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Parchment · 166 ff. · 50.5 x 36.5 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1410
Schwabenspiegel
The Schwabenspiegel manuscript was commissioned in 1410. It contains a collection of land and feudal laws that were in effect during the late middle ages in southern Germany and what is now the German speaking part of Switzerland. Additional content bound in this volume includes the biblical books of Kings and Maccabees as well as a first German translation of the Handfeste, the Fribourg City Law of 1249. An unusual item found in this manuscript is a miniature of the Flag of Fribourg, which appears here for the first time as we know it today, in the colors black and white. (utz)
Overview Facsimile Description
Parchment · 42 ff. · 31 x 48 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1647-1648
Livre de Drapeaux/Fahnenbuch (Book of Flags)
In 1646 the Petit Conseil or Executive Council of Fribourg commissioned Pierre Crolot, an artist from the Free County of Burgundy, with the task of illustrating the flags and banners that were carried by Fribourg troops on campaigns in the Sundgau, Burgundy, and Italy (at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century) and where then displayed in the church of St. Nicholas. These objects themselves disappeared without a trace in 1822, with the exception of three ceremonial robs of the Order of the Golden Fleece (which are now on display in the castle of Gruyère). The book contains 42 illustrations: 3 frontispieces show the coats of arms of the city, its bailiwicks, and the coats of arms of the members of the Executive Council; 30 illustrations reproduce the banners and 9 illustrations portray Burgundian clothing items and tapestries. The "Book of Flags" is an art object, valuable as a record of objects that have been lost, as well as a witness to the fame of the Fribourg troops in the late Middle Ages. (daf)
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Archives du Chapitre St. Nicolas/Kapitelsarchiv St. Niklaus, CSN III.3.1
Parchment · 256 ff. · 55.5 x 38.5 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1511-1517
Antiphonarium Lausannense. De Tempore, pars hiemalis
This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the winter portion of the Proprium de tempore. The parchment codex was written between 1511 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg. The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg. The binding, from about 1517, is from the workshop of the Franciscans in Fribourg. (utz)
Parchment · 257 ff. · 55 x 38.5 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1511-1517
This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the winter portion of the Proprium de tempore. The parchment codex was written between 1511 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg. The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg. The binding, from about 1528-1559, is from the workshop of the Franciscans in Fribourg. (utz)
Parchment · 160 ff. · 61.5 x 42 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1509/1510 (1517)
Antiphonarium Lausannense. De Tempore, pars aestiva. Commune Sanctorum
This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the summer portion of the Proprium de tempore as well as the Commune sanctorum. The parchment codex was written between 1509/1510 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg. The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg. (utz)
Parchment · 159 ff. · 61 x 41.5 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1509/1510 (1517)
Antiphonarium Lausannense. De Sanctis, pars hiemalis. Officium B.M.V. Commune Sanctorum
This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the winter portion of the de Sanctis, the Officium B.M.V. and the Commune Sanctorum. The parchment codex was written between 1510 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg by 2 hands (A and B). The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg and an assistant. (utz)
Parchment · 168 ff. · 55 x 39 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1510-1517
Parchment · 261 ff. · 61-62 x 43.5 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1510-1517
Antiphonarium Lausannense. De Sanctis, pars aestiva. Officium B.M.V.
This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the summer portion of the de Sanctis and the Officium B.M.V.The parchment codex was written between 1510 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg completely by hand B (cf. Saint Nicholas Chaper Archive, ms. 5). The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg. (utz)
Parchment · 256 ff. · 61-62 x 43 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1511/(1517)
This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the summer portion of the de Sanctis and the Officium B.M.V.The parchment codex was written between 1511 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg. The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg. (utz)
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Affaires ecclésiastiques/Geistliche Sachen 2062
Parchment · 168 pp. · 24.5 x 31 cm · Lausanne · around 1420
Necrology of the Cathedral of Lausanne
This manuscript contains an annal that records the celebrations for the anniversaries of the clergy of the Cathedral of Lausanne – cf. the unnumbered title page: Iste liber est capellanorum celebrancium in ecclesia katedrali Lausannensi de anniversariis que fiunt per dictos celebrantes. The original part might be from the 1420s, to which numerous later hands added on, in order to complete the anniversary masses that were celebrated. The internal organization follows the calendar month by month. The annal thus begins on January 1st (on page 1) and ends on December 24th (on page 167). Each page consists of two columns, each representing a different day, the title of which (letter – sometimes followed by the name of the liturgical feast) is rubricated. At the top of each column, the days are also given as days of the month (in Roman numerals) in a Gothic cursive script that seems to have been a later addition. The older necrologies of the cathedral chapter of Lausanne are known only through excerpts (included in the Lausanne cartulary at the behest of Conon d'Estavayer in 1224 and 1238) or mentions (in 1354 the chapter delegates were mandated to write an "anniversary book" – which, however, disappeared). This necrology was kept in Fribourg, probably arriving there after the conquest of Vaud by Bern in the course of the Reformation; it is therefore the oldest necrology surviving from the medieval period and makes it possible to fill in certain documentary gaps. (drt)
Overview Facsimile 4 Additional bibliographical references
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Livre des bourgeois 1 / Bürgerbuch 1
Paper · 182 ff. · 40 x 30 cm · Fribourg · 1341-1416
Register of Citizens 1 (Livre des bourgeois 1 / Bürgerbuch 1)
The state archives of Fribourg owns a whole series of registers of citizens(Bürgerbücher). The first two of these registers are the most important ones; they cover the period from 1341 to 1769 and are presented here in digitized form. The registers present the citizens of the city of Fribourg as they change from a citizenry that is very open for economic reasons at the turn of the 15th century to one that gradually closes itself off and then becomes a privileged patriciate in the 18th century. 'Bürgerbücher' were a means of controlling the enrollment of new citizens through lists, which from the very beginning could be in book form. This allowed mostly large and medium-sized German cities that had achieved a certain political and economic development to react to and to regulate demographic trends and immigration during the late Middle Ages, after and even before the great plague (mid-14th century). The first register was not planned, but consists of separate booklets that were bound together probably in 1416. (utz)
Parchment · 238 ff. · 44.5 x 33 cm · Fribourg · 1416-1769
Register of Citizens 2 (Livre des bourgeois 2 / Bürgerbuch 2) (1415[!]-1769)
The state archives of Fribourg owns a whole series of registers of citizens(Bürgerbücher). The first two of these registers are the most important ones; they cover the period from 1341 to 1769 and are presented here in digitized form. The registers present the citizens of the city of Fribourg as they change from a citizenry that is very open for economic reasons at the turn of the 15th century to one that gradually closes itself off and then becomes a privileged patriciate in the 18th century. 'Bürgerbücher' were a means of controlling the enrollment of new citizens through lists, which from the very beginning could be in book form. This allowed mostly large and medium-sized German cities that had achieved a certain political and economic development to react to and to regulate demographic trends and immigration during the late Middle Ages, after and even before the great plague (mid-14th century). The second register was created in 1416 by the deliberate designs of city clerk Petermann Cudrefin, who had kept the first register since 1396 and had found it very disorganized. (utz)
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Marsens-Humilimont, Nécrologe et martyrologe, 1 (ancienne cote : Grosses de Marsens, no 64)
Parchment · III + 113 + III ff. · 31.5 x 22 cm · 1338
Humilimont Abbey necrology and martyrology
This manuscript (formerly AEF, Grosses de Marsens, n° 64) consists of three different parts: the Martyrology of Usuard (ff. 1r-77r), the Regula S. Augustini (Regula tertia without the Ordo monasterii; ff. 77v-83r) and the Necrologium monasterii Humilismontis (ff. 83v-113v). The original and oldest part of the necrology is by the same scribe as the rest of the manuscript, which can be dated to 1338 by means of the colophon at the end of the Rule of St. Augustine (fol. 81r): "Hic liber est abbacie Humilismontis Premonstratensis ordinis Lausannensis dyocesis scriptus in eadem abbatia anno Domini Mo CCCo XXXVIIIo mense iulio". The necrology was later completed by various hands that registered donations for annual Masses for the deceased (for members of the abbey as well as for laypeople). The pagination from 1-61 was done in ink by Jean Gremaud, presumably at the same time that he made the copy held in the StAF (State Archives of Fribourg, Gremaud collection, vol. 36, fol. 304-307). According to an ownership note on folio 1r, in 1660 the manuscript was the property of the Jesuit Collège Saint-Michel in Fribourg. (drt)
Overview Facsimile Description 1 Annotation 2 Additional bibliographical references
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, RN 9/1
Paper · 3 + 123 + 3 ff. · 29.5 x 22 cm · Fribourg · 1356-1359
Registrum Lombardorum
The manuscript RN 9/1, which contains the oldest notarial register in the state archive of Fribourg, is from the chancellery of Pierre Nonans. It consists of two clearly separated parts. The first 110 leaves contain the 'normal' part, which comprises legal matters between 1 February 1356 (New Style) and 21 March 1359 (New Style). The second part begins in the opposite direction on folio 123, ending on folio 110, so that both parts meet on folio 110r. This second part constitutes a special register (fol. 110-123), which records the loans arranged between 1 March 1356 (New Style) and 20 March 1359 (New Style) with the Fribourg Lombards, moneylenders originally from Lombardy but residing in Fribourg since the late 13th century; this register bears the name Registrum Lombardorum. It is by this name that the entire register has become recorded in history. (drt)
Overview Facsimile Description 1 Additional bibliographical reference
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Affaires de la ville/Stadtsachen A 596
Paper · 355 pp. · 31 x 21 cm · Fribourg, Switzerland · 1577
«Schulordnung und Satzungen der neuaufgerichteten und reformierten Schule zu Freiburg im Üchtland»
The "Katharinenbuch" contains the regulations for a secondary school, as it was to be founded in Fribourg at the time of the Catholic reform on the model of the reformed schools. Peter Schneuwly (1540-1597) can be considered the author; he himself probably went to school in Fribourg. From 1557 on, he studied in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he attained a Magister artium. From 1564 on, he was a member of the clergy of the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas in Fribourg, in 1565 he became a canon, and in 1566 a preacher in the city. At this time, the first preparatory works for the "Katharinenbuch" took shape. In the years 1577-1597, Schneuwly was vicar general of the Diocese of Lausanne, from 1578-1587 also provost of St. Nicholas. The "Katharinenbuch" also constitutes the charter of the "Scholarchenkammer" (chamber of scholarchs) of the city of Fribourg, in whose possession it remained until the 19th century. The school reform sought by Schneuwly never went into effect because in 1580, also on Schneuwly's initiative, the Jesuits were called to Fribourg and were entrusted with secondary education. (utz)


