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The contract usually allows the developer to make some variations to the layout and sometimes the size of the flat. Take time to measure up and check this is in accordance with the contract.
Some developers will circulate a specific note relating to “moving in day”. For example, if there are many of you completing on the same day, there will be allocated times you can use lifts, parking facilities and unloading bays.
The impact of any ongoing or neighbouring works in the rest of the development.
Can I change my solicitors part-way through buying a flat?
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 -- Outside Kajun's Pub, between the relatively dry French Quarter and the heavily flooded Ninth Ward, bar owner JoAnn Guidos loaded up her 1991 Ford Econoline van with clothing, liquor and other necessities Thursday morning. After holding out for 10 days, Guidos and her friends were finally leaving New Orleans and heading to high ground.
The beer was still cold, thanks to a working generator, and hopes for customers were strong as the flood-ravaged city fills with thirsty soldiers and emergency workers.
But on Wednesday night, Guidos said, armed federal agents identifying themselves as U.S. marshals confiscated her weapons and ordered her and six friends to leave by noon Thursday.
"When you get 15 M-16s pointed at you and they line you up against the wall, it's kind of scary," said Guidos, 55.
With floodwaters continuing to recede and cleanup efforts beginning in earnest, police and the military set out on an aggressive door-to-door campaign here Thursday, urging remaining residents to leave or be removed by force.
The former Big Easy took on the air of a military encampment, as thousands of reserve and active-duty troops began patrolling the city and assisting police in search-and-rescue missions. Houses were marked with codes indicating whether any residents -- living or dead -- were found inside. Emergency workers intensified efforts to divide the city into grids in order to methodically retrieve an unknown number of corpses still in the floodwaters or entombed in ruined homes and businesses.
Although the mayor issued a forcible evacuation order, Louisiana and federal officials said they remained hopeful that most stragglers will leave voluntarily when faced with urgent warnings about dwindling supplies and hazardous floodwaters.
"We need everybody out so we can continue with the work of restoring this city," Vice Admiral Thad W. Allen, the U.S. Coast Guard chief of staff who has taken over the federal response in New Orleans, said early in the day on CBS.
P. Edwin Compass, the superintendent of police, said there are thousands of people remaining in the city but that authorities are determined to get everyone out. He said as little force as necessary would be used but that staying is not an option. Anyone with a weapon, even one legally registered, will have it confiscated, he said.
"No one will be able to be armed," Compass said. "Guns will be taken. Only law enforcement will be allowed to have guns."
The evacuation effort, however, appeared haphazard at best. Affluent areas that were not flooded, such as parts of the Garden District and Uptown, appear to be a low priority for mandatory evacuations.
In the dry neighborhood of Marigny Triangle, residents lounged in lawn chairs while listening to music blaring from "Radio Marigny," an impromptu outdoor music station. The area remained largely untouched by floodwaters, and residents say they see little reason to leave.
A TRIBUNAL has criticised Centrelink over a systems failure it has called “a most unwelcome state of affairs”.
A TRIBUNAL has criticised Centrelink over its handling of the case of a war widow accidentally overpaid more than $18,000.
As the Senate Inquiry into the separate, robo-debt controversy gets underway, the administrative appeals tribunal has published a scathing decision calling on the agency to upgrade its systems after handling the case “badly and inefficiently”.
The case, before tribunal member Donald Morris, concerned a war widow who was receiving payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs after her husband died in 2005, along with the family tax benefit and childcare benefits.
Centrelink’s failure to take account of her former partner’s income meant that the mother-of-four was overpaid, despite keeping the agency informed of her circumstances over the years.
Bureaucrats at the agency described the cause as “a known system issue” in a file note, prompting the tribunal member to make pointed remarks about the need for reform.
“It is clear to me that the debts came about not because of anything [she] did, but because of an inadequacy in the computer systems,” Mr Morris said in his written decision.
Calling the situation “a most unwelcome state of affairs”, Mr Morris said that while it was “not the proper function of the tribunal” to offer public policy advice, “it would seem logical” that it should be remedied.
He said the two departments already had an arrangement allowing veterans to choose to have their old age pensions paid to them by DVA rather than Centrelink, which indicated that “a person receiving benefits from both sources is not uncommon”.
The tribunal considered whether the woman’s debt should have been waived in part or in full, and upheld the outcome of an internal review that resulted in the 2013-14 debt being waived, while declining to waive the further debt from 2014-15.
The widow’s case is unrelated to the so-called “robo-debt” system that provoked community outrage earlier this year.
An Ombudsman report into the automated debt recovery process found that it suffered from poor administration, not enough training for call centre staff and a failure to clearly communicate with clients.
