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I know it is ATX but DELL often has proprietary hardware and I need to make sure mobo will fit before I buy. Most X58 boards are 12+ inches wide and Apevia rates their Cruiser 2 @ 12 inches MAXIMUM for ATX. If anyone knows more about this I would appreciate additional input.
Do you only have the board or do you have the Dell tower too? If you have the Dell tower, what's to be gained by putting the board in an aftermarket case other than appearance? $75+ is a lot to spend on something that does nothing to improve performance.
And if you have the board, all you need to do is measure it. If you don't have the board, why would you buy an OEM Dell board rather than an X58 board that will allow you to tweak BIOS settings? In fact, why would you want to invest in the already discontinued LGA1366 platform?
All good points by riider, above.


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Almost every women in her lifetime will notice a chin hair. It can appear at any age, but more likely they appear when the woman gets older. The main reason about this is the hormone balances disorder.
The easiest way to get rid of this hair is plucking it. But, there are available some natural ways that can help you too.
The appearing of one or two hairs on your face is normal, but if you notice more, we suggest you to visit a doctor.
In most cases you shouldn't be worried, because this is natural process of shifting the hormone balance.
The video below explains how to naturally remove the facial hair.

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text: The various pieces brought together in this Featured Poetry collection form a vision of love for people, places, and cultures. Laura Dyer breaks romantic content into modern, exploratory forms, playing with ideas of alteration over time as someone or something becomes a memory. What we remember in matters of the heart is often half-honest, yet somewhere in these memories lie fragments of truth. These poems are Dyer's fragments. These Are Fragments is available online and in print from The Blasted Tree Store.


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Accommodations in Brisbane Part 2
Sometimes when travelling with children it can be exhausting, especially if the hotel you choose is not equipped to cater to the needs, wants, and desires of kids. Little things like having video games in the room, toys and puzzles available, and even more important a balanced and healthy menu appealing to kids. Safety, play areas, location, ease of access and kid friendliness are of the utmost importance when booking a hotel for your whole family.
Not all family friendly hotels are created equal. While some cater to smaller children, others cater to families travelling with older children and teenagers. These accommodation options have things like adjoining rooms so everyone can still have some peace and privacy.
Bed & Breakfasts can also be a superb option for families travelling. Many times there are kitchen facilities, or barbecue areas cutting the cost of meals. The other advantage is getting out of the CBD, and the hustle and bustle and either out into the more beautiful outskirts, and suburbs, or the heritage listed areas within the CBD.
The Best Family Friendly Hotels in Brisbane
For a hotel that really knows how to treat children as pampered guests, and give parents the peace of mind that the hotel cares is Family & Novotel in Brisbane with their Family Spirit campaign. The Family Spirit packages have benefits like 5:00 pm checkout on Sundays, healthy menus for kids that are also appealing to them. There are play areas designed with kids from 2-16 years old and they are separated to prevent fights. A special welcome package is provided and a personalized gift. There is also an assortment of unique kid themed bedding that is available on a first come first serve basis upon check in.
If you are going to need a babysitter or nanny while you are travelling then the Gambaro Hotel provides assistance to families that is second to none. The concierge staff are adept at finding family friendly attractions, but even more important can assist with finding a babysitter or nanny in the Brisbane area. This service provides a lot of peace of mind. The Gambaro also have 2 bedroom suites available and many rooms that inter joined for larger families or families travelling with older teenagers. Some of the goodies include fresh baked cookies, activity books, movie library appropriate for family viewing, and children amenities like child size bathrobes.
For the ultimate kid adventure head to the Gold Coast and stay at Paradise Resort. The kid room choices at this kid themed resort are amazing. With choices of bunk beds, and aquarium rooms, with toys and games families will never be bored. If the trip is for the kids this location is close to Surfers Paradise and between the activities and entertainment available at Paradise Resort, and Surfers Paradise families could spend a week and not repeat the same activity twice.
Another fabulous kid themed resort at the Gold Coast is the Turtle Beach Resort . The pool area by itself is worthy of kids approval especially the Splash Zone with four water slides, two toddler slides, water cannons, a dumping bucket and more. Club Turtle Kids Club has grown in popularity too, there are three session per day for up to 24 children per session. Kids Club has a range of activities for kids from ages 4-12 and a meal is included in each session, morning, afternoon, and evening.
The Best Bed & Breakfasts in Brisbane
For a luxury Bed & Breakfast accommodation just 2km from the Brisbane's CBD look no further than the Brisbane Milton B & B. Doesn't matter what time of year it is breakfast can be enjoyed on the verandah. The menu is updated with whatever is in season, eggs are free range organic, as are the fruits, and are sourced from Organic Farm Share. There are three different suites to choose from each with its own unique design. All of which are tranquil and relaxing.
Experience Victorian history in the heart of Brisbane. Stay in this heritage protected home instead of a hotel or motel. The Number 12 Bed & Breakfast has 4 suites to choose from. All elegantly furnished with strict attention to detail using antiques. The beds are king single sleigh beds. Even though it may seem like you have stepped back to 1907 by the looks of the place modern amenities abound with digital TV/DVDs and Wifi access throughout.
