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February 27, 2020
SAP Lumira - the new version is totally amazing for self-service BI and making the most out of your data!
Being the self-service BI software, the team in my department strives on having queries that they can create as custom queries to fetch data for analysis and visualizations on the underlying data and sharing the results of those queries in a easy to interpret form with other users. They feel their needs are fulfilled to a very great extent by SAP LD. They are able to actually do a lot of data discovery very easily for lot of applications so that tells in an obvious manner that it can be integrated with lot of other systems. The on-prem solutions/installation makes it another factor in favor of SAP LD as a great tool.
- Data discovery and integration with applications.
- Ability to generate visual reports with meaningful business insights.
- Integration with Microsoft office.
- Integration with SAP Cloud platform and BI tools like Tableau.
- Amazing mobile interface with responsive UI experience.
- Ability to generate visual dashboards with charts and maps.
- The loading statuses and logs of integrated apps like SAP design studio - helps the users know which application is taking the time or blocked.
- Consistent formatting tabs for charts and other visual dashboard options.
- Bookmarking for which scripts have to be used still.
Read Sumit Bachani's full review
When working with the SAP ecosystem of apps, SAP LD is one of the best BI tools to go with. For analytics be it with cloud or mobile apps, it is really well suited. Its interface is most likely relatable with other popular BI tools like Tableau, Microsoft BI. Thus people switching from other BI apps for SAP LD to enjoy the interoperability and ease of working with SAP apps are in for a treat.
November 29, 2019
Great product
SAP Lumira has helped us make made more easy and friendly decisions for our IT team and our final users too.
It has helped us to develop a more intuitive dashboard and useful reports. We have been using it for years, and it works in combination with SAP BI and web intelligence too.
- User-interface.
- Searching.
- Strong visualization of data.
- Many sources are available.
- Teamwork improvement.
- Visualizations could be enhanced.
Read Carlos Bonilla's full review
Lumira is great for big ETL scenarios where our customers want access to the main info in their dashboards.
December 16, 2019
SAP Lumira Discovery Review
SAP Lumira is used across the organisation by key users that have the need to do data discovery and extract conclusions. SAP Lumira Discovery is used in order to allow end-users to do their own reporting.
- Visualisation
- Intuitive to use
- Many graphics, but very limited parameters
- Poor to make dashboarding
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SAP Lumira is a good tool, but I think there are other tools in the market that can offer more at the same price. Of course, that depends on your systems landscape. If you are a SAP-centric company, then go for Lumira, if you have other reporting tools, or many datasources which not all of them are SAP, explore other options.
December 12, 2019
SAP Lumira Review
SAP Lumira is used as a self-discovery tool. We can use the tool in order to create ad-hoc reports when we need to prepare a specific presentation or do some special analysis. We do not have published reports, only the data content we are able to use as a data source.
- Easy of use
- Graphics out of the box
- Room for improvement in customization. Sometimes it struggles to get what you really need.
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I would highly recommend it, at least as a self-discovery tool. It is easy to do multiple types of predefined reports and you can share it with other people in the organization if you have the SAP BI platform.
July 17, 2018
Take the scariness out of Big Data and put it to work for you!
Everyone has data, and spreadsheets have been around forever. More and more, clients are becoming more accustom to viewing information, whether professionally pertinent to their business or in journalism, in visual representations. Lumira is a step in that direction that helps our organization to bridge the gap between piles of data, and visual representations of that data which are more engaging, easier to digest and often times reveal relationships that were not as readily apparent otherwise.
- Take large swaths of raw information and turn it into something approachable and relatable.
- Minimize the role of IT departments being necessary for tasks that are better left to account managers, project managers and marketers as well as business owners.
- While there is a cost involved, it is affordable and the return on investment is high.
- Even though the process of creating visualizations of data is now greatly improved, it could still be a lot better as users become accustomed to this kind of tool and bring forward edge cases the developers did not anticipate.
- It would be awesome to have a cross platform tool that works on more than just Windows.
- Some options for specific graphs feel limiting.
Read Darian Rawson's full review
Lumira is especially well suited where you want to customize and create tailored benchmarks for different segments of your business. Whether that means making information available to department heads, directors or even account directors and managers.
What really is valuable is the confidence you have when using the dashboards for decision making and monitoring the success of those decisions in a tailored manner.
What really is valuable is the confidence you have when using the dashboards for decision making and monitoring the success of those decisions in a tailored manner.
August 24, 2018
SAP Lumira enables our company to interpret massive amounts of internal data available and turn it into a visual report. This helps allow a sense of all data in various layouts and interpretations to better better business decisions and modifications. The software helps us do complete reporting and is an easy to use and understand platform with limitless options to present our data, sort and find it.
- The software is good for charting data to present visualized information for current and upcoming ideas of business transactions and opportunities.
- Data sorting and charting for use with SAP and can be used by users to support data and visualize what is being highlighted.
- Value wise Lumira is a very simple and straightforward tool to use and is user friendly.
- There isn't a current way to publish information into the cloud.
- Limited data narrowing or crunching versus MS Office
Read Trever Voit's full review
Lumira is a powerful visualization tool that is good for presenting information and data to users for reporting and analyzing critical data. This has been a useful tool for our business in comparing and contrasting data from various projects to determine acquisitions and project opportunities.
July 06, 2018
SAP Lumira - Software to deal with large numbers
SAP Lumira is the best BI tool to analyze big data and make perfect use of it. It helps cleaning of data and gives real-time analytics of what is going on in your business performance. With a great simple UI and analytical graphs, it is easy to find the glitch and make it correct in business performance. Searching for patterns, irregularities, data missing data, etc, Export data in CSV format, filtering, quick changing of graphs as per requirements are the functionalities which make SAP Lumira a perfect tool to use for small business.
- Analytical Graphs with awesome calculations.
- Self Service Data Access, Data Visualisation and Handling easy
- Web/Mobile Support, Securely Sharing of data
- Heavy software, need a good quality of Laptop.
- Not a stable software.
Read this authenticated review
SAP Lumira is well suited for processing a large amount of data. Analysing those data and work on it as needed. Variety of graphs, charts for identifying trends on market. Format all the data with your own measures, and to apply needed formulas without any expertise on it. Friendly UI, easy to use and learn within a few days.
July 27, 2018
SAP Lumira Software
SAP Lumira, a software to visualize your large data and allows users to explore data deep down. It helps to understand the data requirement, what needs to be done to grow your company. It is basically a BI tool designed for small or large companies. It can be used for accounting, reporting, make graphs and charts. Easy to load data and create graphs.
- Easy to load data and use it. Sometimes we need technical help to create graphs but mostly it is easy once you learn.
- Support numerous kind of data source.
- Value for money.
- Need a proper training to use.
- Need to enhance integration with MS Excel.
- Limited functionality.
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The tool is great, easy to scale and is on budget to buy. It supports a large number of graphs to represent your report and make a presentation for clients. It uses numerous data sources which can be used. It needs to improve, there are a lot of features which other software provides such as maps, scheduling, formatting.
May 22, 2018
Lumira is a simple ready to use visualizing and analytical tools, when dealing with millions of rows of ... anything. It is quick, comfortable and does 80% of what a consultant needs with 20% effort.
We have used Lumira in several projects, one of them was for analysis and creation of ad/hoc reports, and visualizing the results of a big/data analytical project. Another opportunity when we effectively used Lumira was analysis of random incidents, where a measurement was several measurement points (technical PCs with sensors, database and application server logs). When searching for patterns and irregularities, Lumira helped us to quickly visualize outages, indicating where to further search for the problem. Seeing performance of all components on a common time-scale is very helpful for quick orientation on when and where the irregularity happens. Considering into account several millions of rows in each log, Lumira did a good job. It is advisable though to use a really quick PC with and SSD hard drive, and save the work frequently.
