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Skip to comments.Ford Learns The Price Of Solvency (UAW going back to business usual)
Posted on 11/09/2009 3:20:13 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Ford Learns The Price Of Solvency
Logan Robinson, 11.07.09, 12:00 PM EST
But what has the UAW learned?
In plant-by-plant voting over the last few weeks a large majority of the 41,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) workers employed by the Ford Motor Company voted to reject modifications to their collective bargaining agreement negotiated by their own national union.
The modifications were designed to bring the Ford-UAW agreement into parity with concessions the UAW gave to GM and Chrysler as part of their government-brokered bankruptcies. They included a wage freeze for entry-level workers until the 2015 contract, a commitment to binding arbitration with no strikes until 2015, and other concessions.
In return Ford promised to keep work in various UAW plants in the U.S., and to pay a $1,000-per-worker bonus. This rejection also ends for now the UAWs long-standing commitment to "pattern" bargaining, meaning that the Detroit 3 all get the same labor agreement. Not since Chrysler's near bankruptcy and federal loan guarantees in the late 1970s has this pattern been broken.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
How about right to work states getting a shot first?
Move South we know how to deal with scum down here.
"while the shareholders of GM and Chrysler were wiped out, and the GM bondholders got only a 10% equity stake in the new GM for the $27 billion they lent the old GM, there has been no reduction in the generous base pay, health care or pensions of active UAW workers."
Ford is being torpedoed by the unions so they, too can become Govermint MotUrs.
Why should the UAW agree to anything Ford proposes? The UAW now owns GM and Chrysler so Ford is a competitor, better to bring it down and get equity than let it compete profitably.
Do what Boeing did and move production to SC or another hard core right to work state.
Boeing has unionized workers but I bet in SC they will not be unionized Boeing workers.
If not them move it to Mexico.
Oh - what the heck - In my area of Michigan - I passed by a small group of strikers - go figure - we have 20+% unemployment - and these idiots are on strike??????
The UAW will take over Ford just like they took over Chrysler and GM. At that point I will buy a Toyota, Honda or BMW.
I wonder if there are any antitrust laws that apply here?
Don Obamao's goons are letting Ford know who the boss is.
I wonder if there are any antitrust laws that apply here? ... Your'e damned right there are. Made by Obummer when he handed 42% of the other companies ownership over to the thugs.
Fire all the uaw sobs. Give me a call I'll cross the picket line and work and I'll bet I am not alone.
I'll join you.
Fire them all.
Very likely, but Congress has 0% chance of investigating. There's also the possibility that in one of the myriad pork bills passed this year that an antitrust exemption was issued.
Hey the Saturn Plant is docile,"Ford a new way of doing Business"
Ford should just fight this battle now when there are plenty of workers willing to work in a non-union shop.
The fall of GM, Chrysler was a combination of incompetent management in concert with the UAW thugs. Now that Ford seems to have better management it is time to resist the cancer that is the UAW, otherwise the union will slowly kill Ford.
%%%Move South we know how to deal with scum down here%%%
All auto plants in right to work states.
Come on down to Tennesse, Georgia, Alabama, etc.
We don't NEED or WANT any stinkin' union thugs and pukes here in the good ol' SOUTH.
Come on down to Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, etc.
We don't NEED or WANT any (1 is too many) stinkin' union thugs and pukes here in the good ol' SOUTH.
A company makes a few billion in profit in a quarter and it wants to cut it's employees wages and benefits??? What's the reason??? Just because it can???
Uhhhh YES. Stop the nonsense youre acting like like your workers are in a sweat shop making nothing.
They're making billions...IF they start talking about dropping the price of their products as a result of the cut wages and benefits, I'll support their endeavor...
exactly what cuts are u enduring?
Wonder if Ford is still planning on funding the looney gay pride alliance?
Darn right. We make BMWs and will soon make Boeing planes. Come on down FORD. Just leave the Union thugs up north.
Agreed. Their choices are limited:
- They could cave and become GovernmentMotors 1.3
- They could fight and be bankrupted in short order
- They could fire the union sheep and become the Wal-Mart of car manufacturing. ("Hey, who wants a job!?!")
(But the feds would make it impossible for them to do business. They'd have to move to China.)
No matter what they do, they're screwed. UAW wins again. We'll all be Obamotorists in the end.
- They might get (extremely) creative. The Rules Have Changed.
That whole connection was dropped over a year ago with much fan fair from the org. that was going after Ford for it.
I will never ever buy another auto build in a union (goverment) shop!
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Whether you think of Warner Bros. as the studio that gave you talking pictures, Bugs Bunny, Bogart, or Batman, you have to acknowledge the studio's place at the forefront of Hollywood history. Indeed, it'll be hard to avoid acknowledging it this year, as the studio will be spending 2013 celebrating its 90th birthday.
The celebration kicks off with the release of two massive boxed sets of 50-plus discs each, both entitled the "Best of Warner Bros." — a 100-film set of DVDs and a 50-film set of Blu-rays. Both sets encompass the studio's milestones of the entire sound film era, which Warners itself kicked off in 1927 with the release of "The Jazz Singer." (The sets go all the way up to the 2010 classic-to-be "Inception.")
As familiar as these movies are, there's still plenty you may not know about the legendary movie studio, from who the actual Warner Brothers were, to the stars the studio minted, to its technical innovations, dramatic downturns, and recent achievements. Read on for a list of little-known facts about the Hollywood institution. (Many of these were gleaned from "Hollywood Be Thy Name," the 1999 biography of the brothers written by Harry Warner's granddaughter, Cass Warner Sperling, and Cork Millner.)
1. Yes, Warner Bros. has a motto, and no, it's not, "That's All, Folks!" In fact, it's "Educate, Entertain, and Enlighten."
2. How many Warner Brothers were there? Initially, there were 12 siblings, four of whom died in childhood. The founders of the studio were four of the surviving siblings: Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack.
3. The studio dates its founding to its incorporation on April 4, 1923, but the Warners were in the movie business long before that. In the first years of the 20th century, the family (then based in Youngstown, Ohio) bought a film projector and used it in to show movies in a tent that they toured throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania before opening their first stand-alone theater in 1906. In 1907, they moved into film distribution.
4. The Warner Brothers started to produce their own movies in 1910. By 1918, they had built their first studio in Los Angeles, in Culver City. Two years later, they moved to a site in Hollywood, on Sunset Blvd., in what is today the Sunset Bronson Studios.
5. The studio's first major star was a German shepherd, Rin Tin Tin. The dog appeared in 27 movies and was Warners' biggest asset of the silent era. According to legend, he even received the most votes for Best Actor during the first Academy Awards, but the Academy, seeking credibility, gave the prize to the human male with the most votes, Emil Jannings.
