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Winter Thank youPosted: December 20, 2017 Filed under: Nature's Friend, snowy village, Stamped Landscapes, Woodland Beauty | Tags: Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress inks, Ranger Distress stains 5 Comments
I'm a guest over at the Foiled Fox blog today; you know that is one of my favourite places to share my cards. With less than a week until Christmas I have switched to making thank you cards. This one combines several Penny Black stamps, one from this year and others from Christmasses past. All the snow falling is the effect created when painting over splattered masking fluid. After the painting has dried I rub off the masking to reveal little white dots – snow! The black stamping is done with pigment inks to preserve the sharp defined edges of the trees and deer. The soft tree shapes in the background are stamped in distress inks to enable blending and bleeding into the watercolour sky.
The whole process is described in detail on the Foiled Fox blog and supplies are listed below.
Stamps: snowy village, nature's friends, woodland beauty, happy snippets
Inks: versafine onyx black, evergreen bough distress ink
Distress Stains: salty ocean, faded jeans, evergreen bough
Hot pressed watercolor paper
Also: masking fluid, stamping platform
Journey homePosted: December 12, 2017 Filed under: Joy to All, Nature's Friend, Spread Cheer | Tags: Brusho, Penny Black stamps 10 Comments
I pulled out of few old favourites for this card, both stamps and techniques. I began by tearing a post-it note mask and positioning it across the bottom of the watercolour paper panel. I then stamped the large tree in onyx black versafine overlapping the mask at the bottom and the boy and sled also in onyx black just above the mask (the stamps and supplies are all listed below). I cut a circle from frisket film and placed it firmly over the tree branches then painted water across the panel from left to right where the sky would be.
I sprinkled yellow brusho sparingly into the water and blended it to create a 'glow' in the sky. Above and below the yellow I painted blue brusho then, while it was still wet, stamped trees in memento Danube blue ink. As the background was damp the impressions have soft blended edges. I mixed a little blue brusho with water on a palette then painted a line of blue below the stamped boy to create a shadowy area where he was walking. I used water to dilute the colour as I extended the colour up towards the horizon. I added more blue below the boy and the tree and diluted that with water.
To create the shadow of the boy and his sled I inked the stamp with memento Danube blue and stamped it onto an acrylic block. I stamped the block into the damp watercolour paper where it created a blurred mirror image. I painted straight shadow for the tree also in Danube blue ink. When the ink and paint were dry I removed the moon mask and attached the panel to a natural white card base.
Stamps: spread cheer, nature's friends, joy to all
Inks: versafine majestic blue, memento Danube blue ink
Brusho paints: lemon, cobalt blue
Hot pressed watercolor paper
Also: stamping platform, frisket film, post-it note
Winter WeatherPosted: January 16, 2016 Filed under: Nature's Friend, Soft Whisper, Stamped Landscapes | Tags: Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress inks, Ranger Distress stains 11 Comments
Remember back in December when I kept mentioning the lack of snow around here? There wasn't just a lack of snow there was really no winter weather at all. Well, that is over; we have snow, ice and it's cold outside! The winter weather has inspired me to create some snowy scenes.
I stamped and painted these two winter scenes beginning both times with a splatter of masking fluid to create the look of falling snow. Once the masking fluid was dry I stamped the large tree trunk stamp, 'Soft Whisper' in brown and then added some more masking fluid on the top of the branches (on the snowier card) and added extra definition to the branches and trunk with light brown, dark brown and black paint.
On one card I stamped the trees in green distress stain on the other I painted trees in brown brusho. It was interesting to limit my colour palette to brown and blue for one card and the additional green on the other card. I added the sky and snow banks after the branches so there is some bleeding of brown into blue here and there.
I was interested to read the comments on my recent gelli plate post; I will be trying the different techniques described when I get a chance. I am also hoping to share more art journal pages this year including the one I started yesterday.
Stamps: Soft Whisper, Nature's friend (PB)
Inks: Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Forest Moss, Broken China distress inks and stains (Ranger)
Paint: Colourcraft Brusho
Cardstock: Canson 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper
Also: Winsor & Newton masking fluid
Sunset ForestPosted: October 6, 2015 Filed under: Nature's Friend, Stamped Landscapes | Tags: Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress stains 8 Comments
I completed this forest scene months ago but left it unposted. I showed it to a friend recently and she encouraged me to share it here. It is an example of a 'no card left behind' project. I was showing my friend how I did the lake on this card. It took us both a few attempts to get our backgrounds looking the way we wanted and the panel below was one of my cast-offs because of the water bloom under the shoreline trees. I pulled the panel out again at a later date and turned it on its side and made the shoreline trees one tall tree instead. I used both painting and stamping to fill the panel with trees. There was a bit of fiddling around with the tree stamp and the layers but I kept adding until it looked forest like! The little white flecks are of course, masking fluid.
So you see you should not throw things away immediately after you 'mess them up'; set them aside perhaps and come back another day to take a second look. Flip it upside down or 90° just in case you have a lake you can turn into a forest!
Stamps: Nature's Friend (PB)
Inks: Crushed Olive, Forest Moss, Dried Marigold, Broken China distress stains & Vintage Photo, Forest Moss distress ink (Ranger)
Cardstock: Brown cardstock, Fabriano 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper
Also: Winsor & Newton masking fluid
Moonlit ForestPosted: October 20, 2014 Filed under: Nature's Friend, No Card Left Behind, Stamped Landscapes | Tags: Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress stains 16 Comments
As you can see I am still creating super moons! This time the moon is lighting up a snowy pass through the forest. I have only skied by moonlight once. It was beautiful, cold, but beautiful. This scene reminds me of that moonlit ski because there seems to be a pass between the trees. When I went the moon was nowhere near as big as the one above but it gave us enough light that we could see the trails without headlamps most of the time.
The moon for this panel was masked with frisket film but I have discovered that, for watercolouring, low tack film does not do the trick like extra tack frisket film. I have tried both now and extra tack seals better without damaging the paper. The brand I have tried is Grafix; I am sure there are other brands available but I was able to order both low tack and extra tack from DeSerres. I positioned the large moon mask on watercolour paper that already had some masking fluid flicked over it. I also placed a frisket mask across the bottom of the panel to cover the snowy foreground. I painted Victorian Velvet and Chipped Sapphire distress stains over the whole sky area and spritzed pearl-ex spray (interference gold) over the panel to blend the colours. When I peeled off the moon mask I discovered some of the stain had seeped under the mask (low tack frisket film) so the moon was no longer a circle. I decided to keep going regardless of my wonky moon and stamp the trees to reveal only part of the moon. The tree is from the "Nature's Friend" set and is a solid silhouette. As you can see the trees are sharper over the moon area, which was dry, and more blended and watery where the paper was damp from the stain and spray. I inked just the top of the tree with a paint brush to stamp the shadowy tops of trees in the distance.
In the foreground I painted a couple of lines of stain then blended with water to make the colour fade out. I wish you could see the shimmery sheen from the pearl-ex spray over the whole sky and tree area. It is really rather pretty and has a gold tint which is why I chose a gold mat and thread to finish the card. The simple sentiment is from the same set as the tree.
Stamps: Nature's Friend (PB)
Inks: Victorian Velvet, Chipped Sapphire distress stains & Chipped Sapphire distress ink (Ranger)
Cardstock: Navy Cardstock, Gold cardstock, Fabriano 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper
Also: Grafix frisket film, Winsor & Newton masking fluid, scanfil metallic gold thread, Interference gold Pearl-ex powder mixed with water to make a spray.


