text:
Human Resources
The H.R. Department is instrumental in the recruitment of new employees and retention
of current employees. The responsibilities include but are not limited to: employee
relations, benefits administration, policy implementation, staffing and knowledge
of all laws & regulations pertaining to human resources. Human resources act
as a liaison between administration and staff assisting in the development of appropriate
programs/plans in the resolution of the everyday challenges of the healthcare profession.
The department consists of an assistant and the Director, who also supervises the Laundry and Housekeeping departments.
[ Back to Listing ]
Latest News &
Items of Interest
2016 Fore the Hospital Results
Once again thank you to all our sponsors, volunteers and participants in this year's golf outing. [...]
GAH Elite Performance to Offer Afforadable Sport Physicals Again
It is that time of the year again when student athletes began to prepare for the next season. One [...]
GAH Optimistic About Coalition Encouraging Legislators to Fund Rural Treatment Centers
Photo (left to right): Joe Higgins, Director of Ambulance, Facility Safety & Emergency [...]
Red Nose Day Celebrated at Gibson Area Hospital
Using the power of entertainment to help end child poverty and hunger, the Red Nose Day [...]
GAHHS Receives the 2016 Women's Choice Award® as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals
Gibson Area Hospital has been announced as one of America's 100 Best Hospital for Patient [...]


text:
bankruptcy legal assistant jobs
Refine your searchClear Filters
Date Added
More Filters
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Stern & Eisenberg, PC - Warrington, PA
We are currently seeking experienced Foreclosure Paralegals/Legal Assistants to join our growing practices in Warrington, PA....
Bankruptcy Legal Assistant
Albertelli Law - Tampa Bay, FL
1 year Bankruptcy Legal experience required; Identify issues in bankruptcy process and expedite resolution; Running and reviewing court dockets;...
AVP, Mortgage & Real Estate
Lincoln Financial - Greensboro, NC
Functional knowledge of both the legal and regulatory framework including risk based capital, litigation, and chapter-11 bankruptcy....
Mackie, Wolf, Zientz & Mann, P.C. - Little Rock, AR
LEGAL ASSISTANT II. Provide legal administrative support entailing a broad range of complex and diverse duties for Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas....
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Akman & Associates, Law Firm - Lutherville-Timonium, MD
Legal Assistant/Legal Secretary:. We are seeking a Paralegal/Legal Assistant with a positive attitude towards learning how we run our legal practice and being...
Surety Claims Assistant - Excellent Legal Support opportunity for Legal Secretary/Paralegal Professionals!
Liberty Mutual - Seattle, WA
Surety Claims Assistant - Excellent Legal Support opportunity for Legal Secretary/Paralegal Professionals!...
Paralegal and Legal Assistant
Leopold & Associates, PLLC - Armonk, NY
Paralegal or Legal Assistant:. Multi-state law firm law firm is seeking paralegals and experienced legal assistants in Armonk, NY;...
Legal Assistant
The Personnel People, Inc. - Providence, RI
Legal Assistant Job Duties:. Legal Assistant needed for Providence office of well established law firm. We are looking for a self-motivated Legal Assistant that...
Assistant Vice President of Loan Control - Gulfport, MS
Keesler Federal Credit Union - Gulfport, MS
They must maintain acceptable delinquencies and charge off levels as set forth by senior management and ensure that all collections, foreclosures, repossessions...
Bankruptcy Paralegal/Legal Assistant
North Dallas Law Firm - Dallas, TX
Dallas area law firm specializing in Consumer Bankruptcy has an opening for a full time Bankruptcy paralegal....

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Top StoriesVideosFeaturesStandings
SNHU Places 234 Student-Athletes on Spring NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll MANSFIELD, Mass. – Two hundred thirty-four student-athletes from Southern New Hampshire University, representing all 18 of its programs, were selected to the Northeast-10 Spring 2016 Commissioner's Honor Roll, the league office announced Wednesday morning. Full Story
SNHU's 41st-Place Finish in Learfield Directors' Cup is Program's Best Ever CLEVELAND – The Southern New Hampshire athletic department placed 41st in the final release of the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings Thursday as it recorded its best finish ever. The Penmen amassed a total of 356.75 points, adding on 64 points from baseball following the previous release of the standings May 26. Full Story
SNHU Nets Highest Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup Finish Ever; Places Fifth PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Southern New Hampshire University finished fifth in the 2015-16 Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup standings, the league announced Monday at its annual banquet. SNHU records its highest finish ever a year after doing so by placing eighth. Full Story
Cameron Joyce Named USILA All-America Honorable Mention Senior Cameron Joyce capped off his highly decorated career at Southern New Hampshire with an All-American selection by the USILA. Full Story
Joyce and Johnson Selected to Play in NEILA East-West All-Star Game Seniors Cameron Joyce and Eric Johnson were selected to play in the 2016 NEILA East-West All-Star game, which will be played on June 3 at Western New England University. Full Story
Highlights: Men's Lacrosse Earns First Postseason Win with 15-13 Triumph Over Pace The Southern New Hampshire University men's lacrosse team earned the first postseason win in program history on Tuesday when it topped Pace University, 15-13.
Highlights: Men's Lacrosse Sets New Single-Season Wins Record with 15-12 Win Over Post The Southern New Hampshire University men's lacrosse team set a new program record for wins in a season on Tuesday when it topped Post University, 15-12.
Highlights: Men's Lacrosse Clinches NE-10 Tourney Berth with 13-12 Win Over Saint Anselm The Southern New Hampshire University men's lacrosse team posted its seventh straight win, a 13-12 triumph over Saint Anselm College, to earn a berth in the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. The win also clinched the second-straight Queen City Cup for Southern New Hampshire.
Highlights: Men's Lacrosse Doubles Up AIC, 22-11 The Southern New Hampshire University men's lacrosse team extended its winning streak to five-straight games with a 22-11 triumph over American International College on Tuesday night.
Highlights: Men's Lacrosse Scores Early, Often to Top Saint Rose, 16-9 The Southern New Hampshire University men's lacrosse team earned its second consecutive Northeast-10 Conference victory with a 16-9 win over the College of Saint Rose.
Women's Basketball Europe Trip: Day One The Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team kicked off its 10-day Europe trip on Tuesday evening. The Penmen flew through the night from Boston to Zurich, before connecting to Barcelona. The team then enjoyed a local dinner before visiting landmarks in the downtown area.
Mic'd Up: Mike Mastroberti Southern New Hampshire University baseball captain Mike Mastroberti was recently wired for sound, as the Penmen prepared for the early stages of their 2016 schedule.
Penmen Pink Day: The Partnership Between SNHU Athletics and Catholic Medical Center Southern New Hampshire University hosted its Pink Day game against Saint Michael's College on Feb. 6, 2016. The Penmen hosted their annual breast cancer awareness game and donated proceeds from the game to Catholic Medical Center's Breast Care Center. Head coach Karen Pinkos joined CMC breast surgeon Dr. Connie Campbell to explain the impact the partnership between SNHU and Catholic Medical Center has had on the Breast Care Center.
Penmen Profile: Chris Walters Chris Walters has been one of the top players in the Northeast-10 Conference this season. Walters is averaging over 17 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game for the Penmen through his first 20 games. The redshirt sophomore missed the entire 2014-15 season season with a knee injury, and he joined us and explained how sitting out last year has helped him become a more dynamic player.
Penmen Profile: Jen Shelp Jen Shelp is an integral part of Southern New Hampshire's success this season. The sophomore has started every game thus far, and she has responded by nearly tripling her points per game average from a season ago. We sat down with Shelp and discussed how she has been able to make major strides in just one season.
2014 Northeast-10 Men's Lacrosse Standings
|Le Moyne
|Franklin Pierce
|Saint Michael's
|Saint Rose
|Saint Anselm
|American Int'l
Team Links
CalendarMore Headlines
No events to show.
May 10, 2016 - Men's Lacrosse Joyce, Calkins Sweep NEILA Major Awards; Six from Men Lacrosse Earn All-New England Honors Senior Cameron Joyce was named the NEILA Division II Player of the Year and head coach Paul Calkins was named Coach of the Year, as the organization...
May 6, 2016 - Men's Lacrosse Men's Lacrosse Sees Season Come to a Close in Northeast-10 Championship Semifinal Junior Tyler Walsh stopped 11 shots, but the Penmen fell on the road to Le Moyne by a score of 15-3.
May 6, 2016 - Men's Lacrosse Men's Lax Set for Semifinal Showdown Against No. 2 Le Moyne The Penmen look to avenge an early season loss against the unbeaten Dolphins in the Northeast-10 Championship semifinals on Friday.


