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Most who have been following our journey will remember our previous volunteering trip in Peru which, unfortunately, did not provide as wholesome an experience as we were hoping for. We combed meticulously through rescue after rescue in Costa Rica, desperate to avoid another upsetting experience. We finally settled upon a centre next to the jungle near an unknown town, about an hour away from San José.
They kindly arranged a pick up for us from our hostel in the city. We sat nervously sipping coffee in silence as we speculated what waited for us. We pulled into the centre and were greeted by a British volunteer coordinator who had been there for 7 months. Good omen number one – long lasting volunteers!
She showed as around the huge property, from the many aviaries containing a smorgasbord of exotic birds, to the huge sky scraping enclosures that housed monkeys. We didn't want to draw comparisons but it was hard not to, and everything we saw looked close to perfect.
Our tour finished at the on-site hospital where we met the full time vet who worked there, Andrés. Everyone seemed thrilled to have us on board, and we couldn't hide our excitement as we discovered they had everything from an X-ray machine to ultrasound to a multi parameter to monitor patients under sedation or anaesthesia! The latter is often a luxury item in U.K. practices so we were particularly surprised to find it here. We crashed out for the night in dorm rooms, excited for what the next few weeks were to bring.
We spent our first few days rotating around the various animal teams on site before joining the vet team. This allowed us to experience all aspects of volunteering at the Rescue Centre, as well as seeing all the animals, as when we joined the vet team we unfortunately were fairly restricted to being in the hospital and nowhere else. The work was easy, involving cleaning out enclosures, providing enrichment and feeding all the animals on site.
Once on the vet team however, our day became a lot more chaotic! We were a much smaller team of long term volunteers caring for the following:
2 adult owls
2 adult chachalacas
2 adult 3-toed sloths
5 adult 2-toed sloths plus 2 babies
2 newly arrived parrots in quarantine
1 adult gwan
1 adult coati
1 juvenile toucan
2 baby owls
4 baby coatis
1 baby raccoon
1 baby porcupine
1 opossum so small she was still pink
10 very young opossums
1 older opossum
5 baby birds of unknown species
Plus an ever changing number of opossums in an outdoor enclosure pending release
It was very busy. Here's an idea of a typical day on the vet team:
7.30am – Breakfast
8am – Hand out pre-prepared food to animals
8.30am – Volunteer meeting
9am – Clean out all animals. This could be as easy as raking up old leaves and poo, or a much more involved affair as it was with the baby coatis as we had to remove them from the cage before hosing, scrubbing and disinfecting the cage as they make a horrendous mess!
11am – Feed female 3-toed sloths and babies. Also use this time to potentially administer any medications or treatments that may be required.
12pm – Lunch
1.30pm – Clean all enclosures again, this generally took less time than the morning.
3pm – Prepare meals for dusk and night feedings, as well as meals for the following morning.
4pm – Administer any medications, also use this time for any procedures such as sedations or examinations.
6pm – Dinner
8pm – Nocturnal feeds
12am – More nocturnal feeds
Oh and on top of all this? Those 10 opossums and the tiny neonatal opossum needed syringe feeding every 4 hours. It was round the clock work, and for someone who has difficulty with a disrupted sleep pattern it nearly killed me until I had a day off and pretty much just slept. At the end of this blog I've got some tips for those who may be interested in volunteering at the Rescue Centre and the first one will be: take your day off! You get one a week and it's a day of your choice. We tried to not have a day off but after 17 days of this schedule we needed it!
Moving on to the stars of the show: the animals. This is going to be a long read, but we wanted to highlight all the animals at the centre as well as include loads of gorgeous photos of them!
The Birds
These were the first animals I cleaned and fed when we started at the Rescue Centre. I will openly admit I am not a "bird person", but being around scarlet macaws is a pretty special experience. All the birds are pets that were being kept illegally so were seized and the owners punished. Almost all of them had their wings clipped, rendering them unable to fly so they are unable to be released, destined to a life in a cage because of selfish humans. Whilst the actual act of clipping a birds wings is not painful, it's their primary mode of transport so is not an ethical practice.
Despite not being able to fly the birds all actually seemed pretty happy. The multiple aviaries contained various dynamic relationships (mainly the macaws being bullies!) and you could always hear when it was kicking off, mixed with the sing-song of the mimicking green parrots nearby it made for an interesting background soundtrack to the Rescue Centre!
As part of the vet team we were tasked with monitoring different birds: owls. 2 adult spectacled owls, Hagrid and Merlin, sadly are unable to be released. They are too habitualised after being used previously in a magic show, plus one of them only has one wing so is unable to fly. We weighed and fed them mostly raw chicken…but one day they got a treat when a fer de lance was found on the property. The head was cut off the highly venomous snake and the body left for them to feast on. Yum!
There was a release in sight for the 2 younger spotted owls Cinnabon and Gizmo.
Being smaller they were fed at dusk and in the middle of the night, and to prepare them for release we did not want them to associate humans with food. How do you do that? With this highly technical hood:
The last bird destined for release is Zazu the toucan. He was found in the road, unable to fly and was having trouble gripping with one claw. With time and some good nutrition he was both growing and improving, soon flying from branch to branch in his enclosure, his grip improving he and his attitude worsening. I feel like he hated me! I would put a bowl of fresh fruit and insect pellets in his enclosure and he would grab my arm with his enormous beak. It didn't hurt but I could feel the potential power he had, especially when he would grip and shake my arm like a dog with a toy. On one occasion I had half my body in his cage cleaning it out and he grabbed my head with his beak! How and why people have these birds as pets is beyond me. Luckily for Zazu his future in the wild will become a reality soon.
