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Art Market Watch by Caroline Krockow |
This fall, Christie's held its sale of 19th-century European paintings on Oct. 18, while Sotheby's waited two weeks till Oct. 31 to present its version -- somewhat of an inconvenience for out-of-town collectors. Are the two big auction houses not even allowed to coordinate sales since the price-fixing scandal?
Whatever the reason for the unfortunate timing, the result seems to have been that art buyers left the city before Sotheby's sale! Christie's offered 121 lots and 72 sold -- 60 percent -- fetching a total of $8,434,475. Sotheby's auction achieved a similar total of $8,809,575, but did so by offering 276 lots in two sessions, more than double the amount. Only 144 of the lots sold, or 52 percent. Though $8.8 million is nothing to sniff at, 52 percent is an unusually low rate of sale. Polly Sartori, the new head of Sotheby's 19th-century European paintings department in New York, declined to comment. According to Christie's specialists, Christie's auction did an average of $117,000 per lot, while Sotheby's only sold $61,000 per lot on average. In any case, this is a market that gives collectors serious opportunities to revel in sentiment with a capital "S." At Christie's the top lots were all about puppies, kittens and kids. Golden Hours (1908) by Arthur John Elsley, which depicts a child's first pony ride fetched $831,000 (est. $600,000-$800,000). The Elsley market seems to be soaring, at least since last May when Good Night! (1905), a picture of a young girl and some puppies, sold exceedingly well for $291,750 ($125,000-$175,000). While the kids did okay, Henriette Ronner-Knip's trademark felines were bought in. Artful Play, showing a couple of kittens with a painter's palette on a cupboard, failed to meet its reserve price (est. $350,000-$450,000). Ronner-Knip's Kittens (Study) (1898), showing 11 new-borns on a soft blanket, fetched $237,000 in May (est. $20,000-$30,000). Christie's 19th-century European art expert Wendy Goldsmith noted that "in the 19th-century art market, buyers often focus on specific lots, frequently carrying the price above estimate." After all, she said, "11 new world records were established during this morning's sale, despite selective bidding." The top record was set for Rudolph Ernst, whose Orientalist The Flower Maidens (ca. 1900) -- depicting two women and a man spreading rose petals in a Hindu temple -- sold for $391,000, (est. $350,000-$450,000). The former record for a work by Ernst, set in 1998, was $255,500. The second-highest record was set when The Birthday (ca. 1885), a painting by Vittorio Reggianini of a luxuriously dressed girl in a Rococo parlor, who offers rose petals to two ladies, sold for $292,000 (est. $120,000-$180,000). Again with the rose petals! Reggianini's former record was $145,500, set in 1997. Also drawing a top price was an Orientalist work by Jean-Leon Gerome. Femme nue (ca.1889), a demure scene of two women in a Turkish bath, fetched $435,000 (est. $150,000-$200,000). The Corot market seems to be coming back. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's Le cantonnier et sa femme (ca. 1855-60), a melancholy French landscape with two farmers, drawn with heavy brushstrokes, was knocked down for $424,000, the third highest price in the sale (est. $300,000-$400,000). At Sotheby's, one woeful surprise was that paintings of Parisian life in the Belle époque by Jean Béraud and James Jacques Tissot failed to sell. Sotheby's expected high prices for these works, and had sent them on tour to Los Angeles, London and Paris for viewing in addition to exhibiting them in New York. Nevertheless, the sale's most expensive lot, Béraud's Boulevard des Capucines, (1893), which was also depicted on the catalogue cover, was bought in (est. $1,750,000-$2,250,000). One of Beraud's most ambitious works, the painting is a snapshot of Paris in the 1880s. In 1998 Sotheby's sold the artist's Casino at Monte Carlo (Rien ne va plus!) for $1,597,500. Also bought in was Tissot's Study for Le Sphinx (ca. 1883-85), a painting that depicts the mythological creature as a seemingly harmless woman -- the only sign of danger is the hat that may be from one of her victims. It's estimate was $1,250,000-$1,750,000. Tissot's Sans Dot, which shows an elegant woman in a park caring for an elderly lady but obviously eyeing the passing gentleman as well, also passed (est. $1,500,000-$2,000,000). In 1994, Tissot's Le banc de jardin, a painting of three children with their mother on a luxurious couch in a garden, sold for a record $5,282,500. Sotheby's had a bit more luck with pictures of the countryside. William Adolphe Bouguereau's Le goutęr (1895), a full-length portrait of his young model Yvonne mischievously glancing at the viewer over her bowl of milk porridge, fetched $720,750 (est. $400,000-$600,000). Bouguereau frequently used Yvonne to pose for his pictures, as he did in Les Prunes, where he depicts her a couple of years younger, proudly presenting a basket of fruits to the viewer. Les Prunes was the third highest lot in the auction, selling for $555,750 (est.$300,000-$400,000). Sotheby's second highest lot, Leon-Augustin L'Hermitte's The little Goose Girl of Mézy (1892), also a picture of a young girl in the French countryside, sold for $621,750 to an American dealer. (est. $350,000-$550,000). CAROLINE KROCKOW is an editorial assistant at Artnet Magazine. |


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Quilting Again
After a long hiatus I have "churned" out some quilts. One inspired me so much that I did it in an afternoon though I am not fully finished quilting it.
I do however have some pictures of my recently finished projects to share:
One is a baby quilt in blues, greens and grays inspired by some designer fabric I purchased through Hawthorne threads.
Next is a brightly colored Jig Jag/ Zig Zig style quilt. I usually do "generic" quilts for either boys or girls but this quilt screams "Girls Only" ;-D
Lastly I have a custom quilt done a while back that I never posted. This one is a slightly large twin size and was really fun to work on. Solid fabrics only it is comprised of 42 different colors of Kona cotton. The more sedate back, and the multi colored binding are made up of the scraps from the front piece.
Some of these quilts are offered at my store on etsy at CrazyHouseQuilts
Bra Class update
I've been back for a bit from my class in High Springs Florida taking a bra making class from Anne St Clair of Needle Nook Fabrics.
I had a really good time and would absolutely reccommend it to anyone. So…here is a bit about the class:
Did I get the most fabulous fitting bra ever?
