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Hi, everyone! It's Janel here representing Kiki's Kokonuts and welcome to the Saturday Scraplift Challenge.
I was cruising the galleries earlier this week for a great scraplift candidate. I came across some layouts that were very similar in nature, so I decided to scraplift the concept! Melissa even chose some of them to feature in the Thursday post! Great minds think alike, huh?
by GrannyNKy
and from melscrap
and here is my scraplift:
I did spend some time making and spacing out the 36 little 1 inch squares, so if you want to play along and don't want to spend all that time, I do have a .png file that has all the little squares laid out for you. You can download it here! Feel free to hide or erase some of the squares if they don't all work for you.
Ok, so here is what you need to do:
Upload your LO's to your favorite online gallery, come back and post the link in the comments for this post by Friday, September 5th at midnight EST. If you aren't comfortable with that, you may post your LO on your blog or your photobucket account instead. Just make sure you link us up! We will choose a LO (using the random number generator) to win a $5 gift certificate. Here is the best part, the winner picks which one of Kiki's shops you want to spend it in. Can I get a woo hoo??!! Which will it be Plain Digital Wrapper, Scrapbook-Elements, or Sunshine Studio Scraps?
Get ready, get set....go scrap!
I will be back later with the winner from last weeks lift!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Posted by Janel at 12:09 a.m.
3 comments:
- Maria said...
Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 30 Aug [LA 12:55am, NY 02:55am, UK 07:55am, OZ 05:55pm] ).
- 5:15 a.m.
- Vanessa said...
And again playing with you : here's my version of the scraplift challenge, thanks for the template anyways!!!!! here's the link : http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z5pAt6lNkTg/SLsNhoF_B6I/AAAAAAAAA60/pSAMITXKmHs/s320/togetherwestende2008wv.jpg
- 5:43 p.m.
- Teri said...
Here is mine!
- 11:35 a.m.
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"Stock expected to perform in line with S&P 500 within the next 12 – 18 months."
Here's the link to the report...
Oppenheimer Report is Comprehensive and an Excellent Source of Raw Information:
I just went through this 27 page report on Microvision. It is full of facts, figures, assumptions, estimates and projections and is an excellent read. The report is very comprehensive and provides, in detail, the kind of information we have know for a while; but have been looking for validation all these months. The overall tone of this report is very conservative and that is to be expected from a tier one Institutional Broker/Investment Banker.
Oppenheimer Relationship with Microvision:
First, let's look at Oppenheimer and their relationship with Microvision...
Oppenheimer is one of the Investment Bankers that assisted Microvision with secondary public financing and raised over $31 million dollars just a few days ago. I doubt they would have kept MVIS on their "potential investment candidates list" if they were not certain that MVIS has future potential. Let's face it... there are hundreds of small cap companies out there that have zero revenues but with huge future potential. Just because Oppenheimer did the secondary funding, for a fee, it does not obligate them to provide analyst coverage... unless they were certain that the clouds [of green lasers] would clear soon and the Sun would shine upon Microvision in the next few months.
Oppenheimer Report is Based on Very Conservative Assumptions, Estimates and Projections:
Over the last few years, most analysts have gone very conservative; when it comes to small cap companies with essentially no revenues and zero income streams to work with. Analyst projections assume varying degrees of errors and look many years ahead into the future to develop their "Valuation and DCF Analysis Model". Most analysts specialize in certain sectors and over the years they develop sector expertise and also establish working relationships with the management of companies they follow.
Oppenheimer Report is very conservative for basically two reasons...
• Pico projection market did not exist a year ago, but it is growing so rapidly that it has finally attracted analyst coverage. Obviously, it is clear that these two young analysts have no experience or expertise in the pico projection market... because it did not exist until a year ago and it is only now that companies have started to ship product in this emerging market. After reading the report, it is also obvious that Oppenheimer analysts are using their "consumer electronics" business knowledge and expertise to develop assumptions, estimates and projections for the pico projection market. This approach to analysis is not only conservative─ because consumer electronics is a mature industry─ but it is also erroneous; because it wrongly assumes that future pico projection business will model after the consumer electronics business model. This sort of thinking is naive and shows-off the shallowness of Oppenheimer analysis.
• It seems that Oppenheimer Report was developed in vacuum; as it seems to completely ignore any input from other industry experts, as well as, input from the CEO of Microvision and others. In my opinion, any estimate/projection that completely ignores the input from those that are close to pico projection industry are just one man's opinion as against the other... like Oppenheimer analyst vs. you or me. What good are the estimates and projections that are pulled from the thin air and without any input from industry player and experts?
Microvision investors could be accused of having blind faith in their investment... but thanks to Oppenheimer analysts, now we got another blind leading the blind.
Granted, that the input from Microvision CEO and other industry player could be considered biased. And in case of Microvision, I would even go a step further and say: "Data may not be so reliable considering Alex Tokman's recent history of waffling the green laser question(s) and the muted SHOWwx product launch." I can also understand that the pico projection industry is so new that it is hard for the analyst community to start trusting assumptions, estimates and projections provided by others. However, developing an analysis that is based on your own consumer electronics industry background, experience and pre-conceived ideas is no better or worse than that provided by you or by me at the blog: http://www.mirro7.blogspot.com/
Given the choice, and I do have a choice, I would rather stick to my analysis based on my own assumptions, estimates and projections that are more plausible... since I have been following the pico projection industry for over four years. Some of us are invested in Microvision for over ten years. Yes, our assumptions and estimates could be considered as biased because we are so heavily invested in Microvision. However, that is just the point? Our assumptions and estimates form the basis of our DD that has resulted in investing millions of dollars in Microvision stock. We have put-up our hard earned money on the line... like putting our money where our mouth is. Talk is cheap and that's what Oppenheimer analysts are doing... but are they willing to walk the walk or just talk the talk.
Is Oppenheimer a Double Talk Wall Street Wizard?
Well, you be the judge! I'll just give you something to think about...
After reading Oppenheimer Report, not many would consider Microvision stock as a growth stock and worthy of speculative investment at this early stage. But only a few days ago, Oppenheimer helped to raise over $31 million dollars for Microvision in a secondary public offering. That's interesting... don't you think?
Some of us have been invested in MVIS stock for years and certainly have more firsthand knowledge of Microvision, pico projection technology and its potential consumer demand and adoption rates. We are not only investors but are also consumers that have tremendous interest in pico projection technology and understand the changes it will bring to infotainment, communications, collaboration, networking with friends, family and business associates.
On surface, Oppenheimer Report is ultra conservative and is based on unrealistic assumptions, estimates and projections... and displays total ignorance of the pico projection industry. If you have read my post this far, I'm sure you know the basis for my strong feelings and comments about Oppenheimer on this subject?
I agree that Microvision is no longer in the "Romance Phase" and is currently going through the "Transition Phase". While a company, like Microvision, is going through the Transition Phase, no analyst is going to stick his neck out to risk a career or loose clients over it. The safest route for them to take is to put out a conservative report for the record... followed by informal communication with their institutional and retail clients.
Is this practice illegal or unethical?
Hell, no... It is done all the time as a standard practice. Over the last 25 years, I have traded over a billion dollars worth of stocks and options... and at one time I had Oppenheimer as my full service broker.
