Communication is one of the most important industries in the world. People have a need to talk, to get in touch with their friends and family, no matter where they are in the world. We started with letters sent with any individual traveling in that direction, which progressed to the postal system. With the advent of the Internet, we exchanged snail mail for email and later instant messengers
Somehow though, it just wasn’t enough. We needed to hear their voices not just read their words. With the help of great inventors, we progressed from the telephone to cellular phone to again utilizing the Internet to make calls.
Skype has been among the pioneers of this system. Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP as they call it, has been instrumental in bridging the distances between people. It means a lot to people to be able to actually greet their special someone happy birthday on that very special day without the exorbitant costs that land line or mobile telecommunications company charge per call.
Skype has been a wonderful service, much appreciated and enjoyed by everyone who prefers voice chat to email or messages. It is easy to use: simply download, sign up, tell your friends to do the same and you can talk with each other for free! Who could ask for more?
Skype, apparently though has become a little ambitious. After they were bought by Ebay, things seem to have begun to slide downhill. They’ve announced new paid services such as SkypeOut and SkypeIn. They are great ideas, for sure. This is why some of the Skype users who have been very happy with the free service agreed to pay the premium.
Unfortunately, while they may be expanding their products abilities to get new users, they have forgotten to take care of their existing subscribers. The service has deteriorated since I first signed up. Unfortunately, Skype doesn’t seem to care.
Since I didn’t want to kick up a fuss if there was a way for me to fix the problem myself, I checked out the Sykes home page again. I was happy to see that they had a help page with a trouble shooting guide. Unfortunately, even after following the various instructions and suggestions- it still wasn’t working properly.
Usually when that happens, I call the company to ask for further assistance. So I looked for a phone number where I could reach Skype’s customer service. I searched all over the page and didn’t find any number that I could call. The link marked “Contact Us” lead to a page that basically said before contacting them, I should read the help pages. No problem I had done that.
It now said that if I didn’t find the answer in their knowledge base I should contact their customer support. I now clicked on the link for that and ended up at an online ticketing system for complaints. Now, I’m glad they are taking down the complaints in black and white, and I do appreciate that it seems to be on a first in, first out basis. What upsets me is that absolutely nothing seems to be happening.
I told them how I was having some trouble with the service. I mentioned how more frequently it happens that the people I call can hear me but I can’t hear them in the middle of our conversation. I asked if they could please give me feedback on how to resolve the problem. After I filled out their form, I got their infamous acceptance message saying, “If your inquiry requires a response, we will get back to you within three days”. What the?! I thought every customer deserved to get a response, even if it’s just to get pointed to the right part of the forum!
Skype is so busy building up their new communication products that they’ve stopped communicating with their existing clients. They have obviously forgotten that great customer service is what will keep the numbers in their database up. If people don’t get the assistance they need, they will leave; especially now that the service of the product itself is deteriorating.
Are they now so big that they can’t be talked with? Is it too much to ask that they put in a few more people to take care of answering the support requests? Or have they already spread themselves so thin that they can’t afford to hire more people? No wonder the service is beginning to suck.
I truly don’t appreciate how impersonally Skype is handling customer service. I pay for SkypeOut, I got billed but to date, it still isn’t working properly. I sent Skype both a support request (from their site) and an email, to the email address of their billing team (the address of which by the way I did not find on their website but through searching the web for other Skype complaints). I still have no action from them. Talk about wasted money!
What amazes me is that Skype doesn’t even have “live chat” or some other similar help desk program so that we customers with concerns and who want to continue using Skype can talk with someone in Sykes who can help. Considering that Sykes is a communication company, I’d have thought that they would create one themselves. That little software for customer service is an absolute treasure!
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, after all the site is obviously geared to attracting new users only. Skype seems to be interested in just making more and more money; and bringing in more users. They obviously don’t care if their subscribers leave because they get no assistance and maintenance services from them.
Cardinal rule of any business, Skype, is to take care of your customers. Your repeat business usually in the long run can make you more money than new subscribers will. It would do your business a lot of good if you would pay attention to your subscribers and give them their money’s worth.

