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Child of William Newton McHenry and Carrie Abigail Miller. Married William Norman Stanley February 16 1937 in San Francisco, California. Mother of five.

Bessie Opal Stanley, 75, died May 24, 1995, at Kah Tai Care Center in Port Townsend.
She was born Sept. 1, 1919, in Redfield, Kan., to William and Carrie Abigail Miller McHenry. She married William Norman Stanley in San Francisco, Calif. on Feb. 16, 1937.
The couple moved to Port Hadlock in 1980.
She is survived by her husband; daughters Norma Lee Faught of Carmichael, Calif., Yvonne J. Almada and A.J. Vannatter, both of Shingle Springs, Calif.; Mildred G. Butler of Thompson Falls, Mont.; and JoAnn M Brewton of Folsom, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters Edith Gray of Napa, Idaho and Lois Noble of Winchester, Idaho.
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Belarus, in Eastern Europe, is one of those places that is still striving to get itself on tourist maps. And the number of attractions it holds and the friendly and hospitable people is definitely contributing to the increase of tourism in Belarus. About 4000 UK citizens visit Belarus every year, no doubt drawn to the country’s beautiful natural wealth and historical sites. In fact, the capital of Minsk and the areas around it are home to a number of WWII memorials and museums, each more interesting than the next. Read on to know which ones you simply must visit when you travel to Belarus:

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Diane's Trip Report Part I: Cape Town, Vic Falls, Little Vumbura, Singita

Got back from the best trip of my life yesterday morning. Since I relied so heavily on the postings here in planning my trip, I want to thank everyone. And now for the trip report . . .

March 19: My husband and I set out for Africa with much excitement and nervousness. Neither of us like to fly and 15 hours from New York to JNB and then another 2 hours to Cape Town was not an exciting prospect for us. Luckily, we had saved enough miles to fly business class on South African Airways. We were supposed to fly on the new Airbus with lie-flat seats, but there was a last minute aircraft change to a 747. AN IMPORTANT WORD OF CAUTION: When flying from the US on South Afican airways, check many many times before the flight to make sure you still have good seat assignments. SAA is notorious for changing aircraft at the last minute and when they do so, they reassign all seats without notifying you. This happened to us twice; both times, my husband and I had to endure hassles just to sit together.

Surprisingly, the time flew by (thanks to a prescription of Ambien -- a must!!). We got to Cape Town at approx. 7pm the next day.
We could not believe how beautiful the city was. The landscape was spectacular.

We rented a car through Value Car Hire (valuecarhire.co.za). The prices were very good (R189 per day, includes insurance and all taxes) and the service perfect. A guy with a name board was waiting for us in the arrivals area. He took us to our car immediately (just feet away from the terminal) where we filled out the paperwork and were on our way. No lines at the counter, no irritating shuttle to the lot. It was great. Also, the fee to add an additional driver to the car was just R10 per day -- which is nothing! Much different from the US.

The car itself was not amazing. The brakes were really not good, so you had to be careful when driving. Once we got used to them, it was OK, but it was scary at first.

The guesthouse we stayed at was phenomenal. I had spent hours and hours researching hotels/guesthouses in Cape Town and for us, the choice was absolutely perfect. We stayed in Camps Bay at the Atlantic View. Check out the website at atlanticviewcapetown.com. I first heard of this through Selwyn -- this is the first of
many times I appreciated his advice here on the boards.

I won't describe it in detail because you can look at the website itself. It is chic, beautifully decorated, has exceptional service, and has unbelievable views. It seems to attract a youngish crowd -- almost all the guests were couples in their 30s (like us). I was worried about whether I would regret not being in the waterfront area, or another section of cape town proper. But once there, I was very happy I made the choice I did. The waterfront (although wonderful) has a very crowded, touristy vibe. I really enjoyed being in a beach town away from the city. The neighborhood of the Atlantic View is very upscale residential -- you feel like you are staying among residents -- not in a hotel.
Only negative to the Atlantic View is that you have to drive to everything (even the restaurants in Camps Bay -- which is an easy 5 min. drive down a hill). Also, the rooms are pretty small -- but you don't feel it because you have a wall of windows overlooking the ocean and sunsets.

Our first night, we had dinner at Blues in Camps Bay. It gets alot of press and is supossed to be one of the best restaurants there. Personally, I woudl not recommend this venue. The decor and views are great (hip and fun). The food was not excpetional, although very expensive, and the service downright awful (and I am not picky about restaurant service). Even though we had a reservation was had to wait 30 minutes for a table, service was very slow, they had run out of several things on the menu and, most shockingly, we got no napkins because they had "run out." What? At the prices they were charging, you start sewing more napkins. To sum up Blues: trendy and hip, yes. worth the price and attitude, absolutely not.
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We had four full days in Cape Town -- barely enough time to do everything we wanted to do. 5 days would have been better; we just couldn't fit more days in.