Keep an eye on the MVIS stock action for the next few months; while the company is still in Transition Phase. If the stock keeps moving up by a few cents here and there on very low volume... you have the confirmation that "you have been duped by the Wall Street Wizards again."
Sooner or later, perhaps in the next four to six months, the company Microvision will get through the Transition Phase and start dealing with the reality of its fate that depends so much on the green lasers. Once the green laser issue is resolved, the company will enter the "Reality Phase" and will then start dealing with another set of issues.
These issues, like sales revenue and margins, are much easier to quantify and that's when these analysts are expected to come-up with some realistic projections.
Oppenheimer Report Uses Erroneous Methodology for Pico Projection Market:
Pico projection market did not exist a year ago, but it is growing so rapidly that it is now starting to get analyst coverage. Obviously, it is clear that these two young analysts have no experience or expertise in the pico projection market... because it did not exist until a year ago and it is only now that companies have started to ship product in this emerging market. Oppenheimer analysts are using their "consumer electronics" business knowledge and expertise to develop assumptions, estimates and projections for the pico projection market. That is the fundamental flaw in their analysis and valuation methodology; which is modeled after an "accessory product in mature consumer electronics industry". No wonder the assumptions, estimates and projections in their model are so absurdly conservative and have colossal margin of error... by their own admission.
The "Facts and Figures" quoted in the report are─ what they are, and I don't have much argument with that. However, I don't necessarily agree with many of their assumptions, estimates and projections... because they are not relevant to the pico projection industry.
My post may consists of several parts due to the very complex nature of Microvision being an investment opportunity of a lifetime with an emerging technology that will bring about a paradigm shift in the way we gather information, entertain, communicate, collaborate, and network with friends; family; and business associates. I don't think Oppenheimer analysts have the full grasp over how the pico projection technology will evolve and the changes it is about to bring in our lives. Because, if these folks really understood the true impact and the rate of adoption of pico projection technology, they would have used more realistic numbers in their estimates and forecasts!
It is interesting that Oppenheimer analysts clearly admit the "colossal margin of error" in their assumptions, estimates and projections. It is, therefore, in my opinion, the so called facts and figures are subject to not only interpretation; but also have a monumental margin of error.
Here's a direct quote from the report on page7...
"We take these estimates with a hefty pinch of salt, knowing that any prediction about the long-term growth trajectory of a newly emerging technology involves a colossal margin of error. That being said, the 2009 pico projector unit and growth figures provide a couple of simple but encouraging insights into the pico projector market: First, that it is already sizable and is becoming more sizeable (with retail sales approaching $43 million), and second, that it is growing very fast."
In my opinion, their statement of "colossal margin of error" pretty much sums-it-up as the overall basis for the development of their "Exhibit 8: Summary Model". I don't have to read any further beyond past page 16, and waste my time evaluating their "Valuation" and "DCF Analysis"... for the simple reason; it is based on colossal margin of error.
The focus of my analysis and multi-part post will cover material only up to "Exhibit 8: Summary Model" on page 16.
Just look at Exhibit 8: Summary Model...
I honestly tell you, my ten year old son "Alan" could do a better job in coming up with more realistic estimates and projection for the picop market growth and adoption rates than these Oppenheimer analysts.
Recently, I helped Alan with his 4th grade school project report on "Cool Gadgets of Our Time". He had 28 kids, from his class of 28, interested in buying a pico projector. To me that means huge market, exponential market growth with 100% adoption rates.
Let me be very clear...
I'm not suggesting that we use such extreme numbers like Alan's as the basis for Oppenheimer Report by any means... but it does make the point when you look at their Summary Model projection of 875,000 SHOWwx units sold in year 2016. How is that possible? There are over 3.2 billion cell phone users and over 1 billion laptop owners in the world. That's less than 0.02% adoption rate in an existing market in year 2016. Are they telling me that by 2016, only about 875,000 would buy a Microvision SHOWwx... and that's including the high definition SHOWwx model that will be even brighter than it is today?
What are these guys [analysts] from Oppenheimer smoking?
After getting feedback from Alan on his class report, I felt guilty about giving this kid only $15 a week for his lunch money. Alan writes well, and with his analytical and presentation skills he could easily make a few hundred grand at Oppenheimer?
Having said that lets move on to the next absurdity...
Oppenheimer analyst estimates for ASP [average sale price] from FY 2010 thru FY 2016 are absurd; considering the fact that pico projection is not only a product [as in stand alone accessory unit] but it will also open-up new applications for the host, when embedded, that never existed before. Pico projectors, as standalone accessory, will drive new sales in the non-existent pico projector market and sell more of the host [and service contracts] when embedded to offer additional pico projection functionality. That's the way most all of us expect the market for pico projection to develop... and not the other way around where the host decides "if and when" to offer embedded pico projectors. Do you really think the pico projection market is going to sit on its ass [et] and wait for the host to get-off its ass [et] to let the market have the opportunity to embrace and experience all that pico projection has to offer.
Oppenheimer Report is Shallow and Lacks Vision...
There are several paradigm shift(s) in progress and gaining momentum. Each one of these paradigm shift converges or embraces high quality pico projection in one form or the other. If you have the vision, you will see what I'm seeing already taking place...
• Wide screen HD Multi-media infotainment for one or many... in various settings; like living room, bedroom, boardroom, outdoors, and hotel room, airports, and cars and so on.
Research has shown that users prefer video communication over other forms of communication [text, sound, smell, touch] and video will continue to be the preferred means of all human communications. Research has also shown that users prefer wide screen, high definition, 2D/3D video with fast refresh [without motion blur] and always in focus images for all forms of video [static, streaming, and broadcast] communications.
• Planned one-on-one or one-to-many mobile infotainment, communications, collaboration, and networking. Mass adoption of Netbook computers, smartphones, and mobile TVs around the globe.
Users prefer mobility: The entire world [users and service providers] is getting into the instant gratification mode and going mobile in all forms of communications and entertainment across the globe.
• Impromptu one-on-one or one-to-many mobile infotainment, communications, collaboration and networking.
• Technological convergence is the tendency for different technological systems to evolve towards performing similar tasks. Today, we are surrounded by a multi-level convergent media world where all modes of communication and information are continually reforming to adapt to the enduring demands of technologies, "changing the way we create, consume, entertain, learn and interact with each other".
Convergence in this instance is defined as the interlinking of computing and other information technologies, media content and communication networks that have arisen as the result of the evolution and ubiquity of the Internet as well as the activities, products and services that have emerged in the digital media space.
• Flexible resource utilization and sharing... like one mobile TV/projector to replace many television sets in millions of households around the globe.
• Augmented reality and its applications will become common place, bridging the gap between the physical world and the digital world... and it will continue to be one of the main thrusts of new technology developments.
"How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then real is simply those neuroelectric signals interpreted by your brain. However, that reality just got augmented as in "augmented reality", when the live view of the physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagary... creating a mixed reality. The augmentation is conventionally in real time and with the help of advanced AR technology (e.g. adding computer vision and object recognition) the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally usable.