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Anyone who has spent a day fasting from food, or who has even skipped a meal, knows just how much time we save when we are not provisioning and consuming meals. Of course, efficiency is not our only conce when it comes to eating. If we were to articulate our fundamental requirements for food, we would probably come up with the following: (1) it should give us the nutrition our bodies need (2) it should support our body transformation goals (e.g. lose fat or gain muscle) (3) it should taste good (4) it should be convenient. Foods that meet two or three of these requirements quickly become a mainstay in most diets.
A new development in nutrition research called 'capsulized food' aims to exceed these requirements. Pennsylvania-based Protica Research is the first of what will likely be many companies dabbling in this new food frontier. Among other development initiatives on their roster, Protica Research engineers liquid foods that are ultra-compact, nutrient-dense, and above all else, very palatable. Their first product, Profect, delivers 25 grams of protein and the complete spectrum of water-soluble vitamins in less than three fluid ounces. This on-the-go nutrition has some consumers re-thinking their traditional eating habits. An examination of the four fundamental requirements for food will help explain why.
NUTRIENT DENSITY
Nutrition. It is our first priority when it comes to eating. While it is not always on the front of our minds when we reach for food, it is the reason we eat. There are many nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor foods available to us, and we must always consume our fair share of nutrient-rich foods for the sake of our health, well-being and energy level.
The challenge is that nutrient-dense foodssuch as milk, eggs, fish, and chickenare not always within arms reach. Snacks, junk food and fast food generally are. It often takes too much effort for a busy person to procure the necessary vitamins and protein, and so we end up going without. This can hurt us in the long run as our immune system and energy levels suffer. Studies have shown that many of the so-called 'junk food junkies' and 'fast food addicts' would prefer eating nutritionally sound foods if they were within arm's reach.
SUPPORTING BODY TRANSFORMATION GOALS For many of us, we keep a careful eye on the foods we eat. Either we are trying to lose fat, gain muscle, or maintain what we have. Whether we are browsing the supermarket aisles or a restaurant menu, we find ourselves looking for foods that are consistent with these goals.
For some, low-carbohydrate foods are at the top of the shopping list. These consumers have become more aware of the health risks and weight gain associated with eating carbohydrate-rich foods. For others, low-fat foods are the order of the day. Still others seek a balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
The common denominator in all of these diets is protein, along with the supporting micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals.
While it is possible to get vitamins and protein without fat or carbohydrates when you are cooking at home, it is a much taller order to do that in a compact transportable meal. Manufacturers like EAS and Protica Research offer high protein beverages to support any transformation goals. Protica's Profect provides a full 25 grams of protein and the complete spectrum of water-soluble vitamins. The important point for the diet conscious, however, is that all of these nutrients come without the cost of fat and carbohydrates. This allows your body to maintain health and energy without weighing you down with unnecessary carbohydrates or fat.
TASTE
For most of us, the taste of a product determines whether we make it part of our dietary regimen. No amount of nutrition can make up for a poor taste. Food manufacturers have leaed this lesson well in recent years, as many nutritious products have been pulled from supermarket shelves due to lackluster taste. As consumer expectations have continued to rise, a plethora great-tasting and nutritious food products have entered the market. Capitalizing on this fact, Protica Research developed a line of flavors for its capsulized protein beverage that target age groups from adolescents to seniors. Double-blind taste tests have shown that the flavor profile of Profect is indistinguishable from non-carbonated fruit drinks on the market.
CONVENIENCE
Every once in a while, maybe even every evening, we want to sit down to a well-set table and share a meal with family or friends. Capsulized food is not about taking this important ritual out of our lives, and it is not about replacing fresh foods. The reality of living in the 21st century is that most people spend their day working, and this means the kitchen or garden is inaccessible. This is true for stay-at-home moms as well as business executives putting in long days at the office.
This on-the-go lifestyle is not compatible with eating nutritious meals. The difficulty of finding time for a proper meal has led many people to become dependent upon compact snack or junk foods that they can keep in their purse or briefcase. These compact foods have become a mainstay of the American diet because they are portable and can be consumed quickly. However we often find that the portability, and thus the convenience, of these foods is lacking. The traditional convenience foods that we can find in grocery and convenience stores are not generally packaged with rough transportation in mind. The packaging of many food and beverage products accidentally break open after they have spent time in a bag or purse.
Another common complaint surfaces once the packaging is opened. Many convenience foodsmeal replacement bars, for exampleare sticky or crumbly. You can also find yourself reaching for water to wash them down. Problem is, convenience should mean 'napkins and water not required'.
While portability and quick consumption are two things that we have come to look for in a convenient food, these traits are often illusive.
Protica Research offers two innovations when it comes to convenience. First, their Profect protein beverage is a liquidand weighs less than three fluid ounceswhich means that you can quickly and easily consume it even while on the run. Second, Profect takes portability to a new level by packaging it in a patent-pending, virtually unbreakable container. This means that it can be taken absolutely anywhere, and you will not have to worry about your meal ending up all over your purse or briefcase.
HOW TO MEET OUR MODERN NUTRITION NEEDS
The advent of health-consciousness has come at a time when our lifestyles are increasingly hectic. This means that people are looking for a healthy, nutritious, and portable food that is quick to consume. In order to meet this demand, the food industry must adapt and respond. Companies like Protica Research are developing capsulized foods that will deliver on-the-go nutrition that is more portable, more convenient and more palatable than its predecessors.
About Protica
Founded in 2001, Protica, Inc. is a nutritional research firm with offices in Lafayette Hill and Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Protica manufactures capsulized foods, including Profect, a compact, hypoallergenic, ready-to-drink protein beverage containing zero carbohydrates and zero fat. Information on Protica is available at www.protica.com. You can also lea about Profect at www.profect.com.