We had a full itinerary planned for the next day: Exploring Cape Point and ending with a sunset horseback ride on the beach at Noordhoek. But when we woke up and the weather was PERFECT with no clouds whatsoever, we decided to try and pack a morning cablecar ride up Table Mountain into our itinerary. We went up about 9:30 am (no line to speak of, although we had to park quite a distance from the entrance). The views were stupendous. If we had more time in Cape Town, we would have loved to hike up. But alas, when time is short, sacrifices must be made! Also, we followed everyone's advice that you must take advantage of cloudless, windless weather to do Table Mountain, because it is often cloudy. As it turned out, every single day we were there was absolutely perfect (high 70s, no wind, no rain). I later found out we were very lucky in this regard. Later in the trip, whenever we told South Africans that we spent time in Cape Town, they were always shocked that we had such good weather. I don't think I've ever visited another place where the weather was so great every day.

After Table Mountain, we drove down the Cape Point peninsula. Since time was limited (was had to be at the beach for the horseback ride by 4:45), we had to prioritize. I was most excited to see the penguins, so we went to Boulders Beach first. It didn't disappoint. So thrilling to see hundreds of penguins -- many of which were still nesting on their eggs. We spent a lot of time there and went to every vantage point within the park to see them. From there, we went to Cape Point. This was fairly rushed (we spent only 45 minutes there), but it was enough time if you don't plan to do much hiking. The views were gorgeous. And it was fun to see the baboons. If you go, do NOT walk with food in the parking lot. It will be stolen right out of your hands by the baboons. We saw a baboon steal an ice cream cone from the hands of a crying 6 year old girl.

We ended the afternon with a sunset horseback ride on Noordhoek Beach. Noordhoek Beach is amazing -- it is the widest beach I have ever been to. They let you ride the horses along the edge of the water -- at sunset it is gorgeous and romantic. It was a real highlight. And relatively inexpensive (it was about $30 for a 2 1/2 hour ride).

If you want to do this, there are 2 main entities that run rides: Imhoff Farms and Sleepy Hollow Stables (Selwyn, correct me if I'm wrong). We went with Sleepy Hollow, which I would not recommend due to its lack of professionalism. Imhoff Farms has got to be better. The ride was great for us, but it left 1/2 hour late and most importantly, there was an incident that was not handled well: There were 6 people on the ride, one of which was am Austrian woman with no riding experience. They put her on a horse that will only ride at the back of the line and gets upset if it is too near other horses. This meant that the inexperienced woman had to ride at the back, far away from the guide, who was at the front. Unfortunately, toward the end of the ride, her horse got too close to mine and her horse threw her off! When I turned around to look, she was off her horse, her back was on the sand, but her foot was still stuck in the holster and she was frantically trying to get it out, fearing that the horse could at any moment drag her!! She finally managed to get her foot free (after at least 5-10 scary seconds). The guide's response was to yell at the horse and put the terrified poor woman BACK ON THE SAME HORSE with instructions to stay way way at the back (away from everyone else).

To sum it up, riding on the beach was spectacular, but I would not recommend this outfit to anyone inexperienced or nervous about riding.

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Also, I would highly recommend doing the Chapman's Peak drive on the way to Cape Point. It is spectacular and just recently reopened after months (years?) of road improvements. It is also surprisingly wide and easy to drive. I expected the drive to be more harrowing and winding. It's really not. It's nothing like driving on the Amalfi Coast or on California's Highway 1 (both somewhat frightening, in my opinion).

That night we ate at Theo's in Camps Bay. Much much better than Blues. It is a great steakhouse and reasonably priced, with great water views. Recommended.

March 22: Day Two in Cape Town:

On our second day, we went to the winelands. We decided to spend the day in Franschoek, taking a circuitous route (via Sir Lowry's Pass) to get there. The scenery was amazing. One minute you feel like you're in Spain, the next, like you're in the Western US, the next like you're in Provence. So varied and so spectacular. We very much enjoyed stolling through the delightful town of Franschoek, and doing a wine testing at Boschendal nearby (the grounds are impressive -- the wines we thought were less so).

From there, we did a township tour of Kayamandi -- which is right outside Stellenbosch. This was a heartrending, emotional, informative, and extremely worthwhile tour. We had asked Selwyn (tour operator extraordinaire and frequent poster here) if he would be willing to give us a tour of this township. He was already booked for this day, but suggested that we go with a resident and community leader of Kayamandi -- Mr. Mzwaki Ntoyakme. We agreed and what an experience it was. It was a personal, private tour. We saw the inside of dwellings (including "shacks" with no indoor plumbing), a church, a school, a youth center, and met lots of beautiful, friendly residents. This was very much a highlight.
The tour ended with a surprise, which I will not spoil for those who do the same tour in the future, but I will say that it is emotional, uplifting, and inspiring. Thanks Selwyn and Mzwaki!!

I will say one thing about the tour that I have not seen mentioned here, but I think I should say. If you go, know that you will be deluged by lots of little children (maybe 5 years old?) who will all reach out for your hands and arms to hold. If you don't have children or are not used to being around children, or are a bit of a germ-a-phobe (like me) this can be somewhat uncomfortable, as you really have zero personal space. (My husband and I have no kids (yet) and I am not a real "touchy" person). Anyway, at the risk of sounding anti-child (which I'm absolutely not), I thought I'd mention this so you can be prepared for lots and lots of hand-holding and gentle grabbing of arms and legs. The kids were delightful and LOVE to get their photos taken.

