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Ongoing correspondence from an expectant Mum whose IM happens to also be her mother:
Dear Mrs Smith
I am writing to you in regards to the latest decision you have made regarding Independent Midwives being legally allowed to attend women in childbirth.
I am currently 31 weeks pregnant with my third baby, My 2 previous pregnancies and births my mum who has been an independent midwife for 17 years looked after me, and previous to your decision I was looking forward to my home water birth with my mum by my side again. You have taken this all away from me with your decision.
I trained as a midwife in the NHS and during my training saw some horrific things that has stayed with me and under no circumstances would I want to be looked after in the NHS. If my mum is unable to be by my side I will birth alone.
My understanding of your role was to protect women and babies. Could you tell me how you are protecting me and my baby? You are taking away my right of having my chosen caregiver when I need her most, when I'm vulnerable, when my partner needs support, when I need help, when my baby needs help? I feel guilty asking her, putting her in that situation but I need her with me.
I want you please to reverse your decision not only for me but for all the other women that will be free birthing this year due to your actions and all the babies whose lives will be at risk being born without any caregiver being present when needed.
Although it will be my choice to free birth if anything happens to me my baby or even my mum I will hold you personally and morally responsible. I have 9 weeks left of my pregnancy I really don't want the final weeks be a worry for both me and my mum. I will not let her jeopardise her career I am protecting her so I want you to protect me by letting her lawfully look after me.
I look forward to your response Kind regards Ms H
Dear Ms H
Thank you for your email of 15 January to Jackie Smith, Chief Executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. My name is Emma Broadbent and I am the Director of Registration and Revalidation.
I understand that this is an extremely important time for you and that this situation may be causing you some worry and distress.
The NMC supports a woman's right to choose where she gives birth and who she chooses to support her through that birth. It is important to recognise that the Registrar's decision relates solely to the appropriateness of the professional indemnity arrangements of those independent midwives who are relying on their membership of IMUK to provide them with indemnity cover. It does not relate to independent midwives who have indemnity cover with other providers. It is still possible for any midwife to practise independently, so long as she has appropriate indemnity cover. A number of IMUK midwives have now informed us that they have found alternative cover for attending women in childbirth.
The legal requirement to hold appropriate indemnity cover was introduced by the Government in 2014, and applies to all healthcare professionals. Its purpose is to ensure that members of the public who suffer injury and loss due to the negligence of any healthcare professional are properly compensated for personal injury caused by such negligence. The requirement fits with and reflects the overarching objective of the NMC; namely to protect, promote and maintain the health and well-being of persons using or needing the services of registered nurses and midwives, and to promote and maintain public confidence in the nursing and midwifery professions.
In your letter, you raise your concerns that your mother will not be able to attend your birth in either her role as a midwife or in a personal capacity as your mother. Our guidance makes clear that a midwife may support a family member or close friend during childbirth in a non-professional capacity, for example, as a birth partner. This is so long as they do not provide any midwifery services. Midwifery services would include, for example, administering Entonox, a prescribed analgesic medication. It follows that whilst your mother may attend your delivery in a personal capacity, you will need to ensure that there is another midwife present with appropriate indemnity cover to provide midwifery services. This requirement is not new and has applied to midwives since 2014.
The decision that the scheme provided by IMUK to its midwives was inappropriate was not taken lightly as we fully understand the impact that it could have both for the individual midwives and the women they care for. However, our overall concern was that the public are protected.
Yours sincerely, Emma Broadbent Director of Registration and Revalidation
Dear Ms Broadbent
Your email is contradictory from the start. I am aware it is a partially revised standard letter being sent to the public however I would like to know how the NMC can state it supports 'women's right to choose' when you clearly do not even know what choices there are for women in childbirth or indeed what her legal rights are. As a lapsed midwife myself I am aware that disregarding women's choice is not something the philosophy of midwifery in the UK aspires to.
There ARE no other independent midwives other than those in IMUK, only other EMPLOYED midwives working for profit making companies and it is wrong for you to be telling the public otherwise. However, that is not the point. The point is I DO NOT as you have stated "have to ensure there is another midwife present with appropriate indemnity insurance". My choices and my legal rights are to birth where, how and with whom I choose. Which brings me to the main point and my questions which you have yet to answer. But first I will make myself very clear.
I am having a home but I will NOT under any circumstances, bar life or death (and then it would be ambulance services) have a stranger in my house to disturb the privacy of my birth, which includes a midwife (NHS or other). I am yet to decide but will do based on your answer, whether or not when I am in labour to call my mother as my mother. I am still not clear of what the outcomes will be depending on what choices I make.
I have seen your guidance which states;
"A registered midwife can only attend a woman during a birth if she has appropriate indemnity cover. The midwife cannot avoid this legal requirement by claiming to be attending the birth in a 'non-midwife' capacity. This is because the midwife's professional and legal obligations remain the same in these circumstances. The only exception to this is when a midwife attends a birth in a personal capacity to support a family member or close friend for whom they have not previously provided midwifery services.
In other words, the midwife remains a "professional" whatever the precise nature of the midwifery services she is providing, i.e advice, support, advocacy all of which form part of independent midwifery practice."
It is the underlined section that concerns me most because my mother HAS previously provided me with midwifery services in both previous pregnancies and this one so my questions are:
Can my mother come to my birth as my mother despite the fact she is my midwife currently and was in my last two pregnancies and birth?
If during my birth she is there as my mother but offers support, advice or if I ask her to examine me or listens to my baby's heart rate and she agrees to do so, will she face a fitness to practice hearing?
If she is there as my mother and I do not ask her to perform any midwifery and a situation becomes an emergency but she can do nothing because she has no emergency equipment (such as resuscitation equipment), and my baby is compromised will she face a fitness to practice hearing because as you point out she is always a professional midwife?
I would like you to answer my questions in a yes or no answer please because I will be making my plans for birth and deciding whose needs I prioritise, (my baby's, my own or my mother's) depending on your response.
Please answer my questions urgently
Miss H
From an NHS midwife:
Dear Mrs Smith,
I am writing to express my shock and sadness at the NMC's decision to immediately cease independent midwifery services.
I am saddened for a number of reasons but my overwhelming sadness is for the loss of women's CHOICE! Furthermore, I am worried for those women and families currently under IM care who now have to abandon all their plans and book with an NHS midwife.
I am an NHS midwife and also a supervisor of midwives. I have always worked within the NHS but I have a great relationship with our local IM and spent time with her. I learnt so much during my time with the IM, mostly about what women want! I specifically asked why the families we visited together had chosen IM over NHS and I heard a variety of reasons some of which were; continuity of care and poor experiences of NHS care. My heart aches for these women and their midwives now, I see them as rudder-less ships lost in a sea of NMC red tape.
I felt compelled to write, as a woman, midwife, colleague, mother, sister and daughter. I want to stand united with others and support the fantastic work of all midwives but specifically IM's and the women who make the CHOICE to employ their services. To instantly decide that IM's can no longer provide care is shocking! How can you explain or defend this. Surely the NMC should acknowledge the holistic health needs of women and their families. I also feel sad for all IM's who have lost their livelihood. These midwives have dedicated their lives to the women and families who CHOOSE to book their services.
2017 is a sad year for midwifery not only have we lost IM but also supervision - the victims of these loses are women.
