Business Analyst | SoloPower?

Job Title:?Business Analyst

Location:?San Jose, CA

Scope & Purpose of Job:?To perform Inspection, testing and other quality-related tasks on Incoming, In-Process and Outgoing materials and products.? To assist in gathering, input and manipulation of data related to quality activities.

Descriptions of Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Provide and apply business analysis methodologies and principles to conducting business related projects.
  • Duties include activity and data modeling, developing modern business methods, identifying best practices, and creating and assessing performance measurements
  • Provide documented business plans and business analysis reports and presentations
  • Work closely with cross functional-teams to analyze and plan business aspects of Customer?s product/services
  • Identification and documentation of customer segmentation, supplier strategies, funding models, pricing strategies & sales models, financial models

Education & Experience:

  • B.A. or B.S. degree
  • Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience
  • At least 3 years of specialized business development experience, to include best practices, change management, business management techniques, organizational development, activity and data modeling, facilitation, training, and methodology development and evaluation

Job Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • Experience with business analysis and development
  • Experience with solar module manufacturing models and general manufacturing models
  • Ability to work cross-functionally to design, develop, and implement business plans
  • Ability to conduct and document a case analysis to identify pros and cons for alternative solutions
  • Ability to prepare and present complex issues successfully
  • Expertise in building, monitoring and modifying metric plans
  • Able to assist Customer in developing goals and objectives
  • Experience leading multiple simultaneous efforts to gather information to synthesize functional needs
  • Demonstrated ability to lead studies and assessments.
  • Expert written and oral communication skills.
  • Proven ability to interact with department heads and managers
  • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously; attention to detail and follow through including documentation
  • Strong skills in organizing information
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Please email your resume and cover letter with the position you are applying for in the subject to:?hr@solopower.com

Source: http://solopower.com/2012/08/business-analyst/

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Artists turn old prosthetic limbs into artworks

LONDON (AP) ? Prosthetics can change the life of an amputee. But when an old limb no longer fits or just gets worn out, it can be hard to part ways with an item that offered the liberating chance to jump, dance or simply walk.

Priscilla Sutton has a solution: turn these "pre-loved" limbs into artwork. The Australian curator came up with "Spare Parts London," an exhibition of altered prosthetics that has opened in time for the Paralympics, which start Wednesday.

"I was cleaning my home and I found two old legs in my cupboard," said Sutton, a below-the-knee amputee. "I thought it was a bit crazy to keep hoarding my legs."

The exhibition, which includes works by artists from Britain, Australia, the United States and Japan, comes as people are paying new attention to the devices.

Public awareness of prosthetics has been heightened by the popularity of double amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, the South African known as the "Blade Runner." The exhibition will showcase the "Cheetah" ? the carbon fiber running leg Pistorius uses that has a flex foot designed to replicate the hind leg of the fastest animal on land.

The show also displays arms and legs hanging from the ceiling and others in glass cabinets. A creation by British artist Rachel Ball features a little girl's leg covered in colorful crochet and painted with henna on the foot.

"It reflects the original owner's personality," Sutton said.

Since coming up with the idea, 33-year-old Sutton has collected prosthetics donated by amputees, their families or health services around the world.

"I got a box of arms from the NHS (Britain's National Health Service)," she said.

Owners change their prosthetics for a variety of reasons, including wear and weight fluctuations. For kids, the stump changes as they grow. For adults, muscles sometimes waste away.

While many keep their limbs for sentimental reasons ? parents might keep the first leg of their children, for example ? many limbs also end up on the scrap heap.

Sutton hopes the art show will lead to an open conversation about prosthetics, but others argue there are better uses for them.

"It seems an odd way to showcase it," said Penny Broomhead, a physiotherapist specializing in rehabilitation for amputees. "I would rather people look at it in a more practical point of view."

Broomhead thinks a better use for old prosthetic limbs would be to send them to developing countries, where their components could potentially provide prosthetics to those who can't afford them.

"Spare Parts London" marks the second time Sutton has used legs and arms as artwork, after a 2010 show on the same theme in Brisbane, Australia.

Sutton said the earlier exhibition made people ask questions they never dared to ask before, such as whether she sleeps with her leg. (The answer is no).

Sutton was born without a fibula in her right leg and the doctors wanted to amputate. Her family left it up to her.

"In my twenties, I took the decision to chop it off because it was getting worse and worse," she said. "It was the best decision of my life and I never looked back."

After her operation, Sutton had her leg cremated.

"It was a good form of closure," she said.

