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"It was a great learning all together (at each step)"
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- Senior Management
I worked at Sparta Consulting full-time (More than a year)
They provide opportunity to have a very close look at the business, An employee at a level will get visibility into 2 or 3 levels up the position/activities, The management are masters of running/establishin a real s/w business, The management/partenrs show a high spirit of positive ness and known for united fighting at tough times.. and they have a thirst of success.
over confidence on their strengths, They dont believe new comers joining them (They dont trust easily)..
Advice to Management
The Rapidgmers associated with them will alwys are ready to adjust with any management decision.. Where management can never identify their mistakes or flaws.. If the management really want to know where they are with respect to Market or any competetor.. they have to invite new people from different parts of the world to join them and encourage them in identifyin gthe loop holes & giving new suggestions for Organization improvement.
I worked at Sparta Consulting full-time (More than a year)
If you are a fresher hired by Sparta then it is a great organization to start with .... :)
there a lot... :( :(
1. Organization of family relatives so not a healthy environment for work
2. Worst part is the Admin department, worst cab system, don't even provide cab for night shift
even approved by the project... if some body works in night then dont even turn on the AC in
nights as guard will tell you that we cant turn on for few employees.
3. Sir Sir kind of environment....
4. No transparency in Appraisal as feedback is been shared to to other persons as all are relatives
5. Management is very poor.. if you cant do sir sir to your seniors then no matter how hard you work,
how long you work... if you work work day and night that means nothing to them.
6. One good news that they have work from home option.... ohh but wait that' is not for you if you
dont have your relative in there, or if u cant do sir sir to seniors.
7. Very less onsite opportunity, is there is that will be on business Visa
8. They will fire you if not needed.... dont care about the career of any employee....
9. As now sparta is completely merged to KPIT things will more worse then now.
I think this is enough ...... now you can judge that to join or not
Advice to Management
Please read the "CONS" .... you will find what need to improve .... this is not a advise but a request that management should take care of employees rather then customers..... without employees or dissatisfied employees organization cant grow further..... and to complete any project you need employees....... :)........
I have been working at Sparta Consulting full-time (More than a year)
Flexible Time and Great Management. Very Employee friendly.
Needs organized approach to projects
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Needs organized approach to projects


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1 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area 2 Jiri Tupa University of West Bohemia in Pilsen Czech Republic 1. Introduction performance measurement tools and techniques applied to enterprise environments are essential for enterprise continuous improvement. It is the reason why the next generation of process management leads to Performance Management or Corporate Performance Management. The phrase Corporate Performance Management (CPM) was coined by Gartner Group to describe the combination of process, methodologies, metrics and technologies to measure, monitor and manage the performance of the business. The oftcitied phrase: If I can not measure it, I cannot manage it can be motivation of this chapter. This chapter deals with presentation way leads to establishment of efficiency system for process measurement and controlling in the manufacturing area. The process measurement can be defined as the application of the management cycle with a focus on organizational process. Muehlen present process management as the collection of planning, organizing and controlling activities for the goal-oriented management of the organization s value chain regarding the factors quality, time, cost and customer satisfaction (Muehlen, 2004). The main goals of process management are the achievement of transparency with regard to process structure and process contribution. The description and practical application of process performance management system will be presented in case study. The case study also presents exploitation of data from an enterprises information system for decision making is next point of this chapter. 2. Related work and literature review The process controlling has been discussed in the published books and papers in scientific journal (Shen, 2007) and (Aalst, 2007). A. Kronz presents principal tasks of process controlling in book (Scheer, 2006). He mentioned these points: 1. Evaluation, analysis and continues monitoring of business workflows (automatically or manually), 2. Map the process reality in a task-oriented manner according to the issue and task. 3. Result of process controlling is transparency of the process, in structural terms and for purpose of evaluation, Source: Management, Book edited by: Mária Pomffyová, ISBN , pp. 338, April 2010, INTECH, Croatia, downloaded from SCIYO.COM
2 18 Management 4. Results can also be used as the basepoint for process optimization. Next author Michael zur Muehlen discusses in his book (Muhlen, 2004) of the workflow audit trail data with existing data warehouse structures and develops a reference architecture for process-oriented information system. The term of process controlling has been often discussed in relation to process management, because implementation of business process management is a way how to achieve of process performance management system establishment. The Management and Business are contemporary terms used in the many companies. Many successful companies applied this management approach based on Hammer s Business Reengineering Concept (Hammer, 1993). The authors develop the Hammer s and Champy ideas in related works nowadays. Many articles in journals and international conferences proceedings deal with BPM issue. High number of citations on business process management (BPM) seems to prove that BPM is a significant field of the recent research (Harmon, 2008). For example a Google.com search on Business Management returns more than fourteen thousand pages where this phrase appears. The BPM issue is the subject of research focused on methodological or technological solution of BPM problems (Weske, 2007). The main problems are described by Wasana Bandara in article (Bandara, 2007), where fourteen global experts were interviewed for example. The problems examples show the lack of governance, lack of standards, lack of methodology, lack of tool support for process visualisation etc. The main principles of process measurement system are described by the authors and many authors discuss about phrase Corporate Performance Management. The phrase Corporate Performance Management (CPM) was coined by Gartner Group to describe the combination of process, methodologies, metrics and technologies to measure, monitor and manage the performance of the business. Prof A. W. Scheer discusses this issue and trends of CPM in his book (Scheer, 2006). CPM is thus directed at continues monitoring of the effectiveness of the results of all company processes and the constant optimization thereof, i.e. its objective is a monitoring system that monitors the business performance of all pertinent business processes all the time, detects and reports weaknesses and problem situations, ideally even suggests optimization option and evaluates the success of improvement measures. Substantive recommendations for actions, including their chances of success, are needed so that the better decisions can be made more quickly. Performance Management may be regarded as the heart of CPM. (Scheer, 2006) The present trends in Corporate Performance Management are: - mining for automated weak point analysis - Right time monitoring - Dynamic organizational analysis These trends describe the purpose of application of process controlling in the manufacturing area. The application of process controlling based on process management principles for technological and diagnostics process control is one objective of our research. The main objectives of our research are design and verification of a control system based on business process management approach for control of process in the diagnostics and the electrical engineering and electronics manufacturing. In the following case study, I shall describe the practical demonstration of process controlling application.
