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So, how’s your proofreading?

Proofread or GTFO

Check your copy before you wreck your copy.

If you’ve followed my #HireACopywriter tagging on Twitter, you know I have Strong Feelings™ about getting content right. The various steps involved — research, concepting, writing, editing — are all important. But your content can be bangin’ and still bite it hard if it is riddled with typos.

Enter the magic of proofreading!

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So, here’s Thought Experiment #12

Time for a Thought Experiment

There’s always time for lateral thinking.

In previous Thought Experiments, I’ve asked you about everything from coffee to evil. But as a card-carrying nerd (No, really — I have a S.H.I.E.L.D Agent ID I got from the Marvel Experience, and if that isn’t a nerd card I don’t know what is), I think it’s time we got down to the good stuff.

Comic books.

Oh, comics. How I love you. From the goofiness of the Golden Age to the grittier-than-thou late 80s and 90s, that four-color art form warms my heart. Cliche monthly titles or sprawling graphic novels that challenge the form. Sophisticated storytelling like Neil Gaiman’s epic Sandman. Insightful coming-of-age work like Ted Naifeh’s Courtney Crumrin. Inspiring brilliance like Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Captain Marvel. And I can’t forget artists and inkers…

I’m going to stop before I start babbling.

Comics are having a serious pop culture moment, and they owe a lot of that success to the idea of the superhero. There are all sorts of other stories, of course, but when we think of comic books, we think of fluttering capes and quips made under pressure and feats of superhuman coolness.

So here’s the experiment: If your brand was a superhero, who would s/he be? What sort of costume, powers, and backstory would set him or her apart from the others? Maybe your brand is a driven anti-hero detective. Or a conflicted beacon of righteousness. Or a compassionate, regal visitor to the world of men.

Why would I ask this?

Because you, buddy, ought to be thinking about what makes your brand unique.

Go ahead. Give it a think. See what you get.

So, does your biz have a social media policy?

Even though we now shop online, bank online, and even find our spouses online, there are still folks out there meeting news of vicious social media attacks with, “It’s just the internet. Grow a thicker skin.”

But let an employee be candid about work disappointments online, and some of those same folks are ready to grab the torches and pitchforks.

We can’t have it both ways. But you know what we can have? Solid social media policies.

And your company needs one.

Need proof? Let’s look at a couple of problems you might encounter, starting with a case that’s been in the news recently.

Y’all have heard of Curt Schilling, I’d imagine. If not, here’s a recap. Let me warn you, though, it ain’t pretty. I usually keep it light around here. The issue I’m about to address is anything but.  Continue reading

So, what do Andy Beal and Wil Wheaton have in common?

The folks at DFWSEM, who are professional but refreshingly un-phony, have a meeting the second Wednesday of each month. And said meetings aren’t just fluff and filler. They bring in some heavy hitters to speak on a wide range of online marketing and social media topics, cats like Bill Hartzer and Roger Dooley and Dallas Search Engine Academy superheroine Beth Kahlich.

Last week, they snagged Andy Beal, who’s more entertaining than a dachshund in a cardigan, to speak on what not to do online under any circumstances and then how to fix it when you do it anyway.

I blogged about it for Argent Media over at the [Ag] Search Blog, but here at Stately Studer Manor, I wanted to concentrate on one point he made. One, because it neatly dovetails with my personal philosophy of Don’t Be Creepy. Also because it was a profoundly weird story. And because sometimes, hey, we all need to be reminded of certain rules. A particular rule often called Wheaton’s Law in the nerdier sectors of the intarwebz. Y’know, Wil Wheaton? Ensign Crusher of the Enterprise? Nemesis of Sheldon Cooper? Yep, he’s got a Law. Which is this: Continue reading

So, ready to get your graphics on?

As anyone who’s ever seen me try to decorate a cake will tell you, I am not a graphic designer. At all. And if you’re wearing a lot of hats in your small- or medium-sized biz, I’m guessing you’re not a designer either (unless you run a design firm, in which case you don’t need this post). But not being a graphic guru is bad news for both of us, buddy, and I’ll tell you why.

Gmail grid view.

Now, I’m not saying that those three words should cause you a bowelquake of panic. But I am saying you should check it out.  Continue reading

So, what do you do when you really screw up?

In my last couple of pieces, I’ve pointed out some examples of what not to do. Like, ever. Under any circumstances. There was a key and creepy difference between these two examples, though.

Both started out as honest, if incredibly short-sighted, mistakes. But one screw up was followed by a sincere apology. The other? Not so much.

It might be instructive to talk about how to say you’re sorry. Like all forms of communication, that’s storytelling. And because it deals with emotions and disappointment, it’s important that it be respectful storytelling.   Continue reading

So, again with the creepy, Facebook?

Facebook. Sweetie. Boychik. Come here. We have to have another chat. About the creepy.

You’re doing it again.

I know that you want to be all things to all people, and that now you have stockholders to earn for. And hey, new features build buzz and keep folks in the app, rather than zipping over to Yelp to find restaurants and reviews.

But you could maybe be not so stalker-y?  Continue reading

So, here’s Thought Experiment #11

Time for a Thought Experiment

There’s always time for lateral thinking.

You don’t have to be Lamont Cranston, who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, in order to see if something’s wrong at work. If you have a business, or run a department, or supervise anyone or anything at all, you know that one of your responsibilities is to shore up the weak and make best use of the strong. That could mean people. That could mean processes. That could even mean weird directives handed down from the home office/upper levels that make no real-world sense. So here’s my question to you. Do you know what the weak parts are?

In other words, if you were the bad guy, all nefarious and mustache-twirling, how would your take down your own biz?

Maybe you’d approach a dissatisfied employee who’s vital but feels under appreciated and has been more negative than usual recently. Maybe you’d exploit a manufacturing inefficiency. Maybe you’d develop a social media strategy for your competing company that whupped the pants off what you’re currently rocking.

What’s really important is that you take stock. New year, new start, right? Like Peter Drucker said, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

Why would I ask this?

Because as you let your inner evil genius out to play, it ought to occur to you, buddy, “Hey, now I know what parts of my sky-writing firm/jelly bean factory/envelope licking service need to be fixed!”

Go on. Take a look around. See what you find.


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So, it’s been entirely too long.

You know the old saying. The cobbler’s children are always barefoot. No, I don’t make shoes — but I do make content. Lots and lots of content. I’m deeply fortunate that I get to make a living as a writer, but that does mean that sometimes my own projects take a back seat. Like this blog.

But y’all, I saw this, and I was slapped upside the head with the huge, shiny halibut of inspiration.
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Inaugural Mass for Fr Guy de Gaynesford, School of the Annunciation, Buckfast Abbey, 26 February 2015

Buckfast AbbeyThere will be an inaugural Mass for Fr Guy de Gaynesford to welcome him as Rector of the School of the Annunciation in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Buckfast Abbey, on Thursday 26th February 2015 at 12.05pm.

Everyone is welcome to the Mass and afterwards Fr Guy would be delighted to see you in the Grange Restaurant if you would like to take lunch there.

Do spread the word among any you know who might like to attend.


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Stock Condition Surveyor (Mechanical and Electrical)

  • Permanent
  • West Sussex, United Kingdom
  • £37,500 per annum

Stride (One of the STR Group of Companies) are currently looking to recruit for the following role on behalf of one of our clients:

Client: Large Housing Association

Job title: Stock Condition Surveyor (Mechanical and Electrical)

Contract type: Permanent

Proposed Start date: ASAP

Location: Based from Horsham, but with regular travel

Salary: Circa £37,500 per annum plus benefits

Hours per week: 35 per week Monday to Friday 09:00 17:00 (Requirement to work outside of regular office hours on occasions)

Purpose of role:

To deliver a quality, customer focussed comprehensive and co-ordinated repair and maintenance service acting as first point of contact for Stock Condition Issues and Energy Efficiency.

Role expectations and responsibilities:

Stock Condition Surveys
In conjunction with the Contracts Officers, prepare survey programs drawn from the Stock Condition and Energy databases.
Consult with Property Services and Housing Services in identifying non-programmed works for inclusion in existing or future programs if budget permits.

Risk Management
Ensure that all Health and Safety and CDM Regulations appertaining to all gas, electrical, maintenance and other general works contracts are complied with and to notify the Property Services of any breach of Statutory Regulations.

Skills, experience required:

Five years responsive maintenance, or contract surveying experience ideally gained in a Social Housing environment
Ability to determine condition of building elements and their remaining lives.
Construction technology and surveying skills
Good verbal, literacy and numeracy skills.
Ability to work on varied tasks with critical deadlines and targets.
To work as a team member in a demanding and emotive environment.
Ability to work on own initiative and manage own time in order to meet deadlines.
Professional approach when dealing with customers.

