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Happy Clients in our South of France Villas
Here at Cote d'Azur Villas we have over 15 years of creating the perfect holiday in the South of France. In each villa we include a Visitors Book where our clients can leave comments and suggestions about their stay on the French Riviera.
We are delighted to share some of these comments with you
What a lovely place
What a lovely place and great host! We've enjoyed it very much!!
Woelders Family - July 2019
We had a fantastic stay
We had a fantastic stay in this amazing villa. It is a beautiful area, there's so much to see and do. We were very well looked after by the housekeeper and are very grateful to have stayed in your gorgeous villa!!
Thank you so much,
Adair Family - August 2019
Thank you so much
Thank you so much for letting us share your home in France. Amazing accommodation and great for adults and children. We can all agree that we have had an amazing week here together. Thank you so much again.
Family Legan - August 2019
Blown away by this villa!
So blown away by this villa. I booked it for my 70th birthday celebrations. I had tears in my eyes with laughter throughout the week. Now have tears as we leave... 2 weeks next year!
Thank you for all info and help. Stunning villa!
Lewis Family - August 2019
New - great quality and service!
The pool is amazing. The villa is new, with a great style and generally well equipped. Super beds and bathrooms. Grill, mixers, TV systems: Great!
Karine was amazing!
Villa is overall in super condition, brand new and super fresh.
What we also really appreciated were the small details like; hard rolled beach towles (daily), hard rolled small towels in bathrooms etc etc. All the comfort of a villa while the feeling of being taken care of like in a hotel.
Fam. Furuhjelm - June 2019
Lovely and peaceful holiday!
Wonderful villa! We felt very relaxed and at home here.
Looking forward to coming back next year.
Family Marsh - June/ July 2019
Excellent villa!
Excellent villa in every respect.
We have had a wonderful week away.
Family O'Keefe - August 2019
We really had a wonderful time!
We loved everything about this villa, inside and outside!
Hope we can come back soon!
Fam. Reimert - August 2019
We enjoyed everything!
We enjoyed everything about this house. And hope to come back soon!
Fam Mannerfelt - June 2019
The villa is perfect!
The villa is perfect. So is the location, and services by your agency (thank you Magali)
Thank you for everything.
Fam. Varga - July 2019
Wonderful stay
We really liked most of the villa and had a wonderful time. Can't wait to come back next year (and the year after!)
Fam Elmaleh - July 2019
Super family friendly
This is a super friendly space, a place for everyone. We enjoyed our time here immensely
Fam O'Grady - July 2019
Perfect for our family
What we liked most about La Clairiere was the fact that is was very quiet and disclosed. It was perfect for our family with two toddlers.
Close to the supermarket. We loved the outdoor area and there is a nice modern kitchen and bathrooms.
Dragland family - July 2019
We liked everything!
What did you like about the villa ?
Everything! A lot of space, new fully equipped kitchen and many bedrooms. Pool area is great and so is the entire property.
Fam. Eidesvik - June 2019
We love it!
We loved the proximity to the village, the views, the breeze on the terrace, the good pool...
We will come back next year!
Family Fenterstock - July 2019
Thank you so much for good service!
We have had a wonderful time here! The kids have been swimming every day and we have all tried the tennis courts.
Family Nedrebø - July 2019
Really nice!
What we liked most?
The really nice interiors, the beautiful garden, good location, clean and the beautiful pool!
Fam. Kowsky - June 2019
Perfect and unique!
Configuration of the villa combined with the spacious garden was perfect. The combined modern and classic French style made the villa unique.
Family Rode - July 2019
Beautiful garden and very nice pool
We especially liked the very nice interior. We liked the modern and minimalistic style, all very new.
Beautiful garden and very nice pool. All in all we had a great holiday in your special home <3
Fam Schioetz - June 2019
Very cosy and friendly feel
The beds, sofas and outdoor sofas all extremely comfortable. The garden is very pretty and the pool was wonderful too.
Family Turnbull - July 2019
Many thanks for a fabulous stay!
We absolutely loved the villa. Fantastic location, every detail was carefully thought through from the furnishings to the little touches. We loved the pool, the beds were comfy and the outdoor dining was brilliant.
Family Milward - August 2019
Great location: close to everything!
Great location close to Antibes / Juan les Pins and many destinations on the French Riviera. Good size rooms.
Family Frisch - August 2019
We are so grateful!
I wanted to say that we are really grateful for the maid and the chef services.
I have never had such a great in-villa services like at this time.
We have never been to a restaurant during our stay, because the Chef is fantastic.
The maid cares so much – flowers, cleaning – everything is just super.
We'll probably come back to this villa next year.
August 2019
Amazing house! Thank you!
Beautiful garden, well equipped kitchen.
'What can be improved?': 'Nothing!'
Family Campbell - August 2019
Loved the house and we will rent again!
The villa is lovely, as are the gardens. We loved how well maintained everything was.
Family Ein - June 2019
Great Holiday!
What we liked most about the villa ;
Excellent facilities, spacious grounds, large pool and lots of shade supplied by easily moveable umbreallsed. High quality furnishings. Great TV, wifi access to football and Netflix. Comfortable bedrooms.
Super responsive service from CDVillas!
We had a Great Holiday and will be back!
Morris Family - September 2019
Thanks for the quality !
Dear Isabelle,
We have really enjoyed a lovely week in Villa Peyniblou.
I would like to thank you and your colleagues for ensuring everything went smoothly.
Also, I would be most grateful if you could pass on our comments to the owners as I would like to thank them for the quality and completeness of everything in the villa.
Finally, thank you all again for ensuring everything went so well.
Best regards,
Fam Roe - September 2019
You went the extra mile!
Dear Team,
Thank you for your mail.
May I also take this opportunity to thank you and the CD villas team for all your support and help during our stay in Mougins. We had a few issues and each time you responded immediately and resolved the issue with speed.
Moreover you and the team went the extra mile, not just to advise us on home shopping, but also especially in getting medical help to my wife at very short notice.
Please pass on our thanks to the CD team and especially to you, Marjolaine. You were truly exceptional.
With best wishes from all the Rashids
Fam. Rashid - August 2019
Everything was great
Everything was great ! Thanks
Fam. Holmberg - July 2019
Sad to be leaving
Sad to be leaving this lovely, peaceful house which we've grown to adore over the past three summers. We will return! Thank you, and the owners. Warmest wishes.
Jilly and Tim - August 2019
So happy to come back !
We have been so happy to come back to your home which has been 'ours' for a few weeks.
We enjoyed every day, although the weather wasn't great we did enjoy sitting outside on the new covered terrace which was a pleasure. Thank you! The house was perfect as ever. Thank you again, we love to come back.
Doris & Knut - Austria - June 2019
Many thanks for a great stay
Somethings never change...
The train trip to Menton was a delight, a great day out. Weather was fantastic, blue skies every day.
Spending evenings around the new fire was a treat. As always many thanks for a great stay.
Mark & Sue, UK - February 2019
Wonderful experience
We very much liked the outside areas; very well done, secluded, amazing pool, large bedrooms, a lot of seating area and the views. Overall a wonderful experience. Liked the library too.
Fam Dusing - August 2019
Very comfortable
This was a very comfortable villa for 3 families, thank you.
Fam. Goldman - August 2019
We had a wonderful time
We had a wonderful time, everything was well organised, well explained and to hand. The pick up team very good too. We had everything we needed and have enjoyed our stay tremendously. Thank you very much, the Chetwoods
Fam. Chetwood - August 2019
Very well equipped
The villa was very well equipped, and has a lovely pool with additional solar panel heating when necessary.
Fam Pearson - August 2019
Amazing views
What we liked most about this property were the amazing views, the comfortable beds, great A/C and the pool area.
Fam Vahabzadeh - August 2019
We are so grateful !
"I wanted to say that we are really grateful for the maid and the chef services.
I have never had such a great in-villa services like at this time.
We have never been to a restaurant during our stay, because the Chef is fantastic.
The maid cares so much – flowers, cleaning – everything is just super.
We'll probably come back to this villa next year."
August 2019
Perfect for our family
What we liked most about La Clairiere was the fact that is was very quiet and disclosed. It was perfect for our family with two toddlers.
Close to the supermarket. We loved the outdoor area and there is a nice modern kitchen and bathrooms.
Dragland family - July 2019
Villa is perfect
The villa is perfect. So is the location, and services by your agency (thank you Magali)
Thank you for everything.
Fam. Varga - July 2019
We really liked most of the villa and had a wonderful time. Can't wait to come back next year (and the year after!)
Fam Elmaleh - July 2019
Splendid !
The villa was simply splendid! It is by far the best we have stayed in and working with your company was great. We will recommend both!
Brussat Family - July 2019
We liked it all!
What did you like most about the villa ?
