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RCON > SEC Filings for RCON > Form 10-Q on 13-Feb-2014 | All Recent SEC Filings |
Quarterly Report
The following discussion and analysis of our company's financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
We are a company with limited liability incorporated in 2007 under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Headquartered in Beijing, we provide products and services to oil and gas companies and their affiliates through Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. ("Nanjing Recon") and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. ("BHD" and together with Nanjing Recon, our "Domestic Companies"). As the company contractually controlling the Domestic Companies, we are the center of strategic management, financial control and human resources allocation.
Our business is mainly focused on the upstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. We derive our revenues from the sales and provision of (1) hardware products, (2) software products, and (3) services. Our products and services involve most of the key procedures of the extraction and production of oil and gas, and include automation systems, equipment, tools and on-site technical services.
Our VIEs provide the oil and gas industry with equipment, production technologies, automation and services.
· Nanjing Recon: Nanjing Recon is a high-tech company that specializes in automation services for oilfield companies. It mainly focuses on providing automation solutions to the oil exploration industry, including monitoring wells, automatic metering to the joint station production, process monitor, and a variety of oilfield equipment and control systems.
· BHD: BHD is a high-tech company that specializes in transportation equipment and stimulation productions and services. Possessing proprietary patents and substantial industry experience, BHD has built up stable and strong working relationships with the major oilfields in China.
Recent events
On November 25, 2013 (as amended on November 29, 2013), the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors for the sale of 546,500 ordinary shares in a registered direct offering at the price of $4.81 per ordinary share (amended to $4.30 per ordinary share on November 29, 2013). The net cash proceeds received from the stock offering, after deducting placement agency fees and other associated fees, were Ą12,132,882 (approximately $2.0 million). Please see details in Note 14 - Stockholders' equity.
Products and Services
We provide the following three types of integrated products and services for our customers.
Equipment for Oil and Gas Production and Transportation
High-Efficiency Heating Furnaces. Crude petroleum contains certain impurities that must be removed before it can be sold, including water and natural gas. To remove the impurities and to prevent solidification and blockage in transport pipes, companies employ heating furnaces. BHD researched, developed and implemented a new oilfield furnace that is advanced, highly automated, reliable, easily operable, safe and highly heat-efficient (90% efficiency).
Burner. We serve as an agent for the Unigas Burner, which is designed and manufactured by UNIGAS, a European burning equipment production company. The burner we provide has the following characteristics: high degree of automation, energy conservation, high turn-down ratio, high security and environmental safety.
Oil and Gas Production Improvement Techniques
Packers of Fracturing. This utility model is used in concert with the security joint, hydraulic anchor, and slide brushing of sand spray in the well. It is used for easy seat sealing and sand uptake prevention. The utility model reduces desilting volume and prevents sand-up, which makes the deblocking processes easier to realize. The back flushing is sand-stick proof.
Production Packer. At varying withdrawal points, the production packer separates different oil layers and protects the oil pipe from sand and permeation, promoting the recovery ratio.
Sand Prevention in Oil and Water Well. This technique processes additives that are resistant to elevated temperatures into "resin sand" which is transported to the bottom of the well via carrying fluid. The "resin sand" goes through the borehole, pilling up and compacting at the borehole and oil vacancy layer. An artificial borehole wall is then formed, functioning as a means of sand prevention. This sand prevention technique has been adapted to more than 100 wells, including heavy oil wells, light oil wells, water wells and gas wells, with a 100% success rate and a 98% effective rate.
Water Locating and Plugging Technique. High water cut affects the normal production of oilfields. Previously, there was no sophisticated method for water locating and tubular column plugging in China. The mechanical water locating and tubular column plugging technique we have developed resolves the problem of high water cut wells. This technique conducts a self-sealing test during multi-stage usage and is reliable to separate different production sets effectively. The water location switch forms a complete set by which the water locating and plugging can be finished in one trip. The tubular column is adaptable to several oil drilling methods and is available for water locating and plugging in second and third class layers.
Fissure Shaper. This is our proprietary product that is used along with a perforating gun to effectively increase perforation depth by between 46% and 80%, shape stratum fissures, improve stratum diversion capability and, as a result, improve our ability to locate oilfields and increase the output of oil wells.
Fracture Acidizing. We inject acid to layers under pressure, which can form or expand fissures. The treatment process of the acid is defined as fracture acidizing. The technique is mainly adapted to oil and gas wells that are blocked up relatively deeply, or the ones in low permeability zones.
Electronic Break-Down Service. This service resolves block-up and freezing problems by generating heat from the electric resistivity of the drive pipe and utilizing a loop tank composed of an oil pipe and a drive pipe. This technique saves energy and is environmentally friendly. It can increase the production of oilfields that are in the middle and later periods.
Automation System and Services
Pumping Unit Controller. This controller functions as a monitor to the pumping unit and also collects data for load, pressure, voltage, and startup and shutdown control.
RTU Monitor. This monitor collects gas well pressure data.
Wireless Dynamometer and Wireless Pressure Gauge. These products replace wired technology with cordless displacement sensor technology. They are easy to install and significantly reduce the work load associated with cable laying.
Electric Multi-way Valve for Oilfield Metering Station Flow Control. This multi-way valve is used before the test separator to replace the existing three valve manifolds. It facilitates the electronic control of the connection of the oil lead pipeline with the separator.
Natural Gas Flow Computer System. The flow computer system is used in natural gas stations and gas distribution stations to measure flow.
