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Exeter Bach Society's Christmas concert

Budleigh Salterton resident Nicholas Marshall, Exeter Bach Society's Director of Music, will be the conductor at a charity concert of Christmas Music and Carols in St James's Church, Exeter.

All proceeds from the concert on Thursday 9 December at 7.30 pm will benefit Age Concern Exeter.

St James' Church, on Mount Pleasant Road, is to the north-east of Exeter city centre next to the roundabout where Mount Pleasant Road, Prince Charles Road, Stoke Hill, Union Road and Old Tiverton Road meet.

Tickets at £8 are available by phone from the Age Concern office on 01392 202092 or on the door.

For more information about Exeter Bach Society click on http://www.exeterbachsociety.org.uk/

Brook captures 'Pictures of the Floating World': The Japanese Print Show 2010/2011

'Lightning', by Nana Shiomi

Like the Wise Men in the Christmas story the Brook Gallery has looked east to bring a star of Japanese printmaking to Budleigh Salterton.

"The Brook announces a stunning exhibition of Japanese Prints to round off a superb year of exceptional shows and start the New Year with aplomb - The Japanese Print Show opens on 12 December and runs to 9 January 2011.

Beautifully encapsulated with the phrase, ‘Ukiyo-e,’ which means ‘pictures of the floating world,’ the 18th century school of Japanese printmaking was the forerunner to much that we recognise in printmaking today. The Brook acknowledges this significant influence on modern art, with a contemporary take on Japanese printmaking and woodcuts.

'Moon' by Nana Shiomi

Originally produced purely in black and white, these early Eastern prints were akin to postcards, depicting popular and often theatrical images for home decoration. Lines were bold, shapes emphatic and the drama we celebrate in Japanese prints today set the standard in this unique art form. Japanese prints evolved to include beautiful women, landscapes and eventually a combination of bold and subtle colours which led to an enthusiasm for ‘japonisme’ in Paris in the 1850s.

Angela Yarwood, owner of the Brook Gallery and admirer of Japanese printmaking, sees this influence in many of her celebrated printmakers and artists profiled at the Brook: ‘Imagine how very different these works were in comparison to European art of the mid 19th century. To offer a schedule of exhibitions over the years that doesn’t include the art of Japanese printmaking, would be like showcasing the work of the French and omitting Toulouse-Lautrec. Nana Shiomi, whose work we are including in our exhibition ‘The Japanese Print Show’ is one of the premier Japanese printmakers.

'Kangetsu' by Brian Williams

This exhibition, which also includes work by Brian Williams, focuses on the use of woodblock and the Ukiyo-e printmaking methods and seeks to contrast other practices being used by printmakers working in Japan today and those strongly influenced by its techniques.’

Nana’s work has been exhibited and sold around the world, with recent exhibitions including shows at the Mall Galleries, Christie’s and Bankside Gallery, London and The Tolman Collection, Shanghai; Malek National Library Museum, Tehran and the Kawagoe Gallery, Saitama Japan, among others.

Professor Chris Orr, friend, regular exhibitor and visitor to the Brook Gallery, and then Head of Printmaking at London’s Royal College of Art where Nana studied, recommends her extraordinary work with the words ‘she exemplifies the interchange of influences between all parts of the globe ... Technically her sure touch never lets her, or her audience, down. It adds significantly to the tradition of Japanese printmaking but lies with great affection in the heart of our European heritage. I commend to you the work of Nana Shiomi.’

Private View with Nana Shiomi 11 December 6.00 pm-9.00 pm by invitation only.
Please contact the gallery direct for details of a demonstration by Nana Shiomi
Exhibition 12 December to 9 January 2011
Brook Gallery, Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6NH
www.brookgallery.co.uk
info@brookgallery.co.uk
Tel 01395 443 003
Open 10.30 am to 5.00 pm, closed Sunday mornings and Mondays

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A Step back in Time

Crinoline skirts and fancy waistcoats will be in evidence when ladies and gentlemen of the congregation assemble at the beautifully restored Salem Chapel in East Budleigh for its fifth Victorian Christmas service this year.

"We don't insist on men wearing top hats, and we're certainly not offering any prizes for the best outfit," says Kathy Moyle, Chairman of the Friends of Salem Chapel. "But the service has become quite a popular event and we do our best to decorate the Chapel as it might have appeared in Victorian times, so if people want to come along in period costume they'll be most welcome."

Mulled wine and mince pies will be on offer, with an optional collection being made for the Chapel.

The chapel is available for hire. For further information please contact Kathy Moyle on 01395 445236.

'A Step back in Time' takes place on Sunday 19 December at 4.00 pm.

Dr Mary Hart (1923-2010)

Dr Mary Hart welcomes Hugo Swire MP to Fairlynch Museum

Budleigh Salterton's Fairlynch Museum could not operate without the volunteer staff who play a vital role in all aspects of this much-loved institution of the town, from managing the finances to acting as stewards when the building is open to the public.

All those involved with the Museum as well as many residents of the town were sorry to learn of the death at the beginning of this year of Dr Mary Hart, aged 86.

