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'Escape' from Cleaning by Hiring a Housekeeper?
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Q - Like many folks these days, my wife and I are strapped for relaxing time — juggling several jobs leaves us with little time at all (or desire, or motivation) to clean our apartment. We feel a bit guilty saying that we need help but the truth is, we think hiring a weekly cleaning person will save our sanity. Our friend in LA gave us the idea and, it seems like a great "escape" right here in our own home. The problem is, we don't know anyone who has hired a cleaning person in Boston! Any references or advice would be greatly appreciated...
We already feel a little weird wanting someone to come clean our 1000 sq ft apartment but we have absolutely no idea where to find said someone or how much to pay. Our friend in LA pays $30 per visit but we have a feeling its a different situation out there. Thanks Apartment Therapy! The thought of being able to come home to a clean house and actually enjoy our small amount of free time just sounds so great. Frank and Jen
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Don't feel weird about hiring a housekeeper. It was fairly common practice not so many decades ago.
And in this economy with so many people discontinuing their housekeeping service because of the cost, you can be sure that there are plenty of people out there who would be glad to have you as a client.
Check out Angie's List, Craig's List, and the yellow pages.
I used to clean a lady's house when I was a teenager....but these days you can't find a teenager who will lift a finger, lol
I'm not in Boston, but I've had cleaning people in Texas, Florida and now in DC. If you're nervous, I'd recommend hiring from a national firm like Merry Maids. $30 is ridiculously low though, I pay about $100 every two weeks for 1300 SF. The lowest I ever paid was $50 more than 10 years ago.
It's worth every penny though.
I have heard too many bad stories about individual cleaners, even those with good references...my mother in law had a $1000 necklace stolen recently. I stick with national or regional chains and haven't had a problem.
I've used The Maids to have my tiny studio apartment cleaned.
I highly recommend using a firm, as they are usually insured and have done all the background checking of their cleaners for you.
"but these days you can't find a teenager who will lift a finger, lol"
sad but true, 20 years ago I would work one or two part time jobs and still do yard work. And I was cheap and good at it too. If you do get a teenager these days expect to pay a lot for a crappy half ass job.
I was in the exact same place last year. My husband and I don't have much time (or energy) for cleaning during the week and then half our weekend was being spent dusting, sweeping, and scrubbing. I felt like I never sat down. It is a luxury-—my parents never had a housekeeper (or, I should mention, a particularly clean house) when I was growing up-—but 7 months ago we started having someone come every other week to clean. I have to say, it's been a life changer-—I still do light cleaning between visits but it doesn't consume my day.
We found our housekeeper based on recommendations from friends. And I have no idea what rates are like in Boston, but in NYC it's $100 for my 1,000 sf apartment.
PS. In addition to saving your sanity it will be good for your relationship! My husband would innocently say things like, "Wow, we really need to clean the bathroom!" but always managed to avoid doing it himself. It drove me nuts!
best gift i ever gave myself. turned my weekends back into weekends.
We're in Cambridge, and we have a fantastic couple who comes to clean for us. We've used them for nine years, and I can't recommend them more highly. They do such a great job, are very trustworthy, and couldn't be nicer! For our 700 sq. foot one bedroom, we give them $60 (I don't remember if that's what they asked for or if that's just what I offered). They're worth every penny in the fights saved b/t me and my husband about who's going to do the cleaning!
Call Marcio at 617-688-1435. Tell him Amanda sent you.
I recommend it massively. I'm in a small flat and have someone come for 2 hours every other week. Just that time alone is enough time for a good vaccuum and bathroom/kitchen clean. It's brilliant.
You should certainly find an agency and make sure they pay the Social Security or you will be responsible for that...or at least be aware you are responsible for that come tax time.
I'd go on angie's list and look for recommendations.
I'd try to find an independent housecleaner with good recommendations (be sure to follow through and call those who have used him/her recently or currently) rather than go with a chain. Reading Nickel and Dimed was an eye-opener in terms of how workers for some of these maid services are exploited and how corners are cut in order to get to as many houses as possible.
Please try to find an independent person, such as the recommendation above. Merry Maids or other such firms will do an adequate job, but the person doing the work gets a small fraction of the cost. If you hire someone directly, all of the money goes to them, and you establish a personal relationship.
I am a bit of a slob, and have someone come once a month, it should probably be more, but it forces me to get my place clean, which would probably not happen otherwise. Well worth the money.
too bad you're in boston --NYBRITE cleaning services are the best! professional cleaning service with affordable prices.
I worked for Merry Maids when I was in college. I hired a cleaning lady a few years ago, and found she didn't clean as well as I did. I found the cleaning Merry Maids expected was up to my standards, and I was very happy (not merry, but happy) working for them.
They do a thorough screening, pay a decent wage, and take out taxes, etc.
You'll be a lot safer with a national chain or a small local company -- if something is broken or stolen, they are bonded and responsible for it. Plus hiring a company (big or small) keeps it legal in case you ever decide to run for office or something. Or if you just decide in good conscience that you wouldn't accept $10.00 an hour with no benefits for cleaning your own house, so why should someone else.
There's some good info on the Merry Maids site. I'd never looked into that before, but I might consider it myself for an occasional assist.
This page mentions important tax implications if you hire just anyone:
And this page, on the right side gives a very rough estimate on prices:
It might even be a great learning experience to watch what they do, in what order, using what products.
Sometimes I'm at a complete loss as to where to start. Or in what order to do things.
And it looks like it could be totally customized, or have various "one-time" things done. Like having them do a wall washing. Or do a top-to-bottom cleaning of a room and then just do light housecleaning from then on.
I agree with the poster above re: pricing. $30 per visit in nuts.
I'm in NJ and I pay $75 every 2 weeks- I have a larger house but even when I was in a brooklyn apartment, it would never be less than $50 for a decent job.
I'd also say use a service. And also, there's nothing wrong with having someone organize and maintain our homes. People use help organizing and maintaining every other area of their lives, why not the place they live?
frankly, I think it's some of the least expensive therapy you can get.
I second/third the comment about not hiring from an agency. I used a MerryMaids competitor for a few months, until I found out that I was paying them $100, and they were paying their cleaners $10. It was ridiculous.
With Marcio and Sonya (our current cleaners), I know every dime I'm giving them is going toward them and their ridiculously cute kids.
