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Offshoring is the usage of manpower from a specialized external agency OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY to lower your cost due to cheaper labor,job costing software administration and training fees.
Apart from allowing your business to be more competitive, offshoring also let you concentrate on the business's core activities. (If you are in Thailand or VietNam, you can get oraccording to your needs).job costing software
We work while you sleep
One of the main benefits about offshoring is the "factory feeling" �C 24 HOURS PRODUCTION �C Your team comes back every morning to find the tasks they assigned to Blueball's team already waiting for them.
Real time teams
If your business requires it,job costing software we can also set up a team for you who can work for you in real time. Please contact us to dicuss specific conditions that may apply according to your time zone.
The language barrier?
All our people have good written and reading English skills.
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Blueball understands though, communication is crucial when giving-receiveing orders, therefore, we can offer you a dedicated translators for every five to ten positions you outsource-offshore with us. Available languages now are: French, German,job costing software Spanish, Vietnamese and English. Other languages are available on request.
The managers you talk with are all fluent English speakers. Our CEO and CIO combined are fluent in German,job costing software English, French, Thai and Spanish and they are always available for negotiations.

Why Bluaball?
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Blueball has been a PARTNER TO SUCCESS to a number of companies around the world. At some point, our clients had to INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY without having to engage on a massive internal growth. They suddenly had FLEXIBILITY to expand or shrink according to their workloads.
Blueball has developed a METHODOLOGY to control our internal processes: We can control our own people; and for you?
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We developed an: You can control tasks and results in a simple, clear, screen: You are never out control.
Our policies and passion to please, translate in a 90% recurrence from our international.job costing software Most of them are Japanese transnational companies, so you know the degree of excellence we are accustomed to.
Manpower Quality
Blueball follows the principle of quality growth. We will no grow for the sake of quick profit endangering our quality and therefore our reputation.job costing software We prefer to steadily recruit people following a strict process of PROFILING, TESTING, SCREENING AND ENROLLMENT. We then induct the person to a mindset of service and commitment.Along the way, Blueball will "westernize" their working style by explaining cultural differences that are vital to deliver good results.job costing software

Communication
We offer crystal clear communication and a personal manager for your account as a minimum standard. Our top managers are always available to you to discuss any issue further.
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Reasons to offshore
. High labor cost and taxes
. law that make it too risky and expensive to hire local work ship
.job costing software Have to increase capacity for a new project
. Have to change premises to grow
. Having projects that are delayed due to lack of personnel
.job costing software Incapacity to accept a new project due to lack of new technology
. Having projects that were incorrectly planned and more programmers need to assigned
. Having "stuck" projects your in-house team doesn't know how to solve
Reasons to change offshoring company
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. Offhored programmers who lack of knowledge
. Offshored programmers who are not well trained for the job
. Offshored programmers without the right profile to perform the task
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. Offshored programmers who see your company as an alien and don't feel the degree of responsibility that the rest of your staff does
. Offshored programmers who lack discipline and commitment
. Companies who don't have proper control over its employees
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. No guarantee or replacement programs
. No transfer of knowledge between programmer and replacement
. Bad attitude and/or wrong personality for the job
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. No communication with the offshoring company
Our offshoring methodology
1. Analysis: research the customer's requirements and readiness for outsourcing
2.job costing software Strategy: determine the best overall outsourcing strategy for the customer's business
3. Transition: costing, contract negotiation and initiation
4. Implementation: project management,job costing software review and monitoring, where appropriate with a phased hand-over of control to the customer
5. Auditing Results: Continually audit, update and correct our processes
Want to know more? Please
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Want to be more? Fill up a quick form so we know more about you. If you have the time though, we recommend you to fill up a specially designed for offshoring services! Completing the questionnaire form will take around 5 minutes. You will need to supply a minimum of information about your current needs and processes in order to give us a better idea of how to start handing your case.

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Blueball.co.ltd
http://www.blueballgroup.com
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Tlahui Calva �C CEO
Has extensive experience on the field of IT offshoring
Tel: +66 8 9699 3358
Email: tlahui@blueballgroup.com
tlahui@yahoo.job costing software com
Our Office
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Vietnam Production Center
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PT Pacific Fiber Indonesiais one of Multinational Company that leads a forestry industry (HTI), chip mills projects and operations in East Kalimantan Area. Due to rapid business expansion, currently we are seeking for the highly motivated professionals to strengthen our team in the following positions:

IT ENGINEER (IT-ENGR)
The successful candidate will be familiar to handle infrastructure (LAN, Server, Router) and SAP System with strong computer and communication skill.
Requirements:
* Minimum Bachelor��s Degree in Information Technology Computer.
* Having at least 2 years experience as IT Engineer.
* Good analytical and problem solving skill
* Fluent in English & Mandarin.
* Discipline, honest, Initiative, team-work, self-motivated, dynamic.
* Willing to work in Kenangan-Balikpapan.

COST CONTROLLER (CC)
The successful candidate will be familiar to handle project costing, inventory control, budget, management report, monitor all cost activities and Identify and report trends in the project financial performance with strong computer, communication skill & Leadership.
Requirements:
* Age max. 40 years old.
* Candidate must Bachelor��s Degree in Accounting Min. GPA 3.0.
* Minimum 3 years experienced as Cost Controller in Forestry & Manufacturing Industry.
* Familiar in SAP system.
* Good Communication in English both oral and written and Computer Literate (Mandarin skills is preferred)
* Willing to work in Telukwaru, Balikpapan , East Kalimantan .

3. TAX SUPERVISOR (T-SPV)
The successful candidate will be handle all tax activities such as plan and monitor the calculation and payment of all taxes also prepare annual income tax and PPh.
Requirements:
* Bachelor degree in Accounting or Tax with Min. GPA.3,0.
* Minimum 3 years experience in the same positions.
* Good skills in Accounting, Tax,Reporting,computer and SAP software.
* Excellent knowledge of Indonesian Tax Regulations.
* Excellent interpersonal skill and good leadership.
* Good Communication in English both oral and written and Computer Literate (Mandarin skills is preferred)
* Willing to work in Balikpapan .

Submit your application letter, comprehensive CV with recent photograph, and related certification with Ms 2003 or PDF version before 03thDecember 2009 to HRD Department of PT PFI: recruitment@pacific-fiber.comor PO BOX 570 East Kalimantan 76114. Please put the position code on e-mail subject or top right of the envelope and quote your salary expectation in your application letter. Only short listed candidate will be invited for test and or interview.

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* Ship's commander lauds stability, speed
* Could be used for fighting pirates, many other missions
* Offers flexibility for future, company says (Adds Navy comment on unmanned mini-submarine, Lockheed ship)
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
MOBILE, Ala., Jan 5 (Reuters) �C U.S. Navy Commander Curt Renshaw says the size, speed and stability of his new ship, the first General Dynamics Corp (GD.N) Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), make it ideal for a wide range of missions, including chasing down modern-day pirates.
The Navy is due to commission the USS Independence on Jan. 16, almost exactly four years after General Dynamics and its subcontractor, Australia's Austal Ltd (ASB.AX), began work on the new shore-hugging warship at a new shipyard in Mobile.
Renshaw and a crew of 40 will move on board about two weeks after the commissioning, when the ship enters active service. They then plan to sail up the East Coast this spring after contractors finish correcting minor problems found during the ship's acceptance trials in November.
Renshaw says the Navy has not yet assigned the ship a first mission, but fighting piracy could well be one of its jobs.
"I think we would be very capable to do that kind of mission," he said, noting that the Navy had added a boarding capability to the ship's surface warfare mission package.
Independence is a 419-foot (128-metre) trimaran, with a massive center hull and two side hulls that increase its stability and give it a 7,300-square-foot flight deck �� nearly twice the size of that on the larger DDG-51 destroyer.
Renshaw said the side hulls make the aluminum ship more stable, even when making turns at high speeds using four big water jets, sort of like a giant jet ski.
HANDLES LIKE A JET SKI
"It is a jet ski," he says with a laugh, leading reporters on Monday to peer over the back of the ship for a glimpse of the jets.
Built for use in coastal or littoral waters, the ship can reach sprint speeds of more than 45 knots (52 mph).
"The faster you go, the more stable it tends to get," said Renshaw, who previously commanded the USS Patriot, a mine-clearing ship, off the coast of Japan.
Accepted by the Navy last month, Independence is one of two rival designs for a new class of more agile, cheaper warships.
Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) first LCS ship, a more traditional monohull, went into service in late 2008 and has sailed more than 8,000 nautical miles. The USS Freedom is due to deploy for the first time this year, in the Caribbean and then in the East Pacific, two years earlier than planned.
Lockheed and General Dynamics are now locked in competition for 10 more ships after the Navy decided last year to proceed with just one version of the new ship.
The Navy is due to make that decision later this year, probably in July. Over time, it plans to buy a total of 55 LCS ships, which were initially seen costing just 0 million each, but now have a congressional cost cap of 0 million.
The current competition also includes electronic packages to run five more ships to be built by a second source after a separate competition in 2012,and is worth well more than billion in the short run. It will essentially establish one or the other company as the key LCS supplier for the next decade.
Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Virginia-based Lexington Institute, said the General Dynamics ship had seemed to be trailing Lockheed's vessel before recent sea trials, but its innovative three-hull design performed very well in tests.
"It looks like a fight to the finish between the two teams," Thompson said.
The LCS ships were designed for three main missions �� detecting mines, fighting smaller surface craft, and anti-submarine warfare. But the idea was always to make the ships more able to respond to changing military needs, such as anti-piracy, counter-narcotics and even disaster relief.
Interchangeable mission packages were delivered last year, but reliability issues prompted the Navy to drop a remotely piloted mini-submarine built by Lockheed from the anti-submarine module, said Navy spokesman Commander Victor Chen.
He said the decision to buy half the mini-subs initially increased the unit cost of the remaining vehicles and triggered a Pentagon review that could lead to its termination. He said the Navy was working closely with the Pentagon on the review, and with Lockheed to increase the sub's reliability.
Renshaw said the Navy was still learning a great deal about the mission modules, and how to operate the new ships.
"There's a lot of roles that this ship can play to complement the ships that we already have out there," Renshaw said. Other ships might have more firepower, but lacked the speed of the LCS. Others could carry more and had a larger flight deck, but could not defend themselves as well.
The ship has an advanced computer system that allows the engines, weapons and other systems to be operated from anywhere on board, even from a laptop in Renshaw's stateroom.
OFFICIALS LIKE FLEXIBILITY
Carlo Zaffanella, vice president of the General Dynamics unit that designed the computer system, says senior officials leave tours impressed with the flexibility that the ship's large size, ample flight deck and open electronic architecture will give the Navy to meet future warfighting needs.
"The overall importance of LCS is how ready it is to handle changes; not only the current requirements, but whatever comes up in the future," said Zaffanella.
Both LCS models operate with far fewer crew members than earlier warships. They use satellite broadband connections to allow certain tasks �� like keeping track of food stores on board �� to be done more efficiently from shore, said Rear Admiral Jim Murdoch, the Navy's LCS program manager.
The reduced crew size will be a major change for the Navy in coming years, and means that everyone on an LCS must essentially be able to do any job on board, Renshaw said.
It has also prompted some unusual ideas, he said, such as possibly using robotic vacuums like those built by iRobot (IRBT.O), freeing sailors for more important jobs. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Tim Dobbyn).

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To maintain financial data sheet is a very tedious job and it is not the owner's cup of tea. He basically hires a competent accountant for this job. Maintaining the finance of any company requires a lot of brainwork. An accountant should be very dedicated and sincere. If a single penny is miscalculated, then the company has to bear the loss.job costing software Today, every small or big organization prefers accounting outsourcing services. This service is not only able to bring profit to a company but one can get the service at a much cheaper rate. Accounting outsourcing is flourishing with every passing day. There are many countries that outsourced accounting from somewhere else and they are finding the move very effective. To know about the various firms that provide accounting services one needs to do some minor research.job costing software Internet can also be an effective source of information.
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4. Act as a liaison between Engineering and manufacturing shops, through communication of problems or questions from the manufacturing shops to the appropriate Engineering personnel.job costing software To rapidly obtain engineering directives to be given to shop personnel in order to minimize and/or avoid costly delays in the manufacture or assembly of machine components.

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7. Self-directed participation in outside activities including professional organizations, which are associated with manufacturing technology, and maintain awareness of state-of-the-art market as it relates to area of responsibility.job costing software

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Organizational skills.

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The suspicion that your billable hours are not as much as they should be haunts many business owners. Let��s face it, that alone can make or break you! Tracking hours is a difficult process for any service-based business. Attempting to recall hours at the end of the working day or worse still at the end of the week, inevitably results in inaccuracy. More often than not,job costing software a very conservative estimate of chargeable hours ends up costing your business.

For Leongatha Refrigeration, the implementation of IMS has resulted in at least 25% revenue increase due solely to more accuracy in tracking billable hours.
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Although according to Theresa Doohan, productivity was not the only motivating factor for implementing IMS. The business organisational process for Leongatha Refrigeration had become difficult to manage on a day-to-day basis. More and more time was being invested in paperwork when time in business development and strategy was being lost. Barb Sauvarin,job costing software business manager for Leongatha Refrigeration, sums it up; ��IMS got us organised��. No more loose job cards and pieces of paper, everything is automated and organised. Business process for Leongatha Refrigeration..job costing software .. it��s a breeze.

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Life within Microsoft Dynamics

Of course, it was only logical to expect that the new powerhouse owner would try to leverage its renowned technology stack, possibly with an expected spin (or even reality) of potential customer benefits. The first product��s release under Microsoft was in 2004 under the name Microsoft Navision 4.0, since the ��Dynamics�� moniker came a bit later.

Microsoft Navision 4.0 was centered on the themes of improving the user experience (UX) design and further simplicity and productivity enhancements. To that end, the release��s look and feel reminded users of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, whereas any analytical charting result could be presented in Microsoft Excel Viewer.

��Analytics�� had long since become an increasingly important aspect of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, and the company then leveraged Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Analysis Services to package a set of ready-made analysis tools and graphical views of common key performance indicators (KPIs) by dimension. Further along the lines of delivering deeper integration with the overall Microsoft technology stack was harnessing the Microsoft SQL Server Notification Services to support e-mail business notifications to employees and trading partners.

The product also leveraged an extensible markup language (XML) port so that its modules could interchange data with other applications and external users via the Internet. This capability was especially oriented toward the hub-and-spoke deployment scenario that was mentioned at the end of Part 1.

The 4.0 release also unified and improved two human-to-application portal applications: Navision Commerce Portal (for customer, vendor, and partner access and self-service through a Web browser) and Navision User Portal (to provide personalized browser-based remote access to the solution for employees). For functional enhancements, there were improvements in the realm of financial management such as inter-company postings, partial payments, or an audited reversal of journal posting transactions.

Also delivered were industry templates to reduce the time it takes to configure the different modules for different specialist industries. Among the many industries that were supported in Microsoft Navision 4.0 were furniture and electronics engineering.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0

In 2006, Microsoft released Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0, which continued to leverage the parent company��s technology stack. For instance, users can now export data to Microsoft Office Excel and Word simply by clicking on the respective Excel or Word icons in any Microsoft Dynamics NAV screen.

Furthermore, users can synchronize common tasks in the suite with respective tasks in Microsoft Outlook. Namely, users can schedule meetings, manage contacts, and send e-mail messages in either application, and the data will automatically be updated in both programs. In fact, any field from any table in Microsoft Dynamics NAV can be synchronized with Microsoft Outlook. The only limitations might come from what the company��s information technology (IT) administrators decide to put as restrictions on a given user.

The Record Links feature makes unstructured information from all kinds of sources (e.g., e-mails or Web sites) easily available via links in Microsoft Dynamics NAV to increase productivity. In this product release, users can add links to any Web site or file stored on a document management system such as Microsoft SharePoint. For example, users could create links from an item in Microsoft Dynamics NAV to a product Web site, a video demo of the product, images of the product, or to other documents created in Microsoft Office.

Record links can be created in any Microsoft Dynamics NAV��s screen form, and can also be moving links. This means that when the same information is automatically moved from one area in a NAV application to another, the link will follow. For example, links created in sales quotes are automatically copied to the corresponding sales order when it is created, and to the invoice when it is posted.

Another convenient and time-saving feature comes from integration to Microsoft Windows Live Search Maps (previously Windows Live Maps and Windows Live Local). This nifty capability makes it easy to get a map and driving directions to a customer or business partner��s location directly from Microsoft Dynamics NAV (by simply clicking a button next to the relevant address, e.g., in the customer file or from the shipping manifest).

Continuing the work started in Navision 4.0, the built-in business analytics take advantage of the capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) so that users can present meaningful information in a more appealing way. With online analytical processing (OLAP) tools enabled by Microsoft SQL Server, users can draw upon table relations within Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 for a multi-dimensional view of data. These OLAP cubes can then be accessed in a reporting application tool, such as Microsoft Excel or the original Navision��s Business Analytics Advanced Viewer.

The abovementioned Commerce Portal was discontinued, but not necessarily because Microsoft SharePoint became the standard Microsoft Dynamics portal technology. Rather, SharePoint is primarily used internally in the organization using an intranet or extranet. But an e-commerce solution has quite different requirements, especially if you sell in a business-to-consumer (B2C) scenario.

Hence, providing e-commerce solutions for Dynamics NAV is a now a partner game with independent software vendors (ISVs) like DVP or Script Server. Dynamics NAV partners offer all things related to electronic commerce, including managing the volume load (you never know if you have 10 or 100,000 customers hitting your e-commerce storefront at the same time), payment services, etc.Partners have reused the business logic in NAV, so that items, prices, item pictures, etc. are still all maintained in NAV and the orders end up being processed in NAV.

For conducting automatic Internet-based commercial transactions in an application-to-application (A2A) manner, there is still the original Navision Commerce Gateway. It is a business-to-business (B2B) document integration solution based on Microsoft BizTalk Server. Commerce Gateway maps and trades business documents between Microsoft Dynamics NAV and other systems. Microsoft BizTalk Server works with the Microsoft Dynamics NAV application server to automate and speed up transactions like sales order handling.

But in addition to becoming ever more compliant with Microsoft��s technology stack, the 5.0 release featured a number of functional enhancements such as sales and purchase document approval; prepayments; inter-company purchase cost distribution; service order handling; account schedules; inventory costing; job shop control; item tracking; and kitting. Last but not least, to aid partners�� productivity, Dynamics NAV started leveraging the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step rapid implementation methodology.

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Job Description:

Broad Functions:

? Functional lead in the department to handle Oracle Applications (ERP) and Sales & Distribution applications (Back office & Handheld)

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? Primary Support to two functional areas (at least 4 modules) from the following 4 areas. Oracle Distribution, Finance, Manufacturing and HRMS Modules. Secondary Support to Sales Force Automation Software operation

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? Maintain proper integration with ERP & HH Operations

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? Provide Secondary Support to Sales Force Automation Software

? Maintain proper integration with Oracle ERP

? Maintain proper backups of the data and application

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? Must be familiar with any ERP implementation project.
? Should have managed a team of Developers

? Should have good experience of providing Support to User/ Customers

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Please respond with your updated Resumes.

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Silver Spring MD

About Patriot

Patriot Technologies, LLC is a leading Small Business serving
government marketplaces where healthcare and information technology
intersect.As a veteran-owned company, we know what it means to be
mission-focused and client-driven. We believe in our clients�� missions
and understand the challenges they are trying to solve for the well-
being of all our nation��s citizens. We deliver consistent superior
results in electronic healthcare management focused on information
technology services, clinical adoption strategies and project
management.

About VistA Imaging

The VistA Imaging System is a system that enables the sharing, storing
and retrieval of clinical images. It has been developed by the VA over
the past 20 years and its core components are currently implemented at
every VA Medical Center (VAMC). VistA Imaging is a critical component
to the VA��s vision of the multi-media patient health record; it will
support both conventional and telehealth-based healthcare delivery. It
integrates traditional medical chart information with medical images
of all kinds, including x-rays, pathology slides, cardiology motion
views, wound photos, and pictures acquired during endoscopy, surgery,
and eye exams.

Requirements

2 to 4 years experience in the DICOM and/or Clinical Images testing is
required. Experience with CACHE is preferred.

? Conduct Manual Testing
? In-depth knowledge of testing techniques and tools.
? General knowledge of the application architecture and
infrastructure.
? General knowledge of the base business application.
? General knowledge of the methodology in use, with a specific
understanding of how it relates to testing.
? Define and shape all testing and quality measurement.
? Coordinate and supports users, designers, developers, testers, and
all other groups involved with testing.
? Defines the project��s testing policies and guides development to
facilitate testing.
? Obtain agreement on what, how, and when the application will be
tested
? Organize and manage the bug reporting and tracking process.
? Test control and conduct��ensuring that testing is performed as
planned, controlling changes, and reviewing procedures for testing
? Test tracking and costing��maintaining test performance records,
tracking problems, tracking the costs of testing, and providing
organization feedback to prevent future errors
? Record the test results, test data, review logs, and so forth.
? Certify the testing performed.

4 year degree in Computer Science or technically related field.
US Citizen or Permanent Resident required.

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* In February of 2009 users of a major search engine site were prevented from clicking through to sites listed in search results for part of a day. It was reportedly due to software that did not effectively handle a mistakenly-placed "/" in an internal ancillary reference file that was frequently updated for use by the search engine. Users, instead of being able to click thru to listed sites, were instead redirected to an intermediary site which, as a result of the suddenly enormous load, was rendered unusable.
* A large health insurance company was reportedly banned by regulators from selling certain types of insurance policies in January of 2009 due to ongoing computer system problems that resulted in denial of coverage for needed medications and mistaken overcharging or cancelation of benefits. The regulatory agency was quoted as stating that the problems were posing "a serious threat to the health and safety" of beneficiaries.
* A news report in January 2009 indicated that a major IT and management consulting company was still battling years of problems in implementing its own internal accounting systems, including a 2005 implementation that reportedly "was attempted without adequate testing".
* In August of 2008 it was reported that more than 600 U.S. airline flights were significantly delayed due to a software glitch in the U.S. FAA air traffic control system. The problem was claimed to be a 'packet switch' that 'failed due to a database mismatch', and occurred in the part of the system that handles required flight plans.
* Software system problems at a large health insurance company in August 2008 were the cause of a privacy breach of personal health information for several hundred thousand customers, according to news reports. It was claimed that the problem was due to software that 'was not comprehensively tested'.
* A major clothing retailer was reportedly hit with significant software and system problems when attempting to upgrade their online retailing systems in June 2008. Problems remained ongoing for some time. When the company made their public quarterly financial report, the software and system problems were claimed as the cause of the poor financial results.
* Software problems in the automated baggage sorting system of a major airport in February 2008 prevented thousands of passengers from checking baggage for their flights. It was reported that the breakdown occurred during a software upgrade, despite pre-testing of the software. The system continued to have problems in subsequent months.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Business may be large or small in size it does needs an efficient accounting system. Accounting department is similar to the spine in the human body, without its support no business can function in a sound manner. You will never get to know what you have invested and how much gained. Let us see how small business accounting can be supportive in sorting out financial woes of your small firm.

In order to learn something, one should always begin from basics. So, the basic component of small business accounting that needs your attention outright is the General Ledger. It is the engine that regulates the fuel of financial figures and data into the entire mechanism of accounting. Some of the most important information which general ledger contains includes:

- Orders placed
- Items Received
- Inventory of sale/purchase
- Amount invested
- Profit and loss made
- Payable accounts
- Payroll of the staff
- Costing
- Fixed assets of the firm

Now, all these entries are referred to as sub ledger entries and the amount recorded into these entries must be equal to the amount filled in general ledger. If any of the financial entry goes wrong or erroneous, then it may lead to huge losses in the business.

There are two kinds of ledgers available in the business houses-

1. Manual Ledgers
2. Automated Ledgers

Manual Ledgers are the traditional sheets of paper wherein an accountant is required to enter the daily transactions records.On the other hand, an automated ledger is maintaining a balance sheet on computer. This is a computerized balance sheet and inventory list which is less time consuming then the manual ledgers.

For small business accounting it would be better to employ automated ledger system since , not only this will consume less time but will also deliver accurate results.

Second step towards marinating an efficient small business accounting system is to work in an organized manner. In most of the business firms professional accountants and CPAs are employed to do the accounting job. With computerized system and accounting software installed, it would be easier to make entries, organize, and track down the data in short span of time. You need not look into bundles of sheets just for a simple transaction.

More employees imply more distribution of work which in turn will take extra time for the compilation of data and financial records. Small businesses cannot afford expenditure of this much time and money on the number of accountants. So, to avoid such a huge mess it is better to limit small business accounting to a computerized system and hire a professional CPA who knows how to manage and handle accounting software and meet the deadlines without fail.

You will have three fold advantages with such an economic way of handling small business accounting

- Less the number of accountants, less is the scattering of data
- Cost-efficient
- Less time consuming

Now, you know how to well manage your small business accounting task without any discrepancy.

