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  • June 28, 2006
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Babysitter and nanny checks can help you find the right caregiver for your child.

If you are hiring a nanny, au pair, babysitter, tutor, or child caregiver of any kind, you need to check carefully. The news is full of stories of children who have been abused, hurt, and even killed through the recklessness or instability of the adult who was entrusted to care for them. Sadly, behind each of these headlines is a real-life tragedy. You do not want this to happen to you, so if you rely on anyone to care for your child - whether for weeks or just a few hours, you should consider running a thorough nanny check or babysitter check.

Experts recommend that at the very least you check:

  • References. This means more than glancing at the names a caregiver has printed on their resume. Call each reference and ask very specific questions: How long have you known this person? How did you find this caregiver? Can you give some specific examples of what the caregiver did right? Can you give an example of something you were unpleased with? How long did this person care for your child or children? Would you hire this person again? Why do you no longer hire this person (if this is the case)? Remember: caregivers can ask friends and acquaintances to act as references and some people will give positive references simply because they do not know someone well. Make sure that you are dealing with someone who knows the applicant well enough to judge and can provide you with specific reasons to hire this person.

  • Driving records. Having a private investigator run a nanny background check or babysitter public records search may seem extreme, but it is actually a surprisingly affordable way to make sure your trust is not badly misplaced. Making sure that your babysitter or nanny does not have DUI convictions, reckless driving incidents, or a string of accidents is crucial if your child's caregiver will be driving your children anywhere.

  • Credit Checks. A big part of many babysitter checks and nanny checks includes credit checks. This is simply because credit is a good measure of overall responsibility. If someone is responsible for their financial responsibilities, they are more likely to be mature and responsible with their jobs.

  • Criminal Records. Almost all babysitter and nanny checks include criminal records checks. If your caregiver has a history of sexual assault or a criminal record, you will certainly want to know that before you hire them.

  • Experience. Again, when you call references, confirm how long your potential nanny or au pair has worked in the field. While experience is not everything, it is more likely to create a caregiver who can cope with most situations, which is crucial if you will be entrusting that person with your children.

  • Skills. Find out what specific skills (and related experience) a babysitter or nanny has. If they have acted as a tutor or have worked with special needs children, for example, these skills may translate to a higher level of care for your children.

  • Child Reaction. A crucial nanny check and babysitter check that many parents overlook is the child reaction. Does your child actually like their nanny or babysitter? If not, there could be something going on that you do not know about. Be especially careful about checking the reactions of children who are too young to talk. While it is normal for children to not want you to leave them with a stranger, any child who is not comfortable with their caregiver is not going to be on their best behavior. For both your child's sake and the good of the caregiver, find a new babysitter or nanny.

  • Education. While the education requirements for au pairs and nannies do not have to be great, someone who has an emergency course, babysitting course, or child care course from a reputable source will at least be able to deal with common problems and emergencies something that can keep your children safe and can offer you some peace of mind.

It may be unfair to expect the perfect child caregiver, nanny, or babysitter, but you owe it to your family to find the best person to take care of your children while you are away. That means running a careful nanny or babysitter check or leaving that check to professional investigators so that you can make an informed hiring decision.

This is not something you should ever cut corners on. If you do not have the time to check out applicants for yourself, look to the Investigator Directory to find a local, qualified investigator who can run a nanny investigation or babysitter investigation for you. It could be the most important choice you make.

NOTE: When hiring a company to do any type of pre-employment screen you should make sure that they are a licensed Consumer Reporting Agency and provide their services in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Pioneer Services provides relief to Navy families affected by Katrina

As Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the southern United States, Pioneer Services donated more than $5,000 worth of items this week to assist Navy families evacuated from Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss.

The Pioneer Services donation assisted the Jacksonville, Fla., United Service Organization (Jax USO), which is engaged in the effort to house the Sailors and their families. They had requested pillows, air mattresses and blankets, and Pioneer Services not only provided these items, but also flatware, dinnerware, children's items, school supplies, diapers, and numerous other supplies.

"It took 30 shopping carts, and we needed 10 Wal-Mart employees to help load everything up," said Ellen Leroy, manager of the Pioneer Services office in nearby Saint Mary's, Ga. "We had four vans completely full all the way to the top."

The small Naval station had suffered "substantial damage" from the storm according to news reports, and the families were relocated to Naval bases in and around Jacksonville. The families were in need of basic items to help them settle in to their temporary living quarters.

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Freedom Pizza, the UAE pizza delivery company keeping the community supplied with delicious, honest pizza is on a mission to promote a strong safety culture amongst their delivery drivers and the public at large. Recently, they’ve launched what they proudly call Safety Delivered, a powerful initiative that’s driving this mission forward, tapping into people’s mindsets and behavior on and off the roads.

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It all started with Freedom Pizza’s 125 delivery drivers (and growing) who often work for a greater purpose—to support their families and provide a better future for their children. This triggered the very essence of the safety message, giving the mission the heart it needs to spread.

“As a mission focused company, we are ethically and morally bound to ensure that our drivers have high-quality safety gear, new and well maintained delivery bikes, are provided with both medical and workmen’s compensation insurances and receive driver safety training.” Freedom Pizza’s founder and CEO, Ian Ohan, feels passionately about this mission and the drivers’ safety.

Ohan continues, “We have taken this one step further with our Safety Delivered initiative—we want to remind our drivers that no delivery is more important than their own personal safety or the safety of anyone else on the road. We also invite the public to consider the importance of this and be mindful of delivery drivers on
the roads.”

Safety Delivered is a product of Freedom Pizza’s passion and existing safety precautions, representing an evolution towards a safer driver culture. Each of its drivers are asked to sign a safety pledge that they carry with them on the road and when leaving a store for a delivery, each driver calls out “I will drive safe” as a constant reminder to honor safety on each and every delivery.

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Thomas Edelmann, founder of Road SafetyUAE.com said he hopes motorists will take the campaign’s message on board and that “people in other institutions will learn from this example and hopefully we will see more of those creative initiatives in the future.”

Freedom Pizza worked with Saatchi & Saatchi to articulate their vision for driver safety. Richard Copping, Executive Creative Director at the global agency said, “We thought Freedom Pizza’s mission was important and we created a cultural platform for them to communicate this to influence the behavior of delivery drivers and the general public for good.”

