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This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. The day has finally come and Bill Wisener, Bill's Records owner, can hardly contain his excite ... More >>
Murder by Death started in Bloomington, Indiana, but bassist Matt Armstrong is a local who grew up in University Park. He took some time out and shared his first show experiences with us, told us why MBD is not playing SXSW and revealed a little about their forthcoming John Congleton-produced album. ... More >>
All Photos by Catherine DownesHouse-made arugula fettuccini with basil, cherry tomatoes and pistachio pestoDallas welcomed yet another sexual double-entendre named eatery to the scene on Wednesday: the V Spot Vegan Café. I paid a visit to the tiny space, wedged between the Pearl Cup and We ... More >>
Jagger and Richards in Some Girls Live shot in Fort WorthA reminder: Tonight and tonight only is that big-screen screening of The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas, shot during the band's Will Rogers Auditorium stopover on July 18, 1978, under the moniker the "London Green Shoed Cowboys." ... More >>
We've been here before: the night the Rolling Stones played Will Rogers Auditorium as the "London Green Shoed Cowboys" in the summer of '78. The boot, known as Handsome Girls, remains one of the finest in my collection; I revisit it regularly, particularly that rendering of "Starfucker." No wonder i ... More >>
No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting early next month, the United Kingdom and Ireland (followed shortly by Denmark, South Africa, Cro ... More >>
A little over a week ago, Robert posted something of a gem to Unfair Park: Seems an all-girl punk band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, 30 years after the fact have released a response song to the great "She's In Love With The Rolling Stones," a fine, fine single released by Dallas New Wavers The Tel ... More >>
While awaiting several calls back about items forthcoming, allow me to dispense with these four VIP ducets to Wednesday's Iron Fork event at the Fashion Industry Gallery, where chefs John Tesar and Scott Romano will square off whilst attendees dine on samplings from the likes of Il Cane Rosso and ... More >>
Ricky Martin will be performing at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie tomorrow night. And, yes, that kind of has our mouths watering. No, not because we have a thing for the recently outed Latin singer, but because, gluttons that we are, our stomachs have always growled when we hear his song "Shake ... More >>
More than once I've directed your attention to the sound track to the long-lost Rolling Stones in-concert doc Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones, filmed during the '72 Exile on Main St. tour. All of the footage comes from Texas -- two shows at the Tarrant County Convention Center, two at the U ... More >>
Back in May I directed your attention to what remains my favorite Stones live comp, much of which comes from two Tarrant County Convention Center shows on June 24, 1972. Here's its exiled companion, which, till recently, I'd only heard in bits and pieces, and maybe with good reason -- it's six ho ... More >>
Well, this kinda came out of nowhere: Next week--a week from tomorrow, in fact--the Old 97's will release a four-song covers EP, called Mimeograph, via new West Records. The album, which comes before the band's planned double-album release this fall, finds the old Dallas favorites covering The Ro ... More >>
Papa Roach, Hellyeah!, 12 Stones, Seasons AfterMay 5 2010Palladium BallroomBetter Than: cutting your lift into pieces, suffocation, and no breathing.Roger CaldwellPapa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix makes love to the camera. For more of photographer Roger Caldwell's shots of the night, check out his ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January22, 2010...Mystikal has been released from prison after six years. Finally, even unborn babies get to listen to the iPod! Conan O'Brien sticks it to NBC with the help of the Rolling Stones. Suck it, Leno.
This week's Observer includes a piece by Chris Gray describing Jason Isbell as an old soul, and describing the Stones influence on Isbell's latest album, apropos of his show with his band The 400 Unit and openers Macon Greyson tonight at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth. Writes Gray, "Exhausted ... More >>
Friday, November 13,at Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, November 4, 2009...Hulk Hogan has revealed that he has a dream to play bass for Metallica or The Rolling Stones. If I were him, you know what I would dream of? Fixing my broken family.Will it ever stop? Now Kings of Leon has its own clothing li ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 28, 2009...Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood has launched his own clothing line. I can only imagine that he'll come out with a line of orthopedic shoes in the not-too-distant future.Lightspeed Champion is set to make a "comeback" in early ... More >>
As a rule, high-end food photography is supposed to make you hungry. Give the food some soft light, frame it carefully and from just the right distance and it'll look even better on film than it does on your plate. But then there's the strange alternate reality of album covers, where diesel #2 stand ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 3, 2009... Charlie Watts is leaving The Rolling Stones?! Oh, wait... no he's not. Music producer Matthew Herbert is making an album comprised of pig noises. Top that Radiohead! Muse's PR company might want to look up what "secret ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 1, 2009... British police are going to re-examine the death of Rolling Stones member Brian Jones. In the ultimate attempt to recover from a floundering career, Michael Bolton has been writing songs for his new album with Lady ... More >>
Fort Worth-born horn player Jim Price is usually a footnote in most Rolling Stones histories; his contributions to the canon -- he appears on Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. and Goats Head Soup -- seldom merit mention, save as a sideman to sideman Bobby Keys, the Slaton, Texas, native oft consider ... More >>
The Summer of Love got all sorts of coverage on its 40th Anniversary. So wheres the love for 1968?
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin', we figured we'd give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category's nominees. Best Cover/Tribute Act - Hard Night's Day - The King Bucks - Holy Diver - Black and Blue - Boys Named Sue Like the Best Song nominees we broke down yesterday, th ... More >>
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Frank Campagna's The Eagle, circa 1975 Speaking of the Rolling Stones -- and bootlegs -- the great Frank Campagna shoots us the note that, 'bout a year ago, someone lifted his 1975 inspired-by-the-Stones painting as the cover art for a pretty terrific Stones boot. The recording comes from the soundb ... More >>
Gorge yourself on the good stuff
This is David Fricke, who writes about "must-have" bootlegs you can't have because he doesn't tell you how or where to get them. To hell with Rolling Stone. Apparently, the only reason I take the magazine, which stopped being relevant long before I was born, is because every couple of weeks it's goo ... More >>
I was saddened to read this morning in The New York Times about the death of rock critic Paul Nelson, a writer who had an estimable impact on, among others, Bob Dylan, as the man himself recounted in the 2005 Martin Scorsese-directed documentary No Direction Home. He worked for Circus and Rolling St ... More >>
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MTV and Rolling Stone pick the 100 greatest pop songs ever, "from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys." We demand a recount.
