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September 13, 2019
Weatherford Democrat | By Autumn Owens
Park Superintendent James Adams has started spreading the word about the construction expansion of the already named Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, and gave a presentation at the Native Plant Society's Cross Timbers Chapter meeting Thursday night.
The state began purchasing land for the state park eight years ago and now with help from funding that was approved by the Texas Legislature, the 4,400-acre park is getting closer to a construction date.
"The timeline is very rough this early in the process, but we're hoping to be able to start the roads as early as next August," Adams said. "The funding methods for construction include $12.5 million that was appropriated by the legislature and then TxDOT covered the cost of building the roads and then the remaining $8 to $10 million is going to be funded through a partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. They are the non-profit partners of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department."
State parks and historical sites have received about 40 percent of all money generated by a tax on the sale os sporting goods, but that is changing after legislation was filed to allow the entities to received the maximum tax revenue of up to 94 percent. Voters will have to approve the constitutional amendment, which will be on the Nov. 5 ballot, but lawmakers have already earmarked $322 million from the tax revenue for state parks regardless of the election.
"James Adams gave a very good overview of the park's status," Native Plant Society Publicity Elizabeth Afflerbach said. "[The] November election — this is a tangential issue. There is a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would lock in allocations of the state sales tax on sporting goods primarily for parks. [Adams] can't advocate for a political position, but he can explain it. The tax was originally supposed to go for parks, but the [legislature] sometimes kept it in the general fund."
The new legislation was filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brehnam, and state Rep. John P. Cyrier, R-Lockhart.
"We want to ensure that every Texan can take advantage of our state's great outdoors, and the state has a responsibility to provide for our state parks and historic sites," Kolkhorst said in a Texas Tribune article. "This is truth in taxation, and it gives these agencies the ability to plan."
Adams said the parks plans have gained a lot of momentum.
"Some of planned amenities that we're going to have here include some water and electric camp sites, equestrian camp sites with water and electric, lakeside day-use facilities, ridge top day-use facilities, a rentable pavilion and several miles of multi-use trails," Adams said. "The interest is such in this park that it's almost like I don't have to look for places to go speak. People just send me emails and call me because they want to hear about it, they're excited about the park and they want to know all they can, and how they can help. It's really an awesome thing to have folks so interested and so enthused about the park."
Adams said people have coined a phrase of the park being the "Metroplexes playground," but said it will be more than that.
"I think it will be, but it will be more than that, this site is going to attract folks from all over the state and I think it will be an amazing thing for the local economy and an amazing thing for the people to get to experience," Adams said. "I'm from this area, I grew up in Mineral Wells, and I've worked in several regions of the state and this, to me, has always been one of the most beautiful parts of the state. You can be driving along [Interstate] 20 from Weatherford and then all of the sudden it's like you're in the Hill Country and folks just don't think about it. They think about west of Fort Worth and think Abilene or Odessa where it's flatter. I'm excited to be able to show that to folks that may not be familiar with it."
The TPWD Foundation has set up a webpage for direct donations to Palo Pinto Mountains State Park and can be found by visiting tpwf.org.
Source: https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/news/local_news/park-super-reveals-details-on-palo-pinto-state-park/article_c6deee1d-60a0-51f3-8c67-9970e678ff17.html


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Popcorn gets better with caramel, cashews….and BACON! Pop up a batch of bacon cashew caramel popcorn with this fun and festive recipe.
Now you have to admit, I have been very well-behaved in terms of the bacon recipes lately. I didn't put any bacon in the pumpkin granola, or the marshmallow frosted cupcakes, or even in the spaghetti tacos. I am practically going through bacon withdrawel over here.
And the only antidote might be this CRAZILY good popcorn. Bacon, cashews and popcorn, all held together with just a little bit of caramel and with a little red pepper tossed in just to keep you on your toes.
It's hard to describe how completely, totally, addictively good this is. All I will say is, one minute that jar was full up with popcorn, and the next it was empty. It's all kind of a blur to me. A happy, sweet, salty blur.
This recipe originated on the bar menu of a Denver restaurant called Colt and Gray. Don't you just love bar menus? I could easily eat it for dinner all by itself.
Here's how you make bacon cashew caramel popcorn!
Pop up about 15 cups of popcorn (which is about 1/2 cup of unpopped popcorn kernels, which doesn't make sense to me but it's true.) This will mean your popcorn ends up with just a tiny bit of caramel on each kernel, which was perfect from my point of view, but if you like more caramel on your caramel corn, cut the popped popcorn down to 10 or 12 cups.
Cook up some bacon, crumble it up and toss it in with the popcorn. Add in some cashews, some coarse salt and some red pepper.
Now comes the fun part: making the caramel. You bring some cream to a boil with a tea bag, and let it sit for a while. Then you boil up some sugar, water and corn syrup in a large saucepan until the sugar melts and turns amber-colored.
