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Registering a tenancy
Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, landlords must register residential tenancies with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).
The RTB uses this information to maintain a publicly available register. The register does not show the identity of the landlord or the tenants, or the amount of the rent.
The RTB was formerly called the Private Residential Tenancies Board. Its name was changed on 7 April 2016, when approved housing bodies (generally known as housing associations) came under its remit.
What tenancies must be registered?
The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2015 apply to most privately rented dwellings and to dwellings rented out by housing associations, and require them to be registered with the RTB.
The Acts do not apply to the following types of rented property:
- Business lettings
- Holiday lettings
- Formerly rent-controlled dwellings or long-occupation lease tenancies – separate legislation applies to them
- Owner-occupied accommodation (for example, if you rent a room in your landlord's home)
- Dwellings in which the spouse, parent or child of the landlord lives. This applies to informal family arrangements where there is no tenancy agreement in writing. However, the Acts do cover formal agreements between family members, for example where a lease has been signed
- Social housing provided by local authorities (though, as noted above, the voluntary housing sector has been included since 7 April 2016)
Part 4 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (which deals with security of tenure) does not apply to:
- Employment-related lettings – these are sometimes called 'tied' houses as they are tied to the job and you must leave the dwelling when the job ends, and
- Section 50 student accommodation (pdf)
- Tenancies in a landlord's home in a flat or apartment that was originally part of the main house, where the landlord has chosen to opt out of the provisions of Part 4
New tenancies must be registered within a month of the start of the tenancy. Landlords are responsible for registration. The tenant must give their details to the landlord, including their Personal Public Service Number (PPS Number).
When a tenancy has been in existence for 4 years or more, a new tenancy begins. The landlord must re-register this new tenancy with the PRTB. Read more in our document on security of tenure and on Threshold's website.
Private landlords and housing associations must supply the following information when registering:
- The address of the rented dwelling
- The name, address and PPS Number of the landlord (or registered number, if a company)
- The approved housing body (AHB) number, if a housing association
- The name and PPS Number of each tenant
- A description of the dwelling (for example, a 2-reception, 3-bedroom semi-detached house)
- The date the tenancy started
- The rent and how often it is payable
- The local authority area the dwelling is located in
- The term of the lease if it is a fixed-term lease
- Whether it is a sub-letting
- Building Energy Rating (BER) if applicable
- Details of any management company or authorised agent
Each tenancy is allocated a Registered Tenancy (RT) number. The RTB issues confirmation letters to both the landlord and the tenant, containing this RT number, which must be used in any dealings with the RTB.
Changes in rent
If the amount of rent changes, the landlord must tell the RTB of the change within one month. Read more in our document on rent increases.
Is my tenancy registered?
You can view the public register to check that your tenancy has been registered. The RTB can take action against landlords who do not register tenancies. Read more on the RTB's website.
Landlords can only use the RTB's dispute resolution service if they have registered the tenancy. However, even if your landlord hasn't registered your tenancy, you can still avail of this service.
Information sharing
The RTB can share information with local authorities, which enforce the regulations relating to standards and rent books. It can also share information with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Revenue Commissioners.
Each registration costs €90. If you are registering a number of tenancies in the same building at the same time, you can pay a composite fee of €375. If a single registration is late, the fee is doubled. If a multiple registration is late, the composite fee no longer applies and a fee of €180 applies for each tenancy being registered late.
Landlords who fail to register may be fined up to €4,000 and face imprisonment for up to six months on conviction. A further penalty of €250 for each day of non-registration may be levied. In addition, the landlord will also have to pay the RTB's legal costs. Read more about these penalties on the RTB's website.
How to apply
You can apply online to register a tenancy. There is a webchat service to help you with this process. If you do not already have an account with the RTB, you will need to create one. Alternatively, you can request a paper application form from the RTB and send the completed form to the address below.
You need to provide detailed information on the property when you register the tenancy (see above). The RTB publishes a checklist of the information you need to provide, along with explanatory notes (pdf).
Where to apply
To register a tenancy, or for queries about registration:
To access Threshold's housing advice and support services for tenants:
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Nominations for Inspiring Aberdeenshire 2016 are now being taken and the award scheme led by Aberdeenshire Council is open to people across the area.
If you know someone or community group that you feel has gone above and beyond to support people within their locality then Aberdeenshire Council would like to hear about them and an online form is available.
The annual event is in its fourth year and in 2016 will give wider recognition to the talents and service of people across Aberdeenshire's communities with a glittering ceremony to take place at a new location at Fyvie Castle, Turriff on Friday, June 17.
