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About: Harrogate District Hospital Harrogate District Hospital Harrogate HG2 7SX
Posted by Biggles
My father was an out patient of the urology dept. He had prostate cancer. They failed to tell him the cancer had spread to his lungs, liver, lymph nodes and pelvic cavity. The family were only told when chasing test results 8 weeks later. We requested my father be told but he was only given partial information, we had no explanation why some facts were withheld. The consultant persisted on a course of medication that was unsuitable for the type of cancer my Father had and his pain was not controlled well, even though we voiced our concerns about both these issues. My father asked the consultant if the cancer was terminal he was told quite plainly no ... He died 8 weeks later of metastatic prostate cancer. We had to battle to get any information, our voices weren't heard and we had little support through this difficult time.
Response from Harrogate District Hospital 2 years ago
Dear Biggles Thank you for contacting us about your father's case and please accept our deepest condolences on your loss. I would also like to apologies for the experience that you describe which falls significantly below the quality of care that we would expect. We would very much like to investigate your father's case to find out exactly what happened and to see what lessons could be learned. If you have not already done so, please contact our Patient Experience Team on (01423) 555499 or email email@example.com who will be able to begin the investigation for you. Thank you again for taking the trouble to contact us at a very difficult time. Yours sincerely Chris Watt Head of Communications Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
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Meditation: nature's antihistamine
Great news – fundraising for the mindfulness meditation course is almost half way there! UPDATE: the course is fully funded and will begin in the last week of Feb/beg March.
For those of you who missed last week's post:
Having experienced an INCREDIBLE remission in symptoms, increased mental clarity, abundant energy and the ability to re-introduce foods I haven't touched since 2009, I have decided to get certified in mindfulness meditation so that I can share my finds with readers of this blog.
I've been practicing mindfulness/meditation in general on and off since the age of 18, but this time it stuck. I think because I truly committed to it and finally understood the science behind it, namely that:
Meditation is an antihistamine and a mast cell stabilizer [1] as well as a prostaglandin inhibitor [2]. It's so powerful that it brought me back from the brink when I went into anaphylactic shock and had no meds on me [3]. Meditation actually changes the way our genes express. How about that for an epigentic boost!
While I've known for some time now that yoga lowers inflammation and yogic pranayama breathing fights asthma by lowering histamine [4], I was nonetheless incredibly excited to hear something specifically linked to my condition.
So I thought I'd share a little of the specifics of the course to see if we can make it all the way!
Once certified (hopefully by the end of Jan), I plan to run 8 week virtual/online mindfulness meditation workshop of 2hrs, once a week.
The sessions will be live, with a recording available for those who miss it. There'll be a Q&A at the end of the session. I mean for this to be a highly interactive experience for us all.
The course I'm developing will be highly adapted to our situation (mindfulness at the dinner table, in the kitchen, in the supermarket) and I plan to make a number of mp3s available for download as a bonus.
The really cool thing about this course is that there's the option to participate in an Oxford University study on how mindfulness affects quality of life. It's totally optional, but I think it's a great bonus.
Here's a little more on how meditation works:
A recent study [4] specifically found that just eight hours of mindfulness meditation down regulates (dampens) HDAC and COX2 genes – meaning that mindfulness is an antihistamine and a mast cell stabiliser [5] as well as a prostaglandin inhibitor [6]. According to a conversation I had with Dr Castells (you can read some of it here), prostaglandins are the inflammatory mediators highly responsible for the dreaded brain fog we with histamine/mast cell issues are prone to and mast cell stabilisation means less histamine and inflammatory molecules being released into the body.
I'm not the only one experiencing an incredible remission – check out New York Times reporter Donna Jackson Nakazawa's own experiences in coming back from paralysis.
You can book your spot on the course here. Not into meditation but love the information on this site? There's other ways to contribute, including booking a Skype consult at a discount, as well as buying a personalised cookbook.
As with my books, in the future I will be offering spots on the course at a discount to those who are unable to pay.
Join my mailing list for more recipes and to be the first to know when registration for my low histamine webinar opens!
Take a peek at my low histamine and antihistamine cookbooks for more high nutrient recipes.
If you've found this information useful I'd appreciate your support (at no extra cost to you!) – please check out my online store for your health foods, supplements, kitchen items and beauty product purchases. Affiliate sales through my online store go towards maintaining the website, funding travel to interviews and purchasing all the lovely foods for my free online recipes. You'll find these items in the "Shop with us" drop down menu on my homepage.
Please don't forget antihistamine, pain killing foods can still hurt us, so please always check with your doctor before adding new foods to your diet.
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New Delhi: Telecom minister Kapil Sibal today termed as "unfortunate" the war of words between operators and cautioned that such practices were not healthy for the growth of the sector, reports PTI.
Asked to comment on operators accusing each other for being favoured by the government in spectrum allocation, he said such discourses in the public domain should be avoided.
"What I find today is very unfortunate, some operators are at war with others. This is because at any given point of time they felt that they had been discriminated against," he said.
However, he ensured a level playing-field for all the telecom service providers going forward.
When asked about Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata accusing BJP-led NDA regime for policy flip-flops in the telecom sector Sibal said, "I guess he (Ratan Tata) must be making that statement with some kind of knowledge and information. I cannot comment on that."
The minister, however, did not lose an opportunity to make a point saying that may be the reason why the opposition, which has been demanding a JPC probe into the second generation (2G) issue and has disrupted Parliament proceedings and does not want a debate on it.
Ratan Tata today said that many of the flip-flops in the telecom policies occurred during the BJP regime.
Tatas were accused by Mr Chandrasekhar for not being transparent and being one of the biggest beneficiaries of the government telecom policy.
Mr Tata has noted that the government auditor the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has not ascribed any value to 48 new GSM licences issued to incumbents during 2004-2008 and 65 Mhz of additional spectrum.
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Mumbai: Prime Minister's economic advisory council chairman C Rangarajan has asked microfinance institutions (MFIs) to overhaul their "flawed" business model for sustainability, reports PTI.
