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- Clean up your diet! If you are eating a lot of processed junk food and/or sugar.. you are not doing yourself any favors! A clean diet will not only help you shed unwanted fat, it will keep your body happy and healthy! "Eating clean" means eating foods as close to their natural state as possible. More lean meats, healthy fats, fresh fruits and veggies… Less fast food and packaged goods! By the way, this includes getting rid of the alcohol!! Alcohol promotes fat storage and breaks down muscle tissue.
- Incorporate resistance training, don't just focus on cardio. While aerobic activity is great for your heart and burning calories, focusing too much on THAT and not enough on resistance training will only hinder your progress. The more muscle on your body = the more calories you burn doing anything and everything (even sleeping!). Too much cardio can break down muscle tissue, the opposite of what you want! Also keep in mind, "tone" comes from building muscle! Don't be afraid to hit the weights ladies!
- Drink plenty of fresh, H20. Our bodies are primarily composed of water, so drinking lots of it keeps our bodies functioning at high levels. It also helps flush out unwanted toxins. Water is crucial in body & organ processes.. even losing fat! It gives you the added bonus of energy and youthful skin! Drink up!
- Have protein at each and every meal, but don't forget fresh fruits, veggies and healthy fats! A balanced diet rich with protein will help build and maintain muscle tissue which as you know, helps shed unwanted fat! Getting plenty of fiber through fresh fruit and veggies will also keep you feeling full, which helps keep you from over-eating at meal time! Also, don't be afraid to break up those 3 meals into more frequent, smaller meals! This will keep blood-sugar levels stable and keep you from over-eating at meal time!
- Get plenty of sleep and keep stress levels low! Lack of sleep and high stress causes cortisol levels to rise. Excess levels of the hormone cortisol in the body contributes to stomach fat gain and makes it harder to lose fat!
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540 Righter Street is a 10 minute walk from the Manayunk/Norristown Line Manayunk/Norristown Line at the Wissahickon stop.
This location is in the Roxborough neighborhood in Philadelphia. Nearby parks include Kendrick Recreation Center, Kendrick Playground and Fairmount Park.
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Tales of Cupit (Rhymes with Stupid)
The squirrelly adventures of Congressman Steve Stockman's frat-house band of consultants who call themselves Political Won Stop seem to know no limits. The Hill, a Congress-covering weekly in the nation's capital, first revealed that Stockman's re-election campaign had paid more than $126,000 to the consultancy, which is owned by 26-year-old Chris Cupit and 25-year-old Jason Posey and is listed on the congressman's campaign disclosures as having the same Whitman Way address as Stockman's combination home and election headquarters just outside Friendswood. More recently, The Hill reported that the address Political Won Stop used on its DBA filing in Brazoria County is a rental beach house at Surfside. Always up for a summer jaunt to the Gulf, The Insider motored down to Surfside over the weekend to discover that the rent house, which is named the Hide-a-Way and sits just down the road the from the Money Pit, was vacant. On our return, we talked to the owner of the Hide-a-Way, Houstonian Diane Hensley, who rented the house in the off-season to Cupit from last fall to early spring. Hensley, a Stockman supporter and unsuccessful legislative candidate this year, says she's known Cupit for two years and isn't surprised he listed the home as his place of business.
The Hide-a-Way certainly is an appropriately named location for a business run by the secrecy-obsessed Cupit, the Stockman operative and GOP nominee for Jefferson County tax collector-assessor whom we encountered on our unannounced visit to Stockman's home/campaign office two weeks ago. Cupit refused to identify himself and hid his face when a Press photographer approached. It's apparently typical behavior from Cupit, judging by the account of an advertising sales type who tried to sell the Stockman campaign some bumper stickers two days before we ventured into the grip of Stockmania.
The salesman says he contacted the Stockman headquarters "and got ahold of a man who wouldn't identify himself except by his first name, Chris." It took the salesman two weeks to get an appointment with the mysterious Chris, and only under circumstances that seem lifted from a spy novel. "He would not give me the address of his headquarters," recounts the salesman, "and he asked if I would meet him on the parking lot of the Burger King in Baybrook Mall." (Stockman's home/office is located in a subdivision behind the mall.) When the salesman finally rendezvoused with "Chris," the Stockman flunky again refused to give his last name but expressed interest in the batch of see-through, peel-off "Stockman for Congress" stickers the salesman had brought along to demonstrate. Chris refused to allow the salesman to put one of the stickers on his car and instead insisted they be handed over for future inspection, presumably by the congressman. At one point, Chris displayed a trace of envy by allowing that he wished he could afford the see-through numbers for his own campaign.
The salesman is still chuckling over the encounter. "I'm in my early seventies, and I've done business in Houston for over 35 years. It's the first time I ever made a sales pitch on the parking lot of a Burger King!" (He was later shown a photo of Chris Cupit and positively identified the stealth candidate as the phantom of the Burger King.) Their meeting was two weeks ago, and now the salesman can't get through to Chris. "The guy who answers the phone, who's a nitwit, says, 'What is this regarding?' Then he says, 'I don't know if he's here.' I say, 'Come on, kid, you're in a house and you don't know who comes through the front door?' "
Cupit also hasn't acquired much name identification in Beaumont, the seat of the county where he wants to be the head tax collector. When The Insider went on a Beaumont call-in show last week to debunk the false claims by Stockman that we had assaulted his campaign workers and terrorized his wife, the radio host, Jack Piper, was unfamiliar with Cupit and his candidacy. During Piper's show, we played an audio tape of our encounter with the Stockmanites at the congressman's home, which included our repeated question, "Is Chris Cupit here?" Afterward, a hard-of-hearing pro-Stockman caller rang up to chastise the liberal media for "calling people stupid." Why, she asked, did we have to call them stupid? Piper had to gently correct her: "It's Cupit, ma'am, not stupid."
Apex at Nadir?
State Senator Rodney Ellis' bond brokerage business, Apex Securities, seems to have fallen on hard times. Ellis and the firm's other principal, Richard Ramirez, have decided to part ways, apparently because the business can no longer afford Ramirez's six-figure salary. A downtown financial source blames falling interest rates for cutting into Apex's revenue flow.
Ramirez is just the latest of Ellis' partners to go his own way. Another former Apex principal, Bob Lanier near-confidant Jodie Jiles, left Ellis in the late eighties to work for the First Boston investment banking firm (he's now with Bear Stearn Co.). Ellis' former law partner, Michael Solar, split with Ellis two years ago in a dispute over bringing additional lawyers into the firm.