Must have:
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (for which an allowance will be paid)

Closing date of role (for CV submissions): Monday 19th November 2018

If this role is of interest please forward an up to date CV along with your availability/notice period to or/and call Rob Dartnell 02392 322383

STR Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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Should you upgrade to an Apple Watch Series 4? - Stuff

Should you upgrade to an Apple Watch Series 4?

Should you upgrade to an Apple Watch Series 4?

Apple’s made some pretty big improvements to its Watch lineup over the years, adding features such as waterproofing and 4G connectivity to its wearable (assuming you live in country that supports eSIMs, unlike South Africa). But the design of the watch itself has remained broadly the same during that time. With Series 4, Apple has overhauled the Watch with new sizes, increased screen space, a new sensor, and new rounded corners to the display. It’s a design evolution of a sort.

So, if you’ve wanted an Apple Watch but have been holding off buying one until now, the Series 4 might be the one that finally melts the last of your resolve. But what if you’ve currently got a previous-generation Watch adorning your wrist? Is it worth the upgrade? Let’s break it down in detail and decide whether it’s time to ditch the older model, or get on the Watch train if you’ve been hanging around the station.

Design — The fanciest crown of all

This is probably the biggest reason to consider upgrading to Apple Watch Series 4 — that sleek new design.

The latest watch has a bigger screen and minimal bezels, which allows it to fit more content and little widgets/complications that show things like the weather and when your next meeting is. It also allows you to see more of your pictures on the watch (though no-one does that, right?) and lets Apple get more creative with its animations for things like its Health app.

Series 4 wristables are also thinner than the previous gen, but only by 0.7mm. Apple’s shots of the new watch make it look deceptively thinner, but in the real world we’re not expecting a great amount of difference from the Watches we’ve already tried. We’d gladly have had the new devices actually get a little thicker if it meant more than the 18-hour battery life Apple’s touted since the first Watch, and which remains unchanged here.

The other major design change is that the digital crown now has haptic feedback, so you get a physical response as you scroll through lists. But again, we tend to use the touchscreen to scroll on Series 3 watches, so let’s call the haptic digital crown a “nice-to-have” rather than an essential for upgraders. The less obvious improvement to the crown is the fact that it helps your record ECGs by holding a finger to it.

All said and done, the brilliant new display and thinner design do make the the Series 4 feel like a significant upgrade over previous models, especially the first and second-gen versions.

Features — Perfect for old people

Apple spent a lot of time in its press conference playing up the health benefits of the new watch, but based on our experience of previous generation models, we don’t expect to be using them that frequently. If we’re not prone to heart disease or randomly falling, that is… at least not yet.

The big upgrade is the Series 4’s ability to record electrocardiograms, which is a really advanced feature for a smartwatch. If you have reason to worry about your heart health, then the ability to take these readings regularly and share them with your doctor might be a major reason to buy Series 4. For others, it could end up being a feature like Breathe — one you get reminded about regularly, but barely actually use.

The other major feature exclusive to Series 4, fall detection, will be a draw that depends on your personal circumstances. If you’re prone to falling over or would struggle to help yourself back up again if you did, then it’s potentially a life-saver. When the Watch detects you’ve taken a tumble it’ll suggest calling an emergency number, and if there’s no response from you for a minute it’ll call automatically. This is possible thanks to a new accelerometer and gyroscope, which could see further uses added via software updates town the line.

Power — Same, same

Whereas all the premium features on the Series 3 edition were saved for the cellular version (yep, the one we don’t get here), the Series 4 brings parity across both cellular and non-cellular models.

So, the non-cellular iteration has 16GB storage rather than 8GB, a more premium ceramic back and a wall power adaptor included in the box. Series 4 models also houses the new S4 processor, which promises double the speed of Series 3, but we’ve never found the older model a slouch when it comes to general use. Maybe WatchOS 5 will struggle on Series 3, but we wouldn’t go upgrading for speed at this stage.

Likewise, Bluetooth 5.0 is a welcome addition if you have an iPhone 8/8 Plus/X or later (meaning one of the new iPhone XSs), as the range between devices should be greater. But again, it’s a relatively negligible improvement.

Value — What happens when a new version drops?

There’s a reason Apple focussed on the design and features of Apple Watch Series 4 in its press conference — the price they announced at the end is significantly higher than that of the Series 3 when it launched.

Although we don’t have local pricing yet, converted from dollars, the starting price is around R6,000 — and that’s for the basic, 40mm aluminium model. Spec up or move up to the 44mm model and you’ll easily hit the R7,500 mark. Meanwhile, the Series 3 prices are bound to drop (we already know they’ve dropped to $279 in the US), so unless you need the new features, the previous gen could now be the one to buy. [UPDATE: The iStore’s announced local pricing, which starts at R8,000].

Given that we’re much more impressed with Apple Watch Series 4’s design improvements than we are the feature improvements, we’d suggest that you have to be able to justify the price increase to yourself based on those same terms if you’re upgrading. And if you’re just entering the Watch market? The Series 3 is looking mighty appealing.

Apple Watch Series 4 Verdict

The new Apple Watch Series 4 design is undeniably stunning, so the issue of upgrading essentially comes down to how much you like pretty things… and ECGs.

The health and safety benefits may well appeal to certain people, and the heart functions are technically very impressive, but they have less potential to impress on a day-to-day basis than the design upgrades.

Certainly the biggest thing we took from the launch of the Series 4 is that pricing on the Series 3 should start dropping soon — and although it’s the older model, it’s still very capable indeed.

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Category Archives: Monsoon

Take Me Down To Paradise City, Where It’s Not Flooded

While you guys were stuck in gutters masquerading as roads, I spent the past week in a verdant, faraway land, watching majestic grey clouds ride in on the backs of winds, and unleash what can only be described as furious lovemaking manifest as rain.

Of course, when I say ‘faraway land’, I mean New Bombay. During the monsoons, it looks like the kind of place that was Instagrammed with great love, and presented in 1080p.

In comparison, the rest of the city is a badly drawn sketch on a tissue that was used as a loofah by a bunch of homeless lepers. Now I admit that since I’ve grown up in New Bombay, I might come across as biased and smug. But in my defence, when I’m smug, I’m also right.

You only need to step out on a Mumbai road to realise that there is traffic backed up all the way to Jaipur, with cars crawling at the speed of a riot investigation. Also, the fact that we get anywhere is a miracle, considering that the roads are about 80% potholes, 10% smaller potholes and 10% holes dug by the BMC sometime during the Mughal era.

And all this is before the monsoon.

To say that the authorities have a careless attitude towards monsoon preparation is like saying Milan Subway is wet. An example of this would be our CM, Mr. Chavan, who, earlier this month, went to a pilgrimage site 400 kilometres from Bombay, to pray for rain. (It was either this, or R.R Patil doing a rain dance in a leafy skirt.) I’m sure there are cannibals in the middle of a remote Bolivian forest, who are laughing at our primitive nature.

Cannibal 1: Hey, check out this report about the Indians praying to rain gods. LOLZIES!

Cannibal 2: Saw it. Now gimme back my iPad.

Cannibal 1: This R.R Patil sure looks delicious…

That brings us back to New Bombay, also known as Bombay’s Twin City, because the two are twins in the same way that Bruce Willis and Rajpal Yadav are twins. It was designed according to the principle of ‘Look what they did with Bombay. Let’s not do that’. So it turned out to be what they call a ‘planned city’, making the rest of Bombay look like a botched abortion.

The difference is most apparent during the rainy season. We’ve got hills, waterfalls and green fields, all within comfortable driving distance, and if you want to go even further to Lonavala, you can do so in less time than it takes to cross the Suman Nagar junction. Then again, you can tear down a hill, take a dump all over its ecosystem and create your very own fancy hill-station in less time than it takes to cross Suman Nagar. Just ask Sharad Pawar.

We also have a bunch of mangroves, which is just a nice way of saying that we will have a bunch of malls there soon. But mangroves actually serve a very important ecological function: they can be turned into makeshift love shacks. No, seriously. Last year, the cops busted one such operation in Vashi, wherein couples would pay 100 bucks an hour to bump nasties on thermocol sheets that were placed inside 10×10 foliage shelters. It was Survivor-meets-Splitsvilla for poor people, and was a hit with those who like to get frisky and contract malaria at the same time. So if you thought New Bombay was boring and asexual, hah! In yo face, Bandra!