Almost everything! Especially the different zones inside and out where one can relax and sit. Great to have 2 washing machines, 2 dishwashers and 2 fridges, and the boules court. Overall just a wonderful ambiance.
Fam Grunder - July 2019
We liked everything!
What did you like about the villa ?
Everything! A lot of space, new fully equipped kitchen and many bedrooms. Pool area is great and so is the entire property.
Fam. Eidesvik - June 2019
Very well equipped
We liked the colour scheme of the villa. Extensive array of kitchen equipment. Pool is very clean. Air-conditioning very efficient. Good hangout terrace.
Fam Andrews - June 2019
Beautiful garden and very nice pool !
We especially liked the very nice interior. We liked the modern and minimalistic style, all very new.
Beautiful garden and very nice pool. All in all we had a great holiday in your special home <3
Fam Schioetz - June 2019
New - great style and comfort!
The pool is amazing. The villa is new, with a great style and generally well equipped. Super beds and bathrooms. Grill, mixers, TV systems : Great!
Karine was amazing!
Villa is overall in super condition, brand new and super fresh.
What we also really appreciated were the small details like; hard rolled beach towles (daily), hard rolled small towels in bathrooms etc etc. All the comfort of a villa while the feeling of being taken care of like in a hotel.
Fam. Furuhjelm - June 2019
Really Nice !
What we liked most ?
The really nice interiors, the beautiful garden, good location, clean and the beautiful pool!
Fam. Kowsky - June 2019
We enjoyed everything!
We enjoyed everything about this house. And hope to come back soon!
Fam Mannerfelt - June 2019
The villa was beautiful
The villa is beautiful. It was perfect for what we wanted after some hectic touring in Italy.
Fam. Stewart - June 2019
Very comfortable house
Dear Team,
We have enjoyed our stay at Villa Pierres Rouges, with its high quality materials, features and equipment. Very comfortable house, completeness of necissities modern, nice and well maintained. Super details. We had a great stay.
De Wit - May 2019
Thanks for the great stay
Dear Team,
Thanks for the great stay and all your help,
The Aussies
May 2019
What a great time
What we liked most;
Lovely location - secluded and secure.
Great space inside, the gym is a real bonus. Nice fixtures and fittings.
Nicely decorated and maintained with really well equipped kitchen.
Lovely outside space with well maintained garden.
Strong Family - June 2019
Good Service !
What we liked most about the villa was its big garden, the pool the bedrooms and the kitchen... Great villa, we enjoyed it very much!
The service from Cote d'Azur Villas was very good as well. And very friendly and fast communication with the owners when we had specific requests.
Koning family - July 2018
Nice, modern and clean house!
We had a very nice stay at Villa Estelle and what we liked most was the clean, modern and lovely house. Also it is located very central.
The garden has beautiful olive trees, and in general it is very child friendly. We loved the veranda from the mornings till late in the evenings. And the Unicorn was great
Family Ilsink - July 2018
Great Villa
What a lovely villa, great facilities, great quality equipment, furnishing etc. Everything catered for, even Sky Sports !
And so conveniently being 10 minutes walking from the beautiful town of Valbonne. No need to venture far.
And a friendly welcome from yourselves (Cote d'Azur Villas)
Greenough - September 2018
Great Property Management services !
We bought our property in Saint Maxime in November 2017 and immediately looked for a company to handle local matters, financial issues arising and day to day maintenance & cleaning. After interviewing a number of options we settled on Cote d'Azur Villas and have been extremely happy and pleased with their performance ever since.
Milly Thomas, our regular contact point, is always easily reachable and responds quickly to any and all requests in a fast and efficient fashion. The company manages our cleaning, pool, gardening and utility contracts and all have been handled with trouble free competence.
Beyond the day to day, roof leaks during a storm, sticking shutters and the need to buy a new car have all been dealt with fuss free speed.
Just what you need in a management company. Dealing with Cote d'Azur Villas has been a pleasure.
Reed Family - August 2018
A Happy Villa Owner
We are so happy that we met you all over 10 years ago when we first came. You have always been there when something came up and we needed help or advice. Now we are looking forward to enjoying all this place has to offer.
Cote d'Azur Villas have successfully rented 2 properties for this owner and in September 2017 transacted the sale of her village house.
Soras - September 2017
Very Good and Very Comfortable
The villa suited our group well, it was well located and tucked away from view. The recommended car hire company were also great, smooth and saves so much time at Nice Airport. The cleaning service was also fantastic, well managaed and we were impressed with their efficiency.
Chapman - August 2017
Re-booked for the 4th Year.
Excellent! We have already re-booked for our fourth year next summer.
Stuart - United Kingdom - August 2017
An Excellent Vacation!
Thank you for an excellent vacation in Mougins. All of us really enjoyed ourselves.
Rashid Family - Zurich - August 2017
Absolutely Wonderful!
We are in one of your villas at the moment. First time with you. Absolutely wonderful and everything just as described. Easy to book and we would recommend your company
Kim - United Kingdom - August 2017
Great Service
Accommodation - Excellent
Cleanliness - Perfect
Booking procedure - Excellent
Overall just great service!
Robert - United Kingdom - July 2017
What a Great Place - Cannes Lions
We would all like to thank you for our stay at your amazing Villa. What a great place and it made our Cannes Lions a massive success. Thanks again and we will be in touch shortly to 're book for next year
Cannes Lions Clients - USA - June 2017
A Wonderful Stay!
Thanks so much for our wonderful stay here in Valbonne!
Holly & Grant - June 2017
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay!
We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Villa Peyrebelle. The villa and pool is just lovely. Valbonne village is charming, we have enjoyed the people and variety of restaurants.
We have been made to feel most welcome on the square. We have welcomed friends and family over the last month (and of course a little bit of work!)
Life is about making memories and we have certainly made many over the last month!
Lynis + Nick - United Kingdom - August 2016
Charmante Villa Peyrebelle
Nous avons pase un agreable sejour dans la charmante "Villa Peyrebelle". Villa avec tout le confort, amenagee avec gout.
Le jardin fleuri et la belle piscine sont ideal pour se reposer et d'ailleurs tout le domaine est un havre de paix.
On va surement revenir sur la Villa Peyrebelle quand il s'agit de passer de nouveau nos vacances dans la region.
Avec nos meilleurs salutations
Famille Heisbourg - Luxembourg - Julliet 2016
Beautiful villa !
Beautiful villa with wonderful stunning views. Loved the artworks! Good boulangerie on Rue St Basile for breakfast and relais des Arts in the sauqre for good atmosphere and a bit chaos ! And of course sun-downers on the terrace at Villa Cecilia
October 8-18th 2016
Carole and Lisa - Northhumberland - UK
We have enjoyed our stay!
We would like to tell you how much we enjoyed our stay at Valbonne. The apartment was perfect - beautifully clean, comfortable and nicely furnished. Also, of course, in a marvelous situation.
Thank you very much
Kind regards
Phil and Chrissie Butler
Wonderful time in the South of France
Mr. Connolly and his guests had a wonderful time in the South of France and thought the property was just spectacular. Thank you for all your help making their stay so enjoyable and seamless. I'm sure we will be in touch again next year!
Connolly Family - September 2016
Thank you
We would like to say Thank You for such a fabulous holiday in a beautiful villa.
Villa Tameye really does have everything that a family could want. We hope to stay here again next year.
Many thanks,
The Bone Family - August 2016
Outstanding villa !
Outstanding villa with beautiful views. Plenty of room for all of us.
Swimming pool was used everyday and everyone was relaxed.
Will recommend to friends and would love to return again.
Trice Family and Friends - August 2016
We will miss the villa !
We reiterate everything my cousin has said :
We will miss the view more than anything, so beautiful to wake up to each day.
We love the Cote d'Azur + Provence so much, and in particular this part of the region.
We haveenjoyed our stay at Mas Riu the most, so much to see and do. We hope to come back to stay very soon.
Au revoir for now !
The Hillier Family - 6-20 August 2016
We had a lovely stay
We have had a lovely stay at this beautiful villa and don't want to leave. I don't think I have stayed in a villa as nice as this before. The villa has everything 2 families with children need. It is very spacious and the pool was used all time. It was a great base to explore the surroundings. Cote d'Azur villas made booking the villa very easy.
Thanks for having us.
The Beard Family - 6-20 August 2016
Excellent stay !
Dear Team,
The accommodation, garden and pool were all fine. The maid service was excellent. They were all a delight to have around and very accommodating. Christian is an exceptional cleaner according to my wife who is not undemanding in such matters!
Please put us on your mailing list for villas in the whole of the area you cover: we may be tempted to another trip without our extended family.
Many thanks to you and your team for all your help in making the arrangements very easy.
Stuart - July/August 2016
Villa is beautiful
What did you like about the villa :
Location and stunning views.
