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Robert W. Woodruff Scholars
Goizueta Business School offers four Woodruff Scholarships, Emory's most prestigious named scholarship, which includes full tuition and fees and an annual $10,000 stipend guaranteed for the length of the Full-Time MBA. Woodruff Scholars are also invited to participate in the Scholars Academic Program.
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is a charitable organization that supports education, healthcare, human services, economic development, art and culture, and the environment through grants. The foundation was established by Robert Woodruff, the long-time president of The Coca-Cola Company.
Woodruff Scholars leave a lasting imprint on Goizueta Business School and Emory University through their leadership, academic performance and life-long relationships. Candidates interested in being considered for this scholarship should possess high academic excellence as well as demonstrated commitment to our core values. The Admissions Committee will evaluate Woodruff candidates from those who have applied and been offered admission by the Round 3 deadline.
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Like any creative agency, Jumpstart has an incredible network of consultants, freelancers, and video production professionals who all work together under the leaders of Jumpstart Video Productions of Cincinnati. It's important to think about what it takes to run or lead a video production company, and with that both characteristics of creativity and leadership are essential. Our team is creative, business-minded, and they are also very good communicators. Their ability to lead a client through a project is just one of a number of ways they bring value to everything they do for our clients.
If someone wanted to join the team at Jumpstart Video Productions of Cincinnati, beyond the basic requirements of some sort of formal training or a degree in video production or a body of work that demonstrates that they have the the technical and creative skill to work in the professional video production Industry, the candidate, or anyone involved in working for Jumpstart Video Productions needs to have good bedside manner, and an incredible ability to lead a client through a video production, which can be a daunting and challenging process at times. It's also important to be flexible and ready to be creative when the moment presents itself.
Part of having a good "bedside manner" is being able and willing to understand the real and immediate and long term goals and needs of the client and the business as a whole. It's essential that our producers get to know who you are, what you do, and who you are trying to attract. And with that our producers are exceptionally talented at bringing out the best qualities of your business and helping them to shine.
The other element that plays heavily in being a part of our team is the ability to work with the rest of the team members. We highly leverage the ability of each member our production team to aid in creating the best video content. And the ability to work together and collaborate is essential to our production process. Just as we leverage the work each client has already done in their marketing efforts.
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WASHINGTON - Today Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer turned least popular FCC chairman in history, announced his support for the T-Mobile / Sprint mega merger. The $26.5 billion deal has faced widespread opposition from Internet freedom, labor, civil rights, and consumer groups. It would reduce the number of national wireless carriers from four to three, leading to higher prices and worse plans, with the biggest impact felt by low income people and communities of color.
Fight for the Future deputy director Evan Greer (pronouns: she/her) said, "Ajit Pai doesn't even try to pretend that he works for the public. He seems to take smug pleasure in being a blatant telecom shill. No one is surprised by today's announcement, but we will keep fighting to block this merger –– which simply put will lead to crappier, more expensive Internet for millions of people."
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Iitoi, the Man in the Maze, Tohono O'odham Tribal Symbol
To the Tohono O'odham, the human
figure on the top of the tribal
symbol suggests birth – birth of the
individual, of the family, of the tribe.
We travel through life as through a
maze, taking many turns while
growing stronger and wiser, overcoming
obstacles as death at the
dark center of the maze comes
Tracing the light path, you will find
an additional turn before reaching
the journey's end. Here we retreat
to a small corner of the pattern and,
looking back on the road traveled,
we are able to reflect on the wisdom
we have gained. Finally, in harmony
with our past, we accept
The Tohono O'odham Nation, located in the Sonoran Desert, spans the US/Mexican
Border from Southern Arizona into Northern Sonora. Once known as Papago, the
Tohono O'odham (Desert People) inhabit the second largest reservation in the US,
comprising close to three million acres. Their tribal headquarters are located in
Sells, sixty miles west of Tucson. One third of the ancestral land of the Tohono
O'odham is separated by the international border, as established by the Gadsden
Purchase of 1854. As a result, the Tohono O'odham were divided into two groups
and considered either Mexican or American citizens.
While the Tohono O'odham living in the US presently live under extremely difficult
conditions, they are recognized by the US Government and receive certain benefits,
including medical care and education available within the reservation. Life on the
other side of the border, in Mexico, is undeniably more difficult.
They speak the same language and safeguard the same traditions yet the Mexican
Tohono O'odham receive little government aid and are no longer allowed to cross the
border to visit family, tend to their flocks or receive social services.
Notwithstanding this indiscriminate segregation, the Tohono O'odham look beyond
the imposed border. They continue to consider themselves as neither American nor
Mexican but rather Tohono O'odham. They view their nation as united.
The Estudio Busqueda de Pantomima Teatro A. C. began working with the Tohono
O'odham in spring of 2006 during a residency funded by the International Sonoran
Desert Alliance, of Ajo Arizona.
Our project was, through movement theatre and circus skills, to integrate a disintegrating
community comprised of Mexican, Anglo and Native Americans.
While our ultimate goal was to unite the three factions of the Ajo community in cultural
activities, last year's preliminary phase was focused on working with each
group separately.
Our interaction with the Tohono O'odham included three phases:
We worked with the Tohono O'odham within their schools and community centers.
Our previous residency took
place in March and April of 2007 and has been partially funded by
The Nalac Foundation for the
Arts and The Ford Foundation's
Shifting Sands Initiative. We will focus on transposing Tohono
tribal stories upon a foundation of Movement Theatre techniques in order to
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TDL Community Quilt Project
Tasman District Libraries would like to invite you to participate in our special community quilt project. Everyone in the Top of The South/Te Tau Ihu is welcome to participate - from first-time sewers to experienced needle workers. We invite you to contribute a stitched piece of fabric to a 'crazy quilt'. These will be quilted together to form a patchwork of our communal experience of an extraordinary time.
We like it that the quilt project involves creating something separately, together, in the same way that lockdown was a communal effort that we all completed separately, but together.
Your contribution could be something that you felt, saw or did during Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown and can be appliqued, embroidered or stitched willy nilly however you like.
All you need to do to take part is stitch a piece of fabric with a word or image that relates to your experience of Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown, and then drop it off at Motueka, Murchison, Takaka or Richmond Library by Saturday 31 October.
When Covid-19 Levels permit, we will be holding stitching bees at Motueka, Richmond and Takaka libraries. Keep an eye out for notification of these.
