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Monday, May 19, 2008
I was too cheap to buy any bra, so instead we have a welcome mat, 2 clearance shirts, and an Ariel nightgown for Lucy.
I am really nervous about tomorrow morning. We learn how to catheterize Lucy. We will be putting a catheter in her bladder every four hours from here to eternity. It makes me sad.
That is why this post made me happy.
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- Pensive Girl said...
praying for you guys. catheterizing is no fun. but, a lot of people do it. (i know now that i'm a queen of the chronic bladder conditions.)
make sure they use lots of lydocaine jelley to numb it.
it will be fine.
- May 19, 2008 at 4:22 PM
- Seraphim said...
okay - dude, I know you hang it all out there in some sort of "if I make fun of myself first, you can't" type of thing, but you need to have some respect for yourself.
- May 19, 2008 at 5:26 PM
- marcia said...
That post made me happy, too! The Christian life simply is not all sunshine and roses....and it seems very deceiving, to me, to present it that way. Then people struggle with guilt and shame because they must be doing something wrong since they are struggling with whatever. That is just cruel, and makes me very angry. How much better to be open about our struggles, and how, often in retrospect, we can see how God, and the people He places in our path, had brought us through to the other side of it, and we have grown closer to Him and stronger in our faith as a result. That is real....and that is what people can relate to. And that is what YOU are so very gifted at doing Rach. Your transparency allows others to be at ease with you, to realize you will not judge, and to come alongside you to walk the path together. That is what growth and mentoring and discipleship is all about. The last month or so our church has been studying what it means to mentor, be a disciple, seek a mentor, and be willing to mentor others... And that all of us need to be on both ends of that throughout life. There is always someone who can mentor us in some areas as we grow and learn...and always someone, even just a small step behind us, who can benefit from what we have learned and experienced.
- May 19, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Pipsylou said...
Seraphim, do you TRY to contradict every post I type, or does it just come naturally?
- May 19, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Jess said...
Rach, embrace the boobs. In one of my favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond in which a neighbor gets a boob job and Ray is salivating over them, Debra yells at him that hers are "working boobs" and he can kiss her a$$ (that is the gist anyway!). Our boobs weren't useful before and now they are- so maybe this is their natural state and the pre-work days was the abnormal? :-)
Good luck tomorrow. And I love that post you linked.
- May 19, 2008 at 9:30 PM
- Seraphim said...
naturally, naturally.
Did you know that...
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
...is a grammatically correct sentence? It means Seraphim is right about everything!
LMAO. Pip - if I didn't, there wouldn't be any parity to the world...you'd spiral the whole universe out of control. Think of me like Yin to your yang. LMAO.
- May 20, 2008 at 8:11 AM
Don't make me lecture you on the importance of a properly-fitting bra. Buy at least two new bras. Please. You'll feel better about your golf balls and their tube socks.
Also, from those of us in the need of the Wonderbra - thank your son for the teeth marks on our new bras.
- May 20, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- Rach said...
Fork over the cash for the decent bras, Rach. Your boobs will appreciate it, lol! :o)
Good luck with the dr. appt. HUGS!
- May 20, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- marcia said...
My goodness, Seraphim! How does one live with the pressure of knowing that the fate of the universe lies in the control of said person? :)
Let me see..IMO=in my opinion
IMHO=in my humble opinion
LMAO=love my all-knowing opinion???
All in good humor, Seraphim...all in good humor! :)
- May 20, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Rebecca Batey Fradin said...
Dangit, you mean I can't make fun of your boobs now that you've made fun of them first?! That just blows my day.
By the way, I hear a rumor that Victoria Secret has nursing bras now. I'm going through a boob/bra crisis myself and keep fantasizing that I'll somehow get myself over to VS, get professionally measured for the perfect bra and then be a hot mom.
- May 20, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- raising2sons said...
Sending up prayers for you and your family.
Oh, and I used to hate to spend money on bras, too. But, I made an investment. Don't laugh, but I forked out the money to buy 2 Ipex bras from VS, and let me just say--they are the most comfortable AND they last forever, despite being expensive.
Good luck.
PS. I think all Christians struggle
at different times with their faith. Satan loves nothing more. Trust me, I know. Anyhow, one day a long time ago, I gave my burdens and troubles to the Lord. And, I haven't looked back. I feel peace. And, you will too--even if it takes awhile. God bless.
- May 20, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Seraphim said...
Frankly I don't understand - if I viewed all women through the lens of my own wife, I'd think I owned majority stock in Victoria Secrets bra section...
I thought women loved buying bra's...I see a new one every week it seems like.
- May 20, 2008 at 12:04 PM
seraphim -
If we're going to subscribe to the theory that women dress more to please the critical eyes of other women, not to please men, then it would follow that we would rather spend our money on clothing, shoes, accessories rather than undergarments. I would say that you should thank the Lord for your contributions to VS because it means (maybe?) that your wife dresses to please you rather than other women.
Disclaimer: this is just a theory based on sweeping generalizations that I did not make up. No one attack me for it!
- May 20, 2008 at 1:18 PM
- Rebecca Batey Fradin said...
Oh yeah, my husband is so upset with all the Victoria Secret underwear I strut around in.
It makes him so unhappy.
That and the stilletos makes for a real grumpy guy.
- May 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM
- Seraphim said...
I think my wife revels the look on my face...you know the one -
that puzzled "is that new?/wow that's hot/how much did that cost?/seriously hot/I bet that was 40$/naked time" look.
- May 20, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- Pipsylou said...
My husband revels the money in the bank account more...
- May 20, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Rach -
My husband is on the same page as your husband. He also has that why-is-the-bra-even-still-on look.
- May 20, 2008 at 4:48 PM
praying for ya'll as you learn how to do the catheter. You are an awesome mama! And yes, you deserve a new bra! ;-0
- May 20, 2008 at 9:29 PM


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Deal starting to pay off
An agreement with Chesapeake Energy is paying some dividends for the Brooke County school system.
Last year, the Brooke County Board of Education signed a lease agreement with Chesapeake for 189 acres, receiving $661,955 as a signing fee.
While it may still be some time before we know whether there ever will be drilling on any of the property, the school board has started investing some of the money it has received, and we thank them for it.
The first of the investments includes installation of the Follett Destiny Library Manager program into the county's schools. The system will help to better catalog and track books, as well as categorize them based on their reading level.
A new playground also is being installed at the high school for use by students in the childhood development courses.
Our school libraries provide an important service for local students, providing a location to read, study, research and, most importantly, learn.
Investments need to be made to keep them up to date, and we are glad to see such an investment taking place in our own communities.
Our hope is this new system will provide better opportunities for our local students to learn and prepare themselves for the years ahead.
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BENNINGTON — A Pownal man will serve eight days in jail after pleading guilty Friday to drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash in separate October incidents.
Jeremy M. Wilson, 34, pleaded guilty in Bennington criminal court to a felony DUI count and a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash which caused property damage.