Recon Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System ("SCADA"). Recon SCADA is a system which applies to the oil well, measurement station, and the union station for supervision and data collection.
EPC Service of Pipeline SCADA System. This service technique is used for pipeline monitoring and data acquisition after crude oil transmission.
EPC Service of Oil and Gas Wells SCADA System. This service technique is used for monitoring and data acquisition of oil wells and natural gas wells.
EPC Service of Oilfield Video Surveillance and Control System. This video surveillance technique is used for controlling the oil and gas wellhead area and the measurement station area.
Technique Service for "Digital oilfield" Transformation. This service includes engineering technique services such as oil and gas SCADA system, video surveillance and control system and communication systems.
Factors Affecting Our Business
Business Outlook
The oilfield engineering and technical service industry is generally divided into five sections: (1) exploration, (2) drilling and completion, (3) testing and logging, (4) production, and (5) oilfield construction. Thus far our businesses have been involved in completion, production and construction processes. Our management still believe we need to expand our core business, move into new markets, and develop new businesses quickly for the coming yeaers. Management anticipates great opportunities both in new markets and our existing markets. We believe that many existing wells and oilfields need to improve or renew their equipment and service to maintain production and techniques and services like ours will be needed as new oil and gas fields are developed. In the next three years, we will focus on:
Measuring Equipment and Service. "Digital oil field" and the management of oil companies are highly regarded. We believe our oilfield SCADA and related technical support services will address the needs of the oil well automation system market, for which we forecast strong needs in the short term. For the coming year, we will also expand our automation business market in China's biggest oilfield, the Da Qing oilfield. In addition, through early cooperation with CNPC in Turkmenistan, we have developed our experience in this market. Although bidding has not yet commenced, we will continue pursuing overseas business projects in the coming second phase construction, which we expect to occur in 2014.
Gathering and Transferring Equipment. With more new wells developed, our management anticipates that demand for our furnaces and burners will grow more compared to last year, especially in the Jilin Oilfield and Zhongyuan oilfield.
Fracturing service. We believe we cooperated well with Zhongyuan Oilfield in fiscal year 2013 and expect to continue growing revenue from fracturing and related stimulation services for fiscal year 2014, from Zhongyuan oilfield and also some other oilfields clients.
New product line. Design and development of down-hole tools has always been an important technique for oilfield companies. Recently, this market has developed very rapidly. After a year test project for our customers, we have developed experience with this technology and our customers have accepted our products and services. We expect revenue from this business in fiscal year 2014.
Growth Strategy
As a smaller domestic company, it is our basic strategy to focus on developing our onshore oilfield business, that is, the upstream of the industry. Due to the remote location and difficult environments of China's oil and gas fields, foreign competitors rarely enter those areas.
Large domestic oil companies have historically focused on their exploration and development businesses to earn higher margins and keep their competitive advantage. With regard to private oilfield service companies, we estimate that approximately 90% specialize in the manufacture of drilling and production equipment. Thus, the market for technical support and project service is still in its early stage. Our management believes that insists on providing high quality products and service in the oilfield where we have a geographical advantage. This will allow us to avoid conflicts of interest with bigger suppliers of drilling equipment and protect our position within the market segment. Our mission is to increase the automation and safety levels of industrial petroleum production in China and improve the underdeveloped working process and management mode by using advanced technologies. At the same time, we are always looking to improve our business and to increase our earning capability.
Industry and Recent Developments
Despite uncertainty in the energy industry related to such matters as fluctuating prices and future opportunities for oil companies, our management believes there are still many factors to support our long-term development:
The opening of the Chinese oil industry to participation by non-state owned service providers and vendors played an increasingly important role in the high-end oilfield service segment to allow competition based on efficiency and price. As oil and gas fields are depleted, it becomes more challenging to find and convert reserves into usable energy sources. As the industry has permitted competition by private companies and oil companies have formed separate service companies, high-tech service has gradually opened up to private companies.
Overseas assets of Chinese oilfield companies increased gradually, and they will provide more opportunity for domestic service companies to participate in foreign projects.
Management is focused on these factors and will seek to extend our business on the industrial chain, like providing more integrated services and incremental measures and growing our business from a predominantly up-ground business to include some down-hole services as well.
Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
Our operating results in any period are subject to general conditions typically affecting the Chinese oilfield service industry including:
· the amount of spending by our customers, primarily those in the oil and gas industry;
· growing demand from large corporations for improved management and software designed to achieve such corporate performance;
· the procurement processes of our customers, especially those in the oil and gas industry;
· competition and related pricing pressure from other oilfield service solution providers, especially those targeting the Chinese oil and gas industry;
· the ongoing development of the oilfield service market in China; and
· inflation and other macroeconomic factors.
Unfavorable changes in any of these general conditions could negatively affect the number and size of the projects we undertake, the number of products we sell, the amount of services we provide, the price of our products and services, and otherwise affect our results of operations.
Our operating results in any period are more directly affected by company-specific factors including:
· our revenue growth, in terms of the proportion of our business dedicated to large companies and our ability to successfully develop, introduce and market new solutions and services;
· our ability to increase our revenues from both old and new customers in the oil and gas industry in China;
· our ability to effectively manage our operating costs and expenses; and
· our ability to effectively implement any targeted acquisitions and/or strategic alliances so as to provide efficient access to markets and industries in the oil and gas industry in China.
Estimates and Assumptions
We prepare our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), which require us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions. We continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time such estimate is made, and if different accounting estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates. The following descriptions of critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and other disclosures included in this quarterly report. Significant accounting estimates reflected in our Company's consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, and useful lives of property and equipment.
