Stuck for something to read during your next flight? Not likely, if you've got Apple's News+ sitting on your iPad.
News+ is Apple's freshly-minted newspaper and magazine service which offers a riot of unlimited reading across 300 titles for a flat rate of US$10 per month.
The mix leans strongly towards high-end magazines – any laundry list would start with GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wired, Fast Company, Bloomberg Businessweek, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic, Elle, New York Magazine, Atlantic, Rolling Stone and Runner's World.
News+ isn't restricted to the iPad – it also runs on iPhones and Mac laptops and desktops, with your reading list kept in sync as you move between devices.
Also making a spot on the subscription shelf will be a growing series of newspapers headlined by The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times, plus 'premium online publications' such as Vox' The Highlight and New York Magazine's Vulture, The Cut and Grub Street.
The News+ tab will sprout from Apple's standard News app and is already available in the US and Canada, with Australia and the UK coming online "later this year", Apple says.
Predictably there's a free one-month trial, but pleasingly the subscription can be shared between up to six people via Apple's Family Sharing feature.
The 'all you can read' magazine service is based on Texture, which Apple acquired about a year ago, and will compete with the likes of Readly, which boasts over 3,000 magazines (although many are per-country editions of the same masthead, and not always in English) for US$11/month.
and joins the overnight launch of the Apple TV+ streaming Netflix competitor, the announcement of an Apple Arcade games package plus the current Apple Music subscription service as Apple seeks to boost revenue from sources other than the iPhone.
Sounds good but it will have to go some way to compete with Readly, which I use all the time both at home and when travelling. Readly lost some good titles last year when Bauer pulled the plug on Empire movie magazine among others, maybe those have moved to Apple News+.
If you compare US and AU pricing for Apple Music it's USD$10 vs AUD$12, so if the same applies for News+ then this will be pretty appealing.
will it include some decent newspapers?
Not quite as fancy graphics, but you can get a bunch of those electronic magazines via your local library.
Forgive me if I read that wrong but will I be able to acessit on my windows PC?
From what I've read it won't be avaliable on other platforms.
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Minister pledges action after slaughterhouse animal abuse is revealed
DutchNews, June 20, 2018
Photo: Despositphotos.com
Dutch farm minister Carola Schouten says she will tighten up the rules on abattoir closures and increase fines for animal cruelty following revelations about conditions in Dutch slaughterhouses.
An item on RTL Nieuws, based on government inspectors' reports, said that 48 fines had been handed down to 19 abattoirs which process cows, sheep and pigs over the past two years because of serious animal welfare issues.
Inspectors had seen several instances of pigs being placed in vats of very hot water when they were anaesthetised but still alive and trying to swim. The animals were then held under the water by slaughterhouse workers until they drowned.
In another case, calf was skinned alive. The inspector wrote: 'despite the calf's movements, the slaughterman went ahead with removing the skin from its head.'
There were also 16 cases of animals being dismembered while they were still alive because their carotid artery had not been properly cut, RTL Nieuws said.
Every year some 15 million pigs, 2 million cows and 500,000 sheep are killed in the Netherlands' 180 slaughterhouses.
Fines for breaking the law range from €500 for a 'slight infringement' to €10,000 for a very serious or repeat offences.
MPs from across the political spectrum have now called on the minister to get tough. In particular, they say fines should be increased and abattoirs which are multiple offenders should be closed down.
'This is absolute horror for the animals,' said Esther Ouwehand of the pro-animal PvdD. 'We are supposed to believe that everything is so well arranged here in the Netherlands. But a slaughterhouse which skins an animal alive, drowns them in a piping hot bath or chucks them in the bin should be shut down.'
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Labels: Animal Cruelty, Animals - Birds, Justice, Netherlands, Slaugtherhouse
Indonesian woman swallowed by giant python
Yahoo – AFP, June 16, 2018
Residents of a village in Indonesia were suspicious that a python had eaten their
neighbour so they cut it open and found the woman's body inside, according to
the local police chief (AFP Photo/ROBERT SULLIVAN)
An Indonesian woman has been found in the belly of a giant python after the swollen snake was captured near where she vanished while tending her vegetable garden, police said Saturday.
The body of 54-year-old Wa Tiba was found Friday when villagers cut open the seven-metre (23-foot) python which was found bloated in the village of Persiapan Lawela on the island of Muna, offshore of Sulawesi.
"Residents were suspicious the snake swallowed the victim, so they killed it, then carried it out of the garden," said local police chief Hamka, who like many Indonesians has only one name.
"The snake's belly was cut open and the body of the victim was found inside."
Some 100 residents, including worried relatives, launched a search for the woman after she failed to return from her garden Thursday night.
Hamka said villagers found the giant serpent lying about 30 metres from Tiba's sandals and machete, adding she was swallowed head first and her body was found intact.
The garden in which she disappeared was at the base of a rocky cliff, pockmarked by caves, and known to be home to snakes, Hamka added.
Giant pythons, which regularly top six metres, are commonly found in Indonesia and the Philippines.
While the serpents have been known to attack small animals, attempts to eat people are rare.
In March last year, a farmer was killed by a python in the village of Salubiro on Sulawesi island.
Labels: Deaths, Indonesia, Snakes
Penka the cow spared death over crossing EU border
This handout picture taken near the village of Kopilovtsi in Bulgaria and released by
the Four Paws Foundation shows Penka the cow that risked death by staying
over the EU border. (AFP Photo/Hristo Vladev)
Sofia (AFP) - Bulgarian authorities announced Monday that Penka, the cow who risked death by straying over the EU border, will not be put down after all.
"Laboratory analyses of the cow that spent 15 days in Serbia and crossed the border back (into Bulgaria) are negative for all the tested diseases," Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency announced Monday.
"She will not be killed and will return to her herd by the end of the week," agency spokeswoman Ekaterina Stoilova confirmed to AFP.
Penka's plight went viral on social media and made headlines around the world after her owner Ivan Haralampiev, from the western village of Kopilovtsi, launched an appeal 10 days ago to save her.
The animal had wandered away from her herd near the western Bulgarian village of Mazarachevo on May 12 and spent more than two weeks in Serbia before local farmers identified her from her earmarks.
Penka then fell foul of strict EU rules on the import of live animals from third countries, which require extensive paperwork giving the animal a clean bill of health before it can enter the bloc.
Haralampiev lacked the necessary documents to authorise her return and was only allowed to take her back if he agreed to put her down within days.
But instead he launched an appeal on television to save her, sparking a worldwide outpouring of sympathy.
By Monday more than 30,750 people -- including former Beatle Paul McCartney -- had signed an online petition to save Penka addressed to EU institutions.
Penka's fans shared her story with the hashtag #SavePenka and even wrote a poem describing her odyssey.
Haralampiev told Bulgarian media on Monday that he was very grateful "to all the people from across the world who stood up for my poor animal".
"You have no idea how much stress this cost me but it was worth it," Haralampiev said, adding that he was looking forward to an emotional reunion.
Penka would have "luxury fodder" and "lots of caresses" to look forward to and had become "very special" for the family, he said.
Penka was even discussed during the European Commission's daily briefing on Friday with climate spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen answering extensive questions from journalists regarding the cow's situation.
Bulgarian food safety authorities say it is not an isolated case, with animals from Serbia and Macedonia often entering Bulgarian territory, and they are holding talks with the neighbouring countries to resolve the issue.
Labels: Compassion, Cows, EU, Protest
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Calothamnus gracilis 'Spring Torch� (Slender Net Bush) An evergreen dwarf shrub to 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide with 4 inch long rigid narrow gray-green leaves that are held erect with new growth flushed a fiery red-orange color in spring. Over a long period appear the dark red flowers held on one side of the stem along with the older growth. Plant in full sun to part shade in most any well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently � drought tolerant once established. I tolerates light frost and should prove hardy to at least 28� F. A very attractive small shrub for an accent in the garden � the flowers are unusual but not that showy but the new growth is quite outstanding. This plant was accessioned by the UCSC arboretum as Calothamnus gracilis 94.931 from Mt. Trio in the Stirling Range of Western Australia. A 2012 Australian Plant Introduction from U.C. Santa Cruz Arboretum. This description is based on our research and observations made of this plant as it grows in our nursery, in the nursery garden and in other gardens that we have visited. We will also incorporate comments received from others and always appreciate getting feedback of any kind from those who have some additional information about this plant, in particular if this information is contrary to what we have written or if they have additional cultural tips that would aid others in growing Calothamnus gracilis 'Spring Torch'.