Yours sincerely,
From a previous NHS and Independent Midwife client
To whom this may concern,
I wish to make a formal complaint surrounding the appalling action you have taken. The sudden allocation of "inadequate cover" definition to the indemnity insurance (of which is the highest cover available to them) IMUK members have had in place since 2014 and withdrawing the right to practice for clients already signed up is not only a breach of human rights (in terms of enabling women to chose the care provider for their birth) but also extremely dangerous and distressing. I can't see how your actions can be anything but detrimental to all women, but especially those who are currently relying on the services of Independent Midwives. The cover these women have is the highest level of indemnity cover available to them on the market. When asked what they can do to comply with your wishes your response was "We (the NMC) are unable to advise you about the level of cover that you need. We consider that
you are in the best position to determine, with your indemnity provider, what level of cover is appropriate for your practice. You should seek advice as appropriate from your
professional body, trade union or insurer to inform your decision. You need to be able to demonstrate that you fully disclosed your scope of practice and to justify your decisions
if asked to do so"
I know this because I was a client of independent midwives for two births (one in 2015 and one in 2016) and before booking on we had an in depth discussion about indemnity insurance to ensure I was happy with the level of cover provided. Your statement
A quote from Jackie Smith within the recent press release states "The NMC absolutely supports a woman's right to choose how she gives birth and who she has to support her through that birth", the actions you have taken directly revoke any choice that women, already happy with the care provider they've chosen have, and you are basically saying we can choose how we give birth so long as it conforms to your terms - that is not choice. That is coercive behaviour which is all too common within an NHS setting and what most women, myself included, try to avoid by scraping together the money to hire independent midwives. This is not just a middle class luxury. Women who hire independent midwives generally do so because they are unwilling or too afraid to risk giving birth in a hospital setting filled with strangers with various levels of experience and ways of working.
An NHS service can not guarantee the same midwife from booking in, through birth and beyond.
An NHS service can not guarantee a midwife who will work with patients to provide tailored care.
An NHS service can not support women's birth choices without some women having to fight the system when they are at there most vulnerable.
Having to fight the system whilst approaching labour is counter productive to encouraging best outcomes due to stress and anxiety. These produce the very hormones that stop women going into labour to protect them. It is obvious to anyone who researches NHS/hospital births that the service is at best overstretched and at worst, extremely dangerous.
I also note that this investigation commenced following one complaint which I believe to be from a company named Private Midwives, a division of UKBirthcentres. I also note they stand to gain a greater share of the market by pushing smaller independent midwives out via the indemnity clause, and I note they are advertising their services as "fully insured" etc. though there is no mention of the £50,000 excess that they have to pay for each case nor full details about the indemnity - what happens if this company, with negative shareholder equity can not access enough funds for the excess? Surely if the company has negative shareholder funds there must be some worry about the liquidity of the firm? I'm always dubious of any company with a shareholders account in negative figures, and this company shows a very large deficit here. (From the latest abbreviated accounts on Companies House). Additionally, if independent midwives are operating under a company structure, there comes a point where care is compromised by the need to make profit for the shareholders, many of whom are unidentifiable with the controlling shareholder of UKBirthCentres being an IOM company where the shareholders are hidden behind trusts. Of course this complaint is not about this firm, but I would question the motives of instigating this and what they stand to gain. It seems very underhand and I would question if this actually contravenes membership guidelines with regards to professional conduct and representing midwifery in general (in my profession, there are very strict guidelines for conduct so I am hoping there is something similar within yours).
I have never felt so at ease than when these ladies attended my home births. I had absolute trust that they knew exactly what my wishes were and I trusted that if they discussed a transfer to hospital, I would know it was for a valid reason and not because I wasn't contracting regularly enough for them (my body simply does not contract following the usual patterns and this, and the fact I was a first time mum lead to the midwives (NHS) not believing that I was in labour with my first born. When they eventually examined me (whilst making me feel like an exaggerating nuisance) they discovered I was 9cm dilated (as I was already having the urge to push, my body was fully dilated....) I tried to fight the process and it ended up slowing labour (not by much she was still quick) but she also got stuck and we managed with a change of position but this lead to me needing a catheter (eventually as again they didn't believe me, kept telling me I was just nervous or traumatised from the quick delivery.. I wasn't I just couldn't go!). And my breastfeeding support on this occasion was a midwife coming in asking if I had fed her yet (I hadn't as she hadn't shown any signs of wanting too and it kind of slipped my mind in all the rush!) and she preceded to grab my breast like a piece of meat and shove it in the baby's mouth. That breastfeeding journey did not last very long, sadly. My second birth I was more prepared to make my voice heard as I knew my own body. It took longer to get going this time and I managed to hold of further intervention after breaking my waters but whilst in active labour/pushing there were several things done that I hadn't asked for or against my wishes - nothing major, but my entire experience made me realise that if they had their way I could have been in a very bad way. Any drip contractions would have had me on the bed in agony from my SPD and everything would have slowed down. As it was, she came very quickly when she came and I got home on a six hour discharge - though on getting checked over for leaving the midwife didn't believe the baby could possibly be as big as recorded so had to strip her again to weigh her. She was.
Anyway, these were some of the issues in my experience that lead me to look at alternative care providers. When I was pregnant with my third baby I knew I wanted a home birth. My own NHS midwife first suggested it (part of that big drive of theirs for home births) however with our local service you don't meet the home birth team until 36/37 weeks for 1 hour at home and then for the labour (unless they try and tell you you can't have a home birth as they are too busy!). I knew I would be at least 42 weeks and that in order to give birth at home I would be under immense pressure with the NHS to induce. I knew that so long as there were no other complications I was happy to wait for baby to come. I was measuring big so was forced to have a GTT test, despite a blood test a couple of weeks previously showing no GD and despite me having no other symptoms and having not had it in any previous pregnancies despite testing. It wasn't an option, apparently. I also pressed my midwife for reassurance of support in the event I went post 42 weeks - she couldn't give me any. I met my independent midwives and immediately loved their ethos and the way they practice. Patient lead, not just by name but by example. Everything they did was as per my wishes - now obviously I am sure if I had requested to give birth whilst singing in the moonlight next to a pack of wolves they would have advised against it, as they would have done had there been any medical or emotional needs identified that would render a home birth an unsafe option. At this point they would also offer to come to hospital and act in the same capacity as a Douala, providing additional reassurance that their patient would still be listened too and respected in a hospital setting. When I was pregnant with number 4 i did not hesitate to book the same team of midwives. It was important to me to have the same amazing service. This time we didn't give birth until 44 weeks (i believe as a result of carrying out some building work, body was waiting!). Daily monitoring and midwives on call for any needs or questions. Anything at all. We had a scan at 43+1 to check the placenta over and was bullied so horrendously for not agreeing to an induction (baby was not distressed, placenta was still working well, baby big but all babies were big, movements very easy to track as baby back to back... ) spoken down to, almost in a disbelieving fashion that it was unfathomable I would be so stupid. I had to remind them that each and every action they were recommending came with their own risks, despite them not mentioning them and then trying to gloss over them. I knew if I had felt anything was wrong I could go into hospital and request assistance but apparently I am too stupid to make that call.
These details about my births are not just me moaning and belittling the NHS service, this is me trying to show you the difference in care - the difference being why many more are looking to pay that extra to be listened to and given the respect for their birth choices they deserve. And my experiences don't even come close to those with traumatic births and interventions which can lead to post natal depression and anxiety.
I would like to see immediately a change in your stance to at least allow women already booked in with independent midwives and fully aware of the indemnity policy in place, many of whom are due to give birth any day, the ability for their care providers to attend their labours without redress and legal ramifications.
On a long term basis, we must determine a way forward to enable these independent midwives return to looking after women the way they want to be looked after! With respect.Respect for their family situation, their parenting style, their birth choices. You must step up and confirm what level of cover is appropriate and work with them to ensure this is actually available in a truly independent capacity. And where appropriate you must allow women to make an informed choice about whether they feel it is an appropriate level of cover for them.
Yours sincerely,
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Your critical hits are frightening.
Prerequisite: Str 13 and Intimidating Prowess; or Cha 13 and Persuasive
Benefit: When you score a critical hit with a melee attack, you can make an Intimidate check to demoralize the same target as an immediate action.
Special: You can apply the effects of only one critical feat to a given critical hit unless you possess Critical Mastery.
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Chet Haase and I recently gave several presentations at Devoxx and the San Francisco Android user group. We've just posted the slides for two of these presentations:
These two presentations will teach you about development techniques we use every day on the Android team. The second one in particular shows what tools we use to track down performance issues. The videos of these two presentations are available on Parleys for registered users and will be available for free later next year.