It’s quite sad that I’m so excited about New Bombay though; excited about not having to wade through a pool of leptospirosis, about street lamps that do this magical thing where they emit light, and about roads that do not look like the tar version of Om Puri’s face. This stuff should be boring and commonplace, but efficiency is such a freak event that even the slightest bit becomes cause for celebration. I mean the most pro-active measure taken by our leaders is praying. I don’t think God’s listening though. He’s too busy chilling in New Bombay.

(Note: This is my HT column dated 8th July 2012. See the original here.)

CAUTION: Drive Slow, Massive Stupidity Ahead

Regular readers of this paper – yes, all three of you – may have noticed the ‘Give Us A Pothole Free Mumbai’ campaign that’s being carried on a daily basis, despite the very real risk that it might overshadow other important features such as ’10 Pickup Lines To Use on Hina Rabbani’ (I’d go with “Baby, you can infiltrate my bedroom anytime.”)

Seriously though, the campaign is a great idea (hey Ed, this plug will cost you extra) Even as I write this column, I am seething with rage over these gaping voids of nothingness situated all over our highways. It’s like the government set out to build an efficient pothole system and accidentally ended up putting bits of road in between.

The campaign has thrown up some startling facts. For example, the BMC general body meeting this week was entirely devoted to discussing the renaming of 42 roads across the city. Because really, that’s what needs to be done for 42 important roads that are studded with potholes so massive that even as you read this, North Indians are moving into them and using the ditchwater to make pani-puri.

Potholes aren’t the only reason I’m pissed off. Mumbai offers drivers a veritable buffet of ‘All You Can Handle’ traffic woes. The words ‘Milan Subway’ immediately come to mind, and rightly so, for this little squirrel hole masquerading as a subway is a hugely popular monsoon destination for reporters who’re sent there when their bosses want to get rid of them, but are too afraid to do it outright. And don’t even get me started on Andheri East. If Transformers was set in Bombay, Optimus Prime would keel over and die within seconds of entering SEEPZ.

And that’s just the tip of the crapberg. Take a little trip down the Eastern Express Highway at night in a thunderstorm and marvel at the streetlamp-shaped decorations that line the entire stretch. Lifeless and impotent, these lamp posts are about as useful as that heart kid in Captain Planet.

Driving during the dry seasons is no fun either. That’s because Indians have this innate knack of enabling their own traffic woes. Take honking for instance. Indian drivers believe that honking is mandatory, which makes sense because Indian pedestrians believe that responding to a honk is optional. My favourite pedestrians are those who like to maintain an aura of suspense about their motives, shifting from the front foot to the back foot with Sachin-like dexterity, keeping you guessing until your car is just inches away, at which point they sprint across as if Jessica Alba has just materialised on the other side, begging for a full-body massage.

Such behaviour is less about traffic and more about our inability to follow rules. This seems to be a fallout of the civil disobedience movement launched during the Raj, when it was alright to break laws. We just got so used to the concept that we didn’t bother following them again. A typical exchange went like this:

Leader: We must oppose the British! Stop following their laws!

Indians: Hell yeah! Down with laws! Laws suck!

Leader: But this is just until the Brits leave haan. You’ll have to follow laws after that.

Indians: Yeah, whatever. LOLZ!

The only good thing about Bombay traffic is that people are too busy to get into a fight, unlike in Delhi, where most workplaces now accept ‘Stopped to kill bastard at traffic signal because I didn’t like the song playing in his car’ as a valid reason for late arrival. (Even the Parliament accepts this excuse – just ask that Navjot fellow)

Mumbai will continue to resemble a post-apocalyptic wasteland for the next few months, after which it’ll go back to being regular wasteland. As my rage slowly subsides, all I can say is that I hope all of you stay safe. And if you act like an idiot near my car, I’ll kill you.

(Note: This is my HT column dated 31st July 2011)


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>Show and Share Sunday

>Hi Everyone!

     Hope you all are having a great weekend. Welcome to my second Show and Share Sunday linky party. It’s come as you are, bring anything you’ve got. Please grab my button from the sidebar and add it to your post or page. If you would follow me, you would make my day!

     I’ll tell ya, I have been on a real bender this weekend. I barely remembered to stop to eat today, I was so busy! I will be featuring all of this stuff this week.
     Today I’ll show off this ’90’s-licious lamp that I have actually been using.

Ya, I cannot believe that I have been using this either.

          I have this great ribbon that my VFS (very fashionable sister) had wrapped around my daughter’s Christmas gift. It occurred to me that I could cut the ribbon and use it to decorate my lampshade. But, first, the lamp would have to change.

     To complete this project I needed:

I needed spray primer, spray paint, spray adhesive, scissors, the ribbon for the design and white fabric, not pictured.
I taped off the fixture and the cord with Frog tape.
I primed then painted it black.
While I waited for the paint to dry, I cut out the designs from the ribbon.
I also recovered the lampshade. This is me making a pattern for the shade.
I used spray adhesive to attach the white cloth to the shade, then to attach the ribbon designs in a pattern to the shade. Didn’t this turn out cute?

          Now its your turn. Show me what ya got!!

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  1. mollygolver says:

    >That's really clever. I love the black on white effect you've created Christine.

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Nicole Strasburg Biography

Jalama Coast, 2006

48 x 24 inches  |  oil on board

Nicole Strasburg was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1966. In the early 1970’s, the Strasburg family moved to Santa Barbara, California when Nicole’s father accepted a position at the University as a set and lighting design instructor. He had studied as a painter and received a degree in painting from the University of Utah. Nicole was greatly influenced by her father as a painter; the act of his painting, the solitary intimacy, the smell of turpentine, and the proximity to creative people all worked to ignite a creative spark in her mind.

Nicole was initially drawn to mathematics and had tentative sights set on a career in engineering. In her junior year of high school, however, Nicole was taken from a beginning drawing course and put directly into an advanced placement class. She worked primarily in graphite creating portraits of friends and of her self to master the art of drawing, At the urging of her art instructor, she completed an artist’s portfolio during her senior year to help gain entrance into a university. Nicole applied for and won a fellowship to the College of Creative Studies art department at UCSB. Still working primarily in graphite, it wasn’t until her junior year of college that she began her “long struggle with learning how to use oil and color.” Nicole completed a bachelor of arts degree in painting and drawing at UCSB and a few years later she spent a semester abroad in Paris, France.

Nicole’s work is increasingly sought after by collectors and has appeared on the cover and within the Sundance catalog as a popular sales item. Her aptitude with numbers compliments the business of marketing and making a living from art. Combining her left and right brain talents has made Nicole Strasburg a very successful living artist.

3:07 | Narrated by Susan Bush | Released for THE RIVER'S JOURNEY: A Wider View, 2018

3:43 | Narrated by Susan Bush | Released for Nicole Strasburg: 50 / 50, 2016

3:33 | Narrated by Susan Bush | Released for Nicole Strasburg: New Terrain, 2013

3:09 | Narrated by Frank Goss | Released for Nicole Strasburg: Islands, Valley, Home, 2011

Nicole Strasburg’s paintings depict a reverence for nature. They are studied and focused showing how the artist spent time in meditation of a particular scene or environment. Nicole’s paintings pay homage to land, sea, and sky and share the moment of reverie she experienced in nature. While her work is not a direct translation of what she visually witnessed, it is a record of her inner world and how it was touched by a particular pairing of sea and sky or changing light on a grass covered mountain. An avid swimmer, Nicole’s close relationship to and understanding of water combines with her artistic vision to create intimate portraits of water’s ever-changing look.

The environments that Nicole records can evolve into abstract shapes, colors and brushstrokes. It is the paring down and minimalizing of shapes that give her images a contemporary look and not that of a traditional landscape artist. She describes her own work as “…impressionistic with a contemporary edge.”.Nicole has a unique technique for painting and materials:

"I choose to work on birch panels because they are easily manipulated by wiping, sanding, scraping, and drawing. My process of building the image becomes as much about putting on the paint as it is removing it. This process creates depth and movement between the layers of paint while keeping the surface of the painting relatively smooth."

The process of applying the paint and then removing it echoes the ebb and flow of the ocean tides evident in so many of Nicole’s paintings. Also evident is the precision and exactness of Nicole’s mathematical mind that is beautifully tempered by intuition and an emotional sensitivity to her surrounding environment.