• Peak Oil and Carbon Footprint phenomenon prompting renewed efforts to conserve energy around the globe. Low energy footprint of a pico projector will be a desirable alternative... without sacrificing HD widescreen viewing experience.
• The eventual death of multiple TVs per household and the replacement for energy guzzling LCD and Plasma TVs around the globe. Energy for food coming back to take precedent over energy for entertainment in the next five to ten years.
In addition to the above paradigm shifts, there are two mega business trends that are underway that could directly or indirectly effect on how the pico projectors come to the market and these trends would certainly impact picop adoption rates...
• Free Product for Service Contract: Productization, or the ability to package a solution or process into a saleable product, was once the Holy Grail of businesses. Design a better mousetrap and the world would beat a path to your door. But more and more businesses today are realizing that it is better to offer pest control as a perpetual paid service instead of selling a mousetrap as a one-time transaction. Lock the customers into predictable and legal contracts which become more profitable over the life cycle of the product.
Almost all mobile phone carriers offer a free phone in exchange for a service contract that legally binds the subscriber for two or three year service. Razor companies like Gillette offer free Razors in the hopes of selling you the blades for the rest of your life. More and more companies are adopting this business model... if and when their product lends itself to a perpetual service contact.
As this business model grows in popularity, innovative financial models will evolve, as these companies will need to make upfront capital investments and recover it from customers over many years. This business model will embrace PicoP projection like glove to hand and could be the game changer for the first adopter. Partnering with Microvision will be more like the partnership of champions... rather than Microvison looking for a strong OEM champion for its technology. Its not about technology... its about consumer experience and perception of quality and value.
• Vertical Integration Growth Model: For years, the big multi-national corporations that operated in multiple industries weren't supposed to be a good idea. Stock market investors valued these companies at less than the sum of their various business divisions, for reasons ranging from lack of deep expertise across businesses, less transparency in disclosing financial numbers and extra layers of management required to steer an unwieldy ship. GE offers a real life example of the pitfalls of running too many businesses. But as GE hacks off businesses not core to what it considers its strengths — Genpact, television network NBC Universal, GE Plastics — a bunch of other new global companies are trying to become the new multi-national conglomerates.
Google, for example is now making its own servers and solar panels, acquiring content from authors and media companies, creating operating systems and programming languages and digitizing satellite and space maps for consumers. The list of businesses owned by the Indian company Tata group (India's largest IT services company, luxury hotels, DTH television services, steel manufacturing, water purification, automobiles) would put even GE to shame. Apple, originally just a computer maker, today makes all types of consumer electronic devices, runs the world's most successful music app (iTunes) and mobile phone application services (iPhone App Store).
Oppenheimer analysts may not realize this, but HD pico projection market in 2011 will be huge. And it will impact so many industries in so many different ways around the world; that Microvision could be the target of an acquisition by one of the multi-nationals with a vision. We can throw a few tickets in the hat to speculate, shall we...
- Microsoft
- Apple
- Cisco
Oppenheimer Report has Colossal Margin of Error:
If you are weak at heart, and are willing to pay much higher price for MVIS, then wait for confirmation [or affirmation] by the Wall Street Wizards... in this case Oppenheimer.
If you feel comfortable and don't mind volatility... pay some premium over the current prices and buy May 2010 Calls at 2.50 or 5 strikes.
No body said it was going to be a "cakewalk" investing in Microvision stock... especially with Oppenheimer lurking in the background.
Now, if it makes you feel any better, the Microvision story hasn't changed... it still remains the opportunity of a lifetime. Here's why...
• Virtually everything that needs validation has been validated and is ready to go. World's first laser pico projector SHOWwx is in production─ even if in small quantities and some big name OEM customers have placed orders. Microvision has some big name partners that feel the laser PicoP technology and its future potential is worth their time, effort and investment to further the cause.
• The main issue currently is the green laser supply. But that will change soon... as Osram goes on-line with cheaper and simpler to manufacture SHG green laser. By mid 2010, the green laser production quantities will not be an issue and in all probability Corning will be out with its G-2000 enhanced green lasers with a time line for ramp-up to production.
After reading the Oppenheimer report, I went into the bathroom to look at my face in the mirror... just to make sure it turned red with anger and not turning blue from a heart attack. After counting to fifty and running some facts and figure in my head, I remembered that I had made a mental note to read top of page 7 again.
And that's exactly what I did...
On top of page 7 in the Oppenheimer Report it says...
"We take these estimates with a hefty pinch of salt, knowing that any prediction about the long-term growth trajectory of a newly emerging technology involves a colossal margin of error. That being said, the 2009 pico projector unit and growth figures provide a couple of simple but encouraging insights into the pico projector market: First, that it is already sizable and is becoming more sizeable (with retail sales approaching $43 million), and second, that it is growing very fast."
In hindsight, I wish I had paid more attention to this very paragraph and read rest of the report for entertainment purpose only and not get all worked-up and almost get a heart attack.
I don't necessarily agree with many of their assumptions, estimates and projections; and I fully intend on discussing them in my blog. Oppenheimer analysts clearly admit the colossal margin of error in their estimates and projections... and therefore their so called facts and figures are subject to not only interpretation... but also have a monumental margin of error.
There two observations that I would make from reading these comments about "colossal margin of error" from the Oppenheimer Report...
• Oppenheimer analysts seem to be taking a dig at Alex Tokman, Microvision CEO, and also trying to send a message by publishing such deflated projections since Alex avoided discussing the quantities of SHOWwx in any detail during the 3rd Qtr conference call. These analysts contradict and ignore AT in a couple of areas... like the initial embedded pico display engine quantities runs to be in the 1M to 5M range, guidance on profitability to come 2 Qtrs. after embedded picop launch, and embedded picop launch to come 9 to 12 months after SHOWwx launch.
Many analysts will take a very conservative posture when initiating coverage on a small cap company like Microvision. This approach gives them time to get comfortable with the management; learn the business and market opportunity; and save some ammunition for future upgrades when the next catalyst comes along. This strategy keeps them gainfully employed and in such a scenario, when they do upgrade, it will be more meaningful.
• I also think this blurb regarding Oppenheimer analyst projections from the report is very telling...
"We take these estimates with a hefty pinch of salt, knowing that any prediction about the long-term growth trajectory of a newly emerging technology involves a colossal margin of error."
Don't you find it interesting; the analyst statement about "colossal margin of error?"
To me it looks like they are saying...
"Take our projections with a pinch of salt because our estimates could be off by a "colossal" margin."
Yep, you are right... I said with a smile.
Oppenheimer Makes Mockery of Companies in the Pico Projection Market:
There are may be 50 to 100 companies involved in the pico projection market. These companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in capital expenditures, R&D and operating costs based on their own estimates and projections over the last few years.
In the Oppenheimer Report, the estimates and projections for the picop market size and adoption rates are summarized in Exhibit 8: Summary Model. In the year 2016, they are projecting the entire SA market for 8.75 million units at $75 ASP each and the embedded market for 250 million units at $15 ASP each. I have no questions about the market size and Microvision's market share numbers. What baffles me, however, are the unit price projections for high definition SHOWwx and embedded pico projectors... all the way from FY 2010 thru FY 2016. Projecting $75 ASP for a high definition SHOWwx and $15 ASP for a high definition embedded unit in FY 2016 is absurd... and reflects how ignorant and naive these two analysts at Oppenheimer really are.
