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Framework: An Integrated Approach to Portfolio, Program and Project
(Rev. 2012-01-09)
7.7 Procurement Planning
7.7.1 Description
Procurement planning is that part of the project control planning process that ensures that information about resources (e.g., labor, material, etc.) as required for project control is identified for, incorporated in , and obtained through the procurement process. The TCM process map does not explicitly include the procurement process. As with engineering, construction, programming, and similar functions involved with project execution, TCM only addresses the project control interface with procurement. The term procurement is used here in the broad sense of the collective functions that obtain labor, services, materials, tools, and other resources.
Asset owners usually obtain most of the labor, materials, and other resources used in projects from outside enterprises. These outside enterprises typically include vendors and fabricators for materials and contractors for labor. Even when the asset owner obtains resources from within their own enterprise, the project teams control of the internal resource supplying organization may be limited. In all these cases, procuring needed resources from these suppliers and contractors (and their suppliers in the supply chain) requires extra effort to plan and establish agreements. There are also additional concerns with assuring that other parties have acceptable values regarding society, ethics, environment, health and safety, and so on because problems with one party in this regard are likely to affect others with whom they have relationships (see Sections 11.1 and 11.2).
The relationship of suppliers and contractors with the project team, or between suppliers and contractors involved in the project, is defined by contracts, purchase orders, or other legal or procedural documents or agreements. Therefore, in order to institute a project control process, all interfaces of the suppliers and contractors with the project control process must be defined and established in the agreements that we refer to here as contracts. Contract clauses that define project control interfaces must be included in the overall project plan.
For project control, suppliers and contractors must be obligated to provide cost, resource, and schedule information as needed to plan the project (i.e., they may develop all or part of the project estimate and schedule), measure progress of the work, support change management, and support historical database needs. Payment methods to the suppliers and contractors and methods for resolving disputes with and between them must also be defined. The goal of procurement planning then is to ensure that labor, materials, tools, and consumables that are obtained from or through suppliers are obtained in a way that optimally achieves project objectives and requirements.
Interface between procurement and project control begins in the scope development process (Section 7.1) where the work breakdown structure, organizational breakdown structure (OBS), work packages and execution strategy are developed. The execution strategy identifies general approaches through which the work packages and activities will be performed, including the role of suppliers and contractors. As regards procurement, the primary execution strategy decisions involve determining the type of contracts to be used for various elements of the work. The decisions are based on a variety of factors such as the status of scope development, the owners project control capability, perceived risks and risk allocation strategies, prevailing purchasing and contracting practices, and so on. Each contract type (e.g., lump sum, unit price, time and materials, cost-plus, etc.) has specific risk and project control interface implications.
For example, lump sum contracts are generally used when scope development is well advanced and design changes are unlikely, and/or when the owner has limited project control capability. Reimbursable or unit price contract types are used more often when the scope is less well developed, new technology is involved, and/or the owner has better project control capability (i.e., better able to measure and assess progress and direct corrective actions).
As was mentioned, suppliers and contractors must be obligated to provide cost, resource, and schedule information as needed for project control. Each supplier and contractor should be required to use a common chart of accounts at the information flow interfaces (i.e., they may use their own accounts internally, but they should use the common accounts for progress reports, billings, etc.). This facilitates project control and cooperation between all parties.
For planning and scheduling, suppliers and contractors generally prepare their own detailed plans and schedules, but any applicable milestones that are required by the overall schedule must be a contracted requirement. For costs, bid, and change order pricing, cost reports, billings, and other submittals should be in accordance with the project WBS/OBS and common chart of accounts (which is made part of the contract) to the level of detail needed to measure and assess the participants progress and to capture in historical databases. Likewise, estimated and installed labor hour and material quantity information should be reported per the chart of accounts. Also as was mentioned, the owner must establish in the contract requirements for payment methods and timing, change management, and dispute resolution.
At the conclusion of the procurement planning process, all requirements for project control deliverables (e.g., schedule data, cost and progress reports, closeout data, etc.) from the suppliers and contractors and project control procedures they must follow will be incorporated in contracts as appropriate. Likewise, all the project control information (e.g., milestones, chart of accounts, etc.) that is needed by the suppliers and contractors will be incorporated in the contracts as well.
Project procurement planning may be affected by decisions made at a strategic asset management level (Section 2.3) when the enterprise has established relationships with key suppliers and contractors to support project work. In that case, business management of the enterprise will communicate strategic procurement planning requirements to the project team as appropriate (Section 4.1).
Procurement planning is facilitated by having a database of historical procurement data. These data should include past experiences with suppliers and contractors and the contract approaches used. Development and maintenance of procurement planning tools (e.g., checklists, standard procedures, contract terms, etc.) is also a step in the process. A standard chart of accounts, along with the WBS/OBS, facilitates procurement planning by establishing ways for all suppliers to consistently categorize and exchange project control information.