Early on in the first set of slides, there's a shot of a SurfaceView with the Galaxy live wallpaper positioned over a few others, like Grass. The arrangement looks more like that of the standard wallpaper picker, though, not the live wallpaper picker. For instance, I see a static list of live wallpapers in my picker (Incredible/Froyo), and when I pick one I go to the Preview screen. Is that a real screen shot (of what?), only available on some devices? Or is it just fabricated to show what a SurfaceView might be?
Josh, it's a made up example.
I see that you dont render graphics by hardware i Gingerbread either… When are we going to see smooth GUI:s?
It is very naive to think that using the GPU to render text and bitmaps is suddenly going to fix every issue you may see. There are *many* things that can be done to improve performance of the UI without using the GPU. Notably improving touch events dispatching, reducing garbage collection pauses, asynchronous operations to avoid blocking the UI thread, etc. A one year old NexusOne (and other devices before) is perfectly capable of scrolling a list at close to 60fps (limited by the display's refresh rate.) Using GPUs to do 2D rendering can introduce other types of inefficiencies (fillrate can be an issue, some primitives like arbitrary shapes are complicated to render with antialiasing, textures need to be uploaded, shaders compiled, etc.) I am not saying we won't do GPU rendering for the UI (I have worked on it myself a couple of times to test it) but please stop assuming that this is what has to be done *right now*.
Thanks for being honest about the GPU-rendering. No modern Android phone is capable of the same smooth framelocked rendering as *put certain flamebait here* though. I am a big fan of the big Android, dont take me wrong, it would just be nice to see Android being capable of a completely stutterfree default GUI, soon.
I appreciate your thoughtful response to some of Kristoffer's question. Perhaps it is naive to believe that GPU acceleration is some kind of magic bullet. However, the most interesting part of his question seems to be unaddressed. "When are we going to see smooth GUI's?"
To many of us laymen, it is difficult to understand why our 1GHz Nexus's, Droid's and Incredible's ("Superphones" right?) lag so obviously compared WP7 or even the original iPhone. Personally, this is my single biggest complaint with Android, and I would love to know that the sluggish UI issues are being seriously addressed. Furthermore, are we wrong to expect such improvements in Gingerbread?
Time will tell I guess…
My thougts on the CPU-offloading part is that despite less good touch events dispatching, garbage collection pauses, e.tc. you still have recources for rendering intact. It is as much about hardware acceleration an it is offloading the CPU. My bet is that when dualcore CPUs enter the market in the beginning of next year, this won't be a problem anymore. Then Google will have waited out the problem by adding beefier hardware every year for three years until they had enough horsepower to throw at the "Pixel Flinger".
Arg. If I understand correctly, loading all of these bitmaps as 8888 will substantially increase the amount of memory used by each image.
The problem is that my application stretches the limits of the VM limit (usually only 24mb) to the extreme. Specifically for the main rendering Surface, ARGB_8888 is far to much detail than I actually need. I really beg you not to depreciate ARGB_4444 and others, at least until increasing the VM-heap to at least around 32mb.
If I'm wrong about the changes, though, please tell me, as it would really ease my concerns that my application won't be able to run under Gingerbread.
We of course increased the amount of RAM available to each application.
It seems to me that one of the more blatant scrolling inefficiencies is the fact that it take a couple hundred milliseconds to detect the scroll action after pressing the ListView. It's fairly apparent on my Nexus One.
@Romain Guy
Ah, glad to hear it!
@Kleptine That isn't any kind of inefficiency, the delay is deliberate to avoid the worse situation of a single tap causing the list to move a bit. That is, if it started tracking the finger immediately, the slight unavoidable movement of your finger when you tap would be seen as the entire list moving during that tap.
I definitely realize that, however it seems far too large of a buffer zone. You'll notice an iPod touch has this zone pretty much set to zero; things scroll as soon as you move your finger.
What I suppose I was really suggesting was to do a quick bit of testing to see how much play the average finger actually has when pressing an item (which really doesn't seem like it will be much if no one is having problems on an iPhone), and adjust the parameters accordingly.
Any news about RenderScript API? Will it still private in GB?
Android team!
@Romain Guy
Ah, that makes sense. If it's a problem with the screen itself, I guess there's not much that can be done. Thanks for the quick answers.
I've read several of your comments and responses to pleas for GPU acceleration in Android on various sites, here of course, Twitter and even issue 6914 on code.google.com. You are always quite adamant that GPU acceleration is unnecessary saying, "many things can be done", "garbage collection", blah blah blah. Well, I've been watching reviews and demos of the Nexus S, and guess what? Scrolling in the browser still sucks. (Forgive the bluntness.) The optimizations and "garbage collection" that has been advertised and touted, clearly aren't enough. Not the in the browser anyway, and especially not when Flash is enabled.
During development, how do you guys open a webpage, scroll around and say "yeah, that's good enough"? Every other manufacturer appears to address this issue with GPU acceleration. Perhaps it's time to stop making excuses and do it too. And yes, "*right now*".
@JayBomb I did not say it is unnecessary. What I said is that it's wrong to believe it is *the* solution. If it was, we would have done it already.
This is a video of a Galaxy S with GPU accelerated browser. Whatever they've done, seems to be *the* solution.
Wow! The scrolling and zooming on that GPU accelerated browser looks pretty awesome! Thanks for posting the link to the video! Love my N1, but hope the Google guys take notice!
Thanks for your replies on the issue. Could you just give a reason and brief explanation on your reasoning behind holding back on GPU acceleration? Because there are a lot of intelligent and knowledgable people out there who think it's a good idea, and a lot of rival phones which use the GPU in the browser and UI very well.
Just explain what the thinking is here and we'll most likely all relax a bit. It's just at the end of the day what Jay has said reflects what the average person thinks – how could you think the current browser performance is good enough? Just fill us all in and maybe we'll understand!
(btw i have the nexus s and it's a brilliant phone – well done on it overall – apart from browser scrolling ;)
I saw your name on Mike Cleron's CES demo and to show that I'm not only a nay-sayer, I wanted to say that Honeycomb looks pretty fantastic (scrolling too!). It gets me excited for Android again.
I totally agree with your view, there are really a lot of stuff have to be fixed before the GPU come in handy, i am currently working in a tech company making Android tablet( yes, one of many ), i am in charge of framework and memory management( especially bitmap management, our software rely really hard on bitmaps, my current solution is reuse every bitmaps possible ), and yes, i owned many android phones, cheap one as G1 to medium one like milestone and high end one like Galaxy S, and i do wish someday i can see a flawless UI from Android, of course it is also part of job to make it happen, i can't say much about our stuff but what i can say is i am proud of our framework ( i rewrote part of viewgroup especially listView, gridView, *Galley* ), yes, we don't have GPU power, still, by carefully programming each small part, our framework is smooth like hell. i read and learned a lot from all your post or presentation, you should take part of those credit, i hope my company can receive honeycomb ( i have no idea when we can get it, lol) soon and we can make Android better and stronger.
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So how cool is this! I opened up my mail yesterday and found these……………Gifts from the folks at Taconic DDSO. They wanted me to be a part of their Recess At Work Day celebration. And check out the rubber duckie with a beanie cap! You know that's my favorite.
But here's a question………….what are you doing to keep your customers, vendors, suppliers and friends engaged in your work? What are you doing after the fact to thank people?
But I'm a little confused. I get the rubber duckies. I get the funky bracelet. But what's with the pens? Sue, help me out here!


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The more I experiment with simple flavors, the more I realize how enjoyable it is to savor the fresh, intense flavors of fresh, locally harvested foods. As with every autumn, I welcome the arrival pumpkins and winter squash – two of my favorite things for fall soups – but I find myself particularly enamored with humble root vegetables. Celeriac, parsnips and parsley root are among my favorites. Then there are the modest rutabagas, the underdogs of the "Gemüse" world, which have only recently climbed to the top of my list.