Dr Mary Hart, who died on 12 February, 2010, was born on 25 May 1923 to Albert Ernest and Winifred Maud in Derby where her father, Albert Ernest Sawday, was a General Practitioner. Her father bought a medical practice at Hillside, Crouch End Road in North London. Dr Mary was educated at Channing School, which was evacuated to Ross on Wye during the Second World War. She was then one of a small group of female medical students who trained in London during the latter year of the war. Both within her family and her school she was encouraged and challenged to achieve what she wanted to do with her life – a philosophy passed on to her family.
As a family the Sawdays spent many holidays at Tankerton, Kent, where they became friends with the Hart family from Sittingbourne, who also regularly holidayed there. When their eldest son, Robert, also won a place at medical school in London, he went to lodge with the Sawday family.

Dr Robert and Dr Mary were married on 20 July 1946. Dr Mary sat her final exams whilst pregnant with their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in May 1947. At this point Dr Robert was called up to do his National Service, which he did with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He found that he enjoyed this way of life and took a permanent commission. He was posted to Nigeria and where he was eventually joined by Dr Mary and their two small daughters, Alison having been born in October 1949. Their eldest son, Crispin, was born in Nigeria in January 1952.

On their return to the UK the doctors settled in Kent, and their youngest son, Timothy, was born in August 1953. The family lived first in Tankerton and then in Herne Bay, whilst Dr Robert worked at the Royal Army Medical College at Milbank in London. At this point Dr Mary was able to start working part time doing clinics locally.

In 1962 Dr Robert was posted to the British Military Hospital in Singapore, where he was joined by Dr Mary in 1963, once all the children were settled in boarding schools. Dr Mary was able to continue working as a civilian medical officer in the Hospital in Singapore, a very happy and fulfilling period of her career.

In 1965 Dr Robert resumed his duties at the Royal Army Medical Corps Headquarters, the family moved to the North Foreland, Broadstairs, Kent, and Dr Mary worked in a medical practice in Margate. However, in 1967 Dr Robert retired from the Royal Army Medical Corps and was appointed first Deputy Director and then Director of the Public Health Laboratory in Exeter, Devon

The family moved first to Cranford Avenue in Exmouth and then purchased Howewath in Moorlands Road, Budleigh Salterton, in the Spring of 1968, where Dr Mary lived until just before her death. This house was to become a happy gathering place over the years for their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Both doctors enjoyed the large garden which over the years produced fruit, vegetables and tobacco! Much loved cats and dogs also have resting places in the garden marked with camellias.

Dr Mary worked for medical practices in Exeter, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton, but it was the latter practice that she particularly enjoyed, working with Drs Benson, Evans and Taylor. Although she retired in 1988, she hardly ever walked down the High Street without being hailed by a former patient, something she really appreciated. She was also involved in Family Planning Clinics and advising on adoptions in various parts of Devon.

Both doctors retired in 1988 full of plans for their retirement. They had a wonderful trip to Australia that winter, staying in Western Australia with Crispin and his family, and Dr Mary’s brother Martin, and in Darwin with a cousin.

Sadly their plans were thwarted when, in 1990, Dr Robert was diagnosed with Guillaume Barry Syndrome. Having spent some months in hospital, various aids were put in place at Howewath, (including a lift that was much enjoyed by the grandchildren – but scared the dogs) so that he could return home. His recovery continued slowly under the care and watchful eye of Dr Mary, but this was brought to an abrupt end when he suffered a stroke. After another spell in hospital he again returned home to be cared for by Dr Mary until he died in 1995.

Dr Mary enjoyed her growing family of twelve grandchildren, their various spouses, and seven great-grandchildren (plus two others that she knew of but were not born until shortly after her death) and has taken great pride in all their achievements. She always took a great interest in the travels of all the family, finding out information about the various places that the visited or settled. Her brother, eldest son and three of her grandchildren currently live in Australia and one of her grandchildren and his family are in Denver, Colorado. Although not a great traveller herself, she had two wonderful trips to Chile in the late 1990s to visit her eldest daughter.

During her retirement Dr Mary developed a great interest in tracing family history and kept in contacts with Sawday descendents around the world – a wonderful legacy for her family. She enjoyed many local family history events and meetings where she was able to swap knowledge and expertise with others researching their ancestors.

This led her on to an interest in the history of the local area and she started to volunteer at Fairlynch Museum in Budleigh Salterton. She took on responsibility for organising the rota for the volunteer stewards who do such a great job enabling the museum to open during the summer months. However, at the age of 84 she decided that it was time for a younger volunteer to step into her shoes, but she still helped catalogue and sort many of the items in the museum's archives. She was involved in this until she became ill in February 2009.

During the last twelve months of her life Dr Mary suffered various bouts of illness and was eventually found to have a non-Hodgkins lymphoma that sadly did not respond to treatment. However, she bore this trial, as she had born other vicissitudes in her life with great stoicism and dignity.

