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Operations manager Michael A. Chirchirillo adds that using the Epicor ERP solution has improved communications across the Chirch Global enterprise, enabling better, faster reactions to market demand changes and customer needs.
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An article in CIO points to the strategic conundrum that is giving rise to increasing vertical functionality in ERP, for manufacturing as well as other business sectors:
If your enterprise has customized your mission-critical ERP systems over the years, your future upgrades will likely be more troublesome and terrifying because the changes can conflict with the patches. On the other hand, if you are running out-of-the-box ERP with little customization, maybe you're not getting all the important features your business needs. So what's a CIO to do? And how do you figure out what to do next if upgrades or replacement are looming in your future? According to Rebecca Wettemann, VP of Research at Nucleus Research, an increasing number of CIOs are choosing the less customization path. A major driver of this development is that ERP vendors are building applications with greater industry-specific vertical functionality. "Part of the reason for this recent trend is that ERP vendors are now recognizing that if they build applications that include verticalization, they will be easier for more companies to adopt with fewer problems and far less customization," says Wettemann. CIO defines verticalized applications as those "built with specific industries in mind, so they are essentially designed to fit different kinds of businesses out of the box." Typically, to help the applications better conform to a specific industry vertical, they include role-based views and components that users can easily configure so they more closely suit business and process needs, without requiring code writing and deep code customization. Wettemann says that this approach—which she describes as install vanilla—is good for many companies using ERP. "I think it depends to a certain extent on the application that is chosen. If the application has vertical functionality with role-based sourcing and other possible configuring, then, yes, you're better off going vanilla," she says. "Clients see this as a less risky move, a more predictable way to deploy ERP and a way that is more likely to minimize disruptions and costs over time, which is even more important." In fact, a survey cited in Industry Week showed that 96 percent of manufacturers "need or want" more specialized ERP. The single greatest need for more industry-specific functionality was cited among manufacturers who say managing return on assets is a core part of their business. The rationale is straightforward:
Manufacturing in North America has become more complex as long-run repetitive manufacturing has become less common. More and more manufacturing in the Western Hemisphere centers around demanding processes like engineer-to-order (ETO), product lifecycles are becoming shorter and manufacturers are focusing more on the specific needs of the vertical industries they serve. As manufacturers themselves have become more sensitive to the vertical segments they serve, manufacturing companies are increasingly valuing ERP solutions that have been developed and maintain vertical functionality with their industry in mind. This trend gained traction at the outset of the decade, and has been building momentum ever since.
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Many companies do not realize successful economies of scale and resource synergies from a merger or acquisition because they are unable to rapidly consolidate disparate organizations and business systems. Organizations currently on or considering a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) path will be tasked with bringing those companies together. One of the most critical projects in this endeavor will be implementing the selected go-forward ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. A properly executed onboarding strategy will enable you to recognize ROI by leveraging the scale of the new organization, and capitalize on the synergies of the merger or acquisition.
"RAPID" in the title of this article represents an acronym and a framework for executing a fast-tracked ERP implementation. RAPID actually includes an acronym within an acronym.
Decreasing the amount of time to assimilate all entities onto one system will improve your timeline to return on investment of the merger or acquisition. Another tactic to rapidly implement acquired companies includes an effective project kickoff session, i.e., a Change Acceleration Process (CAP) workshop, to minimize employee resistance, attrition, and general dissatisfaction.
Communication is a key part of change management, and having an expert onsite that is skilled in this area is helpful. After all, if you fail to clearly describe the reasons for the acquisition and its expected impacts to your customers, your competitors will certainly do it for you.
Along with the technical migration, equally important projects to pursue during theM&A process should include:
Approaching each aspect systematically, via the Actions, Policies, and Issues/Decisions execution steps of the framework above, will allow you to properly scope the project, manage the strategic deliverables, and work towards a RAPID implementation.
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Are your line operators "checked in," engaged, and excited about the impact they have on business results? How about managers and executives? Are the top floor and shop floor connected?
Businesses achieve some amazing things with line metrics – but the most surprising improvement of all is around human capital. When manufacturing data and information starts to flow throughout the business, it becomes a story of uniting your team around performance. An engaged workforce translates to passionate, empowered individuals – operators right on up to plant management and the executive suite – working together to build, sustain, and multiply improvements in operations performance.
While there is an unquestionable link between employee engagement and organizational performance, unfortunately, engagement is a real problem in manufacturing. According to Gallup's 2012 Employee Engagement Index, only 1 in 4 production staff was engaged last year – line operators ranked last among the 12 manufacturing occupation types. The Gallup Index also shows that among disengaged workers, 50% were "mentally checked out" and about one-quarter of them were unhappy and actively undermining the employer.
Any manufacturer who is concerned about factory performance might also be concerned that plant staff might reject line metrics en masse. However, a new and entirely unexpected trend is emerging among businesses that use metrics and analytics to drive performance improvement. Manufacturers who leverage technology to establish a connection between the top floor and shop floor see a dramatic and unexpected shift in culture – one that unites and inspires operators, supervisors, plant management, and corporate executives to work together to build and sustain performance, and extend improvements across the production network.
