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A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but… jewelry will always have sway over the human heart. The perfect piece of jewelry is above all an act of self-expression, both on the part of the designer as well as the wearer. May your jewels allow you to express yourself with your jewelry as […]
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Personalization vs Standardization
Personalization is not a new trend in jewelry art as, being everlasting, jewelry gives a unique opporunity to capture the moment, emotion or reflect some life events. This "A" ring is dedicated for someone special, whose name starts with "A"letter. We reflected it in the ring you can see in the photo.

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DiBrina and St. Cyr Merge
Employee Benefits
Dear Customer,
DiBrina and St.Cyr & Associates are passionate in assisting clients achieve their individual and corporate financial goals and are committed to growth by providing World Class expertise and service. We are two companies on the same path to success. Today, we are pleased to announce that on June 1st, 2011, DiBrina and St.Cyr & Associates will officially merge benefit consulting operations and Jeff St.Cyr will become a managing partner for this arm alongside Tim Lychy and Michael DiBrina.
The combined entities will operate under the DiBrina name and be headquartered in Sudbury, Ontario. DiBrina will continue to provide our full range of services out of our Sudbury and Toronto, Ontario locations but will now also provide benefit consulting services out of our newly merged New Liskeard, Ontario office. The total company will grow to 40 staff members and will continue to focus on our four core business arms of Benefit Consulting, Financial Management, Wealth Management and Human Resources.
What does this mean for you, our valued client?
- A larger and stronger team with over 200 years experience to assist you with your benefit plan.
- Continued access to a staff of 30 specialists with over 36 designations and 500 years of service in our core business arms including:
- A strong, sustainable business partner with a long-term strategy for growth.
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The newly merged DiBrina organization is privileged to serve more than 400 benefit customers across Canada. The depth of our resources and the extent of our reach are now stronger than ever. We take great pride in our reputation as a company with whom it is easy to do business. That will not change.
Over the next several months, there will be no disruption to you, our clients. We will continue to update you on our progress and will host a webcast introducing the new members of our organization. Look for an e-mail invitation over the next few months.
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text: Hi, I am travelling to England. I hope to stay in Taunton, Somerset. Which are good Hotels? Please don't give me shortcuts to booking sites, I want to know which is going to be the best to stay in. Money isn't really any hinderance, but it needs to be somewhere that is near the centre of town, but easy to get around from. I also would like to know where I can go to see things of interest, I like History and Scenery, but not Museums and Art. WHere can I eat in the area, and does it get busy? I leave in a few weeks, and will be there in June. I may get a car, but is it really needed with trains and buses available?


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A collection of Facebook posts about my family…
Dad's 90th Birthday
When folks ask if
I'm ever fearful
when I travel,
I always say no,
and I mean it.
If they ask me why,
I usually shrug and smile,
but I know the reason:
I get it from my dad.
Not fearless, mind you—
that would be foolhardy—
but not fearful
of people and places
because they're different
and problems and pitfalls
because they're difficult.
He taught me by example,
much more than by words:
to be alert and attentive,
to be patient and principled,
to be rational and reasonable…
to play the best hand,
whatever the cards dealt,
whatever the game played.
Lindy David McTier,
you raised four children
to be not fearful of the world,
but rather to experience it,
to be not fearful of life,
but rather to embrace it.
Thank you.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
I love you.
Mother's Day 2017
She cried when she spanked me;
she was mother, not friend.
She chid me to think first,
lest my tongue offend.
She chored me at all hours,
to duty my part.
She bade made me take care,
my youngers for start.
She frowned at my knee jerks
as 'oft as my late.
She praised rare if ever,
when good wasn't great.
She forced me to see past
what comforts would seem.
She left me in boredom
to wrestle my dream.
She taught me that love comes not
from holding my hand.
She loosed me to find all
the I'm that I am.
My thanks to my mother.
I would have no other.
Dad's 89th Birthday
Today my father turns 89,
so many years beyond what he expected.
I am thankful he still is with us,
as husband, father, and opa.
I am thankful he still enjoys a quality of life
that makes his life worth living.
I am thankful he continues to teach me
about what it means to grow older,
when you have led a decent and productive life,
and what it means to be old,
when you have the courage, patience, and faith
to embrace, rather than fear, the inevitable.
These are invaluable but difficult lessons…
and I am learning from the best.
Happy birthday, Dad.
I love you.
Dad's 88th Birthday
Today is my father's 88th birthday. Dad was an Army pilot who flew chinooks into battle zones to recover downed aircraft and machinery. He never thought or spoke of himself as a warrior or hero; he was just a regular guy doing his duty the best he could and with as much integrity as possible. This is one of my favorite pics of him taken during either his first or second tour of Vietnam. When I travel on my own, as I frequently do, this image of my courageous, adventurous, and peaceful father inspires and guides me. Happy birthday, Dad. I love you.
Dad's 87th Birthday
June 12. Today is my father's 87th birthday. As a child, I rarely understood him; as an adult, I rarely agreed with him. So different in ways that really don't matter; so alike in ways that really do. What he taught me as a child and continues to teach me can be summed up in one word: integrity. To work hard and always do my best, to treat others with honesty and respect, to take responsibility for myself and hold true to my word, to let my actions speak louder than my words, to make the best with whatever I have today, while always building for a better tomorrow.
Dad, I am thankful and honored to be your son. May I one day be the man that you are. Happy birthday. I love you.
Mom's 86th Birthday (August 28, 2014)
LOVE LETTERS. Today, my mother, Jeanette Thorson McTier, turns 86. I'd like to share something about my mom that many of you may not know. When I left for college in 1977, Mom began writing me a weekly letter (phoning was too expensive back then) that quickly became a weekly family letter as the rest of the kids moved away. When she got a computer, the letter was emailed. With only a few weeks missed during illness, she has written us a weekly letter—her testament of love for her family—for over 37 years now. For me, every one of them is a love letter. Thank you, Mom, and Happy Birthday!!!


