text:
I would spend hours of my time weekly watching the fantasies unfold, the drama build, and the suspense capture my imagination.
Now we have Netflix and Hulu, so we can all binge watch all our favorite shows. But there's still an absorbent amount of time being spent watching stories that take us away from our own real lives.
At some point, we have to stop trying to escape our own lives and start TAKING ACTION toward making our own realities just as desirable, exciting, and captivating as the characters in these fictional shows!!
Is your life captivating?
Is your life exciting?
Is your life the one you truly desire?
What story is playing out on the screen of your life???? Would someone want to binge watch what you are doing?
That's the kind of life I challenge us all to create!!!!
Over the past few years, I stopped watching television all together (like, really.... I watch nothing now!) and I've adopted some new habits instead. This has been so much better for my mental and emotional well-being. It has also helped me vision for the future of all that is possible for my life, which is pretty darn desirable, exciting, and captivating if I do say so myself.
If you've been following me for some time, you already know I'm a book junkie. I can't walk away from a great book. I can't go into a book store and leave empty handed!! While I still love a great mystery and fiction story from time to time, my new obsession is personal growth & development.
I believe developing personal growth habits ..... investing in yourself!!!.... is the single thing that will change the script in your life. Whether is reading books, attending seminars/retreats, taking a class, hiring a coach-- It can crack you wide open to see the possibilities in your own life that are crazy exciting and captivating!!!
I want to see THAT story when you start playing it.
Currently, I am reading "The Compound Effect" by Success Magazine founder Darren Hardy.
Consistency over Time is the principle he teaches.
Sticking with it even when nothing seems to be changing/improving.
Not giving up!!!!
If I'm honest (and I'm going to be), consistency is something I've lacked. I tend to fly to the next idea before I've finished the first one and seen it through.
Sure, I get things done and have success.... but to reach the goals I have that are desirable, exciting, and captivating-- I must have consistency.
Luke & Laura broke up in the end. Sonny went crazy and Brenda left town. The stories got boring & stale so the writers had to kill off the characters we loved.
Don't let your own story play out the same way. Keep challenging yourself to grow!!!! Do better, be better, and take inspired action towards that which will captivate you and everyone around you!!!
We only get one shot at living our lives. Let's make it a story worth telling ❤


text:
The grandparents are in town!!! Yippee!!! I am one of the MOST fortunate of women in that I love my parents-in-law and am so thankful for them.
They have arrived in their WICKED AWESOME RV and are taking the kids to Cape Cod in the morning. John and I are going to have a couple of nights to ourselves! I just don't know WHAT we'll do...
So the kids' weekend is starting now, and my weekend will begin tomorrow after my classes. I'm coordinating a wedding for some friends at church this weekend, so I'm hoping all goes smoothly.
I can feel the summer comin' on...
27 May 2010
What we're up to
Posted by Kit at 5:40 PM
Labels: family, notes about nothin'
2 comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
N2429Q - 2006 Cessna T182T Skylane
Airplane Make:
Airplane Model:
T182T Skylane
Airplane Year:
Airframe Hours:
1350 Hours TT
Engine Hours:
1350 Hours
Garmin G1000 Avionics Package:
- GDU-1040 Primary Flight Display (PFD)
- GDU-1040 Multi-function Display (MFD)
- GMA-1347 Digital Audio Panel with Marker Beacon/Intercom
- GIA-63 NAV/COM/GPS with Glideslope #1
- GIA-63 NAV/COM/GPS with Glideslope #2
- GTX-33 Transponder - Mode S with TIS
- GEA-71 Engine/Airframe Computer
- CHT/EGT - All Cylinders
- TIT Gauge
- Fuel Flow Meter
- Manifold / Tach / Vacuum
- GRS-77 AHRS (Attitude and Heading Reference System)
- GDC-74 Air Data Computer with OAT Probe
- GMU-44 Magnetomer
- Bendix/King KAP140 Two-Axis Autopilot
- Single Engine Driven Vacuum Pump System
- Backup Attitude (Vacuum Gyro), Altimeter and A/S Indicator
- Magnetic Compass
- Pitot System - Heated
- Static System with Alternate Static Source
8 out of 10
8 out of 10
Additional Comments:
- Located in Savannah, GA - KSAV
- Complete and Consecutive Logs
- Minor Hail Damage (Repaired)
Relevant Links
1350 TT A&E, Garmin G1000 Avionics Package, KAP 140 Autopilot with Alt. Preselect, Mode S Transponder w/ TIS Traffic, AmSafe Airbag Seatbelts, Vortex Generators, Complete Logs, BEST VALUE ON THE MARKET - SOLD.
All Specifications Subject to Verification Upon Inspecting. Availability Subject to Prior Lease, Sale, or Withdrawal From Market Without Notice.
Copyright© 2016 AirMart Aircraft Sales & Brokerage. Inc. All rights reserved.
Request more info
Fill out the form to request additional information on this particular aircraft.


text:
An island network determines moth diversity on islands in Dadohaehaesang National Park, South Korea
Version of Record online: 30 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00126.x
© 2010 The Authors. Insect Conservation and Diversity © 2010 The Royal Entomological Society
Insect Conservation and Diversity
Volume 4, Issue 4, pages 247–256, November 2011
Additional Information
How to Cite
CHOI, S.-W. and AN, J.-S. (2011), An island network determines moth diversity on islands in Dadohaehaesang National Park, South Korea. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 4: 247–256. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00126.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 12 OCT 2011
- Version of Record online: 30 DEC 2010
- Accepted 5 December 2010 First published online 30 December 2010 Editor: Simon R. Leather Associate editor: Owen Lewis
Options for accessing this content:
- If you are a society or association member and require assistance with obtaining online access instructions please contact our Journal Customer Services team.
- If your institution does not currently subscribe to this content, please recommend the title to your librarian.
- Login via other institutional login options http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/login-options.
- You can purchase online access to this Article for a 24-hour period (price varies by title)
- If you already have a Wiley Online Library or Wiley InterScience user account: login above and proceed to purchase the article.
- New Users: Please register, then proceed to purchase the article.
Login via OpenAthens
Search for your institution's name below to login via Shibboleth.
Registered Users please login:
- Access your saved publications, articles and searches
- Manage your email alerts, orders and subscriptions
- Change your contact information, including your password
Please register to:
- Save publications, articles and searches
- Get email alerts
- Get all the benefits mentioned below!


