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Starbucks (SBUX) shares have been mild laggards thus far in 2014, in what is shaping up to be a choppy year for the U.S. equity market. But we attribute the relative underperformance to investors' profit-taking, rather than to any deterioration in the company's fundamentals. On the contrary, Starbucks looks to be back in a strong growth mode after struggling a bit (by its lofty standards) during the 2007-2009 recession. And prospects remain bright, with share net now set to climb 19% in each of the next two years, to $2.68 and $3.20, respectively. (Fiscal years end on the Sunday closest to September 30th.) Should investors take advantage of the current entry point to build positions in this unique, well-run restaurant outfit? Or is the issue still too expensive to get excited about? In this article, we will attempt to address these questions by taking a brief look at Starbucks' business and performing an easy-to-follow SWOT analysis of the company, evaluating its Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
The Business
Starbucks, founded in 1971 and based in Seattle, Washington, is the largest coffee retailer in the world, with over 20,500 locations in 62 countries, about half of which are company-owned and half of which are licensed. The restaurant chain also sells a variety of coffee and tea products, and licenses its trademarks, through other distribution channels, including grocery and foodservice accounts. Apart from the recognizable Starbucks label, products are marketed under the Teavana, Tazo, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks Via, Starbucks Refreshers, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange, and Verismo brand names.
Industry Leading Comps: Starbucks' greatest strength, we think, is its ability to deliver robust (and consistent) same-store sales growth, even against a sometimes-challenging consumer spending backdrop. This is especially true in the core U.S. market, where comps advanced a better-than-expected 6% in the March interim. We see the momentum persisting well into the future, too, as the company focuses on product innovation, and leverages its digital payment/advertising capabilities and customer loyalty programs. New products, partially aimed at boosting traffic during slower daytime parts (e.g., evenings), are apt to include hot meals, new teas and carbonated beverages, and select beer and wine offerings. A further national rollout of La Boulange baked goods, which have been very well received, is also planned. And an extension of the Evolution Fresh juice brand, acquired in 2011, is also in the works.
Excellent Finances: The company, thanks to those impressive comps and an effective leveraging of fixed overhead costs, like rent and labor, maintains robust free cash flow and a first-rate balance sheet. This supports product development and aggressive unit expansion, both at home and abroad. It also enables Starbucks to pay a modest dividend, with the yield typically hovering around the 1.5% area.
Big Investment Spending: The company spends a lot of money to develop new products, build out its infrastructure abroad, and penetrate new distribution channels. This has not been a notable problem during past years, but it means that a profit squeeze would be quick to materialize if same-store sales growth slows considerably. The high spending levels may also explain why Starbucks does not pay shareholders a heftier quarterly dividend.
Uneven International Profitability: Some of the company's overseas territories have yet to reach critical mass, and are not nearly as profitable as the core domestic market. Starbucks has also had some struggles in Europe, where the sovereign debt crisis and ensuing belt-tightening measures have taken a toll on sales.
New Distribution Channels: While the retail business is humming along, Starbucks is endeavoring to leverage its brand and push deeper into new distribution channels by expanding its consumer packaged goods (CPG) operations. In particular, the company is getting a lift from brisk K-cup growth, which is helping it gain ground in the booming single-serve coffee segment. (K-cup single-serve brewing machines are the main product line of Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR).) Starbucks is also benefiting from an acceleration in packaged coffee sales, something that has been noticeable since the company took control of that business from Mondelez International (MDLZ) -- then Kraft Foods -- in 2010.
Overseas Expansion: Starbucks still has plenty of room to grow at home, though its current development pace is not as rapid as it was before the recession, when site selection appeared to get a bit sloppy. That said, the international opportunity is the more attractive one at this point. And we believe that Starbucks could eventually have a global scale on par with fast-food heavyweight McDonald's (MCD - Free McDonald's Stock Report), which has a base of over 35,000 locations worldwide. Much of the growth we envision will likely be in China, given its vast population, burgeoning middle class, and healthy appetite for foreign brands. Starbucks has been successful in China, where it's been fairly active since the late 1990s, by adding a little local flavor to its beverages, such as with its red bean frappuccinos. It's also opened more large-format stores in that country, since, more so than on-the-go Americans, Chinese consumers tend to prefer wide open spaces where they can sit and relax.
Heightened Competition: The coffee wars have been heating up in recent years, with Starbucks' most significant rivals being McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN). Those outfits, both relatively aggressive on the price and advertising fronts, are scoring some points with price-conscious consumers, which seem to have increased in rank since the recession. Starbucks does not appear to be losing market share, however, as evidenced by its solid comp trends. And the company maintains good pricing power, a testament, we believe, to its high brand equity and effort to sell customers an entire "experience," rather than just individual food and beverage items.
Commodity Pressures: Coffee costs, a major input for Starbucks, have been a welcome tailwind of late. But they look set to rise before too long, because of "coffee rust" (a disease that makes coffee trees less productive) and severe weather conditions that have hampered coffee crops in Central and South America. This will likely weigh on the bottom line, perhaps as early as 2015. And other commodity headwinds may well emerge, especially with the company adding more food items to its menu.
In sum, we believe that there are many chapters yet to come in Starbucks' compelling growth story. The equity, while not a steal at recent levels, seems appealing relative to its prospects, too, trading at about 25 times forward share earnings. With this in mind, we think that long-term investors with an eye toward 2017-2019 would do well to accumulate the stock. The recent share-price malaise will likely prove to be a blessing in disguise.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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A cardiologist, endocrinologist, psychiatrist, nurse practitioner and allergist. These five medical professionals in Burbank and Glendale may have different specialties, but they have one source of income in common — drug companies.
Since 2009, 33 medical professionals in Burbank and Glendale have been paid roughly $500,000 by eight pharmaceutical companies for speaking engagements and other services, with nearly 70% of the cash spread among five practitioners, according to a database compiled by national investigative news organization ProPublica.
Eight drug companies have paid doctors across the country more than $320 million since 2009. Most doctors receive the paychecks for giving product lectures or pitching their colleagues in one-on-one meetings, sometimes over dinner at expensive restaurants. Others host teleconferences or provide consulting services.
Doctors and drug companies say the practice — which is legal and regulated by the Federal Drug Administration — helps spread valuable information about the treatment of diseases and medications.
Others in the medical community say the arrangements can raise ethical questions or affect patient trust.
Eric Campbell, an associate professor of health policy at Harvard Medical School, told the Chicago Tribune last year: "Let's be honest: The purpose of these talks is to influence doctors to buy a company's drugs."
Drug companies have long guarded the compensation information. But in recent years a number of companies have begun to disclose the payments on their websites, some as part of legal settlements. More companies are expected to disclose payments this year, and federal law mandates that all drug and medical device manufacturers follow suit by 2013.
Topping the list locally was David Tonnemacher, a Glendale cardiologist who received $114,000 from GlaxoSmithKline, followed by Glendale psychiatrist Lukas Alexanian, who received $88,349 from Astra Zeneca and Eli Lilly.
Burbank nurse practitioner Phyllis Oreck received $58,205 from Eli Lilly. Burbank endocrinologist Minh Mach received $41,594, from Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline and Astra Zeneca. Glendale allergist Cassandra Mahan received $41,300 from GlaxoSmithKline.
With nearly 1,000 local doctors registered with the California Medical Board, the overwhelming majority were not listed in the database, although they could be included in future disclosures from other drug companies.
The financial arrangements have become mired in a a series of lawsuits nationwide in which former employees alleged that the firms used fees to encourage doctors to prescribe their medications.
Local doctors dispute those accounts, saying they are in no way influenced by their financial relationships with the pharmaceutical industry.
"No matter what they do, when I am sitting in my office one-on-one with a patient, there is no way in the world you can pay me enough not to think about my patient," said Alexanian, who received the majority of his payments for speaking about Eli Lilly's Cymbalta, an antidepressant drug.
He added that while he has been approached by a variety of companies, he speaks only about drugs that have been effective for his patients.
"We do have to feel comfortable about the medication," he said. "We do have to feel that the medications are effective and good medications."
Oreck, Mahan and Mach could not be reached for comment.
Tonnemacher — who spoke extensively over the last year for GlaxoSmithKline's Lovaza, a prescription fish oil supplement used to lower triglyceride levels — said he works only with companies he finds ethically sound.
"The trap I think comes in when a drug company tries to come in and say we need you to write so many prescriptions, and if you do we'll let you talk for us," he said. "I don't work for those people. Most people, I think, who give the talks don't do that."
