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In total, twelve sites are involved. At these sites, the recently laid undersea cable for future wind farms intersects existing oil and gas pipelines in the North Sea. TenneT aims to apply and monitor nature-reinforcing measures in all its offshore grid projects. TenneT will use the findings of this pilot to assess which measures improve biodiversity.
Dutch Coast (south) as test bed
In the North Sea, TenneT is working on the high voltage connection for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) wind region. A total of four 220 kV cables will be laid from two transformer platforms (Alpha and Beta) to the Maasvlakte. The first two undersea cables were laid in the last months. At crossings with existing oil and gas pipeline, the cables rise above the sea bed. At these sites, a granite top layer is deposited on top of the cable to protect it. Saskia Jaarsma, Head Offshore Developments and Large Projects Offshore at TenneT: 'TenneT is starting a pilot in which, in close cooperation with Van Oord, it will replace the granite top layer at three cable intersections with a calciferous stone originating from a marble quarry. The small calciferous stones will be applied to a total of three of the six intersections. This will enable us to assess the difference in the type of sea life that will emerge at these intersections in comparison to the intersections without small calciferous stones.'
Nesting Places
On 14 October, the stones were loaded onto Van Oord's Bravenes subsea rock installation vessel in Vlissingen. The stones will be placed at the cable intersections over the coming weeks. 'Our expectation is that the calciferous stones will ensure that various benthic species will find it easier to nest here and that a different habitat will emerge at these sites. Over the years, "artificial reefs" can emerge at these sites in the North Sea, where plants and small creatures can settle,' says Jaarsma. In 2021, Van Oord will install the second grid cable connection for Hollandse Kust (zuid) Beta. This connection will involve another six cable intersections. Jaarsma: 'Prior to the installation of this connection, TenneT wants to investigate whether it is feasible to fully remove the existing protective top layer of granite. If so, this would create even larger cavities between the stones, which would make it even more attractive for sea life to nest there.'
Sea Grid and reinforcing nature
The Dutch government's target is to have an installed offshore wind energy capacity of 9.6 GW by 2030. TenneT, as the Dutch Transmission System Operator, is responsible for the high voltage connections for the offshore wind farms (Offshore Grid). TenneT will construct one or more platforms (sockets at sea) for every wind region and will install the offshore cable connection with the national high voltage grid. The first 1.4 GW was realised this year with the delivery of Borssele Alpha and Beta. TenneT is currently working on the construction of the cable connection for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha and Beta. TenneT aims to apply nature-reinforcing measures in all future Offshore Grid projects in order to retain and reinforce a healthy sea.


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Tonight, I am thinking back to all the times I have seen miracles happen in the lives of those who just didn't expect God to intervene. Pondering all of this, I am reminded of my first Christmas in service to the King of Kings.
1991- I had just taken over a condemned property in Texas, a homeless shelter. It was in a rural area of Texas, pitch black at night, except for the light from the train as it passed by. I had forty-two youngsters and thirty adults staying in our shelter, no money and only the Christmas ornaments for the tree I had collected with my own children over the years.
It was time to decorate, and as we were putting the tree up, I noticed the children were grumbling… "Miss Penny, how is Santa ever gonna find us out here in the dark?"
I laughed at them and said, "Well, let's sing real loud while we decorate and maybe he'll find his way."
The shelter was so new to the area I didn't expect anyone to find us; even Santa, I thought, as I continued trimming the tree. A few of the helpers were timidly singing Christmas carols. "Stop!" I said, "That's a miserable attempt at joyful singing. I can barely hear you. Let's try Rudolph and I mean loud!" Sure enough, they threw their heart and volume into the song, and just as I was getting in the spirit, suddenly they stopped cold. I turned to see what had caused the song to end so quickly and saw Santa walking toward me. The children's eyes were as big as saucers and you could have heard a pin drop.
Santa leaned over to my ear and said "I'm on my way to a Christmas party and I heard you may need a Santa tonight."
"Thanks," I answered in amazement. Santa took a seat and quietly talked with each child asking what they wanted for Christmas. Then off he went, leaving big smiles behind him.
I was delighted by their new enthusiasm and my heart was thrilled as they sang one familiar carol after another while we finished decorating the tree. As they shared the excitement of Santa's visit, to my dismay, I learned each and every one of them had asked Santa for a bike. Suddenly, the magic was gone and the reality of needing forty-two bikes settled on me. "How Lord, will I ever get that many bikes when just getting enough food is stretching my faith?'
I was new in ministry. I knew how to believe for me, my four and no more, as my Pastor John Osteen would say. But for this crowd?
Then, little by little, articles appeared in the local paper, and people began to visit our shelter. They brought surprises like sweatshirts and other warm clothing, blankets and supplies, and the word about our needs spread throughout the community. Yes and the bikes started coming. We stored them in a vacant room titled the workshop, secretly assembling the new bikes at night while the children slept. I was feeling pretty good about life.
Christmas morning came and the paper and ribbon flew. There was laughter, singing and a few tears of joy. And oh, the bikes…bikes everywhere! I was emotionally spent and plain ole tired from playing Santa's helper all night. I told Ms. Kaye, our medical assistant, "I'm going back to my room for a well deserved rest." She walked with me so we could discuss plans for the rest of the day. As we approached the main part of the shelter property, I heard a child running up behind me, calling my name.
"Miss Penny, Miss Penny!" I turned and saw Cedric, a precious five-year old boy, his cheeks streaked with tears. I got down on my knees on the dirt driveway to embrace him and see why he was crying so. What is it Cedric? Why are you crying, honey?" I asked.
"Miss Penny, I didn't git me no bike! I told Santa I wanted a purple two wheeler but I didn't git me no bike."
How could we have been off by one bike, I thought to myself, and then quickly said "Cedric, did you ask Jesus for a bike?"
"No, Miss Penny," he answered with a shocked look on his face, "I asked Santa."
"Well, that explains it," I said. You see, Santa is a story about Christmas, and he is a one-day wonder. But Jesus, He is both the Gift and gift giver. He is Christmas, today and every day. He loves you and hears you when you pray. You know He is the reason we celebrate this day, so let's talk to Him."
With that, we told Jesus all about our trouble. Cedric had quite a noisy plea, and then we closed with a request for a purple bike someday soon. AMEN.
I was struggling to get up off my knees when a pickup truck screeched to a halt, throwing dust all around us. "Are you Miss Penny?" a man asked, stepping out of his truck.
"That's me," I said, "Can I help you?"
"I'm sorry to be so late. My wife and I planned to be here yesterday but our kids surprised us by flying in from back east," he said, while lifting a bike out of the truck bed. He placed a purple two wheeler on that dirt drive, right in front of Cedric.
"Hope you can use a bike like this. Sorry I was late," he said, getting back into his truck.
I never got the name of that man. This woman of great faith was speechless as I watched God make Himself absolutely real to a very excited little boy. That moment is as fresh in my heart and mind today as it was that Christmas morning in 1991. I had only been out of the wheelchair a short time and wanted to say "thank you, Lord" for healing my body, as I had been told I would never walk again. I thought if I served Him for a year by volunteering at a homeless shelter, He would know how much I loved Him and how grateful I was. I believed that by September of 1992, I would get back to my old life of international travel and adventure, however there is no adventure that compares with adventures in faith with Jesus! And what an adventure it has been. I did not return to the family business but continued ministering to homeless- adults and children whose parents are in distressed situations; to date, helping more than 8,000 individuals and hundreds of children find a future with hope.
I remarried, founded a children's home, and adopted a child, only to become a widow drowning in grief. I made a huge decision to move to another state, all the while my dreams seemingly dashed and retirement on my mind.
But then in 2008- I recall a beautiful Christmas on Thunder Ranch with a new husband, a daddy for our children who shares my bigger dream, and two homes full of children. God did that!
2011 - Ah, Christmas time, I think to myself. Leaning back against my favorite wingback chair, looking out my office window at the fresh snow on the ground, I can see the twinkling lights on our log home. I see too, the lights that wrap around the fence that stake out our yard from the seventy beautiful acres of Jacob's House on Thunder Ranch. Smiling to myself, I realize this isn't just my office. It is where I witness lost dreams rekindled and deferred hope resurrected. This is not just a window where I view twinkling lights, but where I view The Light who was born to die and whom is celebrated on a day we call Christ-mas. I am looking up now Lord, to the vast starry sky, and thanking You for the children who sleep peacefully tonight, and for the new ones arriving tomorrow.
I am praying for all of you who read this story, this Christmas Season ~ that you get your purple bike, whatever it may be. Healing for your body, Peace for your mind, Comfort for your heart and the Savior who will say to you…
"Keep your eye of faith on Me, child, you ain't seen nothing yet."
--Penny Robichaux-Koontz, manager of Jacob's House at Thunder Ranch, Chestnut Ridge, MO., and author of the book I Thought you had a Bigger Dream.