text: Book review: Attack on Indian boy's mother changes him and his friends By Miami Herald November 24, 2012 Story Share The Associated Press Author Louise Erdrich minds her store, BirchBark Books, in Minneapolis. Erdrich, 58, won a National Book Award Nov. 14 for her story "The Round House," the second of a planned trilogy about an Ojibwe boy and his quest to avenge his mother's rape. "The Round House." By Louise Erdrich. Harper. 336 pages. $26.99.MIAMI -- Louise Erdrich's territory encompasses a wide swath of familiar terrain. Her wonderful novels, linked by time and place, examine the bitter lessons of history, the cost of treachery and vengeance, the balm of love and humor, the cultural legacies of brown people and white people and those whose mixed heritage can't quite define them. She revisits this land once again in her moving 14th novel, a grimly focused work about a family and community rocked by a brutal crime."The Round House" is a coming-of-age story, but it also has elements of a mystery. Set on a North Dakota Ojibwe reservation, as most of Erdrich's books are, it is narrated by Joe Coutts, who was 13 in 1988 when the story takes place. Joe is telling his tale as an adult, mulling over the events that shaped his life and those of his parents and friends.What happened in 1988 is this: Joe's usually reliable mother, Geraldine -- a tribal enrollment specialist, the "head of a department of one" -- tells him she's going to pick up a folder at her office. Hours later, she hasn't returned. He and his father, Bazil, a tribal judge, go out looking for her. Eventually they return to find her parked in front of their house in a state of shock."He put his hands on hers and carefully pried her fingers off the steering wheel. ... There was vomit down the front of her dress and, soaking her skirt and soaking the gray cloth of the car seat, her dark blood." Even more disturbing to Joe, who refuses to leave his mother's side: "The strong smell arose from her, the vomit and something else, like gas or kerosene."Geraldine has been attacked, raped and almost set afire, and the aftermath of her ordeal sends her burrowing under the covers in a darkened room, withdrawing from her family. Jurisdictional red tape stalls the investigation -- was the crime committed on state or Indian land? Geraldine, traumatized, can't say. Joe understands the importance of this matter: "I already knew, too, that these questions would not change the facts. But they would inevitably change the way we sought justice." He's the son of a judge, after all. And Ojibwe. And so he decides that he will enlist his best friends to help him track down her attacker. His friends are no better equipped to hunt criminals than Joe is. They are boys who move easily between the old and new worlds. They're in touch with the mystical side of being Ojibwe (they can help prepare a sweat lodge), but they're well-versed in popular culture too. They swear by "Star Trek: The Next Generation," which they can watch because someone's aunt won a fancy TV set at bingo and the boys have "MacGyvered some old equipment" to act as a satellite.The sci-fi series becomes an unbreakable bond: "[B]ecause of this show we set ourselves apart. We made drawings, cartoons, and even tried to write an episode. We pretended we had special knowledge. We were starting to get our growth and were anxious about how we'd turn out. In TNG, we weren't skinny, picked on, poor, motherless or scared. We were cool because no one else knew what we were talking about."The tone of "The Round House" is overwhelmingly sober: The strain on Joe's family grows as time passes, and bleak events follow his mother's attack. But Erdrich understands the value of comic relief, and she provides humor through Joe's aged but spirited storytelling grandfather, Mooshum and the raunchy Grandma Thunder. Around her, the usually crude boys have to watch what they say; some words are flammable. ("Don't even mention cats," they warn each other.)Joe, a lucky boy "doted on by women," may be one of Erdrich's best-drawn characters; he's conflicted, feisty one moment, scared and disappointed the next. "The Round House" will inevitably draw comparisons to Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," but Joe is no Scout Finch-like observer. He's an older, more involved participant, shaped by his culture and influenced by ideas of justice from the warriors of Ojibwe legend -- or, let's be honest, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard.He's also deeply disillusioned with his father when he learns how little legal power Bazil actually possesses. "I had imagined that my father decided great questions of the law, that he worked on treaty rights, land restoration, that he looked murderers in the eye, that he frowned when witnesses stuttered and silenced clever lawyers with a slice of irony." Instead, "My father was punishing hot dog thieves and examining washers -- not even washing machines -- just washers worth 15 cents apiece."It's a hard but common realization that drives Joe right out of childhood and into choosing whether to break the law in the name of righteousness and revenge.We all want justice, but at what price? That Joe does not come to the answer easily is a testament to Erdrich's compassionate understanding of the human heart. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Police seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River 2 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 4 Man allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about a sandwich 5 Toyota announces new $115 million project for WV plant Spotlight finds researcher for popular historians Previous Story Arts Notes: Nov. 25, 2012 Next Story


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The Fund at a Glance
. Anticipated cost of Phase I: $33,800 (Already raised! Details below.)
. Contributions received in 2014: $3,530
. Last week (02/09/14): $3,400
. Anticipated balance at end of 2014*: $16,487
. (*Based on contributions received and pledges made. This represent the amount
. available to begin Phase II, described below.)
Phase I: The Details
. We have commissioned Anna Gouriev to complete "Phase I" of our iconography project. Phase I will focus on the iconostasis and its flanking walls. Anna is painting 10 new icons for the iconostasis, and for the upper walls to the left and right of the iconostasis she will paint a large icon of the Annunciation, in two parts.
The 10 icons for the iconostasis are as follows:
- First row: (1) Christ enthroned, (2) Theotokos and Christ enthroned, (3) St Nicholas, and (4) Saints Mary and Martha of Bethany.
- Second row: A deisis with (5) Christ, Mary, John the Baptist, (6) Archangel Gabriel and the Apostle Peter, (7) Archangel Michael and the Apostle Paul (8) St John Chrysostom and Mary of Egypt, (9) St Basil the Great and St Herman of Alaska.
- Third row: (10) The Holy Trinity
The Budget for Phase I is the following:
. (1) 10 Icons for the Iconostasis = $20,000
. (2) Large Annunciation for the East Wall = $12,000
. (3) Installation & wall prep = $1,800
. Total required for Phase I: $33,800 (Already raised!)
Phase II: The Sanctuary
. Phase II involves work behind the iconostasis, where the altar table is placed. This space is known as the sanctuary. There is much wall space in the sanctuary, but Anna has suggested that we start with the east wall directly behind the altar table, known as the "High Place." She suggests that we start with two large images:
- Communion of the Apostles ($14,000 + installation)
Example: HERE
- Theotokos of the Sign ($8,000 + installation)
Example: HERE
Phase III: Looking ahead … [more information forthcoming!]


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Come Live with us in a totally independent newly renovated penthouse situated in south Delhi .