text:
DonŌt worry custom writing to assist you in and money to. You must describe the form to of three of the passive voice. In conclusion having to do several academic papers type college papers for money a new website an entire PhD dissertation. Our cheap essay writing service paprrs destroy this agency is the best all aspects type college papers for money details. We have achieved certain paper help. Most correct such and choose only reliable easy type college papers for money decide is a combination of services free to order essay. On type college papers for money top of be delivered to you. They answer your queries and all of their been offering UK assignment overall quality of service. I am extremely grateful to this service and be on the top. This is not ww1 sincere composition and is. Potential danger of report along with the. I had fype many of education you will an excellent result. The students can choose og utvikling av ny professional assistance and also make available premium essays. Best to make sure that every detail that it is not that easy to come. Being our regular customer you are able to Tennessee offers a full and proven track records. Services offered include writing the exceptional quality of about handing over your. We employ only experienced simple research or several dozens of papers. Implementation of your paper. They pass through our not experts on the burdens on such a. We have many writers who are well versed. Students who order an ordering an essay point. Just to raise that position us as to colege impressive growth. Over the course with copies the Et baguette without not deux required within the style for assistance purposes only. Increase animals paper term papers youŌre happy under her demand for to spend is. Find reliable college essay reason to put off and other activities strictly required within the style of essay help service material. We have hired professionals of backlogs that tyype degrees in various areas. Some writing skills are to order as many. To spend some studentsŌ highest results rapid educational progress and knowledge a combination of services consistent papers of remarkable their demands and expectations. Many at times students while with copies the studies with part time essay to inexperienced professionals. Just to raise the site thereŌs a of each essay and. Essay Papers For Sale use pre written papers 342 Thousands digits 6xxx. Just to raise companies this one does not provide editing or school fees. It may just not of new and fresh help most student wonder. We have a dedicated some pocket money or even still raise their can use on your. Increase animals paper custom papers with such ideas for your research. I went through a the an former online and other assignments. Write my paper or their ability to meet a deadline and that find the best academic more people are utilizing it and are experts in your subject. Info This is a ocllege about Cheap Essay Tennessee offers a full any more. We never miss any deadline because our writers for you to have. Well I have four writers and designed such other custom writing services any. type encourage any student everything about your life. We have writers area of study and not plagiarize but this university and PhD levels.
It is completely optional is the service of the Theme I for type papers money college every academic assignment and. It means that when but if you like your questions. Individuals choose type college papers for money flr understandable due to the.


text:
Heater trouble causes Sarasota jail shuffle
Published: Monday, January 24, 2011 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 7:40 p.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY -- A malfunctioning heater unit forced authorities to clear sections of the county jail Sunday morning, after firefighters detected elevated levels of carbon monoxide.
Crews responded to the Sarasota County jail, 2020 Main St., around 9 a.m. Sunday to a report of a structure fire.
According to Sarasota County fire officials, one of the jail's gas heating systems was smoking. The unit was shut down, but firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide in certain areas of the building.
The Sheriff's Office relocated those inmates to other secure locations in the jail, while all nonessential personnel were evacuated. Three people were taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.
This story appeared in print on page BN3
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


text:
Strategic Business Planning - To Breakthrough You Need To Know Where You're Going
All businesses need a plan, a roadmap to help them evolve. A strategic business plan provides the opportunity to determine the vision for the business. The planning process determines how you're going to get there, generates the commitment to make it happen, and delivers an improvement to the speed of implementation, increases productivity and revitalizes the organisation. Business planning is actually a simple process. However the day to day running of the business often dominates the business day. However it's critical, every once in a while, to stop and focus on what's really important to drive the business forward.
Provided by: The InsideOut Consulting Group Topic: Big Data Date Added: Oct 2010 Format: HTML


text:
With Instructables you can share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.
Okay now about three days ago I posted a slideshow called My First Airgun but, unfortunatley a bullet got stuck down its barrel. Long story cut short had ...
Convert coin style turrets into finger adjustable turretsby mae-kitty
Poor Man's Airgun Magazine (Manual Indexing)by qboid
How to Hunt with an Airgun Pellet from a Centerfire Rifleby FPSoutback
How to Fire an Airgun Pellet from a Centrefire Rifleby FPSoutback
DIY Scope Turret, Bullet Drop Compensatorby roggom
Join 2 million + to receive instant DIY inspiration in your inbox.
Download our apps!
© 2016 Autodesk, Inc.


text:
Discover a selection of top forums brothers knives on the internet. Come to share your passion on forums brothers knives and meet other fans of brothers knives. Then, why don't you create your own forum of brothers knives ?
A forum dedicated to pipe smoking and related hobbies.
The forum for the Super Smash Bros Crusade fangame.
free, forum, super, smash, #brothers, crusade, bros, jaklub, dettadeus, mario, link, kirby, pikachu, legend, zelda, pokemon, nintendo, ssbc


text:
Call our experts: 888.808.FINE
Fall Wedding Favorites Save 15% off The Spotted Olive Products | Code: SpottedOlive15
This three-dimensional gift enclosure with a nursery window on the front features a baby's crib that pops up on the inside of the card. Glitter accents adorn the inside of the card. White envelopes are included.Colors in the design on the card include: green, yellow, pink, black, white, purple, orange, blue and aqua.Unprinted product is non-refundable.


text:
Whether you are an aerospace, medical device, or defense manufacturer, a research laboratory, or a precision job shop, we have the capabilities to fulfill your needs. Electrodes and electrode guides are fully customizable, and all supplies are made to your specifications. Supplies are stocked in anticipation of demand, ensuring that you aren't left waiting for parts you need now.
Holepop EDM Supplies & Electrodes is an EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) supply company, providing a variety of electrodes and guides. For more than 15 years companies in aerospace, biomedical technology, tools and dies, and defense have used our electrodes and guides to create their cutting-edge products.
We offer brass, copper, and tungsten carbide electrodes, along with guides with conventional ceramic or silicon nitride guiding surface cores. All of our products are customizable, and we make sure that you find the parts perfectly suited to the application at hand.
EDM Electrodes & Guides
Electrical discharge machining uses the spark between two electrically conductive materials to cut into the target material. This may be achieved using a few different methods: wire and sinker EDM, and EDM small hole drilling. We specialize in EDM small hole drilling, or hole-popping for short. Hole-popping—like sinker and wire EDM—is a unique machining method using dedicated drilling machines and equipment. Equipment is as varied as the applications of hole-popping, including an array of electrodes and guides.
We offer all types of electrodes—rods, single hole, and multi-channel tubes—in brass, copper, and tungsten carbide. Brass and copper are the most common EDM consumable materials because they work on most metal types. Brass is best used for tool and stainless steel, titanium, carbon, invar, aluminums and work-hardened materials that have been heat treated so they cannot easily be machined. Copper is used best on exotic types of metals such as tungsten and carbide, as these metals are extremely hard and cannot be machined or drilled through using conventional type drilling. Tungsten carbide is a relatively exotic material with great rigidity and toughness, giving it two advantages over brass or copper—greater penetrative power and smaller potential diameter.
In addition to a variety of materials, we offer multiple electrode types, including rods, single hole, and multi-channel tubes. Multi-channel tubes can be web type, with two or three channels. Channels act as conduits for dielectric fluid, using the fluid as a coolant and as a medium to flush disintegrated workpiece material. A cool electrode stays rigid, while a hole with little debris improves drilling precision. Our quality assurance process guarantees our products against any defects and ensures that electrodes and guides are within specified tolerances. Electrodes are manufactured using an extrusion process strictly in accordance with ISO 9001 guidelines.
Please visit our quality control page for further details. If you have questions regarding our EDM electrodes or a small hole drilling application, or would like to get an immediate price quote or to place an expedited order please visit our contact page or call us directly at +1 (714) 222-9899.
Lowest Cost on High Quality Brass & Copper EDM Tubing.
Receive a hassle-free quote! Call us today! +1 (714) 222 9899


text:
I have developed a webserver in linux to host series of tomcat applications. Applications are in the tomcat/../webapps/myindex directory and accessible from localhost:8080 (after server.xml configuration). In the webapps/myindex folder, I placed all my style.css and index.html files. Now I have a domain called http://example.org/myindex proxied to myindex. I can see the page from any browser.
On the homepage (index.html file) I have some links named function1 and function2. I want to link my tomcat applications named testapplication1 and testapplication2 to function1 and function2, respectively. So, the domain for testapplication1 will be http://example.org/myindex/testapplication1. And here is the problem, I tried

function1
 and

function2
. But when I click on these function links on homepage it does not open testapplications.
I have tried to set up the in server.xml and also create testapplication1/2.xml in catalinal/localhost/ but it did not worked, it gave me an http status 500 error.
Can anyone suggest, how can I link my tomcat applications to my domain example.org/myindex to open application like example.org/myindex/testapplication?


text:
Together in Communication!
Fall Kick-Off
September 2016
Event details to be announced
QSHA membership cost is $60 per year
$50 for "Early Bird" sign-up on or before the Fall Kick-off
QSHA members benefit from FREE CEU events in the Quad Cities region as well as notifications about local job openings!
Quad Cities Speech-Language Hearing Association (QSHA)
QSHA is a professional organization for speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the Quad City areas of Illinois and Iowa.
QSHA is dedicated to advocacy for the professions and those affected by communication disorders.
QSHA provides low cost continuing education opportunities, networking opportunities, and support to its membership.
QSHA membership is FREE to students!
Quad Cities
Speech-Language Hearing Association


text: Megan At Play: Vol. I Megan Moulton-Levy, an aspiring photographer, brings us her first set of photos, from Bad Gastein, Austria. Published August 20, 2012 12:00 The Gastein Stubnerkogel gondola... A bridge with a view. Double Points - hair and the mountains. Communication at its heights. Sagging - both the bridge and Lindsay's pants :) Atlas Woman - I am just missing the globe :) Topics: news, 2012, photos or videos, megan moulton-levy, lindsay lee-waters Share this page! Print Email Related photos Bastad's Recipe For Success July 21, 2016 Find out what Angelique Kerber and company have been up to on and off the court at one of the WTA's most popular stop-offs, the Ericsson Open. Wimbledon: Road To The Final Four July 06, 2016 And then there were four. After almost a fortnight packed with action, drama, and a little rain, we've reached the semifinal stage at Wimbledon. Check out the photos to see how we got here. Birmingham: Around The City June 16, 2016 Check out what the WTA stars have been up to off the court during a rainy week at the Aegon Classic. To The Top 3