Dr Mary will leave a huge gap in the life of all her family. She was a highly intelligent woman who had an endlessly enquiring mind. She could multitask for years before it became fashionable – it was a family joke that Granny could read, knit, watch television and still win at cards. She was known as the family’s fount of all knowledge – had any of the family ever appeared on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, she was the friend they would have phoned; even though she said she would be useless on pop music or soap operas, she seemed to manage to have some knowledge of those too! She was one of the original “technogrannys” quickly mastering the computer skills she needed to play online games with her grandchildren and keep up with her widespread relations on email and Skype.

I am grateful to Mrs Lizzie Hoskins for sending me the above obituary for Dr Hart.

A fake scam?

I don't intend to post news of every scam I read about, but a Budleigh Salterton friend sent me details of this Postal Scam recently, and it sounds so horrifically clever that I thought I'd pass it on!

"Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).

DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655.

For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:

http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/crime-prevention/helping-prevent-crime/scams/postal-delivery-scam "

However, when I clicked on that link the Crimestoppers site denied issuing any such emailed warning which had so alarmed my Budleigh friend, and me.

I'm posting the warning anyway because this scam, fake though it is, sounds so fiendishly clever.

Or are we just getting too neurotic and untrusting for our own good?

A big issue on both sides of the pond

A recently built five-bedroom detached house at Clyst Hayes Gardens, on Budleigh Salterton's Exmouth Road, priced at £865,000.
Photo image http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/new-homes/property-17347266.html

It was a former resident of Brewster, MA who told me some time ago that the Cape Cod town and Budleigh Salterton were ideally suited as twin communities because of their equally high house prices.

As readers may know, I'm always keen to point out similarities between Budleigh and Brewster but that particular aspect is not generally seen as a positive. In fact our friends across the Atlantic expressed their concerns about it recently at a forum on 3 November which brought together Brewster estate agents, bankers and local officials and volunteers.

Making Brewster affordable for a range of workers was seen as vital by forum participants. “It’s very critical largely because the Cape cost of housing is higher, and wages are lower so service workers can’t afford to buy a place or rent a place,” said Paul Ruchinskas of the Brewster Community Preservation Committee.

The problem, just as in the UK, is especially severe for young people. “The only way of keeping any of our youth is affordable housing,” declared fellow committee member Elliot Carr, a retired banker and Brewster resident who writes frequently on the environment and economy for Cape Cod publications.

In Budleigh also concerned voices have been raised about the lack of affordable housing. The town's Design Statement published in 2004 stated that "new projects should include an adequate supply of affordable housing of the size and type which allows local first-time buyers to remain in their home town."

That's easier said than done. Town Councillor and former Mayor of the town Chris Kitson has been quoted as supporting the need for affordable housing and the desirability of keeping long-standing Budleigh families to "maintain the town's heritage." Unfortunately, he has pointed out, there is a lack of land for larger developments which would give scope for affordable housing to be included.

As the Design Statement notes, the situation has been exacerbated by the fact that Budleigh Salterton, like many attractively situated small towns, has been targeted by second-home owners. "It is recognised that buyers looking for a holiday home in Budleigh Salterton pose an intractable problem that also affects the town’s vitality and the viability of local business." http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/planning-budleigh-salterton-town-design-statement

Not the most sensible of locations for a house next to a river, yet planners gave the go-ahead

For some planning authorities, the search for sites suitable for affordable housing has led them to develop land which had previously been considered sacrosanct because of its environmental value or even off-limits because of its situation in a flood plain. With Government and politicians generally keen to be seen supplying the need for affordable housing it's no surprise that more and more of our green spaces have been sacrificed to urban sprawl. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) noted in 2007 that Green Belts have shrunk in most of England’s regions since 2004, despite a pledge by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott that they would grow in every region. http://www.cpre.org.uk/news/view/361

Three years ago SW England was noted in the CPRE report as being an exception to that trend. That may no longer be the case with the publication by East Devon District Council of its Local Development Framework (LDF) consultation document, a summary of which is at http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/plg-ldf-summary_ax_changes.pdf One of its key proposals is that from 2006 to 2026 East Devon will see a total of 19,420 new homes being built.

Needless to say many residents are unhappy with such proposals, which they see as likely to damage the character of the region, 66% of which is classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Concerns have been raised that the existing infrastructure cannot cope with the increase in population envisaged by EDDC.

Opposition to the EDDC proposals has come from the recently formed Communities before Developers which held a well publicised protest at EDDC offices in Sidmouth on Tuesday 23 November 2010. The group's website at http://communitiesbeforedevelopers.org/ is well worth studying for the depth of feeling expressed by many local residents about EDDC's plans.

One can understand the pressures on the District Council. It claims to be following the example set by "all other Councils in England", in the words of the LDF summary document. It maintains that East Devon must keep pace with Exeter - "one of the fastest growing city economies in the land." It declares that new planning guidelines are needed "that are fit for purpose and satisfy the latest demands of national Government." Its proposals for the region are inspired by the vision of a new, more dynamic and more prosperous East Devon. "For each new home built we want to see at least one extra job provided," say the planners in the LDF summary document.

