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Jumat, 01 November 2013

‘Tumbling Bay’ by Stornoway – Free MP3 - ( T3CHNLG1 )

Artist: Stornoway
Song: “Tumbling Bay”
Album: You Don’t Know Anything

“‘Tumbling Bay’ is named after an old swimming area built into a tributary of the Thames River here in Oxford, set in the late summer, hence the blackberry references,” Brian Briggs tells Rolling Stone. “It is about discovering you have been the subject of someone else’s affections, but not wanting to return them. The bird songs and other suburban sounds were recorded one sunny evening in East Oxford by holding a microphone out of our garage door.”

New faces of health overhaul: Still all smiles - ( T3CHNLG1 )

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — It didn’t take long for the friendly-looking young woman whose face was splashed across HealthCare.gov to spiral from smiling stock photo to laughingstock. As it scrambles to correct problems with the website, the Obama administration is now asking people who have successfully purchased health insurance to let their pictures be used instead.

Two of them told The Associated Press they found the site easy to navigate, were happy with the plans they purchased and were eager to share their stories in any format, including become the new face of the health care overhaul.

Not long after she enrolled on Oct. 3, Deborah Lielasus of Portsmouth was contacted by the Department of Health and Human Services and asked to appear both in a video describing her experience and in photographs that could replace the stock photo. She agreed, in part, to set an example for her children.

“I think it’s important to show them that you shouldn’t hide from being honest and being sincere and talking about something that you believe in,” she said. “Although family members have said to me, ‘You don’t need this, don’t do this, because you’re just going to get hurt,’ I have felt like it is important.”

Opponents aren’t impressed. “The White House should focus more on fixing their flawed law and less time trying to prove their law isn’t broken,” said Kirsten Kukowski, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.

Since the problem-plagued site launched Oct. 1, the stock photo has become the butt of jokes. The satirical newspaper The Onion posted an altered photo of the cover girl “visibly panicking,” and others have dubbed her “Glitch Girl.”

The department declined to comment specifically on whether Lielasus’ picture will have a place on the HealthCare.gov home page, on which the stock photo has been replaced by icons representing various enrollment methods. It also declined to comment on the broader marketing campaign, which so far includes posting video of Lielasus and another person on social networks, along with a dozen or so images and quotes praising the health care law.

Since her video was posted, Lielasus has been criticized in news reports, online comments and personal emails for describing HealthCare.gov as easy to use even though she didn’t enroll until three days after the site launched. But she wasn’t sitting at her desk for 36 hours straight — she spent about an hour total over those three days — and once on the site, it was easy to navigate, she said.

“I’m not a fool,” she said. “I saw that there were issues logging on and staying logged on, but I also saw that the site itself, once they’re able to overcome those problems, is going to be a really user-friendly, attractive site that people of all ages and technical abilities are going to be able to manage.”

In Orlando, Fla., 22-year-old Daniel McNaughton said his experience was similar. Like Lielasus, McNaughton said it was a Facebook post about his experience with HealthCare.gov that caught the administration’s attention and led to his participation in the online video.

McNaughton, a student at Valencia College, said he will be paying $ 70 per month for a plan that covers “anything I could possibly need.” That’s about what he’s paying now for a catastrophic plan that covers only three doctor visits per year. McNaughton said he looks forward to not having to guess whether he needs antibiotics for the sinus infections he gets every winter.

“I won’t have to ration my doctor’s visits,” he said. “It gives me good peace of mind.”

He told administration officials it was “more than OK” with him if they wanted to use his picture on HealthCare.gov.

“I think it would be a good thing to put my picture or others who’ve enrolled,” he said. “It might make it easier for people to relate to what’s going on with the exchange.”

E! Online (DE) – Trends - ( T3CHNLG1 )

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http://images.eonline.com/static/uberblog/images/feeds_logo.gif© 2013 E! Entertainment Television, Inc. All rights reserved., http://de.eonline.com/about/copyright/index.jsp<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013928//rs_300x300-131028093025-600.Kate-Middleton-shopping-sneakers-102813.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge" align="left" hspace="5″ />Wer hätte gedacht, dass Kate Middleton Sneakers trägt?

Wir haben sie zwar schon in Wedges und Sebago Slipper gesehen, doch offenbar schlüpft die Herzogin von Cambridge… Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:03:00 GMTb475392<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013925//rs_300x300-131025102527-600.best-looks-of-the-week.ls.102513_copy.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Best Looks of the Week" align="left" hspace="5″ />Diese Woche waren bei unseren prominenten Fashionistas entweder gewagte Herbstfarben oder Weißtöne angesagt.

