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The art and science of natural discovery : Israel Cook Russell and the emergence of modern environmental exploration
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Israel Cook Russell was an aesthetically conscious scientist who helped bridge the gap between the late nineteenth-century's scientific explorers, who looked at how nature could best benefit man, and the late twentieth-century's environmental explorers, who looked at how humans could best benefit nature. My thesis argues that Russell's artistic prose and the sympathetic imagery of nature that his prose invoked was essential to the emergence of modern environmental explorers. Furthermore, my thesis argues that modern environmental awareness did not spontaneously emerge in the 1960s. An environmentally conscious sensibility among scientists and naturalists stretches back centuries and was never fully suppressed by the power and influence of economic, commercial, industrial, and political interests. As Israel Russell's generation of scientists, who conducted much of their research directly in nature, gave way to a new era of professional scientists, who conducted most of their research in academic and government laboratories, the reverential relationship between science and nature became less common. Most early twentieth-century scientists may have been more focused on exploring lines of research that were financially supported by imperialist corporations, but scientist's imaginations and awed reactions to nature always remained. Mid to late twentieth-century scientists had similar feelings, but they were more disposed to getting out into the field and experiencing nature firsthand. To help put the ecosystems into context, they looked to the past for inspiration and, eventually, they used science as the means to achieving a new environmental ethic rather than as an instrument of human domination.


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Sea Lord (Children of the Sea Series #3)by Virginia Kantra
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He was born of the sea...
Selkie prince Conn ap Llyr denies his deeply sensual nature to rule over the immortal Children of the Sea. But when the Children of Fire threaten the Selkies' Sanctuary, Conn must obey his haunting visions-and seek a woman thousands of miles away...
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He was born of the sea...
Selkie prince Conn ap Llyr denies his deeply sensual nature to rule over the immortal Children of the Sea. But when the Children of Fire threaten the Selkies' Sanctuary, Conn must obey his haunting visions-and seek a woman thousands of miles away...
She was born on land...
Schoolteacher Lucy Hunter knows nothing about her Selkie heritage or the prophecy that drives Conn to find her. She is content with her life on the quiet Maine island of World's End. That is, until a proud, compelling stranger appears to challenge her assumptions and awaken her desires...
Their love will tear them between two worlds...
To combat Fire, Conn needs Lucy's magic-even if this means stealing her away to Sanctuary. As the demon threat grows, so does their passion, overcoming Lucy's fears and Conn's guarded heart. But soon they face a devastating choice. Will their love be enough to save them? Or will their destinies tear them apart?
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Bestselling author Virginia Kantra credits her love for strong heroes and courageous heroines to a childhood spent devouring fairy tales, her fondness for kickass women to her daughter, and her knowledge of guys to her husband and teenage sons.
Virginia is the author of over a dozen books for Silhouette Intimate Moments, including her popular "Trouble in Eden" series. Her first single title romantic suspense, Close-Up, will be released by Berkley in July 2005.
A five-time Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Virginia is the winner of numerous writing awards, including the Golden Heart, Holt Medallion, Maggie Award of Excellence and two National Readers' Choice Awards
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Because she is the only family member without magical skills, Lucy is never included in any Worlds End demon hunting debates. Instead she is expected to remain a good girl teaching school and cleaning after her seemingly always drunken dad.----- Her world radically changes when half-Selkie Prince Conn abducts her as she is the vision of his dreams that he prays will keep his people safe from a threat. Soon afterward a demon lord tries to kill her dog. Outraged Lucy decides no one will harm her or her loved ones; that is when the real odd events occur starting with the improbability of a Selkie lord falling in love with a mortal.------------------ The third Selkie-human "Children of the Sea" romance (see SEA WITCH and SEA FEVER) is a fantastic romantic fantasy as Virginia Kantra enables the readers to look deep into the souls of a lonely single human and a Selkie. The story line is similar to the previous entries as the plot enables the reader to look deep into the hearts of the lead couple and believe in the existence of Selkie and half-breed Selkie. However, Virginia Kantra refreshes her saga by escorting her grateful fans into the realm of the Selkie.------------ Harriet Klausner
Great paranormal series keeps you guessing and interesting plot.
This is a good continuation of characters mentioned in her previous books.. Good story, and entertaining.. I will continue to await for more in the series.
One word to describe this beautiful novel: AMAZING I would recommend this book to romance novel junkies that love to read :D Please go to your nearest book store and pick up this enthralling series!!!!
Great Book!
This was my favorite of the Children of the Sea Series. The first two were great and set you up perfectly for the current installment. The relationship between Conn and Lucy is seductive and completely satisfying. I only hope that Virginia Kantra doesn't stop there. Sea Lord does nothing less than make you want more! However, I do suggest reading the first two beforehand. Trust me it is worth the wait.

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The strategy, called the VISTA 2025 initiative, is an effort to balance economic progress and the preservation of natural and historic resources, and is to guide future projects and spending.
The plan will help the county maximize its assets and address its challenges, Commissioner Ryan Costello said. It can help bring businesses to the county and guide infrastructure spending, he said.


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Cooperstown: Safe at Home
By BRUCE WEBER
Published: June 28, 1996
THIS may not be your recreational fantasy, but it is mine: You wake up in a small village on a pristine morning, a midnight storm having cleared the air and left it clean and aromatic. You climb on a bicycle and cruise around the corner and down Main Street, around the traffic circle, past the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and before you know it, you are out of town, on the quiet, gently sloping road heading north along Lake Otsego.
The east side of the lake, which James Fenimore Cooper called Glimmerglass, remains almost entirely, and remarkably, undeveloped. The sensation is of passing through an underused wooded park, the still water (almost no boats) on your left, a hill rising to the right on which a semi-groomed cemetery is cut into the trees.
About 10 miles out of town, the woods give way to fields, a farmhouse here and there. And then, the first commercial establishment: a batting range! It's 10 A.M., and the proprietor is just opening for the day. Nothing like swatting a few majestic home runs against the backdrop of a blue mountain. A Sunday dream.
This actually occurred (O.K., except for the home runs), the highlight of the recent weekend I spent in Cooperstown, N.Y., worshiping at the shrine of the national pastime and marveling at the authentic aura of small-town America the place gives off in spite of the tourists who are drawn there like runners being waved home by the third-base coach.
It's not an ersatz thing; this is an old-timey-feeling place, maybe the most nostalgia-inducing locale in America. And though there's more to Cooperstown than baseball, baseball is in the air, and if not right in front of you, then around every curve.