After 15 years of helping his patients aggressively target and prevent heart disease, Tonnemacher said he has become a leader in his field with the lowest hospitalization rate in the city. He said he is often approached by colleagues and pharmaceutical representatives for more information about his medication philosophies.
"From what I understand, the doctors who do most of the talks are the people who have something to share," he said.
Local oncologist Boris Bagdasarian, who serves as medical director of cancer services at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, said that while he has been approached by a variety of drug companies, he has opted against becoming a paid speaker.
"The bottom line is, it's too time consuming," he said.
Still, he said he has attended some of the lectures and sees value in them as long as they are given by doctors who are true experts in their fields.
"People who are credible, who are authoritarian and leaders in their respected fields aren't going to put their career or credibility on the line by being bought and sold by the pharmaceutical companies," he said. "I think most of them are important in providing that information, as long as it's well prepared, and the lecturer doesn't put his credibility on the line."
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The owner of the Extra Space Storage facility at 2625 Mount Moriah Road in Hickory Hill has filed a $2.6 million loan on the property.
Extra Space Properties Ninety Two LLC filed the deed of trust, assignment, security agreement and fixture filing April 17 through Compass Bank.
The mortgage followed an April 15 quitclaim deed that saw Extra Space Properties Ninety Two take possession of the 104,160-square-foot property from Storage Portfolio Bravo II LLC. That entity had bought the storage facility for $4.2 million in 2004 from SUSA-TN LLC.
Built in 1988, the Class A storage facility sits on 6.4 acres along the south side of Mount Moriah Road between South Mendenhall Road and Fox Plaza Drive. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $3 million.
Charles L. Allen, executive vice president and chief legal officer for Salt Lake City-based Extra Space Storage, signed the trust deed as manager of the borrowing entity.
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Higher fares helped Southwest Airlines make more money than Wall Street expected in the first quarter, but the company said Thursday automatic federal spending cuts could hurt revenue in April.
The average passenger fare on Southwest is now more than $150 one-way, 4 percent higher than a year ago.
The airline also said that a new policy on no-shows will start next month.
Southwest's first-quarter net income fell 40 percent to $59 million, or 8 cents per share. That's down from earnings of $98 million, or 13 cents per share, a year ago.
Without gains from fuel-hedging contracts, Southwest would have earned 7 cents per share, topping analysts' forecast of 2 cents per share.
Revenue totaled $4.08 billion, up 2 percent from a year ago. Analysts expected $4.07 billion, according to FactSet.
Southwest said revenue was weaker than expected in March and so far in April. Automatic budget cuts that went into effect in March have caused federal agencies to cut back on travel. The company said it's "cautious" because of the potential effect of those cuts, but that recent bookings for May and June are "solid."
Lower fuel prices have offset the slump in revenue in April. Fuel is the airline's biggest expense. It's first-quarter fuel bill fell 3.5 percent compared to the same period last year, to $1.46 billion.
Southwest will officially enter the Memphis market later this year.
– The Associated Press
Regions Financial Corp. is tripling its quarterly dividend payment to shareholders.
Since 2009, Regions' quarterly dividend has been $0.01 per share, which the bank is now increasing to $0.03 per share starting July 1. This fulfills a stated goal of Regions to increase its dividend.
The news comes on a positive earnings announcement in recent days from the Birmingham, Ala.-based bank, which saw its first quarter profit climb as it set aside less money to cover loan losses.
The bank said its profit after paying dividends was 76 percent higher than the year-ago period. The bank's net income rose to $325 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $185 million, or 11 cents per share.
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UWT Logistics said it will expand the company's facilities on East Holmes Road. The expansion represents a $4.8 million investment and will create 81 full-time jobs.
"Tennessee's global transportation systems provide unsurpassed efficiency and proximity to customers throughout the U.S. and around the world," said Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty, in a statement making the expansion official. "Companies like UWT Logistics understand the competitive edge that our solid infrastructure and pro-business environment offer."
UWT Chief Financial Officer David Ozier says the company is focused on expanding its Memphis footprint by bringing new customers, offering more services and hiring the right people.
The transportation and logistics company currently employs about 160 people.
For more about UWT's plans in Memphis, read the March 1 feature on the company in The Daily News.
– Jennifer Johnson Backer
The founder of the Memphis in May International Festival will get a brass note in the Beale Street Entertainment District just before the opening weekend of this year's festival.
Lyman Aldrich started the festival in 1976 as a way to promote business ties between the city and other countries. The 1976 festival honored Japan as the city was courting the Japanese company Sharp Manufacturing to open in the city.
Aldrich gets his brass note in a ceremony May 2 at 5 p.m. at Rum Boogie Cafe.
– Bill Dries
One of the country's top short story writers has won a $30,000 prize.
Richard Bausch, author of eight story collections and winner of numerous other honors, is this year's recipient of the Rea Award for the Short Story.
Bausch, who held the Lillian and Morrie A. Moss Chair of Excellence in English at the University of Memphis through spring 2012, now teaches creative writing at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
The prize, announced Thursday, is given for making a "significant contribution" to the art of short story writing. Bausch's books include "Something is Out There" and "Someone to Watch Over Me." He also has written 11 novels and has been praised for his lyrical style and his insights into a wide range of people and emotions.
The Rea Award was established in 1986. Previous winners include Eudora Welty, John Updike and Lorrie Moore.
A unique pop-up shop is coming Downtown.
Oxford's The End of All Music independent record store is setting up shop at Hoot-Louise May 15. The pop-up shop will feature treats from Muddy's Bake Shop, Hoot-Louise's unique brand of threads and accessories, plus new and used vinyl records from The End of All Music.
The End of All Music, which is based a few miles north of Oxford's downtown square, will be peddling some record store swag plus some other exclusive items only available at the pop-up shop. It will last from noon to 7 p.m. May 15.
For the first time, Visible Music College is opening to the public its twice-yearly music event "Turn it Up: Visible Bands Showcase," which happens May 1 at the school's 200 Madison Ave. campus.
The school hopes to make it a signature event going forward.
The concert is a culminating event for the student musicians who will take the stage and for the student songwriters, managers and marketers who've worked with them since the start of the fall.
There's no cover charge, and the bands start at 7 p.m.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the second-fewest in more than five years.
Applications for benefits dropped 16,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average declined 4,500 to 357,500.
Applications are a proxy for layoffs. When they decline, it signals that companies are cutting fewer jobs.
Still, layoffs are only half the equation: Businesses also need to be confident enough in the economy to step up hiring. Many companies have been advertising more jobs but have been slow to fill them. Job openings jumped 11 percent during the 12 months that ended in February, but the number of people hired declined, according to a Labor Department report this month.
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Arencibia's homer caps Jays' comeback win over Rays
St. Petersburg, FL – J.P. Arencibia smacked a go-ahead two- run homer in the ninth inning of the Toronto Blue Jays' unlikely 8-7 comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a four-game series at Tropicana Field.
Facing Fernando Rodney (1-1) in the ninth, Adam Lind drew a leadoff walk and was replaced by Emilio Bonifacio as a pinch-runner. Bonifacio then stole second and advanced to third on the same play as Jose Molina's throw from behind the plate skipped into the outfield.
Rodney struck out Colby Rasmus and forced Maicer Izturis to ground out to first base for two quick outs. The next batter Arencibia, though, faced a 2-2 count and smacked Rodney's 97 mile-per-hour fastball over the left field wall to give the Jays the eventual game-winner.
"In a lot of ways we were due, but you don't expect it to happen that way," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of his team scoring eight unanswered runs.
Rasmus and Mark DeRosa each hit two-run homers, while Darren Oliver (1-1) picked up the win with a scoreless eighth.
Evan Longoria hit a grand slam and Luke Scott hit a two-run shot for the Rays, who plated all seven of their runs in the third inning. Rodney blew the save and threw a season-high 37 pitches over 1 1/3 innings in relief.
"You lose a game like this and it's tough. Everybody is going to go home very upset. It's how you bounce after the fall," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.
Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson had plenty of run support but allowed three runs and walked four over five frames for a no-decision.
Toronto starter Mark Buehrle struggled through six innings, allowing all seven runs on nine hits and two walks, though the Jays won their second straight.
Trailing 7-0 after three innings, Toronto answered in the fourth and put the pressure on Hellickson. Rasmus made up for a key fielding blunder one inning earlier with a two-run shot to dead center to close the Jays' deficit to 7-2.
