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Text Messaging Can Hurt You
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Not only can text messaging be painful for your pocketbook, but an Australian doctor is saying that it can hurt your physically as well. It seems that those who use text messaging extensively are prone to those repeat motion injuries that flare up your tendons. One 13 year old girl had the first case of texting tendonitis, as the doctor called it, as a reult to too much one-thumbed messaging. As a result, a tendon in her right forearm swelled by two centimeters.
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Treo 650 Decked Out With Canadian Flag
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If you originally thought that the Treo 650 was a letdown, this one just may change your mind. After all, who wouldn't want a Treo that is iced out Canadian style? This one is being auctioned off by PalmOne, with all proceeds going to the Autism Society of Canada. You help the world, and in return get a smartphone covered in 2,000 Swarovski crystals - laid out nicely to replicate the Canadian flag. It also has a few Canadian-themed tracks preloaded onto the device.
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Open The Mac mini Without A Putty Knife
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: PC / Laptop,
When most people attempt to upgrade their Mac mini unit themselves (so as to not pay an overpriced Apple tech), a putty knife is used to open up the little bugger. However, if not careful the case will not look the same afterwards – leaving a gap and possible scratches on the otherwise beautiful case. Never fear - there's an alternative to get that little sucker open. By taking a six inch network cable and separating each of the wires, you may open Apple's miniature computer with ease without damaging the case. Simply take each of the wires and loop them around each of the tabs that secure the case to pop open the top shell. MacMiniHacks.org has the full instructions complete with pictures. Hack away!
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Do your friends and family complain that you seclude yourself from the world when you are busy fragging away? Put an end to those complaints with the GameOptics X1620! This USB LCD interacts with your software such as Instant Messengers, POP email, music programs, stocks, local weather information, memos, and even display system information such as CPU usage/Memory usage/IP information. All that while playing your favorite game. The X1620 displays all that information through the use of a 2 line yellow/green display. I'm not sure if a 2 line display is enough to carry on a conversation on your favorite IM client, but at least it will bring some people one step closer to enjoying life outside of Half-Life 2 and Doom 3.
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SPAMSHIRT: Spam Your Body
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People have always said "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" (at least they say it on TV a lot). Spam has certainly been a thorn in the side of just about every Internet user in this modern age. Instead of getting upset, how about stealing those catchy spam email subjects and making shirts out of them? That is exactly what SPAMSHIRT allows you to do. You can now sport all your favorite spam subjects, like "Fr-e.e Ci@l1s 4 U!", right on your chest.
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Yahoo! Not Pledging Full Firefox Support
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Toshiba's 4GB MP3 Player
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Toshiba is currently working on a MP3 player that will utilize its new 0.85 inch 4GB hard drive. The picture was taken by AV Watch Japan at CEBIT. You can see that the unit does not have an LCD, and uses a remote control for its functions. The unit even appears to be upgradeable via an SD memory card. Hopefully Toshiba can rework its design to provide us with a better looking final product. Nonetheless, it's good to see that MP3 players are getting smaller without sacrificing drive space. We can only dream of the day when we are able to see a 20GB MP3 player which is the size of today's USB flash drives.
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Lighted Underwear: A New Trend?
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Could lighted underwear be the next big thing? Back in November we told you about GloThong, a glow in the dark thong. Now we bring you LED underwear by Puff-Buff. Much like the GloThong, expect to see these designs on the night club scene in the not so distant future. If clubbin just ain't yo thang, perhaps using the garment as a night light for some late night reading would be a more viable alternative.
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PSP Games Now Available At EB Games
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While you can't pick up a Sony PSP from EB Games just yet, apparently they already have some games in stock and ready for sale. That's right, if you can't wait until Thursday to get your hands on one of 2005's hottest gadgets, head on over to your local EB Games store and pick up a game or two, close your eyes, and pretend you are playing that oh-so-coveted expensive gadget. Even better news is that EB Games is expecting to receive some PSPs as early as Monday to prepare for Thursday's release day. Sony sure wants to make sure its highly anticipated portable releases with as little problems as possible. Be sure to get your desktop countdown wallpaper to see the seconds melt away until the PSP launch.
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GM To Support iPods
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GM wants to tap in to the Apple iPod market with its announcement of a new feature for some of its 2006 lineup. GM will now add an auxiliary channel and a front mounted auxiliary input jack. This will allow iPod users (as well as other audio player owners) to listen to their tunes via the stock stereo. The stereos will be offered as standard equipment on the 2006 models of Chevy HHR, Impala and Monte Carlo; Saturn VUE and ION; Pontiac Solstice; Buick Lucerne; and Cadillac DTS with other models seeing the new addition over the next few years. GM vehicles with DVD players will also allow an iPod or other audio device to be played though the on board stereo with the use of an adapter. GM is definitely making the right move in supporting these popular gadgets, but will this be the deciding factor when purchasing a new vehicle?
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I don't really care for them...Lord Molder wrote:And did you patch Blood with the latest?
I should do that...Lord Molder wrote:Are you any relation to Peter Hobbs?!!
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The Hardy Show - Vintage Matches DVD
For the first time ever, The Hardy Show presents The Core Group's Vintage Wrestling Matches! Before Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Shannon Moore were household names in the sports entertainment industry, the three friends were paying their dues on pro wrestling's indy scene. Take a walk with The Hardy Show down memory lane and relive some of The Core Group's most incredible and memorable indy matches. Watch Matt, Jeff, and Shannon, as well as their alter-egos of Surge, Wolverine, Willow, and Kid Dynamo, compete in matches that have never been released publicly. An absolutely MUST-HAVE for a true Hardy fan!
- Venom vs. Wolverine - 1998
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- Hardys vs. Andersons - 1997
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AND HERE'S TURN 1: I followed all the orders i already received. If you got any questions about factions and weapons n stuff then pm pls. (Or post it directly under the thread)
First a Overwatch for the Assyrians , the Immortals and the Space Knights so you know now which troops you got on battlefield.
Assyrians and Space Knights (More units will come!)
And the Immortals and Brits (Back-up on the way!)
It may be that the little factions receive some more units too! But no guarantee!
Space Pirates (Sethniski):
One brave pirate must go first...But hes lucky and survives the response fire of Le Duc de Badass (after that action i decided to not make any response fire in the Battle)
Captain Bigstick the Pirate Hero moves up to the fence. He fires at the Space Knights!
FIRST BLOOOOOD! One knight is unlucky and gets killed! HEADSHOOT! His horse survived though..
Another Pirate moves up and shoots at the TBMG but he fails...
The other Pirates just move up to get in the battle. (Bad pic may cause neck problems) ( I know on the original pic the wall didnt exist but i does now sorry for that)
The Britannian League (Silverdream)
The Brits are ready for battle. And they have some sneaky tactics..
The Minigun soldier moves forward and fires at the wall. It breaks! (All mini guns or machine guns can fire 2 times per round! And they can combine their fire to one burst)
The other 2 redguards are moving up and they try to kill some Blue men!
1 Redguard misses but the other one makes it better! One Blue man less.
The Line moves behind the 2 Skirmishers while the other one moves into the other part of the House (James "Peach" Bond aswell)
The 2 Skirmishers are combining their fire on a Orc Lifeguard! ( I know this wasnt your original order but they couldnt move up so fast)
The Orc dies.
Ninja Bro's (Germanico)
My guys arent very entertaining. One Ninja fires blind over the shoulder whilst climbing but fails.
The other one takes the white canon and fires and TBMG! No hit..


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Police in Egypt release detained US citizen
January 26, 2014
CAIRO (AP) — An American translator who was being held by Egyptian police without charges says he is free and plans to travel to the U.S. soon.
