Just as bad pickup lines heard at a bar become a distant memory, bad marketing messages ultimately meet the same fate. The way we interact with potential clients and customers will determine what type of relationship we will have with them. Ask for too much too soon, and you are left in the cold, or ask for too little and you are forever in the "friend zone".
There are many valuable lessons that we can learn from how people date and form a relationship, as the same principles apply to both marketing and dating.
In every relationship there is a process that individuals go through, if you skip too many steps the relationship is bound to fail. Have you ever witness someone buy a person a drink in a bar, and expect that action entitles them for a night of non-stop action? Typically that interaction results in someone being labeled as a jerk at best! Yet, if you look at the marketing strategies of businesses online and offline, this is the exact scenario taking place.
Have you ever been on the end of a high pressure sales presentation that was all about you signing on the dotted line, and the salesperson didn't even remember your name? This is very similar to someone asking you "Your place or mine?" 5 minutes after meeting them.
Instead of jumping in too quickly, you have to build a relationship. Obviously, you don't want to wait too long, otherwise if the person has a need they will take their business elsewhere. You have to demonstrate that you care about who they are, and what their needs are. This is accomplished by delivering value up front prior to the sale. The more value you provide to your clients, the stronger the relationship will become.
Remember, if you build a strong relationship with your clients, you lessen the likelihood that you will get dumped for someone else.
Have you ever seen someone in a relationship that moved too fast and it looked awkward? Or have you seen someone in a relationship that moved slower than frozen molasses? In either of these situations, the odds are stacked against people in these situations. When it comes to marketing, you have to understand at what pace your prospects want to move in a relationship with you and your business. If it is too fast, then they might feel pressured to make a hasty decision. If it's too slow, they might lose interest and take their business elsewhere.
An effective way to create the environment for success is to establish the path ahead with your prospects. Give them a timetable on how and when things will happen. When you do this, you can gauge how they feel about it and make adjustments accordingly. There will be some prospects who will want to move faster, and then there will be some that will move slower.
One of the ways to minimize having a multitude of timelines that you are dealing with is to market to your ideal client. The more similar your prospects are to each other, the more likely they will want to move along the same timeline. This will aid you in your business tremendously.
The worst line anyone can ever hear from someone in that they are interested in is "Oh I think of you as such a great friend!". In the dating world ending up in the friend zone is the kiss of death if you have hopes of making the magic happen. Often this is a result of someone not taking any initiative in showing that they are interested in being more than just friends. Have you ever watched someone who you knew was interested in a person but never took action?
The friend zone exists in business as well! It happens when business owners simply don't ask for the sale. You can only court a prospect for so long before you must ask for their business.
If you utilize 5 – 12 points of contact as a baseline for when people make a buying decision, and you haven't asked by then, then something has to change in your sales process. If you want to reduce the likelihood of your prospects utilizing your competitors services, then you must ask for commitment.
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Make sure that you are taking the right actions in your business to create solid relationships with your prospects. After all, you didn't start a business to end up in the friend zone after all of your hard work!


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Antron Singleton (born September 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Big Lurch, is a convicted murderer, cannibal and former rapper. He is serving a life sentence for murdering 21-year-old roommate Tynisha Ysais and eating parts of her body in April 2002. He was a member of the group Cosmic Slop Shop.

Biography
Born in Dallas, Texas, Singleton grew up nearby in East Dallas, Texas.

Murder and lawsuit
On April 10, 2002, 25-year-old Singleton murdered his 21-year-old roommate Tynisha Ysais in the apartment he shared with her and her boyfriend in Los Angeles, California.

The victim was found in her apartment at night by a friend. Her chest had been torn open and a three-inch blade was found broken off in her scapula. Teeth marks were found on her face and on her lungs, which had been torn from her chest. The friend testified that Singleton was naked and covered in blood, standing on the street and staring at the sky. A medical examination performed shortly after his capture found human flesh in his stomach that was not his own. The victim's boyfriend said he and the aspiring rapper used PCP the day before the murder took place.

On November 7, 2003, Singleton was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He had been convicted of murder and aggravated mayhem the previous June after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the murder.<ref
 name="LAT_2003-06-17"></ref> The defense argued that Singleton was in a psychotic state due to his use of PCP the night before the murder. The court ruled that his intoxication and claimed insanity were not satisfactory reasons for committing the crime. The district attorney argued that drug use can not be used as grounds for an insanity plea in California, and the judge agreed.

Ysais' mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2003 against Singleton, his bodyguard, Stress Free Records, Death Row Records, and Ysais' boyfriend. The suit charged that the labels had provided Singleton with drugs "to encourage [him] to act out in an extreme violent manner so as to make him more marketable as a 'gangsta rap' artist." "Part of what makes a Gangsta Rap artist marketable is the fact that the artist is a participant in violent activities," the lawsuit claimed. Death Row protested it had no connection to Singleton and was dropped from the lawsuit.

He was interviewed for the 2011 documentary Rhyme and Punishment. His was one of two stories of drug-intoxicated cannibalism depicted in a 2013 television pilot.

Singleton is currently incarcerated at California Health Care Facility in Stockton, California.

Discography

It's All Bad (2004)
Da Family (with Cosmic Slop Shop) (1998)

References

1976 births
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Living people
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL05), a member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations subcommittee, Dan Newhouse (WA-04), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and Dan Lipinski (IL-03), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, along with leaders of the rail industry urged Congress to act immediately to extend the upcoming deadline for implementing positive train control (PTC) safety technology and prevent a shutdown of the nation's passenger and freight rail system.
The event was also attended by Edward Hamberger, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Railroads; Martin Oberman, Chairman of Metra (Chicago commuter railroad); and Chris Jahn, President of The Fertilizer Institute, as well as members who signed the bipartisan letter led by Reps. Quigley and Newhouse to House leadership urging an extension of the PTC implementation deadline.
Today, the members and rail industry leaders explained that despite the investment of billions of dollars by passenger and freight railroads towards PTC implementation, implementing PTC nationwide by the statutory deadline at the end of this year is simply impossible. Without congressional action, hundreds of thousands of passengers who rely on commuter rail to get to work every day will have to find alternate means of travel, crowding already congested roads, increasing costs to local communities, and disproportionately affecting low income Americans. Shutting down the country's freight network would also have devastating consequences to the nation's economy, affecting thousands of businesses across a wide spectrum of industries and producing shortages of essential goods.
Earlier this month, Reps. Quigley and Newhouse sent a bipartisan letter to House leadership signed by over 160 Members of Congress urging Congress to extend the upcoming deadline for implementing PTC, showing the overwhelming support for action.
When Congress mandated PTC implementation by 2015 in the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, there was no off-the-shelf technology available to achieve these safety objectives for all railroads. Our nation's railroads have had to develop it, and they've had to do that with little help from the federal government. 71 percent of commuter railroads will not achieve full PTC implementation before the statutory deadline of December 2015. Half of the country's commuter railroads are being forced to defer other safety and capital improvements in order to afford the costs of PTC.


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Planks acknowledges the fact that a milled tree yields boards of varying widths by utilising multiple sizes in the construction of each piece of furniture. Three wide planks side-by-side offer a generous surface with uninterrupted wood grain whilst the impressive scale of the tree remains visible. Narrower planks are joined to form structural rails to support the top. By adding a fourth plank to the underside, a hidden storage box makes good utility of the otherwise wasted space below the surface. Four simple L-shaped legs, structurally strong yet physically light, connect to the side of the box and support the cantilevered top.
The wide planks of oak and Douglas fir give the pieces an apparent simplicity but one which presents significant challenges around construction and stability of the timber.
Planks is plain, simple and useful furniture made with well executed and workmanlike techniques. The combination of our craftsmanship with Max Lamb's lateral approach to design, thoughtful detailing and attention to proportions results in pieces that have both function and beauty.


