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Carver 43 Motoryacht — By Jeffrey Moser
— December 2005
Switching Gears
Carver and BMW team up to create a new design that retains the builder's signature charms.
As I made my way through downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin, to the Harborside Yacht Center, I expected the Carver 43 Motor Yacht to look unlike any Carver I'd ever seen. I'd been told her exterior design resulted from a collaboration between Carver and industrial design guru BMW Group DesignworksUSA (see "Carver's California Connections," this story), and as she came into view, sitting stern-to at the marina on the Fox River, the result of the collaboration was apparent. I recognized many elements of Carver's popular Motor Yacht line, such as the lower cockpit and upper-aft-deck layout on the 41- and 44-foot Cockpit Motor Yachts. But missing were the signature elongated side windows, replaced by long, single windows whose sharp angles accentuated the contours of her hull. Gone also were the oval ports. Instead, she was graced with two elongated windows per side that blended in with the hull. There was no evidence of excessive top-heaviness. Instead I was looking at something vaguely reminiscent of BMW automobiles: an aggressive stance with sharp lines, all seamlessly integrated.
But stepping aboard, I quickly realized that while most of Carver's clientele will appreciate the 43's refined new looks, the company hasn't forgotten about its stock in trade: family-friendly functionality. Boarding her through the transom gate (she also has a 16-inch-wide door on each side to accommodate fixed docks), I noticed that her swim platform—nearly four feet long, full-beam, and with a 1,000-pound capacity—could easily hold a PWC or 13-foot RIB. Kudos to BMW and to Carver on its design: Despite the fact that this was the optional hydraulic platform, it appeared to be an extension of the hull and not a tacked-on afterthought.
But while the swim platform and lower cockpit are good staging areas for water activities, most of the 43's alfresco goings-on will likely take place on the aft deck, which is three steps up and on the flying bridge. The aft deck's standard wing doors and hardtop provide an escape from the weather yet still permit open-air enjoyment. The area's comfort level for boaters will likely be enhanced with the optional canvas enclosure. However, the doors are only 20 inches wide, a bit narrow for well-fed boaters.
There's also likely to be plenty of action on the flying bridge, where Carver's retained the layout that works so well on its other flying-bridge models: easy access from the aft deck by a wide, molded-in stairway; room for four on a starboard-side, C-shape settee; two helm chairs; and, for the helmsman, a smart, easy-to-read instrument layout. Visibility forward and to port and starboard is excellent, but naturally limited aft; the only way to see the stern from the helm is to look over the starboard side, so docking in close quarters will likely be a two-person operation, even with standard bow and optional stern thrusters. Even so, Carver makes the most of of an area that will probably be crowded during cruising by not trying to stuff in superfluous features that would compromise the flying-bridge effectiveness.
In contrast to the new exterior, Carver chose not to alter things too much below decks. The 43's layout is similar to that of other models in its Motor Yacht line, with the two staterooms—one fore and the other aft—separated by the saloon and each served by en suite heads. It's a layout that, while conventional, maximizes both comfort and privacy.
Next page > Part 2: The 43's roomy saloon and well-appointed galley further exemplify Carver's commitment to making maximum use of space. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
This article originally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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My name is Jason. You may know me as Tigershark. I have a full time job that consumes a lot of my time in order to support my wife and my new born baby. I leave home at 7am and come home around 7.30pm. I also travel quite a bit for my job which takes me away from home in regular stints of between 3-5 days. In the little spare time I have I am also trying to get my own iOS development studio up and running whilst trying to juggle work commitments and spend what precious time I have left with my family.
Why is this of any interest to you? Well....it is perhaps of no interest at all. However, the more astute of you will have drawn a link between the fact that despite the limited time I have in just getting ahead in life, I, like all of the other hosts who make Sundays and Tuesdays happen, still find the time in each or our respective busy lives to run Arma sessions for people (ie. You) so they can enjoy a game that we also love to play. If this wasn't time consuming enough, many of the hosts also find additional time to write missions (for the sessions you enjoy) and in my own situation, find time to think about workshops, potential training and set up workshops for interested people to enjoy.
Perhaps this is not immediately obvious to many of you but this takes up quite a lot of time. Yet it is something we feel appropriately passionate about that we continue to do it and very much want to succeed and prosper. Building, nurturing and growing a community seems like an easy thing until you try it yourself.
If you are still reading (and I hope you are) contrast this commitment with your own contributions to our community. Other than turning up to play (in an organised session that is moderated for the enjoyment of all) and whining in this thread....what have you contributed to either Folk or ARPS Arma community?
Please....take a moment and consider how de-motivating a lot of the crap in this thread must be for the people who, you know.....actually do shit to make your Sunday's and Tuesday's enjoyable. You may claim, "Look...anyone can do what you do!" And you are right. The point is....they don't...do they? Do you step up? If you don't step up and are happy to simply turn up and play, do think that gives you some kind of right to complain about all the things that are not to your liking despite the fact you have contributed zero?
So please…let's all keep some perspective in this thread. There may be some things in here we are not happy with, and like in life, some compromises were made and tough decisions were taken, but these are decisions that were taken by the hosts (not lightly I might add) for the good of the community and yes, somewhat selfishly, for the good of the hosts so that we might be able to use some of our time for the other important things in life like….work, study and……family.
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I agree the frustration is there, it requires quite a bit of free time but for the most part it is done out of the enjoyment of the game. The people who turn up and play are just as important as those who organise things and their opinions matter too.
Criticism of decisions is valid, it helps lead to change for the better if such things are discussed.
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When there's change, there's always bitching and whining because that's what makes us human. We usually don't like change, hence the mass hysteria. I think both sides just need to calm down and get on with their lives as usual.
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@Tigershark: I don't think anyone ever disregarded yours or anyone else's time and efforts. I am very grateful for it and I can appreciate how hard it must be while working/having a family etc.
