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Central bank communications have evolved substantially since Sir Montagu Norman, the governor of the Bank of England from 1921-1944, reportedly took as his personal motto, “Never explain, never excuse.” More recently, in the U.S., the Federal Reserve has expanded its communications to include a statement after every meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), quarterly press conferences by the chair, and quarterly projections of the economy and the path of interest rates by each member of the FOMC.

Other central banks have done much the same, believing that monetary policy is more effective when the public and financial markets understand the central bank’s thinking and that openness is essential to preserving central bank independence in democratic societies. Yet the Fed is often criticized for being unclear and opaque, and there is no doubt that the Fed’s audiences are often confused.

On November 30, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy and the Center for Financial Economics at Johns Hopkins examined the purpose and quality of Fed communications from the perspectives of academics, former Fed officials, Wall Street Fed watchers, and those in the press who cover the Fed. What is and what should be the goal of Fed communications? What does it do well? Not so well?

Read Governor Powell’s prepared remarks on the Federal Reserve’s website.

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Thailand is trying its hardest to win back its pre-tsunami popularity as one of the world's favorite tourist destinations full of mystical architecture, ancient ruins and miles of white-sand beaches on its many exotic islands. (Who can forget the paradise-like beach of Phi Phi island made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "The Beach"?) And with the help of U.S. and other international travel agents promoting affordable packages to the fast-recovering disaster-stricken region, the hard work is paying off.

For the fourth consecutive year, Thailand has snatched the Best Tourism Country Award from a leading Swedish travel magazine. And some of the most beautiful women in the world are arriving there as we speak to compete for the title of Miss Universe in the world-famous pageant to be held on May 31 in the Nonthaburi Province on the outskirts of Bangkok. Tourism Authority of Thailand hopes that the event will attract more visitors by portraying Thailand in a positive light.

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You can upgrade your trip and spend three extra days in Phuket Island at the Novotel Resort for a total of $1299 or, for a $100 more, venture out to Cambodia's Angkor Wat, paying a total of $1399 and staying at the Princess Angkor Hotel for the extra three days.

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3 Ways to Spot Cultural Cancers in Your Company and Cure Them

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One teammate bringing a somber mood to the office is like secondhand smoke: The whole atmosphere becomes polluted and negatively affects those in the vicinity. If leaders don’t address it, employees will naturally wonder why – and could even lose trust in the company.

An employee with a negative attitude in the office is like secondhand smoke: The whole atmosphere becomes polluted and negatively affects everyone in the vicinity. If leaders don’t address it, employees will naturally wonder why – and could even lose trust in the company.

For example, shortly after launching one of my companies, my co-founder and I noticed an employee making frequent mistakes. The pattern began with relatively minor slip-ups, such as not properly filling out required paperwork. Instead of being proactive, the employee waited for instructions from others, did the bare minimum, and failed to take ownership of projects or mistakes.
However, these little mistakes weren’t the biggest problem: The employee’s lack of engagement was contagious. He displayed poor body language, made remarks about supposedly dissatisfactory aspects of the role, and spread those sentiments to other team members. Initially, we tried to correct his performance; the harder we pushed, the more sullen he became. We viewed his behavior as a performance problem, not realizing the cultural impact he had on our company. The longer we kept him around, the more his negative mindset seemed to pervade our organization.

Eventually, we let him go; in retrospect, I wish we’d done so sooner. One person’s bad attitude can eat away at your culture until there’s nothing left.

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Colleagues influence one another, for better and worse. According to a study conducted by researchers at Harvard Business School and Cornerstone OnDemand, if you set an upbeat, motivated employee next to an average performer, the latter’s output will increase by 10 percent. Conversely, an average employee’s output will drop by 10 percent if her new office neighbor is uninspired and lazy.

Thus, it’s no surprise that companies with highly engaged employees are 21 percent more productive than those with disenfranchised staffs.

Employees don’t become organizational cancers out of malice. Oftentimes, they’re feeling unappreciated or concerned about the company’s stability. They disengage, with their apathy sapping their co-workers’ energy as well. Unfortunately, most leaders don’t realize there’s a problem until it’s too late. Executives may be reluctant to confront highly skilled employees or those with deep institutional knowledge because they know replacing them will be costly and time-consuming. They justify keeping them around, even though they’ve become a drain on morale and productivity.

Rather than hope troublemakers will rectify their ways, leaders should watch for the following signs indicating an employee has developed a cancerous attitude. Once you’ve identified it, you can take immediate action to keep it from spreading.

They air grievances to other team members.

We encourage open-door communication with our founders. If employees don’t want to talk with them in person, they can contact our human resources department. If employees don’t have channels for lodging complaints, they’ll use colleagues as sounding boards. When those colleagues adopt the habit, you’ll have an office filled with unhappy workers. Fifty-two percent of employers surveyed by CareerBuilder said a negative attitude was the key marker of a bad hire – negativity metastasizes rapidly if not treated promptly.

In the early days of one of my companies, we hired people from larger companies with the experience and domain knowledge to help us grow, but the fluid nature of startup life threw them for a loop. They were accustomed to completing assigned tasks, not being agile and making decisions to drive a company. Lacking the passion to integrate and get things done, they adopted negative outlooks. When newer team members worked closely with them, it shaped the newcomers’ perception of the company. Before long, nobody was having fun or innovating – they were just getting their work done.

The best way to prevent negativity from creeping in is by not allowing it to take root in the first place. Our company makes this a priority by giving new hires context around our culture. I take the time to have lunch with them and educate them on our company’s backstory. This gives new employees a better understanding of why we operate the way we do, right from the top.

We also employ what we call “Stop, Start, Continue,” which is a review within a new hire’s first 90 days. This isn’t to criticize employees, but to let them know early on what they should start doing, what they need to stop doing, and what they’re great at and should continue doing because it benefits the team. This practice emphasizes our forward-thinking culture before negativity has room to set in.

When new hires have the context behind our operations and expectations, there’s little room to question tasks’ or processes’ purposes or become negative about them.

They resist innovation.