Baseball, in fact, serves Cooperstown like a talisman, fending off the cheapening effects of commerce even as it attracts them. Historically, this is baseball's established trick; it has itself, after all, survived artificial turf, the designated hitter, domed stadiums, expansion and players' strikes with its fundamental integrity if not entirely intact, then having sustained only superficial injury. It says something, I think, that though the outskirts of town are getting crowded with motels, in the village itself the bed-and-breakfast rules, often in 19th-century homes.
"Ninety-five percent of our guests are here for the Hall of Fame," said Pam Miller. Eight years ago, she and her husband, John, turned their home into the Chestnut Street Guest House, the pleasant bed-and-breakfast where I stayed. "Baseball fans are interesting, nice people," she said. "We might not feel as comfortable if it was the Wrestling Hall of Fame."
It's true that Cooperstown has sprouted the unsightly whiskers of opportunism. Just south of town, for instance, there's an undistinguished roadhouse called the Hamburger Hall of Fame; next to a miniature golf course, it attracts the kind of person who would fill out a score card (as the guy sitting next to me did) with the headings "Me" and "Her." A little farther down the road is the Corvette Americana Hall of Fame, an auto exhibition of high, unintended camp, with a $9.50 admission fee, housed in a prefab warehouse that the proprietor has inexplicably dedicated to Woody Guthrie.
So, yeah, there's some tacky stuff. Think of it as Cooperstown's Marge Schott.
Built on a Fiction
There is something to be said for Cooperstown as a place that feels genuine but isn't, entirely, and that is lent its sheen of bucolic Americana by baseball. Spawned by the American spirit of enterprise in the wake of the Revolution, Cooperstown, after all, was founded by a man who was something of a pretender.
William Cooper, who established the village on the south shore of Otsego in 1786, grew up poor but married above his station and tried his whole life to achieve a gentleman's bearing and reputation. As portrayed by Alan Taylor in his book "William Cooper's Town," which won the Pulitzer Prize for history this year, Cooper was a Quaker-born, badly educated wheelwright who parlayed a hifalutin ambition and a gift for real estate speculation into a judgeship and a stint as a United States Congressman.
His youngest son, James Fenimore, became a novelist, according to Professor Taylor, only when his inheritance began to dwindle under the burden of his father's bad debts. In "The Pioneers," the son's third novel, set in the fictional village of Templeton (read Cooperstown), he drew on his father for the character of Judge Marmaduke Temple, "a man of good intentions but loose scruples, of expansive vision but flawed manners," Professor Taylor writes, "of benevolent paternalism but blundering execution."
It was in June 1816, seven years after the founder's death, that the town trustees, led by Isaac Cooper, James's older brother, enacted a fine of $1 for anyone playing "at ball" in village streets; the ordinance was directed at town ball, a game played with a ball and bat that did not originate in Cooperstown and that would later evolve into baseball.
By now, historians have discredited the legend that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown in 1839. (Its development is more rightly associated with Alexander Cartwright, whose Knickerbocker Baseball Club played in and around New York City in the 1840's.) But as Professor Taylor writes, "Because of its 1816 ban on ballplaying in the village center, Cooperstown can better claim to have tried to prevent the invention of baseball."


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Will you update the plugin?
Will you update the plugin?
We are currently working on an update to correct issue certain users are having with the upgrade to WordPress 3.5. We will also be adding a few new features at that time.
Thanks for your patients, Don
Do you have any idea, when the update will be ready.
Zamoht - we are testing the new code now - it should be this weekend.
How is you testing going? the reason i ask is that our website is going live january 1. so i need to know if i should find an other plugin instead.
or is it possible to have a beta version that just works with wp3.5
No updates? no answers? i payed for this plugin! please at least answer me if i need to find an other solution before January 1th.
Then you need to take it elsewhere. This forum is not for commercial product support only for the version in the WordPress plugin repository here.
If you did pay for the commercial product then you should have some means to contact the plugin author that way and the author should not use these forums for that.
Jan - thank you for your comment. We do in fact have a support desk for our software at the following email address:
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Sorry for any confusion. It is actually listed in a sticky post at the top of our support forum here on wordpress.org.
Zamoht - we tried to contact you through our email - but the message was returned.
We do have an updated pro version and we are currently working on a new version for here on wordpress.org
Please open a ticket at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will send you the latest version that is compatible with wordpress 3.5. There should be no issue with meeting the January 1 date.
Thanks, Don
Hi, Will this become available as a free plugin for wordpress 3.5
If not, where can I purchase the pro version
It will be available on Thursday. We have also added some new features. We were in the process of upgrading when 3.5 came out and we had some rework to do. Sorry for any problems. The new Pro Version will also be released then with some nice new features.
Page Designer 2.0 will be out on Thursday though.
Hi, You can tell the approximate date of release of the new version?
What Thursday??
This is 2 months now after the original post and I see no version 2.0 still. If you're unable to release it at all just tell us, we'll understand, but don't leave us hanging like that.
I'm just deleting it for now since it is currently unusable on WP 3.5.
i'm guessing this still hasn't been updated? mmmmmm.
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These People Are Using Exercise Equipment the Wrong Way
Working out is tough. It's supposed to be, right? But generally it's a better idea if you aren't also battling the equipment.
Working out is tough. It's supposed to be, right? But generally it's a better idea if you aren't also battling the equipment.
These people see the diving board. They approach the diving board. They even successfully get onto the diving board. And then they do everything wrong after that.
To be clear: we don't discourage young ladies from learning to to pole dance, we just want them to be a bit more careful.
In the history of Loudwire, one of our most popular features has been the 'Worst Rock Tattoos.' An insane amount of people have visited us to gawk at awful ink jobs and cackle at dozens of unfortunate souls, so we've compiled the 30 Worst Rock Tattoos of All Time into a new video slideshow!
Let's face it, we're living in an increasingly digital world. Even toddlers are walking around with Instagram on their smart phones. In theory this should make us the communication generation. But we're not. Check out these great texting fails for proof!
The car wash doesn't seem like the type of place where things often go wrong -- Car goes in, gets cleaned, comes out and most of the work is done by machines. The problem is, when humans get involved, we become the jammed cog in a normally smooth running machine.
The seductive art of the striptease is one that takes a lot of skill.
This woman has not learned that art. At all.
Talk about your crash course in riding a bike.
The problem with having your sousaphone players march backwards is that if one goes down, they all go down. A fact clearly evidenced by this video of seven marching band players piling one on top of the other during a halftime show.
If your Halloween costume isn't coming along exactly the way you planned, don't feel bad -- at least you aren't any of these horrible Halloween fails.


