Sunday, September 30, 2012

Kauai Community College to break ground for affordable housing prototype project

LIHU?E, Kaua?i, Hawai?i - On Friday, September 28, Kaua?i Community College will break ground to mark the commencement of the construction phase of its Ho?ouluwehi Affordable / Sustainable Living House Prototype project. The blessing will be conducted by Reverend Wayne A. Vidinha, Sr., of Ke Akua Mana Church at 10:30 a.m. in an area on the campus known as ?The Farm.?

Kaua?i CC students enrolled in the college?s introductory carpentry class taught by instructor Robert Steurich will turn a used shipping container into a home. The coursework will provide students with a full experience ranging from foundation work through finish carpentry.

?As builders, we should always be searching for ways to build affordable housing and maintain the existing housing stock. Students will learn building practices and procedures that result in a quality product,? said Steurich.

?Just a few months ago, we saw a dented, used container. Today, we can envision an affordable living home. This prototype is being built by Kaua?i students, on Kaua?i, for Kauaians, for the future. Our students will have the skill set to further help address our housing needs, and fill professional construction livable-wage jobs here at home, to help address our housing needs,? said Eric Knutzen, executive director of Kaua?i CC?s Ho?ouluwehi: The Sustainable Living Institute of Kaua?i.

Making solid contributions toward affordable housing solutions on Kaua?i has provided Kaua?i CC immense fulfillment and purpose.

?This is just a beginning step in a really innovative and exciting project that will benefit our students and the Kaua?i community, and demonstrates what great things can come when partners works together to improve our community,? said Kaua?i CC Chancellor Helen A. Cox. The college welcomes visitors to view the project.

Kaua?i CC has enjoyed exciting and inspiring exchanges with its partners, the Office of the Mayor and County of Kaua?i departments.

In January 2012, after two years of planning that involved faculty, staff and students with community partners, Kaua?i CC launched its Ho?ouluwehi: The Sustainable Living Institute of Kaua?i, a program that offers an innovative sustainable leaning focal point for Kaua?i by:

  • ?embedding sustainability principles within Kaua?i CC offered curriculum;
  • ?advancing partnerships with the University of Hawai?i, government, private business, non-profit agencies and individuals; and
  • ?implementing research and projects to foster a more vibrant future for Kaua?i, and fueling related employment vitality.

Students enrolled in the Kaua?i CC Introductory Carpentry class are Lloyd-Kekoa Agustin, Dwaine Albarado, Rogelio Casem, Yvinne Difontorum, Cullen Gutierrez, Edward Kemmerling, Ariel Lothlorien, James Nishida and Kyle Redaus.


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Source: http://kauai.hawaiinewsnow.com/news/environment/108058-kauai-community-college-break-ground-affordable-housing-prototype-project

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How To Use Sales Videos To Improve ... - Business 2 Community

Businesses that start using online video content marketing in their daily sales and marketing process stand to gain significant tangible benefits (increased conversion rates) across their entire lead generation and sales cycle.? Benefits ranging from ranking higher on search engines, higher amount of qualified leads, more engagement during the sales process, more time spent on websites and increased brand awareness to name a few.

If one of your marketing goals is increased search engine rankings, Google, and other search engines, put more search engine ranking value on online video so video will help you move higher up on search engine rankings so prospective customers can find you.? Consumer behavior quickly reveals the power of online video on increasing lead conversion.? Immediately after viewing a company?s video, buyers are 40% more likely to visit a company?s website or contact a company via phone (eMarketer, Jan 2011).

Your website video production will also help you to nurture those leads and make them more sales ready.? Website videos let decision makers research your company on their own time and still get a direct communication from you.? The end result is that they more clearly understand the value proposition of your business, who you are as people (build relationships) and how your product or service will fit their needs.

Sales videos can also be used in deals that involve multiple decision makers and have a long sales process (six months or longer).? The goal of these business-to-business sales videos should keep multiple decision makers engaged with the sales team by giving them examples of your firms skill sets and capabilities ? just like you may do now with white papers and case studies.?Busy decision makers will appreciate your online sales video production because it will be easier, and quicker, for them to gain the insight they need in a more personal presentation.

So online video is just an integral piece of your overall sales process.

But what types of videos do you create and what fits best into your daily sales and marketing routines?? Check out this video that talks about what type of content makes for the best online videos for your company -

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Mount Diablo Unified Community Advisory Committee on Special ...