6. "The Jazz Singer" is considered the first major talking picture, but it was not the first sound film. In the mid-'20s, Warners introduced Vitaphone, a system for accompanying film with sound from engraved discs, that was used for talking short films and for musical sequences in the exhibition of such Warners features as John Barrymore's 1926 hit "Don Juan."
7. Still, "The Jazz Singer" was the first successful feature-length film featuring spoken dialogue. Sam Warner, the brother who was the strongest supporter of the Vitaphone technology, died at 40 of complications from pneumonia on the eve of the film's 1927 premiere. The Al Jolson vehicle was a smash, putting Warners on the map as a major studio and facilitating its move to the massive studio lot in Burbank that Warners occupies to this day. More important, "The Jazz Singer" ushered in the transition from silent movies to sound films throughout the world within the next couple of years.
8. In the 1930s, Warners was best known for its gangster movies. "Little Caesar," the 1930 melodrama about a mobster's violent rise and fall, set the template for virtually all gangster dramas to come. The crime dramas that followed throughout the decade — including "Public Enemy," "I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang," "Angels With Dirty Faces," and "The Roaring Twenties" — made stars out of such Warner contract players as Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Paul Muni, and Humphrey Bogart.
9. Other stars who made their names as Warner contract players in those days included Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, George Raft, and Ronald Reagan.
10. With the coming of World War II, the studio began to specialize in war dramas supporting the Allied effort. The archetypal movie of the period was 1942's "Casablanca." The Humphrey Bogart classic may be the most beloved movie in the studio's history; to this day, the film's theme song, "As Time Goes By," can be heard while the "WB" shiield logo appears at the beginning of every Warner Bros. release.
11. The studio got its first cartoon star with Porky Pig in the mid-1930s, though he was soon supplanted by Bugs Bunny (who debuted in 1940) as the Warners' mascot. Despite the production of hundreds of legendary shorts whose subversive, irreverent humor has kept them fresh to this day, Jack Warner treated the cartoon division with indifference bordering on contempt. He supposedly knew so little about his studio's own product that he mistakenly believed Mickey Mouse was one of his properties. In the 1950s, he sold much of the Warners' cartoon library for a mere $ 3,000 per short, thus depriving the studio of untold millions in future revenues.
12. In 1950, Warners was facing the rise of television and the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Paramount decision, which forced the Hollywood studios to sell off their theater chains. Facing an uncertain future, Jack Warner sold off most of the studio's pre-1950 library of classic films for just $ 21 million.
13. James Dean made only three movies, all of them for Warners: "East of Eden," "Rebel WIthout a Cause," and "Giant."
14. Jack Warner had been the effective head of the studio since the 1920s, often clashing with his brothers. In the 1950s, the brothers agreed to sell their interest in the studio, but Jack secretly bought his brothers' shares through a consortium. Soon, he was the sole head of the studio. His brothers never forgave him, and Harry never spoke to him again. Harry died soon after in 1958; Jack did not attend his funeral.
15. Over the years, Warners was involved in several landmark censorship battles. Such gritty early 1930s films as "Baby Face" (in which Barbara Stanwyck sleeps her way to the top of the corporate ladder) were so scandalous that they led to the 1934 institution of the Production Code that kept movies sanitized for the next 35 years. In 1951, the studio wrangled with the Code administrators over the adults-only content of "A Streetcar Named Desire" until finally achieving some compromises that permitted the release of the landmark film. In 1966, the studio flouted the code with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and was rewarded with several Oscars and box office success. That was the victory that ultimately forced the code to fold forever, to be replaced in 1968 by the movie content ratings system we have today.
16. Jack Warner stepped back from his studio-chief duties after the 1967 flop "Camelot." He'd been running the studio he co-founded longer than any of the other moguls of his generation, including Harry Cohn (Columbia) and Louis B. Mayer (MGM), and his retirement was considered the end of an era.
17. Warners created the blueprint for the modern-day superhero movie with 1978's "Superman" (with Christopher Reeve) and 1989's "Batman" (with Michael Keaton), both based on caped-hero titles published by DC Comics, which was a division of Warner Bros.
18. For the last three decades of his career, Stanley Kubrick worked exclusively with Warner Bros. as his distributor, in a partnership that resulted in such classic films as "A Clockwork Orange," "The Shining," and "Full Metal Jacket."
19. Warners boasts nine Best Picture Oscar winners, from "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937) to "The Departed" (2006).
20. Warners got most of its classic library of features and cartoons back in 1996 when it purchased Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting. The Turner collection included the MGM/United Artists library and the RKO library, which seems to be the reason why the new Best of Warner Bros. DVD and Blu-ray collections include such films as "The Wizard of Oz," "Gone With the Wind," "Citizen Kane," "An American in Paris," and "Singin' in the Rain," which were not Warner Bros. productions.
21. Warners ushered in the modern-style documentary wave with 1989's "Roger & Me," which launched Michael Moore's directing career.
22. In 2009, Warners became the first studio to gross more than $ 2 billion in North America in a calendar year.
23. Warners' biggest grossing hit ever: 2011's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," with a worldwide gross of $ 1.3 billion. Its biggest domestic hit: 2008's "The Dark Knight," which earned $ 533 million in North America.
24. Virtually every movie Clint Eastwood has directed or starred in for the past 45 years has been for Warner Bros., a partnership that has included about 40 films.
25. To the extent that the studio is known for anything these days, it's for greenlighting mega-franchises: the Harry Potter movies, the Matrix trilogy, Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" trilogies (made by Warners' indie division New Line Pictures), the "Sherlock Holmes" movies, the "Hangover" comedies, and the Superman movies (including this year's upcoming "The Man of Steel").
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'Unforgiven' (1992)
'Lord of the Rings: Return of the King' (2003)
'Million Dollar Baby' (2004)
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this isn't even available on a carrier, is it? why lock it down?
i believe that was actually a WebOS phone. the pilot IS actually a year or so old. it took NBC this long to decide if they actually wanted to air it
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for just contacts storage, you can shut off google accounts sync and just save them to your phone. Android contacts can actually hold quite alot...
going by the dev preview, there's still alot to fix before win8 is ready
freezing wasn't working for me. i had to move the system version to my SD card, search all instances of Swype from /data and delete them (don't...
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i tried this, the beta just constant force closes.
you can freeze the included one, install the beta, but not use it
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had mine since day 2, protectorless, and no scratches. maybe something in your pocket is extra abrasive?
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MY 2008 Honda Fit has nearly 100,000 miles on it and keeps on chugging. Its the best city car I've ever had. (You should see me wedge its 108″ into a 109″ parking space.) Occasionally it needs maintenance, however, and recently I brought it into the shop for new struts and springs.
Walking home, I took a route new to me, at least as a pedestrian. I'd driven along Clinton Avenue before and knew there were outstanding houses there, but there's nothing like being on foot for really observing your surroundings.
There are probably more freestanding Victorian mansions here than anywhere else in Brooklyn — remnants of the robber-baron days when wealthy industrialists chose this area, near the East River and the ferries to Manhattan, to built their family homes.