Not exactly…but pretty darn close. The class is only a one day sewing experience and it takes about that long to finish your bra. What you do get is a pretty darn close to the right size for you bra that will need (maybe) a bit of tweaking on your part for the next bra. Some people may not need tweaking, but some will. For me I am just a teeny tiny bit smaller on one side versus the other. Not enough that anyone but me can tell but it does make the cup on one side of the bra sometimes wrinkle just a bit. I personally don't like that even though it was something everyone felt was a "leave it alone and live with it issue". Beyond that I don't have a problem cutting and sewing two slightly differing sizes to get that perfect fit. (I am unfortunately hung up on perfection for my own things which is why I don't own many clothes ;-D ) Beyond that the class does not have time to go into how to adjust your pattern for different fabrics (more stretchy, less stretchy etc) and just barely skims over the idea of changing the band to make it look different. All things I would have liked to discuss and maybe even be able to mock up to see if I understood correctly how to do them.
As an aside to the class, I am not a "large" bosomed person. I am only 5'3″ and weigh about 117. I don't look supremely top sided however I am small around the under bust and a bit "larger" in the cup for my under bust size compared to most. Which is why I want to learn to sew bras. I was not the only person in the class that was a bit on the smaller size though there were more women there that were larger bosomed. They also have their own fitting issues….easier to understand ones than mine. My point of telling this is that just because you don't wear a 42H or something like that does not mean that you don't also have a CRAPPY fitting bra. Once you find a pattern that fits making a bra is literally a 2 hour project start to finish. Unless you mes around like I do while you sew :-D Then of course it can be longer.
Did I get something else out of the class?
You bet! I learned a lot about how to make a bra look professional and not "home made". Anne St. Clair showed us lots of techniques for hand placement, pinning fabrics, stitching techniques and other small things that not only made a world of a difference in how finished looking my bra was but also things I could bring forward into my clothes sewing. The class was almost worth it just for all the little things I learned as much as for the information I gleaned from the bra making aspect of it.
I also purchased this little "measuring gauge" that is FAB for bra sewing. It was wonderful to set against my needle and then dial my needle to the spot where my foot would sit at the edge of the fabric and give me the correct seam allowance. 1/4 inch is used a lot in bra sewing and no foot I own is that size perfectly (you must be PERFECT in bra sewing because taking even a tiny bit more in your seam can change your finished cup size). This gauge is supposedly for quilting but I never used it for quilting. Not even sure if I would since I don't do small piecing quilts anyway. However…it's been great for bras and for doing topstitching too.
Would I take it again?
Not only would I consider taking it again because I still feel I could get a bit more out of the same short class but I had considered taking this class in Canada but was just not sure (the Boob camp is the one I am speaking of not the one day). Now however I think I will probably take it. They also had a class earlier this year in April or May and so I will probably take their class next year about that time. I am going to San Francisco in July and November is a bit harder to do since Christmas is so close but…if I had the money maybe I would. There was a lady in my Florida class that had also done a class "Canadian style" a week before. Her instructor was trained by Beverly Johnson who does the Canadian classes. She liked Anne's class a bit better than the other. However of all the reasons that I heard her say why all went to specifics about Anne's bra patterns versus the Canadian ones. Different strap placement. Different band shape/style. Cup seams differently placed etc. So…hearing that she liked Anne's class better why would I now take the Canadian class?? Because I think it's all about personal preference. Some people like T intersection straps and some don't. Some like two piece style cup and some three. The Canadian class supposedly works with you on a number of different designs and different fabric types—all the things I wish I had gotten to do in Anne's but couldn't because it was just a day long. And exactly what I feel I could still use some help with. Maybe by the time I get to take the Canadian class though…I'll have it worked out on my own. Practice does make perfect and at some point the light bulb goes on.
So..though I am totally not a great picture taker here are a few pics. Also if you dive or like natural springs to swim in I very much recommend going to High Springs Florida…even if only for a stop on your way to Disney or something. Really cute town with lots of eco tourism stuff to do plus antiquing and shopping. Everything closes at about 5 or 6 pm though so….
this is Anne St. Clair
this second picture is of the room I was in. The whole class was at the Wellness Center Day spa. That green Elna Supermatic is where I was sitting :-D Of course…I was taking the picture.
This picture is of Janet, Anne's helper and the next is of her room. There were 18 ladies that day altogether with another bunch of 18 coming the next day.
Lastly is the great diner across the road from the very neat 50's motel I stayed at. I did like the motel. It was quiet, and though not the most updated, it was very clean and well cared for along with comfortable enough for me.
My fabric Depot Order
here are some pictures from my Fabric Depot order.
It was like opening a box of Cracker Jacks only better.
Better prizes of course and though I was not exactly sure what I would get I am happy with all of it. Yeah!
First was the lace. Wow! How much fun to pull piece after piece out of it. I got quite a few "big" pieces. The widest is an all over pattern that is 13″ wide. And many colors of smaller edging style laces that will give me lots to work with for sure. In the two pictures of lace there are also big pieces on the back of the couch that didn't quite make it into the picture —you can see the hot pink piece a little bit.
In addition the close up has a very nice 8″ wide galloon (double edged) 2 ish yard segment of black lace that does not show up at all. It just looks like a big black spot of my couch. Most of the smaller laces are at least 4 yards, and most are much longer. I have a couple of 2 to 3 inch wide fancy fancy laces (double edged, very intricate design and two colored) that are only a bit over a couple of yards but …hey…I can find something for them to be attached to. ;-)
The other pics are of my nylon —and believe me the colors are much better in person. I think the shiny of the nylon fabric doesn't come across well in a photo. You also can't see the very large piece of heavy weight black that I got—again color/picture/couch issue. However you can see the others plus the close up of the purple that I really like. All are more than a yard. Overall…I like all the colors and prints —- I wondered if I would but I do. And though maybe I might not have picked all those exact colors or prints myself I do like all of them. An example would be the khaki green one. If I were just looking at a bolt of that color surrounded by my more favorite colors— I would not have chosen it. Yet with all the lace hanging around on the other end of the couch I definitely "see" possibilities for it.