The Opossums
Of all the animals to become so attached to we were not expecting opossums to be one of them. There are several species of opossum found in South and Central America, the common opossum being, well, the most common! They can grow to the size of a cat, which is hard to believe when we were feeding ones that were so tiny! At such a young age they required milk (we were giving them squirrel milk!) at regular intervals, and much like neonatal puppies and kittens that we have hand reared in our careers they need help going to the toilet. So for each opossum we had to warm up milk, slowly syringe feed them ensuring they swallow every drop and do not aspirate any, then using cotton wool dipped in warm water we had mimic a licking motion to stimulate them to pass urine or faeces. It's a lengthy process, now imagine you have to do this 11 times and every 4 hours throughout the day. We recruited all the volunteers to help us, and "opossum parties" would kick off where the hospital filled with bodies, each holding an opossum and getting to know there little personalities. It was a fantastic, unifying thing to experience.
Sadly hand rearing does come with its downside. Opossums have quite large litters, and in the wild it would be rare for all of them to survive. So when we received a litter of 7 pulled from the pouch of an opossum that had been killed a dog we weren't surprised when 2 passed away within a few days of arrival. After a few days they seemed to be doing well but not gaining weight, so we added a high calorific mix to their feed. This did the trick, but one we named Poppet began to fade, losing her appetite and becoming weak. She passed away the next morning, breaking the hearts of every volunteer that had been fighting to keep her alive.
Next was Pippin, then Pedro, a post mortem was performed on each one and whilst we were relieved that there was no evidence of aspiration (milk on the lungs) each opossum had unusual looking gut or liver. Something wasn't right with this litter, but it didn't make it any easier, especially as they had started eating some solid food and seemed to be doing well. After we had left the centre the remaining 2 had passed. Not one of the litter survived. We all tried our hardest, and they had a better chance with us than they did in the wild, but it was soul destroying.
So on to happier opossum times. A member of the public brought in a larger young opossum that seemed to be having trouble walking. His legs were malformed, it almost looked like he had rickets, so Andrés determined he had not been found like that, rather someone had tried to raise him as a pet and fed him a diet lacking in nutrients so his bones had not formed correctly. Shanon named him David (as in Bowie, because of his bowed legs) and quickly became attached to him as he was so ugly he was almost cute. We watched him wriggle across the floor, unsure if he would be able to live a normal life. Andrés agreed to give him a week to see if he would improve.
Shanon took David under his wing, feeding him lots of meat, egg and cat food regularly to increase his protein and calcium levels. He would get him out daily and move his legs in a strange form of opossum physio therapy, and within a week we actually saw an improvement. He went from wriggling in his belly to shuffling himself with his legs. We would place a towel on the floor for him to grip and put some meat at one end so he had a target, and with each day he would move better than before. David's future in the wild remains uncertain, but we still receive updates from the centre and he is now walking and even climbing trees! Animals need time, and more importantly they need people willing to give them a chance. The Rescue Centre does just this, and for that we will remain eternally grateful on behalf of David.
The Coatis
I never thought I would fall for an animal that makes such a disgusting mess.
Coatis are kind of a cross between a monkey and a raccoon. For some reason, despite their ability to give you a nasty bite or scratch plus the fact they poo literally everywhere, there's been an increase in people keeping them as pets. At the centre there are 2 adult coatis – Petunia and Yuca – whom will soon be united together in a large enclosure, as well as 4 baby coatis.
Yes. They are adorable. And I loved cleaning them it because they're funny to watch. But cleaning them was the most time consuming task as they had to be removed from their cages and the bars hosed, scrubbed and disinfected vigorously. They also developed some skin issues so on a few occasions Shanon and I had to bathe them which they hated! And those claws? They don't retract. We had many coati flesh wounds at the end of bath time!
The Monkeys
There are 3 different species of monkey housed at the Rescue Centre, all of which have a turbulent past with humans and, of course, cannot be released. This was the first time we were able to work with howler monkeys, the only species we were able to enter the enclosure with. We had to wear masks to prevent spread of zoonotic diseases, and they generally didn't seem bothered by us. A huge contrast to working with the monkeys at the centre in Peru where they jumped all over us each time we went in, the disconnect from humans was a very pleasant surprise.
The white faced capuchins were hilarious to watch, especially young male Prince who really wore his heart on his sleeve, his facial expressions were brilliant!
We were able to get up close with one female Luna after she was spotted acting quieter than usual and shaking her head a lot. Andrés decided one afternoon to sedate and examine her. Sedation was easy, she held her hand out to him throw the bars of the enclosure, he took her hand and injected her in the bicep. Within a minute she was sedated, we took her to the hospital where I hooked her up to the multiparameter and revelled in veterinary anaesthesia, a subject I was clearly missing having not worked in a veterinary environment for so long! We examined both her ears but could not find anything, so cleaned them out and gave her an injectable painkiller just in time for her to wake up.
Last were the spider monkeys. Rather than walk in to their enclosures to feed them like we had in Peru, there was a safety system in place here to avoid contact with them. Whilst the spider monkeys had been raised by humans, they had been successfully detached and now had a troop led by alpha male Gandhi who was, for want of a better word, terrifying. He would try and grab volunteers through the enclosure bars, and was incredibly strong if he succeeded.