3 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area Research methodology and methodology framework 3.1 Design of generic methodology Designed methodology concept helps to implement the process performance measurement system based on process controlling. The concept has been developed into two steps: 1. Analysis of processes and current needs of responsible managers, staffs, researchers and technicians. The designed questionnaires can be used in this step. We have obtained process attributes of key processes. 2. Study, selection and modification of suitable methods and tools for business process management and performance measurement. The application of designed methodology is demonstrated on case study. Data collection for this case study was conducted these different techniques: 1. Questionnaire This method was used for process analyses and mapping of process attributes. The main problems were done via structured question to management and workers. 2. Participation/Observation The researches were able to observe and processes in operation and validate recorded data. 3. Interview This method enabled the collection information of management vision and requirements. 3.2 Generic methodology framework Methodology framework is presented by Table 1. As we can see the table presents key steps and activities in defined order. The methodology concept is based on business process and process performance management theory. It means application of Business Step Activities Output Business strategy Analysis of current situation Strategy are defined definition Definition of mission, vision and strategic goals. design Implementation of process modeling methodology models making Definition of main optimization criteria optimization es are designated. Controlling Implementation and Indicators Setup Table 1. Designed methodology framework Design of process measurement and execution system Determination of periodicity of process measurement Implementation of tools for process measurement, execution and evaluation Design of system for correction proposal and improvement System for process evaluation and execution of processes is implemented. Improvement system is defined.
4 20 Management Management in first step. This step leads to: - process analysis and key process indicators setup - process description, modeling and optimization, - system of evaluation and process execution. The information infrastructure can be applied for the methodology support. The information structure should be built on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) which provides methods for systems development and integration where systems group functionality around business processes and package these as interoperable services. SOA also describes IT infrastructure which allows different applications to exchange data with one another as they participate in business processes. Service-orientation aims at a loose coupling of services with operating systems, programming languages and other technologies which underlie applications. 3.3 Methods for process performance management The current management literature presents different methods for process performance management. Firstly, they are methods based on financial analysis of basic enterprise economic indicators (for example Economic Added Value measurement, DuPont analysis). Secondly, they are management methods used the financial and non financial indicators (typically represented by Balanced Scorecard method (BSC), EFQM model, Six Sigma, Value Based Management). The Balanced Scorecard method sophisticated presents how to define and implement the key process indicators and metrics for performance evaluation. Many companies have adopted Balanced Scorecard as a way of evaluating managerial performance. This methods supplements traditional financial measures with three additional perspectives: the customers, the internal business process and the learning and growth perspective. It is supposed to be a tool describing an organization s overall performance across a number of measures on a regular basis. The basic idea is very straight forward. Kaplan and Norton began by arguing that "What you measure is what you get" and that "an organization's measurement system strongly affects the behaviour of managers and employees." They went on to say that "traditional financial accounting measures, like return-on-investment and earning-per-share, can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation..." To counter the tendency to rely too heavily on financial accounting measures, Kaplan and Norton argued that senior executives should establish a scorecard that takes multiple measures into account. They proposed a Balanced Scorecard that considered four types of measures: 1. Financial Measures: How Do We Look to Shareholders? 2. Internal Business Measures: What Must We Excel At? 3. Innovation and Learning Measures: Can We Continue to Improve and Create Value? 4. Customer Measures: How Do Customers See Us? The BSC method gives a definition of strategy as hypothesis summary about causes and results. It can be declared as a sequence of if then. The BSC, proposed by Kaplan and Norton, is the strategic management instrument: - to clarify and translate vision and strategy, - to communicate and link strategic objectives and measures, - to plan, set goals and align strategic initiatives, - to enhance strategic feedback and learning.