"The last couple of years have been years of evolution, also cultural, for this industry," said Fulvia Aurino, digital commerce, marketing and omnichannel director of ELC Italy The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.
"There have been great changes in the fruition of media and the shopping behavior of consumers. Now 75 percent of Italy is online, 37 million people are on social media and they spend an average of three hours online every day," she continued, pointing to developing e-commerce as an "inevitable process" for a company.
"We can't forget that there's still the traditional media," responded Coty Inc. Luxury Italy and Greece general manager Thomas Lévy, who believes this medium is still key in creating and strengthening a brand's awareness.
To answer to this future demand, Shiseido is bolstering its digital assets through a range of acquisitions. Among these, the country general manager of Shiseido Group Italy Luca Lomazzi mentioned MatchCo., a California start-up that has developed a digital app that turns an iPhone into a diagnostic tool for detecting the right skin shade for makeup foundation purchases.
"The Italian market is ready for this kind of tech innovation," he said, underscoring that similar devices can enhance the shopping experience in traditional distribution, starting from perfumeries.
Embracing digitalization would encourage the internalization of Italian beauty companies, which are mainly focused on the domestic market. The most tempting growth opportunity is China with a population of 1.4 billion — 802 million of whom use the Internet — and a beauty market value of 64 billion euros.
"The Chinese consumer is younger and richer than ours, and uses mainly mobile phones as a tool for purchases and interaction with his peers," said Carolina Solari, business development manager, beauty and personal care of Alibaba Group.
Chinese online sales of beauty products increased across all categories, with cosmetics up 46 percent; skin care up 40 percent; personal care increasing 37 percent, and a new interest shown in beauty devices and men's beauty, growing both more than 50 percent in 2018.
Solari also outlined the main trends driving the market, including color makeup; facial care, especially antiaging creams consumers start to use from a young age, and hair care, which has become hot in the last quarter and has determined the popularity of a range of Spanish brands offering antipollution products.
In addition, Solari mentioned the success of Italian accessible label Kiko, which made its debut last summer on Alibaba's Tmall Global and has become one of the top-performing beauty brands in the marketplace.
Also preparing to launch on Tmall Global is Cosnova, the German-based parent company of the affordable Essence, Catrice and L.O.V. brands. Registering estimated revenues of 435 million euros in 2018, Cosnova is distributed in 85 countries, the most recently launched of which is Brazil.
The company's chief sales officer and general manager Hilko Prahl underscored the importance of e-commerce for the firm, even though it still represents a minimum share of its sales. To strengthen this channel, Cosnova has launched a digital commerce unit, which is expected to account for roughly 20 percent of its total of 600 employees in less than two years.
"E-commerce for us is not just online sales…the most important thing is: How do you connect to the consumer online and continue the journey and follow him into the offline world? Yes, online sales are growing but continues to be highly relevant and we want to interconnect both," Prahl said.
Beside the opportunities that come with digitalization, the executive also pointed to the new, challenging quest for speed that comes with it.
"Some years ago you looked at trends coming from Korea, the U.S., then the U.K. and Europe and you had enough time to prepare novelties but nowadays…because of the digital world, there's a trend coming up, an influencer sees it and talks about it, and you don't have a time anymore," he said, mentioning identifying the right trend as key to maintain the pace of this process.
Consumer demands reflect not only on brands but also suppliers, as Chromavis chief executive officer Fabrizio Buscaini noted. To address the issue, the company will boost its production capabilities, unveiling a new, 1.08 million-square-foot plant in December. The unit will also house a mini-factory that can quickly produce smaller quantities, enhancing its flexibility.


Engadget has made a comparison of the iPhone 4 against what they call the smartphone elite – representatives of respective Mobile OS – HTC Evo 4G for Android, Nokia N8 for Symbian, Palm Pre Plus for WebOS and HTC HD2 for Windows Mobile.
Based on the hardware categories chosen, the N8 stacks up surprisingly well (and nice of engadget to recognize N8 amongst the "elite").
Well if history is an indicator, this will be it for Apple's iPhone over the next 12 months.
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/ Corporate / New Lake Mead Intake Named Among World's Top Engineering Feats
New Lake Mead Intake Named Among World's Top Engineering Feats
Matt Ball on February 8, 2016 - in Corporate, Design/Engineering, Water
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 8, 2016—The recently completed drinking water intake constructed to protect Southern Nevada residents from continuing drought has been nominated for the 2016 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award by the prestigious American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Listed among six projects selected from around the world, Lake Mead Intake No. 3 is the world's deepest subaqueous tunnel and is considered one of the most challenging tunneling projects ever undertaken. Requiring construction of a three-mile concrete-lined tunnel beneath the lake bed, the project required excavation at unprecedented hydrostatic pressure caused by the weight of hundreds of feet of lake water above the tunnel alignment. As a 1,700-ton tunnel boring machine inched its way through difficult geologic conditions for several years, workers constructed a railroad track in its wake to remove material and deliver supplies. In December 2014, the machine docked with an intake structure deep within the lake that was secured to the bottom by more than 1,000 truckloads of concrete. After more than 15,000 feet of underground tunneling spanning three years, the crew carefully mined through the intake's port within millimeters of the center mark.
"Together with the designer and builder of the intake project, we are honored to be considered for this award, which represents the pinnacle of modern civil engineering achievement," said Marcus Jensen, Director of Engineering for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). "Lake Mead Intake No. 3 has been the most ambitious project ever undertaken by the SNWA. During the course of the project, our team focus was singularly on the task at hand. However, once the work was done, we had the opportunity to step back and consider the challenges we overcame and the magnitude of what we accomplished. It is quite humbling."
Past award winners include Hoover Dam, the World Trade Center and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The ASCE will announce the winner March 17 in Virginia.
The SNWA is a not-for-profit agency that manages water conservation, water quality and water resource issues for Southern Nevada. Its members include: the Big Bend Water District (Laughlin); the cities of Boulder City, Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas; the Clark County Reclamation District; and the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Pierre, SD (August 1, 2013) - U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds announced today that Mitch Krebs will serve as campaign communications director. "We're very excited to have Mitch back on our team", said Rounds. "His tenure as a longtime, trusted journalist along with his public service in state government and several years of advocacy in the healthcare and energy industries gives him the unique experience to help us tell our story."
Krebs, who served as press secretary for Gov. Rounds from 2007-2009, will oversee all aspects of the campaign communications including press, social media and speaking events. "There's no doubt in my mind that Mike Rounds is the right person at the right time to serve as South Dakota's next United States Senator", said Krebs. "The Governor's leadership is sorely needed in Washington and I'm proud to join his top notch team."
Most recently Krebs was director of public policy for POET and prior to that, assistant vice president for community and media relations for Avera McKennan Hospital after a 16 year career in broadcast journalism and newsroom management in Sioux Falls.


Happy Monday, Guys! 😀 Today I have a book blitz for Interlude by Theresa DaLayne. It's the second book from her Stone Legacy series. You might recall I the book blitz post I did for the first book a few weeks ago, Mayan Blood.