- Import of semi-structured data, logs.
- Filtering.
- Quick transformation of views from one type of graph to another.
- Export of results as a report.
- It is quick.
- We need OFFLINE viewing of data, to be able to save the reports to and iPad in HTML5 or similar format, and be able to go through the graphs with some level of interaction. I know it exports stories ... this is something more advanced.
- Conversion to time is not sufficient, it comprises only seconds, in the IT world mostly we work with milliseconds. Not a big deal, but can be pre-built.
- In case something is impossible to visualize, it simply says: "unable to show more than 10 000 values or similar". What about providing some suggestions on how to limit the scope?
- What about preparing some templates for analysis of e.g. IT logs, supply chain with some predefined reports, sourcing tasks, location based reports .... some simple building blocks, that can be further tailored.
- Currently working with SAP Lumira Discovery and the application keeps crashing by certain data sets and reports.
- Not very stable lately, it is a good idea to save regularly work in progress, not to lose the changes in case of a crash.
Read Viktor Mulac's full review
It is well suited for:
- A quick view on logs (or any other data) relating to time scale.
- A quick view on new data.
- For viewing and experimenting with HANA results.
- When we need to visualize sequences with start/stop e.g. it could visualize workflows, loops, or waiting times between steps.
- Also it can not merge several data sources in one (or the functions are hidden somewhere?)
January 18, 2018
SAP Lumira - Another good SAP product for beautiful data visualizations
SAP Lumira with the brand name SAP is a strong product for data visualization and used by my finance and accounts teams majorly. It has great data visualization and supports the users for non-data fields also. The accounts team uses this for some financial data visualization and draft it into the presentation.
- Data visualization is near to perfect
- One doesn't need to be a data expert to use this
- It has great Business Intelligence features
- The main problem we faced is that we couldn't use external plotting methods
- Customization of data charts takes a lot of time
- The inbuilt features are only good for non-technical persons
Read Himanshu Singh's full review
When one of your team lacks in terms of being technically profound and has daily usage of data visualization, presenting charts and calculating simple financial models, SAP Lumira is a very good product to use. But, if your community is technical friendly and one has to use various plotting methods with huge variety of data, it lacks in that field. For that, I would prefer some more sound data visualization platform.
May 10, 2017
SAP Lumira is for DATAphiles
Firstly, SAP lumira is one amazing product that I would use daily for making data-driven decision. It has become easy for visualization. We use a lot of real-time data to process and make decisions in a short time frame. It's mostly used in the ops department. We were handling improvement projects where we had to reduce wait time and delivery time. With SAP lumira, we were able to see where the maximum time was spent in the whole process and how to improve upon it.
- Recommended charts option will give you a quick overlook at your data
- Customization of the charts and graphs as per our needs
- The interface is user-friendly and there are videos to help you to navigate along in case you get lost
- Easy visualization, more detailed reports, good for presentation
- Manual data entry in LUMIRA
Read Banbhalang Kharpuri's full review
SAP lumira is well suited for medium and large enterprises but would not suit well for small and local businesses. It is well suited for organizations handling businesses across the world such as global trade, global sales, etc. It would not be suited for small businesses like hyper local logistics, small food shops or local food chains.
May 02, 2017
Lumira is a great innovation from SAP
Lumira is an ad-hoc analytical presentation tool for non-technical business management decision makers and end users.
I have proposed the Lumira solution for business IT heads and data analysis consultants. In the process of rolling out Lumira we started with the treasury and risk management departments. It was a successful launch allowing SAP BW data, and non-SAP Data to be presented in a meaningful way, with graphical and geographical interactive dashboards. Lumira overcomes issues with the Tableau platform regarding Microsoft SQL and Oracle DB as the multi-sourced direct universe, and SAP BW as the BEx direct source. Even though there are some limitations, waiting for the Lumira 2.0 with design studio to fulfill everything under one roof as SAP BO and Lumira 2.0.
I have proposed the Lumira solution for business IT heads and data analysis consultants. In the process of rolling out Lumira we started with the treasury and risk management departments. It was a successful launch allowing SAP BW data, and non-SAP Data to be presented in a meaningful way, with graphical and geographical interactive dashboards. Lumira overcomes issues with the Tableau platform regarding Microsoft SQL and Oracle DB as the multi-sourced direct universe, and SAP BW as the BEx direct source. Even though there are some limitations, waiting for the Lumira 2.0 with design studio to fulfill everything under one roof as SAP BO and Lumira 2.0.
- Multiple Data sources enabled single tool
- Publishing availabilities on the web, and mobile devices
- Multiple components and canvases on single display
- Multiple graphical objects with drilling facilities on single display
- Improve the memory utilization with a new technique which is really an essential requirement
Read Parimelalagan Kumaraguru -Pari-'s full review
Lumira well suited for at a glance final high-level KPI analysis but it does not really fulfill management related detail analytics of a million records.
April 27, 2017
Limited Lumira review
A trial version is being used by the sales team to extract and manipulate SAP Cloud for customer sales data, and they use Lumira to create meaningful management reports.
- Quick transformation of data into tailored dashboard reports
- Easy access to SAP Cloud for customer data using the SAP add-on
- Very fast processing capability with no noticeable lag
- Control over data import formatting - for example where amount and currency values are imported there is not enough control over the transformation and formatting and this has caused us data import difficulties where values read have been truncated due to punctuation in the amount fields.
- The user interface is simplified, but the terminology and screen layout do not always make it obvious how to start the process for a new user - for example to add a new data source or create a new report.
Read Andrew Griffin's full review
Lumira is well suited for users that have little or no reporting experience but need to be able to create reporting dashboards, especially for management where the ability to manipulate the graphical output to the right format is key.
April 05, 2017
SAP Lumira gets better with our opinion
I've worked for a SAP Business One partner. We sell Lumira attached to SBO. We wanted the clients to explore all the data that they get from their ERPs, and other data sources, and visualize new insights, trends and use the geo data for exploring their business behavior. Also we we're working on developing plugins for Lumira, to add value to the product and [address] specific issues of Colombian companies.
- Prepare the data for exploration
- Receive multiple datasources even if isn't a SAP product
- Lumira is very intuitive
- The way that the user [can] export the results is very limited
- Use a more detailed map engine
- Add more examples, documentation and templates
Read Leonardo Hernandez's full review
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is very appropriate when all your data comes normalized, and you need to get a very general and detailed visualization of your data, and is not appropriate when all your data is unorganized and you don't know what you want to know.
March 06, 2017
Lumira - the next gen visualization!
We are a software service provider organisation and have a gold partnership with SAP. We are demonstrating the capabilities of Lumira for our prospects and help them achieve bigger and in-depth business decisions. With Lumira, we are able to answer complex business KPIs with the help of Lumira's visualizations.
- Eye catching easy to to use data visualizations.
- Support to merge heterogeneous data sources and prepare it according to requirements.
- Sharing the custom user stories in SAP BI/BO repository and give the end users flexibility to play around with it.
- Almost no coding required, still fantastic outcomes.
- Infographics can be made easier to use.
- Mobile and handheld device orientations and rendering could be improved.
- Time series sliders can be added which was there in dashboard designer.
Read Avishek Chakraborty's full review
In today's world it's all about getting information from raw data and in that area SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is performing significantly well. Probably this will bring the end of the traditional multi-page tabular report. If you can't visualize your data, you can't make decisions out of it.