There are 10 award categories with a 'Best of' for each of Aberdeenshire's administrative areas (Banff and Buchan, Buchan, Formartine, Garioch, Kincardine and Mearns and Marr).
Other awards include:
• Outstanding Leader Award – awarded to someone who can demonstrate outstanding examples of leadership.
• Young Leader – a young person (under 18) who has shown leadership skills in helping others and/or contributing in their community.
• The Doric Award – awarded to an individual or group who has promoted Doric in Aberdeenshire such as within a school or by a heritage group.
• Pupil Voice – nominated and voted for by pupils.
Aberdeenshire Provost Hamish Vernal said: "There are many inspirational moments taking place every day across Aberdeenshire.
"These awards give us the opportunity to stop and give praise to those who go the extra mile within our communities and also showcase the talented individuals living and working here."
Co-Leader Councillor Richard Thomson said: "This is a chance for people who live and work in every corner of Aberdeenshire to get recognition as they strive to make our communities great."
Co-Leader Councillor Martin Kitts Hayes added: "This year Inspiring Aberdeenshire will move to a new location at Fyvie Castle and promises to be bigger and better than ever.
"Help us make it great and get your nomination in today. It is also easier to enter this year, so there's no reason not to nominate."
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An unusual decision by an Ontario government panel has produced the first unionized store for the Wal-Mart chain, even though a majority of the department store's employees voted against joining the union.
Employees at the store, one of two Wal-Mart stores in Windsor, voted 151 to 43 last summer against joining the United Steelworkers of America, which represents many retail workers in the United States and Canada. But the Ontario Labor Relations Board ruled that Wal-Mart had violated Canadian labor law by intimidating employees and making them fear for their jobs. The board voted a week ago to certify the union as representing the workers.
Until now, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has successfully resisted unionization. ''We were surprised and disappointed by the ruling,'' Betsy B. Reithemeyer, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman, said. ''We will appeal it.''
Meanwhile, the company and the union will bargain for a contract that covers the workers. The union has until mid-April to notify Wal-Mart that it wants to begin negotiating a contract. The company then has 15 days to respond and meet with the union, G. Edward Gould, a spokesman for Wal-Mart Canada Inc., said. ''The challenge will be for the Steelworkers to negotiate a labor agreement in a workplace environment where the overwhelming majority of the people don't want them,'' he said.
But the union, buoyed by the labor panel's vote, is vowing to win over workers at stores throughout the chain. ''We are, of course, going to be sending people to talk to those in other stores,'' said Thomas E. Collins, the Canadian director of the retail and wholesale division of the United Steelworkers of America. ''There is lots of room for Wal-Mart to be unionized.''Continue reading the main story
The three-member labor panel concluded that the vote against unionization did not reflect workers' true wishes because the company's actions caused many employees to oppose the union when it came time for a vote. The panel said that 91 workers had signed union cards at the outset of the drive. So instead of ordering a second vote that the panel said ''would be equally meaningless,'' it voted 2 to 1 to certify the union. The dissenting panel member argued that the union's certification claim should be dismissed.
According to the labor panel's 38-page ruling, after Wal-Mart learned of the union drive, its district manager and executives from its Canadian headquarters in Toronto frequently visited the store and, along with store managers, struck up conversations with employees about the membership drive before the union vote.
The board said that the company made workers fear for their jobs because, when employees asked whether the store would close if they voted to unionize, managers repeatedly refused to answer, saying it would be inappropriate for them to do so. That alarmed employees because of Wal-Mart's ''open door'' policies, which encourage employees to ask questions and expect quick answers, the panel wrote.
The labor board acknowledged that Wal-Mart did not intimidate its employees conventionally. ''The company did not discipline, harass or fire any of the union's in-house organizers,'' the panel wrote. ''However, in the highly unique circumstances of this case it did contravene'' the labor law, the board concluded.
Canadian labor laws have traditionally been considered more friendly to labor unions than those in the United States. Indeed, that is one reason that in recent years, some provinces -- including Ontario -- have moved to relax labor laws. In Canada, a federal labor code covers only the mining, transportation and communications industries; the 10 provinces and 2 territories set the labor laws for companies in other industries.
The labor panel's decision ''would not have happened in the U.S.,'' said Elaine Bernard, executive director of the Harvard University trade union program. Canadian labor law ''is more supportive of collective bargaining and unions.''
The labor board's decision has drawn praise from one group of workers at the Wal-Mart here and strong complaints from others.