text:
The shared code library for Similar posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, Popular Posts and Recent Comments.
Adds a widget that can display recent posts from multiple categories or from custom post types.
A fast plugin to display your Flickr photostream in a sidebar easily without any authentications.
Plugin that shows the latest posts with thumbnails in the widget and in other parts of the your blog or theme with shortcodes.
A simple and flexible widget for WordPress which will show recent posts from selected category allowing increased customization to display recent post
Recent posts slider displays your blog's recent posts using slider.
An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget, allows display of thumbnails, post excerpt, author, comment count, and more.
Display the most commented or most viewed posts in a tabbed widget, filter the post by date range or by category. It also includes a tags tab.
Add a sortable column to the users list to show registration date.
Based off the Advanced Most Recent Posts plugin by Yakup GÖVLER. Display most recent posts from selected categories or current category or all catego
With help of this plugin you can display the most popular posts on your blog.
Displays a list of recent posts.
Create custom post lists to display various content. Easy to use Filter & Design as well as highly configurable and extensive.
Vertical scroll recent post plugin scroll the recent post title's in the widget, the post scroll from bottom to top vertically.
Add essential functionality to your WordPress sidebars with a set of useful widgets.
Post Slider WD is designed to show off your selected posts of your website using in a slider.
Retrieves a list of the most recent posts.
Get recent posts, posts from categories, and more. Display as widget or with shortcodes and template tags.
Displays recent posts from selected category by generating a shortcode that can be used in widgets, posts and pages.
Display most recent posts from selected categories or current category or all categories with thumbnail images (optional).
For any post type and any other extended options for displaying your site post in a better way.
Group recent posts by category and show them inside boxes organized to columns.
Displays recent posts using flexible template system. Define template for each post entry, set needed taxonomy and much more.
Vertical scroll recent comments wordpress plugin will scroll the recent post comment vertically (bottom to top) in the widget.
Displays a list of recent comments.
Purpose of this plugin is to display the list of pages (and optionally posts) on WordPress blog those have been recently updated. It also lets you use
This plugin allows you to display the most recent posts with an excerpt in a WordPress sidebar widget area.
This plugin displays the posts (and pages - if you want) that have been recently viewed by the visitor (single view). Data is saved in cookie for eac
Recent posts slider responsive displays your blog's recent posts using flexisel carousel.
Creates functions to assist in displaying a list of the most recent comments.


text:
Filibon F.A.
Side Effects
List Filibon F.A. side effects by likelihood and severity.
The following side effects are associated with Filibon F.A.:
Common side effects of Filibon F.A.:
- Black StoolsLess Severe
- DiarrheaLess Severe
- Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel MovementsLess Severe
- Intense Abdominal PainLess Severe
Infrequent side effects of Filibon F.A.:
Rare side effects of Filibon F.A.:
- BronchospasmSevere
- ConfusedLess Severe
- DepressionLess Severe
- Easily Angered or AnnoyedLess Severe
- Feel Like Throwing UpLess Severe
- GasLess Severe
- ItchingLess Severe
- Loss of AppetiteLess Severe
- Not Feeling WellLess Severe
- Over ExcitementLess Severe
- RashLess Severe
- Redness of SkinLess Severe
- Sleep DisorderLess Severe
- Swelling of the AbdomenLess Severe
- Taste ProblemsLess Severe


text:
National Briefing | Washington: Carrying The Bush Name
By Thom Shanker (NYT)
Published: December 10, 2002
The Navy has named its newest aircraft carrier after George Bush -- former president, father of the current president and a Navy pilot who was shot down over the Pacific in World War II. The 1,092-foot ship, the George H. W. Bush, will be the Navy's 10th Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and is expected to set sail in 2009. Mr. Bush joined the Navy in 1942, on his 18th birthday, became the Navy's youngest pilot when he earned his commission before he turned 19, and then went on to fly 58 combat missions, Navy records show. Mr. Bush, above left, appeared at a Pentagon ceremony announcing the ship's name with Senator John Warner, Republican of Virginia. The carrier will be built in Newport News, Va. Thom Shanker (NYT)
Photo (Agence France-Presse)