Innovation blockers are difficult to spot – they do just enough work to get by, make liberal use of time-off policies, and never put in overtime or extra effort. Because their work is adequate, they rarely set off warning bells until their cancerous attitudes have infected the organization.

Two behaviors, however, set them apart. The first is avoiding data-driven arguments. An unwillingness to discuss hard numbers indicates a person might stifle progress through distracting, emotional confrontations. The second is being ignorant of market trends. If our competitor launches a new initiative, our team should be ready to counter with an innovation of its own. People who complain about a lack of time or resources to innovate are stuck in their comfort zone and will go to great lengths to stay there.

Fortunately, they’re not necessarily lost causes. Employees who resist innovation may fear losing their jobs or being passed over for opportunities if their ideas don’t pan out. Rather than punish failure, we disprove such misperceptions by setting expectations regarding the pace of innovation, how we think about it, what advantages innovation gives us, and why making mistakes is sometimes OK. We lead with things that make our customers successful and make the process better for them.

For example, Tor Myhren, creator of those iconic E*TRADE baby ads, holds what he’s termed a “painstaking candid postmortem” following every business pitch. Whether the pitch worked or failed, his team dissects it to determine what succeeded and what should have been done differently, encouraging honest identification as a team.

Mistakes are part of the learning process. As Wayne Gretzky said, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” We believe in failing fast, and this is rooted in the ethos of our company culture. Employees know that trying is more important than succeeding. We don’t tolerate a CYA approach; we want to do what’s right for our customers and what drives enterprise value, regardless of where the idea came from or who’s executing it.

They’re blind to the company’s vision.

Although having a meaningful goal is essential to employee happiness, a Harvard Business Review Analytic Services report sponsored by BetterWorks noted that 70 percent of American workers feel disengaged at work. Articulating a clear vision to your team inspires pride and ownership in helping to build the company. Otherwise, people will just show up to collect a paycheck.

Everyone needs to hear the same story, which is why my co-founder and I have those lunches with our new hires. These lunches serve a few purposes: We not only let them know why YieldStreet’s operations are set up in the manner they are so as to avoid misunderstandings and dissatisfaction, but we also ensure that our company’s background is relayed consistently to clarify our vision.

During these chats, we focus on three core standards relevant to our business: investor experience, investor success and operational efficiency. Everyone works toward quarterly goals that impact these areas. An HR manager contributes to the investor experience by vetting and hiring a great designer for the company. A marketer might write educational content that helps users evaluate their investment options. Tying everyone’s job back to the shared vision creates a cohesive, efficient organization in which everyone feels valued and important. With monthly departmental goals, we have a simple benchmark: If your work isn’t captured by any projects listed, it’s time to sit down with your manager.

When team members’ achievements align with the company’s mission statement, showcasing their efforts that further the company’s vision shows them how much they’re valued. GroundFloor Media in Denver fosters a sense of ownership in its employees by publishing stories about how different individuals contribute to the organization on the company website. Publicly recognizing these wins motivates them to work harder, gives them an emotional stake in the business’s outcomes, and creates a virtuous cycle of success as the organization grows.

Combating negativity comes down to fortifying culture. The minute someone becomes an employee, he or she should understand the type of attitude and effort expected. I invite feedback and criticism and encourage workers to be candid with me, but I don’t wait until they’ve crippled our company from within to try to curtail apathy and negativity. You must stop cancerous behaviors before they spread.

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Coastal beauty: Tourism adds 9% to SA’s  GDP  iStock
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The SA tourism industry is an indolent, slow-to-rise giant, hamstrung by lack of common purpose and an inadequate marketing budget.

That’s the assessment of the palpably frustrated CE of the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association, David Frost, who believes passionately that with more "synergies" and a greater collective effort, it could be so different.

"All this pain [over the visa debacle and the poor press SA attracts] is self-inflicted," he says. "We’ve gone backwards. Our brand now is not just smelly, it’s toxic.

"You have stories of people being turned away at airports [because of visa problems]. Parents start shouting and children start crying. It’s an entire gedoente. Passengers waiting to be served start to take notice, heads turn. What you have, in effect, is a public relations disaster."

Frost compares the SA tourist sector to Australia’s, which is significantly bigger, better-resourced and more internationally competitive. But there are several compelling similarities. Both industries find themselves in economies where mining was formerly the grootbaas. Both are long-haul destinations (it takes seven hours to fly from
Singapore to Melbourne) where the land’s natural beauty and the outdoor life play an important part in everyday culture.

We’ve gone backwards. Our brand now is not just smelly, it’s toxic
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The Indian market provides the perfect illustration of how intrinsic factors have stymied tourism’s huge growth potential. In 2008, SA received 50,000 Indian arrivals; four years later the figure had jumped to 106,000; by 2015, however, the number had dropped to 78,000 for a combination of reasons: visa processing inefficiency, Ebola virus fears, and lack of sensitivity to the uniqueness of the Indian market — for instance, that 65% of Indians visit SA in winter and tend to decide to travel unusually quickly.

This is unlike, say, Germans, who plan trips here months in advance to escape the European winter, meaning they travel to SA at the height of our summer.

Johan Groenewald, MD of Royal African Discoveries, says the tour operator brings about 4,000 Indians per year to SA. Groenewald, who has been working in this market for 15 years, says the SA consulate in Mumbai and high commission in Delhi are never prepared for the annual upsurge in visa applications in high season. "There’s a total lack of planning. We warn them about it every year and they keep on doing it. This year, after the minister of tourism intervened, they finally got additional staff flown across to help with the processing, but the numbers could have been a lot better."

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Both destinations have cachet and a certain exotic appeal. Tourism is now the largest sector of the Aussie economy with the waning of mining and manufacturing.

Frost sees no reason why this can’t be the same here.

Tourism puts food on the table for one in seven South Africans and accounts for 9% of GDP. There were 2.1m overseas arrivals in SA last year, up 11% year-on-year, though this needs to be seen in the context of a currency which fell sharply against the euro and the dollar.

"There [in Australia] they treat [tourism] as an export sector. We just don’t market it that way. The Aussies do. People just bring money to you in exchange for an experience. You’re exporting Australia," Frost says.

