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Article by Andrew Karasev

If you are in the phase of new Corporate ERP selection, business processes mapping and if your company is in the mid-market by its size, we recommend you to review Microsoft Dynamics GP ( formerly this Accounting, MRP and ERP application was known as Great Plains Dynamics, eEnteprise and it had some common features with its earlier DOS, Windows and Mac application Great Plains Accounting). Microsoft Dynamics GP is part of Microsoft Dynamics family together with AX (former Axapta), NAV (former Navision), SL (Solomon), RMS (Microsoft Retail Management System), CRM. Dynamics GP has pretty robust Distribution and Logistics set of modules: Inventory Control, Sales Order Processing, Purchase Order Processing, and others. It also is good fit for mid-size nonprofit organization with Grant Management Module (based on Analytical Accounting) and other modules. Project Accounting module covers Project organization needs with sophisticated budgeting and detailed profit and loss tracking by project slices. For those of you, who is involved in light or heavy production, GP has Manufacturing Suite with good fit for Discrete Manufacturing (if you are in large food and meat processing or another Discrete manufacturing business, please consider Dynamics AX Axapta first, as Microsoft Business Solutions positions AX for process manufacturing). If you in scheduling engineers or technicians service oriented business – consider GP Field Service Suite, also referred as Service Management Suite. OK, let’s now move to probably the question why you are reading this article:

1. Where to download Great Plains Dynamics GP evaluation version? In mid-size and large organizations, where you are Microsoft oriented (versus Java, Oracle, Linux, Unix oriented), you typically have MSDN subscription go to Subscriber Downloads and Product Keys, then Microsoft Dynamics and download current Dynamics GP version 10.0 (as we are writing these lines in September 2009). These CDs are the same as the ones used in production installations, however in production installation you have Dynamics GP registration key, which is valid for your Company name, and usually you have to be on service pack or patch level. If you do not have MSDN subscription, please email us or give us a call, if you are organization – we will give you access to download Dynamics GP CDs from our ftp site

2. Evaluation Period. As you install GP from CDs downloaded in #1 – you will not have Great Plains Registration Key, however you will have evaluation period, normally 60 days (depends on version and current Microsoft Business Solutions policies). We recommend you to work with Lesson Company – Fabrikam (database TWO). If you have Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2000 Standard or Enterprise license, great! If you don’t – you can deploy GP evaluation version on MS SQL Server Developer Edition. In Fabrikam you will have access to virtually all GP modules and sample data, at this phase we recommend you to identify the functionality which is absolutely required, plus possibly needed and what is sort of luxury add-ons (as you would like o be conservative in purchasing licenses for something that you may use very rarely or maybe never)

3. Dynamics GP 10.0 evaluation installation known issues. As OEM Dynamics GP CD was issued in the time of Windows XP Service Pack 2, if you are on Service Pack 3, or if you deployed Microsoft Office 2007, you may need to review work around on how to install Dynamics GP 10.0 Workstation, please, review this articles: http://www.albaspectrum.com/news/000001378.html and call us for downloading DexSkipDotNetCheck.mst and skipdotnetcheck.ms

4. Dynamics GP Presentation. If you need Executive demo or technology related presentation, we are more than happy to provide it to you, assuming that you are representing company management team or IT decision making group. If you are university or college student, we recommend you to work with your college IT group first to get access to MSDN and download and install Dynamics GP evaluation – this should be good help for ERP, MRP, EDI, Accounting Application study course. If you are student, please note that at this time, 2009 and 2010 we are not offering internships and summer projects, we apologize for inconvenience, we recommend you to call to Dynamics GP Partners who are publicly owned

5. Situations where we do not recommend Dynamics GP as Corporate ERP. If you are looking for ERP solution for your overseas international subsidiary, please be aware that GP is localized in English speaking countries: USA, Canada (including French Canadian version for Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, UK, South Africa, Pacific, South East Asia (where English is official language of business), and Spanish speaking Latina America: Mexico, Central America, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, plus English and Spanish speaking Caribbean: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Cayman Islands, etc. If you are looking for ERP for such regions as Brazil, China, Continental Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Baltic States, Japan, Korea – Dynamics GP is not localized and in case of UNICODE language (hieroglyphs) – you cannot even translate GP screens to local language due to Dynamics GP Dexterity restrictions. If GP is not localized for targeted country, we recommend you first to consider SAP Business One (also referred as SB1) or Dynamics AX, then you should consider other options (such as popular locally coded and supported Accounting packages, in Brazil it is something like Microsiga, in Russia 1C Accounting)

6. How to get help? Please, feel free to call us: 1-866-528-0577, outside of USA: 1-630-961-5918 or email us help@albaspectrum.com We are very technical and real Dynamics GP Dexterity, SAP Business One SDK programming gurus. We have Great Plains Software Development Factory and could support unlimited Dynamics GP Customization and Programming needs. Plus we speak English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and not only as native speaking sales folks, but as real technical consultants. If you prefer skype: albaspectrum

Solar energy is the energy provided by the sun through his radiation and that is disseminated, directly or so diffuse, in the atmosphere.

On Earth, home of humankind and the third planet in the solar system, it is the source of water and wind. The plant on which the animal kingdom, also uses the energy transforming it into chemical energy through photosynthesis. With the exception of nuclear energy, geothermal energy and tidal energy (from the movement of water created by the tide), It is the source of all energy on Earth.