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Prosecutors in Brazil are appealing the dropping of some accusations in the 2006 midair collision between a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 and an ExcelAire Embraer Legacy 600. The airliner crashed into the Amazon forest, killing all 154 aboard, while the business jet made an emergency landing at an Air Force base.
Two years after the collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Boeing 737 sent the Brazilian airliner crashing into the Amazon forest with the loss of 154 lives, key questions remain unanswered, but the safety cost of efforts to place blame are clear.
Wrongful-death suits brought on behalf of family members of passengers and crew killed in the 2006 midair involving a Legacy business jet and a Brazilian Gol Airlines Boeing 737 were dismissed last Thursday by New York District Court judge Brian Cogan based on his opinion that the Brazilian courts are a more appropriate venue.
Charter provider ExcelAire has added another Embraer Legacy 600, bringing to three the Long Island, N.Y.-based company's fleet of the Brazilian-built jets in service. Not included in that total is N600XL, the Legacy that survived the September 2006 midair that destroyed a Gol Airlines 737 over the Brazilian jungle.
Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino–the two U.S. pilots of an ExcelAire Legacy 600 that collided with a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 over Brazil's Amazon jungle in September 2006, killing all 154 aboard the airliner–will now be allowed to testify in a criminal trial from the U.S.
Cenipa, Brazil's aviation accident investigation agency, released a statement to the Brazilian news agencies in November that appears to dispute the claims of the
Brazilian authorities have continually blamed ExcelAire pilots Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino for a midair between their Legacy 600 and a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 over the Amazon Jungle, alleging that the crew didn't follow an approved flight plan and had somehow disengaged the Legacy's transponder. The U.S.
A Learjet 35 crashed November 4 in São Paulo, Brazil, killing at least eight people. Witnesses said the airplane, owned by São Paulo-based air-taxi operator Reali Taxi Aerea, was attempting to return to Campo do Marte Airport just after takeoff in light rain, when it slammed nose first into a suburban neighborhood. Killed in the crash were
Brazilian officials are still combing through the wreckage of a Learjet 35 that crashed Sunday in São Paulo, killing at least eight people. Witnesses said the airplane, owned by São Paulo-based air-taxi operator Reali Taxi Aerea, was attempting to return to Campo do Marte Airport just after takeoff in light rain, when it slammed nose first into a suburban neighborhood.
Brazilian authorities should drop their criminal investigation into the deadly midair collision last September involving a pair of American pilots and instead let accident investigators complete their probe.


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Our house was built in the 1970's and has two sky lights, one in each bathroom. The interior translucent glass panel, which sits in a a frame in the ceiling, is about 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick.
Over time, debris, dead bugs, etc., fall on the glass and is visible as a shadow to anyone in the bathroom. It is nearly impossible to clean the panel because 1) the glass panel is heavy and 2) the framing makes it nearly impossible to move the glass panel up to clean the attic side of the glass.
After having attempted to clean one of the panels and succeeding in getting the glass panel wedged in the wood framing and having to shave the wood and also splintering the edges of the glass, I would like to know if there is an easier way to deal with the cleaning. Or maybe replace the glass panels with something else.
Is there another material that can be used for the interior ceiling-to-attic panel instead of glass? Something that has some flexibility, but also not so flimsy that bugs or other larger critters that might end up in the attic would be able fall/crawl through.
Is there a name for what I am looking for, because I cannot find this item when searching sites like Home Depot or Lowe's?
Or is this something that would need to be custom cut?
Donna in Florida
With considerable design effort and woodworking skill you could make a frame for the translucent glass that swivels for cleaning. The weight of the glass would be carried by the swivels, possibly 1/4" dia. metal rods.
The tricky part is making this moveable piece and its mating frame to look halfway decent when a person looks up at it.
Unfortunately - I'm not that skilled and neither is my husband.
It would take me a few hours to make this thing so it would cost a few hundred.
Most times walls between the ceiling and the roof are built as walls that can be insulated and there is no glass at the ceiling.
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One Size Doesn't Fit All When It Comes To Designing Great International Custo...
Thursday, May 29, 2014
With more than 25 years of experience in global research design and implementing multinational, multichannel customer insight programs, Nan Russell, head of our new Global Centre of Excellence, offers her expert advice to help you to prepare a successful multi-cultural customer experience managem... .. read more..
Seven Ways Tablets Are Changing Restaurant Customer Experience
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
With consumers increasingly carrying technology around in their pockets, brands have the opportunity to communicate with customers more frequently, and savvy brands are using technology to improve their guests' experience. read more » .. read more..
Are Mobile Phones the New BFF? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
What other device can plug you into social media, take photos, show videos, play music, provide games, browse the web – and of course let you make a phone call or send and receive text messages? This not only makes it a best friend for life, but a very powerful marketing tool for any business wit... .. read more..
Roadshow comes to town
Friday, May 16, 2014
LiveOps are taking to the road to promote the next-generation contact centre. The vision will be on display during the "Engineering the Customer Experience" roadshow, in which LiveOps is partnering with companies including Twilio, Google and Plantronics to discuss the [...] .. read more..
Reader poll – Are your agents allowed to read whilst working on the phones?
Friday, May 16, 2014
"Are your agents allowed to read whilst working on the phones?" was asked of our readers and the results were: Poll results Yes, they can read whatever they want 33% Yes, but only company training material 17% No, [...] .. read more..
British people don't always say what they mean… Neither do customers
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
If you are one of my regular readers then you know that I am a Brit. Although I have lived in Florida for many years, I am still British through and through, as in I prefer football (read: soccer) to [...] .. read more..
The spring clean: 85 ways to improve your contact centre
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Here are 85 tips to help you improve your contact centre. 1. Revamp your call centre to improve mood levels The environment agents work in can make a huge difference to their mood. One section of our call centre was [...] .. read more..
Call Centre Helper visits… Direct Response
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Call Centre Helper visited Direct Response's call centre in Bristol, managed by Nancy Parker. Direct Response Fact File Agents 90 FTE 150 seats Call volume Inbound: 45% Outbound: 55% Technology ACD Avaya Headsets Agent 400 Binaural Headset WFM QMAX Management [...] .. read more..
