 are due to start or complete in 2014 also include: M4 J19-20 and M6 J5-8 near Birmingham, A11 Fiveways to Thetford near Norwich, M25 J23-27, A45/A46 Tollbar End and M1 J19 improvements in the Midlands, A23 Handcross to Warninglid near Crawley, the M3 J2-4a in the South East and the A1 Leeming to Barton in the North of England.
Earlier this year the Department for Transport published ‘Action for Roads’ a command paper which set out the long-term vision for the road network.
The reforms will see the Highways Agency turned into a Government-owned company, helping to improve efficiency and reduce running costs. Road users are set to benefit from a more effective road network and will have a greater say in how their roads operate, with taxpayers expected to benefit from savings of at least £2.6 billion over the next 10 years.
A consultation on the proposed changes to the Highways Agency is now open here.Q Laboratories Becomes First U.S. Lab with Food Virus Testing Accreditation
By Staff
Q Laboratories is the first U.S.-based laboratory to have norovirus and Hepatitis A testing in food, water, and environmental samples listed on their ISO 17025 Scope of Accredited Methods. An A2LA Assessor was onsite at Q Laboratories on June 15, 2018 to evaluate the rapid, qualitative methods, and facilities used to screen for the viruses. Based on this assessment, the methods were approved for Q Laboratories’ Scope of Accreditation.
Foods commonly associated with norovirus and Hepatitis A contamination are raw seafood, fresh produce, and other ready-to-eat products. Process water is also frequently the cause of contamination.
See a complete list of Q Laboratories' accredited methods.With the success recorded so far by his company, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cruxstone, Dr Adetoro Bank-Omotoye, has no regrets about venturing into real estate.
While growing up, the prayer point of his family was for him to become a doctor. The dream was no doubt, pursued and backed with prayers but it never happened.
This explains that whatever man proposes as his objective, some supernatural powers determine the shape of things and their end.
The sign that his parent’s big dream of him becoming a medical doctor would not be actualised, manifested when he applied for Medicine and Surgery at the University of Lagos and was given Zoology.
As a young man who is focused and believes that everything happens for a reason, he never allowed the disappointment to affect his future. Bank-Omotoye ended up studying Zoology after which he was employed by the Lagos State government in the Ministry of Agriculture.
On how he ended up as a real estate guru, he said, “I grew up in an area where we have exciting structures and real estates. One day, my uncle and I went to Victoria Island, for the first time in my life, I saw high-rise buildings. That is 1004 flats. I was so happy and fascinated seeing beautiful and tall buildings, and I told my uncle that one day I want to be building houses.
“Eventually, I nurtured that dream, when I moved to the Island. It is something I have kept inside of me. I worked with the Lagos State government for 10 years in the Ministry of Agriculture. While working at the Ministry of Agriculture, I still had my eyes on real estate but where to start from was what I did not know until after my marriage.
I went to pick up my wife’s belongings at her house because she was living in VI to move to our house at Sangotedo. While I was moving her things a lady worked up to me and asked, are you guys moving out? I said yes, and she asked if the place was vacant. I said I was not the owner. I said I will talk to my wife so that she will talk to the landlord. We spoke with the landlord, and he was not ready to give it out.
“And the lady was begging that even if I can get her that house, I should get her a place. To cut the story short, that was how I started to look for a house for her and her husband. Eventually, I was able to get them a place and in three days. I was paid a reasonable fee. A friend of mine, who also helped in getting the place, was already a big player in real estate.
I told him he needed to bring me into real estate. He said I should focus on the expatriate part of it instead of running up and down to look for houses.
Bank-Omotoye is the only developer who sounded different when it comes to challenges facing the real estate sector.
Most people in the industry always blame the government for high-interest loans, Omonile or high cost of building materials and high importation cost among others.
For Bank-Omotoye, real estate is like every other business with challenges. “I have set out my mindset on doing real estate the way people don’t do it. Integrity, quality, credibility, and accountability are key because there are a lot of real estate companies. I have lost money in real estate not because I had to, but because of my integrity,” he explained.
Bank-Omotoye has no regret of any sort for not becoming a doctor as his company Cruxstone Development & Investment Limited, a Metropolitan Real Estate Development and Management firm, located at Lekki Phase 1, is among the leading real estate companies in Nigeria and Africa.
The firm was established in 2016 after Bank-Omotoye quit his white-collar job with the Ministry of Agriculture to pursue his dream.
The company takes pride in its ability to identify and acquire cost-effective, high-yield luxury real estate investments. Cruxstone seeks opportunities where it can apply its entrepreneurial expertise and strategic approach to create value for clients.
The company was recently honoured as ‘The Most Outstanding Real Estate Company” by the Nigerian Real Estate & Property Awards.
According to the Executive Director of Emagez Solutions, Mr. Uwabor Joshua, Cruxstone Development & Investment Limited made excellent impacts in Nigeria’s real estate sector.
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A DNA report quoted him, as saying,  p m on the day when it had already been leaked online," he added in regard to the speculations that the 'Udta Punjab' leak had happened from the CBFC's end."
When Shrivastava was further quizzed that the leaked version has the word censor copy written on it, he dismisses it saying, "The word censor copy is written by the producer only. It is from their side, we don't do anything like that from our side. In fact, it is not even necessary to be written, but because it's been a convention they have always been mentioning it."
"Why would we be interested in doing this to two films?" he added, saying they get 2000 films for certification from Mumbai alone.
For the unversed, less than a month ago, 'Udta Punjab' was leaked online two days before its release. Recently, 'Great Grand Masti' was leaked online two weeks prior to its release.
Coincidentally, both the films have been co-produced by Balaji Motion Pictures and both had CBFC cuts.
As a consequence of the leak, the release of 'Great Grand Masti' had to be advanced from July 22 to July 15....Image Compression format, based on the VP8 codec. WebP uses the modern VP8 compression format to deliver efficient compression of images for the web. More than 30% extra gain over optimized JPEG, for same quality, is not unusual.The hotel is located on the southeastern edge of Punta Cana. Guests will find that they are close to the beach when they stay at the Now Larimar Hotel Punta Cana. They will also be able to visit some of the other attractions in the area including Manati Park, which offers dolphin encounters. Guests will find that some attractions are within walking distance of the Now Larimar Hotel Punta Cana. To reach other areas and the airports, guests can use public transportation. Many of the rooms at the Now Larimar Hotel Punta Cana include terraces with ocean views. The rooms also include amenities such as bathrooms, air conditioning, in room safes, and plasma TVs. The hotel has gardens and many fountains. When staying at the Now Larimar Hotel Punta Cana, guests will be able to dine at any of the six restaurants onsite, which serve cuisine ranging from American to French, Italian, and Asian. The hotel also offers nightly entertainment, as well as an onsite casino and fitness center.
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- Big kids (6-8)
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