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Like-minded individuals Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have joined together for Mac & Devin Go To High School, a full-length movie and accompanying soundtrack. Admittedly, with Wiz's buzz deflating slightly after the lukewarm response to Rolling Papers, and an album from Snoop that went virtually unnoticed by the hip-hop community (Doggumentary), expectations for this were pretty low. But after a few listens, Snoop and Wiz's collabo is surprisingly solid.
While not exactly billed as a concept album, it definitely is one, as Snoop and Wiz adopt the roles of Mac and Devin, two teenage stoners that rap about girls, weed, and high school, over a series of chilled out, grooving west-coast beats. The album opens with it's most agressive track, "Smokin' On", a bouncy Juicy J concoction that may be looking for club-play, but it's only used to grab the average listener's attention, as the rest of the LP is as chilled out as the duo's collective personalities.
So, without the pressures to create a major radio single – and a definitive concept to stick to – the album has a strongly focused direction and sound, that of mellow, 70′s soul samples and rhymes from the perspective of their younger selves. Tracks like the Exile produced "You Can Put It In A Zag…" and the Nottz helmed "6:30″ have just the right amount of rawness, while both "Talent Show" and the Jake One backed "Go Steady" pervert usual academic concepts into lush, pimped out tracks to smoke or drive to. Even the album's lead single, "Young, Wild, and Free" (feat. Bruno Mars) is a likeable radio cut that doesn't overdo it with lame pop formulas or over-the-top production.
Both in their element, Snoop and Wiz have a natural chemistry on the mic together, not unlike that of Redman and Method Man. Mac and Devin Go To High School is a beautifully consistent LP, that surprises on all fronts. With Wiz and Snoop both delivering passable solo releases this year, perhaps this is just what they needed to restore faith in their fanbases. Roll that shit, light that shit, smoke it.
@Chad that's what satellite or internet radio is for. I Pop the IPhone into the aux port on the dashboard and get my head noddin'. Regular radio is straight ass, and just for Hip Hop but rock, oldies, etc…
@Chad and if ya got any Universities or Colleges near by most have a good indie/underground type Hip Hop show sometime through out the week…
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GVI Forex john 11:15 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
NEW CHART: Latest ZEW and IFO surveys "expectations" minus "current situation". This provides their implied forecasts. Surveys
are MIXED for the next six months. ZEW is head of the IFO.
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FXStreet (Barcelona) - The Rabobank Research Team note PBoC entering the FX war fiasco by surprising the markets with a rate cut.
Key Quotes
Only few weeks after the BoJ shocked the markets with a huge dose of fresh monetary policy stimulus, the Peoples Bank of China unexpectedly cut its base 1-year lending rate by 40bps to 5.6% with the 1-year deposit rate trimmed by 25bps to 2.75%.
The PBoC also increased flexibility in the banking sector allowing banks to offer deposit rates at up to 20% above the benchmark from the previous cap of 10%.
While the central bank insisted that its first interest rate cut since 2012 (following somewhat insufficient targeted easing measures) is a neutral operation and doesnt mean any change in monetary policy direction, it seems that China fired its first salvo in the currency war with the BoJ.
Key German IFO Survey Beats Street Expectations. This is a Holiday-Shortened Week in U.S.
GVI Forex Blog 10:07 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
TOP NEWS ITEMS: US- flash Markit Service PMI
Key German IFO Survey Beats Street Expectations. This is a Holiday-Shortened Week in U.S.
CURRENT CONDITIONS: Risk-On
GVI Forex john 10:05 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
24 November-- 10:00 GMT- Current Market Conditions:
The highlight today already has been a much stronger than expected German IFO Survey. Currently, markets are in a mild RISK ON posture with equity values generally higher, and bond yields up.This will be a holiday shortened week in the U.S.
The heat map color scheme of interest rates reflects yields.
Tallinn viies 10:00 GMT 11/24/2014
sell euro ag usd today should work. expect euro to test 1,2355 and then 1,2280, 1,2220 and 1,2065 during this week.
risk only if euro able to close over 1,2465
GVI Forex john 09:13 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
Global-VIew EZ and German Charts
German Ifo data: German data better than expected across the board for the first time in about a year. This is a broadly followed report EURUSD better.
Draghi doesnt look at German data .
GVI Forex john 09:02 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
IFo beats across the board. EURUSD higher. ZEW beat last week.
GVI Forex john 09:01 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
BREAKING NEWS: German IFO Survey November 2014
Climate: 104.7 vs. 103.0 exp. vs. 103.2 prev.
Conditions: 110.0vs. 108.0 exp. vs. 108.4 prev.
Expectations:99.7 vs. 98.5 exp. vs. 98.3 prev.
IFO Climate Survey
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Oh My God De Can't...Like SPEND
dc CB 06:31 GMT 11/24/2014
Why Else would they give this job to a GAMMMY
Oh My God De Can't...Like SPEND
dc CB 06:25 GMT 11/24/2014
Oh shock-O-rama
save us Gammy...we wants to vist you on that Thanksgiv day
But we can't SNOWSTORM...
Oh FUC*K
Oh My God De Can't...Like SPEND
dc CB 06:18 GMT 11/24/2014
Is it gonna be a "Suprise" or one of D'ose Udda tings Dat Youse say when it
Donna work out
it BE NECESSARY
Kill Grandma and Grandpa's Interest on their savings.
DATS WHY I LOOOOOOOK LIKE A GRANDMA from Queens....
CONSULTANTS had it all figured out
Why Else would they give this job to a GAMMMY
East Coast storm, chance of widespread rain and snow, increasingly likely on Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving
DE Homer Simpson Sunday Thanksgive me some Award O DA MONTH
dc CB 05:55 GMT 11/24/2014
GVI Forex Blog 05:23 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
(NZ) NEW ZEALAND OCT NET MIGRATION: 5.3K V 4.7K PRIOR (record high)- (TW) TAIWAN OCT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3.9% V 3.9%E- (VN) Vietnam Nov Consumer Price Index (CPI) Y/Y: 2.6% v 3.0%e- (TH) Thailand Q3 U
TradeTheNews.com Asian Market Update: Asia equity markets trading higher following PBoC's rate cut over the weekend - Source TradeTheNews.com
sell usdjpy
perth wtr 04:52 GMT 11/24/2014
get ready to sell usdjpy on pops above 118
GVI Forex Blog 03:39 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
It seems to be a season of stimulus as ECB reiterated its intent of balance sheet expansion by
AceTrader Nov 24: Intra-Day News and Views (USD/JPY) & data to be released today
Hong Kong AceTrader 02:56 GMT 11/24/2014
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24 Nov 2014 02:21GMT
EUR/USD - ..... The single currency weakened broadly on Friday after dovish comments from ECB's President Mario Draghi. Euro fell sharply against the greenback from 1.2553 to 1.2424 in European morning and continued to ratchet lower after a brief recovery to 1.2460.