2001 Atelier Richard Tullis, Printmaking
2000 College of Santa Fe, Printmaking
1991 Santa Barbara City College Study Abroad Arts Program from France
1988 UC at Santa Barbara, B.A. in Drawing & Painting, with Honors & Distinction in the Major
1988 Abrams Prize

2001 Los Angeles Printmakers Association
2001 Santa Barbara Printmakers Association
1991 Fellowship International Study Abroad
1988 Presidents Undergraduate Fellowship, UC at Santa Barbara

Craig Krull, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Santa Barbara, CA
Jackson Browne, Santa Barbara, CA
Bejo Seeds, Oceano, CA
Ontario Surgery Center, Ontario, CA
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman, Camarillo, CA
Dr. & Mrs. Myron Bloom, New York, NY
Lucinda Walker, Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Murphy, Santa Monica, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2016  Nicole Strasburg: 50/50, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA

2013  Nicole Strasburg: New Terrain, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA

2011  Nicole Strasburg: Islands, Valleys, Home, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA

2009  Nicole Strasburg: Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA

2007  Nicole Strasburg: Tidal Change, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA

2006  40+40@40, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA

2004  Individual Artist Award Show, recipient for printmaking by Santa Barbara Arts Fund, Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2003, 2002  Lisa Coscino Gallery, Monterey, CA

2002  Art in the Vault, online gallery

2001  Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara, CA

Group Exhibitions (selected list):

2004  Atelier Richard Tullis, 20-Year Retrospective Exhibition, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

2004  Cover & featured artist, Sundance summer catalog

2004  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004  11th Annual Santa Barbara Printmakers Competition, Second Prize, Juror Tobey Moss of Tobey Moss Gallery

2002  Women Beyond Borders, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

2002  Second City Council, Long Beach, CA (Juried)

2002  Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA

2002, 2001, 2000  Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

2001  Bloomingdale Park Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois

2001  Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA

2001 Connecticut Graphic Arts Center (print exhibit)

2001 Santa Barbara Printmakers Association (First Prize)

2001  Hansen Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR

2001, 2000  Lisa Coscino Gallery, Monterey, CA

2000  CA Collector’s Gallery, Kentfield, CA

2000  Santa Barbara City College, CA ( Juried)

2000  Le Merridien, Beverly Hills, CA

2000  Terrain, San Francisco, CA

2000  College of Creative Studies, UC at Santa Barbara, CA

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Settling Labor Disputes in Japan

labour problems japanIt is generally difficult to settle a labor dispute by direct negotiations between the parties, considering the relationship between the employer and employee. There are wrongful termination, arrears of pay, and sexual harassment as common issues.

In Japan, when you face such problems, there are the following 5 options to take.

1, Mutual agreement (Negotiation)
2, Civil conciliation at the court (Minji-Choutei)
3, Mediation service offered by a dispute coordinating committee of labor department
4, Labor tribunal proceedings at the court (Roudou-Shinpan)
5, Civil lawsuit

The above #2, 3 and 4 are the procedures to be gone through with a third party in order to reach an agreement.

#3 provides services offered by Labor Department under the law. There are consultation desks at each Labor Standards Inspection Office across the country, and they provide free consultation services designed to support the labor dispute settlement.

#4 Labor tribunal proceedings (Roudou-Shinpan) is designed to settle labor dispute cases with a court action as follows.

(1) Distinctive features of the labor tribunal proceedings

The decision will be made within 3 sessions (Usually, within 4 months after filing the petition)

The labor tribunal committee is consisted of 1 judge and 2 labor relations referees. (Usually, 1 labor relation referee from each side of the employee and employer)

Labor tribunal proceedings are designed to act as an intermediate procedure between the mediation and civil lawsuit. An agreement will be sought through the mediation first, and then the tribunal committee will make a decision with judgment if an agreement cannot be reached.

(2) If you have objections to the judgment

The statement of disagreement can be filed within 2 weeks in order to take a judicial action. Then the procedure will proceed to the civil lawsuit.

There are some possible ways to settle labor problems as listed above.
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Poderosa 4.0.1

What’s up, ‘summer of love’rs?

Congratulations to Ross who passed his CCIE Lab Exam first attempt!

ScreenshotEarlier this week, Poderosa.org released a new version of Poderosa that has some fancier features than version 3, but is a little less intuitive to install. One of the fancy features is that window panes can be split and adjusted multiple times and are not limited to the previous two- or three-pane layout.

The base product includes Telnet/SSH, but no support for macros, serial port connections, or Xmodem/Zmodem protocols. However, these features can be installed as plugins very easily by a simple copy and paste.

At en.poderosa.org you can download the new version, or just click here.

I’ve released the plugins (except for SSH portforwarding) as a ZIP file for easy download and installation. [Download here]

To install these tools, copy the folders inside the ZIP file to the folder in which you installed Poderosa.exe! That’s all! The plugins do not need to register with either Windows or Poderosa other than this action.

Remember, the 8-14 hour days of the CCIE Summer of Love are over, but the Summer of Love keeps on rollin’. Onward!

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  1. That last paragraph was truly inspirational.

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Today the High School Cross Country team ran in their first Charter School race of the season. The girls’ team finished in second place. Haille Grajek came in second overall, Christine Iwu in third and Lauren Pistotti in fifth. Alana Harrison, Raye Clayborn, and Margaret Iwu ran good races for the team.


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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Posted on Wed 01 June 2016 in New England Trip • Tagged with Anne of Green Gables, Canada, Captain, Charlottetown, Confederation Bridge, Confederation Hall, Cow's, Fishing Village, North Shore PEI, PEI, Prince Edward Island, Travel, Victoria Row • 4 min read

Today we went on a car tour through Prince Edward Island and then we walked around a bit in downtown Charlottetown.

Car Tour

Our guide took us on a large loop around the center of Price Edward Island (PEI). If you think of the island as a U with the …

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Mr. Thackeray,

This is an earnest request from a non-marathi citizen of India, so you may wish to ignore the suggestions. Your appeal to ban the Pakistani artistes will appeal to many and many will be willing to go with you. If you try and enforce it the way you have done things in the past, by using sticks and lathis and knifes and swords it will not win you any admirers, you will end up losing those on sitting on the fence undecided.

If on the other hand you decide to take a more peaceful approach and appeal to the conscious of the people and ask them not to chip in to the success of films having Pakistani artistes it is likely that you will be more successful in implementing your ban and it will at least not push the fence sitters to the other side. It may actually bring some of your non-fans onto the fence if they do not outright jump into your side.

One needs to keep in mind, nobody likes bullies. It is only the bully’s cronies who will pander to their egos and that because they want something out of the bully and not out of any respect.

It is upto you to ultimately decide how you wish to proceed.

A peace loving citizen who would like to agree with you on this ban.

Dongri To Dubai: Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia Dongri To Dubai: Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia by S. Hussain Zaidi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An honest book to say the least. A very interesting account of the mafia in Mumbai. Starting from the post independence era, the book traces the history of how the Pathans ruled roost and when their menace was going beyond control Dawood was hoisted by the police themselves to oust the Pathans. In process the police did not realise that they were giving rise to a mafia worse than the one they were trying to dislodge.

Kudos to Hussain Zaidi for writing this book and more importantly the manner in which it has been written makes the book unputdownable. It offers a deep insight of the other side of the law. It provides the motives which drive the mafia to pickup the gun. It underplays the role of corrupt police officials and politicians in the nurturing of these gangs. One only finds references to these underhand dealings. It is but natural as these are the people in power and can do anything they wish and get away with it.

The book ends with details of how Dawood continues to be under the protection of the ISI in Pakistan and how duplicitous the US is in its dealings with India. On the one hand they bring out a notice saying that Dawood has assisted the Al-Queda and hence needs to be punished, but nothing needs to be done, now that Al Queda has been emasculated. It does not matter that the ISI and Dawood continue their activities in India. It is an internal matter between the two countries and US is thankful to Pakistan for their assistance in helping them quell the Al Queda which both of them put together setup in the first place.

A goodread for all lovers of Mumbai.