The fabrics are of different weights as expected. Most all are mid weight —though the large black piece is a heavier weight and probably won't need any lining to help keep "everything" in place if I make it into a bra. There are two light weight pieces including one of the pink flowered segments. I think I will take the heaviest and one of the lightest with me this next week to the bra making class and ask specifically: "can I get away with not lining this" and " what would I put under this to keep it from squooshing where ever it wants to go if I use it for a bra" . Maybe the light weight piece is better suited for a nightie or something other than a bra and I will just make it into something for my niece (no nylon nighties for me thanks though).
So, here are all the pictures that I said I would post. I didn't put in pics of everything I got which was a BIG box full. Of course elastics, powernet and other lingerie accessories aren't really "all that" to look at so no big deal leaving them out.
Now? On to that class so I (and my sewing machine and maybe even my serger) can make use of all this "stuff" I just purchased.
Florida here I come and ….I'll be sure to take pictures of the class to post here. (hopefully I won't forget!)
I am back…for a bit :-)
Well…I have been gone for a while.
First….my dad had liver transplant surgery.
Then…I got sick (bad allergies + tiredness from helping mom/dad = sick)
So…though I have sort of worked on a bit of sewing nothing much has been accomplished in the past month—which includes absolutely no quilting.
But as I spring (pun intended) back into a routine, I will start today by finishing the seersucker shirt I began for my husband about a month ago and left sitting when the call came for my dad's liver. Livers are kind of a "we have one for you……come to the hospital now" kind of things so you don't really get to plan for it and life gets left undone for a bit.
Better than finishing my husband's shirt or doing a great quilt I am looking forward to going this coming Monday to Florida for a Bra Making Class—hosted by the Ocala Sewing Guild (a chapter of the ASG –American Sewing Guild). Anne St. Clair will be teaching it and I am looking forward to going to it for the help in custom fitting my bra and getting my very own custom bra pattern—-sized to me :-) Yeah!
And though I have made a bra before, which is not as difficult as we all think it is, without a sewing partner it is not easy to fit yourself. Or without at least a mannequin. So the result is not much better than store bought….at least at first. Though some people seem to make it seem as if they get a fab bra from the very first one they try. Lucky them….not me though. Of course if I churned out bunches of them I am sure I would eventually get a correct one but since I can take this class AND get a custom pattern, why bother wasting all that fabric. Beyond that bra patterns come in the "size" you supposedly wear. Which is annoying to say the least. Because truthfully, based on my shopping experiences, I wear many different sizes and none of them fits particularly well. It's one of those: Cup fits…but band is a bit to big. Or: Band is great…cup is too small/too big and the next size up or down size doesn't work either. Or even this: Fits FAB….horribly horribly ugly bra. And according to everyone I speak to about this I am NOT the only one having these issues.
And the last word I have on bras is about the whole measurement thing of "take that number and add this or that number" to get your size. Bull. Doesn't work. At least not for the build I have. According to most methods of measurements I would have either a AA cup or maybe a slight A cup….and I am no where close to that size. Not one bit. So…bra class here I come.
Lastly in anticipation of coming home next week and hopefully knowing how to really make a well fitting bra I have ordered some fabric from Fabric Depot. (www.fabricdepotco.com) I had ordered some samples and a catalog and had been mulling over buying one of the value packs they offer in tricot, nylons, stretch lace, powernet and/or elastics. I just could not decide for sure but then I stumbled on this web site: Sew Intriguing blogspot. I have linked you specifically to the part where she shows what she got in her value packs. However if you do a bra/lingerie/fabric depot (use any one of those key words) search in her blog she has a number of post about making some really cute bras, camis, undies etc. Well worth the look if this topic remotely interests you.
Anyway, after seeing her post I did order the nylon value pack (probably will get the tricot one in the future once I know more about picking lingerie fabrics) and the stretch lace value pack plus one other. I can't remember if I got the powernet pack or the elastic pack or what. I did get a third one though. Plus I purchased plush back elastic (TOTALLY impossible to find anywhere near me) and some rings and strap elastic plus two pairs of underwires. I need to see how their wires run…choose the best pair…then order more of the correct size. Wires run different from manufactuer to manufacturer so, if like me you are kind of this size…but maybe that size…you have to double check the best fitting one then buy more. My box should get here tomorrow and I will make sure and take pictures and post them.
Well…need to get sewing today. Have a great Spring afternoon.
Do you know what these are??
I got these scissors this weekend at an estate sale of a person who crafted—extensively. They look like trimming/embroidery scissors (to me) because of their bent style. However all that I have ever seen of those types, or was able to find on line, are much smaller than these.
Does some one out there know the "official" name for this style of scissor? They are Wiss …and obviously they no longer make this type. I did a serious on line search but found nothing. My key words kept bringing up either the more common style embroidery scissors or else really odd things that had nothing to do with these scissors. I would like to get them sharpened, along with having the slightly bent tip on one side repaired since I do have a use for them. However I wonder what their official use was when they were manufactured and would love to know.
Thanks in advance for any info anyone might have.
A quilt, a shirt, some fabric and a friend
So I have a number of things to post about.
First is this "Whirligig Stairs" quilt top I finished Friday I believe. I just never got it here onto the site for a show and tell. I have it pinned as you can see and ready to quilt but just have been too busy.
Do I like it? Oh yeah. It is really great. However I made it a bit smaller than I normally do and wish now I had made it a bit bigger than I normally do. I owe my almost 5 year old niece a quilt and I believe she would like this. As it gets closer to her birthday I think this will be the one I do for her. I have been racking my brain for months as to the right design for her and finally (finally) I believe I have hit on one that I like for her quilt.
The colors are great too—even better in person — and can be found at Hawthorne Threads.
Next…I finished another shirt for my husband. And though I still don't have pics of the first one up yet here is the second. Those Bryant Park prints really work and he likes it. The buttons are a bit "stand out" for my taste but he and my son both like them. I would have chosen white or clear (the more conservative choice) but this is, as my husband pointed out, not a suit shirt but a fun dress up shirt. So…fancy buttons it was.
Next I want to post about a place we went to this past week in downtown Atlanta Georgia. It's a fabric store called Delia K's and it was WOW!! They had fabric like I haven't seen since I was in downtown Dallas Texas shopping for fabric (which was a long time ago since none of our family lives there any longer).
This place was so full that it literally went to the 15 foot ceiling. It was impossible to see and touch everything.
