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I'm going to make this a bit shorter than previous reports, photos and maybe video if I can get my act together will follow.
This trip was put together by our travel agent Nicky Glover and her husband James Weis of Eyes on africa, they invited us and three other clients to join them on their trip. They are now running a series of Digital Photography safaris with some great pro photographers and this was a bit of a dry run for James having a group to take care of.
In addition to the group we had the services of Grant Atkinson as a private guide. If any of you have not had a specialist guide before, it's brilliant. His detailed knowledge of behaviour, individual animals and birds was awesome, and he's a really fun bloke to boot. This did add some cost, but we liked him so much we are hoping he can guide us next year at Mombo and KP. The other advantage of travelling as a group was private vehicles, we had two at Mombo, then when the group thinned out we switched to one at Vumbura and Duma Tau.
Six days at Mombo. A spectacular treat, made possible by the great deal that Nicky made us. I guess it really pays to get a relationship with one agent and to keep using them. I know I could never have saved enough by nickel and diming different agents to have covered the discounts we got on this trip.
Mombo is a great camp. I love the rooms and the view across the floodplain. The big highlights of the viewing were in no particular order
Mathata Pride - c.28 Lions
Moporota Pride - c.17 Lions
Burnt Ebony Male Leopard
Tortillis Female Leopard with three 2-3 month cubs
Far Eastern Pan female Leopard with 4 month old cub
Dogs! - we first saw them in the shade at a pan near camp, and so sat with them for about an hour, then went for brunch. Then we came back, parked ourselves in the shade and sat with them for another hour plus, just to make sure they didn't move. Irrational, I know, but thats how special they are to us. We spent the afternoon game drive with them. The first two hours watching them sleep, then the wonderful social greetings as they stir, then on the hunt. Though I admit I despaired of them ever catching anything, they always seemed to go in the wrong direction.
We found them the next morning and watched them sleep. Returning in the afternoon we spent another three hours and again hunted with them.
On our final morning we ran into them hunting and followed as best we could, then saw the male and female Leopard within minutes of each other and a male Lion to boot. We saw the Leopards because we followed up on alarm calls, a lot of new safari goers dont understand the importance of patiently listening, the temptation to just drive around is great, but it usually means fewer sightings not more.
As many of you know I always like the challenge of setting a target for our bird list and on this trip Grant decided 175 would be doable, given the camps we were going to visit.
After day one at Mombo we broke the 100 mark and actually saw 160 birds in 6 days, a pretty good number for winter.
Vumbura Plains
I think this is one of the first trip reports that includes the new 6 paw camp, so I will go into some detail on the rooms, camp etc.
Rooms are huge, very contemporary, almost Scandinavian. Some really liked them, some thought they were too removed from an african feel. I liked the room but prefer Mombo and KP. The big problem was the triumph of form over function. As usual the camp was designed by Silvio who has done the other 6 paw camps, which are excellent. By now Wilderness trust him so much that he has free rein, so he has done what all architects do when they get our trust - abused it. the concrete shower pad would surely hold 12-16 people, but there was only one shower head, so the two of us couldn't even shower at the same time. The room was divided by some light curtains that were blown about by the strong wind that blew through. The rooms face east and so get the sun rising, but they also get the prevailing wind, which blows through at a fair clip. Because of that the outside blinds were deployed to block wind and keep some heat in the room, which meant no light entering.
Staff here were very friendly, in particular the management team of Garth, Richard, Linda and Luka. Our guide Cisco was brilliant also.
Food was definitely a little patchy, not up to the standards of Craig at Mombo. (Though there were no Hyenas chewing through corrugated iron doors as at Mombo!)Craig also prepared a lovely bush brunch for us at Mombo.
Room 1 is a long way from the main areas - 5 minutes walk.
The temperature was very cold, one morning it was 35F - the picture of us all bundled up on the vehicle is a hoot.
Male, Female and 1 yr old male Cheetah
Mating Lions
Shy Leopard
Boat Trip
Meat party
On our drive from the airstrip to camp we saw the three Cheetah and then saw the Male again one morning. We followed a male Lion for about 5 miles one morning, then the group saw Lions Mating and roaring, while I was on the Mekoro with Grant. We were hunting the Pels Fishing Owl, or Garfield as he calls it. No luck but Max the poler saw a male Cheetah leaving a carcass, then we witnessed loads of vultures and Storks fly in to eat. This was a good Mekoro trip because I was with Grant and because I didn't feel like I was missing too much, because we had so many game drives on this trip.
