The Final Tweet Of Nicki Minaj
Pure poetry. After getting into a scrape with one of her followers, Nicki Minaj deleted her Twitter account. This was her parting shot. WARNING: Salty language.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
The Best New Hotels and Resorts, Spas, and Restaurants in the World
The 16th Annual Hot List: Top New Hotels, Spas, and Restaurants
16 Apr 2012 16:42 Africa/Lagos
Conde Nast Traveler Unveils 16th Annual Hot List: The Best New Hotels and Resorts, Spas, and Restaurants in the World
ICONIC HOT LIST ISSUE ON NEWSSTANDS NATIONWIDE APRIL 24, 2012
NEW YORK, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Conde Nast Traveler's 16th annual May Hot List issue is the ultimate insider's guide to the hottest new hotels, spas, and restaurants of the year. Of the thousands of new properties that opened in the last year, our editors traveled incognito to 49 countries to visit 172 new hotels, evaluating each on a standard set of criteria including service, food, atmosphere and amenities. Their mission? To discover the best in the world. This year, 121 made the cut.
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The 2012 Hot List features 121 new hotels and resorts, 35 of the world's most blissful spas, and 20 hot new restaurants from 21 hot chefs.
The Hot List hotels range in size, price, and style, from the small, subtle tents at the Sanctuary Zebra Plains camp in Zambia, to the $3,878-a-night all-inclusive Abu Camp in Botswana. But you don't need to break the bank to visit these hot and trendy retreats—49 of this year's hotels and resorts offer rooms for less than $300 a night. Best represented on the list is the United States, with 12 entries, followed by United Kingdom, China, and Italy, each with 7 apiece.
Also in the May Hot List Issue, Conde Nast Traveler recognizes industry tastemakers and trend-spotters from within the Hot List Class of 2012. The Predictors are:
Chef Wolfgang Puck
Interior designer Rachel Ashwell
Architects and designers Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat
Spa director Ghislain Waeyaert
Hotelier Ian Schrager
The Hot List also includes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Hot List including:
The Hotties: 18 little hotel details we loved this year.
The Best and Worst of Hotel Trends: Innovations that changed our lives forever, and those we'd rather forget.
The Hot List All-Stars: Our reviewers name their favorite hotel of all time.
Confessions of a Hot List Reviewer: All-true tales from the road.
U.S. properties on the 2012 Hot List include:
The Saguaro, Scottsdale, Arizona
Hotel Lautner, Desert Hot Springs, California
Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California
Mr. C Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Aulani, Oahu, Hawaii
Public, Chicago, Illinois
Hotel Modern, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Saint, New Orleans, Louisiana
Four Seasons Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
Ruschmeyer's, Montauk, New York
Hotel Americano, New York, New York
The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell, Round Top, Texas
U.S. Spas include:
Hotel Bel-Air Spa by La Prairie, Los Angeles, California
Elle Spa, Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
Laniwai, Aulani, Oahu, Hawaii
NoMI Spa, Park Hyatt Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Tree Spa at Hidden Pond, Kennebunkport, Maine
Kiehl's Spa 1851, New York, New York
U.S. Restaurants include:
A-Frame, Los Angeles
Picca, Los Angeles
Son of a Gun, Los Angeles
Red Medicine, Los Angeles
The Dutch, New York
Tertulia, New York
Fatty 'Cue, New York
Isa, New York
To view the complete Hot List, visit http://www.cntraveler.com/hot-list/2012 and stay tuned for the Hot List app, available in June.
SOURCE Conde Nast Traveler
CONTACT: Sarina Sanandaji, +1-212-286-6898, sarina_sanandaji@condenast.com, Gaia Filicori, +1-212-286-7215, gaia_filicori@condenast.com
Web Site: http://www.cntraveler.com/hot-list/2012
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Thomson Reuters Announces 100 Top Hospitals Award Winners
16 Apr 2012 13:00 Africa/Lagos
Thomson Reuters Announces 100 Top Hospitals Award Winners
Twelve Hospitals Are Named Everest Award Winners for Fastest Improvement and Top Performance
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters today released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance.
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.
"This year, the concentration of 100 Top Hospitals award winners has shifted significantly, with Texas, Florida, and California housing the most winners," said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president at Thomson Reuters. "A major change in performance geographically is an encouraging indication that the bar for quality care has been raised once again."
For the fourth year, Thomson Reuters is also recognizing the 100 Top Hospitals Everest Award winners — those hospitals among the 100 winners that delivered the greatest rate of improvement over five years. This year, there are 12 Everest Award winners.
To conduct the 100 Top Hospitals study, Thomson Reuters researchers evaluated 2,886 short-term, acute-care, non-federal hospitals. They used public information — Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, and core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website. Hospitals do not apply, and winners do not pay to market this honor.