This became more evident when Andrés wanted to sedate and examine him one afternoon. Instead of handling and injecting through the bars like he had with Luna, he had to sedate Gandhi using a blow dart. Even this was not an easy task, and it took a good 20 minutes before he could get a clear shot as Gandhi knew exactly what was going on and kept trying to grab the blow dart pole. Once he was down we had to act quickly, whisking him to the clinic where Shanon monitored him. Andrés performed a head to tail examination and drew blood, and that's about as far as we got as after just 20 minutes (despite a stonking great dose of Ketamine!) he began waking up, gripping my arm with his prehensile tail. Recovering Luna was an easy task, but recovering Gandhi was like being in a kennel with a lightly sedated aggressive dog – I did not want to be anywhere near him and knew he was unpredictable, especially in this state. Thankfully all went well, and his blood results all came back normal.
Ninushka was an exception when it came to the monkeys. She very much an old lady, and didn't get on with the rest of the troop so is living out her days in a separate enclosure. Ninushka LOVES people, and she's the only monkey there they encourage interaction with as she was raised by humans and craves social interaction with them. She's very sweet and took a particular shine to Shanon, so he would visit her whenever he had a chance so she could groom him!
The Raccoons
The Trash Panda. These guys are closely related to dogs, and their super cute faces makes them irresistible to people as pets. Thanks to an increase in pet raccoons on social media they are become common, but this is not a good thing as they have not had the benefit of thousands of years of domestication like dogs. There are 2 adult raccoons at the centre – Rice and Beans – whom are adorable but are destined to life in a cage after someone tried and failed to keep them as pets. They're fascinating creatures, and eat just about everything. One of my favourite activities was watching them forage for maggots or fish that we had caught on the property, using their tiny hands to feel around and munching down on what they managed to catch.
But my favourite raccoon? Wendy.
I'm not sure on her history, but she needed regular feeding throughout the night (rice milk, if you're interested!) and we had just started taking her outside for walks before we left the centre. She was becoming a little too used to people, she would bound after me like a puppy and play with my feet, but I hear she has now been moved to an outside enclosure as she has grown significantly, and human contact has been cut so she can one day be released.
The Kinkajous
I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't heard of this marsupial, I certainly hadn't! But they're incredible creatures. Mainly nocturnal, they eat fruit and insects, and are also called "honey bears" as they use an incredibly long tongue to retrieve honey from hives. They mainly live in trees, using a prehensile tail, non-retractable claws and feet that can rotate 180 degrees to move around.
Being nocturnal we saw very little of them, but they are adorable nonetheless!
The Sloths
I know I shouldn't say this but I saved the best for last. These truly are amazing animals, and whilst very little is known about them what has become evident in recent years is truly fascinating stuff.
There are 2 types of sloth found in Costa Rica. The first is the 3-toed sloth. Rather than trying to count toes, these guys are easy to tell apart from their 2-toed counterparts. They are smaller, have a dark stripe down their back, and have a face that reminds me of a little old man. There are 2 at the centre: Susan and Barbara. Susan is soon to be released, but Barbara was previously being used on a cruise ship for photos with tourists so is too used to people to go back to the wild. They are normally found on the Caribbean coast where it is far more humid than the centre, and they eat only leaves, so one of our tasks was to ensure they always had fresh leaves and we sprayed them down with water regularly, especially when it was really hot. Susan and Barbara were also taken out twice a day by the volunteers for tree climbing for enrichment purposes. This is not to be confused with cuddling sloths or taking selfies with them, this exercise was for their benefit only and was entirely ethical.
There were a LOT of 2-toed sloths at the centre. They had 8 "sloth gardens" which were like a soft release, they had trees to move around in and could come and go if they really wanted to, but they tend to stick around as they get fresh leaves, fresh water and delicious vegetables everyday!
As well as the sloth gardens there are also 2 enclosures by the vet clinic that had sloths. One has 2 males, whilst they are usually solitary in the wild these 2 get on particularly well so were often found cuddled up together. There is also a larger enclosure with 2 females and 3 young sloths whom require daily monitoring before they are big enough for soft release.
On our first Sunday at the centre (and whilst I was hungover from partying a little hard at the local bar!) we received 2 new sloths from another sanctuary. They required a health check before going to one of the gardens, so we had the opportunity to get really close with this species and learn loads of interesting facts from Andrés. They have the resting heart rate of a human (around 80bpm) and it's also important to listen to their gut sounds. The sloth digestive system is like no other. For a start they cannot vomit, they have 3 stomachs, and they only come down from trees to go to the toilet once a week, where they can lose up to a third of their body weight just in poo!
And then there was Pumpkin.
Both Shanon and I will openly admit we cried when we first saw Pumpkin. We had never been in the presence of such a ridiculously cute animal. She came to be at the centre after someone's dog was running in the jungle and came back with Pumpkin on his head! So she needed regular feeding and regular tree time to build her muscles and give her climbing practice.
Sloths are not easy animals to hand rear, so the task was in the hands of Ena, a wonderful Nicaraguan woman whom had been working at the Rescue for decades. But when she went on holiday for 10 days, feeding Pumpkin was left to the vet team. 6 times a day we had to get her out, carefully syringe feed 5ml of goats milk (remember they can't vomit, or burp so you have to be careful!) and then offer her cooked veggies.
Some days she wanted nothing but sweet potato, other days she loved carrots, but all we could do was hold them to her nose so she could sniff a piece and eat it if she wants. It took forever, but when you're looking into that face time is never an issue!
