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Apply for In-Home Supportive Services?
Become a provider of In-Home Supportive Services?
Report elder or dependent adult abuse?
Every child deserves a safe and stable environment that nurtures personal growth and development.
In Riverside County, there are approximately 4,000 children who have been removed from their families because of abuse, neglect or abandonment. These children need love, consistency and commitment. They need you.
If you are committed to addressing the needs of your community, you can help make a critical difference by becoming an approved Resource Family. If you think you would like to share your home and family with a child and make a positive impact, please call to learn more. To obtain further information about becoming a Resource Family you may call 1-800-665-KIDS.
The role of resource families is to provide a caring and supportive environment for children who cannot live with their birth parents until family problems are resolved. The primary goal of foster care is to provide a safe and loving home until children are able to reunify with their parents. Resource families are part of a team that includes social services staff and the biological parents working toward the goal of reunification. For children who cannot be returned to biological parents, foster placement may be the first step toward permanent placement such as adoption or guardianship.
As a resource family, you can help children during times of family crisis by providing positive parenting. Hold their hands. Take them to the library. Teach them to ride a bike or tie their shoes. For older children, helping to set educational goals provides a valuable lesson. Simple acts of caring and commitment can make an important difference in a child’s life. Your rewards will be immeasurable, and your community will benefit by having a greater number of well-adjusted children.
Riverside County Department of Public Social Services is a state licensed adoption agency and as such, is able to take relinquishments from birth parents who wish to place their child(ren) in a loving, adoptive home.
Thank you for taking an interest in caring for a child. We invite you to become a member of the Riverside County Resource Family program.
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I would never substitute my parents for anyone because they are who shaped me into the person that I am today.
I've been on my own since I was 16 and my parents are dead and I've made it this far as an independent adult, I don't think I need to start regressing now.
If my parents were both celebrities, I would be partyng with Paris Hilton instead of attending this interview.
Alan Alda and Redd Foxx. No I am not gay, but the humor would be outstanding. To be successful, and get through in life, one needs a good sense of humor. "I'm coming Elizabeth!"
Halle Berry and Marty Feldman.
There is a game where you have three coins, and your opponent has three coins. You both flip your coins at the same time. If the number of heads you have matches the number of heads he has, then you win $2. Otherwise you lose $1. Do you want to play this game?
Here's my solution. We consider 2 sequences (outcomes for the players). Since these sequences do not depend on each other, the probability that they will have the same number of heads is prob(no heads for player 1) * prob(no heads for player 2) + ... + prob(3 heads for player 1) * prob(3 heads for player 2) = 2* (1/8)^2 + 2 * (3/8)^2 = 20/64 = 5/16 (since prob of having no heads = prob of having 3 heads and prob of having 1 head = prob of having 2 heads). Hence the prob that the players will have different number of heads is 11/16. So the expected value of this game is (5/16)*2 + (11/16)*(-1) = -1/16. Hence we should not play this game.
2/5!=1/60 2 ways of seating in the order of age: clockwise and counter-clockwise. 5*4*3*2*1=5!=120 ways of seating. Imagine the guests seat one by one, and the first person was to choose a seat. He has 5 choices. The second person can choose among any of the 4 remaining seats. Etc. You have 5! possible combinations.
How would you deal with a shop lifter? How do you identify a loss prevention case?
Just be very aware of the store and everyone in it. If you witness this happening, approach the situation passively. If they place an item in their bag and you see it, approach them with a comment such as "would you like to try that on?" or "would you like me to hold that at the register for you so you don't have to carry it around."
Very good answer. I love it. You'll go far with this company. I am serious. Many people might be inclined to over-reacte. Begin screaming at the customer. Set off an alarm. Start yelling POLICE! POLICE! But I like your subtle approach.
Two blind men are carrying 3 pairs of red rocks and 3 pairs of white socks. They hit each other in the mall and have to redistribute the socks so that they receive the same amount of each color they had before. They can't receive any outside help. How do they do it?
Five people are going out to dinner and all are of different ages. What is the probability that they will sit around a circular table in the correct order of age, regardless of direction?
What do you look for in a costumer to signify that you should begin closing the deal on a product he or she may have been looking at.
This question is tricky. Look up good salesman tips if you don't already know them. Some good indications that a costumer is interested in a product is when they are asking questions about the products to an employee or trying to understand how a product works for future use.
Describe a situation when you had to deal with an angry costumer. How did you handle the situation and what was the outcome?
Make sure you tell them you calmly handled the situation. They want people who can keep a calm composure when dealing with irritating people.
Describe a time when you went the extra mile for a costumer.
They want you to tell them something that makes it seem like you went above and beyond the expectations of standard costumer service.
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Gingersnap Gravy is a spicy sauce seasoned with Cajun spices and is thickened with Gingersnap cookies. It’s a Paul Prudhomme Cajun recipe from Louisianna. I serve it with Dirty Rice and Spicy Cajun Chicken. See my Recipes list for these links.
2 tablespoons butter or olive oil, your choice. The Cajun style is butter, as is the French.
Continue cooking 10 minutes, whisking often.
Continue whisking and simmering a few minutes. Taste and add more gingersnaps, brown sugar or ginger if you prefer. Simmer after your additions a few minutes.
Strain the gravy through a fine mesh strainer. Line it with cheesecloth too if you have it. You’ll have to press the gravy through the strainer with a spoon.
Store in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use it. Serve with Cajun food or any plain style chicken or rice.
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Best eaten through a straw!!!! Seriously I experienced an epiphany when I first tasted this…as in how could I have lived this long without it!!!

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


text: JOHN GRISMORE. farmer, P. O, Bluffton, was born in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1812. His parents, Abraham and Elizabeth (Kerchner) Grismore, were natives of Germany; the father was a farmer, but not very successful, for he died a poor man leaving a family of ten children. Our subject, from childhood, had to practice economy. He learned the tailor's trade which he followed for seventeen years. He was united in marriage, in 1837, with Catherine Weaver, of German descent, and who was born November 8, 1816, in Butler County, Ohio, daughter of Henry Weaver. To this union were born nine children: Sarah (deceased), Henry. Mary Ann, George, Elizabeth and an infant son (deceased). Harriett, Phebe Ann, and Martin. Mrs. Grismore, a member of the Lutheran Church, died in 1880. Mr. Grismore has been a resident of Richland Township, this county, since 1842 and has done more to increase its prosperity than any other man here. He first bought sixty eight acres of lamd to which he added by subsequent purchases,uutil at one time he owned 630 acres. He has been industrious, economical and very successful, financially, and by judiciously investing his money has now a comfortable competency. He is a Democrat in politics.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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The evidence is clear: What happens from the ages of 0 to 5 can alter the course of a person’s life. Let’s not waste an opportunity to invest in this most powerful and formative time. Together, we can make sure that every Alberta child has the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential.
The First 2000 Days has released a position paper calling for an integrated approach to Early Childhood Development. To help spread this call, we’ve created a campaign to put ECD on the policy agenda for the 2019 Provincial election.
For this initiative to be successful, we want as many candidates, community and sector leaders, friends and colleagues to understand that ECD matters! You are invited to use one or all of the resources below to tell people that investing in the Early Years is important to you.
Step 1: Download the Q-Cards series.
Sources used for Q-Cards facts can be found here.
Step 2: Use the Q-Cards to spread the word! Here are our recommendations for engagement to get these resources in front of those who can help put ECD on the policy agenda. See recommendations for engagement here.
Step 3: Let us know who you talked to about investing in ECD with this online tracking form. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete and will be essential in our evaluation of this project. Link to tracking form can be found here.
To reach out to your current elected officials or candidates personally, you may want to start with this template letter.
Not sure what riding you’re in? The boundaries for a lot of ridings will change for the 2019 election. See the new Electoral Boundaries for Calgary here.
A network’s strength is in it’s numbers. You can help us help candidates understand the importance of Early Childhood Development ahead of the 2019 provincial election.
The First 2000 Days Network acts as a catalyst for linking, aligning, and leveraging efforts in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) system to enable collective action toward improving ECD outcomes. By impacting how the system works together we can have a positive impact on child and family outcomes.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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We are a family owned buisness with over 50 years of experience. We are located in South Fayette and have delivery service to the greater Pittsburgh area.
Copyright 2011 Broniak & Kraf. All rights reserved.