The boat ride through the channels is a lot of fun, and gave us the chance to get good close ups of Malachite Kingfisher and Allen's Gallinule.
Our bird total at Vumbura was 155, we saw many new birds, took the trip total over 175 but didn't see the Pels.
Duma Tau
On to Duma Tau, which will be spectacular with the water in the Savuti channel for the next few months. The raptor action is unbelievable, particularly with build up of Quelea. We saw Martial Eagles close up eating Guinea Fowl and saw a Lanner Falcon a couple of times. Great displays by Tawny Eagles, there must be one every hundred yards or so.
At Duma Tau we saw a Black Mamba that had been attacked by something (presumably an eagle) it was lying, dead we thought, next to the channel, we got fairly close for James to take pictures, the it started moving very slowly toward the water. It's face was covered in blood and there were other gashes and marks on it. The snake picked up speed and started swimming the river, we thought it was going to get across, when suddenly it reared 8-10 inches out of the water in some kind of death spasm, before sinking presumably dead.
Straight after that we saw a Martial steal a Tawny's kill, we were all watching the action when DW looked the other way to see Impala being chased by dogs over the channel. As we headed towards the dogs, a Leopard appeared, we followed a little but stopped when it was clear that he was very nervous (a lesson for other camps there).
We enjoyed a complete day out in the channel, the highlight of which was seeing a very protracted and violent battle between two male Zebra (good timing with the cover of this months Africa Geo!)
By now we were getting close to two hundred birds, which seemed like a very unlikley possibility when the trip started, so we took the Duma Tau boat on the lagoon one afternoon and saw an Osprey catch a Tilapia and just manage to avoid losing it to the resident Fish Eagle for the 199th bird. The 200th was a pair of Stonechat, then 201 was a Marsh owl on the night drive.
On our last morning we tramped around camp (probably waking some people) looking for a Wood Owl that we had heard calling and found it for 202.
Impressions of Duma Tau. Lovely setting, tents are nice, but not up to the standard of the Gucci Camps. We were lucky for the most part and didn't find too many obnoxious guests at Mombo or Vumbura, though most people probably found our group a bit much, who knows? Given that we were on the vehicle before they were woken up, we had less opportunity to disturb people. The best guests were the people at Vumbura who were stereotypical rich New Yorkers, they even had a portable toilet seat, so they didn't have to squat! One lady said of the Duma Tau tent, Oy Vey! I can't really add to that.
Food at Duma Tau was good, buffet rather than plated a la 6 paw camps. In my experience the food at Mala Mala really does take some beating, its not fancy, but its always impeccably cooked.
Duma Tau was experiencing a rodent invasion due to the high rainfall and abundance of grass seed, this meant everything has to be put away or it will be chewed. The management said no food, but the warning is nowhere near comprehensive enough. Trust me, the rodent in our room has cleared up his cold sore problem with my tube of Abreva!
We are serious game and bird viewers, but do like our comforts and service, so we are unashamadly 6 paw people, that's the way it is and I make no apologies, other than to my bank balance.
Mombo is still awesome. Vumbura I enjoyed but it's not high on a list of repeats.
Duma Tau has a great location, much better than Kings Pool, which is my favorite camp. So I will go to KP at the optimum time for game viewing. Next year we are there the first three days of October.
During the trip I was introduced to Weis' Laws of Safari
1. Never miss a morning game drive.
2. Shoot anything available when the light is good.
3. Dust is the enemy.
Lastly as this was now my tenth trip to Africa, it's clear that 9-10 days is enough time in the bush for me. So if I work hard I should be able to get a private vehicle, its becoming apparent that unless you are travelling with a like minded group, you need this. And a private guide is also a wonderful addition, not least for the indiscreet stories thay can tell!
A great trip with huge thank you's to Nicky and James of Eyes on Africa, Grant Atkinson our guide, and to the photographic expert who travelled with us, author of such titles as "Shooting in the Shadows" and "High Noon - Theres nothing like that light", J.Flemon Vomeronasal III, without whom the trip would not have been as much fun.