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Online marketplaces attract shoppers with the promise of discounts, variety and the ease of placing orders. Similarly, online sellers are also baited with the promise of maximum exposure, low costs and higher earnings. As time progressed from 2014, when online shopping became a hit in India, merchants on online marketplaces began feeling disappointed with online marketplaces. That's because their online selling path was riddled with hindrances either caused, or ignored by these ecommerce platforms.
Marketplaces are the first choice for online sellers to launch their retail ventures. And, by 2020 the number of online sellers will grow to 10 million. Does this mean marketplaces will prioritise seller struggles or will concerns continue to multiply?
At the moment, etailers appear to have their hands full as they strive hard to cut their losses. Some claim they are charging extra, withholding payments, delisting sellers and favouring top brands to reach profits. All these means are certainly unfair to online sellers looking for opportunities to build businesses and make ends meet.
Indian Online Seller (IOS) investigated the matter. We spoke with a spectrum of sellers to understand different concerns regarding marketplaces. Here are some of the pressing matters that have sellers worried about the future of their online selling businesses.
Sahil Bansal the owner of Fur Jaden, a women's luxury bags brand, says one of his biggest concerns is Flipkart's internal working that is unclear and inconsistent. The seller has 2.5 years worth of experience in ecommerce and feels that Flipkart has been very unpredictable and this makes it difficult to determine the requirements to do good business.
Sahil says, "With Flipkart, sales are not logical. Initially, we would receive 15 orders a day on the platform and overnight our sales dipped to 1-2 units a day and have been the same ever since. We believe this could be due to an internal algorithm change."
That's not all, when Sahil worked on his seller metrics he managed to obtain the high ratings required to be a gold seller. However, Flipkart did not change his seller status for months. When they finally did, Flipkart made new internal changes that pushed Sahil back to the silver seller category.
"Another problem with Flipkart is, they are always in a hurry and do not scan products in front of the seller when picked up. The products picked up are scanned at the marketplace warehouse and in case the orders cannot be scanned properly, Flipkart will cancel the order and return the product. Out of 15 products sold at least one faces a dispatch breach," the seller shares.
Flipkart seller Gourav seconds this claim. He too says that Flipkart never scans his products in front of him. So, in case they are unable to scan them at the warehouse, he suffers from ready to dispatch (RTD) breach. And, this brings down his metrics.
When products are returned it affects seller metrics. Plus, sellers are charged shipping fees to send the product, fees are collected to return the product and a fixed fee is also charged by the marketplace. All of this can be avoided if the courier person simply scanned the product during the pickup, claims Sahil.
The seller feels that marketplace should also be more transparent with online sellers so they understand how things work. The high fashion accessory merchant also believes that Flipkart needs to figure out its business and maintain an internal process that's not likely to change so often.
Bipin Agarwal a lingerie seller with almost a year's experience in online retail says marketplace image requirements are his dilemma. He states that it is not logical to have a different photo shoot for each product on different marketplaces due to their different requirements.
"Besides back and front views, marketplaces want a 45 degree angle view for apparel. But sometimes, a 35 degree angle is better than the 45 degree angle," says the seller.
He further adds, "Marketplaces like Myntra receive a commission from photo studios they partner with. So, they recommend sellers to use these studios and approve images only after they are taken by these photo studio partners. According to some marketplaces, the model used in product images also needs to be approved by them."
The life of a product image is 3 months according to Bipin. He claims that big brands like Victoria's Secret change their images every month to keep their products looking fresh and attractive. But the rules by marketplaces make it difficult to add new images.
Bipin says, "Marketplaces must –
"Snapdeal says they returned our products to us, but the products were never received by us," Aparna Jain informs us.
The maternity wear online seller claims that Snapdeal does not return her products at all. On multiple occasions, the marketplace said that returns were attempted however her place of business was closed, so the courier person retreated and the delivery was not successful.
"We have a guard present at our place of business who accepts our return products," says Aparna.
As a result, it is strange for the marketplace to claim that the place of business was closed and there was no one to receive the product. The seller lost a lot of money due to this recurring situation. When a product return cannot be completed, Snapdeal notifies the seller by email and allows only 24 hours for a reply to raise a claim requesting the product return be attempted again. Once that time is up the seller loses the product and is not allowed to claim payment.
"When we questioned Snapdeal about non-delivery of our goods, they informed us that they were already delivered to us. So, we asked them to provide us with proof of delivery (POD). We did not receive any response after this," Aparna recalls.
"This is not expected from big ecommerce platforms like this. To cut our losses and troubles on Snapdeal, we quit the marketplace," she states.
Fur Jaden has products listed on Paytm, but according to Sahil, he never sees any response for his products here. He mentioned that the marketplace advised him to participate in their sale where he's brand would have to offer an extra 20% off to encourage sales. This, however, resulted in zero conversions for the online seller on the retail platform.
Almost every online seller we spoke with revealed they were concerned about product returns.
"For most sellers, I believe this is something to really worry about. Return(s) are very less in electronics, but sellers dealing in clothing niche definitely worry when a customer returns a used clothing item, as it cannot be resold," claims Aakash Adlakha, an appliance and electronics vendor.
For health and personal care seller, Abbas Bhojani returns mainly occur due to COD. This is because buyers do not accept deliveries. Then there is wastage due to costly packaging material and loss of product in some cases he explains.
He also informs us that fraudulent buyers keep returning empty packages or different products. Sellers can spot these bad buyers, but due to cancellation charges faced, there is not much that can be done to avoid this problem.
"On Snapdeal we received many wrong returns. Irregular pickups began on the platform and our sales fell, returns increased and so did wrong product returns. Our payment began being held back when we made claims about the wrong products being delivered to us. We were given unclear reasons for our payment delays. This is even after offering video proof of wrong returns," says Sahil.
On account of high returns, withheld payments and constant losses, Sahil closed his account on Snapdeal.
For online seller Aparna, Shopclues keeps returning the wrong product to her. When questioned about this, the etailer washes its hand by saying,
It was the right product when we checked it at our end.'
On Flipkart, she received her product in a used condition. After a long struggle with the marketplace, she was finally given reimbursement. But, here's the interesting bit –
"Flipkart reimbursed me only Rs.30-40.This is not even half the amount of the product. Neither can I use it to clean the product for resale," says Aparna.
The second biggest concern for online sellers was payment. With recent marketplace closures and non-stop struggles to defeat losses, sellers are concerned about payment delays and non-payment of dues.
"The marketplace should clear seller payments without major delays," mentions homemade product seller, Priyanka.
"Payment cycle of some marketplaces is very long. Payment cycle of 15 days is very long, it creates errors in payment ledgers," says 3-year online seller Sagar Sharma of Royalshe, a ladies footwear brand.
In many cases, delay in payment or non-payment may stem from a product return situation gone wrong, like Sahil explained above. And sometimes, payment delays may be due to irrelevant deductions by the marketplace, like Saurabh Kataria's case below. The seller commented about payment delays under an IOS report uncovering hassles faced while selling on LimeRoad. Here's what the seller went through to collect his dues,
Gourav, an apparel seller on most major online marketplaces reveals that lack of transparency is also the case when it comes to marketplace policies. Almost a week ago, he received an email from Jabong stating the termination of his seller contract with the marketplace after 30 days.
"There was no explanation or warning for anything. They have also frozen my inventory and we may have to deal with penalties. We can only print labels and ship products. There is no seller safety here, it is a complete dictatorship," says the apparel seller.
