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The Princess Royal officially opens Wales First World War Centenary Wood, Coed Ffos Las
It’s been four years in the making, with many hundreds of local people including children helping to plant the trees, and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has now formally opened Coed Ffos Las, Wales’ First World War Centenary Wood, in the Gwendraeth Valley in Carmarthenshire. As the Woodland Trust’s (Coed Cadw’s) most recently planted wood in Wales, it's part of the The First World War Centenary Woods project which is helping to plant millions of native trees to commemorate the First World War.
The Princess Royal was joined by around 40 invited guests on 2 July, who saw demonstrations highlighting the hugely important role that woods and trees played in the First World War. There was horse ploughing, greenwood working and a working blacksmith. The 157 Royal Logistics Corp were also present, a company created as a result of the First World War, who have helped plant the trees at Coed Ffos Las and who are proud to have The Princess Royal as their Patron.
Her Royal Highness then formally unveiled a plaque displaying the name of the life-sized War Horse Sculpture which forms a special Commemorative Feature of the site. Created out of Corten steel by the designer Steve Tomlinson, the statue was named Yr Arwr / Hero, after the poem which won Hedd Wyn the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod. The name was chosen by Jane Hutt, formerly Leader of the House at the National Assembly for Wales, from ideas suggested in a public competition for names organised last summer in which nearly one hundred people took part.
Natalie Buttriss, Director of Wales for the Woodland Trust (Coed Cadw) said: “I’m delighted to be able to welcome The Princess Royal to Coed Ffos Las. Working with the local community and with the support of our members and sponsors we have created a beautiful, poignant new woodland which incorporates 90,000 native trees. There is also an orchard, bee hives, a pond, an area of woodland which can be coppiced, open areas for enjoying the panoramic views, as well as the amazing war horse sculpture as a commemorative feature.
“Coed Ffos Las is a unique woodland in Wales which we are using to tell the story of wood, woodland, workers and soldiers in the First World War. A huge percentage of Wales’ ancient woodland was felled for a wide range of uses in the Great War. Ammunition cases, vehicle bodies, gun carriages, matches, pit props, even hazel hurdles were used to build the walls of trenches. Wales is, in many ways, still feeling the environmental impact of a war that wreaked havoc on soldiers’ and communities’ lives.”
“The creation of the Coed Ffos Las has cost around £1.2m in total. The Woodland Trust is hugely grateful to everyone who supported our fundraising appeal for the site, to our lead partner in the project, Sainsbury’s, to Welsh Government’s Plant! initiative and the players of the National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund, all of which have generously supported different aspects of the project.”
The First World War Centenary Woods project is supported by the Trust’s lead partner Sainsbury's, helping to plant millions of native trees to commemorate the First World War. Mike Coupe, the company’s CEO, said: “We’re pleased to support such a fitting memorial to those affected by the First World War. It’s important to our customers and colleagues, and commemorative to the colleagues who fell during World War One.
Y Dywysoges Frenhinol yn agor Coed Ffos Las, Coedwig Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, heddiw
Mae hi wedi cymryd pedair blynedd o waith caled. Mae cannoedd lawer o bobl leol gan gynnwys plant wedi plannu'r coed. Yn awr mae ei Huchelder Brenhinol, y Dywysoges Frenhinol wedi agor Coed Ffos Las yn ffurfiol. Dyma Goedwig Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, yng Nghwm Gwendraeth yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Hon yw’r goedwig fwyaf newydd y mae Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust) wedi ei phlannu yng Nghymru mae’n rhan o brosiect Coed Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf sydd â’i fryd ar blannu miliynnau o goed brodorol i goffau’r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.
Fe ymunodd oddeutu 40 o westeion â’r Dywysoges Frenhinol ar 2 Gorffennaf. Fe welson nhw arddangosfeydd oedd wedi cael eu trefnu i amlygu rôl hollbwysig coetir a choed yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Fe fu ceffylau gwedd yn aredig y tir, fe fu bobl yn gwneud gwaith coed gwyrdd ac fe fu gof yn gweithio. Roedd y 157 Royal Logistics Corp yn bresennol hefyd. Cwmni yw hwn a grëwyd o ganlyniad i'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Maen nhw wedi helpu plannu'r coed yng Nghoed Ffos Las ac maen nhw’n falch fod y Dywysoges Frenhinol noddwr iddyn nhw.