Seller financing is available. Seller may carry loan. Highest quality home in Downtown Huntington Beach. Ultra modern, clean design and rich textures abound from this contemporary new home in Downtown HB. Walk across the street to the sand or over two blocks to shops, hotels and restaurants from the premiere location of this property. From the moment you walk in the gate, you'll escape into a space of solitude and tranquility in this "SMART" house. The property features multiple outside entertaining areas, including an enclosed front yard with a fire pit and built in BBQ. The main floor boasts a culinary dream in its on trend kitchen with an oversized back lit waterfall island with seating for five, premium stainless appliances, and open concept floor plan flowing to the dining and living rooms. Take the elevator to the second floor to discover a master retreat with superb ocean views, spa en suite, and private balcony. The third floor showcases an incredible multi-purpose room with a private full bathroom, direct access to two balconies (one with a hot tub). Listen to the waves, watch the sunrise, and savor sunsets from every angle. This home boasts the finest finishes and construction in an ideal beach location, steps from all the best Surf City offers.


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Villa Magatti, o meglio Villa Candiani-Battaglia-Magatti, è una tipica Villa di delizia di Lissone, città della Brianza in Lombardia.

È situata nel comune di Lissone, in Via Paradiso, nel pieno centro storico cittadino.

Storia
Costruita sul finire del 1600 per volere dei conti Candiani che ne hanno fatto la loro dimora di campagna o villa di delizia, databile tra il Sei e il Settecento. È situata nel lato estremo di piazza Libertà. In passato aveva la classica forma ad U a racchiudere una corte ed era collegata a una piccola serie di edifici più modesti destinati alla servitù.
La proprietà è poi passata, nel corso del Settecento, ai conti Battaglia di Milano che l'avevano acquistata dagli ultimi discendenti dei Candiani. Gli ultimi proprietari, i Magatti, l'hanno venduta nel 1910 al prezzo di 110.000 lire all'Amministrazione comunale di Lissone che ci trasferì tutti gli uffici comunali e la caserma dei Carabinieri.

Fino agli anni Ottanta è stata sede del Municipio, fino a quando gli uffici non sono stati trasferiti, definitivamente, nel nuovo Palazzo del Comune di via Gramsci.

Tra gli anni Ottanta e Novanta è stata sede della Pinacoteca civica. Dal 1995 al 2015 ha ospitato gli uffici dell'Azienda sanitaria cittadina.

Cronologia dei proprietari:

 Conti Candiani - costruttori;
 Conti Battaglia;
 Nobili Magatti;
 Amministrazione comunale - attuale proprietario.

Composizione della villa
La villa si compone di due piani fuori terra, per un totale di oltre 1000 mq.

Il piano terra è occupato dalle seguenti sale riccamente decorate:
 Sala del Consiglio, salone centrale della villa, decorato con preziosi stucchi. Sopra le quattro porte si trovano dipinti gli stemmi araldici di Lissone, Monza, Milano e della Provincia di Milano. È stata la sala dove, quando lo stabile era adibito a Municipio, si tenevano i Consigli comunali;
 Sala del sindaco, sala di rappresentanza. È stato l'ufficio del sindaco di Lissone fino agli anni Ottanta, le porte sono rifinite con disegni mitologici. Meraviglioso il soffitto a cassettoni;
 Loggiato esterno;
 Atrio e Scalone.

Le altre tre sale, insieme a tutto il primo piano nobile, sono completamente da restaurare, eliminando il contro-soffitto in cartongesso.

Attualità
La villa resta di proprietà comunale, che si spera dia il via ai restauri dei saloni, promuovendo in futuro un'integrazione del sito artistico nell'ambito di un Sistema turistico locale, inserendo la dimora seicentesca nei tour della Brianza.

Attualmente infatti è aperta al pubblico solo in rare e particolari occasioni o mostre.

Nel complesso dovrebbero trovare sede alcune associazioni, il Museo del Mobile e sarà possibile celebrare i matrimoni di rito civile.

Galleria d'immagini

Altri progetti

Magatti
Magatti


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A Jagdgeschwader 433 foi uma asa de caças da Luftwaffe, durante a Alemanha Nazi. Foi criada no dia 1 de novembro de 1938 e extinta no dia 1 de maio de 1939. Operou aviões de caça Messerschmitt Bf 109. Quando foi extinta, as suas unidades foram repartidas pelas Jagdgeschwader 54 e Jagdgeschwader 77.

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package gov.va.cpe.vpr.termeng;

import java.util.*;

public class UMLSBuildPolicy {
	private static Map<String,UMLSBuildPolicy> POLICIES = new HashMap<>();
	private static UMLSBuildPolicy DEFAULT = new UMLSBuildPolicy();

	static {
		// register the individual handlers
		addPolicy("msh", new MESHBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("ndfrt", new NDFRTBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("vandf", new VANDFBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("lnc", new LOINCBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("rxnorm", new RxNORMBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("snomedct", new SNOMEDBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("icd9cm", new ICDBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("icd10cm", new ICDBuildPolicy());
		addPolicy("icd10pcs", new ICDBuildPolicy());
	}

	protected RowMatcher relsMatcher = RowMatcher.MATCH_ALL;
	protected RowMatcher parentMatcher = new PrefixMatcher("RELSTR", "PAR|");
	protected RowMatcher synMatcher = new PrefixMatcher("RELSTR", "SY|");
	protected RowMatcher indexMatcher = RowMatcher.MATCH_ALL;

	// Default MRREL.RRF matching: only un-suppressed, resolvable URN's, excluding the NOCODE problem.
	protected RowMatcher relParseMatcher = new RowMatcher() {
		/* by default, only parse rows that are resolved into URNs and are not marked suppressed */
		@Override
		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
			String urn1 = row.get("URN1");
			String urn2 = row.get("URN2");

			// if URN's can't be resolved, exclude them (non-interesting terminologies)
			if (urn1 == null || urn2 == null) return false;

			// these NOCODE's cause >10K synonyms if matched
			if (urn1.equals("urn:mthspl:NOCODE") || urn2.equals("urn:mthspl:NOCODE")) return false;

			// apply filters
			if (row.get("SUPPRESS").startsWith("Y")) return false; // skip suppressed rels

			return true;
		}
	};

	// static instance management methods -------------------------------------
	public static UMLSBuildPolicy getPolicy(String sab) {
		UMLSBuildPolicy ret = POLICIES.get(sab);
		if (ret == null) {
			ret = DEFAULT;
		}
		return ret;
	}

	public static void addPolicy(String sab, UMLSBuildPolicy policy) {
		POLICIES.put(sab.toUpperCase(), policy);
		POLICIES.put(sab.toLowerCase(), policy);
	}

	// default implementation/policy ------------------------------------------

	public RowMatcher getParentMatcher() {
		return parentMatcher;
	}

	public RowMatcher getSynonymMatcher() {
		return synMatcher;
	}

	public Map<String,Set<String>> buildRelsMap(UMLSRRFDataSource src, String urn) {
		return src.fetchRelationMap(urn, relsMatcher);
	}

	/** returns true if this relationship (from MRREL.RRF) should be considered */
	public boolean parseRel(Map<String,String> rec) {
		return this.relParseMatcher.matches(rec);
	}

	public boolean indexTerm(Map<String,String> rec) {
		return this.indexMatcher.matches(rec);
	}

	// source specific policies -----------------------------------------------
	public static class ICDBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public ICDBuildPolicy() {
			// exclude the root concept from all the ancestor computations
			this.parentMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.parentMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("URN2", "urn:src:V-ICD9CM","urn:icd10cm:ICD-10-CM","urn:src:V-ICD10PCS"));
		}
	}

	public static class LOINCBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public LOINCBuildPolicy() {

			/*
			 * MRREL.RRF:
			 * - there are 44 relationships (22 bi-directional)
			 * - need to exclude the RO|has_* + SY|has_ otherwise we can get nearly 70k rels
			 * - exclude the generic LOINCCLASSTYPES, LOINCPART and LOINCROOT concepts from parent/ancestor sets
			 * - Exclude other child relationships: RO|analyzes, RO|measures
			 */
			this.relParseMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.relParseMatcher,
				new PrefixExcluder("RELSTR", "CHD|", "RO|has_", "SY|has_", "RO|analyzes", "RO|measures")
			);

			this.parentMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.parentMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("URN2", "urn:lnc:MTHU000998", // LOINCCLASSTYPES
							"urn:lnc:MTHU000999", // LOINCPART
							"urn:src:V-LNC")); // LOINC ROOT
		}
	}

	public static class SNOMEDBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public SNOMEDBuildPolicy() {
			/*
			 * MRREL.RRF Policy:
			 * - Remove the root snomed node from all ancestors
			 * - remove the child relationships (40+), most are RO|has_*
			 * - additional large cardinality child relations: RO|moved_to, RO|interprets, RN|part_of
			 */
			this.relParseMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.relParseMatcher,
					new PrefixExcluder("RELSTR", "CHD|isa", "RO|has_","RO|moved_to", "RO|interprets","RN|part_of","RN|was_a","RO|uses_device"));

			this.parentMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.parentMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("URN2", "urn:sct:138875005")); // ROOT SNOMED
		}
	}

	public static class RxNORMBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public RxNORMBuildPolicy() {

