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Sabres' top priorities include re-signing Miller, PominvilleNHL.com @NHLdotcom
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -Goalie Ryan Miller and play-making forward Jason Pominville won't be going anywhere any time soon if the Buffalo Sabres have their way.
Identifying the two players as key parts of Buffalo's young foundation, Sabres managing partner Larry Quinn said Sunday that securing both to long-term contracts are among the top offseason priorities for a team that, in one year, went from winning the Presidents' Trophy to missing the playoffs altogether.
"It's not a decision that we're going to make, we've already made it," Quinn told The Associated Press a day before the Sabres are scheduled to clean out their lockers. "We clearly want those guys to be part of the long-term success here."
Quinn said negotiations have yet to begin with either player, both of whom have one year left on their contracts.
What's significant is that Quinn's comments signal a major philosophical switch for an organization that was criticized for being too slow in its approach to negotiate long-term deals with former co-captains Chris Drury and Daniel Briere, before losing both to free agency last summer.
Drury and Briere's departures are considered the key reasons behind the Sabres' sudden downfall this year, the team eliminated from playoff contention with a 3-1 loss at Montreal Thursday.
In finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference standings, Buffalo (39-31-12) became only the third team since NHL expansion in 1967-68 to miss the playoffs a year after winning the regular-season title. The New York Rangers did that in 1993, as did Montreal in 1970.
Quinn described himself as "disappointed but not discouraged" over the Sabres' downfall, while stressing this was not a time to overreact.
"Definitely not a time to panic," Quinn said. "You can't overreact because you didn't make the playoffs. You've got to be unhappy with it, but this is a team that's going places. And if your question is, `Will we do the things we have to do to help them?' Yes, we will."
The Sabres endured an up-and-down season, lacking the chemistry and identity that helped them win an NHL-best 105 games over the previous two years, when they were both times eliminated in the East finals. Buffalo, this year, was particularly undone by a midseason slump in which it went 1-7-5.
Miller is coming off an inconsistent year, and one in which he had difficulty handling the grueling load of appearing in a franchise-record 76 games in only his third full NHL season.
Miller finished with a respectable 36-27-10 record, four wins short of matching the franchise mark he set last year, and a 2.64 goals-against average, eight points lower than his career average. But he faltered, complaining of fatigue, during a 34-game string of appearances in which he went 18-10-5 and allowed 91 goals over the past three months.
A one-time All-Star selection, he's scheduled to make $3.5 million next season and eligible to become an unrestricted free agent in 2009.
Pominville emerged as a team leader and, along with Derek Roy, was one of the Sabres' most consistent players. He finished with a career-high 80 points (27 goals, 53 assists) to finish second on the team in scoring.
Pominville is due to make $1.375 million next year, but not eligible to become an unrestricted free agent until 2010.
Quinn also included rugged forward Paul Gaustad in the team's list of offseason priorities. Gaustad completed a two-year deal, but is only eligible to become a restricted free agent this summer.
"You can't be comfortable with not making the playoffs," Quinn said. "But I don't think that it's any question that we've got a terrific core of young players - and I would argue, some of the best in the league."
Quinn was referring to the team's top-three scorers, Roy, Pominville and Thomas Vanek, who are all 26 or younger.


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ALFRED KAZIN'S JOURNALS by Alfred Kazin. The great American literary critic Alfred Kazin's passions — for sex, for novels, for ideas, for talk, for city life — spill from these journals, edited by his biographer, Richard M. Cook. This is one of the great diaries and moral documents of the past American century. What it lacks in cohesiveness it makes up in its frankness, its quick-pivoting angularities. Kazin dismisses his journals at one point as a "disorderly pile of shavings." That disorder only adds to their amplitude. (Yale University Press, $45)
THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR by Peter Englund. This intense and bighearted book, from a Swedish historian and journalist, contains few banner names, famous battles or major treaties. Instead it threads together the often moving and harrowing wartime experiences of 20 more or less unknown men and women. It's not so much a book about what happened, the talented author explains, as "a book about what it was like." It's about "feelings, impressions, experiences and moods." (Alfred A. Knopf, $35)
CHAVS: THE DEMONIZATION OF THE WORKING CLASS by Owen Jones. The noun chav, in Britain, essentially means "ugly prole": loutish, tacky, probably drunken and possibly violent. Think Snooki with a cockney accent. Mr. Jones's book is a cleareyed examination of the British class system, and it poses this brutal question: "How has hatred of working-class people become so socially acceptable?" His timely answers combine wit, left-wing politics and outrage. (Verso, $23.95)
IPHIGENIA IN FOREST HILLS: ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL by Janet Malcolm. Ms. Malcolm's book, set in the insular Bukharan-Jewish community of Forest Hills, Queens, casts a prickly moral and intellectual spell. It's about a young woman, accused of murdering her husband, who seems to be plainly guilty. Yet she wins the author's, and our, sympathies. Ms. Malcolm puts her book's animating enigma this way: "She couldn't have done it, and she must have done it." This book has the eerie elegance of a Chekhov short story. (Yale University Press, $25)
IS JOURNALISM WORTH DYING FOR? FINAL DISPATCHES by Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya, the fearless Russian journalist who was shot and killed by an unknown assailant in Moscow in 2006, wrote about the dark side of Vladimir V. Putin's reign: the brutal war in Chechnya; the top-to-bottom thuggery and corruption; the lack of an independent judiciary; the "bureaucratic black magic" that could poison, or snuff out, a life at a moment's notice. Her prose fit her subject: it was mostly hard and balefully direct, wormy with unpleasant truths. This book collects some of her last and best work. (Melville House, $19.95)Continue reading the main story
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE HUMAN CONDITION: SELECTED ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, 1989-2010 by Geoff Dyer. Mr. Dyer, a shape-shifting British writer, is among the best essayists on the planet, and this book includes some of his finest work. He casts an almost perversely wide net here. There are pieces about Ian McEwan and the photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue and the jazz cornet player Don Cherry. He goes on tour with the aging rockers in Def Leppard and goes up in a decommissioned Russian MIG-29 fighter plane. He wanders though Camus's Algeria. He reflects upon the joy of having sex in good hotels. What these essays impart is ecstasy. (Graywolf Press, $18)
PULPHEAD: ESSAYS by John Jeremiah Sullivan. From a demonically talented Southern writer, essays on topics as varied as Axl Rose, Tennessee cave systems and the Southern Agrarian literary movement. The putty that binds them is Mr. Sullivan's steady, subversive and unhurried voice. Reading him, I felt the way Mr. Sullivan does while listening to a Bunny Wailer song called "Let Him Go." That is, I felt "like a puck on an air-hockey table that's been switched on." (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $16)
RADIOACTIVE: MARIE & PIERRE CURIE: A TALE OF LOVE AND FALLOUT by Lauren Redniss. This illustrated biography of Marie and Pierre Curie lays bare their childhoods, their headlong love story, their scientific collaboration and the way their toxic discoveries, which included radium and polonium, poisoned them in slow motion. This book is an unusual and forceful thing to have in your hands. Ms. Redniss's text is long, literate and supple. Her drawings are ambitious and spooky. Her people have elongated faces and pale forms; they're etiolated Modiglianis. They populate a Paris that has become a dream city. (It Books, $29.99)
TOWNIE: A MEMOIR by Andre Dubus III. This is a sleek muscle car of a memoir that growls like an amalgam of work by Richard Price, Stephen King, Ron Kovic, Breece D'J Pancake and Dennis Lehane, set to the desolate thumping of Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town." Mr. Dubus is the son of the writer Andre Dubus, a father who wasn't around for most of the author's difficult and impoverished childhood. This book could become, and I mean this fondly, one hell of a Ben Affleck movie. (W. W. Norton & Company, $25.95)
THE VOYAGE OF THE ROSE CITY: AN ADVENTURE AT SEA by John Moynihan. This posthumously published book, from the son of New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, tells the story of how the author left Wesleyan University during the summer of his junior year and joined the merchant marine. He spent four months crossing the equator on an oil supertanker called the Rose City. This is a young man's book, for sure; it was written when its author was barely 20. But Moynihan has a good story to tell, one that's flecked with briny bits of Melville and Conrad and Raban. His unshowy prose has genuine immediacy. He's never less than frank, funny company on the page. (Spiegel & Grau, $22)Continue reading the main story

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I have some spare parts and some other stuff for a ST1300. And since I no longer on one of those, I want to move them out of the garage. Maybe some of y'all could use them.
I'll get up some photos and descriptions in the next few days.
In the meantime, continue to check this forum for the stuff.


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By Jill Henderson – Show Me Oz –
The Vernal equinox, also known as the Spring Equinox, marks a point when day and night become equal in length for a short time all over the world. This stellar event marks our astrological trip into spring and the long-awaited wakening from the Great Sleep. As if on cue, the first creatures to respond were the Peepers – those incredibly small amphibians readily identified by a conspicuous X-mark across their backs – as if picked out by the Creator for a very special purpose.