Jeremy Hodge, a 26 year old from Los Angeles, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he still doesn't know why he was arrested and held. Hodge and his roommate, 36-year-old Egyptian filmmaker Hossam Eddin el-Meneai, were arrested late Wednesday at their apartment in the Dokki neighborhood of Cairo.
Hodge says Meneai remains in custody. He says he is worried for his roommate's safety, having heard police roughly interrogate Meneai and try to link him with terrorist groups from the lawless Sinai Peninsula.
Hodge says police officers also punched, kicked and beat Meneai with sticks in his presence.


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Long Key Natural Area and Nature Center is located in the Town of Davie and found just west off of Flamingo Road between Griffin Road and I-595, and is situated within an elevated oak hammock that was part of a series of islands surrounded by Everglades marshes hundreds of years ago. This unique land is home to many of Florida's native flora and fauna and offers many sites for photo shoots.
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Kurt Waldo was exposed to fine art through his parents interest and seeing some master works in various museums in Europe at a very early age. He studied both printmaking and painting at the California State University, Chico. Kurt is influenced most by the Impressionist, Fauvist and Abstract Expressionist movements, but fell in love with the Abstract Expressionists. His works are non-representational paintings, leaving the observer to interpret/react/respond to each one on an individual/personal level, and they are to be enjoyed as part of a setting.
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"With the release of Windows Vista, using your PC to watch and record TV has become a whole lot easier. Now, for the first time, Windows Media Center comes bundled with Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the standard Desktop operating system. However, Vista is pricey, and its form and function are of course dictated by Microsoft. If you want full control over your Home Theater PC, and don't want to have to pay Microsoft for it, then Linux is a more than capable alternative base for building a system of your own."


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Monday, September 10, 2012
Blobbing Venice
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Busy girl!ReplyDelete
I loved Venice..I actually LOVED it... and Summertime..although I found it sad too..I can't remember everything though..
Enjoy all your upcoming happenings..
You know how to live..with passion!
Really, Hahahaha! The Blobbing Blogger, or is it The Blogging Blobber. You DO make watercolor painting sound Oh So Elegant Hahaha! Results by any name: lovely. How far will she go into the Blob Zone?ReplyDelete
Great blobbing. Love the paintings. How fun to be going back to David Dewey's. Look forward to the posts. My monitor went bad so I haven't been around lately. Finally went to get a new one. or I should say ANOTHER new one. This one actually works. So now I can see color. Have fun blobbing in Maine. :)ReplyDelete
I just love your blobbing paintings, you say easy peasy !! I'm trying but I'm still not there yet. But as you said practice, practice, practice. I must learn to be patient.Look forward to seeing your new posts after your visit David Dewey, wish I could be with you.ReplyDelete
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ANYONE can Blob Louise!Delete
I'm sure you could do it...
with pastry cream peut-etre?
You're hilarious! Your photos reminded me of the Canaletto & Guardi exhibition that opens at the Musée Jacquemart-André this month! You should check it out when you're in Paris in October.ReplyDelete
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And What I Think About It...
1. The receptionist has perfect, dazzling white teeth.
2. As I wait, traumatized survivors emerge.
3. The drill's whine is heard throughout the building.
4. My shoes are on exhibit when I sit in the dentist chair.
5. The dentist calls me and everyone else "Dear".
6. They ask me questions with their hands in my mouth.
7. My death grip on the chair arms is tiring.
8. They spray ice water on fillings that aren't numb.
9. They want me to open just a little wider.
10. I don't speak clearly when my tongue is 2 inches thick.
11. I really don't want another appointment.
12. They want money (and plenty of it!) for this torture.
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Diego Milito has made it clear that he is happy with life at Inter and is determined to stay at the Nerazzurri until the end of his current contract.
The Argentine attacker has recently been linked with a return to his native country, but Milito has no intention to move any time soon.
"I love it here at Inter and I intend to stay until my contract expires in 2014," the 33-year-old was quoted as saying on the club's official website.
"Anything can happen in football though, it also depends on what the club want to do."
Milito netted once in Inter's 3-1 Serie A win over Chievo on Sunday, and the striker was very pleased to score again after a one-month spell on the sidelines.
"We're happy with the win and I'm pleased to be back. It's so hard being out: I'm doubly pleased. It was an important win tonight, now we need to keep going."
Inter have climbed to fourth spot in the table following this weekend's results.


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I am not sure working like this is entirely healthy for anyone, let alone a single mom. My back and shoulders are a tight, tangled mess of nerves and poor posture induced kinks.
I need to buy one of those jacuzzi tubs or a personal massage therapist. I am also tempted to throw away everything in my house away so there is nothing left to clean. The cleaning, the working, the mothering. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Audrey's exposed to French via her friend Fancy Nancy, who loves to throw around the merci's and the ooh-la-la's. That's French right?
She also loves Tasty Time with ZeFronk on Disney Junior. ZeFronk is a French chef who also appears to be a dachshund. He doesn't so much drop French words as just have a really exaggerated accent. He's always being bothered by his neighbor, a uni-browed cat named Dom who wears a track suit and looks and sounds like Ernest Borgnine. Audrey was beyond amused to find out that one of her new classmates was named Dom. She went right up to him the first day and said "Dom! You see-ly cat!"
One time weeks went by before I realized that Audrey had her DSi set to Spanish. It's one thing if she hears foreign language words from TV shows. Then at least she knows the correct pronunciation and I can decipher what she's on about. But seeing them in writing -- on the DSi or in the Fancy Nancy books -- leads to some interesting misunderstandings.
I was wondering why she kept talking about "a spaniel", until I realized that the DSi shows the language selection as "Espanol". And when I started hearing "Oy, oy" coming from the back seat as she played, it took me a while to figure out that she had changed it to French and this was how she was pronouncing "Oui oui".
Oy indeed.
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Hilarious. My younger son will only REALLY listen to a command if I give it in Spanish. My husband is sort of left out. He's learning as he goes on that one. I don't even remember how I figured that one out either. Probably in frustration I said "No mas!" and he stopped so I carried it over into other things.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 7:22 AM
During my daughter's full assessment at school, she told the psychologist she spoke 3 languages - English, Spanish & Chinese - thanks Nick Jr :/ReplyDelete
I think I'm less concerned about Lily's exposure to spanish via Dora than I am that nobody I know who speaks spanish understands what the hell Dora is saying EITHER. Half the time Dora's first or second letters are unrecognizable and yelling it louder seems to be her cure-all if her audience doesn't say it right the first time. Salta? Santa? Falta?? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING, DORA???? I WANT TO RESCUE THE PIGGIES!!!ReplyDelete
hahaa I love these comments. Tommy has a fascination with foreign languages. When we'd go to a friends house (yeah, back when I HAD friends) he'd change their tv's, video game consoles, cellphones, to portugese (which was pronounced pork-a-cheese). It's hard to get it back to english when you can't read what the prompts are saying!! lolReplyDelete
@Amanda: It really makes me wonder if they comprehend that it's a different language or if they just like the reaction it gets.ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: OMG. Hilarious.
@Jim: Los piggies esta muerto.