After the township tour, and also at Selwyn's excellent suggestion, we had dinner at Moyo (a 10 minute drive away). What a place! The setting, entertainment, and food were phenomenal. So romantic, sitting under the stars, sipping wine by a fire, and listening to wonderful african music. This is not to be missed!

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Thanks, for the great trip report,so far.We were there in Sep.and your report is bringing it all back again.I love the way you describe Kayamandi.I couldn't put into words how I felt about this place,but you did a very good job.It holds such a special place in my heart.I am glad to hear that Mzwaki is still there and hopefully doing well.

I am looking forward to the rest of your report. Again Thanks!
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Hurry please and get to Botswana. I'm leaving next week and I want the weather, rain, Delta flood, ANYTHING at all please! Liz
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Sounds simply wonderful I am very excited as exactly one month from today we'll be on our way! (st least, we'll be in London on 5/5)
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Diane, thanks for the warning about aircraft change and seat assignment! The one time SAA gave us seats other than the ones we thought we had, it was just a rotten experience, and I don't want to repeat it.

Also thanks for the car rental info. We'll look into that company.

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Liz -- I certainly know how desperate I was to get info about Botswana. I'll get to it shortly, but just know that I only have WONDERFUL things to say -- record amounts of water, wonderful weather, lots of wildlife, and the most beautiful sunsets I've seen in my life (just a preview). But for now -- the third day at Cape Town:

Days Three and Four were spent exploring Cape Town. On day three, we first went to the Waterfront to book a tour of Robben Island for the following morning. If you want to do a morning tour, you should definitely get tickets the day before, as the early tours get sold out.

Then, we spent the day strolling in the Waterfront, shopping, going to Greenmarket Square, and wandering wandering wandering. Again, perfect weather. The Company Gardens are a must see -- it's a lovely walk. We ended up at the Mount Nelson Hotel by 3:00 for high tea. Another great experience. The grounds of the hotel are beautiful and it all feels so so civilized. As an American, the high tea experience is especially fun -- it all seems so Jane Austen in Africa. And my husband makes a great Mr. Darcy.

That evening, we ate at a pizza place in Camps Bay -- The highlight was that there was an international beach volleyball tournament in Camps Bay that week and all the players ate at the pizza place -- Primi Piati (??) -- something like that. Nothing like hot young male volleyball players to get your appetite going.

On our final day, we spent the morning at Robben Island. They do a very nice tour. I had been trying to get my husband to read A Long Walk to Freedom for some time, but I think he was scared of its length. After visiting Robben Island, he is now excited to finally read it.

I was always somewhat surprised everytime I heard a South African speak of Mandela -- he is almost viewed as deity there by so many. So widely respected. Without exception, everyone I met there spoke of him with unbridled praise (granted, I had a small sampling). In the US, such naked admiration of political figures is almost unheard of. There is so much cynicism. It was refreshing to see people so engaged in politics and to see hope in it.

After Robben Island, we did a tour of the Bo-Kaap with Banu-Tanu Tours -- it was recommended by Frommers (are we allowed to mention the competition of Fodors here??). Although the stroll through the Bo-Kaap was fun and visually interesting, I didn't like the "tour guide" so much. It was a local resident who was well known in the community -- but the "tour" consisted of a walk with her telling personal stories that had only marginal relevance to what we were seeing. It ended at her home, where she treated us to a traditional Cape Malay tea. I was glad I saw the Bo-Kaap, but was not overwhelmingly happy with the tour experience. It was just sort of weird.

From there, we did more shopping (I finally got myself a zebra skin rug which I've wanted for forever) and ended with dinner at the Waterfront at a place I highly recommend: Belthazar. Great food, great service. And it was really nice to be at the Waterfront in the evening. It's a different feel from the daytime. The lights are quite beautiful.

And so ended our wonderful stay in Cape Town.

I don't know if we'll be back, but I want to. Next time, I'll hike up Table Mountain, hike in the Cape Point National Park, and spend more time relaxing. It would be tempting to go in the time of year when you can see whales, but the weather in March was simply too good to give up.

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I typed your township visit report and showed it to Mzwake yesterday. he beamed from ear to ear and felt so proud of what you had to say. I also showed your report to the "surprise event" people at the end of your visit and they too were extremely happy with all you writings.

Many thanks for all the good and nice words.

Very proudly part of the wonderful nation of South Africa
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Chefs' Picks: Must Love Dogs

We asked some of the country’s top culinary talent where they like to take their dogs when they want to relax and grab a bite.

Dogs are a man’s — and woman’s — best friend, and chefs love to hang with their pups when they’re not on the job. Now that New York City has OK'd dogs at sidewalk cafes, we asked some of the country’s top culinary talent where they like to take their dogs when they want to relax and grab a bite.