Speak to any of the key players in the pico projection industry and you will find out first hand that these guys at Oppenheimer are pulling numbers from thin air and comparing the pico projection market [for pricing purposes] to the touch screen market for smartphones. In addition to the absurd ASP pricing model their projection methodology is also questioning the use case for embedded pico projector. By doing so, Oppenheimer is questioning the business case model of ALL the companies involved in pico projection business.
There are close to 100 companies in this space...
• MEMS mirror, DLP and LcoS panel makers
• LED and Laser light makers
• ASIC and other semiconductor makers
• Makers of beam combiners, lens makers, light engine makers etc.
How would you rate the probability that ALL these companies are wrong with their estimates and made their investments in vacuum; and that Oppenheimer analysts are right?
Not right!!!
But don't get me wrong, we will see a lot of these companies go away in the next 2-3 years as the market will most likely consolidate... with leaders jostling for top position.
Oppenheimer Report is Grossly Wrong in their Estimates and Projection for ASPs:
First, I want you to do a side-by-side image comparison – SHOWwx vs. the Competition
That is one thing so far, what's been missing is the side-by-side comparison of SHOWwx with what the competition has to offer?
Well, here it is finally... and ironically the source is Oppenheimer from their analyst report on Microvision...
When I looked at the image size and quality, my first reaction was...
• Pico projector from 3M, using LcoS technology, aroused the feelings that you would have towards a "sick dog" that needs to be put to sleep and put out of its misery. Half baked product like that gives bad name to pico projection technology. 3M is a multi-billion dollar company and I expected somewhat higher quality watermark than what you see. Rushing a product to the market before it's time is not only bad judgment but poor marketing strategy... end of story.
• Pico projector from TI, using DLP technology, is decent and would be acceptable image quality for the right price. If TI/DLP had no competition from Microvision's SHOWwx, then they would do just fine... like a dog that could hunt. There would still be issues of long throw ratio, limited image size, low resolution and need to re-focus every time there was a change in Image size or projector location.
• Pico projector from Microvision, using laser MEMS scanning technology, speaks for itself. It needs no words and all I'm going to say: "A picture speaks a thousand words". To quote what Oppenheimer said in their report...
"The PicoP image has better color rendering; doesn't require focusing; and is larger, sharper, and more uniform from center to edge."
Microvision's laser Pico projection technology is far superior to others out there, and has a bright future; once the green laser bottleneck issue is behind us.
When you look at the 3M/LCoS and TI/DLP pico projector images, you have to wonder that they do need a strong OEM champion for their technology. Without one, they may be left out as the stranded puppy that no one wants to own.
One the other hand, SHOWwx image size and quality, coming from such a tiny projector, arouses the sense of awe and will attract many OEMs that would want to be champions alongside of Microvision.
It's not just about technology; it's about what technology would eventually do for consumers... people like you and me. If Microvision SHOWwx technology arouses the sense of awe to-day, just wait another year and you will be delighted with the HD resolution of the image and the brightness of the light source.
While Microvision is all tangled-up with green laser supply issues, the two competitors can, and will, hog the feed at the trough. However, their party may not last too long... because sooner or later, the green lasers will be plentiful; and Microvision hound dog will have its muzzle removed and let go to hunt, to bully and to claim its rightful place at the head of the trough.
Now let's talk about Oppenheimer estimates and projections for SHOWwx and embedded picop ASPs. In all honesty, if I was looking at just the 3M pico projection images, I would agree with Oppenheimer analysts wholeheartedly.
But, such is not the case.
Microvision's laser based pico projector SHOWwx and the embedded display engine is in a class of its own.
If you were paying attention and listening to Alex Tokman, CEO of Microvision, you will remember him saying...
"Microvision Wants to be a Major Player in the Imaging Market Place"
He continued by saying...
"Laser steering projector is the bread and butter of Microvision for the foreseeable future and we are going to focus on the embedded PicoP to make the company profitable." [Believed to be the words of Alex Tokman]
"Microvision is positioning itself thru patents and IP to be a major player in the image community. He (Alex) said: "Microvision is not going to be a small component provider that can be marginalized by bigger players."
Alex sees the company as an INTEL type company. He is going to make the company a player in the image industry. That explains the "Image by PicoP" as the slogan chosen for the world's first laser based PicoP projector SHOWwx.
Please read my post on…
Yes Virginia: "It's Intel Inside… but Image by PicoP."
Here's the link…
Alex mentioned a few things as to why he believes the product [PicoP display engine] is going to be successful…
• Uniqueness: nobody has lasers… nobody is doing what we are doing.
• Thin Form Factor: nobody has our size and nobody can do HD images without getting bigger.
• Longer Battery life: up to 2 hours currently vs. 45 minutes for the competition.
• Infinite focus: nobody else has it.
• Larger screen experience: from 12" to 150" diagonal under certain ambient light conditions.
• Superior small font readability: we are the only one that has 8 pt readable font.
• Uniformity of brightness: Images are uniformly bright from edge to edge, unlike some other competitors.
• No rainbow effect.
• Twice the color gamut (range) of NTSC
• WVGA resolution with sharper image detail... and future Pathway to high definition and brighter laser lights.
Currently, the competition comes from two major players, TI with its DLP technology and 3M with its LcoS technology. The competition sells its second generation Pico projector for about $295 and the quality of the image from their projectors looks like the picture on the left side. Microvision's PicoP projector SHOWwx, on the other hand, projects its image better than the one on the right side.
If $295 was assumed as the average price for the baseline model and functionality [in-line with what the competition is asking], then Microvision could [and should] charge $495 for not only the better quality and vivid images but also some very interesting and differentiating features…
• Always-in-focus on any projected surface [projecting on curved surfaces or from an angel on flat surfaces]
• Short throw ratio 1:1 [bigger picture from short distance]
• Stunningly colorful, bright, vivid and detailed images [200% NTSC]
• Large images size [from 20" to 200" diagonal ]
• Higher image resolution (848×480) with HD pathway in future models
• Unmatched small font readability [size 8 font]
• Wide aspect ratio 16:9 [for wide screen experience]
• Fast refresh [60 Hz] to prevent motion blur when watching sports or action videos and movies
• High contrast ratio 5000:1
• Easy and simple plug and play. Single connector for TV-out [composite], VGA [RGB] and 3.5mm stereo jack─ audio pass through
• Low power and longer battery life. Movie capable battery life when fully charged. Charges via Micro-USB
• Extended warranty service… why not with all that MEMS reliability and exceeding drop test performance
• Ready for in-bed watching videos and movies on the ceiling
• All cables and leather case included
• Trade-in offer [worth $100 in exchange value] for any future PicoP projector purchase.
All these features are inherent in the laser based PicoP projector SHOWwx and the pico display engine; and they don't really cost anything extra but they allow you to monetize the superior product functionality that Microvision offers.
There is no reason for Microvision to give it away for free…
Oppenheimer analyst estimates and projections assume pico projection business to model like the consumer electronics business model [much like the touch screen accessory for the smartphones] and that is grossly wrong. It's not going to happen that way... no matter how Oppenheimer analysts qualify their half baked numbers by stating "Colossal Margin of Error" on page 7 of the report.