text:
The WSI Wire
Reliability Matters
Flexible warehousing is all the buzz right now in the warehousing industry.
Sue Tennessen, who currently helps manage customer set-ups and special projects at Enterprise Drive in Neenah, Wisconsin, started with WSI in 1978.
During our 50th anniversary celebration and beyond, we wanted to take some time to acknowledge, thank and highlight a few of the many hardworking and loyal employees that embody WSI's vision of absolute reliability to the customer, enthusiastic service to the community and dedication to the balance between work and life.
Sue Tennessen, who currently helps manage customer set-ups and special projects at Enterprise Drive in Neenah, Wisconsin, started with WSI in 1978. She has built a storied career at WSI, spending her service to the company in customer service roles. When she started at WSI, Sue focused on supporting chemical customers. At the time, the Home Office was unofficially based on Brighton Beach Road in Menasha. Sue moved locations every few years to support different major pulp and chemical customers. Sue praises her team, her co-workers and the company's structure and philosophy for making WSI such a fantastic place to work.
"I love the centralized team idea," Sue said, referring to WSI's Centralized Client Service Representatives team at the Enterprise Drive location in Neenah. "I love that you can go and share ideas with somebody, right there. If you're busy, you can ask for help. If you're slow, you can lend a helping hand. I also liked learning new accounts."
Sue currently works on the administrative side at Enterprise Drive. Sue noted the strength of the relationships she has built with customers over the years, saying, "I developed relationships with the customer service representatives at the pulp companies I worked with – actual friendships – even though, in some cases, they were in Canada and we were here in Wisconsin. It was fun talking to different people from around the world."
Given that she has been with WSI nearly 39 years, Sue's extensive experience with customer service at WSI has allowed her to see the company move from an entirely paper-based operation to a technologically oriented company.
"39 years ago—we had no computers back then. Everything was done manually. Inventories were done every month for all customers, in pen and paper," she said. "Now, it's gone all paperless."
Sue described some of the fulfilling challenges brought on by these changes in technology and the customer service environment. "When we first started using E1 (JD Edwards Enterprise One, WSI's dedicated Warehouse Management System), we were working 12 to 14 hour days, learning new systems and ways of invoicing," Sue explained. "We were using dual systems for awhile, the manual way and the technical way, until everyone was trained and on board."
Despite the rapid changes in her work environment, Sue was able to adapt easily to the technology and said she still loves what she does for WSI. "It's still challenging and fulfilling!" she said.
Sue also described how much she loves WSI's focus on family and emphasis on life-work balance.
"I like that they consider family first. The company is willing to give, and you work a little harder to give back," she said. "If my kids were sick while they were growing up, I was able to come in a little later. As the kids got older, now I may have to take care of my own parents. I can still count on that flexibility."
On a more personal note, Sue enjoys gardening, cook-outs and visiting her cottage up north near Antigo. She said she loves "anything outdoors" that she can squeeze into her summers, including night walks, campfires with her family and drinking coffee in the mornings on the shore of the no-wake lake at her cottage.
Sue's commitment to WSI, her family and her WSI-fostered friendships is inspiring. Thank you for your continued service, Sue!
Joe Countney, who manages WSI's Ehlers, Janssen and Martin Drive facilities in Neenah, Wisconsin, started with the Van Hoof Companies as a 16-year-old summer worker at Pacon.
During our 50th anniversary celebration and beyond, we wanted to take some time to acknowledge, thank and highlight a few of the many hardworking and loyal employees that embody WSI's vision of absolute reliability to the customer, enthusiastic service to the community and dedication to the balance between work and life.
Joe Countney, who manages WSI's Ehlers, Janssen and Martin Drive facilities in Neenah, Wisconsin, started with the Van Hoof Companies as a 16-year-old summer worker at Pacon. He was then hired in May of 1985 by Vicki Romenesko to support the WSI Media Center at Brighton Beach. He has built a storied career at WSI, with some breaks taken to pursue other career opportunities. Those opportunities ultimately enriched his ability to smoothly manage the SCA and Clearwater accounts – two of WSI's largest paper customers. Joe praises his team, his customer and all his WSI friends for making WSI such a fantastic place to work.
"I really like my job, our customers and the people I work with. It's kind of like quarterbacking the winning football team. Preparation meets opportunity. It's easy to go the extra mile for really good customers that appreciate the efforts of all of us," he said. "For example, SCA personnel know a lot of our team members on an individual basis. They were here to help us and assist us when we took over the handling part of the operation at Martin Drive in 2013. A kind of bond developed going through that process together to build that relationship of trust."
Joe said he works with WSI veterans that have been with the company between 30 and 40 years, some mid-career employees who have been with the company 10 to 15 years, and some operators with one to three years of experience. He works with approximately 40 team members in total across the three facilities. "And they're all exceptional employees," he said.
From warehouse lead and manager jobs in the Fox Valley, California, Fond du Lac, Racine, Denver and with Pacon, Joe has seen it all. He smiled recalling when WSI started a new trucking operation in the Fox Valley area.
"While Merle Verhagen, Bill Romenesko, Fred Mader and the rest of the guys were running around in 18-wheeler trucks, I was taking care of some of their buildings," he said, referencing a close group of WSI friends he has been in touch with both on and off the job for more than 30 years.
Joe left WSI for a few years to pursue distribution manager jobs, namely for apparel giant Fruit of the Loom, where he managed between 500 and 800 people. All the while, Joe said, he stayed in touch with friends like Joe Romenesko, Fred Mader, Mike Kilbane, Gary Liebhauser, and Tom Kiesow – a group of individuals he has been close with for most of his adult life. In 2002, Joe came back to WSI, working for Joe Romenesko in Racine.
Since taking over the SCA account, Joe has tackled some interesting and fulfilling challenges. In 2013, when WSI took over the labor on the SCA account in Neenah, Wisconsin, the SCA employees vacated the warehouse at 6 a.m., and WSI employees walked in at 6:30 a.m. WSI, led by Joe, took over the 400,000 square feet-24/7 operation. He was supported by a few administrative people from SCA and a transition team that included Bill Romenesko and Glen Mitchell. Thanks to months of planning, the transition went smoothly.
In March 2015, Joe coordinated the movement of 1,400 truckloads of paper rolls and finished goods that needed to swap buildings in less than two weeks. The move was incredibly seamless and smooth, he said, "due in large-part to our terrific Lead Crew (Chris Hupf, Jane Buelow, Bob Rogers, Tommy Howard and Scott Schnese)."
Joe and his team incorporated lean methodology into the operation and have saved WSI and SCA approximately half a million dollars, both in customer cost savings and cost avoidance, all the while retaining strong employees.
On a more personal note, Joe met his wife 10 years ago. Joe and Cindy will be married seven years this summer. They have a "caring, polite, kind" six-year-old son who loves to read and a "feisty, opinionated, cute-as-a-button" four-year-old daughter. They share their 5.5 rural acres with a beautiful, rare Norwegian Fjord horse. Joe has spent the past 1.5 years building a horse barn on their property.
Countney's commitment to WSI, his family and his family of WSI friends is inspiring. Thank you for your continued service, Joe!
Our Carson, Calif. team, which handles some of our customers' highest-regulated, most-hazardous chemical materials, started up the Los Angeles-area facility in 2011.
During our 50th anniversary celebration, we want to acknowledge, thank and highlight a few of the many hardworking and loyal employees that embody WSI's vision of Absolute Reliability to the customer, enthusiastic service to community and dedication to the balance between work and life.
Our Carson, Calif. team, which handles some of our customers' highest-regulated, most-hazardous chemical materials, started up the Los Angeles-area facility in 2011. Chris Reynolds and Karl Hamilton specifically work on tank car loading and unloading, delicately handling rail cars filled with chemicals. Adan Herrera, Cruz Ibarra and Jorge Gutierrez are material handlers, and Felix Aragon and Gabriel Guardado are Client Service Representatives. This powerful combination of employees includes long-tenured WSI employees and newer faces.
Damon Rickenbacker, Carson's facility manager, praised his team's self-starting and attention to detail.
"I have key eyes in key places, and those eyes understand what they're doing," he said. "I have synergy; I'm not putting out major fires in operations. These guys are independently working in accordance with the Responsible Care program and local, state and federal regulatory guidelines."
On Damon's last trip for WSI work-related responsibilities, he was gone for 10 days and said the Carson facility employees ran the building flawlessly.
"Our company provides excellent training for handling dangerous goods. My guys maintain strict adherence to company policy and procedures, which allows for smooth warehouse operations," he said. "Those leads and CSRs handle every customer and every operational task with no issues."
Damon's current warehouse lead, Adan Herrera, is working closely with Damon on the administrative side of the job, including managerial responsibilities, financials and reporting tasks. Damon contributes to Adan's professional development by exposing him to multiple facets of warehouse operations. However, true to the WSI ethos of work-life balance, Damon ensures his employees find needed personal time.
"A couple of my guys are young enough that they're in their first years of college," Damon said. "I try to encourage continuous education and achieving personal academic goals." He works with his employees' work schedules to ensure both their work obligations and higher-learning pursuits can be met.
Damon indicated that the culture of safety at Carson is one of his proudest achievements at WSI so far. Aside from making significant strides in efficiency improvements by automating many activities at the facility, Carson is an active participant in Responsible Care, a national standard for the safe handling of chemicals.
"Responsible Care and the high standards it requires of chemical-handling 3PLs invokes the need to constantly self-improve, constantly evaluate, constantly look for opportunities to be safer," he said.
Carson's dedication to safety, productivity and smooth operations is second to none. Thank you for your continued service!
Ann Dailey, Accounts Payable at WSI, started as a Client Service Representative in 1992.
During our 50th anniversary celebration, we want to take some time to acknowledge, thank and highlight a few of the many hardworking and loyal employees who embody WSI's vision of absolute reliability to the customer, enthusiastic service to the community and dedication to the balance between work and life.
Ann Dailey, Accounts Payable at the WSI Home Office, started as a Client Service Representative at Specialists Avenue in Neenah in 1992. She has been with the company for 24 years as of May 2016. In fact, the feature of our first 50th anniversary profile, Joe Romenesko, was her first manager. Mike Coenen and Tom Breaker were her later managers. We sat down with Ann earlier this month to discuss her roles at WSI, her dedication to her family and her commitment to instilling in her daughters the same incredible work ethic and high moral fiber that Ann herself exhibits, and her thoughts on WSI's bright future:
"I worked on a few different accounts, including Pelican Paper Products and Appleton Papers," Ann said, continuing that she transferred to Martin Drive's facility in Neenah after the first few years on the job. "Then, I had my first child, and when I came back from maternity leave, I was able to float a bit from position to position, until the Accounts Payable position opened, and I applied for it."
She is excited to use her accounting skills to manage WSI's finances, including paying bills essential to the company's existence and continuing livelihood, like rental payments to warehouse landlords and utility charges. Now, she's added payroll and Attendance Enterprise to her list of responsibilities, helping coordinate weekly paychecks for the company's nearly 1,000 employees. Splitting the payables role with Allene Waybright and payroll with Joanne Wolff, Ann handles paychecks for American Warehouse, WSI Transportation team and Fulfillment Specialists of America. As the Accounting Department experiences a few retirements and gains new hires in the next year, Ann is excited for new challenges and opportunities this may bring.
She says what she loves most about her job is the variety of challenging and stimulating tasks she completes on a daily basis, including coordinating warehouse managers, vendors and internal customers, dealing with certificates of insurance and Attendance Enterprise.
In the past few years, Ann said she's enjoyed the melding of minds that came with moving into a consolidated Home Office. "We can work together more, instead of separately, and eliminate some of that back-and-forth that used to happen when we were spread out at different locations," Ann said. "I can walk over to Becky Blair's desk and give her information about communicating with vendors for certificates of insurance, if she needs it, rather than taking the extra step of emailing."
She spoke highly of her three daughters, ages 14, 17 and 20, saying they were all "very different from one another" but all three share extremely conscientious and high achieving behaviors and lifestyles.
"I also love the flexibility WSI offers. I can balance my family and their band and doctors' appointments," Ann said. "Family comes first at WSI, which is so important to me. My daughters have some health issues, and I can still be at the hospital working from my laptop from afar, if needed."
Her incredible dedication reaches as far as working offsite from a hospital bedside! Thank you for your continued service, Ann.
This Just In
Working alongside robots in warehouses is the way of the present, rather than the way of the future.
Working alongside robots in warehouses is the way of the present, rather than the way of the future.
The recent ProMat and Automate conferences, in Chicago, featured robotics and automated materials handling equipment. "Solve for X," the theme of the conference, emphasized the need for manufacturers, warehousing and third-party logistics companies to embrace change to stay relevant. Rather than focusing on the technological capabilities of these high-efficiency robots, our team attended ProMat & Automate with an eye toward the changing workforce. As we strolled the aisles, observing robots in demonstration booths, we reflected on the results of the 2017 MHI survey. The
MHI survey, the fourth in a series of annual industry reports developed in conjunction with Deloitte Consulting, focused on "Next-Generation Supply Chains: Digital, On-Demand and Always-On." The survey received 1,100 responses from manufacturing and supply chain industry leaders. Approximately 80 percent of respondents to the survey said automation will dominate the logistics industry in the
next half decade. Even more relevant, 61 percent of MHI survey respondents indicated that they view robotics and automation of warehouse materials handling equipment as either a disruption or an advantage in the supply chain industry. For comparison's sake, 39 percent of respondents to the 2015 MHI survey reported this view on robotics and automation.
According to the survey respondents and other research, using current logistics methods in urban areas is unsustainable. Sorting robots that use flights and pushers within a small warehouse footprint, such as in a tight-spaced urban setting, will maximize efficiency. Small unit robots in warehouses, like Amazon's Kiva robots, and delivery botpods, like Skype founders' new food delivery venture Starship Technologies, will be key to reducing congestion and gaining efficiencies both inside and outside the warehouse. In addition to well-known retailers like Amazon and Skechers, at Under Armour's manufacturing facility, humans and robots already work alongside one another, to a much greater extent than at most other manufacturing facilities. Technological disruptions are generally considered positive for industries. However, for those in the materials handling workforce, a robotic disruption could seem threatening.
We want to help assuage those concerns about potential diminishing warehouse job openings. Instead, warehouse employees should look forward to easier physical labor, less stress and more intellectual stimulation on the job. Robots can take the pressure off of warehouses and 3PLs during seasonal surges. Robots can take shifts during the hottest or coldest parts of the day and drastically reduce the amount of walking humans need to do on a daily basis picking orders throughout the warehouse.