Along a several-block stretch of Clinton Avenue from Fulton Street almost to the river, there are more-elegant-than-usual brownstones, detached Greek Revival houses with porches and lawns, and smaller freestanding houses in a variety of architectural styles, some quite playful.
The neighborhood is called Clinton Hill, and along with Columbia Street in Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope's "Gold Coast" (Prospect Park West), it's one of the best places to see how the 1% lived in 19th century Brooklyn.
AFTER CHARLESTON, Savannah, Georgia, two hours to the south, seems busy, noisy and touristy. Parking and restaurant reservations are hard to come by, probably because we're here on a weekend.
But Savannah's historic district, which forms the heart of the city and is centered on 22 lush public squares, of an original 24 first laid out in the 18th century, is a stunner.
Many of the houses are from the mid-19th century and reminiscent of Brooklyn's flat-fronted, three-windows-across row houses, though with shutters and sometimes wrought iron balconies. Free-standing mansions abound, in a variety of styles, and everything is fringed with palms and other greenery.
The early part of our visit was a washout. It was pouring rain and we couldn't find a guided walking tour (only trolley and horse-drawn carriage tours, which I rejected as embarrassing). Instead, we picked up a book and did a self-guided one, taking in classic sites that included Forrest Gump's bench in Forsyth Park and the terracotta-colored house featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, above, as well as the only Gothic style synagogue in the U.S., below, built in the 1840s and still going strong.
We happened on one of the few historic houses open to the public, the c.1841 Old Sorrel-Weed House, below. It had been used as a boarding house and had some tacky retail shops on the ground floor from the 1940s through 1990s. Then it was bought by a private individual who spent a few million trying to bring it back to how it looked when it was a social hotspot for such guests as Robert E. Lee.
The owner ran out of funds before completing the restoration (modern plastic chandeliers are still in place), and gifted the house, still far from finished, to a foundation. They call it Greek Revival-Regency style, which is new to me, but I love the deep colors of the rooms (similar to the originals, discovered under 30 layers of paint) and the moldings, doors and other details that survived because of what our guide called "inadvertent conservation." The ceilings had been dropped, fireplaces boxed in, etc., during the house's years of debasement, so the original details remained mostly intact.
We are lodged at the River Street Inn, below, a former cotton warehouse and one of several surviving early 19th century brick industrial buildings, constructed of ballast stones and built on a bluff, that have been converted to riverside hotels.
The Savannah River is right outside our window. Barges loaded with containers pass by with regularity, and the sounds of foghorns and music from the clubs below waft in at night.
Best meal so far: a genteel Southern-style lunch at the c.1789 Olde Pink House, below, where I had my first-ever Hoppin' John (rice with vegs and black-eyed peas).
Enjoyed an afternoon latte at the Gryphon, below, a tea room operated by the Savannah College of Art and Design in a turn-of-the-century apothecary shop.
As I write this, the blare of a trumpet from a busker on the riverfront walk is penetrating the closed windows and balcony door of our river-view digs. Louis Armstrong he's not. But the sunset over the Savannah River is making up for it.
FOR A CITY that has endured wars, hurricanes, fires and earthquakes, the historic architecture of Charleston, South Carolina is amazingly well-preserved (or well-restored). An old-house enthusiast like myself has plenty to see: eight major house museums, beautiful churches and public buildings, and the rice plantations in the surrounding low-country, which provided the wealth that grew the city in the 18th and 19th centuries, on the backs of enslaved Africans.
I flew down here to join a friend who is driving from New York to Florida. We spent three nights at the comfortable and central Kings Courtyard Inn, below, a converted 1850s commercial building whose open-air atrium reminded me of Spain.
My head is stuffed with impressions from three days of walking tours, house tours and museum visits. Charleston is a city of 'firsts' and 'oldests,' of complicated and intertwining family trees. I took no notes, and you'll forgive me if I gloss over historical details.
My stomach is stuffed too, with she-crab soup, fried green tomatoes, and shrimp and grits.We couldn't get into the two Anthony Bourdain-recommended restaurants, FIG and Husk — the former because it's closed for renovation and the latter because it's booked weeks in advance. But we didn't have a bad meal at any of the restaurants we tried along East Bay Street, including Slightly North of Broad, Magnolia's and Amen Street, and Poogan's Porch on Queen.
Day 1 began with a two-hour group walking tour with Charleston Strolls, an intelligent introduction to development of the city at the tip of a low-lying peninsula where two rivers meet, a meander through narrow stone streets lined with houses modest and grand, ending at the mansions along the Battery.
Later, on our own, we visited the city's main synagogue, a true temple in Greek Revival style, built in the mid-19th century; spent a little time in the Charleston History Museum (skippable) and then took the last of the day's tours at the Joseph Manigault House, below, an early 19th century Federal brick building owned by wealthy planters that later became a tenement home to 10 families and served as Army housing during WWII, before being restored, appropriately furnished, and opened to the public.
On Day 2, we drove half an hour out of town to Middleton Place, a onetime rice plantation owned by a family whose members signed both the Declaration of Independence and the South Carolina Declaration of Secession. The house that remains is simple; Union troops burned the main building in 1865. But acres of formally landscaped gardens were restored by heirs in the 1920, and now the waterfront site is full of live (evergreen) oaks dripping with Spanish moss and banks of camellias in full January bloom.
This morning we ambled around parts of the historic district we'd missed and squeezed in one more house museum, the 1828 Edmonston-Alston House, below, from whose verandah (called piazzas in Charleston) Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War took place in 1861, is visible. I loved the Greek Revival moldings and the proportions of the rooms, not dissimilar to Brooklyn brownstones of the era — long and narrow, with a high-ceilinged second floor for formal entertaining, more modest family rooms downstairs.
Did I mention Charleston is a very pretty town? It's not because of the pancake-flat topography, and even the harbor, sparkling as it is, lacks drama. (It was surely more interesting when filled with hundreds of boats, as it was in its heyday.) It's the charm of the streetscape, lined with mostly three-story brick and stucco houses, nearly all with shutters and verandahs, impeccably tidy plantings, and, of course, historical plaques.
GREAT, RAW, OPEN SPACE, hefty wood columns and white brick walls make up this quintessential urban loft, converted to a home for two by Ensemble Architects of Brooklyn. Read all about it in my weekly column, The Insider, on Brownstoner.com.
THE TWO POLES OF MY EXISTENCE are the immensity of nature that is the East End of Long Island and the intensity of humanity that is New York City. Which do I prefer? There's no contest; it's the former.
But with a couple of hours to kill in Midtown recently, while waiting to join a friend for Skylight on Broadway, I found much in the West 30s and 40s to command my attention.
Emerging into Times Square after the performance, the visual stimulation was an assault. There's something undeniably exciting about it, I admit, but… get me back to the country ASAP.