DUE DATE: The due date for quilt piece contributions to the TDL Community Quilt Project is Saturday 31 October 2020. Just drop your piece off at Motueka, Murchison, Richmond or Takaka Library or post it to: Pania Walton, TDL Community Quilt Project, Richmond Library, 280 Queen Street, Private Bag 3, Richmond 7050. Don't forget to include your name and contact details, along with a few words describing why you chose your word or image.
When the quilt has been completed, it will be exhibited at various venues across The Top of The South/Te Tau Ihu, beginning with the Gallery Wall at Richmond Library for the one year anniversary of Level 4 in March 2021.
Tag your progress with #TDLQUILT on social media.
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How Do I Take Part?
1. Register
Send an email to Pania letting her know you're taking part. She'll then add you to the TDL Community Quilt email list so you can receive updates on the progress of the Project, tips, tricks and encouragement. Once you're in touch with each other, you can also ask any niggling questions you have about the project. Register here. You just need to send a quick email saying, "I'm in!". If you don't have an email address, or don't get around to registering, that's ok! Participation is the most important thing. If you like, you could just send us your quilt piece contribution by the due date (Saturday 31 October).
2. Design Your Quilt Piece
- Think about an aspect of Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown that was significant for you. It could be something small – like the cup of tea you enjoyed each morning; or something big. It could be a something you felt, saw or did. It could be a word or an image.
- Sketch up some designs on paper to work out how you would like to stitch your image or word. You can make it as elaborate or simple as you like but please keep it within the dimensions outlined below.
We encourage you to stitch with either light thread on dark fabric or dark thread on light fabric to make your image or word distinct. Preferably black on white or white on black but any dark and light combination will work. Please avoid fabrics with patterns unless the pattern is very subtle.
- Select your fabric and embroidery thread. Remember to use light colours onto dark or dark colours onto light so that the image stands out.
- If possible, iron your fabric so it is smooth and easy to work on.
- Transfer your design onto the fabric using a pencil or chalk. You can do this by hand or use a lightbox or window to trace over your paper drawing.
3. Dimensions
Embroidery area
This is the area you will embroider within; this will be 15 cm high and 23.7 cm wide (if using A4), or 9 cm high and 15 cm wide (if using half A4 size) with a 3 cm margin all the way around.
Include a 3cm margin on all edges of your embroidery area. This will be used to quilt the pieces of fabric together.
You can embroider your image (or word) in any direction – portrait or landscape. There is no "right way round"- just stitch wherever you like in the space within the 3cm margin. Note: the diagram below is a guide to measurements only and is not to scale.
4. Materials and Tools
We encourage you to use second hand tools and materials wherever possible. Second hands shops are a great place to find cheap supplies including needles, thread, hoops, and fabric.
- Fabric: Textiles most suitable for embroidery and quilting are medium weight cottons, linen, upholstery fabric, calico, silk, satin, or any even-weave or cross stitch fabrics. If you don't have pieces of fabric on hand, think about re-purposing an old piece of clothing, tea-towel, serviette, tote bag, bed linen etc. Please do not use denim, nylon, knitted fabric, any fabric prone to fraying, or any loosely woven fabric.
- Dressmakers pencil, regular lead pencil or chalk for transferring your design on to the fabric.
- Embroidery needles: These needles are much larger than regular sewing needles because the thread used for embroidery is significantly larger than regular sewing thread. If you don't have a needle already you may be able to purchase one at your local supermarket, The Warehouse, Stitchcraft (in Richmond), or Spotlight (in Nelson). You may also be able to find second hand embroidery needles in second hand shops.
- Embroidery floss: This thread is thicker than normal sewing thread. Often embroidery thread is composed of multiple smaller threads, and can be pulled apart to allow the user to sew with a thicker or slimmer thread. You can use regular sewing thread if you don't have embroidery floss. It is easy to improvise with standard sewing thread - just use multiple strands to build up thickness. You can buy embroidery floss at second hand shops, Stitchcraft (in Richmond), or Spotlight (in Nelson).
- Embroidery hoop: These optional tools help to keep your fabric taut and flat while sewing.
5. Get started!
After you have registered, designed the image or word you want to embroider, gathered your materials, and transferred your design to the fabric, you'll want to get stitching! There are many ways to go about this. Here are some options:
- Go freestyle! Experiment with your needle and thread. There's no "right" way to stitch. You can just go with the flow and create your stitches any way that looks good to you.
- Look up different stitch designs in a stitch dictionary from your library. Here are some options.
- Get ideas from stitching tutorial videos online. Such as this video of Basic Embroidery Stitches and this video of Top 12 Stitches in Hand Embroidery
- Remember, it's best to stitch light thread on dark fabric, or dark thread on light fabric, so that your design stands out.
6. Finished!
Wow! Thank you for taking part in the TDL Community Quilt Project! Did you enjoy it? Did you learn anything new? We'd love to hear about your experiences. Email Pania to share your experiences.
Once you have finished embroidering your piece:
- Deliver it to Motueka, Murchison, Richmond or Takaka Library. You can either do this in person, or you can post it to: Pania Walton, TDL Community Quilt Project, Richmond Library, 280 Queen Street, Private Bag 3, Richmond 7050.
- Make sure your quilt piece is delivered to us with the following information: Your name and contact details, and a few written words about the reason you chose the image or word in your embroidery.
- We will then join everyone's quilt pieces together to make an incredible "crazy quilt".
- This quilt will then be exhibited at venues across the Top of The South/Te Tau Ihu, beginning with the Gallery Wall at Richmond Library for the one year anniversary of Level 4 in March 2021.
- It's important you send us your quilt piece with your name and contact details included so we can let you know when and where the TDL Community Quilt will be exhibited. We'd also like to acknowledge your contribution to the project.
Finally, we'd like to thank the wonderful people at McCahon House, in particular Australian artist Nell, who developed the Nell Anne Quilt Project. This project inspired us to develop our own TDL Community Quilt Project. You can find out more about the Nell Anne Quilt Project, here.


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This recipe is very different, easy and quick to make. You can freeze cooked tikka chunks and use when you want to make this khagina.
- Eggs 3
- Chicken 1 cup (marinate it with Chicken tikka masala)
- Potatoes 1 medium size
- Tomato 1 medium size, chopped
- Onion 1 small ,chopped
- Oil 1/4 cup
- Salt to taste
- Red chili powder 1 tsp
- Red chili flakes 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- Green chilies 2-3, chopped
- Coriander leaves 2 tbsp., chopped
- Check this recipe for chicken tikka. Add all ingredients in chicken and marinate for 1 hour.
- Now in a pan add onion and saute it for few minutes till color change.