For the more modern traveller One Thornbury Boutique B&B is a striking choice. Although the home was built in 1886 in Spring Hill it has a character building distinction instead of heritage protected. This B&B is modern, and stylish and best of all is budget priced. Everything about this place is modern and convenient. The LCD televisions, the reverse cycle AC units, free wifi, quality linens, and more. Everything to make this a wonderful home away from home.
For what is thought to be the oldest surviving Bed & Breakfast in Brisbane we bring you Annies Shandon Inn, which has been in continuous operation for 120 years. There are 19 rooms, every one comes with air conditioning, and fun family photos from the history of the hotel. Many of the units are also equipped with kitchenettes making it easier for meal planning on a budget. Experience the generations who came before in this charming B&B. What many believe to be Brisbane's original.
There are so many options for families travelling to Brisbane. Whether travelling on a budget, or money is no object there will be a choice to please. If you need childcare facilities or a nanny some of the hotels will help you arrange that. Many of the places we mentioned have pre planned activities available for children, but every option on our list is great for families, it just depends on what your family needs and wants.


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Arun's research in the area of digital enablement of supply chains has examined how IT resources and capabilities can be combined with other resources and capabilities and with interfirm governance practices to a) promote information and knowledge sharing, b) develop effective supply chain coordination, and c) create IT business value. His research program in this area has involved close collaboration with United Parcel Services, Georgia Pacific, Hewlett-Packard, and SAP.
Selected Publications
For decades, information technology has been posited to have a major impact on firm performance. Investigations into this line of inquiry have almost always used constructs related to individual firm performance as their dependent measures, an approach that made sense under historical economic conditions. In recent years, however, value chains are giving way to digital supply networks with electronic interactions between tiers in the flow of goods and services. Such an environment makes it imperative to develop sophisticated measures of the performance of entire networks of firms, as opposed to individual firm performance.
Using game-theoretic concepts, this paper explores several dimensions of networked organizational performance as a construct, as a set of measures, and as a construct within a nomology. It describes a program of research in which some empirical validation has already been completed and other work is now underway. We first validate measures for a dyadic view of network performance, followed by an n-firm perspective.
The "Networked Economy" describes alliances of firms that manage globally distributed supply networks. In the best of all worlds, this interactive flow of information among member firms will result in efficient and effective balance of supply and demand. Unfortunately, supply networks suffer from poor and inexact information, and, in the worst case, information is unavailable where and when it is needed. Such entropy creates error and limits responsiveness of processes leading to situations where there is too much or too little inventory at a given a stage in a supply network. This paper offers theoretical perspectives, a case study, and outline of a research proposal to help address these challenges and develop insights into the best practices of transnational digital supply networks. High level questions include: what are the defining characteristics of high performing digital supply networks? How does information sharing impact the error and responsiveness of supply network processes and, consequently, supply network performance? How do international outsourcing practices affect network outcomes? These questions are theoretically examined and used to formulate specific hypotheses. An initial investigation of this theoretical formulation is conducted using a case study approach of a global plastics supply network.
we propose a program of follow-up empirical work based on a broad field study of high performing supply networks. After a rigorous process for developing the instrumentation through semi-structured interviews, we expect to gather information about over network configurations.
As initial empirical evidence for going beyond dyadic exploration of supply network. In this analysis, we show how network externalities lead to more efficient flows of information and to more dynamic responses. The overall performance of all firms participating in this network should be enhanced over time.
The major contribution of these ongoing studies will be new theoretical and empirical insights into the pathologies and metabolism of global digital supply networks. Specifically, we intend to delineate externalities of supply networks that are not embraced by exclusively dyadic perspectives, as well as the salient factors that complicate the interaction of supply network behaviour across national boundaries. We will develop, test and measure novel constructs such as networked organizational performance and error amplification, unveiling systematic knowledge about the relationships between these factors across socio-geographic regions.
Best practice exemplars suggest that digital platforms play a critical role in managing supply chain activities and partnerships that generate performance gains for firms. However, there is limited academic investigation on how and why information technology can create performance gains for firms in a supply chain management (SCM) context. Grant's (1996) theoretical notion of higher-order capabilities and a hierarchy of capabilities has been used in recent information systems research by Barua et al. (2004), Sambamurthy et al.(2003), and Mithas et al. (2004) to reframe the conversation from the direct performance impacts of IT resources and investments to how and why IT shapes higher-order process capabilities that create performance gains for firms. We draw on the emerging IT-enabled organizational capabilities
perspective to suggest that firms that develop IT infrastructure integration for SCM and leverage it to create a higher-order supply chain integration capability generate significant and sustainable performance gains. A research model is developed to investigate the hierarchy of IT-related capabilities and their impact on firm performance. Data were collected from 110 supply chain and logistics managers in manufacturing and retail organizations. Our results suggest that integrated IT infrastructures enable firms to develop the higher-order capability of supply chain process integration. This capability enables firms to unbundle information flows from physical flows, and to share information with their supply chain partners to create information-based approaches for superior demand planning, for the staging and movement of physical products, and for streamlining voluminous and complex financial work processes. Furthermore, IT-enabled supply chain integration capability results in significant and sustained firm performance gains, especially in operational excellence and revenue growth. Managerial initiatives should be directed at developing an integrated IT infrastructure and leveraging it to create process capabilities for the integration of resource flows between a firm and its supply chain partners.
