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|2,700 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|3 - 8 nights
This is one side of a three-story duplex located on the North end of Carolina Beach. The house is located across the street from the ocean, with the front door only a few steps from the public beach access. There is 2700 square feet of living area. A public walkway to the beach is almost directly across the street from the house, and this is not a busy street as this end of the island is all residential. The views of the beach and the canal are so beautiful and relaxing. It is a rare treat to have both in one property.
Watch the sun rise and set from any room in the house. When looking at the photo of the house, the left side is Unit #1.
There are six covered porches with access from every floor to both the ocean view and the canal view! The elevator services all 4 floors, from the carport to the top.
The first floor has a recreation room with a poker table, combination air hockey & Pool table, 46' HD TV and a sleeper sofa. There is also a private bedroom with a queen bed and a twin bed, and a private deck overlooking the sound There is a common bath between the recreation room and the bedroom. The washer and dryer are located in the hallway.
The middle floor has a family room with a gas fireplace, and home theater setup, consisting of 46' LED television with a bluray player, digital cable service. and iPhone/android ready receiver with dolby 5-channel home theatre system. Adjacent in the open floor plan is the kitchen, dining room and breakfast bar, pantry and private deck overlooking the ocean. There is also a bedroom with a queen bed, bath, and private deck overlooking the sound.
The third floor has 2 master suites. The first has a king bed, over size 'chair and half' which also pulls out to a twin sleeper, 42' television with digital cable, huge jacuzzi tub and separate shower stall. The best feature is the large deck overlooking the ocean. The ocean views are really nice from this room and sunrises are just amazing. There is a double futon in the hallway sitting area and elevator access. The second master bedroom has two queen beds and a private bath, This bedroom also has a deck overlooking the sound with impressive views of canal sunsets.
All bedrooms have flat screen televisions with cable service, and variable speed ceiling fans.
There is a private heated pool, with large deck area and plenty of patio furniture. Adjacent there are 2 shower stalls and a 1/2 bath. An outdoor stereo allows tuning the local FM stations, or streaming music from your personal device. In the storage area in the carport we try to keep plenty of beach & water toys for the kids. The pool area also has a built-in charcoal grill with 2 cooking surfaces.
Worth mentioning is the water system upgrades to this house. The kitchen has a high end reverse osmosis water filtration system to supply cooking and drinking water. (No need to purchase distilled water.) There is also whole house water softener system to provide high quality water for all guests. Another issue with beach water is low water pressure. That has been addressed by installing a pressure booster system so multiple showers can be going at the same time.
This house was built for the enjoyment of our family and yours. It is extremely well built with nothing spared, and impeccably maintained. Come and enjoy the fabulous views of both the ocean and the canal. Sit on the front decks and see and hear the ocean roar. Watch the sun set against the sailboat silhouettes in the canal. This house is an absolute dream!
The pool is a special amenity and can be heated in the shoulder season, or even year round. There is a large built in BBQ pit for cookouts (and cocktails) on pleasant summer evenings.
***Families and responsible adults ONLY need inquire***
Thanks for considering beach home for your vacation!
1) What is the physical address? Answer: 1317 Carolina Beach Avenue North, Carolina Beach, NC
2) Is this located in near the beach? Answer: YES! beach access is almost directly across the front door. The Carolina Beach board walk is about 1 mile south, and Freeman Park and CB pier is 1/2 mile north.
3) What days do the weekly rentals start? During peak summer months, this is strictly a Saturday-to-Saturday rental. Off peak is more flexible and weekly rentals can most likely start on any day you prefer.
4) What are check-in and check-out times? Answer: Standard check in: 4pm, and standard check out: 11pm.
6) are any amenities included? yes, You will find the property fully stocked with: napkins, paper towels, bath tissue, hand soap, dishwasher and dish soap, trash bags, seasonings, kitchen utensils, cookware, place settings.
7)Is WiFi Internet service or phone service provided? Yes, 50mbs broadband over Wifi is included. Also local and domestic long distance phone service is included.
8)are linens included? Linens are not included. You can bring your own or use the local linen service which provided linens at a reasonable rate. Contact Seaside Linen
9) Can we have an early check-in, or late check-out? Answer: during peak season (summer months) occupancy is 100% so this is most likely not an option. Off-peak is possible provided the cleaning service allows, and other guests are not arriving(departing) the day you are departing(arriving)... just ask us.
9) How do I make a reservation? Answer: simply contact us by email or phone, with the dates and # of guests in your group. A rental agreement will be generated with all the details about your stay, which you can review online, then approve. You can access this online at anytime, or save a personal copy.
10) What forms of payment are accepted? Answer: personal check or Credit Card (with 3% convenience fee).
11) Can the refundable security deposit be paid credit card, and check used for the balancwe. Answer: yes, the deposit can be paid with CC 30 days before arrive. It will be refunded on your CC after checking out.
Did I miss anything? just ask :)
Keywords: Townhouse, pool, elevator
We have 5yo twins, boy/girl, and live in Raleigh. We love spending time at the beach, and are fortunate to have a wonderful place in Asheville as well. VRBO #249920
Dennis Briddell purchased this townhome in 2012
We purchased this property in May 2012. Carolina beach was at the top of our list because there is nothing quite like it. There is the boardwalk, (Britt's donuts!)Freeman Park, great restaurants, night life, and of course a beautiful beach and intracoastal waterway. Our family has immensely enjoyed our visits to this special place and hope our guests can have similar experiences.
The amenities this house offers and proximity to everything make this a special property. I do consider this an excellent value and a lot of thought and effort has gone into making it a great vacation spot for your family.