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The Age of Sustainable Development
This month, Jeffrey D. Sachs joins the long list of Henry George Distinguished Speakers to grace the Schimmel stage.
On Thursday, November 21, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Jeffrey D. Sachs will come to Pace as part of the 13th Annual Henry George Symposium to address The Age of Sustainable Development from an economist's perspective.
American economist Jeffrey D. Sachs is the director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals, having held the same position under former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is also the Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of Millennium Promise Alliance in addition to being director of the Millennium Villages Project. He has authored three New York Times bestsellers in the last seven years.
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This chapter makes many claims about diverse aspects of the cognitive functioning of preschool children. Although the picture of their cognitive skills is fairly consistently presented, some of the studies contradict one another. Which of the following statements is contradicted by information elsewhere in the chapter? Circle the letter of the best answer, and explain why it is the best answer and why each other answer is not as good. Hint: Cite the specific finding (or findings) that confirms or contradicts the claim in question.
a) As indicated by their performance on the three mountains task, young children cannot take the perspective of others.
b) Young children find it difficult to pay attention to more than one feature, characteristic, or dimension of a task at the same time.
c) An aspect of preoperational thought is that nonliving things are thought to have the characteristics of living things.
d) Memory span increases rapidly between the ages of 2 and 7 years.
e) Around 3 years of age, children are able to talk about things that are not physically present.


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A chameleon explores colors.
Another great book by Eric Carle. These books are great for children of any age because the illustration is so engaging. The colors bring them in and the plot is fantastic too.
I really liked this book. I always read it as a child. I read this to both of my students at Wolfe Street and they loved it! They loved the bright colors. I think that was the reason that they chose the book initially. Additionally , They liked the way that the book was different. It was not a typical book with pictures on every page and words. I had pages that had tabs at the end according to the animal that the chameleon decided he wanted to be. The color of the picture correlated with the animal. I also like the message. The purpose/ message was to encourage children to enjoy and be proud of who they are. Each child has strengths, and if we try to change ourselves, we will not be able to perform or own our strengths.
Genre: Fantasy
Media: Mixed Media, Paints, and Collage
Summary: This book is fantasy because it is about a chameleon changing his body based on what he sees living at the zoo. Everything on his body changes and then he realizes he cannot live the life he knows while being everything else
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"The Mixed Up Chameleon" is a fabulous Eric Carle classic that not only is fun to read, but can also be used multiple ways to teach lessons on various skills. I love how Carle incorporates colors, shapes, animals, and the message of individuality to children. Each animal is depicted as a different color. For example, the fish is orange and the flamingo is pink. On the left side of each page are all the animals that the chameleon wishes to become so that the reader can refer back to the list of animals. There are a variety of animals that the chameleon wishes to become such as a seal and an elephant. In the pictures the chameleon then has seal flippers and an elephant head. When I read this to a group of kindergarten students they thought the chameleon wish various animal parts was hilarious and were eager to turn the page to see what animal he wished he was next. In the end the chameleon wants to catch a fly but cannot without his normal chameleon tongue. He wishes that he were back to his normal self and he turns back. The chameleon then realizes that he is happy being himself and does not wish to be any other animal. Children can learn that it is best to be themselves and they should not wish to be like others. Being unique is a great thing that children need to learn and can learn about through this picture book.
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The chameleon's life was not very exciting until the day it discovered it could change not only its color but its shape and size,too. When it saw the wonderful animals in the zoo, it immediately wanted to be like them -- and ended up like all of them at once -- with hilarious results.
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We have a Cisco 2960S series switch which is a stacked switch with multiple physical switches managed as a single unit. A single management IP is assigned to the entire stacked switch.
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Laser pulser for a time-of-flight laser radar68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148133View Description Hide Description
A laser pulser for a pulsed time-of-flight laser radar is presented. The pulser is constructed using a single avalanche transistor in order to keep the schematic simple and to avoid the problems encountered when connecting several avalanche transistors in parallel. The schematic of the laser pulser was optimized and it was noticed that the optical peak pulse power of the laser can be increased significantly by adding a parallel capacitor to the laser. The measured increase of the optical power was up to 26%. The simulations show that the parallel capacitor and also the serial inductances of the components in the laser pulser play a significant role in adjusting the shape of the current pulse. In order to find the transistor, which gives the highest current, the properties of several transistor types were compared. It was noticed that there can be a great difference between the avalanche properties of a group of transistors even if they are of the same type.
Pulsed single-mode dye laser for coherent control experiments68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148056View Description Hide Description
We describe a pulsed single-mode dye laser whose output characteristics satisfy the stringent requirements of coherent control experiments. This simple, low cost laser exhibits 1.6× transform-limited frequency performance with a single-shot linewidth of 58 MHz, and a time averaged linewidth of 240 MHz. The spatial mode is nearly Gaussian and has a beam quality parameter We modified the pulse shape using saturable absorption in the dye amplifier. The resultant pulses are temporally smooth and have a duration of approximately 20 ns.
Use of a charge coupled device camera for low-angle elastic light scattering68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148135View Description Hide Description
A charge coupled device(CCD)camera has been successfully used to implement a low-angle elasticlight scattering setup. A novel optical detection layout brings all the light scattered by the sample directly onto the CCD, optimizing the instrument sensitivity. The detectable angular range covers decades, from to The calibration of the instrument, as well as the estimate of its sensitivity, accuracy, dynamic range and linearity, can be carried out by using single pinholes. Experimental results from pinholes and diluted suspensions of polystyrene spheres are presented.
New setup for end-fire coupling excitation of planar waveguides at low temperatures68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148136View Description Hide Description
This work describes a new experimental setup for end-fire coupling excitation of planar waveguides in the 300–10 K temperature range, which allows us to analyze their optical and spectroscopicproperties through different techniques such as transmission, luminescence, or waveguideRaman spectroscopy. Two main novelties are relevant in this setup; (1) the use of long working distance microscope objectives, placed out of the cryostat, for both coupling and collecting guided light, and (2) the original set of mirrors, combined with different translation and rotation stages, which allows fine displacements of the beam focusing point preserving the laser beam alignment along the optical axis of the coupling objective. The setup has been tested in a series of doped ZBLA fluoride glass channel waveguides (from 2 to 40 μm width and 2 μm depth) obtained by ion-exchange and photolithography methods. The guided luminescence has been analyzed at low temperatures and compared to the spectra obtained for the bulk substrate.