The state dismissed three other pending felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Wilson was arraigned on two felony counts of drunk driving Oct. 29 and two more felony counts of the same charge, plus the misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident, Oct. 31.
Police said in the first case Wilson was legally inebriated when he was stopped on Route 7 in Pownal on Oct. 13.
In the second case, police said Wilson fled from a crash near a horse farm on Middle Pownal Road on Oct. 21. He was found hiding in a horse pasture, police said.
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Press release - AB Volvo
The number of votes in AB Volvo has changed due to the conversion of a total of 340,325 Series A shares to a total of 340,325 Series B shares. The conversions were implemented with the support of the opportunity for Series A shareholders to request conversion of Series A shares to Series B shares, which was entered in the Articles of Association at the 2011 Annual General Meeting.
Today, June 28, the last trading day of the month, there are a total of 2,128,420,220 registered shares in AB Volvo. Of these 534,800,102 are Series A shares and 1,593,620,118 Series B shares. The number of votes in the company amounts to 694,162,113.80 based on the number of registered shares.
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Ballhawkings Best Prize
The 2010 Season was a fantastic year for me. I broke the single season mygameballs.com record by snagging 544 baseballs, and was voted the Ballhawk of the Year (link) by fellow ballhawks.
The greastest snag of the 2010 baseball season wasn't any particular baseball though, it was Amy.
She worked at PNC Park and would routinely watch me ballhawk from her position. After batting practice she would come up and chat with me. She told me the first time she saw me was Opening Day 2010, when I went sprinting right by her with Nick close behind. Throughout the year, I used to briefly chat with her after batting practice every game that she worked.
In late August we exchanged phone numbers and things took off from there. By September 21 we were dating, and several weeks later we got our own place together. We have been literally inseperable since.
On October 10, 2010 in Cincinnati, she was there with me, supporting my quest for 544 baseballs:
In November, I surprised her with a trip to Cape May, her childhood vacation spot.
It was freezing, but it was our first time at the beach together.
She went with me to three different Dave Matthews Band concerts. Including the Charlottesville shows. Here were are exploring the mountains of Charlottesville during the day before one of the concerts.
Amy makes every day fun, and always makes me laugh.
She loves going on trips and adventures. We've done so much in the almost 7 months that we've been together.
The big news I have is that Amy and I are going to be parents.
Our baby is due at the beginning of August, and we both can't wait to welcome our baby into this world. We are both extremely excited! That sonogram is from the end of December. Hopefully I'll have a new, recent one soon to share.
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That's awesome man, congratulations! Looks like everything is going really well for you.
Congrats man on the great year all around, and good luck with being a parent. Looks like PNC will have a generation of ballhawks to come. I know I said I was going to go to pitt this coming weekend, but now I'll be in pitt the 7th and 8th of may, hopefully you and nick will be there and not in cleveland or something.
Hey I just stumbled on your blog today and found this article. Can't believe how many balls you've collected. I worked at a AAA team in Sacramento for a year and snuck about 50 balls out of the stadium that season. Donated them to my old high school team.
Anyway, congrats on being a dad soon. My wife and I will be having our first in June.
Congratulations to both of you on the news! Hopefully within a year or two you will be able to show your baby how great baseball is🙂
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News Three laboratories in Czech Republic to carry tests for Zika virus
Three laboratories of the National Institute of Public Health in Prague, Ostrava and Ústí nad Labem will be carrying out tests for the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Special preventive measures will not have to be taken in case of a suspicion of the disease, since the virus in not transmitted from person to person, health Minister Svatopluk Němeček said in a report which will be presented to the government on Wednesday. The Zika virus, which has spread from Brazil to more than 20 countries, is linked to severe brain damage or death in infants born to mothers who contracted the disease during pregnancy.
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Jakub Voráček got an assist in the Philadelphia Flyers win over Nashville – the team's fifth straight victory. In other NHL hockey, Petr Mrázek continued to do well between the posts for the Detroit Red Wings, helping the club win 4:3 in overtime. Detroit are currently in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference and 20th in the league overall.
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American news broadcaster CNN has included Prague's Christmas markets on a list of the 10 best in the world, citing traditional markets on the city's Old Town and Wenceslas Squares. The article rated favourably Czech beer and sausage as well as the opening times at both markets, saying they remained open throughout the Christmas period. Other markets included in the piece included ones in Vienna, Venice or Copenhagen. The only North American Christmas market to make the list was Montreal's.
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Poll: Trust in head of state at lowest this year
Trust in the country's president, Miloš Zeman, is the lowest all year according to a poll conducted by the CVVM agency. According to the survey, trust in the head of state fell by eight percent in November, to an overall 48 percent. The drop coincided with a scandal in late October in which Czech-born Auschwitz survivor Jiří Brady was allegedly passed over for a state honour as the result of a meeting between his uncle, Culture Minister Daniel Herman and Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Prague Castle has been wary of angering China in its pursuit of increased trade. Distrust in the president, according to the same poll, is 49 percent. Trust in the prime minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, meanwhile, is at 35 percent – down by three from the previous poll.
Angels, devil and Mikuláš visit children in hospital ward
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Supreme Audit Office finds only shortcomings, no breach of the law, in military purchases
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Independent media speculate that head of Prague Castle protocol is on way out
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Czech politicians congratulate Van der Bellen on Austria presidency win
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Fans filmed making Seig Heil gesture at Ortel concert
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The building where the apartment is situated has been built in Bauhaus style in the years '40s. There are elevators in the building. We have recently renovated and furnished 3 apartments especially for demanding guests. Either you are on holiday or on a business trip you will feel there like in a four star hotel (box spring beds and good quality furnitures), but with the warmth of home. The studio contains a cozy living room (suitable for two guests) with a small kitchenette and a bathroom (with shower and WC). The kitchen is fitted up with all necessary tools what you need for preparing a breakfast or a quick lunch / dinner for yourself.
There are a lot of parking places in front of the house (some are always available). Parking is free after 6 pm and at the weekends. At the riverside are limited free parking places as well.
If you are interested in good restaurants you can find more of them very close to the flat. They're worth to try.
We offer you free WI-FI and satellite TV (Hotbird and Astra).
We wish you a nice stay in Budapest and have a lot of pleasure!
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Klara ensures that your stay perfect. Fully recommended.
Klara se ocupa de que tu estancia sea perfecta. Plenamente recomendable.
Klara and her husband are very thoughtful and helpful hosts.
The apartment is elegantly furnished and quiet as described, it's clean and lovely.
Klara responds quickly to email enquiries so that was extremely helpful.
The best hosts I've experienced on either airbnb or wimdu.
Klara's English is fluent so no troubles with being English speaking.
I would like to return....to Klara's appartment....soon.
Reviews for this host's other properties
Very nice apartment, nothing to complain about.
I arrived too late, Klara was ready to help. All the time.