March 15, 2017
SAP Lumira - Affordable and attractive
Score 6 out of 10
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Verified User
We recommend the best tool for each customer, be it Power BI, Tableau or SAP Lumira. It depends on what kind of data source they have, available licences etc.
- Working with files (CSV, Excel).
- Ease of use, easy to start.
- Quick start videos are really helpful.
- Connecting to Micrsoft SQL Server requires JDBC drivers and add many steps.
- A cheaper web portal should be available.
Read Frédérick Samson's full review
[It's well suited] if the customer is already using SAP server products or most the data is available in files. It is less of a good fit if the customer uses Microsoft databases.
November 03, 2016
Lumira Falls Short to other available visualization tools
Score 4 out of 10
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Verified User
I utilize Lumira to visualize HANA calc views for a defense management company interested in 8 different monitoring activities within the organization.
- Real time connection to HANA.
- Simple to use.
- Needs more options to filter. Right now, it's single and multi drop down. What about sliders or radio buttons?
- More graphical displays, such as dual axis bar graphs that allow for block overlays. Right now, the design features are only 25% of what alternative solutions may offer.
- Color Legend is not dynamic.
- Changing the data source, where missing fields no longer exist, will disappear... as opposed to leaving the view waiting for an alternative, available fields.
Read Lauren Brands's full review
Due to its visual limitations, I would much rather use Tableau than Lumira. I have found the simplicity of using Lumira to fall short in comparison to other services that I always have available to me.
September 12, 2016
Great Addition to Reporting
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is mostly used by the departments who put together reports for management but it is not used all the time by every department. The departments that I have experience using Lumira with are logistics, customer service, and procurement.
- useful visualisations
- not too much of a hassle to use (can figure out the program even if you don't have advanced training)
- fully integrated with multiple data information platforms
- expensive
- the dashboard is too busy
Read Alina Hera's full review
Because of the cost of SAP BusinessObjects Lumira I would not recommend it wholeheartedly because I would expect the program to be a bit more refined (cleaner and easier to use UI) and to have more flexibility for the price. SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is great when you have to create a visual that will be used to demonstrate something that would otherwise be complicated to explain without just words or regular charts.
January 03, 2017
Good to have for a good business
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira was a very helpful tool for making the business decisions for [our] client super easy, with their virtual decision making graphs and charts. One can easily find it user friendly in terms of usability. I strongly recommend Lumira.
- Data extraction is very easy, particularly the clipboard.
- Different types of charts and graphs.
- Easy to analyse the storyboard.
- More data filter options.
- SQL logic can be implemented.
- Storyboard should have some more templates.
Read Rakesh Sharma's full review
[Lumira was well suited for] Our client [who] was facing some issues in analysing their different businesses in a single time [frame], because they were not able to storyboard to help them analyse their business for different geographies at one time.
September 07, 2016
Enhance the Impact of Your Reports with Lumira
In our organization we use SAP Business Objects Lumira alongside our reporting software to create visualisations as needed. We use it when we want to highlight in presentations (usually to management) and need a more specific visual aid than can be created easily with our reporting and analytics software.
Read Maria Lyon's full review
I use SAP Business Objects Lumira to create visualisations when I need to clearly and visually convey something that would be complicated to do so with just words, or simple graphs/graphics. I do not think that this program would be the most effective for regular reporting needs though, at least that has been my experience with it.
December 22, 2016
SAP Business One with SAP BusinessObjects Lumira Review
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is being used and suggested for customers that have implementation needs. When it is used at the management level and in departmental headquarters it strengthens the process structure and presentation of results. The information is designed and presented clearly and accurately and favors the decision making and evaluation processes. It is especially productive.
- Create reports quickly with a lot of data
- Easily share and analyze business strategies
- Creates stakeholders
- Graphic annex tables and summary information
Read Francisco Fajardo's full review
[It is well suited for] submission of information to managers and control bodies.
December 16, 2016
SAP Lumira - A Useful Tool for Graphical Analysis and Reporting
Currently I am working as SAP Functional Consultant and as a part of my job role I do implementation of SAP Lumira at our client location.
- First advantage is that you can install SQL Drivers and further connect SQL with Lumira. This will help to use SQL query in order to import data into Lumira Directly.
- Advance Graphs are readily available for user, which can be used easily with a handsome knowledge of Statistics.
- You can also create different visualization and altogether put them along with each other. This will be created as a Story in Lumira which becomes a Presentation for the user.
- SAP Lumira provides a stage to connect to your SQL database. Customers have frequently asked us a question that why SQL query already saved in SAP Product such SAP B1 is not available in Lumira to be selected. That means customer wants to link SQL saved queries of SAP B1 with Lumira, but not manually to be copied and paste.
- Also the queries created and used in Lumira don't get saved, not if the user wants to run the same query for another time period. He needs to again do manual copy paste and create the same story, but cannot update the saved one.
- Also users look for some pre-designed examples readily available with Lumira Installation for their own reference.
Read Kuldeep Vaishnav's full review
It's quite useful for Internal reporting, Management reporting and Head office Reporting.
July 13, 2016
Consolidate your data to create important decisions.
SAP Lumira was was used across the whole organization. The business problem that it addressed was the gap that still exists between the European and U.S sectors of the company. In addition, it helped us understand our type of industry in both parts of the world. For example, any major differences, such as something that works well in one geography, that we can implement in the other if needed. It helped us to figure out what works best for a particular geographical area.
- User friendly, which allows you to consolidate a major data base on certain criteria. For example we were able to analyze revenue data for all materials across all 7 ½ years and find out which of the material current materials did provide that data for a certain year.
- Our company Global Bike was able to pull the material quantity sold per year to help forecast inventory levels for the future.
- Global Bike was able to see if there was seasonality in the revenue (USD) earned over the last 8 years. Further more, we were able to see which month had the highest revenue. It helped make important decisions in regards to resources for a particular time of the year.
- More formatting options for visual aid.
- Often hard to filter out data with certain criteria. Instant preview of the new filter as one hovers over the options would help.
- It seemed to lag at times when we were creating a slide show or report.
Read Jesus Valle Gutierrez's full review
It was well suited when choosing the different types of visual representations, bar charts, pie charts, lines, etc. We had option to understand the data at hand.
June 29, 2016
SAP Lumira Review
Score 6 out of 10
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Verified User
This is used by many of our C users as well as senior level and mid senior level managers to view reports in both visual formats as well as tabular reports. We are able to create cool visual reports for a lot of monthly, quarterly and yearly sales and revenue and forecast analysis.
- Charting
- Hierarchy
- Filtering
- Quick analysis on real time data
- Easy connectivity with SAP HANA data source
- More design features in report
- Style based reporting
- Ready to use icons in graphical report
Read Anil Kumar Sahu's full review
Mainly suitable for use with SAP HANA data sources with real time analysis capability. I would like to get rid of the limitation of 1,000,000 data pointers to view in Lumira. As we work with huge data sets, this shouldn't be a limitation. Enterprise business always handles a lot more data pointers at a time.
June 10, 2016
SAP Lumira - Yes or No
Working with Toyota, and all departments are using the tool. This was introduced by me in the org and people started preferring it over QlikView, but since the tool is restricted to 64 bit OS for developers, a few key users find this to be a hurdle, as they are still on 32 bit because some other tools in the organization don't work well on 64 bit OD.
The tool is widely used to addresses national sales compared to the market study, and the overall service division comparison for the timely servicing and parts sold.
The tool is widely used to addresses national sales compared to the market study, and the overall service division comparison for the timely servicing and parts sold.