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Christmas could be cancelled by British government
Posted on November 20, 2009 by particularkev
Christmas could be cancelled by a bill being put forward by the Labour government, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales have said, reports Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com.
In a letter to MPs, Monsignor Andrew Summersgill, general secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, said that Harriet Harmon's Equality Bill will have a "chilling effect" on local councils, town halls and other organizations clamping down on Christmas festivities for fear of offending people of other religions.
The Equality Bill combines all previous equality legislation in the U.K., and includes a range of new provisions.
"Under existing legislation," Summersgill wrote, "we have seen the development of a risk-averse culture with outcomes as ridiculous as reports of a local authority instructing tenants to take down Christmas lights in case they might offend Muslim neighbours, or of authorities removing the word Christmas out of cultural sensitivity to everyone except Christians.
"If this bill is serious about equality, everything possible must be done to avoid it having a chilling effect on religious expression and practice."
The Christian Institute, Britain's leading Christian political lobby group, has listed incidents where public displays of Christianity at Christmas have already come under attack. Councils around Britain are removing all references to the name "Christmas" from their 2009 events. Birmingham City Council has changed the name of this year's light-switching-on event to the generic "Winterval." Last November an attempt by Oxford City Council to drop Christmas from the title of the city's celebrations was condemned by both residents and religious leaders.
The Christian Institute complained about the bill, saying that councils "are already over-zealous in applying equality laws." The bill, they said, "will make this worse."
In fact, some of the Labour government's closest advisors have already urged it to abolish public displays of a Christian origin at Christmas. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), which has shaped many Labour party policies, said in 2007 that Christmas "should be downgraded to help race relations."
The equality legislation leads only to the law favoring aggrieved minority lobby groups over the existing Christian culture, the Christian Institute says. The group pointed to the closure and forced secularization of several of Britain's Catholic adoption agencies under similar legislation, the Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs) of the 2007 Equality Act.
Under the SORs, they said, "the rights of children have been trumped by the rights of homosexual adults. Any agency which refuses to do homosexual adoptions becomes a target for closure."
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AUSTRALIA: CYCLONE HAMISH UPDATE – 8th March 2009
Cyclone Hamish is continuing to track parallel down the Queensland coast and thus far there have been no reports of injuries or major damage. Damaging winds can now be expected between Mackay and Bundaberg with the storm currently located to the north-east of Mackay.
The cyclone has been downgraded from a category 5 cyclone to a category 4 cyclone. The storm is massive and will still cause major damage should it cross the coast on Tuesday as forecast. The cyclone is generating winds of up to 260 km per hour.
Lady Elliot, Heron and Fraser Islands are all being evacuated as the cyclone heads in their direction. It is thought that the Hervey Bay area is the likely area the cyclone will fully impact on, with its remnant reaching possibly Brisbane.
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I don't know when/if we will return to our Rving adventure. Some preparations are being made, but no date has been discussed. The dream seems to be fading.
In the meantime, my mind does lots of travelling as usual, so fast that I can't catch up with it long enough to write a blog.
We did take a road trip in the car this past weekend — a visit to our nation's capital, Ottawa, where my son is settling in. We enjoyed the sunny weather on Sunday, beginning with a big breakfast at Broadway Restaurant and then an enjoyable visit at the home of my nephew. In the afternoon we decided to check out the Turkish Festival that was taking place in Confederation Park. There was music and dance demonstrations on the stage. We watched a marbling demonstration – the art of painting on water. What an interesting process! We learned about Turkish shadow puppets and we enjoyed some Turkish culinary delights.
Isn't it wonderful that Canada has such a diverse population, that we can learn about far away countries and mix with their people without ever leaving home?
From there we wandered along the Rideau Canal, watching grand vessels navigate through the eight locks to the Ottawa River. We strolled up the hill to get a birds eye view, while being serenaded with some CCR by a busker along the path. We continued past the lookout areas until we were on the walk in front of the grand old hotel, the Chateau Laurier, which overlooks the canal and the majestic Parliament Buildings.
I'd forgotten what a great city Ottawa is. I lived there for eight months during college days, when I was too young to appreciate it and left for the big city of Toronto.
Since I first drafted this blog two days ago, progress has been made! We MIGHT be heading out on Sunday or Monday for an extended trip, first stop Sturgis (South Dakota) Motorcycle Rally. We just have to find a trailer for the motorbike, and then hope that the campgrounds aren't already booked up. If we go, it will be exciting. Stay tuned!
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Thanks for sharing the wonderful adventures encountered in Ottawa. I lived there for over 25 years. It is a diverse city with so many places to enjoy during all seasons of the year. During Canada Day weekend, I went with my family in Oakville to visit my son in Ottawa. We thoroughly enjoyed the many museums, House of Commons (including the library), the many statues on the grounds on The Hill, and of course the fireworks on July 1st.
I can sense a restless spirit in you, Judy. You obviously thoroughly come alive when you are 'on the road'. Great that you have found a soul-mate who also shares your enthusiasm. Hope to hear that you made it to the Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis!
Thanks for sharing all of the great stuff you did in Ottawa. It really is a great city with lots of nice neighbourhoods and wonderful ethnicity. Maybe you'll get back more often now that your son is there.
Great news that might be on the road again soon. Whenever and wherever you go, have a safe and happy trip.