While the Aussies have a more streamlined approach to marketing a more homogenous entity, SA seems hamstrung by a lack of shared purpose. Frost likens it to a babble of languages. Such dissonance — between, say, the promise of a fabulous SA holiday and home affairs unable to process paperwork in time — means tourists go elsewhere. Some will never return.

"The interesting thing about tourism is that no-one gets it right on their own, so there’s a real model of co-operation buried in there and there’s a public-good element, too. What happens in all of this to the Soweto guesthouse? Tsogo Sun has the budget to advertise and promote itself, but who takes care of the guesthouse?"

Processing time is still an issue, according to Groenewald. At the beginning of peak season, visas that were supposed to come out in five days took a month. This can put tourists off for life. "Also, this is a market that decides to travel at the last minute. If they decide to go on holiday in two weeks’ time, we have to make them aware of the visa situation and often they’ll divert to another destination."

Groenewald confirms the statistics — that the Indian market did pick up last year — but there are still industry frustrations. Initially, for example, visa restrictions meant people had to apply in person, which would have killed the market entirely ("A lot of tour operators stopped selling SA completely," says Groenewald), but that was then relaxed after the interministerial committee.

Still, there doesn’t seem to be sufficient urgency by all the roleplayers. "Only now are we beginning to regain lost ground," says Frost. "We’ve got Jonty Rhodes, a great team at SA Tourism and a devaluating currency against the rupee.

"What more can you ask for?"

While the Indians are crazy about the Garden Route, the market is still besotted with SA’s wildlife and game, with 85% of tourists citing game parks and wildlife as their prime reasons for visiting. Such fascination brings local communities onto centre stage, groups that have been traditionally neglected by the industry.

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Colin Bell, who co-founded Wilderness Safaris in 1983, points to Botswana as an example of what could be done. There the government reversed its tourism policy in the early 1990s by moving away from mass, largely self-drive, camping tourism. Instead it created reserves and a host of superb safari camps that employed large numbers of local people. Now 60% of everyone who lives around the Okavango Delta and 45% of the population in the north of the country rely on tourism. This has increased travel in that direction and reduced migration to the cities, and is partly why Botswana has no informal settlements.

Which comes back to Frost’s point that no-one gets tourism right on their own. Poor communities should be a key component of a more holistic, collaborative approach. Bell notes that irate locals not long ago barricaded the entrance to Kruger National Park at the Paul Kruger gate. The SA tourism sector too often simply ignores the poor communities.

Communities have invaded sections of some of the country’s reserves and grow maize because they have not been integrated into the mainstream of the sector. Bell points out that Botswana ploughs 6% of tourism revenue back into community structures, creating a blend of government, private sector and communities working hand in hand.

In SA, by contrast, communities generally benefit little (aside from the occasional job) from the wildlife attractions on their doorstep, which is partly why we have a poaching problem. Bell proposes that a reasonable levy on entry fees to national parks and game reserves goes to the local community. This would engender goodwill, trust and willingness to co-operate.

There are two ways that tourists come to SA, says Bell: direct and through tour operators. For years, SA Tourism simply threw money into advertising on CNN and National Geographic, using random slogans and concepts like "inspiring new ways", and a blind man who experienced SA through the senses. "But that doesn’t bring in the Chinese or the Brits or anybody," says Bell. "We let our good taste overrule the market’s bad tastes."

But it is not all doom and gloom. SA Tourism’s new marketing campaign looks promising and could be the catalyst of good things to come.

But Bell also senses a disconnect between local tourism’s R1.2bn budget and the rewards in terms of tourist numbers. If the budget were doubled, he says, better marketing could easily double the number of tourists. "If you think of the diversity we’ve got [compared to Australia], with Europe in the same time zone and everything going for us, we could comfortably go from 2m to 4m tourists — it’s not a pipe dream."

What’s needed is a more strategic approach to both the direct visitor and those who book or travel with tour operators. With the latter, the easiest way to grow market share is joint marketing initiatives, says Bell. "You tell an overseas company: ‘Put R1m into marketing SA and we’ll match it.’ This all needs to be monitored, but generally companies are not going to throw that money down the toilet — they’ll use it to effectively market SA," says Bell.

Ngawethu Dlabantu, owner of Backpackers On New in the Eastern Cape and a former tour operator, says the tourism sector is mostly made up of small players, which makes it difficult to forge links with foreign players.

"What we do need is perhaps more partnerships with government. A lot of what they do either helps us grow or hurts us. I know that some municipalities try to punt local B&Bs and small operators on their websites, but this is not enough. From municipal to national level there needs to be a concentrated effort to advertise us. We all will benefit."

Dlabantu says the sector has improved a great deal since the visa rules were relaxed. "For most tourism-related businesses, the weakness in the economy has actually been good. We have seen a spike in the number of overseas travellers coming through our doors," she says.

Meisie Nkosi, MD at Bella Bonni guesthouse in eMalahleni, says that apart from marketing, government could help with equipping small businesses in the sector with knowledge. "There are black entrepreneurs in this space, like me. We need more knowledge to be able to thrive in this industry as there is so much to learn. We were born hospitable, but we need to learn how to make business out of our excellent hospitality." Nkosi, who has 10 years of experience in the sector, says there is a need for exposure to the formal way of doing business, as there are a lot of guidelines on how to properly provide service to people.

Nkosi got such exposure through Tsogo Sun’s entrepreneur programme, which provides coaching and mentorship.

Aside from the need for increased marketing budgets — Frost says he can’t understand why the department of arts & culture has a budget of R4.2bn compared with only a quarter of that for tourism — is the need to address the challenges of "geographic spread" and "seasonality". For example, while Indians and Italians tend to come here in winter, other tourists generally come to SA in the summer. They also tend to follow the same routes, avoiding Johannesburg, going to the Kruger, swanning down the Garden Route and ending up drinking wine and sampling the delights of the Western Cape.

Frost points out that while repeater rates are good, average length of stay is declining — maybe because SA’s beauty and diversity just isn’t being promoted effectively enough.