Many many thanks again, Klara.
good reception from the host very nice stay very clean nice studio close to the subway to recommend thank you clara
bonne réception de l'hôte très bon séjour beau studio très propre proche du métro à recommander merci clara
Everything is nice in the apartment. It is located in Buda, residential shore. The owner couple is very helpful and even helped us to pay a parking fine)) The front there's the building of places to park the car. Evenings and weekends, it's free)) A big thank you to the owners for their sympathy, and their kindnesses !!!!
Tout est agréable dans l'appartement . Il se trouve dans Buda , la rive résidentielle . Le couple propriétaire est très disponible et même ils nous ont aidé pour payer une amende de stationnement )) Il y'a devant l'immeuble des places pour stationner la voiture . Le soir et les week-ends , c'est gratuit )) Un grand merci aux propriétaires pour leurs sympathies , et leurs amabilités !!!!
Location and facilities excellent, absolutely perfect!
Lage und Ausstattung hervorragend, absolut perfekt!
Very nice flat, neat, clean and well located.
Friendly hosts.
Definitely recommended
Sehr schöne Wohnung,Ordentlich,sauber und gut gelegen.
Freundliche Gastgeber.
Auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert
Exceptional holiday apartment in a really comfortable. Equipped with everything, it was almost warm, despite outside temperatures. Owners are friendly and willing to solve any problem and provide all the information we asked for. Ideal location for exploring the city, a stone's throw from the station meter2 Batthany Ter. Highly recommended!
Vacanza eccezionale in un appartamento davvero confortevole. Dotato di tutto, faceva quasi caldo, malgrado le temperature esterne. Proprietari cordiali e gentili, disponibili a risolvere ogni problema e a fornire tutte le informazioni che chiedevamo. Posizione ideale per visitare la città, a due passi dalla stazione metro2 Batthany Ter. Consigliatissimo!
Very friendly hostess
Questions about my trip were answered by you via email and SMS fast and helpful.
Very nice apartment in a perfect location to explore Budapest.
My conclusion: highly recommended.
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Fragen zu meiner Reise wurden von ihr schnell und hilfreich per Mail und SMS beantwortet.
Sehr schöne Altbauwohnung in optimaler Lage zur Erkundung von Budapest.
Mein Fazit: sehr empfehlenswert.
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Watch out with Ibaka. He has already won a Dunk contest in Spain's ACB. He's very imaginative. I'm not telling you he'll win but sure he's fun to watch.
2011 SPRITE SLAM DUNK COMPETITORS

 Participant	 Team	 Pos.	 Ht.	 Wt.

 Blake Griffin	 L.A. Clippers	 F	 6-10	 251

 Brandon Jennings	 Milwaukee	 G	 6-1	 169

 Serge Ibaka	 Oklahoma City	 F-C	 6-10	 235

 JaVale McGee	 Washington	 C	 7-0	 252

This Dunk Contest is going to be weak, the only participant that is going to be worth watching is Blake Griffin. Mcgee and Ibaka, come on they couldn't find anyone better. What about Demar Derozan or Rusell Westbrook?
I thought it was great watching Nate Robinson, and I was also thinking why can't Wilson Chandler enter. Wilson Chandler has some hops and I know for a fact his dunks would look better than McGee.
Watch out with Ibaka. He has already won a Dunk contest in Spain's ACB. He's very imaginative. I'm not telling you he'll win but sure he's fun to watch.
Griffin alone is enough to make me watch this. And McGee is intriguing.
**** was rigged for Blake to win.. by a wide margin
I use to love this event but it has been lacking over the years... The only people I found entertaining was Nate's jump over spud web, and Dwight Howards superman dunk. Oh, Iggy did some nice stuff too. The Dunk contest is in dire need of real creativity. It use to be my favorite event of all star weekend. hopefully it will get better...
lol i think it's going to be blake easily,but there might be a big upset.who knows...
Haha yeah this is such a weak ass dunk contest.
DeRozan and Rudy should be back in to show what they can actually do. Plus Griffin and someone else.
IMO Griffin is the only winner...
one person we should look out for in this contest is McGee he has the athleticism and flash that could come close to surprising us and challenging Griffin. still, that being said this is clearly Griffin's contest to lose same way with Brown last year. lets just hope he doesnt choke as Brown did last year( i doubt he will )
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Humphries was looking like Griffin last night.
Hey, we got new competitors at least. DeRozan wasn't good last year, he's an in-game dunker.
Hopefully McGee tries a dunk from the free-throw line.
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My biggest complaint about this is most of them are tall and dunks don't look as good as the smaller dunkers (Nate).
Quality Dunkers
Rusell Westbrook
Eric Gordon
Derrick Rose
Monta Ellis
Rudy Fernandez
Demar Derozan
Wilson Chandler
Jamario Moon
Next two are b****s and won't enter but: Dwayne Wade and Lebron James
Then others I've seen good dunks from Tony Allen and Amir Johnson.
i don't understand the dunk comp any more. where are the great dunks? the amazing acrobatics, the high end competition? It seems like these days it's always rookies and 2nd string guys that don't really bring it.
I mean MJ was fantastic. Spud Webb. Vince Carter. bring in some talent. It should be griffin, lebron, nate, and kobe. and the prize should be a million dollars.
It used to be my favorite as well.. now i think my favorite event at the ASG is the rookie/sophomore game


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Chart 1: Small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments, 3Q08-1Q10 (k units)
Chart 5: Overall TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 3Q08-1Q10
Chart 6: Handset-use TFT LCD shipments by technology, 1Q09-1Q10
Chart 7: Handset-use TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 1Q09-1Q10
Chart 9: DSC-use TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 1Q09-1Q10
Table 1: Small- to medium-size panel shipments from AUO and Chimei Innolux, 4Q08-4Q09 (k units)
Chart 12: Small- to medium-size LCD shipment and Taiwan' s global share, 2007-2012 (k units)
Global tablet market - 3Q 2016
GLOBAL TABLET | Dec 7, 11:20
Global tablet shipments in fourth-quarter 2016 are expected to see an annual decrease of 20%.
China smartphone AP shipment 4Q forecast
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Digitimes Research estimates shipments of AP for smartphones and tablet PC in China in the fourth quarter of 2016 will show a growth of 11.6% on quarter.
TAIWAN MOBILE DEVICE | Nov 30, 14:14
Taiwan handset makers had a disappointing third quarter in 2016 as a result of decreased ODM orders and low-than-expected performances of Taiwan's brand vendors.
Taiwan server shipment forecast and industry analysis, 2017
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According to surveys and analyses conducted by Digitimes Research, revenues generated from sales of server motherboards, servers, storage systems and related network system equipment by Taiwan-based vendors will continue on an upward trend to reach NT$558.5 billion...
Taiwan server shipment forecast and industry analysis, 2016
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Apr 1, 15:47
Strong demand from the cloud computing market helped Taiwan's server shipments grow 12.5% on year to break 10 million units in 2015, accounting for 90.7% of worldwide shipments and the percentage is expected to grow to 91.1% in 2016. This Digitimes Research Special...
