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TouchIT Technologies is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Wired In Media to be able to offer the BalanceBox® and eBox® range of products to its customers. Thomas Regout's BalanceBox® and eBox® range of products consist of both electric and manual height adjustable mounts that are available in wall mount, as well as mobile rolling cart options.
"Being able to adjust the height of your TouchIT LED is a fantastic feature for our customers," commented Ronnie Murphy, President at TouchIT Technologies. "Students and teachers alike are not all the same height so having the flexibility to adjust the vertical position of the LED makes for a much better user experience," he added. "We're pleased to partner with TouchIT Technologies" commented Gene Beckstein, Manufacturer's Representative for Thomas Regout Distributors. "The BalanceBox® is a complementary mount range to the Y Series LEDs that TouchIT manufactures; I'm sure their customers are going to find them really useful," he added.
The BalanceBox® 400 offers the user the ability to raise and lower the LED by 400mm or 15.75". Its patented spring tension mechanism enables the user to raise and lower TouchIT LEDs up to 75" diagonal with little to no effort. For even larger panels, the recently-launched electric height adjustable e-Box® system offers the user 660mm or 26" of vertical height adjustment at an unprecedented speed of 1.5" or 38mm per second. The unit also has a built-in anti-collision mechanism should the mount or LED come into contact with an object whilst it is being raised or lowered.
The product range is available now for use with the TouchIT Y Series LEDs and TouchIT Technologies has already begun delivering the range to some of its larger school district summer installation projects.
For more information please visit www.touchittechnologies.com or contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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Founded in 2008, headquartered in Birmingham, MI, USA, TouchIT Technologies designs and manufactures innovative touch-based interactive products for use in both Education and Corporate environments under the TouchIT Technologies brand name as well as under OEM brands throughout the world. TouchIT as a company began manufacturing Interactive Whiteboards which were sold to over 30 countries World Wide. Today, the Company focuses on its interactive flat panels and associated software.
TouchIT Technologies has offices in Europe, Middle East and manufactures its range of interactive products in the Far East.
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Track star Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty to the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his trial got underway this morning in Pretoria, South Africa.
Pistorius is accused of killing Steenkamp in the early morning of Feb. 14, 2013, at their home in Pretoria. Pistorius fired four shots through a locked bathroom door, hitting Steenkamp three times. The prosecution claims it was deliberate, and from opening statements today intends to show that Pistorius shot her after an argument. Pistorius claims he did not realize Steenkamp was in the bathroom, and believed he was firing on an intruder.
Interestingly, the intended target does not matter. While the prosecution hopes to prove Pistorius knowingly killed his girlfriend, an "error in persona" doesn't materially change the charge of premeditated murder—Pistorius could still be guilty if he is found to have intended to kill an intruder. Premeditated murder carries a minimum sentence of 25 years.
The case promises to be a long one. The state's list contains 107 witnesses, and even if all are not called, it will be months before a verdict is rendered. Pistorius's fate will not be in the hands of a jury; instead, it will be decided by a judge with the help of two "assessors."
Today's first witness, a neighbor, told the court that he heard a woman's "bloodcurdling screams," and one gunshot, followed by a pause, then three more in quick succession.
If you're interested, ESPN3 is streaming full, 24-hour coverage of Pistorius's trial.

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Not willing to shell out the $350 it currently takes to join the coming virtual reality revolution through the latest Oculus Rift development kit? One company is promising to bring a virtual reality experience to users via a €50 (about $65) harness that uses the cell phone in your pocket as a computer, display, and head-tracker all in one.
Polish company De JET Works' Vrizzmo harness, which was unveiled at Poland's Digital Dragons show last week, is essentially a set of head-mounted rubber straps and a plastic case for any cell phone with a screen that's 4.7 inches or larger. The phone is strapped in front of your face, and a set of rounded lenses separate the display into distinct sections for each eye. Specially designed apps can show each eye a slightly different version of an image from a movie or game to create a stereoscopic 3D effect, using the phone's gyroscope for head-tracking.
The headset makers at Oculus have often noted how the explosion of small, low-cost parts made possible by the mobile revolution led directly to the existence of its consumer-priced head-mounted display. Something like Vrizzmo takes advantage of that same technology as it exists in the mobile phone you probably already own, removing the need to buy specialized hardware and allowing for easy upgrades as mobile technology improves. Plus, a system like Vrizzmo doesn't have to be tethered to any external hardware, as the Rift or Sony's Project Morpheus do—the processor driving the experience is already built in to the phone.
There are obvious downsides to going this route, though. The low-cost gyroscopes in most cell phones probably can't track head motion with the extreme fidelity and low latency that's really needed for a convincing and lag-free (not to mention non-nauseating) VR experience. Even today's most powerful mobile phones probably aren't up to the task of generating convincing 3D worlds with a smooth head-tracking ability, either, though this might not be the case in a few years' time. The Vrizzmo also doesn't track lateral head movement or motion in space, which the Rift and Project Morpheus achieve via an external camera.
Then there's the issue of software: De JET Works told Pocket Gamer that it's working on making five games for a consumer launch planned later this summer; a zombie-shooting tech demo currently being shown at trade shows doesn't even have controller support. A developer kit is targeted for release next month, but it will take time to create the specially designed VR experiences for the device, assuming there's even much developer interest in the new and unproven harness.
All that said, De JET Works seems to have come up with an interesting, low-cost way to give mobile users at least a taste of the new virtual reality boom. We can't wait to give it a try ourselves.


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I spent this afternoon scooping the brains out of a cow's skull. Then I helped shove white oak bark into it. Then I helped bury it in a muddy spot. I'll get back to it after it stays there through … Continue reading
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Hey Family and Friends!
How are you? We're fine. Seems lately I'm just fighting the pain of this darned avm! Don't like to take so many meds, but I don't want to feel the pain either! I don't want it to sound like I'm whining all the time - but one of the main purposes of this blog, is for everyone to know what life with an avm is like!
I had gone to wound care yesterday and that had gone well! Noel had cleaned the wound and redressed it. Well, that evening, I had a red spot toward the top of the dressing about the size of a dime. We kept an eye on it, and after dinner, Mark changed the dressing. Well, the following day (which was today) by mid morning, I had a red dot about the size of a pea toward the top of the dressing. That kind of bummed me out! After lunch time, my co-worker Kathy pointed out the fact that now I had some red toward the bottom of my dressing! Oh great! I thanked her and knew I had to keep an eye on it! So, right about 20 minutes of 5:00 p.m., Kathy told me I was bleeding! Ugh! I look in the mirror and sure enough - my dressing was filling up with blood! Poopie! I grabbed a couple of napkins from my desk drawer, grabbed my wound care bag and asked Kathy to tell my friend Diana to please come to the restroom where I was headed! I carefully peeled the clear plastic tape off and the pink dressing and saw the arterial squirt of blood shooting out! I quickly got a wet paper towel and put pressure on the area! By then, Diana made it to the restroom and she had some plastic gloves on and started helping me out! We checked a couple of times, but I was still bleeding. We stood around as I held pressure on my wound area, and finally the bleeding stopped! I had called Mark to tell him what was going on just in case I needed him to come over, but I thought we could handle it on our own! Diana got some non-adherant dressing and we put that over the wound and put the clear plastic tape over it - just enough to get me home where Mark could clean and redress it properly!
Made it home ok - took the quickie dressing off and while Mark was cleaning it, he tried removing some surgicel I had toward the top of the dressing, and the area started to bleed! He quickly put pressure on the area, and the bleeding stopped soon enough! We let the area dry up a bit before redressing it, then I took a shower while Mark fixed dinner!