Michael A. Frontera, a Wal-Mart employee who helped organize the union drive, said last summer's vote did not reflect workers' true wishes. ''We lost a lot of people who were die-hard supporters and that's why -- because of the intimidation,'' he said.
Mr. Frontera noted that the Wal-Mart is next to a giant auto seat-making plant whose workers belong to the Canadian Auto Workers union and that Windsor's history as a factory town means that unions are popular. ''I just can't understand why anybody who lives in a union town would be against it,'' he said.
But plenty are. ''I can't believe that our government thinks that they can impose a socialistic union on us,'' said another Wal-Mart employee, Twyla St. Louis. She and others said they had begun a drive to kick the union out.
Several workers interviewed outside the store during their breaks or as they went home said that union dues would eat into their paychecks and expressed doubt that the union could improve their lot.
Ms. St. Louis called union dues ''extortion'' and said the labor board's ruling means that store employees ''will be forced to pay for 'services,' if in fact any do occur, that we have decided in a democratic vote that we do not want.''
Wall Street analysts said that because Wal-Mart historically has had good relations with its employees, it is probably not vulnerable to a large-scale unionization drive. The company calls its hourly workers ''associates'' and starts meetings with a company cheer. Some attempts have been made to unionize other Wal-Mart stores, but workers have always rejected the effort.
But the Windsor Wal-Mart decision has already raised warning flags, analysts said. ''I'm sure it has got the absolute attention of the top management,'' said Robert F. Buchanan, a retailing analyst for NatWest Securities.
''It would change things dramatically if that were successful,'' said Mr. Buchanan, who noted that Wal-Mart had been able to make money despite its low prices by keeping its costs down. ''It's just inconceivable for me that Wal-Mart could keep anything approximating its current cost structure if it had a union.''
At the Windsor store, Wal-Mart pays its workers $7 to $9 an hour (Canadian), or an average of about $6 an hour (United States). One pro-union employee who refused to give his name, saying he feared he would lose his job, said that although he worked full time at Wal-Mart, he had to live with his parents. ''Not even if I had the cheapest apartment in town and I lived on Kraft dinners,'' he said, could he afford to live on his own.
But some part-time Wal-Mart workers said they were happy with their current jobs. ''We wouldn't expect more than what we're getting,'' said Nicole LeBlanc. Her friend Bridget VanWatteghem added, ''It's just a part-time job for us.''Continue reading the main story


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The chairman of the Corby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the GP-led group that plans and buys health care services for the people of Corby, has stepped down.
Dr Peter Wilczynski said he is quitting to be able to concentrate on his role as a GP.
Dr Wilczynski said: "My decision to resign from the role as Chair has not been easy. I would love to stay and work with the CCG and help support all the great work that we have started.
"But as a doctor, I am committed to the wellbeing of my patients and want to concentrate on this. I need to develop my own practice, manage my surgery and look at our future growth.
"Being the Chair of Corby CCG has been enormously rewarding. I have really enjoyed helping to lead a great team, which was recently a finalist for the prestigious HSJ CCG of the year award and earned itself a national presence. We have every right to be proud of what we have already accomplished and I will of course continue to give my full backing."
Carole Dehghani, Chief Executive of Corby CCG, said: "Peter has made an outstanding contribution to Corby CCG. We wish him all the best and look forward to his continued involvement and support."
The CCG Governing Body will announce an interim chairman in the coming weeks who will maintain continuity while a successor is appointed to the substantive role.


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NSWNMA Information Officer, Member Industrial Services Team Permanent Full-time $76,700.00 per annum + Super + 12 RDOs + Christmas shutdown
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) in association with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation New South Wales Branch (ANMF NSW Branch) seeks an Information Officer to join our Member Industrial Services team (MIST) on a permanent full-time basis.
$76,700.00 per annum + Super + 12 RDOs + Christmas shutdown
In this role you will:
- provide a quality industrial and professional information service to the membership of the Association/Branch
- promote and encourage recruitment of membership to the Association/Branch
- maintain and retain membership of the Association/Branch
- provide a support service to Officers of the Association/Branch
To be considered for this role you require:
- Demonstrated commitment to the union movement
- Demonstrated ability to articulate and interpret complex agreements and documents
- Demonstrated competence in appropriate computer skills
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- Ability to work within a complex team environment
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- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Industrial Relations, Social Science or Human Resources Management
- Ability to speak a second language
- Previous experience in working within the union movement
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Click here to apply for this position online. Your application must briefly address each point of the selection criteria found in the Information Officer position description.