Price wise? O.k. No deal maker for sure but the quality and choices were great making it worthwhile to go to. Most of the wools (wool/silk, wool/cashmere, 100 percent wool) for pants and suits were about $35 a yard. A bit pricey but then when you consider men's tailored suit slacks….nothing too outrageous I suppose.
The best part was the linens and cottons. I picked up a plaid Italian cotton shirt weight for myself with some matching plummish colored linen to make a pair of loose pants. I already own a pair of the same pants and they are one of my favorite for casual dressy summer wear. We also got some linen shirt weight for a man's shirt and some silk cotton blend for the same thing. Both in blue …but hey.
Here is the fabric washed and ready to use at some point:
Lastly I would like to post a bit about a friend. She owns Icelandic sheep (we did at one time too which is how we met—both of us trying to buy the same lamb one year :-D ) and has some really great crafts that she makes from her wools and sheep products. You can check out her etsy page here. She has felted items, carved bone items (from naturally deceased sheep), horns and other by products along with spinning fibers and woven items. It changes and varies of course. She has a shades of purple shawl that looks really really nice —if I didn't already have enough of my own wool items I would buy it. Also…if you ever wondered about raising a rarer breed of sheep or are just curious about farming in general check out her web site and blog.
One last thing about her blog. She has a lamb naming contest going on. The prize? Enjoyment, fun and a link to your blog/web site the day she uses your name. In other words fun and free publicity. I notice only one person has commented so far but you will understand why when you see the main rule for the names (it has to do with the letter X). However…come lambing season Nancy will have scores of people making comments as lambs (especially Icelandic lambs) bring people out of the wood work. So…help her and get some advertisement for yourself out of it. You can see the naming contest here. And before you go there put on your thinking caps!!
Anyway…I have to run (fast today) and get some things done.
Have a great day!


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I broke out the M-28 today and finished off half a box of .38s. While cleaning her, I noticed some small spots of rust forming on the frame, just above the trigger where I rest my finger before I let her bark. Now...... before you sentence me to a plastic gun hell, is there anything I can do to stop this? In all fairness, I have been told in the past I have a high PH and then that might be a a problem for me with blued guns. I really don't want to spend the money and have some super finish put on. Am I to become, "The Gloved One, Too"?
The rest of the world gets it,why can't we? "The United States can survive a Barack Obama,who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president". Out of the Czech Republic Psalm 138:7
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Wipe it down with Fluid Film and see how it does.
Is that a name brand or something I have to do behind the barn?
Thanks, I'll see if I can pick some up.
I learned years ago that the only knives I can carry are stainless steel. A high carbon blade will rust in my pocket in no time. Funny how metal reacts differently to different people.
So far, I haven't found a damn thing funny about it. But I know what ya mean.


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Anthony P. Carona of Slingerlands was appointed director of Executive Services of the Business Council of New York State. Carona received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Siena College while working within the Town of Colonie Attorney's Office. Carona attended Albany Law School where he earned his Juris Doctor while participating in the […]
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St. Christopher Comments
Before the 1969 reform of the Roman calendar, Christopher was listed as a martyr who died under Decius. Nothing else is known about him. There are several legends about him including the one in which he was crossing a river when a child asked to be carried across. When Christopher put the child on his shoulders he found the child was unbelievably heavy. The child, according to the legend, was Christ carrying the weight of the whole world. This ... Continue Reading
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3 years ago
Paul VI brought about many changes in the church which confused a lot of people and even made some Catholics lose their faith to a certain degree. A friend of mine was very devoted to St. Barbara (a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox for centuries). When Paul VI suppressed St. Barbara's cultus in 1969,many of her devotees felt hurt,includng my friend.I still venerate St. Christopher even though he's not in the Catholic Church's current calendar anymore. St. Patrick's Chruch in Elizabeth,N.J. (where I grew up) there is a beautiful St. Christopher statue to the left of the entrance. How I miss lighting votive lights to hime there. I live in Florida now.
3 years ago
I was named after this saint and i believe that him been removed from the universal calendar is the work of evil.
The story of St. Christopher is one for even the devil worshippers, because St. Christopher was a follower of the devil, promising himself to only serve a god that has no fear of anything. But while coming across a crucifix during one of his journeys he noticed that the devil in him feared this symbol. From then he wondered what the symbol of this crucifix was, and why the devil feared it so much. He would later become converted by a hermit and served only the Lord, who knew no fear. Of course, his main mission became that of carrying travellers from one side of the river to the other, since he was more or less a giant, and therefore could carry people over his shoulders and above the water level, safely to the other side. He would one day carry the Child Jesus across, only to realise that he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulder, in this Child who had given Himself up for the world. Great saint indeed, and one we ought to all invoke one our travels. -
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i like st.christopher
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just because a saint has been taken off the liturgical calendar doesnt mean that you cant pray to him. For example, St. Philomena is one of the most popular saints ever and her feast was August 11th - but its not officially recognised anymore on calendars. Still, she is much venerated anyway. This is also true for others like, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Ursula, Ss. Sergius and Bacchus etc....
3 years ago
tnx...... i love this site much...
3 years ago
after having been lost for so long I care not to recall the number of years, I am finding myself again. I found my St.Christopher medal, put it round my neck and have new hope that my travels will be "somewhat" less rocky. At 47 I am finally discovering that prayer is real. Wish me luck.
3 years ago
To respond to James and Nadia's question about which saint is the saint of good luck?
Most sources that I have read say that Saint Peter is the saint that brings good luck, success and good fortune, and also Saint Patrick who brings luck and prosperity.
Alice Lilley's story was very moving to read and I loved her observation that Saint Christopher as well as protecting travellers and motorists, can also help us to carry our burdens in life. Alice, I never thought of that before! But that is such an inspiring thing to say about Saint Christopher and I will remember that the next time that I think of him. I own a sterling silver Saint Christopher medal and I like to wear it because I feel the saint near me when I do and it brings comfort and a feeling of safety, and not just when travelling either. Just to correct a few comments that people have made; Saint Christopher is still a Catholic saint and the church still APPROVES devotion and veneration to him. His name was struck from the Universal Calendar of Saints, but that does not in any way prevent local or private veneration of him. He is still a legitimate saint and he never lost that status.