Consolidation of VIEs
We recognize an entity as a VIE if it either (i) has insufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or (ii) has equity investors who lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. We consolidate a VIE as its primary beneficiary when we have both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. We perform ongoing assessments to determine whether an entity should be considered a VIE and whether an entity previous identified as a VIE continues to be a VIE and whether we continue to be the primary beneficiary.
Assets recognized as a result of consolidating VIEs do not represent additional assets that could be used to satisfy claims against our general assets. Conversely, liabilities recognized as a result of consolidating these VIEs do not represent additional claims on our general assets; rather, they represent claims against the specific assets of the consolidated VIEs.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when the following four criteria are met: (1) persuasive
evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery has occurred or services have
been provided, (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and
(4) collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery does not occur until products
have been shipped or services have been provided to the customers and the
customers have signed a completion and acceptance report, risk of loss has
transferred to the customers, customers acceptance provisions have lapsed, or
the Company has objective evidence that the criteria specified in customers'
acceptance provisions have been satisfied. The sales price is not considered to
be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been
Revenue from hardware sales is generally recognized when the product is shipped to the customer and when there are no unfulfilled company obligations that affect the customer's final acceptance of the arrangement.
The Company provides services to improve software functions and system requirements on separated fixed-price contracts. Revenue is recognized when services are completed and acceptance is determined by a completion report signed by the customer.
Deferred income represents unearned amounts billed to customers related to sales contracts.
Fair Values of Financial Instruments
The US GAAP accounting standards regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurements define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:
Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable.
The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for trade accounts receivable, other receivables, advances to suppliers, trade accounts payable, accrued liabilities, advances from customers and notes payable approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. Long-term receivables and borrowings approximate fair value because their interest rates charged approximate the market rates for financial instruments with similar terms. The fair value of the warrants liability was determined using the Black-Scholes Model, as Level 2 inputs (See Note 13). Any changes in the assumptions that are used in the Black-Scholes Model may increase or decrease the warrants liability from quarter to quarter. Any change in adjustment would be charged to operations.
Trade receivables are carried at original invoiced amount less a provision for any potential uncollectible amounts. Provisions are applied to trade receivables where events or changes in circumstances indicate that the balance may not be collectible. The identification of doubtful accounts requires the use of judgment and estimates of management. Our management must make estimates of the collectability of our accounts receivable. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable, historical bad debts, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. We believe based on the current economic condition and our history of collections on accounts and notes receivable, our allowance for doubtful accounts was adequate at December 31, 2013.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets
We review the carrying values of our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that they may not be recoverable. When such an event occurs, we project undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition over the remaining life of the asset. If projections indicate that the carrying value of the long-lived asset will not be recovered, we reduce the carrying value of the long-lived asset by the estimated excess of the carrying value over the projected discounted cash flows. In the past, we have not had to make significant adjustments to the carrying values of our long-lived assets, and we do not anticipate a need to do so in the future. However, circumstances could cause us to have to reduce the value of our capitalized assets more rapidly than we have in the past if our revenues were to significantly decline. Estimated cash flows from the use of the long-lived assets are highly uncertain and therefore the estimation of the need to impair these assets is reasonably likely to change in the future. Should the economy or acceptance of our assets change in the future, it is likely that our estimate of the future cash flows from the use of these assets will change by a material amount. There were no impairments at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Share-Based Payment. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this topic, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense with graded vesting on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. The Company has elected to recognize compensation expenses mainly using the Black-Scholes valuation model estimated at the grant date based on the award's fair value.
Results of Operations Three Months Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2012 Revenues For the Three Months Ended December 31, Increase / Percentage 2012 2013 (Decrease) Change Hardware -non-related parties Ą 18,082,903 Ą 40,691,269 Ą 22,608,366 125.03 % Hardware - related parties 712,847 558,312 (154,535) (21.68) % Service 20,504,959 397,589 (20,107,370) (98.1) % Software - non-related parties 5,192,712 3,550,780 (1,641,932) (31.6) % Software - related parties 1,487,179 1,068,376 (418,803) (28.2) % Total revenues Ą 45,980,600 Ą 46,266,326 Ą 285,726 0.6 % |
Revenues. Our total revenues increased by 0.6%, or Ą 285,726 ($46,761), from approximately Ą46.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 to Ą46.3 million ($7.6 million) for the same period of 2013. The changes in our revenues for the three-month period were due to the following factors:
(1) Hardware business. During the three-month ended December 31, 2013, the increase in hardware revenue was mainly caused by higher sales of automation business from Jidong Oilfield and Southwest branch of Sinopec and sales of furnaces from Qinghai Oilfield, Huabei oilfield and Jiling Oilfield. Overall, our newly developed customers contributed most of our increasing business.
(2) Service business. Service revenue for three months ended December 31, 2013 consisted mainly of minor maintenance services, which were provided upon request by customers. The decrease was mainly because we completed some major fracturing contracts during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 while no such major services was completed this quarter. Our fracturing business is still proceeding, and we also obtained new contracts in this business. In addition, we successfully achieved access certification of additional oilfield branches, which means we can provide fracturing service to a broader solid customer base.
(3) Hardware - related parties. Sales of hardware from related parties decreased because we used to develop business on Ji Dong oilfield through a local agent company, of which our Chief Executive Officer was the legal representative through December 2013. After we achieved business entrance certification in the name of Recon and could cooperate with oilfield customers directly two years ago, revenue from related-parties decreased, while the local agency might still purchase automation products from Recon, there would be always revenue from related parties and the revenue of both hardware and software from related parties might fluctuate from period to period.
