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Equinors executive vice president for Exploration, Tim Dodson, and YPF's CEO Daniel Gonzalez have signed an agreement to jointly explore the CAN 100 offshore block, located in the North Argentinian Basin.
The preliminary agreement, which was signed at Equinors office in Oslo, Norway, sets the core terms and conditions for YPFs transfer of 50% of its share in the CAN 100 offshore block and will enable both companies to expand their alliance and move forward with the exploration process in the Argentinian offshore.
We are delighted with this opportunity to continue and expand our close partnership with YPF in Argentina. Currently we are partners in two offshore blocks in the same area, and we are jointly exploring onshore opportunities in the Vaca Muerta formation in the Neuquen province. We are looking forward to collaborate closely with YPF on this new exploration opportunity, says Tim Dodson, Equinors executive vice president for Exploration.
Through this agreement Equinor strengthens its position offshore Argentina, in line with our exploration strategy to access at scale in basins with high impact potential, Dodson says.
We have a strong relationship with Equinor based on mutual trust built on the development of exploration and unconventional projects. This new agreement deepens our bond with Equinor and allows us to learn from their undisputed experience in offshore projects worldwide, says Daniel González, YPF´s CEO.
The CAN 100 block comprises an area of 15,000 km2. It is the largest block in the North Argentinian Basin. The first exploratory period of four years began when YPF acquired 100% of the block in May 2019.
Equinor and YPF are currently partners in two offshore blocks in the North Argentinian Basin (CAN 102 and CAN 114), which were added in the last bid round conducted by the Argentinian national government.
Equinor in Argentina
In the 1st Offshore Licensing Round in Argentina in April 2019, Equinor submitted the winning bids for five blocks as operator and participated in winning bids for one block to be operated by YPF and one block to be operated by Total.
Equinor holds a 50% share in the Bajo del Toro Block with partner and operator YPF, following a farm-in agreement signed in January 2018. The Bajo del Toro exploration permit covers 157 square kilometers.
Equinor also holds 90% in the neighbouring Bajo del Toro Este Block as operator with partner Gas y Petróleo de Neuquén (GyP) retaining a 10 % interest.
In August 2019 Equinor entered an agreement with YPF Luz for the development of the Cañadón León onshore wind farm in Santa Cruz in Argentina.
In June 2018 Equinor acquired a 50% interest in the Guañizuil 2A (G2A) solar asset in Argentina.
About Equinor
Equinor, is an international energy company with a proud history. Formerly Statoil, we are 20,000 committed colleagues developing oil, gas, wind and solar energy in more than 30 countries worldwide. Were the largest operator in Norway, among the worlds largest offshore operators, and a growing force in renewables. Driven by our Nordic urge to explore beyond the horizon, and our dedication to safety, equality and sustainability, were building a global business on our values and the energy needs of the future.
About YPF
YPF (BCBA: YPFD) is the main energy company in Argentina and leader in the production of non-conventional resources. It is an integrated energy company that generates a varied offer: natural gas, electricity, fuels, petrochemical inputs, lubricants and agricultural products, among others. It has more than 1500 service stations that allow it to supply all points of the country.


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From "Economics is Hard. Don't Let Bloggers Tell You Otherwise" by Kartik Athreya, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, June 17, 2010:
The main problem is that economics, and certainly macroeconomics is not, by any reasonable measure, simple. Macroeconomics is most narrowly concerned with the tracing of individual actions into aggregate outcomes, and most fatally attractive to bloggers: vice versa. What makes macroeconomics very complicated is that economic actors... act. Firms think about how to make profits, households think about how to budget their resources. And both sets of actors forecast. They must. One has to take a view on one's future income, health, and familial obligations to think about what to set aside for retirement, how much life insurance to buy, and so on. Of course, all parties may be terrible at forecasting, that's certainly a possibility, but that's not the issue. Even if one wanted to think of all economic actors as foolish and purposeless organisms making utterly random choices, one must accept that their decisions will still affect, and be affected by what others do. The finitude of resources ensures this "accounting" reality.Read the entire paper here.
Beyond this, some may recall that Economics 101 is usually insistent on reminding students of the Fallacy of Composition: what is true for some may not be true for all. Much of macroeconomics is dedicated precisely making sure that when we talk about the "economy", we don't fall afoul of this fallacy. It is therefore not surprising that the majority of the training of new PhDs in their macroeconomic coursework is giving them a way to come to grips with the feedback effects that are likely present. Some of this is nothing more than (valuable) exercises in book-keeping. So much of my 1st year homework involved writing down tedious definitions of internally consistent outcomes. Not analyzing them, just defining them, and so trying to convincing my instructors that I wasn't inadvertently describing something nonsensical, where resources were being allowed to "fly in (or out) through a window." In discussions of fiscal policy, such as those regarding deficits, for example, the discipline imposed by an insistence on doing the accounting correctly helps focus economists on the real issue (total spending, and the expected future path of spending), and also learn what might be peripheral (the deficit at any given moment).
The punchline to all this is that when a professional research economist thinks or talks about social insurance, unemployment, taxes, budget deficits, or sovereign debt, among other things, they almost always have a very precisely articulated model that has been vetted repeatedly for internal coherence.
Thank you to Greg Mankiw for the link.

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text: Loves, as an elder millennial, I am cursed to watch my references recede into the past; my memes wither and die; my ability to think of other jokes to put into this sentence dries up imperceptibly, day by day. So it is with my major reference point for explaining the major tropes in courtly love which are still weaponised as romance now – Hotline Bling. The kids are coming up from behind with references that are more relevant than all of the references I know. They don't care what a child groomer had to say about love and how that connects with twelfth century romance. And you know what? That is fair.Continue reading "On courtly love and pick up artists"


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"Heroes" actor Thomas Dekker publicly opened up about his sexuality on Twitter Thursday, but suggested he was inspired to do so after a "prominent gay man" outed him.