Such thinking is rejected by EDDC's opponents. “It makes us wonder whether the council has any regard at all for what the majority of residents love about living here," states Claire Wright, Ottery St Mary Town Councillor for West Hill, and Communities Before Developers campaigner. "We believe local people want East Devon to remain largely rural, not turned into a semi-urban district, with light industry.”

According to EDDC's plans as outlined in the summary LDF document Budleigh Salterton will not be especially threatened by what the Council's critics describe as urban sprawl - only 50 new homes are envisaged for the town, described by EDDC as a "hub rural settlement."

Yet I notice from a glance at http://communitiesbeforedevelopers.org/?page_id=282 that quite a number of Communities before Developers supporters are from Budleigh.
It could be that many Budleigh people feel sympathy for the plight of those Exmouth residents in the St John's Wood area horrified by the prospect of seeing 1,000 houses built in what they describe at http://communitiesbeforedevelopers.org/?p=192 as a "beautiful and priceless area."
Equally, some Budleigh residents feel that EDDC's plans are too ambitious to be launched during a recession. "During a financial crisis it also seems short-sighted to sacrifice East Devon’s outstanding heritage and swap it irrevocably for urban sprawl and uncertain job opportunities," writes Communities before Developers supporter Dr Anita Jennings.














"Very few planning applications for what on the face of it could be described as a relatively modest proposal can have provoked such a considerable amount of third party interest," admits East Devon District Council in something of an understatement about the application to replace the Longboat café and adjoining shelter, pictured above, with a modern restaurant. Opponents claim that the proposed new building would be an eyesore.

But it's pretty clear that a major factor in the rejection of East Devon District Council's plans for the region by many Budleigh Salterton residents is the Council's handling of the application for development of the Longboat café. As Dr Jennings writes, "This consultation comes at a bad time for both East Devon District Council and the public. The relationship between the two is at a low ebb. EDDC planners take little or no notice of local councils or their electorate. Countless people are outraged by EDDC’s contempt for the local voice."

Such views simply reflect those expressed in the open letter addressed to EDDC and published on 1 November 2009 on behalf of Budleigh Salterton Town Council, where the District Council, in approving the application for development of the Longboat café, is accused of "having little regard for the democratic process, for the views of the town council, and for the views of the majority of local townspeople."

But before dismissing local opposition to EDDC's plans for the development of East Devon as stemming from a storm about a seafront café one should bear in mind that this region is not alone in feeling unease about big Government's plans. Throughout Britain over the last few years local communities have been expressing anger over the way in which urban sprawl has been allowed to spoil a green and pleasant land.

Yes, cities, towns and villages have to evolve, and planners everywhere have to demonstrate their ambitious and dynamic thinking to please their political masters. But in both town and countryside the number is growing of those who mutter darkly about brown envelopes and deals being concluded on the golf course. Isn't this development thing just about money?

Below are just a few of the links to such reports in local media during the current year in England alone.

Bristol 19 August 2010
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/dreadful-sell-green-fields-housing/article-2545722-detail/article.html
Berkshire 9 April 2010
http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/s/2069010_last_chance_for_protest_against_urban_sprawl Berkshire 2 July 2010
http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2073773_mp_calling_for_two_new_housing_targets Cheshire 8 October 2010
http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/8441074.Protestors_unite_to_fight_Port_Sunlight_townhouse_plans/ Devon 1 November 2010
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Protesters-step-fight-housing/article-2819595-detail/article.html
Hampshire 26 May 2010
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8185594.Hundreds_protest_plan_for_1_200_homes/
Hampshire 28 May 2010
http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/8191739.Changes_to_planning_rules_give_hope_to_Barton_Farm_opponents/ Norfolk 4 October 2010
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/hundreds_sign_wymondham_housing_petition_1_661556 Oxfordshire 27 January 2010
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/4872534.Lobby_group_fired_by__appalling__plan/
Somerset 11 February 2010
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/5001184.Green_Wedge_homes_threat_protest/ Somerset 25 May 2010
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Police-halt-march-save-green-lung/article-2211296-detail/article.html
Somerset 10 June 2010
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Protesters-make-point-housing/article-2285995-detail/article.html
Surrey 10 April 2010
http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Villagers-housing-protest-heats/article-1990380-detail/article.html
Sussex 15 March 2010
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5062278.Plans_for_homes_next_to_Worthing_s_Titnore_Woods_voted_down/?ref=mr
Sussex 27 July 2010
http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/news/Girl-10-picnic-protest-housing-plans/article-2458529-detail/article.html
Warwickshire 6 April 2010
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2010/04/06/save-our-fields-say-ash-green-residents-92746-26182710/

The EDDC summary document can be seen at http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/plg-ldf-summary_ax_changes.pdf

If you would like to comment, email ldf@eastdevon.gov.uk
The deadline for expressing views to the District Council is 5.00 pm on Tuesday 30 November 2010.

Holidays are for Eating.

