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Norway, the Ramsar Convention's third Contracting Party, has designated 12 new Wetlands of International Importance, effective 27 May, mostly island and coastal wetlands in the northern half of the country and most of them particularly important for their values for migrating seabirds. Since July 1974, the government of Norway has listed 63 Ramsar Sites, covering nearly 888,000 hectares. The following site summary descriptions have been prepared, based on the Ramsar Information Sheets, by Ramsar's Laura Máiz-Tomé.
Anda. 27/05/2013; Nordland; 53 ha; 69°04'N 015°10'E. Nature Reserve, Important Bird Area. A small rocky island situated on the underwater plateau in the northward extension of Øksnes peninsula. At higher altitudes the island is covered by a thin layer of peat and guano spread by seabirds, thus creating favourable conditions for vegetation growth. The site constitutes one of the few bird mountains for pelagic seabirds in Norway, and it is an important breeding ground for Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle. These bird colonies feed on local populations of Lesser Sand Eel Ammodytes marinus in the Andfjorden fjord. Within the nature reserve, collecting eggs from some gull species such as Larus argentatus, Larus marinus and Larus canus is permitted. During the nesting season the island is closed to tourism. Potential threats to the site's ecological character are overfishing and invasive species such as mink. Ramsar site no. 2155. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Fiskumvannet Nature Reserve. 27/05/2013. Buskerud; 119 ha; 59°42'30"N 009°49'11"E. Nature Reserve. Fiskumvannet is a representative agricultural landscape lake below sea level, the western part of which, with the adjacent land areas, is protected as a nature reserve. The vegetation belt and swamp areas constitute excellent breeding sites for a number of vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species listed on the Norwegian Red List (2010), such as Garganey Anas querquedula, Greater Scaup Aythya marila, and Smew Mergellus albellus. More than 1 % of the Svalbard population of Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus rests regularly at the site during migration. The main hydrological values of the site are sediment trapping and shoreline stabilization. Throughout the years, cessation of mowing and grazing in combination with ditching and fertilization from the surrounding areas has resulted in high water eutrophication and vegetational succession. The site is used for bird watching tourism, environmental education, and transport. The management plan for the nature reserve has been updated in 2009. Ramsar Site no. 2156. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Grunnfjorden. 27/05/2013; Nordland; 1,472 ha; 68°57'N 015°12'E. Nature Reserve. A complex of large mires dominated by Sphagnum spp with small rivers, pools and lakes, shallow beach areas with islets, skerries, large intertidal flats and a lagoon system with brackish water. Along the shoreline are different vegetation communities from grass-rich slopes to mudflats. Some of the small ponds have belts of Water Horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata. On the extensive shallow water areas there are large meadows of eelgrass Zostera spp. Because of the high food production combined with its location in key migration routes of waterbirds, the site is an internationally important area for many species during spring and autumn migration, and nationally threatened species as Atlantic Puffin Fratecula arctica, Greater Scaup Aythya marila and Ruff Philomachus pugnax breed in the site. The site is also important for shoreline stabilization. Archeological/historical features are registered in the area. Main human activities within the site are agriculture, cattle grazing, fishing, hunting, tourism, and cloudberries gathering. Most of these habitat types have been cultivated or damaged by draining. Ramsar Site no. 2147. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Horsvær. 27/05/2013; Nordland; 17,036 ha; 65°19'N 011°37'E. Nature Reserve, Bird Protection Areas. A representative North-European coast marine archipelago formed by 360 islands and islets with shallow marine waters, providing an important breeding location for large numbers of seabirds and waterfowls. The site supports such nationally endangered and vulnerable species as Common Tern Sterna hirundo, Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle, and Common Guillemot Uria aalge, and there are also five colonies of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and a large breeding population of European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Other species that regularly use the site are the Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra and the Harbor seal Phoca Vitulina. On the main islands the vegetation has been shaped by traditional grazing activities and harvesting grounds, and the ceasing of these activities is very likely to trigger vegetational succession. Recreation, tourism and egg collection are some of the main human activities within the site. Ramsar site no. 2157. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Horta. 27/05/2013; Nord-Trøndelag; 3,158 ha; 65°12'N 011°28'E. Nature Reserve, Bird Protection Area. A small marine archipelago ca. 11 km northwest of Leka Island, consisting consists of small islands, long fjords, skerries and islets with shallow marine waters in the coastal zone. The landscape is dominated by remnant infield areas, narrow mires, bogs, coastal heathlands, and islets with vegetation influenced by natural seabird fertilization. The site is an important breeding area for vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species such as Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle and Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea. Moreover, it also contains stable populations of Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra, Common Seal Phoca vitulina, Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, and Common Guillemot Uria aalge. More rarely the False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens visits the archipelago. The vegetation has been shaped through many years of grazing and harvesting. The site is currently used by scientists for seabird monitoring and geological research and as a vacation site for private landowners. Fishing activities take place in the surrounding areas. Ramsar Site no. 2158. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Innherred Freshwater System. 27/05/2013; Nord-Trøndelag; 182 ha; 63°49'N 011°37'E. Nature Reserves, Bird Protection Area. The site comprises three rich and productive subsites, Hammervatnet, Lundselvoset and Lyngås-Lysgård, characterized by shallow freshwater areas, inland deltas and lakes. These sites are important for several nationally red-listed species like Ruff Philomachus pugnax, Common Tern Sterna hirundo, Otter Lutra lutra and Eel Anguilla Anguilla. During spring and autumn migrations more than 1,000 individuals of Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus use the subsite Lyngås-Lysgård, and up to 3,000 individuals use the subsite Lundselvoset. Moreover, the complex plays an important role for flood mitigation and water supply. Within the nature reserves human activities are controlled by detailed regulations specific for each protected area. The main activities within the site are cattle grazing, fishing and bird watching tourism. The main threat to the ecological character derives from eutrophication caused by agricultural activities. Ramsar Site no. 2159. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Laukvikøyene. 27/05/2013; Nordland; 1,084 ha; 68°21'N 014°23'E. Nature Reserve. The site represents a diverse wetland area on the west coast of Lofoten, the southwestern part of which contains large areas of permanent shallow marine waters with Zostera marina, intertidal flats, islands and islets. The northeast part of the site belongs to the main island Austvågøya and contains extended areas of mires and freshwater ponds. The site is internationally important for conservation of both flora and fauna. Many seabirds and waterfowls as Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle, Ruff Philomachus pugnax, Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca and Northern Pintail Anas acuta breed in Laukvikøyene and use the site for resting during migration. There are large areas of sublittoral vegetation with different types of representative flora. The area is occasionally visited by birdwatchers and traditionally used by local residents for collecting seabird eggs. Potential factors adversely affecting the site are overgrazing and bird disturbance caused by a quarry situated close to the border of the Nature Reserve. Ramsar site no. 2160. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Lovunda/Lundeura. 27/05/2013; Nordland; 153 ha; 66°21'N 012°19'E. Nature Reserve, Important Bird Area (IBA). The site consists of shallow marine waters, rocky shores and marine subtidal aquatic beds covering approximately ¼ of the Lovund Island and also the Alkøya Island. Lundeura is a scree mountain with large boulders unique due its location close to the birds' feeding grounds and its steep topography providing the necessary protection for nesting. The site is internationally important for the seabird populations in the North Atlantic Ocean. Large colonies of nationally endangered and vulnerable bird species such as Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, Common Tern Sterna hirundo and Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle breed in the site. The birds foraging in the ocean bring nutrients to the bird cliffs and surrounding area by the spreading of guano, which provides nutrient-rich growing conditions generating the diverse vegetation on the island. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus and Otter Lutra lutra are occasionally observed. The main land use within the site consists of grazing, and there is a fishing village Lovund with 3-400 inhabitants. Locals use the ocean outside the nature reserve for fishing and aquaculture. Ramsar Site no. 2061. Most recent RIS Information: 2013.