One day I was feeding Pumpkin and she didn't want anything. She'd been off food all day, seemed a little quieter and her abdomen was enormous. I panicked, thinking I had broken the baby sloth that everyone loved so much. I got Andrés to check her over but he definitely wasn't worried. Adult sloths go to the toilet about once a week, but the younger sloths go more frequently, in Pumpkins case ever other day. So she didn't want to eat because she was full of poo! Knowing this normal I could relax a little, and sure enough, about an hour later, her eyes glazed over and she opened fire, covering my feet in urine and poo pellets.
Here's a few more animals we didn't work as closely with but still got to enjoy their presence.
Preparing for a volunteer trip
Hopefully this post will fill you with the desire to go and help at the Rescue Centre, so here are a few survival tips!
• Check the wish list. There are several products unavailable in Costa Rica, so if you are travelling short term and can spare some space in your bag do check what they are running low on. You will be super popular!
• Buy natural insect repellent. Deet products are unsuitable for work with animals and there are a lot of mosquitos around.
• Take waterproof clothing. We were at the centre in the beginning of the rainy season, so every afternoon like clockwork the heavens would open. Being in the vet clinic meant we usually avoided the rain, but it usually happened around the time the other volunteers were delivering fresh leaves to the animals. Waterproof trousers are especially recommended!
• Take your day off. You will need it. There's a swimming pool to relax by and plenty of books to read. Recharge!
• Go to the local bar. If you're over 18 go party with the Ticas. And try the chiliguaro shot. You'll thank me later.
• Take ear plugs and an eye mask if you're a light sleeper, like me. Accommodation is in dorm rooms and you never know whose going to start snoring.
• Take photos. Lots of photos. But PLEASE use them to educate your friends. The Rescue Centre has worked tirelessly to overhaul their programme and make it as ethical as possible. Promote this. Do not take selfies!
Volunteering can be arranged at https://www.rescuecenter.com/ and costs $50 per day. This covers accommodation, all food and funds food and treatment for the animals.


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Heard of trotters? The Burren Nature Sanctuary has its own hot little black micro pig who really enjoys been taken for a walk by children. And on Saturday he is making a special trip from Kinvara to Galway's Shop Street for a city walk during the Galway International Arts Festival.
Visitors, and children in particular, can meet Norman at 4pm at the tourist office where a winning entry to the Burren Nature Sanctuary will be selected. Children need only guess how many fairies are on the tourist office window in Forster Street.
Fairies and Norman all live happily at the Burren Sanctuary, along with two alpaca, the goat family, the miniature pony, sheep families, a rare breed cattle and a dazzling selection of ducks, hens and chicks. But Norman is the only pig living there - a gift from a nearby friendly farmer to Mary and Roy Bermingham, the owners of the Burren Nature Sanctuary for their first birthday celebrations. Since then he has become a firm favourite at the sanctuary, particularly taking children on his daily walks.
Sundays are special with an extended guided walk with Norman and Mary who will tell children all about the sanctuary, Burren flowers, the geopark and its famous tidal turlough.
Children can also see Norman on the Burren Nature Sanctuary Facebook page, or on the website www.bns.ie and on its YouTube channel.


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- 1 There are so many benefits of patronizing mobile locksmith services and here are a few of them;
Benefits Of Using Mobile Locksmith Services – Nobody in the world wishes to be stranded at any point in their lives where they have no choice but to ask strangers for help. The part of the world where I live in, is quite a risky place to ever be stranded, so I never pray to be.
This because you could easily get robbed, exploited or even maimed. But the sad truth is that no one can ever be too secure. There comes a time in everyone's lives where emergencies befall them and they have no choice but to seek assistance from someone before they can go on with their lives.
In situations when, say your car breaks down right in the middle of traffic, and it's an SUV, the fastest thought that comes to mind is pushing it down to the road side and out of traffic. That is what any sane person would do.
The next plan is to either call a car mechanic to come fix it right on that spot or a tow truck to take it to the nearest garage to get it fixed. This is all depending on the fault that arises. For all this to happen, you need assistance: someone or two random people to either help push the car out of traffic (cause it's obvious you aren't superman's stronger cousin) or assist in getting it running again so you can go about your business like it never happened.
Car emergencies often leave you stranded and sometimes helpless, behind schedule and unforgivably tardy. Most if not all of these emergencies simply mess your entire day up right on the spot and leaves you in a foul mood ridden with irritability. I tell you no one wishes for that at any point time. Who would want to step down in either Jimmy Choos or Gucci shoes to start pushing their car off the road because some crazy car emergency decided to become a priority? Oh, imagine the embarrassment. I know I wouldn't.
The most common emergencies could be that of keys breaking in ignition, locking of the keys in the car, loss of car keys, faulty ignition locks, faulty transponder keys, jammed door locks, etc. These are easy menus to a messed up day if not taken care of right on the spot. That's where the mobile locksmith service comes in, all this and more is his specialty. Indeed they can be true godsends in emergencies such as these and that is what they aspire to be.
A mobile locksmith service simply specializes in emergency locksmith services especially for automobile. They can also be called Auto Locksmiths. They provide services such as; reproducing new keys right on the spot if the owner has lost his previous ones, opening car doors in cases of being locked out, extracting broken keys from either the car ignition or door locks, programming of transponder keys, fobs an remotes, repairing ignition locks, repairing door locks, duplication of vehicles keys, etc.
Mobile locksmith services are sort of like knights in shining amour, swooping down to the rescue. Godsends. Supermen or wonder women standing tall and saying "don't worry, I'm here to help".