Hier unsere Lieblings-Looks der Woche:

Reese Witherspoon… Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:09:00 GMTb474423<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013923//rs_300x300-131023080941-600.Kate-Middleton-Prince-george.jl.102313_copy.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Prince George, Prince William, Kate Middleton" align="left" hspace="5″ />Obwohl wir uns sicher sind, dass sie das nicht beabsichtigt hatte, gelang es Kate Middleton mal wieder alle Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zu lenken (Sorry Prinz George!).

Während der… Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:57:11 GMTb473352<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013922//rs_300x300-131022090346-600.Heidi-Klum-Bangs-jmd-102213.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Heidi Klum" align="left" hspace="5″ />Mit Heidi Klum ist nur schwer Schritt zu halten. Doch zum Glück bekommen Fans der vielbeschäftigten vierfachen Mom via Instagram einen kleinen Einblick in ihr hektisches Leben und ihrem… Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:59:00 GMTb472931<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013819//rs_300x300-130919123821-600.pattinsonhouse.cm.91913.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Home, House" align="left" hspace="5″ />Robert Pattinsons Liebesnest, das er einst mit Kristen Stewart bewohnte, könnte schon bald einen neuen Besitzer haben.

Der Schauspieler will die 6,7 Millionen-Villa in Los… Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:14:00 GMTb472702<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013914//rs_300x300-131014121513-600.hats-trend.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Hats, Katie Holmes, Kourtney Kardashian, Kristin Cavallari" align="left" hspace="5″ />Diesen Herbst sind Hüte angesagt!

In den letzten Wochen haben wir bereits einige Prominente mit breitkrempigen Kopfbedeckungen gesehen. Vom klassischen schwarzen zu bunten… Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:23:00 GMTb470830<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013915//rs_300x300-131015102239-600.marant.cm.101513.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Isabel Marant x H&M Lookbook" align="left" hspace="5″ />Wenn ihr euch auch schon auf die neue Kollektion von Isabel Marant für H&M freut, die am 14. November in die Läden kommt, dann haben wir hier ein interessantes Video… Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:49:00 GMTb470667<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013911//rs_300x300-131011130706-600.Heidi-Klum-Ankle-Bootie.jl.101113.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Heidi Klum" align="left" hspace="5″ />Heidi Klum hat sich offensichtlich in ein ganzes bestimmtes Paar Booties verliebt!

Das Multitalent trug die samtigen kurzen Booties von Sarah Flint schon bei verschiedenen… Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:23:00 GMTb469546<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013914//rs_300x300-131014162531-600.barrys.cm.101413.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Barry's Bootcamp" align="left" hspace="5″ />Kim Kardashian und Kanye West gingen gemeinsam zum Workout.

Das Paar war beim beliebten Barry's Bootcamp für eine Session.

Auch optisch waren sie auf… Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:53:20 GMTb470179<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013810//rs_300x300-130910134015-600.Kardashian-Humphries-Ring.ms.091013.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Wedding, Ring" align="left" hspace="5″ />Nun ist es offiziell, Kris Humphries versteigert den massiven Verlobungsring, den er seinerzeit Kim Kardashian an den Finger steckte.

Vor einem Monat gab es bereits Gerüchte,… Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:30:59 GMTb469561<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013911//rs_300x300-131011102934-600.rosie-reese.cm.101113.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Leather Skirt Trend" align="left" hspace="5″ />Neben dem Punk-Look und den stets beliebten Jeans sind Lederröcke diesen Herbst ein absolutes Muss!

Im Gegensatz zum Vorjahr sind jedoch nicht Bleistiftröcke, sondern… Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:02:00 GMTb469453<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013910//rs_300x300-131010121522-600.bullock.cm.101013.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Sandra Bullock" align="left" hspace="5″ />Es ist an der Zeit, Sandra Bullocks fantastischen Auftritte auf den roten Teppichen dieser Welt zu huldigen.

Wir sind natürlich schon lange ein Fan von ihr, aber das… Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:39:29 GMTb469138<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/201399//rs_300x300-131009145417-600.Miley-No-Pants.jl.100913.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Miley Cyrus" align="left" hspace="5″ />Gleich drei junge Starlets ließen sich in letzter Zeit unten ohne in der Öffentlichkeit blicken.

Miley Cyrus erschien am Dienstagabend wie so oft in letzter Zeit in einem… Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:34:00 GMTb468893<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013722//rs_300x300-130822152926-600.punk.ls.82213.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Punk Grunge Trend" align="left" hspace="5″ />Seid ihr bereit für den coolsten Trend der Herbst-Saison?

