Methodism in Batford dates back to 1884, when a few cottages on the road between Luton and Wheathampstead housed workers at local farms and the flour mills on the banks of the River Lea. A footbridge had by then replaced what had, since Roman times, been a ford over the river at Cold Harbour.
There lived a Mr and Mrs Josiah Smart, who were devoted Wesleyan Methodists and who, with their children, would each Sunday make their way up Ox Lane, down Sun Lane across the railway to attend the chapel at Leyton Road.
Methodism had its regular 'class' meetings for scripture study, and Mrs Smart was assigned to the class held by Mrs Henry Salisbury, mother of the artist Frank Salisbury. As time passed, she found the long walk up over the hill from Batford increasingly onerous and she was granted permission to instigate a class meeting nearer to her home at Cold Harbour.
Together with her young daughters, Mrs Smart started a regular open-air Methodist meeting at the junction of Bowers Heath Lane and Lower Luton Road. With the coming of winter, not unnaturally, indoor accommodation was needed and intially the Smarts made their own home available for the purpose and regular Sunday evening services began.
Mr Robert Drury, who lived nearby in Cold Harbour Lane, opened his cottage for a morning Sunday School. But so successful were the local Methodist ventures, that they quite rapidly outgrew the space the two private homes could provide. Clearly funds were required to establish a purpose-made place of worship.
Harpenden at that time came within the the purview of Luton's Chapel Street Methodist 'circuit' and Mr and Mrs Salisbury duly sought financial and other support from Chapel Street ministers and preachers, as well as from more well-known and well-heeled Harpenden Methodists, in setting up a trust, administered by secretary Mr Joseph Lewin.
A corrugated iron chapel was duly erected on the piece of ground between Mr Drury's cottage and his erstwhile next door neighbour, the trust secretary Mr Lewin. It came into use in 1884 and it was not long before nearly every child in the Batford/Cold Harbour neighbourhood – between 30 and 40 in number – was enrolled in the morning Sunday School.
There was no lack of willing helpers. Among them were Miss Susie Salisbury and a Miss Willis, whose father became the first Sunday School Superintendent. They all walked down from Harpenden each Sunday morning.
Afternoon and evening services were conducted by Methodist ministers and local preachers from Harpenden as well as from elsewhere in the Luton Chapel Street circuit. The latter regularly included the circuit's 'second minister', the Rev S T Bosward. Preachers coming from Luton either walked or came by pony-and-trap, but only occasionally by train, to nearby Harpenden East station. Local preachers included John Tearle, William Rumbles, Arthur Gregory and Sydney Wingrave.
Those inside the completely uninsulated 'tin' chapel inevitably suffered on hot summer days as well as from the cold in winter. It was also noted that if there was a heavy rainstorm during a service, the preacher's voice would be completely drowned by the noise. On more than one such occasion, perhaps to the relief of some members of the congregation, the sermon had to be abandoned.
A congregation of between 40 and 50 people could be expected regularly on Sunday evenings. During the week a Band of Hope meeting was held, led – if his work duties as a signalman on the Great Northern Railway permitted – by Mr Drury. The Band of Hope movement, founded by the Rev Jabez Tunnicliffe in Leeds in 1847, promoted temperance, striving to persuade, young people especially, of the evils of alcohol.
By the turn of the century, it became evident that a larger building was needed. The local population was growing. New houses had been built along the Lower Luton Road and in nearby Salisbury Road, Southview Road and Batford Road, as well as in Marquis Lane on the other side of the river.
At a church trustees' meeting in February 1900, a minute was recorded: 'That Mr Knowles, solicitor, be requested to purchase and convey to the Trustees a piece of land situated on the Batford Mill estate as a site for a new chapel now being held by Mr S Wingrave for that purpose, the price being £33'. The church steward was requested to have a notice put up on the land proclaiming 'Site for New Wesleyan Church'. The minutes were signed 'George E Scott, February 18 1901'.
There were many difficulties to be overcome, quite apart from raising the necessary funds. Geographical Methodist 'politics' were involved. The boundary between two different Luton church circuits, namely Chapel Street and Waller Street, was deemed to be the River Lea. Moving the church's location from Cold Harbour to the Lower Luton Road site took it into Waller Street territory. Clearance was therefore required from the Methodist Conference authorities in London which – such was, and remains today, the way of bureaucracy – took time.