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Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard Joins ABC News as Senior Vice President for Business Affairs
by MJ Asst-Editor March 30, 2021 March 30, 2021
Celebration of Muslim Women Making History…
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
(Originally published in Muslim Journal Vol. 46, No. 28, February 26, 2021)
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Earlier this year 2021, ABC News Executive Vice President Derek Medina sent out the following note to the news division announcing that Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard was joining the network as its Senior Vice President for Business Affairs.
His statement to the news division continued, "Reporting to me, Khadijah will negotiate and oversee the planning and negotiation of talent deals for ABC News' on-air talent and senior editorial staff as well as a growing number of production, digital and content license agreements aimed at growing ABC News' brand and increasing revenue and audience size."
Talking about the right person in the right place at the right time, that's Khadijah. Certainly sounds like huge shoes to fill, however observing her growth from childhood to this day, no one doubts her abilities to "deliver."
Starting on Feb. 1, 2021, Khadijah joined The Walt Disney Company, also overseeing the Rights and Clearances and VideoSource departments. Mr. Medina closes his welcoming message to Khadijah and to his staff, stating, "Please join me in welcoming Khadijah to ABC News to lead our outstanding team in Business Affairs."
A smart, savvy, strategic and experienced executive, Khadijah was most recently the Senior Vice President for Business and Legal Affairs at ViacomCBS, serving from 2010 through 2018. There she oversaw deal-making for unscripted programming, music programming, tent poles, specials and news across BET Networks.
Her experiences were paramount in bringing deals to closure for a number of high-profile projects, like "The New Edition Story," "The Bobby Brown Story" and "Black Girls Rock!."
Prior to working at BET Networks, she served as Vice President, Senior Counsel at Nickelodeon, where she worked for nine years and helped to launch "Dora the Explorer," "Diego" and "The Backyardigans" and worked on shows like "Spongebob Squarepants," along with other hits.
She led a 10-person team advising the network's leaders on legal matters across the business for unscripted and scripted programs, live events, news, documentaries, music programs and specials.
More recently, she negotiated the partnership between BET and the United Way for a COVID relief special and served as deputy to the Chief Social Engagement Officer for the network's COVID relief fundraising campaign, which raised nearly $20 million for Black communities during the pandemic.
During her tenure at Viacom and throughout her career, she has been passionately committed to mentorship, personally launching and co-chairing "HERE in NY," Viacom's Global Employee Resource Group for women, which promotes diversity, inclusion and professional development.
Plus, she's created several executive speaker series for company employees and developed innovative diversity employee retention programs in conjunction with senior leaders.
Khadijah is a graduate of Columbia University and currently the President of the Board of Directors for the Columbia College Women.
She graduated from Fordham University School of Law and received the Medal of Honor from the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association, the Corporate Counsel of the Year Award from the Muslim Bar Association of New York and the prestigious Luminary Award from the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC).
Now to her "Muslim side" of the equation: Khadijah was among the first young Muslim adults to be selected by the late leader Imam W. Deen Mohammed as the Muslim Female Youth of the Year, with Saafir Rabb II selected as the Muslim Male Youth of the Year – the same year.
Her sister, Asia Sharif-Clark reminisces about the years she and Khadijah perform "rap" sessions. "We loved touring around the country and sharing our message at Islamic Conventions and community events. At 10 and 12 years old, we began sharing our message of 'Taqwa,' 'Community' and 'Marriage.' It gave us a deep sense of joy. Khadijah and I performed until our early 20s," Asia said.
She added, "Khadijah loved participating in school-wide Islamic Studies Competitions, the Muslim Girl Scouts Troop, and Harlem Events centered around family and community. She also had a love for poetry from the Harlem Renaissance.
"One of the things that makes Khadijah a beautiful influencer is her ability to be a catalyst for youth and community growth! She loves partnerships that move students forward. Towards college, careers, and next steps of greater impact."
Her mother, Sis. Amidah Sharif Salahuddin spoke of Khadijah with the most admiration and love that a mother can give. Her tribute is an "article" unto itself that must be shared (see next week's Muslim Journal). Just to express some of what she shared that showed the influences that gave shape to Khadijah, she said:
"As Khadijah's mother, I am humbled and grateful to be honored with the title Mother. Khadijah and her five siblings are witnesses to ALLAH's (swt) infinite MERCY. As a single
mother for the major part of their upbringing, I was challenged to see our possibilities as a family
beyond our current circumstances.
"The Harlem Village was both our source of inspiration and the Harlem Village also provided us with many adversities. Our family was connected to the community known as the Nation of Islam located in central Harlem.
"And Harlem has a long and difficult history in our struggle for human rights known as the civil rights era. As civil unrest gripped America, Harlem was the epic-center of catastrophic loss of family and community life.
"Blockbuster movies, including New Jack City and The American Gangster, mirrored our war-torn communities. ….
"Khadijah was born into a womb surrounding her with family and community. Khadijah 14x
could not attend the University of Islam along with her sister Asia (Ayesha 16x), because she
was not yet 4 years old. She was extremely upset and asked me every day to take her to
…. Sis. Amidah's narration is absolutely beautifully gripping; join us next week for its continuation. However, just to share a little more, for now, she loses, saying, "We are family first. We are communities of families. Imam Warith ud-Deen Mohammed often reminded us that the Ka'bah symbolizes the family and the community….."
Khadijah has traveled and served on delegations to South Africa, Rome, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and has worked with the United Nations to assist aspiring businesswomen from Iraq. She contributed to a book titled Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak (Beacon Press) where she chronicles her journey as an activist and a Muslim American.
Fresh out of college, in her travels to Chicago to volunteer in the office of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Khadijah also began visiting the Muslim Journal offices and became a correspondent journalist for the Muslim newspaper.
She was the first Muslim representative of our community to participate as a panelist in Beijing, China, for the celebration of the International Women's Day. Khadijah shared her personal experiences with others while providing professionalism and ethics as a cornerstone of her mentorship of our future leaders.
Sis. Amidah reminded us, "Khadijah has commanded the respect of her peers and elders within the Muslim Community as well as the world community. She is gifted with a kind loving heart. Khadijah's tenacity and fearlessness catapulted her into sharing panel discussions with the late Ruby Dee while she was attending Columbia University.
"During her freshman at Columbia University, she traveled to Russia as a Youth Representative for the United Nations. Khadijah accompanied the Hon. David Dinkins and his staff as a Youth Ambassador to South Africa.
"Khadijah traveled to Italy and Soweto and Johannesburg as the first female and only Youth from the Harlem community on a global platform with the great Winnie Mandela and her then husband President Nelson Mandela."
Khadijah and her husband Craig Drinkard reside in West Orange, New Jersey, with their two daughters Jalsa and Madinah.
To be continued…, through the "eyes and heart of a mother…."
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Year in Review: ECU Health celebrates transformational 2022
Greenville, N.C. – ECU Health, the premier health system serving eastern North Carolina, experienced a transformational year highlighted by the introduction of a new brand, announcement of a new behavioral health hospital, recognition of multiple team members on the state and national levels and realization of clinical achievements and innovations that enhance the care for the 1.4 million people the organization proudly serves.
"As we reflect on the historic year that was and celebrate our achievements, I want to take a moment to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the team members who make ECU Health what it is: a premier rural academic health system dedicated to serving the people who call eastern North Carolina home," said Dr. Michael Waldrum, ECU Health CEO and Dean of the Brody School of Medicine. "As one year comes to a close and another begins, I know the next chapter of our shared story will be just as important. Our efforts in 2022 helped position us to navigate the complex challenges we face moving forward by bringing clinical, education and research innovations, but we still have work to do in the upcoming year and beyond to ensure our communities have access to the high-quality care they deserve."
The following highlights are only a few of the many achievements across ECU Health in 2022. For a more comprehensive review of the year, please visit: ECUHealth.org/YearinReview2022
Evolving to ECU Health
The re-brand to ECU Health is a visual reminder of how transformative the year has been. The ECU Health logo is a symbol of the commitment to transforming and elevating health care for millions, training the providers of tomorrow, collaborating with community partners to solve complex issues and bringing clinical innovations that improve the lives of those who call this region home.
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and the health system began a joint operating agreement on Jan. 1, 2022. In April, the two organizations hosted a press conference and shared the new logo for ECU Health and announced the brand launch that would begin in May.
In the months since, there have been visual changes across the health system from signage around hospitals and clinics to websites and social media channels. More importantly, the creation of ECU Health has opened the door for the system to improve access to care across eastern North Carolina while training health care professionals through Brody.
Expanding access to behavioral health care in eastern North Carolina
Access to behavioral health care is crucial across the country, but especially in rural areas like eastern North Carolina. In June, ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare announced plans to build a state-of-the-art, 144-bed behavioral health hospital in the medical district of Greenville, less than a mile from ECU Health Medical Center.
Slated to open in spring 2025, the hospital will operate through a joint venture between ECU Health and Acadia, the largest standalone provider of behavioral health care services across the United States. Together, the organizations will invest approximately $65 million in expanding behavioral health resources in eastern North Carolina.
The hospital will include 24 inpatient beds specifically for children and adolescents with mental health needs. These beds will be the first of their kind in ECU Health's 29-county service area and the only child and adolescent beds within 75 miles of Greenville, North Carolina.
Twenty-two ECU Health nurses recognized among Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina
This year, 22 ECU Health nurses were selected to the 2022 NC Great 100. This is the largest number of ECU Health nurses to receive this recognition. The honorees were celebrated at a gala hosted by The North Carolina Great 100, Inc. in Greenville in October.
Since 1989, The North Carolina Great 100, Inc. has recognized and honored nurses around the state for their commitment to excellence and to promote a positive image of the nursing profession. Out of thousands of nominations that are submitted annually, 100 recipients are selected based on their outstanding professional abilities and contributions made to improving health care services to their communities.
ECU Health Beaufort Hospital designated as primary stroke center by The Joint Commission
In July, ECU Health Beaufort Hospital – a campus of ECU Health Medical Center was designated as a primary stroke center by The Joint Commission and the American Heart/Stroke Association, recognizing the hospital's preparedness and expertise to care for stroke patients. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the state, resulting in more serious long-term disabilities than any other disease.
With ECU Health Beaufort's designation, all ECU Health's hospitals are stroke certified by The Joint Commission.
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Q: git lab integration with kubernate cluster with "Add existing kubernate cluster" option I'm trying to integrate a Kubernetes cluster into gitlab by using the "Add existing Kubernetes cluster" option. This integration is required to configure this cluster as a Runner in gitlab to execute the build.
Below details have been provided for the integration:
Kubernetes cluster name : kube_cluster
API URL : https://ipadress:port ex: https://10.8.9.0:8443
CA certificate:
CA certificate from kubernate cluster
Token: token obtained by below command
kubectl -o json get secret default-xxxxx-ght | jq -r '.data.token' | base64 -d > token.txt

