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Four-year-old Jandre Botha refused to call his mother's lesbian lover "daddy" - and paid with his life.
Jandre's father, Jan Botha, was in the Vereeniging regional court's public gallery on Wednesday when his former wife, Hanelie Botha, 31, and her partner, Engeline de Nysschen, 33, were found guilty of the gruesome murder of his son.
He sat in court holding the hands of his fiancée, Yolanda Deysel, and listened attentively to magistrate Rita Willemse, who, in her judgment, accepted evidence that among the reasons that led to Jandre's brutal ordeal was his refusal to call De Nysschen "daddy".
The court had heard evidence from Lydia Nkomo and her daughter Aletta Lesiba, who worked for the couple in their tuckshop, that De Nysschen had viciously assaulted Jandre while demanding that he must call her "daddy".
Both testified that while Jandre was assaulted, his mother failed to intervene or protect him. Evidence showed he had sustained horrific injuries, including a fractured skull and brain damage, as well as broken legs, collarbone, hands and pelvis.
The court accepted the evidence of Professor Mohammed Dada, a trauma expert, who said the boy's injuries were similar to those of a person who had fallen from a double-storey building.
Delivering judgment, Willemse acknowledged there was no substantial evidence linking Hanelie to the assaults, but said she was equally guilty of murder for failing in her legal duty to protect her child against abuse and violation.
The court found she had lied to Dr Elna Gibson, one of the medical doctors who treated Jandre, by saying the boy obtained his injuries after he had slipped in the bath.
The court ruled that she had lied to protect De Nysschen. The doctors who had examined Jandre dismissed the pair's version that he had slipped in the bath. They said excessive force was required to inflict the kind of fatal injuries sustained by Jandre.
Convicting the two, Willemse dismissed their version and said there was substantial medical evidence before her about the nature of the injuries suffered by Jandre.
"I accept the evidence of the medical personnel who are experts in their fields. There were substantial documents placed before me. Most of them have medical experience which spans over a period of 15 years.
"All of them have dismissed the version of the accused and were unanimous that the deceased's injuries were inflicted over a period of time.
"It is unthinkable that the mother of the child could not have known about these fatal injuries. The deceased also had broken legs, and his mother should have been aware of this."
The magistrate criticised Hanelie for failing to report Jandre's abuse at the hands of her lover to the social workers monitoring Jandre's progress, after she had gained custody of him during a lengthy court battle with her ex-husband. She also failed to report the abuse to her ex-husband.
The boy's father became aware of Jandre's abuse only on the day of his death, June 12, 2003. De Nysschen contacted him and said Jandre had fallen earlier in the day and had died.
Willemse criticised Hanelie's fitness to be a mother, saying her parents later approached her ex-husband and gave him financial help to fight for the custody of his child.
Rebuking Hanelie, Willemse said: "Hanelie was not helpless. She was well aware of Engeline's violent outburst.
"She could have called the child's father for help but she failed to do so. She did nothing to protect her own child."
The magistrate labelled Engeline a liar and a hopeless witness who had contradicted herself in testimony.
Hanelie and De Nysschen were further convicted of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and child neglect for failing to provide or seek treatment for Jandre's limb fractures.
The case was postponed until June 26 for a pre-sentencing report.


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An interview with the hosts of the Black on Black Cinema podcast.
The place for everything that doesn't have a home elsewhere on RogerEbert.com, this is a collection of thoughts, ideas, snippets, and other fun things that Roger and others posted over the years.
What was I going to do with these two cautious little boys, each clutching a stuffed Care Bear as if his life depended on it while trying to figure out, like Glinda in "The Wizard of Oz," whether the stranger before them was a good witch or a bad witch?
It was 1984 and I was rapidly coming to grips with the fact that I was about to take on one of the most thankless yet rewarding roles that an adult can ever assume: I was now a stepparent. For many summers and several school years to come, I would be sharing responsibility for Joel, then 6 (on the left in the photo), and Christian, almost 8 (on the right in the photo), and trying to find a way to form a bond that I hoped would last for the rest of our lives.