We pay $70 for our small two bedroom apartment and it includes laundry. We do this every other week, on the off weeks it's just laundry and it's $20 for that. The person who does this for us is also our childcare person, but she cleans on a morning when she is not looking after our child and we pay her separately for this. I totally trust her so never have those issues. Before her we had the porter from my building do it (she cleans for others too). I totally recommend having a cleaning person. It is some of the best money I have ever spent and absolutely is worth it in terms of the time and stress it saves me.
Do you live in a building with a property manager? You could ask them for a reference. Maybe the person (or company) that cleans your common spaces could take care of your apartment.
I would just ask your neighbors for a recommendation - that's how I found our crew. We pay $85 per visit for a 1000 square foot apartment in the South End. They come 2 times per month. They wash the hardwood floors, clean 2 bathrooms, clean every inch of the kitchen, dust, vacuum the dog fur off the furniture, change the sheets... all in all it's about a 2-3 hour job. It's SOOOO lovely coming home to a clean house on a Friday night!
I second the poster above who recommended reading Nickel and Dimed before making your decision.
Yeah, independents aren't bonded -- but unless things have changed since Eirenreich wrote that book, the lion's share of the money you pay the chains go to the chains -- and very little goes to the people slaving away cleaning your place.
And if you wanted to just go on self-interest, again based on that book, it sounds like the chains take an approach that focuses on the appearance of cleanliness rather than actual cleanliness (i.e., they don't use much hot water and detergent).
Your people sunds great! Would you be willing to pass their name along? Like the poster, I am looking for a cleaning service in Boston as well.
Any recommendations on a cleaning crew for Bellevue,WA? We recently relocated from LA and the person I miss the most is my cleaning lady....I think the $30/visit is really low. I was paying 65 every 2 weeks for a 800 sf apartment- but bless her heart she made it shine
I'm in Toronto and pay 100 bucks for about 6 hours of cleaning once every 2 weeks. My house is about 1500 sq feet (the part that gets cleaned which doesn't include the top floor studio or basement).
I was a house cleaner for years Boston and even 20 years ago $30 was not a fee I would consider. I would think that now you should expect $60 . I have a few pieces of advice: Hire an independent not a service - they don't pay their cleaners enough and with no benefits it is practically slave labor. Find an independent through local bulletin boards or craigslist or post a job listing at the schools. Ask around - chances are you just don't know your friends have house cleaners. Don't get hung up on "hourly wage". It costs what it costs and you pay what it costs if it takes two hours or three - if you think it's worth it then pay it, if you don't then don't. Lastly remember that these people are people, not automatons; they are fallible and sometimes make mistakes or miss something and you should never ask them to clean something you wouldn't clean yourself. good luck.
I pay $40 every other week for a two bedroom, one bath apartment. in my area (non DC metro virginia) there is usually a minimum charge dependent on the number of bathrooms and the size of the kitchen (since those are the areas that take the most time ).
I love having a housecleaner. I would be willing to give up my cable before I give up the cleaner. the amount of time that I save is worth it to me--as someone else said, my weekends are mine again.
there is nothing as wonderful as coming home from work to find that your place is nice and clean.
Hiring someone for basic (or intense) cleaning is a great idea, if you can afford it. My family has used the same woman for years and she is absolutely excellent -- saved us a lot of headaches, especially because she's way more detail oriented than any of us would ever be (she cleans windows, lightbulbs, the fridge, anywhere we direct her). We're just south of Boston but you could probably get her up to the city. If you want her information, send me a note at meghan dot reilly at hotmail dot com.
I hired some cleaners for awhile, when I was busy at work and stressed and tired (from a nasty sinus infection, it turned out).
I didn't really need cleaning so much as I needed someone to change the bed, wash the whites and then fold and put them away (along with any other laundry I'd done during the week). I like doing laundry, but hate putting it away. Go figure.
They did an alright job. Sometimes they miss stuff, and once they went off and left my front door unlocked and slightly ajar all day! I was always worried they'd accidentally let my cat out.
One thing I noticed with cleaners - they do a great job at first, but then the quality slowly starts to slide . . .
Definitely hire independent over something like merry maids and I agree about suggesting reading Nickle and Dimed.
I wanted to just add that I've had some friends and relatives who worked as as cleaners and they have some really heartbreaking stories about how they were mistreated in other people's homes. A friend told me about how she was scrubbing a bathtub when the man she was hired by came in with his wife and said "Look what I got you! Happy Birthday, honey!" as if she was an object to be bought and sold - she said she finished the job and cried all the way home and never went back. Another thing that happens is they began overloading her with more and more tasks but did not compensate her for the extra work they expected her to do. So basically, please be conscious of how you are treating people you have hired to do your dirty work as they are PEOPLE.
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I agree with the previous posters, hiring a housekeeper can change your life. Simply having the house cleaned every 2 weeks takes a huge load off. I started in Atlanta with Ashley 678-999-2114, now I'm in DFW with Mindy 817-200-7519.


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Creative Reuse: Wine Bottle Borders
Although they could be tossed in the recycling bin, glass wine and beverage bottles seem too pretty (and useful and sturdy) not to repurpose. After spotting this garden border made of wine bottles in ReadyMade, we searched for some more examples and quite like the effect, especially when done with bottles of complementary colors and heights. What do you think?
• 1 Featured in ReadyMade, this outdoor shower and garden border was made by Annie and Alexis Thomas using 489 wine bottles collected from friends, restaurants, and wine stores. Check out the Solar Shower article for instructions and tips.
• 2 Bottles may be laid out in all sorts of configurations. Flickr member narcolanza photographed this circular garden border in Baton Rouge.
• 3 Here's a long, snaked border from Flickr member cpkpdx ...
• 4 ... and a star-shaped border photographed by Flickr member T~Time.
• 5 The Oregonian featured a striking all-blue border in an article about recycled Garden Ornaments.
Related: Roundup: Ways To Reuse Glass Bottles
(Images: Jeffery Salter/ReadyMade, Flickr member narcolanza used by permission, Flickr member cpkpdx used by permission, Flickr member T~Time used by permission, The Oregonian)
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If my neighbourhood these would be quickly snatched up by people looking for bottles for money.
It's too bad because I just love the look of it. Especially the blue bottles!
i think it's pretty but i can't help but think of them breaking if the lawn mower shot a rock at them or kids running by... eep!
If your lawnmower is shooting rocks, wine bottles are the least of your concern. :)
Did pathways in my backyard, loved them, I tried to go for the colored wine bottles but they seemed to break easier (I used a rubber mallet to tap them into the ground) the beer bottles held up great though, only had one break while putting it in. Out of hundreds.
recently replaced them when a friend gave us a ton edging blocks, then the bottles went to their recycling bin!