Now comes the dramatic part: pour in the cream…it will bubble up and then before your eyes you will have a pan full of beautiful molten caramel. Quickly pour it over your popcorn mixture, quickly stir it up to coat everything with just a touch of caramel loveliness.
Now turn the whole shebang onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and let it cool until the caramel hardens. Then comes the hardest part of all: trying not to eat it all in one fell swoop.
Good luck with that part – I speak from experience!Print
Bacon Cashew Caramel Popcorn
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Snacks
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Popcorn gets better with caramel, cashews….and BACON! Pop up a batch of bacon cashew caramel popcorn with this fun and festive recipe.
- 1/2 cup popcorn kernels, popped to make 12-15 cups popcorn
- 6 ounces bacon, cooked and chopped
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 tea bag (regular black tea)
- Cooking spray
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- Combine popcorn, bacon and cashews in a large bowl. Sprinkle with salt and cayenne and toss to coat.
- Bring cream and tea bag just to the boil and remove from heat. Let sit for 15 minutes, press on tea bag and remove.
- Line baking sheet with foil and coat with nonstick spray. Spray two large spoons with cooking spray as well.
- Stir sugar, water and corn syrup in large saucepan over medium low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until syrup turns amber, occasionally swirling pan. This will take about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately add cream – mixture will bubble up – don't panic!
- Immediately pour mixture over popcorn, being Very Careful – it's hot. Toss with the sprayed spoons until well-combined and transfer to baking sheet. Cool completely and then break up into chunks.
Hi there! I'm Kate, and I'm a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN! My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too. And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!


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(SPOILERS) The Walking Dead Q&A — Norman Reedus (Daryl)
Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl on AMC's The Walking Dead, talks about going into the Season 10 Premiere and what the group is up against this year.
Q: We're now 10 seasons into the show! What did it feel like going into the Season 10 Premiere – especially as a veteran of the show?
A: It felt so good. The show just gets stronger and stronger. We have a writing staff that's constantly giving us new challenges and exploring these characters in different ways. It's very empowering to know that you have that history behind you, and that legacy of all these actors and directors and writers and fans of the show. It's much more comfortable than doing Season 1. [Laughs]
Q: What has it been like introducing the Whisperers to the show and playing with such an iconic element from the comics?
A: It's really fascinating. It's a whole different kind of bad guy on the show. The threats have mutated. It's one thing to have to dispatch the dead, but when you have living people using the dead as a weapon and walking amongst them and you can't tell who's who – there's a whole sense of paranoia that we've never addressed on the show. It's almost like a spy thriller because you have so many elements and angles. It's a very claustrophobic sort of feeling this year. It's very sneaky and very different.
Go Inside the Season 10 Premiere With the Cast and Creators:
Q: 10 seasons in, of course you've seen your share of villains and their displays of power. How does Alpha stack up and what's it been like playing with Samantha Morton?
A: I have a ton of scenes with her and she's great to work with. She's such a good actress and really thinks things through. Every move Alpha makes is very calculated. There's no "posing" as the bad guy. She embraces this world and develops a very animalistic point of view. She likes the chaos and embraces the confusion. She thinks man has destroyed himself and the world. It's very interesting watching her work. It's just magnificent.
Q: Alpha has imposed a new border on the group and Daryl's pretty intentional about respecting it and not starting anything unless he has to. What's this dynamic like for him?
A: The old crew of this show and the old Daryl of the show would have just ripped those borders apart, but this new group is scared. It's not like Daryl, Rick and Shane are going to go bust through the walls and take people out. As Daryl, I'm put in a position of protection. I have to make the smarter plays and if it means we don't cross the border so that we get to live in peace, then that's the new Daryl. He's a different type of a guy now. He has to be the cooler head. He's cleaning up messes. Carol is also a different Carol this year. She's suffered so much heartache and loss. She just wants to fight, which is not helping Daryl keep the peace.
Q: The group has been organizing themselves into a militia-style fighting force. How did you enjoy filming those training scenes on the beach?
A: It was a ton of choreography and a ton of references to old Roman fighting style. It was so hot. That beach was like 112 degrees. Thank god I wasn't clad in leather and steel. It was really wild to be filming on an ocean, too. We've been in the woods, so it was a different energy and look. It was really just epic and it was a sense of empowerment. How long that sense of empowerment will keep our chins up is yet to be seen, but it was fun. [Laughs]
Q: Daryl uses sign language with Connie in the Season Premiere. What's it been like working with Lauren Ridloff?
A: It's been really great. I think Daryl looks at Connie as someone who can hold her own. She's a capable fighter and she's got a cool head about her. He respects her. Daryl learning sign language is really cool, I think. There are a lot of shortcuts and Daryl definitely uses that. He doesn't really spell out words. There are certain gestures that mean things as a whole. He probably doesn't want to sit down and have a 45-minute conversation with anyone anyway. He's messing up, but she's having patience. Behind the scenes, I definitely spelled some things wrong. It's been fun. I like that he's making the effort to communicate.
Click here to go behind the scenes with Connie Ridloff and see what it's like to be deaf in the Apocalypse.