Freedom Pizza’s founder and CEO, Ian Ohan, is also an avid motorbike rider commuting daily to work in Dubai and being a father of three young children he needs to come home safely, everyday.

Freedom Pizza stores are located in Al Barsha, Dubai Marina, Dubailand, Downtown, Mirdif, Abu Dhabi, VOX Cinemas Mall of the Emirates, VOX Cinemas Yas Mall.

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Established in 2015 by serial entrepreneur Ian Ohan, Freedom Pizza is a locally owned “made in the UAE” business making delicious, honest pizzas we can all feel good about. Using wholesome grains, the freshest local ingredients and free of preservatives and additives, the delicious taste of Freedom is delivered (right and fast) by its experienced and professional delivery team, every time. With seven locations in the UAE and growing, Freedom Pizza is about keeping its customers, its company and its community free – to share new ideas, care and great pizza.

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Microsoft's MSN Games has announced the launch of the two games for casual gamers to play online and share with friends.

"Hexic" is a "classic" puzzle game, whereas "Chess" promises a "fresh take" on the board game.

"We're excited to bring two of our most popular games to the Facebook and MySpace communities", said Megan Hodel, marketing manager for MSN Games at Microsoft.

"These networks reach more than 200 million people around the world, and the MSN Games applications will make it easier and more fun for Facebook and MySpace users to play some of their favourite casual games".

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We’re in the hot heart of the summertime and that means one thing -- VACATION!!

And as much as we might need the time off, and have to wait through the long winter months waiting for summer to finally arrive, vacations do come with a price.  There’s the cost of transportation to get you where you’re going (and home again when it’s over <<sigh>>.) Maybe there’s a new bathing suit or special outfit for while you’re away. Then there’s the cost of housing and lodging once you get there. Eating on the road usually doesn’t come cheaply and more often than not, vacations include those little personal indulgences from a cocktail or two, to spa visits for a seaweed wrap to that deep tissue massage. And postcards and souvenirs are not free!

But it’s all so worth it, assuming you’ve planned and prepared for it. Like putting money aside so that when the time comes for that precious vacation, you don’t have to go into debt to indulge and enjoy. Nothing spoils a good time more than the feeling of dread with every swipe of your credit card, knowing that upon your return from a good time, the piper will eventually have to be paid  But one of the hardest things about saving money is often simply beginning the process.

Now, with the Pockitapp, saving money just became a whole lot easier (and future vacations a great deal more enjoyable.) Pockitapp is a mobile financial app that allows you to earn and save with every cash transaction you make. It alleviates the need to carry around the change you’d receive back at the register or point-of-sale at every store, cafe, and service establishment carrying the Pockitapp logo. Use cash at that register and instead of receiving the change back in bills and coins from that transaction, it can automatically be deposited into your Pockitapp account.

So, advantage number one is no longer having to carry around all that change. No more need to collect and count coins. No need to bring your coin collection to the bank or coin machine to convert all those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters into a certificate that you can use or deposit into a useable form of currency.

Next, the Pockitapp gives you plenty of options as to what you can do with those funds. All that collected change can be deposited into a Pockitapp account tied to checking, savings, gift certificates or allocated to a charity of your choosing. In this instance, since you’re working towards a vacation, tie that Pockitapp change to a savings account and every time you make a cash transaction at Pockitapp places, automatically have all your change allocated to your vacation fund. You’ll be surprised how quickly and easily the savings will add up.

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That great science which regards nature and the operations of the human mind, is popularly divided into Morals and Metaphysics. The latter relates to a just classification, and the assignment of distinct names to its ideas; the former regards simply the determination of that arrangement of them which produces the greatest and most solid happiness. It is admitted that a virtuous or moral action, is that action which, when considered in all its accessories and consequences, is fitted to produce the highest pleasure to the greatest number of sensitive beings. The laws according to which all pleasure, since it cannot be equally felt by all sensitive beings, ought to be distributed by a voluntary agent, are reserved for a separate chapter.

The design of this little treatise is restricted to the development of the elementary principles of morals. As far as regards that purpose, metaphysical science will be treated merely so far as a source of negative truth; whilst morality will be considered as a science, respecting which we can arrive at positive conclusions.

The misguided imaginations of men have rendered the ascertaining of what IS NOT TRUE, the principal direct service which metaphysical science can bestow upon moral science. Moral science itself is the doctrine of the voluntary actions of man, as a sentient and social being. These actions depend on the thoughts in his mind. But there is a mass of popular opinion, from which the most enlightened persons are seldom wholly free, into the truth or falsehood of which it is incumbent on us to inquire, before we can arrive at any firm conclusions as to the conduct which we ought to pursue in the regulation of our own minds, or towards our fellow beings; or before we can ascertain the elementary laws, according to which these thoughts, from which these actions flow, are originally combined.

The object of the forms according to which human society is administered, is the happiness of the individuals composing the communities which they regard, and these forms are perfect or imperfect in proportion to the degree in which they promote this end.

This object is not merely the quantity of happiness enjoyed by individuals as sensitive beings, but the mode in which it should be distributed among them as social beings. It is not enough, if such a coincidence can be conceived as possible, that one person or class of persons should enjoy the highest happiness, whilst another is suffering a disproportionate degree of misery. It is necessary that the happiness produced by the common efforts, and preserved by the common care, should be distributed according to the just claims of each individual; if not, although the quantity produced should be the same, the end of society would remain unfulfilled. The object is in a compound proportion to the quantity of happiness produced, and the correspondence of the mode in which it is distributed, to the elementary feelings of man as a social being.

The disposition in an individual to promote this object is called virtue; and the two constituent parts of virtue, benevolence and justice, are correlative with these two great portions of the only true object of all voluntary actions of a human being. Benevolence is the desire to be the author of good, and justice the apprehension of the manner in which good ought to be done.

Justice and benevolence result from the elementary laws of the human mind.