Three years went by until, in June 1904, plans for the new church were drawn up. Under the chairmanship of the Rev T Moorhouse Thorp, the church trust was renewed. Mr Drury was appointed secretary of the project, with Mr Wingrave as treasurer. Eight new names were included among the trustees: T Bigg, A Gregory, J Hawkes, A Hall, E Nott, H E Salisbury, H O Williams, and S Wingrave.
The plans, prepared by Messrs Anscombe and Franklin, were accepted at a cost of £591. The stone-laying took place on September 13 1904. Messrs Goldhawk and Son of Kimpton were contracted to undertake the building work. A tablet in the front porch recorded the names of Mrs Henry Salisbury, Mrs J Tearle, Mrs S Wingrave and H O Williams.
The new Batford Methodist Church was officially opened on January 25 1905. The old corrugated iron chapel had been sold for £25, but it nevertheless remained available as the venue for a celebratory tea, where Mrs George Richardson, a daughter of Mrs Smart, later remembered making paper flowers to decorate the tables.
The only possible lighting was by oil lamps, there being no gas laid on at Batford. There was a small vestry partitioned off from the church, but the thin wall between was anything but soundproof, as soon became apparent when the Sunday School primary department was in session in the vestry, under the supervision of Miss Susie Salisbury. She was assisted by her brothers and sisters, who had performed a similar role at Cold Harbour.
Later on, for several years, her nephews and nieces, with their friends, formed an enthusiastic band of young people, giving valuable help in establishing what became a thriving Sunday School. Those children above primary age met in the main church, boys on one side of the aisle, girls on the other.
Mrs Edwin Nott, with willing helpers from Harpenden's Methodist Church, established a Women's Meeting on Monday afternoons. It flourished and eventually became known as the Sisterhood.
In 1911, at the annual trustees meeting, with the Rev Wesley Woolmer in the chair, it was reported that the debt on the church stood at £120, with the mortgagee pressing for repayment. Mr Arthur Hall, who had taken on the trust secretary post from his father-in-law Mr Wingrave, was asked to help. He began by transferring his church membership from Harpenden to Batford, and then organising a weekly gift scheme.
Even so, the debt was not cleared until 1917. By then mains gas had been installed, enabling the church's smelly oil lamps to be replaced, much to the appreciation of evening congregations.
In 1912, after a lot of discussion and some controversy, a morning service replaced the previous afternoon service, enabling more flexible use to be made of the premises by the expanding Sunday School activities. Numbers of children attending the Sunday School continued to grow yet further, to the point where, in February 1914, a trustees' meeting was held to consider proposals for a new school hall to be built adjoining the rear of the church, at an estimated cost of £300.
A garden party was held in Mrs Henry Salisbury's garden in Arden Grove, Harpenden, to initiate the necessary fund-raising programme. But with the onset of the First World War in August, Batford's church extension plans, like many other projects at the time, had to be put on hold. Nevertheless, during the war years, social activities centred on the church continued apace, with the setting up of first a girls' club and then an equivalent organisation for the boys. Both were kept busy, notably organising concerts, held – because there was no alternative – in the main church.
Soon after the November 1918 Armistice, the plans to build a school hall were revived, although the war had stimulated unwelcome inflation and the likely cost had increased to £1000. Over the next two years, a debate ensued as to whether a less costly temporary building should be erected. But the trustees took the long view and voted to have a permanent school hall built, albeit utilising the rear wall of the existing church structure as a means of reducing the expense.
Undaunted, Batford members set about raising funds through traditional church means: holding concerts, jumble sales and the like. A stone-laying ceremony for the new hall was arranged for October 21 1921. Bricks were laid by Sunday School scholars, each of whom had raised five shillings for the building fund, the 'reward' for which was having his or her initials engraved on the nominated brick. Other bricks were laid by three local Methodist ministers officiating at the ceremony.
Batford at the time enjoyed the luxury (by present standards) of having its own superintendent minister, the Rev C Cartwright, as well as a second minister, the Rev J C Chapman. Also in attendance was the Harpenden church minister, the Rev J Crowle-Smith. On January 26 1922, the new hall was opened during a special afternoon service led by the Rev Graham Payn.