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Saturday, 10 November 2012
Low Fat Tuna Sandwich
Hey Guys! So with the weather getting colder I've been really tempted to eat of ton of carbs, and I somehow always seem to be super hungry. In an attempt to not eat rice, and toast all-the-time I figured I'd try to find something that was filling and still pretty good for you at the same time.
I decided on a tuna sandwich! I used to love tuna sandwiches as a kid, but I haven't had one in forever! I wanted to try making it lower in fat, while still tasting good, so instead of using the usual white bread and mayonnaise I used:
1 Can of Flaked Light Tuna
1 Tbs of Lemon Juice
1/4 Tsp of Black Pepper
1/8 Tsp of Dill
A couple Tomato Slices
1 Slice of Whole Wheat Bread
I lightly toasted the slice of Whole Wheat Bread and mixed together the Lemon Juice, Black Pepper and Dill. I then spread about a third of the tuna onto the bread and put the tomato slices on top. To warm everything up I put it in the oven under the broiler for about a minute.
It tasted so good, and totally handled my craving for carbs. I think I'm going to have a lot of hot sandwiches this winter.
Posted by PrettySimpleLife at 18:12
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So nummy ^^ This is one of my fave sandwiches! and I actually don't even like fish lolz If I have it on hand, I'll add plain Greek yogurt and a little bit of Dijon mustard :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Sounds so tasty!! I will have to try adding Greek Yogurt and Dijon Mustard! I don't always like fish either... I don't even like salmon sandwiches really... but for some reason tuna sandwiches are just tasty. :DDelete
They are! :) And everyone I know who likes fish hates tuna lol :SDelete
Really?! How silly! I can't see liking fish, and just not liking tuna. =P There's just nothing wrong with it at all. ^-^Delete
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- Icky car bill
- Came out of my office last night to see I had a flat tire
- Which is why we have CAA, I haven't the faintest clue what to do about that
- Apparently I have a spare tire in my trunk, I didn't know that
- But I didn't need it
- They couldn't find the leak, given that I had the tires rotated on Tues/Wed, the cap probably got knocked causing the slow leak
- So three cheers for not needing a new tire!
- The CAA guy was so nice, he taught me how to check the pressure and didn't treat me like a bumbling idiot because although I could recognise what a pressure gauge looked like, I had no clue how it worked or what the numbers indicated.
- In trying to find a tire gauge in my car, I found the camera!
- Yay for blog posts with pictures!
- Of course not yet since I just found the camera
- Making good choices has been a little harder this week, my weight reflected the all you can eat buffet (and alcohol) of Saturday and the salty Swiss Chalet dinner that Mr. Lina ordered while I was napping on Wednesday
- Swiss Chalet can be healthy, but I licked up every bit of salty dipping sauce, he ordered me mashed potatoes when a better choice would be baked and I ate the salty, crispy skin.
- Yesterday my body seemed to clear all the water it was holding onto and I'm now back to my previous "recent low" and I feel better for it
- Now to make good choices tonight while playing board games tonight.
- I have more people to train and mentor at work, that's always fun.
- I'm wasting too much time playing stupid Facebook games at night when I'm tired.
- What's too much? I woke up at 3am dreaming about sliding candy pieces around
- We booked a trip to Manitoba last night for the week of Canada Day.
- If things go well, it will delay my 6 week ultrasound (and third intralipids) by 5 days, but the clinic said that's fine.
- Nothing wrong with a week off work if things go well, my in laws don't stress me out.
- Although our choice to travel might stress them out.
- If things don't go well, I can lick my wounds without going to work.
- If things don't go well while we're there, it wouldn't be because of the trip, and geography won't change the fact they can't make bad things stop happening.
- Mr. Lina's grandmother (who will be 90 in September) had another spell this week, she's spending 5 days in the hospital and should be getting a pace maker this weekend if I understand right.
- His great aunt and uncle are celebrating their 60th anniversary on July 6th, we'll leave the next day.
- My MIL thinks his uncle will stop dialysis after that party, he's been fighting a good fight for a while.
- It's a lot of pull to visit now and not in 3 months or 6 months.
Friday, May 31
Happy Friday!
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I'm glad your flat tire was an easy fix! My parents wouldn't let me go out in my car until I knew how to change my own tire, but luckily I've never had to do it all on my own.ReplyDeleteReplies
The sad thing is that a few weeks ago I saw someone changing a tire on the side of the road and thought about how I'd been driving for more than half my life now and put 310,000 km on my car and have yet to have that happen.Delete
In a gaming situation, we would say: Chomp, chomp, chomp. Don't tempt the monsters, they will eat you.
- AnonymousJune 03, 2013 9:29 pm
Its funny that you had a tire situation Friday- I did as well! Horrible part was I took my car to the shop to fix it but they didnt have my tire in stock so they had to order it and i need to go back! UGH!ReplyDeleteReplies
It's pretty annoying to have to wait for parts or in this case, tires. I hope you are back on the road now.Delete
Thanks for your comments, I love to have a two way conversation. I seem to be getting a lot of spam from anonymous users and am turning off the ability to comment that way. I really would like to hear from you so if you do want to add your two cents without an OpenId, email me at seraphinalina at gmail dot com.


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As each group has its own motivations and constraints, EEVC aims to help define the most promising solutions for market introduction and take-off .
This is done taking into account research and development progresses, as well as environmental and economic constraints .
Feedback from past and current experiences are also discussed and analysed so as to identify best practices in the area of e-mobility.