Q: You and Melissa McBride share a beautiful episode and journey together on RIDE. Did that deepen your friendship even more? Did it carry over onto the show?
A: Melissa and I have such a deep understanding and respect for each other. It's not a lot of effort for us to connect via words or looks. It's a very fluid and natural and honest exchange, every time, between the two of us. The RIDE episode we did in Scotland, we actually came up with that idea while we were shooting the [Walking Dead] finale two years ago. She went to get a motorcycle license, but we couldn't ride because the weather was so bad out there. We still went in a car and it was super cool and a beautiful episode. It brought us closer together.
Q: How have you enjoyed having your canine co-star, Seven, around on set with you?
A: I love that dog! He's really taken to me. He knows who I am and immediately makes a bee line for me. I have a lot of scratches on my chest from him jumping up and giving me hugs. He's so cute. I just love it. He's the smartest cast member on the show. [Laughs]
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This fleet of luxury cruises includes 4* & 5* vessel
This list make you have a overlook of all the luxury cruises and help you choice a suitable for your holiday easier. The vessel start the cruise at diferent docks. Some start from Got Habour which located on mainland at Cat Hai district and some start from Gia Luan Habour which located in the north of Cat Ba island near Tuan Chau habour, Halong city but they cruise the similar itinerary.
The vessel launched in October 2018. Following the successful sister cruise ships, Orchid and Azalea, Peony Cruise brings to passengers the chances to explore the magnificent and pristine beauty of the cruising route through Lan Ha Bay. Housing 20 spacious luxury cabins artfully designed in the modern style, Peony Cruise promises to provide memorable voyages with a professional crew and premium cruising services.
The PERLA DAWN Luxury cabins - all with balcony, oriental style design, Triple cabin available, Dinner on top deck with 360 degree view. The ship has 18 cabins including 10 Junior Suite Balcony cabins located on the 1st floor and 6 Senior Suite Balcony cabins and 2 Grand Suite Balcony cabins on the 2nd floor. Each cabin is equipped with several facilities such as individually controlled air –conditioning, complementary bottled water, a mini bar and a private balcony. Fire alarms, fire extinguishers, life buoys, and life rafts are always available to guarantee a high safety level for passengers.
The ERA CRUISE 5*
ERA LUXURY 5* vessel, one of Lan Ha Bay luxury cruises, accommodating elegant interior and spacious ensuite cabins. ERA luxury cruise, design with the utmost comfort, will definitely bring the most relaxing moment to any guest onboard. The bar and restaurant gives marvelous seaview, elegant space and a great sundeck of roof top will give you alot space for relax and sunbath. All room are equipped modern facilities, private ensuite bathroom, big windows, air-condition.
Launched in November 2016, Orchid Cruise has only 14 luxurious cabins on board with lowest size from 36 sqm, the cruise will promise the best trip you can take in Halong Bay. All cabins in Orchid Cruise provide full ocean view and private balcony to let you enjoy the magnificent seascape of Halong Bay. Besides luxury private cabin, public amenities on Orchid Cruise are also unparalleled: beauty spa services, theme party on request, pick up services by Limousine car, luxury bar and restaurant, gym room, and so forth. A great deal of thrilling activities like kayaking, sunbathing, squid fishing, discovering amazing grotto and island, cooking lesson, etc. are awaiting you.
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DAY 1: Departure from Hanoi
Pickup at your hotel around 9.00 so please be ready at the lobby beacuse of the busy street. This 130km journey drive on express highway so you won't be tired because we take a confortable modern deluxe vehicle but anyway we stop for a rest on the way.
- 12.00 arrive habour then take a tander transfer about 10 minutes to the vessel.
- 12.00 arrive habour then take a speed boat transfer about 30 minutes to the vessel.
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Take a tander transfer to Got Habour or take a speed boat to Tuan Chau pier.
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- Cruise itinerary subject to change due to weather condition.
- You must bring a valid passport for overnight registeration.
- Vegetarian would be arranged requiring an andvance informed.
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- Pick up time will be about 9.00 around the Old Quater area only. Please be ready at your hotel lobby and wait for us because we can't come in time.
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Professionally managed outdoor College Showcase centrally located close to hotels and attractions. Afrim's Sports Park features 4 state of the art outdoor turf fields and an additional dome covered indoor turf field. Each team is guaranteed three games, each with two 35 minute halves and the registration fee is $895.
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Official notification of acceptance and non-acceptance will be posted here no later than October 31st, 2019. Those teams not accepted will have their check returned. Should a non-accepted team later be granted entry into the tournament, the team will be required to resubmit the tournament entry fee.
Teams not on the accepted list will be kept on our waiting list, unless they choose to be removed. Please notify us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you wish to be removed from the waiting list. Team not accepted will have their checks destroyed or returned.
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FORMAT THIS YEAR: 11 V 11 Outdoor Full Field
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Willemstad, Curacao – Authorities in Curacao debated on Friday how to respond to a ship with 300 people aboard that is heading to the Dutch Caribbean island after being placed under quarantine in nearby St. Lucia because of a confirmed case of measles.