- Add tomato (chopped) and thinly sliced potatoes, stir and add spices cook till tender. Now add chicken.
- Cook on low flame till tender.
- Add eggs and mix. Cook till oil separates.
- Add coriander leaves and green chilies.
- Ready to serve.


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The day before Hagibis made landfall in Japan, residents of Tokyo were scraping for the last supermarkets had to sell across the city as they prepared for what the Japan Times reported Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike had called "a typhoon of unprecedented scale."
Hagibis rapidly strengthened in the West Pacific to become the third super typhoon of the season last week. The storm went from a tropical depression with sustained winds of 30 mph to a super typhoon producing winds of 150 mph only 48 hours later.
At a peak strength of 160 mph, the typhoon tied with Wutip from February as the most powerful tropical cyclone in the West Pacific Basin this year.
Although the Japan Meteorological Agency had downgraded the status of the storm to a "strong" typhoon before landfall in Japan, the agency had warned in a news conference during that Friday morning the storm could be as severe as the Kanogawa Typhoon, which had killed more than 1,200 people in 1958 and is one of the deadliest typhoons on record, the New York Times reported.
By 5 a.m. local time Saturday, the JMA had downgraded the scale of Hagibis from a "large and strong" typhoon to a "large" typhoon with maximum sustained winds of about 70 mph and gusts of about 98 mph.
The deadly Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan just before 7 p.m. local time on Saturday, moving ashore near Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture and packing winds of the equivalent strength as a Category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Ocean basins.
As of 7 a.m. local time, at least three people have died and nine others are missing during in the chaos that Hagibis has brought. The NHK reported four people are missing after two landslides destroyed homes in the Gunma and Fukushima prefectures and four others had been swept away by floodwaters. A man is also missing in the Shizuoka Prefecture.
The Tochigi City Fire Department told Kyodo News Sunday morning that a woman who had been previously reported as missing had been found dead in a waterway around 4:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Twelve hours before landfall, evacuation advisories were set in place for 86,846 households and 191,878 people in Odawara, a city in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture at 7 a.m. Saturday morning local time, according to local news station NHK. The evacuation advisory was at a warning level 4 out of 5, calling for immediate evacuation.
As the number of evacuations began to mount toward at least 4 million people, the NHK said, so did the number of power outages across the regions. Bands of wind and rain preceding Hagibis knocked out the power for more than 270,000 households. By just after midnight local time, over 431,900 homes were without power after landfall. Some locations may be without power for an extended period during and following the storm.
Wind gusts measured up to 100 mph at Kozushima, one of the islands south of Tokyo an hour after landfall at 8 p.m. local time, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty.
"The strongest wind will be near the coast where some damage is possible. This is an area that was just hit by Faxai early in September that brought significant damage," Douty said.
By 5 a.m. local time on Friday, areas around Shizuoka, Japan, were already flooding.
"One of the big issues with Hagibis will be the heavy rain coming in a short period of time along and to the north of the storm's path," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Houk said.
The NHK reported that a record-level of nearly 1,000 millimeters of rain, or close to 39 inches, from the storm had fallen over Hakone Town in the Kanagawa Prefecture over a timespan of 48 hours.
The Japan Meteorology Agency issued level 5 heavy rain emergencies – the highest level of warning in the JMA's five-level warning system – across at least seven prefectures early Sunday morning.
"Reports of rainfall totals between 6 to 12 inches, or 152 to 304 millimeters, have been common across Kansai, Chubu and Kanto through Saturday night, local time, but locally higher amounts have been reported in higher elevations of the mountains," AccuWeather Meteorologist Maura Kelly said. "Chichibu reported 20.11 inches, or 511 millimeters, of rainfall through Saturday night.
At least seven rivers are in their flooding stages in central and eastern Japan, according to NHK news.
Early Sunday morning, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government decided to apply the Disaster Relief Law to the 25 wards and municipalities of Tokyo due to the damage caused by Hagibis, the news source said.
This means that government and city aid will pay for the installation of evacuation shetlers and emergency repairs for damaged homes.
"Hagibis will move offshore by Sunday morning and conditions will quickly improve throughout the day across northern areas in mainland Japan and Hokkaido," Kelly said. "While high pressure building over northern Japan will bring dry conditions on Sunday night, a weak storm system will begin to develop near southern Japan. This system can bring occasional showers to coastal locations of Kansai, Chubu and Kanto, areas hardest hit by Hagibis."
In the storm's approach, most events scheduled for Saturday had been rescheduled for Sunday, including Saturday's qualifying race for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka International Racing Course.
With the storm moving away from Tokyo by 6 a.m. Sunday morning, transportation operations such as the Haneda Airport are beginning to resume once again.
"Another cold front is expected to move over Japan and bring occasional showers to the area during the beginning of next week," Kelly said. "By the middle of the week, dry conditions look to return to areas recovering from Hagibis. Dry weather may last through the end of the week before the next chance of rain arrives in southern Japan."


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A Giveaway Budget to End Austerity?
Published on by Martin Vessey (author)
Is austerity really over as Philip Hammond told the House of Commons yesterday?
As Chancellor Philip Hammond stood before a packed House of commons yesterday to deliver his final Budget before Britain leaves the EU in five months time, it appears that the Conservatives have indeed located the fabled Magic Money Tree.
Announcing over £100 billion spending over the next six years, this was a budget that signalled what Teresa May told Tory conference last month – an end to austerity.
There were certainly some vote winners: Bringing the increase in taxable allowances to £12,500 forward by one year to April 2019; extending stamp duty allowances to first-time buyers and injecting around £80 billion into the NHS over the next six years.
But there was some controversial measures too: a special Brexit-themed 50p piece, a one-off £400 million "bonus" to help schools "buy the little extras they need", and £400 million to councils to fix potholes.
Hammond also announced that the Spending Review due in April may be upgraded to a full budget depending on the outcome of negotiations to leave the EU. Despite Theresa May's insistence that the budget is fully costed, Labour hit back saying there would be tax rises and austerity was far from over with more cuts to services and welfare coming.
In the event of a no-deal Brexit this budget goes out of the window and will require a complete redraft. And a General Election - the second within two years - or a second Referendum are both options on the table that are looking increasingly likely.
Whether or not the budget giveaways could win the day for the Tories is yet to be seen.


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SEAT's new compact crossover is Arona therapy!
PUBLISHED: 16:16 25 January 2018 | UPDATED: 16:16 25 January 2018
SEAT has grown its SUV family with the Arona compact crossover, smaller sibling to the Ateca, but also set to be a big player as motoring editor Andy Russell finds out at its launch.