However, this is not a contest of who gives more, is it? If for example I put my whole paycheck for the running of the server, would I have more of a say than now? I don't think so. If I quit my job and take up all the responsibilities of hosting etc, would I have the right to take it to the direction I want? Again, I don't think so. Hosting and organizing is important, but so is the player base, right? And 'contribution'? Is this a pension fund? This is something we're supposed to do to have fun, it's not a company... One thing I dislike about groups like ShackTac is their stupid corporate/marketing vocabulary and mentality. It's a f**|*|*|*ing group to play games, no more no less. (Anyway this has nothing to do with this discussion)
Also, describing some legitimate concerns as 'complaining' or as 'bitching and whining' like Draakon, does not give any credibility to your argumentation. I would say it does just the opposite. I cannot speak for the rest, but as far as I am concerned it was an opportunity to air some thoughts and not complain. As I said, I don't have time or the inclination do take part in the running of this group, so I was not complaining or criticizing. I just thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss some things. For sure, some replies might have been a bit aggressive or overboard, but I do think they underline some legitimate concerns...
I guess having a more relaxed Thursday is a starting point and, as someone else rightly pointed out, with the current numbers it might be difficult to organize a more relaxed day. We' ll see how it goes.
And for the record, this is not a personal attack on you and I don't really care about socialist jokes, brands or mergers. We play together anyway for some time now, I enjoyed it a lot and personally I would not want that to change.
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I think you are right about things being a bit overboard, the thread would benefit from trying to focus on what people would like to change/keep the same/do. Measured responses are helpful, though Tiger has a valid point with regards to how de-motivating it can be.
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2) I'll give an example. Regarding mumble vs TS: among the people who care at all, it seems most of them prefer mumble. But you (I say you because you are the most vocal host in this thread but my meaning is the folk/arps decision makers as a whole) are saying "No, It's going to be TS, Mumble sucks." without even considering a vote or poll or seeing what kinda thoughts the user base as a whole have. Then in the same posts saying "If you have any concerns, feel free to raise them with us". Now I don't care about mumble vs TS (they are both shit), they are an example of this, not the central point of it.
3) It rhymes with socialist agrarian utopia... I was trying to be clever, I thought that was obvious.
4) I personally don't have my ability to think diminished when there are people talking so maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.
The issue I think a lot of people are feeling is they essentially woke up one morning and suddenly their favorite arma community was different. No warning(that I saw), no public opinion polls, just up and changed one day. That will always create friction.
Also I don't think I ever said it but congrats on the baby.
Last edited by Macaco; 07-12-2012 at 05:35 PM. Reason: fucking quotes man. shit is bananas
Can't we all just get along?
It feels like all of this is splitting the community.
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2. We have given the reasoning behind why TS3 is more beneficial. It isn't people just saying mumble sucks and that is it. If we give it a go and it causes genuine problems then there is reason to see what we can do about it but there is not giant majority in favour either way and the functionality of CC in TS is very useful in sessions. As to the dismissing of comments I haven't seen many instances of that in here, we are well aware of the thoughts on mumble/TS as we have had this discussion many times before.
3. It wasn't massively obvious.
4. It is not the ability to think so much as allowing people to talk without having to fight through banter to ask/tell people stuff.
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Regarding stepping in as host, i have numerous hinted on it.
But alas for i am useless or something <3
Head, you were never called up for two reasons: your posting style is wildly variable (there's a mods night event you did the AAR thread for which was completely unintelligible to anyone) and you get as angry as I do. Calling for suicide charges too often gets silly! Also you never know who reads these things.
On TS3 vs Mumble, the hosts picked TS3 for the following reasons:
- Hotkey CC toggle (something the mumble devs saw no value in)
- Extensions for mass moving people (because "IT IS A JOKE" like to push people around)
- The rest of the Arma community uses it for ACRE *
Whereas with mumble you have
- other people playing different games on the same server (which is cool; even when I played arma every day, I played other stuff too)
- It also has a working overlay for more people. The only one I ever got to work for TS3 caused me to crash after an hour or so.
- Better default settings. It's almost like the mac of voip, except free! (this does bite both ways if you really need a tonne of scripting extensions)
- MuMo, which resulted in the BF2 PR version of mumble AFAICT, but never quite got off the ground for ARMA.
- Also built-in positional audio, though BIS need to fix it so you don't need Jay2ARMAlib to make it reliable.
Now, to reply to the * and reply to the comments about Folk having a bigger presence in the armaverse (THIS IS STORY TIME, NOT ARGUMENT TIME). I'm mostly trying to explain why I think that ARPS was the bigger 'brand' (and as has already been pointed out, Folk and ARPS were both mentioned in Dizzles' ShackTac post):
ARPS never recruited from the armaverse. It never had a group/recruitment on the forums, and any posts on there that mentioned ARPS were mostly related to bugs or mission scripting. I'm stretching to think of any of those beyond incidental F2 development stuff. This was pretty much intentional.
Recruiting through the 'usual' channels is pretty difficult. You have to compete with the big guys like ShackTac, UO, TG, etc. Then there are the mid-sized national teams like LDDK. Then there are the smaller interest groups, cliques, etc etc etc. You have to have a great pitch, something unique to sell you and put in a tonne of effort. And good luck getting anyone to give up their precious ACE/ACRE/TarantulaBots or whatever. Hell, you use anything other than Teamspeak and you get flamed for doing it wrong. One of the more prolific modders in charge of ACE and Domi had a ragepost against Dwarden on the CIT because Dwarden wanted to implement open communication protocol hooks (which would let any voip software basically do positional and some other stuff without resorting to hacky addon workarounds).
