Welcome to Aussie Mortgage Masters

I'd like to welcome Aussie Mortgage Masters to JustLocal.

Aussie Mortgage Masters are the experts in finding you the right loan. Aussie specialises in a wide range of home financial services including home loans, personal insurance, car and personal loans. Compare hundreds of mortgage and home loans at the one stop loan shop. Aussie's accredited Mortgage Advisers represent a multitude of home loan brands, including all major banks and non bank lenders.

You can find Aussie Mortgage Masters on the postcode page 6030 which covers the areas of Clarkson, Merriwa, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Ridgewood, Tamala Park in Western Australia.

Check out Aussie Mortgage Masters if you need a loan.

Kelvin Eldridge

Additional tags: loan calculator, mortgage broker, car loan calculator, personal loan calculator, equity loan, mortgage refinance, refinance loan, unsecured loan, refinance mortgage, loan calculators

Free calls to USA and Canada for 2010

Today I received notification in my Gmail account I can make free calls to the US and Canada in 2010 . I decided to check out the Google phone service. Unfortunately I don't call anyone in the US so I couldn't test the free call. I decided to call someone in Australia.

The cost to call Australia is 2 cents (USD) per minute and Google gave me a 10 cent credit so I gave it a go. The call quality was good for me, but the person on the other end felt there was a delay. I found during the call we would talk over each other which is a good indication there is a delay. As long as you slow down you can have a good chat.

In Australia local calls are not timed and generally cost around 25 cents. However for short calls paying 2 cents (USD) for a minute (charged in minute intervals) you can even save money on local calls.

What interested me is the cost to call mobiles in Australia is 14 cents (USD). The cost to call mobiles in Australia is quite high. For example I notice on mobile plans (calls to other mobiles) cost 35 cents or more for the flagfall and 80 cents to a dollar per minute. That means I can talk for around two minutes and it wouldn't have cost me as much as the flagfall.

As long as I have a WiFi connection this might be an excellent way to save money calling mobiles. I was recently in Greece on holidays and from the main square in Athens there is free WiFi. That means it may now be possible to call mobiles in Australia from Athens for 14 cents (USD) a minute and that's a great way to stay in touch on holidays.

Those who are lucky enough to have contacts in the USA and Canada should be able to make calls from Australia for free.

Australian telephone companies (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, Three, Virgin etc) will find the future hard as the younger generation realises all it takes is a netbook and wireless access and call costs become a fraction compare to the cost of their mobile phone. Yes it isn't as convenient, but for many the savings they can make on their mobile phone could pay for their next holiday overseas. I know I'd prefer to travel than to spend the money on telephone calls.

Using one service I can already send SMS messages for 12 cents (which appear to come from my mobile) and now being able to call mobiles for 14 cents (USD) a minute may give me a cost effective way to call mobiles, subject of course to Google's service delivering the quality of service needed. It will be interesting to check out Google's phone service.

Enjoy,

Kelvin Eldridge

TIP: Moderate comments on your blog.

If you decide as a business to create and maintain a blog it is a good idea to enable comment moderation. That is you review and accept comments rather than automatically accept comments.

The majority of comments I receive are thinly disguised attempts at marketing. The concern I have is some of the sites attempting to market themselves may be malicious sites. Rather than potentially expose my readers to malicious sites, I review each comment.

For example today I received the following comment.

Earning money online never been this easy and transparent. You would find great tips on how to make that dream amount every month. So go ahead and click here for more details and open floodgates to your online income. All the best

If this was an email it would have been considered spam. But as a comment on a blog, it is up to the owner of the blog to make sure this type of material does not see the light of day.

Just to show how many blogs have been seeded with this comment I decided to perform a check on a phrase in the comment to give me an indication of how many blogs have this comment. I selected the words "more details and open floodgates to your online income." and performed a search on the phrase.

The results were:
Google: 339,000
Bing: 570,000

As you can see this is just one example of a single blog comment. I receive quite a few of these type of comments and I'm sure others do as well. With over half a million blogs seeded with this one comment, it is easy to imagine there are billions of comments that have been added to blogs which have no direct relationship to the content of the blog.

