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Will Your Car Insurance Travel Well?
If you are planning to drive abroad in the school holidays you need to check exactly what type of car insurance cover you have.
A lady in London was shocked by how much she had to pay out for two minor accidents, even when she had bought insurance for her hire car. The two small scrapes, breaking a headlight and bumping the left wing of her car against a second rental car when parking, would probably have cost her little more than £100 each. Instead, she ended up paying out £1,237 in excess penalties.
When you rent a car in the UK or on abroad, the price includes fully comprehensive insurance but many people are not aware of the inflated excess charges which can be as high as £1,000 on the continent. Online provider, insurance4carehire, confirms this saying almost four out of 10 holidaymakers don’t know that they could be liable for these costs.
One way to get the cover you require without is to pays around £69 for an annual standalone policy, available from companies like insurance4carhire which covers all eventualities (including damage to underbody, tyres and windows, which are usually excluded in excess-waiver policies from car hire companies).
Every year three million British drivers set off to the continent, yet the price comparison website uSwitch says that two thirds aren’t sure if their insurance covers them or not. Apparently, ten per cent of Britons embark upon a driving holiday with the somewhat cloudy and incorrect notion that driving accidents are covered by our travel insurance. Remember to read the small print, whether you are hiring a car or driving your own.
Mistake number one, if you are driving your own car, is to assume that your own fully comprehensive insurance necessarily provides the same level of cover when you are not in the UK. It does not. EU law only states that insurers are obliged to provide the bare minimum – which means third-party cover. This, of course, will not protect against accidental damage, theft or accident claims and only pays out for damage sustained to another person or car.
Ashton Berkhauer, an insurance expert at uSwitch, reckons that very few of the main providers offer free cover more than three days. The exceptions are eCar and Saga, which both provide driving cover abroad for 365 days a year. Barclays it will charge you £21.50 for up to 90 days’ cover, and with Admiral it will cost you £9 for four days and £17 for up to 30.
Paul Baxter of Tescocompare.com recommends that drivers should also make sure they have adequate breakdown cover. Breakdown cover in the UK can cost as little as £30 a year, and the cheapest Europe-wide policy is £69, this covers an annual trip of up to 31 days in Europe (IC Breakdown relating to a 30-year old man driving a Ford Focus with an annual mileage of 12,000).
However, Peter Gerrard of price comparison site Money-supermarket.com points out that some of the less expensive policies (not including IC Breakdown) are fairly stripped-down and you have to pay when the breakdown occurs, then claim the cost back on your return. Single-trip policies can also be bought for about £42 from the RAC, AA and Europ Assistance.
Michael Challiner
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/will-your-car-insurance-travel-well-743255.html
Visibility Eto ERP the Solution for Nexgen Technologies
Posted by admin in Technologies on June 29, 2010
Nexgen required a solution that could give them the controls and effective technology in combination with comprehensive functionality for their complex manufacturing requirements.
Nexgen Technologies is an emerging leader in the manufacture of unique capital equipment designed for the semiconductor industry. Based in Santa Clara, CA Nexgen, leverages outsourcing of major components allowing their organization to focus on engineering, product development and testing.
As a highly engineering focused manufacturer serving this dynamic industry their business model is simple, to be the best at delivering one of a kind capital equipment. Designing and building to customer specification is a major differentiator and the word has spread quickly much to the satisfaction of the entrepreneurial oriented Nexgen organization. Next step in continuing the success is optimizing the challenging parts of the business.
For Nexgen, operating at peak efficiency was critical for continued growth and profitability at the levels the business plan called for. According to Steve Naylor, Director of IT at Nexgen,”the challenges to growth meant we needed an integrated business system in place that add controls and facilitate the numerous challenges presented in an Engineer to Order business like ours. Critical areas we needed to improve upon included; speed and accuracy of quoting, managing actual costs, reducing cycle times between design and manufacturing, managing bom revisions and project costs, begin billing for projects based on progress, streamline our business procedures and eliminate wasted approval and notification bottlenecks.”
Nexgen Technologies current ERP system, a product first released in 1991, lacks several key areas that have now become critical to their business such as, multi-site, progress billing, workflow for process improvement and many other shortcomings that were limiting this complex Engineer to Order (ETO) manufacturer. As a result, Nexgen has been forced to be encumbered with system obstacles that slowed their responsiveness, hindered their visibility to project costs, and consumed unnecessary cycles due to lack of workflow creating ineffective sneaker net communications. This was costing the company in many aspects of the business.