The ship left St. Lucia late Thursday after spending two days under quarantine. Authorities there said the ship's doctor requested 100 vaccines after a female crew member was diagnosed with measles. It is unclear whether she remains in St. Lucia.
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The 440-foot Freewinds ship is reportedly owned by the Church of Scientology. Church officials have not returned messages for comment.
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Curacao epidemiologist Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth said the female crew member arrived April 17 in Curacao from Europe and visited a doctor April 22 for cold symptoms. A blood sample was taken and sent to nearby Aruba, where officials confirmed it was measles on April 29, a day after the ship had departed for St. Lucia. Curacao health officials then alerted authorities in St. Lucia.
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While camping we also did some visiting with Farmor in Copenhagen (i.e. the very little village in Ontario, Canada, not the capital city of Denmark). Farmor puts the kids to work painting concrete and they let their creativity loose making some unique paint jobs like Elliot turning an owl into a penguin, and Sienna painting a rainbow serpent (not featured). When they got tired of painting the cousins hung around inside, playing games and relaxing by the TV.
At Farmor's house
This was the first time we saw Farmor's new house, which – believe it or not – is located in a little place called Copenhagen. We stayed for a night and the snow was in full force. The kids could hardly walk through it but did manage to get some sled rides in. The rest of the time was spent indoors playing games and relaxing.


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I found an spark plug interchange spreadsheet that shows interchangablity between most brands -- for ex -- what the Denso equiv of the Bosch number you show above. BTW, the stock number is W8AC and I have a W145T -- which is the same as the W8AC but uses the older numbering system.
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Thanks Byas,
I've been doing some search for the same.
Right now with Denso the cars just flying.
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good job pavan but there are a few things which need to be looked into, as a beetle purists- your tail lights are off a 68+ model, the 1303 badge only came on the superbeetles which came after 1973 that too with macpherson struts in front, the 1303 has a curved front windscreen and padded dashboard. your 67 could not have a 1500cc engine as this was introduced in 1968 if you give me the engine number i can tell you what it is and if its a 67 1500 it should have disc brakes in front. also your seats in front are not correct, dont get me wrong here, its a great effort but its not original, u can do things over the years to make it original though. all the best.
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|20th February 2008, 13:27
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Thanks for your reply,
I Have few things for you
1)(Few things which need to be looked into, as a beetle purists- your tail lights are off a 68+ model)
The tail lights are of 1967-1968 mfd between September 1967 and August 1968.
Yes the 1967 Beetles also came with smaller tail lights, but were changed during this upgrade.
Different models for different countries were made and hence fewer changes were made.
2) The 1303 badge only came on the superbeetles which came after 1973
Yes the 1303 Badge is not original. It should be a Volkswagen, which will be coming soon.
3) Your 67 could not have a 1500cc engine as this was introduced in 1968
Mine is a true 1967 and 1500 and if you go through some history on VW's you will know that the 1500's were manufactured only from September 1967 till August 1968.
1967 Volkswagen Beetle
Manufacturer Volkswagen
Class Subcompact car
Body style(s) 2-door cabriolet
2-door coupé
Engine(s) 1500 cc OHV
air-cooled rear-mounted Flat-4
40 kW (53 bhp) @ 4200 rpm
105 Nm (78 ft·lbf) @2600 torque
bore 83 mm
stroke 69 mm
comp ratio 7.5:1
Transmission(s) 4 speed manual
Wheelbase 2400 mm (94.5 in)
Length 4079 mm (160.6 in)
Width 1539 mm (60.6 in)
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The Volkswagen Beetle underwent significant changes for the 1967 model. While the car appeared similar to earlier models, much of the drivetrain was noticeably upgraded. Some of the changes to the Beetle included a bigger engine for the second year in a row. Horsepower had been increased to 37 kW (50 hp) the previous year, and for 1967 it was increased even more, to 40 kW (53 hp).
This would answer your question about my 1967 being a 1500 and a 53 bhp engine.
My bore size is 83mm. have the old piston rings for the proof.
Will that answer you or pls let me know if you want some more info on my engine, i'll be glad to do so.
4) Also your seats in front are not correct,
The seats are also from a true 1500 cc.
You want some pics on this also, will be glad to do it.
The handles are not oringinal for your info.
Thanks for your comments, not being offensive to them, i would like to give you some info on the car that has taken 1 yr of persuance to buy and the next 1 yr to detail it during restoration,and owning it for 5 yrs i've gone through all books and sites that give me the the best of information about my car.
And to sum it up mine is the car that was the limited edition of Beetles that came out in September 1967.
The Beetle Saga continues.
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|20th February 2008, 14:31
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There is one factor that is consistently overlooked in determining the exact model year of most cars. The 'model year' of the car may be different to the date of production. Upto the early 50s, that was not the case but later the model year started in August/September. Meaning, a car sold in November 67 is officially designated by the factory as part of the 68 model lineup. It can lead to a lot of confusion.
