Saturday, January 12, 2013

Insurance - Belize - Debt resolution to save Belize estimated US$150mn

By Business News Americas staff reporters

In his first national address this year, Belize's Prime Minister Dean Barrow said his administration will sign a restructuring agreement on US$544mn w...

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This news article is one of hundreds published daily by Business News Americas about the commodities, markets, movements, companies, projects, economics and politics integral to the development of Latin America. Including news and insight from South America, Central America and the Caribbean, BNamericas includes insurance insight and forecasts for business opportunities in Belize. The business development service focuses on major projects, active companies, and business and sales contacts, providing networking opportunities with leading executives throughout Latin America.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Advantages of imaginary friends

Jan. 7, 2013 ? Most parents do not worry if their young child has an imaginary friend and even see advantages in such an invisible companion.

These are the findings to be presented 10 January 2013, at the Annual Professional Event of the British Psychological Society's Division of Educational and Child Psychology. The event is being held at the Grand Thistle Hotel, Bristol.

Dr Karen Majors Chartered Educational Psychologist, Barking and Dagenham Educational Psychology Service and Dr Ed Baines, Senior Lecturer in Psychology from the Institute of Education, collected 265 questionnaires from parents about their children's imaginary friends.

The great majority of the parents (88 per cent) answered that they did not think that there were disadvantages for their child in having an imaginary friend. Parents saw the main reasons for having invisible friends as supporting fantasy play and as a companion to play and have fun with. Parents also gave numerous examples of how invisible friends helped their children process and cope with life events.

Younger children also used their interactions with invisible friends to test their parents' reactions to behaviour that might be disapproved of, thus helping them learn to regulate their behaviour..

The results also showed that children were more likely to have same-sex imaginary friends, with boys particularly likely to have other boys as invisible companions.

Dr Karen Majors says: "Our results showed that imaginary friends provided an outlet for children's imagination and story making, facilitating games, fun and companionship. These versatile friends also enabled them to cope with new life events like moving house or going on holiday. Above all, these findings remind us just how imaginative children are, which is something we should be pleased about."

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

VivoPlay packs WiFi, GPS and a GSM connection for tracking, calling your kids (video)

VivoPlay packs WiFi, GPS and a GSM connection for tracking, calling your kids

If you're not keen on giving your little tyke the latest and greatest in terms of smartphones, but still want them to be a call away, the VivoPlay could fit the bill. Evado Filip US, the company behind the device, is packing GPS, WiFi and a GSM connection into a wristwatch form factor, which it claims is the world's smallest communications and location device for helping families stay in touch. Parents can call the device and chat with kids and even give their rug rats the option to call up five pre-selected phone numbers. If a child were to wander away with the VivoPlay on their wrist, parents are alerted if they leave or enter a geofenced area and can pinpoint them on a map via a smartphone app. Were a youngster to find themselves in an emergency, they can hit a button that will ring up to five predefined numbers and report their location. The idea sure is a noble one, and the devices we saw looked more than child-friendly. Evado Filip reps told us that the device is being crafted with just that in mind, and the chunky rubber enclosing the communicator sure bears that out. The charger is enclosed for that reason as well, offering a decent bit of protection from the elements (and from childhood).

There's no word on pricing or availability, but we're told the outfit is working with carriers and that pre-orders will begin in Q2. Check out the neighboring gallery or hit the jump for the full press release.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/vivoplay-packs-wifi-gps-gsm-phone-kid-tracker/

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Property Tax Associate | NYC Finance Jobs, Finance Consulting ...

Financial Jobs in NYC #22064

Are you a recent MBA grad that has a strong understanding of property or portfolio management? Do you have experience working with property taxes?

We are seeking a Property Tax Associate for one of our clients that is looking to update their property tax management systems and processes. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in financial operations, have a strong understanding of property tax management and processes, and already completed an MBA program.

Property Tax Associate Responsibilities:

  • Review current processes and functions of management systems
  • Work to improve functionalities for efficiency
  • Assist with all aspects of tax management
  • Communicate directly with clients
  • Investigate and resolve issues
  • Work to mitigate risk by analyzing future impacts
  • Work to file necessary tax documents and review items with legal departments

Property Tax Associate Requirements:

  • 2-4 years work experience in the Finance Industry
  • Bachelors degree and MBA
  • Strong understanding of Property Tax processes, laws, and client management
  • Experience in property management, portfolio management or finance operations
  • Experience using a tax management software system
  • Excellent communication and skill with MS Office application
  • Quick thinker with ability to hit the ground running

This Property Tax Associate role is a consulting project that is expected to last at least 5 months with potential for direct hire and pays an annualized salary of $49,920 ($24 per hour).

Source: http://www.wallstreetservices.com/operations-jobs/22064

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3 Ways to Keep Fear Under Control | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement

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Imagine the scene. You step off public transport and begin the regular walk home. Its dark and no one else is around. You can hear the echo of your shoes crashing against the floor, only these are not the only footsteps you can hear. A short distance behind you can hear another set of footsteps taking a similar path to you. A reflection of the bus shelter show the footsteps belong to a man around 6ft wearing a dark hoodie covering his head. Suddenly you notice a strong tightening of your stomach, your heart begins to beat faster and your mouth dries up. You take a sharp left turn down an alley only to find its a dead end. Quickly turning back you find in your path the hooded man. Your breathing quickens as you experience tunnel vision and your muscles tighten in anticipation for your survival instinct to kick in.

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Petition For Metric In US Halfway To Requiring Response From the White House

Metric is every bit as arbitrary as imperial, it's just a bit easier to do unit conversions with them.

The metric system is not arbitrary. There is only one unit each of length, mass, volumes, etc. It is also coherent.

Coherence"

"Each variant of the metric system has a degree of coherence ? the various derived units being directly related to the base units without the need of intermediate conversion factors. For example, in a coherent system the units of force, energy and power are chosen so that the equations

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hold without the introduction of constant factors. Once a set of coherent units have been defined, other relationships in physics that use those units will automatically be true - Einstein's mass-energy equation, E = mc2, does not require extraneous constants when expressed in coherent units.[18]

The cgs system had two units of energy, the erg that was related to mechanics and the calorie that was related to thermal energy so only one of them (the erg) could bear a coherent relationship to the base units. Coherence was a design aim of SI resulting in only one unit of energy being defined - the joule.[19]

In SI, which is a coherent system, the unit of power is the "watt" which is defined as "one joule per second".[20] In the US customary system of measurement, which is non-coherent, the unit of power is the "horsepower" which is defined as "550 foot-pounds per second" (the pound in this context being the pound-force), similarly the gallon is not equal to a cubic yard (nor is it the cube of any length unit).

The concept of coherence was only introduced into the metric system in the third quarter of the nineteenth century; in its original form the metric system was non-coherent - in particular the litre was 0.001 m3 and the are (from which we get the hectare) was 100 m2. A precursor to the concept of coherence was however present in that the units of mass and length were related to each other through the physical properties of water, the gram having been designed as being the mass of one cubic centimetre of water at its freezing point."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system [wikipedia.org]

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