			/* MRREL.RRF Policy:
			 * - removing high-cardinality RN relationships
			 * - child relationships
			 */
			this.relParseMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.relParseMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("RELSTR", "RO|has_dose_form", "RN|isa",
							"RO|has_doseformgroup", "RO|has_part",
							"RN|has_precise_ingredient",
							"RO|has_precise_ingredient", "RO|has_ingredient",
							"RN|tradename_of"));
		}
	}

	public static class MESHBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public MESHBuildPolicy() {
			/* MRREL.RRF Policy:
			 * - exclude root ancestors (V-MSH and urn:msh:U000017)
			 * - two parent relationships (PAR| and RB|inverse_isa)
			 * - Exclude high cardinality child relations: QB| CHD| RN|isa RO|has_mapping_qualifer, RN|mapped_to
			 * - TODO: All the synonymns seem to be self-referential, probably could exclude SY|*
			 */
			this.parentMatcher = new AndMatcher(
					new PrefixMatcher("RELSTR", "PAR|","RB|inverse_isa"),
					new ExcludeMatcher("URN2", "urn:src:V-MSH",
							"urn:msh:U000017,")); // MeSH Descriptors

			// only index these TTY's
			this.indexMatcher = new ExactFieldMatcher("tty", "MH", "EP", "EN");

			this.relParseMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.relParseMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("RELSTR", "QB|", "CHD|", "RN|isa",
							"RO|has_mapping_qualifier", "RN|mapped_to")
			);
		}
	}

	public static class NDFRTBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public NDFRTBuildPolicy() {
			/*
			 * MRREL.RRF Policy:
			 * - Exclude the child disease contraindications
			 * - recursivley resolve may_treat relationships
			 * - Exclude generic "P [Preperations]" and NOCODE root concepts
			 */
			this.relParseMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.relParseMatcher,
					new PrefixMatcher("RELSTR", "PAR|", "RO|may_be_treated_by",
							"RO|has_contraindicating_class",
							"RO|has_contraindicated_drug",
							"RO|disease_with_contraindication"));

			this.parentMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.parentMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("URN2", "urn:ndfrt:N0000010598", // P [Preperations]
							"urn:ndfrt:NOCODE"));
		}

		@Override
		public Map<String, Set<String>> buildRelsMap(UMLSRRFDataSource src, String urn) {
			Map<String,Set<String>> ret = super.buildRelsMap(src, urn);
			Map<String,Set<String>> addl = new HashMap<>();

			// add recursive may_treat relationships
			for (String key : ret.keySet()) {
				if (ret.get(key).contains("RO|may_be_treated_by")) {
					for (String key2 : src.fetchRelationMap(key, getParentMatcher(), new HashSet<String>()).keySet()) {
						addl.put(key2, new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("RO|may_be_treated_by")));
					}
				}
			}
			ret.putAll(addl);
			return ret;
		}
	}

	public static class VANDFBuildPolicy extends UMLSBuildPolicy {
		public VANDFBuildPolicy() {
			// 2 ways to represent parents in VANDF
			this.parentMatcher = new PrefixMatcher("RELSTR", "PAR|", "RB|inverse_isa");

			/*
			 * MRREL.RRF Policy:
			 *
			 * in addition to the main parser, exclude high cardinality rows:
			 * RN|ISA (child relationships), RO|has_ingredient
			 *
			 * also only include VANDF and RXNORM asserted relationships
			 */
			this.relParseMatcher = new AndMatcher(this.relParseMatcher,
					new ExcludeMatcher("RELSTR", "RO|has_ingredient","RN|isa"),
					new ExactFieldMatcher("SAB", "VANDF", "RXNORM"));
		}
	}

	// Matcher implementations ------------------------------------------------

	public interface RowMatcher {
		public static final RowMatcher MATCH_ALL = new RowMatcher() {
			@Override
			public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
				return true;
			}
		};

		public static final RowMatcher MATCH_NONE = new RowMatcher() {
			@Override
			public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
				return false;
			}
		};

		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row);
	}

	public static class ExactFieldMatcher implements RowMatcher {
		private Set<String> strs;
		private String field;

		public ExactFieldMatcher(String field, String... strs) {
			this.field = field;
			this.strs = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(strs));
		}

		@Override
		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
			return this.strs.contains(row.get(this.field));
		}
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	public static class PrefixMatcher implements RowMatcher {
		private String[] rels;
		private String field;

		public PrefixMatcher(String field, String... rels) {
			this.rels = rels;
			this.field = field;
		}

		public boolean matches(String relstr) {
			if (this.rels == null) return false;
			if (this.rels.length == 0 || relstr == null) return true;
			for (String s : this.rels) {
				if (relstr.startsWith(s)) return true;
			}
			return false;
		}

		@Override
		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
			return matches(row.get(this.field));
		}
	}

	public static class PrefixExcluder extends PrefixMatcher {
		public PrefixExcluder(String field, String... rels) {
			super(field, rels);
		}

		@Override
		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
			return !super.matches(row);
		}
	}

	public static class ExcludeMatcher implements RowMatcher {
		private List<String> urns;
		private String field;

		public ExcludeMatcher(String field, String... urns) {
			this.urns = Arrays.asList(urns);
			this.field = field;
		}

		@Override
		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
			return !urns.contains(row.get(this.field));
		}
	}

	public static class AndMatcher implements RowMatcher {

		private List<RowMatcher> matchers;

		public AndMatcher(RowMatcher... matchers) {
			this.matchers = Arrays.asList(matchers);
		}

		@Override
		public boolean matches(Map<String, String> row) {
			for (RowMatcher m : matchers) {
				if (!m.matches(row)) return false;
			}
			return true;
		}
	}

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White Rose is getting a festive grotto and its first-ever ice skating rink this Christmas
Last week, news that the annual Christmas markets will return to Millenium Square fuelled Leeds and beyond with hopes of a return to a normal festival period.
Since the 'C-word' has been making an appearance across news pages, with many exciting announcements coming forward to confirm this year's festivities.
The latest of which is White Rose Shopping Centre, who have confirmed that the popular family spot will be welcoming back the much-loved Christmas grotto from November onwards.
Image: White Rose Shopping Centre
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New for this year is a magical ice rink inside The Village, where all ages can grab skates and take to the rink to ice skate, regardless of whether we're experiencing snow or not.
White Rose has confirmed that the magical ice rink will offer skates to hire, as well as skating aids for children or those looking fro additional support on the rink.
Opening from Thursday 10 November, the rink will remain open throughout the festive period and into the new year before closing on Monday 2 January 2023. Meanwhile the Christmas grotto will host Santa until Christmas Eve.
Pre-booking is advised for both the grotto and ice rink, and details of times, special sessions, and prices can be found on the White Rose Shopping Centre website, where bookings can also be made from Friday 23 September 2022.
If this news isn't enough to get you in the festive spirit, thew shopping centre has also announced its late opening times will be available in December. From Monday 5 December. The centre will be open from 9am – 9pm Monday to Friday, 9am – 8pm Saturdays, and 11am – 5pm Sundays until 18 December, with even longer hours in the final run-up to Christmas: 9am – 10pm from the 19 to 23 December, and 8am – 5pm on Christmas Eve – great news for last-minute shoppers.
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There's over 100 shops and restaurants to check out upon visiting, with plenty of Christmas offers, including pre- or après ski refreshments from Starbucks (inside Cineworld), Wagamama, Five Guys, Fridays, and the new Wetherspoon, The Scribbling Mill.
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The Otley Run pub giving away a holiday to Mexico this weekend
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Roxy Lanes has just opened the first ice curling lane in Leeds
If you want to test out Leeds first ice curling rink, or just grab a drink and shoot some hoops at the latest bar in the city, you know where to go.
Lottery ticket holders get free entry to Thackray Museum of Medicine this weekend
Anyone with a National Lottery ticket or scratch card can enter Thackray Museum of Medicine free of charge.