China smartphone industry enjoys shipment growth in 3Q16 thanks to overseas demand
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Worldwide notebook shipment update - October 2016
TAIWAN MOBILE DEVICE | Dec 8, 11:14
Taiwan ODM smartphone shipments to decline in 4Q16
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Global digital gaming market to reach US$99.6 billion in 2016
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Global tablet shipments in 4Q16 to reach 51.29 million
GLOBAL TABLET | Dec 6, 21:00
Taiwan top foundries to enjoy particularly strong 4Q16
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Nov 29, 14:21
Taiwan server revenues may reach NT$600 billion in 2017
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Samsung Display dominance in AMOLED to face challenge from China makers beginning 2019
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China mobile AP shipments to rise 11.6% in 4Q16
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Nov 23, 22:31
Taiwan makers to ship over 20 million LCD monitors in 4Q16
TAIWAN DISPLAY SYSTEM | Nov 23, 22:19
Top-5 vendors, top-3 Taiwan ODMs October notebook shipments down 22%, 12% on month
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Moving the church to St Fagans National History Museum from Pontarddulais was an ambitious and long-term project. This gallery charts the process, from the mid 1980s to the present.
The Church Building
It is no mean feat to move and re-build a medieval church. Get inside the building and have a look at the architecture, including the impressive hand carved oak roof.
Decoration – Wall Paintings
The church is presented today as it may have looked in 1520. The wall paintings we found hidden underneath the plaster were painted around that date. Here is their story.
Decoration – The Rood Screen
The Rood Screen at St Teilo's Church is very special. Not only is it beautifully carved and decorated, but it was designed and made (by hand) by our Head Carpenter. See if you can spot him in the gallery!
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The church in Henry VIII's day would have served as much more than a place of worship, as it was also a centre for the local community. This diversity is reflected by the different objects, carvings and symbols found all over the building.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Financial Statements
- What are intangibles?
- How is the amount for "goodwill" determined?
- Why do companies try to avoid creating goodwill?
Stockholder's Equity
- Please clarify the information regarding the stockholder's equity section (common stock and paid in capital).
Stock Repurchases
- Can you discuss the impact of stock repurchase programs?
- How can I follow details of stock buyback programs?
Stock Dividends and Splits
- What is the difference between a stock dividend and a stock split?
- What is a reverse split?
- Why do companies split their shares?
- What importance do stock splits have for shareholders?
- What are sources of information for stock splits?
- I'm having trouble understanding exactly what is meant by the term "diluted EPS." Would you clarify it for me?
- Some companies are reporting "cash" earnings or "pro forma" income. What are cash earnings and why are companies reporting them?
- What are "whisper" earnings?
- How should an investor view whispers?
What are intangibles?
Most of us are familiar with physical assets such as property, plant, and equipment. These tangible assets can be counted or measured with a high level of certainty. Tangibles, however, make up only half of the picture of a company's assets. The other half, which is intangible in nature, is an entirely different beast. Intangible assets have no physical presence, nor do they carry with them any certainty of future benefits. In addition, they are non-separable from a company, have indefinite benefit periods, and are valued based on competitive circumstances. Because of these characteristics, intangible assets are also more difficult to value.
The common types of intangible assets are patents and copyrights, franchises and licenses, brand names and trademarks, computer software, and goodwill. Excluding goodwill, these types of intangible assets are sometimes referred to as identifiable intangibles. Identifiable intangibles can be developed internally or acquired, and they are linked with specific rights or privileges with limited benefit periods. On an accounting basis, identifiable intangibles are recorded at cost and are then amortized over their benefit period.
How is the amount for "goodwill" determined?
Those intangible assets that cannot be specifically identified and have indefinite benefit periods are often called unidentifiable intangibles. The most common unidentifiable intangible asset is goodwill. Goodwill is the excess of the price paid for a company or business unit over the sum of the fair market value of the net assets of the company or business unit. In simpler terms, it is the residual between the acquisition cost and the sum of the fair market values of all identifiable assets and liabilities. Goodwill is only recorded upon the purchase of another business entity. Goodwill is an attempt to balance the allocation of the cost of an acquisition against the fair market value of the assets being acquired.
Why do companies try to avoid creating goodwill?
A key issue surrounding intangibles is the need to ultimately amortize, impair or write them off over their expected benefit period, not to exceed 40 years. The length of the period is dependent upon factors such as the type of intangible, the competitive environment, contractual agreements, and legal or regulatory limitations. Goodwill, unlike other intangibles, cannot be amortized. Firms are required to test for impairment at least annually. This means companies must estimate the fair value of all components that goodwill is attributed to and compare that value with the carrying amount currently being reported. If the carrying amount exceeds the estimated value, the difference must be realized as an impairment loss, creating a non-cash charge that lowers reported earnings.
The other issue to remember is that impairment of goodwill and amortization of other intangibles are not tax-deductible and therefore create no economic benefit. Management has latitude in amortizing intangibles, and since reducing amortization expenses improves reported earnings, pressure exists to extend the amortization period as much as possible to keep the annual amortization expense low. Some companies will also try to write off a large chunk through a reassessment of economic value and one-time extraordinary charge of income, often called a "big bath." This provides a one-time hit to earnings but eliminates the slow burn of amortization. The SEC carries out a broad-based investigation of potential abuses to these types of write-downs.
Stockholder's Equity
Please clarify the information regarding the stockholder's equity section (common stock and paid in capital).
Common stock represents ownership in a company and bears the ultimate rewards and risks for the owner. Common stock has no preference over other claims to the assets of a firm. It does, however, reap the residual profits and assume net losses. For some companies, especially those with more complex capital structures, there may be different classes of stock. Typically, these classes are distinguishable by their dividends and their voting rights.
Common stock may carry a "par" value, which usually has little analytical significance. The par value of a stock is more a matter of legal and historical significance.
The contributed or paid-in capital of a company is the amount received from shareholders in return for shares of common stock. This item is typically divided into two parts:
- The first part is assigned to the stated or par value of the shares;
- The remainder is reported as additional paid in capital (also called paid in capital in excess of par, paid in capital, etc.).
When you look at the shareholder's equity section of the balance sheet, you may well run across some additional accounts. These may include:
- Treasury stock represents shares of company stock that have been reacquired by the issuing company after having been previously issued. It is important to realize that treasury stock is not an asset. It is a contra equity account that reduces both assets and shareholder's equity.
- Retained earnings is the accounting of undistributed earnings or losses of a company since inception. The contribution to retained earnings for any given year is the residual amount of net income (or loss) after dividends, if any, have been paid.
- Prior period adjustments are corrections for errors in prior periods' financial statements. These adjustments are made directly to the beginning balance of retained earnings in order to exclude them from the income statement.