A month before, a major step had been taken towards the financial target when the sum of £150 was raised by a sale of work at Harpenden Methodist Church at Leyton Green. A similar fund-raising event was held the following autumn in the new room at Batford, when a sum of £80 was realised which, together with generous help and gifts from friends all over the circuit, allowed the debt to be cleared by February 1923.
The new hall was at once put to full use, accommodating the main Sunday School, though with the primary scholars continuing to meet in the church and a senior girls' class in the old vestry. Mr James Clark became the first Sunday School Superintendent, followed by Mr Stanley Munt, a resident of Batford Road, who was to maintain his strong connections with the church right through to the 1960s.
During the inter-war years, weekday activities on Batford Methodist Church premises proliferated, though growth was held back by the virtual absence of new house building in the immediate area; the local population remained largely static. Nevertheless a successful Boys' Club was started by Percy and Frank Hall. It boasted two football teams.
Sunday services were enhanced by a buoyant choir, led by Mr Cecil Hawes, supported by Miss B Cockshott and Miss G Richardson as organists. From the mid-1930s evening services drew large congregations, following refurbishments to the building which included improved heating and new blue curtains and carpets.
At the outbreak of war in 1939, with many members called away on National Service or on other emergency duties, ongoing church life became a challenge. However wartime exigencies brought a number of Methodist newcomers to the area. A new Harpenden postmaster, Mr H C Cross, had been appointed a few months earlier; he and his wife soon became immersed in Batford's church activities. Other wartime newcomers were Fred and Phyllis Lee who went on to become pillars of the church for the next 30 years or more.
Interestingly, the perhaps more comfortably 'homely' feel of Batford attracted congregation newcomers who lived nearer to the much bigger but perhaps, to them, more impersonal High Street Methodist Church (opened in 1930).
As documented elsewhere on the history society website, on Sunday May 12 1941 Batford Methodist Church was hit by one of a stick of German incendiary bombs. The burnt-out roof was replaced by a not-wholly-weatherproof temporary structure which remained in place for several years.
During the immediate post-war period the most momentous development affecting Methodism in Batford was the building of hundreds of new council houses and flats on the high ground behind the church. Pickford Hill, Porters Hill, Milford Hill and the numerous minor roads on the new Batford estate yielded many new church members and Sunday School pupils.
As a result the need arose to extend the church premises further which, because of the limitations of the site, meant building upwards. At a cost estimated originally at £2500, but which eventually came to £4750, a second storey was added to the rear schoolroom. Opened on March 15 1952, it included a new minister's vestry and a roomy kitchen, as well as boasting a modern boiler-fed heating installation.
The resulting debt was paid off through a weekly church member gift scheme, bringing in about £100 per year, supplemented by individual donations and sales of work. Though not until early 1957 was the treasurer Mr F M Cheshire able to announce the clearance of the debt.
Three years later additional funds of about £450 were raised to cover the cost of refurbishing the church interior, which some members had criticised as being rather drab. The dark woodwork of the pulpit and lower walls were covered in a new light-oak veneered board and the window frames were painted white.
A new oak communion table was acquired, with new blue curtains hung behind it. Batford's minister at the time, the Rev Tom Mayhew, who in his own words was 'a bit of a carpenter', made a new hymn board and a wooden cross on the wall above. The father-and-son Ward family blacksmiths at Batford Forge designed and made new scrolled ironwork supports for the communion rail.
During the 1970s further upgrades of the church premises took place. In 1974 it was decided to replace the original dark stained pews with more easily handled interlocking chairs, at a cost of £1000, partially funded by members and friends making interest-free loans or paying for individual chairs. A bumper bazaar, held in High Street Methodist's church hall, raised an impressive £550 towards Batford's church seating fund.
Those enhancements to the church interior led to aspirations of another innovation: the replacement of the existing long-serving piano with an organ, a specific organ fund having been launched some time before. Various different instruments were considered before the decision was made to purchase, at an estimated cost of £900, an electric organ built locally by Mr John Howard, a member of Batford's sister church at The Folly, Wheathampstead.
In 1984, Batford Methodist Church clocked up its first centenary, with a number of celebratory events, attended by many of those ministers and preachers who had helped sustain its life in the local community during diffficult and challenging times. Thirty years later it continues its dedicated work.