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UNDP is part of a single, coherent plan for all 17 UN agencies, funds and programmes, entitled the Programme of Cooperation for Sustainable Development.The Programme is well aligned with the National Strategy for Development and Integration and it reflects national development priorities and international commitments, along with United Nations norms and standards. At the request of the Government, the new programme also continues to build upon the Delivering as One approach of the United Nations.
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Salamander Resort & Spa is located in Middleburg, Virginia, an hour from Washington, DC and a mere thirty-five minutes from Washington Dulles International Airport. It is a luxury resort with activities and facilities for families, couples, corporate executives, members of the equestrian community, wine lovers, history buffs, and adventure seekers.
The resort has one hundred and seventeen guest rooms, including seventeen suites that convey a residential feeling. All of the rooms include forty-inch televisions, executive desks, spacious dining areas with comfortable seating, mini-bars, refrigerators, in-room safes, daily newspaper delivery, twenty-four hour room service, and Wi-Fi access.
Each bedroom has a thirty-seven inch flat screen television, while guests can enjoy a fifteen-inch LCD television in the bathroom. The bathrooms also include marble showers with body jets and pedestal tubs. There are private balconies outside each room with expansive views of the countryside. All of the suites and some of the guestrooms boast gas fireplaces. Four of the guest floors follow a seasonal décor through spring, summer, fall, and winter.
The resort offers a variety of dining options, with organic produce harvested seasonally from the in-house culinary garden where they grow foods like apples, pears, five types of lettuce, sprouts, beets, herbs, and more.
The equestrian-themed restaurant Harrimans offers locally inspired fare for breakfast, brunch, and dinner (check website for availability), and its patrons can enjoy a sweeping view of the countryside. The eclectic menu options include crispy sesame cauliflower with sweet soy ginger glaze, preserved orange peel, coconut, and black sesame seeds; grilled Georges Bank swordfish with hay-smoked sweet potatoes; vanilla lemongrass panna cotta with navel orange-passion gelée, lime foam, and a salamander honey meringue hive. The restaurant also offers several vegan options.
Market Salamander, located in the Village of Middleburg, provides guests with weekend breakfast, brunch, or lunch options. They also prepare gourmet picnic baskets that guests can enjoy on the resort grounds, at equestrian events, or in one of the local vineyards. Breakfast fare includes classics like French toast, eggs, and sandwiches on bagels or biscuits. Picnic basket choices include cheese and crackers, crudités and dips, sandwiches, salads, fruits, and sweets.
The resort's state of the art Cooking Studio offers daily cooking classes to adults as well as children, and it is available for private dinner parties and corporate retreats where the guests can participate in the food preparation or simply watch and interact with the chef as he prepares the meal. Classes include dairy-free cooking, chocolate truffle making, sushi preparation, Caribbean cuisine, pasta preparation, and an introduction to raw vegan cuisine, among many others.
Guests can take afternoon tea or savor an evening cocktail at the resort's Living Room. The Gold Cup Wine bar features an impressive wine cellar, cocktails, and beer selection, along with a full menu featuring treats like Milanese risotto fritters with carnaroli rice, parmigiano reggiano, and saffron aioli; honey lemon turkey sandwich with brined turkey breast, green garlic mayo, avocado, Appalachian cheese, and smoked bacon served on multigrain bread; molasses jerk quail with griddled corn bread, tamarind barbeque sauce, spring garden vegetables, and roast corn piccalilli; and sweet and tart doughnuts with lime curd, blueberry caviar, and chocolate brittle.
The Salamander Spa provides traditional services like prenatal, hot stone, couples, well-being, and deep tissue massages, and they also offer signature services like The Rider's Relief Massage, specifically designed to relieve the tension and soreness experienced by equestrians, and The Bamboo Massage, where spa staff incorporate warm bamboo stalks in a combination of heat and pressure to detoxify the body.
Body treatments include the MIO Full Body Sculpt and Contouring, which provides intense body tightening and toning, and the Crushed Cabernet, which starts off with a body scrub containing grape seeds, honey, brown sugar, and essential oils, and is then followed by a sculpting massage. The Cashmere Quench Wrap starts with full body exfoliation, followed by a spice-infused shea butter and Vitamin E treatment. Facials include the O2 Awaking, recommended for frequent fliers and for those whose skin has been exposed to the sun; and the Vitamin C, which uses high concentrations of the vitamin to relieve sun-damaged skin and to combat signs of premature aging.
Also on the spa's menu are Seasonal Rituals combining a massage, detoxifying treatments, and essential oils that tie into and address the body's needs according to the four seasons.
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Guests enjoy exclusive golf privileges at The Club at Creighton Farms, which includes the Jack Nicklaus Signature course. The PGA has selected The Club at Creighton Farms to host the Senior PGA Professional National Championship three times in the last five years. The challenging course boasts pristine conditions, generous fairways, and smaller greens for quick games. The course has also earned the status of an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary due to its environmental preservation and sustainable practices. Those interested in learning more can visit the website for course overview and tee times. Golf-specific packages are available from at the resort. Other nearby golf courses include the Evergreen Country Club, Bull Run Golf Club, and Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club.
Golf is just one of the many sporting activities that abound at this luxury resort, which also has facilities and equipment for tennis – including lessons, clinics, camps and tournaments, bocce, croquet, swimming, clay shooting, military off-road driving instruction, billiards, and basketball. There are also miles of hiking, biking, and riding trails. In addition to geocaching, paintball, stargazing, scavenger hunts, carriage rides, bird watching, animal tracking, falconry, and guided walks, the resort also offers several types of zip lining tours for both children and adults.
The resort's Equestrian Center includes a twenty two-stall barn, practice ring, instructional facilities, nine paddocks that range in size from 1 to 2.6 acres, and full-service boarding facilities. The Equestrian Center is host to over four hundred annual equestrian events, including steeplechases, polo matches, and horse shows. The center even has gentle ponies for children's riding lessons.
The resort also hosts seminars such as the upcoming Making Sense of Your Metabolism, a three-day event with lectures on fitness and eating healthy, cooking lessons demonstrating ways to boost your metabolism, and fitness classes. Another upcoming seminar is EquiSpective where couples learn to foster communication, true partnership, and harmony within their relationships. Sessions in the three day seminar include Conscious Connection: Increasing Presence & Fostering Communication, Sustaining Supportive Strategies, and Appreciation & Gratitude: The Essential Concept in Keeping Couples Connected.
Indoors, guests can participate in activities such as ballroom dancing, art classes, cabaret-style entertainment, and a diverse library from which guests can borrow books.
Family fun opportunities include spending time at Camp Salamander, which presents programs like Kiddo Zip lining, Silly Scientists, Nutty about Nature, Minion Magician, Salamander Splash Bash, Leadership Odyssey, Creative Journey Sketchbook, and What Comes Out at Night: Sightings with Night Vision Goggles. There are also water-based activities like Wacky Water Polo and pool games, and the establishment features a children's spray pool and a family pool. Additionally, the resort hosts The Salamander Sports Camp in the summertime, where kids take part in tennis, swimming, and resistance training.
Event spaces within the resort include the 5,000-square-foot-divisible Middleburg Ballroom, the 1,800-square-foot-divisible Bluemont Ballroom, 2,000-square-foot Pre-Function area (which opens onto a large outdoor terrace with views of the surrounding landscape), the Stallion Barn, the Grand Lawn, various poolside settings, the library, the Cooking Studio, and the Culinary Garden. In addition to the numerous event spaces already listed, the resort also has two executive boardrooms with three additional breakout rooms to accommodate business meetings.
These diverse spaces can accommodate gatherings that range in size from intimate affairs to 1000+ guests.
Resort specialists are also available to help guests plan every detail of their weddings, including guest accommodations, décor, menu selections, seating arrangements, timelines, and a consultation with the pastry chef to design the cake. The resort also offers wedding packages.
Resort catering is available for events and can include white-gloved service. The resort also works closely with carefully screened, outside professional services, including those providing welcome gifts and amenities for your event, photographers, music and entertainment, and florists.
For corporate events, the resort hosts unique Empower Team Development programs like Survival 101, which teaches life saving techniques such as fire building, water purification, rope skills, and self-rescue skills; the Team Assessment Survey, which is administered anonymously by an Empower teambuilding specialist; and the Tree Top Zip Tour, which combines zip lining with challenges such as rappelling, navigating a one-rope bridge, and rope rescue.
The area surrounding the resort is also teeming with possibilities for adventure. Wine lovers will happily find themselves deep within Virginia's wine country where there are no less than fifty wineries within an hour's drive of the resort. The myriad activities of Washington, DC are also within an hour's drive. There are thousands of historical sites in the area, the resort being approximately mid-way between Gettysburg and Charlottesville, the site of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Tour stops by the National Sporting Museum and Library, the Jacquelyn Kennedy Pavilion, and other historical landmarks dating back to the 18th century.
The historic Village of Middleburg is a five-minute walk from the resort and presents guests with additional dining and shopping options.
Room rates start at USD $275 per night.
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Q: Merging/deleting duplicate cell values I have an issue with merging cells with same values.
I receive excel files that vary in columns and rows amount so I can't use macros set for stiff amount of rows or columns.
What I have is like this
The first row is of course header row that have filter in them.
What I want to have should be like this