A very common ploy marketers use is to compliment a blog and say they'll let others know. We all like a comment so it is easy to be tricked. If you then check out the link to the person writing the comment you'll see it is trying to promote a site or a business. These people aren't interested in your site. Their only interest is to find sites which will help promote them. If a comment doesn't specifically relate to content in your site, chances are it is marketing.

If you own a blog, or thinking of setting one up, I highly recommend you moderate comments and look after the interests of your readers.

Kelvin Eldridge

The best diet is NO diet!

This morning I was thinking about how much exercise it takes to burn off the food we eat and I couldn't help but come up with the slogan, "The best diet is NO diet".

By "NO diet" I mean simply saying NO will often help you more to lose weight than trying to exercise off that treat.

For example a choc-chip muffin from Coles contains around 1,800kJ in energy. If you were to eat such a muffin how long would would you need to exercise in order to burn off the muffin? It takes a second to say NO, but now if you use the Energy Exercise Calculator you can work out how much time you will need to exercise.

If I use the figure of 93kg as the weight and go for a walk (4kph) you'll find it will take over an hour and a half to burn off the energy. I don't know about you, but to me that's a very long walk. A few minutes of pleasure eating a lovely choc-chop muffin and you then need to walk for an hour and a half, or you could simply say, "no thanks".

Next time you're thinking of a high energy treat, think about using the "NO diet" diet. You'll find you lose weight faster.

Check out the Energy Exercise Calculator and work out how much exercise and what type of exercise you can do to burn off those treats you love. Once you understand the connection between energy content in food, and energy expended through exercise, you'll see why many people who exercise alone find it difficult to lose weight. To me the best way to lose weight is to get your diet in order and then exercise for the benefits of exercise, plus exercise will help to you to lose weight faster.

Kelvin Eldridge

PS. You can find the Energy Exercise Calculator on the main page of JustLocal (http://www.justlocal.com.au/).

Is archive instead of delete for Gmail an Apple iPhone iOS4 bug?

When deleting emails using a Gmail account on the Apple iPhone 3GS with iOS4 by pressing the bin icon, the messages are now archived and aren't deleted. Is this a bug?

As it turns out this unexpected behaviour is a new feature of the iOS4 operating system. To find out how to again have your emails deleted clients can request MyAnswers solution 2008.

Kelvin Eldridge

Losing weight is easy.

I've just returned from an extended holiday and put on 5.2kg whilst away. In the past this would have been a concern, but now that I know how to lose weight it isn't an issue. Already in the first week I've lost 1.8kg with no exercise and just normal activity.

I find that most people make losing weight complicated and that sought of makes sense. Imagine if it was easy to lose weight. All those weight loss programs wouldn't make money. Those exercise classes people attend thinking they'll lose weight wouldn't be required. Those pre-packaged meals wouldn't be needed either. There is an entire industry out there built on a message that you need help to lose weight. Yet amazingly it is very easy to lose weight and it requires no exercise. That isn't you shouldn't exercise, but exercise isn't required to lose weight. I know. I lost 20.6kg using a simple approach, and so I could show others no exercise was required, did no exercise as part of my weight loss approach.

The tool I wrote to help me lose weight I've made available on the internet for others to use. You can find it at the following address http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/dieting/bmi-bmr.php.

Losing weight doesn't require any expense. If just requires a small amount of knowledge, probably around 5 minutes of effort a day and is easy once you know how.

If you're losing the battle of the bulge and you're a client, friend or family member then please feel free to ask me how I lost the weight. I am happy to share what I've learnt.

Kelvin Eldridge

Apple iOS4 iPhone. American spelling be gone.

I've been checking out the changes in the Apple iPhone with the release of iOS4. When I noticed iOS4 introduced spellchecking, I was naturally curious because of my dictionary work with the Australian English dictionary. (My obsolete work is now used by projects like Google Chrome and Firefox.)

Whilst at first I thought iOS4 only had American spelling, I was pleased that at least the iPhone now has British spelling. Ideally I'd like Australian English spelling to be available, but at least it is better.

MyAnswers solution 2007 shows how to set up the Apple iPhone with iOS 4 to spellcheck using British English.

Those of you with an eye for detail may have perhaps noticed the iPhone did not correctly highlight the American spelling of traveller as incorrect. I've found errors in all the dictionaries I've worked with, including printed and electronic, so this is not unexpected. None of us are perfect, but with time we can improve.