Department of Human Services General Manager Hank Jongen said in a statement that improving the exchange of income information between the Department of Human Services and Department of Veterans’ Affairs systems “would not have resulted in a different outcome” in this instance, denying that it was part of “a wider problem” for people in receipt of both family payments and DVA payments.
“Recipients of Family Assistance are obliged to notify the department of changes that affect their eligibility for payments,” Mr Jongen said.
He said the department was working on “a number of measures” to improve the delivery of welfare payments and services, including systems interaction with DVA.
Paddington is happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens. He has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes.
While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's hundredth birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique shop. He embarks on a series of odd jobs to buy it, but when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.
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30 ON AND OFF THE AVENUE j I T is a d e a d certain ty that you dear readers fell for every sort of bargain dur- ing the month of June, for little dress shops all over town were plas- tered with "Only $10" signs, and we are only human after a-a-all. Many of these bargains, no doubt, you are already regretting (they having fallen suddenly apart or something) , but you are pretty sure to have an over- stuffed wardrobe. So it is to Those Vital Details that we turn this week, our eyes bright with hope. ( , M A ì7BE you have the kind of hair that gets lank and oily during the hot weather; more prob- ably it gets dry and colorless and brittle. Whichever your problem hap- pens to be, the Ogilvie Sisters regard you with a fine, disinterested con- cern and get busy with warnings and counsel about the care of your locks. And nobody-need I add? -is better equipped to take care of you than they. Everybody knows that too frequent shampooing is bad for the hair at any time (some tresses shouldn't be laved more than once a month or more); a good tonic, rubbed into the scalp to tone it up and re- fresh it, lots of brushing, and other home things that you forget to do daily, should be had between your shampoos and scalp treatments. A tiny bit of pomade rubbed lightly over the surface of your coiffure will help stop that dry look; a permanent-wave oil or wave lotion not only sets your hair firmly but gives it a more permanent lustre than any brilliantine. With this general advice disposed of, the Sisters go into detail, and I will give you two guesses as to whose products they rec- ommend. They sing the praises of their Protecsun, a dressing that pro- tects you from streakiness; of that Re- conditioning Oil that is so marvellous for your hot-oil shampoo; and of a Per- manent Wave Oil for setting and softening harsh and dry hair. Their tonics, of course, are as famous as their scalp treatments. I T is totally impossible (besides being a great bore) for one human be- ing to have her hair done up by a dif- ,' ::', : ,' ,>; . ,:'t ',/\f: "'0. ' ':;; J :'::' ;(:";:::,,:,<, " ' ';:,,:,;;;/::\%:',,':-: :.. ,,: , ' I , ) !fJ ",' , .... - ' ;1!f" . ,,,. 'i\ iit · - \ ':.:.:.:..;. >:= : :. . r i:.;:;:;;;;>:':::?\ :'- , THIS AND THA T ferent hairdresser every day, but that seems to be what I am expected to do. Instead of this, I have developed a habit, which is the least of my charms, of barging up to well-groomed friends and asking them the name of the hairdresser who made them so glamorous. This week, the women who answered politely spoke ecstatically of: (1) Dimitry, who has his own salon at Milgrim; (2) Ferdinand, who holds forth at the Hudnut salon and is responsible for many of the coiffures of Lilyan Tashman (who de- mands a coif as is a coif); (3) myoId pal, Martin From Vienna, whose Gar- denol Soapless Shampoo is wonderful for not taking the natural erl from your scalp; (4) Nicholas, who can be found at Michael's on Fifty-seventh Street. There'll be more artists re- ported from time to time. When it comes to the question of lotions to protect your skin from sun- burn and freckles, three superb old favorites hop first into a mind be- fogged by the number of new prod- ucts the boys and girls insist on putting out. The first is that liquid powder of Marie Earle: extravagant but- tr ,/ \, . :::l ,t ; rSâlt. "::: . i : : : ::.:::::' ? ':: X,.',;:;,; '.. /fii t : . ; :: ._..:-....: : ", '. :: I f ';;:':';: ,, ?:;t,,: "_ r> Ä :' :it j:: , ooh ! -delicious. Then, there is Rose Laird's Carbolised Skin Lotion, smell- ing clean and healthy, and good for you. The third is Lydia O'Leary's Cover Mark, that opaque skin finish originally designed to conceal birth- marks, and also a friend to those who win be consarned if they'll freckle or burn. You need hardly any powder at all over any of them, but what pow- der you use will stay on pretty. And don't forget Rose Laird's Special Sun- burn Oil if you have been ill-advised about the length of your first sunbath. It has an anesthetic quality which numbs and cools the skin while it heals the screaming foreheads or shoulders of the impetuous. 1\ LL AROUND THE TOWN: Bloom- Il.. ingdale, with gay insouciance, has opened a perfume bar with a speak- easy look. There you can sniff per- fumes to your heart's content, buy them by the dram, and shake up new combinations to suit yourself. Gives you a chance to tell your friends you have your perfumes specially made to suit your personality. . . . Richard Hud- nut, who has ingenuity in every pore, / ! ...., .." , , :: .;;: Ij! ..;./ "Will you beco111e my wife?"