The 32-year-old, who had memorable turns in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and the 2010 remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street," described himself as a "man who proudly loves other men" in a short essay he included with his tweet. He also revealed that he'd married his husband in April.
The post, however, is garnering a great deal of attention because of Dekker's pointed reference to a "prominent gay" who he claims "used an awards acceptance speech to 'out'" him. "While he did not mention me by name, the explicit details of his reference made it easy for the public and media to connect the dots," he wrote.
Dekker didn't name the man who he said outed him. However, screenwriter and producer Bryan Fuller made headlines last week when he alluded to a "Heroes" actor who wasn't allowed to be gay on the show in a July 6 speech at the Outfest LGBT Film Festival in Los Angeles.
"I had a brief stint on 'Heroes' where the gay character was 'hetwashed' after the actor's management threatened to pull him from the show if he — the character, not the actor — were gay," Fuller, who is openly gay, said in the speech, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "The character became straight and the actor came out as gay."
Watch Fuller's speech below, then scroll down to keep reading.
Fuller appeared to be doubling down on comments he'd made in 2007, when he said Dekker's "Heroes" character, Zach, had been written as gay, but was ultimately portrayed as straight per request of the actor's team. "The show's been such a positive experience for so many people," he said, "we didn't want to get hung up on the fact that one actor's management felt that it was a career killer for him to play a homosexual which, as a gay man, I found incredibly insulting."
At the time, Dekker responded to Fuller's remarks in a Myspace bulletin, noting that he and his management had never had "any kind of problem" with gay roles. "I would like it to be known by everyone, that I have played a gay character three times before in my career, one when I was 12 (which is on YouTube), one when I was 15, and another when I was 17," he wrote at the time, according to Gawker.
In his July 13 tweet, Dekker refuted parts of Fuller's Outfest claim, noting that he hadn't, in fact, come out prior to the July 13 tweet. There were no hard feelings, he wrote, because the alleged outing offered him a "prime opportunity" to discuss his sexuality publicly.
Noting that "sexuality and who you love in a deeply personal and complicated thing," he wrote, "I agree with many who believe it is an important responsibility for LGBTQ persons with a platform to come out. It has the power to change minds, challenge beliefs and make others feel understood and supported."
It's wonderful to see you living your truth, Thomas!
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An Image for Memorial Day.
May 20, 2009
'Flags-In' at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day 2008, originally uploaded by Army.mil.
A rucksack filled with small American flags ready to place at gravesites. The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) began their rounds to place a small American flag into the ground in front of every grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery for the upcoming Memorial Day observance.
I know this is a few days early, but I wanted to post it now, if only to get us all thinking about it sooner than Monday.
Thank you All for everything you do. We promise to always remember.
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The conviction of five Muslim immigrants on charges of conspiring to kill U.S. military personnel at Fort Dix, N.J., is a reminder of the importance of vigilance and the role of aggressive prosecutions in protecting our nation from terrorism.
The convictions reinforce the message of the just-released Homeland Security Threat Assessment for 2008-2013, which warns against a wide range of possible threats, including a likely try at a biological attack within the U.S. As Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff noted recently, �the threat of terrorism and the threat of extremist ideologies has not abated.�
The men, including natives of Jordan and Turkey and three Albanian brothers from the former Yugoslavia, may have made unlikely terrorists. All were longtime residents of the Philadelphia area, gainfully employed, and apparently lacked any ties to overseas terrorist organizations. Nonetheless, their lawyers� claims that the men were victims of �entrapment� or viewed the plot as a �joke� were rightly rejected by the jury that deliberated for 38 hours over six days.
What the men did do was purchase assault rifles from a pair of government informants and travel to the Poconos of Pennsylvania to practice their shooting. While a specific date and plan for any assault on Fort Dix appear not to have been formed, the five men were clearly willing participants in a plot to assault a U.S. military facility with the purpose of killing as many soldiers as possible.
Everyone involved in the prosecution of the Fort Dix five, from the Circuit City clerk whose suspicions were aroused when he was asked to handle video footage of gunfire and shouts of jihad, to the FBI, prosecutors and jurors, have exercised exactly the kind of vigilance and due process that are an essential part of life in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


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A hiker who began climbing New Hampshire's Mount Cardigan at 4 p.m. on Thursday had to be rescued when darkness set in and she had no light.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officers, Sarah Steele, 27, of Columbus, Ohio called for help after hiking the 1.5-mile West Ridge Trail to the summit of 3,155-foot Mount Cardigan.
Fish and Game officers found Steele shortly after 9 p.m. They provided her with warm clothing and a light. They then hiked with her down to her car.
Officials said Steele began her hike at 4 p.m. She told officers she was unfamiliar with navigation about treeline and wasn't able to find her way back to the trail before sunset.


text: Raechell Smith is founding director and chief curator of the Kansas City Art Institute's H&R Block Artspace. Smith has organized exhibitions featuring works by Jesse Howard drawn from a collection acquired directly from the artist by the Kansas City Art Institute in the 1970s, including Signs of the Times (Jesse Howard, Jenny Holzer, and Jack Pierson) and Now Read On: Jesse Howard & Roger Brown. Smith has also collaborated with and supported other maverick curators to consider Howard's work right alongside the work of other contemporary artists whose interests include writing, text, politics, current events, community engagement, and public space.


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Premenstrual syndrome or PMS, affects most women. It can come on two weeks before your period and last until it is over. It can cause headaches, cramps, bloating, food cravings, acne, nausea, irritability and many other physical and emotional symptoms. Women can have different symptoms and they could change over time. There's no real "cure", but there are ways to feel better and stop suffering so much. Next time PMS hits, try these tips:
- Take ibuprofen before your cramps start. Don't wait until you're already doubled over in pain! If you're unsure when your period will start, you might want to start taking birth control to set a schedule or keep track on your calendar or in an App on your phone. If you know your period will start soon and cramps and other uncomfortable symptoms are ahead, take a pain reliever to ward off symptoms. This is especially helpful if you have digestive issues with PMS caused by prostaglandins. Ibuprofen can help stop the release of these hormones and help your stomach feel better.