She has two "spare parts:" An "everyday" leg covered with a design by American pop surrealist artist Marc Ryden and a sports leg that displays a traditional Japanese print with gold flowers and cherries.

The curator said the exhibition was a therapeutic experience to produce.

"I think it's a wonderful way to celebrate and share my love of prosthetics," she said.

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"Spare Parts London" is at The Rag Factory, Brick Lane, in London until Sept. 9.

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Online: http://spareparts2012.com/

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/artists-turn-old-prosthetic-limbs-artworks-064805604--oly.html

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Former Decorated Marines Surpass $20 Million in Funding for Lima One Capital, LLC

Lima One Capital LLC, an Atlanta hard money lender recently surpassed $20 Million in funding. Lima One Capital?s mission seeks to revolutionize and stabilize the residential real estate industry by providing first-mortgage loans to real estate investors seeking to purchase and renovate distressed homes. The company offers clients highly competitive rates, transparent terms, unmatched operational efficiency, great customer service, and fast closings. Lima One Capital currently lends in Georgia and South Carolina, with Atlanta representing its largest market. The company plans to expand to North Carolina next month, and eventually, throughout the country.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 29, 2012

Six years ago, John Warren and John Thompson were commanding Marines in a hard fought counter-insurgency in the ?world?s most dangerous city? of Ramadi, Iraq.


Today, however, the leaders of Lima One Capital, LLC, are shepherding $20 Million in funding for their fast-growing, residential hard money lending company with a new mission: revolutionize and stabilize the residential real estate industry by providing first-mortgage loans to real estate investors seeking to purchase and renovate distressed homes.

Instead of M-16 rifles, their new weapons of choice derive from the company?s highly competitive rates, transparent terms, unmatched operational efficiency, great customer service, and fast closings.

?We love the real estate investing industry because we recognize the social and economic impact that our clients have on communities and the economy as a whole,? says CEO John Warren.

Lima One Capital currently lends in South Carolina and Georgia, with Atlanta representing its largest market. The company will add North Carolina to the lending lineup next month as part of its domestic expansion.

?Our professionalism, integrity and customer service, gives clients a real alternative to traditional hard money lenders who are poorly capitalized and ridden with high rates and junk fees,? explains Warren. ?We quickly became the premier Atlanta hard money lender for real estate investors purchasing properties in Atlanta and we plan to bring that same model to each new market we serve,? Warren adds.

Clients of Lima One Capital span the globe. ?We serve ?hands-on? real estate investors in Atlanta, passive investors throughout the U.S. and seven foreign countries,? states COO, John Thompson. ?We do more than average Atlanta hard money lenders who just provide clients with capital. We ensure deals will be successful with our underwriting and construction draw processes. Additionally, we can introduce clients to our extensive network of real estate professionals who will assist them with property acquisition, construction and sales. We are a one stop shop for investors.?

It?s a convenience Lima One Capital client Dr. Larry Pohl appreciates. Pohl, who practices internal medicine in San Diego, invests in residential real estate in his free time. ?Not only was Lima One Capital professional and friendly, but we were able to secure a fair financial package and close within five days? Pohl said. ?I would recommend this company very highly without reservations for anyone needing loans for rehabilitating projects,? he added.

Lima One Capital clients? represent the ever-growing segment of investors within residential real estate. Recent market studies show that 27% of all homes purchased in the U.S. are by investors planning either to rent the property or ?flip? the property to an owner-occupier or another investor. Because most of these investment properties require significant construction, banks hesitate to lend on such collateral, leaving a void for investors seeking to leverage their capital.

Karina Miles is proof why this leverage is so vital to investors. Miles made a down payment of $23,780 on an investment property and elected for Lima One Capital to provide the remaining $98,924 to complete the project. In just over three months, Miles? contractor finished the project and the property sold for $191,000. Miles walked away from the deal with a profit of $53,512 and a return on her investment of 191%. Meanwhile, she was able to purchase two additional investment properties using Lima One Capital loans. Without Lima One Capital, Miles would not have chosen to fund three projects simultaneously. ?It has been a pleasure working with them and every step of the way they have been able to answer questions and lead me in the right direction with any assistance I might need,? Miles said.

Lima One?s attention to detail, dedication and service was forged in combat. Warren founded the hard money lending company in January 2010 in Atlanta, paying tribute in name to the Marines he commanded in 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, Eighth Marines. Thompson also served in Lima Company as the unit?s company gunnery sergeant. ?There was no other Marine I respected more than John Thompson. We developed a great working relationship while deployed in Ramadi, and I knew his operational skills complimented my strategic planning,? said Warren.