(4) Software business. The software sales to non related parties decreased approximately Ą1.6 million ($0.3 million). We record revenue as software sales if (1) the customer signs a separate software contract with us, or (2) the customer accepts VAT invoices for software. The amount of our revenues categorized as software sales may fluctuate because certain software may be sold with hardware at times as a whole product and not separately priced.
(5) Software business - related parties. During the quarter ended December 31, 2013, we recorded software revenue of Ą1.1 million ($0.2 million) to a related party. As mentioned above, we used to develop business on Ji Dong oilfield through a local agent. Since we achieved business entrance certification by ourselves, revenue through the related party decreased overall, so software revenue from this related party also decreased this period.
Cost and Margin For the Three Months Ended December 31, Increase / Percentage 2012 2013 (Decrease) Change Total revenues Ą 45,980,600 Ą 46,266,326 Ą 285,726 0.6 % . . . |


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I am a new face here, I frequent the rose boards a lot, and stumbled acroos this message board tonight.
My dad died at the age of 62 in September. I had a "mild" heart attack, and was monitored, tested, released after a couple of days. He died suddenly 3 days later at home.
I miss him so much... and I really want this hurting to stop. I want to be able to remember the happy times, but all I can see is him lying on the floor not moving or breathing.
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I know him going suddenly was easier for him, but it sure is harder for those left behind.
My heart is breaking,
Marleah, since you go to the rose forum, perhaps you know my story? I posted on the conversations side of the rose forum about my dad and his fight against leukemia, which was lost Feb 6 last year.
I know how you feel. I was with my dad almost every day for almost 9 months, and before that, it was at least once a week. Talking on the phone many times a day was something we also did. Breaking that habit was hard.
You can't turn back time, nor can I. The day my dad died, I had a doctor appt which took me away a "good" 3 hours. I kick myslef regularly for leaving because when I got back, he wasn't able to speak much or long. He managed to say I love you before never being able to speak again. I can't imagine what we could have talked about in the few hours I was gone.
I like you, were there for our dad's. I have 2 sisters; one living on the West coast that came out a few times when he was mostly in the hospital and weak; the other, she didn't return his calls and spent his last day going through insurance paperwork. They both have to live with their decisions; as I do mine. I put my own family on hold during those 9 months; but there were days when I had to deal with my family and not go to the hospital to see dad. One day was counseling for my daughter; she'd lost her uncle when my dad was 1st diagnosed, then right after Halloween my ex sister in law (her godmother) died suddenly at 41; so she lost both her aunt & uncle who were married. This particular day dad was at death's door & I didn't find out until later that night. The doctor called to tell me that he didn't think he;d try to save him next time :( By the time I got there the next day, my dad was sitting up eating pancakes lol
When you have kids life is hectic. Since you work in a hospital, you know most people having that proceedure do fine. You couldnt see into the future, and know that he wouldn't. You did manage to spend time with him. My dad even though he was sleeping / resting knew I was with him at the hospital; I'm sure your dad did too.
You're a good daughter. You found time in your busy life to sit with him. You really should have no regrets; I don't think your dad would want you to. I know my dad thought the world of the care I gave him those months; he told everyone how proud he was of me; and how much I knew about his cancer. Stop being so hard on yourself. Try to focus on the positive. Since you work at the hospital, you probably know that a lot of the patients don't have visitors all of the time. The doctors used to tell me about the difference my visits made; and how some people don't have visitors regularly.
You have to grieve, it's going to take time. The other day i found a pic of dad and lost it. I keep 2 photos of us on my desk and made a memory frame for this room; also one for each kid - their's holds a few of his momentos, my son has a watch, his lighter, my daughter has a little plastic frog he had in his car. I have no clue why this pic made me cry when I see these others daily.
Did your dad garden? Little things remind me of him. I'll be working in the garden and see a worm from his old house (they are visibly different then the worms down here - I collected them when we moved him down here) or I've been pulling up lilies & daffs getting ready to sell my house. Of course I'm digging blind & from memory. I'll talk to my dad while digging, asking if the sale is going to happen and if I'm doing this for nothing. Next thing I know, I find a jackpot of bulbs.
Christmas was especially hard here also. My dad used to buy my kids Hess trucks. I couldn't make up my mind whether I'd continue the tradition - especially since my 21 yr old son is very sensative & also had a close bond to dad - my dad helped me raise him. Since he never had a son, he was the apple of his eye. Anyway, my son couldn't decide on the trucks, so the Sunday before Christmas I asked hubby to pick them up. I decided not to wrap them, nor to make a "big deal" about them. I slid them pretty far under the tree. I was an emotional wreak. I went to the couch crying. All of a sudden I smelled my dad's breakfast - scrambled eggs with Hungarian yellow peppers. It's not a common smell. I realized he was there with me, he was telling me "don't cry". I got through the day knowing I wasn't alone. The next morning, Christmas; I put the CD player on. I have 5 CD's on shuffle, and even though it's on shuffle, it pretty much plays the same every time. This time it started with a song I associate with my dad; Blue Christmas by Anne & Nancy Wilson. There's 2 versions of the song on theses CD's but this song was the 1st to play. I knew dad was again in the house; and I managed to get through the day. Of course I cried like hell when the song came on; but after a good cry I was ready to face the day and try to have a decent holiday.
