Premier Inn came third in the survey after Radisson Blu With thousands of bedrooms in as many locations, it’s easy to imagine that chain hotels all offer the same bland, basic experience. However a new survey by Which? reveals they may not be as homogenous as you think, with a huge difference in quality between the best and worst brands. The survey of 36 UK hotel chains asked Which? members to rate the chains on cleanliness, customer service, bed comfort and value for money. The results are based on 8,267 hotel stays in the past year. Topping the table is Q Hotels, with 21 four-star hotels,...
Bushfire aftermath: Blue Mountains open for business again [ BeritaTerkini ]
Ready and waiting: the Three Sisters lookout in Katoomba, New South Wales. Photograph: Jim Shrimpton/AAP National parks staff in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales are reopening tracks, trails and lookouts in areas ravaged by bushfire. Lookouts at Katoomba, Leura and Wentworth Falls are open, as well as unscathed tracks in the Blue Mountains and Kanangra-Boyd national parks. The national parks and wildlife service’s regional manager, Geoff Luscombe, is urging people to return to the region and help reboot local tourism. “If you would like to do something for the local community then...
Blinded by the white of Southern Ocean’s majestic icebergs [ BeritaTerkini ]
Morning glory: kestrels swoop over an iceberg at Davis Station. Photograph: Australian Antarctic Division/Kristin Raw I get on the bike and my mind is riding the roads of Union Hall, crossing the narrow wooden bridge, opposite the colourful fishing fleet, turning right towards the harbour where the two islands of Adam and Eve guard the entrance. But I am well outside the safety of Glandore Harbour in Ireland, instead on the Southern Ocean at 60 degrees latitude, sailing on a westerly heading. On the exercise bike there is a strange sensation: it feels easier to ride uphill and conversely...
Six Australians accused of murder will not have to return to Peru [ BeritaTerkini ]
The six Australians accused of murdering a Peruvian man in Lima have won the right to give statements on the case from Australia and avoided becoming the subjects of an Interpol red notice after a Peru court ruled in favour of their appeal against extradition. A statement from the group, dubbed the “Peru Six”, revealed they would be permitted to give statements via video link rather than having to return to Peru, where they have said they fear they will not get a fair trial. The statement said they could not reveal the decision of the judges to allow them to remain in Australia until it had...
U.S. Obamacare data hub ‘experiencing an outage’, Connecticut says [ BeritaTerkini ]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s Obamacare data hub was “experiencing an outage” on Tuesday evening, the Connecticut state healthcare exchange, “Access Health CT”, announced. It was the second such outage in three days. The data hub operator, Verizon, said it was doing maintenance on the system. “Access Health CT was informed by CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) that the Federal Data Services Hub is currently experiencing an outage,” a statement from the Connecticut state exchange said. A similar outage on Sunday halted online enrollment on the federal...
Connecticut says Obamacare data hub ‘experiencing an outage’ [ BeritaTerkini ]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Connecticut’s healthcare exchange “Access Health CT” said the U.S. government’s Obamacare data hub was ‘experiencing an outage’ on Tuesday evening, the second time in three days. “Access Health CT was informed by CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) that the Federal Data Services Hub is currently experiencing an outage,” a statement from the state exchange said. A similar outage on Sunday also halted online enrollment on the federal Healthcare.gov website. (Reporting By Susan Cornwell; Editing by Sandra Maler) Health Care Policy //...
San Francisco joins sugary drinks fray with tax proposal [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco may become the latest U.S. city to try to curb the consumption of sugary drinks with a proposed ballot measure to impose a first-of-its-kind tax on beverages seen as a culprit in rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes. Supervisor Scott Wiener planned on Tuesday to formally propose asking voters in November 2014 to impose a 2-cents-per-ounce tax on soda and other drinks with added sugar sold in the famously liberal northern California city. No other U.S. city is known to have succeeded in enacting such a tax, though...
