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  • 3 Powerful Habits to Set You Up For BIG Success in 2014

    If you’re like most entrepreneurs, no one taught you what successful habits you should be incorporating into the day-to-day running of your biz. Instead, you brought whatever working habits you learned at either your last place of employment or maybe even from school. And while those habits may have served you at that time, you may be finding they’re holding you back from growing your biz. So I want to share 3 powerful habits you can start doing right now to grow a successful, profitable biz, without making yourself crazy…

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  • Get a Head Start on Your 2014 Sales Goals with Housekeeping

    While everyone is in the festive mood, all you sales professionals are perhaps busy figuring out what to do next year to boost the sales of the company. This is the perfect time to plan your sales goals for 2014 and analyze how you can achieve them. The first thing you can begin with…

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  • Firemen take 12 hours to put out Pengerang blaze

    Firemen take 12 hours to put out Pengerang blaze

    Firemen take 12 hours to put out Pengerang blaze 1

    KOTA TINGGI: The Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) needed more than 12 hours to extinguish the blaze at the Pengerang Integrated Complex’s diesel hydro treating (DHT) unit last night.

    Johor JBPM operations commander Pauzan Ahmad said this was because the blaze was too intense and the pressure from the DHT piping system was too strong.

    “There were too many pipes at the scene, while those which were leaking were 15 feet high.

    “So, we had to do some cooling first to stabilise the situation,” he told a press conference, here today.

    Pauzan said that it was only when the pressure from the pipes began to subside that they were able to start searching for the victims and found the first body at 3.56am.

    The second and third bodies were discovered at 4am, followed by the fourth (9.12am) and fifth (12.42pm).

    “The fourth body was found on fourth level of the unit’s platform while the others were found on the ground floor,” he said.

    He said, after that, they carried out “flushing” to remove any material inside the pipes before allowing the forensic team to go in and begin their investigations.

    Meanwhile, he said the firefighting operation involved 107 officers and personnel from six Fire and Rescue Stations, including from Sebana Cove, Bandar Penawa, Pasir Gudang and Larkin. – Bernama

    Firemen take 12 hours to put out Pengerang blaze
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  • Ways To Reduce Stress In Your Life

    Women can be especially susceptible to stress, and new research shows that stress can have devastating consequences, including long-term serious illness. Unchecked, stress can wreak havoc on your mind and body, leading to anxiety and depression as well as physical health problems like gastrointestinal complaints, headaches, and other chronic maladies.Let?s explore some simple techniques you can start using today to help reduce stress.

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  • Three Email Tests to Try Today

    Here are three email tests to help you start optimizing your program today.

    Time of Day: A quick glance of my inbox shows that many senders continue to send weekday mornings. In contrast, most studies on shopping show that most people buy in the evening after work or on weekends. If it?s been a while or you?ve never tested time of day for email sends now is a good time to start testing. Start with general day parts (morning vs. afternoon and morning vs. evening). If you see an uptick for a particular day part, then try expanding testing by breaking that day part down to hourly increments to fine tune.

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  • Premier League ‘may not finish’, says FA chief

    Premier League ‘may not finish’, says FA chief

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    LONDON: Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has reportedly told the Premier League he does not believe the domestic football season will be completed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    The Premier League suspended all fixtures at an emergency meeting on Friday. Matches in the English Football League, FA Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship are also on hold.

    “It was unanimously decided to suspend the Premier League with the intention of returning on April 4, subject to medical advice and conditions at the time,“ the Premier League said in a statement.

    Clarke said at the meeting that he did not think it was feasible for the season to be completed, according to a report in the Times.

    The virus is not expected to peak in Britain for many weeks, raising doubts over an early April re-start for the Premier League.

    The Times said it is understood that Brighton and Hove Albion chief executive Paul Barber also questioned the brevity of the suspension.

    Richard Masters, the Premier League chief executive, is reported to have said it would at least allow time to consider the potential consequences and debate the possible solutions.

    The decision was taken after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for Covid-19.

    Arteta welcomed the move to put the season on hold.

    “Feeling better already,“ he tweeted. “We’re all facing a huge & unprecedented challenge. Everyone’s health is all that matters right now.”

    Liverpool are 25 points clear at the top of the Premier League with nine games remaining, chasing their first English top-flight title for 30 years.

    If results had gone their way this weekend they could have wrapped up the title at Everton on Monday but manager Jurgen Klopp said he supported the move to suspend football.