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★★★★☆ New release Tuesday!
Disclaimer: This is a HORROR book. I typically don't watch horror movies or read horror books because I get too scared, so I'm not sure what prompted me to request this from the publisher.
That being said: And the Trees Crept In is extremely creepy and unsettling. When Silla and Nori escape their abusive father, the only place they'd think of going is their Aunt Cath's house, a large estate called La Baume. The house is old, run-down, and creaky, but it's all they have. Aunt Cath is so sweet to the girls, nurturing them and loving them like they've never experienced. But one day, Cath loses it when Nori gets too close to the surrounding woods. She won't stop pacing the floor in the attic and keeps talking about someone named "The Creeper Man". And then one day, Silla notices the trees. They're creeping closer, day by horror-filled day.
If that doesn't creep you out right there, I don't know what will. This is an absolute mind-f*** of a book (pardon the language), written in such a way that it makes the reader feel like they are losing their mind right along with Silla. I had to only read this in the daylight, when others were around me, and it still had my heart thumping and my eyes darting to the dark corners of my house.
And the Trees Crept In was a very intense read and perplexing story, but definitely don't read it if you're faint of heart like me. That's a compliment, by the way — it was perfectly creepy, unsettling, poop-your-pants and run to your mom scary.
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One of the pinnacles of Chicago house music's '90s wave, Derrick Carter began DJing at the age of nine, spinning disco records at family reunions. His debut single "Love Me Right" appeared in 1987, just after he graduated from college. Another single ("Symbols and Instruments" as Mood) appeared in 1989, but the Chicago house scene faded soon after, leaving Carter and other artists with few to play for except themselves. Thanks in part to and respective labels (Relief, Radikal Fear), Chicago house made a comeback during the mid-'90s and began to offer impressive newcomers in addition to the old guard. Carter, recording for the Organico label, returned with several singles, and an album as . In 1995, he began working with a live band as . Though he hasn't released a production full-length, several mix albums have appeared, including Cosmic Disco on MixMag and Pagan Offering on Pagan. Carter has also founded two labels (Blue Cucaracha and Classic) and remixed tracks from Chicago's own post-rock heroes . ~ John Bush, Rovi
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Classified ads jumped the print ship more than a decade ago, but sites like Craigslist, Freecycle and Quentin's Friends haven't kept pace with even basic web technology.
If you wanted to buy something used, you had to resign yourself to slogging through a text-driven ghetto. Until now. Krrb (pronounced "curb") offers a huge visual improvement as well as a whole new way to browse, giving you the ability to shop for items from around the corner, around your city or around the world. Director and editor in chief Andrew Wagner described it to TechNewsDaily as "hyper-local slash mega-global."
[ Mr. Craigslist Talks Strange Stories, New Endeavors ]
Say you want to buy a three-tier cake stand. Plug that into the search bar and see what pops up. There might be one nearby, or not. Using a slider below lets you to expand your search from "round the corner" (0.25 km/0.15 miles) to "you're kidding" (200 km/124 miles) to "Planet Earth."
"We saw a really big opening," Wagner said. "Goodwill made three billion dollars last year. Everybody's selling everything. We wanted to give people a tool that enabled them to help sell their merchandise."
Their revenue comes from the people who buy credits, the pro sellers, for whom they offer the most benefit. "Ebay, Etsy, FirstDibs, Amazon …everybody takes a large percentage of the transaction," said Wagner. "We don't take any."
Instead, they use a credit system. To post an item you need one credit, which cost a dollar, with price breaks starting at the purchase of 10 or more. Krrb is liberal with credit giveaways, too — you get ten just for signing up — and they don't take any percentage of the transaction. The more information you provide, the more credits you get.
"But we're not selling that information," Wagner was quick to add. "What they're interested in is building a community. A very big community. If we create a trusted environment. It eliminates questions like, 'Who the hell am I dealing with?' 'I'm supposed to bring this person money?'"
[ 5 Rules of Safe Online Shopping ]
Wagner also told us about three features currently in the works: 1) a Buy Now button to let you purchase right on the Krrb site, 2) alerts when a kind of product you are interested in becomes available and 3) the ability to follow "corners," their word for a seller's page. They're also working with a moving company to offer delivery service.
"This is a platform that could be applied to anything," Wagner said. "It could just as easily be a job listing, or real estate. We're really starting to branch into food."
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Within weeks of the start of the Great War, the newspapers were printing letters from "our boys" fighting at the front. The enthusiasm for the war and the apparent lack of censorship allowed the public to read some very detailed accounts of life on the front line.
This gradually changed during the course of the war as the casualty numbers increased, strict censorship was imposed and general interest waned. This is reflected in the quantity and content of the correspondence printed during the later years of the conflict.
These are transcripts of letters from Raunds men, both published in the local journals and/or sent to family members anxiously waiting at home for news of their loved-ones.
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Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 2 October 1914: Raunds Horse Guard's Graphic Description of the WarTrooper F K Kilborn, Royal Horse Guards, in a letter to his mother at Kingswood Place said: "Thanks for the parcel, it's a bit off to keep on having bully beef and biscuits, so one can appreciate a little sweet stuff. I don't think myself that the war will last much longer, but we must wait and see."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 5 November 1914: From a Raunds "Old Boy" Mr J Shelmerdine JP, of Raunds, late headmaster of the Raunds C of E Schools has received a letter from one of his old boys at the front who says: "There are several of us (boys from the Raunds School) here now, and most of us have been out since the beginning of the war. I myself have been present at all of the engagements, including the retreat from Mons, the battles of the Meuse, Marne and Aisne.We are nearly all well which is something to be pleased about. The only one wounded that we know anything about is Percy Smith; his wound I believe, is only slight. We have had some rather exciting times up to now, and I suppose we shall have some more before the war is over. We did a bayonet charge on the Prussian Guard last month (14th September) which I daresay you have read about in the papers and I think we did very well indeed. The following are the names of some of the Raunds contingent at present at the front: Harold York, Arthur Cuthbert, Sam Whiteman, Cecil Burton, Fred Cuthbert, Arthur Webb, Ernest Wood and myself. (Percy Smith is now reported well and back in the fighting line). Ed - The names in bold type are men who later were killed.
Ed - Sadly the writer's name was not published.
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Kettering Leader – 6 November 1914 The following letter home was sent by L G H Lee, former headmaster of the Raunds Wesleyan School and member of the Town Council, from the Northamptonshire Regiment training camp in Suffolk and titled:
"With the Territorials - Getting Fit for the Great Day" A little village of some three hundred inhabitants is our home at present. It is just the ordinary countryside village, with its green, and its pretty flint-built Parish Church so typical of Suffolk. A fine polo ground of some sixteen acres forms our parade ground. "B" Company, to which the writer adds considerable lustre, was first billeted in a barn. I must confess that my heart sank and my military ardour was considerably damped, when, on the night of September 9th, I first viewed the interior of my future home for an indefinite period. The floor was of good solid concrete, the hardness of which was still evident through a waterproof sheet which formed our only bedding. Here eighty of us slept and ate and smoked and fought over our future battles. We were not sorry after three weeks to move to an old moated farmhouse of the sort for which Suffolk villages are famous. Here we exchanged concrete for oak floors, which, if not any softer, are certainly less cold and clammy. The recruits posted to "B" Company occupy the double garret in the roof. This garret, barely six feet high in the centre, is the dining-room, drawing-room, smoke-room and dormitory of twenty-five men, as chummy a set as ever wore khaki. True it is somewhat monotonous to sit on one's haunches these long November evenings in the dim, if not very religious, light of one oil lamp and a few auxiliary candles stuck in bottles, but when ten o'clock comes we turn on to our straw-filled palliasses with more zest than most people luxuriate in clean feather beds, judging by the difficulty with which we leave them when the morning light filters in through the tiny dormer windows. Sundry articles of clothing, towels, belts, bayonets, and rifles hide in the time-stained walls and impart a military air to our billet.
At six in the morning the Colour-Sergeant calls us with the salutation, "Show a leg, there," but the legs are not generally visible until twenty-five minutes later. Then follows a lightening toilet and a rush to the polo ground to escape the righteous indignation of the Sergeant-Major which falls heavily on the late comer. An hour's physical exercise prepares us for breakfast, followed by such sundry jobs as button polishing, rifle cleaning etc. At nine o'clock we are on parade again. Rifles are inspected and a Second-Lieutenant looks us up and down from cap to boots. Dinner is at one o'clock. The menu is hardly Savoyan in its variety. There is a shorter parade in the afternoon, and on three evenings per week night operations. Probably the most interesting parade of the week takes place on Friday afternoon. This is pay parade when we receive our seven shillings, which generally changes hands in the neighbouring town on the next afternoon. The days are varied by route marches extending over a dozen miles or more. These, of course, take place in full marching order and are an excellent preventive against corpulency. Rifle, bayonet, haversack, knapsack, trenching tool, water bottle, billy can and overcoat forms the equipment to be carried. On such "marching at ease" is the order and the miles are whiled away by regimental songs, "It's a long way to Tipperary" and our own special composition: Marching, marching, marching, always bally well marching ;From reveille to lights out it's marching all the time.Marching, marching, marching, always bally well marching ;Roll on till my time is o'er, and I shall march no more. Irreverently sung to the tune "Nicea".
On Sundays we are visited by our popular chaplain, the Rev T G Clarke, MA, Rector of Corby, the services being held alternatively in the Parish Church and the YMCA tent. Here I must add my testimony to the excellent work done by the YMCA. A large marquee on the village green forms a fine rendezvous for the soldier, where huge quantities of lemonade and malted milk (fine stuff) are consumed. Notepaper, envelopes, and ink are provided gratis, and there are various games, which are much appreciated. However, for the life of me, I cannot understand why the authorities of so excellent an institution place on their tables such sickly sentimental tracts which pass for religious literature. From personal observation I can say that it does no good, but positive harm, as it makes men merely scoff when a real virile presentation of spiritual truths might sink deep into hearts which by reason of the times we live in and the seriousness of each soldier's personal outlook might do incalculable good. We learn many lessons over and above our military duties. Twenty-five men of different callings and professions living week after week in an attic are bound to influence one another. Corners and angles are smoothed down and irritating idiosyncrasies are rounded off until they become attractive traits. We learn the great art of accommodating ourselves to one another, which is the one essential in all communal life. To anyone who believes with Pope that the proper study for mankind is man, here is a whole field for him. Here we see life with the wrappers off – real elemental life which civilisation covers up with hosts of conventions which hide the true man beneath. There may be, and are, phases which some of us would rather not see, but there is constantly peeping out the undeniable fact of the divinity of every man. There is his willingness to share hardships and to do a chum a good turn, which illuminates a rough life with a tinge of real beauty. These are the factors which personally makes the private soldier's life more deeply interesting and instructive than that of a commissioned officer.
Altogether, in spite of necessary hardships and discomforts, we find our life both healthy and enjoyable. From the Colonel downwards to the youngest recruit the men are imbued with the one thought of how they can do their best for their country at this most critical time in her history, and there will be keen disappointment if the battalion does not see foreign service somewhere. To me it is a huge surprise that so many young men still prefer the atmosphere of shoe factories and the monotonous tasks of modern industrialism, which clog the mind, to the invigorating drills which may tire the body, but clarify the brain and make the blood course through the veins with an exhilarating freshness. Perhaps they will still have to join up and then their one regret will be both now and in the future, that they will be conscripts and not volunteers in this great fight against militarism. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kettering Leader, 4 December 1914:"Still Cheerful" – Wounded Raunds Sergeant in a French HospitalSergeant Hall of the 1st Northamptons said the following in a letter to his mother from No.1 Ward, Stationary Hospital, Boulogne Base: "I'm still going on all right. I got wounded at Ypres and I think that we left our trade mark on the Germans, for we left hundreds of the dead in the woods as we passed through, and there were not a great lot of us killed or wounded. I thought that J Dix was killed until I heard that he was a prisoner, for we left 17 men at a place called Marbaix and we only saw four of them again. I do not think I shall be any good for the Army after I come out of hospital, for I think the leg I got hurt will be 8 and half inches shorter than the other; of course that is better than being killed outright."


