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Sunken ferry search: one more body discovered SaturdayUpdated: 2014-05-17 14:13:27 KST
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More than one month has now passed since the Sewol-ho ferry packed with hundreds of mostly young high school students capsized off Korea's southwestern coast.
The search operations continue on this Saturday the thirty-second day of rescue efforts.
Earlier today, divers recovered from the fourth floor of the sunken vessel one more body, presumed to be that of a male Danwon High School student.
The number of people who remain unaccounted for now stands at 19.
Two-hundred-85 are now confirmed dead.
Weather conditions around the accident site off Jindo Island have been favorable with only light winds and calm seas.
However, as sea currents in the area are still pretty fast search operations were limited to certain time windows and focused on the fourth-floor cabins and third-floor kitchen.
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Making resolutions for the new year is common, and breaking them is nearly as common. According to the company MeYou Health, 88 percent of those who make New Year's resolutions fail to keep them.
To break the cycle, MeYou Health has launched a free "Anti-Resolution" app that encourages users to forgo the big resolution and instead commit to a small daily action. The company argues that small actions, done over time consistently, will add up to the big result people want.
But MeYou's science adviser, Dr. Nate Cobb, urges users to be patient. "If the habit took a long time to form, it will take considerable effort to change," he told TechNewsDaily. "It is hard work and something you'll need to consciously work at."
The app helps users identify the situations that prompt undesirable behavior and look for ways to replace them. For instance, if you want to quit smoking , you could try a one-minute hand massage whenever the urge to light up strikes, change to a nonsmoking venue when you go out with your friends, and reach for a stick of gum in situations when you'd usually reach for a cigarette.
Everyday actions are also provided for big goals such as losing weight, managing stress , making more family time, and saving money.
The app walks users through a series of small changes designed to build new habits over time. Pick just one and the app will send you daily reminders to help you stick to it.
For people who have more than one habit to break, Cobb recommends tackling one problem at a time unless the two behaviors are linked.
"If you want to drink less and smoke less —both of which you typically do when out at a bar — then they're probably linked and can be addressed as such," he said. "If they're not linked, however, it's better to take them one at a time and not bite off more than you can chew."
The Anti-Resolution app includes single-click sharing to Facebook and Twitter, potentially adding a layer of peer pressure to help users achieve their goal.
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Wat Pansao
Pretty wat with some odd legends
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The setting for this post is the tiny and rather hidden away Wat Pansao, a temple that we reckon gets almost zero foreign visitors but is actually well worth a visit if you're wandering or cycling around town. The wat is tucked off the western moat road just below Chiang Mai Ram hospital and Central mall (approximately 300-400m south of the hospital on the same side of the road).
Wat Pansao has all the elements of a 'worth-visiting temple': a pleasant garden setting, a classic Lanna-style main worshipping hall, a crumbling old brick chedi and a couple of interesting legends. The chedi is actually hollow, which makes it, at least to our amateur eye, perhaps Burmese influenced, seeing as how most Chiang Mai chedis (see earlier earlier post here) aren't and most chedis we saw at, for example, Bagan are.
Now we have it on good authority (well the katoey who runs the coffee shop next to our office tells us) that if you align yourself correctly with the gap in the chedi wall then the spirit inhabiting the interior — this is pure animism and nothing to do with Buddhism — will be able to see you and may be, if you catch it on a good day, inclined to grant a wish that you make while looking at the crack in the bricks.
Also in the temple garden was this interesting sculpture, which we assume is a rather Indian looking Ganesha carving since the Hindu elephant god is a frequent feature of local wats (indeed, there's supposed to be a Ganesha museum out past Hang Dong we've been meaning to check out). It's another example of Thais never being ones to let theological details stand in the way of a good bit of mythology. (Note for example the Nandi — Shiva's bull — statue in front of Wat Phra Kaew or the Thai Buddhist church's debate over whether David Beckham merited demi-god status or not.)
The small temple is surrounded by wooden and bamboo stalls, indicating that during certain significant dates in the Buddhist calender the wat becomes very busy with local worshippers, with the additional following legend being no doubt partly a reason.
If we've got this right — it was a rather convoluted tale and we're not quite sure we got as much a grip on this legend as the previous one — temple monks will sprinkle water droplets over worshippers. If they've accumulated enough Buddhist Brownie points, they can, if really lucky, then change into the ashes of the dead Indian prince himself — or, we were informed, one of his close associates such as his secretary. We didn't realise Buddha had a secretary but some of this may well have got lost in translation.
Now depending upon which part of Buddha's body the ashes originate from, they may take the form of a certain coloured crystal or gem stone. One lucky worshipper apparently had water droplets fall into his shirt pocket and upon returning home discovered that his pocket was full of diamonds.
Samples of said gems (my cynical suggestion that they were bits of coloured glass having been shot down straight away) are found in small wooden cases which, since they are supposed to be ashes, are still technically named chedis by Thais. There's an explanation under each in Thai as to which shrine you should worship depending upon the desired outcome. i.e. good health, long life, successful family and in the case of Sri Wari's ashes (no pun intended) — that's the secretary — good typing skills, sorry wealth. (That's probably sacrilegious so we've blown it!) Confused – so are we!
If you wish to learn about these unusual local legends then do, as we didn't, take a decent translator with you, otherwise just wander around the small but pretty and interesting site — and don't forget to make a wish.
More detailsOff the western moat road, just below Chiang Mai Ram hospital and Central mall -- about 400m south of the hospital, on same side of road
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Thrills, red herrings, edge-of-your-seat suspense … if you like mystery novels then follow the clues to the Lane Memorial Library for a Mystery Authors Panel. Local writers Jed Power, Amy Ray, Tempa Pagel, and J.E. Seymour will read from their new books and answer your questions on Monday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 PM.
