This post is all about Todd's first trip to Ocean Shores, WA. We visited Eric's parents, his brother Jeff, brother Darren, and our sister-in-law, Sandie. Here's a day-by-day summary!
On our way to Ocean Shores, we stopped at the gas station in North Bend where they filmed scenes from the movie, The Vanishing. We love that movie!
Next, we had lunch at King Solomon's Reef, a restaurant in Olympia that has vegan options. Eric and I had the Buffalo Tempeh sandwich, and I ordered a piece of vegan blueberry pie. As expected, Todd didn't want more than a nibble from our food.
After arriving at Eric's parents house, Todd was excited about getting his first set of 'big boy Legos' from Grammie (Eric's mom). After playing and getting settled, we headed to the beach. At first, Todd played in the sand with his Tonka truck, but then he was drawn to the water. He loved putting his feet in the waves (holding my hand), then running away from them. He doesn't mind cold water a bit. He kept saying he wanted to do it again!
Todd went to the beach via wagon! The beach is walking distance from the house.
To give Todd some darkness (in a pretty bright room) for his afternoon naps, I made him a 'cozy tent,' which he loved. He was so tired (from not having a nap the day before) that he slept until 6 PM.
In Grammie's house, Todd liked removing every piece of furniture from the dollhouse. He wanted to take the pieces downstairs, so we tried to redirect him as much as possible!
Outside, we cruised up and down the street on wheels: Todd on Globber scooter, me on Razor scooter, and Eric on skateboard.
At North Bay park, Todd did what he likes doing the best (at playgrounds)…swinging! The whole crew (except Sandie) was there to watch him: Grammie, Granddad, Jeff, and Darren. Todd he wanted his uncle Jeff to sit next to him in the car.
After his nap, we had dinner at Las Maracas with Granddad and Grammie.
We had a really good time at the beach at Damon Point, and Jeff came with us. We got our feet wet in the waves, scooped sand, and flew a kite.
After the beach, we went to Viet Hoa for lunch with Grammie, Granddad, and Jeff. Todd, the puddle jumper, found a major puddle!
While Todd napped, first Eric walked down to the beach, then I walked there.
After Todd woke up from his nap, we went outside together, and Todd loved walking inside a house under construction.
We went back to Damon Point beach for a second time. We built a sand castle with a moat.
After playing at the beach, we drove to Pacific Beach for pizza. At Frontager's Pizza, you can watch them make your pizza, and see it in the big oven. They have vegan cheese (Daiya)! The toppings were fresh and flavorful: heirloom tomatoes, fresh (not canned) pineapple, leek, and basil leaves. As usual, Todd ate only the crust.
Darren and Sandie have 2 dogs, Chuck and Stella. They are really nice, but fast-moving and big for a 2 year old! At first, Stella really scared Todd when she excitedly came over to lick him. After I "kept him safe," and the dogs spent some time outside, Todd warmed back up to the dogs and teased them by running to the sliding door. Then, he got a kick out of Stella coming over for licks. It ended up being fun and funny for him.
We had to go home on Tuesday, although all three of us wanted to stay longer! It was a pretty special time for everyone. Todd gave and received a lot of love! On the way home, we stopped for lunch at Thuy Pho in Tacoma for some vegetarian pho, then Todd napped in the car.


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Bill on 19th Ave. fines is back
By BY Examiner Staff • August 26, 2006 12:00 am
Legislation doubling penalty for speeding on Highway 1 is reintroduced in Sacramento
A piece of legislation that would double the traffic fines for speeders along 19th Avenue will be reintroduced in Sacramento, after it was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The pedestrian safety bill would create a double-fine zone along state Highway 1, also known as 19th Avenue and as Park Presidio Boulevard, from Junipero Serra Boulevard to Lake Street. Highway 1 is a state road and not under the jurisdiction of San Francisco.
Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, who reintroduced the bill, believes it will succeed, spokesman Adam Keigwin said. Public concern over the 1,676 car injuries and the 15 deaths logged in the area over the last eight years will push the bill forward, Keigwin said.
Keigwin reported that the California Department of Transportation, which is responsible for the stretch of road, has approved funding for traffic safety measures, such as vehicle detectors and safety lighting that studies suggest make double-fine zones more effective.
If the Legislature approves the bill, it would move on to the governor by the end of next week and could become law in January.
Keigwin said that across the nation, pedestrians make up 12 percent of motor vehicle fatalities, compared to 49 percent in San Francisco.


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10 training camp questions the Eagles must answer
As training camps get underway, the Birds have some pressing on-the-field issues to attend to.
By John Stolnis@JohnStolnis Jul 29, 2020, 1:50pm EDT
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The COVID-19 outbreak on Major League's Baseball's Miami Marlins has left most people a bit shaken about the prospects of an NFL season being played to completion in 2020. Teams already had to cancel their OTAs this spring and strict health and safety protocols have been put in place in order to allow teams to take the field at training camp this summer.
Nevertheless, as the football world holds out hope that playing football in a pandemic will be possible, Eagles players have been funneling back in to Philadelphia for the start of camp. There will be no exhibition games this year but, as we saw last year, that hardly matters. Starters barely play in the fake games nowadays. Most of the answers we need to get about this team will come in training camp over the next couple months.
Like most other teams, Philadelphia has a number of questions that need to be answered before traveling to the nation's capitol for their Week 1 tilt against the Washington Football Team. Here are the 10 most pressing queries as we dip our toe carefully into what is sure to be a very weird 2020 season.
Can Andre Dillard be a starting LT?
The No. 22 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft played a quarter of last season when Jason Peters was injured, with mixed results. However, that shouldn't be too surprising. Rookie left tackles rarely burst onto the scene and dominate in their first season, especially when they're filling in. Dillard was a disaster in the one half he played at right tackle, and in the three games on the left side, he alternately struggled and kept his head above water.
When he was drafted, it was known he would need some time to develop. But there were whispers that the Eagles were looking to trade him in the weeks leading up to this week's draft, and reports of Dillard's less-than-tough mentality have left the second-year open to questions about his ability to hold onto the job. How he responds to all that will be a big factor in the effectiveness of the offensive line this year.