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On March 20th 2019 elections were held for the Provincial parliaments which are the legislative assembly in each of the 12 provinces. They have responsibility for matters such as energy, climate, regional infrastructure and regional economy. The elections directly determine the members of the Senate (75 seats). The members of the Senate will be elected by the elected members of the 12 States-Provincial, on 27 May 2019.
Forum for Democracy (FvD) were the big winners of the 2019 provincial elections. FvD is a new (established in 2016) conservative, right wing political party. Currently, the party has only 2 seats (out of 150) in the Second Chamber of the House of Parliament, which is the most important political institution. However in the Senate (through which all legislation that is approved by the Second Chamber has to pass), the party will most likely get 13 seats out of 75 following these election results. They were not previously represented in the Senate as they are a new party. With 13 seats, FvD will at once become the biggest party in the Senate with more votes in Wednesdays elections than the VVD, the conservative liberal party of the prime minister, Mark Rutte. FvD recently signed a pact with the ECR group in the EP and is expected to elect 3 or 4 MEPs.
The Dutch coalition (VVD, CDA, D66 and CU) will lose the majority in the Senate The VVD lost 1 seat (from 13 to 12 seats). CDA (Christian Democrats) lost 3 seats and drop from 12 to 9 seats, the liberal democrats of D66 dropped from 10 to 6 seats and CU (the Christian Union) was the only winner in the coalition with one extra seat (from 3 to 4 seats). With this result the coalition only has 31 of the 75 seats in the Senate and will lose their majority after the indirect elections in May 2019. The consequence of this is that the coalition might have trouble passing legislation through the Senate and will need to find opposition partners to get to (at least) 38 seats in the Senate. The most likely partner will be GreenLeft (GroenLinks). The party won 5 additional seats (from 4 to 9) and can give the coalition the majority that they need. The coalition is expected to look to GreenLeft or the Labour Party (the PvdA, 7 seats) for support. Prime minister Rutte already stated that losing the majority is not a new issue, but for him it means “drinking a lot more cups of coffee” with other parties, like GreenLeft, the Labour Party and possibly also FvD. Leaning to the left means even more electoral vulnerability for the governing VVD towards right wing FvD. Making deals with FvD will probably be electorally unacceptable for more leftwards orientated coalition parties CU and D66.
In the Netherlands, a big debate is going on about climate measures. This month the coalition decided to introduce a carbon tax for companies. The measures were framed as being to the ‘left’. FvD, a rightwing party, denies the human impact on climate change. Research shows that voters changed their mind over the past weeks in the aftermath of the climate debate, and it is thought that this could explain the shift in voting.
The result of the elections should not be seen as an anti-EU vote. The membership of the EU is not on the current political agenda , the FvD have played their Nexit issue down and Eurosceptical parties, the Socialist Party (SP) and PVV lost seats.
It is worth remembering that the current governing coalition took a record 208 days to form after inconclusive elections on 15 March 2017. Prime Minister Mark Rutte from the Liberal VVD heads his 3rd ruling coalition but it took nearly 7 months to negotiate. He put together a 4-party coalition with the more progressive Liberals (D66), the centre-right CDA (who sit with the EPP) and more conservative Christian Union (whose 1 MEP sits in the ECR group). This gives the government a precarious one seat majority in the fragmented 13-party parliament. Rutte had previously governed with the Labour party (PvdA) but they suffered heavy losses in the 2017 elections.
Following the departure of the 73 British MEPs, the Netherlands has gained 3 extra MEPs for the 2019 elections.
"Nederland en Europa horen bij elkaar. Onze welvaart, veiligheid en vooruitgang zijn afhankelijk van een sterke EU.
We zien bij de Brexit wat voor doorslaand succes het is om uit de Unie te stappen. Maar niet heus."
Nog 31 dagen tot #EP2019!
"Wij zijn de meest uitgesproken partij vóór Europa.
De vorige keer ging slechts 18% van de jongeren stemmen. Als je gelooft dat je grote uitdagingen als klimaatverandering samen oplost, kies je D66."
Wat is jouw familietraditie met #Pasen?

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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wp slug translate——很实用的一个插件，当你设置了按文章名字来自动填写固定链接的时候，它可以自动帮你翻译成英文，实在不能翻译也能自动转化成拼音。如果你写中文博客，这真的很有用，避免了乱码的出现！--set slug by translate title or slug from chinese to english with google translate or pinyin. 通过将title用google translate 翻译成英语或者拼音.
Link Manager——wordpress 3.5.1的链接呢？！没事，装了这个插件，立马就回来了！--Enables the Link Manager that existed in WordPress until version 3.5.
Most Popular Posts——按照评论的多少排列，显示热门文章！--Display a link to the most popular posts on your blog according to the number of comments.
MO Widgets——可以设置侧边栏在不同的页面显示不同的内容！--Useing it can easier to control your Widgets.Adds checkboxes to choose your Widget to show or hide on different pages;and add a Widget with support for including PHP.Thanks for Display widgets and Samsarin PHP Widget.|灵动边栏插件,使用它将使你更容易的控制你的边栏显示,安装激活以后会在小工具页面显示控制各个小工具在博客中任何页面是否显示,以实现不同页面不同侧边栏的效果;同时在小工具页面产生一个支持php语言的文本小工具,让你更容易的添加属于自己的边栏小工具.此插件在Display widgets和Samsarin PHP Widget基础上修改,在此感谢原作者.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Accommodating up to 8 people, you will have at your disposal more than a charter boat, more than a typical sailboat rental: you will enjoy a true floating luxury apartment of 80 m2 with stunning sea views.
Without the strictures of the typical rental sailboat, you will have a luxurious lounge with panoramic views 360 degrees, with a spacious and comfortable dining table surrounded by sofas covered in leather . Unlike traditional monohull sailboats not go outside you will need to have full visibility of what is going on outside of the boat.
Opposite the chart table, there is a complete kitchen with gas oven, refrigerator, freezer and three burners for cooking in this stunning charter boat as if you were in your own home. This catamaran has four private cabins with double beds for overnight stays up to 8 people.
A spectacular outdoor deck aft with dining table where regain strength to continue enjoying this sumptuous aboard charter boat while sailing around the Balearic islands pitiusas. The top deck of these catamarans art is rigid, unlike older catamarans have a canvas awning. Therefore the hardtop is ideal, not only to access comfortably mainsail and boom, it also serves as a solarium, unless the vessel carries solar panels installed. Catamarans are definitely your best option to charter a sailboat in Ibiza.
- Fuel: charter days not available to overnight.
- Check out: 9:00pm at Club Nautico San Antonio.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text: Although instructors at a Western Caribbean university use technology in the instructional process, they rarely use social media tools for teaching and learning. This exploratory qualitative case study addressed faculty members' perceived role of social media technology tools in higher education instruction at the local university. The conceptual frameworks that guided this study were the theory of planned behavior and the technology acceptance model. Ten faculty members at the local university were selected through a purposeful sampling process and were interviewed. Interview transcripts were organized using an iterative coding process and were analyzed for recurring themes. Trustworthiness was established through peer review, member checking, peer debriefing, and triangulation. The themes that emerged from the interviews revealed factors that encouraged the use of social media tools such as freedom in learning, growth in inferential skills, ease of communication, or access to a repository of online lessons. In addition, factors that discouraged the use of social media were also discovered, such as unreliability of the tools, hindrance to cognitive growth, or the increased number of cyber bullies. The resulting project consisted of a white paper that will disseminate the findings from this study to stakeholders with the goal of initiating a collaborative process focused on the use of social media tools in instruction. Recommendations from this project study may help to implement and integrate social media tools in instruction. The project contributes to social change through faculty members' stronger understanding of both those factors that encourage the use of social media tools and the barriers that prevent their effective use in instruction.


