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Walt Disney World ends no-expire option for theme park tickets
Written by Robert Niles
Thanks to Twitter follower Dustin Harter for catching this. But when you go to the page to order tickets on Walt Disney World's new website, you'll find that you no longer can add the option to keep your Disney World theme park tickets from expiring.Tweet
In fact, Disney's website now says " All ticket days must be used within 14 days of first use" and "Tickets and options must be used within 14 days of first use."
This brings Walt Disney World's policy in line with Disneyland's where tickets also expire 14 days from first use. And it effectively ends the strategy of "overbuying" by getting a 10-day, no-expire ticket when you visit the Walt Disney World Resort, even if you won't be going to the parks for 10 days on your trip. Buying the 10-day ticket with a no-expire option "locked in" your unused visit days for future trips, at today's theme park prices. Given that Disney raises its ticket prices every year, this could be an effective way to hold down the cost of a Disney vacation. (I've got a few unused days on a 10-day ticket I bought a few years back, at an average cost of about $45 a day, with the park-hopper option included.)
Needless to say, this changes the calculus for loyal, long-time Disney visitors, eliminating one of the reasons why some of those visitors chose not to buy tickets along with an on-site hotel package.
Orlando-area readers, what are you seeing at the WDW ticket booths? Is "no-expire" gone there, too? Everyone else, what do you think of this change?
Update: Twitter user @GertieTheDino89 reports that the "no-expire" option is still available, at least for now, using the "old" version of the WDW website -- the one without the new "My Disney Experience" links.
Update 2: I've also heard from Twitter followers that the ticket booth signage for no-expire was removed last week, although other readers on our Facebook page have said you can get it if you ask, and the option remains available to travel agents through their portal into the WDW system.
So is Disney in the middle of removing the option, as it's gone from some places and remains available in others? If you want no-expire tickets at today's prices, and don't want to take chances, better get 'em now before they're gone.
Readers' Opinions
From Dan Heaton on January 11, 2013 at 12:48 PM
This change wouldn't bother me so much on its own, but combined with a lot of other rollbacks in discounts and constant ticket price increases, it's frustrating. The trends are not positive for Disney World right now, and I doubt this is the last change.
From Scott Marlow on January 11, 2013 at 12:53 PM
When I was at MK for the Very Merry Christmas, I was specifically looking for the no-expire option for just the plan you mentioned. I had purchased a 5 day no expire with water park and more a couple years ago and still have a few visits left. However, at both the Transportation and Ticket Center and Guest Services there was no mention of it on any of the signage or windows that I could see.
From robert morris on January 11, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Could this be a pre-cursor to the already discussed "premium pricing" for higher volume periods. As over time those no expire tickets would mostly have been used.
While I'm sure some frugal guest are buying them up to use on future visits but I'm sure many sit in desk drawers unused or thrown away over time like unused gift cards.
From 22.214.171.124 on January 11, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Could this also be because of the RFID technology? They are pushing the resort guests with room key tickets to utilize it. They are changing all of the turnstiles at park entrances. Old paper tickets wull not be valid in the future...
From 220.127.116.11 on January 11, 2013 at 1:09 PM
This policy sucks. As expensive as their tickets are it is ridiculous! I should have bought one of the no expiration 10 day tickets a couple of years ago instead of the 5 day hopper.
From Denise Rambo on January 11, 2013 at 1:42 PM
I still have 9 days left on two "No Expiration" tickets. Looks like I'm going to be buying two more 10 Day No Expiration tickets from Undercover Tourist sooner than expected.
From 22.214.171.124 on January 11, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Just wanted to say that I called and verified that the No Expiration Option is still available. They have just updated their site and all of the information is not up yet.
You can get the info by using the old website or calling. I also checked Undercover Tourist and the option is still available there as well. Whew.
From 126.96.36.199 on January 11, 2013 at 5:21 PM
does anybody have a link or a way to get to the "old" website where it's still available for purchase?
From 184.108.40.206 on January 11, 2013 at 9:18 PM
I spoke with a manager at TTC admissions today, and had another manager call two different parks. The option is still available at the parks ticket booths. There has been no internal memo about the option going away, and none of the managers have been made aware that any changes are forthcoming regarding non-expiring tickets.
From 126.96.36.199 on January 11, 2013 at 9:45 PM
Wow, Thank the Lord I checked this website. I kept hunting until I finally found a page that listed it! I've ordered four to the tune of $2,700. We have one unexpired ticket left (don't know how we ended up with an odd ticket with a family of four). I guess that odd ticket won't be used for years.
We ordered our last batch in 2006. The price for the 10-day park hopper/no expiration has increased $250 (each) since we last bought.
We own a timeshare and have gone to Orlando almost every year. But honestly, since we don't consider it a "trip of a lifetime," we only go to Disney once or twice during the week we are there. The rest of the time we go to our resort pools, Winter Park for lunch, Downtown Disney, etc. We almost always enjoy a different Disney restaurant at one of the hotels on a day we are not at a park. We'll go and explore, eat a nice dinner, and try to time it so we're finished in time to see the fireworks. Disney is making money off of us on our non-park days! To be totally honest, if we did not have the non-expiration tickets, we'd probably go to SeaWorld or Universal more often.
Because we had these tickets in our pockets, we have actually found ourselves making an unscheduled trip when we've stumbled upon an airfare deal (yes, we actually few a couple of years ago for $19/each way!).
I don't fault Disney for wanting to maximize profits (I'm a shareholder), but frankly, this stunt leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.
Now, I'm worried I'll get a surprise in a year or two with Disney telling me I'm a second class citizen and can't make dinner reservations or whatever because I have an "old" ticket.
From Anon Mouse on January 11, 2013 at 9:47 PM
I thoroughly evaluated the benefits of the no expire tickets. For most people who are tourists that visit infrequently, it makes no sense to buy no expire tickets. They work best if you visit frequently, at least once or twice within 5 years, and visit no more than 3 day trips. Otherwise, it makes sense to buy an expiring multi-day pass when you visit for 4 days or more and visit very rarely. That additional payment is very costly for the no expire benefit. It is much cheaper for most tourists to get a 4 or 5 day pass since the daily price gets lower to where the difference if extended to the 10th day is barely 20 dollars more.
Having unused tickets lying around is risky. You might forget to use it, or you may lose it.
From 126.96.36.199 on January 11, 2013 at 9:53 PM
I compared prices from Undercover Tourist and I'm not sure the "Never expires" is such a good deal, unless you are going to buy them and hold on for a long time. If you buy a 10 day PH Never Expire at $626.95 - plan to use 5 days now and 5 days later - A 5 day PH is $319.95 - your cost of the first 5 days which leads to the next 5 days costing around $307. You save $13 based on current prices - yet you risk losing the ticket.
Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't see a great appeal - if you wait 10 years then maybe its a good investment?
From Anthony Murphy on January 11, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Eh, it was bound to go.
I think this will combat people trying to resell tickets,
From 220.127.116.11 on January 12, 2013 at 1:16 AM
My family and I love the no-expire option. We have cycled through no-expire tickets with extra days since at least 2002, and have a few still.
The very best reason for getting this option is emotional. When you leave WDW with days still left, or just notice the old tickets in passing in the drawer at home, you KNOW you will DEFINITELY go back to WDW soon. This always makes us feel a little better when we'd rather be at WDW than home...
We will hate to see this option go.
From Eric G on January 12, 2013 at 2:33 AM
It doesn't make a lot of sense to get rid of this option. They charge a significant premium for the no-expiration option. On a 10-day ticket it adds an additional 25% to the price! I'm not convinced it's a good option for 95% of the people out there.
No-expiration tickets are just like gift cards and Disney should not give up on a gold mine. A significant amount of the unused days will never be redeemed. People loose the tickets. People forget they have them. People don't return at all or as often as they thought they would. And best of all Disney can book this revenue at the time of purchase unlike gift cards.
I have unused days from tickets purchased in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2008!
The no expiration option isn't the enabler for ticket resellers or renters. They can clearly work in the 14-day expiration window. Disney is largely to blame for enabling them because the biometrics should make it impossible for the ticket to be used, but clearly someone is making exceptions at the turnstile or these guys would be out of business.
From 220.127.116.11 on January 12, 2013 at 4:29 AM
Hi everyone, The thing that I fear most about this move by Disney is what will Disney do to the Walt Disney World prices in the near future. With a BILLION dollar investment into the new high tech technology, Disney will probably want a real quick return on investment. So I'm really starting to fear of a 105 to 115 dollar one day ticket to get into WDW. All I've got to say, is WDW better be coming up with some new attractions if they raise their prices to those dollar amounts, or ill just take my money to Mr. Harry Potter up the rode.
From 126.96.36.199 on January 12, 2013 at 5:11 AM
Over that last 15 years I have used this option and its wonderful. I still have one visit left from a park hopper purchased in 1992. My visits being a Florida resident were generally two day events. I would purchase 3 day park hoppers with no expiration, that would allow me to use day from old ticket and one day from new ticket and leave me the two days for my next trip. The ticket from 1992 cost $189. Now the only way to go for me as a Florida resident is to purchased the weekday select annual pass.
From 22.214.171.124 on January 12, 2013 at 8:22 AM
I added the no-expiration option to myw tickets I purchased in 2007. I didn't go two of the days so I turned them into non-expiration. I did not forget I had them. I put them in my strongbox where they remained until last January, where I had a lovely 3 night, 4 day stay with my daughter. She was considered a child in '07 but an adult five years later in '12. It was a great savings. I also purchased 7 day non-expiration park hoppers for the two of us, last June before the new price increase. With the $100 in rewards I earned on my Disney Rewards Visa, taking advantage of the value season rate and having my tickets already paid for, my day and a half stay at Disney after a Royal Caribbean cruise did not cost that much. I did go past $100 in spending with souvenirs and dining. So those of you that think short term guests spend less than long term guests, I disagree. And I definately won't forget that I have six days left on those tickets. I would never let unused days sit in a drawer never to be used, especially in this economy. They certainly won't be lost either. They are safely tucked away in my strongbox and pictures taken of the back of the tickets are stored safely away if I ever do lose them.
From janeen d on January 12, 2013 at 8:29 AM
I added the no-expiration option to myw tickets I purchased in 2007. I didn't go two of the days so I turned them into non-expiration. I did not forget I had them. I put them in my strongbox where they remained until last January, where I had a lovely 3 night, 4 day stay with my daughter. She was considered a child in '07 but an adult five years later in '12. It was a great savings. I also purchased 7 day non-expiration park hoppers for the two of us, last June before the new price increase. With the $100 in rewards I earned on my Disney Rewards Visa, taking advantage of the value season rate and having my tickets already paid for, my day and a half stay at Disney after a Royal Caribbean cruise did not cost that much. I did go past $100 in spending with souvenirs and dining. So those of you that think short term guests spend less than long term guests, I disagree. And I definately won't forget that I have six days left on those tickets. I would never let unused days sit in a drawer never to be used, especially in this economy. They certainly won't be lost either. They are safely tucked away in my strongbox and pictures taken of the back of the tickets are stored safely away if I ever do lose them.
From 184.108.40.206 on January 14, 2013 at 1:51 PM
If you click "Chat with Guest Relations" on the WDW website, they tell you that the non-expiring option can still be added at the park ticket booth:
Guest: Hello Lex - I am looking at the website to buy tickets, and I noticed the option to buy a "non-expiring" park hopper is not listed. Is this type of ticket still available?
Lex: It would still be available, but now can only be added in a Theme Park.
Guest: Great, thank you for your help.
From Brian Daugherty on January 16, 2013 at 3:17 PM
In the absence of an official statement from Disney, I think all signs point to it going away. The statement that "they just haven't gotten to adding it to their updated website" is a bunch of hooey. It's gone from the new web site AND it is removed from ticket booth signage. The latter is the big one. Disney is trying to minimize a run on the tickets during the phase out period or they are trying to minimize backlash for the move from the loyalists who remember tickets ALWAYS being non-expiration originally. Either way, this move stinks along with the yearly price increases even in a down economy. Disney needs to lead the way to sanity with a price reset. Ticket costs are absurd for a family. What are they going to be in 2, 3 or 10 years? Disney should lead the way with a roll back to the $70/day ticket. Maybe the parks and parking lots wouldn't be so empty on non-peak days. Lower the price, sell more tickets, get more people in to spend money. Stop the madness!
From Ray Schroeder on January 17, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Come on Disney... Stop being so cheap. I just used my last day of a 10 day park hopper, this past weekend, that I bought in July of '08. I used it when I did a quick weekend trip of four days or less.
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One minute you're holding your newborn baby, next thing you know, your little one is already 3 years old! Time to sign up for preschool. Time for dress-up, play dough, sandboxes, snack time, and singing in circle time. Yay!
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3. Your child only knows one word: NO.
4. You haven't been able to wrest your kid's security blanket out of her hands long enough to wash out the E. coli, snot, vomit, dirt, and chocolate pudding and it's been declared a bio-hazard by the local health department.
