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The following pieces are Musings of Sensitive, sensible artist, a prolific writer and an able wordsmith, read some of his Yellow scribbles and follow him on Instagram, there you go… Candle - when the candle of passion is lit...  Time - Every day, she sat quietly Mask - Her mask was perfect... Wrinkles - every wrinkle is a scar! Attic - somewhere in the corner of the attic Flowers - the graveyard Waiting - the weight  For more of these wonderful scribbles,  follow on Instagram :  yellowscribbles ----- About the writer: RAHUL MATHUR Prolific writer / Executive Creative Director New Delhi, India Instagram:  yellowscribbles If you like the Thread: Follow us on our page on Facebook:  Lucky Strike Magazine  or on  Twitter  or sign up to our  mailing list  to receive all updates | to Comment:  Click Here

How many people are still keeping telephone directories at homes? Not many. How many companies are still keeping Telephone books in their offices? Many. In the age of Smartphones and internet, these bulky yellow (or any other colors, not necessary the yellow pages) are sort of redundant for many people nowadays, at least for the younger generation,  that young crowd who find in their smartphone screens whatever they wish to seek.   At the beginning of each year, the yellow directories are dispatched to offices, distributed on tables, and by year end, most of them are carried to dustbins brand new, untouched!   From late nineties to beginning of 2000's, I happened to work for Yellow pages in one middle east country as a translator/proofreader; Print was going on fine and sales where booming (because for some companies, it is good to be there, not because of potential clients or revenues; and thanks to some hell of sales people who were working for the company), b

“Time was made for slaves,” John B. Buckstone—Billy Taylor. Act I. Sc. 2. Fighting for a reasonable deadline is a tedious procedure you “have to” go through in nearly every time-consuming translation or copywriting job. Reason is because Project managers, or call them client serving people are always trying to keep buffer time, their safety net, to deliver on time; to look good in front of their demanding clients and avoid stinkers to their bosses along the way; But covering your ass as a luxurious commodity in this world, bought on whose expense? The people who actually do the job! The original content, THEY took their own sweet time, months to compile, edit and approve, and when it comes to translation phase, it is needed yesterday! And the phone call is always concluded with: “We are behind schedule, I am counting on you, Please bail me out!”. You have no choice, you have a sense of responsibility and a long history with the client, and you accept and end up pe

“It's like a duck on a calm lake,” he said in French. “On the surface, he looks like he is idle, but under the water, his feet are really busy.” There are many types of crooks and hustlers thriving and running their small time businesses by underhand dealings all around this peaceful city!  This article is a brief account of “Ad Crooks” whom you can possibly come across in the field of advertising freelancing (whether copy or art).

Express Freight Service is a local logistics company headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. The company recently added a new feather to its cap, by adding custom clearance license to enhance its services to its clients.

Me: What's up mate! I heard you moved to corporate communications! have you left the Ad agency? Friend:  (With confidence) yes! Me: Every person I know graduated from English Dept, left ad agencies, translation, companies...etc, and found refuge in corporate communications! Super! it is sort of posh it seems! Friend:  I moved to corporate communications, all my batch graduated are working either as lecturers or HR officers or as you said communications, I hate translation to be honest! Me: Well, Translation is innocent! …The problem is in the atmosphere in which we work! Ad Agency  people  as well as their clients do not understand or able to fathom what kind of effort; mental and nerve strain, knowledge and time that goes into accomplishing one single job!...Even  people who have been interacting with Translators/Copywriters all lifelong! Starting from: General Managers, Servicing and marketing Executives, ending up with clients (with all their  atrocities) !  Agenc

Shipment of cargo by trucks, directly from the shipper's place to the destination, is known as a door to door shipment and more formally as multimodal transport. Trucks and trains make deliveries to sea and air ports where cargo is moved in bulk. Freight forwarding! Logistics ! Supply chain Solutions!