Here is a photo of Hanz and I - since we both bathed today, ha, ha! He's such a cutie! Mark had taken him out for an evening walk a little earlier and now we're all off to bed! Note my puffy eye. Really tired of that! Can't wear ANY make-up and I really wish I could! I love mascara too and that is totally out of the question!
Like I said before, I'm anxious to get to Colorado - I think next time I'll only wait 6 weeks instead of the 8 weeks I did this time between embolizations! Course a lot of it depends on how much "damage" Dr. Yakes does to me! He's so funny - I was telling someone earlier, how Dr. Yakes comes over to give me a big hug and kiss before I get taken to the surgical room! He's really great and I have to trust that all of this will be worth it in the long run! Like I have a choice! Gotta keep moving forward! Thanks again all of you for your well wishes and prayers!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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My buddy, Shalon!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Hi Everyone!
Did everyone have a nice Easter? We had a great one! Nephew Davis was in town from A&M Galveston, and Mark came to Mass as well - so we spent time w/both boys! Mom and Vicente joined us for Mass @ Cathedral - unfortunately, the only one missing from our family was Greg. He's been in Houston though - while his mom has been ill. Celia of course was in the choir loft!
I've decided I just had to share this photo with you of my bud Shalon! She is just looking too cute in her glamorous hospital gown and very cool cap that she made! I had a defendant ask me today how I stay so upbeat and deal w/all my avm stuff ... and I told her I surround myself w/great people that help me stay positive and get through these rough times! Told her about how Shalon brings so many avmers together - and look at her! She is making the best of her situation by making a bright, pretty gown and getting away from those dreary hospital gowns! She set me up on my blog and she is just a great role model for anyone going through a lot - like our embolizations and everything these avms deal out to us!
I just wrote a note to my favorite post-op nurse, Rick Smith! I'm sure hoping he is working when I have my next embolization on the 30th of this month! Rick makes waking up from that procedure as easy as possible! See reminder photo of who Rick is! I can't emphasize enough what an awesome job Rick does! He is anticipating anything I need before I even ask for it! He makes a bad experience as comfortable as possible for the patient - thanks Rick!
Ok! This was just a quick note! I go to wound care in the morning and I'm counting the days until I see Dr. Yakes again! Take care all!
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Happy Easter!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Good Morning Everyone!
Hope all of you are doing well and getting ready for Easter tomorrow! Mark finally got up and he will be making pancakes for breakfast! I thought I would fill you in on a couple of things and add some photos to go with it! Remember I mentioned that Mark checks on me during the night to see how my dressing is looking? The other day Mark had seen some red spots on the dressing, but said I was sleeping so well, he didn't want to bother me! Here is a photo of what he saw. Gross, huh? Here is what the seaweed dressing looks like, and then what the wound looks like when Mark removes the dressing! So now you know what's going on under that dressing! The wound care staff @ Spohn is doing an excellent job, as is my Mark! Dr. Larkin is always telling me what a great job Mark does w/wound care for me!
Last night Mark was playing Spider Solitaire on the computer and I was making a card for a county employee/friend that had surprised me w/a lovely gift recently - when I felt something on my neck. Yup - I was having a bleed! Darn! I had just showered and was wearing a nice nightgown that Mark had chosen for me in Colorado on that trip that both he and Celia went w/me on last year! Luckily, it was a slow bleed, so I don't think I got too much blood on the nightgown! I quickly took that off and changed into something else once the bleeding stopped!
On a brighter note ... nephew Davis is in town from college - A&M Galveston! Celia invited us to join her and Davis for dinner @ La Playa last night! See photo! Davis is making excellent grades, and is in a band that is playing music he has written!
Last, but certainly not least - here is a picture of mommies angel a/k/a Hanz! I had told my mom I wanted to get Hanz an Easter toy, so when she and I had gone to HEB, mom and I both liked this yellow duck stuffed toy! You should have seen Hanz when I handed that over to him! He took to it right away and took off w/it in his mouth! Plus, Vicente had won a puppy blanket the other day, so Hanz ended up with that! Is my kid spoiled or what? He brings us so much joy, that we enjoy spoiling him!
Shalon just got back from having an embolization done w/Dr. Yakes! Let's all keep her in our prayers and check in on her blog to see how her trip went!
Happy Easter Everyone! We love you all and thank you so much for all your prayers and support! Thank you!
Mark & Cyndi
P.S. Celia invited us over to their place for dinner Thursday night! We had not seen Greg in forever, so it was great spending time with him! He looks very good, considering he is exhausted from traveling to Houston every weekend to see his mother that has been ill and in the hospital. Markie prepared the dinner - Sushi! It was awesome and we really enjoyed it! Thanks Markie Poo Hoo!
We're also very happy that Mom and Vicente are back from their vacation safe and sound!
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You're kidding .... right?
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Good Morning Everyone!
Hope you started your morning off better than I did! You guessed it! Another bleed! Yikes! It was inevitable - I had to hack and get that darned phlegm out and just with the force of that, the blood started. UGH! I was trying to cough that out, couldn't breathe because of the blob in my throat and all the while I'm looking in the mirror as the spot of blood on my dressing is getting larger! I pulled my nightgown off, grabbed a towel and hollered for Mark! I was able to get the tegaderm off and got pressure put on the area and it stopped pretty quick! My fear now, is being in Mass and feeling like I need to hack and heaven forbid - have a bleed!!! I'm going to have faith that this doesn't happen! There should be a full house since it's Palm Sunday! I best go get ready - just wanted to give you an update on how I started my morning!
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Another typical day ....
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Hi Everyone!
Hoping most of you are doing well and appreciate the beautiful days we've been having! Thought I would tell you about my latest "adventure"! It started @ about 6:20 a.m. on Friday - about 5 minutes before the alarm went off... I felt my neck with my hand and felt moisture. Turned the light on and of course found that I was bleeding! Called out to Mark so he could get up and help, and he couldn't believe it! Mark said he had just checked me about 15 minutes w/the little flashlight he keeps under my pillow and I was fine! I didn't know he was still checking on me during the night and early morning! It was hard to tell where exactly the blood was coming from, but I knew it was somewhere from the wound on my face! I tried to peel off the Tegaderm (clear plastic) and meanwhile, blood is getting all over the front of my nightgown, the floor, my crocs! Got a paper towel and wet it and held pressure to my face where I thought it was coming from and finally got it stopped! Mark redressed the wound after cleaning it up and got my nightgown soaking in the wash. Got ready for work as usual - and after arriving, I parked and walked toward the courthouse, I was feeling good, considering what I had just gone through. I thought it was nice that Jim had called Mark the night before and during their conversation he asked about how I was doing. I guess Jim also looks @ Shalon's web site, because I heard Mark say something like, "Yeah, these two girls have sure been through a lot with these avms, and it will be a while before they get to the place they want to be when Dr. Yakes is finally done". So all this is going through my head, I'm feeling special that we handled that bleed well and I'm moving on ahead! I got in the elevator with an elderly lady and she and I exchanged pleasantries. We ended our conversation by saying we were blessed to be alive and well - although I did point out my avm to her and told her a little about it. "At least I have hope, and I have a wonderful support system surrounding me", I told her as I waved goodbye! Started going down the hall to get to the office I work in, when another courthouse employee waved hello to me - her name is Cindy as well! She said she had something for me and gave me a big hug and a pretty blue gift bag! Cindy said it was "just because she was thinking of me"! "Wow"! I told her she couldn't have given me that gift bag on a better day after the way I started my morning! I couldn't wait to look in it - but I was pulling my cart that had my wound care bag, my purse, plus I had my coffee mug in my hand! Soon as I got in my office, I set the coffee down and dug into the gift bag to find the cutest white stuffed bear! It has a sheer white bow on it's neck that has a pink design on it, and it's very soft! Also in the bag, was a tiny book titled "The Best Things In Life Begin with ...C"! It is a little book of quotations and I love it! How did Cindy know that I love things like this?! That really caught me by surprise and I so appreciate it! Last week, I got a cute card in the mail from my life-long friend Patty - it was a cheery card that made me laugh! I can always count on her to make me feel better! She and I have been laughing together for about 35 years! Yowza!