I think that once you slow down and allow yourself to see these little things; you will realize your dad is visiting you too. It's not easy, trust me; but we have to go on for our kids. I don't know how long it's going to take; I don't see it easing any time soon for myself; but I don't think my dad would want me to be down all of the time, especially in front of other people.


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Remember CES? Now try and think back before that - we know, it's hard. It was just last month that Olympus announced the M.Zuiko 12-50mm power zoom. We scored some one-on-one time with the new Micro Four Thirds lens; take a look at a few sample images and first impressions.
In the 2x world of Micro Four Thirds, a 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 lens equates to a 24-100mm range in 35mm terms. It's wide enough to take in most of a landscape, but will crop in far enough for portraits - and even macro shots (more on that later). This lens offers both a motorized "power zoom" mode and a traditional manual zoom mode. Olympus promises silent MSC (Move and Still Compatible) AF and zoom function, both important to those hoping to shoot video free of interference from a noisy focus or zoom motor.
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Scheduled road work for the week beginning January 18, 2009, for the Department of Design construction, Civil Division (Construction Management Branch), and Wastewater Division (Construction Management Branch) is listed below. Road work is normally done between the hours of 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM unless otherwise noted. Rehabilitation of Streets, Unit 61 – Kaamilo Street (Neki Street to Aiea Heights Drive), Iliee Street (Pakonane Place to Kaamilo Street), Kulawai Street (Kaamilo Street to Akaaka Street), Akaaka Street (Kulawai Street to End), Kalamoho Place (Kaamilo Street to End), Kalawina Place (Kaamilo Street to End). Limited reconstruction of concrete curbs and gutters and replacement of concrete panels at (Estimated completion date, January 2009) Kaamilo Ditch Repair: Work includes demolishing and removing existing rock walls, trees; constructing new reinforced concrete channel; installing new 4'-0" chain link fence; providing reinforced concrete jacket for existing 8-inch sewer. 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Reconstruct curbs, gutters, sidewalks and roadway pavement; construct new curb ramps and concrete bus pads; resurface roadway, reinstall signage, replace vehicle detector loops and install permanent pavement markings. Kailua Road Sewers Improvement District No. 276: Installation of new sewer line along Kailua Road between Hahani Street and Aoloa Road. (Estimated completion date, January 2009) Wanaao Road/Keolu Drive Reconstructed Sewer: Installation of new sewer line along Wanaao Road between Hahani Street and Aoloa Road. (Estimated completion date, January 2009) KANEOHE Guardrail Improvements - FY2006 Kaneohe on Kamehameha Hwy at Heeia Kea and Lilipuna Road) Heeia Kea site: existing guardrails and posts removed, new guardrails and posts installed. Site signage to be completed. 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(Estimated completion date, February 2009) MANOA Rehabilitation of Streets, Unit 50 – Kalawao Place (Kalawao St to end), Kalawao Street (Kahaloa Drive to private road), Kalehua Street (Kahaloa Dr to end), Kaloaluiki Street ( Lowrey Ave to Kalawao St), Kanu Street (Lowery Ave to Loi St), Loi Street (East Manoa Rd to Woodlawn Dr), Kahawai Street (Lowrey Ave to Huapala St), Woodlawn Drive (Lowrey Ave to Kahaloa St), Lowrey Avenue (Woodlawn Dr to Kalawao St), Kaaipu Avenue (Oahu Ave to end), Loomis Street (Mauka end to Makai end), Hiehie Street (Kaloaluiki St to end) and Vista Place (Lowrey Ave to end). Work includes reconstruction and resurfacing of the above roadways; reconstruction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveways; tree removal, pruning and trimming; installation of pavement markings (Estimated completion date, January 2009) University Avenue/Maile Way Retaining Wall Repair: Demolish and reconstruct existing retaining wall including new railings. Replace affected sidewalks, curbs, gutters and asphalt pavement. Construct new wheelchair ramps, install new crosswalks, replace street markings, signs and traffic signals. Adjust utility frames and covers; manhole frames and covers; and utility boxes to new finish grade. (Estimated completion date, February 2009) NUUANU Seismic Retrofit Of City Bridges, Pelekane Drive Bridge Over Nuuanu Stream (Bridge No. 267) Work involves installation of concrete shear keys, dowels for shear keys and girder strengthening for Pelekane Drive bridge. Bridge repairs will be provided for the spalled areas along the girders, bottom of bridge slab and sidewalk, corroded rebars along the bridge bottom slab and shear cracks along the girders. BMP measures and traffic controls will be installed. (Estimated completion date, November 2009) SALT LAKE Bridge Rehabilitation, Salt Lake Boulevard Bridge Over Halawa Stream: Repair cracks at bridge abutments and deck. 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Vintage Look Blooms & Buttons Necklace
By: Heidi Borchers
Did you know you can make an awesome jewelry craft made out of bread? That's not the only ingredient, but this Vintage Look Blooms & Buttons Necklace from Heidi Borchers uses bread dough to create a cool look. Check out this free craft tutorial and learn how to make it!
- White bread- 1 slice
- Aleene's Tacky Glue
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- Tablespoon
- Acrylic paint
- Craft stick
- Cold cream (like Ponds)
- Remove the crusts from the bread and discard.
- Tear bread in to small pieces and place into a plastic bag.
- Add 1 Tablespoon Glue into the bag with the bread.
- Add several drops of acrylic paint into the bag (add more for a deeper color- less for a lighter color).
- Close bag and 'knead' the bread, glue and paint together.