This page was added by Alan Bunting on 20/03/2015.


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The View from Shepparton: A dearth of cricket talent
July 22, 2013 by Peter Schumacher 2 Comments
Well you can't blame the Poms for insufferably patronising, cynical, boastful, or generally unbearable regarding the current state of Australian cricket. After all it wasn't too long ago that we heaped humiliating scorn on them during the course of a series whitewash that we inflicted on them out here. What goes around comes around I fear. All the same it is hard to take when Joe Root can take 180 off us so early in his career against the record of the individual most seen to be our best hope not too long ago Usman Khawaja who scored 37 in his first dig and was praised to the skies at the time, who went on to do next to nothing for ever after many trys, (remember "try's" NSW it's something you can never get enough of against Queensland). He was dropped and some (again mostly from NSW I think) reckoned that he had had confidence permanently dented because of this. He was never up to it in the first place although last night's effort compared to anyone else was fair enough I suppose. Another, Hughes, at least started out in a blaze of glory before Flintoff fixed him up.
It is easy to feel a sense of despair really, there is no new young talent on the horizon at all. You can blame the selectors, team management all you like but if the players aren't there and aren't going to be anytime soon do you say as I heard suggested somewhere this morning that the next ten days should be used to "improve their skills" . Ye gods, been left a bit late don't you think? Would perhaps help though if someone in the team, preferably Clarke in the first instance understood the referral system. In general terms think that we are going to be years in the wilderness as there is simply no new talent coming up at all with the possible exception of Ashton but even he is in the team as a spinner and as a nineteen year old he won't want to be remembered as a 98 number eleven flash in the pan.
The Maroons won again. Oh that there could be a series like that in Rules with the same result in favour of South Australia. As likely as Australia winning the next three Tests!
In the real code, North Melbourne were all over Carlton in that last quarter and could well have stolen it if it had not been for that last minute fumble and bumble as they rushed the ball towards the goal. Was so hoping that they would get up. What yet another devastating result for the Shinboners.
When Robbie Gray turned the wrong way and missed a certain goal with Port 39 points up I said to the Minister of Home Affairs, "such misses are going to cost the Power". A simple skill error nearly did indeed turn the match. Nevertheless the Saints could feel really hard done by as that tripping free kick in the last quarter was dubious to say the least and then to cop the subsequent fifty metre penalty which was also as soft as. If Port do make the finals they can thank that one umpiring decision for saving their skins. A great comeback by the Saints.
As a Lions man I hate to admit this but I focused on the Port St Kilda game. Anyway we won, which just keeps in the fight for the eight. Hard to see them beating Port at home though. Melbourne were at least very competitive.
As a totally unbiased observer (not true) I gained an immense sense of satisfaction at the Suns beating the Pies. This team is now not just Ablett although he gave a master class on how to play the game. How long does it take for Collingwood to realise that Cloke is simply not accurate enough to be retained. Every time he lines up you think it will be another "Coach Killer".
The Sprawls did not disgrace themselves this week but again after a really good first quarter they weren't up to it. Easy win for the Dons. I suppose that as they are now second that may or not be fair enough but to me their whole season still has a giant * along side of it. We will see what happens in early August.
The Western Bulldogs played reasonably well against Hawthorn but I don't think that anyone seriously expected them to win.
I described Cloke as a "Coach Killer" but so is Harry Taylor, how on earth could he have missed that last shot for goal. I watched this game for a while but after Adelaide fluffed so many chances in the first quarter I knew that they were going to lose and indeed get thrashed. A later check of the score, about 30 points down, confirmed this. I was not feeling very gruntled so watched a replays of "Offsiders and "Onsiders" instead. Imagine my surprise that the Crows had got up. Could not believe it. Well good luck to them, still don't think that they can make it to the finals but this was a great win. So as an avowed follower of interstate teams this was a great round, and as my sister has just reminded me, Norwood got up as well.
Sydney are still the premiership favourites, they were far too good for West Coast. Hannebery and Keiran Jack played really well.
Richmond had a good home win against the Dockers but given Freo's outs so they should have. Anyway, good luck to them, their supporters war last have something to cheer about.
Highlights: Maroons, Ablett
Low Light; The Australian Cricket Team, particularly in the first innings when Watson wasted a referral.