If all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities:
More than 186,000 additional lives could be saved.
Approximately 56,000 additional patients could be complication free.
More than $4.3 billion could be saved.
The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.
If the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact would be even greater. For more information, please visit www.100tophospitals.com.
Here are the winning hospitals, by category, with asterisks indicating the Everest Award winners:
About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.
SOURCE Thomson Reuters
CONTACT: Brian Erni, +1-631-656-9736, brian@jroderick.com
Web Site: http://www.thomsonreuters.com
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PR Newswire Launches Dedicated Site for Bloggers
Blogger Badge of Recognition to Be Awarded to Exceptional Blogs
NEW YORK, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PR Newswire, the global leader of innovative marketing and communications solutions, today announced the launch of PR Newswire... for bloggers , a dedicated resource for self publishers, online journalists, hobbyists and other members of the ever-growing blogosphere.
PR Newswire… for bloggers features both original and third-party content relevant to a blogging audience, while also providing information about the range of services PR Newswire offers to bloggers, such as customized newsfeeds, listings of upcoming events, a news widget for websites and blogger media tour opportunities.
"PR Newswire recognizes the growing influence of bloggers and our goal is to make it as easy as possible for them to access the content, tools and information they need to develop their blogs and increase visibility," said Thomas Hynes, manager, blogger relations, PR Newswire. "PR Newswire…for bloggers is designed to be a one-stop shop, consolidating numerous resources into one comprehensive and easy-to-navigate space."
Furthermore, each week, five new blogs are reviewed and profiled on the site. The compilation of blog reviews illustrates strong examples of blogging on a variety of subject matters. Currently, the site includes reviews of food, film and education blogs. The chosen bloggers are also given a badge of recognition from PR Newswire to display on their site.
"There are so many great blogs out there - and that list grows daily," said Hynes. "Our goal is to highlight some of those blogs we find interesting or influential - which ultimately comes down to engaging content. Fortunately, there is no shortage of great blogs publishing just that so we shouldn't run out of candidates any time soon."
For more information on what PR Newswire is offering to bloggers, visit: http://www.prnewswire.com/bloggers
ABOUT PR NEWSWIRE
PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.com) is the premier global provider of multimedia platforms that enable marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, public affairs and investor relations officers to leverage content to engage with all their key audiences. Having pioneered the commercial news distribution industry 58 years ago, PR Newswire today provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimize and target content - from rich media to online video to multimedia - and then distribute content and measure results across traditional, digital, mobile and social channels. Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire enables the world's enterprises to engage opportunity everywhere it exists. PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, and is a UBM plc company.
CONTACT:
Rachel Meranus
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
PR Newswire
+1.201.360.6776
Rachel.Meranus@prnewswire.com
Meryl Serouya
Marketing & Communications Associate
PR Newswire
201-360-6009
Meryl.Serouya@prnewswire.com
SOURCE PR Newswire Association LLC
Web Site: http://www.prnewswire.com/bloggers
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KPMG Study: U.S. Companies Still Lead in Emerging Markets
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16 Apr 2012 14:30 Africa/Lagos
KPMG Study: U.S. Companies Still Lead in Emerging Market M&A, but Lower Second-Half 2011 Volume Reflects Erosion of Confidence
NEW YORK, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based companies led the way in completing merger-and-acquisition (M&A) deals with emerging and high-growth market companies in the second half of 2011, but deal activity dropped by 20 percent compared with the first half of 2011, according to KPMG International's latest Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker (EMIAT) study.
The semi-annual KPMG study, which tracks completed deals in which an acquirer took at least a 5 percent shareholding interest, revealed that in the second half of 2011, U.S.-based companies completed 126 emerging and high-growth market acquisitions, down from 158 in the first half of 2011. Companies in the other European countries category made the second most acquisitions of emerging market companies with 81.
In the second half of 2011, the most popular targets for U.S. companies were Central America and the Caribbean (25), India (22), Brazil (14), other South American countries (14), and China (12).
"The drop in the number of U.S. acquisitions made in emerging markets is reflective of the global decline in deal volumes in the second half of 2011," said Mark Barnes, principal-in-charge of KPMG LLP's U.S. High-Growth Markets practice. "U.S. corporate interest in emerging markets remains strong, but deals have decreased because of a lack of confidence in the global economy, rather than a lack of cash."
D2E Deals Decline Overall
According to the KPMG study, developed-to-emerging (D2E) deals decreased overall to 705 in the second half of 2011 versus 755 registered in the previous six-month period. Following the United States (126) and the other European countries category (81), the most deals in emerging market economies were made by Singapore (75) and the United Kingdom (70).
The most popular emerging market targets for developed countries included South and East Asia (126), China (94), and Central and Eastern Europe (88).