He is a very popular saint as well, one of the most popular, as evidenced by the widely available medallions with his image on them sold in jewellery stores. -
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this is cool
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My baby boy was born on the 13th feb., 2011 and plan to name him Christopher. May the goodness, favour, mercy & blessing of God be with child & parent forever. Amen
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i like this site
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i am going out of the country tomorrow and would like to ask for the safty and well being for me and my family st. christopher pray for me.
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this is a great web site. it is a place for it is a place for people to learn about their religon.
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thank you so much this website is amazing i needed to do a big project for r.e about st christopher and this has helped so much great thanks x lucy
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i am doing a presentation on saint christopher is there any help you could give me or anythink????
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St. Christopher is in the book "Saints Behaving Badly by Thomas J. Craughwell" which tells his whole story about St. Christopher. Even the while legend about him! Its a very good book and i did my Saint report for confirmation on him.
4 years ago
St Christopher appeared in Melbourne
on 16 april 2010 in St Paul cathedral.
He said he spent 4 years in London
to help a child of illness . Later 14 years in India.
He read Buddhism in India.
He was praying for a friend who died of Cancer
in St Paul's cathedral & i told him to believe in Jesus christs
who has taken 40 lashes from the Roman centurion.
The lashes represents all illnesses.
He said he was given the Healing Power &
he has not given to anyone.
Now , he wish to give it to me.
He held my Head with his 2 hands & prayed on me for more tha15 mins.
I was frightened however, i give him sonme Aussie dollars to eat.
I dont know who is christopher until i co- relate the
activities later on .
However, searching for more, Gideons was revealed to me.
Judges chapter 6& 7 and also Arc Angel Raphael.
I had an accident in a car crash in Malaysia Mountain in Pahang
& was still alive because Holy Miraculous Mother Mary of Grace saved me.
God speed
roger gan
4 years ago
I did notice that "Saint" Christopher is no longer considered a Saint. Is there a specific ritual associated with "deSainting"?
This came up on a discussion of the date of Saint Nicholas day. Since Pope Gregory XIII drastically changed the Julian calendar, removing 10 days considered leap years but were not due to the adjustment of centuries but ignored by ancients thus adding cumulative days to the calendar which he [Pope Gregory] subsequently removed. But some remarked that Saint Nicholas day was December 6th but others said this was only of the Julian calendar and should be December 19th instead. We all agreed that since there is December 6th on both the 1582 calendar and that of Saint Nicholas, December 6th should be commemorated on faiths abiding by either calendar. We have no authority to do this but only an opinion of one discrete group. That not all people agree on a universal calendar, even those considered a salar year calendar, there is much confusion of dates. Therefore the 14th of Nisan and the subsequent first day of the week will occur on different days just as the 25th of Chislev and the replacement of Hanukkah will not always happen. -
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Thank the Lord we have generations that share their stories of the past, We should trust that every story has some point of truth to it, even if it is so unbelievable, This graciously true when our ancestors leave us precious stories of our Dear Lord Jesus.
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One of the smartest men in the world is Chris Langan apparently, and he developed this theory and wrote a book that is now on my reading list. Anyone on ThinkAtheist ever look into this work?
(By the way, please do not join this thread to argue about who the smartest person in the world is. If you want to discuss that, please just start another discussion.)
Anyway, here's an interview with Chris:
Strangely, he is a professional bouncer (weird!).
One of the smartest men in the world is Chris Langan
A reporter called Langan, a nightclub bouncer with a high school education, "the smartest man in America" because Langan's IQ is "somewhere between 190 and 210." He's a college dropout with no scholarly work published in any peer-reviewed scientific periodical.
For added perspective, Lagan (along with William Lane Craig) was a fellow at The International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID), which promoted intelligent design, rejected evolution and had the stated purpose to "reverse the stifling materialist world view and replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions".
The ISCID published Langan's incomprehensible CTMU screed-- presumably because no proper scientific journal would-- about which Langan states:
"CTMU shows that reality possesses a complex property akin to self-awareness. That is, just as the mind is real, reality is in some respects like a mind. But when we attempt to answer the obvious question "whose mind?", the answer turns out to be a mathematical and scientific definition of God. This implies that we all exist in what can be called "the Mind of God", and that our individual minds are parts of God's Mind. They are not as powerful as God's Mind, for they are only parts thereof; yet, they are directly connected to the greatest source of knowledge and power that exists. This connection of our minds to the Mind of God, which is like the connection of parts to a whole, is what we sometimes call the soul or spirit, and it is the most crucial and essential part of being human."
On the "scientific and mathematical" aspects of CTMU, we have the following comments (as provided by Erock68la above) from a Stanford-educated scientist with a PhD in particle theory:
"[Langan's problem is that] his CTMU masterpiece consists largely of undefined jargon, not known to real experts and not explained by Langan himself. That is the sure sign of a crackpot. The other problem is that those of us who have some real expertise in some of the fields about which he pontificates find his musings to be nonsense. I have a Ph.D. from Stanford in elementary particle theory: I know a great deal about quantum mechanics. I also am co-patentholder on several patents that apply information theory to various problems in computer and communication systems. Quantum physics and information theory are two of the subjects Langan appeals to in his CTMU work. Part of the point is to make it sound as if you would recognize the profundity of his writing if only you understood all of the technical background as he does. Well, in those two fields, I do understand the technical background, and his use of those subjects is a sham: it only seems impressive to people who are as ignorant of those subjects as Langan is."
Lagan is a poor man's Deepak Chopra. A quasi-religious apologist selling mystical woo-woo wrapped in nonsensical pseudoscientific jargon.
I've only read tiny portions of his writing, but the limited excerpts I have read don't compel me to invest any time into it. My concern is I would end up reading a long written work describing a model which may very well be internally consistent, yet rests on shaky premises or lacks the necessary external support to connect it to reality. It's a suspicion, perhaps even prejudicial, but I'm not actually interested in discrediting his work; I'm just explaining why I'm reluctant to spend time on it.
Many crackpots are above average in intelligence. This gives them the ability to confuse people raising objections as well as to delude themselves that they are on to something.
Someday such crackpotism will be its own category of science fiction, including e.g. scientology, while real science continues to rapidly make progress and realize concrete (i.e. not mushy) predictions.