Måstadfjellet. 27/05/2013;. Nordland; 802 ha; 67°38'N 012°34'E. Protected Landscape, Nature Reserve. An important breeding site for pelagic seabirds situated on the southern part of Værøy Island between Lofotodden peninsula and Røst Island. The site supports large colonies of nationally red-listed species such as Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica and Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. The western part of the Måstadfjellet is a steep area from the sea up to a relatively flat mountain plateau at 400m covered by rich vegetation as a result of the large colonies of sea birds which bring nutrients to the cliffs and surrounding area. The site also contains a characteristic system of sand dunes with unique botanical values. Harbour seal Phoca vitulina and Otter Lutra lutra occasionally use the site. Collection of eggs and down from some species is permitted by the regulations within the protected landscape area but forbidden within the nature reserve. Ramsar Site no. 2162. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Risøysundet. 27/05/2013; Nordland; 504 ha; 68°59'N 015°40'E. Nature Reserve. The site consists of shallow marine areas within a complex of flat grassy islets, lagoons and brackish swamps, supporting communities of Zostera, Potamogeton and Salicornia. In the west there is a 15ha lake surrounded by a large beach meadow complex. There are also exposed bays, isolated freshwater ponds, sheltered salt marshes and exposed seaweed meadows important for shoreline stabilization. The site supports one of the few, intact larger mud flats/sand flats in northern Norway. The area contains a broad range of regionally rare species of sublittoral vegetation. The reserve is an internationally important breeding site for such waterbirds as Merganser Mergus serrator, Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis, and Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula which depend upon the high biological production of this wetland for feeding and resting during migration. The site also regularly supports a stable population of European Otter Lutra lutra. Archaeological/historical features are registered in the area. The main land use is dedicated to grazing, tourism, fishing and birdwatching. Ramsar Site no. 2163. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
Runde. 27/05/2013; Møre og Romsdal; 1,351 ha; 62°24'N 005°40'E. Nature Reserve, Bird Protection Areas, Important Bird Area (IBA). Runde is an island on the northwest coast of Norway that includes four bird protection areas and one nature reserve supporting nationally endangered bird species such as Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and Common Guillemot Uria aalge. Cliff-nesting birds dominate the wildlife on the island, and Runde regularly supports more than 120,000 breeding pairs. The vegetation on the hillsides and the plateau of the island is dominated by open heathland, small freshwater ponds, and grassland, as well as mires that are very important for carbon storage. There are no humans living inside the protected areas, but the area is used for tourism, sheep grazing, scientific research, and seabird monitoring projects as SEAPOP (http://www.seapop.no/en/index.html). Ramsar Site no. 2164. Most recent RIS information: 2013.
West-Vikna archipelago. 27/05/2013; Nord-Trøndelag; 13,592 ha; 64°58'34"N 010°49'40"E. Nature Reserves, Animal Protected Areas. An archipelago of several larger islands and numerous islets in shallow marine waters. The landscape has a mosaic pattern including rocky shores, narrow mires/bogs, and sparse vegetation influenced by seabird guano. Some of the islands are covered by a nationally endangered heathland mosaic with bogs and ponds. The large mires constitute important water reservoirs during dry periods and play an important role for flood control during periods of heavy precipitation. The wetland supports breeding, staging and wintering populations of many nationally threatened species such as Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle, Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, and Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. The islets hold populations of Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus and Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina. More rarely, False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens, and Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra visit the archipelago. European Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus is common on some of the islands. Land use within the site includes fishing, agriculture, grazing and collection of eggs. Ramsar site no. 2165. Most recent RIS information: 2013.


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Well known for their products such as Cravendale milk and Skyr yoghurts, Arla continue to grow and expand within the industry.
There are 16 UK sites for Arla, with the Head Office being located in Leeds. The growing changes within the company meant one of their packing facilities, based in Oswestry was to now include an auditorium for staff briefings and training.
Our FT10 Wrimatic chair was the most suited for this project, being both extremely comfortable and practical, with its A3 concealed tablet. The upholstered seating was floor fixed, sporting a beautiful, colourful embroidered Arla logo.
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As I walked around my kitchen this morning, praising Jesus, worshipping and thanking Jesus, and just laying all the details of my life at His feet, I felt wonderful. I was in His presence and I was at rest, at peace and determined to cary out any task that He would have asked me to do. "Jesus," I said " I'm READY to be the wife that you've designed me to be. Let's do this!"
It was in that moment that God opened my eyes to revisit a certain area in my heart (an area that I mentioned in my last video blog- Dec 22nd) My need to be in CONTROL. "Oh Jesus, we just had such a great time in prayer…do we really need to go there right now?" And He reminded me "Tara, you just told me that you were ready to take on anything that I would have you do….so let's face this issue that you've been avoiding for some time now…" In that moment, I knew that I had to start to face this area in my life- this need to have to be in control of everything- Including trying to control Dave. Now..the funny part is that I'm not in control of anything! Even though I try, all of my efforts are merely causing me to be weary and exhausted and burnt out and FRUSTRATED. Watch the video below…I'll chat with you a bit about what God has shown me and what He's started walking me through doing in just the last couple of days.
As the above video was processing, I was going through scripture and asking God to show me where this need to control is stemming from…He revealed to me that it's because of lack of trust in Him. OUCH. I'm not trusting God with every detail of my life- every situation, and circumstance….Now in my head I know that most certainly HE IS THE ONE TO TRUST- especially above my abilities! So here it goes! This week I will be mediating on these TRUST scriptures. I need to give up the control today. It's a leap of faith but it's needs to be taken. So here it goes!….
Jesus, forgive me for not trusting you wholly and completely. My flesh cries out to take control when things don't make sense in my mind or when I see a situation from MY perspective and not Yours. I know that by trying to be in control of my life and in control of my family, I am only getting in Your way and putting up road blocks where you are trying to work. So tonight I repent and I surrender and I trust that You know best and trust that You have amazing plans for me and my husband. Have your way Lord and guide me Holy Spirit throughout the days to come as I give up my control to You. Work in my life, my marriage, my children- every detail of my life, I hand it over to You. In your precious name, Jesus. Amen


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Reported in the Fly Tipping category anonymously at 11:34, Saturday 9 February 2019
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Recurring problem of fly tipping in this area.
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Posted by Stevenage Borough Council at 10:19, Monday 11 February 2019
This fly tipping consists of 3 black bin bags thrown into the grass/undergrowth about 15-20ft from the footpath
Posted by Allie Cole at 09:17, Tuesday 12 February 2019
Area cleared
State changed to: Fixed
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So I've been asked what I think about recent events in Palestine, specifically the clashes between Hamas and Fatah. Well, I was fortunate enough to be in the Middle East when the worst clashes were happening, so it was just a little blur that I saw when I took a few minutes to check the Western media outlets.
Yes, that's right. Because I was in the Middle East, I was sheltered from following the gory details of what was happening elsewhere in the Middle East. I find that to be true often, actually. If I'm in a country involved, there's a huge furor and excitement, but rarely do I catch the details of the situation. If the event is in a different country, I may or may not hear about it. This is probably for a couple of different reasons:
1. I don't watch the news in Arabic. I should, but I don't. So when I'm in the Middle East I am just that much more likely to avoid the news.
2. My friends don't care. Maybe it's being a girl, maybe it's my choice of sweet-natured friends. But the fact is that my friends, even those who do follow the news, do not find it all that important. (I was in the UK when Tony Blair got appointed to be a Middle East envoy, but I was a bit busy and missed that announcement - but more than one person mentioned it to me within a few days so I caught up quickly. That doesn't happen to me in the Middle East.) If I miss that Hamas and Fatah are fighting, I continue to miss out blissfully.
3. Internet is not as readily accessible there than it is here.
4. I think there might be a personal emotional element involved. When it's close to home it's hard to talk about. Unless it's so close to home it's hard to avoid (or so globally noteworthy you can't avoid it - like the start of the Iraq war). My Arab friends feel very passionately about supporting the Palestinians, so either they go all out and demonstrate on the streets, or it's hard to talk about. (I'm not sure about this, it's just a hunch)
5. Shame - this is terribly generalised and therefore not entirely true, but in general: Arabs never talk about disagreements with other Arabs, especially in the presence of a non-Arab.