Gimme Shelter
What would the face of rock history have looked like if the British Invasion had been a Britney Invasion instead?
Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.
The world might not be coming to an end, but maybe it should be
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The host of 'The O'Reilly Factor' on FOX News was commenting on the ongoing DOMA hearings in the Supreme Court.
O'Reilly said on Fox on Tuesday, "The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals,"
Adding: "That's where the compelling argument is. 'We're Americans. We just want to be treated like everybody else.' That's a compelling argument, and to deny that, you have got to have a very strong argument on the other side. The argument on the other side hasn't been able to do anything but thump the Bible."
Reacting to his remarks, conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh said his comments marginalized Fox News viewers.
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"Do you think there are any Bible thumpers that watch Fox? Because last night you were sort of marginalized on 'The Factor' as not having a compelling argument and just being a bunch of Bible thumpers."
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These were great! I would probably double the sauce. I am not a big mushroom fan so I used water chesnuts instead.. which I would not recommend unless you use a small amount of them, they overwhelmed me. That's what I get for messing with a recipe!
And recipe for two, they weren't kidding! I used low sodium soy and beef broth. So yummy! Might add a tiny bit of sesame oil and garlic next time.
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Just the the chinese. Great!!!!!!!!!!! Co-workers loved it. I will b making this again. Very easy to put together. I used chinese fancy mixed vegetables.people found this review Helpful. You can only vote others' reviews helpful or not helpful... Was this review helpful to you? Yes | No We don't know who you are. Sign in or create an account
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I'll give FOUR stars, simple becasue this is a great method and a recipe to begin with. I just have to add more/different veggies to make it fun, but keep the ratios abou the same. Shoot me if your mother-in-law says, but I also add a pinch of the 'horrible' MSG to both mixtures. Also a pinch of grond black pepper to both and whatever chippable (find chop) veggies are available. The only essential veg seems to the the bean sprouts, don't always have them, and won't but unless they look very good. Think SIMPLE folks! This is as simple as an "Asian" version of a simple frattata (sp?), mostly veggies, egg as a binder and a few "Asian" flavors in the egg mix and in the sauce. A lottoe garlic won't hurt and YOUR taste is the guide. The method is great, but I like to group it a bit higher with a spatula or use a for for the first side's cooking. Temperature is important and 90% of the egg mix shoudl be set befor the flip. I use raw veg and expect them to be crisp; other blanch to soften. Last note: If the essential bean sprouts are a bit too long for convenience, whack them in half before adding to the eggs. This is FUN!person found this review Helpful. You can only vote others' reviews helpful or not helpful... Was this review helpful to you? Yes | No We don't know who you are. Sign in or create an account
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Add On Treatment for Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|May 20, 2009
|Last Updated Date
|April 29, 2011
|Start Date ICMJE
|April 2009
|Primary Completion Date
|November 2010 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery [ Time Frame: 13 - 15 Weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01346163 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Add On Treatment for Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Phase1B Study: A Placebo Controlled Study of PF-03654746 Given as Add-On Treatment of Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
|Brief Summary
This study will look at the impact of dosing as well as ongoing treatment with an investigation medication identified as PF-03654746, on cognitive and physiologic indicators of brain function. Data from this study will assist with the evaluation of the utility of functional magnetic resonance imaging, arterial spin labeling (ASL), and electrophysiologic measures in the detection of early signals of the effectiveness of medications developed to target cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Safety and tolerability of PF-03654746 in this population will be also be evaluated.
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|Study Phase
|Phase 1
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Intervention ICMJE
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|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
|November 2010
|Primary Completion Date
|November 2010 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years to 40 Years
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|United States
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|Raquel E. Gur, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|University of Pennsylvania
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|University of Pennsylvania
|Verification Date
|April 2011
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The equivalent of a mini 'eye-lift' the formula reduces puffiness and the appearance of those sneaky crows feet.
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Soothe skin with a roll-on pen. The tri-ball tube is proven to increase nutrient absorption whilst smoothing out fine lines.
Eve Lom Eye Lift
Eye Lift, £48, [a href="http://www.evelom.com/Eye-Lift-15ml/MEV0028_9510,en_GB,pd.html?start=2&cgid=eyetreatment" target="_blank">evelom.com[/a]
Harnessing the power of retinol (the powerful ingredient in many anti-ageing products) this targeted eye treatement imparts radiance and long lasting hydration to brighten up the skin around your peepers.
Kiehl's Rosa Artica Youth Regenerating Eye Balm
Rosa Artica Youth Regenerating Eye Balm, £34, [a href="http://www.kiehls.co.uk/skin-care/by-category/eyes-lips/rosa-arctica-youth-regenerating-eye-balm" target="_blank">Kiehl's[/a]
An eye-must have! With the help of a rare 'resurrection flower' (it's got to be good right?!) this little tub effectively makes your eye area look years younger.
This Works No wrinkles Tired Eyes
No wrinkles Tired Eyes, £42, [a href="http://www.thisworks.com/no-wrinkles-tired-eyes.html" target="_blank">This Works[/a]
Not had enough beauty sleep this week? Then get your hands on this stimulating eye cream. It'll get rid of tell-tale eye bags - we won't tell if you don't.
Sisley Supremÿa Yeux At Night
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This investment eye cream has got the Grazia Beauty team in a tizzy. We simply can't get enough of the Supremÿa range. Plumping effect and double cell turn-over whilst you sleep? Talk about easy eye-care.