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 The lakes of ice gleam bluer than the lakes
Of water 'neath the summer sunshine gleamed:
Far fairer than when placidly it streamed,
The brook its frozen architecture makes,
And under bridges white its swift way takes.
Snow comes and goes as messenger who dreamed Might linger on the road; or one who deemed His message hostile gently for their sakes Who listened might reveal it by degrees.
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Here is Practical Explanation about Next Life,

Here is Practical Explanation about Next Life,

Postby pol » Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:12 am

Practical Explanation ( For Example ) - `1st of all can you tell me every single seconds detail from that time when you born ?? ( i need every seconds detail ?? that what- what you have thought and done on every single second )

can you tell me every single detail of your `1 cheapest Minute Or your whole hour, day, week, month, year or your whole life ??

if you are not able to tell me about this life then what proof do you have that you didn't forget your past ? and that you will not forget this present life in the future ?

that is Fact that Supreme Lord Krishna exists but we posses no such intelligence to understand him.
there is also next life. and i already proved you that no scientist, no politician, no so-called intelligent man in this world is able to understand this Truth. cuz they are imagining. and you cannot imagine what is god, who is god, what is after life etc.
for example :Your father existed before your birth. you cannot say that before your birth your father don,t exists.

So you have to ask from mother, "Who is my father?" And if she says, "This gentleman is your father," then it is all right. It is easy.
Otherwise, if you makes research, "Who is my father?" go on searching for life; you'll never find your father.

( now maybe...maybe you will say that i will search my father from D.N.A, or i will prove it by photo's, or many other thing's which i will get from my mother and prove it that who is my Real father.{ So you have to believe the authority. who is that authority ? she is your mother. you cannot claim of any photo's, D.N.A or many other things without authority ( or ur mother ).

if you will show D.N.A, photo's, and many other proofs from other women then your mother. then what is use of those proofs ??} )

same you have to follow real authority. "Whatever You have spoken, I accept it," Then there is no difficulty. And You are accepted by Devala, Narada, Vyasa, and You are speaking Yourself, and later on, all the acaryas have accepted. Then I'll follow.
I'll have to follow great personalities. The same reason mother says, this gentleman is my father. That's all. Finish business. Where is the necessity of making research? All authorities accept Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You accept it; then your searching after God is finished.

Why should you waste your time?
all that is you need is to hear from authority ( same like mother ). and i heard this truth from authority " Srila Prabhupada " he is my spiritual master.
im not talking these all things from my own.

in this world no `1 can be Peace full. this is all along Fact.

cuz we all are suffering in this world 4 Problems which are Disease, Old age, Death, and Birth after Birth.

tell me are you really happy ?? you can,t be happy if you will ignore these 4 main problem. then still you will be Forced by Nature.

if you really want to be happy then follow these 6 Things which are No illicit sex, No gambling, No drugs ( No tea & coffee ), No meat-eating ( No onion & garlic's )

5th thing is whatever you eat `1st offer it to Supreme Lord Krishna. ( if you know it what is Guru parama-para then offer them food not direct Supreme Lord Krishna )

and 6th " Main Thing " is you have to Chant " hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare ".
If your not able to follow these 4 things no illicit sex, no gambling, no drugs, no meat-eating then don,t worry but chanting of this holy name ( Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra ) is very-very and very important.

Chant " hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare " and be happy.

if you still don,t believe on me then chant any other name for 5 Min's and chant this holy name for 5 Min's and you will see effect. i promise you it works And chanting at least 16 rounds ( each round of 108 beads ) of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra daily.
Here is no Question of Holy Books quotes, Personal Experiences, Faith or Belief. i accept that Sometimes Faith is also Blind. Here is already Practical explanation which already proved that every`1 else in this world is nothing more then Busy Foolish and totally idiot.
every `1 is already Blind in this world and if you will follow another Blind then you both will fall in hole. so try to follow that person who have Spiritual Eyes who can Guide you on Actual Right Path. ( my Authority & Guide is my Spiritual Master " Srila Prabhupada " )
if you want to see Actual Purpose of human life then see this link : ( {Bookmark it })
read it complete. ( i promise only readers of this book that they { he/she } will get every single answer which they want to know about why im in this material world, who im, what will happen after this life, what is best thing which will make Human Life Perfect, and what is perfection of Human Life. ) purpose of human life is not to live like animal cuz every`1 at present time doing 4 thing which are sleeping, eating, sex & fear. purpose of human life is to become freed from Birth after birth, Old Age, Disease, and Death.
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Postby Spider » Wed Jul 01, 2015 5:58 am

Ernest Shackleton: "Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success."

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Re: Here is Practical Explanation about Next Life,

Postby Medius » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:26 am

Isn't giving up a whole lot of great stuff, in the blind hope that it will gain you much greater stuff later... the definition of gambling?
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Postby spacemonkey » Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:22 pm

I wonder how many go through life and never ever think about its meaning ?
The hardest part of doing nothing is knowing when your done.
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Kim Kardashian’s stepdad, Bruce Jenner, transitioning to a woman

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People Magazine has confirmed that American Olympian and patriarch of the famous Kardashian/Jenner family, Bruce Jenner, is transitioning to a woman.

According to the magazine the news was confirmed by a source close to the family.

“Bruce is transitioning to a woman,” the source said. “He is finally happy and his family is accepting of what he’s doing. He’s in such a great space. That’s why it’s the perfect time to do something like this.”

Rumours has been swelling since 2014, when Jenner, following his separation from his wife Kris, was pictured in public with longer hair, make up and nail polish.

Jenner also underwent surgery to shave down his Adam’s apple.

According to People, Jenner’s family which include his stepdaughters, stars of the E! reality show, Keeping up With the Kardashian, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe, are in support of him.

Kim who is married to rapper, Kanye West, recently said publicly that Bruce was going through “a journey.”

Apart from his step daughters and stepson, Rob, Jenner has six children: Cassandra, 34, Burt, 36 (with ex-wife Chrystie Crownover); sons Brandon, 33 and Brody, 31 (with ex-wife Linda Thompson); and daughters Kendall, 19 and Kylie, 17 (with Kris Jenner).

“It is an intense thing. Of course not everyone is 100 percent on board. Different people have different reactions. But everybody loves him,” the source told People.

People also reported that a reality show is in the works and it would document Jenner’s transition.