Villa is beautiful and facilities excellent. Plenty of rooms for two families.
The Thilliers - summer 2016
A wonderful stay
Bonjour Marion,
We would like to thank you for a wonderful stay at the villa. We have enjoyed the villa and the area, as well as the lovely weather.
Kind Regards
Oakley family and friends - summer 2016
You were great !
Amanda was great !
Loved everything! Spent most of our time outside on the patio and pool. We felt at home. Beautiful locations nearby. Love Valbonne and easy access to the train. An amazing experience. Anja always there when we needed her.
Porter Family - July 2016
Thank you
What did you like about the villa :
We liked the living part upstairs, beautiful atmosphere and design.
We liked the swimming pool and the terraces
Groell - July 2016
We liked it all !
What did you like about the villa :
We liked it all !
The view, the space, the interior! For us it has been the ++ to an already good holiday !
Family Eriksen - July 2016
Nice stay
What did you like about the villa :
View, pool area, games room and space. Very well maintained. Thank you ever so much
Thompson Family - July 2016
Thank you for the memories !
What did you like about the villa :
Everything ! Beds comfy. Pool temperature great. Views, the village is amazing, especially the boulangerie on the square, would definately recomment to friends.
Thank you for the memories !
Fam. Shiel - July 2016
Thank you
Thank you for letting us stay in your house
Love from Holly xxxx (8 years)
Lovely time at your villa
We had a lovely time at your villa.
Enjoyed a trip by train to Ventimiglia and Monaco. Found a lovely beach at le Plage du Midi near Cannes.
Thank you
Lambert/Holman families - August 2015
Wonderful time
We had a wonderful fortnight at Violette. The weather was amazing - 30 degrees celcius every day. The pool was great, the children spent nearly all of their time in it.
Villa was clean and comfortable and well equipped. It was a fabulous holiday!
Thank you for letting us stay in your lovely villa.
The Jordans - Surray UK - Summer 2015
Thank you!
Thank you on behalf of my youngest sons family for your quick response. This prompt action has completely transformed the holiday for our whole family.
Sugden Family - July 2016
Amazing 2 weeks!
Dear Team,
I just wanted to write and thank you for having Domaine des Fleurs on your books - we had a wonderful two weeks there. The villa and gardens were beautiful and Mireille was amazing. She was so kind to us and looked after us very well. She was so quick to respond to any queries we had and was so helpful.
We can't fault your service and the quality of the villa so thank you very much.
We hope we will be able to rent through you again,
Many thanks,
Anne Learoyd - July 2016
A wonderful time at Villa Fleury !
A wonderful stay at villa Fleury. The children loved your pool and cinema room and we loved the peace and amazing views.
so convenient for everything but hard to tear ourselves away from such a nice villa.
The Thompson Family - 16 July 2016
Thank you so much for letting us stay in your villa. I loved the games room, cinema, pool and gym. Your house is very clean and peaceful and I had an incredible amazing time staying.
Love Evie
Thank you for a fantastic time here. It has been amazing. I especially love the pool and enjoyed the beautiful view.
Love Francesca
Thank you
Love, love, love your villa. Thank you so much for letting us stay in your lovely home. Brilliant time had by all.
Love from the Kings
Summer 2015
Fabulous villa!
What a fabulous villa!
Very well equipped, we've had a wonderful week, most time spent in the pool! Love France!
P. McCulloch - summer 2015
A fantastic stay !
We all had a fanstastic stay at your beautiful home. Everyone who stayed felt extremely lucky and everyone who visited felt extremely jealous!! It was a wonderful place for us to relax and escape the madness of the festival.
Thank you for the champagne and groceries you bought for us - it made our arrival very pleasant!
So sad to go home, but hopefully we'll be back!
June 2016 - Anne (Talent Republic)
A Fantastic Week!
We had a fantastic week in the villa - loved the villa itself and the surrounding area, thank you very much for all your help and assistance with the trip.
Your company has been a pleasure to deal with from start to finish.
Thank you very much. Would have no hesitation in using you again in the future.
June 2016 - TB
This villa was WOW !
A great testimonial from our clients staying at Villa des Bruisses in May 2016 :
1. How did the villa meet your expectations : "The villa was WOW!! Perfect ! "
2. Outdoor area and pool : "Awesome furniture, great pool"
3. Cleanliness : "Perfect"
4. Other : "The outdoor kitchen: you have an gas barbecue grill and a classic bbq"
Notes : we may want to return back to Villa des Bruisses next year !
May 2016
Thank you!
Thank you for all your great work. We are fully booked for this season.
May 2016
Love your villa
Love, Love, Love your villa ! Thank you so much for letting us stay in your lovely home. Brilliant time had by all.
Summer 2015 - Kings Family
Wonderful Villa !
What a wonderful villa and holiday ! Very well equipped, we've had a wonderful week, most time spent in the pool ! Love France !
August 2015 - McCulloch Family
An amazing week
We have had an amazing week staying in this beautiful house and gardens. I have celebrated my 70th birthday here with my whole family including 5 grand children, who loved the pool, tennis court and space around the house.
It couldn't have been better !
August 2015 - Granna Family
A fantastic week
We have spend a fantastic week at Domaine des Fleurs. We will never forget this wonderful house and garden, not to forget the quiet evenings with barbecue and family table tennis cups !
We would love to come back !
July 2015 - Sommerschild Wiggen Family and Friends
The most splendid time
We have both simply had the most splendid time. Hoping to see you next year and that this becomes the beginning of a wonderful tradition.
Lucy & Jo - Spring 2015
A special place
A special place that will hold many family memories
Susan Vaughan - Summer 2015
A real family holiday !
A real family holiday and fantastic time in a magical venue. Merci beaucoup, à bientot.
The McLellens - Summer 2015
Thank you !
Thank you for an amazing time! Celebrating our sister's 50th birthday
Cynthia, Keith, and Megan Wentzel - Summer 2015
Amazing Place
Amazing place - we have had a fabulous time at this beautiful location. Very comfortable. Hope to come back soon.
Summer 2015
Thank you so much for letting us stay in your lovely home
Dear Family, Thank you so much for letting us stay in your lovely home. We enjoyed it very much and the last two days were very special.
Although we are sailors we are impressed by this area so maybe it's possible we get back.
The Muris-Portocarero Family - Summer 2015
Thank you for making it possible !
Thank you very much for making it possible to live in your house for two weeks. We really had a good stay and enjoyed the outside, the swimming pool and of course the wonderful view.
Thanks from 3 families from Luxembourg - Summer 2015
Another amazing two weeks in your beautiful home !
Once again, another amazing two weeks in your beautiful home. Thank you. This is our second stay in Beaux Reves and it is our home away from home. The beautiful set-up and the spectacular view make our long trip from Haïti worth every second. Again thank you and we will definately come back in 2 years.
The Baussan and Fouchard families - Summer 2015
Thank you very much for a wonderful week!
You have an amazing house with an amazing view.
The Cadles and the Bagshaws - Summer 2015
Thank you (so much) again!
Thank you for all your help! The villa was absolutely beautiful and a saving grace for us. Thank you (so much!) again!
Edel - September 2015
Just a little background - these guests had organised their wedding in France and booked a villa directly with an owner for their honeymoon week. The day of the wedding the owners called to say that the villa was now unavailable. They contacted our rentals team and we found them a very last minute rental, starting from the day after their wedding.
It was the Real 'Wow' Factor
Thank you for allowing us to stay in your beautiful villa. It was the 'wow' factor when we walked onto the terrace and saw the fantastic views. We have had a super week and feel very relaxed for it.
Andrews August 2015
What a Fabuous Villa
Very well equipped, we've had a wonderful week, most time we spent in the pool.
P. McCulloch August 2015
It's Been a Great First Season
Thanks for a great summer, it's been a great first season, and we hope to have many more with you. If you have any other enquiries either short or long term then please let me know.
Michelle P (Villa Owner) August 2015
This Beautiful Area of the South of France
Just a quick note to say how wonderful our stay was at Riveloup and thank you for having us!! We have all had a fantastic time in this beautiful house and grounds. Some places worth visiting are Gourdon (on top of the mountain seen from the pool) and Tourrettes-sur-Loup. Valbonne has a great market as does Chateauneuf (typically French). We have had a lovely two weeks in this beautiful area of the South of France and hope to return soon. Michael and Pat 2013
A Return to Riveloup
A return to Riveloup and another wonderful holiday with all the family. Hot and sunny with clear blue skies most days. We've enjoyed visiting Bar-sur-Loup especially for early morning bread, Gourdon with amazing views and Valbonne which has a pleasant central square and the Matisse Chapel in Vence. We have really enjoyed our stay and hope to return. Jenny and Keith, 4 children and partners and 9 young grandchildren. 2013
We had a great time at Les Hauts de Tourrettes....