Book Sale
For all those who love books, don't miss a chance to find great reads at great prices! The Friends' Fall Book Sale is just around the corner, from Wednesday, Nov. 12 (Friends' Preview Night), through Saturday, Nov. 15, when you can buy a book bag and fill it for free. Details.
Reserve Museum Passes Online
Thanks to funding by the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library , patrons may now reserve our Museum Passes online up to a week in advance. Reduced-admission or free passes are available to any Hampton resident with a library card. See our list of Museums with hours of operation and driving directions.
E-books and Audiobooks
Access downloadable e-books and audiobooks with your library card from New Hampshire Overdrive. Learn about Overdrive e-books on our Tutorials page
Free Wowbrary Newsletter
Sign up here for a weekly e-mail newsletter listing books, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs that are new to the collection each week. The current newsletter is always available here on the Lane Library website.
Popular on our Website
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Teen Events at the Library:
Enter our Teen Poetry Contest.
October 1-November 1, 2014
Open to ages 12-18.
Do you love to write poetry?
Enter the Teen Poetry Contest
to Celebrate Teen Read Week.
Interested in creative writing?
Try our Teen Writer's Workshop.
Grades 6th – 12th
Drop-ins are always welcome.
Oct 7th, 21st & Nov 4th, 18th
Book Groups
The Twilight Book Group
Tue., 11/4/2014, 6:30 PM
Where'd you go Bernadette by Maria Semple
List of upcoming titles
The Thursday Group
Thu., 11/20/2014, 1:00 PM
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
List of upcoming titles
Teen Book Club
Tue., Oct 14 & 28 ; Nov 11 & 25 @ 4:30 PM


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Palliative Care Center
Getting Your Affairs in Order
Most of us don't like to think about drawing up a will, signing "do not resuscitate" orders, or planning funeral services. So we don't. But when we're diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, these things suddenly take on a new urgency.
In the midst of coping with the medical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges of serious illness, mundane logistical details must be managed as well. And if you don't address them now, someone else will have to address them later.
Before time begins to run short, it's important to make sure that you put everything in order as you would like it to be.
What are the most important things you need in end-of-life planning? The must-do list: A will, advance directives, durable power of attorney for health care decisions, and funeral and burial/cremation preferences.
Making a Will
More than half of U.S. adults don't have a will. But you need one, even if you don't have a vast estate to distribute among your heirs.
People who die intestate -- the legal term for "without a will" -- send their loved ones to court to navigate the probate process and to deal with dividing property while they're still grieving.
And ask yourself this: Do you want to determine where your assets go, or do you want the state to do it?
Writing a will isn't that difficult. There are a number of inexpensive online will writing programs. Better still, hire a family law attorney to help you draft one. The costs vary widely based on where you live and how much time your situation will require from the lawyer, but unless you have an enormous estate to divide, it shouldn't be bank breaking.
In addition to stipulating where you want your property to go, your will or an accompanying document should also include papers outlining your plans for guardianship of minor children, if you have any.
Advance Directives
Sometimes called a living will, this document spells out the measures you would like taken, or not taken, to prolong your life. This document is legally binding. It's so important, WebMD has devoted a special article to advance directives.
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Designating someone to have your power of attorney for health care does not mean you give up any power to make your own decisions. But there may come a point when you cannot speak for yourself. At that point, you will need someone to make decisions such as whether or not you would want to be kept alive on a ventilator.
This person should have a copy of your advance directives, and should know your specific wishes regarding the kinds of lifesaving measures you do and do not want.
Forms for assigning durable power of attorney for health care are available online.


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According to figures kept by the Tuskegee Institute, of the 3,833 lynchings between 1889 and 1940, ninety percent were in the south, and four fifths of those lynched were black. These figures are conservative, to say the least. For several generations, every black person in America had to live with the constant fear that one transgression of the rules of racial order could lead straight to murder and mutilation.
While "Strange Fruit" represents a peak in the American awareness of lynchings, the anti-lynching movement of which it was a part began years earlier. The Tuskegee Institute's simple documentation of lynchings, which began in 1888, was an early form of anti-lynching activism. The journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett began an anti-lynching campaign in 1892, after friends of hers were lynched for opening a grocery store in competition with a white-owned business. She later joined the NAACP (which formed in 1909) and continued to speak out against lynching there. W.E.B. Du Bois famously flew a flag outside his New York City office with the words "Another Lynching Today" every time a lynching occurred. The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill of the 1920s and the later Costigan-Wagner Bill were both federal anti-lynching laws blocked from passing Congress by Southern legislators.
Perhaps more notable than any other form of anti-lynching activism were the anti-lynching efforts seen in the arts. Plays were written—ten between 1916 and 1935. In 1936, the NAACP organized two shows of artwork titled "An Art Commentary on Lynching" which were well received. But Meeropol and Holiday's "Strange Fruit" was by far the most successful; perhaps because the song was so blunt, so bitter, so straightforward (and so darkly beautiful) while also fitting neatly into the pop format. Unlike art exhibits and plays, pop music carried no air of intellectualism to turn off general audiences.


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Poole volunteer crew member Glen Mallen, ALB Deputy Second Coxswain & ILB Helm, was awarded the prestigious Thomas Gray Memorial Trust Silver Medal at Haberdasher's Hall in London on Wednesday - congratulations Glen!
Each year the Marine Society, a charity which supports the professional development of seafarers, holds an annual convention for its members and presents a series of special awards recognising achievement across the maritime sector.
Glen Mallen, who joined Poole lifeboat crew in 2008 and is also Lifeboat Training Manager at RNLI College, was nominated for the award in recognition of his many years' service to the RNLI, including being a volunteer for the RNLI's Flood Rescue Team.