There are so many benefits of patronizing mobile locksmith services and here are a few of them;
1. Fast And Efficient Service:
One major benefit of mobile locksmith services is that it is faster and boasts a more efficient work. When these car emergencies happen, all that could easily save a person the stress of worrying too much is the number to the closest mobile locksmith service. Well, thanks to something called 'Google', that wouldn't be such a problem. When called upon, the locksmiths available waste no time (at least I've heard testimonies that they don't) and come to the rescue. They either drive out to where the customer is to lend a helping hand, or assist the customer virtually from an office accessing the controls of the car. Coupled with a very fast response to distress, they also provide efficient services in record time making sure the customer is back on his/her way like nothing ever happened. Their ability to pull these traits off efficiently shows how professional they are and how much longer they would last in business. This is merely because the major reason for patronizing mobile locksmith services is for their fast response to emergencies and efficiency in assistance.
2. 24Hour Reach:
Another major benefit of mobile locksmith services is that they are available to customers all around the clock. The mobile locksmiths work in shifts all day and night long because emergencies can happen at anytime not just in the day. There you have it, night shifts are not done by only nurses, doctors and policemen, even locksmiths do it too. They have a very important role to play to also ensure an individual's safety. Let's say for example, you and your buddies decided to go on a road trip to Las Vegas for the holidays, on your way back from Las Vegas to Southern California, you all decide to take a piss by the roadside because you've all had a couple of drinks (not alcohol of course). Let's assume it's 1:00AM in the morning and in the course of freeing your bladders, you unintentionally lock yourself out of the car and can't get in. Well, yeah, you guys are in a huge mess and have no idea what next to do. So you're both confused and stranded and begin throwing blames around. Party's over and it doesn't seem to be anyone's fault because no one's taking the blame. Then one of you has an epiphany, Google comes to mind, and you search "what to do when you're locked out of your car in the middle of the night" and Google comes through. Yayyy. It gives you an option of finding the nearest locksmith service as opposed to walking down the road in search of a house to knock on its door.
You find one (a locksmith service close by) and place a distress call and in a few minutes, they come to your rescue. And the time of night didn't really matter. Isn't that a huge deal? Well, where I'm from, it is. It's one huge benefit. End of story, in a matter of minutes, you guys are back on the road, headed home and talking like nothing ever happened. That's one good story to tell.
3. Free Professional Advice And Additional Help:
One very cool benefit of patronizing mobile locksmith services is that you get so much more than you bargained and paid for. I know you're wondering what already. Well, asides from getting your car working again, which is obviously the only thing you paid for or would be paying for, you get free advice. Let me rephrase, you get free professional advice. This advice is given by the locksmith to the customer mainly to prevent them from being in the same situation again or it could be advice on something in your car that needs to be fixed later on. What auto locksmiths do when they come out on the road to help a customer out is to check for not just the problem, but other possible ones that could arise if not taken care of. If most of these problems can be fixed by them right on the spot, they immediately take care of them, but if they can't and would need more time and attention, they give advice on easy ways the customer can take care of them when they have the time. Isn't all this worth the pay and time used?
4. Accessibility:
Just like Michael Jackson's thriller, mobile locksmith services, when called upon, would find you wherever you are. The only opposite is, they do so to help you out and not scare the air out of you. Just as they work a 24hr job, and the time of day or night never matters, mobile locksmiths come out and find the customer in other to assist them with whatever distress the emergency presents. They are also able to access the customer's car controls from a far distance and help out. It doesn't really matter how remote the route to them is and they get the job done.
This is one huge benefit to both the customer in need of help and the locksmith providing the help. How? You ask. Well, I'll explain. Most times, when travelling, some routes are not so explainable but in other to get to your destination faster, you take them. Then, something happens to the car locks or possibly the ignition after a stop to pee (well, that's the easiest example that everyone can relate to) and all you can do is call a mobile locksmith service because the dealership can't come to your rescue.
Sometimes, you can't explain where exactly you are, but, the auto locksmith either accesses your locks from afar or drives out to that remote place to help you out. The locksmith's ability to access and assist you is a huge benefit to you because it helps you out of distress, also. it is of benefit to him because it says lots about the efficacy of his business. The customer's good review of the mobile locksmith service could do wonders for his business.
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5. Great communication And Fair Prices:
Most of the reviews I have come across online concerning mobile locksmith services are mostly riddled with these benefits above. A simple question about how your day's going from the auto locksmith while he works on your car could lead to a productive and soothing conversation which would get your mind off of accumulated stress while you wait. But it all depends on how easy you are to talk to. Well, my guess is, they do that on purpose. You know, they strike a conversation with you about very random stuff and you yap off, loving the attention and the fact that someone wants your opinion on something no matter how irrelevant it may be. I mean who wouldn't love the attention. I know I would. And sometimes, as you keep talking, you never realize how much time you had been standing there waiting and forget all the stress it gives you wondering how to get back to your life. In the end of it all, after the wait, the conversation and the fix, you get to pay a very fair price that you give with your whole heart. Sometimes, you go as far as giving a good tip depending on how much the conversation hit home. If that isn't a good benefit, I don't what is.
6. Special Services:
This benefit is indeed a very big deal. Most mobile locksmith services go through extensive training that equips them with so many skills that involve more than cutting and duplicating keys or even fixing locks. Most of these training educate them and give them a keen ability to determine if locks that look the same have been tampered with or not. This is termed Forensic locksmithing. They become aids for other security agencies and even law enforcement agencies helping out in most burglary cases that seem to have been covered up. Most mobile locksmiths help in enhancing the security of most agencies or institutions by either giving advice on how to make locks more secure or helping to fix new ones. They could even change the coding system if need be.