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Situated in the charming village of Burnham Market, Gilly's is renowned for providing high quality ladies' fashion for the discerning shopper.
Gilly's is owned by Vicki Graham-Wood (who took over from the original 'Gilly' who ran the shop for almost 20 years), Gilly's shares a special relationship with The Hat Shop at Pentney House, also in Burnham Market, which is run by Vicki's Mother, Gloria. This useful link means that you can source the majority of your outfit at Gilly's and then rely on the wide range of millinery at The Hat Shop to complete your look. Vicki and Gloria can even assist in matching your hat to your outfit for all-important events like weddings.
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This is a blog about myself, my art and my life. It may also include comments about comics, music, tv, movies, or whatever nonsense may come to mind. I must note that I have original art and prints available for sale, and I am also available for hire for commission work. Portraits can be a great gift, be it family, friends, or of someone's favorite singer or actor.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
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I did this painting about 1 1/2 years ago, before Nuttall Art Studio closed. It's in honor of the subject, Sergio Aragones`.
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Take action and save our oceans
We are asking primary and secondary school students across Ireland to enter our "Ocean Transformer" competition. All you have to do is write a short message or design a poster encouraging people to take action and save our oceans.
Inspire the world
Our oceans are dying due to plastic pollution can you inspire the world to change its ways?
The Message is The Bottle!
The message in a bottle concept has been popular for hundreds of years. Unfortunately bottles and plastics pollution are filling the world's seas and killing marine and animal life.
Write a message to the world
We want to you write a message of 200 words or under, telling the world of what is happening in the oceans with plastic pollution and how we must take action to save them. The focus is that The Message is the Bottle!
Offering tips on how to write
Leading independent publisher Tribes Press is supporting our #OceanTransformer competition. They will be offering tips on how to write creative short messages and letters. As part of the prize they will be formatting the winning letter.
Raise awareness
The message will be printed and displayed to raise awareness about plastics pollution at a number of locations around the world.
Be artistic and design a poster
If you prefer why not design a poster to show the problems plastics are creating in our seas? The poster must be no bigger than A3 in size and should show the effects plastics have on marine life. Artist Fiona Concannon will be offering guidance and tips to young artists entering our #OceanTransformer competition.
Who can enter?
It is open to all primary or secondary school students. You can enter as an individual, a group or a class.
Can I enter both competitions?
Yes you can. We need your ideas to change the world!
When is the deadline for submission?
The deadline for entering is 5pm on Friday March 29th.
How do I submit my entry?
You simply email your message here.
Take a photo of your poster and submit it here.
What are the prizes?
The two winners will receive great class prizes. The student/class who submits the winning message will receive a "Land and Sea Tour of Galway" for 25 students courtesy of "Ocean Transformer" supporters Galway Bay Tours and Galway City Tours
The student/class who submits the winning poster will enjoy a fun filled day swimming and playing crazy golf thanks to Leisureland Galway.
But don't worry the winning classes will not go home hungry as they will be treated to pizza and a drink at Supermac's Salthill.
What happens with the prizes?
Tribes Press Publishers will help select the winning message and will format it professionally. We will then encourage schools, groups etc to share it around the world and spread our #OceanTransformer message.
Artist Fiona Concannon is one of our #OceanTransformer poster judges. She will help mount the winning poster.
Both prizes will go on display at National Aquarium in Galway to help raise awareness as to the dire impact plastics are having on our seas.
We will then encourage schools, groups etc to share the winning message and poster around the world and spread our #OceanTransformer message.
Video message for the winners
Musician and environmentalist Sharon Shannon and marine biologist Catherine Jordan will also deliver a video message to the winners.
You are the future leaders of tomorrow so we need you to help raise awareness about plastic polluting our oceans.
The winning entries will be announced on Tuesday April 2nd. The winners parents/guardian will be contacted by phone.
Become an #OceanTransformer and help inspire change in our world.
#IYIRL – Inspiring You In Real Life #OceanTransformers #PlasticsFree #WildAtlanticWay #SalthillVillage