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Note: Recent updates are indicated in BOLD.
STATUS: Completed; FSAP identified observations requiring greater inspector judgment and trained inspectors on these issues. This training was completed in November 2017. FSAP will continue to provide such training for new employees and refresher training in the future.
STATUS: Completed; violations were categorized according to a range (or spectrum) of severity, along with enforcement options; FSAP shared this with the regulated community for feedback in June and October 2016. In addition, FSAP convened external panels to review and provide feedback. The document was finalized for use in September 2017 to ensure consistency in inspection findings and is available hereExternal.
STATUS: Completed; an independent external group conducted this review and developed a report to help inform FSAP activities moving forward.
STATUS: Completed; an internal report of DSAT staffing, recruitment, training, and retention was completed in June 2016 and work to implement improvements is underway.
STATUS: In progress; a DSAT pilot program was undertaken to generate inspection report cards to summarize the entity's regulatory departures following an inspection and show how its performance compares relative to other entities; sample inspection report cards were developed and shared with the regulated community for feedback in June 2016. DSAT report card pilot began in October 2016 and lasted for approximately six months. Following an evaluation period, DSAT intends to resume issuing inspection report cards.
STATUS: Completed; An external report analyzing inspection report timeliness throughout 2015 was published on 4/20/2016 (available hereCdc-pdf) and DSAT intends to issue these reports on an annual basis moving forward. The 2016 report is also available hereCdc-pdf.
Develop survey so that registered entities can provide feedback on the inspection process, including on the consistency of inspections, following the conclusion of a renewal, verification, or amendment inspection.
STATUS: Completed; survey implementation began in May 2016.
STATUS: Completed and communicated the process to regulated entities on 3/31/16.
STATUS: Completed; implemented as of July 2016. For those with a current approved SRA, the process allows visitors, transferring personnel, and personnel who work at more than one entity to work without having to undergo an additional SRA at the second entity.
STATUS: Completed guidance on 1/14/16; currently working with CBP on implementation.
STATUS: Completed; the first multi-day in-person FSAP workshop for Responsible Officials was held December 6-8, 2016 in Riverdale, MD. As part of FSAP's commitment to continued improvement, FSAP held a second workshop from November 28-30, 2017.
STATUS: Completed; an updated resource manual for ROs was published by FSAP on 3/21/17 and is available hereExternal.
A new guidance document on developing biosafety/biocontainment plans was published by FSAP on 3/21/17 (available hereExternal), and a template to assist in development was published on 5/16/17 (available hereCdc-wordExternal).
STATUS: In progress; further information and updates are available hereExternal.
STATUS: Completed; routine communication and coordination between agencies continues to take place, including regularly scheduled in-depth discussions each week to discuss issues affecting the program.
Update APHIS/CDC Form 3External so that incident reporting is more informative about the actual and potential risk of reported theft, loss, and release incidents. This includes identifying the most common categories of incident reports and additional subcategories that are needed to collect a greater level of detail on each reported event in a more consistent fashion.
STATUS: Completed; FSAP proposed revisions to APHIS/CDC Form 3 and the accompanying guidance document. The changes were approved by OMB and the new formExternal became available for use in November 2017.
STATUS: Completed March 2016; the HHS Biosafety and Biosecurity Council reviewed and concluded that current waiver authorities are adequate; FSAP will continue to be attentive for potential scenarios where current authorities might fall short.
Assess the feasibility of releasing a public report containing FSAP aggregate data on registered entities, inspection findings, and other key statistics. This includes creating a deliberative process to consider the security implications of such information disclosures.
STATUS: Completed; a full report containing aggregate data providing insight into work with select agents and toxins at laboratories across the nation, as well as the regulatory functions of FSAP, was issued on 6/30/2016 (materials including the full report and an infographic highlighting key findings are available hereExternal). FSAP intends to publish a similar report on an annual basis. The security community was engaged during the development of the report to evaluate and address any potential security concerns associated with the public sharing of the information within the report. The second annual report was issued in October 2017 and is available hereExternal.
STATUS: Completed; ABSA International is providing an online discussion forum, in-person workshop, and webinars for the regulated community to share information and best practices independent of the FSAP. FSAP will provide ongoing support as needed.