Michael Armstrong, New York City

Michael Armstrong, chef of New York City’s Bodega Negra, Bodega Negra Café, Lobby Lounge and The Beach at Dream Downtown, loves to take his schnauzers — Sophia and Carter (they even have their own Instagram @schnoozers_bk) — to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. “It is a great park for dogs. There’s a ton of different places to go and explore, and there are even hours where dogs can be off the leash,” he says. In the summer, when the windows at his Bodega Negra Café are open, he brings his dogs to the cafe and serves them his homemade dog biscuits. “We started making bacon-flavored 'Milk-Bone' treats for the dogs — they love them! We make them with wheat flour and bacon fat.” That’s a chef any dog would love. Check out the recipe at the end of this post.

Erik Niel, Chattanooga

Chef Erik Niel and his pup, Olive, a shih tzu, love to hang out on the sunny patio of Niel’s restaurant, Easy Bistro & Bar, in Chattanooga. Niel pays the city of Chattanooga a $50 annual fee to host mutts on his patio, and the city sends all of its patio fees to the McKamey Animal Shelter. “We are huge animal lovers, so we have done this for years,” says Niel. “We even give little dog treats and have dog-only water bowls that we use to serve the dogs as well.”

Ernesto Uchimura, Los Angeles

At Plan Check Kitchen + Bar, a modern American comfort food eatery with three locations in Los Angeles, Executive Chef Uchimura serves a menu any dog would love to feast on: mile-high burgers, smoky fried chicken, mac and cheese, and cruller doughnuts. Uchimura was inspired to be open to dogs because the restaurants are very neighborhood- and community-driven. Plan Check has a dog-friendly patio with water bowls and treats, and a portion of the restaurant's proceeds from its Dog Days Happy Hour on Sundays go to local dog charities.

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Mix all the dry ingredients together and then add the bacon fat, eggs, milk and chicken stock. Combine to make a dough.

Keep the dough in the refrigerator for 10 minutes, then roll it about 1/2 inch thick and cut into any shape you like!

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After returning 600% in 5 years, 4imprint Group plc isn’t done growing yet

Maker of promotional products such as company-branded pens and coffee mugs 4imprint (LSE: FOUR) posted a very respectable 12% year-on-year rise in revenue to $558m in full year results released this morning.

And a well-run business, healthy economic expansion in the US (its largest market), plus market consolidation all lead me to believe that this stock has plenty of room to continue the 600% returns posted over the past five years.

The fate of 4imprint is inextricably tied to the health of the US and Canadian economies, and the fact that GDP growth and business confidence remains robust in both countries bodes well for the company’s prospects in the medium term.

I’m also a big fan of the management team that has grown revenue by 92% since 2012, while growing operating profits by an even more impressive 164% in the same period. This intense focus on improving profitability has led to a very healthy balance sheet, with $21.7m of net cash at year-end. This safety net, together with the weak pound, provided for a 57% increase in sterling denominated dividends.

Looking ahead, there are also plenty of future growth opportunities as the market for promotional goodies is a highly, highly fragmented one. 4imprint is already the biggest player in each of its market, but the company estimates that roughly 90% of promotional distributors in the US bring in less than $2.5m in annual sales. 4imprint’s hefty margins and size give it plenty of room to crowd out these smaller competitors.

Given the health of the US economy, I reckon 4imprint’s very successful management team will continue to deliver sustained shareholder returns for years to come.

Who knew carpeting could be so rewarding

One of the few companies that has had a comparable history of stunning shareholder returns is flooring and carpet manufacturer Victoria (LSE: VCP), whose shares are also up 600% in the past five years.

Since 2012 the company has increased annual revenue from £77m to £255m by acquiring smaller competitors in the highly fragmented UK flooring market. And Victoria doesn’t just buy up these companies and rest on its laurels. Instead it assiduously cuts costs in order to raise margins and increase cash flow that it uses for further acquisitions.

In the past five years group EBITDA margins have risen from 7.31% to 12.66% through these actions, and with several major acquisitions recently completed there’s room for further improvement.

Once recent acquisition of note was the £9.7m purchase of two artificial-turf manufacturers based in Netherlands. These mark Victoria’s first entry into Europe and, in particular, the artificial grass market, which is growing at a rapid 15% clip annually.

While venturing into new territories isn’t without risk, a management team that has proven its ability to integrate major acquisitions gives me a great deal of confidence. The company’s smaller, but successful, Australian business also leads me to believe that the lessons learned there and in the UK can be applied equally well in Europe.

With Victoria’s shares trading at a relatively cheap 18 times forward earnings and considerable growth prospects ahead I reckon now could be the time for small cap investors to take a closer look at this flooring manufacturer.

For growth investors looking for a more established option the Motley Fool has recommended this firm that has increased sales every single year since going public in 1997. The market has rightfully fallen in love with this stock and sent its price up over 250% in the past five years alone.

But to find out why the Motley Fool's Head of Investing reckons the stock could triple again in the coming decade, simply follow this link for your free, no obligation copy of the report.

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Image source: Cirrus Logic.

The product teardown reports for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are in, and at this point the key suppliers of many components are well-known. I'd like to highlight a longtime Apple supplier that appears to have hit the jackpot with these latest smartphones: longtime Apple audio-chip supplier Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS).

Lots more chip content for Cirrus

According to the chip teardown specialists at Chipworks, the iPhone 7 reuses the same audio codec chip that was used in the prior-generation iPhone 6s. However, Chipworks found that the number of audio amplifiers inside the device -- also supplied by Cirrus Logic -- grew from the two that Chipworks found inside the prior-generation iPhone 6s to three.