3 World Cup games for your contact centre
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Here are 3 games to help you harness World Cup fever. The World Cup is coming and, like it or not, it will have an effect on your workplace. The hosts Brazil kick off against Croatia in Sao Paulo on [...] .. read more..
2 minutes on… Getting customer surveys right
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Mats Rennstam highlights the six main areas to consider when implementing a customer feedback strategy. 1. Do make sure your sample size is right Statistically speaking, you only need to interview 1,500 customers to gain a representation of the average [...] .. read more..
Replay and slides from Webinar: 5 ways to tune up your call centre
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
A replay and slides are available from our webinar on tuning up your contact centre. Click here to view the replay In this webinar we looked at a number of ways to tune up your contact centre to make it [...] .. read more..
Only 1 month left for 0845 numbers
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
In less than a month it will be illegal to provide an 0845 number for a customer service line. From 13th June 2014, it will be a legal requirement that businesses provide a standard rate number (i.e. 01, 02 or [...] .. read more..
Customer experience is a top priority
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
54% of managers have said that enhancing the Customer Experience is a key priority in their contact centre. In comparison to just 23% who prioritise cost reduction, according to the Tomorrow's Contact Centre survey report. The survey of 175 contact [...] .. read more..
IT vs. Marketing: Who Owns the Data? Who Owns the Platform? [WEBINAR]
Thursday, May 8, 2014
In an upcoming exclusive, live webinar, we will talk about how IT and marketing departments can work together to serve the customer coherently. Join our panel of experts, including representatives from SAP and Vimeo, on May 13th to learn more about how to create a better experience for your custo... .. read more..
Damage Control and Responsiveness for Retail Brands: Managing Online Reputation
Friday, May 2, 2014
Your customers are spending their hard-earned money with your company, and there's no doubt that they need the warm fuzzy to rationalize that expenditure. Make sure that you're delivering stellar customer service, a welcoming environment and quality products and services consistently. read more .. read more..
Yelp and the Rise of Consumer Reviews
Friday, May 2, 2014
You're new in town, or you've traveled to a new destination and you want to know what restaurants the locals like or where you can find the best shopping. So you reach for your smartphone and consult a trusted advisor. By making a phone call? No, by checking out Yelp. read more .. read more..
Customer Surveys in the Social Media Age
Thursday, May 1, 2014
We've come a long way since lengthy paper surveys were first introduced to gather customer feedback. Technological developments over the decades have transformed the way that brands interact with, and learn from, consumers into the sophisticated tools we see today. We have also seen explosive gro... .. read more..
Don't Bank On The Weather – But Great Customer Experience Will Always Pay Off!
Monday, April 14, 2014
A recent report reveals many Brits consider eating out at a high-end restaurant an experience worth paying for and are as likely to save up for fine dining as for a holiday. This is good news for brands offering eating and drinking destinations and days out, who could well enjoy some positive out... .. read more..
New Strategies For Measuring And Increasing Staff Advocacy Are Key To Improvi...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Findings from the Friends and Family Test which was introduced last year, and recommendations from the Francis report that staff views could provide an important test of quality of care, has lead to a growing interest in the views of NHS staff on their organisation as a place to work and be treat... .. read more..
NHS Friends And Family Test One Year On – A Happy Birthday?
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The calls to improve the experiences of NHS patients have shown no sign of quieting down since the Friends and Family Test (FFT) was launched a year ago, and it seems unlikely that anyone will be rolling out the cake and balloons for its first birthday. But the key question is, now that we are 12... .. read more..
13 Content Marketing Tips
Monday, March 31, 2014
These days, businesses are slowly giving up loud, flashy campaigns in favor of getting in touch with their customers. Pop-ups and other gimmicky ads are moving aside for tailored content – be it in print, image, or video — that a company's customers may find useful, or otherwise worth sharing. re... .. read more..
Ekaterina Walter of Branderati Talks Customer Connection with Robin Carey
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Ekaterina Walter, Co-Founder and CMO at Branderati, recently met with me to share how companies can tap into their customers', employees', and partners' passion about their brand to create a personal connection with a larger audience. Watch this video interview to see what she had to say. read more .. read more..
Who Really Needs Assistance? Influencing the Choice to Live Chat
Friday, February 28, 2014
Make sure that your live chat channel is tuned for high value/high complexity customer inquiries and requests. Start by determining the volume of interactions across all communication channels, assign an interaction value to request and inquiry types and develop interaction complexity levels in o... .. read more..
Spotlight on SPS Commerce: How an Online Community Strengthened Customer Support
Monday, February 24, 2014
What happens when a firm that specializes in supply chain management takes on an online customer community? Will they apply the operational efficiencies found in their line of business to their customer-facing digital initiative? To find out, I spoke in-depth with two leaders of the SPS Commerce ... .. read more..
Six Business Blog Topics That Will Attract Local Customers
Sunday, February 16, 2014
To improve your search engine rankings specifically for searches in your local area, it's helpful to incorporate local references into your content. To help you do that in an authentic way, here are six local-focused blog post topics that will draw new customers from your geographic area. read more .. read more..
Are You Collaborating with Your Customers?
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Collaboration is a pretty popular concept at the moment, with countless articles, books and guides on both its value for companies and suggesting ways that it can be improved. Most of these posts have been on how employees can collaborate better internally. But how can companies collaborate bette... .. read more..
4 Steps to Connecting with - and Engaging - Generation C
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Connected, empowered consumers—also known as of Generation C—have come to expect businesses to know them, to understand them, and to deliver what they want, where, when and how they want it. And when they don't get what they want, their friends, followers and fans hear all about it. read more .. read more..
Look Through the Social Window
Thursday, January 23, 2014
In order to maximize the return on your brand's investment in its social strategy, you should use comments from fans and followers to generate content ideas. Just how do you do so? Check out the following strategies to rock both social and content. read more .. read more..
The Customer Experience Advice That No One Is Giving You [VIDEO]
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
An interview with Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, a consultant who has spent a large chunk of her career helping companies build better customer relationships. This is no longer an optional business initiative: providing an exceptional customer experience is a key piece of running a successful business th... .. read more..
Use Social Selling to Generate Quality Sales Leads
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Social selling has replaced outbound selling as the go-to sales tactic in the modern buying process. If you use a systematic social media marketing process to educate your target audience and identify sales opportunities, you will be rewarded with business growth. read more .. read more..