Moreso, the 67 model Beetle was a one off, appearing only for that year. There were many bits and pieces that were unique to the 67. It was an amalgum of sorts. 67 was also the transition year for the headlight design. If im not mistaken, your car should not have the sloping headlights and fenders as well. (Am 99% sure on this, but you seem to have your research done so Ill leave some room for error ;-)
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Thanks Karl,
This is a German make and came with the Oval head lights, early pics of the car had these lights on them, lateron modified by some moron with the ambassador head lights.
Would like to know when's your beetle coming off the assembly line.
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Hey Pavan,
What's the vin/chassis number on the car?
VW model year starts Aug 1. So an Aug 1, 1967 onwards is considered a 68 model year. (You may already know this -- wasn't mentioned in the couple of posts above this so thought I'd mention).
As u mentioned that the 1500 was manf from Sep 1967 to sometime in 68, that would again make it a 68 model year engine.
For 68 MY the headlights were changed to the circular ones. So it's interesting to me that your car came with a mix (68 engine, 67 lights).
Now, Fiat did this a lot. There are instances when they've even gone back and used parts from a 2 years earlier -- quality was never their forte . I'm sure they are not the only manf who has done this.
VW too maded many running changes, but for the most part seems to have largely stuck to MY changes.
The chassis number should be able to clarify. BTW, you can even get a "Birth Certificate" from the Wolfsburg Museum which lists all the details and options the car left with and the exact date of manufacture, when it left the factory etc. I got one for mine.
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Would be interested in this Birth Certificate thing.
Pls let me know how to go about it.
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You may have come across this, but if not... here's a good place to check your Model Year (MY) based on your chassis number. Chassis number on top of tunnel under rear seat if your plate is missing.
Beetle birth check - inerd.it WebSite!
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Just looked up my reference -- The Beetle, A comprehensive history... by Keith Seume -- the 67 was offered with the 1500. Many one year only features. The US bound version had 12V and diff fenders and the round headlights. Euro version still had 6V electrics, oval headlights, and front discs on the 1500. This was also the first year of trim change to the thin style. Tail lights were still the smaller 66 style. Trunk lid was the biggest visual change from the 66. One year only door handles as well. The 1500 engine was offered until 71 when the 1600 superseded it.
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Just re-read your post, my source has couple of variances from your info:
* 1500 shown as avail from Aug 66 (start of MY 67) thru Jul 70. -- though dates are o
* Larger taillights started in Aug 67 -- these are considered MY 68
* Script on the back should be "Volkswagen" only for US beetles. UK/Eur/Export 67's had a "VW1500" badge
* the seatbacks with head-rests are a bit of a puzzler
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Byas thanks,
Lets sit car to car and discuss this.
May be i am wrong, but theres still lot of scope of improvement that i welcome.
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Restoration Projects
Sorry to butt in guys , I restore cars to be daily drivers , I had a thread about - if restoration meant a show car or a daily driver , in my opinion a car restored with patience and love should be able to respond as a daily driver and if the restoration is true in spirit - is it required - to be true in letter . Kudos to the enthusiasts who restore to the ultimate but cars are supposed to be driven the showing buisness is the latter half . If a car is driven it can have a accident and may have to be re - restored.
Suggestions welcome if restorations need to be true in spirit or in word. Or if you cannot comply with one objective should the project be shelved ?
When these cars were actually in operation the mechanics took a lot of liberty to keep these vehicles in operation for the owners and in those times there was a lot of leeway allowed when these cars were shown with mismatched parts , maybe the advent of of the net changed things .
But hats off to all who have gone through the restoration process and come trumps up with a product which pleases them aesthetically and mentally . Being personally happy in the end product is what the restoration is all about.
It would be sad if the enthusiast got bogged down with the sematics of the exactness of the rtestoration.
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Flexible and adaptive coastal planning and protection approach in Aurich, Lower Saxony (2014)
The rural district of Aurich in Lower Saxony is the northernmost district of Germany, bordering the Netherlands and the North Sea. Its natural environment is characterised by the Wadden Sea, by three islands off the coast and by more than 70km of coastline. Dominant habitats include coastal wetlands and inland moors and swamps. Large areas of the Aurich District are protected, the Wadden Sea National Park of Lower Saxony being only one example. In addition, large areas lie below sea level, both on the islands as well as a strip 2 and 15 km wide behind the mainland coast. Consequently, coastal protection has always played an important role in the district. Tourism and agriculture are the main economic activities with the economic importance of renewable energy production increasing.