but the integration fails during the Helm installation without a proper error message in git lab. How to solve this issue? Is there a way to find out what is actually failing in background?
Error message:
"Something went wrong while installing Helm Tiller
Can't start installation process"

A: According to their issue, one needs to upgrade the GitLab version to v11.1 to work around that bug, although another person is experiencing TLS weirdness after upgrading, so watch out for that, too

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Without the Lord's help, the yoke of sickness and suffering weighs down on us cruelly. By receiving the Sacrament of the Sick, we seek to carry no other yoke that that of Christ, strengthened through His promise to us that His yoke will be easy to carry and His burden light.
From the Lord's pierced side, from his open heart, there springs the living fountain which continues to well up over the centuries and which makes the Church. The open heart is the source of a new stream of life; here John was certainly also thinking of the prophecy of Ezechiel who saw flowing forth from the new temple a torrent bestowing fruitfulness and life (Ez 47): Jesus himself is the new temple, and his open heart is the source of a stream of new life which is communicated to us in Baptism and the Eucharist.
The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the Church's life. Saint John, as we know, sees in the water and blood which flowed from our Lord's body, the wellspring of that divine life which is bestowed by the Holy Spirit and communicated to us in the sacraments.
Through the sacraments it is Christ who communicates his life to multitudes of brothers and sisters, while he heals and comforts innumerable sick people through the many activities of health-care assistance that Christian communities promote with fraternal charity. Thus they reveal the true Face of God, his love. It is true: very many Christians around the world priests, religious and lay people - have lent and continue to lend their hands, eyes and hearts to Christ, true physician of bodies and souls!


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The Czech Republic is a new country with a long history. Since gaining independence from Slovakia in 1993, this melting pot of culture, history and natural beauty has wasted no time in establishing itself as a desireable tourist destination. In that respect, the Czech Republic has much to offer and an escorted rail tour with Great Rail Journeys offers guests a means of exploring this exciting and rewarding country in comfort.
At the heart of the rail network lies Prague, capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. An eleven-hundred-year history has bestowed this beautiful city with a wealth of remarkable historic buildings and cultural attractions, the extent of which has earned Prague's central area UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
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Touring the Czech Republic with Great Rail Journeys
Our guided rail tours in the Czech Republic combine wonderful views of the country's remarkable and unspoiled landscapes with visits to its greatest cities. We take care to ensure that each of our Czech Republic train holidays gives our guests an exciting and memorable introduction to its many highlights whilst delivering the best value for money.
Once you've paid for your rail tour in the Czech Republic with us there are no further costs to consider other than your own spending money. All transport by rail or otherwise, an interesting and varied programme of destinations and excursions, hotel accommodation and a selection of meals where applicable are all included in the cost.
Furthermore you'll have the services of one of our friendly and capable Tour Managers. Available to assist, answer questions and provide information and guidance whenever it's needed, our Tour Manager will do everything they can to ensure that your travels in the Czech Republic are thoroughly enjoyable and memorable.
You'll also enjoy quality accommodation that has been hand-picked by us for the quality of its location, value, comfort, amenities and standards of service. We appreciate just how important good accommodation is, and we'll often select local family-run hotels for their personalised service and relaxing informal atmosphere.
Czech Republic Traveller's guide
Bordered by Slovakia, Austria, Germany and Poland it's perhaps unsurprising that much of the Czech Republic's culture and architecture has been historically influenced by immigrants from its European neighbours. Nevertheless, the modern-day Czech people are proud of their country's heritage and natural beauty and understandably pleased to share it with visitors.
The Czech Republic enjoys a typical continental climate with warm, dry summers and cold winters. January is the coldest month and whilst the country can experience heavy snows these are generally short-lived with the exception of mountainous regions. Between May and September days are warm and dry, nights cool and rainfall minimal, making this the best time to visit.
Czech cuisine requires a healthy appetite; dieters may need to choose with care. A typical Czech meal might consist of pork or beef served in a sauce and with sliced dumpling. Rice and potatoes are equally popular accompaniments. The soups enjoyed most commonly are onion or garlic, although fish soup made from carp is served on special occasions. Other specialities include Svičková (pronounced svitch-ko-va) which is an intriguing concoction of meat, sauce and cream and Smažený Sýr (smaz-nee seer) which is fried cheese served with potatoes.
Our guided tours of the Czech Republic by train highlight the very best of the cities we visit, but if you wish to further explore Prague on your own we recommend travelling by the Metro which is a clean, well-policed and inexpensive way of getting around.
Traditionally there is no tipping culture in the Czech Republic although this has changed in Prague within the past few years. As the price of your tour includes tipping, your Tour Manager will see that rewards for good service are given where appropriate.
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It's a sad reality that our world is changing. Amidst heart-wrenching pictures of starved polar bears and annual forest fires across California, Australia and beyond, we find ourselves at a turning point in the Earth's natural history.
Flavours of the Danube - Authentic Viennese Apple Strudel
Nothing beats the combination of flaky pastry and spicy apple filling, but this Austrian favourite is famous world-wide for good reason. Simple ingredients deliver bold flavours, with each bite whisking you further along the glorious Danube.
Great adventures aplenty on tour of dramatic Danube
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Cruising like a king on the Amadeus Queen, Chris Page enjoys a first class trip to explore Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany.