A 2014 Social Media Guide: New Trends and Solutions to Live By
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
In 2013, the importance of social media in a successful business marketing plan became undeniable; "a reported 78% of companies now have a dedicated social media team." As we step into 2014, we continue to see the emergence of new social platforms and the impact that a strong social media presenc... .. read more..
Should a Company Create a Separate Customer Service Twitter Handle?
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Twitter is most customers' preferred go-to social platform. Companies often create separate Twitter handles (e.g. @MicrosoftHelps), only for the purpose of leveraging their customer service. But is this actually the way customers want to be approached? read more .. read more..
Are You Engaged in Revenue Producing Activities?
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Sales professionals hear, almost constantly, 'You should ONLY be involved in revenue producing activities.' In other words, any activity that doesn't result directly in revenue is an activity in which a sales professional should not be involved. Bottom line: sales reps are used to ... .. read more..
Spirit Airlines & the Difference Between Service and *Customer* Service
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Customers are generally wrong to criticize Spirit Airlines. Yes, you read that correctly. Brian Cantor, the guy who seemingly makes a living ranting about poor customer service experiences, the guy who confronts businesses who do not truly put the customer first and the guy who even .. read more..
A Hipper, Social Four Seasons Hotel Drives High Return Rate [CASE STUDY]
Friday, December 20, 2013
Until recently, the restaurant at The Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago catered to an older, wealthier demographic. With the rise in popularity of chic and eco-chic hotels like The W and Loft, Four Seasons knew it needed to appeal to a fresh demographic. Here's how they did it. read more .. read more..
Meeting Customer Expectations [VIDEO]
Friday, December 20, 2013
Here's another installment from my video recording session with the eCornell team, this time looking at customer experience and meeting customer expectations. I'm also including a post from earlier this year on building CX strategies that goes along with this video quite well. .. read more..
Your Call Center Agents Don't Know their Roles; 5 Reasons It's Your Fault
Thursday, December 19, 2013
I know the customer service process is not perfect. I know that when I call a contact center, I will likely have to wait on hold. I know that once I begin explaining my issue, I will likely be transferred to a "specialist" that requires me to repeat ev .. read more..
Stop Chasing Customers - Start Building Your Brand
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Today I read a piece in Ad Age where the CMO of a major restaurant chain said, "In the past, over 80% of the marketing plan would be executed the way you originally planned. Now, it's like 20%," so you better be agile. I have to say – I completely disagree with this point of view, and think you s... .. read more..
From Metrics, to Disney, to Dead Call Centers to Rude Customers - CMIQ's Top ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
With the customer experience reigning as a top business priority and businesses continuing to transform their customer service operations into omni-channel customer engagement centers, 2013 was an important yet for customer management. Naturally, it was also a big .. read more..
Three Critical Success Factors for Remote Work
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Remote working is exploding as a result of mobile technologies. A growing segment of the workforce prefers it, and it saves huge spend on real estate and related costs. But lagging behind the rapid technology expansion is well thought through organizational strategy to a .. read more..
4 Dangers Coming in 2014 (and How to Mitigate the Risk)
Thursday, December 12, 2013
The holiday season is a time for celebrating — and prognostications for the coming year. I'm typically an optimist, but not this time. Though many factors point to a rosier 2014, every company faces some significant direct and indirect risks, many of which lurk below .. read more..
6 Things that Scare Call Center Leaders
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Forget about witches, ghosts and goblins – here are some things that are really scary if you manage a contact center: Rampant agent turnover It's positively frightening to think that the average contact center has an annual turnover rate of ne .. read more..
3 Ways to Empower Customer Service Employees
Thursday, December 5, 2013
When it comes to customer service, employee empowerment is defined as allowing employees to make fast decisions -- on the spot -- in favor of the customer. Unfortunately, empowerment is the single most difficult skill to get employees to utilize. That is a problem for businesses and .. read more..
Quick Hits: Starbucks on Creating an Adaptive Customer Experience Culture
Thursday, December 5, 2013
We often stress the importance of developing a customer-centric culture, but what happens when the culture of a customer base is inconsistent? This challenge, a pressing one for any global business, manifests notably in the Latin American market. Though commonly treated by ext .. read more..
You Can't Cheat the Customer Experience
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Because customer satisfaction translates into an improved bottom line, businesses are not wrong for approaching the customer experience from a perspective of greed. They are not incorrect for treating customer experience investments as means to a profitable end rather than .. read more..
Foot Locker Responds to Report of Bad Customer Experience
Monday, December 2, 2013
Because customer management is about enacting rather than declaring, customer experience assessments need to evaluate practice rather than promise. Any brand can tout its commitment to the customer—it would have to be insane not to—but only those who live by that .. read more..
15 Signs Your Call Center Hiring Process is a Failure
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The best managers realize a contact center cannot succeed without skilled, motivated and mostly sober agents manning the phones (and other contact channels). These managers work hard to develop and sustain hiring programs that ensure the front line is forever staf .. read more..
5 Steps to Making the Digital Transformation
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Most companies want to better leverage digital technologies — social, mobile and cloud services — to deliver an enhanced customer experience, enable new business models and drive greater operating efficiencies. They also dread falling behind their bolder, more .. read more..
Foot Locker's Customer Service: I Don't Even Know What to Say
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
While it is a fact worthy of resentment in today's so-called "age of the customer," it is a fact nonetheless. Many brands have not yet reached a point at which they can declare they know their customers. They might have loose audience demographic inf .. read more..
Be Like Southwest: Master Speed in Your Customer Service Experience
Monday, November 18, 2013
Of the many tools and tactics a company can use to improve the customer experience, speed is the most overlooked. That is unfortunate because a major factor in creating a positive customer experience is speed. There are three major obstacles to improving the customer experience through .. read more..


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The news came down today: Atlantic City's Revel Resort is shutting down next month.
Oh, sure. They're still trying to sell the place. But they've been trying to sell it pretty much since the day it opened. Or at least since the first bankruptcy filing, which happened just a little over a year after it opened. As things stand now, the resort has never made a dime in profit, and the current owners are admitting that even if a buyer is found, Revel will still close before anyone can come in to save the day.
Marc Vetri's singular hold on the Moorestown Mall is about to end. Come July 8, Jose Garces will become his new neighbor with the opening of his third Distrito location.
So what can we (and the good people of New Jersey) expect from this new Distrito? Mexican wrestlers, a floating fireplace, pork belly tamales and lots and lots of tequila.