Procurement planning is a team effort. The team includes the project manager or project leader, the project control leads (e.g., estimating, scheduling, etc.), purchasing, contracting and legal personnel, and the managers or coordinators of the work that will be done by vendors, suppliers, and contractor officers. Because much of procurement planning involves issues of information flow between project participants, having an information technology person on the team is often desirable. Generally, the project control leader, in close cooperation with the purchasing and contracting functional leaders, leads the procurement planning effort as covered here. However, everyone on the project team with interface roles with suppliers or contractors should have input to and buy-in for the procurement planning aspects of the project control plans.
7.7.2 Process Map for Procurement Planning
At its core, procurement planning involves studying the capabilities of various resource providers and alternate procurement approaches, and establishing project control requirements for the relationships established. Historical information including lessons learned is a valuable asset in determining the best approaches. Figure 7.7-1 illustrates the process map for procurement planning.
Figure 7.7.1 Process Map for Procurement Planning
The following sections briefly describe the steps in the procurement planning process.
.1 Plan for Procurement Planning
The procurement planning process requires activities and resources, so the work to be performed during the process needs to be planned. The project team identifies procurement planning tools that will facilitate the process, and the team assesses past project experience for lessons learned. Project requirements and initial execution strategies must also be considered.
.2 Identify Project Control Requirements, Capabilities, and Priorities
Based on initial overall project control plans (estimates and schedules), the initial execution strategy, and the scope of proposed changes, basic supplier, and contractor project control requirements are identified and prioritized. In addition, the project control capabilities of the project team need to be prioritized and evaluated.
.3 Evaluate Procurement Approaches and Constraints
Various approaches for establishing contract project control requirements for the various project suppliers and contractors need to be evaluated for their affect on project control plans and execution strategy. The affect of various procurement approaches on estimated cost and schedule (e.g., when to procure) also are evaluated. Opportunities to increase project value, reduce risks, and effectively allocate risks should also be assessed. The project control capabilities of the project team, suppliers, and contractors need to be considered.
.4 Review and Establish Procurement Requirements
The project team must review selected requirements for project control deliverables from the suppliers and contractors, and the project control procedures that they must follow. Likewise, all the project control information needed by the suppliers and contractors must be reviewed. The review ensures that project objectives and requirements are met. Resource planning outputs (e.g., resource expenditure charts based on resource loaded schedules, recruitment and training plans, etc.) are reviewed by the project team to determine whether they are complete and suitable as a basis for planning, whether they meet project objectives and requirements, and whether they are competitive with industry best practices and historical approaches.
.5 Develop and Maintain Procurement Planning Methods and Tools
Standard contract terms, procedures, and other tools for procurement planning must be created and maintained. Past project data (including project procurement approaches, suppliers and contractors used, and experiences with the same) must also be collected and maintained. Historical information and lessons learned are a key resource for evaluating the approach to use on future projects.
7.7.3 Inputs to Procurement Planning
.1 Project Planning Basis (Objectives, Constraints, and Assumptions). The enterprise may establish requirements for procurement planning such as the use of pre-selected vendors, alliance partners, and so on (see Section 4.1).
.2 Changes. During project execution, changes to the baseline project plans are identified in the change management process (see Section 10.3). Each change goes through the procurement planning process so that project control aspects can be appropriately integrated into contracts and project control plans. The change management process also concerns dealing with disputes and claims.
.3 Basis for Project Control. The integrated schedule, cost, and resource plans (Sections 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4) define the project control basis and requirements for the project.
.4 Estimate and Schedule Information. As alternate procurement approaches and requirements are assessed, the estimate and schedule effects are evaluated. The results of the evaluation support the procurement assessment. In addition, cost and schedule information provided by suppliers and contractors during the project control and procurement process is input for evaluation.
.5 Execution Strategy. Scope and execution strategy development (see Section 7.1) define how the project work will be implemented (i.e., the general approaches through which the work packages and activities will be performed). The strategy will generally specify the general contractual approaches to be used; however, it does not include the specific tactics, which are developed in procurement planning.
.6 Chart of Accounts. Coding structures that support the accounting and cost/schedule integration processes (see Sections 5.1 and 9.1) are provided. Each supplier will generally have its own chart of accounts; therefore, coordination requires that suppliers and contractors map their accounts to the one that is contractually required so that cost and schedule information can be exchanged.
.7 Historical Project Information. Past project procurement approaches, suppliers used, lessons learned, claims experience, and similar information is used to support future project procurement planning.
.8 Information for Analysis. Procurement planning is iterative with the other project planning steps including value analysis and engineering and risk management (see Sections 7.5 and 7.6, respectively). These analytical processes may identify changes in procurement plans that will increase value and/or reduce risks.