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Requip & Sinemet Dosage and Side Effects
Posted 22 February 2012 - 09:25 PM
She has been taking
- requip 2.75 mg, twice daily
- sinemet 1.5 mg, twice daily
Ever since her condition worsened, she increased the dosage as follows:
- requip: increased by 0.125 mg daily, as an extra dose daily
- sinemet: increased by 25/100 daily, as an extra dose daily
She experienced some undesirable side effects after increasing the dosage. These dosages were tried and experienced independently, so she knew which medicine the side effects came from.
- requip: dizzy with minor migraine.
- sinemet: more serious tremors/ RLS.
She is basically caught in a dilemma of not being able to function independently and suffering through the repercussions of increasing the dosages.
My question is - what should she do?... Is this normal for someone with 10 years of PD? Is there anything that can help her gain her motor skills back without increasing the dosages?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer my questions.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 07:16 AM
Physical and occupational therapy from PD experienced therapists can usually help.
Most of the time as people age they need to take doses at closer intervals at at 10 years it not uncommon to be on plain sinemet and taking it as frequently as every 3 or 4 hours religiously-- also the dose needs to be adjusted by an expert.
As PD progresses gait and balance may respond less to medication changes but in your mom's case it is impossible to tell until she gets a better overall medication and rehab/exercise regimen.
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Apple AAPL -0.12459267778416715% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD104.21 -0.13 -0.12459267778416715% /Date(1469826000272-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26765342 AFTER HOURS USD104.25 0.04 0.03838403224258708% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 968346 P/E Ratio 12.174065420560748 Market Cap 562230109436.855 Dividend Yield 2.1878898378274636% Rev. per Employee 1991690 More quote details and news » is rolling in cash, and ought to return more of it to shareholders. The question is how best to do so.
Two weeks ago, Barron's recommended that the company nearly double its dividend to 4%, as the move likely would attract income-oriented investors and lift Apple's depressed shares (ticker: AAPL), then trading for $440 each (see "Rx for Apple: The 4% Solution," Jan. 28).
Others think Apple should boost its meager buyback program, as the shares, which closed for the week at $475, trade for less than 11 times projected profit of $44.75 a share for the fiscal year ending in September. The effective price/earnings multiple falls to 7.5 if Apple's $137 billion, or $145 a share of cash, is excluded.
Investor David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital has an intriguing third alternative that involves issuing preferred stock. His advocacy of that idea, and a lawsuit he filed against Apple, elicited a surprise statement from the company last week that Apple has "been in active discussions about returning additional cash to shareholders." The stock rose 5% on the week.
Einhorn thinks Apple initially should issue about $50 billion of preferred stock to shareholders—one preferred share with a face value of $50 for each common share. He argues the two pieces of paper would be worth more than Apple's current price because investors would put a higher P/E multiple on the preferred than the common, because of demand from income investors.
Einhorn estimates that the Apple preferred could yield just 4% and trade at about face value, or par. This means $1 of Apple earnings would be capitalized at a P/E of 25 as preferred, versus just 11 for the common shares. The common shares would decline after issuance of the preferred because net income would be diverted to pay preferred dividends, but the common-price drop would be much less than the value of the preferred.
"We think for every $50 billion of preferred that Apple issues, it would unlock about $32 a share in Apple," Einhorn told CNBC. He seems to be saying investors would get $50 of preferred and see the common fall about $18 a share. If Apple issued $500 billion of preferred and allocated about half its earnings to preferred dividends, it could unlock $320 a share of value.
Einhorn first broached the preferred idea at the Ira Sohn conference in New York last May, suggesting five companies that could benefit: Apple, Dell (DELL), Microsoft msft 0.8361501512186443% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD56.68 0.47 0.8361501512186443% /Date(1469826000318-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 28904547 AFTER HOURS USD56.69 0.01 0.017642907551164433% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1654171 P/E Ratio 27.648780487804878 Market Cap 438887672851.562 Dividend Yield 2.5405786873676783% Rev. per Employee 723051 More quote details and news » (MSFT), General Motors gm 1.7747660535656664% General Motors Co. U.S.: NYSE USD31.54 0.55 1.7747660535656664% /Date(1469826031191-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15715655 AFTER HOURS USD31.54 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 434804 P/E Ratio 4.038412291933419 Market Cap 48118016030.1144 Dividend Yield 4.819277108433735% Rev. per Employee 735353 More quote details and news » (GM), and Marvell Technology mrvl -1.1774600504625736% Marvell Technology Group Ltd. U.S.: Nasdaq USD11.75 -0.14 -1.1774600504625736% /Date(1469826000223-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9770371 AFTER HOURS USD11.7477 -0.0023 -0.01957446808510638% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 86104 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 6078168320.6482 Dividend Yield 2.0425531914893615% Rev. per Employee 467604 More quote details and news » (MRVL).
Einhorn cites multiple benefits, including no immediate use of cash and no refinancing and default risk, since the preferred presumably would be perpetual. Apple could omit preferred dividends without causing a default since preferred is equity, not debt. A key impediment to the Einhorn idea is that no company is believed to have tried it. His response: "Some may object that there is no precedent for this idea. That is because this is a new idea."
Others say that the preferred might have to yield closer to 5% to trade at par.
Despite the merits of the Einhorn preferred, a conservative Apple probably won't be the first to try it out. It's a better bet that Apple takes a more conventional route. Boosting its dividend and buyback programs this year would be welcome news for Apple holders.
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A High-Stakes Poker Game at Caesars: Bondholders vs. Shareholders
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Caesars (ticker: CZR) went public a year ago in a tiny initial offering, after it was taken private in a top-of-the-market $30 billion leveraged buyout in 2008. Its shares came public at $9, and were at $14 when our skeptical article was published ("Is Caesars a Sucker's Bet?" Feb. 13, 2012). We urged investors to consider other, less-leveraged regional casino outfits, such as Ameristar Casinos (ASCA). These shares are up sharply since then.
Caesars shares spiked last week, rising 78%, to $13.91, on renewed hopes that Congress will legalize online poker after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he supports the idea. Caesars amounts to a wager on whether online poker is legalized nationally. It has one of the best brands in the World Series of Poker and believes it would be one of the biggest beneficiaries. The shares look pricey because of Caesars' enormous debt load. The stock, however, is dangerous to short since the public float is just a fraction of the 125 million outstanding shares.
The Christie development may not mean much. New Jersey may legalize online poker, but that wouldn't generate much revenue for Caesars. It needs national action—and it's not clear how Christie changes that calculus. Congress refused to legalize online poker late last year.
Caesars has a byzantine capital structure with net debt of $22 billion, 11 times annual cash flow. Its key unit, Caesars Entertainment Operating, which controls most of its assets, will burn through an estimated $450 million to $600 million in cash in 2013 and 2014, according to Fitch Investors Service.