This was the perfect place for our family to spend vacation! The house is beautiful and so close to the ocean! The views were also beautiful and Dennis was a great host! I hope we can come back soon! :)
Thank you so much for a wonderful Memorial Day!! We had a great time...loved being able to see the Ocean and the Canal!!! The house was perfect!! The owner was attentive and answered any and all questions almost immediately!! Thank you so much....we hope we are able to spend another long weekend very soon...and this will be our first choice if available!
Great time with family and friends
Great time spent at the beach and this home - owners were very flexible and house had everything we needed and more. Nice area with easy access to the beach. Great floor plan for multiple adults and privacy. Thanks again for the experience.
We had a great time with our family at this beautiful Carolina Beach home. It was our first time vacationing in Carolina Beach and enjoyed all the area had to offer. The home was perfect for our family. We thoroughly enjoyed having a pool to enjoy and being only steps away from the beach and ocean. We had great communication with the owner Dennis, who promptly responded to our emails before and during our stay. We would highly recommend this as a great place for a family vacation.
My whole family enjoyed our stay at this Carolina Beach property. We were right across the street from the beach & had great views of the ocean from the 2nd & 3rd floor balconies. We had a pool to enjoy plus a grill to cook out on & we used them both. We chose this location because it had 4 bedrooms & bathrooms and we had all of our grown children with us. It was perfect for everyone. We would definitely stay there again. Dennis was very helpful during the whole process & always answered my e-mails in a timely fashion.
NC Aquarium is about 5 miles away, Fort Fisher Museum, Ferry to Southport, Freeman Park (4WD vehicles can drive and camp on the beach).
|Rate Period
|Weekend Night
Summer II
Jul 8 2017 - Aug 11 2017
7 night minimum stay
end of season special
Aug 19 2017 - Aug 31 2017
5 night minimum stay
labor day weekend
Sep 1 2017 - Sep 4 2017
4 night minimum stay
Flat fee
shoulder - fall
Sep 5 2017 - Oct 31 2017
3 night minimum stay
Thanksgiving week
Nov 18 2017 - Nov 25 2017
8 night minimum stay
Flat fee
My Standard Rate
3 night minimum stay
|Cleaning Fee
|$250 + Tax
|Refundable damage deposit
|Tax Rate
Summer rates are weekly only. The rental period is Saturday to Saturday for June/July/August.
Inquire for Holiday rates.
Pool heating is optional during shoulder seasons and is a flat $200 fee.
The security deposit can be paid by credit card or check. The rental can be check or by CC (with 2.5% fee). The deposit will be be refunded within 2 business days after checking out.


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Private Louis Leon, Company B, 53rd Regiment N.C., CSA
Discussing the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, Charlotte, Stone Publishing, 1913
Randolph Harrison McKim, 1st Lieutenant, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
A Soldier's Recollections: Leaves From The Diary of a Young Confederate,
with an Oration on the Motives and Aims of the Soldiers of the South.
Call number 973.78 M15s 1910 (Davis Library, UNC-CH)
Sarah Morgan Dawson
Confederate Girl's Diary, p32.
Call number 973.78 D27c 1913 (Davis Library, UNC-CH)
But in front of our breastworks, where the confederates were massed in large numbers, the
sight was truly awful and appalling. The shells from our batteries had told with fearful and
terrible effect upon them and the dead in some places were piled upon each other, and the
groans and moans of the wounded were truly saddening to hear. Some were just alive and
gasping, but unconscious. Others were mortally wounded and were conscious of the fact that
they could not live long; and there were others wounded, how bad they could not tell, whether
mortal or otherwise, and so it was they would linger on some longer and some for a shorter
time-without the sight or consolation of wife, mother, sister or friend. I saw a letter
sticking out of the breast pocket of one of the confederate dead, a young man apparently
about twenty-four. Curiosity prompted me to read it. It was from his young wife away down in
the state of Louisiana. She was hoping and longing that this cruel war would end and he could
come home, and she says, "Our little boy gets into my lap and says, `Now, Mama, I will give
you a kiss for Papa.' But oh how I wish you could come home and kiss me for yourself." But
this is only one in a thousand. But such is war and we are getting used to it and can look on
scenes of war, carnage and suffering with but very little feeling and without a shudder."
Corporal Horatio D. Chapman
Company C, 20th Connecticut Volunteers
Civil War Diary of a Forty-niner, pages 22-24.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
The arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass", Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-92
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At this instant a force of our cavalry, who had been following the train at some interval,
charged suddenly upon the secesh captors, who proceeded at once to make the best escape they
could. Most of them got away, but we gobbled two officers and seventeen men, in the very acts
just described. The sight was one which admitted of little discussion, as may be imagined. The
seventeen captur'd men and two officers were put under guard for the night, but it was decided
there and then that they should die. The next morning the two officers were taken in the town,
separate places, put in the centre of the street, and shot. The seventeen men were taken to an
open ground, a little one side. They were placed in a hollow square, half-encompass'd by two of
our cavalry regiments, one of which regiments had three days before found the bloody corpses of
three of their men hamstrung and hung up by the heels to limbs of tress by Moseby's guerillas,
and the other had not long before had twelve men, after surrendering, shot and then hung by the
neck to limbs of trees, and jeering inscriptions pinn'd to the breast of one of the corpses, who
had been a sergeant. Those three, and those twelve, had been found, I say, by these environing
regiments. Now, with revolvers, they form'd the grim cordon of the seventeen prisoners. The
latter were placed in the midst of the hollow square unfasten'd, and the ironical remark made to
them that they were now to be given "a chance for themselves." A few ran for it. But what use?