We had a great time at Les Hauts de Tourrettes. The view from the balcony must be the best in the region. It was superb being able to see the mountains, sea and everything between. we loved the village it had everything we needed. Sue Coulton 2013
Cannot believe how quick the week has gone....
5 Bells, 4 Redwoods & 5 Doyles. Cannot believe how quick the week has gone. Perfect weather. Fantastic trips. Excellent meals & beautiful scenery all topped off with a perfect pool. Thoroughly relaxes & none of us want to go! The Bells, Redwoods & Doyles of St Albans 2011
It is hard work being a visitor in a foreign country...
It is hard work being a visitor in a foreign country. Everything is a new experience – the A8, a map and a guide book become your best friends. There's no doubt that an oasis of calm and peace is the ultimate reward at the end of the day. We found one – it is called La Rivolte. Tanya & Gary Albott 2013
The view was amazing...
The view was amazing. I spent a wonderful time surrounded by family in this magical & peaceful place, Thanks a lot. Client 2010
I just wanted to say we all thought Riveloup...
I just wanted to say we all thought Riveloup was perfect for our first holiday as an entire family and we had a wonderfully relaxed week in your lovely house. It was a magnificent thrill to wake up and experience its warm embrace every day. With thanks to you and your team for all the help you gave us towards making this such a memorable holiday. Keith Pickering 2010
Thank you very much indeed for letting us use your beautiful villa last week....
Thank you very much indeed for letting us use your beautiful villa last week, it exceeded all expectations and we had a wonderful time. The house is really lovely and you have thought of everything, it is very well equipped and comfortable. The terrace is perfect with that amazing view, and the whole area is so lovely. We would have liked to have a lot longer, and are already dreaming about when we can return! Thank you so much for everything, you have been so kind and helpful. I hope the summer goes well for you, it must be a lot of work but you must make a lot of people very happy! Bridget Hugh-Jones 2012
Just wanted to send a quick note to say how pleased we were with Les Palmiers...
Just wanted to send a quick note to say how pleased we were with Les Palmiers. It was a lovely villa and suited our needs perfectly. In the end we spent most of our time in Mougins. The children loved the pool and Mougins had all the amenities we needed without the hustle and bustle of the coast. Linda Barlow 2011
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I just want to thank you for all the kind help and consideration in helping us choose Villa Rosa and in making our stay so enjoyable. We had a terrific time and were thoroughly satisfied with the accommodation. Please extend our personal thanks to the owners as well for being so considerate. To say we felt at home would be the understatement of the year. The villa was everything we could have asked for. You're a great company to deal with. We've recommended you to all our friends thinking of renting and hopefully they'll take it up. Absolutely brilliant and we look forward to next year Irene & David Kanarek 2009
Many thanks for your warm greeting on our arrival....
Many thanks for your warm greeting on our arrival. The villa was everything we had hoped for and more. Michele Whalen 2009
I just wanted to you a line to thank you so much for the villa...
I just wanted to you a line to thank you so much for the villa. We had the most amazing time and I have never been on holiday with a better view, it really is the most stunning view. J Spence 2013
Many thanks to Cote d'Azur Villa Rentals...
Many thanks to Cote d'Azur Villa Rentals - extremely professional and everything went very smoothly. Paul Stevens 2010
We would like to say that we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Riveloup...
We would like to say that we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Riveloup. The accommodation and facilities lived up to our expectations. We had six small grandchildren with us and they enjoyed the freedom to play in the spacious grounds and of course the swimming pool. As the pool has a security fence we were all able to relax in the knowledge that it was safe. We have no hesitation in recommending this location for a family holiday. Pat & Eilish Mahon & Family 2013
Just a quick e-mail to say we had a super holiday at Lauriers....
Just a quick e-mail to say we had a super holiday at Lauriers. The house is lovely and had plenty of facilities for a family with a baby and it was so handy for Valbonne eg. within walking distance. Please keep us on you mailing lists as I am certain we will return to the area and thank you for your assistance with high chair and replacement of the cafetiere, the general support and service with bookings/arrangements/local information etc. I trust that we can meet again in the future Kind Regards Pete Moore 2012
Just wanted to send you a thank you for our wonderful holiday...
Just wanted to send you a thank you for our wonderful holiday in your beautiful house. It is rare for a holiday to exceed expectations but ours did. The house was so well-equipped, perfectly located and full of those touches that make a place so special that I don't think the description on the website did it justice. I don't think any of us will ever forget eating our Provençal meals at the outside table, listening to the river and the screech owl, followed by an hour of lying on the loungers in the pitch dark looking at that amazing sky and spotting shooting stars. Not to mention driving up to Gourdon and being greeted by a violent thunderstorm - quite an experience. London seems almost unbearable by comparison. Thanks once again. Claire Lane 2011
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I would like to say that the whole process of booking and information for La Rivolte was excellent and we had a fantastic week there 8th to 15th September. In particular Suzie made our arrival run smoothly greeting members of our party as they arrived and was extremely helpful with her local knowledge. It is very obvious that she is passionate about La Rivolte and that we all would enjoy our stay. We also met Gay Arnold who did a fantastic job on our initial shop (great choices of wine from info I gave her) and she and Suzie catered for us on two evenings. Would highly recommend these services are offered earlier in the booking process. And worth noting is that the local supermarket deliver to the house - could save on car hire. Sally Newcombe 2013
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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for such an excellent service. We have used various companies in the past but your service was by far the most impressive. I was wondering whether we could book another week next year at the same villa?! Many thanks Bonita 2012
We had an excellent holiday and would be keen to book the same villa...
We had an excellent holiday and would be keen to book the same villa, Riveloup, again next year. It was ideal for our large extended family and safe and secure even for young children. Thanks for your helpful advice whenever we've phoned. The efficient way any minor problems at the villa were dealt with was much appreciated. Best wishes, Keith Dodd 2013
I just wanted to contact you to firstly say a huge Thank you...
I just wanted to contact you to firstly say a huge Thank you to you and your team for assisting in our stay at Beaux Rêves!! It really is the most fantastic property and would highly recommend it to anyone. We fell in love the local area so much that we are actually planning to marry there next year!! Thank you once again. Lorraine Fordham - 2013
I promised I would send you an e mail...
I promised I would send you an e mail to say how impressed we were with the villa (above) we stayed in last week. We have done many French holidays and this villa definitely ranks amongst the best. It was really the quality of everything that impressed us and the attention to detail. It was obvious that some considerable effort had gone into making this house a delight to stay in. It was a delight to use the kitchen as there was plenty of everything from huge pots and pans to plenty of dishes and glasses etc. The tennis court was excellent as was the size of the gardens/terraces. Ten out of ten from us all. Also thank you to the staff at CD Villas for your efficient service and help. Thanks. Client 2009


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News trumps all other analysis. While I don't see anything that Bernanke said that would warrant today's action, obviously the market did and that's all that matters. Even with today's mega rally, $SPX was not able to close above yesterday's high and it clearly didn't close anywhere near yesterday's low so there is no legitimate 'sell' signal for $SPX.
The market can correct through time or price and right now it is correcting through time. If markets don't give us a pull back next week, then it's time to label this as merely a consolidation period which then should lead to the next part of the rally leg. I don't see how we can move higher without a pull back as buying at the highs is not generally a profitable strategy but if the market wants to go higher then that's that's.
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It does not appear that Vipre will allow the user to specify a website to be blocked. Rather, Vipre uses it's own rules to determine if a malicious (or potentially malicious) website should be blocked.
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Temperatures in Alaska during the summer range from 55°F-80°F. Night times and early mornings are cooler, from the 40's - 50's. Late August and September departures could encounter cooler temperatures and slightly fewer hours of sunlight, as fall arrives early at these latitudes.
Alaska is our country's northern most state. It's above Canada and close to the North Pole. The cruise ships visit places with lots of ice, and you can take tours which give you the opportunity to go dog-sledding or trek across a glacier. With this said, you would expect it to be very cold in Alaska. It can be, but not really in the May - September Alaska Cruise Season.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
The Maze Runner
Thomas wakes up in the Glade, yet he doesn't know where he, who he is or what he's doing there. All he remembers is his name. He looks around and notices that he's in a colony surrounded by boys around the ages of 13-18. Unfortunately, no one remembers their ages or much of anything either. He initially meets Alby and Newt, the leaders of the Gladers. Thomas quickly learns that surrounding this colony is a giant maze, and all the boys know is they must find their way out in order to return home.
Ready for the catch? First, there are these half machine/half animalistic creatures called the Grievers who mainly come out at night. They'll sting you and send you into a state of shock the other Gladers refer to as "the change." Second, there are the tiny bug like machines that the Creators use to watch the Gladers. As far as anyone knows, the Maze consistantly changes, the doors to the Glade will always close at night, but reopen in the morning, and a boy will always be sent up at the same time, same way once a month.