@Rhonda: I think I speak my ass speaks pork-a-cheese. I know what you mean about getting it back to English...not easy!
yum yum yum! el tocina es delicioso!!ReplyDelete
It's great that Audrey is multi-lingual!ReplyDelete
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%&#%*&@!! Just wrote a long and of course exceedingly funny comment and the profile gate wouldn't let me thru. No more!! Not gonna do any more!!!ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: #EPICBLOGGERFAIL!!!! That sucks!ReplyDelete
I remember when everyone was so excited that we had a spanish teacher for the kindergarten classrooms...and in came Corbin who still couldn't pronounce half the letters in the alphabet...really?ReplyDelete
I have an annoying habit of slipping to french every once in a while (not that i'm anywhere near fluent, but three years of classes and two weeks in France made some phrases stick in my head)...whenever I say s'il vous plait (please) Corbin always responds, "So I can play? Okay!" And he knows what it means...he's just a smart ass ;)
My son's new teacher suggested that he mainstream in the "cultural exploration class" where they look at the french and spanish languages and cultures so they can decide which one they want to take in 8th grade. REALLY? WTH? he's COMPLETELY non-verbal and doesn't understand instructions in English? how screwed up does she want him to be?! Gotta love special education!ReplyDelete
Dora had Little Bird telling hotel maids "arriba!"ReplyDelete
Jelly loves to run around saying "vamanos!" and other assorted Dora phrases. She just started Jewish preschool so I'm waiting for the Hebrew phrases to start.ReplyDelete
I do wonder what Moe thinks of other languages. To him, they all might be an incomprehensible as English. Or maybe he's fluent in all of them. I have no idea.
You must get some video of multi-lingual Audrey!
"Ai you dea ar ea wu"ReplyDelete
Audrey texted this to me on August 20 at 9:34 a.m. I'm thinking she was trying to dazzle me with her limited Chinese, but then the iPhone auto-correct went crazy with the foreign language? OR.....you accidentally sat on your phone and butt-texted me.
I'm pretty sure it was Audrey though since it was followed up by her usual chaser line, "Hi Audrey!"
What is it about our kids? Most of them struggle with English yet tahy also have a fascination with forign languages? My guy is the same!ReplyDelete
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I definitely want some video of your multilingual little talent. I think it is cool that she wants to explore the different languages on her dsi, if I had done that when I had my ds I would have been lost and screwed trying to undo it!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog through Parents, and wanted to say hi- I saw that you went to the U of I in Champaign, and that's where my family and I live. :)ReplyDelete
My boys love to play with their Batman Laptop set to the Spanish mode...when you don't put in the right code it says "Access Denied" but in Spanish it sounds way more funny.ReplyDelete
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I propose that the good members of this forum knock their heads together and initiates an image salvage operation to save the very best Photobucket-hosted pictures from inactive members. The works of old masters are in danger of being lost forever, courtesy of Photobucket! See more here for Chaos Dwarf Online's unfolding initiative on the issue:
We risk an almost complete breakdown of continuity in images
With the recent Photobucket trouble we'll have to ask ourselves what legends of old should be targeted for photo backup? This is a disaster to continuity and it seems we have scarce time to act before the old photos go completely unavailable. As of now, it is possible to right-click pictures under lockdown, choose view image in new tab and copy it from there.
Remember that Imageshack has already robbed us of archive material, and the Photobucket strike is much larger in scope. We risk losing almost everything old which new members have stumbled upon through the years, taking inspiration from old masters.
I know I'll not have much time to contribute with in the coming weeks. I must fix some Golden Hat entries today and maybe tomorrow, but I could help some after that, within limitations. If many of us could help some, it would add up. This is not drudgery which anyone wish to do during the summer, but it is now or never, unless Photobucket come to their senses and change direction completely.
Can we please gather links to the logs and work of inactive members which we'd particularly like to see saved from the looming disaster? Then we could chew through the threads one at a time and avoid redundant double-work by advancing which thread/member we each pick. An all-out manual trawl of the whole log section could maybe be possible, but it would be true slave labour. Realistically, we should target worthy pictures in particular.
If we can establish a link list, then some volunteers could possibly wade through it to save backup copies on their own computer, to be transferred to some free and currently stable photohosting site such as Imgur. From there, we could re-upload some stuff in big chunks with lots of photos.
Please remember that artwork should be saved along with miniature photos.
Let's take tjub as an example. His stuff is particularly easy to find and save for backup, since he has both a compilation of picture links in his market thread and moreover an index in his monster of an army log. On the other hand, there is a lot of stuff to wade through! But it can be done.
We might wish to target long-since inactive members first and foremost, but this wrecking ball strikes at everyone's Photobucket album, active or inactive.
Also, I suppose it could be good if we tried to name the image file after its creator (e.g. "Snotling 01" or "Snotling Ballista 02" ), just so it's tagged straight away.
Saving your own pictures is quite straightforward and should probably be possible even after the changes have been fully implemented. However, saving others' of long since inactive members is a window that will soon close. If you know of anything specatcular and old you'd rather not be unable to see in the future, then head to that log and grab it.
There is one saving grace before Photobucket goes utterly dark. You can apparently download others' albums, if their privacy lets you see the album:
So some speed is won that way.
I just realized that I for a long time saved links to outstanding works of various kinds much more often than actual pictures. This might turn into a headache...


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Executive Summary:
In the quest to improve analysis time for users needing data, we look at creating dimensions, attribute relationships, and how they help the cube engine respond faster to queries. We look at a fundamental problem with dimensions by creating a cube, then discuss how to create attribute relationships, which help to speed the data analysis process.
To better help your users with data analysis, you create proper dimensions, which we covered in Part 1 of this article. We also discussed how to process the dimensions, and we found that our two-dimensional project was showing a warning symbol next to the Time dimension name. This wasn't caused by the overly long name, but it does indicate a fundamental problem with dimensions, which we'll examine shortly by creating a cube. Then we'll look at how to create attribute relationships, which tell the cube how dimension attributes relate to each other and help to speed the data analysis process.
Creating the Cube
To understand why the Time dimension is showing a warning on its one hierarchy, let's first build a cube. Right-click the Cubes folder in the Solution Explorer and select New Cube to open the Cube Wizard. The first screen confirms that the cube will be built from a data source, while the next screen shows the list of data source views. Next, the wizard attempts to determine which tables are dimension tables and which are fact tables. Normally the wizard determines this correctly based on the joins in the underlying relational database, but sometimes you'll have to perform minor tweaks to correctly specify the table types. In addition, the page asks for the name of the time dimension table, if one exists; I selected DimTime as the time dimension table.
The next screen shows up only if dimensions already exist — it asks developers to select any existing dimensions they want in the cube. If additional dimensions are required, the cube wizard will create them, but for this example I'll select the two dimensions just created. The next screen shows a list of all the possible measures from the fact table. The wizard selects any field with a numeric data type, so you must remove the foreign key fields in most cases. For this example I will select only the Sales Amount field.
After completing the wizard, the cube actually shows four dimensions: Product, Ship Date, Order Date, and Due Date. This is because there are three joins from the fact table back to the time dimension table. This is called a role-playing dimension and is discussed in the article "Data Warehousing: Dimensional Role-Playing," December 2007.
Now the cube can be processed. All the data from the fact table is read and loaded into the cube, ready for analysis.
Examining the Problem
This simple cube contains only Product and Time dimensions along with a single measure from the FactInternetSales table: Sales Amount. Figure 1 shows a view of the Sales Amount measure and the Calendar Quarter attribute from the Order Date dimension. Note that the Calendar Quarter attribute isn't being pulled from the Calendar hierarchy but is simply the standalone attribute. Normally, attributes added to a hierarchy are then hidden as standalone attributes so as not to confuse users.
The query returns proper results, but notice that there are only four quarters shown. Each quarter is the total for that quarter for all years; normally, users want to see quarters broken down by year. By placing the Calendar Year attribute on the grid before the Calendar Quarter, the dimension will work as expected. However, there are two problems: First, users must know which attributes to drag over and in which order. Second, aggregations and indexes aren't being built to facilitate the normal analysis that will be done, which is drilling down the Year to Quarter to Month to Day path.