Later, the pair fell to as low as 1.2375 in NY and then 1.2360 at Mon's NZ open before recovering in thin Asian session.
Although euro's failure to test Nov's 26-month trough at 1.2357 suggests price is likely to stage a recovery ahead of European open, the single currency is expected to undergo another round of selling pressure later in the day due to recent 'negative sentiment'.
Therefore, whilst investors may look to buy euro on dips for a recovery towards 1.2400 for st trade, preferred strategy is selling on intra-day rebound.
Bids are placed at 1.2370-60 with stops emerging just below 1.2350.
On the upside, offers are located at 1.2390-00 and then 1.2415/20 with mixture of offers and stops noted at 1.2440/45 and just above 1.2450.
Investors should pay close attention to the release of German IFO reports in European morning (09:00GMT). Market forecasts the headline IFO Business Climate Index to edge further down to 103.0 in Nov, below the 103.2 booked in October, which was the lowest level since Dec 2012.
Meanwhile, the Current Assessment sub-index is also seen edging down to 107.9, after posting a figure of 108.4 a month ago. Only the IFO Expectations Index is projected to rise to 98.6, from 98.3 in Oct.
This week will see the release of following economic data:
Swiss non-farm payrolls, German Ifo business climate and U.S. Markit services PMI on Monday;
Japan's BoJ meeting minutes, New Zealand's RBNZ inflation expectation, German GDP, U.S. prelimary GDP, PCE prices and Redbook, Canada's retails and U.S. monthly home price and consumer confidence on Tuesday;
German import prices U.S. GDP and CBI distributive trades, U.S. core PCE, durables, personal income, Chicago PMI, University of Michigan sentiment, new home sales, pending homes sales change and building permits on Wednesday;
New Zealand's trade balance, Australia's HIA new home sales, Swiss GDP, U.K. Nationwide house prices, German unemployment rate, EU business climate, consumer confidence, economic sentiment, Germn Gfk consumer sentiment, HICP and CPI on Thursday;
Japan's unemployment rate, CPI, prelimary industrial output, IP forecast, retails sales, New Zealand's NBNZ business outlook U.S. Gfk consumer confidence, Japan's construction orders, housing starts, Swiss KOF indicator, EU inflation and unemployment rate, Canada's GDP and producer prices on Friday
Nota bene
dc CB 02:38 GMT 11/24/2014
Fair Game
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
The Fed announcement looks an awful lot like damage control. It came late Thursday afternoon, directly after one Senate hearing that was critical of Fed practices and before another on Friday. It also came after a bill proposed by Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, that would change the way the head of the most powerful of the 12 district banks the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is appointed. Currently, the president of the New York Fed is selected by its so-called public board members those not affiliated with financial institutions.
Senator Reeds proposal would give the president of the United States, with Senate approval, responsibility for naming the president of the New York Fed....................
Increasing scrutiny of the Fed, and the New York Fed in particular, is absolutely justified, given the immense powers they enjoy. Lest we forget, it was the New York Fed, under Timothy F. Geithner, that let Citibank increase its risky assets in the years leading up to the crisis. And it was the same New York Fed that seemed more interested in bailing out the big-bank trading partners of the American International Group than in rescuing the insurer itself.
sell usdjpy
perth wtr 01:29 GMT 11/24/2014
selling on rallies as long as under 118.25
EUR/USD : Critical Point 1.2348
Melbourne Qindex 00:27 GMT 11/24/2014 - My Profile
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... 1.2179 - 1.2211* - 1.2244 - 1.2260 // 1.2276* - 1.2292 - 1.2308 - 1.2324 - 1.2340* - 1.2357 - [1.2373 - 1.2389 - 1.2405* - 1.2421 - 1.2437 - 1.2453 - 1.2469* // 1.2486 - 1.2502 - 1.2534* - 1.2566 ...
Forex News
GVI Forex Blog 23:11 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
* Euro stays under pressure after dovish comments from Draghi
* Aussie holds gains after surprise China rate cut
* Markets seen subdued with Japan shut for holiday
FOREX-Euro hobbled by chance of more ECB action, Aussie perkier
NY JM 23:07 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
Almost a gap down but quickly filled after someone had a bid ahead of the 1.2358 low.
Next key test is the German IFO later today.
Mtl JP 22:33 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
Exclusive: China ready to cut rates again on fears of deflation - sources - RTRS
Sun Nov 23, 2014 (Reuters) - China's leadership and central bank are ready to cut interest rates again and also loosen lending restrictions, concerned that falling prices could trigger a surge in debt defaults, business failures and job losses, said sources involved in policy-making. .../..
GVI Forex john 21:39 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
November 23, 2014 (global-view.com) UPCOMING DATA HIGHLIGHTS for Monday, November 24. Updated: Trading News Events Calendar
HIGH IMPACT NEWS RELEASES: JP- Holiday, DE- Ifo Survey, US- flash Markit Service PMI
gc sf 21:11 GMT 11/23/2014
Viies - 2 Things Today
1. Tokyo Holiday
2. We need to see how this China Stuff washes through first.
Tallinn viies 20:19 GMT 11/23/2014
my prediction for the euro range today: 1,2395-1,2295.
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dc CB 18:59 GMT 11/23/2014
Mtl JP 20:49 GMT November 22, 2014 - My Profile
Amazing resilience by American public to getting screwed in the donkey by the Fed gang: Raise Interest Rates, Make Grandma Smile - CHARLES R. SCHWAB in WSJ
With the Feds near-zero policy, households headed by someone 75 or older have lost $2,700 annually in interest income. .../..
schwabby should have told the Trooooth. My parents, who lived thru the Depression, and were basic working class savers, by the time they were in their 70's has stashed away $400K. They used CDs, and voided the Stoc Mrkt. Even at a basic "passbook" interest rate of 5% ...they would have "lost" $20,000 in annual income. Perhaps if this Effect of ZIRP was out front discussed people would get more PO'd.
But that discussion only happens in the Tin-Foil-Hat Fringe. Because that's just wacko talk.
GVI Forex john 16:06 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
Weekly Trading Planner Top Items (GMT):
JP Holiday
09:00 DE IFO Climate Top sentiment indicator. Seen steady
14:45 US Markit SVC PMI flash Key Sentiment Survey
18:00 UST 2-yr Treasury Borrowing
23:50 JP BOJ Minutes Policy insight
07:00 DE GDP Widest Economic Indicator
13:30 CA Retail Sales Consumer Demand
13:30 US GDP 3Q14 Widest Economic Indicator
15:00 US CB Consumer Conf Short Term Sentiment Indicator
18:00 UST 5-yr Treasury Borrowing
09:30 GB GDP Widest Economic Indicator
12:30 US PCE defl y Top Fed Inflation Measure.