That first year, they seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time eating bowls full of sugar-encrusted cereal with their eyes glued to the inexplicable (to me, at least) cartoon adventures of He-Man and Skeletor on TV—soon to be re-enacted in their bedroom with action figures, of course. Alas, the monotonous power of Grayskull held no sway over me.
Luckily, it didn't take long to find a connection between us: We both loved movies, a fact I realized only after recognizing that the ditty they kept singing at random moments—"Now I'm the king of the swingers, I'm jungle VIP"—was from Disney's "The Jungle Book," recently re-issued in theaters.
The next summer, we were prepared: A VCR had joined our household, suddenly making films old and new as accessible as the nearest Erol's video store. Awaiting Christian and Joel was their very own copy of "The Wizard of Oz" (on beta—do not judge)—unlike me and their dad, they would never have to rely on the whims of network executives for a stingy once-a-year TV showing of the mother of all fantasy films.
They proceeded to watch Dorothy skip down that Yellow Brick Road with Toto, too, every day for the rest of their stay that summer—a ritual that I have since learned is not uncommon among children of the video age. That, of course, all changed when the father of all fantasy films—"Star Wars"—arrived on shelves. Awakening to the sound of wooshing light sabers and beeping droids each day rapidly replaced the strains of "Over the Rainbow" in the morning.
However, I knew we had finally found common ground when we all started laughing until we wept over the antics of a gang of litter-collecting bears supervised by a chubby park ranger in "In the Bag," a 1956 cartoon short attached to a tape of "Winnie the Pooh and Friends." It became a custom for one of us to break into the bouncy tune that accompanied their labors—"First you stick a rag, put it in the bag (bomp, bomp), that's the way it's done, it's a lot of fun (bomp, bomp)"—even years later.
These are the sorts of happy memories that thankfully have come flooding back to me in the wake of last week's terrible news that Joel, 35, and a father of two young boys himself, had died in an accident. That so many of them involve movies has made me somewhat reconsider the impact that home entertainment has had on family life since the '80s.
As much as I prefer a theater experience when it comes to cinema, knowing that you can easily share your childhood favorites with your kids—such as introducing them to the delights of a swashbuckling Errol Flynn in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" or the wonders of a flying Julie Andrews in "Mary Poppins"—in the comfort of your own home can be a welcome godsend at times.
Not that our family did not venture forth into the multiplex regularly. I must have picked a loser for us to see at some point because both Christian and Joel very loudly declared that they did not think they would like "Back to the Future" when I suggested it. My husband, Chris, and I dragged them along, anyway. The result: Unbeknownst to us, they asked their babysitter to take them to the movie again not just once but twice—something we found out when we had to cough up the money for their tickets.
We even took them to see Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" when it was re-released in the early '80s. They sat there in stone silence, not knowing that the movie was nearly 30 years old. Lord knows what sort of psychic damage they incurred since it did not dawn on me that a film about a kid getting kidnapped might not have been the best idea. But they managed to avoid any Que Sera, Sera-induced bad dreams, at least that night.
Somehow, sneakers regularly played a role in the aftermath of seeing films with them. After attending Tim Burton's "Batman" in 1989, we bought Joel the coolest pair of Converse high-tops I had ever seen. White, as I recall, with purple laces and Joker faces scattered all over. Sadly for me, they did not come in adult sizes.
Then, I showed "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to my stepsons, a decision I ultimately came to regret. Countless pre-Google hours were spent shopping for the kind of sneakers worn by Matthew Broderick in the playing-hooky comedy (I believe that mission was a failure). However, little did I know Joel eventually would treat the movie as if it were a training manual for how to skip school. Darn that John Hughes.
But the movie that most touched Joel and me was one that I received after I started writing about film for USA TODAY: The 1973 animated version of E.B. White's timeless "Charlotte's Web." My husband and I often took turns reading aloud to the boys before bedtime and the adventures of Wilbur and his spider pal was regularly requested. While the craftsmanship of the Hanna-Barbera movie was nothing special, the voices chosen to bring these familiar characters to life—Debbie Reynolds as Charlotte, Henry Gibson as Wilbur and especially Paul Lynde as the opportunistic rat Templeton—were perfection. If any VHS tape ever got worn out in our house, it was that one.