Further reading: Top 10 locksmith tool for beginners.
7. Vast Experience:
The extensive training a mobile locksmith undergoes and their vast experience with previous jobs gives them the ability to attend to and solve any emergency presented by their customers. In view of the possible challenging situations that could present themselves during emergencies, mobile locksmith services task themselves with similar tasking works, for example, they are tested with different and more sophisticated locks. They lean the difference between each lock and how to work on each one. Their ability to pass these trainings and tests effectively makes them certified locksmiths and in turn prepares them for any locks that may come their way. This makes it easier for them to effectively come to a customer's rescue during any form of emergency.


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The Verulam-born Pillay, who comes from a pioneering industrialist family, started Garuda Capital after his stockbroking days when he first realised that there was a large gap in the South African investment banking market.
"The big five banks monopolised and dominated the financial scene. Yet, in Europe, the United States and Asia, there are many boutique companies, which specialise in this field and act as intermediaries between projects and the various funders and financial investors. That is not prevalent in South Africa at all. The issue with this kind of dominance is that it generally offers a standardised product, which is not individually tailored to clients' needs. And that was the main reason for the formation of a boutique company like Garuda Capital.
"The second reason for starting this business is that we operate between various banks, the auditing companies and the legal companies, which means we are able to draw in clients from a whole spectrum of the economy and we are able to tailor-make solutions to assist them. We know where there are 'pools of liquidity'. We understand who would have the cash for investments and surplus funds, we understand their appetite and we match them with our clients—domestically and internationally. Thus, we are quite uniquely positioned. Because we are client-centric, our speed is much better. Our people could be in London, New York or Hong Kong—three financial centres, within five days—enhancing our speed to market on behalf of clients. These are major benefits of boutique operations (compared to large organisations)," says Pillay.
Today, Garuda Capital is a top financial intermediary firm and has been instrumental in developing sustainable projects by providing project development and financial services, market assessments, transaction structuring, country entry strategy, local debt financing and the structuring of local BEE shareholdings.
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Some of the company's large mandates include work in various sectors: at hospitals, large dam projects and in large construction and mining projects. Taking a closer look at Garuda Capital and its extensive network of international investors, fund managers and investment banks, Pillay says the company's core strength is to deliver solutions for difficult and complex problems.
"A business looking for funding, for instance, would approach the banks. And the different banks will ask that business identical or similar questions. It is virtually guaranteed that if one of the banks declines the transaction, other banks will as well. This is a major problem with financing in South Africa. It is also the major reason why small businesses are not taking off—worsening job creation, reducing consumer spending and depressing economic activity.
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No stranger to raking in international awards (among others, the GOPIO Malaysia International Excellence Award for Finance and the GOPIO US award at Times Square, New York), our humble interviewee's forte and passion flow from doing his Master's Degree in Corporate Finance at the University of Liverpool. The research dissertation focussed on capital raising on the JSE, in particular, via SPACs. This dissertation is the first and only formal academic study of SPACs in South Africa to date.
A SPAC is a publicly-traded buyout company that raises collective investment funds for the purpose of completing an acquisition of an existing private company.
Pillay believes that SPACs could be the answer to issues around SMMEs and passionately explains: "It is industry-leading, cutting-edge stuff. If people can just understand the SPAC concept clearly, it will provide solutions to these issues. Especially since the traditional method of raising capital is very rigid with stringent rules, regulations and legal requirements. Collectively, this inhibits capital raising and capital formation.
"SPACs are much more 'open' and fluid. This will suit SMME development and get disenfranchised groups into the mainstream economy. But the government and the corporates are not realising it, essentially, because so little work has been done on it," he says.
According to Pillay, the monopoly by big banks, stringent lending conditions and inadequate security cover or assets from previously marginalised communities, are major reasons why SMMEs struggle. Considering that SMMEs should play such a major role in our economy, he says this is a serious problem, which needs to be addressed.
"We have not come up with the right solution to address this. We have not unlocked the economy for these small companies. Invariably, entrepreneurs might have great ideas but because of the monopolistic nature of our economy—the lack of access to capital—they cannot break through.
"Media reports about corruption have affected the current economic climate and international investor confidence but notwithstanding that, our business is 55-60% international based. Despite several South African scandals, there is still a very significant interest in the country. Yes, there is a lot of negativity but, primarily, the investment interest is really coming out of India and China. These economies have a lot of liquidity and in their race for global resources, South Africa, being the most developed economy in Africa, is the first choice," Pillay explains.
Pillay's concerns for the future of the financial industry in South Africa is that there "seems to be a split in terms of ethics and corporate governance". He says there have been large cracks and refers to some of the issues at Eskom, PRASA and a number of other state-owned entities.
"Luckily, our financial sector is really well-regulated. The JSE, for example, was rated in the top three global exchanges for about five years in terms of corporate governance and adherence to rules and regulations. Our financial sector really is very solid and very well run. People do get a lot of comfort from that. Therefore, the global rankings in the financial sector are actually very good.
"As for public and governmental sectors, one cannot say the same—and that is highly unfortunate. It all boils down to effective leadership. The difference between a good leader and a great leader is that a great leader will, after a period of time, reflect on what he/she has done, what has been promised and what has been achieved. Being able to do that kind of introspection makes for a great leader. Unfortunately, we have not seen much of that in recent times, at any level, in South Africa," Pillay concludes.