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The latest news is that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Traced out and killed by the US armed forces in Pakistan (Surprise, surprise) and about a few 100 meters from the Army training camp of Pakistan.
The compound in which he was found and killed was a high security fortress built to protect the people inside it.
Wow either Osama Bin Laden was a real mastermind who could hide from the Pakistan army which was just a few 100 meters away or the more plausible explanation is that the army built the structure for Osama Bin Laden. Can somebody find out when the structure was built?
Update: The structure came up in 2005. And now will somebody find out who sponsored the building of the structure?
This is the latest report which states that the US Ambassador to India is disappointed that India has chosen to go with European fighter jets rather than US one. How funny it is when somebody reads this as “Fight, but fight with weapons supplied by me and not by somebody else. I need the money more than the other person”.
And the same American government will either give the same arms or maybe even better ones to the country with whom India has been forced to fight three and a half wars in the last 50 years or will give them billions of dollars based on which it can buy arms for either the US or from the other big “friend” of India, China.
Instead of promoting peace, now don’t tell me these are just deterrent weapons, countries like the US are promoting wars so that they can profit at the cost of such countries. We Indians are also stupid enough to go ahead and encourage such countries to sell their weapons. It at all we should be self sufficient in our arms. We should not go to somebody else and pay them a premium to buy this weapons.
US wants to provide billions of dollars of aid to a country where such a thing can happen. Supreme court saying that rape is fine (It is hogwash to say there is no evidence).


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Using the INCLUDE tag to reference other HTML files

The INCLUDE tag allows the DLL to display the content from another HTML page within the parent page. The best example of this tag is the Aeon MainMenu. The MainMenu.html page contains references to an include_header.html, include_menu.html and include_footer.html page that surround the content of the main menu.

For these types of INCLUDE tags, the variable for the name of the HTML file would be a filename. An example of how this tag would display in the HTML:

Standard Include Example:

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">

In addition to the standard include, Aeon has the following types of includes:

  • DetailedDocTypeInformation - Will look for a "ViewDetailed<docType>Information.html". If the DocumentType is not set or specific file does not exist, it will use the ViewDetailedDefaultInformation.html

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 <#INCLUDE type="photoduplication" filename="include_photoduplication.html">
  • RISDocTypeInformation - Attempts to get the document type for the request and will show the include found in the RIS folder. The filename should be RIS_<DocType>.html. When doc type is not set, will use RIS_Default.html.

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LDAP Authentication: Authentication Process

If your institution has an LDAP server available with potential ILLiad users in it, you can use that server to authenticate any customers. This server does not necessarily need to contain all potential ILLiad users, as those who do not exist can be added through the client by staff or register themselves if given a link to First Time Users.

LDAP passwords are not stored in the ILLiad database and are only used when typed in by the user to match against the LDAP server during registration and login. The password field in the ILLiad database will store the encrypted version of a blank value, but is not used for any authentication.

The advantage to using LDAP is that the username and password a user enters is the same as other systems at your institution and if a user changes his/her password with the LDAP directory, that password is automatically used for ILLiad authentication as well. The disadvantage is that if your server loses connectivity to your LDAP server, those users cannot login to ILLiad because they cannot be authenticated by that external system.

For the User

  • A first time user would get to the ILLiad logon screen and put in their LDAP UID for the ILLiad username and LDAP Password in place of the ILLiad password.
  • ILLiad checks the LDAP server, using the supplied information. If it can successfully bind using the userid and password, then it goes to the next step. If not, it immediately returns a message to the user stating "Bad Username or Password".
  • When the username and password are good, next ILLiad looks in its local Users table to see if they have registered before. If yes, then they are automatically routed to the Main Menu. If not, then they are taken to the New User Registration page where they can fill out the registration information. All of their information is stored in the ILLiad Users table. The LDAP server is used for authentication purposes only.

For the Staff

  • Since the LDAP server is used for authentication purposes, the ILL staff do not need to review any customers as they register. LDAP authentication does NOT automatically clear customers within the ILLiad database. LDAP instead completely restricts access to the ILLiad system for registration and system use, so for all practical purposes, any user who successfully authenticates and gets into the system is considered to be a legitimate user. Because LDAP authentication is completely external to ILLiad, LDAP-authenticated users will still appear in the ILLiad client as not having been cleared. Customers still go through the usual Customer Clearance screens so that, if desired, you have the opportunity to verify contact information and so forth. If your institution elects not to clear customers within ILLiad, users will still show in the client as not cleared, but this will not at all hinder the processing of ILL requests. Users who validate against the LDAP server can be cleared automatically by setting the AutoClearPreregisteredUsers customization key to Yes in the ILLiad Customization Manager.

Example Scenario of Using LDAP and ILLiad Authentication Together

If John Smith exists in the LDAP server with a username of jsmith7 and a password of "myunivrocks" but has never used ILLiad before, he can enter his LDAP username and password on the logon form for ILLiad. ILLiad will check to see if he exists in the ILLiad Users table under jsmith7. If not, it checks to see if he exists in the LDAP directory with that username and password. If the LDAP bind is successful, ILLiad creates a username called jsmith7 (with a blank password since it's not saved) and directs John Smith to the NewAuthRegistration.html or ChangeUserInformation.html page (if NewAuthRegistration doesn't exist) for Smith to fill out the rest of his information. ILLiad only grabs the username from LDAP and no other user data. The next time John Smith attempts to login to ILLiad, the system will check his AuthType in the Users table. If his AuthType is LDAP (which gets set when he first registers against the LDAP database), it will check the LDAP directory again to verify the username and password Smith typed into the logon form.

If Fred Funk would like to use ILLiad but is not in the LDAP directory, he can register himself from the First Time Users link or can be added to the system by staff via the client. His username can be whatever he would like, but should not conflict with a username that might be in the LDAP directory. If his username is ffunk and his password is "illiadrocks", then he can login on the same logon form as LDAP users. Because he manually registered or was created through the client, his AuthType is ILLiad and the web DLL knows not to try to authenticate him against the LDAP server.

For LDAP authentication, users who validate against the LDAP server can be cleared automatically by setting the AutoClearPreregisteredUsers customization key to Yes in the Customization Manager. If that key is set to Yes, those pre-cleared users can be sent a welcome email by turning on the AutoClearSendEMail key to Yes in the Customization Manager. The template for that email, autoclearcust.txt, lives on the web server (default location: c:\illiad\Email) but the email is sent by the System Manager.

For LDAP authentication, the WebAuthType key in the Customization Manager should be set to LDAP. Because ILLiad does not store or sync the LDAP password, you would not enable the password reset feature for LDAP customers.

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What is a 'Regular User'?

You might see the term 'Regular User' used within Pipedrive, especially in the Settings page.

A Regular User is the default name for users who are not an Admin User, or not within another permission set in Pipedrive. Based on the chosen options in that permission set, the user may have limited access to viewing and changing certain items in the Pipedrive account.


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Sleep tracker

My fusion 2 won't track my sleep and I don't know if I need to set anything up. Instructions said it was automatic but when I synced up in the morning there was nothing there.
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Auto-sleep tracking is based on motion. There is a time delay (roughly 20-25 minutes of little to no registered movement) before sleep begins to track. There is an auto-exit function in place as well, which is triggered based on tracked motion being analyzed as the tracker progressively transmits data to our servers.

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Marijuana is a hard drug which is abused by many people in the world. It is gotten from the leaves of a plant whose biological name is cannabis sativa.  Leaves from the plant are dried and then smoked in form of a roll or they can be ground into powder and then rolled for smoking. Marijuana causes the user to have a feeling of relaxation and this is the reason as to why it is used in the medical world to relieve stress and also for suppressing nausea. Use of cannabis 'marijuana' outside the medical world is abuse of the drug. Marijuana is known by many street names for instance ganja, pot, weed and holy herb.

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House at the End of the World!

Before I left Floripa, I had one more pretty spectacular solo ocean adventure, but this one was on the shore…

My destination in the distance on the right

In my time of less surfing, I decided I should pay some attention to the beach’s other delights, which I have overlooked in my single-minded obsession with catching waves.  So the other day I headed to Praia Mole on a sparkling clear, and wildly windy day with the objective of clamoring across the impressive rock formations that lined the south end of the beach.

Way in the distance, I could see a giant monolith of stone, almost flush with the water, sticking out into a wild white-capped ocean. It seemed that if I was clever about my route, I could make my way along the boulders lining the steep shore all the way out to

Making my way across rocks

the spot.  I decided this was the perfect destination for my afternoon rock climbing mini-adventure, so I spent the next couple hours scampered up scattered obelisks of stone, leaping across little crevasses, and creeping along ledges along the edge of crashing waves and a sparkling blue ocean, while my inner monkey giggled with glee.

But then something really cool happened!