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50 for the Future – Reduce pesticide use
Our recent publication, 50 for the Future, lists 50 things that we believe should happen in Scotland over the next 50 years to benefit both people and wildlife. In this week's 50 for the Future article, Dr Maggie Keegan, the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Head of Policy and Planning, explains why reducing our use of pesticides will benefit biodiversity, improve ecosystem health and create more attractive rural areas.
Number 18: Reduce pesticide use by at least 80% by promoting natural pest and disease control, for example by attracting pest-eating insects
Scottish agriculture applies a lot of pesticides to support crop and soft fruit production – about 1,700 tonnes each year. Should this be a cause for concern? The Scottish Wildlife Trust believes it is. Research shows that pesticides that are approved for use are harmful to wildlife and ecosystems. They have negative impacts on soil, freshwater biodiversity, amphibians, bees, farmland birds, butterflies and beetles.
Reducing biodiversity also directly impacts on ecosystem health. Recent research shows that some ecosystems in the UK are becoming less resilient and losing function because of declining biodiversity, meaning that the services they provide are becoming compromised. This is particularly relevant to farming as the research highlights the substantial decline in the resilience of ecosystems associated with pollination and pest control.
Roughly 1,700 tonnes of pesticides are applied to Scottish crops each year
The EU has tried to address the environmental problems caused by pesticide use through a Directive (Sustainable Use of Pesticides), which member states were required to implement in 2014. Directive 2009/128/EC sets out rules for the sustainable use of pesticides to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticides on the environment. Actions to be taken by member states include producing national action plans on cutting pesticide use, fostering the use of alternative ecological approaches or techniques and promoting low pesticide-input management (integrated pest management – IPM) including non-chemical methods.
Applying IPM requires an understanding of agricultural ecosystems. IPM uses a suite of tools to achieve low pesticide-input systems to grow healthy crops. This 'agro-ecosystem approach' involves knowledge of soil organisms, crop and non-crop plants, agricultural food webs, and natural pest enemies (e.g. predators and parasitoids). This information is used in combination with available control methods to manage pests and diseases economically and sustainably with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.
The combined measures to protect crops may include: creating the right field conditions for biological control, biomimicry, crop rotation, and using pesticides only when necessary (i.e. more as a last resort rather than as an insurance policy). Applying IPM reduces the chance of pests becoming resistant, and if practiced at the catchment scale, can benefit aquatic ecosystems, farmland biodiversity and agricultural ecosystems.
Using bio-control and mimicry to cut down pesticide use has been trialled in the UK, two examples are: using parasitoid wasps to control cabbage whitefly in brassica production (England); using parasitoids to control pests such as aphids, raspberry beetle and raspberry cane midge in combination with natural pest attractants and repellents for commercial raspberry growing (Scotland).
Parasitoid wasps have been trialled in the UK to control cabbage whitefly
To convince Scotland's farmers to apply routinely IPM to cut their pesticide use, more research is needed to demonstrate that: the low-pesticide input approach works for all types of Scottish farming systems and is economically viable.
Applying IPM would mean that Scotland's farmed land would have to change to become more wildlife friendly in order to encourage natural predators and parasites of crop pests back into the agricultural landscape. This would mean planting more buffer strips with native grasses and wildflowers, increasing crop rotations, and planting more native hedgerows and trees. To be effective, IPM would have to be coordinated at the catchment scale to increase the biodiversity value and health of the whole agricultural ecosystem.
People living in, or visiting rural areas would also benefit because such habitat changes would create more attractive places to be and allow for more frequent encounters with nature – which is known to have a positive effect on health and wellbeing.
To realise the Trust's ambition in 50 for the Future of reducing pesticide use by at least 80% the Trust would like to see:
Support from the Scottish Government for more research into integrated pest management solutions that work for Scottish agricultural systems
Integrated pest management applied at the catchment scale
Cross-compliance in farm payment subsidies being aligned to the EU's
Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive
The Scottish Government permanently ban the use of neonicotinoids that are known to be particularly harmful to pollinators and other wildlife on outdoor crops in Scotland.
If you would like to join the Trust's current campaign calling for three neonicotinoids to be banned in Scotland and support for more research into integrated pest management then please click below:
Let us know your thoughts by emailing thefuture@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk or Tweet @ScotWildlife using #50fortheFuture.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust Head of Policy and Planning, Dr Maggie Keegan
If you want to read the Trust's pesticide policy please click here.
In this week's 50 for the Future article, Scottish Wildlife Trust Head of Policy, Dr Maggie Keegan, explains why reducing Scotland's pesticide use can be good for farmers, wildlife and society.
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Bexel To Hold Bicoastal Post-Olympics Year-end Sale
Sunday, December 9, 2012 - 12:54 pm
Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group's Services Division and a provider of broadcast services and solutions, will host a year-end, bicoastal sale of its post-Olympics and demo equipment inventory. This marks the first year the sale will be heading to New York.
The East Coast sale will be held on December 11 and 12 from 12 to 6 p.m. at 625 West 55th Street, New York, NY. The West Coast sale will happen on December 12 and 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2701 N. Ontario Street in Burbank, CA.
Among the equipment for sale will be Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 HD P2 camcorders, Panasonic AK-HC1500G 720p/1080i "Box" cameras, Canon XJ86X9.3BIE HD TelephotoLens, Fujinon ZA22x and ZA12x wide angle lenses and RTW 31960S Surround Sound Analyzer. In addition, there will be an wide selection of Sachtler and Vinten tripods and pan heads, plus Petrol bags. A list of Evertz and other terminal equipment will also be available.
"This is our largest sale to date and we are excited that our New York location will be participating for the first time," says Joyce Bente, director of ProSales, Bexel. "We are offering the public the chance to own some of the newest and latest broadcast media technologies; products that helped capture the athletes, teams and moments of the London Games."
To RSVP or schedule a private showing, call 818-565-4339 or e-mail prosales@bexel.com. A complete price list can be viewed here. Manufacturer warranty applies; prices good through December 31.


North Carolina ad agency, BooneOakley, is stepping up to the challenge to move breastfeeding into mainstream advertising to remind mothers and providers how nutritious breast milk is for human babies. Their campaign is purposeful and practical as it encourages mothers to use produce-style stickers to help them persevere through the ups and downs of postpartum.
These stickers are not a stand alone campaign, however, the agency has also gone as far as to have the stickers placed on the breast of pregnant/nursing mothers, have the mothers photographed to create posters, and provide the pro-breastfeeding package to baby-friendly hospitals here in the United States free of charge. It is recommended to use the stickers on the breast as a reminder of which side the mother last nursed on.
Our local Charlotte, NC chapter contacted me about the advertisement article in Adweek. Immediately, I called and requested to speak to the advertisement copywriter. After speaking briefly by phone and congratulating her on a job well done, we conducted an email interview.
Copywriter; Mary Gross, who herself, does not have any children completely understands the need for this campaign. She expressed that talking to a co-worker, who recently had a baby and who explained how difficult breastfeeding can be, sparked the idea. "We wanted to create a campaign that encouraged moms to keep breastfeeding even when things get hard." Gross wrote.
Mary Gross, told Normalize Breastfeeding, "I'm from Lancaster, PA and my mom works at Women's and Babies Hospital. She got me in contact with the lactation nurses," when asked how she was able to make the initial contact with the hospital.
The images above have also been labeled NSFW, not safe for work. After only a couple of days of sharing the campaign, they hit a road block on social media. The images were flagged on an employee's Facebook page as pornographic and the account was suspended.
UPDATE: After more than 100 shares on Facebook, the post for this article was reported and the entire page was shut down…including the people who shared the post as well. This article has been updated so that is will now share my image featured below. WATCH my response to the service interruption here and Follow @normalizebfing on IG, Tw, Pin and Periscope.
I will also be contributing to their cause. Moms have started to ask for the stickers to be mailed to them and even to be photographed as a part of the BooneOakley breastfeeding sticker campaign, when I come to their local area on tour. I am excited to capture nursing mothers for this cause alongside my campaign, I will be adding this portrait into the private sessions, at no additional charge. Read more about the official Normalize Breastfeeding Tour to participate. Additional photographers wanting to participate are required to join the NormalizeBreastfeeding.org media campaign to use the stickers in their breastfeeding sessions.
If any group have noticeably lower feeding rates/higher infant mortality/higher incidence of prejudice, then a focused week is totally needed. We have 52 weeks in the year, surely we can spare a few of them to focus our support on those who face extra challenges?
Surely by doing so, the support is even further reaching?
Leave race out of it. How about that?
No we will not dismiss black Breastfeeding moms because you decide to turn a blind eye to it.
Thank you so much for being such a huge support to me through all this. You are truly an inspiration!