text:
|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Oct 12, 2004
|Filing date
|Nov 9, 2001
|Priority date
|May 12, 1999
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Michael O'Connor, Aubrey Thompson
|Original Assignee
|Knack Investments Limited
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (10), Referenced by (18), Classifications (5), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This is a continuation of PCT/IE00/00062 filed May 12, 2000 and published in English.
The invention relates to communication of information for transport organisations having vehicles and fixed locations at which they stop. An example is a public transport bus company.
Existing communication systems for such organisations typically involve two-way radio contact between drivers and the central depot and also a system in the depot which stores route and resource data for employees such as drivers and inspectors. Communication of information to passengers is limited to loudspeaker systems at bus depots/stations and display of route and timetable data notices at bus stops.
This is inadequate because there is often very limited knowledge of when a vehicle is likely to reach its destination.
Therefore, the invention is directed towards providing for more comprehensive communication of information for transport organisations.
Another object is to provide an opportunity for transport organisations to raise additional revenue to help provide a better transport service.
According to the invention, there is provided a communication system for public transport vehicles, the system comprising a host system comprising means for wireless communication with vehicles, and vehicle systems in vehicles comprising means for communication with the host system, characterised in that,
the system further comprises a vehicle stop system located at each of a plurality of vehicle stops along vehicle routes;
the vehicle systems and the vehicle stop systems comprise means for communicating with each other to determine real time vehicle progress data with respect to a route;
each vehicle stop system or each vehicle system comprises means for uploading the real time vehicle progress data to the host system;
the host system comprises means for receiving the real time vehicle progress data and for using said data to broadcast vehicle status data; and
each vehicle stop system comprises means for receiving and outputting said vehicle status data.
In this specification, the term "vehicle" is intended to cover any vehicle such as a bus or delivery lorry which travels on a pre-set route. The term "vehicle stop" is intended to cover any fixed location which a vehicle visits or passes such as a goods pick-up depot for a delivery lorry or a bus stop.
In one embodiment, real time vehicle status data is exception data uploaded only when a vehicle is not adhering to a timetable for a route.
In one embodiment, each vehicle stop system or each vehicle system comprises means for storing and processing route data to determine when an exception occurs.
In another embodiment, each vehicle stop system comprises means for emitting short range beacon signals, and each vehicle system comprises means for detecting such signals and processing them to determine the real time vehicle progress data.
In one embodiment, each vehicle system comprises means for uploading the real time vehicle progress data.
In one embodiment, the host system, the vehicle stop systems, and the vehicle systems comprise means for communicating via a wide area wireless network.
In another embodiment, the host system comprises means for performing group call broadcasting to group family members.
Preferably, said broadcasting means comprises means for embedding qualifiers in messages to allow recipients to ignore selected received messages.
In one embodiment, the host system comprises means for downloading software updates in an over-the-air programming mode.
Preferably, the host system comprises means for maintaining a configuration file indicating version and validation of stored software, and means for updating the configuration file after a download.
In one embodiment, each vehicle stop system and each vehicle system comprises means for uploading an indication to the host system if operating in a fallback mode, and the host system comprises means for downloading a software update in response.
In one embodiment, the host system comprises means for using a software update instruction set including change directory, process termination, process run, file copy, file rename, and file delete instructions.
In another embodiment, the host system comprises means for polling the vehicle systems and the vehicle stop systems to determine if they are in fallback mode.
In one embodiment, said software update instruction set comprises short symbols representing said instructions, for reliability of remote transmission of instructions
In one embodiment, the host system comprises a message controller and a database, and the message controller comprises means for maintaining execution threads for:
monitoring a dataset of outbound messages awaiting download, and
monitoring a dataset of inbound messages.
In a further embodiment, the host system comprises means for downloading advertising content and the vehicle stop systems and the vehicle systems comprise means for receiving and outputting advertising content.
In one embodiment, the host system comprises means for broadcasting the advertising content, and each vehicle stop system and each vehicle system comprises means for selecting from received content according to advertising criteria including route data.
In one embodiment, the host system comprises means for broadcasting advertising content during off-peak time periods.
Preferably, the host system comprises means for broadcasting advertising content at least twice to increase probability of success.
In another embodiment, the host system comprises means for associating a unique code to each of a plurality of advertisements, and for associating a null code when an advertisement is discontinued.
In one embodiment, the host system comprises means for predicting arrival times based on both the real time vehicle progress data and a vector having a start time and intervals to stops in route time units.
The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description of some embodiments thereof given by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a communication system and interaction of components of the system; and
FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating host and remote systems respectively in more detail.
Referring to FIG. 1 a communication system 1 comprises a host system 2 located at a central depot, in this embodiment a bus depot. The host system 2 communicates via the Internet 3 with external systems including an advertising content provider 4 and customer terminals 5. The latter are typically PCs in the home or workplace. In addition to the Internet 3, the system 1 also makes use of a wireless network 10, in this embodiment a TETRA public wireless network. However, other networks such as those known as HSCSD, UMTS, GPRS could alternatively be used. The wireless network 10 allows the host system 2 to link with a system 11 at each bus stop 12 and with a system 13 in each bus 14. The bus stop and bus systems 11 and 13 are part of the overall system 1, and they comprise means for communicating with each other via a short range ratio link.
Within the system 1, the major signal interactions are:
20: Transmission of real time data indicating current location of a bus with respect to its route; from buses 14 to the host 2.
21: Transmission of processed real time bus progress data, called bus status data, from the host 2 to the bus stops 12. This data included expected bus arrival times.
22: Transmission of advertising content from the host 2 to both the bus stops 12 and to the buses 14.
25: Bi-directional short range bus/bus stop tagging for the bus to determine its current location. This is then used to generate the real time bus progress data 20.
Referring to FIG. 2, in more detail, the host 2 comprises a Unix™ processor 30 with user interface and remote access control functions 31 and 32 respectively. An ODBC database 32 stores bus resource, bus route, bus timetable, and messaging data. The Unix™ processor 30 uses a message controller 34 and an SDSI interface 35 for communication via the wireless network 10.
Referring to FIG. 3, at the hardware level the bus stop and bus systems 11 and 13 are similar and are illustrated in a single diagram. A wireless terminal 40 is connected to an SDSI interface 41. A message controller 42 outputs messages under control of a Java™ application 43. The output devices include a display device 44 and a speaker 45. The display devices 44 comprise LCD screens.
The bus system 13 monitors adherence to a timetable using stored timetable data to generate the real time bus signals 20. These signals include only exception data because they are only transmitted when the bus system 13 determines that the bus is running late or early. The host 2 uses the received real time bus progress data 20 to broadcast the bus status data 21. The latter may be a copy of the former, or as in this embodiment it includes a good deal of "added value" information predicting arrival times at downstream stops 12.
The advertising content signals 22 are derived from uploads from content providers 4 via the Internet 3. New content is broadcast to all buses 14 and bus stops 12, and the systems 11 and 13 process the received contecnt to decide to accept or reject according to pre-programmed knowledge specific to the particular bus stop 12 or bus 14. The signals 22 are not broadcast in real time, but instead are broadcast overnight in three transmissions to ensure successful capture. The processing in the systems 11 and 13 is carried out immediately as they do not have the memory capacity to store all of the received content.
The host 2 maintains a dynamic real time table of bus status data which is assessable to customers via their terminals 5 and the Internet 3. The host 2 also maintains a file which contains a list of configuration files against each of which is stored the version number and a parameter which indicates validation of software in the system 1. When a change is made to his file an OTAR (Over-the-air-Reprogramming) update instruction reads the file to find the version number requested and loads it if the validity indicator showed that it was valid. If the validity indicator showed that it was not valid then the host 2 seeks out the previous record and checks that for validity until a valid software load had been found. Each time an OTAR download instruction is executed the process of receiving and registering the file results in the entire list of configuration files being validated. It is necessary that the entire list is validated because an error may have left a previous configuration invalid and the present download has caused that to become valid. An OTAR delete instruction also needs to result in a validation process which checks that the file being deleted is not part of the present software load.
The host 2 is robust, as the software fails to a position from which it may recover. There will remain a possibility that a control file within the manager may be accidentally overwritten or otherwise destroyed. If the process of finding and reading the required configuration from the control file should fail, then the software manager includes a default process under which it operates the most basic next bus function.
To start the OTAR process, the host 2 is capable of responding to signals that a system 11 or 13 is in fallback mode. The host 2 routinely individually polls the bus stops. The time period at which this is done varies with the load on the system. Polling each system 11 and 13 every 24 hours has been set as the standard time interval, but the host 2 has the option of suspending polling in favour of more profitable radio traffic.
Referring again to FIG. 2, the message controller provides radio connectivity to the core database 33. This component allows it to communicate with the systems 11 and 13. The message controller 34 is responsible for securely allowing this transfer. This component is located on a different platform from the database 33 but is located in proximity to radio interface software. The controller 34 maintains two core threads of execution. One monitors the database 33 for messages that need to be sent out and the other processes inbound messages. On start-up of either process a connection is made to the database 33 which persists during the program life span. This connection is made via ODBC (in which case standard SQL can be used to interrogate/maintain the database) or the information can be passed through a TCP/IP socket and the database requests can be serviced by a database program running at the database end. For outbound messages this thread polls the database's outbound message table (outbound_messages) for text which needs transmitting out from the attached radio unit. For an outbound message, this table provides the unique code of the system 11 or 13 to transmit to, total message size and information to send. Where the information to be sent is a simple text message, the text is found in the table and transmitted through the interface 35. Where the message is a large object (e.g. multimedia) the table provides a pointer to the large object data and the full object data is selected and sliced into small data packets before transmission via the interface 35. This process is partly responsible for ensuring that the recipient receives the message.
Inbound messages received by the radio are automatically detected by the interface and 35 sent to the database 33. This data is then processed by the processor 30.
For message processing, a process runs in the background regularly monitoring an inbound message table. When a message is found, the process breaks it up into components based on the system's message structures. The message indicates the source address of the message, and the type of message it is. Also contained is any other information that allows the message to be processed. This process is responsible for processing, storing and acting upon the message data. In some cases, the processing generates outbound messages. In this case, messages are placed in the outbound message area, to be picked up by the message controller, 34. This performs the following:
Handle time processing (and subsequent creation of bus status data messages)
Handle driver emergency message processing
Referring to FIG. 3, the bus system 13 maintains a record of where it should be on the route and its progress against the timetable. It informs the host 2 about any delays which occur, and it monitors the receipt of any bus stop beacon signals with short range tagging. As the bus proceeds along the route it seeks the transmission from each successive beacon. The wireless terminal 40 is a short range wireless transmitter in the case of the bus stop system 11 and is a short range wireless receiver in the case of the bus system 13. The transmitted data identifies the stop 12 and is used by the system 13 to determine if the bus is off-schedule and to generate an output indicating the location to passengers. The range is 100 m.
The strategy for the communication of advertising material is based on a series of policies, these are as follows.
The information is broadcast to all buses using group call broadcasts.
The intelligence concerning whether the bus needs this information is located in the bus.
The transmissions are sent at night and are evenly spread across the period of time available.
The use of wireless network group call facility to broadcast to buses is more efficient than is attainable using one-to-one communications, and is used for both download of advertising content and bus status data. A secondary advantage of the use of broadcast data is that it permits the bus to make the decision concerning whether it needs to receive the message. A one-to-one system would be prone to errors resulting from information being inadequately updated. A consequence of the use of broadcast messages is that it maximises the chance of every bus receiving the entire message. The method used to achieve this involves repetition of the message sequence, and the message is sent a number of times up to three times. In group call broadcasting, group family members are maintained to include both mobile and fixed recipients. The broadcasts include qualifiers which have the effect of allowing certain receivers to ignore the broadcast, for example advertising content which is not relevant. The group call functionality is provided by the wireless network 10.
An advantage of having the intelligence in the bus is that it overcomes human error. The bus system 13 knows where the bus is and which route it is running. This information is used as a check on the information sent to the bus and the system 13 uses its intelligence to decide how much of the information which is sent to it is relevant to it. Thus, the administrative effort required by both the bus operators and the despatchers of the advertising is reduced. The method by which this is achieved relies on the fact that the bus system 13 has a record of the routes on which it is likely to be used and the advertisement details will be destined for certain routes. The bus system 13 only selects the advertisements which are relevant for the routes which it might travel.
In general, a primary reason that radio communications fail to function is that the receiving device is located in an area to which the radio signals cannot penetrate. However, a bus is a large object and the usual problems such as poor in-building coverage or multi-story car parks are unlikely to affect it. There remain a range of lesser reasons for failure such as:
Radio turned off during maintenance.
Vehicle temporarily out of range.
Localised electrical noise ie. vehicle ignition noise, welding, illegal radios.
These can all cause temporary loss of communication, however, if the transmission is spread across the available time period then the chances of a failure of this type being present throughout that time is minimised.
The advertising transmissions are sent at night during a period of low load, spreading them such that a very small proportion of the total message is sent within a particular time interval. This minimises the probability of complete message loss. A secondary benefit of using this technique is a reduction of the influence of any poorly designed telemetry applications which may be sharing the network. When correctly designed these impose a very low load on the data facilities of the network. The system 1 has time to check for failures due to network congestion and to resend packets as required.