12:30 US Personal Income Key to demand
13:30 US Initial Claims Weekly Jobless
13:30 US Dur Goods Industrial demand
13:45 US Chicago PMI regional Indicator
13:55 US U Mich final Long term Sentiment Survey
15:00 US New Homes Sales Housing Metric
15:00 US Pending Homes Predictor of Existing Homes Sales 15:30 US EIA Crude Impacts Spot oil prices
18:00 TRY 7-yr Treasury borrowing
23:30 JP Core CPI Japan inflation
23:50 JP Ind Out industrial activity
US Holiday
8:55 DE unem Kchg German unemployment
9:00 DE fl HICP Key Metric for ECB
13:30 CA Cur/Acct Canadian external Accounts
23:50 JP Retail Sales Consumer Demand
7:00 DE Ret Sales Consumer Demand
10:00 EZ FL HICP Key ECB Metric
12:30 CA GDP Widest Economic Measure
23:30 JP Unemployment 3.60% 3.50%
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Video Al's Forex Trading Outlook
GVI Forex Jay Meisler 13:56 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
For those who have missed Al's weekly videos, he has given us a treat with one that covers the outlook for most of the major currencies.
If you would like a copy, send me an EMAIL
Nota bene
Mtl JP 03:00 GMT 11/23/2014 - My Profile
Lavrov: West seeking regime change in Moscow - al jazeera
Foreign minister says sanctions imposed over Ukraine conflict aim to destroy Russian economy and cause public unrest.
U.S. Economy Gathering Steam - November 23, 2014
nw kw 02:41 GMT 11/23/2014
Six Days Before we Hit a Cyclical Trading Peak
U.S. Economy Gathering Steam - November 23, 2014
nw kw 01:18 GMT 11/23/2014
Lastly, to address the point you made about the Christmas boost, that particular boost has become quite inconsistent as of late. What happens in the market is that people try to time these events, so the Christmas boost can occur in October if people flood in trying to gain that little bit of extra profit, or in early December if people assume that everyone is going to wait on the boom. It seems likely to me that people have already priced in the boost in Apple's price for the coming future, so I wouldn't recommend it as a buy moving forward.
- See more at: http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/consumer-discretionary/can-apple-s-aapl-stock-just-keep-climbing-a-spirited-email-exchange#sthash.2Ke068Vo.dpuf
Holiday Shortened Week in Store. Key German IFO Survey Monday
GVI Forex Blog 21:40 GMT 11/22/2014 - My Profile
TOP NEWS ITEMS: JP- Holiday, DE- Ifo Survey, US- flash Markit Service PMI
Holiday Shortened Week in Store. Key German IFO Survey Monday
Nota bene
Mtl JP 20:49 GMT 11/22/2014 - My Profile
Amazing resilience by American public to getting screwed in the donkey by the Fed gang: Raise Interest Rates, Make Grandma Smile - CHARLES R. SCHWAB in WSJ
With the Feds near-zero policy, households headed by someone 75 or older have lost $2,700 annually in interest income. .../..
U.S. Economy Gathering Steam - November 23, 2014
GVI Forex john 14:07 GMT 11/22/2014 - My Profile
Video: Forex Trading Outlook for Week of Nov 24, 2014
GVI Forex Jay Meisler 11:34 GMT 11/22/2014 - My Profile
This is likely to be a thin week due a holiday in Japan, the US Thanksgiving break and month end but as we have seen, complacency can be your worst enemy as the market has been full of surprises. The weak close for the EUR after nearly three weeks of consolidation has shifted the focus to this currency, which faces some key event risks over the next few weeks. See my forex video outlook for the week ahead.
Nota bene
dc CB 05:27 GMT 11/22/2014
Wm Dudley V Gracie Allen
Way much better than Eliz Wrn
Starts at13:38 IN wid Da Judge
the entire show is
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OR Why the BOOMERS are So Cynical?
We Grew Up watching this Stuff that our Dads thought was Funny
Nota bene
dc CB 02:48 GMT 11/22/2014
speeeeeking of Borders
Nota bene
Mtl JP 21:56 GMT 11/21/2014 - My Profile
Feds Bullard Says Markets Misread Him In October Bond-Buying Dustup - wsj
somebody pinch me
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dc CB 21:51 GMT 11/21/2014
so I gotta renew my Passport
cauz, once upon a time. Back in my 20's. I could come up There easy
Not Any More.
Gonna cost me like @ $100 to renew.
So, Ask your Guy's WHOT'S that worth for my Money NOT comin' there to that GREAT UNDERGROUND Mall in Totonto... AKA Snow? yeh we be Below.....Can Still SHOP
CURRENT CONDITIONS: Mixed Risk
GVI Forex john 21:36 GMT 11/21/2014 - My Profile
Nota bene
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Bush Barrow mace featured on British Museum Teaching History in 100 Objects
Stonhenge elite's treasures were made by children
Find our more about this remakable new story and the BBC Operation Stonehenge programme
What people are saying about the Museum ...
* Great new Bronze Age gold displays. A must see. Bush Barrow is sublime. Neil Wilkin, Curator of Bronze Age Collections, British Museum
* Massive display of the 'original crown jewels' in Devizes - ITV News
* ... puts Devizes Wiltshire Museum into a totally different league - The Independent
* Dazzling Display - The Times
* Stunning new galleries - see them soon - Tripadvisor review
* The best prehistory exhibition - Tripadvisor review
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The museum on TV ...
* Walking through History - Avebury to Stonehenge with Tony Robinson - West Kennet long barrow, Channel 4
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Gold from the time of StonehengeOn display for the first time are dozens of spectacular treasures dating to the time of Stonehenge and worn by people who worshiped inside the stone circle.
Telling Wiltshires Story500,000 years of Wiltshires story told in a brand new £750,000 gallery featuring high quality graphics and leading-edge reconstructions.
Lots for children tooFollow Archie and Ollie on a gallery trail, build Stonehenge, examine the evidence under a microscope and try on Bronze Age clothes.
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Something for everyoneWe have fascinating displays telling Wiltshire's story, including Roman treasure and agricultural history. A new gallery tells the story of Devizes and we are working on a anew Saxon Gallery.
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Uncommon classics? Names from the mid- to late 1800's?
Louisa/Louise are two of my favorite names right now. I love that neither are in the top 1,000 but both are recognizable. I consider both to be classics, along with other names on my list (Josephine, Margaret, Elizabeth, etc.).
Are there any other names that fit the criteria of being uncommon but recognizable, classic, or old fashioned?
The name doesn't have to be outside the top 1000 but preferrably outside the top 750 and not rising quickly. I don't have an opposition to popular names but I'm just looking for fresh ideas because none of the names I've been able to come up with seem like "the" name.
Here are a few I've considered:
Lucy (and Lusine [loo-see-neh], Lucia, etc.)
Ellie (and many names that lend the Ellie nickname including Noelle and Eleanor)
Lily (and names to give the Lily nickname Lilia, Lillian, etc.)
Eve/Eva for the NN Evie (and Evangeline but I want to use Josephine in the future so Evangeline is out)
No names containing Anne. Middle name will be Mae. Apparently, I'm also looking for a name that is easily nicknameable, too.