The little house in the distance

Near to the giant rock in the distance, to which I was heading, there was a tiny little cottage and boat house.  Their remote location, at the end of a rocky headland, surrounded by scrub covered hills, led me to assume that they were abandoned, or used in the high season to ferry tourists to remote beaches.  But as I got closer, I noticed a person running up the hill to the neat little cottage, and then going in and out of it, in a way that seemed like he lived there.  I also noticed that the cottage was nicely painted, and looked much more like a home than an abandoned fishing shack.  Assuming that a person who lives in a house so far from civilization would want to be left alone, I tried to stay out of sight. I imagined I must have looked pretty nuts to this hermetic inhabitant, a lanky brown Gollum creeping and loping across boulders on an endless beach all the way to his house.  But in just a few moments, I saw a smiling face sticking out of the foliage above me, waving at me to come up and visit the house.  So I climbed up the hill and discovered what was pretty much the house of my dreams, as well as the amazing fisherman who lives there.   The house sat on a perfect bluff overlooking the ocean, with a beautiful outdoor kitchen, surrounded by plants, and replete with a friendly yellow dog.  My new

The indoor kitchen

friend proudly showed me his well-stocked kitchen and his “dining room table” which was a gorgeous slab of rock overlooking the ocean.  He invited me to come back for lunch on another day and then showed me the safest path for reaching the headland.

The outdoor kitchen

So I went off again, leaping and crawling across rocks, paying extra attention to the little piles of stones, the placements of slabs of wood, which made the path easier, imagining that they may have been placed by my new friend, and the other intrepid fishermen who love being out on these rocks as much as I do.  I finally reached the headland, and stood out on the end of it, full of the wild energy of the ocean that surrounded me on three sides, and feeling like an extremely blessed surf adventurer.

At my destination!

Looking down at the rock where I ended up, and the beach in the background where I started my day’s adventure.

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Know It All

I like to be right

It feels good to be right,

at least that’s what I used to tell myself

I wanted to win every argument

no matter what

And just like God’s Word says,

it caused strife in my relationships

After all, who wants to be around someone

who always thinks they’re right?

The Lord had to humble me

to teach me

that listening to others

is vital

Even as I type this

I don’t want to type it

because I want to be right

But humbling ourselves

is part of His plan

He knows that pride

creates strife

Always having to be right

negates learning and growing

Wisdom is found

in those who listen to others

in heeding advice

and constructive criticism

Listening thoughtfully

to another perspective,

is godly

Where you find humility

there you will find wisdom

And we would do well to heed

God’s advice

Or are we too prideful

to even listen to Him?

There truly is joy

in listening more than we speak

– Susie Stewart

Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise.

– Proverbs 13:10 (NLT)

Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord, but wise men and women listen to each other’s counsel.

– Proverbs 13:10 (MSG)

God treats the arrogant as they treat others, mocking the mockers, scorning the scornful, but He pours out His grace on the humble.

– Proverbs 3:34 (VOICE)

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

– James 1:19 (NIV)

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Going Big Data on Travel Industry

Going Big Data on Travel Industry

If the physical world is made up of atoms, then the virtual world is stacked with data and handling such data to gain actionable insights was a major challenge until few years ago. Big Data broadly stands for the gradually expanding data in terms of variety, velocity and volume. Data and predictive analytics deals with the task of handling the data and converting it into meaningful insights, which can then be used for churning out actionable policies and plans. In the traveling industry, Big Data has taken off to a variety of destinations, all the while revolutionizing the art of travel.

Earlier, the consumer was leading an unguided walk through the journey of planning a trip. Today, with the thought of a trip, the entire world-wide-web stands to guide you on the ways to go about to reach your destination. Companies like Amadeus or MakeMyTrip employs strong business intelligence tools to reach out to their potential customers through various channels.

Injecting Travel-Strategy into Unstructured Data

While companies might have copious amount of data in their storage, the most important step is to market your brand and the right travel package to the right customers. You can market your brand by sending messages to potential customers but to ensure the right message reaches the right customers, companies need to have the relevant data. This can be gathered from the demographic data, along with data on hobbies and interests from social media channels.

Tailor-made Customer Experience

Once the company has demographic details of its potential customers, it can design packages to fit into their personal and economic preferences. Personal preferences which were completely out of reach to the travel providers about 10 years ago are at the fingertips of travel planners today. Information such as hobbies of travelers, their physical condition, medical histories (through association with cloud-based healthcare institutions) and their inclinations (historical, musical, social) are easy to source these days. Having such information within reach is critical in special cases like a physically-disabled traveler, those with pet companions (in which case you might consider putting in a message about- Here are Pet-Friendly hotels for your family and your Pooch too!). The competition thus moves from reaching out to the potential customer to being the most responsive to their preferences (through use of Big Data Analytics).

Friendly Pocket-Digging!

Most of the trips that we take are hugely dependent on the budgetary dimension. With Big Data, companies can shift from the traditional fare analysis (largely manual) to smart automation. This involves the gathering of already available and of live data from various sources. This is followed by indexing, screening and examining of the information to construct travel packages which would give the customers the best of their destination within their limitations.

Limitations of Big Data

Big Data is a long-shot for many companies which do not have a data analytics strategy in place. The BI and DA tools your company adopts must sync with the amount and type of data you receive daily. This is analogous to saying that you must build a dam on the basis of amount and force of water which will meet it. There is also a price-tag attached to storing data and to training/employing data scientists who can grasp and turn the data into usable information. One of the glaring challenges with use of Big Data is also security. Company must have strict security policies and safety regulations to control the access of confidential travel data. Any company which dips into Big Data for transforming its customer base and revenue must be ready for a huge organizational shift. This is owing to the involvement of almost every department of the company in the conversion of Big Data into relevant insights.

Big Data has already sprinkled its magic dust on the travel industry, giving companies the ability to trace consumer trends, business opportunities and trip patterns. However, the use of Big Data is only possibly when the organizational analytics’ team is well-trained and capable of handling the quantity and quality of data received. Since Big Data is also in its gestation period, the travel industry is also in the process of developing itself for the Big Data’s big-needs like human resource (data scientists and technical staff), financial aspects (deployment fees) and infrastructure.

Author : Sahana Rajan Date : 31 Aug 2016
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The Perfect (Healthy) Pizza for Your Summer Cookout

This raw, vegan dessert pizza looks so festive with its red, white, and blue, and will absolutely be a crowd pleaser at your cookout parties. Or just to make and enjoy on a hot summer day since its best served nice and cold! It’s loaded with nutrient-dense ingredients, but you’d never know by eating it.

This “healthified” version of a fruit pizza is made with a few simple whole food ingredients like walnuts, dates, coconut, a touch of maple syrup, and berries.

It starts with a crust that’s like a big chewy cookie, then it’s filled with a thick frosting ‘sauce’ made with canned coconut milk, and topped with your favorite seasonal fruits like raspberries, blueberries, kiwi, dragon fruit, grapes, and blackberries. This recipe is raw, vegan, paleo, vegetarian, gluten free, and dairy free.

Get your creative juices flowing to make your own design!

  • 1 cup dried unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 cup raw walnuts
  • 6 Medjool dates, pits removed
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 can full fat coconut milk
  • 1-2 tablespoons pure maple syrup or local honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Your favorite fruit, bite-sized pieces

  • Add all crust ingredients to a food processor, and process until sticky dough form.
  • Line a large plate with parchment paper.
  • Ball the dough together, and mold into a large, flat circle (similar to pizza crust) on the parchment lined plate. Press firmly, it’ll be about 1/4″ think
  • Place crust in freezer to set while you make the sauce.
  • SAUCE >> Chill the can of full fat coconut milk in the fridge for at least 24 hours.Open the can and scoop the solid white coconut cream into the bowl, along with the other 2 ingredients. Using an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the cream until fluffy and smooth, ~2 minutes. (You’ll have leftovers!)
  • Top with your favorite fruit pieces.
  • Eat with pleasure.


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Is a dental specialty dedicated to the health of gums and the surrounding tissues.

The periodontium refers to the structures that support the teeth that being the periodontal ligament bone and gums. Healthy gums that surround the teeth allow the mouth to do is function. Completely healthy gums are characterized by being coral pink in color, covers completely the root of the tooth, and does not bleed with brushing.

Inflamed gums or painful gums can indicate the presence of gum disease such as gingivitis or periodontitis. Both are caused by the accumulation of bacterial plaque in the area where the gum meets the tooth.

Bacterial plaque is formed when bacteria accumulates due to a poor brushing technique. With time, bacteria and saliva form deposits or calculus. Bacterial plaque is the principal cause of the gum disease. Other factors include tobacco, genes, heart disease, arthritis, Diabetes, Stress, Certain medicines, Poor nutrition and obesity.

Beautiful wide smile of young fresh woman with great healthy white teeth. Isolated over white background
Healthy woman teeth and a dentist mouth mirror

In order to determine the diagnosis of periodontal disease it is necessary to perform an exhaustive evaluation of each case. We recommend exploring a series of parameters in order to establish a precise diagnosis.