SACRAMENTO?SAT??results released today by The College Board show that for the first time, Latino students in California public* schools represented a larger percentage of SAT test-takers than any other ethnic group.

Reflecting the state?s growing diversity, nearly 70 percent of California?s public school test-takers in the Class of 2012 were minority students, and of those, 36 percent?or 69,832 students?were Latino. This compares to 29 percent?or 56,590 test-takers?who were white; 22 percent?or 42,121 test-takers?who were Asian; and 7 percent?or 13,101 test-takers?who were African American.

For more from California Department of Education News Release: click here.

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Outcry over auto insurance ratings - Bankrate.com

Consumers say it's unfair for auto insurance companies to use personal details such as gender, employment and education to set policy rates, according to a survey from the Consumer Federation of America, or CFA.

First, some background. As I previously blogged, CFA took aim this summer at the nation's four largest auto insurers -- Allstate, GEICO, Progressive and State Farm -- for quoting what the group said were excessively high rates online for state minimum liability coverage.

How high is high? More than half (56 percent) of drivers in 15 moderate-income communities around the country were quoted annual rates of more than $1,000, and a third (32 percent) were quoted more than $1,500 for no-frills, rock-bottom, state-required policies for two drivers with clean records.

Separately, CFA said it also found that insurance companies routinely weigh such personal factors as your gender, occupation, level of education, where you live and whether you had auto insurance previously before they decide how much to charge you for coverage.

In the new study, CFA compared online quotes for minimum coverage?for a 35-year-old woman with a good driving record from the same four insurers as well as Farmer's. Together, the five represent half of the private auto insurance market. The results: Most quotes were higher when the woman was single, a renter in a moderate-income neighborhood, a high school graduate, a bank teller or clerical worker, and if she lacked continuous insurance. In three scenarios, Allstate, Farmer's and State Farm in Miami did not provide any quote.

If those findings don't sit right with you, you're not alone.

According to its survey of 1,010 adults, CFA found few consumers think it's fair for insurers to set rates based on gender (OK with just 30 percent), credit score (31 percent), education (31 percent), previous insurance (32 percent) and occupation (33 percent). Fewer than half (45 percent) found that where you live was an acceptable discriminator, while miles driven (61 percent), age (66 percent) and number of years licensed to drive (74 percent) seemed fair or somewhat fair to more than half of those surveyed.

"Insurers are permitted to use factors such as education and occupation in setting prices even though these factors have nothing to do with driving and discriminate against lower-income drivers," said CFA executive director Stephen Brobeck.?"Premiums should largely reflect factors such as accidents, speeding tickets and miles driven, over which drivers have some control and which directly affect insurer costs."

What's your take? Are?insurers justified in crunching your personal details into their risk models?

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Source: http://www.bankrate.com/financing/insurance/outcry-over-unfair-auto-ratings/

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Researcher says flaw in Android creates phone risk

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Cellphones using Google's Android operating system are at risk of being disabled or wiped clean of their data, including contacts, music and photos because of a security flaw that was discovered several months ago but went unnoticed until now.

Opening a link to a website or a mobile application embedded with malicious code can trigger an attack capable of destroying the memory card in Android-equipped handsets made by Samsung, HTC, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, rendering the devices useless, computer security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar wrote in a blog post Friday. Another code that can erase a user's data by performing a factory reset of the device appears to target only the newly released and top selling Galaxy S III and other Samsung phones, he wrote.

Borgaonkar informed Google of the vulnerability in June, he said. A fix was issued quickly, he said, but it wasn't publicized, leaving smartphone owners largely unaware that the problem existed and how they could fix it.

Google declined to comment. Android debuted in 2008 and now dominates the smartphone market. Nearly 198 million smartphones using Android were sold in the first six months of 2012, according to the research firm IDC. About 243 million Android-equipped phones were sold in 2011, IDC said.

Versions of Android that are vulnerable include Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean, according to Borgaonkar. He said the Honeycomb version of Android, designed for tablets, needs to be tested to determine if it is at risk as well.

Samsung, which makes most of the Android phones, said only early production models of the Galaxy S III were affected and a software update has been issued for that model. The company said it is conducting an internal review to determine if other devices are affected and what, if any, action is needed. Samsung said it is advising customers to check for software updates through the "Settings: About device: Software update" menu available on Samsung phones.