Separately, a teardown shared by showed that both the Lightning-to-3.5mm audio adapter and Apple's Lightning EarPods include Cirrus Logic audio codec chips.

Analysts with Pacific Crest securities (via Barron's [subscription required]), referring to Cirrus Logic as "likely the biggest winner in the iPhone 7," estimates that the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus contain $2.50 in additional chip content per device relative to the iPhone 6s.

Putting this into financial perspective

Typically speaking, whenever Apple releases a new iPhone, the majority of the iPhone demand that it sees is for its latest-generation products. Apple sold 231 million iPhones in fiscal 2015 and demand has been dropping.  If we assume that Apple ships roughly 200 million iPhones during the iPhone 7 cycle, with around 65% of the units sold being of the newer iPhone 7/7 Plus model (a solid majority of the units), then we could be looking at 130 million unit shipments of the new iPhone during Apple's coming fiscal year. That would work out to $325 million at $2.50 per phone.

For some context, Cirrus took in $1.17 billion in revenue in its most recent fiscal year. The content increase inside the new iPhone, assuming Apple's unit shipments don't drop precipitously year over year -- which is very unlikely to happen -- should drive substantial growth for the chipmaker.

If Apple winds up seeing unit growth during this product cycle, particularly of its latest iPhones, then that would be icing on the cake.

Taking a longer view

Looking out a little bit longer term, Cirrus' audio content inside the next generation of the iPhone probably won't go down relative to that seen inside the iPhone 7. Indeed, due to Cirrus' track record with Apple, as well as a very strong competitive position from a technical perspective, it is unlikely that Apple would be interested in designing Cirrus completely out of the iPhone or even dual-sourcing for the iPhone in the future.

That being said, there's clearly the risk that Apple will decide that iPhone 8 buyers don't really need that Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter, which would lead to a reduction in Cirrus' content inside of the next iPhone.

However, right now I'm comfortable assuming similar Cirrus content inside the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8. Under that assumption, Cirrus could stand to enjoy further revenue growth from a content increase following the launch of the iPhone 8 as the iPhone 7 series phones will still likely be sold as the iDevice maker's lower cost iPhone option.

Looking even further ahead, it's well understood that Apple is an industry trendsetter. Although in the near term some of Apple's competitors might mock the iDevice maker's decision to ditch the headphone jack, I believe these same competitors will almost certainly eventually realize Apple's wisdom in this regard and ditch the jacks themselves.

If this move causes Apple's competitors to potentially require bundled earbuds or adapters that include their own audio codecs as well, Cirrus could be a prime beneficiary.

Near-term upside could be limited, but...

The analysts with Pacific Crest argue that this content upside "is largely already reflected in Cirrus' guidance and in expectations for the stock" and that they "see limited opportunities for upside."

This is a reasonable conclusion, and at this point I tend to agree with it. Note that the stock has more than doubled from its 52-week lows and has roughly tripled from the lows seen in late 2014.

At the same time, though, I would say that the current business momentum Cirrus is enjoying and could continue to enjoy over the next couple of years means that on any significant dips --  particularly those related to macroeconomic conditions or other non-Cirrus-specific fears -- investors may want to consider picking up shares of the chipmaker.

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Earnings come and go, and the green-eyeshade types can legally manipulate it to mask a company's true operations. Yet its ability to generate cash -- what comes in the register and goes out the door -- remains the pre-eminent indicator of company's worth. In short, cash is king.

Below, we'll look at companies that have proven to be prodigious generators of free cash flow (FCF) -- the amount of money a company has left over that it could pay to its investors. We'll find companies with compounded free cash flow growth rates exceeding 25% annually over the past five years, then pair them with opinions from some of the more than 145,000 members of Motley Fool CAPS to see which ones might have the best chance of outperforming the market.

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Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK)

Dynamic Materials (NASDAQ:BOOM)

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CAGR=compounded annual growth rate.

Generating copious amounts of cash doesn't make a company an automatic buy. But having looked at Enron's cash flows instead of its earnings would have saved many investors a lot of grief. Warren Buffett understands that the value of a company today is calculated by its discounted future cash flows, so use this list as a jumping-off point to dig deeper into the piles of cash.

Has the natural gas industry been too successful? Chesapeake Energy has been one of the heavyweights tapping deposits in the shale formations of Haynesville, Barnett, Marcellus, and Fayetteville. New techniques for getting to these previously inaccessible pockets, such as directional or horizontal drilling, have opened them up. And high prices enticed more companies to enter the market.

Yet Chesapeake, Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN), and others have done such a good job of bringing natural gas to the surface that we're now awash in it. And it's not just here at home where this is a problem, it's a worldwide phenomenon now, too, with the International Energy Agency warning that a global "acute glut" of natural gas could develop. Depressed prices look like they're here to stay, because even Chesapeake's CEO says "the days of double-digit gas prices in the U.S. are over."

There does seem to be something of a wild card here, though. ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has demonstrated its belief that natural gas is going to become even bigger by buying XTO Energy. You don't commit $41 billion to a venture unless you're fairly certain it's going to be very profitable down the road.