Wedyn, fe wnaeth ei Huchelder Frenhinol ddatgluddio plac sy’n dwyn enw'r cerflun ceffyl rhyfel, sy'n ffurfio nodwedd goffaol ar y safle. Wedi'i greu o ddur Corten gan y dylunydd Steve Tomlinson, fe gafodd y cerflun ei fedyddio Yr Arwr / Hero, ar ôl y gerdd a enillodd y Gadair i Hedd Wyn yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1917. Dewiswyd yr enw gan Jane Hutt, a oedd gynt yn Arweinydd y Tŷ yng Nghynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, o syniadau a awgrymwyd mewn cystadleuaeth gyhoeddus a drefnwyd yr haf diwethaf, y cymerodd bron i gant o bobl ran ynddi hi.
Dywedodd Natalie Buttriss, Cyfarwyddwr Cymru Coed Cadw: "Rwy'n falch iawn i groesawu'r Dywysoges Frenhinol i Goed Ffos Las. Gan weithio gyda'r gymuned leol a chyda chefnogaeth ein haelodau a'n noddwyr, rydym wedi creu coetir newydd sy’n hardd ac yn ingol, sy'n cynnwys 90,000 o goed brodorol. Mae yna berllan hefyd, cychod gwenyn, pwll dwr, ardal o goetir y gellir ei brysgoedio, mannau agored i fwynhau'r golygfeydd panoramig yn ogystal â'r cerflun ceffyl rhyfel fel nodwedd goffaol.
"Coedwig unigryw yng Nghymru yw Coed Ffos Las. Rydym yn ei defnyddio i adrodd stori coed, coetir, gweithwyr a milwyr yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Torrwyd canran enfawr o goetir hynafol Cymru ar gyfer ystod eang o ddefnyddiau yn y Rhyfel Mawr. Defnyddiwyd coed i wneud bocsys ar gyfer bwledi, cyrff cerbydau, cerbydau gwn, matsys, pyst pyllau a hyd yn oed clwydi cyll i adeiladu waliau'r ffosydd. Mae Cymru, mewn sawl ffordd, yn dal i deimlo effaith amgylcheddol y rhyfel, a gododd aflonyddwch ar fywydau milwyr a chymunedau."
"Fe gostiodd tua £1.2m i greu Coed Ffos Las. Mae Coed Cadw’n hynod ddiolchgar i bawb a gefnogodd ein hapêl codi arian ar gyfer y safle, i'n prif bartner yn y prosiect Sainsbury's, i brosiect Plant! gan Lywodraeth Cymru, a chwaraewyr y Loteri Genedlaethol, trwy Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri. Mae pob un ohonynt wedi cefnogi gwahanol agweddau o'r prosiect, a hynny’n hael."
Cefnogir prosiect Coed y Canmlwyddiant gan gwmni Sainsbury's, prif bartner Coed Cadw. Mae hyn wedi golygu plannu miliynau o goed brodorol i goffáu'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Dywed Mike Coupe, Prif Swyddog Gweithredol y cwmni: "Rydym yn falch o gefnogi cofeb mor addas i'r rhai yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Mae'n bwysig i'n cwsmeriaid a'n cydweithwyr, ac mae’n coffáu i'n cydweithwyr a syrthiodd yn yr Ryfel Byd Cyntaf. "
"Leah Ruth" working once again to the Port of Teignmouth, this time hauling a bulk trailer instead of a flat bed. Reg No. MH06 XVM, this MAN TG-A 26.430 6x2 (XL) belonging to M. Way & Son of South Molton is a regular visitor to the Docks. 06/03/2012.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 Digital.
Mt Judah Hike, 26 September 2017
My daughter Elizabeth and I have climbed Mt. Judah around 10 times in her 25 years. The first time she was 1 and in a baby backpack most of the way, although she did walk part of it herself. After that, we did not go again until she and younger daughter Caroline were in elementary school and we did the hike several times with several different friends and their families. Then everyone got busy again and it wasn't until Elizabeth was in college the we went for the hike again. We last did it in 2014, and now, as the season is getting late, we decided it was time before snow closed the trail for the winter.
Elizabeth's boyfriend Jesse and our dog Skittles went along. Skittles has been on our last several hikes. We took chi-wiener Lupe a couple of times, but on her last hike, she had to be carried down the mountain and that was the end of that! Skittles still is full of energy and had no problem leading the way.
Mt. Judah, named for Theodore Judah, the engineer who plotted the Central Pacific's route across the Sierra, is pierced by Summit Tunnel 41, the 2 mile long tunnel that has the 7000' crest of the grade just inside its west portal. The original route, ow abandoned, goes through Tunnel 6 to the north of Mt Judah, then curves along the mountain's east slope and is joined by the 1920s alignment at Eder about a half mile east of the east portal of Tunnel 41.