A favorite memory of my husband is of Joel lying on his bed, wiping tears away while he reads the touching conclusion of "Charlotte's Web" by himself. Thinking back to then, I realize that the book is very much about how death is inevitable in nature—but also how one learns to deal with it by making sure that something of the past continues on in the future.
Wilbur repays his loyal and thoughtful friend Charlotte by looking after her children after she is gone, assuring that a part of her will be carried on.
Already, Joel's family is taking steps to do the same with his two young sons. And, in this difficult time, we can all take some comfort in knowing that his beautiful spirit already lives on in them.
For those who wish to contribute to a scholarship fund for Joel Wloszczyna's sons, please send a check made out to Evan and Ryan Education Fund to the following address: Evan and Ryan Education Fund, P.0. Box 1724, Herndon, VA 20172.
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The Global Gaming League ranked the top 10 best colleges for video gaming. They ranked schools based on student population, techiness, and the quality of internet connections. Surprisingly, no Ivy Leagues made it in to the top 10 which I can only blame on prejudice against rich, white kids. Read the full post at Prodigeek.com


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A flock of sheep have taken over the Hobbit holes on a Matamata, New Zealand farm that were created by Peter Jackson's crew while filming "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy.
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5 Matching questions
- Water is pulled through the xylem via what kind of pressure?
- What two reasons cause hydrostatic pressure become negative with a reduction of water in the soil?
- Bulk mass flow is sensitive to changes in what? But as long as there is little change in __ the driving force behind it is mostly affected by what?
- What drives xylem water transport?
- Specialized arrangements of what in guard cells plays a role in the opening and closing of the stomates?
- a adhesion and surface tension of water (more negative with increase curvature)
- b cellulose and microfibril
- c this is driven by pressure gradients
- d it is pulled up from the roots via a negative hydrostatic pressure
- e changes in radius, viscosity, concentration gradient
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- the loss of water. ~97% absorbed by plant, transported and evaporated through the leaf.
- Diffusion, substances move down a concentration gradient, bulk flow moves down a pressure gradient
- concerted movement of groups of molecules on mass. Responsible for long distance transport in the xylem and for much of the water though the soil and cell walls of plants.
- the ease at which the water moves through the soil (remember spaces between soil particles)
- the concentration of the solute and the pressure gradient
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What can reduce tensile strength in a water column? → gas bubbles
Sum up the importance of water potential: → the measurement of free energy of water per unit of volume. (J/m^3)
Apoplast: → pathway of water moving through a network of cells connected via the plasmodesmata going to the cortex driven by hydrostatic pressure
What are nucleating sites and how are the reduced? → gas bubbles
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5 Inspiring Ideas:: 4th of July
1. Have fun with easy & carefree summer organization.
2. Make the best summer memories with your kids.
3. Hang your laundry out to dry in the fresh summer breeze.
4. Pile cupcakes high.
5. Make sure mason jars steal the show for every occasion.
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Due to the DC Blizzard canceling both games last weekend, the Capitals were forced to reschedule their Courage Caps night to Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Available while supplies last, the Capitals annually sell specially designed "Courage Caps" shirts and hats to benefit Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). To promote it further, players wore the hats during warm-ups.


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Ben Affleck is set to play Batman opposite Henry Cavill in the untitled "Man of Steel" sequel that will be directed by Zack Snyder, Warner Bros. announced Thursday.
The studio has slated the film to open worldwide on July 17, 2015.
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How to invest in gold: A guide to bullion, coins, funds and ETFs
We explain the best ways to invest in gold through funds, Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), bullion and coins.
The first pure gold coins were struck by King Croesus of Lydia (present-day Turkey) during his reign between 560BC and 547BC - and gold coins have continued as legal tender ever since.
Many years down the line, investors still love gold and the precious metal has proved a valuable winner in recent years.