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Trip Report - Mombo, Vumbura Plains and Duma Tau, June 2006
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Oh oh oh my! oh my oh my!
Sounds like a fabulous trip - and darn right that you should not have to apologise for your choices of accommodation. What each of us choose to budget and spend our money one is no one else's business unless we invite them in!
What a wonderful trip this sounds - with Grant as a guide, I'm already jealous and then such a wonderful long stay at Mombo and then VP and DT too!
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Thanks for your excellent report. By now, I am eagerly awaiting your photos.
I think I met Grant at Tubu Tree in June 2003.
And it's true, I can't imagine myself going to Botswana again without a private vehicle at my disposal.
Best regards,
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That's Grant's "home" camp when he's not doing private guiding so probably was him! -
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Grant now is based out of Maun and mainly accompanies the overland trips that Wilderness do. But he did spend a lot of time in the Jao, Tube, Kwetsani area.
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Thanks for the great report. You had some fabulous wildlife sightings.
I couldn't tell, but did you see more birds on this trip than on others, or fewer because it was winter. Love the description of tramping through camp looking for the wood owl.
Your comments on the lateness of some group early morning game drives echo some other comments I've read here lately. Are lodges in general becoming more concerned about accommodating late sleepers, do you think? (I hope to be out and about early.)
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Ah ok... he did mention he was doing more and more private guiding trips so I guess it makes more sense for him to be based in Maun. Tubu Tree's loss though!
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I would say that lodges are not necessarily moving towards later starts, our group is pretty hard core and so we made the decision to have 5:30 wake ups rather than the 6am that most people had. Duma Tau was 5:45 rather than 6.
One day at Vumbura a vehicle did come on line at 9:50 asking for updates on sightings, but that is a Gucci camp.
The wake up time, really goes to my point about having a private vehicle or travelling with like minded people.
If you find yourself with people who are late, I think its appropriate to politely state that we've all paid a lot of money to see animals, and for the most part, they can't be viewed from our tent. If this doesn't get through to them, then you'll need to talk to management.
You are in my opinion much more likely to find less hard core guests at the six paw camps, which is why I try and travel with like minded people or in future would do my own vehicle. -
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Thank you for the advice. If I find that we (couple) are in the position of asking for earlier starts, I will be prepared to politely state our wishes.
I completely understand the point of a private vehicle. It avoids any conflict and gives you all the options to do what you want.
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Matt: great trip report, thanks for sharing. Lanner falcon, wow! Excellent job with the wood owl and marsh owl similar to our spotted owl and short eared owl respectively. Do you notice that when birding in Africa that certain species really remind you of cousins from the same genus at home. I find it fascinating.
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CW - less birds in winter because the migratory species are in europe, asia or central africa.
Pred - also Red Necked Falcon at Mombo, and yes many species are reminiscent, and some obviously are the same. Grant saw a barn owl as he took us back to our tent, but I was not looking in the right direction. -
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Wow, excellent sightings, lots of owls around. I would love to do an active survey and call in owls like I do here. Perhaps I'll check for permission on my next trip and keep the guide out for some owl calling.
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Pred - Grant actually used the Wood Owl call on the Roberts CD on his laptop to try and call the owl, with no luck. Then in the morning he heard it, so we went in pursuit.
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Now there's a thought...I will record my dogs barking and then play it on my laptop while I am at Kwando & Sanctuary later this year! Maybe a pack of 20 wild dogs will come rushing to the vehicle.
Hehehe...gotta love the name J. Flemon Vomeronasal III. Middle name Plegm, last name Nasal. Ahhhhcccchhhoooooow!!! -
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So if I abuse my architectural design powers, will I then be able to afford such a wonderful trip - it is tempting.
Your trip sounds amazing. Luck and good guiding were truly on your side.
Thanks for sharing your great report. I look forward to seeing your pictures.
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Excellent trip report, Napamatt. Thanks.
Btw, Vumbura area seems good for cheetah viewing? Were they fairly relaxed animals? I think, they hv been seeing cheetah in the area in recent times. Did ppl at Mombo mention any cheetahs in their area in recent times?