Borgaonkar, a researcher at Germany's Technical University Berlin, said the bug works by taking advantage of functions in phones that allow them to dial a telephone number directly from a web browser. That convenience comes with risk, however. A hacker, or anyone with ill intent, can create a website or an app with codes that instruct the phones linking to those numbers to execute commands automatically, such as a full factory reset.

The phone's memory card, known as a subscriber identity module, or SIM, can be destroyed remotely in the same way, Borgaonkar said. "Vulnerability in Android can be exploited to kill the SIM card permanently by clicking a single click," he wrote. "After the successful attack, the end user has to go to the mobile network operator and buy a new SIM card."

While Borgaonkar has drawn attention to the problem, it's unclear how useful the vulnerability would be to cybercriminals who are primarily interested in profits or gaining a competitive advantage, said Jimmy Shah, a mobile security researcher at McAfee. "There's no benefit to the attacker if they can't make money off it or they can't steal your data," Shah said. "It's really not that useful."

But the technique could cause huge headaches if it were harnessed to issue outbound phone calls, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, a digital security company in Helsinki, Finland. "If that would be doable, we would quickly see real world attacks causing phones to automatically dial out to premium-rate numbers," he said.

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Online:

Ravi Borgaonkar's blog post: http://www.isk.kth.se/~rbbo/ussdvul.html

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/researcher-says-flaw-android-creates-phone-risk-190905663.html

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

T8 Announces Storm Wallet Cases and Zephyr Lanyards for iPhone 4/4S

I know you’re thinking that the iPhone 5 is out now, so what’s with the iPhone 4/4S accessories? ?But a lot of people are still using these iPhones, and Apple is still offering them at discounted prices, so people are still going to want cases for them. ?Well, T8 Cases is introducing the Storm iPhone [...]

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Greek coalition has 'basic agreement' on austerity

ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? After weeks of fruitless efforts, the heads of the three parties in Greece's governing coalition have struck a basic deal on a new round of harsh austerity measures required for the country to continue getting vital rescue loans, officials said Thursday.

Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said the long-delayed agreement placed him in a stronger negotiating position ahead of talks Monday with representatives of the country's bailout creditors, who will have the final word on the cutbacks.

He said Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' deliberations with the heads of his two junior coalition partners resulted in "a basic agreement" on the measures intended to ax some ?11.5 billion ($14.8 billion) off state spending in 2013-14.

Under its bailout commitments, Athens must also boost state revenues by an additional ?2 billion over the next two years through tax reform and improved tax collection.

The three-party meeting came a day after more than 50,000 anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of Athens, in a demonstration marred by clashes between hooded anarchist youths and riot police.

Greece has relied on international bailouts since May 2010. In return, it imposed a punishing austerity program, repeatedly slashing incomes, hiking taxes and raising retirement ages. The new measures are expected to include further pension and salary cuts, and raising the age of retirement from 65 to 67.

Approval from European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank officials monitoring the country's three-year effort to right its finances will allow the disbursement of ?31 billion, expected after mid-October.

With that money, whose payment was delayed for months after two successive national elections in May and June, Greece will complete the recapitalization of its battered banking system and pay off long-outstanding debts to domestic suppliers.

Without the cash, the country would have trouble paying its bails. That could force Greece to default on its debts and, possibly, ditch the euro.

The conservative-led coalition has been debating the new cutbacks for about two months, but a deal was delayed by opposition from the two center-left junior partners ? coupled with disagreements with EU, IMF and ECB austerity inspectors.

Fotis Kouvelis, head of the small Democratic Left party, said after Thursday's two-and-a-half hour talks that, despite the overall agreement, "some issues are still outstanding."

And Socialist PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said he would "struggle to the end to ensure that these measures are not across the board and are fair ... and that they are truly the last," as Samaras has pledged.

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Elena Becatoros in Athens also contributed to this article.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/greek-coalition-basic-agreement-austerity-103913376--finance.html

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5 Bills That Won't Rebuild Credit After Bankruptcy | Credit Solutions

reviewing bankruptcy - Quizzle.comIn these difficult economic times, unfortunately, many good people have had no choice but to declare bankruptcy and start over. Bankruptcy, of course, isn?t a permanent condition?eventually, these folks will re-emerge, and when they do, most have roughly the same question: how do I rebuild my credit?