The information-sharing loop begins with line and plant performance, then involves and engages people across the organization, from operators on up to the executive suite. These passionate, empowered individuals have what they need to drive financial and operational directives into specific, meaningful action.
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Q: What should food manufacturers consider before implementing an ERP system?
About 60 miles west of Columbus, Ohio, situated along the banks of the Muskingum River, lies a picturesque town of 25,000 known as Zanesville, Ohio. Rich with history, Zanesville was a notorious a hub for bootlegging activity during the Prohibition Era. These days, the town is known for a far tamer vice—it's home to the New Bloomer Candy Company, which was founded in 1879 and has been delighting children and adults of all ages with their signature chocolates and candies ever since. A few years ago, New Bloomer realized there was one area of operations in need of significant modernization: their legacy computer system and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
As a small, seasonal business, New Bloomer's orders vary greatly depending on the time of year. From January to September, bagged candies are in high demand, while chocolates are the most popular products during the holiday season. In order to ensure they have enough resources to fill orders from one season to the next, the company must diligently monitor inventory levels and compare them against the lead time of the orders they receive. If there isn't enough product on hand, employees must be able to determine how much they need to import from other suppliers, or what ingredients they need to purchase in order to manufacture additional products on-premise.
In the past, the homegrown system New Bloomer used did a poor job helping staff meet this challenge. Knowing they needed a better way to run the company's manufacturing and planning processes, New Bloomer began to evaluate new ERP solutions and chose Epicor Tropos.
One of the biggest immediate benefits of Epicor Tropos was a vast improvement in employee communication. New Bloomer has two separate locations: they repackage imported candies at one facility, while chocolate products are manufactured at another facility five miles away. Both facilities need to communicate effectively in order for things to run smoothly. In the past, however, all communication took place via phone, which slowed things down significantly. With no access to crucial data, such as how much of a certain product was on hand, employees had to rely on managers to look up the information they needed in the system.
With a new ERP system, all employees have real-time access to all information they need. This includes work orders, current inventory levels and when orders placed for additional ingredients are expected to arrive, which lets staff know when they'll have enough materials in stock to fill customer orders.
The ability to view all of this data has helped improve the New Bloomer's relationship with their customers. Employees can now provide up-to-date information on work orders at any given time, so customers calling in for details can be immediately informed of any shortages or delays. The system also helps New Bloomer avoid any repercussions from shortages by allowing them to easily substitute one product for another so a sale can still be completed.
Another significant benefit is the system's lot control abilities. In the past, racks of outdated products would pile up because New Bloomer's old system wasn't able to alert them when items were near their expiration date, which cost the company anywhere from $20,000-$40,000 per year. Now, Epicor Tropos delivers two sets of reports periodically: one for items that have expired, and one for those that will expire soon. This allows New Bloomer staff to quickly move products that are close to expiry so they don't lose money, and has greatly reduced the amount of products they have sitting in their warehouse at any given time.
As a result, the company was able to reduce their inventory from $1.6 million at the end of 2011 to $1.2 million at the end of 2012, largely due to Epicor Tropos. "The system helps us control our inventory better so we're not bringing in truckloads of product we don't need," says New Bloomer Controller Michael Montgomery. "We're doing a much better job there."
With Epicor Tropos, New Bloomer has not only modernized company operations and made their business more efficient—they've also given their employees greater control over their jobs, which has led to a renewed sense of pride.
"[The staff] own their jobs because they know where the information is and they can look it up themselves," Montgomery says. "We've changed the culture here, just with this new ERP system, because now people have more knowledge than they've ever had."
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The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is the largest payments initiative ever undertaken within Europe. European Union (EU) law effectively mandates migration to SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) in the Euro area by February 1, 2014.
In a statement from Benoît Cœuré, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank: "Adapting to SEPA involves adjusting a lot of technical and business procedures over a limited period of time. I hope that all stakeholders will take migration to SEPA payment instruments as a top priority." (Source: European Payments Council, March 2013).
With SEPA fast approaching, is your business ready? Equally important, is your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system ready? This blog explores the importance of SEPA and the changes necessary within your ERP system to achieve compliance in advance of the February 2014 deadline (EU-member states with a non-Euro currency will need to have adopted SEPA by October 31, 2016).
What is SEPA?Electronic banking has been around for many years, however, each country, and often each bank has required data to be formatted according to a proprietary standard. In a drive to reduce the cost of electronic payments and to simplify cross-border transactions the EU has created a set of standards and common payment instruments to be used with a common payment area (known as SEPA).As of August 2013, SEPA impacts 33 different countries including the so-called "EU-28" and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway and Switzerland. Each country within the area will be able to adopt the standard or extend it with additional requirements; however, due to the way XML works this will not break interoperability. As such, it's important to make sure your ERP system supports the standard SEPA messages for instructing a bank to make a payment on behalf of a customer.Why is SEPA important?Trade is built around an exchange of goods or services for either goods or services of equal value, or some form of monetary compensation. Management of the transfer of funds for goods and services in multiple countries has resulted in increased complexity for banks, financial authorities and payment brokers, as well as increased costs for payers and payees.