This comes on the heels of former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Bank governor YV Reddy likening MFIs to moneylenders.
Stating that most MFIs are either registered or unregistered non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), he said they are following a flawed business model by lending to consumption-related spends.
"Unless they change their lending model, they will not be able to sustain their business for long," Mr Rangarajan said here while giving away best banks award instituted by the Business Today magazine last evening.
MFIs should lend more for productive purposes and not just for consumption-related expenses, he said adding bulk of the current MFI lending is towards consumption.
The former RBI chief also said MFIs should stop extending multiple loans to the borrowers as this could lead to default.
Mr Reddy last month had labelled MFIs as nothing better than traditional moneylenders and had called for stern regulation.
"Profit-seeking MFIs should be studied as they do not come under the laws relating to money lending or usury. After all, they are no better than money lenders," Mr Reddy had said.
The nearly Rs20,000-crore MFI industry is reeling under a severe crisis following the Andhra Pradesh ordinance in October.
The ordinance sought to control interest rates charged by MFIs and also to check the coercive recovery tactics adopted by them.
This adversely impacted their collection and left them in a severe liquidity crisis. Since the ordinance, banks have slowed down their exposure to the sector.
MFIs are in the business of lending to the poor who do not have access to bank funds. These institutions source their funds from banks at an interest cost of 12%-13% and in turn lend at much higher cost of nearly 30%.
The RBI has also set up a panel to look into the entire gamut of MFI business.
On the corporates' call for developing debt market, Mr Rangarajan said, to fuel the faster growth of the economy, the banks will have to grow 25% annually to meet the huge demand for funds from all areas of the economy.
On the back of strong Q1 and Q2 gross domestic growth (GDP) growth, the government early this week upped its growth forecast to 9% or even above this fiscal from the previous 8.5% as was projected in the budget.
He warned that banks can face "a liquidity mismatch" in times to come as increased exposure to realty and infrastructure could enhance the maturity of bank assets.
During the ceremony, Axis Bank bagged the best bank award in the large banks category for the second time in a row.
This was followed by Punjab National Bank and HDFC Bank.
Yes Bank was adjudged as the best mid-size bank, followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank and Jammu & Kashmir Bank.
In the small banks category, DBS Bank has been picked up as the No 1 followed by Scotia Bank and BNP Paribas.
The award for top three amongst the very small category, have gone to Shinhan Bank, Mashreq Bank and Oman International Bank respectively.


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With so much of the limited supply of media attention this week focused on Vince Cable and Liberal Democratic tax policy, it's easy to forget that the key figure at Bournemouth is in fact the party's new leader, Nick Clegg. Yet if the Lib Dems are going to achieve their goals at the next election, it is Clegg who must call the strategy correctly and Clegg who must seize his rare moments in the spotlight. For much of the year since he succeeded Menzies Campbell as leader, though, Clegg's achievements have been modest and his impact has been on the underside of whelming. The party took a big gamble on its young leader last autumn – and though he has done nothing spectacularly wrong he has yet to deliver in a big way for them either. Tomorrow in his leader's speech, Clegg has to raise his game for what is still the most important event of his political year, in spite of the general feeling that Bournemouth 2008 has been something of a political sideshow.
Actually, it has been a pretty successful week for Clegg so far, and he is said to be much energised by the leadership's win on the tax issue on Monday. You get the sense with Clegg that he has been slowly feeling his way into the leader's job these last few months, inhibited perhaps by the very narrow win over Chris Huhne in the contest to succeed Campbell, and maybe even lacking confidence that his party feels it has made the right choice by electing him. Until now there has been a small but palpable hesitation on both sides. By the standards of previous popular Lib Dem leaders - David Steel, Paddy Ashdown and Charles Kennedy rather than the respected and courtly Ming – you don't yet feel either that the party adores Clegg, or that Clegg feels at ease with his party.
The tax vote may have changed that, and sources close to Clegg say he is feeling extremely comfortable in his own skin as a result. The sources promise a particularly authentic political speech tomorrow, delivered in what Clegg is said to feel is very much his own true political voice. Two weeks ago, it is said, Clegg ripped up all the existing drafts of his speech on the grounds that they were too conventional. A decision was taken that this would be "a recession speech", responding directly and in a grittier way to the gathering clouds of economic recession and breakdown. Since then, of course, those clouds have produced the current storms and hurricanes, and Clegg feels vindicated that he judged the moment well.
This new confidence is as much political as it is personal. Clegg thinks the party took a big decision on tax and spend this week. Its importance was less about the particular sums of money involved in the tax-cutting package whose details have yet to be decided. What mattered, according to Clegg's people, is something bigger and broader. After 15 years of asserting that the true proof of the party's authenticity was its support for large-scale spending by central government on public services, the party has now – in the Clegg narrative – opted decisively to deliver its progressive commitments in truly liberal ways. That this helps to protect the backs of sitting Lib Dem MPs who face challenges from the resurgent Tory party is of course a huge practical benefit of the policy, but in Clegg's eyes it is subordinate to and follows from the party's reassertion of its truest and deepest liberal principles.
At the heart of Clegg's speech tomorrow is expected to be a call to the coalition that gathered around Labour in 1997 and 2001 not to be fooled a second time by David Cameron. Clegg's essential message is that the progressive project of 1997 was fatally let down by the fact that it focused on centralist and illiberal means of delivery. That centralist approach, he will say, has failed and been seen to fail. The Conservatives may affect to have progressive goals but they are unwilling and unable to make progressive choices. The answer, therefore, is a Lib Dem party that is committed to progressive goals and principles but which aims to deliver them in liberal, localist and accountable ways which citizens can shape. There can be liberal projects that are not progressive, is how one Clegg supporter put it to me this week, but there can be no progressive project that is not liberal.


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The "Bernie Bond", which has been placed with banks in the UK, and Western Europe, has taken nearly a year to get away. The decision to tap the bond markets follows the collapse last year of earlier attempts by Salomon Brothers to float the business after squabbling between Formula One and the racing teams over how to carve up the massive television revenues on which Mr Ecclestone's fortune rests.