Glen was accompanied to the ceremony by fellow crew member and Lifeboat Trainer Dave Riley, and both called in at Tower Lifeboat Station for a cup of tea afterwards!
You can read more about the awards on the Marine Society website, or check out our photo gallery for photos of Glen and Dave.
On Sunday volunteer crew member Rob Inett successfully completed the third of four endurance multi-sport challenges in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care; in memory of his friend, Paul Singleton of Poole Lifeboat.
The challenge this time was a competitive race, a half Ironman Triathlon relay at Cotswold Water Park, which Rob completed alongside his friend Alexa (who ran a half marathon after his 1900m swim and 56 mile cycle).
The event went really well, with Rob's swim being ranked 58th and his cycle 172nd out of over 640 starters - a wonderful boost to his confidence after a very tiring summer. Alexa's husband Neil survived Cancer 10 years ago, thus the event and our fundraising efforts had special significance for her too.
All of this however has only been possible thanks to the support of friends, family and the public, with Rob's fundraising total now approaching £3,000 to support Marie Curie nurses in Poole and Dorset
A full story and pictures of the first three endurance challenges can be found on Rob's website.
To support or donate please visit this link: https://www.justgiving.com/rob-inett/.
Thank you!
Poole lifeboat crew accepted the challenge laid down by Swanage lifeboat crew and took part in the ice bucket challenge today, raising money for motor neurone disease (also known as ALS).
Filmed by Deputy Second Coxswain Dave Riley for social media, and introduced by crew member Alex Evans, 9 members of crew and volunteers stood aboard the ALB in turn soaked themselves with a bucket of ice cold water.
Some including Coxswain Jon Clark and crew member Joe Mannings braved it out in T-shirt and shorts whereas others like Ed Davies and Paul Taylor opted for the protection of a wetsuit or drysuit (although we think that might be cheating!)
Having successfully completed the challenge, Poole crew have now nominated Mudeford Lifeboat Station, Brian Murphy and Poole Harbour Commission, and the staff of Poole Quay Boat Haven!
Visit our photo gallery for more photos.
Ever wondered if you could be a lifeguard? You need to have an internationally recognised beach lifeguard qualification and the RNLI is offering you the chance to obtain this.
The qualification combines practical and theory sessions to cover beach safety operating procedures, hazard awareness, accident prevention, first aid including CPR, and open water rescue skills, which include using equipment such as rescue tubes and rescue boards.
The RNLI is offering free places onto three lifeguard courses that will be run in the Poole Bay and Weymouth areas during September and October.
Weymouth: 8–13 September
Poole/Bournemouth: Weekends in September (13 and 14,20 and 21, 27 and 28) or October half term 27 October–1 November
Potential candidates will be required to attend a taster day and course selection on Saturday 6 September in Poole, and you will also need to ensure you are able to achieve the following fitness requirements:
Swim: 400m in 7 minutes 30 seconds (with the first 200m completed in 3 minutes 30 seconds or less); 25m underwater followed by 25m front crawl in 50 seconds.
Run: 200m in 40 seconds.
Candidates must also be aged 16 years or older to complete the beach lifeguard assessment.
Although completing a lifeguard course does not guarantee employment, this is a truly unique lifeguarding opportunity.
Have you got what it takes to join the action and help the RNLI save lives on the beach?
For more information please email firstname.lastname@example.com .
Good luck!
Rod Brown, Poole Lifeboat Operations Manager, sends a personal message to everyone who had a part to play in our fantastic Open Day:
'Thank you to everyone who turned out on the day to help; all those behind the scenes who helped with preparations for the day; everyone who supported us with donations of prizes, gifts, cakes etc; the public for turning up to support us and last but not least the team who organised the event.
'They made it all come together, worked hard to make the day happen and still came up trumps when plans had to be altered so late in the day in the face of the imminent bad weather.
'Well done everyone and a big thank you to all. We raised over £4,000 and make a great team – it's something to be really proud of.
'THANK YOU all once again.'
On Sunday 10 August Rob Inett successfully completed his second of four endurance multi-sport challenges in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care – in memory of our friend Paul Singleton of Poole Lifeboat Station.
The challenge was a non-stop Iron-distance triathlon of a 4-mile paddleboard, 112-mile cycle and 26-mile row, carried out during Poole Lifeboat station's Open Day.
The event took place in the shadow of the appalling weather that hit the south over the weekend, but he managed it safely and successfully with the wonderful support of friends, crew mates and family in a time of 11hours and 50 minutes.
Please read the full story and any donations /support is always very welcome.
Well done Rob. We were tired just trying to hang on to the gazebos in ex-hurricane Bertha let alone trying to paddleboard, cycle and row through her!
On Saturday volunteer crew member Rob Inett successfully completed the first of four endurance challenges in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care; in memory of his friend and former crew mate, Paul 'Flipper' Singleton of Poole Lifeboat Station.
The challenge was an individual 12 hour continuous ride on a static bike 'turbo trainer' which Rob completed alongside a cycling club in Swindon.
Photo above left: Rob on his static bike 'turbo trainer'
Photo above right: Rob's friend Neil Rutter and Rob, some 3 hours into their 12-hour cycle challenge
For the full story and more photos, please visit Rob's website.
Following his first challenge Rob said: "Many sincere thanks to all of you who have supported me so far; I have already raised over £1,700 and hope to get close to £3,000 by the end of the last challenge in October.
My next challenge is a unique Iron-distance triathlon event (5 miles board paddle, 112 miles bike ride, 26.2 mile row) in Poole on August 10th."
To support Rob or donate please visit this link: https://www.justgiving.com/rob-inett/
We're tired just thinking about it ... well done Rob from all at Poole Lifeboat Station, and keep up the good work!
