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Farmhouse in Champagne Saint Hilaire, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France - Tranquil Village Location But Close To Amenities And Shops
Originally a barn this property has been renovated to a very high standard whilst still retaining all its character. The six bedrooms can sleep up to 16 people. All five first floor bedrooms have en-suite showers & basins and the ground floor bedroom has en-suite toilet and shower facilities. The huge open plan living / dining area is linked to a large, fully equipped kitchen plus a utility area. The shady veranda area provides an additional dining area with a barbecue. Extensive gardens and lawns surround the building with plenty of space for ball games, plus a boules court, a table-tennis table and the secure 12 metre salt water swimming pool. There are a further 9 acres of meadow and woodland to explore including a small fishing pond and a 300-year old oak tree. The property is equipped to a high standard. It has Wi-Fi, satellite TV, DVD / MP3, telephone and books, card and board games. All the bedding is provided as are a cot and high chair. An optional end of stay cleaning service is available on request.
Top Traveller Review
Chilling and Flying
About the Owner
Guestbook comments from the owner
"Fantastic place - great for wheelchairs. Thank you for a wonderful week"
"A wonderful week- the gite was everything we would have wished for. For three families not to find any faults is nothing short of miraculous. The only major drawback was that we only booked for a week!!!"
"We have thoroughly enjoyed our week here with excellent accommodation and surrounded by beautiful and relaxing countryside. The spacious accommodation and grounds were particularly suited to the children who were in their element."
Guestbook comments from the owner
"Fantastic place - great for wheelchairs. Thank you for a wonderful week"
"A wonderful week- the gite was everything we would have wished for. For three families not to find any faults is nothing short of miraculous. The only major drawback was that we only booked for a week!!!"
"We have thoroughly enjoyed our week here with excellent accommodation and surrounded by beautiful and relaxing countryside. The spacious accommodation and grounds were particularly suited to the children who were in their element."
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(9 traveller reviews)
Chilling and Flying
Julia and Eric were perfect hosts - the gite is massive and well equipped. An excellent conversion in a really peaceful location which was ideal as we just like to take a week and relax. Just the two of us and so we had an incredible amount of space. The pool was lovely and we were blessed with terrific weather and so made the most of it with a BBQ most evenings. The sky at night is unbelievable - where did all those stars come from. Lastly we went flying in the auto-gyro and ultralight which was amazing - we flew over the Gite and uniquely for us we flew in formation which made it special. Thanks Julia and Eric once again - Colin & Karen Francis, Surrey UK
Fabulous pool and gardens
We were 3 families with 6 children aged from 2-10 years. The pool was fantastic, such a fabulous temperature and the baby pool at the end meant we could all be together in the pool and the very little ones were able to stay in as long as they liked. The grounds are extensive and we enjoyed a couple of great games of cricket and the children had plenty of room to run around. We also made the most of the outdoor bbq area. The only time we left was the daily commute for bread or shopping. The kitchen was well stocked with plates, glasses, utensils and we fell in love with the little lada and all its pots and pans. Overall we had a fantastic time in a fantastic location. Would definitely recommend.
Family reunion in France
We wanted somewhere that our whole family could be together. We travelled from England and New Zealand (via Austria), some flying, some driving .We did get a little lost right at the end but a very kind motorcyclist showed us the way.Ditch the satnav and use the directions given by the owners Julia and Eric.
We were all imediatly impressed by the Gite and were shown how everything worked then left alone to settle in. The age range in our party was from 82-15 years but this place would be perfect for younger children too.
If you are looking for lots of nearby restaurants, places to entertain you in the evening then this property is probably not for you, but to us it was perfect. We enjoyed the lovely pool, played boules, table tennis and took lovely walks. In the evenings we had leisurely home cooked meals/BBQ's sitting outside, then chatted and played cards etc. The kitchen is a pleasure to use.
On recommendation of Julia on where to go for a meal out locally we went to Anche to a new little restaurant Le Latino
no frills little place but the manager and his family were so welcoming and cheerfull that we had a fantastic night. We used the Super U in Vivonne (closes 12'oclock on sundays)
and ventured out to Futuroscope, but most days were happy to be by the pool.
This is perfect for a family/friends getaway to experience the real untouristy France and to put into practice your school french lessons!
We were sad to be leaving and all of us would happily recommend this lovely place. We have made such happy memories.
Perfect House for Large Families
Our family of 7 adults, 3 children and two babies found this the perfect house for our family holiday. It has good sized bedrooms and the most comfortable beds we have ever found in a rental property. The living area is very well equipped with plenty of sofas and a generous sized TV and DVD player. There were plenty of games, including basketball, a swing set, table-tennis and pool toys provided and the kitchen had everything one could wish for. The house was clean and tidy and everything was in good repair. The pool area was lovely, the pool heated and kept very clean by the owners. The garden was large and well kept and had plenty of seating and loungers. The owners were on hand when help was needed,(in our case, to arrange a visit to a garage for the car), but otherwise were very respectful of our privacy. The surrounding area had plenty of places to visit,the Monkey Village being a favourite of children and adults alike. The property is also only 11/2 hours from Puy De Fou, a theme park unlike any other. Other highlights of our holiday were visiting Poitiers, a lovely city to wander around and the Crocodile Park where the children fed the animals. We also went to Oradour-Sur-Glane, a memorial to a world war atrocity which is very moving and well worth a visit. All in all we found the house to be a wonderful property for a large family or group. It is a testament to the hard work the owners have put in.
Excellent house and very peaceful area
We like this place so much that we have been there three times already, one of them being for our wedding party - which was a success for all the guests!
The house is perfect and you can tell Julia and Eric put the time and efforts over the years to convert this barn into a very comfortable and well designed house.
We went with a few friends this time and we got to enjoy ourselves with a very sunny weather: whether it was taking a swim in the pool, eating on the big table on the terrace, playing sports outside or playing board games inside, it was the perfect weekend away from the stress of our daily lives for us!
There are also some very nice places to see in the neighborhood: Poitiers is a beautiful French city just 30 minutes away, with the futuristic and technological amusement park "Futuroscope" a little further away, and the "Vallée des Singes" (Monkeys' Valley) is a very nice ape-only zoo to go to!
Eric and Julia are fabulous people always ready to help us with our stays.
They have been exceptional when we organized our wedding and we can't thank them enough for all the help they provided.
It will surely not be the last time we'll go there, and we are very happy to have found this place!
Fabulous family holiday
Spent two wonderful weeks at the property with our family of adults, teenagers, children and toddlers. The property has been decorated and furnished to a good standard and provided all we could possibly need for our stay. The pool area is comfortable with plenty of sun loungers for everyone and just enough shade for when the sun gets too hot. The local area is absolutely lovely and spent many hours strolling up and down the country lanes - make sure you go and see the 300 yr old oak tree. Julia and Eric are the perfect hosts always there when you need them. Poitiers, Chauvigny and Montmillion are all worth a visit and not too far to drive. Photographs of the gate do not do it justice you will not be disappointed!