After many months of evaluation of ERP systems Nexgen selected VISIBILITY.net ERP. According to Steve Naylor, Director of IT at Nexgen, “this ERP solution is exactly what we were looking for and is oriented on our type of one-of-a-kind manufacturing business. They understand our business demands and have 20 plus years of experience implementing their solution effectively. What we liked most was the comprehensiveness of the software and how it will enable us to optimize all areas of our business. From quotes, to costing, financial compliance, projects, business process improvements through workflow and will accommodate our growth with multi-entity and multi-lingual. Additionally, it was designed from the onset using Microsoft’s .net which gives us a contemporary business platform to grow our business on. “
With the recent advent of .NET technology, the problems encountered by Nexgen’s previous system limitations are erased with the VISIBILITY.net ERP solution. It is 100% written in .NET-managed code, VISIBILITY.net, has been developed from the ground up to support multi-site ETO/MTO manufacturers.
In summary, the VISIBILITY.net ERP solution reduces hardware and maintenance costs for one-of-a-kind (ETO/MTO) manufacturers. With only a single database to manage, the inherent complexities of maintaining separate databases are eliminated, thereby increasing the accuracy of tracking costs.
Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility’s Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.
VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.
Thomas Cutler
http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/visibility-eto-erp-the-solution-for-nexgen-technologies-80885.html
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Do you want to start watching Free Live cbs, abc, fox, TV online? or learn more about watching Live TV on your computer? If so, click here to find out how you can Watch Free live BBC News 24 -CNN-ABC News Now- CNN-IBN-NBC Sports, Political, world News, Eyewitness News-C-SPAN 1 TV TV online
Richard Kelly
Kids Do Science
Children, being curious by nature, are always fascinated by Science. In order to keep kids interested, there are several scientific methods you can expose them with.
Children wonder about lots of things. They are naturally curious. In one of the programs at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, they see the various levels of children’s curiosity. Generally, kids want to know the answer on some questions like:
-How big is a polar bear?
-How deep is the ocean?
-If whale and shark will engage in fighting, which will win?
Although these questions have been answered many years ago, we also want to do better and teach kids to answer these questions themselves. We can do this through the wonders of Science.
Science must not be complicated, especially for children in the elementary level. In certain activities, we need to emphasize that science is a process. It is fairly straightforward. We can even define Science according to Richard Feynman, “a special method of discovering things as very tough but really simple”.
In fact, there are variations in the so called “Scientific Method”. Scientists do things in different ways. This includes:
-emphasize experimental tests
-observe
-studies complex mathematical models
Although they differ in some aspects, they still follow the fundamental steps in the scientific process. Those integral steps are:
observing, wondering
hypothesizing or predicting
experimenting
analyzing
concluding
All the activities used in teaching students how to do science follows the components of the Scientific Method. This would be:
observation of nature
Wondering Why?
Forming hypotheses in an “If” format
Collecting data that includes defining dependent vs. independent variables. By using appropriate experimental controls and repeated trials.
Analyzing data
Deriving to conclusions
Asking the next questions
Using the scientific method in a variety of activities will help teachers and students find it enjoyable. It is also a useful method to learn about nature and how things work.
Here are suggested workshops that use “comparing and classifying”. Students will work in groups of four for this type of ands-on experiment. It focuses on:
-planets
-atmospheres
-soils and
-classifications of objects
TERMINOLOGY
Process related
observation
hypothesis
comparison
classification
prediction
dependent variable
independent variable
inference
data
Content Related
asteroid
astronomer
astrobiologist
atmosphere
fossil
infiltration
landforms
gas
meteorite
nanobacteria
particle size
percolation
soil moisture
soil profile
soil texture
soil types
solar systems
ACTIVITY OUTLINE:
-The first 50 minutes of the workshop consists of the following:
Slides
Demonstrations about object classification
A discussion on the search of life on Mars, which will be conducted using fossil evidence of Martian meteorites.
Students will work in groups of four to examine soil components like:
-sands
-clay
-pebbles
-organic matter
Each student will examine three vials of soil particles.
They will use their senses in order to record data on certain particles.
-size
-texture
-smell
-color
The group will combine their samples and decide how they will classify this soil. This will be based on various soil characteristics.
Ex. Students will be assigned occupations like:
-farmer
-builder
-artist
They will then decide on how to categorize the soils. This is in accordance with which properties would be most important to people, especially those with different occupations.