Is the Eagles' offensive line set to decline?
How will Jason Peters adjust to RG?
There was talk the entire off-season about Peters potentially returning to play his familiar left tackle position once again but, in the end, the Eagles decided to keep Dillard at that spot and brought Peters back to play right guard in place of the injured Brandon Brooks. The 38-year-old has 205 career games at tackle under his belt, and none at guard. No one is expecting Peters to be as good as Brooks, he only needs to be better than Matt Pryor would have been. But how will he respond shifting to the other side of the line and playing on the interior? In addition, if Dillard struggles, will Peters shift back? How much time will Dillard have to right the ship if things go south early?
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How will the WR depth chart shake out?
Marquise Goodwin made the WR depth chart a bit clearer when he opted out of playing this season, and with Alshon Jeffery starting 2020 on the PUP list, things appear to have stabilized a bit, at least at the start of camp.
DeSean Jackson and Jalen Reagor will be the outside speed receivers, with Greg Ward in the slot. JJ Arcega-Whiteside figures to get the first crack at the No. 4 spot, with John Hightower and Quez Watkins big question marks further down the depth chart. But what happens when Alshon comes back? Does he get traded? What is Arcega-Whiteside's future? Will the Eagles add anyone else (Taylor Gabriel?) to the team with Goodwin no longer available? And will they be moving Reagor between the X and Z spots like they did with JJAW last year?
Who will be the team's No. 2 cornerback?
Darius Slay is a clear No. 1, something the Eagles have desperately needed for years. The question is what the rest of the depth chart will look like. Former second round pick Sidney Jones made some nice plays during the Eagles' stretch run in the final month of the season, but didn't see the field all that much. Avonte Maddox had a terrific rookie season in 2018, but was injured for a spell and was otherwise ineffective for much of his sophomore season. Rasul Douglas is still kicking around, but is limited physically and doesn't offer much resistance matched up against opposing No. 2 receivers. Cre'Von LeBlanc was also quite good in '18 but was hurt for most of last year. He's a dark horse as the No. 2 guy if he can handle playing more than just the slot.
None of these cornerbacks have shown they need to be on the field, so an open competition in the summer could determine who gets the No. 2 spot on Jim Schwartz' defense.
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Can the Eagles live without Malcolm Jenkins?
There's no doubt Jenkins' performance had slipped a bit in the last couple seasons, but that was to be expected of a player who is in his early-to-mid 30s. Nevertheless, Jenkins is still a very good player and, with Jalen Mills unproven at safety, it's fair to wonder if allowing Jenkins to move onto New Orleans will be a disaster for the defense.
Jenkins was the quarterback of the secondary and its emotional leader. He helped get young players lined up and sometimes brought order to chaos. He was also a huge voice in the locker room. Who will step up and fill those roles?
Will Parks and K'Von Wallace will both get a shot to win the strong safety gig, and Wallace may be the long-term answer. But for now, the transition from Jenkins to Mills could be a huge problem for the Birds in 2020.
Will the Eagles be able to replace Malcolm Jenkins?
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Who are the linebackers?
There may not be a weaker defensive position group in the NFC East than the Eagles' linebacking corps. And sure, Schwartz usually never has more than two linebackers on the field at any one time, so no one is saying GM Howie Roseman should have gone out and signed three Pro Bowlers. But linebackers are playmakers and, even in a defense where the defensive line and secondary are the focus, you need decent linebackers to be successful.
Nate Gerry can cover a bit, but by no means should be your No. 1, and yet, here we are. The Eagles picked up Jatavis Brown, who had an outstanding rookie season in San Diego but has struggled since and barely played last year. Undrafted second year player T.J. Edwards isn't going to "make plays" for you, but he's technically sound and can help stop the run. Duke Riley and Alex Singleton are big question marks with limited upside as well.
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Will we see less 12 personnel this year?
Will this continue to be an offense dominated by Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert, or will the addition of Jalen Reagor put the Eagles into more three-wideout sets? The need for the Birds to become more dynamic on offense is real, and although Doug Pederson's two tight end sets were once a big advantage, last year they were among the worst in the league at producing offense with two tight ends on the field at the same time. A change of pace seems needed at this point. Which leads to...
Eagles' added speed could greatly benefit Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert
Will the new voices in the coach's room lead to new ideas in play design?
Rich Scangarello was brought in from Denver to help infuse new life to the Eagles offense, and Press Taylor was elevated to become the new coordirnator of the passing game. Pederson needed some new voices and, combined with Reagor and a year of a fully weaponized Miles Sanders in his second season, quarterback Carson Wentz has more to work with. Hopefully.
We likely won't see much in training camp in terms of anything new or dynamic, but much of this summer will be spent working on different packages, alignments and play designs in an effort to transform the offense from a plodding, joyless effort to more of what we saw in Week 1 against Washington last year.
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Do the Eagles need another RB?
The Eagles have long been linked to the free agent running back market, but so far, they have not pulled the trigger. Carlos Hyde is gone and, while Devonta Freeman and LeSean McCoy are still both available, Philly doesn't seem anxious to meet their demands.
It makes sense. Sanders is expected to see a lot more of the ball in 2020, and Boston Scott showed great promise once he was elevated from the practice squad. They figure to get the bulk of the action, with Corey Clement coming back as the potential No. 3. While adding Freeman certainly would be fine, they probably don't need him right now. But it's something to watch for this summer for sure.
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Who Is the Backup QB?
If Carson Wentz is lost for the season at any point this year, you can kiss the 2020 playoffs goodbye, and that likely would be the case no matter who the back-up is. Situations like Nick Foles leading the team to a Super Bowl victory are so special because they're so impossible. A back-up QB is needed to help you get through a 5-6 game stretch without your star signal-caller. Asking anything more than that is asking for too much.