About Peter Schumacher
Wannabe footy commentator and writer, used to be a wannabe footballer
MikeD says
Peter, Your view on the Port game differs from mine. I reckon Port would feel incredibly aggrieved if they had lost. The umpires implemented the "mercy rule" about half way through the second quarter. Any Port player pushed in the back was penalised for holding the ball. Any Saints player caught holding the ball was awarded a free kick for push in the back. Dropped marks being paid, the list goes on. The real shocker was Riewoldt getting 50m penalty for throwing himself at the fence, luckily conscience kicked in and he kicked accordingly. Port got the better of poor umpiring just a couple of times in the last, but nothing compared to the even-it-up-bias afforded to St. Kilda. Phew, end of rant. Sorry to my family trying to get some sleep whilst I was shouting like a demon at the glowing screen in the corner of the lounge.
Peter Schumacher says
Yeah good point re Riewoldt, was thinking of mentioning him in terms of at least one ridiculous umpiring decision that went against Port.

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Posted: Jul 18, 2015
Winnipeg producers selling homemade goods are turning to community kitchens to transform their businesses into commercial ventures that comply with complicated government food regulations.
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Low-risk foods
All states except New Jersey and Hawaii have cottage food laws which allow producers to cook low-risk foods like pie, bread and jam at home and sell to individual consumers. Some states restrict sale to farmers' markets, charity and bake sales. Canada has a patchwork of provincial and municipal laws and guidelines that can be confusing to people starting out.
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Winnipeg pie baker Heather Daymond started Shut Ur Pie Hole three years ago from her home kitchen after word-of-mouth spread about her pies.
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Another baker told her about the Knox Community Kitchen in the basement of the Knox Community Church near Central Park in Winnipeg. Daymond pays $10 per hour and shares the space with up to 13 other food producers.
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Recommended load for sunlight: 5 Ω to 10 Ω Incandescent light bulbs (the kind with a filament) are the next best choice. The most common incandescent light bulbs sold in the US are halogen light bulbs. These can be placed in a desk lamp. Higher wattage incandescent bulbs will allow the solar panel to produce more power, and they will also get hotter with higher wattages.
Many desk lamps warn to use bulbs no more powerful than 60 W or 75 W equivalent bulbs. However, some work lights may take 100 W or even 150 W bulbs. Caution students against touching the light bulbs while on and for some time after turning them off if you are using high-wattage incandescent bulbs. Recommended load for incandescent bulbs: 10 Ω The next choice is a toss-up between compact fluorescent light bulbs and LED light bulbs.
These bulbs do not emit a broad "blackbody" curve of wavelengths, since they typically excite a phosphorescent material rather than putting electricity through a material until it is hot enough to glow. Therefore, these highly efficient and cost-effective light bulbs may emit only small amounts of light with energy high enough to produce much power from a solar panel.60 W equivalent or 75 W equivalent bulbs are easy to find, however.
Use these light bulbs if you have no other options. Recommended load for compact fluorescent bulbs: 75 Ω to 90 Ω Recommended load for LED bulbs: 50 Ω to 60 Ω A note about the load: When using an energy sensor with any power source, whether it is a solar panel or a wind turbine, there must be a load (resistance) in the circuit.
For more information on why you need a load, see, Using different light sources with different characteristics will affect the resistance value at which the solar panel will produce the most power. The values in this article are based on our testing using a 2 V solar panel manufactured in 2017.
However, we change manufacturers from time to time, and our manufacturers may have a certain amount of variability in their production processes.
We recommend that before having students perform experiments, you check your solar panels and the light source you intend to use for power production under different loads to confirm or adjust the values we have given.
If you are using a different solar panel, you may want to do some experimenting to see what light sources and load will work best for you. See Using solar panels in series generally increases the load resistance at which maximum power is produced, while wiring them in parallel generally decreases the load resistance at which maximum power is produced.
Will a 100-watt solar panel run a 100-watt light bulb?
Which Appliances Can a 100 Watt Solar Panel Run? – Well, a single 100-watt solar panel can run many home appliances if charged for at least six to eight hours per day. A single 100-watt solar panel has a power output of 100 watts. That means it can produce 100 watts of DC electricity per hour.