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HND holders drag Nigerian government to court over discrimination

Former Attorney-General, Bello Adoke

Some civil servants are seeking a total abolition of the HND and university degree dichotomy.

The head of service, Bukar Aji and the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, have been dragged before the National Industrial Court, NIC, over the dichotomy existing between Higher National Diploma, HND, holders and university graduates.

The plaintiffs, civil servants under the auspices of the Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering, are seeking a total abolition of the HND and university degree dichotomy.

The suit was filed by Garba Bello, Adelaja Samuel, Jubril Kadiri, Christian Owolabi, Umechukwu Chuba and Fatima Mohammed on behalf of the association.

They are asking for the implementation of the federal government white paper which recommended the consolidation of emoluments of all public service employees in 2006.

Among the plaintiffs are level 14 public servants who say they have been denied further promotion because they were employed with HND qualifications.

The lawyer to the plaintiffs, Nnaemeka Ejiofor, argued that his clients have been victims of discrimination and want the NIC to invoke its powers and declare the policy unconstitutional.

The case, which came up for mention on Friday, has been adjourned till September 18 for hearing.

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Resident doctors ask stakeholders to prevail on Nigerian govt to prevent strike

Resident Doctors On Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, on Thursday urged stakeholders to prevail on the Federal Government to meet demands of resident doctors to prevent further strikes.

Adebayo Sekumade, President of LUTH chapter of the association, made the plea at a news conference in Lagos.

It was organised by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Lagos State chapter, to sensitise stakeholders about the doctors’ proposed strike, if the government refused to meet their demands.

Mr. Sekumade urged government to address all outstanding issues that could potentially affect effective healthcare delivery in the nation’s health institutions.

NAN reports that NARD had on December 19 given the Federal Government up to January 2 to implement the National Health Act 2014 and address other demands of the association.

The national body of the association had directed its members to wear black ward coats and conduct rallies at the expiration of the initial ultimatum given to the Federal Government on January 2.

According to him, some of the issues include non-release of a uniform template for residency training in Nigeria which has been ongoing for several years.

“Non-release of this template has contributed significantly to the level of industrial disharmony in the health sector.

“It causes selective application and misapplication of the rules by different hospital managements.

“A case in point is the recent letter of appointment given to the new resident doctors in LUTH which contained several anti-labour clauses.

“The absurdity of the unjust and unfair policy of payment of fractional salaries to only doctors in the Federal and State tertiary health institutions has continued since December 2013.

“It is on record that NARD gave a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Ministry of Health to address those issues on December 12, 2016,“ he said.

In his remarks, Kenneth Uwajeh, President of the association at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, said that the news conference was to let the stakeholders prevail on the government to avert the proposed strike.

“We have held several meetings with the stakeholders before now, but nothing has been done.

“Doctors are not desirous of strike, unfortunately, we are not immune to illnesses, and we also have families who require medical care.

“We also suffer consequences from this action, that is why we are calling on Nigerians to intervene to prevent the coming strike,” he said.

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Serena hotel tops the ranking of hotels – Uganda safari news

Kampala_Serena_Hotel_ugandaKampala Serena Hotel which is located at the heart of Kampala city presenting a remarkable stay for traveling world including those on safaris in Uganda is in moments of joy after securing the top position in the hotel rankings that were concluded on last Friday.
The ululations and celebrations were at the peak in Victoria Hall of Kampala Serena Hotel when the Ministry for Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities was announcing the outcomes of the ranking of hotels in Uganda. The first ever hotel classification to ever happen in Uganda caught every one by surprise and it was considered as one of the positive move towards a sustainable service industry that will see travelers that plan safaris to Uganda increase.
The classification which were issued in the categories two (2), three (3), four (4) and Five (5) star were ranked by the East African Assessors under the Uganda Tourism Board, a governmental has responsibility of maintaining quality assurance in the country’s tourism sector so as to ensure continued satisfaction of Uganda safari undertakes.
The hotel classification featured among others the efficiency and quality, buildings, location, lunch, buildings, restaurants, lobby and bars. Kampala Serena Hotel fortunately rose to the best position in the five (5) star category along with Munyonyo Common Wealth Hotel and Sheraton International Kampala Hotel which are other upmarket accommodation establishments that travelers on safari in Uganda tend to use.
The Minister of Tourism Hon Maria Mutagamba who presided over the function noted that the initiative to recognize and standardize the hotels aims at scaling up the tourism industry and as a means of ensuring the International travellers that there is safe, secure and confortable accommodation, food along with other while on Uganda safaris and tours.
The move which started with Kampala will roll out to other parts of the country and the hotel located there will be graded also according to Mr. Asiimwe Stephen, the Executive Director of Uganda Tourism Board. The President of the Uganda Hotel Owners Association Mrs. Susan Muhwezi noted that the initiative will see the marketing of the ranked hotels made easier since their standards would be recognized and known like other hotels of International stature.

The total of 76 hotels was tried out and inspection carried out. Unfortunately most of these were left out and only 26 were categorized. Those that missed out could not meet the standards that were required for the ranking. However, some of the big hotels did not take part in the ranking exercise. Other hotels that tend of awarding themselves stars were warned of the act as it considered illegal and thus risked prosecution.
The categorization of Hotels in Uganda is one of those new endeavor the sector is attempting to bring the sector to the minimum level and consider the minimum international standards to match with the standardization of the product that has become common on the global market and in the minds of the regular travelers not forgetting the aspect of uniqueness that would definitely give a selling preposition for individual establishments and the country as destination. Uganda is a rich destination for a range of safari packages including Uganda gorilla trekking safaris.
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Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

“Measure twice, cut once” is an adage used by many of my friends in the building business. There’s wisdom in these words. They are basically saying that it’s important to spend more time up front to ensure something is right, rather than having to go back and fix a mistake that was made from a hasty measurement.

That principle holds true for project management as well. It’s important to spend the necessary time during the due diligence and up-front work needed for a project to save lots of time down the road. Nowhere is this more important than when it comes to estimating a project. This is important for a number of reasons:

  • Maintains Your Bottom Line: If your company does work for clients on a fixed fee basis then it will be important for your estimates to be accurate in order to maintain your profitability.
    Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

    Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

    “Fixed Fee” Budgets and their close relatives, “Not To Exceed” Budgets are when you scope out the size of the project and then commit to a certain fee or highest amount for the work to be complete.