Too much that is beautiful and exciting in the country — the Drakensberg, Cederberg, Southern Cape, the Karoo, Limpopo — tends to get overlooked or neglected. Parts of SA, such as KwaZulu Natal, have fewer tourists because of inadequate marketing and lack of awareness of SA’s splendid diversity.

The industry is also bedevilled by what some might call the intangibles. There is a pervasive but reluctantly expressed feeling among power brokers and budget allocators in government that tourism is a white enclave designed to perpetuate white privilege and economic power. Such perceptions will not be addressed until a macro-body or an individual — perhaps a minister — gets everyone around a table.

Besides, if the industry grows, it’s a win-win game for more people; the current alternative, where the industry grows at rates that benefit only the major market players, is not viable in the long term.

Tourism in SA, particularly in relation to a leaky economy, has the potential to build this country in a way that few other sectors are able to do. But it needs political will, leadership, a holistic approach and a bigger budget. Only then will it be able to put food on the table for many more than just one in seven South Africans.

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The latest JNLR report was released this week. This book covers July 2015 - June 2016. Below is a quick snapshot of all the movers and shakers in the industry and will have you up to speed in less than 10 minutes.
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All data is compared to the previous 12 month period (July 2014 – June 2015).
The Irish public’s love affair with radio has always been a long and faithful one and the latest results prove that our inherently aural culture persists with 83% listening everyday (down 1% YOY).
These figures are from the latest JNLR report release covering Jul 15 – Jun 16 period. All data is compared to previous 12 month period, Jul 14 – Jun 15.
The amount of time spent listening is marginally down 0.5% YOY at 4.13 hours daily (All Adults).  Whilst listening for 35+ has been flat, the younger demographics have shown a decrease. Traditional radio has done well to maintain, and even grow, youth audience listenership in recent years given the acceleration of technology and emergence of new platforms. The latest listenership figures are somewhat surprising as the largest decrease in time spent listening was not among 15-19’s (flat YOY) but among 20-24’s (-2.9%) and more surprisingly 25-34’s, which went down 4%.
While this is not cause for immediate alarm, any valuable audience segment that decreases 4% is a concern. This may demonstrate that new platforms are growing in prominence (such as Spotify and Apple music) at the expense of traditional radio, or it may be an early sign that challenges the belief that as younger audiences grow up they naturally embrace legacy media. Radio broadcasters are quickly evolving into multi-channel propositions to combat the loss of linear listenership.
RTE Radio 1 are the undoubted ‘winners’ as the perpetual narrative in radio land continues around prize fighting gaining a further 13,000 listeners and 1.7% market share (7am-7pm) out-performing all their national counterparts. Lyric has also increased in listeners (+ 9,000), coupled with an increase to their market share, now at 2.1%. This book doesn’t make for pretty reading for the youth offering in the family - 2fm. The station seemed to be experiencing a mini-resurgence recently, but the latest book saw a loss of 58,000 listeners since June 2015.
Today FM have experienced significant losses also (-47,000). Newstalk, whilst somewhat satisfied with book on book performance, will be disappointed with the annual picture showing a loss of share (-0.3%) and dropping 21,000 listeners. The new schedule on the horizons brings with it promise, but they would have hoped to be working off a more solid listener base.
National Graph june 2016
Morning Ireland remains the most listened to radio programme in the country, and have reinforced that status by growing listenership by 16,000 YOY. The old radio adage of “win the morning and you win the rest of the day” has held true as that breakfast gain carried through the schedule with Sean O’Rourke up 9,000 and Liveline up 22,000 listeners.
2FM are undoubtedly struggling with the loss of Ryan Tubridy, whom has left a dip in the schedule that has continued on to negatively impact subsequent shows. A loss of 1.1% market share from 7am – 7pm will have station bosses scratching their heads as to how to progress and fill the void Tubridy’s departure has left. Breakfast is down 11,000 book on book, but given the change in time slots, it’s difficult to get a comparable picture looking at the two periods.
Today FM maintain a strong appeal, however listeners are shedding across the schedule (7am to 7pm), with only Fergal D’Arcy remaining stable from 14:30 to 4pm. The biggest concern will be Anton Savage’s slot, taken from the departed Ray D’Arcy, having lost 20,000 listeners versus the previous year.
Pat Kenny held his stable listener base year on year with 131,000 tuning into his show.  Shows such as Breakfast with Ivan Yates and Chris O Donoghue (-10,000) and The Right Hook (-11,000) have been enjoyed growth in recent years so their decline will come as a surprise. Some of this may be attributed to the surrounding speculation of the pending retirement of George Hook and the confirmation of Ivan Yates leaving potentially causing unrest among listeners they will hope with re-recruit with an all-new schedule.
Q102 had a disappointing book losing 11,000 listeners in the last year. TXFM showed potential signs as to why they are winding down, losing further listeners before the closure in October. Spin 1038 also will look worrying at YOY figures, showing not just a decrease in daily reach, but losing a share point in the 7am-7pm period (now standing at 6.10%). The big winners were 98fm with a gain of 10,000 listeners increasing their daily reach and share figures to 11% and 6.9%. FM104 strengthened their dominance increasing their share (up to 11.4% now), despite not recruiting any additional listeners.
Dublin Graph june 2016
Limerick Live will grab the biggest headlines with a 10% gain in their daily reach by recruiting 16,000 listeners versus the same period last year. Red FM have much to celebrate winning the Cork battle for ears despite shedding 1000 more listeners than Cork 96fm, presenting a race that is likely to be neck and neck to win that coveted top spot. Galway Bay increased their dominant positon with a further 7,000 listeners with daily reach and share to match.
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  1. I suspected thyroid in my case, too, but my TSH is at 2.5. Is there a different test for parathyroid?
  2. Unfortunately, I don't have any ideas, but just wanted to tell you I'm dealing with similar problems. I haven't been able to return to work, it's ridiculous Have you had your TTG retested or another biopsy? My TTG is still through the roof, so everyone thinks I MUST be getting gluten somewhere, but I (like you appear to be) am VERY VERY careful! My GI has no idea and has never seen someone's TTG stay over 200 for so long while on a gluten-free diet. So, as I said, I don't have any answers, I just feel your frustration, as I'm sure people will also tell you "you must be getting gluten somewhere"
  3. Wow, CONGRATS!!!! And thanks for letting us newbies know that it DOES get better
  4. I am in the same boat with high TTG a year later despite being extremely careful in a gluten-free household. I definitely have symptoms when glutened, though, and all my symptoms have not gone away.
  5. My original score was >200...they stop counting at 200. I have had two tests since then, and both have been >200, still. So, I guess, in reality, it could have gone down, since I have no idea the actual starting value...300, 400. Whatever it is, it is still reading over 200, which is why I think maybe other autoimmune disorders could be involved. Especially since I'm still not feeling 100%. I did have some of my bowel removed 11 weeks ago, so it's hard to know what symptoms are from what.
  6. I'd like to know this answer, too. My TTG is still over 200 after a year. I asked my doctor for an IgA AND IgG, but at the lab, they just did the TTG (IgA). I want to ask about other autoimmune disorders, too, but would like to have some more info before I go back to him....since we have to do this on our own, it seems.
  7. It's true, these are great....gotta tighten up those deep core muscles! They can also help prevent back problems..BONUS! I'm a Kinesiologist and personal trainer and this is always where we start...from the inside-out