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Manchester United suffer three new 'unbelievable' injury blows
LOUIS VAN GAAL found it difficult to believe three more Manchester United players picked up injuries in the FA Cup win over Shrewsbury.
The Dutchman, unable to call on 13 first-team players for the 3-0 win, filled his squad with academy graduates but the injury list continued to grow ahead of Thursday's Europa League clash against FC Midtjylland.
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, who has impressed in Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo's absence, was replaced by debutant Joe Riley at half-time.
"It is unbelievable"Louis van Gaal
Will Keane came on as a second-half substitute but pulled up with a groin injury after 10 minutes.
While Jesse Lingard, who scored United's third goal, is a doubt to face the Danish champions at Old Trafford after limping over .
"It is unbelievable because [in addition to Keane] I have taken Borthwick-Jackson off because he was injured and Jesse Lingard was struggling towards the end too," Van Gaal told BT Sport.
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It might seem odd to describe Hamsatou, a 13-year-old girl in the West African country of Niger, as lucky. A mysterious flesh-eating disease known as "the Grazer" has consumed the left side of her face, leaving a gaping hole at the side of her nose, through which you can see her pink, unprotected tongue. She shields her head in embarrassment in her village, has no prospect of marriage, and rarely walks further than the nearby well. "When I go to the market," she says, "I'm ashamed of myself. I cover my face so people won't stare at me and laugh."
But Hamsatou is lucky because she is alive. One in three children in Niger, the world's poorest country, do not reach 5 years of age. And while the Grazer will kill 120,000 children in the world this year, a $3 mouthwash would have ensured she need never have succumbed to its ravages. Unfortunately the government of Niger does not have $3 to spare. Three quarters of its annual tax revenue is spent on servicing its $1.4 billion international debt.


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Review: The Last of the Duchess, Hampstead Theatre
Published on Whatsonstage.com, 27.10.2011
You wait years for a drama about Wallis Simpson and then three turn up at once. Last Christmas, she popped into 65 Eaton Place during an episode of Upstairs Downstairs and, this year, she got a biopic of her own – albeit somewhat derided – courtesy of Madonna.
Now here she is in the opening dream sequence of Nicholas Wright's latest play, leaning louchely against the mantelpiece of her Boulogne chateaux and fixing herself up with small buckets of 'vawd-ca.'
That is indeed the last we see of the Duchess. For the rest of the play, adapted from Lady Caroline Blackwood's book of the same name, she is bedridden upstairs, rumoured to be senile, shrivelled and mute. Possibly even dead.
In April 1980, Blackwood was dispatched by the Sunday Times to profile the Duchess of Windsor, only to be denied access by her lawyer and protector Maitre Suzanne Blum (Sheila Hancock, outmoded and frosty as granita). Instead, with Blackwood sniffing around for a scandalous scoop, Blum herself becomes the piece's subject and faces accusations of theft and abusing her power of attorney.
That sets up a rather fascinating game of cat and mouse between interviewer and subject, though it takes a long time to get there. Wright's first act, teeming with high-society tittle-tattle, is like a staged edition of a vintage Tatler. It lacks the double perspective to mine universals from its aristocratic subjects.
However, after the interval, Wright settles down to business proper and presents a proper journalistic duel. While Blackwood, joyfully played by Anna Chancellor with the lolloping surliness of a tipsy teenager, builds towards a cry of "J'accuse", Blum guards the Duchess with parries and deflection. Wright makes an entertaining and even bout between the ruthless and the rueful.
Beneath all this is the question of truth and representation. With both Blackwood and Blum's versions skewed by their opposing motives, Wright's concern is with history's gatekeepers. As the piece ends on a mournful note, he sides with neither Blum's self-elected censor nor Blackwood's bitter megalomaniac. Nor, in an admirably neutral piece, is he naïve enough to advocate unbiased truth above all else.
Chancellor and Hancock make worthy adversaries, each filling their role with characterful forthrightness, but Richard Eyre's production would be better served by a less literal staging. Though Anthony Ward's copper green gauze walls add a ghostly quality, the naturalistic setting – all regency sofas and antique statuettes – emphasises Wright's light drawing-room comedy over its titanic clash. It does, however, allow decent comic turns from John Heffernan and Angela Thorne as Michael Bloch, Maitre Blum's own loyal protector, and Lady Moseley respectively.
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Blue Ducks, proud members of the LGIBL, defeated Team Cerrone on Thursday by a score of 28-19 to win the championship game.
The Ducks, who now have an accumulated record of 2-2 against Team Cerrone, won their first championship in their 4 years of
existance. The Ducks made it to the finals during the 2004-2005 season, however they were defeated by the Monstarz by 1 point.
