo". Ted Cook became sick and was hospitalised.
The early morning shift detected abnormal traffic on the morning of 19 February 1942 from Kendari in the Southern Celebes and between aircraft and possible aircraft carriers. The abnormal traffic was passed on to Group Captain Scherger, the Commanding Officer of RAAF Darwin. Unfortunately no precautions were taken at Darwin on that fateful day. 188 carrier-based aircraft attacked Darwin in the first raid followed by 54 land based bombers in the second raid. There were 243 killed and about 350 injured on this tragic day.
Orders were sent from Melbourne for the four healthy Kana operators in Darwin to disperse to civilian radio stations across the northern parts of Australia as follows:-.
"Snow" Bradshaw - Wyndham, WA
Alf Towers - Broome, WA
G. "Taff" Davis - Groote Eyelandt, NT
"Clarrie" Hermes - Groote Eyelandt, NT
Snow Bradshaw was evacuated to Wyndham in Western Australia onboard a De Havilland Rapide. The Rapide was attacked while landing at Wyndham airfield by a flight of Japanese Zeros during the first enemy air raid on the town on 3 March 1942. The crew and passengers abandoned the Rapide, which trundled along the runway on fire. It stopped at the end of the runway where it burnt itself out. A group of nine "Betty" bombers then bombed the Wyndham airfield leaving a number of large mud holes in the runway.
Alf Towers was slightly luckier than Snow Bradshaw. He had departed Wyndham airfield just prior to the Japanese air raid in a Lockheed 10A piloted by Jimmy Wood. They landed at Broome in Western Australia about 30 minutes after a very large Japanese bombing raid on the town in which at least 70 people were killed.
The use of the civilian radios proved totally unsuccessful as the Kana operators could only use the radio receivers when not being used by the civil air radio service. This meant it was impossible to keep a constant watch on Japanese activities.
Then on 7 March 1942, a top secret small RAAF Intercept Station was set up in 2 houses at Pimlico in Townsville under Wing Commander Booth. The two houses backed on to each other, one being at 21 Sycamore Street, Pimlico and the other being at 24 French Street, Pimlico. Operators based in these houses would intercept Japanese wireless signals and break the Japanese KANA code. Radio equipment was installed in No. 24 French Street.
Location of houses used in French Street and Sycamore Street, Pimlico
On 25 April 1942 this small RAAF Unit was given its new name of No. 1 Wireless Unit and then became part of General Douglas MacArthur's new joint American-Australian Sigint organisation called Central Bureau.
The newly named No. 1 Wireless Unit comprised 7 RAAF, 1 AMF and 4 United States Army personnel. Flight Lieutenant Clem Blakely was the Commanding Officer of No. 1 Wireless Unit.
Wing Commander Booth
|In February 1999, 24 French Street, Pimlico, was the residence of Syd and Alice Bennett. Syd told me that the wireless equipment was located in their house. They bought the house off Mrs May Mulraney. At the time that the house was commandeered by the RAAF, a taxi driver called Gibson was renting the house. 21 Sycamore Street was damaged in Cyclone Althea and has now been replaced by two low set flats.
|24 French Street, Pimlico during World War 2. Note the tents pitched on the other side of the road and the large truck parked outside the house. Photo supplied by Keith Carolan, an ex member of No. 1 Wireless Unit.
|A very poor photo of No. 21 Sycamore Street, Pimlico
On 25 April 1942 a further 3 houses were requisitioned to extend the operation of the secretive signals intelligence unit. The houses were 25 and 26 French Street and No. 3 Sycamore Street. No. 25 may have been a vacant block where the tents were pitched. (Can anyone confirm?)
|26 French Street, Pimlico - Syd Bennett told me that this was the cookhouse for No. 1 Wireless Unit. Syd told me that there were tents across the other side of French Street from their house, possibly where 25 French Street is located. It is not known whether the houses in French or Sycamore Streets have been renumbered.
|26 French Street during World War 2. Note the large truck parked outside the house. Photo supplied by Keith Carolan, an ex member of No. 1 Wireless Unit.
A very poor photo of No. 3 Sycamore Street.
According to another reference, No. 1 Wireless Unit established itself in Townsville in February 1943. The personnel were housed at Roseneath, a railstop 15 kms out of Townsville for security reasons. The unit headquarters consisted of a permanent building, with the WAAAF sleeping huts and cold water ablutions across a paddock from the main camp. The intercept and intelligence operations rooms were located in an isolated area in the bush past Stuart. They were located in a concrete bomb-proof building camouflaged as a farm house.
No. 1 Wireless Unit Intelligence and Intercept
Operations Room at Stuart,
Townsville in 1943 where operators broke the Japanese secret Kana code.
I believe that the No. Wireless Unit bunker was located near the North West corner of the intersection of Southwood Road and Hunter Street, Stuart near the line of large trees near the fuel tanks on Copper Refineries property. See the map below (Can anyone please confirm this?)