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I Don't Know Who Killed Laura Palmer
I don't know who killed Laura Palmer. I don't know who murdered her and then covered her with a clear plastic tarp and dumped her in the river. I could find out. That'd be easy enough.
B.C. Edwards
This article is part of The Twin Peaks Project: a series of investigations, reflections, and reminiscences by writers, artists, and musicians who were influenced by David Lynch's seminal television show. To read more, or to learn about participation, visit www.twinpeaksproject.com.
I don't know who killed Laura Palmer. I don't know who murdered her and then covered her with a clear plastic tarp and dumped her in the river. I could find out. That'd be easy enough. I could ask anyone. I could read the many extensive wiki pages and websites devoted to Laura's killing. I could even watch the twenty-plus hours of Twin Peaks on Netflix and experience it all for myself. It would be easier than reading, say, War and Peace (which I also haven't done), or waiting in line for the ascension to the top of the Empire State Building, or figuring out Twitter.
But I'm stubborn.
When I lived in Colorado with an army of underemployed club kids I was the only one with a nine-to-five job, everyone else worked at restaurants or Starbucks or had a trust fund. Normally I would come home to a relatively quiet house, but every now and then the rest of the kids had a perfect alignment of scheduling and weather and spent the day together, drinking and grilling in the yard and smoking pot on the stoop. They lay around the living room exhausted and spent. There was a halfhearted cheer at my entrance, shish kebab waiting for me, margaritas they saved. They had missed me, they said, wished I'd been around, the day would be better if the whole house was there. And I ate their shish kebab and drank their margarita. And it was fun enough, but time ruins everything and my kebab and margarita did not have the same verve that their kebabs and margaritas did. The joy of it was hours ago, the kebabs and margaritas were just the vessels for the celebration. Eating them now, after the party was over, they tasted like what they were: leftovers.
That is trying to watch Twin Peaks twenty years after I was supposed to. It is drinking a leftover watered down margarita after a party that I didn't attend.
I had every opportunity to join in the festivities back in 1990 and yet I refused. My fellow ninth-graders were all watching, my parents and sister as well, but I stubbornly stayed in my room and practiced origami and tried to turn my mom's candles into medieval-style sealing wax because I thought it was going to make a comeback any day now. I don't have a justifiable reason for this self-exclusion, except some half-baked thirteen-year-old blanket dismissal of everything that everyone else liked.
At some point on I tried to jump into Twin Peaks, but by then the Lynchian treadmill was moving far too fast and we all know the horrors of trying to run on an already operating exercise machine. It was bewildering and I quickly abandoned hope. By way of substitute, I learned as much about the show from the only other source I could find: other television shows.
This is everything I could figure out about Twin Peaks in 1990: There are birds and there are sawmills and then there is Kyle McClaughlin, leaving a recording for someone named Diane. He describes the minutia of his life, washing his hair, getting ready for bed, he is obsessed with towels and sheets; he wants Diane to know everything. He ate so many jelly doughnuts, he says.
I think he misses her, this Diane. That is what rings the most clear as he stutters into the small cassette recorder. I think Kyle wants to tell her a truth so unfathomably complicated, but he doesn't have the language for it, and is reduced to using the pointless things in his world around him to try and form a new alphabet so as to communicate with this mysterious Diane.
Twin Peaks parody by Saturday Night Live (1990) by Malmignatte
Kevin Nealon then enters. He insists he knows who killed Laura Palmer, but Kyle's not interested, he wants to go to a bar. He wants to put on Indian headdresses and get drunk. This is some sort of ritual. I think Kyle just wants friends. That is all he wants, he's just looking for someone to hang out with, but Kevin's not on board.
Kyle tells Kevin a dream he had; mice and pitchforks, a diminutive damnation, and Kevin is having none of it. Chris Farley is not too far behind with the same message about who killed Laura Palmer; it was him; it was Chris Farley all along; and more than anything he wants to be done with it. There is a desperation to Farley, he wants to be anywhere at all in the world but right here at this moment.
Phil Hartman enters and dances with his hands over his eyes and from there it is a parade, Victoria Jackson pulls a decorative bow out of her mouth and Jan Hooks brings on some drapes and then a log and finally a bow-legged Mike Meyers enters to subtitles and does a jig of sorts. We fade to applause and equipped with this, I felt that I had a solid enough handle on the goings-on of Twin Peaks to hold up my end of the conversation.
I left it at that until 2011.
At minute thirteen of the pilot of Twin Peaks, Leland Palmer is talking on the phone to his wife Sarah when the sheriff asks to speak with him, takes his hat off and Palmer looks up and needs no other words from the policeman to know what is going on. Sarah needs no words from Leland to figure it out for herself. Leland weeps quietly while through the phone the wail of his wife expresses the turmoil for each.
At minute fifty-two of the pilot episode of AMC's The Killing it happens again: Stan Larson arrives at the dredging of a car from a pond talking on his cell to his wife, Mitch about where their missing daughter is. The police have already arrived; detective Sarah Linden comes up to Larson and tells him he can't be here. "Is that my daughter?" Larson asks and Linden replies only "I'm sorry. You can't be here," but those words are unnecessary, the father has all the information he needs and his silence is all his wife needs. And again it is the mother's breakdown that carries the weight and power of the scene.
Like Sarah Palmer, Mitch has to experience the grief alone and through only a phone line. It's not that a mother's love is that much greater than a father's, rather that loss is that much more powerful when you're not there to experience it. The mothers are crying for their killed daughters, but also for themselves, not being able to experience this anguish through anything but an electrical cable.
I saw both of these scenes on the same day while visiting Chicago. Twin Peaks had just been released on Netflix, and The Killing had just debuted on AMC. My hosts and I watched the first five or six episodes and I was all poised to dive in and finally catch up with the rest of humanity. But, like with every entry in everyone's Netflix queue, it has languished since returning from that trip.
I'm not sure that I want to know who killed Laura Palmer. I'm not sure that I'm supposed to know. I've spent fifteen years circumnavigating the edges of this show which so many others consider to be formative for their existence. So where they are defined in part by the show, possibly I am defined by the absence of it. And I think I'm okay with that.
I just hope that Dale Cooper get's some friends. He's lonely and clearly in love with this Diane person.
B.C. Edwards' work has appeared in Mathematics Magazine, Hobart, The New York Times, and others. His debut collection, The Aversive Clause, was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize, a finalist for the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize and winner of the 2011 Hudson Prize. His debut collection of poetry, From The Standard Cyclopedia of Recipes, was released this July from Black Lawrence Press. He attended the graduate writing program at The New School in New York and lives in Brooklyn. Follow him on Twitter at @bagsandcarts.
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"Boat people / What's up with that?" Watch M.I.A. break down 'Borders' in her epic new clip
A catchy track and clip with a conscience.
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Musicians can often fall short when it comes to the successful execution of a music video with a social or political message. Sometimes the videos can come across as tokenistic, overwrought or uncharacteristic of the artist; particularly if their output hasn't ever come accompanied with a broader political agenda. Sometimes though, artists really nail using their music videos as a medium for a message. British Sri Lankan rapper activist M.I.A. is currently breaking through the deluge of commercial visual crap with her hugely impressive clip for Borders, a single off her forthcoming project Matahdatah (we previously heard Platforms, Can See Can Do, and most recently, Swords, that we wrote about here).
The artist's self-directed video for Borders focuses on the migration crisis, lamenting the use of border fences to keep out migrants, and the perilous boat journeys refugees fleeing wartorn countries face. M.I.A. goes on the typical journey of a refugee in the clip, rapping between a hoarde of refugees cramped on a flotilla of boats, and then scrambling over barbed wire border fences. There's some powerful images in this clip, including a shot of M.I.A. walking on water, and getting atop a huge human pyramid of refugees, standing in solidarity with them. M.I.A. looks fresh as always, her fashionable looks in the clip make a (no doubt deliberate) juxtaposition with the simple beige garments and torn, dirty clothing of the refugees. The song itself is a winner, with a real catchy hook, and M.I.A. keeps the lyrics simple, but makes some compelling points: "Politics / What's up with that? / Police shots / What's up with that? / Identities / What's up with that? / Your privilege / What's up with that? / Broke people / What's up with that? / Boat people / What's up with that?" In a tweet, the rapper dedicated the video to her 'role model' and uncle Bala "..One of the first Tamil migrants to come to the UK in the '60s who went [on] to inspire so many people as a creative, daring man... Thank you for helping my family come to England and taking us out of Sri Lanka and saving us."
Along with the Swords video, the Borders video forms part of a series of videos that M.I.A. is releasing in the lead-up to her album, each filmed in a different country. M.I.A. has called the video series, which will eventually be a full length film, "a truly global and characteristically DIY MIA project." M.I.A.'s always had a knack for fusing together the West and the East in her audio and visual output, always finding inventive ways to talk about issues concerning pop culture and global politics. She's never held back: who could forget the unsettling gunshot sounds in her satire about immigrants Paper Planes, where M.I.A. rapped about making fake visas and dealing drugs, in a bid to reveal the prejudices Westerners have about Eastern immigrants. The song, said M.I.A. in an interview way back in '08, was "about people driving cabs all day and living in a s---y apartment and appearing really threatening to society. But not being so...I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere." M.I.A. took to Twitter recently to explain that there's also a deep social impetus motivating her new project: "The world I talked about 10 years ago is still the same. That's why it's hard for me to say it again on a new LP." One thing's for sure - our heroine is off to a cracking start.
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Premiere: Mathas unveils his Enforce Less video clipAnd we catch up with the man himself mid-tour celebrating his new album.
Chet Faker, Major Lazer and Kendrick Lamar dropped new music over the weekendSome huge tracks you need to hear.
Premiere: Watch the killer one-shot video for Rapaport's grimey latest single, FAM feat. P.Smurf
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The Sydney-based young gun comes out firing with the first track from an upcoming EP.
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Spanning eleven tracks and collaborations with The Veronicas and more, Allday's third album solidifies his tender hip-hop sound.
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Playas del Coco, in Costa Rica's popular Guanacaste Province, was a sleepy fishing village until the mid-90s. Around that time, the bay of Papagayo's pristine, beautiful beaches began to attract luxury resorts, like the Four Seasons, to nearby towns. Now Coco sits in the center of the tourism action and has developed into a popular coastal vacation spot, without losing its small-town charm.
Aside from stunning beaches, outstanding sportfishing, and nearby national parks, what makes this part of the Papagayo Bay such a wonderful tourist attraction is its proximity to the Liberia International Airport. Playas del Coco is around 20 minutes from the airport, which is serviced by multiple air carriers.
Villa Buena Onda hotel in Papagayo, Costa Rica is a 15-minute walk to Coco beach and downtown, where a variety of tourism-related businesses line Main Street, including restaurants, scuba diving, sportfishing and gift shops. There's even a small Casino in the center of town, while popular beaches are just a short drive or boat ride away!
The entire region of Guanacaste boasts excellent warm weather year round, scenic landscapes, national parks, hundreds of miles of coastline and an International Airport, providing convenience and plenty of options for fun and adventure to make for an unforgettable vacation.
There are several popular ways to get to the Hotel Villa Buena Onda in Papagayo, Guanacaste.
By Plane – Fly direct to the Liberia (LIR) airport (20 mins to Coco) or fly into San Jose (SJO) and then take the ground transfer (4 hrs) or a domestic flight to Liberia (55 mins).
By Car – Take a right out of the LIR Airport going West. You will see signs for Playa del Coco. Follow them for approx. 20 minutes to Coco. As you enter Coco, the road divides with an old anchor at the division. Take a LEFT just before the anchor, turning off the Boulevard. The road forks after the turnoff, stay RIGHT (straight) at the fork. Continue on a dirt road approx. 150 meters and bare left, passing a liquor store on your right and houses on your left. Just past a condo project on your left, take the next LEFT up a steep dirt road. 20 meters later, you'll arrive at The Villa entrance.
By Private Transfer – Let us arrange for you to arrive in style! A private shuttle from Liberia to our hotel is $89 one way and can be booked directly along with your accommodations.
The area around our Villa is packed with things to see and do. Below we have included some of the main highlights. Please speak to our staff about these and other options and they will be happy to help make suggestions and also to arrange your outings.


