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Inside the Mind of a VC: Brad Feld of Foundry Group
by Bart Clareman
Welcome back to Inside the Mind of a VC, a series of interviews in which we speak with Venture Capitalists. In the hot seat this time is Brad Feld, cofounder of Foundry Group and cofounder of Techstars. He is also the author of several books that are considered bibles for the betterment of the entrepreneurial and tech community. During his 20+ year career in venture, Feld has been one of the most influential investors whose candid approach has positively impacted millions in the tech ecosystem. We caught up with Brad to talk about his early days as an entrepreneur, start in venture, actionable tips for entrepreneurs, thoughts on diversity, love of tennis, and much, much more.
Bart Clareman, AlleyWatch: Tell us about your journey into the venture business and how you came to found Foundry Group?
Brad Feld, Foundry Group: I was a Founder of a company in the 1980s. It was a self-funded business; I sold it in 1993 to a public company. After the acquisition, I stayed with the public company for a time, but while I was there I made 40 investments as an angel investor with the money I'd made in the acquisition.
In 1996, I accidentally ended up working with a group affiliated with Softbank, which is a large Japanese company that at the time was just starting to make investments in the US. A group of us ended up joining together and created a firm that spun out of Softbank. That was the first venture fund I was part of; it was called Mobius Venture Capital and it got started in 1997.
Wind the clock forward a decade, we had a lot of ups and downs with that firm. In 2006 I did two things: one was, I cofounded Techstars, and the other was with a group of partners from Mobius we decided to start a new venture fund, called Foundry Group, which raised our first fund in 2007 and we've been investing together ever since.
You mentioned there were a lot of ups and down with Mobius. For the aspiring fund manager, what were your most significant lessons learned or what did you decide to do differently with Foundry?
In a lot of ways, Foundry Group and the strategy we pursued is a result of many things we did wrong at Mobius, or that we learned from our experience at Mobius.
In the context of Foundry, if you look at the things that were our guiding principles in the beginning, we decided to have a very clear strategy for what and how we were going to invest and then stick to that strategy for a long period of time.
As part of that strategy we had a number of deeply held beliefs that we solidified at the beginning, at the creation of Foundry Group. Those deeply held beliefs were things like, we would only invest in companies that were within our themes. That while we would invest all over the US we didn't physically have to be close to the companies we were investing in. A part of our strategy that we described as being "syndication agnostic," that is, we were happy to co-invest with other firms but also happy to do things by ourselves. It was a series of things like that we realized were important to us when we reflected back on Mobius.
That said, I think the clearest for us was to have a consistent long-term strategy around the types of companies we were investing in, and an easy way to make those decisions.
Another big part of that was, at Mobius, the organization grew very significantly, while at Foundry Group our plan was specifically not to grow. We don't have any associates or principles or EIRs on our team, it's just the partners just making investments.
You wrote the book (and blog) on Venture Deals. Of the pitches you see and negotiations you participate in, what are the classic mistakes you still see entrepreneurs make?
I think a lot of entrepreneurs make a handful of typical mistakes over and over again. One is, form over substance. You get these very well-crafted, pretty pitches or presentations or documents, but you don't really get the substance behind what the company is doing and how they're doing.
Another classic mistake is that entrepreneurs don't focus on answering the question of what they do and why I should care, quickly. A lot of times it's not even addressed or gets addressed with endless buzzword soup, which is not terribly useful.
A lot of founders, especially when they're pitching, view themselves as having one shot and focus on making the best impression, but really the goal of the first interaction should be to get another interaction. As part of that, my sense is that a lot of entrepreneurs don't do any research on the investors they're talking to before they reach out to them, and as a result, they treat investors as a singular thing. That's the last of the biggies is to view all VCs as the same, when in fact each VC is different.
In a recent blog post you mentioned how you've been witness to the "annual cycle of the hot new thing." Let's look at it from the other direction – what area/s of the tech ecosystem are you excited about that are most under-hyped?
I don't have a good answer for that, because I don't think about it that way at all.
We defined, at Foundry, a set of themes we think we can invest in for 20-30 years. Our focus on those themes is that we're investing in areas where interesting and important, significant companies can be built for a long period of time around these themes. As a result, we don't really care what's hot or what's not hot in the context of any point in time, because the lens that we're using is orthogonal to that.
You've written numerous posts about maximizing productivity – is there one productivity hack you'd encourage your entrepreneurs to implement? Is there one that moved the needle the most for you?
Making sure that you have time for yourself to actually think and concentrate on what you need to get done, rather than be always dealing with the tyranny of the urgent.
I would posit that that's a really hard one for entrepreneurs, or at least that it's an easy trap for entrepreneurs to fall into – to focus on the urgent. Do you agree with that, and if so, are there specific mechanisms you'd prescribe to help break that cycle?
I think that for the entrepreneur it changes over their own experience as well as the stage of the company. It's really important to figure out a rhythm that works for you at whatever stage of your company you're at that allows you to do all that you need to do in terms of management and leadership of the company, while still giving you some space.
I think the entrepreneurs who struggle the most are the ones who have no space, and they're always in an over-commit cycle and they can never scale back and look at what's going on.
And I'd say the same is true of investors. I definitely go through those phases myself and say, "fuck it, I just have too much going on and how do I delete some of it?"
The other side of it is that many people go through lots of different tools and techniques to try to manage their time. There are lots of different approaches. I think the key is to find something that works for you and stick with it.
I've seen so many people who are constantly experimenting to the point of not really being effective with their time, because they're constantly changing what those things are, versus developing a pattern and then having other people know your pattern is so it starts to look predictable.
You mentioned that Foundry Group invests across the US. How would you assess New York's position in the national tech ecosystem? What do we do well and what do we need to improve on?
New York is a very important part of the overall US startup community. We've always had a lot of investments in New York. The dynamics of company creation and the types of companies that have been created have ebbed and flowed over time.
The current reality is that there's a very broad diversity of talent, there's a lot of funding, and there are many people who are attracted to New York as a place to live, so it's a good attractor for people who want to build new companies or join fast-growing companies.
I think one of the weaknesses – and I wouldn't categorize it as just New York, many of the more visible startup communities seem to share this orientation – is the view that it's a zero-sum game; that New York must win and Boston must lose. That may be valid in baseball but I don't think that's a healthy way to think about a startup community.
If you're a New York-based companies, one of your easy expansion points, a place you'll have a lot of collaboration with, a place where you'll quite possibly have lots of customers, a place that's a good recruiting base, is, for example, Boston, so you're going to want Boston to be vibrant. So it's not a we-win, you-lose model.