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Strategic Plan
Below is a list of our various policies and guidelines that you can download for your own records.
Our Process
Meeting 1
- Overview
- Mission, Vision, Values
- Review of Key Strategic Issues
- Begin Surveys
Meeting 2
- Present and Approve Surveys
- Assign Small Groups for Key Strategic Issues
Meeting 3
- Review Survey Feedback
- Present Group Strategic Issues/Goal Input
- Plan Public Forum
Meeting 4
- Review Public Forum Feedback
- Finalize Goals and Strategic Plan for Board Presentation
Strategic Objectives
Objective 1
Ensure sustainable, reliable, accessible and integrated transportation options are available for all people.
- Participate in OACB, P3, PICCA, and elected officials meetings each year to support local, state, federal funds of transportation.
- Utilize board members to meet with commisioners to advocate for directing funds to address transportation needs.
- Assess and implement least resrictive transportation by integrating self-transportation or use of alternative resources.
- Activley engage the people served to work with transportation providers to improve quality services.
Objective 2
Keep people that are served informed and engaged.
- Insure that people served receive service in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.
- Use preferred communitcation methods as determined by people served in the assessment process.
- Provide tools for self-advocacy
- Identify opportunities for self-advocacy and celebrating success
- Prepare a platform to recognize success of people served
- Use multimedia tools featuring people served to train caregivers
Objective 3
Connect parents, providers and people served with available training resources
- Launch new website that will provide immediate access to relevant resources for all ages and stages of development
- Assess and implement new and innovative communication tools for SSAs, parents and providers that allows for a preferred method of contact
- Meet with each newly certified independent provider within sixty calendar days of selection
Objective 4
Keep staff informed and engaged
- Regularly communicate to all staff in written and verbal form current practices and changes in operation
- Feature staff on social media
- Invite staff to share success at DD Board meetings
- Incorporate inspirational, motivational information components into monthly staff meetings and stand-alone inservices
- Develop a mechanism for feedback from staff
- Investigate best practices and improve process for consistent onboarding
- Regularly hold staff training for new software and technology
- Expand IT help desk to be more readily available to all staff
Objective 5
Expand online presence
- Utilize marketing materials to increase community visibility
- Request cooperating agencies, businesses and their followers to promote DD social media
- Stipulate budget to increase visibility of social media
- Adjust social media presence as trends emerge
- Continuously assess feasibility of new and innovative technology
Objective 6
Assure funding is adequte to meet needs of people served for home and community based services
- Schedule regular meetings with budget commission
- Train Board memebers on long-term budget issues
- Assure three years reserve funds to pay nonfederal share of Medicaid expenditures
- Establish adequate funding to ensure 6% annual increase in enrollment for three years
- Maintain SSA staff to people served ratio of 30:1
Objective 7
Increase the number of people served of working age engaged in community employment by 5% annually
- Identify barriers to employment
- Shift funding from facility-based services to supportive community employment
- Promote individualized paths to community employment for people served
- Maintain adequate number of trained staff to support community employment
Objective 8
Take an active role in recruiting and retaining providers to meet the needs of people served
- Identify staff to provide support to providers
- Develop initiatives to increase retention of providers
What do YOU think?
Ideas? Questions? Share your brilliance!!!
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It was 90 degrees today and about 150 degrees in the library. They had no air conditioning on and it was so incredibly hot that I felt like I was going to pass out. Was I getting books for me? Oh no. I was on a search for junkie autobiographies for my fiance who doesn't read! LOL My friend recommended some books to me so I went on a hunt for them. I'm not that familiar with the non fiction section of the library so this left me up in their stiflingly hot balcony which is like a maze that you can get lost in and not know how to find the stairs to get out! My wonderful friend came with me, hot heat and all, and helped me search for the books. SO I came home with them and he didn't jump for joy like I imagined. LOL But he is looking through them. We'll see if he will read them or not. At least I didn't pay cover price for them. That would have been about $60. Oh the books that I got him are:
Kurt Cobain's journal
Dirt by Motley Crue
Tommyland by Tommy Lee
I'm still reading Demon's Kiss. All of the new shows on TV have been consuming me and taking away from my reading time. I did receive more review books in the mail today. They're from a site I found online, but it's weird how it works. They send 3 books and I only need to review 1. There's no communication with the site since everytime I try to email, they never respond. I reviewed for them about 2 months or so ago and didn't receive anything since. SO I was pleasantly surprised to get a package from them. I'll post what books they are tomorrow.
Must get reading!!! Did I mention how incredibly hot it is still, at 10 pm?


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The agency blames it on, you guessed it, those darn kids and their smartphones.
LG recently unveiled a concept television design that, if produced, would be the thinnest ever. The 55-inch OLED display is barely 1mm wide — about the width of a DVD.
Apple has been spinning its wheels with the Apple TV for years now, but recent reports claim that Cupertino is finally willing to show off what it's been working on.
Not content with producing the best media streaming box on the market, Roku has now set its sights on the television market by releasing an HDTV with all of the Roku's streaming capabilities built in.
Companies like Samsung and LG have been increasingly relying on OLED display technologies for smartphones, digital cameras, and even TVs. A new type of OLED panel could make screens more energy efficient and cheaper at the same time.
As Apple looks to sneak its way into other markets — or in the case of the iWatch, create them — its long-rumored attempt at a television always seems to find its way to the forefront of the conversation. On cue, one analyst detailed very specific components of what Apple's iTV will have — most notably, an iPad-sized second screen on which to watch media, and a ring you wear on your finger that acts as a remote control.
Samsung has started shipping the first televisions equipped with its new Smart Evolution technology, but moving to an upgradable model of business will only work if the company rethinks its own priorities.
If you long for those balmy days when TVs looked like pieces of furniture, good news: This fall, IKEA will release Uppleva, a range of home entertainment systems that integrate a flat-screen full HD TV, 2.1 sound, and a Blu-ray player.
I admit it: I shop at online retailers all the time — but I still felt my heart sink into my kneecaps when I read some chilling statistics about Best Buy teetering on the edge of solvency.
OLEDs would be awesome — if we could get them built in large panels.
Thinking about taking the plunge into stereoscopic 3D this holiday season? Matthew Murray did some extensive testing — and whole lot of gaming — with Nvidia's 3D Vision 2 so you'll know what to expect.
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Masses of views
The Mittenwald mountain trail "The via ferrata is closed today – it will be repaired!" I beg your pardon? And this she tells after we already paid the tickets for the Karwendelbahn, which is going to take us to the ferrata? After a short consultation we return the tickets, which fortunately is accepted without hesitation. . . .