When ARPS was very young it was basically all domi and banter all the time. Nobody else wanted a piece of that but it was new and novel enough that we got loads of fun out of it. As things dragged on and we set up our own server we tried to organise things such that every mission didn't devolve into the two dreaded conga lines: Crates and Revives! This move produced some of the most enduring content for the ARPS vets. However, we wanted to get bigger and share the love.
The thing about arma is that it IS pretty daunting. It's walking around for 40 minutes and getting shot out of nowhere over and over again. It's getting killed by walking onto the wrong piece of geometry. It's lining up a perfect shot, killing a dude, then getting rifle grenaded by a dozen of his buddies from just out of sight.
Our pitch was more along the lines of "play with us, we don't require competence, we don't require mods, we don't require salutes, we do require fun". We wanted to pick up new players instead of the ones who'd been playing since Op Flash. Partly because vets'd expect things being done a certain way which wouldn't necessarily mix with our definitions of fun. Being on RPS is great for that - with enough prodding Jim'd post a front page article and we'd get 40-60 new faces who'd "bought the game but never tried it". By simply being part of an existing community, which was in turn sustained by a site that gets hundreds of thousands of unique visits each day, we had/have massive exposure. It has to be said that the return rate was pretty piddling compared to the popularity of the site until DayZ, but arma is a niche game after all.
This neatly avoided the entire zero-sum game and politicking/drama of the main bisforums scene. We never, ever demanded exclusitivity, and made fun without dicking around the goal. When dicking around got too much I invented TT. (Read: Stole the name from somewhere else... I think it was the goons)
When Fer first approached us he was pretty surprised we were insistent on revive missions. When I explained that we basically wanted to have fast fun, keep new people happy and above all make sure nobody sat on their thumbs for 40 minutes to an hour he agreed. In response he made Lechtenfield(sp), the ?only F2/Folk revive mission to date. It was pretty good fun and from there things progressed until you get to where we are now.
(Coincidentally I first started to fall out of love with arma when we played a big 80 man coop and I got to spend three hours shouting at people to space themselves out and then driving a truck full of ammo around to resupply BTR60s. I didn't see a single goddamn enemy or fire a round. Funnily enough I've never, ever met a person who wanted a logistics role in a truck, yet you'll find three dozen people who will drop everything should you mention a chopper.)
I'm sure nobody is still reading by this point so I'll spare the details of the ARPS/Folk relationship.
I also won't go into the backstory of Folk, because it's kind of a personal thing for Fer, Tiger and Headspace. But I will say that within a month or two of putting a standing invite to RPS players there were basically 3-4 of the original Folk guests per session, down from about 15. Some nights it was just Fer. Folk was also originally a vetted, invite-only "community" (insert page on what Folk was/wasn't here) and running on borrowed resources so the intermingling of the groups helped them a lot more than you may realise from the BISforums thread.
For making things more welcoming to newcomers, all I can say is I've had some pretty bad rageouts in the past about people misrepresenting the group and being offensive to new players. There's no real way to ensure new people get slotted with good FTLs because nobody wants to FTL all the time. There's also usually a shortage of FTLs so people have to step up despite not being confident in the role and being unable to keep on top of new guys, orders from the top, their team and their own status all at once.
We never really put up any training material here because that stuff gets terrifying. Tell someone who just bought the game blind to read the TTPP (which is probably the best training material out there) and a good number of people will decide it's just not worth the effort. Others will love it, then play and take an unlucky bullet early on, have a horrible time and uninstall. Summarised stuff is good, but really the attitude was always "play with us, all you need to be able to do is WASD and listen/ask questions". It's why the welcome message for the server included the most basic of "use / for text chats" for so long.
(Also Kataras deserves a nod for saying he isn't a massive donor when he not only is but went to unusual lengths to make his donations)
Other stories I have:
Why Dizzle TERRIFIES me.
How I "pissed off" TG/UO without knowing about it.
(Neither is very long, but I think this is enough of a wall of text for now)Mumble :: Thread :: Click to Join
The past 4-5 months of playing with folk/arps have been some of the best of my entire time in gaming. The folk session on sunday nights is something I always look forward to. The tactical tuesday session was what got me back into arma. I've made good friends here
We should stop this. We all play arma. We all enjoy arma. We should continue to play and enjoy arma together. I do not want to see this oh so wonderful community fall apart due to a petty spat over names, a VoIP programme and level of seriousness.
I may be overstating it a bit, but hopefully you get my point.
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To anyone who fears the worst, please don't!
I'm hosting this coming FA Sunday Session, I'm yakking it up with Tiger tomorrow to make sure we don't repeat the hilarity of the last workshop's Strela-to-the-tail-rotor (chalk that up to me not paying attention to what groups I was spawning and that f***ing broken teleport action), I'm lining up the missions now, and hopefully I'll have a special treat to close it all out on if all goes well. If not, then, well, I'll improvise somethin'!
Please come! Have fun! The technical issues and socialist agrarian issues can continue to be ironed out, but Sunday is Funday. This Yank can't wait to send you all to your bloody deaths.
~ Ferrard
Edited for EMPHASIS!
It's going to be the same people playing either way, massive drama is silly.
That said, I never saw ARPS as a clan or formal group. It's a bunch of people who enjoy playing Arma together. Talk of mergers and such seems bizarre to me. Whatever happens, the gameplay is going to remain pretty much the same. All you're doing is adding extra barriers that are going to put off new players. RPS is a popular site, many new players in the past were people who already had forum accounts here or visited the Steam chat. Folk is an Arma group. A friendly and welcoming one, but outwardly, to a new player, they'll look like pretty much any other gaming clan. Even if the content is the same, trying to make a brand out of what was a bunch of people playing games will dissuade some from joining.
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I am not sure if this is a significant reason to use it for sessions though. Mumble can used outside of sessions still.
For the other paragraph I just wish to make it known I strongly agree with it. It is something that has been done by hosts (being short with people for the most part) and non-hosts as well.