The funds will go to a series of trusts controlled by Mr Ecclestone's wife and family.
Investors who baulked at the size of the issue last year were only persuaded to take the paper after WestDeutsche Landesbank, the aggressive German state-owned institution, muscled into what was originally a Morgan Stanley deal and persuaded them to cut the size of the issue from $2bn to $1.4bn, sweeten the terms and reduce the duration of the bond from 20 years to 10 years.
West LB has also taken a large amount of the issue - believed to be around 20 per cent - on to its books, as has Morgan Stanley as joint underwriter, although Morgan Stanley insisted yesterday there was a "strong investor appetite for the bonds" .
Morgan Stanley was joint lead and bookrunner and will remain the financial advisor for the flotation.
Robin Elizabeth Smith, who heads the bond team that WestLB poached from Deutsche Bank last year, said that it was clear when the bank first approached Morgan Stanley last year that the deal was "languishing" and needed to be repackaged in order stand a chance of success.
"My personal view was that selling 20 year future revenue bonds for $2bn with a single A rating was a very tall order. People were saying if you are planning to float the business in two to three years why do you need a 20 year bond? Why not put your money where your mouth is?" she said.
After changing the terms, the banks were able to get the top four rating agencies to rate the bonds. The bonds which will be listed shortly on the Luxembourg stock exchange now carry a coupon of 1.3 per cent over US$ six month's Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate) for the first three years by which time the flotation should have gone ahead and the proceeds been repaid. If, by that stage, Mr Ecclestone has still not succeeded in getting the flotation away, the coupon rises sharply to 2 per cent over Libor for the next two years rising to 3 per cent after five years for the remaining lifetime of the bond, giving Mr Ecclestone a strong financial incentive to ensure the flotation takes place as planned. The original proposal was to pay a flat coupon of 1.5 per cent over Libor for the entire lifetime of the 20 year bond.
Mr Ecclestone said yesterday: "Now that we have successfully completed this transaction, we look forward to the future stock market flotation of this existing business. We can now build on the relationships we have established in the investment community."
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The Award Structure
ArtPrize is a radically open international art competition decided by public vote and expert jury. Every year, ArtPrize distributes a half a million dollars in cash prizes, making the event the world's largest art competition.
Every artist enters their artwork in one of four categories:
- 2-D – Entries that exists primarily on a flat plane. Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and most textiles are examples of 2-D work.
- 3-D – Entries that occupy space and are intended to be viewed from multiple angles. Sculptures that are not site-specific belong in the 3-D category.
- Installation – Entries that are dependent on the site in which they are installed. Installations are usually 3-D works, but are different from 3-D in that the location is part of the work, and moving the piece to another setting would dramatically change the work.
- Time-based – Entries that are durational and change over time. The viewer has to spend some time with the work to fully view it. This includes performance, video and film, dance, music, and interactive work.
Grand Prize winners can come from any category.
Public Vote Awards
At ArtPrize, there are no spectators. Visitors like you who register to vote take an active role as judge and critic. Using mobile devices and the Internet, the general public chooses five Public Vote winners in two rounds of voting.
Juried Awards
In addition to the Public Vote, ArtPrize presents parallel Juried Awards—four $12,500 category awards and one $200,000 Juried Award Grand Prize. The jury also presents an award for Outstanding Venue, given to the curator of a Venue, not a participating Artist.
The Juried Awards are decided separate from the Public Vote, and it's possible for an Entry to win both a Public Vote and Juried Award, including both Grand Prizes.
The Public Vote
At ArtPrize, spectators and visitors like you take an active role as judge and critic, and an unprecedented top prize is determined solely by public vote. Here's how it works:
Round 1 Voting
Vote for your favorite entries! During Round 1 of voting, every entry at every Venue in the ArtPrize District is in the running for the big prizes. See as much art as humanly possible and vote for the artwork you think deserves a spot in The Final 20.
You could cast one vote for every entry, but try to vote only for artwork that you personally find compelling. There are no rules about which artwork deserves your votes—it's entirely up to you.
When Round 1 closes, the top five entries from each of the four categories move on to Round 2. The twenty finalists compete for the Public Vote Grand Prize and four category awards. Watch the ArtPrize Eight Final 20 Announcement.
Round 2 Voting
Take another look at the 20 Finalists and vote for the ones you think deserve to win the $12,500 category awards and, ultimately, the $200,000 Public Vote Grand Prize.
Just like in Round 1, you could cast one vote for each of the 20 Finalists, but try to vote for the ones you think most deserve to win in each category. Again, there are no rules for which artwork deserves your vote.
At the end of Round 2 voting, the Artist Entry with the most Round 2 votes in each category will win their $12,500 category award. The Final 20 Artist with the most Round 2 votes overall will be awarded the $200,000 Public Vote Grand Prize.
The ArtPrize Awards
ArtPrize announcea the winners of $500,000 in public vote and juried awards at the annual ArtPrize Awards ceremony. Watch the 2016 ArtPrize Awards as broadcast live on WOOD TV8.
Eligibility & Official Rules
- You must be at least 13 years old to sign up for an artprize.org account and register to vote at ArtPrize.
- You must have an individual email address to sign up for an ArtPrize account. If you don't have an email address, you can create a Gmail account for free; if you need help, go to the HUB/HQ at 41 Sheldon and the ArtPrize Concierge will help you create an email account.
- You must physically attend the event and register in-person in order to vote. You can register at an ArtPrize Neighborhood HUB, or using the ArtPrize mobile app to verify your location via GPS.
- Read the Official Rules for Voters for more detailed information.
Create An Account
To vote at ArtPrize, the first step is to sign up for an artprize.org account. You have two options:
- Sign up with e-mail—all you need is a valid personal e-mail address and a password; or
- Sign up with Facebook—just one click and you're done.
Register To Vote
After you've created an artprize.org account, you need to visit ArtPrize during the event and register to vote in-person. Registration is a big part of reducing the threat of fraud in the Public Vote. There are two easy ways to register.