Thanks to Apple for adding the handy feature of spellchecking to their iPhone. If anyone knows the right contact in Apple please let them know that an Australian English dictionary would be welcome.

Kelvin Eldridge

JustLocal - 6030: Clarkson, Merriwa, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Ridgewood, Tamala Park, Western Australia, Australia

The JustLocal postcode page 6030 which covers the areas of Clarkson, Merriwa, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Ridgewood, Tamala Park in Western Australia is now live.

Virtual Profit Sharing members are reminded that should you know of a business in the postcode area of 6030, should they advertise as a result of your referral, then you will receive a profit share of the advertising whilst the business continues to advertise.

If you run a business in the postcode area of 6030 and are looking for a great way to promote your business in the local area, then join your JustLocal postcode page. The more local businesses participating the stronger the benefit to businesses and the local community.

We look forward to assisting the local communities of Clarkson, Merriwa, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Ridgewood and Tamala Park.

Kelvin Eldridge

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Support ends tomorrow for Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000, and older Server products.

A while ago I attended a Microsoft Partner meeting and I must admit I was a bit concerned to hear that on July 13th 2010, support for Windows XP was ending. The good thing is when I investigated further, I found it isn't Windows XP, just Windows XP SP2.

That means all you need to do is to upgrade your computer/s to Windows XP SP3 and you will continue to receive support updates.

It feels to me the promotional material around the July 13th date is encouraging people to move to Windows 7. This isn't necessary. All that is required is to download and install the SP3 update. My suggestion is to move to Windows 7 when you have a business reason to do so.

I hope you find this information clarifies the situation with Windows XP SP2 being end of life and now understand Windows XP SP3 is still supported.

Kelvin Eldridge

500millionfriends.com

For those interested, the site to promote the new movie about Facebook is www.500millionfriends.com. At the moment this appears to link to the site www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com which is the poster for the movie.

Kelvin Eldridge

Tags: 500 million friends

Luggage Suitcases Scale - Avoid Excess Baggage

Every now and then you see an item you just have to have. For me it was a luggage scale. When I think back about how embarrassing it was in an airport moving luggage from one suitcase to another, to get the weight right, I wish I had a luggage scale then.

The problem when travelling is the luggage gets heavier as you go along. What started as a suitcase meeting the baggage allowance can soon creep up resulting in bags being too heavy, or unpleasant excess baggage charges. Often if two or more people are travelling together, one bag may be over and others may be under. By moving items between suitcases when packing, it is often possible to have suitcases meet luggage restrictions, or avoid excess baggage fees.

How then can you easily determine how much each suitcase weighs?

With a luggage scale of course.

I actually didn't know such a device existed. The luggage scale has a digital display built into a handle which you hold, with a hook attached for lifting the luggage. The luggage scale beeps when it has determined the weight of the luggage. Weighing only 90 grams the luggage scale doesn't add to much weight to your luggage.

On the next trip I'll certainly be taking a luggage scale with me.

One topic that has come up recently is discount airlines may be reducing baggage allowances, which enables them to charge excess baggage to generate additional profit. People often only look at the price of the ticket, so it is easy to miss additional charges such as excess baggage, that might not be excess baggage on another airline. You should check each airline's baggage allowance. I saw one airline with great prices, but when I checked further, once you added up all the additional charges. their prices didn't look so good.

For those interested in a luggage scale it is available for $19.95 plus postage and handling. To me that's an excellent price for an item which will give me peace of mind when I next check in some luggage.

Kelvin Eldridge

Apple iOS 4 release date

The new version of the Apple iOS 4 operating system for the Apple iPhone is just around the corner. It should be here sometime next week.

I'm looking forward to multitasking and their universal inbox. Skype was one app I was looking forward to try but with OS 3 when it isn't running in the foreground, it isn't running and that makes it not as useful. Once iOS 4 introduces multi-tasking and Skype update their software to take advantage of multi-tasking I'm looking forward to testing Skype again.

With the unified inbox feature I'm hoping my two email accounts can be treated as one (and still two as currently) which should mean a little less going up and down through levels in the email application.

Whilst I'm still not sure of the exact release date the new iPhone 4 is being released on June 24 with the new operating system so it is possible it will be released around that time.