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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are facing off in the quarterfinals of the French Open.
In the first set, with Djokovic leading 3-0 with a chance to break, the two exchanged a wild 18-shot rally that ended in a point for Djokovic.
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Kwun Tong Pedestrian Environment Improvement Study, Hong Kong
Redesigning an industrial zone into a pleasant pedestrian environment
Kwun Tong Pedestrian Environment Improvement Study
Sam Chow Fellow, Transport planning
[email protected] +852 2528 3031 Hong Kong, local time - 6:23 PM
Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO), Development Bureau, Hong Kong
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Civil engineering Planning policy advice Town planning Transport consulting
Long-recognised as one of Hong Kong's traditional industrial zones, Kwun Tong has been transforming rapidly over recent years as commercial buildings gradually take root in the area under the Hong Kong Government's vision of building a new CBD in Kowloon East.
Apart from developing the area into a smart city, it is planned to create a walkable and pleasant pedestrian environment and an easily accessible transport network for this Kwun Tong Business Area to enhance its connectivity to the nearby Kwun Tong and Ngau Tau Kok MTR Stations and Kwun Tong Promenade, one of the city's most attractive harbourside parks.
Arup has been engaged by the Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) of the Development Bureau to formulate feasible improvement schemes and proposals for this vision.
10 major corridors proposed
3stages of public engagement organised
Leading the change
Due to its industrial past, Kwun Tong and its vicinity were developed with a priority for vehicular traffic, with plenty of loading/unloading areas along the roads and relatively narrow footways. These facilities can no longer cope with the escalating pedestrian and traffic flows being generated by this transformation and they are also restricting the future development of the area.
In this study, Arup has led the redesign of the pedestrian realm and urban feel of the area through assessing the pedestrian and vehicular environment and identifying schemes to enhance pedestrian connectivity, walkability and road safety.
Weaving a pedestrian network
Arup's study applied the same 'weaving' concept as advocated by the EKEO for improving the pedestrian network in the entire Kowloon East. In Kwun Tong, with the major linkages between Kwun Tong Road and Kwun Tong Promenade forming the pedestrian spines in the area, we proposed to integrate ten major corridors, six north-south links and four other east-west ones into a spatial pedestrian system.
We were subsequently appointed by the Highways Department to further develop our design concept into detailed design and to recommend the most efficient schemes for the barrier-free facilities, subway links and walkway system that are compatible with the surrounding environment and which will create a high-quality pedestrian environment.
'Place-making' to make a difference
Our solutions have not only devised a framework and vision for improving the pedestrian and transportation network, but also incorporate 'place-making' strategies to rejuvenate the area. Our place-making approach starts with many simple yet effective quick-wins at 'test points', referred to as 'acupuncture' by our project team, which enable the public to benefit immediately from the improvements.
A highlight of these measures is promoting back alleys as pedestrian corridors. Kwun Tong has a unique back alley network between industrial buildings. It was previously used for loading/unloading but has been underutilised in recent years. By revitalising these wide back alleys with, for example, graffiti and artwork by local students, artists and NGOs, they can provide a third layer to the current road/pedestrian network and relieve the pavement congestion on adjacent main streets during peak hours.
Smarter, more accessible transportation
In line with the EKEO's preliminary smart city strategy, we also proposed several smart transport management solutions. These included setting up smart logistic lockers that provide a quick and easy service option for both recipients and senders, thus lessening the loading/unloading activities. We also suggested that 'Hong Kong eTransport Information Service' be available at the electronic information platform in shopping malls and commercial buildings in the district.
Optimising franchised bus access to the stations was also an integral part of the study. We have assessed various measures to improve franchised bus service including identifying feasible locations and developing details for new bus-to-bus interchange within Kowloon East.
Valuing people's voice
To shape a pedestrian environment that truly fits people's daily needs, we have organised three stages of public engagement activities to gauge the public views on our proposal.
Apart from the usual exhibitions and community workshops, we have also launched an interactive map on the client's website which was jointly developed by our Management Consulting, Transport Consulting and GIS teams. Different stakeholders can identify problem areas by a simple click on the map and then entering their comments. This allows us to collect public feedback to formulate our proposals and further refine our solutions.
Arup have also launched an interactive map on the client's website where different stakeholders can identify problem areas by a simple click on the map and then entering their comments.
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By creating more walkable environments, use of public space will intensify, raising the frequency and quality of informal social interactions between people.
Chiara Fraticelli Assistant Planner
Walkable cities are healthy cities
Walking networks lay the foundation of how we experience cities and how those cities function, providing a series of benefits to both the individual and the collective. Walking positively transforms a city's health, economic productivity, and ecological outlook. For us as individuals, it influences how we connect with family, friends, work, and nature.
Safiah Moore Senior Planner