- Remove from the bag with fingers (put on some cold cream first). It will be sticky, but it will come off after kneading for several minutes in your hand.
- Continue to knead the dough until it is off of your hands and the color is solid not mottled.
- Place the dough into a clean zip type bag. Let it set for several minutes.
- This is an air dry dough, be sure to keep in the bag while making flowers. Only remove what you are immediately using, then seal the bag.
- For each petal, you will need a small ball of dough. For each rose the small balls of dough need to be the same size. If you think the size of a garden pea, and continue with each ball of dough, it makes it easier. Flatten the first ball of dough between your fingers until it is almost paper thin (the thinner your petal, the more porcelain or ceramic the finished flower will be.)
- Take the first flattened piece of dough and roll from one side to the other to create the bud or center of the flower. As you roll the petal, slight push top edge of the petal back.
- Flatten another piece of dough for the second petal. Place this petal around the bud, slightly pushing back the sides at the top of petal. Pinch slightly to help hold petal in place.
- Flatten another piece of dough for the third petal. Place this petal opposite the second petal. Again slightly push dough at top edge of petal, to create the look of a real rose.
- Flatten another piece of the dough for the fourth petal. Place on the side in between the second and third petals but not directly behind either petal.
- Continue to add petals, until the rose is the size you want. When finished adding the petals, cut the bottom of the flower flat, so it will glue on the necklace.
- To create the necklace, use a braided trim with tassels. Sew the buttons in place and glue the roses around the buttons and beads. Add a clasp to create the necklace.
For a comprehensive video tutorial, check out How to Make a Vintage Inspired Blooms and Buttons Necklace.
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our church parking lot has a very impermeable soil, currently grassed but not totally. during heavy rains it floods (ponds).
we need to grade the area to allow for drainage but also want to cover areas where grass does not grow well. we considered concreting the entire lot but found the cost to be extremely expensive. we have heard of crushed asphalt and also porous asphalt. are they different and which would either be OK to use? do we need a sub-base other than the in-situ materials with either? thank you Advertisement |
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Crushed asphalt simply refers to old asphalt pavement that has been crushed into small pieces, typically about 3/4 inch, and can be used as sub-base for new pavement. This is similar to crushed concrete.
Porous pavement is the more common term for porous asphalt. This requires a special preparation of the asphalt pavement so there are holes in the pavement that allow water to drain through. The same technique can be used to create porous concrete. It is more expensive than standard pavement. In your case, it would not work well, since you state that you have essentially impervious soil underneath your pavement, so water that percolated through the pavement would pool underneath the pavement, and above the soil, and would damage the pavement. Regardless of what type of pavement you use, you need a sub-base that typically consists of 6-12 inches of crushed stone or crushed concrete. This provides drainage underneath the pavement. In the case of porous pavement, you typically need more stone underneath the pavement, typically 12-24 inches, since all the water that percolates through the pavement is temporarily stored in the sub-base until it percolates away underground. Advertisement |
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By Malik Forté on March 3, 2014
In January, the news of Halo's holographic beaut Cortana serving as Microsoft's answer to Siri crash landed on the web. Today, TheVerge posted a couple of images showing off the Cortana interface, which will be replacing the built-in Bing search feature on Windows Phone 8.1.
Cortana is said to be everything Siri is, with a few extra cool features tacked on, like the ability to have her call you by your real name or nicknames such as "master chief." She can also track flights and mentions via email, allowing her to produce notifications with Google Now-esque types of results.
There's no exact release date for Cortana, though there will be more information on the app at the Microsoft Build Developer Conference in April, where they'll also releasing a developers' version of the app. So if you've been waiting to hear Cortana's soothing voice infiltrate your eardrums, you can rest assured knowing that the time is nigh.
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So not only is it using the same pretense as Siri, it's taking the name and rest from the AI Cortana from Halo? That seems….. Well, that just seems down-right stupid.
Well I would get this over siri, why spend $600 or more for an iphone with a robotic voice? I would rather have Cortana's voice.
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why not take a character from a huge franchise people already know and love use it. its pretty no-brainer.
Stupid as in: you understand the popularity of Halo for a decade and, much larger right now, Siri? Like, the Siri, and the Cortana in one AI that nerds (and non halo fans) can use every day, on a phone or pc or xbox? So stupid awesome business move for windows phone to compete with Siri, let alone to incorporate a video game icon to functional AI interface.
I demand EDI from Mass Effect for android!
Why not GLaDOS? :l
As long as her rampancy doesn't crash all my gadgets. grrrrrr.
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yeah…she's a little too unstable for me…Windows products crash enough as it is…
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I'd have 343 Guilty Spark for the full Halo experience
I like the idea of having every AI from Cortana and EDI, to GLaDOS and 343 on mobile devices. Hell, if Microsoft was smart, they would release this app for iOS (obviously charge for it), to undercut Siri.
But we have to remember, these aren't AIs, they're VIs. An AI would run the phone (except in EDI's case, which would be non-critical functions only), where as a VI is just a personal assistant.
Although I could see people like me having to much fun with this kind of thing.
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Am I the only one that wants an actually Cortana character representation of her instead of just a voice?
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Divoká Šárka (Wild Šárka) is a nature reserve on the northwestern oustskirts of Prague, and I am lucky to have it so close to my home. It is named after a warrior Šárka, who, according to mythology, threw herself to death from the cliffs. It is not certain whether this legend is actually true but it was meant to have taken place in either the 6th or 7th Century. Prague as it is known today, did not exist then, and what is the city center now was unsettled at that time. The largest of the newly Slavic settlements is believed to have been located in what is now known the Divoká Šárka valley. Of course you can find different version of the story.