Oh! Don't know if I had mentioned this - but last Friday, I was helping a co-worker do some assessments called ASRs (Alcohol Screening Reviews). There is a gentleman (Mario) that comes from the Texas Driving School to help out as well with all the paperwork and copies that need to be done. It just happened that one of the men needing to take the assessments didn't read, so I was asked to read out loud to him, so he could complete what was necessary. Anyway, @ one point, Mario pulled me aside by my arm and asked if he could speak with me. In my mind I'm thinking, what on earth would he say? Mario went on to say he had to tell me how much he admired me, for always being in such a great mood and being so helpful to everyone! He said I'm always upbeat and full of energy! Wow, that's so nice for him to go out of his way to tell me that! It's these little things that help me get through my days! I have little guardian angels all around supporting me with this darned avm that sometimes brings me down!
Anyway, I woke up this morning feeling so congested! I could just feel the phlegm in my chest. I knew I was going to have to get a good hack to get that out and we all know what that means, right? Yup - a possible, probable bleed. I finally decided to get up and give it a go! Sure enough, I got that goop out - GROSS! - but that also caused a bleed! I quickly put a towel on my left shoulder and got ready to get the tegaderm off again! At least this time it was a slow bleed. The one yesterday was really quick and there was so much blood everywhere! So, again ... Mark cleaned up the wound, got it redressed and I've been in bed most of the day!
I should be doing housework, but whose up for that? Not me! I made some popcorn, got a soda, my candy corn and popped Twilight in the dvd player! Hanz hung out w/me for a while and right now I have the movie on pause! I think I'll get back to it, but just wanted to fill you in on my latest avm adventure! I was hoping to put some new photos on here, just to liven up the blog a bit - but the camera is lost in the abyss of our home! So, this is a current photo of Hanz w/his Aunt Celia! I carry a photo album of "Mommies Angel" and Celia noticed I didn't have a photo of her in there - so, here you go! If I get home before Mark does, I let Hanz out of the kitchen where he stays during the day, and clap my hands and sing him "Mommies Angel, mommies angel"! He gets all excited to see me - but the minute he hears Marks van - that's when the excitement really starts happening! Hanz gets on his hind legs trying to look out the screen door, so I pick him up and we wait until "Daddy" gets out of the van so we can all have fun! Hanz has been such a blessing as well - he makes me happy and keeps my mind off all the avm stuff - we're having a blast with him!
Well, I should get back to the movie - My best to you all! We appreciate all your prayers, special Masses (Terry Schneider), love and support you show us on a daily basis! Our love to all of you!
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Bio Channel to be rebranded as FYI next summer
NEW YORK (AP) — A&E Networks says its Bio Channel will be going through big changes next summer.
The company announced Wednesday that Bio is set to be rebranded as FYI. It describes FYI as a contemporary lifestyle network.
A&E Networks head Nancy Dubuc says it will target upscale viewers and will have a younger and more modern sensibility than existing lifestyle networks have displayed.
The network says it has more than 30 potential new series in development meant to inspire and not instruct its audience.
It will be available in nearly 70 million homes.


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This document is really well worth the read.
click the image to visit the website
Two things that are interesting about the examples discussed are:
1) They mainly reduce the factories impact on the environment by saving water, energy or reducing emissions which are often product, raw material or byproduct. So the fixed production costs are very often reduced at the same time as the environment benefits.
2) They are seldom complicated or technologically groundbreaking and are often common sense.
A few examples are
- Campbell Soup reduced energy consumption by 4,85 and water by 13,45% by installing utility meters, introducing recycling, installing energy saving light bulbs and introducing low flow water nozzles.
- Craft Foods reduced its energy cost by 60% for a new cold store by installing it underground in a limestone formation.
- General Mills produces 90% of the steam it uses in its milling and preparation plant for Breakfast cereal production production, by burning the bran produced in the plant.
- Musco Ollives uses 15 tons of olive pressing waste a day to produce enough steam from waste water to produce power for production.
- Kroger distributes 30 million meals a year from food that, although safe and wholesome, is destined for landfill for commercial reasons.


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The blobfish: Ugliest beast of all?
It's a face only a blobfish mother could love, and even that might not be guaranteed.
But the blobfish is beloved by members and followers of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, who voted it the "ugliest animal" on Planet Earth and made it the edu-tainment organization's mascot.
The U.K. group's president, Simon Watt — a biologist, science "communicator," writer, comedian and "TV bod" — announced the winner (loser?) at the British Science Festival.
He believes "the panda gets too much attention," so the UAPS -- described as "a comedy night with a conservation twist" -- sought a mascot "to rival the cute and cuddly emblems used by so many organizations."
"We've needed an ugly face for endangered animals for a long time and I've been amazed by the public's reaction," Watt declared. "For too long, the cute and fluffy animals have taken the limelight but now the blobfish will be a voice for the mingers who always get forgotten."
Scientists and comedians made videos of "11 of Mother Nature's most aesthetically challenged beasts," the group said in anointing Psychrolutes macricus the king of ugly. Runners-up included the world's only parrot that cannot fly; a salamander that never grows up; the Andean "scrotum" water frog; and the proboscis monkey, notable for its big nose.
The UAPS did not release vote totals, saying only that "thousands" had voted. The BBC reported the blob won by almost 10,000 votes.
With its Jimmy Durante schnoz and profound frown, the gelatinous, foot-long blobfish lives under great pressures between 1,800 and 3,600 feet deep off Australia. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has more info, including a podcast.


text: The computational complexity of combinatorial multiple objective programming problems is investigated. NP-completeness and #P-completeness results are presented. Using two definitions of approximability, general results are presented, which outline limits for approximation algorithms. The performance of the well known tree and Christofides' heuristics for the TSP is investigated in the multicriteria case with respect to the two definitions of approximability.


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I was scouring Youtube for link building videos, and while having a good chuckle at some, there was a pretty good video series from the folks at Themematic. A lot of people have blogged and discussed methods of using social media websites such as Squidoo, Hubpages(etc etc etc) for the purpose of providing quality one-way links to your main websites. There's almost no need to exchange links anymore with websites because there are so many one-way link building options out there, why bother?
So the folks at Themematic have put together a formula as well as a product to teach people how they go about constructing this network to gain top ranks. I thought the video was well put together and it is worth the watch if you're currently not doing something like this.
About ThemeMatic Software
ThemeMatic Software was designed specifically to take advantage of the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques taught by Charles Heflin's 'The Master Plan' and in conjuction with the team at Theme Zoom. After modifying an existing e-commerce site and creating another content site from scratch in accordance with 'The Master Plan', top ranking in Google was achieved very quickly. The need for a tool like ThemeMatic became blindingly obvious to us when top site rankings in highly-competitive markets became possible given the correct 'Theme Density', 'Silo Site Structure', 'Internal Linking', and removal of elements that cause 'Theme Bleeding'. At the time that the ThemeMatic Software was being developed, there did not exist a single tool on the market that could achieve the above without massive manual effort on every page of one's site (believe us, we tried it!)


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The Ben Hucke.
Yep. This is happening.
If you follow any well known riders on Instagram, chances are you have noticed them juicing (no, not Lance Armstrong style). Photos of fruits & veggies on countertops have been abundant recently.This is all good in my book. Well… One night, something came over me and I tweeted at some dudes saying "Let's get some juicing recipes on Defgrip. I'm serious!", and Ben Hucke came through like greased lightning without much persuasion from me. It was apparent through the information he provided that he was all about this and knew his shit. Read below for Ben's favorite recipe and its benefits. I've dubbed it "The Ben Hucke".