5. You're down to just eight tantrums a day -- hooray! That's still not low enough.
6. Your kid will only nap after 15 renditions of "The Mermaid Cafe" in five different languages, exactly three tablespoons of strawberry yogurt, two trips to the potty, and the sight of your exasperated tears.
7. Your child's food allergies list is longer than the novel War and Peace.
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9. Your child knows all the words to "This Is the Song That Never Ends" and has been singing it since October.
10. Your child takes an ideological stand against learning letters and numbers.
Does any of this sound familiar? I dunno, that might mean you need to wait a bit before unleashing your child up on the public. But hey, I'm not judging! Just looking out for those intrepid preschool teachers.
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What does having allergies have anything to do with being ready for preschool? What are you going to do, never allow them in public because if something that is not at all their fault? Sorry Timmy, but you cannot go to school and make friends because you are allergic to too much stuff. Xp
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As a former preschool teacher, I'd go along with #'s 1,2, and 5... if a child commonly acts out in a violent manner like biting or hair pulling...or throws tantrums all day...then no, preschool isn't an appropriate place for her.
#3 is negotiable. Often behavior like that at home isn't carried over into the preschool setting because the child gets too interested in what other kids are doing. If a child is so stubborn that he starts taking all a teacher's time, at the expense of the other kids, then perhaps he isn't mature enough for preschool.
#7 would need some discussion. Preschool kids are notorious for grazing off of other kid's plates and if the child has alergies that could put her at risk for death if she happens to swipe another's peanut butter cracker or sneak a swig of milk, then perhaps preschool isn't the place for her. The entire preschool cannot be held hostage to one child's food allergies and preschools need to provide a wide variety of snack foods and lunches. If the child herself is very clear that she must not ever eat certain foods, then she'll probably be OK with her own specially prepared snacks and lunch.
The rest of the list... preschool will probably go a long ways to helping the child grow beyond those.
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gridironsmomFebruary 4, 2013 at 7:40 PMSome kids do better both in behavior and learning when away from their parent. My child one of these children. Though not a bad child he is much better with/for other people.
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so we're putting children on top of the public eh? 'up on' is one word 'upon' I know we all make spelling and grammer mistakes from time to time but that's what proof reading is for. just saying.
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corrinacsFebruary 5, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Erika, thank you! I saw taht and said the same darn thing!
My son's allergy list is longer than War and Peace (thanks for the reference LOL). At least it certainly feels that way. But he went to preschool and THRIVED! In fact, we used that a model to realize that private schooling may be a viable option for him.
Hell, my oldest is in KINDERGARTEN. Public school kindergarten at that......with his "War and Peace" allergy list. And he's THRIVING.
Speaking of the whole article, it doesnt' make sense. You are supposed to use preschool to help your child adjust, its meant for those children who aren't "ready" for Kindergarten. Preschool teachers have seen it all :). Just because you think your child can't handle something doesn't mean they don't belong there. In fact, in my opinion, those are the children that need to be there the most.
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tjmommieFebruary 5, 2013 at 5:13 PM
having raised a now 30 year old son, i realize that "readiness' for anything is relative for both parent and child. at this time we are raising our last child who is 18 months old....we will be ready for preschool....in a year or two!!
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AND I WILL MISS MY LITTLE HONEY MAN WHEN HE IS AT PRESCHOOL!!! clearly i am not ready for him to go there!!


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After losing his luster and respect in Hollywood, famed director Sam Peckinpah hopes to direct his next great film with financial backing from Colombian drug lords and brings along a novice screenwriter to write the film in Colombia.
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In a China-dominated near future, a former LAPD officer attempts to save his family from destitution in Los Angeles by working for a crime lord in the American ghetto within a thriving Hong Kong.
20 Mentions: SAND CASTLE (Chris Roessner)
Based on a true story, a group of United States soldiers in Iraq risk their lives to save a local village.
20 Mentions: THE JUDGE (Bill Dubuque)
A successful attorney returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his Alzheimer's-stricken father is suspected of murder and must represent him in court. The ordeal becomes an emotional journey that makes him a better man.
19 Mentions: CLIVE (Natasha Pincus)
After an accident causes a successful CEO to lose both legs, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and identity.
19 Mentions: COMANCHERIA (Taylor Sheridan)
Two brothers, one an ex-con and the other a divorced father of two kids, face the foreclosure of their family's West Texas farm. They team for a skillfully-calculated bank robbing spree that puts them on a collision course with two Texas Rangers determined to take them down.
19 Mentions: FLOWER (Alex McAulay)
A coming of age story about the unlikely bond that forms between a sexually adventurous teenage girl and her obese, mentally unstable step-brother.
19 Mentions: WHALEMEN (Tucker Parsons)
The leader of a fourteenth century Scottish whaling village must seek out and do battle with a whale many times larger than any he has ever seen in order to ransom back his son from the occupying English.
19 Mentions: WHIPLASH (Damien Chazelle)
Based on the eponymous short film written and directed by Chazelle. Under the director of a prestigious but borderline abusive instructor, a young college student begins to lose his humanity in his quest to become the core drummer of the top jazz orchestra in the country.
18 Mentions: GEORGE (Jeff Shakoor)
When an acerbic alcoholic finds himself penniless and alone he has no choice but to crash his family's holiday. Years of alienating them makes for a stiff challenge, but eventually he subtly helps them heal.
17 Mentions: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber)
Based on the eponymous novel by John Green, a teenage girl stricken with cancer falls for a boy in her support group and the two form a bond as they deal with their illnesses.
17 Mentions: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (April Prosser)
A twenty eight year old woman is about to get engaged to her great boyfriend, when the ex she hasn't gotten over moves back into town. All of a sudden she isn't sure if her boyfriend is really the one, and so she spends time decorating her ex's new condo, trying to figure it all out.
16 Mentions: THE BALLAD OF PABLO ESCOBAR (Matt Aldrich)
After his family is almost killed in a car bombing, Pablo Escobar wages a war with a rival cartel and his own government in an effort to protect his family.
16 Mentions: THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Mark Hogan)
During WWII, a a fifteen year old German boy is sent to America to spy for the Fatherland by joining a politically-connected family as an English war orphan. Tension mounts when the boy gets the chance to assassinate President Roosevelt..
16 Mentions: MAN OF TOMORROW (Jeremy Slater)
In an alternate 1940s reality, the US Government makes a deal with an indestructible gangster to kill Hilter in exchange for the city of Chicago, which he will build into his own utopia. Unfortunately his model city never comes to fruition and both he and his Bureau liaison get much of the slack for destroying one of America's greatest cities and now the government wants him dead.