I think it looks cool...That yard looks pretty well groomed, if there was a rock in the way of the mower, it can easily be seen, besides if a bottle breaks it will be replaced I am sure..
LOVE the blue ones!
I am sooo gonna try this. Cool!
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Gold dips after weak jobs data
Prices settle lower as the US reports lackluster job growth in October.
By Alix Steel, TheStreet
Updated at 3:01 p.m. ET
Gold prices drifted lower Friday as the U.S. Labor Department reported fewer jobs were created in October than expected.
Gold (-GC) for December delivery settled down $9 at $1,756.10 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold traded in a tight range Friday, reaching $1,766.50 on the high end and bottoming out at $1,749.80 an ounce. The spot gold price was shedding $8.20, according to Kitco's gold index.
Silver (-SI) prices finished down 41 cents at $34.10 an ounce while the U.S. dollar index was up 0.5% at $77.14.
Gold prices had popped more than 3% in two trading days and took a breather Friday as traders digested the latest read on unemployment in the U.S. The U.S. dollar index was also clawing its way back into positive territory, which was putting slight pressure on gold prices.
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The Labor Department said that the U.S. added 80,000 jobs in October and 104,000 private sector jobs. Both fell short of estimates. The unemployment rate did fall to 9%, however, and job growth for September was revised upwards by 55,000 jobs -- providing a mixed bag for the markets and gold.
Gold traders were also digesting news that Greece won't hold a referendum on austerity measures after the opposition party signed off on the deal and the possibility that Prime Minister Papandreou might step down or not survive his confidence vote.
Although the headlines will captivate the market, most experts say the jobs number isn't a big factor for gold. "It will have very little bearing in my view," Gerald Alain P. Chen-Young, chief investment officer for UNCF, but he does expect "more range bound-ness and more volatility."
Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors, is also shrugging off the jobs number, focusing more on historical trends. "Looking back over the past 10 years historically we get a rally in November and December, 8% and 4%, respectively."
Holmes concedes that a stronger dollar might put some short-term pressure on gold but that the lack of fiscal restraints in the U.S. will put longer-term pressure on the currency and that, in the meantime, physical gold buying will prevail. "Half of the equation is the love trade in other parts of the world," he says referring in part to India's wedding season and the Christmas holidays in Western countries, both of which give consumers many reasons to buy gold.
Nigel Moffatt, head of Treasury at Gold Corporation, which operates the Perth Mint, says, however, that physical demand has been fickle recently. "(We have seen) nothing out of India and very little out of Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. There's still volume demand out of China but the premiums are low."
Jewelry buying accounted for 48% of global demand in the second quarter, according to the World Gold Council, which means higher gold prices need both physical and investor demand to stay strong.
One factor that could help gold is Western central banks' accommodative policies. New president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, surprised investors by cutting interest rates to 1.25% Thursday, something which many expected him to do before the end of the year but not days after taking the helm.
"I do expect the ECB will resemble the Federal Reserve far more than under Mr. Trichet," says Chen-Young, which will create one of two positive backdrops for gold.
Chen-Young says that as western countries ramp up deleveraging, central banks are forced to loosen monetary policies such as lowering interest or by buying assets -- pumping money into the system. Those gold investors will be buying the metal as an inflation hedge as the faith of paper currencies is called into question.
The other end of the equation, according to Chen-Young, is that emerging market countries are fighting higher inflation and more restrictive monetary policies, like rate hikes. Gold buyers in these countries like China and Brazil will also be buying gold as an inflation hedge but also as a diversifier. Those countries will not just own the U.S. dollar and euro in their reserves but emerging market currencies and gold as well.
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GVSU Golf Wins GLIAC Championship
Solid play around the greens as well as consistency in keeping the ball in the fairway led the Grand Valley State University men's golf team to a GLIAC Conference Championship Monday.
But the team didn't just win — it dominated. Its 16-stroke margin of victory was largest in the GLIAC Conference Championship since the Lakers won in 2009 by 20 strokes.
The win at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath, Mich, was the program's fifth GLIAC title in history and first since that dynamic victory two years ago.
Sophomore Chris Cunningham finished first in the individual results, claiming the individual GLIAC Championship with a one-over, 217. Meanwhile, senior Nick Gunthorpe finished second, only two shots back. The tandem led the Lakers to a 54-hole total of 887.
"Both those guys played great," said GVSU head coach Don Underwood. "They were just solid all weekend long. Going into the year I thought both guys had the ability to play as good as anybody in our conference."
Cunningham also became the first Laker to take home medalist honors at the GLIAC Championship since Matt Malloure did it in 2007, when he also shot a 217 over 54 holes.
"Toward the end of the round I knew I had [Gunthorpe] by a couple shots and he rattled off three straight birdies," Cunningham said. "It was more excitement than nerves. Deep down the competitor inside of me definitely wanted to win, but I wasn't going to be upset coming in second place to a teammate."
Cunningham paved the way thanks to rounds of 73, 71 and 73, but Gunthorpe also remained consistent with rounds of 73, 72 and 74.
The Laker's 23-over par total score greatly outpaced second-place Tiffin University, who finished at 39-over par. Wayne State University, Northwood University and Ferris State University rounded out the top five.
"I saw a lot of good golf shots out there," Underwood said. "We kept the ball in play, for the most part, off the tee, and around the greens I saw just a lot of real quality golf shots."
GVSU had opened play on Sunday with a low round of 290, six shots clear of Wayne State and 17 shots ahead of Ashland and Northwood. They stepped on the gas and shot a second-round total of 295 to take a comfortable 15-stroke lead over Wayne State into the final round.
Even with part of the second round called due to darkness Sunday evening and many of the players having to finish that round, along with the third and final round, Monday, nothing held back the Lakers, breezing through the final round with a 302.
Sophomore Jack Rider tied for fifth place individually with rounds of 71, 79 and 72, coming in at six over par. Senior Travis Shooks began the final round in a tie for ninth place thanks to rounds of 77 and 73, but ended up tied for 24th after shooting a final round 83 to finish at 17-over par. Finally, junior Chase Olsen completed the scoring for GVSU as he finished in a tie for 41st with rounds of 73, 81 and 86.
"It feels really great," Gunthorpe said. "All week our coach told us to overcome adversity and on the golf course we played it wasn't easy. I think all the guys did that and that is why we won. Going forward that is going to be the key for the rest of the year, even in the spring, is overcoming adversity and seeing what you're made of."