There appears to be no equity value in Caesars core casino business, but the company controls some assets not directly pledged to bondholders, including Caesars Interactive, the online-gaming unit. The key issue: Can the private-equity sponsors hand these businesses to equity holders without lawsuits from bondholders? This is tricky to handicap, given the wording of Caesars' bond indentures. Wall Street firms active in the junk and distressed-debt market are rumored to have spent lots of time and money trying to figure this out.
Last week, Caesars took a step toward separating those assets by announcing that it will create Caesars Growth Venture Partners, an entity that would hold the online business, two casinos, and $1.1 billion face amount of Caesars' debt.
"The company is trying to extend the runway by pushing out its debt maturities and create value for equity holders," says John Kempf, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets. He values the proposed Venture Partners at about $2 billion or more and assumes that equity holders may get half.
There could be no equity value in Caesars, if bondholders get all of its assets. Reflecting that possibility, some Caesars debt trades for just 70 cents on the dollar and yields 20%. "The story may be bondholders versus shareholders," Kempf says.
It is hard to say who will win. Apollo (APO) and TPG are sitting with large paper losses and are working overtime to derive value from one of the past decade's sorriest big leveraged buyouts. Regardless of whether they or the bondholders have the better hand, the poker game will be fascinating to watch.
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Simple Definition of besides
: other than (someone or something)
: in addition to (something)
Full Definition of besides
1 : other than, except <no one besides us>
2 : together with <a decision that, besides being practical, is morally right>
Examples of besides in a sentence
She wants to learn other languages besides English and French.
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CSBG's collection of stories we shouldn't bring up again includes when Psylocke was sexually assaulted by her brother Captain Britain's evil twin.
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Axel Alonso talks what makes Ta-Nehisi Coates & Brian Stelfreeze's "Black Panther" special, and what artist Jim Cheung brings to "Dead No More."
The producer of the rumored "Captain Britain" series clarifies the status of the project, which is not an official Marvel production.
More of the "Vixen" animated series will arrive on the CW Seed; a "Captain Britain" show is rumored to be in the works and more.
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR presents a trio of exclusive Avengers family previews: Remender & Cassaday's "Uncanny Avengers" #5, "Hopeless & Walker's "Avengers Arena" #5 and Fraction & Aja's "Hawkeye" #8!
In this week's CBLR, learn the amazing story of how Alan Moore decided to let Marvel reprint his Captain Britain stories! Plus, legends involving Captain America, a showgirl and an ostrich!
From "Captain Britain" to "ClanDestine," acclaimed British artist and writer Alan Davis answered diverse audience questions about his 30 years creating and shaping superhero comics.
This week, learn the origin of how Alan Moore and Alan Davis came to work together on Captain Britain! Did Warren Ellis re-work an Excalibur story for an X-Men mini-series? Plus, Alan Moore's connection to... BJ and the Bear?
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The writer of "Dark X-Men" joins X-POSITION to respond to your emails about unlucky mutants, Captain Britain, the future of Dark Beast and the surprise return of a mysterious mutant. Plus, an exclusive look at art from "Dark X-Men" #3!
Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada addresses fans' concerns about the cancellations of "Captain Britain & MI13" and "Spider-Girl," talks about Marvel's slightly unusual summer plans, and confesses to event fatigue.
Marvel has provided CBR with advance looks at new X-Men comics on sale in June including new issues of "Astonishing X-Men," "Uncanny X-Men," "Wolverine: Weapon X," "Deadpool," "Captain Britain & MI13" and much more.
In this week's all-new X-POSITION, writer Paul Cornell answers your questions about the incomparable âCaptain Britain and MI13â as well as his upcoming âDark Reign: Young Avengers.â Plus exclusive art!
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Web posted Thursday, April 16, 1998 5:49 a.m. CT
Report: Traffic, commerce on Internet growing by leaps and bounds
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Traffic on the Internet is doubling every 100 days, the government said Wednesday in the latest snapshot of the exploding information-technology industry.
Business use is growing fastest, but as many as 62 million Americans are now using the worldwide network and are even getting comfortable making credit card purchases.
The Commerce Department said 10 million people across the United States and Canada made purchases - from airline tickets and books to automobiles - on the World Wide Web by the end of 1997, up from 7.4 million people six months earlier.
It said business-to-business purchases, such as the wholesale purchase of supplies, could reach $300 billion by 2002 and routinely save some of America's largest companies hundreds of millions of dollars by lowering their costs and reducing inventories.
"What is the report telling us? That the digital economy is alive and well and growing," Commerce Secretary William M. Daley said.
But the department cautioned that consumers "must be more comfortable that credit card and personal information given online will not be tampered with, stolen or misused" before the potential of digital commerce is realized.
Some customers who already have made purchases say they aren't particularly worried about the chance for credit theft. Edith Sorenson of Houston said she often buys books and makes travel arrangements, but generally only from established Web sites she's familiar with.
"I usually feel pretty comfortable with it," Sorenson said. "I'm a terrible shopper, anyway. I hate to leave my house. And with books - it takes like three or four days to get here. (Brick-and-mortar) book stores are badly stocked."
"I bought a cigar humidor on the Internet and a print of a picture I saw at a museum, and in both cases I used my credit card," said Peter Lucht of Washington, D.C. "I felt as comfortable doing that as I do giving it over the phone, maybe even more because of the encryption technology (retailers) say they're using."
Other key findings of the report:
The Internet is growing faster than all other technologies that have preceded it. Radio existed for 38 years before it had 50 million listeners, and television took 13 years to reach that mark. The Internet crossed the line in just four years.
In 1994, a mere 3 million people were connected to the Internet. By the end of last year, more than 100 million worldwide were using it, including 62 million Americans. Other estimates have put that number slightly lower, at 49 million Americans.
The information-technology industry is growing twice as fast as the overall economy. Without information technology, inflation in 1997 would have been 3.1 percent, more than a full percentage point higher than the 2 percent it was.
Workers in the informationtechnology industry earn an average of almost $46,000 annually, compared to an average of $28,000 in the private sector. Workers in the software and service industries are the highest wage-earners, at almost $56,000 annually.
"Information technology is truly driving the U.S. economy - more than previous estimates had revealed," said Rhett Dawson, president of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washingtonbased trade group of U.S. information-technology companies.
The report recommended that governments stay out of the growing industry, saying electronic commerce shouldn't be "burdened with extensive regulation, taxation or censorship."
Government instead should help provide legal frameworks for business on the Internet, and rules should result from "private collective action, not government regulation" whenever possible, the report said.
Last month, the National Governor's Association and local officials endorsed legislation by Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., to impose a three-year moratorium on new Internet taxes. President Clinton also support the bill, which is pending in Congress.