Louderhorn Inn hosted a smallish vegan thanksgiving this year,

and as always, Meryl made so much great food.

(that is one sexy vegan blueberry pie)

There was five of us sitting at the dining room table,

but enough mashed potatoes to feed 20.

(i made the potatoes)

The next day was back to work,

and we celebrated Black (Tie) Friday.

We didn't buy anything,

we just wore ties.

Adam M also has been wearing normal pants all week

(in lieu of his super tight sexy man jeans)

in order to help heal the first sit of his alligator tattoo we did on Tuesday.

Looking forward to working on this again soon.

(and yeah, that's a thigh. not a wrist, not a forearm. a thigh.
the tattoo is 11 inches tall.)

Ryan Terry Mister International 2010 | Foto foto Ryan terry

AdvertisementRyan Tery Mister International 2010 - Pada tanggal 20 november lalu, Nutrifood melalui produknya yang terkenal di indonesia , L-Men, Nutrition for men menggelar pemilihan mister international pageant 2010 yang dimenangkan oleh ryan terry. Dan dsini saya menyediakan kumpulan foto foto ryan terry untuk anda sekalian.

Acara yang dihelat untuk kelima kalinya ini diadakan oleh Mister Singapore Organization. Kegiatan ini berlangsung mulai 8–22 November 2010 di tiga kota besar di Indonesia, yaitu Jakarta, Bandung, Bali, serta diikuti lebih dari 40 negara peserta dari seluruh dunia.

Setelah hampir dua pekan mengikuti berbagai kegiatan selama pageant period, acara puncak Mister International 2010 yaitu Coronation Night telah berlangsung pada 20 November 2010. Bertempat di Central Park Ballroom, acara tersebut dimeriahkan oleh penampilan Krisdayanti, Rini Idol, Duo Percussion, Rampak Kendang Nusantara, serta dipandu oleh Steny Agustaf dan Cathy Sharon.

"Penyelenggaraan Mister Internasional 2010 memang merupakan kegiatan male pageant yang mengkampanyekan hidup sehat, tetapi kegiatan ini menjadi penting bagi Indonesia untuk menunjukan sebagai destinasi yang layak dan aman dalam rangka penyelenggaraan event bertaraf internasional. Bangsa Indonesia menghargai kepercayaan peserta yang tetap hadir pada event ini, walaupun berita mengenai bencana di Indonesia yaitu di Mentawai (Sumatera Barat) dan Merapi (Jawa Tengah), sangat gencar," kata Esty Reko Astuti, Direktur Sarana Promosi Direktorat Jendral Pemasaran, yang mewakili Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik membuka acara ini.

"Event ini memberikan gambaran secara layak dan promosi Indonesia, khususnya destinasi, obyek, dan daya tarik wisata lainnya serta MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, dan Exibition), mengingat event ini diikuti oleh peserta dari manca negara dan diliput oleh berbagai media dari dalam maupun luar negeri.

"Kepada L-Men, kami mengapresiasi inisiatif dan pelaksanaan kegiatan ini. Dan bagi seluruh peserta Mister International 2010 mari kita memantapkan posisi Indonesia sebagai destinasi pariwisata dunia yang menarik," imbuh Esti.

Beberapa juri professional di bidangnya masing-masing hadir memberikan penilaian kepada para konstentan. Mereka adalah Richard Sambera (Pemimpin Redaksi Men's Fitness), Fira Basuki (Pemimpin Redaksi Cosmopolitan), Angelique (Heaf of Marketing Communication Division Nutrifood), Zivanna Letisha (Puteri Indonesia 2008 dan Miss Indonesia Universe 2009), Christina Ramirez (Spesialis Kebijakan Sosial), Chris Chew (Konsultan Fitness dari Singapore), dan Waloop Phrasophol (Direktur Masion Film dari Thailand).

Proses penilaian tidak hanya terjadi di panggung, tetapi juga sejak hari pertama karantina hingga malam grand final. Serangkaian kegiatan karantina disusun untuk melihat kepribadian sesungguhnya dari setiap peserta. Mulai dari aktivitas outdoor dan kebudayaan, penampilan di depan umum, serta kegiatan sosial, dan lingkungan.

Di sisi lain, para kontestan juga menunjukan penampilan terbaiknya di atas panggung dengan mengenakan kostum nasional, pakaian bertemakan etnik, pakaian renang, dan pakaian formal.

Pada malam grand final, dari 40 oang kontestan Mister International 2010 disaring menjadi 15 besar, lalu 10 besar hingga akhirnya terpilih lima besar.

Indonesia sebagai negara tuan rumah, untuk pertama kalinya, membuat sejarah baru dengan masuk ke dalam lima besar serta mendapatkan gelar kostum nasional terbaik (Best National Costume) Mister International 2010.

Setelah melalui proses penjurian, Ryan Terry dari Inggris Raya dinobatkan sebagai Mister International 2010. Selempang pemenang diberikan langsung oleh Bruno Kettels, Mister International 2009 sekaligus memberikan piala kepada Ryan yang juga mendapat gelar L-Men Best Body.