Read Sumeet Saraf's full review
- Presentation of data the way we want
- Bit easier to use compared to dashboard designer and QlikView
- Can be published in the BO Enterprise and can be shared and scheduled the way required by the user
- Restricted to 64 bit OS only
- Getting new versions and new features every 2 / 3 months
- Crashes if huge amount is data is selected to analyse
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- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
- Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
- Entry-level set up fee?No
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Egyptian architect Hamdy El-Setouhy won first prize at Italy's Human Heritage of the Mediterranean awards last month for a project he carried out in an Egyptian village.
El-Setouhy came especially from Egypt to receive his award and gave a brief presentation on his Shazli Project.
He began with the word "energy", stressing that when he visited the village of El-Sheikh Shazli, where the winning project was implemented, "the village has a human energy represented in children, women and the elderly; it is the energy that builds civilisations."
But when he studied the village, he found that its people had abandoned the old buildings built with stone and divided into two groups. The first group was financially capable of building concrete buildings that do not meet their needs but imagine it as a way of urbanisation. The other team with poor financial capacity lives in tin and wood stalls.
Hence, the idea of the project was how to add economic, social, cultural, and educational value.El-Setouhy is a consultant architect, specialised in public buildings, museums, and in the development of heritage areas. He was nominated for the award by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council of Culture.
The awards were organised by Habitat World and the Chamber of Industry and Trade of the Mediterranean Sea and took place on 4 April in Sardinia.
Participants in the ceremony included the ambassadors to Egypt, Albania and Croatia, as well as President of the Jury and Habitat World President Annika Patregnani, President of the Organisation Committee Italo Senes, representatives of several embassies of Mediterranean countries, among others.
In his speech at the event, Egypt's Ambassador to Italy Hisham Badr stressed the importance of the partnership between Mediterranean countries in all fields.
"I am present today for this reason and am interested in Egypt's participation in the competition, where an Egyptian project won the first prize amid strong participation of 27 projects and has been judged by an international committee," he said.
The ambassador referred to Egypt's pioneering and civilised role throughout the ages, and linked this to the winning Egyptian project, stressing that it is a model of how to evoke the energy that exists within man, that human energy that builds civilisation.
"This will be surely the first step of a major collaboration with you and your associates for the benefit of humanity in the Mediterranean," the president of the Organisation Committee Senes told El-Setouhy.
El-Setouhy is a lecturer at the AAST Arab Academy and the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University. He is a council member in the Society of Egyptian Architects (SEA), the founder of the Abu Simbel 50 campaign, and a founding member of the "Salvation of Hassan Fathy Heritage Campaign."
© 2010 Ahram Online.


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Organisations now have to be passionate about their customers if they are to remain credible. Any serious Board of directors will have Customer Experience (CX) on the agenda. So the question is: 'What do you include in your Customer Experience Board report?'
We would recommend up front that you agree with the Board exactly what your organisations key measures are - and present a one-page summary of all key data and metrics relating to the agreed measures. Get to the main items immediately. No waffle or added text, unless absolutely necessary.
Key measures to include are :
- A Customer Experience Score, such as CSAT (Customer Sat Score), CES (Customer Effort Score) or NPS (Net Promoter Score), or possibly your own internal measure. Fundamentally this is an overarching indicator of your customer's satisfaction in transacting with you.
- An Employee Satisfaction Measure, because employee satisfaction is directly linked to customer satisfaction.
- A graphical comparison with the previous month, quarter or year, demonstrating clearly the trends up or down and the headline reasons for this, if known.
- Major complaints should be brought to the board, with action taken and root cause explained wherever possible.
- Customer excellence snapshots, for example any employees who have provided beyond-the-call-of-duty customer excellence could be named and celebrated, or where a customer has made a real effort to say something great about you.
The Board will typically have a set and limited amount of time each month for a myriad of points of discussion. That's why you report needs to be concise and to the point.
CIMA, in their report, 'Performance Reporting to Boards', state that 'A good [Board] report should contain all the information necessary to facilitate decision-making at board level. It should lead directors to ask the right questions and initiate a chain of actions that will enhance the ability of the enterprise to achieve its short and long term aims and create sustainable shareholder value.'
Organisations are all so different, some serving B2B, some B2C (all human-to-human of course!), some with an online presence, some via physical locations, or in health, education, retail, etc…however many of the key requirements remain the same.
Board level information needs to be:
- Brief and to the point
- Relevant and in context
- Timely and current
- Accurate and reliable
- Including - Recommendations and actions arising
Of course not all organisations have a Board of directors. You may have a management team, governors or stakeholders, with a desire and need to know what's happening in their organisation. The principles are identical and I hope this blog has provided a starting point for your effective CX reporting at senior level.
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The Big Get-Even follows a mixture of somewhat (or formally) bad people who ultimately end up doing a positive thing all in the name of revenge. Author Frank Di Filippo mixes a style of noir and caper with a vengeance, and adds in a dash of romance combined with a decent amount of sex appeal. This all makes for a read that is difficult to put down.
Disgraced former lawyer Glen McClinton has been on a probated straight and narrow for two years. Still facing three years of probation for white collar fraud (brought on by his drug addiction), he had plans to stay on the right side of the law to keep himself out of prison. By chance, he ends up using Narcan to save the life of Stan Hasso, whom he finds overdosing in his car. What he thought was a one-time good deed for someone he never expected to see again turns into a business venture hell bent on getting revenge on Hasso's former boss, Barnaby Nancarrow, who sold him out to the police once his fire setting services were no longer needed. The plan would ultimately set Nancarrow back $20 million on an old resort that is ultimately worthless (in their eyes).
The plan itself is a complicated one that requires a small team to help pull off, as well as a lot of convincing to actually get McClinton on board. Hasso assembles a team of Ray Zerkin ( a computer whiz kid who is the most likable character in a story filled with likable characters), Vee Aptekar (a looker planning to use her body to lure Nancarrow and extract some revenge for herself) and his girlfriend, Sandralene. He even gets a state senator on board to help sell the pitch.
With the team and land in tow, they go about getting the resort open for business (to keep up appearances), which turned out to be the most difficult and costly part of their plan, but it kept their parole officer at bay and turned them into heroes with the locals, who had fond memories of the resort from their youth and were desperate for work. Once open, all they had to do was wait for Nancarrow to visit. While not easy, everything seemed to come together rather smoothly. Most challenges were resolved easily, which seemed a little far-fetched at times.
The Big Get-Even is a wonderfully put together piece of fiction. Di Filippo paints a vivid setting of the resort, making the reader feel like a vacationing visitor. All of his characters have clear back stories and a realness that makes them relatable in some way, shape or form. Though flawed, they are all likable, even the antagonists. The plot itself is incredibly thought-out, adding plenty of action, humor and suspense, with an unexpected climax. While it is geared toward fans of the crime genre, this book was conclusively written for fans of great overall writing and storytelling.


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Simply think about it. You've recently moved away from all your friends and family. You're striking out on your own in a brand-new city and are happy to be satisfying brand-new people and trying brand-new things. But at the exact same time, you're unfortunate you had to rent that tiny studio house to fulfill the needs of your brand-new tiny setting-out-on-your-own income. So you think you'll never get to invite your loved ones to go to due to the fact that there's no where for them to sleep. Going with a Saloni sofa bed is the ideal answer. When you're alone in your house, you can delight in the wonderful design and comfort of the sofa itself.
The very best way to find the chair or chairs that you want, complete with a checklist of their features and expenses is the internet. It holds the complete variety of all the chairs with their prices and has the complete assortment of each and every sort of chairs designs as told previously discussed. There are also fantastic unique discounts on the web which will enable you get the very best bargain on the chairs.