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Building your reports and scores back up is an important part of re-joining the credit community, if you will. The fundamentals are much the same as when you started building credit in the first place?you need to prove your creditworthiness and reliability as a borrower. This largely means paying various bills on time, or repaying any outstanding loans on schedule.

But you might be surprised which bills don?t really help you rebuild credit.

Today, Quizzologists are focusing on accounts that you may very well need, but which won?t play a big part in restoring your credit to health.

Among these not-very-helpful bills:

Rent: You need to live somewhere, sure, but the mere act of paying your rent won?t help you. Conversely, however, failure to pay can result in actions in small claims court, and collections agencies can be put on the job of recouping what?s owed. This can cause major problems for your ability to rent apartments or houses in the future.

Medical Bills: If you don?t have your health, what do you have? Well, not much, but paying off these bills won?t improve the health of your credit. The monthly payment you make won?t get reported to the credit bureaus?but failing to keep up with your schedule, most times, will be.

Cell Phones: Another item you may have to pay for, but don?t expect any reward for doing so on time, it won?t get reported. While being a little late shouldn?t hurt you too bad, if you start to go 30 to 60 days delinquent, you?re heading back into the kind of trouble you just got out of.

Utilities: Keeping the lights and stove on, (like keeping a phone in service), are viewed as basic necessities, not great opportunities to demonstrate your renewed ability to borrow and pay back loans to future creditors. By all means, let there be light, but it won?t rebuild your score.

Federal/State Tax Liens: Staying on Uncle Sam?s good side is important, no doubt, but if you?ve had a lien placed against you, it won?t drop off your reports and scores until it?s fully satisfied. So, alas, no bonus brownie points for getting right with the government.

If you?ve declared bankruptcy, these kinds of bills and accounts won?t give you any extra opportunities to rebuild your battered scores. The (semi-) good news: you?re not alone. With the glut of bankruptcies in recent years, many companies are finding themselves having to be more forgiving and flexible in terms of who they choose to do business with.

Another helpful ally in this process is your bank. Ask them what lines of credit they might extend that you can grab hold of to help lift you out of your bankruptcy rut.

Are you looking to re-join the ranks of the good credit world? How can Quizzle help? Find out.

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Shakib frustrated with Bangladesh?s poor World T20 performance ? Cricket News Update

Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has expressed his frustration at the team?s insipid performance in their do-or-die ICC World Twenty20 match against Pakistan, which culminated in an 8-wicket defeat and led to their early exit from the competition, claiming it seemed Bangladesh ?were never in the game?.

?I didn't like the way we lost,? Shakib said while speaking to Bangladesh daily Prothom Alo. ?We should have been lively after scoring 175, saved around fifteen runs while fielding.?

He went on to point out that instead of putting in a spirited fielding effort, the team remained lacklustre, and displayed a disappointing lack of commitment. This included a general absence of energy and drive as fielders failed to dive for catches, and basic fielding errors, which Shakib claimed should have been common sense.

?These things annoy me because neither the captain nor I can tell this every ball,? he said. ?This is what I expected from the team when I was the captain and even now when I'm not the captain. If we had done everything properly and lost, I wouldn't have felt so bad.?

Bangladesh have put in disappointing performances in the past editions of the World T20 tournament ? having won their first match against the West Indies in the first match of the inaugural 2007-08 World T20, the Tigers have gone on to suffer 10 consecutive losses in the 4 editions of the tournament so far.

Their latest failed World T20 campaign came to an end after they crashed out of the tournament following their 8-wicket defeat at the hands of Pakistan. Placed in Group D in the first stage, alongside Pakistan and New Zealand, Bangladesh lost their first match against New Zealand by 59 runs, and the game against Pakistan saw the Tigers faced with the pressure of having to claim victory by a margin of 36 runs or more, in order to stay in the competition.

However, Bangladesh were unable to restrict the Pakistani batsmen, putting in a poor display with both bowling and fielding. They had previously had a good run with the bat, with Shakib Al Hasan top-scoring and registering the best T20I innings by a Bangladeshi batsman ? 84 off 54 ? which enabled the team to post a solid total of 175. However, they were unable to defend the score, and Shakib?s efforts eventually went in vain.

?From a personal point of view, I had a good day,? Shakib said. ?But the disappointment was to see the game being given away.??