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Responsibility: DEPOT REPAIR SUPER USER
What is Oracle Depot Repair?
The depot repair process includes the return of damaged and serviceable products, their diagnoses and repair job estimates, customer approvals and repairs management, and subsequent return of products to customers. The collection of charges for materials, labor, and expenses for the repairs is used to invoice the customer.
Customers expect their repairs to be addressed quickly and seamlessly. Oracle Depot Repair provides end-to-end repair management functionality for service organizations that are committed to delivering a total service solution.
The major features of Oracle Depot Repair include:
- Customer Management
- Service Request Management
- Repair Type Processing
- Repair Job Management
- Repair Resolution Management
Customer Management
Oracle Depot Repair establishes a call center environment to improve customer interaction with service depots. Customers can use an access number to contact the relevant service depot where they can log service requests. Oracle Depot Repair also supports scenarios in which customers walk in at service depots for repair needs.
The primary focus of the service representatives in the call center is to understand the customer's issue and resolve it on the first call, if possible, thereby avoiding escalations and/or call transfers. This allows service agency experts to focus on their areas of expertise without the constant distraction of explaining well documented issues and solutions.
Service Request Management
Oracle Depot Repair empowers service agencies to offer customers the convenience of accessing service through multiple interaction channels including over the counter, and telephone. Key service request management processes include:
- Entering Service Requests
- Searching the Knowledge Management Database
Repair Type Processing
Oracle Depot Repair supports the following repair types:
· Repair and Return
· Advanced Loaner, Repair and Return
· Exchange
· Advanced Exchange
· Loaner
· Replacement
· Standard
Repair and Return This repair type is used when a customer returns the broken product to the depot for repair. After the repair is completed, the repaired product is returned to the customer. This repair type requires an RMA to receive the customer's broken product, and a sales order to ship the repaired product, and invoice the customer.
Advanced Loaner, Repair and Return This repair type combines two repair types into one, the Repair and Return, with the Loaner. The advanced loaner concept indicates that the loaner is sent to the customer before the receipt of the broken product. To track the shipping and return of both the loaner and the broken item, four charge lines are created. This repair type requires two RMA orders, and two sales orders. This repair type is the one to be opted when a customer uptime is critical.
Exchange This repair type represents a scenario when the depot sends out an exchange product to the customer after receiving the customer's broken product. The exchange repair type assumes no repaired product is returned to the customer. An internal repair order may be generated for the returned item, but this repair is not necessarily associated to the original exchange.
Advanced Exchange This repair type is the same as the exchange repair type except that the product may be sent out before the customer's product is received by the service organization.
Loaner This repair type is used when a product is sent out to the customer solely for the purpose of renting. This repair type requires a sales order to ship out the loaner product to the customer and to create an invoice, and an RMA order to track the return of the loaner product. A deposit and return due date may be required. No repairs are expected from a loaner repair type.
Replacement A replacement repair type refers to a scenario when the depot sends out a product to the customer, and no return is required. In this scenario, the service provider sends the customer a product to replace the customer's product. The service organization may link the replacement product to the original product in the installed base, and change the status of the replaced product to indicate that it is out of service and replaced with the new item.
Standard Use this Repair Type when the service agent is uncertain about the customer's needs. This Repair Type is flexible however, and requires the manual creation of RMA's and Sales Orders.
Repair Job Management
Either Oracle WIP (Work in Process) or Oracle Tasks are used to manage repair jobs. WIP mode is recommended for use when the repair jobs are more complex, and require a series of sequential steps and materials management. Tasks mode is recommended for use when the repairs are less complex, and require minimal steps that are not necessarily completed in sequence. Both of these repair modes are implemented and managed using separate tabs in the Oracle Depot Repair user interface.
Repair Resolution Management
Oracle Depot Repair improves operational efficiency by providing the following key repair resolution management features:
- Repair job search functionality
- Process automation based on repair type; auto-creation of charge lines
- Estimate creation and approval
- Leveraging of the depot knowledge base throughout repair processing
- Repair job creation and release to shop floor
- Flexible options for receiving products, and shipping items
- Installed base validation of products enables checking for product warranties and contract entitlements
- Invoicing of final charges
The business flow starts with a service request, where the problem is recorded by a call center service agent. If the service agent cannot resolve the problem using information in the knowledge base, the service request is referred to a depot repair agent. The depot agent then creates a repair order and an estimate, and seeks approval from the customer for further processing.
Depending on the repair type, the depot agent completes the different RMA and sales order lines to facilitate the completion of the repair process. The repair mode (associated to the repair type) determines whether Oracle WIP or Oracle Tasks will be used to manage the repair job. After the repairs are completed, the repaired product is shipped back to the customer. . The material, labor, and expenses consumed in the repair are captured as charges and are interfaced to Oracle Order Management for invoicing.
Logistics and Maintenance
This process is similar to the Call Center, Logistics, and Maintenance business process except that a call center is not involved. This process can be used for businesses that do not incorporate a call center facility, but require their customers to send back broken products to a depot.
Walk-in Maintenance and Unplanned Receipts
The walk-in maintenance process is similar to the Logistics and Maintenance process except that shipping and receiving are not involved. This process can be used for businesses that permit customers to hand carry broken products to the depot for service, and then reclaim the products on repair completion. Oracle Depot Repair uses an automatic business process to create, book, and receive the RMA into inventory whenever the walk-in repair type is selected. The sales on receipt of payment, the repaired product are released for pickup.
An unplanned receipt takes place when customers and vendors send back their broken products to the depot without first calling the service provider for an RMA. In this process, the depot can process the unplanned receipt using the walk-in process, and auto-create the RMA so that the product can be received into inventory. The unplanned receipt process is similar to walk-in maintenance, except that the repaired item is shipped back to the customer.
Mass Repairs for Serialized Products
This business flow starts with a service request and the creation of a group of repair orders. Repair order groups are created for each product type and repair type. Same products requiring different repair types are grouped separately. A single group or multiple groups of repair orders can be processed in batch.
This processing enables a single RMA to have multiple line items when receiving the items; and a single sales order to have multiple line items when shipping items. Also, a single repair job can be created for products within a group or across groups.
Currently, mass repair processing supports only the WIP repair mode.
Setup in other Modules
When setting up items in the Master Items window, the fields that you must select to fulfill different features in Oracle Depot Repair appear in a variety of tabs. The main fields to set up are in the Inventory, Order Management, Invoicing, and Service tabs.
For example, in the Service tab: _ Ensure that you select the Billing Type. For material items, select Material for the Billing Type.
For items to be tracked in Oracle Install Base, select the check box Track in Installed Base. Select Enabled for the Service Request field.
1. You must set up items in the Inventory Organization specified by the value of the profile option Service: Inventory Validation Organization.
2. For items to be returned, set up the following Order Management and Inventory flags, as required: Returnable, Customer Ordered, Customer Order Enabled, and Shippable, Transact able, and Invoice able.
3. For items to be shipped, set up the following Order Management and Inventory flags, as required: Customer Ordered, Customer Order Enabled, and Shippable, Transact able, and Invoice able.
Order Management
Oracle WIP decrements inventory when a component is used in repair, but Oracle Order Management decrements inventory again when the repaired item is shipped to the customer. To prevent this, ensure that a "Bill Only" Line Type is set up for the Order Management Line Type mapped to the Service Activity Billing Type for repairs performed in WIP mode. This, however, applies only to component parts, and not to the whole repaired item.
This is specific only to Estimate or Actual charge lines that are interfaced to Oracle Order Management, for items that are not shipped. Do not set the "Bill Only" Line Type for repaired items.
Setups Internal to Depot Repair
Setting Up Charges for Oracle Depot Repair
Every item to be processed using Charges must be set up in Inventory as a Material, Labor, or Expense (MLE) item. This means every item in Oracle Applications that may need repair must be set up as a Charges MLE item.
Charges are a module of Oracle TeleService. Setting up Charges for all service-related processing consists of steps that serve a variety of Oracle applications, including Oracle Depot Repair.
Setting up Oracle Charges for Depot Repair processing includes the following setup steps:
- Defining Billing Type Codes
- Mapping Billing Type Codes to Billing Categories
- Defining Service Activities and Billing Types
- Defining Service Business Processes
- Defining Install Base Transaction Sub Types
- Setting Up Time and Material Labor Schedules
Billing Categories classify Billing Types into Material, Labor, and Expense. Each serviceable item in Inventory is classified using Billing Type Codes associated to a Billing Category.
A Service Activity Code is a type of action to be performed (example, replace, return, install, drain, fill). The combination of Billing Type and Service Activity defines the Order Type for a given operating unit. It also provides the basis upon which discounts for a Service Contract can be applied.
Defining Billing Type Codes
To define the Billing Type Codes, use the Oracle Service Lookups window.
Note: Every item to be processed using Charges must be set up in Inventory as a Material, Labor, or Expense (MLE) item. This means every item in Oracle Applications that may need repair must be set up as a Charges MLE item.
To define Transaction Billing Type Codes:
1. From the Navigator, use the following path to open the Oracle Service Lookups window:
Service Request > Setup > Customer Support Lookups.
2. Query up the Lookup Type MTL_SERVICE_BILLABLE_FLAG.
3. Add the new required Billing Type Codes. You can use the online help for more information. The seeded Billing Type Codes are M, L, and E.
Mapping Billing Type Codes to Billing Categories
To associate Billing Type Codes to Billing Categories, use the Billing Type Attributes window. The seeded Billing Categories include Material, Labor, and Expense.
Service Request > Setup > Charges >Billing Type Attributes
Only the Billing Types associated with a Billing Category in this window appear in the Billing Type Name List of Values in the Service Activities and Billing Types form. Similarly only the Billing Type Names associated here appear in the List of Values for Billing Type: Material, Labor, and Expense in the Repair Types form.
Defining Service Activities and Billing Types
A Service Activity is a business operation, such as Replacement or Return for Repair. Each Service Activity is classified as either an Order or a Return - this is specified by its Line Category.
A Service Activity has a one to many relationships with Service Activity Billing Type. A Service Activity Billing Type, for example, Advanced Exchange: Material is an intersection between Service Activity Advanced Exchange and Billing Type Material.
The Service Activity Billing Type is linked to an Oracle Order Management Order Type and Line Type for each operating unit.
Oracle Order Management Order and Line Types are associated with Service Activities that are assigned to Repair Types in Oracle Depot Repair. When a user chooses a Repair Type, these Order and Line Types determine the processing of charge lines (RMA, Ship, and Estimate) for a Repair Order.
Oracle Order Management provides seeded Workflow process definitions for both orders and lines. It enables you to define both order header and order line Service Activities. The seeded Service Activities that Order Management provides are, however, not mapped by default.
A Service Activity is operating unit-specific. The Line Category is set at transaction level to prevent the use of a single Service Activity as an order in one operating unit and a return in another.