Hellickson retired the next two batters, but issued consecutive walks to Munenori Kawasaki and Brett Lawrie. Melky Cabrera followed with a single up the middle, scoring Kawasaki to make it 7-3. Hellickson finished the inning throwing 39 pitches, but finally escaped by striking out Jose Bautista.
Toronto added two more runs in the sixth versus Tampa Bay reliever Jake McGee, as DeRosa smacked a pinch-hit two-run homer just over the right field wall to bring the visitors within 7-5.
Rodney entered the game for Tampa Bay in the eighth with runners on first and second and one out. Cabrera reached base on Yunel Escobar's fielding error which loaded the bases. The next batter, Bautista, hit a sacrifice fly to right field to make it 7-6. Longoria, though, made a nice backhanded play on Edwin Encarnacion's grounder to end the inning.
Tampa Bay exploded for all seven runs in the third inning, but the scoring barrage came in unusual fashion.
Sam Fuld led off the frame with a single and Buehrle issued a walk to put runners on first and second. Kelly Johnson then appeared to hit a deep flyout to center, but Rasmus misjudged the flight of the ball in center and it landed over his head, allowing Fuld to score and make it 1-0.
The play was reviewed to see if the ball hit part of the dome's roofing, but the umpires' upheld the call. The sequence of events seemed to effect Buehrle greatly, as the hosts broke open the game with six more runs in the inning.
Ryan Roberts hit a swinging bunt to load the bases, and Longoria followed with a line drive homer to left field to give the Rays a 5-0 lead. James Loney kept the momentum going with a double down the right-field line. Buehrle struck out Sean Rodriguez, but Scott made him pay as he crushed the lefty's 1-0 offering over the right field wall to make it 7-0.
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Toronto went just 4-14 versus the Rays last season ... The Rays fell to 7-3 this year when facing left-handed starting pitchers ... Buehrle has allowed 11 home runs over seven starts this season ... Cabrera, Bautista and Arencibia each had two hits for Toronto ... It was Longoria's third career grand slam.


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Dino Tripodis has gotten a lot of grief about the name of his film-production company, Never the Luck.
Dino Tripodis has gotten a lot of grief about the name of his film-production company, Never the Luck.
It comes from the original Ocean's 11, the 1960 heist film starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and other members of the Rat Pack, of which Tripodis is a big fan. The line is uttered by Richard Conte's character, Anthony Bergdorf, who keels over from a heart attack in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip, just as it seems he and the others are going to get away with a big score.
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Far from it, said Tripodis, a Clintonville resident and longtime morning host on Sunny 95 (WSNY-FM).
"It's not always about the luck," he said. "At some point, it has to be about the talent."
Tripodis said he is hoping talent -- and perhaps a little bit of luck -- could be combined to make his company's first feature-length film a major success.
Never the Luck has teamed with Arbor Avenue Films, another local independent production company, on Star and the Snowman. The crime drama, with a script by "seasoned Hollywood screenwriter" William Farmer (Jonah Hex), started as a short film by John Whitney, a partner in Arbor Avenue Films with Phil Garrett, Tripodis said.
"A mob enforcer attempts to piece together his mysterious past while trying to figure out who he can trust and why someone wants him dead," is how the film, slated for release in 2014, is described on the Internet Movie Database.
The hit man and the call girl at the center of the drama, having known only crime and violence all their lives, are both searching "for whatever their normal could be," Tripodis said.
"This film is terrific," he said. "The script is so well-written. I read a lot of scripts from a lot of local people, and this is one I read so quickly. It just moves from start to finish. I think it will do well when it's all put together."
Star and the Snowman is partly set in Steubenville. That makes it all the dearer to Tripodis, who spent part of his formative years in the Ohio River steel town.
Steubenville has had negative press coverage lately after a scandal involving rape allegations against two members of the vaunted high school football team.
Tripodis was born in Chicago and lived there until he was 9, when his family moved to Greece for two years. Eventually, he was sent to live with his mother's parents in Steubenville.
"I've always loved the movies and, ultimately, whether she realizes it or not, it's my grandmother's fault," Tripodis said.
He described her as "overly protective" and said she would let him go to only two places on his own: the library across the street and, on Saturdays, the movie theaters downtown.
"As a result, I just became a movie addict," Tripodis said.
This addiction was stoked further when he landed a part in the 1998 crime drama, Bottom Feeders, also known as Criminal Minds, which starred John Saxon.
Six years ago, Tripodis said, aware of how many talented actors and filmmakers are in the Columbus area, he launched Never the Luck Productions to provide those people with the opportunity to "get their break, get their chance to do something creative." After producing some short films, the ongoing revival of Nite Owl Theater at Studio 35 and the independent movie, Minus One, in 2010, Never the Luck is poised for the first feature film in conjunction with Arbor Avenue Films.
Tripodis said he's been asked by production partners Garret and Whitney, who is to direct, to play the key role of Frank, a father figure to Snowman, who introduced him to the life he leads.
"Nobody, including myself, is a lock," Tripodis said.
If someone better comes along, Tripodis the producer said, he won't hesitate to replace Tripodis the actor.


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General manager Omar Minaya gave us a projection early this month that Carlos Beltran would be back around late May, which was four to six weeks after resuming baseball activities.
Well, that time frame is right now and Beltran hasn't even begun running. Based on what's going on, we might be looking now at June if not July and the All-Star break.
Fact is, Beltran, if he hasn't started running, doesn't have any real timetable. They can say four to six weeks from baseball activities all night, but they have no idea when that will be.
Would it surprise you if we didn't see Beltran to the second half of the season if at all? Wouldn't shock me.
Part of the fallout of Beltran's absence is the issue of Jose Reyes batting third.
Here's what Jeff Francoeur has to say about it: "I don't want to see that. Not at all. He's the most dynamic leadoff hitter in the game, and I want to see him there. Who knows what we'll do? But I'm just saying, he's never been really a run producer. He's been more of a guy to score 150 runs. … I'm just saying, I think he's the most dynamic leadoff hitter in the league… Reyes has always hit leadoff to me for a reason. He's the best. He gets on base, steals, makes things happen.''
Jerry Manuel says he wants Reyes to maintain his same approach in the three hole. It will never happen because the demands and job description batting third differ from batting first. Reyes gets into trouble when he plays outside himself and attempts to loft the ball instead of hitting it on the ground and line drives into the gap.
You will see a definite change in Reyes' approach if they go ahead with this.
The No. 3 hitter should be the team's best hitter, which is to say the best combination of average and power, and that's David Wright.
There is nobody who comes close to being able to do what Reyes does as the leadoff hitter. For years we've been hearing how Reyes is the catalyst to the Mets offense. Why would they want to tinker with that?


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By Lance Cpl. Daniel A. FlynnFebruary 3, 2009
AMBASSADOR HOTEL, JOMTIEN, Thailand - While deployed in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2009, Marines and sailors enjoyed a Super Bowl party hosted by Marine Corps Community Services here Feb. 2.
Cobra Gold is a joint, combined multinational exercise focused on maintaining and improving military interoperability among its participants.
The event was planed and organized by MCCS and gave more than 368 deployed Marines and sailors a chance to enjoy Super Bowl XLIII all the way from Thailand.
"While deployed, Marines don't have many entertainment options, so we like to provide them with opportunities like this event whenever we can," said Richard E. Poulin Jr., the MCCS Deployed Exercise Support program manager.
The Super Bowl party began at 5:30 a.m., and the kickoff for the game commenced at 6:18 a.m. The technical setup included seven flat screen televisions and two theater screen projectors.
During the game's breaks in action, MCCS gave away several different quality prizes that included iPods, a Play Station 3 and even a laptop computer. Free pizza, soda and popcorn were also provided for those in attendance.
"I heard that we would get to watch the Super Bowl," said Sgt. Darell Garner, with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, "I was pleasantly surprised [by] the huge projector screens, as well as the free food and drinks."
Brig. Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Deputy Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force, was in attendance at the Super Bowl party and helped give away some of the prizes.
This event was just one of the many services that MCCS has planned for this year's Exercise Cobra Gold. Other activities coordinated by MCCS include a Cobra Gold Golf Tournament, Call of Duty VI video game tournament and ping-pong tournament just to mention a few.
MCCS also provide many services to deployed Marines such as internet access, video games, movies and a mini-exchange.
While the Super Bowl might have been the biggest event, MCCS will be providing Marines and sailors with the opportunity to participate in many more throughout the exercise.