From every side the deadly pills came. In a few minutes the seventeen corpses strew'd the hollow
square. I was curious to know whether some of the Union soldiers, some few, (some one or two at
least of the youngsters,) did not abstain from shooting on the helpless men. Not one. There was
no exultation, very little said, almost nothing, yet every man there contributed his shot.
Multiply the above by scores, aye hundreds-verify it in all the forms that different circumstances,
individuals, places, could afford-light it with every lurid passion, the wolf's, the lion's
lapping thirst for blood-the passionate, boiling volcanoes of human revenge for comrades, brothers
slain-with the light of burning farms, and heaps of smutting, smouldering black embers-and in the
human heart everywhere black, worse embers-and you have an inkling of this war."
And when I came out behind the danger of shot, it spoke to me and said, "I am the angel that protected you. I will
never leave nor forsake you."
The surprise was so great, that I awoke and burst into tears. What had I done that should entitle me to such favor beyond
the hundreds of brave and reputed men who had fallen on that day leaving widowed mothers and widowed wives, orphaned children
and disconsolate families to mourn their fates?"
Captain Henry T. Owen
Speaking of a dream in a letter to his wife
Six Months after Pickett's Charge
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.fc-event-tid-1 .fc-event-time,
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color: #fff;
background-color: #ff4500;
.fc-event-tid-2 .fc-event-skin,
.fc-event-tid-2 .fc-event-time,
.fc-event-tid-2 a {
color: #fff;
background-color: #87cefa;
.fc-event-tid-3 .fc-event-skin,
.fc-event-tid-3 .fc-event-time,
.fc-event-tid-3 a {
color: #fff;
background-color: #32cd32;
4) Flush caches and refresh your browser and you are done.
Drupal 7
In Drupal 7, a submodule, FullCalendar Colors, is included to help you choose colors for events displayed in your website's calendars. The module can help color events by node type, taxonomy term, organic group, ...
To use the module:
- Install colors module.
- Enable colors and fullcalendar colors on the modules page.
- Visit the Colors configuration page.
- Enable colors for whatever you'd like
- Use the color picker to choose a color for each node type, taxonomy term, etc.
After you save your chosen color scheme, your fullcalendar-enabled calendars should show events in different colors (besides the default blue).
Looking for support? Visit the Drupal.org forums, or join #drupal-support in IRC.
Drupal 6 - Fullcalendar event coloring
All 4 steps was done, but recipe not working, also dependencies in new module was linked to fullcalendar 6-1.4 module.
D6 coloring
Hi Tim,
You helped me through a few first time gotchas with creating a custom module yesterday over iRC. [e.g., remember to rename MYMODULE to match your module name -- still red-faced over that]
As with the fellow ahead of me the new classes are not appearing. I'm hoping you'll have some other guidance.
Drupal 7: Where do I enter the taxonomy terms?
Do I enter the taxonomy terms into the CSS Class field? (i.e. fc-event-default fc-event-gcal eventtype1) Colors specific to taxonomy types and node types are set, but I can't figure out where to enter it so that entries are no longer blue.
Drupal 7 : Color coding your events
First we need to install the Events calendar feature and CCK module with all dependencies (calandar, views, ...). Once the modules are installed you are ready to go
=====Step 1: creating appropriate vocabulary with terms to categorize events
Go to admin >> structure >> taxonomy and add a suitable vocabulary with terms
Ex: Event types (vocabulary name)
term1: professional
term2: promotions
term3: camps
term4: get together
=======Step 2: Add a term reference to the event content type
Go to admin/structure/types/manage/event/fields and add a new field (Name it as Event type) Term reference and save changes. Select the above created vocabulary from the drop down (field settings screen). The number of values that can be entered should be one (can be changed according to preference). Save settings to complete the procedure.
======Step3: Create and save a few events giving them different event type values
======Step4: Color coding your content types and vocabulary terms
Install the colors module http://drupal.org/project/colors and the fullcalandar http://drupal.org/project/fullcalendar (Please select all modules under the fullcalandar category)modules . Use the installation instructions (http://drupal.org/node/1056742) to install the fullcalandar plugin as well. Once all module are installed go to admin/config/user-interface/colors and select the node tab and select an appropriate color for the event type (Just in case the event does not have an event type the event would show up in this color in the calendar). Select the taxonomy tab and select appropriate colors for the taxonomy terms given in step 1
=====Step5: Creating a block view to show the calendar
got to admin/structure/views/add and add a view give a appropriate name (My mini event calendar) . Uncheck the the create a page checkbox and check the create a block checkbox. the display format should be fullcalandar. Press continue and edit button to complete.
next follow the steps carefully for each section
Adding the Format:
--Click on the Settings link in the Format section
--In the Header Section The Left value should be prev title next. Make the center and right text boxes blank
--Apply to this display
Adding fields:
--Press the add button in this section
--Filter by content check the "Content: Dates" (the event date field)
--Apply to the block display
--Uncheck the "Create a label " box
--Check the "Exclude from display " box
--Apply to bloc display (Save the view just in case)
Adding filters:
--Content: Published (Yes) should be defaultly added
--Press the add button
--filter by content
--check the Content: Type option
--Apply to this display
--In the next screen Operator radio button should be Is one of and the for the Content types select only Event
--Apply to this display (Save the view just in case)
Adding a pager:
--click on Display a specified number of items link
-- select Page by date
-- Apply to this display
--leave the options as it is in the next screen and apply to this display
Adding Contextual filters:
-- collapse the advance section
-- click on the add button in the Contextual filters section
--Filter by Date
-- Select the Date: Date (node)
--Apply to this display
--for the When the filter value is NOT available section select Display all results for the specified field \
--for When the filter value IS available or a default is provided no value should be checked
-- Granularity should be month
--Date year range (leave default)
--Dates to compare should be Only this field
--Add multiple value identifier should be No
--for Date field(s), Content: Dates - start date (field_event_date) should be checked
--Method should be OR
--Apply to this display (Save the view just in case)
the following should be the values in the Other section
Machine Name:
Comment: No comment
Use AJAX: No
Hide attachments in summary: No
Use aggregation: No
Query settings: Settings
Field Language: Current user's language
Caching: None
Link display: Month
CSS class: None
Theme: Information
Block caching: Do not cache
====Step 6: Adding the block to the reigon
Go to admin/structure/block
Find the block vie added in step 5
Select a region for the block to display
You will now see the color coded event in the mini calandar
How to display role specific events on fullcalender?