It is rare for a general manager to have the opportunity to trade for a Hall of Fame-caliber player once, let alone twice.
But that’s what Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette did, dealing for right-hander Pedro Martinez on two separate occasions for two different organizations.
As a young general manager with the Montreal Expos, Duquette had faith that a 22-year-old Martinez had the potential to become one of the game’s top starters, so he acquired Martinez in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers following the 1993 season.
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Muhammad Wilkerson welcomed his second child and first son into the world on Monday.
Muhammad Wilkerson had 10 1/2 sacks in a dominant 2013 season.
His son was born on Memorial Day, said Wilkerson, who also has a 2-year-old daughter. For the usually quiet Wilkerson, perhaps the biggest star on the Jets, it was an opportunity to beam with joy.
He named his son Muhammad as well but he won't be called junior according to his father. But he might be a football player.
He jokes about being his son's agent when he is old enough to play in the NFL, but he also made it clear that his daughter is very dear to him.
With another mouth to feed, Wilkerson might have an extra bargaining chip for his contract talks. While he told Metro in February he would not hold out as he looks to sign a long-term deal with the Jets, negotiations are still on-going between his representatives and the Jets.
He won't speculate on whether a deal gets done soon.
»Rookie first-round pick Calvin Pryor will miss organized team activities this week after having dental surgery to remove his wisdom teeth.
»Wide receiver David Nelson missed Wednesday's session with an illness.
»Guard Willie Colon had arthroscopic knee surgery this week and there is no timetable for a return. Colon also had biceps surgery during the offseason.
“Safe to say, it's going to be a while,” Ryan said.
»While he didn't participate in OTAs yet, Chris Johnson didn't rule out practicing in minicamp, but said it is too soon to say definitively.
Our look at the Jonesboro Sun turned up a more important development than candidate posturing. The City Council is considering an ordinance to prohibit free-roaming cats. Good, if wishful thinking, says this dog person.
The head of a New York City police union says officers shouldn't be held responsible for the death of a drugged-out man in custody.
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch says drugs place the user's life in jeopardy — not police.
His statement comes after the New York Police Department said it was being investigated following the July 13 death of Ronald Singleton. The 45-year-old was high on PCP when officers attempting to hospitalize him restrained him. The medical examiner's office says the restraint led to his death.
Police are also being investigated for the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island four days after Singleton died.
Lynch said Saturday that officers are trained to follow protocols that ensure the safety of those being arrested.
Minutemen go with one of their own in the 2008 graduate who teaches health and physical education on campus.
Washington Township High School’s next football coach will be a man who knows the program well.
Mike Schatzman, a former Minutemen athlete, got the nod as the ninth gridiron leader in program history on Tuesday night. Approval for his appointment came courtesy of Township’s school board.
A 10th grade health, physical education and driver's ed teacher at the school where he graduated in 2008, Schatzman is an assistant baseball coach, led the JV football team to a 53-7 record from 2011-16 and guided the freshman program to an undefeated mark last season.
He follows Lamont Robinson, who manned the helm for a year after Mark Wechter’s 11-year tenure ended in 2016.
The Minutemen went 2-8 under Robinson. He resigned from the post in mid-December.
Schatzman played on Township’s state title-winning baseball team in 2007 and graduated as one of three players in program history to record more than 100 career hits (104). The 28-year-old also possesses deep roots to the school’s athletic department.
His uncles, Joe Cipolloni and Fred Bianculli, are both in Township’s athletic hall of fame.
Famed coach Tom Brown left the position of football coach in 1999 with a 108-38-4 record – good for a .720 win percentage. Since then, the Minutemen have gone 67-55.
Schatzman’s club will open its season with Kingsway at home on Sept. 7.
BARCELONA want to follow up their mega-money capture of Ousmane Dembele by snapping up Philippe Coutinho and Angel Di Maria.
Barca are determined to complete a string of high-profile transfers following Neymar’s £200m move to Paris St-Germain.
The La Liga giants yesterday signed Dembele from Borussia Dortmund in a deal that could reach a staggering £130m.
And the Spaniards are determined to splash the cash further.
Marca claim Liverpool’s Coutinho and Di Maria of PSG are now Barcalona’s top main targets in the remaining days of the transfer window.
It is said Ernesto Valverde’s side want both stars despite their combined cost likely to be over £180m.