The Ben Hucke:
Carrots – Known to improve vision, help lower the risk of breast, colon and lung cancer, prevent heart disease, reduce stroke, nourish skin, anti aging effects and dental health.
Beets – Brain and energy boost, super antioxidant, anti inflammatory, cell detox, improve mental health making you feel more positive, reduces risk of skin and lung cancer. Also known as Natures Viagra! haha.
Celery – Immune system, blood pressure, inflammation and arthritis.
Parsley – Immune system, healthy heart, anti inflammatory, arthritis, antioxidants, lowers stress, anti cancer, inhibits the formation of tumors especially in the lungs, colon and prostate.
Cilantro – Metal cleansing (loosens any metals from tissue), lowers effects of anxiety, improves sleep, antibacterial/anti-fungle activity and strong antioxidant.
Cucumber – B vitamins for a quick pick me up, hydration, joint health, fresh breath, hangover cure, and fights cancers, digestion and weight loss.
Apples – Bone protection, asthma help, antihistamine, alzheimers prevention, lower cholesterol, cancer prevention of several different types.
You can add as little or as much of any of these ingredients and it's still good. Adding juicing to my normal diet has helped me out a lot as far as feeling better, clearing my mind, no longer have allergies, acid reflux disease is completely gone and I just have more energy in general. Juicing allows the nutrients to go straight into your blood stream replenishing your cells within five minutes, you can actually feel it happening in that time and feel yourself lift up and ready to go for the day.
In today's society it's hard and it's expensive to live healthy, but slowly adding fresh juices to your diet over time will subconsciously allow you to become more aware of eating healthy and naturally craving healthy foods.
-Ben Hucke
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A day and a night in Luanda, the world's most expensive city
By Claudio Silva, for CNN • Updated 1st August 2013
For the second time in three years, the African city of Luanda has been declared
the most expensive city in the world for expats
by Mercer, a human resources consulting firm.
While it's true that most of the Angolan capital's population lives in poverty on the outskirts of the city, in the center, Porsche Cayennes share the road with Cadillac Escalades and the latest Range Rovers.
Hugo Boss makes such a killing here that it opened a second store within walking distance of the first.
For those not familiar with Luanda, however, the ranking may come as a surprise.
Tokyo (which took top spot in Mercer's survey last year) makes sense as the world's most expensive expat city.
So might Moscow or New York.
But Luanda?
What's it like to visit?
An oil well off the Angolan coast -- the country is dripping with oil wealth and a lot of it ends up in Luanda.
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So, what's this scandalously expensive place -- where a mid-level expat professional might earn $10,000 a month -- like to visit?
First, some context.
Luanda is the capital of Africa's second largest oil producer, Angola (Nigeria beats it), a rising political and economic powerhouse.
Yet the country also suffered a destructive and violent 27-year civil war, ending only in 2002, which crippled its infrastructure and decimated its ability to produce its own food.
As a consequence, almost everything in Luanda has to be imported.
Heavy import duties, along with high taxes and monopolized supply chains linked to the powerful political elite further drive up the price of goods and services to astronomical levels.
Then there's institutional corruption, which creates high prices through price fixing and price collusion.
Sky-high hotel
Most expensive city on the planet? Try living on the Luanda outskirts, like most of the city's population.
Hotels are the visitor's biggest expense.
Despite more opening in recent years, prices have remained stuck at about $500 a night for five-star hotels, $350-400 for four-stars and $300-350 for mid-level lodging.
A meal at Luanda's smartest restaurants will easily top $100 per person, including appetizers and drinks.
Such prices can be supported only by expats working for multinational companies and wealthy Angolans who work for the country's burgeoning oil and banking sectors.
Most Luandans, by contrast, live on the city's periphery and make vastly inferior incomes.
While a mid-level banking professional might take home $8,000-$10,000 a month, a driver or housemaid makes $500 a month, if the boss is feeling generous.
Luxury car traffic jams may be a common sight in the capital, but the roads are appalling and public services -- from driver's license renewal to the post -- are horrendous.
(Perhaps send your postcards after leaving the country.)
Still keen to go?
Luanda is a dynamic, albeit challenging, place to visit and one you're unlikely to forget.
But it doesn't have to be prohibitively expensive -- if you know where to look.
A 'cheap'
day and a night
Say you're in Luanda for a day and a night.
Boats docked in Luanda marina.
STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty
You'll need a hotel:
Epic Sana Luanda
Rua da Missão, Mutamba; +244 222 642 600; from $500 a night
) is considered the best in the city, with prices to match, while
Executive Hotel Samba
Rua da Samba s/n, Samba, Luanda; +244 915407117; from $300
), offers rare decent value, all things considered.
As soon as you step out of the hotel door, the only way to avoid a cash hemorrhage is to follow the age-old expat line and start living like a local.
The city doesn't have much in the way of museums and public parks, but it's worth walking along the recently refurbished Marginal, the seafood promenade that stretches from the local port to the Ilha, the peninsula jutting into Luanda Bay.
If you do, keep an eye on the imposing, whitewashed Portuguese fort perched on a hill overlooking the city; once you get close, take a left, go up the hill and you'll find an armed forces museum (
+244 222 373 623
) located inside the structure.
Beach life
Beach life ... free in Luanda.
Beaches are a must in Angola in summer.
Near Luanda, Mussulo Island is a spit of land with thatch-roofed restaurants and hotel bungalows on one side and miles of deserted beach, with fantastic waves, on the other.
You can catch water taxis out to Mussulo at the Embarcadouro dock ($5) and spend the day there.
Another option is to get out of Luanda altogether and head 40 kilometers south to the Miradouro da Lua, a beautiful landscape of cliffs, pinnacles and valleys stretching toward the horizon.
Dotted with baobab trees, the long, empty savanna will make you question why everyone stays crammed in the city.
At Cabo Ledo, about 150 kilometers south of Luanda, you'll find some of the country's finest beaches, excellent for surfing.
Angolan cuisin
Angola has a culinary tradition influenced by 500 years of Portuguese colonization and seafood from more than a thousand kilometers of coastline.
Angolan cuisine takes advantage of more than a thousand kilometers of coastline . Presumably these fish don't know how much they'll end up costing.
JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images
In the Mutamba, Luanda's central business district, a good spot for lunch is
Rua da Missão 16, Mutamba; +244 923 542 868
), a friendly Angolan bistro where the beer is cold and the food is cheap. It's within walking distance of some of the city's most popular hotels and the average check is $20.
At Ilha, where many of the city's best restaurants are located, two low-key favorites are
Casa do Peixa da Gabela
Rua Massano de Amorim, Chicala
) and
Restaurante da Dona Bela
Rua Massano de Amorim, after Poupalá on your left side; it has blue walls and white bars on the outside
At both places you can eat a feast -- featuring excellent mufete, a local delicacy of beans stewed in palm oil, grilled tilapia, onion vinaigrette, boiled plantains, sweet potatoes and yucca -- for about $17.
For dinner, on the fringes of central Luanda in the Bairro Popular you can try the excellent cuisine of Angolan master chef Rui Sá at his
Restaurante & Bar 688
Rua da Janela Aberta, Bairro Popular, Luanda; +244 943 256 193
Entrees here rarely top the $30 mark, and if they do it's because you're getting enough food for two.
And if you want to splurge -- this is the world's most expensive city, after all -- Lookal Mar (
Rua Murtala Mohamed 15, Ilha do Cabo, Luanda; +244 936 000 018/9
) is the king of Luanda restaurants.
Entrees here can cost $150 -- seafood is flown in from Portugal three times a week.
You're spoiled for choice if you want to prolong your night in Luanda.