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2nd time I have received this message this morning.
I received Dave’s message on Monday.  Your results may vary.  While Yahoo Groups has a problem with sending multiple messages via the listserver, your ISP (internet Service Provider) e.g. Mediacom, Iowatelecom, Charter, etc. may also have occasional server issues whereupon certain messages are delayed or repeated in downloading to your local (client) email system on your computer.   Some email clients are worse than others.


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Party guests will enjoy this tasty version of guacamole with black beans.
Combine the cream cheese and sour cream; blend well. Stir in the Monterey Jack cheese, the olives, the onion and the seasonings. Chill for 2 hours.
Purée the beans in a food processor or blender.
Spread a thick layer of beans over each tortilla.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the beans.


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Aim: To represent and advance the viewpoint, awareness or particular take-up of a particular need or issue via various campaigning of policy levers and methods.
Summary: Representing the charities standpoint on various issues via official responses and consultation expertise, supporting campaigns and communication, evidence creation, research and knowledge.
Taking the form of submitted written evidence, oral evidence briefing, consultation reviewing and responses and external facing articles and reports. Alongside this sitting on other various, alliances, panels and advisory boards as an expert contributor.
EAC Inquiry – Growing a Circular Economy – Providing Keep Britain Tidy written evidence from research on urban recycling and practical Circular Economy experience. Briefing for oral evidence.
EFRA Inquiry into Defra’s Waste Management in England – Providing Keep Britain Tidy written evidence from research on urban recycling and practical Circular Economy experience. Briefing for oral evidence.


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Patricia Broughan Cohen of Houston, Texas and formerly Wickliffe, Ohio passed on Sunday March 10, 2019 at Memorial Hermann Hospital TMC in Houston. Born August 25, 1948 she graduated Wickliffe High School in 1966 and attended Miami University of Ohio, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelors of Arts degree. She loved a life of medicine and caring for people, becoming a radiological technologist and pursuing a nursing degree. She married Alan M. Cohen, MD on July 19, 1980 and they spent 38 wonderful years together. She raised Jason E. Cohen and Brian W. Cohen as her sons and is the grandmother to Nathaniel J. Cohen, Ellis N.C. Doherty and Timothy P.H. Cohen as well as the mother-in-law to Leslie A. Cohen McGregor and Meghan C. Doherty. She is predeceased by her mother Marian Broughan and father Thomas A. Broughan. She is survived by her husband, children and grandchildren as well as her sister Judy Martinson, married to David Martinson, and brother Thomas Broughan, MD, married to Deborah Broughan as well as their children and grandchildren. She volunteered in Shaker Heights, OH to welcome new families to the community as part of the Welcome Wagon. In Houston, she volunteered at Memorial Hermann Hospital, becoming president of the volunteers and ascending to the Board of Director of Memorial Hermann Hospital System. Her passions ranged from horseback riding, which she enjoyed for 60 years and being a hockey-mom supporting both her sons, most notably recognized for her calls of “Take the Body.” She was a proud, strong, loving woman with impeccable taste and style.Please make any donations to Planned Parenthood in her memory.
A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Wickliffe, Ohio.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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I had been in the kitchen a full ten minutes, getting coffee and Alia's lunch going before I realized that there was snow on the ground. Just a bit - but snow! I called up to Alia (who said "I'm sorry!" thinking, I guess, that I was hollering at her for still being in bed) and she could hardly believe it either.
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Read more about Track workout!
Tired. Good, flat 45 mile ride this afternoon.
Felt like having a flat, Z3 ride today so I stayed on the bike paths and went down to the Cherry Creek area. Tons of commuters (late afternoon) and I found that my ego wanted to catch and pass the next guy, then the next guy. . . there went my Z3 workout.
In the end I had a great ride. My right knee is not so happy but not stopping me from training; right shoulder unhappy as always on that bike but with less than 50 miles the discomfort is manageable.
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Well, my Garmin is back - and though I had it plugged in all night, when it was time to head out it was complaining of having a low battery.
Not such a big fan of the Garmin 210.
It is an absolutely perfect day for a run today. Actually on the verge of being a bit warm. Seyore and I just got back from a four mile run on the bike path, and though my Garmin is not back yet (their tracking service says that it's due to be delivered today or tomorrow), I'd guess that I held a 9:30 pace the whole time, if not faster.
Right now, to me, 9:30 is a good pace.
Who knows? might have been 9:15.
Yes: Yom Kippur. Not going to services this year; I actually cannot remember a Yom Kippur when I didn't go to services, though I imagine I didn't go during college. But that's a topic for another context.
Months from now I may regret working all day today, seeing as how it was such a perfect day to ride - but I feel that I am nearing completion of a pretty mind-stretching project and I didn't want to stop.
Not sure why, with all the time that's left on it - but perhaps it's that every time I look at it there's less time left. Unsurprising, perhaps (and a metaphor for life?) but the good news is that I look at that timer when I'm about to record more training that I have done.
Dear God am I tired.
Somehow it took me over five hours (fortunately I am without my Garmin, which the good people at UPS tell me has arrived at the Garmin facility in Olathe, Kansas, there to be replaced by a working one) but I rode out to Deer Creek Canyon Road, climbed it and rode back.

industry_corpus2: Sports


text: Fling these skulls and watch them stick. 1-1/2" skull on 7" sticky string. Vinyl. Assorted colors. 8-1/2".