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the overall supervision of the Director of Administration, to: Issue Programme and Budget instructions/timetables, costing standards and standard salary costs. Co-ordinate and prepare the annual Programme and Budget and Key Performance Indicators for submission through the Director of Administration to the Executive Secretary, the Preparatory Commission and its subsidiary bodies. Co-ordinate and prepare the five year medium term plan and its annual updates. Prepare programme and budgeting papers, briefing statements and reports in coordination with Budget Implementation. Assist and/or represent the Director of Administration on issues which are cross-sectional and/or cross-divisional in nature. Co-ordinate and facilitate the integration of administrative systems within the PTS including results based budgeting and results based management processes, to include the potential implementation of an enterprise-wide resource planning system which is IPSAS-compliant. Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Advanced university degree in business or public administration, finance or related field. At least ten years of experience in the field of budget, accounting and/or financial management of which at least four years should have been at the international level. Good knowledge of standard administrative computer software in use by the Organization. Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are essential. Working knowledge of one of the other official languages of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission is an asset.

COMPETENCIES:
Professionalism �C Professional competencies in business or public administration, finance or related field of work; ability to review and revise the work of others; conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; proven analytical and conceptual ability; capable of producing clear and comprehensive reports; capable of identifying and addressing policy issues and presenting analytical findings and making decisions based on objective analysis. Planning and Organizing �C Ability to plan and organize work with in-depth understanding of its strategic direction and ability to integrate the work of the Section into the work programme of the Division. Communication �C Very good skills in communicating complex issues with people from different backgrounds. Teamwork �C Very good interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment; capable of leading and gaining assistance of others in a team endeavour. Technological Awareness �C Ability to keep abreast of developments and relevant technologies applicable to the profession. Client Orientation �C Skillful in identifying clients�� needs and establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Leadership �C Ability to provide leadership and direction to a highly professional and multicultural team; proven record of building and managing teams and creating an enabling environment. Managing performance �C Ability to coach, mentor, motivate and develop staff and encourage good performance. Judgment/Decision-making �C Good judgment and initiative, imagination and resourcefulness, energy and tact; capable of ensuring an effective work structure to maximize productivity and achieve Section��s goals.

REMUNERATION/CONTRACT:
Depending on professional background and experience, indicative tax-free annual net base salary (inclusive of a variable element for post adjustment) from US7,441 (without dependants) and US7,180 (with dependants), subject to deductions of contributions to the CTBTO Provident Fund and Health Insurance Scheme. Additional benefits include, when applicable, dependency allowance, education grant for children, rental subsidy, six weeks vacation per year, home leave travel every two years. Initial contract for a fixed term of three years.

All applicants are encouraged to apply online before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement. When applying, please quote the vacancy announcement number and complete the CTBTO Personal History form. Applicants are particularly encouraged to submit a fully completed CTBTO Personal History Form (PHF). Should it be deemed necessary to submit a Curriculum Vitae instead, all pertinent information as required in the PHF must be provided therein. The CTBTO Preparatory Commission retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade in particular if the selected candidate has less than the qualifications required or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for a shorter duration than indicated above. The CTBTO Preparatory Commission reserves the right to undertake correspondence only with shortlisted candidates.

THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO A POLICY OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.
APPLICATIONS FROM QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGED.

CTBTO Preparatory Commission
Personnel Section
Vienna International Centre
Room E0979
P.O. Box 1200
1400 Vienna
Tel: (43.1) 26030 6210
Fax: (43.1) 26030 5897
E mail: personnelping@ctbtopong.org.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Manufacturing accounting software is like general business accounting software that has been more specialized to serve companies who manufacture, create,distribute, and sell inventory. Most small companies may feel they can survive without manufacturing accounting software, and may even try to get buy using a simple spreadsheet to track their production and costs, but the software will become necessary as the business expands beyond the point where the manager can just walk out to the warehouse and see the number of jobs and purchase orders the company has.
When it becomes to difficult to keep track of things like the number of quotes and jobs the company has, manufacturing accounting software can mean the difference between success and failure of the business. While major corporations may need all the bells and whistles of an enterprise resource planning software (ERP), a manufacturing company will not necessarily need that.
The main functions of manufacturing accounting software should include an ability to cost out jobs and products, an ability to help with material planning, a job tracking function, and basic accounting functions. These are the most important criteria for manufacturing accounting software because without these functions, the manufacturing company is operating blindly. Add too much more than the basic needs, and the cost of the program and associated support and consultation and the business will spend more than it needs to spend to meet its accounting needs.
While the low-end accounting software available at an office supply store does not offer enough in the realm of manufacturing accounting, going to the other extreme of an ERP is overkill. A manufacturer needs to be able to manage (1) the costs associated with the production of the product, (2) inventory levels of both raw goods and finished products, (3) the progress of jobs in the system, and (4) whether or not you're making any money and how much.
Luckily, there are several manufacturing accounting software packages on the market that are designed for the small to mid-size manufacturing company and created to fit that niche more specifically than the out-of-the-box generic accounting software packages and aren't the overkill of ERP systems.
To survive in today's competitive market, manufacturers must constantly work to decrease production time and costs while constantly delivering high quality products at a fair price. By integrating a manufacturing accounting software package, companies can more easily meet the demands of their customers while still managing their costs at a level that allows them to be profitable.

If you are looking for the best manufacturing accounting software for your business, check out locateaccountingsoftware.com, which offers a free service to find the best software for a business based on their requirements.

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Are you planning to start your real estate business? Well, if that is so, then you need to take into consideration one vital aspect of any business and that is accounting. In addition, in the case of real estate, accounting plays a much important role. As real estate business is all about financial transactions made by numerous people, the accounting department needs to be extra alert. This department follows certain principles as well as strategies to maintain a proper setup for the business of real estate. Here, it becomes a tedious job to handle the accounts and that is why only experienced accounts qualify for the job. The professionals in the field have to keep a track of each detail of the financial transactions made.
Real estate accounting deals with maintaining of the book records. In addition, the accounts have to keep a track of the ledger books, balance sheets and the debited as well as the credited transactions. All the information is stored for future purposes and it is the responsibility of the account to take care of the authenticity of these records. Moreover, this is not all; a professional account in real estate also keeps a record of the daily costs that include utilities, maintenance and management of the business. Moreover, this department also deals with property taxes, depreciation charges and insurance. Thus, handling the position of a real estate accountant is a responsible job and not just every body's cup of tea. It needs commitment and calm nature to handle pressure.
When the accountants define the strategies for their accounting process,they need to emphasize on the strategic necessity of the occupancy cost to make sure they do not get troubled while handling the accounting of real estate. A lot of accuracy and concentration is required in real estate accounting because the success of the real estate business depends upon it. It helps the businesses to grow and reach newer heights. In addition, it also helps the business to curb the losses that has been faced due to some reasons. There are a number of ways that are used to ensure that the accounting department works smoothly in the real estate business. And that is why technology has taken over the task of human beings.
Yes, in the present times with the advancement in the technology, you can also get real estate accounting software to handle your business's accounts. This software is much more reliable. This software includes the management of areas like distribution, payroll, budgeting and accounting as well. Moreover, they are made with a highly user friendly interface so that the user does not need to be a computer genius to operate them. This software is popular because it provides flexible and scalable solutions. The software has changed the scenario of the real estate industry. You can get this real estate accounting software from the Internet. Some of them are also available for free trial version.

Real estate accounting plays a vital role in the real estate business and thus demands attention.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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By: Lisa Cheong, Singapore

humanresourcesonline: Singapore �C Internal auditors, senior quantity surveyors, project managers and marketing communications professionals are some of the skills employers seek in this new year.job costing software
In the January �C March edition of the Hays Quarterly Report, Hays found that the reason for the growing demand is due to several factors. The first reason is because employers are now opting to recruit now in an attempt to gain competitive advantage and secure the best of the available talent, says Chris Mead, general manager of Hays in Singapore.job costing software
��Secondly, many organisations that cut staffing numbers to the bone in 2009 are going to look for new recruits. Now that the market is slowly recovering, employers are reassessing and re-creating vacancies. While they still exercise caution,job costing software more non-essential hires are now sanctioned," Mead says.
��Thirdly, candidates already in permanent roles are preparing to re-enter the job market. Some have already started looking for their next career step and this momentum will also generate opportunities as positions become vacant,job costing software further fuelling the jobs market."

According to the Hays Quarterly Report, the following skills are sought:
Accountancy & Finance: High demand exists for regulatory-related finance professionals.job costing software Experienced internal auditors are also sought due to the strong control culture in all companies.

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Construction: Government infrastructure spending has seen companies tender for new projects. When added to their current project workload, this has created a need for senior quantity surveyors, project managers, estimators,job costing software estimating managers and costing managers.
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Pharma: General and technical R&D skills,job costing software including clinical, medical and manufacturing scientists, are sought due to continued government financial support.
Property: Project managers/directors are needed in the fit-out space within commercial/retail as major corporate banks, IT companies and MNCs expand.job costing software Employers continue to seek local FM talent, specifically within the commercial and data centres.
Sales & Marketing: FMCG and retail employers seek strong marketing candidates with product-based experience and insightful consumer trend experience. Marketing communications professionals at all levels, from graduates to directors,job costing software are in demand. The IT&T sector wants sales candidates with at least three to four years experience.

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By Nick Collins
Published: 12:01AM GMT 26 Oct 2009
Photo: REUTERS
More than half of office workers use sites like Twitter and Facebook for personal use during the working day, and admit wasting an average of 40 minutes a week each.
One in three of the 1,460 office workers surveyed also said they had seen sensitive company information posted on social networking sites, leading to fears about how workers use the internet.
Philip Wicks, consultant at Morse, the IT services and technology company who commissioned the survey, said the true cost to the economy could be substantially higher than the ��1.38bn estimate.
"When someone is asked for their own use they say around 40 minutes a week, but when asked about their colleagues they say they say up to an hour a day. We have used the lower of those figures rather than the high point," he said.
"It is the sort of thing people constantly use which means that its not quite the same as doing a crossword, where you spend half an hour on it and it is finished.
"When it comes to an office environment the use of these sites is clearly becoming a productivity black hole.
"Social networking can be a cause for good when it is used professionally but I think organisations need to wake up �C that is not the way it is always being used."
David Clubb, managing director of Office Angels, the recruitment firm, added: "As younger generations join the workplace, I believe UK businesses will, inevitably, have to embrace social networks, recognising the benefits of providing staff with well deserved downtime, but also their potential for business networking."
Three quarters of the office workers surveyed said their employer had not given them any specific guidelines on how to use Twitter, but 84 per cent believed it should be up to them what they post online.
Last month staff at PC World and Currys were found to have posted offensive comments about customers on Facebook groups.
Some posters who said they were employed by the shops' parent company, DSG, said some customers deserved to be punched, and asked if they should be allowed to "cattle prod" them.
British Airways staff used Facebook to complain about customers' "stupid American accents" last year, while Virgin Atlantic employees referred to some passengers as "chavs".
Comments: -
�� What Morse really mean is "YOU. WAGE SLAVE. WORK HARDER." because that's what they think their client wants to hear.

What about time-wasting tasks resulting from the usual piss-poor management that we see in this country? Reading dreary 50-page documents that could say the same thing in two? Dull, endless meetings listening to some idiot manager droning on, loving the sound of his or her own voice?

Or how about looking into the increased productivity of a workforce who know that they're respected enough to spend a bit of time on networking, spend a few minutes relaxing every now and then but whose vastly increased morale means that the company gets more done? Give a little respect, take a whole lot more productive work. If you do this, you end up with people who don't have to be told to pick up email at the weekend �C they just do it anyway.

If you ban access to these sites, you really are telling people that they're just slaves. Put fances around people and you get sheep.

But of course Morse just create the usual lazy, superficial report that we'd expect from a bunch of muppets like them.
unkle dysfunktional
on October 26, 2009
at 05:35 PM
�� I'm a company owner (Economy-x-Talk) and social networking on and off-line is essential.

The company is still small and I work with freelancers. When I hire my first employee, familiarity with social network sites will be a requirement.
Mark
on October 26, 2009
at 01:34 PM
�� Let Bill speak for all of us (in 2005!): http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2005/05-19newworldofwork.mspx

Are we going forward, or do we need to think backwards?

What is the benefit of responding to company's email on a sundayevening? Making an appointment while in the train? Working on a groupdocument in the evening? Making a conferencecall instead of travelling around the world?

Wake up, this is the 21th century! Don't argue with late 80's arguments.

However, we could read this as an appeal to professionalism...but why use new technology as a leverage to that?

Bart van der Meij
on October 26, 2009
at 01:05 PM
�� Aw I feel so bad. That is funny I have a new study right here. Work costs me 50 hours of my life every week.
cmac
on October 26, 2009
at 01:03 PM
�� Yes social media is good but up-to a limit that should vary according to your profession .
Neoteric UK
on October 26, 2009
at 12:11 PM
�� I guess the writer(s)/researcher(s) forgot about the fact that in this day and age Facebook and the like are not limited to access from company machines but are accessible from mobile phones just as fast as a desktop machine so clamping down or controlling network usage for these services won't help when it's even easier to use them from your phone.
Robbie Khan
on October 26, 2009
at 12:11 PM
�� 40 minutes on twitter/facebook costing 1.2 billion!! I mean did they ask the employees how much time they waste otherwise e.g. daydreaming?
Khawaja
on October 26, 2009
at 11:58 AM
�� Social Media sites are being harnessed by leaders in marketing around the world as a way of communicating with customers and social groups.

Can't help thinking that the plonkers at Morse really thought they had scored a success by getting this "press" into a national daily MSM with their name on it.

Learning to work with & manage these tools & services could greatly enhance most businesses communication & motivation.
Breezeblockage
on October 26, 2009
at 11:24 AM
�� Translation: keep slaving you lazy slave.
Den
on October 26, 2009
at 11:24 AM
�� Well i guess that its going to benefit the company if its taking pro-actively. They could just allow their staff to twitter as long as they do a bit of tweeting on their company sites too... makes a big difference to all those guys... 40 Minutes per week is not really lost time. If it was 40 minute a day then we have trouble
Rajeev
on October 26, 2009
at 11:17 AM
�� Telegraph website 'costs British economy ?1.38bn'...?
Mike Nolan
on October 26, 2009
at 11:17 AM
�� People will always have ways of accessing the things you ban.

But honestly, though, in an ideal world people work 100% of the time. In our world? It's the norm that people goof off, and by removing something you won't change that.

Block twitter? People will use facebook. Block facebook? People will use myspace. Block myspace? People will circumvent the blocking software. I mean, even if there was a way to truly block a website, people would just go back to talking to each other in the office, throwing paper balls into bins and sitting at their desks doing nothing at all.
Ash
on October 26, 2009
at 10:54 AM
�� Hell! I just wasted ?23 reading this article!!!
Mark Adams
on October 26, 2009
at 10:16 AM
�� The mediocre Labour Government costs the country a great deal more than this, so why the fuss.
Peter. Chester
on October 26, 2009
at 10:16 AM
�� And what, pray tell are Morse offering as the 'solution' to the social media devil? Could it possibly be a pricey internet filtering suite? Hmm?

You could just as easily replace 'Twitter, Facebook' in the headline with 'Gossiping with workmates' or 'Staring out of the window'.

Social media is not some kind of devil that will destroy worker's productivity if we don't crush it �C it's a management issue, not a technical issue, and filtering it out of existence so organisations can't gain from its positive business benefits is, at best naive and at worst, downright stupid.
Stuart Harrison
on October 26, 2009
at 08:43 AM
�� I used to spend about 16 hours a week in meetings I don't have to be in but that are part of the company's "quality and communication" process. Do we have a survey on that, too?
Chris Heilmann
on October 26, 2009
at 08:43 AM
�� I used to spend about 16 hours a week in meetings I don't have to be in but that are part of the company's "quality and communication" process. Do we have a survey on that, too?
Chris Heilmann
on October 26, 2009
at 08:43 AM
�� That cannot be true. There is probably a gazillion other way to waste time and we all know that.
C Smith
on October 26, 2009
at 08:22 AM
�� No different to phones. Companies have restrictions on personal calls at work, no different for internet access. They just need some technical advice from consultants. Like those who comissioned the survey and succeeded in getting the press to advertise them by conjuring up scary figures. ?:-)
Chris
on October 26, 2009
at 08:05 AM
�� 40 minutes per week? And the rest! I'd not be surprised to learn that people are only actually working 40 minutes a day, and spending the rest of the time blogging, tweeting, facebooking and YouTubing. The fact is that traffic on all social networking and sharing sites drops off a cliff at the weekend, and there are so many of these sites that it's a full-time job just keeping up with them.

Once you've read all the online newspapers, read all your friends' updates, posted your own, caught up with iPlayer and read the latest lolcats, it's time for lunch, isn't it?
Rob McMinn
on October 26, 2009
at 08:05 AM
�� Well, I'll be dip! It's bout time tat a survey wus taken to show tat tis crap don't produce nothing but more idle crap time and the only thing anyone gets from it is a bad case of ankylosing spondylitis and a dose of renal colie.
madmilker
on October 26, 2009
at 06:53 AM
�� How long do these so-called business leaders think workers spend texting people on their mobile phones during offices hours? It is impossible to stop people communicating with each other during anytime with modern technology. Ban Twitter at work, and people will email. Ben email and they will SMS. Ban SMS and they will telephone.
Edward Perry
on October 26, 2009
at 06:49 AM
�� So employers should just turn it off. Or only allow use during lunch breaks.

One might ask why the Government has spent tens of millions of pounds giving all public sector workers Internet access?

Could it be to stop them getting bored.

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'Twas only a few years ago, when the housing boom was in full roar, that homeowners didn't have to fret too much over whether the money they invested in remodeling would be paid back at resale time.

Indeed, it was practically a no-brainer: Home sale prices were going up so high and so fast that remodeling the kitchen or the master bath would nearly pay for itself. Some remodeling companies had so much backlogged work that clients passed the time on waiting lists.

"These days, it's a new ballgame," said Sal Alfano, a former contractor who now is the editorial director for Remodeling magazine, a trade journal. "Now, the jobs are smaller, the scope of work has been cut back, and consumers are doing things in phases."

And, he said, consumers are squinting harder at contractors' estimates, not only to push down costs but also to decide whether the price of that redone kitchen or master bath is going to pay them back anything when it comes time to sell in a market that has become notoriously fickle and with home prices sliding.

Such born-again cost-consciousness makes complete sense in the current economy, Alfano said, but he's concerned that the infatuation with the contractor who offers the lowest bid will come back to haunt consumers.

Each year, Alfano's magazine partners with the National Association of Realtors to produce the Cost vs. Value Report, a massive numbers-crunch that tries to ballpark the return on investment for dozens of home-improvement projects, nationally and regionally, in addition to numerous metro areas, including Chicago.

It's an ongoing slide, he said. Nationwide, the payback at sale on remodeling, in general, peaked in 2005 (the height of the housing boom) at 86.7 percent, according to the magazine survey of the remodeling industry and NAR members.

"That is," he said, "it was costing you 13 cents on the dollar to build just about anything (if you were selling the house in a relatively short period).

"That's pretty cheap," he said. "Then it sank like a rock, ending up at 76 percent, or 10 points lower than the year before."

In the 2009 survey, the average payback, nationally, was about 64 percent, according to magazine data.

That's almost exactly the average for 33 remodeling projects analyzed in the Chicago area in the 2009 survey. Heading the costs-recouped list here were not the glamour kitchen/bath projects, but smaller-scale and more utilitarian jobs.

The best returns here, according to the report, were on midrange entry-door replacements (115 percent return at sale) and upscale fiber-cement siding replacements (85.8 percent).

The magazine extensively defines the parameters of each project, citing specific materials and overall price ranges, all gleaned from cost-estimating software used in the remodeling industry. In addition, this year 4,000 members of the Realtors' group weighed in on how the improvements might pay back at resale in their local markets. The full report is at remodeling.hw.net.

A midrange major kitchen remodel in Chicago (average cost: ,332) recouped about 67 percent at sale time. An upscale bathroom remodel here (,402) recouped about 50 percent, according to the study.

Despite the data, not all consumers are reining in and battening down,some remodelers say.

"For the people who have the ability and want to do a kitchen remodel, I'm not seeing them skimping," said Bryan Nooner, chairman of Distinctive Remodelers in Orland Park.

"Pretty typically, we're seeing kitchen remodels in the ,000 to ,000 range. They're spending what they want to. They still want the granite (counters), they want upgraded wood-cabinet species such as maple or cherry, and we're doing few standard wood stains �� most everybody wants a hand-rubbed finish."

One of his recent clients, Frank Toland, said resale value wasn't a consideration when he recently remodeled the kitchen of his Mokena home. He said the job cost about ,000, in addition to upgrades elsewhere in the house that were done at the same time.

"Resale really didn't factor in at all," Toland said. "We're not planning on moving. We're planning on staying there, and that's why we decided to do it the way we wanted.

"We hope that the money we put in, eventually we'll get it out. But we said, let's do it the way we want it done rather than cut costs because of resale value."

Matt Draus, who owns Descon Construction in Oak Park, also said he's hearing from customers who are thinking long term.

"We see people who have a little bit of money and decide they're not going to move for five years because of the real estate market," Draus said. "But we're not seeing the big blowout room additions."

Instead, he said, he's seeing smaller projects and more emphasis on maintaining and updating existing features.

But more so than in recent years, he said, money talks.

"Cost is definitely getting much more scrutiny now," he said. "It's all about cost, that's a No. 1 priority."

But Draus said that bottom-lining often seems to be coming at the expense of quality. Driven by the slumping economy, the remodeling-industry ranks are swollen with newcomers and some tradespeople who are eager to have any income at all, he said.

"I'm [offering estimates] against people who aren't honest and upfront and are low-balling it in order to get the work," he said. "There are a lot of good builders out there, but there are a lot of others who are making times harder for the rest of us."

Alfano agreed, and urged homeowners to be cautious when considering bids that are significantly below competitors'.

"What we couldn't account for [in estimating costs for the magazine study] was the number of jobs where the contractor cut his overhead or his profit just to keep busy, hoping that things would turn around," Alfano said.

"Others are former new-construction builders who don't yet know that they can't really do a job for a large percentage less" than competing bidders, he said.

Draus said he's seeing some companies agree to jobs that unquestionably are money-losers for them, just to keep some cash flowing, sometimes with disastrous results for all.

"[A homeowner] might get a bid of ,000 from a guy who's about to go bankrupt or a ,000 bid from a guy who is competent and stable," he said.

"I've been called in to finish jobs for people who took the ,000 bid," he said.

64%

The national average percentage of remodeling costs recouped upon selling a home. That means it costs 36 cents on the dollar to build just about anything for your home.

In the Chicago area, the best returns were not the glamour kitchen/bath projects, but smaller-scale and more utilitarian jobs.

115%

Return on sale for replacing an entry door with a midrange substitute

85.8%

Return on upscale fiber-cement siding replacement

67%

The average payback on a midrange major kitchen remodel

50%

What you'd recoup on the average upscale bathroom remodel

By Mary Umberger

Chicago Tribune.

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On November 6, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate had soared from 9.8 percent to 10.2 percent in October. Jobs losses in October�C190,000�Cwere higher than expected. As job losses mount, the monthly jobs report continues to demonstrate both the failure of the stimulus bill and the hollowness of the Administration's claim that it created or saved 640,000 jobs. Congress and the Administration should encourage private-sector investment and entrepreneurship instead of attempting to plan a recovery from Washington.

October Report

The unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent, the highest level since 1983. The unemployment rate for males is 10.7 percent while the teenage unemployment rate is 27.6 percent. These are the highest levels of unemployment for these groups since the Great Depression.

The unemployment rate increased even as 31,000 potential workers left the labor force. The labor force participation rate has now fallen to 65.1 percent�Cthe lowest since 1986. When people reenter the labor market to find work, the unemployment rate will further increase.

The report did have some bright spots: Job losses for the previous months were revised down by 91,000. Overtime work also increased last month, and the number of weekly hours worked appears to have stabilized.

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The best news in the report is that the temporary service industry increased employment (33,700). An increase in temporary service hiring is a prelude to more permanent hiring by companies. If hiring continues to increase in this sector over the next few months, it will be a positive omen for an increase in permanent job creation.

Other sectors did not fare as well. Construction (-62,000) continued to fall. Heavy construction (-13,700) lost jobs as well, despite the stimulus hype of creating jobs working on highways and bridges. Manufacturing (-61,000) was down as well, but automobile manufacturing (4,600) climbed for the second straight month.