Exclusive: Merck works toward bringing Zilmax back to the U.S., Canada market [ BeritaTerkini ]
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co told Reuters on Tuesday that it plans to bring its Zilmax animal feed additive back for sale in the United States and Canada, after it completes an audit of how the muscle-building cattle feed product is used in the agriculture sector. A spokeswoman for the company’s Merck Animal Health unit said that while “it is too early to speculate on when we will resume sales for Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada,” Merck was pushing forward with its quality control program to ensure the weight-adding drug is being properly used....
Florida death row inmates challenge execution drug [ BeritaTerkini ]
MIAMI (Reuters) – Seven Florida death row inmates on Tuesday sued the state, saying a new three-step lethal injection procedure could inflict “cruel and unusual punishment” and called on a court to halt executions until the procedure is reviewed. Florida is the latest of several states facing a shortage of pentobarbital, a barbiturate that has long been the first of three drugs administered in executions. Supplies of pentobarbital have fallen because its manufacturer has clamped down on sales of the drug for executions, prison officials said. Florida recently adopted a new lethal...
Naomi Campbell Looks Completely Unrecognizable on Vogue Thailand—See the Pic! [ BeritaTerkini ]
von Jennifer Chan| Übersetzt von Jennifer Chan 29. Oktober 2013 – 13:25 Whoa, Naomi Campbell, is that you?! We know the supermodel is a pro at posing and channeling a range of different characters on the job, but on her latest cover of Vogue Thailand, we can barely recognize her! The gorgeous star poses demurely for the fashion magazine, and we have to say, the finished photo looks remarkably different than how we’re used to seeing her. Campbell’s rich creamy skin tone looks several shades lighter, while her pretty brown eyes are suddenly a curious shade of grayish blue on...
Google+ rolls out movie-making features, claims 300 million users [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Alexei Oreskovic | Reuters – By Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters) – Google Inc on Tuesday unveiled new technology that creates polished movies, complete with music soundtracks, from collections of home videos and photos that users post on its fledgling Google+ social network. The new features mark Google’s latest move to try and differentiate its 2-year-old social network from Facebook, the world’s No. 1 online social network with 1.15 billion users. Google said on Tuesday that 300 million users visit the web page of its social network every month, up from 190 million “in stream”...
Mystery swirls around Obamacare covergirl – and her vanishing [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) – Hers was the face that launched 20 million snipes. The smiling wholesome beauty was a symbol of Healthcare.gov but she has vanished amid a sea of frustrated users, her image taken down from the trouble-plagued Obamacare website by early Monday morning. Nicknamed “Glitch Girl,” the unnamed model stirred curiosity among media who scrambled to try to identify her after the site, which went live on October 1, was immediately slowed by technical problems and visitors found themselves endlessly staring at her on their frozen computer screens. So far, 20...
YOU SHALL NOT PASS! …Unless You Give Me Treats And Rub My Belly – FUNNY! [ BeritaTerkini ]
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Jonas Brothers Break Up [ BeritaTerkini ]
Band calls it quits three weeks after canceling tour The Jonas Brothers have officially called it quits, Us Weekly reports. Three weeks ago, the trio called off a tour just two days before it was set to kick off, with their spokesperson citing a “deep rift in the band,” adding, “There was a big disagreement over their music direction.” The Jonas Brothers’ official Twitter account was deleted soon after. The band’s decision was reportedly unanimous Go Inside the Jonas Brothers’ 2009 ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover Shoot The Jonas Brothers rocketed to teen pop stardom in the late-2000s after...
In Wendy’s Doghouse- Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell [ BeritaTerkini ]
In Wendy's Doghouse – Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell Nancy O'Dell has a real gift for keeping life interesting – and she's notgoing to forget a minute of it. The Entertainment Tonight co-host keepsplenty busy with the show, but at the end of the day, she's passionate abouttelling the stories of her family in her scrapbook albums. She's evenwritten two books along with her friends at Creative Memories about theimportance of not just taking photos but celebrating those photos and thestories behind them. In fact, her latest book, "Secret Ingredients:Step-by-Step 'Recipes' for Creating...
Top U.S. health official apologizes for Healthcare.gov problems [ BeritaTerkini ]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. federal agency responsible for the troubled Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov, apologized to the public on Tuesday for problems that have made it difficult for people to enroll online for subsidized health insurance. (Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by David Brunnstrom) Health //...
