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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Land Teaching Jobs - Supply Agencies Round Up 4 Great Tips
There are proposals to relieve older teachers of their teaching posts to help usher in a new era of a more time-relevant level of literacy. The problem with such proposals is that older teachers are described as licensed teachers above thirty! Seriously, when did thirty-one become so old? While magazines are describing forty as the new twenty, apparently some members of the education ministry believe that thirty is somewhat already over the hill. If you're in your thirties and looking for a teaching job, does this mean that you will instantly have that much harder time getting one solely because of your age? Well, this can very well be the case, but if you really want to land teaching jobs, teaching supply agencies have come up with 4 superb tips that will convince employers that you're the perfect choice for the job.
1. Be knowledgeable with the latest teaching methods and principles. Who says only fresh graduates know the latest developments reshaping the foundations of education? You can keep abreast of these new provisions just by reading or if you want something more thorough, attend education conferences or seminars, or join forums discussing the breakthroughs of the literacy world. The key is to prove that you're just as well-informed as the new breed of teachers who are being considered as the best people to carry out the thrust of boosting and upgrading literacy of today's students.
2. Hone multiple skills. If you speak other languages like Spanish, French, Italian, German, et cetera, you can well be trained to teach the introduction course for any of these languages aside from the subject of your specialty. Also, if you were a former athlete, you can take on a coaching job. A teacher who can teach several subjects or handle extracurricular activities are always sought after by schools - they're easier to compensate and can help schools keep overhead low.
3. Look good for your age. Nothing beats creating a good impression by looking youthful and full of vigour when you're trying to land a job and a teaching job is no different. Schools are always busy and you need to prove that you're physically fit to effectively take on the demands of being a teacher and authority figure.
4. Highlight your teaching experience. Sure, young people have higher levels of energy and are enthusiastic to prove themselves but nothing compares to the confidence formed and wisdom behind experience; teaching you the ropes will be so much easier because you've already been a part of the system and you know which teaching and disciplinary methods work because you had already carried them out before. There's no disputing this advantage so make sure you present your experience in the most impressive manner.
http://www.sanzateaching.com/ - site which offers teaching jobs for workers around the globe
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Fast-food chains struggle to reopen after Sandy
Ben Popken
A steady drip of customers made their pilgrimage to a Starbucks a in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn on Wednesday morning.
By Ben Popken, NBC News contributor
Sales at fast-food joints?such as Starbucks, McDonald's, and Dunkin' Donuts ? forced to close because of superstorm Sandy ? should rebound swiftly, if they can also open quickly. With bridges and tunnels closed, and many of the arterial supply pathways jammed up along the East Coast, that could be a big "if."
"This is pretty damaging for the chains that have been forced to close, depending on how long they stay closed. Not only is that lost sales ? Starbucks, for example, did $1.14 million per unit last year, so that's about $22,000 per week per unit ??but it also disrupts the supply chain," Same Oches, editor of QSR magazine, a quick serve industry trade publication, told NBC News.
On Wednesday morning, a steady drip of customers made their pilgrimage to a Starbucks at 42 Hillel Place in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn. Outside, a whir of distant chainsaws filled the air around Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand. Inside, patrons recharged themselves with coffee, powered up their cellphones with working outlets, and tried to make use of the free wi-fi.
The store's three employees served up medium roasts, but the bagel baskets were bare as the usual delivery truck didn't arrive that morning, barista Jo-Ann Gonzalez, 24, told NBCNEWS. The store started the morning by throwing away food spoiled when the store was closed on Monday and Tuesday. Gonzalez?shook her head at how shellshocked New Yorkers were after the storm.?"I'm from Florida. Hurricanes come, and then they go. People are freaking out," she said.
A FedEx driver from Canarsie, 3 miles away, nursed a tall blonde coffee at the counter.?The storm flooded his basement,?ruining a $2,500 boiler he had just installed, and his car was still underwater. He stayed at his brother's house around the corner to make use of the running hot water and electricity.?"I'm just catching a little time out, a breath from the stress," the man, who asked not to be named, told NBC News.
Other stores that aren't able to open as fast, that stay closed for a week, could have a real impact on?quarterly numbers, Ronald Ruggless, Southwest Bureau Chief for Nation's Restaurant News, told NBC News.
A Starbucks spokesperson would not comment on how Sandy is affecting their financials, as the chain is focused on dealing with store closures. "The safety of our partners, our employees, is our number one priority," ?a spokesperson told NBC News. On Monday, Starbucks closed 1,000 locations from Virginia to Maine. By noon Tuesday, 250 stores remained closed, primarily in areas without power or experiencing heavy traffic issues.