U.S. Companies Remain Most Targeted by Emerging Market Countries
U.S. companies were the most popular investment targets for emerging and high-growth market companies with 45 acquisitions made in the country, almost doubling the number of deals made in the United Kingdom (25), the second most-targeted country. South and East Asia (9), India (9), and Central America and the Caribbean (8) accounted for the majority of acquisitions made in the United States in the second half of 2011.
The United States also was the most targeted country in the first half of 2011 with 47 acquisitions made by emerging and high-growth market companies.
Overall, emerging and high-growth market companies made 201 acquisitions in developed economies in the second half of 2011, down slightly from 214 during the first half of 2011, according to the KPMG study. South and East Asia and India were the top acquirers in emerging-to-developed deals (E2D) with 37 acquisitions each in the second half of 2011, followed by China (32).
"The big story used to be how much capital was flowing into emerging market countries," said Dan Tiemann, KPMG's global lead partner for Transactions Services. "The story has reversed, and it's now how much capital has been flowing out, especially represented by some of the acquisitions they've been making in developed economies."
E2E Deals Continue to Fall
In the second half of 2011, there were 121 total emerging-to-emerging (E2E) deals, down from 152 in the previous six-month period. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was the most popular target, registering 22 inbound deals, according to the KPMG study. Russia was the leading emerging market acquirer in other emerging markets with 31 deals.
KPMG's Barnes noted, "Emerging economies are continuing to grow at a faster pace than developed economies, so in the future we might expect deal volumes to be driven by cash-rich emerging market corporates and companies from developed countries seeking growth opportunities. Confidence has been holding both sides back, but competitive pressures are increasing, which may lead to higher deal flow."
About KPMG's Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker Study
The study analyzed deal flows between 15 "developed" economies or groups of economies and 13 "emerging" and "high-growth" economies or groups of economies. Established in 2003, the EMIAT includes data from "completed" transactions where a trade buyer has taken a minimum 5 percent shareholding in an overseas company. All raw data within the EMIAT is sourced from Thomson Reuters SDC and excludes deals backed by government, private equity firms or other financial institutions.
About KPMG LLP's U.S. High-Growth Market practice
The KPMG LLP U.S. High-Growth Markets practice provides audit, tax and advisory services to U.S.-based companies in their pursuit of outbound investment opportunities in high-growth and emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico and Vietnam, and high-growth market-based companies with inbound investment interest in the United States.
About KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (www.kpmg.com/us), is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"). KPMG International's member firms have 145,000 people, including more than 8,000 partners, in 152 countries.
Contact:
Ichiro Kawasaki
KPMG LLP
201-307-8640
ikawasaki@kpmg.com
SOURCE KPMG LLP
Web Site: http://www.us.kpmg.com
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Randy Jackson, Launches Timepieces by Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson Launches Watch Collection, Timepieces by Randy Jackson. (PRNewsFoto/Clyde Duneier Inc)
16 Apr 2012 15:36 Africa/Lagos
Grammy Award Winning Producer, Music Manager and Style Icon, Randy Jackson, Launches Timepieces by Randy Jackson
Exclusive Collection to Launch with HSN
NEW YORK, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy Award winning producer, music manager and American Idol judge, Randy Jackson, will launch a watch collection, Timepieces by Randy Jackson, on July 20th exclusively with the multi-channel retailer, HSN. As an avid watch collector, Jackson takes his knowledge of horology to develop a dynamic collection synonymous with luxury, high quality craftsmanship and trend-setting design.
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Randy Jackson has teamed up with Clyde Duneier Inc. to create his innovative timepiece collection. Timepieces by Randy Jackson will be composed of seven sub-categories: Contemporary classics, Automatics, Sport, Ceramic, Couture and Limited Edition, offering a variety of options to fit each customer's style, mood and feeling. The approach to design comes from Jackson's passion for arts and culture while also bringing what is next in accessories to consumers.
"The time has come to bring style and the next 'it' thing in fashion to everyone; watches for the whole family!" says Randy Jackson. "My passion and love of timepieces has brought about a collection of hot, cool styles that everybody can enjoy."
"Randy is known for his style, his passion for quality timepieces and having a vision for the next big thing," said John Bosco, senior vice president of jewelry merchandising at HSN. "He has been intimately involved in creating this unique collection. I know that our customers will love these pieces and want to collect them."
The collection will be comprised of custom designs for women and men, as well as unisex styles in a variety of materials including stainless steel, ceramic, and acrylic. Unique style elements will include diamonds, colored dials, Swarovski crystals and the collection will also offer both Swiss quartz and automatic movements. The collection will range in price from $99 to $499 with limited edition collectors pieces up to $3500. Visit HSN.com to learn more about Timepieces by Randy Jackson.