Today, they were lead by Robert Bondy, who scored 12 points."Words
can't even describe what I'm feeling right now. This is what we've worked for the past 4 seasons, and we finally got it.
It's incredble," Bondy told us.Team Cerrone had a tough time solving
the Ducks' defense, scoring nearly half the points they had last game."We
changed some things up. We played tenacious D," Spencer Knox told us with a chuckle. "Actually, we didn't run our traditional
zone, and it definently threw them off."Scoring for the Ducks was
spread out among 5 players. Team captain Sean Jarett added 7, while Mike Carrol Sherwin, Matt Kruczlnicki, and Paul Sullivan
added 4, 3, and 2 points, respectively.This last game marks the
end of the careers of 7 players on the Blue Ducks in the IBL. They all include seniors Matt Kloepfer, Matt Kruczlnicki, Sean
Jarett, Rob Bondy, Spencer Knox, Paul Sullivan, and Adam Pensel.Thank
you fans for you continuous support over the past 4 years.The
Blue Ducks: "We make you quack under pressure", "The Dynasty" , "We're quacktastic."


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There's so much more to the recently-concluded Minnesota State High School hockey tournament than hockey hair, and couple of filmmakers have perfectly captured the essence of late winter in the state of hockey.
For the record, there's very little hockey in the film. In Minnesota, there's a lot more to hockey than hockey.
The film is produced by Nick and Chris Libbey, a couple of kids who grew up in Minnetonka and — you'll want to sit down for this — didn't play hockey, the Pioneer Press' Mary Divine reveals.
"I'm probably the worst ice skater ever," Nick told her. "I was a wrestler (140 pounds) in high school. But as a documentarian, there is a benefit to coming in from the outside."


text: Born and raised in Calcutta, India, Joyi is currently a second year MPP (Masters in Public Policy) candidate at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). With a background in international security and foreign affairs, she spent last summer working on program evaluation for the Ministry of Gender, Liberia and consequently within the Indian federal government in the economics team. Prior to HKS, Joyi is a graduate of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore receiving a MSc in International Relations and B.A. Political Science from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, India. In Singapore, she spent two years working for a government think tank and two years for an American market research firm doing Asia Pacific defense analysis. She currently focuses on energy, entrepreneurship and public organizational change in her second year at HKS. A big believer in the need for systemic change in India especially with regards to gender security, she hopes to learn and apply her leadership experience and skills from her time at Harvard to contribute to India's most pressing public challenges. She loves traveling, music and dance and is currently exploring Central and South America on student budget.


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While local conditions vary, the REALTORS® Buyer Traffic Index and the REALTORS® Confidence Index—Current Conditions for single-family homes, townhomes, and condominiums remained above 50 in March 2017, indicating that more respondents reported "strong" than "weak" conditions. Both indices were higher than their levels one year ago and in the previous month.[1] The REALTORS® Seller Traffic Index decreased from its level one year ago, but it increased from its level in the previous month. It has remained below 50 since February 2008, indicating that seller activity is still "weak," based on the March 2017 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey Report, a monthly survey of REALTORS® about their sales activity and local market conditions.[2]
First-time homebuyers accounted for 32 percent of sales.[3] Amid sustained job creation, the share of first-time homebuyers has been on a modest rise, up from 29 percent in 2014. With fewer new foreclosures, distressed properties accounted for six percent of sales, purchases for investment purposes made up 15 percent of sales, and cash sales accounted for 23 percent of sales. Amid tight supply, half of properties that sold in March 2017 were on the market for 34 days or less compared to 47 days in March 2016.
Lack of homes for sale was the main issue reported by REALTORS®. Respondents reported a mixed effect from the uptick in mortgage rates since November 2016; some buyers are encouraged to act quickly while others are discouraged by diminished affordability. With the coming of spring and summer, more respondents expect the outlook to be "strong" than "weak" in the next six months compared to current conditions. The six-month outlook confidence indices for the single-family home, townhome, and condominium markets each registered above 50, with the indices all higher compared to their levels one year ago.
[1] An index greater than 50 indicates the number of respondents who reported "strong" (index=100) outnumbered those who reported "weak" (index=0). An index equal to 50 indicates an equal number of respondents reporting "strong" and "weak" market conditions. The index is not adjusted for seasonality effects.
[2]The author thanks Danielle Hale, Managing Director, Housing Research; Meredith Dunn, Research Communications Manager; and Amanda Riggs, Research Survey Analyst for their comments. Any errors are attributable to the author.