Use the Service Activities and Billing Types window to confirm or define Service Activities and associated Billing Types, Order Management header types, and line types as detailed below.
The Order Management Header & Line Types region is used to specify the organization, header type, and line type - in the Operating Unit, Order Type, and Line Type fields respectively - to be used when a charge line is submitted to Order Management. These values are used to retrieve an Order Management header type and line type from the setup while submitting the order.
To Define Service Activities and Billing Types:
1. Open the Service Activities and Billing Types window using the following navigation path:
Service Request > Setup > Charges > Service Activities and Billing Types.
Note: You can associate multiple Billing Types to a Service
2. Select the New tool bar icon to create an empty row for your Service Activity Billing Type.
3. Enter the appropriate values in the Service Activity and Line Category Code fields.
4. In the Related Billing Types region, select the appropriate Billing Type to be associated with the Service Activity you are creating.
5. Select the Depot Repair Quantity Update check box to update the depot inventory.
Only Service Activities with Depot Repair Quantity Update check box selected will be displayed in the Service Activity list of values in the Logistics tab in the Repair Types window.
6. Leave the OM Interface check box selected (the default value).
This setting means the customer can be billed for charges for this activity.
7. Select the No Charge flag check box if you do not want to charge the customer for this Service Activity.
Defining Service Business Processes
A Business Process is a group of Service Activities created with a view to restricting Service Activity availability. A Business Process supports the charge lines that the line of business in your organization can utilize, such as, Depot Repair.
Use the Service Business Process window to define your Business Process and associate Service Activities with it. Ensure that the Depot Repair check box is selected when setting up the Business Process. For a particular Business Process, the selected flag check boxes indicate the modules (Service Request, Field Service, Depot Repair) in which this Business Process can be used.
To Define Service Business Processes:
1. Open the Service Business Process window using the following navigation path:
Service Request > Setup > Charges > Service Business Process.
Defining Install Base Transaction Sub Types
Each Service Activity that is required to process an Install Base track able item must have an Install Base Transaction Sub Type with the same name as the Service Activity. For example, for the Service Activity named Return for Repair, we define the corresponding Transaction Sub Type with the name Return for Repair.
Transaction Sub Types Window
Use the Transaction Sub Types window to specify the type of update that can be performed in an Install Base instance by transactions originating from Depot Repair that are interfaced with Install Base.
Transaction Sub Types Area
For Depot Repair, the Service Type check box should be selected. When the Service Type check box is selected, the Name field List of Values displays the Service Activities for which you can create an Install Base Transaction subtype.
Source Info and Non Source Info Areas
You can define the transactions and the kind of actions they can perform on the Source, Non Source, and Parent instances.
- Source Info area: Specify details of the instance being transacted, such as in a sales order, as a shipped or a returned item.
- Non Source Info area: Specify information on a related instance, such as one that is being replaced by the source instance.
Note: For items that are not Install Base track able, the Service Activities associated with the Repair Type should not have Install Base Transaction Sub Types defined. Hence you need to have separate Repair Types and Service Activities defined for Install Base track able items and for non-track able items.
To Define Install Base Transaction Sub Types:
1. Open the Transaction Sub Types window using the following navigation path:
Service Request > Setup > Charges > Install Base Transaction Types
Setting up Repair Types
Oracle Depot Repair supports the following Repair Types:
Advance Exchange The depot sends a replacement item to the customer before receiving the damaged item for core credit.
Exchange The depot sends a replacement item to the customer after a broken item is received from the customer for core credit.
Loaner The depot sends a loaner item to the customer.
Loaner, Repair and Return Same as Repair and Return with an item loaned to the customer before receiving the broken item, so as to bridge the gap while the damaged item is being repaired.
Repair and Return A broken item is repaired by the depot, and then returned to the customer.
Replacement The depot sends a new replacement item to the customer without having to receive a damaged item from the customer.
Standard The depot agent is uncertain about a customer need, and is unable to take a decision before further inspection of the damaged item. RMA's and Sales Orders are created manually. The depot agent has the option to carry out all functions in a manual mode.
Refurbishment A Repair Order and its associated Service Request is created in the Spares Management of Oracle Field Service as a result of a demand for refurbishment or replenishment. The Repair Order has a Repair Type of Refurbishment, and has two transaction lines, Move In and Move Out.
The Move In line tracks the shipment of the defective item from Spares Management, and its reception into the depot. The Move Out line processes the shipment of the repaired item back to Spares Management.
The Repair Types Screen
Repair Types setup determines the proper processing and management of Repair Orders by the application and service organization. The Repair Types Setup screen determines which, and how each of the seeded Repair Types are used in the service organization, whether the Oracle WIP or the Task Manager module of Oracle Common Application Components is used in repairs management, and how charge lines are identified as they are passed to Oracle Order Management.
A service organization can also make a copy of the selected Repair Type, and customize as necessary. Though the value of the Repair Type Ref field drives application process automation, this capability enables service organizations to better distinguish their Repair Types if necessary. Use the Repair Types Setup window to perform the following tasks:
- Customize the Repair Types.
- Select Repair Modes for Repair Types. A Repair Order is created with the repair mode defined for the chosen Repair Type.
- Select Repair Type Ref for custom Repair Types.
- Select Business Process for Repair Types.
- Select default Service Activity Codes for RMA order (Return) and Sales order (Ship) lines for the Repair Type. The default item transactions are created with the order and line types associated with the Service Activity Billing Type for the Repair Type and repair item. This classifies the created RMA order and Sales order lines for respective Repair Types.
- Select a Price list for the Repair Type. This is optional.
- The default price list for a Repair Order is the Price list for the Repair Type if either of the following cases is true:
- There is no default contract and the profile option CSD: Default Price List is not set.
- There is a default contract, but the contract does not specify a price list, and the profile option CSD: Default Price List is not set.
- Select Billing Types and enter Service Activity Code for Material, Labor, and Expense charge lines. You can enter more than one Billing Type and Service Activity Code for Material and Expense charge lines. This classifies the Material, Labor, and Expense charge lines for Order Management processing.
This is needed only if using Repair Estimates functionality.
- Select preferences to process Product Transaction lines for Repair Types by selecting Automatically Enter and Book RMA.
Note: Only the Service Activities associated with the selected Business Process for the Repair Type will be displayed in the Service Activity Code List of Values in the Repair Types window.
The same is true for the Service Activity Code List of Values in the Logistics tab in the Repair Orders window.
To Set Up Repair Types:
1. From the Depot Repair Navigator, use the following path to open the Repair Types window:
Depot Repair > Setup > Repair Types
Setting Up Service Request Types for Depot Repair
Service request types help categorize your service requests. For each service request type, you can set up service request statuses.
Each service request type can be linked to an existing Oracle Workflow process. The workflow can be automatically launched when the service request is created (not when it is updated) or manually launched depending on the settings you enter while defining service request types.
You must define at least one service request type for Oracle Depot Repair use.
Typically you define one service request type called Depot Repair. However, you can use any name for the service request type, so long as it is associated with a Business Process that can be used in Oracle Depot Repair.
The new service request types set up for Oracle Depot Repair use and their related statuses register as entries in the lists of values for their fields in the Repair Orders window The Service Request Type window is used to link a Service Request Type to a Business Process. The Service Request Type Depot Repair needs to be associated with the applicable Business Process for your organization.
To Set Up Service Request Types:
1. Navigate to Service Request Types window using the following path:
Service Request > Setup > Service Requests > Request Types
The window lists all the existing service request types.
2. Click the New tool bar button to create a blank row for defining your service request type.
3. In the Type field, enter the name Depot Repair for the service request type.
Typically, you have one service request type called Depot Repair, but it is not essential to have that exact name. You must have at least one service request type that is mapped to the Depot Repair Business Process.
4. In the Business Process field, select the Business Process for which this service request type is being created. In this case, the Business Process is Depot Repair.
5. Enter the Status Group Name, which in this case is Depot Repair.
6. Enter the effective dates for the service request type in the Start Date and End Date fields.
7. Enter a brief description of the request type in the Description field.
8. In the Workflow field, select the Generic workflow. Do not select the Auto Launch Workflow check box, if this workflow is selected.
9. Optionally, select from the available check boxes. Refer to the following table for details of the actions initiated when the check boxes are selected.
10. Save your work.
Profile Options
CSD: Add to Order Num within Repair Order Default when the new item transaction is created, the Add to Order Number is derived based on this profile and CSD: Add to Order Num within Service Request Default.
CSD: Add to Order Num within Service Request Default when the new item transaction is created, the Add to Order Number is derived based on this profile and CSD: Add to Order Num within Repair Order Default. This profile takes the precedence over CSD: Add to Order Num within Repair Order Default. Setting this profile will cause it to use the order number of the Service Request.
Currently your service people put in the time and materials in the Depot repair module and import these records to OE creating a Service Order with the time and material charges. Then when they pick the order to return the serviced item, it picks all of the materials used from inventory. The problem with this is that you are not using WIP Jobs to perform service repairs. You would like the Service people to use WIP Jobs to service the customer's products and issue the parts and charge time to the job. Then you would like to import these times and materials to a service order from the Depot Repair just like before. But, when you ship this item back to the customer it will try to pick the material from inventory again.
To make this work you must ensure that the following setups are there if you have a Vision db set up you can view sample items in it before setting up your own.
1 - Inventory items must be set up for Labor and Expense items - they must not be stock able and must be OE transact able. Labor items must have billing type of Labor and expense items must have billing type of Expense. This is set on the Services alternate region of the Inventory Item setup form. Also the primary UOM assigned to these new items must match the billing type - labor is time, etc.
2 - You need to make sure that you have Order Transaction Types set up in Service that reflect a billing source of Labor and Expense. This designator identifies what types of items from the Inventory item LOV will show when you select that transaction type. There are seeded transaction types called Labor Transaction and Expense - please check that they are set up with the billing type of Labor and Expense (and not Material). Change if necessary.
3 - Your Labor and Expense order transaction types need to be associated with the Transaction Group you are selecting in the header of the Estimates/Charges form so they will appear in the LOV at the line detail level. By setting these labor and expense items up and using them you will be able to list and bill to the customer labor and expense dollars without any inventory impact. Regarding Materials not transacting (as in Time and Material) the inventory item attributes must show the material item as non-stock able. The difficulty here is that this is a system-wide attribute and all transactions of this item will be affected by the setting. The work around that some have used is to use an expense line to capture the cost of the repair materials - the item might be known as Repair Materials Expense and be a dollar charge. The application provides only limited options for passing repair charges through to Order Entry and on to the customer.