Time-resolved fluorescence polarization measurements for entire emission spectra with a resistive-anode, single-photon-counting detector: The Fluorescence Omnilyzer68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148173View Description Hide Description
We report a fluorescenceanalyzer that records simultaneously the temporal profiles for both orthogonal linear polarizations for all wavelengths in a fluorescenceemission spectrum. The Analyzer combines a resistive-anode single-photon-counting photomultiplier, imaging spectrograph, Wollaston polarizer, multiparameter analyzer with histograming memory, and standard timing electronics. The spectrograph disperses the fluorescencespectrum across the photocathode of the photomultiplier, and the Wollaston polarizer separates the spectra of the two polarizations in opposite directions from the center of the photocathode perpendicular to the direction of spectral dispersion. The locations at which each photon reaches the photocathode is determined by the ratios of the charges read from the four corners of the resistive anode. One of the two address coordinates that determine where in histogramming memory each photon is recorded is obtained by measuring the time of arrival of the photon at the detector relative to the pulse of light that excites the fluorescence. The second address coordinate is obtained by combining the most-significant bit of the location of the event along the direction on the resistive anode corresponding to the polarization of the photon with the multibit digital value indicating photon wavelength. Storing the data directly into histogramming memory permits display of the data set as it is recorded. Both the spectral and temporal calibrations of the fluorescenceanalyzer are independent of the polarization of the fluorescence. The temporal resolution of the resistive-anode detector is well matched to the full width at half-maximum pulses of light produced by the synchrotron storage ring that we use as the excitation source, but laser excitation could also be used with this detector. Recording simultaneously all of the data required for the global analysis of the time evolution of both linear polarization components of fluorescence, and thus, time-resolved anisotropy, reduces the duration of exposure of the sample to the excitation beam, hence, facilitating studies of fragile or photosensitive biological specimens.
A CCD based approach to high-precision size and refractive index determination of levitated microdroplets using Fraunhofer diffraction68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148134View Description Hide Description
We describe a fast and convenient method of high precision size and refractive index determination of electrodynamically levitated microdroplets using Fraunhofer diffraction. The diffraction data were obtained with a 16-bit, unintensified charge coupled device(CCD)camera, and converted into angle-resolved elasticscattering intensity patterns by means of a carefully determined set of transformation parameters. The angular scattering patterns were analyzed without any a priori estimate of the droplet size and only a nominal estimate (≈2%) of the refractive index. Experimental angular scattering patterns were fit to calculated patterns from Mie theory using a graded step-size and scaling algorithm and optimized with respect to both droplet diameter and refractive index (real part only) with a precision of ⩽3 parts in and 1 part in respectively. Potential application to quantitative fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy, as well as mixture analysis in microdroplets is discussed.
High repetition rate compact source of nanosecond pulses of 5–100 keV x-ray photons68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148137View Description Hide Description
A powerful, compact, and repetitive flash x-ray system based on a cable transformer technology powered by ceramiccapacitors in a Blumlein-like configuration has been developed. Open circuit voltages in excess of 100 kV can be achieved while commutation occurs at low voltage The x-ray emission from a low impedance x-ray diode with a hollow cathode configuration was observed under a wide range of experimental conditions. The critical parameters limiting the flash x-ray performances are mainly the pressure in the x-ray diode and the anode–cathode space. This true table top device is able to produce doses up to 1 R per shot, measured at the output window, of x-rays between 5 and 100 keV. The pulse widths were about 20 ns and the maximum repetition rate was about 60 Hz. Operation is possible in air or in other gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, ) at pressures varying from for xenon to about 1 mbar for helium.
Rietveld analysis using a laboratory-based high pressure x-ray diffraction system and film-based detection68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148138View Description Hide Description
Rietveld structure refinement using a laboratory-based high pressurex-ray diffractionsystem described previously and film-based detection is reported. Although there is currently much emphasis on the use of synchrotron radiation and advanced detectors such as imaging plates and position-sensitive detectors for collection of high pressurediffraction data suitable for Rietveldanalysis, the results presented here demonstrate that excellent refinements can be performed on data collected at low cost in the laboratory with film-based detection. The diffractionsystem exhibits an instrumental profile suitable for Rietveldanalysis, exhibiting no asymmetry and narrow linewidths.
Fine temperature stabilizer for x-ray diffraction measurements68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148139View Description Hide Description
A simple and versatile method of high-temperature stability is presented for x-ray diffractionmeasurements near room temperature. The small sample cell for the measurements possesses coaxial multishells to guarantee the temperature homogeneity in the shells. It is capable of being directly and easily mounted on the commercially available goniometer head. A double-stage temperature control is adopted using both a heater and a thermoelectric module. The temperature is regulated by an optimized proportional integral derivative (PID) control. The base-line stability of the temperature at the sample stage in the cell is within ±0.5 mK. X-ray precession patterns of single crystal were taken at two temperatures separated by 30 mK across the phase transition point, showing the appearance and disappearance of a diffraction spot from the superstructure.
In situ observation of infrared spectra of some molecular fragments and products in rf discharge plasmas generated in an absorption cell of a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148140View Description Hide Description
We have developed a Fourier transforminfrared spectrometer, the absorption cell of which is utilized as a plasma reactor by winding the rf coil around it to couple directly the rf power. The infrared absorption spectra of some fragmented and synthesized molecules produced in the rf glow-discharge plasma are observed by employing five source gases: (in Kr), and a mixture. The measurements are made at apodized resolution on 7.5 and 7.8 MHz rf frequencies with the input rf power ranging between 30–75 W. The products assigned at present are: carbon monoxide in plasma, in plasma, and nitrous oxide in a -mixture plasma. A strong but not clearly assigned spectrum of fragmented molecules in plasma can also be observed.
A cylindrical reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148141View Description Hide Description
A new reflectron time-of-flightmass spectrometer with a cylindrical electrostaticmirror instead of the usual plane reflector is described. When it is mounted at right angles to the direction of an incoming molecular beam, this system automatically compensates for the transverse drift of the ions in the spectrometer due to their initial velocity parallel to the molecular beam direction. As a consequence, ions of any mass can be collected onto the detector, whatever their initial transverse velocity is. The mass range accessible in a single scan with our cylindrical reflectron is thus strongly increased as compared to the case of a usual plane reflectron. This article presents the general design of our cylindrical reflectron. A detailed description of the apparatus is given and its performances are illustrated on selected examples. Cluster mass spectra extending over a very wide size range are presented. A mass resolution of about 4000 is achieved in mass spectra of laser photoionized aluminum clusters. Moreover, the cylindrical geometry of the reflector gives rise to focusing properties onto the detector, which could be interesting in view of collection efficiency improvement.
