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Creative Services Manager/Consultant
United States - Last active: 5 months ago - Tests: 1 - Portfolio: 8
I'm a Creative Services Manager for start-ups to Fortune 500 businesses. Managing and building virtual and outsourced teams for companies like: Travelocity (GayTravelocity.com), Vacations.com, BestWestCoastTravels.com, Inner Rhythms, etc. Specializing in the development and management of multichannel marketing utilizing WordPress CMS, Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube Channels, and industry specific (niche) social networks. I also design website, using WordPress as my CMS. Why? Because it's the best for SEO and the easiest for my clients to use. It's also quite versatile. I'll also occasionally take on a PowerPoint project. I work part-time while in school and full-time when on break. While school is in session, I can only manage 5-10 hours a week steadily. Clients are on a "first-come, first-serve(d)" basis. I look forward to working with you! P.S. Please make note of my rate before sending me an invitation to your job/project.
Google Adwords Certified, Google Analytics Certified, Bing Certified
India - Last active: 3 days ago - Tests: 2 - Portfolio: 1
Google Certified Partner, Adwords Certified ( Adv. Search + Adv. Display + Adv. Shopping + Adv. Video), Google Analytics Certified, Bing Ads Certified. SEMPO member, 8 Yrs Cross Channel Exp. Learned from the finest: Moz, MarketMotive, Perry Marshall, Brad Geddes, SearchEngineLand, MarketingLand, PPCHero, Wordstream, Hubspot, CPCstrategy, CardinalPath, Google Engage/Partners, SMXAdvanced, Pubcon, Webmasterworld Portent, SeerInteractive, AimClear, Social Triggers, Unbounce & more! Hands-on Domain Expertise: Pay Per Click / Google Adwords ( PPC ) Google Adwords Qualified Individual - ( All 4 : Search + Display + Shopping + Video ) Web Analytics ( Google Analytics Individual Qualification ) Google Certified Partner Bing Ad Accredited Professional Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ) / Moz Pro Conversion Optimization Online Reputation Management ( ORM ) Digital Marketing Strategy & Execution Online Marketing Training CMS Web Design - Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal Graphics & Video Optimization & Promotion XHTML / CSS / PHP / MySQL I've learned from the finest sources (see below) which means you will be working with a professional who is abreast with the cutting edge strategies and tactical implementation to ensure long term business value for your venture. Moz SearchEngineLand MarketingLand MarketMotive Brad Geddes - CertifiedKnowledge PerryMarshall PPHero CPCstrategy Wordstream Hubspot eConsultancy Unbounce Widerfunnel ConversionXL Webmasterworld SMXadvanced / ad:tech / SES / Heroconf & other leading conferences @ PPC / Conversion Opti All the official Google & Bing Channels Skype: abilitydesigns Get in touch for brief, no-obligation call to discuss your needs or any questions you may have. Cutting edge expertise + Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Online Marketing Professional, Business Consultant & Copywriter
United States - Last active: 07/10/2013 - Tests: 12 - Portfolio: 8
Experience that is desired. Energy that is needed. Execution that is 2nd to none. Customers come to us when they want to make money online, and we deliver those results to all of our clients. We are a jack of all trades when it comes to online and affiliate marketing, with specialized skills in: - Business Plan Writing - Start-up Consultation (Finance, Legal, Marketing, etc.) - Responsive Website Design - Copywriting - Content Marketing - Social Media Management - Media Buying - PPC Management and Setup - Search Engine Optimization - Offline Marketing Consulting - Email Marketing Setup and Management When you hire us, you get two proven industry professionals for the price of one! My husband, Bryan Shearer, is a recognized industry leader, and has been published in many magazines such as FeedFront. He has also written a book on how anyone can build a profitable website. We are a great team that has been married almost 10 years and we love to work with businesses to enhance their bottom line. Contact us to get started on your next project! Testimonials from LinkedIn "Bryan is very committed and trustworthy individual. He has provided me with countless ideas and tips, and is definitely a leader in the industry. Bryan is a great guy to work with, and I highly recommend him and his work in the affiliate marketing field." - Dino Vidovic, CEO, VedoMedia.com "Bryan is a great guy to work with in the Internet Marketing sector. He knows a ton of people in the industry. He's really nice, friendly, and professional. He really is a joy to work with so make sure to do some business with Bryan." - Evan Weber, CEO, Experience Advertising Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value "Bryan is a true professional and expert in his field. Not only does he explain his services step-by-step but he is eager to answer any questions in detail. His friendly demeanor makes him both easy and pleasurable to work with.I look forward to future dealings with Bryan." - Justin Pierce "In my experience with Bryan, he was always a professional in all aspects of the word and I am very happy to recommend him. Bryan is an intelligent, forthcoming and very insightful partner to work with. With his broad knowledge of the industry and understanding of what his clients need, Bryan is a true asset to anyone one who works with him." - Adam Hoyt, Chief Operations Officer, eGENTIC North America Corp "I can't say enough about what Bryan has done for my business. When I first hired his company to increase my visibility internationally, I was virtually unknown in the Internet world. Within months, Bryan had new clients connecting with me every single day, allowing me to grow my practice much faster than I could have ever imagined. I recommend Bryan and his company for almost anything Internet-related. He has built 4 lead generating websites for my company and optimized them to get to the first page of Google in just months for most of my desired keywords. He also took over my social media accounts and connected me with many more clients through his work. If you are looking for a true professional and student of the industry, you can't go wrong with hiring Bryan." - Dr.James Hanners
Business Consultant| Website Developer| Marketer|Entreprenuer
United States - Last active: 12/17/2013 - Tests: 6 - Portfolio: 1
Affordable and Professional Business Solutions for businesses and entrepreneurs, with over 20 years of experience in the business world, taking pride in my work and providing 110% of my time and support to my clients. 20 years of experience as an executive administrative assistant, project and business management. Jennifer is a talented website, graphics designer, SEO, social media expert and marketer with over 15 years of experience in the design field. She also has over 10 years of experience as a writer, who can write about any topic. I can also write press releases as well. Jennifer has taken these talents and years of experience to provide business consulting to other businesses and entrepreneurs. As a business consultant I love to see businesses succeed and I love to help them make better decisions, help them come up with better strategies which interns helps them to make more profits. You are looking at a creative, organized individual who is an independent thinker, organized, professional, trustworthy partner. If you are looking for a professional with these qualities and a long term partner look no further I am your person. I am worth my rate with over 20 years of combined experiences in many fields. I am from the united states and read, speak and spell in English. I am available during normal business hours of 8-6 pm Monday- Friday. If you want professional quality work you would look no further and hire me. I am looking for a long term relationship with the right clients. Please take a look at all of my skills available on my profile.