Going for gold: The precious metal has cooled after a spectacular rise, but investors say it is still one for the long-term.
Update: Gold's recent run
Gold commentators are starting to question its reputation as a safe-haven asset.
The gold price has slumped since hitting its record high of $1,921 per ounce in September 2011, hitting a five-year low of 1,077.40 in July 2015. Today it has recovered a little and stands at $1,179.1 - but that still represents a 38.6 per cent price drop in a little over four years.
Gold fans say the metal is marking time and while short-term traders may lose money, the long-term fundamental case for investing, based on gold's historic store of value as nations around the world printing money, still stands up.
However, while interest rates around the world have stayed at historically low levels, this is set to change soon as the US Federal Reserve is likely to raise rates in 2016, with the Bank of England following suit.
This will further sour investor sentiment against gold (see below) as it does not pay investors any interest, so compares unfavourably with other asset classes that do.
Boom and bust: The gold price rocketed in 2011 but is now trading at a similar price to five years ago
Why gold?
Gold is often described as the ultimate 'safe haven' asset because it holds its value when other asset classes fall.
For example, bonds can perform badly in a rising interest rate environment because inflation causes them to lose value, while equities can fall when there is bad economic news, because they are deemed to be risky.
Gold can provide protection in both of these scenarios. It is a long-term store of value with a track record going back thousands of years.
But has inflation remained almost non-existent in many western countries, one of the reasons the price fell to those five year lows.
At the same time, global economic picture has also improved, which is good news for assets that pay an income and bad news for non-yielding assets like gold.
Gold's long-term returns
Although gold is vulnerable to investor sentiment, and experiences strong volatility at times, its long term returns are strong. In the past 10 years, the price of an ounce of gold has risen from $464.14 to $1,179.1- a 157.6 per cent increase. That's compared to a 23.5 per cent rise for the FTSE 100.
Famously, when Gordon Brown was Chancellor of the Exchequer, he sold off more than half of the UK's gold reserves - some 395 tonnes - in a series of auctions between 1999 and 2002, when the price of bullion was in the doldrums. The move cost the public purse billions of pounds as the average price achieved in the auctions was $275 an ounce.
It is very important to remember, however, that while gold has a strong track record of holding its value in terms of what you can buy with an ounce, its price is also entirely dependent on investor sentiment. It can also be very volatile, as it is widely traded by people hoping to turn a quick profit.
When you buy a share you take ownership of a small part of a company that aims to grow, generate profits and return cash to investors either through share price growth, dividends or both.
When you buy gold, you are buying some precious metal that people hold as valuable, albeit a lot of people over thousands of years.
What you need to know about investing in gold
Physical gold
The main way to tap direct into actual gold is by buying bullion or coins.
This can either be done through a traditional dealer or through one of the new online services that have grown swiftly in recent years- and there is evidence to suggest plenty of investor appetite for the commodity.
Historic company The Royal Mint launched a trading platform in September 2014, and within a year the sales of its gold and silver bullion had risen by 57 per cent.
But Royal Mint is not the first organisation to offer gold trading and storage services. Two other popular firms that have been quietly making physical gold investing easier for investors are BullionVault and GoldMadeSimple.They offer different services, but the premise is easy online dealing, safe and secure storage, and low charges. Investors can put in relatively small amounts of money to buy their share of some gold.
Bars of gold are sold in different weights but even a smaller one will prove expensive. GoldMadeSimple listed a one ounce bar at £819.12 on 20 October 2013, and a kilo bar would cost you £26,214,34.
Investing in coins is a popular alternative, although these can also be very expensive.
There are a variety of different gold coins minted, popular options include Sovereigns and Kruggerands and Maple Leafs. A QE2 mixed years Gold Sovereign would cost an investor £196.05 on 3 April, while a one ounce Kruggerand cost £818.87.
It is important to consider secure professional storage when buying gold and consider how much this will cost you. Keeping thousands of pounds worth at home is not a good idea, as you are likely to find that it is not covered by your home insurance.