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Art & Culture Romania Dispatch
Atrocity exhibition: Radu Jude's controversial new film explores the dark truths of Romanian history
Still from I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, dir. Radu Jude. Image courtesy of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Romanian director Radu Jude has made a name for himself with his intelligent dissections of the dark episodes in his nation's history. His latest, I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, is his most cutting and controversial yet: a philosophically-minded look at Romania's complicity in the Holocaust that just won big at Karlovy Vary's prestigious film festival
Text Carmen Gray
When I meet director Radu Jude in Karlovy Vary on the day his new feature I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians is having its festival world premiere, he pulls out his phone to show me a document his Director of Photography has sent him. It sets out a new law going through the Romanian parliament that would make "anti-Romanian" acts punishable with prison. "I refuse to live in fear," he says defiantly — but you can see he's concerned. After all, how the law will be interpreted is unclear, and his latest film is an incendiary challenge to those who deny his country's hand in Holocaust atrocities. Between 25,000 to 34,000 Jews were killed in Transnistria during the Second World War while it was under Romanian control: a shameful truth buried by a state that to this day would rather see itself as a victim of Nazi Germany, not a collaborator, despite the fact that dictator Ion Antonescu's anti-Semitic zeal was declared extreme even by Hitler. Set in the present day, Jude's film — which went on to win the festival's Crystal Globe for Best Feature — follows a woman (spiritedly played by Ioana Iacob) as she prepares to stage a reconstruction in a Bucharest public square of the 1941 Odessa massacre, to the chagrin of local officials.
It's not the first time the wide-ranging Romanian director, who first came to prominence with New Wave social satires such as The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), has turned an eye to Europe's dark past; his acclaimed Aferim! (2015) dealt with a runaway Roma slave in 19th-century Wallachia, while Scarred Hearts (2016) was set in a 1930s sanatorium during the rise of fascism in the country. "I am only interested in history in which I can find a relationship with today," he says. "If you look in the past it's like a mirror — and the fact this massacre was hidden from us for so many years means there must be something there." He condemns the strong resurgence of nationalism now taking place in Romania, which involves racism ("mostly against Roma people — we don't really have any Jews left") and a very conservative Orthodox church increasingly setting the political agenda. Barbarians will not premiere in Romania until September, but he is already being bombarded with hate mail and online anti-Semitic abuse (his surname means he is often mistaken for being Jewish).
Clip from I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Ioana Iacob as Mariana in I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
While official steps were taken by the state more recently to denounce Antonescu, who was convicted of war crimes, this was largely a performative gesture to help Romania gain EU entry, Jude suggests. "If you look on Google Maps there are still so many streets named after him. He's still admired by the people like a hero. I cannot blame them, because it comes out of ignorance and the fact that after the Communist dictatorship — which was terrible — ended, somehow automatically everything that came before was considered very good, including the fact that Antonescu fought against communists, regardless of him being on the side of Hitler. In Romania the transition to capitalism was terribly done with no social protection for people, so now they have this utopian idea that we need somebody like Antonescu, a tough, military man, to put things in order."
The film is a lament for the limitations of thinkers and historians, the way their warnings are so often blatantly disregarded
Jude recalls first learning of the Odessa massacre as a teenager. "I stumbled across it in one or two books. My mother argued with me, telling me not to read all these stupid things because [the massacre] never happened. But the shock was so big I became interested." Books are read from and quoted prodigiously in the long, talky and philosophical film, transmitting a real sense of their indispensability as the guardians of human memory. Hannah Arendt, who analysed the degrees to which nations were complicit in or resisted the Holocaust in Eichmann in Jerusalem, and deemed Romania the most anti-Semitic country in Europe at that time, is prominently referenced. So is Mihail Sebastian, who drew on his own experience to detail what it meant to be a Jew in Romania in his 1934 novel For Two Thousand Years.
Still from I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
"Hannah Arendt got it right I think, when in The Origins of Totalitarianism she speaks about how Hitler came to power," Jude says. "It started with a weird alliance between intellectual and political elites and the real rabble of society, and it was this that prompted the masses to follow. I'm afraid, because this is exactly what I saw when [Romanian director] Adina Pintilie won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this year. When people found out her film [Touch Me Not] involves transsexuals and gays it wasn't only the rabble on the internet that attacked her, but also top conservative intellectuals. They used another kind of language, but it was the same thing."
"History is basically imagined, so that's frightening in a way"
While great respect for the work of thinkers and historians underpins Barbarians, the film is also, in a way, a lament for their limitations, the way their warnings are so often blatantly disregarded. "When you think of what history consists of, you just have some elements that remain from an era. Some vapours, photographs and objects, and maybe witnesses — then after a few years you don't even have them — and you glue all these together to reconstruct things using storytelling," Jude says. "History is basically imagined, so that's frightening in a way. I wonder how it will be in 50 years, because increasingly you can not be so sure of the authenticity of anything."
His film acts as a call to actively imagine the past, the camera lingering high up on a gallows and prompting us to visualise the bodies that once hanged from it. The reconstruction of the deportation and massacre functions as a form of activist theatre, bringing the words from pages back to raw, urgent life in a finale of electrifying ferocity. "The crowd was half directed, but half reportage. We didn't block the many passersby from coming [into frame]," explains the director. "We would sometimes hear someone saying 'it's good that they're killing some Jews'. But others asked how it was possible to do something like that. So there is hope." The awarding of the film at Karlovy Vary also signalled solidarity. The film's producer Ada Solomon said it all when, accepting the Crystal Globe alongside Jude on stage, she declared: "We did what any real patriot does: tell the truth about the country they love."
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Last Fall I was a Contributor at A Nest for All Seasons (home of the talented Amy Renea) where I did several projects that I am finally getting around to sharing on here as well.
And because school has started already in various parts of the world (we start next week), I thought I'd start off with this project where we made our own backpack name tags using juice can lids.
No really. Juice can lids. Upcycling 101.
Start off by saving and cleaning your juice can lids. I only use the ones that are off of the opening of the can as I find the bottoms to hard to remove from the container paper.
Start by punching a hole with your nail through the juice can lid. The easiest way is to do this over a wood cutting block that you can afford to have dents into. Or if you have a drill, then you can use that instead.
The back of your juice can lid will wind up looking like this with a whole bunch of sharp edges that you will need to flatten and smooth out.
This is where your eyelet tool kit comes in handy, as inside the kit is a tool to flatten eyelets and it works perfectly in this case to flatten the edges of the jar lid hole.
And your back like this.
Now the fun part – decorating!
Here's my fool proof cheat method for making a circle stencil when you do not have a protractor or circle paper punch handy.
Push the jar lid face down onto the foam craft sheets. When you lift it up, you will have an imprint the exact size you need to fill the circle. Just cut it out and use at will. Now I used foam sheets as the base for all of these tags, but if you want to use card stock, make sure it is fairly thick and then you just use your newly cut out foam circle as your template to trace around.
I hole punched and glued the foam circles to the jar lids. Then I printed up and cut out names on laser sticker labels on my printer at home and embellished the remainder of the lids with stickers and craft supplies I had around my house.
Now for those of you who craft a lot you're probably very familiar with Modge Podge Dimensional Magic. If not, what this does it basically create a three-dimensional epoxy like coating over your crafts. Think of a pendant filled with a glossy plastic feel and something frozen inside of it. That type of dimension. Now you don't have to use this for these but I chose to because I wanted them to be able to handle all the insanity that kids can throw at it. Or rather when they toss their backpacks onto the school yard floor.
Lay out your decorated jar lids onto a layer of wax or parchment paper.
Then place them on surface that you won't move them from for AT LEAST 24 hours.
Slowly cover them with the Dimensional Magic. It will look cloudy when you coat your surface but it dries clear.
If you get a bubble (trust me you will get a bubble), don't panic.
Just use a needle or in my case I grabbed a screwdriver from my mini screwdriver kit and move it off the surface. Sometimes tiny bubbles may form as it dries so I have learned with some practice to layer the dimensional magic in a thin coat rather just gobbing it on.
Let dry overnight. The container says it will dry in 3 hours, but I have never had this dry in 3 hours, so I do not touch the surface for at least 24 hours or else you will be left with fingerprints in it.
And they'll wind up like this.
Then add some split key rings or whatever key ring clasp of your choice.
And you've got yourself a pretty cool personalized backpack name tag!
I forewarn you, the common side effect of making these is that your kids friends will be asking you to make them some as well.
Good thing tutorials exist on blogs eh?
I love these! My kids and all my luggage needs them! I need to try this Dimensional Magic – I've never used it before and I love the finish it made on your tags!
Oh!! How fun is this!!!! I want some!
I made a nametag for my daughter's backpack using just a foam shape – from a package of random foam shapes. It's less rigid than this, but leaves more room for originality (shape) and doesn't have the danger of punching holes in metal or the resulting sharp edge to deal with.