He has done everything possible to meet the standards set by Jabong. Be it price wise or quality wise. When questioned about this issue, the marketplace refuses to meet or even speak over the phone with the seller.
Myntra, on the other hand, delists his products.
"We have reduced our prices like the marketplace requested. We even paid for product quality checks by the marketplace, still, our products are returned because they are the wrong size according to the customer," Gourav conveys to us.
"Myntra takes approximately 60 days to list new products. There is no consistency when products are listed. And, by the time our products go live here, they end up going out of stock (due to sale on other platforms)," explains Sahil the founder of Fur Jaden.
On Jabong, he says there are errors when products are finally listed. Product images uploaded sometimes do not match the product descriptions. For example, the seller says on Jabong the product listed was titled and described as a tan bag. But, the image showed a royal blue bag. The rectification process for this is usually stretched to one entire month, causing troubles like wrong dispatch, returns, order cancellations, seller unreliability (in the mind of customers) and a lot of confusion.
Ambrish Kumar Kushwaha, an online seller and owner of Kaylon Lifestyle, mentions that there are multiple hassles faced on online marketplaces but these can be solved only if sellers could get in touch with marketplace personnel.
He lists Paytm, Snapdeal, Shopclues and Flipkart as marketplaces without a toll-free number that sellers can call to register problems. However, according to the seller, Amazon and Flipkart offer the most satisfactory seller support when compared to the other platforms he sells on.
Mamata Negi, on the other hand, claims it is painful to communicate with Amazon's support team. The seller received the same machine generated response for 2 months straight but no solution to her problem. When IOS exposed Amazon's seller support flaws, the seller commented the following:
"Marketplaces should be available on phone to provide seller support for a good experience and long-term relationship," seller Priyanka strongly believes.
Amazon recently increased its commission, but it's not the only marketplace with excessive charges that alarm online sellers.
Ambrish sells on Flipkart and feels their commissions are high.
Mobile and fabric seller, Vishal Naiker claims, "Online portals like Amazon charge more money if any product is returned."
Aakash, an appliance and electronics online seller says they set the selling price after calculating the average shipping of products. However, with unfair practices by courier companies, we are charged higher fees due to returns which either cause losses or very small margins.
As the ecommerce industry grows, along with its progress online seller concerns have increased. Payments are a rising concern and it looks like returns will never die down. Snapdeal has joined the payment delay club. Flipkart went back on its no-refund policy in less than a week, calling it a misinterpretation. According to Flipkart, it is the seller's favourite due to its low costs. But, sellers have clarified that whatever fee reductions the etailer introduced are minuscule.
Amazon is spending on infrastructure which it believes will assist the seller community. At the same time, sellers are likely to be charged high commission fees this month. Snapdeal tried to reduce ecommerce fraud, or so it claims, by removing SKUs from invoices. However, sellers claim it this has only made order processing a hassle.
It appears etailers are still experimenting as they haven't found the right strategy to manage customer, seller and their own needs. Based on the insights shared with us, it's the sellers who always receive the short end of the stick. So, what happens once sellers have had enough of marketplace ignorance? Can we expect a revolution or a gradual fade away?


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Chance - 10" x 14" oil on hardboard/masonite
There are quite a few advantages in painting dogs for a living and one of these is that you meet such very nice people and make good friends. One of my friends, made through my paintings, is Lisa Husar. Lisa is a professional photographer and she specialises in photographing wildlife. I am not exaggerating when I say that her photos are stunning - if you don't believe me, have a look at her website teamhusar.com and you will see I am right!
Lisa commissioned this painting for her neighbour and friend after the tragic loss of his beautiful bitch, Chance. As is usual for me, this painting was quite tough to paint - as the painting grows, so does my sadness in the knowledge that the dog is no longer. I suppose some people would think this very odd, but I know that my fellow artists who paint animals will fully understand; when you become so involved with a painting, it is as if, while you are creating them, they live, and when of course you know they don't.............sadness is bound to follow.
I hope that when the painting is dry and I am able to ship it out to the US to Lisa and she presents it to Chance's owner, that he will not only appreciate her kindness and generosity but also that the painting will bring him some comfort in remembered happy times.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Funeral arrangements have been set for church leader Rev. James L. Seawood, 66, pastor of Brighton Heights Reformed Church in St. George and a prominent community and civil rights activist, who died Jan. 12 in Robert Woods Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.
"He was a quiet conscience for social justice and a gentle giant in terms of his stature in the community," said Rev. Terry Troia, executive director of Project Hospitality, who knew him for over 20 years.
"He was a superb preacher with a bass voice that truly preached the Gospel well," added Father Jack Ryan. "He was truly a person and pastor for others, and constantly went out of his way to serve not only the Brighton Heights congregation but the wider Staten Island community."
Rev. Seawood was born in El Dorado, Ark., and raised in Pine Bluff, graduating from Townsend Park High School there. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he served as first president of Black Americans for Democracy, a group formed in 1968 to increase the number of African-American students enrolled at the university. He represented the university at the funeral of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King in 1968 in Atlanta.
Rev. Seawood held a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a master's in social work from Rutgers University, where he also completed the academic requirements for a doctorate.
He served as interim pastor at Brighton Heights Reformed Church when it reopened in October 2000, following a fire, and was installed as pastor in January 2002.
"He was very passionate about engaging disenfranchised youth, and pained by the abuse of stop-and-frisk in communities of color," noted Rev. Troia. "He was involved in immigrants' rights and was very concerned about hunger issues."
Rev. Seawood worked in pastoral ministry for over 35 years, including positions at Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, N.J.; Livingston College at Rutgers University; Sharon Baptist Church in New Brunswick, N.J.; Woodbridge State School in Woodbridge, N.J.; Eighth Avenue Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Ark., and Cambria Heights Community Church in Queens.
He was elected vice president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America in 2008, and then president the following year, and served on the General Synod Council after retiring from office. He also served as president, and chair of clergy relations, for the Classis of New York, and on the executive committee of the Synod of New York.
Rev. Seawood was a former president of the Staten Island Council of Churches, and served on the board of directors of Project Hospitality for the past 10 years.
He was also a retired chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserves, with the rank of major.
Rev. Seawood formerly served as dean of students and director of student services at New Brunswick Theological Seminary; superintendent of the Arkansas Youth Services Center, and executive director of the Trenton Group Home for Girls.
He received community service awards from the Staten Island chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Urban League, the Staten Island Martin Luther King Freedom Award, and the humanitarian award from the New Brunswick chapter of the Association of Black Seminarians.
Rev. Seawood enjoyed traveling, and spending time with his grandchildren. He loved music, especially jazz, and was a saxophone player with the Marching 100 Razorback Band when he was a student at the University of Arkansas.
Surviving are his wife of 36 years, the former Emra London; his son, James R.; his daughter, Deonna Pirtle; his brother, Gordon; his sisters, Leona Green and Jane Barnes; and two granddaughters.
The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Brighton Heights Reformed Church. Anderson Funeral Services in New Brunswick, N.J., is handling the arrangements. Burial arrangements are pending.