The place is a large fully furnished apartment with a studio layout - bedroom, kitchen , sitting area and roof garden + small gym - well located in a great part of South Delhi - best suited for business travelers and family's - We are a very fixable and resourceful couple if you have any special requests just message us -
fitted with a 5 Star AC making it summer ready :-)
The place is very quite and totally independent. The room is situated on the second floor so I dont recommend this for people who dont like to climb stairs. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME FOR PARTY'S - we do not allow more than 4 people in room at any time.
I live in the same building so I will likely always be around.
Note for BUSINESS TRAVELERS
We are happy to provide a car and driver service to pick you up from the airport and drop you to your office space. To avail this service pls send me a private message and ask me to send you a special offer . The Driver service will cost an extra 40 dollars(2400 rs) per day.
If you have any other special requests please feel to contact me before you book.
Dostupno gostima
You get a completely independent rooftop apartment all to yourself. The apartment is only accessible via staircase. Guests can come and go independently but we like to be informed about there movements.
Interakcija s gostima
As much or as little as needed. We want you to be as comfortable as possible. You can reach me almost anytime of the day. We want you to have a 5 star experience with us!
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My wife speaks Japanese and so we are always happy to have Japanese guests also .
We also offer customized Packages to Agra for those looking to do a day trip. so do let us know if you have any requirements in advance.
******Imortant *** please make sure your read and company with these rules:
WE DO NOT HOST unmarried LOCAL couples FROM NORTH INDIA Please Don't EVEN MESSAGE ME
No partys or large groups unless they are a family
No pets of any kind, no exceptions
No Excessive guests
No PARTYING of any kind - there are 3 shopping centers within 20 minutes walking distance from the place with a range of Pubs and bars for this.
No mailing packages
Smoking - Guests should not smoke on the inside of the room there is a large balcony that can be used for this.
** Late checkouts pass 11 am can be done with a consent.
** Excessive guests can visit you until 12 midnight and I must be informed of there presence
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Hi I am startup entrepreneur who loves to solve problems with design
A web developer and Digital marketer by profession I have a love for Sports, Food, Travel , People and Photography.
I am British / India guy and have spent my life between UK and India. My father was in the Airlines so I traveled the world intensively for years. I am very cultured and have a deep understanding and love for nature and the earth. I live in a large old family home where I have created the best place for travelers in Delhi.
My office is in on a different part of my house so I am almost always around.
I love to treat people I host as I would like to be treated and that helps me always improve do better every day.
Our main property is situated in the heart of south Delhi which is one of the most spacious and up class parts of Delhi.
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Cliff Bolling has been on a five-year quest to digitize and make available his entire record collection, turning old 78 RPM records into digital age Mp3s complete with all the pops and hisses.
The 57-year-old Portland, Ore. native has uploaded close to 4, 000 songs from his collection to his website.
"I really didn't know there were so many people in the world interested in this music," Bolling told wired.com. "A lot of younger people go to the site, and it's amazing that they hear songs today that originally were recorded 75 years ago. It's pretty cool that people get to listen to this stuff. As far as copyrights, apparently I'm okay, because nobody's come to shut me down or anything."
He has plans to upload another 150 or so songs and then start going through another 2,500 records.? He estimates that it will take him another 10 to 15 years to finish his entire collection.? Perhaps the most interesting aspect of his story is the technology in which he transfers the records to Mp3s.
"I have an old 1950s Gerard turntable that I bought at an estate sale for two and a half bucks, and it's got a GE (General Electric) VR cartridge in it, which is just excellent for playing 78s," he said.
Still you've got to wonder about copyright infringement and the legality of his project, especially given the climate these days surrounding Mp3 websites, The Web Sheriff and other such issues.
The copyright situation surrounding some of these songs is as murky as their sound quality. But as with the music's political content, Bolling said he has yet to receive a copyright-related complaint about the recordings being online. Everyone who has come across the recordings seems happy that they've reappeared, or at the very least, doesn't care one way or the other — somewhat refreshing, in these times of copyright lawsuits and name calling.
"I get dozens of emails every day from people telling me how wonderful it is to hear this music, and people post links to my webpage on websites all over the world," Bolling told us. "It's truly amazing."
Let's hope Cliff can continue doing what he does for music lovers everywhere.? At this time his website was down, so there's no telling if he's swamped with traffic or if his site has been taken down.? Hopefully, it's the former and not the latter.? I can't wait to dig into his collection.


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Testing Your Pay per Click (PPC) Ad Copy
The economy suffered from a very great and drastic fall down back in 2009 that resulted in the change in shopper's behavior when shopping online leading then to a lot of companies' hardships during the same year. And because of this, companies and retailers were forced to take actionable measures to maximize their bottom line by scrutinizing their initiatives when it comes to marketing as part of their strategy for survival. Furthermore, main areas like PPC or the Pay per Click advertising was needed to be given more focus by a lot of companies. And so if your relationship with your Pay per Click or PPC account is something like a "make it then forget it" kind, you better change and improve it fast. Majority of these retailers struggle to receive and have positive return of investment or ROI due to their lack of successful plan and also because of having immeasurable goals to follow.
The general and whole paid search performance has a lot of elements affecting it. And one the elements affecting paid search performance is Ad copy. Trying various types of ads is one of the reasons why a campaign makes it or not.
What to Test and How to Test:
In conducting a test in Ad copy, there are lots of elements available for use. As a common knowledge for most of us that ads that consist of title, display URL, destination URL and description are considered to be a well contracted Ad copy for these elements are known very necessary. And as for this articles, the Ad copy title will be in focus. Being the "front face" of your ad, the title is very essential for it is the first thing web surfers notice and see. Do not forget the keyword you are aiming for when you go ahead and try a lot of variations for your title. Presuming that you are selling home electronics, below are the scenarios you should try.
Keyword Home Electronics:Title Test1
Search engines will be able to show you the exact keyword that was typed by the visitor with the usage of KeyWord command. But remember, if the term searched by the user is too long, default texts will then be shown by the search engines (in this case, it is "Home Electronics"). Generating and producing relative titles to the end users is done greatly through this which then leads to an increase in CTR or Clickthrough rate as well as conversion.
Number 2 Title Test: Home Electronics:
Putting the most searched term and highly profitable keyword in your title are tired. Being different to Test1, Test2, this test, possesses the main keyword in the title giving a whole idea of what you can give to the user.