    Regardless of the project management techniques you use, it’s up to you to keep the time that is spent on these projects within these agreed amounts.

    What if you can’t? Then typically your company will have to absorb the additional time and expense that is incurred on behalf of the project.

  • Few Clients Have Open Checkbooks: It’s important to use project management technology for the sake of the clients budget as well. In the past, you could find a client that was willing to pay on a Time and Materials basis for a project without a clear end in sight.

    Those days have changed. Clients no longer have an open checkbook that you can bill time against. They expect an accurate estimate of the amount of money they can expect to pay on this project before they decide to move forward.

  • Time is of the Essence: It’s also important to use project management techniques to create accurate estimates, even if funds between companies are not involved.

    Let’s say it’s a project that is being done within your organization. There’s no real money that swaps hands, so the budget is not so much of a concern. However, there are very real costs to the resources that will be consumed for such a project. Also, people make their plans around certain dates and commitments around each project.

    It’s important to be as accurate as possible when it comes providing these timelines and project delivery dates.

Three Types of Estimates

Estimates are obviously important when it comes to project management. But, all estimates are not created equal. There are basically three major types of estimates. The following is a brief description of each along with its associated pros and cons:

  1. The Ballpark Estimate: As the name suggests, the ballpark estimate allows for a substantial amount of wiggle room. Think about the size of a ballpark. Then think about your estimate is the baseball. All you need to do is keep that baseball in the ballpark. That means you could throw it as hard as you want and it will most likely stay in the ballpark. You could even hit that ball as hard as you want and it will still stay in the ballpark.
    Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

    Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

    There are very few things you could do that would cause that ball to go out of the ballpark. It’s the same way with a ballpark estimate. The amount of wiggle room could be up to 80%-90% off the original estimate and the estimate would still be in the ballpark!

    Why would anyone ever use a ballpark estimate based upon the blatant inaccuracy of using this type of estimate? Because it’s fast. It’s lightning fast. It’s so fast you could be asked how long something will take as you get into the elevator… and by the time it reaches the next floor, you could have generated a ballpark estimate!

    But, what good is a ballpark estimate if it is so inaccurate? It may be just enough to give the person an idea that they are in the wrong ballpark. It’s not the fanciest project management technology to use, but it will at least let someone know if something is in the $100,000 ballpark or the $10,000,000 one.

  2. Order of Magnitude Estimate: The second type of estimate is the order of magnitude estimate. This is where you look at a new project in the context of projects that have already been completed and then say “this one is going to be half as large or 3 times as big.” You would then factor in any areas of complexity, such as using a new technology or integration with an existing system.

    This is a useful estimating tool to use. While not as fast as the ballpark estimate, it will allow you to get more of an accurate estimate in a short amount of time…perhaps within a couple of hours. Again, this will not be a rock-solid estimate, but it will at least let someone know if they are in the infield or the outfield, based on the results.

  3. Detailed Estimate: The detailed estimate, as its name would suggest is just that…detailed. This is where project management technology really can come into play. A detailed estimate is created from a WBS and started from the ground up. You look at every piece of work that has to be done, assign an amount of time to it based upon conversations with Subject Matter Experts… and then add it all up.
    Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

    Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

    This will give you the most accurate estimate possible using project management technology, but, it will also take the longest time possible out of the three types of estimates.

    You want to be sure to factor in other time to the detailed estimate including project management work and administrative tasks. Client responsiveness is also something that should be taken into account if you are looking to associate a date with the amount of time that was generated from the bottom up exercise.

Project Management Technology for Creating Estimates

There are a number of project management technology tools you can use for creating estimates.

  • WBS Generator: Many packages come with the ability to create a Work Breakdown Structure generator. This will help you get an idea of the scope of the project along with how long you feel each task will take to complete.
  • Timesheets: Another project management technology tool you can use to create accurate estimates is to compare timesheets from the past. Pull these time sheets and spend some time analyzing the numbers to see how long a similar project took to complete.
  • Review Past Projects: It is good form to archive past projects along with their associated notes and lessons learned. Take the time to pull these old projects out and see what went right, what went wrong, and how close their final number ended up being to the estimate. Use this as a basis for putting your accurate estimates together.

Measure twice, cut once. No truer words have been spoken when it comes to house building. Plus, you can use this principle in estimating your projects to ensure your projects are complete in scope and on a budget.

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The Latitude Of Mind That Galvanized A Longitude Of Ideas

Review Of Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time, by Dava Sobel

ISBN: 0-8027-1312-2

During the early 1990s I lived and studied in Portsmouth, England. Portsmouth harbor was the launch pad for a trial in 1761 designed to test the seaworthiness of the H4 Harrison clock. Today HMS Victory stands in Portsmouth’s historic dockyard. Built between 1759 and 1765 the Victory is perhaps symbolic of a turning point in maritime travel.

John Harrison was an eighteenth century English clockmaker who embraced his profession with a passion.  His pioneering work with seafaring clocks eventually led to one of the most distinguished achievements of his time- the north-south demarcation of global longitude.  Longitude is award-winning author Dava Sobel’s account of the decades-long saga that brought about Harrisons’ momentous breakthrough.

Any history buff who dares look back over the turbulent ups and downs of maritime navigation will sooner or later hit on the longitude debacle that gripped much of Europe between the 15th and 17th centuries.  A string of devastating incidents across international waters prompted an urgent examination by political and scientific establishments of how best to accurately map out the oceans that formed such a crucial part of global commerce.  The egregious positional miscalculation by one Admiral Clowdisley Shovell, whose flotilla ran aground on the isles of Sicily off the coast of England in 1707 at a cost of 2000 lives, is perhaps the most widely documented nautical calamity of that era.  Forced to navigate by latitude alone, ships became ever-vulnerable to ambush as they sailed along only a handful of well-advertised trade routes.