- Website Development
- WordPress
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- Virtual Assistant
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- Customer service
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- Internet research
- SEO Keyword Research
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Citation, Google Place, Local SEO, Local Business Marketing Expert
Bangladesh - Last active: 1 day ago - Tests: 12 - Portfolio: 19
Hello Sir/ Madam. My best service offering you guaranteed Local SEO/Citation for your business. My aim is client satisfaction and hard working. I have vast experience to do citations for USA/UK/Canada/Australia/ New Zealand or any other countries. 300 + citation & local business listing backlink available for each business promotion. My Tactic Yext ,Bright Local, White spark, Google searching and checking is being first be done to avoid duplication before submission I can do local business directory & citation modifying, fixing, claiming and updating citations already listed. @@@ SUPER SKILL@@@ 1. Google Place, Google Plus, Google Maps 2. Legal, Lawyer, Attorney Business Promotion. 3. SEO, Citation Promotion, Yahoo local, Bing Place, 4. Online Marketing Analyst 5. Internet Marketing 6. Facebook, Twitter Marketing, LinkedIn Marketing 7. Web Master Tools 8. Virtual Assistant 9. Personal Assistant, 10. Regular Communication Skill (Skype, Gtalk, Email) 11. Google Drive, Google doc, If you give me chance, I will provide you my best work. #WELCOME#
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Adobe Illustrator
- Social Media Marketing
- Localization
- Internet Marketing
- Business Planning
- Microsoft Excel
- Search engine marketing (SEM)
- Google Places API
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Search Engine Optimizer
India - Last active: 07/09/2014 - Tests: 6 - Portfolio: 1
Search Engine optimization, Online Reputation Management, Review Management and Similar S.E.O Related Jobs are under taken. I also offer consultation regarding SEO, Event Promotion, Traffic Building etc. "Learning is a never ending process" and Google updates do not allow a SEO professional to stop learning, everyday I feel that I am going to bed a little wiser than yesterday,
Full-time Drupal Guru/ PHP/ FB App /wordpress/Joomla
Pakistan - Last active: 2 months ago - Tests: 7 - Portfolio: 40
Hello! I am able to develop your site by using all the latest web technologies but i will prefer Drupal. In addition, we have powerful business experts and engineers to provide business systems for customers, such as CRM, BPM, ERP. I offer high quality enterprise software/web development/maintenance/testing / deployment services using Web2.0 technologies and have 7+ years of strong experience in the following areas : - Drupal - Drupal Customization - Linux - JSP/ASP.NET/PHP/MYSQL - XML - AJAX - Flex - JavaScript, CSS, ActionScript, JQuery, Ext JS - Object Oriented Design - MS SQL, ORACLE ACCESS, PostgreSQL - Open Source technologies - Expression Engine, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Vbulletin, LightCMS, CodeIgniter, Symfony, CakePHP - osCommerce, X-Cart, Zen-Cart, Magento, CS Cart, prestashop, open-cart - Website Design, PSD to HTML conversion, HTML5 In specially, I love Drupal. Thanks :-)
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SEO,SEM Consultant | Social Media,Guest Blogging,QualityLink Building
Pakistan - Last active: 19 days ago - Tests: 3 - Portfolio: 6
A very hardworking and passionate individual who always makes sure to give out her best in every project, work and client she handles.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Link Building
- Article Writing
- Social Media Marketing
- Article Submission
- Google Docs
- Google Analytics
- SEO Keyword Research
- Blog Commenting
- Social bookmarking
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Google search
- Search engine marketing (SEM)
- Google AdWords
- Google Places API
- Google+
- Yahoo! Search Marketing
- WordPress
- Magento
- Article Spinning
- Forum Posting
- Directory Submission
- Blog Writing
- Internet Marketing
- Web design
- Content Management
- Website Development
- Yahoo! Merchant Solutions
- Off-page Optimization
- On-Page Optimization
excellent data encoder;experienced bookkeeper; photo editor
Philippines - Last active: 07/28/2013 - Tests: 3
I am looking for a home-based online job where I can use my skills in writing, accounting, or any administrative tasks. I have very good English communication skills both in speaking and writing. I also have good customer service, data entry, email support and administrative skills. I have excellent computer skills. loves photo editing and movie making. I have advanced knowledge in accounting and loves to work with numbers. I am a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and I've had experiences as data encoder and accounts relations officer as well as bookkeeping experiences . I easily learn and I am very articulate in solving problems. I can easily cope with changes and work independently. I am enthusiastic and dedicated to every work I do.I possess the determination to finish the tasks that are entrusted to me.
Social Media Strategist, Website Project Management, SEO, Wordpress
Pakistan - Last active: 12/11/2013 - Tests: 12 - Portfolio: 6
Hasnain is an ambitious, highly motivated and energetic Sales & Marketing professional with excellent Marketing and Business Development skills. Over the past 9 years, Hasnain has built many sales & support teams that has successfully reached the required targets. He is a results orientated professional with a proven ability to get results, generate revenue as well as improve the quality of services provided to his clients. He is known for his personable personality & enthusiastic approach when dealing with clients. Throughout his career, Hasnain has sharpened his skills in Digital Marketing, Sales Management (B2B-B2C), Customer Support, Training & Development, Business Development, Relationship Management, Social-media Marketing & Website Project Management. He possesses strong communications & interpersonal skills with strive to develop innovative and creative solutions to the challenging business problems.
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- Outbound Sales
- Call Center Management
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- Sales management
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- Account Management
- Startup Consulting
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- Web design
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So the rebuild continues in Belleville, for the 2nd time in three weeks the Bulls have traded away their leading scorer. On November 27th it was Brendan Gaunce going to the Erie Otters for Stephen Harper and for two 2nd round picks and two 3rd round picks. This week it was Garrett Hooey and a 5th round pick in 2016 being sent to the Barrie Colts in exchange for Alex Yuill.
Hooey joins a Barrie club that is battling with the Sudbury Wolves for 1st in the Central Division. The Colts have scored 120 goals this season and Hooey will fit in nicely, his 16 goals on the season will be tops on the Colts . Garrett has played in 165 games as a Bull, registering 37 goals and 38 assists. He played his rookie season with the Sarnia Sting.
Alex Yuill is a Wellington native and is a former star in Minor Midget with the Quinte Red Devils. Alex was a 1st round (22nd overall) selection by Barrie in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection. Bulls General Manager George Burnett had lots of prasie for Alex Yuill, mentioning on the Bulls website that " "We've appreciated Alex's talents dating back to his Minor Midget days with the Quinte Red Devils". Burnett also went on to point out the experience the Yuill has gained playing on a strong Barrie team over the last two seasons, saying they "took notice of Alex's play during the Eastern Conference Finals last season when he played a key role for the Colts,". Belleville has wanted/needed to add an experienced puck moving defenceman, something Coach Burnett said "has been evident in our game throughout the first half of the season." Alex is a very strong skater, he brings experience and the ability move the puck at both ends of the ice.
To be honest the buzz after Gaunce was traded was not that bad, I think most already knew in their mind that Brendan wasn't going to finish the season with the Bulls. But Hooey leaving town seems to have hit the fans a little harder. Garrett was a great worker and was one of those players that everyone seemed to like, and this season with him coming in to his own, its a bitter sweet move.
So far this season Burnett has moved five players from his opening day roster and replaced them with five different players, not all of the moves involved players going back and forth but thats how it has worked out. And if you included Carter Sandlak and Michael Curtis, that's seven players who ended last season with the Bulls that are stilling playing in the OHL.
Some fans believe that all these moves are bad and are disappointed with the trades. One fan tweeted " They complain about fan support, then trade all the best players. Obviously relocation tactic". I don't think that's the case, teams rebuild, this group wasn't the strongest group, you can look to Daniil Zharkov not coming back as something that started the rebuild. The belief in conspiracy corner is that Zharkov would have scored 40 goals this season, and then as much as the Bulls are happy that Alan Quine was signed by the NYI, the plan was he would return to Belleville for his OA year. I can tell you we like the moves, Burnett has said on a number of occasions that he is committed to his sophomores going forward and we think with the additions he has made and the strong play of the rookies that the rebuild phase will be excellerated. Every year there is turn over and we don't even know for sure if the Bulls are done changing their roster this season, but as of right now there are 21 players that could return next season, at that time only Adam Bignell would be an OA. Thats a big number coming back. We know there will be others but the only players that won't be back for sure are overage players Scott Simmonds, Cameron Brace and Jake Worrad.
All of this leads us to believe that Adam Bignell will be the Bulls next Captain. He's our pick for sure. Adam doesn't score a lot of goals, in fact he hasn't scored at all in his OHL career (197GP), something that will change this season with Burnett using Adam on the power play right ? Bignell does a lot of things on this team that other can't or don't want to do, he leads by example and the fans love him. He's a great example to younger players when it comes to hard work and how to sacrifice for the good of the club.
The Bulls have always been strong in the community and this year it seems like they have really amped it up, every week these young men are helping the City of Belleville. Big Brother and Big Sisters, The United Way, The Downtown Business Association, The Toy Drive, The Salvation Army, Movember, Gleaners Food Bank, The Quinte Children's Foundation and the Ontario Lung Associatiion have all benefited from a partnership with the Bulls this season. Bottom line the Bulls support our community, its our job to support the Bulls.