- Appropriations of retained earnings are reclassifications of retained earnings for specific purposes. These appropriations recognize the fact that a company does not plan to distribute these amounts as dividends. Instead, the company reserves them for future expenditures such as expansion.
- Restrictions (or covenants) on retained earnings are constraints placed on a certain amount of retained earnings. A common example is the limitation a company has in paying dividends. These restrictions typically arise from bond indentures or through loan agreements.
Stock Repurchases
Can you discuss the impact of stock repurchase programs?
A stock buyback or repurchase occurs when a company acquires its own shares that were once issued and outstanding. Shares may be repurchased on the open market through the services of a broker or with a tender offer. The value of these reacquired shares is typically presented in the equity segment of the balance sheet and labeled treasury stock. Some companies retire the reacquired shares, reducing the number of shares outstanding; others use the shares for stock-related compensation plans.
With a share repurchase, the company spends capital resources to reduce equity ownership in the firm. Therefore, it is not surprising that share repurchases are the domain of lower growth companies and industries such as tobacco and food processing. With these firms, a share repurchase signals that the company does not have as many profitable investment opportunities.
If the overall level of net income is maintained, the share repurchase plan will affect a number of per share calculations and ratios. A reduced number of outstanding shares and lower level of shareholder's equity will boost items such as earnings per share and return on equity. Financial leverage will also go up as the level of liabilities relative to equity increases.
The board of directors establishes a company's intention for a share repurchase through a share repurchase plan. It is important to remember that share repurchase plans do not usually obligate a company to buy back its shares, and many companies fail to fulfill the repurchase plan completely. Most announcements are worded to indicated that a company has intentions to purchase up to X dollars or up to X million shares over the next X number of years.
A study found that open market repurchase plans are typically announced after an abnormal price decline. The announcement is often seen as signal from the company that it believes its stock is priced attractively. The share repurchase program helps to calm investor fears and provide proof that company executives still have confidence in their company and are willing to act on their belief.
The study also found that company stock prices typically jump on the announcement of a share repurchase plan, and that the stock price does not tend to fall back to the pronouncement level. In other words, stock repurchase announcements typically have a positive and lasting effect on stock prices.
How can I follow details of stock buyback programs?
Repurchase plans are announced in the major financial newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and Barron's.
The Online Investor Web site highlights share repurchase announcements in a section titled "Buybacks." The site provides a history of announcements and includes details about the number of shares or dollar value of the shares covered by the repurchase plan.
Stock Dividends and Splits
What is the difference between a stock dividend and a stock split?
Stock dividends and splits are usually announced with great fanfare and receive extensive press coverage. The accounting treatment of stock dividends and splits is slightly different, but for the investor stock dividends and splits are identical except in magnitude.
Stock dividends are distributions of additional shares of stock to shareholders instead of cash. For an investor holding 100 shares of stock, a 5% stock dividend would entitle the investor to another five shares of stock. If the stock were selling at $100, after the stock dividend it will open at about 95¼, making the market value (price times number of shares) the same before and after the stock dividend.
When stock dividends are over 25%, they are typically called splits. If a stock had a 2-for-1 stock split instead of a stock dividend, the investor would have 200 shares of stock, but they would be trading at $50—half their previous price.
What is a reverse split?
Splits do not necessarily increase the number of shares outstanding—a reverse split will decrease the number of outstanding shares. A 1-for-5 split would leave an investor with one share of a company stock for every five owned, boosting the share price by a factor of five.
Why do companies split their shares?
It is obvious that, unless the splits or dividends make the shares more desirable, they represent nothing but paper shuffling. The usual argument for splits is that investors prefer stocks of companies that trade within some common range—$20 to $100. Stocks priced very low may not meet exchange requirements and may be considered too speculative for investors, while very high-priced stocks require a larger investment to purchase in a round lot (100-share block) and therefore limit the number of interested investors. With the company's price in a more accessible range, the theory goes, more investors should flock to the stock, bidding up its price.
What importance do stock splits have for shareholders?
While logic would dictate that splits are not meaningful, market participants perceive stock splits to have value and tend to react positively to announcements. Most stock dividends or splits come after periods of strong price performance, so the company is highlighting its good stock performance and continued confidence of the future company potential through its split announcement. Many stock split candidates are also momentum stocks still on the move, with the similar downside risk of greater volatility.
Reverse splits have interesting consequences for the stock price. In these instances, studies have found substantial negative price performance when the announcement is made, approved, and executed. In a large number of cases, the stock price continued to decline even in the long run. Following a stock split strategy makes sense if you are a believer in price momentum strategies.
What are sources of information for stock splits?
Stock splits are announced in the major financial newspapers. Earnings.com, MarketWatch.com, The Online Investor, StockSplit.net, and Yahoo!Finance are Web sites that provide listings of stock split announcements.
I'm having trouble understanding exactly what is meant by the term "diluted EPS." Would you clarify it for me?
Companies have been required to report basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) since December 15, 1997. Basic EPS is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted EPS tries to capture the impact the holders of securities convertible into stock might have on the basic EPS figure. Some companies issue securities, such as preferred stock and bonds, that can be converted into a number of common stock shares at a given price. With a larger number of outstanding shares, a given level of income would reduce or dilute earnings for a given share. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities with rights to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. If there are no convertible securities, basic EPS and diluted EPS will be the same. However, if a company has convertibles, the diluted EPS will be less than the basic EPS.
Some companies are reporting "cash" earnings or "pro forma" income. What are cash earnings and why are companies reporting them?
Traditional valuation measures rely on the value and growth potential of variables such as earnings, cash flow, and dividends. However, it is difficult to value many technology and Internet companies because of their lack of bottom line profitability—net income. These companies have been pushing for analysts to judge them higher up the income statement on a figure they are calling cash earnings or pro forma income—operating income before depreciation and amortization. Cash earnings consider sales and expenses such as cost of goods and selling, administrative and general expenses, but ignore items such as amortization, depreciation, non-operating expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses.
What are "whisper" earnings?
Every earnings announcement season, analysts and investors alike anxiously await word of whether companies are able to meet or exceed the earnings estimates that have been set forth for them. Stock prices quickly adjust to surprises—actual earnings significantly above or below the consensus earnings expectation.
Estimates are made by analysts after consulting with company management and analyzing the firm's financial strength, competitive environment, and other factors. Critics charge that to avoid negative surprises and the accompanying stock price drop, companies try to manage the earnings process by guiding analysts towards conservative earnings estimates. Services such as I/B/E/S, Zacks Investment Research, and Thomson First Call track these official estimates made by the analysts and publish consensus estimates as well as the analyst changes over time.
Over the past couple of years, a new estimate figure has been tossed around-whisper earnings. Whisper earnings estimates are the unofficial earnings numbers that are circulated among analysts about the time of the actual earnings announcement, but not passed on to the tracking services. These whisper earnings are considered to be the actual earnings expectations of the analysts tracking the company, free of any company influence.