Activity and Interests
The closest airport is Poitiers airport which is only 25 miles away. La Rochelle and Limoges are also within easy driving distance.
High speed TGV train links means that Poitiers is only 1hour 20 minutes from Paris.
There is easy access from most ferry ports and from Paris via the A10 motorway. We are 4.5 hours drive from Saint Malo and Caen, 5 hours drive from Le Havre and 6.5 hours drive from Calais.
Basic provisions such as bread and milk are available in Champagne St Hilaire, which is 2 miles away, and the nearest town with banks, supermarkets, post office, chemist etc. is 4 miles away.
Further Details:
Our local chateau provides accompanied horse riding trips and canoe hire. The horse riding is often one of the highlights for our guests along with a visit to the amazing 'La Vallee des Singes' monkey park.
The world famous Futuroscope is only 20 miles away. The site with its stunning architecture of crystals reflecting the sky, mirrored façades, domes and translucent cubes resembles a scene from a sci-fi movie. It houses some of the most up-to-date projection systems in the world including an interactive 3D IMAX screen.
Poitiers is one of France's main centres of Romanesque architecture. Outstanding architectural heritage from the 11th century onwards it's a city with bustling and vibrant streets.
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
|Rental Period
|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
|Event Price
Spring Season
29 Apr 2017 - 7 Jul 2017
2 night minimum stay
for 2 nights
Peak Season
8 Jul 2017 - 1 Sep 2017
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Autumn Season
2 Sep 2017 - 15 Dec 2017
2 night minimum stay
for 2 nights
Xmas / New Year
16 Dec 2017 - 5 Jan 2018
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Winter Season
6 Jan 2018 - 30 Mar 2018
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
31 Mar 2018 - 6 Apr 2018
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Spring Season
7 Apr 2018 - 30 Jun 2018
2 night minimum stay
for 2 nights
Peak Season
1 Jul 2018 - 31 Aug 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Autumn Season
1 Sep 2018 - 21 Dec 2018
2 night minimum stay
for 2 nights
My Standard Rate
2 night minimum stay
for 2 nights
Additional pricing information
|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
Booking Notes:
The property is available all year round. Saturday change over in peak season.
Weekend stays, 10-day breaks or other periods by negotiation outside of the peak season.
Changeover Day:
Saturday changeover in the peak summer season. Flexible the rest of the year.
Notes on prices:
We can offer discounts for smaller groups out of season - please enquire.
All prices are quoted in sterling per week but we are happy to accept Euros. The price includes electricity, water, gas and an unlimited hot water supply. There is an additional central heating charge for winter lets. Logs for the wood burning stove are available at cost.
Owner's Cancellation Policy
- Cancelled bookings will not receive a refund.
- 12
- Available
- 12
- Unavailable
Property Type
- farmhouse
- Away From It All
- Family
- Historic
- Tourist Attractions
- Fireplace ...
- Hair Dryer
- Heating ...
- Internet ...
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided
- Living Room ...
- Parking
- Telephone
- Washing Machine
- Wood Stove ...
- Coffee Maker ...
- Dishes & Utensils ...
- Dishwasher ...
- Freezer ...
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave ...
- Oven ...
- Pantry Items ...
- Refrigerator ...
- Hob ...
- Toaster ...
- Child's Highchair
- Dining ...
- Dining Area
- Books
- DVD Player
- Games ...
- Ping Pong Table
- Satellite / Cable ...
- Stereo
- Television ...
- Toys
Pool / Spa
- Heated Pool
- Private Pool ...
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair accessible ...
Location Type
- rural
- village
- autumn foliage
- churches
- forests
- playground
- pond
- recreation centre
- restaurants
- theme parks
Leisure Activities
- bird watching
- horse riding
- scenic drives
- sight seeing
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- groceries
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- fishing
- freshwater fishing
- mountain biking
- paragliding
- swimming
- tennis
Floor Area
- 250 m²
- Toilet 1 - Toilet
- Toilet 2 - Toilet
- Ensuite shower room - Toilet, Shower Enclosure, Fully wheelchair chair accessible wet room
- Ensuite shower room 1 - Shower Enclosure, Ensuite shower and basin
- Ensuite shower room 2 - Shower Enclosure, Ensuite shower and basin
- Ensuite shower room 3 - Shower Enclosure, Ensuite shower and basin
- Ensuite shower room 4 - Shower Enclosure, Ensuite shower and basin
- Ensuite shower room 5 - Shower Enclosure, Ensuite shower and basin
- Upstairs: All 5 bedrooms have en-suite showers and basins. Separate WC and basin. Downstairs: The double bedroom has its own en-suite shower room with shower, WC and basin. Additional separate WC and basin.
- 6 Bedrooms, Sleeps 17
- Bedroom 1 - 4 Single Bed, 1 Cot, This bedroom can accommodate 4 single or 2 double beds
- Bedroom 2 - 4 Single Bed, This bedroom can accommodate 4 single or 2 double beds
- Bedroom 3 - 1 Double Bed
- Bedroom 4 - 1 Double Bed
- Bedroom 5 - 1 Double Bed, 1 Single Bed, This bedroom can accommodate 3 single beds
- Bedroom 6 - 1 Double Bed, 1 Cot
- Description of sleeping capacity: Sleeps 16 (6 Bedrooms) Notes on bedrooms: Upstairs: 2 double bedrooms and 3 flexible family rooms sleeping 3/4. The ground floor has 1 double bedroom. We are flexible and will arrange the bedroom layout to suit your needs. 2 cots are also available.
- Terrace
- Golf ...
- Kayak / Canoe ...
- Garden ...
- Barbecue
- Veranda ...
- Self-catering
House Rules
- Max. occupancy: 17 ...
- Min. age of primary renter: 21
- Children welcome ...
- Parties/events not allowed
- Pets not allowed ...
- Non smoking only ...
- Refund Policy Refunds for cancellations will always be made if we are able to re-let the property.
- Notes on accommodation: Wi-Fi available throughout the building. We will always ask for your preferred bedroom layout in advance of your arrival. Outside: The private pool is 12m long by 4m wide and is linked to a small toddler pool at one end. It is a salt water, solar heated pool with plenty of sun beds and two terraces, one in full sun and another terrace with shade provided by the pool house. The pool is securely fenced off in compliance with the latest French regulations on pool safety. Utility Room: Automatic washing machine, iron and ironing board. Plenty of cleaning equipment and airers. Leads to the ground floor toilet with WC and sink. Cleaning / Towels / Linen / Maid service: All the bedding and linen is provided. Towels and an optional end of stay cleaning service are available on request.