Mostly as a challenge to myself to overcome the instilled memory (or shall I say childhood trauma?) of my mother's over boiled mashed rutabagas…swimming in butter. With time, I convinced myself that this vegetable actually does have its merits. Often overlooked, rutabaga is particularly good for roasting and adding to soups and stews – and as I have discovered, in the hands of decent cook (or good recipe!), they can taste pretty darn divine.
Rutabaga Stew with Quinoa, Kale and Saffron
I have finally embraced these forgotten vegetables and in doing so, I've updated a traditional German recipe, called "Steckrübeneintopf", otherwise known as the not so sexy sounding "Rutabaga Stew". There are many variations of the original – some are with pork belly, some with sausage, mine is vegetarian with a mix of kale varieties, red quinoa and a hint of saffron. Loaded with seasonal and local produce, this stew celebrates eating the right things at the right time, allowing fresh produce take center stage by letting their natural flavors shine though.
Here in Germany we are blessed with a variety of fresh produce available all year round. Many people are surprised to find that there is such a wide variety of crops harvested locally. Once you discover just how much variety is available in every season and every month, you may just discover that eating seasonal and local in the cold weather season isn't as dull as it may first sound. Plus, you are rewarded with high quality produce, at its seasonal best, that's packed with nutrition, and with the added bonus of being at a lower cost. It also means extra flavor – something your taste buds will definitely thank you for!
The Federation of German Fruit and Vegetable Producers (In German: BVEO, Bundesvereinigung der Erzeugerorganisationen Obst und Gemüse eV) has created an informative website that provides comprehensive information about Germany's local produce. They have also initiated a campaign called "Deutschland – Mein Garten." ("Germany – My Garden.") in order to increase consumer awareness and further boost the consumption of local and regional produce. Their website is in German, but of course, as a Hamburg resident, it's something I can definitely stand behind.
There is also a fantastic interactive seasonal calendar, which I particularly love. With the click of a mouse, you can view the produce by month to find out what's in season right now. So if you are just like me and living in Germany, go ahead and check out their produce guide to find out what's being harvested now. And next time you hit your local supermarket be sure to check out the produce labels for in-season stock that's grown close to home (or take the time on a Saturday morning and visit a farmers' markets near you). :)
Rutabaga Stew with Quinoa & Saffron
Serves 6
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 small yellow onions, finely diced
2 small leeks, chopped (white and light green parts only)
pinch of saffron threads
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 rutabaga, peeled and diced
1 large potato, peeled and diced
3 medium carrots, peeled and diced
1 teaspoon dried thymes
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
6 cups vegetable broth (1.5 l)
3 Roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
1/2 cup uncooked red quinoa, rinsed in cold water (100 g)
1 small bunch *wild kale, roughly chopped (bottom tough stems discarded)
sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley, to garnish (optional)
freshly grated parmesan, to serve
*NOTE: The recipe uses what is called "wild kale" which is sold at farmers' markets in Hamburg. It is simply a mix of Redbor kale, Red Russian kale and Dinosaur kale and can be substituted with a couple generous handfuls of spinach, collard greens or regular kale, roughly chopped.
1. In a large soup pot heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, leek and saffron, gently cook until softened, about 8-10 minutes. Stir in the garlic, rutabaga, carrot, potato, thyme, and red pepper flakes. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Sauté until fragrant. About 2 minutes.
2. Add the bay leaf and 6 cups of vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20-30 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Stir occasionally and add more stock (or water) if needed.
3. Meanwhile, cook the quinoa according to the package instructions.
4. Stir in the kale (or other greens) and season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep on low heat for a few minutes, until the greens have wilted.
5. Add the quinoa to the hot soup, then ladle into bowls, season with salt and pepper, and garnish with parsley. Top with freshly grated parmesan and enjoy!


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A Love Letter to Berlin - Because It's So Depressing
Dear Berlin,
Back in the depths of winter, a friend of mine once told me she was utterly in love with you because you were so depressing.
"Nobody really cares about me," she explained. "Sure, other people will probably help me if I ask them to, but they won't go out of their way. Everyone is on their own and I like it. You can be crazy, dress however you want, and nobody bats an eyelid."
Perhaps it was under the guise of your perpetual grey season, maybe your dreary 3.30pm nightfall had something to do with it, but I really felt she was onto something. As a member of your huge expat community who has left their hometown for the call of something more, you've always presented an interesting blend of acceptance and quiet distance.
Take a cursory glance across major media and it seems like the world is really starting to latch onto "depressing" ideas of loneliness and introversion. From Buzzfeed to TED to Time, the idea of embracing your loner is permeating society. But for you, lovely Berlin, this has always been the default; a haven for creative minds and hearts to let their freak flag fly.
Look at the street art, the techno enthusiasts, the start-ups, the fashion, the sexual freedom, the history. It's all a mosaic of interweaving, delightful chaos. Want to create a start-up? Go for it. New hipster club you want to check out? Knock yourself out. Feel like staying indoors the entire day? Sure thing, no one cares.
It's the fact that no one cares that is really most liberating. In other cities where cultural norms and heteronormative stereotypes dominate, you present a place for people to abandon definition and take on whichever form they choose. While it may have been the fact that people leave her alone that my friend relished so much, it's the knowledge that everyone is together in this similar situation that creates our ongoing fascination with you, the buzzy city you are.
What I think she was really getting at was that you have something for everyone. You're the ultimate solace for those trying to find themselves where people will leave them free to do it(beggars, U-bahn buskers and Gorlitzer opportunists aside). But also, for those who want to emerge from their lone (wo)man-cave, you will embrace them with open arms. Afterall, "Du bist verrückt mein Kind, du musst nach Berlin".
Much love,
Vivien Lay
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At Attentive Care Experts we offer a full range of domiciliary care to people of all ages. Our services help people with; a learning disability, a physical disability, young children, adults, older people, sensory impairment and people suffering from varying levels of frailty.
Control, choice and independence are the fundamental ideals of our service users. We work hand in hand with you to ensure this.
Whilst we tailor our packages according to each individual, here are some examples of the types of services we offer.
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So just letting everyone know, that we have plans to re-interpret Cubetractor in high definition -- retelling the ol' pixel-style in the form of digitally painted art. This isn't just a remake -- we intend to introduce plenty of new things, including tweaks to the mechanics, new cube types, new structures, new enemies and a whole cast of new levels.
We should also add that we have received plenty of feedback regarding the possibility of having Cubetractor offering multiplayer, and we'll be doing just that! Of course it'll mean a bunch of adjustments to how the mechanics specifically to make player-vs-player, but we do have some interesting ideas on how to handle that, which we'll be sharing in time to come.
That said, we really want to know your thoughts -- like what new things you'd like to see, or perhaps you have a certain opinion on the new graphics for the game. Just get in touch with us through facebook or google plus and tell us!


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Fashion Show shawl made from a soft blend of dark red silk and wool, with glossy jacquard work that reproduces the outline of the FF logo in tone-on-tone colour. An essential, iconic accessory to wear season after season. Hand-frayed edges.
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FORT COLLINS — Rep. Jared Polis vacillated Thursday on whether there should be Congressional approval to conduct a military strike on Syria, initially saying the U.S. "would lose the element of surprise" if Congress first had to vote, and then saying he would give it serious thought before making a decision.
Polis, a third-term Democrat from Boulder, told a group of persistent students and Fort Collins and Boulder residents that presidents in the past have conducted military strikes without consulting Congress.
"The role of our military is to defend our interests," he said, after several questions on the matter. "If we have the ability to do it, without adversely affecting our security, … We have a moral responsibility to examine it."


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BULLETIN BOARD: Oakdale, Lake Elmo, Maplewood & Ramsey Co. Review - April 22, 2018
Oakdale Garden Club plant sale
The Oakdale Garden Club will be hosting a plant sale Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Eberle Park, 3800 Hadley Ave. N., Oakdale. The club will be selling perennials, native plants, vegetables, house plants and miscellaneous garden items. The garden club prefers to have items paid for in cash. There will be no early sales.