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I was messaging with someone last night and they asked what I wanted to change about my life. Without a thought or doubt, I responded with "nothing, my life is awesome." And that is the truth.
I have an amazing family that supports me when I need support, the same goes for my group of friends. Sure there are days where I would "change" certain things, but I don't require relocation or upending my life to be satisfied.
Obviously the term "change" started to rub me raw... I don't like that term because it implies there is something horribly flawed with a person that only something drastic can ultimately "fix". Of course I believe in goals and personal growth, but I don't think people should go around shouting the word "change".
Yes I "change" the color of my hair, "change" my sheets, "change" my shoes, but if you notice these "changes" are always superficial and don't allow a person to become better.
It is time to trade in "change" for "strive" or "want".
I want to be a better person..
I strive for personal peace.
So no, I don't buy into "change". If you need to "change," you gotta do you... I will be over here working toward my goals.


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Alien Cowboys - Analogtherapy
Year of Release: 2000
Label: self-released
Catalog Number: AC02
Format: CD
Total Time: 29:37:00
Analogtherapy is the second release from Alien Cowboys. And while a few of the tracks follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, Alien Cowboys, the band's sound has undergone a slight change, where the arrangements are busier than before. Whereas on the debut Ralph Perucci's guitar served in the role of vocalist, here, more often than not, it is serving as a lead guitar. That is, rather than a melody line, it is soloing. The drums and percussion are more up front in the mix and in that, the percussion is a little brassier, a little more silvery ? as in "Loco Motive," for example.
At times, their sound a little more "poppier," reminding me less of the 70s and more of the 80s. It still has a bit of "cowboy" twang to it, but gone for the most part are echoes of the Allman Brothers, etc. They do creep in on "Vichitah," "NY2CA" (which brings to mind a cross-country drive, and in that, also harking back to their debut) "4 The Birds," and the album's closer, "Rolling Thunder: Buffalo Chant," which adds in some tasty brass. It is a piece that also has more than a few hints of the tropical. There's a playfulness and lightness here that is quite appealing. "Dr. Evil's Dream" is suitably dark and churning, hinting at just the right amount of menace.
In terms of guitar, we can make valid references to Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, etc. because Analogtherapy leans more towards guitar virtuosity than instrumental rock, though it is, of course, instrumental rock. In addition to Perucci, back for a second visit are bass guitarist Greg Jones, drummer Ian Thomson and rhythm guitarist Bruce Stevenson.
Not as rollicking as their debut, but that doesn't make it a bad release. Quite the contrary. Having landed with Alien Cowboys and making their opening statement, they return with Analogtherapy which goes into the details. It's a deeper album in that as much as more instruments are up front, it doesn't reveal itself all at once.
Alien Cowboys Theme (3:11) / Sagarmatha (3:50) / Loco Motive (2:55) / Dr. Evil's Dream (5:20) / Vichitah (2:57) / NY2CA (3:33) / Castanets (2:47) / 4 The Birds (3:55) / Rolling Thunder: Buffalo Chant (3:09)
Ralph Perucci - lead guitar
Bruce Stevenson - rhythm guitar
Greg Jones - bass
Ian Thomson - drums
Alien Cowboys (1998)
Analogtherapy (2000)
2002: Other Space (2002)
Lift (2003)
Zero Gravity (2007)
Words (2008)
Genre: Rock
Origin US
Added: August 17th 2003
Reviewer: Stephanie Sollow
Artist website: www.aliencowboys.com
Hits: 1032
Language: english
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Definition of capitellum in US English:
Anatomy and Zoology. A capitulum; especially the rounded lateral condyle of the distal humerus, which articulates with the radius.
Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin capitellum capital of a column (Vulgate), top of a tool, division or section of a psalm, kind of lye, (in botany) small knob at the end of e.g. a stigma, (in anatomy) capitulum, either from classical Latin caput head + -ellum, or from classical Latin capitulum with suffix substitution. With sense 1 compare earlier capital.
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The photon transport and energy conversion of a near-field thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system with a selective emitter composed of alternate tungsten and alumina layers and a photovoltaic cell sandwiched by electrical contacts are theoretically investigated in this paper. Fluctuational electrodynamics along with the dyadic Green's function for a multilayered structure is applied to calculate the spectral heat flux, and photocurrent generation and electrical power output are solved from the photon-coupled charge transport equations. The tungsten and alumina layer thicknesses are optimized to match the spectral heat flux with the bandgap of TPV cell. The spectral heat flux is much enhanced when plain tungsten emitter is replaced with the multilayer emitter due to the mechanism of surface plasmon polariton coupling in the tungsten thin film. In addition, the invalidity of effective medium theory to predict photon transport in the near field with multilayer emitters is discussed. Effects of a gold back reflector and indium tin oxide front coating with nanometer thickness, which could practically act as the electrodes to collect the photon-generated charges on the TPV cell, are explored. Conversion efficiency of 23.7% and electrical power output of 0.31 MW/m2 are achieved at 100 nm vacuum gap when the emitter and receiver are respectively at temperatures of 2000 K and 300 K.
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Julian Lennon closed his eyes and went straight to heaven. The young singer-songwriter's blissful smile indicated that a vision of paradise was being screened in his mind's eye.
It turned out that his heaven wasn't exotic or luxurious. He was just dreaming about enjoying a few weeks off, with no recording studios, no concert halls, no record executives, no nosy interviewers--just leisure.
"Sheer, pure heaven," gushed Lennon, the 23-year-old son of John, the late Beatle. "I'd do nothing but relax. I wouldn't even have to go anywhere special. This heaven is very simple. You'd have to go through what I've been through to appreciate this kind of heaven."
He gazed blankly around the living room of the ritzy bungalow of a West Hollywood hotel. "All this is OK, but I'd rather be transported to some place where I could rest and tune out the world."