Former Bulls in the OHL 2013-2014. Stats as of Thursday December 12th 2013
Barrie Colts : Garrett Hooey 16G-11A (Hooey didn't register any points in his Colts debut), Dylan Corson 3G-10A
Erie Otters : Michael Curtis 14G-13A, Brendan Gaunce 16G-21A (22GP-10G-16A with Belleville)
Kingston Frontenacs : Mack Lemmon 3G-2A (started the year with Niagara)
Kitchener Rangers : Tyson Teichmann (played 9 games before joining the Wellington Dukes-OJHL)
London Knights : Brady Austin 4G-11A (7GP-1G-4A with Belleville), Alex Basso 5G-13A
Plymouth Whalers : Carter Sandlak 17G-8A
Saginaw Spirit : Luke Cairns 9G-14A (19GP-6G-8A with Belleville), Daniel De Sousa 1G-6A (4GP-0G-1A with Belleville)
Sarnia Sting : Alex Carnevale 0G-2A.
Alumni : Former Bulls Cory Tanaka and Anthony Peters, both currently playing at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia will play for Canada at the 26th Winter Universiade in Terentino, Italy over the next two weeks. Tanaka will be wearing an "A" on the team. The OHL's All-Time games played leader is in his fifth and final season with the Saint Mary's Huskies after helping lead them to the first University Cup title in team history in 2010.
Peters is in his third season at Saint Mary's after an OHL career spent with five different teams, including a 17 game stint in Belleville.
Philipp Grubauer picked up his 1st NHL victory last week.
This week the Bulls play in Ottawa on Friday night and host Niagara on Saturday, both of these games are must win, if the Bulls want to get back in the playoff picture.

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New York, Shanghai, China – May 25, 2011 - NYSE Technologies, the global commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, today announced that Shanghai Stock Communications (STOCOM), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, will establish a connection to the NYSE Technologies Marketplace™ for FIX order routing services. This partnership is designed to further expand NYSE Technologies network reach in China and enable traders and investors to more easily trade cross-borders with unmatched speed and reliability.
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"With NYSE Technologies Marketplace we can now provide our members access to more than 1,200 buy-side and sell-side institutions and connections to exchanges and other electronic trade execution venues around the world," said PhD Lin Pei, Vice General Manager, STOCOM. "This new connectivity will help to differentiate our market participants from the competition while also benefitting QDII (Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors) and QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors) brokers to greatly reduce the cost and time to reach overseas markets."
Through this new connectivity service, NYSE Technologies will offer Chinese institutional clients access to Marketplace, one of the industry's broadest and deepest FIX-based communities where more than 1,200 global trading counterparties connect to one another via more than 10,000 fully managed FIX-based messaging channels. Marketplace members benefit from access to a wide range of liquidity sources, lower trading costs and unparalleled speed-to-market with new trading counterparties and services.
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Engineers and manufacturing companies to look into this softwareCatherine Jackson24th of March, 2014 06:32
Seems the company`s a new player in the market and aimed for engineers and manufacturing professionals. They call it PDM and PLM for smaller companies. Headcount is mentioned on the main page. More information can be found the corporate website - functional set is presented profound enough there. You can reach them by the phone on the contact page.
Pros: The pricing policy is user friendly. Interface looks simple but not that up-to-date as to images in the pages of the interface.
Cons: Not found, need deeper look and more learning.
All takes are my own opinionAndy30th of July, 2013 03:48
As I got from website it is a SaaS for engineering companies. Good looking website and more or less detailed information on the product presented. I gave that team 3 stars to encourage to move on and make more improvements.
Pros: Seems pricing is friendly for small businesses. But I am not sure if price is a defining factor to opt for a software nowdays. Interface does not have modern look but still simple and understandable.
Cons: Seems they need to bring in more efforts to make a system work smoothly in the browser. Switching from one application to another is not so fast as I would expect from the cloud solution from the browser.
Affordable software in cloud for engineersRaveet Patibar23rd of November, 2012 07:20
I am an engineer and recently came across press-release on Dexma PLM. I contacted them via email on their page and they came back very quickly. I got comprehensive answers on my questions. And will study more on how to enhance my engineering tasks with DEXMA. Seems to be serious company.
DEXMA PLM seems to be a good alternative to all current softwareMichael18th of November, 2012 06:04
I did not get too deep wih DEXMA yet. But at a first glance DEXMA looks nice and very untuitive in interface. They have 3D model viewing inside. Document management is very well presented. I will need some more time to study this plm solution. But would recommend everyone to take a closer look at it.
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A protest of the closing of the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a Detroit school for pregnant teens, became a victory celebration. Actor Danny Glover speaks as Dalisha Thomas, 17, with daughter Kendall, listens. / REGINA H. BOONE/Detroit Free Press
DPS Renaissance 2012
Buildings that will be closed by 2012:
• Barsamian Preparatory Center
• Hancock Preparatory Center
• Carstens Elementary
• Hutchins Elementary
• Hutchinson Elementary
• Osborn High
• Robeson/Malcolm X Academy
• Sherrill Elementary
• Van Zile Elementary
Schools that will retain their names, but relocate this summer:
• Carstens Elementary
• Hutchinson Elementary
Buildings closing as replacement facilities are built through 2012:
• Gompers Elementary
• Vetal Elementary
• Webster Elementary
• King High
• Barton Elementary
• Parker Elementary
• Logan Elementary
• O.W. Holmes Elementary
• Mumford High
• Crockett High
• Finney High
Tiffani Baldwin stood in a courtroom earlier this week waiting to be arraigned on charges from an April sit-in at her former school, Catherine Ferguson Academy for pregnant teens and teen parents.
On Thursday, the civil disobedience -- and that of two current students and a teacher -- paid off.
After weeks of local and national outcry, Detroit Public Schools announced that Ferguson -- and two alternative schools that teach expelled students -- will become part of an existing charter school company.
Ferguson will keep its name and current location. Students from the other two schools will be absorbed into current charter schools and the alternative schools will lose their names.
Baldwin, now a 19-year-old Henry Ford Community College student, said she's facing a trespassing charge because she feels the school is too important to close. She said the staff enriched her life and taught her how to take care of her daughter, now 3.
"I learned how to be self-sustainable, I learned how to grow food," said Baldwin, who traveled to South Africa with Ferguson classmates last year.
Only half of teen mothers have a high school diploma by age 22, according to the National Women's Law Center.
The acclaimed school, once featured in the Oprah Magazine, graduates 90% of its students, and all of them are accepted to college.
It serves students in grades seven to 12. Their children remain in the school during the day in child care or a preschool.
Ferguson students tend to an award-winning urban garden on its campus. There's a horse, rabbits, chickens and a barn powered by a windmill and solar panels on the roof.
Ferguson was designated a Breakthrough High School in 2004 -- one of just 12 recognized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for outstanding achievement among schools with high poverty rates.
DPS said the three schools are too costly to run. DPS has an emergency manager, a $327-million deficit and a deficit-elimination action plan that includes closing or chartering half its existing schools.
It is unclear what will happen to DPS teachers from the three alternative schools. All DPS employees were laid off as part of the budgeting process, effective July 29.
As a charter school, Ferguson will no longer be part of DPS, but it will be open to any qualifying student who wants to attend, officials said.
Ferguson will become part of the existing Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy charter school run by a Detroit-based company, Evans Solutions.
The company has operated charter schools for more than a decade at eight Detroit sites, serving students who have been expelled, arrested, abused or homeless. One site is in a detention center, said Blair Evans, chief administrative officer for Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy.
The new charter agreement with DPS means Ferguson's 250 students will have more resources, and the principal -- who will remain -- will have more authority over the budget and hiring, according to school officials.
G. Asenath Andrews, the principal since Ferguson opened 27 years ago, said she was on the brink of tears all week as she boxed up her office to prepare to leave the school forever.