3 Fighter Sector
HQ bunker
(is just up here off the map)
Bunkers in the Stuart and
Roseneath areas during WW2
Click on the hyperlinks on the above map to go to the relevant home page
The Japanese were never aware that their ground to air radio contact was being intercepted by the operators at No. 1 Wireless Unit. Absolute secrecy was essential. Any contact with the outside world was via Roseneath. Staff worked together and took their leave together in case a stray word to another operator revealed the secret nature of their operation.
Sgt Edward "Ted" Cook was one of the instructors who taught the new members of 1 Wireless Unit at Central Bureau's location in a large house called "Nyrambla" at 21 Henry Street, Ascot in Brisbane.
"Nyrambla" 21 Henry Street, Ascot
The following Photos were supplied by Ted Cook
via his daughter Kathryn Joslin.
All photos except for one, were taken at 21 Henry Street, Ascot
|Back Row: R.D Boughen. L.
Middle Row: K. Gregg. S. Morris. T. Harvey
Front Row: Cpl. D. Tapper, Sgt. F. Slattery, F/Sgt. E. Cook, Unknown, Cpl. K. Myers
|Back Row: R. Quast, Unknown,
Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Mabb, Cleal
Middle Row: Unknown, Farquharson, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Lee, Unknown, Unknown
Front Row: Sgt. Pat Albion, Sgt P. Hay, Sgt. W.T. Stead, F/Lt. W. Clark, Sqn Ldr H. Booth, F/Lt Linton, F/Sgt Ted. Cook, Sgt. F Slattery
This photograph was taken in the park outside of Ascot Racecourse possibly near the Fire Station used by Central Bureau.
|Back Row: R. Keast, Unknown,
Unknown, Unknown, Williams
Middle Row: All Unknown.
Front Row: Cpl R. Kay, F/Sgt E. Cook
|Back Row: Unknown, Unknown,
Sparks, Unknown
Front Row: Unkown, F/Sgt E. Cook, Unknown
|Back Row: Unknown, Borrett,
Unknown, Unknown
Third Row: Deer, Unknown, Smith
2nd Row: All Unknown
Front Row: F/Sgt E. Cook, Sgt J. Jaffrey
|Back Row: All Unknown
Middle Row: Sgt P. Hay, Sgt J. Jaffrey
Front Row: Sgt F. Slattery, Sgt Alf Towers, F/Sgt E. Cook, Sgt T. Stead, Sgt P. Albion
|Back Row: All unknown
Middle Row: All Unknown
Front Row: Sgt Alf Towers, Cpl D. Tapper, F/Sgt E. Cook, Cpl K. Myers
|Back Row:
Harry Dornan, John Lloyd, Keith Barkell
Middle Row: Norman Rolfe, Desmond Ryan, Max McCredie, Ernie Davie
Front Row: Sgt P. Hay, F/Sgt E. Cook, Sgt. J. Jaffrey
|Back Row: Stan
Harper (standing on a pillar!), Colin J. Brackley, B. 'Spud' Murphy,
W. "Bill" Adair, Stan Chequer,
Gordon Wik.
Middle Row: Alwyn Petherbridge, Dennis Moore, Mac Reid
Front Row: Sgt F. Slattery, Sgt J. Jaffrey, F/Sgt E. F. "Ted" Cook, Sgt. T. Stead, Sgt Alf Towers
|Back Row: All unknown
Third Row: All unknown
Second Row: Stanley Dunstone, rest unknown
Front Row: Cpl D. Tapper, Sgt F. Slattery, F/Sgt E. Cook, Cpl K. Myers
Sergeant Joy Linnane wrote in the 1980's:-
Here [at Stuart] we concentrated on air-ground activity. Each operator was given a frequency to monitor and as Jap planes took off from their bases [in and around New Guinea] and sent messages from the air back to them, we intercepted the messages, the D/F located their positions, the interpreters and code people extracted the information and in a matter of minutes, the nearest Squadrons were alerted and flew out to defend and attack. Quite often an operator could follow right through to the Kana "I am being attacked" signal and perhaps silence thereafter.
Photo:- via Ben Eagleton
Training at Ascot Vale, Victoria:-
L. to R. Back Row:- Phyllis Brownson, Dawn McMahon,
Front Row:- Joy Linnane, Molly Lask, Nancy Roberts
Standing at right:- Joyce Charles
Ben Eagleton told me that his mother Nancy Eagleton (nee Roberts) was an operator with No. 1 Wireless Unit.
No. 1 Wireless Unit is featured in a book called "The Eavesdroppers", by Jack Bleakley, ISBN 0 644 22303 0
Squadron Leader
Lawrie Stratford
RAAF Signals Operator
worked at an "off limits" HF/DF station
on Woolcock Street near Garbutt airfield
E-mail from Chris
His friend Rod Trower is the son of
a member of No. 1 Wireless Unit
The Story of Australia's Signals Intelligence Operations during World War II
By Geoffrey Ballard
The Unit achieved its first tactical success during the short period of air raids onTownsville, giving up to seven hours' warning in advance to the local Air HQ.