Dunkin' Brands, the franchisor of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins, said that a "significant" number of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins were still shuttered in the Mid-Atlantic regions. The closures are concentrated in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, mainly in areas with evacuations or power outages. A few suffered "serious" damage.?However, a spokesman told NBC News, "The majority of our restaurants are open, and the storm has not had a materially financial impact on the company.?
Without power, food in refrigerators can begin to spoil, and traffic snarls and supply chain hiccups could make it hard to restock. That shouldn't affect snack places and coffee sellers much, except in the case of perishables like milk. That puts a crimp in the morning coffee for latte lovers.?People will "just have to drink it black," Ruggles said.
Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Pedestrians walk past a closed Starbucks in lower Manhattan on Tuesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Fast service stores that can reopen quickly can actually experience a bump in sales as other options are closed and the storm-weary don't feel like making food or patronizing places that cost more in terms of time and money, said Ruggless. There's also little in the way of long-term sales damage by breaking customers out of their daily coffee, doughnut, or burger habit.
"These places are so much a part of people's routine that everything else in the world could be upset and they would pick it back up," he said.
Like a kickboard held underwater, however much sales get pushed down by Sandy, the resulting pent-up demand should make up for the losses, said Stephen Anderson, Senior Analyst at Miller Tabak + Co.
In a note to investors published Friday before the storm, Anderson said that Sandy would turn numbers for restaurants it covers, like Dunkin' Brands, Cheesecake Factory, Chipotle, Darden Restaurants and Panera Bread from "fractionally positive" to "fractionally negative." That then would push November to 1 percent positive, or better.
Reached after the storm passed, Anderson told NBC News: "With the storm arriving earlier and of much earlier duration, the negative effect on October comps will be that much more pronounced, but I think the jump in comps starting Oct. 31 could be more accentuated."
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
eHosting DataFort hosts DR site for leading investment - AME Info
Through hosting a disaster recovery (DR) site, eHosting DataFort will seamlessly manage operations and business continuity for ING Investment Management Middle East.
Following a process of due diligence and management review, eHosting DataFort was selected for its reputation as a reliable and credible service provider with a varied client portfolio. Furthermore, appointing a provider with a local presence in Dubai was an important pre-requisite for the investment management firm.
The IT infrastructure at ING Investment Management Middle East is highly secure with business continuity and disaster recovery plans put in place to mitigate any high risk situations. The production servers and infrastructure are currently located at the firm's data centre in DIFC, while the eHDF facility is used as a secondary disaster recovery site.
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO at eHosting DataFort, said: "Financial institutions are extremely conscious about reducing any threats to their network and IT infrastructure as they operate with critical client data and information. We have seen these organisations invest heavily in protecting their IT environment by implementing disaster recovery and business continuity solutions."
"Our engagement with various customers requiring comprehensive Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions demonstrates our capability in managing complex IT environments. In addition, our vendor-neutral and analytical approach assured ING Investment Management Middle East of our status as an unbiased partner in selecting best-of-breed solutions for meeting their specific requirements."
Carmela R Bautista, Head of Operations and IT at ING Investment Management, Middle East, said, "Technology is key to our operations and our the correct IT infrastructure is crucial for us to link back to the global systems and store valuable data. Data back-up and security is vital in order to comply with regulatory and group policies."
"The business continuity plan and DR project was started from the ground up, by the eHosting DataFort team, supported by our staff and management. With the technical expertise of the team at eHDF committing to an excellent service, we were assured about our capability to continue operating even in the event of an incident."
eHosting DataFort has established itself as a market leader in the field of hosting and managed IT services with its state-of-the-art data centres, resilient and scalable infrastructure and round-the-clock managed operations. The company has been recognized year-on-year as the 'Best Managed Service Provider of the Year' in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well as 'Best Colocation Facility' in 2010 and 2011.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Taking Your Network Marketing Business into Storm ? World Internet ...
In the old days, to build my network marketing business, I was forced to go to the hotel meetings. I didn?t really want to do this, but as my sponsors always said it`s the only thing that works! I remember the days when I made cold calls, inviting friends and family to come to the meetings, but the truth was that nothing ever happened.
Is this something you can relate to? When I played around with the idea that there had to be something better than this and presented this to my up line, they would just tell me to keep trying and that the law of numbers will play in my favor. One day I decided to strike back, and told myself I`ve had enough. From this day on I decided I was going to promote my network marketing business online.