So I can still sort things by all columns (so cool bikes will still show me 4 rows)
Is there a macro or a script that can do that and not get not responsive from the size of sheet (few thousand rows sometimes) AND will not need to be manually change and set up for every sheet?
Thanks in advance for any help.

A: If this is a display issue, you can merely use Conditional Formatting.
The Rule would be:
=$C1=$C2

and the Format would be under Number Format  the custom format of:  ;;;
And, no matter by what column you sorted, the tagline would also apply to the blank appearing rows above it, just as in your example.
This sorting and application of Conditional Formatting could be done in a macro, if you like.
However, you would have to sort by tagline last in order to keep all bikes with the same tagline grouped together.

A: This Macro should work:
Public Sub merger()
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    Dim wkb As Workbook
    Dim wks As Worksheet
    Set wkb = ThisWorkbook
    Set wks = wkb.Sheets("Sheet1")
    firstrow = 2
    lastcolumn = "Z"
    columnsortkey = "C"
    columnmerge = 3
    Columns("A:" & lastcolumn).Sort key1:=Range(columnsortkey & ":" & columnsortkey), Header:=xlYes
    theEnd = False
    thisrow = firstrow
    found = False
    Count = 0
    While theEnd = False
        firstCell = wks.Cells(thisrow, columnmerge)
        nextCell = wks.Cells(thisrow + 1, columnmerge)
        If firstCell = nextCell Then
            If found = False Then
                found = True
                mergerfirst = thisrow
                Count = Count + 1
            Else
                Count = Count + 1
            End If
        Else
            If found = True Then
                Range(Cells(mergerfirst, columnmerge), Cells(mergerfirst + Count, columnmerge)).Merge
                found = False
                Count = 0
            End If
        End If
        thisrow = thisrow + 1
        If firstCell = "" Then theEnd = True
    Wend
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub

To make it work you have to open VBA/Macros with ALT+ F11, then under ThisWorkbook insert a new module and paste the code.