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Shakib-frustrated-with-Bangladeshs-poor-World-T20-performance-Cricket-News-Update-a190725

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The Many Uses Of Limo Hire In London

There are many popular occasions or events for which the people of London go in for a Limo hire London. The entire gamut industry of limousine in London recognizes these events as important events for limo hire and is always at the beck and call of their customers their fleet of cars on these special days.

Besides this it has been observed that limos are in great demand on Fridays and Saturdays when compared to other days of the week. Many of the limousines are used exclusively for girlie birthdays and hen nights. However, one can also hire the Limo London for any event or occasion. You would be surprised to know how the limos bring a touch of class to the riders.

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When hiring a Limo you can really spoil your wife or girl friend with a night at a swanky hotel, holiday treat, posh restaurant or to whisk her off to the honeymoon. She will definitely praise you and appreciate it and we at our end will make sure that the trip will be in her mind for a long period to come. Limos can be hired for many important celebrations, religious days and festivals such as New Year Eve, Christmas Eve, St. George's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Notting Hill Carnival, Boxing Day and Glastonbury. On reaching an event in a limousine, you will definitely become a subject of jealousy for many. Moreover, in this way you will certainly have all eyes following you till a distance.

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Gonorrea Transmission Risk? - STDs - MedHelp

Hello Dr.

I'll keep this short and to the point.

Exactly 3.5 months ago I received short fellatio from a woman and also performed cunnilingus on her.??I resumed having unprotected vaginal sex with my regular partner (different woman) in the absense of any symptoms.

Exactly 3 months after my oral sex episode, I tested negative for all STD including gonnorea.

Neither me nor my regular partner has any symptoms of an std.

My questions:

1)??Ive read this site enough to know that my encounter was low risk and very low in the absence of symptoms.??Is there even a theoretical risk that I contracted gonorrea or another std from my oral encounter, have it to my regular partner who carried it asymptomatically, and mine resolved itself between my encounter and testing 3 months later???And my regular partner may still have it or get PID or some other health complication???Is this possible but unlikely or is it impossible?

Thank you very much.

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Lingerie Football League Previously Fired Ref Used As NFL ...

The Lingerie Football League revealed that one of the referees used as a replacement ref for the National Football League was actually fired from the LFL, an all-female football organization known for its skimpy uniforms and tough-as-nails players.

Mitch Mortaza, commissioner of the LFL, revealed Tuesday that NFL replacement ref Craig Ochoa had been fired from the Lingerie League. Mortaza said he was shocked to learn that a ref he had dismissed from the Lingerie League for poor performance is now an NFL replacement ref.

Ochoa was part of an entire officiating crew that Mortaza let go because of "several poorly called games."

"They were hurting our overall broadcast caliber," he told Yahoo! Sports. "And if it's opening up our players for potential injury, those things raise red flags here. Is it hurting overall credibility? When either of those two things are compromised, it's time to start thinking about parting ways."

Ochoa was used during the NFL's Hall of Fame marquee game, according to Yahoo! Sports. He has not been used in a regular season game, but is onboard as an alternate.

The NFL referee lockout began in June, when NFL refs were locked out of their jobs amid failed talks with the league over new contracts, Forbes notes. The NFL hoped to make refs fulltime, reduce their pay and cut their pensions. The plan served as a point of contention since the league rakes in about $10 billion per year. So, when talks failed, replacement refs were brought in for the start of the 2012/2013 season.

The replacement ref issue reached a boiling point during Monday Night Football when referee Wayne Elliott called a touchdown for the Seattle Seahawks, sending them to victory over the Green Pay Packers, 14-12.

Back in August, Mike Periera, former VP of Officiating for the NFL, noted that Ochoa had been fired from the LFL. At the time, the LFL did not comment. After the Seahawks-Packers game, the Lingerie League released an official statement about the use of replacement refs (via New York Daily News):

Due to several on-field occurrences of incompetent officiating, we chose to part ways with a crew which apparently is now officiating in the NFL. We have a lot of respect for our officials but we felt the officiating was not in line with our expectations... We have not made public comment to date because we felt it was not our place to do so. However in light of tonight's event, we felt it was only fair that NFL fans knew the truth as to who are officiating these games.

Coaches and fans alike are worried about the safety of the players, as well as bad calls ruining a team's shot at the Super Bowl.

The NFL also released a statement saying that the league "supports the decision not to overturn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review," the Daily News notes.