That being said, the back-up plan to Wentz is Nate Sudfeld. Sudfeld has looked decent in past exhibition games, but is wholly unproven. If Wentz were to go down, is Sudfeld good enough to help the Eagles go 3-3 or 4-2 during a 6-game Carson-less stretch? Maybe he is, and if this team is the QB Factory they claim to be, then he probably will. But no one should expect much out of second round pick Jalen Hurts this season, with no OTAs to help him get acclimated to the squad.
Keep an eye on the waiver wire and/or a potential reunion with Josh McCown as well. This situation likely isn't put to bed just yet.
Eagles counting on Carson Wentz to build on his late 2019 success in 2020


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What Made the Buffalo Snowstorm So Deadly
Western New York is used to rough winter conditions, but this was different.
By Henry Grabar
A car drives past Our Lady of Victory Basilica along South Park Avenue on Tuesday in Lackawanna, New York. John Normile/Getty Images
How did Buffalo become the hardest-hit city in the United States' bout with extreme weather last week—one that had, at one point, 2 in 3 Americans living under some kind of weather alert? More than 30 people died in Erie County, home to New York's second-largest city, during a winter storm that Gov. Kathy Hochul called "the blizzard of the century," and local authorities fear that number will rise. As of Tuesday, a military-enforced driving ban was in place, and bus service was still suspended.
Obviously, it snowed a lot: The region got almost 4 feet of snow, all told, including 22 inches on Friday, which was nearly double the previous one-day snowfall record.
Also, it was cold: The high temperature was 13 degrees on Christmas Eve. That cold came after a rainy Friday morning, freezing roads under the snow.
And it was windy: The storm brought wind gusts as high as 71 mph, and more than 100,000 people lost power.
But most of all: It was long. Starting when the storm rolled in at midday on Friday, Buffalo experienced more than 37 straight hours of "blizzard conditions," meaning high winds, swirling snow, and low visibility. At times it was hard to see across the street.
That meant that people who got stuck got stuck for a while. The lucky ones got stuck inside, like the band of South Korean tourists who spent Christmas with a couple in the Buffalo suburbs, watching football and cooking up Korean delicacies, after their van slid into a ditch on Friday afternoon. Twenty-five people had a two-night slumber party in a nearby Target, where workers set up inflatable mattresses and even served a makeshift Christmas meal.
But many people weren't so lucky: Parents of a 1-year-old on a ventilator lost power and had to operate the machine with their hands for 48 hours until good Samaritans came to dig them out. The Erie County sheriff said that more than 400 EMS calls went unanswered, while EMS who did try to respond had to be rescued themselves.
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Most of those who died were found outside, or in their cars, trying to get somewhere—like 26-year-old Abdul Sharifu, who went out to buy milk at midday on Saturday and was found dead that evening. "It came sooner and heavier than we thought it would," one of the residents of the impromptu Hotel Target told the Buffalo News. "Being Buffalonians, we had thought, 'Oh, this is just another storm.' "
Indeed, one month ago, the region experienced another "lake effect" snowstorm that dropped as much as 6 feet of snow in some places. That storm also prompted dire warnings from officials and a travel ban, though the only deaths were from cardiac arrests during shoveling. That November storm brought the biggest snowfall in years—but it was neither as cold and windy, nor as relentless, as the one that arrived last week.
"This is the worst storm probably in our lifetime and maybe in the history of the city," Erie County Chief Executive Mark Poloncarz said at a press conference on Monday. At least, so far: Lake-effect snow is becoming more common as climate change keeps Lake Erie warm later into the winter.


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They changed it.....because they can.
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Tower of Voices: Work begins on wind chime tower at Flight 93 tower
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The 16th anniversary of United Flight 93's crash into a Pennsylvania field during the 9/11 terrorist attacks will mark the beginning of the end of a $46 million effort to transform the rural Pennsylvania crash site into a national memorial park.Ground was broken Sunday on the final element of the Flight 93 National Memorial -- a 93-foot tall Tower of Voices. The tower to be built near the park's entrance will feature 40 tubular metal wind chimes, one each for the 33 passengers and seven crew members who died.An investigation determined four al-Qaeda hijackers crashed the plane after the passengers and crew fought to wrest control of the aircraft, preventing it from reaching Washington.The Monday anniversary of the crash will be commemorated with a ceremony outside the park's visitor center in Shanksville, where Vice President Mike Pence will address the family and friends of the victims and thousands of citizens who also are expected to attend.Get your news on the go: Download the WTAE mobile appThe National Park Foundation, a charity that works to fund National Park Service projects, raised $46 million from 110,000 private donors, which includes $6 million to design and construct the Tower of Voices. The remaining $40 million has already been earmarked to transform the field about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh into a national park.Steve Clark, the park's superintendent, said the tower will complete the memorial "in a most beautiful way.""The intent is to create a set of 40 tones, or voices, that can connote through consonance the serenity and nobility of the site while also through the dissonance recalling the event that consecrated the site," said primary architect Paul Murdoch. Sunday's groundbreaking included a "soundbreaking" during which a simulation of the wind chimes was played.Emily Root Schenkel, cousin of flight attendant Lorraine Bay, said her children, including a daughter named after Bay, will always remember 9/11, but the memorial would tell the story to other children and future generations."They can come here and see this beautiful tribute, and they can walk through the visitor's center to learn about what happened that day," she said. "They can then listen to the chimes and hear the voices of 40 heroes so that their sacrifice, their bravery and their love will never be forgotten and will always be heard."Actual construction on the tower will begin later this month. It should be completed in time to dedicate the tower in time for the 17th anniversary ceremony next year."Come back at this time next year to hear the voices sing," John Reynolds, former Flight 93 National Memorial federal advisory commission chair told the crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony.
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. —
The 16th anniversary of United Flight 93's crash into a Pennsylvania field during the 9/11 terrorist attacks will mark the beginning of the end of a $46 million effort to transform the rural Pennsylvania crash site into a national memorial park.
Ground was broken Sunday on the final element of the Flight 93 National Memorial -- a 93-foot tall Tower of Voices. The tower to be built near the park's entrance will feature 40 tubular metal wind chimes, one each for the 33 passengers and seven crew members who died.