Whisper numbers have garnered much attention recently because of the apparent weight they carry with investors. There have been incidences where a company has met or even exceeded its consensus earnings but failed to meet the whisper numbers, and its stock price has plummeted.
How should an investor view whispers?
Whisper numbers tend to come from unknown or unnamed sources. They may come from company insiders, perceptive investors, or those who are attempting to manipulate a stock's price. To further muddy the proverbial waters, sites that collect whisper estimates rarely disclose their sources. If you make decisions on these figures, you are doing so at your own risk. If whisper earnings interest you, they are provided on the Internet by the sites Whispernumber.com, Earningswhispers.com, and StockLab.com.


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By looking at information stored in chemistry, says former NASA fellow, life from non-life can be explained
An outstanding question in the
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suggests that researchers are approaching the problem in the wrong way.
They suggest that rather looking at the "hardware" (biochemicals), they look at the "software" (chemically encoding information). The authors suggest that the defining line between the living and non-living is the ability to manage encoded information, thus the key question is how this information handling arose.
Could the clue to how life arose lie in how it encodes information?
Comments Prof. Walker, "When we describe biological processes we typically use informational narratives -- cells send out signals, developmental programs are run, coded instructions are read, genomic data are transmitted between generations and so forth. So identifying life's origin in the way information is processed and managed can open up new avenues for research."
"Chemical based approaches have stalled at a very early stage of chemical complexity -- very far from anything we would consider 'alive.' More seriously they suffer from conceptual shortcomings in that they fail to distinguish between chemistry and biology."
"We propose that the transition from non-life to life is unique and definable," Prof. Davies adds, "We suggest that life may be characterized by its distinctive and active use of information, thus providing a roadmap to identify rigorous criteria for the emergence of life. This is in sharp contrast to a century of thought in which the transition to life has been cast as a problem of chemistry, with the goal of identifying a plausible reaction pathway from chemical mixtures to a living entity."
"To a physicist or chemist life seems like 'magic matter. It behaves in extraordinary ways that are unmatched in any other complex physical or chemical system. Such lifelike properties include autonomy, adaptability and goal-oriented behavior -- the ability to harness chemical reactions to enact a pre-programmed agenda, rather than being a slave to those reactions."
"We believe the transition in the informational architecture of chemical networks is akin to a phase transition in physics, and we place special emphasis on the top-down information flow in which the system as a whole gains causal purchase over its components. This approach will reveal how the logical organization of biological replicators differs crucially from trivial replication associated with crystals (non-life). By addressing the causal role of information directly, many of the baffling qualities of life are explained."
Crystals are also self-replicating, but they lack the flexibility of life.
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If that all sounds a bit abstract, it is.
But basically it seems that the pair are arguing that by looking at differences between the self-replicating information in biochemicals (e.g. RNA) verus self-replication information in inorganic/non-living constructs (e.g. crystals), researchers may be able to retrace the process of how life arose on Earth more easily than if they merely focus on painstakingly mixing chemical constituents, hoping something arises.
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Phormer Phillie Update – Gavin Floyd
The Chicago White Sox announced today that they have signed Gavin Floyd to a four-year, $15.5 million contract, with a $9.5 million option for 2013. Floyd posted a 17-8 record in 33 starts for the Sox last year, with a 3.84 ERA.
You may recall that Floyd was drafted by the Phillies with the fourth overall pick in the 2001 amateur draft. He never quite lived up to expectations with the Phillies, posting a record of 1-2 with a 10.04 ERA in 7 games in 2005, and 4-3 with a 7.29 ERA in 11 games in 2006.
Too often while on the mound for the Phillies, he had that "deer in the headlights" look. This photo of Floyd is from a 2005 game against the Atlanta Braves, in which he gave up 8 earned runs in 3.1 innings of work:
After being traded to the White Sox in the off-season (as part of the Freddie Garcia trade – we won't even discuss that right now), he didn't fare much better in 2007, going 1-5 with a 5.27 ERA in 16 games. But the pieces finally fell into place for Gavin last year.
Here's hoping that Floyd has gained some much-needed confidence following his breakout 2008 season, and will repay the Sox in kind with more of the same in 2009.
(Floyd photo by me)
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Let's hope that Floyd has! It is so hard when a player struggles with confidence. It is the hardest thing to "fix".
Being a hopeful sports psychologist, I always feel bad for guys who lack confidence in themselves. It'd be great to see him gain some confidence for the season.


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Leading the way to San Antonio is Trail Boss Arlis Young, Assistant Trail Bosses Michael Dunn and Ray Garcia, Honorable Trail Boss George Camp, Wagon Boss Virgil Culpepper, Asst. Wagon Boss "P." Doty, Captain of the Scouts Bill Siddon, Marshal Willie Moses, Deputy Marshal Robert Cavazos and all the scouts helping with the traffic.
Saturday, Feb. 2, the trail will leave Tynan and travel to the Bee County Expo Center campgrounds. Sunday, Feb. 3, "Super Bowl Day" riders will camp in Pettus. Super Bowl Supper will be provided by the trail ride's oldest member and founder Ona Van Dorn.
Monday, Feb. 4, riders will be leave Pettus to Kenedy. The trail will be traveling the back roads to Kenedy and camp at the Karnes County Show Barn, midway between Kenedy and Karnes City. Monday night is kids night. Supper will be served from 6-7:30 p.m.
Fat Tuesday, Feb. 5, the riders will leave the Karnes County Show Barn to Karnes City and will parade through downtown and have a lunch stop in Karnes City. Then back on the road to Falls City down U.S. Hwy. 181. The Falls City Chamber of Commerce will host a big county and western dance starting at 7:30 p.m. music by Cactus County. There will be a door charge for folks who want to kick up their heels.
Wednesday, Feb. 6, the trail says goodbye to Falls City and hello to Poth for a lunch stop and then will travel to the Wilson County Show Barn for a meal cooked by the Floresville Boys and a big dance that night with Bobby Marques from at 8 p.m. to midnight.
Thursday, Feb. 7, riders say goodbye to Floresville and get back on the road to the Bexar County Sheriff's Pose Arena. Supper will be served at 6 p.m. with the STTR Awards Ceremony at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 8, the trail riders will leave Bexar County Sheriff's Posse Arena and travel to the end of the trail camp site in San Antonio.
The South Texas Trail Riders have dedicated this ride in memory of trail riders who passed away in 2012. They are Shirley Masur, life member; Chris Clark, life member, past officer, past sweetheart; and Trail Rider George Reiter.
This year's queen is Miss Lauren Ramos of Beeville. Lauren's parents are Larry and Sherry Ramos. Sweetheart of the trail ride is Sharie Folmer of Kingsbury and mascot is Abby Atkinson of Corpus Christi. Abby is the daughter of Alice and Jason Atkinson.
The South Texas Trail thanks all the law enforcement agencies for their help with the traffic problems and all the towns and communities for their support by letting the trail riders spend the night in their community and for all meal donations.