  8. Is it possible that she is constipated? It is tougher to get enough fiber on the gluten-free diet, so make sure she is...regular? I ended up in emerg once with a hugely distended belly and lots of pain and they took an x-ray (weird) and the doc told me I was "REALLY VERY backed up". Kind of embarassing I have found NutraCleanse to be the best gluten-free product so far to keep things moving. It's a blend of flax seeds and some other helpful ingredients. I also take flax oil. Another option that I have found helpful is a blended fruit and veggie drink. Just make sure you use a blender or Vitamix type thing and not a juicer, or you'll lose all the pulp...the fiber I hope this helps?
  9. The surgery was for a rectal prolapse and sigmoid resection...the damage to my insides was pretty severe by the time I was diagnosed, and needed some repairing. My colon was repaired and he removed part of my intestines. I had a very positive blood test last February and went gluten-free because there was a long wait for an endoscopy. I didn't get the endoscopy and colonoscopy until late September...I only did a brief gluten-challenge which made me extremely sick, but I still had a positive biopsy. The surgery was November 17th. But pre-surgery and post-surgery alike, I have not gone more than a couple days feeling "good". I definitely felt worse before going gluten-free, but please try to understand. As for my bloodwork...I don't have a GI. My family doctor didn't seem to know at all what it meant when my TTG was still over 200 in November, before my surgery. I just had a full workup done (at my request), because I wanted to see if there was anything missing...maybe a vitamin deficiency, etc. Everything looks normal to me, except the TTG, which, again, is over 200. I am meeting with my doctor on Wednesday to discuss my bloodwork, but I am uncertain he will have much more to say than last time. I have been told that you don't "treat" bloodwork. But if my antibodies were that high and I DID NOT have symptoms still, then maybe I would let it go. I don't know, maybe I just need to stop trying to figure out what's wrong. All I really want is to feel better. I want my symptoms to be managed. Or I want to know that this is as good as it gets so that I can just accept it and learn to live the best I can with chronic pain and discomfort.
  10. My head hurts enough right now that it is borderline difficult to even find the right words. I have been gluten-free for almost a year and I still have daily symptoms..ranging from mild to severe. I know that nobody is ever 100%, but I don't even feel close. I had colorectal surgery nearly ten weeks ago. It was major surgery, so I know that plays a part. I'm still unable to work or exercise much. But I'm just in pain and discomfort on a daily basis. Going gluten-free all but eliminated my nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. But the symptoms that remain include brain fog, migraines, tummy distension, gas, constipation, insomnia, depression, anxiety, muscle and joint pain, extreme fatigue. I am very careful with what I eat. My entire house is gluten-free and I have done tons of research. There is no hidden gluten. But my TTG levels are still over 200. From what I have read, this means my antibodies are still really high. Which generally would mean gluten in the diet...but there is NOT! I've removed dairy. I have recently tried removing soy and corn...I barely ate any, anyways. When does this get better? The chronic pain and/or illness is seriously wearing on my psyche. I know I have Celiac Disease, but I don't know why I only seem to be minimally responding to the gluten-free diet. Or is it just taking a really long time? I can't seem to find clear answers other than the Celiac diagnosis. I don't want to cut out any more foods. I'm already feeling depressed about what I've eliminated so far.......which I would NOT feel depressed about if it actually seemed to make a difference! Yes, I am WAY SICKER on gluten, and I will NOT go back.....but my health and quality of life are still not normal...not even functional. I don't know if I'm really making sense, or what I'm even asking. I'm 29. At this point I'd say I could count how many "good days" I have in a month on one hand. This can't be right!
  11. This is very true, one just has to ensure they're still getting all the proper carb-fat-protein ratios, vitamins, and minerals...logging your foods can really help with this, and, if necessary, as most have said..supplementation and probiotics.
  12. I am almost 8months gluten free and JUST had my biopsy done, with only 7-10days on the gluten challenge (supposed to be 6-8WEEKS), and my biopsies were very positive. This tells me...STILL HEALING. And, as I even type, I have brain fog, headache, yesterday I was so bloated, which later turned into foul gas. I feel like I shouldn't still be having symptoms on a daily basis (although the damage has actual caused me to have a rectal prolapse and an intussusception, so it must be pretty extensive damage, as I require surgery). But still...I hate it. I'm SO careful! The ONLY gluten in my new household is fish food, and I'm going to be getting gloves to deal with that I'm still investigating my makeup, but what I put on my lips is gluten free. I've tried investigating other things, and I'm going to start again...soy seemed to come up as a possibility. What I'm getting at, is that if I'm showing damage after 8 months gluten-free, then I think you're symptoms are normal. It's really tough not knowing whether it's gluten damage or something else, though, isn't it? Also, with regards to grain-free, which a couple of you mentioned. I was really shocked when I went to a dietitian and she had me work with the Canadian Food Guide...wtf? I had completely forgot that we are "supposed" to have 5-7 servings of grains per day. I have started logging my food with myfitnesspal.com (great app and site), and I STILL struggle to get enough carbs, even though I eat lots of veg and some fruits. Grains give us energy, so it MIGHT be worth a shot adding some more grains to boost your energy. I haven't noticed a big difference, but I never thought of things that way. I had practically cut out an entire food group, and regardless of carb content, grains contain nutrients/vitamins that other foods don't...that's why there are different food groups! Anyways, it's just "food for thought", if you will. I'm still not sold on it, I've never been a huge fan of the food guide, I usually just try to eat carbs, protein, and healthy fats with each meal/snack. But when I looked at it in a different way...the nutritional content...it sort of makes sense! (PS: when corn is used as a grain, it is part of the grain group, ie. gluten-free corn tortillas)
  13. Thank you for the responses! Now, I am not a quitter, so I feel a little like I "wimped out", but the intensity of my migraine the 3rd morning definitely changed my mind about the "challenge". I will call the doctor on Monday and see what he says. He did, after all, give me the option. And if I was asymptomatic then I could see staying on the challenge for sure. But I puked so many times yesterday that my throat is sore and that's just not healthy. The pain and the fatigue are not worth it, either. After they do the colonoscopy/endoscopy they are scheduling me for surgery, so I'm going to need to be as healthy as possible going into that. I think this is all the proof I need that I am indeed Celiac! Why did I want the definitive diagnosis? I'm the type of person who needs to KNOW things. I thrive on information, numbers, facts...not so much theories and probabilities. I like certainty. I know life isn't about certainty, it's just what makes me comfortable. I feel weird saying I have Celiac Disease when I don't have the data to back it up, aside from a very positive blood test and very telling symptoms. I just graduated from university, so I guess I'm used to having to prove things.
  14. So...8 months later and I'm FINALLY getting the colonoscopy and gastroscopy I need before I can get surgery. I've still been quite ill, despite going gluten-free, so there is some concern that more is going on, but it may just be the damage they are planning to repair. While they're messing around in there they want to do a biopsy do get the "DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS". So? Gluten Challenge! Well, after merely a day and a half, I understand why it's called a "Challenge"!!! I'm wondering if anyone has tips for dealing with any of the symptoms? The nausea seems to be the worst for me so far (haven't got to the big "D" yet...), along with a migraine, fogginess, anxiety, and fatigue. If anyone found great ways to cope with the challenge...please...SHARE!!!