Established dealers include Chard, Baird & Co and ATS Bullion.To find a gold dealer check the World Gold Council's Where to buy directory - this is the UK list.
Exchange Traded Funds
Exchange Traded Commodities - the commodity equivalent of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a direct route into gold. These track a particular sector, or in this case commodity.
They are passive investments and should merely mirror gold's moves, although some will offer leveraged returns or the opportunity to short the price.
Make sure you understand the difference between ETCs that are physical (actually buying gold) and synthetic (set up to mimic its price). Read this guide to ETFs.
Popular physical gold ETFs include ETFS Physical Gold (PHGP) denominated in sterling, ETFS Physical Gold (PHAU) denominated in US dollars and ETFS Gold Bullion Securities (GBSS)
Funds and investment trusts
Investing in shares carries greater risk and gold mining shares have fared far worse than the gold price in recent times.
Not only did shares lag the gold price on the way up, they have fallen further on the way down.
A number of factors have contributed to this: while the value of the gold they mine has risen, companies have seen the cost of getting it out of the ground climb too; gold miners are seen as a high risk investment and have been shunned in the current uncertain climate; and finally, much of the money that would traditionally have gone into gold mining shares has been finding its way into exchange traded funds that track the gold price.
However, gold miners' unloved status means that some consider them a contrarian investing tip, suggesting that they will eventually bounce back and offer a decent value investment at the moment.
Picking individual gold miner's shares is a hugely risky business, so spreading risk through funds and trusts makes more sense.
A regular recommendation among advisers is the Blackrock Gold & General fund, previously known as Merrill Lynch Gold & General. The fund has been around for more than 20 years. It invests primarily in the shares of gold mining companies.
Another long-running fund is the JP Morgan Natural Resources fund. The portfolio invests in companies globally engaged in the production and marketing of commodities and currently has some 25% of its assets in gold related investments.
First State Global Resources invests in the shares of companies in the natural resources and energy sectors worldwide, has 19% in invested gold and other precious metals stocks. It also has investments in base metals and in energy.
City Natural Resources High Yield investment trust aims for capital growth and income from a portfolio of mining and resource equities, resources and industrial fixed interest securities. It has 22 per cent of the portfolio invested in gold, while the largest 35 per cent share is aimed at oil. Its share price was at a 17.5 per cent discount to net asset value at the start of April 2013 and had a dividend yield of 2.66 per cent.
The BlackRock Commodities Income investment trust has performed better in recent times than the funds listed above, but has a much lower exposure to gold than previously. It has 6 per cent of its assets spread across gold, with other investments in oil, and metals such as zinc, nickel and aluminium, as well as energy related stocks.
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A few more Obamacare tidbits. (It's like swallowing horse pills, huh?)
Speaking of Obamacare (which the GOP plans to do a lot more of between now and November), here are some other items quite apart from Michael Tanner's devastating assessment.
Remember how one of the rationales for imposing socialist medical care on the nation was that emergency rooms are overflowing with uninsured people in need of care? Guess what.
Obamacare will cause emergency room visits to soar, predicts John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). It turns out that the use of emergency rooms by uninsured patients isn't much different than the use by the insured.
The NCPA analysis tells us:
- The proportionally heaviest users are Medicaid patients, probably because Medicaid reimbursement rates are so low doctors aren't anxious to see them.
- That's important because more than half of those who gain insurance under Obamacare will get it from Medicaid.
You can expect the newly insured to behave similarly to other enrollees. Therefore:
- Among the newly insured under 18, the number going to ERs will climb from 18 percent to 22 percent.
- Among those ages 18 to 44, emergency room traffic by newly insured will increase from 21 percent to 28 percent.
- Among those ages 45 to 64, the increase will be from 19 percent to 28 percent.
Gee, that Obamacare sure looks like it'll ease the ER crunch, huh?
See the whole NCPA analysis here.
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The research results released this week found that the most popular web browser in Canada and the world remains Microsoft Internet Explorer which has a global usage share of 85%. Internet Explorer's share in this country is 77%.
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America has never been great.