The introduction of a single, overriding payment standard for the management of electronic movements of money is designed to simplify systems, increase transparency and hopefully reduce costs for the various parties involved.
I thought SEPA was the same everywhere?SEPA is a set of standards and guidelines for managing electronic transfers in Euros. These standards allow for some interpretation and flexibility with member countries able to extend and modify the SEPA layouts to match local fiscal governance requirements.
The adoption of SEPA in Europe has been different across the region up until now; with countries like Finland opting to adopt SEPA earlier than other countries. This combined with the flexible nature of the SEPA standards framework has resulted in different levels of control in different countries. Countries like Germany and Estonia have opted for a single SEPA standard to be used by all banks within these countries requiring all banks to accept the same SEPA file format. Countries like the Netherlands and Finland have taken a different approach allowing banks to extend the SEPA file layouts according to the individual bank's requirements. Remember, this is Europe after all and even though most use the same currency, there are still some differences between the different countries!
This means that you might use multiple banks in the same country and be required to prepare slightly different SEPA output files depending on the local interpretation of SEPA. It also means that you might use the same bank in multiple countries and there may be a need to prepare multiple formats of the same payment files depending on whether these are going to be sent to the Swedish branch, the Finish branch or the German branch.
What can you do to get ready?You need not despair though. Even though SEPA might differ slightly from country to country you can use one bank account to make and receive ANY and ALL payments in Euros from a single bank account.
As your organization prepares for the move to SEPA, Epicor has identified the following major things you should think about:
Epicor iScala extends support for SEPA
SEPA does not need to be complex. The latest release of Epicor iScala offers organizations a flexible framework that harnesses the power of the Epicor Service Connect (ESC) integration and process orchestration tool. Standard SEPA XML schemas can be adopted and easily adjusted to meet local, regional or even bank specific requirements.
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For Immediate Release:Majority CaucusLouisville Metro CouncilContact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137/526-3622Councilwoman Attica Scott is encouraging residents and businesses of District 1 to take advantage of the new community wide alert system unveiled on Monday by Mayor Greg Fischer. Code Red is a system that can notify residents of an emergency by email, text or phone alerts.
"Code Red can go a long way in keeping everyone in a community aware of an emergency or weather situation," says Scott. "But signing up to be under Code Red's warning system is the key. Residents have to make the effort to be part of this new system."
After a chemical explosion at Carbide Industries this past summer, the Mayor promised a system that would be more direct in communications with residents near any kind of emergency.
"The people who live in the Rubbertown area must take advantage of this system. We are always mindful of the issues surrounding public safety whenever there is any kind of incident," says Scott. "Over the years, companies in the area have done a good job working with emergency management officials whenever anything happens. This is the next logical step."
To sign up for Code Red just go to www.louisvilleky.gov. The signup process will walk you through the various options of alerts and how a household or company can be notified of an emergency.
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Is budgeting keeping you poor?
If your financial plan has flaws, it's not going to work properly.
This post comes from partner blog The Dough Roller.
It was the budget, with the spreadsheet, in the library -- that's what killed your finances.
The dictionary defines a budget as "an estimate, often itemized, of
expected income and expense for a given period in the future." Budgeting, the quintessential money-management tool,
should identify where we spend our money so that we can make better
spending choices.
While there is no one right way to budget, the purpose of any budget should be to give us the information we need to make smart spending decisions.
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But what if it's your budget that's killing your finances. Imagine, you take the time and effort to prepare a budget in the first place, and the budget ends up causing more harm than good. Or at the very least, your budget doesn't get you the results it should.
To help you avoid this, and to maximize the benefit of your budget, here are seven budgeting pitfalls and how to fix them:
Missing expenses. Does your budget have a leak? With automatic bill pay, it's easy to forget about regular monthly expenses. We recently lost track of an expense that was charged to our credit card each month. It wasn't a lot of money, about $15 a month, but every dollar counts.
The fix: Take the time each month to carefully
review each credit card and bank statement. Make sure you understand
where your money went, what automatic payments were made, and what was
charged to your credit cards. This doesn't take a lot of time, but in the hurry and rush of life, it's an easy thing to forget.
Unrealistic budgeting. Have you or someone you know ever gone on an extreme diet? In their desire to lose weight, they deprive themselves of food in a way that's just not sustainable. The result is almost always gaining more weight when the diet crashes. The same thing can happen with our finances. We put together an unrealistic budget that deprives us of any fun, and eventually we crash through the budget with a big spending splurge.
The fix: We need to keep our budgets realistic by
providing for some measure of enjoyment in life. Whether that's eating
out, buying books, traveling or whatever, our budgets need to reflect
in a reasonable fashion who we are and how we want to live our lives.
If you are looking for a place to start, try the 60% budget.