A healthier approach, I think, is to say we're building something special here, and we're collaborative with people in lots of parts of the country and lots of places in the world.
A very vibrant startup ecosystem has sprouted up in Boulder, CO, which of course isn't a major metropolitan area like New York or Boston or San Francisco. You hear a lot about "the rise of the rest." What are the key ingredients you would look for in assessing whether an area can play host to a vibrant tech ecosystem?
I think Steve Case is doing some great stuff with his "rise of the rest" message and the activity around it. I don't know if you've read the book that I wrote in 2012, Startup Communities? If you haven't, I'd encourage it.
In 2010, the thing that inspired me to write the book was that entrepreneurship was starting to become visible again in the US, people were starting to become excited about it. Effectively there were four cities being talked about as the up and coming emerging leaders of this next wave of entrepreneurial activity, and they were the Bay Area or Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, and Boulder.
One of those things is not like the others – Boulder's entire city would practically fit in an office building in downtown Manhattan. We're a city of 100,000 people. We happen to be 30 minutes from Denver, but they're very different cities.
It inspired me to think a lot about startup communities, and it inspired me to write this book with the message that you can build a vibrant startup community in a city with 100,000 people. And not just that, but that actually it's a requirement for the long-term health of the city to have a vibrant startup community.
In the book I had four principles, which I called the Boulder Thesis. The first is that the leaders have to be entrepreneurs, everyone else who participates is a feeder and they support the activity of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, but in the absence of entrepreneurs nothing will happen.
The second is you have to have a long-term view, I like to say at least 20 years, as opposed to a view of "how did we do this year, how did we do last year?"
Third is you have to be inclusive of anyone who wants to engage at any level.
And fourth is you have to have continuous activities and events that engage people in the act of entrepreneurship, things like Techstars or Startup Weekend – not just cocktail parties and gatherings, but places where people cluster around the creation of new companies.
Today, those things don't sound particularly breakthrough, but in 2012 they were a totally new way to think about how to build these startup communities, and I would like to suggest that startup communities and many of these principles are being used not just in the US but around the world to build long term startup communities.
Amid this summer of discontent for women in the US tech ecosystem, Foundry Group released a blog post entitled Our Zero Tolerance Policy on Sexual Harassment, which is well worth a read. In light of recent events, how do you assess the state of women in tech, and how have recent events impacted your work as a VC – whether in terms of investment decisions, guidance given to founders, your own institutional design, etc.?
I'd suggest the issue of diversity broadly, and gender diversity specifically, is something that my partners and I have been focused on for a long time in our actions and the way that we behave.
If you go back to the comments I made a few minutes ago from 2012, principle three of the Boulder Thesis is that you have to be inclusive of anyone who engages at any level, and "anyone" means on any vector of diversity – not just gender or ethnicity or race, but sexual identity, educational background, geographic background, immigration status, etc.. You want a very broad range of inclusivity in your startup communities.
Specifically in the case of gender, I think that what happened this summer has been very powerful, and in some ways absolutely horrifying from the standpoint of not just sexual harassment but real sexual assault, and something that clearly is a massive inhibitor of both gender diversity and gender inclusion within our industry. The dynamics affected are not just within a company, but also in the power dynamic of a VC to an entrepreneur, and the misery of that from an entrepreneur's perspective is substantial.
Like many things, exposing it is a function of some brave people. In this case there were some brave women who played real leadership roles in exposing and being vocal about their experiences to create enough critical mass of it where it wasn't just brushed away as, "oh, that's a bad egg over there, that person is behaving badly."
It's generated a lot of discussion and a lot of introspection, but also some specific activity and some change. What I would consider is that change is a continuous spectrum, where you don't necessarily have a dramatic change overnight, though there was some of that, but you get a steady wave of it.
It's something that I've been experiencing and involved in for a long time. I've been involved with an organization called the National Center for Women & Information Technology, which is focused on getting more girls and women involved in computer science.
Over the 12 years I've been involved in that organization, I've seen incremental but cumulative changes on attitudes and perspectives and understanding, both around discrimination and bias, and on what helps versus what hinders.
I go back to having a long-term view. I'd like to believe this issue is no longer an issue, that specifically gender diversity but more broadly diversity in general is not a problem in entrepreneurship, in tech, in the US, but there's no question it's a big problem today.
For the avid reader, which one book of fiction and one book of non-fiction should they start with (Brad Feld's bookshelf is available on Goodreads)?
It's always interesting to have to do one because I'm a very prolific reader. What I'll do is highlight one fiction and one non-fiction that's relatively recent.
I think that a book that was very stimulating to me, that was non-fiction, is a book called The Curse of Cash, by Kenneth Rogoff. It was particularly stimulating in the context of cryptocurrency, of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Another book I think is important and is non-fiction, but was one of the most memorable books I read this year, was Option B, the book that Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant wrote. Part of the reason that book was so powerful for me was really because of how Adam helped Sheryl draw out her story of how she dealt with this very tragic event. For me, it comes in the context of, I'm 51 and have had several friends die this year and have several more who are ill, and so it seems much more relevant to me this notion of mortality and trying to process it.
The fiction book would be Neal Stephenson's most recent book, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. I'm a huge Neal Stephenson fan; he's become much more accessible in his last couple of books. His previous book, Seveneves, was also an outstanding book.
You're such an admired figure in this industry, I wonder if there's an investor who you really admire?
Many, and I have people who I consider extremely close friends and also very impactful mentors. Two of them come to mind straight away. The first would be Fred Wilson, who's extremely well known at Union Square Ventures in New York.
Fred and I have been friends and invested together since the mid-90s. I treasure my relationship with him and his wife [Joanne Wilson], I adore both of them. My wife Amy and I are good friends with them as a couple and also individually. I have huge admiration both for Fred and Joanne as investors and for how they've lived their lives together
Another person who may or may not be as well-known but who I consider one of the people I've learned the most from is a guy named Ron Fisher. I categorize Ron as one of the mentors who really had a huge influence on my investment thinking early. He's been at Softbank for a long time, and when we started that first fund I wouldn't have made any progress as a VC without being exposed to Ron and having the chance to learn from him.
Is there one unique or iconoclastic view you have for how the world will be different in 20 or 30 years time?
I think the machines have already taken over – they're just very patient because they have very long duty cycles. They're letting us enter all the data into them rather than having to figure out how to do it themselves.
My view is that society as we see it today will be unrecognizable in 30 years. I don't have any idea what it will be, I'm not a predictor, I don't participate in "what are your predictions for 2018 surveys" and stuff like that.