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Lessons I got in an accident and messed up yo...
"I got in an accident and messed up your car."
You were driving your parents' car and crashed it. Now say this as you're telling your parents about it.
get in an accident
The phrase "get in an accident" usually means to have a car accident.
"Have an accident" is another way to express a car accident:
I had an accident.
But this phrase can also be used for a lot of other situations, including peeing in your pants. But the phrase "get in an accident" almost always means to have a car crash.
mess up (something)
To "mess up" something means to break it or make it ruined. The word "break" is used for things that break into separate pieces, or machines that don't work any more. But "mess up" can be used for a wide variety of situations. For example:
mess up a project
mess up your relationship with someone
mess up someone's car
mess up someone's face (by hitting them and giving them bruises)
mess up a recipe that you're cooking
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Plymothian Transit: Flogging a dead horse?
I do wonder how staff working for First Devon & Cornwall must be feeling at the moment. Hot on the heals of Stagecoach Gold attacking the main X80 comes news of another high quality attack on one of their main route corridors.
Plymouth Citybus' announced today that it will launch a prestigious new service between Plymouth and Tavistock from October 5.
Plymouth Citybus, a Go-Ahead Group company, has invested £1 million in a new fleet of four high specification Enviro 400 double deck buses, which boast EURO 5 low emissions. The new buses are thoughtfully designed with additional legroom and incorporate two tone leather seats and free Wi-Fi, enabling passengers to check e-mails, update their status or shop while enjoying the views across Dartmoor.
The buses will also be the first Citybus vehicles to be dressed in their new premium brand, which will be unveiled on Saturday September 28, on the Civic Piazza in Plymouth City Centre.
The new fast route will operate up to every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturday, between Tavistock and Plymouth, incorporating Yelverton. The new route will also operate on a Sunday, making it a seven day a week offering.
Citybus has just seen its customer satisfaction rating from independent group Passenger Focus rise six percent since last summer, alongside being awarded Investor in People status earlier in the year.
Plymouth Citybus' Managing Director Richard Stevens said: "People in Tavistock have requested a Citybus provided service, which we are please to respond to. Knowing that comfort and reliability are the two most important factors on longer bus journeys, the introduction of high specification buses with good quality seats and internet access is a perfect solution".
Further details about the new service will be released towards the end of August, in preparation for the launch on October 5.
I assume that the 4 buses mentioned above are part of the initial 8 that have arrived at Milehouse, the first of which was on display on The Hoe on Saturday. This was certainly well equipped to a high standard with very comfortable seats. Cant wait to see what the 'premium brand' will be.
The big question we all are waiting to see the answer to – What will First do next?
If they want to fight back then they will need some newer buses than they have now. Of course being part of a large national group which does have a stock of high quality double deckers across the fleet could help, assuming First were up for a fight? Or do they try and keep the passengers with a lower fare option with the existing fleet? Not everyone will want to pay more for luxury buses, they just want to get from A to B for the cheapest fare available. They could of course try to attack back on Plymouth Citybus' strongholds in Plymouth as they have done in the past, although now its against the might of Go Ahead rather than just a local municipal bus company which the council had put on the market. Either way, all eyes will be on First over the coming few weeks for any hint of what they are planning to do.
Interesting- that bus appears to have quick release seats on the top deck so that configuration can be changed easily. Not so on lower deck.
Do Stagecoach and Citybus know something we don't?
I think these 4 deckers Citybus are on about are a separate order. I could be wrong though!
Citybus have already won the battle for Ivybridge, however we've not heard that much on the 33/43A to combat First's 4/1/1A, so I assume both are doing okay, and neither are doing especially better than the other.
This really will be an interesting battle to watch. I do wish Citybus every success however I do feel a bit for First coming under such strong attacks, both about a week apart from eachother.
I would be interested to hear from a PCB 'official' or a driver regarding these two services.
The 43A seems to be doing OK, 33/33A seems a bit dead other than Stoke traffic.
This has been a disaster for First in Devon this past week. They have seriously got to fight back and quick. I would say lower fares on Tavi route to start in September before Citybus get to start. Increase evening/Sunday to 30 mins or just Sunday if Citybus are not doing evenings which I suspect they won't. After that They need to make some kind of fight in Plymouth, I would suggest a return of the 12 to Plympton, Citybus service here is poor to say the least. Then look at perhaps Whitleigh and Honicknowle again. Also speed up Tavi route by taking Wooolwell out and reinstate old number 7 perhaps as 85 from Plymouth to Woolwell only!! Oh and make it quick!! To be hoest I would let Stagecoach have X80 and concentrate on Plymouth!!!
I understand,it is an ADDITIONAL 4 deckers ON TOP OF the 8 we already hve!
Tim O'Toole himself has said First were nearing completion of their withdraw from South Devon a few months back, coincident?
If Stagecoach and Citybus can both hold their nerve with these two forays then I'm afraid FDC's Plymouth operation looks pretty comprehensively screwed.
At least it'll mean the end of First being able to get away with ripping off customers by charging £6.35 for a Tavi Linx return on a filthy, terminally clapped out B6..
I am hoping this will end up as Northampton Part 2.
2 of their remaining out of town routes are under attack by serious heavy weight competitors, the UGO network will probably slowly wither on the vine as Go -Ahead fight back.
In reply to an earlier comment, I can't see Stagecoach or anyone else for that matter, being interested in Firsts Plymouth operations, long term they are a 'dead duck'.
What merit is there in seeing First disappear? This isn't a fight back by PCB more an onslaught on the profitable elements of Firsts network. I see PCB don't appear interested in Wembury or Crafthole do they.
The "UGO-network" is already dead and buried. The MD who introduced it was also responsible for the demise of Firsts' Plymstock services 5/6. It wasn't broken; he was told what would happen if he changed it but he knew better. Net result, Citybus moved in, with the 5/5A over those same routes and are cleaning up. When management screw it up, they get promoted, the front-line staff (Drivers and engineering) just lose their jobs. Plymouth isn't really big enough for two huge bus companies.
I do really feel for all the staff at FD&C,the operation really looks on its last legs.The fleet apart from the P&R Enviros really does look very shabby and one step away from the scrapyard.The competition from Citybus and Stagecoach with their fleets there is no comparison,so FD&C would have to completely replace most of their fleet in Plymouth alone.
Heard a citybus driver talking this morning to another passenger, The four Tavi buses are in additonal to the 8. With another 8 Double Deckers due in December - A total of 20 new buses.
Only trouble is you need First to fight back to make it a bus war. They don't seem capable at the mo!!! It looks like First could be out of Plymouth in a few months sat this rate. Then watch the fares go up and service get cut, then I hope the First bashers will be happy!! Fares are quite low in Plymouth compared to other cities becaiuse of Firsts competition with Citybus.
First have 2 options here and that is to roll over and end up being pushed out by early 2014 or fight back, with NEW city routes of their own in citybus areas where customer satisfaction isnt that high..try Plympton, Eggbuckland, Pennycross and Tamerton. If i were First I would register routes on all main Citybus routes one after the other in the next week, try Whitleigh, Southway, Plympton, Honicknowle and Efford to start. By stealing customers of PCB, PCB profits would go down, running more routes for less customers and their appetite for this assault would soon wither I reckon. Come on First play them at their own game!!! Good luck to First and all their staff at Chelson Meadow!!!
Let the distant management let the local team run the company with fares that suit and take on these imposing routes on First areas.
First have had it to easy for to long, I'm sure many Tavistock residents will welcome the competition and NEW buses.