An investigation determined four al-Qaeda hijackers crashed the plane after the passengers and crew fought to wrest control of the aircraft, preventing it from reaching Washington.
The Monday anniversary of the crash will be commemorated with a ceremony outside the park's visitor center in Shanksville, where Vice President Mike Pence will address the family and friends of the victims and thousands of citizens who also are expected to attend.
Get your news on the go: Download the WTAE mobile app
The National Park Foundation, a charity that works to fund National Park Service projects, raised $46 million from 110,000 private donors, which includes $6 million to design and construct the Tower of Voices. The remaining $40 million has already been earmarked to transform the field about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh into a national park.
Steve Clark, the park's superintendent, said the tower will complete the memorial "in a most beautiful way."
"The intent is to create a set of 40 tones, or voices, that can connote through consonance the serenity and nobility of the site while also through the dissonance recalling the event that consecrated the site," said primary architect Paul Murdoch. Sunday's groundbreaking included a "soundbreaking" during which a simulation of the wind chimes was played.
Emily Root Schenkel, cousin of flight attendant Lorraine Bay, said her children, including a daughter named after Bay, will always remember 9/11, but the memorial would tell the story to other children and future generations.
"They can come here and see this beautiful tribute, and they can walk through the visitor's center to learn about what happened that day," she said. "They can then listen to the chimes and hear the voices of 40 heroes so that their sacrifice, their bravery and their love will never be forgotten and will always be heard."
Actual construction on the tower will begin later this month. It should be completed in time to dedicate the tower in time for the 17th anniversary ceremony next year.
"Come back at this time next year to hear the voices sing," John Reynolds, former Flight 93 National Memorial federal advisory commission chair told the crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony.


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DECARBONISING END-USE SECTORS: GREEN HYDROGEN CERTIFICATION
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As countries seek to become climate neutral, green hydrogen (hydrogen produced from renewable
energy) and synthetic fuels derived from green hydrogen will have a key role to play in the energy transition, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors. More specifically, green hydrogen can play a major role in replacing fossil fuels in non-energy processes and products, such as steel, fertilisers and plastics production. According to IRENA's 1.5°C Scenario, described in the World Energy Transition Outlook (IRENA, 2021), green hydrogen and its derivatives will account for 12% of final energy use by 2050, and together with electricity, will represent 63% of final energy consumption. Achieving decarbonisation globally will require 5 000 gigawatts (GW) of hydrogen electrolyser capacity to be installed by 2050, compared to only 0.3 GW of installed capacity in 2020 (IRENA, 2021). Today, 98% of the hydrogen produced globally comes from fossil fuels. The massive deployment and uptake of green hydrogen, as well as the establishment of national, regional and international green
hydrogen markets, will depend on the widespread acceptance of tracking instruments certifying its origin. Tracking systems are necessary to track attributes across the entire value chain, create transparency, boost demand and encourage transferability (IRENA Coalition for Action, 2021).
CONSIDERATIONS SURROUNDING GREEN HYDROGEN TRACKING SYSTEMS
To increase the uptake of green hydrogen, it is necessary to ensure an effective, secure and straightforward tracking system that guarantees its origin.
End-uses for green hydrogen
Tracking certificates for renewable energy help consumers identify the renewable attributes of the energy bought and prove its origin. These certificates are issued on registries where the renewable energy installations are listed, according to the requirements of the tracking system. Independently and credibly certifying the origin enables consumers to make claims on a certain volume of energy that has been generated (EKOenergy, 2021) (see Box 2).
Tracking certificates of renewable electricity production are currently issued per megawatt hour (MWh).
The redemption of one certificate from the database on behalf of a consumer means that no one else can
claim using renewable electricity based on that same 1 MWh of generation, thereby avoiding the risk of
double counting. In addition to certification systems for renewable electricity, it is also possible to draw on experience in tracking certificates for other energy products that can provide lessons for green hydrogen.
Custody models
Tracking systems can be based on different chain of custody models, such as book-and-claim or
mass-balancing. Book and claim model: The "book and claim" system, more commonly used for renewable electricity, allows energy providers to "book" the renewable electricity they have produced in their systems and energy customers to "claim" the energy they have consumed as renewable. Proving a physical link for energy from the point of production to the point of consumption is not required in the book and claim model, meaning that the claim on consuming renewable energy is separate from the physical flow. In the case of green hydrogen, using these certificates will require temporal and geographical correlation between renewable energy generation and hydrogen production to ensure the renewable nature of their consumption of electricity.
Benefits and challenges to the creation of green hydrogen certification schemes
Green hydrogen tracking systems are crucial in promoting and facilitating the consumption of green
hydrogen. By granting consumers fully reliable information on the hydrogen supplied to them, such a
tracking system can incentivise companies to commit to using green hydrogen, create social interest and
promote consumer information, and therefore have the potential to accelerate the clean energy transition. The standardisation of these certificates can also allow and support the development of green hydrogen trading and accelerate the emergence and establishment of an international market. Finally, certification can also be used to give clear and granular investment signals for the efficient deployment of renewable energy according to consumers' needs (such as location, logistics costs, need for infrastructure, etc.).
Green hydrogen tracking systems based on different chain of custody models present different benefits
and challenges in their creation and implementation (see Table 1)
IMPLEMENTED AND PLANNED GREEN HYDROGEN TRACKING SYSTEMS
Requirements for tracking systems
Classification of green hydrogen and requirements for tracking systems
There are two main ways to classify hydrogen. A qualitative approach is a colour-coded classification. In this, green hydrogen is defined as hydrogen produced through electrolysis powered by renewable energy. However, this approach does not provide information regarding GHG content. The second classification is a quantitative one based on GHG footprint. Hydrogen produced within a certain limit of GHG emissions can be certified as having a certain label (e.g. low-carbon). This allows the variation of GHG emissions of different production methods to be taken into consideration; however, it does not allow for the distinction between green hydrogen origin and non-green hydrogen origin production.