Sixty percent of gross income should cover your fixed expenses:
mortgage, food, clothing, taxes, insurance and so on. The remaining 40%
gets divided into 10% portions for retirement, long-term savings,
short-term savings and fun money. These numbers are just a starting
point, but it should help you to keep your budget realistic.
Too little information. A budget should arm you with the information you need to make smart spending decisions. One type of budget that works for many is to "pay yourself first." That means to save a portion of your paycheck first, and then spend the rest without worrying about where or how you spend it. While this can be an effective and easy way to budget, the lack of information on how you are spending the rest could be causing you to spend more than you should.
The fix: Every few months, track how you spend the
rest. This doesn't have to be a monthly exercise. A few times a year
works for many people. And you don't have to track your expenses for an
entire month. Track expenses for a week or two. Armed with
information about how you are spending money, you can make spending
decisions that may allow you to save even more or accelerate debt
Too much information. Too much information can be a real problem, too. It's a lot of work to track where every single penny goes. While there are good budgeting tools (see below) that make tracking expenses easier, for many, tracking everything is overwhelming and unnecessary. And the result can be frustration and a budget that ends up in a drawer.
The fix: Limit the spending areas you track to
those that really cause you to overspend. If eating out is your
financial Achilles' heel, use a cash-envelope system for just that one
category. In fact, many people overspend in just one, two or three
categories. Tracking just those categories can move a family's finances
from red to black.
No real-time data. We make hundreds of spending decisions every month. As you make those decisions, do you know how much you've already spent and how much you have left to spend? This is where real-time data is important. While looking at how you spent your money after the fact can be helpful, there's nothing better than knowing where you stand financially right now.
The fix: There are several budgeting methods
to help you know where you stand at any given moment. The old-fashioned
cash-envelope system mentioned above is a good one. So is using debit
or credit cards and reviewing your spending data online or downloading
it into a personal-finance software package like Quicken or Money. The
key is to know where you stand at any given time, but only for those
categories that you must track to properly monitor and control your
Using the wrong budgeting tools. While there is no one "right" budgeting tool, it is important to use a tool that works for you. Use the wrong financial tool, and frustration can quickly end any effort at budgeting. While many swear by Quicken, for example, for us its budget function just didn't work. We use it for everything else, but not budgeting.
The fix: Recognize that there are many free
and paid budgeting systems available. Take some time to review them,
and give a couple of them a try before deciding. You can check out this
list of online budgeting tools to get some ideas. You can also check out one of my personal favorite paid budgeting software systems, You Need a Budget.
Forgetting periodic expenses. This one used to get us every time. We thought our budget was looking good, and then the car insurance bill arrived. I can still remember the feeling in the pit of my stomach as I realized we weren't doing as well as we thought. But there is an easy fix for this budget pitfall.
The fix: Develop a freedom fund. Add up all
of your periodic expenses such as car insurance, gifts, life insurance,
vacation expense and so on, divide by 12, and save this amount each
month. It takes some discipline at first, but there is no greater
feeling when that car insurance bill arrives than knowing you have the
money in the bank to pay it.
For some additional reading, check out these articles:
- How to create a budget at Moolanomy.
- 10 personal-finance essentials at Cash Money Life.
- Money basics: Budgets at Consumerism Commentary.
- How to pay off credit card debt: A success story at The Digerati Life.
- Budgeting 101: Why budgets fail at Suburban Dollar.
- Envelope budget system at Frugal Dad.
Related reading at The Dough Roller:
- 10 online budget tools
- You Need a Budget (YNAB) -- budgeting software
- The easy guide to money management
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Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Bob Heller, J.D., LL.M, Principal, Clark Nuber
Squidgy Bob comes with three preset phrases - "I'm sorry we're going to have to let you go", "The budget just isn't there" and "This came from higher up".
Wonder how he chipped that tooth? Was it (a) snowboarding at the weekend, or (b) fainting after getting out of the bath a bit too quickly?
4 comments:
- GigerPunk said...
Does he shave his eyebrows?
Or were they completely shaved off by his mates the same night he chipped his tooth?
Stag night gone wrong? 'Accidentally' killed a prossie? Bit of a wild man, obviously.
Gotta be the worst button-down collar I've seen yet - the shape of the collar and the way the shirt's crumpled and pulled up it looks like he's tried to button the collar to the main shirt buttons. Whilst still hungover no doubt.
So, a violent alcoholic, incapable of dressing himself properly, who kills prostitutes.
How long before lawyers ask for this one to be removed?
- 3 November 2009 09:24
- zen said...
He stole that blazer from a hospital janitor when he was in for the tooth.
- 3 November 2009 12:13
- Hawkeye said...
He has one of those noses that is probably a lot longer than it looks. I request a side profile shot of Mr. Heller imMEDiately.