Zu den wohl angesagtesten Trends gehört der Punk-Look, der uns zurzeit überall begegnet, angefangen von… Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:21:00 GMTb467869<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/201398//rs_300x300-131008093914-300-10813-scarlettjohansson-matthewmcconaughey.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey" align="left" hspace="5″ />Sechs Monate, nachdem Scarlett Johansson und Matthew McConaughey bei einem Fotoshooting für die Kampagne in Malibu gesehen wurden, ist die Anzeige nun endlich zu… Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:43:00 GMTb468148<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/201398//rs_300x300-131008120106-600.kruger.cm.10813.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="C Magazine, Diane Kruger" align="left" hspace="5″ />Joshua Jackson kann sich wirklich sehr glücklich schätzen!

In einer Fotostrecke im C-Magazin trägt sie einen seitlich geflochtenen Zopf und gleich mehrere… Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:09:00 GMTb468139<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/201394//rs_300x300-131004104030-600.best-dressed.mh.100413.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Best Dressed of the Week" align="left" hspace="5″ />Die bestgekleideten Fashionistas beeindruckten uns diese Woche in très chic Ensembles auf der Pariser Fashion Week und anderen Red-Carpet-Events.

Olivia Palermo war total… Mon, 07 Oct 2013 07:17:00 GMTb467069<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/201391//rs_300x300-131001101528-600.Pink-Coats-jmd-100113.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Eva Mendez, Kim Kardashian, Lea Michele" align="left" hspace="5″ />Die modischen Aussichten dieses Herbsts sind für die Promis ganz eindeutig rosig!

Rosa scheint die Mantel-Farbe der Saison zu sein. In den vergangenen Wochen wurden immer mehr… Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:03:00 GMTb465917<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013827//rs_300x300-130927093625-600.Paris-Fashion-Week-Topless-Protest.jl.092713.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Model Punches Protestor, Nina Ricci, Femen " align="left" hspace="5″ />Die Dinge sind etwas aus der Reihe geraten, während einer Nina-Ricci-Modenschau auf der Pariser Fashion Week. Das Model Hollie-May Saker behauptet nämlich, eine barbusige Aktivistin die… Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:07:00 GMTb464326<img src="http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013823//rs_300x300-130923184702-600.Diane-Kruger-MetOpera.jmd.092313.jpg" height="66″ width="66″ border="0″ alt="Diane Kruger " align="left" hspace="5″ />Während sich die Fernsehstars in Hollywood von den Emmy-Awards und dazugehörigen Partys erholten, bereiteten sich die Promis an der amerikanischen Ostküste auf ein anderes… Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:49:00 GMTb462607

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Amazon tries free, on-time delivery to lure India online - ( T3CHNLG1 )

By Nandita Bose | Reuters –

By Nandita Bose

BANGALORE (Reuters) – Free shipping on a 100 rupee (1 pounds) book. Delivery times guaranteed to the minute.

These are some of the incentives the world’s biggest online retailer Amazon.com Inc is using to entice Indians to shop on the web, a sector where growth has been stifled by payment problems, low Internet usage and a challenging logistics environment.

Amazon’s investors are counting on its international business and expansion to help drive growth and support its $ 165 billion (103 billion pounds) market value, one of the highest among U.S. firms.

India is Amazon’s third emerging market investment after Brazil and China, and one Vice President and Country Manager Amit Agarwal said would take time to pay off.

Most Indians do not own a credit card, and less than half the 152 million Internet users have shopped online. Then there are the bad roads, the snarled bureaucracy and the petty bribery that greases business.

The potential, however, is vast.

Online retail sales in India are forecast to grow more than a hundred-fold to $ 76 billion by 2021 from just $ 600 million at the end of 2012, retail consultants Technopak said. E-tail sales in China, by comparison, are expected to grow to $ 650 billion by 2020 from around $ 200 billion in 2012, consultants McKinsey predict.

“A lot of invention is required to capture the potential of this market and our focus is to build this,” said Agarwal, who returned to India to head Amazon’s business after 14 years with the company in the United States.

“We are going through a lot of trial-and-error to fix problems on the ground,” he told Reuters at Amazon’s India office in the technology hub of Bangalore.

CONVINCING INDIANS TO CLICK

Indians, on average, spend between $ 24 and $ 35 per online transaction, a figure dwarfed by the $ 150-$ 160 spent by U.S. shoppers online per transaction, according to data from U.S. based analysts comScore and Retail Decisions.