You could be thinking about getting brand-new furniture in your residence. And it's time to get what you deserve. A terrific way to attain this is to look at Berkline furniture, Berkline recliners and Berkline sofas. You are certainly missing out if you have not seen or heard of Berkline furniture, Berkline recliners and Berkline sofas. You ought to understand that Berkline is a front runner when it come to the quality of furniture. That indicates Berkline furniture, Berkline recliners and Berkline sofas are going to be with you for the long haul. Let's take a look at some Berkline furniture items.
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It is essential to take note of the many concerns when purchasing kids Bedroom Sets. Prior to you may even consider getting one, it is ideal to differentiate first the many factors that require to be considered about kids bedroom sets. Regardless of the fact that you are the one who is going to buy kids bedroom sets, still it is necessary that your kids will similarly extend their ideas of what kind of bed they require.
Just like all antique sage green microfiber couch, originality, especially patination, handles, and feet are crucial in figuring out cost and desirability. To the end of the eighteenth century, the quality of antique Georgian chest of drawers, started to lessen. This was down to the decrease in the quality of wood being imported and the move towards higher production. At the start of the century just the wealthiest might pay for fine antique mahogany chests and chest were custom made. As the century drew to an end the dawn of mass production was on the horizon.
Nearly the most considerable things to try and do as you are furnishing your lounge is to purchase high-quality sofa sets. However, if you believe the purchase of a lounge is just as uncomplicated as seeing a furniture shop and getting your hands on the first one noticed, you will be wrong. Picking a lounge can get as tedious as acquiring almost every other great quality household furniture. You should address great deals of issues while discovering the right one for one's lounge room. You'll wish to for starters identify how huge the sofa you would such as for your house. Think of the scale the area that you are preparing to put your couch set. As well, if you prepare to have the lounge inside of a space upstairs, you should think the size of the stairs too.
The last lift chair recliner is the infinite-position chair that has higher capabilities compared to the first two. It has two motors, one for lifting and reclining and the other is for the footrest. With this, you can operate the footrest separately. This will certainly enable the user to lie down and have his/her foot raised above the heart, which is excellent to edema and arthritis patients. It can also enable the user be seated in 90-degree position and have the footrest a little raised for comfort. Now that you have an overview of what each type of lift chair recliner can do, you can easily choose which to buy. Naturally, the even more capabilities it has the more expensive the chair is. Hence, purchase only the one that you will certainly require.
Offered our busy way of living and competitive profession, tension is the most normal by product that everybody has to handle. One simple yet effective means is to hypothesize in a massage recliner chair, which is expecteded to bust away all the strain and leave you completely refreshed. Massage recliner chair is the ultimate change of the basic recliners, where it has electrical motors and rotors that help massage your body using the numerous massage systems. In the choice, you may also invest in a chair that massages your whole body, which would in fact make you willing to invest the night with your individuals or buddies.
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When picking a sofa bed, vital things you need to look at include the quality, the price, type, size, use and comfort. The size of your space will figure out the sofa bed you choose because if you get a big sofa bed for a little space, you might be entrusted no space to walk around when you open the bed. Likewise view as guests who might be making use of the bed if you are getting a sofa bed to look after periodic guests. Sofa beds are the very best for guests because you can use it for other functions when not serving as a bed. The quality of the sofa bed is available in when you really want value for your money. Opt for the trusted brand names of sofa beds rather of getting something that is shortly enduring. An excellent quality sofa bed is long enduring and it saves you the expenses of needing to go for another sofa bed within a brief period of time because the other one can not be used any longer. You likewise have to decide between the sort of bed mattress to have for your sofa bed; spring or foam. Both of these in shape well for various circumstances but everything depends on the sort of comfort you can stem from your option.
One downside with canopy bed frames is the area it has to be installed. Your bedroom must have sufficient width and height for it to grace a canopy bed with also enabling you sufficient area to stroll around. Lastly, for a rich look of finesse, match the type of bed frame with your bedrooms interior feel. Place on your believing cap and include a little imagination to make your bedroom all that unique and exclusive. Magazines and house decoration sites might provide you a lot of concepts to assist you accomplish this.
A bed room dresser is a vital piece of furniture that you need in your bedroom to assist keep it cool and arranged. By opting to find one in a modern style, you will certainly have a dresser that will certainly remain trendy for many years. Quality is essential when picking a dresser, and there are treasure outfits for you to select from. Made from tropical woods, they showcase wooden veneers in the most popular finishes and woods for furniture. A few of these are even repainted for more versus a minute. With the many selections, you will certainly have the ability to find the precise color and wood you choose. If you go with the classically trendy, you get the modern designing with doubled edges and pewter drawer pulls. The surface on this style is a dark espresso color over cherry veneer. The dressers showcase Euro to slide rails, one of the most popular and demanded hardware in a dresser which assists to keep it in perfect condition for many years.
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The gartered sheets which were first used by people have experienced numerous changes with the years. Nowadays, you can buy various designs, sizes and shades of fitted queen sheets and you can even place an order for these products with the World Wide Web. Corollary to this, there are numerous selections regarding the kind of materials or materials for these bed covers from silk, cotton, linen and a lot more. You can not possibly control the means you relocate when you are already asleep so you need to ensure that you have the right sheet.
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Material is the most important thing over the sofa structure. Textured and patterned fabrics are more forgiving than plain, light colors and smooth surfaces, and you should prevent loosely woven fabrics. Watch the material carefully for faulty pieces and for the color choice, ensure you view them in situ in both natural daytime and synthetic light. By law, all upholstered sage green microfiber couch must be fire-retardant; a square swing ticket with a green edge shows that it is resistant to a smoldering cigarette and a lit match; a triangular swing ticket with a red edge reveals that the cover is not match-resistant, but that it has an appropriately fireproof interlining below. Sectional Sofas can be found in products such as Fabric Sectionals, Leather Sectionals etc. You might select your desired styles such as Modern Sectionals, Contemporary Sectionals, Transitional and Traditional Sectionals. We likewise have a wide choice of Occasional Tables, End tables, Console Tables, and design devices.
I will be dealing with antique mahogany chest of drawers from the Georgian duration. These are among the most sought pieces of antique furniture. The price guides offered will be for chests in mahogany. Similar to all antiques, products of exceptional size, whether huge or small and those products with uncommon design features, might be far more important. Mahogany started to be used in England at the beginning of the 1720s and stayed popular for over a century. Antique chests of the early 1700s are made from very thick mature mahogany. This lumber is frequently called 'cuban mahogany', but in reality came from Jamaica.
When it concerns the structure of the sofa you wish to purchase, very first consider the people who'll be using it and the amount of time they most likely will. Do you have children in your home? Are you alone? Do you have simply your partner to share it with? If there's too many of you, you must absolutely invest on quality as you don't wish to be replacing it from time to time. Also consider the shape of the sofa when you know its possible use. If you're planning to get a sofa to chill out in, get one with big pillows. There are truly different types of sofa shapes that must provide the very best kind of support for whatever use you have of the furnishings. If it's a sofa where you mean to entertain visitors, have it straight and formal. If it's something for the household to share Sunday night TV with, get something larger and cushier.
When you choose to purchase a futon it is more practical to purchase a frame that has its own mattress. You normally get a better offer when you purchase the frame and mattress together, as opposed to shopping for a bed frame and futon mattress individually. Nevertheless, if you already possess a futon frame then, obviusly, you d be better to purchase a different futon mattress. During that case, pick the futon mattress with the very best quality basing your selection on the features you require. To start with, the futon mattress have to fit your bed frame precisely. Furthermore, if you are simply going to cover your mattress with bed sheets you don t neeed to pay the extra for one that is patterned or colored.