In the middle of this enormous park there is a natural lake called "Džbán" (The Jug), where you can also go for a swim if you don't mind the cold water. There is also a small swimming pool that you may stumble upon in the middle of the forest called Koupalište Divoká Šárka. You can stroll along the paths through the forest, as well as climb your way up to the rocks and enjoy a wonderful view of the nature around. You will forget you are actually in the city.
The activities you can do there are endless. You can discover the place while rollerblading, hiking, cycling, jogging, sunbathing, or just taking your dog for a walk. My dog absolutely loves it there. If golf is your thing, go check out the driving range near the lake. Along one of the paths you can find a terrace where you can sit and have some Czech beer and grilled sausage, but that is not the only place with refreshments.
Divoká Šárka is easily accessible by taking tram 20 or 26 to the end of the line. So if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city you don't need to go far at all.


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Always On Time LyricsArtist: Various ArtistsAlbum: Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (Ashanti) [Ja talking] Always there when you call [Buckshots, hah], always on time Gave you my....baby be mine Always there when you call, always on time Gave you my....baby (Chorus - Ashanti) Baby, I'm not always there when you call, but I'm always on time And I gave you my all, now baby be mine I'm not always there when you call, but I'm always on time And I gave you my all, now baby be mine (Ja Rule) C'mon and get a piece of this late-night lover You know, the one that swing dick like no other (shit) I know, I got a lot of things I need to explain But baby you know the name and love is about pain So, stop the complaints and drop the order restraints Our sex life's a game so bat me down in the paint 'Cause I can't wait no more 'Cause it's about a quarter-past three and shorty's eyein me I got the Bentley valeted And I'm just outside of Jersey, past the Palisades And I love to see that ass in boots and shades Hold down on the bed while I'm yankin your braids Thug style, you never thought I'd make you smile While I'm smackin your ass and fuckin you all wild [With Ashanti] But we share somethin so rare, but who cares, you care (Chorus) Girl, get a grip, c'mon, pull it together It's only a sunshower, we been through worse weather Like the stormy nights you wrote a "Dear Ja" letter And took my Benz and keyed and cut the leather Bitch, you know better, we live M-O-B Money Over Bitches, Murder, I-N-C I got two or three hoes for every V And I keep 'em drugged up off that ecstasy I'm a playground legend like Kirk with Pee-wee Name a nigga in the league got more game than me I play hard, there's so many women I fathered Meet 'em with scars and send 'em home hot and bothered Truth or dare, this life ain't apparantly fair And a love with no glare is a crystal stare But we share [with Ashanti] somethin so rare, but who cares, you care (Chorus) Oh I'm, feelin like ya livin a, double life 'Cause you don't be comin home, sometimes Baby, but you're always, on time, checkin for one time You and I, got a special bond together We go back like bombers boo, in the coldest weather And when I play you play the same way you freak me baby I fuck you crazy Then I'm gone Baby don't really want me to get up and leave off that easy She'll be wakin up wet for sheezy Remind these bitches to mind they business Believe me, this pimp game is very religious And I'm built like the Don Bishop Gon' keep this money-green Benz and my hoes as my witness The life we share is a thug affair [With Ashanti] But who cares, you care (Chorus) (Ashanti) Always there when you call, always on time Gave you my....baby be mine Always there when you call, always on time Gave you my....baby be mine (Radio Announcer) Here at W-I-Z we play nothing but the hits, nothing but the hits Nothing but the muthafuckin hits
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Dez Wells scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half and Maryland beat pesky Wake Forest 75-62 on Thursday night in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Alex Len and Seth Allen added 11 points for the seventh-seeded Terrapins (21-11).They struggled for about 30 minutes against a Wake Forest team they previously beat twice by a combined 36 points.But they held the Demon Deacons without a field goal for a critical 8 1/2-minute stretch while using a late 24-8 run to pull away for their seventh straight win in the series. Maryland will face No. 2 Duke, the tournament's second seed, in the quarterfinals Friday night.C.J. Harris scored 19 points and Devin Thomas added 14 for the 10th-seeded Demon Deacons (13-18). They ended their season by losing 10 of 13 and were denied their first ACC tournament win since 2007.Still, Wake Forest led 52-51 on Madison Jones' layup off a pretty feed from Harris with just over 10 minutes left.But its offense disappeared after that. The Demon Deacons missed their next seven shots and had trouble converting consistently from the free-throw line, making just 4 of 10 foul shots during the stretch when the game got away from them. Wake Forest finished just 12 of 21 from the line.The Terps, meanwhile, were content to give Wake Forest those free throws in exchange for field goals -- mainly because they weren't missing them.Logan Aronhalt followed Jones' layup by hitting a 3-pointer that put Maryland up 54-52. After Harris tied it with two free throws, Len sent home an alley-oop dunk from Seth Allen to make it 56-54. Pe'Shon Howard scored five straight points for the Terps and they pulled away from there.Nick Faust and Howard each finished with 10 points for the Terrapins, who snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the first time since a 67-57 win over Wake Forest on March 2 in Winston-Salem.This marked Wells' second 20-point performance against the Demon Deacons. He hung 23 on them in that victory to spoil Chris Paul Day.Wake Forest entered 2-13 in road and neutral-site games and hadn't won anywhere but the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem since beating UNC Greensboro here on Dec. 22. But the Demon Deacons sure made themselves comfortable here early.Harris scored 13 points in the first 13 1/2 minutes, hitting two 3-pointers roughly 45 seconds apart during the 18-7 run that put Wake Forest up 29-22.But after Maryland opened the second half with a quick 9-2 spurt led by Wells, neither team led by more than three until the Terps' late run.---Follow Joedy McCreary on Twitter at (at)JoedyAPCopyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
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This is one our favorite times of the year. The leaves are just emerging and the bugs are scarce. Spring wildflowers are plentiful, wildlife is emerging from winter hideouts and the birds are returning from the south. This is an ideal time to experience the quiet season on Vermilion. The lake is quiet and the bluegill and crappie fishing can be excellent. Please remember that walleye, northern, musky and bass seasons are still closed.