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PowerUp - The Next Generation
phase 5 digital products announces an Amiga-OS-compatible computer for 1997
Amazing hardware project from phase 5 digital products
PowerUP project continues to make progress
Motorola appreciates the concept of phase 5
Technology demonstrations
phase 5 digital products on the situation of Amiga Technologies
About phase 5 digital products
Oberursel, May 1996:
Oberursel, May 1996: According to the plans of phase 5 digital products, Oberursel near Frankfurt, Germany, the coming year, 1997, will be a year of joy for all Amiga enthusiasts. As an expansion of the PowerUp project, which involves developing PowerPC processor cards for existing Amiga models, the company has announced that an independent Amiga OS-compatible computer system will be available in the first six months of 1997, representing a revolution on the computer market.
"We will continue to give our full support to the Amiga idea because as we were among the first Amiga users we continue to believe in the advantages and superior concepts of the Amiga", says Wolf Dietrich, Managing Director of phase 5 digital products. "However, it is high time for a radical leap forwards in technology that needs to be borne by a vision of a computer for the next millennium. We have seen too many half-hearted efforts in the last few years."
In the view of Gerald Carda, Technical Director at phase 5, it is necessary to take a step towards complete innovation in order to realise such a vision. "Concepts that build up on the standard components of the PC world never offer the scope that give a computer system the lead that the Amiga 1000 had over other systems 12 years ago."
In line with this philosophy, the new computer will be based on a highly integrated Custom Chip design which, as a central functional unit, will enable the system to achieve a hitherto unknown performance. "We will demonstrate the possibilities that are inherent in the resolute and single-minded pursuit of a new development that does not become submerged in the mainstream of adaptation to the Wintel world and the general tendency towards economy in the PC mass market which more or less throttles innovation for the sake of saving one single dollar", continues Gerald Carda. Despite this, the system now being announced is not intended to become a dream machine in the high price category. In the words of Wolf Dietrich: "On the basis of our current price calculation we will be able to offer unusually good value for money for which our products for the Amiga market are already renowned."
It is actually true that the extremely high degree of integration and the realisation of novel concepts will make it possible to achieve a performance that explodes existing bounds. Based on the PowerPC as the main processor, the new computer, in addition to the high performance of the processor, offers hardware support for multimedia (MPEG) and 3D functions, while even the basic system offers a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels at 24-bit color depth and a refresh rate of 72 Hz. At the same time special functions for image and video effects have been implemented in the hardware. In addition there are audio inputs and outputs in stereo CD quality, a video-compatible and Genlock-capable 24-bit video output and an FBAS/S-VHS video input. Along with the usual interfaces, the system is rounded off by a Fast SCSI-II controller, a network interface and an ISDN interface. With these features a complete system with a 120 MHz 603e PowerPC, 16 MByte memory, a SCSI hard disk of 1 GB and a quad-speed CD ROM will be available for a purchase price of around 3,000 DM (1,400 £ or 2,000 US$, respectively) on the basis of the present market prices for the components. "We hope that in just about one year from now we will even be able to offer a 150 to 166 MHz 603e-processor at this price", anticipates Wolf Dietrich. "In terms of performance the processor has no problems in keeping up with a Pentium processor with an equally fast clock. However, there is no sign of any comparable graphic performance anywhere the PC field and the features of our systems will be difficult to match." There will be a similar system available with a PowerPC 604-e processor and 150 MHz for about 4,000 DM (1,800 £ or 2,700 US$, respectively).
Although phase 5 digital products state that the total concept for the system has already been under development for quite some time and has practically been concluded, it is not possible to publish a more exact description of the system features at the present point in time. "At the moment we are intensively concerned with looking into whether it would be worth applying for a patent for any of the concepts we have developed and, if so, for which. So unfortunately we are not able to publish more precise details of the concept until after this process has been concluded and we have possibly applied for protection by patent", says Gerald Carda. For this reason we cannot reckon with any publication of the full system specifications until the end of June.
Not only the hardware concept of phase 5, but also the software approach comes as a surprise. The new computer system will be supplied with a completely new operating system written in Native PowerPC code, but with binary compatibility with Amiga-OS 3.x. Here Gerald Carda has the following comments: "As we are already developing an Amiga-compatible PowerPC-Exec with an expansion library and a PowerPC CyberGraphX version in the context of the PowerUp developments, it is the logical consequence that the next step will be the innovative development of the other components. An operating system that is compatible with Amiga-OS 3.x makes it possible for the user to continue to use the existing software that can run under CyberGraphX, while developers who already give massive support to CyberGraphX will be able to continue to maintain and develop their products at the present level. In this way we will be enabling Amiga users to switch to the new system without any problems." "In addition", continues Gerald Carda, "we will be opening up ways of making considerable improvements in the internal structure and extensive additions to the scope of functions". Besides the 24-bit support which has already become a standard due to CyberGraphX, Gerald Carda names the coming CyberGraphX 3D and multimedia interface as an example. There will also be an optimisation of the system's performance and a revision and adaptation of the user interface in line with the functional and optical state of the art. "For years Amiga-OS has represented the conceptual realisation of ideas that today are propagated by many to be special innovations. This means that reprogramming will make it possible to achieve a really highly powered and modern OS. Of course our system will also be open for other operating systems or emulations, such as MacOS or an X-Windows link-up. The discussion concerning so-called new operating systems, however, was intended more as marketing hype than as a realistic alternative."
The commitment with which phase 5 digital products will force forward this project is reflected not least in the considerable volume of investment that has been made in the development. "By the middle of 1997 we will have invested seven-digit figures in this project", says Wolf Dietrich. "We have the know-how, the development team, the technical equipment, the support from third parties (especially Motorola) and the financial basis for this project. The only thing that we still need is massive and positive support from the Amiga user basis. With this early disclosure of our objectives we expect to receive the anticipated response from the users, for, after all, such a project only makes sense if there is still a large number of convinced Amiga fans. We therefore appeal to all Amiga fans to write to us, to send us faxes or to contact us via E-mail (under the address specially set up for this purpose:
). Every positive reaction will strengthen this forward-looking project."
PowerUP project continues to make progress
The PowerUp project also continues to make progress. "The delivery of the developer PowerPC boards will now start in summer", says Gerald Carda. "Unfortunately, we are a few months behind in our schedule due to extensive discussions between Motorola, Amiga Technologies and phase 5. These companies were to agree on a close cooperation and clarify a number of matters, especially with regard to new standards specific to the new PowerPC. After the discussion concerning a takeover by VIScorp started and the wave or redundancies that directly followed at Amiga Technologies, which led to most of the contact persons who had been involved in the projects leaving the company, AT abandoned the present cooperation. For this reason we will waste no further time and will continue with our project on our own, which was the way in which we started it. Nor can we wait any longer to see what VIScorp might possibly intend or not intend."
The support for external developers in the PowerUp program is now complete. More than 250 developers - including practically all noted commercial software suppliers in the Amiga field - are registered and their numbers are growing every day. This alone is evidence of the strong support for the future Amiga-compatible PowerPC platform. As from the second half of May, the registered users will now be able to order the PowerPC Beta developer boards from phase 5 which mean the green light for the hot phase of the world-wide software development.
Motorola appreciates the concept of phase 5
In the realisation of their new, innovative computer system phase 5 will be fully supported by Motorola. "We appreciate the powerful and innovative concept that phase 5 represents and we fully support the efforts of this company as a partner in our global PowerPC strategy." says John Letham, European Technical Marketing Manager, Motorola RISC Microprocessors. "We have had a number of joint meetings now and we are impressed by the know-how and vision that is the basis of phase 5«'s driving force."