7.7.4 Outputs from Procurement Planning
.1 Basis for Project Control. Procurement requirements, as they affect the integrated schedule, cost, and resource plans (Sections 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4), are integrated into the project control basis.
.2 Estimate and Schedule Information. The results of procurement approach and requirements assessment are inputs to the planning and scheduling and estimating and budgeting processes (Sections 7.2 and 7.3).
.3 Execution Strategy. The results of procurement approach assessment are inputs to execution strategy development (Section 7.1).
.4 Contract Requirements for Project Control. All requirements for project control deliverables (e.g., schedule files, cost and progress reports, closeout data, etc.) from the suppliers and contractors and project control procedures they must follow will be incorporated in contracts and purchase orders as appropriate. Likewise, all the project control information (e.g., milestones, chart of accounts, etc.) needed by the suppliers and contractors will be incorporated in the contracts as well.
7.7.5 Key Concepts for Procurement Planning
The following concepts and terminology described in this and other sections are particularly important to understanding the procurement planning process of TCM:
.1 Procurement. The acquisition (and directly related matters) of equipment, material, and services by such means as purchasing, renting, leasing (including real property), contracting, or bartering, but not by seizure, condemnation, or donation. Includes preparation of inquiry packages, requisitions, and bid evaluations; purchase order and contract award and documentation; and expediting, inspection, reporting, and evaluation of vendor or contractor performance.
.2 Supplier. A manufacturer, fabricator, distributor, or vendor that supplies materials, products, or goods for a project or for production. There may be some limited services associated with the supply of material or goods (e.g., technical support). Suppliers also generically applies to any internal resource suppliers that are not in the project teams direct control (i.e., with whom agreements must be established).
.3 Contract. A formal agreement between the project owner and resource suppliers or between project resource suppliers. Contracts also include purchase orders, work orders, and similar documents that establish working agreements. Procurement planning established the project control requirements to be incorporated in the contracts.
.4 Contractor. A business entity that enters into a contract(s) to provide services to another party. There may be some materials, products, or goods associated with the contracted service (e.g., construction services often include the provision of materials of construction).
Further Readings and Sources
There are many references describing procurement and contracting practices for various project types in various industries. However, procurement planning, as addressed by the process in this section, is generally covered in project management and control texts. The following references provide basic information and will lead to more detailed treatments.
Amos, Scott, J. Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 5th ed. Morgantown, WV: AACE International, 2004.
Fleming, Quentin W. Project Procurement Management: Contracting, Subcontracting, Teaming. Tustin, CA: FMC Press, 2003.
Gransberg, Douglas D. and Keith Molenaar, Editors. Professional Practice Guide (PPG) #10: Project Delivery Methods. Morgantown, WV: AACE International, 2001.
Heinze, Kurt. Cost Management of Capital Projects. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996.
Stukhart, George. Construction Materials Management. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1995.
Zack Jr., James G., Editor. Professional Practice Guide (PPG) #1: Contracts and Claims, 3rd ed. Morgantown, WV: AACE International, 2004.
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|Customer Review Summary for Polk Audio db1040
|October 20, 2014
|Great sound in sealed double enclosure
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Sideskraft from Holland, MI
Although I've spent limited time listening to the system in my boat cabin (where the Polks reside), so far I'm happy with the sound. They're installed in a dual sealed enclosure (I think 0.7cuft per driver) and they are driven by the 5th channel on a Cadence F100-5 amp and complementing four MB Quart PVL216 6.5" full-range component speakers (which I really like). I'm much happier with the "neutrality" and accuracy of this setup as compared to a single 10" sub in a vented enclosure, which was boomier and had obvious peaks at certain frequencies that obviously colored the music (rather than just reproducing it). The Polks are tight and play every frequency evenly (I listen mostly to 70s/80s rock, fusion and prog). I have not tried any other subs in this enclosure so I can't compare them to another brand or style, but I would definitely buy them if I had to do it over again.
|January 9, 2014
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Bill from Colorado
Have 2 of these in a sealed box running 250RMS to each of them. They are clear and have plenty of low end. When I first got them I was like eh.....I could use a little more output because I'm used to my JL 12w3v3 but once they broke in they really took off and play all types of music great and get LOUD. Tight on rock (feel it in my chest), boom on hip hop/rap (shakes the whole interior). I recommend them to everyone that is looking for an amazing budget sub. I still like my JL's a little more but they are bigger and get more power and cost $200 more. Better than the Power Bass 10's I had though.
|September 17, 2013
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These work great for the money. Running 2 ohm at 300w each... Plenty of bass
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Rob from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
I was originally skeptical about this sub due to the low cost and low wattage ratings, but after having this sub for about six months, (and after having been broken in), I am definitely very happy that I purchased it. It doesn't pack as much punch as some other subs that I have owned (Alpine's, JL's) but those were also higher powered and in specific boxes designed for them. This sub is very clean sounding and adds a great low end to your music. I would recommend using a 600 RMS or higher amp however, the amp that I am using is 400 max (about 185 @ 4 Ohms), and it is definitely under powered so I can't crank the volume for fear of clipping.