A New York Times Magazine article published the week of Feb. 23, 2017, emphasized that most robots working alongside humans in warehouses are not eerily human-like, but machine-esque. The reporter implied it is less unsettling to work alongside machines than it would be to work alongside animatronic bots. In this observation, the Times addresses and then debunks a common fear: that robots will replace all human workers. Materials handlers should rest assured that there will always be work that needs to be done by humans, namely work that requires observing and anticipating needs in social situations and work that demands emotional intelligence. Customer service situations, like communicating with a major manufacturer about space needs and limitations, inventory shortages or damage, still require abundant human interaction and interference.
Moreover, a Los Angeles Times article published Dec. 4, 2016, points out that, while fewer warehousing jobs are being added for materials handling tasks, the new job positions pay more, due to the higher skill set required to monitor automated lift equipment. In the coming years, new automation technology should create approximately 15 million jobs, according to Forrester, a research firm. With
these new jobs come important consideration factors. For example, lights-out automation would be much more possible with robots, creating a new set of safety considerations, such as creating adaptive zones, complying with new regulations and providing both bots and humans with clear instructions on how to operate within the designated zones.
Has your organization implemented automated lift technologies yet? How much have you saved in operational efficiencies and utility bills? (Automated lift trucks can work in the dark.) The future is now
Is your organization seeking to replace its current Transportation Management System (TMS) or obtain a TMS for the first time? Besides the obvious factors, such as overall cost, functionality that meets your requirements, and the ability to integrate with your current system and trading partners, below are five points to consider when shopping for a TMS.
Is your organization seeking to replace its current Transportation Management System (TMS) or obtain a TMS for the first time? Besides the obvious factors, such as overall cost, functionality that meets your requirements, and the ability to integrate with your current system and trading partners, below are five points to consider when shopping for a TMS.
1. Understand how the software works.
Do your homework and define your requirements! Does your company need a cloud- or premises-based technology? Similarly, whether you seek an auction-based TMS, a TMS based on your preferred carriers, or a combination of both, each TMS provider you consider should have a website with accompanying marketing materials. Read the website content, including digesting any available case studies and/or whitepapers offered about similar customers' successes with the product. Above all, be sure to view any marketing or demonstration videos the company has made about their products. If you do not come away from a marketing video without at least a cursory understanding of how the company's TMS product works, move on to stronger options with clearer explanations. If you have questions about the TMS features, be sure to reach out to your contact at the TMS provider. A strong provider will respond with prompt and thorough information.
2. Seek a partnership rather than just a product.
A company with a solid website, informative videos, and detailed case studies typically will have a long history of customer partnership. Your organization will cherish this partnership when onboarding the RFP. Rather than simply choosing a "plug-and-play" TMS, consider providers who are able to understand your business' unique rules and needs. If you work in procurement for a small to medium-sized organization without a robust, dedicated IT department to onboard the product, a friendly, professional relationship with your TMS provider is paramount. For example, should your volume suddenly escalate, you will need open and effective communication lines with a provider that can quickly and accurately respond to your needs and adjust the product's rules. A good TMS partner will teach you how to adjust the unique rules in the future, adding to the product's utility and convenience.
3. Prioritize scalability.
Similarly, the partnership you seek with your TMS provider should allow you to scale up—and down—according to your business needs. If you need to integrate the new TMS with an Enterprise Resource Program (ERP) or an existing Warehouse Management System (WMS), the TMS should be able to deliver integration with little fuss. A customizable solution is best, especially if your organization merges with another, is purchased as part of an acquisition, or simply grows in size. TMS providers with dedicated, in-house developers can respond to these needs quickly, adding features to optimize the product for your organization's needs.
4. Seek value-driven options.
Consider TMS companies with cost-per-transaction pricing models. Some customizable TMS programs cost as little as $1 to process an order. A low pertransaction cost, combined with customizable scalability and a communicative vendor partnership, equals the best value for your buck when it comes to TMS products.
5. Consider the value of quick implementation.
A customizable product with low cost—what's the catch? Often, custom products require a steep learning curve. To reiterate point No. 1: "Understand how the software works," and, if possible, try before you buy. A dedicated TMS partner will take the time to demonstrate the product for you, or it will have resources you can use to try the product by yourself before committing to a purchase and contract. The onboarding process for a new TMS should not be painful; prioritize a simple interface and the software's ability to integrate easily with your existing systems. If anything feels or looks unintuitive to your eye during the set-up process, point it out to your provider. A truly custom solution will change those screens or buttons to appear exactly how your
organization wants them to appear.
Best of luck in your comparison shopping for a new TMS! When you do begin researching, be sure to evaluate each TMS equally on these 5 factors.
Appleton-based WSI, one of the largest privately held third-party logistics providers in the United States, released a new logo last week, in conjunction with celebrating the company's 50th anniversary.
Over the past 50 years, WSI has grown from a 30,000-square-foot warehouse in Combined Locks, Wisconsin, to a fully integrated logistics provider with more than 15 million square feet and 1,200 employees working throughout the U.S.
"Moving into WSI's second fifty years gives us an excellent opportunity to update our logo to reflect the many services our company has to offer," said Bob Schroeder, WSI CEO and President.
Those offered services include warehouse storage, fulfillment, bulk handling, specialized chemical handling, transportation services and more. The new logo and the "WSI" name represent the entire WSI family of companies, which includes Warehouse Specialists, LLC; American Warehouse, LLC (AWC); Material Logistics & Services (MLS); Fulfillment Specialists of America, Inc. (FSA); and WSI Transportation, LLC.
In the coming months, the new logo will be rolled out across the organization and to WSI customers.
The new logo introduced in late October 2016:
The former logo used by WSI for more than 20 years:
About WSI
WSI is a leading third-party logistics company providing warehousing, distribution, transportation, import/export handling and fulfillment services. WSI utilizes cutting-edge technological capabilities to deliver efficiency that goes unmatched, and customized solutions to fit customers' needs. The company excels in handling multiple product verticals, including paper, chemical, consumer packaged goods, building materials and more. Visit www.wsinc.com for more information.
Complying with big-box retailer regulations is not a one-person job for 3PLs. An integrated team approach is the best way to ensure your company, as a logistics provider, is able to be absolutely reliable to the retailer. Specifically, customer service, compliance, and transportation and operational services equally aid in the assurance of complying with big-box retailer regulations.
Complying with big-box retailer regulations is not a one-person job for 3PLs. An integrated team approach is the best way to ensure your company, as a logistics provider, is able to be absolutely reliable to the retailer. Specifically, customer service, compliance, and transportation and operational services equally aid in the assurance of complying with big-box retailer regulations.
Serving big retailers starts upfront with strong information technology infrastructure. An integrated warehouse management system executed by highly trained customer service representatives with the ability to work on a number of different customer software systems will keep retailer orders coming. Whether your company uses RedPrairie, Manhattan or some other robust WMS, valuing and thoroughly training your CSRs are essential actions to build and maintain retailer relationships. CSRs are the first point of contact between a customer and your company, and they need to understand retailer guidelines as or even more intimately than
your compliance department. These friendly faces, or voices, if they communicate primarily by phone, of your company help ensure, for example, that boxes with slight mislabeling issues get relabeled in a timely fashion. They move the daily operations of your retailer accounts along smoothly, navigating bumps in the road with ease and a smile, if they are valued, trained and challenged appropriately. They are the human faces behind the efficiency-driving EDI transactions your company relies on to function: order processing, invoicing, pick-up and delivery data.
If you have not hired or assigned a dedicated compliance professional in your company to help with labeling and ensure on-time deliveries and shipping, you're doing it wrong. Often, as a 3PL, you will find the retailer itself is not your customer. Your customer is a small manufacturer or consumer packaged goods company that wants to attract or retain big retail customers. What now? Your dedicated compliance professional – should they be motivated – will find a key retailer contact with whom to build a relationship. This key contact at the retailer can help your 3PL monitor changes in requirements. A key contact can even give your company a heads-up on major transformations, like a sneak peek of the retailer's new supply chain strategy or put in a good word for your 3PL to provide more third-party logistics services.
Similarly, the precise labeling and packaging requirements of large retailers can be daunting. Assigning at least a part-time compliance professional to handle these details will serve your business well. That professional can populate, maintain and update a vendor compliance intranet site, listing all labeling, packing and transport requirements for each retailer. That same person can make sure your company offers detailed tracking. Have the ability to provide box-level detail to your customers and their big-box retailer customers through the use of unique package identification standards from the Uniform Code Council (UCC).
Efficiently routing products and meeting big-box retailers' strict must arrive by date requirements are essential steps in compliance. At WSI, we like to say, "When your product is delivered to our warehouse, that's where the inspection starts." Item number set-up in our WMS is verified there, the labeling and packaging are inspected and any irregularities are worked out before the product ever is loaded on a truck headed to a retailer. The use of advanced warehousing in many of our facilities with retail accounts, like RFGen, pick-to-voice and scan audit stations, eases the process of picking and shipping.
"Be extremely detail-oriented and cover all the bases, from customer service to transportation to the labor pool," said Mark Weum, a leading WSI retail account sales manager. "It's a total team effort."
Additionally, being proactive about labor considerations is important. If Walmart gives your hair product customer another $1 million in logistics business because the big-box store is happy with your 3PL performance, make sure you know ahead of time where your company will get the additional people needed to work in the warehouse. Proactive considerations for a tight labor market include offering full-time positions to part-time or temporary warehouse workers with strong performance, and giving those full-time employees benefits. Finally, if you make mistakes, own up to them. Examine your operational processes and design them with compliance for big-box retailers in mind. If you stick to their requirements—and keep up on them in your frequently updated intranet—your 3PL should be able to challenge chargebacks with detailed historical
reports of what you did correctly. Complying with big-box retailer requirements isn't always easy, but it pays off in the result of a cohesive 3PL team, satisfied employees and continued business.
As entities responsible for brokering appropriate carrier rates, ensuring accurate quantities of orders, and guaranteeing high quality of products, third-party logistics providers are extensions of companies' brands. The functions 3PLs perform help shape their clients' outwardly facing reputation. Here are the most effective ways to become an extension of your client's brand.
As entities responsible for brokering appropriate carrier rates, ensuring accurate quantities of orders, and guaranteeing high quality of products, third-party logistics providers are extensions of companies' brands. The functions 3PLs perform help shape their clients' outwardly facing reputation. Here are the most effective ways to become an extension of your client's brand.
Carrier Brokerage – Save your client money so it can pass along savings to its own customers. Your 3PL can do this by brokering the best possible carrier rates for your client, whether your business uses an effective, built-in Transportation Management System (TMS) that automatically sets up auctions for carriers to bid for business, uses load planners to broker carriers, or some combination of both. Carrier brokerage is a win-win for your 3PL and client, adding profit to your 3PL's bottom line, saving the client on overall transportation spend, and securing future business with the client, provided the carrier performs well. Regarding carrier performance and accountability, a TMS with capabilities to track and report carrier performance, including actual delivery and pickup times, can provide value for both your 3PL and your client. Consider a TMS with these functions.
Deliveries and pick-ups made on time, accompanied by a friendly demeanor and professional attitude, reflect your client's ability to handle last-minute and well-ahead-of-time requests.
Storage Space – Be willing to accommodate a client's need for multiple pricing options, such as storage costs by the pallet, square foot, linear foot, or pound. The flexibility might make the client's rate contract more complicated, but it will allow the client flexibility it can pass on to its own customers when fulfilling orders. Today's competitive retail market demands that companies fulfill orders rapidly and accurately. Allowing a company latitude in their storage space options helps it remain competitive—and well-branded—in the e-commerce industry.
Product Put-away – A 3PL's greatest asset is its employees. Material handlers who care about their jobs will commit to putting products away safely and accurately, using "First-In, First Out" methods, directed put-away technology, advanced barcode scanning, or some combination thereof. Treat your employees well, providing them with a fulfilling, safe, and profitable workplace, and they will treat your customers' products as if they were their own. Equally important is the concept of instilling in your employees the urgency with which products need to be put away in safe storage spaces. Careful handling results in high-quality products shipping out to the client's customers, cementing your client's reputation as a reliable brand.
Order Fulfillment – Similar to careful product put-away, quick-acting and motivated employees will work hard to ensure the client's customers receive their retail products as soon as and in the best condition possible. Provide employees with the technologies they need, like hip-mounted shipping label scanners and printers, RFGen, touchscreen tablet inventory systems and more, to fulfill orders. Some e-commerce companies promise customers same-day shipping—or even same-day delivery! These changing expectations in the retail industry put additional pressure on 3PLs and their employees to fulfill orders in an organized and appropriately prioritized fashion. Your e-commerce customer will thank you when its customers write glowing online reviews praising the company's prompt delivery times.
Saving your client money and fulfilling its business rules arguably are the biggest components of the company's customer service, allowing your client to brand itself as a competitively priced "rapid responder" in its respective industry. However, your 3PL's own face time with the client is important, too. Provide your clients with dedicated client service representatives, account managers or both. These professionals can help your client change aspects of its supply chain that are not working, such as observing flaws in its order entry system or noticing defects in shipping materials the client uses to ship orders. Communication and a pair of human eyes–or several–watching over clients' inbound and outbound products, whether virtually through an Order Management System or in person as a warehouse facility manager, add personal touches to your relationship with your client. Additionally, automated programs can catch mistakes but lack the analytical ability to determine why mistakes are happening and prevent them from occurring in the future. Less shipping and storage mistakes deeper in your client's supply chain, starting with your 3PL's services, mean happier end customers touting your client's name as a leader–"the best"–in its industry.