By winning the GLIAC Conference Championship, GVSU earns automatic exemption into the first stage of the national qualifying process, being able to play in the super regional come May.
"They are a happy bunch of guys," Underwood said. "You always want to start by winning your league and that is what we did this weekend. I am proud of what they did."
GVSU will wrap up their fall schedule on Friday and Saturday at Red Hawk Run Golf Course in Findlay, Ohio for the Outback Steakhouse Invitational.
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Never settle. Keep looking. Be hungry.
Last week, I resigned to go co-found a startup that tackles local search. We believe that it's done badly and we intend to do better. We will bootstrap, live on savings for a bit and build prototypes that hopefully can attract angel investors while treading above a real and striking possibility that we will fail.
About a year and half ago, I was asked to lead two things at Hill Holliday; the mobile practice and the emerging media practice in gaming. Last week, we won Adweek's 2012 Media Plan of the Year for Branded Entertainment (a social gaming integration) and it spectacularly complemented our win last year for Adweek's 2011 Media Plan of the Year for Mobile. While winning one national award is tough, the same team winning back-to-back across different categories is unprecedented.
But despite winning a second Media Plan of the Year, I also couldn't get promoted and I now realize that even if I did, it wouldn't have changed anything. I wouldn't be richer, or smarter or better off, I just would have continued the same course for another round.
We are in the middle of a revolution with how we work, how we think, how we communicate and in a few years, what we did in the past will be unrecognizable. Like what the first telephone or the first television set meant to society; social media, the iPad, cloud computing, big-data and smartphones are all just the beginning. I am wildly optimistic about this future and I have always believed that the future was filled with opportunities to do things that might have seemed impossible in the past.
Our time is limited and my bitter disappointment has been a moment of clairvoyance that I have the best opportunity to escape from the known possibilities like the next promotion, the bigger office and more awards for something infinite and unknown. Jumping straight into the unforeseen let's you dream that not only anything is potentially possible but literally you believe in your soul that anything can be possible. At this point you start sprinting into the unknown because it's all you want to taste, breathe and smell and nothing you've ever been familiar with in your life feels important at all.
I do not know whether I will succeed or fail but I intend on obsessing on never settling since the possibilities are spectacularly unlimited. If you're reading this and you feel unsettled with your finite possibilities, I suggest shaking things up.
Addendum 8/21
It was not my intention to get press for what I wrote (BI, MediaPost) nor was it my intention to embarrass anyone. I write things here to clarify my thoughts and express with conviction for the things I personally believe in. When I share my personal disappointments here, it's because I think being candid is helpful and maybe someone in a similar situation can do better.
Fun facts:
— When I meant I was leading the mobile practice & emerging media practice in gaming at Hill Holliday and that it was unprecedented for a team to win back to back, I left out that I was a team of one. I was fortunate to work across lots of talented different groups within the agency but my equation was based on national prestige in proportion to resources. Without a doubt, it was an incredibly entrepreneurial experience.
— I'm thrilled Business Insider, the proud publication behind 50 sexiest ad-execs (I'm not on this list?!), could put together a story using the very best of what I've published on social media over the years. I am reminded that I have not had any Hello Kitty candy in years.
— After I resigned & gave my two week notice, and well before I had written anything that the press could even read, I was immediately cut off. This has compounded my disappointment but I know now exactly what kind of culture matters to build a great & interesting company.
— I've gotten dozens and dozens of incredibly supportive and inspiring emails, tweets, calls, messages, txts and more. I'll say it again, if you feel like you're dying a little everyday then you have a responsibility to yourself to shake it up. Hit me up anytime and I'll convince you. Or be docile with your happiness and let me know how that goes.


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Talk about an Olympic low blow ... some dude on the French basketball team just delivered a closed-fist scrotum punch to a Spanish player ... sending the guy crumbling to the floor in agonizing pain.
The ball-punisher is France's Nic Batum ... who obliterated Juan Carlos Navarro's bean bag in the 4th quarter of their quarterfinal matchup ... in an effort to intentionally foul the guy. Batum was NOT ejected from the game.
Seems testicle attacks are all the rage at the Olympics this year -- just yesterday, Team USA member Carmelo Anthony took a fist to the no-no zone from a guy on the Argentina squad.
2:00 PM PT -- Batum has apologized for gonad battery ... tweeting, "I want to apologize for my stupid act at the end, I showed a bad image of France and myself, Congrats to team Spain."
Sounds like they are all beating up on each other...I hope they are fined.
Ha ha! Now let's see what happens if they do that to the USA team
Good. I hate Carmelo Anthony anyway.
I really feel sorry for the Organizer's for this Olympic run in England. They must be just cringing with the terrible officiating, bannings and the behaviour of these Athletes. I'd be more interested to find out if their Home countries are going to do anything about these little incidents.
Like him or not, unsportsmanlike conduct "below the belt" is just that: "below the belt"!
Throw that *ss-hat out of the country!
Maybe he thought he was in the handball competition. Let's ask Harvey, he's an expert in this field.
You're representing your country and you low blow someone? C'mon man, not cool. That's just nuts.
Hey now, that is not how most countries work. We like to keep our scrotum punching on comedy shows, not in our sports. Tsk Tsk
Scrotum punch? Really?
So did he say "Pardon me sir, please move your balls aside so I may punch you in the scrotum." ??
He was clearly just going for the ball...um, both of them.
I call BS...French men always wear BROWN pants!
Olympic Scrotum Punching...great new sport for women of former Soviet block countries
Time to wear a cup..
Cold a$$ French tart.
Oops, wrong ball!


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Oracle brings big updates for Java SE 7, JavaFX 2.2 fully implemented
A month of gloom has subsided at Redwood Shores, with the news of numerous updates expanding the core support of Java technologies.
The biggest update is Java SE 7 Update 6 - a crucial update that might persuade some Java 6 users to jump across, despite the recent extension to that version's lifespan. The update introduces a new JDK Linux port to address the emerging ARM micro-server field, or in other words, allow development on platforms like Raspberry Pi or other small footprint devices of the nature. Raspberry Pi is certainly gaining admirers across the development world and the addition of a general-purpose port should help fuel some interesting Java ideas down the line.