15 Mentions: EL TIGRE (Aaron Buchsbaum, Teddy Riley)
A family vacation goes horribly awry when the father is mistaken for the most ruthless drug lord in Mexico, El Tigre.
15 Mentions: MURDER CITY (Will Simmons)
An ensemble crime story set in Detroit about an ex-con who goes back for one last heist in order to settle his family's debt.
14 Mentions: THE FINAL BROADCAST (Chris Hutton, Eddie O'Keefe)
A man takes a job as a radio broadcaster in a small town, only to discover that it is embedded with a radical group planning mass destruction in conjunction with an upcoming lunar eclipse.
14 Mentions: THE SURVIVALIST (Stephen Fingleton)
Years after lack of resources result in much of the world's population dying off, a survivalist is living on a farm alone until a woman and her seventeen year old daughter show up looking for cover.
13 Mentions: BLACK BOX (David Guggenheim)
When Air Force One crashes, a journalist discovers a cover up after gaining access to the plane's black box data and must unravel the mystery.
13 Mentions: CHERRIES (Brian Kehoe, Jim Kehoe)
Three fathers learn of their teenage daughters' pact to lose their virginity on prom night and band together to stop them.
13 Mentions: FROM NEW YORK TO FLORIDA (Austin Reynolds)
An undisciplined boy is sent to Florida for the summer with his grandparents, and the drive south changes him forever.
13 Mentions: HEY, STELLA! (Tom Shephard)
The story of how Marlon Brando won the role of Stanley Kowalski in Elia Kazan's broadway play A Streetcar Named Desire.
12 Mentions: THE BROKEN (John Glosser)
In 1967 Oklahoma, a war vet/farmer investigates the suspicious death of his estranged son in the next county. When he discovers his son's brutal murder was a covered-up gay bashing, he goes on a one-man mission to take down the corrupt sheriff responsible.
12 Mentions: THE DISCIPLE PROGRAM (Tyler Marceca)
A man begins an investigation into his wife's mysterious death, only to find that it goes much deeper than he imagined.
12 Mentions: JOJO RABBIT (Taika Waititi)
After being severely hurt by a grenade at Hitler youth camp, a prideful and nationalistic ten-year old boy discovers that his mother is hiding a fifteen year old Jewish girl in their house.
11 Mentions: ALL-NIGHTER (Brad Ingelsby)
An aging hitman goes up against his boss over a single night in order to protect his family.
11 Mentions: MCCARTHY (Justin Kremer)
It is 1951. Junior Senator Joe McCarthy feels lost. He's anonymous, just another suit on Capitol Hill. He craves attention and celebrity. He's desperate to be noticed, to be adored. Inspired by the response of the American public to the House of Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthy decides that communism will be his defining issue. What follows is nearly unthinkable — national fame, a shocking conspiracy, a sitting President afraid to oppose him, and a torrid journey of self destruction and paranoia.
11 Mentions: THE WINTER KILLS (Ben Carney)
A disgraced cop pursues the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago, has resurfaced, and is killing again.
11 Mentions: WHO FRAMED TOMMY CALLAHAN? (Harry Kellerman)
An elementary school student searches for the truth behind the candy bar ring conspiracy that got his brother expelled.
10 Mentions: OUR NAME IS ADAM (T.S. Nowlin)
An astronaut travels back in time to enlist the help of his younger self.
10 Mentions: THE PORTLAND CONDITION (Dan Cohn, Jeremy Miller)
Set against the backdrop of rainy Portland, Oregon, a young man finds himself falling in love for the first time – only to receive a letter from his future self, warning him of impending heartbreak.
10 Mentions: SOMACELL (Ashleigh Powell
A female prison guard in the future, where prisoners are rehabilitated with virtual reality, discovers a conspiracy that puts her loyalty into question.
10 Mentions: UNTITLED COPS SCRIPT (Blake McCormick)
Following a costume party where they dressed as cops, two best friends are mistaken for actual police officers and find themselves on the run, after being forced to bring a dangerous criminal back to the station.
9 Mentions: CONVERSION (Marissa Jo Cerar)
A preacher's wife, grieving from the loss of her teenage son and struggling to hold her family together, forms an unlikely friendship with a young street hustler who helps her understand her lost son and survive alcoholic depression.
9 Mentions: GOODBYE, FELIX CHESTER (Max Taxe)
After finding out he has a month left to live, high school junior Felix Chester focuses all of his time and energy on one goal: losing his virginity to his dream girl.
9 Mentions: PENNY DREADFUL (Shane Atkinson)
Desperate to hang on to his pregnant girlfriend, bumbling Dennis gets caught up in a kidnapping scheme gone awry, leaving him saddled with a sociopathic little girl who seemingly calls the shots.
8 Mentions: BORDER COUNTRY (Jonathan Stokes)
A veteran goes to war against a crew of corrupt cops intent on controlling the US/Mexico border.
8 Mentions: DOPPELGANGERS (Evan Mirzai, Shea Mirzai)
Buttoned-down 20-something Eric isn't ready to marry his longtime girlfriend Abby. His only way out is through slacker Sam, his identical twin brother, who offers to pose as Eric to do the dumping. But the plan becomes a disaster when Sam realizes Abby is actually really cool–and falls head over heels for her…
8 Mentions: THE EQUALIZER (Richard Wenk)
A veteran covert operative seeking redemption for his dark deeds quits a CIA-like agency and devotes himself to helping others where injustice has been done.
8 Mentions: GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM (Jason Micallef
After nine years, a NASA communications expert reconnects with the astronaut she believed to be dead and helps rescue him from space.
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8 Mentions: OUT OF STATE (Eric Pearson)
While driving his regular interstate bus route, an emotionally fractured ex-convict finds himself acting as a father figure to a forsaken young boy from the Philadelphia ghetto, even though he knows that the boy is smuggling drugs.
8 Mentions: TIMES SQUARE (Taylor Materne, Jake Rubin)
Set amidst the transformation of Times Square from New York's seediest neighborhood to the commercialized Disneyland it is today, when a secret from his past is unearthed, a young man's loyalties are divided between his neighborhood boss who raised him and the grizzled ex-cop who swore to protect him.
7 Mentions: BLEEDING KANSAS (Russell Sommer, Dan Frey)
A runaway slave and a sheriff must journey to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Gubernatorial candidate against the backdrop of Kansas' induction into statehood and whether or not it would be a slave or free state.
7 Mentions: EX BOYFRIEND OF THE BRIDE (Matt Hausfater)
After he finds out his ex-girlfriend is getting married, a man decides to go to the wedding in order to stop her from going through with it.