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The db1040 works perfectly to fill in the bass on normal full range music. I have this powered by the sub out of a Polk 5CH amp that is also powering my 2 sets of Focal 5.25" coaxials. The blend of the bass from the db1040 and the other speakers provide a nice and "full" listening experience in my vw camper van.
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Lemon Cove from Henderson, NV
The Polk db1040 is just the ticket. It powers my 2 sets of Focal 5.25" coaxials and a 10" Polk sub thru an Alpine head unit. I have very good dynamic range and no distortion at levels that can go way louder than I will ever need.
I like the remote (wired) subwoofer level control to adjust for the varying EQ on my music.
An older Alpine 5 ch amp I have in another car tends to overheat and cut out. I've never had that happen in the 6 months of use since I installed the Polk. I'm very satisfied.
|March 23, 2012
|Great Subs!
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I bought two of these for my 94 accord and ran them too a 2 ohm load (1000watts 500 each) and these little 10s pound! great subs for the price and they do get loud! i would recommend these to anybody looking for some good sound on a budget!
|August 30, 2011
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This sub works great. Previously, my '02 LeSabre had nice sound with a Clarion head unit driving Sony ExPlode speakers in the door and back. I purchased this sub, an enclosure with a Jensen amp recommended by the excellent phone hostess. Within a week I had it professionally installed and I tuned the bass to fill in what was missing. It provides oomph and subtle warmth. when cranked, it performs admirably without cracking. A track on Neil Young's Lenoise album literally rattles my teeth. I highly recommend this sub and the matching Jensen amp.
|February 7, 2011
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|June 30, 2010
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Have 2 of them in the back seat of a boat they sound great and hit pretty good for what you get.
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I just got 2 of these bad boys and woah. they are only hooked up at 4ohms getting 300watts, and they are twice as loud as my 2 comp MA audios that were getting 500watts each at 1ohm and I only have my amp at a 1/4 gain for the break in period and my can hear me coming from about a mile away and there is no looking out the rear view mirror cause it rattles so much. There is absolutely no cons to this sub all pros. So if your tight on cash they are the sub for you
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- 08 January 2009 | Windsurfing
After four days of waiting for the wind, the organisers made the decision to move to a new location for day 5 (Fri 2 Jan). It was a very brave decision that paid off. El Paraiso, 60 miles North of Ancon was indeed windy.
After a 6.30am start from home base at Ancon, competitors were met by an offshore 16 knot wind with flat water in the middle of the desert. We did four races at El Paraiso.
I found it difficult to get used to the shifty conditions at first and finished the first two races 5th and 2nd overall and 2nd Master in both. Riszard Pikul from Poland already beat me two years ago in Belgium also for the Youth and Masters.
It seemed he had retained his advantage.
In the third race, I finished about 5th overall but made sure I covered Riszard so I got 1st place in the Masters. In the fourth race, I finally found speed in stronger winds and led the whole fleet by a good margin. In the last downwind, I just left one of the Youths slip past by playing safe.
Richard Jones posted 8th, 8th, 9th, 9th in the Youths with a slighly unfortunate change up to 10.7 in the last race as the wind picked up.
Ian Jones got a respectable 7th and 10th in the Masters but afterwards, he decided the wind was too shifty and the sun a bit too strong. He went for the photographer's option on the shore.
- 06 January 2009 | Windsurfing
A picture perfect day greeted the competitors of the 2009 Formula Windsurfing Oceanic and Australian Championships in Sydney, Australia today.
As the first Continental Championship event for Formula Windsurfing (FW) in 2009, Sydney lived up to expectations with a sunny, warm and windy day providing three races for the competitors.
With the first race kicking off at 1.45pm, there was already a cruisy 10-12 knot Easterly winds at Ramsgate Beach, Botany Bay (Sydney) at the race site and most of the fleet were out on the water early to get used to the conditions. Queenslander Sean O'Brien (AUS-120) enjoyed a great day taking 3 bullets from 3 starts on his 25th Birthday to lead the event on 2.25 points nearly 6 points clear of youngster Sam Fawkes (AUS-21) on 8 points and a returned to form Mike Nelson (AUS-12) on 12 points.
Our World Champion Allison Shreeve (AUS-911) took it up to the boys in every race today; finishing 4th in Race 3 which slots her into 5th overall on the first day. Sam Parker (AUS-3) had a disappointing end to the day after a great start following Sean into 2nd in the first race - but still has plenty of time to rise up the ladder and battle for the illustrious Australian FW Title. In the relatively newly established Formula Experience Plus (FE+) class, Bruce Healey (AUS-9) took all 3 bullets today and shows a strong chance of taking out the title.