The city's new nightlife darling is the Switch Supper Club, in the bowels of the Epic Sana Hotel.
But you could skip the $40 minimum spend there and experience true Luanda nightlife at the W Club -- where there's all kinds of music, a welcoming crowd and the $20 cover includes three drinks.
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ANAHEIM -- Right-handed reliever Mike Morin, in just his second full season of pro ball, wanted to get to Yankee Stadium on Sunday after his recall from Triple-A Salt Lake City before anyone changed their mind.
The Gulls were playing in Reno when Morin got the news. He had to fly to Salt Lake and change planes, but that flight was delayed two hours. Heavy traffic in New York delayed him again, and he arrived at the stadium via taxi 45 minutes before game time.
"I was stressed a bit, but I didn't get stressed out," Morin, 22, said on Monday at Angel Stadium.
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Paquete gratuito de herramientas de gestión, comunicación y colaboración.4 /5 (435 opiniones) ¡Escribe una reseña!
Producto muy completo
Un producto CRM absolutamente completo y moderno, a un costo bastante accesible a mi parecer.
Puntos a favor
Es un software extremadamente completo, con él no es necesario obtener más ningún otro producto para contabilidad y facturas. Así como ningún otro programa para correos corporativos ni de marketing. Este software tiene integración completa con todos los módulos necesarios para llevar al máximo la optimización de cualquier compañía. Es excelente.
Puntos en contra
Así como es tan completo este programa, me parece que es mucho mas necesario para empresas medianas a grandes.
El mejor software para recursos humanos
Gracias a Bitrix24, he podido llevar un control en la empresa de los empleados, es un sistema fácil de utilizar y brinda una asistencia eficaz cuando se le requiere, lo recomiendo a un 100%.
Puntos a favor
Me ha gustado que es fácil utilizar y la atención al cliente es excelente.
Puntos en contra
Hasta, el momento llevo un año usándolo y aún no me ha dado ningún tipo de problema.
Bitrix24 Is an All in One CRM and Collaboration Platform
I can integrate my social media account, and above all, their email service is one of it's kind and it's helped my business drastically in collaboration.
Puntos a favor
Bitrix24 is a complete Workspace software and Customer Relation Mangement software to organize and manage all your work in one place including collaboration and live streaming to social media.
Bitrix helps to integrate your social media accounts and helps you manage them within as well.
Puntos en contra
Bitrix24 can be somehow complicated for the beginning, but with time, you get used to it and can work almost with little or no supervision.
Robust, but unpolished
I'm enjoying it because of its collaborative features and the adoption of it at our organization is pretty good.
Puntos a favor
The features are a pleanty. There's so much diversity of functionality and you really can make it work the way you want.
Puntos en contra
UX feels a little bit clunkly. Also, the web-app and the desktop app play strangely together. There's no good reason why I shouldn't be able to fully function in one over the other.
Best Sales and Project Management Software
I didn't have project management software, my biggest, difficulty was inventory control, my team, although it was small, had this difficulty, which hindered the company's overall performance.
The software helped us to have an overview of the sales processes and thus correct the errors, today we can control the sales of the internal team, representatives, and end customers who buy directly from the website. The sales processes were automated, and I have greater control over my company and my employees and thus extract better performance from my team.
Puntos a favor
What I like most about this software is that despite providing total control over projects, sales, inventory, contacts, and prospects, it is extremely simple to use the software, another differential is the automation of processes it provides, customer support to it is excellent.
Puntos en contra
Actually, I didn't find any negative points in the software because it completely met my company's needs.
Good Product but Poor Service - Definitely not located in USA
I'm a partner, their sales team is in UTC+2 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Support is UTC 8 - 5:30, tech support is UTC+3 8:30 to 5. You have to be awake between Midnight and 4 to get support from them or even a simple response. If a thing doesnt work for their customers they have to goto their partners. and subscribe a paid plan for them to fix it. OTP was working and suddenly stopped working. and Only my account was setup with OTP and not my clients. Client wants to do monthly plan and bitrix wants me to sign them for quarterly plan. Poor ethics. Partners cant sell you one month, they have to sell only 3 months minimum. I lost a client because of my client wanted one month and bitrix wants me to sign them up for three months. there are way better CRMs which will support you in US time zone. Bitrix sales and tech support uses google translator for responding. so if they dont understand what you are saying them, its googles fault. Its lot of hassles, and if you have great customer service you can manage any software. try few other crms and read a lot of reviews before going for bitrix else you will be stuck like my customer after an year half way down deep.
Puntos a favor
User Interface.
Easy navigation
Less Learning Curve
Puntos en contra
They use google translator for responding. so if they dont understand what you are saying them, its googles fault.
You have to be awake between Midnight to 4 to get support from them or even a simple response.
Most of them are Untrained and Inexperienced support techs.
Easily the best CRM for its price
Bitrix24 is absolutely underrated as a CRM. The features seem a bit complicated at first, until you dive in and see just how sophisticated the entire backend of this software is. It is more customizable than any public software I have used, and I honestly don't want to think about how much time and money I would need to sink into my business structure if it weren't for Bitrix24.
Puntos a favor
The fact that you can customize this software like you have a blank slate in front of you is phenomenal. If you can dream up a business process, you can do it with Bitrix24.
Puntos en contra
Customer support is limited, and any issues I had (although they were rare) took a while to fix my issue, if they fixed it at all.
Many features - not clear use cases
The overall experience is positive, but it is not easy to use all the functions as they are not interoperable with each other (example: project management with CRM)
Puntos a favor
It has a lot of features if offers for free/trial, it allows addins for functionality and covers many aspects of a company operation.
Puntos en contra
Most of the functions are not clearly organized in use cases or user journeys leading to an end-result for each functionality.
Tracking made easy
Puntos a favor
Easy to use... you need maximum a day training and you can navigate yourself afterwards
Puntos en contra
Hmmm too many features and it's a bit hard to navigate
Too clunky
I decided not to go with Bitrix24 because simply I was overwhelmed with how many options there were. I prefer integrations.
Puntos a favor
Bitrix24 seemed to have a lot of great qualities and integration options.
Puntos en contra
I was interested in this CRM system for a while, but implementation was confusing.
A comprehensive CRM for managing interactions
Bitrix24 is an outstanding CRM meant for social collaboration and for managing interactions with clients and team members. When we deployed Bitrix24 at work, we are able to collaborate with project teams more efficiently and get informed about the ongoing tasks in real-time. We are able to create a workgroup, assign multiple tasks to the project members, track their progress using visualization tool likes graphs and Gantt charts. Also, we are able to track leads and manage sales funnel in the CRM.
Puntos a favor
The working interface in Bitrix24 is smooth and overall navigation into the app is a charm. On the left, of your app screen can find your workspace, from where you can create tasks. Also, the CRM section can be accessed from the side navigation bar which includes Leads, Invoices, Reports, Events, Contacts, and so on. I can import my leads(CSV file) into the application or just manually type it into the application. The application is simply great when it comes to managing leads and dealing with the product sales cycle.
Puntos en contra
The only downside with Bitrix24 is the way the notifications pops out, It's really annoying when a bunch of notifications appears, and the major concern is to deal with important notifications out of the bulks.
CRM you can set up in 5 minutes but need weeks to learn all features
Bitrix was one of the CRM cervises we tested for a company. It's worth noting, the Bitrix was ready for that company, but employees and the company were still not ready for Bitrix24.
Puntos a favor
Bitrix probaly has everything a company needs to manage its client base and set up a sales process. Account can be created and set up in minutes.
Puntos en contra
Bitrix attract a lot of free users and possibly this is the reason sometimes the servers are overloaded. Or, maybe, the reason for some slow downs is related to the numerous featured the service offers.