I want to display all events to admin but all other user will be able to see only events created by him/her and any other who belongs to the same role. How can I do so?
Taxonomy colors in FullCalendar/field collections in Drupal 7
I had taxonomy colors in FullCalendar in Drupal 7 working great until I included the date field in a field collection and then the taxonomy that I was referencing no longer worked.
I added this hook to my custom module to get it to work again (note, I had the colors assigned via /admin/config/user-interface/colors/taxonomy):
Change MYMODULE and MYTIDFIELD to the appropriate values for your use...
* Implements hook_fullcalendar_classes().
function MYMODULE_fullcalendar_classes($entity) {
$node = node_load($entity->hostEntityId());
$tids = array();
foreach ($node->MYTIDFIELD['und'] as $key => $value) {
$tids[] = 'colors-taxonomy-term-'.$value['tid'];
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|From: Paulo J. Matos (pocmatos at gmail.com)
Date: Wed May 20 01:29:13 EDT 2009
Hi all, I am testing a couple of modules and some of them export a single function, however, I want to create tests that test internal functions individually but requiring the module in the test module only imports the single procedure I export so I end up being hands tied when it comes to testing the other functions. What's the reasonable approach to circumvent this issue? It would be probably nice, I guess, to be able to say "hey, the tests module in X should see it all in X!" Cheers, -- Paulo Jorge Matos - pocmatos at gmail.com Webpage: http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/pocm
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Michael Parkinson has agreed to sign a new two-year contract to present his BBC1 show, which will herald the return of a 1980s-style Saturday night line-up of family entertainment and football highlights.
Following a year of erratic scheduling that saw Parkinson aired at any time between 9pm and 10.30pm, the BBC1 controller, Lorraine Heggessey, has given Britain's best known chatshow host a plum 9pm Saturday night slot immediately after hit drama Casualty.
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is being lined up as an interviewee to launch the new series, demonstrating that Parkinson's pulling power is unaffected by his show's dwindling ratings.
The new Saturday night schedule, which launches this autumn, also features the return of Premiership football highlights to BBC1 on Saturday nights after an absence of four years.
Ms Heggessey will be hoping the potent mix of drama, entertainment and sport will win back viewers from ITV1, which has dominated Saturday night ratings in recent months with a variety of shows fronted by Ant and Dec.
Although Casualty continues to pull in around 8 million viewers, ratings for Parkinson have dwindled and there had been speculation he would bow out when his contract runs out at the end of this year.
In spring 2002 his chat with David and Victoria Beckham attracted 8.7 million viewers. But the latest series is pulling in ratings of around 4.5 million, low for a high-profile Saturday night show.
One episode last month attracted 4.6 million and was beaten by ITV1 murder mystery series Murder in Suburbia - despite featuring such high profile guests as George Michael and man of the moment Bill Nighy.
But a crunch meeting yesterday between Ms Heggessey and the show's executive producer, Bea Ballard, is understood to have been a success.
Ratings for the chatshow veteran have been hit by its scheduling following on from Nicky Campbell's quiz Come and Have a Go if You Think You're Hard Enough, which currently airs after Casualty in BBC's Saturday night schedule.
On Saturday the channel's ratings more than halved, from 8 million to just 3.8 million viewers, when Campbell's show came on.
Although BBC1 put on 500,000 viewers when Parkinson's show came on, it still languished at 4.3 million in the ratings - 2 million behind ITV with Murder in Suburbia.
The new line-up would help Parkinson, who has been at the BBC for 33 years and earns £40,000 a show, to capitalise on the ratings from the long-running hospital drama, and enable the BBC to maintain its early evening lead.
The BBC said "routine" negotiations with Parkinson were ongoing but no deal had been signed. A spokeswoman declined to comment further.
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London, UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2013
The Microsoft Kinect game controller could cut the US healthcare bill by up to $30 billion by allowing physicians and other medics to interact with patients remotely so reducing the number of hospital visits and the associated risk of infection.
Writing in the latest issue of the International Journal of Electronic Finance, Janet Bailey of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is working with Bradley Jensen of Microsoft Corporation, in Irving, Texas, to explain how gaming technology could be used to "teleport" the knowledge and skills of healthcare workers to where they are needed.
This could cut patient transport costs for those who live considerable distances from suitable hospitals and health centers and would also lower the risk of hospital-acquired infections.
The team suggests that a laptop, a $150 Kinect, an Azure connection, and an Office 365 account, all costing a few hundred dollars could replace or augment existing telemedicine systems that cost tens of thousands of dollars.
"The Kinect allows doctors to control the system without breaking the sterile field via hand gestures and voice commands with a goal of reducing the direct cost of healthcare associated infections to hospitals and patients," the team explains.