Also included is the long awaited Java 7 port for Mac OS X. Henrik Stahl revealed just how much work had gone into this, saying in his blogpost about the upgrade:
We have been working on it in OpenJDK with Apple since November 2010, and it has been quite a lot of work both in the JDK/JRE and in OS X to get to this point. A lot of work has been done behind the scenes on seemingly trivial but time-consuming tasks such as extending the build & test infrastructure and figuring out how to decouple the Java and OS release cycles. Anyway; with the 7u6 release we are finally completing the feature set by adding a desktop JRE and making it available for download on java.oracle.comand (in a week or so) on java.com.
By finally offering first class Mac OS X support, the vulnerabilities that made the Java and Apple combination lethal at times should become much less of a problem.
Big steps have been made by Oracle towards JavaFX over recent weeks, and today's bumper deployment reinforces that with the first full integration of the Rich Internet Application platform into Java SE. By including JavaFX 2.2 libraries fully, Mac OS X users should find developing GUI applications with the platform far easier than it was previously.
To further ease the process for newcomers, Oracle has included the first full version of JavaFX Scene Builder in the deal too. The visual layout tool adds in a drag-and-drop functionality to design, so you can place components into a scene seamlessly.
"Oracle continues to expand our support for the Java platform and now, for the first time, consumers and developers have access to the latest Java SE features and security updates across all major operating systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X," said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java Products, Oracle. "We're also focused on improving the client Java experience with the release of JavaFX Scene Builder and bundling JavaFX with Java SE to provide better performance and improved usability for JavaFX applications, without having to install and maintain a separate product."
Whilst there's nothing groundbreaking about these release, the combined upgrades may go some way to convince critics that Oracle is taking the right steps with JDK 7.


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I 77 mm iiiwiiii ii i iiniriii i j - NASA's newest recruits... ...and they have inspired Elton John to a song. See a&e page 6 s ss-..- 1 i a: Friday, October 17, 1997 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 17 Native Americans compared to Jews of Holocaust . . . ' . " ! - ' ' i I .'. I Fashion show brings 1 Helen of Troy' to WSU By Chad Johnson news writer-The Signpost When the Stewart Bell Tower struck 10:30 a.m. Thursday, the area below it was vaulted back in time to ancient Greece as the "Helen of Troy Fashion Show" began. Toga-wearing announcers music and a stage decorated with pillars and ivory under sunny skies completed the setting as the participants began to stroll the catwalk. Over 60 students from various campus entities and alumni strutted their stuff in a wide variety of formal and casual wear sponsored by local clothing merchants. Wendy Hansen, coordinator of the fashion show and member of the Homecoming Steering Committee, said, "The purpose behind the fashion show is to attract as many students as we can and get them excited about Homecoming." Debbie Kiernan, the adviser for the fashion show, said that clothing used in the fashion show was supplied by various wedding and evening gown emporiums, tuxedo shops, sporting goods stores and the Weber State University Bookstore as well. "We wanted to show a wide spectrum of clothing that students would wear. Everything from formal to casual. We really wanted to focus on formal apparel this time with the Homecoming Ball coming this weekend," Kiernan said. "We wanted to reflect the many different moods and styles of WSU students.""We had a wide variety of participants this year," Kiernan said. "We had everyone from campus police officers to WSU hockey and soccer players to members of the Diversity Center and ASWSU par-See Helen page 8 inside post neWS seepage 2 &3 By Darrell Dickson news writer-rje Signpost Ward Churchill, a fiery Native American activist, scholar and writer, spoke at Thursday's Convocation about what he believes to be a holocaust in the Americas. "Genocide is a term that you're not supposed to use in the United States," Churchill said to open his discourse. Most people think genocide means gas chambers, concentration camps and incinerator smoke stacks. Churchill believes genocide has Wow what does that button do again? Tammy Neslin talks to Weber State University student Jaimee Anderson about getting the most out of her calculator in one of student support services' fall seminars, titled "How to get the Most out of Your Calculator." Realities of By Gary Boyle news writer-The Signpost According to the panelists at the Honors Issues Forum, Ogden is a city under siege. An alphabet soup of gangs has erupted in a pattern of random violence. During a span of 16 days in April of this year, three gang members took part .in eight attempted homicides. Recently, a gang-related homicide occurred at 24th and Adams. Children as young as 10 years old have sex for drugs or take part in drive-by shootings. "Most don't give a shit. They don't expect to live past 20." Detec- editorial see page 4 been going on in North America ever since Columbus arrived. "The government is trying to make Native Americans into something other than who we are," Churchill said, "...and claim ownership to that which was ours and has been all along." "I can remember in my lifetime seeing signs on bars that said 'No Indians or dogs allowed,'" he said. Churchill went on to explain how the process of genocide has gone on in America. He said in 1975, information came about that revealed 42 percent of Native gang life materialize at Issues Forum ISSUES- honours FMU Open Hour activity coverage tive Tom Hanselman of the Ogden Police Department's gang unit said. The unit, which consists of four officers, maintains information on the approximately 1.400 known gang members in Ogden. Hanselman admits the police only a&e see page 9 American women had gone through sterilization. Most of them never even realized it had been done to them. He said the government t ms-ferred up to 80 percent of the Native American population away from their homes "to be raised as menial, yet functional members of the dominant society." It is things like this, Churchill believes, which constitute genocide. His point: it doesn't have to be lining people up and shooting them or putting them in a gas chamber to be genocide. know about one-third of all gang members. The gang task force concentrates on the most violent members. "We try to locate the most violent guys, the shooters, and isolate them. We deal with the hard-core guys. These guys have a lot of guns," he said. "Ogden gangs are Hispanic-based." he said, but he added that does not mean gangs are racially separate. "It's not economic, religious, educational or racial. These people just have a hard time being accepted, and the gang provides that acceptance." "I once thought that drive-by shootings were toe-to-toe shoot outs, but it is not," Hanselman said. "There SportS see page 10 i ;sv - Genocide started much earlier, according to Churchill. He believes it started with the Pilgrims. Even though they had "no scientific aptitude for understanding" when they came, the Native Americans died. They just continued to come. "They attributed it to the hand of God intervening in the worldly affairs on behalf of the chosen people to remove and obstacle," he said. "A little bit like German arrogance going in to dispense of the 'untermensch.'" n . 1 f 1 is no bravado, no macho, nomano-a-mano. These guys are basically chicken-shits. I was talking to one of them from my car, and another car passed by. They could have shot us both, instead they turned around and shot this guy's little girl." The incident stemmed from another occurrence in which the shooter's own child had been shot at. The shooter is now serving a 1-15 year sentence, and the little girl is still alive and still living in gang territory. Hanselman showed the audience pictures of grandmothers and children See Gangs page 2 Classifieds . . . .see page 12
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Growth and Integration
This has been our fifth straight year of record earnings. It has also been a year of record travelling, both within North America and further afield in Europe. All that travel has been for good reason, keeping us in touch with our North American operations, exploring new cultures and markets, meeting new customers and coming to understand our European operations better.