text:
Primary tabs
Consultant ID:6548
Full time mom of 3 teens, sometime ER nurse, softball fanatic, bubble bath connoussoir, and always living the Posh life!!! I'm so very careful about what I use with my family.... Posh is the ultimate combo of both fun AND good for you!!! Contact me about how to join our team and be able to pamper you ANYTIME!!!!


text:
Filter Results:
- Full text PDF available (3)
Publication Year
- This year (0)
- Last 5 years (3)
- Last 10 years (4)
Publication Type
Publication Venue
Learn More
- Shahid S. Siddiqi, Ghazala Akram, Saima Nazeer
- Applied Mathematics and Computation
- 2007
Let G be a connected graph with diameter diam () G and (,) d x y denotes the shortest distance between any two distinct vertices , xy in G. Radio labeling (multi-level distance labeling or distance labeling) of G is a one-to-one mapping : () {0} f V G Z satisfying (,) | () () | () 1 d x y f x f y diam G for all , () x y V G . The span of a… (More)
- Waqas Nazeer, Shin Min Kang, +4 authors Young Chel Kwun
- Symmetry
- 2016
A vertex v is a peripheral vertex in G if its eccentricity is equal to its diameter, and periphery P(G) is a subgraph of G induced by its peripheral vertices. Further, a vertex v in G is a central vertex if e(v) = rad(G), and the subgraph of G induced by its central vertices is called center C(G) of G. Average eccentricity is the sum of eccentricities of… (More)
- Shin Min Kang, Saima Nazeer, +5 authors A. Rafiq
- 2014
the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract A multilevel distance labeling of the graph G is a function f = (V (G), E(G)) on V (G) of G into N ∪ {0} so that |f (u) − f (v)| ≥ diam(G) + 1 − d(u, v) for all u, v ∈ V (G). The… (More)
- ‹
- 1
- ›