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If you are attempting to choose between a material or leather sofa, could this guide help you make the very best option for you. The Benefits of Fabric SofasFabric sofas vary extensively depending upon the material and the support group of the sofa i.e. the cushions and frame. Just like your leather car seats, leather can often feel hot and sticky in the summer season and cold in the winter, and leather sofas tend to feel even more firm than material sofas. The wear and tear of material sofas most often depends upon the grade of material. Naturally, the better materials much like the better leathers will stand up to wear better. Many material sofas are treated with a stain-resistant finish, so when spills do happen, they are quickly cleaned with specialized items or a portable steam cleaner. Material does not get scratched like leather does, so it tends to stand up to pet's claws and kid's homework binders better than leather. Leather can can be found in a range of colors, but materials are unlimited in their color and pattern selections, so you will have a much better possibility of matching existing decor or getting a color that you really want.
Making sure that an orthopaedic pillow satisfies basic parameters is essential, but even more essential is making sure that it especially resolves YOUR demands. There's no point in buying an orthopaedic pillow if it's not going to deliver your expected outcomes anyhow. And if you are pestered by snoring or breathing problems, then an orthopaedic pillow made to stop snoring would be the finest choice.
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With the calming effects that Asian motivated sage green microfiber couch designs can provide, increasingly more clients are relying on Asian style modern beds in an effort to create a level of calming Zen in their homes. Because the styles can vary from the minimalist to the complex, anybody can find the ideal Asian inspired design to meet their requirements so they can experience its calming effects for years to come.
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The Western futon is based upon the Japanese original, with several significant differences. It is almost always put on a configurable wood or metal frame for dual use as a bed and a chair or couch. Typically, the frame folds in the middle, permitting the futon to be used as a couch, and flattens for use as a bed. It is typically fulled of foam in addition to batting, frequently in several layers, and is frequently much thicker and bigger than Japanese futons, appearing like a traditional bed mattress in size. Western-style futons are an option to a bed or other furniture, and are frequently sold in sets that consist of the bed mattress and frame. Futons typically feature a detachable and changeable cover, lending them more versatility.
This form of bed matches perfectly in addition to your house design and offer your room an elegant and contemporary charm and appear. They're provided in wide range of sizes varying from little to typical size to even large king sized beds. The ottoman regular beds offer an additional traditional look with the wooden storage whilst the modern beds offer a much more stylish appear. The beds are readily available with gorgeous surfaces which might be coated with lacquer surface and are covered in appealing designer feather soft fabrics or in extremely sophisticated leather. You might successfully boost your room's storage capability and make the most helpful of the restricted house area with the support of these storage beds. These beds are properly geared up with storage center that serves ideal to store products which you don't request on daily basis. These beds are incredibly a lot in need now days as they optimize comfort and makes room clutter-free and clean.
Having bedroom sets that are inadequately made in a bedroom will only make it look unappealing. How can anyone be expected to relax and recharge in a bedroom that is shabby looking with a bedroom set that appears sloppy? Bedroom sets that are well-constructed can make the room a genuine haven which a lot of tired, active people require.
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An additional long couch is a corner formed kind of sofa that is made up of a number of smaller pieces that is transformed in to L-shape. It is a normal sectional made up of 3 pieces. The size of the couch depends upon the size of your living room. It is a good idea to measure the measurements of the space prior to picking along couch to prevent some troubles. The cushions and pillows of an extra long couch can frequently be tailored to enhance their beauty. They are likewise like ordinary sofas which can be upholstered in different fabric of your selection. They are numerous types of additional long couches which are offered in the market in different sizes and design. A wonderful advantage is the capability to modify the look of your space by moving the areas to suit your taste relying on the size and design of your space. There are numerous types of long couches. When you are browsing these couches in order to choose a best one for your living room, you must think about leather type of couches, as they are considered to be more durable and comfortable. Be careful if it has a cut, as a slightest scratch can rapidly end up being a Yawning chasm!
Many individuals each year need the ideal kind of recliner for their homes. Among the most popular name brands in this category is BenchMaster. This line is known for its quality and convenience. Those are two of the most important information when it comes to buying a recliner. You will certainly need to think about these and a number of other things when you purchase a BenchMaster Recliner. Cost is one of the other important factors in this procedure. Although you can purchase these chairs straight from the supplier, this could not be the most economical route. Taking a look at other alternatives for finding the ideal recliner can conserve you a lot of money. Conserving money, nevertheless, does not suggest that you have to cut corners on convenience and quality. Lets take a look at some useful tips for selecting a budget-friendly BenchMaster Recliner.
The Shakers and the Amish people of Pennsylvania made cherry hope chests with a very high degree of ability since it was part of their work principles to do so. These blanket chests are the ones which have made it through the centuries in much better shape than many due to the dovetail joinery and mortise and tenon joinery which the wood crofters of these communities opted to utilize. These cherry hope chests are extremely valued by collectors likewise because of the lovely designs that these German immigrants repainted on the outside locations. These blanket chests generally had the name of the individual who received the hope chest engraved somewhere on the outside or on the inside of the lid. This has allowed historians to put where these blanket chests were produced and also has assisted to discover the name of the initial wood artisan.


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The attitude we bring to the state of inquiry is important. We must cultivate the mind that resists quick conclusions and labeling. We show up with the intention of openness, emptiness. This is especially necessary if we have lost or never had a connection to the Creative Source through art. We cultivate a mind of rising and falling. A portrait painter does not exactly sit down to make a picture of his sitter, but rather to render the subtleties of the shade of violet that is next to the shade of pale orange that to the onlooker is named as the shadow under a cheekbone but to a painter is an abstraction of exquisite tone, color, and energy. This journey into Eros, into the pleasure of seeing and naming, works best at first with a time limit so that you can let go of fears of falling into something and not getting out. At this stage, every possibility, and possibility, is great. It is often at the borders of our experience that we encounter fertile opportunity for inquiry through art……Pat B. Allen
we fit ourselves into many molds, and when we come to the page, or to the canvas, or to the performance, or to the garden, or to our soul's edge, we give up the mold, go deep into the power of no view, of no road, of no value except for color and tone and light…….of hand to eye to heart and back again…..
It was a fine feeling that made the spirit of the Greek language signify chronos, "formal time," with a different word from kairos, "the right time." The consciousness of the kairos is dependent on one's being inwardly grasped by the fate and destiny of the time. Kairos is every turning point in history in which the eternal judges and transforms the temporal….Paul Tillich
All my life I have refused to be for or against parties, for or against nations, for or against people. I never seek novelty or the eccentric; I do not go from land to land to contrast civilizations. I seek only, wherever I go, for symbols of greatness, and they may be found in the eyes of a child, in the movement of a gladiator, in the heart of a gypsy, in twilight in Ireland or in moonrise over the deserts. To hold the spirit of greatness is in my mind what the world was created for. The human body is beautiful as this spirit shines through, and art is great as it translates and embodies this spirit……Robert Henri


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Time to jazz up your Ubuntu with a Mac OS/X style doc, which will not put too much of a load on your processor. Wbar has been popularised in gOS Gadgets, where it has replaced the iBar as the default dock. To do this, you do not need to add any repositories or any complex stuff. All you have to do is download two .deb packages (yeah, no compilation from .tar.gz!), and install them! So here's how you do that.
- First, go to the downloads page of wbar, which is hosted on Google Code. Next, download the latest Debian package available, which is 1.3.3 as of writing.