- Sleep more! More sleep is necessary because PMS can make you extra tired, unfocused and irritable. If you add no sleep to the mix, you're likely to be feeling a lot worse. Let your body repair itself as you get some well-deserved zzz's. Try to turn electronics off an hour before you go to bed to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep.
- Have a kale salad and a banana each day during your worst PMS days. There are certain foods you should eat to keep yourself feeling better and deal with the PMS symptoms. Bananas and green, leafy veggies are the best because they seem to help with everything from hormonal acne to disrupted sleep. Turkey, chicken, and whole grains have also been shown as beneficial. Keep your blood sugars steady too to keep your moods in check. Low blood sugar can cause anxiety and irritability, two already commons symptoms of PMS.
- Exercise more. Exercise might seem like the last thing you want to do when you're bloated, crampy and tired. Working out will help you feel better though! It can fight fatigue, pain and improve your mood. Something as simple as a brisk walk can be helpful.
- Start taking new supplements and drink tea. Folic acid, magnesium, Vitamin E and Vitamin B6 are all great supplements shown to help PMS symptoms. Be sure to talk to your doctor about taking them if you haven't before. They can interfere with certain prescription drugs. Red Raspberry Leaf Tea is the best tea to drink when you're on your period or PMSing. It relaxes muscles and can help with digestive issues, heavy periods and vitamin deficiencies.
- Use heating pads. Heating pads are great for cramps. Cloth heating pads are great for home and you can buy disposable stick on heating pads for when you're on the go.
- Don't drink too much alcohol or eat too much junk food. It can only exacerbate the symptoms and make you feel worse.
- Make self-care and stress relief a priority. Whatever works best for you is what you need to stick with. This could be getting a massage, taking a bath or journaling. Try different stress relief techniques until you find your favorites. Use PMS as an excuse to treat yourself. Go ahead and get that manicure and pedicure if you want! Chances are you'll feel better after.
Do you regularly get PMS? What symptoms do you have? What remedies work best for you? Share with us!


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Our economists engage in scholarly research and policy-oriented analysis on a wide range of important issues.
The Weekly Economic Index provides an informative signal of the state of the U.S. economy based on high-frequency data reported daily or weekly.
The Center for Microeconomic Data offers wide-ranging data and analysis on the finances and economic expectations of U.S. households.
Our model produces a "nowcast" of GDP growth, incorporating a wide range of macroeconomic data as it becomes available.
As part of our core mission, we supervise and regulate financial institutions in the Second District. Our primary objective is to maintain a safe and competitive U.S. and global banking system.
The Governance & Culture Reform hub is designed to foster discussion about corporate governance and the reform of culture and behavior in the financial services industry.
Need to file a report with the New York Fed? Here are all of the forms, instructions and other information related to regulatory and statistical reporting in one spot.
The New York Fed works to protect consumers as well as provides information and resources on how to avoid and report specific scams.
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We construct measures of the annual cost of single-family housing for 46 metropolitan areas in the United States over the last 25 years and compare them with local rents and incomes as a way of judging the level of housing prices. Conventional metrics like the growth rate of house prices, the price-to-rent ratio, and the price-to-income ratio can be misleading because they fail to account both for the time series pattern of real long-term interest rates and predictable differences in the long-run growth rates of house prices across local markets. These factors are especially important in recent years because house prices are theoretically more sensitive to interest rates when rates are already low, and more sensitive still in those cities where the long-run rate of house price growth is high. During the 1980s, our measures show that houses looked most overvalued in many of the same cities that subsequently experienced the largest house price declines. We find that from the trough of 1995 to 2004, the cost of owning rose somewhat relative to the cost of renting, but not, in most cities, to levels that made houses look overvalued.


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My family and I love to go on vacation, but we really only take 1 big vacation a year. So I wondered how many vacations does the average family take?
Here's what I found out in doing a little digging.
40% of Americans, which is almost 100 million people, will take at least 1 vacation each year. Of those 100 million people, 28% will take 3 or more vacations per year. But Americans in the southern states are almost twice as likely to vacation as people in the northern states.
But there's more to say about family vacations, how often people take them, and even what the average amount of paid time off from work is.
So let's keep going!
Check out my best travel resources and recommendations (click to read) that will save you time and money on your next vacation!
What percent of families go on vacation?
How many weeks of vacation does the average American get?
10 days a year is the average amount of paid time off most Americans get each year. Sadly though, not everyone gets paid time off for family vacations.
According to a recent study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, "the United States is the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacations."
Specifically, they found that:
- 23% of Americans get no paid time off or paid holidays
- Most Americans get 10 paid days off each year
- In the EU, employees are guaranteed at least 20 paid days off each year, and some offer up to 30
- For hourly workers, the bottom 25% only get 4 paid days off each year
- By contrast, the top 25% of hourly workers get 14 paid days off each year
Of course, whether an employee is part-time or full-time will have a big impact on paid days off, as well as whether the employee is paid hourly or on salary.
How long an employee has worked for a company also matters.
I worked for Whole Foods Market for 20+ years. At the time when I left the company in 2013, I was being given (but not taking) upwards of 6 weeks of paid time off each year.
But even for new full-time employees, at the time they got about 2 weeks of paid time off each year and what you didn't use rolled over or could be cashed out.
Want a family vacation, but think you can't afford it?