About Lima One Capital, LLC


Lima One Capital is a hard money lending company in Atlanta, GA and Greenville, SC specializing in providing first mortgage loans to real estate investors for the purchase and renovation of residential investment homes. Lima One Capital is transforming the hard money lending industry with its highly competitive and straightforward rates, the length of its loans, and its unmatched customer service. The company offers several loan lengths and can typically close within seven days, providing clients with the ability to capitalize on unique opportunities in the real estate market, immediately. Lima One Capital is revolutionizing the industry standard for residential real estate investment lending.

For more information, visit us here.

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Lima One Capital, LLC
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/former-decorated-marines-surpass-20-million-funding-lima-070848879.html

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Early Abuse Weakens Adult Response to Skin Cancer ...

Maternal maltreatment scores inversely relate to decrease in immune mRNA scores

Clearly growing up with abusive parents is no great shakes no matter how you look at it.

Early abuse has been correlated with later-life depression, stunted brain development, anxiety, alcohol abuse?and I?m just getting started.

But, even knowing how damaging early childhood abuse is, a study caught my eye that surprised me, and brought home abuse?s devastating potential in a new way.

For it seems as if early childhood abuse can weaken the body?s immune system and make it more susceptible to skin cancer, specifically?Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer.

Just this past June researchers published their findings in the Archives of General Psychiatry in an article entitled ?Basal Cell Carcinoma:Stressful Life Events and the Tumor Environment.?

Researchers took a 3-pronged approach.

First they studied 91 subjects with basal cell carcinoma, and administered the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire [you can see a detailed peer-reviewed article on the questionnaire ?here] which?assesses parental neglect and antipathy, physical abuse, and sexual abuse up to the age of 17. This was?o discover if the patients had experienced parental abuse, and, if so, to what extent.

As a second component to the study, the researchers then assessed patients with the Life and Events Difficult Schedule, created by Brown and Harris, which is merely (as you?d figure) a measurement of the stressfulness of various life events. to found out if they had experienced a stressful event within the previous year. (?Stressful Events? qualifiers included divorce, job loss, or death of a loved one.)

Finally they biopsied the tumors and measured the tissue levels of mRNA located on the immune cells (that sounds very hyper-scientific and fancy, but fundamentally mRNA just means?Messenger RNA, which is a form of RNA that codes for amino acids. This measurement ?indicates immune response to the BCC tumors, and it seems we can all wrap our heads around that.).

Armed with that their scales and immunology reports, the researchers looked for an interaction between parental abuse and a stressful life event in the year preceding in order to predict immune response to the BCC.

And, sure enough, the relationship existed. Let them factor out age, gender, history?of depression?even current depression?those who had had a stressful life event within the past year, if that was confounded by emotional mistreatment by a parent, they had a significantly poorer immune response to the tumors than those who ?just? got a lousy hand the year before.

They write,

?Among BCC patients who had experienced a severe life event within the past year, those who were emotionally maltreated by their mothers (P?=?.007) or fathers (P?=?.02) as children had a poorer immune response to the BCC tumor. Emotional maltreatment was unrelated to BCC immune responses among those who did not experience a severe life event. Depressive symptoms were not associated with the local tumor immune response.?

Maternal maltreatment scores inversely relate to decrease in immune mRNA scores

It?s a breakthrough study, because if emotional maltreatment at any early age can affect ?BCC?well, then, what cancers?can?t it effect, some much more difficult to manage to BCC?

David Spiegel, M.D., associate chair of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and a psycho-oncologist, told Psychiatric News,

?while basal cell carcinoma is a relatively benign cancer, there is increasing evidence that immune function is crucial in cancer surveillance, especially in regard to the growth of metastases.?

But as in so many studies that find fascinating answers to cleverly posed questions, we?re left here again with an unanswerd question that lies at the very base of all this work and the fascinating findings.

We have progressed light years in our treatment of cancers and our approach to tumors?but a paper like this indicates that undercutting the best of care is the patient?s early years, spent denigrated, demeaned, disheartened.

What, I?d like to pose to the?National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Gilbert and Kathryn Mitchell Endowment, who so generously study, what do we do now, knowing how damaging early maltreatment is?

We don?t need a medicine or a charm or a drug company working over-time to develop something new; we need a systemic change in how parents treat their children, and how we as a society put up with those adults who mis-treat their children.