"I am relieved, excited and pleased," she said.
Alternative schools in deal
DPS's new agreement with the Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy means students from two other alternative schools will be transferred to the charter school's existing facilities.
Barsamian Preparatory Center, an alternative high school, and Hancock Preparatory Center, an alternative K-8 school, teach students who have been expelled for up to a year for serious offenses, including assault and bringing a weapon to class.
Without an option, their parents would be required to find a private school willing to take the expelled students. Or the students would have to stay out of school until the expulsions expired.
DPS planned to close the schools because they are expensive to operate -- Ferguson's total cost including facilities operations is $12,619 per student. Barsamian costs $35,636 per pupil and Hancock $31,689, according to DPS spokesman Steve Wasko.
About 300 students passed through Barsamian last year and about 117 attended Hancock, according to staff.
DPS receives about $7,600 per pupil in state funding. It received an additional estimated $500 million in state and federal grant funds -- or $6,800 per student -- for its 73,000 students, according to DPS's amended 2010-11 budget.
'It's a victory'
A rally planned at Ferguson for Thursday -- the last day of school -- turned into a celebration. Actor and activist Danny Glover spoke. A marching band played.
"It's a victory," said Shanta Driver, attorney for the arrested protesters and an organizer with By Any Means Necessary, the group that planned the protests. "It's a victory for everyone that stands for social justice."
DPS officials also backed down from plans to close two other alternative schools this year -- the Day School for the Deaf and Moses Field special education school for severely impaired students.
So far, decisions have been made to charter five other schools in the fall and close 20 buildings through 2012.
One of the affected schools is Carstens Elementary, a high-achieving school in a poor, mostly vacant block on the east side. Threats to close the school last year led to a public outcry that saved it.
But enrollment did not rebound this year. The school will relocate to Remus Robinson Academy's building 1.5 miles away and will take the Carstens name.


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Extend your adventure by taking the RiverLink Ferry from Penn's Landing in Philadelphia across the Delaware River to the Children's Garden (April through November).The Children's Garden is run by the Camden City Garden Club, a non-profit formed to help city residents with community gardening. The Camden Children's Garden offers a variety of educational activities, including on-site lessons, Garden Festivals for Schools and Distance Learning. The Camden City Garden Club employs Camden teenagers for job training and urban greening projects, and assists members with cleaning vacant, city-owned lots and transforming them into beautiful and productive community gardens, growing fresh and nutritious fruits and vegetables.Grow Lab, a popular school-based program, teaches Camden elementary school children science and math skills through horticulture.The Camden City Garden Club was established in 1985 to assist city residents with community gardening. Club members, interested in training city youth in landscaping techniques, began researching children's gardens. In consultation with teachers, landscape architects and Jane Taylor, noted designer of the children's garden at Michigan State University, they developed the imaginative Camden Children's Garden for children ages three to 12 and opened in July 1999.
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Intuit Announces Oakland, Calif. Based GoldieBlox as a Finalist in the Small Business Big Game Competition
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Monday, November 11, 2013
Intuit Announces Oakland, Calif. Based GoldieBlox as a Finalist in the Small Business Big Game Competition06:00 EST Monday, November 11, 2013
OAKLAND, Calif. (Business Wire) -- Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU):
- GoldieBlox, of Oakland, Calif. - Is a toy company inspiring girls to push limits and think outside the box.
- Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU), a company whose mission is to improve its customers' financial lives.
- Bill Rancic, entrepreneur, author and reality television star of Giuliana and Bill.
- From almost 15,000 entries, Intuit has selected the final four small businesses that will continue to vie for the ultimate prize: a 30-second custom television advertisement that will air during football's biggest game on February 2, 2014.
As finalists, they will receive:
- An all-expenses paid trip to New York for the Big Game viewing party with a few surprise guests.
- A professionally-produced television commercial to tell their stories and share their passion.
- A meeting and business advice from entrepreneur and reality star Bill Rancic
- Free, lifetime use of Intuit small business solutions, including Intuit QuickBooks
- Now through Dec. 1, anyone can visit www.SmallBusinessBigGame.com to cast a vote for the business they want to make it to the end zone this February.
- GoldieBlox business owners and an Intuit spokesperson are available for interviews on Monday, Nov. 11 and Tuesday, Nov. 12. For interview requests, please call Jen Garcia at 415-828-2514 or email@example.com.
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- Small businesses mean big business to the U.S. economy, driving job growth and fueling the gross domestic product. Their importance cannot be understated. That is why Intuit is rewarding one lucky business owner with the ultimate prize – a 30-second advertisement during football's biggest game. The opportunity signifies the importance of small businesses and celebrates their success on the world stage.
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Here's an extra one:
7. 16gb or 64gb: 16gb
This is just speculation on my part but when I had the TF300, I initially bought the 16gb and was not able to unlock or get OTA, I then exchanged it the next day for the 32gb and was able to do both OTA and unlock.
There is another forum member who purchased the TF700 32gb and was not able to do the OTA or unlock but exchanged for the 64gb and was able to do both. I'm just adding more fuel to the fire I guess...
Great! That narrows it down!
Someone with a rooted tabled could possibly find the certificate that is being used.
CACert is an app that requires a rooted tablet and should do it I think?
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DIRTY BIRDS: Falcons coach Mike Smith said the most important thing about his team appearing on HBO's "Hard Knocks" this year is that "everybody is going to get an opportunity to watch us compete." Smith: "That's probably the biggest plus for us doing it." Falcons WR Roddy White said of his role on the show, "I will not be the star. This will be co-starring and about seven or eight guys are going to entertain you all for the next couple of weeks of 'Hard Knocks' and they're going to do a great job. I'm going to take a step back and let those guys have a scene and I'm just going to watch and be entertained myself" (AJC.com, 6/17).
THE AMERICAN WAY: The N.Y. Daily News' Ralph Vacchiano said of the '14 World Cup increasing soccer's popularity in the U.S., "I think we have this conversation every four years. This is helped by being in sort of Eastern friendly times for the games that's letting people watch it. But I'm sure we had this conversation four years ago, and eight years ago" ("Daily News Live," SNY, 6/17). SNY's Chris Carlin said of the U.S. victory over Ghana, "There are not many country unifying moments anymore and that was one of them" ("Loud Mouths," SNY, 6/17). ESPN's Mike Greenberg, on the TV ratings of the U.S.-Ghana match: "Is this soccer or is this patriotism? Did we watch like crazy on Monday because we just like getting together and watching something that is a communal, American event? Or does this really demonstrate, as a lot of people in the soccer world are hoping for and telling you, that there is really a rising tide here?" ("Mike & Mike," ESPN Radio, 6/18).
THE MOORE THE BETTER: MLB Network's Mark DeRosa: "Kudos to (Royals GM) Dayton Moore. He's stayed the path. ... He's stayed the path with Ned Yost. They've had this vision, they've trusted in these young players. It's time for these young players to step up" ("MLB Tonight," MLB Network, 6/17).


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Citrix's Gunnar Berger interviews Frank Soqui and David Hoff to demo Iris™ Pro graphics performance.
Delivering performance and value with rich media capabilities at an affordable price.
The Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family merges the I/O hub onto the processor for improved efficiency.
Intel and HP announce collaborations with Citrix, including a data center server solution.
Intel® HD Graphics is built into the processor, enabling adaptive performance.
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Radiation Safety Companies in Australasia
Sarad GmbH
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SARAD GmbH was founded in 1993 as a German company and is working in the field of sensor- and security technology. Main residence is the Capital of Saxony Dresden with offices in China, Kazakhstan, Latin America, Russia and South Africa. Our main office and production facility is about 2000 sqm and has all modern high-tech equipment and tools for production and a ...
Argon Electronics
based in Luton, UNITED KINGDOM
Argon Electronics was established in 1987 and has since become a world leader in the development and manufacture of hazardous material detector simulators, most notably in the fields of military Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defence. Our simulators have applications from civil response to unconventional terrorism and accidental release, and ...