And so began the most hotly-contested race for scientific notoriety ever launched.  Spurred on by a carrot-stick monetary prize of £20,000 that accompanied the passage of the British parliamentary Longitudinal Act in 1714, Harrison garnered somewhat of a ‘David and Goliath’ reputation as he took on the intellectual clout of the British Admiralty.  A panel of scientists, naval officers and government officials collectively known as the Board of Longitude was commissioned to sort through a plenitude of proposals claiming to adequately tackle the longitude problem.  And during the years that followed, all manner of imaginative ideas were proffered by business hopefuls.  Fanciful schemes that relied on perpetual motion machines or canons strategically placed across the vastness of the oceans were expeditiously rejected due to their obvious lack of practicality.

Most problematic for those wishing to cast their hopes on the reliability of clocks was the need for a timepiece that would not deviate by more than 3 seconds for every full day out at sea.  Such was the accuracy threshold set by the board.  But clocks at that time were simply not up to the task.  Even the most experienced engineers would not have had the acumen to manufacture a timepiece that could counter the unforgiving sea swells and volatile atmospheric conditions of a trans-oceanic trip.

Undeterred the prodigious John Harrison put his apprenticed woodcraft skills to the task of winning the coveted prize.  He quickly cottoned on to the idea that if a clock could reliably measure time aboard a ship and at a second location of known longitude, the ship’s longitudinal position would be easily calculable.  By the age of 20 Harrison had already become well-acquainted with the nuances of Newtonian mechanics and had produced his first pendulum clock using wooden cogs.  With this came the realization that if he were to excel under the high standards that the board so vehemently demanded, his clocks would have to be revolutionary in almost every aspect.  Most importantly oils and other similarly purposed lubricants would have to be done away with since their thermal expansion/contraction properties would so cripplingly mar the functional consistency of any cog-based mechanism.

Over the course of half a century a tireless Harrison produced a series of sea clocks aptly named H1, H2, and H3, H4 (‘H’ for Harrison) that demonstrably addressed the temperature problem.  While dumbbell-shaped bar balances, temperature-compensating bi-metallic strips and caged ball bearings made them appear other-worldly, numerous test voyages from England’s southern ports affirmed their inimitable quality.

An unwavering perfectionism and an unshakable tenacity gave Harrison a respectable following among Royal Society members.  But his greatest rivals never relinquished their conviction that the only truly reliable method for measuring longitude was through detailed observations of celestial movements, notably of the moon and stars.  A multi-generational ‘relay team’ of Greenwich Astronomer Royals that included the likes of John Flamsteed, James Bradley and Nevil Maskelyne battled successively in favor of the superiority of celestial cartography right up until Harrison’s death in 1776.  And having collectively cataloged hundreds of thousands of stars across both the southern and northern seas, their case seemed unshakable.

Under Maskelyne’s watchful eye Harrison was eventually forced to hand over all of his clocks for examination by the board.  Maskelyne subsequently relegated H4 to the status of a mere accessory that “might enhance the lunar distance [method] but never supplant it”.  But amidst considerable acrimony and a last ditch appeal to the king of England, Harrison was given an eleventh hour reprieve.  Trials of the last of his timepieces, the H5 watch, and a series of cheaper replicas confirmed the mastery of this once-obscure clockmaker.  He was eventually declared the winner by the Board Of Longitude and duly awarded the financial prize he so uncontrovertibly deserved.

In her book Longitude Sobel has weaved the disparate threads of this pivotal epoch of maritime history into a story that accurately reflects the animosity and tensions that so entangled its key players.  A firm grasp of relevant scientific and political themes brings a unique aspect to Sobel’s prose as does her fast-paced style and attention to detail.  Such a rare combination of qualities makes Longitude a must read for those wishing to experience popular science writing at its best.

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Robert Deyes

Robert has been a Technical Services Scientist at Promega for over 10 years. He also worked for two years as a Technical Advisor at the Paisley, Scotland facility of Life Technologies Inc. After earning his Masters in Medical Genetics from the University of Glasgow, he spent 18 months at the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France where he did research into the molecular basis of the inherited disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He also holds a BSc from the University of Portsmouth in England.

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2 thoughts on “The Latitude Of Mind That Galvanized A Longitude Of Ideas

  1. This book is a few years old and is in my private collection. A very intriguing read–at times it seems to drag a bit (I thought) but it calls out just another thing we take for granted in modern society (in this case obtaining accurate time) that only a few hundred years ago was a tremendous obstacle to overcome. It was also to read of the politics and power struggles of the day playing out.

  2. Dear Alan. Thank you very much for your response. Yes, this is not a recent book. But what I found fascinating about the Longitude story is how diligently Harrison went about demonstrating the superiority of his approach to a fundamental scientific problem even when circumstances were against him. Tenacity is a quality that can pay rich dividends within our own corners of science research.

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Senior Lecturer

Division: Dietetics, Nutrition & Biological Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry & Radiography

Tel: 0131 474 0000

Dr Lorna Fyfe (BSc (Hons), PhD, ONC, HNC, FRSB) is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Dietetics, Nutrition & Biological Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry & Radiography. She is also a full member of Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research.

  • Overview
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  • Teaching & Learning
  • Activities & Awards

My life as a Biologist started at Portobello High School, Edinburgh. After leaving school  I worked as a state registered Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where I obtained an ONC and HNC  in Medical Laboratory Sciences. After a few years I became rather unsettled as a MLSO  so I gave up the day job and went to the University of Stirling to do an Honours Degree in Biological Sciences . Here  I became interested in Bacteriology following my honours research project on bacterial plasmids.

I then did my PhD on bacterial pathogenicity factors at Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham where I also completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. Although I enjoyed teaching  in schools , I really missed research, and moved back to University life where after several postdoctoral positions I became a full time lecturer at Queen Margaret University. Here I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and  teach  Microbiology and Immunology to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and conduct research on the antimicrobial activity and composition of honey.

My passion is research on honey which I have only relatively recently studied having previously investigated the antimicrobial activity of plant essential oils. I regularly give public talks on my research findings and collaborate with Dr Gordon Mc Dougall of the Hutton Research Institute, Dundee, Scotland. Here we have identified a number of honeys which have potent antibacterial activity which is independent of sugar, hydrogen peroxide and polyphenol content. We are currently trying to isolate this hitherto unknown antimicrobial agent in honey and to determine if it can inhibit antibiotic resistant bacteria.

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My research interest is on the antimicrobial activity, composition, and immunomodulatory properties of honey.