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Carburetor cleaning
Just thought I would share this with those interested.
I inherited a Honda Magna Motorcycle that had been in storage for a very long time. The whole fuel system had to be cleaned. As many of you know, today's carburetor cleaner is inferior to what we could purchase a few years ago. I thoroughly cleaned the carburetors no less then 3 times and still had a fuel issue. This is an extremely complicated and time consuming repair!
I did an experiment and soaked them overnight in "acetone".
The acetone did the job carb. cleaner couldn't. The bike runs perfect.
If anyone decides to do this---Use EXTREME caution with "acetone"
I used to rebuild carbs back in my college days, we used Barrymans B12 and it was great, the new stuff can do the job but it's not nearly as good. Acetone evaps too quick to use well in open area, if you have a large can or metal bucket and brush it'll do a great job.
The downside is that you need compressed air to get the passages and you reall got to watch the spray back, it'll get u in the eyes...
And we will all need to do this more and more - if they up the ethanol content, as is being discussed. I bought my boy a 90cc dirt bike and it did not idle without the choke on. I took it to a shop and they did a full carb clean, and explained that the pilot jet was clogged. It ran perfectly - I hid it for 3 weeks before Christmas, and then on Christmas day - same thing, no idle without choke! I pulled the pilot jet and had to RAM a wire through it. This ethanol fuel will varnish a jet closed in 3 weeks - wow! I've heard that "they" (we all know who "they" are) want to raise the content from 10% to 20%. I think many engines will just plain stop working at that point.:furious:
When I buy gas that may not be used in a couple of week, or so, I treat it with stabil. Any gas I put in gas cans, get the treatment.:thumbsup:
Yamaha makes a good carb cleaner available at their dealerships in quart bottles. You mix it with water according to the directions. The water should be hot. I put it in an old sauce pot and put it on a coleman propane stove out in the gravel drive by my shop. I use a low heat so the mix just simmers for about a half an hour. Cleans 'em right up. The other thing you should do if you are storing the bikes is to drain the carb. They usually have a drain screw on the bottom of the float bowl.
Mike Hawkins:)
true:thumbsup:back in the old days hotrodders always ''boiled'' their carb...as long as your mom wasn't around:wink:
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So I learned how to clean a carb myself with carb cleaner but it still needs it every month or so!! My next step was to try soaking it in gasoline based on a recommendation I got...see if that extended carb cleaning intervals. Would it be better to use gasoline or acetone for a soak? Is acetone safe on plastic parts?
Its just so ironic that the old clunker of a mower my dad had 40 years ago almost NEVER needed any maintenance. I think we're screwed between the EPA requiring these things to run so lean...and all the crappy gas.
Edit to add: And it seems to be a pervasive problem...my power walk behind edger needs a carb cleaning...so does my pressure washer....
piste---Would it be better to use gasoline or acetone for a soak? Is acetone safe on plastic parts?
On all carburetors I rebuild, I clean the outside with spray carb and choke cleaner, soak it in carburetor cleaner, and blow out all passages.
I only use acitone as a last resort and have never needed it on large carburetors.
Acitone will disolve a lot of rubber and plastic parts, as will carburetor cleaner.
Thing is---If you clean the outside of your carburetor, as described, and then soak, the cleaner will last much longer.
This info on Berryman's reminds me of Seafoam and wondering if that might work as well. My local Advance Auto has it in gallon containers.
The regular (pink) StaBil doesn't play well with gas containing ethanol. Had lots of trouble with my motorcycle because of it. I prefer Seafoam.
As far as carb cleaning, it's been a few years since I did any, but I had some sort of cleaner that came in a gallon can with a strainer basket inside. You put the parts in the basket and submerged them overnight. It worked well.
R U saying you use Seafoam as a preservative when storing gas for a while???
I use Seafoam in the gas tank of my motorcycle over the winter. That's the only gas I store - I have no lawn, hence no lawnmower. As for the StaBil, the blue (marine) grade is specifically for gas containing ethanol. Never heard of the Ethanol Treatment.
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Communication Tools That Can Lead to Trouble
The comments began pouring in shortly after an article by Jennifer Preston was posted on Nytimes.com this weekend about one of the thornier teaching issues of the day: the use of social media.
Many educators, school boards and districts -- including the city's Department of Education -- are struggling to find a balance to protect students from inappropriate behavior by the grown-ups in their lives using Facebook, Twitter and texting, while also allowing teachers enough freedom to take advantage of the social media tools that, after all, are how children communicate nowadays.
It's a tough one -- much like the one involving the cellphone ban in city schools.
The city's Education Department, in fact, is months behind on formulating a policy to help guide teachers and administrators, though it promises to have one in place in the spring. Meanwhile, complaints involving social media are on the rise:
Richard J. Condon, special commissioner of investigation for New York City schools, said there had been a steady increase in the number of complaints of inappropriate communications involving Facebook alone in recent years -- 85 complaints from October 2010 through September 2011, compared with only eight from September 2008 through October 2009.
New York is hardly alone. The article cites incidents from around the country about student abuse, which often begins with or involves texting, "friending" or private Twitter messages.
Later today SchoolBook will publish a post by Charol Shakeshaft, chairwoman of the department of educational leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University, who has studied sexual misconduct by teachers for 15 years. She will offer some advice on how teachers can navigate this treacherous terrain.
In The Times article, Professor Shakeshaft sums up the dilemma: "My concern is that it makes it very easy for teachers to form intimate and boundary-crossing relationships with students. I am all for using this technology. Some school districts have tried to ban it entirely. I am against that. But I think there's a middle ground that would allow teachers to take advantage of the electronic technology and keep kids safe."
To be continued ...
On Monday, The Times's Richard Perez-Pena reported that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would announce that Cornell University was the winner of the yearlong competition to create a new science graduate school on Roosevelt Island, his ambitious bid to spur a boom in New York City's high-tech sector.
The Daily News reports that the city's Education Department is investigating Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School, a transfer school in Brownsville, Brooklyn, for cheating on Regents exams last year. The school showed remarkable gains over the previous year, The News reports.
Marta Valle High School on the Lower East Side was deemed "persistently dangerous" by the state in 2008, but improved in 2009. The New York Post reports that students are complaining about lawlessness and violence there now -- something that the principal, Mimi Fortunato, who oversaw the improvements that started in 2009, denies.
Picking up on an Associated Press report, Gotham Schools said on Friday that New York State was not one of the nine states that the federal government had chosen to share $500 million for early childhood programs. The state had been eligible to receive as much as $100 million to help develop a "kindergarten readiness measurement tool" to assess children before entering school. Instead, the federal money was awarded to California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.
And two New York Times articles this Monday morning are definitely worth your time: Michael Winerip's On Education column, which looks back on a decade of New York's march to school accountability, and Jenny Anderson's fun profile of Elisabeth Krents, also known as Babby, who has been the admissions director at the private Dalton School since 1996.