For those with the Apple 3G iPhone multi-tasking won't be available but I'm sure the update will bring some exciting new features. If you are interested in the features of iOS 4 visit the update page on the Apple site.

Those with an eagle eye will have noticed the change in the name of the operating system from OS to iOS which I suspect is to align the name of the operating system with the devices it runs on.

All we can do now is wait until sometime next week.

Kelvin Eldridge

Office web apps from Microsoft now live

I’ve been checking my Microsoft Live account to see if the Office web apps are live yet in Australia and to my surprise they’ve now been enabled.

The online Office applications from Microsoft look very good and should be sufficient for many people with fairly basic word processing and spreadsheeting requirements. I’ve found over the years many people often need little more than the basics to do what they need and the Office web apps will do that and more.

The first thing you may wish to do is to set your spellchecker language to Australian English in the Word app.

As I explore Microsoft Office web apps I’ll share information via the JustLocal blog and solutions to problems using MyAnswers.

 

Enjoy,

 

Kelvin Eldridge

 

 

 

SQL Writer - SQLDUMPER library failed initializaton

MyAnswers is a great resource for businesses looking for actual solutions to problems and is offered as part of the JustLocal service.

On the internet there is a lot of good information, but often the good information is difficult to find. Often when I search the internet I find many partial solutions, or solutions that I don't consider is the best way to do something. I find many people trying to provide answers have never experienced the actual problem. Often I've visited multiple sites and followed many threads of conversations only to find no solution provided and many others experiencing the same problem.

With MyAnswers the solutions provided are the solutions which come about by solving the actual problem for a client. The solution is then made available to JustLocal advertisers free of charge as part of the value offered by JustLocal.

MyAnswers solution 2005 documents what I did to stop this message from occurring for a particular user. The solution will be made available in the near future.

Kelvin Eldridge

Remote Desktop

My aim with JustLocal is to help people to purchase products and services locally. Sadly, over the last 10-15 years I don’t recall any local business asking me what I did and thus using my IT services. From those I ask in the local area they’ve had a similar experience.

It never ceases to amaze me how we have created a world where our customers come into our business, buy from us, and then we go and buy from someone else who most likely will never use our business. That by the way isn't how I work. Whenever possible I try to look for ways to purchase products and services from my customers first and then from others.

I know encouraging people and businesses to buy local is a long term goal for me. I believe in it which is why I invest my time an energy. I believe once people start to realise the benefits of supporting each other locally, that will have a huge impact on our day-to-day lives including the cost of travelling to and from work. The government puts so much emphasis on public transport. Buses are the only form of public transport in my area and given buses really aren't that much better in fuel efficiency than small cars, imagine how we could reduce our need for public transport if we did more locally. How huge a saving that could be on the public purse, our taxes, our own wallets and the environment.

Ideally I'd like to have a good group of local clients. However my business like everyone's has developed over time and my IT clients are scattered around Melbourne.

Lately I've been setting up Windows Remote Desktop on my client's machines. It is actually very technical, but once set up it enables me to connect to their network and provide remote support. The added advantage is clients can then connect to their own network from home and do some after hours work if required.

Having local clients is a great way to save fuel, time and thus money. However, technology also provides us with other ways where our physical location is not an issue. With Remote Desktop which I've tested across Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, I can now effectively assist my clients from a location which may be anywhere in the world where I can get internet access.

If Remote Desktop interests you and you'd like to have it set up in your business, please feel free to contact me.

 

Kelvin Eldridge

Tags: remote desktop, desktop remote, remote access, remote connection, windows remote desktop, xp remote desktop, remote desktop server, remote desktop port

 

 

Apple 4 (4G) Review

Everyone looks for different things in a piece of technology. This article includes the Apple 4 iPhone specifications which caught my eye and why. In effect it is a review of the Apple 4 iPhone as it relates to what interests me for myself and my clients.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Adsense - Google reveals how much they share

Recently I found a post where Google openly published how much they share with site owners. As many current and potential JustLocal advertisers may consider adding Google ads to their site, I decided to share this information in MyAnswers solution 2000 which will be available soon.

The two types of advertising Google is sharing information about are Adsense Content and Adsense Search.

This page is an example of Adense Content where Google ads have been added to the page. It is called content because the main purpose of the page is to share content, which in this case is an Electricity Cost Calculator.