Through various processes, solar power can be transformed into another useful form of energy for human activity in heat into electrical energy or biomass. Hence the term “solar energy” is often used to describe electricity or heat produced from it.

Techniques to directly capture a part of this energy are available and are being improved continuously.

One can distinguish three types of energies:

* Solar photovoltaic: This refers to electricity produced by converting a portion of solar radiation with a photocell (which is an electronic component, exposed to light (photons), generates a voltage). Several cells are connected in a solar photovoltaic module. And then, more modules are grouped to form a solar system for individual use or a solar photovoltaic power plant, which supplies an electrical distribution network. The term “photovoltaic” refers to the physical phenomenon – the photovoltaic effect – or the related technology.

* Solar thermal is to use heat from solar radiation. It comes in different forms: thermodynamic solar power, hot water and heating, cooling, solar cookers and dryers. Solar energy is a thermodynamic technique that uses solar energy to generate electricity.

* Passive Solar Power: The oldest use of solar power is to benefit the direct input of solar radiation and is called passive solar Power.

For a building that benefits from good sunlight, it must take into account the solar energy in the architectural design: double facades, orientation towards the south and glass surfaces, among others. The thermal insulation plays an important role to optimize the proportion of the available passive solar heating and lighting. A house or a building which will have passive solar energy contributing to a significant saving energy. Batteries, fans, lamps garden pumps. Today, almost everything can run on solar energy. Since many people carry in their bag a GPS equipped with a solar charger and solar photovoltaic panels on some roofs.

Essential for life on Earth, the sun can offer many other services: heating our homes, powering the most remote, and so on.

Nail art is a great way to make your nails stand out and look beautiful. While you can use traditional nail polish to make some unique nail arts, why not use more sophisticated techniques and make airbrush nails instead.

Similar to airbrushing plastic toys, t-shirts and other items, you can airbrush nails. To turn your nails into your own little canvas all you need are some stencils, your acetone, a base-coat, different colored nail polish, a top-coat and of course a simple airbrush machine setup which includes an airbrush gun attached to an air compressor.

Start here

The first step to getting airbrush nails is to have your designs in stencil. You can either make your own design and stencil it yourself or buy a custom made stencil from stores or nail salons. Choosing which design is simply a matter of preference.

Preparing your nails

After you have your stencil design, you have to prepare your nails so your airbrush nails last longer.

Wash your hands and fingers, including nails of course, with soap and scrub the nails with a brush. Using nail polish remover or acetone, make sure to remove any remaining nail polish or oil left behind from your previous nails manicure. You also want to make sure your nails are perfectly clean from any other impurities such as dirt so keep a napkin or towel in hand just in case.

Base-coat, airbrushing and Top-coat

Using a brush apply the base-coat onto the nail, then for an even background and overall look, apply a white background or a color of your choice before adding the other colors. Once you’ve applied the background color, you can get your stencil ready by placing it on top of the finger then using your airbrush gun airbrush your nails one color at a time.

After you are done with airbrushing your nails, remove the stencil and with the nail polish remover or acetone, clean the parts of your finger that have unwanted or stray color on it.

 Final step

One final step before you can enjoy your airbrush nails is to apply the top-coat. This top-coat must be carefully brushed onto the just airbrush nails using a very light stroke because the paint is still very fragile, and you might leave brush strokes behind if you are not delicate enough. Another reminder is to not repeatedly stroke the nail. An ideal application would be to have the whole nail coated with the top-coat in less than 3 strokes, then fan dry for a minute or two to finish.

Varnish optional

Another way to avoid the risk of ruining your airbrush nails by leaving brush strokes as you apply the top-coat is to apply varnish right after airbrushing your nails. This goes before the top-coat and is a water based clear coat that is sprayed in a mist over the airbrushed colored paint. This varnish creates a protective barrier between the paint and the top-coat, allowing for easier top-coat application.

And there you have it. Your very own beautiful airbrush nails. As with other arts, mastering airbrush nails takes some practice. So how about practicing on your friends and family or even make some money from airbrush nails.

If you are looking for a Dallas foreclosure defense attorney, you may or may not be finding it difficult to select one. Foreclosure attorneys specialize in helping people who are faced with the possibility of inevitability of foreclosure. A good attorney will have only your best interest and will do everything in his or her power to help you seek any options available.

Unfortunately, the worldwide recession has caused a huge increase in the number of foreclosures, and there is no sign of the numbers lessening. Many people are unaware that when faced with a foreclosure, there are options available which could help you save your home. The best thing you can do is to engage the services of a Dallas attorney as soon as you are faced with the possibility of a foreclosure. This will boost your chances of getting to keep your house.

While filing for bankruptcy is one option available to some, it may not be the right choice for your situation.

There are other options available, and a Dallas foreclosure lawyer can help bring these options to light, as well as offer any advice towards the course of action they feel would best suit your circumstance. If the lending companies can have lawyers help them through claiming homes, you are definitely entitled and advised to do the same in order to stand a fighting chance of keeping your home.

There are also many mortgage and sub-prime lending fraud that has occurred and uncovering this can lead you to not having to foreclose on your home. Many sub-prime mortgages were assigned to individuals when they should not have been and in this case it is the bank that were committing fraud on the loan application as it should not have been approved.

There are defense lawyers in the Dallas area who specialize in foreclosure and other attorneys that specialize in foreclosure fraud directed towards the banks and financial institutes.

You should know that there are always options available and a foreclosure defense attorney can help you navigate the legal aspects of foreclosure.