Life can be tough for a little brother, or sister, having something to live up to, be compared to and, judging by my two boys, compete with.
SEAT's new supermini-based Arona, its first compact SUV, was always going to be judged against its bigger sibling, the family hatch-based, highly-praised Ateca which has won a string of awards, even though they are completely different.
The latest arrival of SEAT's largest product offensive, the little Arona is set to be a big player for SEAT in the compact crossover market, which has grown more than 30pc in the UK in two years, wooing new customers to the Spanish brand.
Looks and image
The Arona, named after a municipality on the island of Tenerife, picks up on Ateca design cues but it's not just a case of shrinking a winning formula.
SEAT is known for sporty design flair and the Arona doesn't disappoint with its sculpted styling, best in dark colours.
Colour customisation sees nine body colours and a choice of black, gray or orange roof.
Under the bonnet
All-turbo engines comprise 1.0-litre TSI and 1.5-litre TSI Evo petrol and 1.6-litre TDI diesel.
The five-speed manual 95PS 1.0 TSI and 1.6TDI go in SE and SE Technology, six-speed 115PS 1.0 TSI and 1.6 TDI in FR, FR Sport, Xcellence and Xcellence Lux with six-speed 150PS TSI, which cuts to two cylinders driven gently, for FR and FR Sport.
The 115PS TSI is offered as a seven-speed automatic across the range and a 95PS TDI diesel auto in Xcellence trims.
The best-seller is expected to be 115PS 1.0 TSI which pulls strongly from 2,000rpm, is pleasantly punchy and peppy and returned 45mpg on the test route even though I rarely used sixth gear which seemed unnecessary.
Petrol engines are muted, until worked hard, which makes tyre and wind noise at speed noticeable.
How it drives
SEATs have a sporty edge to their drive and Volkswagen Group's all-new small car platform, shared with the latest Ibiza supermini, is a good start.
Longer and higher than the Ibiza, the Arona is still agile – changing direction quickly with body lean in check – so entertaining to drive.
FR models get firmer sports, rather than comfort, suspension so the ride is more sensitive, especially with FR Sport's bigger 18in alloy wheels.
They also get Drive Profile with normal, sport, eco and individual settings for steering and throttle while FR Sport adds adaptive dampers which, in the softer setting, improve comfort. If you're after smooth, rather than sporty, a model with 17in alloys and comfort suspension might be best.
Space and comfort
This compact crossover is anything but inside with legroom for six-foot passengers in the back, without those up front giving up space, but three adults in the back is cosy.
There are no fancy sliding seats to boost boot space but who needs them with a boxy 400-litre load bay. A removable raised floor panel sits flush with the 60/40 split rear seat backs when folded, for a maximum 1,280-litre load bay.
At the wheel
The Ibiza-like fascia is user-friendly with large instruments and an eight-inch colour touchscreen on all but SE which gets a five-inch one.
No problems getting comfortable with height and reach adjustable steering wheel and both front seats can be raised.
Unlike the bigger Ateca, the top of the Arona's dashboard is hard plastic but high-spec models have a leather-effect trim panel.
Final say
SEAT's Arona looks set to storm into the compact crossover market, just as the bigger Ateca did in the class above.
With record UK sales last year, up 18pc in a market down 5.7pc, SEAT can do no wrong.
Price: SEAT Arona 1.0 TSI FR Sport £20,665 (range £16,555 to 24,235)
Engine: 999cc, 115PS, three-cylinder turbo petrol with six-speed manual gearbox
Performance: 0-62mph 9.8 seconds; top speed 113mph
MPG: Urban 47.1; extra urban 64.2; combined 56.5
CO2 emissions: 114g/km
Benefit-in-kind tax rate: 21pc
Insurance group: 12E (out of 50)
Warranty: Three years or 60,000 miles
Will it fit in the garage? L 4,138mm; W (including door mirrors) 1,942mm; H 1,543mm
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I am almost 70 years old and I'm happy to say that I'm gambling free for the first time in many, many years.
Gambling cost me so much – family, friends, the respect of my children, having no contact with grandchildren, jobs, businesses and my self respect.
My gambling started as an escape. My husband was a problem gambler and we had lost everything, including the safety that marriage should have offered me. He was banned from a pokie venue, and that venue became my safe place. I went from a person who had never gambled to someone who stole money to feed the addiction. Even after I left my husband, moved interstate and had a successful job, the gambling addiction stayed with me. Nearly ever cent I earned fed my addiction.
I finally came to my senses and stopped. I called Gambler's Help and started a very bumpy ride back to sanity. Up to this point, I had tried psychiatrists, psychologists, hypnotherapy, anti-depressants, reiki and more. I wanted to "fix" myself, but just kept gambling.
The counsellors at Gambler's Help are just wonderful. My counsellor said, "I am in with you for the long haul" and this immediately gave me a sense of security. I felt like I was no longer alone.
My counsellors have been completely non-judgemental when I slipped into old habits. It's not easy, but it gets easier and you realise if is ok to talk about what made you go backwards.
I would not be here today if it was not for the foresight of my counsellor who helped me get medically diagnosed correctly. I was back 'in the world', I had feelings again. I remember watching QI and I started to laugh and realised I was happy. I could not remember the last time I was happy.
I have now re-established contact with friends and family, joined a community and activity group, am part of a not-for-profit committee, give computer lessons to 'the oldies' in my housing commission estate, support my neighbour who is going through chemotherapy, have friends over for dinner. All these things would have been impossible prior to attending Gambler's Help.
I would like to say, particularly to older women out there, just make the decision, and Gambler's Help will help you to do the rest.


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Getting Ready for Lights-Out Manufacturing
Lights-out manufacturing has the potential to save money while increasing capacity, but shops need the right equipment and to address potential challenges before implementing it.
Lights-out manufacturing is an approach to manufacturing where no human intervention is required to run a CNC machine shop for a specific duration of time. The machines run automatically with no need for operators or surveillance. The term "lights out" is used metaphorically, as it is much more involved and intricate than just switching off the lights while the machines run.
Having a reliable way to load and unload machine tools is essential for lights-out manufacturing. Robotic arms that palletize complete parts are a common solution.
This concept has tremendous potential for capital savings by reducing labor costs. As competition among CNC machine shops grows and clients demand more precise work at minimum cost, going unmanned with lights-out machining can help manufacturers meet these challenges.
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With rapid technical advancements, it is possible to implement lights-out manufacturing for both large factories and small-scale machine shops. However, there are many potential concerns shops should address before implementing lights-out manufacturing.