If First do end up exiting Plymouth as a result of these planned incursions by PCB and Stagecoach i think the travelling passenger will suffer in the long run. Yes First have received critism over the years but their presence with 25-30% of the market has always provided an element of competion in the market.
If First want out then some kind of sale to Stagecoach would be the best option so that there are 2 major companies in the city. It will also provide some kind of security to the drivers. Stagecoach could then look to build up services in the city. As a group they have probably been the most successful in growing services and increasing profitability.
Although First my feel under siege at the moment they should not forget that as far as Tavistock is concerned they will still have double the departures from the city than PCB are offering. Were First to withdraw would Tavistock just be left with a half hourly service? Certainly that is not as good as what they have now. What if Whitchurch is that to be served? or Woolwell? Is this new service to run late into the evening?
Totally agree, without First watch Citybus increase fares and cut services. Thet wont provide a bus every 15 mins to Tavi, with services running until gone midnight i can tell you. Villages like Whitchurch etc will be left with nothing, as will Woolwell. I think the people of Tavistock should remember that when it comes to choosing service provider in October!!! Citybus charge nearly £3.50 return for 10 minute journey in parts of plymouth where no competition from First so £6.25 for hour each way from Tavi aint bad!! Citybus will charge more than that if they were on their own out there, I am sure the school bus PCB from Tavi is £6 odd!
First still seem to be doing ok on routes with competition from PCB except Ivybridge. First 4 seems to be fairing better than citybus 33, First seem to have upper hand in Saltash and doing ok in Plymstock. Again people of Torpoint dont expect evening services from PCB so remember that in October when it comes to choosing, without First you could end up with nothing after 7pm!!!
First should fight back with somr services in plymouth, perhaps to like Plympton and Tamerton and Honicknowle to start, announce them all at once and play PCB at their own game!!! They dont have to steal all PCB customers on these routes but when PCB see their main corridors being erroded for a few extra customers in Tavi and Torpoint bearing in mind the extra operating costs thet may wel think better of it ad retreat!
Oh and Stagecoach have tried the X80 before and failed so can be beaten again although stagecoach are a more formidable opposition!
Good luck to First and their staff, hope you are around for years to come, your friendly service is a credit to you and your staff!
For an annual pass on one of these Services it is in the region of £600-£650 ish. Forget your pass, £6 one way!
The very best of luck to First staff; I do really sympathise with you at the moment coming under such strong attacks a couple of days apart!
Finally Citybus have the nerve to what I guessed they would do near 7 year ago except the council run bus company never had the nerve!
Think back a few years and First DID try to compete with Citybus - Honicknowle, Plympton, Ernesettle all now gone with only the Estover/Derriford service still running. Think back 25 years to the then recently 'privatised' bus companies and the bus war that came about following the strike at Citybus - not at all pleasant. On another note, First retreat from North Devon was created with cheers! Stagecoach has invested heavily in New buses on the flagship routes, not increased fares and in some places vastly improved timetables to the benefit of the travelling public.
I reckon Citybus should take over the 93 to Kingsbridge & Dartmouth, reinstate the 92 to Salcombe & Loddiswell and run a service, maybe No.72 to Looe & Polperro. Anyone can run services better than First! The amount of First buses I see broken down across the South West is at an all time high!
PCB seem to be having a LOT of breakdowns at the moment - all in Plymouth where everyone can see them too.
I'm always amazed how many people still think Buses are operated for the benefit of the passengers. It has nothing to do with it of course: the shareholders pull the strings and it makes no difference whether you are First Group, Go-Ahead, Stagecoach, Arriva etc etc. If it ain't profitable enough it won't happen. First may jiggle about with their fares, but they won't invest in new(er) buses. If Stagecoach take over the X80 and 93 routes, as seems inevitable, how much longer before they are running ALL the out of town routes. They are already in North Devon so watch out Western Greyhound, they will be on the 76 before long.
If (? when ) First pull out of Plymouth prepare for a substantial fares hike.
Citybus - He has I believe once ran First in Cornwall, in a period they were run into the ground and failed to respond to competition from much smaller Western Greyhound. Since then he ran Stagecoach Devon in a period he instigated another bus war with First on the X80 corridor again..his X45 offering came and went pretty sharish as did the MD there, victory to First with little effort.
Now at Citybus he is off again, ok give him Ivybridge but to be fair this was more Firsts own downfall for overlooking Ivybridge for so long! Now he is paying a fortune for new buses that will need to pay for themselves on long established First routes, offering a less frequent alternative to First, which i suspect will see 80%+ of customers stick with First, this will hit profits at Citybus and I am sure Go Ahead will not be pleased with that!
First - Tried to sell Devon, Cornwall and Somerest I believe and this never happened. They have brought in Alex Carter to turn it around, why pay his no doubt large consultancy fees purely to close it down, they could do it themselves with the fees! He is already turning Cornwall and Somerset around, I suspect Devon is last because it will be the most work with Competition from Stagecoach and Go Ahead, but he has got a proven track record in this field. I am sure the added competition on X80, 81 and 83/84/86 is the last thing he needed but he has done it before and I am sure he can do it again, esp as First seem to be allowing him to do it his way rather than towing corporate line! Hang on in there First Devon, the way Citybus are going, getting too big for their boots.. they could instigate their own downfall. Go Ahead don't hang around when they ain't making a profit!!!
If First Devon needs the most attention and was featuring in their long-term plans, surely it would be tackled with the greatest priority? You wouldn't fiddle with Somerset and Cornwall first because they're 'easier', surely? That would seem to be a suicidal option with SD and PCB on your doorstep, especially with PCB clearly sharpening their claws e.g. Ivybridge.
Regarding the X45, this wasn't some isolated pop at First just because Stagecoach felt like it. First brought the competition to Torbay by running open-toppers between Torquay and Paignton in direct competition with Stagecoach's 12. First's buses carried very few people, and I have no doubts that they were only too glad the X45 finished as that gave them a reason to stop wasting money competing on the 12. I don't doubt both companies lost money on that squabble*.
First went into competition on the 12 because Stagecoach won tenders in North Devon and started a competitive service up there against First's 1 and 2 to help spread the costs of setting up from scratch. If First hadn't taken their eye of the ball and tried to bump up the tender costs, they wouldn't have let Stagecoach in, in the first place.
I don't see what First 'won' as a result of any of this. They ended up closing down their whole North Devon operation, so surely Stagecoach won?
* It's different this time. Stagecoach is investing serious money in the Gold operation and running seven days a week. First (rightly or wrongly) has signaled it has no interest in South Devon, so there's an end game in sight. I still don't see how the situation that First finds itself in is anything but their own fault.
As for the MD of PCB, surely whatever happened in Cornwall during his tenure was a result of him following orders from Aberdeen, which was basically cut costs and cut costs again. Similarly, expansion at PCB is a direct result of Go-Ahead's decree that it requires a 43% increase in operating profits in the next four years by means of organic growth, high-quality services, innovation, marketing and cost-efficiency (Buses Dec 12 refers). He's only doing his job.
Here in Bath First have invested in brand new 13 reg buses on the x39 BAth BRistol route and some new 62 reg buses on local routes in bath. I can only see it going one way in devon as there doesnt seem any investment in new buses down there. PUlling the plug from somerset downwards.
So some people think First will stay I seriously think not! Look at Go-Ahead in Brighton and Hove, Go-North East or Go-South Coast strong business' expanding with demand this is what PCB need to do they have kept themselves inside Plymouth for too long.
I really hope First do stay, rebrand as Western National and give Go Ahead a fight both outside Plumouth and in the city!
PCB and Stagecoach can stop worrying - I hear First Managers have a "plan".