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Hi Everyone,
I am thinking about getting kiteboarding lessons and very enthusiastic about it, but really worried about water quality in the bay area.Whenever I look at the water here (Candlestick point, san mateo, berkeley, etc.), it looks really dirty visually. Also, bacteria / contamination reports are pretty bad as well.
AFAIK, when you start learning kite/wind surfing, you fall in the water a lot, and you swallow a lot of water in the first few weeks during these falls (thru' the nose, if not mouth). So, how can this be healthy given the conditions? How are people doing this? Am I missing something here?
As a side note, is there any clean lake or something like this 1-2 hour close to bay area where you can learn this sport?
Thanks a ton...


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[Update: Terry Childs hands over the codes. Full story at the Horizons blog.]
It sounds like a plot from Hollywood: A team of techies is busily trying to crack passwords to get access to parts of San Francisco's computer network. They are doing so at the direction of city officials, who have discovered that they are locked out of parts of their new multimillion-dollar system.
But for the City by the Bay, it's a story line they didn't see coming.
Local officials charge that one of their own employees, a network administrator named Terry Childs, gave himself exclusive access to key switches on the network. After they discovered the problem, Mr. Childs was interrogated by the police, but unlike the disgruntled programmers in the movie "Office Space," he apparently hasn't been fazed by the threat of prison. Authorities say he first gave police bogus passwords and now sits in jail refusing to divulge his abracadabras.
Childs pleaded not guilty last Thursday to four felony counts of computer network tampering. His lawyer declared it all a big misunderstanding and called the $5 million bail inappropriate. But San Francisco officials aren't sure what Childs has done behind password locks, and they worry he might have created back channels into city data.
So-called "malicious insiders" are surprisingly common, and they tend to be more harmful – and difficult to thwart – than outside hackers, say experts. Despite the threat, one recent study found that organizations are growing more lax in guarding against them.
"Most of the security solutions [deployed] are outward facing, focusing on the moat and the turrets, not determining if the threat can come from inside" the castle walls, says Tom Kellermann, a computer security expert formerly with the World Bank Treasury and now with Core Security Technologies in Boston.
Roughly a quarter of computer system attacks are inside jobs, according to the past two years of the E-Crime Watch Survey from CSO Magazine and the US Secret Service. Their most recent report in 2007 found steep drops over the previous year in the percentage of organizations taking common protective measures:
•Background checks on employees and contractors dropped from 73 to 57 percent.
•Employee monitoring went from 59 to 42 percent.
•Employee security training plummeted from 68 to 38 percent.
The report defines an insider as a current or former employee, services provider, or contractor. Outside technology vendors and partners who are given insider access constitute a fast-growing source of attacks, according to a new four-year study conducted by Verizon.
Ironically, San Francisco began building its network three years ago out of a desire to be less reliant on outside systems, says Ron Vinson, chief administrative officer for the city's Department of Telecommunications and Information Services. Childs was a key developer on the project.
The network, called FiberWAN, currently encompasses 60 percent of the city's internal and external business sprawling over 60 departments.
The lockout hasn't disrupted city services, yet: Officials can still send e-mails across departments, and residents can still pay taxes and parking tickets online. But it has created no-go areas on the system where officials aren't sure if sensitive data – such as e-mails and payroll records – have been compromised.
"We had control of the house," Mr. Vinson says by way of analogy, "but there were certain rooms inside the house where we didn't know what was going on and did not have access." His team is trying to identify and access all the locked "rooms."
The exclusive privileges that officials say Childs gave himself were discovered, Vinson says, after the city hired a security chief and she began upgrading security protocols. Prosecutors have said Childs locked out other administrators after a confrontation with the security head.
Vinson estimates the costs of the restoration work will be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Nearly half of computer security breaches take weeks to mitigate, according to the Verizon report, with 14 percent taking months. Detection times are worse, with 63 percent of attacks going unnoticed for months. In 70 percent of cases, it's a third party who notices first.
There's no simple way to profile malicious insiders, says Mark Maybury, executive director of the IT division at the MITRE Corp., a nonprofit research-and-development group outside Boston. He has researched hundreds of insider cases with the aim of developing computerized sensors to detect them.
"Just as insiders are highly heterogeneous in their demographics, so too are they highly heterogeneous in their behaviors. Therefore, you can't detect all insiders with one sensor," Dr. Maybury says.
At this point, however, not much sensor software is commercially available, he says. Still, basic security protocols and simple attentiveness are crucial preventative measures, say experts.
Vinson's department does conduct backups, he says. And there are fail-safe systems and disaster recovery plans – but they were designed with natural disasters in mind. "If an earthquake happened, we all have instructions about what to do. But we don't have instructions for what to do when it's one of your own employees," says Vinson.
[Update: Terry Childs hands over the codes. Full story at the Horizons blog.]


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Two small businesses in the Whitehaven area were awarded forgivable loans Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 1, by the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County to help mitigate renovation and expansions costs.
The developers of the proposed Parkside at Shelby Farms project have applied for a tax-increment financing (TIF) designation to fund nearly $72 million in public infrastructure improvements to the area, including the construction of Shelby Farms Parkway.
Amtrak is considering suspending service on tracks that don't have sophisticated speed controls by a Dec. 31 deadline, the railroad's top executive said Thursday, threatening to disrupt operations across the U.S. in a push to strengthen safety after a series of deadly wrecks.
The idea that higher education is primarily about getting people into jobs as soon as possible is getting some push back. And it comes several years into an emphasis at the state level on associate degrees and trade certifications. Rhodes College president Marjorie Hass said several times during our talk on "Behind The Headlines" that she isn't downplaying the importance of trade skills and the education necessary for those skills.
They made music that inspired legions of fans. Rock 'n' roll founding fathers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Gregg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, country superstar Glen Campbell and jazz great Al Jarreau were among the notable figures who died in 2017, leaving a void in virtually every genre of music.
As the Greater Memphis Chamber's Chairman's Circle continues to grow, its founding members have decided to restructure its leadership.
Original co-chairs Gary Shorb, Richard Smith, Calvin Anderson, Carolyn Hardy, Spence Wilson Jr., Duncan Williams, Leigh Shockey and Jason Hood voted to install a new leadership structure that will include addition of a chairman, vice chairman and new co-chairs.
Can you smell the paper? Friday is the first day that candidates in the 2018 elections can start picking up qualifying petitions for their place on the ballot – in this case the May county primary elections in Shelby County. Here is the scene setter.
Rock n' roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new story to tell, one for kids with transistor radios in their hands and money in their pockets, beginning to raise questions their parents never had the luxury to ask.
When Wessman Development came to town last year with the idea of a boutique hotel, the Palm Springs, California company was part of the flood of smaller hotel projects Memphis was seeing and is still seeing. Then the company added another hotel and just this month the redevelopment of a building on Madison west of Second Street as apartments with retail on the ground floor. In a very short period of time, Wessman has had a lot of plans for Memphis.
Tommie Criswell has begun her yearlong tenure as president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors' board of directors. Criswell has actively volunteered with MAAR for more than 20 years. At Crye-Leike East Memphis, where she serves as broker/manager, she focuses on residential real estate along with some commercial real estate sales.
Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.
Poor timing and questionable numbers: That's how legislators are viewing a business justification plan for outsourcing facilities management across Tennessee.
The Office of Customer Focused Government tells state senators, if all departments opt in, the state could save $35.8 million by the second year of a contract under study for building operations and services – without laying off state workers or cutting pay and benefits.
Leaders of the three largest U.S. airlines are stepping up their attack against Middle Eastern competitors that they say get unfair government subsidies.
The CEOs of American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and United Continental Holdings Inc. made a rare public appearance together Friday at the National Press Club in Washington to detail their claims.
I should probably knock on a rather large piece of wood as I write this, perhaps a California Redwood, but here goes:
In 2011, following the Great Flood of 2010, there was lesser flooding that affected a much smaller area. Then there was the hailstorm in 2012 that resulted in new roofs for thousands – if not tens of thousands – of homes in the area.
Bass Pro Shops has unveiled the celebrity lineup and schedule for its opening festivities, kicking off with a free Evening for Conservation event Wednesday, April 29, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Here is the press release from Bass Pro:
Jim Crone has been promoted to comprehensive solutions business development manager with Trane Mid-South. In his new role, Crone will work with large commercial, industrial and institutional customers throughout the Mid-South to develop performance-based comprehensive solutions for capital improvements and operational efficiencies.
As 2014 comes to a close, the "Where does it end?" question is becoming more and more a part of the conversation.