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Voice Assistants: How Human-Like Conversations Transform your UX
Back when the Internet was little more than an archive of documents, you had to plug all sorts of wires into a modem, disconnect your phone line, and listen for strange yet memorable beeping noises. Today, the world runs on the Internet. People love spending time online, and businesses love selling things to them.
According to an October 2020 report from Statistica, there was $3.5 trillion worth of global retail e-commerce sales last year, a number projected only to go up in the years to come. Billions of people around the globe shop online, pushing us to the height of convenience technologies. Need a new backpack? Order one online. Did the fridge stop working? Order a new one!
E-commerce knows no bounds when it comes to selling things online, and while the overall experience is far better than usual, it still leaves a lot to be desired. Webpages can get cluttered, but having too many pages can also be off-putting.
Slow loading times can weigh in when the customer is on the fence about buying something. Having to scroll through an e-commerce website just might be the most inconvenient thing about online shopping.
Although there are many online stores for a wide variety of products, the e-commerce industry lags in terms of UX. In the last few years, to save users from the hassle of online shopping, businesses have started using voice commerce to take the online shopping experience away from a webpage.
The Human Touch
Shopping has become a truly different experience from the days before e-commerce. Physical stores are no longer as important to start selling a product, and only the content on your product page has the power to persuade a potential customer.
Voice Commerce not only brings a friendly voice to the shopping experience but a human touch too. Voice assistants show up relevant search results when queried and through machine learning, they can also help tailor results to individual criteria like budget, size, color, and even style preferences.
Unlike a webpage, voice commerce adds an entirely different interface for online purchases, where users can interact with the technology in a personalized and hands-free manner. The number of people owning smart speakers and displays is rising, reducing hardware requirements to a bare minimum and giving anyone in the household access to voice-enabled e-commerce.
The e-commerce lifestyle is convenient, but hundreds if not thousands of options are now available to consumers as the trend catches on. Sifting through these lists of products on multiple websites can be slow, tedious, and, well, boring. It also proves to be slightly counterproductive, as users end up more frustrated with online stores after being spoiled for choice.
A helpful, friendly voice can help mitigate the dread that comes with shopping on the Internet. Built on a robust AI-based framework, voice assistants are programmed to understand users individually, putting them in a better position and mindset to purchase without additional obstacles.
Signing up for a website, payment information, and browsing through a seemingly infinite catalog can all be automated, making customers feel less overwhelmed and more likely to part with their money. Since the assistant can also save preferences from a user account, Voice Commerce is also incredibly successful at retaining customers. In fact, AI assistants can learn to detect customer satisfaction from speech mannerisms, which can be implemented into pre-emptive measures like offering discounts to keep them happy.
A Sound Ecosystem
Voice commerce has paved the way for a frictionless shopping experience that eliminates unnecessary steps and gets right to the action, putting the 'friendly' in 'user-friendly.' It's hard to imagine an interface that can be more user-friendly and hassle-free than that.
Alan AI delivers this flawless, hands-free interface by integrating its sophisticated voice assistant into your daily apps. Using a simple and straightforward integration process, your customers could have access to a personalized voice assistant in a jiffy, helping them make conclusive purchasing decisions and improving overall customer acquisition and retention.
Humans are social creatures, having distinguished ourselves from our less-evolved cousins through communication, language, and societies. Shopping used to be a more social experience, with weekends spent at the mall with friends. Now, when all you have to do is scroll through a list of offers, the objective becomes much less enticing.
Good UX is paramount to any growing business, with statistics showing that customers react incredibly poorly to a bad experience. Especially today, when we are more physically disconnected than ever before, a friendly little voice on the other end could be just what your customers need to feel a little less alone.
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A Malaysian associate of offshore contractor Emas Offshore is disputing the latter's claim to shake off a US$43 million repayment obligation from a deal made years ago, setting the stage for a potential legal battle.
Singapore-listed Emas said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange on Tuesday night that the collapsed Perisai Petroleum Teknologi is contesting claims made by it.
Emas had said last Thursday that it wants to terminate the share sale agreement and a separate shareholders' agreement between the two parties due to "certain breaches" by Perisai.
The said agreement would have allowed Perisai to dispose of its stake in subsidiary SJR Marine to Emas for US$43.03 million.
Emas, a unit of mainboard-listed Ezra Holdings, did not elaborate on what the breaches were in its Tuesday filing.
Emas and Perisai had entered into the share sale agreement in 2012. It gave Perisai the right to exercise a put option to sell its 51 per cent stake in SJR Marine and a mobile offshore production unit to Emas for US$43 million. Should the share sale agreement be terminated, the put option will be extinguished.
Said Emas on Tuesday: "The company is disputing Perisai's claims under the Dispute Notifications and its purported exercise of the put option rights."