That last point probably is most significant. I'm not going to resolve the Palestinian question here - I'll leave that for a future post - but I'll try to quickly describe the lens through which I have come to see Palestine, maybe it will give you some new ways to consider events -
A. I know history is important but in this situation figuring out, or discussing, what really happened, in my opinion does more harm than good. The two biggest examples are the Holocaust and the actions of other Arab nations in 1948. I would never dispute the significance or evils of the Holocaust, but bringing it up when discussing contemporary Middle Eastern affairs seems to me to have confused the discussion and justified evil, not helped bring peace. In 1948, the year of the Palestinian "disaster" (when most Palestinians became refugees and when Israel was founded as a nation), the neighbouring Arab nations made some very bad decisions, but bringing those bad decisions up today again leads to confusion and justification of evil, not peace.
B. Collective memory, on the other hand, is significant. Everyone born within, say, 300 miles of Jerusalem has very pained memories of things that have happened in the past century, and that pain feeds their actions today. Whether historically justifiable or not, that pain is very real and plays more of a role in events than anyone in government circles ever seems to acknowledge.
C. The Palestinian people have suffered many things, but perhaps more than anything else, SHAME. And for them, that shame is unbearable. For many Palestinians, having to flee their house was not as awful as seeing others treating that house like it's their own, for example. I don't know enough about Israeli culture to speak for it, but my impression is that both sides are working very hard to shame the other side, in hopes of restoring a bit of their own dignity.
(The above three points look more at Palestinian-Israeli conflict as opposed to inter-Palestinian conflict. What's happening within Palestinian circles today is very much influenced by Israeli politics and treatment of Palestine, though, in many ways.)
D. Because of A-C, RELIGION, has become a driving factor. In cultures and periods of time throughout history, we see that when life gets tough God becomes much more important in people's lives. When all else is lost, the thread of hope that religion provides to many becomes a life support. Specifically, it should not be surprising that Palestinians are not only religious, but increasingly so, and supportive of a religious extremist group (Hamas). And the worse things get, and the more support non Islamists (like Fatah) get, the more Palestinians will grasp onto religion. And not just any religion, but a very extreme version of their religion.
E. I just read a very good book about Christians in Palestine and Israel (Light Force, by Brother Andrew). It ended with a story that led me to really ponder the following question: What would happen if instead of defending what is their own, people started to empathise with others and do things to help others?
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Dr. Elaine Hodge is a licensed
psychologist in private practice in
Prescott, Arizona. She has been
involved with holistic health for
over 25 years and founded and
directed a Holistic Health Center in
Marquette, Michigan.
Dr. Hodge's past life training began
in 1979 with seven years study with
past life regression clinician Alice
Tredway. After working with Alice,
Elaine started integrating past life
therapy into her private practice.
Eventually, she developed a model of
therapy called "Inner Therapy" which
integrates various transpersonal
modalities (Past Life Regression,
Rebirthing, "Life Choice" work and
life readings). Elaine has taught
Past Life Regression workshops in
Michigan and Arizona and is
currently teaching a Past Life
Regression course at Yavapai College
in Prescott.
Hodge is an EMDR Therapist and
Clinical Hypnotherapist as well as
an ordained interfaith minister and
Reiki Master/Teacher.
Book: Dr. Hodge is the author of a
recently published book entitled
"Stepping Outside the Secrets" which
is about the transformation of
trauma through spiritual awareness.
Scottsdale, Arizona
spending many years in Corporate
America, and in the medical
industry, I developed an
awareness about both the
strengths and frailties of the
human spirit. I gained much
insight into the many challenges
that surround individuals from
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clients achieve personal
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I gained
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To complete
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Licensed Marriage
Roger Woolger Certified Matrix/Past Life
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ArroyoGrande, California (Central Coast,
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Therapeutic approaches include Jungian,
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Facilitator of San Luis Obispo Noetics,
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Five years
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Many major insurances accepted.
Carlsbad, California
Paula shares her time between California and Texas and
maintains a private practice in both
states. She was a Professor at the
University of North Texas and Founding
Director of the Institute for Studies in
Addictions. In addition to her private
practice she is the Director of Training
at the Say It Straight Foundation. Born
in Poland, Paula lived in many European
countries before coming to the United
States. She received a Masters degree in
Physics from New York University and a
Ph.D. in Psychology from the University
of Nebraska. Invited by Virginia Satir,
she became a member of AVANTA, the
international network of family
therapists and family educators founded
by Virginia Satir. She considers her
work in integral past life regression
therapy a natural extension of her work
within the Satir model. In addition to
her IBRT certification as past life
regression therapist and researcher
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Roger Woolger's Professional Training
Program in Integral Regression Therapy.
She developed the Say It Straight
program and is co-founder of the Say It
Straight Foundation. Say It Straight was
recognized as an evidence-based program
for prevention of violence, substance
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promotion of wellness, self-awareness,
personal and social responsibility,
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relationships by U.S. Department of
Education (2001), The Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention (2003) and by the
Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (2005).
Gilroy, California
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Shaman & Past Life Therapist
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
295 Redondo Ave. Suite
Long Beach, CA 90803
Christine Alisa, M.S. is a traditionally
based clinician and an Alternative
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adults, families, children and
therapists moves people through an
effective transformational process
uncovering and clearing issues of abuse
and trauma. As a Marriage Family
Therapist and Alternative Therapist in
private practice for over 25 years, she
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She has been an international speaker
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Therapist and Advanced Teacher in the
Netherton Method of Past Life Therapy
Shamanic Training with Gretchen McKay
· --California
Association for Marriage, Family
--Long Beach/South Bay CAMFT
--Registered Member of International
Hypnosis Federation
--The Violet Solomon Oaklander
--The International Board of Regression
--EARTh Association for Regression
--Association for Regression
Reincarnation Research
--Worldwide Referral Services in
Southern California
Angeles, California
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: www.drsusanfisher.com
is a licensed clinical psychologist in
private practice. She has practiced Past
Life Regression since 1988. A
consultant, lecturer and teacher, Dr.
Fisher is currently working on a book
based upon her Past Life Regression
Gentle and
nurturing, Dr. Fisher creates a safe
space for people to resolve core
issues. She facilitates the accessing
of the unconscious mind and cellular
memory in childhood, birth, and past
lives. By releasing original sources of
trauma, people find every area of their
lives transformed in a direct, positive
Dr. Fisher is
available for private sessions by
appointment only.
* Workshops * Training * Brief
Therapies *
(415) 578-2787
Director of The Family Constellation
Institute in San Francisco, Mark is one
of North America's foremost Family
Constellation facilitators. He conducts
workshops and trainings in family
therapy throughout the United States,
Canada, England and Latin America, as
well as for the University of
Pittsburgh's Medical School, The
Graduate School of Social Work, Kripalu,
The New York Open Center, The Omega
Institute and the California Institute
of Integral Studies.
forthcoming book IT DIDN'T START
WITH YOU: How Inherited
Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How
to End the Cycle will be
published by Viking/Penguin in April
2016. Mark is a regular presenter at
hospitals, clinics, conferences and
teaching centers. He specializes
in working with depression, anxiety,
obsessive thoughts, fears,
panic disorders, self-injury, chronic
pain and persistent symptoms.
Mark's current-life
regression approach into the family
history can quickly expose the root of
an issue. Mark is also a trainer of Deep
Memory Process, a method of regression
therapy developed by the late Dr. Roger Woolger.
Barbara, California
Peter Wright, CPLT, CHT
2335 Sonora Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805) 770-5200
In practice for the past 24 years,
Peter Wright is a Board certified
Past-Life Regression Therapist as
well as a certified Hypnotherapist
in private practice in Santa
Barbara, California. In addition to
being certified by the International
Board of Regression Therapy, he is
also certified in Hypnotherapy
(through the National Guild of
Hypnotists), Alchemical Hypnotherapy
(through the Alchemical Hypnotherapy
Institute) and Neuro-Linguistic
Programming (NLP).