This page is an example of Adsense Search. It is called search because it uses Google's custom search facility to provide Australians with a search facility where their searches are limited to pages Google considers to be from the Australian region.

For those interested the percentage share information and link to the original article is available in MyAnswers solution 2000 (for JustLocal advertisers and clients of Online Connections).

Kelvin Eldridge

Tags: adsense, google adsense, adsence, adsense ads, adsense revenue

Tips on duty free (dutyfree)

One of the bonuses when going overseas is the opportunity to purchase duty free. What I've noticed is people still think buying items like cameras and watches offer great savings like they did years ago.

Years ago duty was put into place to protect the local industry (that may still be the case in some areas) but for most of the things I'm interested in, the duty was reduced and I think completely removed. Duty was an additional tax to sales tax. When you bought duty free, not only did you not pay the duty, but you also didn't pay the sales tax.

What changed is we went from a wholesale tax system to GST. In effect tax on products was reduced in many cases and services became taxed.

In the past there may have been significant duty and wholesale tax on products. I recall figures such as 30% wholesale tax applied to some items.

Now however, most of that has changed. For items like cameras and electronic goods, duty free means a saving of GST. GST is one eleventh of the price which is roughly 9%.

The problem is duty free stores typically don't discount, so you pay full price less the GST. If you buy something on sale discounted by 10%, then you are getting a better price than buying duty free.

The other advantage of buying on sale is you get the item and can get used to it before leaving on an overseas holiday.

Items like alcohol and cigarettes, which have very large taxes applied to them, are the real bargains when it comes to duty free. I'm not a smoker, but those who do, really benefit when it comes to the savings on cigarettes. Even better is you can buy a range of duty free items at the airport when you return to Australia. That saves a lot of effort carrying duty free items around when overseas.

For me, gone are the days of going into the city buying duty free before a holiday overseas. I recall purchasing a video recorder and lugging it all around Asia. It makes me laugh to think of how inconvenient and heavy it was and now I could do just as well by buying during one when on special.

For those who love haggling, you'll probably find you can negotiate a discount in many cases which is as good as duty free. I'm not a haggler so that doesn't help me. I'm a catalogue buyer and since many catalogues are now on the internet, I can find my pre-trip specials quite easily from the comfort of home.

Even checking out duty free items is easy because the duty free store at Tullamarine airport is now online. From what I've previously compared, they were the same prices in the city as the airport, at least for the items I was interested in. I'm in Melbourne and that may differ for other locations. In general I've find airport prices much dearer for most things.

The following sites may be of interest to those travelling overseas.

Check this booklet from Customers for your duty free allowance.

www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/GuideForTravellers.pdf

Check this site for duty free prices at Tullamarine airport

http://www.firstdutyfree.com.au/

I seem to recall a place called Downtown duty free and so I searched for that name on the internet. I checked the telephone number and it is the same as First Tax & Duty Free. It appears they are the same.

Have a great holiday.

Kelvin Eldridge
Tags: duty free, downtown duty free, dutyfree, duty free allowance, duty free stores, duty free online

Word Microsoft Outlook

I recently attended the Microsoft partner session for Office 2010. There is so much happening with Microsoft at the moment across the board, it really feels there isn't one single exciting thing happening, but a range of  things happening that need to be reviewed and considered.

One thing stood out in my mind as I sat and watched demonstrations and that was Office 2010 is a good looking product. Microsoft certainly do make a polished product. In this case however beauty isn't skin deep. There is a lot to this release of Office 2010.

If you asked the question, "is there a single must-buy reason to purchase Office 2010?", the answer is probably not really. Based on my experience with clients, most will simply migrate to Office 2010 as older machines reach end of life and new machines are rolled out. Whilst there isn't a single compelling reason, there are a range of things which I will be considering in the coming weeks.

Perhaps the most exciting update is Office web applications. I for one will be giving them a burl to see if they add value for my business and for my clients. With users getting a massive 25GB of online storage, I'm interested in the opportunities that presents.

I thought I'd share a couple of things that stood out for me in the presentations.

