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1. Flowers Foods
   Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods is one of the nation's leading producers and marketers of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers. Flowers operates 36 bakeries that produce a wide range of bakery products marketed throughout the Southeastern, Southwestern, and mid-Atlantic states via an extensive direct-store-delivery network and nationwide through other delivery systems. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Cobblestone Mill, Sunbeam, Blue Bird, and Mrs. Freshley's. For more information, visit www.flowersfoods.com.
2. Broken Flowers
   Broken Flowers, the latest film from director Jim Jarmusch, is something of a puzzle. The movie is centered around Don Johnston, played by Bill Murray, a preoccupied man who lives in the luxury penthouse/prison of his own narcissism. Don made his money in computers, but now doesn’t even own one. He is an “aging Don Juan” who barely reacts when his girlfriend, who clearly likes him, walks out on him in the movie’s first scene. He displays little more emotion when he receives an anonymous letter stating that 20 years ago he may have fathered a son and that the 19-year-old boy may be searching for him.
3. Flowers Foods -- Bakeries
   When Flowers Foods purchased Ideal Baking Co., Batesville, Ark., in October 2002, it inherited the Healthline label, which Ideal Baking used sporadically on its bread and roll products. "We (Flowers Foods) felt that Healthline had a lot more legs than it was currently being given credit for," Janice Anderson, Flowers Bakeries' vice president of marketing, says. "And we felt that we had the opportunity to develop it into something greater than it was."
4. Flowers Foods -- Sales
   Flowers Foods has become one of the largest producers of fresh baked goods in the United States. Headquartered in Thomasville, Flowers Foods began as a local provider of fresh bread and grew to become one of the largest bakery operations in the nation. Flowers has annual sales of more than $1.5 billion, and its products, including several well-known brands of bread, are distributed nationally.
5. Flowers Foods -- Company
   Bakery products maker Flowers Foods Inc. predicted Thursday its 2008 earnings per share will grow between about 5 percent and 15 percent. The company's guidance implies earnings between $1.07 and $1.17 per share. Flowers Foods ... said sales will be between about $2.21 billion and $2.26 billion. Analysts predict sales of $2.2 billion for the year.
6. Broken Flowers -- Bill Murray
   Broken Flowers is a 2005 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. It stars Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, and Mark Webber.
7. State of Missouri -- State University
   The University of Missouri is a major participant in the state’s economy. In 2004 it generated over $2 billion in revenues and spent nearly that amount, leading to the employment of 23,000 faculty and staff, as well as the education of 63,000 students. The funds earmarked for UM provide a number of important services, from instruction to research to medical care and Entertainment. Its economic activity and level of employment place the University among some of the largest corporations headquartered in Missouri, and as one of the top employers of Missourians. In fact, few other industries play such a large role in the state. While a number of private businesses may be larger in terms of revenues collected (both from inside and outside the state), few of them create as much in-state economic activity (value-added) as the University of Missouri.
8. Sacramento State -- Sac State
   Sacramento State has 3,000 trees, with flower gardens, miles of trails stretching along the nearby river parkway, and student housing with recreational areas such as Lake Natoma and Old Sacramento, in addition to its on-campus housing. The best time to tour the campus are during the fall months or early spring, as the colors of the thousands of trees make quite a display.
9. State of Ohio -- United States
   Associated Estates Realty Corporation, one of the largest multifamily property owners in the United States, is a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), headquartered in Richmond Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The Company directly or indirectly owns, manages, or is a joint venture partner in 112 multifamily properties containing a total of 23,911 units located in 11 states. ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION Financial Highlights (in thousands, except per share data) For the Three Months For the Nine Months Ended Ended September 30, September 30, 2005 2004 2005 2004 Total revenue $38,777 $38,073 $112,389 $113,469 Net income (loss) 14,210 (2,445) 11,705 5,042 Net income (loss) applicable to common shares (1) 12,949 (3,816) 5,674 929 Add: Depreciation - real estate assets 8,118 8,003 24,433 23,561 Depreciation - real estate assets - joint ventures 240 247 719 818 Amortization of joint venture deferred costs 8 9 25 (1) Amortization of intangible assets 366 126 1,039 282 Less: Gain on disposition of properties (17,406) - (21,437) (9,682) Funds from operations (FFO) (2) 4,275 4,569 10,453 15,907 Add: Original cost associated with redemption of preferred shares - - 2,163 - Funds from operations (FFO) excluding preferred redemption costs (3) 4,275 4,569 12,616 15,907 Add: Depreciation - other assets 399 429 1,231 1,296 Depreciation - other assets - joint ventures 39 50 134 150 Amortization of deferred financing fees 261 263 885 800 Amortization of deferred financing fees - joint ventures 13 41 35 61 Less: Fixed asset additions (2,923) (2,965) (5,640) (5,999) Fixed asset additions - joint ventures (45) (12) (74) (30) Funds available for distribution (FAD) (4) $2,019 $2,375 $9,187 $12,185 Per share: Net income (loss) applicable to common shares - basic and diluted (1) $0.67 $(0.20) $0.29 $0.05 Funds from operations - basic and diluted (2) $0.22 $0.23 $0.54 $0.82 - excluding preferred redemption costs (3) $0.22 $0.23 $0.65 $0 82 Dividends per share $0.17 $0.17 $0.51 $0.51 Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted 19,257 19,541 19,478 19,508 (1) After dividends and original costs associated with the preferred share redemption, of $1,261, $1,371, $6,031 and $4,113, equivalent to $0.07, $0.07, $0.31 and $0.21 per common share, respectively. (2) The Company defines funds from operations (FFO) as the inclusion of all operating results, both recurring and non-recurring, except those results defined as "extraordinary items" under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), adjusted for depreciation on real estate assets and amortization of intangible assets and gains and losses from the disposition of properties and land. Adjustments for joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indicator of the Company's operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity.
10. Minnesota -- States
    Minnesota's earliest industries were fur trading and agriculture; the city of Minneapolis grew around the flour mills powered by St. Anthony Falls. Although less than 1% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector,[52] it remains a major part of the state's economy, ranking 6th in the nation in the value of products sold.[53] The state is the U.S.'s largest producer of sugar beets, sweet corn, and green peas for processing, and farm-raised turkeys.[54] Forestry remains strong, including logging, pulpwood processing and paper production, and forest products manufacturing. Minnesota was famous for its soft-ore mines, which produced a significant portion of the world's iron ore for over a century. Although the high-grade ore is now depleted, taconite mining continues, using processes developed locally to save the industry. In 2004, the state produced 75% of the country's usable iron ore.[54] The mining boom created the port of Duluth which continues to be important for shipping ore, coal, and agricultural products. The manufacturing sector now includes technology and biomedical firms in addition to the older food processors and heavy industry.

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