Plus, he is certified as a Life
Between Lives Therapist by The
Michael Newton Institute for Life
Between Lives Hypnotherapy. Dr.
Newton wrote Journey of Souls and Destiny
of Souls. In the past Peter
served on the faculty for the
Institute's professional
certification program at a training
in Boulder, CO.
In addition, Peter is skilled in
Spirit Releasement. He holds a
Master's degree from the University
of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor's
degree from Tufts University.
Peter uses the past-life techniques
pioneered by Dr. Roger Woolger, the
author of Other Lives, Other
Selves. This book is considered
to be a definitive work in the field
of Regression Therapy.
Peter's practice focuses on
short-term, intensive therapy that
can often help resolve issues or
problems much more quickly than
conventional therapy. In fact, it
is the only regression therapy that
releases trauma in the body, mind,
emotions and spirit simultaneously.
Peter has worked with more than
1,400 clients helping them:
* Dissolve pain, tension and
chronic holding patterns
* Release troubling emotional
* Transform limiting beliefs
* Reclaim their true vitality.
He also specializes in helping
clients resolve difficulties with
relationship and forgiveness
issues. And he is an expert in 5th Dimensional
Keep in mind that Peter's approach
can successfully heal difficult
issues not resolved by conventional
therapy or medical practice.
Peter is available for appointments
every day of the week in his office
in Santa Barbara. He also frequently
gives educational presentations on
Past-Life and Current Life
Regression, Spirit Releasement, 5thDimensional
Healing and the Soul's Journey in
the Spirit World.
If you have any questions or would
like to be placed on his mailing
list, please call (805) 770-5200 or
send Peter an email at email@example.com.
Santa Rosa,
ROWYNN GILRAINE, MA, CCHt,
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Are you
experiencing a major life transition?
Healing sessions help you let go of what
no longer serves you and create a life
that is in alignment with your soul's
path and true life purpose.
Sessions help you to:
Fulfill Your Soul Mission
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Healing sessions integrate a number of
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channeled readings, and dreamwork.
M.A. Counseling,
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, ACHE
Certified Practitioner Deep Memory
Process, Dr. Roger Woolger
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Tehachapi, CA
(661) 821-1813
Carole has been a
licensed psychotherapist and a lecturer
for over 15 years, and she has used
regression work for all of that time.
She has a special interest in spiritual
areas and in completing life issues,
including healing depression in both men
and women. She encourages her clients
toward mental balance and includes
stress reduction and physical health in
her approach. She warns that she limits
her practice to those who "seem serious
in their work." A dedicated hiker and
spiritual seeker, she has hiked in the
Himalayas on several Buddhist
Pilgrimages in both Nepal and Tibet.
Hills, California
Dr. Laura
Middleton Downing is a graduate of the
University of Denver (Master of Social
Work), the University of Colorado
(Master of Fine Arts), and holds degrees
in English and Psychology. She
received a Doctorate of Clinical
Hypnotherapy in 1995, granted by the
State of California. Laura
is a psychiatric and medical Social
Worker, a certified hypnotherapist
(American Board of Hypnotherapy, 1992),
a Professional Member of APRT/IARRT
since 1995, and has trained with Drs.
Brian Weiss and Roger Woolger, among
others. Her
IBRT certification was granted in May
Her specialties
include transpersonal psychotherapy,
hypnotherapy, past-life therapy, EMDR
(Levels I & II), Spontaneous Recall
Imagery, art therapy, Somatic
Experiencing and dream analysis. She
became Colorado APRT Study Group
Coordinator in 1995 and has had 10 years
experience as a past-life therapist.
receives nourishment to her body from
eating blue-green algae, the results
from the taking of which so impressed
her that she designed an "algae baby"
toy, and formed the Phoenix LG,
Corporation to market the product. Nourishment
to her soul has come from daily
meditation, years of study of ancient
wisdom and teachings, and from keeping
an open mind to recognize and accept
paranormal experiences as they occur
(one of which saved her life several
years ago).
Middleton Downing continues to research
the connections between past lives,
synchronicity, intuition and psychic
phenomena. Current
research interests include exploration
of life on other planets, String Theory
and fractals.
agrees with Joseph Costa, Ph.D. who
"acknowledges supernatural experiences
as part of the healthy human reality." She
believes that everyone is capable of
experiencing past-life regression and
paranormal phenomena. Most
importantly, Laura brings to her clients
the message that paranormal and psychic
experiences are part of normal life, and
we should accept them as such.
GREG McHUGH CCHt
1221 South Clarkson Suite 309
Denver, CO 80210 USA
303 995 4276
Greg has over 17 years combined
experience as psychotherapist and
hypnotherapist and is a Board Certified
Level IV Regression Therapist and a a
Certified Level 1 professional member of
the International Association of
Regression and Research Therapies ((www.iarrt.org),
He has been a instructor in
hypnotherapy, credentialed by the
Colorado Department of Higher Education
and has taught Regression Therapy,
Spirit Releasement, and Gestalt Therapy
as Applied to Hypnotherapy. He now
teaches the principles of his recent
book, The
New Regression Therapy and
offers mentoring to therapists and
students wanting to learn the approaches
of that modality.
Greg is an Honorary Lifetime Member of
the Colorado
Association of Psychotherapists ,
co-founder of the Golden
Portal Institute, and serves on the Energy
Medicine Credentialing Center Advisory
Greg believes his work to be 1) to help
into healing those who come suffering
with acute or chronic mental and
emotional conflicts and 2) to assist
those who truly want to grow in
realizing Spiritual Union within. Both
involve listening and helping to elicit
a living healing process from one's own
interior Resources that
fulfills the intention and ideals for
clearing and growth.
Greg has a practice in Denver,
Colorado. For information about Greg,
his book and training, his other
publications can be found at www.newregressiontherapy.com and www.gregmchugh.com.
Sarasota, FL
(Sessions also available
sometimes when travelling see my
travel calendar on my web site)
(845) 255-0515
I am a certified Deep
Memory Process (DMP) regression
practitioner (since 2002) and am the
Chief (USA and Australian/Far East)
Trainer for Dr. Roger Woolger's
institute of Deep
Memory Process® .
I was fortunate to have worked
personally with Dr. Woolger, leading and
co-teaching trainings in both Ancestral
spirit work and Regression since 2003
and after Dr Woolger's passing in 2011
continue to train professionals in this
two year training program. I am also a
graduate of the Jeffrey
Wolf Green School of Evolutionary
Astrology (2004)
and a certified Evolutionary
After several years of research and
several thousand case studies I authored 'Understanding
Karmic Complexes : Evolutionary
Astrology and Regression Therapy'
(The Wessex Astrologer, 2009) which
synthesizes two unique paradigms of
soul healing to provide a comprehensive
window into the working of the
psychology of the soul. I am also a
contributing author to '
Insights Into Evolutionary Astrology : A
Diverse Collections of Essays by
Prominent Astrologers" (
Llewellyn, 2010) and am currently
working on another book about Soul Loss
and Regression Therapy.
I have lectured on many topics and
taught internationally and am a frequent
keynote speaker and lecturer at
Metaphysical and international Astrology
Combined with astrology, I specialize in
multi-dimensional healing work based in
Shamanic principles including; Soul
Retrieval/Fragmentation and Spirit
Releasement (Ancestral and Earthbound
Spirit work). My focus is in healing
present and past life trauma
synthesizing both intuitive hands-on
healing and therapeutic approaches.
I have maintained a busy travel schedule
and private practice since 2003 and
having regressed thousands of people,
all over the world, I feel blessed to be
able to engage in such profound work. My
commitment to healing the wounds to the
soul is continually deepened in each and
every session and the wonders of the
human psyche, and its ability to heal
itself, given the right 'container' and
'midwifing' still amazes me.
Samantha Doane-Bates,
BA, CRT, CCHT, CHC, is a Transpersonal
Clinical Hypnotherapist specializing in
Past Life Regression and has been a
professional astrologer since 1973.