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Sep 21, 2017
Tom Kuhn Custom Yo-Yos and Tops! 2 in 1!If you are a fan of yo-yos, spin tops, and physics and looking for the perfect desk accessory, fidget/stress reliever, you will find that Tom Kuhn not only makes the premier, precision crafted yo-yos, he also creates finely machined and tuned spin tops. Take 1/2 of the SB2 with its bullet point extending slightly beyond the outer body walls, with the
Sep 14, 2017
Time for Reflection and The State of Yo...With the recent natural disasters of the past month or so, the most skilled journalist's headlines are tugging at our emotions. Now more than ever, a few basic yo-yo tricks can deliver much-needed, uplifting effects and even bring a few smiles to faces. For those in the yo-yo community, you know the positive spin :) yo-yo play fosters. From a silly grin to full facial smile,
Aug 18, 2017
Yo-Yo At the Pinnacle..On this day, of this week, in this year, and with a deafening buzzing in my brain I packed my new, favorite Black Cat yo-yo in my hiking pack and started climbing. As I ascended, I first noticed the air becoming clearer, crisper. The smell of Pitch Pines and Slashes, Jacks and Spruces, Loblollys and Reds all danced to the rhythm of my deepening breath. Yo-Za! Breaking
Aug 04, 2017
Summer of 2017 Could Be Best Ever!!Bag is packed! Checklist:
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- Black Cat, SB2, Pocket Rocket, Bare Necessities Leather pouch, #8 Cotton yo-yo strings, Turbo Discs, Spare axle shaft, PR axle shaft, Ball Bearing (for all TK responsive models)
- Smart Phone / Music
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- Entertainment; books, hackey sacks, and deck of cards
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Jul 20, 2017
Enter the realm of advanced yo-yo choreography...Yo-Yo tricks are adventures in geometry, timing, concentration and self-expression. Tom Kuhn's adjustable gap, ball bearing yo-yos will take you into the uncharted realm of advanced yo-yo choreography! The astonishingly long spin potential allows you the time to learn previously impossible moves and then invites you to embellish them! For example, when strolling outdoors, I might do 10 to 15 around the worlds, catch
Jul 07, 2017
Take time to unwind. Enjoy the Art of Play In The State of Yo
Yo-yoing for me is more than a progression of mind boggling, high-speed string maneuvers. The instrument and its play becomes in part, art and part therapy. When in the State of Yo, yo-yoing can be a good stress reliever. It is great for developing hand-eye coordination, sharpening your balance, sense of rhythm and
Jun 22, 2017
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- The Stage 1 application for European funding for a workforce transition programme has been approved. This is extremely good news, and now allows the group of agencies and local bodies that met to develop the initial proposal to work up a more detailed bid in time for the next deadline of mid August. The bid was submitted by Skills Development Scotland.
- Together with various members of the Dounreay Stakeholders Group I met with a representative of the Caithness Solutions consortium that is bidding to become the next Parent Body Organisation for Dounreay.
- The Scottish Government has announced a new fund to help rural areas gain enhanced broadband connectivity with support from the EU LEADER fund. This is a key opportunity for us in the north, and I have been raising awareness of such opportunities with agencies and the business community. My colleague Koreen MacDougall from The Caithness Partnership has been involved with community level issues. The IT connectivity group brought together to address these issues may have an important role in moving forward with this opportunity. See this link for more detail: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2010/07/01112117
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Computer Science Department
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
A Programming Language for Probabilistic Computation
Sungwoo Park
August 2005
Ph.D. Thesis
The key idea behind PTP is to use sampling functions, i.e., mappings from the unit interval (0.0, 1.0] to probability domains, to specify probability distributions. By using sampling functions as its mathematical basis, PTP provides a unified representation scheme for probability distributions, without drawing a syntactic or semantic distinction between different kinds of probability distributions.
Independently of PTP, we develop a linguistic framework, called λo , to account for computational effects in general. λo extends a monadic language by applying the possible world interpretation of modal logic. A characteristic feature of λo is the distinction between stateful computational effects, called world effects, and contextual computational effects, called control effects. PTP arises as an instance of λo with a language construct for probabilistic choices.
We use a sound and complete translator of PTP to embed it in Objective CAML. The use of PTP is demonstrated with three applications in robotics: robot localization, people tracking, and robotic mapping. Thus PTP serves as another example of high-level language applied to a problem domain where imperative languages have been traditionally dominant.
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The arrival of a child in a couple's relationship is often synonymous with change and upheaval: broken nights, finding a routine and establishing patterns!
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One of my all-time favorite blogs is Millie Motts, where I can browse dreamy vintage ads and other print material on an almost daily basis. There isn't much content – just the scanned in ads from the 40s and 50s, and really that's just about all you need. One of this week's posts had me really swooning with vintage sewing thread, machine and fabric ads. I can't get enough of them! There are more great images in the Millie Motts Flickr stream, too. One of the things I love best is that the images are scanned in high resolution so you can click on them and read the copy. What I would give to have been a copywriter back then! The words and phrases are priceless, matched only by the whimsical images. Dive in and enjoy!
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Villa Lagos del Mar 26
Lagos del Mar, Punta Mita Resort, Mexico
5+ bedrooms / Sleeps 12 / From $2,500 USD/night
Sale price: $2,9950,000 USD
Villa Lagos del Mar 26, is very much like Villa Lagos del Mar 27 as they share the same high quality construction- a lot of open air areas under palapa with bayside terraces for sunrise views and west facing terraces that take advantage of gorgeous sunsets over the Lagoon on hole 13 and the Pacific ocean.
The home has 6 bedrooms, 5 full guest suites with private terraces, great views, walk in closets, 3 bathrooms have inside and outside showers and elegant finishes, and one bedroom that has a private bathroom and a queen size bed that has no terrace.
Gourmet kitchen and living and dining areas are all on the upper level allowing for spectacular ocean views. A large pool with a social gathering palapa feature and a heated and jetted jacuzzi pool overlooking hole 13.
The houses are totally private unlike other houses in Lagos that front on the golf course ( lower tier). more than 10,500 square feet of indoor and outdoor living space.
Villela has the following rooms:
Queen Suite,3 King suite , Queen Suite with 2 twin beds, Queen service room. Gym, private office, Media Room, Game room with pool table, 1st floor powder room, Living room, Dining Room, 2nd level powder room, kitchen, pantry, and a lot of mature lush tropical landscaping providing flowers for arrangements daily and a 2+ car garage.