And based on the past, it is a logical concern as buyers are being forced to pay more and more for houses with demand high and inventory low.
Morgan Bohannon has been named chairman of the board of director of Junior Achievement of Memphis & the Mid-South Inc. Bohannon, the regional market manager for iHeartMedia, became engaged with Junior Achievement when iHeartMedia sponsored the "Broadcast Center" at JA BizTown in 2012. He joined the board soon thereafter and has been involved ever since.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Economists appear to be of two minds about the Federal Reserve.
They agree with the Fed that the job market still isn't healthy. Yet the latest Associated Press survey of economists finds that most fear the Fed will wait too long to raise interest rates and thereby risk stoking inflation or creating asset bubbles.
Dr. Henry "Hank" Sherman has joined Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics as a sports medicine family practice physician in its Southaven office. Sherman treats patients who suffer from a variety of orthopedic injuries – from competitive athletes looking to get back in the game to weekend warriors who want to stay active later in life.
The Memphis Bar Association poll of attorneys on the judicial races on the Aug. 7 ballot shows 16 percent to as high as 38 percent of the attorneys participating have no opinion in many of the judicial races.
Healthy Memphis Common Table's fourth annual meeting and recognition luncheon included the launch of a new name and logo and the honoring of the inaugural Health Impact Award recipients.
The new name is Common Table Health Alliance, and the selection of a new logo was an interactive process, with people at each table at the Thursday, May 22, luncheon voting for one of three possible logos. The winning logo will be made available for public distribution after it has been registered.
Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.
When Rosemarie Fair first entered the world of commercial real estate in the early 1980s, it was still a largely male-dominated profession and she felt the biting sting of disrespect.
"When you're in property management as a female and you're developing a Downtown mixed-use project, when you walked into a construction site the contractors and subcontractors just assumed here comes the owner's wife, or the secretary," said Fair, owner of One Source Commercial Inc. "The old adage back then was you had to work twice as hard to be thought of half as much and back then it was absolutely true. I had to start below zero and prove myself. And I did, and I was successful."
Nicholas J. Pierotti has joined Thomas Family Law Firm PLC as an attorney, marking the firm's expansion to include probate issues. Pierotti, a third-generation attorney, joins founder Justin K. Thomas in the Memphis-based practice and will work with clients on both family law and probate matters, including wills and estates.
NEW YORK (AP) – Millions of people step aboard airplanes each day, complaining about the lack of legroom and overhead space but almost taking for granted that they can travel thousands of miles in just a few hours.
Orangetheory Fitness has signed a lease at Stonecreek Centre at Poplar Avenue and Forest Hill-Irene Road in Germantown.
Orangetheory Fitness will occupy 3,167 square feet at the location. Orangetheory Fitness is a workout method that is broken into intervals of cardiovascular and strength training while using heart rate monitors to keep heart rates in a targeted zone to stimulate metabolism and increases energy.
The CEO of Delta Air Lines says a bigger security fee being considered in Congress will be paid by travelers, not by the airlines themselves.
CEO Richard Anderson calls the fee a tax, and says it means fares are going up. He says the increase will not be absorbed by Delta.
NEW YORK (AP) – Airlines are introducing a new bevy of fees, but this time passengers might actually like them.
Unlike the first generation of charges which dinged fliers for once-free services like checking a bag, these new fees promise a taste of the good life, or at least a more civil flight.
After an initial offering went so well earlier this year, a group of area homebuilders has acquired 17 more lots at The Village at Spring Creek Ranch from Boyle Investment Co.
In early 2009, The Memphis News published a cover story analyzing the Delta-Northwest merger, which at the time was undergoing FAA authorization after being inked a few months prior. The report included comments from Delta CEO Richard Anderson, Memphis International Airport executives and airline industry analysts, all of whom were bullish, for the most part, on what the deal meant for Memphis.
Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines has just merged with more than 150 flights a day at Memphis International Airport shifting to the Delta brand. And Delta's CEO, Richard Anderson, said Memphis would be an integral hub with more traffic.
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council has grown and evolved over the past nine years since its inception, with membership increasing from 150 members in 2004 to more than 350 members this year.
Jack Sammons, the new chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority board, is no stranger to the flight from Memphis to Atlanta. Sammons long has been the board's frequent flyer when it comes to business travel.
Delta Air Lines Inc. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, reported a profitable quarter despite taking a substantial hit from Superstorm Sandy in October.
On the heels of agreeing to buy a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic from Singapore Airlines for $360 million on Tuesday, Delta Air Lines Inc. held its annual investor day conference on Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Atlanta and detailed the restructuring of its fleet, which will affect flights between Memphis and Birmingham.
Delta Air Lines executives are about to refleet. Leaders of the Atlanta-based airline with a hub in Memphis will roll out details at a December investors day conference in Atlanta.
But during Delta's third-quarter earnings conference call this week, they talked in broad terms of a domestic fleet restructuring. It involves removing 50-seat aircraft and replacing them with "mainline" aircraft that are 76 seats and larger with the first arrivals in the refleeting next summer.
A distributorship of Pella Corp. has inked 11,300 square feet in Appling Farms Corporate Park, 6972 Appling Farms Parkway.
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council announced its 2013 officers and directors Thursday, Aug. 9, at its annual Member Appreciation and Election Party.
Greg deWitt of Grubb & Ellis Memphis will serve as 2013 president. Patrick Reilly of CB Richard Ellis Memphis will serve as vice president.
Delta Air Lines Inc. lost $168 million, or 20 cents a share, on its fuel hedge strategy that the company touted when fuel prices were high.
The advice seemed to take aim at the most tender part of the raw nerve running through the recent civic discussion about Delta Air Lines Inc.'s cuts in air service at Memphis International Airport and the higher fares that have come with the cuts.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. had to make a decision Monday, July 2: Get up before dawn and catch a flight to Atlanta or stick with a scheduled and extensive bus tour for newspaper editors and others of the three core city neighborhoods he has targeted in a small-business innovation effort.
Delta Air Lines will mark the one-year anniversary of its cuts to service at Memphis International Airport by cutting additional service at its Memphis hub.
The Atlanta-based global carrier announced Friday, June 22, it will reduce its Memphis operation from 150 daily flights to approximately 125 daily flights.
Two frequent-flyer businessmen booked side-by-side seats on Delta Air Lines flights from Minneapolis to St. Louis last month, with one of them getting charged a higher price than the other each time they tried booking it.
Delta Air Lines has bought on oil refinery near Philadelphia in a $150 million deal that the airline with a Memphis hub said should help stabilize the price of jet fuel that airline executives have cited as a major factor in its fare hikes and cuts in capacity.
Delta Air Lines announced Monday, April 30, that its Monroe Energy LLC subsidiary has an agreement to buy the Trainer oil refinery south of Philadelphia from Phillips 66 for a $150 million investment.
When it was time for questions on this week's earnings conference call by Delta Air Lines Inc., the company's president evaded questions about reports that Delta is considering buying an oil refinery in Pennsylvania.
Delta Air Lines Inc. posted a net loss of $39 million in the first quarter of 2012 including taxes, but thanks to fuel hedging gains the Atlanta-based airline posted its best March quarter since 2000.
Judy Sulton White has joined BankTennessee as a mortgage loan specialist. White has worked in the mortgage industry for 30 years and will focus on new-home financing options, mortgage refinances and custom construction loans.
Once again, there was a message about Memphis International Airport's importance to Delta Air Lines in comments Delta's leaders made this week when the company released year-end and fourth-quarter 2011 earnings figures for its global system.
Delta Air Lines reported its most profitable quarter ended in December in the company's history – with quarterly profit excluding special items more than doubling from a year ago.
The Atlanta-based major carrier with a hub at Memphis International Airport reported net income excluding special items of $379 million for the last calendar quarter of 2011. The net income was $221 million better than the $158 million a year earlier.
NEW YORK (AP) – Delta Air Lines Inc. is boosting its flying out of New York's LaGuardia airport, adding routes that target American Airlines and put it in a better position to compete against United.
In the aviation industry, Memphis International Airport is considered a fortress hub, an airport where a single airline – in Memphis' case, Delta Air Lines Inc. – handles 70 percent or more of the passenger flights.
NEW YORK (AP) – Delta Air Lines Inc. says it expects an $800 million profit this year, and it will be solidly profitable in 2012.
The Memphis base for Delta Air Lines pilots flying DC 9 and Airbus A320 aircraft will be closed in December 2012, according to an announcement from the airline's flight operations department.