Recall that the hierarchy, now called Calendar, had a warning indicator next to it. This warning indicates that this is not a natural hierarchy, and the term "natural hierarchies" will be explained in a moment. Therefore, queries at any level of the hierarchy other than the lowest level are suboptimal.
In a relational sense, here is what's happening: All attributes are related to records in the fact table through the key field of the dimension. This makes perfect sense, since that's the way a relational join is typically made. If the user asks for yearly totals for the Sales Amount measure, the cube must read all of the daily records; it doesn't know how the attributes relate to each other. Therefore, without attribute relationships, all queries go to the lowest level of granularity in the dimension to get resolved. In large cubes, this could mean summing up billions of values.
Attribute relationships, on the other hand, tell the cube how attributes are related. If the cube engine understands that the Year attribute can be derived from the Quarter attribute, it can potentially read a much smaller number of records to satisfy the query. By knowing the relationships between the attributes, the cube engine is able to create aggregations at various levels of the hierarchy to respond to queries much more quickly.
Creating Attribute Relationships
Creating attribute relationships means placing attributes in the proper order, but one challenge is to ensure that each attribute in the hierarchy is related only to the next level and not more than one level. For example, the Year and Quarter attributes should be related, while the Quarter and Month attributes should also be related. The Month attribute shouldn't be related to the Year attribute; even though months do eventually roll up to years, they do so through the Quarter attribute. SSAS understands that months roll up to years but adding an extra relationship that ties months directly to years while months are also tied to quarters and quarters are tied to years can lead to problems.
Figures 2 and 3 show the dimensions after the attribute relationships are created in this simple demonstration cube. Figure 2 shows the attribute relationships in SSAS 2005 while Figure 3 shows the attribute relationships in SSAS 2008. SSAS 2008 adds a graphical designer for creating attribute relationships, which makes it easier to see the relationships and spot problems. Note that after the attribute relationships are created, the warning indicator disappears from the Calendar hierarchy in Figure 2; it is also gone from the hierarchy in SSAS 2008.
Attribute relationships can be of two types: flexible or rigid. If the relationship shouldn't change, the attribute relationship should be set to rigid. For example, a City is located in a State/Province and isn't expected to move; Chicagoans will likely not wake up one morning to find that their city has traveled up the road to Wisconsin. Therefore, the relationship between City and State/Province should be rigid. On the other hand, companies frequently realign sales territories, so the relationship between Sales Territory and Sales Area should be flexible.
Setting Key Values
In some cases, creating the attribute relationships is all that is required. In other cases, such as with the Time dimension, there is another issue. Before any attribute relationships were created, browsing with the Calendar hierarchy worked correctly. In the case of the Calendar hierarchy, there are four quarters in each year and three months in each quarter. This means, for example, that 2002 has a quarter 1 and 2003 also has a quarter 1. When creating attribute relationships, quarters roll up into years. However, simply creating the attribute relationships means that the query for the Quarter attribute, which uses the equivalent of a SELECT DISTINCT, will return only a single Quarter 1. The year to which this single Quarter 1 belongs is unpredictable, but it will be either 2002 or 2003, but not both.
Figure 4 shows this in action. The year 2001 has only a fourth quarter; previously, there were two quarters there, as the data only contained the third and fourth quarters of 2001. On the other hand, the year 2002 used to have all four quarters and now it contains only one quarter. Note that in this case, the cube will only process if the attribute relationships are set to flexible; if they are rigid, the cube processing will fail because one of the quarter values will be found under more than one parent.
To ensure that the quarters are properly tied to the years, the KeyColumns property of the Quarter attribute must be changed. By default, the key member is simply the Quarter column. Cube designers will have to add the Year column as well, and order is important: The Year column must be moved before the Quarter column because the Year column identifies that quarters are part of years and not vice versa. In other words, to uniquely identify a quarter means that you need Year and Quarter, not just the quarter by itself.
While it's important that the Month attribute be tied to the Quarter attribute and not the Year attribute, it is equally important that the Month KeyColumns property be changed so that we don't have the same problem as with quarters; namely, we don't want each month to appear in only one of the years. However, the proper setting of the KeyColumns for the Month attribute is to add the Year column, not the Quarter column. If this seems counterintuitive, it's important to understand that tying January to Quarter 1 doesn't make it January unique; instead, tying January to a specific year is what is necessary. This is one of the primary areas of confusion for cube designers when they create attribute relationships.
Given what you've just done, it's important to understand the overall process. First, create the dimension. Next, create the attribute relationships where they make sense. After creating the attribute relationships, examine the dimension to see if any key values for attributes need to be modified to handle situations where a child with the same name may exist below multiple parents.
Begin With Dimensions, Move to Attribute Relationships
Dimensions are the cornerstones of a good data warehouse. Building relational dimension tables isn't technically necessary but I highly recommend it because having relational dimension tables in a star or snowflake schema usually requires a level of consolidation and data cleansing that ensures data quality. In addition, having relational dimension tables makes it much easier to properly build dimensions in SSAS.
If you take the time to build proper dimensions, add useful hierarchies that support user's navigational needs, then perform the important step of adding attribute relationships, you'll realize several benefits. SSAS creates proper indexes and aggregations, speeding up the analysis process by allowing much faster queries. SSAS also processes faster by creating aggregations more quickly and physically storing the data more efficiently. Therefore, you win as a developer of the cube and your users win through faster, more intuitive analysis of the data.


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Well after doing my research on the forum on what would be needed to get the marker to work properly like breaking in the ACS, changing out the detents to bob long intimidator detents and getting a force feed loader (halo B w/rip). My full day of play with the MR2 was great. Not once did I have a break or double feed on any of the trigger settings. Not once did I have to recock the gun during game play. The only problem was I went through way too much paint and HPA because I was having a blast with this marker.
I got to play all day without having to set on the picnic table cleaning out my marker. So thanks to everybody who posted here with their advice for other people on how to fix those annoying MR2 problems.
And too anybody that thinks this marker is too loud let me tell you this. Players want to be on your team and the other side wants to stay clear when they hear that sound of automatic fire coming their direction.
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If a tree falls in a forest and there is no one there to hear it, does that mean it needed maintenance? Probably not. Unless it was one of Mother Nature?s early culls, the tree probably reached a ripe old age before its demise.
If a tree dies in an urban setting, does that mean it needed maintenance? Probably so ? but the right kind. In spite of the fact that our urban trees are lashed to stakes, irrigated to a point where the soil resembles soup and ?trimmed? on a regular basis, the sad fact is that city trees have short lives. Where a tree in the forest might live 100 years or more, when you plant it on a city street, it?s usually dead by the time it reaches a decade.
So does that mean that trees shouldn?t be maintained? Definitely not! Urban trees need maintenance through all phases of their lives. However, in our eagerness to provide proper growing conditions, we often end up interfering with the tree?s biological processes. Or, if we don?t provide maintenance, the tree dies a slow death as it struggles to survive.
Trees generally need the most care as they get established. If they are pruned and irrigated correctly when young, maintenance requirements will be greatly reduced in the future.
Let?s assume that we have
a) ?the right tree in the right place,?
b) planted correctly
c) in adequate soil.
There are volumes of information on any of the above topics. In fact, if those factors are not met, the most sophisticated maintenance techniques will end up as an exercise in futility. However, for the purpose of this article, we will take for granted that all these requirements have been met.
Probably the most important aspect of follow-up maintenance is irrigation. Plainly put, roots will not grow into dry soil. On the other hand, soil that is constantly saturated will result in anaerobic conditions, which simply means that there is no oxygen. Roots require both water and oxygen for life, so the proper balance must be met.