Stimulus Numbers Exaggerated

Despite this ongoing deterioration in the job market, the Obama Administration continues to argue that the 0 billion stimulus bill has improved the economy. On October 30, the Administration released data claiming that the stimulus has created or saved 640,000 jobs. These claims are mistaken, as demonstrated by the 2.8 million jobs that have been lost since the stimulus became law. The Administration's figures greatly exaggerate the positive effect of the stimulus for two reasons:

1.The data used to create these estimates contains serious flaws.The Administration provided unclear guidelines for how to report jobs created or saved. Media analyses of these jobs reports have found severe errors. For instance, the Associated Press found that two-thirds of the 15,000 jobs one agency reported creating or saving did not really exist. Rather, the agency reported workers who received raises with stimulus funding as having their jobs "saved."[1] In another case, a shoe store in Kentucky that provided nine pairs of boots to the Army Corps of Engineers for 9.60 reported saving nine jobs.[2] Such errors pervade the stimulus job creation estimates.
2.A deeper problem with the Administration's numbers is that they estimate the wrong figures. The Administration estimates the jobs directly funded by stimulus spending. However, they ignore the jobs that the money spent on the stimulus would have otherwise created. Congressional spending does not create wealth; it redistributes it. Had Congress not passed the stimulus bill, the private sector would have used those funds on other projects that would have also created jobs.
Broken Window Fallacy

The Obama Administration has committed Bastiat's "broken window fallacy." Bastiat's contemporaries had argued that when vandals break a house's window, it hurts the homeowner but benefits the whole economy. They argued the homeowner would spend money to fix his window. These repairs would provide income for the glazier, who would in turn spend that money at the grocers, who would in turn spend that money elsewhere in the economy: The homeowner's misfortune created jobs throughout the entire economy.

Bastiat observed that this analysis was correct but incomplete. The broken window did create income for the glazier. If, however, the vandals had not broken the window, the homeowner would have spent his money elsewhere, like at a tailor's to buy a new suit. The tailor would then spend that money at the grocers, creating jobs there, and so on. The vandalism did not create jobs; it merely shifted them from the tailor to the glazier while depriving the homeowner of the suit he could have bought. The broken window fallacy consists of looking only at the jobs created by spending on an item while ignoring the jobs that would have been created had that money been used otherwise. Furthermore, under this fallacy society is poorer�Conly in Bastiat's scenario was something new (a suit) created.

Other governments have committed this fallacy in evaluating the effectiveness of their spending programs. The Spanish government has spent heavily on creating "green jobs." Economic research, however, shows that each green job created in Spain came at the cost of destroying 2.2 other private sector jobs.[3]

The Obama Administration's job creation estimates also commit this fallacy. They attempt to measure the number of jobs the stimulus bill has funded. They ignore the jobs lost because the money that would have funded them went to the stimulus. In economic terms, it ignores the opportunity cost of the stimulus. Consequently, the Administration can claim to have created jobs even as unemployment has hit a 26-year high.

Business Investment Falling

The data suggests that the opportunity cost of the stimulus bill has primarily been the result of government borrowing. Absent the stimulus bill, private lenders would have either loaned their money to other borrowers in the private sector or spent it. Instead they lent it to the government, leaving that money unavailable to others.

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This has hurt private-sector borrowers severely. Chart 2 shows the year-on-year percentage change in business loans over the past 20 years. In September, business loans contracted at an 11 percent annual rate.[4] This is the worst business environment for business loans in over 50 years, considerably worse than when the President signed the stimulus into law. Businesses that want to expand and invest have much greater difficulty obtaining credit. Many potential business investments cannot obtain funding.

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As the ability to fund business investment has plummeted, job creation has withered. Chart 3 shows the year-on-year percentage change in equipment and software investment and new hires. They have risen and fallen together. Over the past year, business investment has fallen by 19 percent and new hires have fallen 17 percent. Business investment has fallen and with it new jobs. The stimulus has funded some jobs�Cat the cost of preventing businesses from creating even more.

Government Interference Is Impeding Economic Recovery

The October report continues to show the ineffectiveness of the stimulus bill. Administration economists had promised that the stimulus bill would cause a decline in the unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2009. Instead, the unemployment rate soared past 10 percent and is at record highs for some groups.

While the labor market will eventually recover and return to a period of job creation, policies in Washington are not speeding the recovery. The stimulus spending has come at the cost of private-sector jobs that would have been created absent government intervention. Some policies are even slowing job growth as companies face higher labor costs due to numerous government interventions. Washington should promote business investment and entrepreneurship instead of attempting to plan a recovery from Washington.

Rea S. Hederman, Jr., is Assistant Director of and Senior Policy Analyst in, and James Sherk is Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy in, the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.

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High-end Crm Solutions Overrated, The Basic Model Is Best
By Thomas Cutler
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Commence has been supporting the business requirements of small to mid-size companies for more than a decade and has an impressive track record for delivering quality products and services. Positioned squarely between low-end contact managers and costly, overly complex higher-end solutions, Commence CRM strikes a nice balance among functionality, ease of use, and low cost of ownership.job costing software

Jim Meade, Ph.D, an industry analyst and software reviewer recently noted,job costing software a�?While all the hype and fanfare traditionally surround the mainstream players, every so often I come across a smaller, less-known company whose products do an even better job than the big players of meeting the functional and financial requirements of the customers they serve.
Meade noted that he recently found the same unexpected power and value to be available from lesser-known providers in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) space. Meade suggested,job costing software a�?While we industry analysts and gurus tend to pay homage to the big guns like Siebel and Microsoft, smaller companies like Commence Corporation of Tinton Falls, NJ that may not appear on our analyst radar screen are quietly meeting customer needs in the CRM sector.

Commence (www.job costing software commence.com) offers lean industrial companies complete Freedom Of Choice to select the solutions and platform that best meets the business requirements of manufacturers and distributors. The comprehensive CRM Industrial application suite is available for use on premise or on-demand as a hosted service. Industrial leaders often build departmental lean CRM solutions with the award winning Commence Lean Industrial CRM Framework.These choices are why so many industrial companies choose Commence as the solution for managing customer relationships. All Commence Industrial solutions support mobile or wireless connectivity and integration to back-office accounting and ERP systems.job costing software.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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National and local stories have recently revived attention to the IRS' efforts to improve the quality and accuracy of income tax preparers. Technically, anyone can charge you to prepare your taxes, but not all preparers are equal in experience or ability.
Certified Public Accountants and Attorneys have advanced college degrees, pass extensive exams�Cincluding exams focussing on taxation, are licensed by states, and are required to complete continuing education requirements every year. They can represent you before the IRS if your exam is audited or for other reasons. CPAs and attorneys are very likely to have advanced, specialized resources and professional connections that they can use to work through any client situation.
Their fees can vary significantly, but a common individual return will usually start at a couple hundred dollars. Their accreditation does not ensure quality, but it greatly increases the chance of it. CPAs also provide insight and experience with other financial reporting and regulatory compliance. CPAs and attorneys are able to provide more advanced assistance in business operation and tax planning.
Enrolled Agents do not neccessarily have a degree that would have included education in law, tax, and accounting. They either pass an exam focussing on tax issues,although the exam process is not as thurough as the CPA exam or bar exam, or have worked for the IRS for 5 years, which may or may not mean anything. They also complete continuing education,but it is less than a CPA or attorney is required to complete. EAs can also represent you before the IRS. EAs may or may not subsribe to additional resources.
Their experience and ability can vary greatly, as can their pricing. Some may charge under a hundred dollars for an individual return but some may charge as much as a CPA or attorney. Many EAs are very qualified and experienced and more than adequate for common return issues. They are compliance oriented however and may not be the best resource for tax planning, business tax issues, or business financial reporting.
Many commerical "street shops" also prepare tax returns. Sometimes a particular location will employ an EA or have an EA who oversees several locations, but it is rare they employ a CPA or attorney. Some of their employees have experience and can do an acceptable job on a common return. Sometimes those you sit down with have very limited experience and are effectively just answering questions on their computer screen as you would if you purchased a do-it-yourself software program. If the office is managed correctly, there should be someone more experienced to consult with on location or by telephone if need be, but the person preparing your return might not realize they need help.
Because they are often a franchise and in commercial real estate, street shops often charge more for their work than even CPAs and attorneys. I have often seen them charge 0 to 0 for a simple individual return. Getting a firm estimate of cost also seems to prove elusive and they often have add-on fees. Regular turnover also creates issues when you would like to work with the same preparer year to year or you have a question for them. In recent years, large numbers of franchised stores have been penalized for systematic abuse of misusing certain tax forms to claim inapplicable credits or deductions and one was found guilty of routinely understating state income tax liability.
Some other businesses branch into tax preparation seasonally. I have seen insurance salespeople, jail bondsmen, pawn shops, and payday lenders advertise for tax preparation. In most cases, I would be very concerned about using them because they likely lack any training, supervision, or resources.
Given that their primary business often engages in predatory pricing and interest, I would be worried about their concern for the customer. They are likely to push a refund anticipation loan, which costs the taxpayer unconscionable interest to get the refund a couple of days faster than an efiled return with direct deposit. Sometimes their charges themselves are no too unreasonable, but they also might charge extra for efiling and for anticipation loans.
There is an enormous body of unlicensed, untrained tax preparers. They sometimes have some experience working for a street shop or in an accounting office but they often have done their own taxes on software and think they can do others' just as well. They are unlikely to have any formal education, continuing education, training, or professional resources.
Their charges are usually lower, but they often cannot offer efile services and are not aware of requirements of a paid preparer. When studied by the IRS, their returns are often riddled with errors of ingnorance or intentional mistatement.
CPAs, attorneys, and enrolled agents are the only considerations worth paying for. If you are going to a street shop, pawn shop, or your neighbor who bought software, you are probably better off doing it on your own with software or online. It would be cheaper and just as accurate. Price isn't always an indicator of quality, but trying to save too much on taxes can end up costing you more. You should want a preparer who can represent you before the IRS so you are net left alone. You also should look for preparers with established experience and professional regulation so you have increased confidence in their ability.
The IRS's new rules will impact street shops to some extent and are intended to impact the unlicensend preparers at large, but they will be far from bringing them up to the level of the typical CPA or a good EA. They will have a minimal competency test, but not require education, experience, or continuing education. More than anything, I think the IRS is trying to get a handle on how many are out there. But to the extent many are already ignorant or the rules that apply to all paid preparers, they might not learn of or comply with these new ones.
Before you engage any paid tax preparer, ask how much it will cost, ask about their experience with your type of return, and ask about their training and credentials. With a little inquiry, you can likely find a competent, reasonably priced option.
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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Accounts Officer/Trainee Job Vacancy

Minimum requirements:

Bachelors degree in Accounting (Working towards) and/or

At least three (3) years of relevant accounting experience.
Computer literacy and the ability to apply accounting principles.
Good understand of Pharmaceutical marketing plan and business operations.
Working knowledge of computerised accounting software.
EXCEL and WORD proficient.
Good communications and interpersonal skills.
Incumbent will be responsible for but not limited to:

Preparation and processing of various journal entries related to general accounting.

Review Cashbooks and cashbook reconciliations weekly.
Compile and review subsidiary ledgers and financial statements.
Assist in the preparation of monthly analysis package to accompany the financial statements/reports.
Assist in the preparation of year-end schedules for Corporate Income Tax Returns and Annual Audit.
Reconcile and review all General ledger reconciliations.
Assist in the development, implementation and maintenance of accounting systems and controls in conjunction with the Financial Manager.
Assist in the preparation of the annual budgets
Perform special projects as directed by the Financial Manager.
Review standard costing and variances on a monthly basis.
Location: Nairobi Area
Wage/Salary: Kshs 28,376.78

How to apply: Send Resume by eMail (or Text for more details)
Company: HKSys-EA
Contact: Silvio Zangrillo

Phone: +2540770259669

Email: sylviozangrillo @ gmail.com.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Some years ago I worked on a project where a huge corporation (my employer) hired another huge corporation to develop a custom desktop application. There would be about 5,000 users, and the app was built to handle contact, workflow and scheduling information in a client/server environment �C typical early 90's stuff. I was the junior guy, prepping data and helping my boss understand the new "PC" lingo. A couple of hot-shot programmers sat in a room for a month and wrote the application �C in Visual Basic 2.0! I suppose there were a few months of specification and gui design work ahead of this, but I wasn't involved in that work, having recently joined the company. Anyway, the application was a failure. We spent several million dollars, but the user community didn't like the app and refused to adopt it.

I believe the reason why is because the users would have had to change their business processes to make the software useful to them �C they had to adapt to the app. Since these were senior people �C high achievers and highly trained �C adapting to anything just wasn't going to happen.Did the software fail to meet their needs? Yes, it did. But what the designers failed to consider was that it was doomed from the start. Every user, having worked their way up in the business, had a distinct working style. The software, in trying to satisfy everyone, satisfied no one. The huge corporation went on to attempt this project at least two more times that I know of, but the adoption rate never broke 40%.

One funny thing that happened involved a routine that loaded names and addresses from a mainframe. The names and addresses were all in capital letters, which looked like crap on the application's output. My boss was asking the consultants to quote the work of modifying the application to convert the ALL CAPS into Proper Case. The programmers hummed and hawed a bit and then said this particular item would add 3 days to the bill. These guys were costing ,500 per day, so that's nine grand! My boss leaned out his office door and asked me if I thought this was a reasonable estimate. in the 30 seconds it took him to described the problem to me, I had fired up Excel and written a macro, using Excel's Proper function, to do the job. "3 days? Well, actually... just a second... it's done �C I just did it with an Excel macro!"

The consultants gave me a stinky look, but my boss smiled, and told them to skip that item. I think I got a decent bonus that year.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Do you need QuickBooks at this time? Are you feeling swayed by the advertisements about how easy it will make things?
QuickBooks is a full-blown double-entry accounting system. Although Intuit has done an excellent job making double-entry accounting accessible to many people, it still requires a certain amount of specialized knowledge to use the program effectively.
Brand new, solo, sole proprietors generally only need a few things in their day-to-day business accounting:
1. Accurate Bank Balances. Managing and reconciling the check register should be as easy as possible. Printing vendor checks is nice, but optional.

2. How Much Revenue? Tracking revenue for tax purposes is an absolute must.

3. Expenses Tracking. Keeping track of all expenses in their proper categories is also an absolute must for tax purposes.
Quicken can do all of these things, more easily and less expensively than QuickBooks. So can Excel or even a paper based system.
I'm not a big fan of switching people over to QuickBooks unless their financial situation changes. You might be ready for QuickBooks if:
4. Employees. Perhaps you've grown to the point of needing to hire people. Great! But you also might need a new accounting system to help you with all of the payroll reporting & payment requirements.

5. Inventory. Perhaps your inventory has grown to the point where you would be better off tracking it via software. QuickBooks can help you with this.

6. Change of Entity. You may have grown to the point where you should change from a sole proprietor to some other type, such as an S-Corp. If so, then you need to be able to generate a balance sheet for tax purposes. QuickBooks can do that for you.

7. Accounts Receivable. You may send a lot of customer invoices each week or month. QuickBooks can keep track of these for you in a very organized and easy to understand way.

8. Lots of Business Debt. If you have many loan balances, keeping track of them in QuickBooks is easy.

9. Job Costing. You perform work on a job-by-job basis. Maybe it's time to track revenue and expenses for each job �C this way, you can determine if you are making money on each job, and which jobs are more profitable than others. QuickBooks does this.
If more than one of these applies to you, it may be time to make the switch.
Final Thoughts
Switching to QuickBooks means better reports and better tracking of financial data. For this, you may need professional help �C you may need to hire somebody to do the bookkeeping and/or help with the setup. So switching accounting systems will cost more than just the price of the software. Before you switch,make sure that the additional data is worth the additional expense. If some of the above variables have come into play, it probably is.

About the Author: Jennifer A. Thieme is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor who loves to help people with QuickBooks. She brings unique insight, clear instructions, and over ten years of experience to all of her QuickBooks articles. Owner of Solid Rock Accounting Services, Jennifer's clients enjoy these same benefits on a personal and regular basis. You can too �C visit http://www.jenniferthieme.com and contact Jennifer today.

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Principle Accountabilities:

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Environment and Engineering services' operations, developing and
managing a skilled and

qualified management team, and maintaining good relationships with
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clients as key focus of activities

03. Ensuring the efficient and cost-effective operations of all
properties by maintaining SLAs/KPIs as agreed with each client.
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04. Conducting coordination meetings, maintaining a good communication
line with clients, managing service delivery of both in-house team and
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vendors.

05. Managing vendors, performing RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and providing
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reports in writing of any incidents and routine activities.

06. Possessing good knowledge of standards, both international and
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local, including ASHRAE, TIA, IEEE, PUIL, etc.job costing software

Educational Requirements:

S1 or higher degree from reputable universities, majoring in
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Electrical Engineering.

Specific Requirements:

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01. Minimum 5 years' experience in Critical Environment Management and
Engineering of an international corporations.

02.job costing software Hands-on experience in commissioning, testing and operation of
Critical Environment and commercial facilities, including UPS, CRAC,
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Generator, Chiller,

Cooling Tower, FDAS,job costing software BMS, etc.

03. Knowledge and practical experience in the application of MS Office
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Software.

04. Excellent command of English, with proficiency in report writing in
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both English and Bahasa Indonesia.

05. Ability to implement mechanical/systematical drawing for
troubleshooting and maintenance.job costing software

06. Arranging Operational Budget for Engineering Department.

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07. Proven team building and leadership qualities are a must.

08. Ability to work under pressure,job costing software good leadership and interpersonal
skills.

(2) Facility Managers (4 slots)

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Principle Accountabilities:

01. Executing the contracts between Colliers and the clients.

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02. Coordinating all operations related to the Facility Management
service, including Engineering, Accounting, Administration,job costing software Helpdesk,
FM2U.

03.job costing software Developing system and procedures to allow an efficient operation on
continuous basis

04. Ensuring smooth delivery of the services to clients/customers,
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including proper follow ups and updates to the clients/customers.

05. Coordinating with Senior Account Manager and Account Managers the
assignment of the Chief Engineer,job costing software Tenant Relations Officers, Helpdesk
operators, FM2U,

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Technicians, Preventive Maintenance Technicians, Warehouse
Operators, and Renovation Officers.
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06. Ensuring the profitability of the operation and to provide basis of
calculation to Finance to calculate the profitability level of each
project.
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07. Maintaining a strict approved vendor list (each vendor should be
verified, visited and performance reviewed from time to time, at least
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on a 6 monthly basis)

08. Conducting Monthly Gathering and other event as needed.

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Educational Requirements:

S1 or higher from reputable universities, majoring in Engineering,
Property Business.job costing software

Specific Requirements:

01. Minimum 5 years' experience in facility management an international
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corporations.

02. Knowledge and practical experience in the application of MS Office
Software.job costing software

03. Excellent command of English, with proficiency in report writing in
both English and Bahasa Indonesia.job costing software

04. Arranging Operational Budget for Department.

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05. Proven team building and leadership qualities are a must.

06. Ability to work under pressure,job costing software good leadership and interpersonal
skills.

(3) Assistant Facility Manager ( 1 slot)

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Principle Accountabilities:

01. Assisting the Facility Manager related to the Facility Management
Service, including Engineering,job costing software Accounting, Administration, and Helpdesk

02. Developing system and procedures to allow an efficient operation
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on continuous basis

03. Ensuring a smooth delivery of the services to the clients/customers
including proper follow ups and updates to the clients/customers

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04. Coordinating with Senior Account Manager and Account Managers the
assignment of the Chief Engineer, Tenant Relations Officers, Helpdesk
operators,job costing software FM2U

Technicians, Preven ing tive Maintenance Technicians, Warehouse
Operators,job costing software and Renovation Officers

05. Maintaining a strict approved vendor list (each vendor should be
verified, visited and performance reviewed from time to time,job costing software at least
on a 6 monthly basis).

Educational Requirements:

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S1 or higher degree from reputable universities, majoring in Engineering
or Property Business.

Specific Requirements:
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01. Minimum 3 years' experience in facility management for international
corporations.

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02. Knowledge and practical experience in the application of MS Office
Software.

03.job costing software Excellent command of English, with proficiency in report writing in
both English and Bahasa Indonesia.

04.job costing software Arranging Operational Budget for Department.

05. Proven team building and leadership qualities are a must.
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06. Ability to work under pressure, good leadership and interpersonal
skills.
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(4) Building Champions (2 slots)

Principle Accountabilities:

01.job costing software Submitting daily report to Senior Facility Manager, Account
Manager, Engineering Team and Helpdesk with the operation.

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02. Delivering services to tenants and vendors

03. Coordinating the work with team on daily morning briefing,
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providing updates for the helpdesk to produce tenants' update.

04. Coordinate with Account Managers, Engineer,job costing software Building Champion,
Helpdesk operators, FM2U

Educational Requirements
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D3 or S1 degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Specific Requirements:

01.job costing software Fluent in English both written and spoken
02. Capable in organizing a team
03. Have a good communication and interpersonal skill
04.job costing software Able to meet to deadline, willing to work hard, team worker, good
administration
05.job costing software Computer literate (ms office, lotus notes)

(5) Senior Project Manager (1 slot)

Principle Accountabilities
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01. Project implementation based on action plan distribution.

02.job costing software All Invoices tracking.Make sure the payment will be release on
time.

03.job costing software All project Closing report and liaise with Client, Finance &
Project Administrator.

04.job costing software All master vendor agreement/contract vetted by Law consultant.

05. Developing & updating the unit rate (Construction Tenant
Improvement,job costing software Furniture, etc) based on actual project costing for
proposing budget scenario &

owner standard costing for bottom line negotiation tool in
bidding.job costing software

06. Preparing the generic price/sft of various projects

07.job costing software Supporting the cost estimation & required preparation for each
requested project.

Educational Requirements

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S1 degree in Civil or Architect Engineering

Specific Requirements:

01. Minimum 5 years of working experience in Space Planning for
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Commercial Area

02. Strong in techincal skill

03.job costing software Previous exposure to Multinational Companies at a relevant role

04. Strong communication skills, including good command of English both
verbal and written,job costing software needed when dealing with clients/customers and
co-workers

05. Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills

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06. Strong team players and strive for teamwork effectiveness

07. Computer literate (MS Office, MS Project,job costing software Autocad, Lotus Notes/MS
Outlook)

(6) Junior Project Manager (1 slot)

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Principle Accountabilities

01. Project implementation based on action plan distribution.

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02. All invoices tracking.Make sure the payment will be release on time.

03.job costing software All project Closing report and liaise with Client, Finance & Project
Administrator.

04.job costing software All master vendor agreement/contract vetted by Law consultant.

05. Developing & updating the unit rate (Construction Tenant
Improvement,job costing software Furniture, etc) based on actual project costing for
proposing budget scenario & owner

standard costing for bottom line negotiation tool in bidding.
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06. Preparing the generic price/sft of various projects.

07.job costing software Supporting the cost estimation & required preparation for each
requested project.

Educational Requirements

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S1 degree in Civil or Architect Engineering

Specific Requirements:

01. Minimum 3 years of working experience Space Planning for Commercial
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Area.

02. Strong in techincal skill.
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03. Previous exposure to Multinational Companies at a relevant role.

04.job costing software Strong communication skills, including good command of English both
verbal and written, needed when dealing with clients/customers and
co-workers.
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05. Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.

06.job costing software Strong team players and strive for teamwork effectiveness

07. Computer literate (MS Office, MS Project, Autocad,job costing software Lotus Notes/MS
Outlook)

(7) Drafter (1 slot)

Principle Accountabilities
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Responsible for updating the project drawing (Phase: Project design upto
As Built)

Educational Requirements

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S1 degree in Civil or Architect Engineering

Specific Requirements:

01. Minimum 2 years experience in Space Planning for Commercial Area.job costing software

02. Ability to meet to deadline, willing to work hard, team worker.job costing software

(8) Programmers (1 slots)

Principle Accountabilities

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01. Developing applications as needed to manage portfolio of Colliers'
clients by means of in-house resources or third party involvements

02. Monitoring the needs of softwares or applications for the Facility
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& Property Management operation

03. Providing ample training to all staff using the software or
applications

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04. Documenting all software and/or application so that all aspects of
the software are easy to be understood by other Programmers or Colliers
IT Department

05.job costing software Implementing safety and security measures to ensure confidentiality
of important data, and reliability of the system against unforeseen
circumstances

06.job costing software Coordinating with the Senior Facility Manager in managing the
content and consistency of file directory (pmcfm, pmemoi, pmhess, etc)
and also the level of
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authority each user and level of security each directory

07. Backing-up file at the file server as required in coordination with
Colliers IT Department
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08. Maintaining the PABX and billing system in coordination with
Colliers IT Department

09.job costing software Managing and keeping all IT equipments and manual books in proper
places in coordination with IT staffs

Educational Requirements

S1 degree in Information Technology,job costing software Computer Science, Information
System

Specific Requirements:

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01. Minimum 3 years of working experience.

02. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Stored Procedure,job costing software View, etc.).

03.job costing software Familiar with SVN �C Fluent in speaking, listening, and writing in
English.