Technology demonstrations
In close cooperation with Motorola phase 5 is preparing technology demonstrations, to be shown in due course, which will demonstrate the impressive capabilities of the next generation of PowerPC 603e CPUs at significantly increased clock rates. This programme is already underway and Summer of 1996 will see phase 5 present prototypes of PowerPC boards for Amiga 3000/4000 as well as for the Apple Macintosh 7500/8500/9500 series. "With the presentation of these new processors, Motorola as a leading semiconductor manufacturer clearly illustrates their capabilities demonstrating exactly why the next generation of PowerPC CPUs will hold the pole position in the microprocessor performance race". says Wolf Dietrich of phase 5. "Our computer system, when shipping next year, will also offer these extremely fast processors, delivering true high-end workstation performance. The higher speed of the CPUs will also deliver a performance increase to the upgrade boards for existing Amiga systems." With the presentation of this PowerPC technology demo on Apple MacIntosh system phase 5 digital products announces their entry into the MacIntosh accelerator market. This new branch of their operation will make additional use of the PowerPC know-how that is been build up in the Amiga development, while for both the Amiga and the MacIntosh PowerPC products an even more attractive pricing can be realized due to the higher quantity demands of PowerPC processors
phase 5 digital products on the situation of Amiga Technologies
In addition to this project announcement, phase 5 also made some side remarks on the current state of affairs with regard to Amiga Technologies. "To our regret we found that Amiga Technologies offers us no sort of outlook or basis for developing into the future", says Wolf Dietrich. "The first year of Amiga Technologies was marked by a continued chain of wrong decisions which have been responsible for the bad situation in which the company now finds itself. The results must be adequate to the objectives set in the spring of 1995 and in this respect they are more than disappointing. There is no getting away from this. In fact the same mistakes were made that were previously made at Commodore and partly by the same people. For example, attempts continue to keep technically outdated products on the market at unrealistic prices, which is particularly true in the case of the A4000T. Another point is that the marketing concepts are completely outdated, there is an absence of any kind of futuristic vision and a lack of any independent development, which is so pronounced that today AT neither has any 68060 technology to show for itself nor even a sign of any PowerPC technology. The brief spark of any independent development was extinguished again by the latest wave of redundancies. In this respect the only thing that we can just about expect from AT is that they sell off their large quantities of existing stock. These do give us some cause to hope that the existing products will be on the market for a while and that, in due course, they will be offered at more realistic prices. Finally, the only thing that can be said about the activities of AT is: They should have asked someone who knows his stuff."
In the opinion of phase 5 a takeover of Amiga Technologies by VIScorp does not awaken hope of any major innovations or any strengthening of the Amiga system. "So far we have heard nothing from VIScorp that would cause us to assume that anything different is being planned than the exploitation of the Amiga technology in a settop box. Nor do we see why this company, which must certainly concentrate all its efforts on realising its settop projects, should be interested in further pursuing the primary aim of continuing with the Amiga system. If this had been the case, it would already have been quite feasible for VIScorp to initiate such a project as a licensee of the Amiga technology." phase 5 sees this critical opinion confirmed by current events. "The actions of VIScorp do not convince us that they are serious in continuing with the Amiga. So far, for example, VIScorp has not directly spoken to the developers who were the last to support the Amiga. Nor was there any reaction when we tried to make contact. The VIScorp meeting in Toulouse that has now been announced lacks any kind of organisation and was called without there being any recognisable concept behind it. For this reason it is more than doubtful whether even a sign of any constructive result can be expected to come out of it, so that in our view it would be a pure waste of time to attend, as we have repeatedly found in the recent year at ESCOM meetings. We don't need a repeat of that." Let it be mentioned in passing that the hope often expressed in the general discussion, i.e. that in VIScorp Amiga will find itself taken over by a company that will finance the development of a new generation of Amiga products more or less from the petty cash, is something that Wolf Dietrich considers to be very optimistic. "For a start we had exactly the same expectations a year ago when everyone thought that the giant ESCOM would get things moving at Amiga from a standing position and quickly produce a new generation of Amiga computers for a more competitive price. Secondly we should first wait and see whether the figures that have been bandied about in the discussion concerning VIScorp's takeover of AT have any sort of real fundament."
About phase 5 digital products
phase 5 digital products, based in Oberursel near Frankfurt, are internationally operating manufacturers of hardware and software products. The company is entirely owned by its founders, Gerald Carda and Wolf Dietrich. Since the market launch of its first product line in 1992 this company, which consists of an experienced team of the first Amiga users and developers, quickly established itself as one of the leading manufacturers in the Amiga market. Since 1992 its products have been distinguished many times, including 20 awards for Product of the Year in Amiga journals. In 1995 phase 5 supplied accessories to the value of some DM 12 million (5.5 million £ or 8 million US$) in the Amiga market alone. Since the Christmas season of 1995 almost 30,000 hardware products have been delivered. The product portfolio for Amiga includes accelerator cards, SCSI controllers and graphics cards. In these fields phase 5 digital products has repeatedly proved itself to be manufacturer that is a forerunner and an innovative leader, for instance in bringing out the first Zorro III-DMA-SCSI controller world-wide, the Fastlane Z3, in producing the first 68030 card world-wide with a DMA-SCSI controller for the Amiga 1200, in offering the first 68060 card world-wide for Amiga systems (the Cyberstorm 060/50 for A4000), in manufacturing the first 64-bit graphics card world-wide with full system-integrated 24-bit support (the CyberVision64 for A3000/A4000) or in bringing out the first 68060 card for the A1200 world-wide, the Blizzard 1260. Along with intensive development activities as a Beta developer for Motorola in the 68060 and PowerPC field, hardware developments at phase 5 include pure research work in the field of multimedia high-performance DSPs and in the latest development department ASE (advanced silicon engineering) VLSI chip design. An expanding team of some 20 staff is currently working on these projects at the company's headquarters in Oberursel on premises covering an area of 960 square metres. In the adjoining service area, which covers an area of almost 600 square metres, the company, as from August 96, will be producing hardware products - including the new PowerPC products - in its own, highly modern manufacturing plant using the most recent manufacturing techniques.
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Timing the harvest for peak flavor
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Artfully blending a variety of red grapes, primarily Grenache and Barbera
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Think Rosé can't hang at a backyard BBQ? Think again. Dark Horse Rosé sips amazingly well with chips and dips, and will bring your smoky burger to a new level of 'nom'.


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Ziegler, J.; Abel S. Analysis of amino acids by HPLC/electrospray negative ion tandem mass spectrometry using 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl chloride (Fmoc-Cl) derivatization Amino Acids 46, 2799-2808, (2014) DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1837-5
A new method for the determination of amino acids is presented. It combines established methods for the derivatization of primary and secondary amino groups with 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl chloride (Fmoc-Cl) with the subsequent amino acid specific detection of the derivatives by LC–ESI–MS/MS using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The derivatization proceeds within 5 min, and the resulting amino acid derivatives can be rapidly purified from matrix by solid-phase extraction (SPE) on HR-X resin and separated by reversed-phase HPLC. The Fmoc derivatives yield several amino acid specific fragment ions which opened the possibility to select amino acid specific MRM transitions. The method was applied to all 20 proteinogenic amino acids, and the quantification was performedusing l-norvaline as standard. A limit of detection as low as 1 fmol/μl with a linear range of up to 125 pmol/μl could be obtained. Intraday and interday precisions were lower than10 % relative standard deviations for most of the amino acids. Quantification usingl-norvaline as internal standard gave very similar results compared to the quantificationusing deuterated amino acid as internal standards. Using this protocol, it was possible to record the amino acid profiles of only a single root from Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings and to compare it with the amino acid profiles of 20 dissected root meristems (200 μm).