Origins Mega-Mushroom Eye Serum
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Using the natural power of a mushroom blend (who knew?!), this light-weight serum reduces rednesss and sensitivity whilst working to optimise the skins defenses to protect from future damage.
Shiseido Bio-Performance Super Corrective Serum
Bio-Performance Super Corrective Serum, £87, [a href="http://www.feelunique.com/p/Shiseido-Bio-Performance-Super-Corrective-Serum-30ml" target="_blank">Shiseido at feelunique.com[/a]
This serum fights to counteract wrinkes, dullness and skin sagging whilst boosting natural youth factors collagen and elastin. Wrinkles watch out!
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The MA program at Indiana University provides a broad exposure to students in all areas of the field. To be awarded the MA degree, students must complete 51-60 credit hours of graduate course work.
Course work will be accompanied by a clinical practicum each semester. Practicum sites include the Indiana University clinics, as well as off-campus sites in and around Bloomington. In addition to clinical experience in diagnosis and treatment of childhood and adult communication disorders, the practicum includes a weekly seminar in which important clinical issues are presented and discussed.
The MA program is designed to be completed in two years for students with undergraduate degrees (BA or BS) in speech and hearing sciences or communication disorders, in a typical sequence of fall, spring, summer, and fall semesters on campus, followed by a spring of off-campus clinical externships. Most students with the appropriate undergraduate backgrounds graduate at the end of the second spring semester. Students who enter the program without undergraduate degrees in the field may have a different program sequence, depending on how many prerequisite classes they need to take. Students with few prerequisites should plan on completing the M.A. program in three years.
The MA program is accredited by the Council of Academic Accrediation through 2017. Once finishing the clinical fellowship year, students are then eligible for the Certificate of Clinical competency and can obtain licensure in all 50 states in the US, including Washington DC. Some of the states in which graduates are working are Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Massachussets, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Nebraska.
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From the AT&T Archives comes this 1963 film by a young Jim Henson made "for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications".
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Some questions for an aspiring M3 owner. I'm a MOD slut as they say, so I'm doing all my research on the MODs right now before I pull the trigger on the purchase.
1. Does the Akra EVO automatically produce a Check Engine Light (CEL) once installed? (that's the assumption I've picked up from reading the forums on Akra EVO's, hence the "Delete-R" references)
2. I assume the ESS Tune also provides a way to erase the CEL,... but what happens when you have a legitimate problem and the car needs to warn you with a CEL? Does it never show a CEL since you've erased it?
Our tune only addresses the increased emissions code. Any other code will still show and any code designed to trigger the SES will still function as intended.
3. Just out of curiosity. You mentioned that the tune was easy to install, with just a cord... where in the car did you plug in the ESS Tune (location)?
4. If you had to bring the car back to BMW for any reason (general maintenance, recall, etc.) and you re-flash your ECU back to stock w/ the ESS Tune, is there "any" way that BMW could find out that the ECU had been remapped or modified at any point? I guess what I'm getting at is the concern for the warranty... [I figure I ask this since you work for BMW
Otherwise, beautiful M and I hope to actually have the same setup when I finally get mine. The Akra EVO has been something I've been eyeballing for a while!
As far as the question on Akrapovic and the below 3k RPM power loss some notice it and some do not. On our dyno we had a slight loss of power below 3k RPM's. We were able to identify a resolution for it and incorporate it into our Akrapovic specific tune.
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Earlier this month, The Partnership at Drugfree.org was alerted that Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, is selling pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles. These products make light of prescription drug misuse and abuse, a dangerous behavior that is responsible for more deaths in the United States each year than heroin and cocaine combined.
In fact, medicine abuse has increased 33 percent over the past five years with one in four teens having misused or abused a prescription drug in their lifetime. Combined with alcohol, the misuse and abuse of prescription medications can be especially risky, making the Urban Outfitter merchandise even more disturbing.
Prescription drug abuse is no joke- it affects real people like Aaron, Mark, Chelsea, and their family and friends. Please join our fight in having Urban Outfitters remove these products from their shelves and website immediately.
Over the course of this past month, we have been working tirelessly to bring attention to this effort and have received an overwhelming amount of support from families, friends, government officials, strategic partners and the media. In fact, we have collected nearly 4,000 signatures on our petition to stop Urban Outfitters from selling these items, surpassing our original goal of 500.
Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; Congressman Hal Rogers (KY); Attorney General Jack Conway (KY); David Sheff, New York Times bestselling author; and Melissa Gilbert, The Partnership at Drugfree.org Celebrity Champion and actress, have joined our effort and sent letters or social media posts to the Urban Outfitters CEO to demand the items be removed. Hundreds of tweets have been sent to @UrbanOutfitters with similar demands. The culmination of these actions has generated significant media coverage from news outlets including ABC News, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, UPI and more. Together, we are making a real difference.
Despite all these actions, however, we still havenât received a response from Urban Outfitters.
Tongue-in-cheek products that normalize and promote prescription drug abuse only serve to reinforce the misperception about the dangers associated with abusing medicine and put more teens at risk.
Please ask Urban Outfitters to remove these tasteless products from their stores now. Feel free to use the information above to help make your point.
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Monday, May 13th, 2013
The other day a friend said to me, "It seems as if all the people I knew in high school who used drugs were the ones who had trouble coping with their feelings."
As a person in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, I agree with her observation.
I had a great amount of anxiety as a child and as a teenager. My parents were often angry at each other. We frequently ate dinner in silence and, although we didnât acknowledge it, the tension was high. I didn't understand how to sort out my anxiety and my feelings became too much to bear. Just thinking about it 25 years later (14 in recovery) brings knots to my stomach.
I didnât want to be at home with my family. As a result I started going out every night at an early age, even on weeknights, just to get away.