Poole all-weather lifeboat joined a myriad of vessels on Saturday 28 June 2014 as the start of the First World War was commemorated.
Assistant Mechanic Neil Ceconi sounded the ALB's horn for 10 seconds and lowered its ensign to half-mast at 6pm to mark the hour of the first shot being fired at the start of the Great War in 1914.
A cacophony of remembrance signals could be heard around Poole Harbour.
Similar events were replicated across the world under an initiative organised by UNESCO, supported by the International Maritime Organization, to commemorative the start of the First World War.
28 June marked 100 years since the first act that sparked a chain of events leading to the Great War when Archduke Franz Ferdinand – heir to the imperial crown of Austria and Hungary – was assassinated by 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.
The team of Watersafe UK volunteers who'd set off from Poole 9 days earlier completed their Round Britain Coastal Challenge at 1500 on midsummer's day.
Poole RNLI's ILB launched to meet the team in Poole Harbour and, along with the Poole Harbour pilot boat, escorted them back to a mooring at Poole Quay Boat Haven. This was amidst the Harry Paye Day celebrations on the quay so the 999 crew returned to a noisy welcome!
This marked the successful completion of Watersafe UK's challenge to round Britain in 9 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes, stopping at 9 lifeboat stations on the way – Penlee, Fishguard, Port Erin, Oban, Lochinver, Fraserburgh, Whitby, Harwich, and Littlehampton.
The challenge aims to raise £50,000 for Watersafe UK and the RNLI, as the two organisations work closely together in flood rescue provision. To find out more, please visit their website or Facebook, and you can donate on their JustGiving page.
Congratulations to the team for completing their challenge, and click here for photos of their gloriously sunny return to Poole!
A busy weekend for Poole lifeboat crew volunteers saw Poole Lifeboat Station reach a milestone in its history as it carried out its 5,000th lifeboat shout. Poole is the first RNLI all-weather lifeboat station to achieve this landmark moment.
The surge of lifeboat shouts to reach this milestone started on Friday the 13th with the inshore and all-weather lifeboats being tasked four times each by Portland Coastguard to four separate incidents. This was followed on Sunday 15 June with an eventful day that started in the morning when the ILB crew were tasked to a medical evacuation to help a casualty and get him ashore to paramedics.
At the end of the same day, in darkness, a rising tide and logistical challenge required quick thinking on how to transfer equipment and assets to fight a fire on a difficult-to-get-to island.
With the inshore lifeboat and boarding boat launching, the volunteers notched up their 5000th shout in the history of Poole Lifeboat Station.
Since 1865 Poole lifeboat crews have been helping people and saving lives at sea. Volunteer Poole Lifeboat Press Officer Anne-Marie Clark said: 'Whatever the number of shouts, it's always business as usual. 5,000 is a huge number, but what's really humbling is when you think of the people, then their families, whom we have touched, reunited or helped in some small way.
'We think back to the courageous crews that have gone before us, who contributed to this historic achievement and shared our selfless commitment, and we reflect on the present volunteers, especially on days like today.'
Anne-Marie added: 'We also look forward and next year is another milestone, when Poole Lifeboat Station is 150 years old. Please keep supporting us, as we are a charity and rely on the support and donations to keep afloat.
'We would prefer not to notch up another few thousand shouts as we want people to stay safe but we will always be at the ready – ready to save lives in and around Poole.'
Former Helm Holly Phillips has been awarded an MBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours.
Holly joined Poole Lifeboat Station in 1994 and was the first female crew member at the station and the 100th female crew member in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
As a helmsman and trainer on the inshore lifeboat and a crew member and navigator on the all-weather lifeboat, Holly clocked up 270 services, 102 exercises and saved 42 lives.
Holly has been awarded the distinguished award for her role in the RNLI as Principal Naval Architect, project managing the design and build of the Mark 2 version of the E class lifeboat, which is on service on the Thames.
Check out more information on her award ...
Congratulations Holly – very well deserved and it couldn't be awarded to a nicer person. Brilliant!
Photo: RNLI Poole
Ten volunteers headed out from Poole Lifeboat Station on Thursday 12 June on a 999 Coastal Challenge to round Britain in 9 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes.
The six boat crew and four support crew are hoping to raise £50,000 for Watersafe UK and the RNLI and will stop at 9 lifeboat stations – Penlee, Fishguard, Port Erin, Oban, Lochinver, Fraserburgh, Whitby, Harwich, and Littlehampton – before returning to Poole on Saturday 21 June.
The volunteers from Watersafe UK work alongside the RNLI flood rescue teams and have a close relationship with Beaumaris Lifeboat Station.
You can follow their progress on their website or Facebook and donate on their JustGiving page.
Good luck guys and see you in 9 days 9 hours and 9 minutes!
Unsung heroes from the Second World War who saved the lives of hundreds of servicemen at the height of battle were remembered by Poole lifeboat volunteers on the 70th anniversary of the D Day landings.
Poole lifeboat crew laid a wreath at the US Coast Guard memorial stone on Poole Quay in memory of the crews that lost their lives while saving others during the D Day landings. The plaque was given by the men and women of the United States Coast Guard in remembrance of the service of Rescue Flotilla 1, and with appreciation of the kindnesses of the people of Poole to the crews.
Sixty US Coast Guard cutters departed from Poole Quay to escort the D Day invasion fleet to the Normandy beaches.
The Matchbox Fleet, also known as the Seagoing St Bernards, was credited with saving the lives of 1,437 men and 1 woman.
On the first day of the invasion of Normandy, those courageous men saved the lives of more than 400 servicemen.