Periodontal treatment has various phases:

Oral hygiene instruction in which the patient learns to correctly brush and care for their teeth. Using a correct brushing technique, patients are able to control the accumulation of bacterial plaque.

Scaling and root planning by quadrants. It consists of the mechanical removal of bacterial plaque and deposits. The objective of quadrant root planning and scaling is to reduce gingival inflammation. It is done in various sessions.

Periodontal surgery or gum surgery. Its objective is to reduce the amount of bacterial plaque, to improve hygiene and to regenerate supporting tissues using biomaterials.

Crowns / Bridges

Teeth that have been damaged, worn, or suffered major decay can be totally restored to their original beauty and functionality with a crown. Crowns, known also as ‘caps’, are ideal not only for enhancing the appearance of a damaged tooth, but for protecting the remaining root and tooth soft tissue as well. Crowns are made of porcelain or precious metals, or a combination of these materials. Crowns are also used to cover discolored fillings and to add strength to a weakened tooth.

A crown or a bridge is a cap that is placed over a tooth and held in place by dental adhesive or dental cement to treat problems of decay, fractured teeth and malocclusion, as well as to protect teeth which have undergone root canal treatment or large fillings. They can also be used to change tooth color and shape.

Crowns are used for severs reasons:

  • Gives protection for badly decayed or fractured teeth
  • As a permanent restoration for teeth with large fillings
  • To correct minor problems in natural teeth like spacing, irregular shape or severe discoloration
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Illustration of a dental bridge

A normal process for a full crown restoration needs 2-3 appointments. Although the majority of crowning treatments are completed in two visits, there is sometimes a need for a third visit, to ensure that it is properly fit.

On the first visit, the tooth will be reshaped by filing down the tooth so that the crown can be placed over it. You will be given a local anesthetic before this part of the procedure so that no discomfort is experienced. Next, a mold will be taken of that tooth and of the surrounding teeth to be sent to the lab for the crown fitting. A temporary crown will be placed until the permanent one is ready.

The second visit sees the placement of the final restoration and the permanent crown will be fitted comfortably into the mouth. Every effort will be made to ensure that the new tooth feels exactly like one of your natural teeth before going to the final step, which is to cement the crown into your mouth.

A bridge (also known as a fixed partial denture) is planned when one or more teeth are missing and there are healthy teeth on both sides of the open space.

Porcelan fused to metal  (PFM)

Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) is a tooth-colored bridge with high strength. Unlike an all-ceramic bridge, the metal core of the PFM makes it stronger. Tooth-colored porcelain of the highest quality is baked on the outside of the metal core. But because there is metal under the porcelain, it blocks natural tooth translucency and is not as pretty (aesthetically) as an all-ceramic bridge.

There are many different marginal configurations (the area where the bridge meets the tooth) of a PFM. How well the margin of the bridge fits, affects the health of the gums and ultimately the longevity of the bridge. We choose to do a porcelain butt margin, which is the most aesthetic (also the most challenging for the dentist and the laboratory technicians to perform well). A porcelain butt joint, when done well, is aesthetic, healthy for the gums, and durable.

All-ceramic bridge

An all-ceramic bridge (or porcelain with ceramic substrate) is the most aesthetically pleasing among all the bridges. There is no metal, so translucency is usually excellent (depending on the type of materials used for the all-ceramic bridge). These bridges are usually indicated on front teeth or teeth that are highly visible. We use only the best materials (a combination of beauty, biocompatibility, and strength) for our all-ceramic bridges

Beautiful ceramic teeth made in the dentist 's office on mirror surface.

Whether it is from old age, malnutrition, disease or even accidents, sometimes it is necessary to extract some or all of a person’s teeth. While this may sound upsetting, dentures can be one of the solutions to have that perfect smile again. A denture, commonly called ‘false teeth,’ is a removable prosthesis used to replace missing teeth. Usually made of acrylic or a combination of acrylic and metal, dentures provide support for the cheeks and lips and help you eat, speak, and function.

How long does it take to make dentures?

The duration of the treatment varies on a case-to-case basis. The process starts on an examination and diagnosis, then subsequent visits will include taking impressions of the mouth, bite registration, try-in of the denture, issues and review.

 What to expect?

Depending on the person, it will take several days or weeks before you get accustomed to the new dentures.
Here are some useful suggestions to help you adapt to the new dentures and experience its optimum function:

  • Increased salivary flow – This is a natural response of the salivary glands when the dentures are first inserted. Swallowing more often will help in this situation, although everything will be back to normal after a few weeks.
  • Speech –Pronouncing certain words may be difficult as you are adjusting to the new dentures, but you can speed up the adaptation process by reading out loud and repeating troublesome words. This problem rarely persists beyond two weeks.
  • Sore spots – Minor irritation caused by surface irregularities or pressure spots on the denture-bearing areas are quite common. However, seek dentist consultation if the discomfort is persistent or if the irritation becomes very painful.
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Metallic dentist tools with acrylic denture (False teeth) close up on a dentist chair in Dentist Clinic (blue tone)

Taking care of your dentures

Like natural teeth, dentures can accumulate plaque and food debris, particularly in areas where the denture is in contact with your gums and remaining teeth. In addition to the usual brushing, dentures should be cleaned regularly to avoid staining and a bad odor.

If possible, dentures should be removed and cleaned after every meal. When cleaning, remember the following:

  • Use a soft hand brush or a special denture brush.
  • Avoid very hot water as it may distort the denture.
  • Use a mild detergent to clean dentures. Avoid using abrasive cleaners that can roughen the polished surface of the denture. Do not use bleach as this may whiten the pink acrylic.
  • Hold the denture firmly while cleaning. Accidentally dropping the denture may result in chipped or broken dentures. Always wash your denture over a basin of water.
  • Soak the dentures in denture cleanser once a week to remove stains and always rinse them thoroughly before using the dentures again.
  • When you are not wearing the dentures, store them in water. Dentures may lose their shape if left to dry out.

How long should you wear your dentures?

During the first few days, you will be advised to wear them most of the time except when sleeping. Always remove the dentures before going to bed to allow your gum tissues to rest and promote oral health. Gentle massaging of the gums with a soft toothbrush is encouraged.

The next denture review

Your jawbones and gums naturally shrink over time and this can cause the dentures to fit less securely. Ill-fitting dentures can give rise to chewing difficulties, soreness, infections and changes in facial support. It is important that you visit your dentist to have your dentures and oral tissues evaluated yearly.

Your dentures may need to be adjusted, relieved or even relined from time to time to ensure an optimal fit. Do not attempt to adjust the denture yourself – seek professional help.
With time and practice you will soon learn to eat, talk and smile with your dentures as you would with your natural teeth.

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Treatment helps straighten your teeth in order to have a better aesthetic look and function in the mouth. ‘’Braces’’ are used to gently realign your teeth in the proper positioning.

Why you may need ‘‘Braces’’?

The positioning of your teeth and jaw can have a strong effect on your bite. The bite consists of the top and bottom teeth coming together. When the bite doesn’t align properly, this is called ‘’malocclusion’’ or a bad bite. This can make it hard to chew some food and may cause some teeth to wear down over time. Your exposed teeth are more susceptible to getting chipped or broken.

Dental implants

Implants are the most realistic tooth replacement therapy available. Comprised of a tiny titanium screw and a custom-made replacement tooth, dental implants replace your original tooth in functionality and appearance.

The small titanium screw (or post) is implanted in the bone beneath the missing tooth’s socket. The replacement tooth is attached to this screw creating a bond to your jaw bone that is as strong as your original tooth and root.

Dental implants are often the preferred tooth replacement therapy and only a lack of solid bone under the tooth socket can cause this treatment choice to be rejected.

Your dental implant will look and function like your original tooth – except that it will be impervious to decay.

Dental implants on a beautiful blue background

What is teeth whitening?

 Teeth whitening is the most common cosmetic dental procedure sought by people primarily to remove the accumulated stains on the teeth. These stains can be removed quickly, safely and with minimal discomfort utilizing In-Office whitening systems or custom home trays. Your dentist or will be able to determine which treatment or combination of treatments is the best for you after a thorough examination.

Is whitening safe?

Teeth Whitening has proven to be a safe and effective way of achieving a more youthful and healthy looking smile. The safety and effectiveness of this procedure is directly related to the dosage given, the frequency and duration of treatment, the concentration and type of the material used, and the type of tray or system utilized.

How long does the whitening last before I have to do it again?