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    BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 30: Members of Western conference pose during the Lingerie Football League media call at Brisbane Entertainment centre on May 30, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

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    BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 30: Lingerie Football League founder Mitch Mortaza wears a Team Lundy shirt in relation to comments made by Federal Sports Minster Kate Lundy during the Lingerie Football League media call at Brisbane Entertainment centre on May 30, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

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    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 12: Adrian Purnell of Tampa Breeze and Chloe Butler of LA Temptation pose during a press conference for the Australian 2012 LFL All-Fantasy Game tour on April 12, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The ladies of the lingerie football league all-stars from America will play two games of gridiron in Brisbane and Sydney in June. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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    Lauran Ziegler (L) of East Conference tackled to Whitney Meierotto (R) of West Conference, during the game of Stars from Lingerie Football League at the Sports Palace in Mexico City on May 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo Estrella (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/GettyImages)

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    BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 30: Angela Perfetto, Liz Gorman and Ashley Helmstetter of the Eastern conference pose during the Lingerie Football League media call at Brisbane Entertainment centre on May 30, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

  • 2012 Lingerie Bowl

    LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 05: Audrey Latsko #1 of the Los Angeles Temptation runs for yardage against the Philadelphia Passion during the Lingerie Football League's Lingerie Bowl IX at the Orleans Arena February 5, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Los Angeles won 28-6. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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LONDON -- Energy companies should not drill for crude oil in Arctic waters because the environmental risks are too high, Total SA Chief Executive Officer Christophe de Margerie told the Financial Times?on Wednesday.

The newspaper, which operated behind a pay wall, described de Margerie's comments as the first time a major oil company has publicly criticized offshore exploration in the Arctic.

The risk of an oil spill in such an environmentally sensitive area was simply too high, according to de Margerie.

"Oil on Greenland would be a disaster. A leak would do too much damage to the image of the company," he said.

Earlier this month, Gazprom OAO delayed the start of oil production at its Prirazlomnoye field, the first Russian Arctic offshore oil deposit to be developed, due to safety concerns.

A report from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows the Arctic's melting ice is resulting in the lowest sea ice levels since satellites started tracking the measurements in 1979. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

The Arctic is seen as a key source in the next decade for Russia, the world's largest oil producer.

Plans to drill for crude in the Arctic have raised concerns among environmental activists, who launched protests last month at the offshore platform that operates the Gazprom project.

Shell admits Arctic drilling defeat, for now

Earlier this month Royal Dutch Shell PLC had to abandon hope of drilling into oil reservoirs in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska after its containment dome was damaged during tests.

Environmentalists pointed to those setbacks as more evidence that offshore drilling in the Arctic is too risky.

Sen. Mark Begich, (D-AK), discusses what a delay in Arctic drilling means for the future of oil prices and exploration in the U.S.

"Letting Shell do top-hole drilling and other preparatory activities when they are clearly not ready to respond to an oil spill is like telling a drunk driver that as long as he stays off the freeway everything should be OK," said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska director of the Center for Biological Diversity, after Shell won approval to carry out additional preliminary drilling off Alaska -- this time in the Beaufort Sea.

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The remoteness, the extreme cold and the threat from ice floes crushing equipment pile more costs on top of those imposed by restrictions on drilling during hunting and breeding seasons and requirements for expensive emergency equipment to be on standby.

And industry executives acknowledge that the economics of Arctic exploration is also shaky.

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Nevertheless, Shell and other international oil and gas companies are moving into the Arctic because of increasing resource nationalism and dwindling production in their traditional heartlands of the Middle East, South America, the United States, the North Sea and elsewhere.

Persistently high oil prices are also making the huge engineering challenges of working in such a hostile environment look more worthwhile. In addition, the climate change that burning hydrocarbons contributes to has pushed back the ice, opening up access to, and markets for, the hydrocarbons there.

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The prize of success could be huge. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that some 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and 13 percent of its oil is waiting to be exploited in the Arctic.

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Katie | Sep 27, 2012 | 0 comments

Customer service is a kind of job that takes up a lot of time and energy. And because of the nature of the job, it involves plenty of human interaction.

Now that?s all well and good for a big company, or even for a small business. But what if you are a single person business, or a solopreneur? You can?t afford to spend the entire day on customer service, can you? You have to wear a number of hats: manage sales, marketing, operations, invoicing and training.