1. I really did think, WOW, Microsoft really do make good looking software.
2. The range of Office 2010 editions has been reduced which to me is a good thing.
3. It was said something like 98% of new machines will come with Office installed and all you need to do is buy the appropriate product key card to unlock the applications you need.
4. The idea of upgrades is now gone which will be disconcerting for some, but once they realise the full product price is similar to the old upgrade price that means everyone is better off. It really makes sense to get rid of the idea of upgrades. It is a much simpler approach to treat each release of Office as a new product. For me this gets rid of a lot of support issues in handling the upgrade versus full product situation. This should have been done years ago.
5. For my clients I believe for the extra cost of purchasing the edition which contains Microsoft Access, when spread over three years, has been worth the extra money. This has probably changed. The version with Access is typically twice as dear and so it no longer makes as much sense. If people want Access and don't want Publisher, then it makes sense to purchase Access separately.
6. OneNote is now included across all versions of Office. I've never used OneNote, so I intend to try it out and see if it adds value to my experience.
7. One feature that is very impressive is in-place editing of images and videos. Microsoft is helping  the user by making it easier to edit images and videos without exiting out to other software. That was really quite impressive.
8. I think most small/medium businesses will opt for Office Home & Business 2010 and home users will opt for Office Home & Student 2010 (which includes a 3 user licence).
9. Interestingly I'd suggest that all home users try out the free versions of Office web apps that I believe will be available as part of Windows Live. I'll be evaluating the free version to see if it delivers enough for a range of users who don't need as much out of the Office product.
10. For business users the Office web apps offer some interesting options and this is where working in the cloud versus the local computer, will take time to work out the advantages and disadvantages involved.

Overall I find the situation rather interesting. I'm not normally excited with an Office upgrade as it is something we are quite used to. However there is so much to the Office 2010 desktop and web version, it is a bit exciting to start reviewing everything to determine where the new release can add value for my clients.

One thing I did ask was whether or not the ribbon bar could be minimised as I find it takes up so much space. I use a netbook now and to me that extra space is invaluable. With over 60 million netbooks sold it appears to me that Microsoft designers didn't anticipate the smaller netbook screen size. I personally feel the cloud offers one solution for portability, but so do portable form factors such as tablets and smaller devices which the HP Slate might or might not be one in the future. A lot of people will feel more comfortable with their data on a portable device than in the cloud and portable devices have the advanatage of your data always being available. Office could still work well on quite small form factors but the ribbon bar consumes too much screen area. The answer is, no it can't be shrunk or minimised. Ah well, we can't have everything.

As I explore the new world of Office 2010 and Office web apps, I'll be sharing what I find via this blog and MyAnswers.

Enjoy,

Kelvin Eldridge

TAGS: microsoft office 2003 upgrades, office outlook, office xp upgrades, microsoft outlook, microsoft office 2003 upgrade, microsoft update, microsoft powerpoint, ms word, microsoft word 2003 upgrade

Why the NBN concerns me.

For some time I've been watching the developments surrounding the NBN and thinking this doesn't make sense to me. A $43 billion project is a lot for Australian tax payers who have to foot the bill.

I personally don't think the government should make the rules and participate in the game. This leads to the government making the rules in their favour and I don't think that helps anyone in the long run.

Remember the Telstra monopoly. NBN looks like tomorrows monopoly in the making today.

But let's look at some figures that have appeared in the press.

In Tasmania they are rolling out the NBN to 200,000 households and businesses at a cost of $700 million. That's a cost of $3,500 per connection just for the initial infrastructure. That is a cost. It isn't the retail price consumers end up paying. Add wholesale margin, retail margin and GST and you can probably quadruple this figure.

If that's the case the average householder will need to pay back something like $14,000 and that's with 100% take-up. What if only half the population take up and use the NBN. This article indicates an expected take-up could be as low as 30%.

I can't help but wonder if the government's NBN monopoly will cripple innovation. I only hope other options continue to be available, although we do have to keep in mind when those that make the rules also play in the game, they can legislate the outcome.

For example I've noticed when tollways open, surrounding roads are adjusted to force users onto the toll roads. I can only imagine the same occurring with the NBN.

Small players will sell out and big players will have to play the game because you can't beat the umpire.

I'm all for progress. I just don't think replacing one monopoly with another is progress and I think history will be the best judge of that. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.

I do hope this becomes one of the next election issues. I think it is important we have a chance to at least voice our opinions in a way that matters.

- Kelvin Eldridge