Friday, March 30, 2018

Friday Night Musik

Another Friday Rolls In...


Fantastic Negrito comes through with this Great video 
It’s on YouTube 
Yeah,
Buy his music already 😎🎸



Thursday, March 29, 2018

#AdiosImus

Farewell, You Surly Cowboy 🤠 


To save a little time,
Posting a search of my blog where I mentioned Imus, Don Imus
He’s leaving his current Radio 📻 Show 
Heading to higher pastures
I haven’t opened this file before posting 
Hope you find some amusement here...


I wanted to do an autoharp tune for his last day.
I got the harp tuned up and it felt good to strum on it and sing 🎶 
Alas, I failed to record anything and still want to explain what a nice instrument 
The Autoharp is.
Fairly simple, gratifying sounds.
So wanted to suggest to Imus that he get one.
Quickest way to play perfect chords 😎🤠

Finally a video for him.
Been nice all these years...
Meg




Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Intuition


Addendum...I cannot get the duplicate photos out of this post
Without going to a different computer.
Leaving duplicates in!
Makes his message no less relevant. Meg

3.27.18


Excellent Book!



























Monday, March 26, 2018

Rerun -> Travelogue for the Universe: 153

Travelogue for the Universe: 153: We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless. - Rumi Ledges 153 In Junior high school  &...

Thursday, March 22, 2018

New video link... Yes, We Can...

Ms. Amy Helm et al

Link from YouTube 
Yes, We Can, Can, You Know We Can ❤️


For her music 🎶 and tour dates amyhelm.com


Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Calling All Cloud Gazers: NASA Needs Your Help!

Calling All Cloud Gazers: NASA Needs Your Help!: From March 15 through April 15, citizen scientists of all ages can make up to 10 cloud observations per day using the GLOBE Observer app or one of the other data entry options (for trained GLOBE members).



Thursday, March 15, 2018

Child’s Play 🧒


Monday, March 12, 2018

Pipeline news #fracking breaking


Update from West Virginia 
Link from web Roanoke Times
Quote MLK contribution by a friend.

Sheriff says: "How in the world would you get them out of the trees?” Also says he doesn’t know how to serve the order on people sitting in trees!





“We must walk on in the days ahead with audacious faith in the future.”  — MLK


Sunday, March 11, 2018

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Music and Chat


Great show with some of our favorite people 🎶🎸🐝🙏🏼🎻😎



Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Travelogue for the Universe: Breaking #fracking Updates from Vermont Town Meeti...

Travelogue for the Universe: Breaking #fracking Updates from Vermont Town Meeti...: All I can hope is that the  PUC Public Utility Commandant  Is Listening

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 6, 2018

Contacts: Jaiel Pulskamp jaiel@350vt.org  802-498-7866
34* VERMONT TOWNS PASS RESOLUTIONS SEEKING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

On Town Meeting Day, Vermont residents from 34* towns voted overwhelmingly in favor of resolutions seeking climate solutions. The exact wording of each resolution varied, but all the resolutions acknowledged the severity of climate change, urged the State of Vermont to meet its goals for 90% renewable energy, and called for a fair and equitable transition off fossil fuels. The majority of the resolutions also demanded a ban on any new fossil fuel infrastructure, such as natural gas pipelines. In many towns the resolutions passed unanimously, and every resolution  passed where it was on the agenda or ballot. In Montpelier, the resolution passed via Australian ballot, 1715 to 500. In Brattleboro, the margin was even larger, 910 in favor, 180 opposed.

The complete list of towns include: Arlington, Bennington, Bethel, Brattleboro, Bristol, Burlington, Calais, Cornwall, Dorset, Dummerston, East Montpelier, Greensboro, Guilford, Huntington, Lincoln, Manchester, Marlboro, Marshfield, Monkton, Montpelier, Peacham, Peru, Plainfield, Putney,  Sharon, Stowe, Strafford, Thetford, Tunbridge, Wardsboro, Weston, Williston, Woodbury, and Worcester.

“There was literally no debate about the resolution and it passed overwhelmingly, 116 to 1,” said Stuart Blood from Thetford. “That's probably because the thread of climate change was woven throughout the meeting. Thetford suffered the most damage of any community in the state from the July 1, 2017 flooding. We got hit with almost $5 million in damage to our public infrastructure, not counting damage to private property.”

Beginning in November 2017, organizers and volunteers with 350Vermont and other affiliated groups drafted their resolutions town by town and collected the required signatures to get their resolutions warned for Town Meeting Day.

“Every corner of Vermont has been impacted by climate change, with either floods, increased Lyme disease, wind storms, reduced snow, or shortened sugaring seasons,” said Maeve McBride, director of 350Vermont. “So, it’s not surprising that we see these resolutions passing in 10 different Vermont counties. Clearly, Vermonters are not happy with the State’s meager progress, and they want to see more action on climate change.”

Vermont youth were involved in the efforts to pass the resolution in many towns. According to Jean Freebern from Arlington, “Sofie Pedemonti, a 12th grader, and Cassidy Pickering, an 8th grader, stepped right up to the microphone and belted out the resolution, beautifully, [which was] followed by a burst of loud applause.” Olivia Voth from Champlain Valley Union High School also spoke in Williston. One youth led a petitioning effort in Rupert, but because of a technicality in the wording, the resolution was not on the agenda, despite a successful petition.

"We had a very successful evening in Manchester because the whole community voted in favor of the resolution," said Letitia Scordino of Dorset and member of Earth Matters. "We had such an outpouring of support from the community that we couldn't possibly lose."