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"Try to forget about it"
How do I keep from going into battlemode? Other than just getting up and leaving.
Nobody knows what to say to us. I know its not fair, but if people do say something like what you listed above, it makes me mad. It also makes me mad that people and family pretend my husband didn't die. Life goes on for them same as usual . For me, I feel like my life is on the endangered list.
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As a little "Happy New Year" gift to you we'll give you this music video of the song "Awesomeness" which was filmed and edited by Stefan Elmgren. We dedicate this song and video to you and we hope you'll enjoy it :)! Cheers and HAPPY NEW 2013!!! 2012 was a great year for FULLFORCE. We have recorded and released our second album (Next Level) brought to you by pure inspiration and love for metal. The feedback has been great both from you and also media and we're looking forward to see you on the road in 2013!!


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Q: Is there a better way to access the first element selected with a JQuery selector? Is there a better way to write this so I don't have to use the [0] and so I can access the text by the JQuery Text instead of innerText ? I don't want to use innerText for Cross Browser compatibility .
$('#' + controlBestPractice)[0].innerText

A: Use first if your selector returns more than one element (we don't really know what is inside controlBestPractice, e.g. it could be #div-id p):
$('#' + controlBestPractice).first().text()

As bhamlin pointed out in comments, it appears that you are using id selector, so there should be only one element, so this should work:
$('#' + controlBestPractice).text()

A: You could try something like this:
$('#' + controlBestPractice + ':eq(0)').text();

or
$('#' + controlBestPractice).first().text()

A: Why are you guys doing .first()? It's an ID there should only be one.
$('#' + controlBestPractice).text()

will work just fine
DEMO
I suppose you might need .first() in the following situation but that'd just be a bad (confusing) way of selecting:

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c

controlBestPractice = "foo .bar";
$('#' + controlBestPractice).text(); // returns abc
$('#' + controlBestPractice).first().text() // returns a

A: You dont need to add the [0] on the end since it is a selector by id.  The # denotes you are selecting by id and since id's are unique jQuery will only return a single element.

