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Learn Welsh in beautiful Salt Lake City this July with Cymdeithas Madog Five hours of Welsh lessons per day, lots of cultural workshops, folk dancing, Welsh films, singing, an Eisteddfod for beginners, intermediate-level and advanced learners; and unforgettable people are what make up Cymdeithas Madog Welsh courses. This year we're finally coming to Utah, one of the largest historically Welsh populations in the United States, as well as one of the most picturesque settings. If you've attended Cymdeithas Madog in the course of its thirty-five-year history, why not give it a try in 2012 to see what's different, what's stayed the same; and how learning Welsh is still as rewarding as ever? For anyone who's wondering how to make it work financially, check out our scholarships page. Scholarships are open till May 15, 2012 but remember, you'll need a letter of recommendation, especially if you've not attended Cymdeithas Madog before. For more information send an email to registrar@madog.org or secretary@madog.org Follow us on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/# !/groups/19996342607/ and come along to our website www.madog.org

We have such a huge coastline you would think we could use the power from the sea to generate enough electricity for everyone, thanks for all your comments....we have a huge fight on our hands here, but fight it we will, petitions are out all over the valleys and I am pleasantly surprised by everyone's response to them.
There will be a United Valleys Action Group Roadshow as well in a few weeks time so people can ask questions and get all the information brought right to them.
Apparently Miller Argent are setting up a public meeting in each area in the next month also,to put their points across.
They make me laugh, they actually have someone employed under the job title "Environmental Officer".

CYMRWCH Y TIR YN OL/TAKE BACK THE LAND:

Deiseb newydd pwysig iawn, iawn i Gymru yn y blog yma...Pasiwch ymlaen i Gymry ymhobman! Very, Very Important new petition concerning Cymru in the latest post on this blog. Please pass on to Cymry everywhere! http://cymrwchytirynol.blogspot.co.uk/ CYMRWCH Y TIR YN OL/TAKE BACK THE LAND

http://cymrwchytirynol.blogspot.co.uk/

Campaigning Against an Old Conquest and a New Conquest of Wales by Means of Cheque Book Neo Colonialism in all it's forms inc that of Global Corporate and Green Imperialist Windmill Master Robber Barons, Speculative 'Sustainable' Spivs and Enviromentalist Carpet Baggers Advancing Eco Colonialism. Campaigning Against an Old Conquest and a New Conquest of Wales by Means of Cheque Book Neo Colonialism in all it's forms inc that of Global Corporate and Green Imperialist Windmill Master Robber Barons, Speculative 'Sustainable' Spivs and Enviromentalist Carpet Baggers Advancing Eco Colonialism.

For those of us not in the UK, or who don't own a tv, this is a brilliant, hilarious ad campaign from BBC Wales on the 2012 6 Nations (I couldn't find one for Ireland - if someone finds one for Ireland, put it up!)

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Follow the whole nine yards here (a 95 part series) :- Half Marathon Blog

Why I am running:- West Coast Eisteddfod Bryn Seion Church

For details of how to sponsor see this post

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As promised photos of Sauvie Island after our exploration earlier on today.
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People do not realise the real price of coal, the horrible diseases people are still dying from today, the dust created by airborne particles from opencast mining, is polluting our air and killing the children and our future, breathing problems and lung related diseases are already on the up. The so called protected wildlife will suffer by losing the land that is their home and the nesting birds will go away again, the mountains will become barren, black deserts, because of the greed of companies like Miller Argent who put their profits before the health of people and the environment they are destroying.

We WILL NOT let this happen, they are thinking of digging marshland, home to many species of nesting birds, such as Lapwings, Plovers, Skylarks & many more, that hasn't been touched in over a thousand years, what right do they have to destroy this beautiful natural sight around Rhaslas pond?,

and the beautiful views that people see every day will be gone forever.

In the words of James Dean Bradfield "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

Hard grind, but I hope it's worth it...... I've spent most of the last week formatting and uploading five novels for Kindle, available from the Amazon websites worldwide. They tell you it's incredibly simple -- and indeed it is, if you want to upload any old rubbish. But if you want a novel that looks good, reads well, with a Table of Contents that works automatically, and with some chance of selling in that ultra-competitive world, you have to get it right.

So everything has to be transferred from Pages to Word, then reformatted with headings centred, page breaks taken out and put back in the places where they should be, indents for tables and lists etc etc ...... After one novel I felt dizzy and cross-eyed -- now, after five, I feel distinctly shell-shocked!

But Kindle is the way to go, since it makes book a available for a couple of dollars, and since there are all those people (mostly young people?) out there with their Kindles in their bags, commuting and reading every day. Replacing the old market, or just complementing it? Still not sure.......

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Follow the whole nine yards here (a 95 part series) :- Half Marathon Blog

Why I am running:- West Coast Eisteddfod Bryn Seion Church

For details of how to sponsor see this post

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Gaynor asked for a running pic a few posts ago so I thought I'd include a couple of shots of your cabbage patch action man in the 'wild'. I realise they are all a bit distant but I can photoshop them if necessary. Running went well today...probably about 20 minutes and I have kept to my pledge to quit smoking . Not one so far today ( 7.10 pm PST ). Gaabriel will comment later if I make it through the whole day

Pics of Sauvie Island to come tomorrow hopefully and of course the KStart or Indiegogo sponsorship app. Bit of a delay on that as I havent quite decided which one to use yet. Meanwhile the West Coast Eisteddfod page on this page is at last under way. Only very minimal details so far but we will be adding more in the coming days and weeks. SO....keep checking back for more info!

Me running

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