Competitors from Greece, France, Ireland, Guernsey (UK) and Denmark arrived to take on a strong contingent of Australian sailors from all over the country. With winds hovering around 10-12 knots in the first two races and third race was started shortly after lunch which had to be abandoned after the wind cut out through the second lap. An hour or so on the beach and the wind returned, this time from the NE and with the experienced race-crew making a quick course change - the competitors were again out on the course for a re-run of Race 3 with winds increasing to 18 knots and the Botany Bay chop becoming a little problematic for some.
- 31 December 2008 | Windsurfing
17 year old windsurfing prodigy, Oliver Tom Schliemann has signed his first professional contract with industry heavy weight, Starboard.
The German slalom specialist has had the support of Starboard thus far, but the brand have decided it's time to develop their relationship with the young racer, with the signing of a professional contract.
Schliemann joins the huge Starboard dream team, which includes the likes of World Champions Bjorn Dunkerbeck and Kevin Pritchard.
For 2009 he'll again be focusing on climbing the ranks of the PWA slalom discipline, in addition to competing on the Olympic class RS:X Youth World Championship.
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Today, Apple has provided the first seed of the upcoming OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 to registered developers. We previously reported that Apple had seeded the 10.9.1 update to its employees along with a future 10.9.2 release. It's currently unclear when those operating systems will reach the Macs of customers. Apple asks developers to focus on Mail, Graphics Drivers, and VoiceOver in their testing. Apple previously seeded an update to customers to fix Mavericks Mail problems. The 10.9.1 seed is labeled as build 13B27.
Apple testing Mail update for OS X Mavericks to fix Gmail, stability, and smart mailbox issues
Since the launch of OS X Mavericks last week, many users have been reporting widespread, various, consistent issues within Apple's bundled Mail application.
Many of the issues have mainly affected users of Google's Gmail email service, and some of the issues have to do with receiving messages, sorting messages into folders, and deleting messages.
Apple is aware of the issue and is testing a fix for the problem…
Yahoo redesigns Mail on iOS w/ conversations, disposable email addresses & a free 1TB
Yahoo Mail is officially 16 years old today and to celebrate the company announced on its blog that it is rolling out an entirely new Mail experience on iOS as well as on the desktop and Android. A popular feature of many other mail clients, Yahoo Mail now includes the ability to view email threads as conversations:
We're introducing "conversations" for those who prefer to view emails grouped in threads. At the end of the day, being able to see an entire conversation can save you quite a bit of time. Context is king.
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Setting up your email in iOS 7 is just like setting it up in earlier versions of iOS. Just like before, you are able to have Gmail set up in the Mail app. To set up your email you would go to Settings, then tap on Mail, Contacts & Calendars, and then press Add Account. By default in iOS, Gmail is set to archive your emails as opposed to deleting them. Archiving email keeps the messages in an Archived folder, but Deleting moves them to the trash.
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Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 with Mail, WiFi, screensaver fixes
Following an extensive period of betas for developers, Apple has publicly released OS X 10.8.5. The update is available from the Mac App Store Software's Update section and is recommended for all users on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4.
The OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 Update is recommended for all OS X Mountain Lion users. It improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. This update:
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- Resolves an issue that may prevent a screen saver from starting automatically
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- Addresses an issue that prevented a smart card from unlocking preference panes in System Preferences
- Contains the improvements included in MacBook Air (Mid 2013) Software Update 1.0
The build number for the public release is 12F37, which is a single build over the most recent beta. Apple has also issued RAW Camera Compatibility updates and a new version of Safari. Later next month, Apple will release OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
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Fluent is a Sparrow-like UI for Gmail making the 'future of email'
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Sparrow is a great success as a Mac-only application, and now Fluent hopes to balance the playing field and snag users whom are in dire need of a new Gmail look and functionality. Fluent's website specifically praises its workflow ability, multiple accounts options, and "blazing" fast search-as-you-type filter.
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The Apple discussion boards are starting to heat up with an issue related to users not receiving emails from particular domains sent to their me.com/ .mac accounts. The problem appears to specifically related to RoadRunner and Comcast domains, and is affecting users across the U.S.
The issue is related to me.com accounts being unable to receive emails from rr.com and comcast.com domains. One user reports being unable to receive emails from "hawaii.rr.com", while others report the same for "tampabay.rr.com", and "rochester.rr.com". It appears Apple's servers aren't playing nice with the domain, although some users report receiving emails up to 24 hours late, which would indicate the domain isn't being blocked entirely. Emails forwarded from one account, such as an rr.com account, to a .me account are apparently not affected. There are a few mentions of the same issue for emails sent from Comcast.net as well.