Climate change is expected to result in sea level rise and seasonal increase of storm events and precipitation including more extreme rainfall events in winter. These projections are posing serious challenges for coastal protection (drainage of low-lying areas, risks of flooding from rivers and sea), water services, agriculture, conservation and tourism. The Coast Climate Project undertook an approach to implementing Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in the District of Aurich, with the goal to come to more integrative and flexible solutions for coastal protection. Furthermore, the purpose of the project was to adapt existing planning frameworks to the challenges of competition for space between use functions, which is expected to be aggravated by climate change. Stakeholder participation in group interviews and workshops was used to identify conflicts of interest among use functions and to identify potential measures supporting the implementation of ICM. The project was funded by the German Agency for Environment and conducted by two institutes, Ecologic Institute (Berlin) and Raum & Energie. The project, focusing on the case study in Aurich, was carried out between January 2013 and February 2014 and resulted in a political decision concerning the implementation of concrete adaptation measures. The development of several concepts has been decided, as described below. Moreover the implementation process was initiated through strengthening existing networks for ICM and creating new ones.
Case Study Description
Aurich is a rural district, which is characterized by coastal lowland and wetlands. The area is vulnerable to flooding as a consequence of storms and heavy rainfalls. Regional climate models and climate change effect projections were used to identify likely trends in the district with regards to temperature, precipitation, storm intensity, water balance and sea level rise. A seasonal increase in precipitation including more heavy rainfall events and storm intensity in the winter has been predicted. Similarly, the water balance is expected to shift towards the winter months. The forecasted sea level rise lies between 26cm and 82 cm to the end of the century. A rise in flooding magnitude and frequency is very likely an, according to predictions, the area of flooding will increase. Hence, the district of Aurich is threatened by flooding originating from both land and sea.
This poses serious challenges in the fields of coastal protection, conservation, agriculture and water services, and conflicts about the use of space are likely to develop between these different activities. The following list summarise the different challenges caused by climate change in the district of Aurich per sector, as identified during group-interviews with experts in this case study:
- Coastal protection: Increased occurrence of damage to dikes, harbour and transportation infrastructure, and coastal infrastructure; High costs associated with coastal protection measures; Decrease in mud flats.
- Water services: Drought stress in agriculture and conservation; Drainage in the face of rising sea levels and increased frequencies of events with high precipitation rates; Water supply on the islands while freshwater aquifers are shrinking and sea level is rising.
- Agriculture: Change in precipitation rates: droughts and events of high precipitation; Changes induced by shifting species composition; Increasing risks associated with crop yields due to extreme events; Increasing amount of conflicts on spatial use; Limited capacity of spatial planning to take influence.
- Conservation: Increased drought stress impacting on habitats adapted to high humidity; Conflicts with agricultural sector about the production of biomass for renewable energy; Conflicts with the water services sector and with drainage interests.
- Tourism: Use of the opportunities generated by climate change; Impacts from deterioration of water quality; Impacts from increased intensity of storms that will cause more ocean debris to accumulate on beaches; Increased drinking water demand during summer months.
In discussions, the problems of drainage of the low lying areas and the provision of clay and sand for coastal protection measures were identified as the most pressing challenges.
The main goal of the "Coast Climate" Project was to identify options to address conflicts of interest arising from climate change and to identify potential synergies jointly with local stakeholders. In a pre-assessment exercise in which the main issues arising from climate change effects in the area were identified, the thematic focus was placed on problems with drainage of low lying areas and conflicts regarding the spatial planning of clay and sand abstraction, as both problems were considered particularly important for the project and the needs of the stakeholders due to their high complexity and conflict potential with other use functions. Possible solutions were identified also in view of the parallel efforts of the District of Aurich to develop regional spatial planning programs which take into account climate change. Reciprocal effects between clay and sand abstraction, drainage and other use functions and stakeholder needs were also taken into account in the analysis.
Adaptation Options Implemented In This Case
In expert interviews, desk research and stakeholder workshops the following solutions were identified:
- Use of mobile pumps as a flexible response to events of high precipitation.
- Remote control of pumps.
- Increase capacities of pumps.
- Combine pumping stations with wind energy installations to improve energy supply.
- Transform closed (/blind) drainage systems (particularly abundant in settlements) into open drainage systems, which are more resilient to fluctuating amounts of drainage water.
- Incorporate and identify possibilities to retain water in order to mitigate peaks in drainage/flooding.
- Shift the focus from pumping water to storing it in diked areas. Possible options for this include widening up of ditches, increasing height of dikes bordering tidal outlets, usage of new tidal outlets.
- Create room for flooding by establishing reed areas bordering the drainage canals (also beneficial for nature conservation).
- Transform former clay and sand abstraction sites into water storage areas.
- Use retention areas/reservoirs/areas designated for flood protection also for production and saving of energy (synergies with conservation possible).
- Make use of tools such as 'eco-accounts' and 'area pools' for the reservation of areas and the up-front implementation of conservation measures, which can function as compensation of negative ecological effects of future measures. However, it is due to the initiative of communities to use these tools as they belong to soft law.
- Conduct research to enhance prediction of events of strong precipitation, so that adaptive measures can be targeted more accurately and conflicts avoided.
- Awareness raising on the scarcity and importance of space and associated use conflicts.
