Pilot Report

Archive for September, 2010

Tracking customer service in the days before computers meant an incredible amount of manpower hours and associated paperwork. As far as cost is concerned, this could be considered to be an inexpensive option compared to tracking quality management. However looking back it was not a very accurate or efficient way of keeping track of all the issues that come up in customer service such as customer complaint tracking. This paper-based system of analyzing data was also very time consuming.

Technology has altered many parts of our daily life. Customer service has also changed. Software programs are now available to enhance all aspects of any business. These programs offer the ability and the means to create a centralized database of all issues so that replies to the customer are immediately on hand. The result is quicker response times which lead to improved customer service.

Online access to customer service software has led to an increase in accurate collection of data, as well as reductions in manpower. This helps ensure that businesses become, and remain, competitive and ahead of the game. Training is required to learn these systems, however, employees will find that once they learn the system, their jobs will become much easier. This leads to greater productivity as well as increased job security.

Customer service systems helps to ensure that a business will be able to identify and track all customer issues relating to their products and services. In many cases businesses are finding that the software can make the difference between success and failure, as well as providing the means profitability and competitiveness in today’s marketplaces.

Sydney’s gay community is looking forward to the 2010 Sleaze Ball , scheduled for Saturday October 2nd. The event is courting controversy as it abandons its traditional venue, the Hordern Pavilion, to take advantage of the the Entertainment Quarter. Organizers have taken this step to avoid conflict with another event at the Pavilion and to take advantage of the multiple spaces available at the Entertainment Quarter, the Bordello, the Dome, and the Forum. With more spaces comes more opportunities to raise the party level and hold more people. The new digs also translate to lower ticket prices, which leaves attendees more cash for costumes.

Costumes are the main event at the Sleaze Ball. This year’s theme of Decadence provides an abstract canvas for attendees to let their imaginations run in devising costumes that represent decadence to them. The 4th costume walk-off will take place at The Bordello, where a special catwalk will installed just for the event. After partygoers strut their stuff, the winner will be awarded an all expenses paid 5-day trip to a luxury resort in Nourmea, New Caledonia.

With multiple venues, the event can offer something for everyone and partygoers may want to book a nearby Sydney hotel room in order to avoid the need to drive home. The Dome will host female-centric celebration including performers, music, and DJs that appeal to Sydney’s lesbian community. The Forum, on the other hand, will provide an all-male DJ line up as well as headliner performances by Zoe Badwi and Mary Kiani. The Bordello will feature lots of entertainment in addition to the catwalk.

Sleaze Ball, along with the Mardi Gras Party, serves as the major fundraising event for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and Festival.

Fans of iconic artist Judy Chicago may want to head to Montreal for Chicago in Glass an exhibition of the artist’s major glass sculptures currently on display at the Musee des maitres et artisans du Quebec. The exhibition’s centerpiece is Rainbow Shabbat, a large stained-glass piece.

Chicago , who gained notriety with her early piece the Dinner Party which was exhibited in Montreal in the 1970s, first worked with glass in the late 1980s/early 1990s. the Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light was created with her husband, Donal Woodman. Rainbow Shabbat: A Vision for the Future centers on the idea of tikkun olam: a Jewish principle meaning healing of the world.

The exhibition also includes 16 glass sculptures which represent the power of the hands and arms they depict. Chicago’s work is a mixture of sculpture, etching, molding, and painting glass. The exhibition runs through January 9, 2011, so art lovers from around the world have plenty of time to book a luxury hotel in Montreal and enjoy these visions of light. Chicago in Glass is part of the year-long Montreal City of Glass project that celebrates the International Year of Glass.

In the age where the digital and the biological have seemed to come to some kind of understanding, the uneasiness toward each other breeds some interesting results. There are still luddites in the world, those who shun technology in favor of living according to the natural rhythms of the body. The nature of these natural rhythms, however, are what’s been brought into question. If the cell phone is really just another tool, then it’s probably just the natural extension of the rock that could be chiseled down to make something even more useful.

However that argument might wash out, and there are probably good reasons to suspect that it never really will, there are places to see when staying at a Hong Kong Hotel that are at the edges of the possible future. Anyone interested in technology, or with kids who like the mechanical beings in the movies, would likely enjoy getting to know the Robot Store . One can probably find something to take home in terms of a nice new toy, but it’s much more likely to find the parts one needs in building a robot of their own. This is where the serious constructor can find those parts that make metal come to life, or an approximation of life, with the same rhythms of nature that turn the sun.

Living in New York City can be one of the most invigorating and dynamic life orientations in the country. It is the center of art and culture for the nation and also the financial backbone. Residents exist from all demographic backgrounds and the population represents countries from all over the world. And though New York is definitely one of the most progressive and diverse cities in the world, it is also one of the largest and has an extremely condensed population status.

Accidents, company negligence and other forms of personal injury are a part of living in any society and any city, large or small. Even small towns have their share of personal injury situations, and it is sometimes an unavoidable part of life, there is always a person or entity that is responsible for your injury.

And with everything in New York existing on a grand scale, it only makes sense that the chances you might experience some sort of personal injury is greater than it would be in a small town in Kansas. And if you live in the New York area , there is a NYC personal injury attorney that will handle your case and also guide you through the legal process. Personal injury may be part of life, but you shouldn’t have to go through it alone.

It doesn’t take any expertise to enjoy the city of Manila, but it does take the eye of an artist to interpret it. It’s a stunning place, with a lively sense of timing for altering the moment, and the people living here seem to have an uncanny ability to play with the events as they come with great skill and grace. From the bursting energy in the streets to the austerity of the Manila hotels , there is something about the place that invites artistic reproduction.

The Manila from the Sky exhibit this past summer at Kaida Gallery was a chance to see how one artist chooses to represent a Manila of the moment, where ariel views of the citiscapes provide an often unseen perspective. Gazing out from the rooftops of any big city can open up anyone’s vision to the nature of the place, and in Manila it becomes clear that this is a city of color.

It’s the work of Pierre-Emmanuel Michel , a French graphic designer who’s been interested in capturing his own visual records of life in this country for some time. He lives here part of the time, and spends a good part in the other big cities in the world. He captures an essence of the place that is also marked by its impermanence, and in this way starts to get at the real heart of the moment.