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One Writer's CES Impressions
The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is put on by the Consumer Electronics Association in January every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is where the manufactures of consumer electronic show their upcoming products for the next year and prototypes for the future on display. This year it had over 2500 manufacturers showing their products. It happens in the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Alexis Park Hotel. At the Convention Center manufacturers of audio and video equipment, cell phones, games, cameras, computers and computer software and other electronic devices show their products. The Alexis Park is reserved for High Performance Audio. T.H.E. Show is a competing show put on at the same time at the San Tropez Hotel nearby, by The Home Entertainment Association. Both are only open to manufacturers, buyers and the press. If you wanted to see everything at these shows you would need at least a week. The shows only last for four days however. Since this magazines and my interests are in audio and video, that is where I spent my time.
Video is where the most evolution was made from last years products. Last year video monitors with 720P capacity were introduced. This year the sets with 1080P capacity were introduced. There are however no 720P or 1080P recorded formats at this time. The only way to use this these capacities is to use a video processor to upsample the signal. There were LCD rear projection sets up to 102 inches. There were plasma sets up to 87 inches. The battle between LCD, DLP and plasma seemed to be in full swing. The Samsung showed a comparison between their 720P and 1080P capable sets. There were comparisons between LCD and DLP rear projection pictures. There were still a lot of front projectors being shown.
Numerous Blue Laser players were shown, but no one was able to give a release date in the USA or a price on the players. There were a few HD-DVD players shown. They seem to be a little behind Blue Laser in development. I talked to a Samsung representative about which gave a better picture, the LCD or DLP rear projectors. Samsung produces both. He said that there are three grades of LCD sets and the top grade was a slightly better picture than the DLP sets. He added that they were also twice the price of a comparable sized DLP set. The new sets looked great. I predict that the large CRT rear projection sets have only a short time to remain in production. Already in stores, almost all the sets are plasma, DLP or LCD. With the larger rear projection sets coming out, the front projectors, with their inherent problems, may start to show a decline in sales.
The audio sound at the Convention Center was very mid-fi and not worth discussing. The only slightly interesting area was in wireless connection. The Alexis Park was much more interesting for sound. There were loads of rooms with audio equipment. Less than 10% of them had static displays. If one were to carefully listen to each room you would need three or four days to do it. It became necessary to eliminate some of the not so good-sounding rooms quickly. I got so I could eliminate some of the rooms by sticking my head in the door and listening for thirty seconds or so. The show should not be used to evaluate how a system or component really sounds. The rooms are often too small for the systems and only a day or two is given to set up a system. Most rooms were not acoustically treated. I used it to find equipment that may be worth further investigation. If something sounds good in these less than perfect conditions, then it will probably sound good in most conditions. I found nothing that was revolutionary in its sound. Most rooms were another system ya-da, ya-da, ya-da.
There were also some disappointments in the sound. One SACD player that is supposed to be state of the art, was used in a number of rooms and yet never sounded impressive. Some established and newer high-end manufacturers that I thought should sound good, were also unimpressive. One European speaker manufacture, that a friend of mine thought was the best-sounding speaker in existence, produced some of the worst sound of the show. It was very over-heavy in the bass and played way too loud. There were many really nice looking designs in electronics being shown at the Alexis Park. Some were almost like pieces of art. There were also very weird designs, especially in speakers shown. I am not too much into the looks of equipment, so I will discuss some of the better sounding systems at CES.
First I should say what is it I look for in the sound of a system? First of all I look for speed in the sound. Natural sound has a sense of speed to it. Voices and instruments have attack to their sound in most causes. I want to hear the strings of string instruments. The reeds of reed instruments. I want to hear the tonal quality of each instrument. When the music is big in scope, I want to hear its power. When things are light and airy, I also want to hear that too. I also want to hear a sense of presence from an instrument, like it is really being played in front of me. I want the music to be properly balanced, with no exaggerations of certain frequencies. I particularly do not like it when instruments get overly large in size when the sound levels go up. Many systems can play either light and airy or big and powerful, but not both. My use of the Thorough Bass Inc. subwoofers has made me very critical of bass extension and tonality.
I would say that the Luminance Room had the best sound at CES. There was Luminance electronics, Virtual Dynamics cabling and Ascendo Series E speakers. It produced music with detail, quickness and solidity; I could have listened to music for hours on this system.
The runner up system was in the Electrocompaniet room. Using the Talon Firehawk speakers. It had by far the best bass I have heard on a non-subwoofer system and better than 98% of the subwoofer systems. Yet it still played regular frequency ranges with very good sound and clarity.
For more affordable sound the $1300 a pair Triangle Zereus 202 sounded very good in one room. Triangle seems to keep making great sounding affordable speakers.
The most unusual good sounding speakers were the Solid Acoustics speakers. They have a dodecahedron enclosure with a speaker on each face. It contains 12-four inch full range drivers. It sounded very open. It would be an interesting speaker to see what it could do.
Other good sounding rooms were the Audes Speaker room, and the Nola Speaker rooms - especially the Nola Pegasus speaker.
T.H.E. Show was the home of the less mainstream audio manufactures. It was at the San Tropez Hotel. The highlight of this show for me was a live concert put on by Classic Records after their Press Conference. Grey De Lisle, a singer-songwriter from Sugar Hill Records gave a short concert. After the concert, attendees were given her new album The Graceful Ghost, some new Classic records LPs and a new Classic records first Dual-Disc release: Hugh Masakela Almost Like Being In Jazz. After listening to her album, I feel it is a must have album for anybody that enjoys great modern folk music. I would consider it in the top five albums of 2004. The album was a great find for me and it has audiophile quality sound that is among the best I have heard. The music is also top quality.
In one large room Thiel Speakers were featured in a $500,000 surround AV set up. The video was from a large front projection system that was compromised by having a fair amount of light in the room, which is highly detrimental to video quality. The video surround was one of the better ones that I have heard. Unfortunately, the sound quality did not come up to audiophile quality for music. For a half million, I would want audiophile sound.
By far the best sound at T.H.E. Show was from the Edge Electronics Suite. It consisted of Edge Electronics, Shunyata cables and power conditioning and the owners personal custom made speakers. This system simply played music that very closely approximated live music sound. It was a great reprieve from either being bored to death or assaulted by the sound of most of the systems. It did almost everything I want a stereo system to do. Edge Electronics stock went up even further up in my mind, when it was also used in one of the other best sounding systems at T.H.E. Show - the Green Mountain Audio Room.
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In the Winnipeg workshop, that will take place on April 23, 24 and 25, I'm going to include a section on critique. I feel strongly that as artists it is crucial to learn the language of art, just as we learn the fundamentals of writing in school. The fundamentals of art are not taught in most art schools, certainly not in the art school I went to at the time I went there. So how can we analyze our own work or the work of others if we don't have a language? I'm aiming to teach a language. How often are we in someone's studio, in front of their work, and at a complete loss for words. We get a 'feeling' for the piece. We might decide if we like it or not. But most often it's a nonverbal sort of gut response. One of the only places we might have a critique is in art school, or perhaps in an art workshop. In this instance, the teacher becomes the expert and gives their opinion of our work. As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of my friends had a teacher tell her that her workshop painting was "hotel art". How helpful was that to this artist? Not likely very helpful. What did she learn from this? Not to take a class with that teacher probably. Could she find a way to improve her work with this sort of critique? Not likely. Was it discouraging? Very. That's not to say that all teachers critique in this way. I guess I am opposed to the set up that one person is the knowledgeable one and the other is more or less at their mercy.
I'll be teaching a section about the language of critique in the Winnipeg workshop, how to accept critique, what words to use, how to look at your own work, what to look for in the work of others. I'll be sure to write a blog post about it, and maybe have a few of the students comment too.
On August 25 and 26 I will be teaching a workshop in my studio called Learning About Critique, where I will go further into the language of Critique--how to see our own work and the work of others. I hope that the critique class will meet afterwards to continue their critique/support group with the skills they learn here, or form their own small group.


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Finally a law banning the use of BPA takes effect from 1st October 2011 across the United States. This law is the first of its kind in the nation to ban products containing bisphenol A. Kudos to the advocates of BPA ban!
The law ban use of the chemical in reusable food and beverage containers, reusable spill-proof cups, containers of infant formula and baby food, plastic sports bottles, and Thermoses.
This ban is as a result of increase evidence on the harmful effects of this chemical especially its endocrine disrupting effects commonest amongst which is type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
I hope a global ban on the manufacture and use of BPA would soon be in place. This will surely help avoid the world advanced economies from further manufacturing of the chemical (for their economic gains) and subsequent dumping of it on the developing nations. I equally pray that the world industrialised nations would transfer their technological knowledge on the alternative to BPA (which I believe is in place in their countries) to enable the low and mid-income economies adopt it.
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9 Marketing Tips for 2014 :
Marketing your business is a year-in-year-out task – there are no days off. And in order to drive in new business for 2014 there are some marketing tactics that need to be part of your plan. Marketing needs to add value to your business. It isn't always about moving products. It is about building relationships with your customers. So here are nine marketing tips that will help you engage with your audience this year.
1. Have a Consistent Message
You probably have many platforms representing your business – in-store signage, a website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Google Plus, etc. When your customers see your message across many different channels and platforms it becomes more believable. Imagine the frustration a customer would have seeing an email about a promotion but not finding it on your website or on your social media. Consistency counts.
2. Email Marketing
It's not all about your website. Email marketing can be a very fruitful tool for your business. With today's online marketing tools, the worry about being blacklisted by sending too many emails is greatly lessened. In fact, did you know that recipients of email marketing campaigns buy 28 percent more often than those who do not receive emails, and when they buy they purchase 44 percent more in product (via Small Business Yahoo!)?
You must get your SEO right, and that is done by creating valuable content on a regular basis so you rank for keyword searches. Focus on good link-building to get a good Google rank. SEO is also improved by keeping an updated blog, refreshing your online listings on directory websites, using data from Google Analytics, and writing quality content on your website.
4. Social Media Channels
One of the most direct ways to engage your customers is by being where they are – on social media. Think of it as community work in the online sphere, and the more effort you put in here the more you will get out of it. Provide content that truly connects with people, starts a conversation, or provides useful information they can share with others on your behalf. Explore the various social media options and make sure you're at least on a couple of them, if not all of them.
5. Get Referrals
Sometimes you can get referrals just by asking for them often enough. Imagine if you asked 10 of your customers for a referral, half of them said yes, and one of those referrals becomes a new customer. You just increased your business by 10 percent by asking a small, targeted group. You won't know what will happen if you don't ask.
6. Be Mobile
Mobile devices are everywhere and nearly doing everything. If your business doesn't look good on a mobile device you can lose or frustrate your customers. People are surfing the web and checking their email while on-the-go. Ensure your site is optimized for mobile devices.
7. Use Video
Create and release videos to engage with your customers. You can post them online via YouTube, Vimeo, or other sites. Post them on your social media channels and embed them on your site. YouTube accounts for 28 percent of all Google searches, 90 percent of online traffic views videos, and millions of videos are watched online every day. However, only 24 percent of major brands use online videos to market to their audience.
8. Perform Competitor Analysis
Sometimes you need to take a step back and see what your competitors are up to. Make notes about the opportunities and the threats that come from them, and build them into your own business strategy. This will keep you from having tunnel vision about your own products.
9. Niche Websites Have an Impact
If you are a little fish in a big pond, sometimes it can be hard to be found. With all the pay-to-play tactics out there for search and social traffic, it can be difficult for some websites to be found. However, if you have a niche site that targets people with a specific interest, it can be easier to get in front of your customer. These sites are often more affordable to advertise than a broad site.
If you have questions about employing any of these nine marketing tactics, let us know.