7 Mentions: HIBERNATION (Will Frank, Geneva Robertson-Dworet)
A wrongly convicted inmate volunteers for a hibernation experiment in exchange for one day of parole every five years, which he uses to prove his innocence and search for his missing daughter across an increasingly futuristic landscape.
7 Mentions: THE HOOVERVILLE DEAD (Brantley Aufill)
Set in St. Louis in the 1920s, washed up baseball player Will Cosgrove is a private eye with his older brother Ross. When Ross goes missing, Will stumbles upon a deep secret that the disease taking over the town is not quite what it seems and a mob boss turned Governor will do anything to keep the town's secret from being revealed.
7 Mentions: THE KILLING SPREE (Derek Elliott, Jack Donaldson)
Heartbroken after being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, a guy's best friends devise the perfect plan for his recovery and teach him how to sleep with as many women as humanly possible.
7 Mentions: MIDNIGHT AT NOON (Nathaniel Halpern)
On the run after robbing a bank during the great depression, two brothers find themselves trapped in the harsh region known as the Dust Bowl where a ruthless killer hunts them down.
7 Mentions: THE OUTSKIRTS (Dominique Ferrari, Suzanne Wrubel
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
7 Mentions: STOCKHOLM, PENNSYLVANIA (Nikole Beckwith)
A young woman, kidnapped when she was a kid, returns home to the family she barely remembers and struggles to feel 'at home.'
7 Mentions: TRANSCENDENCE (Jack Paglen)
An epic love story set in a time where a dying scientist is able to upload his consciousness into the internet and, facing its global implications, must fight against the forces who are actively working against the existence of a singularity.
6 Mentions: ALMANAC (Jason Pagan, Andrew Stark)
A group of high school kids discover how to time travel, but fail to recognize the potential consequences.
6 Mentions: COME AND FIND ME (Zack Whedon)
When his girlfriend goes missing, David must track down her whereabouts after he realizes she's not who she was pretending to be.
6 Mentions: DON'T MAKE ME GO (Vera Herbert)
When a single father to a teenage daughter learns that he has a fatal brain tumor, he takes her on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before and to try to teach her everything she might need over the rest of her life.
6 Mentions: THE EEL (Roberto Bentivegna)
An escaped convict is ensnared in a plot by a corrupt Sheriff to kidnap the young heiress to an oil fortune, complicating his quest for freedom.
6 Mentions: F*CK MARRY KILL (Neel Shah, Alex Blagg)
Three best friends return for their high school reunion intent on righting all the wrongs done to them in high school … by either f*cking, marrying, or killing their tormentors.
6 Mentions: HOLD ON TO ME (Brad Ingelsby)
Based on an article written by Hillel Levin and Jim Keene, a ruthless and moneyhungry woman uses a hapless man as a pawn in her criminal schemes.
6 Mentions: KING OF HEISTS (Will Staples)
Based on the book King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America, written by J. North Conway. An unassuming man in the elite New York society assembles a crew that pulls off the largest bank heist in American history in 1878.
6 Mentions: THE LIGHTHOUSE (Eric Kirsten)
William Van Alen's building of the Chrysler building and the competition to be the first to complete the world's tallest building.
6 Mentions: MONSOON (Matt Ackley)
A dangerous love affair between a photojournalist and a black market smuggler set against the June 2001 massacre of the Royal Family in Nepal.
6 Mentions: THE PAPER MAN (Sean O'Keefe)
The true story of Matthias Sindelar, the Austrian footballer voted as the Sportsman of the Century and killed by Hitler's Nazi party.
6 Mentions: PESTE (Barbara Marshall)
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a teen documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
6 Mentions: TITANS OF PARK ROW (Mitch Akselrad)
Young William Randolph Hearst goes to war against an aging Joseph Pulitzer as each tries to monopolize coverage of a mysterious homicide capturing New York's imagination, birthing the modern concept of sensationalist media coverage.
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44 TSA workers at Newark face firing or suspension
The Transportation Security Administration on Friday moved to fire 25 employees at Newark Liberty International Airport and suspend 19 others for what it said was improper screening of checked luggage, the latest in a series of problems at one of the country's busiest airports.
TSA analyzes mobile needs before deployment
Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander, TSA's chief information officer, said the goal is to make sure employees have the right device to match up with their mission requirements.
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TSA gets positive reviews from most Americans, poll finds
A Gallup poll finds that 54 percent of Americans think the Transportation Security Administration is doing a good or excellent job.
TSA labor deal includes revamped performance reviews, due process
The historic labor agreement covering 45,000 transportation security officers (TSOs) overhauls the current pay-for-performance system, puts in place a grievance process for workplace disputes and increases the uniform allowance.
TSA, union reach deal on historic, first contract
The nation's 45,000 transportation security officers now have union representation.
TSA no-show angers lawmakers as they get few answers about TWIC
Program to provide identification cards for maritime workers lags behind a similar DoD effort, and is causing decade-long problems.
House bill extends TSA intel sharing to mass transit
The Transportation Security Administration already shares intelligence it collects with airports. Now a House bill would expand TSA's intel sharing to local mass transit systems as well.
TSA says it's working to improve poor reputation
Just in time for the summer travel season, House lawmakers gave an earful Thursday to the chief of the Transportation Security Administration with complaints about post-9/11 restrictions on carry-on items aboard planes.
5 Florida TSA workers fired, 38 others suspended
Five Transportation Security Administration workers at a southwest Florida airport have been fired and another 38 suspended after an investigation found they failed to perform random screenings last year.
DHS underscores efforts to battle corruption
The Customs and Border Protection directorate wants to weed out agents who "go bad" years into their careers, using more lie detector tests. Background checks at the Transportation Security Administration have kept more than 5,000 potentially bad actors from joining the TSA workforce. At Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leaders emphasize the importance of employee outreach and education to prevent corruption.
Congress considers threats from airport employees
Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday.
Agencies feel strain of balancing mobility, security
The Army and DISA will release a broad agency announcement this summer seeking third party software to secure smartphones and tablet computers. The Marine Corps is looking at host of different possibilities to secure mobile devices, including a process to verify the software code in apps.
Issa: TSA workers 'doing best they can' with ineffective equipment, methods
The Transportation Security Administration has grown from "the ashes of the Pentagon and the Twin Towers" into a 65,000-employee agency, whose effectiveness is now being called into question by lawmakers.
GAO: Improvement needed in three TSA screening programs
Stephen Lord, the director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office, testified that TSA still has room for improvement in three of its screening programs. He shared his findings in a House Oversight and Government Committee hearing on Monday and had highlights from his testimony on The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp.
Lawmakers call TSA screeners ineffective, rude
House members of both parties on Monday teed off against the agency in charge of airport and port anti-terrorist screening, saying it uses ineffective tactics, wastes money on faulty equipment and treats travelers rudely.