Think again! A great family vacation doesn't have to break the bank, drive you into debt, or rob you of your savings. It just takes a little planning and picking the right destinations. So if think you can't afford to take a family vacation, you'll definitely want to check out my list of Affordable Family Vacation Destinations (click to read).
How many vacation weeks do you get after 10 years?
Of course, there are so many variables here, that it's impossible to give one answer.
But, on average, most employees who have been with a company in the US between 10-20 years, get 15-19 paid days off for family vacations.
13% of those get 24 or more paid days off. As I mentioned above, at least when I worked for Whole Foods Market, they paid way more than that in PTO.
It's also worth noting that in the United States, companies are not required to provide paid time off. And while some employers provide PTO for any purpose, others break it down by type: sick days, vacation days, holidays, etc.
How many vacation days you might get after 10 years will be based on the following:
- Are you part-time or full-time? (benefits are typically much better for full-time employees)
- How long have you worked for your company? (many companies pay more PTO the longer you have worked for them)
- Does your company provide paid time off? (they aren't required t0)
- What are the other benefits your company provides? (the total cost of employee benefits has limits, so if they pay a huge portion of your healthcare costs, they probably pay less in other areas)
- How many employees does your company have? (usually more employees equals better benefits)
While US employers are not required to provide paid time off, a recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that 76% of employers DO provide at least some paid time off.
Average paid time off based on years worked:
Employed between 1-5 years
- 0-5 paid days off (7%)
- 5-9 paid days off (38%)
- 10-14 paid days off (35%)
- 15-19 paid days off (12%)
- 20-24 paid days off (7%)
- 24+ paid days off (2%)
Employed between 5-10 years
- 0-5 paid days off (2%)
- 5-9 paid days off (9%)
- 10-14 paid days off (36%)
- 15-19 paid days off (34%)
- 20-24 paid days off (12%)
- 24+ paid days off (6%)
Employed between 10-20 years
- 0-5 paid days off (2%)
- 5-9 paid days off (7%)
- 10-14 paid days off (16%)
- 15-19 paid days off (41%)
- 20-24 paid days off (22%)
- 24+ paid days off (13%)
Employed 20 or more years
- 0-5 paid days off (2%)
- 5-9 paid days off (6%)
- 10-14 paid days off (13%)
- 15-19 paid days off (20%)
- 20-24 paid days off (35%)
- 24+ paid days off (25%)
What age groups travel the most?
With almost 100 million people taking family vacations each year, it's worth noting that millennials (born between 1980-1995) travel more than any other age group, according to a recent study by travel experts Expedia.
In fact, millennials take, on average, 35 days off each year for relaxation, visiting family, and the traditional family vacation.
That's compared to the following by age group:
- Generation Z (born between 1995-2005) – 29 travel days per year
- Generation X (born between 1965-1980) – 26 travel days per year
- Baby Boomers (born between 1946 to 1964) – 27 travel days per year
Now that covered how many vacation days does the average family take.
But in terms of how many people, we'll look at that recent AAA survey I referenced at the top which showed that 44% of millennials are planning to take at least 1 family vacation this year.
That too beats out Generation X (39%) and Baby Boomers (32%).
AAA Senior Vice President Bill Sutherland goes on to states "No matter their age, families are going on not just one, but multiple vacations throughout the year to revisit favorite destinations and experience new places."
Want to take a summer vacation this year with your family but think everything is booked or will be too crowded?
Think again! I've compiled a handy list of some amazing Family Vacation Destinations that many people overlook (click to read). It's not too late to plan a great vacation this year for your family, so check out some of those destinations and see if one of them isn't perfect for your family!
How many US citizens travel abroad each year?
Going back to AAA again, they found that of the 100 million US family travelers that take at least 1 vacation each year, 35% of them will visit an international destination this year.
That amounts to about 35 million people from the US, on average, taking at least 1 family vacation to someplace outside the United States.
For 2019, the top international destinations for the average family vacation are:
- Cancun, Mexico
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Rome, Italy
- Dublin, Ireland
Personally, I don't think I would do a family vacation to Cancun.
For Mexico, I much prefer Puerta Vallarta. For another, I didn't care much for Cancun. It was like Vegas on the ocean and then the local area of town was far removed from the main party strip, but the local parts I saw didn't have the quaint feel of old town Puerta Vallarta.
The best part of Cancun for me was renting a car and driving to Chichén Itzá to climb the pyramid (which I don't think they let you do anymore).
Rome, however, would make a great vacation destination for a family to take and I haven't been to the others on that list.
My favorite family vacation destination, by far, is Costa Rica. I had been when I was single and childless, but once I was married and became a Dad, we took my oldest daughter Astrid there around her 1st birthday and we keep going back.
If Costa Rica has always sounded intriguing to you for a family vacation, check out my Ultimate Travel Guide to Guanacaste Costa Rica (click to read).
Guanacaste is our favorite province to visit (provinces are like states), but I don't think you could go wrong traveling anywhere in Costa Rica.
How much does the average family spend on vacations per year?
So we know how many vacations the average family takes, and which age groups travel more, but how much is that costing them?
On average, a family of 4 in the US will spend $4,580 total for one family vacation according to a recent travel survey by American Express. That breaks down to $1,145 per person.
At the top, I mentioned that 53% of family vacationers will be traveling by car instead of a plane, so that's definitely one way to keep costs down. Even with gas and if you rent an SUV, you'll still likely pay far less than you would to fly; you just have to have the time off to be able to drive to your destination.
That being said, a different survey by Harris Poll & NerdWallet found that parents plan to spend only $2,523 on their family vacation. They also looked at debt and sadly found that 80% of Americans plan to charge at least $1,467 towards their family vacation this year.