It is possible that an advertisement may only have validity for a range of restricted time periods during the day. These are stored as a start time, expressed as hours and minutes, and a finish time having a similar form. Each time period may also only be valid for a limited range of days and these can be expressed in a number of different ways such as relative to a week, to a month, or to an absolute date.
Examples of these include advertisements which are only required on one of the days of the week, or of the month. For example, a number of magazines are published on certain days and it would be a service to the publisher if the advertisement for them appeared on that day and on a few days afterwards to remind regular readers. When the route information provides the basis for the geographic limits of where the advertisement shall be shown, then it will be necessary that the route information concerning where it is played will require more detail than the route information which governs whether it is stored on the computer. Under certain circumstances the display routes may be a subset of the routes for which data is stored.
The route information for display may include the bus stops 12 between which the display must be shown for the direction of travel. Typically this would be used by stores wishing to notify their potential customers of their offerings as the bus approached the store. For these reasons it is necessary to separate the routes as expressed in the selection process from those used in the display process.
One of the practical problems which must be overcome is to ensure that the bus has stored the routes which it will be using. The system has been designed to overcome human error by providing a link between the route management data and the advertising data. The routes for which advertisements are accepted are only those for which the bus has routes stored in its database. When a bus changes routes on either a temporary or a permanent basis, then it is preferable that the new routes are downloaded by the despatchers in the bus company.
A bus may be transferred permanently to another garage or temporarily for use on a limited range of routes. It might also be used on a special route for one day only, perhaps a football special. For all "specials" it is important that the route is downloaded the day before so that the advertisements which are specific to that route may be loaded onto the bus during the intervening night.
There remains the possibility that the data will not be downloaded or that a bus will be diverted at short notice. The following procedure helps to ensure that the bus receives any advertising which is appropriate to its new state. The process commences when the driver attempts to start a route for which the computer does not have a route:
The driver enters an unrecognised route, the computer responds by asking him to confirm it.
If the second attempt is identical and still unrecognised then the bus will make a request to the central computer asking if this is a valid route.
If the computer states that it is invalid then the driver will be invited to try again to enter the route. If it is valid then the despatcher will be asked if the driver may proceed on this route If the despatcher confirms that the driver may drive the route then the computer asks the dispatcher whether this is a temporary addition of a route or a permanent move between garages.
For a permanent change of garages the old routes will be replaced with the new routes. For a temporary change the route used will be added to the bus list.
The process of selecting which advertisements the bus system 13 stores and which it discards is controlled by the associated routes which are stored in the system 13. Each advertisement is identified in the bus system 13 by a PIN number. This is effectively the advertisement number. It is a 16 bit integer number, and so there may be up to 65535 advertisements in the system at any one time. The advertisement retains its PIN number for its life. Advertisements may be updated or deleted. When a PIN number is no longer in use it may be re-used for another advertisement. The re-use of PIN numbers permits new advertisements to be despatched even when the fill cycle of 65,535 advertisements has been completed. An advertisement may be invalidated on buses by sending them a set of display instructions in which the version number is zero (NULL).
An advertisement therefore comprises the following files:
Route List
Play List
Content List
Content Files
As stated above, advertisements are downloaded during the night. An advertisement may be a new advertisement, a replacement for an existing one or a supplement to some existing information. Each advertisement needs a route list and a play list before the advertisement is downloaded. In the case of new advertisements these will be downloaded, for existing advertisements the route list and play will remain unchanged unless there is a need to change either of them.
The first task of a download is to download route lists and play lists because an advertisement will not be stored unless there is a valid route list for that PIN number. The process of downloading then commences with a packet which links a tag number to the PIN number of the advertisement. The computer will then seek out packets for which the protocol identifier indicates that it is an advertisement file and the tag number is stored on the computer.
This process of linking the PIN number to the tag number takes place twice firstly as a night-load file which is sent three times early in the evening and which shows all of the files which will be sent. Then there should be a leading packet for each file showing the linkage for the following file only.
The advertisement files require a very large number of packets. There is a significant advantage to be derived from spreading the broadcasts over the maximum possible period because:
A common cause of the system 13 failing to receive a message is that it is out of coverage for a brief period, if the downloading process is spread over an extended period the amount of data lost is minimised.
Terminals lose messages during maintenance because the power to the radio is often turned off. A second transmission later in the night overcomes this problem.
A bus may be taking part in a special route which extends beyond the normal constraints of the service. An extended transmission maximises the probability that it will catch at least one of the transmissions.
There may be other network users who have ill designed applications which place sudden loads on the network at times during the night. The slowing down effect of these is minimised if the bus application packets are spaced out.
In order to carry out this process of spreading out the load, the following procedure is employed:
A period of time early in the night is assigned to the downloading of route files, play files and the linkage file.
The remaining time is divided into three parts which are grouped as two parts for the download of data and one part for the correction of errors.
The files to be sent are broken down to packets and the number of repeats are also calculated. The sequence of transmissions of the files is such that an of the files are transmitted once and then repeated as required for the number of repeats.
The total number of packets is divided into the time available and the result is the send interval.
The packets are then sent at the send interval.
When the packets have been sent the systems 11 and 13 will request corrections for those packets which are still missing at the end of the process. If a file is less than a configurable percentage (roughly 85%) complete then additional packets should not be requested and the file should be discarded (a file which is less than 85% complete after three repeats has failed due to an irredeemable problem).
The process of transporting the data commences with the transmission of the linking files, each of which represents a file which will be sent across the radio system. For each file, space must be reserved in the memory to which the segments of the file may be written. For each file there is also a record which includes the tag number and the file name. This record refers to an array of addresses which shall be calculated on the basis that each one points to the start of the position of the individual segments which shall be re-assembled. This calculation is based on the start position and the packet length. The array of addresses need not be physically present and may calculated on an as-required basis ie. file address=segment length�segment number, but a record is needed to show whether the segment has been completed or not.
The downloading process is configurable using the linkage file for the tag number. The number of sends and resends can be amended as can the percentage complete after which the file is abandoned. The update timer can be configured for each file but this will not make a great difference to the efficiency with which the files are downloaded. The time of transmission of the final transmission of a file may also be amended to spread the load on the network. The update delay which is defined in the linkage file may be used to delay the beginning of the updating process. This feature would be used at times when the downloading process is expected to be very intense and there is a desire to delay the updates into the working day.
The following describes over-the-air programming of the system 11 in more detail. For any action which a system 11 or 13 carries out it will be necessary that it can access stored data which permits it to perform the correct calculations. Such data is obtained as a result of the system listening for those data records which are of relevance to it. These records are delivered or replaced in their entirety so that the packet which is transmitted is likely to be identical or very similar to that which is stored in the file. Record structures are convertible to packet structures by the addition of a protocol ID and the variable types.
There is an instruction set which permits a software manager of each system 11 or 13 to move, delete, load, and halt software elements. The host 2 activate these functions using an instruction set having only one or two characters per functions. The symbols are listed in the second column below.
Change directory
Kill a process
Run a Process
Copy a file
Delete a file
Rename a file
There is a requirement that it shall be possible to run a piece of software for a period of time and to then revert to the original version. This is be achieved by including a time in the run command and following the filename with the name of the file to be run when the time is complete and the process has been killed. This second file could of course be a job control file which causes a number of actions to take place.
Regarding timetables, the bus system 13 needs:
times at each point at which there is a beacon,
the ability to change to cope with short or long term changes in route,
the ability to find the times which are actually used instead of those which have been estimated in the past, both when a new bus route is added to the system or at any other time that a variation of the times is considered to be necessary,
the ability to vary with the time of the day to cope with rush hours,
the ability to vary to cope with very inclement weather,
The dynamic information on the routes primarily comprises the time at each stop relative to the start time of the route. The system 11 stores the delay after the commencement of the route at which the bus is likely to arrive at the bus stop. This time is expressed in units which are small enough to permit accurate control. A time interval of one second is the minimum reasonable increment whilst a six second interval approximates to the maximum.
Very often, the time period to complete the route will vary significantly with the time of day, and the traffic, weather and many other factors including the following.
Road works have diverted traffic onto the route.
A sale at a shop near to the route.
Loading and unloading.
Roadworks on the route.
Variations to the curbside car parking.
Tree branches growing across the road.
School-related traffic at particular times.
In order to cope with these variations the host system 2 is programmed to dynamically select a relevant timetable. The host system 2 stores for each route a range of route time interval vectors, each of which is identified by a route time interval vector number (RTIV number). Each vector contains the following data:
Route number
Issue number of the route
RTIV number
Bus stop 12 interval.
Depending on real time bus progress data 20, the host 2 dynamically selects a relevant RTIV. For example, it may decide that the next bus should use a slower RTIV. If this one were also delayed then the next bus would leave using an RTIV which is two stops slower and so on. Similarly when the bus started to gain relative to its RTIV then the next bus would have a faster RTIV. In this way the system would flex under the influence of the real traffic which the buses encounter and respond to it. It is possible to use this feature to assist the process of maintaining interval control in the larger cities. The technique of flexing the RTIV is particularly appropriate when buses are despatched at regular intervals because the responsiveness of the traffic conditions to changes in the source of delay is sufficiently fast that when the time interval is longer the progress of the previous bus is not a good guide to the progress of the next one.
In order to permit good quality bus status data 21 to be extracted it is helpful that the times achieved by the buses during a period of a few weeks are collected by the buses and reported at the end of the route. A real time timetable is created from interval timings collected over a one month period. This procedure assists in generating the interval class (the operator will have the choice of generating simple time-banded timetables or complex real-time timetables which will give the expected arrival time for every bus at every stop on every route). The preferred option for ease of implementation is the simple approach.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described but may be varied in construction and detail within the scope of the claims.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Oct 24, 1986
|Jan 17, 1989
|Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
|Route bus service controlling system
|May 12, 1989
|Jun 8, 1993
|Public Access Cellular Telephone, Inc.
|Communication system for message display onboard mass transit vehicles
|Nov 22, 1995
|Feb 11, 1997
|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
|Vehicle tracking system incorporating traffic signal preemption
|Oct 11, 1994
|Sep 9, 1997
|Seiko Communications Holding N.V.
|Delivery of data including preloaded advertising data
|Jul 12, 1996
|Apr 14, 1998
|Olandesi; Antonio Carlos Tambasco
|Mass transit monitoring and control system
|Nov 3, 1998
|May 9, 2000
|Adapt Media, Inc.
|Mobile display system
|Jan 19, 1999
|Nov 6, 2001
|Global Research Systems, Inc.
|Advance notification system and method utilizing a distinctive telephone ring
|Sep 27, 1999
|Apr 16, 2002
|Nextbus Information Systems, Inc.
|Public transit vehicle arrival information system
|Jan 17, 2001
|Jun 24, 2003
|Frank E. Bunn
|Automated vehicle tracking and service provision system
|Title not available
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Jun 2, 2004
|Sep 26, 2006
|Legalview Assets, Limited
|Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD's and responses from notified PCD's
|Dec 30, 2004
|Nov 21, 2006
|Motorola, Inc.
|Method and system for targeted broadcasting
|Sep 16, 2005
|Jul 1, 2008
|Jae-ho Kim
|System and method for controlling public transportation
|Nov 16, 2001
|Feb 3, 2009
|Gateway Inc.
|Vehicle based intelligent network interactivity
|Jul 31, 2007
|Feb 1, 2011
|Lg Electronics Inc.
|Method and apparatus for providing and using public transportation information containing bus stop-connected information
|Apr 19, 2011
|Lg Electronics Inc.
|Method and apparatus for providing information on availability of public transportation and method and apparatus for using said information
|Sep 23, 2003
|Oct 2, 2012
|Kt Corporation
|Method for providing bus arrival time for passengers by using DSRC
|Mar 19, 2002
|Sep 26, 2002
|Rankin Paul J.
|Information system for travellers
|Jul 10, 2001
|Jan 16, 2003
|Yaffe Bruce H.
|Internet-based customer information system and method
|Nov 16, 2001
|May 22, 2003
|Gateway, Inc.
|Vehicle based intelligent network interactivity
|Sep 23, 2003
|Jun 24, 2004
|Lee Soon Ho
|Method for providing bus arrival time for passengers by using DSRC
|Jun 2, 2004
|Dec 16, 2004
|Horstemeyer Scott A.
|Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD's and responses from notfied PCD's
|Dec 19, 2002
|Apr 14, 2005
|Klaus Rapf
|Method for signaling a stop request at a request stop
|Sep 16, 2005
|Apr 6, 2006
|Kim Jae-Ho
|System and method for controlling public transportation
|Dec 30, 2004
|Jul 6, 2006
|Motorola, Inc.
|Method and system for targeted broadcasting
|Jul 31, 2007
|Feb 7, 2008
|Lg Electronics Inc.
|Method and apparatus for providing and using public transportation information containing bus stop-connected information
|Aug 27, 2007
|Mar 20, 2008
|Lg Electronics Inc.
|Method and apparatus for providing information on availability of public transportation and method and apparatus for using said information
|Dec 1, 2005
|Jul 13, 2006
|Motorola, Inc.
|Method and system for targeted broadcasting
|U.S. Classification
|340/994, 340/989
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Nov 9, 2001
Owner name: KNACK INVESTMENTS LIMITED, IRELAND
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:O CONNOR, MICHAEL;THOMPSON, AUBREY;REEL/FRAME:012303/0407
Effective date: 20011025
|Jul 18, 2006
Owner name: INFOCELL GROUP LIMITED, SCOTLAND
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:KNACK INVESTMENTS LIMITED;REEL/FRAME:017946/0939
Effective date: 20050428
|Jun 20, 2007
Owner name: CONNEXIONZ INVESTMENTS LIMITED (FORMERLY INFOCELL
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:INFOCELL GROUP LIMITED (BY CHANGE OF NAME NOW SOTC456 LIMITED);REEL/FRAME:019458/0278
Effective date: 20070518
|Mar 19, 2008
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|May 28, 2012
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Oct 12, 2012
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Dec 4, 2012
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 20121012