Green hydrogen tracking systems and GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions in green hydrogen production may be caused by the electrolyser or during the
electrolysis process, as well as during the distribution and transport of the electricity used.2 Therefore, to credibly certify green hydrogen, tracking certificates should inform on the GHG content in each produced kilogramme of green hydrogen that can occur along the value chain, from production to transport:
• On the production side, the tracking system should inform on potential GHG emissions and air pollution occurring if the electricity used is from the grid.
• On the transport side, in addition to tracking the emissions from the transportation mode, the emissions
produced in the event of conversion should also be considered (ammonia, synfuels such as renewable
methane, reconversion, etc.).
Current certification scheme proposals for green hydrogen
Some countries have already started developing proposals and projects for green hydrogen certification.
An advanced example is CertifHy, which has been working on a project to design, for the first time, a
green hydrogen GO in the European Union. The project aims to create a standardised definition of green
hydrogen across the European Union, GOs for green hydrogen that can be deployable in all of Europe,
as well as an implementation roadmap. It will also define the processes and procedures for the whole life cycle of the GO, which will include audits of hydrogen production plants; the certification of production batches; and the issuing, trading and "usage" of GOs. One of CertifHy's main objectives is to ensure that green hydrogen GOs are compatible with EU legislation, including the recast Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) (FCH 2 JU, 2019) (see Box 5).
To ensure that tracking systems meet green hydrogen sector demand and achieve the established green
hydrogen and decarbonisation goals, the Coalition for Action proposes a series of key recommendations.
By providing transparency and incentivising the use of green hydrogen, tracking systems can positively
impact green hydrogen development and lead to a more rapid deployment of the green hydrogen sector. Green hydrogen certification can support the rapid deployment of the sector and help reduce
generation costs.
Source:IRENA
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Exchange House has submitted a needs analysis report for the project TANDEM NOW. TANDEM NOW is a European project which focuses on the development of a mentoring programme for young migrants in the partner countries and Travellers in Ireland. The partner countries involved are; Spain, Austria, Italy, Turkey, and Germany. In Ireland role models in the community will be asked to participate in a training programme which will identify different methods and communication tools that could be used as part of a mentoring programme for young Travellers. They will develop skills which will help support the young people to gain information, knowledge, and skills for entering their chosen vocation. The mentoring sessions will incorporate the use if ICT which will enable the mentors and mentees to have meetings both in person and online.


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#AskTHAT live with Brian Contos - You've been hacked? Do you even know?
In this #AskTHAT, I talk to Brian Contos, CISO of Verodin and we dive into cybersecurity. No MOAR excuses, we have to take an active role in our securing our applications.
Brian has over two decades of experience in the security industry. He is a seasoned executive, board advisor, security company entrepreneur and author. After getting his start in security with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and later Bell Labs, Brian began the process of building security startups and taking multiple companies through successful IPOs and acquisitions including: Riptech, ArcSight, Imperva, McAfee and Solera Networks.
Brian has worked in over 50 countries across six continents. He is a strategic board advisor for multiple companies including Cylance and Appdome. He has authored several security books, his latest with the former Deputy Director of the NSA, spoken at leading security events globally and is a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute. Brian frequently appears in the news and has been featured in CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox, NPR, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, The London Times and many others. He most recently appeared in a cyberwar documentary alongside General Michael Hayden (former Director NSA and CIA).
Links from today's show:
Blog: https://verodin.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancontos/
Twitter: @BrianContos
Brian's company - Verodin is a Security Instrumentation Platform or SIP Company: https://verodin.com/
Open Source Threat Simulation Projects, these are more Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) related than SIP, but they can be used to test some security controls: https://blogs.gartner.com/augusto-barros/2018/04/17/threat-simulation-open-source-projects/
Welcome to THAT, a daily podcast hosted by Clark Sell and the crew at THAT Conference. Our goal with this podcast is simple. I want to tell your story. I want to document these experiences in such that we can all help one another. I know that sounds a bit abstract, but over the years, I've talked with thousands of professionals who all have an awesome and unique story. I've loved hearing every one of them, and they've each inspired me in some way. I started THAT Conference as a place for the community to inspire and help lift one another. THAT Conference was never meant to be just an event but an extension of the community every day.
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Summer Camp is here! We have field trips planned for MOSI, Lowery Park Zoo, Art Monkey, Glazer Family Museum, bowling, movies, Legoland, the Crayola Experience, and Medieval Times in Orlando. Call or come in for a tour. Space is very limited for certain weeks.


Linde Werdelin is making fame for the last 6 months here at FratelloWatches. Between the lunch I had with Linde Werdelin's managing director and their marketing manager in London and becoming so enthusiastic about the brand and ordering one myself (a 3-timer with brown dial) sat only a 2 or 3 months. The introduction of the new models I received during my visit to the Linde Werdelin booth at BaselWorld was overwelming, especially after seeing and trying the 3-timer.
Now, a few months after the introduction of their new LW models in BaselWorld, they not only started distributing the new SpidoLite models (with funky looking blue gold rotors) but LW also unveiled the new Hard Black DLC II watches. As I suggested before, that Linde Werdelin watches would be the perfect companion for James Bond's adventures, this new Hard Black DLC II would suit him best probably.
The way James Bond solves his problems as a secret service agent, his watch should better be scratch proof! The watch case of the Linde Werdelin Hard Black DLC II is three times harder than stainless steel and second to diamond in terms of hardness. How is this possible? Well, before the case undergoes a blast of 1/1000th of a millimeter of carbon to create the DLC coating, the watch case is being prepared in such a way that the applied DLC coating does even a better job making the watch case coating tougher than ever.
Leo Houlding, British rock climber and base jumper, has been putting the first Hard Black DLC watch to the test during his climbing of the Riglos (Spain) and in Yosemite (US). Friend of the show, Kristian Haagen, also has one of the first Hard Black DLC's and is very excited about this time piece.
I have to admit that the Hard Black DLC II reminds me a bit about AP's Royal Oak Offshore models with the heavily stitched straps and bright dial colors, but the case design is definitely different (although I like both) and I don't think they necessarily bite eachother.