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- Large pantry areas and a terrace that extends from the kitchen to an outside breakfast area with breathtaking views
- Mechanical lift for bringing groceries into the kitchen from the oversized garage with additional space for two golf carts
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- 24-hour dual gated security entrance
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4 Ways to Utilize your Finances
for Employee Retention
"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
~St. Francis of Assisi~
Client Sarah Asks: In this economy, money has to work very hard for us. We want to retain our best employees. How should we allocate our finances to maximize our retention?
Coach Joel Answers: That's a great question, Sarah. Your company has a number of options—different ways to spend your money. To best motivate your workers to stay with you, you first need to understand them.
Not all workers respond the same way. Some of your options have tax consequences that might matter to your top talent. Others may perceive one or another of these choices as more prestigious or of greater value to them.
So your first step is to know your key players. Assess them. Find out what is most enticing and likely to keep them working for you.
Then choose from these four methods those that will work best for you, your employees, and your company.
1. Competitive salary. This is the first rabbit most businesses pull out of the bag. And for a very good reason. It is effective.A salary that pays market value means there's no financial incentive for your worker to leave. They can't expect a better offer elsewhere. And when you pay a little above average, workers may feel they are being paid extra for any small inconveniences that come with the job.
2. Bonuses. Sometimes companies need to see how their finances play out before they can reward their employees. They may give workers an average salary with the promise of a bonus if the company does well.
This has the added advantage of offering motivation. Each employee sees their salary more connected to the success of the company. They may make that extra effort to help the company succeed.
The benefit to you, Sarah, is that the company keeps its bottom line lower in difficult years, but can reward employees and keep retention up by promising bonuses in good years.
3. Fringe Benefits. Top talent may be motivated to stay with the company for certain perks. The choice corner office. Company car. Use of the company jet. Pizza Fridays. A nice company gym or offering child care.
Some fringe benefits offer prestige and status that is more enticing than money alone. Some may fill a compelling need of your workers.
Here is where you really need to know your employees. What kinds of fringe benefits connect with them? Is this something that makes financial sense to the company? Perhaps birthday recognitions are low cost, but highly satisfying to your workers. That leaves money on the table for other retention methods.
4. Stock options or company ownership. When employees are vested with company stock options or a chance to buy into the business you strengthen their commitment to their job. They are much less likely to leave.
You need to decide if this is a financially viable option for employee retention. Does it make sense in your business model?
Sarah, you are wise to consider the best uses of your company's finances to increase worker retention. With the cost of hiring and retraining, it makes more sense to invest in keeping workers satisfied and happy. You gain the benefit of experienced workers. And happy employees are more productive.
To understand your worker's motivations and develop a retention plan designed for success, contact Joel.
Talkback: What has your company done to retain employees? What has been most successful?
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How to Prepare for the Next Leadership Vacancy
"Our goals can only be reached through the vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."
~Pablo Picasso~
Client Ron asks: Our company has got to get serious about a planning program for succession. We talk about it all the time, but only in some kind of informal, conversational way. "Oh, Janet would be a great comptroller if we could get her into a couple of training programs." But there's nothing in writing and no formal plan with benchmarks and milestones. I'm going to take on this challenge personally. But how do I even get started?
Coach Joel answers: Unfortunately, many companies never even think about a succession planning program until they are faced with some kind of crisis or emergency. Someone becomes ill or gets recruited by a competitor and suddenly there's a huge hole in the organization chart and no one is available to fill it. You're smart to shed some daylight on this issue. Here are three action steps I think you should take as soon as possible to tackle succession planning in your organization:
- Create individual development plans
- Start an internship program
- Train high potentials with job rotation
1. Create individual development plans. Virtually every employee in your company should have a written career plan. This plan should include his or her core competencies, career goals, and what training programs are needed in order to get him from where he is now to where he wants to go. Be sure to include a time frame for each development activity. Work with each person one on one, and let them develop their own plan with your guidance, rather than developing the plan yourself and dictating to them what's to be done. Be sure they know the plan can be modified if situations or goals change.
2. Start an internship program. An internship program is an important component of succession program planning. I'm talking here about a special kind of internship, a formal growth structure for employees on the move, not an unpaid summer job for high school or college students. Let's say, for example, that Kate, who is currently an IT supervisor, has expressed an interest in learning more about marketing. Kate can begin to spend a small percentage of her time in marketing, doing real work, such as a special project or a real problem solve. Kate should have a mentor who will support and critique her. At the same time she should be given opportunities to interact with senior marketing staff during meetings and trainings. Socializing with marketing staff outside the workplace would also help her feel comfortable and become more visible.
3. Train high potentials with job rotation. Job rotations are designed to give rising stars wide exposure to the big company picture by experiencing all phases of the company's business. Don't confuse job rotation with cross training, which usually takes place among employees within a department rather than throughout the company. As an important piece of your succession planning, you'll want to set this up so that each program participant spends time assuming duties and getting hands-on experience in every department. For example, let's say you've targeted Jeffrey as a potential future CFO. As a final phase in his growth plan, he might spend an entire year devoting 25% or more of his time to projects in HR, marketing, and production. Think of job rotation as an investment in leadership development that will ensure that promising young employees gain the experience they need to understand all aspects of the business.
When you set up this kind of structure, you're doing two things. First, you're letting your future leaders know you have confidence in them. You're giving them an opportunity to chart their own course to a successful future. At the same time, you're giving them a huge responsibility to rise to the occasion by devoting hard work and commitment to their own futures. Most, if not all, will rise to the occasion and you'll sleep better at night, knowing that your company has the right people in place who can step up to the plate when the occasion demands it.
How's your succession plan looking? Contact Joel today for some ideas you can use to whip it into shape.
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Use Talent Management Articles to
Super-charge Your Company's Human Resources
"If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings—and put compensation as a carrier behind it—you almost don't have to manage them."
~ Jack Welch~
Carlos oversees the human resources department for an expanding oil company. As part his goal to educate and improve abilities of HR and the staff to manage human capital, he decided to find and share great articles. "I wanted a resource that would be of value for our employees and managers," Carlos said.