Relevant events and related milestones to progress in the inland-drainage topic include:
- Round tables (twice a year) with representatives of the following sectors: agriculture, nature conservation, water management association, planners, renewable energy. Related milestones are: (i) concept for the transformation of closed drainage systems into open systems by end of 2015; (ii) concept for the combination of pumping stations with wind energy installations to improve energy supply by 2017.
- Round table of regional and Länder administration to find ways of including needs for a better inland drainage into existing legal frameworks. The related milestone was identified in: providing a wording to support an open drainage system within the current spatial planning program of Lower Saxony (LROP, 2008) until 2015.
Sand and clay extraction
In expert interviews, desk research and stakeholder workshops the following solutions were identified:
- Follow an integrative approach in order to avoid/ mitigate competition for space between sand- and clay extraction, agriculture and conservation.
- Participation of all sectors in spatial planning for abstractions (e.g. informal working groups).
- Improve data sharing on demand, occurrence and availability of clay.
- Acquisition of prior purchasing rights of areas by the district of Aurich, implementation of a leasing scheme for dike- and water associations (weaker dike- and water-associations would need financial support by the state).
- Explore alternative sources of clay (e.g. from dredging activities).
- Construction of groynes as a means for promoting the sedimentation of clay and sand. The accumulating outland could function as dike support (conflicts with conservation sector).
- Thoroughly assess & make use of possible synergies between uses, e.g. the use of former clay- extraction areas as retention areas/reservoirs (consider trade-off between needs of flood-protection and conservation).
- A freely accessible cadastre collecting relevant information of possible re-use of areas.
- Implement a pilot project on the re-use of areas after the extraction of sand/clay.
- Integrate existing efforts of integrated coastal zone management by the state of Lower Saxony.
The relevant event to progress in the sand and clay extraction topic include was identified in a roundtable of regional and Länder administration on re-use concepts. Related milestones are: (i) concept for the re-use of extraction areas behind the dike taking into account the interests of nature conservation and agriculture, by 2016; (ii) in parallel development of a cadastre with all available information as basis for decisions on reuse of the areas.
Case developed and implemented and partially funded as a CCA measure.
Additional Details
Stakeholder Participation
In its search for integrative and flexible solutions for ICM and climate change adaptation, the project followed a participative set-up with a strong focus on stakeholder interviews and interaction during workshops. The method used was structured in 4 distinct phases:
- Group interviews with experts in June 2012. In June 2012, the first group interviews with experts were held in Aurich District. The purpose of these interviews was to identify the relevant topics and actors. Invited experts were representatives of the district administration, the state of Lower Saxony and associations (for dikes, drainage and agriculture). As the need for action at the time was most pressing in these fields, drainage, clay-and sand abstraction were identified as the most important issues, and the following workshops were thus directed to these issues.
- Desk study: Establishing the information base. To enable focused dialogue processes and to produce a common contextual information basis, during a second phase an independent expert team of two consulting institutes, subcontracted by the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), analysed the impact of climate change, the aims of and potentials for climate protection, existing planning instruments and concepts with regard to climate protection, adaptation, coastal protection and ICM, as well as specific problem constellations and conflict situations in the case study region.
- Workshop on CoastalClimate: Future strategies for coastal development facing climate change in September 2012. During a workshop in September 2012 with an extended group of participants, possible courses of action were identified for dealing with the spatial conflicts and challenges which result from the need to expand drainage, clay-and sand abstraction in response to climate change.
- In-depth expert interviews (starting in January 2013). The results of the workshop were further developed by means of in-depth interviews with both external experts and experts who had previously participated in project activities. Apart from the elaboration of the results from previous project activities, the purpose of these interviews was also to include the state-level perspective on project results, and to obtain comments from and draw parallels with other states in Germany.
Success and Limiting Factors
Main success factors include:
- The engagement of a variety of stakeholders during all project phases and in the decision-making process, assuring a comprehensive approach and a commonly accepted solution.
- Consistency of stakeholder meetings, due to the relatively small numbers of stakeholders.
- Inclusion of climate change adaptation measures into existing development plans of local municipalities and on state level.
- Continuous stakeholder meetings support the motivation to keep on with activities even though a project ends and no funds are available in the near future.
- The interest of the stakeholders to participate in different projects provided the opportunity to develop ICM guidelines on state level.
Main limiting factors include:
- Lack of financial capacity: in district administrations like Aurich, costs are often the main argument for not implementing climate adaptation measures, as the benefits are not clearly visible in the short term. Cost-benefit analysis could provide a useful tool here, but is not often used at this administrative level.
- Lack of expertise regarding funding instruments.
- The resources for the project were relatively limited (approx. 40.000 EUR) and mainly went for the organisation of workshops and the preparation of reports and flyers. The participation of local stakeholders was not paid and was only possible for those who were sponsored by their institution or for individuals on voluntary basis. In general it is difficult especially for representatives of small administrations to participate in a series of workshops without getting funded.
- Local representatives often do not get back tailor-made solutions for their problems, which lowers their motivation to participate in other projects/workshops.