But I do think the idea (full disclosure: in my blog) of fecund universes (Cosmological Natural Selection/CNS) may be worth discussing for many years or centuries to come.
Can you imagine the work Einstein might have completed if he had also been a bouncer? The mind it hurts with the thought...
This begins to sound like my early ramblings before I gots me some education.
If 'god' created the universe, and the only 'material' in existence was 'god', surely the universe is made up of 'god'. Happily this is as far as I got before the male mysteries intervened.
For what its worth....
I read the comments on the physics blog you referenced.
Langan's CTMU appears to be based on an 'information' basis of reality. I don't claim to be on the level of any of these guys, but the notion that we are all part of the same informational identity may have legs.
I may be romantic, but the notion that we are all part of the same universal mind or body does in fact appeal to me. 'Oneness' resonates with me personally.
If mind and body are one, then no body, no mind. And of course, that's the way it is.
I cannot dismiss the idea that body is illusion when one considers the 'Ship of Theseus' tale.
As many already know, the ship of Theseus was a first century thought experiment. If every physical part of something is slowly replaced over time (as was the ship of Theseus circa 1st century), is it actually still the same thing?
A simpler version is 'my grandfather's axe. 'This is my grandfather's axe. I just gave it a new handle, and my father replaced the metal head some years ago, but this is my grandfather's axe.' Similarly, every cell in your body (which was originally, and shall eventually be, stardust) is replaced every few years.
Langan (con-artist or not) posits that information itself is a more fundamental construct than what is popularly called physical reality.
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This week's photo: This young woman was born and reared in Vandalia. She married a Vandalia fellow, and they have two children.
This week's photo: These cousins were reared in Ramsey. One now lives in Vandalia and the other lives in Belleville.
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1989 – Blood tests were no longer required for Fayette County and Illinois couples planning to get married. The state legislature repealed the mandatory premarital AIDS and blood testing. Mayor Rich Walker announced Vandalia would be getting a 60-room Days Inn. Vandalia Community High School's No. 1 girls doubles tennis team of Beth Herrington and Kim Lotz won first place in doubles at the Centralia Orphan Annie Invitational Tournament.
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Since early this year there has been a pink telephone call Post-it note tacked to the bulletin board at the Vandalia Statehouse announcing the scheduled arrival of an Angie Johnson of the Association for Gravestone Studies, along with members of her group, on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 9:30 a.m.
Just last week in this space, we talked about the value of the various law enforcement entities building camaradrie and training together. This week, we saw how that pays off. Monday afternoon, an inmate escaped from Vandalia Correctional Center, and within a short time, numerous entities responded to a call for help.
1989 – Fire destroyed the Ronald Daisley home in rural Vandalia. Tom Diveley of Vandalia was named Sandoval's postmaster. Arcola's powerhouse football team crushed Vandalia 44-0.
1984 – The Fayette County United Fund Board of Directors set the 1984-85-campaign goal at $32,875. Seventeen agencies, two more than the previous year, will receive funds from this year's drive was Ernie Chappel.
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Gold Prices Keep Sliding as China Slashes Growth Expectations
NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) -- Gold prices continued to fall Monday after China slashed growth estimates to an eight-year low of 7.5%.
Gold prices fell 3.5% last week, putting in the largest one-week decline since the week of December 18. The slide was continuing Monday. Gold for April delivery was falling $8.40 to $1,701.40 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price traded as high as $1,718 and as low as $1,694.40 an ounce, while the spot price was losing $9.20, according to Kitco's gold index.
Silver prices were sinking 83 cents to $33.69 an ounce while the U.S. dollar index was falling 0.13% at $79.301.
Investors were selling equities after China reduced its economic growth target for the year and a gauge of business activity in the eurozone declined. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao slashed China's 2012 economic growth target to an eight-year low of 7.5%, citing high inflation and a tepid worldwide economic outlook. China has been among the fastest-growing economies in recent years, outstripping the performance of developed nations such as the U.S. and U.K.
Meanwhile, the private-sector HSBC China services index showed that the country's services sector progressed at its fastest pace in four months last month, but was markedly below its long-term trend. The private-sector HSBC China Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 53.9 in February from 52.5 in January. "Proving for the nth time that what happens in China is a pivotal impact factor to the commodities' space, the most recent development in that country sent base and precious metals prices, along with most global equity markets, lower overnight," said Jon Nadler, senior metals analyst with Kitco Metals. "The first forecast for lower economic growth in eight years for that country derailed many an asset as the new trading week commenced. Gold and silver were clearly not immune to the negative news." In Europe, Markit Economics said that its composite purchasing managers' index for the continent fell to 49.3 in February from the earlier estimate of 49.7 and from the previous month's reading of 50.4. The below-50 reading indicates business activity contracted last month.In U.S. economic news, data on factory orders and non-manufacturing activity came in better-than expected. January factory orders fell 1% according to the Census Bureau. A slide of 1.6% was expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Meanwhile December's originally reported 1.1% jump in factory orders was upwardly revised to a 1.4% gain. The Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing index showed a much better than expected reading of 57.3 for February, up from 56.8 in January. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were forecasting a reading of 56 for last month. A report on global gold production has raised fears that supplies may be dwindling. A report from bullion dealer GoldCore noted that of the world's four largest gold producers, only China achieved gains. Australia, the U.S. and South Africa saw declines. This further suggest the possibility of peak gold production," said GoldCore. "Chinese gold is used in China to meet the rapidly growing demand for gold jewellery and coins and bars as stores of value." As a result, the balance between supply and demand is likely toremain tight. Mining stocks were following prices lower on Monday. Among the biggest losers were Great Panther Silver (GPL - Get Report), shedding 4.6% to $2.46, and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX - Get Report), falling 4.5% to $40.13. Eldorado Gold (EGO - Get Report) was losing 4.4% to $14.24 and Silver Wheaton (SLW - Get Report) was down 3.9% to $36.10. -- Written by Ross Tucker in New York.
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Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) –- Luxury-goods maker Hermes is expanding beyond scarves and handbags... Today, it's launching an $11,200 bike, targeting wealthy consumers who want to meander about town. Bloomberg met with the designer and the man behind the project in Paris.