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A new “Cool Chamber Jazz” project in a less common trio format: tenor sax, trombone and piano, led by Dutch saxophonist Barend Middelhoff, whose career spread over countries: from the Netherlands, New York, Paris to Bologna Italy, where he is now resident. The music has an organic structure in its harmony, sequentially transforming itself, together with Massimo Morganti on trombone and Nico Menci on piano. The album contains 6 new compositions and 2 standards, including a beautiful velvet tune “Nothing to Lose” originally composed by Henry Mancini.
I first heard about Albóre Jazz from Roberto Gatto, in the summer of 2010, before a concert of his in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. “It’s a serious label,” he said enthusiastically, “managed by the producer Satoshi Toyoda, who always thinks about the artist’s needs first.” The label continued to grow and became well-known in the international jazz scene thanks to the release of its many interesting albums. Its twenty-fifth CD is no exception: “The Cause Of The Sequence”, played by the trio Barend Middelhoff, Massimo Morganti and Nico Menci.
It’s an unusual combination: tenor sax and trombone, who are ready to play together or exchange roles as protagonist, and piano, skilled in building both a flexible rhythmic framework and adding to the overall expressiveness with well-measured movement. The three work towards precise positioning in terms of sound space and refer continuously to melodic phrases and linear, singable themes. Much importance is also given to the parts left blank in the score, which let the music breath and loosen the stitching in the musical fabric, allowing the tonal character of the instruments to stand out even more. All this develops over a medium-slow tempo, playing on ideas that hark back to the cool jazz scene and to chamber music situations, creating an elegant, open ensemble, with a subtle power of communication. The trio exudes clarity of expression in passages like Middelhoff’s Ballad For Anna, dedicated to his wife, who he met in France a few years ago, embracing a life full of unknown adventure together, to later settle down in Bologna where they now live. It is a ballad full of sweetness and poetry, in which the tenor sax with its puckered breathing, always plays in the foreground, as if to emphasize a lasting, deep and sincere love. At the end of the tracklist we find an equally expressive piece, Musiplano. The theme was recorded by Massimo Morganti in 2012 with a piano less quartet and is here presented in a more moderate version, where depth of style and embellished outlined to the piece can be found in Nico Menci’s piano itself. Morganti was also responsible for the arrangement of Angel Eyes by Matt Dennis, previously recorded by the trombonist with Marco Postacchini’s octet.
Through alternating solos, each player is drawn into this standard in the same way, and the resulting overall interpretation is rich in essentiality. The other remake on the album is Nothing To Lose by Henri Mancini, in which the trio proves it can venture into any repertoire without compromising its personal sound, which remains well-rooted and very recognizable throughout. Here the melody is played by the trombone and supported by saxophone. This creates a striking impact, a haunting feel and offers attractive shades of tone.Middelhoff said about this piece: “We went into the studio and we just played, in a natural way, without forcing anything and without complex arrangements.” The fluency of form and naturalness of both harmonic, rhythmic and melodic developments, clearly pervades the whole recording, as we can hear in Unison Party for example, where sax and trombone move hand in hand in a particularly strong fusion of tones. These features also emerge in the tracks Big Belly Blues and Slow White Blues, where Nico Menci shows how he can work without drums or double bass, thanks to his precise use of rhythm. The title track, meanwhile, is a symbol of spontaneity: it begins with written harmony and the thematic sequence then develops freehand, nourished by a steady stream of inspiration. As a whole, the trio shows a defined personality, thanks to the intelligence and dedication of the individual musicians. Their serious approach avoids any monotony which, for such a structured album, could have proved the biggest danger.
A very cool combo – one that features the trombone of Massimo Morganti, tenor of Barend Middelhoff, and piano of Nico Menci – all working together without any other instrumentation at all! The style means that the piano handles as much of the rhythm as it does the melody – making for these warm grooves that are really wonderful – as lyrical as they are soulful, and with a strength that really drives both of the horn players forward too – so much so you don’t miss the bass and drums at all! At most points, the style is very swinging – hardly the kind of airy experiment you might guess from the format – and both Middelhoff and Morganti win us over right away with the strength of their phrasing together, and the range of their solos when they break out. A wonderfully fresh record, and a delight all the way through – with titles that include “Unison Party”, “Big Belly Blues”, “Ballad For Anna”, “Musiplano”, “The Cause Of The Sequence”, and a nice cover of Henry Mancini’s “Nothing To Lose”. © 1996-2015, Dusty Groove, Inc.
Un repertorio costruito nel rispetto della tradizione. Una formazione molto meno consueta e, soprattutto, molto esigente. Una dedizione continua e appassionata alla melodia, alla linearità dell’esposizione.
Pianoforte, trombone e sax tenore – senza ritmica – costituiscono un ensemble con ampi margini di libertà, ma costringono allo stesso tempo i tre ad un costante supporto reciproco e ad un ascolto attento. È la chiave scelta da Barend Middelhoff, Massimo Morganti e Niccolò Menci per garantire l’equilibrio della musica: una libertà utilizzata per ampliare le possibilità degli interpreti, “costretti” ad articolare le frasi per garantire sempre comunque la gestione ritmica e armonica del discorso.
Barend Middelhoff, autore dei cinque brani centrali del lavoro, sembra voler giocare sul filo della difficoltà creata dal rispetto dei canoni espressivi del jazz con un combo simile. Sono brani che proseguono il discorso avviato dalle canzoni scelte per l’apertura, vale a dire due standard come Nothing to lose di Henry Mancini e Angel Eyes di Matt Dennis: composizioni concepite nell’alveo del mainstream, tenendone presenti le dinamiche e le motivazioni e cercando i riferimenti nel blues e nello swing. Il punto è ricreare, suggerire, sfruttare gli spunti dei brani con la “trazione anteriore” del combo, privo del sostegno della ritmica. I temi diventano così utili punti di partenza per le improvvisazioni dei tre, ma anche per contrappunti e risposte, gestite in maniera fluida e filante.
La conclusiva Musiplano – firmata da Morganti e già presente nell’omonimo disco del trombonista – affronta invece le attitudini più corali del trio: più eccentrica rispetto al resto del disco, disegna atmosfere più aperte, dove i tre possono intervenire maggiormente sulle sospensioni e sugli echi innescati dalle frasi. Senza il bisogno di dover evocare la ritmica, anzi utilizzando un passo differente rispetto agli altri brani, la composizione di Morganti mette in luce una ulteriore sfaccettatura del combo.

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An NBC News review of classified CIA documents for a 14 month period beginning in September 2010 lists 114 drone strikes that killed as many as 613 people. However, in some of those strikes, the CIA did not know the identity of the victims. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
Three former senior Obama administration officials also told NBC News that some White House officials were worried that the CIA had painted too rosy a picture of its success and likely ignored or missed mistakes when tallying death totals.
NBC News has reviewed two sets of classified documents that describe 114 drone strikes over 14 months in Pakistan and Afghanistan, starting in September 2010. The documents list locations, death and injury tolls, alleged terrorist affiliations, and whether the killed and injured were deemed combatants or non-combatants.
In some cases, U.S. officials also seem unsure how many people died. One entry says that a drone attack killed seven to 10 people, while another says that an attack killed 20 to 22.
Yet officials seem certain that however many people died, and whoever they were, none of them were non-combatants. In fact, of the approximately 600 people listed as killed in the documents, only one is described as a civilian. The individual was identified to NBC News as the wife or girlfriend of an al Qaeda leader.
Micah Zenko, of the Council on Foreign Relations, says that more civilians and non-combatants have likely been killed by U.S. drone strikes than the Obama administration has claimed.
The CIA declined to comment, and the White House did not immediately respond to calls and emails requesting comment. Important reporting on the subject also was done previously by McClatchy Newspapers.
Separately, on background, the official noted that as President Barack Obama said in an address last month, as the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan declines, so will the number of strikes.
The CIA uses two basic methods to target people for killing, according to current and former U.S. officials.
The first is called a “personality” strike. These strikes target known terrorists, whose identities have been firmly established through intelligence, including visual surveillance and electronic and human intelligence. In other words, the CIA knows who it is killing.
In so-called “signature” strikes, intelligence officers and drone operators kill suspects based on their patterns of behavior -- but without positive identification. With signature strikes, the CIA doesn’t necessarily know who it is killing. One former senior intelligence official said that at the height of the drone program in Pakistan in 2009 and 2010, as many as half of the strikes were classified as signature strikes.
Analysts use a variety of intelligence methods and technologies that they say give them reasonable certainty that the “signature” target is a terrorist. Part of the analysis involves crunching data to make connections between the unidentified suspects and other known terrorists and militants. The agency can watch, for example, as an unknown person frequents places, meets individuals, makes phone calls, and sends emails, and then match those against other people linked to the same calls, emails and meetings.
A half dozen former and current U.S. counter-terrorism officials told NBC News that signature strikes do generally kill combatants, but acknowledge that intelligence officials doesn’t always know who those combatants are. Some of the officials said the moral and legal aspects of the signature strikes were often discussed, but without any significant change in policy.
Retired Adm. Dennis Blair, former director of national intelligence, says that drone strikes can more effectively identify and target combatants than other types of airstrikes.
Once a target has been killed, according to current and former U.S. officials, the CIA does not take someone out of the combatant category and put them in the non-combatant category unless, after the strike, a preponderance of evidence is produced showing the person killed was a civilian.
A 2012 AP investigation reported that in 10 drone attacks from the preceding 18 months, Pakistani villagers said that about 70 percent of those killed were militants, while the rest of the dead were either civilians or tribal police. The AP report notes that Pakistani officials and villagers claimed that 38 non-combatants were killed in a single strike on March 17, 2011.
According to the AP, U.S. officials said the group hit by the strike was heavily armed and behaved in “a manner consistent with al Qaeda-linked militants.” Villagers and Pakistani officials said the gathering was a “jirga,” or community meeting, in which locals were negotiating with a small group of militants over mining rights.
U.S. officials listed 20 to 22 dead in the strike, according to the documents obtained by NBC News, and described them as “other militants.” A former U.S. official told NBC News the drone attack was a “signature” strike, while a U.S. human rights advocate who has interviewed local villagers – and is skeptical of Pakistani claims of widespread civilian casualties from drone strikes -- supported the Pakistani description of the meeting as a jirga and most of the victims as non-combatants.
In a speech at the National Defense University in May, President Obama defended his administration’s use of targeted killings. He acknowledged that there had been civilian casualties, and that drone technology raised “profound questions” about “who is targeted and why,” but he also said the CIA’s drone program was “legal,” “lethal,” “effective,” and the most humane option for counterterrorism. He said the U.S. had a “high threshold ... for taking lethal action,” and that the drawdown of forces in Afghanistan and successful action against al Qaeda would likely “reduce the need for unmanned strikes” in 2014.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a reference to previous reporting by McClatchy Newspapers.
Richard Engel is NBC News' chief foreign correspondent; Robert Windrem is a senior investigative producer for NBC News.