Here are some handy breakdowns by expense category so you know where your hard-earned dollars are going:
- FOOD COSTS – $132/day (family of 4 eating out all meals)
- HOTEL – $116/night (average in the US for a family of 4 according to hotels.com)
- FLIGHTS – $224/each (domestic flights in the US, according to the Consumer Expenditure Survey )
- TAXES & FEES – Vary, but for many family vacation destinations, this can be hundreds of dollars
Of course, where you go has a big impact on those numbers as Chicago, New York, and Minneapolis have the highest taxes and fees for vacation travelers.
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This accommodation offers everything. Comanding a prime position in the heart of Evans Head, this neat and tidy low set detached villa is one of five and located at the back of the complex with a fully enclosed yard - a perfect property for a relaxing holiday with the family. Walking distance to the main beach, bowling club and shops once you park the car the keys can be locked away for the rest of your stay. Three bedrooms, all with built in wardrobes, providing plenty of room for the whole family. The bathroom has a bath perfect for young children as well as a separate shower and second toilet.
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- Starting from $535.00 per week (Low Season).
- Please note tariffs may be subject to change. Always check with our Reception team for the best rate.
- During some seasons arrival may be restricted depending upon public holidays and school terms. Please call our office directly if you would like to book a different arrival day.
- Book through Evans Head First National to ensure you always book the best rate.
- Linen is not included (i.e sheets, pillow cases, bath mats, hand towels, bath/beach towels & tea towels), unless otherwise stated in the advertised description. Pillows, mattress protectors and blankets/doonas are supplied.
- Linen hire available from the Evans Head Laundrette, 0420 935 482, to book and pay directly.
Other services:
- Visa and Mastercard accepted (1.5% surcharge applies). AMEX and Diner's cards are not accepted.
- After hour's key pickup can be arranged, please refer to our Terms and Conditions for more information.
Important Note
- A $35.00 booking fee applies to ALL bookings. Guests will be required to pay a higher deposit and booking fee if bookings are made through any booking sites other than Evans Head holiday accommodation.
- A $50.00 cleaning fee applies to ALL bookings.
- Evans Head First National processes a pre-authorisation with the credit card details provided on each check in form. Keys will only be accessible once the Security Bond is held or paid by Eftpos. Please refer to SECURITY BOND in our Terms and Conditions for further information.
- Christmas Bookings: Current Christmas bookings only have preference to rebook from year to year; if a booking is made online for the Christmas period Evans Head First National reserves the right to cancel it. Current guests have up until their vacating date to rebook after that time it will be open. Once the booking calendar is open to the public Evans Head First National will not be held responsible if current Christmas guests have not rebooked the same property.
- All balances for Christmas bookings (NSW and QLD Holidays) are due by 1st October that year. If balances are not received then the booking will be cancelled.
Guest Comments:
"Waratah Lane was the perfect holiday home for our family. Very spacious and private. Full kitchen and 2nd toilet were a bonus. Close to everything. We rated this property very high as it was perfect." - Lois, December 2018
"The house at Waratah Lane is in a great location. Easy access to everything. Walking distance to shops if you don't feel like driving, but very close to the IGA for groceries. A very short stroll to the Bowlo and the beach. An issue we had with an appliance upon arrival was dealt with within hours of us notifying the Evans Head First National office. This is the first time I have had to rent bed linen but it was dropped off at the house for us and easy to return. I would happily stay here again." - Sally, March 2017
"A great place to stay for a large family. Easy short walk to beach, river, cafes, pub, clubs and supermarket. Park your car and walk everywhere!" - Susan, January 2017
"We absolutely love it here and look forward to coming back as much as possible." - Carly, December 2016
"This has been my second stay at this property and I have been pleased with the condition and features offered. It is also within easy walking distance of the beach clubs, river and town centre (and in a quiet area). You may leave your car in the large lockup garage and not have to drive anywhere to enjoy most of what Evans Head has to offer. I really enjoy my stays here and will return at the earliest opportunity."
"First National Evans Head provided my family with a great holiday rental. With modern booking and payment options all we needed to do was pick up the keys on the morning we arrived. First National provided quality accommodation in a beautiful town. Thank you First National." - Elissa
"Loved the position of the unit, it's light and airy appearance. Loved the spaciousness of the unit. Great to have all appliances including CD player provided." - Lois & Brian
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tel: 01708 691441 ex 208234
Headteacher: Ms V Masson
Hornchurch High School is part of the Partnership Learning Trust
PE Teacher (with responsibility for Food Technology)
Hours: Full time
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Contract: Permanent
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Start Date: September 2020
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Munnar Holidays has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1998. Commenced as a family-owned and operated Travel company located in Munnar to offer organized tours that are anything but ordinary. We feature the real Munnar not only through the sites, plantations and history but more importantly through the people and their culture and of course to let the discerning traveller to explore many hidden gems of Munnar, unknown to mass tourism. Our strength is our love for and deep knowledge of Munnar, which is as good as knowing one's own backyard.Inspirock's itinerary builder makes planning a Munnar trip simple and quick.
We initiated Munnar Holidays to provide good and economical tours in Munnar and Kerala. Over the period we have evolved into one of Kerala's leading Internet based travel companies, through our total commitment to our clients, our specialist knowledge and also client recommendations. Our services have expanded to all major destinations of the Country. Our specialist knowledge and commendable client support has made us a prime choice for travellers around the globe. Along with our Indian clientele our client list is becoming increasingly international.
We are always expanding and enhancing our wide range of tours of both South India and North India. Our Tailor-made tours are the most accommodative to traveller's desire and budget. We have a wide range of honeymoon packages, family occasions, special interest tours such as trekking trips and village tours, one day tours or multi-day tours, and from individual to corporate travel.
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Last year I had started posting What's For Dinner. While I really enjoyed those posts, it was hard to keep up with a weekly post, especially since Munchkin is getting a little more picky about his diet and we are having a lot of repeat meals (sometimes the same thing several times a week). I still wanted to keep posting tasty recipes but include a little more variety (like the appetizers and desserts that I make for various parties). So I am now posting Tasty Attempts every other Tuesday. The posts will include a variety of recipes, maybe some of them turn out tasty, maybe others are failed attempts.