At 14 years old, when I had my first drink, the anxiety went away â albeit temporarily â and I thought I had finally found the answer to my problem. After that, all I wanted to do was drink again.
Now, with children of my own and being in recovery and knowing what I know about drugs and alcohol, I think a lot about the concept of coping.
I often see parents using distraction as a method to calm down their children. But what are we really telling our kids if each time they are upset about something we say, âOh, letâs go over here, and letâs look at this really fun book!â Or âHere letâs see whatâs in the fridge?â This method prevents children from learning how to experience emotions appropriately. Weâre setting them up for a lifetime of bottled-up emotions; weâre teaching them to cover up their feelings, rather than to express themselves. My motherâs idea of comforting herself was through shopping and sweets. Naturally, my brother and I picked up similar habits. And believe me, I thoroughly enjoyed the shopping, chocolate and Coca-Cola.
I didnât have a safe place to express myself and never learned how to process feelings. When I felt bad and anxious it was so painful and so overwhelming.
In early recovery when I no longer had drugs and alcohol to cover my feelings, it was very difficult to deal with my feelings of sadness and despair. I became very depressed; I would cry endlessly. I didnât have the ability to get passed my pain and release my emotions.
With the help of the 12 steps, therapy and meditation I have learned how to cope better. Today, when I get sad about something, my reaction is appropriate to the situation at hand.
Nevertheless, parents today never want to see their children sad. We fear that they wonât be able to handle adversity. I fall into that trap even though I consider myself to be a pretty conscious mother. Recently, my 4 year old had a playdate with a young girl who subsequently made her cry twice in the little time she was at our house. My instinct was to ban the girl from our home, and I hoped that my daughter would never want to play with her again at school. I was adamant about it. I didnât want anyone to hurt my little girl.
But then I thought, âWait a minute, is this the right way to go?â
I recently watched a video called the Opiate Effect. It is a short film about the Oxycodone problem in Vermont. In the film, Dr. Bob Bick (Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services at the Howard Center) says, âIf we encourage young people to think, to THINK and FEEL from the earliest age as opposed to believing that we can think for them or feel for them, we will be in a much better positionâ¦for young people to make decisions which ultimately will affect the rest of their lives.â
Thinking and feeling for myself was something I did not know how to do until several years into my recovery. Thinking, but foremost FEELING for themselves is something I deeply would like my children to learn. And if I just step out of the way, not necessarily interfering but instead simply giving them gentle guidance along the way, Iâm hoping it will be achieved.
So, Iâm taking a different approach. If my daughter is angry or sad, I ask her what is going on and try to get her to talk about it. Sometimes Iâll just hold her without saying anything and let her cry until she is done. I never try to distract her with TV, food or shopping like I see so many others do, and like my own parents did.
To me it is clear that teenagers who have learned to cover up their feelings with video games or shopping or food will more easily say yes when someone offers them a joint at a party. And if they are predisposed, and have a lot of unresolved or pent-up emotions and the joint offers them relief, then they will likely want to do it again. And then who knows what will happen.
As they say, I am trying to just take it one step at a time and one day at a time encourage my two little girls to figure out life, thinking and feeling on their own, and hopefully it will make a difference. Â Of course, I am just a parent in recovery. I am not an expert nor a PhD, and these are just my observations.
I would really like to hear from parents who have had or currently have children who are suffering from drug and alcohol abuse issues and hear what they have to say on this topic. Does any of this matter? Please comment below and let me know what you did or didnât do.
Posted by Pernilla Burke / Filed under Addiction, Coping, Enabling, Family History, parenting, Recovery, Self-reflection, Substance Abuse, Writing About Addiction / Comments: more
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
When it comes to addiction treatment, too often there is a disconnect between what people with an addiction need â and what they get. Combine that with the stigma, desperation and fear that accompany the disease of addiction, time and again, present seemingly insurmountable odds for the addicted person to overcome. In this, the final installment in a four-part series of my Q&A with award-winning journalist Maia Szalavitz, Ms. Szalavitz weighs in on âAddiction Treatment: How Can We Make Things Better?â
JERRY OTERO: Most of the media stories about addiction are often tied to something sensational, like a celebrity death. What will motivate journalists to pay more attention to this issue and, in turn, create more awareness and education among their readers/viewers? What kinds of stories would you like to see?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: Hard to say how to get more attention to this (if I knew how, Iâd do it!), but I would like to see reporters who cover this area question their own ingrained beliefs and not just assume that traditional treatment is the only way to recovery, that police are any kind of experts on the effects of drugs, that treatment providers are impartial experts (use academic sources who know the data; you wouldnât go to a pharmaceutical company for unbiased perspective on its own products) or that current policies are the most effective way to deal with problem.
JERRY OTERO: What's your biggest wish for change in the addictions field?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: That addiction be seen as a health problem and truly treated that way, with evidence-based treatment in which the traditional harsh approach would be as unacceptable as it would be for doctors to treat cancer patients as immoral malingerers.
JERRY OTERO: Anything parents can do to bring about this change?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: Advocate for evidence-based treatment and policy change that recognizes that addiction problems cannot be solved by the criminal justice system and treat people with addiction with compassion.
This concludes our Q&A with Maia Szalavitz. I want to thank Ms. Szalavitz for sharing her insights with our readers, and for weighing in on topics that are important for parents and other caregivers.
Are you a parent or caregiver of a teen or young adult struggling with a substance abuse problem? Please visit the online community at The Partnership at Drugfree.org's Time To Get Help.
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer at TIME.com and writes about addiction-related issues for The Fix.com . Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. She is co-author of Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential â and Endangered, (Morrow, 2010), The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatristâs Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing (Basic, 2007), and Recovery Options: The Complete Guide: How You and Your Loved Ones Can Understand and Treat Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (John S. Wiley, 2000) and the author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead, 2006).