The Local in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill reported last week on innovation at Public School 20. Because of budget cuts and the school's desire for a more hands-on life science program, the elementary school started its own farming program. Students could be seen planting bulbs for the spring.
On Friday The Choice blog reported on an erroneous "past due invoice" from the College Board that raised anxiety among already-edgy college applicants. The e-mail to an untold number of counselors and students solicited credit card information, warning that failure to provide it could result in having SAT scores placed on hold. The message did come from the College Board, officials said, but it should not have been sent.
And there are only two weeks left of 2011. The Learning Network now has up its News Quiz of the major events of this year, "with 52 blanks in it, each of which is hyperlinked to the Times source from which the item came," writes Katherine Schulten, who oversees the site, which is run by The Times. Also, she writes, there is "at the top of the post, the awesome, just-released 'Year in Rap' video from Flocabulary, with whom we're collaborating to run a rap contest for kids right now."
Gotham Schools' Rise & Shine post has a more complete roundup of news this weekend and on Monday.
On Monday the City Council will vote on requiring the Department of Education to notify parents of students and employees in New York City public schools of the results of testing or inspection for PCB contamination. The department would also be required to inform parents and employees of its plans for clean-up, and to submit "an annual report to the Council detailing the agency's progress on PCB removal and remediation plans, including an updated list of schools affected." The vote will be taken in the Council Committee Room, City Hall, at 2:30 p.m.
The hip hop artist Common will visit the Eagle Academy for Young Men in the South Bronx at 10 a.m. According to a news release, "Common will speak with students and tour the school with the school's founding principal, David C. Banks." The Eagle Academy is at 4143 Third Avenue.


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_winter farmers' market to begin, dec. 6 – montclair nj news – tapinto_
MONTCLAIR, NJ – An indoor Farmers' Market is scheduled to begin on Sunday, December 6 at the Old Mogul Theater located at 180 Bloomfield Avenue on the second floor. The market will run from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and each Sunday thereafter until March 6.
The newly renovated performance venue will open their doors to the public for the very first time with the Grand Opening celebration that will offer an array of fresh produce and will include live entertainment.
The Old Mogul
Theater building is a historic landmark of Montclair that has been revitalized into an intimate concert venue. Live music, produced by Joann Smalls, will feature local artists.
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"We're excited to offer a healthy resource to the Montclair community," said Dr. Kazim Mirza of the Indoor Market. "The Market at the Old Mogul will provide healthy food at an affordable price, access to health education, and great music."
Independent Farmers from the area will bring their finest goods to the Old Mogul Theater, the oldest theater in Montclair, says Mirza. His family has owned the building since the 1980's and he anticipates the indoor market being the first of many unique additions his venue will provide to the community.
"In addition to the food, every week the Market will host wellness and health professionals to educate the public about different health topics including how diet can improve diabetes, heart disease, obesity, arthritis, thyroid disease, and other wellness options and opportunities," shared Olivia Whiteman, a wellness coach and one of the Market coordinators.
Local officials will be on hand to officially celebrate the Market's opening says, Indoor Market organizers. According to the release, parking will be available during Market hours in the Pathmark parking lot.
Mirza says that SNAP, WIC and vouchers will be accepted.
"We're starting a new tradition in Montclair with the indoor winter Market, and we expect it will enjoy a long and fruitful life," added Dr. Renee Baskerville, councilwoman of the fourth ward. "We also expect to see lots of Montclair natives, but also friends and neighbors from far and wide who love good food, and fresh local goods."
Mayor Robert Jackson views the incoming Market in a positive light saying, "I am delighted that the Market at the Old Mogul is joining the lineup of great places to go and things to do in Montclair. Its proximity to the Pathmark is particularly fortuitous," says Mayor Jackson. "I hope that the greater-Montclair community will pay a visit."
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Dog-friendly Switzerland, 1 Dogs & Hot Tub
Fabulously located to provide you and your canine companion with the best of both worlds is the Pollux Mountain Chalet. Easy to access and with break taking views, this chalet offers high mountain seclusion and tranquillity. Tucked against a beautiful hillside and just 200 metres from the Matterhorn Express base…
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The wonderful Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)
Judy Garland, always thought she was gorgeous before all her pill use. Fun fact…her real birth name was Frances Gumm.
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20 Best Movies of 1940s - These are all favorites of mine except for " Citizen Kane".
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Final Job Fair for Teachers Seeking Work
The last recruitment event of this year's hiring season takes place Wednesday, as the number of teachers out of work more than doubled to 1,800 over the summer.
The job fair, at the Armory on the Hudson in Upper Manhattan, is by invitation only and teachers must register in advance.
Education officials said the pool of teachers looking for permanent positions spiked after approximately 1,000 teachers lost their positions at the end of last school year.
The number of teachers without a full-time position fluctuates seasonally. It is common for the absent teacher reserve, or ATR, to swell over the summer and then go down after teachers find permanent positions in the fall, said Connie Pankratz, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education.
But the city is trying to reduce the annual ATR pool size and ultimately get rid of those teachers who are being paid for full-time work but are not actively looking for jobs, or can't get hired. Last year there were just 800 excessed teachers on the city payroll, something both education and union officials said was the result of a new system of rotating teachers to different schools each week, giving them more exposure to schools that may want to hire them permanently.
The system also encouraged principals to use teachers in the reserve pool as substitutes, rather than hire substitute teachers with funds from their individual school budgets.
In an effort to shrink the pool even more, the Bloomberg administration and teachers' union have been negotiating a buyout plan for some teachers without permanent positions. Last May schools chancellor Dennis Walcott announced a proposal.
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It's a bit rambly at times (though not as bad as Keith Richard's autobiography) but still very insightful and interesting, if you like Johnny Cash.
I am glad I read this book, however, if it were anybody but Johnny Cash I would not have finished it. Too syrupy and religious for me. But I learned a lot about the man, his family, his friends, and his beliefs and I think I am better for it.
Facinating insight into the life of a legandary country singer. The one and only Johnny Cash.
The man has done it all. I love how it meanders and wanders from decade to decade, story to story. Bringing up one person, leads him to remembering stories about 3 others. It just flows like one long conversation, a conversation that i wish i could have been apart of. But after reading this, feeling i have a better understanding of the Man in Black.
Johnny Cash's story is thoroughly enjoyable. Instead of it being entirely about glorifying his musical career, you get a very personal glimpse into the his personal life detailing his family and those–within the music world and outside–who've helped him out along the way. A portrait is painted of his upbringing in the rural south, his search for meaning, a detour to the dark side, and ultimately getting in touch with himself and the earth. Very well-written and entirely worth it as this is one of the best autobiographies around.