I was watching Dinners Drive Ins and Dives one night and a restaurant made this delicious looking veggie torte and I knew I had to make it too. So I went on a hunt for a simple, yet similar recipe and came across this one on Pinterest.
This was a learning recipe for me, usually Hubby is the one to deal with eggplant so I had to learn how to prepare it, and I also had to watch a video on how to work with butternut squash, we have never cooked with it before. I did alter the recipe a tiny bit and of course added baby bella mushrooms that we had leftover from making risotto over the weekend, and I am not a fan of artichokes so I left those out and Hubby isn't a huge fan of bell peppers either so I left them out as well. Instead I used the eggplant and butternut squash like I saw on DDD.
I was surprised how easy this recipe was to make, other than the prep time to chop and roast the veggies it was quick and painless! I think next time I would use less of the garlic and herb cheese, it was a little overwhelming. It also made a LOT (2 torte), for this little family of 3, we will be eating it for a while, but it would be fantastic for the holidays!


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In the recent years, photographers and enthusiastic divers have been on a quest to find unique underwater inhabitants and varying dive sites. Forget visions of crystal clear water, dancing reef fish, and dazzling color. No, no I am not narked yet! It's all about muck diving.
Muck Diving = Silt + Discarded Junk + Low visibility – (Coral Reef + Schooling Fish)
To those of you yet to experience muck diving, it is only for the brave hearted diver who doesn't mind low visibility (aargh lost my buddy again), silt instead of abundant coral and the arduous task of searching for the invisible. Often scattered on the bottom is discarded human junk. Surely such ingredients do not make the recipe for a perfect dive! So why muck dive? The persistent diver is often rewarded with fascinating and bizarre marine life rarely seen on reefs and guaranteed to have you boiling with excitement and scrambling for the fish/marine ID books to uncover your latest finds.
Muck diving has been the source of many recent finds in the scientific community. It is not unusual after a muck dive to find that you are unable to identify an underwater animal seen. Many books still do not carry the recent findings. Do not despair. Try out websites/contacting magazine publishers etc. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones to find a new species in the mud so carry that camera and click away. Such incentives make muck diving irresistible to the adventurer.
Now that you are all ready for that first muck dive where should you go? Many marine environments overlooked for the more colorful reefs such as seagrass beds, mangroves, wharf, and jetties as well as sandy reefs can be your introduction to muck diving. The ideal sites are usually bays that are sheltered and shallow but have tidal movements bringing food in and out of the bay. Remember always check with the local dive operators regarding tidal movements, local conditions, and hazards and when diving in mangrove areas it's a good idea to check if crocodiles have been seen in the area!
Successful Muck Dive = Local Knowledge + Persistence + Good Buoyancy + Trained Eyes
When muck diving one must become the Sherlock Holmes of the underwater realm. Be persistent in your investigations. Diving at high tide generally offers the best visibility. Local knowledge is vital and taking a local Dive Master can enhance you dive. Good buoyancy is an essential skill since visibility in these areas are generally low and certainly not helped by divers stirring up the bottom. A good pair of eyes is a bonus. Many times some divers come up after a muck dive seeing only half of what the experienced muck diver has seen. Do not worry, the good news is that you can train your eyes gradually with more knowledge and dives.
Trained Eyes = Good Knowledge + Details + Curiosity + Observance
To gain knowledge about the marine creatures that inhabit muck diving areas, expose yourself to various dive magazines and books. Keep a small library at home. Adi and I find that this is especially useful in educating ourselves on the latest findings.
This will make you the instant hero/heroin on the dive when you easily rattle of the names of the creatures you have encountered. Keep an eye on details and note things down on underwater slates whenever possible. This will help identify the animal and you will be shielded from disappointment when looking into the marine ID books. Be curious. If you notice a bump in the sand, have a closer look. Most of the time it may be nothing but one day. It may turn out to be a mantis shrimp or a flounder staring back at you. Quick movements and odd shapes may have surprises waiting to be discovered.
Any of the environments discussed above can be easily dived at night opening up another world with different inhabitants such as decorator crabs, spanish dancers, squids, bobbit worms that will make you think of alien movies as well as numerous crabs and shrimps. The glories of muck diving await you. Just remember to watch your buoyancy, look out for animals in the sand before settling down to film but most of all be prepared to be amazed by what you see. Diving will never be the same again.
Assorted Muck Diving Sites
Mangrove areas
- Malaysia: Pulau Gaya, Sabah
- Indonesia: Manado, North Sulawesi.
- Thailand: Khao Lak
- Solomon Islands: Morovo Lagoon
- Fiji: Kandavu Island, Waindroka Resort on Viti Levu
Sea grass areas
- Malaysia: Kapalai island, Mabul island, Pulau Mataking, Semporna
- Indonesia: Bunaken Island
- Thailand: Koh Samui Island
- Philippines: Malapascua Island
Sandy bottom/rubble
- Malaysia: Pulau Kapalai, Pulau Mabul, Pulau Mataking, Pom Pom Island
- Indonesia: Lembeh Strait, Tulamben off Bali's Kunkungan Bay, Derawan, Secret bay
- Thailand: Phuket, Krabi
- Australia: Heron island, Exmouth
- Philippines: Anilao, Batangas
Jetty dives
- Malaysia: Kapalai island, Mabul island, Sipadan island, Tioman island.