5 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area Case study The case study is focused on printed circuit board production. This production is one part of our department and its customers are other universities departments and small companies from the Pilsen region. The objective was to establish the performance measurement system focused on process time measurement and real processes current status analysis. This case study also presents application of designed methodology. 4.1 Business strategy definition Definition of core problem and strategy of company was first task. The core problem of visualization was effectively solved by the Current Reality Tree (CRT). This chart shows causality of relevant undesirable effects of the analyzed situation. The practical example is shown in Fig. 1. The main problem is fall of profit related to production time, capacity and quality of process. On the other hand this situation might be described by a conflict diagram (Fig. 2). The diagram describes decision and optimizing problem of manufacturing - determination of optimum batch size. The conflict exists between increasing and decreasing of the batch size. The increasing of production run (D) makes to cost reduction (B) and decreasing (D) of the batch size makes to high quality of products (C). Both described situations have negative effect on the Fall in Profit Customer Decrease Extending Term of Delivery High Product Price Long Time of Main Production High Variability High Cost on es High Emphasis on Quality Implication High Number of Small and Difference Orders Idle Capacity of Machine Lack of Qualified Worker Fig. 1. Current problem of causality
6 22 Management B cost reduction D Batch size increasing A Production plan fulfilment C Quality requirements fulfilment Conflict D Bach size decreasing Fig. 2. Conflict diagram of company production plan and profit. These problems and conflict were solved by designing methodology effectively. So cost reduction, quality improvement and time reduction were the main optimizing criteria according to methodology. Secondly, the business strategy and main key process indicators were developed according to Balanced Scorecard. The Table 2 shows process indicators and the strategy is describes in ARIS model (Fig. 3). From this model we can make performance dynamic execution (it is part of last step methodology implementation). Fig. 3. ARIS model of Balanced Scorecard business strategy
7 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area 23 indicators Staffs Internal Satisfaction Productivity Customer Satisfaction Training Course Failures ROI Time Costs Unit [%] [-] [%] [number] [number] [-] [min] [EUR] Minimal Value Maximal Value Tolerance Period Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Planned Value Current Value Table 2. Strategic indicators , , design The process analysis and process modelling was the first important steps lead to process design. It contained following activities: - definition of the process model and attributes. It means determination of targets, key processes fragments, key performance indicators (KPI) and their dimensions, - processes fragment modelling (Fig. 5). Control es Order acceptance Product Design Job Engineering Manufacturing Expedition Main es Symbols: Support es Fig. 4. Core process model of PCB production The ARIS (Architecture of Integrated Information System) tools and process analyses were used in this part. The main problem was fall of profit related to production time, capacity and quality of the process. Due to this fact, the process controlling application based on CPM leads to this core problem minimization.
8 24 Management Start of event Photorezist Application Etching Operator Symbols: End of Etching Event Fig. 5. Model of process fragment 4.3 controlling implementation and indicators setup We decided use the ARIS Performance Manager (ARIS PPM) software tool for process controlling in this case, because this tool can be implemented to any information system and structure. The information technologies make the important support for business process management nowadays. Owing to the fact that we are using tools ARIS for process modeling and optimization of processes, we decided to use the software ARIS PPM. With ARIS Performance Manager, IDS Scheer company offers a software solution that is a purpose-built for controlling and analyzing business processes. As a part of this solution, a patented procedure is used to collect process relevant data from the operational IT systems available for reconstructs process automatically and calculates key performance indicators online and particularly for presenting the actual process measurement in the form of event-driven process chains (eepc). ARIS PPM imports all business transactions to be reviewed into the repository from one or more source systems via application-specific adapters. To begin with, depending on the source system, the process-relevant runtime information about the activities performed is highly disparate in nature (e.g. log files, vouchers, records). These are imported one after the other in chronological order by ARIS PPM and compiled into a process. A graphical illustration the event-driven process chain (EPC) - containing all the individual activities (functions) are then generated automatically for each operation (process instance) see Figure 8. As a result, even a process that extends beyond the boundaries of a single system can be represented cohesively and uniformly. The ARIS Performance Manager tool has these important functions for Performance Management: - Visualizing Real Structure - Key Performance Indicators and Analyses - documents - Weak Point Analysis - Mining: Automated Weak Point Analysis - Management Views - Offline Reports
9 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area 25 Key process indicator Type Category Description Interval of order processing Time Interval of acceptance of an order Time Interval of PCB design Time Interval of manufacturing preparation Time Interval of PCB manufacturing Time Interval of PCB expedition Time Interval of invoice issue Time Activity process time Function Time ing time of an activity Function Time Idle time of activity Function Time Keeping the order term Function Time Table 3. Key process indicators definitions duration from an order acceptance till issue of an invoice. Sub process duration: Receipt of order. Sub process duration: Design of PCB. Sub process duration: Manufacturing data preparation. Sub process duration Manufacturing of PCB. Sub process duration: PCB expedition. Sub process duration: Issue invoice. Difference between the end of current activity (process) and the end of previous activity. Difference between the end of activity and the start of a particular activity. Difference between the start of an activity and the end of previous activity. Difference between planned and real order completion date. The basis for all processes controlling is a process-oriented key performance indicator system that links the process perspective to the essential controlling aspects for business. The key performance indicators must enable conclusions to be drawn regarding the effectiveness of the processes (e.g. customer satisfaction) and their efficiency (e.g. processing time, delivery reliability, process quality and costs). In addition, the process-oriented key performance indicator system is configured so that it would be possible to make statements about the actual course of the process. Pre-configured process key performance indicators are calculated and aggregated for each imported process stage. The ARIS PPM base system already includes a core set of key performance indicators, and these are set as default ones regardless to a connected source system. The key performance indicator types can be divided into 3 groups:
10 26 Management - time-related key performance indicators (e.g. throughput times, processing times, frequencies), - cost-related key performance indicators (e.g. process costs/rates on the basis of the performance standard) and - quality-related key performance indicators (e.g. number of processors, error rates, deadline reliability) The process owner can use ARIS PPM to achieve the optimum balance in the Time-Quality- Cost magic triangle by taking a number of key performance indicators from each of the three ranges with added weighting and thus to yield a new key performance indicator. These user-defined key performance indicators can be set in the front-end at any time during runtime. Besides the preset key performance indicators, other specific key performance indicators are configured in the ARIS PPM base system as a part of the adaptation to the customer individual environment. These are defined, for instance, by the process types to be reviewed. The key performance indicators in ARIS PPM are endowed with process-relevant decision variables - dimensions. These dimensions are also imported from the source systems as features of the individual process instances. The user evaluates the efficiency of his business processes with reference to the interplay between key performance indicators and dimensions in the process analysis. The set of key performance indicators must be calculated and defined flexibly, and in such a way that it can be expanded to the need of changing requirements of the company specific processes. Besides calculating key performance indicators, it is also necessary to be able to visualize the structure of actual processes since, it is the only way to how obtain generalized explanations for their performance behaviour. The implementation of ARIS PPM tool has been formulated in project. The project main phases were: 1. Implementation for printed circuit board manufacturing. 2. Verification and validation of results from implementation for PCB manufacturing. 3. Implementation for diagnostic process control. 4. Verification results and examination implementation proposal. The first two phases were realized in following steps: 1. Conceptual and technical workshop 2. Determination of process instance, fragments, KPI and process attributes. The results of process mapping and analysis from previous part were used in this step. The Table 3 presents used KPI. The SW tool implementation means installation, customizing and connectivity settings. The manufacture section does not use information system now and data must be recorded on operation record cards. Due to this fact, we had to prepare the special software for CSV files generation and rewrite the data into SW ARIS PPM database using PC. Validation of results and their definition is last step of implementation. 4.4 Result of process controlling implementation First experience of PPM implementation, based on CPM idea, has shown benefits of this solution in the manufacturing area for technological process control, in this case for printed
11 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area 27 circuit board manufacturing. The SW tool ARIS PPM helps us to make analysis and processes monitoring, particularly: - real process course, - processes time, - comparing of the real and planned key indicators value, - type and kind of order. The results of process mining and analysis have been used for process models correction and KPI planning. In short, the responsible management obtains quick management and performance view (see Fig. 7, 8). The solution mentioned above doesn t use sophisticated information system. In this phase the data about process has been collected in excel files. The records from the paper sheet in manufacture section had to be rewritten to ARIS PPM database. In consequence of this we had to realize software for data converting from excel database to ARIS PPM database (CSV data format was used for this converting operation). It is obvious that this way isn t suitable for big data volume. From this reason, the suitable information system has to be implemented in the next project phase. The structure and components of used information system presents Fig. 9. Speedometr presentation Time span of order processing [%] Time span of manufacturing preparation [Day(s)] Time span of invoice issue [Day(s)] Number of processes (Jun 06) cycle time Idle time of function Fig. 7. Management view
12 28 Management fragment Function Operator AND Operator XOR Event Fig. 8. Visualization of a process instance generated in ARIS PPM Server Client KPI ASCII/CSV Files IS APPLICATION Data Source Server Application ARIS PPM ARIS TOOLSET REAL PROCESSES Database Fig. 9. Information system structure
13 Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area Conclusion This chapter presents an example of process controlling application. controlling described in this paper, comprises the following components: - Evaluation of the efficiency of business processes based on key performance indicators - Transparent representation of procedures actually performed for cause analysis. - Deduction of optimization measures. - Continuous monitoring of success developments. - Organizational analysis. The process controlling is very important tool for process improvement in manufacturing area. The real application in manufacturing area was described in the practical case study focus on the small printed circuit board production. The case study describes way how to analyze the processes and introduces software tools, which have been applied. The benefits and results are documented in the Figures 7-8 as well. This solution corresponds with the new trend in process management area. Companies that are able to align their business processes to the requirements of their environment and surroundings will not only gain a competitive advantage, but they will also be able to manipulate this alignment better and faster than their competitors. The prerequisites for this solution are the supply of decision-relevant information and an ability to transform this information quickly and effectively into sustained measures for targeted alignment of business processes. 6. Acknowledgments This research is supported by the research plan MSM Diagnostic of interactive processes in electrical engineering. 7. References Muhlen, M. (2004). Workflow based Management, Logos, Verlag Berlin, ISBN , Berlin. Scheer, A. W. et al., (2006). Corporate Performance Management, ARIS in Practice, Springer Verlag, ISBN , Berlin. Shen, W.; Tan, W.; Zhao, J. (2007). A methodology for Dynamic Enterprise Performance Evaluation. Computers in Industry, Vol. 58, Issue 5 (June, 2007), pp , ISSN Aalst V., et al. (2007). Business Mining: An Industrial Application. Information System, Vol. 32, No. 5 (July, 2007), pp , ISSN Harmon, P.; Wolf, C. (2008), The State of Business Management. A BPT Report, <http://www.bptrends.com/members_surveys/deliver.cfm?report_id=1003&targ et=bptrends 2008 Survey Report Final, V_2_.pdf&return=surveys_landing.cfm>, (accessed September 5, 2009). Hammer, M.; Champy, J. (1993). Reengineering the Corporation: Manifesto for Business Revolution, Harper Clins Publisher. New York. Weske, M. (2007). Business Management, Springer Verlag, ISBN , Berlin.
14 30 Management Bandara, W. et al. (2007). Major Issues in Business management: an Expert Perspective, <http://www.bptrends.com/publicationfiles/09-07-art-majorissuesinbpm- Chong%20et%20al.pdf>, (accessed September 5, 2009).
15 Management Edited by Maria Pomffyova ISBN Hard cover, 338 pages Publisher InTech Published online 01, April, 2010 Published in print edition April, 2010 The content of the book has been structured into four technical research sections with total of 18 chapters written by well recognized researchers worldwide. These sections are: 1. process and performance management and their measurement methods, 2. management of manufacturing processes with the aim to be quickly adaptable after real situation demands and their control, 3. quality management information and communication systems, their integration and risk management, 4. management processes of healthcare and water, construction and demolition waste problems and integration of environmental processes into management decisions. How to reference In order to correctly reference this scholarly work, feel free to copy and paste the following: Jiri Tupa (2010). Performance Measurement as Part of Business Management in Manufacturing Area, Management, Maria Pomffyova (Ed.), ISBN: , InTech, Available from: InTech Europe University Campus STeP Ri Slavka Krautzeka 83/A Rijeka, Croatia Phone: +385 (51) Fax: +385 (51) InTech China Unit 405, Office Block, Hotel Equatorial Shanghai No.65, Yan An Road (West), Shanghai, , China Phone: Fax:
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Metallica's Lars Ulrich Replaced by Adorable Little GirlThe band let her perch behind Ulrich's drum kit and play around a bit for the crowd.