Too bad everything's about to change. The day after Thomas is sent to The Maze, a girl is sent up. The first girl and last person to be sent again, ever. All Thomas knows is he might have the key to solving the Maze, only if he can open his mind and remember.
What do I think about The Maze Runner? Absolutely amazing. It took me back to my childhood days reading Lord of the Flies and back to my present day obsession with The Hunger Games. There are twists and turns everywhere leaving the reader anticipating the Gladers' next move. I must say, everything I expected turned out to be wrong. Figures, right? And it'll leave you with an edge of your seat ending, gasping for more. I recommend this to fellow Sci-Fi fans or anyone looking for a book filled with action, suspense, adventure and a tad bit of romance.
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A Neighborhood Overview of Penns Grove, New Jersey
Penns Grove is located in New Jersey. Penns Grove, New Jersey has a population of 4,666. Penns Grove is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 41% households with children. The county percentage for households with children is 28%.
The median household income in Penns Grove, New Jersey is $29,461. The median household income for the surrounding county is $55,267 compared to the national median of $49,877. The median age of people living in Penns Grove is 32 years.
The average high temperature in July is 87.5 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 27.9 degrees. The annual precipitation is 40.66.


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Antelope Audio's Discrete 8 Microphone Preamp Interface brings a new level of sound quality and power to home studios and mobile recordists.
It comes with 8 console grade 6-transistor discrete preamps, 121 db dynamic range conversion and rock solid clocking.
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Console-grade 6-transistor discrete microphone preamps
Turn the expensive sounding Discrete 8 mic pres into classic units via Tube, Transformer and FET based circuitry in real-time
Premier real-time FX including BAE, Grove Hill, Gyraf Audio and Lang classics to use in the Easy Panel or in a DAW
Discrete 8 features Antelope's 4th Generation 64-bit Acoustically Focused Clocking (AFC) technology
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A testicular exam is an inspection of the appearance and feel of your testicles. You can do a testicular exam yourself, typically standing in front of a mirror.
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How did it come to this?
It's cliché to say that conservatives are "tougher" than liberals. And yet over the past several decades, there's little doubt that the Right has steadfastly persevered with its anti-tax doctrine despite convincing evidence that its theories have worsened California's economic outlook. Meanwhile, the Left slowly abandoned its pro-government principles despite proof that its ideas helped the economy grow.
Indeed, even while Reagan caved to progressive fiscal ideals still dominant in the late-1960s, the core pro-corporate, anti-government message of his backers — a group of ultra-conservative auto dealers, real estate magnates, and oil tycoons — advanced over time, winning numerous legislative and electoral victories, lowering taxes and starving government of revenues. Liberals, by contrast, essentially stood by and allowed it to happen, historians and political observers note.
"No [Democratic] leader made the public case that these were tax cuts for the wealthy and the corporations, and that they were shifting the burden of taxation to homeowners and individual workers," noted Jeffery Lustig, a founding member of the California Studies Association, and professor of government at CSU Sacramento.
Instead, Democrats like Brown have retreated to a position that is to the right of the early Reagan. Party leaders now reflexively advance budget cuts, lacking the political will or — thanks to constitutional reforms sponsored by conservative activists — often lacking even the legal ability to progressively tax, prudently borrow, and consistently spend money on schools, housing, and medical care, to say nothing of creating jobs for California's working families.
It's a dynamic that author Chris Hedges has diagnosed as "the death of the liberal class." Leftist Democrats who used to serve as a counterbalance against the Right have all but disappeared from the halls of power, replaced by "centrist" and "fiscally responsible" neoliberal politicians resembling Bill Clinton.
California led this national political shift to the right on fiscal issues. Brechin believes that state Republicans have simply been more effective over the years in using propagandistic mass media to sell their message and mold the public discourse, thereby ensuring corporate control over the levers of government. It's an increasingly popular thesis, and some research has pointed out how resource-rich and focused the Right has been in funding ideological campaigns and media-savvy spokespersons — for example, through the recent investments by the billionaire Koch brothers in the Tea Party.
And yet one of the basic messages of the Right — that government spending is out of control — does not comport with the facts. "The facts in California are that spending has been cut by $15 billion in the last three years," said Jean Ross, director of the California Budget Project. "In the budget that the governor vetoed [last month], state general fund spending, the pot of money that pays for health care and education, and where the deficit exists, would be at its lowest level as a share of the economy since the mid-1970s."
The Brown administration's budget proposal released in May noted that general fund spending for the coming year would be "at its lowest level since 1972-73," the mid-point of the Reagan era in California when an average of 5 cents per every dollar of each resident's income funded state government. Reagan actually oversaw an increase in this ratio. By 1976, the state was spending 6 cents per every dollar of individual income. The first incarnation of Jerry Brown — the "Governor Moonbeam" who fought for some progressive policies — boosted this figure to a high of almost 7.5 cents until it was brought down to an average of about 6.5 cents under successive governors. In other words, any further reductions in tax revenues today would actually constitute a record gutting of the state government and bring us back to a pre-World War II version of California when there was far less public investment in education, infrastructure, and health.
Although there's truth to the charge that some public-employee compensation and retirement packages in California have become unsustainable over the past few decades, and that the costs of some state government programs have grown faster than inflation in years past, it's also true that politicians, especially California's, have been irresponsible with fiscal surpluses, historians and political observers note. Too often, extra revenues have been squandered with tax cuts and rebates that outlasted the booming economic times that produced them, leaving the state drained of funds and fiscally handicapped when conditions turned sour. In short, California's rainy day fund has been too small, while the political pressure to rebate taxes (thereby effectively shrinking government) in fat years has grown increasingly more powerful.
Fred Block, a UC Davis sociologist who has been studying California's economy for decades, argues that history shows that despite the Right's message about government spending hurting the economy, the facts, again, prove otherwise. State government has been pivotal, he noted, in fostering California's economic dynamism and prosperity by taxing progressively and making large investments in education and other services. This relationship is in opposition to the Right's notion that taxes and government spending harms the private sector. Block calls this the "Myth of the Vampire State."
"The truth is that — as in the past — higher taxes and higher public spending are the key to future prosperity," Block continued. "California's prosperity over the last three decades was rooted in the spectacular productivity of Silicon Valley, the earnings of the LA-based entertainment industry — movies, TV, music, and video games — and dramatic growth in biotechnology firms. All three of these growth centers were themselves extremely dependent on the state's investments, going back to the 1950s."
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This is a post from the Amateur Hour series my friend Corinne and I created last year. You can find all 12 weeks of writing at http://www.AmateurHourBlog.com or download the entire project as a PDF here.
A couple months ago Game Theory wrecked my perspective on Comparison.
From the back row of a leadership conference, I scribbled notes down as Simon Sinek delivered a strikingly honest and practical talk about millennials, the workplace and Game Theory to a crowd of middle-aged businessfolks.
Now I'm not nearly smart enough to understand—much less explain—Game Theory to you, but the simplified concept is super practical for us both. So I'll do my best.
(I recommend you watch the whole talk here. This is 30 minutes of GOLD for any twenty-something. The last 10 minutes he discusses the concept below.)
Your life is a Game.
And in Game Theory there are two types of games.
Finite games have known players, fixed rules, and an agreed upon objective.
Sinek uses baseball as an example.
There are winners and losers and at the end of nine innings, the game is over. It's all about beating the other guys. You study the competition, watch game film, and strategize your batting lineup to hopefully dominate the game.
Or if you're the Cubs, you just get lucky once every 108 years.
Infinite games, however, have known and unknown players with changeable rules. The only objective is to keep playing. There are no winners or losers. People only lose when they lose the will or resources to play longer.
Conflict, Sinek explains, arises when you pit an infinite player vs. a finite player. The Finite Player's only desire is to win. The Infinite Player doesn't care for rules, much less winning and losing.
Example: The United States in Vietnam. The US fought to win, the Vietnamese fought for their lives. There was no way to formally "win" the war because the adversaries were playing two completely different games.
James Carse, who wrote a book about the concept, explains that,
"Finite players play within boundaries;
infinite players play with boundaries."
Life is an Infinite Game.
Yet we often pretend we're playing in a giant competition instead.
The goal is to beat everyone else, right?
You need to be better, faster, more liked and more powerful than the next guy. At all costs, win and definitely don't lose. The problem being, of course, there are no defined metrics to win by and you'll ultimately finish dead last however you measure it.
Infinite Players play against themselves. They work relentlessly—no matter what everyone else is doing—every single day to be better than yesterday. To grow stronger, dream bigger, love better and do things that matter.