Just today my boss's emails stopped showing up in my inbox – online, in Mail, or on my phone. I am able to send files to him. He is sending and receiving emails. The problem seems to be entirely between hawaii.rr.com (his email, time warner/roadrunner) and my .me/.mac mail account (neither work). I am able to use my gmail account and my .me/.mac account just fine together.
At this point the problem seems to be inconsistent, but impacting a lot of users across the country nonetheless. Users in the Apple Support Communities report that Comcast claims it's a "a .mac problem", while one poster says rr.com has forwarded the issue to their engineering team. Most seem to believe it's an issue on Apple's end. We'll keep you posted when Apple addresses the problem.
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specialization complexity of insect societies is lower for a given number of units than the complexity of multicellular organisms. This conclusion seems fairly clear despite the difficulties inherent in defining the number of castes or cell types, for which we have relied on the judgments of others (see Fig. 8.1). Social insects almost never have even as many as five castes, whereas many small multicellular organisms attain 10, or many more, cell types. We suggest that the mobility of the separate parts of a social insect colony reduces the need for specialized types at the level of the colony.
Despite the limitations of the physiological superorganism model, the superorganism view can be useful, not only for understanding divided organisms but also for stimulating new ways to view traditional organisms. Colonies may not have the same kinds of systems as animals and plants for fulfilling colony functions, just as in typical organisms the parts of a colony are subordinate to the whole. As Darwin himself noted, "… if on the whole the power of stinging be useful to the social community, it will fulfill all of the requirements of natural selection, although it may cause the death of some few members" (Darwin, 1872, p. 163). A colony can be viewed as an organism simply because it is highly adapted at the colony level. Of course, this logic does not apply to just any social community, so the social insects force the question of how some entities become organismal while others do not.
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What first was a concept mentioned in Governor King's 1998 State of the State message
to the Legislature, is now a reality. The Governor heard that other states had programs
where surplus computers were donated by businesses, refurbished by prison inmates, and
distributed to schools. He turned to the Department of Corrections and issued the
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Denise Lord from Corrections accepted the assignment and began to build a program, even
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a supervisor/instructor for two years. Hannaford Brothers, L. L. Bean, and Bath Iron Works
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In October, the Department of Education engaged Ed Gomes to facilitate the dispersal of
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to recover the costs for parts and components? The labor was free (as all the inmates
volunteered), but it cost $15,000 a month for parts to refurbish 100 computers a month.
Approval was obtained to charge the end user school or library $150 per computer to make
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Eligible schools and libraries were notified in February that computers were available
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Deserts and Beyond
Deserts and beyond...places in and around the southern California deserts and beyond. Photo taken at Canyon Lake, in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, December 2011. A few minutes later, after the sun disappeared, these cliffs were their normal color. They were only golden for a short time and I'm glad we were able to view them in their glory.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Desert blooms~Nature Notes~041312
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- TexWisGirl said...
the bent-over-by-the-wind shot says it all! wow!
- April 14, 2012 at 8:28 AM
- Inger said...
Great shots of how the desert wind works on nature. Here in our mountain desert it has snowed for two days and we're in a winter wonderland.
- April 14, 2012 at 9:58 AM
- Teresa said...
It's that time again! My favorite...those yellows!
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They are beautiful against that very blue sky ....Michelle
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Very pretty!
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Sheehan's new ad doesn't name names
Denise Sheehan, the Republican candidate for Colonie town supervisor, has released her new radio ad. Interestingly, the ad does not name her opponent, incumbent Democrat Paula Mahan, but blasts unnamed politicians in Colonie. The ad criticizes the decision to institute a one-time tax to close the deficit: The money ended up in the general fund. […] [Read More]
Will Colonie hike taxes despite landfill deal?