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Hi Everyone. My childrens' school is celebrating World Teacher's Day today and of course... when do I get notice of it? That's right. Yesterday afternoon. *sigh* lol!
So being a good mum, I got up a little bit earlier than normal, this morning and created three cards for my kids to take to school... :) Please take note that they are very simple and quick to assemble! lol!!
products used: cs - kaisercraft; pp - kaisercraft; Fancy That Dies - Sweet Blooms, Scalloped Floret; other - Lilybee alphas, Greatest View mini doily, versacolor ink.
This first card is for Ethan's Grade One teacher, Mrs Stevenson. I've layered the scalloped floret directly onto the base of the sweet blooms, larger petals. The top flower is slightly smaller, but I love the effect of grouping three flowers together like this.. :)
products used: cs - bazzill, kaisercraft; pp - Junkitz, Stampin' Up, Bella BLVD; Fancy That Dies - Delightful Doily Duo, Butterfly Quartet; other - Lilybee alphas, versacolor ink; tools - sewing machine.
This card is for Tahlia's teacher Ms Walker. Being a Grade Seven teacher, I wanted to create something a little more robust but still have a delicate edge to it. The Delightful Doily Duo was perfect. I've teamed it up with the shadow butterfly from the Butterfly Quartet collection and left a lot of white space on the card! hee hee.. A quick machine stitch around the outside edge of the Stampin' Up patterned paper finished it off nicely.
products used: cs - kaisercraft; pp - Junkitz, kaisercraft; Fancy That Dies - Retro Globe and Stand; other - Nikki Sivils alphas, apple punch, foam tape.
Finally this card was created for Liam's teacher. And it posed a bit of a challenge for me. You see, Liam's Grade Four teacher is Mr Zeith and I wanted a more masculine look for this card!! lol! The Fancy That Dies Retro Globe and Stand was a die I picked up from the recent Quilt and Papercraft Fair. Perfect!! Add an apple and a Thank You... and I'm done! lol! Three cards in less than an hour thanks to The Papercraft Hub and Fancy That Dies.
Thanks so much for visiting and Happy World Teacher's Day..x


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So I was watching Star Trek: The Movie (2009), which got me thinking about the original Star Trek series and the snazzy velour jumpers they wore and how, back in the 70's, I had a snazzy red velour jumper.
I thought I was the bee's knees when I wore it.
Then I found this…..
Explains a lot.


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Beloveds, as you open your hearts and your beings, angels flock to be with you, to hold you within their beloved wings of light and to lift from you the various wounds, pain, suffering, distortions you hold in your emotions and your mind – indeed, lifting from all and every dimension of your bodies of light – and that which remains is the purity and fullness of your divine hearts – which now receive the ascension rays of god – to restore your hearts and your beings to your divine origins of magnificence.
Your blueprints receive restoration to original creation perfection – as the Enlightened Masters enrobe you with your vessels of beauty and truth – those which are your bodies of interdimensional light which hold your higher gifts and abilities, those which are unlimited in possibility and potential.
Your own council of light stands in circle before you, enshrouding you in their deepest love of you. Lady Gaia grounds your energies deeply within her crystal heart of purest love of you. Your mind settles and is still. Your emotions, and the challenges of recent days receive the pulses of deep peace that are given by the angelics of the creation realms – to restore you to equanimity and deepest peace.
The angelic forces of light from all of the realms of creation, of truth, of beauty, of wisdom and perfection gather around you and pulse you with rays of all of the spectrum of beauty and peace.
Truth, original divine truth, the knowledge of that which you are at your core – the purest light which flows through and fills you – is breathed in – knowledge of that which you are, that one who is pure and beautiful and true.
Wisdom – that which you have experienced over all the course of your lifetimes – that which has been gained which is wisdom and perfection – is restored to you – and that which has been gained along the way which has hurt and damaged you, created suffering and distortion – is taken from you, released from every dimension, every cell and organ and atom of your being – that you may retain only the beauty and wisdom, love and truth of all existence – as the akashic records of your soul of your varying experiences of distortion, suffering and pain receive release – Divine Mother and the Karmic Board offering the akashic records for release across all timelines and all dimensions – and karma is deleted by the hand of god beloveds – that only your purity and your willingness to experience all creation is retained.
The dualities you may have chosen to embody – whether they be those of ill health, anxiety, lack, mistrust, anger, doubt, insecurity – disempowerment and suffering of all manner – is taken from you – as the dualities are restored to Oneness.
At the inception of time there was the desire for those of angelic heart to experience the love of god not only within light but within darkness – that god may know himself in all manner of expansion and experience – and all of the cosmos expanded with this largess of understanding and of experience that resulted. The dualities of darkness and hatred, suffering and lack – all of the dualities were experienced – for this was within the will of god, that the godliness of each should be expanded into absolute knowledge of self, not only within light, but also within the realms of all of the dualities – that god's knowledge of self could be expanded.
Never was it anticipated that one's own connection with one's god could be lost upon entering the dualities, for always the love of god had been known as an immovable force and reality – and it was when the physical plane was entered, and the dualities were encountered, and experienced – that it became apparent that it was no longer so fully possible to retain one's own godliness – for constantly there were temptations to lose one's purity and light and unconditional love – and once entered, the dualities then hampered the full connection with, or return – to god – and there was such grief to encounter and to commence the karmic plane – for when viewed from one's own levels of purity and divinity – so far had each stepped from this godliness – and so there was the original separation from god and disconnection from the god realms – and the belief became a reality – that it was now not possible to have connection with, or support by these realms – for each had besmirched his own purity and divinity – and had seemingly forever walked from the arms of god.
And these are the wounds of our beloved lightworkers who have suffered so, yet who hold to themselves their guilt and shame at having fallen from truth and purity. But beloveds, your god sees and knows you as purest light – and you hold such roles of importance for humanity – as all is unwound of distortion and pain and suffering – and restranded, rebuilt – to annihilate the dualities, to diminish the karmic plane of suffering – to absorb the astral plane into purest light – and to restore each one of god's children to purest light – having expanded into all manner of experience – and to hold only the wisdom, the truth, the expansion which has occurred – while yet casting aside the distortions and the pain and suffering.
There have been ongoing levels of transformation – and these have required of you acceptance of your own distortions – the owning and acknowledgement of what are seen as wounds and weaknesses, patterns of failure and disempowerment, where you give power to others, where you are insecure and without trust.
Allow now the angels to take from you these wounds – as you breathe deeply, so deeply to surrender all suffering and all memory of all suffering. Breathe deeply as the varying dimensions of your being – heart, body and soul – release all memory of pain, disempowerment, guilt, responsibility, shame, impurity and suffering.
And what remains beloved is am emptiness of hope. For much have you experienced, much have you suffered – yet still the path stretches before you. And though suffering is taken from you – still there is the remainder of the path to walk – it stands before you – and there is a joylessness, emptiness and lack of faith – no hope that life may be without struggle, without challenge. This is that which now remains.
Allow this lack of hope to surface – for it is held so deeply at your core – so long have you attempted so valiantly to rise above the hopelessness – fearing total collapse and inability to continue on your path – if the sum total of all of your failure experiences, those times when you have tried, and tried again, and persevered, and stumbled – and more and more pain, among the successes and accomplishments – always the levels of failure and the small and large stumblings which created hardship and pain for self, and for others.
Allow from deep within your core the knowledge of your lack of hope to be known and felt. And even though you have attempted to overcome, to override – to rise above the lack of hope – to assert that you trusted that the divine cared for you – that you did trust the future of the new world – you did trust that you would achieve peace, success, abundance, health, love, perfection – dear ones, acknowledge what is at your core – which is the belief that there is too much yet to heal – and that humanity will never be saved – and that there is such darkness, hatred, war and suffering – that never may light overcome darkness. Allow this to surface beloveds – and accept, without guilt or shame, that it exists.
And breathe deeply as Divine Mother holds you in love, in knowledge of all that you have ever experienced and known, and in love of you for all that you have known and all that you have been.
And as time is woven back – beyond the suffering and the damage – travel with the angels of creation back to the realms of light – to the time beyond the dualities and beyond the karmic plane, beyond the astral plane – to the realms of purest light.
As we travel we journey to the halls of higher knowledge and wisdom – and we claim those gains of existence and truth – that which has been gained as knowledge and purity – from the nature of all experience – and that which is held as wisdom and higher truth in the ashrams of the masters – that which is the best of the best – held as expansion within the mind of god from all manner of all experience – claiming and receiving the knowledge of the best of the best that has been achieved – and casting aside that which has been of darkness and of suffering.
And receive acceleration upon your paths of purest light – a fast-tracking upon your journeys – retaining only positivity, truth, beauty, love, justice, fairness, equality, and the totality of all Oneness, holding all wisdom and truth and beauty.
Beloveds the suffering, the hopelessness, the lack of trust, lack of belief – all recedes – transmuted into HOPE – as the Hologram of Hope from the Miraculous Realms of God – is received by you – for it overrides all, and instills the deepest belief in self, in god, in soul family, in destiny, in life path – and in Hope for the New World, and Hope for all lightworkers and all humanity who wish to receive that which is given this day.
And sing the mantra for the hologram of Hope to allow this to be received by you
(sounded Swee-ee-ee Kee Hee See Ah Qwee Ee-ee-ee-ee Swee-ee Hee-ee Soo Qwoo Hoo)
And breathe deeply as Hope anchors to earth, anchoring through you and to Lady Gaia and to her grids of light.
And open your purest hearts of light and love and allow the love of your being to widen, to expand and to fill your being in its expansion and greatness – and share your love in widening bands of perfection and of Hope – to fill your being – and expand further, linking with others around the world – linking your circles of light – linking countries of residence – and with your beloveds – naming these, those in countries close – and far – those who are your beloveds.
And linking with those who are Dreamers of the New World – and expanding further now as you link together, exponentially receiving great expansion as the frequencies of each receives connection – and expanding higher, deeper.
All Dreamers of the New World may now link and connect, sharing your frequencies and your love with all lightworkers – that all may receive the frequencies that will allow them to shift into highest and brightest light – and hold the frequencies for these ones, that they may receive these energies gracefully – hold them that they may sustain these frequencies of highest light.
And share now with humanity, those who have desire at the deepest core of their being, even though it be unknown to them physically – the desire for wholeness and Oneness with their god, and for ascension – and expand and expand to hold these ones of humanity who desire to return to wholeness and Oneness and to godliness.
And you may tone and sound and sing your Oms and your language of light – to anchor these deep energies of love – and the rays and miracles of Hope – that all may receive the miracle of Hope – restored to earth from the realms of creation.
You are beloved of god and the angels and masters and family of light for your Dreaming and for your love. You are held always in purest light – and greatness is achieved this day. I Am Father God.
While holding and looking at the code, sing or chant the mantra … 3 times or more. Then, while looking at the code, slowly draw the code into your field, resting it against your forehead and third eye, and hold until it feels complete. The code repatterns your electro-magnetic field and the chakras and crystals of the diamond plates of your light body. Continue to regularly work with the codes as the healing is ongoing