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He was the "Man in Black," a country music legend, and the quintessential American troubadour. He was an icon of rugged individualism who had been to hell and back, telling the tale as never before. In his unforgettable autobiography, Johnny Cash tells the truth about the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs, and the people who shaped him.
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In the event I didn't make it to the Convention on Modern Liberty. If I'd known about the Orwell nomination a couple of weeks earlier I might have tried to blag my way onto a platform; as it was I'll have to rely on the extensive coverage in the Guardian.
One of the highlights was the novelist Philip Pullman, who delivered a rousing speech concluding with the thought that "We are a better people than our government believes we are; we are a better nation." I'm not convinced the government deserves all the blame for its pessimistic assessment of the public: mutual mistrust has become endemic at all levels of society, and it shouldn't be forgotten how often demands for more surveillance and more identity verification come from the bottom up, or have become internalised. How normal it now seems for shop assistants to diligently scan every fiver they're handed for signs of forgery, how easily people put up with such displays of impertinence. "Can't be too careful", we say, as though it the statement were obviously true rather than (as it is) absurd. Still, such pathological suspicion of our fellow citizens is certainly useful to the ruling securocrats.
His convention speech isn't Pullman's only recent intervention in this debate. The Times website yesterday hosted a superb article of his, a kind of prose poem about the crisis in civil liberties entitled Are such things done on Albion's shore? "The image of this nation that haunts me most powerfully is that of the sleeping giant Albion in William Blake's prophetic books," he writes "Sleep, profound and inveterate slumber: that is the condition of Britain today."
I was going to quote from it here in rebuttal of Jack Straw, but when I went back to check the server returned a "404 error". I assumed a glitch - at most, that the article had been published prematurely. I looked forward to reading it at leisure in the morning. Not there. Instead there was a long piece by David Aaronovitch telling us why we should all love Big Brother. For whatever reason, that article doesn't seem to be up on the site either.
Strange - especially strange that Pullman's essay also disappeared from Google's cache a couple of hourse later. Cached articles, even if deleted, tend to remain available for a few days at least. This does suggest an effort to remove it. Conspiracy sniffers quickly jumped to conclusions - that it had been removed at the behest of Rupert Murdoch, for example, or because some shadowy agent of the police state took fright at Pullman's eloquence. Unlikely. In any event, the article (retrieved just in time) has now been reproduced all over the blogosphere. I won't be following suit, mainly because there's a copyright notice at the end of the article and I respect copyright. Prim and old-fashioned of me, I know. But go and take look at it by all means.
Pullman writes:
We do not know what is happening to us. In the world outside, great events take place, great figures move and act, great matters unfold, and this nation of Albion murmurs and stirs while malevolent voices whisper in the darkness - the voices of the new laws that are silently strangling the old freedoms the nation still dreams it enjoys.
We are so fast asleep that we don't know who we are any more.
There is beauty there, but is there also truth. Needless to say, in his equally disappeared (or never posted) article for today's print edition of the Times, David Aaronovitch doesn't think so. He claims that the campaign against the current government's culture of repression and surveillance is little more than "a Poujadist moan of the aggrieved professional classes" who have "contempt for politics and politicians".
Aaronovitch drunk the Cool-Aid years ago, of course. Like Polly Toynbee he has long since made up his mind. Challenging his naive trust in the state on the Moral Maze the other week, Michael Portillo (who unlike Aaronovitch has actually been in the cabinet) told him that "the government routinely abuses the powers it has". And what did DA have to say about that? That "he would have taken it more seriously if [Portillo] had said it at the time." Hardly an adequate answer.
He has some similarly ad hominem arguments in this latest piece. For example:
Nor is the Convention entirely free of a certain casual hypocrisy. Here's one obvious example: the number of speakers or backers of the event who will raise a clamour about what they see as abrogations of freedoms in Britain while almost simulataneously sending birthday greetings to the semi-dictatorship in Cuba. The writer Victoria Brittain will doubtless fascinate on the subject of British collusion with human rights abuses in Guantanamo, but she recently offered the Cuba Solidarity Campaign a little herogram invoking "the Cuban revolution, with its great triumphs" as well as "the selfless ordinary Cubans" without once hinding at the admittedly depressing fact that these wonderful folk are not trusted with any political freedoms at all, and that dissent in Cuba is systematically suppressed. Remarkably, there are several others associated with the convention who have done exactly the same thing...
Very interesting, but scarcely an argument. From Stalin to Hamas, the British left has had a habit of indulging any regime that opposes the West. Even Mugabe is still regarded in some quarters as a great liberation leader who only went bad in the last year or two. Selective outrage is indeed hypocritical. But that doesn't mean that they're incapable of noticing what's happening in their own country, does it?
His other main argument - in partial contradiction to the above - seems to be that
much of the convention's rhetoric and animating spirit is of the "Britons Awake!" variety, lumping in the million irritations of modern cheek-by-jowl existence, such as parking wardens, road-space rationing, antisocial behaviour, regulation and refuce collection, with fox-hunting, counter-terror measures and the enforcement of immigration laws, to create one gigantic dismal, yowling portrait of "our rights" being taken away by "them".
there was an entire class of busybodies, from park wardens to playground supervisors, who spent the Fifties and Sixties telling people what was and was not in the by-laws. How we yearn for them now!
True, there have always been jobsworths and busybodies, people whose main pleasure in life lies in "just doing their job" while using their tiny piece of delegated power to make someone else's life a misery. The difference today is that such people have a greater reach, greater access to information, and, increasingly, legal powers of enforcement without resort to courts or even the police.
Aaronovitch's complacency on these issues - which basically boils down to "I trust the State, the State is my friend, the State would never harm me" - is both breathtaking and rather beside the point. Of course, the majority of people - people who aren't criminals, and who aren't activists either, people who keep their heads down and conform to the system - will not directly be injured by the overweening state. There will of course be people who are unlucky - who are mistaken for criminals through inevitable mistakes in the databases, or who put their rubbish out a couple of hours early and find themselves taken to court, or who lose their ID and discover they suddenly don't have a life any more. But they will always be in the minority. The real impact on the general run of people will be subtler, and has already begun. It is, not to sound too metaphysical, about what all the surveillance does to the soul.
Here Pullman nailed it, in lines that struck me with great force. Mainly, perhaps, because they mirror what I have thought for some time:
We can see you have abandoned modesty
Some of our friends have seen to that
They have arranged for you to find modesty contemptible
In a thousand ways they have led you to think that whoever does not want to be watched must have something shameful to hide
We want you to feel that solitude is frightening and unnatural
We want you to feel that being watched is the natural state of things
UPDATE (Monday March 2) The Times website has reinstated the article, but without any explanation as to what happened to it. A post on Liberal Conspiracy yesterday quoted an email purportedly from Pullman himself and headed "sinister disappearance" in which the author remarked, "My article has disappeared .... I'm just letting you know so that when I fail to turn up tomorrow you'll be able to tell people that the secret police have got me." Coincidence?