While irrigation during establishment and beyond is a given in drier climates, studies by Dr. Edward Gilman at the University of Florida showed that even in climates with regular rainfall, supplemental irrigation meant not only quicker establishment, but also better overall tree structure. Trees without irrigation tended to develop weak branches and were prone to cracks in the bark later in their life.
Consider that a nursery tree in a container can be irrigated as much as three times a day. The rootball is almost constantly at an optimal state of moisture, since soil drainage is usually excellent. Thus, frequent, light irrigation is necessary for the best rate of establishment. Be sure to keep the rootball evenly moist, but also irrigate beyond the rootball so that roots can grow into the surrounding soil. Keep in mind that if the soil dries out completely, minute root hairs and so-called ?feeder roots? can die completely.
You could lose almost an entire year?s root growth if you under-irrigate the first summer,? Gilman cautions.
How often is enough? During the long, hot summer, trees can be irrigated on a daily basis during establishment. Remember, these are light irrigations ? just to moisten the rootball and the soil beyond.
This does not mean that the tree should be submerged in ?soil soup.? If a tree is planted in a sidewalk cutout, irrigating properly becomes a huge challenge. Monitor conditions carefully. Use a soil probe to see just how wet the soil gets and to what depth. Check frequently to see just how long it takes for the soil to begin to dry out. You want to irrigate before it gets completely dried out, but infrequently enough to allow oxygen to remain in the soil.
Pruning to train young trees is also crucial to their long-term success. If you establish a strong foundation for future growth, maintenance will be greatly reduced. After all, a healthy tree requires much less maintenance than one that is struggling. Pruning a young tree is easy; it can generally be done from the ground or using a short ladder and will only require a good pair of hand pruners. At most, you might need loppers or a hand saw.
Dr. Larry Costello, University of California Cooperative Extension Environmental Horticulture Advisor, San Francisco?San Mateo counties, has devised a five-step pruning program to train young trees.
First, inspect the tree and remove dead, diseased and unwanted branches. Next, identify and establish a central leader. Trees that have two leaders develop ?codominant stems? and ?included bark.? This will inevitably lead to the tree splitting in half at some point in its life. It is critical to develop the central leader early on. If codominant stems are allowed to develop, removal later on can leave large wounds and compromise the structural integrity of the tree.
Identify the lowest permanent branch, depending on the use. For example, street trees should be pruned so the lowest branch on the sidewalk side is at eight feet and the lowest branch on the street side is at 14 feet from the ground. Strong attachments should also be preserved and weak attachments should be removed.
Identify scaffold branches above the lowest prominent branch. Select strong attachments and check radial spacing and vertical spacing. You need to visualize how large the branches will be when they are mature.
Look at branches below the lowest permanent branch and remove them at an early age. You can leave them during the first years of a tree?s life to protect the trunk, but take them off before they reach an inch or so in diameter. (Note: A video, ?Training Young Trees for Structure and Form,? is available through the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources publications catalog. For more information, visit http://anrcatalog. ucdavis.edu/.)
Establishing a sturdy structure is generally best done over the course of a couple of years, especially removal of lower branches. If you can do nothing else, though, be sure to establish a central leader. And don?t forget to remove any stakes! Tree stakes should always be removed after the first year or so.
Proper fertilization is probably the next important maintenance concern. The need for nutrients will vary, depending on the soil type. The only way to truly customize a fertilization program is with a soil test. This will tell you the nutrient content of the soil, the pH and, if necessary, the salt content. Knowing this, you can determine which nutrients the tree needs.
However, like most plants, nitrogen is probably the major nutrient that is needed for growth. Many other nutrients are already present in the soil. If a tree is grown in or near a turf area, though, it probably gets enough nitrogen if the turf is fertilized regularly.
If the soil is low in organic content, fertilizers with humic acids, mycorrhizae, composts or other organics may help. Organic mulches will also gradually raise the organic contact of the soil. (Mulches also can reduce evaporation and keep weeds down, plus much more ? but that?s another article!)
Fertilizers can be applied in the early spring before the tree puts on its major growth flush. Some arborists also recommend an early fall application, as many trees experience major root growth during autumn. Newly planted trees should receive small amounts of quick release nitrogen (about .1 (1/10) lb per 100 sq. ft.) or twice that amount for slow-release N. Broadcast and water in.
If a tree has a thriving root system due to proper irrigation in its early years, plus a strong branch structure because of good training and pruning, it will be much easier to maintain later on. However, it will still need some maintenance to do its best.
Once established, the second phase of a tree?s life begins. This is a growth phase. Depending on the species and location, trees can double in size during a single growing season. If you are ?inheriting? a tree during this phase, it?s still not too late to perform corrective pruning. Follow the basic steps for tree establishment listed above. Keep in mind, though, that you shouldn?t remove more than one-third of the total canopy ? less than one-quarter is even better. In this phase, the tree can still recover from major branch removal if it is in good overall health.
Don?t take this to mean th at you should be topping the tree. Topping ? removing large branches and leaving big stubs ? is never recommended. If the tree is ?too big,? remove it now and plant something else that fits the space. Topping can make the tree a liability for life.
Your fertilization rate should increase to .2-.4 (2/10-4/10) lb. N per 100 sq. ft. Soil pH can often affect the uptake of many micronutrients, but iron is usually the biggest problem. Intervenal chlorosis (yellowing between the veins of the leaves) usually means an iron deficiency, but only a soil test can tell you for sure. Iron can be applied on the soil surface. For faster results, foliar sprays can be used. Trees may also be injected with iron and other micronutrients.
Irrigation should be adjusted now so that the tree receives more water less frequently. A tree?s roots absorb the most water directly beyond the tree?s dripline. Therefore, drip emitters that are near the trunk can be eliminated at this time. Although ?infrequent, deep irrigation? may be the usual recommendation, keep in mind that almost all of a tree?s roots are in the top two feet of the soil?s surface and the majority of the roots are in the top foot. Use your soil probe to see how deep the water goes.
In the third phase of a tree?s life ? maturity ? maintenance can actually decrease, especially if the tree has been well cared for in its youth. Irrigation can be adjusted once again for less frequency and longer duration. Fertilization rates can be cut back to .1-.2 lb. per 100 sq. ft.
Pruning should be kept to a minimum. Remove only dead or dying branches. If there are hazardous or crossing large branches due to neglect or injury, they can be carefully removed. However, the tree will need to be monitored carefully.
Mature trees can often suffer symptoms from soil compaction. In this case, drilling or trenching and adding organic matter (be careful to work around major roots) can often improve the tree?s health.
Cabling and bracing trees with structural problems was a popular option that is gradually falling out of favor because of liability concerns. Proper cabling and bracing can save branches and result in years of additional life. But should the tree fail, the arborist who performed the job can be held responsible for any resulting damage to people or property.
The final phase of a tree?s life is senescence ? a nice way to say old age, decline and death. Many times, senescent trees are magnificent, beloved specimens. Hard decisions must be made as to safety and liability.
Basically, when the liabilities outweigh the advantages, it?s time for the final maintenance option ? removal. However, we are then given the opportunity to select, plant and maintain a new tree that will offer shade and beauty for generations to come.
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Arab Open University B321: TMA – 2nd Semester 2016 – 2017 Cut-Off Date: May 4, 2017 About TMA: The TMA covers the management accounting concepts and practices in the businesses. It is marked out of 100 and is worth 20% of the overall assessment componen
Arab Open University
B321: TMA – 2nd Semester 2016 – 2017
Cut-Off Date: May 4, 2017
About TMA:
The TMA covers the management accounting concepts and practices in the businesses. It is marked out of 100 and is worth 20% of the overall assessment component. It is intended to assess students' understanding of some of the learning points within Sessions 1, 3, 6, 9, 11 and 16 beside the supplementary material. This TMA requires you to apply the course concepts. The TMA is intended to:
Assess students' understanding of key learning points within Sessions 1, 3, 6, 9, 11 and 16.
