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Hi. I'm new here. I was tested two years ago for both airborne and food allergies. I had blood testing done for the food and skin tests for the airborne. I had positive reactions (some of them really high) to pretty much everything - 27 of 35 skin tests and all 8 items of the food. I started getting the shots every week, three of them. I had noticed that this summer, which was exactly two years of shots, that I really am not feeling any better. So just a couple of weeks ago, I had blood tests run for everything again, plus a few additional items. Evidently, I'm a "nonresponder" because my tests, with the exception of a few minor things, all came back as bad or worse than they were two years ago before I started the immunotherapy.
So now I'm really frustrated. I've pretty much wasted all that time and money for nothing. I've started back on my rotation diet for the food allergies. But I'm having a really hard time this time giving up everything. I'm allergic to pretty much all grains, eggs, dairy, soy, corn, yeast, cane and beet sugars, and something else that I can't remember. And these are just the items that I've been tested for.
Unfortunately, my diet is currently also limited by the braces on my teeth. And I don't like a lot of vegetables. I can't stand broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, kale, turnip greens, or squash. I can't even be in the house where they're being cooked because I literally gag. So, again, I'm really frustrated. And I'm having serious withdrawals from the breads, dairy, and eggs that I love so much.
So, does anyone have any words of encouragement or suggestions? I'm trying to keep a positive attitude, but it's really hard right now, especially knowing that I can't work any of the food allergies out of my system. I'll have to avoid them forever, or feel bad if I eat them. And I can barely go outside in the summer because of all the grasses and pollens. Sorry to be so long winded. But thanks for letting me vent.
Hi and welcome. I wish you a good stay here. I am Kitt.Please look around and post as you feel comfortable. Feel free to ask any questions you may have about the site. I am so sorry your having so much trouble with the allergies and you picked all the same veggies I dislike.
I do not have allergies except to a couple of meds. I am your welcoming committe this evening.
I am sure you will get some words of wisdom from the members.
Stay with us and keep posting, venting feels good.
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I'm not sure what all you've tried, but I've been researching for a few months now on allergies and such and I thought I'd share what I found.
I don't know if you are into holistic or natural options, but hey, I think we all get to a point where we're to try anything.
Okay, here we go:
I currently am taking some homepathic remedies for some chronic hives that I have and I am seeing wonderful results. These remedies are from biogetica.com. They have a section just for allergies. They have a few things to offer you. (No I do not work for them, just a really satisifed customer). Anyway, they have remedies for specific allergies or a remedy for people who are either allergic to a lot of things or for people who aren't sure what they are allergic to. You can read about it on their site. It is different than immunotherapy, but I think they have a few things in common. All I know is that these guys are for real and they really do help people who thought that pain and suffering was just going to have to be apart of their lives. Check it out. They also have live support from doctors should you have questions.
Quercitin is a vitamin of sorts that has proven really effective with allergies, especially asthma and hayfever. It is a natural histamine inhibitor and a mass cell stablizer. Studies have shown that with continued use, Quercitin can help your body to stop reacting to different things. You can find it at any health food store. Buy the non-citrus formula. You need to be patient with it though because it has to build up in your system over time. I also take this and I started noticing benefits after about 3 weeks. But then again, it depends on the person. It also has other benefits like being an anti-oxidant.
Also, I would look to your digestive system for some answers to your allergies and how to treat them. Of everything I read, coventional and holistic, it all comes back to the digestive system. Many people develop allergies over time. For instance, I was never allergic to almonds, and I hadn't had one for some time and the next thing I know, I'm eating an almond and my throat starts to itch like crazy and I feel like a can't swallow. It wasn't a serious reaction, I just stopped eating the almonds and made a mental note of that incident. Anyway, the reason that a lot of people develop these allergies is because the digestive system isn't functioning properly. If you have an enzyme deficiency or a lack of hydrochloric acid, food does not get digested well enough. If your intestinal or stomach lining has been damaged in any way(from taking OTC pain killers, overuse of antibotics, etc) then the lining becomes more permeable and the undigested food enters into places it shouldn't go. The body sees it as a pathogen(virus) and attacks it. Histamine is released and BOOM, you've got an allergic reaction. Also, if your colon is backed up (that doesn't have to mean that you are necessarily always constipated) like most Americans, then that can cause problems as well. We all experience bowel problems and irregularities, but over time, it can cause issues. If the colon is not workling like it should, toxins that your body was trying to remove, get absorbed back into the body. Once again, the body attacks it and we get a reaction.
What toxins? you might ask. Well, no one can pretend anymore that our earth is all peachy keen and that all the water is clean and the plants are in great fertile soil. Sadly, we seem to be poisoning ourselves. A big source of toxins are in some of the things we eat. Processed food is a great thing because it is fast and easy and usually tastes great. Unfortunately, it's not all good. The processing adds things like perservatives, additives, and dyes to our food. Our body does its best to try and handle these unnatural things, but since we all, at times, overload our bodies with this processed stuff, the body can't keep up (especially if the digestive system isn't doing well) and toxins buildup and cause allergic-like reactions. A lot of people find that they've become allergic to certain perservatives or dyes.
What to do then? Some people find a great deal of relief from taking enzyme supplements. One enzyme that you probably want to take is called amalyse. Studies have found that people with allergies, especially ones with a lot of allergies, are short on amalyse. Most supplements give you all the needed digestive enzymes, including amalyse. You can also up your enzyme intake by eating more raw foods. Cooking takes a lot out of our foods, so eat whatever raw food that you can. Since you don't like a lot of vegetables, you might want to get the supplements and eat fruit. These same supplements usually also contain a hydrochloric acid supplement that will help your acid levels in the stomach so that food can be properly digested.
You might consider some kind of detox program that would remove colon buildup, parasites, and heavy metals. Some people have found relief doing liver flushes as well. Research carefully and thoroughly before you buy anything.
One last thing to consider. For some people with allergies, yeast overgrowth (Candida) is the ultimate cause. We all have a certain amount of yeast sprinkled throughout the digestive system. They don't bother us and we don't bother them. But the yeast can rapidly get out of control. Use of antibotics, steriods, and some other medications destroy the good bacteria is our system and this lets the yeast grow unchallenged. Also, yeast loves sugar. Guess what we all consume too much of. Yeah, sugar. Stress can also weaken our ability to control the yeast. Anyway, if the yeast gets out of hand it can grow into a fungus that causes a lot of different problems. In fact a lot of chronic diseases have been linked to Candida. IBS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Depression, Arthritis, Leaky Gut Syndrome, etc. Allergies are also on that list. People with yeast issues might experience any one of the diseases I mentioned, but also yeast infections, athletes' foot, and thrush (oral infection). There are a lot of other symptoms as well. It is hard to test for Candida, but you might want to speak with a doctor about the possibility. However, you might want to do some research on it before you speak with your doctor because some doctors doubt the very existence of Candida. You'll need to be informed.
Usually, treatments for Candida consists of a certain diet and a treatment with antifungals and the taking of probiotics and prebiotics to help the good bacteria to grow. The diet you seem to be on seems to almost be the anti-Candida diet already. The most important thing about the anti-Candida diet is to avoid sugar. They even say to avoid fruit, especially high sugar fruits like bananas and grapes for a while and then you can work them back in. You'll probably want to avoid anything with yeast, wheat or gluten as well. There are many ways you can do this diet, so do some research and find something you think you could live with for a while if you decide to treat yourself for Candida. Antifungals can come in prescription or natural form. Research your options. Candida can be quite stubborn and since the diet is somewhat restrictive, a lot of people can't take it and go back to normal eating habits. They also realize that their symptoms are back as well. They say the how long it take to recover coincides with a much of an imbalance you have. A lot of people find success in staying on the regiment for at least 6-8 months. Some people even discover that after six months, they don't want to go back to eating the way they did because they feel so great after the treatment.
I'm not saying you have Candida, but most Americans do have some imbalance with yeast, so it is not all that far-fetched.
I know I've given you probably more info than you wanted. My own health issues, which are improving greatly, have led me to do a lot of research and I find that there is a lot of help out there, but a lot of the time, we have to go look for it ourselves. I really like this forum, but another forum you might want to look at is curezone.com. I really like it there and they have a lot of people there to speak with and to get advice from. I have more to share, but this reply is long enough already. Feel free to email me at email@example.com. I feel like my head is just bursting with all of the info I've gathered over the past few months, so come and pick my brain anytime.
Good luck and God bless.
I have horrible allergies too, and I've tried the allergy shots twice; once when I was little and again more recently. I am also a nonresponder. I get dinner plate sized hives ( I wish I was exaggerating ) and severe hayfever, siusitis and mild asthma ( I'm lucky there ) all year long and it just gets worse during high allergy season. I tested positive for all the grasses and pollens, trees, dust mites, cats etc, but my allergist doesn't test for food allergies. I'm thinking of switching to one who does - when anyone has allergies year round it prompts one to suspect foods. Okay, it's definitely overwhelming to be told you're allergic to so many very basic foods ( now what the heck do you eat ? ). Keep in mind, you may not have to completely obliterate all of them from your diet, or at least, not all of the time. For instance, I have noticed that I can tolerate chocolate occasionally, but if I eat it everyday for a week it aggrivates my sinuses and I end up with a sinus infection ( I noticed this when I gave up chocolate for lent one year and felt better off of it and then worse when I resumed consuming it again ). Also, I have less tolerance for chocolate during the spring and summer when my allergies are at their worst. You might be fine with something but then if you are exposed to dust and cats along with it and it's pollen season, forget it. Allergies can be cummulative and you may be able to tollerate some foods in smaller amounts ( sometimes just skipping a couple days inbetween - like having wheat 3 times a week, just not everyday ). It also depends on how strong your allergy is to the food. Just say you are most allergic to dairy, when you eliminate that food group, you may be better able to tolerate some of the others. Unfortunately, this is something you'll have to experiment with to discover what will work for you. I had to be on a very strict diet for 2 years because of severe hypoglycemia ( only vegetables, meat and water - I could tolerate unripe bananas in moderation, for 6 small meals a day ). It sure wasn't fun, but I was actually able to get used to it and stick to it because I felt so much better when I did. Those bananas tasted like candy to me because it was the only sugar I was eating. I can eat more normally today, but I picked up some good health habits; I can't eat sugar like I used to - it still tastes too sweet, and I still prefer to drink mostly water. As for the veggies, there are some vegetable powder mixes you could mix with fruit juice to sqeeze veggies into your diet since you don't like them much. Some taste really aweful, I found one at GNC that's veggies and fruits and it says best tasting on it and it is. I actually got my husband hooked on smoothies made with it and he doesn't like anything "weird". I saw a lot of good comments in the person who responded to you first. Quercitin works as a natural anti-inflamatory and blocks histimines which is great for allergy sufferers. Also, the point about intestinal and digestive health is a very vallid one. I like Super Papaya Enzyme Plus from Vitamin World and for a probiotic I use Primal Defense from Garden of life. There are anti-Ige shots you can get ( I didn't opt for them because they don't offer allergy shots in conjunction with these and I wanted to try the allergy shots again since they are a long term solution if they help. I may try the anti-Ige in the future). I know of a few people who were helped a lot by anti-Ige shots; they aren't a permanent solution in that you can't stop taking them and keep feeling the results like you eventually can if you are a responder to allergy shots. However, there is supposed to be a shot coming out in the next year or two ( they have tested it on rats and are now testing on humans ) that you can get every 3 months, I think it was, and it blocks the body's response to allergies ( not sure exactly how it differs from the ant-Ige shots, but it's supposed to work better ). I'll be the first in line for that, sign me up!!! So, don't give up hope, but do feel free to vent. Allergies are a real pain in the @$$!!!!!!!!!! Take care and God bless.
Hi Allergic2All
I'm sorry to hear you're having such a bad time of it right now. Although I am unable to offer any real suggestions at this moment in time ... I just want you to know you are far from alone.
I have just recently had a batch of allergy tests done due to a very chronic bout of Ibs ... thought it would be interesting to see what the tests would throw up if anything. Well! It seems I too am allergic to pretty much everything but fresh air.
I am in quite a dilemma as to what I can now eat. Out of all the food products I was tested for ... 36 of them have come back as a high allergic reaction.
Peavea interestingly mentioned Sulfites (there are 7 different types in all with food addictives) ... this is one of my problem area's, along with MSG (monosodium glutamite), Tartrazine and Sacharine ... and it is almost impossible to find any food or drink products which don't contain atleast one of the aforementioned.
I totally understand your frustration. This week trying to put together my grocery order has been a nightmare. Having gone round and round in circles I'm still at a loss as to what I can now eat. Even cleaning my teeth has become a problem as I'm allergic to toothpaste too. At great expense I have managed to find some I can buy online that doesn't contain Flouride or sacharine ...
Having pretty much cut out everything edible I have finally started to feel that little bit better ... albeit hungry!! Very hungry!!! I'm barley existing on the most basic "meals" and having to rapidly accept that atleast for the forseeable future this is the way it's going to have to be. It's going to take a while to get my head around, adjust to and work my way around this.
Talking to a nutritionist may be beneficial to you .. also maybe seeing if you can get a more indepth testing done some place (here in the UK we have a chinese herbalist company whom from a simple sample of your hair can test for a wide range of edibles aswell as the usual airborne allergies) to find out if there are particular additives and preservatives which are especially problematic to you.
I hope that with a little time and patience you can start to feel much better and more positive.
If sacrificing all the stuff I love (even chocolate) I can finally start to feel better, then I guess it will be worth it in the long run.
Keep hanging on in there!
Hi Carla
I can't say it has ever hit me that severely ... that I'm aware of! For a long time hardly a day has gone by when I haven't felt sickly or had troublesome tummy's. More often than not shortly after eating. The MSG just happened to show up on these random tests I had ... along with so many other allergies so it's impossible to pinpoint exactly which additive has been causing what, or which of my symptoms. 2 weeks ago I didn't even know what MSG was ... but since then, I have heard that it is very very bad with a wide range of possible side effects .. nausea and vomitting being one of them.
By the way, my tests also showed up an allergy to soy
Must be very difficult eating out when these allergies are involved.
According to the information I found online, MSG is absorbed very quickly in the gastrointestinal tract, thus causing a rapid reaction in those intolerant to it.
You have to ask a lot of questions when ordering food in restaurants. I always send the server back to ask the chef and let them know that I am very allergic to whatever ingredient I am asking about. They don't want you to die in their restaurant.
A lot of frozen foods are now listing at the bottom of their packages in bold some ingredients that people may be allergic to, which is very helpful.
Take care!