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Newark's Second Season
Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker is riding a roller coaster in his second term, perhaps perfect fodder for the filmmakers of "Brick City," the acclaimed docuseries about New Jersey's largest city.
Much of the documentary follows the highs and lows of the mayor as he works with Police Director Garry McCarthy and others as they strive to lower the crime rate, meet resistance as "outsiders," and attempt to do more with less as the financial crisis hits. Other footage follows Bloods and Crips gang members in their efforts to "de-gang."
"Brick City" directors and executive producers Mark Benjamin ("The Last Party," "Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop") and Marc Levin ("Street Time," "Slam," "Godfathers and Sons"), who grew up in Elizabeth and Maplewood, N.J., have spent more than 1,000 hours and the last few years with the mayor. (Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is also an executive producer.)
The first season, often painted as a nonfiction version of HBO's "The Wire," won a Peabody Award and earned an Emmy nomination. The second season has its premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday on the Sundance Channel.
Monica Williams of The Wall Street Journal spoke with Messrs. Levin and Benjamin about "Brick City" (the city is nicknamed for its architectural style and urban strength) and what's next for its 280,000 residents.
WSJ: In 'Brick City,' Newark isn't always portrayed positively. You follow gang members, police and officials who are charged with crimes while often omitting the affluence. What's been the reaction in Newark?
Mr. Levin: The reaction has been mixed. A lot of people love it. They say give us more. Others say we're not showing all the good stuff—the nice homes, the campuses of Rutgers, Seton Hall. This was never going to be a Chamber of Commerce film. The premiere was a wild event. There were 1,000 people there with the police and bomb-sniffing dogs. This is a microcosm of what the country is. If you can't fix the communities, you can't fix the country. We could take you to Maplewood and Montclair and show you the effects of all the foreclosures.
You connected with the highest level of government as well as gangs. Why Newark? How were you able to integrate with a community that isn't like you?
Mr. Levin: The Bloods came to me. These guys knew more about my work than most people. They said, 'You need to look at Columbia High School [in Maplewood]. There are Bloods and Crips at Columbia High School. You need to come home. You don't even know what's happening in your own backyard.' We wanted to do a film about de-ganging but no one wanted that. We brought Cory Booker into the picture.
Some of your key characters in the documentary are gang members. Many would say that you're just pathologizing a downtrodden community. Why should the average law-abiding citizen care?
Mr. Levin: That really blows my mind. People say: 'Why would you focus on gang members? They can't change.' How do we expect this country to change? What happens in this community affects all of us. This is all of our stories.
Last season ended with crime down in Newark and the Obama election signaling a new age. What's new this season, which begins in October 2009?
Mr. Benjamin: This is the toughest year of Cory Booker's life. You see how we leave Newark. This one ends on a note of hope. The climate is brutal and an ultimate test of character and leadership. [The gang members] meet resistance just as much.
Early episodes of this season seem to focus more on Mr. Booker, his fight for re-election and dealing with budget cuts than on anything.
Mr. Benjamin: This season slammed into the recession. In the midst of this, Cory Booker was trying to reinvent the city and he hit a wall. It was a perfect storm of an economic nightmare. Solvency is never an option for a mayor. We look at the issues relative to the recent police layoffs. Public safety is the most expensive item in the city.
Critics of Mr. Booker say he spends more time traveling, in Hollywood, on YouTube and building his account on Twitter, where he has more than one million followers, than he does on solving these problems. The three of you were just at the Sundance Film Festival with Mr. Whitaker promoting this series with a gala.
Mr. Levin: We're in a new world. The way things were run in Newark before is classic where the patronage system was the model. That's the way you ran a city. But that's like someone riding by in a horse and buggy making fun of someone in a Model T. Half the kids in Newark don't graduate. Here's a guy who raises $250 million at a time when local governments are cutting across the board and you're whining because he's hobnobbing with Robert Redford and Oprah? This is the new paradigm.
This guy is tireless but he does have the issue of street cred. He's from the suburbs, educated at Stanford and Yale. It's not just all golden boy. It's not so easy.
You've been embedded in Newark for three years, where you've seen lots of ups and downs in the political arena and in the projects. What's the future for this city?
Mr. Benjamin: You can't put Newark on the Rust Belt list of cities. Newark has some advantages that others don't have. There's the recent $100 million grant from [Facebook CEO] Mark Zuckerberg. The city's proximity to New York is key. Look at Hoboken, Jersey City, Maplewood.
That was the direction things were going until the crash of 2008.
The lives of gangs and the ills of an urban city can forever make good footage. How long do you plan to stay in Newark?
Mr. Levin: Forest Whitaker would like us to stay 10 years. It's tremendously fulfilling, but on the other hand it's brutal. People say you can't leave after two acts. Maybe it's three.
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Running Time: 73
Director: Buck Adams
Company: Fantasy Home Video
Cast: Holly Daze, Carol Cummings, Sharo Mitchell, Tamara Lee, Dean James (Brett Next), Sasha Gabor, Rene Morgan
Critical Rating: AA
Genre: Feature
Director Buck Adams should learn about a new development in movies called continuity. In this so-called private eye video, Sharon Mitchell is a madam in one scene and the wife of a high school teacher the next. In one scene we're told that a student called The Gripper is after Sharon's husband, and the next scene we're introduced to The Gripper, Frank James who's got to be pushing 45 by now. The sex scenes are thrown in like veggies into a blender and come out a mess. Not one makes sense, but sense or not, the Sharon Mitchell/Carol Cummings and Tamara Lee/Holy Daze love scenes are worth a look. Sasha Gabor as "The Utilizer" should not cause many sleepless night for Edward Woodward. And one more bar of "Do You Want To Rock?" will cause me to throw one.


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Husky Football Holds Pro Day
UConn seniors from last season show their stuff for NFL scouts.
Practice And Community Service On Tuesday
Huskies visted a children's hospital and bagged groceries for the hungry.
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The event was a great night to celebrate a great season.
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Journey to Provo will be the longest road trip in the regular season history of the program.
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2014: Started all 12 games at linebackers...led the Huskies with 105 tackles...added seven tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks...opened the season with 11 tackles vs. BYU (Aug. 29)...posted nine tackles and 1.5 TFL vs. Stony Brook (Sept. 6)...set career-highs with 14 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss at USF (Sept. 19)...notched 10 tackles at No. 18 East Carolina...had nine stops, 1.5 TFL and 0.5 sacks in the win over UCF (Nov. 1)..had nine tackles and forced a fumble in the season finale vs. SMU (Dec. 6)...named to the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2013: Played in the first eight games before missing the final four with an injury...started three contests at linebacker...finished the year with 17 tackles...had four tackles and a 40-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown at Cincinnati (Oct. 19)...recorded five tackles vs. No. 18 Louisville (Nov. 8).