Option 1: Register using the ArtPrize mobile app
Skip the lines at the Voting Sites and use the free ArtPrize app for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices to register on the go! It takes less than two minutes.
Here's how to do it
- Download the app: the free ArtPrize mobile app is available for Apple or Android devices.
- Go downtown: visit downtown Grand Rapids during ArtPrize (be sure to bring your phone!)
- Open the app: your phone's GPS will verify your location within the ArtPrize district and the app will automatically ask if you would like to register. Click "Register" and follow the prompts.
Now you can use the mobile app to explore the ArtPrize district, discover art, and cast your votes for who you think should take home the $200,000 Public Vote Grand Prize.
Option 2: Register in person at an ArtPrize Neighborhood HUB
Visit any ArtPrize Neighborhood HUB and register with an email address. We'll ask a few questions to verify your identity, and that's it! We'll also help you sign up for an artprize.org account if you don't already have one.
While you're there, we'll answer any questions you have about how to cast your votes and make sure you have everything you need to get the most out of ArtPrize.
ArtPrize Neighborhood HUBs
Check in at any ArtPrize Neighborhood HUB where a friendly volunteer will get you registered to vote, give you your free ArtPrize Event Guide* and help you make the most of your ArtPrize experience.
- ArtPrize HUB/HQ @ 41 Sheldon Blvd. SE
- Center City HUB @ GRAM 101 Monroe Center NW
- Heartside HUB @ UICA 2 W Fulton St
- Hillside HUB @ Women's City Club 254 E Fulton St
- Westside HUB @ Ford 303 Pearl St NW
- Monroe North HUB @ DeVos Place 303 Monroe Ave NW
- Meijer Gardens HUB @ Frederik Meijer Gardens & Scuplture Park 1000 E Beltline Ave NE
- Rumsey Street HUB @ SiTE:LAB 333 Rumsey Street SW
*Thanks to MLive Media Group, the 2016 ArtPrize Event Guide is FREE for all registered voters. One event guide per registered voter. Event Guides may also be purchased by making a $2 donation to any ArtPrize Neighborhood HUB.
Cast Your Votes
Once you've registered, go out and explore ArtPrize Venues to see as much art as you can! You can use your printed Event Guide, the "Find Art" page on artprize.org, or the official ArtPrize mobile apps to discover art all around the city.
Each Artist Entry is displayed with an Artist Label that includes the title of the Entry, the artist's name, and a unique five-digit Artist Vote Code.
There are two ways to cast your votes
- Online at artprize.org: Sign in to your artprize.org account and go to the Find Art page to find the art you've seen and liked, then simply click the "Vote" button on an Entry to cast your vote. You can search for Entries by title, Artist name, or by Artist Vote Code, browse and filter art by Venue or Category, or even discover new art through Lists.
- Using the mobile apps: If you have a mobile device, download the free ArtPrize app for Apple or Android to make voting easy as you explore the event. You can use the app to search for specific Entries or even discover art near you. Simply tap the "Vote" button on an Entry to cast your vote.
Remember, there are two rounds of voting. In Round 1, you vote to choose the 20 Public Vote Finalists. In Round 2, you vote again to choose the ultimate winners from among the Final 20. The Entry with the most votes wins the $200,000 Public Vote Grand Prize!
See and change your votes
You can view your voting history online—and easily change your votes—by signing in to your ArtPrize account on artprize.org and selecting "Votes." Online and mobile app votes you've cast will appear in your history instantly.
You can change your votes at any time during Round 1 by deselecting an Entry; your votes are locked once voting closes. Similarly, during Round 2, you can change your votes on the Final 20 up until voting closes.
Go out and vote for art—and have fun!


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Islamabad, July 19: 40 political parties and hard line religious groups, some branded as terrorist organizations, will be staging a protest rally from Lahore to Islamabad. The rally has been organised to protest the unrest in Indian Kashmir.
The rally is likely to seek support from the Pakistani establishment for the 'liberation of Kashmit' in India. Pakistan has declared July 19 as Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Protests had erupted in Indian-administered Kashmir after the shooting of a well-known militant leader-Burhan Wani. These protests took a violent turn when a police post was set alight and a military airbase was targetted. Some 800 extra troops were sent to restore order.
[Read: Why killing Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani was "absolutely" necessary]
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Travelers recently learned about a lottery scam operation in the United States that is using the Travelers Insurance Company name. In this scam, victims receive a letter from "Indemnity Financial -A Subsidiary of Travelers Indemnity Company" indicating that they have won either, (1) a "North American Prize Pool" valued at $250,000 or (2) a Readers Digest, Publishers Clearing House Online Sweepstakes valued at $65,000. The letter is accompanied by a counterfeit Travelers Insurance Company check and an "official" claim number. The letter instructs you to validate the check with the claim number by calling a named individual at a specific phone number. Once contact is made you are instructed to deposit or cash the check and then send a portion of the money via Western Union as part of a tax payment.
If you receive one of these or a similar letter, please do not respond. The letters and checks are fraudulent and are in no way associated with Travelers. Travelers does not offer, sponsor or endorse any sweepstakes of any kind. The Travelers Internal Investigations unit is investigating this mail fraud and is working law enforcement authorities in the United States and Canada.
All recipients are encouraged to send the original letter, check and envelope to Travelers Internal Investigations at the following address: Travelers Internal Investigations, One Tower Square, 10MS, Hartford, Connecticut 06183. You may also contact us by phone at 860.954.3869 or 860.277.2307.
Every day, more people become victims of identity theft and mail fraud. To learn more about fake check scams, please read National Consumers League's brochure at http://www.nclnet.org/fake%20checks.pdf. Additionally, you can learn more about identity theft on the FTC's Website on identity theft at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/.


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At the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference next week, Microsoft will showcase the latest ways we're empowering the students of today to create the world of tomorrow. This month's Office 365 updates are another step on this journey, with the broad availability of new classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams, security enhancements and more.Read More
What's new with OneNote in the classroom—LMS integrations, Researcher and more stickers
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Gallup fosters employee engagement with Secure Productive Enterprise E5
"The Microsoft Secure Productive Enterprise E5 solution will allow our associates to work anywhere, while protecting the data that our clients entrust to us, and that's really the perfect balance." —Read more on the research-based, global performance-management consulting company's adoption of the Microsoft Cloud.