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    Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 12, 2012 6:00pm EDT…
    BMW today released the first images and information on the next generation BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon and announced that, as with the two previous generations, this model will be offered in the US. Unlike anything else on the market, the all-new 3 Series Sports Wagon will again offer the flexibility and utility one would expect from a premium wagon combined with the driving dynamics of the quintessential sport sedan, the BMW 3 Series. The new BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon will launch in Europe later this year and is set to arrive in US showrooms in Spring 2013. Powertrain details for the US, as well as pricing, specifications and standard/optional equipment will be announced at a later date.

    Like its Sedan sibling, the new 3 Series Sports Wagon is slightly larger than its predecessor, most notably its wider track (front + 37 mm/1.46 in., rear + 48 mm/1.85 in.). The car’s length (+ 97 mm/3.66 in.) and wheelbase (+ 50 mm/1.96 in.) also accentuate its sporting promise. Inside the new BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon, rear passengers will appreciate the noticeable increase in space made possible by the larger dimensions. These larger dimensions also pay dividends in utility with nearly ten percent more cargo volume both with the rear seats up and when folded.

    The new 3 Series Sports Wagon will be the next model to offer BMW Lines as a way to tailor the car to individual tastes, just as with the Sedan, by choosing from a trio of trim and equipment variants – the Sport Line, Luxury Line and Modern Line. Each presents its own individual take on the character of the Sports wagon, with exclusive, high-quality trim and material combinations. For the enthusiast who wants to go beyond even the Sport Line, the M Sport Line will also be offered because it is, after all, a BMW 3 Series at its heart.

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Contrarian Indicator Bullish for Gold

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    Contrarian Indicator Bullish for GoldThe recent pullback in gold has certainly unnerved long-term investors. It has also seen a dramatic shift in market sentiment. However, recent data shows that this shift in market sentiment has primarily come from shorter-term institutional funds.

    When considering gold as an investment, one must consider the timeframe as well as the underlying participants in the market. Market sentiment for every asset class oscillates from overly optimistic to overly pessimistic. The goal for the long-term investor is to use this volatility to accumulate during overly pessimistic times and take profits during overly optimistic times.

    According to Barclays PLC (NYSE/BCS), gold-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to record the weakest month on record. Barclays notes that during the period of February 20–25, the net outflow of gold from exchange-traded products (ETPs) totaled 10 metric tons per day. The vast majority of gold redemptions stem from the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca/GLD) ETF, with a decline of 58 metric tons for the month of February. (Source: Saefong, M., “Gold ETP flows set for weakest month on record: Barclays,” MarketWatch, March 1, 2013.)

    While physical gold continues to remain in demand (as we’ve seen central banks around the world, including Russia and China, continuing to accumulate), market sentiment for paper gold has recently become negative.

    The net level of institutions investing in long-term gold at the Comex is the lowest since December 2008, and new funds are going to short the gold market. This is becoming a classic battle between the bulls and bears regarding market sentiment for the gold market.

    Physical gold is a slower, more long-term market than paper gold. Institutions favor the speed and low transaction cost of paper gold. This also means that volatility in market sentiment can be exaggerated due to the massive amount of funds that can move in and out of any market.

    This also means that investors need to be aware that a market can move much further in one direction than may be expected. This isn’t only about gold market sentiment; it’s about every single market in the world. The housing market over the past decade is a great example of market sentiment becoming far too bullish, then crashing and becoming far too bearish.

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    This is a weekly chart of gold. While the recent pullback in gold prices has been substantial, gold is still above its 200-week moving average (MA). A similar occurrence for market sentiment in gold happened in late 2008. Gold suffered significant selling pressure at that time, before it bottomed and turned bullish once again.

