Archive for September, 2007

How many mobile phones are allowed in to india by customs act?

Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Mobile Phones
prasad asked:

Hi,

Iam travelling from UK to INDIA and iam planning to carry some 4 mobile phones. Can some one please tell me how many phones are allowed with out customs duty to be carried in to india.

Regards
Vishnu

Mobile Rent

Pros and Cons of a Background Check

Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Personalized Checks
Background Check asked:

First, What Is Background Checking?

As the name suggest, it is the process of scrutinizing the personal history of a person. This is done by consulting official and commercial records. In the past, one can do a background search by enlisting the aid of the police. Today though, private companies offer to do background search on people for a fee.

Background checking is usually done when a person applies for a job especially a delicate one. Usually, employers would hire people they can trust and if that means checking the background of participants, they would do it. The necessity of a background check is even more pronounced when a person applies for a sensitive position, such as jobs which will put them in close contact with children and the elderly. People who are applying for government posts also undergo background checks.

The Why

Consider these figures and you will see why it is important for companies and the government to employ background checks:

1 in 32 grownups in the United States has a criminal record

There are about 6 million threats of violence in the workplace every year

2 million workplace assaults happen every year

13 people die every week as a result of workplace violence

36 percent of applications are falsified

 

With those reasons, it is not surprising that companies do background check on applicants. There are jobs where a person is required to work around sensitive information especially in the government and that is another reason to run a background check on people applying for government posts.

The Why Not

While there are a lot of valid reasons for companies to check the background of applicants they are interested in hiring, there are also several factors why some companies forego this process. One reason is that it takes some time and money to do a background check. Thus, small companies tend to give up background checking.

On the other end of the spectrum, some employees are against background checking believing that it is a form of invasion of privacy. Another reason being put forward by people opposed to background checking is that people might not be able to land a good job for doing something stupid during their youth. Another could be the belief that a background check could result to illegal discrimination based on the past of a person or the people he or she is associated with in the past.

Checks Designed

Contact Lens Replacement Services

Friday, September 21st, 2007
Contact Lens
Stacey Day asked:

When people damage their contact lenses on any given day of the week, sometimes it is necessary to replace them quickly because the person may not have a pair of eyeglasses that they can wear in the meantime. They may consult their doctor and have a replacement pair ordered through regular channels.

If this happens on a weekend, their regular ophthalmologist will not be in their office and the person might be unable to see until the following Monday. Through the use of contact lens replacement services, people can keep any number of contact lens available to wear for any occasion.

One of the requirements that must be followed in order to use a contact lens replacement service is that the person must register their contact lens prescription with the service. This is mandated and required by Law and there is no other way around it. Once this registration has been accomplished, the contact lens replacement service can offer a variety of services, and generally at a price far lower than that offered by their regular eye professional.

A contact lens replacement service can not work miracles. They are required by law to replace the lens prescription exactly as prescribed by your eye physician. This means, that the exact brand, specification and type of contact lens that the doctor prescribed for you on the day that your eyes were examined, will be the finished product that is delivered to you from the contact lens replacement services.

Many people try to renegotiate their vision acuity with this type of contact lens replacement services specialist, but they must adhere to the Law, and give you exactly what the doctor ordered for you. The only exception this policy, is that the contact lens replacement services can change the color of the contact lenses for you if you like.

This exception can be done by contact lens replacement services, only if the color of the lenses is offered in the exact brand that your original prescription was written for. If there are several color choices in that brand, then you can order several colors, to be stylish in any type of outfit that you wear.

Many people use these contact lens replacement services because they like to keep an extra pair of contact lenses in their home medicine cabinet. Business professionals might prefer to keep 2 pairs of contact lens at the office, because one of them will always remain in their briefcase, and the other pair is kept in their office desk drawer.

Should damage occur during a business meeting at a client’s business location, it is easy for the business professional to reach into his briefcase and take a moment and change them out in the restroom.

Scratches and unwanted deposits can make the surface areas of contact lens difficult to wear at times. It’s makes good common sense to keep two pair on hand, and it is more for convenience and practicalities than it would be for a fashion makeover. When time restraints prohibit a thorough cleaning and rinsing regimen, people will switch to another pair until proper cleaning can be done.

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