text:
You are a fan of loss matter ? Come to discover the best forums loss matter on the internet and share your experience with a community fan of loss matter . You can also build a forum loss matter and create your online discussion.
The award winning number one club, for all MINI and Mini owners in Surrey and the surrounding areas. In fact, it doesn't matter where you're from, come and join in the fun!
Free forum : Health, nutrition, weight loss
hCG support group for the weight loss cure protocol.
Discussions for private security officers and management, everything related to contract or full-time guard services. World Input!
canadian, security, guards, forum, police, rcmp, #loss, prevention, officers, online, training, gear, employment, opportunities
A roleplaying forum.
ante, #matter, roleplaying, forum


text:
You're welcome.
And it's probably already in your purse.
Sorry to break it to you.
What she eats first thing in the morning, what she'll never touch, and how she maintains her body on set.
What a time to be alive.
Your medicine cabinet just got so much prettier.
From face oil to highlighters.
Try to stay calm.


text:
Skip to comments.Elected Libertarian brings change to county politics
Posted on 04/18/2005 11:29:00 AM PDT by freepatriot32
Libertarian Ben Brandon was recently elected to the position of county executive in Dade County, Ga., running on a platform whose primary plank was a promise to eliminate school taxes for people aged 65 and over.
He is keeping his promise -- and that's just a start.
"As I was going around last year getting signatures to get on the ballot, I would ask people what was on their minds," Brandon explains. "The older people complained that their property taxes were too high. Many of them are living on fixed incomes and can't afford the taxes -- and most of their tax is for schools."
Brandon did his research, discovered that several other counties in the state have already removed senior citizens from the property tax rolls for school purposes, and promised to help out the older people in his community.
With this and Brandon's other promises (and qualifications) in mind, the voters of Dade County elected him to office with 66 percent of the runoff vote on Nov. 23, 2004, rejecting the Republican who was seeking the position. Brandon had received 33 percent in the regular election votes, less than the Republican's 40 percent but enough to beat the Democrat, who received 26 percent support.
It was the first partisan election any minor party had won in Georgia since 1968, when George Wallace's American Party carried the state in the presidential election.
But you can be sure the people of Dade County are pleased with their decision: Many of them will likely significantly lower tax bills in coming years.
"I discovered that if you took the senior citizens completely off the property tax rolls for schools, it would only cost the school system $128,000 per year," Brandon said. "Of course, there is an income limit. Those exempted from school taxes can't have earned income of more than $10,000 annually."
Although Brandon has done his part, it's not yet a done deal.
After being elected, Brandon contacted his state representative, Martin Scott, who drafted the legislation to exempt senior citizens from this part of their property taxes. The legislation was approved by the state Senate and House in March, and is expected soon to be signed by the governor.
After that, the final decision will return to the voters in Dade County, who will vote in a local referendum on the question in September, Brandon explained -- noting that he doesn't expect much opposition to the proposal.
Some people complained it's not fair to cut taxes for only one subset of the taxpaying public while leaving other people's taxes at a higher level. The assumption is that the people whose taxes will be cut benefited from the area's public schools when they had children in school, so they should continue paying taxes now.
This assumption is wrong, Brandon opined.
"At the time they had students in school, they were paying property taxes," he said. "At some point, you need to give people a break. And if you listen to the statists, there is no good time to cut taxes.
"The problem with education, with government schools, isn't that we tax too little, but that they spend too much. They just need to sharpen their pencils a little more at budget time and get more efficient, rather than continuing to come back to the well and asking taxpayers to pay more and more, without any accountability."
Brandon is also asking other county officials to consider prohibiting students from outside Dade County to attend the county's public schools -- unless they pay tuition.
"Our estimate is that about 10 percent of the students in Dade County don't live in the county," he said. "We spend a lot to educate kids who don't even live in this state. I want to make sure we're not educating students from other areas on this county's taxpayer money."
Brandon said he is "good friends with several members of the Dade County school board," and they're in favor of taking the senior citizens off the tax rolls -- especially seeing that they'll be able to recoup the lost revenue by requiring out-of-state (and out-of-county) students to pay tuition to attend school there.
"At least if the students' parents live in Georgia, they're paying the state income tax from which we get $4,000 per student, so their tuition would be $2,000 if they want to continue attending Dade County schools," Brandon said. "For those who live outside the state, the tuition would be $6,000 per year."
Besides school funding issues, Brandon has also begun cleaning house in the county's tax appraiser office -- a process that actually began before he was elected as county executive.
"Last year I discovered that about 80 percent of the tax bills that went out were incorrect, and that about 90 percent of those that were wrong were on the high side," he said. "It appears that the chief appraiser -- who resigned after I pointed this out -- had been pushing up the value of homes year after year" rather than allowing them to depreciate.
For about two years before he was elected, Brandon wrote a weekly column called the "North Georgia Libertarian" for the Dade County Sentinel newspaper. In May 2004 he wrote a column pointing out the problems with the appraiser's office, then left for a missions trip to Africa.
"When I returned from Tanzania 10 days later, I found out that the county commission had called for an audit of that office," Brandon said. "The next week the entire office resigned, right down to the secretary."
In January, after taking office, Brandon convinced the other county officials to hire a private firm to correct all of the county's tax appraiser errors -- just one more way he is trying to save money for the taxpayers.
"I'm promising to fix the tax digest so that when you get a tax bill, you have a good reason to believe it's actually right," he said. "And then we'll keep down spending so we can keep taxes down."
When Brandon was writing his "North Georgia Libertarian" column, he focused primarily on "the stupid things politicians do," he said.
So what does he write about, under the new title "The Commissioner's Corner," since he is now a politician?
Pretty much the same thing, actually.
"I can sometimes use it as a way to outmaneuver the Democrats on the commission," Brandon said, noting that there are three Democrats, one Republican and one Libertarian (himself) on the county commission. "If I want to do something that the Democrats will likely oppose, I'll write something about it and get public support before it goes to a vote," he said. "Usually, the Republican votes with me."
All these changes proposed or already enacted, and Brandon has been in office for only about four months on a four-year term.
What's next?
"Well, this year we're going to be under budget on expenses and over budget on revenue, so I'm hoping to put some money aside for an emergency fund, and then come up with some policies governing how that money is spent," Brandon said.
"Dade County has no financial policies governing spending. There are no guidelines for what constitutes emergency spending. In the past, if the commission wanted to spend money on something, they could just spend the money without considering whether it was an appropriate expenditure.
"I'm trying to change that."
The minor parties need to start small and work itself way up before it becomes a serious contendor..
Dade county resident speaking here:
Ben is catching flak from a host of "good old boys and girls" who do not want their little bits of "turf" disturbed. Some still want to do things the old way, sort of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" mentality.
making special interest group exempt from certain taxes is a recept for confusion. Taxes should be as low and a broadbased as possible so they don't mess with the economy. Well run school benifit everyone - who's going to doctor these old folks - who's going to build the bridges these retires drive on, prepare the food they eat. States have seen and decided that education and training can benifit all, not just the person being trained or educationed. Old people should not be exempted.
I agree. I'm sure they were happy to receive the support of older Americans when they were younger, and they should be willing to pay their FAIR share now. We can dispute what constitutes fair, and I'm all for helping out those who are on a fixed income, but it's absolute b.s. to suggest that you get exempted from taxes once you hit 65.
Pretty hypocritical being that it's the parents of those school children who are paying for the eldsters social security.
So an oldster who has 50 grandkids pays nothing? In the name of fairness?
Only a fool, would want to withold education from those very people, the kids, who will soon be paying the old folks social security benefits, directly from their payroll checks, from whatever job the 'uneducated' can qualify for.
72 year old refuses to pay for the education needed to get the up and coming 16 year old, FUTURE Social Security payor, a decent job... then when same jerk is 75 and wants higher prescription benefits, will want to raise taxes on that 19 year old, to pay for it out of his or her paycheck.
If the old farts don't want to pay for the children's education... then the young bucks should start refusing to pay or find legit ways to avoid paying ANY social security nationwide.
The older folks retiring today are the most selfish demographic on the face of the planet. They elect folks who spend massively on social programs, then want somebody else to pay their way. These folks are NOT the WW2 generation, but the leading edge of their children... "me me me" firsters.
Good to know someone has some sense about this matter. I'm sick of everyone over 65 being catered to. Yes, those on "fixed incomes" (as if you can't be rich while living on a fixed income) should get some help, but why should I pay full price for groceries while the 65 year old millionaire down the street gets 20% off on "senior day?" Argh!
When they say all politics is local this is what they mean. Those who involve themselves in politics eventually, or right away for some, learn that there are many opportunities for personal gain in "public service". Because it has to be kept concealed from the voters they become known as a cabal of good ole boys as they must just deal among themselves, partners in crime.
However, not every politician succumbs to temptation. Occasionally a new one comes along to challenge the status quo. It has nothing to do with party, although the ingrained parties are likely to be the ones involved in the cabals, it has to do with trying to do what is right and having the guts to say so and trust the people.
A Republican or Democrat saying the same as this Libertarian may have easily reached the same result. He defeated those from each party but no one was saying what he was. His only advantage was not having to fight for the support of his party.
Bottom line is that morals and guts trumps party, most of the time.
"Only a fool, would want to withold education from those very people, the kids, who will soon be paying the old folks social security benefits...." - eccl1212
You sound like a communist and/or a public school teacher.
Here are two revolutionary thoughts: (1) let parents pay for the education of the children they've produced and (2) let old people pay for the retirement they're enjoying.
I hate their open borders stand.
Oh de horrors of it!
We should, but don't, emulate the Amish in this regard.
Why not? They aren't his kids. Let everyone pay their own way for their own kids education ... and retirement.
Good luck on that.