LSC Environmental Products, LLC
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LSC is a global manufacturer of products and equipment targeting the persistent environmental challenges of erosion, odor, land reclamation, waste cover, seeding, and dust. For nearly a quarter of a century LSC has applied our unparalleled expertise, in spray-applied environmental coatings and solar flares, to a variety of industrial settings. LSC pioneered the use of ...
Weir Power & Industrial
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Weir Minerals is the global leader in the provision of slurry handling equipment and associated spare parts for abrasive high-wear applications. Mining and minerals constitutes the division's largest sector, but it has aligned product sales into niche markets, including oil sands. Products include pumps, hydrocyclones, valves, dewatering equipment, wear-resistant linings, ...
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KI Canada Ltd since 2003 has offered carefully selected crisis protection products to reduce damage to life and property in the event of natural and man-made disasters. One of its first products was RadBlock, a coated 65 mg dose of Potassium Iodide tablet. Over time we have expanded our supplier base. Currently one of our main suppliers is Radiation Decontamination ...
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Envitech Europe, Development Manufacturing and Establishment Environmental, Meteorological and Hydrological Monitoring Systems in the following areas: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring; Continues Emission Monitoring; Meteorological Monitoring; Water Quality; Monitoring; Hydrological Monitoring; Toxic Gas Monitoring; Noise Monitoring; Radiation Monitoring.
Geophysical Instrument Supply Co. (GISCO)
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GISCO has developed its unique reputation as a one-stop worldwide geophysical instrument source, providing professionals with total support in instrumentation and field supplies. GISCO is a full service supplier providing selection and application assistance, system integration, training, rental, leasing, and instrument repair.
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Delta Ohm develops and manufactures instruments for measuring:Temperature, humidity, dew point, pressure, BAR, mBar, Pascal, mmH2O, InchHG, psi, air speed, light, Phot, UVA, UVB, UVC, Solar Radiation, PAR, Acoustic, Sound meter, Vibration, Noise, CO, CO2, Air Quality, pH, ORP, Redox, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Data loggers, WBGT microclimate, PPV, PMV, Heat stress, ...
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Global buyout firm TPG is considering making an offer for distressed Australian media group Nine Entertainment Co., a person familiar with the matter told Deal Journal Australia.
TPG could involve Nasdaq-listed Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. and its chairman Harry Sloan in the transaction, the person said.
Mr. Sloan founded European media group SBS Broadcasting in 1990, a company which listed on the Nasdaq in 1993 before being sold to private equity groups KKR & Co. and Permira Advisers for US$2.6 billion in 2005.
Nine Entertainment Co. is owned and operated by CVC Capital Partners's Asian investment arm CVC Asia Pacific. Its largest asset is a free-to-air broadcast television network which operates three channels Australia-wide.
Deal Journal Australia is an up-to-the-minute take on the deals and deal makers that shape the Australian landscape, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, private equity and debt markets. In short, wherever money changes hands. Deal Journal Australia is updated throughout each trading day with exclusive commentary, analysis, data, news flashes and profiles. The Wall Street Journal's Gillian Tan is the lead writer, with contributions from other Journal and Dow Jones reporters and editors. Send news items, comments and questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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As far as going to market, Google's not talking details until the targeted launch at the end of next year, but Chrome OS won't run on just anything -- there'll be specific reference hardware. For example, Chrome OS won't work with standard hard drives, just SSDs, but Google is supporting both x86 and ARM CPUs. That also means you won't be able to just download Chrome OS and go, you'll have to buy a Chrome OS device approved by Google. Interesting move, for sure -- but since the entire OS is totally open-source as of today, we're sure it'll be hacked onto all kinds of hardware soon enough. (And for the record, the demo was run on an off-the-shelf Eee PC.) Check Google's intro videos after the break!
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BlackBerry is trying to right its sinking ship, this time with the help of Android. Can the combination of the Google-powered OS and a QWERTY keyboard save the day? Jack Wallen opines.
Encrypt your email on Android with the help of K-9 Mail and APG
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If you frequently misplace your phone, Google can easily come to the rescue with a quick search. Jack Wallen shows you how.
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Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to create Google Photo Stories so you can highlight moments in your personal or business life.
Android "M" offers some serious improvements to the mobile platform
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A photo tour of the new Android M
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Hidden Chrome on Android features will improve your mobile browsing
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District tells dozens of parents to stay away
Letters say they must stay off campus for 14 days, with no appeal process
More recently, the letters have been more generic. A March 2011 letter to a parent at Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary Magnet offered no details other than "willfully disrupted the orderly operation of this school."
The statute states that school officials cannot use the letter to inhibit free speech. Rice said this is exactly what happened. Both Bonenberger and Rice asked Ballard or the district retract the letter.
"We thought it was wrong for the district to endorse this action without even finding out our side of the story," said Bonenberger, who was president of her son's parent-teacher association. "It was disturbing to find out that her word was the final say."
Ballard, now the principal at Cadman Elementary School, declined to comment on the issues with Rice and Bonenberger, citing confidentiality issues.
Another parent, however, defended Ballard's use of the letters.
"Those letters weren't meant to intimidate; they were meant to stop the intimidation by these women," said Dara Bilow, who was a member of the Bay Park school council. "I believe that there are cases where people do have legitimate concerns over the use of the letters. This was not one of them."
Andra Donovan, a San Diego Unified attorney, said the district leaves it up to principals to determine what behavior warrants receiving a letter. The law, she said, was created to give principals relative autonomy over concerns of campus safety.
"They are the ones who know best what is going on on their campuses," Donovan said. "We trust their judgment and I'm not inclined to interfere or question their judgment calls. The legislature obviously agrees with giving principals the ability to be in charge of their campus's security, otherwise they wouldn't have adopted the law."
Some school districts do have an appeals process.
Bob Price, a superintendent of the Empire Unified School District in Modesto, is a past president with the California League of Schools. At Empire, he said, an assistant superintendent hears disputes of the letters and renders a final decision.
Price said his district can do that because they don't have as many students or as many cases that warrant the letters.
"We're probably not as overwhelmed as other districts," Price said.
In San Marcos Unified, the director of student services, Ric White, says he hears parents' appeals as well.


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Police appeal for witnesses to man behaving indecently on Nundah bus
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- January 03, 2013
Police investigators are appealing for witnesses as they search for a man who was behaving indecently towards passengers on a bus in Nundah last month.
A man aged in his mid 60s is believed to have acted indecently towards other passengers on a bus which departed the Toombul Shopping Centre Bus Interchange around 1pm on Thursday, December 27.
Investigators are now appealing to anyone who was on board the bus, or who are aware of any other indecent activity in the Nundah or Northgate areas.
The man is described as being Caucasian in appearance, with a slim build, white dishevelled hair and a full face grey beard.
If you have information contact Boondall Police on 3364 3372 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppers.com.auOriginally published as Police hunt indecent bus passenger


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West Texas A&M Maintains Its Position at the Top of the NFCA Division II Poll
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Victories in three of four match-ups during a high-profile league series was enough to keep West Texas A&M (27-4) on top of the NFCA Division II softball poll for the fifth consecutive week.
The Lady Buffs earned 12 of 16 possible first-place votes and maintained their firm hold on the No. 1 spot by winning three of four match-ups (W 10-0 in 6 inn., W 6-3, W 13-3 in 6 inn., L 2-4) in Lone Star Conference action at then-No. 18 Texas Woman's.
Cal Baptist (30-4) improved to a season-best No. 2 ranking and received three first-place nods after putting together an 8-0 week that included wins in both ends of doubleheaders at both No. 6 Humboldt State and Notre Dame de Namur and a four-game sweep at Dominican.
Three victories in four contests allowed Armstrong Atlantic (24-6, one first-place vote) the opportunity to move up a position to third, while the week's big gainer proved to be Tampa (23-4). The Spartans skyrocketed from 10th all the way into the No. 4 slot following their unbeaten effort against Embry-Riddle and Florida Southern. Fifth-ranked St. Mary's (TX) took the week off, remaining at 31-4 overall while still managing to improve a pair of positions.
Despite dropping both ends of the high-profile doubleheader to Cal Baptist, Humboldt State (28-9) held steady at No. 6 on the strength of a four-game sweep of Cal State Dominguez Hills. Idle over the past week, Wayne State (MI) remained at 20-4 overall while rising a slot to seventh. Alabama-Huntsville (21-5) plummeted from second to eighth in the new poll by virtue of its 2-1 weekend at Delta State.
Emporia State (26-7) and UMSL (16-2) each advanced three positions to hold down the ninth and 10th slots, respectively. ESU registered a 5-3 overall mark and recorded impressive wins over nationally ranked teams Winona State and Augustana (SD). The Tritons improved their winning streak to a season best nine games by sweeping through match-ups against Upper Iowa, McKendree, Quincy and Truman State.
Former No. 15 North Alabama (28-8), No. 18 Texas Woman's (20-10), No. 23 Southern New Hampshire (10-3) and No. 25 Dixie State (27-8) all exited this week's rankings, opening up space for the entrances of No. 18 Valdosta State (27-8), No. 23 LIU Post (13-3), No. 24 Midwestern State (23-9) and No. 25 Truman State (18-5).
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Singer Mika Singh, who will be seen as a tea vendor in the new show "Mission Sapne", has also crooned its title track without charging anything for it.
Mika will play a tea vendor and support a common man's dreams. He has also lent his voice for the title track titled "Sach hone ko hai sapne" that attempts to inspire people and bring out the philanthropic nature of the Colors' show, which aims brings out the humanitarian side of celebrities.
The lyrics of the song are penned by Seema Saini and the music has been composed by Raju Singh.
"The temperament of the song is very unlike Mika's style of singing. (He is mostly known for his peppy item numbers). This soulful rendition brings beautifully to the fore the soul of the show," a source said in a statement.
The music video has been directed and produced by Vikas Gulati of Sobo Films.
"When Mika heard about the concept of the music video, he on his own readily agreed to sing and feature in it. He went out of his way and gave us four days from his busy schedule for this music video and that too, without charging a penny.
"That speaks volumes about his generosity and the way he feels about the problems of the common man. We thank Mika for his immense support and cooperation," said Gulati.
The music video of "Mission Sapne", just like the show, features big names like Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar, Harbhajan Singh and Varun Dhawan.
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Mika, you have a wondeful voice. Waiting to see you there and listen to your track too.<3<3 Hope this show stand up to our hopes.
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Drashti dhami is also there with other bw stars...
i-f when will u know her worth.she is the only actress from tellyworld who is working with bw actors..
so tag her plz.
waiting for Drashti Dhami episode..
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For your information Drashti Dhami is also part of this show & music video ..even she is also in the 1st Promo of Mission Sapne ..
Super excitd for Drashti's epi :)
Do tag Drashti Dhami in this article ..
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why didnt you mention Drashti Dhami the Television Diva... Or you guys r blind to see her in promo ... No doubt DD fans hate IF ... Super excited for Drashti Dhami music video is awesome
Waiting for Mission Sapne :) Specially Drashti Dhami Episode <3
Edited on:11 April 2014 at 5:29am
this show is going to have Drashti dhami too...
all the best 2 salman! can't wait to see it.
already gave a Very good comments to very big personalities about Mika sing song so i am also Like that song
Salman Khan and Eid have become synonyms is the past few years. Salman ...
Varun's new ride!
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Demand Sensing Lessons Learned in China
As thought leaders in supply chain management, we often point out the critical importance for firms to more quickly sense geographic or regional changes in product demand and respond to such changes with integrated supply and fulfillment capabilities. This week, The Wall Street Journal highlights (paid subscription) how certain high-profile consumer product goods companies were hampered in China by not having such capabilities.
The report notes that a sudden change among China's consumer buying trends suddenly occurred as millions of consumers elected to shift their buying practices away from larger retail outlets in favor of online marketplaces. The WSJ indicates that an estimated 461 million Chinese consumers, nearly a third of the population, are now shopping online. Further cited is Nielsen data indicating that nearly half of Chinese consumers are buying groceries online, compared to a quarter of consumers on a worldwide basis. Global CPG firms such as Beiersdorf, Colgate-Palmolive, Nestle and Unilever were reportedly laggard in the sensing of this channel buying shift.
For Unilever alone, the shift toward online buying accounted for a 2.7 percent drop in global revenues. The CFO of Unilever is quoted as indicating that CPG firms in China were "too slow to react to the changes in the marketplace." Another Unilever executive is quoted as indicating: "It's very, very difficult for us to be absolutely sure (of inventory levels) because the visibility across the extended supply chain in China is not that great."
Many CPG firms distributing products in China had targeted their merchandising and inventory strategies towards large retailers and thus were not able to sense the changed buying patterns until inventories grew.
Many of these firms are likely to have acquired important learning and are re-focusing supply chain strategies more towards online fulfillment channels including more direct presence. There will obviously be further learnings in the months to come.
Suffice to state that in today's complex supply chain universe, generalized market support and distribution strategies will not suffice. Each major market requires its own set of product demand planning, sensing and supply chain response strategies.
Bob Ferrari
Report That Foxconn is Close to Finalizing Plans for Massive Production Facility in Northern China
In October of 2014, there was a report that the leading global contract manufacturer Foxconn, had entered into preliminary talks to build a high-end LCD display factory within China's northern city of Zhengzhou. According to that report, Foxconn and Hon Hai Precision Chairmen Terry Gou visited Zhengzhou in August and met with government officials to discuss an investment proposal estimated to be upwards of $5.59 billion.
Earlier this week, The Wall Street journal cited a statement from a local development agency and reported that discussions concerning the Zhengzhou facility are progressing and may be nearing finalization stages.
This announcement is significant since it would represent Foxconn's largest investment in component manufacturing thus far and would be an additional sign of further diversification within key downstream strategic components of high tech and consumer electronics supply chains. The Zhengzhou region is also the home of an Apple iPhone assembly facility. Both represent the high tech supply chain ecosystem's movement into far more interior regions of China.
In its reporting in October, the WSJ stated that it remains unclear as to whether Apple or other investors are being approached to invest in the proposed display plant.
In July, Foxconn disclosed plans to build a new environmentally friendly production complex in one of China's most rural and pristine provinces. According to a published Bloomberg BusinessWeek at the time, a 500 acre park would be built in the province of Guizhou, on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Guiyang. Plans called for an environmentally focused facility to produce smartphones, large-screen televisions and other products employing upwards of 12,000 workers. Production processes within this new plant were to include new methods for mold based painting, carbon nanotube film for touchscreens and other innovations. The Guizhou plant was slated to be operational this month.
These developments indicate Foxconn's continued investment in downstream electronics supply chain component manufacturing capabilities as well as this CMS's continued commitment toward China based production presence. Being Apple's and other high tech OEM's prime contract manufacturer, that is an indicator of potential future strategic sourcing strategy.
Missing however, is any announcement of a substantial manufacturing investment in North America.
Reports of Apple Designing and Producing a Concept Electric Car
Business media including the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal reported last week that Apple was working on a secret research lab (not so secret anymore) possibly directed at developing a concept electric car. According to these reports, under the code name "Project Titan" Apple has several hundred employees working at this research lab designing a concept vehicle that resembles a minivan.
Apple, of course, has declined comment to any of these publications.
According to the published WSJ report, the size of the project team and the senior executive hires are indications of seriousness, with Apple CEO Tim Cook approving the development project almost a year ago. Once more, the report indicates that Apple executives have flown to Austria to meet with contract manufacturers. The publication names the Magna Steyr unit of Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International as one potential party involved.
The report accurately notes that manufacturing an automobile is enormously expensive with a single plant costing upwards of well over $1 billion. Thus, it should be of little surprise that Apple might be investigating existing contract manufacturing options.