Michael Klein follows Jose Garces around town, checking in on the Iron Chef's empire and reaffirming that being a big-shot restaurateur is big business.
Garces has five projects ranging from a branch of Distrito in Moorestown, NJ to Rural Society, an Argentinian steakhouse that he's opening in Washington DC.
There's even some talk about exit strategies.
Where's Jose Garces going? [Philly.com]


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It seems as if Hurricane Sandy's path ended up working its way around my area almost perfectly. I haven't had any power outages and the worst it's been all day was a bit of wind off and on with moderate to low rainfall. I'm grateful but of course my heart goes out to those who are still affected by the storm.


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Our latest review is of Andres Barba's Katia's Sister, a novel which was published in Spain by Anagrama back in 2001.
Lisa Dillman—a translator from Spanish and Catalan and lecturer at Emory University who wrote the review—actually contacted me from the Guadalajara Book Fair with the news that Barba had won the Essay Prize from Anagrama for his most recent book The Porno Ceremony. So not only is the review interesting, it's timely as well . . .
I came across Andrés Barba by chance one day in 2002, browsing at a Spanish bookstore. The book I stood perusing sounded intriguing: the story of an adolescent girl who lives in a Madrid apartment with her prostitute mother and stripper sister. Despite my interest in the story, however, the literary endeavor seemed not just improbable but almost risible. Here was a novel presenting the lives of several troubled women through the eyes of a less-than-savvy, fourteen-year old girl as written by a man – one who was just twenty-six years old. I bought it, I confess, to prove myself right: the protagonist's voice could not possibly be convincing. Five years later I am still astounded by the heart-breaking tenderness and naked honesty of Barba's prose.
Katia's sister, the protagonist, is presented as achingly naive, and her almost saint-like innocence filters each of her observations, deflecting the horrors of the harsh world she inhabits. With utterly uncomplicated candor, she reinterprets prostitution, drug addiction, death and religion, and we are privy to all of her pre-moral reflections. Having quit school, Katia's sister (who is never named) spends her days cleaning, watching nature shows on TV, and marveling at the tourists in Madrid's Plaza Mayor who wear such bright colors, say such charming things. She comprises the sole affective bond in the family, the only selfless constant in her all-female clan (Mamá is often gone for days at a time; Katia works late at the strip club; grandmother's Alzheimer's is progressing daily). And her perspective is a redemptive one. Daily trials, whether transcendent, morbid, or run-of-the-mill, are all battled with an innocence that ultimately bathes everything in its glow, humanizing us all. At the start of the novel we read:
Mamá hadn't been home for a week. Katia had just turned eighteen and she'd given her a pair of ladybug earrings that she hadn't liked. Anyone could have seen it in her forced smile, her gesture of resignation when she asked her to put them on; but that night she went to bed happy in the knowledge that she'd given the perfect gift. Three days later she saw that Katia still hadn't worn them, not even once. It didn't trouble her, though. She remembered when she was eight and Mamá had given her a pink watch that she liked so much she didn't dare put it on, for fear she might break it. She'd take it out at night, watch the second hand slowly caress the quarters of an hour, and then put it back in the same imperturbable case in which a year later it would stop ticking, and then in subsequent years gather dust, purging its sin of having been too beautiful. Maybe that's why Katia hadn't worn the earrings yet, because they were just too pretty.
At this point, we are left wondering: is her reaction a defense mechanism, or is she just not too bright? It's not long, though, before we realize this is no act; the protagonist is not stupid, she's simply incapable of feeling – or picking up on – malice, cruelty, or bitterness. In Katia's sister's world, people aren't bad; they have concrete rationale for their actions. Their behavior can be explained by a phrase she hears her mother use frequently on the phone, "Men aren't evil; they just want to get laid."
Katia's Sister is a remarkable first book from a very young writer who has gone on to prove his mettle in subsequent novels. This one was finalist for the 19th Herralde Prize in Spain, has been translated into French, Dutch, German, and Italian, and is currently being made into a film in Holland. Rafael Chirbes, one of Spain's greatest living novelists, has called Barba's prose "imprescindible", often translated as "vital" though the urgency is more intense. His writing is "undowithoutable".
Katia's Sister
Andrés Barba
Anagrama, 2001
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney, Professor Barney Glover, on behalf of UWS and the Board of the Whitlam Institute, is pleased to announce that today (24 October 2014) the 'Gough Whitlam Memorial Appeal' has been established to support the Whitlam Institute that Gough Whitlam entrusted with his legacy.
Our thoughts are very much with the Whitlam family, who have announced the passing of the Hon Gough Whitlam AC QC.
To read a message from the Director of the Whitlam Institute, click here.
What happens to democracy when the fossil fuel industry collides with global warming? That's the question Dr Kevin Taft – Canadian author, commentator and former political leader- poses then unpacks in his absorbing Perspectives paper for the Whitlam Institute released today (Wednesday 10 September 2014).
Can democracy as we know it survive global warming?
Congratulations to Raina Joseph from Girraween High School who is the Overall Winner of the 2014 What Matters? Writing Competition.
Her entry 'Rape culture breeds with silence' is available to read on our What Matters? webpage, along with all of the NSW, ACT and Tasmanian finalists' entries.
This week (6 and 7 August, 2014) marks the 40th Anniversary of the historic joint sitting of the parliament in 1974, which followed on from the double-dissolution election. Never before or since has this method been used to overcome a deadlock between the two chambers of the nation's parliament.
It was a significant and entirely unique occasion, and a defining moment in Whitlam's political career. The joint sitting saw the passage of several key bills including the Health Insurance Bill 1973 (the Medibank legislation) and the Commonwealth Electoral Bill (No. 2) 1973, which would institute the principle of 'one vote, one value' in federal elections.
To mark the occasion the Whitlam Institute has put together an online exhibition on the joint sitting, pulling together footage, original documents and photos from the Whitlam Prime Ministerial Collection, the ABC, the National Archives and others.


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TV Guide Online has called Shake It Up one of Summer TV's Guilty Pleasures!
When a fortysomething man declares his love for a show about two teenage girls, he's got some 'splainin' to do. So here goes: Lucy and Ethel. Laverne and Shirley. CeCe and Rocky? No kidding — Shake It Up's Bella Thorne and Zendaya follow in the footsteps of classic female comedy teams as a pair of Chicago girls trying to make all their dreams come true on a local dance show in this charmingly old-school sitcom. It's no surprise, then, that the show comes from veteran prime-time producers like Chris Thompson (Bosom Buddies) and Jeff Strauss (Friends). No matter what the situation, CeCe and Rocky have all the right moves, comedically speaking.