If we're going to kill Comparison before it kills us, we have to trade the Finite for the Infinite.
Negative opinions of the crowd are rendered meaningless when you're not actually playing against them. Sometimes you will be ahead and sometimes you will be behind compared to others, but it never matters.
All that matters is moving forward the best you know how.
"It's not about outdoing anyone, it's about outdoing yourself. You are the competition… Because the joy comes not from comparison, but from advancement." —Simon Sinek
You can't afford to play the Finite Comparison Game anymore.
Life is not a big competition.
Your success is not mutually exclusive with everyone else's.
I'm not on Earth to beat you and you're not on Earth to beat me. As much as I've treated it like the Hunger Games in the past (minus the brutal murder part), it's not.
We're each living with our own circumstances and boundaries and hardships.
And in this game, it doesn't matter how you compare to others.
It matters that you grow better than you were yesterday.
That you confidently move forward.
One rambling step at a time.
Here's the challenge I'm taking this week, I hope you'll join me.
Yesterday I stole a baseball from my roommate's car.
And I'm going to carry it around with me over the next week or so as a reminder to play the Infinite Game. To quit keeping score and to live above comparison and competition.
We all need reminders to drop the rankings and live our own stories.
Maybe it'll look weird when I walk into work with a baseball in hand tomorrow. But hey, comparison is an absurd thing. Let's kill it with an absurd solution.
This will be my reminder.
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Pizza, Ice cream, Cake; all the finest things have their own national days, so it should come as no surprise that national orgasm day 2016 is a thing too. And what's more, it's today!!
I love a bandwagon, so here I am hopping about the National orgasm day 2016 with my very own blog post.
My thoughts on orgasm are at two extremes of the orgasm spectrum.
You see, my devotion to M initially made me want to give her as many orgasms as possible. This is how our journey down the sex toy route started off. It became apparent over time that quantity is not everything, and so attention turned to quality. That's great since sextoys still play their part, but now a focus is much more on learning about M's body, what she likes and what she doesn't like. I have learned to read her bodily movements, her changes in breathing, the little flickers of sinews in her extremities that tell me whether what I'm doing is right or wrong. You see – sex toys don't mean a loss of intimacy; they facilitate stronger relationships, and ultimately awesome orgasms.
Awesome orgasms have become a bit of an obsession. What started off with a simple cock-ring to enhance penetrative sex became a rabbit for M to use. Then a vibrator, and then a dildo, and before long I'm this sex toy hoarding orgasm-junkie. And they're not ven my orgasms!
Only I'm not. I actually don't orgasm that frequently, and this brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum i mentioned earlier. What started out as a hygiene thing, and not wanting to have to clean up after my mess has become interest in chastity play, in tease and denial and in ruined orgasms. But, you see, this way lies a bit of an epiphany.
Be under no illusion that I absolutely adore M being in control, and the teasing, and everything else too. It's a happy coincidence that the greater the time between my orgasms, the stronger those orgasms become. And therein is the eureka moment. For us, it seems the longer between orgasms for me, the greater the orgasm, but the more frequently M orgasms, the better. The fact that aligns with my kinks is all the better.
Through my teens and into my early twenties I had become pretty good at the quiet orgasm. Not through want but through need – living first with my parents and then with peers. Now, however, I am incapable of a quiet orgasm. In our adventures together, M has figured out my body just the same way I have figured hers out. I think it's widely acknowledged that there are many female erogenous zones, but what of the male?
There is so much more to an orgasm than just concentrating on the sticky out bit. Yes, some teasing, edging or denial will result in a more explosive orgasm, but why be satisfied with that? Men have nipples – personally I like mine being bit, hard, but for others it might just be a gentle tweak. I have a spot just above my pubic bone which when stimulated makes the testis on the opposite side jiggle about involuntarily. It's a pretty odd feeling, and one which M takes great delight in making happen.
So, my message to you, my dearest reader, for national orgasm day 2016, is it's all about the orgasm but also not all about the orgasm.


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A wild whirlwind of a mess, without any coherence, without even a guiding principle.
This film tells us that the gulf between what we want to know and what we can know may never be illuminated.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
Scout Tafoya's series on underrated films heads into the 2020s with a Tony Scott classic.
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterpieces celebrates Steven Soderbergh's Solaris.
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho pens a letter to Roger about Michael Apted's 63 Up.
An FFC on Gavin Hood's Official Secrets.
A review of FOX's 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler.
A personal report from the 2020 CCA Awards.
You take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day long in the hot sun, it makes him a good boy. That's our philosophy here at Camp Green Lake. So says Mr. Sir, the overseer of a bizarre juvenile correction center that sits in the middle of the desert, surrounded by countless holes, each one 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide. It is the fate of the boys sentenced there to dig one hole a day, day after day; like Sisyphus, who was condemned to forever roll a rock to the top of a hill so that it could roll back down again, they are caught in a tragic loop.
"Holes," which tells their story, is a movie so strange that it escapes entirely from the family genre and moves into fantasy. Like "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," it has fearsome depths and secrets. Based on the much-honored young adult's novel by Louis Sachar, it has been given the top-shelf treatment: The director is Andrew Davis ("The Fugitive") and the cast includes not only talented young stars but also weirdness from adults such as Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Blake Nelson and Patricia Arquette.
In a time when mainstream action is rigidly contained within formulas, maybe there's more freedom to be found in a young people's adventure. "Holes" jumps the rails, leaves all expectations behind, and tells a story that's not funny ha-ha but funny peculiar. I found it original and intriguing. It'll be a change after dumbed-down, one-level family stories, but a lot of kids in the upper grades will have read the book, and no doubt their younger brothers and sisters have had it explained to them. (If you doubt the novel's Harry Potter-like penetration into the youth culture, ask a seventh-grader who Armpit is.) The story involves Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) as a good kid who gets charged with a crime through no fault of his own, and is shipped off to Camp Green Lake, which is little more than a desert bunkhouse surrounded by holes. There he meets his fellow prisoners and the ominous supervisory staff: Mr. Sir (Jon Voight) and Mr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson) report to The Warden (Sigourney Weaver), and both men are thoroughly intimidated by her. All three adult actors take their work seriously; they don't relax because this is a family movie, but create characters of dark comic menace. Voight's work is especially detailed; watch him spit in his hand to slick back his hair.
"Holes" involves no less than two flashback stories. We learn that young Stanley comes from a long line of Yelnatses (all named Stanley, because it is the last name spelled backward). From his father (Henry Winkler) and grandfather (Nathan Davis), he learns of an ancient family curse, traced back many generations to an angry fortune teller (Eartha Kitt; yes, Eartha Kitt). The other flashback explains the real reason that the Warden wants the boys to dig holes; it involves the buried treasure of a legendary bandit queen named Kissin' Kate Barlow (Arquette).
There is a link between these two back-stories, supplied by Zero (Khleo Thomas), who becomes Stanley's best friend and shares a harrowing adventure with him. Zero runs away, despite Mr. Sir's warning that there is no water for miles around, and when Stanley joins him, they stumble upon ancient clues and modern astonishments.
LaBeouf and Khleo Thomas are both new to me, although LaBoeuf is the star of a cable series, "Even Stevens." They carry the movie with an unforced conviction, and successfully avoid playing cute. As they wander in the desert and discover the keys to their past and present destinies, they develop a partnership, which, despite the fantastical material, seems like the real thing.
The whole movie generates a surprising conviction. No wonder young readers have embraced it so eagerly: It doesn't condescend, and it founds its story on recognizable human nature. There are all sorts of undercurrents, such as the edgy tension between the Warden and Mr. Sir, that add depth and intrigue; Voight and Weaver don't simply play caricatures.
Davis has always been a director with a strong visual sense, and the look of "Holes" has a noble, dusty loneliness. We feel we are actually in a limitless desert. The cinematographer, Stephen St. John, thinks big, and frames his shots for an epic feel that adds weight to the story. I walked in expecting a movie for thirteensomethings, and walked out feeling challenged and satisfied. Curious, how much more grown up and sophisticated "Holes" is than "Anger Management."
The 2020 Oscar nominations.
A review of Netflix's Dracula, from the creators of Sherlock.
A review of the new Netflix crime docuseries about former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez.
A collection of the reviews given our highest possible grade in 2019.


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Ronnie was all grins as he approached the Livin and Dyin' in ¾ Time Boys table, where the gang was enjoying the last rays of the day's tropical sunshine and some icy cold cheladas con Corona.
"Damn Buster. I'm glad to see you. I heard you were dead," laughed Ronny as he pulled up his usual chair.
"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated my friend. Having said that, what's so funny about my death anyway," asked Buster. "You look a little too happy about that Ronny."