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While the resort has enough happening to keep you busy and entertained throughout your say, some enjoy a day trip. There's always a lot happening in nearby Austin, TX, ranked among the top-rated cities for growth, coolest places to live, barbecue, beer, healthy living and more. Meanwhile, Bastrop lays claim to small-town charm and sweet and chic shops along Main Street, not to mention some great eats. Both towns also offer an extraordinary lineup of outdoor activities, including hiking, kayaking, bicycling, stand-up paddling (SUP) and fishing. Other fun ways to pass the time include shopping, cultural events, museums, restaurants and live music.
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A Brief History of The Breman Museum
In 1983, an exhibit was organized under the auspices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta called Jews and Georgians: A Meeting of Cultures, 1733 – 1983. That exhibit contained wonderful memorabilia and artifacts from Jewish families, businesses, synagogues and organizations. It was a terrific success, and helped the Jewish community feel proud about its contributions to Georgia and surprised that "junk" from their attics was actually interesting. Then, when the exhibit closed, those materials had to be given back. The dismantling of that show highlighted the need for a permanent space dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the Jewish experience. The Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum is the physical reality that grew out that awareness.
Between 1984 and 1992, The Federation allowed the staff, which included a director, an archivist, and an administrator, to create what became components of the present museum. These included a community archive (then housed in a closet), a Holocaust Resource Center and exhibition, an oral history project, special exhibitions, and programming. The Holocaust Resource Center was located in the basement of the Jewish Community Center, between the Mizrachi Women's Canteen and the pool. When it didn't smell like chlorine, it smelled like hamburgers.
In 1992, William Breman gave the lead gift, ensuring the creation of The Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. In 1996, the Museum opened at The Selig Center on Spring Street, and includes two signature exhibitions, Creating Community: The Jews of Atlanta from 1845 to The Present, and Absence of Humanity: The Holocaust Years, and the Marlene J. and William A. Schwartz Special Exhibitions Gallery. The Breman Museum includes the Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives and Genealogy Center, The Weinberg Center for Holocaust Education (part of The Breman's Education department), and a library of secondary research materials.
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Tom and I were married on July 31, 1993 and wanted to have children right away. I even bought a baby outfit before we were married. We both love children and were looking forward to having a family. We thought we would get pregnant on our honeymoon and were disappointed that we didn't. It took us eleven months to get pregnant and we were so elated. We told everyone right away. A few weeks later I started spotting on my 28th birthday and miscarried on the same day that my younger sister delivered her first baby. We were crushed. The doctors told us miscarriage is common and that we could go ahead and try to get pregnant again. Eight long months later, we found out we were pregnant again. The feeling wasn't quite the same because we had already lost one baby. After a few weeks, I had a terrible intuition that something was wrong and had an emotional meltdown. My husband brought me to the doctor's office and we went to the hospital for an ultrasound. We found that we were pregnant with twins and that one of the babies was no longer viable. We were shocked, sad and still had hope for our remaining baby. Two weeks later, we found that our second baby was no longer living. We were devastated.
We started to wonder if we could carry a child to term. We decided to have every test available to avoid another loss. Our doctor told us that the tests are not covered by insurance until after 3 miscarriages. We found out that since we had only two pregnancies, that they did not consider us to have three losses. We started to get very frustrated with the system and decided to go to a reproductive endocrinologist in the cities. It was a two hour trip one way for us, but we decided that it was worth it. We ran every test possible and found that I had an elevated prolactin level. I went on parlodel and we started clomid and inseminations. We found that my husbands levels were not where they wanted them to be and he was diagnosed with varicoceles. He had surgery on both sides and they expected to find one varicocele on each side and found 4 on one side and 6 on the other. After the waiting period was over before we could try again, we wanted to go right back into inseminations. The doctor highly recommended trying naturally and I displayed my "infertility assertiveness" and told them that we had waited for so long, that I didn't want try naturally. I was in tears because I just couldn't bear waiting anymore. A week following my temper tantrum at the doctor's office, we found out that we were pregnant, naturally of course. Boy was I embarrassed! We were cautiously excited as we went for an ultrasound. Once again we found that the baby was no longer viable!! We just could not believe it! Four babies, years of heartache and no resolution in site! We had a couple more tests run and found that I was APA (antiphospholipid antibody) positive. It was around that time that I found Resolve. What a difference it made in my life! I was not alone in the pain, anger and frustration. What a relief to know that I was normal!! I also found the internet and began countless searches for recurrent miscarriage. I found a Doctor in Chicago who was having wonderful success with people who had three or more losses. There was also an article on him in People magazine. I contacted him by email and had a response within 4 hours!! He said to send blood to his lab and they would test us. The test results were amazing. He has 5 levels of patients and we were level 5 which was the worst. They told us that Tom and my Dad were too similar genetically and that my body does not form the protecting antibody around the baby. Instead my body sees the baby more like cancer and attacks the tissue. The treatment was to try to trick my body into forming the protecting antibody. Three times they injected 40 million of Tom's white blood cells into my forearms. We also did heparin injections in to my tummy two times a day, calcium pills, baby aspirin and insemination. We found out we were pregnant and again miscarried. We then found out that I had formed an allergic reaction to progesterone which is needed to sustain a pregnancy. We then started progesterone injections. They tested us again to see how I was responding to the treatment in Chicago. I did not respond well. They then decided I needed a donor as well as Tom's white blood cells. We made 4 more trips to Chicago while they injected 80 million white blood cells into my arms. The procedure was growing more painful because they inject it into the same location every time. Again, the results showed that I did not respond very well and so we did IVIg treatments. A nurse had to come to our home and administer the IV. We continued with all of the injections and inseminations. We tried two full cycles spending about $3,000 per cycle and we could not bear the roller coaster anymore. I know in my heart the treatment works, it was just taking too large of a toll on us emotionally and physically.