The integration of Statoil Fuel & Retail AS ("SFR") – the biggest acquisition in our history – into our family has created an exhilarating atmosphere. The process of becoming one corporation creates new opportunities and breathes fresh new life into our organization on both sides of the Atlantic.
On June 19 2012 SFR formally became part of the Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. ("Couche-Tard") family. In North America in fiscal 2013 we added approximately 200 stores and completed the construction of a further 47. In the last 12 months we have taken the Couche-Tard network from around 10,100 to about 12,500 sites (including licensed stores), grown our family from more than 60,000 to approximately 80,000 employees, and we now have our brands on three continents.
The Best of Both Worlds
Over the past year in North America and Europe we have made great strides in building mutual understanding and respect, both culturally and professionally. The acquisition is bringing out the best in all our people. As colleagues, we have demonstrated a "you have a good way too" and "let me learn your way" approach. This enthusiasm for discovering and sharing best practice is creating a promising platform for the evolution of our operations on both continents.
Personally, I have traveled to Europe more times than I can remember since the acquisition, getting to know our operations there from the inside out. I am impressed by many of our European initiatives.
Food service is an important and growing category across all our markets. In Europe it is the biggest category in our stores in Norway and Estonia. The absolute best and newest concepts – from salad and sushi bars to dedicated station chefs and gourmet coffee – are showcased at selected "super" highway stations in Norway, including our Minnesund station outside Oslo, which received international acclaim from the industry organization, NACS, the Association for Fuel and Convenience Retailing.
We were proud to announce the world premiere of our first signature fuel brand, miles TM, in the fourth quarter. This family of standard and premium fuel products promises to take our customers further for the same price and to deliver improved engine performance. Miles TM drew significant positive media attention in its launch markets.
Merchandising and more
The European management, convenience and marketing teams have been visiting throughout the year to study our operations in North America. A number of our merchandising activities were identified as having potential in the European market – and it took less than a month for changes to start appearing in our Statoil-branded stores. Impressive time-to-market from our European team!
In North America there has been a focus on our stores' check-out zones, optimizing space and product displays to improve our customers' opportunities to make last-minute, impulsive purchases. This approach is showing encouraging returns.
The process of identifying further synergies between Couche-Tard and SFR is well under way. The opportunity to leverage our increased size and global presence is being explored with our biggest suppliers. Our enterprise resource planning (ERP) replacement projects are on track and will enable further standardization and simplification in the business.
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Our growing store network serves millions of customers every day. That's a powerful capability. It's especially powerful when the corner store is also a fixture of the community and has a major influence on mobilizing the population around it. Couche-Tard believes there is a moral imperative requiring us to use that capability to benefit the communities we operate in – and that, increasingly, our customers expect it of us. This past year, we can be proud that dozens of organizations across North America and Europe have benefitted from the combination of our corporate and customer contributions, awareness building activities and our employee volunteers.
Thank you
Merging two cultures, exploring synergies and finding new ways to work together is exciting, but it is also stressful. I want to thank everybody on both continents for their support and understanding as we work to become a stronger retailer. Their ability to keep an open mind, be flexible and remain positive is truly appreciated. With a strong team, I believe we are well equipped to take on retail ventures in both new and existing markets.
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Maybe there is a safe bank
Jos. A Bank just seems to have done everything correctly during the recession.
Back in business school, we had guest speakers, and Pop Essermann, who owned the local department store, was my favorite. He played the same lame joke on each class of freshmen. He'd say, "When things get rough, I always sell the socks that cost me a dollar for 75 cents." And always a first-year accounting major would ask, "But aren't you losing 25 cents a pair?" Pops always answered," Yes, but I make it up on volume."
Jos. A Bank (JOSB) almost seems to be following Pop's business plan. This morning it advertised that if you buy a sport coat at regular price it will throw in two pairs of pants and two sport shirts for free. Is the store losing money on every sale but making it up in volume like Pops?
Most companies make the same fatal mistake: When things get rough they cut back on advertising to save cash flow. JOSB seems to have done just the opposite. I can't turn on CNBC for 30 minutes without seeing one of its adds. Has that strategy got it noticed?
If you had purchased JOSB last year, you would have seen a 93.21% price appreciation vs. the S&P 500 return of 26.77%. Clearly its strategy has helped it get noticed and beat the market. But what about the bottom line?
Since 2004 sales have grown from $186.5 million to $502.5 million, profit margins from 5.53% to 8.75% and EPS from 95 cents per share to $3.46 per share.
It looks like Pops was right: Don't worry if you're selling at a loss. Make it up on volume.
The stock has also been noticed by the Motley Fool CAPS members, who think the stock will outperform the market by a vote of 355 to 59 and the All Stars voted 95 to 20. The Wall Street consensus was 6 to 1.
Now if I could just buy five shares for the price of one, that would be a bargain I couldn't pass up.
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Orchestral Soundscapes In London
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Andrew Keeling's Orchestral settings of Robert Fripp soundscapes will be performed at London's Barbican on January 18th 2014. The rarity of such performances means this is really not a date to be missed for soundscape fans. The evening also features the stunning Twelve Hours of Sunset by the late, great David Bedford and composer Murray Gold, best known for his work on the long-running children's TV series, Dr.Who.
Slick Talk
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 16, 2013
Julie Slick, member of the Adrian Belew Power Trio and the Crimson ProjeKct, can be heard discussing her second solo album, Terroir, with John Slywka here.
Moonchild Covered
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Sep 14, 2013
The ever-popular Moonchild from KCs 1969 debut is being covered by Norway-based musician Rhys Marsh. The song is part of a 5-track EP called Covers. You can find out more about the limited edition release here.
Sign Of The Times
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My thanks to Royston for providing this link to an interesting article on Dork Report about the King Crimson logo (or lack thereof) over the years.