    Fundamentally, nothing has changed from the physical gold standpoint. While market sentiment has become increasingly negative regarding paper gold, central banks around the world continue to accumulate gold while they continue to print more money.

    While no one can predict when the bottom will occur in gold, I would look to shifts in market sentiment from the large institutional investors. Because they are very fast to enter and exit positions, once they begin to shift their market sentiment for gold from negative back to positive, adding to the already strong demand for physical gold, this will have a very bullish effect on the commodity. Patience is a virtue, and one must wait for the proper opportunity.

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Central Aussie Rescue & Support could not function without the love, dedication and care of our foster homes. We do not have a shelter or boarding facility. Every dog is placed in a home to receive nurturing, medical care, house manners, and a thorough evaluation.

Fostering can be an extremely enjoyable and rewarding experience. You help a dog through a very difficult point in it’s life, many times saving it’s life. You see it develop and blossom, and then see the excitement when it meets it’s new family for the first time. There is no perfect profile of a foster family, but there are some things you should know in order to decide if fostering is right for you and your home.

CARS tries to make fostering as financially feasible as possible. The rescue pays for all approved medical treatments and vaccinations for our foster dogs. We supply monthly preventatives, a collar and tags. When possible, we also supply a crate and dog food for free or at a significantly discounted rate. You may be required to purchase some toys, bedding, or other smaller purchases. However, any purchases directly related to fostering are fully tax-deductible. Any driving miles is correlation with volunteering are also tax-deductible.

You may be asked to foster a dog from two weeks, two months, even a year in some cases. The majority of time, fostering a single dog takes about a month. Foster parents don’t need to be home 24 hours a day. In fact, the majority of our homes work full-time. But you have to consider how often you go out at night or away for the weekend. We do try to find temporary foster homes if you are on vacation.

Rescues need foster parents for newborn puppies or young dogs, for animals needing medical care, for senior citizens looking for a retirement, and for dogs with behavioral issues. It doesn’t mean you have to be able to foster all of those types. We work with each foster home to determine if and when they are ready, and what type of dog they are looking for. Some of our homes can only have laid-back fosters. Another can only have female dogs (due to an alpha male in the house). But foster parents are needed in all categories, and CARS offers orientation or instruction to help you deal with each type.

You may be asked to work with a dog on some basic training and temperament issues. These dogs come from all backgrounds and experiences. There’s more than just feeding, exercise, and grooming involved with a foster dog. Some might need to be housetrained. A few may have never even set foot in a house before. Others may have problems with chewing, jumping on strangers, or herding/nipping. Foster parents may need to devote time to breaking bad habits so a dog can be socialized. Again, CARS works with each foster home and helps where applicable. The safety of our foster families and their companions is our first priority.

This is especially true if you already have pets at home, or have a long-term foster situation (nursing back to health, working on issues, etc). CARS fully supports “foster failing”, as we like to ironically call it. But it’s not always the best thing. If you adopt a pet that you’re fostering, you might have reached your limit of household pets and not be able to accept any others in desperate need of help. That’s one less foster home to rely on.

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Record $6 Billion GTL Initiative

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Qatar Petroleum and Sasol Chevron Progress a 200,000 Barrel a Day GTL Expansion and Integrated Project Plan

DOHA, Qatar, March 23, 2004 -- Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Sasol Chevron during a signing ceremony at the Ritz Carlton in Doha, Qatar today announced plans to evaluate the expansion of ORYX GTL from 34,000 barrels per day (bbl/day) to 100,000 bbl/day.

ORYX GTL Expansion

QP and Sasol Chevron have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the ORYX GTL Expansion project and have discussed the technical and business principles that will support the planned increase in the output of the foundation plant to 100,000 bbl/day. This will involve defining the feasibility of a three (3) train, 65,000 bbl/day facility with an expected start up by 2009.

QP and Sasol Chevron have also signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to examine GTL Base Oils opportunities in Qatar.

Integrated Project

In addition, QP and Sasol Chevron have agreed to pursue the opportunity to develop a 130,000 bbl/day upstream/downstream integrated GTL project based on the Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate Process and utilising resources from the North Field. This will involve defining the feasibility of a six (6) train facility with an expected start up by 2010. These efforts will lead to the establishment of a Heads of Agreement (HOA) for the project.

The combined plan will represent an investment of more than $6 billion, making it one of the most significant developments in the global GTL industry to date.

These ventures will build on the technical and operational expertise already established through the development of both ORYX GTL and the EGTL facility in Nigeria. The Integrated Project will also utilise the comprehensive upstream capabilities of ChevronTexaco.

At the announcement ceremony today in Doha, His Excellency Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar said:

"I welcome these projects and I welcome the participation of Sasol Chevron. We are working hard to realise the ambition of the State of Qatar to become the GTL capital of the world and these projects will make an important contribution to achieving that aim."

Mr. Pat Davies, a Director of Sasol Chevron and Executive Director of Sasol, said:

"Sasol is delighted to build on the success of the Oryx GTL venture and with QP and our joint venture, Sasol Chevron, we aim to develop a substantial GTL business in Qatar utilizing our unique technology."

Mr. John Gass, Chairman of Sasol Chevron and President of ChevronTexaco Global Gas, said:

"The pursuit of these opportunities builds upon the solid foundation already established from QP and Sasol's original GTL plant and reinforces ChevronTexaco's commitment to building a GTL business as an integral part of our Global Gas strategy. This is an impressive slate of GTL projects and through Sasol Chevron we are eager to work with QP to develop superclean liquid fuels from natural gas and to help advance Qatar's stated ambition to become the GTL capital of the world."

Mr. George Couvaras, Chief Executive of Sasol Chevron Consulting Limited said:

"That Sasol Chevron can call on the extensive resources, expertise and experience of both its parents gives us a major advantage in expanding ORYX GTL and delivering a top class, fully integrated project. We at Sasol Chevron are looking forward to building on the excellent working relationship that Qatar Petroleum and Sasol have already established and to delivering the high quality business and project performance that is already accepted as standard for ORYX GTL."