text: To the editor: New Hope Village (NHV) would like to thank Kiwassee Kiwanis and Midland Kiwanis Clubs for their generous support of our building project at the old Hillside Elementary School in Sanford. Hillside will provide 14 apartments for area homeless families and four apartments for homeless veterans and their families. All 18 apartments will be used for long term transitional housing for up to two years. There will also be two rooms available for short term emergency housing. NHV will insure that our guest families have safe, secure housing and that their basic needs are met. At the same time, our staff will assist with connecting our residents to our many area non-profit partners and local churches to assist with personal life skills, job skills and permanent housing needs. Homework help and student mentoring will also be provided for the children. The generous support of the two clubs of nearly $50,000 will pay to furnish and equip our library, furnish and equip one of our 18 apartments as well as help provide play equipment for onsite use. The support of these two clubs as well as many other churches, businesses and charitable organizations make New Hope Village possible. For more information see our website newhopemidland.org and be sure and like our Facebook page. JOHN CONGLETON Executive Director, New Hope Village Sanford


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Too often we feel stuck in our lives, being battered by life experiences and not knowing how to move forward. In both our relationships and in our spirituality, our hearts can feel broken. Our brokenness is appealing to God, but it's not his desire for us to stay that way. The Single Heart is a journey of how trusting in Jesus can restore you and transform you back to your original state-a healed and whole person. Author Langr Edwards shares her own inspiring story of finding and accepting Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, all after spending years in a transformative wilderness. While she began single in heart and in spirit, she asked for God's union and discovered true restoration and wholeness in him. Her journey can help with issues related to upbringing and family, the powerful bonding force of sex and intimacy, voids we may have that require healing, multiple facets of physical relationships, and reclaiming your identity and your single, unified heart. If you are feeling single in love, in life, in mind, and in spirit, then come on a journey to wholeness in the Lord. God's Spirit can work within you and reveal to you the fragmented and divided parts of your heart, mind, and spirit. And by giving yourself-pieces and all-over to Christ, you too can be put back together in the image and in the heart of the Father.
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Rape-kit backlog reduced by nearly 90 percent since 2016
The backlog of untested rape kits in Pennsylvania has dropped nearly 90 percent in three years, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said on Thursday.
During a press conference at the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape offices in Harrisburg, DePasquale said there had been "tremendous progress" on decreasing the number of untested kits from 3,217 in his initial 2016 report to 339.
DePasquale said that the state police and Philadelphia crime labs had no backlogged kits when 2018 ended, while the Allegheny County medical examiner's office had 94 untested kits, a significant improvement from 2016 when there was a backlog of 1,250.
A backlogged kit is one that has gone untested for a year or more.
In one Philadelphia case, DePasquale said, a rapist was finally identified through DNA analysis of an untested kit only to be found as a registered sex offender in North Dakota, where he had moved and been convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
"Now, imagine you are that teenage girl. Your life could have been completely different in every imaginable way if that rape kit had been tested on time," DePasquale said. "That person could have been and likely would have been already off the streets."
That testing was funded by a $400,000 grant from the New York County District Attorney's office to test 600 rape kits. Three other rapists have been identified through the testing, DePasquale said.
DePasquale took credit for shining a light on the backlog in 2016, but also praised state lawmakers for their response to his findings and for "working aggressively" to steer more funding to the state police crime lab.
"They did not know of the severity of the problem," he said.
Samantha Fullam, who said she was raped by four men when she was 15 years old, described the additional trauma of going through a rape-kit examination only to have the "unthinkable" happen.
"I never got back any results of my rape kit," she said.
Besides continuing its efforts to eliminate testing backlogs, DePasquale said Pennsylvania should start using a system created by the Idaho State Police that tracks kits and is being offered free to other states.
Kristen Houser, the chief public affairs officer for the coalition, said the state should take Idaho up on their offer. "This is really an opportunity for Pennsylvania to do something proactive and take on reform of our system," she said.


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Newport Beach Trucking Accident Attorneys
Holding Responsible Parties Accountable for Serious Injuries
With the largest number of registered vehicles in the nation and, among them, several thousand trucks, California roads are busy and accidents frequently happen. When an accident involves a large commercial truck, the damage can be extensive. The Newport Beach trucking accident lawyers at Manning Law, APC represent clients throughout California with injuries sustained in collisions with big rigs and semi-trailer trucks.
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The injured person can seek compensation for economic and non-economic damages, such as medical bills, future medical costs, prescription drugs, lost wages, and pain and suffering. In the event that a person is killed in a trucking accident, their surviving family may be able to pursue compensation for wrongful death.
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In order to recover damages, we must prove fault on the part of the driver or another party.
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The first step to recovering fair compensation for your damages is to understand your rights and have your case evaluated by an attorney. Our Newport Beach trucking accident attorneys will listen to your concerns, assess your case, evaluate your damages, and explain your legal rights and options.
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On the evening of Janury 8, choreographer-turned-Bollywood-director Farah Khan transformed her home into a party venue to bring in her 50th birthday with family and friends.
Being her 50th, this one was a big celebration. Guests invited from Khan's Bollywood circle included Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan, new parents Genelia and Riteish Deshmukh, Karan Johar, Farhan and Adhuna Akhtar, Simi Garewal, Malaika Arora Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Vidya Balan, Gauri Khan, Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen, Sonali Bendre, Kunal Kapoor with fiance Naina Bachchan and more. Designers Manish Malhotra and Vikram Phadnis were joined by musicians Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Rajviani. Khan's brother Sajid Khan made sure to swing by as well.
Highlights of the night: a seemingly love-struck Ranveer Singh trailing Padukone with yellow carnation in hand, and birthday girl Farah Khan playing the gracious hostess, stepping out to give the paparazzi little gifts to show her appreciation. Another favourite, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were a crowd pleaser, giving photographers their favourite couple pose (think arm in arm, locked eyes… the same dreamy scene the two created at Cannes 2014).
But nothing could top that whopper of a cake, lined with roses and tiers of chocolate.


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Hello my wonderful website viewers, enthusiasts and followers, I hope that you have been thoroughly enjoying the weather!
Of late, I have not been out with my camera as much as I would love to; my partner had a change of jobs, and I have been in the middle of a couple of projects that I have been researching, so have been more writing focused. Also, editing. Editing, a lot. So decided to cheat a little and get an app called "Grammarly".
I have used the free version for some time, then was sent a 55% off coupon to have a full version; considering, that I am doing my Creative Writing masters from mid-September, and I am the person that sometimes struggles with trying to edit 58k documents without eye strain, I thought that I would upgrade for this year and decide whether to keep it after then. After all, the price tag without a coupon is quite daunting, especially when you are a poor student. As a qualified editor too, I wanted something that would streamline my general workload, allowing for more creative-focused time.
So far, it has been invaluable; it's on my work, home mobiles (Android, OS) and my Alienware and HP Envy laptops – Envy is my writing-focused machine due to portability and the Alienware is for everything else. The attachment to explorer and word has been overused. As has the keyboards on the phone. Actually easy to use, doesn't force the changes – as a writer, voice and wording can easily be misconstrued as an error, but you seem to have to select it manually. Which, although good. I think that the word options should also have an option to mass disregard or mass change (in my case, for missing some commas). Another comment about the desktop app, it is limited to 60 pages, which it does need to improve as fiction can be 100 pages+
Apart from these minor niggles, this app has become invaluable for saving time and effort, leaving me open to working on more important things.
Would I recommend? Highly. Students, teachers (it checks for plagiarism), editors, business owners (great for accuracy – which is usually the problem with the human element in business, undermining professionalism) for the everyday Joe or Jody, the free app will suffice. For everyone else, upgrade.
Example of errors picked up by the Microsoft Word add-in, just on this blog post.
– Apps across a range of devices; streamlining your productivity.
– Works fast
– Thorough
– Saves a lot of time
– Checks for plagiarism as well as the usual spelling, grammar etc
– Actually backed by major institutions, including universities
– Up to 96% of users see improvement
– Only checks 60 pages in the desktop app
– Can't see how to mass change a load of errors in the Word document add-in
– Is pricy at full cost (especially for students and poor writers)
– Needs to add for Mac Word (though I personally did not need it, others will)
My rating out of 10 – 9/10 – lacking a point for the niggly cons. Though I am sure, developers will address it.
To learn more, please visit the website: https://www.grammarly.com/about
Please note: this review HAS NOT been paid for, or curated. This is a wholly honest review based on real-time use.