House Duo Booka Shade Start Fresh on ‘Eve’ – Album Premiere [ BeritaTerkini ]
German veterans overcome differences to record in Manchester German house duo Booka Shade return with their fifth studio album, Eve, on November 1st. Named for the Manchester studio where members Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier crafted the songs that nearly marked their demise, the album marks a new beginning for the pair, who have remixed tracks by artists ranging from Depeche Mode to Kings of Leon. Despite their rocky road, they hung together and sparked a new lease on life in the process. The 25 DJs That Rule the Earth “We wanted to tell a new story, a story which represented...
In Honor Of The One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy [ BeritaTerkini ]
Let's make this dream happen! Horatio the cutest lil Shih Tzu in the Northeast up for adoption! Horatio is a dark grey Shih Tzu with soft brown eyes. Don't let his color fool you, this is no old man. He is about 4 and was found abandoned on a New York City road, hair all tangled and filthy. From day one, he was very sweet and we are helping him find a forever home that will love him unconditionally, like he will surely love them. We are slowly learning things about him like the fact that he is possessive about his food & toys. Therefore we believe that he would do well as the only pet...
Hurricane Sandy One Year Anniversary – Honoring The Search And Rescue Dog Teams… [ BeritaTerkini ]
Search And Rescue Dogs To The Hurricane Sandy Rescue! A year later -the East Coast still strives for normalcy after the monster storm Hurricane Sandy hit, we have to thank the search and rescue teams and their dogs that came from all corners of the country to aid in the recovery efforts. Search and rescue teams arrived in Staten Island, New York and throughout New Jersey to help rescue those stranded by Sandy and search for those who went missing. One such task force from Virginia, an 80-member team consisting of firefighters, paramedics, doctors and of course canine handlers and their four-legged...
Polio outbreak confirmed in northeast Syria, WHO says [ BeritaTerkini ]
GENEVA (Reuters) – A polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “Out of those 22 being investigated, 10 are now confirmed to be polio type one,” WHO spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer told a news briefing in Geneva. Laboratory results were still being awaited on the remaining 12 suspected cases in Deir al-Zor, he said. “Of course this is a communicable disease, with population movements it can travel to other areas. So the risk is high for (its) spread across the region,” Rosenbauer said. (Reporting by...
North Korea is treated like a joke – but its realities are deadly serious | Ian Birrell [ BeritaTerkini ]
‘North Korea is often seen as something of a joke: a strange, secretive place in the grip of cartoon communism and under the thumb of crazed dictators.’ Photograph: Kcna/Reuters Kim Song-ju sought to escape the living hell of North Korea, but after crossing a freezing river into China was returned, like so many other defectors. He was sent to a prison camp, where he shared – with 40 other unfortunates – a cramped cell that had to be entered on all fours through a tiny door less than two feet high. They were starved – their watery soup often containing stones – and routinely beaten by guards,...
Medicare chief to get ‘Obamacare’ grilling [ BeritaTerkini ]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to earn a second chance, the senior administration official closest to the implementation of the health care law’s malfunctioning enrollment website will answer questions from Congress at the start of a pivotal week. Medicare Chief Marilyn Tavenner will be questioned Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee not only on what went wrong with HealthCare.gov, but also whether lawmakers can trust Obama administration promises to have things running efficiently by the end of November. At stake is what the Republicans’ partial government shutdown could not...
https://news.google.com/news/feeds?q=herbal [ BeritaTerkini ]
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Ireland’s new craic: craft beer pubs [ BeritaTerkini ]
Craft brewing is increasingly popular in Ireland as the country seeks to move away from the drink it has become synonymous with. Pictured, Oslo Bar, Galway Oscar Wilde called work “the curse of the drinking classes”. But in his native Ireland these days, it seems their main chore is finding a drinking establishment that’s still open: since 2006 more than 1,000 pubs have closed. However, a new generation of craft brewers and brewpubs are filling the gap, catering for drinkers who want something more than the ubiquitous pint of Guinness. Reuben Grey of Beoir, a consumer group that supports...
