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It appears there has been a last minute change of mind on the exemption for sprinklers on Sunday's. The Chief Minister has announced that the exemption will be extended to the end of February. So it appears that our efforts in conserving water are paying off and we can use a little more water.

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DRESS CODE: It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary, if we see you wearing $750 Prada shoes and carrying a $900 Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore you do not need a raise.

SICK LEAVE: We will no longer accept a doctor's statement or medical certificate as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

SURGERY: Operations are now banned. As long as you are an employee here, you need all your organs. You should not consider removing anything. We hired you intact. To have something removed constitutes a breach of your employment contract.

PERSONAL LEAVE: Each employee will receive 104 days of personal leave a year. They are called Saturday & Sunday.

COMPANY VACATION DAYS: We are a good company that, on top of your entitlement to 104 days of personal leave a year, allows all employees will take their vacation at the same time every year. The company vacation days are as follows: Jan 1 & 25 Dec.

COMPASSIONATE LEAVE: This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements. In rare cases, where employee involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the late afternoon, and after work. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently leave one hour early, provided your share of the work is done enough.

LEAVING BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN DEATH: This will be accepted as an excuse. However, we require at least two weeks' notice as it is your duty to train your own replacement.

RESTROOM USE: Entirely too much time is being spent in the restroom. In the future, we will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order. Employees whose names begin with 'A' will go from 8:00 to 8:20 and so on. If you're unable to go at your allotted time, it will be necessary to wait until the next day when your turn comes again. In extreme emergencies, employees may swap their time with a co-worker. However, both employees' supervisors must approve this exchange in writing (and not necessarily on toilet paper).

LUNCH BREAKS: Skinny people get an hour for lunch as they need to eat more so that they can look healthy, normal size people get 30 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure. Fat people get 5 minutes for lunch because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim Fast and take a diet pill.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience. Have a nice week!

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My visit to install ACCPA at Rydges Rotorua was my first time overseas, and what a place to visit. Rotorua is located on an area of the earth's crust that is relatively thin. Because the crust is so thin there are some volcanic like activity like hot boiling springs and mud pools. The owner who built the hotel insisted it have the largest rooms in New Zealand as he hated small rooms, accordingly this hotel has very generous rooms. It is located near the race track with many rooms have a view across the track. My only concern is the smell. Click to make a booking

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Rydges Christchurch is an unusually shaped hotel. The whole building is in the shape of an arc, so the main corridors are curved. This unique design nestles in the centre of Christchurch overlooking the Avon river that passes through Christchurch. Sitting within the shopping district and CBD. Only walking distance from the Casino. The hotel features good accommodation with clean facilities. I only stayed a few days at this hotel as I was just there to do an accounting system setup and I moved on to leave training up to a colleague.

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The exemption to use sprinklers once a week was only until the end of January. regrettably there has been so significant change in water levels and the exemption will not be extended. So no more sprinklers. Source ABC News

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The Thomas Crown Affair is a remake of a 1960's movie of the same name. This thriller has been updated to reflect slightly more modern thinking. The movie stars Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown, a high flying business executive who has become bored with multi million dollar takes overs, so he plans to steal a painting from the art gallery across the road. Once successful, the art gallery's insurance company send Catherine Banning, played by Rene Russo, to find the missing painting. She uses all the available tricks she has to uncover the painting with almost no morals. However she falls in love with Mr Crown and he appears to return the feelings. I'll leave the ending up to you so see.

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Rydges Auckland is another hotel that I have worked while it was being constructed. This hotel like Rydges Perth was an office building that was totally refurbished again right in the middle of the CBD, this would be great hotel for any business trips to Auckland. It is within easy walking distance from the Casino and Sky Tower and it has views of the harbour. The main restaurant has a light and open feeling and it opens out on to the main street level.

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I now have a mirror site. This blog and web pages can be found at www.yager.id.au and au.geocities.com/anthony_yager/

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You've Got Mail is a romantic comedy staring the classic duo of the nineties, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. This movie cemented Tom and Meg as romantic stars following on with their success in Sleepless in Seattle. While it follows the classic boy meets girl they fight and then get together again, what is different about this story is that they love each other and hate each other at the same time. Using the Internet they have met each other without the baggage of their working lives. Professionally however they are arch enemies. Of course I would love to know what happens in the "happily ever after" but that would ruin a great romantic story. This is a great movie to sit and cuddle a loved one on the lounge after dinner.