text: Gentles all: We need more entrants for both the Elfsea Artisan and Elfsea Bard contests to be held at the Elfsea Baronial College, December 11, to be at First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth (http://www.elfsea.net/BaronialCollege/Index.htm). If interested in either, please let us know beforehand if possible. Elfsea Artisan: This is a limited Body of Work display. Artisans are to bring up to five pieces, completed within the last five years. The display items may be of different media types or all of related media types. No Kingdom judging sheets are used, but documentation is required. The entries are judged by the Past Elfsea Artisans in attendance at the event along with the current Baron and Baroness. The site allows alcohol, so Brewers are allowed to enter their works. Tasting is limited to Judges and people over the age of 21. Artisans who wish to compete are highly encouraged to pre-register, but are not required to pre-register. Tables are the standard 3 x 6 foot plastic tables. Pre-register with the Current Elfsea Artisan, Mistress Hanna von Dahl, let her know if you will need a full or a half table. Elfsea Bard: The competition will consist of two pieces. One piece needs to be a period piece, pre-1650. A song, story, or poem from before 1650, with documented modern translations or renditions of old ballads or tales will be allowed. The other piece is the bardic competitor's choice. The entries are judged by the current Elfsea Bard, a panel of other bards, and by the current Baron and Baroness. For more information and guidelines, contact the Current Elfsea Bard, Lord Daniel de Tankard. Both Hanna and Daniel can be reached at EBC_Stewards at yahoo.com.


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UKBK Ultra 19pc Bump Key Set
19 Premium BUMP KEYS for the most Popular UK Profiles Prepare for entry! We literally made our name with bump keys, o... more
19 Premium BUMP KEYS for the most Popular UK Profiles
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The bump keys that changed the bumping world.
The FINEST Bump Keys EVER made - but don't take my word for it - watch the videos. GE-GE and CHUBB are tricky locks...
Here's a list of the blanks used which you can match up with the codes on the keys. Occasionally we'll have to source a blank (sometimes identical, sometimes similar) from a different manufacturer, causing the code to change. However, remember that due to the amount of steel removed from the profile to make a bump key, there's not much to be concerned with here, since the key will work on far more locks than the profile for which the blank was designed. So if the key fits, and there's plenty of movement, give it a go! What you'll get is a wide variety of popular profiles which will work on a wide variety of popular locks. We've been selling this set for nearly 20 years and people love it!
YA5L ......yale
GE3D.......ge ge
UN6S.......universal reverse
NWKS (35) union
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For many Web startups, the elections offer an opportunity to showcase their technologies and reach people who might never otherwise hear about them. Vineet Choudhary launched his startup Perspctv around the elections. The site is a one-page dashboard that gives a snapshot of how Obama and McCain are doing in the polls, the news, the blogosphere, and Twitter, among other things. The site proves nothing about the election's outcome, but it does provide a useful dashboard for monitoring it from different perspectives.
But the election site was just a dry run. The real point of Perspctv is to give marketers a way to monitor how their brands are being talked about across various media. As the election concludes, Choudhary is transitioning the site to become a new-media dashboard for marketers. You can already search for any terms and see how much online buzz they are generating. The screenshot above, for instance, shows a comparison of "Android," "Blackberry," and the "iPhone."
The iPhone dominates across news mentions (60%), the blogosphere (77%), and Google search volume (68%), but the blogosphere is disproportionately obsessed with the iPhone. Blackberry comes in second, with 38% of news mentions, 20% of blog mentions, and 30% of Google searches. When I did this search a few days ago just after all the news came out about the new Blackberry Bold, the iPhone's share of blogosphere mentions was about the same at 76%, but the Blackberry was actually getting more coverage in traditional news outlets (59% to the iPhone's 41%).
Perspctv shows these shares in charts based on data from Technorati for blogs, Daylife for news, and Google Insights for search volume. Underneath these charts arethree columns of feeds showing the latest blog posts, Tweets, and news (from MSN Live News Search) for each search term.
You can try it for any term, from brands (such as BMW versus Audi) to issues (politics vs. religion vs. sex).
Perspctv's business model is to create custom dashboards for clients using whatever data they feel is most useful. So, once again, the public site is just a showcase, but one well worth looking at.


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By Amanda S.
Christmas time is often very hard for us. I know, personally, I have a really hard time doing things normal people do, such as opening presents, or being with family, without letting my mind wander to what I am missing with my daughter. One of the struggles over the years is how to cope with that sense of loss. So I decided to make a list this year of ways to honor your child during Christmas. And, also, something we often forget to do: Honoring ourselves as mothers. So here goes.
- If you're a scrapbook person, this would be the perfect time to create a Christmas themed scrapbook for your child. Or, a scrapbook of meaningful quotes, lyrics and pictures of inspiration for yourself.
- Make an ornament for your tree with pictures of your child, your child's name, etc.
- TREAT YOURSELF! Go get that mani/pedi. Buy yourself a Christmas present you want. Go be with friends. Do something good for yourself to take you out of your head-space for a little while.
- Make a special Christmas themed journal, documenting all your thoughts, emotions and anything else pertinent to what you're going through. You can do this for your child, so they know they're thought of, or for yourself as a way to vent what you're going through.
Remember you are not alone. Christmas and other holidays are very hard for birthmoms so be kind to yourself!


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The seventies had their share of depressing songs. "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian and "Diary" by Bread come to mind. Perhaps even sadder still is the Henry Gross song "Shannon" about the death of a dog owned by one of the Beach Boys. Listen and read about that one here.
So it is no small feat to be the saddest song in a decade with such stiff competition. But here's another claim to fame for "Alone Again" - it caused hip-hop artists to have to actually acquire permission to sample music. The Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc case involved rapper Biz Markie and ultimately changed the face of hip-hop.
The critics weren't exactly kind to O'Sullivan. In 1972, the United Press International (UPI) called Gilbert O'Sullivan "the worst potential influence on the direction of pop music since Tiny Tim." However, his song did win three Grammies and spend six weeks at number one.
Gilbert himself is a rather interesting character. In the beginning he often sported clothing monogrammed with a giant letter "G" and a pudding bowl haircut.
Of course, it wouldn't be long before ol' Gil started showing us his lady killer side.
Obviously, which song stands out as the single most depressing is a matter of taste. I've already mentioned a few personal joy killers. Here's some more morose music:
"Wishing You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.
The band's leader had long since gone insane, and their feeling of loss is palpable in this song. During the recording, Syd Barret actually showed up in the studio horribly overweight, head completely shaved, and manically brushing his teeth. A disturbing image to say the least.
"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas
I know life is short and sort of meaningless in the grand scheme of things. But somehow when Kansas says it, the brevity and insignificance of life becomes all too real. Now, if only I could get the hilarious image out of my mind of Will Ferrel singing it in Old School it would be sad again.
"Reflections of My Life" by Marmalade
Wanna kill a happy mood? This may be the worst three minutes you ever spend. Lip quivering lyrics include: "The world is a bad place. A bad place. A terrible place to live. Oh but I don't wanna die ...".
I wrote an entire post on this underrated band here.
"Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
"Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters
"All By Myself" by Eric Carmen
"One" by Harry Nilsson or Three Dog Night
Freddie Gage's LP below wins the prize for most depressing album cover.
Freddie released one of my favorite off-beat albums, Drugs and Youth - an anti-LSD record which can be found here. It's kind of psychedelic and the album cover proclaims :
But I digress. Back to "Alone Again (Naturally). Here's the lyrics to the song and a video clip.
In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promised myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower,
And climbing to the top,
Will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it's like when your shattered
Left standing in the lurch, at a church
Where people saying,
"My God that's tough, she stood him up!
No point in us remaining.
We may as well go home."
As I did on my own,
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday,
I was cheerful, bright and gay,
Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do,
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down,
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch,
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt,
Talk about God and His mercy
For if He really does exist
Why did He desert me
In my hour of need?
I truly am indeed,
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts
Broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?
Alone again, naturally
Now looking back over the years,
And what ever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old,
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn't understand, why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart
So badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally


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A few days ago, Charm City Streets took you on an extended tour of Jersey Fresh Jam 2017, New Jersey's premiere Hip Hop Festival. Today we return to Trenton to watch Damien Mitchell lighting up a wall at Jersey Fresh Jam.
Damien, an Australian artist living and working in New York City, is acclaimed worldwide for his murals and street art. Thus, it was an unexpected thrill to see him painting a burner piece at Jersey Fresh Jam. He told Charm City Streets a recent trip to Berlin reawakened his interest in graffiti. Damien went on to say after frequently eating a kebab sandwich while in Berlin, it struck him that Döner is the perfect street name for his graff work. Döner is the German word for these fast food kebab sandwiches.
On your next trip to New York and its boroughs be sure to look for Döner. Both Damien's graffiti pieces and the kebab sandwich are always Fresh and a delicious treat.
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Michigan authorities have seized the state-owned phone of former Governor Rick Snyder that was, until recently, in government storage, according to the Associated Press. The phones of 65 current and former officials were also seized as the state investigates the Flint water crisis.
Snyder and other top officials are at the center of an inquiry about Flint, Michigan's water contamination after the source of the impoverished city's drinking water was changed in 2014. The city's primary water source was previously Lake Huron and the Detroit River before being switched to the Flint River, leading to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and other severe health problems for residents.
The phones and computer equipment were seized because evidence on the devices was "not provided to the original prosecution team from the onset of the investigation" according to Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud, who has been appointed to lead the latest investigation.
From the Associated Press:
One warrant, signed May 19, lists all content from Snyder's state-issued cellphone, iPad and computer hard drive. Similar information was sought from the devices of 33 employees who worked in his office, 11 in the Department of Environmental Quality and 22 in the Department of Health and Human Services.
As the AP notes, the Flint water crisis is one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters in U.S. history, but no one has gone to prison over the decisions that led to this event. No state official has suffered real consequences at all, in fact.
The decision to switch the source of the drinking water exposed tens of thousands of residents to high levels of lead, which is especially harmful to children. Residents also experienced hair loss, rashes, and numerous other ailments from the water.
The federal government declared a state of emergency for Flint in 2016 but that expired in August of that year. State authorities have led the investigation into the crisis since then, and despite promises from President Donald Trump to help the people of Flint, no money has been specially allocated to address the people who have suffered.
It remains to be seen what information state investigators will find on Snyder's devices. Activist filmmaker Michael Moore, a Flint native, has called for Snyder's arrest. But Snyder has so far evaded any accountability for the disaster.