Samantha is IBRT
certified as a Level III Past Life
Therapist and Researcher. She is a
professional member of the International
Association for Regression Research &
Therapies (IARRT), formerly known as the
Association for Past-Life Research &
Therapies (APRT). Samantha has served as
a faculty member of the American
Federation of Astrologers, served on the
Board of Directors and as 1st Vice
President and President of Aquarius
Workshops, and is a member of the
American Council of Hypnotist Examiners.
Samantha has
taught classes, lectured, conducted
workshops and seminars in this country
and in Sweden. 1973 is also the year she
was initiated into the Rosicrucian
Order, AMORC.
After living in
Los Angeles for 20 years, Samantha now
resides in Lexington, Kentucky, where
she has a private practice. Samantha has
also written a book based on her work
entitled The
Light of Roses: Past-Life Regression - A
Healing Journey. Autographed
copies of her book are available on her
website. It is also available at
Amazon.com, Borders.com, Barnes &
Noble.com, Xlibris.com, or ask for it at
your bookstore.
Samantha feels
blessed to do this work and to bear
witness to the incredible
transformations of the human spirit.


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We eat out a lot during the weekend. Often we'll go out for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, and normally at least one evening meal is eaten out as well. I try not to let us eat out too much because it gets expensive. In addition, when faced with an unhealthy option versus a healthy option, unhealthy will win out 99% of the time (if I cook, it's easier for me to choose to make something healthy). But on the other hand, it's something that we enjoy, so I'm not too strict about it.
Speaking of things that we enjoy, we recently went to Café Plum. I was happy that we didn't have to settle for Café Bland again!
I had an omelette, filled with goats cheese, spinach and caramelised onion ($13). I haven't quite acquired the taste for goat's cheese yet but I'm close. You know how it has that "goaty" flavour that seems to work it's way into your nasal passages? I keep trying it and I have no doubt that I will love it eventually, just like I've learnt to love blue cheese and very dark, bitter chocolate. I found that the sweetness of the onions helped counteract some of that strong "goatiness" in the cheese, and I really enjoyed this omelette. I was also happy to see that it was a proper omelette – I'm not a fan of the open omelette as they tend to be dry and rubbery.
Alastair had the corn fritters, with smoked salmon, crème fraiche and avocado ($15.90). He said that it was good, but not as good as the ones I make (he has been trained well!). It was rather large and filling though, and he couldn't quite fit it all in.
Previous visits can be read here, here and here.
Cafe Plum
193 Flemington Rd, North Melbourne 3051
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Release the dragons!
Editions Daniel Maghen of Paris, France has just released their second edition of L'Univers des Dragons, which is, obviously, a book about dragons. Omar's painting the Apple was chosen for this book, which also includes dragon paintings by Tom Kidd, William Stout, Todd Lockwood, Tony Diterlizzi and many more. We haven't gotten our copy yet, but from what they show on their website it is a really memorable collection of art. There's some more info about it on their blog also.
Dead of Winter
This weekend we escaped to New Hampshire to attend the Foxfire Studio Gallery's opening reception of their new show, "the Dead of Winter". The show features horror and monster art by gallery owner Pat Lewis, Rick Frane, Jill Bauman, Chuck & Wendy Lang, and a few other artists including us. Omar's painting, Cercopithecus L'Hoesti, is a pretty twisted self portrait he did a few years ago for the Necon art show. My drawing of the Bighorn Badger is a piece I did ages ago when I was playing around with skull and anatomy studies. Both pieces are a bit of a departure from the norm for both of us, but sometimes it is refreshing to step outside of the box for a bit. We had a great time at the reception, with live music provided by Knucklecocks. I gotta say I was a bit dubious about what kind of music a band called the Knucklecocks would play, but they turned out to be a very fun rockabilly/country/punk band. Definitely worth checking them out!
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Happy Paws Happy Hearts is a registered NDIS provider offering unique programs which have been designed by experienced animal handlers and disability carers. The program draws on well-established methods to create enjoyable experiences through animal interaction. Happy Paws Happy Hearts programs are delivered by passionate and professional staff and volunteers. For further information, download our disability services overview.
Aged care booked visits to and from RSPCA animals
Happy Paws Happy Hearts delivers animal-assisted therapy sessions in group environments at both the RSPCA Animal Care Campus and external facilities. We offer a unique and innovative way to bring people together in a social and engaging manner that leaves lasting impressions. Our aim is to help our participants strengthen existing and create new connections, lessen the occurrence or risk of social isolation and increase knowledge of animal care and welfare. For further information, download our HPHH program overview.
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Happy Paws Happy Hearts is pioneering new programs which support ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF). Our dedicated veterans are engaged in intense dog training courses and are coached on how to reform complex dogs at the RSPCA. Many of our participants go on to run new animal-related businesses and stay on as highly skilled volunteers at their local shelter. For further information on this program, please contact us directly.


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Italian Coffees, Soft Drinks, Domestic and Imported Beers and Imported Italian Wines to compliment your meal.
Soft Drinks
Aqua Panna Still Water Litter BottlePrice - $5.00
Lemonade, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite or Ginger Ale ~ $2.50
Ice Tea ~ $2.50
Arnold Palmer - 1/2 Lemonade, 1/2 Ice Tea, over Ice ~ $2.50
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water Liter BottlePrice - $5.00
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water Half Liter BottlePrice - $3.00
Caffetteria ~ Coffees
Caffè Americano ~ $2.00
Espresso ~ $3.00
Cappuccino ~ $4.00
Hot Tea ImportedPrice - $2.00
Birre ~ Beers
Imported BeersPrice - $5.00
Peroni, Stella Artois or Corona
Domestic BeersPrice - $4.00
Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra
Sparkling and White Wines
100 Prosecco Brut, - Veneto, ItalyPrice - $10.00 Split, $36.00 Bottle
100% Glera ~ Fresh fragrant aromas, a delicately soft and harmonious taste are the hallmarks of this refreshing aperitif
102 Moscato ~ ItalyPrice - $9,00 Glass, $36.00 Bottle
100% Moscato. The bouquet is refreshing and delicate with aromas of peach, pear and the characteristic fragrance of Moscato
103 NEGROAMARO ROSATO 2016Price - $10 Glass; $40 Bottle
Clear rose color. Notes of rose and red geranium mingle with fruit notes of stawberry and cherry. Pleasant with vibrant freshness and persistent flavor.
130 HOUSE WHITEPrice - $6.00 Glass, $24.00 Bottle
132 Sauvignon Blanc - ItalyPrice - $10.00 Glass, $40.00 Bottle
100% Sauvignon Blanc ~ Pale color with hints of green. Aromas of grapefruit and minerals, light-bodied, fresh, crisp citrus-fruited white. ¥ Ideal with fish or on its own as an aperitif.
134 Pinot Grigio, Terre di Rai - Veneto, ItalyPrice - $8.00 Glass, $32.00 Bottle
100% Pinot Grigio ~ Pale yellow in color with greenish highlights, Citrus fruit. Refreshing and soft with a smooth, dry finish.
138 Chardonnay, Meiomi - California, USAPrice - $10.00 Glass, $40.00 Bottle
100% Chardonnay ~ Brings fruit aromas of freshly cut pineapple, pear, and lemon blossom with notes of vanilla, caramel, and a light touch of oak. In the mouth, the fruit continues showing ripe pear, peach, and pineapple with a great texture and long finish.
146 Greco di Tufo, Terredora - Campania, ItalyPrice - $43.00 Bottle
100% Greco ~ Pale-medium gold reflections with a rich and powerfully aromatic nose of apricot, apple, peach and citrus fruits. On the palate it is full bodied, soft and well balanced with e
148 Gavi II La Meirana II Broglia - Piemonte, ItalyPrice - $44.00 Bottle
100% Cortese ~ The color is a pale yellow with green highlights, the perfume is fine and delicate, with some hints of anise and flowers. Dry taste, elegant, with a great finish. Great alternative to Chardonnay.