You can use the panel to charge your smart devices, including smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, etc.
It can also power up your modem or home router while you surf the internet.
A 100-watt solar panel can run your light fixtures, including LED light bulbs, tube lights, and other lights.
Suppose it runs for at least six hours.
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In that case, it can produce enough electricity to run a ceiling fan or even multiple smaller or pedestal fans.
A 100-watt solar panel can power up an LCD monitor, an LCD TV, or even a cable box or satellite box.
Some 100-watt solar panels can even charge and work with laptops.
Using multiple 100-watt solar panels, you can also use the combined output to power up an AC unit.
Can you charge a solar panel with an LED light?
How do You Charge Solar Lights Without the Sun? – You can charge solar lights without sunlight while placing solar panels directly underneath a household light to charge them speedily. Place the solar lights close to the artificial lighting or incandescent bulb to charge solar lights without the presence of sunlight.
Can you plug an extension cord into a solar panel?
How do I add an adapter or extension cable to my solar panel? All individual solar panels are compatible with our Female 3.5 x 1.1mm adapters, extension cables and splitters. To Install:
Remove the included right-angle adapter from the solar panel's output cable. Since this is a waterproof connection, we suggest twisting and then pulling the adapter for easy removal. Once removed, securely attach the new adapter/extension cable/splitter to the male plug of the solar panel cable. If you're using a splitter cable or extension cable, re-attach the panel's original adapter.
: How do I add an adapter or extension cable to my solar panel?
Do solar panels charge on cloudy days?
What happens to solar panels when it's cloudy or raining? | SEIA Share Photovoltaic panels can use direct or indirect sunlight to generate power, though they are most effective in direct sunlight. Solar panels will still work even when the light is reflected or partially blocked by clouds.
Can you charge a solar panel with a LED light bulb?
Over the last 10 years, climate change has sprung to the forefront of political agendas across the globe – what causes it, and how can we minimize its impact? As people begin to realize that the earth's resources are finite, the demand for green technology increases.
Amongst these eco-friendly innovations, solar panels have proven to be particularly popular. But what about those living in cloudier, duller climates, can they make use of the world's most abundant resource? Yes, solar technology can be powered using LED lights, albeit not as efficiently as sunlight.
This is because LEDs emit similar spectrums of light as natural sunlight. However, the lumen output, color temperature, and distance of an LED bulb will each have a bearing on how much power a solar panel can produce. As solar panels become more accessible, they're being implemented into a wider array of devices.
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Can indoor lights charge solar panels?
How do I connect a bulb to my solar charge controller?
How to Wire Your Solar Panel in a Series Circuit – It's the opposite with a series circuit, and the voltage increases when you connect solar panels using this method. However, the amperes remain unchanged. In that case, you cannot use a 12V inverter for this particular circuit.
This circuit type is a little more challenging than a parallel circuit because you'll need to determine the total output voltage.
Based on that calculation, you should search for an apt inverter that matches the output voltage of the circuit.
So, make sure that you do all of your measurements before you make any purchases to prevent wasting money on incompatible equipment.
What you need to do is:
Connect the positive terminal on one solar panel to the negative terminal on another panel.
You must continue to do that until a terminal from each panel at the ends of the series circuit connects to the inverter.
The output on the inverter will then power your light bulbs.
So, say you were to use 4 solar panels that are rated at 12V 5A, all of which are connected in a series circuit. In that case, your solar power will provide a total output of 48V and 5A. Therefore, the amperes stayed unchanged, but the voltage increased (through addition) by every subsequent panel.
Can you power a solar panel with a flashlight?
Can you charge a solar light with a flashlight? – Yes, you can – artificial light (eg flashlight) is capable of charging your solar lights. The speed that the flashlight will charge the solar light depends on the brightness. An average flashlight emits 100 lumens, so it will take much longer to charge your solar light as compared to being outside.
As a comparison (in lumens), the average flashlight is 6.7% as powerful as a cloudy day and,1% as powerful as a sunny day! So you don't need sunlight for solar lights, but it definitely helps. According to Philips (you know the lightbulb manufacturers): Typical room illumination is 300-500 lumens, whereas outdoor light varies from 1500 lumens on a cloudy day to 100,000 lumens on a sunny day https://www.usa.philips.com/c-f/XC000002361/what-is-lux Read our related article, TOP 4 BEST Solar Flashlights For Emergency Use (Guide),
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Isabelle Meyer's free spirit lives in her grandparents
Isabelle Meyer would have been going into the 6th grade at Jasper Middle School, but if you ask her grandma, she was ready to take on the world.