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step 1: cut a pile of small rectangles and a pile of large ones, too. i mean, really, you can make them any shape or size but if you want to make it professional quality just like mine you can do the small and large rectangles.
step 2: lay out your bias tape and start gluing. glue a big one, glue a small one, glue a big one, glue a small one. and so on and so forth.


text: Make your home even more cozy this winter with proper humidification Posted January 3, 2017 We've all heard the saying, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity", well during the winter months it's not the heat, it's your home's absence of humidity. Humidity is typically to blame for our discomfort during the summer, but a shortage of humidity during the colder months in Robstown will not only make you uncomfortable it can also negatively affect your indoor air quality. The cold weather means you'll be spending more time indoors, a whole-home humidifier could be the answer you've been looking for to improve both your comfort and your health. Keeping Healthy By maintaining the proper humidity levels within your home you can also stop the spread of infection. If your air lacks moisture, the mucous membranes inside your sinuses will dry out and won't be able to filter out bacteria. Bacteria and viruses that lead to the cold and flu have an easier time traveling through dry air, which is why they are so rampant during the winter months. By maintaining the humidity levels in your home at the proper levels you can expect to feel an improvement in your health throughout the winter. Combating Static Electricity If your touches have been zapping your friends and family, you have a humidity issue on your hands. One thing water does is conducts electricity, having moisture in the air gives static charges a way to leave an object. If there's no water in the air, that charge will have no way to escape except out your fingertips onto the next thing you touch. More Comfort A whole-home humidifier can make your Robstown home feel warmer and more enjoyable this season. Humidity during the cooler months has the same effect it does during the summer; it makes you feel warmer than it actually is. Having additional humidity in the house will mean that you won't have to set the thermostat so high to stay comfortable, which could save you money. This is just a few of the benefits of having an adequately humidified home. Both your comfort, and your indoor air quality can be enhanced with the installation of one of our whole-home humidity products. If you have any questions about your home's indoor air quality, humidity or any other home comfort question, give the team at McNatt Inc in Robstown a call at 361-247-0605. Back To Blog


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We set out over 12 years ago with the goal to build a website software platform, a content management system (CMS), specifcally for dental practices. The theory was that almost all dental practices, while needing unique content and design, needed similar features:
- Smile Galleries
- Meet the Staff
- Services & Procedures
- etc, etc, etc
We believed that in the long term, it would be drastically cheaper for dentists to effectively pool their money together through a company to build the ultimate software for promoting a dental practice online. This wasn't, by any means, the easiest or cheapest route for us to take.
We rejected WordPress as a solution, along with every other commonly used content management system (CMS). We looked at both commercial and open source options. But none of them were good enough. We had lofty goals, things others said were impossible or uneconomical:
- We wanted every client to be able to easily update their own dental website and add content – even if they had never edited a website before.
- We wanted to be able to retroactively update all clients' websites with new features and other improvements at the same time, at no extra cost, and with no additional labor.
We have succeeded on both goals, and our retroactive updates enable clients to maintain a website that is state of the art – even a decade after it first launches. Watch Jeff talk more about our platform:
For many clients, a website from GDW isn't their first website – but the last one they ever need.
Easily Add Content or Make Changes to Your Dental Website
Anyone in your office will have the ability to log in and make changes or improvements to your dental website once launched on your platform – even if they have never made a website before. We can set them up as authorized users, or you can even do it yourself!
Our platform is easy to use; it's as simple as filling out forms. On top of that, our unlimited and friendly support makes sure you and your staff always have someone to fall back on if you ever get stuck.
If you can share a post on Facebook, you can update a Great Dental Website.
Continuous SEO Improvements
Google is constantly changing the rules, issuing new best practices, and even changing their minds on what you need to do as a website owner to ensure you rank as high as possible in search results.
Our "multi-tenant" software platform allows us quickly adapt all our clients' websites – past, present, and future – to the new rules shortly after they are announced. Imagine if every time you took your car in for an oil change, it got new features! More horsepower, better mileage, integration with newer phones, a backup camera…. This is what we do for our clients' dental websites.
Cool New Features Added Monthly
Our clients never had to pay for responsive mobile design or a new photo gallery – we simply added it to the platform. Everyone gets all new features, for free, each month as we add them. If you have an idea for a helpful new feature we should build, contact us and tell us all about it!
Unlimited Free Training & Support
Stuck? Call us!
We'll share our screen and guide you through whatever is tripping you up. Plus, we can provide free expert advice and feedback to help your online marketing become a smashing success.
Third-Party Integration
We connect with all major patient communication services (Lighthouse360, SolutionReach, Yapi, etc.), online booking tools, automated review services, new patient forms, and online payment gateways. If you find something we don't connect to, we'll probably build it into our platform – for free. After all, other clients probably want it, too!
Frequently Asked Questions
- Our "Crash Course Training" – We'll share our screen with you and show you how to make changes to the site and add content.
- Free unlimited training – Stuck? Call us and we'll share our screen and walk you through the problem until you feel confident.
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Some of the best ideas are home grown in Colorado, and The Fattie is one of them. Easily convert your BrassKnuckles rack to fit your fat bike–the kit includes a larger wheel chock and 2 ratchet strap extenders.
Secure your through-axle-equipped bike to your fork mount bike rack (sold separately) with RockyMounts' DriveShaft. This adapter allows you to quickly and easily mount a bike with a 15mm or 20mm through-axle fork to your quick-release fork mount rack. It also comes with a lock for peace of mind.
The Swiss Army of truck racks is now even better. Redesigned to save previous real estate in truck beds, the DriveShaft Track is better than ever before. 12mm, 15mm, 20mm thru-axle bike rack carrier for truck bed channels found in Toyota, Chevy, GMC, and Nissan. RockyMounts DriveShaft is the first on the market with the ability to carry 12/15/20mm thru-axles and to securely lock your bike. The mouth opens wide for easy loading and the cam lever adjusts like a quick release for a strong hold. Snap-in nylon shims prevent the axle from being unscrewed and allows you to switch between 12mm, 15mm, and 20mm loads.
The RockyMounts LoBall is a ridiculously easy bike rack solution for trucks, trailers, vans, SUV's, and home storage. It includes a non-locking, 9mm chromoly quick release.
The RockyMounts LoBall Locking is a bolt-on bike rack for trucks, trailers, vans, SUV's, and home storage. It includes a locking 9mm quick release, lock core, and two keys.
The RockyMounts LoBall Track is a hardcore bike rack solution for channel systems commonly found in Toyota, Nissan, Chevy, and GMC truck beds. It includes locking quick release, lock core, and two keys.