When Supervisor Paula Mahan unveils her 2012 budget Friday, will it include a tax increase despite the $23 million infusion from privatizing the landfill's operation? Robert Becker, a Democrat on the Town Board, thinks it may be necesssary. Supervisor Paula Mahan, a Democrat, declined to discuss the budget until Friday, though she emailed answers to some […] [Read More]
Auditor: Some Albany code inspections lagging way behind
Note: Let's talk about this audit on Twitter today. I'll be using #albcodes to answer questions, etc. Follow me at @JCEvangelist_TU. Check out the story in today's paper about the first audit out of the office of Albany's chief city auditor, Leif Engstrom, which examined the operations and finances of the city's Division of Building […] [Read More]
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From today's column: Albany County GOP Chairman Don Clarey has taken heat this year for not fielding candidates for any of the countywide offices. But in what may be the biggest little coup of the season, Clarey has flushed out perhaps the rarest bird in the county political ecosystem: an actual, real-life Green Island Republican. Three of […] [Read More]
Colonie meeting turns into hot debate
Tonight's Colonie Town Board meeting turned into the first political debate of the season. The agenda for the night itself was of little note, although the board did schedule a special meeting for 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, to get the 2012 preliminary budget. But it was the public comment period that turned into a […] [Read More]
Update: Nichols frozen out of GOP state Supreme Court nod
Update: My colleague Rob Gavin reports the GOP has tapped Roemer and Cholakis, despite some discontent from Columbia County delegates. Here's Rob's full story on the convention. —————– Columbia County Judge Jonathan Nichols was the first Republican to announce his candidacy for state Supreme Court, but as the GOP's judicial nominating convention nears this year […] [Read More]
Galway: Politics and zoning collide part II
GALWAY — An investigation by the New York Department of State has found the town of Galway improperly approved the construction of an airplane hangar in a residential area along Perth Road several years ago. A report by the state department's Division of Code Enforcement and Administration also uncovered shoddy town record keeping, fire-safety violations, […] [Read More]
Independence Party backs Breslin, Elliott for Supreme Court
As I Tweeted last night, Independence Party members from the Third Judicial District last night unanimously endorsed Democrats Thomas Breslin and Raymond Elliott for state Supreme Court, marking the first party to weigh in on the judicial races this year. Elliott, a North Greenbush town justice, and Breslin, an Albany County judge, will vie for […] [Read More]
As unions keep heat up, support grows for health contributions
Dozens of firefighters packed the Albany Common Council chambers again Monday night to protest efforts by some on the council to require them to start contributing toward their health insurance premiums in retirement. Despite the show of solidarity — and waves of whistling and howling applause that irked Council President Carolyn McLaughlin enough for her […] [Read More]
Update: Idle chatter: Carolyn McLaughlin's fundraiser
Update: McLaughlin smiled mysteriously and shrugged when — after tonight's council meeting — I asked what she was running for. "I have to run a citywide race in two years, and it takes money," she said, quoting the Girl Scouts motto (and essentially telling me the same thing she did a year ago). "Be prepared." […] [Read More]
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If marketers asked more beautiful marketing questions would we not create more beautiful marketing answers? What should those questions be? And why do we struggle to ask them? Part one of this two-part blog featured a review of Warren Berger's excellent book 'A More Beautiful Question' where he explores the importance of questioning in innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. In this second part I'm looking at how this approach can be applied specifically to marketing and the kind of questions that marketing leaders need to encourage to be asked more inside our organisations.
'Why Don't Companies Train People To Ask Questions?' – Warren Berger
This is just one of the many great questions that Berger raises in this wonderful book that should be essential reading to anyone involved in product development, innovation or marketing performance. Linking to the themes from Berger's main website - it explores the role and power of questioning in business, life – and everything. And just as important he examines why is it we seem too often to have forgotten the power of asking the really important questions – just when we need them more than ever? A More Beautiful Question is subtitled 'the power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas' – and of course in the vast realm of innovation literature, the role of inquiry and problem solving is a common theme. Curiosity (and some would argue friction and argument, as discussed in my interview with Gordon Torr in 2013) is the foundation of fresh ideas and solution. Read more…
In a recent article published in Entrepreneur magazine, Sir Richard Branson explains why the best entrepreneurs and marketers seek out new conversations, new ideas and new ways of doing things. A common 'myth' of innovation and creativity is the belief in the lone creative genius toiling away on their masterpiece. In reality – most breakthroughs require smart, highly motivated, highly communicative, diverse and argumentative small teams of people, energised by good leaderships and working with good processes. This paragraph from this piece from Branson explains it brilliantly;
" Many people think that an entrepreneur is someone who operates alone, overcoming challenges and bringing his idea to market through sheer force of personality. This is completely inaccurate. Few entrepreneurs — scratch that: almost no one — ever achieved anything worthwhile without help. To be successful in business, you need to connect and collaborate and delegate.Finding ways to meet with people in the real world and build business relationships is becoming ever more important in the digital age. While in some industries it's possible for employees to limit their communications to email and, if they wish, avoid interacting with colleagues (and their managers), that's not possible for entrepreneurs, since relationships built on trust are vital to doing business."
To can read the full piece here: Richard Branson Is Not Going Alone.
I try to keep my radar tuned-in whilst trying to avoid too much of the noise. And for that reason there is still something essentially useful about a well structured book with quality content. My lecturing work at Tech Music School in Fulham and developing a paper on media industry collaboration for Henley Management School has seen me explore a number of interesting avenues from a range of great writers recently. From the latest thinking on strategic partnering and innovation to the lessons to be learnt from digital pioneers and brand & media franchising.
In the first of this two-part series I am reviewing; 'Strategic Partnering' by Luc Bardin, 'Brandscaping' by Andrew M Davis and 'Media Franchising' by Derek Johnson.
"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal." – Bruce Lee.