"She was free spirited, carefree," Cyndi Meyer said. Gentle, she loved life."
Isabelle was on this earth for 11 years, but her life won't be measured by her grandparents in the things she never did. Those 11 years changed them, even if it's impossible to find words to say how.
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"She loved to camp, this was her fourth year down there," Cyndi said. "She was a happy-go-lucky. She didn't worry about stuff."
Just Monday, Cyndi dropped Isabelle off for Girl Scout camp in Cannelton.
"I gave her a kiss," she said holding back tears. "That was the last kiss I gave her."
Isabelle died Monday when a tree fell on her and a group of Girl Scouts while hiking at Camp Koch.
When the young intrepid girl left our world, it got a little darker. But there's comfort knowing she made another place brighter.
"She was a joy," Stan Meyer said.
What a blessing it is for Stan and Cyndi both to see the Tri-State and beyond remember their Isabelle.
"It's just wowing me, I'm telling you," said Cyndi. "This whole community is coming together on it," added Stan.
There are so many things they'll miss.
"Papaw's home, papaw's home!"
But even more they'll remember.
"How precious and dear I hold those babies to my heart."
Isabelle the adventurer has so much to be proud of. Just look at her Girl Scout uniform filled with patches as proof.
"You know, life is too short," Cyndi said.
There's one patch on the front of her teal vest which symbolizes her graduation from a Brownie Scout. Now it means more than ever.
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UN: Escalating Attacks Terrorize Thousands in Eastern DR Congo
Geneva — The U.N. refugee agency, the UNHCR, is condemning escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed hundreds of civilians and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in search of safety.
More than 130 armed groups operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are creating havoc and terrorizing the population with their brutal, frequent attacks. Whole communities have become uprooted. Millions of displaced people have been consigned to a life of destitution and dependence on international aid.
The latest deadly attack occurred in Ituri province on January 19 at the Plaine Savo site for internally displaced people. U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Eujin Byun says armed men stormed the site and killed two adults and five children.
"Many shelters were looted and burned down to the ground. As many as 17,000 people fled to the greater security of the nearby town of Bule. They are now staying in schools, churches, and poorly covered outdoor markets without sufficient food and water," she said.
The UNHCR says more than 200 civilians have been killed in a series of attacks in Ituri in the last six weeks, causing tens of thousands to flee for safety.
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It says deadly and destructive attacks by armed men also are occurring in neighboring North Kivu province. Since March, it says, more than half-a-million people have been forced to flee for their lives, increasing the number of displaced people in the province to more than two million.
Byun says the many displaced are unable to provide for themselves and depend upon aid for survival from humanitarian agencies.
"Amid the volatility, the UNHCR and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance to displaced populations. The violence and instability in the region also mean that the UNHCR and partners are delivering life-saving shelter, site management and protection services, despite risks to the safety of humanitarian personnel," she said.
FILE — This aerial view shows the internally displaced persons camp in Bushagara, north of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 13, 2023.
Besides a lack of security and a lack of access to volatile areas, Byun says the UNHCR lacks the money to support the many and growing needs of the displaced. She notes only 46% of the agency's appeal last year was covered. She says the UNHCR hopes this year's call for $233 million will emit a more generous response.
More than 5.6 million people are internally displaced in the DRC, making it the largest displacement crisis on the African continent.
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Trophic Ecology
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The International Guitar Festival of Great Britain
"musicality, dynamic differentiation, and sensitivity, with an almost mystical tension. You don't often hear a concert guitar played like that"
Nortorfer Zeitung Germany 2012 (Trans Fiona Bubbers)
"Check out Alison's latest CD, 'Incandescent', a wonderful collection of works played beautifully. We loved it!"
"Lovely hypnotic playing"
"enthralling.....demonstrated sheer virtuosity.....superb technique and sensitivity"
""the audience broke into tumultuous applause and gave another standing ovation to the young guitarist who had played her way into their hearts."
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