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Mum’s pounds 14k 4×4 fraud; Woman lied to police in bid to scam car insurance firm

0 Comments | Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), Nov 20, 2009

Byline: GARETH LIGHTFOOT

A CASH-STRAPPED motorist tried to steer police up a blind alley in a bungled pounds 14,000 car insurance scam.

Officers quickly rumbled Gillian O’Connor’s attempts to divert them when she reported her Kia Sportage stolen.

She arranged to have the 4×4 torched to claim the pounds 14,000 insurance money as she struggled to pay finance and could not get a high enough sale price for it.

Police were suspicious and warned the 34-year-old driver she could be prosecuted for any false claims but she persisted.

The vehicle was found burned out in Thorpe Thewles, but with no signs of forced entry. Windows had been left open to speed up the fire, said Alexander Menary, prosecuting at Teesside Crown Court. When O’Connor was arrested she confessed the theft report was untrue, and that she knew “people who knew people” to fire the car. She named her contact as Lisa Elliott, 38, who also made full admissions.

Elliot gave the car keys to her 37-year-old cousin Wayne Donachie, the “vital link in the chain” to the thief arsonist – a third party he wouldn’t name.

Donachie, of Larch Road, Stockton; O’Connor, of St Paul’s Road; and Elliott, of Ellerburne Street, both Thornaby, admitted the February conspiracy to commit fraud.

Richard Herrmann, defending O’Connor, said she made an “incredibly foolish decision” under financial pressures
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Neoris and SAP Partner to Provide Mobile Solution to Latin America’s

0 Comments | Wireless News, Nov 23, 2009

Neoris, an IT and business consulting company, and SAP, a business management software provider, announced they have partnered to launch the Direct Store Delivery (DSD) mobile solution, developed by Neoris and integrated to the SAP platform, which enables mass- consumption industry employees in Latin America to run on-field intensive sale operations through one single application.

“Latin America has been immune to the recent phenomenon we’ve seen in the United States, where many small stores have disappeared as supermarket chains have gained full command of the country’s consumer industry. The LA region is still home to an enormous number of convenience stores that need their inventories to be procured by large distributing corporations, so there are plenty of sales outlets to be serviced by such large distributors,” said Fernando de Allende, VP, Ecosystem and Partners, SAP Latin America. “The DSD mobile solution supports distributor efforts to improve their integrated management of distribution logistics while taking into consideration various sale-process roles.”

Neoris said it integrated ActiveSuite XSales (the DSD module) to SAP’s ERP and CRM applications to maximize existing SAP resources in integrated processes and eliminate reference data redundancies. The application has been certified by SAP as SAP NetWeaver enabled, under the Combined Applications category, and further meets all Platform User Licensing (PUL) certification standards.

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Storm clouds gathering over Deva

0 Comments | Daily Post; Liverpool (UK), Nov 21, 2009 | by NEIL TURNER

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY coined the phrase “Perfect Storm” in his novel Vanity Fair and it wouldn’t be out of place to utilise the 19th century wordsmith’s phrase to describe events at the Deva Stadium at the moment.

The storm clouds are gathering over Chester City.

There is a threat of expulsion from the Conference if footballrelated debts aren’t paid by November 30.

Former owner Stephen Vaughan, whose family own the club, has reportedly failed the FA’s fit and proper person test and money couldn’t be found this week for temporary loan signings who had brought some much needed quality to the under-achieving squad.

Centre back Jonathan Flynn and winger Michael Coulson reluctantly returned to their respective clubs earlier this week, leaving manager Jim Harvey with an unacceptably inadequate squad with which to prepare for this afternoon’s home match against Altrincham.

“The lads have put in some good performances since I arrived, but I would still say the squad as a whole is not strong enough,” said Harvey
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What a Carey on, Mariah..

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Nov 22, 2009 | by DEAN PIPER

I HEAR the divaliscious star MARIAH CAREY caused chaos wherever she went this week with her hilarious demands. At the Radio One studios she had producers running around to find a straw for her Diet Coke that was “wrapped and sealed”! In the end they had to shoot to McDonald’s to get one!

Then at her appearance at GMTV it took two people to carry six HUGE boxes of food up to the studio for Mariah and her entourage. My source reveals: “Mariah needed help putting on and taking off her coat – she says she never gets dressed by herself anymore – she has a dresser!” And from the sounds of it Mariah’s nowhere near having children with new hubby NICK CANNON, despite continual rumours that she’s up the duff. She laughed, saying: “Nick has just brought me a puppy called Cha Cha – and now she’s had a baby and I haven’t seen her yet so I am so excited. But apparently Cha Cha means something else for some people?! Like Puppies, that means something else too.