Hari -
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Yes the Cheetah were all very relaxed. The terrain at Vumbura is very conducive to Cheetah and they see a number of them on a regular basis.
Mombo is not doing so well for Cheetah since the passing of the steroid boys, who knows what the future will bring.
Rocco - well done on spotting Flem's name. Good luck with dogs at Kwando, Botswana really is the place to be.
Cybor - if you're an architect then I ask you to remember these words
"Get thee behind me, satan" -
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Rocco: don't think a recording of your dogs will get it done but a recording of some wild dogs contact calls and twittering may well work if dogs were in the area. I have surveyed for coyotes using their group yip-yap call very successfully and I bet a wild dog contact call will work well. I have wanted to try the hyena whoop call to see what comes. There have been studies using that call that I believe brought in male lions at an equal rate as it does hyenas. There are lots of ways to tilt things to your favor but luckily in safari areas it is easy enough to find the animals at reasonable rates without having to interfere with such methods. I am usually looking for rare species or those that have learned to avoid people and thus proper surveys require such techniques.
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Matt: that's cool that Grant tried with the broadcast call. It's real hit & miss with the owls. Often times they come near and get a peek of you but never respond vocally -- may well have happened to you guys since you found the wood owl the next morning. Many times too you get a different species that comes out of curiosity and most bizzare some of the small owl species are ventriluquists, somehow they throw their call to another spot to avoid getting nailed by bigger owls.
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Well...after looking too long at the brochure the last couple days, chances are that I may drop Chobe Chilwero in favor of Mateya in Madikwe. It would only be for a couple nights, but that may be well enough to see wild dogs there. Between a couple nights at Mateya and 14 nights in Botswana, I absolutely MUST see wild dogs at long last!
Speaking of coyotes, I just got back from a most interesting walking safari in my development...after being chased by two killer chihuahuas, my dogs and I then spotted a very large coyote. I gave chase to the coyote and not realizing that I just wanted a little elbow room and had no ambition to actually engage in battle with the coyote, one of my two dogs, the one who remains leashless on walks caught all the way up to the coyote and despite being outsized by the coyote, my dog had her say in the matter. Fortunately, the coyote was probably more worried about the lunatic human walking around at 2AM more than my dog and retreated, although by about now may be enjoying a couple chihuahua sandwiches! -
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One of the things we found amazing about Grant was how many bird calls he could accurately mimick himself to bring the birds to us or at the very least to have nearby ones turn towards us!!
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Although I don't believe in devils and such, I will heed your advice and try to not get too big of an ego or forget the main objective .
Off subject and sorry for the hijack Matt;
PB and Rocco - I just had a very healthy looking coyote come into my yard for the first time. We live on Aquidneck Island in RI so it's expected but surprising. I fear for my 13" inquisitive and friendly beagle. The animal control folks are pretty useless around here - any advice? Do dogs realise that this is a different species to be avoided, sounds like Rocco's dogs took on the challenge.
Sherry -
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Some other sightings I forgot to mention.
Wild cat and kitten at Vumbura
Genet climbing the tree outside our tent at Mombo during the day.
Whiteheaded Vuture nest at Mombo.
Dead elephant (natural causes) at Duma Tau, we followed what appeared to be a new road in the dark, and got a very nasty surprise!
Hyena cubs at Mombo. -
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Hi Matt,
Sounds as though you have had a fantastic gameviewing experience. Hope mine is the same, as I am currently in Hong Kong waiting for my flight to Johannesburg.
I suppose you have already seen the new MM special on the Magnificient 7, made in 2006 or maybe 2005 and finished in 2006. Am trying to find out the lions and leopards in it?
Kind regards,
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Sherry: being a hunting breed I think your beagle is more apt to be inquisitive. Sometimes the coyotes are equally inquisitive and other times they eat the dogs -- the coyotes are very intelligent which gives them an edge.
I would recommend that you don't leave your dog out at night and he will most likely be fine. The ironic thing is the elimination of wolves is why you now have a coyote in R.I. Coyotes were orignially found in only around 13 states west of the Mississippi but since the extermination of the wolves the coyotes have spread to 49 states. The only really effective control on them is wolves. When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone the coyote population got cut in half. When people start shooting or poisoning coyotes the ones who avoid the trouble double their litter sizes producing more 'super coyotes'.