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Tom Paxton – General Custer – Du Folk, de la politique… !
Désopilante chanson de Tom Paxton, moquant le personnage (dont l’image quasi sacrée dans l’imaginaire étasunien venait d’être sérieusement écornée par le film Little Big Man d’Arthur Penn) du Général Custer, et sa défaite spectaculaire à la bataille de Little Big Horn.
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last post is in March 2004.
Yeah, it ended. Why write that in comments?
Interesting (non sarcastic) that only Elliot and Alan are still pro-TCS.
What do you mean only? From what list of people? For example, Justin old school guy who remains pro-TCS.
why did others leave? any theories?
one problem I remember was that Alice Bachini deleted one of my posts without any discussion and without saving a copy first.
it was not organized well.
I don't mean leave the blog, I mean leave TCS.
There was a group of people very fierce about TCS who completely disappeared.
I think it's because they never understood very well what TCS was all about. And when they discovered that it wasn't what it was what they thought it was, they dint't like to admit they were mistaken. They didn't like learning or philosophy that much.
what do you mean "very fierce about TCS"?
i think not many people ever really cared that much.
how many of them wrote 500 or more total list emails? how many of them **really tried**? some people did that. many did not.
yeah, not liking philosophy is one of the big things. some people just wanna fancy themselves super nice parents. without bothering admit how hard that actually is and face the challenge.
Sue Cvach, for example, never seemed all that interested in philosophy.
I think the people who seemed more interested in philosophy, then quit, are more interesting. What happened there? Why did Woty quit? DD? Sarah? Brian Scurfield? Tom Robinson?
> what do you mean "very fierce about TCS"?
talking a lot about it. blogging about it. going forums to spread it. tcs was above everything else for them.
> Why did Woty quit?
at one point she got more interested in judaism. i lost track after.
defending tcs compromised his status.
i thought she died to be honest. like for real. ppl were spreading rumours she was very ill.
probably forced to silence. tcs is very deviant. you don't live in a free world.
vaguely remember the name but don't remember his posts much.
is that the guy who does cartoons?
what happened to Liberty? and Sierra?
Tom Robinson isn't the cartoon guy. He's somebody else.
He's into scientism now, e.g. - he thinks that people being kept alive by technology might lead to a drop in the quality of genes and make people dumber.
i didn't know Tom was into that kinda scientism now. that's really dumb. I knew he had gotten into Eckhart Tolle (who is really awful).
he came back to FI a couple years ago briefly. he was extremely hostile and insulting to me (some of this was offlist). totally not at all a TCSer. basically spit in my face in reply to me saying the exact same kinda stuff I used to say that he used to like. he said something about how i couldn't possibly mean what i was saying – refusing to take me seriously at all. he was super condescending about it. all i said was typical TCS/FI stuff.
Brian Scurfield stood out for understanding Popper a lot better than most people in the community.
> Tom Robinson isn't the cartoon guy. He's somebody else.
> He's into scientism now, e.g. - he thinks that people being kept alive by technology might lead to a drop in the quality of genes and make people dumber.
so liberty is kinda anti-Rand now?
>> And as for prima facie self-interest, I don't need morality to tell me to follow it any more than I need morality to tell me to eat when I'm hungry.
> Lots of people do need that sort of guidance, e.g. - many of the people who are deemed anorexic.
some anorexics feel hunger but don't eat when hungry because it conflicts with wanting to be thinner.
Liberty never even appeared to be any good. She never accomplished anything. She never participated much or had much interest in TCS.
what do you mean by "she never accomplished anything". sounds mean. she's very young. it also sounds like you know what she is doing with her life. she might be pursuing other interests.
she was raised tcs, how can she not be interested in it?
For example, Liberty never once wrote a good essay or significant post about TCS. At the awesomeness level that, say, Justin and Alan have written a bunch of.
> she was raised tcs, how can she not be interested in it?
1) don't assume stuff you don't know.
2) she could easily pick up some irrationality from her culture, misunderstand some things about TCS, get stuck, etc, etc. why not?
Has there ever been any public evidence that Liberty knows much about TCS?
doesn't it mean you were bad friends to her?
also, what did you mean by "academic philosophy"?
you mean she is studying at uni?
The meaning of selfishness is not restricted to Rand's. she could've been using another meaning.
> The meaning of selfishness is not restricted to Rand's. she could've been using another meaning.
This was in reference of the post quoted. She was criticizing Rand.
It still seems that having the intention adds knew knowledge that the average parent would not have, so the parenting would still be better in comparison.
Or maybe you are wrong that everyone, if only raised TCS, would be super smart or care for philosophy. If it's about helping people pursuit their own interests they might end fishermen.
> also, what did you mean by "academic philosophy"? what i saw was a personal blog you mean she is studying at uni?
The blog was about her being anti-Rand.
She has mentioned a lot of stuff about studying at uni, going to academic philosophy conferences, asking about how to write academic papers and stuff like that on Facebook.
> isn't it your fault?
> doesn't it mean you were bad friends to her?
dunno where this is coming from. I was never friends with Liberty.
too many assumptions. check your premises!
speaking of "I" and signing anonymous is useless.
i'm talking of the people who were friends with her.
you said "your" but didn't say who you're talking about.
you still haven't said anyone.
> i'm talking of the people who were friends with her.