Setelah Terry, Caio Lucius Ribeiro dari brazil menjadi Runner up pertama, Maica Luis dari Spanyol sebagai Runner Up kedua, Thomas Sebastian dari Indonesia sebagai Runner Up ketiga, dan Leo Sulai dari Yunani di posisi akhir.

Selain itu, terdapat pula beberapa gelar khusus antara lain Mister Photogenic yang diraih oleh Singapullige Yasitha Dilshan Perera dari Srilanka dan Mister Congeniality yang diraih Maynor Sandoval dari Honduras.
(nsa) Ryan Tery Mister International 2010 - Pada tanggal 20 november lalu, Nutrifood melalui produknya yang terkenal di indonesia , L-Men, Nutrition for men menggelr pemilihan mister international pageant 2010 yang dimenangkan oleh ryan terry.

Acara yang dihelat untuk kelima kalinya ini diadakan oleh Mister Singapore Organization. Kegiatan ini berlangsung mulai 8–22 November 2010 di tiga kota besar di Indonesia, yaitu Jakarta, Bandung, Bali, serta diikuti lebih dari 40 negara peserta dari seluruh dunia.

Setelah hampir dua pekan mengikuti berbagai kegiatan selama pageant period, acara puncak Mister International 2010 yaitu Coronation Night telah berlangsung pada 20 November 2010. Bertempat di Central Park Ballroom, acara tersebut dimeriahkan oleh penampilan Krisdayanti, Rini Idol, Duo Percussion, Rampak Kendang Nusantara, serta dipandu oleh Steny Agustaf dan Cathy Sharon.

"Penyelenggaraan Mister Internasional 2010 memang merupakan kegiatan male pageant yang mengkampanyekan hidup sehat, tetapi kegiatan ini menjadi penting bagi Indonesia untuk menunjukan sebagai destinasi yang layak dan aman dalam rangka penyelenggaraan event bertaraf internasional. Bangsa Indonesia menghargai kepercayaan peserta yang tetap hadir pada event ini, walaupun berita mengenai bencana di Indonesia yaitu di Mentawai (Sumatera Barat) dan Merapi (Jawa Tengah), sangat gencar," kata Esty Reko Astuti, Direktur Sarana Promosi Direktorat Jendral Pemasaran, yang mewakili Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik membuka acara ini.

"Event ini memberikan gambaran secara layak dan promosi Indonesia, khususnya destinasi, obyek, dan daya tarik wisata lainnya serta MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, dan Exibition), mengingat event ini diikuti oleh peserta dari manca negara dan diliput oleh berbagai media dari dalam maupun luar negeri.

"Kepada L-Men, kami mengapresiasi inisiatif dan pelaksanaan kegiatan ini. Dan bagi seluruh peserta Mister International 2010 mari kita memantapkan posisi Indonesia sebagai destinasi pariwisata dunia yang menarik," imbuh Esti.

Beberapa juri professional di bidangnya masing-masing hadir memberikan penilaian kepada para konstentan. Mereka adalah Richard Sambera (Pemimpin Redaksi Men's Fitness), Fira Basuki (Pemimpin Redaksi Cosmopolitan), Angelique (Heaf of Marketing Communication Division Nutrifood), Zivanna Letisha (Puteri Indonesia 2008 dan Miss Indonesia Universe 2009), Christina Ramirez (Spesialis Kebijakan Sosial), Chris Chew (Konsultan Fitness dari Singapore), dan Waloop Phrasophol (Direktur Masion Film dari Thailand).

Proses penilaian tidak hanya terjadi di panggung, tetapi juga sejak hari pertama karantina hingga malam grand final. Serangkaian kegiatan karantina disusun untuk melihat kepribadian sesungguhnya dari setiap peserta. Mulai dari aktivitas outdoor dan kebudayaan, penampilan di depan umum, serta kegiatan sosial, dan lingkungan.

Di sisi lain, para kontestan juga menunjukan penampilan terbaiknya di atas panggung dengan mengenakan kostum nasional, pakaian bertemakan etnik, pakaian renang, dan pakaian formal.

Pada malam grand final, dari 40 oang kontestan Mister International 2010 disaring menjadi 15 besar, lalu 10 besar hingga akhirnya terpilih lima besar.

Indonesia sebagai negara tuan rumah, untuk pertama kalinya, membuat sejarah baru dengan masuk ke dalam lima besar serta mendapatkan gelar kostum nasional terbaik (Best National Costume) Mister International 2010.

Setelah melalui proses penjurian, Ryan Terry dari Inggris Raya dinobatkan sebagai Mister International 2010. Selempang pemenang diberikan langsung oleh Bruno Kettels, Mister International 2009 sekaligus memberikan piala kepada Ryan yang juga mendapat gelar L-Men Best Body.

Setelah Terry, Caio Lucius Ribeiro dari brazil menjadi Runner up pertama, Maica Luis dari Spanyol sebagai Runner Up kedua, Thomas Sebastian dari Indonesia sebagai Runner Up ketiga, dan Leo Sulai dari Yunani di posisi akhir.