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Watch NBA Finals History Video with Metallica SoundtrackThe soundtrack is particularly fitting as Metallica are outspoken fans of all things Bay Area, especially the Warriors.
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Melo (15yr.) has been training at San Diego Circus Center for just over a year under the guidance of Jean-Luc Martin.
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Handstand act La Jolla Art and Wine Festival 2013
Our young aspiring tight wire walker is 14 and has been training at San Diego Circus Center since we opened our doors in 2013. Here she performs in our summer show Threshold!
Kelsey and Nicole built their act at San Diego Circus Center and now performs at venues like Sea World San Diego.
Jean-Luc Martin, founder and Executive Director of San Diego Circus Center has a proud moment after an incredible run of our 2014 summer show "Threshold"
Why just plate spin when you can walk on stilts?
During some of our course we offer mask making.
At San Diego Circus Center we offer the Aerial and Ground training and handstands are very important.
Chinese pole can be very challenging and addictive.
Aerial Straps has become very popular along with our silks classes.
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About the Book
This photo book has images of Kayla's first two shoots and the first trip to Los Angeles with Amedeus.
Kayla walked in my Bay Area photo studio on May 31, 2009. In 11 short minutes it was obvious she was a natural. (Kayla got agency signed less than 4 months later in New York)
Make-up and hair for these shoots provided by Lauren Warner (1st shoot) and Christal Saville (2nd shoot)
Make-up and hair for the street shoots in Los Angeles was taken care of by Kayla herself
(c) 2009 Rudi Amedeus.
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- Category Fine Art Photography
Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
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- Publish Date Aug 15, 2009
- Tags Los Angeles, Disney Music Hall. Lauren Warner, Christal Saville, Rudi Amedeus, photojournalism, lifestyle, sensual, glamour, B&W, photography, editorial, beauty, Photography, fashion, model, Amedeus
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Award winning artist living a life on the convergence of art and technology. My passion is to photography female beauty, my mission is to tell a story about the woman and all the women she can be .. Current medium is the digital camera but I still compose acoustic and electronic music for multi-media installations. Amedeus
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POST MORTEM Remember when 2008 seemed a million years away? A.R. Gurney's It Happened Here one-act (first produced in 2006) has some fun imagining a religiously authoritarian America of 2015, as well as its antidotal year of 2027. Alice (Anna Nicholas) teaches English at "a faith-based state university in the Midwest," where she fends off the amorous impulses of a graduate student named Dexter (Alan Bruce Becker). Dexter has an ace up his sleeve he's discovered the last play written by A.R. Gurney, whose name, a mere seven years from today, can be located only in a directory called Minor Figures in American Drama. "You mean there was someone named Gurney who wrote plays?" asks Alice. There are 75 minutes more of this kind of self-referential gag, along with jokes about The New York Times, public television and theater critics. The biggest one involves the recovered Gurney script, titled Post Mortem, which turns out to be an impassioned plea against Bush-era intolerance; thanks to Alice and Dexter, the script eventually single-handedly rolls back the neocon ice age, ushering in a feel-good epoch of political moderation. The "real"Post Mortem is more than just another contemporary burp of liberal indigestion, since Gurney has Alice (now famous and married to Dexter) ask, What will Americans substitute for the Christian right's agenda and how will it keep the latter completely at bay? Unfortunately, Gurney's good at asking the question but not at answering it, except to quote from A Streetcar Named Desire. Worse, having his characters go on prolonged rants against cell phones suggests he's not very good at predicting the future or estimating the present. The acting, under Jared Barclay's direction, is reminiscent of a long comedy sketch which is perhaps the best description of this play. First Friday, Saturday of every month, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Starts: Jan. 4. Continues through March 2, 2008
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With less than a week until the beginning of the 2010 World Series of Poker anticipation is building. Each week of the WSOP we'll have a new batch of WSOP Power Rankings with the Top 10 players.
The formula for the first set of rankings includes,
1. Recent success 2. Last years WSOP results 3. Likelihood to play many events 4. All-time success
1. Phil Ivey - The best player in the world and seven time bracelet winner. He won two bracelets last year and made the Main Event Final Table. Expect another big year from Mr. Ivey.
2. Jason Mercier - Mercier has taken the poker world by storm since breaking through at last years World Series. He won a bracelet and also final tabled the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Coming off a first place performance in the 25k bounty shootout at the 2010 NAPT Mohegan Sun, Mercier looks to ride the momentum into the summer.
3. Jeff Lisandro - Lisandro has won four gold bracelets, three of which came last year. He is a decent bet to win more bracelets this year as he is near unbeatable in stud.
4. Daniel Negreanu - After a solid 2009 WSOP and a runner-up finish in the WSOPE Main Event Negreanu hasn't made much noise with his play. When he's on there is no arguing he is one of the best, but will Negreanu show up ready to play?
5. Eric Baldwin - Basebaldy won his first bracelet last year and has kept the success going. 2009's Player of the Year from Card Player recently finished 2nd in the WPT Championship and is poised to make more noise.
6. Phil Hellmuth - After a disappointing WSOP last summer the poker brat looks to respond this year. Hellmuth got himself a life coach and has already reached two WPT final tables this year. With a fresh new mindset Phil attempts to extend his bracelet record to 12.