Photo: RNLI Poole
This year is the 30th anniversary of Volunteers' Week and it's time to celebrate! Volunteers' Week is an annual event to celebrate the contribution made by millions of volunteers across the UK.
This National Volunteers' Week (1–7 June) at Poole Lifeboat Station we're celebrating our 30 volunteer Poole lifeboat crew members who are on call 24/7 to keep us safe on the water – ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
Our 30 volunteer crew members have volunteered over the last 30 minutes, 30 hours, 30 days and some for 30 years!
We'd also like to say thank you to all our volunteers who are involved with Poole Lifeboat Station – crew, launching authorities, lifeboat management group, fundraisers, museum volunteers, coastal safety, visits and presenters.
The strength of Poole Lifeboat Station has come from the selflessness, dedication, courage, and dependability of all of our volunteers over the last 149 years.
Make sure you stay tuned in to hear about some of our plans our volunteers have for our 150th anniversary next year!
See who our crew are, and what to do if you'd like to become one of our volunteers in one of the many roles at Poole Lifeboat Station.
Photo: RNLI Poole/Dave Riley
TV star John Challis, Boycie from the hit series Only Fools and Horses, has provided a huge boost for the Four Long Days Challenge, set up just 3 weeks ago by Crew Member Rob Inett.
John, a lifelong supporter of the RNLI Lizard Lifeboat Station, has donated a number of signed books to auction in memory of former Second Coxswain Paul Singleton (Flipper).
Rob is trying to raise £1,600 – representing £1 for every time that Paul launched on service with Poole lifeboat.
Since setting up his challenge, Rob has raised over 70% of his target.
With just over £400 to go to meet his target, find details of Rob's challenges and donate on his Just Giving page.
John has also added the fundraising link to his Twitter site that has 40,000 followers.
Thanks so much to everyone who has donated and added messages of support for Rob, and keep coming back to check for details of the auction.
Photo: RNLI
Deputy Second Coxswain Dave Riley and Crew Member Anne Millman joined other crew from Gravesend, St Abbs and North Berwick on Friday 30 May 2014 to give a 'Thumbs up' for Stephen Sutton.
They were among the thousands of people who posted 'thumbs up' photos on social media in memory of fundraiser Stephen Sutton, who lost his fight with cancer on 14 May.
When he was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer, Stephen set about raising thousands of pounds for charity. After Stephen posted a photograph online earlier this year, showing him giving the thumbs up while he was in hospital, the appeal went viral.
By the time he died the total raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust was well above £3M, and the figure is now over £4.16M.
Using #thumbsupforstephen, the hashtag quickly caught on and Twitter said around 11,000 tweets had been sent accompanied by #thumbsupforstephen in an hour.
The crews are proud to remember such an inspirational young man.
Volunteers from Poole Lifeboat Station's Sea Safety team had a busy 2 days at Cobbs Quay Open Weekend.
Photos above: A member of the public has his lifejacket inspected at the Sea Safety Roadshow, Cobbs Quay Open Weekend
The sunny weather drew out the crowds and the team checked over some 65 lifejackets, 9 of which would not have worked properly due to the common fault of loose cylinders. They also discovered 49 firing heads that were out of date, as well as lots of other faults that would have rendered the lifejackets inefficient.
The team, headed up by Lifeboat Sea Safety Officer Chris Holloway, also carried out 2 advice onboard checks and gave talks on how to call for help out on the water.
The team would also like to remind everyone of the RNLI's top sea safety tips ahead of May half-term and the busy summer boating season.
As we reported last year, Second Coxswain Paul Singleton sadly died of cancer last year at the all-too-young age of 52; over 600 people attended his funeral in Poole.
Paul is succeeded by his son, Lewis, as a training member of Poole lifeboat crew.
This year, Crew Member Rob Inett intends to raise some funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care, who helped a great deal with Paul's family during their long drawn-out battle with his illness, him being confined to bed at home for over a year.
As a keen cyclist and rower, formerly an international oarsman, Rob plans to take on the Four Long Days challenge during August and October in Paul's memory.
Rob is trying to raise £1,600 – representing £1 for every time that Paul launched on service with the lifeboat.
For details of Rob's challenges and to donate go to his Just Giving page.
Deputy Launching Authority Liam McKenna sums up the challenge: 'Rob you are an absolute star. Best wishes. If anybody can do it, you can. In memory of a brilliant bloke and supporting a fantastic cause.'
On the morning of the famous Boat Race, tensions were high on the all-weather lifeboat as selection day for the all-important X boat team had arrived.
The crew were nervous and psyching each other out. Who would gain their position on the race team?
Steve, Graham, Chris and Dave all had to show their rowing skills in the Tyne's daughter boat while out training in Studland Bay on the morning of the real Boat Race.
After several laps of the lifeboat the jury was out on who would take their place on the rowing team.
We don't think Poole Rowing Club have any new members heading their way just yet!
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Starting today, RNLI lifeboats will be painted green to improve cost-effective repair work.
Using biodegradable paint will mean the cost of maintaining the huge lifeboat fleet will be dramatically reduced. Recent research has also found that the new green livery is highly visible at sea.
Following her anti-fouling yesterday, Poole lifeboat was the first of the all-weather fleet to be transformed.
Photo: RNLI Poole
An early morning bottom scrub saw Poole's Mechanic and crew take the Tyne class lifeboat City of Sheffield up to the RNLI's Lifeboat Maintenance Centre at Cobbs Quay on Monday 31 March for a routine hull scrub.
As Poole's all-weather lifeboat is an afloat-launched lifeboat, she sits in the water all year at her berth at Poole Lifeboat Station on Poole Quay. As a result of this, there is a build-up of algae on the hull, which can slow her down when out on a shout.