- Second, visit the homepage of wbarconf, a configuration application for wbar, written in Python, and download the latest debian package, 0.7.2-1 as of now.
- Next, either install them graphically by clicking on the packages and installing with Gdebi Package Installer, or use the command line with the following command:
$ sudo dpkg -i wbar_1.3.3_i386.deb wbarconf_0.7.2-1_i386.deb
- After it's installed, press ALT+F2 or click Run from the menu, and type in
wbar. Bingo! You now have a cute dock sitting on your desktop. Search for
wbarconfin your menus (should be in Accessories in GNOME, don't use it much. In KDE, it's in the Utilities), and configure it to your taste! :)
That's it! Wasn't it simple?
By the way, I noticed a quirk in Ubuntu 8.04, after having installed it successively on quite a few systems. From 8.04, Ubuntu, by default, does not give the users permission to mount hard disks automatically on boot. This is because of the implementation of Policy-Kit, a new security system replacing the earlier gksu/kdesu/sudo based systems. Now, permissions for specific tasks are granted, either temporarily or permanently. So once you install your new Ubuntu Hardy Heron (or the newer Intrepid Ibex, which is in Alpha stage afaik), open up Systems->Admisintration->Authorisations. Then in the list on the right, search for the section labelled 'hal' (Hardware Abstraction Layer), and grant yourself permissions to mount/unmount all disks/partitions by adding yourself in the list, except the last two, which are for encrypted partitions. That is unnecessary for BITSians as we do not use encrypted partitions… They are for people higly concious about data security. After you have done this, you will see on the next reboot that all your hard disks are automatically mounted, as they used to be in earlier versions of Ubuntu. Afaik, Policy-Kit will also be implemented in future versions of distro's like Fedora, so other people can also remember to do it. :)


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But there I was, speeding along a highway which zipped straight through the Caribbean Sea.
Surrounded by crystal-clear turquoise waters, straight ahead was my home for the week — the four-star Melia Las Dunas Hotel in Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba.
Feeling like I had set foot in a James Bond film, this certainly beat my usual Monday morning commute.
Cayo Santa Maria is an island just off the north coast, part of the Jardines Del Rey archipelago and home to Thomas Cook's newest Cuba destination, Santa Clara.
Growing in popularity, it is a cost- effective Caribbean alternative that still promises luxury with glorious beaches — as well as being steeped in history and character.
I was greeted at the hotel with a rum punch cocktail, which set the tone for the trip, before a golf cart swiftly arrived to whisk me through the gorgeous lush grounds to my double room with stunning balcony views of the ocean.
Starting as I meant to go on, I soon found the all-inclusive bar which boasted an extensive cocktail menu and fine selection of Cuba's signature Havana rum.
I took my drink to the large pools hidden behind flowering hedges, where the picturesque backdrop is ideal when you want to escape the heat.
Plus, the adult-only pool is perfect for unwinding, with its swim-up bar with more rum and four-poster sun beds.
However, Santa Maria's winning feature is at the end of a winding wooden pier leading to a stunning private beach.
With its pure white sand stretching for miles and clear-blue sea glistening as far as the eye could see, I felt like I was on my own paradise island.
But some words of warning — make sure you put sunscreen on your feet as the sun's reflection on the sand is lethal and you don't want to end up looking like you're wearing red socks. I speak from experience.
With a variety of high- standard à la carte restaurants including Oriental, Italian and Mediterranean as well as a stacked daily buffet brimming with fresh seafood and a BBQ, it's safe to say hungry wasn't in my vocabulary.
And I highly recommend the 24-hour snack bar's "holiday staple" — a cheese toastie — after a rum-filled day by the pool.
The evenings had a carnival vibe as Latin rhythms filled the air and dancers in colourful costumes surrounded the guests. Their ability to salsa for hours on end is a serious endurance test.
I became well acquainted with the Cuban wildlife too, as the live band were often accompanied by a chorus of croaking frogs and birds (be sure to check the odd gecko hasn't tried to sneak into your suitcase).
It would be easy to have a luxurious, relaxing week without leaving the resort, but after travelling 4,500 miles to a country that has mystified the western world for so long, I had to get to know the real Cuba.
An excursion to some of its oldest colonial towns was top of my to-do list — and the drive itself was eye-opening.
Roaring along the uneven roads in an air-conditioned coach, we whipped past horse-drawn carts, kids on donkeys and super-cool vintage Cadillacs that have become synonymous with Cuba.
Travelling through fields of sugar cane, tobacco plants and mango groves, the rural workers were hard at work making the most of the country's natural resources.
The landscape changed quickly, moving from bustling towns straight into thick jungles and towering mountain ranges as we approached one of the first European settlements, Sancti Spíritus.
After a morning glass of sangria, I wandered the food markets and sparse shops that still use rationing stamps as currency, while taking in the beautiful architecture.
After a visit to Cuba's oldest church and a walk to the statues of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, leader of Cuba's original revolution against Spain, I explored one of the isle's hidden gems — the town of Trinidad.
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It was like a step back in time, with colourful, cobbled streets and refreshingly, no wifi or phone signal for miles. Who would see my Instagram posts, I thought, then realised I could not care less.
Switching off was bliss.
The Unesco world heritage site exudes the charm and splendour of its past. To see the town in all its glory, the Museo Historico Municipal is well worth the climb.
The spiralling, narrow staircase to reach the bell tower has panoramic views for some seriously Instagram-worthy snaps when I could get back online.
The former slave port has a thriving arts and crafts scene too, filled with pop-up galleries held in people's living rooms and demonstrations of traditional hand-rolled cigars and pottery sculpting by pensioners who look as if they could do it in their sleep.
After taking in the culture on land, I decided it was time to see what lies beneath that glistening ocean I'd spent so long admiring.
I headed to the coral reefs for snorkelling, where the translucent waters were filled with life, some bigger than expected, on bountiful reefs that rival any Red Sea diving resort.
This was followed by an adrenalin-filled self-drive speedboat adventure, where I was let loose on the labyrinth of canals that surround the small Las Brujas islands.
With the wind in my hair and the eerie husk of the sunken warship San Pascual in the distance, I once again felt like I was a Bond girl on a high-speed chase.
Back on land, I immediately ordered a rum cocktail to finish the trip.
Shaken, not stirred. Obviously.
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Who has never given in to a tasty slice of Sachertorte while visiting Vienna?
Anyone walking in the streets would certainly not be able to resist the charm of the Austrian capital, and not fall in love with this magical city, home to artists, philosophers, and musicians. But it would be even more difficult not to fall in love with its most delicious pastry specialty, the attraction of a whole country: the Sachertorte!
What is the origin of Sachertorte?
But who invented this legendary cake consisting of two layers of chocolate sponge cake, separated by a layer of apricot jam, completely covered with chocolate icing? And where can we taste a slice of the original sachertorte recipe?
On December 19, 1816, the inventor of one of the most famous cakes in the world, the Austrian Franz Sacher, was born in Vienna. We owe the invention of the Sachertorte to this young Jewish pastry chef, Franz Sacher who created it in 1832 in the Austrian capital.
At the age of 16, Franz Sacher worked as an apprentice pastry chef in the kitchens of Prince Klemens von Metternich, Chancellor of the Habsburg Empire. One day in 1832, Chancellor Metternich asked that a special cake be prepared for his precious guests, uttering the following threatening phrase:
"Dass er mir aber keine Schand 'macht, heut' Abend !" (I shall not be ashamed tonight)
That day, however, the pastry chef in charge, Franz Sacher's superior, was very ill, so it was up to Sacher to prepare a new dessert.