IG: DHS must improve recovering improper payments
The Homeland Security Department is complying with federal improper payments legislation, but the department can do more to recover improper payments, according to the DHS IG.
Correction: Airport Security story
In some versions of a Nov. 24, 2010, story about Thanksgiving holiday security at U.S. airports, The Associated Press wrongly attributed a comment supporting more invasive screening measures to AP reporter Ted Shaffrey. It was a traveler interviewed by Shaffrey who said, "Tell all the people whining about getting patted down to remember 9/11. They're all whine-bags." In a paragraph attached to the story, Shaffrey was correctly listed one of the AP journalists who contributed to the report.
Low morale at DHS is 'referendum on leadership'
Strong leadership is key to boosting employee morale at the Homeland Security Department, according to testimony today before aHouse Homeland Security subcommittee.
OMB evolving mobile strategy as focus broadens
The administration now will release a digital services strategy in April instead of just one for mobile computing. The document will bring together two efforts, mobile and .gov reform. Agencies are trying to avoid mistakes made when they entered the PC-era by ensuring a mission need for these devices.


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BOSTON – Wednesday, August 13, 2014 – Governor Deval Patrick today signed H.4377 "An Act To Promote Economic Growth in the Commonwealth," building on the Patrick Administration's successful economic development strategy of investing in education, innovation and infrastructure. The economic development package provides new tools and training to ensure the Massachusetts workforce meets the needs of employers, invests in our Gateway Cities to promote development across the entire state and provides incentives to create jobs and stimulate the economy. Read more
Compromise Bill Preserves Non-Compete Agreements
From AIM Blog, posted by John Regan 7/31/14
Massachusetts employers would retain the ability to protect their intellectual property through the use of non-compete agreements and would gain access to an expanded research and development tax credit under an economic development bill approved by the Legislature early today. Read more
Senate Limits Employer Access to Social Media Passwords
The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill last week that would forbid employers from requesting social media user names and passwords from employees or prospective employees. The measure now goes to the House of Representatives. AIM is working to ensure that the bill contains exemptions for workplace investigations.
AIM Urges Lawmakers to Delay Minimum Wage Increase, Reform Unemployment Insurance System
AIM will urge a legislative conference committee today to delay any increase in the state minimum wage until January 1, 2015 and to push forward with structural reforms to the Unemployment Insurance system. In a letter to conferees, AIM says an immediate minimum-wage hike will disrupt employers midway through the fiscal year. Read more
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50th Annual Commencement Exercises
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Photographs by Ann Montgomery '96
The Class of 2014 and their families, friends, professors, mentors and supporters were treated to a beautiful spring evening as MCC's 50th Commencement Exercises got under way Thursday, May 29, 2014, at the Bicentennial Band Shell on the campus lawn. Eight hundred ninety-eight degrees and certificates were awarded to 847 graduates. Students from 79 towns across Connecticut and six other states were awarded associate in science degrees, associate in art degrees and certificates. The youngest graduate is 18 years old and the oldest is 68. Two hundred fifty-four graduates received academic honors: 40 were named summa cum laude; 78, magna cum laude; and 136, cum laude.
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Achieve the Perfect Slurp with the American Chef Who Took a Chance in Japan
Ivan Orkin is the noodle-obsessed restaurateur from Long Island who, remarkably for a 'gaijin' foreigner, became a culinary marvel after opening two ramen joints in Tokyo, the first in 2007. "As a white guy from New York opening a shop in the heart of ramen land, I dealt with some pretty hard customers," he muses. "But New York's the same—there I'm still a white guy making ramen trying to convince people that I can cook noodles." In today's film that is inspired by the seminal Japanese 'noodle Western' Tampopo, director Jake Sumner captures Orkin's stateside debut, the Ivan Ramen Slurp Shop at Gotham West Market in Hell's Kitchen; coincidentally, during his early days in Japan, Orkin taught English to Tampopo's female star, Nobuko Miyamoto. Back in Japan, the chef's bespectacled profile is emblazoned on his own best-selling range of Sapporo Ichiban instant ramen, seducing the public from local supermarket aisles with his rye-flecked, Jewish deli-influenced noodles. Momofuku's Lucky Peach magazine first introduced Orkin's Eastern adventures to the West, which led the restaurant empire's founder David Chang to pen the foreword to Orkin's memoirs and cookbook, Ivan Ramen. "I had terrible culture shock when I came back to New York two years ago," adds the chef of his re-assimilation. "During my 30-year relationship with Japan, I had spent a long time learning how to do things a certain way."
The Internet Age Novelist's Story Inspires Filmmaker Edward Housden's Surreal Short
"I started just knowing that the main character was going to work at NASA, where I imagined her on Gchat at her work computer," says author, artist and poet Tao Lin of the cake-headed protagonist in today's deadpan short story The Vegan Muffin, adapted into a darkly comical vignette by Australian director Edward Housden. "For a while I was writing a lot of little stories with animals as the main character—there was a manatee, an ant, a shark—and it seemed a lot more fun. This is the only food-based one. And the only story set at NASA." Recognized for his unconventional prose style that reflects the immediacy of the internet generation with refreshing transparency, Lin's semi-autobiographical third novel Taipei was published by Random House last year, and his Muumuu House press has put out work by vanguard American writers Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner and Megan Boyle. In Housden's film, Lin's surreal day-in-the-life is transposed to London, complete with a Gary Card-designed muffin head and narration by vegan model and actress, Tallulah Harlech. "The original story was published in 2009, and I haven't written any like this in years," says Lin. "I have about 10 on a Google Doc that I work on from time to time. I find them very satisfying."
Inside the Secluded World of London's Renowned Artisanal Fishmonger Hansen & Lydersen
Director Nikolaj Belzer hones in on the idiosyncratic owner of famed artisanal salmon smokery Hansen & Lydersen, Ole-Martin Hansen, in his latest short, produced by Everything is Okay and Freunde von Freunden. Using a recipe dating back to 1923 and handed down through generations of Norwegian fishmongers, Hansen provides his tender salmon to leading London restaurants such as Yotam Ottolenghi's Nopi, Hakkasan's Sake No Hana and Terence Conran's boutique hotel-restaurant the Boundary. Living in a secluded, self-built urban cabin above his warehouse smokery in the center of Stoke Newington, Hansen works singlehandedly with each piece of sustainably farmed salmon from the British Faroe Islands. "I like to have as little as possible in here," explains Hansen of his premises, "so it is a space for thinking, for ideas to develop." Skinning, deboning, salting and finally smoking each fish with his traditional blend of juniper-infused hay, the former Sound Arts and Design student even plays improvised classical scores on the piano while the salmon smokes. "When I first met Ole he immediately struck me as a fascinating character," says Belzer. "His approach is much more than just a working method, it is an attitude, a way of life."