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The Obama presidential campaign was one of the all-time great branding efforts, from message to packaging to platform. So how disappointing it must be for the Obama administration that its signature achievement so far, the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has been utterly misunderstood by the American public.  Listen to what megabillionaire Warren Buffett, an unofficial Obama economic adviser, had to say earlier this week: Our first stimulus bill, it seemed to me, was sort of like taking a half a tablet of Viagra and then having also a bunch of candy mixed in It doesnt have really quite the wallop that might have been anticipated there.
And apparently the Oracle of Omaha isnt the only person disappointed by the lack of a priapic jolt. A recent Rasmussen poll found that 45 percent of Americans think so little of the results so far that they want the rest of the new government spending in the plan canceled, compared to 36 percent who disagree and 20 percent who arent sure.  Not surprisingly, 60 percent oppose a second stimulus plan, against 27 percent in favor. Been there, done that, didnt get much out of it.
But the Obama plan was never meant to be Viagra. It was designed so that three-fourths of the spending would occur after 2009.  Now the fastest way to inject money into a struggling economy is through tax cuts to individuals. But those made up just 70 percent of the Obama plan. And while government spending on infrastructure projects may provide more stimulus per dollar spent at least this is what Team Obama believes it is slower to come on line.  Even the name of the plan was designed to send a be patient message. It could have been called the Get America Moving Act or the American Job Creation Act, but those titles would have been tremendously out of sync with what the ARRA was actually intended to do: boost the economy and jobs over the course of a long recession while also providing a downpayment on Obamas healthcare, energy and education agenda. A two-for-the-price-of-one sort of deal.
And that political and economic calculus might have worked had the economy not fallen off a cliff. The unemployment rate is already higher than the administrations worst-case scenario from last January and perhaps headed higher than the worst-case scenario found in its stress test for the banks.
And rising joblessness has joined with the housing crisis to create a vicious economic circle. Given all that, a pure dose of Viagra economics for the economy doesnt sound like such a bad idea right about now, perhaps in the form a massive payroll tax cut.  The payroll tax cut of US$400 billion that we advocated last fall, if enacted in February, would likely have pushed us out of recession by now, argue Morgan Stanley economists Richard Berner and David Greenlaw in a new research note. Instead, American got a program that was heavily back-loaded and full of spending that is unlikely to be stimulative.
Or perhaps with business and investor confidence so depressed, we need some Prozac economics, via a cut in corporate and capital gains taxes.  At this point, the White House seems inclined to do none of the above, arguing for a wait-and-see approach, given than only 10 percent of the money has been pushed out the door. Maybe Team Obama fears a nasty bond market reaction at the prospect of even more government spending? Perhaps, though deflation rather than inflation seems in vogue among Wall Street worries.
But if a bond vigilante revolt is a concern and it probably should be a consideration why not combine a second stimulus with a plan to fix Social Security by moving back the retirement age and indexing benefits to wages rather than inflation?  Such a move would turn the programs long-term deficit into a surplus and show the United States is serious about fiscal reform.
In any event, cutting taxes seems to be nowhere on the congressional agenda. For instance, higher taxes on incomes and capital gains are being floated as one way to pay for healthcare reform. But as the jobless rate continues to rise Buffett thinks 11 percent isnt out of the question both the White House and Congress might finally start reaching for the pills.

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Well, I am sad to say that I have been too long away from my humble writing desk. I apologize profusely and will attempt to placate the sores of "expectation scorned" with some new and current ramblings.





I have been asked how it is I came into the field of pharmacy. I will attempt to answer this and some others with this current post. (related questions will be given in parenthesis!)





I graduated, as previously stated, in 1998 from OLVS. I went immediately into the local community college in my home town, and started working on my AS degree (somehow knowing that science was my interest!:-). Since I hadn't "declared" my major when I enrolled (not really knowing how I'd like the spend the better part of my working life), I had no real focus for my efforts, knowing that I should conquer all the foundations classes for my AS degree. I found very early on that I had a knack for math! I was a little shocked, as I wasn't too stellar in the subject while in high school, but I was doing everything right, and making it to the top of the class all the way through Trig. Once I made it to Calculus I and II, I was actually tutoring students in my own class!!