2012: Earned a letter in his first season of collegiate action...made four tackles in 11 games played, seeing most of his action on special teams...had two tackles in opener vs. UMass (Aug. 30) and one each against Rutgers (Oct. 6) and in win vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 9)...had a forced fumble vs. Rutgers as well.
2011: Redshirted ... Was named the Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Week for the Syracuse game (Nov. 5).
High School: Had 75 tackles and an interception as a senior ... was a team captain ... earned first team All-Greater Miami Conference ... also picked up all-county honors and second team all-region.
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In the past few years, social networking websites such as Facebook and Myspace become very popular. The usage rage of social networking websites even exceeds that of Google. Followed by the popularity is many potential networking threats. How to prevent and improve these threats to avoid their expansion has become a major challenge. This paper categorizes social networking websites into three main structures: The social network (SN), the network application service (NAS) and the communication interface (CI). Through literacy review, we explore the potential information security threats (1ST) that may lead by each layer. We then use security characteristics such as confidentiality, integrity and availability to cross-analyze these threats. The analytical results are presented by graphs and tables to demonstrate the distribution of current security threats for social networking websites. We propose a real-time website security protection mechanism based on the concept of proxy. The client side transmits information to the social networking website through proxy. The main function of the proxy is to detect and determine the security threats of the website. These threats include web-based malware, phishing websites and malicious connection. The idea is to integrate many commercial protection software and online security scanning services into a security module, simultaneously execute webpage security threat scan, then scan the information sent by the web server with the security module before sending to the client. If security threats were found in the web page, the system will add this web page to the blacklist and issue a warning to the client side to prevent attack. The functionality of proxy is to segregate the client and the networking threat. Using simultaneous scan of many protection software and online services can increase the recognition rate of security threats. Later one, as long as the client is to receive the webpage in the blacklist, a warning will be iss- - ued directly to the client side. Through this mechanism, we can lower the security risk of the clients using social networking websites.
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La Maison Des Vignes (The House of Vines) sits in the heart of the lovely village of Tourouzelle, in the sunny Languedoc Roussillon area of the South of France, within a short drive are the beaches of the Mediterranean, Carcassonne and Montpellier.
Situated in the Minervois and bordering the Corbiere wine regions, this former vigneron estate dates back to the 1600's and is built in the traditional stone typical of the region.
The architect-designed, newly renovated barn conversions have created 3 spacious gites which have all the character of the old stone walls, high ceilings and original wooden beams, combined with all the comforts and 'mod cons' that will make your stay here all the more pleasurable. There is also a heated pool in the landscaped, walled gardens.
Whether you wish to soak up the sunshine by the pool or the beach, enjoy the fabulous food and wine of the area, play golf, cycle or walk, you are sure to discover your 'joie de vivre' at La Maison Des Vignes.
For more recent reviews, please see our listing on tripadvisor, where you will find over 35 reviews from guests who stayed in 2014 and 2015.
Body Zone at La Maison Des Vignes: We are also pleased to offer our guests on site beauty treatments. There are a range of treatments available including hot stone therapy, massages, reflexology, facials, manicures and pedicures all at a very reasonable price. Bookings can be made before you arrive and full details can be found on our website.
Golf: Outside of the hot summer months of July & August, the weather is ideal for a round of golf. Within easy access of Tourouzelle are several golf courses that golfers of all levels will find rewarding. From the beautiful setting of Mazamet golf course in the Black Mountains to the course at Carcassonne with wonderful views of the surrounding countryside.
Walking and Cycling: Enjoy walking amongst the spectacular scenery of the vineyards, the Black Mountains or for the more adventurous the Pyrenees are a short distance away. Many local villages, including Tourouzelle have marked walks that cover different types of terrain and are suitable for walkers of all different levels.
The immediate area around Tourouzelle offers endless possibilities for anything from a short ride up to full days mountain-biking or road cycling. Cycle routes will take you through the vineyards of the Minervois and Corbieres wine region and for the keen cyclist you can follow in the cycle tracks of the previous years Tour de France.
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This property is all that we anticipated and more. The gite itself was a lovely home from home with a fabulous pool. It was lovely to sit out on our terrace in the evenings with a local glass of wine and a good bbq. The holiday got off to a great start with a 'meet the neighbours' evening that was a real nice touch with wine flowing, local delicacies and friendly chat. The local area is perfect for a relaxing holiday in a tranquil village with the lovely sound of church bells on the hour, and a useful little shop for essentials, although there is a highly recommended shop at the local petrol station with an amazing butcher. We traveled to the coast a couple of days which took about 45 minutes to discover uncrowded beautiful long sandy beaches. The halles at Narbonne are also worth a visit if you like your food like we do!! If you get chance to visit the local chateau Festiano you will be made more than welcome by a lovely couple who were so hospitable and managed to sell us several boxes of wine!!
Coquelicot was our tranquil home for a week & as two adults, a teenager & a child, we were very comfortable there. It was spotlessly clean and full of everything we needed. The beds were comfy & there was plenty of storage. Our balcony overlooked the beautiful & very well-tended walled pool area and we enjoyed many evening BBQs there with the swallows swooping overhead.
The 3 properties were well spaced out & the overall space cleverly designed, so although full, it never felt it.
Jonathan and Susannah were prefect hosts - welcoming & there if you needed them, discrete if you didn't. On arrival night they treated us to drinks & canapés (home-made!) before inviting us to join them at Tourouzelle's Bastille night celebrations. It was great fun & an introduction to the village & it's characters which we carried through to the last night when we had a fabulous dinner with the mayor (in his dining-room!)
Tourouzelle is well located for visiting the coast, some of France's major cities, umpteen vineyards, the medieval ramparts of Carcassonne & the Canal du Midi. (Try the electric boats for an hour is you have small children.) It is a stunning area & there is so much to do here for families and couples alike, that I recommend two weeks rather than one!
This was our second visit to Maison les Vignes. It is a very comfortable gite in a nice very french village. The location is good for the beach and also the lovely surrounding villages and National Park.
Friendly owners who can give help with local wine restaurants etc. A very enjoyable welcome evening is provided.
The gite is very well equipped especially if you fly. Very nice pool area My one tiny comment was the gite could have been cleaner, all the important areas sinks toilets kitchen were clean some other parts needed a bit of a better clean.
Don't go to the beach every day though the surrounding hills and villages are really beautiful. We will visit again.