Healthcare systems worldwide are based on the premise that there will be medical experts available to address the needs of the global population. Unfortunately, not all patients have ready access to hospitals or health centers and many die or endure chronic illness because of untimely access to medical care.
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Their Kinect system known as Collaboration and Annotation of Medical Images (CAMI) is, the team says, "Not anticipated to be a panacea to the telemedicine environment but it is a powerful tool that can be affordable in virtually any community that has existing technology and communication infrastructure."
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Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:LQMT) Q2 2008 Earnings Call August 18, 2008 4:30 PM ET
John Kang - Chairman
Larry Buffington - President and Chief Executive Officer
Gerry Morrow – Chief Financial Officer
Welcome to the Liquidmetal Technologies 2008 second quarter conference call. (Operator Instructions)
This afternoon's conference call will be hosted by John Kang, Chairman; Larry Buffington, President and CEO; and Gerry Morrow, CFO.
Before turning the call over to Mr. Kang, the Company wishes to remind everyone that the comments presented this afternoon may include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Detailed information about risk factors are set forth in Liquidmetal's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and press releases including but not limited to those risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the SEC. Liquidmetal Technologies is under no obligation and expressly disclaims any obligations to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
The management of Liquidmetal Technologies fully complies with the SEC regulations FD and its relationship with the investment community with regards to disclosure and encourages investors to visit the company's website frequently through press releases and other information updates.
I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Kang.
John Kang
Welcome to everyone joining us as we report our quarterly results, which are presented in our second quarter 2008 earnings release issued today. Gerry Morrow, our CFO, joins me today to report on our financial result for the second quarter and Larry Buffington, our President and CEO, will provide an overview of our operations.
Overall, the financial results of the second quarter saw reductions from the results of the first quarter. Some of it was due to the overall market conditions, as I'll explain later, and part of it was also do to activities we have undertaken during the slower time of the year to transition our manufacturing base to China, which positions us well for the future, but had a negative impact on the short-term results for the quarter.
For the second quarter 2008, total revenue was $5.7 million. First, in our bulk alloy business, migration of our mass production to China began early in the second quarter. This required the relocation of our production equipment, tooling, and personnel to China, drawing down both management and capacity during the setup in China.
Small levels of production commenced in China in April and by the end of the second quarter, over half of our mass production activity was occurring there. With $3 million in second quarter revenues, our bulk alloy business accounted for $200,000 of the revenue decline between the first quarter and second quarter of 2008. Due to capacity issues, we missed out on approximately a million in business, $1 million in business, for the quarter, which we could not deliver.
With such a major shift in our production, we feel fortunate to have been able to make the shift with only a slight drop in our revenue.
In our coating business, after several strong quarters of growth, second quarter revenues came in at $2.7 million dollars below the first quarter by $900,000 dollars. We believe this was the result of the oil services market taking a breather after the masses ramp up and drilling production that has occurred over the last year due to the rapid increase in the oil prices.
We expect this plateauing of the activity in the oil services business to be short lived, lasting four, possibly several quarters, as the drilling industry catches its breath, but we should pick back up as the price of oil has put into motion plans for more drilling capacity, which we believe will once again drive our business to new levels as we enjoy the position of market leadership for high performance coating in the oil and gas drilling industry and, in fact, we have already started to see some signs of increased activity during the past several weeks.
In addition to the flat revenues in the oil services industry, we saw very little revenues in our power plant business for the quarter. This was due to the seasonality of the business where the utilities can send most of our services in the early spring and fall when the power demand is slower and they can afford to bring the power plants down for servicing. These two activities resulted in the lower results in our coating business for the quarter.
Although revenues declined in the second quarter and expenses related to the migration of our mass production to China were incurred, the company still managed to maintain positive EBITDA adjusted for non-cash expenses and warrant conversion features, up approximately $100,000. Though modestly positive, this reflects a cost control and operating discipline that have been installed within the company.
In terms of the highlights, in the second quarter of 2008, our customer activity was led by Novato, Samsung, and Apple. The SIM card ejector is our first project with Apple and we remain proud to be a small part of the launch of the 3P iPhone. Customer relationships are built over time and we hope to leverage this into a greater opportunity as we have done with other customers, most notably Samsung.
House abating new opportunities with customers require focus, resources, and nurturing initial opportunities and new industries can take intense initial effort. As we migrate mass production to China, we have been able to maintain a smaller, experienced team of high level resources in Korea. This team is equipped to prototype projects with new customer like HPC, a leading manufacturing of small phones.
Migration to China was also a major activity for our manufacturing team for the quarter. While it did create disruptions in our capacity, the move positions us well for the future. As our production ramps up in China, we're expecting our production costs to be reduced on average 30 to 40% from our cost in Korea. We recognize that this has some short-term consequences for us in terms of lost revenues for the quarter, as well as increased production costs due to severance and moving costs incurred during the quarter. However, we believe the pain of the migration was well worth it and will pay dividends in the future.
Perhaps even more important to the future is the continued implementation of our new die-casting machine from Buehler Print.
Initial casting runs on these next generation die-casting machine achieved several of our expected goals and improved casting quality and yield. Already this is expanding our opportunity in the luxury products market, where the surface quality and appearance are at the high levels.
We're going into the production on several of our new product lines with the new machines and we expect to see great improvement in yield and cost.
As the company also emphasizes our licensing strategy, our intellectual property position comes to the forefront of our activity. While we do not discuss our development activities for obvious reasons, the company had very positive developments and had three new patents issued in the second quarter of 2008.
I mentioned this only to let you know that the research and development, our patent portfolio and trade secrets remain as core activity and of high value to our company. We expect our activities in this area to increase going forward.