Let's make stuff: heart-folded book
Create your very own piece of artwork Thursday, May 3, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Oakdale Library, 1010 Heron Ave. N. This class will teach you how to transform an ordinary book into a unique handmade home decoration or gift, just in time for Mother's Day. Please register online at WashCoLib.org, in person at the Oakdale Library or by calling 651-730-0504.
Clay trolls with Abrakadoodle
Do you have a favorite troll? Do you love to make things with clay? During this class at Lake Elmo Library participants will be creating a funny troll. The group will read a story about trolls and learn about color mixing and sculpting. Come to the library, 3537 Lake Elmo Ave. N., Saturday, May 5, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. to explore your imagination. No registration is required.
STEM Saturdays: mixing molecules with The WORKS
This month, participants will learn which combinations of chemicals will make the best slimy polymer through experimentation and observation. Participants will then create a batch of glow-in-the-dark slime to take home. This event will be held Saturday, May 12, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Oakdale Library, 1010 Heron Ave. and is recommended for children ages 8 to 12, but participants must be between ages 6 and 12 to attend. Registration is required. Please register online at WashCoLib.org, in person at the Oakdale Library, or by calling 651-730-0504.
Maplewood North Lions plant sale
The Maplewood North Lions is once again hosting its annual plant sale. The sale will be held at the corner of Upper 51st Street and Century Avenue in Oakdale. This year the sale will be open May 11 and 18, from 3 to 7 p.m. and May 12, 13, 19 and 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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This new award, created in 2017, recognizes an individual staff member's (or members') outstanding accomplishment(s) in a given calendar year. It is presented to a staff member (or group of staff) who has gone "above and beyond" the scope of their current position by, for example, involvement in a special project, realization of a significant achievement, or a significant accomplishment which has had an impact on the Foundation on a national basis. This award is open to staff at all levels of the organization across the country with at least 2 years of service. More than one award may be presented in a given year.Click here for more details on the Nomination Process
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Friday 1st April 2016
Line Up:
Benji Adams – Guitar, Vocals and Programming
Kit Parker – Bass and Backing Vocals
Ben Reynard – Drums and Backing Vocals
Track Listing:
1. Signals
2. I'm A Wreck
3. There's Only Chemistry Here
4. Burn It Down
5. Reprobates
6. Sound of the Crowd
My first introduction to Summer City was back in 2012 through the Spotify shuffle recommendation feature, where I first heard "We Were on a Break" and I instantly wanted to know more about the band. A quick search told me the band had already been picked up by the BBC Introducing network, and Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 was quoted saying that their single was "one of his favourite songs of all time."
You can check out my interview with Summer City for The Jitty here.
Since I chatted with the band 4 years ago, their line-up has slimmed down slightly after the departure of Alex Gath-Walker, but they have continued touring, writing and releasing music as a 3-piece, and in 2016 we're treated to their fresh new EP release "Reprobates."
It's clear from the start how much the band has grown musically over the years. They've been linked to artists such as My Chemical Romance, Knife Party, Taking Back Sunday, and I'm even hearing elements of New Found Glory and a touch of Jimmy Eat World. Think early 2000's pop-punk, and that's exactly where this EP takes you.
Personal favourites from the EP include "Signals", "I'm A Wreck", and "Burn It Down", but as far as smaller releases go, this would easily sit nicely with some of their previous material to form a great album. Here's hoping that this EP is paving the way for something bigger in the future.
The band have just released a video for their single "I'm A Wreck", which is the first release from their EP, and will be available to download from the 22nd April.
"I'm A Wreck is about feeling haunted by your own thoughts and fears, so it made sense for us to film the video in a haunted house setting. It's based around the idea that the scariest monsters are the ones we create for ourselves, because they're the ones that are hardest to escape from."
Summer City are taking their EP out on tour during April and May, so I'd highly recommend catching these guys at a show. If you fancy listening to some previous material, then you can currently still get a free download of their previous EP "Six Good Rejects" through their website.
Tour Dates:
27th April – Manchester, Factory
28th April – York, Fulford
29th April – Newcastle, Space Bar
30th April – Leeds, Eiger Studios
1 May – Stoke, Underground
2 May – London, Nambucca
Tickets for the "Reprobates Tour" can be purchased here.
Connect with Summer City via their website, and on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


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Dermatitis is a skin condition characterized by irritation and inflammation, redness, itching, blistering, and scaling.
1. Taking antioxidants can help repair damage to the skin by disarming free radicals, the unstable molecules that oxidize or destroy healthy cells. These unstable molecules can be produced as the by-products of the body's never-ending fight against the inflammation of dermatitis as well as exposure to sunlight, smoking, eating foods that are high in fat, and a plethora of lifestyle factors. By keeping free radicals under control, you can help the dermatitis heal, and prevent future occurrences.
2. Here are some of the most important antioxidants for the health of your skin. However, if the problem does not get better after six weeks, consult a dermatologist.
a) Beta-carotene
b) Vitamin C
c) Vitamin E
d) Zinc
3. Make sure you are getting enough fatty acids, which could help reduce inflammation and control dermatitis. For the best combination of fatty acids, look for a supplement that contains oils from flaxseed and borage seed and omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9 fish oils.
4. Avoid the foods that cause dermatitis. Certain sensitivities to foods in your daily diet can cause dermatitis. One of the most common triggers is dairy products. Cut dairy products out of your diet for thirty days. If your situation improves, then you know that dairy was the culprit. If you need even more proof, because you love dairy so much, then incorporate it back into your diet for one week. If your dermatitis comes back, then you know you have to avoid dairy for as long as you want to stay flare-up free.
5. If dairy turns out to be the culprit, then it becomes important for you to replace the calcium in your diet. You can accomplish this by taking a calcium supplement, or eating calcium rich foods such as nuts, seeds, and leafy green vegetables.
However, if eliminating diary does not solve the problem you can test other problematic foods such as chocolate, sugar, citrus fruits, coffee, soy, peanut butter, wheat, corn, and alcohol.
6. An ancient emollient herb called horsetail is very helpful in soothing the discomfort of eczema.
7. Oats, which is a popular breakfast grain, soothes and moistens the skin. You could purchase a colloidal oatmeal mix such as Aveeno.


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Road Cafe — the real taste of USA in Latvia.
Spend time in an unforgettable atmosphere reminiscent of Route 66, enjoy real American food with rockabilly music in background.
Road Cafe is a place, where you can get breakfast, a business lunch on work days, or enjoy classic burgers, pizzas and BBQ meats any time.
Vegetarians will also appreciate Road Cafe's menu, which has a wide variety of dishes.
Road Cafe uses high-quality products, so the standards are high – maintained by a professional chef and trained staff.
Don't be afraid to experience life in a truly Latvian area and dive into an American atmosphere and environment for a brief moment. We are located at the side of one of the busiest highways of Latvia, which ensures a roadside diner atmosphere, thereby closely resembling classic American diners. This is the perfect solution for getting a taste of real American food and atmosphere without leaving Latvia.
Be sure to stop by – we are located midway between Koknese and Aizkraukle (A6 highway).


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A sudden blue-grey blur before you fills your vision. Bright white light
explodes inside Railriepir's eyes as a searing hot pain blooms deep within his
body. Unwanted gurgling noises slide from Railriepir's bloodied, slackening lips
as he realizes the horrifying truth. The Nightsinger, Keeper of Secrets, the
Lady of Loss gazes down into Railriepir's soul, compressing a death-grip around
his delicately beating heart. With a verse of a trance inducing croon, Shar
tightens her hold upon 'The Disk of Night', chakram of twilight, raising it
far above her head. The sound of cold metal whirring through the air fills
your ears as the icy weapon parts Railriepir's flesh. Wetly spilling to the ground,
the stench of entrails and offal offend your highly sensitive nasal senses as
Shar mercifully completes Railriepir's evisceration. Drawing ragged breaths, blood
pouring from his near lifeless body, Shar leans in closely, grabbing the skin
at base of his neck. With one swift motion, Shar tears free a strip of flesh
running the length of Railriepir's body, flaying him alive. As the pain overwhelms
his senses, numbness lifts Railriepir's eyes away from the horror below his head.