The Memphis base for Delta Air Lines pilots flying McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and Airbus A320 aircraft will be closed in December 2012, according to an announcement from the airline's flight operations department.
Delta Air Lines Inc. reported a $549 million profit for the third quarter of 2011 on net income of $765 million excluding $216 million in special items, amounting to earnings of 91 cents per share.
Even with earnings down 58 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to a year ago, Delta Air Lines Inc. CEO Richard Anderson remained locked this week on the message that Delta's capacity reduction is at the right level and is the right thing to do.
Earnings for Delta Air Lines Inc. dropped 58 percent in the second quarter ended June 30 compared to the same quarter in 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar six decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads.
On the way to its Labor Day goal of cutting capacity, Delta Air Lines Inc. is making more specific the moves that will cut its service at Memphis International Airport, one of Delta's seven domestic hubs.
Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Alitalia will sharply reduce flights across the Atlantic starting this fall, after airlines added too much capacity to those routes just as fuel prices shot up.
The change will leave travelers between the U.S. and Europe with fewer choices. Delta began adding more trans-Atlantic flying toward the end of 2010. In November it announced new flights from Boston and Miami to London, as well as additional flights from New York to Paris and Seattle to Amsterdam, among others.
ATLANTA (AP) – Delta Air Lines will offer voluntary buyouts and early retirement incentives as it plans to cut flying later this year because of high fuel prices.
Delta has been planning to cut its schedule by 4 percent starting in September. In a hotline message to employees on Friday, CEO Richard Anderson said Delta needs to reduce the costs that go with that flying, too.
Delta Air Lines Inc. executives seemed set on post-Labor Day as the time when the Atlanta-based airline will cut its capacity at its Memphis International Airport hub as well as overseas.
Delta Air Lines Inc. announced a $318 million loss for the first three months of 2011.
The loss was $128 million worse than the first quarter of 2010 for the Atlanta-based airline that operates one of its seven U.S. hubs at Memphis International Airport.
The loss was $128 million worse than the first quarter of 2010 for the major airline based in Atlanta with a hub at Memphis International Airport.
FedEx Corp. founder Frederick W. Smith told several hundred attendees of the Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition Tuesday that the U.S. is a leader in aviation.
FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith told several hundred attendees of the Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition held in Memphis this morning that the U.S. is a leader in aviation. But he said aviation "has reached a point where it is a bit taken for granted."
For five years Memphis International Airport executives and other civic leaders have worked on developing the city's aerotropolis – the concept of an airport serving as a region's economic engine.
The idea will be as public as ever – at least here – Tuesday, the second day of the Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition at The Peabody hotel. That's when FedEx Corp. founder Frederick W. Smith and Delta Air Lines Inc. CEO Richard Anderson share the stage with University of North Carolina professor John Kasarda, the originator of the aerotropolis concept.
More than 300 airport industry professionals from around the world loaded onto six buses outside The Peabody hotel Monday morning for a unique trip around the city.
It was a lead-in event for the three-day Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition, the largest airport industry event to be held in Memphis and which will bring in excess of 600 people from more than 40 countries to the city.
The Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition begins its three-day run Monday at The Peabody with Memphis and Paris leaders signing a trade pact.
The economic development part of the agreement links businesses around Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport to businesses around Memphis International Airport now and in the future.
A group of 30 people gathered Wednesday evening in what used to be a church just across Airways Boulevard from a runway at Memphis International Airport.
The town hall meeting by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. was for airport employees, some still wearing uniforms from their jobs less than a mile away.
April should be a busy month for officials with Memphis International Airport and the logistics industry as they promote the city's transportation assets as a vital part of the local economy.
Delta Air Lines announced Monday it is paying $313 million in profit sharing, the largest profit sharing payout in the airline's history.
The airline, which has a hub at Memphis International Airport, announced the bonus to its 80,000 employees around the world after posting a record $1.4 billion profit in 2010.
Delta Air Lines Inc. reported a $158 million fourth-quarter profit Tuesday, a lower-than-expected number due to the December snowstorms.
A challenging year in transportation proved to be a banner year for Memphis International Airport, home to shipping giant FedEx Corp. and a hub for Delta Air Lines Inc.
Delta Air Lines Inc. has reported a $929 million third-quarter profit excluding special items.
The Atlanta-based airline's net income was $1.10 per diluted share on a 13.5 percent operating margin, beating analysts' estimates by 16 cents. A $566 million special items charge was recorded in Q3.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A joint investigation by every state and the District of Columbia could force mortgage companies to settle allegations that they used flawed documents to foreclose on hundreds of thousands of homeowners.
Delta Air Lines Inc. reported its largest quarterly profit in a decade Monday but investors dumped its shares as sales didn't meet expectations and the carrier gave a cautious outlook amid economic uncertainty.
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The development of Norfolk Southern Corp.'s $112 million intermodal yard on a former cattle ranch in Fayette County has polarized the community for more than a year.
ATLANTA (AP) – Delta Air Lines Inc. sees signs that corporate travel demand is picking up as it closed the books on a turbulent 2009 by posting a $25 million loss for the final three months of the year.
A cottonmouth slithers through the marsh. A wolf spider clings to a cypress tree. A white heron soars above the bottomland forest.
Paddle a canoe down the Ghost River section of the Wolf River in Fayette County and you'll travel through multiple, distinct ecosystems teeming with wildlife. But while animal sightings convey the true spirit of the Wolf, only one creature – the elusive "river rat" – can verbalize why this river and its wetland corridor are so important.
ATLANTA (AP) – Delta Air Lines Inc., Memphis' dominant carrier and the world's biggest airline operator, is planning to cut more management and administrative jobs, but isn't saying how many, according to a recorded message and a memo from top executives.
Delta Air Lines Inc. on Wednesday released its financial results for the second quarter, and the outlook remained gloomy – with a few bright spots sprinkled in – for Memphis' dominant carrier and the world's largest passenger airline.
CHICAGO (AP) - It was September 1985 when a 24-year-old Brian Dunn knotted his skinny leather tie and set off to began a job as a sales clerk inside a small electronics store in Minnetonka, Minn., named Best Buy.
Delta Air Lines Inc. reported Monday that travel demand slowed by the H1N1 virus will result in a $250 million hit to the carrier's revenue this year.
ATLANTA (AP) – Delta Air Lines Inc. will shave additional capacity later this year as it warns that more than $6 billion in benefits it expected from lower fuel prices, its merger with Northwest Airlines and previous capacity reductions will be overtaken by declining revenues.
Delta Air Lines Inc., Air France and KLM signed a deal Wednesday to combine two separate joint venture agreements to create a more integrated trans-Atlantic powerhouse they said will generate $12 billion in annual revenue and provide better travel options for customers.
ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. no longer is outsourcing reservation calls to India after years of complaints from customers who preferred to speak to someone in the United States.
ATLANTA (AP) – Facing a continuing revenue slump amid the worsening global economic downturn, Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest airline operator, said Tuesday it will cut international capacity by an additional 10 percent starting in September, a move that likely will mean more job reductions.
ATLANTA (AP) – Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest carrier, said Tuesday it lost $1.4 billion in the final three months of 2008 as it recorded a massive charge related to employee stock awards and wasn't able to benefit fully from the decline in oil prices because of bad bets on fuel hedges. Delta shares fell nearly 18 percent in early trading Tuesday.
CHICAGO (AP) - Best Buy Co. Inc. laid out a succession plan Wednesday, saying Brian J. Dunn, its president and chief operating officer, will take over this summer as chief executive of the nation's largest consumer electronics chain.
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When Asian soybean rust was detected in Kentucky and other Mid-South states in mid-October, University of Tennessee Extension plant pathologist Melvin Newman gathered up four truckloads of Extension workers who drove out into the west Tennessee countryside to see if the disease had found a home in the state.
By that time, most of west Tennessee's sentinel plots had matured out and many of the spore traps had been taken up. A lot the state's commercial fields had been gathered as well. There were soybean leaves to be found, however, and by the end of the day, the Tennessee team rust team had collected suspicious samples in almost half of the 40 counties they visited. When the results came in later, their suspicions were confirmed.
"There must have been a spore shower two to three weeks ago or so, we don't know when exactly," Newman said. "Kentucky has a bunch of counties that have turned red on the soybean rust Web site and we've found a bunch in west Tennessee now."