She was pressure-washed and then had a coat of anti-foul added before being lifted back into the water and taken back to her berth.
Photos: Paul Taylor
Poole lifeboat crew members, station officials, and members of Poole and District Fundraising Branch, along with family and friends, visited Poole Mayor's Office on Tuesday 25 March as a way of thanking them for their service to the RNLI and the town of Poole.
The 765th Mayor of Poole, Councillor Philip Eades, entertained the crew to a buffet and drinks at the Civic Centre. The Mayor, who hands over office in May, treated us all to a tour of the Council Chamber and Mayor's Parlour.
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After 4 months away for refit at the Inshore Lifeboat Centre (ILC) in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, our Atlantic 85, B-826 Sgt Bob Martin (Civil Service No. 50) has now returned home all spic and span!
Thank you to relief lifeboat B-825 Norma Ethel Vinall for standing in and carrying out 10 shouts in Sgt Bob's absence.
On the same day that the RNLI celebrated 190 years of innovation, the charity also appeared on ITV's Daybreak and ITV News Meridian promoting a new engineering apprenticeship programme that will offer six new places year on year.
As part of the coverage, Poole lifeboat trainee Crew Member Anthony Skerman was filmed to help promote the new roles during National Apprenticeship Week (3–7 March 2014).
Anthony says: 'It's great to be part of this apprenticeship scheme and part of Poole lifeboat crew too. I've been learning everything from stripping down engines to boat hull fit-outs. It's great to see how the lifeboats are kept in good working order and maintained and I can use this knowledge to help with my training as a volunteer crew member, helping to save lives at sea.'
If you're interested in one of the sought-after six places for this year, then go to: RNLI.org/jobs.
Photo: RNLI
On Tuesday 4 March 2014, the RNLI is 190 years young!
We're celebrating 190 years of lifesaving at sea after Sir William Hillary's plea to help those in peril on the sea was answered on 4 March 1824.
The RNLI's come a long way since then and we're proud of our lifesaving history.
On Wednesday 12 February, former Poole Crew Member Paul Savage was awarded an OBE by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for services to Maritime and Coastal Safety.
The OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire – is awarded for having a major local role in any activity, including work that has made them known nationally in their chosen area.
Paul's OBE is in recognition of his work in creating revolutionary casualty care training for RNLI volunteer crew members and lifeguards across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Well done Paul.
Photo: British Ceremonial Arts
The next generation and newest recruits to the Poole lifeboat family popped into the station on 25 January.
In the past 3 months the station has said hello to three new bonnie arrivals – Fay Mallen, Evalyn Smith and Bethan Riley – there must be something in the water!
Fay, Evalyn and Bethan were warmly welcomed to the station at the coffee morning held for SOS Day, the RNLI's annual fundraising event.
Taking the opportunity of a break in the weather, the new dads, Poole lifeboat volunteers Glen Mallen, Pete Smith and Dave Riley, proudly brought their new babies, three gorgeous girlies, to see the lifeboat station and to share a few cuddles.
Poole lifeboat crew has always been very much a family affair with dads and sons joining the crew. Continuing the tradition, among our current crew are Anthony Skerman and Lewis Singleton, who have both followed in their dads' footsteps.
Volunteer Coxswain Jonathan Clark also followed his father, who was Second Coxswain. When he was growing up he remembers being left at the lifeboat station (now the Old Lifeboat Museum), while his dad went out on a shout!
Jonathan's children have also grown up alongside the lifeboat. Lily Clark, 11, said: 'I am very proud of my dad being on the crew because he helps people and I like the lifeboat. Sometimes it can be hard when he is on duty and we cannot go to places like the cinema or do things together, but that's how it is.
'Dad's pager once went off when we were looking at my new school; we were sat in the hall with lots and lots of people and it bleeped really loudly and he had to go.
'Sometimes he goes in the night and my brother never even notices.' Lily added: 'The babies at the station were very cute, maybe we will have a daughter following in the family tradition very soon.'
Photos: RNLI/Nathan Williams
Poole Lifeboat Station's Twitter account reached a milestone yesterday with its 1,000th follower – and overnight another 124 have added to the fold ... and counting ... !
If you're on Twitter and would like to check us out, then please follow @PooleLifeboats.
Check out Facebook too.
Poole RNLI lifeboat station was the second busiest in the south west during 2013, with the volunteer crew called out 99 times.
Annual figures just released by the Poole-based lifesaving charity show that the busiest station in the region was Plymouth with 104 shouts, and Torbay and Weymouth followed Poole, each launching 82 times.
Lifeboats in the South West launched 1,449 times, rescued 1,450 people and saved 34 lives.
The busiest RNLI lifeguarded beaches were in Cornwall. However, lifeguards on 21 beaches in Dorset dealt with 2,925 incidents, helped 3,039 people and saved 4 lives.
Bournemouth West and East beaches combined were the busiest with 619 incidents over the summer while at Sandbanks, Poole, they dealt with 243 incidents.
Check out the report for total launches in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Photo: RNLI Swanage/Andy Lyons
2013 was a busy year for Poole Lifeboat Station. Unofficial statistics reveal that the inshore and all-weather lifeboats launched 101 times and our lifeboats celebrated special birthdays – Sgt Bob Martin (Civil Service No 50) was 5 years old and City of Sheffield was 25!
Other highlights of the year include:
Poole Lifeboat Station started 2013 as the busiest lifeboat station in the South West in 2012, with 109 launches.
The crew were presented with a special RNLI Standard ceremonial flag by Poole-based construction company Morgan Sindall; 20 volunteer crew members and station personnel of Poole RNLI Lifeboat Station received Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals; Paul Taylor was presented with his 20-year Long Service Badge and there was a bumper crop of awards for our local volunteers including Bronze and Silver Badges and Inscribed Statuettes.