text:
wife seeking divorce and custody of child from husband
Ours was a love marriage and married for the last 10 eight years. I have a 7 years old kid. My husband has a drinking problem which I have been trying to adjust with for a long time but now I think I can't take it any more and would like to file for divorce. I would like to keep the custody of my child. Please advise the best course of action and related legal remedy.
You may file for divorce against your husband on the ground of cruelty. The courts in India have constantly ruled that the wife has a right to seek divorce from an alcoholic husband who by his conduct makes it difficult for her to live along with him. In order to have the custody of your child you shall have to file a separate case for child custody against your husband.
In cases of child custody the sole test to determine the eligibility to the custody of child is nothing but the welfare of the child. You have a good legal base to claim the exclusive custody of your child as your husband is alcoholic. The mere fact that your husband is an alcoholic puts you in a better position to take care of your child.
File Mutual Consent Divorce @ Rs. 25,000/- only
Know More
- Disclaimer: The above query and its response is NOT a legal opinion in any way whatsoever as this is based on the information shared by the person posting the query at LawRato.com and has been responded by one of the Divorce Lawyers at LawRato.com to address the specific facts and details. You may post your specific query based on your facts and details to get a response from one of the Lawyers at LawRato.com or book a Detailed Consultation with a Lawyer of your choice to address your query in detail.
Related Articles
Similar questions
Get Started >>
Answers by Our Lawyers
- Married in nepal. Marriage not registered in India. Still need divorce
- Taxation compliances for College Society
- Wrongly involved in a case what can I do
- attachment of land in civil suit for money recovery
- Different amount mentioned in sale agreement and sale deed