Riviera for Skype is a Skype call recorder . It automatically records Skype calls and conversations to MP3 files. Very convenient for recording interviews, tech talks, conferences, audio casts, pod casts for learning later, etc. You may get more food for thought from Riviera for Skype home page:  http://www.jiteco.com/skype_ call_recorder.html

Hany Lioun Nasr Software Developer Freelance (SQL Server, C#, and ASP.NET) Mobile: +201001545067 E-mail : hanylioun86@yahoo.com Cairo, Egypt

Misr Medicare is an Egyptian company specialized in marketing, and performing after sales service & maintenance for medical equipment and supplies in the Egyptian territory. Misr Medicare currently represents many worldwide well known suppliers of medical equipment & supplies as a sole agent in Egypt. Misr Medicare has a fully integrated service center, run by highly experienced group of bio-medical engineers and technicians. The center is also fully equipped with all required tools for performing calibration, maintenance and service for our products. Thus we guarantee an excellent after-sales service to our customers. Misr Medicare's products and services cover all over Egypt, including Great Cairo, Alexandria, Delta Area, Suez Canal Area, Upper Egypt, in addition to all sub-areas. Misr Medicare believes that "Choosing The Best Leads To The Best" . Based on this fact, we are always choosing the best suppliers worldwide manufacturing m

Dynamic Freight is an international freight forwarding, Egyptian company offering full door-to-door services. Import/export, Full container load, Customer consolidation, Consolidation cargo (LCL), Airfreight,Trucking, Custom clearance. Ramy Mahmoud and Mostafa Mahmoud , the co-founders of The Dynamic company says: “our mission is to become, Egypt most trusted company in Freight industry. And continue: “We expect to perform in a way that maintains the trust and confidence of our customers. Contact: Email: rmahmoud@dftegypt.com Phone:  +2 02 24 500 990 +2 02 24 502 015 +2 01247 33338 +2 0144506332

Enhance your home decor. Buy Original paintings signed by talented artists Original Water Color Omani Paintings  on A4 size paper. Suitable for your home decor, Greeting Cards and Calender. Also can be done paintings on any subject. Painting purchase Order by Ref. Number on E mail hasanz59@gmail.com Artist's Name: Syed Hasan Abbas BFA from Lucknow University, India

Shoba's Creation has a new and exciting collection of Etinic Indian Décor and would be the ideal gift for people you would be visiting and would be the ideal gift for Diwali/Nawrathiri. India is known for its Rich Culture and Handicrafts like Themed Paintings, Wall Hangings, Themed Vases, Glass Painting, & Imitation Jewelry (Necklace sets, Ear studs) to name a few. The designer will soon also be launching a new range of Apparels (Chudidars, Sarees, Salvars, Short tops, Kurtas (Men) and will be available from December 2011 onwards.    Interested in placing a bulk order please call +968 92725311/+968 24791059 or email: shoba1979@yahoo.com (Minimum Order Quantity will apply for orders outside Muscat, Oman)

Indian jewellery retailer Malabar Gold is planning to spend Dhs250m in the next two months in order to expand its presence across the Middle East and elsewhere, The Peninsula has reported. The retailer will open showrooms in Doha, Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Chennai, Vizag, Kottakkal-Kerala and a factory in Sharjah to keep pace with the growing demand of customers for Malabar gold jewellery globally. Malabar Gold's 59th outlet will be inaugurated at Al Watan Centre, near BHK signal, Airport Road, Doha on September 21.

 Tuesday, September 13 - 2011 UAE-based Landmark Group has launched Candelite, a first-of-its-kind confectionery and savoury concept in the Middle East, with an investment of over $100m, The Peninsula has reported. Candelite aims to open nearly 50 small and large format outlets in the UAE, Kuwait, Oman , Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia by 2012.

Have you ever thought how to download video and audio from flash players on internet sites like Youtube, Google Video, MySpace, DailyMotion, Metacafe, Break, Blog sites of your friends with embedded audio and video content and so on?  So, JCopia does it all. It captures flash video / audio / stream from any website to your computer as files. Just play your media online and watch as JCopia saves any clip / music / movie to your computer.  JCopia detects and begins to download any clip, video, music, radio stream, video stream, Flash game or presentation that is played in your browser. Increase your video and audio collection with JCopia now! Link : http://jiteco.com/jcopia.html

Europcar Oman recognizes 20 years’ service by Mr Hareshkumar Ramniklal Joshi.The event further re-enforced the important role of the staff to the overall success of the company.