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Cornwall / Kernow, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of 536,000 and covers an area of 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi). 

Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the south-west peninsula of the island of Great Britain, and a large part of the Cornubian batholith is within Cornwall. This area was first inhabited in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods. It continued to be occupied by Neolithic and then Bronze Age peoples, and later (in the Iron Age) by Brythons with distinctive cultural relations to neighbouring Wales and Brittany. There is little evidence that Roman rule was effective west of Exeter and few Roman remains have been found. 

Cornwall was the home of a division of the Dumnonii tribe – whose tribal centre was in the modern county of Devon – known as the Cornovii, separated from the Brythons of Wales after the Battle of Deorham, often coming into conflict with the expanding English kingdom of Wessex before King Athelstan in AD 936 set the boundary between English and Cornish at the high water mark of the eastern bank of the River Tamar. From the early Middle Ages, British language and culture was apparently shared by Brythons trading across both sides of the Channel, evidenced by the corresponding high medieval Breton kingdoms of Domnonée and Cornouaille and the Celtic Christianity common to both territories…

The area is noted for its wild moorland landscapes, its long and varied coastline, its attractive villages, its many place-names derived from the Cornish language, and its very mild climate. Extensive stretches of Cornwall’s coastline, and Bodmin Moor, are protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Cornwall is the traditional homeland of the Cornish people and is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, retaining a distinct cultural identity that reflects its history…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall#External_links

See also, https://www.visitcornwall.com/

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/cornish_nation_01.shtml

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The newest member of the Department of Awesomely Good Deeds is The Crayon Initiative, a nonprofit organization started by Bryan Ware. It all began when Ware was watching his sons coloring during a birthday dinner out at a restaurant and wondered what happened to the crayons if his kids left them behind. He posed this question to a restaurant employee and was distraught to learn that all the leftover crayons are simply thrown away after customers leave. It turns out that 75,000 pounds of crayons are thrown away by restaurants and schools each year. So Ware decided he could find a way to make sure the crayons weren’t wasted and instead given to kids in need.

Now Ware collects old crayons from restaurants, schools, and friends and turns them into brand new crayons for children at California-based hospitals. He melts down the leftover crayons and then uses a special mold that he created in collaboration with an occupational therapist. The new crayons are thicker, which makes them easier for little kids and children with special needs to grasp and use.

2,000 boxes of recycled crayons have been donated to California children’s hospitals since The Crayon Initiative was founded in 2013. Now the organization is planning its first out-of-state donation to a hospital in New York City later this month.

In doing so, Ware hopes to continue expanding as he supports the hospitalized youth all across the country. “From my perspective, the biggest goal is to give them an escape,” he continued. “I can’t even fathom what these kids are going through. If these crayons give them an escape from that hospital room for ten minutes, we did our job.”

Visit The Crayon Initiative Website or Facebook page to learn more about this awesome organization and maybe even get involved yourself.

[via My Modern Metropolis and Bored Panda]

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michael jackson // The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation. (insp.)

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