151 TRAMINER AROMATICO, CA' DI RAJO ~ VENETO, ItalyPrice - $36.00 Bottle
100% Traminer - Straw yellow color with gold highlights. Intense bouquet, wide, complex with floral notes of eglantine and orange blossom, and hints of tropical fruit, citrus and apricot.
Red Wines
200 HOUSE REDPrice - $6.00 Glass; $24.00 Bottle
202 Chianti, Filetto - Tuscany, ItalyPrice - $8.00 Glass, $32.00 Bottle
100% Sangiovese • The wine is lively and fresh in the mouth, full of fruit with soft, rounded tannins.
204 Primitivo, Cantele - Puglia, ItalyPrice - $10.00 Glass, $40.00 Bottle
100% Primitivo. Ruby red with purple reflections, The wine is medium bodied. and has soft tannins and a firm undertone.
206 Montepulciano d' Abruzzo - Abruzzo, ItalyPrice - $8.00 Glass, $32.00 Bottle
100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo . Wine undergoes minimal aging prior to release from the winery. Ruby red in color with pleasing aromas and a dry, mellow taste. Great with pasta, panini and flat bread.
208 Cabernet Sauvignon , ItalyPrice - $8.00 Glass; $32.00 Bottle
100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Ruby red with an intense and elegant bouquet of berries
210 Rosso Toscano Borgaio, Castello di Meleto - Toscana, Italy ( Super Tuscan )Price - $10.00 Glass; $40.00 Bottle
80% Sangiovese 20% Merlot The wine is blended and then aged seven months in French oak barriques, followed by eight months of refinement in stainless steel tanks. Intense, ruby red, wild berry, spices and vanilla dense, round, decisive flavor.
212 Barbera - Piemonte, ItalyPrice - $9.00 Glass; $36.00
100% Barbera. soft, fruity freshness of the wine is perfectly balanced with a rich undertone of roses and red fruits; it has a lingering but clean finish. Great alternative to Pinot Noir.
214 Rosso Di Montalcino ~ Montalcino, ItalyPrice - $10.00 Glass; !40.00
100% Sangiovese.~ Ruby red color. Aromas of small ripe red fruits. Soft and well balanced on the palate, medium bodied.
216 San Felo Morellino Riserva Dicioccatore ~ Tuscany, ItalyPrice - $49.00
90% Sangiovese and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Deep red color. Aromas of spiced plum, coffee, toast, and vanilla lead the nose. The palate delivers dried black cherry, roasted coffee bean, black pepper and licorice alongside brooding, tongue-drying tannins.
220 Nero d' Avola, Colosi - Sicilia, ItalyPrice - $44.00 Bottle
100% Nero d' Avola. Deep, ruby red color, Blackberries, plum and well balanced with a long finish.
223 Chianti Classico Riserva, Castello di Meleto - Toscana, ItalyPrice - $69.00 Bottle
85% Sangiovese 15% Merlot. Complex, plum, blackberry and hints of licorice, light leather. Fruit forward, very well balanced.
224 Dolcetto San Luigi, Pecchenino - Piemonte, ItalyPrice - $39.00 Bottle
100% Dolcetto. The color is ruby red with a flavor of raspberry, spices and ripe fruit. Very elegant with a pleasant finish.
226 Pinot Noir, Lechthaler - Trentino, ItalyPrice - $44.00 Bottle
100% Pinot Noir. Characteristic with a red-berry fruit scented bouquet. Soft dryness with a pleasing finish. Best paired with first dishes of pasta, risotto and also poultry. Fermented in stainless steel and stored in small barrels for twelve months.
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I love living in London, and I like that so many people want to come and explore the city for themselves. However, often when you go to a new place, you only see it through the eyes of a tourist. Anyone who comes to see Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London won't see the London that I know. If you want to see the city like a local, you have to be prepared to go off the beaten track. Don't spend too long visiting the usual sights when there are so many places to explore. Here's my guide to enjoying London like a Londoner.
Stay in an Apartment
The first thing you must do is avoid hotels. You can't see anywhere like a local if you base your stay from a hotel room. You will only be able to eat in restaurants, and you'll be surrounded by other holidaymakers. You can feel comfortable in a hotel, but you won't ever feel at home. A better option is to visit HouseTrip or a similar site to book an apartment. Not only will a flat save you money, but you'll be more relaxed too. You can cook your own food and come and go as you please, without having to let anyone in to clean your room.
Give the Sightseeing a Miss
Whenever you visit any new city, the first thing you want to do is go to all the iconic landmarks. It's understandable, as they're some of the things that make the city so great. But there are lots of reasons not to bother. For one thing, they can be very expensive, and for another, they get extremely busy. The truth is, if you walk around the centre of London, you're going to see a lot of the famous landmarks anyway. If you want to see the sights, take an open-top bus around the city for a couple of hours and then be done with it.
Go Wandering
A lot of people say that the best way to explore a city is to get lost. Of course, you don't have to get so lost that you have no idea how to get back to your accommodation. But sometimes you have to take a chance and just start walking. Don't plan your day and follow a map to where you're going. Just leave your holiday apartment and go wherever looks interesting. You never know what you might stumble across. You could find an incredible restaurant, a beautiful park or something unexpected.
Eat Your Way Through London
London is a multicultural city, which means the food is multicultural too. From curries on Brick Lane to pop-up restaurants around the city, you could spend your whole holiday eating. Don't just stick to restaurants and cafes, though. Explore the many markets on offer and keep an eye out for food trucks too.
You won't become a Londoner on your first visit, but you can begin to see the city through their eyes. Put down your map and camera and see London organically to have the best experience.


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The Location
• A stunning collection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments over 13 buildings on the former site of the famous greyhound racing stadium.
• Situated in Zone 3 with convenient access around London:
• 11 mins. to London Bridge
• 20 mins. to Charing Cross
• 17 mins. to the City of London
• 24 mins. to Canary Wharf
• Walking distance from Catford & Catford Bridge overground stations
• Gatwick, Stanstead and London City airports can be reached within an hour
Forming a major part of the Mayor of London's multi-million pound 'London Plan' regeneration project, Catford is entering into an exciting period of large-scale renovation. Catford Green is an integral part of the redevelopment of the area, seamlessly blending contemporary designs with landscaped gardens, open community spaces, and exceptional transport links.
Respectful of its open surroundings, a selection of Catford Green's apartments overlook the River Ravensbourne and the award-winning open spaces of Ladywell Fields. Most homes come with a balcony – perfect for unwinding and making the most of the views. With nurtured open community spaces between each building, play areas, and a re-landscaped riverside, Catford Green offers a tranquil environment away from the bustle of central London – yet just a stone's throw from it.
South-east London is attracting an increasing number of savvy Londoners who are calling this part of London their home. From Catford Green, you are close to some of south-east London's most popular attractions, such as the Greenwich Old Royal Naval College and Royal Observatory from where you can soak up the panoramic views across the city. Or why not lose yourself strolling through Greenwich's vibrant market and medieval town square? You can also take your pick from a choice of restaurants, or dive into a wealth of riverside arts, festivals, museums and world-class entertainment at the O2 Arena.
With the South Circular so close by, you have easy road access across London – you could reach Dover in an hour or find yourself in Canterbury or Brighton in around an hour and a half. If you're travelling by air, City Airport can be reached in just over 20 minutes.
These particulars were prepared July 12, 2016.
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Hapuku Lodge & Tree Houses was built to give guests a great night's sleep in one the most beautiful places in the world. Located 12 kilometres north of the world renowned eco-marine town of Kaikoura on New Zealand's South Island, Hapuku Lodge shares the 1500 acre property with a deer stud farm, olive grove, fruit orchard and vineyards nestled between the Kaikoura Seaward Mountain Range and famed Mangamaunu Bay.
This New Zealand accommodation is a contemporary country lodge, Hapuku Lodge & Tree Houses is composed of luxury Lodge Suites, Tree Houses built in the canopy of a native Manuka grove and the Olive House Suite. Additionally, the lodge features a spacious outdoor swimming pond, lap swimming pool, pool house with sauna, changing rooms, showers, private room for a range of massage and body treatments and gym.