Shortly after our last miscarriage we saw Turning Point, a news show that did an hour segment on surrogacy. It was amazing to us and we thought it was something that might work for us! We told my Aunt about the show and that we were looking into finding a someone to carry our child for us. We started researching it on the internet. The following day, my cousin called. She said, 'They can't let a stranger carry their baby!' She offered to carry for us. It turns out that she was a perfect candidate as she has three children of her own, two girls and a boy, she was 25 years old and had very easy pregnancies. We made the decision to pursue gestational surrogacy with my cousin on July 19, 1997. Within two months we had completed all of the physical and psychological screening, legal contracts, arranging our finances. We had decided to go with the gestational carrier warranty so that we would not have the added stress of only one try. The process was invitro fertilization and instead of transferring back to me, we transferred to my cousin. The retrieval was September 28. I responded really well to fertinex and 35 follicles were retrieved. We had 12 fertilized embryos, decided to cryopreserve 6 and allow 6 to continue. Three of the six embryos were perfect and three had fragmented. We transferred three embryos to my cousin on October 1 and waited, and waited for the pregnancy test. On October 10 we found out that we were pregnant!! Our confirmation ultrasound confirmed one baby with a really strong heartbeat! We were so excited. We went to every doctor's visit and enjoyed the experience so much! My cousin is our incredible angel and an amazing person. She had to endure the progesterone shots which were the hardest thing for her. She never complained or made us feel guilty. She was such a trooper!! At the end, we camped out in their driveway in my Aunt & Uncle's motorhome waiting for the baby to arrive.
On June 23, 1998 our son Keegan Ray Binsfeld was born! It was such an amazing experience. My cousin was a trooper through the whole birthing process. I cried the whole time because she was enduring this pain for me!
In Minnesota, the state recognizes the person who delivers the baby to be the Mother. There are two options, either do a step parent adoption or to pursue a "Maternity Suit" similar to a paternity suit. We were the first parents to pursue the "Maternity Suit" which basically requires genetic testing of the baby and the biological parents. My cousin and her husband as well as my husband and I had to all sign declaration of parentage papers. We submitted the information to a judge and he would rule on the case. If he approved, he would then issue a judgement to get my name on the birth certificate. Since it had never been done in Minnesota, there were no guarantees that it would work so we had to be prepared to continue with step parent adoption. Two days ago, we found out that we got the judgement and that my name will be on the birth certificate as the Mother of Keegan. This case will set a precedence in Minnesota so it will be easier for other intended parents to get their names on the birth certificate.
Keegan is now 3 1/2 months old and growing every day. I know that our struggles with infertility were so difficult and I wouldn't wish infertility on anyone. But the amazing thing is that my husband and I have a much better relationship that we probably would have if we hadn't struggled with infertility and I know that I will treasure every minute that I get to spend with my son. We have truly experienced a miracle!


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Who cares? Are you being charged by the byte? Are you copying URLs out on post-it notes?I use bit.ly because I feed on the rage of others.
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Navios Maritime: A high yield vessel
If you can handle volatility, this shipping stock offers a double-digit yield.
Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NMM) is a shipping firm with a fleet of 18 dry-bulk vessels used to transport commodities such as coal, iron ore and grains.
Shipping firms like Navios do not take ownership of the commodities they transport. They simply charge companies a fee, known as a day rate, to ship commodities on their vessels.
Ships can be booked either on a spot charter basis (for a short time period at a day rate that varies based on the supply and demand) or under term charters (a fixed rate for a period of several years).
The spot rates for dry-bulk vessels have been depressed in recent months. But the effect of spot charter rates is mainly psychological rather than real because the vast majority of Navios Maritime's ships are booked under long-term time charter arrangements.
In fact, 62% of Navios' ships have a remaining contract duration of six to 10 years, and another 9% have a remaining contract duration of three to six years.
Since rates are locked in under long-term deals, Navios's cash flows are largely locked in over the next few years, and the company should have no trouble covering its payout.
With a double-digit yield and little chance of a cut in distributions, the recent dip in Navios represents an excellent buying opportunity.
The main risk facing Navios is that dry bulk shipping rates remain depressed well into 2014, when a larger number of its vessels are due to come off time-charter contracts.
If day rates remain depressed, the company would not be able to recharter its ships at anything close to current rates and would likely be forced to cut its payout.