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Opioids (heroin and prescription pain relievers) are powerful drugs that act on specific receptors in the brain that are important in regulating pain. While prescription opioids can be highly beneficial if used as prescribed, as a class of drug, they have a high potential for abuse. In fact, the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated that 1.9 million people in the U.S. were addicted to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2010 and 359,000 were addicted to heroin.
Medication-assisted treatment for opiate dependence generally refers to the use of the medications buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone to treat opiate dependence, in combination with counseling and recovery support services. Â
In this, Part 3 of a 4-part series of my Q&A with award winning journalist Maia Szalavitz, Ms. Szalavitz shares her views on the dominance and effectiveness of traditional AA/12 Step based rehab programs, as well as the changes she has seen in the addiction field with a special emphasis on medication-assisted treatment for those struggling with opioid dependency.
JERRY OTERO: Whatâs been the biggest change in the addictions and treatment field since your book, Recovery Options publication in 2000? What are the implications for teenagers?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: The biggest change is the widespread use of buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment and the acceptance of the need for maintenance medication in some cases by abstinence-focused providers like Hazelden. There has also been a decline in harsh and confrontational treatment, but unfortunately, some is still out there.
I wish there had been more changes though:Â itâs still hard to get care that doesnât present the idea that the 12-steps are the best way and that really meets peopleâs needs.
Teen treatment is unfortunately still very problematic, particularly in programs that sell themselves as âtroubled teenâ programs, i.e., emotional growth boarding schools, boot camps, therapeutic boarding schools, behavior modification programs and wilderness programs. None of these have any controlled evidence supporting their effectiveness for addictions or other teen drug problems and yet lots of teens with drug problems are sent to them. These programs tend to use tough, harsh tactics that are known to be harmful.
JERRY OTERO: What are your thoughts on medicated-assisted treatment (such as methadone, suboxone, vivitrol) for patients with opioid addictions? What are things parents should know about this treatment for their older teens/young adults?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: For opioid addiction, medication-assisted treatment is the safest and best option, the one most likely to preserve life and health. Itâs trickiest to determine when it should be used with young people: obviously, itâs preferable not to have to be on lifelong maintenance of anything, whether blood pressure medication or buprenorphine. So, young people should be aiming for abstinence at first, but maintenance should not be ruled out or seen as failure and parents should not pressure kids who are doing well on maintenance to come off, simply because they feel that drug-free is better.
Stay tuned next week for Part lV of our Q&A âHow Can We Makes Things Better?â
To learn more about prescription medicine abuse, please visit The Partnership at Drugfree.org's The Medicine Abuse Project.
And look for The Partnership at Drugfree.orgâs free Medication-Assisted Treatment e-book coming out next month.
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer at TIME.com and writes about addiction-related issues for The Fix.com. Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. She is co-author of Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential â and Endangered, (Morrow, 2010), The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatristâs Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing (Basic, 2007), and Recovery Options: The Complete Guide: How You and Your Loved Ones Can Understand and Treat Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (John S. Wiley, 2000) and the author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead, 2006).
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ms. Szalavitz about her work. Following is the first in a four-part series. Here, Ms. Szalavitz shares her insights into how parents can better deal with their teensâ and young adultsâ drug and alcohol abuse problems.
JERRY OTERO: In your latest book, Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential â and Endangered ,you explore empathyâs startling importance in human evolution and its significance for our children and our society. Why is empathy essential, and how can parents help to instill it in their children? Are there any lessons here to learn for parents who are struggling to make sense of their teenagers and young adult childrenâs drug abuse issues?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: Empathy is critical for having a happy, healthy life because it affects all of our relationships and our health â physical and mental â to an enormous degree is determined by our ability to form strong bonds with others. The best way to teach empathy is to behave kindly: as one expert put it, empathy canât be taught, but it can be caught. However, kids need to learn to understand their own feelings well before they can understand those of others: good ways of helping them learn this are reading to them and asking them explicit questions about their own and other peopleâs thoughts and feelings in various situations.
Empathy is also important for preventing and treating drug problems. In terms of prevention, schools with warm atmospheres where kids feel part of a community have less drug use and less bullying, for one.
Also, part of the reason I got interested in the subject was that I saw how unkind so many counselors and treatment programs were to people with addictions. And there are all kinds of people out there advocating that being cruel is the only way to help. The data just doesnât support that â empathetic treatment is the most effective. And harsh treatment drives people away from seeking help.
JERRY OTERO: Â âKind Loveâ vs. âTough Loveâ, whatâs a parent to do about a teenagerâs or young adultâs substance use?
MAIA SZALAVITZ: There is no evidence that âtough loveâ does anything useful. Of course, you shouldnât buy drugs for your children or do things that will help them use easily and if they are a danger to you or your other children, you may have to have them live elsewhere â but donât put a child on the street with the aim of helping him stop using. It might do that â but it also might make a temporary problem into a permanent one by entrenching the street lifestyle and putting the child at greater risk for overdose, suicide and disease. If you need to cut a child out of your life, in other words, do it to protect yourself or others, not to help them. Thereâs no evidence that it does help and all of the evidence on treatment and intervention shows that kind, supportive, gradual approaches are more effective than abrupt, harsh, confrontational ones.
This goes back to empathy: if you want to help your child quit, you need to understand why they use and help them find other ways of getting those needs met. If the child believes you are on their side and will not place them in an awful place they canât escape and want them to feel good, not control them, you will be much more successful in motivating change. Itâs a lot easier for a kid to say yes to treatment if he knows his parents will back him up if itâs not right for him; a trial of antidepressants is much more easily done if the teen sees this as a way for her to feel better, not a way for her to be made compliant.
Check back next week for Part 2 of our Q&A, âFinding Treatment for Your Teen.â
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer at TIME.com and writes about addiction-related issues for The Fix.com . Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. Â In addition to the books mentioned above, Ms. Szalavitz previously co-authored The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing (Basic, 2007), and Recovery Options: The Complete Guide: How You and Your Loved Ones Can Understand and Treat Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (John S. Wiley, 2000).