If someone wants to believe Oppenheimer analyst estimates and projections for ASPs, then let them...
Because buying SA at $75 or embedded at $15 is not going to happen... now or later.
If it does happen, then in all probability the buyer is buying some Chinese crap... only cheaper.
In closing, I highly recommend that you read Oppenheimer Report from page to page.
When you are done reading... file it under "Entertainment" and wait for the next upgrade... because that Report will be more meaning full than this half baked cookie dough.
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Accra, Aug. 18, GNA – The National Forum of the National Democratic Congress Constituency Chairmen (NAFOCOC) on Saturday held its first national general meeting in Accra.
The forum, which brought together constituency chairmen of the party across the country, with the exception of the Greater Accra Region, was on the theme: 'Promoting the welfare and sustenance of political activists for accelerated peace and development'.
Conspicuously absent from the function were the current functional national executive committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), regional chairmen and Senior Ministers of State.
Mr Stephen Edward Moore, National coordinator of NAFOCOC and Mfantsiman constituency chairman, said the group was just an association of constitutionally elected chairmen, who have come together as a family to bond for the effective implementation of common programmes that would enhance the growth of the party.
He said NAFOCOC sought to ensure the welfare of constituency executives and also to uphold the peace, stability and unity of the nation.
He said the forum of NDC chairmen would focus on how to contribute and effectively collaborate with the peace initiatives of various organizations to ensure that the nation becomes more strengthened and united after the delivery of the judgement by the Supreme Court in the 2012 presidential election petition.
'As we come from all corners of this country, it is our belief that any initiative by us would be felt at the grassroots,' Mr Moore stated.
Madam Mavis Amah Frimpong, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister urged NDC activists to desist from rejecting the President's nominees for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.
She said research has shown that in districts where the nominees were rejected, there were divisions among constituency executives, which does not promote development, adding that, before a person is nominated, a careful study is done to ascertain his or her competence level.
The Deputy Minister said NAFOCOC was not a pressure group within the party but rather a forum that sought to improve the welfare of constituency executives.
Mr Emmanuel Aboagye Didieye, Member of Parliament (MP) for Afraim Plains North and the brain behind NAFOCOC, urged party loyalists not to celebrate their victory after the Supreme Court's ruling on August 29, in order to safeguard the peace and unity of the nation.
Mr Didieye, a former constituency chairman and the youngest MP in the current Parliament, assured that NAFOCOC sought to promote the wellbeing of both present and past constituency executives of the party.
To recognize his contributions towards the formation of NAFOCOC, the group presented him with a kente cloth.
Other speakers were Mr Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, MP for Ho West and Mr Albert Kwesi Zigah, former MP of Ketu South.
A 13 member interim national NAFOCO executives were presented to the public.
The participating regions presented their reports and a solidarity message was delivered by the United Cadre Front.
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Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith Quotes
''The warped, distorted frame we have put around every Negro child from birth is around every white child also. Each is on a different side of the frame but each is pinioned there. And ... what cruelly shapes and cripples the personality of one is as cruelly shaping and crippling the personality of the other.''Lillian Smith (1897-1966), U.S. author. Killers of the Dream, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949, rev. 1961).
''Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.''Lillian Smith (1897-1966), U.S. author. Killers of the Dream, pt. 2, ch. 4 (1949, rev. 1961).
''The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.''Lillian Smith (1897-1966), U.S. author. Killers of the Dream, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949, rev. 1961).
''For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into "the masses." And where is the David who can slay this giant?''Lillian Smith (1897-1966), U.S. author. Prologue, The Journey (1954).
''To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely.''Lillian Smith (1897-1966), U.S. author. The Journey, ch. 15 (1954).
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"If the furnace is hot enough, it will burn anything."
-John Parker, Once a Runner
Ok, this is sent from God.. but at times it can be my worst enemy. I use the Nike + sportband to track my miles ran. I got the sportband for Christmas and love it. This is my problem with it. Although great, I have had to reset it twice.. in less than 4 months use. And when you reset it, you lose all your progress... so it really is a damper when you have run up to 156 miles (which I had) and then you have to delete all those sweaty miles. Tonight was frustrating, but I was able to make it through my 5 mile run.. just thinking about missing my sportband the whole time.


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DONETSK, December 13. /TASS/. Authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic hope for a release from Ukrainian captivity of more than 800 people under the 'everyone for everyone' formula, Denis Pushilin, a deputy speaker of the DPR parliament said on Saturday.
"The list we drafted contains the names of more than 800 people and it is getting longer and longer," he told the Donetsk News Agency.
Pushilin admitted that the self-proclaimed republic's government did not have full information on all the political prisoners "whom we must recover" from imprisonment by the Ukrainian forces.
The DPR list contains the names of 220 people who are subject to investigations by the Security Service of Ukraine, he said. "Add to this the 120 or so people who have already stood trial. We're told /by Ukrainian representatives - TASS/ it'll be very difficult to resolve the issue of their liberation procedurally."
Pushilin also said the Contact Group for Ukraine had not coordinated the date of the next meeting in Minsk yet, adding that the Ukrainian media reports on an ostensible decision to hold it on December 19 were not true to fact.
Parties to the September 5 meeting of the Contact Group in Minsk, including representatives of the Kiev government, officials of the eastern regions, and envoys of the European security organization OSCE and Russia coordinated a plan of peace settlement of the conflict and reached agreement on a ceasefire.
At its next meeting on September 20, the Contact Group adopted a memorandum on ceasefire. It consisted of nine points, like a ban on the use of all types of weaponry and a pullback of heavy weapons to a distance of 15 km away from the line of contact.
Control over practical actions under the memorandum was vested in the OSCE. The document was signed by the OSCE representative in Ukraine Heidi Tagliavini, Ukraine's former President Leonid Kuchma who represented the Kiev government, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, DPR Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko, and the leader of the Lugansk People's Republic, Igor Plotnitsky.


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We at the PPWG are delighted to announce that a PPWG panel,
'On the Government of Peaceful and Violent Life', has been
selected for British International Studies Association
sponsorship at ISA 2016. The PPWG hopes to convene two panels
at ISA 2016, a panel on 'Popular Culture, Everyday Experiences
and World Politics' and the above mentioned 'On the Government
of Peaceful Life'. Below is the abstract for the panel 'On the Government of Peaceful and Violent Life'. We hope to see many of you at these two panels!