Something I've always struggled with is finding products that are able to effectively remove my eye makeup without causing my sensitive eyes to react to the ingredients in the actual remover. My personal favourite and Holy Grail Product as a eye makeup remover is the Lancôme Bi-Facil but with it retailing at 29 euros a pop it really does put a dent in my spending money so I'm always looking for an affordable option. I think I've found though I wouldn't call it an exact dupe due to the texture and formula being completely different.
The Ren Skincare Express Makeup Remover is a cream makeup remover that can be used to remove an entire face of makeup. Me personally I only use it for the eyes as I like to remove my makeup via cleansing. Similar to Lancôme, you apply it onto a cotton pad, press it against the eyes for a few seconds and then wipe away the makeup. As much as I love this and will definitely be repurchasing it I don't think it replaces my Lancôme remover simply because the Lancôme is a lot lighter on the eyes texture wise because it's a liquid rather that than a cream.
The packaging of this product is very user friendly as it comes with a pump to dispense the product. I also love that it's a clear bottle as you can see when your running close to empty. I tend to reserve the Lancôme remover for when I have heavy makeup and use this more on a daily basis. That being said this does remove waterproof mascara so well done to Ren Skincare for achieving that.
This currently retails for 14 pounds that's roughly 15 euros and is available in Castle Pharmacy here in Waterford. I will have more reviews on Ren Skincare coming up on the blog soon!


Immerse yourself in the flamboyant world of designer Kenneth Jay Lane, whose gorgeous costume jewelry has ornamented the world's most famous and powerful women for more than forty years. Over 670 sparkling color images present Lane's wide-ranging and innovative jewelry, featuring designs inspired by the fabled, exotic, and romantic cultures of the world, including Ancient Egypt, China, India, Ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Arabia, Pre-Columbian and Native Southwest America, Tribal Africa, and Europe. Explore the varied motifs this master jeweler used, taken from every aspect of the natural world, and the many materials employed, including metals and plastics and dazzling costume gemstones. The accompanying text provides much useful information, including marks employed by Lane, and wonderful, whimsical quips by K. J. Lane himself. Anyone passionate for jewelry and the jeweler's art will treasure this book.
Nancy N. Schiffer is an art historian whose interest in jewelry has evolved from studies of porcelain and decorative arts. She has written other books on jewelry and various fields of popular culture. She lives in Pennsylvania.


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ESD have a large patient data base to assist in the recruitment of patients in a variety of studies offered by the various sponsors/collaborators.
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Former IG Sigma Sport pro cyclist Simon Richardson has been appointed marketing assistant at Shift Active Media.
Starting in October, richardson will take a key role in any pro cycling projects. He said of his new role: "I'm delighted to be joining Shift Active Media. I am relishing the opportunity of working at such an exciting company and it's a real privilege to be joining such a successful team of people. After ten years as a professional cyclist this presents a fresh challenge and I can't wait to get started."
Shift Active Media was founded by Simon Wear in late 2010 and is dedicated to supporting cycling related businesses, including Colnago, fizik, 3T, Selle Royale, Santini and FSA, as well as international cycle retailer, Wiggle. Shift also supports RCS Sport in raising the profile of its iconic Giro d'Italia race.
Wear, added: "Simon achieved great things in competitive cycling, and I'm delighted Shift can help him take his first steps in a new direction now he's retired from the sport.


Fortune magazine has a warning for you: ID thieves are trying to hack your job hunt. As you float resumes in cyberspace and apply to numerous job sites and listings, don't be surprised if some "helpful" HR rep calls you up, compliments you on your experience, then asks for personal details like your Social Security number in order to continue the employment process. You may be smart enough not to divulge your vital stats over the phone to a stranger, but not everyone is as savvy as you.
The article reminds us that an identity is stolen every three seconds, and nearly 10 million people in the U.S. had their identities ripped off in 2008, a 47 percent jump from 2007. Therefore, follow these suggestions.
Don't put personal data on your resume.
Know how to spot bogus job ads.
Keep a detailed record of your job search activity.
Limit the amount of information you post on social networking sites.
Be proactive. Don't fork over your details so easily. Ask to call them back directly, and see what happens.


Five people on a Christmas Eve trip to Key West, Florida, died Sunday morning when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff, authorities said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd identified the pilot as a local lawyer, John Shannon. He'd taken off at roughly 7:15 a.m. from Bartow Municipal Airport, east of Tampa, with three relatives and a family friend aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340, Judd said.
After taking off, the plane came down on the airport's east runway in what Judd described as a "horrific" crash.
Two of Shannon's daughters, Olivia, 24, and Victoria, 26, died in the crash. Victoria's husband, Peter Worthington, 27, and a family friend, Krista Clayton, 32, were also killed.
Judd described Shannon as an accomplished pilot and said it was unclear what caused the crash. But he added that the weather was foggy "and not conducive for taking off."
The family planned to take a day trip to Key West before returning later Sunday, Judd said.