"Actually, Twain said that but if it helps, I wiped the tears right before I got here. Seriously though, you guys are gonna love this one. I was walking past the Loco Coco, and I guess the guy is new, cause he didn't know I was local. Anyway, he asked me if I wanted to sit down and I said no thanks, I was going to Buster's on the Beach. And you know what he told me? He said, 'they're closed! Buster is dead.' I told him great, that means I can drink for free today, and away I went! As I'm walkin' away the guy actually says, 'damn dude, that's cold'."
"Wow, that might be a new all-time low, even for those guys, which is quite a feat actually," piped in Giles. "Saying you were closed down, kicked out of the country or arrested for kicking Santa Clause and little puppies, well, I can understand those sort of things. They say that stuff all the time. But saying you are dead? Man, that is really low. Good thing your Mom isn't in town."
"Yea, she'd hit the dude with a chair, knowing her. You should have heard what they told one of my guests the other day," laughed Buster. "One of their waiters told a guy he was my son and that I really owned the Loco Coco and send all my overflow there, and since I was full that day, he should just stay right there and wait for Buster to come later. I've been meaning to go down there and tell him that was a good one. Didn't work of course, since the guy who said it was older than me, what a dumb ass, but it was still a good one. Gotta give some credit where some credit is due I suppose."
"And that doesn't make you mad," asked Giles?
"Are you kiddin'? That place is a joke! When that dump is full and Buster's is as empty as their brains, then I'll worry about the likes of those clowns. People want honesty and quality …"
"Yea, yea, whatever Buster," interrupted Ronny. "We know all of that rah rah stuff. You're a great guy and all but can I change the subject to something that is a bit more important. I got something here you guys ain't gonna believe."
"Oh, here goes Jethro. What do you have, magic beans" giggled Giles.
"Hey, I'll come over there and kiss you right on the mouth, you don't shut up and let me talk. Don't think I won't either Tinkerbell. So anyway, I'm talking real estate to this guy who is returning from an all-you-can-drink day I fixed him up with at Senior Frogs. We'll of course he had a great day, and he comes back drunk as a pig wanting to buy a $39,000 casita we have for sale. This cat falls into a chair at my desk, writes a check for 39 large and leaves the name blank on it! He hands me that and his business card and stumbles out the door and back to the ship. Can you believe that!"
They all gathered around the table and looked at a new, hand written personal check from one Gerald Roberts from Sante Fe New Mexico, and a business card from the Principle Broker of the Sante Fe Sunshine Realty Company with the drunk man's smiling face on the front.
"He said he was too drunk to sign a contract and besides he said, 'this is Mexico, we don't need no stinkin' papers'. Said he loved this place he'd be back in a couple weeks to pick up the keys?"
"So you gonna keep the money," asked Rick. "You could probably get away with it. It'll be a while before he realizes what he did. Might never remember if he was that drunk. I know you Ronny, you could have it all spent long before he realizes."
"Naw, booze and whores are cheap in Belize," laughed Giles. "Not sure even Ronny could spend that much, that fast, even if you threw in the cost of the Viagra, which I'm sure he'd need a lot of."
"That really hurts my feelings fagboy! Just for that, if I do keep this, you are not coming to Belize with the rest of us on the $39,000 road trip. Right guys! I'd probably have bought you a couple little Belizean boy toys if you hadn't insulted my "stallion-ish" ego like that."
"I'm not real sure I want to go to Belize with you and $39,000," laughed Buster. "I can just sit at a table with you and a bottle of tequila and wake up next to death. You'd get me killed for sure with those crazy-ass Belizean women and 39 grand in your pocket. Kinda fun to think about though?"
"Yea, woke many times in Belize next to death when I lived down there. Death's name was usually something like Melinda or Cecilia though," laughed Ronny. "I'm tellin' you, them Belizean gals are not to be messed with. Why do you think I'm here?"
"So what are you really going to do with that check Ronny," asked Rick. "You do know you can't actually do anything with it."
"Nothing but have some fun with him, cause he don't really know that I can't do something with it and neither do you. Hey, this is Mexico, where anything is infinitely negotiable. What I ought to do is fill out the papers, close the deal and get my commission, cause Daddy needs a new pair of shoes. Then just mail the guy his keys. Hey if he don't want the property, maybe he'll want me to sell it for him, since I'm the only real estate guy in Mexico he knows. Hell, I did what he said to do, so that has to be worth something. When was the last time a real estate agent actually did that?"
"If he is a real estate guy, he probably won't want you to sell it. He may have been drunk, but he was still a real estate guy. Even shit faced, he knew a good market when he saw one. He'll probably buy another when he comes back sober," said Buster.
"You're probably right for that matter. But naw, I'm not going to do any of that. I think I will have some fun with this guys though. As we like to say around here, "Don't worry, what happens in Mahahual … ."
"We laugh at after you leave," the others all said together!
"That's right. I think I'll have some pictures made of me and send them to him in an email and tell him to see the attached photos if you want to see what happened to the check. I'll borrow Don Jose's new convertible, get my picture made with about 6 pretty girls in bikinis riding along. We'll pose drinking champagne and eating lobster on our balcony over at the Quinta Sol Hotel. How funny would that be. Maybe even sitting on Juan Carlos' boat and what the hell, get more girls. A rich man can't have too many pretty girls, is what I say."
" That is funny. Mean, but kinda funny!" laughed Buster. "So what will you do with the check?"
"No worry. The last photo will be the check on fire. That should slow his heart beat back down to normal before too long."
"Ronny, how do you get yourself into these sort of things," laughed Rick.
"Same way I get myself out, usually doing something stupid, just like this. And speaking of stupid, you remember that guy at the Coco Loco that I talked to a while ago. Remember I said he didn't know I was local? Well he also gave me a coupon for a free shot of El Compadre. I told him I had a some friends who might want to come, so looky here, he gave us all one. Looks like a few extra too. What say we take these and go down to the Coco Loco, have some tequila on the house and stiff the waiter on his tip. Maybe I'll put on a show and burn that check in front of everyone while we're there. I'll say this dude went to Clemson and that I'd rather starve than take money from a Clemson man. Buster, you got the camera?"
"I always have the camera when you are around Ronny, and yea, an El Compadre on the Coco Loco sounds good. Let's cha cha!"
With that, the boys got up headed for the free tequila and a Ronny show. Hey, it's not like they can go golf!
And so it goes, when you are Livin' and Dyin' in ¾ Time!


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Especially special people who work for the government.
One thing in particular in the story strikes me:
"One employee pled guilty to engaging in a
criminal conflict of interest for accessing taxpayer information for the
purpose of conducting a private tax and accounting business," TIGTA
...criminal conflict of interest...? I thought it was flat criminal to access taxpayer information for non-IRS purposes, so where's the charges for that?
Oh yeah, I forgot: special people.
Well, isn't that cheerful news at the start of winter?
The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command admitted Thursday China can shut down the U.S. power grid, Fox News and the Associated Press reported. Admiral Michael Rogers made "the grim forecast" before the House Intelligence Committee, confirming what has been "widely known" but never officially owned up to, the report noted.
"Rogers said he believed China along with 'one or two' other countries had the capability to successfully launch a cyber-attack that could shut down the electric grid in parts of the United States," the report noted. "U.S. adversaries are performing electronic 'reconnaissance,' on a regular basis so that they can be in a position to attack the industrial control systems that run everything from chemical facilities to water treatment plants."
Wonder if this came up while The Lightbringer was kissing the PRC ass a few days ago?


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Production: Publishers Get a Few Steps Closer to the 'Publish-Once, Output-Many' Model
Flash back to the 1990s. The internet was a gleaming new tool. ISPs like AOL and Netscape were making mainstream access to it possible, though they were charged exorbitant hourly rates to do so.
At print and publishing conference around the United States, publishers of all genres gathered in big halls and listened to panels of tech experts about what the internet could mean for their future business models. And while there was a certain amount of fear that digital would one day destroy the print model, the vibe was mostly upbeat and excited. It was a dynamic time, rife with opportunity to publish in new ways and reach new audiences.
The challenges to multi-channel publishing were quickly realized, however. The most formidable one was how to manage content that was purely digital but intended for different output media and specifications. Take, for example, images. How would a single photo file be parsed to print in high-resolution format while also being down-sampled on the fly to a lower-resolution version for publishing on the web? Today, that's even more of a challenge as publishers level mobile and social media, too.
Steady Progress
Two decades ago, publishers hoped for help from developers who would create centralized, output-platform independent and highly automated solutions that would help them do just that.
Catalogers took the lead. That industry quickly realized that customers would soon expect to browse inventory online and initiate their transactions electronically, so they went to work creating behemoth content management systems that would act as a "living" repository of images, product information, and pricing. A single change to content made to the repository would immediately be reflected online and in a future print output. But the systems they built were expensive and required a lot of tailoring and engineering to make them do what they needed them to do.