The new Shake It Up soundtrack is coming out on March 20th! Many exciting new songs will be coming out, including Zendaya's song "Something to Dance For", a song sung by Bella titled "TTYLXOX", as well as a song by Adam and Kenton named "Show Ya How"! Check out what else will be on the soundtrack by clicking below.
The Shake It Up cast wishing everyone a happy new year.


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Some scientists may share materials as part of a collaborative agreement in exchange for co-authorship on resulting publications. Some donors stipulate that the shared materials are not to be used for applications already being pursued by the donor's laboratory. Other stipulations include that the material not be passed on to third parties without prior authorization, that the material not be used for proprietary research, or that the donor receive prepublication copies of research publications derived from the material. In some instances, so-called materials transfer agreements are executed to specify the responsibilities of donor and recipient. As more academic research is being supported under proprietary agreements, researchers and institutions are experiencing the effects of these arrangements on research practices.
Governmental support for research studies may raise fundamental questions of ownership and rights of control, particularly when data are subsequently used in proprietary efforts, public policy decisions, or litigation. Some federal research agencies have adopted policies for data sharing to mitigate conflicts over issues of ownership and access (NIH, 1987; NSF, 1989b).
Many research investigators store primary data in the laboratories in which the data were initially derived, generally as electronic records or data sheets in laboratory notebooks. For most academic laboratories, local customary practice governs the storage (or discarding) of research data. Formal rules or guidelines concerning their disposition are rare.
Many laboratories customarily store primary data for a set period (often 3 to 5 years) after they are initially collected. Data that support publications are usually retained for a longer period than are those tangential to reported results. Some research laboratories serve as the proprietor of data and data books that are under the stewardship of the principal investigator. Others maintain that it is the responsibility of the individuals who collected the data to retain proprietorship, even if they leave the laboratory.
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Samsung unveils smartwatch in race to beat Apple for must-have holiday gift
BERLIN -- Samsung unveiled its highly anticipated digital wristwatch Wednesday, beating Apple to what could become this year's must-have holiday gift item.
So-called smartwatches, which can perform tasks such as displaying email and Twitter messages on a device worn around the wrist, have been around for several years but have failed to inspire great interest among ordinary consumers. But with smartphone behemoths Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. joining the fray -- and Google pushing its Google Glass gadget -- experts see a chance of wearable computers breaking into the mainstream.
That is, if consumers can get used to talking to their watch, secret agent-style.
"With Gear you're able to make calls and receive calls, without ever taking your phone out of your pocket," Pranav Mistry, a member of Samsung's design team, told reporters at the launch in Berlin ahead of the annual IFA consumer electronics show there.
The Gear uses Google's Android operating system, just like many of the phones and tablets made by Samsung. The South Korean electronics company said the Gear can act as an extension to a smartphone by discreetly alerting users to incoming messages and calls on its display screen, which measures 1.63 inches diagonally. The strap, which comes in six different colours, holds a basic camera that can be used to shoot photos and video. The Gear works with popular social media and fitness apps such as Twitter and RunKeeper.
With smartphones and tablets now ubiquitous, electronics companies are trying to create a new category of products to lure consumer spending. That includes building advanced computing technology into everyday objects such as wristwatches and glasses.
Sony introduced its latest SmartWatch in June and unveiled an update Wednesday. Qualcomm also announced one Wednesday, called Toq. Google is working on Google Glass -- a device designed to work like a smartphone and worn like a pair of glasses. Apple is also expected to unveil an iWatch.
Mistry demonstrated the calling function on the Gear by holding it up to his ear and talking into a microphone hidden in the watch. The watch then relays the call to a smartphone linked to it wirelessly over a built-in Bluetooth connection.
The Gear will be compatible initially with two Samsung products also unveiled Wednesday -- the Galaxy Note III, which is a smartphone with a giant 5.7-inch screen and a digital pen, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, a tablet computer with a 10.1-inch screen comparable to Apple's full-sized iPad. But Samsung promised to update other Galaxy phones and tablets to work with the Gear in future.
An Associated Press reporter who was given brief access to the Gear found although it was stylish and easy to use, the fact the watch doesn't function as a standalone device but has to be paired with a Samsung phone or tablet results in some frustrating limitations. For example, while the phone can be used to make and receive calls, this works only through the built-in speaker and microphone. The Gear cannot be connected to a headset.
The number of apps that work with the Gear is also still limited. More than 70 are currently supported, including Facebook, Twitter and RunKeeper.
Unlike normal watches that can happily tick away for years on end, Samsung only promises a full day's use out of the Gear before it has to be charged.
The Gear goes on sale in the United States and Japan next month. The rest of the world will get their hands on it sooner, on Sept. 25, with prices starting at $299. That is about twice the price of currently available devices such as the Sony SmartWatch and the Pebble, which was funded through more than $10 million pledged by individuals on fundraising website Kickstarter.
Apple's plans for a smartwatch aren't known, but the company has been seeking a trademark for the iWatch name amid rumours it will launch it this fall in time for the holiday season. Apple declined comment Wednesday. Qualcomm didn't disclose a specific price or date for the Toq, beyond saying it will come out this year.
The flurry of major manufacturers now launching smartwatches indicates the industry believes there is a niche to be filled alongside smartphones and tablets, analysts say.
Robert-Jan Broer, head of Germany-based market research firm Chronolytics, said many people who have stopped wearing watches because they are surrounded by time-telling devices might consider buying a smartwatch.
"It adds value for them, because they can see in the blink of an eye if they have an email or a Facebook message," he said.
But others are skeptical these so-called wearable computers will be a success.
"Smartwatches haven't had the best track record," said Ramon Llamas, an analyst at research firm IDC. "A lot of pieces have to fall into place."
Llamas said for smartwatches to sell, they need to offer a range of useful applications that justify carrying around -- and charging -- another digital device.
"It can't just be notifications of how many incoming messages you have," he said. "Health applications seem to be the low hanging fruit."
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 5, 2013 B7
Updated on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 6:50 AM CDT: Replaces photo, changes headline
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5 Tasting Notes
Method: Gongfucha with 4 grams of tea to 100 ml of water with a quick rinse.