In January, 1943, a forward detachment of 1 Wireless Unit went to Port Moresby where it took over the Naval Air commitment from the Army 55 Wireless Section. The ensuing months proved to be the most successful air-raid warning period in the history of the RAAF Wireless Units and provided classic examples of the effectiveness of "Sigint" in a tactical operational role. Air Raid No. 106 on Port Moresby on 12 April, 1943, was an outstanding example of this. The enemy aircraft engaged in the attack left Kavieng (New Ireland) and Rabaul (New Britain) and a warning was passed to the authorities at Buna and Port Moresby before the aircraft had even reached the north coast of New Guinea. The resulting interception by Allied aircraft was most effective, one third of the enemy planes being destroyed.
Early in 1943, a draft of WAAAF signallers was posted to 1 Wireless Unit atTownsville and they included Joy Linnane who tells a colourful story about her recruitment, training and experience:-
Townsville, where we were barracked first at St. Anne's and then at the bush camp at Roseneath, living under primitive conditions. The operations room was located in an isolated area near Stuart. This was a remarkable building, camouflaged as a farm-house, and inside furnished most impressively with all the sophisticated equipment necessary to a first class intelligence establishment. There were D/F and teleprinters, scrambler phones, plotting tables and dozens of radio sets.
Quite early in the formation of the RAAF Wireless Units, a decision was made to include WAAAF pre-trained W/T operators......
Eventually, in early 1943, we were posted to 1 Wireless unit,
We were small "cogs", doing 8 hour shifts, each radio receiver covering a different frequency. We intercepted air/ground and air to air messages, sent by enemy aircraft often on their way to bomb our bases. As each message was intercepted, it was quickly passed into the intelligence room. Enemy aircraft positions were fixed by D/F and warnings forwarded to the targeted areas. It was always a great satisfaction to operators when enemy aircraft signalled - "I am being attacked", and we knew our warnings had got through and Allied squadrons were on the job.
We were a dedicated group and gained great satisfaction from our work. We had lots of fun, too - dances in the rec. hut, swimming, trips to Magnetic Island, but always with our own unit.
As the action moved away, the RAAF intercept operators went on to land with invasion forces in the Philippines. The WAAAF were posted to Central Bureau in Brisbane and we continued to work with that organisation. There we ended our service. It was a tremendous experience, and friendships made then endure to this day.
In August, 1943, the rest of 1 Wireless Unit arrived in Port Moresby and took over the Army Air commitment from the Army 55 Wireless Section.
I received the following e-mail from a former class mate on 26 July 1998:-
Hi Peter,
Liked the sites. I have a friend here in Dubai whose father was with No 1 Wireless Unit, the RAAF radio intercept unit based first at French Street and later out at Stuart. It was this unit that intercepted the Japanese bombers' departure messages from Rabaul and allowed the P-39's to be airborne and at altitude in time to intercept the incoming Emilys. (The RAAF radio operators took down the Japanese Kana Morse messages verbatim and it was then decoded to straight Japanese and then to English.) The USAAF claimed that they had shot down the Emily they damaged on one such intercept. However, the RAAF unit intercepted its safe landing report at Rabaul the next morning. The American pilot was still credited with the 'kill', both for the propaganda/morale value and more importantly because the RAAF couldn't admit to the world that they were reading the Japanese forces' mail!
The book about the intercept unit gives an amusing account of the concrete block house built at Stuart to resemble a 'Queenslander' wooden house. Some clown mounting a mock attack on the building ran up the steps and nearly brained himself trying to open the 'door'. This block house was located on the site of the present day copper refinery and it was destroyed, (not without some difficulty), when the refinery was built. I understand that it took quite a quantity of explosives to remove it.
Regards Chris Young
Subject: No.1 Wireless Unit
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:19:09 +1100
From: Brian Coleman <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Hi Peter,
Do you have any information on No.1 Wireless Unit at Jacky Jacky, Higgins Field, Cape York. I have a friend whom I meet every 2nd month at a Camping Rally, who served with No. 1 Wireless Unit RAAF, at Higgins, as a wireless intercept operator decoding KANA. I noticed that there was no reference to Higgins in the No.1 Unit information.
I'd like to thank John Lloyd for his assistance with this web page.
"The Eavesdroppers - The best kept secret
of World War 2"
by Jack Bleakley
National Archives Australia References
DWB [Director of Works and Buildings] - Property - Townsville Qld - Number 1 Wireless Unit - Stuart Junction - Disposal of surplus assets
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Department of Air - Telegraph channel - North Eastern Australia W/T station Rooneys Building Townsville - number 1 Wireless Unit Camp, Stuart - Queensland [7 pp]
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WWII Bunker Tour of Townsville
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