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
He relapsed, does that mean he failed? HELL YES, over and over the same old crap!!! Won't he ever GET IT???!!! (Expressed very loudly by a father of an addict: me.)
No, no, no, this isn't a rant of today. Everything is still good with my son. These are the words that still echo in the walls of our home.
We all evolve and learn in the process of parenting an addict. When I first entered this world, my way of thinking was cut and dried. You either recovered or you didn't. If you didn't, you failed.
Well, learning is hard, especially if you happen to be an adult. And when learning involves first unlearning what you believe to be true, it is particularly difficult.
I struggled a lot. It literally took me years to understand what so many people told me over and over, relapse is a part of recovery. It was hard to accept this idea when I couldnât relate it to what Iâd experienced and believed in my life.
I can remember sending Alex off to his first inpatient rehab. So easy that was. Why didn't we think of this sooner? Send him away, write a really big check and he comes home cured. Boy was I dumb!
It didn't take long for the anger to surface. Two weeks, in fact. What the hell, two weeks and it is the same old thing — except my bank account is minus $6000.
Fast forward through a lot of anger, time and way too many more dollars than I want to think about. Relapse is a part of recovery. I don't know the statistics on how many addicts "get it" the first time, but they aren't really relevant to our story.
What I have learned is that recovery is a process that involves many things and numerous variables of which relapse is one component. That's not to mean I accept relapse because it is part of the package it just means I have a better grasp of the process and I am able to live in reality.
Does relapse mean failure?
Failure is the act of not trying. This is how I broke it down in simple terms and concepts for myself. When I was younger I water skied a lot. The first time I ran a slalom course I fell, if I remember right it was on the first ball. When I tried to trick ski I fell on my first 360.
Failure wasn't me falling. Failure would have been if I climbed into the boat and never skied again. Failure isn't the result of not succeeding. Failure is the result of not trying or giving up.
No matter how many times it takes.
To learn more, read 5 Things You Need to Know About Relapse.
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
People in recovery and their families are often terrified of relapse. Understanding the following 5 points may help.
1. Relapse is common. Although relapses are not inevitable, they are common. Many people have one or more relapses before achieving long-lasting sobriety or abstinence. This does not mean the end of efforts toward abstinence and recovery. The person needs to get back into treatment and the family needs to continue attending a support group, professional counseling, or both.
2. Work together to prevent relapse. People in recovery may have frequent urges to drink or use drugs, and feel guilty about it, even though these urges are a normal part of recovery. Itâs important to work together to anticipate high-risk situations (such as a party where alcohol will be served) and plan ways to prevent them.
3. Relapse can happen during good times, too. Sometimes relapse occurs when the person is doing well with their recovery. He or she feels healthy, confident, and/or "cured" and believes that he or she is ready to go back to casual, regular or "controlled" use of drugs or alcohol. The person may remember the honeymoon period of their use (even though it may have been long ago) â where his or her use didn't cause problems â and may want to return to that place. But this is often impossible since addiction changes the physical makeup of the brain and the person is recovery is no longer able to use drugs or alcohol in a controlled fashion.
4. If relapse occurs. Medical professionals, particularly those who specialize in substance use disorders, are an extremely important asset during a time of relapse. They can help the person learn techniques for containing feelings, focusing on the present, and making use of support from others. Relying on group support from Twelve Step programs, engaging in prayer or meditation, and finding other ways to stay on an even keel can also be extremely helpful.
5. Learn from relapse. Experts have found that a relapse can serve as an important opportunity for the recovering person and other family members to identify what triggered the relapse in the first place â and find ways to avoid it in the future.
Posted by Intervene Staff / Filed under Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs, Family Therapy, getting help, parenting, Recovery, Recovery & Relapse, relapse, Substance Abuse, Twelve Step, Uncategorized / Comments: more
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
My son Alex shoplifted to support his addiction. Needless to say he got caught several times. The first few times, when he was a minor, we'd get a call to come pick him up, and he'd get a ticket, and we'd pay a big fine and take him to court services for his probation and take him to a psychologist. This went on for a couple years.
When he turned 18, he was no longer a minor, and with his record they'd take him to jail. He'd make that phone call from jail, "Please come and bail me out. I'm never going to do this again." Off we'd go. After a while, this was getting expensive. And my wife Darlene and I were not learning our lessonâand, by the way, neither was our son. We were doing the same thing over and over, and our son was doing the same thing over and over. Nothing was changing. He'd make the same promises, we'd take the same action, and we couldn't understand why he kept using!
This is where the idea of âdetachingâ and setting boundaries started with us. We decided we werenât going to pay bail next time.
But it wasnât easy. As a mom and dad it is very hard to think of your child sitting in jail. In Jackson County, MO, jail he witnessed a person getting stabbed. The food is universally bad at jails, and without money on your books, you can't even get a toothbrush to brush your teeth. He had food stolen from him and at times had to fight to keep it. He spent two days in solitary confinement for defending himself against an inmate who attacked him. Some jails put the mentally ill in with criminals such as rapists and murderers, and then put them all in together with the drug addicts. It makes no sense to me.
It's hard to think of yourself as a loving parent when you know that for just a few hundred dollars you could get your child out of those situations. You wonder: if I don't pay the bail, am I really a loving parent? But eventually, the day comes when you don't pay. We once let our son sit in the âJohnson County, KS, Resortâ for 11 days because we wouldn't post a $50 bond. Sounds mean doesn't it?
This is about detaching with love and not enabling. Your boundaries must match your values. It works for us this way. Overriding all is the value that we love our son. When you sit down to think about and discuss boundaries, this goes at the top of the page. Every single boundary is tested against that value.
Another value we hold close and taught our kids is that stealing is wrong. Stealing carries consequences, and it should. Bailing him out removes or minimizes the consequences. Contrary to our values, we were bailing him out. We hated what he was exposed to in jail; however, we had established a pattern: he got caught, he called, we jumped with cash in hand.