Very helpful software
Puntos a favor
-Everything you need to work with tasks: templates, collaborators, time tracking, reminders (including e-mail), auto-renewal of paused tasks, Gantt chart with different links "in the tail and in the mane."
-Custom Kanban board.
-A calendar of tasks and events both throughout the company and by departments and selected employees.
-Robots and triggers in tasks. In a few clicks, you can implement most simple, but extremely routine-free scripts.
-Very convenient chat - you can work both on the site and through the desktop client.
-Good mobile version (Android, iPhone).
-Built-in IP-telephony.
-Built-in work with mail through IMAP.
-Automatic group / project chat for members.
-Wide differentiation of access rights (if not too lazy to configure).
-Calendar-schedule of absences of employees (attendance tracking, "who/where /why").
-Meetings - it is convenient to hold meetings on a list of issues, draw up minutes of meetings.
- Many other extensions, including free ones.
Puntos en contra
-In some places there is a confusion between the new and the old interface (not all parts of the portal have moved to a new track).
-Somewhere they dropped useful commands in the context menus and the necessary buttons, and do not want to return. For example, "copy a task with or without nested subtasks" - earlier this was solved with one daw, but now only one option is hard-coded. In general, the usual story when updating to new versions (remember the transition from Windows 7 to 8, and then from 8 to 10).
In the new interface, tasks on the company page (CRM) are inconveniently done - before it was a table with search / filter and sorting, and now it's just a list without details. This is due to the transition to a new concept. You can understand, but it's difficult to get used to. We have to go to the section "Tasks and Projects" and there already look for the tasks of the company by its name, although we have already been to the tasks page of the company ("Cases").
-We use CRM (leads, deals), chats with visitors (the chat works directly from Yandex search results through Yandex.Dialogs, as well as from the site), tasks, projects, meetings and meetings.
It works properly in a virtual machine.
If there is an active license, it is successfully updated. Technical support usually responds within 24 hours.
Most of the issues are solved (we give access to the portal with an IP restriction, then turn it off
A Secret Jewel
Ok, I have been using Bitrix24 for several years now... sometimes for little things, some other times just for testing and understand how the product has been changing over the time, but right now is a true hidden jewel for me. This CRM delivers everything in one package, I can run almost my entire company on it. CRM, Prospects, Projects, Intranet, Workflows, Phones, Unified Communications, etc. If this piece of software adds accounting and financials to the packages, it would be a one-stop solution for every entrepreneur.
I think that the most valuable feature I ever see on this tool is the fact that the CRM processes are truly customizable... I mean, most of the CRM systems let you customize small things like the field name, some behaviors and some other little stuff (almost meaningless), however, Bitrix24 lets you change everything to fit from a single person orden processing to a multilanguage sales operation, super easy, and if you need to try different angles, you can create multiple pipelines with different configurations...
As i said before, I have tried Bitrix24 in the past, also worked with most of the popular ones (from Microsoft to Zoho and NoCRM) and since i rediscover the new features and funcitionalitis from Bitrix 24 im not looking aymore
You can try it for free and send me a comment about it.
Puntos a favor
1.-) Super customizable, multi pipelines, streamlined CRM
2.-) Great team management and employee time sheets system
3.-) Unified communications
4.-) the ability to attach phone numbers to it (and make and receive calls)
5.-) Multichannel contact widget for your website, directly connected to the CRM
6.-) Automation and visual workflow designer
7.-) website builder included (awesome for landing and squeeze pages)
8.-) Taks, Schedule and project management
9.-) Great community support
Puntos en contra
- The free version attaches a Bitrix24 reference at the bottom of every email.
- A couple of functions are not polished or clear enough (at least for me).
- Don't have an accounting feature.
Everything your team needs to get things done on one page, which can be a bit of a problem
Puntos a favor
Bitrix24 has an astonishing number of advanced services available in its free tier -- basically everything except Advanced CRM and Tasks or a lot of online storage, restricted to 12 users. That has to be some kind of record for a service of this type and power. 12 users! For a small business that needs a comprehensive space to communicate, collaborate, get things done, follow up leads, even answer emails and make telephone calls! I really can't think of a more powerful solution at this price. The Activity Stream is among the best of its kind.
The paid plans are also very reasonable considering what you get. There's even a special plan at $69/month for businesses that don't need a lot of users or storage space but have a lot of sales to make and/or leads to follow up on. That strikes me as very very smart. The price is this aggressive, I would imagine, because of the traction of well-known solutions like Salesforce, which all the better for consumers, of course.
Puntos en contra
Even though I appreciate everything there one page ready for me to use, the sheer amount of choices can be a bit daunting. Luckily, the lefthand nav can be configured so you can hide stuff you don't need. The design looks to my eyes about 5 years out of style so the UI could use an upgrade, for sure. I'm not sure design is this company's strong point. For instance, the default desktop image makes the menu items hard to read. These seems like quibbles though, don't they. My team ultimately decided on another collaborative space because our needs were half-editorial and Bitrix24 can't really help you there.
Bitrix24 is a very complete tool
Bitrix24 is amazing to manage the tracking and delegation of tasks, this allows us to easily talk with all the members of our teams, we also use it a lot to use calendars and reminders effectively to accomplish the work, thanks to this collaboration software and the teamwork has improved, our internal communication has also experienced a remarkable improvement, we plan to continue using this tool for a long time.
Puntos a favor
This software has excellent customization features, such as graphics, that help provide accounting information to all customers, I also like the user interface and custom background options and especially the video theme, with this tool I keep the community more linked through sequences of activities, group conversations between departments and other commercial networks, calendars and work groups, in addition to all this, Bitrix24 is an excellent tool for managing projects and sales, as they provide communication between all active members in the Company projects, therefore, allow each member to be aware of what is happening.
Puntos en contra
I think that the only negative aspect I have found for this software is its technical support, it takes a long time to respond, and when they do they are not clear in their answers, the times they need your help they have not been able to solve my problem.
Brilliant!...All in one solution for Internal communication and project management
We are using Bitrix24 for internal communication and basic task management. Its been a great experience especially with a lot of features. I would surely keep on using.
Puntos a favor
- Bitrix24 consist of lots of features and modules that can be switched on or off as needed which is huge plus because it makes it really easy to manage your projects while keeping software simple
- Implementation and learning of the software is very easy and that's what our staff loved about it
- It has great value for money and pricing is unbeatable as compared to other software solutions in the market for same purpose
- Brilliant within the company social feature.
- Accessible on multiple platform which is huge plus. Can be accessed through Web site, Mobile apps and Desktop application for WIndows, Mac and even Linux platform. That's a brilliant thing I would say
Puntos en contra
- There is a lot of room in improvement of user experience. If developers can work on User Experience that would be great
- Navigation is not that easy and is really confusing for project management features again this might be related to user experience. I would say they can really improve that.
- Configurations are not very flexible i.e you can not configure the software according to your needs you have to work with what is provided by the developers itself.
- It would have been great if they had a training scheduler or calendar management feature.
All in one CRM solution / Best for middle-sized companies and teams to handle leads and work with deals
Puntos a favor
Bitrix24 has a lot of great features, but its biggest advantage that I have used is an all-in-one solution. We have a chat there, can work with deals, create schedules, assign tasks with ease and track progress on specific work with history and recent actions taken by the responsible person
Bitrix24 has its own marketplace where you can set integration with many services, like mail chimp or a certain work process optimizer.
Since I started working in Bitrix24, their UI has changed a lot and has become more user friendly. At first it was a bit complicated, but the team is working a lot to make it user-friendly. I can see the work
Even in a free plan, bitrix24 leaves a lot of space for adjusting the platform to the companies approach. you can create teams and spaces and plan sales and development processes
Puntos en contra
I also don't believe that their approach to upgrades is comfortable. Even though it does not take much time, but once in a while, the whole service goes down displaying that it is updating and you need to wait. This sometimes can slow work of the department and cause problems
Being a power house CRM system, bitrix24 is sometimes slow, although I can see that bitrix team is working to improve it.
