In 1987 the OR built steps at the WHS. Time, weather and people have taken their toll on the bank either side of the steps so we decided to do some planting to prevent further erosion.
The shored up bank ready for planting
Ferns which were interspersed amongst holly, dog rose and hewthorne plants
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Hailsa!
For a long time you have yearned for something that reflected your values. A place where you know that you can leave your children for an evening of fun without worry about what influences they will face. You have wanted a place where you could have a hand in your child’s education, yet have the confidence that when you walk away, your child will learn life affirming Odinic Virtues and Values. You have wanted a place where you can express your Folkways with others just like you. We want to offer you this place!
Acorn Hollow for the past year has been building in our local community by offering families safe and wholesome gatherings and socializing in an educational and nurturing environment through holiday events, educational meetings, theatrical performances, youth mentoring and much more.
Unfortunately, we currently do not have a home to call our own.
Our Folk need to come together to build such a facility.
So, here is what you can do to help!
Acorn Hollow is now accepting donations from individuals, businesses, and organizations.
Visit the Acorn Hollow website at: www.odinic-rite.org/acornhollow
Or visit the Odinic Rite website at: www.odinic-rite.org/donations
Donations can also be sent to:
Odinic Rite Vinland
PO Box 351
Brush Prairie, WA 98606
100% of all donations go to this project and are possibly tax deductible*, so make your donation today!!
Every little bit helps!
Thank You,
The Acorn Hollow Team
*Please consult your tax professional regarding deductibility of donations. Odinic Rite Vinland is a 501 (c)(3) recognized religious organization.
Parents with stressful lives may be making their children as well as themselves vulnerable to illness, research suggests.
A University of Rochester study, reported by New Scientist, found sickness levels were higher in children of anxious or depressed parents.
A belief in God could lead to a more contented life, research suggests.
Religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a job or divorce, claims the study presented to a Royal Economic Society conference.
Data from thousands of Europeans revealed higher levels of “life satisfaction” in believers.
Many hospitals across England had to turn away women in labour last year because they were full, figures show.
Some 70% of trusts provided data, with more than 40% saying they shut their doors - one in 10 more than 10 times - or diverted women to other sites.
Germany’s highest court has placed restrictions on an anti-terrorism law which makes telecom companies store private data for six months.
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled that data may still be kept but can only be accessed during investigations into serious crime.
Yes, Europe and America back Kosovo’s declaration of independence, but most of the world does not.
After years of violence and diplomatic wrangling, Kosovo, on Feb. 17, declared its independence, and within a day the world’s most powerful nation, the United States, congratulated and recognized the newborn state. Britain also immediately recognized the war-torn nation, and in the days and weeks to come other big and wealthy nations would do likewise: France, Germany, Italy and Australia and two dozen others have all recognized Kosovo’s sovereignty, representing, by one count, just more than half the world’s GDP, and a majority of the members of NATO and the European Union.
But those figures obscure a central fact: while Kosovo has largely won its battle for recognition in Europe, Serbia is winning over the rest of the world. The vast majority of the United Nations’ 192 members have withheld recognition, either by silence or explicit rejection. Brazil, China and India have all thus far refused to recognize the nascent nation, and Russia has not only rejected Kosovo’s independence, but has become Serbia’s proxy at the U.N. Security Council, vowing to veto any resolutions that would help clarify its status or grant Kosovo the ultimate symbol of sovereignty: a seat at the United Nations itself. Even some stalwart U.S. allies have rejected or remained silent on the Kosovo question, including Israel and Canada, as well as members of the European Union and NATO such as Spain, Cyprus and Slovakia.
The Irish Times - Friday, March 14, 2008
AN APPLICATION by protesters for an injunction to halt work on the M3 Dublin-Navan motorway on grounds of safety and potential damage to a national monument linked to the Hill of Tara has been rejected by the High Court. Ms Justice Mary Laffoy was told yesterday that protesters had dug a tunnel near the monument, at an esker known as Rath Lugh, and that any attempts to remove a female protester who had allegedly chained herself to a jack in the tunnel could result in the tunnel’s collapse and would represent a danger to safety.