For more information on Timepieces by Randy Jackson, please contact Nicole Cornella at Kinney + Kinsella ncornella@kinneyandkinsella.com or 212.620.0356 x. 208
ABOUT CLYDE DUNEIER
Since 1910 the Duneier family has preserved the tradition of recognizing exceptional quality in precious metals and gemstones. The tradition began over a century ago when Max Duneier arrived from Austria to the big city of New York bringing with him his discerning passion for superior gemstones. His unique perspective was passed onto his son Clyde, who maintained the same values already associated with the Duneier namesake. Clyde Duneier Inc CEO, Dana Duneier, along with President, Marc Duneier, has welcomed its fourth generation into their family business. With Danielle Duneier, President of Merchandising, and Jake Duneier, Director of New Business Development on the front line, the once small family business that furnished mom and pop stores with high end merchandise, now holds the license's to many highly recognizable fine jewelry brands, as well as being a watch manufacturer. Clyde Duneier Inc works with retailers such as Home Shopping Network, Bloomingdales, Fred Meyer, Helzberg Diamonds, Sterling Jewelers, etc.
About HSN:
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, HSN is a leading interactive multichannel retailer, offering a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names to its customers. HSN incorporates entertainment, inspiration, personalities and industry experts to provide an entirely unique shopping experience. At HSN, customers find exceptional selections in Health & Beauty, Jewelry, Home/Lifestyle, Fashion/Accessories, and Electronics. HSN broadcasts live to 96 million households in the US in HD 24/7 and its website - hsn.com - is a top 10 most trafficked e-commerce site, featuring more than 16,000 product videos. Mobile applications include HSN apps for iPad, iPhone and Android. HSN, founded 34 years ago as the first shopping network, is an operating segment of HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSNI). For more information, please visit HSN.com, or follow @HSN on Facebook and Twitter.
SOURCE Clyde Duneier Inc.
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Real Solutions for Fighting Malaria in Africa
Accordia's "You've Just Been Bitten" Campaign Launched; Merle Sande Award Recognizes Malaria Expert.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Medical and Police Matters in Nigeria
The Inspector General of Police, Minister of Health Address the Rights of Crime Victims
~ John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D.
There is urgent need for the management of the Nigeria police and the health sector to aggressively tackle the long standing problems in the areas of medical emergency contact, and urgent services needed by victims of crimes, violent and traumatic ones especially.
A test case is the reported incident of a murdered medical doctor in Lagos, Dr. Samuel Adegboyega who was supposedly fatally shot by some gunmen in the early hours of Easter Monday in front of his clinic.
Witnesses to the crime appeared to have noticed Dr. Adegboyega, fatally shot and bleeding, at which time he was urgently rushed to a nearby medical center named the Oke-Odo General Hospital.
The doctor who was reportedly profusely gushing out blood from one of his injuries at the back of one of his arms was apparently refused immediate medical attention by the staff of the hospital—because the staff wanted a police report first.
Certainly, this reported unusual delay could hasten death in such an emergency case like that of late Dr. Adegboyega who purportedly got attention late.
If the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar and the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu want to bring a stop to horrible cases like that of late Adegboyega, the right of crime victims in any hospital must be promptly protected through urgent care and treatment.
In a devastating and traumatic medical case as in victims of violence, arson, bombing or any other life threatening incident, immediate medical attention comes first, followed by a police investigation and report.
For a conscious victim it is always prudent to get much information from him or her to assist in the investigation but where the victim is not very alert mentally or too physically weak for any verbal utterances instant medical attention comes first and become paramount.
It is time for a new collaboration between the offices of the Nigeria police, all ministries of Heath and Justice in order to erect educational initiatives backed by executive policies in the area of victims of crime Services, which must be obeyed by all public and private medical outfits in the nation.
Hospital and police/law enforcement staff need to be trained on knowledgeable information, investigative and referral services for victims and their families, violent cases especially.
As we know the hospitals and the police are the first to provide services to victims as such they must become aware of basic standards of care procedures that must meet the needs of crime victims appearing in their emergency rooms for medical attention.
In the same vein, this future emergency treatment plans should equally be extended to specific groups such as domestic violence, child abuse and rape victims, and to victims with an impaired capacity mentally, developmentally and physically.
The federal government just likes the reported witnesses and sympathizers of Dr. Adegboyega must accept their responsibility to help alleviate the effects of crimes and violence suffered by victims, even in the least remote areas of the country where there is also a crucial need for fully functioning ambulance services, workable fire service and medical emergency squads.
At a time when President Jonathan is pushing the Nigerian Government to commit to meeting the international standards in the areas of human care and governance, let us make it easy for victims and their families to find what they need quickly from our centers of care and security.
~ John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D., is a Forensic/Clinical Psychologist and the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Psychological Association (NPA), Abuja. E-mail: Jos5930458@aol.com Tel: 08126909839.
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