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This book is devoted to teaching bioinformatics in a comprehensive university course assuming the students have already got acquainted with the knowledge in computer programming and statistics. It will also be a useful tool for bioinformatics-oriented researchers with the above-mentioned skills.
The book could also – as the authors point out –be considered as an addition to one of the most famous and widely used textbooks for teaching bioinformatics at universities throughout the world, the Biological Sequence Analysis (BSA)1. It is worth mentioning that it is a very appropriate addition that was moreover eagerly awaited since the present book delivers the problems along with their solutions helping thus the students and researchers to gain the problem-solving abilities. So the book represents a valuable source of information regardless a qualified reader is able to attend a university course or not.
It is divided into 11 chapters. After the introductory chapter, the authors deal with the pair-wise alignments using hidden Markov models (three chapters), then go through protein families (one chapter) to multiple sequence alignment methods (one chapter). The next two chapters are focused on phylogenies; first using the conventional algorithms and second describing the probabilistic algorithms. The chapter 9 is oriented to transformational grammars useful for subsequent structure modelling, whereas the chapter 10 offers the problems and solutions for the RNA structure analysis. Finally the last chapter gives an overview of some basic concepts of probability.
I especially liked the Further Reading arranged at the end of every chapter and indicating the key references focused on the specific examples and problems discussed more generally within a chapter. The authors also explain the limitations of obtaining the unambiguous solutions in bioinformatics, e.g., in getting the only right multiple sequence alignment. This is due to the impossibility to verify experimentally both the alignments and phylogenies. The readers should take into account that the standard dynamic programming algorithm, which should deliver the multiple alignment of only ten protein sequences of average length with the best score, would take the time comparable with the age of our planet. The goal therefore is to achieve as optimal alignment as possible within a reasonable time.
Despite the close relatedness between the ‘original’ above-mentioned BSA book and the present one is obvious, there may also be some differences in terminology used that should not be overlooked, for example the term “independence model” vs. the “random sequence model”.
The book is suitably completed by the list of almost 300 references and a typical alphabetical subject index. Overall it can really be recommended to complement the other well-established university textbooks on bioinformatics or it can equally be used alone. It is, however, necessary to know that this book absolutely requires the readers are not novices in the field of bioinformatics. On the other hand, those who are already familiar with computer programming and statistics will surely be satisfied.

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How were we dead? In our sins (trespasses) and in our unholiness (the uncircumcision of your flesh). Before we have new life in Jesus, we are dead in our trespasses. A trespass is a specific kind of sin: overstepping a boundary. We are dead because we overstep God’s boundaries in our sin and rebellion.
Notice the words: He has made alive. It was the work of Jesus. A dead man can’t make himself alive, but God can make us alive. Remember that God specializes in resurrection, in bringing life to the dead.
It would be amazing enough that Jesus made us alive, but there’s really much more. Perhaps the only thing better than being made alive is to be made alive together with Him. We don’t only receive life; we receive Jesus Himself. After all, what would life be if we didn’t have Jesus?
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Holme Wood Library will close at 4pm on Saturday 1 April 2017.
We are hopeful that the library will re-open in summer.
Holme Wood Library was originally a purpose built library opened in 1975 and owned by Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The library was improved in 1995. The new library now occupies a frontal position on Broadstone Way, a major thoroughfare of the community.
The floor area of the library is 200 square metres. There is full disabled access throughout the complex. The library has disabled toilets available for public use. A small car park for library users is available.
As well as over 10,000 books and free internet access, the library offers regular storytimes, and access to information throughout the district.
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Winter may be right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you have to throw in the towel on those outdoor home improvement projects. There is still plenty of time to build that new deck you have always dreamed of. In fact, fall is the perfect time to start!
Deck and fence companies tend to be busiest during spring and summer, when the weather is warmest and people spend more time outdoors. This can make it fairly hard to find an open weekend to complete your project, which is why many home improvement experts site September to March as the perfect time for those outdoor projects. During these months, demand tends to be low, meaning deck builders, like Mid-Atlantic Deck and Fence, tend to have more openings.
Mid-Atlantic Deck and Fence has been building custom fences and decks throughout Maryland since 1987. Today, we are one of Maryland’s leading and most innovative deck and fence companies. We take great pride in what we do and are confident we can not only meet, but exceed your expectations.
With an average return on investment (ROI) of 87%, according to Remodeling Magazine’s annual Cost vs. Value Report, a new deck is easily one of the best ways to add value to your home, no matter which material you choose.
Whether you enjoy hosting summer barbeques or just enjoy spending time with your family, a new deck gives you the perfect venue for those special occasions. Now you can enjoy the great outdoors from the comfort of your very own deck. Add an awning to shield yourself from the rain and extend that usability even more.
Adding a deck will give your home an instant boost in the curb appeal department. Decks look good. Period. End of story. A new deck can easily add dimension to your landscape and visual appeal to your home.
If you have any questions about how to make that New Deck a reality, please contact Mid Atlantic Deck & Fence (MAD Fence) today by clicking here or calling 1-800-833-9310. We proudly serve Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and surrounding counties in Maryland.


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what is your war gaming favorites in the pc game?
Battlefield and Modern Warfare are the best war related game series. I have played all games in both series and all of them are really great.
These games are very best and have the complete thriller of war.
Battlefield3 and Gears of War are my best and most favorite war games which can play anyone. It's background sound and graphic are very impressive. They both war games are simple and interesting.

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Develop your career while making a difference in the world!
Career development is a real benefit at John Deere. We want you to succeed — to reach for your full potential. It all starts with taking ownership of your progress and charting career paths that build skills, experience, knowledge, and competencies. Within Deere, you’ll find a variety of resources to help. Even more, we encourage and financially support job-related learning opportunities. And that includes tuition reimbursement for appropriate associate’s, technical, four-year, and graduate degrees.
John Deere University (JDU), a virtual learning campus, provides business driven learning solutions to help employees grow their knowledge, skills, and experiences in order to maximize their contribution to the organization's objectives. The learning colleges and paths within JDU can help employees identify activities focused on personal and job-specific development needs.
Get to know yourself better. Your interests. Your skills. Your true potential. Our self-assessment tools can help you gain insight into your interests and goals. Then you can apply these insights to your career and development planning. Our intranet offers a variety of other assessment tools and career development resources, including interviewing tips and how-to guides.
Employees and leaders may receive the support of mentors or coaches. These trusted relationships are intended to foster enhanced performance and improved results. With the support of seasoned professionals, you can make a smoother transition into a new leadership position, be better equipped to handle difficult situations, expand your network and further develop your expertise.
John Deere’s online job description catalog is an up-to-date, evolving job database. It’s searchable and includes the duties, skills, experiences, and education required for each job. Employees can use their resumes to apply for current open positions.
You can also publish your resume on the system. Then, hiring managers or human resources personnel can search and review your resume when they’re looking for individuals who match the qualifications for a specific position. Through this interactive system, everyone has an equal opportunity to develop their career.
"At John Deere, there are so many learning opportunities. But an employee has to be proactive. It’s all about you making the decision to pursue your area of interest and getting the help and resources to do it. That’s what I find really great about working here. The company is willing to put money behind individuals to go after the things they’re interested in, as long as there is a business reason to do it."
"One of my mentors told me, ‘Don’t be afraid to search for a role that develops a skill in an area you’re not strong in.’ If I hadn’t followed that advice, I wouldn’t be where I am today. It’s really surprising how far the company goes to support your continuing education and training. John Deere goes way above and beyond to encourage people to succeed."
"John Deere is an excellent company to work for, and their reputation is a source of pride. I have the opportunity to work with different departments throughout the company to gain an understanding of what’s going on daily as well as where we’re going in the future. Here, you’re just not stuck dealing with numbers. You interact with people every day, giving you a broad understanding of what’s happening on the business side."
"I’m responsible for implementing software solutions for different divisions and different business units. I work on very strategic projects and enjoy the challenges. John Deere offers a fantastic work environment, great career opportunities and the chance to learn many different things."
"I work with engineering on determining what products we sell and how they’re priced. It’s great to be a part of a company willing to take the high road and make high-quality, market-leading products. John Deere offers a lot of career resources that have helped me along the way: MBA tuition reimbursement, 360-degree assessments, and a career advisor to discuss tools and resources."