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Martha Mae
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Eleanor Mae (More popular but you have Ellie on your list, and Ellie is top 100)
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Jonathan Ferrell, a former football player at Florida A&M, was trying to get help when he was shot 10 times and killed by Officer Randall Kerrick last month. Kerrick was suspended and charged with involuntary manslaughter less than 24 hours after the incident. Now critics are opposing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's decision stating that Kerrick may have a case based on Florida's infamous "Stand Your Ground" law.
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text: Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Community Newspaper Perspectives * From Our Readers Sports Shorts * Marinette Hoops Club Nov. 1 4th, 5th Grade Boys Scores* Hunters Hats Must Be 50% Orange* Safe Deer Hunting Tips, ATVs, UTVs Great Tools* Over 550,000 Orange Coats To Take To The Woods Saturday* Nine Maroons Bring Home All-U.P. Honors e-EditionNow AvailableFor more informationclick here THE CITY REBORN FROM THE ASHES OF AMERICA'S MOST DISASTROUS FOREST FIRE Country Cousin Villain... Hi Folks! Cold, cold and more cold! Snow, rain, more snow! But the Global Warming people just wont give up. Now they tell us the blizzards are part of Global Warming. Say well have more of blizzards, but less snow. A little hard to comprehend that, given that copious amounts of snow are part and parcel of blizzards. That said, we here in northeast Wisconsin have been getting it all - warm and cold, sunshine, rain, sleet and snow - sometimes on the same day. If theres any Global Warming left anywhere, most of us would dearly love to have it shipped up here! Driving to work on Tuesday morning, with lacy snow-frosted forests after the rain and snow of Monday night, was like driving through a Currier & Ives painting. The difference is, usually in those paintings the vehicle was a sleigh, which is meant to travel on snow and ice, rather than a car, which definitely is not. DID HORSES SLIP? Got to thinking about that, and then started to wonder... Did horses slip on icy roads and trails? Did they feel secure trotting along on iron-shod hooves? Anyone know the answer? EASTER RIDDLES 1: What do you call 10 rabbits marching backwards? 2: What do you call the Easter Bunny after a hard days work? 3: What did the rabbit say to the carrot? 4: What do ducks have for lunch? See answers just before Cookin Time. WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY On Friday, Feb. 22, marks the 271st anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the man most responsible for allowing the United States of America to become a reality. Washington, who led the Revolutionary armies to victory, could easily have been made king of the new nation he liberated from Great Britain, but he chose to do what was best for his country, not what was best for himself, or for offspring he might have had, but did not. Perhaps God had reason for leaving the Father of our Nation with no children of his own. Had he accepted a lifelong crown as king instead of a temporary assignment as president, there would have been no one to inherit the office, so perhaps the temptation was not as great for him as it would have been for a man with children. Nevertheless, no matter how much America has come to abuse the Constitution, we all still owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for his wisdom and restraint. VIDEO VILLAIN Now a French company has released a new video game that depicts an alternate reality - a George Washington who turned into a cruel, power mad despot that needs to be assassinated. That could have happened with a lesser man, but it did not, because George Washington was George Washington, and we today are lucky that he was. A spokesperson for Mount Vernon, Washingtons home before and after he served his country, doesnt seem to be upset by the game. Unlike other historic military figures, Washington admirably stepped away from power and returned to private life, Melissa Wood said in a statement regarding the game. George Washington set the precedent for this democracys peaceful transition of power. Mount Vernon hopes that this game will give its players some perspective on this important accomplishment, which is often overlooked. Thats an admirable attitude, and she could be right, provided teachers and news media continue to remind kids of the truth, and they grow up knowing that the real George Washington resisted any temptation to become a reigning despot like the villain in the game. There was no law at the time that a president could serve only two terms. Washington was so popular that he could probably have held the post forever, but he stepped down in 1797 and moved back to spend the final two years of his life at his beloved Mount Vernon. In doing so, he passed the reins of the fledgling Republic on to the next man, a former political rival, who became President John Adams. AR-15 NOT AN ASSAULT RIFLE Over 1,100 current or former Army Reserve, National Guard, and active duty US Army Special Forces soldiers (Green Berets), on the web site Professional Soldiers, have posted a letter stating their support of the United States Constitution and their opposition to many of the gun control proposals being promoted in the wake of the recent tragic school shootings. They also point out some incorrect information being circulated by gun opponents who pretend to know what theyre talking about. The letter states: The Constitution of the United States is without a doubt the single greatest document in the history of mankind, codifying the fundamental principle of governmental power and authority being derived from and granted through the consent of the governed. Our Constitution established a system of governance that preserves, protects, and holds sacrosanct the individual rights and primacy of the governed as well as providing for the explicit protection of the governed from governmental tyranny and/or oppression. The Professional Soldiers explain, We have witnessed the insidious and iniquitous effects of tyranny and oppression on people all over the world.... Like you, we are also loving and caring fathers and grandfathers. Like you, we have been stunned, horrified, and angered by the tragedies of Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Fort Hood, and Sandy Hook; and like you, we are searching for solutions to the problem of gun-related crimes in our society. They add, Many of us are educators in our second careers and have a special interest to find a solution to this problem. They note much of the current debate is over so-called assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and say the terms assault weapon and assault rifle are often confused. According to Bruce H. Kobayashi and Joseph E. Olson, writing in the Stanford Law and Policy Review, Prior to 1989, the term assault weapon did not exist in the lexicon of firearms. It is a political term developed by anti-gun publicists to expand the category of assault rifles. The M4A1 carbine - a U.S. military service rifle - is an assault rifle. The AR-15 is not. The AR in its name does not stand for Assault Rifle,but represents the first two letters of the manufacturers name – ArmaLite Corporation. The AR-15 is designed to cosmetically look like the M4A1 carbine assault rifle, but it is impossible to configure the AR-15 to be a fully automatic assault rifle. It is a single shot semi-automatic that can fire between 45 and 60 rounds per minute depending on the skill of the operator. The M4A1 can fire up to 950 rounds per minute. In 1986, the federal government banned the import or manufacture of new fully automatic firearms for sale to civilians. Therefore, the sale of assault rifles are already banned or heavily restricted! they say. So if the existing ban doesnt work, why push for another one? The Professional Soldiers document says the second part of the current debate is over high capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds in the magazine. As experts in military weapons of all types, they say, it is our considered opinion that reducing magazine capacity from 30 rounds to 10 rounds will only require an additional 6 -8 seconds to change two empty 10 round magazines with full magazines. Would an increase of 6 –8 seconds make any real difference to the outcome in a mass shooting incident? In our opinion it would not. Outlawing such high capacity magazines would, however, outlaw a class of firearms that are in common use. As such this would be in contravention to the opinion expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court recent decisions, they say. They also point out that when the Federal Assault Weapons Ban became law in 1994, manufacturers began retooling to produce