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Bureau of Prisons, Justice.
Final rule.
The Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) makes this final rule to clarify that, when there is an institutional or system-wide Bureau emergency which the Director or designee considers a threat to human life or safety, the Director or designee may suspend the operation of the rules in this chapter as necessary to handle the emergency. This rule clarifies that the Director may suspend Bureau rules as needed in light of any emergency affecting the Bureau, and the Warden may do so to deal with emergencies at the institution level. This rule change clarifying the Director's authority to modify Bureau rules to handle emergencies is especially necessary in light of the recent terrorist attacks, threats to national security, threats of anthrax surrounding mail processing, and other events occurring on and after September 11, 2001.
This rule is effective June 20, 2005.
Rules Unit, Office of General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534.Start Further Info
Sarah Qureshi, Office of General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, phone (202) 307-2105.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
In this document, the Bureau finalizes an interim final rule we published on this subject on April 16, 2003 (68 FR 18544).
This Final rule clarifies that, when there is an institutional or system-wide Bureau emergency which the Director or designee considers a threat to human life or safety, the Director or designee may suspend the operation of the rules in this chapter as necessary to handle the emergency. This rule change clarifying the Director's authority to modify Bureau rules to handle emergencies is especially necessary in light of the continued threats of terrorist attacks, dangers to national security, and other events occurring on and after September 11, 2001.
Response to Comments
We received a total of four comments which raised similar issues. We will therefore address each of the issues raised instead of addressing each comment separately.
Authority To Suspend Rules
One commenter claimed that "[t]here is no authority to suspend the rules."
This rule was promulgated on June 29, 1979 (44 FR 38244) and proposed on May 23, 1977 (42 FR 26334), along with several other core Bureau regulations. There were no amendments made to this rule after 1979, until the interim final rule was published in 2003. When we proposed this rule in 1977, we referred to 18 U.S.C. 4001 and 4042 as the authority for the rule.
18 U.S.C. 4001(b)(1) states that the Attorney General "shall promulgate rules for the government" of Federal penal and correctional institutions. Subsection (b)(2) also gives the Attorney General the authority to "provide for [inmates'] proper government, discipline, treatment, care, rehabilitation, and reformation." The Attorney General delegates these statutory rulemaking and custodial authorities to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 28 CFR 0.96(o). 18 U.S.C. 4042(a) gives the Director of the Bureau of Prisons the authority to manage and regulate all Federal penal and correctional institutions and provide for the "safekeeping, care and subsistence" of inmates.
The Bureau's authority to promulgate rules, together with its authority to provide for the care and safekeeping of inmates, gives the Bureau implicit authority to create a rule that allows for the suspension of other rules as necessary in the limited situation of an emergency that threatens human life or safety.
Notice to Inmates
A commenter suggested that when rules are suspended, inmates should receive notice of the suspension immediately, including a description of the rules being suspended, a clear reason for the suspension and authority for suspension.
Because the reason for suspending the rules will necessarily involve an emergency, it will not always be practical or possible to provide notice to inmates of the specific circumstances surrounding suspension. However, the Bureau intends that inmates will be notified as soon as practicable of the suspension.
Administrative Remedies
Two commenters incorrectly assume that there is no way for an inmate to grieve a suspension of the rules. One commenter asked, "If the rules are suspended, does BOP waive any claim to administrative remedies regarding any incident occurring during the suspension period?" The Bureau will not waive claim to administrative remedies because inmates are permitted to follow the Administrative Remedy rules as set forth in 28 CFR part 542 to register complaints regarding incidents occurring during the suspension period.
Freedom of Information Act
A commenter asked whether the notice of suspension of rules, provided by the Warden to the Director, would be subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Warden's notice to the Director regarding suspension of the rules will be treated as any other Bureau document for the purposes of FOIA. Certain FOIA exemptions may apply, depending on the content of the notice.
Suspension of Rules Relating to Inmate Rights
Three commenters claimed that rule suspension would mean denial of Constitutional rights, such as attorney visits or other due process. Commenters asserted that there should never be a suspension of rules relating to other inmate programs or privileges, such as the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, religious programs, Start Printed Page 29190institutional lock-downs, meal service and hygiene allowances.
The Bureau intends that any suspension would be limited to those rules that are directly impacted or affected by the emergency necessitating suspension. As stated in the rule, no Bureau rules would be suspended unless there is a threat to human life or safety. In no situation would inmates be deprived of rights in a manner that violates the Constitution. See Turner v. Safely, 482 U.S. 78, 107 S.Ct. 2254, 96 L.Ed.2d 64 (1987).
30-Day Review of Suspension Is Not Frequent Enough
One commenter opined that more safeguards are needed to ensure that a prisoner's rights are not violated. The "removal or limitation of certain privileges * * * warrant[s] increased scrutiny. This * * * can be accomplished by shortening the 30 day time frame the Warden is given to certify to the Director that the institutional emergency still exist[s] and that suspension of the rules is necessary, while giving the prisoner an increased level of scrutiny by the Director."
After internal deliberation, we determined that the 30-day period of review and reporting to the Director regarding suspensions of rules is the best time frame alternative. Requiring the Warden to report more frequently than every 30 days would impose an obligation on the Warden and institution staff when their efforts should be on removing the emergency conditions which necessitated suspension of the rules in the first place.