- Existing programs for financing climate protection and adaptation measures on national and European level require matching funds (see also 2.6 for an overview of existing funding mechanisms on EU level, national level and of the federal state of Lower Saxony), and this has limited their potential uptake.
Costs and Benefits
The Aurich case study is an example of how, with very limited financial means, an improvement of coastal management towards a more integrated approach as well as the consideration of climate adaptation was achieved. This was due to the small, highly motivated circle of stakeholders as well as to the general strong network in the region working on a day by day basis on several non-ICM issues. Above all, the work on the Aurich case study was supported and channeled by the ICM platform of Lower Saxony. Therefore, local stakeholders are continuously working on these topics and see projects as helpful support. New for the stakeholders were organized workshops. These workshops conducted during the project have resulted in the formation of a community of stakeholders and ICM practitioners from different administrative levels who have continued meeting also after the lifespan of the project has expired. Furthermore, light was shed on the integrated nature and spatial dimension of problems such as sand-and clay abstraction and drainage, and the need for integrative approaches and flexible measures has become clear during the exercise.
As for the measures identified in this case study, data on their costs and benefits are difficult to find for the specific scale and area of the project. However, an approach on how to conduct such a cost-benefit analysis and what could be the results is provided by a study conducted for the German Environmental agency UBA: A cost-benefit-analysis for 28 case studies on climate adaptation measures was conducted (see also Tröltzsch et al 2012). For the construction of dikes and beach nourishments with a time horizon of 2085, the study found the benefits to be higher than the costs by a factor of 2.5. Despite the usefulness of such data in political decisions, care needs to be taken in their interpretation, as an important factor in estimating costs and benefits of climate adaptation measures is the uncertainty of possible effects of climate change. The degree of security associated with the cost-benefit estimation for dike-enforcement and beach-nourishments in this study was estimated to be moderate.
Legal Aspects
The policies which were assessed during the project and were found to be important building blocks for ICM and guiding coastal development in the case of Aurich are:
- Land-Use Planning Policy of the federal state of Lower Saxony (German abbreviation: LROP). It contains binding land-use plan for the whole state of Lower Saxony. Updated from 2009-2012 with provisions on land-use for the implementation of climate protection and precautionary regulations for flood protection as part of climate change adaptation. A package of regulations for integrated coastal management is also part of this policy. Year of inception: 2012; Legal status: fully binding.
- Regional Land-Use Policy (German abbreviation: RROP). It concretizes the provisions of the LROP for the regional level and function as a link to municipal land development plans. Issued by districts as the lowest entity of regional planning (such as the district of Aurich) and revised every ten years, these policies also devise areas for clay-and sand- winning. As of 2006, a strategic Environmental Assessment is necessary for the RROPs. Status: The RROP of Aurich is awaiting a thorough update. Until then, the version from 2008 (including an update from 2012) stays valid; Legal status binding.
- Land-Use Concept for the Coastal Sea of Lower Saxony (German abbreviation: ROKK). It formulates statements on land-use based on the LROP, complying with and cross-cutting through the RROPs of all coastal districts within Lower Saxony. The ROKK functions as an important ICM building block, as it offers information on different use functions and conflicts in the coastal sea and provides measures to solve these conflicts and to promote sustainable development. Year of inception: 2005; Legal status: spatial planning provisions non-binding.
The following list includes an overview of the commissions and platforms in place which are important for ICM in the case area of Aurich:
- Governmental Commission of Lower Saxony for Climate Protection. The commission functions as think-tank for the proposition of components for the Climate Protection Strategy of the State of Lower Saxony. Year of foundation: 2008. Degree of formality: voices recommendations for a climate protection strategy for the state of Lower Saxony, not binding.
- ICM Platform. Platform for information exchange and networking concerning ICM, chaired by the government of the city of Oldenburg. The platform has produced a web-based interactive map displaying relevant ICM activities in the coastal zone of Lower Saxony. Local actors can enter projects and information into the map. Year of foundation: 2013. Degree of formality: offer from the government of Lower Saxony, not binding.
- German-Dutch Commission for Land-Use Planning. The Commission has the task to facilitate the collaboration between Germany and the Netherlands on topics of land-use planning and to coordinate harmonize measures and plans in the border area. Year of foundation: 1967. Degree of formality: informal Commission, not binding.
Implementation Time
The Coast Climate project was conducted between January 2013 and February 2014 resulting in a political decision concerning implementation of concrete adaptation measures. Moreover the implementation process was initiated.
Life Time
Potentially very long term.
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Niall Horan: Pranked By One Direction After Leaving Band Report
We were so relieved to hear that Niall is not actually leaving One Direction! Even though the rumor was false, the boys spent the whole day pretending it was real to mess with Niall — so funny!
One Direction is made up of the silliest boys ever — HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY learnt that Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson treated Niall Horan like he was no longer a part of the band after the rumors started swirling. Find out exactly what they did to prank him!
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One Direction's rep told HollywoodLife.com that there is "no truth to this rumor." It was such a sigh of relief to hear that!
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