A new model of competition, where competition is among supply chain networks rather than individual firms, is transforming traditional market-based buyer–supplier relations to one of competition among cooperative sets. In order to integrate and realize performance gains from participating in cooperative supply networks, the importance of information sharing across the supply chain has been emphasized in different literature streams. In this study, we examine the relational antecedents of this critical aspect of supply chain integration—that is, information flow integration.Our objective is to investigate the relationship between relational orientation of the focal firm, as characterized by (1) long-term orientation of its supply chain relation-ships, (2) asset specificity, and (3) interaction routines and the information flow integration between a firm and its supply chain partners. A research model was developed and data were collected from 110 supply chain and logistics managers in manufacturing and retail organizations. Our results suggest that tangible and intangible resources invested in supply chain relationships enable the integration of information flows with supply chain partners. Specifically, formal and informal interaction routines that take time and effort to develop enable integration of informational flows across a firm's supply chain. Investments in relation-specific assets and long-term orientation in relationships enable the development of these interaction routines.
Firms are integrating segmented supply chains to improve their dynamic resource anagement processes and reduce buffers, such as lead times and inventory levels. Yet, supply chain integration, if inappropriately conceptualized, can have a detrimental impact on market responsiveness and value generation capability. Innovations in Internet technologies,e-business, and process standards, such as RosettaNet,are challenging assumptions to manage resources across supply chains and to create value. As a consequence, firms need to reevaluate supply chain partners, processes, and enabling digital capabilities. Five supply chain configurations, i.e., integrated firm, fragmented chains, end-to-end integration,modular chains, and solution webs, are profiled. Assumptions for value creation and process capabilities for resource management that are associated with each configuration are discussed. Key issues in moving from one configuration to another are evaluated.
Although past research has investigated the impact of exploration and exploitation on firm performance,there is limited research on these effects in inter-organizational relationships. We examine whether the boundary condition for ambidextrous learning can be extended from firms to long-term inter-organizational relationships. Specifically, we focus on a particular aspect of learning—namely, explorative and exploitative knowledge sharing—and examine its impact on the performance of long-term relationships. We also theorize how ambidextrous management of the relationship and ontological commitment to span the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic knowledge boundaries between partners enable knowledge sharing. Our theoretical predictions are tested using data collected from both account managers at customer firms responsible for the relationship with a leading supply chain vendor and account managers at the vendor firm responsible for relationships with customers. The findings suggest that both exploratory and exploitative knowledge sharing lead to relationship performance gains, that such sharing is enabled by the ambidextrous management of the relationship, and that such sharing is facilitated by ontological commitment. Interesting differences in the enablers and consequences of both forms of knowledge sharing are detected between customers and the vendor.
This paper focuses on strategic information flows between buyers and suppliers within logistics supply chain relationships and on subsequent relationship-specific performance outcomes. Our analysis of dyadic data collected from 91 buyer–supplier logistics relationships finds that buyer and supplier strategic information flows positively impact the relationship-specific performance of both sharing and receiving parties. Specifically, each party gains financially from improved management of assets, reduced costs of operations, and enhanced productivity. Moreover, each benefits operationally from improved planning, control, and flexibility of resources. Buyer dependence on the supplier increases buyer strategic information flows to the supplier. Additionally, buyer IT customization and both buyer and supplier trusting beliefs in the receiving party positively impact strategic information sharing with partners. This study suggests that partnerships for supply chain services engage in cooperative initiatives to generate relational rents and are an alternative to conventional "arms length" transactional exchanges. These partnerships need to be motivated to go beyond the sharing of order-related information (which must occur in transactional exchanges) and to share strategic information (which has the potential for both additional rent generation and risks of misappropriation).
As contemporary firms become reliant on networks of supply chain partners, their performance increasingly depends on their supply chains' ability to be responsive to changing markets. This research addresses the theoretically neglected question of howand why the interplay between product design modularity and in- formation technology (IT) infrastructure flexibility influences supply chain performance. We develop two key ideas. First, product design modularity enhances performance because it increases supply chain responsiveness, a critical mediating explanatory concept. Second, product design modularity and IT infrastructure flexibility are complementary design choices: Increasing one increases the benefits of increasing the other. We propose a mediated-moderation relationship; IT infrastructure flexibility enhances performance by strengthening the influence of product design modularity on supply chain responsiveness. Tests using primary and archival data from 102 firms provide strong support for both ideas. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed.
This study seeks to identify the means by which information technology helps cocreate relational value in the context of interfirm relationships in the logistics industry—a large and information-intensive industry. We identify a set of IT functionalities—single-location shipping, multilocation shipping, supply chain visibility, and financial settlement—that can be used to manage the flows of physical goods, information, and finances across locations in interfirm logistics processes. Progressively more advanced sets of IT functionalities, when implemented and used in the interfirm relationship to execute logistics processes, are proposed to form four distinct IT capability profiles of increased sophistication. Interfirm IT capability profiles of higher sophistication are proposed to help cocreate greater relational value by facilitating the flows of physical goods, information, and finances across locations in the interfirm logistics process. Besides their direct role in helping cocreate relational value, these interfirm IT capability profiles are proposed to further enhance relational value cocreation when complemented by interfirm communications for business development and IT development.Our empirical study was situated in one of the world's largest logistics suppliers and over 2,000 of its interfirm relationships with buyers across industries. Integrated data from four archival sources on the IT functionalities implemented and used in interfirm logistics relationships, interfirm communications, relational value (share of wallet and loyalty), and multiple control variables were collected. The results show that the proposed interfirm IT capability profiles and interfirm communications have both a direct and an interaction effect on relational value. Implications for cocreating relational value in interfirm relationships with the aid of IT are discussed.