All rooms at Hapuku Lodge & Tree Houses feature beautiful, custom designed and hand crafted furniture, tailor-made beds and mattresses, European style bathrooms with heated towel rails and floors and rain drop showerheads. The Tree Houses, Lodge Suites and Olive House Suite also have large spa baths and fireplaces. Breathtaking views of snow capped mountains and surf washed coastline are seen from all rooms.
All Rooms Feature:
Lodge Room: Looks out across the deer paddocks with mountain views and has a private gas fireplace, large bathroom with two person soak bath and Hapuku Lodge's custom furnishings. Bedding is 1 King Bed or 2 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 2 Adults.
Hapuku Room: Overlooks the Hapuku Lodge swimming pool and gardens and Kaikoura's spectacular mountains and coast. The room is a large and light filled, taking in the Kaikoura environment with windows on three sides, as well as a balcony terrace. Features a private gas fireplace, large bath and luxury amenities. Bedding is 1 King Bed or 2 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 2 Adults.
Lodge Suite: Very large hotel-style suites, over 80sq metres in size, with separate living and sleeping spaces, large bathrooms and spectacular views. Each has luxury amenities, including large soak tubs and separate showers, fireplaces and either a balcony or patio to engage the lodge grounds and Kaikoura's spectacular mountains and coast environment. Bedding is 1 King Bed or 2 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 3 Adults.
Olive House Suite: Is located just minutes from the main lodge. The top level is the most spacious accommodation choice, an elevated open-plan suite with excellent views of Kaikoura's environment. Bedding is 1 King Bed OR 2 Single Beds OR 1 King Bed + Bunk Bed. Maximum room capacity is 2 Adults OR 2 Adults & 2 Children.
Nested 10 metres above the ground in the canopy of a native Manuka grove, each Tree House has spectacular views of Kaikoura's dramatic mountains and surf-washed Pacific coastline.
As with the Lodge, the Tree Houses are meant to be a contemporary complement to the natural environment. Their exteriors are clad in native woods and copper shingles. Large windows bring the tree canopy right into the bedroom. We designed the furniture and had it crafted by local woodworking friends.
All Rooms Feature:
Upper Branch Tree House: Is a favourite for honeymooners and couples looking for a luxurious tree top stay. Bedding is 1 King Bed OR 2 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 2 Adults & Children.
Family Tree House: The two stories of the Family Tree House are composed of an Upper Branch Tree House above a Lower Branch bedroom, joined by an enclosed stairway. Bedding is 2 King Beds OR 4 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 4 Adults or 2 Adults & 3 Children.
Focusing on preparing fresh and flavourful food, sourced whenever possible from local purveyors and organic growers with whom Hapuku Lodge often have a direct relationship. With this farm gate to plate philosophy in mind, and in keeping with the environment, the resident chefs create world class food that remains unpretentious and focused on the flavours of fresh quality ingredients.
Children: 3 - 11 years are charged at the child rate
Serviced: Daily
Check In: 2.00pm
Check Out: 11.00am
Reception: 7.30am - 9.00pm
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A peek inside one of the most expensive houses in Britain
Tuesday 6th November 2012
Perhaps it is the profusion of decorative adornments found on the stone work on the exterior of the house, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.
Maybe it is the Classical influences more notable inside the home with its focus on symmetry and elaborate cornices.
Or it could just be the uneven roof line and individual roofs over large bays, all indicative of the Scottish Baronial influence, part of the Gothic Revival building style.
Whatever it is that attracts you to this unique Grade II listed private residence, originally constructed in 1910 for William Park Lyle of the Tate & Lyle family, you are sure to be in awe of the wide range of architectural characteristics on show at this magnificent property.
Originally designed and built by architects Henry Victor Ashley and F. Winton Newman, the house, located on The Bishops Avenue, north London, otherwise known as millionaire's row, has been sympathetically restored to its full glory by a team of over 100 builders and master craftsmen.
The owner of the property is Andreas Panayiotou, a self-made British tycoon, said to be worth around £500m and ranked 200th on the Rich List. He purchased the house in 2006, with a view to reviving the property's architecture, which now reflects that of its rich history, while the interior has been updated and modernised to offer a perfect blend of the old and new.
He said: "As a developer, I saw the potential to restore the property, which was in disrepair, with just mere glimpses of what the house originally looked like. But I underestimated how much work was involved and just how long it would take to complete."
The six-year project, which saw the rear of the property extended to increase the living space from 19,000 to 27,000 square foot, brought back to life many of the property's period charms, such as concealed fire places and original tiles.
Panayiotou also wanted to install the latest state-of-the-art technology, including a Crestron home-automation system which allows you to remotely control the heating, run your bath or monitor CCTV from anywhere in the world. Security is highly important, with a first floor dressing room with a steel wall which doubles as a panic room.
The result is a beautifully finished house called Heath Hall, formerly referred to as East Weald, which combines elegant classic interior with modern sophistication for contemporary living, to create a residence like no other in London.
Heath Hall features 14 bedrooms, six main reception rooms, two kitchens, a library, a cinema which has cream suede walls and a ground floor leisure complex, including a gymnasium and a white stone swimming pool. There is also an outdoor pool in black mosaic, a tennis court and off-street parking for 45 cars.
Upstairs there is an oval bath located just off the master bedroom which is cut from one single piece of magenta-veined Italian marble, at a cost of £220,000. The plasterwork and fireplaces throughout the property have been restored with some featuring white gold paint.
Externally, flora and fauna native to the British Isles can be found on the lead panelling, rainwater hoppers and the stone work, including holly, mistletoe, oak, rose, wheat, rabbits and squirrels.
A diamond motif is another key recurring theme in the architecture. The geometric pattern appears frequently, on brickwork, chimney stacks, tile panels, brick parapets, cornices and the oak balustrade.
Mr Panayiotou spent in the region of £65m restoring the property to its former beauty, but he admits that he did not have a fixed budget when it came to upgrading the home in order to do it justice.
"I never work with budgets," he said. "I do whatever the asset requires, and quite frankly not a lot of people would have taken this property on."
When Panayiotou initially intended to live in the property with his family, but eventually decided to remain at his 25-acre country estate in Epping Forest, opting to put Heath Hall up for sale instead.
He has instructed estate agents Glentree Estates in north London to sell the property at an asking price of £100m, making it one of the most expensive homes on the market in Britain today.
Trevor Abrahmsohn, the managing director of Glentree Estates, who likens Heath Hall to a prized classic car, said: "This grand country-style property with sprawling land, a short distance from central London, is extraordinary in many respects. It also offers someone an opportunity to buy into a grand English lifestyle in what is arguably the most important capital city in the world."
The estate agent believes that the property will probably be sold to a buyer from Asia, Russia or the Middle East, but Panayiotou does not appear to be in a rush to sell what he refers to as his "work of art".
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I have a good story to tell you about business and marketing in the time we live in. So my mom and brother had 8 o'clock dinner reservations at this Mexican restaurant. They arrived at the restaurant on time and the hostess told my brother it was going to be another 40 minutes. My brother had a very tight schedule since he and I had a meeting we had to attend. So my brother pulls out his phone to text me that he was going to be late. Next thing you know the hostess reached out, ran to the back to grab the owner…AJ and mom were sitting down in under two minutes. The hostess was afraid of a negative customer review going up on Yelp because people are now using Yelp or Foursquare to rate and score restaurants and businesses with reviews and just one negative review can be bad for business. Since the internet is at the palm of our hands, it is even more vital to ensure customer satisfaction and (hopefully) a positive customer review. One customer review can ultimately affect purchasing behavior, and this is just one small real life example how customer reviews and the internet have changed business and customer relationships.
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The teacher is LouAnne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), an ex-Marine who interviews for a student teaching position at the Peninsula's "Parkmont School," but within moments finds herself being hired full time to teach a class of "special" kids. And special they are -- a roomful of rapping, foul-mouthed adolescents, mainly black and Latino, whose undisciplined intelligence magnifies their alienation and resentment.