Benefits of Lights-Out
The fundamental force that is driving machine shops to think about lights-out manufacturing is reduced cost. Here are some of the specific savings and additional benefits shops can see as a result of lights-out manufacturing:
- Savings in labor costs. Labor expenses are the principle contributor to variation in costs, and trained personnel are difficult to find. Because lights-out manufacturing requires no human intervention, there is great potential for saving labor costs.
- Increased capacity and productivity. Lights-out manufacturing enables shops to accomplish more work with the same capital because of the additional capabilities of the machines, including extra machining hours. Manufacturers can take on additional work orders and deliver them by adding extra hours of fully automated manufacturing. Shops can allocate simpler components for unattended machining and leave more complex tasks for personnel to handle during the day.
- Energy efficiency. Robotic arms don't demand an air-conditioned environment. Other auxiliary energy requirements such as lighting and ventilation can also be minimized. Additionally, energy costs less at the night as opposed to during the day.
- Consistency. Automated work can be more consistent than parts made without automation. Deviations in work because of temperature variation can also be reduced, as lights-out manufacturing can be done in constant working conditions.
Technical Aspects of Implementation
Shops can begin lights-out manufacturing without making a huge investment and improve continuously from there. Here are some types of equipment to consider:
Bar feeders are a reliable way to continuously load lathes during unattended machining.
- Workpiece loading and unloading. Lights-out machining requires continuous loaders that can match the pace of the machines. For lathes, bar feeders are reliable loaders. Robotic arms that palletize completed parts in an organized way are also common, as are vacuum unloaders.
- Cutting tools. Ideally, shops should have a system that checks cutting tool inserts for breakage and wear, confirms that the tools are running properly and ensures the position of the tool table. A combination of automatic tool setting (which uses probes to gage the apparatus counterbalances, alter them for wear and check for damage) and load fault capacity (which stops the machine if the shaft stack surpasses a programmed limit, possibly because the apparatus is hitting something) is commonly used. Having an extra cutting tool on standby is always preferable because it enables manufacturing to continue even if the principle cutter breaks.
- Chip and coolant management. There are numerous tasks associated with managing coolants and chips, including filling the coolant repository, ensuring the coolant nozzles are pointed correctly and clearing the machine of chips from earlier jobs. Chip transport needs to be able to handle the amount and type of chips created during production. The transport should effectively channel coolant to prevent fines from polluting the cutting liquid and potentially stopping up coolant carrying nozzles or causing a pump breakdown. Coolant filtration and pressure monitoring are necessities in lights-out manufacturing, as they help improve reliability and durability.
Some observation and information gathering is a crucial early move toward lights-out manufacturing. Setting up notifications for machine alarms is an easy initial step.
- Monitoring and data collection. Some observation and information gathering is a crucial early move toward lights-out manufacturing. Setting up notifications for machine alarms is an easy initial step, and from that point manufacturers can implement camera and machine data collection. Shops can screen the machine table and control board with web cameras, which are available with low light ability.
Challenges of Lights-Out
Lights-out manufacturing is feasible and executable for machine shops, but there are some challenges associated with this strategy:
- Technical barriers. Robots and other auxiliary peripheral devices that enable continuous operation of CNC machines may require technical knowledge and a significant amount of money. Shops should also consider that robots can be limited in flexibility, and robotic systems may need to be specially designed for some automated processes.
- Economy of scale. Designing a lights-out manufacturing process requires complex technical activities, so the volume of work needs to be sufficient to pay back the investment of time and money shops put in to setting it up. Lights-out manufacturing only makes sense if it compensates for setup times and efforts in the long term, so it isn't well suited to small-scale activities.
- Nature of work. Repetitive, simple work is best for lights-out manufacturing. The process must be designed according to the size of the workpiece, and the weight of the parts should not exceed the capacity of the machines and robotics used.
- Safety and reliability. By principle, there is no operator to address potential equipment malfunctions during lights-out machining. This means that any machines used must be reliable and tested, and the machine tools, peripherals and automation equipment should be designed to minimize possible errors.
Planned preventive maintenance is a necessity for lights-out manufacturing. Sensors can pick up on problems with machinery and react accordingly. A single person approach, where one operator monitors all processes from a remote location and can take effective remedial action in case of emergencies or mishaps, is also fairly common. Some companies offer products with remote monitoring features, which enable users to monitor automated processes with a smartphone or other device.
The Bottom Line
A well-executed lights-out machining program has tremendous potential to improve the way machining gets done, but shops must be willing to make the investment and improve their processes.
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Curt Doherty is the CEO of CNC Machines, a marketplace to directly buy and sell CNC machines.
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Artist pair team up for concertina book collaboration
PUBLISHED: 18:28 31 October 2019 | UPDATED: 19:34 31 October 2019
Mundesley octogenarian John Midgley and his fellow artist Mike Pert, 72, are proving age is no barrier to innovation, by creating a piece of contemporary artwork featuring 40 paintings presented, concertina-style, in a collaborative book.
The pair, who, between them have more than 100 years' experience as working artists, spent three months ferrying the A5 sketch book backwards and forwards between each other's studios, creating paintings, drawings and collages depicting subjects ranging from landscapes and architecture, to figures and still life.
Mr Pert, who lives at Aylmerton, near Cromer, attended art school in the 1960s.
Urged by his parents to study for a 'proper' profession, he spent a further three years at university and went on to build a successful career as an architect, working for firms in London and Norwich before setting up his own practice.
He hit on the idea for taking on a joint project with long-term friend Mr Midgley after his daughter Nikki - also an artist - gave him the book as a gift.
"I always have to produce something every day and it was the first time either of us had had the courage to collaborate with another artist," Mr Pertexplained. "I think that, as artists, we do generally tend to deliberate too much, but, with this, you never felt reluctant or ponderous about completing the next piece of work."
A former arts advisor to the London boroughs of Haringey and Brent, Mr Midgley, 84, founded an artists' co-operative in a former North London swimwear factory before moving to Norfolk 40 years ago to set up his own company painting trades union banners.
Since selling the business to focus on his passion for contemporary art, he has exhibited work at galleries in Norfolk, Suffolk and London.
He said that as it progressed, the artwork - which is more than 13ft long when fully extended - took on a sense of urgency.
"A feeling that we had to get it done came over us, and I'd look forward to Mike driving over so I could get the next piece done," he explained.
The completed work, which the pair are calling 'The Book', will go on show at a joint exhibition being held at the Belfry Arts Centre, Overstrand, in January of next year, before being printed as a limited edition title.