text:
Apply for USAA Secured Platinum American Express® Card
You can help support this site by using our links to Amazon & eBay.
Keep in mind that if you do use our links, you won't be able to earn cash back/miles/points from shopping portals. In the interests of our readers, you can find out what shopping portal is offering the best rates on eBay here & Amazon here


text:
|Zong Zi Cha cocktail.
Valentine's Day, when the world celebrates romance, is always a sensory delight, Mike Peters reports.
Every year on Feb 14, happy couples can enjoy a dazzling array of pinks and reds, inhale the aromas of a quiet and romantic dinner, and savor nibbles and sips made elegant with loving care. Fine restaurants and hotels are primed for the occasion. China Daily takes you for a quick tour of some treats in store for couples looking for a little magic on a special night out. Your favorite spot for a romantic dinner date or drink probably has something special going, too-but don't delay making reservations.
Zong Zi Cha
Hakkasan, Shanghai
When British bar manager Matthew Hall started researching Chinese flavors and influences, Zong Zi Cha was one of the first drinks he created to integrate influences from seasonal dishes.
"The zongzi is a steamed sticky rice dumpling from the Dragon Boat Festival, typically packed with a variety of fillings including adzuki bean paste and red dates," he notes. "Typically when we design a drink we consider several elements: sour, sweet, spirit, bitter. So I tried to construct a drink that could combine these elements and carry them in a cocktail."
Hall's inspiration progressed into a drink as he combined elements of steam (aromatic rose infused dry ice vapor) and rice (sake). "Northern style zongzi tend to be sweet and dessert-like, so we included Marasca cherry and rose."
The base of the drink is Hendricks gin, he says, which is complex but marries well with floral and dark fruit. Also the alcohol strengthens the drink's character.
While there is actually no cha (tea) in the concoction, Hall says, "tea is a big part of dining culture so I placed certain elements in: Aromatic bitters and the tannic quality from the fresh cranberry juice add texture and depth."
Bund 18, 5/F, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu. 021-6321-5888.
Full Bloom
Bar De Luxe, Hong Kong
The brand-new Japanese cocktail bar is a partnership with celebrity bar guru Hidetsugu Ueno's Bar High Five Tokyo. If you can't enjoy the cherry-blossom season in person, head bartender Yuriko Naganuma, a Ueno protege, offers a way to do it vicariously, brining the gorgeous spring phenomenon right to your tastebuds. The drink combines either Kirin Fuji Sanroku Whisky (HK$178, or $23) or Bulldog Gin London Dry (HK$158), with bespoke cherry blossom liqueur, Luxardo Maraschino, and lemon juice or homemade roasted tea bitters.
29-30/F, 8 Wyndham Street, Central district. 852-3706-5716.
Rose, Ginger and Yuzu-Infused Hokkaido Scallop
Bostonian Seafood and Grill, Langham Hong Kong
We didn't even see the scallop at first, so artful is this Valentine's Day amuse bouche. Camouflaged within the center of a pink rose, the delicate display is almost too pretty to eat. Another romantic gesture on the five-course set menu is the Cherry Mon Amour dessert, a sweet mixture of glazed cherry, kirsch fruit brandy and pistachio. The special Valentine's set menu is HK$1,188 per person and available for a minimum of two dinner patrons.
8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon district. 852-2375-1133.
The Ferreo
China Tang Landmark, Hong Kong
China Tang's two outlets have given real romance to their Valentine specials: Harbour City Stewed pork belly with red dates and candied fruit, speaks to "eternal love", the restaurant says, while braised sea cucumber stuffed with shrimp mousse represents "two hearts that beat as one". But our heart and our sweet tooth, seem to beat as one: We were successfully wooed by China Tang's landmark location, where the bar team has created The Ferreo, a cocktail with dark rum, Frangelico, amaretto, Cointreau and egg white, topped with chocolate powder and gold leaf, priced at HK$128.
4/F, Landmark Atrium, 15 Queen's Road, Central district. 852-2522-2148.
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
It's not a truffle, insists French chocolatier Gilles Marchal of Maison Chaudun, whose surreal sweets are on offer during an extended pop-up at the hotel's cake shop. "That first bite of a pave is sheer ecstasy," says Marchal of the little square of ganache dusted with bitter cocoa powder that has become his signature. The ganache is made from a blend of three types of chocolate combined with whipping cream. Left to mature for 24 hours, it is cut into small squares using a guitar cutter, matured for another 24 hours, and then delicately coated in bitter cocoa. Free from preservatives, added sugar, and additives of any kind, this exceptionally fresh chocolate confection is best enjoyed when taken out of the fridge 15 minutes before eating. A box of 9 paves is HK$198; 25 pieces cost HK$558, available until Feb 28. Marchal has also introduced a decadent limited edition of chocolate lucky gold coins in honor of Chinese New Year.
5 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. 852-2825-4008.
Red velvet cake
Waldorf Astoria Beijing
Red velvet cake has a famous history with the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The pastry team at its Beijing sister hotel has taken it a step further, offering both a New York and a Beijing version of the treat in a collection of red-velvet inspired sweets. The original recipe is rich, moist dark chocolate with cream-cheese icing, while the Beijing spin has a white-chocolate center. Fanciful dark pink raspberry macaroons, light as air strawberry chocolate mousse cake, a picture perfect red-velvet cupcake and a parfait of Praline Paris Brest with raspberry puree and raspberry cream round out the offerings now available in gift boxes. A four-piece box is 168 yuan ($24); six-piece box is 218 yuan.
5-15 Jinyu Hutong, Dongcheng district. 010-8520-8989.


text:
Online Obituaries for the Lexington KY Area
Herman Lowe
February 15, 1940 - June 18, 2017
Online Obituaries for Lexington, Frankfort, and Versailles KY
Versailles – Herman Lowe, 77, passed away Sunday June 18, 2017 at the Golden Living Center in Frankfort. He was born February 15, 1940 in Paintsville, KY to the late Walter James and Bessie Scarberry Lowe. Survivors include his daughters, Dixie Lowe of Versailles, Suzanne (Adam) Eddy of West Virginia, Donna (Lesley) Huff of Georgetown, Earlene (Brian) Dalton of Louisa, Lois (Wesley) Huff of Nicholasville, son, Herman Dwayne Lowe of Versailles, sisters, Bertha Warner of Frankfort, Clista (Charles) Stoker of Georgia, brother, Lloyd Lowe of Louisa, 13 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren and his former wife, Debbie Lowe of Broadhead. He was preceded in death by brothers James and Sherman Lowe and sisters, Geneva Holbrooks and Irene Mills. Funeral services will be Tuesday June 20, 2017, 12 PM, at Clark Funeral Home, Rose Hill. Rev. Gary Hager will officiate. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10 AM until 12 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Bluegrass Care Navigators. www.clarklegacycenter.com
Funeral Information
Funeral services will be Tuesday June 20, 2017, 12 PM, at Clark Funeral Home, Rose Hill. Rev. Gary Hager will officiate.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 10 AM until 12 PM.
Donations Information
Bluegrass Care Navigators
Donations Link:
View Tribute and Sign Guestbook
Clark Legacy Center
Lexington Location
601 E. Brannon Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Clark Legacy Center
Frankfort Location
3000 Versailles Road
Frankfort, Ky 40601
Clark Funeral Home
Versailles Location
241 Rose Hill
Versailles, Ky 40383