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Two Men Rescued From Icy Reservoir In Foxboro
A woman who was with the men ran to help, but also fell through the ice.
New England, Philly Among Those Hoping To Host Super Bowl
Now that the first New York/New Jersey Super Bowl was a smashing success for everyone except the Denver Broncos and their fans, NFL owners in other cold-weather cities are sure to be lining up to try to bring the Big Game to their stadiums.
Foxboro Teenager Sam Berns Dies After Long Battle With Rare Disease
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Japan to spend almost $500 million on water crisis at Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, stepping up government efforts to cope with the legacy of the worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century.
The announcement comes just days before the International Olympic Committee decides whether Tokyo - 230 km (140 miles) from the wrecked plant - will host the 2020 Olympic Games and the government is keen to show the crisis is under control. Madrid and Istanbul are the rival candidates.
"The world is watching to see if we can carry out the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, including addressing the contaminated water issues," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told cabinet ministers, who met to approve the plan.
The government intervention represents only a tiny slice of the response to the Fukushima crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused reactor meltdowns at the plant. The clean-up, including decommissioning the ruined reactors, will take decades and rely on unproven technology.
The measures do not address the full problem of water management at the plant or the bigger issue of decommissioning. The sensitive job of removing spent fuel rods is to start in the coming months. The ultimate fate of the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), also remains unclear, as does the question of who will eventually foot the bill - Japanese taxpayers, or the embattled Tepco.
"This is a matter of public safety, so the country has to take the lead on this issue and respond as quickly as possible. Figuring out who to bill for the costs can come later," Economics Minister Akira Amari told a news conference.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a separate news conference that the government would spend a total of 47 billion yen ($473.05 million), including 21 billion yen in emergency reserve funds from this year's budget.
Of that, 32 billion yen will fund the building of a massive underground wall of frozen earth around the damaged reactors to contain groundwater flows, and 15 billion yen to improve a water treatment system meant to drastically reduce radiation levels in the contaminated water.
Tepco, Japan's biggest utility, has come under a fresh flood of criticism following a stream of bad news including its admission, after repeated denials, that contaminated water was flowing into the Pacific Ocean. That was followed by leaks from above-ground tanks used to store radiated water.
The problems have revived notions, debated but rejected in the months after the March 2011 disaster, of liquidating Tepco or at least splitting off the Fukushima operation from its other businesses and putting it under direct government control.
"Is anyone at Tepco taking responsibility for these mistakes? I haven't heard of anyone stepping down or being fired," said Taro Kono, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party deputy secretary general who is critical of nuclear utilities. "Tepco needs to go down and the government needs to take over," he said, acknowledging his was a minority view in the ruling party.
Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi and ruling party officials have said liquidating Tepco was not being considered as an option.
Critics said the government was mainly trying to cool down international media coverage ahead of the Olympics decision.
"At a moment when international public opinion is worrying about the long-term consequences of repeated leaks at the site, Tokyo seems to obeying the short-term logic of waiting until the Olympics decision is over," Mycle Schneider, an independent nuclear energy analyst based in Paris who frequently visits Japan, said by email. A more sustainable option, he added, would be to seek global support to confront Fukushima's unprecedented challenges.
Motegi denied the Olympic bid was the main motivating factor. "The government felt that we want to be fully involved and put together fundamental measures regardless of the decision on where they will hold the Games," he said.
Measurable radiation from water leaking from the facility is confined to the harbour around the plant, Motegi noted, and is not an environmental threat to other countries because the radiation will be diluted by the sea.
The peak release of radiation in the sea around Fukushima came about a month after the earthquake and tsunami. Ocean currents have since dispersed the plume and sent the diluted radiation in a slow drift towards the West Coast of the United States, studies have shown. The amount of radiation expected to reach Canadian and U.S. coastal waters in the years ahead is projected to be well within safety limits for drinking water as it will have been greatly diluted.
The closest towns to the stricken plant remain deserted and off-limits to the public. But some former residents have started to return to their homes, some of which are less than 20 kms away, as decontamination work progresses.
China said last month it was "shocked" to hear that contaminated water was still leaking from storage tanks and urged Japan to give timely and accurate information. [ID:nL4N0GM0DG] Tepco is storing enough contaminated water to fill more than 130 Olympic-sized swimming pools, mostly in hastily built tanks that officials have said may spring further leaks.
The planned measures are daunting. Freezing earth to block water flows is a technology commonly used in digging subway tunnels, but is untested on the Fukushima scale and the planned duration of years or decades. The decontamination technology has repeatedly suffered from glitches.
The Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), developed by Utah-based EnergySolutions and Toshiba Corp, can remove all radioactive particles from water except tritium, considered the least harmful to humans. But the system has been stalled for months due to mishaps.
Tepco said earlier that patrolling workers had found a new area of high radiation near water storage tanks.
($1 = 99.3550 Japanese yen)
(Additional reporting by Sumio Ito, Aaron Sheldrick and Stanley White; Writing by Billy Mallard and Linda Sieg; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
But, I am glad to hear that the government is finally getting involved in this mess. I have come to despise TEPCO after two years of being lied to and I am shocked to see the incompetence of these people. I cannot believe they were allowed to run a thing like this in the first place. AND: I hope the Japanese people as a whole will be smart enough not to let Abe get away with turning any of the other plants on again. Surely everyone around the world by now agrees with me that there is no reason to assume that the employees of any of the other nuclear plants are any smarter than the ones at TEPCO.
Besides that, I hope the government will not only pay for the clean-up of Fukushima, they will hopefully seek some compensation for the taxpayer by collecting the profits from the sale of power by TEPCO. I seriously hope the salaries of all the TEPCO employees, especially all management and middle management, have been reduced to what Japan pays its English teachers from overseas – about 2,2 million yen or 22,000 US$ a year. TEPCO managers until recently earned about 15 times that much for endangering and contaminating Japan and the planet earth.
Thirdly, I hope the government of Japan, which is so busy destroying social standards in its own country by saying yes to everything American multi-nationals are demanding in connection with the TPP-negotitiations, has at least the foresight to start investing in alternative energy – SAFE & HEALTHY alternative energy, that is.
Let's not forget: We are talking about the country that produced the famous "kamikaze". Abe, keep ignoring the needs of your people and you might soon be confronted with the first Japanese suicide bombers. With your insistence on pleasing big business and the nuclear village, you leave your own people, the real people, in a situation where they soon have nothing to lose.