Mark the dates and come out to see the trail riders on the road. The South Texas Trail is "Keeping the Cowboy Tradition Alive."
For more information call membership chairman Vicki Gannaway at (210) 378-4846; Trail Boss Arlis Young at (361) 510-8935; Co-Chairman of Publicity Pumpkin Culpepper at (830) 299-0860 or check the website: www.sttr.net.


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January 29, 2014 —
Let's face it: the weather outside is frightful. Arctic blasts and powerful gusts have combined to create record-breaking temps across the country and right here in the Upper Delaware River region. To add insult to injury, I live on top of a mountain, exposed to the elements, teetering on a precipice, constantly flirting with the kinds of challenges that life in a trailer (that's right) provides. That said, there is plenty of action in the mountains. When the snow flies, it blankets the hills and valleys in stunning detail, creating photo-ops worthy of a postcard, pretty as a picture and (for the armchair observer) warm and dry. For visitors, this is swell. For those of us who call the Catskills home? Just another day in paradise.
While the schools have seen an increase in snow days and delays, the majority of us workaday folks brave the frigid temps, shovel our way to the garage and hit the road with care, leaving some wiggle room in our schedules for the occasional slip and slide. Like many of you, I have missed out on a few events due to circumstances beyond my control, but wake each morning determined to celebrate the world of arts and leisure provided to us throughout the area. Running out of words to describe the bitter cold, I decided to make my way to Main Street in Liberty, NY to check out the newest art installation happening behind the Green Door (www.greendoormag.com). In conjunction with the Outsider's Studio Collective (www.outsidersstudio.com), Akira and Ellie Ohiso opened their doors and bared their walls to allow curators Andrea Brown and Elizabeth Ennis to invite scores of artists to participate in their latest pop-up gallery show, titled "Crowd." The exhibition, based on the theme "People and their Pets," showcases paintings, sculpture, photographs and multi-media expressions of that concept and there are some (IMHO) amazing works on display through March 1. During the opening reception, Brown was overheard to say that "In the dead of winter, one does not often encounter a crowd; we were looking to create that atmosphere with this show." With over 150 people (and one pet) in attendance, it was more of a mob scene, with plenty of action, but now that the crowd has died down, one can peruse the gallery space at leisure and stand back to admire.


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Intel Corp. has always stated that its leading-edge manufacturing technologies and ability to make chips in volume are among the main competitive advantages against other developers of processors. More recently, Intel claimed its manufacturing prowess as an ultimate advantage over the so-called ARM camp. Nonetheless, it looks like the chipmaker's foundry unit is about to gain another client developing ARM-based solutions.
Back in October, 2013, Intel Custom Foundry, contract manufacturing business unit of the world's largest chipmaker, and Altera signed a deal under which Intel would produce Altera Stratix 10 system-on-chips that feature both field-programmable gate array (FPGA) as well as four ARM Cortex-A53 general-purpose cores using 14nm tri-gate manufacturing technology. The Stratix 10 SoCs are designed for high-end networking and communications infrastructure, hence, they do not necessarily compete against Intel's own solutions. Nonetheless, these chips improve competitive positions of ARM architecture in general.
Given the nature of Intel Custom Foundry division, Intel is interested in landing orders from large customers from a number of industries so to avoid conflict of interests. According to Citigroup's chip analyst Glen Yeung, Intel is negotiating with Marvell Technology Group over a foundry deal.
"We believe that Intel is gaining customer traction in their foundry business, consistent with the company's recent commentary to open their foundry services to additional customers. We believe Marvell is a potential good fit for Intel in integrated baseband/application processors. Our sense is that performance gains using Intel's 22nm [tri-gate] process would be substantial for Marvell, providing the catalyst for this relationship," wrote Mr. Yeung in a note for clients, without elaborating, reports Tech Trader Daily.
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Marvell Technology develops a broad line of chips that includes application processors, communication processors, broadband solutions, embedded processors, various controllers and so on. Almost all products by Marvell can benefit from Intel's advanced manufacturing technologies. Many of Marvell's chips are either based on ARM cores, or are compatible with ARM's instruction sets. But the volumes of Marvell's products potentially represent significant revenue streams for Intel.
"Producing baseband/AP chips for Marvell indeed implies that Intel will be fabricating ARM solutions on their 22nm process. This underscores the approach of Intel's new management to be agnostic to logic cores in their foundry business. To be sure, Intel will still offer the use of x86 cores to appropriate foundry customers. Nonetheless, we are encouraged that Intel recognizes the revenue potential from producing ARM chips on a foundry basis rather than stubbornly restricting themselves to x86," wrote the analyst.
One thing that should be noted is that many of Intel's high-volume fabs can produce chips using both 22nm and 14nm process technologies. Therefore, in case Intel and Marvell sign a contract, it could include both manufacturing processes.
It is noteworthy that Intel and Marvell application processors are competing on the market. Since Intel is not interested in supporting rivals, the information regarding potential contract between the two companies should be taken with a grain of salt.
It is ironic that many of Marvell's application processors (which are quite popular among consumer electronics makers) have evolved from Intel's own ARM-compatible Xscale chips. Back in 2006 Intel sold its Xscale division to Marvell as it wanted to concentrate solely on x86. Now, if the information is correct, Intel will produce successors of its own designs.
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|Credit Bureau of the Virginias Makes $9K Scholarship Donation to Bluefield State College
|Tuesday, August 04 2015
|Student Support Services Program at BSC Receives Federal Grant Award for Five Years
|Tuesday, July 07 2015
|BSC Biomedical Club Makes Science Fun During Princeton's Fourth of July Celebration
|Tuesday, July 07 2015
|Bluefield Consortium Professional Development Schools Receives $23K Grant Award from WV Department of Education
|Tuesday, July 07 2015
|Local Community Responds to "Go for Graduation Challenge," Triggering $27K to Help BSC Students Graduate
|Monday, June 29 2015
|BSC Announces 2015 Spring Semester President's & Dean's Lists
|Tuesday, June 09 2015
|Bridge and Lane Closure
|Thursday, June 04 2015
|BSC Student Robotics Team Ready to Enter 2015 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition
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|BSC Emerging Leaders Institute and Beta Lambda Omega Chapter/Alpha Kappa Alpha Collect 500+ Food Items for Bluefield Union Mission Food Pantry
|Friday, May 15 2015
|BSC Chapter/Kappa Delta Pi Teacher Ed. Honor Society Inducts New Members and Elects Officers
|Friday, May 15 2015
|BSC "Employee Appreciation Program" Recognizes College Faculty and Staff for Performance and Service
|Friday, May 15 2015
|BSC Students Present Applied Science Research Projects to College Community
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|BSC Student Cassandra Smith Wins WV Association of Retired School Employees Scholarship
|Friday, May 15 2015
|Bluefield State College and National Ilan University/Taiwan to sign MOU May 12 at BSC
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|Dr. Sean Connolly Receives WVHEPC Outreach to Mexico Grant Award
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|Monroe County Technical Education Center and Bluefield State College Sign Dual Credit Articulation Agreement
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|BSC Professor Receives Research Grant from NASA WV EPSCoR Program
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|BSC's Delano Sweeney Participates in Featured Presentations at "Ellucian Live Conference"
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|WV HC Heri Purwanto Visiting Bluefield State College, April 27-28, 2015
|Monday, April 27 2015
|BSC Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, National Honor Society for Freshmen, Inducts 18 Students & Four Honorary Members
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|BSC Criminal Justice Program's Mock Trial Docketed for April 29 in Mercer County Courthouse Annex
|Monday, April 27 2015
|BSC Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society of Social Sciences, Inducts Five Students
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|BSC Student Laura Stevens Selected as a "Newman Civic Fellow" for 2015
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Date: Tuesday, January 30, 1996–Sunday, January 31, 2016Every Sat, Sun
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The Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) present the Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalists Exhibition. Artists compete for top honors and a $25,000 fellowship in the Greater Baltimore area's most prestigious arts competition. Held in conjunction with Artscape (July 19–21), America's largest free arts festival, the finalists and semifinalists exhibitions are presented in partnership with the Walters and Maryland Institute College of Art.