But I do believe that the intersection between man and machine, however you want to characterize it, is going to be inextricably different than anything we can currently envision.
Judging from your bookshelf, I gather you're an avid tennis fan. The US Open is underway [this interview was conducted prior to the Men's Quarterfinal and Women's Semifinal] – who do you like on the Men's and Women's sides?
I'm a huge tennis fan, my wife and I both love tennis and have been to the US Open many times, though we haven't been in several years.
I'm a huge Federer fan. I'm hoping Roger pulls through. Amy is an enormous Nadal fan, she refers to Nadal as "my guy." Disappointingly they'll probably meet in the Semis, it'd be really fun if they met in the Finals, but we can blame Andy Murray for that.
I would say number one would be Federer and number two would be Nadal – if either of them makes it to the Finals that's who I'll be rooting for.
On the women's side, I love CoCo Vandeweghe, I think she's awesome. I got to see her at the Australian Open last year, and I just watched her this morning as she won a tough match where she was the real underdog. I think she's got awesome spirit and I hope she goes all the way.
Have you been to all four Grand Slams?
I haven't been to Wimbledon. I went to the Australian Open with David Cohen from Techstars, we had some stuff to do there so we scheduled it around the Australian Open. I saw the semifinals there and stupidly didn't stay for the finals.
I've spent a lot of time in Paris because Amy really likes Paris, but I've only been to one day of the French Open, so that's a miss on my part. At some point I'm sure we'll spend a longer time there.
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Posted on 10/03/2018 by Brenda Reyes	in Live Review and tagged Blood Orange, chamber pop, funk, Lincoln Theatre, New York City, R&B.
Blood Orange performs at the Lincoln Theatre on Sept. 28, 2018. (Photo by Brenda Reyes)
At sold-out Lincoln Theater, Devonté Hynes, better known as Blood Orange, gave an amazing performance. His style of funk-R&B shined on stage. He highlighted every single supporting instrument through out the night, making sure that everyone has their moment to shine. Effortlessly, Blood Orange showcased his dreamy tunes and alt-pop sound to DC.
Blood Orange arrived on tour in support of his fourth studio album, Negro Swan, and his set started with "Family," "Saint," and "Orlando." Swans are meant to be elegant and graceful, hence the name of the album, and that also described the title song "Smoke." Beautiful vocals paired with acoustic guitar made the performance feel intimate. But lyrics in "Charcoal Baby" revealed a hidden pain — "No one wants to be the odd one out at times" Being a black swan is hard, and the lyrics could be a reference to how he feels living in America as a black man.
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Devonté bounced from piano to guitar, and he took a dance break every so often! The mood changed with every song performed — it could go from calm vocals to everyone dancing to "Best to You" and "E.V.P." The Lincoln Theater was the perfect place for such an intimate show and to experience the music of Blood Orange. The Blood Orange tour ended on Oct. 2 in Toronto, although Devonté will perform at Austin City Limits on Oct. 6 before heading to Europe.
Here are some pictures Blood Orange performing at the Lincoln Theater. All photos copyright and courtesy of Brenda Reyes.
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Corey Paterson
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Interview: Midge Ure (@ City Winery, 11/2/21)
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Preview: Jackson Browne @ Wolf Trap, 7/3/19
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Neal Keller
Live Review: Stray Cats @ Wolf Trap — 8/13/19
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Around Town: Dimensions DC @ Ai — 9/28-9/30/18
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Preview: Daryl Hall @ MGM National Harbor, 4/16/21
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Preview: Courtney Barnett @ 9:30 Club, 2/2 + 2/3/22
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Kyle Gustafson
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Don't Miss: FROTH (Opening for The Drums) @ DC9, 10/26/15
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Music Park: Dingleberry Dynasty @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 3/30/18
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Music Park: Albert Hammond Jr. @ U Street Music Hall — 3/27/18
Interview: Chris Kamsch of Dingleberry Dynasty (@ The Fillmore Silver Spring, 3/30/18)
Music Park: Lucius @ Lincoln Theatre — 3/23/18
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Live Review: Alkaline Trio and Bad Religion @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 10/30/21
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Would you like to become an IT consultant, but you're not quite sure where to start? Or are you looking into how to become an IT consultant on behalf of a friend, family member, or colleague, and want to make sure he or she is on the right track?
Either way, the decision to become an IT consultant is not one that should be made lightly or impulsively. There's a lot that goes into becoming a successful IT consultant.
In this article, we'll look at 5 crucial business development issues you should be thinking about as you consider how to become an IT consultant.
1. Becoming an IT Consultant is a Lot Like Launching a Professional Services Business. While some mistakenly try to copycat the business models of large retail stores, large computer manufacturers, or skilled trades people, the business of being a successful IT consultant is more similar to that of a B2B (business-to-business)-focused accountant, attorney, or management consultant. So be sure to take time to carefully plan your professional image, so you come across as a trusted technology advisor...not a glorified computer repairperson.
2. Embrace Time Management. As an IT consultant, your time is essentially your inventory. You sell your technical expertise, business savvy, and time to those small business owners and managers that need sound professional technology advice and ongoing support and oversight. So you better get a handle on how you manage your time. To do so, consider diligently journaling where every 1/4 hour of your business week goes, so you can analyze what percentage is (a) sales and marketing, (b) billable client work, and (c) administrative and operations.
3. Proactively Select Your Target Prospects with Both Eyes Open. Many new IT consultants make the nearly-fatal mistake of trying to market to "everyone" or "small businesses". Both of these target markets are way too broad for most IT consultants. Consider narrowing down your focus by region, industry, company-size, and existing technology platform.
4. Focus on Long-Term Quality Client Relationships. Most new IT consultants spend way too much time and energy dealing with one-shot-deal, transaction-oriented customers, with very little potential for substantial repeat monthly business. Make sure you focus on those small business clients that value the ongoing support and oversight that you bring to the table, and have the needs and budget to consult with you on a regular basis.
5. Get to Know Other Trusted Business Advisors in Your Community. Because so many IT consultants copycat the wrong business models and target the wrong prospects, IT consultants often get burnt out and discouraged long before they've even scratched the surface on the best, repeat source of new clients around. Make sure you get to know and befriend other non-competing technology providers, accountants, attorneys, and management consultants in your area. Remember, these professionals already have a foot-in-the-door with the same decision makers you're trying to reach. Take other trusted business advisors to lunch or dinner. Get together for coffee or breakfast. Play a round of golf. Invite them to a baseball or football game. Whatever comes naturally to you. But make sure you get to know other trusted business advisors in your community. This way you can start building those crucial business-nurturing relationships that your IT consultant business absolutely, positively needs as soon as possible.
In this brief article, we introduced you to 5 crucial business development issues you need to consider on how to become an IT consultant. This way you can get your launch underway the right way, the first time around.
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Aleksandrovsky () is a rural locality (a khutor) in Makarovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:

Geography
The khutor is located on the Seym River, 66 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 32 km south-west of Kursk, 7 km north-east of the district center – the town Kurchatov, 14.5 km from the selsoviet center – Makarovka.

 Climate
Aleksandrovsky has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Transport
Aleksandrovsky is located 23 km from the federal route  Crimea Highway, 2.5 km from the road of regional importance  (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 3 km from the road of intermunicipal significance  (Seym River – Mosolovo – Nizhneye Soskovo), 1.5 km from the road  (38N-575 – Zolotukhino), 4 km from the nearest railway halt 433 km (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).

The rural locality is situated 38.5 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 130 km from Belgorod International Airport and 242 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.

References

Notes

Sources

Rural localities in Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast

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If you truly want to create a World Class event, and convey the correct message to car show participants, it's essential to formalize how you are going to designate your classes. Remember, World Class means attracting a global audience.
Defining your classes is what is going to determine demographic your attending audience looks like. Who do you want to attend your event? Your classes are going to determine that and set the tone for your entire event.
Once you have defined the Class Name and Years you will want to further define how YOU are describing that class. Not everyone uses the same definition. This may sound like splitting hairs, but if you are attracting 98-100 point quality cars the description is what may determine the winners.
Here's some other things to keep in mind:
Not everyone uses the same classes - As an example, what one Concours may name as "Brass Era 1895 - 1915" another Concours may segment into those automobiles into "Veteran" (pre-1904), and "Edwardian" (1905- 1914) eras. You'll want to be clear to your potential participants and spectators to use standard class nomenclature less it appears that your team of judges are not "world class".
Different Concours follow different guidelines and rules. - As an example, if you choose to use the Class "Classic Cars: 1925 to 1948" where you aware that in November of 2016 the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) made some refinement to the definition of eligible, unmodified cars that are called "classic." ? "Classic Cars cars are described as "fine" or "distinctive" automobiles, either American or foreign built, produced between 1915–1925 and 1942–1948. Meanwhile in the UK, "classic cars" range from veteran, pre–First World War, to vintage, 1919–1930, to post-vintage (1930s). Post–Second World War "classic cars" are not precisely defined and the term is often applied to any older vehicle.
Splitting Hairs - The class "Pre-War Production Cars" seems rather straightforward at first glance. This class can go all the way back to the first mass produced automobiles manufactured by the Duryea brothers when they built and sold 13 automobiles by 1896. This established them as the first automobile manufacturer in America. However, the term "production cars" generally refers to automobiles manufactured after 1916, since earlier cars are classified as "Brass Era" automobiles. Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908 that true mass production of the automobile was launched. Henry Ford manufactured almost a million Model T Fords per year from 1908 until 1927, using his now famous assembly line and large numbers of workers. Other car manufacturers followed in Ford's steps, but none produced automobiles in the numbers Ford did until 1928, when Chevrolet production surpassed Ford for the first time. So, when do you want to start the class, 1908 when the Model T production started, 1916, the end of the "brass era", or 1928 when Chevrolet sales surpassed Ford?
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As with all residencies – there is a ripple effect that takes place once I am home. It's been 3 weeks since I returned from my 5 week stay out on Monhegan Island, a small Maine island 12 miles off shore.
I could tell you how much I loved watching the light house beam sweep across the roof tops every night, or I could tell you about the day I hiked for 5 hours, or I could show you some pictures of the rust paper collages that I created.
I could also tell you how I came to love the inner woods for walking, shying away from the drama of the cliffs and how I fell in love with the works of James Fitzgerald.
But I think the best way to share about my time is to add a couple photos here — and then to wait.
Wait for the tide to recede and rise a few more times. Wait for the moon to wax and wane few more months. Wait for my heart to settle. And wait for new works in progress to continue to emerge.
Thank you for waiting along side me.
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Q: pandas read_csv fails to parse timestamps because the separator is a colon I have a large dataset, a 200MB txt file where the data is separated with colons, which means that read_csv fails when trying to parse the timestamp (and so it should).
Is there anyway I can ensure that pandas can correctly parse the timestamps without me cleaning/manipulating the data?
Here is an example of the issue.
import pandas as pd
from datetime import datetime
from io import StringIO

to_dt = lambda x: datetime.strptime(x, "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p")

ss = """first_name:date_registered
Philip:9/13/2020 12:03:05 AM"""

df = pd.read_csv(StringIO(ss), sep=":", parse_dates=["date_registered"], date_parser=to_dt)

print(df)