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Pulled Pullman, Absent Aaronovitch
In the event I didn't make it to the Convention on Modern Liberty. If I'd known about the Orwell nomination a couple of weeks earlier I might have tried to blag my way onto a platform; as it was I'll have to rely on the extensive coverage in the Guardian.
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- Edwin Moore said...
What a fine piece. I'm no fan of Victoria Brittain (why the hell did the Guardian take her back on after her necessary resignation as Africa correspondent?) or Portillo, but they are saying the right things.
The astonishing Harman is quoted today on the BBC web page re Goodwin's pension as saying
"The prime minister has said that it is not acceptable and therefore it will not be accepted. . ."And it might be enforceable in a court of law, this contract, but it is not enforceable in the court of public opinion and that is where the government steps in."
That;s a jawdropping piece of rhetoric.
- 1 March 2009 at 16:01
- Wasp_Box said...
Pullman's piece (I think prose poem is a good description) is a very powerful piece of writing.
I thought I was going dotty when I went back to re-read it and it had gone. One doesn't wish to add to conspiracy theories but he is a very popular author and that is a very stirring piece of writing. I wonder if someone got worried.
Edwin, I had to go and check - it seemed unbelievable - and there it is: The sum was unacceptable in "the court of public opinion," she told the BBC, and the government "would step in".
Jaw firmly on floor.
- 1 March 2009 at 16:34
- Toque said...
I spoke to Pullman at the Convention and asked him what had happened to the article. He was aware that it had disappeared, but as to why he didn't know. He didn't seem to think there was anything suspicious about its disappearance though.
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Last month, Love and Theft's Brian Bandas was the latest member of the trio to take the walk down the matrimonial aisle. On September 26, Brian wed girlfriend Kelly Barons in an evening ceremony at Nashville's Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, with about 175 friends and family members present.
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Many city leaders and urban activists trace the decline of federal interest in cities back to 1975, when President Gerald Ford refused to bail out a nearly bankrupt New York, eliciting the famous headline, "Ford to City: Drop Dead." But it was that same year that the first business improvement district was formed in downtown New Orleans. Realizing that the "federal doctor doesn't make house calls anymore," as Paul Levy, president of the Philadelphia Center City District, puts it, cities turned to the private sector for new development, and many have prospered as a result. "There's a sick irony, that the withdrawal of federal agencies from the cities has done more for the cities than all previous federal activities combined," says Lorlene Hoyt, an urban planning professor at MIT.
But the federal government hasn't entirely gotten out of the business of helping cities. Perhaps the most successful current effort is one that not too many people know about, even though it's existed for a long time. It's the General Services Administration's "good neighbor" urban development program, aimed at keeping as many federal employees as possible working in central cities rather than spreading them around to suburban locations and contributing to sprawl. GSA is the real estate manager for most civilian federal agencies. When it wants to locate a facility in a downtown area, it often has the clout to make sure the agency goes there. Much of the time, it does that in collaboration with a business improvement district or other local partnership.
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Chicago-based Leslie Hindman Auctioneers last week said rubber gloves, forceps, lip brushes, a comb, eye liner, needle injectors, and a toe tag, all of which were used on Presley ahead of his funeral in 1977, would go on sale on August 12.
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But Mary Williams, a spokeswoman for the auction house, said the instruments had been withdrawn from auction after the funeral operator laid claim to them.
"Due to questions of ownership, the retired embalmer and his son have decided to turn over the property to the Memphis Funeral Home and its parent company, Service Corporation International, with the intention of donation," Williams said in a statement.
Memphis Funeral Home President E.C. Daves also told The Commercial Appeal newspaper in Tennessee that there was no way to tell whether the items being offered for sale were authentic.
He said the retired embalmer claims he took the items after Presley was embalmed, but another employee told him the equipment was sterilized and used again.
Daves said the funeral home had no plans to take any legal action if the items were returned.
When announcing the sale last week, Williams admitted the auction may be controversial as some people "are going to be disappointed" by the sale of these items. Continued...


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"Happily it seems some mothers do still have time and energy for sex," says Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts - "and we've always been pleased to provide a go-to destination for straight answers when you need to ask life's important questions. We haven't received a single complaint from our four-and-a-half million monthly users about any explicit content since the infamous penis beaker thread.
"We aim to allow parents to anonymously share knowledge and advice, and occasionally that includes advice about sex. We think that's fine and healthy, as do our users."
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Subject: Lush bath bomb and glitter trouble
I've got glitter in my lady garden. It isn't coming out. I've tried everything, hopping in the shower, towelling it vigorously, it's not cutting it. It was one of those royal wedding bath bombs with ticker tape and festive glitter in it. I was enjoying it ever so much up until I started washing and discovered to my dismay that the glitter went much further than previously anticipated. The stuff is hanging on for dear life. It's like having shiny crabs.
For God's sake, hmm, I thought I'd spruce myself up on my afternoon off to look nice for DH when he gets back from work. Instead, I've got some sort of accidental vajazzle.
Subject: Oral sex advice needed — blush
Sorry for the graphic topic. DP and I have been together for nearly four years, and this is something I've never "given" him. I'm a bit shy when it comes to initiating anything sexual, which he says is silly as he's always up for it and enjoys what I do.
Anyway, I feel bad for not doing it but I just don't know how to initiate. I'm worried about hurting him/gagging etc. Can anyone offer any tips/advice?
BTW — he doesn't force the issue or even mention it — this is just me wanting to "reciprocate" occasionally.
Subject: My DH says he wants to take me up the …
… but I must admit, I have my reservations. It's not something he has ever suggested before and we've been married for 15 years. I'm quite adventurous and open to new experiences but really, I have to say, this has taken me by surprise.
Has anyone else been taken up the Oxo Tower? Was it enjoyable? Would you recommend it?
Subject: What's the worst/funniest thing a man has ever said to you after sex?
I'd been having a fling with a guy I had met online. He had come over and we had just DTD five times!! It was 3am and I was showing him out and he said "We'll touch base" (grin). I thought: "I'm never going to see this man again." And guess what, three years later, I still haven't. Thankfully I am now loved up with my lovely BF but that still makes me chuckle whenever I think about it.
Subject: I've just cupped my CO's penis by accident
I work at a friendly, very well-known company and have since the beginning of its existence. All the original staff do hugs and kisses on the cheeks as we have worked through thick and thin together.
My CO came over to introduce me to someone who is hoping to become a corporate client and went in for a hug.
I was totally unprepared and only got one arm around, the other was left straggling and I accidentally cupped his balls.
WE BOTH KNOW I CUPPED HIS BALLS — we exchanged an "I know you know I just felt your balls" look.
I'm mumsnetting in the toilet, shuddering in shame.