Put some refrigerator pipes around the plant and freeze the ground? As if the water would not go under the scyfi wall?
Sounds the same of that plastic cover in form of building they put on the thing to make it look pretty…
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3 Stocks to Benefit From Rising Food Demand
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As the demand for crops and meat increases worldwide, especially in BRIC countries, grain prices should remain strong, leading to a greater use of fertilizers and chemicals in order to increase yields, revenues, and margins. In this context, crop nutrient suppliers seem poised to benefit.
In this segment, as in many others, big, international companies offer the best prospects for the long-term. Consequently, I will look at three huge firms within the industry, PotashCorp (NYSE: POT), Mosaic (NYSE: MOS), and Agrium (NYSE: AGU), that enjoy scale benefits and, therefore, appear to be in an advantageous position to outperform its peers.
PotashCorp: Wide range of crop nutrients
PotashCorp is the world's largest potash provider, second-largest nitrogen producer, and third-largest phosphate company. Offering a wide array of crop nutrients, it largely benefits from scale and diversification advantages. Moreover, by owning several potash mines in Canada, including rights to the world's largest potash reserve, the company has considerably cut input costs. Going forward, PotashCorp is not only going to benefit from expansion projects in its potash production segment, but also from rising demand for nitrogen, a more resilient and profitable nutrient than potash and phosphate.
"Given the oligopolistic nature of the industry, (…) [analysts expect that] potash prices will stay above marginal costs of production, but think [that] potash supply growth outstripping demand growth will put some pressure on long-term prices relative to current levels." (Morningstar)
Despite these concerns, its nitrogen segment, which accounted for that 30% of its revenue in Q1, provides plenty of growth opportunities. Furthermore, after India and China returned to buying potash after weak demand in 2012, the gap between a fast growing offer and a slower-growing demand will narrow considerably; analysts expects demand to rise in low teens during 2013.
PotashCorp's substantially low input costs protect its margins and provide a good moat to the company. Even if demand of potash were to drop, this stock is still a buy for long-term investors, especially trading at 17.1 times its earnings, slightly below the industry average while holding lower business risks than many of its peers. As mentioned above, its cost advantages have provided the firm with a 38.1% operating margin and a 25.9% net margin, versus the 27.1% and 18.3% respective industry averages.
Further reasons to feel bullish about PotashCorp can be found in its strong international presence -- international markets account for over 70% of its revenue -- a strong balance sheet, robust cash flow generation capabilities, and a history of rising dividends, currently at a 2% yield.
Mosaic: The main phosphate producer
Mosaic is another phosphate, potash, and nitrogen crop nutrients company. Although its market capitalization of $26.3 billion is 28% smaller than PotashCorp's, its valuation in relation to its earnings is also 20% lower. Offering compelling growth prospects while trading at 13.6 times earnings, I'd recommend buying this stock as well. As the largest producer of phosphate in the world, its fixed costs can be distributed among a large customer base, providing the firm with fair margins.
However, its main advantage might stem from its vertical integration, especially within its phosphate assets. This provides an edge over smaller, non-integrated producers that are more susceptible to high rock prices (Morningstar). Nevertheless, just like PotashCorp, Mosaic is not immune to other input cost variations, particularly in the prices of products used to process phosphate fertilizers.
Its strong international presence and growing demand of phosphate and potash nutrients in fast-developing markets such as Brazil, India, and China, where Mosaic holds a robust position, will drive growth going forward. In addition, the Ma´aden joint venture provides growth opportunities in other important Asian countries. Furthermore, the company has recently declared that it intends to increase its financial leverage and put a stop to its expansion plans for now in order to achieve a more efficient balance sheet and resilient long-term profitability, while returning value to shareholders through stock repurchases.
Although some concerns arise around this decision, overall, the outlook seems promising. After reporting a strong Q3 that beat analysts' estimates and a sturdy guidance, this stock seems to offer an attractive entry point for investors.
Agrium: Operates in North America, Argentina, and Australia
Agrium is the third and the smallest firm in terms of market capitalization that I will take a look at. Producing mainly nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and sulfur fertilizers and operating in three very big agricultural markets, North America, Argentina, and Australia, it's in a position to benefit from expanding demand.
Valued the cheapest among the three companies reviewed here, at 9.5 times its earnings, 2 times its book value, and 0.9 times its sales, this stock is still not a buy for the long-term, although it might deliver some upside for those short on the company.Analysts expect Agrium to widely underperform the market and its industry, particularly in terms of EPS growth. The main reasons behind this pessimism are its volatility in pricing and demand for crop nutrients and its susceptibility to natural gas price variations.
Nevertheless, there are several reasons to keep an eye on this firm as certain events might unfold and portray a more encouraging outlook. One of the main factors that could boost growth is the demand for crop nutrients, which has been sluggish lately, but promises to recover as arable lands need to be increasingly efficient to supply the world's fast-growing demand (particularly within BRIC countries).
Moreover, being the largest agricultural retail operator in the United States, with more than 750 farm stores across the country, its recent acquisition of the Landmark operations of AWB in Australia added roughly 400 farm stores to its portfolio. The company should benefit largely from this purchase as the country is one of the main food exporters for the rapidly growing Chinese market. Moreover, "the retail agriculture market is very fragmented, leaving Agrium room to steadily snap up smaller competitors and increase its share lead and bargaining power with suppliers." (Morningstar)
Bottom line
Although Mosaic and PotashCorp compete in some areas, both seem poised to grow independently. In terms of valuation, they both look pretty attractive and offer, in my opinion, very good entry points for investors. I'd recommend not missing out on them, as upside potential is much and risks are not that high. Agrium, on the other hand, although alluring for its valuation, still offers an unclear future. I'd advocate on holding for now, but not losing track of the company as it might become an attractive investment.
With less and less arable land available around the world, increasing yields from existing plots could become vitally important to keeping up with expected population growth. Cheap and effective fertilizers could be the key to achieving this goal. As the global leader in potash production, PotashCorp has established several barriers to entry that make it nearly impossible for competition to break through. Click here now to access The Motley Fool's premium research report that covers precisely what these barriers to entry are and details several other key reasons why PotashCorp presents such a compelling investment opportunity today.
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SPIDER!! The dumbest, but yet, most affective way of killing it? Burn the house down!
This woman from Kansas thought it through very carefully, and decided to light some towels on fire with a cigarette lighter to get it, but ended up setting her duplex on fire at 1:30am. Besides the spider, nobody was hurt.
Other than the fact that she got charged with arson...success. I mean, the spider's gone, right?