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(9)Technicians (6 slots)

Principle Accountabilities

01. Handling day-to-day related to technical tasks .job costing software

02. Performing preventive maintenance works on all Air Conditioning
(AC) system, Un-interruptible Power System (UPS),job costing software Gen-set, Pest Control,
etc.

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03. Conducting the physical works to repair the installation, equipment
or system at the premises, in order to accelerate the business
operation.job costing software

Educational Requirements

D3 with minimum 1 year experience in AC, M/E or S1,job costing software Education
background in engineering (M/E, AC)

Requirements:

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01. Male.

02. Honest and positive thinking.job costing software

03. Ability to meet to deadline, willing to work hard, team worker.job costing software

04. 2 (two) years experince in handling building maintenance, HVAC

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(10) Technician Lampung and Malang (1 slot)

Principle Accountabilities

01. Handling day-to-day related to technical tasks .job costing software

02. Performing preventive maintenance works on all Air Conditioning
(AC) system, Un-interruptible Power System (UPS),job costing software Gen-set, Pest Control,
etc.

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03. Conducting the physical works to repair the installation, equipment
or system at the premises, in order to accelerate the business
operation.job costing software

Educational Requirements

D3 with minimum 1 year experience in AC, M/E or S1,job costing software Education
background in engineering (M/E, AC)

Specific Requirements:

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01. Male.

02. Honest and positive thinking.job costing software

03. Ability to meet to deadline, willing to work hard, team worker.job costing software

04. 2 (two) years experince in handling building maintenance, HVAC

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Please submit to Ibu Nursiati (nunu.pm@colliers.com)

Cheers,
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Icuk.

michael p ohara outsourcing spamvirus service why it makes sense

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

michael p ohara outsourcing spamvirus service why it makes sense

And the service also did a super job blocking viruses and accounting for "false positives.com/i/bto/20090729/spam_volumes_mcafee.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile. stick with the players in this instance and you'll get an ovation at your Annual Meeting .

The main reason to outsource spam/virus filtering is services like MessageLabs & Postini is this �C they do it right.

Sometimes outsourcing is a necessary evil �C that could not be further from the truth in this case. While there are a couple of extra "hops" from point-to-point both have Grade-A datacenters with superfast 'Net connections so you'll never notice.

While many software vendors offer desktop and enterprise solutions they share a weakness (in my opinion): the "solution" resides behind your mail gateway. The Big Two in this space are Google (weaseled their way into the space by absorbing Postini) and MessageLabs (in turn gobbled up by Symantec recently).cnet.

Both services employ a similar model �C instead of having your e-mail delivered from the Internet straight to you it's routed through their datacenter, if you're spending 5 seconds looking at each to flesh out the false positives each day that rounds out to around 50 hours per user a year �C that number becomes staggering when one considers the lost productivity, Half the battle in network intrusion detection/prevention is not allowing the data to even make it to your WAN.000 spams that users didn't have to bother with.. What's a beleaguered IT lead to do?

hmx dos and donts of keeping your job in good times and bad job costing software net

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

hmx dos and donts of keeping your job in good times and bad job costing software net

Top Story : Semiconductor �C Oct chip sales mom gain narrows to 5.1% Neutral
Sector Update
- Although Oct chip sales growth (+5.1% mom) was the seventh consecutive gain on a mom basis after five
months of decline beginning October 08,job costing software the mom gain appeared weaker than the Sep mom gain of 8.2%.
This is not unexpected as wafer foundries are cutting back on production in anticipation of weaker chips
demand after the festive sales. On a yoy basis,job costing software contraction continues to narrow with Oct 09 global chip
sales down 3.4% yoy vs. its low of -30.2% in Feb 09 and -10.1% in Sep 09 (based on 3-month moving
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average basis). We expect chip sales to register yoy growth ahead given the low base factor beginning Nov
08 (note that Nov 08 chip sales were down 9.9% yoy).
- Oct 09 equipment orders were down 0.job costing software 3% mom to US6.2m (vs. +23.4% in Sep 09) after registering six
month of mom gain since Mar 09, suggesting chip producers are holding back capex spending until better
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order visibility emerges in 2010 (post festive sales). However, we expect equipment orders ahead to
register yoy growth as equipment orders began to decline from Nov 08 (-30.7% yoy).
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- We note that our anticipation of near-term price weakness (2-3 months) is unlikely to be prolonged, given
that the semiconductor sector��s longer-term prospects remain intact. We believe the semiconductor sector
is poised for a stronger recovery in 2010 given stronger pick-up of chips demand from US and Europe as
well as still resilient chips demand from China.job costing software Hence, we reiterate our Neutral stance on the sector for
now. Our top pick is Unisem.
Sector Call
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Infrastructure : Water Deal With Selangor Now Off Neutral
Sector Update
- Selangor state government informed Kumpulan Abass and SPLASH that it is unable to proceed with its
takeover offers made to (and accepted by) Kumpulan Abass and SPLASH without the acceptance from
Syabas and Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd (PNSB).
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- Given that Selangor state government has thrown in the towel, the Federal Government will now step in to
consolidate the water assets in Selangor via PAAB. With this, we believe the water sector restructuring in
Selangor may stand a better chance of materialising now.job costing software
- For Puncak, we believe compensation arising from the delay in scheduled tariff hike is more likely to be
forth coming with the water sector consolidation now being driven by the Federal Government.
- We hold the view that the much anticipated water sector consolidation will now take even longer time to
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materialise as the negotiation process will have to start all over again.
- We reiterate our cautious view on the water sub-sector as we believe that the water sector consolidation in
Selangor state is unlikely to materialise in the near term.
Corporate Highlights
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Axiata : Celcom still holding firm Underperform
Briefing Note
- Two areas of growth for Celcom are MVNO and broadband. Management sees MVNO contribution
potentially rising to 5-10% of revenue by 2012 (~3% currently) while broadband contribution is expected to
rise to 10-12% of revenue by 2012.job costing software
- Management guided that Celcom��s EBITDA margins should remain stable from current levels (9M09:
44.6%), with upward bias over time.
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- Management explained that AxB��s poor 3Q results were due to higher sim tax subsidies in AxB��s push to
grow customer base but believes the subsidy of sim tax has slowed industry-wide in 4Q as the players look
towards the government��s review of the sim tax.
- Management believes Idea has sufficient debt capacity to fund its own capex plans and bid for 3G
spectrum but,job costing software worst case, Idea may require equity injection of around US-1.5bn by end-2010 or early-
2011 (Axiata��s portion: US0-300m). Management estimates the Group��s cash flows should be strong
enough to support Idea��s cash call by then.job costing software
- We raised our FY09-11 net profit forecasts for Celcom by 6-13% but this is partly offset by the 15-22.5%
reduction in FY09-11 EBITDA projections for AxB. At the Group level, the impact of these changes is not
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too significant.
- SOP-derived fair value raised to RM3.06 (RM2.75 previously) mainly on higher valuations for Celcom but
Underperform recommendation is unchanged.job costing software
Perwaja : Acquires Cold Briquette Iron Plant Outperform
News Update
- Perwaja has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a cold briquette iron plant for RM6.8m
cash.job costing software
- The acquisition of the cold briquette iron plant will result in operating cost savings to Perwaja in the long
run, given that Perwaja is currently paying RM200-300/tonne to a third party to recycle waste DRI fines.
- We estimate that the acquisition will lower Perwaja��s FY12/10 operating cost by RM2.job costing software 9-4.4m (which will
flow directly into its earnings).
- Indicative fair value is RM1.61 based on 10x FY12/10 fully-diluted EPS of 16.job costing software 1 sen.
KNM : Termination of MoA with SDH Underperform
News Update
- KNM announced that it had terminated the MoA with Societe Des Hydrocarbures Du Tchad S.A (SDH) to
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develop, operate and maintain the Sedigi Oilfield Facilities (comprising production facilities, LPG
processing and bottling plant and 30MW gas power plant) in Chad. As such, the EPCC contract worth of
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RM310m as well as the 5-year concession to operate the the Sedigi Oilfield Facilities would also be
cancelled.
- With the removal of the EPCC contract, KNM��s orderbook now stands at around RM2.8bn (vs.job costing software RM3.1bn
previously). We note that the company has only secured contract worth around RM200m in 3QFY09.
Hence,job costing software we believe KNM will unlikely meet its FY10 earnings projection as the company will need to secure
RM1-1.5bn worth of new jobs in 2HFY09 (which implies 2-3x more jobs than it secured in 1HFY09).
Furthermore, we highlight FY10-11 earnings risk arising from potential deferment and cancellation of
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contracts secured from Middle East given the recent Dubai World credit crisis.
- We have cut our FY09-11 earnings projections by 3%, 9% and 5% respectively after factoring in lower
orderbook arising from the cancellation of the above contract. Accordingly,job costing software our fair value is cut to
RM0.65/share (from RM0.72/share previously), which is based on unchanged 1-year forward target PER of
11x.job costing software Maintain Underperform.
Technical Highlights
Daily Trading Strategy : Must Seize The 10-day SMA To Launch A Meaningful Rebound
- The FBM KLCI snapped the recent losing leg with a mild technical rebound yesterday, as investors
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continued to bargain hunt selective index-linked blue chips after the index retested the 1,250 crucial
technical level on Monday.
- With a positive candle and the improvement on the short-term momentum readings, plus the overnight US ral
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benchmark stands a good chance to stage a further rebound in coming sessions.
- But until the FBM KLCI can decisively overcome the 10-day SMA of 1,272 in order for it to launch a meaningf
technical rebound, we still stick to a cautious view on its short-term outlook as any failure to remove the SMA
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refresh a selling leg.
- After the 10-day SMA, the next tough resistance is the Nov high of 1,288.42.job costing software
- Following yesterday��s timely rebound, the 1,250 key level and the 40-day SMA of 1,256 are still working well t
underpin the current 8?-month-old uptrend.job costing software
Daily Technical Watch : Astro All Asia Networks Plc �C Could head higher towards the RM3.50 hurdle again
- 10-day SMA: RM3.393
- 40-day SMA: RM3.job costing software 385
- Support: IS = RM3.20 S1 = RM3.00 S2 = RM2.70
- Resistance: IR = RM3.job costing software 50 R1 = RM3.70 R2 = RM3.92.

human resources human resource planning job costing software net

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

human resources human resource planning job costing software net

Management is about decision making with risk and uncertainty. But the goal of effective management is to reduce the risks and uncertainties of the proper use of the available information. Human Resource Consultants will help you groom your personality, you can expand your potential and improve your social skills to deal with pressure to perform work.
Human resource planning is an expression of that philosophy in the major area of all,job costing software the actual employment ofPeople. The changes and pressures that force by economic, technological and social factors, organizations of all kinds on the cost and human aspects of the job much more seriously and investigate thoroughly than ever before.
Purposes of HRP:
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The overall goal of workforce planning has been described, but there are very specific purposes in key areas of administration, personnel management server:
* Identifying recruitment needs: An important prerequisite forthe process of recruitment is the problems of unexpected shortages, waste,flow blockages in the promotion and avoid unnecessary duplication.job costing software
* Identify training needs: planning training programs are very important. These programs not only improve the quantity, but also the quality in terms of the capabilities of the organization.
* Management Development: A number of trained and experienced managers is essential to the effectiveness of the organization,job costing software and this depends onaccurate information about current and future requirements in all management positions.
* Balancing the cost between the utilization of plant and the workforce: cost-balancing includes comparison of costs between these two resources in different combinations and selecting the optimum. The resulting cost of projects cost balancing plays an important role.
* Industrial relations: the companies plan,job costing software the need for assumptions about the productivity of human resources. It ishave an impact on industrial relations strategies of the organization.
In practice, HR planning with the supply and demand for labor and problems associated with the process of reconciling these factors affected. Plans and decisions of a system followed by the analysis of supply and demand.job costing software

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small business taxes 5 tax myths that are costing you a bundle

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

small business taxes 5 tax myths that are costing you a bundle

This article is based on two assumptions:
1) You own a small business or are self-employed (including home and part-time) entrepreneurs.
2) You do not like to pay taxes. In fact, if you receive the payment of taxes, you so mad at the end all you worked up with nowhere to go.
Well, if paying taxes makes you so excited, what have you done it lately? Why do you have your tax burden so high last year?
You pay too much in taxes last year (and theYears earlier, and the year before. . .) Because you've probably already an innocent victim of the many popular myths about taxes.
Here they are. You pay to be rid of or put too much in taxes forever.
Tax Myth # 1: "I do not make enough money to take care about reducing my taxes."
Nothing could be further from the truth. Able to pay people at all levels of income, less taxes.
Tax reduction strategies are not just for the rich and famous.No matter how much money you have, you can pay less tax than currently paid.
In fact, if your company can make a loss, use this loss to offset other sources of income such as wages from a regular job, your spouse's wages, investment income, rental income and other business income.
And if your business loss is so great that there are more than offset any other income you may have about a specific rule that you: a) Carry leaves that do more damage to the twoprevious years, you will be entitled to a refund of taxes you already paid for either (or both) of the previous two years, and / or b) to maintain that loss over the next 20 years the future, so that any income you earn In the future, will be reduced by the excess loss.
Tax Myth # 2: "Tax reduction strategies are too complicated to operate."
Also nonsense. There are many ways for you, the average American, to cut taxes.
TaxDiscount applies not only to the rich, the high wage-price lawyers finagle their way out of the payment of taxes with sophisticated tax fraud and tax evasion, as offshore trusts and foreign bank accounts.
The average small business owner has many tax reduction strategies at his disposal. You just have to know what they are and how to use them.
Tax Myth # 3: "I had my return prepared by an accountant, so I know I paid the correct amount of taxes."
There Thousands of excellent, hard-working accountants doing a great job. And if you have a tax professional, maybe he / she has everything done to reduce your taxes at the statutory minimum to have.
Based on my own experience, but I am convinced that many taxpayers pay the professional tax preparers use of their taxes, sometimes thousands of dollars per year too much.
Why is this so? Well, there are many reasons. The most obvious is that many professional> Tax preparers are just that: tax preparers and tax preparers only.
A good tax advisor can know how to prepare a tax return in his / her sleep. He knows the forms back and forth. He knows what is going on the numbers perfect shape.
But that was it. That is all he / she knows.
A good tax preparer is not necessarily knowledge of tax reduction strategies. It is a big difference between a good and a tax preparerExperienced tax professionals.
If you are a good accountant, make sure you will find that not only does "return", sending a bill and say, "Next, please."
Tax Myth # 4: "My tax situation is OK because my BLANK) fill (in the blank with a family member or another close friend to take care of my taxes."
There are different versions of this myth. Do any of these sound familiar?
"My brother-in-law take care of my taxes." "My uncle will take care of myTaxes."My college buddies take care of my taxes. "
And of course there is the same problem with Myth # 4 3. as myth Even if someone you know and you do not trust back, how do you know that this person is a good tax specialist?
And often, many of these family members or "friends" did not even professional tax preparers. This person happens only to "The Family Accountant." Just as every family has someone who knows a lot about cars (or mutualFund or carpet cleaning, or what have always) many families, someone who knows "enough to be dangerous" with regard to taxes.
And even if the "Family Accountant" is a professional tax preparer, it is probably not charge you for the return. He is doing you a favor. It prepares your return, you change its oil.
My first reaction to this type of situation (when someone is always prepared for his return for free) this: You get what you pay for. When a family member has yourReturn for the free, how much attention he can give to your needs for tax reduction strategies? Probably very little.
Tax Myth # 5: "My tax situation is to prepare in order, because I own there."
If this statement applies to you, then you are perhaps a "do-it-yourself-er". Money is tight, and you are the things anyway, so why not save a few dollars every year and make your own returns used?
So you have to spend countless hours pouring over the years onForms and instructions to find out how to do the returns. And you've done OK. No letters from the IRS, no audits performed. Hey, pat yourself on the back!
And now that the tax preparation software is so easily available and affordable to make your own return is a breeze. Just key in a few figures to and fro, press the Print button, and you have your return has done in record time. And now you can even e-file your return with your own computer.
Have you ever thought by theBook "The Millionaire Next Door" (by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko)?
This book describes the common characteristics of millionaires in our country. My favorite is typical millionaire: Millionaires become millionaires by minimizing taxes and get their tax and other financial affairs in order.
Now the million dollar question is: How do you think millionaires on their tax affairs in order? Within their own tax return? ByOf course not. Millionaires do not prepare their own tax return. You have more productive things to do with their time.
Instead, what millionaires do not invest time and money every year to find out not on the tax planning and tax reduction strategies, which number goes on the line of XYZ.
So my challenge to you is: What will you do this year to reduce your taxable income?
Are you a believer in one of these myths? Now is the time to get rid ofthem once and for all. Your financial well-being depends on it.

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muhammad imran how to cut costs to avoid cutting jobs

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

muhammad imran how to cut costs to avoid cutting jobs

Pick any sector and you��ll find empty offices and barren cubicles: banking, health care, media, technology, retail. All have thrown thousands upon thousands out of the workforce, which is why the nation��s unemployment rate has almost doubled in the past year or so to around 9.5 percent.
Yet you know that blanket job cuts create their own set of problems. They wreck morale among those remaining on your team, and they are all but certain to leave you shorthanded when business finally cycles back up. Plus, there��s the human factor: laying off good people is just about the worst part of managing. This is why you should turn to layoffs only after you��ve tried just about everything else. So before you sign the first of those pink slips, think about these alternatives:

1. Let everyone share the cost-cutting pain.
During this downturn, the CEOs of FedEx, Wynn Resorts, and Marriott International are among the C-Suite execs that have cut their own compensation to show the rank-and-file that they aren��t immune from the bad times. But no one has taken the we��re-in-this-together approach as seriously as Paul Levy, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
This year, Levy needed to slash million from his hospital��s budget. The quickest way to reach that goal would have been to dismiss 600 of his 6,500 full-time employees, but Levy was determined not to do that. Levy enlisted his entire staff, from clerical workers to the best-paid doctors, to recommend ways to cut costs and spare jobs. In March, he held town hall-style meetings at which thousands of employees brainstormed and offered up ideas. He set up a Web site chat room for people to discuss suggestions. He invited employees to email him directly, and he wrote about the whole process on his blog, which is called Running a Hospital. ��I wanted us to have employee buy-in,�� says Levy.
Within just a few weeks, the group had agreed on enough changes that Levy managed to squeeze almost the entire million out of the budget. Ultimately, he still had to cut jobs, but the team effort winnowed the number down to just 70 positions.
The bulk of the savings came from workers offering to take pay cuts. Vice presidents and senior vice presidents, for example, agreed to forgo .4 million worth of salary. Employees encouraged the hospital to halt matching 401(k) contributions, which saved another .5 million. Some employees gave back recently awarded raises, while others agreed to forgo pay they were owed for time off that they didn��t take. Smaller efforts helped as well. Employees suggested that the hospital stop paying for work-issued BlackBerries, cancel the company picnic, and end catering for staff meetings.
Initially, Levy says his idea was met with surprise by other hospital execs, particularly the CFO. But all were quickly heartened by the sacrifices most employees were willing to endure for the sake of the hospital overall.
2. Fire your customers.
Sometimes, it��s your customers that are costing you too much. The solution: Get rid of them. Early this year American Express sent select customers 0 if they agreed to pay down and close their accounts. In addition, Amex flat-out closed 2.7 million accounts because they had zero balances or had been inactive for two years. For American Express, having ��bad�� customers �� people who frequently fall behind in their payments, or who don��t use their accounts �� was impeding its ability to seek and serve the more lucrative ones.
In this economy, companies should take a hard look at firing some of their customers, suggests Frank Burkitt, a lead consultant on Deloitte Consulting��s supply chain and operations practice. The problem, he says, is that when times are good businesses aggressively go after customers to grab market share, even if initially those customers cost them money. But when the economy takes a sudden turn south, they end up saddled with a whole lot of costly customers. The downturn worsens the prospect of those people becoming profitable customers, and continuing to serve them can even cripple a business.
3. Dump costly products.
Companies should ask themselves what else they could jettison besides employees.These days, everything is on the table: entire product lines, real estate, patent portfolios.
Just look at General Motors, which spent 40 days in bankruptcy and got rid of its Hummer and Saturn lines, and is the stronger for it.
Streamlining the business often has unexpected benefits. Burkitt points to the case of a billion U.S. telecom company that cut back its product mix and saw the productivity of its salespeople jump 21 percent. It turned out that the sales reps were more successful when they had fewer options and services to sell. As a result, customer turnover fell by 35 percent.
Figuring out what products to dump requires taking a close look at all the costs associated with each product. The formula is straightforward but needs to be detailed: Take a given product��s revenue and subtract what it costs to bring it to the customer. That includes costs of production, marketing, sales, fulfillment, and customer service. The process can be revealing. ��There are always hidden costs that crop up in business and build up over time,�� says Burkitt. And measuring something really closely is the first step to figuring out where you can make improvements, save money, and keep your business humming through good times bad.
4. Renegotiate contracts.
When your business is in trouble you��d be foolish not to demand more favorable deals with your vendors and suppliers. So why not your workers? Microsoft in February began cutting pay to the contract workers it hires via outside agencies, lowering existing contractor pay by 10 percent and reducing pay for new contractors by 15 percent. Popular? Not with the workers, some of who have formed a protest site to rant. But in this job market, they have little choice �� and it��s better to keep more people working for less money, than have to get by with fewer workers.
When it comes time to negotiate with your vendors, don��t just think about price. If you��re concerned about spending more than you should �� and who isn��t? �� you might want to take what David Fields, president of Ascendant Consulting, calls an ��options approach.�� That��s where you pay the vendor different rates for different levels of service. You might, for example, structure your contract so that you pay one amount for on-time delivery for something key to your manufacturing process, yet a lower amount for something less critical. In short, he says, the terms of your contracts should reflect the priorities of your business. ��The idea isn��t that you beat up a vendor,�� says Fields. ��It��s that you make contracts more effective.��
Structuring your vendor relationships this way can save huge amounts and, says Fields, is far more efficient and productive than turning to across-the-board job cuts.
5. Go for cheaper tech.
If your shop needs a tech upgrade but you can��t afford it, consider the cloud. Increasingly, businesses are finding they can do almost all of their computing with free or cheap services that store your data on remote servers �� that is, in the cloud. Moreover, there is so much good free software nowadays, including office suites with word processing and spreadsheet software, that this is often a no-brainer.

Cisco even figured out a way to save on in-house tech-support staff. About a year ago it created a self-serve tech support wiki for its Mac users so they can troubleshoot problems themselves before calling IT. A Cisco spokeswoman says that the wiki has saved the company .6 million, and that, thankfully, is more than few annual salaries.
by Jane Hodges.

computer technology limewire review info guide job costing software net

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

computer technology limewire review info guide job costing software net

LimeWire Review & Info Guide

What is Limewire?

Transferring files from the Internet to computers is not new. Pictures, games or video files are mostly on the card. But why is Limewire computer software application stealing the show? Limewire is a small, but popular Windows software founded to aid businesses and home users for free. Its enviable reputation for free use in varied versions is what makes it different.

Operating systems that use it are Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 98, and Windows 95 and there are no mind boggling requirements. This is the first rate version to download your music and pictures. Limewire brings the music store to your laptop and desktop computer. This is the easiest way for buying files than stealing. It��s because the source code is free. It runs on open protocol that is free to the public.

You can��t believe it but Limewire is perfect. It has that content to allow for different file sharing. Peer to peer networks are not shut down by Limewire application. In P2P, when you are downloading, it means you are downloading directly from another computer. But how do you download and install Limewire?

It is not a must to have all the platforms to use Limewire. The free download fits any of your choice. In other words, you can set up the download on Windows 95 if that��s what you have.

Click options menu before you embark on downloading. Select ��tools�� and ��options�� from the menu bar. Click on ��sharing��, left-hand column and delete all those shared extensions. Shared connections slow down the Internet. Delete them to speed up your Internet connection.

Key in the file extensions, that is not in your computer. These are real media secure files that enables you to download Limewire. Select filters, left column to check the key words. Select ignore options on suspicious files. That adult content you smile at might be junk, so don��t waste your time. Circumvent them. Go to Limewire��s main screen and select type boxes. You��ll see, ��documents, ��audio��, ��video�� and more. Type the one you want and search. If the file is not on your network, a search result brings you nothing. Meaning? No user has launched the file you are looking for. Take a breather and search later because you can only download a file if another computer is open and are sharing a file you are searching for. But a search for Limewire doesn��t have this limitation.

How to Download LimeWire?

Visit Limewire.com which is the official website of Limewire software. Limewire offers you with 2 versions which are �C Limewire Pro which costs 34.95$ & Limewire Basic which is free. The main difference between these versions is that you get fastest speed while downloading files using Pro version along with better search results, more sources searched, reliable downloads, Built-in Media Player & Multiple Operating systems support.