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Anne Hathaway, the beaming actress who has come to be known as one of America's sweethearts, said she was more like Lindsay Lohan "than people think" and wasn't always the goody-two-shoes she plays on the big screen.
The 29-year-old "Dark Knight Rises" star, made famous for playing the innocent outcast turned elegant royal in the 2001 Disney film "The Princess Diaries," reflected on how her mother, also an actress, helped guide her over the years, in an interview with the U.K.'s The Sun on Tuesday.
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Hathaway's quip comes on the forefront of Lohan's preparing to make a fresh start in her career by hosting "Saturday Night Live" this week. A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles told the 25-year-old troubled starlet on Feb. 22 that she seemed to be getting her life "back on track," the Associated Press reported.
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Wood is both universal and unique. No other material is as deeply embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide as wood, yet every single piece of wood is unique.
The color tone, texture, durability, flexibility and even sound qualities of different tree species have puzzled and challenged artists, architects, designers, builders and artisans for thousands of years.
Still today, nothing matches wood in versatility or beauty, so it is great to see how today's designers and architects continue to face the challenge of wood, and use it creatively to interpret sleek, modern designs.
They use wood to meet their current needs and desires for which wood is ideally suited. People seek calm surroundings, simplicity and minimalism to soothe their frayed nerves and to counter the constant visual overload they face. Wood's warmth and natural beauty works wonders for creating a sense of balance and calm.
People also look for sustainable alternatives, eco-friendly options, greener solutions. When harvested, managed and used sustainably, forests are still the source of the greatest material on earth.
We especially love the influence of Scandinavian and Japanese traditions that we can detect in today's wood architecture and design. Minimalist, functional, beautiful, and light in both color and weight.
Scandinavian building and design traditions are based solidly on the use of wood. Finnish modernist master, architect Alvar Aalto, stunned the world with Living Wood, his design for the Finnish Pavilion for the Paris World Exposition in 1937. In the pavilion, he combined both traditional and modern architecture and showcased his functionalist design sensibilities. It was considered one of the boldest and most innovative pavilions of the Expo.
Earlier, Aalto's exploration of the limits of bent wood and mass production had resulted in the Paimio chair (1931) and other furniture classics, and had a permanent impact on how furniture looks even today. Aalto's work influenced many other modernist masters including Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen.
The use of wood in Japanese architecture and design is characterized by austere construction methods, the lightness of materials, the connectedness between indoors and outdoors, and the way in which buildings merge with their surroundings.
With hardly any furniture used inside, Japanese master craftsmen were able to focus their skills on the buildings themselves, on skilful joining of sections without nails, and on revealing, rather than covering or adorning, the original texture and tone of the wood.
Wood as a material has held a charmed place in architecture and design for both its simplicity and complexity. It lends itself to imposing, bulky structures, yet also yields to delicate, undulating forms that seem lacy and transparent.
We love this lightness and elegance, the play of light and shadow, the countless tones of color that can be achieved with skilful use of wood both structurally and decoratively.
In more and more residential projects, both big and small, architects and designers are finding new, creative ways to reveal and highlight the beauty and versatility of wood. They manage to create structures that appear current and cool, yet also exude a classic, timeless elegance.
Every day, we come across images of fantastic single-use residences, recreational cottages, furniture, decks and patios, where the qualities of wood are perfectly matched with the users' needs and the requirements of the surroundings as well.
In retail and hospitality, wood is also making an impact. We love the blocky, clean look of the Aesop stores. At the other end of the spectrum a good example is the lightness and playfulness achieved in RDAI Architects' use of wood-slat "huts" as departments in the Paris Hermès store built inside an old hotel swimming pool.
In not just eco-lodges, but also in luxury resorts, spas and hotels, wood is becoming the material of choice. As guests are looking for a retreat, a sense of being back in nature, a quilt-free, tranquil vacation, resorts are responding with wood-frame structures, wood interiors and sustainable solutions that also look fabulous.
Wood is not trendy yet it is incredibly cool. It is a demanding, noble, ancient, living material that we have the privilege to use and enjoy. In wood, the architect, designer and builder face the exhilarating challenge of the sculptor — to reveal the character of the specific species, the individual tree. And we, the viewers and users of their work, have the opportunity to discover it for ourselves. We are looking forward to more. - Tuija Seipell.
At TCH, we are so obsessed with wood that we even created Treelife, an event to showcase the most innovate work using wood in the design of Treehouses.
Our fascination with cool offices continues. This time, we are attracted to a Victorian building in Dublin.
This past June, after only six months of elaborate reconstruction and renovation, global insurance firm XL Group plc moved into one of the most prestigious addresses in Dublin, Ireland.
The former private club building at Number 8 St. Stephen's Green is a protected structure, which made the job of RKD Architects that much more challenging.
RKD's not-so-easy task was to respect the original building and its later reiterations, while making sure XL Group's staff and management had all the tools and comforts of a modern office.
The building dates back to 1792 when it was constructed as an imposing, five-bay, four-storeys- over-basement residence for Lord Mountgarrat. From 1847 to 2003, it was owned by the Hibernian United Services Club and operated as a private club.
After the 6.5 million Euro (about $8.2 mil. US) renovation, the grand scale, elegance and drama of a private gentlemen's club are still intact, and the unseemly practicalities of air conditioning, IT and plumbing are discreetly and stylishly hidden behind cabinetry and other structures.
Reinforcing and restoring the best parts of the building has left, for example, the grand Portland-stone staircase as the central eye-catcher at the entrance, and given the staff and clients an impressive environment that demands attention.
We love the ceilings, the exposed brick, and the mirrors and subtle insertions of color in the modern offices.
In even the most updated of the spaces, there is some aspect that reminds of the past and shows off the peculiarities of the grand, old building. - Tuija Seipell.
If only we had a spare historic Barchessa in Italy and an extra million lying about, we, too, would build an office and showroom, just like fashion house Rubens Luciano's in Villa Gritti, Stra, near Venice.
We've covered many a gorgeous office over the years in our quest for the world's coolest offices, and although many of them a grand in scale and lavish in budget, each one has ideas just waiting for any of us to emulate in our own, perhaps more modest, surroundings.
In the case of the Rubens Luciano office, architect Simone Micheli mastered several copy-worthy feats: The use of natural light and glass to create the feeling of openness; the combination of old and new in a way that is not pretentious; and the exquisite attention to detail.