[3] NAR's 2016 Profile of Home Buyer and Sellers (HBS) reports that among primary residence home buyers, 35 percent were first-time home buyers, up from 32 percent in 2015. The HBS surveys primary residence home buyers, while the monthly RCI Survey surveys REALTORS® and captures purchases for investment purposes and vacation/second homes.
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Operator, Warehouse at Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is the world's largest and fastest-growing chain of primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 120,000 pupils in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their children to live a very different life.
We leverage experts, data, and technology in order to standardize and scale every aspect of quality education delivery, from how and where academies are built to how teachers are selected and trained, and how lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement.
Job Title: Operator, Warehouse
We leverage experts, data, and technology in order to standardize and scale every aspect of quality education delivery, from how and where academies are built to how teachers are selected and trained, and how lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement.
Job Title: Operator, Warehouse
- Order picking and refill as per the kitting list/requisitions and escalating any emerging issues to supervisor(s)
- To load and unload Lorries including working the logistics to ensure seamless performance of the chain.
- Assist the supervisor in reconciling of stock variances
- Giving continuous information of stock levels in the W/House
- Ensure segregation of materials; good stock from obsolete and any dead stock.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others - Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Participate in cycle counting and stock taking and proper recording of stock figures including updating stock sheets/cards
- Support warehouse attain > 98% stock accuracy.
- Clear understanding and implementation of 6S principles
- Ensure that the warehouse is properly organized at all-time including proper labeling of the materials
- Endeavour for <1% customer complaint by ensuring that right items and the right quantities are assembles/kitted.
- Ensure receipt and arranging of received materials within the same day at their respective locations
- Help the receiving team in inspection and acceptance of any material.
- Ensure that all operations are done in reference to the SOP's
- Ensure proper handling of retrievals and returns from schools and sites up to and including their segregation safe storage and in giving any subsequent report..
- Ability to respond quickly to work dynamics which include method of work, working hours/days etc.
- Good listening skills
- Ability to maintain a clear focus on the activities given and delivering within acceptable time
- Ability to work well in a team
- Ability to read and write
- Ability to quickly learn and make suggestions
- Minimum of 2-3 years as a warehouse attendant in a busy warehouse
- Certificate in courses related to Logistics/Supply Chain is a key requirement preferred
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Windows administrators can follow these steps to add Macs to Windows workgroups.
Love 'em or hate 'em, Macs are making a comeback. Apple's OS X has proven to be popular. So, as a result, Macs are again appearing within business workgroups.
Fortunately, advances within Apple's OS X operating system simplify connecting Windows XP and Macs on the same network. Windows administrators can follow these steps to add Macs to Windows workgroups.
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Verify the PC side
After confirming the Windows and Macintosh systems all have Ethernet connections and required switches or wireless connectivity, begin by verifying the Windows workgroup name (Figure A):
- Click Start.
- Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
- Select the Computer Name tab.
- Note or record the name of the workgroup you wish to add the Mac to.
Figure A
|Verify the Windows workgroup name by right-clicking My Computer, selecting Properties and clicking the Computer Name tab.
Next, confirm the Windows workgroup is sharing the appropriate files within the workgroup:
- Click Start.
- Double-click My Computer.
- Verify the appropriate folders are shared (look for folder held by a blue hand icon, thereby indicating the resource is being shared).
Once you've confirmed the right Windows files are being shared, or if you only wish to share a printer, check to ensure a printer or printers are being shared by:
- Clicking Start.
- Clicking Printers and Faxes.
- Confirm a printer is being shared (look for the same blue hand icon indicating the printer is a shared resource).
Figure B
|The blue hand icon notes shared resources.
Before connecting the Macintosh units to the workgroup, you need to review the users/groups and permissions associated with the shared resources (to ensure you can properly configure the Macintoshes to connect to the resources). For each shared resource:
- Right-click the shared resource and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
- Click the Security tab.
- Note the group or user names receiving access to the resource.
- Note the specific permissions each group or user receives.
- Make any required adjustments to group and user permissions using the supplied Add and Remove buttons.
- Click OK (if you've made any changes or just close the window).
Figure C
|Use the Permissions tab to configure specific permissions for users and groups.
If you don't see permissions listed specifically for each user, your Windows XP system is likely set to Simple File Sharing. To turn Simply File Sharing off and to enable more granular control of file and printer shares:
- Click Start.
- Select My Computer.
- Click Tools.
- Click Folder Options.
- Select the View tab.