Upon opening the bag, you are overwhelmed by the strong scent of smoke, like you're sitting right beside a campfire. The dry leaves are completely black and of a good size.
First Steep (10 seconds): The Color of the first infusion is a nice red-orange. The liquor Smells like a blend between Assam and campfire smoke. The Taste is smokey, with just a hint of fruit in the background. And the Aftertaste is simply like a clean black tea layered with a bit of smoke.
Second Steep (15 seconds): The Color becomes an even deeper shade of red-orange. The Smell has become a little more smokey, but hasn't changed too much. The Taste is, again, a little more smokey. The Aftertaste hasn't noticeably changed.
Third Steep (20 seconds): The Color is still that deep shade of red-orange, but the Smell has become completely made of smoke. The Taste has let go of some of the smoke for a more balanced blend of smoke of crisp black tea. The Aftertaste now tastes just like how pine resin smells.
Fourth Steep (25 seconds): The Color hasn't changed at all, and the Smell is beginning to thin out, but is still has that nice smokey aroma. The Taste has taken on a slightly creamy citrus note in addition to its smokey flavor, and the Aftertaste still tastes like the scent of pine resin.
Fifth Steep (30 seconds): The Color has become noticeably more orange, with just a hint of red. The Smell is still that crisp blend of black tea and smoke. The Taste has let go of the citrus, and has become an interesting "creamy smoke" flavor. The Aftertaste is like the smoldering embers of a campfire.
Summary: This tea is definitely not for someone who doesn't like smoke. The tea tastes and smells like smoke (to be expected), but has enough other flavors to make it interesting. I like this tea, but I can see why some people would be averse to it.
Method: Gongfucha with 4 grams of tea to 100 ml of water with a quick rinse.
Looking into the bag, you seed countless little grey-green pearls with streaks of white. The dry leaves smell of Jasmine, but it's a bit strong.
First Steep (10 seconds): The Color is a golden shade of yellow. The liquor Smells like I'm inhaling Jasmine flowers whole. The Taste is more gentle the the scent, the light taste of a green tea with a light layer of Jasmine on top. There isn't much of an Aftertaste, which is a bit disappointing.
Second Steep (15 seconds): The Color has changed into a sort of burnt-yellow. The Smell hasn't changed much, still smells like I'm being suffocated by a Jasmine plant. The Taste also hasn't changed too much, maybe a little more Jasmine, but I'm not really sure. The Aftertaste has shown itself, kind of a weakly lingering Jasmine.
Third Steep (20 seconds): The Color still has that burnt-yellow shade, and magically, the Scent has gotten more overpowering. I don't know if this is how all Jasmine teas are like, or if I just don't like Jasmine. The Taste has remained virtually unchanged, but the Aftertaste has picked up a strong Jasmine presence in the back of my mouth.
Fourth Steep (25 seconds): Color's the same, Scent on the liquor is letting up a bit, but I'm getting a headache from smelling this tea. The Tastehas turned a bit bitter(?) with a sickly Jasmine overtone. I don't even know how to describe the gross aftertaste.
I'm not even steeping this a Fifth time. It's just nasty.
Summary: The leaves themselves are of relatively fair quality (Better than how most Numi teas look after being steeped). It is, however, a horriblyt insipid concoction. I can't imagine myself ever enjoying this tea at any time.
Method: Gongfucha with 4 grams of tea to 100 ml of water with a quick rinse.
Upon opening the bag there is the scent of warm honey lifting off of the leaves. The leaves are very nicely shaped, indicating good quality leaves.
1st Steep (10 seconds): The Color is a light orange-red and the liquor Smells brisk with a dash of honey. The Taste is light, similar to weak brewed Ceylonese black teas, but with an undertone of honey. The Aftertaste has a stronger honey quality to it, and keeps it for a long time.
Second Steep (15 seconds): The Color has turned into a much darker shade of amber and the Scent has picked up a peppery quality. The Taste is a strange, but pleasant, mixture of honey and pepper. The Aftertaste is lingering, still with the enticing peppery taste to it.
Third Steep (20 seconds): The Color has become even darker, to a deep red. The pepper Smell has mostly overtaken the honey, but it remains a warm and enticing cup. The Taste, instead of becoming more peppery as expected, become brighter, but still with that nice mixture of pepper and honey. The Aftertaste is bright and simply lingers in the back of your mouth, very nice.
Fourth Steep (25 seconds): The Color of the liquor is still a deep shade of red, and the Smell has lost a bit of its brightness for more pepper. The Taste has become bright, with peppery overtones and light honey undertones. The Aftertaste is now completely the taste of sweet black pepper.
Fifth Steep (30 seconds): The Color has paled slightly and has become a blit more orange. The Scent has let up on the pepper for more honey, a little smokiness can be smelt there too. The taste is dropping the pepper for a kind of "smoked honey", it's still very nice. The Aftertaste is that of a bright honey, with a bit of pepper in the finish.
Summary: This tea is wonderful, it is inexpensive enough for an every day tea, but has the high quality so that it can be savored (I WILL be steeping this batch more than 5 times, it still has more to offer :) ). looking into my gaiwan, you can see that the leaves are whole, and made of buds and small leaves.
I managed to get 7 excellent infusions with an additional 3 nice infusions out of this tea
Method: Gongfucha with 4 grams of tea to 100 ml of water with a quick rinse.
Upon opening the bag there is the definite scent of a Shou Puerh, though it smells like a young Shou. The leaves are all fairly uniform, in both color and size.
1st Steep (20 secs): The Color is a deep brown with a Scent like several Shou Puerhs I've had before, lightly earthy. The Taste is interesting. There is definitely a malty taste, which blends with, but seems to slightly overpower the more earthy flavors of Puerh. The Aftertaste is a bit malty, but also sweetly earthy, with a thick consistency.
2nd Steep (20 secs): The Color is the same as the last steeping, and the scent has not changed. The Taste is thick, and more malty than it is earthy. I'm beginning to wonder if I should lighten the tea to water ratio. It tastes nice, but the flavors are a bit muddled. The Aftertaste is much the same, lingering, and thick on the tongue.
3rd Steep (25 secs): The Color has lightened up ever so slightly (I can see the bottom of the cup :) ) and the Scent has become heavier, with that deep earthiness that I love in Puerh. The malt has mellowed out, allowing the Taste to become what I expected of a Shou Puerh. The Aftertaste has begun to thin out (in a good way); I can now taste the earthiness lingering on the tongue.