compliant firearms and magazines. Among them was the Hi-Point 995, which was sold with 10-round magazines. Five years after the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was approved, the Columbine High School massacre occurred. One of the perpetrators, Eric Harris, was armed with a Hi-Point 995. Undeterred by the 10-round capacity of his magazines, Harris simply brought more of them: 13 magazines would be found in the massacres aftermath. Harris fired 96 rounds before killing himself. The Professional Soldiers letter says more gun control laws will not prevent the violent killings in our society, but they offer a number of alternate ideas that might, including training and arming selected teachers to protect their classrooms, but only if that decision is made by the local school district for their community. For starters they would like to see the 1990 gun free school zone law repealed. They feel it offers deranged shooters a place to do their killing without fear of harm to themselves, and cite statistics proving that when gun restrictions are lifted, gun-related crimes go down. The bad guys dont want to get shot...they just want to shoot someone else with no fear that someone will shoot back. Incidentally, have been told, but dont know for a fact, that in Israel, because of the constant threat of terrorist attacks, teachers are required to be armed with some pretty serious weapons. No one wants to see any more shootings, but we need to think a lot as a nation before we give up more of our freedoms for a solution that just might make the problem worse. EASTER WREATH Lent is underway, but theres still time to make a lovely Easter wreath to grade a table, the front door, or a living room or entry wall. 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A: Its been nice gnawing at you. 4: Soup and quackers! COOKIN TIME Lent continues, and so does the need for hot and hearty sustenance. Here a few new recipes you may want to try. MEATLESS WHITE PASTA FAGIOLI SOUP This Italian bean soup, with some hot, fresh Italian bread, sliced tomatoes and perhaps some cheese makes an entire meatless meal. 1/4 cup butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk 3 cans chicken broth 3 cans water 1/4 cup dry white wine 2 cloves minced garlic 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 box thin noodles or other pasta 2 cans white kidney (or great northern) beans In a large heavy sauce or soup pan, make a white sauce with 1/4 cup butter, two tablespoons flour and one cup milk. (Stir mixture constantly until it comes to a boil.) Add three cans chicken broth with three cans water, 1/4 cup dry white wine, two cloves minced garlic, and one teaspoon each of basil and oregano. Bring to boil again. Add the two cans of beans and boil for a few minutes to blend flavors. Stir often. Then add the half box of thin noodles and cook until theyre done. CRAB QUICHE This is almost too easy! Very, very good for a meatless evening or noon meal, especially if you serve with a bowl of meatless vegetable soup. Inexpensive too if you use imitation crab meat instead of the real thing. 8 ounces crab meat, picked over carefully for shells (or use imitation crab meat like I do) 1 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 3 each eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded 1 cup cooked rice 3 1/2 ounces French fried onions 9 inch pastry shell (pre-baked for 10 minutes) 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put in pie crust, and bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, eggs, and lemon pepper. Stir in cheese, crab, rice and fried onion. (Save some of the onions to sprinkle on top and get crunchy if you like.) When the pie shell has baked 10 minutes, turn oven heat down to 300 degrees and take out the pie shell. Fill it with the rice/crab mixture,top with reserved French fried onions, and return it to the oven. Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until set and knife inserted in middle comes out clean. Serve warm as a main course or appetizer. For a whole meal, serve with a tomato-based vegetable soup, a nice green salad, and perhaps buttered broccoli. Then, in honor of Mr. Washington this Friday, top things off with a cherry cake, cherry pie ala mode or the cherry dessert that follows. CHERRY ANGEL DESSERT Lovely dessert for George Washingtons Birthday. Politicians a few years ago removed the birthday of our nations first president from the national holiday calendar in favor of the generic Presidents Day, but that doesnt mean the rest of us cant honor him anyway on Friday, Feb. 22. Mark your calendar! No, he really didnt cut down that cherry tree, but the teacher who made up the story got a lot of mileage out of it and today most of us associate cherries with the great man. Its a bit insane that the best known fact about George Washington is an untrue story (lie) created to prove how honest he was. 1 angel food cake (about four cups) broken into pieces 1 large package vanilla instant pudding 1 cup sour cream 1 can cherry pie filling 1 container frozen whipped topping or real whipped cream Place cake pieces in 9x13 inch pan. Prepare instant pudding; let set a few minutes. Add sour cream and pour over cake pieces; then on top, pour cherries. Let stand at least 5 to 6 hours. Top with whipped cream just before serving. HOT FUDGE PUDDING CAKE Wonderful warm treat for a frosty winter night. Good warm or cold. Cake and hot fudge sauce bake together. 1 cup all purpose flour 3/4 cup sugar 3 to 4 tablespoons cocoa 2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 2 butter, melted 1 cup finely chopped nuts (optional) 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1/4 cup cocoa 1 3/4 cups hot water Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, measure flour, sugar, 3 to 4 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder and salt. Blend in milk and melted butter. Pour into an ungreased 9x9x2-inch square baking pan. Stir together nuts, brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa; sprinkle over batter. Pour hot water over the batter. Do not stir! Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake (not the pudding) comes out clean. While the cake is still very warm from the oven, spoon cake and pudding into dessert cups or serving bowls. If desired, top with canned cherry pie filling, frozen whipped topping, or maybe whipped cream flavored with rum or vanilla ice cream. 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Information Disclosed in Bankruptcy Filing of Apple's Sapphire Glass Supplier
Supply Chain Matters provides a follow-up to Apple supplier GT Advanced Technologies and the events leading up to its bankruptcy filing. In early October, in a sudden and startling announcement, this developing supplier for new, more durable sapphire glass applications for Apple's product lineup announced that it had commenced a voluntary filing under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as a best means to reorganize and protect that company.
This weekend, The Wall Street Journal, which first identified GT Advanced Technologies as the prime supplier of the new sapphire based material, revealed details previously included but sealed in the bankruptcy filing in October (paid subscription required). On Friday, the bankruptcy judge had ordered the release of this information.
According to the WSJ, GT's CEO characterized Apple's efforts as a "classic bait and switch" strategy that caused this supplier to be stuck in what was described as an "an onerous and massively one-sided deal." The article further indicates that the supplier described constant changes in product specifications without adequate compensation and that Apple had no obligation to buy the material but demanded the supplier restrict the company from selling to other consumer electronics company. In an earlier motion to the court, Apple stated that the filing was intended to "vilify Apple and portray Apple as a coercive bully" and that the CEO's statements were untrue and defamatory. Apple also invested the sum of $439 million which it must now try to recover.
This Apple supplier relationship has obviously reached a point of no-return. The WSJ quotes GT's bankruptcy lawyer as indicating: "There are discussions between Apple and the company not about continuing the marriage but rather what I could call a divorce without a custody fight."
As Supply Chain Matters has noted in many prior commentaries, the perils of being an Apple supplier are those of having the capability of high agility in the wake of what others would view as rather difficult obstacles. That tendency dates back to the era of Steve Jobs who instilled a perfectionist culture for design engineering. Also with Apple come huge scale and the potential for financial reward. In the case of GT Advanced Technologies, the risk-reward strategy has an apparent far different outcome.