  File "test.py", line 13, in <module>
    df = pd.read_csv(StringIO(ss), sep=":", parse_dates=["date_registered"], date_parser=to_dt)
  File "/home/mark/uk/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 610, in read_csv
    return _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
  File "/home/mark/uk/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 468, in _read
    return parser.read(nrows)
  File "/home/mark/uk/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1057, in read
    index, columns, col_dict = self._engine.read(nrows)
  File "/home/mark/uk/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 2103, in read
    values = self._maybe_parse_dates(values, i, try_parse_dates=True)
  File "/home/mark/uk/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 2167, in _maybe_parse_dates
    if try_parse_dates and self._should_parse_dates(index):
  File "/home/mark/uk/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers.py", line 1439, in _should_parse_dates
    j = self.index_col[i]
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

The issue revolves around the fact that sep=":" and that timestamps contain colons (if I was to change ss to be delimited/separated by commas instead)
ss = """first_name,date_registered
Philip,9/13/2020 12:03:05 AM"""

and remove sep=":" from read_csv the issue goes away, but as mentioned, this isn't feasible due to the size of the dataset.
Edit:
An example of one row is

12345:888888:Tom:Corn:builder:United Kingdom:London:four years:Travis:9/10/2017 12:00:00 AM::

A: The sep argument supports regex. In this case
sep = "(?<=\D):"

would work well. This pattern matched the colons that do not have a digit behind them. You need to find a good pattern to separate values or just post more detail about your dataset.
UPDATE:
With the new example given I think excluding colons in time format will work. But again it depends on other rows of the dataset.
sep = ":(?!\d{,2}:\d{,2} [AP]M)(?!\d{,2} [AP]M)"

This pattern will match all colons but those that have time format in front. The time format in my pattern is
(0 to 2 digits):(0 to 2 digits):(0 to 2 digits) AM or PM

A: I suggest loop over file line by line and replace first N occurrences and last M occurrences of the colon with a comma in each row. N and M would depend on the structure of your file. After this, you will be able to use pd.read_csv() as usual with comma as separator.

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Sitting 452 miles to the north-west of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the city of Reno – the self-proclaimed 'Biggest Little City in the World!' With a population of more than 225,000, Reno is the largest city in Northern Nevada. Located in Washoe County, the city nestles on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in an area called the Truckee Meadows. Beautiful Lake Tahoe and the largest concentration of ski facilities in the world are all within a fifty-mile radius.
The city is also home to 278 Carrington College students and 45 staff at our 15,000 square foot Reno campus. Located close to the center of the city in a building that was built in 2009, Reno is one of two Carrington College campuses in the 'Silver State' (Las Vegas). We spent some time with Michael Como, Executive Director of the Reno campus, to find out more about the campus.
The Reno campus offers students three health care programs – an Associate of Science degree program in Registered Nursing Certificate and Associate degree programs in Medical Assisting, and the recently added Medical Billing & Coding Certificate program.
When a new program is introduced to a community, it takes time to build the student population. But Medical Billing & Coding (MBC) is an excellent program with a bright future.
Although one of our smaller campuses, the Reno campus is a very well equipped facility, and offers our students a quality environment in which they can learn and practice their health care skills.
Located right in the heart of Reno, very close to the mall, restaurants and stores, and just off Highway 395, access is very good for students who travel to the campus from all over the region.
Our Carrington College campuses always try to be vibrant members of their local communities, getting involved for the benefit of students and the local population; Reno is no different as Michael explains.
"We're very involved with the State Nursing Board, and the Nevada Nurses Association; there are a lot of events throughout the year that our nursing students and faculty are involved with. We also get involved with events at our local hospitals, and we work closely with our local Chamber education committee. We try to do everything we can to give our students exposure to the community, and the opportunity to hone their skills.
We host Open Houses – in October we had 'Operation Health Care' where we invited the public to come in for vital checks, blood pressure checks, etc. A lot of what we do is to try to educate the community.
Just for fun to help keep things light on campus, the staff members organize a variety of events and initiatives. Simple events like 'dress down & donate', student picnics, and 'spirit week' help students have fun and stay motivated.
For his part Michael admits that he is much happier operating in the background as an administrator, rather than getting involved in the practical health care side of things.
While there are certain things that Michael understandably can't share with us, he is very excited about the future of the Carrington College Reno campus.
"We're always looking for new opportunities to expand and improve, but behind everything we do, or plan to do, are the incredible faculty and phenomenal staff that we have here in Reno.
Our people are very involved in their fields; they are members of different boards, committees and organizations related to their specialties; they really are an outstanding resource for our students. I really can't stress how great our people are.
Thanks for your time Michael. If you have friends or family in the Reno area who might like to learn more about our northern Nevada campus and the programs available there, share this blog post with them or have them visit carrington.edu/schools/reno-nevada.