For more information, visit www.johnmidgley.co.uk
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A pretty good day overall.
The eye tests weren't fun; having drops put into my eyes to make my pupils so big that even David Beckham could hit them with a penalty kick, and then having bright lights shone into them, not big on the enjoyment factor; but the results made it worth it.
I posted my fic "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the Bloody Awful Gutter yesterday, and I got some good feedback on it today. Including requests for a sequel. Alas, if I don't get on with "It's Got to be Perfect" and "Pandora's Boxer" I'll get lynched. Especially PB, what with the cliffhanger ending to the last chapter and the length of time that's passed since I posted it.
Tomorrow's my day off work, so I promise I'll buckle down and do some writing.


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Behind some solid goaltending from Hayden Green and a strong third quarter, second-seeded El Segundo defeated Cerritos 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division VI playoffs at Cerritos Park East on Saturday afternoon.
The Eagles (24-6) advanced to the semifinals for the second year in a row with Saturday's win and will take on third-seeded Pasadena Poly on Wednesday at 4p.m. at Fullerton College.
Green was sensational from start to finish. She made 11 of her 17 saves in the first half as El Segundo struggled to a 2-1 lead.
"Strong play from our goalie is part of our game," coach Fotis Davlantis said. "And she stepped up big (all game long)."
Lizzie Ginther scored both of her goals in a 4-0 third quarter by the Eagles that turned a one-goal game into a 6-1 lead.
Bree Telfair tallied her second man-up goal of the game and Trisha Mullen also scored during the game-changing run.
"Our shooters usually show up at some point," Davlantis said. "They showed up and put it in during the third quarter."
Tessa Barbee and Hallie Lindsay also scored goals for El Segundo.
– Dave Werstine
In Division I …
Newport Harbor 15, Palos Verdes 6: Elle D'Ambra and Lauren Hickey each scored three goals to lead host Palos Verdes in a quarterfinal loss. Carly Radov had 15 saves and Isabel Bethancourt had five saves for Palos Verdes (19-10), which lost to Newport Harbor for the third time this season. Palos Verdes finished the regular season as co-champions of the Bay League with Mira Costa.
Carson had five second-place finishers and took second place (190 points) and San Pedro had two champions and finished in sixth place (78 points) in the L.A. City Section Regional Tournament at Bell High.
Bryan Gonzalez (113-pound weight class), Ric Iba ez (120), Sam Holandez (126), Lionel Reyes (152) and Jacob Sanchez (195) had second-place finishes for Carson.
David Acuna (152) and Anthony Toavalu (285) had first-place finishes for San Pedro. Both teams advance to the L.A. City Championships at Roybal Learning Center next Saturday.
Other top finishers who will advance to the City Championships for Carson were Cedric Rodriguez (145), Jonathan Benitez (160) and Morshan Ward (170), who had third-place finishes; and Davante Gomilloin (182), who had a fourth-place finish.
For San Pedro, Christian Velasquez (third place at 140), Josh Allen (fourth place at 170) and Andy Ballantyne (fourth place at 195) all advance to the City Championships.
JC baseball
Drew Freeman hurled a 10-inning, six-hit shutout as El Camino defeated host Irvine Valley 1-0 in a 10-inning nonconference game. Freeman had six strikeouts and no walks and moved to 2-1 on the season.
In the 10th inning, Justin McCullough singled, pinch runner Daniel Timmerman stole second and Ron Galosic singled him home. El Camino (7-1) has now won six games in a row.
In the Stengel Tournament …
L.A. Valley 9, Harbor 6: Jack DeAngelis went 2 for 5 with an RBI double to lead host Harbor (2-4). Jonathan Mata pitched 4 2/3 innings of relief, allowing one earned run on five hits with six strikeouts for Harbor. Jeff Ramsey had a double for Harbor.
JC women's basketball
Lindsay Wong had 15 points to lead El Camino in a 75-59 loss to host Cerritos in a South Coast Conference game. Kelsey Ishigo added 10 points for El Camino (13-12, 6-10) in its season finale. Christianna Willis and Kristen Dresser each added nine points apiece for El Camino. Ryann Drear had eight points for El Camino.


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In late June of this year, 18 months after the FAST Act removed CSA Scores from public view, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, or NAS, published its preliminary findings outlining recommendations to reform the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. For industry stakeholders, each of the four categories in the NAS report is worth a closer look.
For example, in its assessment of the current Safety Measurement System, or SMS, NAS noted that while SMS is structured in a reasonable way, and that its method of identifying motor carriers for alert status is defensible, much of what is now done is ad hoc and based on subject matter expertise that has not been sufficiently empirically validated. This argues for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration adopting a more statistically principled approach in SMS.
While NAS gives more credit than I would to the subject matter expertise on which CSA originally was developed, and correctly points out that there has never been an identifiable statistical model that FMCSA has relied upon, I agree that the concept behind CSA is sound. Something like CSA makes sense; it just needs to have sound science behind it.
Discussing a more Natural Statistical Model, NAS recommends that FMCSA develop an Item Response Theory, or IRT, data testing model over the next two years. And if this model demonstrates it can perform well in identifying motor carriers for alerts, it should replace SMS in a manner akin to the way SMS replaced SafeStat, NAS said.
I believe that the science of the IRT model is far superior to the ad hoc pseudo-science of the current methodology. Therefore, IRT can improve CSA, even with data that is not as rich as we'd like it to be, and even in a complex environment such as trucking, with 50 enforcement regimes, millions of trucks, differing cargo types and tasks, and a huge variety of operating environments.
Data issues covered by NAS, in a report section on Improvement of MCMIS (Motor Carrier Management Information System) data, point out two specific elements that require immediate attention: carrier exposure and crash data. Specifically, the current exposure data are at low-frequency sampling, and data that are collected are likely of unsatisfactory quality. Crash data also are missing too often, and information is available from police reports that currently is not represented on MCMIS. That data could be helpful in understanding the contributing factors in a crash and could help validate assumptions linking violations to crash frequency. MCMIS captures data from field offices and is the authoritative source for inspection, crash, compliance review, safety audit and registration data.
NAS recommends that FMCSA continue to collaborate with states and other agencies to improve the quality of MCMIS data in support of SMS. As the quality of existing data reported today focuses on vehicle miles traveled, or VMT, and truck count (APU), as NAS correctly points out, "the impact of flawed or out-of-date data on SMS percentile ranks may not be fully appreciated by the carriers." Better reporting of these two data elements would improve the data quality in CSA today and make the future IRT model more trustworthy.