While there were changing dynamics in our bulk alloy and coating businesses in the second quarter of 2008, the company's strategy to lower manufacturing costs, move toward a licensing model, and advance our manufacturing technology, and to build our intellectual property portfolio continues to move forward. These actions have enabled the company to achieve a modest but respectful EBITDA, even when the added cost of the move to China, which had a significant impact on the quarterly results are added.
At this point, let me ask Gerry to discuss our second quarter financial results, which will be followed by Larry's update on our operations. I'll close our call with a few observations on the outlook for the remainder of 2008.
Gerry Morrow
As reported in our press release, second quarter revenue was $5.7 million, which is 16% lower than the $6.8 million realized in the first quarter of 2008. Our bulk alloys business reported a $3.0 million in the second quarter revenue compared with a $3.2 million in first quarter.
Although the first quarter trend tends to be seasonally slower than the second quarter, we have experienced capacity limitations while the migration to China occurred.
In our coatings business, second quarter revenue came in at $2.7 million versus the first quarter at $3.6 million. The decrease was driven by a leveling of demand in the oil and gas industry from high activity levels at the end of last year and seasonal decrease of our solutions business, which primarily serves the power industry. The power industry conducts its maintenance and includes its application of our coatings during the early spring season before the summer electricity demand begins to peak.
Our second quarter gross margins were 18%. This is a decline from the 28% in the first quarter and is primarily attributable to the additional production costs incurred during the migration to China.
We incurred cost well in excess the $500,000 for outsourcing costs as we needed to have duplicate capacity during the move as well as severance and other moving costs, which we choose to expense during this quarter. Even with these additional extraordinary costs compared to a gross margin of 8% from the same quarter a year ago, progress made in improving our manufacturing cost structure is evident.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $1.3 million in the second quarter, a decrease of almost $600,000 from the first quarter of 2008. We continue to manage our costs aggressively and have seen results.
Research and development expenditures were $0.3 million, which remains consistent with the past quarters.
Our operating loss of $600,000 for the second quarter is slightly higher than the first quarter of $300,000, but significantly better than the $2.1 million loss a year ago.
As a result of cost improvement, the company achieves a positive adjusted EBITDA of approximately $100,000. This now represents the fourth consecutive quarter of positive EBITDA for the company.
While we have incurred near term expenses involved in our migration of mass production to China. This will result in a fundamental improvement in our cost. So Korea remains an attractive business environment for higher value projects, the cost of capacity in broad based manufacturing companies in China, particularly in consumer electronics remains competitive advantage which the company must continue to utilize.
As the company manages through this transition, our finance team remains very active in supporting of this progress. Our ability to support our management team with timely reporting and accurate measurements towards our goals is vitally important to realizing our objectives.
Now let me turn this call back over to John.
John Kang
Let me now ask Larry to provide you with his comments on activities of our operations.
Larry Buffington
It's my pleasure to provide you with an update on our operations during the second quarter of 2008.
Let me start by highlighting a few of the important efforts in our company that have been touched on earlier during this call. First, in the bulk alloy business as previously mentioned, we have been migrating our mass production to China. Initial production began on a small level in April. By the end of second quarter, over half our mass production was taken place in China. While we have reduced our manpower in Korea by a similar magnitude, we have focused on returning our most skilled and experienced personnel from prototyping and development of new customer projects.
Without the distractions of mass production and manufacturing activity, our goal is to continue to build our capabilities in Korea to rapidly prototype new projects to maximize our customer opportunities in various industries.
Second, we installed the first unit of our next generation die-casting machine in Korea during the first quarter of 2008. Buehler Print's die-casting machines are designed to lower manufacturing costs through yield improvements in cycle time reductions while expanding our capabilities with higher tonnage capacity and precise system controls.
Our initial prototyping with the new machine have already demonstrated the greater potential from this new manufacturing technology. For example, initial prototypes made for a customer in the luxury goods market, which has extremely high surface quality requirements, produces parts with surfaces appearances previously unattainable with the original die-casting machines. As our production and engineering teams gain more experience with the Buehler Print's machines, we will begin to realize the potential of this next generation manufacturing technology.
In our coating business, we experienced a pullback in the market after several quarters of robust activity. In short, we believe that part of this pullback is due to the high level of activity around the end of 2007 and as material prices, particularly steel for pipes, were increasing. The market may be in a period of consuming the pipe inventory buildup. In addition, the consolidation of two major customers, Grant Prideco and National Oil Well Barko, is causing a pause in the industry, but despite these events and the recent decline in oil prices, we feel certain that the fundamental drivers of demand for oil as well as the industry's need to tap into oil reserves that are increasingly difficult to reach, represent a long-term growing market for our coating materials.
In our coating solutions business, which provides coating materials and application services primarily to the power industry, we are successfully building this business, which was acquired approximately one year ago. Leveraging our expertise in material science and technology, we have recently deployed in the field one of our proprietary's zirconia, containing materials in the power plant and we expect this material to surpass the 16-year outstanding performance of Armacor M in this particular application. While it is still early, this initial field application will provide results which support broad use of this proprietary material.
We also have recently decided to invest in HBOF systems, which expand the conveyance capability of our materials. Combined with the improvements already made to our facilities and improvements of a topnotch quality system, including an in-house quality lab, we are quickly positioning ourselves as the complete solution for coating protection in an environment where erosion and corrosion are a concern. When we acquired this business in June of 2007, it was largely a neglected division of a much larger company. Since that time, we have successfully revitalized the business to bring in new sales and elevate our capability. We are now seeing much more potential in the business, particularly as we leverage our material expertise and target new markets such as pulp and paper in mining industries.