Increase the students' knowledge about the reality of the Managerial Accounting as a profession.
Develop students' communication skills, such as memo writing, essay writing, analysis and presentation of material.
Develop the ability to understand and interact with the nature of the managerial accounting tools in reality.
Develop basic ICT skills such as using the internet.
The TMA:
This TMA is based around two cases of "Blue Corp." and "The balanced scorecard". Marks will be awarded for blending the context of each case and with relevant theory by means of your own interpretation. In addition to this, some research is required.
The TMA requires you to:
1- Review various study sessions beside the supplementary materials.
2- Conduct a simple information search using the internet and the e-library.
3- Present your findings in not more than 1120 words ± 10% (800 words for part A and 320 for part B).
4- You should use a Microsoft Office Word and Times New Roman Font of 12 points.
5- You should read and follow the instructions below carefully. Each part of the process will carry marks for the assignment.
Criteria for Grade Distribution:
Criteria Content Referencing& e-library Structure and Presentation of ideas
Part A Part B
Marks 70 30 (5) (5)
The TMA Questions
PART A: Blue Corp.
Blue Corp. produces five types of tires for the automotive industry:
Product Annual Sales (Units)
The accountant used a traditional, volume-based product-costing system, where he used to allocate the indirect manufacturing costs on the basis of direct-labor cost. The incurred direct costs per unit, in American dollars, are as follows:
Raw material 30 12.5 27.50 24.5 9.5
Direct labor 30 (2 hr at $15) 3 (.2 hr at $15) 24 (1.6 hr at $15) 18 (1.2 hr at $15) 2.25 (.15 hr at $15)
The indirect production cost are as follow:
Manufacturing overhead budget: $
Machine setup 150,000
Machinery 2,200,000
Inspection 700,000
Material handling 1,300,000
Engineering 650,000
Total 5,000,000
The management pricing policy is to set a target price equal to 130% of the full product cost.
The company sold the products B & E at a higher prices than the targets. During the past year Blue Corp. has raised the prices for these two products several times, but there has been no apparent loss of sales and the competitors do not seem to be interested in the market for these products. The management thinks that the company is excelling in the production of these two products and that apparently the company has the market to itself for these two products.
While A, C & D were sold at a prices lower than the targets in order to attract orders, and the company has been under increasing pressures, from customers and competitors, to reduce the prices even further.
The actual current prices for all five products are as follow:
Actual current selling price 220 65 200 190 60
1- Compute the target prices for the three products using the traditional technique. Show your workings.
2- Compute the target prices for the three products using the activity-based costing system using the cost drivers provided by the project team in percentage. Show your workings.
Activity Cost pool Cost Driver Products
Machine setup Number of setups 15% 20% 15% 20% 30%
Machinery Machine hours 5% 30% 10% 15% 40%
Inspection Number of inspections 10% 34% 10% 10% 36%
Material handling Raw-material costs 6% 36% 8% 10% 40%
Engineering Number of change orders 9% 27% 14% 18% 32%
3- Based on your calculations, for both methods, use the return on sales ratio to find the most and least profitable products.
4- Comment on the company's current pricing strategy, the dangers that the company face and the competitors' reactions.
5- Prepare a table showing how the traditional, volume-based product-costing system distorts the product costs.
6- Using to the new target prices based on the new activity-based costing system, write a report to the CEO to discuss the situation of Blue Corp. & the market/competition for its products. You should also discuss the strategic options available and provide you recommendations about the costing system that should be used.
[Marks: (10+20+10+10+10+10) =70]
PART B: The Balanced Scorecard
Jung Hua Li, chief executive officer (CEO) of Fortune Motors, the largest Mitsubishi dealership in Taiwan, sat in his office in eastern Taipei on a chilly day in January 2004, thinking carefully about his vision for the survival of his company. He knew that Fortune Motors' sales in 2003 had fallen below 50,000 units for the first time in 10 years. Fortune Motors' market share had in fact been falling for several years, which Li attributed in part to Toyota's aggressive growth. With long experience of selling and financing new Mitsubishi cars and small commercial vehicles throughout Taiwan, Li had what he thought was a good plan to enter the business of financing used-car purchases. He thought the "Balanced Scorecard" would be a very useful tool to help implement this change. The first step would be to construct a corporate scorecard.
But what should the corporate scorecard look like? What critical variables should he monitor carefully to give him a clear picture of how well his change plan was proceeding?
Several major automakers were represented in domestic auto manufacturing industry in Taiwan. Toyota,
Nissan, Ford/Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Honda all had local assembly plants, which primarily served the local market, though Ford exported approximately 4,500 units (7 per cent of output), and Mitsubishi exported approximately 1,500 units (1.5 per cent) of production in 2003. This domestic manufacturing industry operated under the protection of an import tariff, which had been 30 per cent during most of the
1990s, but in 2002, had been reduced by one percentage point per year.
The total market for new cars in Taiwan was approximately 400,000 vehicles per year). The market had been in steady decline during the late 1990s and had fallen drastically in 2001. Sales had recovered to some degree in the two following years, but 2003 sales had still not recovered to their 2000 level. Toyota was the most successful local manufacturer, with sales of about 100,000 units (28 per cent market share) in 2003. Mitsubishi's share was nearly 24 per cent market share, or about 86,000 units.
Various reasons for this decline had been suggested, including high oil prices and the fact that in recent years, many Taiwanese businesspeople had either temporarily or permanently immigrated to China. Exact numbers of immigrants were difficult to obtain, but some estimated the number at between two million and four million.
As in most countries, new cars in Taiwan were sold through dealerships appointed by the manufacturers and were usually exclusive to a single automaker. Financing for new car purchases was provided by both banks and the dealers (or by automakers through their dealers). Auto loans in Taiwan were a small part of most banks' business, so they usually subcontracted the credit evaluation to outside companies, which relied on public credit data and were paid based on the number of applications processed, not on the accuracy of their risk assessment. As a result, banks' bad auto loans were about 3 per cent per year, whereas Fortune Motors, for example, with a close relationship with its customers, enjoyed a bad loan rate of only 1.3 per cent on its new car loans. Consequently, new car financing was a profitable business for dealers.
The used-car market, however, operated differently in Taiwan. Because new car dealers were registered for tax purposes, when they sold cars, they were required to charge 5 per cent sales tax on both new and used cars. However, when private individuals sold their used cars, the transaction attracted no tax — the purchaser simply registered the new ownership. As a result of this 5 per cent price advantage, the market for used cars was served by approximately 3,000 unregulated small, often family-owned, used-car dealers who were not — and did not need to be — registered for sales tax purposes. Thus, when a new car customer wanted to trade in an old car, the new car dealer did not typically buy it. Instead, the salesperson would put the customer in touch with a reputable used-car trader to complete the transaction. If someone wished to buy a used car and needed financing, finding a source of finance was often difficult. Used-car buyers were perceived as high-credit risks by banks, and banks did not have the expertise to evaluate that risk. The only sources of used-car financing were family or the illegal underground financing market where interest rates could be up to 1 per cent per day. In contrast, a low-risk customer would pay about 20 per cent per year for a personal loan.
Fortune Motors was the larger of the two Mitsubishi retail dealers in Taiwan and was the exclusive supplier of Mitsubishi's line of small commercial vehicles (less than 3.5 tons). The typical price of these vehicles was approximately NT$300,000. Fortune Motors was 40 per cent owned by China Motors
Corporation, the Taiwanese manufacturer of Mitsubishi vehicles, and 60 per cent owned by three local families.