Action to take: With an 11%+ yield and locked-in cash flows, Navios Maritime is a buy for investors willing to stomach the volatility in the stock.
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Jeff, with our fans maximum package starting at $36, we will replace all the stock case fans throughout the case with better fans.
This will help cool your system better than those stock fans.
As for putting a fan in the drive cage, that can be arranged. Price will depend on where and how you want the fan placed. For a price, I would recommend calling our sales department on that matter.
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I was looking at this case for my air cooled build, I'm looking at running a OC'd 9800GTX with mine.
Do you recommend installing a extra fan for the GPU in one of the drive cages(I'm only running one HDD)?
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Wow what a beautiful case this is. The front and side case panels have this mirror finish which just screams sexiness. I like the Antec P182 case, but with these side panels, there is nothing to hate about it. This case will also be very quiet with the Noctua CPU cooler, Scythe silent fans and acoustic foam application inside the case. We placed foam on the inside cover of the case and also on the front panel. To finish up the silent operation, the customer opted for a Zalman fan controller which lets him adjust the performance settings of all his case fans at will. This customer wanted a quiet system and this is the best way to go if silence is top priority.
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Beauty Q&A With March Cover Girl Rebecca Romijn
Written on March 12, 2012 at 11:17 am , by April Franzino
You can read about FITNESS cover girl and Wella Professionals celebrity ambassador Rebecca Romijn's workout and diet secrets in our March issue— but we got her to reveal how she gets those beach waves and that fresh, glowing skin, plus the products she can't live without.
FITNESS: What's the one beauty product that never leaves your bag?
Rebecca Romijn: I always carry Wella Ocean Spritz to refresh my hair. It mimics sea water and adds great texture. It's a very good low-maintenance solution for someone who's on the go.
FITNESS: What are your haircare, makeup and skincare routines like on a typical day?
RR: I cleanse and moisturize my face in the morning and at night, and never forget sunscreen.
FITNESS: What are your secrets for looking great no matter where you are and what you're doing? Do you have a go-to makeup look or hairstyle?
RR: I don't wash my hair every day; in fact I always prefer "second day hair". It's easy and it does what I want it to do!
FITNESS: What are you gym bag beauty essentials?
RR: I always carry a hair elastic and bobby pins in my gym bag to put my postworkout hair into a bun. A bun is an easy classic. I also put on a great pair of sunglasses and Smashbox O-Gloss for my lips. The pink shade is natural-looking and perfect on everyone. And I love the texture.
FITNESS: What's your biggest beauty indulgence?
RR: My biggest beauty indulgence are regular facials, and I splurge on Oyxgen Plasma by Knutek. It's a miracle-worker, and I use it morning and night when I cleanse. Oxygen helps with fine lines and to heal blemishes.
FITNESS: What's the best tip you've picked up from the makeup, hair and skincare experts you've worked with?
RR: The best tip I've learned from makeup artists is to regularly use the Clarisonic on my face. Even if I think I've removed all my makeup, it's amazing how much cleaner my face becomes after I use my Clarisonic. It's possibly the best investment I've made in my skincare routine since I've been an adult.
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Staffer Beauty Snoop: Beauty Intern Jaclyn Smock
Written on September 8, 2011 at 11:03 am , by Fitness Magazine
This week's Staffer Beauty Snoop is a bit of a twist, as the subject is me—Jaclyn Smock, the new beauty intern for fall 2011. Read on for a peek at my primping rituals and must-haves!
Describe your beauty style in three words or less: Feminine, warm and fresh.
What are the three beauty products you can't live without? Physician's Formula Mineral Correcting Powder, blush (right now I'm using Salma Hayek Nuance Blush in Apricot) and Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Perfume.
What's your beauty routine in the morning? I wash my face with Glo Therapeutics Clear Anti-Blemish Cleanser, then I moisturize with Clean & Clear Finishes Mattifying Moisturizer. Next, I spritz on Skindinavia 10 Years Younger Makeup Finish, which helps set my makeup and control my oil and shine. After I do what I call my "pre-face," I put on Clinique Moisture Surge Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 and set it with Physicians Formula Mineral Correcting Powder. My skin is very oily so I find that tinted moisturizer works best for my complexion. After my skin tone is evened out, I apply blush, then I add a little e.l.f. Mineral Black Eye Liner on my bottom lids and finish with Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara. Once I'm done with my face, I move onto hair: I work some John Frieda Take Charge Curl Boosting Mousse through my curls, finish with a little bit of TRESemmé Climate Control Finishing Spray, and I'm out the door. This may sound like a lot but it only takes me 15 minutes!
At night? I remove the day's makeup with Neutrogena Night Calming Cleansing Cloths, wash my face with my cleanser, and top with moisturizer. To finish off my nightly routine, I put Physicians Formula Dark Spot Corrector and Skin Brightener all over my face. The color weirded me out at first (it's brown) but it really does work!
Post-workout? Once I'm done working out, I head home to shower and wash my face. When I get out, I moisturize and spray Glytone Acne Back Spray on to ensure that I never get bacne!