On Oct. 24, the www.sbrusa.net monitoring system issued 17 soybean rust alerts for counties in the Mid-South states and Kentucky. Nationwide, the monitoring program indicated the presence of rust in 161 counties in 15 states ranging from Texas to Indiana to Virginia.
By Oct. 26, the total had climbed to 203 counties in 15 states, 227 if you count findings on kudzu. There were 16 detections in Alabama; 18 in Florida; 21 in South Carolina; 24 in Louisiana; 15 in Georgia; four in Texas and Missouri; six in Mississippi; 30 in North Carolina; 16 in Kentucky, eight in Illinois; six in Indiana; 18 in Tennessee; 27 in Arkansas; and 13 in Virginia.
While the explosion of rust comes too late to have any impact on U.S. soybean yields, it underscores how quickly the disease can explode, and according to Newman, gives pause to what might have happened had there not been droughty conditions in the south Delta this growing season, which likely slowed development of the disease.
"This little rust dry run shows that it can spread far and wide and quickly. If it can do this with a drought down south early in the season, when the rust needed moisture to get going, think about what would have happened with some wet weather coming in at the prime time for rust, then have some wind currents blow it this way.
"If this had happened in July, we would have been spraying a lot of soybeans in west Tennessee and there would be a lot of concern," Newman said.
Newman said that leaves that tested positive for rust "weren't plastered with it. There were as few as one and as many as 50 pustules per leaf, and you may have to look through four or five leaves before you find another. So it was sporadic. It looked to be either the first or second generation of rust."
Newman says the late-season explosion of rust "tells that we can't go to sleep on this. We have good mechanisms in place with conference calls between state Extension plant pathologists every week and sentinel plots and spore traps in all the soybean growing areas. Let's stay alert."
Newman says he is still concerned that despite wide-reaching efforts to keep growers informed of the spread of the disease and methods to combat it, "I'm still not convinced that our farmers, especially our larger farmers, are set up cover a large amount of acreage in a short time."
Since the disease entered the United States in 2003, it has overwintered in the deep South regions of Texas, Louisiana and Florida. "All that needs to happen for the disease to spread is wetter weather in the spring in those areas, and weather patterns that bring it north, when a lot of our beans are in the pod fill stage or before," Newman said.
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Storms River (Stormsriver) is a small village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is located in the Garden Route and functions as the gateway to the Tsitsikamma National Park. Only a short drive east of Knysna, Storms River comprises more than just a village – it is a synonym for anything adventurous and daring, mild or wild. Storms River mouth is spanned by a suspension bridge, offering breathtaking views over rocks and coves and crashing waves of the Indian Ocean. The bridge leads to a lookout point from which sweeping views over a verdant forest and the Storms River camp reward any hike to this area. A first-class Eco-Destination, ecologically sensitive activities such as Bungee Jumping from the Bloukrans River Bridge, and Canopy Tours, are two of the most popular things to do at Storms River and surrounds!
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Located on the N2 the village is easily accessible by car from Port Elizabeth and Cape Town as well as other towns along the Garden Route.
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The main companies stop in Storms River at the petrol station on their Cape Town - Port Elizabeth run. The petrol station is 5km from town, all establishments in Storms River will charge something like R50 for pick up and drop off. The cheaper option: the public bus, drives from Knysna towards Port Elizabeth in the morning, returning to Knysna in the afternoon. The bus stops north of Storms River West (township) on the N2 (which is walking distance), around 7:30AM and 3:30PM, bus fare to PE costs R60, way less than what the main companies charge.
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There is no rail station nor airport in Storms River. Though the nearest train station is at Assegaai, in Kareedouw (40 km), as a stop of the Apple Express [21]. The nearest airports are located either in George or in Port Elizabeth, both 180 km away.
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In town you can take your vehicle or go by foot.
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Tsitsikamma National Park is one of the main attractions in Storms River.
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Guided walks[edit]
Starting at the Forest Station down-town Storms River, all have free self-issue permits at unmanned gates.
Mountain biking[edit]
A 22km cycle route, starting from Storms River Village, through the old Storms River Pass, passing the low water bridge over the Storms River, all the way to the viewpoint of the Tsitsikamma National Park over Storms River Mouth. From there on you can cycle the same road back, or you could walk down (with your bike) towards the suspension bridge and exit through the rest camp, returning to Storms River Village over the N2. Note: by entering the National Park from the rear, you're not paying entrance fees! Mountain bikes can be hired in town from the Mild2Wild Adventure Centre at Papa Africa Pizza
River tubing[edit]
River tubing in the Storms River starts around 8AM with a briefing, then you get fitted with wetsuits and other gear, a short 4x4 ride gets you near the river, you'll have to walk the last bit, a very steep decent. When the river is high, you can paddle all the way, when the river is low, tubing becomes more of a 'kloofing' experience. Takes till noon, where get picked up with a 4x4, driven back to town for dry clothes and a well deserved lunch. There are 2 operators in town.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 6, 2006) -- The ETSU men's basketball team is set to hit the highway for its first critical Atlantic Sun Conference road swing of the season starting Saturday with a matchup against conference-leading Campbell. Game time in Buies Creek, N.C., is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The Bucs are fresh off a 63-61 win Wednesday over Florida Atlantic, a team which entered Memorial Center previously undefeated in A-Sun action. With a three-game winning streak now in hand, ETSU will look to maintain its recent momentum and continue to battle back into the league race.
ETSU (4-6 overall, 1-2 A-Sun) will face three of the top teams in the league during the swing, meeting Campbell Saturday, followed by Gardner-Webb (Jan. 9) and Kennesaw State (Jan. 12).
Fans can listen as the Bucs make an early season run at the top of the league standings by tuning into any of the Mountain States Health Alliance Buccaneer Sports Network affiliates or by clicking on the live Internet feed located at ETSUBucs.com. For more information on the Campbell matchup, click on the game notes link located above.


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Here's a story to prove even the pros can have a bad couponing trip - and it's a lesson on how to salvage it.
Picture this: The "Savannah Savvy Shopper" decides to stock up on a few items at a local grocery store. Knowing the policy, I am confident that my trip will go smoothly. After all, I have taught thousands of you the ropes, and when it comes to coupons I do know my stuff. I work with store managers and corporate offices, review policies, and of course use coupons on a regular basis.
I arrived at the store, picked up the items and headed to the register. At the register, I submitted one coupon for each item I was purchasing. (The coupons were for 35 cents off of one item.). The cashier scanned the first few coupons and then the rest of my coupons wouldn't scan. So much for this trip going smoothly - but I know the store's policy and felt certain everything will be fine.
The cashier looked at the coupon and stated "Oh, that's why - it's limit one per purchase." I patiently explain to the teenager that each item is a "purchase." She had confused transaction with purchase. I asked to speak to the customer service manager because I know from past experience that it will take management approval to accept the coupons.
The customer service manager comes over and looks at the coupon and says "Oh, that's why - it's one per purchase." At this point, I am shaking my head in disbelief and explain to the customer service manager that a "purchase" means item. I point out that the register had already accepted more than one coupon and that I only have one coupon per item. I also let her know I was below the limit of "like" items for that store. I explained that there must be a problem with the register and the limits must be incorrectly set. I then asked to speak to the store manager.
The store manager looks at the coupon and states "Oh, it's one per purchase - that's why." Again I explain what a "purchase" means. He very nicely tells me that I can split my transactions up and use one coupon per transaction. He was very nice and was trying to solve the problem, yet he still didn't understand how coupons work. I reminded him of the coupon policy, the limits for that store and explained to him that it had to be a problem with the register because I have run into it before and the customer service manager usually has to manually enter the coupons after they verify that the coupon is for the correct item. I promised to contact corporate customer service to get the problem corrected, and explained to him that I teach others how to coupon and share their coupon policy with them, and I didn't want other savvy shoppers to encounter the same problem. He also said that he was going to put in an inquiry to the corporate office to see if he could figure out what the problem was.
I felt like I was living in an episode of the 1993 film "Groundhog Day", where you are reliving the same event over and over. I was shocked to find a cashier, a customer service manager, and a store manager that did not know exactly how coupons work. Each one of them looked at the coupon and didn't understand what "One per purchase" meant.
As promised I contacted the corporate office explaining the situation. I provided them a link to the coupon policy of the store. I defined the terms: "one per purchase," "one per transaction," and "one per customer." I also volunteered to go in and teach the cashiers and managers how to use coupons. Even though I missed out on savings that day, recouping the money was not my goal. My goal was to educate and help make the store a coupon-friendly environment.