We draw on the interorganizational relationship management literature to examine how contextual characteristics of the supplier portfolio (portfolio concentration, relationship length, and supplier substitutability) moderate the impacts of process alignment and partnering flexibility – two of a firm's key supplier-facing process capabilities to manage supplier relationships–on a product line's competitive performance. Our analysis of survey data on a firm's supplier portfolio for a major product line indicates that the impacts of process alignment and partnering flexibility on competitive performance are moderated by the three supplier portfolio characteristics. Specifically, while concentrated relationship portfolios, long-term relationships, and supplier substitutability amplify the positive effect of process alignment on competitive performance, concentrated relationship portfolios and long-term relationships attenuate the competitive benefits that firms derive from partnering flexibility. While long-term relationships and concentrated supplier portfolios enhance the competitive benefits of process alignment, operations managers also need to recognize the detrimental effects of these supplier portfolio characteristics on the competitive benefits of partnering flexibility.
We examine sourcing professionals' work context to conceptualize how they use sourcing enterprise systems (SESs) and to understand when SES use results in positive/negative job outcomes. We differentiate between SES use for supplier selection and supplier governance, identify sourcing professionals' work process interdependence as a moderator for the impacts of SES use on job satisfaction, and suggest job satisfaction mediates the impacts of SES use on job performance. We conducted a field study of sourcing professionals' SES use at one of the largest consumer product companies in the United States, which has implemented an SES to innovate its sourcing professionals' work processes. Based on our analysis of the survey and qualitative data we collected, we found the impacts of both types of SES use (1) to be negative on job satisfaction when work process interdependence was high, (2) to be positive on job satisfaction when work process interdependence was low, and (3) to be mediated by job satisfaction for job performance. We discuss the implications of our findings for the literature at the intersection of information systems and operations management as well as for the information technology enabled innovation of sourcing processes and, more generally, complex business processes.
Contextual ambidexterity of an inter organizational relationship (IOR) is the ability of its management system to align partners' activities and resources for short-term goals and adapt partners' cognitions and actions for long-term viability. It is an alternative to structural ambidexterity in which separate units of the IOR pursue short- and long-term goals. We theorize that when utilized to coordinate the IOR, information technology (IT)-enabled operations and sensemaking, along with interdependent decision making, promote the IOR's contextual ambidexterity. We test our hypotheses on both sides of a customer-vendor relationship using data collected from (1) the account executives of one of the world's largest supply chain vendors (n D76) and(2) its customers (n D 238). We find commonalities and differences in the influence coordination mechanisms have on contextual ambidexterity from the vendor's and the customer's perspectives. For both customers and vendors, contextual ambidexterity improves the quality and performance of the relationship, and decision inter-dependence promotes contextual ambidexterity. For customers, using operations support systems (OSSs) and interpretation support systems (ISSs) enhances contextual ambidexterity. For vendors, the impact of both OSS use and ISS use on contextual ambidexterity depends on the duration of the relationship. Our study shows that IT-enabled operations and sensemaking are key enablers of IOR ambidexterity and that vendors should combine these IT capabilities with relationship-specific knowledge that accumulates with relationship duration.
Despite continued rapid growth in the outsourcing of supply chain services, long term relationships between vendors and customers are challenged by the need to create sustainable value from the relationship. Our research suggests that the ability of client firms to align their collaboration modes and IT capabilities with their objectives for the vendor relationship is critical for creating value from supply chain relationships. In this article, we describe four collaboration modes being used for supply chain relationships,how they are aligned with value creation objectives, and the IT capabilities needed to achieve them. Our findings are based on a survey of a major supply chain vendor and 238 of its long-term customers, as well as interviews with IT and business executives responsible for over 100 long-term relationships.
Contextual ambidexterity of an interorganizational relationship (IOR) is the ability of its management system to align partners' activities and resources for short-term goals and adapt partners' cognitions and actions for long-term viability. It is an alternative to structural ambidexterity in which separate units of the IOR pursue short- and long-term goals. We theorize that when utilized to coordinate the IOR, information technology (IT)-enabled operations and sensemaking, along with interdependent decision making, promote the IOR's contextual ambidexterity. We test our hypotheses on both sides of a customer-vendor relationship using data collected from (1) the account executives of one of the world's largest supply chain vendors (n = 76) and (2) its customers (n= 238). We find commonalities and differences in the influence coordination mechanisms have on contextual ambidexterity from the vendor's and the customer's perspectives. For both customers and vendors, contextual ambidexterity improves the quality and performance of the relationship, and decision interdependence promotes contextual ambidexterity. For customers, using operations support systems (OSSs) and interpretation support systems (ISSs) enhances contextual ambidexterity. For vendors, the impact of both OSS use and ISS use on contextual ambidexterity depends on the duration of the relationship. Our study shows that IT-enabled operations and sensemaking are key enablers of IOR ambidexterity and that vendors should combine these IT capabilities with relationship-specific knowledge that accumulates with relationship duration.