Crimson ProjeKct Europe 2014
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 10, 2013
Tony Levins website has posted up dates for the forthcoming Crimson ProjeKct gigs in Europe next year. The dates are:Mar 12 London / Shepherds Bush Empire Mar 14 Zoetermeer, NE / Borderij Mar 16 Moscow / Arena Club Mar 17 St. Petersburg / Palace of Culture Lensoveta Mar 22 Karlsruhe, DE / Konzerthaus Mar 23 Mainz, DE / Frankfurter Hof Mar 26 Prattein, CH / Z7Levin indicates that theres more to come, pop-pickers!
Another DGMLive Giveaway
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Thanks to those nice people at Proper Records, the latest DGMLive giveaway is an album recorded in 1976 but making its CD debut in 2013. Major Surgery were British jazz-rock outfit formed from the ashes of Boris - a band whose line-up included a certain Jamie Muir, hence the albeit tenuous Crim Connection.
Levin Minnemann Rudess Live Chat
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Levin Minnemann Rudess were talking chatting about their new album on a live stream last night. Lasting Forty minutes, you can see the archived version of their discussion here.
Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
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Taken from the early Double Trio period a little over eighteen years ago (is it really that long?), here's a previously unheard item from the KC rehearsal room.
Travis & Tippett
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Theo Travis will also be playing with Soft Machine Legacy in London later this week. Alongside Theo and fellow SML band members John Etheridge guitar, Roy Babbington bass, John Marshall drums, will be one-time Crimson collaborator, pianist Keith Tippett. Thurs 12 Sept and Fri 13 Sept. (8.30 pm)Pizza Express, 10 Dean St, Soho, London W10845 6027017Soft Machine Legacy is a reunion of 3 members of 70's pioneer band Soft Machine (John Etheridge, Roy Babbington, John Marshall) + reedsman Theo Travis. They have been together for 9 years (originally with Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean) and have produced 5 albums
the latest "Burden of Proof" is premiered tonight and has received glowing reviews.
"Burden of Proof is to put it mildly absolutely exquisite. These are four musicians at the top of their game, not only as soloists, but as contributors to an actual band Peter Pardoe, Sea of Tranquility.org.
Pianist Keith Tippett has been a national treasure and cornerstone of the improvising scene for 5 decades with an astonishing history of creativity. At last year's Frankfurt Jazz Festival, Keith joined Soft Machine for a triumphant concert.
"Tippet's playing was dizzyingly virtuosic" (Decode Magazine).
"Power, Beauty and musicianship" (Chris Searle).Theo Travis can also be heard discussing his work with Steven Wilson, Soft Machine Legacy and Robert Fripp in the latest edition of Podcasts From The Yellow Room.
Travis & Fripp Ltd Edition Vinyl
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 9, 2013
There's a special edition of Travis & Fripp's Follow album available on vinyl. The 2 LP set also features a version of Starless not featured on the 2012 CD+DVD-A release. You can find out more details on ordering here.
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Recipe by CarolynWG
"Impressive, but surprisingly simple to make. A classic puff recipe with a delicious variation in the filling for your fall and winter table."
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1 cup
1 pinch
1 cup
all-purpose flour
2 cups
heavy cream
1/2 cup
confectioners' sugar, plus extra for dusting
1 1/2 teaspoons
pumpkin pie spice, or to taste, plus extra for dusting
1/2 (15 ounce) can
pumpkin puree
Made per recipe. 2 c. of cream is way 2 much. U will have so much filling. This is why 4 stars. Don't like sweet desserts but I recom. another 1/4-1/2 c. more of P.Sugar to be added IF using the 2c. of cream. Used 15 oz of Libby's 100% pure pumpkin. U can adjust pumpkin to your taste. Next time I will use 1 c. H. cream, 1/2 c. P.sugar & adjust pumpkin to my taste.
Am I the only person on this site that can't make a cream puff? I tried 3 times and ALL of my batches looked beautiful in the oven, then I poked the hole and they slowly collapsed even with my efforts to poke holes at various times in the baking process, letting them cool slower, did the cream puff good luck dance.....what am I doing wrong???? My goodness, what's the trick?
UPDATE: I looked online and found a recipe very similar. It called to bake 45-50 minutes until a deep golden brown and dry. I finally got one batch to work using this method. I only lost one in this batch. Finally!
15 Ratings
Thank you for such a lovely recipe! I made the cream puffs with another recipe I used previously for strawberry cream puffs, but the pumpkin filling was a roaring success at my sister's birthday party! The cream filling had the delicious essence of pumpkin and was the perfect autumn dessert. I will definitely try it again in the future, and I'll try the cream puff recipe too! Super easy recipe that yields lots of adoring fans! :)
Very attractive for the holidays. The filling could use a bit more powdered sugar; maybe even a cup. The puffs are very easy and could be used for multiple fillings.
The puffs came out much better when I used salted butter instead of unsalted. The pinch of salt that it calls for doesn't do much and it's nice to have the slight saltiness to balance the sweet filling. For the filling, I found a whole can of pumpkin puree to be to heavy. I used half of the can and it kept the filling lighter and more "whip cream" like. What a lovely treat these cream puffs are!!
This is a good basic recipe. The pumpkin flavor in the middle was very slight so next time I would add the whole can of pumpkin. I also topped them with a spiced cream cheese glaze. I will trya chocolate glaze in the future.
Used saved pumpkin from jack-o-lanterns which I had pureed. Great way to use that left over pumpkin up.
I have made cream puffs for years and used a recipe just like this. I use a smaller amount of dough for each puff and it makes 24-25. I bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes then let cool completely.
I decided to try pumpkin this year and I bought the Libby's pumpkin pie mix in the can with the spices and sweetness already added. I mixed 1 1/2C pumpkin pie puree with 6oz. of cream cheese. In a separate bowl, I whipped the heavy whipping cream with 1T. of vanilla and 1/4 cup granulated sugar until stiff peaks formed. Then I folded the pumpkin/cream cheese into the whipped cream. Then I filled the puff pastry. I also put a dab of the filling on the top of the puffed pastry with a roasted pecan piece.
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NECA's HeroClix is set to release their Marvel's the Avengers line in 2012, and a product description sent to retailers seemingly gives away the identity of the film's top secret villain. If we are to believe this toy description, Captain America: The First Avenger foe Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) will be the one helping Loki to destroy our team of superheroes this summer.
Here is the product description for the HeroClix line of Marvel's the Avengers miniature figurines.
It should be noted that at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger, Red Skull is transported into another realm, which could very well be Asgard. Its also possible that Red Skull is include in his Marvel's the Avengers line simply because it contains 24 single figures, plus 4 team packs of 3 figures each. That's a lot of characters needed to fill out this particular set of miniatures, and NECA may simply be borrowing characters from other Marvel movies.