I learned soon that science and medicine were the fields in which I had interest, and so proceeded to learn more and more about what kinds of medicine or science I would like to pursue. It is interesting to note that during all this time, I was working as a "drug clerk" at the local retail store, stocking all the items that were not considered "grocery." I met and talked with several pharmacist, and I realized that I wanted what they had: a veritable mountain of knowledge, seemingly about everything. Thus, after about 6 quarters of school, I decided that I would get my AS in Pre-Pharmacy. The interesting part is, the more classes I took in the field, the more I learned to become passionate about it. Then, I took Organic Chem ... wow, that was a tough class. I had never had chemistry before, and I admit that the teacher was horrendous, but I managed a C and decided I'd try it for a few more semesters. After 4 quarters of Organic I and II, I found the magic to chemistry: wait about a semester, and all the knowledge you meant to learn would come to light in the semester you were currently taking! Never once did I understand the chemical properties of a certain LAW until the next class, and by then the current subject matter was so far beyond me that I simply struggled through, mastering the fine art of cramming! This property of chemistry stayed with me until I entered the professional school at The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy in the year of grace, 2002.



I can't begin to outline all the changes that I went through while in Lawrence, KS. I became a college basketball fan (GO JAYHAWKS!!), learned how to drink shots and bongfaces, even learned what the difference was between a Russian Kamikaze and a German Kamikaze. Essentially, pharmacy school was the biggest, most satisfying 4 years of my life. I took every chemistry class under the sun ... mechanical, physical, pharmaceutical, medicinal bio-, biochemistry and even nuclear chemistry. My teachers were excellent and my peers in the class were funny.



But, I suppose, that in answer to the question "Why did you become a pharmacist?" the answer would have to come from the logic I employed at the threshold of undergraduate enrollment. I knew that I liked Math and chemistry. I also knew that I wanted to get married, which meant that I needed a job to support one. I knew that teaching, which admirable in all attributes, would never be able to supply the type of life that I wanted to give my family. So, what kinds of majors employ both math and chemistry? You guess it, pharmacy.



I know that this is a long post, but the question required some reflection into the past, so I hope that you were able to bear with me.

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A mother of a toddler I'm constantly lacking energy. An asthmatic since childhood I never really bothered to get fit. I had taken up some sports, but not the kind that give you a good cardio workout. Plus I'm quite easily injured or ill. And after a while I would always give up on the sport because I could never keep up with the others, not even close. It's frustrating. I got angry and upset, I wanted another body. Please can anyone tell me where I can buy a new one. I felt like I failed, like the only option I had with this body was to fail.

A couple of months ago I realized that I needed to make a drastic change. I know I CAN get fit despite my asthma and my unwilling body. I know there are many people in the world with similar challenges to prove that. So I started my own quest to get fit.

For the asthma I used Ventolin. I have used it for about twenty years. Many years I took it a couple of times every day. Last February I got new medicins: Symbicort. The first months were horrible. I had to use the medicins four times every day. My lung capacity improved dramatically but the medicins made me ill. I was coughing and sneezing for a few months and felt like I had a fever constantly. I thought my health would never improve since I have to use these medicins for the rest of my life.

Now I'm getting better. I use Symbicort twice a day now but when I feel like I'm getting ill again, I only use it once a day. My lung capacity is good and I haven't had an asthma attack for months. But I feel exhausted. I tried to go to the gym but being ill didn't help me to get regular excercise.

So, it's time to get really started with my quest!! I would like to be able to comfortably run a 5k next spring. I know I'll be able to crawl an exhausting one by that time, but I'm setting my goal a bit higher than that. It doesn't matter how long the 5k will take me as long as I feel comfortable running it.

To get there I'll start running and keep trying to do workouts in the gym. Next week I'm on holiday to the Austrian Alps and I will try to do some easy walks there.

I have to get fit. Not just for myself but for my child as well. I don't want to be a grumpy sick mom.

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The Detroit Public Schools may have no choice but to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, which would make it the first big-city school district to use bankruptcy court to avoid paying millions to vendors, employees and bondholders, experts said Thursday.
DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb is continuing to consider the option and met Thursday with retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ray Reynolds Graves.
Jim McTevia of McTevia Associates of Bingham Farms, which works with companies with serious financial troubles, said DPS has three choices to solve its projected $259-million budget deficit: raise more money, cut costs or declare bankruptcy.
More revenues are extremely unlikely, given DPSs projected enrollment decline of 12,000 students and anticipated state funding cuts. McTevia estimated DPS would have to cut its costs as much as 50%, an almost impossible feat given that more than 80% of most school district costs are salaries and benefits mandated by contracts.
Bobb, a state appointee who took charge of the DPS budget in March, was not able to balance the 2009-10 budget, which totals about $1.2 billion and calls for $21.8 million in debt service payments on bonds sold to eliminate past deficits.
A bankruptcy filing could reduce the amount DPS will pay vendors and bondholders. It also could allow a judge to rule on DPSs requested changes to employment contracts, McTevia said.

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