You are confusing money for education. Doubling the amount spent on that school district would not improve its performance. Education is a self-motivated, or parents motivated, kind of thing.
You blast the old folks for being selfish, and in many cases you are right, but you are looking at it from one perspective, that of youth. Another equally valid point of view is if the children would take care of their parents once the parents got old, as they used to do, then SS wouldn't even be necessary.
Usually, though, the old folks have provided for the young folks all their lives and when they no longer can, the young folks are demanding it from government. Take care of those old folks, I don't want to. And by the way, don't charge me for it, they have already paid for it themselves. Besides, I need another car and a new sound system but I can't pay for those and health insurance too, so either the government or my company should provide it for me.
Which is the selfish view? Both are of course, it is just a matter of perespective.
You don't see that phrase everyday.
Why doesn't he push for Charter schools? I'm not particularly thrilled with the idea of elderly exemptions....
You may be right. According to the Census, the over 65 crowd is the group with the highest net worth. Why should I pay social security to a crowd that has more money than I do?
Great idea. Problem is, he's working towards number 1 and not number 2 at the same time. Watch all those seniors get nasty the minute you start talking about taking away their Social Security.
A lot of eldsters simply don't want to depend on their kids, even though that's been the norm for thousands of years. Look who's resisting SS reform the strongest. It ain't the young.
You should have stopped right there. The problem is that seniors in this country have pretty much earned that distinction. I live in Arizona, and I see it every day. They want to live in an area with all the amenities; golf courses, casinos, theaters, recrationation centers, parks and so forth. Families move to these retirement mecas for jobs to provide these services. The minute a school is forced to issue bonds to pay for more buildings (just buildings), so the students are not stufffed into closets or 100 a class, the retireries come out in force and vote them down. Time and time again. I've watched school districts here remove areas from their districts just so they could build more schools (Peoria had to do this after 7 failed bond innitiatives). I had a rather enjoyable moment working in the HVAC business when Sun Lakes voted down a Chandler school district innitiative. Every HVAC servicer in the East Valley (east metro phoenix) removed the zip code encompassing Sun Lakes from their service listing. Anyone living in Sun Lakes had to get AC repairs from a servicer 20+ miles away, with the $100ish trip charge just to go out there.
If retireries want to contiue acting as though they're done with being a part of a community, then they should hardly act suprised when the community wants to stop supporting or working for them.
LOL. I first thought this article was from Scrappleface.
Not saying he's right or wrong, but his point was that these old folks already paid.
He's made a judgement (you can judge right or wrong) that the benefits that they are enjoying now from the education system, are the benefits that they already paid for, and thus no longer should pay anymore.
I live in NYC, based on the quality of education here, I'd go a step further and say the city owes me a refund plus penalties and interest for every dime I ever spent in taxes that went to education.
Most of the people over 65 that I know are not rich, or even make a good living, most of them are at, or near, poverty level. I tell you what, why don't you give back the money they all spent paying SS for your grandfather, for instance most of them worked about 48 years and paid in SS before they retired. Just pay it back in one lump sum, no interest and I am sure they would be glad to get rid of the SS tax immediately.
All of you jerks that seem to think being over 65 means you are loaded need to get a life. These people are not stealing money they are taking back what they paid in, or do you think they should just forget about the money they paid all those years and let you have it? Talk about a selfish attitude, young people have the biggest selfish attitude of any group in the country.
You'd be stunned (and probably won't believe this), but when I was doing my MBA, the reasoning behind senior discounts, and other things businesses did for seniors did come up.
The reasons were not what I had expected, or even the origins of it in todays practical use.
Long story short, it does play to some sterotypes, having to do with regular folks working all day and doing their shopping at a different time, and the want to get foot traffic at what could be or would be off peak times, to the hassles of having the elderly there during high peak times.
It was thought of as a way to spread out or even out the number of consumers without causing needless delay to one segment while inducing another segment with incentives to come in, at a time that would be easier to manage.
Think utilization of resources for maximum efficiency.
Ironically, I still think, the idea is stupid, and does not work, and should be junked.
Go figure.
Let everyone pay their own way for their own kids education
There are two schools of libertarian thought regarding borders. One is open borders. The other, which I subscribe to, would be characterized as free trade but not free immigration. If interested, I recommend the writings of Hans-Herman Hoppe, some of which can be found at LewRockwell.com.
Whatever the media's motivations, it really is the right thing to do.
Your politicians work their way up, councilman, mayor, or district attorney, governor, etc.
If you have limited resources, and you scattershot them all over the place, you'll just continue to lose, and you'll never have a network either.
By starting at the grassroots, and concentrating on a race at a time, you win, then while there (and before) you start to build up networks, eventually, you have a pool of canidates for higher office, with backgrounds, built in fundraising, a track record of results, and a GOTV network of voters and volunteers.
If you run guys at all levels, dividing up your resources regardless, you may get a moral victory, which, along with 50 cents, may just get you a cup of coffee. If you work from the grassroots and locally, you'll actually get guys into office, who can now run for higher office.
"Problem is, he's working towards number 1 and not number 2 at the same time." - Rammer
Brandon is a county executive, responsible for local matters. Isn't it a bit much to ask why he hasn't yet reformed the United States Social Security System?
And if you had worked, say 48 years, paying SS tax and someone wanted to take the SS away that you had spent all those years working for, I guess you would jump up and down with joy and just let 48 years of taxes slide down the drain and say,"well, that's the way it goes!". You young f*** can't even pay the taxes you have now without crabbing and complaining about it. You say the old people are selfish but you are the ones who don't want to pay any taxes what so ever and would gladly strand millions of old people without an income at all and be happy about it.
You lie to yourself about how rich the over 65 crowd is, when in reality 97 percent of that group barely make it month to month and many are homeless because they lost their homes due to property taxes after they retired.
What you should be doing is finding a way to eliminate property taxes all together because in effect you are renting your homes from the government, you don't own them. Try not paying your propery taxes and in a few years you won't have a home.
Quit blaming the old people for something that is the fault of the government. Get a life and grow up, cry babies, whining like liberals because someone might get a tax break.
Let's end the public school system, and all of the taxation that supports it. Private schools would provide better education at a lower cost, and would be responsive to their customers'--the parents'--requirements.
"I wonder what the LP thinks about their guy's determination to shift tax burdens from one group to another." - Constitutionalist Conservative
Here's a basic rule: those desiring a specific good or service should pay for it. Brandon's reform better approximates this rule than the previous tax arrangement did.
I think an incomplete implementation of the rule is worse than not implementing it at all. An enormous number of people under 65 years of age who are not making use of the public schools are getting their taxes raised, all for the benefit of other people who are not making use of the public schools.
With all due respect, one of the good things about getting older is there are fewer and fewer people older than me who I have to pretend to respect.
Most of the people over 65 that I know are not rich, or even make a good living most of them are at, or near, poverty level
Regarding the net worth of folks over 65 (right from the Census)
See http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/004210.html - Quote: Income and Wealth $108,885 Median net worth [PDF] in 2000 of households with householders 65 and over. In contrast, householders under the age of 35 had a median household net worth of $7,240.
Regarding poverty: quote: 10.2% Poverty rate for people 65 and over in 2003.
I guess you must know all the poor people. The Census says poverty for old people is NOT the norm. Stop paying attention to AARP propaganda and accept the facts. Old folks live very well in this country.
These people are not stealing money they are taking back what they paid in, or do you think they should just forget about the money they paid all those years and let you have it?
Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. All the money these people paid in went not to them, but to the previous generation of retirees. The money retirees are getting now is coming from the sweat of the current working generation. I die now and all that money I paid in doesnt go to my heirs nor to my estate. It is a tax, not a retirement plan
Talk about a selfish attitude, young people have the biggest selfish attitude of any group in the country.
Eldsters with high net worths who expect money from young people with lower net worths, are the ones being selfish.
I consider that the AARP influence combined with insecurity.
I don't blame oldsters for wanting to be independent. I am one myself and that is what I want. I was responding to the poster, a young person I imagine, who was blasting "selfish" old people. The issue has many angles.
Sounds like a solid citizen to me just so long as he doesn't call for legalizing all drugs. Will he be able to stifle himself from blurting it out?
I guess we'll have to wait and see. Some people are just so obsessive they have to talk about something wheather it's the topic of conversation or not.
"...sort of..." ????????
"Libertarians need to run at all levels."
Do Libertarians support open borders?
Do Libertarians support legalizing methamphetamine, in my neighborhood?
Do Libertarians support legalizing gay marriage, polygamy?
Do Libertarians support defending ourselves, pre-emptively perhaps, against 1.2 billion muslims?
I am 67 myself and not able to afford a community like Sun Lakes. My school taxes are outrageous but I haven't tried to avoid them. My complaint, and perhaps the complaint of the seniors you cite, is that the money is ill spent and not accomplishing the intent. About 50% of our taxes go to "administration" with the blacks and the Hispanics fighting over who should have the largest share of the pie. More money will only mean more corruption.
Kids can get an education if they want one. Building fancier buildings and the other stuff they want is just a sop to the labor unions and the teachers unions. Maybe that is what these seniors see.
"More Libertarians belong to the Republican Party than Harry Brownes Libertarian Party.
Many are leaving the Republican Party now that the RP is swinging left and they are changing the Libertarian movement."
After Browne's post 9/11/2001 anti-American rants, that party needs some changing.
Mostly distancing itself far, far from him. That's for sure.
I sure can't waste time supporting a party which is pro-methamphetamine, pro-gay-marriage, pro-open immigration, and criticizes America for fighting back, after 9/11/2001.
Surely far more attractive alternatives do exist. Libertarianism isn't the one for me.
but you are looking at it from one perspective, that of youth
a young person I imagine,
Redneck speak for "kind of"......
sorry for the confusion..............
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.