In summary, the second quarter of 2008 can be viewed as a challenging one, when it's simply based upon our revenues; however, the progress of our business operations is contributing to a sound foundation for our business and the future of our technology.
At this time, let me turn it back to John.
John Kang
In our last conference call, I had mentioned that the company is entering into a period of transition. Our second quarter reflects this transition. As I summarize our outlook for the remainder of 2008, I'd like to discuss four factors affecting the company.
First and most immediately noticeable is our transition of mass production to China. We have discussed the reason for this migration and the near-term impact of manufacturing costs, output, and revenue. The separation of our mass production manufacturing in China from our prototyping in Korea will be a healthy one though. Mass production must continue to drive incremental efficiency, even when market prices decline, with strong emphasis on profitability.
In fact, when the migration is complete by the end of the third quarter, we expect savings to be in excess of $400,000 dollars per month, based upon the current volume of business.
The second major factor has been our manufacturing technology. The development and implementation of the new Buehler Print machine has been an intense effort for the past year. By placing the first unit of this next generation machine onto our production floor, we're at the beginning stages of migrating to our new manufacturing technology.
After initial prototyping efforts, we're beginning production of several customer projects on this new machine. Needless to say, we're excited to be at this point. Meanwhile, the knowledge gained through this process opened several new horizons in terms of where we can take our manufacturing technology into the future.
The third factor has been our move toward a licensing model. The transition to a licensing model has many implications, but it's necessitated by the vast range of applications of our technology beyond our reach. Having proven the basis of our technology and the demand in a few commercial markets, we must share the financial investment, as well as the opportunities through partnerships, joint ventures, or strategic alliances.
I know that many of you are eager to see progress in this area, but rest assured that it remains a major emphasis for the company. We're in discussions with many companies currently about possible joint ventures, licenses and other alliances, which we hope to be able to share with you very soon.
Also, the transition to licensing places great importance upon our intellectual property. The company now had 39 issued patents that are owned or exclusively licenses to Liquidmetal. We remain very active in areas of research and development of amorphous alloy in related technology. The company will be increasing expenditures and making prudent investments into this area going forward.
Finally, as we see the improvements in our finances and cash flow, we're focusing on reducing our financial debt burdens of the company. As stated, we expect our operating cash flows to improve with the migration to China, which will be completed by the end of the quarter. With improved cost positioned by producing in China and also added businesses coming on line in the second half of the year from our existing customers, as well as new ones such as HPC and Nokia, we expect to see an improvement in our cash flow overall.
Our plan is to utilize this on debt paydown as one of the major goals for the business in the coming months. With that in mind, we have worked out an amendment with our convertible note holders where we will begin to amortize our notes starting in October of this year.
In addition, we are hopeful to sell our factory in Korea, since our manufacturing has migrated to China. We're hopeful to receive $8 million for our plant and our intention is to pay the debts with the proceeds from the building.
In summary, while the first look at our second quarter results might not be as impressive as we would all like, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the progress being made in the company. Real changes now without some expense in investment. In the second quarter, we managed to make real changes all the while maintaining an EBITDA positive operation.
In the third quarter, we expect a major program with HPC to go into production; however, with the limitation and capacity due to the move in China, we're targeting only moderate growth in the casting revenues for the third quarter.
We also expect a slight increase in our coating revenue for the quarter as the oil service business is picking back up, but we do not expect to see our business from the utilities to have much impact for the quarter.
Overall, we see the great increase in the revenues will come in the fourth quarter when the capacity in China is ready at full production for our customers and our coating business returns to strong growth.
An area we do expect to see solid improvement is in our earnings. We believe the manufacturing cost position based out of China and the increased business will have a dramatic impact on our EBITDA. While we expect EBITDA to be only slightly higher in Q3 due to the remainder of the moving expenses, we expect EBITDA in the fourth quarter to be in excess of $1 million dollars at which point we'll be starting to amortize our notes.
All in all, we believe we are still on the right path to bringing this technology to reality. We believe the steps we have taken during the past quarter and those which we will continue this coming quarter are the right ones in positioning us for the long-term success. We do appreciate your patience as we strive to reach our goals.
In closing, I'd like to thank you again for joining our call. We welcome your calls to our office with any of the questions and thank you again for your support and interest in joining us today on this second quarter update.
That concludes today's conference.
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According to reports out of Martin Co. emergency officials are investigating a single vehiicle accident, initially reported with injuries on Route 2032 at around 7 pm Sunday evening Reports say a man was driving a pick up truck pulling a haul trailer traveling towards Route 40, but the man reportedly lost control of the truck went over the hill just past Smith Cemetery Rd. emergency officials indicate that the driver did not suffer any known injuries and he told officials the truck started sliding and he couldn't stop it. According to a report from the Mountain Wolf website, witnesses behind the truck when it crashed said said he was not traveling fast, so officials do not think speed played a factor in this accident. At the time of the accident, a sever storm was taking place and officials think that played more of a role in the accident. After exciting the roadway, the truck reportedly flipped onto its top, but the trailer stayed up right and the driver was able to escape on his own. On the scene were members of the Warfield VFD and the Martin County Sheriff's Department. Again no injuries have been reported and no other details have been released.
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Here in Johnson Co. emergency mgmt director Gary McClure said Johnson Co. did not have any significant damage reported. He did say however that they did receive some calls about toppled trees bringing down power lines in a couple different locations in the county and of course there were several locations that received minor flooding, but again not injuries where reported. Over in Magoffin Co. judge executive Charles "Doc" Hardin said the storms from Sunday caused some damage in parts of the county, expecially along Rt. 1081, where downed trees were reported, as well as debris in the roadway and downed power lines and several homes suffered damage due to the wind, but lucily no body was injured. Martin Co. officials also report they received some minor storm damage in areas of the county.