With good oral care, the procedure’s results may last over two years. Of course, those patients who smoke, drink dark teas and coffee are more likely to relapse sooner and require additional whitening sessions. These patients can benefit more from the At-Home system which provides steadier results.

CEREC ceramic

Is a state of the art system that allows your dentist to produce life-like restorations of your teeth in a single visit, freeing you of the weeks of repeat visits necessary with traditional restoration techniques.

Backed by 20 years of development, the Cerec system brings dental restoration into the 21st century with digitized imaging. Cerec creates a computer designed, 3-dimensional virtual model of your tooth that can be milled in minutes from high quality ceramic blocs to create crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers for permanent restorations.

This instant restoration also removes the need for annoying temporary fillings, which often fall out, and reduces post operative sensitivity, all done in 1 easy visit.

Aesthetic Inlays/Onlays

Aesthetic inlays / onlays

Are the common preference now over traditional amalgam filling. Many people are choosing to replace their fillings with natural-colored inlays and onlays for aesthetic reasons.

What are aesthetic inlays and onlays?

An inlay or onlay is a type of material which is placed inside or over the surface of a decayed or damaged tooth and are seen as a good alternative to a crown. Placed to cover the top surface of the tooth, they are made from a variety of materials which resembles the natural color of your own teeth to make it more visually attractive.

Advantages of aesthetic inlays and onlays.

The main benefit is that they fit in very well with the rest of your teeth. The material used is ‘tooth colored’ and has a realistic appearance, which is good news from a cosmetic point of view.

This procedure is often part of an overall ‘smile makeover, in which various procedures are performed to enhance the appearance of teeth and provide a huge confidence boost.

There is no risk of the inlays and onlays becoming discolored over time. They are also easy to clean as part of a daily dental routine and provide extra support for a tooth.

In the event that the pulp becomes inflamed or infected because of either deep decay or repeated dental procedures on the tooth, endodontics treatment has to be performed. If left untreated, pulp inflammation can result in abscess (infection).

To understand this procedure, it helps to know about the anatomy of the tooth. A soft tissue known as the pulp is found under the white enamel and a hard layer that is our dentin. It contains blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue that help in the root growth of your tooth during development. The pulp becomes unnecessary once the tooth is fully developed as the tooth is nourished by the surrounding tissue.

How does endodontic treatment save the tooth?

 During a root canal treatment, the inflamed or infected pulp is removed and the inside of the tooth is carefully cleaned and disinfected, and then filled and sealed with a rubber-like material called gutta-percha. Afterwards, the tooth is filled for protection and then crowned. After restoration, the tooth will continue to function normally.

Contrary to jokes about the matter, modern root canal treatment is very similar to having a routine filling and usually can be completed in one or two appointments; depending on the condition of your tooth and your personal circumstances. You can expect a comfortable experience during and after your appointment.

Saving the natural tooth with a rot canal treatment has many advantages:

  • Efficient chewing
  • Normal biting force and sensation
  • Natural appearance
  • Protects other teeth from excessive wear or strain

Endodontic treatment helps you maintain your natural smile and limits the need for ongoing dental work. With proper care, most teeth that have had a root canal treatment can last as long as other natural teeth; often for a complete lifetime.


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Can you tell the difference between mono sound and stereo? If you were scanning through radio stations, would you be able to tell if you were listening to music in mono or stereo sound? More specific, and harder to identify, is the difference between high bitrate versus MP compressed files in the sound range reproduction of music. Can you consciously tell the difference in the auditory experience? Well whether you are acutely aware of these differences, as some people are, or not, your brain knows.

Binaural beats and auditory wave stimulation

Binaural recording is a method of recording sound that uses two microphones, arranged with the intent to create a 3-D stereo sound sensation for the listener of actually being in the room with the performers or instruments. This effect is often created using a technique known as “dummy head recording”, wherein a mannequin head is outfitted with a microphone in each ear. Binaural recording is intended for replay using headphones and will not translate properly over stereo speakers. This idea of a three dimensional or “internal” form of sound has also translated into the useful advancement of technology in many things such as stethoscopes creating “in-head” acoustics and IMAX movies being able to create a three-dimensional acoustic experience.

Binaural sound, therefore, creates a more complete soundscape than it has been previously achieved in artificial conditions. The methodology, by nature, feeds directly into the brain via audio nerve stimulation.

Selecting the right frequencies

“Do you know that our soul is composed of harmony?” – Leonardo daVinci

According to Wikipedia’s definition, Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone that are used alongside monaural beats and binaural beats in the process called brainwave entrainment. At its simplest level, an isochronic tone is a tone that is being turned on and off rapidly. They create sharp, distinctive pulses of sound.  (

Primarily, these work on your auditory circuits. The soundwaves stimulating your auditory nerves follow a complex path from stimulation to producing an effect. The effect is profound if you analyze all the processes and subsequent effects such sound has on the physical and neurobiological state of the brain.

Synctuition’s programs combine a number of authentic and natural sound sources and reproduce them using the latest technologies in order to produce sound and binaural and isochronic programs that are closely matched to your personal achievable results.

Synctuition works through stereo headphones* by playing one frequency in your left ear, and a slightly modified frequency in your right ear. This causes your brain to naturally create a third frequency, which exists only in your mind. This third frequency is called a binaural beat and it stimulates the left and the right side of your brain to work together in synchronization in order to reconcile the different frequencies you hear through the headphones.

A binaural beat is an auditory illusion perceived when two different pure-tone sine waves, both with frequencies lower than 1500 Hz, with less than a 40 Hz difference between them, are presented to a listener dichotically (one through each ear).

There is conclusive scientific evidence that certain frequencies, like those achieved in repetitive drumming, can alter cortisol levels in salivary tests on subjects undergoing this experience. (Cortisol is a stress indicator hormone)

Exposure to repetitive drumming combined with instructions for shamanic journeying has been associated with physiological and therapeutic effects, such as an increase in salivary immunoglobulin A. In order to assess whether the combination of repetitive drumming and shamanic instructions is specifically associated with these effects, we compared the effect of listening to either repetitive drumming or instrumental meditation music for 15 minutes on salivary cortisol concentration and on self-reported physiological and psychological states. For each musical style, two groups of participants were exposed to two conditions: instructions for shamanic journeying or relaxation instructions. A total of 39 participants (24 females) inexperienced in shamanic journeying completed the experiment. Salivary cortisol concentrations were measured before and after exposure to music. In addition, participants filled out a mood questionnaire before and after the experiment and completed a post-experiment questionnaire on their experiences. A significant decrease in the concentration in salivary cortisol was observed across all musical styles and instructions, indicating that exposure to 15 minutes of either repetitive drumming or instrumental meditation music, while lying down, was sufficient to induce a decrease in cortisol levels. However, no differences were observed across conditions. Significant differences in reported emotional states and subjective experiences were observed between the groups. Notably, participants exposed to repetitive drumming combined with shamanic instructions reported experiencing heaviness, decreased heart rate, and dreamlike experiences significantly more often than participants exposed to repetitive drumming combined with relaxation instructions. Our findings suggest that the subjective effects specifically attributed to repetitive drumming and shamanic journeying may not be reflected in differential endocrine responses.

Isochronic tones are generally sharp, pulses of sound. repetitive beats of a single tone that is being turned on and off rapidly recorded alongside monaural beats and binaural beats in brainwave entrainment.

A program consisting of a combination of isochronic, binaural and personalized frequencies can, therefore, achieve results that would take far longer to entrain through just one stimulus. The multiple channels stimulated in your brain when using these programs, especially if you do so consistently and repetitively, results in a process called entrainment. Entrainment is basically your brain responding to the mental muscles you have been exercising.

Synctuition’s programs are designed to exercise and entrain your intuition through this sound technology. As this entrainment becomes your new mental pattern, it propagates to other areas of your life as you “tune in” more.


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 ManagementPackAssemblyWriterSettings.CompanyName Property
[This topic is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]Gets the value of the name of the company to which the management pack belongs. The value is used for the CompanyName assembly attribute on the sealed management pack assembly. Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.IO
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core (in microsoft.enterprisemanagement.core.dll)

Visual Basic
Dim instance As ManagementPackAssemblyWriterSettings
Dim value As String

value = instance.CompanyName

Visual Basic
Public ReadOnly Property CompanyName As String
public string CompanyName { get; }
property String^ CompanyName {
		String^ get ();
/** @property */
public String get_CompanyName ()
public function get CompanyName () : String

Property Value

Returns String. Returns a string containing the name of the company to which the management pack belongs.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2003

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