Let's just get that out of the way. Sure, we've had plenty of high points, moments solidified in time as historic milestones for humanity. But, all in all, we do right now live in, what many could say (myself included) is the greatest era of our country.


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Army commanders in Mali say that they have regained control of the capital following three days of skirmishes.
Bamako has been tense since soldiers loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure attempted to stage a counter coup on Monday.
Hospital officials said at least 22 people were killed in fighting between Toure's loyalists and soldiers behind the earlier coup.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/05/13 -- Oracle Value Chain Summit 2013 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)
News Facts
- To help organizations of all sizes and types innovate profitably, Oracle today announced new releases of Oracle's Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Oracle's Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Process.
- Extending the industry's most comprehensive enterprise PLM solution, Agile PLM 9.3.2 enhances usability and streamlines processes, while also introducing a range of new features within Agile PLM modules including Oracle's Agile Product Governance and Compliance, Oracle's Agile Product Cost Management and Oracle's Agile Product Quality Management.
- Delivering additional PLM capabilities designed specifically for companies in process industries, Oracle Agile PLM for Process release 6.1.1 offers significant improvements in the areas of formula modeling and compliance and also introduces a new module, Oracle's Agile Product Quality Management (PQM) for Process. This new module makes quality information and issues visible to all stakeholders within an organization and across the Value Chain by providing a collaborative environment to aggregate and track information related to product quality within the product record.
Align Product Value Chains and Achieve Innovation Goals
- Agile PLM enables organizations to accelerate innovation, design for supply and rapidly commercialize by optimizing all aspects of designing, developing, launching, servicing and disposing of products.
- Enhancements and innovations in the latest release of Agile PLM include:
- New compliance engine that enhances our Design for REACH capability and provides support for the new Conflict Mineral regulation within the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Improved approval matrix capability - New workflow related features eliminate the need for process extensions by improving the management of the typical approval matrix needs of customers.
- User experience improvements - Further enhance user productivity by introducing an improved audit screen, enhanced navigator and two column title block.
- Product Portfolio Management (PPM) features - Help with program management in PPM by introducing stationary gates, GANTT locking options, expanded PLM references attributes, GANTT enhanced snap to times and new capabilities that enable users to replicate inter-project dependencies.
- Product Cost Management (PCM) and Product Quality Management (PQM) Improvements - Assist with integrating supply chain users by adding an option for RFQ responses and better enabling automation when interacting with PCM. In addition, to enhance PQM the latest release adds the QCR table to Supplier and Customer objects.
- Integration with Oracle Enterprise Data Quality - Enables use cases around data validation and enrichment that ensure the cleanliness of the enterprise product record.
- Agile PLM for Process is an integrated solution that manages all aspects of innovation, such as product and portfolio management, specification management, supplier management, formulation and BOM management, packaging and labeling management, compliance and quality management, and data syndication.
- Enhancements in the latest release of Agile PLM for Process include a number of improvements to formula modeling and compliance such as extensions to allow real time visibility of key metrics in a formula model and functional tagging to aid in regulatory and quality analysis of a design.
- With the new addition of Agile PQM for Process, customers can:
- Create a corporate culture of quality by making quality information and issues visible to all of the stakeholders in the product lifecycle from product development through end of life.
- Seamlessly identify and analyze reported product deficiencies, take corrective action, and improve next-generation products.
- Improve regulatory compliance, improve customer satisfaction and save money by effectively managing audits and recalls.
- This news was announced at the Oracle Value Chain Summit 2013. The event takes place February 4 - 6, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.
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- "One of the most complex challenges that organizations of all sizes and types face is how to innovate profitably," said John Kelley, vice president of product value chain strategy, Oracle. "With the enhancements to Oracle's Agile PLM and Oracle's Agile PLM for Process as well as the introduction of innovative new modules like Oracle's Agile Product Quality Management (PQM) for Process, Oracle is able to help organizations further shorten cycle times, increase sales, lower costs and reduce risks associated with innovation. This combination helps organizations cost-effectively reach their innovation goals."
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