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Firestarter Mug: Part 2
This is the 2nd part of a 2-part series where we highlight the journey of local entrepreneur and inventor, Mark Sutton, and his product Firestarter Mug handle for yeti-styled insulated drinking mugs.
We left off discussing the prototype he created at Sync Space, in downtown Kingsport, with the 3D Printer belonging to The Inventor Center back when The Inventor Center had yet to move into their new location. At the time, Mark was in talks with manufacturing companies to find the right fit. Now, 5 months later, not only does Mark Sutton have a manufacture but he has his Firestarter Mug ready for pre-sales!
Working with a manufacturing company on a physical product that is your own can be a daunting task. You're entrusting a company with the creation of your idea and you want it to be exactly how you imagine it. Mark, however, was able to navigate those waters after a few back and forth conversations and the result was a mold he was more than satisfied with. It's a single mold that is able to create 500,000 of his Firestarter Mugs. While he's not exactly making that many mug handles right away, he has ordered 2,000 in the first shipment, which he is anticipating to sell out before that initial shipment gets here in approximately 5 to 7 weeks. It will consist of orange, black and red colors. His patent-pending handle design is made of polypropylene and silicone, for comfort, and is BPA certified.
Mark has already filed a provisional patent and he's currently in talks with a patent lawyer on his upcoming non-provisional patent filing, along with trademarking Firestarter Mug. He's also speaking with his patent lawyer about an upcoming product that he has in the works that is similar to Firestarter Mug. He wants to keep it under wraps for now but assures me it is just as unique.
The next step for Firestarter Mug is to first become a supplier for colleges and sports franchises and then the big box retailers like Walmart. He's hoping the sales from his first batch of Firestarter Mugs will afford him the financial means to file for a non-provisional patent for both his current product and the undisclosed 2nd product that in the works, as well as the trademark for Firestarter Mug. Along with the 2,000 handle units in his first order, he's also ordered 3,000 caps for the mugs which will also consist of black, orange, and red colors, 1,000 hats, and an order of stickers as well! The Firestarter Mugs sell for $19.99.
Firestarter of TN. Inc is the registered name for Firestarter Mug
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Gonzaga Takes Down Davidson, Wins Old Spice Classic
Elias Harris led the way once again for Gonzaga with 24 points on 9-11 from the floor
By Zach Bell Nov 25, 2012, 6:58pm PST
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After they absolutely annihilated Oklahoma on Friday night, Gonzaga got a solid test from one of the top non-BCS teams in the country. While there are things to work on, I don't think anyone would say they didn't pass the test with vigor. For a third straight game, it was Elias Harris that forced the action but it was probably Kevin Pangos' play down the stretch that was the difference as Gonzaga beat Davidson, 81-67, and won the Old Spice Classic for the second time.
For a third straight game, the Bulldogs did come out a little slow as they got down quickly to the Wildcats 13-4. It did not take long for them to rebound, however, as they tied the game back up four minutes later, 15-15. They built a solid nine point lead going into halftime on the shoulders of Elias Harris and a pretty balanced attack. In past games, we have grown accustomed to seeing the Zags come out of the break and dominate the opposition. Tonight, Davidson was up to the task and would not let the Bulldogs extend their lead. The Wildcats scored the first six points of the half and were virtually within 3-5 points the entire half up until about the five minute mark when Kevin Pangos basically decided he was tired of this close game nonsense and buried Davidson with three-pointers. The sophomore point guard scored every point for the Zags from 8:40 to 5:26 and they were all daggers from deep.
Pangos' effort was much needed for the Bulldogs and for himself as he had entered the game shooting the ball relatively poorly. Against Oklahoma and Clemson, he was combined 6-20 from the floor and folks were wondering what was going on with their point guard away from the friendly confines of the McCarthey Athletic Center. Tonight, he finished the game with 23 points on 9-14 shooting. His performance late in the second half was simply outstanding and he was a pleasure to watch shoot from deep.
Speaking of pleasures to watch, Elias Harris put together one of the most enjoyable stretches of basketball that I can remember. As unbiased as I can possibly be, I can't really think of another player I have watched so far this season that has impressed me as much as Harris. Tonight, Mark Few made a dedicated effort to get the ball to Elias early and often and it paid off. He finished the game with an absurd stat line of 9-11 from the floor with 24 points and 10 rebounds. He was extraordinarily active throughout the tournament and truly did it all for his team.
We'll have much more on this tournament and what it all means moving forward but tonight, savor the win as this squad really seems to have all the pieces to be extremely dangerous.