Auto supply chain teams know all too well that sourcing production in any particular country and transporting autos among global regions can be an expensive proposition without volume and market scale. It's clearly not the same as shipping iPhones and iPads or for that fact, ramping-up new product and supply chain labor resources to coincide with a product development lifecycle. Once more, intellectual property (IP) protection becomes a larger consideration because of the nature of the multiple components and new technologies that may be involved. For electric powered vehicles, the design and production cost of the batteries is the single most important material and product margin component.
Another parallel that these reports bring forward is that if Apple becomes serious in pursuing this foray into electric cars, it will likely be a competitor to Tesla Motors, who has been pursuing a vertical integration strategy including the design and production of its own electric storage batteries for automotive and solar energy storage use. Tesla elected to invest in a former Toyota auto factory located in Fremont California.
Certainly, there will be continued speculation as to what Apple ultimately decides to do. However, in the light of our previous Supply Chain Matters challenge to Apple to invest more in U.S. or North America based production, Project Titan could provide the opportunity to consider such an investment commitment, either contract manufacturing or owned manufacturing investment. North America automotive production plants and their associated supply chains have proven world class competitiveness and indeed are exporting vehicles to global markets.
However, in light of our previous commentary noting excess auto production capacity across China, Apple may elect its familiar new product introduction and contract manufacturing model.
Bob Ferrari
Report of Automotive Production Overcapacity Across China
Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports that both domestic and foreign-based auto producers continue to build and subsequently bring online more auto production capacity across China. The report cites a projection that by 2017 there will be 140 auto production plants in China vs. the 123 existing at the end of 2014. The problem, however, is that China's nationwide domestic auto consumption is far short of this capacity indicating that overcapacity is expected to worsen. Cited is an IHS Automotive chart indicating that China's excess capacity has jumped 83 percent in the last two years. The article cites a JSC Automotive forecast that by 2017, auto plants across China will be able to produce 11.4 million more cars than are expected to be sold.
The report cites one Shanghai based consultant as indicating that some carmakers are regretting plans to expand plant capacities, but decisions have already been made. Once more, as Supply Chain Matters readers all well aware, China's domestic market remains an open opportunity for future growth, but the continued battleground pits China's domestic brands against foreign based nameplates. The obvious consequence is that there is not enough product demand to sustain all manufacturers, and that has the potential for industry consequences.
Production overcapacity is a common problem in China in many industry and commodity sectors and the results have been messy or sometimes ugly consequences. An ongoing overcapacity condition remains for the production of steel. According to Bloomberg, already, car dealerships across China are seeking more financial assistance and lower sales volume targets. China's domestic consumers will obviously gain more buyer benefits over time.
Europe's automotive industry has a similar overcapacity challenge since prior to the 2008-2009 global recession, there was already too much industry-wide capacity, and that remains an ongoing challenge.
With China and Europe reflecting overcapacity, global automotive OEM's must continue efforts to balance global consumption and supply as well as protect margins. Currency headwinds are yet another challenge.
Supply Chain Matters would not at all be surprised by the entry of Chinese produced autos in the U.S. as well as other emerging markets over the next three years.
Bob Ferrari
Apple Supply Chain Supports Spectacular iPhone Fulfillment Results
Throughout the summer and especially in September of 2014, we featured a number of Supply Chain Matters commentaries reflecting on yet another series of Apple supply chain product introduction ramp-ups, and specifically whether the Apple supply chain ecosystem and its internal supply chain teams could yet again pull rabbits out the hat proverbial hat and deliver on business expectations for the all-important holiday fulfillment quarter.
Specifically in our mid-September commentary we noted:
"Over the coming weeks, as the marketing and sales machine cranks-up consumer motivations to buy, the supply chain will deal with the realities of limited supply, production hiccups and product allocation conflicts among various channels that invariably come up in such situations."
We further declared:
"While some supply chains are challenged with collaborating with sales and marketing on stimulating and shaping product demand, Apple has the current challenge of meeting very high expectations involving an outsourced supply network with many moving parts. They have pulled miracles in the past, and the stakes get even higher."
Yesterday after the stock market close, Apple announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ending in December, and the results were staggering, along with the business headlines. The Wall Street Journal headline story today was titled: Apple Delivers Quarter for the Ages.
Apple reported net income of $18 billion for the quarter, was described as more than 435 of the companies within the S&P 500 Index each made in total profits. But the supply chain headline was fulfilling all-time record customer demand for 74.5 million new iPhones. This was up 46 percent from the same holiday fulfillment quarter a year ago, reflecting a lot of pent-up upgrade demand for the new iPhone6 models. In its reporting, the WSJ equated such volume output to more than 34,000 phones per hour, around the clock.
Gross margin was reported as 39.9 percent, nearly two percentage points higher than last year's similar period. Once more, average sale volume for the iPhone increased to $687, nearly $50 higher than a year ago.
Apple also managed to double its iPhone sales volumes within China during the quarter despite delayed availability slipping to mid-October from the scheduled simultaneous September product launch.
Readers who followed our Apple commentaries should recall that the iPhone6 incurred its own set of production ramp-up challenges including a last-minute design change involving its larger screen displays. There was the usual production yield challenges associated with the fingerprint scanner and with the LCD displays themselves. We called attention to a TechCrunch report that cited sources in September indicating that Apple had already contracted air freight capacity anticipating to flood channels with last-minute shipments.
All was not spectacular news regarding Apple's latest performance. Sales of the iPad were reported to be down 18 percent from the year ago period. The long-anticipated iWatch availability has now slipped to April of this year. However, these do not take away from the extraordinary performance of the Apple supplier ecosystem, and in particular, its contract manufacturers who had to successfully support the four month production and fulfillment ramp amidst the production challenges.
The Apple supply chain did indeed again pull rabbits out the hat. It performed to enable an expected business outcome, despite operational challenges.
We extend our Supply Chain Matters Tip-of-the Hat recognition for such performance. Let's hope that the supply chain ecosystem will share in similar financial rewards.
Bob Ferrari
U.S. Manufacturing Momentum- The Uncovering of Continuing Challenges
Within our Annual 2015 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains (now available in a full complimentary research report), Prediction Three notes that the momentum for U.S. and North America based manufacturing sourcing resurgence continues but will uncover broader supply chain ecosystem needs or deficiencies. This week, The Wall Street Journal featured a front page article, Companies Tiptoe Back Toward 'Made in the USA' (paid subscription required) that reinforces the tenets of our prediction.
The article profiles a select group of various mid-market industry manufacturers located in the United States such as Thorley Industries, K'Nex Brands, PrideSports, Capital Brands LLC and Lasko, that have addressed the option of returning manufacturing to the U.S. Brought forward are the renewed attraction of lower inventory and transportation costs, stable wage rates and the importance of better control and protection of intellectual property. Another attraction was noted as less international travel, teleconference time and distraction among supply chain and product management teams. Having had manufacturing presence already in the U.S. or North America helps in evaluating a nearshoring decision.
However, the interviews of companies do bring forward the current realities that in certain industries: "The U.S. needs to rebuild its supplier base, as well as invest in more efficient manufacturing equipment." One example cited is small electric motors utilized in consumer or industrial products. The economics involved in the manufacturing of such motors requires manual assembly as well as very high scaled volumes, and China remains the most globally competitive sourcing of smaller motors. Another highlighted drawback is the ability of certain Chinese manufacturers to flex their workforces in large volumes. There are other select component supply examples as well.
Supply Chain Matters readers are certainly aware that Apple's manufacturing sourcing strategies that favor China are because of the workforce flexibilities of contract manufacturers who came add thousands of workers in a matter of weeks, as well as their ability to respond to frequent product design changes.
In the end, manufacturing sourcing will always be highly dependent on the industry, supply chain ecosystem, product demand sourcing and overall economics involved in landed costs of a product. It requires that procurement teams continue to hone their strategic sourcing skills and have very collaborative relationships with product management and other supply chain focused planning and execution teams. Supply chain leaders themselves need to be deeply immersed in the various tenets of a strategic sourcing decision including the detailed analysis of pros and cons.