Darlene and I sat down and determined where we would go and where we would no longer go. This began to help us establish our boundaries. You canât cover all of the possible situations; you just cover what you can and know that once you learn how to judge behaviors and fight the instinct to enable by rescuing, the exercise becomes easier and more natural.
Once boundaries are determined, you must sit down with your child, an addict that may or may not be high at the time, and explain where you will no longer go with him. In fact you can even start each sentence with, "Because we love you…â and then, for instance, âwe can no longer bail you out of jail. All of your life we taught you that stealing was wrong and you know that in your heart, so we cannot support your actions by bailing you out of jail when you do something you have been taught all your life is wrong. I hope you understand this and can accept our decision."
For each boundary we had discussed, the conversation went like that. Our son hated it when we turned off the TV and asked him to sit down at the table to talk. This satisfied our need to tell him of our expectations, and it told him what to expect from us. Yes, he still called, begged, pleaded and cried from jail, but what we had been doing in the past didn't work and was bad for us and him. We had to change the rules, but that didn't mean we loved him less. It meant we loved him more because it hurt us terribly to let him sit in jail.
Even with his begging and pleading we were still able to sleep at night and have a moment of down time. He was in jail and we knew jail was safer than being on the street scoring and shooting more heroin. We then began to see jail as "protective custody."
We detached from Alex's crimes and actions; we did not detach from him. We still loved him, took some of the $10-for-10-minute collect calls from jail. On those calls we always ended by saying that we loved him and asking him to please help himself. We were doing all we could and all we knew to do. Detach from the actions, crimes, drug use, lying and every other terrible thing a drug addict does to himself and others. Love and support the person inside, not the addiction controlling the life.
Today, Alex is two-and-a-half years sober.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
My son stopped using over two years ago. For seven years he was addicted to drugs and, by the end, was a heroin addict. Today he is drug-free and working to put his life back together.
There are countless books and websites about addiction, rehab and recovery. Most of them are filled with valuable information that helps both the addict and the parent. I wonât discredit anything on these sites or in these books, but I want to share what I have learned about being the parent of an addict in recovery, not from reading but from experience â no long-drawn processes or lengthy explanations. These are just some realizations that seem to help me.
2. Addicts dig deep holes for themselves. Contrary to what you may think, filling the hole is faster when only one person has a shovel. If you help to shovel, it will take longer to fill the hole.
3. Forgiveness is for me. The sooner I understand, the faster I heal.
4. âBelieveâ or âdoubt?â I choose to believe. Have you ever had someone tell you that they believe in you?
5. Normal is right. âFragile. Handle with Careâ is not stamped in big red letters on a child in recovery. To stop using drugs or alcohol means he or she wants a normal life again.
6. Nagging, suspicious looks and reminders of past mistakes really irritate me. Addicts in recovery probably donât need them either.
7. His recovery is his to manage. I know that for the last seven years, he hasnât been able to manage ANYTHING. But we all have to learn and begin someplace.
8. I love you. That is a reassurance we ALL need.
Posted by Ron Grover / Filed under Acceptance, Addiction, Dealing with an Addicted Child, Family members, Forgiveness, Hope, parenting, Patience, Recovery, Self-reflection, Substance Abuse, Writing About Addiction / Comments: more
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The festive lights that started twinkling along 5th Ave â despite it seeming as if we had only just gotten to this side of Halloween â werenât enough of a sign for me. It wasnât until after my familyâs own Thanksgiving dinner, when I loosened my belt a notch, that it hit me. The holiday season is upon us, in full swing â with all of its candles and lights, connecting with family and friends, eating and drinking, gift-giving, celebrating, and of course partying.
It is also a time when your teenagers will be out of school and facing much less structure and supervision. School breaks typically mean lots of freedom and time spent socializing with friends, not to mention the increased access to alcohol that comes with the parties. Many work hard to find positive activities for their teens during the holiday break from school. But even so, a lot of teens are left seeking something to do with the idle time in between. And because boredom is a major reason teens give for substance abuse, even the most trustworthy can be at risk.
Additionally, The Brookline Parents Education Network reports that New Yearâs Eve, in particular, can be a difficult night for parents to set guidelines for their teens. More than any other event, this night is associated with drinking. Many kids have internalized a dangerous and false message: âUnless you are at a large gathering of friends drinking, you are a loser.â They put pressure on their parents to let them attend unsupervised parties and sleepovers. Parents may be out with their own friends and less vigilant about supervision. And children may be less forthcoming about where they will be, and with whom.
Here are 5 tips parents can use to keep their teenagers safe during the holiday season and into the New Year:
â¢Â   Be sure your teen understands that drinking under the age of 21 is illegal and unacceptable.
â¢Â   Know where your teen is going, and ask lots of questions. Who will be there? Will alcohol or other drugs be present? Will adults be home? Do those adults tolerate drinking in their home?
â¢Â   Discuss with your teen situations in which he or she might be offered drugs or alcohol, and plan ways for how they can respond. Be sure your teen knows to call 911 immediately if a partygoer needs medical attention. For tips on how to talk to your teen and for strategies he or she can use to decline drugs or alcohol, see our Parent Talk Kit.
â¢Â   Make a plan with your teen for how he or she will get home. Remind him or her never to get in a car with a driver who has been using drugs or drinking. Provide money for a taxi or public transportation if it is available and safe in your area. Make an agreement with your teen that if he or she calls to ask for a ride, you will come immediately (no matter where or what time), with no questions asked until later. Here is a contract you and your teen can use to establish a clear understanding of acceptable actions.
â¢Â   Be a role model, and know that your behavior is a major influence on your child. Drink responsibly, and donât abuse alcohol or drugs. Never drive under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance. Never get in a car with a driver who is under the influence. Safeguard your prescription medicine and only use it as directed by a doctor.
What challenges or concerns are you facing this holiday season? Please use the comments section below to share any ideas or questions you have about keeping your teens safe through the New Year.
On behalf of the Partnership at Drugfree.org, I wish you and your family a safe holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year.
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Cottage | 5 bedrooms | sleeps 9
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A mile from the centre of Wedmore, set in 11 acres of garden, meadow and woods, a handsome detached house with gorgeous long views over lush, rolling farmland to Wells Cathedral. Totally private and completely tranquil, the extensive 2 acres of gardens and land beyond have been designed to encourage flora and fauna with two wildlife ponds, huge sun terrace with table/chairs. Outdoor undercover drying area.
Two shallow steps up to big porch (room for wheelchairs, coats, boots) to games room (table tennis/pool table, darts), through to a snug with TV/DVD, sofa and woodburner; big living/dining room with lovely views, TV/DVD and open fire; kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, cooker with induction hob, larder and drinks fridges) with breakfast table/chairs, second sink area and door to terrace; scullery with freezer; loo (washbasin); utility room with washing machine and Sheila Maid.
Children's den with TV/DVD and junior table football, through which access is gained to a twin bedroom (zip-linkable to 6' double) and shower-room (wet-room suite). Second ground-floor bedroom with 5' bed, great views and en suite bathroom (suite with adapted loo and separate shower suitable for wheelchair users).
Steep stairs up to three more bedrooms – a double (5' bed, washbasin) with great views and cot room off, and a room with two single beds (washbasin) leading through to a single; shower-room (suite).
Sleeps maximum of 9, including babies. Damages Deposit £200. Arrival after 3.45pm. A superb house, suitable for those with some mobility problems. Pub, 200 yards.
|Sleeps up to 9, 5 bedrooms
|Will consider
|Short breaks (1-4 days)
|Car advised
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Log fire, Internet access, DVD player
|Central heating, TV, Telephone, Games room
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron
|Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 3 Family bathrooms
|Single beds (5), Double beds (2)
|Towels provided, High chair
|Shared garden
|Secure parking
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The agent has its own star rating system to quantify interior quality, comfort and ambience. This property has been rated 4.5 star.
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Somerset: is dairy cows in lush water-meadows, huge rolling cornfields, immense views, dark chocolate ploughed fields, luxuriant cottage gardens, orchards and the hedgerows alive with songbirds. To the north, the limestone Mendip Hills, splendid for walking, containing caves and Cheddar Gorge; and beautiful Bath with its natural hot springs, a city enjoyed by Jane Austen, steeped in Roman and Georgian history and still very culturally alive - a World Heritage Site. In Somerset's middle, the flatness of Sedgemoor (where Monmouth enticed the West Country's farmers to be slaughtered for him) with cattle at sunset as in a classical painting, villages on low hills. Nearby are Glastonbury with its tor and legends (and festival) and Wells with its tremendous cathedral. To the south is the Hamstone country - beautiful rolling farmland where almost every cottage is of golden stone, and every few miles are magnificent houses/gardens open to the public; at Yeovilton, the excellent Fleet Air Arm Museum (Concorde). In the Vale of Taunton, between Exmoor, the Quantocks and the Blackdown Hills, is some of the richest farmland in England, wonderfully unspoilt and peaceful.
And to the north-west, the 40 square miles of the beautiful Quantock Hills stretching from Taunton (county town) to the Bristol Channel sea and big sandcastling beaches. Wooded, heather-topped, home to red deer and loved by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Superb walks/rides, tremendous views, deep romantic valleys, pretty villages. Along the Quantocks' western foot chugs the steam railway from Bishop's Lydeard to Minehead. Few beautiful-country areas are so rich in interesting and splendid man-made things to see.
Wedmore: pretty village (church, pubs, art gallery, smart boutiques and shops) known as the 'Chelsea of Somerset'. Golf, 1 mile. Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole, 5-6 miles. Bath, 25 miles.
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At a strip mall clogged with Ferraris and fashion boutiques, Beretta Gallery salesman Chris Cope shows me a framed photo of one of his best clients, an oilman posing next to a bounty of elephant tusks. In addition to selling massive safari rifles, this high-end Italian weapons emporium in the Dallas suburb of Highland Park supplies $130,000 Imperiale Montecarlo shotguns as well as petite .22s and chic, lockable handbags to conceal them. All told, it sells more firearms than any other Beretta outlet in the world. Last year, the store presented George W. Bush with a $250,000 shotgun engraved with the presidential seal, a picture of his Scotty dog, and "43" on the lever. The gun, which required more than a year to assemble, was a thank-you from Mr. Beretta for a military order of a half-million pistols.
It's fair to call 75205, the zip code for most of Highland Park, the most enthusiastically Republican enclave in the country. Among the two-dozen zip codes that donated the most money to candidates and political parties last year, 75205 gave the highest share—77 percent—to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. It also gave Republicans more hard cash, $2.4 million, than all but four other zips nationwide. Affluent, insular, and intensely sure of itself, Highland Park is the red-state counterpart of, say, Berkeley. It's a place where, one native son half-jokes, friends might ask one another, "Do you want to come over for barbecue after we go vote for Mitt Romney?" People in the surrounding city of Dallas, where I grew up, call it the Bubble.
"We don't need the government to do things for us—that's why the town is very, very independent," says Ray Washburne, a co-owner of the Highland Park Village mall and a native "Parkie." In 2004, Washburne and George Seay III (pronounced "see"), a grandson of Texas' first 20 th-century Republican governor, cofounded Legacy, a group of 200 families that "have been successful in their careers and want to be involved in the political process." The group hosts aspiring GOP presidential candidates at a yearly summer retreat in Colorado, where they "network with other people who have been trying to push along the conservative, free-enterprise cause." Washburne befriended former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at an event in 2008 and later joined his short-lived presidential campaign.
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