The shadows of pitch-black night quickly consume Railriepir as the welcome grip
of death lures him into its grasp.
Your blood freezes as you hear the rattling death cry of Railriepir.
Railriepir has died!
Railriepir got owned.
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Basically I have a server that is connected to a router and that router is also connected to a workstation. Server is on 192.168.2.0/24 and workstation is on 192.168.10.0/24. On the router I've configure as follow:
Router A:
interface fa0/0 (connected to server)
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
no shut
interface fa1/0 (connected to workstation)
ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
no shut
router ospf 1
network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.10.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
The server and the workstation can ping each other, but I can't use the workstation to join the server domain. When I use another workstation that is on the same subnet as the server, I'm able to join the same domain as the server. What else do I need to configure for my workstation and server to join the same domain?
what dns servers do you use on workstation? you have to use dns servers that hosts zone for your active directory (perhaps the ad server itself?) or server that is able to resolve dns name of you ad domain
then try to join a domain by dns name: example.local ( and not the netbios name EXAMPLE)
if that wouldn't help please send the error message and double check the traffic is not filtered when passing from one subnet to another
My server 2008 is running dns:
-DNS Manager
-Forward Lookup Zones
-Reverse Lookup Zones
How do I configure the DNS so that the workstation will recognize it?
When I try to join the domain on my workstation it pop up as " An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "DATA.SERVER.COM" could not be contacted".
p.s. server and workstation can still ping each other.
What DNS server is configured now on your workstation (go to CMD.EXE and run ipconfig /all)? Can you change that to same DNS ip which is used by server (make sure that workstation can ping that first). Once you have the new DNS server set up then you can ty again.
On my workstation I put dns: 192.168.2.2 same as the server that I'm trying to join. How can you configure DNS so that I can join the same domain on different subnet? Can you give me an example of how to set up DNS so that I can join domain? Can you configure DNS and join a domain in a different subnet so that I could see the configuration that you did? Thanks
You try configure the command ip forward-protocol udp domain on your router to get your problem resolved.
I think that yuo should create sites on the server and add the site to the domain. Usualy a site is a subnet in MS server world.
Also to join a domain, the computer account must be created in AD before you join to domain.
Look in AD in Computer OU if you see an account for your computer, if not create one and try to join the computer to the domain.
Hope this helps
You shouldn't create additional site to achieve this goal.
The computer account is created when computer is joining the domain - you don't have to create it in advance.
Step by step:
- verify you have entered server IP address on computer network connections-connection name-IPv4 configuration-DNS IP address
- on computer verify (ping the domain name) that you can resolve domain name (by DNS domain name, not netbios domain name);
Can you resolve domain name from computer?
You can find the DNS domain name in Active Directory Users and Computers snap in. Some examples of the DNS domain names: example.local, example.int, example.com


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CCI Research Presentations and Publications
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Preliminary Results From a Study of How Account Planning is and Should be Evaluated. (Taylor, C. R., Ed.).Proceedings of the 2001 Annual Conference of the American Academy of Advertising. 175-182,(2001).
Survivors: A Qualitative Study of Web Sites that Endure. (Taylor, C. R., Ed.).Proceedings of the American Academy of Advertising. 101-107.(2001).
College Students' Use of Home Medical Test Kit: The Prevalence of Home Pregnancy Tests and Use as Minors. (Hill, R P., & Taylor C. R., Ed.).Proceedings of the 1996 Public Policy and Marketing Conference. 57.(1996).


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Commentary suggests alternatives to routine use of OTC cold/cough meds in children
Despite their widespread use by parents and caregivers, over-the-counter (OTC) cold and cough medicines have carried a warning by the FDA since 2008, and still have the potential to cause serious adverse events in infants and children. Conservative therapies, including nasal suctioning, humidification, and nasal saline, should be recommended over routine use of OTC cough/cold products in infants and children, according to a new commentary published in the May 2010 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
According to the commentary, OTC cough/cold medications are commonly used in young children, to provide relief of symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections, including acute otitis media, the common cold, and rhinosinusitis. The Sloan Survey, a random telephone survey of medication use, reported on prescription and OTC medication use by 2,857 children under 12 years old, between 1998 and 2007 in the 48 contiguous United States. Among the commonly used medications were acetaminophen-pseudoephedrine, cold/fever medication (unspecified), dextromethorphan-pseudoephedrine, and cough medication (unspecified). The number of children given OTC medications was more than twice that of children given prescription medications in a given week.
"Parents may administer these products to children with good intentions, as they are medications that are widely used to treat adults with upper respiratory conditions," said commentary author David E. Tunkel, MD. "Data supporting their efficacy, however, do not exist. Evidence does exist of the potential for significant harm from use of these products in young children."
Pediatric otolaryngologists will often see children, physician-referred or self referred, for treatment of refractory upper respiratory tract infections. Some of these children will have been treated with cold/cough medications, and some of the parents will request such medications. The authors state that this presents otolaryngologists with a unique opportunity to educate patients and parents about this issue and to recommend treatment alternatives for home use.
The authors further state that recent regulatory changes have altered the labeled age indications for OTC cough/cold products, and this may change again in the future. Conservative measures such as humidification, analgesia, and irrigation should be considered as adjunctive treatment of upper respiratory infections, including the otitis media and sinusitis (acute or chronic), that physicians see in children. The authors urge continued study of the OTC medications to further examine the risk-benefit ratio they pose for infants and children.
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P.O. Box 392
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6/6/19 - Outstanding Sale Results for Bell View Park
Bell View Park sold its entire draft of 21 mares at the recent Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. The 21 mares sold for a total of $3,840,000 at an average of $182,857.
Some highlight lots of the sale included:
Lot 1108: Counterplay
- She was in foal to Sebring and was purchased by Widden Stud for $420,000.
Lot 1191: Federosa
- She was in foal to Pierro and was purchased by Rothwell Park Thoroughbreds for $300,000.
Lot 1356: Mariquita
- She was in foal to Zoustar and was purchased by Astute Bloodstock and Lustre Lodge for $250,000.
Lot 1694: Written Era (Pictured)
- She was in foal to Zoustar and was purchased by Yulong Investments for $775,000.
Bell View Park would like to thank all of the buyers for their support and wish them the best of luck with their purchases.
23/5/19 - Magic Millions Mares Ready
Bell View Park will present a top quality draft of 21 mares at the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. They are all in foal to a range of highly commercial stallions with early service dates.
Bell View Park takes great care in firstly selecting their mares and secondly mating them to a stallion that complements them both physically and genetically. "Our aim is to give the buyers of our mares every chance to produce a highly commercial yearling as well as a successful racehorse".
Bell View Park have also consistently demonstrated a commitment to selling their mares in the sale ring. Bell View Park has sold 72 out of 74 mares offered at auction since their initial draft of mares in 2016.
Here are some of the highlight mares that will be offered for sale at the Magic Millions National Sale:
Lot 1108:
- A precocious 2yo metropolitan winner and G3 placed Sepoy mare - In foal to
Lot 1127:
- A stakes winning Denman mare from a strong black type family - In foal to
Lot 1129:
Devious Rumor
- A tough, fast, stakes winning Street Boss mare - In foal to
Written Tycoon
Lot 1161:
Elliptical Orbit
- An unraced Scat Daddy mare from the family of AJC Oaks winner Gust of Wind - In foal to
Lot 1356:
- A Sydney metropoltan winning daughter of I am Invincible from the family of Eight Carat - In foal to
Lot 1694:
Written Era
- A Melbourne metropolitan winner and G3 placed Written Tycoon mare - In foal to
To view our draft in detail, please click on the Mare Sale link on our website where you will find photos, pedigrees and additional information about each mare.