The development of focused relationships with partners, allies and networks is a greater driver of innovation than countless rounds of internal brainstorming and intranet posts asking for everyone to be a bit more creative. Yet often individuals and companies cannot get over that first collaborative relationship step and move towards acting, testing and building something new, that could be greater than the sum of their two parts. Bruce Lee, knew a thing or two about the need to act and not just think.
2013 was a year that saw conversations speckled with comments on recovery, growth and creativity. The Economist says that Selfie and Bitcoin were the big words of the year. And many learnt the delights of twerking. But the big words for me last year were Data, Cafe Workshops and Collaboration. And according to my blog tag cloud, there was a fairly large amount of innovation, creativity, working and reading too.


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The fabulous Jason Samuels Smith--along with Ohad Naharin, Sara Rudner and Allegra Kent--will be picking up a Dance Magazine Award tonight. Make some noisssse! Check out "The Time Step with Jason Samuels Smith." InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com
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For several decades now, black Ambassador cars have been synonymous with taxis at the Chennai Airport. However, now the cars that were once deemed reliable are making way for newer and more swanky sedans, specifically the Swift Dzire from Maruti Suzuki and Etios from Toyota.
Till April this year, 300 Ambassador taxis were running in and out of the airport. Now, about 140 of those vehicles have been replaced by Swift Dzire-2 models. Come January, that number of the old faithful is likely to go down further.
"Nearly 25 drivers plan to switch to Swift from Ambassador next month. Gradually, Ambassadors will become a rare sight at the airport," says C. Murugesan, joint secretary of the Chennai Airport Prepaid Taxi Owners-Drivers Association.
Though the Ambassadors have a novelty factor as they are seen as quaint, Swift Dzire-2 has become a preferred choice for customers, drivers say.
Shafi Ahmed, (43), a driver at the airport for the last ten years, who recently bought Swift Dzire-2, said, "Of late, passengers seem to prefer newer car. I used to make about Rs.1,500 with the Ambassador and this has increased to Rs. 2, 500 with Swift."
Better air-conditioning and extra legroom are some of the reasons why passengers take to the new car.
"Probably, one in a hundred people take Ambassador — most of whom are senior citizens and foreigners. Though there are newer models of Ambassador, there are not many takers for those," said K. Ganesan, who has been a taxi driver for ten years.
The modern cars give better mileage too. "While a new model of Ambassador gives about 19 km, Swift can offer up to 23 km," said D. Raj, another driver.
Mr. Murugesan said that they are also trying to get permission to change the colour of the taxis and also bring in Etios, the sedan from Toyota. "Some people don't like black vehicles; we want to have another colour, for instance, yellow or white," he said.


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Georgia cuts unemployment insurance benefits to protect corporations
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• To not put corporations first, and stop treating them as individuals
• Refuse to act on any corporate tax extender until they extend vital emergency unemployment benefits that expired last December.
• Make permanent the improvements in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit that lift women and their families out of poverty.
• Always require that corporate tax extenders are fully paid for by closing other corporate tax loopholes.
• Decline to extend or make permanent any corporate tax extenders that ship profits and jobs offshore.
• Every dollar spent to extend corporate tax loophole is a dollar that's not available to restore programs decimated by years of budget cuts or make new investments to expand opportunity, create jobs, and strengthen our economy.
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SAP AG (SAP), the biggest maker of business- management software, plans to offer even its largest programs via the Web in an effort to lure customers with easier deployment and lower installation costs.
SAP will offer to manage applications such as its mainstay enterprise-resource planning, customer-relationship management and analytics software in the cloud, Vishal Sikka, executive board member in charge of technology and innovation, said on a conference call today.
"We believe this will change the way that enterprises do their computing," Sikka said in Palo Alto, California, ahead of the presentation of the Hana Enterprise Cloud product, based on SAP's fast Hana database. "Everything can be executed in less than a second, no matter where it runs."
SAP, whose sales have grown faster than Oracle Corp. (ORCL:US)'s in recent quarters, is trying to maintain momentum with revenue from new products including Web-based software and Hana. The two companies are the largest makers of enterprise-management applications and are releasing more of their software as online services as they compete with each other and cloud operators such as Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM:US) and Workday Inc. (WDAY:US)
SAP aims to lift sales to more than 20 billion euros ($26 billion) in 2015 from 16.2 billion euros last year.
By managing even the largest programs for clients at its centralized locations, Walldorf, Germany-based SAP will be able to lower the costs of running software, for instance by removing and adding computing power as needed, and by purchasing servers in large quantities, Sikka said.
The company is working with Intel Corp. to develop servers optimized to run the software in the cloud on a large scale.
Demand for Hana Enterprise Cloud has exceeded SAP's expectations, with almost 60 customers currently working on an implementation compared with a target of 12, Sikka said.
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