Most network marketers never make an attempt to take their business online. The sole reason is that they have not been taught this way. I can only be thankful for the day I went on my own, because I found out the real difference between online and offline marketing. I won`t lie to you, cold calling, passing out flyers and going to hotel meetings may work. But just remember, 97% of all network marketers fail miserably, and I found a big reason why.
There is one crucial difference in online and offline marketing. The fear of rejection is erased from the face of the earth when you market online. When you communicate to people face to face, you always worry what they will have to say to you. But when you communicate through electronic devices such as computers and through a network like the internet, this fear is simply gone.
At the same time, Internet does offer huge benefits.
It gives you the capacity to brand yourself as a leader and authority. This way you use attraction marketing, which aids your struggle in building your network marketing business online. There are several ways of online network marketing to communicate your message.
There`s a large number of video sharing sites offer hosting for free. Article marketing is one other method.You can also use email marketing, forum marketing, craigslist, classifieds or even ebay. The reason your upline won`t tell you this, is that they do not know it. Network marketing online brings in huge benefits for you, if you can learn how to do it properly.
About the Author
Raj Arvin is a renowned Internet marketing coach and industry leader who is creating abundance in all dimensions of his life including finances and helping others to achieve the same.Tune in for his Daily marketing Tips, Techniques and Strategies. He teaches on How To use the Internet to create LASTING Success. If you want to learn How To create Prosperity and Affluence in all aspects of your life, welcome to http://www.GoForGoldmine.com
Source: http://worldinternetsummitspeakers.com/blog/11376/taking-your-network-marketing-business-into-storm/
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Alternative AVENGERS: The Return of Master Mold
I miss playing Superhero RPG's, and I was never really interested in those "teenager/children of" superhero type RPGs. Original Superhero characters would be best, but canon is cool too.
There will also be some twists and turns in the RPG.
Plot:
An alternative Marvel universe RPG
Most of the Superhero's are off fighting a battle somewhere out in the universe, there are only a handful of Superheros still on Earth. Gotham City was nearly completely destroyed by an earthquake and now the hero's must pick up the pieces. In the middle of this difficult task another threat appears on Earth, now the hero's try and save the city while battling a superior force of Sentinel robots.
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Plan to Expand FishHawk Sports Complex Gets Residents' Approval ...
Under a new proposal to expand the FishHawk Sports Complex, the soccer program will get the fields it desperately needs, protected gopher tortoises will get a new home and Starling residents will get peace and quiet.
Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation director Mark Thornton outlined the plan at a meeting at the Palmetto Club Wednesday night where a show of hands indicated residents approved of the concept.
In an agreement hashed out with the help of FishHawk Ranch developer Newland Communities, the parks department plans to add four new soccer fields north of the existing complex on 20 acres currently owned by Newlands Communities and designated for conservation.
In exchange, the property dedicated to the county west of the complex, abutting the Starling subdivision, would become a conservation lot with a dedicated habitat for gopher tortoises.
The county also negotiated a deal with the Hillsborough County School District to upgrade two playing fields behind Randall Middle School to the east of the sports complex and add lighting so they can be used by the community's soccer and lacrosse clubs.
Before proceeding, the plan requires state approval to amend the Development of Regional Impact for FishHawk Ranch.
But, if all goes well, Thornton said construction of the four new fields could begin in 18 months. In the meantime, the parks department will go ahead and add lighting to the fields behind Randall in time for the FishHawk Lacrosse program to use them in January.
"With this plan, we think the construction costs will be lower and it's much more user-friendly," said Thornton. "I'm excited about the plan."
Starling residents were equally thrilled.
Under the county's original proposal, the soccer fields would have backed up to homes in the neighborhood.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," said Jeff Dunlap, one of those residents whose home backs up to the property.
"This demonstrates that the process really does work," said Starling resident Jim Inguagiato. "Our voices were heard."
The proposal also received a thumbs up from residents whose children play sports at the FishHawk Sports Complex.
"It's a win-win for everybody," said resident Steve Hayes.
"This will give us the additional space we need," said Joe Kurtz, president of the FishHawk Soccer Club, which has 1,600 players. He said the soccer club is already using the fields behind Randall but must rent light towers to light the fields at night.
With the approval of the residents, Thornton said the county will begin working on the DRI amendment for FishHawk Ranch and the preliminary engineering.
The county also will look into adding turn lanes into the sports complex to make it easier for Starling residents to turn left out of their neighborhood.
The $2.8 million expansion project is being funded with impact fees.
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