Obviously, Apple has no desire to have such a supplier relationship vetted in business and social media but this is a far different era of transparency and openness that sometimes transcends discussions behind closed-doors.
This is today's mission for high tech and consumer electronics suppliers, namely dealing with whatever is required to make the customer's business model successful, but sometimes at-peril if a counter-balancing strategies are not pursued. One of the Comments affixed to the WSJ article very pointedly states: "If you cut a deal with Apple, you better know what you're getting into." That comment sums it all.
Bob Ferrari
Another Important Indication of Chief Supply Chain Officer Agenda
As we have stated in previous commentaries, Supply Chain Matters does not tend to comment on the huge plethora of opinion research studies concerning the discipline and state of global supply chain management unless we feel the research is meaningful and based on sound research practices. By our view, there are too many outlets, beyond experienced analyst anchored firms, producing so called research vs. opinion of the day among a limited set of respondents.
In an October 2013 Supply Chain Matters commentary we highlighted some important findings from the Chief Supply Chain Officer Report conducted and compiled by SCM World. We were impressed with the research approach as well as the key findings. This year, we were able to obtain a copy of The Chief Supply Chain Officer Report 2014, Pulse of the Profession. Our thanks to Supply Chain Matters Sustaining Sponsor E2open for providing us with a copy of the 2014 report. We further had the opportunity to speak with Matt Davis, former Gartner analyst who recently joined SCM World in the role of Senior Vice President of Research.
This year's report has a reported level of over 1000 cross-industry survey participants responding to over a hundred questions and sub-questions. As was the case last year, the goal of our commentary is not to re-produce the findings but rather to add some of our impressions and takeaways to the findings. SCM World, the authors of the report have done a great job of articulating individual findings.
In the 2013 report supply chain leaders had indicated that they were caught in the middle of rising customer demands and expectations and the global growth ambitions of their firm's management teams. The conundrum of objectives was directed at continued reductions in costs while helping to grow the business. This year's report describes 2014 attitudes as increasingly "schizophrenic, with operating cost reduction dominant as ever but closely followed by agility in meeting customer needs." The authors summarize that supply chains are trying to be all things to all people including areas of enhanced customer service, accelerated NPI and stronger supply relationships. That pretty much tracks with the various supply chain developments Supply Chain Matters has highlighted this year, particularly in the consumer products sector. External pressures for increased, very short-term stockholder value, accelerating structural changes in market and customer behavior, conflict we needs for the supply chain to become more responsive or agile to the rapid industry changes that are occurring. It is a rather difficult challenge that has increasingly manifested itself for many years, challenges that cannot be addressed solely from a focus on financial-based performance outcomes.
A very significant 2014 finding indicates that senior supply chain leaders are intending to move away from the outsourced core competence model of prior years and moved toward more highly vertically integrated strategies in manufacturing and distribution in support of direct-to-customer delivery needs. The forces of Omni-channel commerce are definitely real. What should be of upmost interest to our community is the SCM World conclusion that today, a return to more emphasis on vertical integration and in-house production strategies are clearly underway. A quarter of the SCM World respondents further indicate pursuit of modular push-pull platform strategies managed internally, where final customer demand will be accommodated by a fulfillment network of third-party factories, retailers or partners located closest to customers. There is also a corresponding bombshell statement indicating that supply chain strategies going forward are less likely to depend on contract manufacturing, especially for critical elements of the production process. While we were not surprised by that conclusion, given the many examples that have unfolded this year, some of readers will be.
Other important SCM World findings relate to sourcing procurement strategies. Once again, the findings point to a consolidation of the supply base along with a need for deeper collaborative relationships with suppliers, more sharing of demand plans and deeper levels of collaboration on intellectual property innovation as well as cost savings opportunities. This is obviously another method to try to balance continued needs for cost savings while supporting broader business needs for customer responsiveness and managing important tenets of supply chain risk mitigation. The most attractive markets for growth again point to China, but at the same time, respondents indicate that China is the fifth most likely to be considered "too risky" to operate within.
Finally, no supply chain executive survey these days neglects to manifest the crrent challenges related to supply chain talent management. The 2014 SCM World CSCO respondents pointed to ever more challenges in building and managing supply chain teams over the past two years, nearly double the frustration expressed in 2011. SCM World points to raw recruitment as the most cited problem despite rising interest in supply chain among universities and significant investment in supply chain focused professional organizations. The need for well-rounded generalists possessing broader supply chain functional, business and team collaboration skills seems to remain an important need, with implications for significant job rotation across business areas. This obviously remains a key area of concern among senior industry supply chain leaders and consistent with predictions and findings from other industry analyst firms including the Ferrari Consulting and Research Group. It a challenge requiring far more concerted actions and supporting efforts involving academia, industry, professional organizations and supply chain professionals themselves.
Readers can download a summarized version of SCM World's Chief Supply Chain Officer 2014 at this web link or view an SCM World blog posting by Kevin O'Marah which highlights the top 10 supply chain facts brought forward from the 2014 report. Alternatively, E2open is providing a download link on its web site Resource Center.
More Negative Visibility to Product Recalls and One Supplier in Automotive Supply Chains
In a June 2014 Supply Chain Matters commentary, Automotive Component Supply Strategy Meets Sensitized Regulatory Environment, we called attention to a published Reuters report indicating that product recalls involving airbags supplied by Japan based Takata Corp. would expand and involve millions of affected motor vehicles and ensnarl many global brands.
That situation has become ever more visible in a multitude of cascading product recalls and urgent consumer advisories involving many auto brands from entry-level to upscale luxury.
Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a high visibility consumer advisory, urging owners of over 4.7 million recalled vehicles to act immediately on recall notices and replace defective Takata airbags due to suspected defective air bag inflators. Brands involve BMW, General Motors, Honda, Mazda and Nissan and the vehicle models date back as far as 2000-2001. While this advisory notes specific urgency for certain U.S. states and regions featuring warm, humid climates that fact seems to be blurred by the blast of Monday news from general media. The other reality is that many vehicle owners may have ignored previous recall notices which could jeopardize the safety of occupants.
Aftermarket service and spare part networks are already stressed by a surge of product recalls issued from an abundance of caution to avoid punitive financial fines. This latest high profile consumer warning related to certain airbag deflator defects will add more stress to overly stressed networks that lack the tools to handle such volumes.
Automotive OEM's have fostered component product innovation strategies among a key set of lower-tiered component system suppliers, and OEM's leverage such innovation across multiple vehicle and brand platforms. These strategies were put in place to foster both faster product innovation cycles as well as to be able to leverage volume supply costs across multiple global platforms. The objective of leveraging lower component costs has never gone away, at least for certain OEM's.