Subject: Help — DS1 has made a large clay cock
I mean, it is an erect penis. It is in proportion and quite detailed. He didn't intend it for a cock as far as I know — he was just messing about with clay, but the finished model is unmistakeably in the shape of a man's genitalia. It has a bell end and everything. Normally when DS has made a model we varnish it and put it on the windowsill. He is very proud of this model. Wtf am I going to do? The health visitor is coming round this week and it is not really going to impress her, is it.
Subject: 10-year-old DS has been asking about sex toys and what they're made of
Having established he found out about them on the internet I made a mental note to check parental controls. I stammered my way through a child-friendly explanation while his horror visibly increased, as did my own trauma.
He then asked about the duck ones his father had brought home a while ago. Turns out he was thinking about stress toys. We have agreed to brain bleach and never speak of this again. I wish I still drank.
Subject: DH's obsession (or whatever it is) is not normal
Today there was a mix-up at work with my shifts and I came home only 45 minutes after I'd left. I found my DH of seven years naked on the bed surrounded by all the stainless-steel kitchen implements we possess, rubbing a knife sharpener gently up and down an intimate area of his body. He was very aroused.
I know it's not another woman but what do I do about this? And the soft lighting and stuff? (He hasn't made that much effort with me for years.)
Has anyone ever heard of this? A knife sharpener, for goodness sake. I feel sick. Have obviously changed my name for this.
Subject: Horrible, horrible present mix-up involving sex toys (I have to go back in an hour)
I just met my best friend for a coffee, to give her her 30th birthday present before she goes off for a childfree sexfest week in Mauritius with her DH as a 30th birthday present (envy). I got her naughty Agent Provocateur knickers, a Kama Sutra, handcuffs, feather boa and chocolatey lube stuff. I hasten to add this was intended as a joke — I also got her a day at a spa. She actually unwrapped a boy's top from Zara Kids, a small puzzle and a Power Ranger action doll thingy.
This means the four-year-old boy whose party my DTs are at has unwrapped her present. Shock shock shock shock shock. I know for a fact it has been opened as there had been a small mix-up with times and they had to wait 10 minutes to be allowed into the soft play, so when I was leaving the birthday boy's mum was calling them over to open presents to pass the time.
Why did I use identical wrapping paper? But, more importantly, what do I do when I go to fetch the kids in an hour? Even worse, the whole of their nursery room was invited, plus a few other friends. Doubly doubly worse, I was the only mum/nanny to leave, so they will all know.
DP: dear partner
DH: dear husband
DTD: did the deed
BF: boyfriend
DS1: dear first son
DS: dear son
DTs: dear toddlers
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No, it's good. A little understanding of how nuclear reactions work help, but it's very good.
Re: The Genesis Clock
sort of like the moloko design a while back but better! its awesome you should be proud
Re: A New Calling
I would totally wear this.
Re: Spring Beginning
I like how everything jumps out at you. The bright blue birds against the black tee and the cool shading of the tree.
mrmiller1023 wrote:is it supposed to be a flower getting snowed on?
if that's your interpretation of it then yes
it's just a simple abstract i felt like doing.
peachwheels wrote:PLEASE tell me you were joking.
To the artist: Sweet design. I wouldn't wear it, but I appreciate the allusion.
PLEASE tell me YOU are joking about not knowing if he was.
smedgrick wrote:Looks like the jig is up. The cat's out of the bag. The constable shall whistle whilst twirling a baton no more. And you thought you could get away with it.
I feel like I should rebuke you for calling one vote useless; you're making me feel very unimportant and insignificant.
It's useless because it's a meaningless vote. If someone clicks the 'I'd want one' button, it should mean that they like the design enough to actually want it. Therefore, the vote total should be representative of the interest level of the Woot community in the shirt, and a fake vote doesn't tell me anything or help me in any way.
Re: 2009 Year of the Ox
The new lunar year is about to begin (26 JAN 2009) and it will be the year of the ox (or water buffalo for my Vietnamese brothers.)
Red 188C on a Cream Shirt
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theinfinityloop wrote:Oh this turned out great, Sharp! I love the detail on the snake and his red eyes. GMV!
Thanks, loop!
Re: 1928. The birth of an icon.
This is a beautiful and clever design, and I will be buying a few as gifts when it prints.
If this doesn't win I'll be a little sad. It's a sweet design. I totally want one of these!
i hope this one wins. i'm looking forward to wearing it.
Re: Life Renewed
When I buy my shirt, I want it to glow like in the comp. That's boss.
aha! I got it now. Very clever, and I like the classic look to it.
CherrieGirl31 wrote:I think it would be cute on a cream colored shirt!!
ohh, i think so too
Re: She Let Them Go
Out of all of the entries in the derbies, yours are always the ones I want to print (and then I get bitter when they don't!)
But then your new entry cheers me up again, so I guess that's good- right?
Ps: I really love the creepy looking birds
Re: The Open Road Outback
Love this!
y'know, I just don't see enough platypuses(?) on t-shirts - they need more love!
masterkraig wrote:Rejected!
It may exist but this one has the bonus of not having an LCD attached to it!
You can find non-animated versions of this all over the place: shirtcity.com, offline.com, pongalong.com, just to name a few.
Re: The Bad Egg
This one made me laugh- I guess you could say it "cracked me up" a little - ba-dum-cha!!
Great like always Boots
Re: Listen To your Elders...
I too am a fan of the hand-drawn sketchy style
Anthony3419 wrote:Hi Jimiyo,
Great design. Can you point me to where you got your t shirt template from?
the womens is from gomedia.us so i cant share it, but the mens is a generic i made which can be found
the others are decent too, but are supposedly for Threadless use only. i made those as well.
CarpoMarx wrote:Looks like some lesser entrants are probably gonna take you over in this (sad but true), but this is probably my favorite entry this derby, soooo, let's say, oh goshdarn, I dunno, 6 months or so down the line, if this were to become available, could you please let a brotha know? Thanks in advance, your BFF, CarpoMarx.
ah well... its cool. the ones winning are actually pretty quality. better than what i remember last year. and this one frankly took me less than an hour to make so... i dont expect to win 1000 for an hours worth of work. it was more fun. trying to make cute faces is moderately interesting. :D
ill try to put up my non winning woot shirts somehwere.. zazzle, cafe press whatever, if i ever get around to it. id like to wear a basement cat myself so...
Hope this keeps climbing Boots! I love it!
dekonstruct wrote:but the alien has such cute eyes, how could he possibly want to overthrow the human race?
He doesn't. He wants to reincarnate Poultra, his god, which will eat the human race.
at least I think that's what's going on.
What's the fastest a shirt has ever sold out because I'm thinking this might beat it.
Re: Very Young Plumber
Please tell me putting a star and a mario hat on a poor drawing, won't make it in the fog.
thomaswaldh wrote:ooohh i know that...
spiderman, right?