Once you are the official website you have the option to download the Pro or Basic version based on your requirement after which get the direct download link which is a file around 15Mb. Once you start installing the Limewire application first Java is installed which can take up some time because its downloaded from the Java website and installed. While completing the installation process you are asked to ��Agree with Some Legal Stuff�� which tells you that Limewire Basic/Pro is a peer-to-peer program for sharing authorized files only. Copyright Laws may forbid obtaining or distributing certain copyright content. Only once you agree to these Legal Terms you can continue using Limewire whose main Interface starts.

Can we Limit the Download Speeds?

Yes Limewire allows you to set up the download speed at while files can be downloaded to your computer. Under the Tools > Options you have a Menu named as Advanced > Transfers which allows you to select the maximum numbers of files you can download simultaneously and the option to ��Limit your download bandwidth�� in the form of a progress bar, just slide it based on your requirement.

This can be a good option if you want to download files without interrupting your work by setting up 25-50% of your total bandwidth speed, with the balance speed available for your browsing. These same settings are available for File Uploads which is applicable when you are sharing your files stored on your computer. You can also select the Internet Connection Speed from Dial Up or Broadband/Cable Internet Connection.

How to Search in LimeWire?

Limewire offers you with a Search Box which can help you to search files from the whole Limewire network directly or else based on certain categories like Audio, Videos, Images, Documents & Programs. Once you Enter the Search Keyword in the Search Box, limewire starts searching for files and gives you a whole list of files which are available for instant download. The Search Results also offer you the number of P2P Users who are sharing these files, which means that these people have the same files on their Shared Folders of their computer.

Selecting & Downloading Files in LimeWire?

Once all the search results are loaded in the LimeWire Interface you can find that the file name, P2P users total, File properties etc are loaded. You can right click on any of these files and download them. In case you find some useless file on this Peer 2 Peer Network you can right click on it and ��Mark as Spam��. Only problem with these searches is that by default you will find many Adult Files in the search results and a lot of Spam files. Always Click on the Size option and ignore all the small sized files because these may be Spam files which can be harmful for your PC.

Is LimeWire Legal?

Many people keep asking this question if LimeWire is Illegal or Legal to use. Lets start thinking about this in detail. First of all the software Limewire is completely Legal if its downloaded from the official website and it allows users to download and share files. Limewire is a tool which helps you to share information in the form of files with other people who are also using the same software on their computer which is Legal job. Downloading & Sharing copyright files is completely illegal and breaks all the laws because you are downloading stuff for free which you should be paying for officially but are accessing/using it for free.

Are Limewire Files Safe & Secure?

Recently there were many questions erupting about the unsafe files available on the Limewire P2P network which can be dangerous for your computer. Some of the main problems with the content in this network is that �C you may be sharing some of your private or protected files on your computer by mistake which can create big problems. There may be adult content downloaded to your computer unless you configure content filters in Limewire settings. Spywares or Virus may also get downloaded to your computer while downloading other files , hence its recommended to block files with .exe, .vbs, .lnk, .bat, .sys, or .com extension under the Content Filters.

Final Talk?

Limewire software is legal but the content you download through it may be illegal. Limewire is now offering DRM-free Legal Music which can be downloaded through the music store available at store.limewire.com , the store has more than a million tracks in it with individual songs costing 0.99$ with different discounted plans for users who download many songs. The packages range like ��Platinum Plan�� costing 20$ every month for 75 songs download. Limewire cannot tell you which files are Legal and which are Illegal, hence its upto you to decide it. You are the user, read all the rules and proceed towards the downloads.

spring chickens what the hell is wrong with windsor 6 job costing software net

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

spring chickens what the hell is wrong with windsor 6 job costing software net

I think in this week's post we can discover why it is the police in Windsor are able to successfully close so many cases in the area. My argument will be that criminals are not being careful when they commit their crimes �C making it easier for police to track them down and arrest them.

This will suggest that many crimes are careless crimes of passion or opportunity rather than strategic events �C meaning people in Windsor are willing to break the law if the opportunity presents itself. Scary. Watch your stuff, folks, watch your stuff.

Basically, the reason Windsor police always catch their man is because criminals in Windsor don't think twice before committing a crime. Put it this way �C they act out of desperation and opportunity to work against the law �C and in so doing, leave themselves vulnerable to being caught. There's little premeditated or calculated about how they go about their crimes �C meaning cops have an easy time connecting the criminal dots.

This week:
Here's a link (it's a .pdf) to the Auditor General's Office's for the 400 CHS Project, which has gone significantly over budget and been a problem kept under wraps for years. In this report it is said that City broke own rules in selection of contractor. Sounds like an oversight committee that used to control the paper I worked at. They were so bad I quit. Turns out the second round of overseers for the newspaper don't find it necessary to meet at all and don't have meetings whatsoever. What a contrast from the year before.

The city violated its own rules during the selection of a builder for the .5-million government services building at 400 City Hall Square, according to a long-awaited audit released Monday.
The audit said administrators and councillors exposed the city to ��major risk�� of a lawsuit after the winning contractor had been allowed to amend a bid for the work after the deadline for proposals had passed.
The auditors found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing or misappropriation of funds, but said there was poor administrative oversight during the building��s construction �� which ended up 6,000 over budget.
��Certain practices used by the city �� both staff and council members �� during the (request for proposals) process through to the award of the contract to the selected proponent were unfair and in contravention of the laws that govern the City of Windsor,�� the report concluded.
��Council members and some senior staff members demonstrated a lack of awareness and understanding of some of the most basic principles of the laws governing the city.��
Three city councillors on the RFP committee breached those rules when Vindella Enterprise was encouraged to amend its bid.
The report did not name the councillors.
The audit said Vindella had a non-compliant proposal that should have eliminated the company from consideration.
The company��s amended bid proved to be the winner, edging out EllisDon Construction.
��The city is fortunate not to have been sued by EllisDon (Corporation) whose proposal was compliant,�� the report said.
Toronto lawyer Andrew Roman, hired by the audit committee to oversee its final report, said the limitation period for legal action by the EllisDon has expired.
There were also suggestions the city solicitor wanted to intervene, but ��was impeded from carrying out his legal duties.��
There was ��an attitude we will seek your legal advice when we want it,�� rather than being proactive, the audit report said.
The audit concluded that while there has been progress since 2002 within city ranks since the 400 building construction began, ��there is still a significant level of risk that remains today.��
Some more thoughts on the 400 CHS Audit:
Chris Vander Doelen
The more you read of the auditor's report on how 400 City Hall Square got built, the luckier the outcome seems for Windsor taxpayers.
As I wrote Tuesday, the massively detailed KPMG audit released Monday proves taxpayers should be relieved the - million project turned out as well as it did.
The building is magnificent, there was relatively little waste for a government project of that size, and nobody stole anything that we know of.
Past that �� man, what a mess. The building was completed in 2005 only after a three-year war of wills between a city council operating under misguided intentions and a small group of self-serving administrators.
The RFP, the tender and the contract award were all disasters that could have erupted into taxpayer nightmares. Windsor narrowly escaped being tied up in court or an inquiry for years, costing taxpayers millions. The city might still be sued.
Andrew Roman, the governmental law expert hired by Windsor to get to the bottom of the 400 Building fiasco, found that council and administration fought a bitter ground war over the project before council's wishes eventually prevailed.
Council deserved to win, in my opinion. They, not bureaucrats, are the elected representatives of taxpayers. Citizens own the Corporation of the City of Windsor, not staff.
But councillors broke the law to get their way, and they're not allowed to do that. Municipal bylaws and provincial laws govern how contracts must be awarded, and under those rules Ellis Don Construction should have won the City Hall Square job, not Vindella/Oscar, the local company given the contract.
Did council break the law intentionally? Absolutely not, says Coun. Fulvio Valentinis, a lawyer and the only one of three councillors on the 400 project subcommittee still in office. The other two, Peter Carlesimo and Charlie Hotham (both with connections to the local construction industry), lost the last election.
Some say Valentinis the lawyer should have known better. I think taxpayers should cut him some slack on this issue. When the 400 project got the green light in 2002, council was determined to keep project costs under control. They had just blown million to million too much (estimates vary) on the disastrous Canderel project on Riverside Drive.
City finances were also in disarray then due to a high debt load and administration's massive screw-up on the multi-million-dollar MFP financing mess.
If the members of the 400 subcommittee were obsessed by cost, as Roman charged this week, the source of the obsession was understandable. And forgivable.
So was their error. Roman told council this week it is extremely common for tendering laws to be broken by Ontario municipalities; they are so complex and change so often that most city councillors don't understand them. Neither do "more than half" of all lawyers.
The audit ladles blame onto two former city chief administrators. CAO Dennis Perlin prevented the city solicitor from taking staff's concerns about the process straight to council as a whole, allowing the issues to fester.
Carrying on from last post about how criminals are careless (as I suggested) and are more interested in just committing whatever crimes they feel like (and then getting arrested afterward because they weren't careful) than they are getting away with the crimes.

Windsor police probe robbery of west-side convenience store
WINDSOR, Ont. �� Police are investigating after a convenience store in the city's west side was robbed of cigarettes and money early Thursday morning.
Police say two male suspects strolled (their words, but my emphasis) into a convenience story in the 3600 block of Matchette Road shortly before 1:30 a.m. and robbed the clerk of smokes and cash.
There were no injuries.
Police say man on drugs went on destructive drive ending in head-on crash
'Extreme stroke of luck' no one killed

WINDSOR, Ont. �� Police say it��s a miracle nobody was killed when a man on drugs took a destructive drive through east Windsor early Wednesday before destroying two vehicles in a head-on crash.
The man uprooted a tree, ripped down fences and hit another vehicle with his SUV before the final collision, which left him with a lacerated face, a broken leg and internal injuries. The driver of the other car, a Cadillac, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
��It��s a stroke of luck, an extreme stroke of luck, that nobody else was injured,�� said Sgt. Brett Corey.
Corey said both cars were ��completely destroyed. It��s just lucky that he didn��t take anybody else out in the process.��
He said the driver was swerving from lane to lane in heavy commuter traffic.
��Given the time of day it could have been much worse.��
Police don��t believe alcohol was a factor, but said the 36-year-old man was likely impaired by drugs. Investigators were waiting to obtain a warrant to take blood samples from the suspect, who was still unconscious Wednesday.
Corey said he didn��t know if the man��s injuries were life-threatening.
��He��s definitely got some serious injuries,�� said Corey. ��There are some internal injuries there. There��s a possibility he may be transferred over to Detroit. Right now he��s serious, but we don��t know where it��s going to go.��
Police were called to Wyandotte Street East near Cadillac Street around 5:22 a.m. after a grey SUV was seen weaving back and forth into the oncoming lane. The vehicle eventually went over a sidewalk, smashed through a fence and entered the Ford compound in the 2900 block of Trenton Street.
Police said that after hurtling through the first fence, the SUV continued across the grass for about 100 yards before ploughing through another gate and back onto Wyandotte.
Police estimated damage at the Ford property at ,000.
Minutes later,in the 1200 block of Glidden Avenue, the same vehicle drove onto a lawn and slammed into a large spruce tree with enough force to tear the roots out of the ground.
The loud crash woke up the homeowner, who watched the SUV head north on Glidden. Police said damage to that property was worth about ,000.
Two hours later, witnesses saw the SUV swerving west down Wyandotte near Walker Road.
Just west of Walker, police said the SUV crossed the center lane and ran into the back of an eastbound vehicle on Wyandotte. It kept moving and slammed head-on into another car, destroying both vehicles. The driver of the SUV was thrown into the windshield. Police had to shut down a section of the road while they investigated.
The investigation continues and police say they expect to lay charges of failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
Speaking of poorly thought out actions:
Two cops stabbed during call to A'burg home, woman arrested
AMHERSTBURG �� Two Amherstburg police officers were rushed to hospital Wednesday morning with stab wounds after being attacked by a woman while they were responding to a call for help, police say.
Police arrived at the small yellow house at 339 Fort St. at about 10:30 a.m. after receiving a report of an intruder in the home.
Once the two male officers entered the house, things went awry, police said.
��It was to a point where they were going to detain (the woman) under the mental health Act �� take her to the hospital,�� said a police officer.
��But stuff went down sideways. It was an unexpected turn of events.��
A 31-year-old woman allegedly stabbed the officers with what police would describe only as ��an edged weapon.��
Police said one officer was stabbed in the inner thigh and the other was wounded in his hand.
Both were taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The woman was arrested and taken into custody in Windsor, where she will face charges.
The injured officers were not identified Wednesday.
Police spokesman Mike Cox said there was a ��strong possibility�� that mental health issues were a factor in the stabbings. Police also said the initial call about an intruder in the home was unfounded.
The OPP��s criminal investigation branch and Amherstburg police are investigating the incident.
Police remained at the scene well into the evening to monitor the house.
A neighbour said she believes the woman who lives at 339 Fort St. has a young daughter about six years as well as a boyfriend who live in the house.
The neighbour��s children, aged 11 and 13, witnessed the arrest Wednesday morning.
��That��s kind of creepy,�� said the neighbour. ��They were kind of scared about that.��.

accounting outsourcing efficiency in accounts and book keeping

user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

accounting outsourcing efficiency in accounts and book keeping

Accounting or in other words book keeping can really take a toll on you. The matter of grave concern is that it is present in almost every business firm and is an essential requirement in running business consistently. It doesn't discriminate between the various kinds of businesses and hold same significance everywhere.
Often people consider that accounting does not need many efforts and can be handled by few personnel in less time. But, this is a wrong concept since accounting work needs great acumen and keen intelligence. You should be expert in bookkeeping and accounts management. You must be aware of ledgers, journal entries and even a slightest of the mistake may incur heavy loses on the business organization. Even a well versed staff in the accounting systems fails to draft too many accounts and ledgers on the daily basis and this result into the pile of backlog maintained in the accounts department of the firm. You can simplify the job of accounting by availing the convenient and cost efficient accounting outsourcing services.
Now, as you know how crucial accounting is for a business organization so you must also be aware of the fact the quality comes with hefty fees nowadays. If you want a quality work, you have to employ accountants who are highly qualified but they demand extra wages which at times is not possible for a company to fulfill. Besides, one cannot employ large work force in one particular department of the company and not in the others. Everything should be in proportion so in order to beat this adverse situation one has to seek for the cost effective means which can provide same quality work but in lesser time and money.
Accounting outsourcing companies are running all over the world in large numbers and have great workforce. They have recruited expert chartered accountants, financial experts, and clerks to work on various accounts and book keeping related jobs. They are highly trained and dexterous enough in handling enormous tasks in the most lucrative way. Usually, these accounting outsourcing firms have experts working in two sifts i.e., day and night and in the similar way whole work is distributed amongst them. Accounting work is done with the help of software designed specifically to maintain ledgers and accounts journals online in order to produce efficient results in less time.
Now, you must have understood well that how much important and indispensable accounting outsourcing has become in present day working conditions. There are several function that an outsourcing company carries out for managing your accounting wok including preparing and maintaining records of balance sheets, consistent drafting of financial profit & loss of the company, managing and updating ledger accounts, bank statements, and other investment and collection tracks.
There are wide long array of outsourcing vendors available around the globe. You can get access to them online. But, before you hand over your project to some outsourcing firm make sure that the firm has good credentials in market as your accounting details would be in their hands.

Michelle Barkley is a CPA who advises people on tax preparation and tax calculation. She specializes in Bookkeeping outsourcing,accounting outsourcing, back office outsourcing. To know more about Accounting outsourcing Service visit http://www.ifrworld.com.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

genesis entrepreneurship cell ism dhanbad what makes an

What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI: "
Author: Mark Suster

I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In case it��s not obvious it��s a play on the Nike slogan, ��Just Do It.��) I believe that being successful as an entrepreneur requires you to get lots of things done. You are constantly faced with decisions and there is always incomplete information. This paralyzes most people. Not you.

Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. They move the ball forward every day. They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct. Good entrepreneurs can admit when their course of action was wrong and learn from it. Good entrepreneurs are wrong often. If you��re not then you��re not trying hard enough. Good entrepreneurs have a penchant for doing vs.over-analyzing. (obviously don��t read this as zero analysis)

I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. I didn��t have to make many serious decisions. So I was surprised at the sheer volumes of decisions that had to be made when I became a startup CEO. Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC.

The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. Your head of sales thinks she should fire somebody. You need to decide whether or not to launch at TechCrunch50. Somebody asks whether you plan to set up 401k��s and do contribution matching. I think this paralyzes many people.

I learned quickly that I needed to just do things. Yet I initially had a team full of people that seemed to either over analyze things or more likely wait for a higher source within the company to make the tough decisions for them. You��re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn��t go above him but the CTO isn��t approving the deal. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers?

Yes, I know it��s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that��s fine. But if everybody is looking for me to make their decisions we��ll never get anything done. I felt like I had done the hard bit and chosen people that I truly respected and I would rather empower them to make decisions and accept consequences.

Sometimes you need to break some eggs to get things done so if that��s what it takes I wanted my team to go for it and I wanted to symbolize that it was OK with me. I would far rather have some messes to clean up than to never have them cross the line trying.

So I took on the motto JFDI to symbolize this. And I think my team did a great job and rose to the occasion. Maybe it helps that I love controversy and pushing the boundaries so people felt it was OK for them to do it as well.

Another side of JFDI is finding ways to get stuff done that seem impossible. Entrepreneurs have a way of doing that. Getting suppliers to accept terms that they said they never normally agree, getting accepted to speak on a panel when the conference organizer initially said ��no,�� getting people to moonlight for you until you have the cash to bring them on board.

A couple of quick stories / examples:

1. Making Things Happen

There��s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he��d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement. He wanted to be the guy who did it. So we discussed his ideas several times. I usually try to avoid getting stuck reviewing people��s PowerPoint decks (I get this request too often and frankly I��m already behind on my own work!) but there are some people you just take an (extra) liking to and want to help. This was such a guy.

So over several months I went through a few iterations on his idea. He was stuck on capital raising. He wanted to know how to get started and ��Could I intro him to a couple of local angels?�� One night after a DealMaker Media event we got 20 minutes together after the event ended. I was blunt (warning: that sometimes happens with me) and told him not to bother and that I wasn��t prepared to help with angels.

��Why?�� he asked. I told him he wasn��t a real entrepreneur. He looked stunned. I said that he had been talking about doing this for too long. He still had no website and no prototypes. But ��he didn��t have the budget to hire a developer until he had raised money!��

I said that was my point. ��A real entrepreneur would have done it anyway. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. Real entrepreneurs are contagious. They are filled with ideas and they get those ideas onto paper. That paper can be in the form of wireframes or in the form of a PowerPoint plan. Or worst case your ideas can be conveyed verbally. But they GET THINGS DONE. You have the skills and knowledge to do that.��

I walked away kind of feeling bad. I don��t like to intentionally crush people��s hopes. But I always view my job as being honest so that people don��t waste time, money or both if they��re ideas aren��t good or the positive execution isn��t likely. But then something awesome happened. He took my comments as a challenge. He went out and found a developer and built a product. He refined his business plan and he got commitments for 0-200k but needed some lead angels to commit first. When he re-approached me he had a much better plan and he had a prototype! I introduced him to some angels and his round was OVER SUBSCRIBED!

That is a true story. I don��t know whether the entrepreneur feels comfortable with my saying who he is so if he does and he reads this perhaps he��ll put his details in the comments section. But I bring up this story for a reason.

2. Analysis Paralysis

I used to sit on the board of a company (for which I DID NOT invest) with a very smart and very likable CEO. This person was educated at the best US schools and had worked for a top-tier strategy consulting firm �C one of the big 3. The CEO led every board meeting with vigor and the board members (sans me) were always wowed. The CEO had 60-page Powerpoint presentations analyzing every micro detail of the business. The company had less than million in revenue yet we had a multi-tab spreadsheet doing activity-based costing on our customer service staff, operations and technology.

We had every chart every invented by man (or McKinsey) showing failure rates of our product, mean-times-to-repair, detailed sales forecast charts, etc. Charts. What lovely charts! I know they would have been very useful in dissected the woes of General Motors. I was the only unimpressed board member. I was the one pointing out that we were behind on our sales targets and our ��Elephant Deal�� that had been promised was 6 months late.

After a few board meetings I finally spoke up. I was a bull in a china shop. I said (out loud), ��I sure wish that some of the time that went into these PowerPoint slides would have gone into meetings with the COO, CFO or CMO of [Elephant Customer].�� The CEO had never met with any of them.

With a CEO that likable, smart, educated and accomplished it made board members squirm that I was willing to call bullshit.

I��m sure you know what happens next. We missed our sales target by more than 66% for the year but we had great slides explaining why. The next year we set the sales budget equal to the previous year��s sales budget that we had missed. We missed the next year by more than 33%. Nobody seemed shocked. The company has burned through serious cash. I complained the whole way. It was not fun. No ��independent�� board members seemed to care (or even comprehend the lunacy of the whole situation).

To this day I��m sure they see the situation differently. Beautiful slides by top-tier consultants have hoodwinked large companies for years and I can see why. They are intoxicating, complex, insightful and tell a great story. But in the end they��re usually just that �C a story. Sometimes a fantasy.

I still really like this CEO and have deep respect for this person outside of the role of being a CEO. The ��Peter Principle�� says that ��everybody rises to their level of incompetency.�� Read this as some people who are great at analyzing to not make great doers and therefore do not make great entrepreneurs. I think many VCs have learned this the hard way when they step in to temporarily run companies as I have seen happen.

The problem with the company that I described above was that there was somebody willing to fund ongoing losses and the board continued to believe that good times were just around the corner. Maybe they��ll be proved right some day. I certainly hope so. But in the UK we used to call this ��promising jam tomorrow.�� I was tired of jam tomorrow. I left the board. The company never JFDI.

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With the arrival of Peter Donolo who started his new job as chief of staff yesterday, there is already a buzz and I have several reasons to feel optimistic.

Reunions can be exhilarating and Jean Chretien can still stir up a crowd.

Mr. Donolo has added some heavy hitters to the team, and he knows how to get things done.

The Ref-Cons must be feeling a little threatened, because the Harper Hawkers were out in full swing this weekend. A column in our local (Sun media) paper by Michael Den Tandt read like an Ignatieff attack ad. And surprisingly, it didn't bother me.

I've decided that the only way we can get Harper out before he sells us off completely, is to believe in something and someone. It's not good enough to simply expose Stephen Harper for who he really is, we have to offer a viable alternative. Mr. Ignatieff is a remarkable alternative.

After reading his Massey Lectures, I knew that he had the right vision for Canada.

November 17, 2009
Changes in Ottawa
Andrew Steele

The following is an email sent by new Ignatieff Chief of Staff, Peter Donolo.

Dear Liberal Colleagues,

Today is my first day on the job as Chief of Staff in Mr. Ignatieff��s office and I am delighted to be back on the Hill and part of the Liberal Team.

As Mr. Ignatieff has said, we have a lot of work ahead of us to earn the confidence and support of all those Canadians who want a strong alternative to the Harper Conservatives. I look forward to working shoulder-to-shoulder with all of you �C and with Liberals across Canada �C in the months ahead in earning that support.

Indeed, as with any winning effort, to succeed we must work as a team, a disciplined and determined team. To that end, I am very pleased to announce the new senior staff compliment in the OLO. This is a very seasoned group of proven individuals with a wide breadth of experience in politics and the wider public sphere. Moreover, as you will see from the organization chart, the emphasis will be, as it must, on clear lines of authority and responsibility as well as accountability for execution and results.

http://www.liberal..ca/pdf/docs/olo-org.pdf

Principal Secretary �C Jean Marc Fournier

Jean Marc was the Liberal Member for the riding of Chateauguay in the Quebec National Assembly from 1994 to 2008. He served, respectively, as Opposition Whip and, later, as Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Education, Minister of Revenue, and House Leader in the governments of Premier Jean Charest. After deciding not to seek re-election in 2008, Jean Marc was a senior advisor to Mr. Charest in the election that saw the Charest government return to majority status. As Principal Secretary, Jean Marc will provide senior strategic counsel to Mr. Ignatieff.

Chief Operating Officer �C Patricia Sorbara

Pat is one of the most experienced Liberal organizers and logistics experts in Canada. She was a senior member on the staffs of Ontario Premier David Peterson and his ministers. She served as Chief Returning Officer for the Liberal Party of Canada in the hard-fought 2006 Leadership Convention. In 1997, Pat co-founded Advanced Utility Systems, a software company she very successfully built and later sold in 2006. As COO, Pat will be responsible for the entire operations of the OLO,with all directors reporting to her. She will report directly to me.

Director of the Liberal Caucus Research Bureau and Senior Policy Advisor to the Leader�C Brian Bohunicky

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Brian served in the Chretien government as an aide to Lloyd Axworthy and as Chief of Staff to David Anderson during the latter��s time both as Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Transport. He has worked in provincial and federal Liberal campaigns in both Manitoba and British Columbia. Since 2000, Brian has been a public servant in four successive departments, most recently Agriculture Canada. Brian also holds a Rhodes Scholarship from Oxford University. In his new capacities, Brian will hold two roles: As Director of the LCRB, he will report to the Liberal Caucus Executive, as Senior Policy Advisor to the Leader, he will report within the new OLO structure.