Following the recommendation of friends, we first went to La Maison des Vignes in 2007, and we have been back four times now - so maybe that says it all. The owners, Suzanna and Jonathan, who live on site, are always warm, welcoming and a mine of useful information about the area and in particular aspects that as a visitor one might not get to know about... dinner cooked by the Mayor of Tourouzelle in his home, local peaches from a house tucked away in the village, lunches in out of the way (and not so out of the way) restaurants, markets, vineyards, the best beaches and the best places for seafood, fantastic cycling routes - the list goes on. It is a beautiful region, with so much to see and do.
Suzanna and Jonathan organise a welcome evening every Sunday, a good opportunity to meet the occupants of the other gites and to exchange information. We have always got on well with the other guests - including this year, when we all got together for a spontaneous and highly enjoyable farewell evening (on the terrace of Coquelicot).
On our first visit we only stayed for a week but quickly realised that it wasn't long enough. We have always stayed in Gite Coquelicot and having at one time or another looked around the other two gites, know that it is characteristically well maintained and equipped and tastefully decorated and furnished - in fact way beyond other holiday apartments that we have stayed in. The pool is perfect for relaxing (and exercising), and the arrangement with Karen, who offers various treatments and massages is a bonus - there is nothing like a massage after a long drive down.
Ultimately we know that the question, 'Would you recommend this to a friend?' is a good indicator of the value of something. Well, La Maison des Vignes was recommended to us, and in turn, we have recommended it, and as I write this friends are staying there now.
It really is France at its finest.
Our group of 4 adults spend a fantastic week at La Maison des Vignes, Coquelicot gite, in late June. The apartment was perfect for us with plenty of space to stretch out and not get in each others way. The kitchen was very well equipped and we made good use of the barbecue on the patio. We could imagine getting good use of the beautiful pool and deck loungers, had the weather been a bit warmer. Jonathan was a terrific host who provided us with lots of useful information about the area. They have also compiled a wonderful binder full ideas. I would not hesitate to recommend LMDV to friends and family.
My wife and I and another couple stayed in the Gite Coquelicot for 2 weeks at the end of May 2013. We have been to Languedoc many times and found this gite to be the best one yet.
The gite has been professionally converted within an old stone building; making it a very comfortable accommodation especially for 2 couples. There is a large terrace for this gite, overlooking the beautiful and well maintained grounds.
The owners, who live on the property, made us feel very welcome and comfortable, and were always available for any special needs. They also had a weekly guest reception to help with local area orientation while sampling local wines, which was very enjoyable.
Très belles prestations. Très bon accueil. A recommander!!!
La Maison Des Vignes is located in the centre of Tourouzelle, a characteristic French village and opposite the front gate you will find the village shop that doubles as a cafe and small bistro and the post office.
Wine production is the main activity within the village and you can walk to the village's three different wine domaines.
The wide sandy beaches of the Mediterranean are only 40 min drive and if you fancy a change from the beach, then head towards Lac de Jouarres only a 5 min drive from La Maison Des Vignes, or if you prefer you could cycle there instead.
For those who prefer to be on the water rather than in it, the historic Canal du Midi is less than 3 km from La Maison Des Vignes.
As well as the many Cathar and Medieval castles in the area, there are also many Abbeys to explore.
The Cities of Carcassonne, Narbonne, Beziers and Montpellier are within a short drive
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Prices are for 7 nights starting on Saturday (4pm) and finishing the following Saturday (10am).
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Oops I Accidentally Ate Meat
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Yes, I know there are probably other discussions under the same topic (or topic of that nature) but it would have taken a life time to scroll through 63 pages so…
Last week exactly I accidentally ate turkey meat. It was sloppy joe night and I mistook the turkey meat for veggie imitation meat. I had never had turkey meat before becoming a vegetarian and even if so, I've not eaten meat in so long I've forgotten what it taste like. So about 2-3 bites into this burger the cook stops me. I felt HORRIBLE for the bird and I'm guessing thats where the nausea came in but luckily I never threw up because gagging gives me mean headaches. I also too felt bad that the cook felt so bad but its all good. It was only a accident plus thats happened to me a many times before (soup bases mostly!) Immediately when I get home I felt very sick. It has been a week now and I can not stop going to the toilet. My digestive system FEELS fucked and I just want this diarrhea to go away. If anyone knows, when will I stop feeling sick? I'll call my doctor by Friday if no progress but I've been reading about cleansing which seems my best bet. I'm just not sure what to do and not do or eat while cleansing.
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Hey @uniken23!
I hope that you are feeling better! I hate when things like that happen. Something similar happened to me with cheese at a restaurant, it made me feel so yucky. It was a totally mistake and the restaurant felt terrible about it and they were super apologetic.
I think you will enjoy this blog, seeing as you had similar experiences: http://www.peta2.com/lifestyle/non-vegan-restaurant-guide/.
🙁 Make sure you go see your doctor right away as it could be something much more serious.
Feel better soon!
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I would definitely go to the doctor as accidentally eating meat shouldn't have that effect on your body for more than just a couple of days so it could be due to a virus instead.
Things like peppermint or ginger sweets and teas can help settle a stomach so give them a try, I hope you feel better soon.
Oh, and don't feel so guilty, everyone makes mistakes and if it helps to ease your conscience, why not do something nice for turkeys – like making a donation to a farm sanctuary, doing some activism promoting veg*nism etc.You must be logged in to reply to this topic.


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Our villa is outstanding for it's quiet and secluded location with magnificent views over the surrounding hills, and yet close to some of the most beautiful hilltop villages in the Var - still unspoilt by tourism. It is for the exclusive use of our visitors and we only accept one booking at a time.The villa itself is a haven of calm both inside and outside, recently redecorated throughout with tasteful provençal style flooring, 3 modernised bathrooms with spacious walk-in showers, towel heaters and provençal tiling. The spacious living area, under an oak beamed cathedral-style ceiling, comprises a living room with log burning chimney, and large dining room separated by a low wall from the well-equipped kitchen. Patio doors lead to a wide south facing terrace, recently relaid with high quality stone, and a rose and bamboo covered pergola where a magnificent oak tree provides shady dining in summer with adjacent barbecue.Three air-conditioned bedrooms (2 doubles, including king-size and queen-size beds, and a 3rd with 3 single beds) each with own patio doors leading out to newly laid south and east-facing terraces with tables and loungers - and beyond to the large private swimming pool with Jacuzzi. A recently restored "cabanon" (small stone-built studio) set apart from the house provides additional sleeping accommodation (double bed) and shower, toilet and wash basin (hot & cold running water). There is also a large, shaded patio area with additional seating - an ideal place to listen to nature or watch the children playing.In the main house, a full bathroom with spacious walk-in shower and WC, plus a separate shower room with large shower & WC, completes the accommodation.Satelite TV with DVD, VHS and hi-fi, Internet service (wifi and broadband), and a range of indoor games, DVDs and books for children and adults. Outdoors, we have been lovingly caring for the forest and gardens, and have installed on the different terraces pétanque, Volleyball, football and ping-pong. There are several outdoor patio areas, and a large outdoor dining area with electric barbecue. There are 2 hamacs in the trees.Much of your time will probably be spent around the large, heated swimming pool with a good range of loungers, parasols and pool furniture. We also supply a number of pool games. We have recently added a further pergola to this area to provide additional shade in summer.Fully equipped kitchen with quality provençal tiling, separate utility room includes oven and hob, a second small oven for large family meals, microwave oven, dish-washer, washing machine, large "American" fridge / freezer with ice dispenser, an additional drinks fridge and extremely well equipped in crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils (including bread-maker) + high quality plastic plates & glasses for use around the pool.