Thus, as you go along, children will realize what it means to do science. Kids will realize that doing science is to learn its methods. Learning its methods means they need to:
-observe
-question
-hypothesize
-gather data
-analyze data and
-conclude
Jayesh Bagde
http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/kids-do-science-553747.html
Closing the Loop Between Strategy & Execution – Lessons From the Indian Retail Story
Strategy is a strange word. It is treated like a gospel. Once it is put on paper, it needs to be revered, etched in stone.
Strategy may be all that. But that does not make it sustainable?
Most strategists usually jump headlong into full throttle execution, assuming that the gospel will lead to the holy trail. They do not feel the need to test it. Extensive rollout is planned without doing a pilot. And lessons in execution are learnt in ‘hindsight’ rather than during the process of execution.
Strategy is never ’sustainable strategy’ unless it is backed by successful execution. Lessons learnt during the initial stages of execution should be used as inputs to alter/modify/overhaul strategy . Closing this loop is the only way for generating sustainable strategy which delivers long lasting business results.
An interesting example is the bitter lesson learnt by organized Indian retail in the last few years.
Indian Organized Retail story took off with a bang with the launch of Reliance Retail , followed by a slew of other big retail players like Aditya Birla, Bharti, Walmart, Tatas…the works.
Indian retail strategists opined that retail was getting organized, and the poor corner store was threatened with crippling loss of business . Organized retail would unleash deals driven by economics of scale and a whole new customer experience . This would cripple the neighbourhood store, which would not be able to compete on these attributes.
Consumers did throng the stores, esp. when there unique promotions were launches like Big Bazaar during days of ‘maha bachat ‘ (massive saving), but they continued to patronize their neigbourhood shops.
Unorganized retailers in the vicinity of organized retailers did experience a decline in their volume of business and profit in the initial years after the entry of large organized retailers. But the adverse impact on sales and profit weakened over time.
Big Indian retailers failed to take notice of this. Customers kept flocking to organized retail but repeat buying was not robust.
Any business which does not generate robust repeat sales is a leaking pot. But oblivious to this big retailers continued scaling up, implementing their strategic plan of adding outlets to reach their staggering targets of reaching an x number of outlets .
Size & scale, the strategy proclaimed will bring volumes. It did not.
The neigbourhood unorganized retailer would suffer badly as customers will plumb for great shopping experiences. This did not happen.
Besides, the proximity, which is a major comparative advantage , the unorganized retailer displayed significant competitive strengths that included consumer goodwill, credit sales, amenability to bargaining, ability to sell loose items, convenient timings, and home delivery.
By the times big retailers started realizing that numbers were not coming in and the strategy was not sustainable , a lot of money had already gone down the drain. Reliance was around 700 outlets old, Subhiksha was refuting selloff rumours in media.
I think the day you start executing strategy, you should immediately be open to learning lessons and incorporating them back in.
Day 1 of execution, should be the day that the strategists need to start learning whether the strategy is really sustainable. And unless the execution lessons are incorporated, a closed loop between strategy & execution is fully in place, it is the duty of the strategist to remain fully involved.
It is a leader’s job to drive execution and not delegate it. The business leader needs to be held accountable for driving the process till sustainable strategy ( that has incorporated lessons from execution ) is firmly in place.
So initial strategy is more like a direction. It is the inputs provided by rigorous execution that gives it legs and makes it potent and long lasting.
Sarvajeet Chandra
http://www.articlesbase.com/strategic-planning-articles/closing-the-loop-between-strategy-execution-lessons-from-the-indian-retail-story-681547.html
Photography – Passion to Business
Posted by admin in Photography on June 29, 2010
Photography is a passion for many of us. Many of us are interested in wildlife photography, while some of us are interested in still photography. Seldom do we think of concerting this passion of us into a profession. The thought may have struck us many times but we never pursued it. The reasons can be many. We may have second thoughts of leaving our cushy jobs and going out on our own. Secondly we may not have enough ideas to how to go about it. We have tried to elaborate in brief about photography business.
For starting any business you need to have a proper business plan, which should include your objective, your choice of photography and even the revenues that you are expecting. Next you need to make your business a legal entity with a proper registration, bank accounts and insurance. Now you have done it all, so how do you go about getting customers. The best way to get customers is by getting in touch with people who are professionally associated with the business and have an existing network. They can be friends or acquaintances who are associated with photography. If you are interested in still photography you need to develop a studio where you can have your photo shoots done. If it is an outdoor shoot you need to pack your photography kits and move to the location where the shoot is scheduled to take place.
Setting up a photo studio at the first instance may be overkill. We suggest that you use the infrastructure of an existing studio by paying an hourly rate for the initial period of your business. When your revenue stream becomes constant then you can go about and set-up your own studio.