BISA-Sponsored ISA 2016 Panel from the Poststructural Politics Working Group
Convenors: Tahseen Kazi and Elisa Wynne-Hughes
On the Government of Peaceful and Violent Life:
The Unsettling (of) Liberal Settlements of Peace
Chair: Elisa Wynne-Hughes (Cardiff University)
Discussant: Alexander Barder (Florida International University)
No longer credible as an ideal for the world, much less as a tragically unattainable dream, liberal peace can now be understood as governmental – as complicit in the production of our contemporary matrix of peaceful and violent life. In practice, liberal processes of peace are simultaneously failing and relentlessly resurrected in developmental and insurential techniques, and in resilient mentalities. Given such circumstances, how can we reimagine peace and create agencies to diverge out from the reproduction of liberal peace and violence? This panel has two aims: 1. We are concerned with documenting contemporary practices of 'liberal settlements of peace' in two senses of the phrase: as attempts to reconfigure people and things for the achievement of liberal ideals of peace in this world; and in the sense of colonial-style settler wealth production out of the dispossession and pacification of indigenous livelihoods. That is, liberal settlements inscribe life by racialization, stratification, sexualization, and production of resilient life. 2. We are equally concerned with how peace and agency are being differently imagined even amidst the settlements of peace. To this end we uncover practices of post-liberal agency and of alternative authority production that ward-off liberal settlements of peace.
Biopolitics of Reconciliation: The Discursive Production of the "Post-Conflict" and the fate of Political Violence in the Post-Dirty War(s) World.
Henrique Furtado (University of Manchester)
Reconciliation has been widely discussed as a potential framework for the creation of long-lasting peace in divided societies. Scholars of peace and conflict studies and transitional justice often understand reconciliation in transcendental, ahistorical terms. As such, reconciliation is conceptualised as a framework for solving quarrels – a process of re-connecting severed social bounds – that relies both on the instrumental nature of human reasoning and on contextual, political constrains. This paper aims to counter such transcendentalism by historicising the emergence of discourses on reconciliation. In doing so, I argue that the trope of "political reconciliation" arose in the late 1980s and mid-1990s, after the end of the Dirty War(s) in the Global South. At this particular historical moment, that demarcates the beginning of the field of transitional justice and the predominance of liberal human rights, the rise of reconciliation was accompanied by one important phenomenon: the theorisation of the liberal "post-conflict" as a peaceful, sanitised moment where political violence was rendered obsolete. I conclude, by drawing on the history of transnational responses in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil and Chile) and the works of Foucault, that this particular phenomenon is the expression of a new, late 20th century form of biopolitical subjectification.
Keywords: Peace and Conflict Studies; Terrorism and Political Violence; Transitional Justice; Human Rights; Post-Conflict Reconciliation
Mapping Translations: Performative Discontinuity and the Emerging Post-liberal World.
Julian Graef
Both in theory and in practice, the once- dominant liberal peace is becoming unstable; new peacebuilding practices and different peacebuilding practitioners are contesting the liberal claim to a monopoly on the meaning of peace. This article tackles the ways in which the liberal peace reduces complex peacebuilding processes to a dichotomous and agonistic relationship between the exercise of governmental power on the one hand and resistant local agency on the other. However, Actor Network Theory's notion of translation provides some methodological space for moving beyond this reductive power/resistance binary by engaging with the messy and uncertain practices that are continually transforming the liberal peace into a post-liberal world. Drawing on six months of participatory research in Liberia, this article traces the design and implementation of The Carter Center's legal empowerment project through a contingent series of translation points. By mapping the emergent and therefore contingent performative discontinuities that are expressed through a series of translations, this paper aims to re-interrogate the relationship between governmental power and agency. It aims to highlight how critical methodologies such as mapping enable researchers to explore the unstable translations in which the limits of power and the meaning of emancipation continually re-appropriated and transformed.
Warding-off Governmentality: Indigenous Agency in Civil Society and Settler Peace
Tahseen Kazi (Georgia Institute of Technology)
In this paper, I show how thin films of interface are created in transactions involving indigenous groups and liberal governmental assemblages. Global indigenous civil society, I argue after Foucault, is the composite of such films. One example of such interface-film involves the Cabildo Mayor (Upper Council) of the U'wa people living in the Andean cloud forests, the National Indigenous Organization of Columbia, Amazon Watch, and shareholders of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation which seeks drilling rights in U'wa land from the Colombian government. Such interface-films facilitate the production of zones of 'settler peace' that are characterized by an influx of liberal production activity, situated regimes of human rights discourse and sporadic incursions of violence serving economic-security interests. Notably, the indigenous group involved sometimes separates its own authority practices from the 'leadership' it sends to interface in civil society. This is true of the U'wa people whose Cabildo is made up of younger, educated individuals rather than the U'wa's own shaman leaders. Drawing from the anthropology of Pierre Clastres, Michael Taussig and Edmund Leach, I argue that while settler peace cannot adequately address universalist goals such as keeping oil in the ground, indigenous people's self-distancing from civil society can ward-off their governmentalization.
Keywords: Peace settlements; governmentality; global civil society; indigenous agency
Post-liberal agency: indeterminacy, decolonization and the late liberal settler state
Darcy Leigh (University of Edinburgh)
Liberal logics and practices have justified and enacted settler colonization. The liberal settler state has colonized the meaning of politics, eroding Indigenous forms of government. Today, the settler state continues to violently regulate decolonization or 'peace' in liberal terms. Anti-colonial actors are therefore targeting the very terms of political action themselves. Those seeking to rework liberalisms' myths and violence are faced with a series of either/or dilemmas for understanding and responding to liberalisms: as heterogeneous and/or persistent, as mythological and/or creating effects, as inescapable and/or incommensurable with existing alternatives, from within and/or against and as resistance and/or positive action. This paper locates ways of navigating these problems and of imagining post-liberal agency in particular forms of indeterminacy – including in refusals to choose between modes of politics or to resolve the ontological inconsistencies in practicing those multiple modes simultaneously. Conversely, the paper also points to the limits of indeterminacy when it manifests in ways, such as multiculturalism or pluralism, which align with liberal narratives of agency. In all these ways, the settler-colonial state is a compelling site for theorizing peace and violence in and beyond liberalisms.
Roads, Barriers and Entrepreneurs: Neoliberal Governmentality and Materiality in
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
Jakub Záhora (Charles University)
This paper interrogates the notion of "normalization" of everyday life in Israeli nonideological settlements in the West Bank, a set of practices that seek to undo the exceptional nature of the Israeli presence in the Palestinian territories. Drawing on author's interviews, observations in the field and Foucauldian conceptual tools, the paper demonstrates that neoliberal governmentality plays an important role in "normalizing" processes that maintain the settlement enterprise: subjectifying Israelis as productive "entrepreneurs of the self" and consumers effectively obscures the magnitude of violent practices underpinning the Israeli occupation. Nevertheless, the paper further shows that this perspective needs to be complemented by insights derived from the material turn in political science that highlights the political salience of physical objects. It argues that neoliberal governmentality could not operate in the West Bank without certain infrastructural elements (like bypass roads) and security measures (like security barriers and checkpoints). These material features create conditions that enable settlers to subscribe to "normal" (neoliberal) rationales regardless of the precarious political and security position of their communities. The paper thus enriches governmentality studies by accounting for the importance of physical and infrastructural setting that can facilitate as well as hinder effects of governmental power.
Keywords: Israel/Palestine, settlements, governmentality, neoliberalism, material turn


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No, not that Manning... The other one.
Prior to the last NFL season, the Giants were expected to enjoy a tall glass of FAIL juice all season long. With shiny-toothed asshat Tiki Barber retiring and immediately slamming former teammates and coaches, the Giants stumbled to an 0-2 start. After that though, The Giants didn't lose away from home the rest of the season, including 3 road playoff games and the Super Bowl.