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Ky. Atty. General Announces Cybercrimes Unit has 100 percent Conviction Rate
A cybercrimes unit created by Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway five years ago has announced a 100 percent conviction rate in child porn cases that it has been involved in. The unit, which operates in a small Frankfort office, helped investigate and prosecute 114 cases. Before the unit was formed, police in Kentucky had long waits for federal agencies to process evidence. Now, they usually have to wait only a week. Conway says work by the unit "has made the Internet a safer place for Kentucky kids."
Report; Kentucky's Graduation Rate Among Most Improved In Nation
The graduation rate in Kentucky moved from 63.7 percent for the class of 2000 to 77.2 percent for the class of 2010, according to the latest data available, an increase of 13.5 points and the third most improved among all states. During the same time the national graduation rate improved 7.9 percentage points to 74.7 percent. The data is reported in a special issue of Education Week, a national publication that focuses on P-12 education called "Diploma Counts." The report examines high school graduation and issues related to late-secondary schooling and the transition to postsecondary education and employment. The report can be viewed online at: www.edweek.org/go/dc13. Governor Steve Beshear praised the state's educators for significantly raising the graduation rate among Kentucky students. The upward trend in the graduation rate continues to be driven by strong improvements among minority students. The report indicates that in Kentucky, more than 11,000 students in the class of 2013 will fail to earn a diploma. That translates into 64 students dropping out of high school each day - of which nearly 74 percent are white, 61 percent male and 72 percent are without a job.


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Success In Tricky Conditions For Tech3
The Monster Yamaha Tech3 team completed their third consistent double top ten finish in the MotoGP World Championship today in the scorching heat at Jerez, with Bradley Smith finishing in 8th and Pol Espargaro in 9th.
The 27 lap race proved to be an arduous affair, with the track temperatures reaching an extreme of 50°again. But Monster Yamaha Tech3âs Bradley Smith displayed complete determination to chase the battle for 5th and attempt to equal his best ever result from round 2 at Texas. The 23-year-old British rider undertook a brilliant start from 9th on the grid, to aggressively claim five positions by the first corner. As the laps progressed, Smith was shuffled back to 8th, yet he remained composed, and proceeded to recover the lost ground to the riders in front during the latter half of the race before closing to within a second in the final leg of the race. During the last lap it looked likely for the British rider to mount an attack, having caught the rear of the pack, but he narrowly missed out by 0.453 of a second to the leader of the four rider tussle, in what was another firm display by the young English.
Rookie Pol Espargaro gathered countless experience in tyre management to record another successful points scoring finish today at Jerez. Having chosen the harder rear tyre option, the decision allowed him to progress up the MotoGP field after completing the first lap in 11th. The reigning Moto2 champion then set into a superb race pace, and consistently lapped at 1. 41. He ruthlessly hunted down the riders in front and closed the deficit to catch Honda rider Stefan Bradl before surging past on lap 18. Espargaro then aimed to gain ground on his teammate, but the gap was too large to close before the finish flag dropped.
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Race : 8th
Championship : 8th
Points :28
Bradley Smith -Jerez 2014âWeâve had a few issues over this weekend, so 8th position is not a bad result at all. The plan was always to be in the fight for 5th, and it would have been great to finish at the front of that group, but I am still pleased with what we achieved. To be competitive until the final lap, obviously makes me happy and we made the right decision on the tyre choice. Every rider was struggling somewhat, so it was a case of trying to stays smooths as possible and not making any errors. Another big positive was that I was much stronger at the beginning of the race with the full fuel load. This means that the work we have done so far this weekend has been positive, but thereâs still some more we need to do at the test tomorrow. I am sure weâll be strong again in Le Mans for the teamâs home event.â
Pol Espargaro
Race : 9th Championship : 10th Points : 25
Pol Espargaro -Jerez 2014âToday has been another learning experience. To be honest I came to Jerez with higher expectations, but the weekend has been a really tough one. I struggled more than I expected, so to end up in the group fighting for 5th place is actually nothing I should be too upset about. Unfortunately, I lost some positions at the beginning of the race and when I found my rhythm, I was able to push back to Bradley and the guys in front of me. I was already tired and couldnât push any harder with my tyres so I wasnât able to pass any of them. But it is still very positive that we were able to stay close to the other factory bikes. Iâm really happy to have a test day tomorrow because Iâve still so many things to learn and I want to be as prepared as possible for the teamâs home race in Le Mans during the next week.â
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âWe always knew that it was going to be a very difficult race with the hot temperature, and were also aware that Dovisioso and Aleix Espargaro would be strong on the open spec MotoGP bikes. The top four guys were ahead of us, but we were right behind them, which was the group that were making the show for the fans and it was also excellent to see all the different manufactures in that battle. Bradley and Pol never gave up. Brad had a very strong start, and Polâs was not quite as good as he hoped for, but both riders were right in the group, and Brad finished 3 hundredths of a second behind Espargaro which shows how close it was. We can be a little disappointed in that it was a tough battle and Pol and Bradley have been fighting really hard, and are not higher up. However, we are gaining ground on Ducati in the team in the world championship, who are just two points away, after previously leaving Qatar with zero points. There is a day of testing tomorrow where several ideas will be put to the test, before we move to the home Grand prix of Le Mans, where we aim to have a better result in front of our fans.â
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