The National Roads Authority (NRA) rejected claims that works on the motorway created a danger of damage to Rath Lugh and argued any delay in the project would cost the taxpayer €330,000 a week. Rath Lugh is located about 3.7km (2.3 miles) northeast of the Hill of Tara and is divided from the hill by the existing N3 road. The injunction application was brought by a building surveyor, Peadar Ó Ceallaigh, Wolfe Tone Close, Jervis Street, Dublin.
Heritage campaign group TimeWatch have called for urgent action over Thornborough Henges.
Following the recent news that planning permission to quarry Ladybridge Farm has been overturned following a legal challenge by campaign group Friends of Thornborough.
TimeWatch believe that recent archaeological discoveries within the application area mean it would be impossible for the council to grant the planning application when it is reviewed at a council meeting in Masham on April 22nd, so long as significant numbers of the public show they value the archaeology and wish to see it protected.
“The original application was thrown out because it threatened nationally important archaeology. The second application was only granted because the planning committee believed the revised site plan avoided any of the archaeology” Said TimeWatch Chairman George Chaplin. “But since the application was granted, Tarmac have found Neolithic archaeology within the site, meaning that the original ruling must stand, but only if the public show they value their heritage”.
“A great many of us were shocked that the second application was passed, the lack of significant objections was one factor, we need to make sure that everyone who objected to the first application knows they can object on exactly the same grounds again”.
TimeWatch are advising all concerned to write to NYCC planning department to express their concern before the end of March: The Planning officer, Ladybridge Application, Environmental Services, Planning & Countryside Unit, County Hall, Northallerton DL7 8AH. Quoting Application number C2/29/500/53 Ladybridge Farm.
Contacts
TimeWatch
info@timewatch.org
www.timewatch.org
Tel: 07711684029
Background
Thornborough Henges is the location of some of Britain’s largest prehistoric structures, the site, which is comparable to the Stonehenge complex contains numerous henges, ritual causeways, burial and settlement sites from the far reaches of history. The site has been called the most important between Stonehenge and The Orkney’s by English Heritage.
The complex covers several square miles and was Yorkshires largest ritual location in the Neolithic period. Unfortunately for a number of years the gravel bed that Thornborough sits upon has been subject to quarrying and significant quarrying within the monument complex continues to this day; although the major monuments are scheduled, the landscape archaeology surrounding them are not.
In 2002 Tarmac, the quarry company in question announced plans to quarry Ladybridge Farm and Thornborough Moor, both locations are known to contain nationally important archaeology from the Neolithic period.
Following that announcement, several archaeological organisations voiced concerns and ultimately a number of campaign groups became involved in the cause of saving as much of the Thornborough Henges monument complex as possible. These campaign groups include Friends of Thornborough, TimeWatch and Heritage Action. In addition, many notable archaeologists, including Richard Bradley, Richard Prior and Mark Horton have spoken out against the new proposals.
In the run up to the planning application being determined, a petition numbering some 10,000 signatures, and 1,500 letters of objection were received by North Yorkshire County Council.
As a result of the significant lobbying and support, that initial planning application to quarry Ladybridge Farm was refused due to the potential damage to nationally important archaeology located within the application site.
The issue hit national headlines and most pundits agreed that the correct decision had been arrived at. After all a very significant ancient site of national importance would have been seriously damaged by the quarry diggers; recording of archaeology prior to destruction is a poor alternative to complete preservation and not normally an option for such important remains.
But this good news was short, a modified application was quickly seen by the council before many campaigners knew it had been presented. The seeming lack of public outcry to the revised application making it easy for the council planners to believe that the cause for objection no longer existed.
The primary reason the new application was granted, was because Tarmac claimed that it avoided any areas that contained nationally important archaeology. A claim vehemently denied my heritage campaigners, but seemingly accepted by English Heritage and Council Archaeologists.
However, Tarmac’s road to quarrying Ladybridge still has along way to run. Behind the scenes, lobby group Friends of Thornborough put together a legal challenge to the application that has caused the council to revoke the planning permission previously granted in order to avoid a judicial review of the judgement.
North Yorkshire County Council have decided to re-judge the planning application on April 22nd at a special public meeting at Masham Town Hall