Twelve new trainees joined the station – the most the station has ever recruited in one go – and the RNLI's training was put to good use away from the station when Crew Member Rob Inett provided vital medical care at the scene of a car crash on the M2. Rob, along with two other team members, also became the 2013 British National Emergency Services Triathlon Champion, making this a hat-trick of wins. Alex Evans headed off to Bangladesh for a second time to help deliver training and other crew members were deployed to various parts of the UK as part of the Flood Rescue Team. Our crews have also been stars of screen and broadsheets – appearing in Harbour Lives, Compass, Lookout and Dorset Life.
We said thank you to several crew members who retired from service to concentrate on life outside the station but there was huge sadness at the station when we said our final fond farewells to former Second Coxswain Bill Hayes, former Lifeboat Chairman Doug Kingsbury, volunteer Education Officer Howard Paine and Second Coxswain Paul (Flipper) Singleton.
Happier times included weddings and new arrivals – our eligible bachelors decreased by three as they married their sweethearts and we also welcomed the next generation to the station with two new babies.
Our sterling Poole and District fundraisers had a very successful year attending a multitude of events, fundraising collections and selling souvenirs.
The young and young at heart carried out some fantastic fundraising too – from a playgroup, to 9-year-old Ben adding to his energetic fundraising for the third year running and 13-year-old Rachel Matthews raising nearly £1,500 by tinkling the ivories and through her innovative digital fundraising. The Vintage Motorcycle Club roared into Poole and Property guru and presenter Kirsty Allsop met station and fundraising volunteers at a local DIY store. Our thanks also to local pubs, yacht clubs and companies.
Successful eBay auctions were held and we held our first ever Grand Open Day Raffle, which helped our Open Day to be the most successful ever.
The Visits team were busy with many school, youth group, college and adult group visits to the lifeboat station; our Sea Safety Team checked over 200 lifejackets, 19 of which would have failed to work in an emergency situation, so these checks have potentially saved 19 lives; and our Museum team opened come rain or shine.
Our digital media gained many new supporters – our Twitter account @PooleLifeboat was launched and now has over 880 followers, and over 1,360 people Like our Poole Facebook pages. Our website attracted over 76,500 page views and if you'd like to add to that, check out our Launches, News and Fundraising News pages for more to remind you of our achievements in 2013.
Thank you all for your support and we hope that 2014 will bring us some more memorable and momentous times.
Congratulations to Dave Riley and his partner Debs on the arrival of their new daughter Bethan Neve Riley. Dave shared his good news with crew and station volunteers, and thanked the crew for sending Debs a lovely bouquet of flowers which he joked had put his to shame!
Two fellow crew members, Pete Smith and Glen Mallen, have also had recent arrivals, so we hope to release a group photo of the happy families soon!
Congratulations from all at Poole Lifeboat Station!
Paul Savage, RNLI Clinical Operations Manager and former crew member at Poole Lifeboat Station, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List 2014. This is in recognition of his work in creating revolutionary first aid training for RNLI volunteer crew members across the UK and RoI.
Photo credit: RNLI/Nigel Millard
What separates his methodology from any that has gone before it is its simplicity; a process that relies on check cards as opposed to memory, meaning crew members and lifeguards can quickly assess casualties and provide the most appropriate treatment.
The training is reinforced by treatment cards, manuals, scenario training cards and e-books, all designed by Paul, and approved by the College of Paramedics and the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).
As Paul says, 'It's about equipping people with the skills and the confidence to treat casualties, whether that's in their role as a volunteer crew m
Paul Savage was on the crew at Poole Lifeboat Station from 1985 to 2001, when he was affectionately known as 'Jelly Tot', and the OBE isn't the first honour he's been awarded. Instead, he received a Framed Chairman's Letter of Thanks in 2001 for his role in the rescue of several sailing boats that were pinned by a strong ebb tide against the Sandbanks chain ferry on 5 May 2001. You can read more about this shout in our past launches section.
Well done Paul on becoming an OBE from all at Poole Lifeboat Station!
Text credit: RNLI/Isla Reynolds
Poole's all-weather and inshore lifeboats crew remain on standby in the New Year as another low pressure system crosses the country from the Atlantic, bringing with it strong winds and rain lashing the south coast.
In the past hour, gusts of up to 62 knots have been recorded in Poole Harbour (source Poole Harbour Weather), and conditions out on the water are extremely rough.
The gusts are expected to ease off as the day progresses and tomorrow should see an improvement, however the forecast is for more winds and strong rain this weekend.
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5 Broken Cameras is a Palestinian-Israeli-French co-production. Shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, Gibreel, the film was co-directed by Burnat and Guy Davidi, an Israeli filmmaker. This deeply personal, first-hand account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements, follows one family's evolution over five years of village upheaval.
As the years pass in front of the camera, we witness Gibreel grow from a newborn baby into a young boy who observes the world unfolding around him with the astute powers of perception that only children possess.
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From producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping.
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We are driving from Syracuse NY to Jackson WY in June and are looking for places to stop and eat along the way. We are interested in hidden gems just off the interstate and are reasonably priced. We are meat and potatoes kind of people.
re: wyogal
We are staying on I-80 until Rock Springs, only because we are doing so much driving on the way back. Driving through Tetons, then Yellowstone, then bear tooth road, then to Custer State park in South Dakota, then back to NY. Our trip is 12 days long.
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There is a good Sushi place in Rock Springs, I'll look for the name later, they also serve Chinese food for those that don't like sushi.
From Yellowstone you are going to Montana, then back down to Wyo, then SD? That's the part I'm interested in.
re: tzurriz
Oh, and when you cross over the Illinois/Iowa border, stop at the Machine Shed. Yummy country cooking, giant (really insanely huge) cinnamon rolls, and if you say "I like eggs" they double your order. It is crazy!