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Nullkigan tell us the story how you pissed of TG/UO
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A morning walk in King's Park, Boscombe, turned into a nightmare for Annabel, 25, after Siann rolled down a hill near the cricket pavilion, landing on the needle, while playing with the family's Staffordshire terrier Jessie.
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"She shouted out and I could see the needle in her hand. I thought she had picked it up but then I noticed blood on her right thigh and realised she had pulled it out of her leg.
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No, I do NOT know, nor do I celebrate, Mercurys birthday
A reminder: this is still called the Bible Belt.
Speaking of the Bible, in Genesis 40 a celebration of the Pharaohs birthday is mentioned as part of the Joseph story. Celebrating birthdays, at least those of the powerful, is ancient. Births were seen as the heralds of new ages, which we throughout history have always hoped would be better ages.
The first necessity, though, was to establish a calendar accurate enough to know the date of a birth and to know when the date has returned.
Though other sources disagree, the following ideas might be how celebrating us ordinary folks big days started happening. From coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com: It is also said that birthday celebrations began as a form of protection. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. To protect them from harm, friends and family would gather around the birthday person and bring good cheers, thoughts and wishes. Giving gifts brought even more good cheer to ward off the evil spirits. Noisemakers are thought to be used at parties as a way of scaring away the evil spirits. The birthday history custom of lighting candles originated with people believing that the gods lived in the sky and by lighting candles and torches they were sending a signal or prayer to the gods so they could be answered. When you blow out the candles and make a wish this is another way of sending a signal and a message.
The famous song came from two women at a Louisville, Ky., kindergarten. It has a more complicated history that one would expect, and its copyright is currently owned by Warner Communication. Its OK to sing it around your dining table, though, unless youre a Kardashian. Well, theres a lot that bunch shouldnt be allowed to do, starting with being on TV.
As to Happy Birthday! or Happy birthday!, go with the first. Its customary and respectful, giving a birthday some well-deserved status.
ONLINE DEPARTMENT Uh, Oh! (Thanks, A.W.) Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, were excessively mischievous, always getting into trouble. The boys' mother heard that a local preacher had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually. The mother sent the younger boy in the morning. The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the boy down and asked him sternly, "Do you know where God is, son?" The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open. So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God? Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE IS GOD?" The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "What happened?" The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time! GOD is missing, and they think WE did it!"
Punography (Thanks, C. D. and L.D.) ? I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. ? When chemists die, they barium. ? Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. ? I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time. ? How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. ? I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me. ? This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore. ? I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down. ? I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words. ? They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O. ? Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils? ? Broken pencils are pointless. ? I tried to catch some fog, but I mist. ? What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus. ? England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool. ? I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest. ? I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough. ? Haunted French pancakes give me the crpes. ? Velcro - what a rip off!
BW (Bigtime Word) mallecho mischief. Well, read what Goethe (1749-1832. German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist) had to say, I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut. That doesnt cover Prince Harry in Las Vegas, though.


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The owners of an Ilkley fish and chip shop have unearthed evidence which reveals their business is 110-years-old this year – making it even older than the famous Harry Ramsden's, which was established in 1928.
Hayley and Jonathan Hunt have been tracing the history of their shop – North Parade Fisheries at 1 North Parade, Ilkley – ever since they took it over 16 years ago.
After turning to the West Yorkshire Archive Service initially, they believed the business was established in 1933, however, a regular customer has produced evidence to the contrary.
Hayley said: "One of our regular customers, Vic Walker, brought in a copy of Robinsons Directory dated 1909, and the listing for 1 North Parade is J W Pollard, fried fish dealer. Which dated the fish and chip shop to 1909, much earlier than 1933 as first thought."
Hayley and Jonathan then enlisted the help of local historian Alex Cockshott, to help them uncover more information.
"Alex made contact with a friend who has a directory from 1908, Kelly's Directory, and the same details were written there: 1 North Parade, J W Pollard, fried fish dealer," said Hayley.
"Another customer, Peter Cockerill, brought in a copy of 1904 Robinsons Directory, but the street had only been built as far as No 11.
"Our original thought was that J W Pollard bought the shop in 1904 and ran it as a grocers, until 1908 when he changed it into a fish and chip shop, but it is also detailed in the 1909 Robinsons Directory that J W Pollard had a grocers at the junction of Wellington Road and Little Lane. As North Parade runs off Little Lane it would not seem likely for the same person to have two grocer's shops in such close proximity.
"We have therefore come to the conclusion that J W Pollard bought the shop in 1904, his occupation being a grocer, but opened the shop as a fish and chip shop. Thus making North Parade Fisheries 110-years-old this year.
"We had not thought that this was going to be the situation when we first started the investigation. This places the shop even older than Harry Ramsden's, which was established in 1928.
"We would like to express our thanks to our customers for all the information that they have provided, and to Alex Cockshott for her invaluable information about the local area."


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Gov. Herbert Declares Jan. 31 as Jerry Sloan Day
State of Utah Joins Jazz Organization in Honoring Legendary Coach
SALT LAKE CITY (January 29, 2014) – Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert has officially declared January 31, 2014 as "Jerry Sloan Day," as the State of Utah joins the Utah Jazz organization in honoring the legendary former head coach with a retired jersey banner at EnergySolutions Arena on Friday.
An excerpt from the declaration states that the State of Utah joins in "recognizing the enduring legacy of one of the greatest and most respected coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association." It also recognizes Sloan for his "invaluable contributions to elevating and advancing the visibility and status of professional sports, particularly basketball, not only in our state but throughout the nation."
Gov. Herbert's declaration also highlights many of Sloan's accomplishments, such as finishing his coaching career with the third most wins in NBA history en route to two NBA Finals appearances, seven division championships, 13 seasons with more than 50 wins, 16 consecutive winning seasons, and 19 playoff appearances.