Microsoft Stream now available worldwide—new intelligent features take enterprise video to new heights
Outlook 2016 for Mac is adding your most requested features
Allergan embraces growth pharma model, accelerates business with the Microsoft Secure Productive Enterprise
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Kemba Walker had 20 points, including four in overtime, as the Charlotte Bobcats won for just the second time in 21 games 108-101 over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Ben Gordon, traded to Charlotte during the offseason after three disappointing seasons with the Pistons, had 18 points in his return to The Palace. Ramon Sessions added 15 points and Bismack Biyombo contributed 10 points and 17 rebounds. Charlotte (9-24) forced 22 turnovers, which it converted into 26 points. Tayshaun Prince's 21 points led the Pistons (13-23), who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Greg Monroe had 18 points and 14 rebounds and Rodney Stuckey contributed 18 points for Detroit. The Bobcats are 3-1 in overtime games while the Pistons fell to 0-3. The score was 96-all going into overtime. Tyrus Thomas made a jumper on Charlotte's first overtime possession and Walker doubled the lead with a layup. Detroit finally broke through on Monroe's free throws with 2:06 remaining. Thomas made another mid-range shot to nudge Charlotte's lead back to four. Walker's reverse layup with 1:13 left made it 104-98. Stuckey's off-balance 3-pointer with 24.4 seconds left sliced the Bobcats' lead in half but Michael Kidd-Gilchrist hit two free throws five seconds later. When Charlie Villanueva missed a 3-pointer on Detroit's next possession, the Bobcats' victory was secured. Sessions' layup with 9:21 remaining in regulation gave the Bobcats an 85-84 lead. Andre Drummond then threw down two alley-oops from Will Bynum to put Detroit back on top. Gordon's 3-pointer with 3:44 remaining tie it at 92-92. Monroe's driving layup was offset by two Gordon free throws. Prince made a jump hook with 2:01 left for a 96-94 Detroit advantage. Neither team scored again until Walker's tying layup with 7.8 seconds remaining. Stuckey tossed up a 3-point airball that went out of bounds with one second left and Gordon's desperation 3-point try also fell short. The Pistons scored a season-high 60 halftime points, yet led by only one at the break. Detroit's 64.1 percent shooting was offset by its nine turnovers, leading to 16 Bobcats points, and Charlotte's 14-4 advantage in made free throws. Bobcats forward Hakim Warrick (flu-like symptoms) was a late scratch.
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Peter Tork at the Vic Theatre '88
In 1988 The Monkees, after two frenzied years on the road and in the studio, maintained a low profile. Micky, Davy and Peter toured Australia in late 1988, and beyond the trek down under, the only other group public appearance that year was at a Monkees convention in Chicago, Illinois in August. The trio were guests at the gathering, and Peter played a solo show at the Vic Theatre to coincide with it. Micky and Davy joined Peter there during the encore for "Daydream Believer" and "I"m a Believer."
Peter played for about 90 minutes that evening, mixing Monkees songs, solo material and covers (including Elvis and The Beatles) throughout his set. The show was billed as "Peter Tork...And Friends." The late Jerry Renino, a member of the Peter Tork Project in the early '80s who also toured with The Monkees throughout the years, played bass during the show. A bootleg recording of the Vic concert has long floated around among collectors.
Peter introduced a few friends who were in the audience that night, including Monte Landis, a frequent guest star on The Monkees television series (including the famous episode, "The Devil and Peter Tork"). Longtime Monkees associate Bill Chadwick, Monkees producer Chip Douglas, Monkees photographer and musician Henry Diltz, and Micky's sister, Coco, sang a rendition of "Higher and Higher" with Peter during the show as well. Here's a partial setlist of Peter's concert at the Vic Theatre:
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Peyton Manning off and running in Denver
DENVER – It was just one game, but not just any game. Sunday night, the curtain was lifted on Peyton Manning's comeback, for four quarters against a real nemesis when the results really mattered for the Denver Broncos.
Pressure? It had the buzz of a playoff game at Sports Authority Field.
It's not every day that you get to see whether a four-time NFL MVP quarterback coming off four neck surgeries and a one-year layoff can still hack it.
He can.
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"I didn't say it, but this was a huge win for us," John Elway said late Sunday night from the corner of a near-empty Broncos locker room. "We go to Atlanta next week, then we've got Houston at home. If you don't get off to a good start, it would've been tough."
The 31-19 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers was sealed late in the fourth quarter with Tracy Porter's 43-yard touchdown off an interception return, which sparked memories of his game-clinching pick-six against Manning in Super Bowl XLIV for the New Orleans Saints.
The night, however, undeniably belonged to Manning.
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"We've been talking about it for six months," Elway said. "I think you saw Peyton Manning still has a lot of football left."
Elway used to thrive in big games during his career as a Hall of Fame quarterback, but now in his role as the Broncos' executive vice president for football operations, his neck is on the line in a different sense.
Luring Manning to Denver after the quarterback was kicked to the curb following 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts— and paying the big bucks with a five-year, $96 million contract with a league-high $19.2 million average salary — might not rank as the biggest risk that Elway will ever take in the front office.
Yet, hands down, no move will ever attract as much scrutiny.
This is a Super Bowl-or-bust mission, and if it doesn't pan out, Elway and Manning sound like they would be at the front of the line in declaring it a failure.
Seeing Manning's impact play out for the first time in a Broncos uniform, though, was the confirmation that Elway — who has seen it on the practice field, seen it on film — could not wait to witness on game day.
Manning has had many more dominant games in his career, when he's passed for 400 yards or thrown for four or five TDs (see the playoff routs against Denver, circa 2004 and 2005, for example). Sunday night, he was surgically efficient, the smooth orchestrator.