Selain itu, terdapat pula beberapa gelar khusus antara lain Mister Photogenic yang diraih oleh Singapullige Yasitha Dilshan Perera dari Srilanka dan Mister Congeniality yang diraih Maynor Sandoval dari Honduras.
(nsa) Dan ini adalah kumpulan foto foto ryan terry

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Dewi Persik Topless | Foto Tanpa Busana Dewi Persik

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JAKARTA - Dewi Persik membocorkan lokasi pengambilan foto toplessnya. Dia menyebut foto tersebut diambil saat dia sedang syuting video klip di kantor Ahmad Dhani .

Pemilik nama lengkap Dewi Muria Agung ini mengakui foto-foto miliknya itu. Hanya saja dia lupa kapan pastinya difoto dengan pose topless itu.

"Ya biasalah, kalau di ruang make up, ruang rias. Suka pada foto yang enggak-enggak. Saya tidak masalah dengan foto itu, itu foto zaman saya masih dimanajeri Bunda Siska," papar Dewi yang dihubungi Okezone, Kamis (25/11/2010).

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"Itu fotonya pas saya sedang buat video klip di Kantor RCM. Memang foto itu buat aku pribadi," tandasnya.

Dewi Persik mengakui foto-foto topless yang beredar di dunia maya. Foto-foto topless tersebut muncul ke forum dunia maya terkemuka sejak Selasa, 23 November 2010.

Di foto tersebut tergambar, Dewi berpose tanpa mengenakan baju dan kedua rambutnya tergerai ke depan menutupi payudaranya.
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Kabar letusan Gunung Bromo | Gunung Bromo Meletus

AdvertisementKabar letusan gunung bromo yang terjadi kemarin tanggal 26 november 2010 akan selalu saya sampaikan disini. Karena kabar gunung bromo meletus banyak sekali orang orang yang mencarinya. Salah satu gunung aktif di indonesia ini kemarin sore sekitar pukul 17.40 meletus dengan mengeluarkan abu pasir dan debu. Kabar letusan gunung bromo ini semakin menambah panjang kekawatiran masyarakat indonesia tentang serangkaian bencana alam yang terjadi yang membuktikan keterangan dari BMG bahwa daftar gunung berapi aktif di indonesia yang siap meletus termasuk gunung bromo juga benar benar terjadi.

Letusan gunung bromo banyak sekali media online di indonesia yang mengabarkannya, disini saya akan menyampaikan berita gunung bromo meletu dari vivanews.com sebgai berikut :

VIVAnews - Gunung Bromo di Jawa Timur meletus pada pukul 17.40 WIB, Jumat 26 November 2010. Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi menyatakan masyarakat di lereng Gunung Bromo masih aman dan belum perlu mengungsi.

Setelah berstatus awas pada 23 November lalu, Pusat Vulkanologi mengeluarkan zona steril kegiatan manusia dalam radius 3 kilometer dari puncak gunung. "Pemukiman masih lebih dari 3 kilometer," kata petugas pengamatan di pos pantau di Desa Ngadisari, Sikapura, Probolinggo, Ahmad Subhan. "Jadi masih aman."

Zona steril Gunung Bromo antara lain kawasan wisata lautan pasir yang letaknya hanya sekitar 1,5 kilometer dari kawah.

Hingga malam ini gempa tremor masih terus terjadi. Gempa dibarengi dengan awal kecoklatan yang membumbung hingga 700 meter. "Kondisinya di sini sedang mendung," kata Subhan kepada VIVAnews pada pukul 20.30.

Dosen Pascasarjana Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November (ITS) Surabaya, dan peneliti di Pusat Studi Kebumian dan Bencana, Dr Putu Artama, mengatakan bahwa karakteristik Bromo dengan Merapi berbeda.

"Jika terjadi letusan, material yang dimuntahkan hanya pasir dan abu dengan kisaran radius 6 sampai 10 kilometer," kata Putu.

Itu berbeda dengan material yang dimuntahkan Gunung Merapi yakni berupa lava pijar,bebatuan, dan juga awan panas 'wedhus gembel'.

Selain itu, Bromo juga terbentengi oleh lautan pasir. Topografi Gunung ini bertautan antara lembah dan ngarai dengan kaldera atau lautan pasir seluas sekitar 10 kilometer persegi. "Yang membayakan itu semburan awan berwarna kekuningan. Kandungan belerang yang banyak sangat berbahaya jika dihirup manusia," ujar Putu. (sj)
• VIVAnews

Berikut kabar gunung bromo meletus yang dapat saya sampaikan.
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Foto Hot Dewi Persik Tanpa Busana

AdvertisementBaru baru ini beredar foto hot dewi persik tanpa busana alias bugiil di dunia maya. Foto dewi persik ini memperlihatkan dewi persik yang tanpa mengenakan pakaian bagian atas. Tetapi sayangnya rambut panjangnya masih menutupi bagian payudaraa nya. Berdasarkan informasi yang saya peoleh, dewi persik memang mengakui tentang kebenaran foto itu. Menurutnya foto itu diambil sudah sangat lama, cuman sebagai koleksi pribadi dan tidak berniat untuk menyebarkannya ujar wanita hot ini.