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James Beard (1903-1985)
Known as the Dean of American Cookery, James Beard hosted the first cooking program in the history of television. The author of twenty-two cookbooks and many magazine and newspaper articles, he paved the way for today's celebrity chefs. As Julia Child proclaimed, "In the beginning, there was Beard."
Beard was born in Portland on May 5, 1903, the only child of Mary Elizabeth and John Beard. Mary Elizabeth, an emigrant to the United States from England, ran a successful Portland boardinghouse before her marriage at the age of thirty-seven to John Beard, a customs inspector. She was an excellent cook, and she employed a Chinese cook, Jue-Let, to whom young James formed a strong attachment. Cooking and eating good food became an important part of his upbringing.
The family spent summers at a beach cabin in Gearhart with Mary Elizabeth's friends, the Hamblets, and the Hamblets' daughter Mary became James's lifelong friend. It was in Gearheart that he learned about Dungeness crab, salmon, clams, and other Oregon seafood that would be some of his favorite food throughout his life.
After graduating from Washington High School in Portland, Beard briefly attended Reed College. He had a desire to be an opera singer and went to London and Paris to study vocal music. During his twenties and thirties, he spent time in Portland and New York in an attempt to make a career in acting, costume and set design, and radio. He tried to find work in Hollywood but was able to land bit parts in only two films.
By 1939, Beard was living in New York when he managed to turn his knowledge and passion for good food into a living. He took a job with a successful catering company and published his first cookbook, Hor d'Oeurves and Canapes, in 1940.
After a short stint in the U.S. Army during World War II, Beard returned to writing cookbooks. In 1946, he appeared on a local television show in New York City with a fifteen-minute cooking lesson. That appearance led to a national show on NBC in 1946-1947—the first such program in television history.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Beard wrote cookbooks and published articles in Gourmet and other national magazines. In 1956, he opened a cooking school in New York City. A consultant to food and beverage companies, he worked with Restaurant Associates to open restaurants such as the Four Seasons in New York City.
Beard made his home in New York, but he traveled to Europe and around the United States, often returning to Oregon to spend time at the coast with Mary Hamblet. In 1961, he published Delights and Prejudices, a memoir with recipes that recounted his childhood summers at Gearhart.
A big man at 6 feet 3 inches tall, Beard struggled with his weight from the time he was a child, weighing 300 pounds or more as an adult. He had many health problems, including a heart attack in 1971, but he did not let his poor health keep him from writing cookbooks and teaching cooking to sold-out classes at his cooking school. In 1972, he published James Beard's American Cookery, a 877-page compendium with 1,500 recipes, in which he tried to do for American cooking what his friend Julia Child had achieved for French cooking with Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
In 1973, Beard began teaching an annual summer cooking class at Seaside High School, and a few years later he began a cooking school in San Francisco. Beginning in the 1980s, he often was confined to a wheelchair, and he relied on assistants to help him with his classes. He held what was to be his last cooking class in Oregon in 1981, and his last book, Beard on Pasta, was published in 1983. Beard died of heart failure in New York on January 21, 1985.
A few weeks after his death, Mary Hamblet received his ashes in a canister. On a blustery winter day, she and a friend drove to the Oregon Coast and scattered the ashes at a spot close to Tillamook Head and along the tideline at Gearhart Beach.
Despite his international fame, James Beard never lost his connection to Oregon and his delight in the food of his childhood. He was proud to have September 20, 1974, declared James Beard Day in Portland by Mayor Neil Goldschmidt and to receive an honorary degree from Reed College in 1976.
Many of Beard's cookbooks are still in print, and he is acknowledged as one the most influential exponents of good cooking in the twentieth century. The James Beard Foundation in New York preserves his residence and makes annual awards that carry on his legacy.
James Beard at the University Club, 1957
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A youth gives hope to Samarchhu
Choki Wangmo | Dagana
Bimal Subba dropped out after Class X in 2019. He never wanted a public service job.
The same year he decided to drop out, he went to study diploma in marketing business for eight months in Singapore. He returned to his village in Samarchhu and started a commercial winter chilli farm on his parents' 1.5-acre land.
"I always wanted to return home to my parents. They are supportive of my dreams," said the 25-year-old.
He borrowed Nu 400,000 from the Loden Foundation for the venture. Tsendagang Gewog and the dzongkhag administration provided him farm equipment and other resources.
From his first harvest, he earned Nu 500,000. He was determined to increase his production. He was soon joined by his two younger brothers Novin Subba, 21, and Santaman Subba, 23. In two years, he paid 50 percent of his loan.
Last year, the three brothers leased a five-acre land from the government. Under the brand name "Brothers' Sustainable and Natural Delight", the young men are progressive youth of Samarchu chiwog in Dagana.
Today, theirs is a model farm in the chiwog. It is electric fenced, has five greenhouses, a harvesting shed, and rain harvesting facilities. Soon, the farm will be equipped with smart irrigation.
They use fertilisers from the poultry farm.
Except for the youngest sister, everyone is busy in the farm. The three brothers have divided the role. Bimal is the overall manager and plays an important role in bringing new ideas by attending training within and outside the country. The two brothers take turns transporting produce to market and marketing in other dzongkhags.
Marketing has become a challenge and the farmgate price for the chilli has dropped. "We are not asking the government to totally ban imported vegetables, but for those who are into winter vegetable cultivation, we need marketing support," said Bimal.
From November to December last year, they harvested more than 900 kgs of winter chillies. They barely get Nu 100 for a kg. In the past, the demand for winter chillies soared and the market was lucrative.
"I get discouraged to see our hard work rot in the fields," he added.
The young men are hopeful. They want to start a cassava powder factory within the farm. The National Post Harvest Centre supported them with drying machines.
They are also proposing to run the ecotourism site in Baragumti once it is operational in the future.
The site was identified as one of the potential ecotourism sites recently. With nine villages— Dharay, Gabring, Peeping, Dovan, Gariti, Dumla, Baragumti, and Samakhola—Samarchhu Chiwog shares border with Omchhu Chiwog in Nichula gewog. The 26 households in the chiwog depend on cassava, millet, areca nut, and winter chillies.
As the site along Punatsangchhu is a breeding ground for the endangered White-bellied Heron, the Royal Society for Protection of Nature has supported the group with farm inputs through the livelihood programmes.
Villagers say that the area is blessed with rich nature. The area could be developed around two ox-bow lakes in Baragumti with cycling tracks, birdwatching spots, camping, hiking trails, and other recreational activities.
Road connectivity in the chiwog is a major challenge in the monsoon, however. The 16km farm road is yet to be blacktopped. Residents say that during monsoon, the temporary motorable bridge is washed away and a suspension bridge at Gabring is the sole thoroughfare.
"We have to carry farm produce on foot and walk for 6km till the bridgepoint," said a farmer from the chiwog.
Conflict with wild deer and elephant is also rampant in the area.
But Bimal Subba is there to stay.
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Twitter Attacks Fifty Shades of Grey's E.L. James Like It Is Paid Per Insult
Who knew that answering a few questions on Twitter could turn out to be a social-media suicide mission?
E.L. James (on the right) with Sam Taylor-Johnson, Jamie Dornan, and Dakota Johnson.By Ian Gavan/Getty Images.
On Monday, E.L. James elected to answer fan queries to help promote her Fifty Shades of Grey spin-off novel Grey. What the author expected, perhaps, were a few light-hearted questions about Anastasia and Christian, her writing routine, and what she plans to do with the mountain of money she has amassed from her best-selling franchise. What ensued, however, was a pile-on so intense and a Twitter beating so vicious, that at least one Twitter user, Mara Wilson, asked the author whether she was "getting tendinitis from having to hit 'block' so often."
But hey, there's no such thing as bad publicity, even if it stems from a tidal wave of Twitter harassment, right? Ahead, a sampling of the scathing missives from the faceless users of social media.
https://twitter.com/TrevDon/status/615596252378611712
https://twitter.com/SamMaggs/status/615592167004876800
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https://twitter.com/ClareH222/status/615609581058846720
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Despite the tumult of Twitter insults, James admirably answered questions for an hour as she had promised. She did not once respond to the haters with a playful, "Tell me what you really think, Twitter" or "Hey, last time I checked, Fifty Shades of Grey was not required reading for every global citizen." At the end of her time, James bid adieu to the Internet.
https://twitter.com/E_L_James/status/615580145852751872
No word yet on whether "meet the competition winners" is code for "quit Twitter and throw my computer out the nearest window." Apparently, even if your novel sells 125 million copies, and its movie adaptation grosses $560 worldwide, you still cannot afford to insulate yourself from social-networking negativity.
A Twitter user has since immortally encapsulated Monday's disastrous #AskELJames events in the following GIF.
https://twitter.com/Ceilidhann/status/615545859082686465
Related: The Rocky Road to the Making of the Fifty Shades of Grey Movie
Photographed by Carter Smith for the Holiday 2015/2016 Issue.


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Alessandro Frau (born 2 April 1977) is an Italian footballer who plays for Alghero.

Frau made his Serie A debut for A.S. Roma against Salernitana on 13 September 1998.

Frau was exchanged for Gianmarco Frezza from Internazionale in July 2001, but he never played for Internazionale.