The stats tell part of the story. He completed 73% of his passes (19 of 26) for 253 yards, with no picks and two TDs, including a 1-yard fling to Jacob Tamme on a goal-line sprint-out that made it 20-19. His passer rating was a robust 129.2.
His efficiency within the flow of the game was even better, and this is the stuff Elway thought he was buying when Manning was on the hunt for a new team last spring.
With Pittsburgh hogging the clock for 35 minutes, 5 seconds of possession — including scoring drives that took up 14, 16 and 14 plays — Manning had limited opportunities. Excluding kneel-down possessions at the end of each half, Denver had just seven possessions, with their points all coming on the last four.
The contrast was striking. While Pittsburgh nearly pulled off the upset by wisely playing a clock-control game, the Broncos rolled fast with a no-huddle offense that they unveiled in the second quarter that ultimately seemed to wear down the Steelers defense.
"I think it made a difference," Manning said. "I can't speak to whether it fatigued them or not — I don't know that — but it did give our offense a little boost, where we got into a little rhythm."
Last season with Tim Tebow as quarterback, the no-huddle was not an option during the normal flow of the game; it was strictly a desperate measure while in comeback mode.
This might take a bit of getting used to.
"I probably take more blows than the average guy," said Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas. "But you want to stay in as long as you can, with our quarterback. Once you get in it, he doesn't want anybody subbing. And you don't want to sub, because that would give the defense the chance to sub also."
Thomas surely got into the flow. In the third quarter, he took a short hitch pass from Manning and turned it into a 71-yard score that marked his quarterback's 400th career TD pass.
Listening to Manning described the play afterward reminded you of another element he brings to the Broncos. He sounded like a coach during film study.
"Some really good blocking on that play," he said. "Zane (Beadles) had a good block and (Ryan) Clady. Matt Wills came all the way from the back side to get the safety, and of course, Demaryius did a majority of the work."
It was one of the Broncos' two offensive snaps in the entire third quarter.
Denver's defense seemed to be on the verge of wilting. For much of the game, Roethlisberger was at his best on third-and-long, scrambling to create space and then finding open receivers to keep drives alive.
"I certainly have seen that before," Manning said. "You get up to warm up, kind of getting ready on third-and-15, and he converts them, and you go back and sit down again. Obviously, it was frustrating."
Yet, the Broncos defense had at least one good reason to hang tough: Manning.
His presence affects the psyche of the defense, too.
"It brings confidence," said defensive end Elvis Dumervil. "You know it's not the end of the world if you don't stop 'em, that you know he can put up points, too. It's huge for us."
Elway knows. That's what great quarterbacks tend to do. They lift the whole program.
"It gives you hope," he said.
For one night anyway, there is no shortage of that.


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By Nick Perry ,AP Friday, May 25, 2012, 12:30 am TWN
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?
New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40-percent hike in tobacco taxes over the next four years. Prices here are already among the highest in the world, and by 2016 they will top NZ$20 (US$15) a pack on average.
Officials hope higher taxes and new restrictions will bring the nation of 4.4 million closer to a recent pledge to snuff out the habit entirely by 2025. Other countries have lauded the idea of trying to wean their populace off tobacco, but few, if any, have been willing to put a date on it.
Health officials here are so serious they recently considered hiking the cost of a pack of cigarettes to NZ$100 (US$75). Although that idea was dismissed, another measure, which will force retailers to hide cigarettes below the counter rather than putting them on display, will come into effect in July.
Smoking rates among New Zealand adults have fallen from about 30 percent in 1986 to about 20 percent today. Cigarette sales have fallen more sharply, suggesting that even people who haven't quit cut back as prices rose.
People who are still smoking aren't happy about where prices are going.
Chris Hobman said the cost is "horrendous" and could drive some low-income people to commit crimes to support their habit. He said the government needs to provide more support and alternatives to smokers if it's serious about making them quit.
Wellington resident Hayley Mauriohooho, who has smoked for about 20 years, said that although it would be good if more people quit, higher taxes won't stop her.
"It's quite ridiculous for the government to be concentrating on that," she said. "They have bigger things to worry about."
New Zealand's Cancer Society reacted to Thursday's announcement by sending out a press release titled "Thumbs Up!"
Michael Calhoun, a spokesman for the anti-smoking lobby group ASH, said the fact that a higher percentage of low-income people smoke will mean the tax increases will force many to cut back or quit entirely because they simply won't be able to afford their habit.
The New Zealand branch of cigarette company British American Tobacco says the tax increases will force consumers to turn to the black market.
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Bookkeeping: Short Maidenform Brands (MFB)
I've only chosen this name for the sport of it all [Mar 10, 2010: Some Stocks Have Not Gone Down in a Month] - I am short Maidenform Brands (MFB) @ $21.35 level, with a 3% allocation. Any move over recent highs (low $22s) will have me out with modest losses of 4%ish.
A dream scenario would be to fill that gap near $18 but I will be content with more conservative targets.
With that I am short $300 jeans and cheap bras. I won't even make a sarcastic comment, although tempted.
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Los Angeles-based Channel M, a venture backed provider of in-store TV networks, announced Wednesday that PLS Check Cashers, a check cashing chain, will use the firm's programming and advertising. According to Channel M, PLS Check Cashers will offer both English and Spanish content at 50 PLS Check Cashers locations nationwide. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Channel M is venture backed by Ascend Venture Group, Benedek Investment Group, Intel Capital and Vintage Fund Management, and offers in-store advertising through TV screens. Channel M is one of a number of Los Angeles-based, retail advertising startups who develop or license content, and run advertising over video displays at retailers. Channel M's clients include Macy's, ecko, Steve Madden, Blockbuster and My Gym.


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Between now and training camp, Mike Jones takes a closer look at players who find themselves competing for key roles this season, or are in position battles this preseason.
After two up-and-down seasons marked by inconsistent play, Washington Redskins wide receiver Leonard Hankerson finally seemed to have turned the corner last season.