To the west can be seen Summit Valley, Lake Mary and the snowsheds at Norden, as well as the Sugar Bowl ski resort that has a chair lift to the summit of Mt. Judah. Rain and snow that fall on the mountain's west slope wind up in the Yuba River and, eventually, in the Pacific Ocean. Rain and snow that fall a few feet away to the east of the summit flow down to Donner Lake and then to the Truckee River, emptying into Pyramid Lake in Nevada. Pyramid Lake has no outlet and water eventually evaporates from it. It is part of the Great Basin drainage system that also includes the Great Salt Lake in Utah and the Humboldt River that the railroad and I-80 follow across much of Nevada.
Both Elzabeth and Jesse graduated from CSU Sacramento in May with degrees in geology and going for a hike up an extinct volcano with a couple of geologists gave me some new insights into the mountain that I'd never known before. There are layers of ash and pyroclastic flow interspersed, and at the summit, lava that solidified in volcanic vents. In other areas, there is granite, also igneous rock, but shot out of a volcano.
On the drive up, we passed an empty grain train climbing the line at Emigrant Gap. It arrived at the summit as we arrived at a gap in the trees and I got a few photos as it passed. As the climb progressed, we zig zagged up the north side of the mountain at the start, then traversed the west side o the mountain to a spot above the west portal to T-41 where the Mt Judah trail splits from the Pacific Crest Train and climbs back up the north side of the mountain, curving around to the east side. In that area, we saw some snow from the week before's early snowstorm.
As we climbed the east face traverse of the mountains, a late running westbound California Zephyr came into view above Donner Lake between Shed 47 and Eder. I paused for a few photos, then continued to the summit, where we ate and rested for a while.
Mt. Judah's summit is a long ridge with a couple of higher peaks. One of the peaks is at the south end and we walked there to admire the view. You can see down into Coldstream Canyon where Stanford is on the railroad and as we looked around I saw something moving, which turned out to be a westbound stack train.
From the top of Mt. Judah, you can see to the Highway 263 bridge over the tracks and Truckee River east of downtown Truckee and some areas of Truckee. The tracks pass through Truckee, then start the final climb to the summit up the southeast side of Coldstream Canyon, go around Stanford Curve and continue up Schallenberger Ridge on the other side of the canyon, climbing all the while. At the east end of Schallenberger Ridge, the tracks take another horseshoed curve, this on in tunnels at Andover, and emerge on the ridge over Donner Lake which is visible most of the way to Eder before the tracks curve away from the lake and then into Tunnel 41.
The tracks on the south side of Schallenberger Ridge are not visible from Mt. Judah, but shortly after the Andover Tunnels, the stack train became visible again and we watched it snake above the lake, then negotiate the curves that pointed it, eventually, to the east portal of Tunnel 41. As the DPU vanished into the Big Hole we got into position and watched it emerge from the west portal and head to Norden. On and off, the train was visible for over 20 minutes from the summit.
As the stacker passed through the Norden sheds, we started making our way down the mountain. We hiked to the ski lift and side stepped our way down the steel skiing slope until we hit a Jeep trail that led us back to the Pacific Crest Trail. As we descended down the ski run called Tunnel 41, UP was kind enough to send another no grainer east and I got a couple shots of it as it entered the Big Hole.
Then it was time to get back to the car as the sun headed for the mountains that form the western horizon here. We made it before the light faded and then went east to get a couple shots of Donner Lake, Donner Peak and the old railroad grade from the road before heading home.
Who's come to slay the dragon?
Come to watch him fall?
Making arrows out of pointed words
Giant killers at the call?
Too much fuss and bother
Too much contradiction and confusion
Peel away the mystery
Here's a clue to some real motivation
All there really is
The two of us
And we both know why we've come along
Nothing to explain
It's a part of us
To be found within a song
What happened to our innocence
Did it go out of style?
Along with our naivete
No longer a child
Different eyes see different things
Different hearts beat on different strings
But there are times
For you and me, when all such things agree.
Neil Peart
While creating the parfumerie, I was trying out different ideas for the display window, one of which was this one.
Some species of ants farm aphids, protecting them on the plants they eat, eating the honeydew the aphids release from the terminations of their alimentary canals. This is a mutualistic relationship. These dairying ants milk the aphids by stroking them with their antennae.
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Root & Branch invite you to a very different sort of wedding. One at which no one really gets on – even the bride & groom – and where the furniture is collapsing at the same time as the social niceties. Will the father-of-the-bride ever shut up? Will the groom’s friend stop making dodgy jokes? And just what is the sister up to in the kitchen with the handsome young man?