Production of multicharged radioactive ion beams: The to charge state transformation for the Production, Ionisation, Accélération de Faisceaux Exotiques project68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148142View Description Hide Description
Two types of ion conversion devices have been developed for the Production, Ionisation, Accélération de Faisceaux Exotiques project. Both can be utilized for short lived radioactive ions beams. They are based on collisions inside an electron cyclotron resonanceion source (ECRIS). They transform a ion beam into a ion beam in less than 0.1 s. In the first device, ions are introduced into the ECR plasma through the extraction hole (backward injection), in the second device they are introduced as usual (forward injection). The particle conversion efficiencies can reach for noble gases ∼6.5% for and for alkali elements ∼2.8% for
Low-energy stripping of and beams in helium and nitrogen68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148167View Description Hide Description
Stripping efficiencies for and beams in helium and nitrogen gas targets have been measured at energies varying between 0.8 and 2.0 MeV. The stripping yields were determined for different target densities, ranging from single-collision conditions to equilibrium. Based on these results, approximate predictions of the equilibrium charge state distributions for low velocity = heavy ions with in collisions with helium atoms are made. Furthermore, measurements of the small-angle scattering of these heavy ion beams in collisions with dilute helium and nitrogen gases are reported. The presented results are important in view of a proposed postacceleration scheme for low-energy radioactive ion beams using a linac. These data show that helium generally produces higher yields of and ions and that the optimal choice of gas thickness for the proposed application is somewhat less than that required for equilibrium.
Stabilization of thermal instability of multislit ion–optics system by longitudinal tension68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148143View Description Hide Description
A thermal instability of electrodes of a large multislit ion–optics system is considered. The mechanism of this instability is that under certain conditions a random bending of the electrode increases due to the increase in heating of the convex side of the electrode. The thermoelastic model for the tension in the electrode is used. This instability is close to the Eiler instability of a longitudinally compressed bar. The instability threshold depends on the power gradient near the electrode edge. This gradient is sufficiently small in an optimal beam formation and sharply increases in nonoptimal regimes. The thermal instability analysis based on this model applied to the INAK proton source and its predictions are in a good agreement with experimental data. To eliminate this instability, it was suggested to use the longitudinal tension of the electrodes. This suggestion was realized in the IK-50 proton source ion–optics system. Molybdenum wires of 1 mm in diameter are loaded by a spring with 100 N force that is lower than the experimentally measured limit of fluidity. The IK-50 source operation in various regimes does not show any evidence of the thermal instability.
Optical properties of a low energy focused ion beam apparatus for direct deposition68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148144View Description Hide Description
We designed and constructed a low energy focused ion beam apparatus for direct deposition. The optical properties of our lens system were calculated to obtain its optimum shape and arrangement for a low energy (50–100 eV) and fine focused (<1 μm) ion beams. We evaluated magnification, chromatic aberration, and spherical aberration. Using the apparatus based on our design, we deposited a focused ion beam and deduced the beam diameter from linewidthmeasurement of the depositedfilm. The diameter of 50–200 eV beams could be tuned between 0.4–7 μm corresponding to beam currents of 40 pA–10 nA. The current density was constant at about 30 mA/ . At lower currents, the minimum beam diameter was limited to 0.35 μm. These experimental results agree with calculated results qualitatively, but quantitative differences exist. Assumptions, based on ion sources, seem to cause the differences. If we adopt our measured energy dispersion (30 eV) and angular current density (10 μA/sr) and assume the virtual source size to be 0.13 μm, the measuredbeam diameter and current density can be reproduced by calculation. Ways to reduce beam diameter and increase current density are discussed.
Pulsed thrust measurements using laser interferometry68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148116View Description Hide Description
An optical interferometric proximeter system (IPS) for measuring thrust and impulse bit of pulsed electric thrusters was developed. Unlike existing thrust stands, the IPS-based thrust stand offers the advantage of a singlesystem that can yield electromagnetic interference-free, high accuracy error) thrust measurements within a very wide range of impulses (100 N s to above 10 N s) covering the impulse range of all known pulsed plasma thrusters. In addition to pulsed thrusters, the IPS is theoretically shown to be capable of measuringsteady-state thrust values as low as 20 N for microthrusters such as the field emission electric propulsion thruster. The IPS-based thrust stand relies on measuring the dynamic response of a swinging arm using a two-sensor laser interferometer with 10 nm position accuracy. The wide application of the thrust stand is demonstrated with thrust measurements of an ablative pulsed plasma thruster and a quasi-steady magnetoplasmadynamic thruster.
Statistics and dead time correction of two-particle time-of-flight coincidence experiments68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148117View Description Hide Description
The statistics of a specific class of two-particle coincidence experiments are discussed. Detection of the first particle provides for the start of a time-of-flightmeasurement in which the second particle is analyzed. Dead time of the electronics used for flight time measurements and registration of coincidence signals (time-to-amplitude converter or time-to-digital converter) may cause strong distortion of coincidence spectra. The problem is complicated by the different statistics of true and false coincidences. Without a convenient correction procedure, this effect limits the source strength to a value for which the distortion is small but the measurement duration is long. A calculation method is developed from which the measured coincidence spectra can be corrected for distortion at any source strength thereby separating true and false coincidences. This technique has been successfully applied in an electron-ion coincidence experiment where free atoms were photoionized by synchrotron radiation.
Large area electron beam pumped krypton fluoride laser amplifier68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148118View Description Hide Description
Nike is a recently completed multi-kilojoule krypton fluoride (KrF) laser that has been built to study the physics of direct drive inertial confinement fusion. This paper describes in detail both the pulsed power and optical performance of the largest amplifier in the Nike laser, the 60 cm amplifier. This is a double pass, double sided, electron beam-pumped system that amplifies the laser beam from an input of 50 J to an output of up to 5 kJ. It has an optical aperture of 60 cm × 60 cm and a gain length of 200 cm. The two electron beams are 60 cm high × 200 cm wide, have a voltage of 640 kV, a current of 540 kA, and a flat top power pulse duration of 250 ns. A 2 kG magnetic field is used to guide the beams and prevent self-pinching. Each electron beam is produced by its own Marx/pulse forming line system. The amplifier has been fully integrated into the Nike system and is used on a daily basis for laser-target experiments.
A new pure ion plasma device with laser induced fluorescence diagnostic68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148119View Description Hide Description
We describe a new apparatus for magnetic confinement of a pure ion plasma, with laser diagnostics to measure test particle transport across the magnetic field. In addition to the axisymmetric trapping potential, rotating electrostatic wall perturbation is used to counteract the plasma loss processes, giving steady-state ion confinement for weeks. Electronic spin polarization of the ion ground states is used to label the test particles; this spin orientation is controlled by direct optical pumping. The laser-induced fluorescence(LIF) technique is used to nondestructively measure the ion velocity distribution; and an absolute calibration of the charge density is obtained from the LIFmeasurement of the plasma rotation velocity. Two new technological improvements compatible with ultrahigh vacuum systems have been used: a semirigid Teflon insulated coaxial cable has low microphonic noise, and an antireflective coating is used to reduce reflection of ultraviolet light inside the vacuum chamber.
Repetitively operated plasma opening switch using laser produced plasma68(1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148120View Description Hide Description
A plasma opening switch using laser produced plasma is successfully operated at repetition rates up to 3.3 pulses per second. It is shown that the switch performance has good reproducibility without any maintenance. Reliability tests indicate that the switch lifetime is limited by the volume of the target material and the lifetime of the energy storage capacitor.