7. Sorel Mizzi - The only non bracelet winner on the list, no player has been hotter in 2010 than Mizzi. Since the beginning of the year Mizzi has won four tournaments and made nine final tables. He will play a lot of events and after finishing 2nd in the 5k PLO last summer Mizzi is hungry for his first bracelet. Oh yeah, he just won SCOOP Event #32 for 118k too.
8. Vitaly Lunkin - Vitaly was a pro amongst pros at last summers WSOP. After winning a bracelet in 2008 Lunkin entered 2009's WSOP still a relative unknown. He changed that by winning the 40k No-Limit Holdem, taking 2nd in the 10k PLO Championship, and 4th in the 50k HORSE. Lunkin proved he can play with the big boys.
9. Daniel Alaei - The two-time bracelet winner took down the WPT Five Diamond Classic in December for a cool 1.4 million and recently finished 2nd in the 25k High Roller event at the L.A. Poker Classic. Alaei made two final tables at last years WSOP including a win in the 10k Omaha Hi/Lo Championship.
10. Scott Clements - One of the more underrated players in the game Clements is a two-time bracelet winner and made two final tables last year. He is one of the top Omaha players around. While he's stayed away from the high stakes in 2010 he has already won five tournaments and made ten final tables on the year. Watch for him to quietly perform well once again this summer.
Players to watch out for
- Scott Seiver - Faraz Jaka - Andrew Lichtenberger - Ashton Griffin - Tom Marchese
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We were staying on the island off the resort but we visited for ice cream and dinner. We really enjoyed the restaurant and the food was good and resonably priced. The ice cream shop was also a huge hit for us!
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Iberian Peninsular - Antequera's Dolmens, Gibraltar's Gorham's Cave Complex and Nerja Caves
|Beehive tomb of El Romeral
"Located at the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain, the site comprises three megalithic monuments: the Menga and Viera dolmens and the Tholos of El Romeral, and two natural monuments: La Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal mountainous formations, which are landmarks within the property. Built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age out of large stone blocks, these monuments form chambers with lintelled roofs or false cupolas. These three tombs, buried beneath their original earth tumuli, are one of the most remarkable architectural works of European prehistory and one of the most important examples of European Megalithism".
The visitor centre provides a good insight into the role of the dolmens. If you're interested in prehistory, these are definitely worth a visit. http://www.dolmenesantequhttp://www.dolmenesantequerapatrimonio.com/erapatrimonio.com/
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Gibraltar received its first World heritage site nod in 2016 when Gorham's Cave was added to UNESCO's list.
A rock engraving, described as abstract art by some, was found in the cave in 2012 and is believed to be at least 39,000 years old as it was found below a layer of undisturbed sediment in which 294 Neanderthal tools were discovered. UNESCO listed the caves due to their contribution to Neanderthal and human evolution (see below).
"The steep limestone cliffs on the eastern side of the Rock of Gibraltar contain four caves with archaeological and paleontological deposits that provide evidence of Neanderthal occupation over a span of more than 100,000 years. This exceptional testimony to the cultural traditions of the Neanderthals is seen notably in evidence of the hunting of birds and marine animals for food, the use of feathers for ornamentation and the presence of abstract rock engravings. Scientific research on these sites has already contributed substantially to debates about Neanderthal and human evolution".
The caves at Nerja, east of Malaga, are a popular visitor attraction. However, the most famous symbolic cave painting, the goat, now has its age called into question. A recent investigation by scientists led by Jose Luis Sanchidran from Cordoba university have dated the goat painting as 20,000 years old as opposed to previous ages given of 43,500 to 45,000 years old.
While this is unlikely to deter visitors to the caves, it does call into question the dates of other cave drawings, not just in Spain.
Italy has 2 sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List (2013)
During the 37th session in Phnom Penh, 19 sites have been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage Site list.
Two of the sites added are Italian - Mount Etna and the Medici villas and gardens in Tuscany. UNESCO gave the following reason for the inclusion of the Medici villas and gardens:
Two of the sites added are Italian - Mount Etna and the Medici villas and gardens in Tuscany. UNESCO gave the following reason for the inclusion of the Medici villas and gardens:
Mount Etna's inclusion is due largely to its continuing volcanic activity that lends the site as a "natural laboratory for the study of ecological and biological processes".Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany, (Italy)Twelve villas and two pleasure gardens spread across the Tuscan country side make up this site which bears testimony to the influence the Medici family exerted over modern European culture through its patronage of the arts. Built between the 15th and 17th centuries, they represent an innovative system of rural construction in harmony with nature and dedicated to leisure, the arts and knowledge. The villas embody an innovative form and function, a new type of princely residence that differed from both the farms owned by rich Florentines of the period and from the military might of baronial castles. The Medici villas form the first example of the connection between habitat, gardens, and the environment and became an enduring reference for princely residences throughout Italy and Europe. Their gardens and integration into the natural environment helped develelop the appreciation of landscape characteristic Humanism and the Renaissance.
Further good news is that the Iranian city of Bam and its Cultural Landscape was removed from the Danger List.
However, East Rennell (Solomon Island) was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger along with the six World Heritage sites of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Information on the other sites inscribed so far can be found at http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1049
The session continues until the 27th June 2013.
Changes at Málaga Airport
15 minutes of ...free wi-fi
It was recently announced that Málaga airport will offer 15 minutes of wi-fi connection, for free, courtesy of Kubi wireless. Users will be able purchase longer periods of usage and higher access speeds from Kubi should they wish to do so.
Family Zone introduced
A family zone has been introduced in the area between T2 and T3.