Creating the world's most aerodynamic and colorful bike racks since 1993, we've leveraged our knowledge of the bike rack industry and it's ever changing technologies to create the world's most versatile and elegant platform hitch rack. Perfect for the bike enthusiast or recreational rider, the SplitRail Single Add On pairs with the 2" SplitRail to accommodate 3 or 4 bikes. Each add on is engineered with 4" of side-to-side adjustment, which makes fitting anything from kids to adult bikes simple and easy. An integrated cable lock secures bike to rack (lock core and keys included). 40lb max weight per bike with add on(s). 3-bike configuration: 12" spacing (on center) between bikes. 4-Bike configuration: 12" spacing (on center) between bikes one and two; 9" spacing (on center) between bikes two, three, and four. RockyMounts stands by its products by offering a lifetime warranty. - Compatible with 2" SplitRail (SKU 1140, sold separately) to expand carrying capacity to 3 bikes (requires oneAdd On) or 4 bikes (requires two Add Ons) - Lightweight chromoly and aluminum construction - Fits bikes with 20-29" wheels and "Plus" size tires. 48" max wheelbase - 4" of side-to-side tray adjustment for simple and easy loading and unloading of bicycles - Integrated cable lock secures bike to rack - Due to weight restrictions of 1.25" hitches, the SplitRail Single Add on can only be used with the 2" SplitRail - SplitRail rated 5 out of 5 stars on MTBR (August 2016) - RockyMounts offers a lifetime warranty on all of our products - Want to match keys to your existing SplitRail or any other RockyMounts products? Simply add your key number (ex. E144) in the "comments" field at checkout
RockyMounts StreetRod is a thru-axle adapter that works with fork-mounted bike racks from any manufacturer. It includes axles to accommodate bikes with 12x100, 15x100, and "Boost" 15x110 thru-axles.
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"Worldwide spending on information security will reach $71.1 billion in 2014, an increase of 7.9 percent over 2013, with the data loss prevention segment recording the fastest growth at 18.9 percent, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. Total information security spending will grow a further 8.2 percent in 2015 to reach $76.9 billion"
Unfortunately, spending huge sums of money have not resulted in the reduction of fraud cases. As can be seen from a 2012 report on fraud cases in US financial services, such systems have largely been a failure.
- IT systems detected only 6% of fraud cases, with the majority found via audit processes.
- Over 70% of fraud cases involve insiders.
- Over 50% of those involved in fraud were VPs, managers or held supervisory roles.
- Stealing Personally Identifiable Information was the most common means of fraud.
(Cummings, Lewellen, McIntire, Moore, Trzeciak (2012), 'Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector', Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University)
The key reason for this failure is that protecting against insider threats is not an IT problem but a business problem. Existing security solutions like firewalls and Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) systems, which try to prevent unauthorised access to sensitive information, do not tackle the issue of fraud. What is required is an approach where the auditing of users with authorised access to sensitive information is central to the implementation of the system.
Why Existing Security Systems Like DLPs Fail
The biggest challenge in information security is detecting the theft of sensitive information by users with legitimate access to that information. For example, a procurement manager might send an email containing upcoming tender details out to a third party. Another common example of this is copying and destruction of information by users who have resigned or are about to resign. Existing solutions, like DLP systems, are unable to meet this challenge due to the following reasons:
Information Owners (Heads of Department) are unable to directly control the information for which they are responsible
Sensitive information is created daily in a decentralised manner at the departmental level. The only people who can actually decide the appropriate use of this information are the department staff themselves. Unfortunately, traditional security approaches rely on central tagging and monitoring of sensitive information and there is no automated way of tagging new information being created on a daily basis. Furthermore, as they rely on central monitors rather than departmental-level monitors, they have no idea what qualifies as inappropriate usage of sensitive information. As such, sensitive information which can actually hurt the organisation never gets tagged and monitored.
Focused on unauthorised users rather than authorised users
Sensitive information is created daily in a decentralized manner at the departmental level. The only people who can actually decide the appropriate use of this information are the department level staff themselves. Unfortunately traditional security approaches rely on central tagging and monitoring of sensitive information and there is no automated way of tagging new information being created on a daily basis. Further, as they rely on central monitors rather than department level monitors they have no idea what qualifies as inappropriate usage of sensitive information. As such sensitive information which can actually hurt the organization never gets tagged and monitored.
Real sensitive information is not shared with or monitored by IT staff
Real sensitive information like board papers and new acquisition documents is often considered to be too sensitive and is not shared with the IT staff maintaining the security system. When the information cannot be shared with the IT staff, the information never gets protected.
IT staff cannot identify actual leakage of sensitive information
When potential leakages of sensitive information are captured, the IT staff will need to review the incidents to determine whether each leakage is genuine or a false positive. As the IT staff does not know much about the people using the information, the operational circumstances and what constitutes misuse of the information, the IT staff will be unable to make this decision accurately. As a result, either serious leakages go unreported or else a lot of false positives get reported to the management.
No education or involvement of users and so no modification of user behaviour
DLP systems do not visually indicate whether documents contain sensitive information or not. This means that users are unaware of the importance of some documents and unwittingly violate DLP rules regarding their usage. Furthermore, DLP systems do not allow users to provide feedback directly to the information owners as to their changing business needs regarding the sensitive information. The lack of education means the users are unable to modify their behaviour in handling sensitive information. The lack of involvement means they are unable to modify the behaviour of the DLP system to match their business needs. This quickly leads to user dissatisfaction with the DLP system.
e-Safe Compliance is a staff behaviour improvement system. It is built on the philosophy of "Educate, Trust And Verify". e-Safe Compliance enables information owners and users to educate each other on what information is sensitive and the changing business needs regarding its use. e-Safe Compliance avoids operational overheads through trust, by making information owners responsible for protecting sensitive information through specification of document rights, and allowing users to override document rights when necessary. e-Safe Compliance enables information owners and auditors to verify that sensitive information is protected and not misused by monitoring its usage and highlighting potential issues.
e-Safe Compliance is the only system to protect against both insider and outsider threats:
Behavioural analytics to detect potential threat points
e-Safe Compliance using user behaviour analytics automatically builds a profile of each user's normal activity, and alerts security teams to anomalies. e-Safe picks up indicators of compromise like unusual use of admin / hacking tools, unusual transfers or consolidation of data, and unusual after-hours activity. When used in combination with threat intel feeds and/or perimeter security tools, e-safe can also be used to identify compromised machines and the source of an attack.
Securing information at its source, eliminating the need to block
e-Safe Compliance was designed in a way that assumes that you cannot stop information from getting out as there are just too many media (handphones, chat applications, websites, etc) involved. Furthermore, if an insider is involved, he can simply access the information from his house PC. e-Safe Compliance solves this problem by securing the information at its source using universal encryption to encrypt sensitive documents. The document encrypted using universal encryption can only be opened on devices having the e-Safe agent installed and with the relevant user credentials, and is tracked throughout its lifecycle from creation to deletion using e-Safe. This ensures that admin does not need to worry if a sensitive document gets out as it is encrypted.
Empowering end users to classify and monitor sensitive information themselves
e-Safe Compliance ensures that all transactions done by authorized users are analysed and monitored by users who understand them. This is made possible via e-Safe Compliance decentralized management components, which are as follows:
Using the e-Safe Compliance information tagging utility, authorised information owners can classify large amounts of information using rules, which are applied within their department.
Information owners can classify sensitive documents as secret, confidential or internal use using document rights management. They can also specify who can access this information by defining document rights without involving the central admin.
Potential data leak incidents which are produced by these decentralized definitions are reviewed by the information owners themselves, and, in some cases, completely without involving the IT admin. As the information owners have a good understanding of the people using the information, the operational circumstances and what constitutes misuse of the information, they are able to identify serious misuse of information accurately.
The decentralized security facilities ensure that end-users are engaged in maintaining the security of the information as they can clearly see the results of any mishandling, thus making security part of everyday operations.
Realtime forensic monitoring
e-Safe monitors complete usage of documents and information throughout their lifecycle from creation to deletion using e-Safe's real-time forensic monitoring technology. This technology provides an unequalled audit trail for the monitoring of information by administrators. For example, they can know at any time where particular information resides, who had this information, the movement of that information and a complete history of different versions of the information even if it gets modified.