Director of Communications �C Mario Lagu?

Mario served as a communication aide to Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa and as Quebec��s representative in Venezuela and Mexico. In the Government of Canada, Mario has been DG Communications in Inter-Governmental Affairs, and he served for five years as ADM Communications in the Privy Council Office �C the highest communications function in the federal public service. In 2004, Mario served as Director of Communications for Prime Minister Paul Martin. He subsequently served as Canadian Ambassador to Costa Rica, and most recently, as head of global communications for the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world��s largest environmental organization, based in Switzerland. Mario will hold responsibility for all OLO communications, including the Press Office.

Director of Operations �C Sachin Aggarwal

Sachin has been in the OLO since 2008. He was National Director of Operations in Michael Ignatieff��s 2006 leadership campaign and managed Mr. Ignatieff��s two successful campaigns for Parliament in Etobicoke Lakeshore in 2006 and 2008. Prior to joining the OLO, Sachin practiced corporate law at Torys LLP in Toronto.

Director of Legislative Affairs �C Jeremy Broadhurst

Jeremy has been in the OLO since 2006. He has served as senior policy advisor under Liberal leaders Bill Graham, Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff. Jeremy entered government in 2004, when Mr. Graham was Defence Minister. He also boasts practical political experience, serving as Mr. Graham��s campaign manager in the 2004 and 2006 elections. Jeremy holds a law degree from the University of Toronto, and was an associate with the law firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg in Toronto. Jeremy will be the OLO lead on all matters pertaining to Parliamentary strategies and tactics, working in close coordination with the Opposition House and Senate Leader��s offices.

Caucus Liaison �C Karen Redman

Karen was MP for Kitchener Centre from 1997 to 2008. She has served as both Chief Government Whip and Chief Opposition Whip, as well as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the environment. In her decade on the Hill, Karen was one of the most respected and hard-working Members of Parliament in Ottawa. Karen is already nominated to be the Liberal candidate in the next federal election. Her strong and deep ties with her former �C and future �C caucus colleagues will ensure maximum coordination between the OLO and MPs and Senators.

Party Liaison �C Heather Chiasson

Heather has been involved with the Liberal Party since the early eighties. She has been a member of the National Executive, representing Atlantic Canada. Since 1992, Heather has been a constant and steadfast presence at the LPC National Office, first as a volunteer, later as a staffer. Heather has also been vice chair of a crown corporation for 8 years and has also served on a variety of NGO and Community Boards. In her new role, Heather will serve as a link for the OLO �C and, importantly, for Mr. Ignatieff personally �C with the National Office, the National Campaign Committee and active Liberals across Canada.

Executive Assistant to the Leader �C Jim Pimblett

Jim served as EA to Prime Minister Paul Martin from 2003 to 2006 �C the perfect, high-pressure, high-performance experience for his OLO responsibilities. Prior to joining Mr. Martin��s staff, Jim was Director of Tour and Events in the office of then-Ontario Opposition Leader Dalton McGuinty. He has an MBA from Queens University and was working as a management consultant prior to joining the OLO. Jim will travel with Mr. Ignatieff and be responsible for Mr. Ignatieff��s schedule.

These appointments, with one exception, are effective immediately. Brian Bohunicky will join the team on December 7.

In Michael Ignatieff, we Liberals have a leader of truly international standing. He understands the huge, long term economic challenges our country is facing �C and the tremendous human cost they are already exacting across Canada under a callous, uncaring, incompetent government.

And he knows that our future depends on innovative thinking and caring, engaged leadership to enable our country to secure the industries and jobs of tomorrow �C and the prosperity and the strong, vital social programs that go with them.

Our job in the OLO is to help Mr. Ignatieff and his Liberal Team across Canada bring that message of hope and change to Canadians in the months ahead.

Peter Donolo.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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One of my brothers recently was invited by the Michigan House Republican Strategic Task Force on Education to come and discuss the long range vision of education policy in the state of Michigan. This special task force composed of Republicans has been touring the state looking for both successes and failures in Michigan's education system. It was on the west side of the state and after talking to my brother about how it went, I have the following comments to pass on to you.

What the task force does is get input from parent teacher associations, student council members, administrator, teachers, board members, and students, from public schools, special education, alternative education, charter and private schools. The end goal is to develop ideas on how to improve the quality of the education system here in Michigan.

The result of these task force meetings is predictable and an indication of everything that is wrong with education in our state. Three hours of discussion produced all the wrong policy suggestions for education, suggestions politicians should not consider. The following account is a way for you to see how policy is created in our state and helpful in developing your own opinions about the future of education.

The first step in the discussion was to answer the question "What is the purpose of education?" Do that right now in your head- think about what you want the education system in our state to look like and do. Is it prepare students for college? Prepare them for future jobs? Mold good citizens? Give all students a broad base of knowledge? Or did you, like most people at this forum, say "everything!" The mission of education needs to be focused, clear, and consistent, and it can not be everything to everybody all at the same time. There is only enough time in the day, only enough resources to spend, and our state needs to think long and hard about what they want the goal of education to be.

In my opinion, our school system should move to a two-tier system- K-8 the goal is to provide a broad range of knowledge for all students, and 9-12 students will either go into a college-prep track or a job-preparation track. That's just my opinion though.

The next question the group that came to this task force meeting was asked is "what are we doing well right now in education?" Think about this question. Education is doing a lot of things well- babysitting students 8 hours a day, running great sports programs, educating a lot of top students, running a good special needs program, helping students learn how to think, giving students opportunities, offering many innovative learning styles, and nationally our K-5 program is the best in the world.

The next question the task force had us think about was "what do you want the education system to look like 10 years from now". I think the overall consensus of the task force was that we want education to do more to teach students critical thinking skills, to learn how to be innovative and creative, to teach entrepreneurship and job creation, and to have students focus more on the career paths that they are headed into after school rather than just focus on school.

The last step is the most important step, and the step that resulted in disaster for this task force and that produced information the Michigan House Republican Strategic Task Force on Education should utterly disregard. The question that was posed to us was "how do we build on what we are doing well to make our education system look like we want it to look 10 years from now?"

Here is the information the task force received, and it is a good lesson on why sometimes special interest groups should not be the ones designing the policies in our nation. The task force was told to drop all standardized testing and to just hand the money to districts with no more accountability. The task force was told that one way to increase the education levels in our state was to give more funding to teachers, have them work shorter hours, and give them more training.The task force was told that students should teach classes, as if they were subject matter and teaching experts. The task force produced a lot of garbage ideas, and in every hearing they conducted they pretty much got the same garbage.

This is why the state should not be trusted with running any sort of service industry. The failures in education are the failures of government planning and funding. The failures of education result from this idea that bureaucrats working in distant locations can issue rules and decrees and that will somehow make things better. And the failures of education and this process demonstrate that a system that ignores values and character will produce a valueless result.

The way to fix education is to increase choice, increase personal responsibility, increase local control, and increase the focus on value and character education. Students need to take classes that emphasise creativity and entrepreneurship and they need to buy into the system by making them realize just how much it is costing them to go to school (or at least their parents need to realize what the cost is for education and then demand the results to justify the cost). Standardized testing needs to be increased, but the information that comes from these tests needs to be disseminated throughout the system and analyzed and studied by everyone- teachers, students, and administrators.

Education needs to run more like a business, with the service provided being learning and the learning delivered by skilled professionals. It can not run like a government agency, answering to dozens of constituents and staffed by bureaucrats.

Please take a moment to look up your state Representative and pass on your thoughts to them about education and the types of policies that you would like to see put in place in this state. If you don't speak up, they will have only heard from others, and those others are pushing groups like that Michigan House Republican Strategic Task Force on Education to put in place policies that will only erode the educational quality of our great state.

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Documents discussed:

Quality standards outcomes evidence from Regional heads of Sensory Services
Fit to Learn
Wakefield CALL �C draft assessment framework
Leeds SNAP hydrotherapy risk assessment
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Bradford draft Support Service
York �C Management of Continence Guidance
York �C Pupil Voice templates from TAG learning 'Comic life'
Discussion
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There are a number of training differences between LAs. Durham are now employing an OT to do all their M&H assessments. Darlington use Andrea's day a week for PN. Wakefield will have two trainers by January 2010 (one being the education OT). York had difficulties in the past but the situation is manageable.Bradford use somebody employed by the council.job costing software Most LAs use Centaur Training but North Yorkshire will be using LPS. York have a M&H policy and guidelines
Caroline to email details of LPS for distribution
Sue to email document for distribution
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This is available as a download from the SNAP site and includes communication problems. Wakefield are updating their swimming RA and will include communication. The form has been amended to allow more tick boxes to speed up the paperwork.
Katie to provide copy for March 2010 meeting
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Eileen Warburton has arranged to publish this before her retirement in December 2009. The publication has gone for professional printing and will be a ring bound folder costing approximately ��12:50.job costing software The Physiotherapists involved are working on a version for the under 5s to be called 'Movement Matters' and a senior version to go on in to secondary schools.
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4. Liaison with Early years services and the transfer of Health information.
This seems to be a problem in many LAs which is usually solved by informal contact between professionals working in the same building rather than through formal consultation.
Wakefield are alerted through CDT meetings and the CALL project
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Bradford hold monthly allocation meetings with their Pre 5 service
Darlington hold termly meetings with the therapists where the Support Service is alerted to new cases.
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Lyn to circulate the Wakefield documents
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AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
On line training �C Wakefield
Symbol Project �C York
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A suggestion has been made to look at switches and for the June 18 2010 meeting to be held at Featherstone Resource base
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During my last weekend trip back to Sungai Patani, Kedah I was pretty occupied with more then five BH Visits.

One was in Permatang Pauh, Seberang Prai. Three others were in a Padi Field somewhere at the back of Perda Town, Sungai Patani, and Juru.

I was also given the tasks to look at a piece of agricultural land (Durian Orchard) located somewhere in Junjong Kedah.

One new project undertaken by one of my disciple was in Kulim.

The owner of the Permatang Pauh BH has a very exciting moments trying out the Black Cloud and the Awesome.

Both sounds brings back those birds on to the BH rooftop. Many entered the house.

I completed the inspection and provided the owner with some list of things to be done.

I hope he will do the needful and I will be very happy to provide regular follow up on the internal renovations that need to done.

In Sungai Patani, I met Mr.L, who ordered some new books and insect generating powder.

I thought he just wanted to collect those items and off he goes however he invited me to view his BH in Bakar Arang Industrial area.

I was very surprised with what I saw. It seem that his family owned a wood processing factory in Bakar Arang. Since the factory has some idle building, they turned it into a BH (three into one). Yes three separate units, two stories high but interconnected with a door.

After operating for almost one year the birds seem to have abandoned the house.

A very weired happenings and the only possible cause was the smell of those Boric acid used to treat the wood.

I need to figure out the actual cause with a few more visits when I travel home to SP.

One of the best story while in Prai was while meeting Mr.O and Dr.K.

DR.K was asking for my best and latest sound in my collection. Before I could open my mouth Mr.O make his call.

"Dr. among all the sounds that I acquired from Pah Harry, I am very impress with Tongkat Ali. It works well in the northern region and I recently have change all the external sounds of my 10 BHs with Tongkat Ali."

I was very impressed with his validation but he might be right.

Since I have yet to let him try my Fabulous Medley, the Awesome, T'Tsunami and the Beautiful Medley, I kept mum about these new sounds.

It is nice to hear someone talking good about your sound.

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Twenty one years ago today, on January 2nd, 1989, I released version 1.0 of the freeware Gatekeeper anti-virus system for Macintosh. It would have been better to note its twentieth anniversary a year ago, what with twenty being a big round number and all, but, frankly, I forgot.
Anyway, it was 21 years ago today. For reasons now obscure, it wouldn't appear in "comp.binaries.mac" until the 13th. Those reasons may have included the need to be harangued by the legendary Werner Uhrig, who wanted to know why I'd released a Macintosh anti-virus product without first running it past the secret society of Macintosh anti-virus researchers. I actually had to explain that it's impossible to communicate with a secret group, when nobody has let you in on the secret that the group exists. Based on that technicality, I think he let me off with a stern warning. And he had me promptly inducted.
Egads, what an experience Gatekeeper was. To this day, it remains the most punishing software development task I've undertaken. As a sign of things to come, before version 1.0 was even complete, it had already been scoffed at by Apple, probably costing me the chance of a job there �C but the interviewer was equipped with a priori certainty that such an anti-virus system was impossible, and no amount of explanation or demonstration would convince him otherwise. After it was released,Gatekeeper seemed to earn me quiet, unshakable contempt from Apple. I never figured-out why. It was true that I believed that I'd had to write Gatekeeper to bring a measure of control to the computational public health mess that Apple had created by overlooking basically all security issues in the design of the original Mac OS (not an uncommon failing in those days, especially in the microcomputer world), but I don't remember making pronouncements to that effect. I admired (most of) Apple's work enormously then, and in spite of everything, I still do.
Apple notwithstanding, Gatekeeper went on to win me an award from the then-existent and prestigious Boston Computer Society; to be almost completely ignored by the Macintosh press (I na?vely believed then that the trade press went looking for stories relevant to its subject matter, but realized years too late that the apocalypse would be hard-pressed to get a column inch unless it sent out press releases first); to get me an all-expenses-paid trip to Scotland to deliver a paper about it (never having seen papers delivered before, I had no idea what was expected, and the less said about the result, the better); to bring me so many picture postcards from users all over the world that my local post office started to reflexively deliver postcards to me, no matter to whom they were actually addressed; to give me the opportunity to get drunk as hell on cheap gin & tonics one night with John Norstad (author of Disinfectant, and clever issuer of press-releases) at some vendor's World-Wide Developer's Conference party; to get itself written-up in an honest-to-goodness book on computer viruses that must be around here somewhere; and, over four+ years of work, to build within me such a fierce case of burn-out that when a company offered me the chance to take Gatekeeper commercial, I couldn't bring myself to do it, even though an industry insider told me that such a deal ought to be worth around a million dollars to me over a few years. I think it was ten years before I had the energy to single-handedly take on another software project of that complexity. So, if your letter or email went unanswered, now you have some idea why.
And, to my initial surprise, in something like the last four or five years Gatekeeper has risen from the dead to take on a new life as prior art in patent cases. I'd hoped to be able to announce years ago that it had triumphed in invalidating some odious software patent or other, but the case I was assured would take no more than a year dragged on for something like four, and then was resolved out of court, as I understand it. That was an interesting experience (for one thing, I had a very fine dinner with Henry Spencer, inventor of grep), but mostly it was a whole lot of no fun. And the blasted lawyers seem to have lost a major portion of the postcards I'd collected from Gatekeeper users. Now, an inquiry from a CS professor turned expert witness, suggests that it is once again involved in a patent case, and not for the last time, I expect.
When I first had the idea for Gatekeeper I thought it innovative in a "why the hell is nobody else doing this" sort of way, and the verdict of time seems to be quietly trending in my direction. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to say something to everyone at Apple who scoffed at, cold-shouldered, or otherwise entirely failed to provide an iota of support for a free product that was saving their Macintosh from itself. And that something would be this: Screw you.

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That's a lot of people. Wont all my team members be happy to see me now, All he gave us was simple funda-applicable problems requiring us to draw on common sense, and made us look at him with new found respect. on the day after Christmas.) to figure out how they can be more a part of the software pie offering. seriously!gif">

Quant Meth 2 �C Yes, many of us anxiously await our marks to find the posers who think they're cool by acting like they've done bad like the majority. "Making their pie and eating it too" types. Wait for it, 11% of 75% of india's women is more than 22% of the rest. We'll find out which of our folks were whining even after having done well, A part of me thinks he's tripping on all the wining and dining somewhere in Goa arguing relentlessly about where the justice is in today's service oriented corporate structure and plans to do so till New Year and beyond, 75% of India's population lives and breathes in rural India. Christian or not, It was so cool! We were learning how to decide costs of our offerings, he definitely shattered some myths about the rural aadmi, It's ok. While I wouldnt say that he shone some brilliant gyaan on us, While all your friends,! u see a lot of stars,

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Today, almost the whole day, I was attending to a visitor hailed from Hong Kong but staying in East Kalimantan.

An Accountant by profession but currently very crazy about swiftlet farming.job costing software His mind was made up and what he really wanted is to own a successful BH in East Kalimantan.

He spend almost six months to do research about swiftlet farming by reading all those books he can get hold of, attending various seminars, read a few selected blogs and now took a one day Swiftlet Tour with me.job costing software

He confessed for spending about one month to read all my articles at swiftletfarming.blogspot.com.
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He enjoyed reading it and keep saying that my blog is the most comprehensive with lots of logical explainations.

I took him to Rawang Country Home, Batang Berjuntai,job costing software Sungai Rambai Swiftlet City and lastly to Sekinchan. On the way back we stop at Kepong Industrial area.

While on the way back we stop at this high rise BH about 6 kilometers from Bantang Berjuntai.
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I realised something interesting about this BH. The owner placed no effort to convert the ground floor which was about 14 feet high.
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His attention was on the first and top floor. He seems to get the advantage of the height but focus only on the 1st and 2nd floors. I believed once the two floors are occupied he can start expanding his BH to the lower floor.Since it was 14 feet tall he can actually build 2 layers of additional nesting floors (minimum 7 feet high).
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A marvelous idea for all newbies to consider.

He cut down the cost to convert the lowest floor in the beginning but will get the extra nesting rooms once the two floors above are full. I am sure this design concept will do good to all those who plan to have a stand alone BH.job costing software

This video clip was taken at Bantang Benjuntai shop houses with lots of birds.

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Experience 9 to 10 years
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Skills NA
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? Experience in SAP implementation in Manufacturing company is Must
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? Setting up manufacturing processes and their sequence, norms and parameters in order to meet the Engineering /customer��s requirements with quality.
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It is not uncommon for Microsoft Dynamics GP v9 and v10 users to report system sluggishness when posting inventory related transactions in Sales Order Processing, Purchase Order Processing or Inventory, especially if using the Average Perpetual valuation method.

The main reason why you may experience slow posting of inventory-related transactions is because Microsoft Dynamics GP uses an "inventory ripple" effect approach to recalculate the average cost of each inventory receipt layer due to inflow and outflow transactions in SOP, IV or POP. This is normal because in GP9.0 and GP10.0, the system is already observing the so-called "moving average" calculation. In addition, the system now "ripples" all item transactions. Hence, if transactions are backdated, each transaction would have to "ripple" through approximately n lines in the Inventory Purchase Receipts Work table (dbo.IV10200).

This new costing functionality in GP9 and GP10 also includes a new table, the Inventory Purchase Receipts Detail table (dbo.IV10201). To illustrate, if one of those lines in the Inventory Purchase Receipts Work table (dbo.IV10200) has been "sold", there should be a record of that sale in the IV10201 table. So now, we also have to "ripple" through the Inventory Purchase Receipts Detail table (dbo.IV10201) and each "layer" in that table, from the location of the "sale" record to the present. If you are a fairly high-volume transaction environment,this can take for ever!

A single transaction with a single line item, could very likely be updating quantity on hand and adjusted unit cost for over nth lines in the Inventory Purchase Receipts Work (dbo.IV10200) and an equal number in the Inventory Purchase Receipts Detail table (dbo.IV10201). This Microsoft Dynamics GP "inventory ripple" process may take considerable time to go through each receipt layer.

Average Perpetual and back-dated transactions seem to exacerbate the slowdown. But other know issues are also contributors, such as sold receipt layers not being removed during the Inventory Year-End Close (YEC) process.

These two issues could be the main causes why Microsoft Dynamics GP is slow in posting due to the "ripple effect" in inventory that they are producing.

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To further explain the enhancements made to average cost calculation in GP 9.0 and above, please refer to KB 923960 �C "Enhancements made to the calculation of average cost in Microsoft Dynamics GP".

https://mbs.microsoft.com/knowledgebase/KBDisplay.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;923960

Until next post!

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Your job is not to talk, but to get them to talk. You want
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A key part of qualifying the prospect is the timing of
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At a Best Buy store in Roseville, Minn., the traffic in electronics travels a two-way street. Out the door go flat-screen TVs, netbooks, and iPhones. In comes junk �� and plenty of it: TVs that can't decode digital signals, outmoded desktop computers, even the occasional eight-track tape player or ham radio.

Since March, when Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500) began offering free recycling of gadgets large and small, more than 25 million pounds of ISTB �� that's company lingo for in-store take-back �� has made its way to the company's 1,044 U.S. stores.

About 60 items a day arrive in Roseville, where Christine Cartwright, a store manager who rolled out the take-back program there, says she never expected to get into the recycling business when she joined the retailer. Dealing with all the unwanted stuff adds work, but it also brings an element of surprise to the job. "You never know what people will bring in," Cartwright says. "Some of these televisions ought to be in a museum."

So how, exactly, did Best Buy become America's biggest collector of electronic garbage? Where does it all end up? And can a big-box retailer turn all that trash into cash?

We'll tell you, but first a word about how Best Buy came to embrace corporate responsibility and recycling. Some businesses take an expansive view of their social responsibilities because their founders set out to build a different kind of company.

Bill Hewlett and David Packard believed that the purpose of HP (HPQ, Fortune 500) was to "make a contribution to society," while Howard Schultz decided that Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) would offer health insurance even to part-time workers because his father, a truck driver, had none. Other firms, like Nike (NKE, Fortune 500) or Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500), reformed their practices after their reputations got whacked.

Best Buy fits another category. "For us, it wasn't founder-driven or crisis-driven," says Brian Dunn, a 49-year-old company veteran who became CEO of the -billion-a-year retailer in June. Instead, Best Buy began to focus on its social and environmental impact at the behest of its workers and customers.

Employees wanted to know what Best Buy was doing to become more environmentally sustainable. Some customers �� not most, but enough to matter �� said they preferred to do business with retailers that cared about their community.

Dunn took notice. The burly, straight-talking CEO, who got his start at Best Buy as a video salesman in 1985, tries to stay connected to staff and customers. He posts questions to an employee website called the Water Cooler, tracks consumer sentiment on social media like Facebook and Twitter (you can follow him at BBYCEO), attends focus groups, and invites customers to the company's leadership meetings.

"One of my roles as CEO is to be the chief listener," Dunn told Fortune during an interview at Best Buy's headquarters outside Minneapolis. "I don't believe that the model is any longer that there are a few really smart people at the top of the pyramid that make all the strategic decisions. It is much more about being all around the enterprise, and looking for people with great ideas and passionate points of view that are anchored to the business and connected to things our customers care about."

Best Buy, as a result, has decided that being a good corporate citizen makes business sense. As a manufacturer of electronics, Best Buy audits the factories of its suppliers, mostly in Asia, to make sure they don't exploit workers or pollute the environment. (It severed ties with 26 factories last year, out of about 200.)

The company promotes diversity, helping workers organize into networks of women, Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, and gays and lesbians. (The women's leadership forum, called WoLF, reaches out to female customers.) Best Buy is strategic about philanthropy, which is aimed at teenagers; a program called @15 offers teenagers the chance to compete for college scholarships and grants to help them bring about social change.

Dunn believes that sustainability is a rising social value �� and therefore a business opportunity. Twenty Best Buy stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland, Ore., began selling electric motorcycles last summer, after the company's venture arm took a small stake in Brammo, a startup based in Ashland, Ore.

"I view us as in the early innings of all this," Dunn says, "but it's very, very important to us." If ,000 electric bikes sell well, the company may try selling solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars, along with home-energy networks to tie them all together.

Best Buy's commitment to corporate responsibility dovetails well with the company's emerging strategy and business model. To set itself apart from Wal-Mart and Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500), its biggest competitors, Best Buy wants to do more than sell consumer electronics. It would like to help customers get better use out of technology, whether they are buying, installing, fixing, or disposing of their hardware. Says Dunn: "We're transitioning from just being a mover of boxes."

The company took a big step in that direction with its 2002 acquisition of the Geek Squad, then a small, Twin Cities-based computer-support company. Today Geek Squad agents account for about 20,000 of Best Buy's 160,000 workers. They work on home entertainment systems, car audio and GPS, mobile phones and appliances, as well as computers. Someday they may service solar panels or electric cars as well.

By offering recycling, Best Buy positions itself as the place to turn when customers need to dispose of their electronics, which often coincides with the acquisition of a new device. "It's not a fun experience going to the county recycling center," says Mary Capozzi, Best Buy's senior director of corporate responsibility.

Best Buy has been experimenting with recycling since 2001. The company began by installing kiosks in stores where customers can drop off cellphones, batteries, and ink-jet cartridges. That, it turns out, is good for business because all those items have residual value.

Cellphones in decent condition are spruced up and turned over to resellers like eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) or shipped to developing countries for resale; others are disassembled so that precious metals like platinum and palladium can be recovered and reused. Batteries, too, are sold back to manufacturers who recover zinc and other metals.

Best Buy shares in the recycling revenues with the contractors it hires to manage its waste stream.