Anyway everyone’s laughing at me because I keep talking about my Cha Cha and my puppies!” Over at her exclusive Jalouse bash this week I hear Mariah cocked up big time when Topshop boss SIR PHILLIP GREEN ran over to introduce himself
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Now let’s worry the Wallabies

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Nov 22, 2009 | by Phil Bennett

FULL marks to the old guard for the way they left the Pumas looking clawless and toothless.

Bring on the Wallabies. I cannot wait to see if Wales can finish the autumn series with a win over Australia to make it three victories from four.

The ’seniors’ played a huge part yesterday – the thirtysomethings of Stephen Jones, Martyn Williams and Shane Williams.

Shane looked as sharp as ever with his two blistering tries, Stephen was a class act with his kicking and showed great presence of mind to score his try, while Martyn was the master of the breakdown as ever.

But credit should go to the whole of the Welsh side for this victory, even though the tries came from Argentine mistakes.

Remember, this was a Pumas team that had run England very close at Twickenham a week before and have a superb recent pedigree.

They are no great shakes behind the scrum, but their pack is rugged and it was notable how successful Wales were in keeping the upper hand.

Hard work has become an impressive hallmark of this Welsh side and it allows the fancy dans like Shane to then strut their stuff.

The graft put in by Gethin Jenkins, Matthew Rees, Alun Wyn Jones and Ryan Jones in the pack was tremendous. Gethin and Ryan are both real assets for Wales – players the rest of Europe would love to have in their line-up because of the amount of work they get through.

Luke Charteris is not fa r behind and the whole forward effort kept the Pumas firmly on the back foot.

James Hook is improving with every game at fullback and I felt Jonathan Davies had a very sound game in the centre in his first Test start in Cardiff.

Jonathan shouldn’t lose too much sleep over that charged down kick that gave Argentina their try
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Thespians, crew, designers and teachers win state awards

0 Comments | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, Nov 15, 2009 | by ERIC FEBER

By Eric Feber

The Virginian-Pilot

Students and faculty at Nansemond River High School love to act up – and it wins them state awards.

A contingent of Warrior student thespians, tech crew and designers led by theater department head Joleen Neighbours and teacher Jennifer Lynn brought home a slew of awards from the Virginia Theater Association’s conference held recently in Reston.

As they have done for the second year in a row, Nansemond students swept the Theater Mask Making and Play Writing awards.

Those Warrior winners are: Jessica Pyne ( first place), Katie Taylor ( second) and Katie Celeste ( third) in Mask Making; and Grace Currier and Bekah O’Neill ( first), Corey Riley ( second) and Taylor , Jessica Pyne and Noel Hickman ( third) in Play Writing.

In addition, O’Neill took first place in the state in Student Scenic Design; and Celeste received a Student Leadership Award. She was also named to the 2009-2010 VTA Student Board, as was student colleague Emilyne Hubbard
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Four New Quality Resource Guides Added to MetLife’s Dental Continuing Education Program

Business Wire, Jan 6, 2009

Topics: Adolescent Oral Health, Cosmetic Dentistry, Digital Radiography and Dental Implants

NEW YORK — MetLife announced today that four quality resource guides have been added to its American Dental Association (ADA) and Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) recognized dental continuing education program. The new self-study courses focus on: 1) Adolescent Oral Health: Perspectives for Dental Practitioners, 2) Cosmetic Dentistry, 3) Digital Radiography (second edition), and 4) Restoration of the Single Tooth Dental Implant. The courses are available online at www.metdental.com and can be completed for continuing education credits.

“Staying current with new ideas is important and having access to these ideas is critical for those in the dental profession, and MetLife is pleased to provide easy-to-access educational resources that can help keep the dental community current on clinical and professional developments,” said Alan Vogel, DMD, national dental director for MetLife, which is the largest administrator of dental benefit plans among all single commercial carriers, providing dental plan administration for over 21 million people.

The MetLife Dental Advisory Council provides expert guidance for the company’s Quality Initiatives Program, in which educational offerings are developed via needs assessment. The four new MetLife Dental Quality Resource Guides include:

Adolescent Oral Health: Perspectives for Dental Practitioners. Written by Deborah Studen-Pavlovich, DMD, chair and professor of the department of pediatric dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh and Dennis N. Ranalli, DDS, MDS, senior associate dean and professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, this guide discusses the physical growth, hormonal changes, changing self-awareness and the expectations of peers and society that all play a role in the expression of oral diseases in adolescents and influence their treatment decisions. The shift in caries risks and patterns, the onset of periodontal diseases, questions regarding third molar removal, tooth whitening and the management of traumatic injuries are among the topics discussed in this guide. In addition, oral health problems associated with the use and misuse of common medications are included. While taking the practitioner on a tour of the oral health problems occurring during adolescence, this guide also highlights multiple opportunities to establish effective strategies for a lifetime of good oral health at a time when the patients focus is on self.