Now Tiki is at home bleaching his teeth and trying to take partial credit for the Giants' win, while Eli Manning and his teammates are wearing their Super Bowl rings and starring in Gatorade commercials. Maybe T.O. and Tiki can get some popcorn and watch it together. If it's on in Mexico, maybe Tony "Mr. Clutch" Romo and Jessica "Plastic" Simpson can see it as well.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Manning gets his own commercial
No, not that Manning... The other one.
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Running Late Tempos
I lost track of the time. Not really. I was just dawdling, watching YouTube and I got into this video that turned out to be twenty-five minutes long, so that when I looked up it occurred to me that I should have left to go running five minutes ago.
No biggie. I knew the route: Tuesdays meant tempos, tempos meant the little lake, the lake was closer to run to than actually driving to catch up.
So… I was running a bit late, arrived a bit early, and then when we all converged at the start of the tempo-stretch, standing beside the lake in the sun looking down along a busy trail littered with goose poop, we charged up and ran some hard threshold work: thirty-six minutes of fast.
That niggling soreness was gone & the calves were still a bit tight… but that's to be expected.
And after not-quite-eight klicks I looked at my monthly total: less than two klicks short of two-hundred in April. I guess I can't hang up my shoes for this month yet.


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P645 The introduction of infliximab therapeutic drug level monitoring for is associated with cost savings in a cohort of patients in a large district general hospital
Whiteoak S., Johnson H., Hovell C., Weaver S., McLaughlin S.
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Infliximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against TNF-α, with proven efficacy in IBD. Reported loss of response is 15–40% per year. There is evidence to suggest that the development of anti-infliximab antibodies plays a major part in this. Antibodies may develop and not be associated with failure, however in this setting it is thought that infliximab does not have ongoing efficacy for maintaining remission. Whilst therapeutic drug level monitoring could optimise anti-TNF use, it could also be associated with cost savings, but the long-term cost savings are unknown. Not only this, it is likely that it will optimise the use of anti-TNF therapy and guide on future therapies improving long-term patient outcomes.
Our aim is to show that the use of therapeutic drug level and antibody monitoring is associated with cost savings by stopping unnecessary anti-TNF, or dose de-escalation of therapy.
By interrogating our local IBD database and searching patient records we identified all patients receiving anti-TNF therapy, the indication for performing therapeutic drug and antibody levels.
We identified patients in which results of the drug levels and antibody status alone influenced the future treatment strategy, then calculated the costs and cost savings made when treatment was altered.
Maintenance therapy with biosimilar Remsima costs £3510 per year, calculations were based on the assumption that all patients were receiving Remsima.
104 patients receiving infliximab between 2013 and 2016 had infliximab levels checked at a total cost of £7280.
26 (25%) patients were identified as having their treatment changed as a direct result of the drug levels and antibody status.
18 (69%) patients in remission with positive antibodies and undetectable trough levels had infliximab withdrawn with an annual cost saving of £63,180.
6 patients in remission had the Remsima dosing interval lengthened to 12 weeks due to high trough levels of infliximab with a cost saving of £7020 per annum.
2 patients had the Remsima interval reduced to 6 weeks based on low drug trough level at an increased cost of £3510 per annum.
No patient had a change in biologic drug based on drug levels alone.
The total annual cost saving from the introduction of therapeutic drug level and antibody monitoring was £59,410 based on using Remsima. This cost saving would be increased to £140,920 if originator infliximab had been used.
The use of therapeutic drug monitoring at a district general hospital leads to significant cost savings in the use of infliximab therapy.


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Arcam wins order for four EBM systems, signs long term agreement with Avio
Arcam AB has received an order from Avio in Turin for four EBM systems for manufacturing of aero-engine titanium aluminide (TiAl) components. A long term agreement has also been signed between Arcam and Avio and Arcam has appointed Avio as Center of Excellence for its TiAl EBM technology.
The agreement is the result of a joint development project between Arcam and Avio with the goal to industrialize Arcam's EBM technology for manufacturing components in titanium aluminide. The co-operation started in 2007 with Arcam's adaptation of its EBM technology for use with titanium aluminide. After extensive testing and verification Avio has now decided to put the technology in production. In the framework of the agreement Avio will place additional orders for EBM Arcam equipment. Titanium aluminide is an inter-metallic material that combines excellent mechanical properties at elevated temperatures with low weight. Low weight in aero-engine results in increased thrust-to-weight ratio, better fuel economy and thus lower emissions. The market for titanium aluminide is predicted to grow quickly when new generations of fuel-efficient aero engines are launched. Avio is a leader in the aerospace sector. Founded in 1908, it is headquartered in Italy with subsidiaries in the United States, Poland, Holland and French Guyana, with 11 industrial plants and over 5,500 employees. Company turnover in 2008 was € 1.7 bn. The Group operates in four main business areas, both in the civil and military fields: Aeronautical, Space, MRO and Services, Marine & Industrial.
"Arcam's strategy is to establish our technology for production of orthopedic implants and aerospace parts, two areas with high requirements on material properties and productivity. Our EBM technology is already today well established in the orthopedic industry, with thousands of components produced and implanted. We are now very happy to announce this order from Avio, confirming that our technology complies with the aerospace industry's high standards for volume production", says Magnus René, CEO at Arcam.
"We have now reached high confidence in the application of Arcam's EBM technology to aero-engine parts and we are committed to move the process from research to production. We look forward to achieving business success through this long term partnership with Arcam",
says Giorgio Abrate, SVP Corporate Business Development at Avio.
Press release issued by Arcam AB on November 30, 2009
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Congressmen dismayed by Chinese gains
After decades of research, the Air Force is still many years away from fielding a hypersonic weapon system capable of delivering a warhead into denied airspace, according to a Jan. 29 statement from the service.
The weapon system is seen as the ideal capability since its Mach 5-plus speed allows it to penetrate denied airspace before ground-based defense systems have time to react.
Building on results from its X-51 unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft, the service said it hopes to demonstrate other technologies necessary to provide militarily useful capabilities "towards the end of this decade," according to a statement provided by Air Force Materiel Command spokeswoman Estella Holmes.


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There is loads of stuff that went on this week. First, some random things:
Yesterday, I saw a John Deere tractor.
In Spanish there are some words that are very similar but mean very different things. For example, casado and cansado. We were at a Family Home Evening and I was asking Sofia if she was tired. Well, I thought I was. I said, "¿Está casada?" She looked at me wierd, then I asked her again, "¿Está casada?" She started laughing and I realized what I had been saying. I had been asking her if she was married instead of asking her if she was tired (Sofia is 18 and she is not married). Casado means married, cansado means tired. So, that was interesting. But yes, she was a little tired.
Anyway, this week, I went to Fuéngirola, to the Mission Home, for a meeting there along with about 25 other missionaries. Elder Hurley came with me from Almería and we really enjoyed it. We learned a lot about becoming better teachers, better missionaries, and how practicing helps us develop the skills that the Lord wants us to use in inviting others to come unto Him.