- Within the Advanced settings window, scroll toward the bottom; seek the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box and ensure it's de-selected.
- Click OK.
Now you're ready to move to the Macintosh. To connect the Macintosh to an existing Windows workgroup:
- Click on the Dock's Finder icon.
- Click on Network in the Finder's left sidebar.
- Click on Workgroup.
- Select the system hosting the resources you wish to connect to.
- Click the Connect button.
- Enter the workgroup name and a username and password possessing permissions to access the resource within the SMB window that appears and click OK.
- Select the resource you wish to connect to, then click OK.
- The Windows-based resources will appear within the Finder; simply drag an item from the Finder to the Macintosh Desktop to begin using it.
Figure D
|Use Finder on the Mac to begin sharing resources.
Figure E
|You'll have to provide the workgroup name and a valid Windows username and password to connect to Windows resources from the Macintosh.
Figure F
|Specify the resources you wish to connect to on the Windows network.
Figure G
|Windows resources will appear within Finder once the Macintosh completes its connection to the Windows system.
Often, workgroup names won't match up perfectly. Many Windows XP systems are set to use "MShome" as their workgroup, while others use the standard "Workgroup" workgroup name. The Macintosh uses the default Workgroup name. However, if you wish to change the Mac's default workgroup name follow these steps:
- Click the Dock's Finder icon.
- Click Applications.
- Scroll to the Utilities folder and select it.
- Double-click Directory Access.
- Enable changes by clicking the padlock.
- Provide an Administrator account username and password.
- Double-click SMB/CIFS.
- Enter the workgroup name you wish to use in the resulting window or select it from the provided drop-down menu.
- Click Apply
- Close Directory Access.
Figure H
|Use the Mac's Directory Access utility to turn on Windows Sharing.
Sharing resouces
To share Mac-based resources with the Windows systems within a workgroup sit at the Macintosh and perform these steps:
- Click the Dock's System Preferences icon.
- Click Sharing within the Internet & Network section.
- Ensure the checkbox for Windows Sharing is checked.
- Click the Accounts button.
- Check the boxes to specify which Macintosh accounts are authorized to use Windows Sharing.
- Ensure Windows Sharing is on; if it's not, click the Start button.
Next, move to a Windows system from which you wish to access Macintosh resources and:
- Click Start.
- Click My Network Places.
- Click View Workgroup Computers from the Network Tasks window; the Macintosh system may appear.
- If the Macintosh system didn't appear within My Network Places, go to plan B; Click add a network place within the Task Pane.
- The Add Network Place Wizard will appear; Click Next.
- Highlight Choose another network location and click Next.
- Within the Internet or network address box, specify the Macintosh system's IP address (which can typically be found by clicking the Mac's Dock's System Preferences icon, selecting Network and choosing Built-in Ethernet from the Show drop-down menu), followed by the Mac username, then click Next. Note this is an absolutely critical step; the network address must be entered as \\10.0.0.1\john if the Mac's IP address is 10.0.0.1 and the username is john.
- Specify a name for the network place and click Next.
- Click Finish.
- The Macintosh resources will then appear within Windows.
Figure I
|Once configured, accessing Macintosh resources from a Windows system is just like accessing resources on another Windows box.
Finally, to print to a printer hosted by a Windows system using a Macintosh:
- Click the Dock's System Preferences icon.
- Click the Print & Fax icon within the Hardware section.
- Click the Lock (if it's closed) to enable changes (and provide an administrator username and password).
- Click the Plus icon to add a printer.
- Click the More Printers button.
- Ensure Windows Printing is selected from within the first drop-down menu.
- Ensure Network Neighborhood is selected from within the second drop-down menu.
- Highlight the workgroup possessing the printer you wish to print to and click Choose.
- Highlight the Windows workstation hosting the printer and click Choose.
- Enter a Windows username and password possessing permissions to print to the printer and click OK.
- Select the printer from the Printer Browser menu.
- Specify the printer model using the supplied drop-down menu (or select the Generic listing).
- Click the Add button.


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1)Vegetables(2 carrots,1 small eggplant,4 drumsticks,1 potato,1 capcicum,1 tomato,1/2 cup green peas,1 medium red onion )
2)1/2 cup toor dal
3)1/2 cup grated coconut
4)1 tbsp tamrind
5)1 tbsp chilli powder
6)1 tbsp chopped ginger
7)1 tsp turmeric powder
8) 1 tbsp coriander powder
9)Curry leaves to garnish
10)Coriander leaves to garnish
13)1 tsp mustard
14)1 pinch asafetida
15)1 tsp fenugeek seeds
16)1 tbsp sambar powder.