Excellent value and overall feature set, just needs a bit of polishing the rough edges.
I've tried a number of project management/collaboration tools including Asana, Basecamp, Wrike, Wunderlist, Zoho, Salesforce, etc. I can't speak to the customer support of Bitrix, as I haven't contacted them. So far, the system has been fairly reliable. The desktop Windows client is somewhat limited compared to the web version, but for most offices, I can't imagine this is a big deal. I really haven't used the CRM or telephony options, so I can't comment on them.
Puntos a favor
1. Price. The free version offers a fantastic feature set for up to 12 users. Better yet, when you finally outgrow the 12 seats, the pricing model is the cheapest I've seen with this level of all around features. How can you beat an unlimited employees option with 100gb of storage for only $99 per month? It blows away the competition when it comes to the pricing model. 2. The feature set is very deep. One of my problems with tools like Asana is that it is absolutely fantastic when it comes to project management for small groups, but lacks Gannt charts, CRM functionality, etc. Don't get me wrong, Asana is a great tool, but a limited one to a specific use case scenario. 3. The developers of Bitrix have added additional functionality via Zapier. Zapier is similar to IFTTT, only it a paid program to connect 3rd party apps. 4. One-time cost option for on-premise organizations that need to satisfy specific regulatory or security requirements. Can add additional users to the platform for a one-time cost.
Puntos en contra
1. Not as "snappy" fast as Asana and other super streamlined AJAX apps. Page loads and menus are heavier sometimes in functionality, but at a sacrifice of speed. It isn't terrible, but compared to the instant loading of other competitors, it is noticeable. 2. More work needs to be put in on the tutorials, FAQ's and general knowledge base. The system itself is actually more mature than the documentation describing how to use it. You will spend a bit of time learning how to find your way around. Hopefully they'll flesh this out as time goes on. 3. The user interface isn't as "slick" compared to some other options. To me, it just seems a bit busy. There are lots of powerful features within Bitrix, but things need a bit of cleaning up and "gloss" to make it really beautiful.
Powerful and all in one project management and CRM solution
Puntos a favor
I used to work with Asana for my teams and tasks management earlier, then I found this one as such a powerful tool. It has almost all the things available which I needed. The features which I used are tasks management, calendar, Birtix24 drive and webmail. Tasks management is so detailed. You can create tasks with timelines. It shows the stage of every tasks and its timeline that you are on time or pending. There is multiple options available for tasks management with the team. Like you can set up responsible person, observers and participants in the tasks. Project management is also very good, you can create public/private , private visible and private hidden project Gantt chart etc. In employee section you can set up company structure in the form of departments and can assign employees in the departments. I used the webmail and setup my own domain and its working pretty smooth.
Puntos en contra
The problems which I faced initially, I found its user interface a bit complex as I moved on Bitrix24 from Asana, but by the time I got use to it and it feels so simple to use now. One more thing is that its desktop client has very limited feature like the web version. There should be more features available on the desktop version as well.
The best Web Builder in the world!
Just heavenly. The cons may seem much but they a low weighted. I honestly didn't mind thr challenge and I was learning after all how to use the system better. Bitrix24 changed my life in such a positive light, I truely would not be where I am without it
Puntos a favor
Honestly I don't what my life would be without bitrix24. I use it literally every single day to make websites. And they offer such low rates on their premium plans. It'a geek heaven in all it's glory. It also has wide functionality and customizations to play around with to your creativity.
Puntos en contra
It's can be buggy sometimes.
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Can be frustrating to get support from staff at times since it is not built intially by them or so I was told in a top rated blog of theirs... I had to repeat several processes over and over sometimes and it gave me a mental rush. But I had patience with my sweet lil bitrix24 and it rewarded me with a beautiful website I am so proud of.
It does a lot, maybe even too much!
This is a stellar tool for mid-size companies or smaller shops on the rise and growing. It fits neatly in that space where you have a little money to spend on worthwhile products but not the ludicrous amounts of money you'd have to spend for "enterprise class" tools such as those from Oracle and SAP. That said, for smaller companies or start-ups it is way too complex and has far too great a learning curve. Small shops simply don't have the time and resources to dedicate to learning a tool as feature rich and comprehensive as Bitrix. All in all though, if you are keen to get value for your money, you'd be hard pressed to find more value for money than that offered by Bitrix 24.
Puntos a favor
The ability to scale into different functional areas as companies grow. The product is very extensible, well thought out and lends itself extremely well to smaller growing companies as well as mid-sized established companies.
Puntos en contra
Just too much to chew for smaller shops or start-up companies. Very difficult for small co's to take on even when they can see the advantage of having a tool they can grow in to.
Best Project Management tool for teams
My overall experience with Bitrix24 is very good. It helps me and my organization to track every project very efficiently. We use this application on daily basis. This is one of the must have application for every team.
Puntos a favor
I like Bitrix24 because it provides lot of features in the free version itself like Kanban and Gantt. I really like the user interface and the custom background options and specially the video theme. It also provides the inbuilt drive storage, So I can store all my files there. The messaging feature helps me lot to chat with the teammates. The tasks is one of the best feature that Bitrix24 provides. You can add observer, responsible person in particular tasks. The commenting section of the tasks helps to provide real time feedback and queries. Also, the application for various platforms helps me to track everything. The efficiency feature is a very good feature, it shows how efficient you are with your tasks. It also has an integrated web mail that helps me to read all my mails right in Bitrix24.
Puntos en contra
The notification system of the application is little annoying because whenever I log in, I see the same notifications again and again sometime. So that needs to be fixed.
'Bitrix24- Feature packed ERP'
My experience is Bitrix24 have reduced physical and psychological stress of the team members and management thereby giving the opportunity to utilize saved time for additional responsibilities. Most importantly Bitrix has brought happiness and privilege for team members.
Puntos a favor
Bitrix 24 is a feature packed ERP that has thought deeply about Project Management. It comes with built-in extra features found in ERPs making it a versatile tool for operational efficiency. Features such as project management tasks, Gantt charts, task dependencies and checklists etc shows each team members responsibility from the start to completion of their tasks and the easy to follow graphical representations helps in easy comprehension. The management has the privilege of monitoring the progress and take timely actions where necessary. Exchange of information and ease of communication among team members such as through sharing of important mails in one platform contributes for efficiency and achievement of schedules. All these features contribute to improve team efficiency thereby get maximum productivity of employees and successfully deliver customer orders within the scheduled time frames.
Since Bitrix works on multi platforms project members have the ease of access in different locations and under diverse situations.
Puntos en contra
Haven't come across serious issues within my environment.
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cold calls, routine calls, call tracking, voicemail recordings and monitoring of workers phone usage from the office
its better than using service providers like econet and netone
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l had a chance to use bitrix24 at an internship for cold calling to customers
it recognizes and picks up old numbers from previous calls which is handy when you are making bulk calls
it allows for other incoming calls whilst you are own call, recording of phone conversation and keeping of a list of contacts
its the good to go platform if you have WiFi and you need to do bulk calls
it allows web conferencing which is just great at a work place.
its easy to use too, and you don't need to maintain anything at all
it can be configured to give voicemail and instructions to clients
you only need headphones, and a computer it does not necessarily require a telephone to make calls
one can monitor calls directly at the workplace, no need to wait for the service provider to give you a call log at the end of the month like we used to do with Telone and other Zimbabwean service providers
Puntos en contra
it is an expensive software to maintain


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This file contains the fish number, recap number, species, lengths, weights, sex and a list of tissues sampled of fish captured in lakes near the Toolik Lake Arctic LTER site during summers from 1986 to present. The file also contains information from gill-netted fish (if any), sacrificed fish, and accidentally killed fish. All dead fish are included, and if their stomachs and otoliths were taken, that is noted also.