Sloan will become the 11th individual in Jazz history to have a banner raised in his honor during a special halftime ceremony at the Jazz game on Jan. 31. A jersey with numerals 1223 will be unveiled, commemorating his total number of regular season and playoff victories during his 23 seasons as the Jazz coach.
Jazz tickets for the Sloan retirement celebration on Jan. 31 at halftime of the game against the Golden State Warriors are available now through utahjazz.com, the EnergySolutions Arena box office and by calling (801) 355-SEAT. A Jerry Sloan Banner Pack is available to buy tickets for two upcoming games and get one free for games against Golden State on Jan. 31, Minnesota Timberwolves on Feb. 22 and Dallas Mavericks on March 12.


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Solution attribution: this example is buried in erlang rpc multicall doc.
%% Find object code for module Mod {Mod, Bin, File} = code:get_object_code(Mod), %% and load it on all connected nodes including this one; %% the next time the code is called it will be using the new version {Replies, _} = rpc:multicall(code, load_binary, [Mod, File, Bin]), %% if this node were the "master/admin" node %% then to push to everything but this node use: %% {Replies, _} = rpc:multicall(nodes(), code, load_binary, [Mod, File, Bin]), %% and then maybe check the Replies list.
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Stubbs delivers heroics for Rockies with walk-off HR
Two-out blast caps five-run ninth-inning rally; Arenado collects four hits
DENVER -- On a day when the Rockies retired Todd Helton's No. 17, Coors Field magic returned. Or someone put a hex on the control of Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, one or the other.
Chapman entered with a four-run lead and walked four batters to open the bottom of the ninth. Eventually, former Reds top Draft pick Drew Stubbs hit his third career walk-off homer, for three runs off J.J. Hoover, for a 10-9 Rockies victory in front of 42,310 in the first game of a doubleheader.
Stubbs, who was selected by the Reds eighth overall in 2006 and played for the club from 2009-11, clubbed his 12th homer into the left-field seats on an 0-1 curveball from Hoover.
"I have a lot of friends over there, a lot of people I have good relationships with," said Stubbs, who played with the Indians last season and was traded to the Rockies during the winter. "But, at the same time, it's always nice if a team trades you to get a little retribution, if you will.
The victory meant the Rockies stayed a half-game ahead of the Rangers, who have the Majors' worst record. Stubbs found it special that the win came on a special day, as the franchise retired its first number.
"I only played against Todd, but talking to some other guys, they were getting a little emotional," Stubbs said.
Nolan Arenado tied a career high with four hits, and Michael McKenry had a hit and drew four walks. Also, Charlie Blackmon's solo shot in the second inning was his 15th homer, and Corey Dickerson doubled in a first-inning run and led off the seventh with his 17th home run as the Rockies amassed 14 hits.
They also left 11 on base, but the ninth-inning comeback erased any disappointment from that statistic. Stubbs' homer also saved Rockies lefty reliever Rex Brothers (4-5), who gave up two runs in the top of the ninth.
Chapman (0-4) threw balls on 16 of his 28 pitches while walking Arenado, McKenry, Josh Rutledge and Charlie Culberson (ending a nine-pitch at-bat) to cut the difference to 9-6. Pinch-hitter Wilin Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to left to cut the gap to two runs. Blackmon lined to right before Stubbs won it.
"I like the way all our guys battled in that inning," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "It's not easy to face a guy throwing 100-plus [mph]. Even if Chapman didn't have his great command, it's still hard to lay off those pitches because you've got to make early decisions as a hitter about whether to swing or not."
One of Rockies' better hitters returned Sunday. 2013 National League batting champ Michael Cuddyer, who had missed the previous 60 games with a left shoulder fracture, went 1-for-5. He singled and scored during the two-run seventh, but couldn't save the team in the eighth. With two on and the Rockies trailing by two runs, Cuddyer grounded into a double play against Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton.
Jay Bruce's two-run homer in the fourth off Rockies starter Jordan Lyles (five runs, five hits in five innings) and Kris Negron's leadoff shot in the sixth off reliever Franklin Morales helped the Reds to a 7-3 lead.
Dickerson led off the seventh with his homer to deep center against Sam LeCure to cut the disadvantage to 7-5. Cuddyer, Arenado and McKenry all singled, with McKenry's hit coming off Jumbo Diaz. Rutledge, who had left six on base in his first three at-bats, then came through with a sacrifice fly, but Diaz escaped the inning by forcing Culberson to fly out to right and a Brandon Barnes foul popup.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Games cost money. Money we don't always have, and we want to make sure that the game is actually worth the investment.
ARMA 2 Free is a feature-limited but free version of the base ARMA 2 game. Think of it like a bigger demo. It's great for figuring out if the game will run well and if it plays in a way that's fun for you.
So we operate an ARMA 2 Free server to let you do just that.
Irregularly. Post in here to drum up some interest; most of us play the paid-for version instead.
Server Name: RockPaperShotgun - A2 FREE! [ARPS]
Address: server.herosquad.org
Port: 2602 <-- Note that 2302 is A2 Combined Ops, 2602 is A2 Free
Server Password: None
VOIP Client: Mumble
Address: server.herosquad.org
Port: 64738
Please use push to talk (PTT) on VOIP!
- Q: Is this representative of playing with the RPS group?
- A: Yes and no.
- The fundamental game mechanics are the same. If you find yourself hating the way you move and shoot we can't do anything about it.
- The gameplay is quite different, though. The public server tends to play no-risk "missions" like Domination, which have respawns, unlimited revive and many toys (jets, sniper rifles, tanks).
- The proper server tends to focus on smaller scale missions of 15-25 people trying to complete a single objective in 30-40 minutes. Communication and coordination are essential.