Active Research Interests:

  • Development of honey based antimicrobial agents, immunomodulatory properties of honey, phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of honey.

Research Methods:

  • Microbial inhibition assays, tissue culture, ELISA assays, biochemical assays, LCMS, inhibition of the production of bacterial toxins by honey.

This is in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Clinical Sciences including microbiology and immunology of the GI tract, Research Process.

  • D2133 Level2 Medical Microbiology.
  • D2129 Level 2 Immunology
  • D3165 Level 3 Clinical Sciences
  • D4120 level 4 Advanced Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  • D4164 Research Process
  • D4165 Honours Project
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Pesto Pizza with Roasted Vegetables

Trying to eat more vegetables as your new year’s resolution? You can boil, blanch, or steam them. Our favorite cooking method? Roasting. Roasting vegetables can bring out their sweet and nutty flavor, which pairs perfectly with the pesto on this pizza from The Roasted Vegetable, Revised and Expanded Edition.

Pesto Pizza with roasted vegetables.

Pesto Pizza Ingredients

2 medium-size zucchini, cut into matchsticks
2 medium-size red bell peppers, cut into matchsticks
4 ounces (115 g) mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons (45 ml) olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups (470 ml) pesto, homemade or store-bought
1 pound (455 g) fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced

  1. Prepare the pizza dough and set aside in a warm, draft-free place to rise for about 1 hour, until doubled in bulk.
  2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C, or gas mark 7). Lightly oil a large shallow roasting pan or half sheet pan.
  3. Mound the zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms, and garlic on the pan. Drizzle the oil over the vegetables and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Arrange in a single layer on the pan.
  4. Roast for 30 to 45 minutes, until the vegetables are well browned and tender, stirring or shaking the pan occasionally for even cooking. Remove from the oven and increase the temperature to 500°F (250°C, or gas mark 10).
  1. Divide the dough into two balls. Lightly oil two 10- or 12-inch (25 or 30 cm) round pizza pans or two 12 x 15-inch (30 x 38 cm) baking sheets. Assemble and bake the pizzas one at a time. Stretch one ball of dough to fit one pan. Spread half the pesto over the dough. Scatter half the vegetables on the pesto and top with about half the mozzarella.
  2. Bake on the bottom rack for 10 to 12 minutes, until the crust is golden.
  3. Meanwhile, assemble the second pizza the same way. Bake when the first pizza is done.
  4. Serve both pizzas warm.

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This wide-ranging collection of 175 mouthwatering recipes is sure to please even the fussiest eaters. With recipes from simply sensational sides like Mixed Roasted Mushrooms in a Soy Vinaigrette to satisfying main dishes like Baked Orzo with Roasted Fennel and Red Peppers, vegetable lovers and vegetable haters alike will find here tasty, tempting dishes that don’t require a lot of fuss.

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True cross-platform support

Another key aim for Quirkos was to have proper multi-platform support. By that, I mean that it doesn't matter if you are using a desktop or laptop running Windows, a Mac, Linux, or a tablet, Quirkos is the same across them all. You can swap files between different operating systems without needing to convert them, and the interface is the same for everyone. Magic!

This seems like such a simple goal, but Quirkos will be the first qualitative analysis package to acheive this, and it's something that has not been good enough for far too long. It's been a real pain when team members have different computers, and people can't share their data and files.

While it's great that some of the big players are finally releasing Mac versions of their software, these have different interfaces to learn, have less features, and can't talk seamlessly with the Windows versions. Quirkos says: it shouldn't matter. You can pick up an Android tablet right now, and send your Quirkos file to a collegue using a Mac or Windows computer, and explore it using the same interface: an interface that is visual and intuitive, where you don't need to learn any technical query languages, or computer jargon.

Finally, qualitative data analysis shouldn't require the most powerful computer your department can afford, with as much RAM as you can fit in it. The header in the image above shows Quirkos purring away on an old 2008 netbook (!) running XP, and it still searches faster than certain other qualitative analysis software running on my Quad-core, desktop PC with 8GB of RAM.

This is becoming an embarassingly geeky post, but the point is that with Quirkos these stats don't matter anymore. You don't need to worry about what platforms your collegues are using, you can just share with them. And because it works so much faster, it means you can play and with and explore your data in a new way.

Before now, many people I know prefer to do their analysis on paper, and I don't blame them. But finally there is software that just gets out of the way, and puts your data first and formost, regardless of what you have to run it on.


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Matt Bates, Chief Transformation Officer

Matt Bates

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Matt is the chief transformation officer at Rackspace where he’s responsible for leading the company’s efforts to scale the expertise and Fanatical Support it delivers to customers, along with the engaged workplace culture that enables our exceptional customer service. Matt also serves as acting head of Rackspace’s Human Resources department.

Since Rackspace went private in November 2016, Matt has led our efforts to shift resources to the lines of business that are growing most rapidly, and to operate more cost efficiently. His team's work — aided by great suggestions from Rackers all across the company — has resulted in rising margins and record levels of cash flow.

Before he became chief transformation officer in July 2017, Matt served as interim chief financial officer at Rackspace, where he was responsible for the company's financial planning and reporting. Matt grew up in the Seattle area and earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Upon graduation, he worked for the investment bank Alex Brown on the Rackspace account, after which our founders lured him away.

During his 15 years at Rackspace, Matt has worked not only in finance but also in other key areas including support, operational excellence, and corporate development. He helped instill the discipline that has kept Rackspace growing profitably. He helped execute our successful 2008 IPO, as well as our recent transaction to go private. Matt and his wife have six children, whom they nurture, along with chickens and fruit trees, on a small farm near San Antonio.