Naples Città della Scienza went up in Flames
Four pavilions at the 'City of Sciences' were destroyed by fire following a suspected arson attack. Smouldering remains are all that are left of an interaactive museum and planetarium after a fire on Monday night.
Tsunami in the Solomon Islands
A Tsunami hit the Solomon Islands at 01:12 GMT resulting in four deaths. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21347496
Daytime Hotel Stays
No longer the preserve of illicit rendezvous or the Red Light District, hotels are offering travellers the opportunity to rent a room during the daytime. This is ideal if you are on a business trip with a late departure time or have been travelling overnight.
It is a win-win situation. Rooms that would otherwise stand empty are filled and the traveller has somewhere to freshen up, catch up on a few hours sleep or have somewhere to work in peace. The problem is that hotels do not advertise these rentals on their websites, possibly concerned that the purpose could be misconstrued. Phoning ahead is the best way to find out whether day rates are available. Alternatively there is the Between 9 and 5 website, available in English, French, German and Spanish, which lists hotels around the world which offer day rates.
Istanbul to Build World's Largest Airport
Istanbul already has two airports that handle 60 million passengers a year but plans have been unveiled to build a third.
With six runways and the capacity to handle 150 million passengers per year it will be developed on the Black Coast side of Istanbul at an estimated cost of $5.6 billion. The airport will be built in four stages becoming operational for tourists in 2017.
With six runways and the capacity to handle 150 million passengers per year it will be developed on the Black Coast side of Istanbul at an estimated cost of $5.6 billion. The airport will be built in four stages becoming operational for tourists in 2017.
According to Turkey's Minister of Transport, Binali Yıldırım, by 2017 the airport will have an annual capacity of 90 million passengers. Yıldırım is quoted as saying: "At full capacity the new airport will be the largest in the world in terms of passengers."
The reason for the airport's construction is to add capacity to the region whilst enhancing the role of Istanbul as the flag carrier for Turkish Airlines.
Cash Only Vatican - 11th January 2013
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That's rich, I thought, considering how Italy's own budget management is a little, well let's say shoddy. No Italian banks are allowed to carry out transactions in Vatican City. What I failed to think about was how that would affect the tourists visitng the Vatican State. In short it means that entrance to the Vatican Museum, souvenirs, donations, meals and so on can only be bought or made with that old stand-by - CASH.
The reason for the suspension of electronic payments by the Banca d'Italia is the Vatican's non-compliance with EU regulations on money-laundering. The Catholic Church has not been above suspicion when it comes to tax evasion and money-laundering and its bank Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) has been involved in several financial scandals in recent years. Failure by the Vatican Bank to act on the EU regulations therefore is not too much of a shock.
Visitors to the Vatican have to be prepared when visiting the city-state to carry cash. Where possible divide up the cash amounts between family members and carry the cash either in a money belt or in inside pockets, preferably those that can be buttoned or zipped up. Until the 15th January 2013 it is still possible to buy tickets to the Vatican Museums on-line with a credit card (they are cheeky in charging a €2 pre booking fee pre ticket). After that date it is not known what will happen unless the ban is lifted.
In the meantime the Vatican is working hard to get the ban lifted but visitors need to be prepared to resort to cash.
Earthquake in Ascoli - 5th December 2012
In the early hours of the 5th December 2012 an earthquake hit the province of Ascoli Piceno
in the Marche region of Italy. The Global Disaster Alert and Co-ordination System has the area under green alert. The epicentre was 9km from the town of Ascoli Piceno and at a depth of 27km.
in the Marche region of Italy. The Global Disaster Alert and Co-ordination System has the area under green alert. The epicentre was 9km from the town of Ascoli Piceno and at a depth of 27km.
Reports from Italy suggest that there is little, if any, noticeable damage though it was felt by residents in Pescara.
|Piazza Arringo, Ascoli Piceno
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Italy has been criticised in recent years by, amongst others, UNESCO for failing to maintain and restore its historic monuments. Tomorrow (17th November) the First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting will take place in Pompei (Italy) within the framework of the project "Towards a governance system for coordinating the updating and the implementation of the Management Plan of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata". Perhaps we can expect further such meetings in the future with regard to other Italian monuments and sites of historic interest as the battle between budget and restoration continues.
Rome's Colosseum has shifted....
and it is little wonder with the amount of traffic that rumbles past, very closely, to the ancient monument. After careful monitoring officials have discovered a slant on the south side of the monument - 40 cms lower than the north side.
A €25 million project has been put together, starting in December 2012, to restore the structure. The work is being funded privately. At least three years of scaffolding can be expected to mar the views of the Colosseum, but in order to save it this is a small price to pay. After the restoration work is finished it is expected that 25% more of the Colosseum will be open to visitors than there currently is.
My first view of the Colosseum was when I emerged from a metro station.
"I waved the map in the direction of the Colosseum,
'I didn't realise it was in the middle of the road network, open to all the pollution. It seems rather incongruous.'"
A Little Bit of Italy
I found the monument lacking in areas to explore, as opposed to a similar structure in Tunisia:
"Early we may have been, sole visitors we were not. As we examined inscribed pieces of marble just inside the entrance we were passed by drove after drove of tourists that had evidently spewed forth from the coaches that were pulling back out into the traffic. The strident voice of a tourist guide was enough to propel me forward at speed. Generally I like to soak up the atmosphere of a site without the distraction of another's voice. We surged up the stairs to the main amphitheatre and stared across the elliptical space. I moved round and looked out across the Fora Romana, from on high a wonderful jumble of arches, old temples and monuments. I looked back in at the space in which so many had performed. There was something not quite right; the aura that I expected to be attached to the largest Roman amphitheatre in the world was missing. I put it down to one thing – I'd been to El Jem.