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Executive summaryThe goal - Move new products boldly forward
Research and development costs are rising. Changing consumer demands are shortening product lifecycles. And you're being pressured to lower prices. Winning consumer product companies will accelerate the innovation process and narrow their focus on the most profitable brands. Using an integrated approach to processes new product development and introduction from IBM and SAP can accelerate product development and provide deep insights for innovation.The advantage - Starting points for new product development
Many companies require a flexible approach to new product development and introduction (NPDI). You may want to implement an entire solution or simply close some gaps in the process. Therefore, IBM and SAP bring a selection of different ways to implement a solution, step-by-step. Possible starting points include:
- Creating a central hub for project and resource management to improve visibility across the development portfolio and drive down time to market.
- Using recipe management to drive product development forward using structured product and raw material specifications.
- Collaboration on packaging design and development to help ensure that the results are available to anyone in the enterprise immediately for the subsequent steps in production, purchasing and sales.
- Smart idea management and integrated concept development through stages and gates to respond to market trends more effectively.
- Virtual teaming with suppliers to help drive down the cost of raw materials and improve sourcing relationships.
IBM has a track record for SAP implementations with unique distinctions.
- IBM is the only systems integrator to win the SAP Award of Excellence every year in every country it has been offered.
- We have over 3,700 successful engagements at over 6,000 sites.
- IBM has a demonstrated history of development in leading industry-based methods, tools and templates to help accelerate implementation and maximize return on investment.
- We have 9,000 SAP professionals in 60 countries with over 20 solution development sites and demonstration centers around the world.
New product development and introduction from IBM and SAP can begin at original insight and concept discovery and cover brand activation at point of sale. Using an integrated approach to processes the solution can help deliver:
- Visibility for executive and management stakeholders with virtual real-time dashboards.
- Project and resource management designed specifically for consumer product environments.
- Seamless production definition and development workflows, accessible throughout the extended enterprise.
- Tools for recipe management and strategic sourcing.
- Consumer product specific tools for prototyping and trials.
- Market launch support with SAP Trade Promotion Management solutions.
Business viewThe goal - Going above and beyond product lifecycle management
Will your brand and product portfolio deliver the growth targets you have set? Do your new products match targeted consumer needs? Are your retail partners onboard for an effective launch? IBM and SAP can deliver the processes and systems you need to resolve these issues. Our solution addresses the complexity of the consumer product environment, streamlines process management and provides visibility and measurement capabilities across the enterprise.The advantage - We deliver on our promises
Together IBM and the former PwC Consulting have won more awards around the world than any other SAP implementation partner. We have won SAP's Award of Excellence every time it has been offered, for eight years running. And we have ranked number one in client satisfaction among SAP integrators.
As the leading integrator of business process transformation leveraging technology solutions, IBM Global Business Services uses a proven, benefits-driven approach that differentiates us from the competition. We:
- Have well-researched and proven points of view about industry and business trends, and can provide recommendations on how consumer product companies should evolve to survive and thrive.
- Define how to effect change by integrating strategy, process, technology and operations.
- Stand behind our advice, through our actions, by providing solutions with far-reaching impact.
New product development and introduction from IBM and SAP includes the process of defining the product strategy, managing the program, gathering requirements, developing the product, sourcing for suppliers involved and managing the production ramp-up. Our joint solution uses proven SAP components and best practice business knowledge from IBM, to unlock business value across your organization.
- Systematically analyze new data sources, tracking ideas coming from all channels, putting them through an internal process of evaluation to significantly reduce product failures.
- Simulate planning decisions on a multiproduct level with what-if scenarios.
- Manage portfolios on a strategic level with pre-configured optimization techniques that support decision making.
- Develop more reliable products using stage gate methodologies to obtain stakeholder agreement and support on-time, on-budget delivery.
- Utilize structured product specifications and recipe definitions, integrating research and development with production and product safety.
- Accelerate time-to-market and revenue growth through optimized processes integrated with retail partners.
- Facilitate a successful market introduction by setting up trade promotions with key retailers and providing a link between the sales planning cycle and the demand and supply network plan.
A leading health and beauty retail chain based in the U.K. needed help aligning business objectives with information technology to boost their new product development and introduction processes. They wanted to maximize their success by deploying a fast-track pilot project and turned to IBM to understand the product development process and help—sometimes skeptical—people see where benefits could be gained. As a result our client:
- Reduced product development time by at least 25 percent.
- Gained millions of extra U.S. dollars in revenue.
- Increased first-to-market advantage.
- Improved problem solving by working collaboratively.
Consumer products companies are already seeing the benefits of the new product and development solution from IBM and SAP. Recent projects demonstrate:
- Improved rates of return on new product introduction gained by rebalancing the product development portfolio due to accurate and timely project status.
- Reductions in time-to-market by adoption of the IBM and SAP best practices, including comprehensive processes, organizational designs and technology.
- Reduction in costs, including lower cost of goods sold, elimination of non-value add and manual activities, shipping and related charges, and agency and artwork costs for packaging and technical documentation.
Technical detailsThe issues - Your partner for solution implementation
Are your systems integrated to provide for data sharing across your enterprise and with business partners? In order for consumer product companies to survive and thrive today, business operations need to be streamlined. Directors, product managers, developers, marketing, financial managers and partners all need to be in synch to expedite product development and delivery. IBM and SAP can partner with you to help implement the right solution for you.The benchmark - A fusion of business insight with technology
IBM uses innovative thinking to produce tangible solutions for accelerated and sustainable impact to consumer product companies. We use our global resources to unlock business value with solutions that provide sustainable impact. And that is why we have worked with SAP for 30 years.
- IBM is the only systems integrator to win the SAP Award of Excellence every year in every country it has been offered.
- IBM has implemented SAP for its own internal operations, resulting in a total cost of ownership reduction of almost US$11 billion. In our case, we use what we sell. That's why we know exactly how it feels to be an IBM and SAP customer.
- We have over 3,700 successful engagements at over 6,000 sites.
- We have been recognized by SAP Senior Executives as the leader with over 70% of SAP's Fortune 500 clients.
- IBM has a demonstrated history of development in leading industry-based methods, tools and templates to accelerate implementation and help maximize return on investment.
- We have 9,000 SAP professionals in 60 countries with over 20 solution development sites and demonstration centers around the world.
- IBM is the leading systems integrator involved in joint development of SAP industry-based solutions.
Whether you are just starting to think about NPDI, working towards a comprehensive process or simply need to close a few gaps, combining SAP components with IBM best practices and business process knowledge gives you a range of options to fit your unique needs.
Project and Resource Management (SAP xRPM, cProjects Suite)
- Provides management of the NPDI process, projects and resources based on templates that make project setup quick and easy.