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal featured a report (paid subscription or free metered view) indicating that Honda, after a long supplier relationship, is re-evaluating that arrangement with Takada in light of a series of airbag inflator product defects. Reports indicate that defective air bags, some dating back to the early 2000's, could send metal shrapnel flying upon air bag inflation, posing serious injury risk to drivers and/or passengers. According to reports, Takada utilizes a different propellant than other suppliers, one that is cheaper but more volatile. Rival air bag suppliers that could benefit from the current crisis include Autoliv, DaicelKey Safety Systems and TRW Automotive Holdings, which is being acquired by German based ZF. The WSJ further reported that Toyota and Nissan are also concerned about Takata air bag systems in the light of the current circumstances. But, switching suppliers that support one or several global product platforms is somewhat more challenging from a timing perspective.
The WSJ report provides some in-depth perspective on how Takada has expanded its global just-in-time supplier footprint to accommodate individual OEM platform demand. The report alludes that the product quality problems may have stemmed from a period of rapid growth, testing communication and process discipline among far-flung regional plants. After two years of investigation, Honda and Takata joint quality teams discovered certain machine defects in a plant in Washington state and in process parameters in a Mexican plant. At times, poor record keeping hindered the ability to figure out which cars had defective inflators installed.
Whether Takada can recover from this ongoing and compounding product recall and branding crisis is certainly open to skepticism and speculation. However, Supply Chain Matters feels that automotive OEM's face their-own realities related to product development and global product platform cycles. A global platform strategy supported by component supply agreements has to be balanced with supplier risk. Requiring suppliers to locate just-in-time production across far-flung global regions requires an assessment of rigid process control discipline and conformance. When such controls indicate cause for concern, two-way communication must be forthright and honest and procurement teams need to be proactive in assessing and communicating risk implications.
Today's overly sensitized regulatory environment requires timely feedback and responsive risk mitigation.
The passenger safety, financial, and brand risks are far higher.
Bob Ferrari
Two Visible Examples on the Perils for Being an Apple Supplier
This week brings two visible and poignant reminders of the perils for being an Apple supplier. There are of course, the positives related to the sheer production volumes that doing business with Apple provides, along with being on the leading-edge of product or component innovation. Along with the positives come the perils for dealing with a highly demanding and influential customer.
Today's printed edition of the Wall Street Journal cites suppliers and other sources as indicating (paid subscription) that because of the current surging demand for Apple's newly announced iPhone 6 models, the Apple supply chain ecosystem has altered previous plans for ramping-up production volumes associated with new models of iPads, and instead are allocating current production resources to iPhones, specifically the iPhone 6 Plus. Apple's Sales and Operations process has obviously issued marching orders that indicate all hands on deck supporting iPhone shipment needs. That implies a invariable delay for new iPad market availability plans as critical component supplies such as displays allocated their current efforts strictly to supporting current iPhone output demands.
Foxconn, Apple's prime contract manufacturer has again placed in the role of doing whatever it takes to keep-up with demand, fulfill customer orders and not let lack of finished goods supply be an inhibitor to Apple's financial results in this all important holiday shipping quarter. The WSJ reports that Foxconn's Chairman Terry Gou is personally at the Zhengzhou assembly facility "… to monitor production closely."
In prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries we have pointed out that Foxconn's real desire is to continue to diversify its business models with less overall dependence on the ebbs and peaks of Apple. That includes building independent branded products. The contract manufacturer has thus been willing to assume a secondary provider role for other of Apple's products such as the iPad Mini. But, when the stakes are really high, the Apple operational pattern is to turn to its long-standing CMS provider to pull the proverbial rabbits out of the hat in providing almost virtual capacity to move finished goods to consumers and channel partners.
Thus, one peril for being an Apple supplier is having the capability of high agility in the wake of what others would view as rather difficult obstacles.
The other supplier peril reminder comes from this week's sudden and unexpected news regarding evolving sapphire glass supplier GT Advanced Technologies and its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, sending its stock plummeting. This was a classic current day example of what various supply chain academics have noted as bad supply chain news directly correlated to negative stock performance. In GT's case, it was literally wiping out upwards of $1 billion in equity value according to one report.
Since the GT news broke earlier this week, the reports we have been monitoring indicate that after further testing of the new sapphire glass material that GT was producing a its new start-up plant near Mesa Arizona, Apple engineers determined that the material was not appropriate for the new iPhone models, and reportedly, withheld the final seed investment payment involving upwards of $130 million. Today, the WSJ reports that GT Technologies will exit the business of manufacturing sapphire. A U.S. bankruptcy judge allowed GT to keep the details of its relationships with Apple secret, no doubt from the influence of Apple as a major creditor. Apple has apparently declined any further statements to business media regarding its relationship with GT.
We sense that this Supply Chain Matters commentary regarding perils will resonate with our readers residing within either Apple's or other supply chain dominant customer supply chain business models. We know that there not much any of you can state publically. However, we as a broader community, in just one week, have open visibility and can dwell, albeit briefly, to such perils.
We usually strive to point out important takeaways for readers in our individual postings. In this particular case we rather play the observer role and state that perhaps this is today's mission for supply chain, namely dealing with whatever is required to make the business model successful, including a can-do relationship with the most influential and important of customers. It is what is expected for today's industry supply chains.
© 2014 The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC and the Supply Chain Matters blog. All rights reserved.
Breaking News: Apple Sapphire Glass Supplier Files for Protection Under Chapter 11
In a sudden and startling announcement, GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a developing supplier for new, more durable sapphire glass applications for Apple's product lineup, announced today that it had commenced a voluntary filing under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as a best means to reorganize and protect that company and provide a path to future success. In the announcement, GT indicated that as of September 29, 2014, the company had approximately $85 million in cash, but there is no mention in the release of current outstanding liabilities.
In early August in its announcement for fiscal year second quarter results, the company indicated six month, year-to-date revenues of $80.5 million including $49.7 million attributed to sapphire equipment and materials. Non-GAPP operating expenses were reported as $76.3 million year-to-date and the supplier incurred a $139 million net loss from operations. GT reported ending its second quarter with $333 million of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, compared to a $509 million at the end of the company's first quarter.
A statement from this supplier's CEO states:
"GT has a strong and fundamentally sound underlying business. Today's filing does not mean we are going out of business; rather, it provides us with the opportunity to continue to execute our business plan on a stronger footing, maintain operations of our diversified business, and improve our balance sheet."
The company indicated that it expects to provide additional details with respect to the Chapter 11 filing as soon as they are available.
Readers may recall that in our previous commentaries related to Apple's ongoing efforts in product innovation, that Apple provided a long-term strategic seed investment in GT, valued in excess of $500 million, to develop a stronger more durable alternative to the use of gorilla glass for displays in Apple's forthcoming line-up of products. GT invested in a 1.4 million square foot production facility near Mesa Arizona to produce sapphire at high volumes at comparative cost. There was further speculation that GT was being positioned as the prime supplier of sapphire for the iPhone line-up and the now announced Apple wearable watch scheduled to ship early next year. The recent iPhone 6 new product announcements from Apple did not include sapphire glass as a feature, leading to speculation that GT could not initially ramp to Apple's high volume production requirements for its newest model.