Security management workflow
e-Safe Compliance security management workflow ensures that any dubious transaction done by a user is reported to the user's manager (the information owner) and to the security personnel. This mechanism of reporting to the owners who actually understand the information ensures that staff do not misuse the information. Furthermore, to ensure that the information owners are not stealing sensitive information, the usage reports are centrally audited by the security department (or similar). This dual-reporting is a central requirement for compliance to ISO27001 standards.
A high-level diagram of the checks and balances within e-Safe Compliance is shown in figure 1 below.
Figure 1 – Decentralized Information Monitoring System (Security is everyone's responsibility)
Visible signals ensure ongoing education and ensure compliance
e-Safe Compliance assists in improving the behaviour of users by educating them on acceptable usage. e-Safe Compliance monitors user behaviour and, when misuse of sensitive information or inappropriate behaviour is found, it displays warning messages to the user for guidance. For example, sensitive information is clearly marked with triangles based on their sensitivity levels (displayed below). The visual representation ensures users are aware they are dealing with sensitive information and appropriate warning messages are displayed if they mishandle the information.
In addition, users are warned against any misuse of the company property by a clear policy screen when they log into their company PC. This customisable screen (displayed below) sends a clear message to members of staff that this machine is monitored and thus acts as a perfect deterrent to prevent infringement of the company's IT policy.
Downloadable Articles
- Most fraud cases involve senior management. How to prevent them from misusing their power?
- Why DLPs are commonly known as "Disastrously Long Projects"?
- Automating data classification and ensuring security at departmental levels
- Lack of ongoing user training and interaction results in security vulnerabilities and non-compliance with security standards
- We have spent millions on security but still face leaks to the public and press?
- Real leaks involve privileged staff – How to prevent staff from stealing information?
- Increase productivity by increasing operational efficiency. Know who is working and who is not
- Do you have trouble implementing monitoring policies for mobile users?
- Facilitate usage-based IT cost savings by efficient use of IT resources.
- Do you have problem with staff storing offline pornography within your network?
Downloadable Case Studies
It is easy and fast to test e-Safe Compliance in your organisation. It only takes a few hours to install and you will immediately get endpoint visibility without any noticeable impact. Furthermore we recommend going for a full free audit done remotely by our experts.


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This week's poem, "Lines Written in Early Spring", has all the simplicity of diction advocated by the two radical young poets, Wordsworth and Coleridge, when they collaborated on Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth's poem is a pastoral, with some distinctly rustic qualities. But the meditative tone we associate with his later or larger-scale works is present too.
It was composed in the year the first edition of Lyrical Ballads was published, 1798, and its sombreness reflects the personal and political disappointments pressing on Wordsworth in his early maturity. In the more substantial and densely argued "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", which appears in the same collection and was completed a few months after "Lines Written in Early Spring", there's a famous passage that seems to refine the argument of the earlier poem: "For I have learnt / To look on nature not as in the hour / Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes / The still, sad music of humanity".
In "Lines Written in Early Spring", nature and mankind are linked but stand for contrasting modes of being. "Tintern Abbey" works its way through self-doubt to a triumphant resolution. "Lines Written in Early Spring" leaves the situation unresolved. If it's a sketch for "Tintern Abbey", it's one of those sketches made by a great master, minor in scale, less profound than the finished painting but with an allure of its own, part of which is a space left open for interpretation.
The onomatopoeia of the first line is subtle. There's a diversity of vowel sounds and a choice cluster of consonants in the lovely phrase "a thousand blended notes". We're not brought into the midst of "all the birds/ Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire", true, but we hear the birdsong faintly all the same, like the memory of a memory. Otherwise, Wordsworth's scene-setting is spare. It's the mental state provoked by his thoughts that interests him. The reader enters two parallel imaginative worlds, one mimetic and clear, the other indistinct. The poet generalises fearlessly: "pleasant thoughts" invite "sad thoughts", and the whole constitutes a "sweet mood". Perhaps the enjoyed sadness has an erotic quality (is there an echo of "parting is such sweet sorrow"?). The reader, at any rate, is expected to know the kind of mood the poet means.
The sadness will take a more serious turn in line eight. Meanwhile, the originality in the next stanza first appears in the idea of the soul as an active force, implied by the stroke of metaphorical genius in the final verb: "To her fair works did nature link / The human soul that through me ran". The soul is not some static entity: it runs, like blood, rivers, an electrical current. This leads us swiftly to the crux of "what man has made of man". As an aphorism, the phrase has authority. It may not be specific, but it feels undeniable. The raison d'être of Lyrical Ballads was a poetry that used the language of "a man speaking to men". This is a chilly echo of those words. All the negative connotations of "man-made" cling to it, and the reflexive grammar forms an inescapable knot. We have gone wrong; worse, we have wronged ourselves.
The next three stanzas picture nature's various "fair works". The growing insistence of the poem on pleasure is remarkable. In stanza one we had the speaker's "pleasant thoughts", and now the pleasure is nature's – or so the poet believes. "And 'tis my faith that every flower / Enjoys the air it breathes", he says, and later he seems to emerge from a still more conscious battle between reason and instinct: "And I must think, do all I can, / That there was pleasure there". In acknowledging the subjectivity of his interpretation when he senses the pleasure a leaf takes in opening and feeling the spring breeze, he seems to leave a space for doubt, even while asserting his faith.
As Pamela Woof points out, Wordsworth's mind is flexible: like Keats, he possesses "negative capability" and can live with uncertainties and ambiguities. However, for the moral purpose of this poem, it's necessary to set up positive against negative. The poem's core is solid and bright, with the simple flora and fauna whose regeneration brings us (and it?) such pleasure. Their opposite, the destructive human forces, are compacted into that bare, three-beat refrain line, which first appears at the end of stanza two and reappears to end the poem. Almost any of the humble characters featured in the narratives of Lyrical Ballads could have expressed, if less gracefully, a similar thought. It seems to contain the small hoard of wisdom that belongs to people, whether poets or peasants, who have been uprooted from the natural world. Perhaps the key word in the phrase "what man has made of man" is "made". Factories, mines and mills are spreading the sooty sores of manufacture over English fields and groves. But the Romantic movement would not have been born without them.
Lines Written in Early Spring
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:-
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?


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The History of 1940s Wedding Dresses
1940s wedding dresses are varied from simple to stylish due to WWII happened during that period.Wartime made most women to wear only simple or even borrowed dresses on their wedding day. After the war, however, the fashion changed drastically and so were the wedding dresses. The New Look pushed stylish and feminine wedding dresses into the surface.
1940s Wedding Dresses during Wartime
The wedding dresses during wartime were limited by war rationing. Women of that time ended up with practical or borrowed wedding dresses with Gibson or mutton sleeves. Suit style wedding dresses with broad shoulders and slim cinched waist were popular in U.S because of their simple look. The dresses were designed with minimal accents and not using lace or sequin embroidery. Masculine look is definitely main point of suit style wedding dresses.
New Look Wedding Dresses
The New Look was created in the late 1940s, thanks to a clothing line called Corolle by Christian Dior. The wedding dresses from that period accentuated women body lines with v-neck collars, long pointed sleeves, tighter waists and full skirts. This feminine and stylish look stayed popular until 1950s. Even today, many wedding dress designs are inspired from the New Look style.do not forget to click the box below or above the image to win iPhone x, good luck.