Several of Micheli's other hallmarks are also visible in this project: smooth, flowing lines; shiny, seamless surfaces; rounded edges; and organic-looking, bulbous shapes. We also love the meticulous detailing and the minimalist, clean overall look.
The four-year-long renovation collaboration between Simone Micheli and his friends, fashion-house founders Rubens and Luciano, was unveiled at a great party on September 1, a date that also marked the 49th birthday of the architect. - Tuija Seipell.
The work of Paris-based Matali Crasset always makes us smile. Her ability to take something basic and make it appear fun and fresh is unparalleled. More remarkable is her ability to do this while avoiding the gummy-colored slide that so easily leads to overly cute, fake and just plain childish.
Including just enough color to pop, adding just enough quirky shapes to make a point, and leaving everything else out, makes this little university grocery shop a delight.
Mini M grocery is a neighborhood grocery store at the Toulouse University where the student services organization is working to improving the options and accessibility of various food service alternatives from eat-in and take-out to grocery stores.
This colorful market is designed to stand out from the concrete buildings that surround it. Its overall feel is positive and fun; it is a market-stall-like casual shop, clearly different from the typical, boring convenience stores and corner stores elsewhere in the city.
Crasset worked on this project with graphic designers from Praline and branding specialists of Terres Nuages. - Tuija Seipell
With our fascination with both minimalism and color, we've kept an eye on Emmanuelle Moureaux, the French-born and Tokyo-based architect famous for her use of candy-hued colors in many of her projects.
Since 2003, she's run her own Architecture and design firm in Tokyo.
Her solo exhibition, "100 Colors" is currently on at the Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg., 55 Square, Tokyo, as part of the Shinjuku Creators Festa 2013.
For many years, Moreaux has explored the use of color and the use of the traditional Japanese paper screens as dividers. Many of her projects in retail, hospitality and public spaces express some combination of the two, using colorful screens as dividers and using color as a space maker. - Tuija Seipell.
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Filmed at sunrise on the 57th floor of 4WTC in lower Manhattan, this short film captures an extraordinary and moving performance of Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain. It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and a tribute to the future of the city that New York City Ballet calls home. Beautifully shot.
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Romita Comedor is a restaurant that is less than two years old yet it has the ambience of a well-loved, casual tradition.
The interior touches - the use of wood and tile, the wood furnishings, the many plants and various surface treatments - all seem to belong here, and they seem to have belonged for a long time. Nice vintage-chic patina that also looks fresh and modern – not easy to achieve.
The dining room is located in Mexico City, in the heart of Colonia Roma, at Avenida Álvaro Obregón 49.
The building dates back to early 1900s and its style was inspired by grand railway stations. It is also protected by the INBA (Instituta Nacional de Bellas Artes).
The massive windows, glass ceiling and a retractable awning all take full advantage of the station-style architecture, and let the light in for the benefit of the many plants.
The building's current owner, Rodrig Espinoza, and his two partners, Marcela Lugo and Arturo, designed the restaurant with the idea in mind that it would become a gathering place that would attract not just the locals but visitors as well.
Romita Comedor is known for authentic Mexican cuisine, great cocktails at the two bars, and live entertainment by well-known DJs. The building also houses a design shop and a hair salon. - Tuija Seipell
As the ice cream and cupcake shop genre has become increasingly pink and cute, to the point of icky and utterly boring, we were delighted to run across Once Upon A Cream.
It is an ice cream shop in the beach resort town of Hua Hin, about 200 km south of Bangkok, Thailand. The refreshing shop was designed by Bangkok's MADA Design Factory.
The design team was led by co-founder and creative director Nisachol Loetritsirikul. She managed to avoid the cute overload and instead came up with a crisp balance of whimsy and old-word dairy.
A few little nods to Willy Wonka are there – the pieces of machinery and copper fixtures, the pepperminty red-and-white round tables, the chewing-gum blue seating, the blue sky and fluffy clouds in the ceiling. But they are counterbalanced by the old-dairy accents: The white tiles, the clean surfaces, the wooden boxes.
The wood boards, rattan chairs and again the blue sky - references to the resort town location – round out the design concept. - Tuija Seipell.
This is what we call breathing room! A room in which one can breathe. Where the sea breeze moves freely. Where the scent of the ocean is ever-present. And the best part? It is not in a deserted island far, far away, but in an urban setting.
This 300-plus year-old house is located in the ancient port city of Jaffa, the oldest part of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality in Israel.
The gorgeous renovation is by the Tel Aviv-based Pitsou Kedem Architects, already well known for their minimalist approach to architecture and design.
The single owner of the house asked the designers to maximize the sea view while keeping the historical feel of the building intact. The project team - Pitsou Kedem, Irene Goldberg and Raz Melamed - has achieved this beautifully.
The residence consists of a 100 square meter (1,076 sq.ft) living area (living, dining and kitchen) plus an additional 80 square meters (861 sq.ft) that includes the master bed room, a study and a guest room.
Our main attraction points in this cool sanctuary are the gorgeous arches, the exposed texture of the old stone, the subdued colour pattern, and the lovely balance between the old and the new. It looks so easy and natural, but it is very tough to achieve such poise.
There is an overall sense of peace and harmony that is a luxury in itself. Breathtakingly lovely. We are seriously envious of the owner. Tuija Seipell
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Each Fall musicians of the Manchester Music Festival present two free 45-minute concerts at First Congregational Church for local schools and home-schooled children.
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 violinists Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violist Ariel Rudiakov and cellist Benjamin Capps, joined by renowned percussionist Matthew Gold will present "Rhythms of the World" with music from the Balkans, Africa, USA and South America.
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Snoop Dogg, 'Tha Blue Carpet Treatment' (Doggystyle/Geffen)
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To hear Snoop Dogg tell it, this was supposed to be a return to the gritty sound of his early Death Row records. But the closest he gets here is lead single "Vato," a Neptunes-produced burner that almost makes him sound menacing again. Everywhere else, though, he's just retracing past missteps. Treatment leans hard on the horny slow jams that sunk 2004's R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta), and the ham-fisted thug posturing of "Gangbanging 101" proves that he's not just out of new ideas, he's running out of old ones, too.
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