- When the admins aren't looking, things tend to take a nose dive. Sometimes literally.
- Q: Can we get some admins on the server?
- A: Join the steam group chat, or Arma channels in Mumble.
Last edited by Bodge; 29-12-2011 at 08:35 PM.
The server now runs a mod whitelist, which will hopefully reduce the amount of hackers that assail it.
Currently whitelisted addons are: shacktac addons, okt_noblur and CBA
If you find you have trouble connecting but do not have any addons you may wish to try the fix found on this page:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...nguagecore-pbo (steam versions should not have this issue)


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HOUSTON - Mama wouldn't be happy with this week's Restaurant Report Card -- Mama Ninfa, that is.
When health inspectors stopped by the Ninfa's on Memorial Drive, they said they found a live roach in the kitchen.
The manager told KPRC Local 2 that inspectors came the day after the restaurant was fogged and that sometimes the pests come out of hiding just before they die. When we stopped by, the roaches were either dead or hiding because we didn't see any.
Just a note: None of the Ninfa's restaurants you see around Houston are owned by the original family of Mama Ninfa. They were all sold off to corporations and individuals who bought the rights to use the Ninfa name.
Inspectors reported more roaches this week at Tony's Seafood on Tidwell near Mesa.
At Cafe 99 at 10730 Kingspoint, inspectors told employees to clean the shelf above the sink and the food prep table to "be free of dead roaches and roach droppings."
Employees at Palazzo's at 2620 Briar Ridge called an exterminator when inspectors saw a few live roaches and evidence of roaches in a sink and a storage area.
You might not want to reach for a toothpick at the Honduras Mayan Cafe and Bar at 5945 Bellaire. Inspectors said they found new and used toothpicks in a plastic container at the restaurant.
The fried shrimp weren't crispy at Market Seafood on El Camino Real in Clear Lake. Inspectors said dripping condensation above the battered shrimp contaminated it. They tossed about half a pound.
If you're looking for an excellent restaurant this week, you can drop into the Istanbul Grill and Deli in the 5600 block of Morningside Drive. Inspectors didn't find a single violation at the restaurant.
To see a complete list of restaurant violations in the Houston area, visit www.click2houston.com/restaurantinspections. How To File Restaurant Complaint We get our information from the city of Houston Health Department, but many of you have complaints about restaurants in other cities and counties. Refer to the following list to find out which agency to contact depending on the location of the restaurant: * For all complaints about restaurants located in the city of Houston, call 311 or file the complaint online. * Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services inspects and permits all retail food establishments in the unincorporated areas of Harris County as well as in the cities of Tomball, Katy, Jacinto City, Galena Park, La Porte, Morgan's Point, South Houston, Seabrook, El Lago, Southside Place, Hunter's Creek, Piney Point, Bunker Hill, Jersey Village, Spring Valley, Deer Park, Humble, Waller, and West University Place. If you believe you have become ill from ingesting food from an establishment in unincorporated Harris County or in a city inspected by Harris County, please file a complaint at http://www.hcphes.org/eph/foodcomplaint.ht or call them at 713-274-6300. If you are concerned about a food establishment's operations such as cleanliness, food handling procedures, etc., please file a complaint at http://www.hcphes.org/eph/complaints.htm. * To file a complaint about a restaurant in Montgomery County, call the Montgomery County Health Department at 936-539-7839. * To file a complaint about a restaurant Galveston County, call the Galveston County Health Department at 409-938-2300. Use this link to speed the process and file your complaint electronically, or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. * To file a complaint about a restaurant in Brazoria County, contact the Brazoria County Health Department. * To file a complaint about a restaurant Fort Bend County, contact the Fort Bend County Health Department. * To file a complaint about a restaurant in Sugar Land use this link or contact the Senior Sanitarian at 281-275-2278 or email email@example.com. If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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A new kind of design competition in New York has just caught our eye. A new MetroLoft luxury building, 116 John St., got creative and hosted its very own interior design competition. Six up-and-coming designers traveled to the building and put their personal touches on model homes. Each of the designs is absolutely lovely, and interior design extraordinaire Deborah Berke is going to have a tough time picking a favorite! But you can make your mark too. Go to the MetroLoft Facebook page to vote on your favorite home and help one of these designers take home the award for fan favorite. Click through and prepare to be inspired!
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Bundy fans eight, gives up first pro run
O's hurler lasts just three innings after running up pitch count
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | May 7, 2012 7:35 PM ET
MLB.com's No. 9 prospect gave up an unearned run -- the first run of his career -- on one hit through three innings as Class A Delmarva lost to Charleston, 5-4, on a walk-off in the ninth.
Bundy struck out a career-high eight in the outing without walking a batter. On the season, he has now yielded two hits and two walks over 20 innings while accumulating 33 punchouts.
The 19-year-old right-hander struck out the first two batters he faced -- Mason Williams and Cito Culver -- but Gary Sanchez lined a double to left field for the second hit off Bundy in two starts. The O's prospect worked out of the frame by inducing a flyout off the bat of Tyler Austin, then struck out the side in order in the second.
The run off Bundy came in the third, after he retired the first two batters he faced. Williams struck out swinging for the would-be final out, but reached first on a wild pitch by Bundy. Shorebirds catcher Gabriel Lino then missed Bundy and threw the ball into the outfield, and center fielder Glynn Davis made a throwing error himself. As a result, Williams scored all the way from first.
Culver also reached base due to another throwing error -- this one by second baseman Sammie Starr -- but Bundy fanned Sanchez to end his day. Though he was scheduled to throw four innings, Bundy reached his pitch count early and was forced to leave after the third. Overall, the Oklahoma native threw 61 pitches in the start, 40 of which were strikes.
Three Delmarva relievers combined to give up four runs -- three earned -- on eight hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings. Jose Nivar (0-3) took the loss after loading the bases in the ninth and then surrendering a walk-off sacrifice fly to Francisco Arcia.