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Took a break from these guys for a while due to their shriller-not-thriller take on practice space garage rock, high on piercing noise but short on worthwhile songs. Friends & Relatives shows a considerable amount of development in however long it?s been, an affable and strummy collection that flirts with thoughtful improvisation and a warmth I didn?t think this group could summon. My colleague Andrew Earles bemoans the creeping influence of New Zealand pop in modern music, particularly on the garage-rock axis, which is where Estrogen Highs is known to reside. I can?t really fault this development ? it sounds like these guys really got into the Chills, the Bats, the Clean and the Verlaines in the ensuing time between releases, and it?s made a mark on their stance and songwriting, but I cannot find fault in such a development; if you?re going to learn from something, why not some of the most humane and inspiring pop music of our times? Furthermore, the work accomplished here shows a band that?s truly digested said influences and worked them into their vernacular. The one wonderful thing about Kiwi pop on that axis is that it?s incredibly hard to duplicate verbatim, even intentionally. Hell, the Clean doesn?t even sound like the Clean until halfway into the set. Besides, anything taken too literally is usually off the mark as well. What a band like Estrogen Highs does is the product of a state of mind, and it?s a good one at that. Great turnaround from this Connecticut crew. Paste-on sleeve. (http://grameryrecords.blogspot.com)
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I don't know a lot of muddy pop bands from New Haven, CT, so it seems these guys are filling a nice gap. "Re-commencement Speech" swiftly kicks some '80s Flying Nun feelings for those partial to the SNEAKY FEELINGS, the CLEAN, et al. These's a small, introverted and self contained world of fun shining through much of this LP: "I Am Tradition," "Silly Marvels" and the triumphant "Wille the Inventor" work on building a quaint universe like R. STEVIE MOORE did. Still, the shuffling guitars and lovably sloppy delivery will remind listeners of the carefree coastal vibes from New Zealand, gat, splat, gat snares thumping, jangly electricity and naive vocals borrow the best from that region and make something neatly their own. A great little gem, hoping to see more. (JS)
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You know, it's funny that I'm trying to shoehorn this whole class/character thing as a segue for various records and bands in this column, because it's actually turning out to be true...Connecticut might not have the biggest scene in the country, but ESTROGEN HIGHS might have some of the biggest hearts. One of "those" bands that keep their scene alive and kicking by sheer force of will and hard work: establishing venues, running labels, bringing in out-of-town bands, being in a jillion bands... unstoppable energy and positive attitude without being self-righteous or cocky. Just doing it for the love of the game. These fine young gentleman have just self released the tellingly titled "Friends and Relatives," their sophomore LP, and it's a further extension of their already admirable and unassuming workmanlike aesthetic. These fellas aren't all about singeing your eyebrows with velocity and doubling you over with sludge and scuzz; they're about crafting a really personable and subliminally catchy batch of no-frills and low-fidelity garage rock. Understated is a word that I've often used to describe them in the past, and I just used it again. Deceptively hooky and almost quietly rocking, this LP is full of soulful introspection and songs that feel more alive in their subdued tempos than any 100mph punk band does. No showing off here, just a talented group of kids going out there every day, doing their job and mowing them down. Paste-on sleeves give it a little extra homestyle flair. Future Hall of Famers, these youngsters.
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Now we realize why the kitchen was so calm at 7pm yesterday – the cook believes in doing everything fresh and on the spot. Which had sounded good at interview, but is of no practical use whatsoever. We all want freshly made gnocchi, but freshly made in the morning is fine, not at 10.30 at night when the order arrives! Unfortunately, there were huge delays with orders, and the food was poorly presented. The cuoco blamed it all on the aiuto-cuoco, but, since we ended up having to spend a great deal of time in the kitchen sorting things out, we could see that the cuoco simply hadn't prepared the basics. As my soucera said, it doesn't take an expert to know that you need to have your basics - tomatoes,onions, garlic and parsley chopped up, parmesan shavings freshly grated, grilled vegetables ready etc. This guy was so out of it that he actually started making up a fishstock when the order for the fish couscous came in. I happened to see the face of the woman who ordered it – not good. The aiuto cuoco has no clue about presentation – he sent out a squashed flat meringue with fake cream on top – despite the fact that I had insisted on them using fresh cream and whipping it up.
The cuoco had assured us he knew how to make everything on the menu and that he knew how to manage orders as they came in – he'd had his own restaurant in Spain for 12 years. But what were the dishes in this restaurant? Was it really his? This is the problem of not asking for references in this country. There is this kind of embarrassment around references here as if it suggests that you don't actually trust the person you are thinking of employing. Plus the cook's insistences that he ran this restaurant for so long in a different country made it difficult to obtain them anyway. It looked like he had no idea what he was doing. He kept shouting commands at the aiuto cuoco (which distracted the aiuto cuoco from the orders he was dealing with) and another girl who was giving a hand, while he lifted the odd saucepan and squinted at orders as if he couldn't read them. Some tables waited two hours for a simple pasta course. Some tables didn't even get their second course. Orders went into the kitchen and never came out.
There were some funny moments. The Cameriera A showed me how to take an order, leaving lines, filling out the table number etc. Waiters A and B moved very swiftly to clear tables. But Cameriere C lived up to his nickname 'cristallo' since he broke quite a few glasses in the course of the night. I would see him gaily sailing up the stairs with one glass of prosecco on a tray and then hear the tinkle of broken glass smashing on the stairs.
We had the smoking law tested several times - Sicilians behave as if it doesn't exist or at least, doesn't apply to them. Two men were on their way up the stairs smoking and I asked them to go outside, but they said they would put it out in the toilet and I had the horrible image of the butts floating in the toilet bowl, hardly the right image for the place on opening night, as you would expect them to understand. But it took two more waiters accompanying them outside to ensure they put them out outside.
Also a table of 4 tried to sneak off without paying! No sooner had I brought them the bill than they got up smiling sneakily at each other and at me, so I said, ah you are going to pay downstairs then? And they smiled sneakily and then made a big performance of going down stairs, with one couple going noisily into the toilet, saying pointedly, 'OK,see you down stairs then?' and the other couple went off fake nonchalantly, the girl twirling her hair and looking around her, and the guy behind. So I went downstairs too and heard them mutter, oh, she's actually going to accompany us. So I went down and watched the girl leave and muttered to Cameriera 1 look I think they are going to leave without paying, what do I do! She smiled and said yes, classic situation, watch out, all you do is go up to them outside and say scusa ma avete pagato? And if they say yes, then say, ok allora potete venire con me per chiarire un po ci dev'essere uno sbaglio. What a nasty thing. Hopefully they won't come back.
Also downstairs I found two older men in their late fifties smoking, and over I went, thinking I was being polite (but it maybe sounded too over the top) 'si prega di non fumare'. They said, 'scusa ma tu chi sei?' 'Hang on a second, who are you anyway?' Really rude! Then they fell over themselves apologising but in a rude fake way, and the other was saying, 'it's spento look? Spento!' Later the same man caught me going past and was all pally, 'So whose girlfriend are you then?' I said, 'ragazza? That man is my husband.' Like as if I am someone's arm candy. Then he tried to speak English: 'You from London? You speak English?' Oh no, what a lowlife. I had to smile and say I was from Ireland and it turned out his nephew was in Ireland with a Brazilian girlfriend. Then he called me over all smiles later when I was surveying the scene, but what did he want but drinks brought over, I had to repeat several times what they wanted because I have never taken a drinks order in my life and didn't know the fancy Italian cocktails they required. I called over the waitress to do the honors. He went on, 'I know your father-in-law, I know your husband, I know the brother-in-law,' … yeah, I got the general idea, so I said sarcastically, 'Si, ho capito, sei ben connesso' … well-connected. My husband said later, of course we need to tell people to smoke outside, but you had the luck of getting Franco XXX who got out of jail yesterday. A known Mafioso type! He apparently said later, 'Ah, tua ragazza mi ha detto due cose,' –your girlfriend told me off!'
At the end of the nihgt Cameriere C started fighting with a customer who insisted on being served drink after the bar had closed at the late hour of 3am. The man insisted (being drunk) and C came out from behind the bar and shouted at him and it became a kind of standoff between this town (our waiter) and the drunk (from the next town), an inebriated brawl of campanalismo, how awful to have this provincialism played out on our opening night. Then the barman got involved and the guy roared, tu chi sei? This is locals' favourite phrase, they think they are better than everyone else it would seem, and he said, you are just an employee, an operaio, and the barman replied, no I'm the owner, or part of the management team or something! It turned out they had been drinking too, and so with the stress and fatigue it got out of control. Tomorrow night we'll make it Rule no. 1- no alcohol while working.


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The parish of Combpyne-Rousdon sits astride the A3052 coast road in East Devon. This is the central parish of the three coastal East Devon parishes which make up Trinity Ward on East Devon District Council. Combpyne-Rousdon is bordered by Axmouth to the west, Uplyme to the east and Musbury to the north.
Combpyne is a beautiful hamlet north of the A3052 and Rousdon. Situated in a sheltered East Devon combe this scattered hamlet includes a medieval manor house, a c13th century church with rare 'saddle-back' roof, housing wall paintings and ancient bells and a village pond known as 'The Harbour'. It is not unheard of for tourists to arrive in the village looking for the harbour - but the hamlet is several miles from the coast.
Combpyne once had a railway station on the Lyme Regis branch line of the Southern Railway and subsequently British Railways. This closed in 1965, but traces of the dismantled railway and the magnificent Cannington Viaduct can be seen nearby.
The village of Rousdon sits astride the A3052 road in East Devon between Colyford and Lyme Regis. The village splits into two main areas. To the south of the A3052 is the Rousdon Estate. This is now predominantly a modern private estate, built between 1998 and 2012 in the grounds of the Grade II* listed Mansion house which has itself been converted into a number of prestigious houses. The whole was originally built as a working estate in the 19th Century. In 1937 the Allhallows school moved to the estate from Honiton, where it operated as a private boarding school until its closure in 1998.
The small village of Rousdon is predominantly to the north of the A30252. It has a garage, car sales, village stores and hair dressers on a single site next to the village hall, which has a bar facility.
The southern coast of the parish are the coastal cliffs and The Undercliff World Heritage Site. This is an unstable wilderness area with regular landslips following a major slip in 1839. The South West Coast Path runs through the Undercliff from Axmouth in the west to Lyme Regis in the east although the views from this section are generally poor as much of the walk runs through thick vegetation.
Combpyne-Rousdon has the dubious distinction of one of the worst broadband services in the country. Our challenge is to rectify this situation to safeguard the economic future of local residents and businesses. This in the face of government disinterest, and the likelihood that no alternative supplier will come forward to challenge the BT monopoly which has served the area and other rural communities so badly...
Combpyne-Rousdon Parish Council has nine elected members supported by a Parish Clerk.
The Council meet in Peek Hall, Rousdon usually on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Meetings start at 7.30pm during the winter months and 8.00pm during the summer, unless otherwise stated.
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10 Best Movies About Fashion
Craving to watch the 10 best movies about fashion? The fashion industry, with its glamorous players, makes a popular movie subject. Something about the ability of fashion to transform people into newer, more attractive versions of themselves strikes a chord in many movie-goers hearts. The fashion scene also contains an array of over-the-top characters sure to entertain both fashionistas and those who don't know a Manolo Blahnik from a Burberry. Grab your feather boa and some popcorn and prepare to enter the often-comical world of high fashion with 10 of the best movies about fashion.
- "Prêt-à-Porter" (Ready to Wear) 1994. Robert Altman's comic take on the Parisian fashion industry brings out the lighter side in a dazzling number of Hollywood stars. While renowned for its celebrity cameo appearances and starring roles by an ensemble that includes Julia Roberts, Rupert Everett, Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, the nude catwalk at the end of the film is one of the best-known sequences.
- "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006). This fashion movie, adapted from the book of the same name, details the experiences of a naïve fashion intern in the New York fashion industry scene. Meryl Streep's portrayal of a cruel, merciless and unrelentingly fashionable boss won her an Oscar nomination.
- "Funny Face" (1957). Audrey Hepburn takes a star turn in this musical tale of a young bookseller whose "new and fresh" look is noticed by a fashion photographer, played by Fred Astaire, who takes her to Paris and launches her modeling career.
- "Zoolander" (2001). This screwball comedy details the life of a leading male model, portrayed by comedian Ben Stiller, whose mid-career identity crisis causes him to fall into the hands of an evil fashion designer that subsequently brainwashes him to kill the president of Malaysia.
- "Unzipped" (1995). One of the best fashion films for fans of the supermodel era, this tribute to the models and times of the 1990's portrays the larger-than-life personality of fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. The movie features some of the world's best known supermodels, including Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista.
- "Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?" (Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?)(1966). William Klein's fashion mockumentary describes the adventures and perils of a 20 year-old model and tries to dive beneath the surface of the glitzy fashion industry to see whether it is as superficial as it initially appears.
- "The Intern" (2000). Dominique Swain plays a young intern at a fictional New York City magazine that gets more than she bargains for when she goes undercover to discover the spy who is selling the magazine's spreads to a rival magazine.
- "Fashions of 1934" (1934). A lighthearted portrayal of the Parisian fashion, this musical comedy stars William Powell and Bette Davis as entrepreneurs who steal and copy the latest Parisian designs so they can sell cheap copies to their U.S. clients.
- "Coco Before Chanel" (2009). Audrey Tatou portrays Coco Chanel in this film that describes Chanel's rise to fame from her humble beginnings as a singer and performer in a provincial bar.
- "Catwalk" (1966). This film follows supermodel Christy Turlington throughout a busy year in the early 1990's and explores the sometimes complicated relationship between models and designers.
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through HIM all things were made; withoout him nothing was made that has been made" (John 1:1-3) In the beginning, God had a plan. Before God ever acted in creation, He knew what He was going to do. It is comforting to know our God plans ahead. Read HIS words in Isaiah 46:9-10, "Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is non like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come."
God is our example. He has taught us the principle of planning ahead. The Bible is clear - we are to have a vision of where God is leading us if we hope to achieve HIS best.
Therefore, following the vision given by God 'LEVER THE LAITY TO LEVER THE NATION' we as a team are persevering in training the 'laity' in the local churches and in their homes; teaching them all the things that Jesus taught us. For the students who are more mature, we have started taking classes once a month in our office, enabling them to grow stronger through a more in depth study of the Word of God, MAKING A DIFFERENCE in their lives and in the lives of the people around them.


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Electric cooperative leaders across the country are facing wide-ranging issues in the areas of culture, operations, technology, member engagement and governance. Issues such as changing market forces, evolving consumer expectations and generational turnover in the co-op workforce, among many others. All of these challenges can be viewed as opportunities for our members to leverage the inherent value of the cooperative business model as an organization dedicated to meeting consumer needs and aspirations. The flexibility, drive and personal connections within the cooperative business model offer us a unique advantage in the energy industry - the opportunity to lead.
Join us Feb. 25-28 in Nashville for the 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo where we will address these and many other issues, while providing you with:
The Annual Meeting is THE place where the leaders of today's electric cooperatives can assemble and, together, take on the mantle of leading the energy future.
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We are pleased to offer our Next Generation Leaders Experience at this year's Annual Meeting. This program helps develop emerging cooperative leaders through special NRECA Annual Meeting programming designed to build their knowledge of the cooperative network, extend their professional network and develop self-awareness that will help as they grow and contribute as co-op leaders.
About TechAdvantage
TechAdvantage is at the forefront of innovation, delivering critical technologies that are transforming the world of engineering, information technology, energy services, operations, supply management and business.
Join us for four days of leading-edge strategies and best practices created to share and demonstrate advantages in science, technology and other industry areas that will benefit Co-op Nation well into the 21st century.
More than networking, TechAdvantage delivers real tools and knowledge that empower you to build successful co-ops in today's competitive energy marketplace.
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When your company sponsors or exhibits at NRECA events, you get the opportunity to meet co-op decision-makers, generate awareness of your products and services, and increase sales. NRECA offers sponsorship opportunities at conferences targeted to each one of our co-op audiences.
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TechAdvantage draws more than 900 co-op engineering, energy services, operations, IT, purchasing and supply management professionals, plus more than 5,000 NRECA annual meeting attendees, giving expo visitors the opportunity to view a wide range of innovative products and services.
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Owning and maintaining 42% of all distribution lines (2.5 million miles) in the U.S. and serving 42 million consumers in 80% of the nation's counties, electric co-ops will spend more than $4 billion upgrading and maintaining system assets.
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NRECA represents more than 900 consumer-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperatives, public power districts, and public utility districts in the United States. Below are some of the services NRECA provides to and on behalf of its members:
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Monday, February 26, 2018
Jim Carroll is one of the world's leading international futurists, trends and innovation experts, providing strategic guidance and insight to some of most prestigious organizations in the world for over twenty years. He is recognized worldwide as a "thought leader" and authority on: global trends, rapid business model change, business transformation in a period of economic uncertainty and the necessity for fast paced innovation.
Carroll is an author, columnist, media commentator and consultant, with a focus on linking future trends to innovation and creativity. He has a 20 year track record in providing direct, independent guidance to a huge, diverse global client base, combined with a previous professional financial background, including 12 years with the world's largest professional services firm. Carroll provides high energy keynotes for audiences of 5,000, or intimate, detailed customized strategic planning sessions for CEO / board / senior management meetings. He has researched key innovation success factors for dozens of associations, professions, companies, individuals and industries including life sciences, health care, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, technology, education, government, consumer products, retail, banking and countless others.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
During the 2018 closing general session, Don will draw on lessons learned from his latest book Teammate. An inspiring memoir from David Ross, the veteran catcher dubbed "Grandpa Rossy," who became the heart and soul of the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series championship team.….. every winning team has an MVP… and every MVP has great teammates. The great teammates become the pulse of high performing organizations, accepting and committing to whatever role is needed to spark winning results. Through remarkable insight from the greatest teammates of our time, Don teaches how you can become a better teammate no matter where you sit in the organization and how you and your team can develop a culture that recognizes and celebrates those who often get little attention. He offers action items to the audience, reminding everyone in attendance that they can be invaluable even if they're not the most valuable on the team.
As an award-winning keynote speaker, business leadership coach, 10-time New York Times Best-selling author and longtime Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated, Don Yaeger has fashioned a career as one of America's most provocative thought leaders. As a speaker, he has worked with audiences as diverse as Fortune 500 companies and cancer survivor groups, where he shares his personal story. He is, as numerous executives have said, "one of the great storytellers of our time."
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Breakfast General Session
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Around BridgeWorks HQ, Phil is known as the motivator and the historian. As an internationally recognized speaker, Phil has shared his wisdom and inspired audiences in 40 different states and 4 continents to over 100,000 people. Before becoming a speaker he pursued his passion to help people be their best selves as a high school teacher, college admissions professional, marketing coordinator, corporate trainer and even small business owner. He has maintained strong ties to his local community as a mentor and consultant to young entrepreneurs, and brings his diverse background and skill-set to the BridgeWorks team.
Phil is one of BridgeWorks' resident Gen Xers, and brings his unique humor, experiences, research, and generational expertise to every keynote, workshop and training session he delivers. He is a firm believer that with the proper motivation, training, and support system, members of any generation can become capable of remarkable accomplishments. With his down-to-earth, relatable style and dedication to presenting research in a digestible, entertaining way, Phil has become a fast favorite with audiences around the country.
Long before becoming a BridgeWorks Gen Expert, Phil owned and ran a coffee shop in Minneapolis. He's the proud father of a collegiate Gen Edger, and is adjusting to life as an empty-nest Gen Xer.


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The Federal Bureau of Investigation tracks crime rates by race in its annual publication, "Crime in the United States." The FBI is one of the best sources for demographic crime data in the United States because they track all arrests for each year.
In 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, 68.9 percent of all people arrested for crimes tracked by the FBI were white 28.3 percent of arrestees were black and 1.6 percent were American Indians. Table 43 in "Crime in the United States" breaks down this data in detail for each category of crime. In addition, Table 43B contains the same information about juvenile arrests.


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For Decorative Use Only
Contemporary British Village Life
by Mike Downing
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For Decorative Use Only is an exploration of village life in 21st century England. It forms a general enquiry into the issues that concern the residents of smaller communities and examines the changing face of the rural idyll; expansion, changing beliefs and underlying social trends mean that village life is undergoing a period of change. This change is documented the form of written responses from a survey conducted by myself alongside images which are symbolic, rather than indexically realistic representations of the rural space and small community. The novelty teapot was chosen as an object which represents and reinforces the concept of the idyll, a space that could be claimed is and always has been virtual and nonexistent. The novelty teapot can be seen to represent not only its potential consumers aesthetic preferences, but the overall aesthetic of an imaginary and socially constructed idyll. This project seeks to further understand not only the response to space and community of those and by those who reside there, but also to begin to establish a better understanding of the idyll of now, to what extent do the stereotypes of village life, both positive and negative exist today and how are they being perpetuated or refuted? Throughout the making of this project I have been forced to reexamine my own viewpoint and attitudes by some surprising responses to my surveys and in talking to village residents, This is the second, revised draft of the book.
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- Publish Date Apr 19, 2011
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ChevronTexaco said today it plans to sell Texaco gasoline at retail July 1, 2004, when Texaco's former partners, Equilon Enterprises LLC and Motiva Enterprises LLC, lose their exclusive rights to the Texaco name.
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Conversion by Shell Oil
Shell Oil, Texaco's ex-partner in Equilon and Motiva, already has said it will rebrand roughly 13,000 Texaco stations into Shell Stations. Last month, Shell launched a campaign from WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson, Houston, spotlighting the gas station conversion and other changes.
A ChevronTexaco spokeswoman said it's premature to discuss what ad agency would handle Texaco gas stations. WPP's Y&R Advertising, San Francisco, which had Chevron prior to the merger, handles the consolidated ChevronTexaco account. Omnicom Group's BBDO Worldwide, Houston, had Texaco.
The spokeswoman said it's too early to say how many Texaco gas stations the marketer would have in 2004.


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Some strategies for resolving conflict include steering clear of exacerbating behavior or communication, taking responsibility for one's own actions, being assertive and seeking compromise. If involved in a conflict, it is also important to let go of resentment and to forgive the other party, viewing the conflict itself as an opportunity for learning and growth.
Any strategy for resolving conflict must start with a period of reflection. Spending a few moments to breathe and relax the body better equips a person to deal with the conflict itself. At the same time, gaining perspective on the situation from a position of emotional distance will allow for better judgment in its resolution. Visualization techniques such as viewing the situation from a physical distance might help, as might examining one's own emotional involvement and the reasons for it.
Taking care not to project any aggressive body language, including gestures and facial expressions, will help to put the other person at ease. It will also assist in getting the right message across.
Setting boundaries for communication is important, as is not engaging in any passive-aggressive actions like refusing to communicate or ignoring another's attempts at communication.
Balanced, active and mindful communication, which includes carefully listening to and understanding the other person, is key to resolving conflict.


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The Reverend Lee is suffering from a rare and acutely embarrassing condition: Back-to-Front Dyslexia. It affects only his speech, and he doesn't realize he's doing it, but the parishioners of Nibbleswicke are shocked and confused by his seemingly outrageous comments.
I loved this book as a child, and still hold it among my favorites. And, for the life of me, I can't read it without tearing-up from laughing so hard.
Roald Dahl wrote this book in the last months of his life, and donated all the proceeds to the Dyslexia Institute. "A landmark of both his concern for people and his passionate belief in the importance of reading." - Quentin Blake (illustrator).
If you love to laugh, you must add this to your library!
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Otto Hektor Joins Schawk Retail Marketing as SVP Account Management
Friday, June 03, 2011
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DES PLAINES, IL, – Schawk, Inc., a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that it has hired Otto Hektor to serve as senior vice president, account management for key accounts within its retail marketing group.
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Using Twitter Data in Social, Demographic and Behavioral Science Research
Join us to learn about opportunities for Twitter-related research. In addition to talks by Penn State investigators, we will provide an overview of the 38-TB geo-tagged tweet repository available for analysis in SSRI/PRI's Computational and Spatial Analysis Core. The talk is taking place Tuesday, December 12 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in 110 Henderson Building.
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Welcome to my page
A warm welcome to my new page here on the BBC News site. This will be the home for my thoughts on events and issues in the worlds I cover from Cairo to Kabul, New Delhi to New York, as well as highways and byways in between and beyond.
It's also a place where you can see my television reports, hear my radio stories, find out about my fellow travellers. And you can also post your comments too - please do.
I tend to prefer going back to places where I have lived and worked, where I've seen some of their history firsthand, felt the heat and dust, see familiar faces. But, occasionally, it's good to explore new places too, to help see the world a bit differently.
My compass also leads me to explore culture, seek humour and savour moments that take you by surprise.
My new page starts on a trip back to Tunisia, my first visit since I saw their historic revolution in January 2011. It was a extraordinary moment in this North African nation, a moment that inspired an entire region. The rest, as we say, is history. It's a privilege to keep watching it unfold first hand, and to write about it too. I hope you'll join me.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) December 19, 2013
Mediaplanet is a proud recipient of a 2013 Silver Davey Award, awarded by the International Academy of Visual Arts (IAVA). Mediaplanet's campaign "Loyalty & Rewards: The Complete Guide" was recognized for its work in the Content Marketing category.
The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller firms, honoring the finest creative work from the best small firms, agencies and companies worldwide. Nearly 4,000 entries from across the U.S. and around the world were judged this year by the IAVA, an organization dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of tradition and interactive media.
"This year's Davey Award winners truly represent the best small firms worldwide. The work entered into this year's competition embodies a smart, tactful approach to creativity and highlights the capabilities and forward thinking mindset that makes small agencies so unique," explains Linda Day, Executive Director of the IAVA.
"Loyalty & Rewards" was conceptualized when Mediaplanet recognized the apparent gap in knowledge and communication between consumers and the loyalty marketing industry, and set out to close it for the benefit of both parties through the campaign. The campaign aims to bring attention to the loyalty marketing industry by shedding light on recent industry advancements and findings, bridging the communication gap between consumers and the loyalty-marketing industry, and creating a mutually beneficial relationship for both parties.
About The Davey Awards
The Davey Awards exclusively honors the "Davids" of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies in the world. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock – the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids" who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for small firms, where firms compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve.
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Mediaplanet is the global leader in content marketing publishing, covering a variety of topics in the areas of health, business and finance, lifestyle, technology, corporate social responsibility, industry, and education. We turn consumer interest into action by providing readers with motivational editorial, pairing it with relevant advertisers, and distributing it within top newspapers and online platforms around the world.


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Love and History Collide in the Assurance of Liberty
Colombia is a lot more than cartels and cocaine. In my Belle of Colombia Series, I allow readers to connect to the thoughts, feelings and desires of two young people caught in the midst of Spanish control and a desire to be free as history and romance collide. The fight for Colombia's independence is paralleled by the love and dream shared by Maribel and Santiago.
In Book One, The Birth of a Dream, the two meet as Santiago is leading a group of youth out of Zipaquira, Maribel's hometown. The fight for independence from Spain goes very badly. Maribel and Santiago feel the pain of the possibility that their dream of starting a home and a family will never come to be. Within the struggle for independence are internal struggles of the two lovers as hope is the only thing for them to grasp onto.
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The Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) is responding to the statement by the Russian Orthodox Church on "human dignity, freedom and rights". The CPCE sees the position of the ROC as a misunderstanding of human rights and invites it to continue the dialogue to implement human rights.
In summer 2008 the Russian Orthodox Church published a statement on human rights. The other Christian churches were invited to discuss the document "on human dignity, freedom and rights". The Presidium of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) has given its response to the ROC today.
For the Russian Orthodox Church human "sinfulness" can put human dignity in question. Its human rights doctrine develops a confrontational relationship between human rights and Christian morality, which culminates in the thesis that observing human rights would compel Christians to think and act against God's commandments.
The response of the CPCE sees this as a misunderstanding of human rights. Human rights are rights of protection and participation which put the sphere in which human beings act under the law and guarantee a framework for human life together. In this sense the Protestant churches regard the contribution of human rights as a positive one.
The statement of the Russian Orthodox Church mentions "abortion, suicide, lechery, perversion, destruction of the family, the worship of cruelty and violence" as examples in which the "weakness of the institution of human rights" endangers the morality of Russian society. The Protestant perspective finds it impossible to follow these examples. In fact human rights emphasize the protection of life and the inviolability of the person, the protection of private life and of the family.
The Russian Orthodox Church subordinates human rights to the values and interests of the homeland, the community and the family. In the Protestant Church this leads to the question of the critical attitude of the church to state order. In view of the restriction of civil and political rights in Russia, and also in many other countries, the CPCE finds lacking in the statement by the Russian Orthodox Church anything about the protection of the individual from attacks by the state such as political persecution, political murder, discrimination against minorities or the undermining of democratic proceedings and structures. From a Protestant perspective precisely in these questions the churches have an important task, namely to combat the misuse of state power.
According to the Protestant view "human rights" are such rights as accrue to all human beings by virtue of their God-given dignity. Just as they cannot be bestowed by any this-worldly authority, so they cannot be denied by any authority. They are unassailable. The CPCE invites the Russian Orthodox Church to continue their joint dialogue on the importance of human rights. In this connection the CPCE attaches importance to the joint statements of all churches such as the Charta Oecumenica and the closing declarations of the three European Ecumenical Assemblies.


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This year The Sydney Morning Herald Cellar Door, a 3 day celebration of the best food and wine produced in NSW has exciting attractions lined up for you to explore while you sip & savour the culinary delights of the state's region. See below the full list and event map.
Welcome to the Castello Cheese Bar
Everyone knows wine and cheese go together, yet a lot of people are unsure of what wine goes with what cheese. As a major partner of Sydney Cellar Door, Castello Cheese is hosting the Castello Cheese Bar where you're invited to bring in your purchased glass of wine and one of our cheese bar staff will do their best to find you the perfect cheese match.
Everyone has a different palate, so even though we've listed some of the more usual combinations below, the best thing to do is come in to the relaxed setting and start experimenting. BYO glass of wine from the event. The cheese is free.
Open from Friday from 7.00pm
Saturday and Sunday from 11.00am.
Reset your senses with Mudgee Region's live interactive foot crush experience
It is all about fun, squishy between your toes in Mudgee Region. Bring along your friends and loved ones to a feet tingling experience of stomping grapes in purpose-built oak barrels, the real deal of wine making. Sat & Sun 11.30am – 12.30pm or 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Sculptures in the Garden
During Sydney Cellar Door, Sculptures in the Garden will showcase works from Alex Scheibner and David Doyle in the Mudgee Region activation area. Sculptures in the Garden has become a flagship exhibition in New South Wales and attracts a diverse audience of more than 2000 people to the Mudgee region every October.
Live Music from Matt Boylan-Smith
He will be playing live acoustic tunes in the Mudgee Region section throughout the duration of Sydney Cellar Door, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Sydney based performer blends an acoustic folk pop style with varying lyrical content. Kick back and take in the surrounds of Hyde Park whilst enjoying his performance.
The SmoothFM Deck
Meet the smooth Angels at Sydney Cellar Door and relax into a comfy deckchair while you sip on some fabulous wine and listen to your smooth favourites. Between wandering through the delectable offerings from NSW's finest vineyards, find your easy place to relax as our friendly street team host your stay at the smoothfm deck.


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Yesterday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) raised the specter of his state seceding from the Union "if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people." Today on MSNBC, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay offered a staunch defense of Perry's statement, saying the Texas governor was "standing up for [Texas's] sovereignty." DeLay elaborately explained how Texas could secede:
Q: You can't secede from the Union!
DeLAY: Texas was a republic. It joined the Union by treaty. There's a process in the treaty by which Texas could divide into five states. If we invoke that, and the last time it was voted on was 1985, the United States Senate would kick us out and nullify the treaty because they're not going to allow 10 new Texas senators into the Senate. That's how you secede.
"So we would kick them out of the Union? That's nutty!" asked Matthews. "Yeah…it's not nutty!" DeLay responded. Watch it:


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Nova Scotian Donair Sauce
1 Cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/3-1/2 Cup White Vinegar
1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
In a medium bowl whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, 1/3 cup of vinegar and the garlic powder until smooth and evenly blended.
Allow sauce to chill in fridge covered for about 15 minutes. Taste and adjust as needed. If it tastes too sweet, add more vinegar, if there isn't enough garlic add about 1/8 teaspoons more. Whisk again, chill in fridge again and taste again until it's perfect. Allow sauce to chill and rest in fridge for about a half hour before serving.
Serve with kofta, or garlic fingers or pizza.
This is a taste of my Homeland and a true Nova Scotian food, typically served with garlic fingers or a Donair. I don't quite have a good recipe to replicate a Donair at home, but I am working on it. I recently bought myself a rotisserie for my new super sexy BBQ so maybe I will finally be able to make perfect Donair meat at home.
For those not in the know, Donair is kind of like a pita sandwich, made with spiced rotisserie meat, shaved off the spit, piled into a pita with tomato and onion and covered with Donair sauce.


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The house rules are simple in this weekly column.
- I bash a stock that I think is heading lower.
- I offset the sting by recommending three stocks as portfolio replacements.
Who gets tossed out this week? Come on down, Shanda Interactive
Fasten your seatbelts
Shanda investors may be doing victory laps after last night's better-than-expected quarterly report, but what are we celebrating, exactly?
Revenue climbed a mere 2% year over year to $232.3 million, devoid of strength in Shanda's two core businesses. Its Shanda Games
Shanda's revenue only inched higher because its hodgepodge of endeavors lumped together as "other" revenue actually more than doubled.
Hold your applause until you see what's really behind Door No. 3. Shanda's "other" businesses include difficult-to-monetize sites featuring literature, video-sharing, and board games. Investors buying into Shanda for the promise of China's booming online gaming industry or sizzling portal potential may be shocked to find those flagship endeavors slipping even as China's web migration grows.
This wouldn't be so bad if there were some "other" catalyst, but there isn't. Gross profit margin for Shanda's "other" revenue clocked in at a pathetic 22%. Compare that to the gross margins in the company's fading online and gaming businesses, at 75% and 61%, respectively.
The end result of this sad stew: Adjusted earnings were nearly cut in half to $0.46 a share, despite the flattish top-line showing. Sure, analysts were only targeting a profit of $0.39 a share on $217.7 million in revenue, but this only means that investors should adjust their level of pessimism.
Once-great Shanda was one of the earliest Motley Fool Rule Breakers recommendations, but David Gardner chose to take the small gain amassed over six years and bump it off the scorecard back in January.
It's just no longer the growth stock that some investors think they're still buying. It's also not much of a value stock, fetching more than 20 times trailing earnings.
There are companies growing in gaming and cyberspace in China. Buy those instead.
As I do every week, I don't talk down a stock unless I have three alternatives that I believe will outperform the company getting the heave-ho. Let's go over the three fill-ins.
China's best match for Shanda is Sohu.com, a dot-com pioneer with a strong presence in both website portals and online gaming through Changyou.com
Shares of China's leading search engine aren't cheap, but that's never stopped Baidu from becoming one of the best-performing Internet stocks over the past few years. Its latest quarter was so full of win that Charlie Sheen wants to hang out with it. Revenue soared 94%. Earnings skyrocketed 171%! If investors are looking for a growth-stock vehicle in China, this is the bullet train.
Activision Blizzard
Investors gun-shy about actually investing in China can get the best of both worlds by buying into this leading gaming software company. Activision Blizzard's World of Warcraft has been a huge hit in China since it was reintroduced there in 2009 through licensing partner NetEase.com
I'm sorry, Shanda. You're just no longer in demand-a.
Baidu, NetEase.com, and Sohu.com are Motley Fool Rule Breakers picks. Activision Blizzard is a Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendation. Motley Fool Options has recommended a synthetic long position on Activision Blizzard. The Fool owns shares of Activision Blizzard. Motley Fool Alphaowns shares of Activision Blizzard. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.
Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz doesn't mind taking out the garbage every so often. He does not own any of the stocks in this story. Rick is also part of the Rule Breakers newsletter research team, seeking out tomorrow's ultimate growth stocks a day early. The Fool has a disclosure policy.


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One word: Messy. Two words: Messy feelings. If I can't paint with my feelings there is no point of painting at all. I began painting because it was a way for me to get my feelings out without having to use words. The pad is not so great dealing with that, because the thin paper can only take so much. I HAVE to purchase new canvases. Mental note. You should be able to view the final result tomorrow.
For a short second I thought about doing a calendar-thing - a countdown to Christmas, but the lack of time killed that thought quickly. I don't think you should be cheated out of Christmas vibes on the blog, so for every post I will try to add a Christmassy touch.
Tonight I give you a sad Christmas song -
I have always loved this version of the song.
Merry Christmas


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Source : Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia regulators plan to propose a new water quality standard aimed at least in part at protecting state rivers and streams from pollution created by large-scale natural gas drilling.
State Department of Environmental Protection officials unveiled their proposal during a meeting Wednesday in Charleston, and plan to issue it formally for public comment early next month.
The DEP proposal would set a legal limit for "total dissolved solids," or TDS, of 500 milligrams per liter. It would apply in-stream to waterways statewide, making it more stringent than the existing standard in Pennsylvania, which applies a 500-milligram-per-liter standard only at the intake pipes for public drinking water systems.
"This is proactive to keep West Virginia waters suitable for consumption by our citizens and use by our industries," said Pat Campbell, an assistant director in the DEP Division of Water and Waste Management.
DEP officials have been considering the proposal for more than a year already. Their studies were prompted by TDS problems that brought complaints about unpleasant odors and tastes in drinking water drawn from the Monongahela River in the fall of 2008. Then last fall, a massive fish kill in Dunkard Creek along the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border was blamed at least in part on TDS pollution.
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Stand-in captain David Worrall has blasted Bury's owners over their handling of the club's financial crisis.
The Mancunian midfielder has taken up the captain's armband in the absence of Steven Schumacher.
And he echoed the sentiments his skipper expressed last week upon finding out how much financial strain the club was under, saying there has been a lack of communication from the Bury board.
"I'm disappointed in the people above," he said after the players discovered news of the club's plea for £1m investment via the club's official website.
"I feel sorry for the fans, the players. I've not really got the mortgages and all that stuff to pay for, I'm more worried about them [the players] and what they've got to do.
"It would be nice for someone to come and speak to us, but that's up to them.
"If that's the way they want to be that's fair enough. They own the club, they run it. They can do what they want."
The disappointment at Bury's relegation from League One has done nothing to improve the mood.
"It hurt really bad, with everything that's gone on," said Worrall. "I don't blame the lads, don't blame the staff, don't blame the fans.
"I blame certain people but that's up to them, I don't want to start picking names."
Manager Kevin Blackwell has been praised for his efforts during a testing run-in.
Bury 2 - Scunthorpe 1: Match analysis
Jonson Clarke-Harris offered his 'full respect' to the manager after Tuesday's 2-1 win over Scunthorpe, in which the striker scored a superbly taken free kick.
"He's done wonderful the gaffer has," said Clarke-Harris. "He's definitely brought me on. I like him loads.
"He's been getting me fit and doing extra sessions so fair play to him.
"He's worked me right to be honest, and I respect him for that loads."
Worrall added to Clarke-Harris' praise of their struggling manager.
"I feel sorry for the gaffer, because he didn't want this when he first came here," he said. "But he's stuck by it.
"He could have walked at any point and just said it's not my problem, but it looks like he's staying to the end so fair play to him.
"I've got a lot of time for that."


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Paws for the Cause
On Febuary 12th, Paws for the Cause is back with a Valentine's Day themed affair. The event is part mixer, part bachelor auction and will feature food, DJs, entertainment and opportunities to win impossible-to-get reservations at the buzziest spots on February 14 with dinner and some drinks included.
Canada's National Ballet School's Casablanca Gala
On February 7th, Canada's National Ballet School is throwing is 'Casablanca Gala,' at The Carlu. As the name implies, the event will be 40's/Casablanca themed, with a cocktail reception, casino elements, era-inspired live music, and performances by the Professional Program Students of Canada's National Ballet School.
Well Dressed for Spring at Holt Renfrew
On Febuary 24th, the Wellspring Cancer Foundation will host 'Well Dressed for Spring at Holt Renfrew.' The event, aimed at young professionals and leaders in the business/fashion communities, will feature a fashion show, cocktail reception, and special Holt Renfrew shopping opportunities.


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Diesels were quite a trend once. A decade or so ago, everyone was after a diesel car. Back in the school, I remember a friend going to Peshawar with his father for a diesel engine swap in his 1988 Toyota Corolla. Also, the infamous Corolla 2.0D Saloon was the hot favorite of everyone. Diesel was dirt cheap. I remember it being selling for Rs10/liter. A friend had a, what is known as 'Indus shape,' Corolla diesel. Six of us used to chip in and in Rs100 worth of diesel, we used to roam everywhere. 2012-13 was the last year when Toyota was offering diesel Corolla. But the sales had started to slow down few years before it dropped. The drop wasn't a sudden step. It felt inevitable.
Also Read: Toyota To Kill Diesel Powered Cars In The Near Future
Diesel cars were celebrated and cherished. You might have seen those cheesy Toyota Corolla 2.0D print ads. But slowly the diesel started to lose it popularity. Makes one think what happened. Well here is what I think what happened. There were a few things that happened collectively, and some were gradual. But all led to the demise of diesel engine cars in Pakistan.
No more subsidy
First of all, the government was providing a huge subsidy on the diesel fuel. That is why the diesel was so cheap. The government took away all the subsidies on the diesel, and it suddenly shot up in price. The diesel was no more as economical as people thought it was. A diesel Corolla was known to do a north of 12 kilometers in a liter. Keeping the car running for half an hour with A/C running wasn't an issue at all. Some claimed their Saloon to do as much as 15 km/l. And that too within the city driving. IMC claimed the car could do 800 km in a tank.
Fuel economy
The petrol cars started to become fuel economical. And I think Honda Civic and then later City has a lot to do with changing the perspective of a Pakistani auto consumer. Stories of pre-2000 Honda Civic Vti doing 15-16 km/l on long routes were common in those days. Also, petrol cars have always been much more refined compared to a mucky diesel car. Diesels make noise and vibrate and make smoke. Consumers just started to shift their preferences.
Diesel not so good
Our diesel is just so bad. By bad, I mean poor in quality. Only recently PSO was fined by OGRA for the poor quality of its diesel fuel. Some might remember it when imported Toyota Hilux Vigo with D4D engine started to pour in the Pakistani market; soon there were stories of the pickup blowing up its injectors due to the inferior diesel that we get in Pakistan. Those were expensive to replace. And when the government asked for Euro II compliance, there was no way an old 2C diesel in the Corolla was going to pass the test. Toyota Indus had to finally say goodbye to the diesel Corolla.
Fast and Furious much?!
Petrol cars are faster. It was like a revelation. I remember the days of Orkut where people used to debate furiously about how fast their Civic is. Personally, I think Honda Civic changed the Pakistani auto market in three ways. People realized a car could be fast. Let's be honest diesels of that time weren't that fast. Secondly, a petrol car can be fuel economical, and lastly, with its auto transmission, an auto car can be fun to drive. The 1.6 Gli Corolla was insanely fast, but not many realized it until Civic came into existence.
These are just my two cents. Of course many would disagree. If you do, let us know in the comments section below. And if you like to add something more, please do so below. Let us know how you feel about diesel cars. Happy motoring!