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Cocooned by 12 acres of gardens in one of America’s most exclusive neighbourhoods, Hotel Bel-Air feels like a private country retreat — yet ritzy Rodeo Drive is just a ten-minute drive away.
This is a hotel that can truly lay claim to being one of the most iconic in the world. Walking through its winding paths, surrounded by redwoods and palm trees, I couldn’t help feeling I’d stepped onto the set of an Old Hollywood movie. The ambience is elegantly understated, deeply glamorous and (surprisingly) relaxed.
Built in 1922 as a stable complex and reimagined as a boutique hotel in 1946, Hotel Bel-Air has welcomed some of Hollywood’s brightest stars as regulars, including Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn. Oprah Winfrey held her 50th birthday ‘slumber party’ here, Tom Cruise managed to dodge paparazzi in a Bel-Air bungalow, and Prince Charles once said a visit to Hotel Bel-Air is “like staying at a friend’s home”. Today, it’s the place Hollywood celebrities escape to when they don’t want to be seen (the word is, they head to sister property The Beverly Hills Hotel when they do want to be seen).
Hotel Bel-Air is nestled by Stone Canyon in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains in Los Angeles’ most rarefied residential neighbourhood, Bel Air. This five-star hotel is the only one permitted here, tucked away amongst homes owned by the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Beyoncé, and Jennifer Lopez. Bel Air is an oasis of parks and nature, of winding roads, and the largest mansions I’ve ever personally seen. It feels a million miles from contemporary Los Angeles.
When Dorchester Collection took over in 2008, management decided this historic hideaway deserved an extensive makeover. It was a considered project, managing to celebrate the hotel’s fabled legacy while creating an effortlessly fresh and modern feel. The iconic pink Spanish Colonial architecture remains and the beloved residents of Swan Lake (pictured above) are still a major drawcard, especially for couples. But today you’ll also discover an understated and contemporary sense of luxury. Think seamless outdoor-indoor spaces for public areas, a heated outdoor pool, and sleek interiors with clean lines, neutral design and all the mod cons, including Bang & Olufsen entertainment and an iPad that runs everything from the curtains to room service.
Honestly, you’d be happy with any of the 58 rooms or 45 suites at Hotel Bel-Air. The rooms were a primary focus of the renovation with interiors inspired by 1930s, 1940s and 1950s Hollywood. Our room was so lusciously comfortable that we seriously had trouble dragging ourselves beyond the French doors to the delightful garden patio.
On our first night we couldn’t resist staying in for a movie (yes, the room was that good!), enjoying room service and the crackling fireplace. The patio looked out to masses of greenery which brought an element of seclusion, and the bathroom was huge with rainfall shower, deep bath and a flat-panelled TV. French brand Anne Semonin toiletries were also a treat.
The restaurant, Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-Air, has one of Los Angeles’ most famous chefs at the helm. The menu is centred around locally-sourced ingredients and lives up to the hype a celebrity chef inspires. Even the seemingly humble vegetable soup we had delivered to our room was a culinary game changer. Breakfast is worth lingering over, relaxing around the fountain on the patio and surrounded by beautiful gardens. At night, the terrace is lit with sparkling lanterns and food moves to a slightly more formal affair, with offerings including Keluga Caviar and Marcho Farms Veal 'Wiener Schnitzel'. As one might expect, there is an extensive wine list.
Spread across expansive lush gardens, plenty of nooks and crannies offer a dreamlike setting for stealing a little time together outside of the room. Hotel Bel-Air is a straight-out-of-Hollywood kind of escape, and a romantic candlelit dinner at the restaurant followed by a signature cocktail at the swanky bar would be hard to top when it comes to making an impression on somebody special.


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I recently attended one of our digital marketing boot camp seminars and it was a great reminder that there are still a lot of companies that have barely started to use social media marketing. And many others that are just now looking to get into it. Sometimes, you’d think every company has a staff of 20 people dedicated to social media marketing. Like Santa’s elves, they work with a finely tuned process that practically runs itself. The reality is that most companies start off on the wrong foot and make rookie mistakes.
Providing a new way to connect with your customers makes social media the present and future of marketing. It not only provides an easy way to engage your customers, it’s less expensive than traditional marketing … provides better customer service … and can help you build loyalty with your customers.
Read on to see how social media marketing can impact your business.
Did you know that the average Facebook user today has 338 confirmed friends? And many users have 500 or more? That means Facebook gives you an enormous potential for lead generation. Let’s say you own a cupcake business and post on Facebook that you’ve just created the perfect Key lime cupcake and are giving away free samples. Every time one of your customers hits “Like”, you could reach each of his or her 338 friends. If only 10 of your customers “Like” what you’ve posted, your message will now reach up to 3,380 potential new customers.
For better or worse, social media has shown us that people LOVE to share their opinion online. There’s no doubt that many of your customers probably blog and tweet about your business already. If you own a restaurant, they may tweet that your tiramisu is out of this world, but your service could be better. Or, say you own an accounting and tax service, they may post on Facebook that they’re so happy you stayed late to help them with their return on the Sunday before tax day. Without a social media presence, you’re missing all that great feedback. But if you use social media well, you’ll be able to instantly gauge what your customers love about your business and what you may need to change.
Getting honest customer feedback used to be difficult and expensive. Companies had to offer prizes or discounts to entice customers to fill out a survey form. Social media marketing has now changed all that. Leaving a 5-star rating on Google or Yelp takes less than two minutes and more people are used to giving you a good or bad rating based on their experiences. Make sure you’re taking full advantage of its potential.
Today’s consumer can often find a product or service that’s cheaper than yours.
They can log onto ScoutMob to find 50% off a handmade woman’s purse, or use Groupon to find a killer deal on Tao reflexology sessions. You can’t expect to hold onto customers if you’re relying on price or customer service alone.
Therefore, your customers need to feel that you, your company, or your brand is a part of their life. Social media allows you to stay in close contact with your customers. By sharing helpful information with them and making it easy for them to interact with you, they’ll feel an attachment to your brand that will keep them coming back.
You hate paying staff to man the phones at all hours to answer customer service calls, and your customers hate being put on hold. Social media allows you to provide better customer service at a lower cost. It also allows you to respond to problems much quicker than traditional phone or written service.
If you want to retain your customers, it’s essential that they feel loyal to you, as pointed out above. According to MarketingSherpa in Access Development’s 2017 Customer Loyalty Statistics, 82 percent of satisfied customers will “likely” or “very likely” keep shopping with a company and give it another chance if something goes wrong. At the same time, 74 percent of Millennials would switch to a different retailer if something goes wrong. Well … that’s not much pressure, is it?
Online, your customer service reps can deal with more than one client at the same time and multiple customers can view one answer. Many online customers are also happy to help one another. If you provide a way for them to interact with one another on your site, they’ll share tips and tricks among themselves, which provides savings to you and valuable insight into what’s important to them.
If you’re over the age of 40, you probably remember a time when having an ad in the Yellow Pages phone book was a big thing. Today, the only big thing is the cost. For a typical one-year, half-page Yellow Page ad in a fairly large metropolitan print directory, the cost can be anywhere between $10,000 and $20,000. Sometimes even more with added fees. An ad campaign that includes television, radio, and billboards is many times more expensive. However, even if you’re working with a top developer, the cost of developing a social media campaign will be a fraction of traditional advertising. And your reach is virtually limitless.
Furthermore, once you get some content marketing up and running, you can practically automate it and spend just a few minutes a week keeping it updated and fresh.
Companies that don’t have a social media presence will be at a huge disadvantage in the coming years. Seventy years ago, companies that invested in television advertising created brands that are still some of the strongest in the world. Brands like Coke, General Electric and even Tide detergent. Fifteen years ago, companies that created user-friendly Websites grew at phenomenal rates. If you harness social media marketing, your company and brand has an incredible advantage over your competition.