text:
Everyone wishes to be look younger and feel younger and energetic, even when you physically grow older. Aging is something that comes with the time and you can hardly avoid it. The main thing is how you can prevent early aging.
A balance diet is one of the key elements that act as an Anti Aging Nutrition. A balance diet should have a proper mix of protein, fibers and carbohydrates. Ensure your diet should include sufficient amount of Fruits and Vegetables. Also, diet should include the whole-grain products and protein rich diets like soya, meat and dairy products. A Balanced, Healthy diet provides enough Nutrition required for healthy body composition and good health.
It sounds surprising but drinking more water also acts as an Anti Aging Nutrition. Every cell, organs and tissue in our body composed of water and optimally functions well in the presence of required water levels. Dehydration causes the degeneration of cells and tissues associated with early aging at a faster rate. Therefore it is essential for a person to intake a plenty of water.
Another important Anti Aging Nutrition is the low Fat intake. Its very important to control the Fat intake in your diet as it results in weight gain associated with ageing. Avoid processed foods, Fried Foods, Creams, cakes and cookies.
Click Here For Our Exclusive Review Of The Top Antiaging Products
It is essential for our body to have small meals 4-5 times in a day. This helps the metabolism activities, to burn calories and provides required energy to body at regular interval of time. Skipping breakfast, light lunch followed by overloaded dinner is not a good practice. Healthy eating is one part that prevents early ageing.
Salt and sugar are two key ingredients in our food. Controlled Intake of these two key ingredients can also act as an Anti Aging Nutrition. One can avoid the risk of hypertension and diabetes by controlling their intake.
It is must to avoid the high intake of caffeine and nicotine. Excessive smoking and alcohols can result in early signs of ageing, increases the risk of high blood pressure and Breast cancer. Excessive consumption of alcohols, caffeine and nicotine reduces the absorption of calcium by the bones and finally make them weak and also can have quick effects on the nervous system.
In daily routine life our bodies are assaulted from stress, pollution, bad posture and bad eating habits. It may result suffering from severe or low headaches, ulcers, slag of skin, cancer or even the serious heart problems. Detoxify is another good thing that helps our body from overloading the harmful substances and providing required Anti Aging Nutrition that helps in tissue repair, cell re-generation and maintaining the skin-tone.
Scientific Research revealed that Vitamins A, C and E can act as antioxidants that are good for health. They help the body not only to fight with the minor infections but also some serious diseases like cancer or heart problems and also prevent the condition that result in signs of early ageing. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables are good source of theses antioxidants and thus considered as one of the key component for Anti Aging Nutrition.


text:
Rewards and Discounts on:
TruStage® Health Insurance
The TruStage Health Insurance Program: Affordable Health Insurance Made Easy.
The TruStage Health Insurance Program can help. You can easily compare health insurance plans from multiple carriers, get quotes, receive expert advice and purchase coverage that makes sense. You can also determine whether you qualify for financial assistance.
TruStage® Auto/Home
AEA members can save up to 10% on average with the TruStage Auto & Home Insurance Program. Combine auto and homeowners coverage and you could save even more. Besides discounted rates, you could get*:
Find your discounted rates quickly and easily by visiting TruStage Auto & Home Insurance or call toll-free (800) 789-6286.
CU Road Pal
Credit Union Auto Club was created exclusively for credit union members and provides unparalleled service and unprecedented value in roadside assistance protection.
From little incidents like being locked out of your vehicle to bigger troubles like needing a tow truck, Credit Union Auto Club is here, 24/7, to help get you back on the road quickly.
AEA members receive a 10% discount and business members receive a 15% discount on select regularly priced Sprint monthly services.
Use consumer corporate ID: NACUC_ZZM or business corporate ID: NACUC_ZDS_ZZM to claim your discount.
Call (877) SAVE-4-CU to start saving. Or visit AEA Member Discounts from Sprint to learn more.
Love to Shop!
Through Love to Shop, an online mall exclusively for credit union members, you can get great discounts and cash back just for shopping at your favorite online stores. Shop at more than 1,500 online and in-store retailers, including Walmart, JCPenney, Lowes, Best Buy and Old Navy.
Start shopping today at Love to Shop!
AEA Credit union members are eligible for special discounts on DIRECTV® service in addition to ongoing promotions. DIRECTV® is America's #1 satellite television provider in the country offering access to over 285 all-digital channels and 190+ HD channels.
ADT Home Security
Get Peace of Mind with the ADT Credit Union Member Plan. Love My Credit Union Rewards offers exclusive discounts on the ADT Credit Union Plan. Discover how affordable peace of mind can really be with the ADT Credit Union Member Plan!
Get Away Today®
Members of AEA can save with discounts offered on family vacations through Get Away Today®.
For a complete list of vacation packages, visit
Allied Van Lines
As an AEA member, you can save over 60% off or more on your out-of-state move with the experts at Allied Van Lines. Based on your unique situation, Allied will offer their most competitive rate. Take advantage of discounts usually reserved for Fortune 1000 companies with Allied Van Lines!
To get a no obligation quote, visit AEA Member Discounts from Allied Van Lines
Corona Optique
As an AEA Federal Credit Union member, you can receive the following optical benefits:
Visit AEA Member Discounts from Corona Optique for more information to find how your plan qualifies for these AEA member discounts. Discounts may not apply to your vision insurance or be combined with other discounts.
For more information:
Save up to $15 with the member credit union discount. TurboTax® translates taxes into easy questions about your life and puts everything in the right forms for you.
Start for FREE today at AEA Member Discounts


text:
DEAR BOB: My wife and I missed the mortgage refinancing "boat." We thought interest rates would drop further. Instead, they went up. But a mortgage broker friend suggests we instead get one of the new "interest-only" mortgages to keep our payments down. He showed us how our monthly payment will be less than if we refinance with an amortized mortgage. What do you think about the new interest-only mortgages? – Thomas V. DEAR THOMAS: I especially like interest-only mortgages for investment properties, such as rental houses and apartments. The reasons include (1) minimum monthly mortgage payments; (2) the entire payment is tax-deductible interest; and (3) the low payment maximizes cash flow from the rental property. Purchase Bob Bruss reports online. But your situation as a homeowner is a bit different. If you plan to stay in your home a long time, you probably want to build equity and eventually own the home free and clear when you are a retired "old geezer." However, if you an...
Most Read
by Teke Wiggin | Aug 22
by Teke Wiggin | Aug 22
by Amber Taufen | Aug 18
by Brad Inman | Today 9:03 A.M.
by Inman | Aug 22
Show Comments Hide Comments


text:
Dr. Mark Saker MD
- Diagnostic Radiology Chicago, IL
Patient Reviews
Reviews reflect patients' level of satisfaction with the care they received from this provider. Dr. Mark Saker does not yet have any reviews.
Dr. Mark Saker, MD is a Doctor primarily located in Chicago, IL. He has 24 years of experience. His specialties include Diagnostic Radiology, Radiology and Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Saker is affiliated with Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital and Advocate Christ Medical Center. He speaks English.
Find out the languages this doctor/ or staff may speak.
View all
Learn where this doctor attended medical school.
View all
Specialties & Expertise
Dr. Mark Saker has the following 6 areas of expertise, 3 specialties and 2 board certifications.
For the best health care, select a doctor who specializes in your medical condition.
View all
See areas of expertise for treating specific conditions, procedures and surgeries for this doctor.
View all
See the board certifications this doctor has received. Board certifications provide confidence that this doctor meets the nationally recognized standards for education, knowledge and experience.
View all
Health Guides
Skin Cancer
Get the facts about skin cancer, including the different types and symptoms.
more health guides
Locations & Directions
Nearby Doctors
Dr. Mark Saker, MD is similar to these 3 Doctors near Chicago, IL.