Also Tara Madgwick has written a detailed story about Bell View Park's draft of mares for the Breednet website. To read the story click on the following link:
If you have an enquiry regarding any of the mares, please feel free to contact Adam Mackrell on 0409 909 520 or email email@example.com. Bell View Park's draft will be available for inspection from midday on Saturday 25th May in stable X at the Magic Millions sale complex on the Gold Coast.
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#WeAreWard: Katrina Justiniano
As the Residential Gallery Concierge, Katrina Justiniano is often the first face that many newcomers see when they step into the IBM building to learn about the future of Ward Village.
Her beaming smile, pleasant demeanor, and in-depth understanding of the future of this special neighborhood make her a delight to be around. In short, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't love Katrina. In the interview below, she discusses just what makes Ward such a special place to her and how she envisions Ward Village taking shape in the coming years.
How long have you worked in Ward Village?
I've been working at Ward Village for just over a year now.
Can you describe what a typical day looks like in your job?
A typical day as a Residential Gallery Concierge starts off by opening up our residential gallery showrooms. I like to think of our showrooms as art galleries, and we are the first ones to go through it in the morning, checking for anything and everything that might be out of place. We strive to be the best of the best in the industry, so that means making sure that every single detail is checked and double-checked before we open up for the day. Checking for smudge marks, finger prints, burnt out light bulbs, liveliness of the foliage, fluffiness of the pillows – you name it, we probably check for it.
From there, I take a look at the schedule of appointments for the day. It's part of the concierge's responsibility to make sure the flow of appointments run smoothly. Once the concierge desk is open, we turn into an information center where it then becomes our responsibility to answer questions that get directed to us through phone, email or walk-in visitors. Typically, I am the first point of contact for anyone who walks in to the building so top-level customer service is a must. My day is usually nothing short of receiving deliveries, directing traffic and conducting community tours to inquiring guests. Many people are curious to know what is going on with the new development so educating and informing them also falls on to my list of responsibilities.
What's your favorite thing about working in the Village?
My favorite thing about working in Ward Village is the proximity to everything. I've become spoiled by how close my work is to everything, and of course the free parking is a huge perk too. I used to work downtown where parking was $10 a day! Free parking is a novelty these days and I am happy to say Ward Village has a lot of it.
Do you originally hail from Oahu?
I was actually born and raised on the island of Guam. Upon graduating high school, I moved to San Francisco, CA to pursue fashion design, but ended up transferring to the University of San Francisco and studying International Business. While I was in the Bay Area, my family moved out to Oahu to expand our family business. The very same week that I graduated from college at USF, my mother was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer and I dropped everything and moved to Hawaii to become her caretaker. Today, she is a cancer-surviving warrior for eight years now and I have her to thank for moving me to this beautiful island.
Do you have a favorite place to eat in the Village?
My favorite place to eat in Ward Village is definitely Agu Ramen. A very close second place is Goma Tei, so I guess you could say I have a thing for ramen!
And now on to shopping. Do you have a favorite place(s) to shop in the area?
My favorite place to shop is Red Pineapple. Coincidentally, the owner of the shop is also from Guam and her father owns a cookie company (Chamorro Chip Cookies) that is by far my most favorite cookie brand ever, which they also sell at the store. Aside from that fact, the shop is just an explosion of awesome that is actually very dangerous for my wallet. Any time I need to shop for a gift of any occasion, I usually head over to Red Pineapple. Also, they have the best cards for pretty much every occasion you could think of.
As the new developments take hold, what excites you most about Ward Village?
What I find most exciting about Ward Village is that we are just getting started. Many people are still being introduced to our master-plan community and what I find is that people are usually pleasantly surprised to learn about what we are doing in this place. You hear it over and over, but we're transforming parking lots into community spaces and we're looking to find better uses for a lot of these neglected areas. We're already starting to see a glimpse into what the future of Ward Village is going to look like with the larger store front areas and increased trees and water features. In my one year of being here, I have seen the weekly free yoga classes double, triple, and even quadruple in size. What other neighborhood has been able to deliver an outdoor ice-skating rink and a Yayoi Kusama art exhibit installation all within a few months? With all of the transformations taking place to deliver more park spaces, cafes and retail spots, I can't help but feel that this is going to be the perfect gathering place once again just as it used to be long ago.
How do you see the neighborhood taking shape in the next few years?
Once these towers start going up, I think that Ward Village is going to be bustling with people of all demographics, all age ranges, from all corners of the world. It's going to be such an amazing mix of all kinds of people, as we have such a wide range of housing being delivered to the market. With the Whole Foods Market coming in to the mix as well, we'll be able to provide groceries to the many families who already live in Kaka'ako. This area was originally an industrial area but it's transforming in to a people place where entire families reside.
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PeopleSoft pledges to keep World turning
Even though some analysts think it's simply not realistic to run three separate product lines, PeopleSoft is sticking to its plan to support iSeries shops by continuing to offer PeopleSoft World.
Despite some analysts' opinions that PeopleSoft should consider paring down its product lines, the company is committed to delivering ongoing support and enhancements to PeopleSoft World, an executive told SearchCRM.com.
PeopleSoft World is software designed to run on IBM's iSeries platform. The software was brought over as part of the J.D. Edwards & Co. acquisition. It is one of three product lines to emerge from the newly combined company and, because it serves a single platform, it might be seen as the most vulnerable.
John Schiff, PeopleSoft World's director of product strategy, said the Pleasanton, Calif.-based vendor will offer a PeopleSoft World upgrade early next year.
"We have no plans to stop it," Schiff said. "It's an ongoing enhancement policy that we have. That message has been ringing true. PeopleSoft World, as it's now called, is a pillar in the new PeopleSoft line."
However, a recent brief by Charles Homs, an analyst with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, said PeopleSoft should consolidate the products and platforms it supports to save money.
Currently, PeopleSoft offers PeopleSoft Enterprise for large firms, PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne for the midmarket, and PeopleSoft World, which is geared toward small and midsized manufacturing firms running the iSeries.
Homs suggested that PeopleSoft drop support for the iSeries from the EnterpriseOne product. Homs said reducing iSeries support will save money and encourage customers to migrate to new platforms like Linux.
He also advocates building an open source stack to set PeopleSoft apart from competitors like SAP AG and Oracle Corp.
Finally, Homs proposes that PeopleSoft define a technical strategy to slash development and support costs. Supporting products on 18 different combinations of operating systems, application servers and databases is simply too expensive, Homs said in the report. Instead, PeopleSoft should focus on reducing deployment costs, he said.
"[PeopleSoft] hasn't really communicated their long-term technical strategy and the need to support three separate code bases for an indefinite period of time," said Paul Hamerman, who wrote the brief with Homs. "How do you rationalize and separate the architecture?"
Hamerman also urges caution on mixing modules from different product lines and disputes the notion that World's future is bright.
"[Customers] aren't going to see a lot done with World as far as enhancements [across product lines]," Hamerman said. "That's essentially in a maintenance mode."
World customers can count on support because they represent a profitable revenue stream for PeopleSoft, Hamerman said.
PeopleSoft's next step is to more definitively outline its long-term technical strategy. Given the work done completing the J.D. Edwards acquisition and fending off Oracle's ongoing takeover bid, Hamerman said, he isn't surprised that PeopleSoft hasn't more clearly outlined its plans.
However, according to PeopleSoft's Schiff, World customers will in fact see enhancements, including more module-to-module integration early in the second quarter of 2004, when PeopleSoft integrates its supplier relationship management product with EnterpriseOne and World. Additionally, Schiff said, PeopleSoft has no plans to combine World's code with that of the other products.
Schiff said J.D. Edwards customers can expect the same treatment as customers running software from Vantive Corp. PeopleSoft acquired Vantive several years ago and still supports its products.
That's the kind of message customers like CB Richard Ellis Inc., a property management company based in Newport Beach, Calif., want to hear. Officials with CB Richard Ellis met with PeopleSoft's chief technology officer several weeks ago to hear the company's plans for J.D. Edwards customers.