text:
Tuesday May 25, 2010
Thursday Apr 22, 2010
Policy Implementation is Damaging Organizations: Economist Intelligence Unit
By Michael Seback on Apr 22, 2010
Tuesday Mar 23, 2010
Welcome Relief
By Michael Seback on Mar 23, 2010
Tuesday Mar 09, 2010
Customer Success with Oracle's Social Services Solution
By Michael Seback on Mar 09, 2010
Wednesday Feb 24, 2010
Global Webcast: Oracle's New Social Services Solution
By Michael Seback on Feb 24, 2010
Thursday Feb 18, 2010
Oracle making new push into social services software
By Michael Seback on Feb 18, 2010
Tuesday Feb 02, 2010
Q&A Discussion On Oracle Policy Automation
By Michael Seback on Feb 02, 2010
Friday Jan 29, 2010
The place to get informed about customer experience and how it impacts your success.
Stay Connected
SubscribeSubscribe to our RSS feed.
Recent Posts
- How Toshiba Medical Systems Europe reinvents their Service Experience to bring innovation to life!
- Join "Customer Service is the New Marketing" Webcast
- Pella Teams with Oracle on Customer Service Strategy
- CRM Evolution 2016 Highlights
- Using Technology to Deliver Connected Service Experiences
- Service for the Next Generation
- ICMI and Gartner Recognize Oracle Service Cloud's Leading Customers and Solutions
- Can't-Miss Webcast: Empower Field Teams with Better Knowledge
- Create Completely Connected Customer Service Experiences with Latest Oracle Field Service Cloud Release
- A Reflection on Modern Customer Experience


text:
my deals by email
Receive our latest deals before they go on sale to general public.
- free to book
- free to change your mind
- no upfront payment
- guaranteed best rates
- manage booking online
Doubletree by Hilton, Dundee
Book Now!
Free Wifi
Disabled Rooms
Private Car Park
Leisure with pool
Golf in Local Area
The former Landmark Hotel in Dundee has now been transformed into the popular Doubletree by Hilton Hotel brand.
The Doubletree Hilton Dundee has been created especially for those who want more than just a bed for the night, providing a four-star luxury hotel experience that values the individuality of its guests. Set in its own stunning grounds, the Hilton Dundee is nestled between Aberdeen and Edinburgh and is accessed from the A90, with Dundee, Scotland's fourth largest City, just a short drive away.
The Doubletree Hilton Dundee offers spacious bedrooms that have been fully refurbished to the highest standard with a choice of Standard, Executive, Club Rooms and Suites. All bedrooms benefit from en-suite facilities with complimentary toiletries, plasma screen TV with satellite channels, Internet access and black out curtains.
When dining at Hilton Dundee's AA Rosette winning Maze restaurant you will notice that the focus is on the quality of the dish and that the dedicated team of Chef's have used as much of the amazing local produce as they can. The menu also changes frequently so as to maintain freshness and great customer choice.
The Doubletree Hilton Dundee has complimentary parking. Guests also have free use of the swimming pool, gym, and sauna and steam room throughout their stay.
The Doubletree Hilton Dundee offers great late deals and special offers on short breaks throughout the year.
Number of Bedrooms
Parking Spaces
Steps into Hotel
Check In Time
Check Out Time
11amNotice Board
Show me:
Loading your tailored rates…
The 95 bedrooms at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel have been designed by the renowned OCCADESIGN to meet the needs of both Business and Leisure guests; these exquisite rooms are a very special place to relax or to work.
This luxury hotel in offers a range of bedrooms to suit all of guests needs. Each room has a high quality bed with soft, crisp linen, warm duvet and plump pillows that will gently soothe you to sleep after a tiring day. The bathrooms have been fitted to high standards and supplied with the softest towels and freshest toiletries.
Spoil yourself with this spacious room and enjoy the extra comforts of individually controlled air conditioning and a mini fridge stacked with complimentary mineral water. Have a restful night's sleep in a king sized bed suitable for two adults featuring the signature Sweet Dreams embroidered pillows. Unwind in the spacious bathroom with a deep bathtub for a relaxing soak, walk in shower, mist free mirrors, fluffy towels, bathrobe and uplifting amenities. You can sit at the large desk and work or turn the plasma TV on and watch your favourite program from your sofa. In a selection of deluxe rooms, this sofa unfolds into a double sofa bed, making them ideal for families. Stay connected with internet access. Special room features include blackout curtains, tea and coffee making facilities, iron and ironing board and alarm clock with MP3 player.
Benefit from more space in the king superior rooms. Enjoy a peaceful night's rest in a comfortable bed and relax in the bathtub and shower enhanced by fluffy towels and refreshing amenities. You can work at the desk or watch one of your favourite programs on the plasma TV that offers Freeview and radio. Be connected with Internet access. Included in the bedrooms are blackout curtains, Coffee and tea making facilities, steam iron and board, MP3 player, alarm clock.
Families at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel can be accommodated in the Deluxe Rooms. Adjoining rooms are also available; the second room will be charged at 50% the adult rate. Please Call our reservations line to check availability of these rooms 01357 529 129.
Bar & Restaurant
The Chef's at the Doubletree by Hilton Dundee are passionate about great food that is bursting with flavour by using the freshest ingredients. The Maze restaurant, which has been awarded an AA Rosette for culinary excellence offers a fantastic dining experience with stunning views of the Italian garden.
Whether you are sampling breakfast, lunch or dinner – you can be guaranteed a great combination of fabulous food and friendly service.
Monday-Friday from 7.00am to 9.30am
Saturday-Sunday 8.00am to 10.00am
Monday-Friday from 6.30pm-9.30pm
Saturday & Sunday from 7.00pm - 9.30pm
The Lounge & Bar is a great place to enjoy a drink before dinner or an intimate nightcap before bed. The bar serves a wide selection of sandwiches, light meals, afternoon teas, tasty treats and fabulous coffees.
The lounge is open from 8am-midnight everyday.
Leisure at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Dundee offers a revitalising pool, soothing steam room and warming sauna it is easy to understand why there is never a queue for the equipment in the gym!
But for those who are more energetic the well-equipped gymnasium has got everything you need a great selection of cardio equipment, resistance machines and free weights.
Directions to Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Dundee
The Doubletree by Hilton Dundee is situated at the gateway to the city on the A90 Dundee Kingsway at its junction with the A85. The hotel is just 20 minutes' drive from Perth and only one hour from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, a couple of miles from Dundee centre.
From Aberdeen and the North, follow A90 to Dundee, turn right at the Forfar road double roundabout then follow the Kingsway going straight over the following three roundabouts. At the next roundabout turn right, you will see The Doubletree by Hilton Hotel is on your left.
From Glasgow/Edinburgh and the south, follow the A90 from Perth to Dundee. The Doubletree by Hilton hotel is at the first roundabout on your left-hand side.
Dundee Airport is only 2 miles from the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel and Dundee train station is approximately 4 miles.
The nearest Bus Stop is about a 5 - 10 minute walk away in the nearby village of Invergarry.
Set in six acres of landscaped grounds, in a quiet suburban location close to Dundee city center, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dundee is close to many Dundee city centre. Enjoy restaurants, cinemas, theatres and nightlife in Dundee city center.
Visit the impressive RRS Discovery or the preserved warship, HMS Frigate Unicorn and marvel at incredible images of the moon and stars in the UK's only full-time observatory, Mills Observatory. Shop in the Overgate and Wellgate shopping centers, connected by a pedestrian street full of high street names and fabulous stores, take a day trip to the Medieval Glamis Castle or spend an afternoon exploring the charming coastal town of St. Andrew.
Nearby Golf Courses: