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Press release – Announcing Arthouse 2013
By CAM Raleigh | April 18, 2013
409 West Martin Street
press@camraleigh.org
Marjorie Hodges | 919.513.8176
Kate Thompson Shafer 919.513.8154
CAM Raleigh Celebrates Second Anniversary with Arthouse 2013
Party/ Art + Culture Auction
Raleigh, April 2013—Over the last two years CAM Raleigh has become the local source for ground-breaking contemporary art exhibitions and educational art/design programs in downtown Raleigh's Warehouse District. The museum is celebrating on May 10 with Arthouse 2013, a fundraiser, silent auction and party that promises to be Raleigh's freshest and most creative evening. Arthouse 2013 features an impressive silent auction with incredible art and one-of-a kind experiences, video art installations, live performance art, beverages by local mixologists and innovative cuisine from award-winning chefs Ashley Christensen (Poole's Downtown Diner, Chuck's, Beasley's Chicken + Honey) and Scott Crawford (Herons at The Umstead Hotel and Spa).
This magical evening of art and community will hosted by special guest emcee, Pierce Freelon, a North Carolina musician and scholar that will bring his unique energy and renowned talent to CAM Raleigh for the first time. He will be accompanied by members of his band, The Beast, throughout the evening.
Auction items in every price range include art created exclusively for CAM Raleigh and the very best from local artists, performing arts tickets, rare wines, handcrafted and designer objects and accessories, design-related books and more. All proceeds from Arthouse support CAM Raleigh programs, exhibitions and operations.
Arthouse kicks off at 7pm with a special Host Committee Hour including a performance by Pierce Freelon. General admission begins at 8pm. CAM Raleigh member tickets are $115, Non-members $135, CAM/now (young professionals group) tickets $65. Host Committee members are invited to attend the Host Committee Hour, get their bids in early and receive special recognition at the event. Host committee tickets are $200 each and $350 per couple. CAM Raleigh has created special membership/ticket discount packages for people interested in joining the museum: $150 for single membership + ticket and $100 for CAM/now membership (age 35 and under) and ticket. Tickets are available at camraleigh.org/arthouse2013 or by calling 919.513.8099. Learn more about CAM Raleigh memberships at: camraleigh.org/join/membership
Many thanks to the Arthouse 2013 sponsors and supporters: Alfred Williams & Company, PNC, Heather Garrett Interior Design, The Triangle Downtowner, First Tennessee Bank, The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Scott Crawford of Herons at The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Ashley Christensen of AC Restaurants, AV Metro, The Chef's Academy, Raleigh Capitol ENT, Thomas and Farris PA, Tim C. Gupton, Eliza Kraft Olander and Brian McHenry, Themeworks, CE Rental, Capital Parking, Sparktivity, Glover Printing, Top of the Hill Distillery, POUR Bar Services, Mutual Distributors, La Farm Bakery, and Videri. Event graphic design by Joshua Gajownik, NC State's College of Design, Class of 2004.
CAM Raleigh is a non-collecting museum that seeks to curate the most contemporary works of art and design possible—those still emerging, growing, and living. We hope to spark new thinking by creating ever-changing experiences that explore what's now and nearing. CAM Raleigh is collaboration between the Contemporary Art Foundation, the community of Raleigh and North Carolina State University's College of Design, and is generously supported by individual and corporate donations, private and corporate foundations, government agencies and the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission. CAM Raleigh hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., and first and third Fridays of the month open late. The museum is closed on Tuesday. General admission to the museum is $5. CAM Raleigh members, children 10 and under, members of NARM outside of the City of Raleigh and Mod/Co, and NC State College of Design students, staff, and faculty are admitted free. CAM Raleigh is located at 409 West Martin Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, between Harrington and West streets and in the heart of Raleigh's Depot National Register Historic District and Warehouse District. CAM Raleigh has a parking lot; additional parking is available at metered spots on the street or at the Davie Street Parking Lot located at 201 W. Davie Street. Information about CAM Raleigh's exhibitions, programs, and special events is available on the CAM Raleigh website at camraleigh.org or by phone at 919.513.0946. Follow @camraleigh on twitter.
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Press release – Melanie Schiff
By CAM Raleigh | March 27, 2013
MEDIA CONTACT press@camraleigh.org
CAM Raleigh presents Melanie Schiff: The stars are not wanted now
Selected photographs | 2006 - 2012
On view May 17 - September 1, 2013
Melanie Schiff, Bloodbank, 2012. Archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta CHICAGO | BERLIN.
Raleigh, March 2013—CAM Raleigh is pleased to announce The stars are not wanted now, the largest and most comprehensive presentation of Melanie Schiff's photographs to date. Spanning the years 2006 through 2012, and bracketing the period of Schiff's move from Chicago to Los Angeles in 2008, the exhibition illuminates ongoing concerns in the artist's investigations of light, atmosphere, place and landscape. "The stars are not wanted now" is taken from a line in W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues," an oft-recited elegiac poem decreeing the suspension of time, light and communication. The phrase alludes to the imprints of time and memory apparent in Schiff's solitary meditations. A close reading of the title also suggests Schiff's poetic engagement with penetrating natural light, the role of natural phenomena in her subject matter, and her transition from incorporating the histories of icons in popular music, or "stars."
Schiff achieves dramatic, sometimes haunting, effects with everyday objects, simple gestures, or found landscapes and interiors. Feeling less bound to objects as representations of self, the artist has stepped away from her earlier references to pop and youth culture. Schiff's recent work is rooted in the tradition of photographers in the American West, such as Robert Adams, who ventured out into the landscape to look. Her prolonged engagement with specific locations and her precise sensitivity to the particularities of light yield quiet, almost mystical, revelations brimming with the residue of other lives.
Schiff has said that she speaks not from an individual's perspective about an individual experience, but more collectively about how people feel connected to certain spaces. Her photographs often invite a slowed-down viewing of an idyllic space, whether indoor or outdoor. The artist is especially interested in sites that make one aware of time, such as unpopulated graffiti-covered canals that simultaneously reference the past and suggest a science-fiction version of the future. For example, in Handball Double (2012), multiple exposures of a black and white image of a concrete handball court wreak havoc on our architectural understanding of a space. In Hellroom (2009), layers of graffiti in an abandoned concrete drainage canal form a vibrant palimpsest that implicates each of the lives that have traversed this hallmark of urban infrastructure. Schiff engages a dialogue about painting and mark making, exploring how people signify their presence and claim their own bit of territory.
Melanie Schiff, Hellroom, 2009. Archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta CHICAGO | BERLIN.
Melanie Schiff, Lemon Tree, 2012. Archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta CHICAGO | BERLIN.
Schiff's work was featured in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, and has also been exhibited at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Print Center, Philadelphia; Seattle Museum of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami. Her work is included in the collections of Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City. She has received a Chinati Foundation artist residency and an Artadia Award grant. Schiff attended Goldsmiths College, London and received her BFA from New York University (1999), and her MFA from University of Illinois-Chicago (2002). She lives and works in Los Angeles. Schiff is represented by Kavi Gupta, CHICAGO | BERLIN.
A publication will be available, with an essay by Shamim Momin, a poem by Kristen VanDeventer, and an interview with the artist by exhibition curator Kendra Paitz.
The exhibition Melanie Schiff: The stars are not wanted now, is curated by Kendra Paitz, Curator of Exhibitions at University Galleries of Illinois State University and organized by University Galleries of Illinois State University. It is coordinated at CAM Raleigh by Kate Thompson Shafer, interim director and Jeff Bell, lead preparator. CAM Raleigh is a collaboration between the Contemporary Art Foundation, the community and North Carolina State University's (NC State) College of Design.
The exhibition and publication have been made possible by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. CAM Raleigh is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.
Visit camraleigh.org/exhibitions/2013schiff for additional information.
Opening Preview Celebrations and Exhibition Related Public Programs
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
The opening reception for Melanie Schiff is in conjunction with CAM Raleigh's May Third Friday program that includes after-hours access to the galleries, music by local DJs, and a cash bar. The reception is free with museum admission. Free for Members.
First Fridays
June 7, July 5, August 2
6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
CAM Raleigh's First Friday program includes after-hours access to the galleries, new hands-on activities at the creation station, music by local DJs, food trucks, and a cash bar. First Fridays are free thanks to individual and corporate monthly sponsors.
Also On View
Ryan Travis Christian—Well, Here We Aren't Again
On view February 22 – June 17, 2013
CAM Raleigh presents a major exhibition of artworks by Ryan Travis Christian. For his first museum exhibition, Christian spent three weeks on site creating a large-scale wall drawing, sculptures anda floor installation specifically for CAM Raleigh's Independent Weekly Gallery. Christian works primarily with graphite and ink. His images are constructed using abstract elements, comic utilities, and old fashion cartoon iconography.
CAM Raleigh Celebrates Two Years
Arthouse 2013 / 2nd Anniversary Party / Art + Culture Auction
CAM Raleigh is fast approaching its anniversary, to be celebrated at Arthouse 2013 on May 10, 2013. After another year of groundbreaking exhibitions, expansive educational programs, community events and all around hard work, the Contemporary Art Museum is proud to celebrate its second year in Raleigh's warehouse district. Arthouse is CAM Raleigh's largest fundraising event and one of the highlights of the Triangle social calendar, drawing more than 500 museum friends and art lovers.
Arthouse 2013 features a silent auction with incredible art and one-of-a-kind experiences, live performances, beverages by local mixologists and innovative cuisine from award-winning chefs Ashley Christensen (Poole's Downtown Diner, Chuck's, Beasley's Chicken + Honey) and Scott Crawford (Herons at The Umstead Hotel and Spa). The evening will be hosted by special guest emcee, Pierce Freelon, a North Carolinian musician and scholar that will bring his unique and renowned talents and energy to the event. He will also perform an exclusive and inspirational performance during the VIP pre-party and will be accompanied by The Beast throughout the evening. All proceeds support CAM Raleigh programs and operations. Arthouse 2013 will be a spectacular celebration worthy of the museum's many successes. Visit camraleigh.org/arthouse2013 to purchase tickets to the event.
CAM Raleigh is pleased to promote Light Sensitive, a photography exhibition by our friends at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University presents Light Sensitive, on view through May 12. The exhibition includes more than 100 works, from tiny early daguerreotypes to large-scale contemporary color prints and videos, and is drawn from 12 public and private local collections. Light Sensitive is structured to challenge the widespread notion of the photographic medium as a form of mere realism. Understanding of photographic media suffers from the long-standing myth that a camera is an 'innocent eye' that transparently records an image of the world as if through an open window. Some of the power of photography comes precisely from faith in this myth, a myth that has been extremely useful in photographic journalism, in courtrooms, on television and on the internet, despite a long history of visual alteration ranging from subtle artistic manipulation to deliberate propagandistic deceit. Though the camera is capable of recording images of the world in astonishing detail, a great variety of photographic tools and techniques can work to take ordinary features of a photograph—light and dark, shape and form, depth and space, size and scale, soft and sharp focus—and transform them into elements that alter our vision. Nasher.duke.edu/lightsensitive
CAM Raleigh Hours and Admission
CAM Raleigh hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., and first and third Fridays of the month open late. The museum is closed on Tuesday. General admission to the museum is $5. CAM Raleigh members, children 10 and under, members of NARM outside of the City of Raleigh and Mod/Co, and NC State College of Design students, staff, and faculty are admitted free.
CAM Raleigh is a non-collecting museum that explores what's now and presents an always-changing museum experience. CAM Raleigh is collaboration between the Contemporary Art Foundation, the community of Raleigh and North Carolina State University's College of Design. CAM Raleigh is generously supported by the Contemporary Art Foundation, North Carolina State University, individual and corporate members, private and corporate foundations, and government agencies. CAM Raleigh is located at 409 West Martin Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, between Harrington and West streets and in the heart of Raleigh's Depot National Register Historic District and Warehouse District. CAM Raleigh has a parking lot; additional parking is available at metered spots on the street or at the Davie Street Parking Lot located at 201 W. Davie Street. Information about CAM Raleigh's exhibitions, programs, and special events is available on the CAM Raleigh website at camraleigh.org or by phone at 919.513.0946. Follow @camraleigh on twitter.
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The Dubbo Kangaroos women's side is looking to build momentum in the coming weeks as it faces a much-needed run of games before the Westfund Ferguson Cup finals. The Roolettes have only lost once this season and trail the Bathurst Bulldogs only on for-and-against but they haven't been able to deliver the intensity and show-stopping attacking footy supporters have become accustomed too. That's down to a host of players missing matches due to representative rugby and work commitments while a number of byes and washed out training sessions has also impacted the ability to build cohesion. But the side now faces three critical matches in as many weeks, with Saturday's trip to face an improving Orange City side followed by meetings with the Bulldogs and Orange Emus. "We've got to get some momentum and having games almost every week will be good for us," co-coach Kieran Smith said. "We've got City, Dogs, and then Emus which are probably three of the stronger teams this year so having them in a row is good and then we have a week off and then Forbes, who showed on the weekend they're a bit tougher than they were earlier in the season, so that's a good lead into finals." READ ALSO: - Platypi believe they can go to 'that next level' in run to finals - Apex has 'absolute ability' to host again as COVID could force NRL west - Grant pleased with Warriors' gutsy win after early send-off While the Roolettes haven't played to their potential in recent weeks the biggest positive for Smith and fellow coach Gus McDonald is the fact the side has still been winning. Last weekend's 29-0 win over Forbes looks much more emphatic on paper than it was and the side heads to Orange expecting to again be without Kim Fyfe and Lillyann Mason-Spice. That's nothing new for the side as the pair have been with the ACT Brumbies' Super W squad for a lot of the season but, in a huge blow, Mason-Spice is facing an extended stint on the sideline. The electric outside back suffered a shoulder injury while with the Brumbies in the past week and her absence has already been felt at Roos training. "It's a massive loss," Smith said. "But we've got a lot of good young players coming through and it's just a matter of getting them all together all the time to build those combinations. "We haven't had our better players all together at the same time and while we've got the young ones they need a bit of experience around them to guide them. "That's what Lilly provides and if she's not playing she provides it as training as well. We are missing her, especially her intensity at training." The Roos put triple figures on City last season but that hasn't been the case in 2021 as the Lionesses have shown real development. Smith knows his side will have to work for the win on Saturday at what is expected to be a cold Pioneer Park. "We need to front up in our defence a little better," he said. "We've been getting on the back foot and teams are taking easy metres off us. We've got to get a bit stiffer in defence and really get off the line and start to dominate with our defence. "When we do that we get teams going backwards and if we can control our ball a little better, we were very poor looking after our ball against Forbes, we've got weapons all over the field to attack with." Janalee Conroy and Alahna Ryan have been continual standouts for the Roolettes this season while youngsters Darby Richardson, Mia Taylor, and Ashanti Pennell have also developed into key players. Kick-off on Saturday is.12pm while the first grade match kicks off at 3.15pm and could well decide which team finishes with the dreaded wooden spoon this year. Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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IN DOUBT: Lillyann Mason-Spice has been a standout in Super W but a shoulder injury has her facing an extended stint on the sidelines. Photo: KEEGAN CARROLL
The Dubbo Kangaroos women's side is looking to build momentum in the coming weeks as it faces a much-needed run of games before the Westfund Ferguson Cup finals.
The Roolettes have only lost once this season and trail the Bathurst Bulldogs only on for-and-against but they haven't been able to deliver the intensity and show-stopping attacking footy supporters have become accustomed too.
That's down to a host of players missing matches due to representative rugby and work commitments while a number of byes and washed out training sessions has also impacted the ability to build cohesion.
But the side now faces three critical matches in as many weeks, with Saturday's trip to face an improving Orange City side followed by meetings with the Bulldogs and Orange Emus.
"We've got to get some momentum and having games almost every week will be good for us," co-coach Kieran Smith said.
"We've got City, Dogs, and then Emus which are probably three of the stronger teams this year so having them in a row is good and then we have a week off and then Forbes, who showed on the weekend they're a bit tougher than they were earlier in the season, so that's a good lead into finals."
- Platypi believe they can go to 'that next level' in run to finals
- Apex has 'absolute ability' to host again as COVID could force NRL west
- Grant pleased with Warriors' gutsy win after early send-off
While the Roolettes haven't played to their potential in recent weeks the biggest positive for Smith and fellow coach Gus McDonald is the fact the side has still been winning.
Last weekend's 29-0 win over Forbes looks much more emphatic on paper than it was and the side heads to Orange expecting to again be without Kim Fyfe and Lillyann Mason-Spice.
That's nothing new for the side as the pair have been with the ACT Brumbies' Super W squad for a lot of the season but, in a huge blow, Mason-Spice is facing an extended stint on the sideline.
The electric outside back suffered a shoulder injury while with the Brumbies in the past week and her absence has already been felt at Roos training.
"It's a massive loss," Smith said.
"But we've got a lot of good young players coming through and it's just a matter of getting them all together all the time to build those combinations.
"We haven't had our better players all together at the same time and while we've got the young ones they need a bit of experience around them to guide them.
"That's what Lilly provides and if she's not playing she provides it as training as well. We are missing her, especially her intensity at training."
The Roos put triple figures on City last season but that hasn't been the case in 2021 as the Lionesses have shown real development.
Smith knows his side will have to work for the win on Saturday at what is expected to be a cold Pioneer Park.
"We need to front up in our defence a little better," he said.
"We've been getting on the back foot and teams are taking easy metres off us. We've got to get a bit stiffer in defence and really get off the line and start to dominate with our defence.
"When we do that we get teams going backwards and if we can control our ball a little better, we were very poor looking after our ball against Forbes, we've got weapons all over the field to attack with."
Janalee Conroy and Alahna Ryan have been continual standouts for the Roolettes this season while youngsters Darby Richardson, Mia Taylor, and Ashanti Pennell have also developed into key players.
Kick-off on Saturday is.12pm while the first grade match kicks off at 3.15pm and could well decide which team finishes with the dreaded wooden spoon this year.
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On the 29th December 2018 the London Gazette published a statement that H M the Queen was graciously please to give an order to appoint Diana as MBE in the most excellent Order of the British Empire.
The award was recognition of Diana's achievement in founding and hard work in chairing the charity Birth Companions. Initially the charity concentrated on providing support to pregnant prisoners in Holloway Prison. Accompanying and reassuring these women to hospital for the birth when they had no other support was an important feature of this work.
In 2019 Holloway was sold to provide 1000 homes and now Birth Companions provides support for three or four prisons. Additionally the charity now helps women in difficulties in the wider community.
Press cutting following the formal presentation in Buckingham Palace which was made by Prince Charles.
Diana being interviewed by LBC Radio
How Tim's Family and Friends helped him celebrate his 80 years – Part One
I have sailed and raced my boat, Avocet, over a period of 43 years so when Diana and I were participating in our 21st National Championship week together at Poole just prior to my actual birthday it seemed a nice idea to go out to dine at a local pub, The Yachtsman, together with Katharine and her brother Stephen. It was a nice coincidence when my friends from Thornbury Sailing Club happened to be in the bar. However, in a pattern which is not unique in these recollections, several more sailors from our week appeared in the garden where we were seated and by the time several tables had been pulled in to form one long gallery table the penny finally dropped! Diana had put the word around about my imminent anniversary.
As you can see we were blessed with a fine evening and plenty of space.
No, it's not the cups that Peter is indicating!
On the last evening of the Championship Week all the competitors donned their smartest for the dinner and prize giving. Once there at the start of proceedings Peter Hewitt summoned me to the front and after a few kind words about my long dayboat years and age he indicated the fine collection of bottles of wine that he proceeded to present to an astonished recipient. In responding to this generosity I was able to pay tribute to Lisa for supporting me in all the years that I have sailed in Dayboat Week – including one when she bravely crewed for me at Burnham Week- and especially for looking after Louis and Ella when they were small so that, to Lisa's immense relief, Diana could crew for me instead . I also paid heartfelt tribute to Diana who has sailed with me for 21 of my 35 dayboat weeks. And I can't recall one cross word!
After the dinner Tim and Diana motored back to Henbury to join Lisa, who had clearly spent half the week cooking and preparing dishes to feed the all 11 of the family for two evenings. On Saturday Tim drove with Lisa and Diana and the boot full of food to Wantsley Farm just north of Beaminster in West Dorset arriving in time to establish who was going to sleep in which room. Jonathan, Luiza, Lucas and Anita were the next to arrive closely followed by Jean-Marie, Louis and Ella. Louis' partner, Katia joined us on Sunday. In getting to know how to benefit from the AGA Tim learnt the hard way that AGA saucepans do not have an insulated handle. Lisa's curries were delicious.
Sunday, the actual day, started fine and we hastened to let six chickens, five ducks and Sebastian, a female goose, out of their respective abodes. Sebastian and ducks rushed into the stream pool as if their lives depended on it.
After breakfast while Tim opened his cards Lucas and Anita tried out the zip wire which terminated in a seemingly horrific hard tree trunk. But didn't!
Lunch on the Wantsley terrace
Lunch was taken on the sunny terrace and suitably fortified we set off to Tim's choice of expedition which was the Eggardon Hill with its incredibly large Iron Age fort.
Eggardon Hill
The family were not visibly in awe!
Monday, 20th August, was the day Lisa had arranged with six Stobart cousins for a gathering at the Three Horseshoes Inn at Powerstock.
The Family Lunch
Despite the existence of another pub with the same name not far away and Powerstock being really remote we were joined by Alan & Claire Glass, Eric & Ginny Stobart, Diane Stobart and Gillian Huxley. We had a long table on the terrace with fine views.
Chesil BankWest Bay
Tuesday dawned fine and sunny and we set off to explore the Chesil Bank, that extraordinary 16 mile long feature which runs from West Bay near Bridport to Portland Bill. It is made up of sand then pebbles, which increase in size the nearer you get to Portland Bill. The mechanism which achieves this is still unclear especially as, according to Lisa's reading of "Pebbles on the Beach", the underwater bank shows exactly the opposite size transition. We drove to the West end of the bank and noted its sand composition and this was the view. A few toes were dipped in the water but none of our party looked like swimming so we moved East along the coast until we found a picnic spot on the cliff edge near Burton Bradstock.
Chesil Bank, Burton Bradstock
Looking East from Burton Bradstock cliff edge
Looking West to West Bay breakwater and beyond
The final visit to the Bank was on the beach itself at Abbotsbury where Lisa and Tim explored the hinterland in the direction of the Fleet (lake behind the Bank) while others relaxed on the pebbly bank.
Ella resting
Chesil Bank, Abbotsbury
On Wednesday the target was walk to the New Inn at the nearest village, Stoke Abbott. This entailed a fine walk up the hill the other side of the Wantsley valley, through woods and down an ancient track to the village for a pub lunch in the garden of the New Inn.
After lunch the more energetic walkers set their sites on the highest local hill while the others returned to Wantsley for relaxation.
On the hilltop
One of the 'scalloped' hillsides
By Thursday morning our numbers were reduced to Jonathan, Luiza, Lucas, Anita, Diana, Tim and Lisa. We drove to Minterne Parva to walk the Cerne Abbas Giant walk in our guide book. Unfortunately the initial instructions were out of date and we only got onto the correct path thanks to a kindly landowner. Once on the path it was a pleasant walk up through woods and down across fields until we eventually viewed the Giant. Perhaps he is now a little bashful because as you can see he is hiding his face and upper body behind grass!
After reaching Cerne Abbas we chose The Royal Oak for a well earned lunch. In the afternoon Jonathan and family set off to return to Epsom with Diana leaving Tim and Lisa to explore the ancient chapel at Toller Fratrum before returning to Wantsley for their last night before returning to Bristol on Friday.
12th C Font
11th C carving of Mary Magdalene
Toller Fratrum Chapel
Much to Tim's surprise he was nominated to receive a Lord Mayor's medal. This medal was presented by the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Clare Campion-Smith, to Tim (and 19 other people) on 16th March 2016 for the contribution he has made to the Henbury Community over the last 15 years. The ceremony took place in the Mansion House, Clifton.
Almost three years after Marie-Jo and Tim climbed this formidable peak and in doing so demonstrated that there was life after 70 it, Le Fourchat peak, has fallen to a further determined assault by Sophie and Vanessa on 5th August 2015.
Sophie in the sunset with Risou in the background
Vanessa in the sunset with L'Archier behind
Celebrating Lisa's 75th Birthday
We were able to hire Mounts View on the Speke's Manor estate in East Sussex where five years ago we rented The Oast House for Lisa's 70th.
Lisa and Tim were able to arrive and settle in on Thursday, 2nd April before the Easter weekend. Jonathan and family joined us on Good Friday afternoon and Diana arrived in the early evening.
Around the table on Friday
Saturday was spent enjoying the facilities, a little tennis for example, around Speke's manor and Diana collected Louis from Lewes train station in time for supper. A large jigsaw puzzle emabarked on early in our stay was already showing significant progress from the team of 'workers' employed:
On Easter Sunday, Lisa's actual birthday, we drove over to Herstmonceaux Castle and enjoyed a walk around the gardens before a light lunch in the excellent cafe in front of the house.
Herstmonceaux Castle
75 and enjoying it
In the afternoon we moved up to the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux and enjoyed several fascinating hours there including demonstrations of reflecting and refracting telescopes.
Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceaux
One of the attractions was a short talk on materials with lively demonstrations. Here is Lucas, Louis and Jonathan acting as unpaid assistants
So it was back to Mounts View, birthday cake and more challenging games
On the Monday Tim and Lisa were left to enjoy the surroundings on a fine sunny bank holiday:
Speke's Manor
Originally peacocks but someone lopped their tails off
Speke's garden
Muddles Green
They motored happily and gently home on Tuesday along the A272 with a lunchtime stop at Uppark House
Uppark House
Link to Mounts View album
Link to Herstmonceux Castle album
Newsletter – Christmas 2013
Tim's 75th birthday in August. Lisa arranged a weekend house-party without Tim suspecting it. He says it was "a lovely weekend celebration with family and friends. It included several surprise arrivals (our niece Sophie came from Paris and also our Dutch friends). There were physical and mental challenges – a Treasure Hunt and an Adventure Trail, a lot of fun and good food".
Sailing Success: Tim and Diana achieved a convincing win in the final race in the Yachting World Dayboat Championship in Torbay, in such strong winds that half the fleet stayed on land and only the youngsters started!
Birdwatching: we went on an exciting 2 week birdwatching trip to South East Brazil with Bird Holidays. Only 7 of us with an expert British guide and expert Brazilian ornithologist. We stayed in remote national parks with wonderful scenery in the Minas Gerais region, north-west of Rio de Janeiro. We saw 300 different species of birds from toucans to tiny humming-birds, and some mammals, including a 3-toed Sloth (asleep up a tree) and a Giant Anteater with a youngster that climbed on her back for a ride.
Croatian cruise: an idyllic week on a small ship gliding down the Croatian coast from Zadar to Dubrovnik, visiting Diocletian's Palace in Split and the island of Korçula, catching an organ recital in the cathedral. We lounged on deck in beautiful weather and transferred to traditional river boats to explore dramatic river gorges.
Kazakhstan: Lisa was invited to give 3 days of training in family mediation in Almaty, 100 km from the Chinese border The participants (over 30 in the group) were lovely. Some came from Kirghistan but they all spoke Russian and there was translation to and from Russian. Kazakhstan is as big as western Europe. It was extremely hot – outside temperature nearly 40 C. On her free day Lisa was taken by her colleague's husband in 3 successive cable cars up to 2830m in the in the Tienshan Mountains that tower over Almaty, almost to glacier level. Lisa has also had work trips this year to Copenhagen, Geneva and Italy – Milan, Rome, Florence, San Benedetto in Le Marche and south-east Sicily. Understanding Italian is reasonably OK, speaking is harder ….
Publications: Fifty years after Tim's Cambridge Expedition to Russia and the Middle East, a fascinating account of the expedition, illustrated with maps and both colour and black and white photographs, was published in January – "The Kombi Trail", by Robert Cox et al. On the day of publication, expedition members + partners enjoyed a private tour of both Houses of Parliament (one of the expedition members being a Lord) followed by a reunion lunch with reminiscences and then a book launch at Daunts Bookshop in Marylebone.
A 2nd edition of Lisa's family mediation book has been published in Italian. Next year a 2nd edition is due to be published in Russian and 1st edition in Brazilian Portuguese!
Diana and her work partner have completed a number of very interesting evaluation projects this year, including an evaluation for the Ministry of Justice of a mentoring programme and trips to Albania and Lithuania to evaluate a programme to increase girls' awareness of the risks of sex trafficking. They have recently won a contract to evaluate support services In the Coroner's Court. Diana is greatly enjoying doing an M.Sc (one day a week for 2 years, with written assignments) in evaluative research methodology.
Jean-Marie (Diana's husband)'s jazz group, Man Overboard, was invited to record their 1st CD. It's called 'All Hands on Deck' and proved such a hit that they have already been asked to record another. They have played on the radio at least 4 times (BBC 3 music channel – 4:30 pm GMT programme In Tune on Friday 20th December) and at a number of concerts and at the Lord Mayor of London's Charity Gala Dinner. Next year they have been invited to open the Arundel Festival. The band features jazz numbers from the 1930s and is very listen able!
Louis is now 22! He graduated from the University of Leeds with a 2.1 in pharmacology and after winning the British Universities Indoor Climbing Championship (Bouldering), he has been selected for the British team.
Ella is enjoying her 2nd year at Manchester, reading anthropology and sharing a house with friends. She got a 1st in her first year exams and says she doesn't miss ballet at all.
Jonathan works for the International Water Association based in The Hague. He travels a great deal for consultancy and conferences – mainly Africa and Asia. Has run half marathons in aid of Water Aid.
Luiza, Jonathan's wife, has been promoted to a Senior Lecturership in civil and environmental engineering at University College, London. She is also travelling more for conferences and research.
Lucas (nearly 10) and Anita (8) are both enjoying school and other activities. Lucas is learning to play the saxophone and Anita is very keen on the piano. She was a polar bear in a recent event at her school!
The year has brought great sadnesses, as well as much to treasure and celebrate. Our dear friend, Richard Shaw, died from a brain tumour after a short illness. He was Diana's godfather. Another dear friend, Elspeth Malcolm in Scotland, died suddenly from a severe stroke. We have lost other friends as well, and a considerable number are widows or widowers or looking after a very frail and dependent partner. All this makes us extremely conscious of how precious our family and friends are to us, how fortunate we are to have them and – so far – to be active and in good health. So we are doing as much as possible while we still can.
Tim does a lot of work for our local community and for the national charity, Practical Action. He has helped to get a community garden started in a derelict kitchen garden in our local park. Lisa is Vice President of the Family Mediators Association, which she co-founded in 1988 with five London lawyers, and a member of the Family Justice Council Dispute Resolution Sub-committee.
We hope all this has not left you feeling either thoroughly bored or totally exhausted, or both!
If you would like to see a few photos of some of the highlights we've mentioned, click on this link http://tinyurl.com/q8jrqtd
(To see slide show with captions use the menu under the pulldown on the right of the page)
However, you can skip all our news as by far the most important purpose of this letter is to bring you our very, very best wishes for a peaceful new year, with good health and lavish helpings of unexpected, as well as expected, pleasures.
With love from
Tim and Lisa
Celebrating Tim's 75 years
Lisa made sure that Tim was around for the weekend of 24th August to celebrate his birthday with the immediate family – Diana, Louis, Ella, Jonathan, Luiza, Lucas and Anita. Jonathan + 3 arrived on Friday evening and Diana plus 2 arrived in good time for salad lunch on Saturday.
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Posted on February 22, 2013 October 12, 2014
Christmas 2012 at The Old House
By common consent this was a vintage Christmas with all the immediate family here to celebrate Christmas. Jonathan & Luiza and family arrived a couple days before the Landrock Road party. This meant that Jonathan and Anita had the opportunity to get to know Leila, the Alsatian from Brook End, who just loved being taken out for walks and activity. Diana assisted by Ella cooked and served up a delicious Christmas lunch with largest turkey yet seen at The Old House and never soon enough for Lucas and Anita it was finally time to open the most exciting present of the Nintendo Wii. This technology soon provided great participation in active dancing as will be seen from following this links: Dancing at Christmas – 1 Dancing at Christmas – 2 On Boxing Day when we ventured out to the Odeon Cinema in central Bristol to see the first of the projected three films of The Hobbit. The 3D experience was good even if marshalling the glasses is a chore. Then, all too soon, the Crouch End and Epsom families departed for home A collected photo album is here Photos


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Q: Qt: display an image (QLabel) inside a QScrollArea I am trying to display an image inside a QScrollArea located on the QMainWindow.

I want a fixed size for the image display, and scroll bars to appear if the loaded image is bigger than the QScrollArea. My problem is that when I load an image which is bigger than the QScrollArea, the image appears cut (which is ok) but no scroll bars appear on the UI.
Taking into account various recommandations from other stackoverflow questions, here is the generated code from the Qt designer:
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The address is Quality Hotel Winn in Haninge, Rudsjöterrassen 3, 13640 Haninge, Sweden.
Go south from Stockholms central on highway no 73.
The hotel offers parking in a garage at a cost of 105 SEK per day. It is also possible to park on a car park right outside the hotel. Parking tickets are available in a parking meter. There is also a bus park here. It is not possible to prebook parking.
Commuter train 42 towards Nynäshamn or 43 towards Krigslida / Västerhaninge. Exit the commuter train at station Handen.
The trip from Stockholm Central takes about 25 minutes. From Handen train station it's just 200 meters to the hotel.
Material and/or money to workshops if you are going. Make sure you have everything you need for your workshops and bring even money.
Money for shopping. Most of the shops accepts cards, but cash is good when you want to make a small purchase.
There is no need to panic if you have forgotten anything. You can buy a lot of things on site and the shops in Handen are not far away!
It is not allowed to eat brought food in the hotel dining room, conference area or public spaces (hotel rules). If you have missed booking meals it may not be possible to order a meal on sight, you have to go out to eat or eat at your hotel room.
Be kind to our allergic beaders, don't wear perfume or other strong scents. No nuts or apples are allowed in the big bead room!
We don't drink coffee or other beverages in open mugs/glasses at the tables in the bead room. It's too easy for a mug to tip over. As there are table cloths on the tables, many people will have to be involved to move things if disaster strikes.
The bead room and the workshop rooms are "private areas". That is extra important during Saturday, when the public are allowed to the shop room. It is not okay that "dear mom or my BFF" just want to take a peek. It is very important that everybody respect that! Therefore, wear your name tag visibly, it's your access card to the big bead room. We are a lot of people at the event, both returning and newcomers, and besides the practical point to see everyone's names, we also see that no un-authorized people are in the bead room.
You are allowed to bring things that fit in one standard grocery bag to the big bead room. No bags or other things are allowed along the walkways or in front of the white air-filters. If you bring more beads and supplies, you're welcome to store it in your hotel room though. The limitations are for everyone's comfort and security, as we are many participants on a limited area and have disabled people among us. Please respect this!
Everybody doesn't want to be photographed, so ask before you take pictures and/or share them with others.
This is a sponsored event and the stores on sight are the only one's who are allowed to sell things. It is not okay for participants to bring things for sale, neither in the big bead room or in the hotel rooms. The workshop tutors are allowed to sell a few extra descriptions/kits from their workshops to other participants though.
Unfortunately there is a limited number of handicap rooms. It will be first come first served, but we try to arrange so that everybody that has signed up can join us on Beadalong. Please write in the sign up form that you wish to have a handicap room and what it is that makes you need it (you don't have to closely describe your handicap but what you need in the room, like a higher bed, a toilet with room for a wheel chair etc.). Also tell us if you need a room close to the elevator.
If you don't have a room mate arranged before the sign up form is released but are willing to share room with someone you don't know, you can leave a note under Specific requests in the form. If possible, we will try to match you up with someone that has made the same choice. We can not guarantee that it can be done, but we try to make it as good as we can for everybody. When we can't make a match, we will book you in a single room instead. This also applies if the room mate you had in mind did not get a spot on Beadalong in time. If your room mate gets a spot later on through the reserve list we will try to get you a double room.


Whenever I take on a Gluten Free, Wheat Free & Oat Free diet I cry to myself each morning when I can't have my Oat Bran on Rice Milk breakfast. So in my recent desperation I hit the shops in search for a Gluten Free (Oat & Wheat Free too) equivalent to Oat Bran. Note: Many Gluten Free people can tolerate Oat Gluten which is a different 'strain' of Gluten (Gliadin being the primary culprit found in wheat & the likes) but word on the street is that even if you can tolerate the Gluten found in Oats, it is very difficult to get Oats uncontaminated by Wheat due to manufacturing cross-contamination and even just cross-contamination in the field where it is grown! - I have actually seen this myself: a lovely field of wheat with these random huge stocks of oats scattered throughout or visa-versa blown in the wind from one crop to another)...So, what did I come up with you ask?
Well, during my search I had a moment of blissful excitement in the Hopsack when I fell upon a box of Ener-G Rice Bran (also available in Down to Earth)!! It wasn't really being marketed for cereal usage but I tried it anyway... (note: it does suggest to add the rice bran to hot or cold cereal for extra fibre). Ingredients: Rice Bran -Free of All Allergens other than Rice, of course.
Normally (& if you can tolerate oats I highly recommend this!) I cook 1 part oat bran (1/2 a cup per person) to 3 parts simmering rice milk (1.5 cups) stirring for only 2 - 3 minutes. I put it into a bow & add extras to my hearts content, such as pea protein, ground flax seeds, ground sunflower seeds and ground pumpkin seeds with a handful of frozen blueberries. I stir it all up and eat it with calm, quiet content. So I did the exactly same with my Rice Bran, only my added extras were chopped pumpkin seeds, chopped almonds, ground flax seeds and pea protein powder (no blueberries). It technically worked. The end result wasn't overly appetizing looking as it has a bit of a green tint but with the ground flax seeds and pea protein I got it to a nice thickness. The biggest problem was that the rice bran is ground too finely so the end result becomes a bit too gloopy and smooth for my liking.
Alara 'into the garden' Gluten Free Active Organic Muesli: At first F. and I weren't overly impressed. The milk (rice milk) made the cereal look like quicksand because all the tiny puffs instantly floated to the top which made it look disturbingly dense. We both felt that the apple juice sweetener was a bit tangy and overall were not instantly loving the experience... however, I was left with the box and I hate to waste food so I continued to eat it over the next couple days and ended up sort of liking it. There's loads going on in it and although it's easy to eat, unlike most muesli, I found it nice to give each bite a really good chew to release all the flavour. I would tag it as more of an acquired taste and not for people who want the very sugary mainstream cereals. If you are trying to refrain from sugars you'll know how hard it is to find a cereal or muesli naturally sweetened or isn't loaded down with dried fruits [which normally speaking I would love ;)] let alone a Gluten Free one! But 5 bowls later (about 6-7 generous portions in a box) I found myself buying another box!
P.S. If you care about packaging, this one comes in a really uplifting happy healthy bright box which says 'Welcome the Sun' on the opening flap. The whole experience made me feel healthy and earthy, in a good way! :) I got mine in Nolan's Food Fare in Terenure for €4.69.
Allergen Warnings: Contains nuts and sesame seeds. Produced in a factory that handles Peanuts and Soy.
Ingredients: quinoa flakes, sesame seeds, apple juice, puffed amaranth, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, raw buckwheat, golden linseeds, dried apple pieces, brazil nut pieces, puffed quinoa.
and I'm always interested to hear other people's opinions!
Allergen Warnings: Contains nuts and seeds.
Ingredients: rice flakes, sultanas, millet flakes, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, linseed, almonds, hazelnuts.
Well, it's that time of the month again where I try to share some of the wonderful, interesting and inspiring things that I have been perusing over the last 30 or so days. This month has been a see-saw of healthy foods, new years resolutions and dietary/allergic reactions/cures competing with holiday reminiscent indulgent recipes and lazy living. So now that January is almost over lets get down to work at making 2012 exactly the way we want it to be... So the menu is Copper Toxicity, Beginning an Allergy Free Diet, all the crazy Mental and Emotional stuff that can go along with Food Allergies, Getting your Fresh Starts on the road before January is out, A dose of healthy and wicked Recipes to tempt you whether your plans for 2012 are drink more, be healthy, or indulge yourself...My ordinary Extras and one little Question: Has anybody tried Flax Milk??
The verdict: good. Not as amazing as I had hoped but still quite nice. My aunt tried a piece and also approved but we both agreed that we would like more of the caramelized hazelnut pieces (My aunt's favourite bar is Dairy Filled Ritter's Hazelnut which is literally jam packed with hazelnuts so we are coming from the same place). In my opinion, skimping on the filling, nuts, etc, is the downfall of almost all chocolates Dairy Free and Dairy Filled alike but that is not to say that Moo Free's addition to the Free From marketplace is not appreciated - it is! It may not be perfect but I sure do get bored of plain Allergy Free chocolate bars or mint flavoured Allergy Free chocolate bars over and over again - so hip hip hooray!
And please, if you have tried them, what do you think? And what are the other flavours like?!
I find the hardest thing about a Gluten Free diet is finding something to eat for breakfast every day. This is all the more difficult if you are Dairy free and Egg free too! I love breakfast. I have specific things that I like to eat, the entire meal is a comfort to me. So when a dietary restriction gets in the way of that comfort I get seriously annoyed and feel like everything is impossible ... not exactly the way I like to start my day.
So, I've been thinking that if I feel this way, and I'm not even a coeliac, I imagine that it might be a familiar feeling to others. Soooo, Over the next little while I am going to do some 'What I had for Breakfast' specials which will give some Allergen Free ideas to help start off our day.
Today, because I was recently asked to refrain from oats (my love!) my breakfast is a bit light. Generally I need a quality breakfast to consist of more than Gluten Free corn flakes in a bowl because I am prone to feeling weak if I don't get something solid first thing. So, the task at hand was to make a light cereal breakfast of Rice Puffs into something a bit more solid which will last me until lunch so I added some Pea Protein to give it a bit more staying power.
Today I actually had Kara Coconut Milk (which is considered a nut) only because I ran out of Rice Dream, but if you are going for the plain rice puffs and you don't want to add a sweetener than I suggest a naturally sweeter Dairy Free milk like Rice Dream. Also, if you don't like the 'thinness' of Rice Dream you'll be happy to hear that the protein powder thickens it up a bit.
Note about using Protein Powder: I use Pea Protein because it is Vegan as well as being Soya Free. Just sprinkle the powder over the cereal and then mix with your spoon before adding the milk to avoid clumping. Mix again after adding the milk and you shouldn't have a problem.
That's it, have a great & Food Allergy Friendly day!
Word on the street is that Fresh is planning on re-locating but is just searching for a new venue. The biggest problem with Powerscourt is that they closed at 6pm which was no longer suitable to Fresh... possibly meaning some late night free from food on the menu?! ... but remember, these are still just rumours - I haven't heard anything direct from Fresh.
Also looking for a location is that much talked about Raw Vegan restaurant which I believe will be called 'Aphrodisiac'. Síl from www.sseduced.com (and future proprietor of Aphrodisiac) confirmed for me that they are ready and waiting to open once they find an appropriate location, preferably in the Grafton Street or Temple Bar areas of Dublin 2. And to help Aphrodisiac get on its way here's a tempting little offer from Sseduced: "We're looking for premises ready to go...If anybody sees anywhere suitable that they would like to recommend to us, they can kindly write to sil@sseduced.com. If we use the premises they recommend we'll reward them with a number of special meals and gifts from Sseduced!" So get your scouting hats on!
And if you can't wait for that, then check out Sseduced's monthly Raw Food Events (first one starting tomorrow, Jan 21st at 12:30pm. Also, Feb 2nd at 2pm!) which are like cooking-get-togethers and gives you a feel for what it's like to be raw for a day with a cooking class, a demo, talk, gourmet meals! Check out the website for more information and booking: www.sseduced.com.
And yes, that ever important day is tight on our heels again. If you want your 2012 Valentine's to be a little more cool and a little less sappy (OR a little more fun and a little less lonely) check this out: Sseduced is also doing a Valentines Raw Vegan party for both singles and couples. Check out the video ad for it here www.sseduced.com - I love the boy bears voice! Now I'll have to get on to F. and see if he would like a bossa nova filled February 14th this year!
I've spoken about Carob before and how it isn't chocolate but it is commonly used as a chocolate substitute even though it doesn't really taste the same and should really be in a category of its own. That's not to say that it isn't delicious in its own right but for some people it can be a bit of an acquired taste.
The only downfall is that Siesta contains Soya, which makes it less allergen friendly but if you don't have a Soya intolerance dig in. Also, if you are weight conscious take note of the fat content before you get too hooked.
p.s. Carob is rich in vitamin B1 and Niacin and contains vitamin A, Vitamin B2, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, and the trace minerals Iron, Manganese, Chromium, Copper, and Nickel. Carob is approximately 8% protein and is a good source of fibre, which is how John the Baptist managed to live on it in the dessert for all that time I guess. This nutritional information was taken from www.gilead.net. If you're still not convinced see the rest of the post here for all the benefits of carob in relation to chocolate.
Food Allergy Warning: Contains Soya. Produced in a nut free environment, however we cannot guarantee that it does not contain nut traces.
Going to Nando's? - Ask for the Ingredients Book for Full Allergen Listings!
I have rarely been so impressed with a restaurant when it comes to ingredient knowledge and food allergy understanding but Nando's just raised the bar. When I'm eating out I need to trust my waiter, the chef and the restaurant, in that order. I look at the waiter as my food allergy representative in the kitchen and if he/she doesn't understand me the line of communication is going to disintegrate rapidly. I have been to restaurants (almost always large chains) which have a go-to-reference guide of ingredients for the waiters to refer to but Nando's was the first time that I was freely given the guide, allowed to pour over it at my table before ordering and was literally blown away by its usability, freedom of information and food allergy awareness.
But seriously, the food is good, the chicken is tender and this is one place that you can definitely rest when it comes to hidden food allergens. My only word of warning/advice, is to order separately and double confirm with your server when your meal arrives because once my mom and my sauces were mixed up... People will be people and mistakes can happen to anyone so keep your safety in your own hands and never let your guard down completely, even though it is super tempting given such odds!!
P.S: there's even a Vegan Sorbet for dessert!
The 2012 Free From Awards & Yours Truly!
In other news, Cafe Fresh which was located upstairs in the Powerscourt Townhouse is closed - My friend S. confirmed to me only this morning that the doors are closed and their Facebook page has been removed! This, so close on the heels of Juice's abrupt closure makes for a dark time for vegetarians, vegans and free from eaters in Dublin, non? Supposedly there is hope of just a relocation with Fresh, but with no notices up it seems doubtful. All this definitely makes me hope that my next piece of gossip will be a successful reality!
It seems that Sseduced has, in the past rented out The Joy of Chá located on Essex Street in Temple Bar two nights a week to serve vegan raw living food but this is no longer happening. I'm eagerly awaiting confirmation of a permanent location/opening because if it's all true then we can look forward to: Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Sugar Free, Soya Free, Yeast Free, Egg Free, Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian and of course, RAW food in a sit down restaurant in the city centre and seriously, how great would that be?!
I never cared much for Oreo cookies ... perhaps a subconscious dislike relating to an irritating, mis-applied nickname in school, or a rebellion against their mainstream popularity in Canada ... whatever the reason, I always found them too 'everything'. The biscuit was too dense, and too dark. The sugar was too sweet, the filling had too much of that strange artificialness and they stick in my teeth way too much. However, when I'm desperate I'm desperate and during my time in India, where every sweet known to the country seemed to contain dairy, I found myself buying a pack of Oreo cookies. I remember almost liking them broken up into an ice cream once during childhood and I knew that they were a popular Vegan treat in the American blogosphere so, Dairy Free and sweet being the only prerequisite, down the hatch they went.
Yuck. Still too artificial for me, even in a moment of need. Especially the filling, which is usually my favourite part of a biscuit but I know that I am only one against a mass of Oreo lovers so when I got home to Ireland I picked up a pack so I could write all about it. But, to my surprise, it would seem that Oreo Cookies contains milk in Ireland! Maybe everybody already knows this but I feel the need to share this for any overseas readers who might unwittingly pick up a pack of their tried and trusted go-to-snack, expecting them to be a safe haven.
That's it. That's all I want to say: Oreo cookies contain milk in Ireland. ... and naturally this also reminds me to call out a warning to everybody yet again - read read read the ingredients on EVERYTHING you buy and eat because not only are ingredients prone to change, but they can even change country to country, let alone continent to continent, which was a new one for me!
Many moons ago when Dublin with Food Allergies was still in its infancy I told you all about some wonderful Dairy Free sweets which were an impressive alternative to milk chocolate. At the time I had only seen them available in Restore, on Camden Street. Since then, I have found these little pieces of Caramel heaven difficult to locate. Although Restore do stock them from time to time they are not permanent residents of the shelves - but protest not! - Over the weekend as I was browsing the Free From shelf in Tesco (Rathfarnham Shopping Centre, Fairways) there in front of me, for €2.99, were my little dairy free diamonds (12 to a box). This is good news to Dairy Free Sweet Teeth everywhere!
Of course I bought them despite my 'healthy pledges' of 2012 and savoured each one.
F. tried one too. Although he is not allergic or even intolerant to Dairy, he has been 'reducing' his dairy intake for health reasons. But he loves milk chocolate. Unfortunately, he only tried one sweet and refused more because, I quote, 'milk free chocolate just isn't worth it' ... I however, reject this statement! Choices Caramel flavoured chocolates are very similar to my memory of milk chocolate. Sure, its not the REAL deal, and it has less of a mucus residue (wink), but when I eat them I genuinely feel like I just put my hand into a box of Roses and pulled out a caramel filled milk chocolate and to me, thats a damn good substitute. Of course, Booja Booja will always reign #1 but thats gourmet chocolate, which is a whole other kettle of fish.
Lately I have been frustrated with how all the supposed 'Super Foods' are quite expensive and seem to have to be flown half way around the world so we can eat them. My sister and I had been debating this fact and wondering what ever happened to 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' and the benefit of our old faithfuls because if you are like us, you spend enough money on substituting for your food allergies to be adding the price of goji berries and the likes on top...let alone our environmental concerns and carbon footprints!
Before I went home for the Christmas I picked up a new book in my local library, 'Medicinal Cookery' by Dale Pinnock (copyright 2011) for some holiday reading and it turned out to be a treasure trove of all the information that I had been curious about of late, namely: The Real Super Foods. Medicinal Cookery isn't really directed at the topic of 'Super Foods' as we know it but that is exactly what it is... It goes through the body system by system (Skin, Digestion, Heart & Circulatory System, Immune System, Joints and Nervous System) and discusses how each system works, what we need to maintain it, what foods to avoid, what foods to consume and a few helpful (and seriously tasty sounding) recipes to aid each area.
Cabbage - "Steamed sautéed, or raw. Boiled cabbage is of no great use to man or beast, unless of course creating noxious odours in your kitchen serves a practical use. Boiling this precious vegetable will make it devoid of any of the good stuff"
Thyme - "Use either fresh or dried. The secret is to add it to dishes at a fairly late stage where possible. This will deliver flavour without damaging too much of the active chemistry"
Celery - "Eaten raw or juiced. Cooked celery is completely useless as even the slightest heat exposure can break down its active constituents, leaving it with not much else to offer."
Dale Pinnock has an honest, and agreeable style of writing, as though a real person, who eats real food were writing the book and he speaks openly about his own challenge with skin in youth and how it changed his diet and consequently his life.
For anyone who is trying to eat healthier, heal problem areas or just wants to know how to get value out of your shopping cart and cooking methods, I seriously can't recommend this book enough.
The Food Allergy Free Month (& Year) in Review!
Happy New Year!!! I hope that you all had a very wonderful Christmas and that you managed to stay healthy and Allergy Free during one of the most difficult times of the year to do so! My personal Free From highlights of the season were 1, Vegideli Beanfeast paté on crackers with Tesco hummus as a pre christmas dinner snack (addictively tasty!). 2, My Mom's insanely good Gluten Free and Dairy Free christmas cake (pictured above) which was SO good this year that we actually took a mini vote and decided that it was BETTER than the Gluten-filled one, which was already totally awesome! and 3, My beautiful beautiful gramophone, which F. gifted me with - Swooon!
picture courtesy of F. because it was too big to transport to my family home!
Not only did I get this blog finally looking the way I want but my page views more than quadrupled! Yay!. I reviewed no less than 18 Cafés and Restaurants which cater to Food Allergies and Dietary Restrictions and 12 shops around the city which sell a good range Allergy Free food products, I've shared at least 14 Free From recipes (I'll work on creating and sharing even more in 2012!) and reviewed some books on the topic of food allergies and digestion. I also reviewed a WHOLE HOST of food allergy friendly products that are available in and around Dublin not to mention all the going's on out and about the city.
And because a girl's got to get away every now and then I also did some features on Cork City, West Cork, Salzburg (Austria) and India and all of the allergy free finds in those wonderful places.
Dec 7: An Easy Dairy Free Appetizer - Great for Seasonal Celebrations!
Dec 12: A Delicious (Naturally Dairy Free) Elisen-Ledkuchen - The Prefect Christmas Treat!
Dec 14: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free Rich & Fruity Cider Cake Anyone?
Dec 2: A Petite Treats Charity Coffee Morning: Dec 8!!
Dec 9: Gossip & Gatherings: Loads of 'Free From' News That'll Definitely Interest You!


"You only use 10 percent of your brain."
It's surprising how many people believe that statement. After all, if we only used 10 percent of our brains, it would sure make brain damage a lot less worrisome.
"You only use 10 percent of your brain" is an urban legend, just like many others you've probably heard: The organ thieves who steal the kidneys of unsuspecting travelers. The gang members who drive on roadways with their lights off, then kill the first driver who flashes his lights at them. The McDonald's executives who secretly support the Church of Satan.
Because urban legends are false ideas that have gained broad acceptance as truth, it's worth studying them as ideas. Why do these ideas succeed while other ideas fail? After all, the urban legends are competing for "brainspace" with all sorts of other ideas, from the profound to the mundane: details of the new Medicare plan, the latest celebrity gossip, the news from Iraq, the day's list of to-dos, and scads of others. Urban legends are "sticky" ideas-they are understand-able and memorable and they change attitudes and behavior. What makes these false ideas so sticky?
In our book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, we analyze why urban legends succeed in the marketplace of ideas. More importantly, we study what can be learned from urban legends-and other successful ideas-that can help you make your own ideas stick, whether you're communicating with the press, the public, or members of your association.
Urban legends are fascinating, as a class of ideas, because they stick naturally. There are no resources behind urban legends-no ad budgets, no PR flacks, no spin doctors. They are ideas that spread and stick on their own merits. Why? Because they share a common anatomy. They share a common set of traits that make them more likely to stick.
And here's the real whopper of a twist: It's not just urban legends that share these traits. It's every kind of successful idea-proverbs, public health campaigns, political slogans, high school history lessons, sermons, and mission statements. Sticky ideas of all kinds share a handful of traits. Urban legends derive their strength from these principles-but so do true, useful ideas. There are six principles that unite sticky ideas-but before we unpack them, let's look at a real-world sticky idea in action. A classic example comes from the early 1990s, when a man named Art Silverman changed the nation's snacking habits with a single sticky idea.
In 1992, a man named Art Silverman was struggling with how to create a message that would stick with the American public. Silverman worked for the Center for Science in the Public Inter-est, a nonprofit group that educates the public about nutrition. CSPI's leaders had become suspi-cious about the nutritional profile of movie popcorn. To test their suspicions, they sent bags of movie popcorn, from a dozen theaters in three major cities, to a lab for nutritional analysis. The results surprised everyone.
The USDA recommends that a normal diet contain no more than 20 grams of saturated fat each day. According to the lab results, the typical bag of popcorn had 37 grams.
The culprit was coconut oil, which theaters used to pop their popcorn. Coconut oil had some big advantages over other oils. It gives popcorn a nice, silky texture. It released a more pleasant and natural aroma than the alternative oils. Unfortunately, as the lab results showed, coconut oil was also brimming with saturated fat.
The single serving of popcorn on Silverman's desk-a snack someone might scarf down be-tween meals-had nearly two days' worth of saturated fat. And those 37 grams of saturated fat were packed into a medium size serving of popcorn. No doubt a decent-sized bucket could have cleared triple digits.
His job was to figure out a way to communicate this message to the unsuspecting moviegoers of America. The challenge, Silverman realized, was that few people know what "37 grams of saturated fat" means. Most of us don't memorize the USDA's daily nutrition recommendations. Is 37 grams good or bad? And even if we have an intuition that it's bad, we'd wonder if it was "bad bad"-like cigarettes-or "normal bad"-like a cookie or a milkshake.
Even the phrase "37 grams of saturated fat," by itself, was enough to cause most people's eyes to glaze over. Silverman said, "Saturated fat has zero appeal. It's dry, it's academic, who cares?"
The focus on the statistic-37 grams-was too rational somehow. The amount of fat in this popcorn was, in some sense, not rational. It was ludicrous. The CSPI needed a way to shape the message in a way that fully communicated the ludicrousness. Silverman came up with a solution that emulated some of the best traits of urban legends-while spreading truth.
The CSPI called a press conference on Sept. 27, 1992. Here's the message they presented: "A medium-sized 'butter' popcorn at a typical neighborhood movie theater contains more artery-clogging fat than a bacon and eggs breakfast, a Big Mac and fries for lunch, and a steak dinner with all the trimmings-combined!"
The CSPI didn't neglect the visuals-they laid out the full buffet of greasy food for the tele-vision cameras. An entire day's worth of unhealthy eating, displayed on a table. All that satu-rated fat-stuffed into a single bag of popcorn.
The story was an immediate sensation, featured on CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN. It made the front pages of USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post's Style section. Leno and Letterman cracked jokes about fat-soaked popcorn, and headline writers trotted out some doozies: "Popcorn Gets an 'R' Rating," "Theater Popcorn is Double Feature of Fat," "Lights, Action, Cholesterol!"
The idea stuck. Repulsed theatergoers avoided popcorn in droves. Sales plunged. The service staff at movie houses grew accustomed to fielding questions about whether the popcorn was popped in the "bad" oil. Soon after, most of the nation's biggest theater chains-including United Artists, AMC, and Loews-announced they would stop using coconut oil.
Principle 1: Simplicity. How do we find the essential core of our ideas? A successful de-fense lawyer says, "If you argue ten points, even if each is a good point, when they get back to the jury room, they won't remember any." To strip an idea down to its core, we must be masters of exclusion. We must relentlessly prioritize. Saying something short is not the mission-sound bites are not the ideal. Proverbs are the ideal. We must create ideas that are both simple and pro-found. The Golden Rule is the ultimate model of simplicity: A one-sentence statement so pro-found that a person can spend a lifetime learning to follow it.
Principle 2: Unexpectedness. How do we get our audience to pay attention to our ideas, and how do we maintain their interest when our ideas take time to understand? We need to violate people's expectations. We need to be counter-intuitive. Consider Art Silverman's message: This wimpy bag of popcorn has the same amount of saturated fat as a daylong feast of fattiness! We can use surprise-an emotion whose function is to increase alertness and cause focus-to grab people's attention. But surprise doesn't last-for our idea to endure, we must generate interest and curiosity. How do you keep meeting attendees engaged for the eighth hour of the day or the fourth day of the conference? We can engage people's curiosity, over a long period of time, by systematically opening gaps in their knowledge-making them aware that they don't know the answer to a compelling question-and then filling those gaps.
Principle 3: Concreteness. How do we make our ideas clear? We must explain our ideas concretely: in terms of what people do and what they can see and touch. Art Silverman nailed concreteness by putting the actual food on display for the media to see. Business communica-tion, on the other hand, is notoriously non-concrete. Mission statements, synergies, strategies, visions-they are often abstract to the point of meaninglessness. Naturally sticky ideas are full of concrete images-kidney thieves, Kentucky Fried rats-because our brains are wired to remem-ber concrete data. In proverbs, abstract truths are often encoded in concrete language: "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." Speaking concretely is the only way to ensure that our idea means the same thing to everyone in our audience.
Principle 4: Credibility. How do we make people believe our ideas? When former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop talks about a public health issue, most people accept his ideas without skepticism. But, in most day-to-day situations, we don't enjoy this authority. Sticky ideas have to carry their own credentials. We need ways to help people test our ideas for themselves-a "try before you buy" philosophy for the world of ideas. When we are trying to build a case for some-thing, most of us instinctively grasp for hard numbers. But in many cases, this is exactly the wrong approach. In the sole U.S. presidential debate in 1980 between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Reagan could have cited innumerable statistics demonstrating the sluggishness of the economy. Instead, he asked a simple question that allowed voters to test for themselves: "Before you vote, ask yourself if you are better off today than you were four years ago."
Principle 5: Emotions. How do we get people to care about our ideas? We make them feel something. Research shows that people are more likely to make a charitable gift to a single, needy individual than to an entire region with enormous statistical need. We are wired to feel things for people, not abstractions. Sometimes the hard part is finding the right emotion to har-ness. For instance, it's hard to get teenagers to quit smoking by instilling fear of the conse-quences, but it's easier to get them to quit by tapping into their resentment of the duplicity of Big Tobacco.
Principle 6: Stories. How do we get people to act on our ideas? We tell stories. Firefighters naturally swap stories after every fire, and by doing so they multiply their experience; after years of hearing stories, they have a richer, more complete mental catalog of critical situations they might confront during a fire and the appropriate responses to those situations. Research shows that mentally rehearsing a situation helps us perform better when we encounter that situation in the physical environment. Similarly, hearing stories act as a kind of mental flight simulator, pre-paring us to respond more quickly and effectively.
We all know there are ideas that stick naturally-urban legends, conspiracy theories, and gossip, for instance. But the traits of these schlocky ideas can be co-opted and used to help spread true, useful ideas. Art Silverman at the CSPI took the idea that movie popcorn was gro-tesquely unhealthy and he made it stick. And you and your association can use the same six prin-ciples to make your own ideas stick.
Chip Heath is a professor of organizational behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Dan Heath is a consultant at Duke Corporate Education and co-founder of Thinkwell, a new-media textbook company. Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, was released in January by Random House. The article above was adapted from the first chapter of the book. Email: dan@madetostick.com, chip@madetostick.com.


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We returned from our annual summer family vacation at the stroke of midnight, today. The trip this year took us on a tour of west Texas and northern New Mexico. This marks the second consecutive year that we have spent all or part of our week with Poppa (Fred); accompanied this year by Carmen.
Highlights of this year's trek included a visit to the West of the Pecos museum in Pecos, Texas; the McDonald Observatory; Carlsbad National Park; Bandalier National Monument; the Santa Fe Opera production of Béatrice et Bénédict; and the Taos Pueblo.
Our trip began at 0530 on Saturday, 17 July. We dropped Oberon with Kristie and Mark who had generously agreed to dogsit. It was then off to West Texas. With a destination of Fort Davis, we stopped for an hour's diversion to visit the town made famous by Judge Roy Bean. The museum was interesting and contained lots of cowboy and western frontier memorabilia. Interestingly, there was very little, other than a modest display, referencing Judge Bean.
We reached the intended destination of our first day about mid-afternoon. After securing tickets for the evening's events, we went back to town and checked into the motel, grabbed a bite to eat, and headed back to the observatory. We are often reminded of the light pollution present in metropolitan areas when visiting Winedale. However, even that experience pales in comparison to the wondrous show seen on a clear night at the McDonald Observatory. Our visual palette for the evening included a glimpse of Jupiter and four of her moons, a whirlpool galaxy, and a beehive galaxy.
Sunday morning marked the beginning of our relatively short trip up to Carlsbad, New Mexico. Following a stop at the border for our customary photo, we arrived at the park a little after 1300. For all but Herman, this was a novel experience. It had been a quarter century since Herman last visited the caverns with his mother and brothers, back in 1978. The subterranean majesty of the caverns cannot be adequately explained with words. All four of us will remember this experience for quite some time.
More detail will appear shortly as the images from our trip are processed and posted to the album. Check back for information on when they will be available.
Borrowing from the operatic adage it ain't over 'till the fat lady sings, the 2004 season of the RSI Boys 10U baseball season came to its official end last night with the team party. The event took place at the community pool of a gated community wherein a relative of one of the team members resides. Entertainment involved a pool and the camaraderie of teammates and family. Food consisted of pot-luck dishes provided by participating families.
Other highlights of the evening consisted of distribution of trophies to each of the participating boys as well as dissemination of the individual and group portraits taken earlier in the season. (The individual portraits will soon be posted to the family album for interested visitors.) Most of the parents contributed to a fund to procure a dining certificate for the coach redeemable at Texas Land & Cattle.
Yesterday evening was spend with family at the second annual Adame Independence Day party hosted by John and Christy. Adding to the list of participants this year were Kristie and Mark — having relocated to the North Texas region late last summer — and the newest member of our family, Oberon. Margaret and Theodore were also in attendance; along with Pumpkin and Duke. Christy's mother and step-father joined the celebration as well as some of John and Christy's friends. In all there were twenty-seven in attendance, including five canine and two equine participants.
This year's fare was comprised primarily of Tex-Mex dishes. The main course was made up of steak, chicken and fish fajitas and all of the trimmings that go along with that dish. Mark brought a homemade salsa that rivaled our contribution — Central Market's 4th Anniversary variety. It was a hit and, as of today, has become our preferred recipe. Desserts were American standards such as fruit cobbler, pound cake with fresh fruit, and ice cream.
As dusk approached, preparations began for the evening's pyrotechnics. In keeping with the last three combustible holidays, the focus of the occasion was on aerial display. John and Herman manned and coordinated the two launch platforms and the show duration was the longest yet at just over one hour and thirty minutes. Rockets, mortar, and self-contained all-in-one units (comprised of ground-based visual, aerial and acoustic components) ruled the evening. Collin, Ethan and Avery served as the logisticians. Various sparklers were made available to all spectators.
Additional highlights included a tour of the entry way of John and Christy's ranch house, which had recently been surfaced with "Mexican" tiles. Mark brought along and, via the Westminster Adame iMac, displayed a slide show of images taken during Kristie and his recent weeklong trip to Colorado.
This Independence Day celebration was the best to date. The food was tasty, the pyrotechnics were awesome, and the company was par excellence. We look forward to continuing this annual event a year from now.


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