Suppliers with groundbreaking technology can often fall victim to a far larger and very influential customer with demanding requirements. What happened with GT Technologies will obviously unfold in the coming weeks including its current relationships with Apple.
UPS's Latest Survey of Healthcare Supply Chains- Some Interesting Conflicts and Needs for Broader Perspectives
This week, UPS announced the results of its seventh annual "Pain in the (Supply) Chain" survey involving pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chains. According to the authors, the survey was conducted from phone interviews with 536 senior supply chain management decision-makers within the healthcare industry. Global coverage for this survey is noted as Asia, Canada, Latin America, the United States and Western Europe.
For the third consecutive year, the survey points to regulatory compliance as the top supply chain pain point, cited by 60 percent of the 2014 respondents, indicating that this trend alone is driving current business and supply chain changes. From our Supply Chain Matters lens, that finding is not a surprise since so many pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chain are indeed regulated, but more importantly, they are now globally extended for both supply and service demand needs.
The next largest concern was noted as product protection challenges, with 46 percent of respondents citing product security, and 40 percent citing product damage and spoilage as top concerns. Again no surprise, given the ongoing challenge of counterfeit drugs and global extensions of transportation and logistics networks.
However, what was surprising, at least for us, was that a mere 26 percent of these supply chain leaders cite contingency planning as a top supply chain concern. Perhaps this is an area that these supply chain leaders feel is being adequately addressed. Yet, 34 percent of those surveyed in Asia and 22 percent of those residing in Latin America indicated their firm's supply chain was impacted by an unplanned event in the past 3-5 years. Cited reasons that were noted were:
- Events being too unlikely or infrequent
- Back-up infrastructure too expensive to deploy
- Little or no prioritization being given to this area vs. other challenges
For an industry that is required to spend so much on product development, brand value and patient trust, it is surprising to once again note such viewpoints. The industry need only look to the previous supply chain disruptions that occurred at Johnson & Johnson to ascertain how about contingency planning has become.
Deeper in the UPS news release perhaps finds a rather important assumption related to the above concerns in compliance, product protection and contingency planning. Many healthcare supply chains are not viewing production, distribution, logistics and transportation as a core capability and have thus outsourced these activities. According to this latest UPS survey, 62 percent of decision makers cited increased reliance on third-party logistics providers as a strategy into the foreseeable future. (3-5 years) Therefore business partners have become an important enabler in helping to overcome stated supply chain challenges.
In a previous Supply Chain Matters commentary, we called for a broader technology vision among supply chain execution partners, specifically 3PL's. As more and more industry supply chains opt to outsource logistics, transportation and customer fulfillment to logistics and transportation partners, leveraging the potential benefits of newer technologies in item-level tracking, Internet of Things (IoT) and supply chain control towers become a de-facto capability requirement to overcome business challenges and deliver required business outcomes. Too often today, the outsourced 3PL decision has been driven solely by cost control vs. broader requirements for supply chain resiliency and responsiveness. While UPS and FedEx have embraced advanced technology, other 3PL's have relied on customers to fund such investments, and there remains the conundrum. For us, these latest UPS survey findings concerning healthcare focused supply chains have special meaning to the new reliance on supply chain execution partners for joint goal enablement. Beyond logistics, globally dispersed contract manufacturers have an important enabling and support role as well.
The report's executive survey indicates that healthcare supply chain leaders are themselves eyeing technology investments in two specific areas of the supply chain, namely front-end order fulfillment and overall product protection in the form of serialization and item-tracking. Supply Chain Matters advises these leaders to also consider the all-important supporting element for connecting the front and back-end of the extended healthcare supply chain. That would be a cohesive supply chain business network that synchronizes planning, execution and early-warning intelligence to unplanned events.
Bob Ferrari


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Excellent food
We liked the peace and quite. Very nice patio overlooking the pool and the beautiful scenery.
Very large room and bathroom Spotlessly clean Very artistically decorated Beautiful, large, clean pool Lovely gardens Good breakfast Friendly staff On the edge of a village
We checked that we could have the evening meal on the Sunday We had an email guaranteeing this On arrival we were told there was a problem and. They would book us a restaurant. The restaurant was dreadful. Another member of staff said that the dining room is never open on a Sunday evening. So we felt a bit cheated but apart from that the hotell is excellent value for money.
Very friendly staff. Excellent food. Comfortable room. Marvellous views.
Tomatoes and aubergines - "les legumes"!!!
bathrobes and slippers in room, tea and coffee, fridge etc. clean & comfortable friendly staff
restaurant menu could be more extensive. overcooked steak.
Outstanding hospitality on the part of the ebullient and charming hostess Karine....nothing too much trouble. Husband Jerome backs her up without fuss. They have created a special place and fully deserve their high rating. Lovely swimming pool and close proximity to the greatest of all the Cathar castles Montsegur. Impeccably clean and excellent value for money. Super restaurant. Will return.
Liked it all. They work so hard!!!!
Extremely friendly and helpful staff. My partner loved the house beer! The small pool, the gardens and the bar area were well kept and a lovely place to relax.
Even when I had to change my reservation out of the limit period the hotel didn't charge me the original night, in general the kindness of the personel is outstanding
Wifi was not working in the upper rooms
Very welcoming and caring staff.
None of note.
Lovely room and facilities - pity the weather didn't allow us to use them!
Great location, very nice room, good food and very nice and helpful staff
The owners of this hotel were great very friendly and made us feel good a happy place to be views outstanding close to montsegur excellent ten out of ten hope to go back one day highly recommend this hotel
Nothing not to like
Lovely staff, impeccably clean. Great value for money. Would recommend and come here again
Large bed, good bathroom
Limited menu at restuarant
Staff, food, cleanliness
Everything about it
High quality accommodation coupled with excellent value. Room was large and well appointed with very impressive en-suite shower facilities. The helpful and friendly owner has given great attention to detail with the decor and the restaurant offers excellent value for money and good quality food. This hotel would be of particular interest to skiers.
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By JustJanS on May 17, 2012
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"I found this on the Food Channel site (Australian) and made this today for visitors tonight. I don't have a mixer with a dough hook, so kneaded it on my bench top for 20 minutes. It was very sticky but a tiny bit of flour sprinkled over the bench made it very easy to work."
Serving Size: 1 (1127 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 1
"Jan this was just what I needed. Neighbor was having a ladies impromptu get together and I needed something I could take light and easy. I made this along with some tiropita as my dishes to pass. This was easy to make for me. I also do not have a dough hook so mixed the dough in the bread machine and then followed directions to complete the recipe. I do have a Cuisinart food processor that says I can make dough in there but have yet to use it for that purpose, I need to do so. I used sesame seeds on half and on the other half I sprinkled brown sugar and cinnamon, then sliced them into 1/4 wedges to plate. They were a hit. I have saved this recipe to favorites so I can make regularly instead of buying my pitas or flats. This would be great to make little pizzas on I believe. Thank you.<br/>Made for August Aussie/NZ Swap."