In 2004, Fortune Motor Company operated 89 sales centres throughout the country and dominated the market for small commercial vehicles, with 80 per cent market share. Within Mitsubishi vehicles (including passenger cars), Fortune held 60 per cent share (Shung Ye Group, which sold only the Mitsubishi car line, held the remaining share). In the previous two years, the market for new vehicles in Taiwan had rebounded, growing at about 9 per cent per year after several years of decline. Mitsubishi's share had declined from 25.4 per cent in 2002 to 20.8 per cent in 2003, and within that, Fortune Motors' share from 15.8 per cent to 12.1 per cent.
The company sold and financed new cars (about 40 per cent of Fortune's new car sales were also financed by them) and provided service. Selling new cars was unprofitable, but the financing was profitable, so overall, Fortune Motors' new car sales and financing activity broke even. Servicing was profitable and made about as much profit as financing new cars.
A critical part of financing was the accurate assessment of the credit risk of the customer. Historically, approximately 10 per cent of applications were not approved for credit risk reasons. Li attributed the company's success over its 30-year history to its strong core values, which centered on its careful attention to customer service and satisfaction. Fortune Motors' service motto was "Get it right the first time — or it is free."
The Balanced Scorecard was a tool first proposed by Professor Robert Kaplan and others, based on field research into best practice performance measurement. Each company's scorecard was unique, reflecting the company's corporate strategy, with a limited number of (typically four) measures on four interrelated dimensions or perspectives: Financial, Innovation, Customer and Internal Processes. Senior management would usually prepare each company's corporate scorecard. Sub-units of the company would then build their own lower-level scorecard, informed by and linked to the corporate scorecard. Often, the process of identifying the key measures and their interrelationships was a valuable process in its own right, clarifying the role of sub-units in the corporate strategy. The ongoing annual review and fine-tuning of the scorecard was also a valuable strategy communication and implementation process.
Li's vision was to build on the company's expertise in financing new cars and on the powerful network of relationships between its 1,500 salespeople located in the 89 sales centres with the thousands of small and medium-sized used car sellers around the country. These two strengths would allow Fortune Motors to sell used-car financing profitably through the thousands of small and medium-sized used car dealers in Taiwan.
The dealers that would offer Fortune's financing would not merely be a more attractive source of financing than the illegal market or relatives but would need to meet strict requirements for cleanliness of their premises and for quality and safety standards.
Li envisioned a nationwide umbrella branding of used-car dealers that Fortune Motors would approve as vendors of its financing service. The name-mark he proposed for this venture was SUM, which stood for
"Serve Your Motors." SUM-appointed car dealers would be required to maintain high ethical and customer service standards, compatible with Fortune's own values. Not all used car dealers would be able to become members of the SUM family. Li felt it important that the SUM dealers share his values of the importance of customer service. For this reason, Li believed that husband-and-wife owner-managed small dealerships were most suitable. (The very largest used-car dealers would typically be run by hired managers and were already too large to be able to easily change their existing values, so they would not be appointed. Very small dealers were excluded because they would probably not be economical, since signing up a dealer required considerable effort on the part of Fortune Motors). Li estimated that approximately 3,000 dealers would qualify. In effect, the SUM brand would become a quality and integrity certification of a used-car dealer. For warranty purposes, certified dealers would only be permitted to sell Taiwanese-made vehicles less than five years old. Li did not plan to charge a fee to the used-car dealers for the use of the SUM brand, unless their volume was very small.
Customers buying from a SUM dealer would know that they would be receiving a guaranteed high-quality used car, and if they were financing their purchase, a fair interest rate. In fact, customers would be able to buy an additional warranty if they wished. All this would make purchasing (and financing) a used car from a SUM-certified dealer far less stressful and risky than was the case at present.
Li was aware that he needed to first recruit used car dealers over the next several years and, through them, build up the used car loan business. At the same time, he was concerned about the downturn in the economy, the pressure from Toyota, and the risks of the new business. His management team fully supported the new strategy. He knew that as CEO, it was his responsibility to create the corporate scorecard. How could he best measure the effectiveness of his new strategy?
Source: IVEY Publishing, https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=23108
1. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the used-car financing business proposal. (200 words)
2. What must Jung Hua Li do well in order for the new business to succeed? (60 words)
3. Prepare a balanced scorecard, 2 measures per perspective, for the implementation of this business. (60 words)
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Total Marks: 70 + 30 - 10 Marks of deductions for general presentation and references]
In your answer, you should explain each point or inquiry separately.
All answers should be supported by examples from the case study.
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Bacter Waste Solutions LLC has announced the opening of its new grease trap treatment plant at 1901 Louisville Road and held a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.
CEO Ty Stone said the company was formed in April and the backbone of its business is a patented process for treating organic waste streams. The Savannah plant was built to treat grease trap waste after the city stopped accepting the waste in January 2009. That forced local pumpers to drive to Ridgeland, S.C., to apply the waste on land there, he said.
Stone said his company's patented process digests all of the fats, oils and greases and will convert the resulting sludge to biodiesel feedstock as the technology becomes more efficient.
The process is important, he said, because it removes waste from a landfill permanently and produces a recycled source of nonpotable water that can be repurposed.
"Mayor (Otis) Johnson has stated that he wants Savannah to be on the leading edge of waste-to-energy technology," Stone said. "Our plant is the first of its kind in the world and we call Savannah home."


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Dr. McTigue earned his DDS and MS in Pediatric Dentistry from the University of Iowa. From 1976 through 1984 he taught in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Louisiana State University and served as Chair of the Department of Dentistry at Children's Hospital in New Orleans, La. He chaired the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at The Ohio State University, College of Dentistry from 1984 through 1991. From 1991 through 2002, he served the College as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. He is currently a Director of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He is past president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and of the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped. He has served consultantships to a variety of state and federal health agencies, the US Air Force, the American Dental Association and the Commission on Dental Accreditation which he chaired in 2002-2003. He has maintained a private practice in pediatric dentistry for over thirty years.
Dr. McTigue's research and clinical interests include dental traumatology and children's behavior in the dental office.


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The Home Depot (HD – Free Home Depot Stock Report), the world's largest home-improvement retailer, has reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter (ended November 3rd) results. Sales climbed 7.4% from a year earlier, to $19.47 billion, slightly ahead of our $19.15 billion call. Meantime, comparable-store sales advanced an impressive 7.4%, while domestic stores delivered an even better 8.2% comp. Continuing improvement in the housing market was the primary driver of the robust demand the company experienced in the October period, aided by mild weather. Sales were strong across both categories and geographies, with notable recovery in sales to professional customers and large ticket items (kitchens, appliances, etc.). The sales gains were due to a combination of more customer transactions (up 4.0% year to year) and an increase in the average ticket (+3.2%). Additionally, average weekly sales per store rose 7.0%.
Looking further down the income statement, the gross margin expanded slightly (35 basis points), thanks to a variety of factors, including higher productivity, supply chain enhancements, better shrink management, and gross margin accretive businesses acquired last year. Additionally, management kept a tight grip on SG&A expenses (down 179 basis points year to year), which helped to drive total operating expenses as a percentage of sales down 187 basis points. Ongoing stock repurchases ($6.4 billion year to date) also aided per-share comparisons. All told, The Home Depot earned $0.95 a share in the fiscal third quarter, up 28% from the comparable fiscal 2012 period and nicely ahead of our $0.88 forecast.