And if you have kids, they give them little metal john deer tractors to play with while you wait.
re: tzurriz
The one in the Quad Cities is good, but the one in Des Moines is better (as someone who has a lot of family in Des Moines and who lives near the Quad Cities, I go to each at least once or twice a year).
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Thank you for your suggestions! I appreciate your time!
re: wyogal
Thank you!
I'm taking your "we are meat and potatoes kind of people" into acount with these suggestions. As such there are a lot of places I'm not mentioning.
Quad Cities area (Davenport and Bettendorf Iowa and Moline and Rock Island Illinois) - Whitey's Ice cream. Wonderful malts and shakes. The location closest to the Interstate is the one in the Coralville mall, but I'd suggest going to the one at 2419 East 53rd Street in Davenport, which is only a little farther away from the Interstate, but will be worlds easier getting to, and then getting back to the interstate when you're done.
Des Moines area - So the first thing you should know is that there is not much along I-80 in Des Moines other than chains. The second thing you should know is that I-235 splits off of I-80 on the East side of Des Moines and swings down through the middle of Des Moines and re-connects with I-80 on the West side of Des Moines. Taking this route only adds maybe 10 minutes to your driving time (as long as you're not going through 235 during rush hour).
Along I-80 through Des Moines probably the best restaurants are Smokey D's BBQ and B Bops (which is a local outdoor burger joint kind of like Sonic). There's also the Machine Shed, which is an Iowa classic. They're very much a country style meat and potatoes kind of place. The Iowa Chop (a very large pork chop) is their signature, and I can't think of anyplace that does a better pork chop.
If you take I-235 through Des Moines you open up nearly all of Des Moines. The first thing place that comes to mind is Tasty Tacos, a small local chain that does fluffy/puffy tacos. There's the Hi-Life Lounge, which is off the interstate a bit. They serve 70s era comfort food (and the place is made up to look like a basement from 1972). There's Buzzard Billy's which is a really solid Cajun place. There's Zombie Burger, a hipster burger joint done up like Night of the Living Dead. That being said, the burgers are really good and the Fries are great.
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Thank you for your suggestions and time. I will definitely add these to my places to possibly stop at, especially Smokey D's. I like to make a list of places to give us options, you never know what your in the mood for!
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Smokey D's is RIGHT OFF I-80 (it's less than 50 yards past the off ramp for 2nd Avenue). IMO it's probably my favorite newer restaurant in Des Moines to go to with groups that aren't all foodies. The BBQ is excellent, especially the Smoked Sausage. I'm also a fan of the Garlic Bread and the Cucumber and Onion Slaw.
You can try this in Rock Springs, more "meat and potatoes."
Colorado and Wyoming are covered by the Mountain States forum. You might try posting there for suggestions in those states.
Similarly, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are part of the Great Lakes forum, so you might try posting there.
The section of I-80 covered by the Great Plains board is through Iowa and Nebraska.
A GREAT place and really perfect for families and "meat and potatoes kind of people" and everybody else, in my view, is the Bohemian Cafe in Omaha.
My family and I have been eating there for some 60+ years. We moved away from Omaha years ago, but we still drive far out of our way to go back there.
Iowa City has several good places.
Just west of Iowa City is Oxford. Augusta Restaurant is great.
For an overnight stop we like West Des Moines. There is a fun grill your own steak place "Rube's" four miles west of there.
Nebraska is a long state one interesting stop is Paxton.
Ole's Big Game Steakhouse olesbiggame.com
Rawlins, WY is a good place for chow. Rose's Lariat is a great Mexican diner. The is also a very nice place "Aspen House" and a very good Thai place "Anong's"


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Murdered Southern Arizona rancher Rob Krentz's family talk about his life and death
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Photo: DEA via WikipediaHere, chew on thisA 37-year-old Maryland man was arrested over the weekend at Chicago's O'Hare Airport after luggage inspectors discovered he was trying to smuggle about 80 pounds of khat that he later told interrogators was destined for the Somali community in Minneap ... More >>
The state Supreme Court said her bong-water was a drug. Now she'll serve six months in jail.
If it smells like meth, and it looks like meth ...
Thirty-one people in Minneapolis have been arrested in federal raids on a dangerous Mexican drug cartel. More than 1,000 have been busted across the country.
We can only imagine an awkward Thanksgiving if these brothers ever even see each other.
The brother of the Minneapolis police chief used and sold meth while on the job as a postal worker, according to charges filed Tuesday.
We're not quite sure what this man was thinking, but his attempt to throw his pot stash under the car of the cop that was speaking to him failed miserably.
A cop did a routine check of license plates in Maple Plain and discovered this person had a warrant out for their arrest and proceeded to search the car. And there it was! A cooking meth lab, in the car!
Sick patients' loved ones hopeful for additional relaxation of the law
When police went to a Burnsville motel expecting to bust two suspects with all sorts of fun drugs, their mission turned more into an undergarment raid.
It's news of the weird rather than the creepy in Wisconsin this week.
KFAN fired radio host Jeff Dubay two days after he was charged with felony drug possession.
That's what the Star Tribune wants readers to believe. It's right there in the lede to today's explainer piece about about meth lab toxicity. Without citation, reporter Karen Yousa bluntly asserts that meth is "Minnesota's biggest drug problem." Sounds scary. But is it true? Not by most available ... More >>
The drug war: back with a vengeance A new bill in Congress would drastically increase sentences for many kinds of drug offenses If you think the Congressional Republicans' war on the judiciary can't get any more shrill or irrational, you obviously haven't read up on House Resolution 1528, Defe ... More >>