This 46mm (w) by 49mm (l) by 12mm (h) watch is being powered by an ETA 2892-A2 movement (which doesn't need any further introduction I'll assume). The watches comes on a black leather alligator strap and the clip-on instruments called The Reef and The Rock will perfectly go together with this watch of course.
This Euro 4920,- watch will be produced in a limited number of 88 pieces and is now available at LindeWerdelin.com for pre-order.


Personal Protective Equipment: There are many ways we protect ourselves from hazards, but personal protective equipment is our last line of defense. If you don't use PPE correctly, it can be worse than not using it at all. This session will cover the basics of PPE proper use, care and maintenance of PPE, and where and when to use PPE. We will also cover Fall Protection Equipment, Respiratory Protection Equipment, and standard PPE like eye protection, head protection, reflective clothing, etc.
Accident Prevention: How do you avoid accidents? This session will show you how you can be a part of the solution to workplace accidents. We will demonstrate how incident review, regular workplace checks, and teamwork can help everyone go home safe every day.
Training is FREE to Trust members and will provide CEUs.


Adding Winsor & Newton Gum Arabic to watercolour paints has three effects: It slows down the drying time of the paint, giving slightly longer to work on creating an image or working wet into wet. It adds further transparency to watercolours and it increases gloss. Gum Arabic washes will have greater depth and appear more luminous than colour washes alone. Gum Arabic is typically mixed directly into watercolour washes but can also be added to a jar of water if it will be used throughout a painting. Gum Arabic should not be used directly from the bottle because any thick films created will become brittle.


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Booze companies exploiting an advertising loophole
By Tony Walker
October 22, 2018 — 11.03pm
Of all the issues that should be making parents of young children and adolescents' blood boil, it is unrestricted advertising of booze during premier sporting events.
Spectators are exposed to plenty of alcohol-related adverts in sport, including on players' uniforms. Credit:Scott Barbour - CA
More generally, responsible adults should be holding the political class responsible for a lax regime that enables the alcohol industry to exploit a gaping hole in an existing regulatory framework.
Put simply, there are no restrictions beyond self-regulation on alcohol advertising when it comes to sporting events that coincide with children's viewing hours up to 8.30pm.
We'll come back to saturation advertising during the recent AFL and NRL grand finals as an example of the overreach, some might say overkill, of the alcohol industry.
Against this background, some of the most respected identities in Australian sport gathered last week in Melbourne to launch a campaign to end alcohol advertising in sport.
Those participating in the launch, either in person or by video link, included former AFL coach Mick Malthouse; former Cricket Australia chairman of selectors John Inverarity; Clover Maitland, Olympic Gold winning Hockeyroo; Member for Bennelong and former Davis Cup player John Alexander; and Ric Charlesworth, former federal MP and winning coach of the Hockeyroos.
Rob Moodie, former chairman of the Melbourne Storm and a leading public health professional, spoke forcefully on behalf of a majority of Australians when referring to polling conducted by the Foundation for Alcohol Research: "Nine out of 10 Australians agree that children shouldn't be exposed to alcohol advertising during children's hours," he said.
This campaign to end alcohol advertising in sport is shaping as the biggest challenge facing the alcohol industry in many years, and one a timid political class – when it comes to taking on vested alcohol and gambling interests – will find difficult to ignore.
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, whose department oversees the various codes of conduct and licensing requirements for the broadcasting industry, argues that if alcohol advertising in sport is banned, free-to-air television would find itself in an even more parlous state financially than it is in now.
This is a similar argument to one that was used many years ago against banning tobacco advertising.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research (FARE), which is behind the End Alcohol Advertising in Sport campaign, has proposed what seems like a reasonable solution to the Fifield argument against ending free-to-air television's addiction to alcohol advertising.
FARE has suggested a transitional Alcohol Sponsorship Replacement Fund to be plenished with proceeds of alcohol tax reform, including getting rid of the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET).
The WET discriminates in favour of wine producers at the expense of producers of beer and spirits, effectively enabling recipients of these rebates to produce cheaper plonk.
On the broader issue of finding alternative sponsorship, you can't tell me that businesses with deep pockets can't be found to replace existing sponsors. In the NRL, for example, the value of the most recent contract with Telstra for $6.5 million was more than four times greater than that of the largest alcohol sponsor, Carlton and United Breweries at $1.5 million.
Rugby League great Steve Ella, who sits on the FARE board and has devoted a lifetime to working in indigenous communities to alleviate harms caused by alcohol abuse, put the issue eloquently at last week's End Alcohol Advertising in Sport launch.
"The game I love is awash with alcohol promotion. It has become increasingly difficult to know where the game ends and alcohol advertising begins," he said.
The facts speak for themselves.
In a survey of alcohol advertising of the NRL and AFL grand finals based on a frequency analysis applied in both UK professional football and in Australia, the results are stark.
In the AFL grand final, there were 121 occurrences of alcohol marketing, including such categories as field advertising and commercial break advertising, or 0.7 occurrences a minute.
In the NRL, saturation alcohol advertising was more pronounced, with 3.3 occurrences a minute during children's viewing hours.
In its exploitation of the exemption in the Commercial Television Code of Practice that allows alcohol advertisements alongside sport, the alcohol industry certainly can't be accused of looking this gift horse in the mouth. Almost 50 per cent of all alcohol advertising is shown during live sporting events.
Survey results of the impact of alcohol advertising on impressionable young people leaves no other conclusion than that alcohol advertising is effective.
"The more alcohol advertising young people are exposed to, the earlier they will begin, and the more they will consume if they already drink," according to an Oxford Academic study.
Perhaps the most lethal aspect of alcohol advertising comes with its identification with sporting heroes themselves, who have become walking, talking billboards for alcohol products.
Brought to you by ... booze. Credit:AAP
In the State of Origin rugby league contest between NSW and Queensland, players sport alcohol product logos as representatives of the VB Blues and XXXX Maroons. This is beer-drenched advertising at its worst.
In view of all this, it is hard to disagree with Rob Moodie when he says: "The kings of Australian sport – willingly or unwillingly – have become the ambassadors of booze."