text:
Tax Advice & Return Preperation
The Sure Card Benefits Plan provides comprehensive personal tax benefits including free tax return preparation and unlimited, toll-free, tax related advice during normal business hours. Additionally, you will have access to most commonly used tax related schedules free of charge or at a significantly discounted rate.
Tax Related Benefits:
• Unlimited advice for personal and business matters on federal taxation via toll-free phone call/fax/e-mail (no time or frequency limitations)
• Free mail-in tax return preparation (includes 1040EZ, 1040A, and 1040)
• Discounted preparation of all tax schedules that accompany the form 1040
• $25.00 off of tax returns prepared by Jackson Hewitt
• IRS audit assistance
• Tax professionals will review any notice or letter issued by the IRS and provide advice on how to understand and solve the matter.
• Access to a web-based IRS audit tutorial, as well as an IRS notification tutorial.
• IRS notification assistance
• Tax planning
• Review of prior year's tax return
• Member portal with tax tips, tax law changes, tax organization area, IRS audit area, IRS notification area and member advice on-line
All tax and financial assistance is provided by tax attorneys, financial analysts, CPA's, former auditors and/or Enrolled Agents certified by the IRS. Additionally, all tax and financial advice is backed by a $1 million liability policy.
Get the package that can really save you some green!
Join Today
Join Now
Identity Theft
Credit Counseling
Points of Care
Legal Plan
Tax Plan
Savings Outlet
1754 Woodruff Rd
Greenville, SC 29607
Need Benefits?
Get the Card
Contact Us


text:
Connor Named First Team All-Ohio
Hang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like.
Email This Story
Junior quarterback Ben Connor was named Division V First Team All-Ohio on Nov. 30, the first Beachwood quarterback to do so in over 20 years.
The last Beachwood football player to achieve this distinction? Current Head Coach Damion Creel, who earned this distinction in 1994.
The wait for the release of the All-Ohio teams kept Connor on the edge of his seat, and he was shocked when he found out he had won.
"Throughout the day, I was just in suspense," an emotional Connor said. "The day I found out I was on the list, it was just pure excitement and joy."
He feels that a lot of his great season can be attributed to Creel and his coaching staff.
"Being a quarterback too, he has given me a love of the game," he added. "He and the other coaches have taught me so much about the game and myself."
A team captain this year, Connor finished the season 128/221 on passing attempts with 2426 passing yards, a 57.9% completion percentage, 22 touchdowns, 10 interceptions and a 110.41 passer rating.
A noted dual-threat quarterback, Connor can win with his legs as well as with his arm. He ran for a team-high 533 yards on 85 attempts for 8 touchdowns, which, with his 22 passing TDs, brought his overall touchdown count to 30 this season. He accounted for all but nine of the team's scores this year.
This season, he also earned 2nd team all-CVC at quarterback with 19 total votes. The only teams that didn't vote for him in the CVC were West Geauga, and, ironically, Painesville Harvey, even with his record performance against them this year.
Connor was named Cleveland Gladiators High School Impact Player of the Week in the eighth week of the season for his performance against Harvey on Oct. 14. He completed 13 of his 18 passes for 352 yards and 5 passing touchdowns for a perfect passer rating of 158.3, and ran 6 times for 62 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns.
A noted dual-threat quarterback, Connor can win with his legs as well as with his arm. He ran for a team-high 533 yards on 85 attempts for 8 touchdowns, which, with his 22 passing TDs, brought his overall touchdown count to 30 this season. He accounted for all but nine of the team's scores this year."
His 8 total touchdowns in this game are tied for the 10th most touchdowns in any OHSAA game in history, according to their record books.
Connor also set a record in the week 2 game against Chippewa when he threw a pass from his own end zone to senior LeKendrick Robinson, who ran it all the way for a 99-yard touchdown, the longest touchdown pass in Beachwood history.
Two of his senior teammates, wide receiver and free safety Mark Ferrell and running back, tight end, linebacker, and punter Josh Bialosky were All-Ohio Division V honorable mentions.
His expectations for next season: Do it all again.
"If I can make first team all state as a junior, then I'm sure I can do it again as a senior," Connor said.
But that isn't his biggest priority next year.
"My real main goal is to get better as a leader, making sure the team is ready for next season," he said.
Being Beachwood's first All-Ohio First Team Football player in 22 years, Ben Connor understands the significance of his accomplishment.
"I'm extremely proud, especially since the last person to do that was our Head Coach Damion Creel…It's kind of like a bond now. It is an honor to be by his side," he added.
Creel had heard the hype surrounding his field general when he first came to Beachwood.
"When I got the job here, everybody was telling me about Ben Connor," Creel said.
Creel has never been one to focus on statistics, but he had no choice after the season his quarterback had.
"I was never much of a stat guy," Creel said. "I never preached stats to the kids during the season, but when I saw Ben's stats, I became more of a stat guy."
Creel is extremely proud of Connor's accomplishments, and has high hopes for his future.
"Being an alumni, It means everything," Creel said. "It is going to be nice having Ben's picture next to mine."


text:
Tuition Costs
2017–18 Academic Year Tuition
Master of Arts in Creative Writing
- Tuition per course: $3,351
- Estimated cost for entire program: $33,510
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
- Tuition per course: $3,351
- Estimated cost for entire program: $60,318*
* MFA students in good academic and financial standing will receive full tuition remission for the 15th-18th courses of the program. Good academic standing is defined as having a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 and no more than one outstanding incomplete grade.
Tuition levels are reviewed on a yearly basis and can be adjusted based on market dynamics. On average, when an adjustment has been made, it has been approximately +/- 3.5%.
Program Fees
Employer Tuition Reimbursement
Financial Obligation
Financial Aid Eligibility
Students in master's degree programs may qualify for federal or private loans. Federal loan eligibility is usually limited to students taking at least two units of credit in the quarter for which they receive aid. As at most universities, Northwestern University aid, assistantships and stipends are reserved for full-time Ph.D. and MFA candidates.
Graduate students should direct questions to the Chicago Office of Financial Aid or by calling 312-503-8722.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The FAFSA is not required as part of your application, but we encourage all US citizens and permanent residents to complete the FAFSA if they would like to be considered for any loans.


text:
Card TextEdit
|Amulet of Darkness
|Gain a mana token of any color.
If played during the Day, deserts have their move cost reduced to 3 and you can use black mana as if it were Night.
|Same as the basic effect, except you get three mana tokens of any colors instead of one.


text:
|» Products
|» Non Woven Geotextile Fabric
Non Woven Geotextile Fabric
In the respective domain, we are engrossed in manufacturing and supplying the best quality Non Woven Geotextile Fabric that finds wide application in civil engineering and construction sectors. This category consists geotextile for airport surface, geotextile for civil construction, geotextile for rail track surface, geotextile for water proofing protection and many others. By using optimum quality fabrics, the offered geotextile is manufactured with the help of our deft team of professionals. In addition, our clients can avail this Non Woven Geotextile Fabric from in various specifications at a nominal range of rate.
Water proof in nature to prevent damage of the structure
Perfect finish and resistance to tear
Provides superior moisture barrier
Eco-Friendly in nature


text:
and it's funny how every song you hear seems directed at you. especially the jazz ballads.
this is a beautiful tune, and at the moment very, very apt. i think i'll put it in my rep.
Just friends, Lovers no more
Just friends, But not like before
To think of what we've been
And not to kiss again
Seems like pretending
It isn't the ending
Two friends, Drifting apart
Two friends, But one broken heart
We loved we laughed we cried
Then suddenly love died
The story ends
And we're,
Just friends