Practitioner Publications
Compressed cycle times, increasing uncertainty in the business environment, and supply chain network-based competition are putting the spotlight on adaptive planning and optimization as a way to generate dynamic efficiencies. Compression of product lifecycles and time to market, margin erosion, and increased outsourcing are driving the shift from advanced planning to adaptive planning. This transition requires integration across demand planning, supply chain network optimization, and execution planning. IT-enabled global optimization eliminates pockets of inefficiencies and creates top and bottom line value. Federated governance and appropriate value metrics must be established as part of adaptive planning initiatives. SAP possesses the necessary expertise, experience, and technology to support your company's strategic shift toward adaptive planning and optimization of your supply chain network.
Contemporary firms must recognize a fundamental shift in the management of distribution activities as a strategic driver of their competitive success. Instead of the traditional focus on pushing products to customers through distribution channels, there is a need to migrate toward adaptive distribution networks. Such networks focus on managing the flow of orders from customers by providing them with high levels of convenience while preserving attention to responsiveness and total distribution costs.
Adaptive distribution networks are built through integration of multiple channels,business partners, and supply chain network wide processes for order capture, order fulfillment, financial settlement, and post-sales care. They support for real-time tracking and monitoring of the flow of customer orders as well as for collaboration planning and decision-making among the business partners.The fundamental goal of these networks is to capture and optimally deliver each customer order and make decisions to overcome the adverse impacts of exception events that impede order flow. Complementary technologies, including web services, agent, mobile, visibility, and optimization technologies are required to migrate toward adaptive distribution networks.
In a hyper-competitive environment companies must continually improve their people, processes, and technologies to create competitive advantage. The ability to accurately predict consumer demand coupled with the capability to rapidly react and readjust to environmental changes and supply and demand fluctuations separates the inners from the losers.
The emergent challenge and opportunity for companies is to architect adaptive supply chain networks that exploit innovations to consistently improve efficiency and responsiveness objectives. The optimization of predictive control, reactive control and passive insulation increases the adaptability of companies across vertical industries.
Mechanistic organizations do not create value for today's uncertain and hard-to-predict competitive landscape. Companies wanting to compete in today's global, uncertain and innovative context must embrace the adaptive concept in the architecture of their supply chain networks.
Logistics and transportation binds together the flow of information and goods of a company's supply chain processes with those of its suppliers and customers. Traditional mechanisms used to manage these flows have created significant inefficiencies that must be addressed by companies to create value in today's hypercompetitive environment.
The global optimization of transportation plans,integrated event management, and dynamic exception handling are capabilities required t coordinate flows of information and goods in supply chain networks. Tightly coordinated logistics and transportation across the supply chain network improves the coordination of resources across suppliers,warehouses, production facilities, and customers.
Innovative companies are improving their efficiency and responsiveness by integrating their logistics and transportation functions with critical operating processes. By factoring transportation constraints into the planning and execution of warehousing, production, and fulfillment, these companies are outperforming their competition.


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About Sponge Brothers Car Wash
About Sponge Brothers Car Wash
Sponge Brothers opened its third location at 79 Boston Post Road in Orange in the fall of 2009. Our goal was to be the Best Full Service Car Wash, Detail Facility, Quick Lube and Full Service Repair Facility in the area. To accomplish this task we have hired the most dedicated and talented personnel in their fields.
Adam Scheps, has spent the majority of his life in the immediate area. His passion for motorized vehicles started when he was 8 years old with Go-karts. He bought his first muscle car when he was in High School, a 1970 Mustang Mach 1. When he went away to college his parents convinced him to sell his Mach 1. He always had a passion for cars and when he graduated college he saved up enough money and bought his first Shelby; a 1966 GT350. From that point on he was bitten by the 'Performance Ford' bug and bought many 1965-1969 Shelby Mustangs, Cobras, Lightweight Galaxies, and other Ford Performance cars. In addition to owning Shelby's he raced a 1965 Shelby. He wanted to turn his hobby into a career and in 2006 he went into the car wash industry. One thing led to another and the location in Orange became available
Ernie Burton, a local Icon and ASE Certified Mechanic has been in New Haven area repairing Foreign and Domestic cars for over 35 years. He's the most honest mechanic you will ever meet. There's nothing he can't tackle from a simple engine diagnosis to an engine swap.
Johnny Flores, comes to Sponge Brothers with over 15 years of experience with SPLASH CAR WASH. Johnny is our young talented Car Wash and Detail Manager who has brought a 'culture' to our facility that is second to none. His goal is keep every customer happy with the best possible service. Johnny understands that customers want to 'get in' and 'get out' as quickly as possible while maintaining the highest attention to detail and thoroughness. Johnny is always looking for the latest products to keep cars shining longer and brighter.
Anthony Kallert has a passion for special projects. He loves restoration work and repairing vintage automobiles. We have many customers that have classic cars but don't have the time, knowledge or experience to keep them running and on the road. Anthony can handle any kind of restoration. From complex brake system restorations to clutch replacements, engine rebuilds and tune ups. We can source those hard to find parts and get your Classic Car back out on the road.