Tony Walker is a Fairfax columnist and a board member of the Foundation of Alcohol Research and Education.


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At GOP Debate, McCain and Romney Bicker Over Whom Reagan Would Love More
At the end of the final Republican presidential primary before Super-Duper Tuesday, CNN's Anderson Cooper, the lead moderator, noted it had been "a remarkable evening of politics." Not so.
The debate, held at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday night, was all-too predictably a contest in Reagan-hugging, with John McCain, the apparent frontrunner, and Mitt Romney, the apparent No. 2, trying to out-Reagan the other. Neither said much new. After all, they agree on keeping in place George W. Bush's war in Iraq and his tax cuts. But the two men needed something to argue about, so they tussled over McCain's charge that Romney last spring supported setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. This was the exchange that would be sliced and diced by the pundits and the analysts. In a way, both McCain and Romney were wrong.
This dust-up began last week when McCain said "Romney wanted to set a date for withdrawal similar to what the Democrats are seeking." McCain pointed to an ABC News interview, during which Romney was asked, "Do you believe that there should be a timetable in withdrawing the troops?" His reply:
Well, there's no question–but that the President and Prime Minister al-Maliki have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about. But those shouldn't be for public pronouncement. You don't want the enemy to understand how long they have to wait in the weeds until you're gonna be gone. You wanna have a series of things you wanna see accomplished in terms of the strength of the Iraqi military and the Iraqi police and the leadership of the, of the Iraqi government.
Was Romney talking about a timetable for a withdrawal or a timetable for other steps? He wasn't clear. So the interviewer pressed him: "You wouldn't do it publicly because – the President has said flat out that he will veto anything the Congress passes about a timetable for – troop withdrawals. As president, would you do the same?" And Romney said,
Well, could you, yeah – well, of course. Could you, could you imagine the setting where, where during the Second World War we said to the, the Germans, gee, if we haven't reached the Rhine by this date, we'll go home, or if we haven't gotten this accomplished, we'll, we'll pull up and leave? You don't, you don't publish that to your enemy, or they just simply lie and wait until that time. So, of course, you have to work together to create timetables and milestones, but you don't do that with the, with the opposition.
Romney might have been talking about a timetable for some sort of disengagement. It seems more that he was trying to be both for winning the war and for ending the war. Yet McCain has overstated the case by proclaiming Romney was an outright supporter of establishing a date for withdrawal.
At the debate, neither budged. Romney called McCain a liar and declared this was a "dirty trick." McCain fired off another blast and essentially branded Romney a weasel, noting that in December 2006 Romney declined to take a position on boosting troops in Iraq, when McCain was fighting for such a policy. Romney had at that time said that as a governor he would not be weighing in on the matter, but a month later he backed Bush's so-called surge right before Bush announced it. Nice timing, there.
It took Ron Paul to raise the obvious meta-point: both men were arguing over "technicalities of a policy they agree with." But it was obvious that the two main GOP candidates have little respect for the other. While jousting over all this, McCain bitterly snapped at Romney for running negative ads against him and against Mike Huckabee. "You can spend it all," he said, referring to Romney's fortune.
In calmer portions of the evening, Romney tried to depict McCain as not a true Reagan conservative, citing McCain's support for bipartisan legislation dealing with campaign finance reform, global warming, and immigration. He also slapped McCain for having initially opposed Bushs tax cuts. (Surrounded by Reaganites, McCain declined to repeat his original reason for that opposition: that those tax cuts were tilted to the wealthy.) McCain punched back, calling the former Massachusetts governor a tax-raiser and excoriating him for passing health care reform that compels citizens of his state to obtain medical insurance.
For most of the night, Huckabee and Paul were bystanders.
The debate left the GOP race where it has been for months: a contest dominated by self-proclaimed conservatives who many conservatives don't embrace or fancy. Both McCain and Romney been trying to shine up their I-Love-Reagan badge. But neither stands above the pack when it comes to true-blue conservative credentials. At this stage, whoever wins the GOP nomination will be the object of suspicion and disappointment for a great deal of conservatives. At the end of the debate, one could almost imagine Reagan looking in and saying, "Is this the best we can do?" Short answer: yes.


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By Barbara Casavecchia
Alessandro Sciarroni's Genre-Busting Performances
Barbara Casavecchia on the 2019 Golden Lion-winning artist
In his acceptance speech for the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance at the 2019 Venice Biennale, Alessandro Sciarroni thanked the artists who cross the borders of their discipline in order to reflect upon contemporary complexity – as well as those who choose not to, in order to keep traditions alive. He added: 'Thank you for insisting that we study, so we can learn to resist anyone who tells us what to study.' The inclusion of polarities and the mixing up of genres and skills – from classical to folk dance, from sports to juggling and acting – is central to Sciarroni's approach.
Sciarroni, who at 41 defines himself as 'an artist active in the field of performing arts with several years of experience in visual arts and theatre research', didn't start out studying dance. Born in San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic coast, he graduated in cultural conservation from the University of Parma, where, from 1998 until 2006, he was part of the experimental theatre company Lenz Rifrazioni. Amongst his inspirations, he cites Helena Almeida, Diane Arbus, Derek Jarman and the rock band Bright Eye. His first true solo performance, JOSEPH_ (2011), saw him on stage alone with a laptop, his back to the audience, obsessively mirroring projected images, as if to test the manifestations of his body in both real and virtual worlds.
Alessandro Sciarroni, TURNING_Motion Sickness Version, 2016, performance documentation. Courtesy: the artist
In less than a decade, Sciarroni's career unfolded at a surprising speed, which is a little ironic: at the core of his project is an exploration of temporality. He does this not by slowing down movement but, rather, by trying to reach a deeper level of consciousness and a precision of movement and gesture, by means of iteration. Mistakes and improvisation are nonetheless part of the journey and Sciarroni accommodates them with a refreshingly human touch. Take, for instance, 'Turning' (2014–ongoing), which is based both on animal migration across the Earth and the elementary act of turning on our axis – from archaic rituals to pirouettes en pointe and the trance moves of techno clubbers. The most minimal performance features only Sciarroni himself: CHROMA_Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page (2017). Others involve a group: TURNING_Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (2015), for instance, was interpreted at MAXXI museum in Rome by 15 members of the Rome Ballet Company; and TURNING_Motion Sickness Version (2016) was conceived for the company of the Ballet of the Lyon Opera. Each time, different site-specific collaborations are set in place, so that formats remain fluid and
evolution ensues.