Charleston starter Scottie Allen allowed one unearned run on three hits over six innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Sanchez, the Yankees' No. 3 prospect, paced the RiverDogs offense by going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. He raised his average to .354, which ranks fifth in the South Atlantic League. No. 4 prospect Williams went 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and a stolen base out of the leadoff spot.
David Heck is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The finalists for the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards were announced today — with Skyrim receiving nominations in five categories: Game of the Year, Best Game Design, Best Technology, Best Audio, and Best Visual Arts. Bethesda Game Studios previously was nominated for Best Game for Oblivion in 2006 and won Game of the Year Award for Fallout 3 (shown above) in 2009.
This year's winners will be announced during the Game Developers Conference on Wednesday, March 7th.
In other award news, Skyrim has recently received the following accolades:
- Kotaku — Winner of the First Annual Kotaku Community Game of the Year Award!
- Joystiq — #1 Game of 2011
- 1Up – Favorite Game of 2011 (Editor's Choice)
- Team Xbox — Game of the Year
- Giant Bomb — #1 Game of the Year
- GameTrailers — Best Soundtrack
- USA Today Game Hunters — #1 Game of the Year
- Yahoo! — Best Role-Playing Game
- Gaming Union — Best Developer
- Electric Playground — Best Role-Playing Game
- Split Screen — Game of the Year


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1922 — Princeton, Minnesota
The Princeton union., March 02, 1922, Page 1
Greenbush Centenarian Passes Away at Home of His Son, James, at Age of 102 Years.
Owen Bracken, senior, the oldest man in Mille Lacs county, who reached the age of 102 years on February 2 of this year, passed away at the home of his son, James, in Greenbush, at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The old gentleman experienced a shock of paralysis on February 19 and since last Saturday had been entirely unconscious. For the past few years, as might have been expected, old age had made its inroads upon him, but he possessed a rugged constitution and held up remarkably well, retaining his mentality until unconsciousness came. The members of his family were present at his bedside when death came.
Owen Bracken was born in King's county, Ireland, on February 2, 1820. He came to New York in 1842, where he worked at his trade of cutting and polishing marble. Later he worked on a farm in Madison county, New York, remaining there two years. He was married in 1848 to Nancy Ann Malon. In 1854 he moved onto a farm in Wisconsin and lived there until July, 1869, when he and his family came to Minnesota and settled on section 8, Greenbush. Twelve years ago he went to live with his son, James, on section 6, in the same township. His wife died on January 19, 1908. He is survived by four children, viz James and Owen, Greenbush Mrs. Kate Waldhoff, Henrietta and Mrs. Rose Lafontisee, Bemidji.
Mr. Bracken served with Company D, Twelfth Wisconsin regiment, throughout the civil war and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was a splendid type of American citizen, and well did he perform his duty to his adopted country. Hundreds of friends in Mille Lacs county will long remember this good, whole-souled, patriotic old gentleman.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Greenbush Catholic church to morrow morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. Chas. A. Mayer.


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A FIRE which broke out at a flat in Radcliffe last night is being treated as arson.
Firefighters from Bury and Whitefield were called to flat in Church Street West just before 8pm.
The fire broke out in the kitchen of the first floor flat, which is being renovated.
Watch commander at Bury fire station Pete Fletcher said crews tackled the fire within 20 minutes, but stayed on the scene for more than hour as part of the investigation.
The fire destroyed the floor boards and damaged 20 per cent of the flat.
Fire officers alerted the police to the incident, who confirmed it was being investigated as a deliberate attack.
James Hughes, owner of Cafe Fresh which is underneath the flat, said his business was open as usual.
He said: "The doors were broken down but apart from some cleaning there is no permanent fire damage to the cafe."


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WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. - While Detroit is dealing with bankruptcy, Westland Mayor Bill Wild found a way to save his city nearly $500,000.
Inkster Mayor Hilliard L. Hampton, Wild and Westland-Wayne Fire Chief Michael Reddy have found ways to manage their budgets by sharing fire services between the three cities.
"This extension of our shared services enables all cities to operate more efficiently," said Wild. "The working partnership between Westland-Wayne has proven successful and we have strategically positioned the department in such a way we were able to include Inkster."
The shared service agreement began on July 1, 2012, and will extend for five years.
"It is it truly beneficial when cities are able to collaborate," said Hampton. "We are all forced to do more with less and this effort allows us to maintain the quality of services our residents expect and deserve."
The joint services will save Westland $180,000 annually, Wayne $130,000 annually and Inkster $55,000 annually.
"I credit the mayors for their leadership as well as council members and unions for their support," Reddy.
"We created a blueprint for shared services that other cities have adopted, including Dearborn and Melvindale," said Wild. "Our fiscal responsibility means we evaluate our departments and finances often. We cannot afford to ignore or kick our financial problems down the road. We have to make the appropriate adjustments regularly."
Other ways Westland has not only avoided a surplus, but created a surplus over the past seven years include:
- The city has 125 fewer employees today.
- Worked with unions to downsize city operations to meet current revenue with very little cuts to City Services.
- Asked employees to begin contributing towards their health care.
- Received pension reform
- Began to eliminate costly retirement healthcare
- Reduced appointed staff from 18 to 12 employees, which saved the city close to $1 million a year.
- Merged Wayne and Westland Parks and Recreation Departments.
- Closed the antiquated Recreation Center that was losing close to $1 million a year.
- Westland began delivering Emergency 911 Dispatch services for Wayne, Inskster and Garden City, which saved all four communities significant dollars and allows them to share the cost of technical upgrades.
- Westland also has been sharing employees in the Water Department and Mapping Department with Canton Township.