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Adventure Awaits. Are you Protected?
As an RV owner, traveling is in your blood. It’s not just a hobby, it’s your lifestyle. Is your RV protected in the event of a collision or loss?
Just as your RV is not like a car, your recreational vehicle insurance is nothing like your auto insurance coverage. If your RV isn’t adequately insured, you could face financial hardship and devastating consequences as a result.
Your motorhome doubles as your vehicle and as your dwelling place. Motorhome insurance protects both. On the road, it insures against collisions and roadside emergencies. But when you are camping or parked, it protects against fire, theft and liability.
There are several classifications of motorhomes and it’s essential that your policy is the right one for your specific vehicle.
Class A: Covers the largest, most expensive types of motorhomes that are built like commercial buses. These motorhomes can cost upwards of a few hundred thousand dollars, making them the most costly to insure.
Class B: This class of vehicle resembles a van, but has taller ceilings and a longer wheelbase to accommodate additional room and weight.
Class C: Built on a truck or van chassis, these are large vehicles that require special motorhome insurance.
When you use an independent insurance agent like us, you will work one-on-one with an agent who specializes in exploring and selecting the right type of motorhome insurance. We work with close to 20 personal line companies, which means you’ll have more access to the right type of insurance solutions.
There are plenty of insurance agents out there promising low-cost policies - but at what expense? EPG Insurance will help structure a policy that is right for your class of motorhome, your lifestyle, and your specific needs.
Contact us today to build a comprehensive motorhome insurance policy that will shield you from life on the road, so you can enjoy the adventures that await.

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When you need to move from your home to the next or from one state to another, deciding to deal with an expert removalist is a prudent and affordable choice.
Make your moving fun today with an appealing mover in Garden Island - Grab your quote now!
If you are looking for a moving company that has a proficient team that will make moving simple and stress-free, look no further, we are the perfect company for you.
We have been in service for a number of decades now. We are aware that if it were not for our ever-growing customer base, we wouldn’t have made it this far. For this reason, we value our clients, and we treat them like the most critical stakeholders of our organisation.
Through the years we have served as movers and packers in Australia, we have criss-crossed all the key cities; hence we understand the terrain like the back of our hands. When you call us, therefore, we will neither ask you to give us the GPS coordinates to your home, nor will we track you phone. All we require is your home or office address, and we will be there to give you the very best moving experience in no time.
We are aware that most of the goods you want us to move are precious and you can not manage to have them lost or harmed. For this reason, we have various insurance coverages, which ensure complete compensation in case any accidents take place to your products en route. You can, therefore, have peace of mind when working with us.
We meet all the licensing requirements specified in law, and we will give you the file the minute you get into our office. When working with us, you can get comfortable knowing that you are dealing with a mover who is acknowledged by law.
We are highly rated in different review websites, and our previous clients talk good about us thanks to the impressive services we have provided throughout the years. this is the reason we have been able to get repeat business over and over again, not forgetting the client base that is substantially growing every day. we do everything we can to keep our reputation, and this is the reason why we will work extra hard when you sign a contract with us so that we can guarantee you come back to us or refer us to your buddies, family members, or colleagues.
We are fully certified by the Australian Furniture Removers Association, and this is another huge reason why you must trust and depend on us as an expert removalist company that will never let you down. we follow a rigorous standard procedure in all our endeavors, and this discusses why we have never been associated with any malpractice in all our years of service.
When you need to move from one home to another, whether it is in the same area or not, you require a removalist with industry understanding and experience to meet all your special needs. The reason why we are the perfect local area mover is because we can move all valuables safely including pets, pianos, and furniture.
We assist our clients move from one state to another with the understanding that this undertaking can be intimidating. We meet all the licensing requirements by various states in Australia, therefore you will never find yourself on the wrong side of the law during transit.
If you feel that you will not be ready to settle with all your valuables when you get to the new location, we provide safe storage facilities. You can come for your products as soon as you are fully settled, or better still, we can bring them right to your doorstep.
Your business is as necessary as your home. Therefore, you must proceed with care when selecting a removalist when you need to move your office.
We have a group of specialized office movers who utilize specialized machinery that guarantee your office products are safely moved, while making sure zero disruptions to your routine business operations.
Even when you are preparing to move, we understand that the office needs to be functional. For this reason, we will not dictate when to move your office belongings. We move when time is convenient and ideal for you.. Flexibility is among the primary reasons we are among the most recommended office removalist town.
Whether you are moving home, office, or you are moving to another state, call us for a quote or ask for a call back, so that we can go over how we will assist you convert your moving into a satisfying experience you will live to recall.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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Love is in the air. This Valentine’s Day, take inspiration from some of the great bird species that mate for life. Here are just a few examples of the many winged wonders that fall into this category.
Cool fact: This vulture species doesn’t build a nest, but rather lays its eggs on the ground or in hollow cavities.
Yes, even Black Vultures stick together. “One bird, presumed to be male, chases a presumed female through the air and periodically dives at her” as part of the mating ritual, according to Birds of North America online. They form such a tight bond, in fact, that they hang out year round—not just during breeding season.
Cool fact: Measuring six feet across and four feet tall (or even larger!), Bald Eagle nests are some of the largest of any avian species.
These birds, the symbol of the United States, mate for life unless one of the two dies. Their spectacular courtship rituals are a sight to see, with the birds locking talons, then flipping, spinning, and twirling through the air in a maneuver called a Cartwheel Display. They break apart seemingly at the last moment, just before hitting the ground.
Cool fact: Nearly three-quarters of the world’s population of this species nests on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Cool fact: During mating, the black knob at the base of a male’s bill swells up on these extremely territorial birds originally introduced from Europe.
Mute Swan pairs reportedly stay together for life. However, divorce does occur in less than 3 percent of mates that breed successfully and 9 percent that don’t. They re-mate when a partner dies; how quickly this happens depends on the survivor’s gender. Females find a new male within as few as three weeks. Males, however, tend to wait until the following fall or winter—allowing time to defend their nests and finish raising their cygnets.
Cool fact: These birds can live to be 75 years old in captivity or, on average, 33 years old in the wild.
Typically these rainbow-colored birds spend their lives together. They even preen each other and their young, picking bugs from their feathers. Scarlet Macaw parents, which reach sexual maturity sometime between age three and four, won’t raise new chicks until their previous ones have fledged and are independent.
Cool fact: Not surprisingly (when you get a look at the legs), this crane species is the tallest bird in North America.
Talk about a mating dance, Whooping Cranes—which are monogamous and mate for life—bow their heads, flap their wings, leap and bounce off stiffened legs all in the effort to secure a partner. This pairing off usually happens when the birds—which are red on Audubon’s Watchlist—are between two and three years old.
Cool fact: When a Golden Eagle is around, this condor species—normally the dominant scavenger—will leave the carcass for the other bird and its seriously strong talons.
It takes California Condors, highly endangered birds on Audubon’s Watchlist, between six and eight years to reach sexual maturity. Once the birds mate, they stay together for years if not for life. During courtship, aerial displays bring the pairs to several nest options—kind of like searching for a potential home. The female, of course, has the final say in where the birds settle down.
Cool fact: Puffins can fly up to 55 miles per hour, flapping their wings 400 times per minute.
These pigeon-sized “clowns of the sea” don’t breed until they’re between three and six years old. Once they do, however, Atlantic Puffins stick with their partners for good, returning to the same burrow each season, sharing egg-incubating and parenting duties, even performing what’s known as billing, during which the birds rub together their beaks. For more great information about Atlantic Puffins and Audubon's conservation work to protect them, check out Project Puffin.
Freebie Alert! Learn more fascinating facts about 821 species of North American birds with our handy Audubon Bird Guide App.
This fall, an endangered Whooping Crane that produced a hybrid chick with a Sandhill Crane had to be removed from the wild. This is his story.

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