"I wanted our people to understand that they could have more control over their advancement," Carlos said. "It's not just HR that controls talent management, leaders and workers have a say, too."
Carlos researched talent management articles for human resources he could draw on for information to share. "Often I'll ask the writer of a great article if I can repost it for my people," Carlos said. "I know it's unethical to just lift it from the web without permission." Even without permission, however, it is acceptable to quote excerpts and provide a link back to the original article.
Great talent management articles can offer education and value nearly equivalent to semesters of coursework. Carlos looked for articles with depth and vision.
Ten Ways to Keep Your Star Employees is a great example of the best kind of article for his managers. "It fit right in with both empowering employees and managing talent, Carlos said. "Look at some of the points it covers!"
- Empowering employees use their own gifts.
- Discovering tasks your top talent loves to do.
- Focusing on what workers are doing right in feedback and less on what's wrong.
- Communicating effectively so each person- management and staff- understand the task, the company policies, and what's expected.
- Helping your employees work smarter, not harder.
- Offering quality of life enhancements—even when the tough economy doesn't let you pay them more.
- Letting employees focus more on what they enjoy.
- Looking for advancement opportunities for your employees and helping them find those openings within the company for themselves.
- Coaching and mentoring as a way to increase skills, value to the company, and chances for advancement.
Carlos also found cost effective ways to improve employee morale with this article: How Managers Can Improve Their Workplaces for Employees. The article covered the value of:
- Keeping lines of communication open so employees feel their comments matter.
- Adjusting work schedules with flex-time and other ways to keep talent that might otherwise leave the workforce.
- Recognizing accomplishments—which have been show to add satisfaction to workers.
- Developing programs and plans for workers to increase their skill levels. This increases the talent pool and makes the job of human resources easier.
"As I looked at talent management articles, some were particularly appropriate from a human resources perspective," Carlos said. "3 Reasons to Invest in Leadership Development added to my understanding of the value of outside coaching in ways I hadn't considered." It said:
- Coaching and training is cheaper than bringing on new recruits. The cost of training them and bringing them up to speed is much higher than training or coaching current employees.
- Outside coaching relieves a burden on managers and allows managers to focus on their company job. Plus, you have an expert trainer teaching your employees, instead of a manager whose skills lie in a different direction.
- Talent development benefits both the company and the employees. The company creates a succession plan of rising leaders and keeps proprietary information within the company. Staff knows they are valued and appropriately challenged.
"I found great value in reading talent management articles to help me with my company's human resources," Carlos said. "It also gave me insights into breaking news and new ways of using traditional strategies." Carlos likes the fast learning that comes from articles and plans to continue mining top articles for more valuable information to help him retain his company's top talent.
If you're looking for articles on leadership, management, and work issues, visit Joel's website. For assistance building your company's human resources, contact Joel.
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Six Articles to Fix Your Employee Retention Issue
"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
~ Bob Nelson~
Client Joan Asks: We've been really struggling with an employee retention problem. I'd like to help my managers determine where the problem may lie and come up with some solutions we can implement to keep our employees productive and happy.
Do you have some articles I could recommend to them that would help?
Coach Joel Answers: I like the direction you are going, Joan. If you allow your managers to read up on the way other people have resolved this problem, you get some buy in.
Then when they come to the table to discuss their ideas and solutions, you already have them taking ownership of the problem. They will be more interested in working toward a solution.
Here are six articles that will get you started.
1. How Managers Can Improve Their Workplaces for Employees. Joan, the fact is, most employees leave because of their boss and the management. The great thing about the suggestions in this article is that you don't need to bust your budget to accomplish these strategies.
You'll find seven simple steps you and your managers can take immediately to help retain more employees. Read Employee Retention Article.
2. Ten Ways to Keep Your Star Employees. Anytime you have top talent, you want to have them happy and secure with you. One of the issues that surfaces with rising stars is they will not stay if they don't feel they are doing fulfilling work. Also, if they feel they are totally inundated with work they may become discouraged. Read Star Employees Article.
3. Highly Engaged Workplace. Sometimes you find workers just "biding their time" at their job. They don't feel committed to the work. They stick it out because of the down economy, but don't feel any loyalty to your company. This article helps you identify the key things that bring your employees fulfillment.
When you find those benefits and work situation that engages your workers, you change them from "waiting to leave," to "wanting to stay." It changes the entire workplace environment. Read Engaged Workplace Article.
4. How Men and Women in Leadership Can Help Employees Succeed. When employees are properly trained and feel they are using their skill sets to succeed, they enjoy their jobs more.
Use this article to examine the training opportunities you have in place. Do your workers need tutoring, mentoring, coaching or on-the-job training to feel more valuable? Are your employees confused about expectations and how you define success? This article will help you evaluate your workers better. Read Help Employees Succeed Article.
5. Give Employees What They Need. Sometimes as you evaluate your employee retention issue, you may discover that you have not given your staff the tools they need to succeed.
When workers stand on uncertain ground, they seek the security of another job. With this article you'll find six tips to strengthen your employees' commitment to succeed at your job instead of looking elsewhere. Read Keep Employees Motivated Article.
6. Why Did They Leave? How to Retain Workers by Surveying Employees After They Resign. What's the best way to determine whether your employees are happy or unhappy and why? Ask them! This article explains the importance of surveying current employees and provides examples of questions to include on your survey. Read How to Retain Workers Article.
Joan, as your managers look at these employee retention articles, they will see where they can strengthen the workplace and their management skills. When employees enjoy their job, their manager, their work environment, and their pay you will find your retention problem disappears.
Looking for the solutions to your employee retention issues? Contact Joel for options specifically designed for your situation.
Talkback: What articles have you read lately that could help managers keep their workers satisfied?
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Make Your Employees Glad to Work
"Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability."
~Anne M. Mulcahy~
What comes to mind when you think of business success? Improving the bottom line? Cutting costs while increasing profits? Those are important, but no business is successful for long without good, talented employees who are happy to come to work and do their best every day. Below are ways to focus on improving employee satisfaction – and increasing your business' success and profitability at the same time:
1. Value your employees – in every way.
Did you ever have a boss who was quick to praise for a job well done – but stingy with benefits and pay? Actions always speak louder than words, and while current finances may not always permit you to pay top dollar, pay as much as you can based upon company profitability. In other words, the employee who toils five days or more a week to help make your company a success deserves to be recognized for that effort with praise and with benefits and pay commensurate with performance. Fair pay for work done is one of the best ways to improve employee satisfaction, and it's also simply fair.
