Feb 7, 2009

The importance of CAD software

Even though you may have never thought about it, the truth is that while we are traveling the world, we should definitely pay attention to the buildings, bridges and all the monuments that we are able to see so that we can get some brand new ideas to explore when we come back!

Personally, many ideas came to my mind when I traveled to Rome. Still, as I didn’t have any 3D CAD Software training, I couldn’t explore my new ideas! Fortunately, I recently discovered this useful and detailed MicroStation Training that will definitely come in handy in just a few weeks, as soon as I get experienced enough to project my ideas into the computer screen.

So, if you also tend to have some great ideas but you don’t know how to explore them or if you think that a CAD training could be useful for your job, why don’t you have a look at the solutions available on the website to which I have above?

Airlines are trying to inovate


As you probably know, planes are no longer as secure as we were told... Keeping this in mind, an increasing number of airlines are doing everything possible to bring security back to the old levels so that we can finally take the most of our flights once again!

FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines says customers who call for flight information will get it faster because of speech-recognition technology that it is adding to its service for frequent travelers.

The technology is designed to save the airline money by reducing the need for employees to handle customer calls, although American spokesman Charley Wilson said the intent was to improve customer service, not cut jobs.

American said Thursday that the "Remember Me" system will recognize phone numbers and greet customers by name if they've signed up under American's frequent-flier program, AAdvantage. They can list up to three phone numbers from which they'll call the airline.

If the customer is booked on a flight that day, the system will offer gate and flight information without prompting, the airline said.

The technology is provided by Tellme, a company that Microsoft Corp. bought last year.

Tellme executive Jamie Bertasi told The Associated Press that in the recession companies are more concerned with keeping customers happy while also cutting costs — and much of the cost of a call center comes from training people. The technology saves money by cutting the number of calls that require handling by an employee, she said.

Bertasi said American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp., is the first major carrier to use Tellme's technology, which has been sold to other types of businesses, including Domino's Pizza.

Bertasi said the technology won't help customers find a seat on a fully booked plane.

"Perhaps we'll add that feature," she joked.

The importance of personal wellness when traveling

Just as you would expect, if you want to take the most out of every travel that you have the chance to participate in, then you definitely need to maintain a healthy balance in your body so that you can keep your personal wellness.

As a matter of fact, if you are facing some problems related to toxins that have built up in your digestive system, making it impossible for you to feel confident when traveling, then a Colon Cleanser is the key solution for all your problems! Personally, I believe that on the website above you are able to find the best solution available on the market and for unbeatable prices that start from as little as 99¢ a day! What else could we ask for?

The influence of global warming


When thinkign about the real consequences of the global warming, do you really notice the climate changes on a worlwide basis? If you can't do it on your own, then maybe you will notice it by taking some of your time to read the article below written by a msnbc.com contributor...


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By Bob Payne

In Ilulissat, a town on the west coast of Greenland, about 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle, it is late March, near the end of winter, when the days are growing long again but the sea ice is still solid enough, I have been assured, to support the weight of a dogsled.

On just such a sled, my guide, Johannes Mathaeussen, and I are about to set out on a four-day adventure across a white, treeless landscape. The sled, little more than a narrow wooden platform on runners, is piled about three stories high with all manner of gear and supplies, including a shotgun whose barrel I keep catching a boot on when for practice I climb atop the pile, where I am to ride, Mathaeussen tells me, “like a cowboy.”

Our 20-dog team, knowing that they are about to be given the word to do what they are bred for, which is to run, are yapping excitedly and straining against the metal ice screw to which their traces are still attached. But Mathaeussen — whose Danish-sounding name is a result of Greenland’s longtime status as a dependency of Denmark, and whose flattened Inuit features are from a bloodline that originated, untold generations ago, somewhere on the high, cold steppes of Mongolia — is for the moment ignoring them.

Staring thoughtfully at the sky in the direction of the coastal hills that we will soon be ascending on our way to the frozen fjord on the other side, he finally says to me, “Snow is maybe coming.”

“How do you know?” I ask, following his gaze but seeing no clouds or any of the other signs that I assume his lifetime of surviving in this desolate land have taught him to read.

“I looked on the Internet.”

His answer gives me pause, but I know it shouldn’t. For thousands of years, Greenlanders, almost all of whom can claim to be some mix of Inuit, have been forced by nature to live such a tenuous existence that they still often append statements of intent or desire with the word immaqa (maybe). And in all those years, the one thing that has allowed them to survive is their ability to adapt.

“If the snow comes, what do we do?” I ask, having researched this adventure well enough to have some fairly vivid images of myself in an Eskimo Pie–like state of permanence.

Flashing me a grin that reveals a missing tooth or two, the 46-year-old Mathaeussen — who for most of his life has been a professional hunter and ice fisherman but who, like many of his contemporaries, has in recent years supplemented his income by taking tourists on dogsled adventures — pulls up the hood of his parka and pretends to be shivering.

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