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Student Archers Gather in Temple for Statewide Competition
TEMPLE, Texas — Upwards of 250 student archers from 20 public, private and charter schools will be competing here at the Mayborn Convention Center Feb. 23 in the second annual Texas Archery in Schools Program tournament.
The one-day tournament is hosted by the Texas Field Archery Association in conjunction with its annual statewide adult tournament. The Texas Archery in Schools Program is a joint venture of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Cooperative Extension Service. Its focus is on providing target archery training in fourth through 12th grade physical education classes.
Dallas Safari Club, Gulf States Toyota and the Texas Hunter Education Association are sponsoring the program and event.
"Archery turns a lot of kids on to the shooting sports in general and is a safe way for them to experience the shooting sports in an indoor controlled setting," said Steve Hall, TPWD education director. "Archery is a sport that is accessible to all students, and studies have shown that students who are involved in extra-curricular activities are much less likely to drop out of school. In other states, the program has been shown to improve kids' self-esteem and engagement in school, and we believe that many of the participants will go on to become bow hunters and supporters of wildlife conservation."
The Texas program is modeled after the National Archery in Schools Program, which originated in Kentucky in 2002 and is currently active in 45 states. Texas began training teachers in 2005 and piloted the program in schools in 2006. Through a partnership with the Texas Cooperative Extension Service, Texas A&M University System and Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Program, TPWD is initiating full-scale implementation of the program and has hired a statewide coordinator.
Burnie Kessner, director of the Arkansas 4-H Center and longtime wildlife biologist and outdoor educator, has been hired and will start March 1 as the new statewide Archery in Schools program coordinator for Texas. He has been trained in archery programs, hunter education and programs like Project WILD in his extensive experience working for extension services and fish and wildlife agencies in Georgia, Arkansas and Texas. His primary duties will include archery training for teachers and teacher trainers interested in advancing the program in their schools. Kessner will be housed at the Texas Cooperative Extension Service, Texas A&M University, and can be reached temporarily by contacting hunter education staff at Texas Parks & Wildlife Department at 512-389-4999.
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hello my site is Cuisine Sante International (Cuisine Sante International)
when i search keyword 'Cuisine Sante International' on google it shows some spam result that's not good for our business can anybody explain me how to remove it????
Please check attachment and give me proper solution
thank you...
Which result are you calling a spam result? Is it spam because it isn't relevant to the search, or do you mean the sites that say you send spam e-mail?
We can't see your attachment. You can't embed an image from a member-only forum into another forum.
i have mention in my thread image already shown above 2 result are span in serp i want to remove that.. what i have to do for that??
As I said in the text you quoted, we can't see that image.
I do not see spam as the top 2 results. I see legitimate websites. There's nothing you can do to remove those from the SERP, you can just try to outrank them.
Can you explain what is the spam result?
When search 'Cuisine Sante International' on google
In SERP 3rd result is Rip-off Report and 5th result is scam report i want to remove that what i do for that??
Don't work for a company that rips people off. Simple.
The internet is the ultimate democracy, it allows the ultimate freedom of speech. If a company is scamming people and lots of people complain about it on a website, that company has no redress unless the claims made are libellous and/or false. People searching on Google for your business have just as much right to read negative reviews as to find your website.
hello stevie any solution on that???
I gave you the solution in the first line.
If the negative claims made about your company are demonstrably false then you should approach the website that is hosting them and explain why they are incorrect. If the website refuses to do anything about it then you should take legal advice.
If the negative claims made are either true or are a matter of opinion that can't be proven one way or the other then your company needs to clean up its act so that it doesn't upset customers in future. And that's probably way outside the scope of its website.
Attachments need to be approved and that takes a while. Anyway, your attachment is completely irrelevant because it is enough to know that the list shows two sites with two different negative comments about your site.
You can't control that, you can only have more people praising it and then those other sites will be outranked.
I am also facing the same problem. When you search for discountpandit on google you will find spam results on 3rd page. I approached site webmaster regarding this. But no response. how to remove that.?
You're not facing the same problem; this thread is not about spam in the search results, despite its title. This thread is about customer complaints and other negative feedback about a website appearing in search results -- these sites are not spam.
If there's actual spam in a search result, click the "Give us feedback" link at the bottom of the search result page, click "Google's search results weren't helpful" then click "The results included spam.". This takes you to the form to report spam to Google.
Completely agree with your point that approaching the website is the only solution in this case.But their SERP may decrease with the time if they don't do any SEO. And by getting more and quality backlinks and applying other white hat SEO activities may increase desired websites SERP.I think its possible what you say?
I think that's a very dodgy strategy to try. For a start, how do you know that they won't be "doing any SEO"? For a second, websites don't have to "do any SEO" to remain successful. A site that offers people the chance to vent their frustration at companies who have given them bad service is likely to remain popular. If your company doesn't fix its core problem of giving bad service, the number of bad reviews is likely to grow, and the site is likely to improve its position in the search results rather than drop.
I don't say they don't have any SEO.I said that if they don't do any SEO then their SERP may decrease with time.I agree with your point.First they need to fix the core problem to get good response from the visitors.
thanks for your all suggestion but still not get proper solution ....
Yes you have. This is how the world works. It will not bend to your will.


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Some rooms are situated within the Victorian mansion part of the hotel and have original features such as sash windows and high ceilings. The restaurant has gained a formidable reputation for serving seasonally-inspired Modern British food with a Mediterranean twist. The vibrant décor of the award-winning Graffiti Restaurant and light, airy Orangery lend themselves effortlessly to lunches, intimate dinners or indulgent afternoon teas. Both look out over the south-facing Garden Terrace and landscaped gardens. The hotel offers free WIFI to all guests has plenty of free parking. Well behaved dogs are welcome at the hotel and a lovely bag of handmade dog biscuits will be presented upon your arrival. A charge of £15 applies up on departure.
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