The ruins of the largest Roman amphitheatre in Africa can be found in a small town in Tunisia. Thysdrus, now El Jem, situated some 60km south of Sousse prospered during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian (117-38 AD) as an important centre of olive oil production. It was not until the third century AD, however, that construction started on the amphitheatre, under Godius I, who was declared Emperor there. A fine example of Imperial Roman propaganda, it could hold up to 35,000 spectators and is remarkably complete. I had first visited there on my honeymoon and the total number of visitors that wandered around the ruins that day? Six. The six of us that had piled out of the Land Rover as we made one of our stops on our Tunisian safari. We could literally climb over every inch of the 138 metre by 114 metre monument. We had wandered the two passageways that would have been completely covered by the floor of the amphitheatre when it had originally been in use, into the different cells that would have housed animals, prisoners and gladiators. The vaulting system underground was impressive, the vaulting that rose above the ground even more so. The lack of other visitors had meant that we could each find our space and sit and think, imagine how it could have been – the noise, the smells and excitement. There was no such opportunity in Rome.
Ignoring my inability to absorb the atmosphere of centuries past, the Colosseum is still a building to impress. It was built on this grand scale for no reason other than to perpetuate the imperial cult and placate the masses. Its placement is no accident. It sits on a flat area between the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine Hills. It had been a densely inhabited area when the Great Fire of Rome in 64AD devastated it. The Emperor Nero took the opportunity to claim the land and built the Domus Aurea villa with an artificial lake surrounded by pavilions, porticoes and gardens. The Aqua Claudia aqueduct was extended to supply water to the area and the huge bronze statue, Colossus of Nero was erected nearby. Nero's actions were not popular, so when the Emperor Vespasian commenced construction of the amphitheatre on the site, pulling down much of the Domus and filling in the lake, effectively returning the site back to the people, the citizens would have been supportive. However, Vespasian's decision to build the theatre there could be seen as more than a move to regain popularity for the Imperial Family. The amphitheatre, a stone's throw from the Forum was both symbolically and physically at the heart of Rome. The Flavian amphitheatre could not be ignored. In 80AD, Vespasian's son Titus, inaugurated the theatre and Dio Cassius recorded that over 9,000 animals were killed during the inaugural games."
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Fretwork: "In Nomine"
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Part of BV1 Baroque Variations
Taverner: In Nomine, for 4 parts
Tye: In Nomine a 5 "Crye"
Tye: In Nomine a 5 "Trust"
Parsons: In Nomine for 5 viols
Parsons: Ut re mi Fa Sol for 4 viols
Parsons: De la Court
Byrd: Browning
Byrd: In Nomine a 4
Picforth: In Nomine
Gibbons: Two In Nomines in 5 parts
Nico Muhly: Slow (In Nomine in 5 parts)
Lawes: Consort Set in G minor (Fantazy, on the plainsong, Aire)
Bryars: In Nomine (after Purcell)
Purcell: Two Fantazias in four parts
Purcell: Fantasia upon one note
About This Performance
In Nomines form a rich repertory of late Renaissance/early Baroque English instrumental music, all based on the same popular tune heard in the Taverner setting that opens the program. Fretwork's album of Henry Purcell's complete fantasias – which include two In Nomines – won a Gramophone Award in 2009.
An ancestor of the string quartet, a consort of viols is a group of varying size in which the musicians play different sized viols, stringed instruments held between the knees, as is the modern cello. Formed in 1986, Fretwork has cause to be considered the world's finest viol consort, based on the range of their repertory (1501-present), number of tours and recordings, longevity and unparalleled technical accomplishment.
This fascinating program lays out a treasure trove of "In Nomine" settings, all stemming from Taverner's 16th-century setting of the Benedictus (which includes the phrase "in nomine Domini" – "in the name of the Lord") from a Mass built on the plainchant "Gloria tibi Trinitas." So attractive was this music that it inspired 150 years of English composers to compose variants in their own style, including two by living composers, Nico Muhly and Gavin Bryars, heard this evening.
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During a recent interview with Heat magazine, the 24-year-old beauty has denied story that her relationship with her 'Mamma Mia!' co-star has ended, insisting 'No. It's not that at all.'
Amanda Seyfried turns up not ending her romance with her "Mamma Mia!" co-star Dominic Cooper. During a recent interview with Heat magazine, the 24-year-old actress said, "No. It's not that at all," when asked if there is "trouble in paradise".
Seyfried further asked fans not to read too much comments she made in a Teen Vogue magazine interview. She, at that time, sparked speculations that she wasn't sure about her future with Cooper as she revealed, "I don't know if Dominic's 'The One'."
During the interview, Seyfried also admitted that she had waited for a year-and-a-half until Cooper was ready for a relationship with her. "I waited around. I was pretty desperate for a while, to get this guy, and it finally happened," she confessed.
"It was about three years ago and the desperation lasted for 18 months," Seyfried continued. "I waited and waited while he figured his s**t out... I think that it was crazy, but clearly it was for a reason. It was meant to be. It was meant to happen, and I was meant to wait for him."
"At the time it's hard and you don't now if what you're doing is right or wrong, that'll come out later in life," Seyfried said. Adding on her relationship with Cooper, the "Dear John" actress claimed, "We're flippant and serious. In my first two relationships, I didn't have that balance at all. In my recent relationship, we have the perfect balance."
"We can go deep into thought and analyze things together, but then we can also be silly," Seyfried moreover explained. "That's what I love about Dominic - he can be so light and willing to give and take, and change."


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