NAS also suggests that VMT by state, cargo type, driver pay and pay model, and driver retention rates be reported to FMCSA and that this data could be available as a result of the ELD mandate. However, while providing more data is a worthy goal statistically, that becomes problematic in practice.
In terms of Transparency, Reproducibility and Public Disclosure of Safety Rankings, NAS recommends that FMCSA should structure a user-friendly version of the MCMIS data file for use as input to SMS without any personally identifiable information to facilitate its use by external parties, such as researchers, and by carriers. In addition, NAS says FMCSA should make a user-friendly computer code to compute SMS elements available to individuals in accordance with reproducibility and transparency guidelines.
FMCSA must strike a more collaborative relationship with the industry, and demonstrate absolute transparency in how it is collecting, analyzing and taking action on a new CSA data model. Perhaps a less combative, more inclusive partnership can be developed, and we can reboot from the very controversial launch of CSA in 2010.
NAS rightly compliments FMCSA for the work it has done on CSA and thanks everyone who contributed to the project. Credit is given to more than 125 individuals representing every stakeholder in trucking, including FMCSA, law enforcement, insurance, ATA and other trucking associations, bus and driver representatives, statisticians, lawyers, safety advocates and software developers.
Going forward, however, there needs to be a sound statistical model applied to replace the ad hoc nature of how CSA is formulated today. More and better quality data need to be gathered, and the data utilized need to be more transparent and software developed to make such data more useful to all stakeholders. Only then should CSA scores be released to the public.
It is my hope FMCSA accepts the recommendations of NAS and seriously begins to work on the next phase of CSA.
Vigillo, a SambaSafety company based in Portland, Ore., is the provider of CSA Daylight Suite, a diagnostic and management tool, and CSA data monitoring solutions.


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On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, I will remember the six million who perished -- and I'll also remember a man I met in Lithuania, a man I'll call Steponas.
I went to Lithuania to connect to my Jewish family past. I wanted to breathe in the summer light of the vast Baltic sky in my ancestral town of Rokiskis, in the far northeast corner of the country. I wanted to walk down the lane still called Synagogue Street, where my great-grandfather used to pore over the Talmud.
I didn't expect to encounter an elderly gentile man intent on speaking to a Jew before he died. But I did.
In 1941, as a boy of 17, Steponas had watched as the Jews of the Rokiskis region, including some of my relatives, were assembled and driven into the forest to be shot. His memories had tormented him all his life. He wanted to speak to a Jew before he died.
Would I be that Jew?
I have to say I was not eager to be that Jew. I knew that Lithuania's Jewish population had been massacred with a swiftness and thoroughness unusual even for that dreadful time. What had this man done, and what did he want from me?
In the end, however, I agreed to listen. I'm glad I did.
Steponas emerged from a cottage with a steep tin roof and got in the car with my guide and me. As we drove slowly through the town, he pointed to the left and the right.
"The Jews were marched here," he said. "They were told that if they did not give up their valuables, they would be drowned in the pond.
"I drove my wagon past the camp," he continued. "I threw carrots over the fence. For that, the guards threatened to kill me.
"The Jews were driven down the road," he said. "They took all the people, even children and old people."
Steponas began to weep. "It was all on my eyes," he said. "I was watching."
Finally, we did look at each other. He tapped his chest and looked into my eyes. "It was terrible," he said. I nodded and I shook his hand.
I soon learned that Steponas was not the only one in Lithuania seeking to revisit difficult truths from the past.
I met with educators -- Jews and non-Jews alike -- who were designing Holocaust curricula for Lithuanians of all ages. Enumerating the challenges they faced, these educators explained to me that after World War II, Lithuania's incorporation into the Soviet Union had not been an easy transition. Tens of thousands of Lithuanians were deported to Siberia. Half a century under two regimes created a cauldron seething with competing martyrdoms, hatreds and resentments.
They believed passionately that if Lithuania was to mature as a nation, their fellow citizens must ask themselves rigorous moral questions about the Holocaust. "Our goal," one woman said, "is to transform ourselves from a society of bystanders into an active civil society."
Anti-Semitism is by no means absent in Lithuania today. Jewish cemeteries are desecrated. There are neo-Nazi marches. The Lithuanian government has done a poor job of bringing former Nazi collaborators to justice -- and yet has chosen to investigate several elderly Jews, courageous former anti-Nazi partisans, for possible war crimes. I'm optimistic though, because when such incidents occur, some in Lithuania -- Jews and non-Jews -- are speaking up to condemn them.
For people who personally experienced the most terrible times of the mid-20th century, it may be difficult or even inappropriate to move on beyond hatred. But for those in the successor generations, people like me, I have come to see a different role -- an opportunity.
Can we honor our heritage and carry forward the memory of the six million without perpetuating the fears and hatreds of the past?
Can American Jews forge a connection to a land where Jewish culture was nearly annihilated?
Can we work together to create the conditions under which it's easier to stand up than to stand by?
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, I'll recall those who perished. I'll recall Steponas, with his yearning to bear witness. And I'll recall the other brave people I met in the land of my ancestors who are extending hands across history in a bid for a more tolerant tomorrow.
Ellen Cassedy, of Takoma Park, Md., is the author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust (University of Nebraska Press, 2012).
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With hundreds of businesses and individuals applying for the right to open a cannabis retail store in Saskatchewan, for every successful applicant Friday there were dozens more faced with disappointment.
Applying for the permits was not an inexpensive process, leading to at least one applicant to question the entire procedure.
"The cannabis license lottery and the way 101 people in Prince Albert alone have been snookered by the Saskatchewan Government to the tune of $350,000 is shameful," said Cliff Hlewka in an email to the Daily Herald.
"First, we were led to believe that only Prince Albert residents and or business owners would be in the lottery for the two available licenses. Second, we were made aware of the $1,000 holdback if we were not picked."
Every entity that applied for a permit had to pay a $1,000 non-refundable application fee. Those selected in the lottery then had to pay application fees.
"This lottery issue and the skimming of $3500 from our application fee is just plain dishonest," Hlewka continued.
"I can't express my anger and frustration loudly enough. We put a great deal of effort into this only to end up feeling like we were taken for a ride. Hopefully, city council will shake things up and make the price of a license to non-residents prohibitive."
As of press time, Hlewka did not respond to a request for further comment. City officials weren't available for comment. The Herald also put in a request to the SLGA, which oversaw the process, for comment. While they supplied audio from a media scrum in Regina, the Crown Corporation did not provide an avenue for questions from the Daily Herald to be answered.