|Sleeps up to 9, 4 bedrooms
|4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms of which 1 family bathroom, 2 en suites and 1 shower room, Solarium or roof terrace
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|Saint Raphael or Issambres 40 km
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|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Nice 80 km, Nearest railway: Les Arcs 40 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Jacuzzi or hot tub, Fireplace, Internet access, DVD player
|Private outdoor pool (heated)
|Central heating, Air conditioning, TV, Video player, CD player, Telephone, Table tennis, Safe, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|Super King Beds (1), Double Beds (2), Sofa Beds (1), Bunk Beds (2), Single Beds (1), Cots available (2), Dining seats for 10, Lounge seats for 10
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair available
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
|Secure parking, Wheelchair users
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Luxuries: Large private, heated swimming pool with jacuzzi, set in huge private garden and forest, pétanque court, large flat-screen TV, DVD player, Internet access (wifi + broadband), printer, large fridge - freezer with ice dispenser, log-fired chimney. Air-conditioning has now been installed in the bedrooms of the main house. (usually only needed in July - August)General: Television, CD player & I-phone charger, DVD Player, VHS player, wide selection of DVDs (particularly for children), books, games & magazinesUtilities: New large dishwasher, microwave + grill, 2 ovens, 2 fridges, freezer, new washing machine, bread-maker, sandwich & waffle-maker; 3 dining services + a wide range of high quality plastic crockery for use around swimming poolStandard: Coffee-machine & expresso machine, kettle, toaster, Iron + large range of crockery, glassware and cooking utensilsRooms: 4 bedrooms – 3 large double beds + 4th bedroom with 3 singles (2 superimposed). The large double bedroom can also be set up as 2 singles. There are desks in the master and children's bedrooms.Furniture: Indoor dining for 10, outdoor dining for 10 with barbecue, lounge area for 8, sleeps a maximum of 9 (+ a sofabad). New sofa in TV area + additional provençal style furniture throughout.Swimming pool (10mx5m) area is well-equipped with sunbeds, reclining chairs, upright chairs, small tables and parasolsOther: All bed linen (high quality quilts) and towels provided (except beach towels).Baby facilities include 2 cots, 2 high chairs, bath, play pen, children's plates & cutlery, car seat and children's videos.We provide a detailed guide to the house and region + tourist books and maps.
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Terrace surrounding swimming pool is well equipped with loungers sunchairs, tables and parasols + plastic crockery for safe eating and drinking around the pool area. Swimming pool has government approved alarm system & roll over protection table (also keeps heat in when not in use / at night). Recent addition of pergola and solarium provides additional lounging area and shade as needed.Large outdoor eating area underneath the trees, with barbecue and rose and bamboo covered pergola. Terraced area outside each bedroom with individual seating and immediate access to swimming pool.Separate cabanon (studio) has own private terrace with comfortable chairs and table. 2 hamacs installed amongst the trees.Table tennis, volley ball, badminton, football and french "boules" available.Special area for playing "boules", 2 sets provided ("pétanque"), football, volley-ball and table tennis.
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Owners live in France (English and French speaking) and are well linked to local services to help with any needs during your holiday. A friendly and helpful locally-based couple look after the house, swimming pool and garden - they are ready to help with any of your queries and will personally meet you to take you to our villa and show you around. They can also provide a baby-sittting service at a small extra charge.
This is a perfect location all year round, benefitting from the famous Provence light and sunshine hours. Out of season long or short rents are available - and we strongly recommend this region and our villa for family holidays, for busy professionals looking for calm and unspoilt nature, and to artists and writers looking for inspiration! It's also an excellent centre for walking and biking with endless opportunities to explore the surrounding hills, gorges, coastline, islands, lakes and villages. For the epicureans amongst our guests, there are many local provençal markets, restaurants (ranging from small, local outdoor dining to Michelin starred gastronomy. Several local restaurants offer cookery classes for the novice or the initiated. Our region is famous for wine (with many AOC vineyards close to the villa) and olive oil - you can visit the mills and buy the local produce for which Provence is so famed. Please do not come here if you want to spend all your time on the beach (in high season the roads are crowded - although in low season there are some very accessible beaches and islands within 45 minutes drive) nor if you idea of a holiday is going to discos and clubs!! If you still have queries about whether this is the right holiday home for you, we would be very happy to speak to you - telephone +33 609 76 85 08 / +33 1 30 80 23 18; or we can skype - my name is gill.webb1
Gill Webb - Hervouet and Daniel Hervouet
This privileged region of France combines the delights of sea and mountains and benefits from all year sunshine (The Var is renowned for having the most sunshine hours in France). There is a wonderful choice of activities for all interests and ages. In every direction there is beautiful walking or drives in stunning scenery, to fortified villages, castles, lakes, famous coastal resorts such as St. Tropez, Ste Maxine, St. Raphael, Menton, and the islands, or drive towards the mountains and the spectacular Gorges du Verdon and the Mercantour. Other sports in the area include golf, tennis, hiking, gliding, water sports and horse-riding etc. Or you can just relax in the quiet of your own special provençal villa... See map in picture gallery.
Claviers is a delightful unspoilt French village, dating from the 16th century, situated mid-distance between the coast and the Alps at 400 meters elevation. There are 2 restaurants, a bakery, bar and general store, plus a wide choice of restaurants in the nearby picturesque villages of Fayence, Callas, Bargemon, Seillans etc.The villa is in a quiet rural section next to an olive grove and vineyards; a small path takes you into the village. We also provide information on a wide range of walks in the area.For enthusiasts of golf, gliding, skiing, art and music festivals, we also happy to provide information about how to make the most of your holiday time with us.