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Apparently I've been ignoring my news page here! Since my last update, these new releases have taken place:

In addition to those releases, I've created an account on GitHub and released the source to some R&M software, as well as ported some other DOS BBS related software to Windows:

  • GameSrv -- A BBS door game server for Windows and Linux written in C#
  • Gunshot -- 32bit port of Shotgun BBS Professional version 2 alpha 10
  • PDDNS -- A dynamic DNS client supporting multiple service providers (DtDNS, Dyn, NoIP, Point)
  • Renegade -- 32bit port of Renegade Y2Ka2. This is a port of the old Y2Ka2 version that Jeff Herrings released in 2005
  • RG119SRC -- 32bit port of Renegade v1.19. This is a port of the newest version of Renegade still under development by T.J McMillen
  • RMLib -- Nonvisual support classes used by multiple R&M Software programs
  • RMLibUI -- Visual support classes/components used by multiple R&M Software programs
  • Usurper -- 32bit port of Usurper BBS door game. The source for this used to be hosted on SourceForge, but I've now moved it to GitHub

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      This spacious unit is located above the Georges hall shops, next door to Georges River Grammar School. Both bedrooms are quite large and you will enjoy the generous open plan lounge and dining area. The kitchen has been updated and is a stylish laminate design with glass splashbacks. There is a neat and tidy bathroom with two-way access to the master bedroom, plus an internal laundry and a great balcony with nice district views. Single car space behind the shops. Close to multiple good schools, public transport and local shops.


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      Large Two Bedroom Apartment which has been beautifully appointed.
      Be a part of one of the most sought after addresses in the Inner East - Advanx East, this brand new two bedroom apartment has a spacious, contemporary feel enhanced with quality finishes throughout including exquisite joinery, stone bench tops, luxurious bathrooms and quality stainless steel appliances.

      Features of this apartment include:

      Spacious internal layout with open living areas with Park views
      Two large bedrooms built in wardrobes, master with luxurious ensuite
      Loads of natural light
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      Designer full gas kitchen with stainless steel appliances and integrated fridge included
      Sleek, stylish second bathroom
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      Located at the intersection of Rushcutters Bay, Paddington & Darlinghurst this property offers the convenience of inner city living as well as an array of parks & sporting facilities, cafes & restaurants, shopping

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      A rare opportunity exists to rent this sensational 2 bedroom home at a bargain price. The owner is looking for a select individual or couple to rent their self-contained accommodation on this extraordinary property with dazzling water views. The suitable applicant won't mind occasionally looking after two small dogs and some limited gardening. Enjoy the benefits of living in a secure environment with electricity and water usage included. The generous flat offers open living, two good sized bedrooms, balcony and single carport. Would suit older person or couple. Pre application process:- Please send a covering letter providing some information about you and your rental history and/or situation to


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      Property ID 1552959
      Big Country Style By the Lake!

      Must be sold! Glorious family home with polished floor boards and wonderful hub-of-the-home kitchen with multiple living areas. What more could your family want?
      Offers swimming pool perfect for upcoming summer months! 4 bedrooms + study, 2.5 bathrooms boasting double shower heads in both bathrooms plus spa bath, double garage plus car port, not to mention plenty of grass for the kids and pets to play! As well as covered out door entertaining just in time for family & friends this Christmas!

      • Beautiful French doors opening out to decking & swimming pool
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      • Views of Lake Macquarie
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      Spacious Top Floor Apartment with Dual Aspects & 2 Car Spaces
      - Exceptionally spacious floor plan
      - Full size gourmet gas kitchen with stainless steel appliances
      - Entertainers balcony
      - Secondary balcony off master bedroom
      - Exceptional ventilation
      - An abundance of internal storage space
      - Reverse-cycle air-conditioning
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      - Access to first class resort facilities of pools, health club and tennis courts by membership
      - Transport of bus moments away plus ferry wharf less than 700 metres for access to Parramatta and Circular Quay
      - Shops and cafes moments from your door step
      - Sorry, no pets

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      Property ID 1443753
      * Under construction, freestanding warehouse
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      Nestled between the city and the sea in a thriving location. This property presents an affordable entry into the sought-after Western market perfect for investment or to move straight in to.

      2 large bedrooms both boasting spacious built-in robes & additional storage rooms, central bathroom upstairs with a separate wash-closet and basin on the ground floor with a flowing, bright open-plan living, dining, kitchen area presents the ultimate functional floor plan popular amongst the low-maintenance homebuyers.

      Perfect for the upcoming warm summer nights, the private alfresco at the rear and private front courtyard provide the ultimate relaxation and entertaining experiences with family and friends.

      Located only moments from the chic Grange Road and Port Road cafe options, public transport and local shops, as well as short drives to the golden sands of Henley Beach and CBD, it's no wonder why Findon is the place to be.

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Tom Dorsey, a leader in the financial services business with more than 40 years experience, will deliver the keynote address at Richard Bland College of William & Mary’s 54th Commencement Ceremony. As co-founder of Dorsey, Wright & Associates in 1987, an investment firm based in Richmond, Dorsey has authored nine books, including Point & Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices, Thriving as a Broker in the 21st Century and Tom Dorsey’s Trading Tips: A Playbook for Stock Market Success.

Dorsey has been a regular guest on Fox’s “Cavuto on Business” and “Bulls & Bears” programs and frequently speaks to audiences worldwide on topics related to the stock market, technical analysis, and Relative Strength investing.

Dorsey began his career as a stock broker with Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith in 1974. His distinguished career has earned him numerous awards and citations, including the Citizens Community Award from Governor Charles Robb, Runner-up Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (1999), Runner-up Best Small Business of Richmond (2000), Alumni of the Year at, Virginia Commonwealth University (2000) and Star Alumni at VCU (2015). He was also recently recognized as a Market Technicians Association “Living Legend.”

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Reporter's Recording Guide

August 1, 2012

This guide was researched and written by McCormick Legal Fellow Kristen Rasmussen, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellow Jack Komperda and legal intern Raymond Baldino. They built on the work of legal fellows and interns who contributed to previous editions. Funding for this publication provided by the MoCormick Foundation. © 2012 by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100, Arlington, Va. 22209.

Important notice

This guide is meant as a general introduction for journalists to the state of the law concerning electronic recording and its implications. It does not take the place of legal advice from a lawyer in your state when you are confronted with a legal problem. Journalists who have additional questions or who need to find a lawyer can contact the Reporters Committee at (800) 336-4243.

Because this guide was written with the needs of journalists in mind, it does not address all aspects of electronic recording laws, including the issues of taping family members’ calls and using a tape recording as evidence in a lawsuit or prosecution. Non-journalists who have questions about taping should contact an attorney in their state.