"We recognise that an important aspect of the State of Qatar's diversification strategy is the development of world scale GTL plants utilising resources from the North Field. Sasol Chevron has been pursuing GTL and other opportunities in Qatar as a high strategic priority in order to develop ventures for the mutual benefit of the State of Qatar, QP and Sasol Chevron."

Notes To Editors

Sasol Chevron was established in October 2000 as a 50/50 joint venture to actively pursue commercial application of GTL technology for selected Chevron (Now ChevronTexaco) and Sasol-held reserves of natural gas; third-party gas reserves and host countries seeking to monetize their gas reserves. GTL will be produced using the Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate process (SPD).

About ChevronTexaco

Currently celebrating its 125th anniversary, ChevronTexaco is the second-largest U.S.-based energy company and the fifth largest in the world, based on market capitalization. More than 50,000 ChevronTexaco employees work in approximately 180 countries around the world, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas, and marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products. ChevronTexaco is based in San Ramon, California. ChevronTexaco is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of natural gas, producing approximately 4.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day and is pursuing GTL projects in Qatar and Nigeria.

Sasol, with a market capitalization of approximately USD 7 billion, is an integrated oil and gas group with substantial chemical interests. Based in South Africa and operating in 15 other countries throughout the world, Sasol is the leading provider of liquid fuels in South Africa and a major international producer of chemicals, using a world leading technology for the commercial production of synthetic fuels and chemicals from low grade coal. In the future Sasol expects to apply this technology to convert natural gas to diesel and chemicals. Sasol manufactures over 200 fuel and chemical products that are sold in more than 90 countries and also operates coal mines to provide feedstock for synthetic fuels and chemical plants. The company also manufactures and markets synthesis gas and operates the only inland crude oil refinery in South Africa.

The Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate (SPD) process.

This a commercially proven proprietary Sasol technology for converting natural gas into liquid hydrocarbon products in three steps:

  1. Utilising competitive reforming technology developed by, and licensed from, Haldor Topsøe of Denmark, the main component of natural gas, methane, is reacted with oxygen over a catalyst to form syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
  2. Using the Fischer-Tropsch conversion process in the Sasol Slurry Phase reactor, syngas is reacted over Sasol's proprietary cobalt catalyst to form liquid hydrocarbons - condensates and waxy syncrude.
  3. Chevron's proprietary Isocracking process is used to upgrade the waxy syncrude by separating heavier molecules and rearranging them so they become liquid. This process yields a lighter, premium-grade fuel such as synthetic fuels and naphtha, that contain virtually no sulphur or aromatics.

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Question for the shorties (petites)! :)

make-up junkie

How many of you more petite chickies shop in only petite sections? I'm 5'0 - okay fine - 4'11 and I'm never happy with the way my clothes fit. My old co-worker kept telling me to shop in the petite sections. I'm going to give it a try again but I find a lot of stores don't have petite sections. The only ones I know of are Banana Repulic and I think the Gap but it's only online I believe...Does anyone know of any other stores??
Aug 12, 2009 @ 04:52 pm

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I am a shortie but I don't like shopping in petite sections of stores... Taking advice from What Not to Wear's Clinton & Stacy, I am a big believer in just finding a good tailor. Having said that, I have heard of a few boutique type stores like which I heard carry great pieces but I have yet to check out....
Aug 12, 2009 @ 05:09 pm

The Bay

Some of the better Bay stores (downtown) have a decent selection of petites. Have you ever try Laura Petites? Winners is also is worth a shot.
Aug 13, 2009 @ 08:57 am

New York and Co.

I'm a shortie, too (about 5'2"). I pretty much only buy pants in petite sizes. Gap carries a petite line, but you're right, only online. Old Navy carries a short line. I've also found a lot of luck w/ New York and Co.'s short line. I'm not sure what it is but New York and Co.'s pants just fit me perfectly -- cut just right for my body shape.
Aug 13, 2009 @ 09:26 am

i too love shopping at new york and company..they fit very well,and have some good deals too...just now they ve buy 1 get one free pants going on.
Aug 13, 2009 @ 10:52 am

I'm a shorty too,and I always need to alter the length of my pants.I think I'll try your suggestions as well,thanks!
Aug 13, 2009 @ 11:10 pm

reitman's has a petite line.

i always try on stuff from the petite lines but i don't always buy from
them. i am 5 ft tall and i find even in petite clothing, I still have
to hem my pants. so if i have to hem my pants anyway, i don't limit
myself to certain stores/selections.
Aug 15, 2009 @ 02:17 pm

never really thought about this...

haha i'm the same height as make-up-junkie : ) i usually don't have a problem finding a right fit. but i do have to get like xs-xxs...and they usually run out of smaller sizes. I do however, find that it's harder to find pants/jeans etc. Even if i find the right one, i need to hem it.. but sometimes hemming it changes the shape and look of it. Maybe i should start shopping at places where they offer petite styles.

Okay.. i also shopped at the kids section before. I've bought a zara kids jackets at half the adult version's price. And it fits so much better. So take a peek at the kids section once in a while and you may be surprised.
Aug 17, 2009 @ 01:09 pm
make-up junkie

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Yah, I'd like to invest in a good tailor but getting things hemmed is just not convenient. I just want to buy clothes and not worry about hemming. Most shirts I'm usually fine with but certain blouses, pants/jeans, and skirts are huge and look weird after I alter them.

Mandy- haha I will check out the kids section but have a feeling I'll be a bit big and I'm not talking about height! haha I'm small but I've got some meat to me unfortunately! lol
Aug 17, 2009 @ 10:48 pm

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Anybody know of any fun, low-key restaurants in Brownstone Brooklyn that are BYOB? I'm trying to organize a birthday party involving a dozen or so broke people who like to drink. A BYOB place would go a long way towards keeping the bill down, and it probably would be more festive anyway. Carroll Gardens would be ideal in terms of location, but anything from the Heights to the Slope is possible. A fun middle eastern place on Atlantic is the kind of thing that might work really well. Ideas?

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