Many investors agree we're not seeing the end of the natural gas industry as we know it, despite the doom and gloom we're hearing. CAPS member karlwmiller writes that if what the naysayers said were true, other energy-producing sectors would be affected, too.

If the U.S. were awash in natural gas, we would shut down the coal industry, stop building wind farms and solar farms, and there would be no need for a comprehensive energy plan for the U.S. to gain energy independence. We would simply flat-line natural gas prices.

This will not happen anytime in the near future. Natural gas is a fuel of the future, but price volatility will rise, not fall and this is not a bad thing. It is a sign of a healthy, vibrant, and credible asset class, "natural gas

Almost 7,000 CAPS members have offered their opinion on Chesapeake's future, and 97% of them feel it's going to outperform the market going forward. Head over now to the Chesapeake Energy CAPS page to see why this natural gas leader is expected to be a long-term winning investment.

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While these stocks have left a trail of dollars, it pays to start your own research on Motley Fool CAPS. Read a company's financial reports, scrutinize key data and charts, and examine the comments your fellow investors have made -- all from a stock's CAPS page. Why not head over to the completely free CAPS service and let us hear what you have to say about these or any other stocks with good cash flow.

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What: Shares of drug research contractor Charles River Laboratories International (NYSE: CRL) spiked 19% on Tuesday on reports that management is considering a sale of the company.

So what: Citing an article published by dealReporter last night, Wall Street analyst R.W. Baird said that a deal is imminent and that the company could fetch as much as $40 per share -- a whopping 45% premium to yesterday's close. Of course, even if the rumors are unfounded, the buzz alone should draw a ton of attention to Charles River's seemingly undervalued business units.

Now what: Charles River may be one takeover target worth looking into. Even with today's big pop, the stock is still off more than 20% from its 52-week highs and currently trades at a forward P/E of 12. Fools know never to buy a stock based on buyout buzz alone, but Charles River's solid reputation in the lab testing space, big cash flow generation, and -- most importantly -- reasonable valuation might provide enough downside protection to make the bet a safe one.

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Spain's lending rates, Greece's growing debt woes, and disappointing earnings reports from UPS and Apple really took a toll on the market this past week. Still, that hasn't stopped more than 1,000 stocks from trading within 10% of a 52-week high. For skeptics like me, they're opportunities to see whether companies have earned their current valuations.

Keep in mind that some companies deserve their current valuations. Two Harbors Investment (NYSE: TWO) -- and the entire mortgage REIT sector, for that matter -- has been enjoying record-low rates interest rates that have allowed it to increase its portfolio leverage, resulting in massive double-digit dividend yields.

Still, other companies might deserve a kick in the pants. Here's a look at three companies that could be worth selling.

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Let me start off by giving a round of kudos to Mellanox Technologies (Nasdaq: MLNX) and its CEO, Eyal Waldman, for another fantastic quarter. Now that we've got that out of the way, let me show you why there's really no reason to buy into the stock here after its amazing run.

Mellanox, whose InfiniBand line of products provides the interconnecting switches between servers and storage systems, has benefitted from the growth of cloud-computing and a boom in enterprise data needs. In its latest quarter, Mellanox recorded revenue growth of 111% over the previous year with EPS smashing estimates by $0.25.

However, after such a run, I have to wonder that at 22 times forward earnings and nearly 70 times trailing, are the results more than baked into the price? In addition to the valuation concerns of trading at 10 times sales and seven times book value, Mellanox also relies on Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) for a considerable chunk of its sales. Given its aggressive cost-cutting plans, which includes axing 27,000 jobs, HP could ultimately weaken Mellanox's growth prospects. As a simple rule of large numbers, I don't feel Mellanox can keep up this torrid pace of growth much longer.

A false glimmer of hope
Another week, another homebuilder to run away from. This week, it's U.S. homebuilding giant D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), which up until now, had been one of the few I wouldn't bet against. Once again, though, it's merely a case of being overly optimistic in what is generally still a very weak housing market.

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, housing prices have trickled higher in four straight months, with Zillow confirming that home prices rose in the second-quarter, year over year, for the first time since 2007. With so many points of optimism, you're probably just assuming I'm being far too pessimistic about the sector. You may indeed be partly right about that, but I'm still having a hard time grasping two key points about this rebound in housing.

For one, I still don't get how homebuilders can continue to build with literally millions of homes either already owned by banks or currently in the foreclosure or pre-foreclosure process. I feel the sheer volume of foreclosed properties waiting to enter the market is going to have a negative impact on prices for years to come. Also, it's taken 30-year mortgage rates to drop below 3.75% to even have the slightest boost in homebuying activity. As soon as lending rates begin rising again, the spoiled American homeowner is going to boycott buying a home at higher rates and send the housing industry into an even nastier tailspin.

Given my objections, I don't see how the United States' largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton would make a good long-term investment.

Insulin for the win?
You would think that combining innovative medical technologies with insulin needed by a growing number of diabetes patients would be a winning formula. Yet, that's not quite the case with Insulet (Nasdaq: PODD).