He had replaced Josh Morgan as the starting wide receiver opposite Pierre Garcon, and found himself on pace to put up career numbers with 30 catches for 375 yards and three touchdowns through 10 games, including seven starts.
But Hankerson tore both his anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his knee, and missed the remainder of the season following surgery.
The fourth-year pro out of Miami has spent the offseason rehabbing and has displayed consistent improvement. But at the conclusion of June's minicamp, Hankerson had yet to receive clearance to practice.
Hankerson at that time was sprinting up hills and doing lunges while dragging a weighted sled. He said he hopes to return by the start of training camp, but that he hadn't received any assurances from his doctors. It's possible that Hankerson could open training camp on the physically unable to perform list.
If Hankerson, a third-round pick in 2011, can make a full recovery, he presents a unique skill set. At 6 feet 2 and 211 pounds, he's one of the biggest wide receivers on the roster. Only undrafted rookie Cody Hoffman is taller, at 6-4. Hankerson also has the ability to line up on the outside or in the slot.
But Hankerson also will be returning to a receiving unit that's now more crowded and significantly improved. This offseason, Washington added speedster DeSean Jackson and slot receiver Andre Roberts. The Redskins also drafted Tulane's Ryan Grant, and signed Hoffman, whom coaches have both praised this offseason.
So, it is up in the air where Hankerson fits into the mix once and if he is able to return.
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IN A former leatherworks just off Euston Road in London, a hopeful firm is starting up. BenevolentAI's main room is large and open-plan. In it, scientists and coders sit busily on benches, plying their various trades. The firm's star, though, has a private, temperature-controlled office. That star is a powerful computer that runs the software which sits at the heart of BenevolentAI's business. This software is an artificial-intelligence system.
AI, as it is known for short, comes in several guises. But BenevolentAI's version of it is a form of machine learning that can draw inferences about what it has learned. In particular, it can process natural language and formulate new ideas from what it reads. Its job is to sift through vast chemical libraries, medical databases and conventionally presented scientific papers, looking for potential drug molecules.
Nor is BenevolentAI a one-off. More and more people and firms believe that AI is well placed to help unpick biology and advance human health. Indeed, as Chris Bishop of Microsoft Research, in Cambridge, England, observes, one way of thinking about living organisms is to recognise that they are, in essence, complex systems which process information using a combination of hardware and software.
That thought has consequences. Whether it is the new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), from the founder of Facebook and his wife, or the biological subsidiaries being set up by firms such as Alphabet (Google's parent company), IBM and Microsoft, the new Big Idea in Silicon Valley is that in the squidgy worlds of biology and disease there are problems its software engineers can solve.
The discovery of new drugs is an early test of the belief that AI has much to offer biology and medicine. Pharmaceutical companies are finding it increasingly difficult to make headway in their search for novel products. The conventional approach is to screen large numbers of molecules for signs of pertinent biological effect, and then winnow away the dross in a series of more and more expensive tests and trials, in the hope of coming up with a golden nugget at the end. This way of doing things is, however, declining in productivity and rising in cost.
One explanation suggested for why drug discovery has become so hard is that most of the obvious useful molecules have been found. That leaves the obscure ones, which leads to long development periods and high failure rates. In theory, growing knowledge of the basic science involved ought to help. The trouble is that too much new information is being produced to be turned quickly into understanding.
Scientific output doubles every nine years. And data are, increasingly, salami-sliced for publication, to lengthen researchers' personal bibliographies. That makes information hard to synthesise. A century ago someone could still, with effort, be an expert in most fields of medicine. Today, as Niven Narain of BERG Health, an AI and biotechnology firm in Framingham, Massachusetts, points out, it is not humanly possible to comprehend all the various types of data.
This is where AI comes in. Not only can it "ingest" everything from papers to molecular structures to genomic sequences to images, it can also learn, make connections and form hypotheses. It can, in weeks, elucidate salient links and offer new ideas that would take lifetimes of human endeavour to come up with. It can also weigh up the evidence for its hypotheses in an even-handed manner. In this it is unlike human beings, who become unreasonably attached to their own theories and pursue them doggedly. Such wasted effort besets the best of pharmaceutical firms.
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Game of the Month: October 2005
November 1, 2005 - The end of each month signifies a variety of milestones across everyone's lives. People are getting their paychecks, making resolutions, doing their laundry, going grocery shopping, cleaning their gutters, and possibly celebrating with a frosty beverage. In keeping with the theme of closure, we here at IGN amass from our vast library of green-boxed games the ones that came out over the past month and determine which one is the reigning champ.
SSX Tours Retail
October 11, 2005 - Electronic Arts today ships SSX On Tour, the latest in its beloved snowboarding franchise.
SSX On Tour
October 10, 2005 - It's easy to get caught up in next generation hype and shift focus to an array of games that won't be on store shelves for months to come. EA is a company that is large enough to boast a full line-up of sports sequels that are both scheduled to launch with Xbox 360 as well as close out the current generation. While we've come to expect a continuous flow of sequels from EA sports titles, we've recently began to question how much new content is required to make a sequel worth buying. Other titles this year have brought just enough to the table to justify their continuation. While On Tour isn't exactly an original experience the core gameplay of SSX is such a blast that we're happy to hop on the lift one more time.
SSX: On Tour Hands-On
October 7, 2005 - After numerous features and promotional events, the fourth game in the SSX series is almost here. The game was pushed up to release next week so we sat down with the final build to gather our final impressions before the game ships on the 11th. As a whole, the gameplay isn't drastically different from SSX 3, but the presentation has been taken to a level of wackiness that is hard to describe with mere words. On Tour isn't just about racing down a mountain, it's about becoming a rock star.
SSX Snow in SF
October 6, 2005 - We gain a new perspective on SSX on Tour, thanks to real live ski jumping.
SSX On Tour Pushed Up
October 3, 2005 - Winter arrives a little earlier this year. EA has just moved the ship date for SSX On Tour from October 25 to October 11. Announced early this May, On Tour is the latest installment in the popular snowboarding series where performing tricks and winning races nets players massive points.