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This exhibition of photographs by contemporary artist Gregory Vershbow explores the interactions of art objects within environments and circumstances ordinarily beyond public view. In storage facilities and conservation laboratories, and at monuments under restoration, Vershbow photographs art objects wrapped in plastic, protected by foam, nested in boxes and set in surprising juxtapositions with other objects from different eras.
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Wednesday, October 23 will be family night. The book fair will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. The PTO will be selling hot dogs, chips and drinks.
The PTO will have a change drive during the week-long event in which each grade level will compete to raise money for Silver Santa. At the end of the week, the elementary and intermediate school grade levels with the most money raised will be given ice cream sundae parties by the PTO.
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Your sh*tting me, they sent the wrong "P"?
Rockies spring training tickets officially went on sale this morning at 9:00 am.
I was one of the first 10 people in line and by far the youngest one.
Andy and I got tickets for the first three home games, 25th, 26th, and 28th.
The seats we snagged are incredible, cheap too considering I could set my beer on the top of the Rockies dugout🙂.
I wanted to keep you updated on the "Progress of my purple P".
I finally received my new "P" in the mail yesterday.
I've discovered something just as bad as losing your "P" or being overcharged for a "P".
Receiving the incorrect "P".
The "P" that was mailed to me after waiting patiently for three weeks was the wrong color. I received a black "P". In addition, the black "P" was bigger and had a different shape than normal purple "P".
If anyone is in need of a black "P" let me know. I'll keep you updated on the "Progress of the purple P". I wanted the lettering sewn on and the jersey finished for Rockies Fest on January 24th.
Right now I'm just hoping to have it ready by spring training.
This will be my third stab at trying to get my "P" to finish off my "Rock_ile".
Who knew trying to find the right "P" would wind up being such a pain?
(This is not the Mobile Blogging Unit —>)
So as it stands right now, you'll be able to find the Mobile Blogging Unit parked outside of Hi Corbett Field on Feb 25th, 26, and 28th before and after the game (It will be parked there other days too, we just haven't figured what away games we'll be driving to see).
On the roadtrip back, March 3rd we will be parked in the Maryvale Parking lot before the Brewers/Rockies game at the Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix.
We've got lawn seats in the outfield for that game. The plan for the last day is just take it easy before hitting the road back to Denver after that ballgame is finished.
As I may have mentioned before This trip will be the ulitmate baseball lovers vacation. The goal is to spend ten days and not spend over $400.00. Barring any mechanic issues, it should be a piece of cake. We split all of the expenses.
We plan to grill out every day, watch an incredible amount of live baseball, snag a sheetload of baseballs, hopefully get lot of autographs, visit some other ballparks, talk lots of baseball to all the fans we meet, and best of all document as much of it as we can so you reading this can share in the spring training experience.
I wanted to give a shout out to my friends Lisa and Dick.
It's their anniversary and Dick went out of his way to do something special for her.
Whaddya think?? :)
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Hey D,
Sigh! Wish I was going. Right now I'm ready for sitting in the sun, drinking beer, eating peanuts, screaming when someone on the team hits a homerun, getting autographs, spending an obscene amount of money on a hot dog, chattin' up the other fans as we wait in line wondering why we're spending so much money on a hot dog, trying to get an awesome picture of Todd Helton, and knowing that the whole summer is stretching before me with the possibilty of a World Series run at the end of it.
Sorry to hear that you still don't have a "P" for your shirt. It's amazing how hard it is sometimes to get seemingly simple things done.
Looking forward to hearing about spring training.
D — Sorry about the 'P' problem. Hope it gets solved soon! Enjoy the road trip – can't wait to read all your blogs about it and congrats on scoring tickets!
Thanks for the kind words D. Sometimes I just don't get the world plain and simple. As for your P order an R and make it a P and you might not be able to park the RV outside High Corbett because there is very little parking so I'd have a backup just in case the old people manning the entrance get grumpy. As for snaggin all you have to do is stand behind the outfield wall after batting practice. There is not a ton of skill to it and even without trying you can get a handful of balls so I just gave em to kids because it was too easy. My nephew loved me! Thanks again man
R-LUV-I have been planning this trip since the drive home from Tucson last spring training. Honestly, I mentally need this vacation. Last year my whole trip was 4 days(driving included), it was fun but much too quick. As you can tell, this year we're doing things right.
JULIA-Thanks, pre-planning made all the difference.
TOM-YW, we plan on parking the MBU at Hi Corbett really early every morning, probably before the parking attendants get there. You bring up a good point, something I didn't consider. As far as turning the "R" into "P", that would work but if it's this much trouble to get a "P", an "R" is even farther down in the alphabet. Could take forever, I'll just cross my fingers and hope my "P" arrrives in time to use it…D
That is shittastic. If I were you, I'd be tempted to drive to the company's headquarters and get the damn P myself.
I am so excited to read MBU stories! It's gonna be so much fun–I wish I could go to ST again like last year, but I have to work every single day during my SB so my boss effectively ruined my life.
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Its been 10th day since he got viral infection. My son is 8 months old. He goes to day care. Last friday he had viral infection. He started rejecting bottles since Friday and he is still not taking them at all. We have tried sippy cups, normal cup, bowls to feed him, but a couple of sips and thats it.
I have been nursing him on demand, but I dont have enough. When i pump, I only get close to 15 ounces(if I am lucky). You would think, all this nursing on demand for last whole week would have increased my supply, but NO! I dont see wet diapers. Only time his diaper is really wet is when he wakes up in the morning. Otherwise they are as heavy as 1 ounce...He does not cry, he is very active and looks happy and satisfied with whatever he is getting. He is taking some solids, but not too much.
Today I am back at work and constantly worrying about him not eating enough.
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