Quantitative numbers reflected in U.S. and North America PMI Indices continue to reflect increased manufacturing momentum for U.S. and North America based manufacturing, but in today's business climate, the economics can often change, and thus sourcing is no longer a static initiative but rather a continual evaluation and assessment process. Such decision processes can greatly benefit from more sophisticated tools and technologies.
Bob Ferrari


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The Lost World (Crichton novel)
First edition cover
|Michael Crichton
|United States
|Science fiction,
Publication date
|September 1995
|Media type
|Print (Hardcover)
|813/.54 20
|LC Class
|PS3553.R48 L67 1995b
|Preceded by
|Jurassic Park
The Lost World is a techno thriller novel written by Michael Crichton and published in 1995 by Knopf. A paperback edition (ISBN 0-345-40288-X) followed in 1996. It is a sequel to his earlier novel Jurassic Park. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, unrelated to the film of the same name.[1][2][3]
Like Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name, Crichton's novel concerns an expedition to an isolated Central American location where dinosaurs roam—though in this case, the dinosaurs were recreated by genetic engineering, rather than surviving from antiquity.
Plot summary[edit]
Six years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, mathematician Ian Malcolm—who is revealed to have survived the events of the previous novel via a retcon—teams up with paleontologist Richard Levine to search for a "Lost World" of dinosaurs following rumors of strange creatures washing up on the shores of Costa Rica. They eventually learn of Site B on Isla Sorna, the "production facility" where InGen, the company that owned the original park, hatched and grew the dinosaurs for Isla Nublar, the Jurassic Park site. Afraid that the Costa Rican government will find the island and destroy the dinosaurs, Levine hastily embarks on an expedition to the island without Malcolm. Soon after arriving on the island, Levine and his guide, Diego, are attacked by a dinosaur, and Diego is killed. Malcolm eventually learns that Levine has gone missing on the island, and he plans a rescue, with a team consisting of Jack "Doc" Thorne, an engineer and retired university professor, Eddie Carr, Thorne's assistant, and two stowaway children, R.B. "Arby" Benton and Kelly Curtis, who were working as Levine's research assistants as part of a school project. Thorne also tries to persuade Dr. Sarah Harding, an animal behaviorist and former lover of Malcolm, to leave her own expedition in the African Savannah to assist them in the search. Though she is initially dismissive, she eventually decides to meet up with them on the island.
The group soon makes it to the island and begins the search for Levine. They are well equipped, with a pair of conjoined RV trailers that serve as a fully functional mobile lab, an electric Ford Explorer, a motorcycle, and a cache of lethal and non-lethal weapons, primarily air rifles loaded with deadly venom of Conus purpurascens. They find an abandoned complex of InGen buildings, consisting of a large laboratory, a worker village, a general store, and a geothermal power station that is still generating electricity for the island's computer and video systems. They eventually find Levine. Though injured and fatigued, he is focused entirely on his research, overjoyed at the trove of information he can glean from this "Lost World."
Simultaneously, another group—geneticists Lewis Dodgson, Howard King and "celebrity" biologist, George Baselton— learns of Levine's expedition and go to Isla Sorna with plans to steal dinosaur eggs for Biosyn, the rival company of InGen. On the way to the island, Sarah encounters Dodgson and his party. Dodgson at first dismisses Sarah until she reveals she is trying to make her way to Isla Sorna. He then offers to take her, but just before they arrive at the island, Dodgson throws Harding off the boat and leaves her for dead; she manages to reach the island and is rescued by Malcolm's group.
Initially, Levine and Malcolm's expedition goes well, with many observations of the dinosaurs' behavior being made from the "High-Hide", an enclosed blind that is set above the ground on scaffolding. They soon learn that Dodgson's group has made it to the island. They go to confront them, but before they can reach them, Dodgson's group is attacked by a pair of Tyrannosaurus rex as they try to steal eggs from the animals' nest. Baselton is eaten when he incorrectly asserts that the T. rex visual acuity is based on movement alone, and attempts to remain still while being attacked. Though Dodgson and King get away, they accidentally drive off the road and are separated.
While inspecting the rex nesting site, Malcolm finds that one of the infants had been injured and has a broken leg. He instructs Eddie to kill it because it has no chance of surviving in the wild. Unbeknownst to the group, Eddie refuses to kill it, and brings it back to the trailers to set and cast the broken leg. Once they find out the animal has been brought back to the camp, they begrudgingly assist in setting the leg. Soon after, the parent rexes come looking for the infant, and attack the trailers, pushing one of them over a cliff and severely injuring Malcolm in the process.
Once night falls, the nocturnal Velociraptors emerge from the jungle and attack the group. During the attacks, Eddie and Howard King are killed, and Arby, who climbs into a special animal-proof cage, is dragged to the raptor nesting site. The group follows and fights off the dinosaurs, killing several, to eventually rescue the boy. As the night drags on, the group takes refuge from the raptors in the general store in the worker village while trying to formulate a plan to reach the landing site where the helicopter is set to meet them in the morning. Throughout this time, Malcolm is high on morphine and talks at length about evolution and animal behavior on Isla Sorna as compared to Isla Nublar.
As morning draws near, Sarah decides to ride the motorcycle out to the electric Explorer as it is the only functional vehicle left on the island that can carry them all to the helicopter. At the vehicle, she is confronted by Dodgson as they are attacked by a T. rex. They both attempt to hide under the vehicle, but Sarah pushes Dodgson out. He is picked up by the dinosaur and carried off to the nest, where he is fed to the infants.
Though she speeds through the jungle in the Explorer, Sarah just misses the helicopter, and it leaves without them. During a final attack by the raptors on the general store, Kelly discovers there is a boat docked in a boat house, and the group escape through a maintenance tunnel underneath the floorboards.
As they are sailing away from the island, Malcolm reveals that he discovered that InGen fed the carnivorous dinosaurs sheep extract infected with prions, which causes a disease that shortens the life spans of the dinosaurs. He suspects that the disease will lead to the eventual extinction of the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna.
Film adaptation[edit]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction film and sequel to Jurassic Park. Both films were directed by Steven Spielberg. After the success of the first film, fans and critics alike pressured Michael Crichton for a sequel novel. Having never done one before, Crichton originally declined, but when Spielberg joined in urging him, a sequel novel was announced. As soon as the novel was published, a film was in pre-production, with a target release date of mid-1997. The film was a commercial success, breaking many box-office records when released. It has a number of plot differences from the novel and incorporates scenes from the first Jurassic Park novel that were not previously filmed. The film received mixed reviews.[citation needed]
Dinosaurs featured in the novel[edit]
(In order of appearance)
- Ornitholestes
- Mussaurus
- Carnotaurus
- Procompsognathus
- Triceratops
- Hypsilophodon
- Parasaurolophus
- Stegosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Tyrannosaurus
- Gallimimus
- Velociraptor
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Maiasaura
- ^ Crichton, Michael (1997). Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. Knopf. ISBN 978-0375401077.
- ^ "Michael Crichton's Jurassic world (information)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ "Michael Crichton's Jurassic World: Jurassic Park, The Lost World". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
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Product Details
Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy
Release Date: March, 2000
Sales Number: 00.III.A.2
376 page(s),
Binding: Paperback
Series: Foundations of Peace
Publisher: United Nations University
Out of Print
Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy examines the place of human rights in the foreign policies of a wide range of states during contemporary times. Leading experts from around the world analyze both liberal democratic and other foreign policies on human rights. The authors note the increasing attention given to human rights issues and at the same time argue that most states, including liberal democratic states that identify with human rights, are reluctant most of the time to elevate human rights concerns to a level equal to that of traditional security and economic concerns. Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy also looks at the extent to which states are oriented toward an international rather than national conception of rights; and the extent to which they are oriented toward international rather than national action to protect human rights.