Both potential deals will prove highly difficult for Barcelona to get over the line.
Liverpool remain determined to keep Coutinho despite his desire to move to the Nou Camp.
Meanwhile, relations with PSG are very poor following Neymar’s stunning move earlier this month.
But Barcelona are focused on bolstering their ranks with proven quality and will try hard to sign the south American duo.
Valverde and co beat Real Betis in their opening La Liga fixture last weekend and take on Alaves today.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corbis, the stock photography company controlled by billionaire Bill Gates, is close to being profitable for the first time ever, even as the industry grapples with price declines and a move to the Internet, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
In 1989, Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), founded privately held Corbis, which has yet to post a profit. Shenk took the CEO role in July and was charged with turning the company around.
The company has laid off nearly 300 employees this year, closed several sales offices globally and invested in operations to sell design graphics and lower-cost microstock photography to diversify its revenue base.
Shenk said the company was already profitable before accounting for nonrecurring costs, including some severance expenses and investments in its technology infrastructure.
He also said the image business still had plenty of growth potential, despite lower spending by traditional print media.
“They want quality images, they want rights protection, they want a good search experience, they want customer service,” he said, adding that none of these services were provided by Google Inc (GOOG.O) or microstock companies that often sell work by amateurs at low prices.
Shenk also said shares in larger rival Getty Images Inc GYI.N and Jupitermedia Corp. JUPM.O may have been oversold after merger talks between the two were called off in March. He said Corbis had the advantage of being private.
“I think that they certainly wish they were private right now,” he said.
A mother and her child are now counting themselves lucky after her Lot 197 Quamina and Camp streets home and that of her aunt were gutted by fire of unknown origin a little before 3pm yesterday, leaving over 10 persons with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Amanda Olliviere was inside her home when she heard her mother, Vanessa Collymore, screaming ‘fire.’ She picked up her three-month-old baby and was able to exit the building. The mid-afternoon blaze has now left Collymore and her daughters Olliviere and Socota along with their children homeless. Collymore’s sister, Margo Elias and her reputed husband as well as Jacqueline Fortune and her family, are also now contemplating their next move.
Nothing was saved from the two old wooden houses and the families said that their losses constituted significant amounts but that they were too shocked to calculate an average.
Firemen from the Guyana Fire Service responded to the scene in a timely manner and managed to save the house of Jacquelin Soares, located next to Fortune’s from being reduced to ashes. However, the side of her house was scorched by the flames.
The firemen with some civilian help also succeeded in preventing the fire from spreading to other houses nearby. A fireman jumped through the window of Soares’ home and managed to take most of her belongings to safer ground with the help of public spirited citizens.
A barefooted Collymore was consumed with grief and was standing in the street when this newspaper visited the scene. She recalled hearing someone calling repeatedly for her grandson while she was downstairs cutting meat to cook. When she looked outside to see what the person wanted she saw the upper flat of her home on fire. She related how she ran out of the building calling for her daughter Olliviere who was inside with her child. Olliviere and her child then exited the house before the flames had devoured it. “Everything bun up,” she said simply.
Collymore could not say what caused the fire when asked.
The conflagration then spread to Fortune’s house in the next lot and thereafter to that of Soares just as the firemen arrived. Fortune was at work and was informed by telephone that her home had been gutted in the blaze. She was not at the scene up to late yesterday afternoon.
A large crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the action and policemen were also on the ground assisting with the erection of barricades. The bottom flat of Collymore’s home was where Elias lived. She appeared confused when Stabroek News spoke with her. According to Elias, she had just finished combing her hair and was putting on her clothes to head out when she heard that the house was on fire. At this, she ran out with her hair still in a shower cap, she said, and stood in the street where she watched helplessly as the place she once called home was reduced to embers.
A teary-eyed Socota told this newspaper that everything she had worked so hard to accomplish had been destroyed. She said she is a single parent with two kids and had bought a television and fridge, among other things, in preparation for moving out of her mother’s home. She added that she was planning to rent a comfortable place for her family and had made sacrifices such as throwing “box hand” to assist in purchasing whatever she needed.
Socota was at her workplace in Diamond when she heard that her home was on fire. She said that while there she had a feeling something was not right, and she called home to check on her children and her sister Olliviere. But on her second attempt to contact her family, she found she could not get through and the phone went to voicemail. It was while pondering as to what may have happened to the phone she received the sad news of what had occurred.
Meanwhile, 69 year-old Soares was carried out from the blaze by a friend of her relative. Soares said she could not say how the fire started but noted that about two months ago a city businessman came and told her that he had bought the land she was living on, and she told him that he should speak to her lawyer. But Soares did not link the land dispute with the fire when questioned about it.

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