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The Hub Cafe and Library in Paulton

Publicly funded facilities can come and go in the blink of an eye and I know here locally in Paulton the cafe was closed for some time. It has now reopened with a caring and proud manager and a young girl who is assisting him. There was several people in the cafe when I arrived at about 11:00 a.m., and it did appear to double as a community centre with one woman going round to two adjacent...

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Discrimination vs. Judgement

I'm spending significant amounts of time in the mornings listening to  TWR trans world radio which is an evangelical and theological re broadcasting station in the United Kingdom anyway to act as a conduit for the many excellent religious radio channels in the United States and in the English speaking world. R C Sproul was an American reformed theologian and ordained pastor in the Presbyterian...

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The time consuming challenge of transcribing a lecture

Do you know how much work is involved? This is addressed to the very small number of people who are information nerds like myself. We are surrounded by so much information that we have very little opportunity to digest it, draw out the relevant bits for our development, and install them in our mind. About six pm this evening I was reminded of an excellent talk by the scientific and medical...

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Kilmersdon punches above its weight (again)

I have said this before and I will probably say it again, this tiny village of Kilmersdon (population 541) punches way above its weight. Kilmersdon Parish News is a bi-monthly product photocopied in colour. It was carefully produced and the 16 pages includes a listing of local groups; the Art Group, the Bridge club, the village hall itself, the Facebook group, the Village Day group, the...

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The first hot day of the year and the incredible running tree

This is the first hot day of the year which means that I am out and about doing the odd gardening job. No profound philosophical thoughts today. I love this image though. ---- VIDEO LIBRARY--------- Depressed.  Try this for size. Man Dies; REVEAL Humanity's FUTURE WARS & BIG CHANGES COMING!

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My friend’s Electric Car – is it worth it?

My good and long standing friend came to stay with us for a few days and we discovered that he has traded his hybrid car for a pure battery car. It is a lovely thing to drive. Basically it is a battery on wheels with no engine. At the lights, you can rocket off and leave the other cars standing. It has all the electronic whistles and bells and you can see how your reverse parking is doing on an...

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