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Who flies the drones America uses to take out military targets in foreign locales all over the globe? I had the chance to talk to an Air Force drone pilot operating out of Whiteman Air Force Base, and astonishingly, he admitted to me that he took part in strikes on wedding parties in Middle East & Asian countries said to harbor terrorists.
I confronted him with some of the troubling news that has emerged about the secret White House kill list and the apparent readiness to destroy the lives of innocent bystanders in pursuit of a target – women, children and elderly villagers who are all considered nothing more than "collateral damage." Clearly, he didn't want to hear it.
Did he, too, find these people dispensable? Did he share the cold rationale of our leaders that it is "worth it" to kill these civilians to target an enemy? I tried to find out when I saw him during a wedding I attended, all while I was deeply aware of the unsettling irony that the celebration we were attending was seen differently than the weddings, funerals and other gatherings that U.S. airstrikes have unofficially declared to be venues of war.
Horrifyingly, the use of airstrikes to kill rescue workers in a "double tap" when they come for the bodies of drone victims has been repeatedly documented, as well.
Perpetual wars spilling across many borders is now a foregone conclusion. The public pays it little mind. Drones take this even further, targeting individuals determined to be combatants – without a declaration of war against their country and without formal charges, allegations or complaints against those individuals.
Due process is effectively dead. The White House, the Pentagon, and the pilots who operate their predator drones have become judge, jury and executioner while the public isn't even told who is on their kill list, or why.
Drones are coming home to roost, too. Estimates are that U.S. skies will see some 30,000 drones within the coming decade, and surveillance is not their only purpose. While they may not be equipped with missiles to target suspects, the use of tasers and other less-lethal weaponry for law enforcement and border security functions has already been proposed.
How far will things go? And how far removed will their operators be from the situation? Will they retain the judgement to know when things have gone too far? Or will the lives they hover over become mere blips on a screen?
Aaron Dykes is a co-founder of TruthstreamMedia.com where this article first appeared. As a writer, researcher and video producer who has worked on numerous documentaries and investigative reports, he uses history as a guide to decode current events, uncover obscure agendas and contrast them with the dignity afforded individuals as recognized in documents like the Bill of Rights.
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Counting is underway in the Central African Republic after an election which voters hope will end a period of Christian-Muslim violence that has cost thousands of lives.
The vote, for the presidency and legislature, passed off peacefully, with many voting after polls closed because of long queues at polling stations.
Former prime minister Martin Ziguele is one of 30 presidential candidates, and has the backing of the anti-Muslim guerillas.
Another leading candidate is another former PM, Anicet-Georges Dologuele, but since the 2013 taking of the mainly Christian country's capital, Bangui, by Muslim Seleka rebels from the northeast, the country has been in uproar.
Seleka excesses led to the rise of the anti-Muslim, or "anti-Balaka" Christian militias,
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24 Hours BMW Welt
Billed as an "experience and delivery center," the BMW Welt ("Welt" is German for "World") was built on the Milbertshofen Oberwiesenfeld, where BMW was founded in 1916. The Welt is located adjacent to BMW headquarters, the Munich factory, and the Olympic Park (site of the 1972 Olympic Games). The Welt includes displays of BMW automobiles, motorcycles, parts, and accessories as well as interactive exhibits on design, technology, and the future of the automobile. The BMW Museum, recently reopened after extensive renovation and expansion, is located nearby as well.
The Diesel Driver's editor, Jonathan Spira, took delivery of a brand new BMW 335d today at the BMW Welt (Spira, incidentally, was also the first customer to take delivery of a car at the Welt back in 2007 when the Welt opened). He visited the BMW Welt the night before to check up on things and returned the following day with several friends. Here is a quick look at those 24 hours; a more detailed look at the Welt, the BMW European Delivery program, and the delivery itself will follow.
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[Patent Pending]
Cryptovoter: Shareholder-style Blockchain Voting
(previously known as Easy Vanity Voting)
A simple, trustless, decentralized (p2p), shareholder-style blockchain voting system achieved through voter generated vanity bitcoin addresses.
- Shareholder-style: one-bitcoin-one-vote (as opposed to one-person-one-vote)
- Decentralized (p2p)
- Transparent
- Zero-trust
- Users retain complete control over 100% of their coins
- Anyone can create a poll, vote and audit results.
- Theoretically, anyone could even implement the vote results (so long as any modified code was released open-source with binaries compiled using verifiable gitian builds).
- Based on Bitcoin blockchain
- Psuedo-anonymous
- Auditable
- Adjustable to resist double-spends (double-votes)
- Compatible with proxy voting pools
- Possibly, compatible with cumulative voting (to protect minority voting rights)
- Possibly, compatible with a modified form of instant run-offs
Summary of System:
Cryptovoter is a decentralized voting system that allows anyone to propose, cast and audit votes using end-user generated vanity addresses, where total votes cast equals total coins sent to each voter's self-controlled "vanity-voting address."
- A question and answer choices are published to the community
- Each answer choice is associated with a unique 5-letter "voting-address prefix."
- The question, possible answer choices (w/ corresponding "voting-address prefixes) and a blockheight-deadline (+ n confirmations) are publicly posted.
- Before voting, each voting coinholder creates a unique, self-controlled "vanity-voting address" where the first 5-bits of said generated address match the posted 5-letter "voting-address prefix" corresponding to their desired vote choice.
- During the voting period, each voting coinholder sends as many coins as they can/want to their self-controlled "vanity-voting address" until the blockheight-deadline (+ n confirmations) has passed.
- One-Bitcoin equals one-vote.
- At the blockheight-deadline (+ n confirmations), address balances for all addresses matching the applicable "voting-address prefixes" and meeting confirmation requirements are tallied and compared.
- The answer choice with address balances exceeding 50% of total coins cast as votes is deemed the winner.
- In the event no answer choice has address balances exceeding 50% of total coins cast as votes, a subsequent run-off election can be held between the top two vote choices.
Detailed Explanation
- Any member from the community can propose a poll which contains: (i) a question, (ii) possible answer choices, which are each associated with a unique 6-letter "voting address prefix" and (iii) a blockheight-deadline (+ n confirmations).
- Anyone can post a voting question so long as sufficient notice is provided.
- The community determines if sufficient notice is provided, as results are non-binding.
- The "voting-address prefix" uses the format "1Qxxyy"
- xx = voting question identification number (i.e., 11, 37, 69, etc…)
- yy = voting question answer choice (i.e., AA, BB, CC, etc…)
- The number zero (0) cannot be used as a Base58Check encoded Bitcoin address so 0-10 and multiples of 10 are unavailable as Question ID numbers.
- The uppercase letters I and O cannot be used as Base58Check encoded Bitcoin addresses so II and OO are unavailable as answer choice options.
- The ZZ answer choice can be used as a default "None of the above or Protest vote"
- Examples:
- "1Q11AA7TJr2k24F59EfcYYQFUvmuuNreiu" would represent Question 11, answer choice AA for a particular voter.
- "1Q11BB9xjfyqsfchkRxyBGxheaT81bGA26" would represent Question 11, answer choice BB for a particular voter.
- The blockheight deadline is the deadline to submit votes
- "n confirmations" is the amount of confirmations required after the deadline for a vote to count and is required to resist double-spend (double-vote) attacks.
- User can move their coins to other addresses as soon as the blockheight deadline (+ n confirmations) has been reached.
- Anyone can post a voting question so long as sufficient notice is provided.
- Using the command-line Bitcoin Vanity address generator, each end-user voter creates their own "vanity-voting address" where the first 6 bits of such address contain a 6-letter "voting address prefix" corresponding to the answer choice they want to vote for.
- This private key of this voter generated "vanity-voting address" is subsequently imported into the voters personal wallet file before casting the vote.
- Generating this "vanity-voting address" takes between 5-20 minutes on a midrange laptop (as of 01-2014).
- Open-source command-line generator: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen
- To cast votes, the voter sends as many coins as they want/own to their personal "vanity-voting address."
- Anyone can vote while still retaining complete control over their coins.
- Rather than one-person-one-vote, this system embraces one-Bitcoin-one-vote which shifts voting power to those with a bigger stake in the outcome.
- At the predetermined blockheight-deadline (+ n confirmations), the balances for all "vanity-voting addresses" with "voting address prefixes" that correspond to each answer choice are tallied and compared.
- Only balances at the blockheight-deadline with the required n confirmations count.
- The voting question and answer choices could be added to the block-chain prior to a vote by sending a one-way payment to a hex address describing said votes.
- The answer choice containing more than 50% of total cast votes (as measured by coin balances) is declared the winner.
- In the event no answer choice receives more than 50%, a subsequent run-off election is held between the top two answer choices.
Cryptovoter (Vanity Voting )Proof-of-Concept can be found here.
Cryptovoter (Vanity Voting) Manual Instructions can be found here.
Original post can be found here.
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There are times when I know exactly what to hunt for when preparing a new Treasury Tuesday-list, but most of the times I like to go with the flow.
The flow of being inspired by certain colors, a particular holiday, something an ig-friend made that very week, well, basically anything …… I really love doing this every week!
It must have been seeing these pretties that made me look for crochet jewellery, remembering how much fun I had myself crocheting my friendship bracelets (for the diy, you can click here). I was amazed at the beauty I found – just the thought of people crocheting with ultra-thin wire, constructing "real" jewellery: hats off!
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Walker Bay Airis SUV 11 Review
This unique paddle board features a special area on the deck that is constructed of EVA covered fiberglass. The area is divided into two super stiff strips that you stand on when paddling, and the result is an inflatable paddle board that feels just as stiff as a rigid one.
Walker Bay has been building top-quality recreational water products since 1997, and their current stand up paddle board lineup consists of three models: The HardTop Stubby 9, the HardTop SUV 11, and the HardTop Tour 12'6″. The innovative Airis HardTop SUP line won Boating Industry's top products award for 2015.
In this Airis SUV 11 SUP review, we'll go over the materials used in the construction of the board, its best features, how this inflatable SUP performs in the water and who it is best for, the specs, what's included, the warranty coverage, and more.
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Airis HardTop SUV 11 Review: SUP Overview
This is a great all-purpose board that is excellent for both beginners and expert paddlers. It glides well in the water and overall tracking is outstanding.
In addition to the unique RigiDeck fiberglass area on the deck of the board, there are also two bungee storage areas — one near the nose of the board, and one near the tail. This is awesome if you typically paddle out with a lot of gear as you'll have no trouble finding a place to secure it all.
Another great feature that Walker Bay added to the Airis 11 paddle board is a grab handle at the bow. This makes it super easy to pull the board out of the water, and it's a feature that we would love to see on more boards these days.
Of course, there's also the standard carrying handle located at the center of the board which makes it really easy to carry the SUP around when it's fully inflated.
There are stainless steel D-rings located at the middle of the deck for attaching an optional kayak seat, and another D-ring at the board's stern for attaching your SUP leash.
Unlike many inflatable SUP boards, the air valve for the Airis HardTop SUV 11 is not located on the deck of the board at the tail. It's actually located on the starboard rail near the stern, and it's a good quality valve.
The unique construction of the Airis 11 iSUP allows it to maintain super stiff rigidity, even at lower PSI pressures. Further adding to the board's excellent stiffness is the drop stitch construction and thick, high-strength center stringer.
The minimum PSI for the Airis HardTop 11 is 5, while the recommended air pressure is 7 PSI. If you want, you can inflate the board up to a maximum of 12 PSI for additional stiffness. The total volume is 297 liters.
The board easily pumps up to the recommended PSI with the included hand pump in just a few minutes. When you're done paddling, just rinse the board off with fresh water, dry it, deflate it, and roll it up.
The board's dimensions are only 26″ x 10.2″ x 19.7″ when fully deflated and rolled up, and it fits neatly into the included backpack for easy transporting and storage.
On the flip side, the Airis HardTop 11 SUP features a large, single skeg.
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Airis 11 SUP Features & Specs
|26.5 pounds
|Max Capacity
|250 pounds
What's Included
- Air retention
- Structural integrity of the tube/body
- Servicability
- Seams and gluing
The included accessories are covered for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase.
We'd really love to see a paddle included with the board. This would make the board even more attractive to beginner paddle boarders, and would really round the accessory package off nicely.
We'd also love to see a longer warranty coverage period. While many SUP companies offer similar 12 month warranties, the best warranties are 2 or 3 years in duration.
How do you clean the Airis Hardtop SUV 11?
There's not much you really need to do. Just rinse the board off with fresh water after each use, and be sure to dry it completely before you put it away. Once in a while, you can hit the board with some mild soap and water if it looks dirty.
Final Thoughts
Overall, Walker Bay's Airis HardTop SUV 11 SUP left us extremely impressed.
This high-quality inflatable SUP is absolutely packed with great features, and the super stiff rigidity and paddling performance are top notch.
The only real negatives that we found are the lack of a paddle and a warranty period that is shorter than we'd like to see. We would really prefer to see a 2 or 3 year warranty instead of the included 12 month warranty, but that's just being picky.
At the end of the day, the Airis HardTop SUV 11 paddle board is a great choice for beginners and advanced paddlers alike. If you're looking for a super rigid, well-built SUP that is extremely versatile, this is one that should be on your radar.
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If you were a SpongeBob from the Ice Age, you too would be discombobulated and agitated. Which is why the Caveman SpongeBob meme (née Spongegar, alias Primitive Sponge) is the perfect representation of man in his most primal state, desperately clinging to survival while in a state of total panic:
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