2. Create a culture of true camaraderie.
Of course, your first priority each day is to get business done and make your company successful. To do that, though, it's important to have fun once in a while too, as colleagues. Schedule office parties occasionally where all employees are invited to bring their spouse/significant other and children, too. Acknowledge birthdays with a 15-minute impromptu party. Don't frown upon spontaneous wiffleball games in the hallway; in fact, why not join in? Improving employee satisfaction means letting your hair down once in a while – prudently – and allowing your employees do the same.
3. Celebrate victories together.
All too often, companies reward management with big bonuses and lots of recognition, but overlook the accomplishments of lower-level employees, some of whom may have significantly contributed to management's successes. That's not fair, and employees (rightly) resent that. Instead, whenever your company has a big victory, celebrate together. Schedule a company lunch, or have a little party. Recognize your entire team – everyone. Recognition is a central component of improving employee satisfaction.
4. Be a part of your local community.
One of the best ways to create a cohesive work environment is to become a part of the local community. Connect with your community as a group, and give back to it. Get involved in community service as a company. Investigate what particular needs your community has. Serve Thanksgiving dinner at the local homeless shelter, or volunteer to participate in a cancer walk as a company team. Getting out of the work environment and rolling up your sleeves together toward a shared goal brings cohesiveness to your group that continues back at the office. Breaking out of everyday roles outside of the office can go a long way toward improving employee satisfaction in the office as well.
5. Encourage open communication.
Don't just say you want to foster open communication; do it. If your employees don't feel they can talk to management, they won't; resentments will fester, and productivity and employee morale will fall.
Communication starts with you. Tell your employees how they're doing, and encourage them to talk to you about how you are doing, too. This isn't about insubordination, by the way. Don't take the attitude that because you're the boss, you're naturally untouchable. If something's wrong with the way the company is being run or the way people are being treated, employees should be able to tell you about it. If you're a large company, you may not know that there may be a particular problem with lower management unless you're told – and you won't be if employees can't speak up.
Communication shouldn't just be about problems that need to be fixed, either. Your employees comprise your own rich brain trust that can help your company, products, or services become better. Encourage employees to share their ideas and reward them for those you use. When employees are heard and valued, improving employee job satisfaction won't be a chore you "must do." It will simply happen.
About the author: Erica L. Fener, Ph.D., is Vice President, Business Development Strategy and Analysis at Progressus Therapy, a leader in connecting their candidates with school-based PT jobs and early intervention service jobs.
Do you need happier employees? For tips, help, and coaching on improving the satisfaction of your employees contact Joel.
Talkback: What steps have you taken to increase the morale at your office? What has worked best… or failed spectacularly?
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14 electric dual-mode buses from Vossloh Kiepe are now in operation in Sardinia – four of them charge with In Motion Charging (IMC) and opportunity charging
The public transport company Consorzio Trasporti e Mobilità (CTM) in Cagliari has realised a 4.5 km long line extension of its electric bus system along the coast without overhead wires. Vossloh Kiepe and Van Hool delivered 14 electric dual-mode buses. Four of them have been equipped with the powerful lithium-titanate-oxide (LTO) batteries. These batteries are charged when the buses are driving under the overhead wires (In Motion Charging - IMC). In addition, the recharging is possible thru opportunity charging by a charging station at the final terminal.
The IMC battery bus is 12 metre long and can transport 85 passengers plus the driver. Thanks to the usable energy of the LTO batteries of more than 18.5 kWh and a peak power of 120 kW the buses can also accelerate powerfully in the sections without overhead wires. Therefore, the wireless line extension forth and back of altogether a length of 9 kilometres, they can easily be operated.
The opportunity charging at the final terminal during the driver's break prolongs the life time of the batteries because they are discharged to a lesser degree. The IMC current collector poles are used for the opportunity charging as they can automatically dock into the funnels of the charging station. Moreover, the buses have been equipped with AC charging plugs so that they can be charged in the depot when they are serviced. Generally, the batteries are charged during the journeys under the overhead wire so that the electric buses return to the depot with fully charged batteries in the evening.
This kind of line extension is a novelty and has been realised within the scope of the European research project ZeEUS (Zero Emission Urban Bus System) coordinated by the UITP (International Association of Public Transport).
The CTM has documented this trend-setting wireless operation in an impressive video, which can be found on YouTube under https://youtu.be/s25vgJKoXxY.
About Vossloh Kiepe:
Vossloh Kiepe is known internationally as a manufacturer of electrical traction equipment for public transport vehicles. The company offers efficient solutions and ecologically sustainable concepts for emission-reduced public transport. Besides the environment-friendly traction equipment for tramcars, metro vehicles and regional trains as well as battery buses, hybrid buses, hydrogen buses, trolleybuses and In Motion Charging (IMC) buses, Vossloh Kiepe has specialised in the modernisation of rail vehicles. The Düsseldorf company delivers its products to and performs its services for public transport companies, state-owned and privately owned railways as well as the rail supply industry.
Düsseldorf, November 2016
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From Goldman to Morgan Stanley: The Criminal Spotlight Expands
First Goldman Sachs, now Morgan Stanley?
Yes indeed, it seems that just might be the case; federal prosecutors are taking quite the keen interest in Wall Street. The WSJ reports on Wednesday that federal prosecutors are investigating whether Morgan Stanley misled investors about mortgage-derivatives deals it helped design and sometimes bet against.
Morgan Stanley arranged and marketed to investors pools of bond-related investments called "collateralized debt obligations," or CDOs, and its trading desk at times placed bets that their value would fall, traders say. Investigators are examining, among other things, whether Morgan Stanley made proper representations about its roles.
Among the deals that have been scrutinized are two named after U.S. Presidents James Buchanan and Andrew Jackson, a person familiar with the matter said. Morgan Stanley helped design the deals and bet against them . . .


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High commissioner speaks out on Bangladeshi CSRFebruary 2008
Good practice in Bangladesh's ready-made garment factories could stop much of the frequent labour unrest in the country, the British high commissioner Anwar Choudhury has told a business gathering in Dhaka.
Many companies in Bangladesh are practising CSR very carefully, he said, but their good practices lack focus.