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Though Jons music is filled with grey and morally ambiguous characters living on the outskirts of approval, his mandate is unequivocal: Im not interested in happy songs Ive chosen to write healing songs and, for that reason, Im obliged to reveal a wound or two now and then. Im even less interested in writing unhappy songs: I want to write hopeful songs, inspiring songs and I expect I owe todays listener some hopeful argument some legitimate reason as to why we should believe our present world could be improved, or healed. The highest aim of song is to invoke empathy to offer that rare sight of ourselves in others. In this sense, the folk singer is simply trying to politicize love, hence, my contention that todays songwriter should be a lobbyist for compassion to be our principle representative in government office.
In 2006 he released NO MEAN CITY , a portrait of Toronto homelessness vis a vis Toronto history and architecture. Inspired by Eric Arthurs book, No Mean City, these 13 songs are a weighty and conceptual exposition of the modern urban souls homelessness and moral fatigue. 2007 afforded Jon further acclaim with the release of OURS AND THE SHEPHERDS , a CD of Canadian war stories inspired by James Loney, Senator Romeo Dallaire, Sgt. Tommy Prince, and John McRae among others. The collection earned Brooks Songwriter of the Year nomination at the 2007 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Penguin Eggs deemed it a thoroughly wonderful and truly important addition to the canon of Canadian folk music. OURS AND THE SHEPHERDS is now among the collections of The Canadian War Museum and The John McRae Society.
Jon is also a published essayist with Guernica Editions BARRY CALLAGHAN: ESSAYS ON HIS WORKS (2007) with contributions by Margaret Atwood, William Kennedy, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.
His latest CD, MOTH NOR RUST , looks inward to all that neither moth nor rust can touch: love, hope, trust, memory, inspiration, justice, and faith. MOTH NOR RUST earned Jon his second Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Songwriter of the Year and its lyrics were published by Canadas esteemed literary quarterly, Exile Editions.
Whether about the times we live in, its past or its future promise, Brooks songs are underscored throughout by his gently weather-beaten voice, the singular beautiful sound of hand on guitar, and his uncanny ability to press his ear against the heartbeat and the soul of the times we live in transforming, inspiring and uplifting us as we bear witness.
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Adam Gemili, Lisa Dobriskey and Jack Green competed in events last night (Friday)
Three of Kent's Olympic heroes have missed out on medals in what was a night of disappointment for the athletes.
Sprinting sensation Adam Gemili, one of the brightest new stars on the athletics scene, was left devastated after Team GB's 4x100m relay team were disqualified after a baton changeover mistake.
The 18-year-old from Dartford ran the anchor leg and stormed over the line behind Jamaica. But the failed handover between the youngster and team mate Danny Talbot meant the team were disqualified and missed out on a place in the final.
Speaking after the event to the BBC, Gemili said: "I went off and maybe I went a bit harder...I don't know.
"We really could have been in contention in the final had we made it. It really is disappointing. I think I went on the check mark maybe a tiny bit early."
The disqualification wasn't the only disappointment of the night for Kent's athletes.
Ashford's Lisa Dobriskey, who has battled back from potentially life-threatening blood clots on her lungs, finished 10th in the women's 1,500m final.
She told the BBC: "I found myself in the wrong place. You have to be right on it when they go and I was too far back. I knew the other girls were very strong and it would have been very hard to have got a medal."
She said she was feeling "dejected".
Just 20 minutes later, Maidstone runner Jack Green and his teammates in the 4x400m relay narrowly missed out on a bronze.
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Tiger Woods won his 74th PGA tournament Sunday at Congressional Country Club. Tiger Woods has won three tournaments so far this year, more than any other golfer on the PGA tour.
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The images of Tiger Woods, dressed in his red shirt and raising both arms on the 18th green after another victory, are no longer highlights from years gone by.
When he outlasted Bo Van Pelt in a tense duel on the back-nine Sunday at Congressional, Woods won for third time in his last seven tournaments dating to the late March. He still hasn't figured out the majors this year, though he has two more remaining.
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"I think he's the only guy to win three tournaments on tour this year, is that correct?" Van Pelt said. "On three different courses. And he was leading the U.S. Open after two days. So I'd say that he's playing the best golf in the world right now."
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Woods closed with a 2-under 69, making only one bogey in his final 44 holes on a course that was tougher than it was for the U.S. Open last year. Van Pelt had him in trouble late in the round, but only briefly, and Woods effectively pulled away on the last two holes by letting his opponents get the bad breaks and make the bogeys.
He now was 74 wins on the PGA Tour, moving past Jack Nicklaus into second place, leaving him eight wins away from the record held by Sam Snead. Perhaps it's only fitting that Woods now heads to The Greenbrier Classic, where Snead was the first head professional.
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