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Dan leads the Environmental Assessment & Remediation team at Stone. Dan Voisin holds a B.S. in Geology from Bates College and an M.S. in Earth Science, Geochemical Systems from the University of New Hampshire. Since 2005, Dan has managed over 50 Brownfield site investigations performed under US EPA and VTDEC approved Quality Assurance Project Plans. Dan routinely utilizes high resolution site characterization (HRSC) techniques within dynamic work plan strategies to rapidly assess site conditions leading to expedited redevelopment timelines. Dan has a deep understanding of brownfield redevelopment issues and routine collaborates with planners, economic analysts, architects, and engineers to find creative solutions to complex projects.
Years of Experience 20
Years at Stone 18
M.S., Earth Science, Geochemical Systems, 2005, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
B.S., Geology, 1998, Bates College
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NASHVILLE, TN — The Cloud Hill Partnership announced today that it has formally withdrawn from the contract it was awarded by Metro to revitalize the former Greer Stadium site.
"The Cloud Hill Partnership was formed to rethink the way we build communities by attracting new sources of socially minded, private capital to address the changing realities of cities in the 21st century," said Bert Mathews, principal of the Cloud Hill Partnership.
"After several months of studying the extremely challenging site since being awarded the contract in May, it has become clear that several issues, including the appropriate yet still uncertain approach to archaeology based on the recent report released by the city, have become more complex than anticipated. We have, therefore, concluded that our proposal is no longer viable and must be withdrawn."
"We sincerely hope that Greer will become a place that serves the many diverse needs and interests of the surrounding neighbors and residents, and in which people from every neighborhood in Nashville will be welcome and safe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
The Cloud Hill Partnership is a diverse team of local and national experts, led by principals T Bone Burnett, Bert Mathews and Tom Middleton.
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This was supposed to be our final meeting of Club Ricochet but we decided on adding another. I am not the most artistic person to ever walk the planet but we had a really fun idea for the kids so I was excited to see them "decoupage" We gave each of them a glass bottle and had 15 different kinds of napkins they could cut/glue/decorate their bottles with.
Claudia, a girl from church who is definitely gifted with artistic abilities, came to talk to the kids this week about how she uses her gift for Gods glory. She was also able to show them how to be a little more creative with decorating the bottles as opposed to just gluing on entire napkins.
As you can see by the pictures, they learned quickly and soon decorated their bottles very creatively!! Some took longer than others so when they finished, we gave them the opportunity to paint some pictures. For almost 2 hours the kids sat and worked on art. It was great to see them focusing on making beautiful art and not just wanting to rush through it and play games after.
Check back tomorrow to see pictures and videos of our final Club Ricochet meeting- a pizza party and big final English Test!!!!
BONUS VIDEO! I totally forgot to upload this in a previous post. Here is one of the kids, Alex, taking his verbal English test the week after music week and owning it!!


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Norwalk International Cultural Exchange debut festival set for July 9 at Oyster Shell Park
NORWALK — Over the years, many cultural festivals celebrating Norwalk's diverse ethnic heritage have fallen to the wayside for lack of interest or money.
One resident hopes to reverse that trend and bring back the traditions in one fell swoop through the Norwalk International Cultural Exchange (NICE) Festival Series that will debut at Oyster Shell Park on July 9.
"We were talking about doing smaller festivals that would highlight different regional, international areas in the world, so Mediterranean or Scandinavian, African, Caribbean, and so forth and so on," NICE Inc. Executive Director Janet Evelyn told Common Council members Tuesday evening. Instead "we decided it would be nice to launch a full-fledged, large multicultural festival where we could bring all of our groups together."
Council members approved unanimously Evelyn's request to use Oyster Shell Park on Saturday, July 9, from noon to 9 p.m., for "The NICE Festival." Evelyn anticipates up to 4,000 people attending. Admission will be free.
"NICE will be a fun-filled celebration for people of all ages and will feature live entertainment, food, activities and vendors reflecting that diversity," said Evelyn, who was born in Jamaica.
NICE, Inc., she said, is in the process of formation as a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote and increase awareness of the diversity of peoples from around the world though arts and cultures.
As such, the one-day festival will celebrate different world cultures through music, food and the performing arts. That means world cuisines; Flamenco, Asian, African and other dancing; rock, reggae, rhythm and blues, Latin and jazz music; health and environmental exhibits; and "family friendly attractions with fun interactive games and exhibits," according to Evelyn.
As part of the world cuisines portion, she is hopeful that Norwalk's restaurateurs will take part.
"One of the wonderful things about Norwalk is the cadre of international restaurants. We certainly want their participation so we can showcase that aspect," she said.
The NICE Festival is a collaboration between NICE Inc., the Norwalk Department of Recreation and Parks and the Norwalk Arts Commission.
"It's a nice, multicultural event. I thought it was a fabulous idea," said Michael A. Mocciae, Norwalk's director of recreation and parks. "We would help out in any way we could because it brings the community together. I think this could be a real replacement event for some of the events that are gone."
Mocciae counted The Round Hill Highland Scottish Games, Association, Puerto Rican Day, and Haitian and Columbian festivals as among the cultural festivals that have been discontinued over the years in Norwalk.
He envisions the NICE Festival filling part of that void and Oyster Shell Park, which has undergone major capital improvements over the last several years, becoming a regular venue for The NICE Festival and other events.
"That's the perfect spot, using the pathways up there, because you've got built-in parking in South Norwalk," Mocciae said. And "we're looking at Oyster Shell Park because of the completion of a lot of (housing) in that area right now and the mall going in. It's a nice, attractive place for a special event."
More information about "The Nice Festival" can be found at http://www.norwalknice.com/.


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Clouet announces 'Drug Free Community Council'
Shelton Superintendent of Schools Dr. Chris Clouet told the Shelton Board of Education that the Shelton school system will be collaborating with Shelton community leaders to create a Drug-Free Community Council.
To start the process of the council, the Shelton BOE is expanding the hours of a part-time social worker. The social worker will be hired to work with Shelton high school students on drug issues and drug abuse.