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Hi fellow crafters, I am back using the Vertical Greetings Stamp Set again. I can see how this stamp set can be overlooked but I am enjoying creating with it. I have used some DSP from Cupcakes and Carousels, then using some thick whisper white cardstock I have sponged two of the panels. One with Soft Sky and one in Pink Pirouette and then using Chocolate Chip stamped my image onto the sponged area. Applied the images to the cardstock using dimensionals to the Soft Sky and Pink Pirouette cardstock. I also have done some paper piercing on the pots that the trees are in, this is a very easy and effective technique to make your stamped images pop off your card.
My Card
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Cardstock: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz
DSP: Cupcakes and Carousels
Stamp Set: Vertical Greetings
Stamp Pads: Chocolate Chip, Stazon Jet Black, Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette
Bone Folder
Adhesives: Mutipurpose Liquid Glue, Snail Runner
Stampin' Up!® Trimmer


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Isabelle Langlois is Vice President of Production at Rodeo FX. She has had an illustrious career in VFX, before joining the executive staff at Rodeo, with a filmography list of 50+ films. Her background as a VFX Producer, VFX Coordinator and Digital Compositor, with extensive knowledge of all aspects of VFX, gives her an edge as VP Production. She has been in the artist's seat, providing her with a deeper understanding for the art and the process of VFX.
Isabelle's specialties are Evaluating Costs, Project Management and Global Studio Resource Planning. She is an expert at factoring resource and time efficiency into all projects.
With unmatched integrity and experience Isabelle oversees all projects from inception to completion.


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NYK Line said many issues still need to be addressed before a cashless ship can be realised, but it is "forging ahead to construct a viable system".
CEO has pointed out that secondhand prices for 10-year-old container ships have fallen recently.
Following a substantial newbuilding order for 20 feeder ships, Taiwanese intra-Asia carrier has contracted 16,100 containers.
Evergreen joins rush for feeder vessels, more ships to be taken under long charter.
MPC has placed firm orders for five units from an unnamed supplier for installation prior to the implementation of the global 0.5% sulphur cap on marine fuels on 1 January 2020.
The association says it will not develop or operate any digital platform, but instead aims to ensure interoperability through standardisation.
Efforts at cost management fail to offset rising bunker costs as losses put pressure on HMM's management
Skou said synergies following the Hamburg Süd takeover and strong collaboration within its ocean business division is helping improve profitability.
A significant proportion of fixtures seems to be speculative, prompted by reduced rate levels and the anticipation of continued cargo volume growth next year.
Year-to-date feeder ship newbuilding tally exceeds 100 with Wan Hai orders.


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I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe that there are living prophets on the earth today that receive revelation from God. Every six months, in April and October, we hold a Semi-Annual General Conference . Church members can attend the conferences in person in Salt Lake City or tune in via TV, radio, or internet.
For those of you who will be tuning in to Conference this weekend there are a ton of great ideas to get the whole family involved! All of us are either too old or too young to use most of these, but I can't wait til the young 'uns get old enough so we can start some General Conference traditions.
The Church has a ton of great activities for children of all ages.
Including the ever classic Conference Bingo, or in this case Conference Squares.
Have you ever been to Sugar Doodle. Some times I find it a little confusing, but I found a few different cute activity books for different ages.
An apostle coloring book for younger kids.
And a great book for older kids with tons of fun activities.
And last but not least, The Creative Homemaker shares her weekend plans. Their theme is "C Stands For . . ." She made this awesome plaque and has a tutorial so you could make one too! It could work for all kinds of letters and pictures.


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Peace Hyde is a TV Personality and media entrepreneur. She is also an Education specialist with 7 years experience within the formal education sector during which period she rose to the level of senior management. She holds a 1st class degree in psychology, a Masters in communication and digital media and a second Masters in Journalism.
Peace Hyde is also the founder of Aim higher Africa, the not for profit and advocacy arm of the organization. The organization is actively committed to helping support young people and help them to fulfill their true potential in order to compete in a truly globalized workplace extending access to high quality education to more people around the world. Through the work of Aim Higher Africa, we have been able to create over 300 small businesses, reached over 2 million students across Ghana and put over 100 street children into the formal education system. Through my work with Aim Higher Africa, we were awarded young CEO global award in 2015. Peace Hyde is currently the West Africa, Correspondent of Forbes Africa. The role involves profiling the entrepreneurial success stories across the African continent. In less than 6 months, I have carried out two cover stories and my article on Female Genital Mutilation for Forbes Woman has been nominated for a journalism award in Ghana. In addition to this Peace Hyde has a strong entertainment profile. She is the host of the largest talent competition in Ghana, MTN Hitmaker as well as the first ever host of Hennessy Artistry. She hosts the biggest entertainment show in the country Friday Night Live which deals with everything to do with life and living it. Among many themes the show discusses hard-hitting topics like prostitution, drug abuse and HIV/Aids.
At the age of 24, Claudine Adeyemi qualified as a solicitor. She now specialises in property disputes at law firm, Mishcon de Reya LLP and sits on the firm's Diversity Committee. Claudine is excelling in her career and was the Highly Commended Junior Lawyer of the Year in the Law Society Excellence Awards 2015 and was one of the youngest Fearless 40 under 40 Rising Stars listed in Property Week 2015. Claudine has also been nominated in the We Are The City Rising Stars Awards 2016. Whilst Claudine is passionate about the law and her career, Claudine also has a strong interest in and sense of duty to support young people. Accordingly, she set up The Student Development Co (The SDC) in January 2014 as a non-profit organisation that she runs on a voluntary basis in her spare time. The SDC aims to: "Support" 16 to 24 year olds from less advantaged backgrounds who are preparing for their careers after their studies.
"Develop" young people's employability skills to help reduce youth unemployment.
"Create" opportunities for young people to be inspired to achieve their full potential.
The SDC prides itself on being an organisation that serves young people whilst also being run by young people who are able to develop key skills for their own future careers. In addition to the online and one-to-one support, The SDC currently has bespoke initiatives including Primary Colours Academy, Skills & Insights Programme and Ask A Professional and to date has partnered with the likes of Mishcon de Reya, CEB, Sky, The Telegraph and PwC to deliver The SDC's services. Through The SDC, Claudine has directly helped and supported almost 150 young people and hundreds more have benefited from the content, advice and tips shared online every day.
As the founder of The SDC, Claudine won Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Precious Awards 2015, was nominated as a Positive Role Model for Age in the National Diversity Awards 2014 and has been nominated as a Diversity Champion in the Excellence in Diversity Awards 2016. Claudine gives up her time to give advice to young people on a regular basis and deliver talks at schools. Claudine has also been invited to speak at the Law Society's Inspiration Evening for this year's Black History Month.
Claudine's motto for success is: Set goals. Achieve. Repeat.
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