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Tomb Raider is a movie based on the computer game with the same lead character. Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie is your Raiders of the Lost Ark type of character. This is one action adventure my wife likes I guess because the hero is played by a woman with attitude. Like most action adventures Tomb Raider is an amazing adventure. This is a fun movie with some minor scary parts. Some of the characters are a little dry and almost seem irrevelent to the story but it is great viewing.

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Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson, who I normally have a lot of time for, is playing the political spin doctor games with Queensland state premier Peter Beattie. The Federal Government is delaying in implementing a halt to broad land clearing and Queensland is going it alone. Having left egg on the face of the Federal Government, the Deputy Prime Minister has to play spin doctor games. More...

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The Whole Nine Yards is an excellent comedy with a little romance. The movie follows Oz played by Matthew Perry, who is a dentist married to a wife that hates him. The only reason they live together is that her father embezzled some money and then suicided leaving Oz with a huge debt. She won't divorce him until the debt is paid and if he tried she would sue him for the divorce. Things get on edge when Jimmy "Tulips", played by Bruce Willis moves in next door and Oz's wife sends Oz to Chicago to rat on Tulips. This is an excellent movie with twists right to the end.

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Fontifier is a web service that allow you to create a font from your very own hand writing. It is pretty simple, just print off a template page and use a black felt pen, ball point does not work very well, to write the alphabet and some symbols. Then scan it back in, at 72 dpi and upload the file and the font is then available for download within seconds.

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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is an unusual title. To me it would appear that the movie writers thought the title should be longer. I guess much like the dialog, they thought there should be some. But there is not very much. This is high level action, no words required. There are some spectacular scenes and it won't tackle your mind. Very easy watching.

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The Matrix, is one of those ground breaking movie that sets the path for others to follow. Like the special effects in Star Wars, this movie has effect that have lead the way in the movie industry. However the movies is not just an effects movie. It also has a story line that make you think about the world around you and how we perceive things. This is a must have movie of the nineties.

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Four Weddings and a Funeral is a romantic comedy following Hugh Grant as a hopeless single always going to other people's weddings. This was the movie that really moved Hugh's career in to high gear. One of the characters is deaf and is played by a deaf actor, this is great to see. It is happy, funny, sad and romantic. It even has a great ending.

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Die Hard 2 is the next instalment in the Die hard series. This time the action takes place in an airport and, still Christmas eve, same heroes. Although the trouble makers are more like terrorists unlike in Die Hard where they were really just stealing. The terrorists take over the airport controls and stack planes in the air to run out of fuel unless they get what they want. I guess from the terrorists point of view they were lucky their flight was scheduled to land at night in a storm or the plot would not have worked. Great viewing and excellent sequel.

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Sorry but I'm real busy at this time of year. I have heaps to share from over Christmas so please come back in mid Jan when I will have time again.

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Well talk about a change in the weather, after having the hottest New Years Day on record and then continuing to have hot 32° to 38° days the Bureau of Meteorology kept promising a cool change and overnight it came dropping to 22°, they even have the Friday minimum predicted a 8°. And you guessed it, the water usage has spiked again, but for some reason ACTEWAGL has stopped updating the web graphs, I guess someone must be having a holiday.

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Over the Christmas break I saw the final instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King. This bring to a close this excellent movie series in a climatic finish. There are excellent special effects, although as with the last films tastefully done. Still sticking true to the books Peter Jackson has allowed the books to come to life, with awesome creatures and what has to rate as the largest battle scene yet, with hundreds of thousands of combatants. In among all of this you are still able to follow the heartfelt moments as the struggle to destroy the Ring become so difficult.

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Well you can probably guess what I got for Christmas. And what a great Christmas story it is, this original action movie was the start of action hero career for Bruce Willis. This movie has an excellent twist to the plot terrorists. It has excellent levels of action, like the police tank, the helicopter double cross. If only a little unbelievable like jumping off a building with only a fire hose. I love the music that goes with this movie and cinematography, the over the shoulder shots and the way the camera moves with the action in the story.

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