DARN IT! I was hoping you wouldn't get it on your first guess... ;)
AdderXYU wrote:I actually quite like this
I have to admit, this was quite surprising to see from you, Patch. I had heard some talk as to this concept and didn't foresee it coming it out like this. I think, to stay with the antique feel, I would have tried to work with a different palette instead. Browns on creme, or cremes and neutrals on brown. I know, I know.... those colors aren't as loved as asphalt. But I think that would be the only change I would have made. I'd lean towards cremes and neutrals on brown for a piece like this, but all in all, it works in the current palette just fine.
Wow, I love the concept on this one. Nicely done!
Oh Loopy, you're too awesome. You need to sit a few rounds out so that the rest of us can have a chance at winning, eh? ;)
I love it.
I have to agree, I would love to see this design on a shirt in my closet.
The lighting and shading on this are incredible. I'm impressed!
Re: The Genesis Clock (Blue)
This is awesome. (My first post ever!0
Re: Birth of A Tree
Sick Shirt man that must have taken all day to complete.
Pure enjoyment! +
I'm in the same place as the people who don't like Disney and think that the big paper in the middle wouldn't feel too good on a t-shirt, HOWEVER I want to give you props on the artwork. You did an amazing job, especially with the color limitations. It's really great.
perfect. well done and gmv.
Re: Hope Seed
The tree makes sense because it shows what the seed will become.
Re: Birth of the Moon
I really don't understand how anyone can see spider in any of this.
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Kuwait's benchmark SE Price Index was little changed, slipping less than 0.1 percent to 6,499.80 at the 12:30 p.m. close in Kuwait City. Dubai's measure fell 0.7 percent and Abu Dhabi's gauge gained 0.4 percent.
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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (ADCB) climbed the most since April 28, gaining 1.4 percent to 2.88 dirhams. The United Arab Emirates' third-biggest bank wants to to sell its 25 percent stake in Malaysia's RHB Capital Bhd. for about 10 ringgit a share, or at two times book value, the Star reported, citing people it didn't identify. A spokesman for the bank declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg News today.
Commercial Facilities Co. (FACIL) SAK declined the most since April 19, dropping 1.3 percent to 375 fils. The financial services company said first-quarter profit fell to 3.3 million dinars ($12 million) from 5.3 million dinars a year earlier.
Jazeera Airways (JAZEERA) KSC jumped the most since April 10, climbing 5 percent to 126 fils. The Kuwaiti low-cost airline reported a first-quarter profit of 1.1 million dinars after a loss of 4.5 million dinars a year earlier.
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The House of Councilors passed into law Wednesday a bill banning advertising discount sales that are overtly designed to offset the impact of the 2014 and 2015 hikes in the consumption tax.
The bill received plenary session approval chiefly from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its ally, New Komeito, as well as from the Democratic Party of Japan.
Under the temporary law, which will expire at the end of March 2017, retailers must raise their prices to reflect the hike in the consumption tax.
The 5 percent tax will be raised to 8 percent next April and to 10 percent in October 2015.
Policymakers worry that discount sales directly linked to the tax hikes could leave small and midsize wholesalers facing pressure from large-scale retailers not to raise their prices after the levy is raised.
To protect such wholesalers, the law prohibits any overt advertising of price cuts designed to counter the impact of the tax hikes.
Following the enactment of the law, the government began creating a list of acts prohibited under the law, including advertising discount sales and asking wholesalers not to raise prices.
The government plans to increase the number of staff at the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency to boost its supervision.
Infrastructure fund OK
The Diet passed a bill Wednesday to revise the law on the so-called private finance initiative and provide for a public-private fund to financially support the infrastructure development drive.
The Upper House passed the bill by a majority vote in a plenary session with support mainly from the ruling camp led by the Liberal Democratic Party. The bill earlier cleared the Lower House.
The revised law calls for establishing the fund to invest in or lend to private-sector operators of such social infrastructure as airports and water and sewerage systems. The Cabinet Office aims to launch the fund in September.


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Large, private-sector firms would be better first responders than government agencies in the event of a systemic -- cyberattack, according to a report released April 16 by the Atlantic Council.
"Governments must understand their limitations when it comes to managing cyber risk," the report said. "They cannot scale as easily as the private sector, and lack agility and subject matter expertise."
The U.S. government is best as a facilitator and funder of cybersecurity response, Jason Healey, the report's lead author, said in an interview.
DHS's approach to incident response, including its National Cyber Incident Response Plan, is generally a "classic chain-of-command" model and not mapped closely enough to how cyber-attacks actually unfold, said Healey, who is director of the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative. The Atlantic Council is a nonpartisan, Washington-based nonprofit focused on international affairs.
Federal resources are best spent funding private-sector R&D, he added, rather than the government itself trying to keep pace with advances in cybersecurity.
Healey pointed to the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center as an example of a successful public-private partnership on the issue. The center, comprised of banks and other financial firms, was "losing relevance," the Atlantic Council report said, until it received a $2 million grant from the Treasury Department in 2003. Today FS-ISAC is repelling Iranian distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, Healey noted.
To prevent a cyberattack from spiraling into a global contagion, there needs to be a better mechanism for global, public-private cooperation in place, Healey argued. The report offered a spinoff of the Group of 20 economies to fill the void. The "G-20+20 Cyber Stability Board," an idea inspired by Microsoft, would convene 20 governments and 20 large technology and telecom firms that contribute a bulk of the world's Internet traffic to draft cybersecurity principles.
"Such an idea could go beyond a single set of principles to a larger plan for risk management to deal with cyber shocks, with the financial sector as a model," the report stated.
The 2008-2009 global financial crisis is a cautionary tale for handling cyber risk today, Healey and the other report authors warned.
Healey, speaking April 16 about the report's findings, asked: "Why should we suspect that a cloud service provider is any more or less likely to be there from one week to the next than a bank like Lehman that had been around for over 100 years?"
The possibility of a "Lehman moment" for IT is looking less far-fetched with the public revelation of the Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw April 7, he added.
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DHS officials confirmed for the first time that Russian hackers tried to penetrate voting systems in 21 different states in the run-up to the 2016 election, but said the hacking did not affect election results.
After coming to terms with Cerner on a price for its electronic health record system, VA expects to pivot to finding an integrator to handle legacy interoperability and change management.
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Yes. The security component of any/every agency could bankrupt the agency if they got half of what they want. Add to it that each agency's IT component would be seen to hate the people they serve and you have a bankrupt agency with people who loath IT. Congress needs to find a way for each agency's non-IT component to want and need the security and beg the IT component to provide it. Short of that it's a waste of time and a no-win for IT.
The government need to work on contingency plans, and to know went and how to implement them. Given a worse cast scenario what do they do?
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