As newspapers began to really struggle with their business model during that decade, hiring an SAP consultant to build a custom workflow of this kind was simply out of their budgetary reach.
There have been many developers in the years since that have afforded newspapers the technology to publish digitally. They not only push content to the web or mobile apps but they are adept at measuring the reach and popularity of that content as well.
When social media flourished in the past five years, again, developers stepped up and created low-cost applications that allowed publishers to "publish once, output many."
But there remains a disconnect between the print and digital workflows at many newspapers across the nation—so much so that it has impacted the organizational structure. There are print teams and digital teams, working side-by-side yet redundantly in many cases. This can mean two teams for newsrooms, two teams for production, even two teams for sales, all dependent on the output medium. And while there is an argument to be made that content should be optimized for output medium—perhaps long-form reporting is better suited to print, for example—this two-pronged approach seems inefficient at a time when newspaper organizations need efficiency more than ever.
Patrick O'Lone is the director of software development for TownNews.com, one of the developers that have been diligently working to create that seamless, platform-independent workflow that publishers need.
"Newspapers' attitudes towards multi-channel content has been a work-in-progress for years, but is now starting to ramp up," O'Lone said. "I am seeing more and more newspapers starting to adopt an online-first workflow where content is first posted online and then pulled into the print product as the deadline approaches."
Still, there are the perpetual challenges of standardized output files, which are perpetually changing in the digital space, particularly with digital images and now video.
"The technology mostly exists to make print and digital co-exist in a seamless workflow," O'Lone said. "For a lot of newspapers, as revenue continues to decline, keeping up with modern equipment, web browsers, software, and tools is becoming challenging.
"A lot of tools are provided by companies like TownNews.com, which can help newspapers better push content to multi-channel (output)— print, web, and mobile—consolidate page design and layout workflow, and provide automation of updates to content."
With investment in not only the technology but also skilled IT staff, publishers may finally leap the hurdle and move one step closer to that Utopian workflow imagined all those years ago.
O'Lone added, "In the long run, I think that web and newsroom teams will be consolidated for most organizations."
A Workflow in Transition
"We're in the middle of a content management transition," said Matt Leclercq, managing editor and head of audience strategies at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. The formerly family-owned publication was acquired by GateHouse Media last fall and currently is in the process of adopting the parent company's workflow: a new front-end system for print and a new web content management system developed by NEWSCYCLE Solutions. Prior to the acquisition, the publisher had two systems—one for web, one for print—and Leclercq noted that it was imperfect but workable.
"Our front-end system is fairly antiquated and not used by anyone else in North America anymore, I believe," he said. "We originate most articles in this system, and then export them to our web CMS. Most articles are exported multiple times as the stories develop. Once the articles import into the CMS, usually within five minutes, we have web producers who layer on digital content, including photos, related stories, slideshows, embedded tweets or videos, etcetera, and give the article appropriate play on the homepage.
"The system has been imperfect because we have had to operate in these two different systems—a web team that focuses their time in the CMS, and much of the rest of the room that is operating in the front-end system," he said.
Their current solution also served as the newspaper's mobile platform, but post-transition, Leclercq predicts that the new mobile strategy may include a native application.
One of the most significant ways in which the content management structure impacted the news organization in Fayetteville was in staff and training. Prior to 2013, the web team worked exclusively in the web CMS. That was deemed inefficient, too, and more of a cross-functional approach was adopted. Increasingly, staff outside of the web team were trained to use the web CMS, so that they could also manage content, blog and create photo galleries, for example.
"Today, almost everyone has exposure to the CMS, and at least understands how it works and can speak the language," Leclercq said. "We work much more as a team, in terms of a shared sense of urgency in reporting the news online and our awareness of how content should play on the web and on social (media)."
The transition to the new content management workflow designed by GateHouse Media carries on, but the ripples of the changes can always be sensed.
"In terms of managing content for different channels, I would say that we've largely streamlined it to one main flow," Leclercq said. "Most content originates in the front-end system, and our newsroom editors promptly read it and export it to the web. The editors ensure the stories remain updated for the web throughout the day, and do the final edit for print before moving the files to the print copy desk.
"Our morning editor meetings are focused almost entirely on digital—what we have on the site now, what our competitors have, and what's coming in during day and how it will be played. That's much different from, say, four years ago when most of the room focused on the print channel, except for that web team that would passively take the content online when it was ready."
While the Fayetteville Observer is quite literally in the midst of transforming its editorial content workflow, that sense of transformation is likely felt at thousands of other newspapers across the nation, too, as the multi-platform workflow of the future is, at last, within reach.
Gretchen A. Peck is an independent journalist who has reported on publishing and printing for more than two decades. She has contributed to Editor and Publisher since 2010 and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Name: Dan Pontefract
Occupation: Author, thinker, speaker, educator, father
Beverage: Coffee
Meet Dan Pontefract, the author of The Purpose Effect and the Chief Envisioner of the TELUS Transformation Office. He's a Royal Roads MBA alumnus and an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria. As you might expect, he's a very busy guy, so we decided to "meet" for our coffee over Skype from our office in Vancouver and his home in Victoria.
I try to go into each of the 500 Coffees as a blank slate, intending (and maybe even hoping) that the caffeine-fueled conversing of two strangers will yield more interesting results than prepared interview questions. However, after stumbling across one of Dan's TEDx Talks, I couldn't help but get excited about asking him about why he's dedicated his life to helping people find their "purpose", particularly within the world of corporate organizations — a world I've managed to avoid for most of my life in pursuit of my own purpose.
Our conversation was brief, but Dan's unique perspective certainly made up for our lack of time. Topics bounced between an existential analysis of millennials, to anecdotes about Canadian musicians and at least one mention of "goat herding," which may or may not have been a reference to parenting teenagers.
The England-born, Hamilton-raised father completed his undergrad at McGill University, which eventually lead him to a high school teaching position where he described encountering an overwhelming "fog of apathy" from his fellow teachers. Rather than succumb to the indifference of his peers, Dan made it (one) of his life's missions to inspire people to change their lives for the better. In the years following, he moved out west and decided to improve his education by pursuing an MBA at Royal Roads University, a move that has since enabled Dan to move into the many positions he holds today.
Dan has mentioned in past interviews that his time at Royal Roads was essential to both for how he views leadership and how he teaches others to be engaged, collaborative leaders. From the way his program was delivered, to its focus on collaboration, it's clear that those experiences continue to guide him to this day.
When I asked Dan what exactly it is he does, he described himself as a "corporate sociologist" that has always felt some "palpable resonating concern" that we're all faking our way through life, particularly when it comes to work-life.
To put it simply, Dan's work is underscored by belief that what we do for a living should be in harmony with who we are and what we want to achieve as individuals. Dan feels that too many people define success and their worth with a purposeless desire to "climb the ladder" simply because it's there to climb. In layman's terms, too many of us are settling instead of working towards things we're truly impassioned by.
One of the things I found most interesting about Dan is that he's not optimistically preaching that everything will be fine if we quit our day jobs and follow our dreams; his perspective is rooted within formal organizations and his day-to-day includes working on changing the problem from within. Dan feels too many businesses foster office culture that breeds indifference. As the Chief Envisioner of the TELUS Transformation Office, Dan helps improve engagement and organizational purpose to ensure that employees can fulfill their own personal purpose.
When I asked Dan if he ever finds himself experiencing the apathetic character he's devoted his life to working against, he admitted that even he has bad days. However, even in the bad, Dan seems to find an opportunity. "The bad days for me are never a question of purpose or self, it's always a time of reflection to ask, 'Could I have done that better? Was there an alternate way of handling that?'
"The bad day isn't the mistake; it's how you treat it. Mistakes are opportunities. Sometimes the greater learning is through your mistakes. If you're not comfortable in your own skin while mistaking, you'll never learn."
Dan's not technically a motivational speaker, but everything he says is pretty damn motivational.
So I asked him, where does a person even start with defining their "purpose" and subsequently recognizing their life? "It really is up to us, so plan accordingly. It's our responsibility to develop ourselves and define who we are." He's a huge proponent of higher education, as his time at Royal Roads University marked a clear pivot from his potential life as a dispirited teacher to the rousing change-maker he's become today. That said, he feels one should follow this path only if it directly contribute to fulfilling their unique goals. Once again, he reminded me that as business owners, as employees and as people, we all need to define our purpose and then act, plan and execute accordingly.
"Listen, think, do" is his personal mantra and it certainly seems to be working for him.


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the second mod someone stole it.
this baby is already 3months old now and still in my hands.
reason why i still in this mod because of battery usage im so stubborn getting my battery just to charge it. about this mod its freaking awsome maybe nextmonth im going to buy tye touch screen cuboid already. cheers guys vape safe!
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