Sponge Brothers latest vision was to become the area dealer for 'Rough Country'. Rough Country sells the finest truck and Jeep lift kits, off road lighting systems, rims, tires and winches. We can install whatever kit you purchase or you can do it yourself.
You bring your ideas to us and we will make it happen! Watch for new additions to our product lines in the future.


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Leadership Lessons from the Basketball Court
Chrissie Gorman (MBA 2012) created PowerForward with Duke basketball legend Coach K. to bring leadership and team-development lessons from sports to the business world. In this video, she explains the ground rules of team play and lessons to be learned:
"I started a company called PowerForward with Coach K., the Duke basketball coach. What we saw was an opportunity to take a lot of what he's done with his team so successfully for four decades and create content to really help develop teams beyond basketball.
"A lot of people are emotionally connected to sports, and I think there's a lot of lessons from sports that really resonate with people across industries and backgrounds. And we saw an opportunity to take some of those lessons––but also, interview leaders across all walks of life who embody some of these traits––and bring them into organizations.
"I think sports-related lessons translate well to the business world because, when you strip out the ball and the rules, you're talking about people. You're talking about people coming together as one towards a common goal. And that's really what you do in business.
"In starting PowerForward, we looked at a lot of the off-the-shelf leadership and team-development programs and realized that a lot of them were built for another generation. Increasingly, younger employees are not going to stay in their company for 20 years. They're going to move from job to job if they're not satisfied. And that's not only in terms of providing a great salary and benefits, but also, feeling like you're invested in. And that's really why we saw an opportunity with PowerForward, to not only help organizations improve, but also help organizations invest in their people in a way that makes a meaningful difference to the company's bottom line."
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check this out!
DIY: crochet red velvet cake
When I saw this on my feed, I was like OMG that looks soooo good! Obviously, I didn't read the title... this looks so real, Mei! You're seriously so talented. I know who I could make this for :) Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
PS. You should definitely try a red velvet cake - yummy!
I wish I was able to knit! The cake looks so real! :)ReplyDelete
Omg dat is zo super schattig zeg en ik wist niet dat chocolade daar door rood werd, zo grappig haha! Ik vroeg me altijd al af hoe dat smaakte maar het is dus gewoon chocolade :)ReplyDelete
That is too cute, and looks yummy!! I love how crafty you are!ReplyDelete
Wait whaaat - all the recipes I've used for red velvet cake uses red food coloring! But they sure are tasty either way. You should totally try one (or bake some - I know you want to!), it's so good!ReplyDelete
That looks so cute :)ReplyDelete
This is so darling! I just love it. xReplyDelete
this is so super cute and makes me want to eat cake and learn crochet!ReplyDelete
I never knew that about red velvet cake! Whenever I make it there's always food colouring involved, haha... I absolutely love this project by the way, it's adorable :)ReplyDelete
wow, so cute :)ReplyDelete
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woa, nice animation!! and such a cute little cake. you're really talented.ReplyDelete
im drooling nowReplyDelete
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nice diyReplyDelete
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aw this one is cute (:ReplyDelete
thank u!
You have such an amazing talent :)ReplyDelete
I can't believe you never tried red velvet yet! It's definitely worth trying!
That mini video was adorable !!
it looks so cute! thank you for sharing how to do it!ReplyDelete
thank you for sharing how to make it! the cake looks so cute!ReplyDelete
Omg, that's so damn cute!! Great job!ReplyDelete
i am really not good at knitting! it confuses me completely! and wow I never ever imagined that chocolate would ever turn red but just adding vinegar...!!! that is so cool!!! :DReplyDelete
wow i never knew that before this, interesting trivia!ReplyDelete
and as for that, i never had enough patience to do so haha
it looks cute by the way
hahahaha!!! seriously that' so cute of you!!ReplyDelete
This is such a cool DIY! Reminds me that I should knit my scarf again haha.ReplyDelete
Amazing idea!So cute!!!ReplyDelete
oooh. so that's how red velvet was born! I have always been wondering. :) Nice project. perfect gift for cake enthusiasts. :)ReplyDelete
That video you made is so cute too! I love how cute this post is, I'm terrible at crochet things and knitting them, but it looks cool!ReplyDelete
nice DIYReplyDelete
so cute <3
This is brilliant and one of the best DIY's I've seen.ReplyDelete
I'm not good with crochet/sewing/etc. T_T It's a pity because that is so freakin' adorable. xDReplyDelete
Awesome idea!!ReplyDelete
Dit ziet er zo leuk uit! Heel erg tof gedaan :D Leuk filmpje ook!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2013 at 6:17 AM
One of my favorite cakes in a design :O Could this be true? How do you do all these things amazingly? :)ReplyDelete
Asdfghjkl why are you so creative!!!!!! I can't even knit a diamond for school without wanting to throw myself off a cliff haha. I had no idea that was how you made red velvet cake, I always thought it was food colouring ._.ReplyDelete
Love it! Looks good enough to eat!ReplyDelete
So cool !ReplyDelete
Wow, really cute ;) And looks so yummy ^^ ;)ReplyDelete
YUM! This is so cute! Thank you for linking to my crochet cake pattern too. Red velvet is definitely my favorite cake of all time. :)ReplyDelete
OMGGGG that stop motion was incredible! I am so glad I found your blog today :). You are one talented miss <3.ReplyDelete
Dat ziet er zo schattig uit! Erg leuk gedaan!ReplyDelete
Wat ontzettend leuk gedaan zeg! Knap! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2013 at 11:45 AM
so effing creative!! turned out perfectReplyDelete
Love the stop motion!! You should definitely make more; it's so cute for anything you knit! The cake looks good enough to eat, like everything you make!ReplyDelete
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aw.....really cute....ReplyDelete
When I saw it on my blogger dashboard as just a small picture I thought it was a real one! Pretty awesome! :]ReplyDelete
Oh this is adorable! What a cute little project. You should make an entire cake now haha!ReplyDelete
This genuinely looks good enough to eat!ReplyDelete
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This is so cool and so much less fattening hehehe! I adore red velvet, you must try it! Never made it though so I had no idea the red is a result of a chemical reaction!ReplyDelete
Omfg, zo cute. Ik wou dat ik dat kon maken haha. Maar ben niet zo handig met mijn handjes. Ik heb liever een echte tho :p want dan kan ik lekker OMNOMNOMNOMNOM!!!ReplyDelete
i had no idea that effect on chocolate! cute cute project!ReplyDelete
This is way too adorable. No wait!ReplyDelete
It's so cute, I could eat it up ;)
P.S. I've got a giveaway goin' on at the blog.