In his media scrum comments, Makowsky did not address the issue of out-of-city retail applicants specifically, however he did respond to a question about out-of-province applicants receiving some of the 51 available permits.
Makowsky indicated the province couldn't discriminate against out-of-province entities due to free trade legislation.
Saskatchewan, unlike some other provinces, is allowing private entities to carry out cannabis retail. Ontario and other provinces are instead selling legal marijuana through government-owned stores, similar to the province's government-owned liquor board stores.
As the province is allowing private retailers to sell cannabis through a provincially-licensed process, a call for permits was sent out through Request for Proposals (RFPs) on the SaskTenders website.
Through the province's signature on the Canada Free Trade Agreement and the New West Partnership Trade Agreement, certain RFPs must be open to businesses and individuals from across Canada.
The agreements, though, do have a minimum dollar threshold as to when the open competition applies. Tenders below that amount do not have to be open to out-of-province bidders.
The thresholds are at the $25,000 mark for goods, $100,000 for services and $100,000 for construction. It's unclear where or how the cannabis RFPs fit into the legislation.
The agreements do, however, require that provinces not require an enterprise to maintain an office or reside in its territory as a condition for carrying on business activities. The only exemption appears to be when a party maintains, designs or regulates a monopoly.


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Cantabria is a region on the northern coast of Spain. Its main infrastructure hub is Santander with about 180,000 inhabitants.
- 1 Santander – capital city
- 2 Castro Urdiales
- 3 Santillana del Mar
- 4 Torrelavega
Other destinations[edit]
Get in[edit]
The nearest airport is in Santander (SDR IATA). There are domestic flights, primarily from Madrid and Barcelona, and international flights with Ryanair from London, Dublin, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam. Other international flights to Bilbao.
Arrival by ferry from UK is also possible in Santander. There is a ferry terminal.
Arrival by car from Bilbao is via the A8 freeway.
Get around[edit]
Since many interesting places are outside Santander in small villages in the countryside a car is useful. Alternatively public buses are available to larger towns. Frequent public buses are available between Santander and Bilbao.
- Monte el Castillo Caves
- Covalanas Caves
- El Pendo Caves
- Hornos de la Peña Caves
- Altamira Caves and Museum
- El Soplao Caves
- Roman spa in Camesa Rebolledo
- Cabárceno Nature Park and Zoo
- Picos de Europa National Park
You can surf at the beaches of Somo, Los Locos in Suances near Torrelavega and Meron in San Vicente de la Barquera.
- El Estanque de Gama, Gama (Next to the N634), ☏ +34 942104202. One of the most beautiful restaurants in Cantabria. 20 min. from Santander towards Bilbao. It is also an elegant cocktail bar in the middle of the Santoña`s Nature Reserve Marshes. €20.
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If you are coming from the Basque Country the logical continuation is to go to Asturias. Just follow the coastline westwards.


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Between the headlands of Penrhyn Nefyn (to the west) and Penrhyn Bodeilias is a 1½ mile long sheltered sandy bay. The section of the beach below Nefyn village is known as Porth Nefyn and the extreme eastern end as Porth Bodeilias. Porth Nefyn is mostly sand with a small harbour and beach huts. Swimming is generally safe, and the high cliffs provide shelter for sunbathing.
Porth Bodeilias is a mix of coarse sand and shingle backed by steep boulder clay slopes. This part of the beach is much quieter.
A steep lane (Lon y Traeth) leads from Nefyn village to a (free) parking area with space for about 20 cars overlooking the beach. Toilets ♿ are located halfway down the hill and final access to the shore is down a slipway. The high peaks of Yr Eifl mountains dominate the skyline to the north-east. Dog restrictions apply west of the car park from April 1st to September 30th and a Beach Warden is on duty during the summer. The photos of Porth Nefyn were taken at high tide.


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October 9th, 2019
Figure this one out.
There is a development proposed for some of the property on the land between Lakeshore Road and Old Lakeshore Road – referred to as the "football"
The development is controversial.
The city sent out a notice with the following note:
updated supporting documents
Application received – September 13, 2019
Then there is a list of the supporting documents.
• Arborist Report
• Architectural Plans
• Construction Management Plan
• Construction Management Plan 2
• Construction Management Plan 3
• Environmental Site Screening Checklist
• Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report
• Geotechnical Investigation
• Grading and Site Servicing
• Heritage Impact Statement
• Landscape Concept Plan
• Noise Impact Study
• Pedestrian Wind Study
• Phase I ESA
• Phase II ESA
• Planning Justification Report
• Reliance Letter
• Remediation Plan
• 7th Floor Amenity Plan
• Shoring and Excavation Plan
• Site Plan
• Sun Shadow Analysis
• Survey
• Transportation Impact Study
• Urban Design Brief
• Waste Management Plan
No mention of which document was updated or what part of the document was revised.
The Planner on the file, Melisa Morgan, will know what and where the updates are – could she not have shared this information?
This sort of thing happens again and again – and is accompanied by that bit of tripe that talks about an engaged city.
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Old Lakeshore Burlington Inc. development.
Salt with Pepper is the musings, reflections and opinions of the publisher of the Burlington Gazette, an online newspaper that was formed in 2010 and is a member of the National Newsmedia Council.


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|On a plumber's truck: 'We repair what your husband fixed.'
|To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
|Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
|Whenever you have to make a decision, listen to your heart, then your head & finally do what your wife tells you to do.
|This is worse than a divorce, I have lost half of my net worth and I still have a wife!
|One out of 4 marriages ends in a divorce, what do the other marriages end in ?
|A husband's last words should always be 'OK buy it'.
|All tragedies are finished by a death, all comedies by a marriage.
|A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
|It's amazing how easy it is for a man to understand a wife - when she isn't his own!


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The baobab is a tree with an unusual look. Many compare its appearance to a tree planted upside-down, as it looks like its roots are reaching toward the sky. [Read more…]
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Society and the Environment: Bats and Bridges
A large colony of Mexican free-tailed bats lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. These bats eat millions of insects a night, so they are welcome neighbors. Communities around the country and around the world have learned of the bats and have asked Austin for help in building bat-friendly bridges. But all that the people of Austin knew was that the bats appeared after the Congress Avenue Bridge was rebuilt in the 1980s. What attracted the bats? The people of Austin had to do a little research.
Making a Difference: Predators of Africa
Hyenas and lions are two of the most recognized predators on the planet. Every year millions of people go on safari in Africa to see these predators. Millions more see them in documentaries on TV. Most people love lions, but hyenas have a bad reputation.