    He said in a club statement: “If it’s a choice between football and the good of the wider society, it’s no contest. Really, it isn’t.”

    Financial hit

    Football clubs at all levels face enormous losses if the season is not completed.

    One senior figure in broadcasting told the Times: “The commercial reality for the Premier League and (European governing body) UEFA is that if they don’t complete their seasons then they are in breach of their broadcasting contracts.

    “You would have broadcasters from all around the world saying, ‘In that case we are not paying for the season.’ For the Premier League you are talking around £3 billion (RM15.75 billion) income a year from overseas and domestic TV rights. There would also be financial implications if the competitions were squeezed so fewer matches were played.”

    Football finance expert Kieran Maguire told the BBC that clubs, especially in the lower divisions, would be hit hard by the disruption.

    “I think many clubs are going to struggle significantly,“ he said. “Many clubs are surviving on a match-to-match basis and are reliant on the loyal few thousand turning up.

    “We have to consider the staff at clubs, they are reliant on the income they get from football clubs to pay their own bills as well.”

    The Premier League clubs are reportedly due to meet again next Thursday.

    There are matches taking place on Saturday in the National League – the fifth tier of English football – but a number of games have been postponed, including the Yeovil v Barnet fixture.

    “We currently have four staff that are showing symptoms of Covid-19 who are following government advice and self-isolating,“ Barnet said in a statement.

    “As a consequence, we have taken measures to put all first-team staff into self-isolation.” — AFP

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  • DirecTV’s days are numbered

    DirecTV’s days are numbered

    Start saying goodbye to DirecTV.

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  • With painted faces, artists fight facial recognition tech

    With painted faces, artists fight facial recognition tech

    As night falls in London, Georgina Rowlands and Anna Hart start applying makeup. Instead of lipstick and eyeliner, they’re covering their faces with geometric shapes.

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  • Shortage of personal protective equipment endangering health workers worldwide

    WHO calls on industry and governments to increase manufacturing by 40 per cent to meet rising global demand

    The World Health Organization has warned that severe and mounting disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) – caused by rising demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse – is putting lives at risk from the new coronavirus and other infectious diseases.

    Healthcare workers rely on personal protective equipment to protect themselves and their patients from being infected and infecting others.

    But shortages are leaving doctors, nurses and other frontline workers dangerously ill-equipped to care for COVID-19 patients, due to limited access to supplies such as gloves, medical masks, respirators, goggles, face shields, gowns, and aprons.

    “Without secure supply chains, the risk to healthcare workers around the world is real. Industry and governments must act quickly to boost supply, ease export restrictions and put measures in place to stop speculation and hoarding. We can’t stop COVID-19 without protecting health workers first,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

    Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, prices have surged. Surgical masks have seen a sixfold increase, N95 respirators have trebled and gowns have doubled.

    Supplies can take months to deliver and market manipulation is widespread, with stocks frequently sold to the highest bidder.

    WHO has so far shipped nearly half a million sets of personal protective equipment to 47 countries,* but supplies are rapidly depleting.

    Based on WHO modelling, an estimated 89 million medical masks are required for the COVID-19 response each month. For examination gloves, that figure goes up to 76 million, while international demand for goggles stands at 1.6 million per month. 

    Recent WHO guidance calls for the rational and appropriate use of PPE in healthcare settings, and the effective management of supply chains.

    WHO is working with governments, industry and the Pandemic Supply Chain Network to boost production and secure allocations for critically affected and at-risk countries.

    To meet rising global demand, WHO estimates that industry must increase manufacturing by 40 per cent.

    Governments should develop incentives for industry to ramp up production. This includes easing restrictions on the export and distribution of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. 

    Every day, WHO is providing guidance, supporting secure supply chains, and delivering critical equipment to countries in need.  

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    NOTE TO EDITORS

    Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, countries that have received WHO PPE supplies include:

    • Western Pacific region: Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and the Philippines
    • Southeast Asia region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Timor-Leste
    • Eastern Mediteranean region: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Lebanon, Somalia, Pakistan, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco and Iran
    • Africa region: Senegal, Algeria, Ethiopia, Togo, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Seychelles and Zimbabwe

     

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  • Used cars keep Africans moving, but dumping concerns remain

    Used cars keep Africans moving, but dumping concerns remain

    Salesmen whistle at potential buyers of scores of vehicles shining in the afternoon sun. One truck might bring over $20,000 but it’s far from the “brand new” ride the salesman touts it to be while attempting to start the engine.

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