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The $800 Billion lesson. In a New York Times Magazine article titled "The Education of a President", Obama reflects:
While proud of his record, Obama has already begun thinking about what went wrong — and what he needs to do to change course for the next two years. He has spent what one aide called "a lot of time talking about Obama 2.0" with his new interim chief of staff, Pete Rouse, and his deputy chief of staff, Jim Messina. During our hour together, Obama told me he had no regrets about the broad direction of his presidency. But he did identify what he called "tactical lessons." He let himself look too much like "the same old tax-and-spend liberal Democrat." He realized too late that "there's no such thing as shovel-ready projects" when it comes to public works. Perhaps he should not have proposed tax breaks as part of his stimulus and instead "let the Republicans insist on the tax cuts" so it could be seen as a bipartisan compromise.
Admission 1: Stimulus, as just about everyone knew except for the president it seems, could not possibly live up to its false promises. The smart folks new BEFORE $800 billion was committed that it was the wrong prescription for what ails this country.
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French rockers Phoenix have pulled out of a planned performance at London's iTunes Festival on Saturday after frontman Thomas Mars fell ill.
The band were due to follow in the footsteps of fellow festival acts Lady Gaga, Sigur Ros and Paramore and headline the city's Roundhouse venue this weekend, but illness has forced the band to cancel on the eve of the gig.
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Log Cabin on acerage
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Log Cabin is only 1 year old with large screened porch and beautiful views of mountains and south Lake Lillooet. Located at the bottom of Duffy Lake "switch-backs".
You can find an updated calendar at (Vacation Rentals By Owner) under property number 436488.
10 mins to Joffre Lakes and across from Lillooet Lake.
35 mins to Whistler.
Close to fantastic glacier snowmobiling and backcountry skiing is just up the road.
Beautiful big Joffre Creek borders the north side of the property.
Availability Calendar
|Sep 22 2013
|Dec 31 2014
|2 Nights
|Deposits: We require 50% deposit to hold dates.
|Other Fees: Rate depends on how many persons staying. max 4 persons. Great place to stay if hiking Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. We attract guests that are looking for a peaceful relaxing get-a-way close to beautiful moutains and great hikes.
- 2 Queen Beds
- 2 Twin Beds
- Balcony
- Fireplace
- Patio
- View (Lake)
- Beach Chairs
- Full Kitchen
- Pet Friendly
- View (Mountains)
- Beach Towels
- Heating
- Porch
- View (Water)
- Canoe
- Linens Provided
- Screened Porch
- Wood Stove
- Deck
- Parking Included
- CD Player
- DVD Player
- Oven
- Stereo
- Ceiling Fan
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator (Full)
- Stove
- Charcoal Grill
- Microwave
- Refrigerator (Mini)
- TV (Cable/Satellite)
- Hiking
- Fishing
(1 mile)
- Grocery Store
(4 miles)
- Restaurant
(9 miles)
- Beach
(1 mile)
- Kayaking
(1 mile)
- Snowmobiling
(5 miles)
- Tennis
(9 miles)
- Bicycling
(1 mile)
- Lake
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- Golf
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- Ice Skating
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- Canoeing
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- Parasailing
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- Playground
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- Downhill Skiing
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- Cross-Country Skiing
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- Horseback Riding
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Reviews for this vacation cabin rental in Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Sylvie Lowe
Vancouver, BC Canada
Beautiful cabin
March 24, 2014
We loved loved loved staying at this cabin, the view was beautiful the cabin was gorgeous, it was so relaxing. I would definitely go back. Thanks for the amazing experience!!
Jina Carniglia
John Day, Oregon, USA
Awesome time in Pemberton!
April 5, 2013
Dear Scott and Stacy, We really enjoyed our visit, and your cabin made us feel right out home! Our kids had a great time, and so did we. It was very relaxing, and we loved being "away from it all", as that is how we live here in Oregon. The only down side was navigating our 26 ft. snowmobile trailer in and out of the driveway, and getting it turned around. Next time we know NOT to park it on the upper level, but even the lower level proved a challenge! :) We definately will want to book again for next March! We had such a great time snowmobiling or "ski-dooing" as we found the locals to say, that we will be making this an annual adventure! Thanks again so much!
Becky Leworthy
Victoria BC
The nicest cabin
February 13, 2013
My sister and I and a few of her friends stayed at the cabin for a relaxing stagette weekend. It was more than I could have ever hoped for! The cabin has everything you need to make you feel comfortable and at home. The only thing I questioned about our stay was if i was supposed to clean the cabin once we left and where put our garbage bags and towels. I ended up just cleaning the cabin and leaving it how we found it, and bringing our garbage with us. The view from the cabin was beautiful! I will definitely be back in the summer! Thank you very much for sharing such a beautiful cabin with us Scott and for being so helpful with accommodating the group and suggesting activities to make the weekend perfect!
kelly mclean
Vancouver, BC, Canada
September 8, 2012
we had a great experience at this cabin. very well maintained and the owners are very friendly. it is secluded in the woods, a very large property so u do not hear the nieghbors around u. we brought our dog with us and he had a great time running around and the yard is so big he could be off leash and we did not have to worry about anything. i would recommend this cabin to anyone with a family or a couple looking for a nice place to rent. all the beds are in one spot in a loft so would not recommend to rent if u are looking for seperate bedrooms in the cabin. only 30 min away from whistler and other great places around the whistler area. i would rent this cabin again!
Thor Conway
San Luis Obispo, CA
Excellent Cabin
September 3, 2012
We loved staying in the roomy, clean, new cabin in the bush. The owner was very friendly and made us feel very welcome. The setting looks over Lillooet Lake and mountains. The cabin is only 10 minutes from Pemberton and a quiet place. We will be back soon.
Sharron Elliott
Nanaimo, BC
June 6, 2012
Private cabin with fabulous features. Lake view with powerful yet soothing sound of the nearby creek. We spent an extended weekend and wanted to stay longer. Definitely want to return.
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BUFFALO — A nun with a gambling addiction was accused of stealing $128,000 from two rural parishes where she worked.
Sister Mary Anne Rapp was treated for a gambling addiction and is in recovery, her order said Monday, but she still faces a criminal charge of grand larceny after the thefts from the St. Mary and St. Mark congregations. She was expected to plead not guilty in Kendall Town Court.