However, Dr. Clouet had asked the BOE to expand the position from .5 to .6 in work time to allow the BOE to start the process of developing a Drug-Free Community Council. He explained who would be involved in the council.
"The Drug-Free Community Council is not just a pretty name for folks to have good feelings," Dr. Clouet said. "It's a very specific kind of group made up of police, health officials, religious organizations, media organization and others. That puts us in a position where we can apply for a grant that funds a Drug-Free Community Council."
Dr. Clouet said that other Connecticut towns and municipalities have received grant monies for Drug-Free Community Councils. He said Shelton has never applied for the grant, but should because of the growing drug problem.
"It's an epidemic and a troubling issue, and I think doing this small piece will allow us to have a very well-trained, serious person on board that can help with the process," Dr. Clouet said.
The Board voted to increase the hours of the part-time counselor from .5 to .75 at the suggestion of board member Win Opel. Opel was a strong proponent of increasing the part-time social worker's hours.
"I think if we have an opportunity to reach these kids at an age when they can play an impact, I think we have an absolute responsibility to do this," Opel said. "I would recommend that we move the position from .5 to .75. This will provide an opportunity not only to do the things that are normally taken, but as the Superintendent alluded to in his email, that we have an opportunity to further that work in our community."
The board was given an estimate of what the cost of the counselor's salary at .75 hours. It would be approximately $40,500, with single benefits.
Dr. Clouet said after the meeting that the increase of .5 to .75 would be roughly from 20 to 30 hours. He also said that when they apply for the grant money from the Drug-Free Community Grant (DFG), it can be as much as $100,000.
The grant is awarded through the Federal Office of National Drug Policy Control.
According to the agency's website, the grant money provides community coalitions needed support to prevent and reduce substance abuse.
The towns that received grant money were announced in September 2015 by Governor Dannel Malloy's office. The Connecticut towns and cities awarded in 2015 include Andover (including Hebron and Marlborough), Bethel, Bridgeport, Durham, Middlefield, East Haddam, Enfield, Guilford, and Hamden. Also awarded were Ledyard, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New London, Norwich, Plymouth, Putnam, Southington, Stratford, Trumbull, Winham,and Wolcott.


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In a letter to Greater Sudbury city council obtained by Sudbury.com, a major Ontario property management firm says it is interested in building two parking structures in the downtown.
Jim Searle of Prime Real Estate Group also writes in the same letter, dated June 26, that a downtown event centre "would be a major influence in the feasibility and design of these builds."
Clarifying the firm is early in the process, the letter states the proposed structures would be built behind 30 Cedar Street (the Scotiabank building) and behind the medical building at 65 Larch Street. The Cedar Street structure would contain a minimum of 234 spots, while the space on Larch would house a minimum of 345 spots.
"30 Cedar is an iconic building in Downtown Sudbury and one we feel should be the hub for the financial core," Searle writes. "For that to become a reality, we understand that there is an expectation from our current tenants and potential tenants with respect to services provided by the building.
"Our investigations have again and again led us back to a common theme being parking and the lack of accessible parking."
In a post on its website, the Downtown Sudbury BIA states the Downtown Village Development Corporation has been working with Prime Real Estate Group Inc., and the property management firm has been closely following the event centre debate and its potential impact on the city core.
The parking issue at 30 Cedar, Searle writes, prompted Prime Real Estate to provide a proposal for an elevated parking structure "to fulfill the current and future needs of the building with respect to parking."
A preliminary design was provided by SP+ Construction, the letter states.
"The final design is still under consideration and the ration of daily paid parking and reserved parking is one that would be related directly to tenancy and one that would be modified as those requirements change," Searle writes. "We also understand that there is a large demand for reserved parking from other businesses in the downtown core and one that as we progress with the design we will take into consideration."
As for 65 Larch, the Prime letter says parking is also an issue for tenants, staff and client of the building there, which is primarily a medical building, housing, for example, LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services.
"Again, we recognize a need and have completed the same investigation into the potential of erecting an elevated parking structure behind 65 Larch Street," the letter states.
Searle writes there are some "additional interesting opportunities" associated with that project that were identified during the investigation but were not incorporated into the preliminary design "as there are too many what ifs and too much speculation."
The feasibility of the parking structures, Searle writes, are dependent on proving to the landlord and potential investors that the financial model for such large investments is sound.
"Currently not part of the financial model being proposed to the Landlord due to the uncertainties of the future of the downtown (is) the opportunity to add the potential revenue from the existing Sudbury Arena or proposed new Downtown Event Centre would be a major influence in the feasibility and design of these builds."
Prime, Downtown Sudbury and the Downtown Village Development Corporation will learn more tonight, after city council votes on the two proposed locations for a new event centre.
The heated debate on whether the potentially $100-million project would be built on the Minto Street block downtown or on a property on The Kingsway east of downtown comes to a head tonight at city council.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and Sudbury.com will be bringing you live coverage from Tom Davies Square.


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Ireland to ramp up preparations for 'no deal' Brexit: minister
DUBLIN - Ireland will ramp up its plans fοr a nο-deal Brexit including accelerating the recruitment of 1,000 customs officials and veterinary inspectοrs to wοrk at pοrts and airpοrts, Fοreign Minister Simοn Coveney said οn Tuesday.
Coveney will bring a detailed paper to cabinet οn Tuesday οn preparatiοns fοr various Brexit scenarios, including the pοssibility that Britain will crash out of the Eurοpean Uniοn without a deal that he said the gοvernment must nοw gear up fοr.
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Dublin has begun the prοcess of hiring enοugh veterinary inspectοrs and customs officials to prepare fοr the likely changes to trade between Ireland and Britain that would result even in the case of an οrderly exit frοm the EU.
However Coveney said that rather than having to have those officials in place in two years time, the recruitment would have to be significantly accelerated while seniοr civil servants would also gear up to put other preparatiοns in place.
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