Victor Homan, director of development at CB Richard Ellis, said PeopleSoft promised support and some enhancements to PeopleSoft World, although it committed to no major changes or code development. That suits Homan just fine. CB Richard Ellis runs both World and PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne on the iSeries but ultimately plans to migrate all operations over to EnterpriseOne.
"They were very good from day one," said Louise Brandy, vice president and business systems manager for the company. "That's what's made us feel good about the merger. That's the PeopleSoft side of it. You can tell they want us to understand everything that's going on."
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SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 03: In order to bring innovative changes in the working of Police Public Schools, a meeting of Board of Administrators was held at Police Headquarters (PHQ) here today.
Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. K Rajendra Kumar in chair, the meeting was attended by Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters), Mr. S. P. Vaid and other members of the Board.
Mr. Rajendra, dwelling on the initiatives taken in the recent years with regard to up-gradation of Police Public Schools, gave an overall view of the achievements registered on this account, hoping that the progress would be implemented with a missionary zeal at all the levels. He expressed satisfaction over the results achieved in the previous years and stressed upon the management to work with more dedication and make the institutions exemplary.
DGP said that all required facilities including library, computers, education aids and sports kits would be provided to make these schools to compete with other renowned schools. He asked the school administration to maintain liaison with the parents of students and convene occasional meetings with them to get feedback and improve their working. He stressed upon the management to complete the works and fulfill the requirements of the schools within a time frame so that they do not suffer for want of these facilities. Infrastructure of PP Schools at twin capital cities has been enhanced, providing hostel and other facilities for the students, he added.
The meeting had threadbare discussions to improve the quality of education in these schools. It was told that effective steps have been taken to equip the institutions with modern facilities to achieve desired results. It was decided that facilities in schools at range level would be up-graded to run these schools efficiently. Leave rules for the staff and fee structure was also discussed in the meeting.
Mr. Rajendra highlighted the need to bring innovative changes in the working of Police Public Schools and improve their efficiency so that the pass outs could excel in the professional examinations. He said that the rules regulating the institutions need to be looked into to make more fruitful bringing desired results. He also asked the managements to review their working and bring required changes.
Chairman Board of Administrators, Mr. S. P. Vaid and other members gave their suggestions to improve efficiency of the institutions. ADGP (Armed), Mr. S. M. Sahai suggested various steps with regard to improve the educational standards of the schools.
The meeting was attended by IsGP, AK Choudhary, HK Lohia, SJM Gillani, AG Mir, MS Salaria, MA Khan, Jagjit Kumar, MA Ganai and JP Singh, DIG, Viplav Kumar and AIG (Welfare) Rajeshwar Singh.


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The Seven Trumpets – Ch 8 – Introduction – English
The 144000 (1) – English
The 144000 (3) – Arabic المائة وأربعة وأربعون ألفا – الجزء الثالث
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The Holy Week and Revelation
The Holy Spirit is the one who enlightens our minds and hearts and reveals Christ in us, to comprehend the meaning of Christ's sufferings, death and resurrection. To have such "revelation", St. Paul sent a message to the Philippians saying, "I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit. I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. And I pray that you and all God's holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ's love — how wide and how long and how high and how deep [the spiritual dimensions of the cross] that love is" (Ephesians 3:16-18, NCV).
According to rite of the Coptic Orthodox church, we read the whole Book of Revelation on Bright Saturday. That is because the Book of Revelation is the "Revelation of Jesus Christ". It is "the Book of Life of the Lamb slain" (Revelation 13:8, NKJV). God reveals His plan of redemption in the Book of Revelation. "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3, NKJV).
I encourage you to listen to the following related recent sermons, "The Lamb and the Sealed Scroll", "Opening the First Four Seals", "Opening the Fifth Seal" and "Opening the Sixth Seal" in English/Arabic. These sermons have wonderful and simple explanation of what Christ had gone through and the meaning of His suffering, death and resurrection for us. They are posted at: http://www.RevelationFellowship.net I wish you blessed Holy Week and Feast of the Resurrection. God bless you. Pray for me.
In Christ's love,
Hegumen Fr. Abraam Sleman
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Discovering Jesus of the Revelation
We must study Revelation for the right reason. If we study it just to solve the secret of the Beast, with its seven heads and ten horns, or to set out the scenario of the Battle of Armageddon, we shall be fatally deceived. However, if we study it to discover something about the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be served royally!The "Book of Revelation" is the "Revelation of Jesus Christ" (Rev. 1:1), unavailing Jesus Christ. So, Study the Book of Revelation for the right reason alone, to reveal the riches of God in Jesus Christ and to understand the significance of His death and resurrection for our lives now and the future of the world. So come, take your shoes off by the water of life and drink freely. Each real encounter with Revelation takes you for a new life changing experience, with the grace of God. Please, make a room for it with your busy agenda!
Should I Study Revelation?
First, God's inerrant Word is reliable. No matter how difficult it is to comprehend the visions presented in Revelation, we must not forget that it is part of God's Word. As such, it includes an inherent blessing from simply reading, hearing, and keeping those things we do understand. "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3, NKJV).Second, in the Book of Revelation, God reveals His wonderful plan of salvation, in our Lord Jesus Christ. As humans, we choose to trust in many things and place confidence in various people. Revelation tells us that the Lord God is worthy to be the object of our complete, undivided faith and worship. Here is the center of our worship, the focus of our obedience, and the source of our blessing, both now and in the future. Third, God's sovereign plan replaces fear with hope. People all over the world live under superstition, fear of the unknown, apprehension about the future, and an overwhelming feeling that the whole world is out of control. Wars, famines, diseases, natural disasters – all of these tragedies appear to be evidence that chaos reigns. However, the Revelation shows that God is working out His sovereign plan, that He will destroy evil and that in the end, God wins! Knowledge of this fundamental truth replaces fear with hope and confidence.There are more reasons to study in depth the Book of Revelation. So, if you wish to be a member of "Revelation Fellowship", please send me a message. With the grace of God, we will set the time and the place of studying the Book of Revelation. Please spread the word to your friends.
Introducing Revelation Fellowship
Many think that the "Book of Revelation" is complicated and confusing. Even the so-called scholars find little agreement among themselves over the Patmos visions. Sadly, the church of God divides into sects and denominations over interpretation of apocalyptic imagery.The good news is that the "Book of Revelation" is the "Revelation of Jesus Christ". St. John promises all who read and keep what is written in the Patmos posts will be blessed: "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3, NKJV). I think it is time to think and study seriously the Book of Revelation before it is too late. When it comes to the Book of Revelation, some literalize it, and others spiritualize it. However, I would like to personalize it and have it for living. By studying the Book of Revelation, you discover the Mystery of God in our Lord Jesus Christ, a rich discovery that you need for life here and in eternity. If you wish to be a member of "Revelation Fellowship", please send me a message. Please spread the word to your friends.


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Dh Gets it - sort ofOctober 15th, 2006 at 08:05 pm
Yesterday was spent with the little darlings (grandsons). So DH did not play any golf and it was such a lovely day. He planned on playing today but guess what - it's has been raining all day. Our friend invited us to him home this afternoon so the ladies could visit and the guys could all play pool upstairs. We went to the grocery store and of course DH wanted to get a little somthing to take to the neighbor's home to snack on. He was going to buy two bags of chips (2 for $5.00) but when I pointed out that everyone would be bringing something to share and we did not need an extra bag of chips at home he agreed and got only the one bag. I am so proud of him that he is trying. H


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Android Wear has a new Twitter account to call its own, @AndroidWear. This gives you another source of Android information to drop into your feed and pad out the space between Android Police posts.
The account is brand new, with only a single hour-old tweet at this time. There's no new information to find at the moment. Instead, you get to start your relationship with the twitter account by watching an Android Wear promotional video.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Launch time. 🚀 Watch this space for #AndroidWear fashion, fitness & fun! ➞ https://t.co/W6fsTtck2C pic.twitter.com/4s0bLP7YWR
— Wear OS by Google (@WearOSbyGoogle) January 11, 2016
This video has already been around for a few weeks, but chances are there will be more where that came from.
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