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"Iya itu foto saya. Foto lama saya Mas. Aku lupa tahun dan bulannya," kata Dewi Persik saat berbincang dengan VIVAnews.com, Kamis 25 November 2010.

Menurut artis yang akrab disapa Depe ini, foto itu sengaja dibuat untuk koleksi pribadi. Depe sendiri terkejut tiba-tiba foto seksinya itu beredar di dunia maya.

"Memang saya suka foto seperti itu. Foto dengan posisi rambut menutup dada. Ya buat iseng-iseng saja," ujar janda dari Aldi Thaher ini.

Depe tidak ambil pusing dengan fotonya yang kini beredar luas. Mantan istri Saiful Jamil ini juga belum memikirkan langkah hukum bagi si penyebar foto seksinya.

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Formasi CPNS Jatim 2010 | Tes CPNS Jatim

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Slow progress on speeding signs in Budleigh Salterton

Image credit: Brake http://www.brake.org.uk/

It's now almost 18 months since the 'Please drive slowly through the town' sign at one of the main approaches to Budleigh Salterton was demolished, ironically by a speeding driver. See http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/2009/06/speeding-traffic-knows-no-limits.html

As this is Road Safety Week http://www.roadsafetyweek.org/ and as residents of Exmouth Road and West Hill have been complaining for years about speeding drivers I thought I'd ask Devon County Councillor and Budleigh resident Christine Channon for some news about a suitable replacement.

After all it was in July this year that Cllr Channon, a member of the Budleigh Salterton Traffic Group reported that she had visited the area with PC Simon Evans and that they had found two good sites for electronic interactive signs which tell speeding drivers to slow down.

One would be placed near Links Road (outbound) and the other could go near Clyst Hayes Gardens (inbound). These would be permanent fixtures and Cllr Channon hoped they would be in situ within three months.

Sadly the three months have come and gone, and some thoughtless individuals continue to drive like the clappers on a road that is winding and dangerously narrow with no pavement for pedestrians in places.

The situation was apparently discussed once again last week at Budleigh Salterton's Traffic and Parking meeting, explained Cllr Channon, who described it as "a very frustrating business."

The excuse for the delay offered by Devon County Council's Highways Department was that one of the sites was now considered unsuitable as there would be insufficient light for solar recharging of the batteries, she said. "A new site has been suggested and I have every hope that these signs will soon be in situ."

So Highways people, just go a bit faster on this one, please.

Budleigh Salterton: a quiet little place by the sea?

I spotted the above painting by Exeter-based artist Anna Mazek a few days after visiting the beach at Budleigh where the sea was still raging against the pebbles in the aftermath of a stormy November night. Waves were leaping high into the air in a series of snow-white blizzards as though about to cover the little boats that had been left on the shoreline, then retreating to leave just a few harmless inches of white foam.

Well, that's what seems to be happening in my photo.
Yet only five minutes away from there the sky was blue, the sun was shining and the High Street was calm as only Budleigh can be.

Anna Mazek's painting entitled 'Toward Budleigh' captures some of that mad energy on the beach where, as she writes, the River Exe meets with the Atlantic ocean. at Budleigh Salterton. "Here the oceanic moods are accentuated by a Jurassic coast and world heritage site."

Originally from London, Anna Mazek says that she grew up within a multi cultural society that greatly influenced her approach to art, training at Central St Martin’s http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/

Now resident in Devon she says she gains most of her inspiration from the beautiful surroundings.

Further information about Anna Mazek and how to obtain prints of her work can be found on her website http://www.annamazek.co.uk/

Winter Weather

There's rain, there's snow,

and then there is freezing rain,

that icky cold mess than makes you want to stay inside.

Meryl and I ventured out to the Seward Cafe, of course,

and then to Riverview Theatre for a $2 showing of Depicable Me

(the best $4 I ever spent)

and then stayed inside the rest of the day doing art,

cooking, eating, and staying warm.

Here's a cell phone camera shot of what I worked on

while Meryl was carving a linoleum block

for her letterpress class tomorrow.

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Pinoy Smart Saver: Financial Literacy

I have been amazed by the ideas of Mr. Alvin T. Tabañag a registered financial planner, author of the bestselling book "Kaya mo pinoy! 12 Steps to build Wealth on any Income." I have been following his website http://www.pinoysmartsavers.com for quite sometime now. The articles in his website were insightful and very instrumental to gain knowledge in financial management especially for us overseas Filipino workers.

 Mr. Alvin Tabañag advocates on ordinary Filipinos achieve financial freedom. His book is a must have for all OFWs' who are overwhelmed by their financial status and has no knowledge in any financial management. I have also read the other bestselling book by Mr. Francisco Colayco "Pera mo Palaguin mo Part II ". Mr. Colayco and Mr. Tabañag were bestselling authors on financial management books.

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