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September 16, 2005 - Snowboard. Ski. Race. Trick. Er... Do tricks. That's SSX.
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September 16, 2005 - Oh No! We catch up with pop's most accomplished dancers.
SSX: Ascend Your Career Path
September 14, 2005 - In our fifth SSX On Tour delving story, we, the snowboard kings of yore, have once again bugged EA to dig a little deeper into the fourth in the SSX series, SSX On Tour. This time about the game's career structure. How do you progress? What's the currency? Is it simple, complex, the same, different? We have answers.
The Music of SSX On Tour
September 13, 2005 - A whopping 41 songs will be featured on the in-game soundtrack to SSX…
SSX On Tour: Create a Character
September 7, 2005 - One of the most important areas of skiing or snowboarding it the gear. There was a time when strapping on any two planks would suffice as long as it got you down the mountain, but these days the equipment is nearly as important as your skills. We hit up Tim Fields, the Produces of SSX On Tour with a slew of questions concerning the new customization options available on the slopes.
SSX on Tour: Enter The Noobs
August 31, 2005 - In our ongoing series highlighting the new features in EA's visually wild new SSX On Tour, we have come to the inevitable showcase of the game's new characters.
SSX On Tour: Tell It On The Mountain
August 24, 2005 - EA reveals its ideas behind On Tour's slope design, level variety, and how skiing and snowboarding each have their own place.
SSX On Tour: Monster Tricks
August 17, 2005 - The SSX series has always been about insane air and impossible aerial maneuvers. EA is pushing the envelope on what riders can accomplish mid-flight with new "Monster Tricks." These are similar to the uber moves of SSX 3 only they are now mapped to the right analog stick for greater accuracy.
SSX Hits the Slopes!
August 10, 2005 - Electronic Arts' newest take on the snowboarding series appears in the form of the nobler downhill snow sport, skiing. The former Trip Hawkins company, 3DO, once tried its hand at skiing, and the disaster that was Johnny Moseley Mad Trix, is well behind us. Yet, we have wondered in earnest how EA would handle the difficult transition from snowboarding to skiing, and how it planned on making things better.
SSX On Tour Update
July 15, 2005 - It was almost a month ago that we had our first hands-on look at SSX On Tour when we were taken back by the new art style and the addition of skis to the snowboarding franchise. With an overall style that takes the established over-the-top tricks from the SSX games and throws in a high school sketchbook-look to the menus and the HUD along with some new visual flair in the game itself, the new game is set be a much more rocking experience. Sure, that may sound cheesy, but from what we've seen so far, SSX On Tour should deliver on that promise.
Hands-On SSX On Tour
June 16, 2005 - There is a certain rigidity that one comes to expect from EA games. This isn't necessarily a bad thing; it brings with it a promised level of quality that pervades nearly all of their products. It is also reassuring to see a familiar menu screen, but sometimes you want a game to break the mold and try something a bit different. SSX On Tour is keeping the over-the-top gameplay aspects from the series but completely revamping the game's presentation. Forget about the big-beat techno music that used to permeate SSX, that is so 90s. This year it's all about rock n' roll or as EA put it - "becoming a black diamond rockstar."
Pre-E3 2005: SSX a No-show?
May 14, 2005 - Conspicuously absent from Electronic Arts' E3 2005 games list is the tentatively titled SSX On Tour. As of press time, we have not received official comment from Electronic Arts, largely because press time is 7:30 on the Saturday before what promises to be the biggest E3 of our time and we didn't bother to call anybody. But hey-hey! The next SSX snowboarding title, which now also includes skiing, was officially announced on May 4th of this year. Along with the announcement came the promise that it would be available this fall on PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube. Screenshots and a trailer were also released at that time.
SSX 4 Official
May 4, 2005 - Electronic Arts announced today that SSX On Tour would be appearing on store shelves this coming fall. Developed by the always-growing team at EA Canada, SSX On Tour will allow players to create their own boarder or skier and take them through a full career as they face off against the most famous SSX racers from the past.


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The 33-year-old admits this weekend's Euro-African Zone relegation clash with Ukraine in Odessa could represent his penultimate appearance in the competition.
"I am getting very much closer to the decision to hang up my racquet because I don't want to go out there and not play well and not be able to compete physically," he said.
"I would like to keep going on for this tie and I would like to be able to play one more time in Great Britain. I am hoping some of the younger kids will have kicked me out by then."
Rusedski has hinted at the retirement issue often in recent months and, following a difficult summer, he has freely admitted he will be unable to play a full schedule next year.
That could be bad news for new captain John Lloyd, who will need to find the right man to fill Rusedski's shoes if Britain are to avoid sliding deeper into the tennis wilderness.
Defeat this weekend to the Ukrainians - who number just one player in the world's top 300 - will plunge Great Britain into Zone Two for the first time in 10 years.
But Rusedski insists the fate of his team will not affect his judgement when he realises it is finally time to call it a day.
He added: "I don't know how much further I am going to go.
"I am definitely slowing down but I still very much enjoy Davis Cup and being part of a team. I am feeling very comfortable and my fitness is certainly not a concern for this tie."Reuse content


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Sail Date: May 10, 2014
Reviewed: 2 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Balcony
We have cruised with MSC numerous times over the last 3 years. We fell in love with MSC when we first traveled on the Poesia. We describe traveling on MSC as elegant, from the first time you step aboard you are immersed into the Mediterranean way of life.
When the MSC Poesia was replaced with the Divina, we couldn't wait to experience this royal ship and all of it's splendor. We were not disappointed. We loved the experience so much that we have been on the Divina 4 times and we are traveling again in September once again.
We are treated royally each time we travel and found that the personnel aboard has always gone above board to make our experience better than the last. We have never been disappointed.
We urge you to take the time and cruise with MSC and you will be forever grateful that you did.
We have chosen Ocean View as well as Balcony cabins and have always come home pleased and satisfied with our choice.
Our last cruise with MSC was a back to back 14 day vacation and we look forward to our next cruise in September, 2014.
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This is one of the most elegant ships we have ever been on and we were treated royally.
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