Since March, Best Buy has offered to take back almost anything electronic, albeit with a few conditions. Households can bring in up to two items a day. Appliances and TVs that are 32 inches or bigger aren't eligible for free recycling. (Best Buy will remove them free for customers who have a replacement product delivered, and it will send a truck to haul them away for 0 for anyone else.)

What's more, customers pay a fee for recycling for 32-inch-and-under TVs, CRTs, monitors, and laptops. In return, they get a gift card. Best Buy is tracking usage of the gift cards to see whether the recycling offer is attracting new customers. "We're trying to see what the behavior patterns are of customers who recycle," Dunn says. "What do they buy next?"

TVs make up the bulk of the load, which is a mixed blessing for the company. Old TVs with picture tubes can't be resold. They have to be trucked away and taken apart before the materials are melted down for reuse. While recycled plastics, for example, might wind up in lawn furniture or new gadgets,the glass and common metals inside TVs don't have much value.

In that light, how does Brian Dunn feel when he sees a customer unloading an old TV from the trunk of a car into a Best Buy? "I'm happy because it helps make that connection between Best Buy and the customer and the community," he says. "Am I happy about it as a stand-alone P&L event? I assure you I'm not."

Still, the economics of trash are more complicated than they appear. In about 20 states and New York City, where electronics manufacturers are required by take-back laws to help finance recycling, companies like Samsung and Sony (SNE) share the costs of disposing of old TVs. Executives won't say how much the recycling program is costing them. "Our hope is to make it a break-even proposition," Capozzi said. "Depending on commodity prices, it could become a profit center."

The take-back program could have other benefits as well, by driving innovative design and new business models. Manufacturers that know they will be responsible for the end of life of their products will design them so that they can be disassembled and recycled more easily, avoiding, for example, composite materials that can't be melted down. (Dell already uses fewer screws in its computers so that they can be snapped apart.)

Eventually that should move the consumer electronics industry away from today's throwaway model and toward the ideal of nature-inspired design, where every product is made into something else when it is no longer useful.

Best Buy, meanwhile, is so interested in giving products a second life that it acquired an Irvine, Calif., startup called DealTree, which provides software to manage online auctions, logistics, and returns processing of used goods. DealTree manages a trade-in program for Best Buy, under which the company offers gift cards in exchange for laptops, iPods, digital cameras, and other "gently used" electronics.

It's not hard to imagine a day when customers would lease, rather than buy, a new TV or desktop from Best Buy with the understanding that they could bring it back when they wanted to upgrade. Dunn says that a leasing model is not on the immediate horizon, but it's clearly something he's thought about. "We might guarantee you a five-year trade-in value on a flat-screen TV," he says, "because we want you to come back."

If nothing else, that would help early adopters overcome a chronic fear �� that just as soon as they buy that new TV, laptop, or phone, a better or cheaper model will come along.

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Leading People, Leading Change, Vision & Purpose, Organizational Awareness, Development Others
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31st January informasi beasiswa gratis 2010 (for FRA)
4th February informasi beasiswa gratis 2010 (for CLM)
8th February informasi beasiswa gratis 2010 (for TAM)
to:
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Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, the second National Referral Hospital in Kenya, is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Hospital and invites suitable applicants for the openings below:

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1. Chief Pharmacist
Scale M 3
Advert MTRH 1/A/01/09
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(1 Post)

Responsibilities

The Chief Pharmacist will be responsible to the Director through the Deputy Director, Clinical Services for the following:-
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Supervision of all staff in the Department of Pharmacy.
Formulation of policies on drug" use in the Hospital in liaison with other relevant departments.
Planning and implementation of other policies that will improve the output of the Pharmacy Department in the Hospital and generally be responsible for organization,job costing software control and coordination of Pharmaceutical services in the Hospital.
Ensure compliance, by prescribers and dispensers, to the Hospital Drug Formulary.
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Possess a Degree in Pharmacy from a recognized University.
Be registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board as a Pharmacist.
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Should have knowledge and experience in ISO Quality Management Systems.
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Must be well versed with Information and Communication Technology.
2. Chief Nurse
Scale M 3
Advert MTRH 2/A/01/09
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(1 Post)

Key responsibilities

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Advice on procurement of nursing equipment,job costing software supplies and appliances.
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Advise the Government and the Nursing Council of Kenya on matters relating to Nursing.
Ensure sustenance of ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Standard and other standards in the Hospital.
Requirements for appointment
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Possess a Bachelors and Masters degree in Nursing from a recognized Institution.
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Must be well versed in Information and Communication Technology.
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Scale M 4
Advert MTRH 3/A/01/09
(1 Post)

Key Responsibilities
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This is a Senior Management position.

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Formulating and implementing Human Resource strategies in line with the overall hospital strategies to improve staff productivity and performance.
Develop and implement effective human resource Policies and Procedures.

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Develop effective career planning and succession programs as well as training strategies, tailored to enhance Human Resource Development, capacity building and industrial relations matters.
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Any other duties as may be allocated by the Director or Deputy Director, Administration & Finance.

Requirements for Appointment
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Have served as a Deputy Human Resource and Training Manager or senior comparable position in a large public institution for at least three (3) years.
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills.
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Should have knowledge and experience in ISO Quality Management Systems.

Must be well versed in Information and Communication Technology.
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Scale M3
Advert MTRH 4/A/01/09
(1 Post)

Reporting to the Director,job costing software through the Deputy Director, Administration and Finance the incumbent shall be responsible for effective organization and management of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Department and discharge the following duties:-

Oversee and provide strategic leadership in the information communication technology function.
Ensure development and regular review of the Hospital's ICT Policy
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Revising of all system requirements and performance issues in regard to hardware/network plus software and implement technology upgrades.
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Managing the Hospital's internet, website, intranet, LAN, WAN and telecommunication facilities.
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Project management and implementation of new technologies.
Coordinate licensing issues with software / hardware vendors and maintaining annual maintenance contracts while ensuring information security.
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Advise Management on safe electronic waste disposal policy.
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Requirements for Appointment

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Postgraduate training in ICT.
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Chief Accountant
Scale M 6
Advert MTRH 5/A/01/09
(1 Post)

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Key Responsibilities

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Requirements for appointment

For appointment to this post the candidate must:-
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Be a Certified Public Accountant, CPA (K) certificate.
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Should have knowledge and experience in ISO Quality Management Systems.
Must be well versed in Information and Communication Technology.
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6. Chief Internal Auditor
Scale M 6
Advert MTRH G/A/01/09
(1 Post)
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Key responsibilities:-

This is a senior position, reporting to the Director for the following:-

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Maintenance of discipline and professionalism of the staff within the Audit Department.
Any other duties as may be allocated by the Director.
Requirements for appointment
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Should have knowledge and experience in ISO Quality Management Systems.
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7. Chief Security Officer
Scale M 6
Advert MTRH 7/A/01/09
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Police and investigate matters related to compliance with the Hospital's code of conduct
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One must be at least an Ex-Chief Inspector in the Kenya Police or in the Administrative Police or in the Armed Forces rank of a Major and above.
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Must have an upto date Certificate of Good Conduct from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
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Must be well versed in Information and Technology.
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Application letters with a detailed curriculum vitae should be submitted in six (6) copies each and addresses of three (3) referees, two of whom must be professionals in the relevant field together with copies of certificates and testimonials to the addressee below on or before 18lh December 2009.

The Director
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
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P. O. Box 3 �C 30100
Eldoret

Telephone:(254)053-2033471/2/3/4
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Fax: 2061794

Website: www.mtrh.or.ke
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Email: director@ mtrh.or.ke

NB: The applicants are advised to ensure their referees directly write to the contact above so as to reach him on or before 18th December 2009
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I have had more than two decades experience in management. I have personally learned a lot of valuable lessons on leadership, many of them the hard way. I also have had many bosses. Due to the weirdness of corporate banking, I once had 8 bosses in a 12 month period. I have had excellent bosses who engendered loyalty in their people, and I have had horrible bosses who drain the very life out of people. Good leadership can free employees to do amazing things. Poor management can only get the bare minimum out of people, if that.
Today��s challenge to you, the reader, is to comment with a story about the worst boss you��ve ever had. We��ll see who has the worst.
Treat Your People Like They are People �C This is imperative. Employees are not ��cogs in the machine,�� they are real people with real dreams, ideas, and frustrations. Be friendly with them, but not overly so. Let them know you value their input.
Surprise Them with a Break �C I once had a boss who came in one Thursday and told us to dress casual for the next day with clothes that would be comfortable outside. The next day, he shut down the department for an ��offsite meeting�� at noon and took us all across the street to Tempe Diablo Stadium where we enjoyed an afternoon of spring training baseball. What fun. He built loyalty that day and next time he needed us to work late for a deadline, we were all onboard. As a manager, I used to periodically bring pizza in to the department, just as a thank you for their work. I also awarded employees who performed well with time off, maybe an afternoon, or sometimes a whole day.
Public Praise, Private Punishment �C If an employee has done well, trumpet it in front of other employees and even customers. If they do poorly, deal with this in private. The quickest way to kill morale is to switch these around. Of course, there is nothing like a good public caning once in awhile.
Give Them Family Time �C When I have an employee with a child or spouse in the hospital, I don��t blink, I tell them to go be with them. I tell them. As long as this isn��t abused, it makes a big difference. If they are trying to work while worried about their family. In most cases, a good employee will go take care of their family and come back and redouble their work effort. Don��t make the corporate-America mistake of thinking the company is family. A good reading of Dicken��s ��A Christmas Carol�� might help. You don��t want to be responsible for Tiny Tim��s death now, do you?
Pick Their Priorities �C It is not the employee��s responsibility to decide what their priorities are. This is the single most common mistake made by managers. They will assign two or three things that must be done at once, but only give time to get one of them done. The employee is left to figure out how to make it happen and absorb any negative reaction if they choose wrong. The manager should be the one to say, this is the first priority and must be done by this time, this is the second priority and must be done by such and such a time, and so on. As an employee, I always push this back to my boss.
Lead by Example �C If you expect your employees to put in extra hours, then so should you. If you expect them to take a pay cut, then so should you. A leader should lead from the front. Unless of course you are a politician.
Know Your Employees �C Do you know the names of all of your employees, even the least of them? Do you know the names of their kids? Do you know what the employee does for fun in their free time? How is their marriage doing? What are their career goals? What do they value? Do they wear kilts in their off-times? If you can��t answer these questions, then you won��t be able to properly motivate them.
Let Them Learn �C The first thing cut in most budgets is training. Many new employees get thrown into the business with little or no preparation. What a terrible mistake. Well trained employees are more effective employees. This goes for outside training. I strongly advise sending your better employees to seminars and training sessions to get better and better. Weaker employees can be given additional training too. Tuition Reimbursement is an excellent way to improve your people. An even better form of training is mentoring. If you have an exceptional employee that is a prospective for promotion, have him or her sit alongside someone who is doing the new job well. Let them learn by following in the footsteps of someone older and more experienced.
Don��t Chase Management Trends �C Working in corporate banking, I saw trends come and go. I was given the gift of the goose, empowered, TQM��ed, SalesTech��ed, 3 R��ed, 5 P��ed, had my cheese moved, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitem. We were reorganized again and again. Consultants came and went and then more came in, each with a sharp suit,a new idea, and a fake smile. We did teambuilding events, and dissection debriefs, and seminar after seminar. What we never seemed to get done was any real work. Pick a business plan and go with it. Give it time to work. Build your people up and give them the training and tools to get the job done. Reward them well when they do well. Then get out of the way and quit bothering them with Dilbert-style goofiness.
Fear and Shame are Short Term Tools �C There is an old adage, ��You��ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.�� I��m not sure why you need to catch flies, but let��s apply the lesson here. A leader will encourage his people, building them up, having faith in them. A poor manager (dictator) abuses his employees. I once worked for a man who would hold ��come-to-Jesus meetings�� to deal with problems. Here��s an example: A customer called in angry that he didn��t get the correct items in a timely manner. Bossman calls the sales person into his office and demands an instant explanation (without giving the person time to get answers). Sales person, in the process of hemming and hawing through his excuse mentions that production had told him the parts would be ready. Bossman instantly interrupts by picking up his phone and calling the Production Manager. Production Manager and Salesperson are now in his office. Production manager tries to explain about an engineering problem and Bossman promptly interrupts again, calling the Engineer in. The engineer then tries to explain and mentions the Customer Service Manager in who then mentions Project Management and so on and so on. Soon, a third of the company is in there sweating as they are yelled at and denigrated by the Bossman. Bossman would then mention all the errors and assign blame in front of everyone at the next company meeting. Not only was this ineffective at solving the customer��s problem, but it tore down the morale every time. Fear and Shame can be effective tools if you must rush to get a single job done and will never see the employees again. In all other instances, please don��t consider them to be useful leadership tools.
I once calculated that it cost our company more than twenty thousand dollars to train a new technician. I then showed this number and how I calculated it to the owner of the company (one of the worst bosses I��ve ever had). I tried to demonstrate how much better it was to treat people well and keep them versus treating them as disposable and losing them to other companies. He saw the numbers and agreed with them, even suggesting that they were much higher when you considered loaded costs. Yet, ultimately, he never changed and continually chased off some of the best people we ever had.
A good leader who treats his people well is an incredible boon to a company. A bad boss makes everyone��s life worse and will ultimately be a drain on company resources.
Feel free to send an anonymous copy of this blog to your boss.
My Bad Boss Story (not naming any names)
I had a boss who was extremely paranoid about his employees wasting time by checking personal email or surfing the internet, because this cost the company money. So, he had software loaded on every computer that allowed him to look at anyone��s computer screen at any time from his desktop computer. He then spent large amounts of every day watching his employees computer screens. It never occurred to him that, at the highest salary in the company, he was costing the company much more money by wasting hours watching employee computers than he ever saved from keeping them from spending a few minutes checking personal email. His paranoia extended to perceived loyalty. He also paid for accounts on several employment search websites like Monster.com so he could search for resumes posted by his employees. If he found your resume out there, he got rid of you. He was soooooo paranoid and angry, that there was a palpable tension in the office when he was there and an almost visible sigh of relief when he was not. It was demoralizing to work anywhere near him.
This post is Number 6 in a series of Ten Top Ten Lists on improving yourself. This series will be posted daily.
Tomorrow: Ten Ways to Be a Better Interviewee.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Description:
MSH is recruiting for a Technical Advisor, Financial and Grants Management for a potential project in Kenya.

Background information: The Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) Program in Kenya will support public sector units of the health system, non-governmental organizations (NGO), faith based organizations (FBO) and other USAID partners by strengthening the leadership and management capabilities at the provincial, district and community level facilities. The program will improve the health of Kenyan population by positively impacting the quality and access to health services. Subject to award by USAID, this project will be carried out over a five-year period beginning o/a March 15, 2010.

Overall Responsibilities: The Technical Advisor, Financial and Grants Management will be responsible for providing technical assistant in financial management to partners and clients including Faith Based organizations, and Hospitals included in the priority reform works. S/he will also be responsible for providing technical assistant to MSH��s FBO partner in grants management. S/he will be responsible for leading a team of professionals to transfer essential skills, including appropriate costing of services, budgeting and management of funds to strengthen the operational and financial capacity of clients and partners. S/he will design and implement targeted capacity building and technical assistance based on the project��s needs.

Qualifications:

1. Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field. Certified Public Accountant background is highly desirable.
2. Demonstrated capabilities in health financing, grants management, accounting, planning, budgeting, and auditing. Experience working effectively in capacity building in the aforementioned areas at the district level or with local organizations.
3. Demonstrated successful experience working as an advisor to ministries of health or finance in developing countries.
4. Thorough knowledge of USAID program management, of applicable regulations and requirements, and of institutional capacity building, especially in a post conflict and high healthcare needs environment. Knowledge of public health desired.
5. Demonstrated capability in multi-tasking and working simultaneously with multiple teams. Able to prioritize and manage a complex portfolio, collaborating with many types of stakeholders.
6. Experience working with public and private counterparts in Kenya.
7. Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills in English and Swahili.
8. Strong computer skills (word processing, graphic programs and excel spreadsheets).
9. Previous experience working with the Kenyan Government a plus.

How to Apply:
APPLICATION PROCESS:
To view the full job description of the positions and to apply, please visit our employment opportunities website at www.msh.org. Please refer to position number 10-314CLM

Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Many who have bought and sold properties through Realtors numerous times; even many real estate agents themselves, don't know where the commission money goes. After all, when a property sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars and the commission is tens of thousands of dollars, it seems like there is a terrific amount of money charged as commission �� and there is.job costing software

Even many attorneys, who have spent a decade or more in expensive colleges, fought to get through the Bar exam, and then spent years in their profession �� seem concerned that the commission fee is far larger than the attorney fee when all the fees are paid at settlement.job costing software

Let's start with the part that few real estate agents understand. It costs the real estate company they work for, between ,000 and ,job costing software 000 per year for each agent to have a license, desk, and the use of company building, parking, real estate, taxes,job costing software insurance, utilities and professional support services �� whether they sell anything or not. Since the real estate brokerage commission is split between the company and the agent, an agent must make three to six thousand dollars every month in commissions for the company to break even on that agent with the company share of the fee. And, most importantly,job costing software the less productive agents in the office raise the cost for everyone. The other agents therefore,must each earn more to carry the share of the less productive. Many agencies will ONLY allow high quality, top producing agents to work at the company, so that the less successful agents don't pull down the average income of the company investment.job costing software

The total commission is split between the listing company and the listing agent ; and the selling company and the selling agent. Usually the commission is split four ways, sometimes it is more. Splits are arranged within each company and for each agent; sometimes there are numerous different percentages and split arrangements in each office.job costing software

The company part of the commission is spent on office rent or mortgage, taxes, property insurance, maintenance,job costing software signs, radio and TV advertising, bill boards, magazine and newspaper ads, cleaning, supplies,job costing software phones, paper, desks, utilities, legal fees and legal insurances, management and support staff as well as numerous memberships,job costing software dues, legal fees and expert professionals. Many companies also pay a fee to a franchise company or home office for the right to use the company name. Fees are also paid to regional and national home offices to defray national and regional advertising, management, staff,job costing software etc.

In the final analysis, an office that has 10 licensed agents must require those agents to bring in at least forty to seventy thousand dollars in commissions every month to keep the office bills paid!!! I don't know any real estate agents who actually understand or believe this, unless they have personally been responsible for office expenses for a year or more.job costing software Responsible, meaning writing the checks out of an account that costs THEM money. Even then it's hard to understand how it all adds up to such a huge figure, but it does. Offices that earn less than these amounts per agent are disappearing fast, few remain as it is.job costing software

Computer purchase, maintainance, training and software expenses are now one of the larger expenses. Many offices feel squashed financially,job costing software by the financial pressure of adding the purchase of computers, printers, digital cameras, and the maintenance, networking, repair,job costing software software and constant management of computers to the already high cost of doing business. In fact, there are even a few of the larger companies who specialize in purchasing other real estate companies who can't keep up with the expense and responsibility of this digital age. Any company or agent who is not keeping pace with digital realty and digital real estate, is not likely to be around much longer.
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More and more people rely on the Internet to pre-shop for real estate. You know that. You are one of them and we welcome you to our site.

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The purpose of our Web Site is to allow you to educate yourself and pre-shop for real estate before you call us. Let us know if you want us to have anything else on our site for you. We'll listen! As the Internet becomes the favored tool it is also the most important tool for buyers �� radio, print and sign ads become less workable. Smart sellers now want to see what a Realtor is doing on the web before they choose which Realtor to list their property for sale with.
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Advertising and marketing expenses have grown tremendously over the years. For instance, when I first got into the business, thirty years ago, I started out helping to manage a real estate,job costing software building and developing company. At that time, over 60% of our phone calls came from signs on the property. Also at that time, bulk mail cost an average of thirty cents a piece to create, print,job costing software post and send and our response rate was often 3% or more!!! Now less than 10% of our calls come from signs on the property. Bulk mail averages over a dollar a piece and mail response is far less than half of one percent. In fact according to one national Realtor's marketing research team, real estate mailings now range in response from one in a thousand to one in three hundred. The best results costing the most to obtain because of expensive mailing pieces with full color, pictures,job costing software etc. One recent survey showed that average cost per resonse to a mailing was ,000 �C whether it was a lot of cheap postcards or fewer nicely printed color pieces.

Since 1971,job costing software I have studied and researched marketing and sales via schooling, reading and keeping good records of expenses and results. Thirty years ago the average cost of newspaper advertising to get a phone call was seven dollars. One in every ten calls coming to a top agent, resulted in an appointment. One in five appointments resulted (for a top agent) in a sale! Of course these were averages based on the best advertising,job costing software telephone and selling techniques that were available. Often the averages were not as good in other companies or for other agents. So the average cost of a sale using just print ads was about 0 thirty years ago. For my office of 50 agents in 1979, the average print, signage and bulk mail advertising cost had risen to 0 per call.job costing software

Now the average cost of one phone call from a print ad is from two thousand to five thousand dollars and that is growing by the month! So even if one could get one in ten calls to result in an appointment, and one in five appointments to result in a sale, the cost of advertising per contract would be phenomenal.
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The nicer the property, the more attractively priced it is or the better it is located the more response the ad will get. Luckily for print ad salespeople and newspapers, few Realtors keep records of what advertising costs and results are. Singage is still a factor in obtaining calls and used to be the most cost effective.job costing software Therefore many Realtors will seek to get a listing in a hot area, no matter what the listed price, just to get a sign on the property! Can you blame them?

Print ads are done mostly to please the seller. After all the seller wants to see something tangible as proof that the Realtor is spending some money before that big commission is paid out at settlement.job costing software We certainly can't fault them for that either, can we? Interestingly enough, those sellers who price their property highest for what it is and who are located farthest from where the most buyers want such a property, are quite often the ones who most want to see their property advertised expensively!!! In the case of an overpriced property that is not well located �� thousands of dollars can be spent in advertising with not one phone call resulting! It's just part of our business and always has been. Ironically those sellers who have property priced the highest for it's location and want the most advertising, are often the ones who want to pay the least commission too.job costing software

You may find this all unbelievable! It is! I've been doing this business all my adult life, going to courses every year, working in the business in many parts of the country as a property specialist �� and I still can't believe the costs and conditions of this business. I am amazed every day by all this!
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Each company pays their agents differently but the overall or gross commission as it is called is split in some fashion between the company and the agents. The expenses are split too. The most productive agents usually get a larger split of the commission, relative to the company. Some companies offer top agents the right to rent office space,job costing software usually at least twenty thousand dollars a year, and keep all the commission! And, top agents almost always spend a far larger percentage of what they earn for advertising, marketing, education and other business expenses that are designed to bring them future sales and income.
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The best agents, the best ones for the seller to have, are those who do everything possible to let all the rest of the Realtors in the area know everything possible about the property they have for sale so that other Realtors can try to sell it too. When two Realtors from different offices are involved in the sale the commissions are split in half again. Typically each of the two companies involved would split the commission and then each of them would split with the agents involved.job costing software Often there are other commission splits payable as well to a referring agents; an agent who referred the listing or one who referred the buyer. To give you an idea of what all this means, when I averaged all the commissions I made over the last several years I averaged three quarters of one percent of the sales price for the properties I sold �C BEFORE expenses! Now you can see why we all try to sell millions of dollars of property each year!

In most areas there is another expensive service that the companies and the agents use �� the Multiple Listing Service or MLS. This is where all the agents have agreed to put everything they have on a centralized and searchable computer so that all agents can have access to all properties.job costing software Once you choose your Realtor that person can access everything in the central computer files if they are a member of the MLS. Some of the smaller companies are not members because of the cost.

From the proceeds of commissions earned by the sales and listing agents, they then pay for their auto expenses,job costing software MLS fees, annual county, state and national Realtor dues, commercial licensing fees, business licenses, electronic lockbox keys,job costing software advertising, insurance, legal fees, computer related expenses, phone bills, etc.job costing software In the final analysis a Realtor who sells two million dollars in real estate a year is usually working diligently and effectively for his clients for only average earnings in area where she lives after all these expenses. And there are others; client gifts, professional dinners and luncheons, Chamber of Commerce dues, and numerous charities who consider that Realtors are the most likely to donate heavily to all the charities..job costing software . since they have so much money.

Selling Real Estate is a life style and profession most of us would not trade for anything. And there are some of us who have made a nice living over the years at this wonderful job.job costing software It's all about helping others. If we do it well, we are paid well, and if we do it very well we are paid very well! Happily I have been working as a Realtor since 1972 and I LOVE it.

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We know that for us we have the best job on earth and we do it our way. We use primarily the modern tools of the Net, Multiple Web sites, all the latest devices and techniques, MLS, several computers,job costing software as well as selected traditional mailings, some print ads and several professional assistants all to help our clients better and faster!

May we help YOU? We hope so! And, we hope to get paid when we do!