Alessandro Sciarroni, AUGUSTO, 2016, performance documentation. Courtesy: the artist
Sciarroni's recent 'dramedy', as he calls it, AUGUSTO (2018), includes nine interpreters (actors, dancers and singers) who run around and laugh for the entire performance, oscillating between joy and tears, exhaustion and exhilaration. Laughter is a universal human response to play, pleasure, stress or even fear; we learn how to do it before we learn to speak. Its power relies on empathy, something that Sciarroni pushes to extremes. The title refers to Auguste – the archetypical, red-nosed circus clown – but also to Augustus, the first of the Roman emperors, who could decree the life or death of a person with a thumbs up or down. Sciarroni also nods to the medieval iconography of the 'dance of fools', whereby a member of society appears so engrossed in material pleasures and distracted by individualistic drives that he or she inevitably succumbs to the triumph of death in the middle of a dance – an effective metaphor for the present age and its self-obsession in the face of an impending collective extinction. Otherwise, it's LOL.
This article first appeared in frieze issue 206 with the headline 'Laugh Until I Cry'.
Main image: Alessandro Sciarroni, AUGUSTO, 2016, performance documentation. Courtesy: the artist
Barbara Casavecchia is a contributing editor of frieze and a freelance writer and curator based in Milan, Italy.
First published in Issue 206
Alessandro Sciaroni
Performance Now
Dumb Type and the Perpetual Problem of the Performance Exhibition
Four Artists to Watch in 2020
'Engaging with the Thing': The Hard Work of Performa 19
Frieze Academy Art and Architecture Summit Singapore: Art's Place in the World Around Us
Yvonne Rainer on Reviving an Iconic Work of the 1960s for Performa 19
Ralph Lemon on Coming Apart, and Piecing Himself Back Together
'Bring Your Dancing Shoes' to Jason Moran's New Whitney Show
Nikhil Chopra Sleeps at the Met and Uncovers its Colonial Past
Hilton Als on the Films of Kara Walker
William Kentridge's Indictment of Colonial and Apartheid Injustice
Pablo Bronstein on How Catherine Wood Changed the Way We See Performance Art
Operations of Pleasure: The World of Nayland Blake
The Optimism of Lauren Halsey
Paul McCarthy Makes a Mess
Can the Art World Kick Its Addiction to Flying?
Following Ulrike Ottinger to the End of the World


Summer pudding is a traditional British dessert made up of bread, soaked in the juice of summer berries. I've had the idea to make it into a smoothie flavour for a while now and the result is SO delicious!
Don't worry though – there is no bread in this smoothie. Instead, I've used oats and flaxseed to give that bread-y taste with the added nutritional benefits.
So now I have the flavour of this classic summer dessert in the form of a delicious, healthy breakfast! It's high in protein, omega 3 and fibre, making it the perfect start to the day.
And not only does this smoothie taste good and is good for you but it looks good too! Look at the pretty colour… so vibrant and uplifting.
So much summer berry goodness!
Summer pudding in smoothie form! This healthy breakfast tastes so good.
1 cup frozen summer fruits, mixed raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants etc.
Simply add all the ingredients to a blender and mix until smooth, adding more almond milk if it's too thick.
What dessert would you love to drink in smoothie-form?
Summer anything is up my alley right now! And the color matches the season. Looks delicious!
What a glorious coloured smoothie. Summer berries are wonderful used this way and make a pleasant change from green smoothies. I'm now wondering about what it might be like with the bread too!!!
Haha! I just couldn't bring myself to add bread to a smoothie. Berry smoothies are the best!
Look at all the goodness in this smoothie! The name sounds like dessert, but the ingredients make for a full well-rounded breakfast!
that's what I'm going for, thanks Alisa!
The color of this smoothie instantly lifted my mood! It looks absolutely delicious! Love that it has oats and flaxseeds to give it the bread - like flavor!
This looks sooo incredibly filling! What a lovely breakfast!
Thanks Ceara :-) It actually is super filling, thanks to the oats!
I grew up in Canada and loved the breakfast pudding as well. Maybe that's why I love throwing oats in my smoothies too, it reminds me of back home :). And your colors, so pretty and vibrant! That's my kind of smoothie right there!
Thank you, Nicole! I agree - pudding-style breakfasts are the BEST.
This is absolutely yummy. I used coconut milk because that's all I had and loved the added flavor. I also added a pinch of chai seeds just because! Thanks for your time with all of these recipes.
Hi Rozi, thank you so much for letting me know you enjoyed this smoothie! And your addition of the chai flavour sounds AMAZING!
To be honest, it's a pretty old-fashioned dessert - you don't see it an awful lot nowadays but it's still considered a classic :-) Thanks Nadia!
As much as I adore summer pudding, I was glad to hear there's no bread in this smoothie ;p It sounds so good, I really like the idea of adding oats and flax to it too.
Oats and dates are SUCH Natalie ingredients! They just seem to work in everything, don't they?
Oats are so underrated when it comes to protein! I love adding them to my smoothies :-) Thanks Linda!
Oohhhh, summer pudding is one of my most favourite desserts ever... and yet I've never thought to make a smoothie version. You're a genius, Aimee!
This looks delicious and so filling!
So I've noticed, Kelly! I am loving all your berry recipes!
I could stare at this all day long...it's so pretty!! I love adding oats to my smoothies - makes them so thick and delicious. Need to try this!
Thank you, Jenn! And yes, because I can't eat raw bananas, oats are perfect for giving that thick, creaminess instead. Love them!
When smoothies are pretty colours, they somehow taste better!


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