After the bankrupt of S.E.F. Torres 1903, he joined Alghero.

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1977 births
Living people
People from the Province of Sassari
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U.S. Avellino 1912 players
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It's a fact of life. Just like with people, dogs age. They grow silver and white hair, they become stiff in the joints and slow in their steps, they experience pain, they get grumpy and cantankerous, and they may not be quite as upbeat and peppy as they once were.
They also experience degenerative health conditions such as arthritis. If you notice your dog losing muscle mass, struggling to regain their feet, licking their aching limbs excessively, or any visible lameness or limping, canine arthritis could be the culprit.
And just like people who suffer from arthritis, dogs who suffer from arthritis have to remain moderately active with regular daily exercise to keep joints from becoming even more stiff and painful. It's a balancing act, because too much activity can make arthritis worse, but so can too little.
'Just right' however, keeps your canine strong and their blood circulating freely, bringing healing blood flow, oxygen, and increased range of motion to creaky joints and tissue.
Also, it's important to note that obesity puts unnecessary stress on their joints, exacerbating any pain they may be suffering from. So keeping your pooch at a healthy weight can relieve symptoms of arthritis in dogs and significantly improve their quality of life.
That said, below are some simple exercises you can incorporate into your dog's daily routine to help keep them nimble and feeling young.
Short daily walks are best, rather than long extended ones. Try 10-15 minutes at a time and observe how your dog responds. Just be careful not to overdo it. Let your dog be your barometer, and if they seem as though they are in pain afterwards, try a shorter walk next time.
Short hikes on flat terrain are gentle on aching joints. It's also good to switch things up and try different routes and trails. The variety keeps your dog interested and engaged.
As with leash-walking around your local neighborhood, when hiking you should watch your dog carefully to make sure the exercise isn't doing them more harm than good.
As with people, swimming is a great low-impact exercise for dogs. It utilizes their muscles in ways that walking and hiking can't, while keeping their joints and bones free from stress. It also keeps them moving through their full range of motion.
If you don't have a personal pool, try a nearby beach or local pool that is pet friendly. Sometimes local parks also have lakes you can take your pet swimming in, just be aware of dangerous wildlife. .
Some breeds absolutely love swimming and water play, so if your dog is one of them, they will not only reap the physical benefits, they will be full of joy too, and joy is the best anti-aging agent one can find.
Short-distance fetch is a great option for playtime. Try not to throw the ball or toy too far while playing. Take frequent breaks, and let them catch their breath.
Another great option is a gentle game of tug-of-war. Both activities keep your pet moving and use their muscles but are relatively easy to moderate so they don't go overboard and suffer painful consequences.
If playing fetch outside isn't feasible or ideal, you can play fetch with your dog inside. The limited play area will discourage your dog from getting too wound up and doing things like jumping to catch the toy, which could result in added stress on their joints.
Also try playing hide and seek with your pup. Hide their favorite toy, or teach them to use their nose to find their hidden treats.
Daily exercise is just as important for dogs as it is for people. And like people, dogs that are in pain don't like to move around too much, at least not voluntarily. So it's up to you to take the lead and get them up and moving on a regular basis to prevent them from putting on excess weight and compound their problem.
Remember to take it slow and easy, and monitor your dog for signs of pain or discomfort. Adjust your daily routine as necessary, and enjoy the quality time with your pet during their golden years.


This is the most gorgeous china doll that my mum gave me when the family sorted out grandma's estate.
She was in a little box with all her broken pieces inside.
She is a lovely metaphor for how I feel at the moment. Broken and in a small box tucked away waiting to be found.
I am sorry sweetpeas I am going to take a wee break from posting.
I am still pretty upset about the last few months and the heartbreaking loss we have experienced.


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A private entrance on the ground floor leads to the living room/dining area, one bedroom and toilet, the kitchen has been modernised with all necessary appliances. There are 2 good sized bedrooms and one bathroom on the first floor, from the main bedroom there is a balcony with sea views. The villa is air conditioned throughout along with heating. It has satellite TV which includes UK and Spanish channels, unlimited free WI-FI access is also available.
The pool area has a good size swimming pool with shallow end and steps, 6 sun beds, parasol, outside dining table and chairs and a shower.
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Puerto de Mazarron is a seaside resort located in the south eastern region of Spain, south west to the historic city of Cartagena. The city has a number of see front restaurants and a palm promenade along the beach in the city.
The Town Hall organises many attractions for all, including mountain walking, sub-aqua diving, sailing and a variety of other activities like live music and street parties most evenings during the summer. Activities: Sailing, windsurfing, water and jet skiing, scuba diving, mountain walking, bicycling etc. Cyclists will enjoy the quiet country roads. There are many trails and coves to discover and explore for the adventurous. Long distance runners have a choice of on and off road routes.
There more than 17 golf courses in the vicinity, including the famous La Manga club.
Climates Puerto de Mazarron enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate, with cool sea breezes in summer and protection by surrounding mountains against the cold North winds in winter.
The property is located 450m from Playa Alamillo stone beach, 450m from El Alamillo bus stop, 450m from Cafe Buenavista Social Club, 450m from Restaurante La Proa, 450m from Sal Y Almagre restaurant, 450m from Bar Med, 850m from Playa Negra sand beach, 3km from Aldi supermarket, 3km from Mercadona supermarket, 23km from Camposol golf course, 26km from Cartagena city, 28km from Cartagena train station, 32km from Alhama Signature golf course, 38km from Corvera Murcia airport, 62km from Murcia city, 64km from San Javier airport, 140km from Alicante airport.
- 1 King size bed, 1 Double bed, 2 Single beds, 1 Bunk bed.
- 1 TV, TV Satellite (Languages: Spanish, English), Stereo, garden, garden furniture, 190 m² terrace, iron, internet (Wi-Fi), hair dryer, balcony, 110 m² property, pet-friendly (Dangerous breed dogs not allowed), air conditioning (hot/cold), air conditioning throughout the house, private swimming pool (dimensions 8x3, max depth 5.9 ft, min depth 3.3 ft, opening date 1/1, closing date 31/12), Open-air parking.