Is it possible that all the billions of dollars poured into cancer research each year will never achieve all we hope for?because, at the core of the family unit, there is a dissolution that precludes future health?

And, if so, who will put up the funding, and who will dedicate their lives to the research, to making childhood a safe and protected place for our children to inhabit?saving them from multiple diseases down the road, and improving their immunity enough so that they?ll have a fair fight, should cancer beckon them under its devastating wing?

Source: http://candidaabrahamson.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/early-abuse-weakens-adult-response-to-skin-cancer/

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Motorola Droid RAZR M 4G LTE Specifications Leaked

The specifications of Motorola's upcoming Android smartphone, Droid RAZR M 4G LTE, have been revealed just a week ahead of its Sept. 5 event.

[More from Mashable: Motorola Hints at Razr HD Launch in Sept. 5 Event Invite]

The device sports a 4.3-inch, 960 x 540 pixel, Super AMOLED Advanced display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 8 GB of storage and 1 GB of RAM, as well as an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 3-megapixel one on the front.

LTE, HSPA+ and NFC are also on board the phone, which will be powered by Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich.

[More from Mashable: Motorola Announces Atrix HD, Coming to AT&T for $99]

Other notable details include its scratch-resistant cover glass made from Gorilla Glass 2, a Kevlar-reinforced back and a set of virtual navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen.

We'll likely find out more about the device, including price and availability, in a week's time.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/motorola-droid-razr-m-4g-lte-specifications-leaked-080627597.html

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Polish bishops plan major push for reconciliation with Russia : News ...

CWN - August 27, 2012

The Polish Catholic bishops have ordered that the full text of a joint Orthodox-Catholic statement on reconciliation between Poland and Russia should be read at Mass in all parishes.

Meeting this past weekend in Czestochowa, the Polish hierarchy called for an energetic follow-up on the historic joint statement, which was signed during a visit to Poland by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. Archbishop Jozef Michalik, the president of the Polish bishops? conference, spoke of forming joint Catholic-Orthodox commissions to strengthen ties across national and denominational lines.

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'What The *#@% Is Wrong With Republicans?!' - Newsweek And The Daily Beast

www.thedailybeast.com:

Blame it on the "idea cloud"--that cumulus cartoon bubble that dumps the same idea on diverse populations at once. Alternatively, blame Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman and Senate candidate who infamously asserted that "legitimate rape" victims don't often get pregnant because the female reproductive system has a way of shutting itself down under such circumstances.

Read the whole story at www.thedailybeast.com

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Curiosity rover plays first song transmitted from another planet

ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2012) ? For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., today to hear "Reach for the Stars" by musician will.i.am after it was transmitted from the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden addressed the crowd in a video message encouraging students to study science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). "Mars has always fascinated us, and the things Curiosity tells us about it will help us learn about whether or not life was possible there," Bolden said. "And what future human explorers can expect. will.i.am has provided the first song on our playlist of Mars exploration."

In opening remarks, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin said, "I can think of no greater way to honor NASA pioneer Neil Armstrong's life and legacy than to inspire today's students to follow his path. That first footprint that Neil placed on the lunar surface left an indelible mark in history. Perhaps one of our students here today or watching on NASA Television will be the first to set foot on the surface of Mars and continue humanity's quest to explore."

Musician and entrepreneur will.i.am shared his thoughts about "Reach for the Stars" becoming the first interplanetary song and an anthem for NASA education. The entertainer is a well-known advocate of science and technology education. He said, "Today is about inspiring young people to lead a life without limits placed on their potential and to pursue collaboration between humanity and technology through STEAM education. I know my purpose is to inspire young people, because they will keep inspiring me back."

After completing a journey of more than 700 million miles from Earth to Mars and back, the opening orchestral strains of "Reach for the Stars" filled the auditorium. The event added to continuing worldwide interest in Curiosity's mission.

NASA engineers spoke to attendees about the Curiosity mission, and the systems engineering and orbital mechanics involved in getting the song file back from Mars. Students had the opportunity to ask questions of all program participants. Earlier in the day, students received a guided tour of JPL to view rover models and learn about STEM career options.

During the event, will.i.am's i.am angel Foundation and Discovery Education announced a $10 million classroom education initiative that will reach 25 million students annually, including many from underserved communities. Focused on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) educational themes, the Discovery Education initiative will incorporate NASA content and space exploration themes as part of the curriculum.

The event will be replayed on NASA Television. For schedule information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

For information about NASA's education programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/education.

The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.

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