The commenter posits that a shorter time frame for reporting would result in an "increased level of scrutiny by the Director." However, if an institutional or system-wide emergency arises causing suspension of rules, the Director and Bureau executives would necessarily be in constant contact with staff at any locations where rules are suspended, working to remove the emergency. The Bureau's "level of scrutiny" would already be heightened.
Further, as stated earlier, the Bureau intends that any suspension would be limited to those rules that are directly impacted or affected by the emergency necessitating suspension. To the extent that suspension is necessary to handle an emergency situation, prisoner's rights would not be compromised.
Director Should Report to the Attorney General
One commenter felt that suspension of the rules "should be reported to the Attorney General, subject to his review, in the same format as outlined [for the Warden to report to the Director]."
The Attorney General has delegated to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons the authority to promulgate rules "governing the control and management of Federal penal and correctional institutions and providing for the classification, government, discipline, treatment, care, rehabilitation, and reformation of inmates confined therein," (28 CFR 0.96), as further authorized by 18 U.S.C. 4001, 4041, and 4042. The Attorney General does not require the Director therefore to report suspension of the rules because the Director has been given authority to oversee and monitor such suspension.
Report Criteria
Finally, one commenter suggested that when the Warden reports a suspension to the Director, the Warden should be required to report "how long the suspension of the rules will last and what criteria must be fulfilled in order to end the suspension. This would provide interested parties with an idea of how and when to expect the restoration of the rules. Requiring this component in a report would help inmates and their families to understand why rules have been suspended and would enhance the policy process by providing defined criteria for resumption of normal operations."
We agree and therefore have added the two requested criteria to the rule in § 501.1(b)(1), subparagraphs (iii) and (iv). Under the revised rule, if the Warden suspends operation of the rules, the Warden must, within 24 hours of the suspension or as soon as practicable, notify the Director by providing written documentation which not only describes the emergency and gives reasons why suspension of rules is necessary, but also estimates how long the suspension will last and describes criteria which would allow normal rules application to resume.
Executive Order 12866
This rule falls within a category of actions that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has determined not to constitute "significant regulatory actions" under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and, accordingly, it was not reviewed by OMB.
Executive Order 13132
This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, under Executive Order 13132, we determine that this rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), reviewed this regulation and by approving it certifies that it will not have a significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities for the following reasons: This rule pertains to the correctional management of offenders committed to the custody of the Attorney General or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and its economic impact is limited to the Bureau's appropriated funds.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more in any one year, and it will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
This rule is not a major rule as defined by § 804 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. This rule will not result in an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; a major increase in costs or prices; or significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based companies to compete with foreign-based companies in domestic and export markets.Start List of Subjects
List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 501
- Prisoners
Harley G. Lappin,
Director, Bureau of Prisons.
Under the rulemaking authority vested in the Attorney General in 5 U.S.C 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510 and delegated to the Director, Bureau of Prisons, in 28 CFR 0.96, we amend 28 CFR part 501 as follows.End Amendment Part
SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIONStart Part
PART 501—SCOPE OF RULESEnd Part Start Amendment Part
1. The authority citation for 28 CFR part 501 continues to read as follows:End Amendment Part Start Amendment Part
2. Revise § 501.1 to read as follows:End Amendment Part
SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIONStart Part
(a) Suspension of rules during an emergency. The Director of the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) may suspend operation of the rules in this chapter as necessary to handle an institutional emergency or an emergency affecting the Bureau. When there is an institutional emergency which the Director or Warden considers a threat to human life or safety, the Director or Warden may suspend the operation of the rules in this chapter as necessary to handle the emergency.
(b) Responsibilities of the Warden.
(1) Notifying the Director. If the Warden suspends operation of the rules, the Warden must, within 24 hours of the suspension or as soon as practicable, notify the Director by providing written documentation which:
(i) Describes the institutional emergency that threatens human life or safety;
(ii) Sets forth reasons why suspension of the rules is necessary to handle the institutional emergency;
(iii) Estimates how long suspension of the rules will last; and
(iv) Describes criteria which would allow normal rules application to resume.
(2) Submitting certification to Director of continuing emergency. 30 days after the Warden suspends operation of the rules, and every 30 days thereafter, the Warden must submit to the Director written certification that an institutional emergency threatening human life or safety and warranting suspension of the rules continues to exist. If the Warden does not submit this certification to the Director, or if the Director so orders at any time, the suspension of the rules will cease.
[FR Doc. 05-10043 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]


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This page has the new rules for you to download as a PDF. This version was passed at the annual general meeting on May 6th.
We do have existing by-laws http://lroca.org.nz/content/club-bylaws
At the AGM we passed these two by-laws. They were in the old constitution but we felt they are better suited as by-laws.
a. The club shall conduct recces, rallies, field days, and excursions as desired. At every such function or activity, a TRIP LEADER and one or two Safety Officers shall be appointed and shall be in attendance for the duration of the activity.
b. The TRIP LEADER shall have absolute control and responsibility for the function and is required to report all irregular activities to the President.
c. The TRIP LEADER is to be advised of all visitors and non members participating in the event.
d. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL POLICY
i. No recreational drugs are to be consumed by members, their associates and guests at any club events.
ii. No alcohol is to be consumed at any club driving events, this includes drivers, codrivers, passengers and spectators. However alcohol is permitted at social events and after any driving activities have finished for the day.
iii. Members are not permitted to undertake any driving activities where prescription drugs may impair their driving ability. This rule maybe relaxed at the discretion of the Committee and Safety Officers dependent on the nature of the event and with consideration of other members and the public's safety.
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