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Donald Trump's interview: a red light to Angela Merkel, the EU and NATO; a green light to Russia
by Alexander Mercouris January 17, 2017 2.9k Views
Donald Trump's interview, published by The London Times and Bild-Zeitung, showed him once again the classic deal maker, playing his cards very close to his chest – a point by the way he made himself repeatedly during the interview.
The single most interesting comments in the interview were made about Germany and Russia.
In that context, Angela Merkel will be shocked to learn that Trump trusts Vladimir Putin as much as he trusts her – which is to say not at all
Talking about Russia, you know that Angela Merkel understands Putin very well because he is fluent in German, she is fluent in Russian, and they have known each other for a long time — but who would you trust more, Angela Merkel or Vladimir Putin?
Well, I start off trusting both — but let's see how long that lasts. It may not last long at all.
There are reports that Merkel is becoming increasingly concerned at Trump's continued failure to communicate with her. Apparently Trump has only spoken to her once since the election, and her efforts to fix a date for a meeting with him have so far been unsuccessful. If so then what Trump says about her and Germany in the interview will make her even more concerned.
In the interview – given in part to a German journalist – Trump appeared to lavish praise on Merkel, but he did so in ways that are bound to alarm her. Firstly, he repeatedly said that her "open door" refugee policy was a disastrous mistake
In your campaign you said Angela Merkel's policy on Syrian refugees was insane. Do you still think so?
I think it's not good. I think it was a big mistake for Germany. And Germany of all countries, 'cause Germany was one of the toughest in the world for having anybody go in, and, uh, no I think it was a mistake. And I'll see her and I'll meet her and I respect her. And I like her but I think it was a mistake. And people make mistakes but I think it was a very big mistake. I think we should have built safe zones in Syria. Would have been a lot less expensive. Uh, get the Gulf states to pay for 'em who aren't coming through, I mean they've got money that nobody has.
Secondly, and for Merkel far more worryingly, at one point in the interview Trump slipped into referring to her in the past tense, as if he felt her time has passed. Notably he did not support her for re-election as German Chancellor
When Obama came for his last visit to Berlin, he said that if he could vote in the upcoming election he would vote for Angela Merkel. Would you?
Well, I don't know who she's running against, number one, I'm just saying, I don't know her, I've never met her. As I said, I've had great respect for her. I felt she was a great, great leader. I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals, you know taking all of the people from wherever they come from. And nobody even knows where they come from. You'll find out, you got a big dose of it a week ago. So I think she made a catastrophic mistake, very bad mistake. Now, with that being said, I respect her, I like her, but I don't know her. So I can't talk about who I'm gonna be backing — if anyone.
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I have gradually come round to the view that – contrary to the general opinion and the impression Trump himself sometimes likes to give – Trump actually choses his words carefully and always means what he says. If he slipped into using the past tense when talking about Merkel, and if he failed to endorse her as Chancellor despite being given the opportunity to do so, then in my opinion he did it calculatedly and deliberately.
Another aspect of Trump's interview which will alarm Merkel and the German business community was his fairly transparent threats against German exports to the US
Do Europeans have to fear something similar to what you might announce for China — higher custom duties?
It's going to be different — I mean Germany is a great country, great manufacturing country — you go down Fifth Avenue everybody has a Mercedes-Benz in front of their building, right — the fact is that it's been very unfair to the US, it's not a two-way street. How many Chevrolets do you see in Germany? Maybe none — not too many — how many — you don't see anything over there — it's a one-way street — it's gotta be a two-way street — I want it to be fair but it's gotta be a two-way street and that's why we're losing almost $800, think of it, $800 billion a year in trade so that will stop — ya know we have Wilbur [Ross, his choice for commerce secretary] as one of our guys, ya know Wilbur . . .
And I will say most of it . . . most of it is China 'cause China is a tremendous problem.
You just mentioned Mercedes, BMW, even VW — do you expect them to build more plants in the US? For example, BMW wants to open a plant in 2019 in Mexico . . .
I would tell them, don't waste their time and money — unless they want to sell to other countries, that's fine — if they want to open in Mexico, I love Mexico, I like the president, I like everybody — but I would tell BMW if they think they're gonna build a plant in Mexico and sell cars into the US without a 35 per cent tax, it's not gonna happen, it's not gonna happen — so if they want to build cars for the world I would say wish them luck — they can build cars for the US but they'll be paying a 35 per cent tax on every car that comes into the country . . . so what I'm saying is they have to build their plant in the US, it will be much better for them and what we're doing — maybe more importantly, is we're lowering taxes — corporate taxes — down to from 15 to 20 per cent and were getting rid of 75 per cent of the regulations — from 35 down to 15 to 20, we haven't picked the final but from 15 to 20, and we're also gonna let the companies bring back their money with the inversion, corporate inversion.
Again these comments are definitely not accidental, and they have already caused alarm in Germany within the business community which depends heavily on exports to the US.
Whilst the full impact of these comments has not had time to sink in – and will only fully do so depending on what happens next – in time it cannot escape the attention of the German business community that Germany simply cannot afford a Chancellor – Angela Merkel – who is on bad personal terms with the leaders of both superpowers – the US and Russia. With the need to strike a deal with the US to protect Germany's economic interests becoming overriding, the pressure to find someone more acceptable to Trump than Merkel and who is better able to deal with him will grow.
Erika Steinbach's resignation as the CDU's human rights' commissioner may not therefore be a complete coincidence, though it is fair to add that she is a longstanding critic of Merkel's and the two have for some time been on bad terms, and that she hardly looks like a likely challenger for Merkel's crown.
The fact nonetheless remains that Merkel may come to rue the endorsement she got a few weeks ago from Obama, and as of Trump's interview yesterday her position as German Chancellor is even more in question.
If Merkel and the Germans will be alarmed about some of the things Trump had to say about them, Trump's dismissive comments about both the EU and NATO will cause even more alarm in Germany and Europe.
Not only did Trump strongly endorse Brexit, but to the EU's collective horror he declined to given the EU any sort of endorsement at all
What is better for the United States — a strong European Union or stronger nation states?
Personally, I don't think it matters much for the United States. I never thought it mattered. Look, the EU was formed, partially, to beat the United States on trade, OK? So, I don't really care whether it's separate or together, to me it doesn't matter. I can see this — I own a big property in Ireland, magnificent property called Doonbeg, what happened is I went for an approval to do this massive, beautiful expansion — that was when I was a developer, now I couldn't care less about it — but I learnt a lot because I got the approvals very quickly from Ireland and then Ireland and my people went to the EU to get the approval — it was going to take years — that was a very bad thing for Ireland.
Russia's President Putin is often said to want the destruction of the EU. This is completely untrue. Putin has always said he wants the EU to remain united. It is Donald Trump – the US's President elect – not Vladimir Putin – who is the first world leader to say that it is a matter of indifference to him whether the EU remains united or dissolves into its separate nation states.
As to NATO Trump was every bit as dismissive, damning it with the faintest of praise
Can you understand why eastern Europeans fear Putin and Russia?
Sure. Oh sure, I know that. I mean, I understand what's going on, I said a long time ago — that Nato had problems. Number one it was obsolete, because it was, you know, designed many, many years ago. Number two — the countries aren't paying what they're supposed to pay. I took such heat, when I said Nato was obsolete. It's obsolete because it wasn't taking care of terror. I took a lot of heat for two days. And then they started saying Trump is right — and now — it was on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, they have a whole division devoted now to terror, which is good.
And the other thing is the countries aren't paying their fair share so we're supposed to protect countries but a lot of these countries aren't paying what they're supposed to be paying, which I think is very unfair to the United States. With that being said, Nato is very important to me.
Offered the opportunity to reassure NATO's East European members supposedly afraid of Russian aggression (basically that means Poland, Romania and the Baltic States) of the US's continued commitment to their defence, Trump expressed complete indifference ("Sure. Oh sure, I know that") and instead launched into a tirade talking of how NATO has become obsolete because its European members – including those who say they feel threatened – don't contribute enough money to the common defence, and because NATO hasn't concerned itself properly with the real threat, which it turns out Trump considers to be terrorism rather than Russia.
Elsewhere in the interview, when Trump is asked what threat he considered to be the priority, he answers with the single word: Isis.
And what's your priority for the military as commander-in-chief?
Isis.
Quite obviously Trump does not believe the flesh-creeping talk that has become so dominant in the US and Europe during the second term of Obama's Presidency that Russia poses a threat to Europe or to its East European member states. On the contrary he appears to see this talk as just a ploy to freeload off the US.
This is a radical shift and it is not surprising that it has filled the anti-Russia hardliners in Europe with alarm.
On the subject of Russia, Trump made it fairly clear what he wants: a deal to reduce nuclear weapons, which will release funding to beef up the US's conventional defences to deal with the threats the US actually has to face. In return he is dangling before the Russians the lifting of sanctions.
Do you support European sanctions against Russia?
Well, I think you know — people have to get together and people have to do what they have to do in terms of being fair. OK? They have sanctions on Russia — let's see if we can make some good deals with Russia. For one thing, I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that's part of it. But you do have sanctions and Russia's hurting very badly right now because of sanctions, but I think something can happen that a lot of people are gonna benefit.
The subjects of Crimea and Ukraine – given such obsessive focus by the anti-Russia hardliners in the US and in Europe, and the central obsession of Angela Merkel's diplomacy of the last three years – plainly don't interest him, and found no mention anywhere in his interview.
Overall Donald Trump comes across in the interview as someone with clear views who is well informed about the subjects that interest him. In a lengthy discussion of the battle of Mosul he shows a detailed knowledge of the bloody stalemate there, which the news media has barely reported. On questions like trade he has all the facts about BMW's plans to build a factory in Mexico at his fingertips.
Grand Strategy by contrast doesn't interest him in the slightest, and he is entirely blind to ideology. Mantras about "democracy" and "freedom" – so beloved of past US Presidents – nowhere appear (I could not find either word anywhere in the interview) whilst Vladimir Putin is just another leader Trump will have to deal with, and is in that respect no different from Angela Merkel or anyone else.
To the neocons and neoliberals who dominate EU politics – as they have dominated until recently politics in the US – for whom ideology and Grand Strategy are central, this is anathema, and the airwaves in Europe are filled with their expressions of horror and dismay. RT has provided a good summary.
I recently wrote a piece for The Duran in which I pointed out that Donald Trump is in essence a businessman whose conception of his role as President is doing the best possible deal for the US.
That this is indeed how he thinks is shown by his comments about the nuclear agreement the Obama administration reached with Iran. It turns out that Trump's objection to this agreement is not that he thinks Iran is an existential threat to Israel or the US, or that he thinks that Iran is a supporter of international terrorism, or that he has some other ideological objection to Iran. Simply, he thinks that in cash terms it was a bad deal
Will you rip up the Iran deal?
Well, I don't want to say what I'm gonna do with the Iran deal. I just don't want to play the cards. I mean, look, I'm not a politician, I don't go out and say, 'I'm gonna do this — I'm gonna do —', I gotta do what I gotta do. But I don't wanna play. Who plays cards where you show everybody the hand before you play it? But I'm not happy with the Iran deal, I think it's one of the worst deals ever made, I think it's one of the dumbest deals I've ever seen, one of the dumbest, in terms of a deal. Where you give — where you give a $150 billion back to a country, where you give $1.7 billion in cash — did you ever see a million dollars in hundred dollar bills? It's a lot. It's a whole — it's a lot. $1.7 billion in cash. Plane loads. Of, of — think of it — plane, many planes. Boom. $1.7 billion. I don't understand. It just shows the power of a president — when a president of this country can authorise $1.7 billion in cash, that's a lot of power.
And you think that money is now funding terror?
No, I think that money is in Swiss bank accounts — they don't need that money, they're using other money, I think they've taken that money and they've kept it for themselves. That's my opinion.
As for one of Trump's more controversial appointments – that of his son-in-law Jared Kushner – he defends it because Kushner is a good deal maker
What role will [your son-in-law] Jared [Kushner] play?
Oh, really . . . Ya know what, Jared is such a good kid and he'll make a deal with Israel that no one else can — ya know he's a natural, he's a great deal, he's a natural — ya know what I was talking about, natural — he's a natural deal-maker — everyone likes him.
Donald Trump's neocon and neoliberal critics in the US and Europe, who say he is un-American and who insinuate that he is in some way a stooge of the Kremlin, have got Trump completely wrong. On the contrary in his overriding focus on business and in doing a good deal for the US, Trump is the most American of Presidents.
Though much of the US's political establishment is currently reacting to Trump's ideas with incomprehension and horror, I suspect that in time more and more Americans will come to understand him.
It is the Europeans, who have a culture of politics and diplomacy which has very different roots from that of the US, who will in the end find it much more difficult to understand Trump.
The onus of doing so however lies with them. If they fail to do it the Atlantic will grow wider.
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A couple of weekends ago, I flew to Rockhampton and Yeppoon to visit my sister and her family. It was my first opportunity to spend a bit of time with her seven month old son Tyce!
Rockhampton and Yeppoon are situated in Central Queensland. They are quiet, sleepy coastal towns that kinda embody the lifestyle you see on shows like Home and Away. People here are super chill and spend most of their free time surfing or chilling at a park/pub etc.
There was a pretty crazy tropical storm in Yeppoon last year. You can still see some homes like this one where the roof has been torn clean off.
I love traditional Aussie pubs like this in Yeppoon. XXXX Gold on tap, rugby league on the TV and Cold Chisel pumping on the juke box.
Jen's first time on a surf board. Which is criminal since she's lived in Australia since 2003.
On Saturday night, locals go to the yacht club for a beer or two.
My sister runs a woodfire pizza truck. They set up in parks, at festivals, where ever they feel like.
My nephew Tyce. He's a cool little dude.
My sister Fi, Tyce and I enjoy a laugh.
Edo currently lives in Australia where he spends his time playing video games and enjoying his wife's cooking.
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