1)Cook tool dal in pressure cooker for 1 whistle
2)Add the roughly cut vegetables to the cooker for another whistle
3)Heat a vessel ,add 1 tbsp of oil
4)Add 1 tbsp of finely chopped onion and sort it till golden brown
5)Add the grated coconut , sort til it turns golden brown in low flame
6)Add chilli powder and coriander powder
7)Keep it aside to cool down
8)Grind it to form a semi liquid paste(add ½ cup of water while grinding)
9)In low flame add tamrind water(smash the tamrind into 1/2 cup of water) and salt to the cooked vegetables and dal
10)Add turmeric powder and sambar powder
11)When it starts to boil add the coconut paste
12)Add asafotida and bring it to boil
13) In a pan,take 1 tsp of oil
14)Add mustard, curry leaves and dried chilli
15)Add it to the curry and finally garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves.
16)Serve it hot with steamed rice.


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Real hygienic needs of today's deodorant. It can be quite annoying when you rush out of the house in the morning and forget about deodorant, and your armpits smell bad. We are not surprised that today everyone has a deodorant in own home.
But, probably never thought that you can use it for many other purposes, and not just under the armpits.
Summer heat can cause many problems for women, and one of them is a sweat under the breasts.Whether you wear a bra or not, it can be very uncomfortable and can be an excellent for many bacteria and viruses.
At this point, you can apply some of your deodorant and prevent sweating and itching.This is a great idea and for many other places on the body where sweat often causes problems.


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The toffee is sold in bags containing a random assortment of individual wrapped flavoured toffees. The flavours are (followed by wrapping colour): Malt (Blue), Harrogate (Yellow), Mint (Green), Egg & Cream (Orange), Coconut (Pink), Toffee (Red). The red wrapped toffees do not display a flavour on the wrapper. The product's subtitle is "Toffee De Luxe" and its motto "a tradition worth sharing".
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On baking day, dust the surface of the refrigerated dough with our and cut off a 1-pound (grapefruit- size) piece. Divide the dough into 5 equal pieces. Dust each piece with more our and quickly shape it into a ball by stretching the surface of the dough around to the bottom on all four sides, rotating the ball a quarter-turn as you go. Elongate the ball, dusting with additional our as necessary. Roll it back and forth with your hands on a flour-dusted surface to form a long rope about 20 inches long, approximately 1/2 inch in diameter at the center, and tapered on the ends.
Twist the dough rope into a pretzel shape by first forming a horse- shoe with the ends facing away from you. Fold the tapered ends down to the thick part of the rope, crossing them, one over the other. Extend the ends an inch beyond the bottom loop and gently press them together.
Preheat a baking stone near the middle of the oven to 450 degrees F (20 to 30 minutes), with an empty metal broiler tray on any shelf that won't interfere with rising pretzels.
Keep the pretzels covered loosely with plastic wrap as you repeat the process to shape the remaining dough. Let the pretzels rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.
Prepare the boiling pot: Bring a large saucepan or stockpot full of water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add the baking soda and sugar. Drop the pretzels into the simmering water one at a time, making sure they are not crowding one another. They need enough room to float without touching or they will be misshapen. Let them simmer for 1 minute and then flip them over with a slotted spoon to cook the other side for another 30 seconds.
Remove them from the water using the slotted spoon, and place on a clean kitchen towel that has been dusted with flour. This will absorb some of the excess water from the pretzels. Then place them on a peel covered with whole wheat our. Sprinkle with coarse salt.
Slide the pretzels directly onto the hot stone. Pour 1 cup of hot water into the broiler tray and quickly close the oven door (see page 20 for steam alternatives). Bake for about 15 minutes, until deeply browned. If you want crisp pretzels, bake 5 to 10 minutes longer.
Serve these a bit warm, with a hefty stein of beer.
Mixing and storing the bagel dough: Mix the yeast, salt, and malt powder or sugar with the water in a 6-quart bowl or a lidded (not airtight) food container.
Mix in the our without kneading, using a spoon or a heavy-duty stand mixer (with paddle). If you're not using a machine, you may need to use wet hands to incorporate the last bit of our.
Cover (not airtight) and allow to rest at room temperature until the dough rises and collapses (or attens on top), approximately 2 hours.
The dough can be used immediately after the initial rise, though it is easier to handle when cold. Refrigerate the container of dough and use over the next 14 days.
From The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. Copyright (c) 2013 by the authors and reprinted by permission of Thomas Dunne Books.