Johnson's first few moments at the front of the classroom are harrowing: She is a small, attractive, middle-class white woman trying to establish control over a group of kids unified by their dismissive anger. They do not trust her -- why should they? -- and over the thudding of their boomboxes they say so. They refer to her as "white bread." She stalks out of the room ready to quit. But the Marine in her won't permit a pell-mell retreat, let alone an abrupt surrender. At home that evening she recasts her plans amid a tableful of heavy tomes about assertive discipline.
Pfeiffer brings to the role of LouAnne Johnson a steely pertness that captures both the Marine and the poet inside her. She is a chimera whose wide mouth opens in a genuine grin beneath two bright eyes that don't look away. When, the next day, she tells her rowdy assemblage that she's an ex-Marine who knows karate, they start paying attention to her. They grasp notions of force and violence because that's the world they've grown up in.
Parkmont School is as wildly divided as Johnson herself. Its student body consists mainly of preppy white kids from ritzy Peninsula towns, but Johnson's crew -- a school within a school -- is bused in from East Palo Alto and has little or nothing to do with the institution's mainstream. They are as culturally isolated as the town they come from. The movie's opening moments powerfully transmit the flavor of this other world; the grainy photography and slip-sliding camera create ominous images that might have come from a Nike ad on TV, and the thumping rap music, with its verbal snatches of violence and death, slowly builds unease, like water torture.
Yet Johnson's real problem is not with the kids but with the school's administrators, who have sealed off this unruly bunch behind a wall of bureaucratic edicts and lesson plans. Parkmont's principal, George Grandey (Courtney B. Vance), speaks in his honeyed gravel voice of rules and politeness and the Board of Education -- all of it detached from reality and irrelevant. His shifty-eyed underling, Carla Nichols (Robin Bartlett), announces her untrustworthiness straight off by dissembling about the true nature of the job for which, with unseemly haste, she has hired Johnson. "I do what I have to do," she says -- it's her mantra.
The bureaucrats' cartoonish evil is the movie's chief weakness, but because they prance and caper at the story's margins, the caricature does no real harm. The heart of the film is Johnson's determined and imaginative assault on the barriers -- of race, class, attitude -- that divide her from the young people she's supposed to teach. Her karate exhibition earns her a tut-tut about unapproved pedagogical methods from Principal Grandey, but it also settles her class down long enough for her to be heard.
And she hears them. The strength of the bond that grows between Johnson and her class is mutuality; they come to respect her for demonstrating her respect for them, and she is able to teach them because she's willing to learn from them. She acts as a bridge between two worlds, and over that bridge she steadily marches her troops -- toward better grades, graduation, a chance in the world they've never before imagined.
Yet establishing a rapport with the class as a whole is only the first of several fierce battles Johnson must fight. In any group of more than a few people there's likely to be a charismatic, a possessor of dangerous magnetism. Among Johnson's students the charismatic is Emilio (Wade Dominguez) -- a sultry panther of a boy who in one breath brazenly flirts with the teacher and in the next jokes about killing her and feeding the remains to his dog.
Emilio senses in LouAnne Johnson a force to rival his anarchic domination of the class. "You have to get him," Johnson is told by a girl named Callie (Brulkin Harris), whose hairdo looks like a volcano spewing braids and who is one of the brightest people in the entire school. But Johnson isn't about getting people; she's about getting inside them, helping them figure themselves out, and while Emilio is a tough nut to crack, she holds to the high ground, never stopping her efforts to pull him up while keeping him from pulling her down.
The crisis with Emilio is but one of many Johnson must confront. There's also a rumble in a school corridor, a teen pregnancy, a stolen leather jacket, and a surly parent who pulls her boys out of Johnson's class because she thinks that studying poetry, whether of Dylan Thomas or Bob Dylan, is a waste of their time. "They got bills to pay!" she says with a glare. Johnson is like a firefighter dashing from one blaze to the next, but in spite of all the turbulence she never loses sight of her main goal -- educating people who are educable after all.
The movie's great awkwardness -- its lingering image of a white person presiding over a mostly unwhite group -- is unavoidable, because Ronald Bass' screenplay is an adaptation of LouAnne Johnson's 1992 memoir, My Posse Don't Do Homework. (The school where Johnson taught in real life is the Carlmont School in Belmont.) It's still a white world -- but it's more than that, too, as Johnson teaches her kids. It's a world of human universals -- birth, death, joy, and grief; a world in which language matters more than skin color or ethnicity. It's a world in which determination can conquer adversity and indifference, and in which an adult, by giving the best part of herself, can nonetheless continue to thrive alongside the young adults she's so passionately tended.
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After integrating openstack with ODL, VMs donot get IP
I have 3 node architecture OpenStack setup running successfully. I can see IPs allocated to VMs in horizon and by ifconfig command in the VMs console.
I then integrated this with OpenDayLight and the integration is successful. I can see IPs assigned to VMs in the Horizon.
But ifconfig command in the VMs console doesnot show IP.
dnsmasq is running. DHCP namespaces are getting created and attaching to VM.
Yet IP is not allocated. What could be the reason and how to solve this?
I have the same problem. I also used ip netns <name space=""> tcpdump -i tap-XXX -e -n and it shows no packets. When you create the network, sub-network and router with you horizon do you also see namespace of the router when you run command ip netns (Like this: qdhcp-* qrouter-*)?sunday ( 2015-02-24 10:50:57 -0800 )edit
Hello, I apologize if this is not the proper format to ask for help (first time posting) but I was wondering if you could share the resources you used to successfully integrate ODL with Openstack. I'm specifically looking for Helium-Juno. I would prefer not to use Devstack as I already have Juno up.Kiru ( 2015-03-04 21:01:50 -0800 )edit
I dont know about Juno. I have Icehouse installed. Follow this wiki https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/OpenStack_and_OpenDaylight. Launch an instance and check if it is allocated an IP. If you are using GRE tunnel, check if the tunnel is created and if not run these 2 commands on compute and neutron node. Run ovs-vsctl get Open_vSwitch . _uuid It will return a uuid, lets call it uuid_returned. Run ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch <uuid_returned> other_config:local_ip=<ip-of-your-data-interface> Data interface here refers to whichever interface you want data traffic to use.Janki ( 2015-03-04 23:15:45 -0800 )edit
Thanks a lot, Janki. I was finally able to technically integrate ODL with Openstack (I get "is true" when checking ovs-vsctl show command) but I'm running in other issues that is preventing me from launching a VM properly (probably not related to the integration) to check if the networks are being created properly.Kiru ( 2015-03-06 13:16:54 -0800 )edit


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From time to time I get random ideas and inspirational thoughts that hit me from nowhere and later prove to be invaluable signs I should've paid more attention to. Once I believed in them, I started relying a lot on these instincts. Since then, these random thoughts have inadvertently shaped my life and made me a better person.
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Richard's Burgundians had 3 mounted Men at Arms and his pike/longbow blocks. These things were some of the most fierce-some combinations that I have ever come across on the wargames table. I couldn't charge them with my cavalry ( because of the pike) and my infantry couldn't outshoot them because of the longbow! They needed to be treated with respect!
|My Janissaries- facing the enemy in the distance. They were the right centre of my line.
In the end I was outmanoeuvred, out fought, outshot....and ..well .out everythinged. Doesn't matter!! I demanded satisfaction in a rematch. Should happen soon.
|My left- my Akinjis and my Sipahis.
|Richard's Men at Arms....the battering rams of the later middle ages.
|The formidable pike/longbow combination
|My bombard in the center of my line.
|The same photo again so I can gloat......it's the ONLY thing I could gloat about by the end of the game!
|My Sipahis prepare for a charge....they didn't make it!
|Top left corner- the most bizarre situation.....an unedifying spectacle....my light cavalry were being chased by pike blocks....and got caught...go figure. I think I'll need to reread the rules.
|The pikes closing in on my Akinjis! And I couldn't get away.
|My Janissaries get stuck in.
|The table: my troops are spread out in a giant crescent.....and about to be forced back real fast!
|The army after it's defeat........back on it's tray and about to be locked away.