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Dear Mandy & Jim, Thank you so much for all your help, kindness and support in bringing Farley Lad home to us. He had a dignified end to a very short life – but we all loved him.
Mandy & James, Thank you for your care of our beloved Prince, you have helped us so much with your sensitivity and kindness. We appreciate it very much.
To James and Mandy, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, for the compassion and care you showed for myself and my beautiful horse Pacha, you don't often come across such special people as yourselves , you made a very traumatic sad day so much easier and you treated my horse like one of your family. I can never thank you enough, you take your business way beyond just earning a living, thank heavens there are people like you out there for us animal lovers.
To Mandy, We just wanted to let you know how truly thankful we are that we found you in our desperate hour of need. You were warm, showed enormous respect and love to our beautiful 'Ellie' and that gave us so much comfort and trust. What you do and the professionalism you have is fantastic. Please thank your daughter for putting Ellie's toys back where they should have been, it did trouble Dee on the night and to know everything was perfect for her. Thank you so much again, you helped us cope with loosing our perfect beautiful Ellie.
To Mandy & James, I just wanted to say thank you for all your help with my sad loss of "Casper", it meant so much to me knowing exactly where he was going and that he would be treated with care and respect. You have made this whole distressing time a lot easier to cope with, it was lovely to meet you both.
Just wanted to thank you again for the compassionate and efficient way you dealt with us the other day. Yesterday we scattered Murphys ashes at the top of Bredon Hill – a place we all loved.
Thank you for providing a sensitive and efficient service for my horse Topaz, it is much appreciated.
Dear Mandy, It was lovely to meet you and your lovely pets yesterday, when we collected Poppy, I just want to say "Thank you" again for looking after my darling Poppy. It's lovely to have her home again. I'm lucky to have Caroline & Claire they are so wonderful to me.
Dear Mandy, How can we thank you for your kindness in looking after our Katie Katie Katie we are very grateful to you.
Dear James and Mandy, I just wanted to say thank you for coming so quickly to collect Spud that awful day and for your caring and understanding. Spud was a wonderful horse and deserved the dignity you gave him. I am grateful for his shoes and plaited hair, we scattered Spud in his field, finally home for ever. I thank you once again.
Dear Mandy, Just a short note to say thank you to you and your family for helping to make life a little more bearable during this very sad time for us. The loss of our little dog Chloe has been difficult for us but we take great comfort in knowing that she has received the respect she deserved. Thank you very much for your kindness and your sympathetic approach.
To Mandy, Thanks for the prompt and efficient way you dealt with our loss. Grateful thanks for the consideration and compassion.
At a time of great sorrow loosing two much loved family members Jip and Jake, we consider ourselves lucky to have met you. Your kindness and consideration during this period helped us all to bear this sad loss better. For us it helped to know we had someone we were happy to entrust our pets to, knowing that they would be properly looked after. Thank you for your kindness, consideration and understanding we will always be truly grateful.
Dear Mandy, Just wanted to tell you how much your kindness and understanding helped us cope with the death of our lovely German Shepherd 'Maisie'. You and your family do a great job.
Individual Pet Cremation, On Saturday 11th October 2008, I lost my best friend, my little Jack Russell dog 'Rosie'. It was one of the saddest days of my life. We had been together through good times and bad times, for 16 years, obviously I was devastated. Some time ago you sent me some of your brochures to put in my cattery, I always kept them, of course hoping that I would never have to use one, but inevitably I did. I am so very grateful to you for what you did that day. I don't know the ladies name that collected Rosie, but she was very kind, and I felt that my little dog was in safe hands. You then bought her back to me the next day in her little casket. I can't even begin to tell you, the amount of comfort that that has given me. I have handled her loss much better than I believed I would, thanks to you. My vet came to see me the next day he was genuinely upset too, he had taken care of her health for many years. I told him I had had her cremated and told him of your services. He wasn't aware that you were in the area, I have given him your brochure and he feels it's an invaluable service that you provide. I would like some more of your brochures to put in my Cattery, obviously from time to time I get distressing calls from clients that have lost a much loved cat and I would like to pass this information on to them. If it gives someone else as much comfort as it's given me, then it's a job well done. I do thank you so very much for what you did for me that weekend.
Dear James & Mandy, A huge thank you to you both for your help and kindness earlier this week when we brought Bracken to you .It was one of the hardest things we have ever had to do and you made it feel that little bit easier with your approachability, warmth and professionalism. We both left knowing that he was in very good hands and that you would treat him with care and respect. He was the most amazing dog in life and we always made sure that he got the best of everything – it was lovely to know that we could find the best people to care for him when he passed away. Thank you again – what you did meant the world to us and you gave us absolute peace of mind.
Dear Mandy & James, We would like to say thank you for the care and dignity you gave to Sammie, it will take a time before we come to terms with losing her, she was loved and cared for right to the end and you made it possible. We know we have our Sammie back home with us. Thank you both for all you have done.
He may not be here, but he will always be close.
Dear Mandy, I would like to thank you for your service for our Rottie 'Max' Although a very painful time for us with our loss, you made a very upsetting time more comforting. I know Max was in good hands, and I could never express how comforting that was for us. Thank you for giving Max the dignified cremation that he deserved. You do a wonderful and professional service and for that we will forever be indebted to you. May you continue to give peace to other families that loose their best friends.
Dear Mr & Mrs Howell, Once again I can only say how grateful I am for your help at such a terrible time. I cannot thank you enough for the care and kindness you showed both to myself and my daughter. Jacob was handled with care and dignity and is now resting peacefully in his field, thanks to all your effort and hard work.
Dear Mandy, Just a little note to say many heartfelt thanks for the way that you dealt with everything at Louise's sad loss of her beloved horse Hetty. It was lovely to have such a friendly person deal with a very sad situation. Your service was absolutely perfect. I will certainly recommend you.
Dear Mandy & James, We just want to say a Big Thank you to you both, for your thoughtfulness and understanding recently when our beautiful Black cat Sophie passed away. It was and still is, an incredibly painful time, but it comforts us both to have her back home with us, we move her around the house & place her in her favorite places. Thank you once again.
Dear Mandy, Thank you so much for the kindness you have shown me and the compassionate way in which you dealt with our beloved Siamese 'Jack'. He is now back where he belongs, currently sitting on my boyfriends lap. Many thanks again.
To Mandy & Family, Once again many thanks for your kindness and tender ways. Losing Peter was very hard but with the love you show makes it easier. My loss is made better knowing he was taken care of with such thought and dignity.
Dear Mandy, Thank you so much for your help and kindness with Pilchard & Cornelius. Once again you made a very difficult time that little bit easier.
To Mandy, Just to say thank you for all that you did for Macy when she passed away. I was thankful that there was someone to talk to regarding her passing and the circumstances. I wish you well for the future.
To Mandy & Co, Please accept our thanks for your obvious care and kind consideration showed for us when we collected our dear pets casket "Ollie". This time has been so hard for us but the bright & informative approach was most uplifting for us and was what we needed. Thank you Mandy, and good luck for the future.
Mandy, Thank you for caring about animals and for giving us so much of your time. We really appreciate your family's commitment.
Dear Mandy, Apologies that this is late – we are still reeling from the shock of losing our Lucy. Thank you once again for the wonderful service you provide and your words of comfort and kindness at such a difficult time. We honestly do not know what we would do with out you.
To Mandy & Family, I would like to thank you for your kind consideration of both Africa and myself at this sad time, this has been appreciated so very much.
Dear Mandy, Sincere thanks for your help and kindness, when it came to say our final farewell to our very best friend Dillon.
Dear Mandy, Many, many thanks again for the kindness, care and understanding which you showed us at the time of our immense sadness at losing our beloved Diggy. We take great comfort in having his casket. Best wishes in continuing with your much appreciated work.
Dear Mandy, Just to thank you for your help and service you provided for our dog Rosie's cremation. We really appreciated your helpful manner at a time when we really needed this support. It was lovely that Rosie's last journey was to such a beautiful setting.
To Mandy & Family, Thank you for the very special and personal touch you provided us with, don't know what we would have done without it.
To Mandy & James, Thank you for all your help on the 3rd April 2009, with 'Midnight' as you know it is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made to let her go, but I knew I had to do it for her. Me and Midi had been through some tough times together, she'd had many problems but we always got through them, but this one we couldn't, not without surgical intervention which at Midi's age (30yrs and 3 mths) I wasn't prepared to put her through that. I always said that Midi would always go with all her Dignity which she did – a lovely spring evening in her own paddock. We believe now that she's in 'clover heaven' with her 'old' pals, chasing the ducks, which she always loved doing. Your care and compassion has helped me get through this. I contacted yourselves over 12 months previous for information and decided that when the time came I would definitely contact you and always kept your tel No close to hand. I have recommended you to all my friends for the future and will keep on doing so.
Dear Mandy, I want to thank you so very very much for the kind and thoughtful way you helped me when my precious Mayo died. I was completely unprepared and still find it very hard to bear, but the time you spent with me and the understanding you showed me has helped me enormously. The way you treated Mayo with such respect, as if she was your own, was very special and she certainly would have appreciated - being a very important little dog.!
Dear Mandy and James, Just a note to say a big thank you for your kindness and efficiency when dealing with Bertie last week, because it made it so much more bearable for me on the day. I had had him for eleven years and he was a real 'gentle giant', so it was lovely to have your care and attention on his final journey. I do hope your business continues to do well, as your sort of care and attention is very much what is needed at this difficult time.
Many thanks again Chris and Bertie.
To Mandy & James, We would like to thank you for all your help, care and support with the passing of Zak, words cannot express how re-assured we felt knowing he was going to be looked after and cared for until we were able to bring him back home to us. We are so glad we found you, made such a big difference to us all.
Dear Mandy, Thank you so much for your kindness and compassion as I came to terms with the loss of my special little lady Rosie.
Thank you for your kindness and understanding when my friend died.
Dear Mandy, James & Family, Just wanted to thank you for looking after our dear Gulliver and with such compassion, kindness and dignity. You have helped to make this very difficult and sad time so much more bearable for us.
Thank you so much for looking after "MAX" cat. After18 years with him, you have looked after him and given him the dignity and respect he so well deserved. I would recommend you highly to other animal lovers.
Dear Mandy & Family, Just a line to thank you all so much for your support during a very difficult time for us. To loose both Tinker and Rocket just 8 weeks apart was very hard. Thank you for the very kind and dignified manner in which you handled there final journey.
Mandy, Thank you for all the kindness and support in making Pepsi's final journey the way we wanted it. It's a great comfort for us to know she was treated with respect, she meant the world to us all. It means so much to have her safely back home with us.
To James & Mandy, We just wanted to send our heart felt gratitude for the way you helped us with Lady. You made a very difficult and sad day a little easier and for that we are so grateful.
Dear Mandy, Thank you for Kerry's certificate, also for the lovely picture of the bank – it looks just the right spot. Also thanks to you and James for being there on the day.
To everyone at the crematorium, a big thank you for looking after Pippin for me. We miss him very much. I'm sure we will be in touch again but not too soon I hope! Thank you again for all your kindness.
Dear Mandy & Family, Just a little note to say thank-you for looking after Stilts. You made a very difficult time a lot easier and you gave us the peace of mind that we needed at such a sad time. We can't thank you enough!
To Mandy & James, Just to say a very Big thank-you for your help and understanding on our very sad loss of "Letty." You both made our days a lot easier, thanks very much again.
Dear Mandy, We would like to express our thanks to you for the service you provided last Friday for Frisky. It was a great comfort to us to send him off with dignity. Your service was excellent.
Just to thank you on your professional but caring approach over our dog Sam's cremation last week. You both made it easier for us and we have now put Sam to "rest" at a favourite spot on the nearby common.
Thank you for looking after Patch for me.
Dear Mandy, James and Family, We just wished to say a huge thank-you for helping us letting go of our beloved Harry. He was our sunshine and now shines down on us. You were the perfect people for us to leave Harry with; we truly appreciate your loving and joyous manner in how you dealt with our sadness.
Thank you Mandy for your care of Spratt.