Agarwal spent two years advising Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos at the company’s Seattle headquarters, and believes Amazon’s long-term strategy will work in India like it did in the United States, where the company ran up losses for years.

“Right now we are focused on giving customers great service and making sure they shop more,” he added, sitting behind a large desk that he brought back with him from Seattle.

Amazon’s biggest local rival is Flipkart, set up by two ex-Amazon employees in 2007 and which has yet to turn a profit.

Since July, Flipkart has raised $ 360 million from investors that include South Africa’s Naspers Ltd. It said it aims to have $ 1 billion in sales by 2015.

Agarwal would not give any forecasts or figures, but said Amazon’s investments in India have a 7- to 10-year horizon.

He said Amazon was building its own logistics network, which it can leverage when the rules change and it can sell directly to consumers. Indian regulations now prevent international e-tailers from making direct sales.

MADE FOR INDIA

Amazon’s initial entry into India was through the 2012 launch of Junglee.com, a price comparison site that gave it insight on what consumers want to buy and are willing to pay.

Amazon’s India website, set up in June, is currently a market place for other vendors, in line with regulations.

Amazon is working with these local vendors to ensure goods are packaged properly to speed up delivery, Agarwal said. It is also training local couriers to make good on its promised delivery times in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.

“We receive items from sellers in all kinds of situations. Most of them are not packed properly, stickered properly and that increases the delivery time,” Agarwal said.

“Even if you go to really large sellers they don’t know how to describe their item because they have never had to have a digital catalogue.”

An unstable Internet banking system means online payments often fail, frustrating buyers and leading to abandoned purchases. Agarwal said Amazon uses a made-for-India system that keeps orders active and allows the customer to try again. The option of cash on delivery is also offered.

To avoid shipments getting stuck at toll booths or held up by police demanding bribes, Amazon gets all the permissions and documents required, as well as extra permits, just in case.

“We are not cutting corners. It is taking a longer time to build things but compliance is important and that takes care of blockages on the road to a large extent,” Agarwal added.

(Editing by Tony Munroe and Miral Fahmy)

Study: Hefty tax on soda would reduce UK obesity - ( T3CHNLG1 )

LONDON (AP) — Slapping a 20 percent tax on soda in Britain could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000, according to a new study.

Though the number works out to a modest drop of 1.3 percent in obesity, scientists say that reduction would still be worthwhile in the U.K., which has a population of about 63 million and is the fattest country in Western Europe. About one in four Britons is obese.

Researchers at Oxford University and the University of Reading estimated a 20 percent tax on soft drinks would reduce sales by 15 percent and that people would buy beverages like orange juice, milk and diet drinks instead. They said the tax would have the biggest impact on people under 30, who drink more sugary drinks than anyone else. No funding was provided for the study, published online Thursday in the journal, BMJ.

“Every possible alternative that people would buy is going to be a better than a sugary drink,” said Mike Rayner of Oxford, one of the study authors. “(The tax) is not a panacea, but it’s part of the solution.”

Rayner acknowledged the government might shy away from introducing such a hefty tax at a time when the economy is still shaky. Last year, Britain’s Conservative-led coalition had to backtrack on a sales tax it planned to levy on fat-laden meat pies after a public outcry.

Such soft drink taxes have been used or considered elsewhere, including France, Mexico, Norway and some U.S. states, but previous analysis of them have found mixed results on people’s drinking habits.

In the past, the U.K. has relied on convincing businesses to make their products healthier as opposed to resorting to taxes; that strategy reduced salt levels in processed foods by 20 to 50 percent.

Last week, Britain announced another government-led initiative, in which several major food companies promised to cut the amount of saturated fat in their products. Critics slammed the deal and said the U.K. shouldn’t rely on voluntary measures to fight the country’s growing waistlines.

“We are at the mercy of these (food and drink) companies,” said Tam Fry, spokesman for the National Obesity Forum. Fry was not linked to the BMJ study and said the proposed 20 percent tax would be a hard sell. Instead, Fry said the government should simply fine companies if they exceed a certain threshold for the amount of sugar allowable in food and drink.

“Companies should be coerced with fiscal measures rather than punishing the consumer with taxes,” Fry said. “We are in such a predicament with obesity in this country that we have to put the pussy-footing measures to one side,” he said. “It’s time for the stick to come out.”

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St Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Photograph: Alamy

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Image three: Imam Square, Isfahan, Iran
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Image four: Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic
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Image five: Red Square, Moscow, Russia
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Image six: Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
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Image nine: Zócalo, known formerly as Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City, Mexico
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