There is another very important aspect of photography business. If you have decided that photography is what you want to pursue as your profession, you need to have a tie-up with a professional photography lab to process your photographs. To get a true finish to a photograph it is very important that they are processed by hardened professionals.
Since you are new you may not be aware of how much you should price your services. Check out the current photography service rates for different genres and price your service accordingly. Try offering discounts for long shoots which will benefit your customers. It is imperative that you always add value to your customers when offering services. Suggest locations for outdoor shoots, dress for the models and give other ideas which will benefit your customers. Always use your creativity to give a product that your clients have never experienced before at a price which they will appreciate.
There are other points that you should keep in mind. Take assignments which you think you can handle within your bandwidth. Keep to your commitments as it is important in photography business. Your delay can cost your customers on their model fees, location hire charges, lights etc. As a photographer always try to use the best equipment which goes a long way in producing that perfect picture.
Corie Cornwell
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-opportunities-articles/photography-passion-to-business-124938.html
The Fat Burning Furnace – Best Way to Lose Body Fat without A Gym Membership!
Posted by admin in Lose the Fat on June 29, 2010
The Fat Burning Furnace – Best Way to Lose Body Fat without A Gym Membership!
How to Lose 26 Pounds in 7 Weeks
The best way to lose body fat without spending hundreds of dollars on a gym membership subscription is with the “Fat Burning Furnace” program. What is the Fat Burning Furnace? It is a weight loss program created by Rob Poulos that helps people lose 26 pounds in 7 weeks with little exercise or food restriction. The program does not promote hours of cardio, but instead promotes what is called “short burst” exercises. These exercises are only 15 minutes long per session, yet are intense and give you a full body workout. One short-burst sessions is equivalent to 90 minutes of cardio, making it the most time-efficient exercise you can do. They differ from cardio in that they burn carbohydrates instead of calories, which make it harder for your body to store body fat. Even though many of us want to lose weight, most of us don’t really have the time to exercise for hours every week. Short-Burst workouts are perfect for people who want to be able to squeeze in a workout between their busy schedules yet still want to see fast results.
Just a piece of the information in The Fat Burning Furnace:
-Why weight loss has more to do with the combinations of calories and is not about eating less
-Why most diets don’t work in the long term
-Techniques you can use right now to lose fat without special supplements
-How to follow a simple diet plan and end vicious yo-yo Dieting cycles
If you are looking for the best way to lose body fat, but don’t want to over restrict yourself through diet, take a quick look at The Fat Burning Furnace, the best ways to lose body fat!
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Miranda Smith
http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/the-fat-burning-furnace-best-way-to-lose-body-fat-without-a-gym-membership-1160932.html
Finding The Right House Cleaning Service For Your Home!
Posted by admin in House and Home on June 29, 2010
Finding the right house cleaning service for you and your family is much easier then it use to be thanks to the internet, but the internet is not the only place to find a great house cleaning service. If you are one of the 1000’s of people looking for a service right now and are not sure how to find the best company for you and your family make sure you read this article.
House Cleaning Service Options.
Still one of the most popular house cleaning services around today is Molly Maids. Molly Maids was founded in 1979, and has its headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. They are actually the largest home cleaning franchise network in the world, but since each office is independently owned and operated you still get the small town customer service.
One of the advantages to using a big company like this is the trust factor you can trust that they will be around next week and won’t be going out of business anytime soon. One of the disadvantages though of using a large company like this is price. On average Molly Maids is more expensive then a smaller one or two person show but many times in life you do get what you pay for.
If you go with one of the smaller cleaning services make sure you do plenty of research to ensure they are reliable and trustworthy. After all you are inviting these people into your house each and every week. Here is a list of some of the items you may want to research.
· Ask for and actually call their references
· Are they bonded and insured
· How long have they been in business
· Do they have a business license
· Do they have a office or do they work out of there home
· Do you feel you will get good customer service
We all know that some companies are more reputable than others, and so you want to make sure you take the time to find a business that is legit and that is deserving of your hard earned money; Once you have narrowed the list down to your top two or three companies weather big or small call and check with the Better Business Bureau in your area to determine if any pervious clients have had problems with any of the companies you are considering doing business with. If the company has negative reviews from the BBB that usually means that a customer complained and the company refused to work to solve the complaint.
With all this information you will be able to make an informed decision in regards to which house cleaning service is right for you and your family.
Shaun Buck
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/finding-the-right-house-cleaning-service-for-your-home-103049.html
Managing Food Allergies at Schools
Food allergies are serious conditions that threaten lives of many people, most importantly children studying in schools. Food allergy or food hypersensitivity is nothing but the body’s reaction to various types of food consisting of proteins and other constituents. Hence only certified allergists are required to diagnose food allergies.