oh dit is ZO cute!ReplyDelete
ben trouwens direct fan van je blog!
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2013 at 11:52 PM
This is an absolutely lovely idea! Oh-so cute. I love sewing but I haven't tackled crocheting yet... and you are totally inspiring me with this DIY idea!ReplyDelete
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Evil! I was expecting a proper velvet cake :(. NICE JOB ON THIS ONE THOUGH. I'm always jealous of people's diy skills :PReplyDelete
omg that so cute sweetie!!!ReplyDelete
That looks really yummy! I hope I could learn how to do that! :((ReplyDelete
thanks for dropping by my blog by the way!! :))
OH-MG THIS IS AWESOME. And bad at the same time bcs it makes me hungry hahaha.ReplyDelete
Nice! You're talented!
Cheers from Jakarta,
So frigging cuuuuute!!!ReplyDelete
omg that is so freaking cute!!! u are so talentedReplyDelete
im dieing from the cuteness overload!!
xx Michelle
That is so cute! Wish I knew how to crochet ♥ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, this is adorable! Red velvet is my absolute favorite so I think I need this decorating my room :)ReplyDelete
ooooooooooooooooooh, this is soooooo adorable! I have to try this now when I have more time *w* it's so cute.ReplyDelete
And the reaction of chocolate turning red is soooooooo cool Ö
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!ReplyDelete
This is so dainty and adorable and crafty and creative and... oh my!
Have a great day,
Oh my god, zo schattig!ReplyDelete
Nice blog!ReplyDelete
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Very cute little cake...Great video ;)I love it :)xoReplyDelete
I love your crocheted red velvet cake... almost as much as real red velvet cake! I am featuring this project today on my blog. http://www.theexperimentalhome.com/check-in-check-out-4/ ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Wow! :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2013 at 5:10 AM
thank you that's awesome. my little girl is gonna love it!ReplyDelete
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YUSUFALI: Allah (thus) directs you as regards your Children's (Inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased Left brothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases ('s) after the payment of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether your parents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These are settled portions ordained by Allah; and Allah is All-knowing, Al-wise.
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SHAKIR: Allah enjoins you concerning your children: The male shall have the equal of the portion of two females; then if they are more than two females, they shall have two-thirds of what the deceased has left, and if there is one, she shall have the half; and as for his parents, each of them shall have the sixth of what he has left if he has a child, but if he has no child and (only) his two parents inherit him, then his mother shall have the third; but if he has brothers, then his mother shall have the sixth after (the payment of) a bequest he may have bequeathed or a debt; your parents and your children, you know not which of them is the nearer to you in usefulness; this is an ordinance from Allah: Surely Allah is Knowing, Wise.
YUSUFALI: In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave no child; but if they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of legacies and debts. In what ye leave, their share is a fourth, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an eighth; after payment of legacies and debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question, has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third; after payment of legacies and debts; so that no loss is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by Allah; and Allah is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.
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SHAKIR: And you shall have half of what your wives leave if they have no child, but if they have a child, then you shall have a fourth of what they leave after (payment of) any bequest they may have bequeathed or a debt; and they shall have the fourth of what you leave if you have no child, but if you have a child then they shall have the eighth of what you leave after (payment of) a bequest you may have bequeathed or a debt; and if a man or a woman leaves property to be inherited by neither parents nor offspring, and he (or she) has a brother or a sister, then each of them two shall have the sixth, but if they are more than that, they shall be sharers in the third after (payment of) any bequest that may have been bequeathed or a debt that does not harm (others); this is an ordinance from Allah: and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.
YUSUFALI: They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it is a man that dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half the inheritance: If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, Her brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance (between them): if there are brothers and sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of the female. Thus doth Allah make clear to you (His law), lest ye err. And Allah hath knowledge of all things.