The Home Depot faces its biggest challenges in the January period, as it is lapping storm-related spending from last year's Hurricane Sandy. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 also had an additional week of sales relative to this year. Meantime, the gross margin is expected to contract slightly (about 15 basis points) in the current term, as certain benefits from last year are unlikely to repeat. Regardless, the quarter appeared to get off to a solid start, and ongoing momentum in housing should push sales and earnings higher, despite the above headwinds. All told, we continue to look for earnings of $0.70 a share in the fiscal fourth quarter, in line with management's updated guidance. However, we think that there is more upside than downside to our forecast. For the whole of fiscal 2013, sales will likely climb 5.6%, to $78.95 billion, comps ought to rise 7%, the gross margin will probably expand modestly, and earnings are expected to clock in at $3.72 a share.
Looking to fiscal 2014, we are keeping our sales and earnings estimates unchanged at $82 billion and $4.35 a share, respectively. Rising home prices should prompt consumers to invest in their houses and continue to drive demand for The Home Depot's products. While the macroeconomic backdrop ought to remain supportive, company-specific initiatives such as an expanded appliance selection, the use of technology to improve the in-store experience and integrate online and in-store shopping, supply chain management, and catering to professional customers should all help the retailer to deliver another year of solid results.
As for the stock, it rose modestly on this latest news. We still like this equity for conservative investors looking for exposure to the housing market, but its recent price keeps a lid on long-term price appreciation potential, in our view.
About the Company: The Home Depot, Inc. operates a chain of 2,260 retail building supply/home improvement "warehouse" stores across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company's average store size is around 104,000 square feet indoor, plus 24,000 additional square feet in its garden centers. The Home Depot's product lines include building materials, lumber, floor/wall coverings, plumbing, heating, electrical, paint and furniture, seasonal and specialty items, and hardware and tools.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Consumers National Bank is maintaining its local connections while expanding in the region.
When the bottom fell out of the banking industry in 2008, Consumers National Bank didn't have to battle the problems its giant competitors faced.
But five years later, the community bank is coping with the backlash.
Regulations created with passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act might have been aimed at the bigger banks, but the new rules affect smaller institutions, too. It's a matter of staying current with the best practices, said Ralph J. Lober II, president and chief executive officer for Consumers National.
The changes have created challenges for the bank, but also might lead to opportunities, Lober said.
It has become more expensive for banks to do business, he said. There is more scrutiny, and compliance levels are tighter. A loan that Consumers would have made before the collapse in 2008 now requires extensive reviews and more paperwork, as well as time.
To keep up, Consumers hired more employees to complete the paperwork required under the regulations, Lober said.
Consumers wasn't caught by the mortgage problems that bigger banks faced. Lober said the bank always required a down payment, something other financial lending programs backed away from. The requirement protected Consumers.
Still, Consumers finds itself coping with the mistakes that bigger banks made prior to the crisis, Lober said.
To a degree, the mistakes also have helped Consumers. During the past two years Consumers has grown by opening branches in the Belden Village area and Hartville.
Consumers went to Hartville because there no longer was a "local" bank, just larger banks from out of town, Lober said. The new branch has taken advantage of customer flight from bigger banks, he said.
The bank also is considering possible growth through acquisitions.
This summer, Consumers generated $10 million by issuing 655,668 shares of stock. Cash is available if a smaller bank — facing the higher costs of regulation — seeks a partner, or if Consumers finds another community where it believes a local bank is needed.
Lober said Consumers wants to be the bank that people look to in the three-county area — Stark, Carroll and Columbiana — where it operates.
Five Minerva businessmen organized the bank in 1965. Their goal was to help small business owners and farmers with lending and banking needs.
"We're still doing the same thing. We're just doing more of it and in a larger territory," Lober said.
He views Consumers as the banking industry's equivalent of a "first responder" in its 12 markets. The bank has nine lenders, including two focused on agricultural loans, who work with businesses. The lenders — as well as Consumers directors and other executives — work within the community, participate in social groups and community organizations, and get to knew business owners.
"They know what's going on and where the credit needs are," Lober said.
Consumers also strives to keep pace with changes in technology, offering online banking services and other products and conveniences found at larger banks. But as Lober sees it, customers still want a personal touch. Many customers will shop online for accounts and services, but visit the local branch to open an account, he said.
So while Consumers matches the service technology of large banks, it also gives customers access to people, he said. "We will not survive if we don't differentiate — with our service and accessibility — from the big guys."
Lober has been with Consumers since 2007 and became president and CEO in 2008. He grew up in Pittsburgh and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Duquesne University.
Since 2010 he's watched the economy in Consumers' markets change as oil companies began exploring the Utica Shale.
Beginning in 2010 and running through 2012 the bank saw deposits grow nearly 30 percent. Lober believes the growth was from residents who received payments for signing oil and gas drilling leases. The deposits have been flat the past year, but he expects that to change as property owners begin receiving royalty checks.
Drilling has benefited small businesses in the area, Lober said. Restaurants are seeing more customers, and several have remodeled or expanded. Service businesses, trucking companies and welders, along with others, are getting more business. That has some folks asking for loans. "The trick on the loan side is trying to fund out what is short-term growth and what is here to stay," Lober said.
Consumers is one of the growing local companies.
It is working on plans for a new office building to replace the cramped quarters in Minerva. Design work is underway and construction is expected to start next year. The bank hopes to be in its new home, which will be behind the existing building at 614 E. Lincoln Way, by the summer of 2015.
Staying in Minerva was an easy decision. "The board decided we were born here. The commitment is here," Lober said.
When a community loses its local bank, it loses a lot, Lober said. Money that's deposited there goes to a corporation out of town. The bank loses its civic ties. The community loses the people who sponsored programs, Little League teams and civic activities.
The banking industry may have become more efficient through the years, but many banks no longer know the communities they serve, Lober said. "Long term the community suffers," he said.
Consumers intends to stay committed to its region, Lober said. That message was delivered this summer as he and directors met with shareholders to discuss the stock offering. The bank was required to offer the new shares to current shareholders and they responded, buying 97 percent. The remaining stock was bought by new shareholders.
About 1,000 shareholders own Consumers stock, with more than 90 percent living in the region. Lober hopes the investor loyalty continues and extends to younger residents. The investment and their deposits stay in the area and are used here, he said.
"And as much as we can, we buy local," Lober said. "It's just good business."
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There are 216 community banks spread across Ohio, ranging in size from $14.5 million to more than $2 billion in assets.
Among those, Minerva-based Consumers National Bank ranks as one of the larger operations, with assets topping $300 million.
A big challenge faced by community banks is the perception that all banks are alike, said Robert Palmer, president and chief executive officer with the Community Bankers Association of Ohio.
It takes both large banks and community banks to keep the economy moving, Palmer added.
The differences between a community bank and a large national bank lies in relationships, Palmer said. Community bankers see their customers every day at local businesses, schools and churches, as well as community events. Customers are people and not a number.
"They take a lot of pride in not taking advantage of their customers," Palmer said of community bankers.
Because of their size, community banks face bigger challenges dealing with government regulations.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was drawn up to deal with problems created by larger banks because of lending practices. Community banks did not cause the problems, but they must follow the rules.
"It's almost unbearable financially," Palmer said of the Dodd-Frank regulations. "Regardless of the size, it's still a tremendous expense."


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LACOSAMIDE (la KOE sa mide) is used to control seizures caused by certain types of epilepsy.
This medicine is for injection into a vein. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
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Zonegran is used in the treatment of migraine prevention; seizures; parkinsonian tremor; benign essential tremor and belongs to the drug class carbonic anhydrase inhibitor anticonvulsants. Risk cannot be ruled out during pregnancy. Zonegran 25 mg is not a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
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