An online utility that really makes my life easier. I run it on my laptop, on my phone and on my desktop at work. My data is kept in sync automatically between all my devices.
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Found this very interesting post about the tax system, at the Robert Group Blog
Suppose that every day, 10 men go out for beers and the bill for all 10 comes to R100…
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this…
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay R1.
The sixth would pay R3.
The seventh would pay R7..
The eighth would pay R12.
The ninth would pay R18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay R59.
How a single member can reach Gold in only1 month!
Step 1: The first thing to do is complete online assessments.
| Activity | Vitality points | Section on website | Time to complete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health Review | 2 000 | Discovery Vitality >> Know your health. | 20 minutes |
| Non-smokers declaration | 5 000 | Discovery Vitality >> Improve your health >> Stop smoking. | 5 minutes |
| Online Nutrition Assessment | Up to 2 500 | Discovery Vitality >> Know your health>>Vitality Nutrition Assessment. | 20 minutes |
| Online Stress Assessment | Up to 2 500 | Discovery Vitality >> Know your health>>Stress Management Zone. | 15 minutes |
So, in only one hour, you can earn as many as 12 000 Vitality points!
Some useful commands to manage your Vmware ESXi vm’s :
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms – this command checks for your existing VMs
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off <vm id>
vim-cmd vmscv/power.on <vm id>
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.restart <vm-id>
I found the following very well put howto/information on http://www.debianadmin.com/
Port forwarding, or tunneling, is a way to forward otherwise insecure TCP traffic through SSH Secure Shell. You can secure for example POP3, SMTP and HTTP connections that would otherwise be insecure.
There are two kinds of port forwarding: local and remote forwarding. They are also called outgoing and incoming tunnels, respectively.
Local port forwarding forwards traffic coming to a local port to a specified remote port. For example, all traffic coming to port 1234 on the client could be forwarded to port 23 on the server (host).
Note: The value of localhost is resolved after the Secure Shell connection has been established – so when defining local forwarding (outgoing tunnels), localhost refers to the server (remote host computer) you have connected to.
ADT called a few times yesterday, service manager and customer service. Been dealing with Amiena very nice lady, and I explained to them both my actual issue with ADT is not their service, but their pricing policy.
Amiena came back later in the day with an offer, that we stay with them and they will meet their oppositions pricing, R275 pm and R150 pm for the pensioner. We will go on month to month from 1st of January. They will endeavor to set their system so we dont get increase .. increases, if we do they will reverse them, I must just notify them. Contract dates will be syncronised to 1st January going forward.
Service manager informed me that ADT have 10 vehicles operating in the area now.
Seems like we signed contracts that on the back page of the contract mentioned a 36 month term period. Even though those pages were not signed, and never mentioned by the sales person, ADT want to hold us to them.
I’ve made them an offer, lets see what they come back with.
Further to my saga with ADT.
I received a call from them, saying sorry I can’t terminate now but only at the end of December, as I have a 3 year contract signed in 2008. WTF?
What contract, in 2008 I switched from telephone to radio monitoring. The alarms have always been mine from day number 1, so why would I sign a 3 year contract for radio monitoring, when the radio always remains the property of ADT. That doesnt make sense.
I gave the lady hell, hopefully she didn’t take it personally, but rather conveyed my disaproval with their tactics to her boss.
We will see!
Another increase, just received an email on the 2nd of September, stating my new price from 1st October would be increased.
Thank goodness I gave them notice already. Goodbye ADT, you bunch of money grabbers.
ADT sent me an sms on the 4th August saying there is a price increase effective 1st September. Firstly an SMS not even an email or letter, Secondly less than one months notice, and Thirdly what peeves me off the most this is maybe 3 or 4 months after I renegotiated the pricing on the contract.
ADT you can go jump you have lost me and the 4 houses I represent for the family.
ADT you have lost the plot, you are losing the Helderberg area and its basically simple you are over priced you are greedy and you dont give a damn for the consumer or the community.
Cheers!