The corporate office forwarded the email to another manager who called me the same day and apologized. He assured me that they were having a corporate trainer come in to train everyone on their policy and the proper use of coupons. I made sure that I told him that at no time during my shopping experience was I treated poorly, all of the staff was kind and patient; it was truly a lack of understanding of coupons that made this shopping trip a disaster.
Some of you may be wondering which store this was, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that I took the time to educate the store employees, management, and the corporate office, instead of just walking away and never shopping there again. I will tell you that I have always found the store experience pleasant and still shop there. Never give up on a store because of one bad experience.
This experience made me realize that I still have quite a bit of work to do. There are so many people out there that do not realize how to use coupons. These store employees were personally missing out on deals in their own store because they were not aware that they could use one coupon on each item. That means there may be many of you out there that still do not know this very important fact. Some of you may be struggling financially, and coupons just may be the answer.
Terms to know
Here are some common couponing terms that will assist you with your shopping and saving trips. To determine how each coupon is treated in each store, you will need to be familiar with these terms.
• One per purchase: You may only use one manufacturer coupon for each item that you are purchasing.
• Purchase: Item. It does not equal a transaction, shopping trip or per person. Example: If I have four bottles of Tide I may use four $1 off one bottle of Tide coupons. This phrase is put on the coupon to keep people from using two manufacturer coupons on the same exact bottle of Tide.
• One per transaction: You may only use one of those coupons each time you go through the line. A completed transaction means that the cashier has scanned all of your coupons, totaled your order and you have paid for your groceries. Most stores will allow you to separate your orders to allow you to use more than one coupon. An example of this type of coupon would be a $5 off $30 coupon.
When you have more than one of these coupons it really pays to plan your trips ahead of time.
Place your first transaction on the counter and watch the screen carefully. End your transaction when you hit the required dollar amount on the coupon. This will help ensure that you will be able to reach the purchase requirement for both coupons. I have had to do this at Publix before because the items ended up being cheaper in the store than they were in the ad. (Always a nice surprise). Although I had preplanned my trip, I needed to purchase a few more items to make up for the discounted prices in the store.
• One per customer: This means that you may only use one coupon. But keep in mind that everyone old enough to hand over a coupon at the register is a "customer." That's where shopping with friends or even your children can come in handy. I have seen many ladies at the craft stores in line with their children, each child having an item and a coupon. (That's smart shopping!).
Some stores like Publix still allow you to use more than one coupon, however you will have to do it in separate transactions.
Other stores will allow you to use another coupon on a different day.
Limit four "like" coupons per shopping trip: You will see this on almost every P&G coupon. This means that you may use up to four items on the same type of product, one coupon for each item. Example: If you purchase four bottles of Tide, you may use four $1 off one coupons. If you purchase five bottles of Tide, you will still only be allowed to use four coupons.
• Individual store limits: Some stores limit the number of manufacturer coupons you can use on the same type of product. The limits are set to keep people from clearing the shelves amd ensure there is enough for everyone. Unless otherwise specified in the store, they do not limit the number of "like" items that you can buy, they only limit the number of "like" coupons that they will accept. Example: If the limit is four, they will allow you to purchase five items, but you will only be allowed to use four coupons.
Kroger - five "like" coupons may be used; limit of two internet printable coupons per manufacturer
Harveys - 10 "like" coupons may be used
Food Lion - 10 "like" coupons may be used
Piggly Wiggly - no limit, however only 4 "like" coupons will be doubled, and a limit of 10 coupons will be doubled per day
Publix - no limit
Jones Red&White - no limit (They do not accept internet printable coupons.)
Kmart - no limit, however only four "like" coupons will be doubled, the rest will be at face value.
Harris Teeter - no limit to the number of "like" coupons used, however they will only double three "like" coupons.
Bi-Lo - 10 "like" coupons may be used.
Rite Aid - limit of four "like" coupons.
CVS - no limit.
Walgreens - no limit.
Walmart - no limit.
• Size restrictions: Some coupons will have a certain number of ounces that the product must be to use the coupon. Pay attention to these carefully; sometimes they may list a size restriction, but the trial size qualifies because it meets the coupon requirements. Example: The Old Spice coupon in the P&G once had a size restriction of 1.7 ounce, which was exactly the same size as the travel size. (The current P&G coupon excludes the travel size).
• Excludes trial or travel size: This means that you may not purchase the smallest size that you will find in the trial or travel section.
• Coupon that states "off any": A coupon that does not specify a size restriction and states "off any" may be used on the trial size, too, often making them free. Last year the Cascade coupon was for $1 off any making the Cascade free plus a money maker at Walmart.
• $1 off the purchase of any two: This means you must purchase two items for each coupon that you plan to use. For example if you have two coupons you must purchase four items to use them both. In this example, a "purchase" is considered two coupons because it is defined on the coupon that two items must be "purchased."
• $1 off the purchase of any three: This means you must purchase three items for each coupon that you plan to use. For example, if you have two coupons you must purchase six items to use both coupons. In this example a "purchase" is considered three coupons because it is defined on the coupon that three items must be "purchased."
• Buy One Get One Free: Read these coupons carefully. The items that you must purchase are spelled out on the coupon. For example, if the coupon states "buy body wash, get deodorant free," then the coupon will attach to the free deodorant. This means that you may also use a coupon on the body wash because you are "purchasing" it. You may not use a coupon on the deodorant because the coupon is giving you the deodorant free.
• Expiration date: If the coupon has an expiration date of May 28, that means the coupon will expire on the 28th. You may still use the coupon on the 28th; the coupon will be invalid on the 29th.
I always recommend that couponers take the store policy with them to the store. Sadly, I didn't follow my own recommendation on this day. After all, I shop at this store location all the time and have never needed it before. I will now be printing each store policy and keeping it in my binder. I recommend that you do the same thing. You can find a list of printable store policies here: savannahnow.com/share/blog-post/michelle-rubrecht/2012-01-19/printable-store-policies.
If you ever have a problem in a store, I encourage you to talk to the manager and see if it can be resolved before leaving the store. Please treat the cashiers and managers with respect. Usually if you stay calm and approach the problem with kindness they will correct the problem for you. Keep in mind that the cashiers are just doing their jobs, and they are required to verify that you are purchasing the correct items for every coupon that you use. Do not take it personally. I also encourage you to listen carefully because there may be a part of the policy that you do not understand and the manager should be able to explain it to you.
If a store manager would like me to come to his or her store and teach a coupon class to their employees I would be more than happy to. This not only helps your store, it will help your employees save on their grocery bill. If you are interested, please contact me.
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While finishing my diorama "Gordon meets the Mahdi" (I have already the painted figures and hope to post pictures of them in the next days), I bring here another related colonial subject: the British Camel Corps.
These members of the Gordon relief expedition are made by Hät Miniatures and I painted them some years ago. The only conversions are the reins added to the camels (made from plasticine hardened with white wood glue) and the rifle glued to one saddle, coming from Esci/Italeri British Colonial Infantry.
Firstly the general pictures. I hope you like them.
In the next post, individual and more detailed pictures.


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Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Robin Cummings, M.D., Acting State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting area will take effect at sunrise, Tuesday, December 24, 2013.
All those waters in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the November 27, December 3, and December 15, 2013, temporary closures except the following which will remain closed:
Hoop Pole Creek - All those waters in the Hoop Pole Creek area upstream of a line beginning on a point of marsh at 34°42.4519' N -76°45.1967' W; running southeasterly across the bay to a point of marsh at 34°42.4429' N -76°45.1829' W; running southeasterly following the shoreline to a point at 34°42.4069' N -76°45.1285' W; running southeasterly across the creek to a point 34°42.3984' N -76°45.1098' W on the eastern shore.
Newport River - All those waters in Newport River upstream of a straight line beginning at a point on the south shore at 34° 45.6646' N – 76° 44.0603' W, at Lawton Point; thence to a point on the north shore at 34º 46.5724' N -76º 44.3786' W just upstream of Hammock Rock.
Nelson Bay - All those waters in NelsonBay upstream of a line from Drum Point to the northern tip of Fulchers Creek.
The following also remains closed:
All those waters in Pamlico Sound 200 yards offshore of Hatteras Island between a point 200 yards north of the north drain at Rodanthe and a point 200 yards south of the south drain at Rodanthe.
A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rules 15A NCAC 03H . 0103 and 03K .0101.
B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the N.C. Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103.
C. This proclamation returns the following area to normal closure boundaries: a portion of NewportRiver.
D. This reopening is due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.