Product Definition (SAPxPD)
- Allows for ideas management and subsequent consolidation into promising concepts. Once analyzed and evaluated, rigorous product definitions trigger development through the remaining stages and gates.
Product Development (SAP PLM)
- Enables Web-based exchange platforms for closed-loop collaboration throughout the development lifecycle.
Supply Chain Planning (SAP SCM)
- Helps to identify the best locations for in-house production or suitable suppliers to support make-or-buy decisions.
Strategic Sourcing (SAP SRM, cFolders)
- Helps reduce product costs and accelerate production by bringing R&D, production and sourcing together.
Prototyping and Production Ramp-Up (SAP PLM, SAP SCM)
- Optimizes the production process by using prototypes in parallel with product development.
Market Launch (SAP CRM and IBM WebSphere® Product Center)
- Helps you maintain and publish product information with trading partners using proprietary and open standards for data synchronization.
The solution can also include industry-leading hardware, software and middleware from IBM.
- IBM Systems, including:
- System x Intel or Linux™ servers
- System i
- System p UNIX® systems
- System z
- IBM DB2®—a scalable, Web-ready database that delivers powerful benefits to on demand businesses.
- NetWeaver.
- IBM Global Services—working with you to provide the right business and technology services that deliver real business outcomes.
A leading health and beauty products retailer in the U.K. wanted a fast-track pilot project and believed using external expertise would maximize the benefit gained. The pilot had an eight-week development stage then eight weeks to work with the changes, get results and apply lessons learned before ERP program rollout.
In a series of workshops, IBM Global Business Services and our client's staff worked through current processes to spot potential opportunities. IBM identified that the company's stage gate process had more stages and gates than necessary. IBM introduced goal directed project management. This continually tests processes by starting with business objectives and working out how these can be achieved.The cost of ownership - 99% on-time, on-budget delivery
IBM boasts a track record of measurable results and an approach that has resulted in 99% of our implementations realizing on-time, on-budget delivery. New product development and introduction from IBM and SAP is designed to:
- Integrate disparate data, applications, software, hardware and computing platforms to help preserve legacy IT investments.
- Allow for future scalability by using standards-based products.
- Support multiple suppliers with a single IT infrastructure for ease of management and support.
We're here to help
Questions? Contact an IBM-SAP specialist.


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Heart Failure Health Center
Heart Failure: Eating a Healthy Diet - Topic Overview
Why is diet important for heart failure?
Diet is critical in the treatment of heart failure. Limiting sodium is typically recommended to limit fluid build-up. But some other nutrients or substances also play a role as well. Heart failure can become more severe if diet and medicine recommendations for heart failure are not closely followed. Medicine and diet therapy are most effective when used together in the treatment of heart failure.
Taking your medicines and following the diet your doctor has recommended for you will make it easier for you to breathe and help you feel better and be able to do more of your normal daily activities. A registered dietitian can help you make needed dietary changes by providing meal-planning guidelines that are realistic and specifically tailored to your individual needs and preferences.
Ask your doctor if a cardiac rehab program is right for you. Rehab can give you education and support that help you build new healthy habits, such as limiting sodium and eating heart-healthy foods.
Why do you need to limit sodium or fluid?
If you consume too much sodium, it will cause your body to retain excess fluid. This extra fluid increases swelling in your legs and makes it harder for your heart to pump. Eating too much sodium can even trigger sudden heart failure.
Limiting sodium can help you feel better and prevent sudden heart failure.
Your doctor will tell you how much sodium you can eat each day. You may need to limit sodium to less than 2,000 mg each day.
Fluid intake is not routinely restricted. It may be restricted in advanced cases to maintain your body's electrolyte balance. Closely following your low-sodium diet will help to decrease or eliminate the need for fluid restriction. It is very important that you watch for any signs of fluid gain (swelling or increase in body weight) and report them to your doctor.


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Soon after last Fridays epic Apple win over Samsung, the Smartphone manufacturer is focusing on Microsoft's Windows Phone platform and on Wednesday at IFA in Berlin, Samsung lifted the curtain on its first Windows Phone 8 device, the ATIV S. This is just the first in a big lineup of new hardware that's coming with Windows Phone 8, but it's a seriously impressive opening salvo. Samsung built the ATIV S with the latest and greatest technology, especially for anyone who want a superphone that's equal parts powerhouse and head turner.
Technical Specs
Inside the crazy-thin 8.7mm brushed aluminum chassis is a huge
- 4.8" HD Super AMOLED display made from Corning Gorilla Glass 2
- 1.5Ghz dual-core processor
- 1GB of onboard RAM
- 8MP autofocus rear camera and 1.9MP front-facing camera.
- You'll have the choice of two storage capacities – 16GB or 32GB – and both models have a MicroSD slot for expanded storage.
- A big powerful 2300mAh battery to keep you rocking all day.
Look & Feel
Samsung did a heck of a job packing the latest and greatest tech into the ATIV S, but what's even more impressive is how great the phone feels when you pick it up. Despite having a 4.8" display, which makes the ATIV S one of the bigger phones on the market, it doesn't feel that big. The Samsung ATIV S is extremely comfortable to hold and keeps your fingers off the screen when it's in your hand (smart!).
Samsung's ATIV S walks this tightrope with ease; it's solid but not heavy, and it's perfectly balanced so your hand doesn't get fatigued.
Final thoughts
The ATIV S is flat-out beautiful, and it has the guts to match. But what's impressed me most about the ATIV S is Samsung's attention to detail. To get to your Start screen, you hit a raised physical Windows button, not a capacitive one. The speaker bar on the front and the back, as well as all of the buttons, are aluminum, not plastic. And the display glass has just the slightest of rounded edges. It all adds up to a device that looks great, feels great, and performs great.
Top of the ATIV S. The big circle is the 1.9MP camera
Back of the ATIV S. I love the giant flash on this phone.
The entire family of Samsung Windows Phones (minus the Focus Flash). From left to right, the original Focus, the Focus S, Focus 2, and the new ATIV S.
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I am using formatting on my search results page that depends on what type of post each item is - to do this I'm using get_post_type(). In 2.7, I was able to use the following (within The Loop):
if (get_post_type() == "page") do_page_formatting_stuff;
But after upgrading to 2.7.1, it no longer works. get_post_type() returns the post type of the first post in the query only. Strangely enough, looking through the changelogs indicates that this function hasn't changed (so I don't understand why it DID work for me, but doesn't now). Looking at line 400 of /wordpress/wp-includes/post.php, it says:
if ( false === $post )
$post = $posts[0];
Why would you want to default to $posts[0]? In a search query, that's the first post out of the whole lot, right? By changing this to:
if ( false === $post )
$post = $GLOBALS['post'];
The function works as it should (or at least, how I expect it should). Is this a bug? I don't understand the logic behind $posts[0], it seems to make no sense in the context of a multi-post query.