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Copyright 2000-2005 by www.JodyHudson.com

Jody Hudson has been a Realtor in America and in Delaware for 35 years.
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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Finance Manager Uganda Career Opportunity: PKF Job Advert

Our client, a subsidiary of a UK based multinational company with established operations in Uganda wishes to recruit an experienced individual for the position of Finance Manager.

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The finance Manager will be responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of the company operations.

Provide leadership and coordination in the administrative, business planning and development, tax planning,job costing software accounting and budgeting efforts of the company.

Key member of a team to deliver budgets/financial models.

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Primary Responsibilities

Create, evaluate and develop the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, product costing,job costing software invoicing and the related management information systems.
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Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards.
Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
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Prepare board papers
Oversee risks management and corporate governance programs.
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Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate Finance dept staff.
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Experience in strategic planning and execution. Knowledge of contracting, negotiating, and change management. Knowledge of finance, accounting,job costing software budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and IFRS. Knowledge of and hands- on experience of automated financial and accounting reporting systems.
Knowledge of tax related rules and legislations.
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Effective people management skills.
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People management skills and team leader- able to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
Skillful problem solver who makes things happen.
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CPA, Masters Degree in Finance or Business Administration preferred.
Minimum of ten years of experience in senior-level finance or accounting position.
Personality
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Good leadership and interpersonal communicationskills
Highly effective oral and written communicator
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If you feel you match the above competencies, please submit by email,job costing software your application together with a full CV to:

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Well, my computer has been bitten once again by a virus. This could be the one that puts me over the edge.

A day or two ago, when I fired up my machine, it couldn't find something needed to start the virus detection programs. "OH-OH", I thought, could be problems... Everything seemed to go OK (?) until yesterday, 1 month since the computer had been professionally cleaned out. The virus's were back, warnings were popping up telling me I had to download their software to protect my computer.Warnings that I had 32 virus's in my machine, update now!! As soon as I would close these, another would pop up.

I seriously think the time has come for me to go off-line!
It is costing me money to stay on-line.
It is taking away valuable time from my day.
It is sucking my life away.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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There's a quiet hush over the house. Work is finished for the day, although I'll be back at it soon. In the meantime, I'm going to take a shower,job costing software get dressed and run some errands. I need the exercise and there are things I need to do.

I've been enjoying the 1150 and finished Hogfather and began Dead Until Dark. was right about Terry Pratchett.job costing software The "punes" are funny and thoughtful and Pratchett's use of mythology and science in such close proximity is nothing short of genius. He definitely deserves to sell more than 30 million books. I'm glad some of his books are available as e-books, which brings me to an op-ed piece I read this morning.

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Jonathan Galassi, president of of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, wrote about what a publisher puts into a book and used William Styron and his experience with Random House as an example. There is no doubt that Random House put their best editor and resources forward to make those of Styron's books they published best sellers.job costing software Random House marketed Styron's books, like Sophie's Choice, to film and other markets and eventually, after the hard cover versions had been out a while, printed a paperback version at a lower cover price. Galassi makes the case that Random House should also be able to set the price for digital versions and that Styron's heirs shouldn't be allowed to sell those rights to a digital publisher using the Random House created version.job costing software He does have a point; however, he didn't pay attention to what he wrote.

He said a paperback version costing less than the hard cover version was put out after a period of time. Some changes had to be made in fonts and formatting in order to create the paperback version and they made money.job costing software Styron's heirs shouldn't be allowed to use the Random House version to make the e-book, which says he doesn't know anything about digital publishing. A publisher doesn't take the hard cover or paperback version of a book and scan it to create an e-book, not if it's a good quality e-book and not just a scan for the Google book project. In that sense, the e-book is not the original version and thus does not belong to the publisher in any way,job costing software shape or form. Yes, a Random House editor helped make Styron's book better, as Styron stated many times, but the editor was paid, and not in royalties.job costing software He drew a salary and did a job for hire. His part was over and his input, although valuable, was part of the copyright Styron owned and his heirs now own. And that is the point. The author owns the copyright and it is up to the author who is allowed to publish his work.job costing software

Instead of whining about losing digital rights, the publishers should be learning to make and market digital copies of their books and market them in the same way they market paperback versions. Right now, the cost of e-books is far out of line with what the market will and can bear.job costing software There is no paper, no binding, no cover and no physical book and yet big publishers insist on pricing e-books at the cost of hard cover copies and far about paperback copies. Paperback books have a shelf life of 5-10 years, depending in how much they are handled and read. They are a product of planned obsolescence.job costing software In other words, they are not meant to last so there is a market for replacements. There is no need for a replacement with an e-book as long as there is power and memory and the software necessary to bring up the e-book again and again, and that is what publishers are so upset about. They cannot continue to drink from the same well with the same dipper over and over. The answer is publishing back lists and making e-books affordable and not gouging the consumer.job costing software

Authors take their back lists to other publishers when the original publisher fails to promote and market the work sufficiently so they can concentrate on other authors making more money. Billions of books end up in landfills and are pulped and turned into who knows what if they don't sell during the first few weeks. With digital publishing, there is no waste and an unlimited market for books �� if they are priced affordably.job costing software With the current technology, e-books can be made available internationally and sell far more than paperbacks or hard cover with a wider distribution. That's where profit can be made. It's time for the big publishers to take a look at their business model and either move with the times or be run over by the digital avalanche.

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In the Middle Ages, books were produced by hand and available only to the rich and the clergy. The average person couldn't read and didn't have access to books unless they took religious orders. Gutenberg changed all that with movable type. More books available made it possible for the average person to get hold of books and to learn to read. And the world was changed.job costing software Books were still the province of the haves and the have-nots scrounged for what books they could until Benjamin Franklin created the lending library. More people had access to even more books. In the booming economy, more people had access to more books, books they owned and read over and over. That was when books were made to last.job costing software As the middle class began to make more disposable income, they bought more books and publishers created paperbacks out of materials that were guaranteed to disintegrate with time so that beloved books must be replaced even with careful use and care.

We have gone from a world where books were the sole possession of churches and the wealthy to a world where anyone can buy a book and publishers are determined to make as much money as they can from the hunger for words and stories and fantasies that can transport the reader to magical worlds and into the realm of possibility and knowledge. It's time to move with the times where publishers realize that selling a book for 00 is not nearly as important as selling a thousand books for .job costing software The technology has removed the barrier of planned obsolescence and in its place is a world wide open and ready for more books to read and savor. The answer for publishers is to buy, edit, market and publish good books that may not be available in hard cover until readers clamor for a print copy.

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Publishers, either move with the times or stand aside for people of vision who are ready and able to do so or you will end up being swept away by the avalanche.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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Not. Well,job costing software filmmaker and self proclaimed ed expert, nee ed deformer Bob Compton, is not loved by Paola de Kock over at the NYC Public School Parent blog.

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Paola writes:

"Compton��s bright new ideas are the usual mix of ��assessment and accountability�� measures, pay-for-performance, and limitless expansion of charter schools and of teaching by TFA recruits and private-sector professionals; details are, of course,job costing software available by clicking the ��Shop my store�� tab."

"According to his biography on robertacompton.com, he is or has been an ��IBM Systems Engineer,job costing software Professional Venture Capitalist, Angel Investor, President/COO of NYSE company, Entrepreneur and Filmmaker��; and ��active in over 30 businesses including software, telecommunication services, healthcare services and medical devices.job costing software ��

Bob apparently has problems with sticking with one thing. You see, Bob,job costing software some of us spent an entire career actually teaching kids. I even spent 27 years in one school. I know, I know. In your world that makes me a slacker. I guy without ambition (except to teach) to rise up in the competitive world you want education to be.job costing software

Ed Notes was visited by Bob Compton, or "Dumb Bob" as he signed his first comment after we posted this:

Renowned Arizona Charter School Asks Disruptive Students to Leave
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We responded to Bob with this post:

Dear Dumb Bob Compton
And DB returned with a 2 part comment that read like a press release for the market based ed deformer crowd. Stop by and respond.
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Nostalgia Note: Love That Bob with Bob Cummings was all the rave in the mid-50's when we were kids, particularly pre-adolescent boys. Cummings played a bachelor photographer and dated the hottest girls, who often wore skimpy outfits.job costing software More on the show here.

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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"According to his biography on robertacompton.com, he is or has been an ��IBM Systems Engineer,job costing software Professional Venture Capitalist, Angel Investor, President/COO of NYSE company, Entrepreneur and Filmmaker��; and ��active in over 30 businesses including software, telecommunication services, healthcare services and medical devices.job costing software ��

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Ed Notes was visited by Bob Compton, or "Dumb Bob" as he signed his first comment after we posted this:

Renowned Arizona Charter School Asks Disruptive Students to Leave
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We responded to Bob with this post:

Dear Dumb Bob Compton
And DB returned with a 2 part comment that read like a press release for the market based ed deformer crowd. Stop by and respond.
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Nostalgia Note: Love That Bob with Bob Cummings was all the rave in the mid-50's when we were kids, particularly pre-adolescent boys. Cummings played a bachelor photographer and dated the hottest girls, who often wore skimpy outfits.job costing software More on the show here.

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GOP still unpopular but Democrats are worse; GOP/Republican Victories NO Slam Dunks for the Party Yet, there are still Unresolved Trade & Jobs Issues:
Special Report by Marc Chamot

Listen to the VOTERS! While President, George Bush was proud to let people know that he doesn��t run his administration by polls. Polls are information about what American voters are thinking and feeling about the nation��s policies and so forth.

With those kinds of attitudes, it��s no wonder Bush��s party went down in flames, and the Obama Democrats were about to repeat those very same arrogant behaviors on healthcare and other agendas, until they were shellacked in the past three elections. Are Republicans and liberal Democrats finally learning something?

When the majority of Americans are telling you NO, it��s NO!

But, if I were Republican, I wouldn��t quite celebrate yet, after your most recent political victories. We (Independents), are still not happy with your party, and we��re definitely not happy with the agenda-driven Democrats that have put together special interests serving agendas either.

There is still a whole lot of work for the GOP to get done, before I can become a loyal backer of that party, and or even for the Democratic Party as well. That is why I��m still a proud Independent. I guess Independents must be outnumbering most political parties around.

As what Senator Scott Brown said, he��s not bound to Republicans or to the Democratic parties�� agendas, but he��s only bound for the American people. He admitted that Independents were the ones who carried his race into the U.S. senate, and he ought to be indebted to Independents for it too. Well, that��s a good start for Washington politics.

Do Republicans really need to worry? Absolutely they do, they still don��t have a slam dunk in Washington politics. And because of huge Democratic Party��s missteps, it caused the nation, mainly Independents to worry about the direction of this country, and it helped elevate the Republicans a little, to help balance the power in Washington.

Here is some of Why the GOP should still be nervous
��Republicans are riding high in the wake of Scott Brown��s win, talking up an authentic resurgence for their party and a real chance for reclaiming power. Don��t bet on it.

Yes, it is indisputable that the GOP has surged, especially in the past several months. Republicans won three major races in tough states �� and watched the percentage of Americans who prefer Republicans over Democrats in hypothetical matchups rise to the highest level since 2004.

But it is also indisputable that the rise has little to do with the voters�� view of Republicans writ large �� and that the very concerns that got them booted from power persist today.

Voters ��have fallen out of love with the Democrats,�� said Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.). ��They haven��t yet fallen back in love with us.

Former New York Rep. Susan Molinari: ��We have earned the right to crow a little bit. But the lesson we��ve learned from all of these races is that you ... can��t take anything for granted.

Former Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.): ��Voters don��t want triumphalism. They still like the president as a person, so they don��t want to see a party celebrating his decline. ... The country wants to see the parties working together.

And voters also still don��t trust Republicans with big decisions. A recent Washington Post poll found 24 percent trusted congressional Republicans to make the right decisions for the country �� 8 points fewer than Democrats and 23 points fewer than Obama.

��Scott Brown didn��t even really run as a Republican,�� Dowd notes. ��He ran as an outsider.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) spent three days in Massachusetts before the election, and he said that even Brown supporters told him they wanted to be sure ��Republicans get the message: ��You didn��t do your job well enough when you were there.�� Still, he said, ��They do recognize the Democrats have been a lot worse.��

If the GOP wants to get back to what it was before, I��ve got very bad news for your party; your victories right now are only temporary solutions, to help combat the leftist leanings policies of the triumvirates�� of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.

Democrats still have some room to change and improve before the 2010 midterms, and the 2012 general elections and so do the Republican Party. Nothing is guaranteed.

As far as I��m concerned, with us, Independents, we still don't see any drastic GOP transformations; the Republican Party is still too pro-corporate, pro-Wall Street, and too Pro-globalization, and free trades. And it��s still too anti-worker friendly, and that is what I mean only by temporary fixes.

The Republican Party still has no real solutions in solving the unemployment situations and American jobs crisis. Sure, the Democrat��s ways of going for job killing policies like Cap and Trades, and with other global warming fallacies, could have destroyed even more jobs, rather than create new ones.

But someday you��ll be left holding the helm of this fast sinking ship, and what will you do then?

Please don��t give us that same worn out lower taxes, songs and dances charades. Lowering taxes isn��t going to get all of those massive industrial jobs that were lost abroad during your tenures from 2001-2008.

The common denominator is China, it��s always been about China, and which party has got the best chances and opportunities in dealing with them more sternly. If I��m a betting man, it��s against the pro-globalists, open free-trades mindsets of the Republican Party.

That is why Democrats may still be able to redeem themselves by 2010 and 2012, politically and their party, by taking tougher stances against our economic and jobs killers, like China. If jobs bloom because of Democrats�� stricter trade policies against China, your party could be left out in the cold again.

Yes, it��s definitely something for the GOP to worry about.

Well here is what Irwin Stelzer, an Examiner Columnist, basically saying with his ��A downside to Brown victory�� article. He writes about some of what I��ve been pushing for, in my blogs for the past two years.

Scott Brown's election is good news but, as with most things, only mostly. It just might be bad news for the diminishing band of believers in free trade.

Not that the senator-elect from Massachusetts is a protectionist: He most likely is not. But his election is likely to have one of those bugaboos of all policymakers �� an unintended consequence.

The Democrats have learned at least two things from their Bay State fiasco. The first is that they had better hold close to their breasts their trade union supporters.

With independents abandoning the party in droves, Democrats will more than ever be dependent on the money and the doorbell ringers that the unions can provide. And the trade unions are not famous for their deep devotion to the teachings of Adam Smith.

The second is that voters are more concerned about jobs and the deficit than they are about any inadequacies of the current health care system, or the possibility that the now-questionable climate data might be foretelling a hard time for polar bears.

It is easy for economists �� many with tenure at their universities, others working for investment banks that are flush with cash, still others ensconced in secure federal government jobs �� to say that the jobs market is improving. And it is.

But it doesn't feel like that to the 17.2 percent of Americans who are either out of work, involuntarily working only part time or so discouraged that they have stopped looking for work. Or to their neighbors, who fear that they might be next for the chop.

Then there are the deficits that are piling up IOUs for voters' children and grandchildren to pay. They especially don't like the idea of leaving to future generations a nation deeply indebted to China, a country whose interests and values are not necessarily coincidence with our own: Witness the censorship imposed on Google, and the clout our biggest creditor demonstrated when the president of the United States felt it necessary to defer to its wishes and refuse to meet with the Dalai Lama.

The Democrats read the Massachusetts returns as a warning that their hold on Congress and the White House will prove short-lived unless they respond to voters' concerns about jobs and deficits. And what better way, they reason, than to erect barriers to imports, especially from China?

The president has already imposed tariffs on tires and some steel products that are made in China. The next target of the unions is Chinese-made glass. They point out that the World Trade Center's twin towers were sheathed in good old made-in-the-USA glass, but the building that is springing up to replace it will be covered with glass imported from China.

Whether that is because Chinese glass-makers receive subsidies from the government, as the unions allege, or because the Chinese are simply more efficient matters less to politicians, and to many Americans, than the symbolism of America's new Freedom Tower being covered in Chinese glass.

China is not alone in seeing Americans as the world's consumers of last resort, never mind that the recession-induced decline in our trade deficit has already been reversed.
What our trading partners see as the export of goods and services, our politicians, responding to the concerns mirrored in the Massachusetts Senate election, will see as importing unemployment.

True, consumers here benefit from lower-cost imports, even from those subsidized by job-hungry China. They are the winners. Workers, on the other hand, are the losers. And unlike consumers, unions are organized to put pressure on Congress; witness their success in getting special tax treatment for their "Cadillac" health care plans.

Obama and his congressional allies now face a new equation. They would like to pass another stimulus, their favored approach to job creation. And they just might be able to do that, although some Democrats might balk at more spending.

A more certain vote-winner for the Democrats will be the creation of barriers to imports, the beneficiaries of which know who they are, while the losers rarely notice that their pockets have been picked.

So Scott Brown's victory,whatever else it might portend, is not good news on the trade front. Sphere: Related Content.

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Cyber criminals are finding new ways to steal information, including infecting legitimate Web sites with Trojans and creating rogue software packages that look legitimate but contain malware, cybersecurity experts warned.

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Recent months have seen a rise in sophisticated attacks, also including so-called spear phishing, an e-mail scam targeted at a small group of people, a group of cybersecurity professionals said Tuesday at a TechAmerica cybersecurity forum in Washington, D.job costing software C. Spear phishing is a form of the common phishing scam, but instead of a fake e-mail that looks like it comes from a bank or e-commerce site, it instead looks like it comes from someone you know, such as an executive at your company.
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Cyber criminals are now focusing on compromising trusted sources of information, by installing Trojans on legitimate Web sites or faking e-mail messages from people known to would-be victims, asking them for personal information, said Eric Cole, cybersecurity senior fellow at Lockheed Martin.job costing software In early 2007, two Web sites affiliated with the Miami Dolphins football team were compromised with malicious code, and earlier this year a site affiliated with rock star Paul McCartney contained malicious code.

There are tens of thousands of other legitimate Web sites infected with malware,job costing software said Uri Rivner, head of new technologies for consumer identity protection at RSA Security, a cybersecurity vendor. RSA is seeing a recent spike in compromises from the password-stealing Torpig or Sinowal Trojan, around since mid-2007, largely due to infected legitimate sites,job costing software he said.

The rule "used to be, 'don't go to the bad part of the Internet,'" Cole said.job costing software "'Don't go to those evil parts where bad things are happening.' I don't think most of us ... consider Paul McCartney a bad site."
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Microsoft has seen a "tremendous rise" in rogue software being downloaded in the past year,said Vinny Gullotto, general manager of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center. In many cases, the rogue software is disguised as antivirus software and tricks people into downloading it by telling them they have viruses on their computers,job costing software he said.

Web users should only download cybersecurity software from a trusted source, he said.
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Cyber criminals are also turning to the help-wanted ads and e-mails to recruit unsuspecting helpers to launder money, Rivner said. These work-at-home schemes offer people lucrative jobs if they supply a bank account to process payments for a company or charity, he said. In reality,job costing software the payment processors are serving as middlemen in money-laundering schemes, with the money coming from compromised bank accounts.

One job offer River received by e-mail said he could work three hours a day for US,000 a week.job costing software The lesson is, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, Rivner said.

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"Lots of people in this bad economy are applying for these types of ads," he said. "A lot of people answer these ads on a daily basis.".

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user — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:46:17 TIME_ZONE

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There's a quiet hush over the house. Work is finished for the day, although I'll be back at it soon. In the meantime, I'm going to take a shower, get dressed and run some errands. I need the exercise and there are things I need to do.

I've been enjoying the 1150 and finished Hogfather and began Dead Until Dark. was right about Terry Pratchett. The "punes" are funny and thoughtful and Pratchett's use of mythology and science in such close proximity is nothing short of genius. He definitely deserves to sell more than 30 million books. I'm glad some of his books are available as e-books, which brings me to an op-ed piece I read this morning.

Jonathan Galassi, president of of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, wrote about what a publisher puts into a book and used William Styron and his experience with Random House as an example. There is no doubt that Random House put their best editor and resources forward to make those of Styron's books they published best sellers. Random House marketed Styron's books, like Sophie's Choice, to film and other markets and eventually, after the hard cover versions had been out a while, printed a paperback version at a lower cover price. Galassi makes the case that Random House should also be able to set the price for digital versions and that Styron's heirs shouldn't be allowed to sell those rights to a digital publisher using the Random House created version. He does have a point; however, he didn't pay attention to what he wrote.

He said a paperback version costing less than the hard cover version was put out after a period of time. Some changes had to be made in fonts and formatting in order to create the paperback version and they made money. Styron's heirs shouldn't be allowed to use the Random House version to make the e-book, which says he doesn't know anything about digital publishing. A publisher doesn't take the hard cover or paperback version of a book and scan it to create an e-book, not if it's a good quality e-book and not just a scan for the Google book project. In that sense, the e-book is not the original version and thus does not belong to the publisher in any way, shape or form. Yes, a Random House editor helped make Styron's book better, as Styron stated many times, but the editor was paid, and not in royalties. He drew a salary and did a job for hire. His part was over and his input, although valuable, was part of the copyright Styron owned and his heirs now own. And that is the point. The author owns the copyright and it is up to the author who is allowed to publish his work.

Instead of whining about losing digital rights, the publishers should be learning to make and market digital copies of their books and market them in the same way they market paperback versions. Right now, the cost of e-books is far out of line with what the market will and can bear. There is no paper, no binding, no cover and no physical book and yet big publishers insist on pricing e-books at the cost of hard cover copies and far about paperback copies. Paperback books have a shelf life of 5-10 years, depending in how much they are handled and read. They are a product of planned obsolescence. In other words, they are not meant to last so there is a market for replacements. There is no need for a replacement with an e-book as long as there is power and memory and the software necessary to bring up the e-book again and again, and that is what publishers are so upset about. They cannot continue to drink from the same well with the same dipper over and over. The answer is publishing back lists and making e-books affordable and not gouging the consumer.

Authors take their back lists to other publishers when the original publisher fails to promote and market the work sufficiently so they can concentrate on other authors making more money. Billions of books end up in landfills and are pulped and turned into who knows what if they don't sell during the first few weeks. With digital publishing, there is no waste and an unlimited market for books �� if they are priced affordably. With the current technology, e-books can be made available internationally and sell far more than paperbacks or hard cover with a wider distribution.That's where profit can be made. It's time for the big publishers to take a look at their business model and either move with the times or be run over by the digital avalanche.

In the Middle Ages, books were produced by hand and available only to the rich and the clergy. The average person couldn't read and didn't have access to books unless they took religious orders. Gutenberg changed all that with movable type. More books available made it possible for the average person to get hold of books and to learn to read. And the world was changed. Books were still the province of the haves and the have-nots scrounged for what books they could until Benjamin Franklin created the lending library. More people had access to even more books. In the booming economy, more people had access to more books, books they owned and read over and over. That was when books were made to last. As the middle class began to make more disposable income, they bought more books and publishers created paperbacks out of materials that were guaranteed to disintegrate with time so that beloved books must be replaced even with careful use and care.

We have gone from a world where books were the sole possession of churches and the wealthy to a world where anyone can buy a book and publishers are determined to make as much money as they can from the hunger for words and stories and fantasies that can transport the reader to magical worlds and into the realm of possibility and knowledge. It's time to move with the times where publishers realize that selling a book for 00 is not nearly as important as selling a thousand books for . The technology has removed the barrier of planned obsolescence and in its place is a world wide open and ready for more books to read and savor. The answer for publishers is to buy, edit, market and publish good books that may not be available in hard cover until readers clamor for a print copy.

Publishers, either move with the times or stand aside for people of vision who are ready and able to do so or you will end up being swept away by the avalanche.

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If manual entry is not enough for your business, it is time to choose the best Small Business Accounting Software. To keep the various governmental agencies happy, you need the items and you have to provide reports. Fill government forms are not particularly productive. But actually some accounting work are productive. Right accounting software can help you as a business owner or manager to make better decisions. Up-to-date information is accurate and in a form that is easily understood, can be the difference between success and failure. But how do you choose software that will help your business without being too expensive?
The first step in choosing the right software is to determine what you need from an accounting package. The common requirement for most business ventures are key accounting functions.This would include general ledger, plus bank reconciliation, receivables and payables. Any accounting software will include them, but you may need much more. For example, a small construction company even needs the job costing records tied to accounts receivable, cash and general ledger systems. Whatever your industry, make sure the package you're looking at can handle your special needs.
Free accounting software can be just right for a home based business. Several companies offer free software with all the basic functions. Then you can upgrade to a more professional system as your needs grow. Beware of free software, but where there is no upgrading capacity, and no support. You can very easily get stuck and lose data, and realize you got what you paid for ...nothing or worse. Several out-of-the-box software packages offer very sophisticated software that can handle most business needs. Look at Peachtree, Quicken and Microsoft for professional accounting software. These companies have many options for different size businesses and for specific industries.
Larger companies may need custom software for very specific accounting needs. It will only be true for larger companies, since the main Small Business Accounting software companies probably have just what you need ready to go and already proven that many other companies.
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