Taking advantage of his ingenuity, his love of chocolate and his ability to work with it, Franz Sacher proposed to the Chancellor a soft and fluffy cake, consisting of two thick layers of chocolate sponge separated by apricot jam, completely covered with a very special chocolate icing. Legend has it that after tasting it, Metternich yelled an ovation of enthusiasm.
The Sachertorte was very successful, first with Metternich, then across Europe. In the years that followed, Franz Sacher worked in Bratislava, Pressburg, Vienna and Budapest where he offered his Sachertorte, which was a great success. In 1848 he returned to Vienna and opened a delicatessen.
In the following years, Eduard, one of Franz's sons, born in 1843, started to work as an apprentice at Café Demel, imperial pastry shop of Emperor Franz Joseph and the famous Empress Sissi. He proposed the Sachertorte by perfecting the recipe inherited from his father every single day.
In 1876 Eduard founded the famous Hotel Sacher in Vienna. However, a copy of the recipe was forgotten in the laboratories of Demel, leading to the fact that the imperial pastry shop appropriated the recipe of the cake, selling it with the mention "Original Sacher-Torte".
This is where the battle started, one of the most famous culinary conflicts in Europe. With the help of lawyers, judges, and certified papers, this conflict, which lasted several years, did not end until 1962, when the Austrian Supreme Court ruled that only the cakes of the Hotel Sacher could boast of the name "original".
At the famous pastry shop Demel, located at Kohlmarkt 14, all that was left was to offer their version bearing the name "Demels Sachertorte" or "Eduard Sachertorte".
The Sachertorte today
Hotel Sacher, the only one to produce the 100% authentic Sachertorte, covered with a glaze made from a mixture of 3 different types of chocolate, all kept secret just like the recipe, now produces more than 290 000 cakes per year, which can also be purchased online.
In fact, in recent years, to keep pace with globalization, Hotel Sacher has begun shipping cakes all over the world. Thanks to its special preparation, the cake manages to travel from one country to another, enclosed in fancy wooden boxes with golden corners. Be careful though! The Sachertorte should never be stored in a refrigerator. It must be kept at a temperature of about 63 F, even during transport.
Do not trust any pastry chef who will try to make you believe that their Sachertorte was prepared according to the original recipe. Even if their cake is heavenly with a perfect icing, it is clear that the pastry chef will certainly not have access to the original recipe. In fact, the Sacher house keeps it in a safe, as if it were the legendary Fort Knox gold reserve. And the recipe does not even appear in the cookbooks of the Sacher house. The original recipe of this Sachertorte has started one of the most intense disputes in the history of world gastronomy.
The original Sachertorte can be purchased at the Sacher Hotels in Vienna and Salzburg, but also in Bolzano, in northern Italy, in the Sacher shop of the famous Piazza Walther, the only retailer in the world authorized to sell the original Sachertorte, outside of Austria.
So, do you prefer the Sachertorte prepared at the Hotel Sacher or the Sachertorte prepared by the Demel pastry shop? Even after centuries, among the tourists who visit Vienna every year, there is still doubt as to the most delicious version of this Austrian dessert!
I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful city of Vienna in May 2015. The opportunity to stop at the famous Sacher hotel and sample the authentic and famous Sachertorte. An unforgettable experience, although I must admit that I preferred the torte recipe of Demel pastry shop, a little more airy and moist, and with a more pronounced chocolate taste.
- 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate
- ½ cup unsalted butter , softened
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 6 eggs , separated
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup water
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 10 oz. apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 oz. heavy cream
- Springform pan (9 inches / 23 cm)
Preheat oven to 350 F (175˚C). Lightly butter a springform pan.
- Melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Beat butter with icing sugar until creamy. Stir in melted chocolate, then the egg yolks, one at a time.
- In a bowl, beat the egg whites with the sugar. Gently fold into the chocolate mixture, then stir in flour. Pour into the pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges begin to pull away from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then unmold by running a knife around the cake if necessary.
- Allow the cake to cool completely on the base of the springform pan. Once cool, remove from pan and slice the cake in half horizontally.
- Bring water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan.
- When the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and stir in 2 tablespoons of rum. Brush half of the syrup on the cut side of the lower part of the cake.
- Puree the apricot preserves with 1 tablespoon of water until smooth.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat in a small saucepan and cook until thickened, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in 2 tablespoons of rum, then spread the jam mixture on the cut side of the bottom cake.
- Place the top of the cake on the bottom. Brush the outside of the cake with the remaining syrup and refrigerate until the icing is ready.
- In a bowl, combine the chocolate and butter. Melt over a double boiler. Meanwhile, bring the cream to a boil.
- Stir the cream into the melted chocolate. Let cool a few minutes.
- Spread the icing on and around the cake.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving. You can serve with whipped cream as well as a Viennese hot chocolate.


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The school year is in full swing and the new faces are hopefully starting to settle in, while the parents have gotten over their first day nerves and making the most of the freetime.
Buddy Seifert has a great article in this issues Sun, with highlights coming up on the web, covering the Rams 2016 opening football season against Calvary Christian Academy Golden Knights of Chula.
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Starpulse.com breaks down last night's "American Idol." Great job #TeamDimbles!
Members: Jaq Mackenzie, Michael Simeon, Nick Fradiani, and Hunter Larsen.
Song: "Rude" by Magic.
Impression: They had the best group performance of the night. Everyone sounded amazing and they did the most interesting choices with their performance and song. We're not fans of "Rude," but we loved their version of it.
Cuts: None. They all advanced to the next round.
The episode once again ended with a cliffhanger. In the next group, a member collapses.
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An emotive few weeks
Throughout all of this though it has been the off-field events that has detracted from this. I cannot help but feel sadness at the senseless attack on Neil Warburton at Birmingham. Whilst I do not know Neil personally, it is still very sad to see such a thing happen in today's game. The days of the seventies are long gone but still the threat of football violence is as real today as ever. For the sake of a football match, Neil and his family will be scarred by that day for many years. I wish Neil a speedy recovery and hope that the good progress he has made over the past week, continues.
Four days after this incident took place in Birmingham, I sat watching Sky Sports News showing the events that completely overshadowed the West Ham vs Millwall League Cup match. The mass violence outside the ground in which a man was stabbed, as well as the behaviour of West Ham supporters invading the pitch. Fans were injured by objects being thrown at them, including sharpened coins and darts. Allegedly Carlton Cole was racially abused as he was substituted and to make matters even worse, the stabbing of Callum Davenport and the death of Jack Collisons' father had occured in the five days prior to the game.
I can't help but think back at the visit of West Ham to The Britannia last season. The disgraceful scenes of West Ham fans trying to cross the divide into the section of the South Stand occupied by Stoke supporters. From my seat in the family stand, I could see most of what was going on and at no point did I see anything to provoke or instigate the events that took place. I can also vividly remember the length of time taken by police in the stadium to assist the stewards in restoring order in the away end. Several others around me also remarked as we watched the stewards struggling to contain the West Ham
fans, whilst a large group of police stood by the players' tunnel for several minutes before intervening.
Football is a sport that should be enjoyed by the whole family and to think that whilst following your favourite team, you could end up being attacked for it, is both a disturbing and frightening thought. There are certainly games and grounds that I would not take my family to and that is a very sad situation.
I can only hope that the remaining fixtures this season pass without incident, although many may look at Birmingham and West Ham and think that these are the most likely candidates, with both recent history and of course our 2006 FA cup meeting at home against Birmingham. We showed everybody, time and again, last season, that you can make a ground intimidating and loud for the opposition without resorting to the type of behaviour witnessed the last few weeks.


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