In a vibrant translation by comedian Rory Bremner, A Respectable Wedding will make you laugh out loud & cringe with embarrassment. Just like your average wedding.....
Our annual Just Love Festival was a little different in size and structure but still a welcome reminder of the power of Divine Love.
This year, the festival was more like a three-day retreat with a small group of invited guests. The website posted 'Love Never Dies', and it was true. From 4-6 September, 2020, it may have been small but it was filled with love and devotion and the joy of being with each other.
With beautiful Fall weather, the morning yoga sessions began the day, and a sumptuous breakfast was given to all. Like every year, there was something for everyone: Guruji's leading the beautiful abhishekams in the morning and candlelit aratis at night; great music throughout the day from guest singers and many ashram Resident singers and musicians too; some incredibly delicious vegan meals; aura-reading; hand reading; A&O water; personal coaching; and fun for the kids too.
But more than just another annual celebration, it was a confirmation that, with the grace of Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda, nothing can stop the power of Love!
justlovefestival.org
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina National Guard hosted its second annual "Gratitude Walk" in observation of September as the U.S. Army’s Suicide Prevention Month. The event was held Saturday, Sept. 22, at the NCNG Joint Forces Headquarters here.
The three-mile walk, starting at 10 a.m., began and ended at JFHQ and followed the North Carolina Art Museum trail.
Several members of the public joined with NCNG Soldiers, Airmen and staff for the walk. The event is part of the NCNG’s continuing efforts to increase education and awareness for suicide prevention among Soldiers, Airmen, family members, friends, and our community.
Several local businesses sponsored the event including: Veterans of Foreign Wars, A different Kind of Storage, National Alliance on Mental Illness of North Carolina, Triangle Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Sandez Family Chiropractor, Smoothie King, Survivor Outreach Services, Gard Wellness Center, North Carolina Public Health, Hopeline, Pathways to Life, Starbucks, Harris Teeter, Whole Foods and Kroger. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Latoria Mckoy, North Carolina National Guard)
In an effort to align with the USAID Digital Strategy and recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus and partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, USAID launched the 2022 Digital Development Awards (the Digis), the fourth round of these awards. The Digis recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems in order to improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes. After receiving nearly 200 applications from USAID Missions around the world, five winners were selected for the 2022 Digital Development Awards, including USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia: Digital Asia Accelerator, implemented by DAI’s Digital Frontiers.
As one of the fastest growing regions, the Indo-Pacific provides significant opportunities for businesses and citizens to participate in the digital economy. However, the region’s rapid digital transformation means that people and businesses without internet access or the necessary digital skills are being left behind from this new economic reality. Cyber attacks, combined with low awareness of cybersecurity issues, are a growing threat to the digital safety of citizens and businesses.
To respond to this need, USAID/RDMA developed the Digital Asia Accelerator (DAA). Implemented by DAI’s Digital Frontiers and part of the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership (DCCP), DAA used three main approaches to reach key audiences in Southeast Asia and Mongolia. These approaches included working with partners like Microsoft and WhatsApp for Business to provide targeted digital upskilling and cybersecurity support through training and coaching, creating opportunities for the MSME community to learn about digital policies that would affect their businesses to help them effectively engage policymakers on these issues, and partnering with artists, local media, and companies like Meta to develop creative communication campaigns to raise awareness and build capacity among citizens to employ key cybersecurity practices and hygiene.
One specific project was a Mongolian-based contest, “Only Mine,” aimed to raise awareness of cybersecurity. The contest partnered with Love Frankie, a social impact agency, and Viral Partners, a marketing and advertising firm to design and implement the campaign, which reached nearly 3 million Mongolians online. The dance contest winners, Tamir and Byamba, choreographed and filmed a video to the contest’s theme song, with lyrics centered on cybersecurity education. After the video won, its viral presence online helped push cybersecurity awareness and education across different cities and communities of Mongolia.
When asked how they utilized the dance as a story-telling opportunity, Byamba shared, “We wanted to help others realize that this is an invasion of personal space.”
The Accelerator’s ability to convene large-scale policy forums with leaders from participating countries, combined with an emphasis on youth engagement through informative educational content hosted on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, allowed the project to reach an expansive and diverse set of stakeholders.
Photo Credit: Khasar Steppe for USAID
Different bus stop sign located in Blaine, MN. Every other sign along the route has the bus on the sign.
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A different version, this time just a test model to preview possible folding solution in the center area.
Tant paper, hexagon from 30x30 square, 32 division grid.
Tha back side can be folded in several ways, leven the center empty or almost empty.
The final version will be in a 80 division grid.
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