PICKTHAL: They ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: Allah hath pronounced for you concerning distant kindred. If a man die childless and he have a sister, hers is half the heritage, and he would have inherited from her had she died childless. And if there be two sisters, then theirs are two-thirds of the heritage, and if they be brethren, men and women, unto the male is the equivalent of the share of two females. Allah expoundeth unto you, so that ye err not. Allah is Knower of all things.
SHAKIR: They ask you for a decision of the law. Say: Allah gives you a decision concerning the person who has neither parents nor offspring; if a man dies (and) he has no son and he has a sister, she shall have half of what he leaves, and he shall be her heir she has no son; but if there be two (sisters), they shall have two-thirds of what he leaves; and if there are brethren, men and women, then the male shall have the like of the portion of two females; Allah makes clear to you, lest you err; and Allah knows all things.
"Allah makes clear to you, lest you err; and Allah knows all things."
OK, so let's all remember that Allah makes it all clear to you because he knows all things. So, if we notice that three Muslims give three different answers (and they will), then there must be another contradiction...simply that Allah is not clear after all.
The Math and the mistake
So let's go back to the original question:
Now, calculate how to split the inheritance for a man how dies and leaves behind: 3 daughters, 2 parents and two wives.
3 daughters: x%
2 parents: y%
2 wives: z%
Here's the answer with the supporting quotes.
3 daughters: 2/3
4:11 : "if only daughters, 2 or more, their share is 2/3 of the inheritance"
2 parents: 1/6+1/6=1/3
4:11 : "For parents, a 1/6 share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children"
2 wives: 1/8
4:12 : "in what ye leave, their share is 1/4, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an 1/8"
Now, let's add up the inheritance divisions up:
2/3+1/3+1/8 = 9/8 >1
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After extensive exploration, I am unable to find a single tea plantation within the whole United Kingdom. In fact, UK's climate and geography is quite unaccommodating to the cultivation and production of the tea plant. This is why it has always puzzled me to hear, "I only buy British tea" or "the English make the best tea in the world." This baffling notion still afflicts many tea lovers around the world, stuck with the notion that in order to have a good cup of tea, one must have a Victorian ambiance.
Hopefully, no Brits were hurt in the writing or reading of this article
While more shortfalls exist for England's tea, I would also like to point out that England also contributed many positive aspects to the world of tea. Britain was Great in that it was the primary voice of tea to the West, spreading the good word throughout a world to which it was previously unknown. Therefore, it was through their persistent message and passion towards tea – rather than their refined tastes (one English meal will dissuade one to believe in the quality of the British tastebud) – for which we should extol. After all, if it wasn't for England's influence, we never would have been able to move into the future of tea.
What I propose is nothing short of rebellion – A new American Revolution against the stereotypes that we have been conditioned to believe about "English" tea. Instead of purchasing a tea strictly for the name or for the ambiance that it portrays, instead buy for quality, freshness and authenticity. Through this action, everyone wins. If the demand for better tea is raised, then everyone in industry must adapt, migrate or perish. The results will yield improved tea for all.
As the English would put it, "Cheers!"


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"We Shall Never Know All the Good a Simple Smile Can Do."/
By: Ashley McMullen
Quote: Mother Theresa
I remember my first day at HOMES Clinic – I was about three months into med school with hardly a wrinkle on my short white coat. I remember awkwardly going through the motions of the physical exam, trying to keep my hands from shaking as they palpated the skin of my first real patient. I watched a pharmacy student sail through her patient presentation like a champ, and then stammered through my own like I had just learned English the night before. Some of that Sunday I wouldn't mind forgetting – but one thing that will certainly stick with me is how I felt that morning at the Beacon.
The Beacon is a community center where homeless individuals can receive services like a hot meal and a shower. Each Sunday, HOMES volunteers spend time next door with Beacon patrons before starting clinic. That morning when I took off my coat and sat down with my coffee, the homeless guy next to me, with the strange body odor, became John – the man who was thrown in jail two weeks prior because he was caught sleeping in his car inside a private lot. He was released in the middle of the night with no money, no car, and no one to call. So he made his bed on the concrete just a few blocks from where we were sitting. The homeless lady to my right, with the facial tic, is Sarah – a woman probably around my age. She left home as a teenager to escape repeated sexual abuse and never finished high school. Sarah had her psychiatric meds stolen at the last shelter she resided, so she prefers to stay outside. What I felt then was not so much pity or shock, but a strong sense of solidarity and understanding. These were individuals like me, with unique stories and experiences that shaped the trajectory of their lives.
We often tend to view the needy and medically underserved through this veil of "otherness" – where we focus so much on our differences that we fail to recognize the shared humanity that unites us. Until you can appreciate where a person comes from, it's difficult to put yourself in their shoes and effectively comprehend their needs. This is the beauty of HOMES Clinic. We learn to listen to and understand people who are different from us, while acknowledging our own biases – this is what makes us better physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare providers. After four years of being a part of HOMES, I have left clinic feeling inspired, annoyed, overwhelmed, and everything in between. Yet I can say with ease, it's been one of the most influential experiences of my med school education.
A few months ago as I was getting up to leave the Beacon, the gentleman I'd been talking to that morning said to me, "Doc, you don't know what it means just to have someone smile at you." I'm not sure where to begin bridging the gap of inequality in our healthcare system, but I suppose a smile is a good place to start.