What beauty product or treatment instantly makes you feel good? Facials—I love everything about them! I have done at-home versions before, but I still prefer a pro facial. I truly believe in monthly facials, if your budget permits. Facials quickly resolve most skin concerns and you leaving feeling so refreshed!
What's the best beauty tip you've ever received (or thought of yourself)? Know the difference between day and night makeup. I believe in light eye makeup during the day then going dramatic at night to really look alluring.
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So far Lando mentioned Bagels and Burritos/Tacos, honestly im down with anything
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Come check the G-Fambulance and The Scarf Soldiers every home game in Lot L6
Disgrace....The nfl replacement officials are destroying the integrity of our league. The arena league has better officiating.
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LANSING (WKZO) -- State Health officials are renewing their plea to Michiganders to get a flu shot. They say the death toll is now up to six adults and one infant, but because there is no reporting requirement for deaths from the flu, that number may be higher. '
The State's Chief Medical Executive, Dr. Matthew Davis says 90% of the cases they are seeing are the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus that caused a pandemic back then.
He says it's coming on stronger and faster this year.
He says the shots are available at pharmacies, doctors offices, clinics and other locations, and it's never too late to get one.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Batman In Justice League?
Christopher Nolan might be done with The Caped Crusader, but is "The Dark Knight Rises" star Joseph Gordon-Levitt about to take on the iconic role?
According to HitFix sources, the actor will appear in the upcoming "Justice League" movie (which unites Superman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman) as Batman.
(Spoiler Alert!) In Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises," Gordon-Levitt's John Blake – a.k.a. Robin – is last seen in the Batcave, creating what would seem to be an easy transition for him to take over the iconic Gotham City crime fighter role.
HitFix goes on to speculate that an appearance by the actor as Batman in the upcoming "Man Of Steel" (which Nolan is a producer on) would send fanboys into a frenzy. No such role has been confirmed yet.
The 31-year-old actor previously told HitFix that he is open to joining the "Justice League" project, slated to hit theaters in summer 2015.
"You never know," he said. "If the script inspires me and if there's a filmmaker that I respect and connect to… I'd consider anything."
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Portland, Ore. • A website with files showing the Boy Scouts of America's cover-up of decades of sexual abuse is generating interest from people wanting to know who the alleged abusers are and whether people who molested them as Scouts are in the files.
Release of the files has also prompted a debate on the Boy Scouts' Facebook page. Some people said they'd never allow their children to be involved in the organization and criticized the secrecy of the files. Others described positive experiences in the Scouts for themselves or their children, saying the organization's efforts to prevent abuse have improved significantly.
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The 14,500 pages of Scout files, from 1959-1985, were posted Thursday on the website of Kelly Clark, the Portland attorney who used the files as evidence in a 2010 lawsuit he won against the Scouts.
The website got more than 200,000 hits within the first few hours of the files' posting, crashing the site.
Clark said his firm has received about four dozen emails from people about the documents. About half came from people who say they were abused when they were in the Scouts and were interested in filing lawsuits.
Some of the emails have given details about alleged abuse, Clark said.
There are also emails from people who tell of other alleged perpetrators who are not in the files.
"We had many people say thank you for posting the documents," Clark said.
At least six people have contacted reporters for The Associated Press with questions about reporting sex abuse when they were in the Scouts. None agreed to speak to the AP on the record.
The Scouts have said they plan to review every file from 1965 to the present and, in cases where it's unclear whether the incident was reported to police, the Scouts said they'll contact authorities.
Deron Smith, spokesman for the Scouts, said Thursday the organization is currently looking through those files to find cases of "good-faith suspicions" so they can be reported to police. The Scout files are filled with unsubstantiated allegations.
In their own review of the files that were released on Thursday, the Scouts found that law enforcement had been involved in about two-thirds of the cases. The organization is going through the remainder to find cases where there seem to be good reasons to alert law authorities.
The Scouts have apologized for not following up. The files were created for the purpose of registering Scout leaders, Smith said, and were considered internal, confidential documents, which is why they weren't always shared with authorities.
Attorney Paul Mones, Clark's colleague, said uploading the files "democratized" information that was only available to lawyers and the Scouts.
"It's a testament to the new generation of communication," Mones said.
The files have been maintained by the Scouts since soon after their founding in 1910. They consist of memos from local and national Scout executives, handwritten letters from victims and their parents and newspaper clippings about legal cases.
The files contain details about proven molesters, but also unsubstantiated allegations. People paging through the files would find both. Clark says there are undoubtedly some people in the files who were wrongly accused, and the Scouts point out that many cases of abuse were dealt with properly.
For those who say they were molested, statutes of limitations in most states would prevent many people from filing lawsuits or criminal charges, Clark said. But in some cases — like a first-degree sexual assault in New York — the state has set no time limit.
Legal experts say that aside from the statute of limitations, it could be difficult to bring charges against suspected molesters in the files because victims need to be found, and they need to be persuaded to give evidence.Next Page >
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