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Snow Leopard woes.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)

Macworld, December, 2009 by Zarnt, Denny

While I try to keep up with current versions of my software, I’ll skip the next fee-update version of a software product in order to save a little. Since I was new to Apple’s Aperture and had not mastered much of its power, when Aperture 2 was released in February 2008, I decided to wait for version 3.

After installing Snow Leopard, I learned that my version of Aperture isn’t supported. That means Apple has abandoned users who bought a software product only 16 months ago. Apple never published a list stating which products would not run on Snow Leopard
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Viking Line Connects to the Hotel Industry with myfidelio.net

PR Newswire, Nov 18, 2009

TURKU, Finland, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Viking Line Abp is deploying myfidelio.net in conjunction with Viking Line’s cruise booking system to handle cruise and partner hotel reservations. After fifty years of ferry services, Viking Line recognized the need to modernize its cruise booking system and utilize a hotel reservation solution that connects it with the hotel industry.

By combining cruise ships with the high-capacity vehicle decks, Viking Line reigns as one of the leading shipping companies on the Baltic Sea. With over 50,000 hotel bookings made through the Viking Line’s own cruise booking system, Viking Line needed a strong business tool to handle the high volume of reservations. Viking Line selected MICROS’s myfidelio.net for its ability to seamlessly integrate with its other systems, and because it enables Viking Line to use its own strong marketing services and brand recognition.

MICROS’s myfidelio.net is an enterprise solution providing central reservation management services and connections to worldwide distribution channels through all four major GDSs. This advanced e-commerce solution connects the hotel industry with the travel trade and end consumers, allowing them to conduct travel related e-commerce. By using the internet booking facilities of myfidelio.net, Viking Line and its partner hotels turn their own websites into a true sales portal.

“As part of the modernization of our cruise booking system, we selected MICROS’s myfidelio.net for its advanced services and innovative features,” stated Sune Haggblom, CIO, Viking Line Abp. “Our goal is to implement a cost effective reservation process that streamlines the administration for Viking Line and its partner hotels and allows Viking Line to improve its profitability. After careful research, we decided to outsource the hotel reservations to MICROS-Fidelio to help provide Viking Line and its partner hotels with the best technology, return on investment, and support for our current operations and future strategy.”

“We are pleased to provide Viking Line with a proven solution from MICROS. We have worked for years to achieve a leading position of channeling direct hotel reservations from an increasing number of reservation service companies and portals,” stated Ari-Pekka Heiskala, Vice President, MICROS-Fidelio EAME Nordic. “As Viking Line is a primary hotel service producer with its cruise booking business, myfidelio.net offers a perfect solution for Viking Link and its hotel partners, supporting both the contracted and the free sales basis rates, and allowing existing partner hotels as well as new candidate hotels that work with Viking Line, to utilize this tool. Most important, MICROS’s myfidelio.net provides hotel customers with an easy-to-use hotel booking channel.”

About Viking Line

Viking Line Abp is a public limited company and the market leading brand in passenger and car ferry traffic on the northern Baltic Sea. Its mission is to provide large-scale, affordable, safe passenger and cargo carrier services including first-class recreation, good food and attractive shopping. Viking Line’s service area is the Baltic Sea, with Finland, Sweden and the Baltic countries as its main markets. Its fleet consists of seven vessels. During fiscal 2007/2008, sales were about EUR 475 M. The number of passengers totalled 6.2 million and the average number of employees was 2,994. Viking Line began service 50 years ago in 1959. The company has transported more than 169 million passengers since then, meanwhile creating an efficient transport system for trade and industry
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A marriage of convenience store for $1

Grocer, August 22, 2009

As supermarkets broaden their reach to everything from car insurance to space travel, US chain 99c Only Stores is offering cash-strapped lovers the chance to get married in-store for less than a dollar Classy.

“If you get cold feet, don’t worry,” guffawed a group spokesman. “We sell socks for only 99 cents!” It’s only a matter of time before smitten couples in his’n'hers Kappa tracksuits can tie the knot at the Asda Chapel of the Sacred Smart Price, or march each other up the biscuit aisle of Britain’s Biggest Love Emporium for Market Value wedding cake.

Meanwhile, Tesco last week trumpeted the arrival in-store of extra large condoms in response to growing customer demand Every little helps–especially in the bedroom And fair play to any shopper bold enough to return a condom they found was too small after trying it on.

But Tesco’s attitude to sex is still not as enlightened as it might be The supermarket, along with Sainsbury’s and Asda, is putting stickers over the DVD boxes for Lesbian Vampire Killers–obscuring the word ‘lesbian’ rather than the references to bloodsucking or murder Weddings, maybe–but civil partnerships are obviously one step too far.