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Zooplankton density in number per liter for all samples collected from arctic lakes near Toolik Lake Field Station (Arctic LTER) in summer from 1983 to 1992 (inclusive). NOTE: The dates for 1992 are WRONG in versions 1 and 2. The original dates were entered in several date formats which resulted in conversion errors.


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'Headhunters': The Caper Flick, Raised To A Fine Art
'Headhunters': The Caper Flick, Raised To A Fine Art
- Director: Morten Tyldum
- Genre: Thriller
- Running Time: 100 minutes
Rated R for bloody violence, including some grisly images, strong sexual content and nudity
With: Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
In Norwegian and Danish with subtitles
At the beginning of the Norwegian thriller Headhunters, Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) will likely strike you as just about the cockiest insecure guy you've ever met.
Smirking as he pads around his pristine, glass-walled home in boxer shorts, he swirls a heart into the foam on the coffee he's taking to his gorgeous, blond and naked wife (former model Synnove Macody Lund) in their enormous open shower. Then as she moves from the streaming water to kiss him, he has to lean up, because she's half a head taller than he is.
"I'm 5-foot-6," he tells us in a voice-over. "You don't need a Ph.D. to realize that I overcompensate for my height."
He does the overcompensating by showering his wife with gifts so she won't look at other men — that sleek home he doesn't much like, expensive jewelry, an art gallery of her own to manage — none of which he can afford on his salary as a corporate recruiter.
So on the side, Roger steals art. Not from his wife's gallery, but from his own clients. Listen to the innocent-sounding lifestyle questions he asks the executives he's interviewing for corporate presidencies — what sort of painting hangs on their living room walls? Does the wife work? Who stays with the kids when they're sick? Any allergies to, say, dogs? — and you'll realize he's pinpointing how vulnerable their homes are and when they'll be empty.
As played by Hennie, Roger is as smooth and crisp as the lines of his modernist mansion, especially when he gets wind of a Rubens masterpiece belonging to a handsome counterterrorism hotshot. Clas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the arrogant Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones), is just the sort of guy Roger can imagine his wife leaving him for.
And for reasons that aren't immediately clear, Clas is not someone you want to get on the wrong side of. So when Roger goes for the painting, every aspect of the jigsaw-puzzle life he's assembled — job, marriage, affair, art heists — starts coming apart. One day he's sipping champagne in a white-glove restaurant, the next he's panicking in a rural outhouse literally in deep ... well, you get the idea. How this flaxen-haired corporate headhunter finds himself bald, bloodied and fleeing someone who is not-metaphorically hunting his actual head, you'll want to discover for yourself.
Though Roger spends the film almost constantly in fear of his life, director Morten Tyldum is less intent on making his story scary than on making it fascinating. The film has some fairly grisly violence, but also considerable humor and the sort of intricate, thought-through storytelling you'd expect from Hitchcock or the Coen brothers.
The film almost seems like a cinematic illustration of Chekhov's rule about guns on stage: "If you see a gun in the first act, it needs to go off in the second." In Headhunters, you see giant twin police officers and wonder, "Why so big? Why twins?"
Trust me, you'll soon find out. (Recommended)


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Organic Ribbing, Black
$ 5.50
Price is per half yard.
This summer weight ribbing has a smooth feel, wonderful stretch and recovery, and can be great for those projects where a light to mid weight ribbing is needed/desired.
95% GOTS certified organic cotton, 5% elastane/spandex. 250 gsm "summer weight". 84-90 cm tubular knitted (42 x 2 width). OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified free from harmful substances.
Made in Europe.
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Beware of VAC Motorsports
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Beware of VAC Motorsports
I just had a long headache of an issue with VAC motorsports I wanted to relay to everyone. If they have such a difficult job completing a simple order, Im not sure how anyone can trust them with something serious like building a motor. This is what happened with me. I got Recaro seats and needed mounting hardware for them and decided to go with all VAC parts since I hear they are the best.
I placed an order with VAC Motorsports. I purchased their seat belt adapters and side mounts for Recaros. These were placed after speaking on the phone with 2 different representatives and confirmed that these parts are necessary and what would fit my seats.
I attempt installing seats in my car. I begin working on drivers side seat and when I attempt to mount the side mounts to my seats there isnt enough of a gap for a bolt to be put under to fit to the floor mounts. I initially contact VAC and explain the problem. They look it over with their engineer and say that maybe Im putting the side mounts on backwards. I try flipping them around (they are now the opposite of what the install instructions I am provided with say) and they still dont work. They agree that their side mounts are the issue and I request these to be replaced with Recaro side mounts. My car remains apart as I figure the replacement mounts will be here shortly and I dont want to go through the labor and spend the time to put my car back together when Ill just have to pull it apart again in a couple days.
Am told by VAC rep that they will place a order for them to be drop shipped to me.
I find out that there is only 1 side of Recaro side mounts in stock through phone call and I should be receiving it tomorrow. I figure Ill just get the one side for now as my car is apart and waiting for these parts to put it back together. Later that day I sent a email to VAC asking which ones they ordered. Steel/Aluminum and to confirm a pic of what they ordered.
I get a reply saying he BELIEVES they are the aluminum Recaro universals.
I call and email every 1-2 days requesting tracking information. I either get no replys, take messages and never here back, or a let me check and call you right back and nothing ever happens.
I finally get the VAC representative on the phone and he says that he forgot to order me the side mounts. Not sure how that is possible as he had already told me that he has done it and I kept bugging him about it. He said he would order them right then and I would be getting them in a few days.
Then towards the end of the day I get a email saying that they cannot order me my replacement side mounts until I have a tracking number for them for the return of the old mounts. I respond with an email saying how ridiculous it is that they couldnt have told me this 2 weeks ago when we initially had the issue. I have already waited a long time with no resolve. I leave my class and rush home to make it to the UPS store and send the brackets out. Send him the tracking info.
Get a response saying that he is sorry and they are short staffed recently.
VAC receives the side mounts I shipped back to them. I still do not have a tracking number.
I inform VAC that I have shipped their side mounts back to them across the country before they can even provide me with a tracking number for my replacements. I also ship back the seat belt adapters and provide them the tracking number for that item. I request a refund for both items. Order side mounts through another distributor.
I get a response from VAC rep in shock that I have not received the mounts yet. Well, why would I have if he never placed the order? Agrees to send me a refund for my order.
I still have not received a refund from VAC. I open a credit card dispute.
Was expecting credit card company to contact me and get my side of the story and emails that I have from VAC. They close the case stating that VAC has a tracking number for the replacement side mounts for me (still doesnt explain the seat belt adapters either). I am still waiting on that tracking number or any info. They also stated that I have damaged their side mounts in the process of attempting to install them as they have scratches on them and are now unsellable. So for those of you who decide to use the VAC mounts, do not torque your bolts down as that is apparently not the way they are supposed to be installed. I have reopened my credit card dispute and will be submitting all paperwork so they can see who clearly is at fault and the liar in this case.
After close to a month of not receiving mounts, now I am close to a month without a refund either. Take it for what its worth but I will not be ordering from VAC anymore. I dont mean to bash them because they make some good products like their floor mounts, but this was just ridiculous and I needed to share. There are plenty of better vendors who have gone above and beyond in helping me and they deserve my business.
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How could one translate the phrase "I resent the implication"? The way I hear it now and then is as an answer in a conversation and as I understand it, it is polite talk when someone is offended by something just said (or just implied) but I can't think of a good translation.
So my questions are whether my understanding of the phrase is correct (or at least not totally off) and if so, how could one translate the phrase to a proper and polite German one to be used in such a situation?