The decision to purchase an ERP system can lead to a number of questions for IT professionals at SMBs. This guide offers tips and articles to address implementation issues.
Which one offers the proper fit of software to business processes?
How fast is too fast when it comes to implementing the system?
What effect will the Oracle vs. SAP battle have on my organization?
This IT Management Guide offers tips and articles that answer those questions and more for IT pros tasked with launching ERP systems. For free advice and resources on other IT and business topics, visit our main SMB IT Management Guide section.
Small businesses that take the plunge into enterprise resource planning tend to go live with their ERP projects faster than midsized and large businesses.
Speed is often a virtue, but businesses that focus on it as a measure of success tend to overlook the true potential ERP has for transforming their operations.
"There is more focus in smaller companies on just getting things in there, which is probably why they're so fast," said Cindy Jutras, vice president of manufacturing and ERP research at Boston-based Aberdeen Group Inc. "At the same time they seem to stop short of taking it to the next level. They get in there, and then they kind of stop."
According to an Aberdeen survey of 1,200 manufacturers about ERP adoption, 86% of small companies achieved their first "go live" milestone within their first year with ERP, whereas midsized companies reached "go live" in less than a year just 64% of the time and large companies just 47%.
Jutras said 24% of the 450 small businesses (companies with less than $50 million in revenue) surveyed measured success by the amount of time it took them to reach their first "go live" milestone.
Implementing an ERP system is a kind of soap opera, with characters and crises galore. But CIO Habitat respondents say it's worth the drama.
Enterprise resource planning has moved out of the old factory building and into shiny new headquarters. Though its roots are in large-scale manufacturing, ERP has evolved to address other functions and sectors, especially small and medium-sized businesses that require integrated systems in order to compete on a global playing field.
This new generation of ERP is more than a traditional accounting package -- it's "the brains of a company," managing all facets of operations, said Ray Wang, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. Most ERP systems have a central database with different modules -- supply chain, human resources, inventory, payroll and more -- that share access to common data. This collective brainpower is especially valuable to SMBs, which often run a disparate set of rusty legacy applications: personnel waste a lot of time keying in the same information over and over.
Oracle and SAP are trying to push their enterprise applications down into the midmarket, but few SMBs are looking for all-in-one enterprise resource planning applications not tweaked for their own vertical.
AMR Research Inc. analyst Jim Shepherd and two top IT executives sound off on the pluses and perils of consolidation in the ERP space.
For the giant multinationals of the world, SAP continues to be the dominant enterprise resource planning player. But once you move down a notch, the picture changes dramatically. Microsoft, once content to play second fiddle to SAP's ERP core, is quietly but steadily ramping up its Dynamics series with a uniform Dynamics package offering in the works for a 2008 release.
SAP's All-in-One product has many strong points, but so does Dynamics. On the flip side, either solution has its distinct weaknesses compared with the other guy. Which path is best for your company? And what can you expect in the years ahead? Will Microsoft's lower cost and ubiquitous presence (i.e., existing "beach heads") translate into market dominance, or will SAP continue its midmarket growth through focus on business values and technical finesse?
Microsoft has been making plenty of noise lately about its Dynamics ERP line and the enterprise. What should SAP users, particularly the early Duet adopters, take away?
SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said the company could transform its All-in-One software for midmarket customers into an on-demand offering.
Oracle Corp. has publicly called out German rival SAP AG as a thief. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. Federal District Court in the Northern District of California March 22 and posted on its company Web site in English and German, Oracle accuses SAP and its TomorrowNow Inc. subsidiary of engaging in "systematic, illegal access" to Oracle's computerized customer support systems. The suit claims SAP used the passwords of former or soon-to-be former Oracle customers to download information outside the purview of what the customer had licensed.
Oracle's no-holds-barred legal action against SAP may turn out to be a case "about corporate theft on a grand scale," as the lawsuit states. The claims are very serious, said attorney Erik Phelps. The breadth and depth of Oracle's complaint indicates the seriousness with which it views the matter. SAP has vowed to "aggressively defend itself against the claims made by Oracle in the lawsuit," and it will be interesting to see its response, added Phelps, who is not affiliated with the case.
But for CIOs, the 43-page complaint by the leading developer of database and applications software against the largest German software company should read more like a cautionary tale, said Phelps, who specializes in technology issues at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in Madison, Wis.
Regardless of the outcome of Oracle's lawsuit against SAP, one thing is becoming clear: Third-party software support is here to stay.
Oracle has filed a lawsuit against SAP, charging the German software giant with "corporate theft on a grand scale."
Small and medium-sized businesses need customer relationship management (CRM) software just as much as their big-company competitors do. It not only automates many time-consuming sales and service-related tasks, such as fulfillment, but it also provides a 360-degree view of customer buying habits and problems.
But purchasing the right CRM system -- one that fits the budget and really works the way the staff needs it to -- can be daunting for a small firm. And price is almost always the first and most problematic stumbling block for SMBs.
"It always comes down to cost," said Jim Berkowitz, CEO of consulting firm CRM Mastery Inc., based in Denver. "I say to people, this is not about spending money. It's about making an investment that should bring a return to the business."
CRM options for SMBs are rapidly increasing. This guide will help you make informed choices with CRM news for SMBs, product options, how-to tips and expert advice.
Read this excerpt from Business Intelligence: The Savvy Manager's Guide to learn about the various applications of business intelligence and how you can use information strategically to help your business.


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Keep an eye on these five players during Giants vs. Colts on Monday Night Football
WR Odell Beckham Jr. The rookie first-round draft choice has three touchdowns in his first three NFL games while providing a spark as a punt returner. Coach Tom Coughlin doesn't care how his team makes plays; he just wants them, period. And Beckham could provide plenty in the second leg of the season, beginning on Monday night.
LB Jameel McClainLB Jon Beason (foot/toe) was placed on season-ending injured reserve this week, making McClain the next man up -- again. The veteran has already filled in this season for Beason, whose injury had lingered since the summer and caused him to miss three games before the decision to undergo surgery. Like Beason, McClain is vocal and can command the defense, which needs to get back to basics. "It's crazy, man. It's really unique, I'm telling you… we're going to play defense," McClain said this week. "That's how we're going to stop [the Colts]. We're going to do the most unique thing you've ever seen – we're going to play good, sound, fundamental defense.
LB Devon KennardBeason's injury also creates an opportunity for Kennard, who is trying to translate his impressive rookie training camp over to the regular season. Kennard is another young player the Giants will count on in the second half of the season . "In this day and age, you can't bring rookies in and keep them out for a couple years and try to develop them," general manager Jerry Reese said Monday. "They have to come in and play right away."
DE Damontre MooreCoach Tom Coughlin said the Giants will rotate their defensive linemen more often to keep players fresh down the stretch, beginning with an elusive quarterback in Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. That rotation includes second-year defensive end Damontre Moore, whom the team wants to get more involved. "He's working at it," Coughlin said Friday. "He's going to be in the rotation. We're urging him every day to focus and concentrate on his assignments. He's athletic, but we have to do it within the scheme, so that's where we are."
RB Andre WilliamsStarting running back Rashad Jennings will miss his third straight game on Monday night against the Colts after sustaining a knee injury in the Giants' Week 5 victory over Atlanta. That means Williams will again shoulder the load while the Giants' front tries to find consistency in the running game, which is averaging 3.73 yards per rush (27th in the NFL). In the meantime, Jennings is mentoring Williams as he continues to develop. "I'll give you his evaluation. Me and Andre talk a lot," Jennings said. "He wants to be a great running back and he will be. He's critical of himself, but he's a hard runner. He's going to run hard every time he touches the ball. Something he wants to put in his toolbox is patience. It's never about speed to the hole, it's speed through the hole and understanding your personnel, how to set it up, defensive fronts, studying film. That comes with time."


On arrival in Chilaw, you will be met by our driver/guide who will assist and drive you to Kandy. Enroute visit Manavari Temple: Manavari is the first place where Lord Rama installed the Siva Lingam and prayed after the end of the war with King Ravana. This Lingam is called Ramalingam because it was made by Lord Rama. Apart from this, the Lingam in Rameshwaram is the only Lingam in the world which is named after Lord Rama. Munneshwaram Temple: Lord Rama after his victorious battle left for Ayodhya in one of King Ravanaas vimanaas. He felt he was being followed by a Brahmahasthi Doshama as he had killed King Ravana who was a Brahmin. He stopped the vimana at this juncture because he felt at this place the Brahmahasthi Doshama was not following him. He ascended from the vimana and asked God Shiva for a remedy. God Shiva blessed Lord Rama and advised him to install four lingams at Manavari, Thiru Koneshwaram, Thiru Ketheshwaram and Rameshwaram in India and pray, as the only remedy to get rid of the a Brahmahasthi Doshama. On completion proceed to Negombo. Check in at hotel and rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Negombo.
Proceed to Nuwara Eliya, you would also visit a tea factory and estate en route and witness how the famous "Ceylon Tea" is brewed. Check in at hotel and rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Nuwara Eliya.
After breakfast at hotel, transfer Tissamaharama. Check in at hotel and rest of the day at leisure. Visit Kataragama Temple in the evening. Katharagama: This is the temple of the Lord Karthikeya Subramanian at Katharagama. Lord Karthikeya was requested to go to the battle field by Lord Indra on the last day of the war. This was done to protect Lord Rama from the wrath of Brahmaastharam shot by King Ravana which otherwise would have weakened Lord Rama. Brahmaastharam aimed at Lord Rama for the second time was rendered useless by the presence of Lord Karthikeya Overnight in Tissamaharama.
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Colombo. Check in at hotel and rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Colombo.
A fter breakfast at hotel, transfer to Colombo. Visit Anjaneyar Temple in Kalubowila en route. Panchamuga Anjaneyar Temple (Kalubowila): Hanuman is often called Anjaneyar by Tamils, as his mother's name is Anjan. This kovil is the first Anjaneyar temple in Sri Lanka and the only one on the island dedicated to Lord Hanuman in his Panchamuga form, this means with five faces. And it is said to be the only temple in the world to have a chariot for Anjaneyar. Its chariot festival is held annually end of December or begin of January, it is one of the most popular processions in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. Visitors are advised to wash hands and feet before entering temple and not to cross hands inside the temple. Check in at hotel and rest of the day at lesiure. Overnight in Colombo.