Where?s the time?

Thankfully, there are a number of ways for a solopreneur to provide a level of customer service that matches, or even beats that provided by the big boys. Thanks to social media and cloud services there are a number of services (both free and paid) that can take a lot of load off your shoulders and make you lot more productive and efficient.

Let?s dive in.

1. Use free tools like Tweetdeck and Google Alerts

Social media channels are still the best way for a solopreneur to respond rapidly? to customer service issues. But don?t use plain old Twitter or Facebook to get things done- use a client like Tweetdeck to set up keywords related to your company or your industry, and keep an weather eye out.

You can extend this concept by setting up Google Alerts for your company or brand. This will alert you to relevant chatter on the larger web- third party blog posts, news sites, forums and question answer sites like Quora.

2. Use a ticketing system for customer emails

While you can use your business email to respond to customer queries, a high volume might necessitate using a ticketing system to improve the workflow, save time and prevent you from reinventing the wheel by needing to tackle the same issues over and over again.

A ticketing system will also simplify your life, give you an insight into commonly raised customer queries and save you from having to dig into the archived emails every now and then.

3. Delegate and outsource

Delivering excellent customer service means not only troubleshooting and putting out fires, but also improving user experience and interaction with your products or services. The former can be done by others with appropriate training, while the latter can be done only by you.

One increasingly common solution to save time is to? outsource routine and repetitive tasks to virtual assistants. Create systems and processes for them to handle routine tickets and customer service jobs so that you can work on critical issues. Check out this guide on appointing the perfect VA, and also read this awesome post on Tim Ferriss? blog about how to communicate efficiently with VAs.

4. Establish systems and focus on self service

Whether it?s 2 customers or 2,000, you have the same amount of time on your hands. In such a scenario, it?s vital that you take yourself out of most customer interactions and focus on doing your core job. But your customers and prospects will have questions, and a right to answers.

Solve this by creating self help options like FAQs, videos, demos or other types of content that focuses on answering these queries. Another way to efficiently manage your time is to create systems and processes on a fire and forget basis that does not need constant human attention. Two examples are thank you emails and autoresponders.

Also check out our previous posts on creating a great FAQ or knowledge base.

5. Set up expectations and meet them

Customer service should not be always about software and systems and jargon. It?s simple things like working according to a set routine, set up fixed blocks of time regularly for talking with customers (Craig Newmark of Craigslist does that), setting proper expectations for your product or service and then making it a point to meet them.

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And remember, the best sign that you?re delivering great customer service is when you have to provide zero customer service.

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As a single business owner, what are your tips for providing great customer service?

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Four Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II are seen in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Monday Sept. 24, 2012, and will form part of the "Portraits of a Monarch" exhibit starting in November at Windsor Castle until June 2013. The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the queen wearing a tiara and necklace that was used during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977. (AP Photo/PA, Andrew Matthews) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

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Four Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II are seen in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Monday Sept. 24, 2012, and will form part of the "Portraits of a Monarch" exhibit starting in November at Windsor Castle until June 2013. The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the queen wearing a tiara and necklace that was used during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977. (AP Photo/PA, Andrew Matthews) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

(AP) ? Britain's Royal Collection Trust has gone Pop Art with the purchase of four famous Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.

The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the queen wearing a tiara and necklace that was used during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977.

They will form part of the Portraits of a Monarch exhibit starting in November at Windsor Castle. The purchase was announced Monday, but royal officials refused to say how much was paid for the portraits.

The purchase brings the distinctive style of the American artist to a collection of portraits of British rulers that dates back to the 15th Century.

"They are in a very interesting and contemporary technique that Andy Warhol really popularized, screen printing with wonderfully vibrant colors, in multiples," said Royal Librarian Jane Roberts. "They join a collection dating back 4, 5, 600 years. The fact that they are in a completely new technique is not surprising; things change."

Roberts said the queen had approved the purchase.

"The Warhol prints of the queen are in many ways the most important popular image of the queen to be created by an artist print maker over the last few decades," she said.

Warhol, who died in 1987, was one of the most commercially successful artists of the 20th Century and used similar techniques in portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, and Elvis Presley. He created these images of the queen in 1985 as part of a portfolio of screenprints called "Reigning Queens."

The exhibit will be open to people who visit Windsor Castle, which is roughly 20 miles west of London. It will run until June 2013.

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