Insulet has developed a tubeless insulin pump that has rapidly grown sales but has yet to make the company profitable. In Insulet's latest quarter, the company reported a wider operating loss than the previous year of $10.9 million as operating expenses rose 50%. On top of Insulet's widening losses, as it ramps up production of its new products, it will also need to deal with the medical device excise tax of 2.3% that was passed with the approval of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The device tax provides yet another hurdle for Insulet to become a profitable medical device company.

Until Insulet becomes sustainably profitable and can keep its expenses under control, I'd avoid the company.

Foolish roundup
This week it's all about keeping your optimism under control. Whether it's the housing sector, a cloud-computing play, or new medical technology, until macroeconomic trends improve these three companies have a lot to prove to make me a true believer.

I'm so confident in my three calls that I plan to make a CAPScall of underperform on each one. The question is: Would you do the same?

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Hasbro has admitted that their toy sales in 2017 for Star Wars: The Last Jedi was nowhere near as good as it was for Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in 2015. In fact, the American toy and board game company has called the sales disappointing.

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The statement was made by Hasbro’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Goldner, who admitted that they expected more sales from their Last Jedi toy lines. Goldner has contributed disappointing sales to the company releasing the toys far too early, which meant that they couldn’t sustain retail interest until the film eventually released three months later.

“The fact that we began to merchandise the film in September and the film came out in December was just too long a period of time to sustain retail interest. It didn’t help that lots of other toys were hitting around the same time, with an array of entertainment initiatives coming to market.”

Hasbro initially released the toys for The Force Awakens in September 2015, three months before the film actually released. The company had great success during this period and hoped to duplicate this success with the release of The Last Jedi toys. While the time schedule for the release was the same as for the previous instalment, the fact that consumers were hungry for anything Star Wars related meant that there was continued interest in the toys up until the film finally released. Unfortunately, this was not the case this time around.

Hasbro’s overall revenue fell two percent in the fourth quarter, mostly due to disappointing sales. Competitor toymaker Mattel also faced a similar problem as a tough holiday season resulted in their revenue falling by twelve percent in the fourth quarter.

Many see this as a sign of franchise fatigue as the release of Star Wars related films have become more frequent. The next film in the franchise, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is set for release in May with the new line of toys said to hit store shelves in April.

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  1. Zee

    Hmm, well to be honest the R2D2 and BB8 toys seem much cooler. While I would like to get a Porg plush, the one pictured is already around R600 – and to be honest the quality doesn’t seem that great for the price. Would have maybe considered it if it looked a bit better? But, then again, there is probably a ton of other merch also to be considered. Maybe the marketable characters in the Last Jedi are just less than those in The Force Awakens.

  2. Jesl

    Besides the horrible script and awful new characters, i absoloutely blame Lucasfilm.
    -No cool movie.
    -No cool new vehicles.
    -No cool new characters.
    -Old characters wearing same outfir since last movie.
    Among others, really a terrible movie. Add that to the bad quality Hasbro has now and there you have your answer.
    The solution??? Go back to the basics.

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Villa Lante was designed c. 1568-1579 by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola for Gianfrancesco Gambara (1533–1587) shortly after the latter’s appointment as cardinal by Pope Pius IV. You can enjoy this masterpiece of landscape design simply as a choreographed series of cascades, dripping fountains, and a water parterre flanked by a pair of small palaces whose interiors are adorned with beautiful frescoes. To think like a landscape historian, however, will bring you to another level of understanding and pleasure, for like other late Renaissance gardens of this period, Villa Lante can be interpreted as an elaborate humanist iconography filled with symbolical allusions to the cardinal, antiquity, and the well-watered fertility of the surrounding Roman landscape.

blog_villa_lante_pic1.jpgUpon entering the garden, you first encounter the Fountain of Pegasus. According to mythology, the winged horse’s hoof striking the earth generated the Spring of Hippocrene, symbol of the source of artistic creativity, an allusion reinforced by the surrounding busts of the nine Greek muses.

Instead of proceeding up one of the pair of staircases above the fountain, you should first take the path leading diagonally through the bosco—a woodland park that was once adorned with several fountains. The Fountain of the Acorns, now vanished, was intended to evoke the Golden Age of Antiquity, since acorns were, according to Ovid, a staple in the diet of Arcadian man.  Another missing fountain, that of Bacchus, evoked Virgil’s description of the Golden Age when wine was believed to run freely in streams from the ground. In addition to these, there were trellis-surrounded fountains depicting unicorns and dragons symbolizing the life of virtue.