Symptoms of food allergies vary adversely among various individuals because of differences in exposure to various food allergens. Time of the attack as well as the severity of the allergy depends greatly on the type of food that has been eaten. Skin irritation, hives, rashes, eczema and gastrointestinal symptoms which include diarrhea, vomiting, running nose, sneezing, asthma, etc are the most common symptoms of food allergies.
If left without treating properly, allergies can lead to severe anaphylaxis, a serious condition which requires instantaneous medical attention. As a following result one also gets conditions like itching, hives, asthmatic attack, swelling in throat, drop in blood pressure and also unconsciousness.
However, in the case of proper incorporation of food allergy management, students can be safely handled without running much risk. This secret to effective management, lies in knowing the various responsibilities of the various concerned parties. By this way, those students who run food allergies are given safe and sound education about it.
It is the responsibility of the family of these students with food allergies to let the schools know about this condition. A plan should be worked out by the families working in unison with the administration in the schools to create a suitable environment and accommodate necessary medical attention as and when required similar to the ( Food Allergy Action Plan)FAAP. Submission of documents and other instructions should be submitted under this plan herewith a photo attached.
Medicines post their expiry date must be discarded and replaced and also neatly labeled. Children should be educated by the parents on safe handling of medicines, unsafe food stuffs, symptoms of allergies, label reading of various types of foods, time to ensure the change in one’s body is allergy, etc. Policies and procedures with child and physician of the child should be reviewed on a constant basis. Information on where and whom to contact should be left for times of emergency.
Federal laws, state and district policies should be well read by the schools in question. The child’s health recorded provided to them by the parents or the child’s physician should be reviewed on a regular basis. A team pertaining to an immediate action force within the school consisting of principal, teachers, nurses, a nutrition director, counselor, etc should be formed immediately to establish an immediate action force.
However like all other children students with food allergies must be treated equally and should be engaged in all school activities. Details about field trips and food habits of the child whilst on these trips should be thoroughly discussed with the parents.
Co-operation and co-ordination of the school staff is essential in order to implement the FAAP. All immediate medication should be made easily available well within the school campus itself, however following all rules stated under the federal law.
Through proper care and cooperation the child can come over his or her food allergy. This shows us that planning and implementing these food habits will definitely lead to healthy life for the child with the help of the school of course.
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/Health-articles/managing-food-allergies-at-schools-708853.html
Marketing a Small Business Online – Amazingly Simple Method to Promote Your Business
Marketing a small business online is very simple to do when you break it down to simple steps and chunks. Too many small business owners I have spoken to do get overwhelmed in the amount of work they do for their day to day operations. But when you step back and develop a step by step approach it just makes it much easier for you to progress your marketing efforts. Small business online marketing is wide open for search engine optimization. Most of the local small business market is not utilizing the certain techniques to improve their web site results. Now picture your business on the top of each search engine results for your given keyword. Imagine how many free referral and product sales this can achieve. There is one critical thing you can do that will prime your business for a hostile takeover in your market.
The most important part of marketing a small business online is to list your business on the local search engines. Google, Bing, and Yahoo all put out results for existing local businesses in your area. A quick search for “Accountants in LA” can show several hundreds of listings of accountants that are in the city of Los Angeles. Everyone knows that the Yellow Pages is not what they used to be. More and more people are using the internet to find products or services. Now imaging if you business was listed on top for accountants in LA. Off course assuming you’re in the accounting business. But go ahead and give it a try. Put your kind of business as the keyword and end it with “in your City”. Replace your city with the city you live in. What are the results? Was your business listed?
Let’s face it; marketing a small business via the Yellow Pages is becoming less and less common these days. Phone books just get tossed in the recycle bin every time I get them in my house. It is just a fact that I can find information much faster by using the internet. More people are getting online than ever before. Internet access is just the way television first got started; eventually everyone will have at least one in their household.
Google, Yahoo, and Bing are slowly taking over your local search engine results page. It is time to ensure your small business is primed and ready. Visit the websites and find out how to get your business listed right away. I have been doing it for clients and some have gotten it listed into Google in less than 48 hours. The other search engines, Yahoo and Bing, take a little longer. For one thing Bing mails out a confirmation letter to your business mail box.
thomas woolridge
http://www.articlesbase.com/small-business-articles/marketing-a-small-business-online-amazingly-simple-method-to-promote-your-business-1272890.html