4th Steep (30 secs): The Color has begun to take on a more reddish appearance, with the Scent still retaining that earthy goodness. Most of the malt has dropped out of the Taste, leaving only the taste of earth after a nice rain (that's the only way I know how to describe it :) ). The Aftertaste is the same as the taste, but lingers for quite a while.
5th Steep (35 secs): The Color of the tea is still a nice, deep red color and the Scent still has that nice earthiness. The Taste is very similar to the last, with that same earthy depth. The Aftertaste has sweetened a bit, but is still great.
Summary: This is a very nice tea. I was a bit put off by the maltiness in earlier infusions, but after that faded away I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would recommend this tea for someone who is looking for a daily Puerh to drink (which is exactly what i bought it for ;) ), it isn't as magnificent as some other Puerhs on the market, but it does hold its own in daily use. I bought this tea on Amazon for $44 USD for a pound (.45 Kilos) of it. For an Organic and Fair Labour tea, it is money well spent, and will last me for a long time.


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|Real Name
|June Moone
|Current Alias
|Soulsinger, Anita Soulfeeda
|Shadowpact, Forgotten Villains, Suicide Squad, Sentinels of Magic
|Secret Identity
|Homo Magi
|Marital Status
|Artist; Magician
|5' 6"
|130 lbs (59 kg)
|Earth-One, New Earth
|Bob Haney, Howard Purcell
|First Appearance
The Enchantress came into being when an unknown magical being empowered June Moone to fight evil. (Her surname has been spelled both Moon and Moone, but it was originally Moone.) Her appearance changed from blond-haired June to black-haired Enchantress.
Her origin was in similar to that of Captain Marvel's; like him, she was summoned to a hidden chamber by a mystical being who gave her the power to become a super-powered being with a different physical appearance by saying a magic word.
Change of Role
The Enchantress continued in the mode of a minor villainess in her next appearances: as a member of the Forgotten Villains; among the villain army in Crisis on Infinite Earths; and as a recruit for the Suicide Squad. During her tenure with the last, her origins and powers became tied to those of her then teammate Nightshade.
Her next major appearance was during the Day of Judgment. In this story her personality had changed, making her less a villain, but still a far cry from being a hero. During the course of the story, the Enchantress portion of June Moone was murdered by Faust to re-ignite the fires of Hell. This left June in a passive, but not quite catatonic state.
June next showed up, with Faust removing her from a sanitarium. This also introduced Anita Soulfeeda, a succubus working with a group of Mafia-styled demons to resurrect Hermes Trismegestus. In the final act, Anita is revealed to be the Enchantress portion of June's soul. When they are reconnected, a new entity called Soulsinger is created. At the end of the story, the Soulsinger entity fades, leaving Enchantress behind, but once again cut off from her powers.
Most recently, as part of the build-up to Infinite Crisis, she and other members of the Sentinels of Magic joined the Shadowpact to combat a Spectre gone mad in Day of Vengeance. The group forms out of a large gathering of mystics, who had hid in the other-dimensional Oblivion Bar. The Spectre had already killed hundreds of powerful mystics and was not stopping.
Enchantress helps the team by mystically tapping into the mind of Eclipso, who was goading the Spectre along. They gain much information from this tactic, though Enchantress has to stop in the middle and rest, not being able to keep up the tactic for long.
The team leaves the Oblivion Bar as it is an obvious target for the Spectre. They travel to the site of the deaths of the other mystics, there to form plans.
During this, she worries she might become overwhelmed by use of her powers and turn to the 'dark side'. She entrusts her ally Ragman with a mystical pistol designed to kill her. He turns down the gun but tells her that his suit can take care of her if she really turns evil. Ragman then misunderstands the situation and tries to kiss her, something she mocks him for later in front of their other allies.
Enchantress and the others were summoned again by the Phantom Stranger when the town of Riverrock, Wyoming was entrapped in a large bubble of blood. She appears with a new costume, willing to help save the innocent people inside, endangered by a team of supervillains. Their goal was to sacrifice many of the townspeople in a very specific way in order to bring back the entity they followed. Thirty seven people perish before Enchantress and her allies manage to defeat the villains. During the fights it is noted each villain strongly resembles one of the members of the Shadowpact.
Due to unexpected side effects of the magic spells needed to defeat the villains, the outside world believed that the Shadowpact had been dead for about a year. Enchantress and the rest had been honored with a team statue set inside a park in Metropolis.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
- Magic: Enchantress is a very powerful sorceress. She appears to possess the ability to manipulate magical energy for any number of effects. A unique aspect of her power is her sensitivity to magic. She was able to link to the essence of Eclipso, using the connection to speak Eclipso's thoughts to the rest of the group. She was able to mystically track the Spectre by divining his magical trail. Enchantress is even able to remotely access another magic-user's power, as she did with Captain Marvel to aid him in his battle with the Spectre, and again with Strega of the Pentacle, ending her spell.
- Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
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Doing Nothing Is Not An Option Los Angeles Times What the critics of reform fail to mention is that the system will collapse without crucial changes (8/24). Reform Without Fear Chicago Tribune President Barack Obama's push for national health care law has created tremendous confusion and fear. He can try to blame the Republicans for that. He can try to blame whoever's packing the infamous town hall meetings with angry hecklers. But he should recognize something: much of this confusion and fear stems from the Democrats' own efforts (8/23). Don't Blame Obama The New York TimesIf the Congressional Democrats can't get a health care package through, it won't prove that President Obama is a sellout or an incompetent. It will prove that Congress' liberal leaders are lousy tacticians, and that its centrist deal-makers are deal-makers first, poll watchers second and loyal Democrats a distant third. And it will prove that the Democratic Party is institutionally incapable of delivering on its most significant promises (Ross Douthat, 8/23).
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Rio Tinto Receives Binding Offer for Specialty Aluminas Business
March 28, 2012
Rio Tinto recently announced it has received a binding offer for its specialty aluminas business from H.I.G. Rio Tinto will reportedly respond to the binding offer following consultation with the relevant European works councils.
"The potential sale is in line with our strategy of continuing to streamline our aluminum group through the divestment of non-core assets," said Guy Elliott, CFO of Rio Tinto.
The specialty aluminas business is reportedly the largest integrated supplier of non-metallurgical grade aluminas with four production sites: Gardanne, La Bâthie and Beyrède in France; and Teutschenthal in Germany. It employs 730 people.
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