This resolution, like many Town Meeting Day resolutions, is advisory and non-binding, but historically town resolutions have influenced the state legislature and can even have an impact on the national level. Several towns are already planning their next steps.

“We at 350 Brattleboro will continue to push for meaningful action on a town and state level and I can imagine many more people joining us in this work,” said Daniel Quipp of 350Brattleboro. “We'll be pushing for town leaders to turn the suggestions contained in our resolution into local policy. We'll also be welcoming more and more people into the climate movement, asking them to join us in advocating for solutions that live up to Vermont's climate and energy goals."
*Results not yet available for Shaftsbury.
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About 350Vermont:
350Vermont is a statewide organization in Vermont working to build a grassroots movement to reverse climate change. 350Vermont’s mission is to organize, educate, and support people in Vermont to work together for climate justice - resisting fossil fuels, building momentum for alternatives, and transforming our communities toward justice and resilience. Although we are an affiliated group of 350.org with a similar mission, 350VT is an independent organization, with local campaigns to divest from fossil fuel investments, advocate for a carbon pollution tax, and stop any expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.

About 350Brattleboro:
A group of people who meet regularly, organize together, and take action to grow a stronger climate justice movement in the greater Brattleboro area.This is an open group that welcomes anyone ready to take climate action and help grow the movement locally.  For 350Brattleboro contact: Daniel Quipp -  (347) 977-1192, daniel.quipp@gmail.com.

About EarthMatters:
EarthMatters is an affiliate of 350Vermont and MoveOn Manchester. They are devoted to making the world a better place for all. For EathMatters contact: Carl Bucholt - (802) 362-4619 carl.bucholt@gmail.com

About Central Vermont Climate Action:
Central Vermont Climate Action meets in Montpelier to work collaboratively towards climate justice. For CVCA contact: Ned Swanberg  - ned.swanberg@gmail.com


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p.s. Please consider adding your voice to our strategic planning process by filling out our 350VT survey. Deadline is March 10th!
maeve mcbride
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350Vermont
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“None of us can ever know the value of our lives or how our separate and silent scribbling may add to the amenity of the world if only by how radically it changes us one and by one.”- Mary Karr

Breaking #fracking Updates from Vermont Town Meeting Day

All I can hope is that the 

PUC
Public Utility Commandant 
Is Listening 

Spring Change














In March,
The Dormant Lands
Pause
(Above)

April will bring on
The Colrs
Of Spring 
(Below)


Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Town Meeting Day 2018


You won’t see me

There,
at Town Meeting,







Sunday, March 4, 2018

Twitter Chatter #fracking tweet


Thursday, March 1, 2018

****Breaking*** #fracking update Trans Vermont Pipeline

PRESS RELEASE: March 1 2018
On discovering multiple serious safety violations and problems with the construction of the Vermont Gas ANGP pipeline, intervenors in the ongoing investigation case before the PUC (17-3550-INV) filed a compelling motion to broaden the scope of the case.
The filing states: “sufficient information has been provided to lead a reasonable observer to conclude that Vermont Gas Systems committed widespread, repeated and potentially catastrophic violations of critical public safety requirements of the Certificate of Public Good. It also violated an environmental protection requirement that is essential to protecting wetlands.” 
The filing (available via ePUC) details 7 safety violations including:
1.Burying pipeline with known coating damage and lack of records of inspection of coatings
2. Failure to install specified sand padding and support under the pipe, instead laying the pipe directly on the bottom of trench.
3. Failure to compact trench backfilling materials as specified, or to perform required testing of compaction.
4. Failure to install, or keep records of installation of zinc ribbon, used to protect against corrosion in areas of electrical influence.
5. Use of an unapproved method for installing pipeline in at least “several” swamps along the route.
6. Lack of a mandated “Quality Assurance Plan” throughout much of the construction as was required.
7. Failure to install bentonite trenchbreakers, which prevent draining from streams and wetlands, in at least 13 locations, and failure to keep records of locations.
Rachel Smolker, one of the intervenors stated: “We have done multiple public record requests and discovery requests in this case, which resulted in thousands of pages of documentation, so our findings are derived from studying VGS and DPS own records and communications.  The current case began when VGS admitted to too shallow burial in a swamp in New Haven, something they only admitted because we took photos and delivered them to the federal pipeline hazardous material safety administration (PHMSA). The problems in that one swamp we happen to know about are not limited to too shallow depth – there is no padding and support under and around the pipeline, and no compaction of trench backfill. Further, this swampy area, recognized as a “state significant area” for its’ ecology and flooding regime, is close to the VELCO high voltage transmission wire corridor, an area of “electrical influence” – meaning it required special zinc ribbon installation to mitigate against corrosion.  Evidence indicates that the zinc ribbon was never installed.  Multiple compounded risks we know about are not likely limited to this one swamp.  Anyone living along the pipeline route should be concerned.”
Meanwhile, over the past several days, VGS has been flaring gas at the Middlebury gate station, alarming residents who can hear the roar and see the flames shooting into the air for miles around. VGS is running an “in line inspection” tool which is carried through the pipe by the pressure and flow of gas.  Yet there are not enough customers purchasing gas to raise the pressure in the pipe to the necessary level to carry the tool. DPS’s gas engineer in April 2017 reported to PHMSA that “Only approximately 20 customers are utilizing gas transported by way of the 30 mile long segment downstream of Section One.”
So VGS is adding gas at the north end and flaring it down in Middlebury to raise the pressure. Gas has been flowing in the pipeline through to Middlebury for almost a year without the inspection having been completed due to weak demand for the gas.
Multiple safety violations and lagging inspections put landowners at risk all along the route, in order to serve gas to a handful of customers.
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