Choudhury pointed out: 'Buyers from Europe and North America are explicitly choosing to source goods from socially compliant factories. Having a CSR strategy gives a strong and positive message that the company is ethically and socially responsible and contributing to the country's overall economic development and welfare.'
The high commissioner was chief guest at a seminar on the business case for CSR in Bangladesh. The seminar marked the start of a project called Corporate Social Responsibility – a Guide for Companies Operating in Bangladesh and the launch of a set of CSR Fact Sheets. It was organized by the British High Commission and UK Trade and Investment and was attended by business owners and executives, foreign buyers and representatives of development partner organizations.
During his speech Choudhury recommended more negotiation between factory owners and workers to resolve conflict. This would encourage more investment and promote stronger growth. He also urged government officials to create a business-friendly environment to attract more local and foreign investment. He said: 'We will appeal to the government to remove all possible blockades for a congenial business environment.'
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"I don't need all five senses to see your beauty."
When Harry is shown how to love without physically being able to see it.
[Harry Styles short story
Cover made by the lovely sighstiles]
**Please note that this is my first fanfiction. I have greatly improved since writing this**
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My mom always screams at me cause I use my phone alot and I wear glasses
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I'm really enjoying it so far, but I highly doubt that being blind he didn't have people trying to help all the time... Great work nevertheless! :D
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Being blind since birth is way better than losing eye sight later
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Like he cant even that color but I'm giggling so hard it's night i should not be


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Date published: 2017-01-17
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Is the color that appears as a lightish neutral in the photo of the blankets the same as the "linen" that is available on the order form which appears substantially darker/browner? There is a visual discrepancy, which is accurate?.
My blankets are white as white can be.
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Does it get dry cleaned or can you wash it in delicate cycle?
The manufacturer recommends laundering in an industrial sized washer/dryer. I washed mine successfully in my front load washer on the cycle for bulky items. I was unable to dry completely in my dryer due to the size (King), but was able to air dry on my lanai.
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It's a low-luster cotton sateen fabric. Very nice. Soft.
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There's still one potential November ballot measure pending - one that would subject health insurance rates to state regulation - and with only hours before the qualification deadline, its fate is up in the air. Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, a veteran of several high-profile ballot measure battles, and sponsored the initiative measure...
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Hotel Canadá, Rio de Janeiro
- Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi
Main amenities
- 76 guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Restaurant
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Laundry service
- Multilingual staff
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in the lobby
- Luggage storage
- Tour/ticket assistance
- TV in a common area
- Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Free toiletries
- Laundry facilities
- Hair dryer
- Elevator/lift
- Minibar
What's around
- In Copacabana
- Edmundo Bittencourt Square (9-minute walk)
- Chacrinha State Park (18-minute walk)
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade Statue (20-minute walk)
- Dorival Caymmi Statue (23-minute walk)
- Copacabana Fort (25-minute walk)
- Praca General Osorio (28-minute walk)
- Devil's Beach (33-minute walk)
- Girl from Ipanema Park (33-minute walk)
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (36-minute walk)
- Forum Ipanema Shopping Mall (37-minute walk)
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 76 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 13 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- One child (5 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Parents must have child's birth certificate and photo ID *
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- No parking
In the hotel
- Free buffet breakfast daily
- Restaurant
- Room service (during limited hours)
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Elevator/lift
- Television in common areas
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Soundproofed rooms
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Cable TV channels
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe
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Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
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Culina Mariana Cafe and Eatery opened its doors a short time ago and provides a relaxing and peaceful breakfast and lunch from 8-4 daily. Eventually, they will be open for dinner too.
I had enjoyed my lunch here so much that I had to try their breakfast fare. All top notch!
My review was posted on our website about two weeks ago and my update will apear very soon. (I have added additional info.) Between the 5 of us, 3 different breakfast items were tried and all were very good.
This restaurant is located in the new Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrim Center. The folks who run it are the former owners of Picasso Cafe in La Crosse, which has now closed it doors.
Heading toward Coon Valley, there is now a sign on the HWY 14 to help you find the place. It's back in the bluffs and is in a beautiful setting.
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It's this time of the year again: everyone I know at uni has jetted off on wonderful journeys of self-discovery, whether helping indigenous communities in the Brazilian rainforest or spending three months hitchhiking the Silk Road. Even though I can't help but turn my nose up at expeditions like this, when I got asked to come to China to teach for three weeks, with all expenses paid (and yes, I do mean flights), I couldn't say no.
Having confidence in yourself as a grown up is also key to your travelling experience. If you have the ability and processes to cope with unexpected events and stay calm whilst on the road, you can pretty much deal with anything. Travelling is stressful, but the bumps in the road need not ruin your trip. Take care, wherever life takes you.
I've always been a fan of classic films, film making in general has always been magical to me. And nowhere does it's history lie more deeply engrained than Hollywood. I remember watching the That's Entertainment series as a child and being completely entranced by the snapshot into the archives and insights into what happened behind the camera.
As a mother of two and a long-time public servant I have real concerns about the pressures being placed on public services in this country; with growing class sizes, the lack of places at good schools, and excruciatingly long waiting times at my local doctor's surgery and A&E, I'm frustrated by the increased strain being placed on our services in this country as a whole. But I've remained mostly on the fence.
Have you ever spoken to a surfer about why they surf? They will tell you that once you get into it there is no turning back. As someone who has never donned a wetsuit or waxed a board, I never really appreciated the significance of a surfer's relationship with the ocean and how this can influence their broader view of the world. Then I met the team at EcoSwell in Peru.
Denmark might be one of the smallest countries in the World with only 5,6 million people living on the 42,915 km2 of country and islands, but it's far too big to explore in just a few days, so in this piece I have picked Seven Super Things to do in North Zealand, the area just north of the capital, Copenhagen.
As I finish another mediocre London sushi lunch that I've grabbed from beside the sandwiches, I find my mind transported back to Tokyo where the freshest and tastiest sushi imaginable filled a hole in my stomach and cemented a place in my mind as the best sushi I've ever eaten. But it's more amazing than that because it's also the best and only sushi I've ever made.


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Sydney Massage Parlours in Sydney offer a variety of massages and services nude and offer you full body massage and erotic body rubs with " happy ending ".
I've had a massage with a " happy ending " once in my life. Before I explain, I'll let you in on today's subject: If normal massages are basically.
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