High up the wooded slope there is a gate through which you can enter the uppermost part of the garden.  As you begin to descend from one terrace to another your message-encoded itinerary progresses with more allusions to Antiquity.  First, you are confronted by the Fountain of the Deluge, a fern-encrusted grotto with six openings from which water drips and pours into a basin where two dolphins are swimming, their forms now almost obliterated by vegetation. This refers to Ovid's account of the destruction of mankind by flood.  On either side of the Fountain of the Deluge is a pavilion with a loggia bearing the name and crayfish device of Cardinal Gambara. (The word for crayfish is gambero in Italian, and his crest is therefore a visual pun referring to his name.)  Reinforcing the symbolism of the Deluge, small pipes installed beneath the eaves of the pavilions that frame the Fountain of the Deluge allowed suddenly released water to spurt from above like raindrops and drench the unsuspecting visitor, a practical joke in keeping with the humor of the day. Such water tricks—called giocchi d’aqua—were a popular feature in other Renaissance gardens.

blog_villa_lante_pic2.jpgBeyond the octagonal Fountain of the Dolphins, alluding to the destruction of the world by the Deluge as described by Ovid, a stepped ramp leads to the terrace below. A greatly elongated crawfish, its head and front claws emanating from the middle of the stairs at the top of the ramp and its rear claws hanging over top of the Fountain of the River Gods that stands on, forms a catena d'acqua, or water chain. Its linked curves both create and echo the movement of the swirling water that spills over the shallow shell-like basins set within it.  Thus, out of the wreck of the Deluge, Cardinal Gambara is symbolically harnessing water for human welfare.  The water spilling through the crayfish’s claws now refers to the Tiber and the Arno as it falls into the basin flanked by the two emblematic sculptures of the respective gods denoting these rivers.

blog_villa_lante_pic3.jpgTheir cornucopias denote the fertility that water brings to the land, a fertility that is emphasized by the statues of Flora and Pomona standing in niches within the retaining wall near the base of the steps leading from the terrace above.  In the middle of this terrace, which is framed by rows of plane trees, stands the Fountain of the Table.  The stone table with its central water channel and bubbling jets provided Carninal Gambara and his guests with an experience similar to that of ancient Romans whose banqueting arrangements sometimes included pools upon which servants floated food.

The Fountain of Lights links the Cardinal’s dining terrace with the water theater below, a concentric construction of upper concave and lower convex steps.  One hundred sixty small jets shoot upward from small lamps when the fountain is turned on, water pours from the sides of each step into a channel in the one below.

blog_villa_lante_pic4.jpgFrom the terrace of the Fountain of Lights, one gazes down upon a series of boxwood compartments framing a central water parterre.

Here, nature has been tamed by art.  Cardinal Gambara’s original centerpiece of the island terrace, a water-oozing spire (meta sudans), was replaced in the seventeenth century by four bronze youths holding aloft Cardinal Alessandro Peretti Montalto's device of three mountains and a star. The surrounding water parterre was meant to evoke an ancient naumachia, a flooded theater where mock naval battles were held.  In each of its four ponds is a small stone boat holding stone arquebusiers.  These were engineered to fire jets of water toward the central fountain.

 Of course, this extraordinary garden should be experienced in a sensory as well as in a metaphysical manner, so after this lesson in the role of Renaissance humanism in landscape design, you should further explore Villa Lante and find a quiet spot to savor its simple pleasures of sun, shade, stone, and water.


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Shares of tech companies rose as Apple's product launches were generally well received. "We found the new iPhone launches generally met high expectations," said analysts at brokerage Nomura Securities, in a note to clients. "Apple is launching a suite of high Average-Selling-Price, powerful, lovely new phones into a loyal and hungry installed base." The Nomura analysts also anticipate strengthening in sales of Apple Watches, given advances in the Series 3 model. Similarly, analysts at brokerage Morgan Stanley said the "iPhone supercycle is underappreciated by the market," suggesting that a wave of upgrades will accelerate earnings growth for the tech giant. Apples shares closed 0.75% lower Wednesday.

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CHICAGO (AP) Jahlil Okafor and Justin Jackson are ready for the rivalry on Tobacco road.

Okafor scored 17 points and had seven rebounds and Emmanuel Mudiay added 15 points as the West team defeated the East 105-102 in the boys McDonald’s All-American game on Wednesday night.

Jackson, who shared co-MVP honors with Okafor led the East with 23 points. The North Carolina commit was 11-of-14 shooting.

Tyus Jones made a 3 with 1:46 left to get the East within 99-98 and his fadeaway baseline jumper gave the East a shortlived lead at 103-102 with 47.7, but his future Duke teammate gave the West the lead back for good with a dunk with 40 seconds left.

Okafor and Jackson are expected to be key figures in the storied rivalry between Duke and North Carolina.

”I am definitely excited to get down to Durham and be part of the greatest college basketball rivalry,” Okafor said. ”There has been a lot of trash talk between us and the recruits going to North Carolina. We’re all competitors so we’re all looking forward to it.”

Jackson has also bought already bought into the rivalry.

”We’re all good friends off the court so we all built good relationships off the court. We’re looking forward to getting to North Carolina, but once we got on the court that friendship kind of went out the window.”

Okafor and Jones will also be joined by All-American Grayson Allen. Jackson will team up with fellow All-Americans Theo Pinson Joel Berry II.

Indiana commit James Blackmon Jr. missed a 3 with 2.9 seconds left that would have tied the game for the East.

Rashad Vaughn, who is going to UNLV, made a jumper and then had a dunk to give the West an 82-74 lead midway through the half, but Jackson kept the East in the game, scoring seven points in a 2:10 span.

Mudiay, who will to play for Larry Brown next season at SMU, drove the lane for a dunk in the final seconds to close out the first half as the West cut the East lead to 51-50.