Yesterday we had Stake Conference in Granada. There was great counsel given to us about changing our perspective and developing Christlike love - charity. I really felt the Spirit and it strengthened my testimony of the Savior, of his atonement, and how it changes us.
When we were at the Mission Home, President Clegg took me into his office and told me that I am being transferred to Huelva. It's on the west coast of Spain (the opposite side of the country) and I will be in the Sevilla Zone. My companion will be Elder Han. I am going to miss Almería a lot. I love these people.
I know the gospel is true. Jesus Christ restored his church and gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith. The truth has been restored. I know that the Savior lives and loves us. His atonement gives us the opportunity to change, to repent, to be healed, and to be happy.
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The media has bombarded the world today with devices that say they can flatten your stomach in just a couple of minutes of work a day and without a person having to put in any real effort. Just the pictures of the models which promote these products are enough to stir up the imagination and send you racing to fetch your credit card to buy the machine like the ab rocket abdominal trainer that will get you the abs that you have always dreamed about having. The question is, do abs machines really work? The answer is not simple. Some abs equipment can prove beneficial, but the majority of abs exercisers simply don't fulfill the promise their infomercials make.
Most people are concerned with the bulge around their midsection and nothing else. People believe that it is possible to remove fat from a specific body part. It is simply not true. The shape that our body is a result of many different factors and you have to consider the whole not just one part. If you tone the entire body, you will find your belly being reduced also. Fat will be burned off your entire body, not only from that location.
These devices often say that you will lose all of your fat around your midsection by using them. This is impossible. Exercising your abs can help to tone them somewhat. But if your goal is to get rid of the flab, than the exercises that you do with these machines is not the answer that you are looking for. It requires more than doing some exercises for a person to achieve the six pack abs that they want.
People should understand some other issues that will be faced if they buy one of these devices. There are some common problems and complaints about abs machines, and while all these problems may not apply to each and every single machine there is, it does get you to think about the overall wisdom of using these machines especially if you have a goal of losing weight fast.
The first problem with abs machines is the matter of size. There are several devices that are adjustable. However, some do a very poor job of it. They force you to work the abs while lying at an uncomfortable angle which may strain your neck and back. A person can find some that are not like this. Check a device out as carefully as you can to make sure that you will be able to use it.
Many exercise machines promise to provide a range of resistance levels which should fit all people. It does not matter if you are in shape or out of shape. It is not something that should be easily believed. You should not expect to get a piece of professional grade equipment at clearance prices. If you are looking for something that you will be able to use for a long time, be very careful.
Like any physical product, abs machines tend to break, tear, lose their elasticity, and otherwise malfunction. Before a person purchase any device they should find out what others have said about it by looking for things like an AB Rocket review.
I always look at abs machines with a doubtful mind and if things were so easy, we would all be walking around with six pack abs, so remember that some abs machines like the ab rocket abdominal trainer can help to exercise your stomach and strengthen it, but for the most part, they fail to address the main issue which is to burn off as much belly flab as possible in the shortest period of time.


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Wonderful article! Women really undergo several difficulties when having their menstruation. It's a good thing that articles like these help people to understand their conditions better in order to come up with the viable solutions or remedies.June 10, 2011 - 8:36am
Many women who have epilepsy know they are more likely to have seizures just before or at the start of their monthly periods. This gender-specific difference in epilepsy has been documented in medical records since 1885. Up to 70 percent of female epilepsy patients believe their periods exacerbate their seizures, although some studies show the actual number of women experiencing this type of seizure increase is much lower.
A seizure is an abnormal surge of electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can last a few seconds or several minutes and can result in convulsions or uncontrolled movement of the lips, arms, or legs. Epilepsy with seizures that are more common at certain times during the menstrual cycle is known as catamenial epilepsy. Although rare, some women with this type of epilepsy only have seizures when they have their periods. The more common situation is women who have seizures throughout the month but have more seizures with their periods, or women whose seizures are well controlled with medications at all times of the month except when they are menstruating.
Menstruation in women is controlled by hormones, which are chemical messengers used by the brain to coordinate activities throughout the body. In particular, the hormones estrogen and progesterone are known to be active in the menstrual cycle and to effect catamenial seizures. Estrogen, especially in the form estradiol, is known to promote seizures in women with epilepsy. Progesterone acts to reduce or limit seizure activity.
During the menstrual cycle, estrogen levels increase mid-month at the time of ovulation which is when an egg is released. This is one key time when seizures may increase. In most women, estrogen levels then return to normal. However, some women with abnormal cycles of ovulation may have higher estrogen levels for the rest of the month until the start of their periods. Another possible cause of increased seizures is the monthly dip in progesterone levels just before the start of menstruation each month.


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While i was researching and thinking, i came across the story "Peter and the Wolf" and realized how much i loved this story-or the music to be specific-when i was young. I don't have a clear idea what to do with it yet... this is the video of oscar-won short animated film Peter and the Wolf that was released recently, directed by Suzie Templeton.
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Midsummer Fiesta returns in 2018 for another day showcasing the fantastic talents of the diverse communities of Cheltenham. With a multitude of activities from charity stalls to music and dance this is a day for everyone in Cheltenham to enjoy.
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Inaugural Sands Macao Fashion Week a Fabulous Celebration of Style
Celebrities flock to major addition to the international fashion calendar Event includes launch of La Perla Spring/Summer 2018 ready-to-wear collection
(Macao, Oct. 24, 2017) – Sands Resorts Macao successfully launched its first Sands Macao Fashion Week, with six days of spectacular fashion programmes and promotions that included runway and boutique shows specially created over the canals of Shoppes at The Venetian, fashion parades at Shoppes at Parisian and other special events open to the public.
Top international label La Perla also used Sands Macao Fashion Week 2017 as the perfect stage to launch its Spring/Summer 2018 collection, which introduced 70 ready-to-wear and haute couture looks. The event also highlighted Macao's growing fashion industry and shined a spotlight on some outstanding local designers.
Taking place between Oct. 19–24, 2017, Sands Macao Fashion Week has instantly established itself as a major new event on the industry's global calendar. In addition to the Walk on Water runway shows that took place on The Venetian Macao's Grand Canal itself, The Parisian Macao's Avenue des Champs Elysees featured live catwalk shows showcasing the latest looks from a selection of stores for the coming season, set against the backdrop of the iconic Eiffel Tower.
The week's prestigious programme also saw exhibitions at Shoppes at Four Seasons, revealing the crème de la crème of fashion from the world's premium fashion houses.
A highlight of the week was an exclusive VIP gala dinner featuring a La Perla fashion show attended by around 200 celebrities and fashion elite from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, USA, France, UK, Italy and Russia, held at The Venetian Macao's opulent main lobby on Thursday, Oct. 19.
Celebrity models leading the runway were Natasha Poly and Liu Wen, while in the audience guests of La Perla included renowned actress Fan Bing Bing and actor and model Hu Bing. Other celebrities included model You Tian Yi; actress Chen Shu; The Rap of China star BrAnT.B; Hong Kong celebrity couple actor and musician Palmerson Sinn Lap Man and singer and television presenter Paisley Wu Pui Wei; host of television show Asia's Next Top Model Cindy Bishop; and Hong Kong model and TV presenter Cara G.
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