It sounds like the Rocco Pack of Southern California though could be a wolf substitute! -
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Yes, and if not controlled, the Rocco pack could surpass even the coyote by spreading to all 50 states!
Sadly, however, it is snip snip time for two of my males who cannot get along with each other. Hopefully this helps their aggression, but if not, then hopefully it at least helps protect them later against any prostate problems. -
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Have a great trip. I have not seen the special.
I've seen Serval three times now at MM. Grant our guide actually saw a Serval while scanning for something else, then it disappeared, before anyone else could spot it. -
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How are the floods this year? both mombo area and vumbura. Do you think, the water levels limited your drive areas. For instance, i read a couple reports from fellow fodorites visiting other concessions in the delta, felt that the water levels severely hampered their drive areas.
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The flood did not seem that big this year. But at any level it will affect the ability to drive an entire property. About 25% of Mombo was not being used, which is fairly standard. -
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Couple of other things I had forgotten to mention.
We saw a baby giraffe about twenty minutes after it was born.
Melanistic Gabar Goshawk at Mombo.
Last but not least, at Vumbura instead of a blanket they have a kind of poncho to keep you warm at dinner, its brown with a hood and so resembled either a monk or a Jedi. your choice.
I was thinking about the last two new camps I have been to, and the contrast was quite amazing. At Vumbura it was easy to find problems in a camp a year old, whilst at Rattrays we were invited to be as critical as possible, to help them refine things. That camp was two months old and virtually perfect, kudos to the team at Mala Mala and Rattrays - only 7 months until I'm back there. -
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Matt: glad to hear you found your targeted melanistic Gabar goshawk!
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hi matt,
great to hear about the dogs at mombo and the savuti channel being prime for great game. i am heading to both places the end of aug early sept. it's also good to hear that you got to see burnt ebony. awesome leopard. also, did the guides at mombo mention if legidima (relatively young female leopard) is still around? and are the bob marley bros still teh dominant male lions in the area? thx in advance and hopefully we can see some of your pics soon.
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Legidima is still around, though not much around camp. The best chance to see her is when mum and dad (The Jouberts are around!). We saw her mom, the Tortilis female with three very young cubs, though a week later apparently they only saw two. The Wailers are still in charge and the Mathata pride is a formidable machine.
The Savuti channel will probably be awesome because of the good grazing caused by the water and the sediment, in addition there will probabbly be some fish traps, which will be great for photography.
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I guess the same thing holds true for Kwando/selinda also? That the banks have overflown or whatever and there will be good grazing?
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Dont know. It wasn't that banks had overflown, it was simply that for whatever reason the water had pushed out of Zib lagoon and on up the channel.
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Brother, can you spare some photos???
There must be some incredible photos that you or your DW took at these prime camps.
Although I have not yet graduated to Mombo (babysteps, babysteps), I am getting very excited about my own upcoming trip to Botswana and would love to see some of what you saw! -
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Thanks Matt!
An awesome trip! I doubt that I shall ever be able to see Mombo for myself
but - - - I can still dream.
Loved the photos, loved the report and will continue to do my best to emulate your wonderful sightings on my budget
Many, many thanks.
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See more of this London home after the jump!
Image above: We have lots of old favorite gig posters and adorable photos of friends and family cluttered on the wall in gilt and wooden frames, I picked up the desk from an old art studio. Here is an example of how much I love mixing old and new, muted and gilt.
There is a beautiful photo of my dad who we lost suddenly out-of-the-blue two years ago, this photo is of him driving a boat when we were young, I love this photo so much. The Mexican Dia de Muertos guy is something I got on my travels.
Image above: I hung this feather necklace in a frame to just work with textures.
Image above: These are various bits and pieces that we have collected from travels, the brass vase is actually a huge cartridge shell that I got at a funny little antiques market in Malta last year, I loved the weight and patina on it and could only see vase when I looked at it, my friend remarked on the fact that something designed for destruction eventually would be used to hold nature/flowers. I make these glass prisms which sometimes hold sand and feathers and photographs, in this instance, some stones that someone gave me. Also in this collection, there is a photobooth photo of all our family when we were young peering out of a little gold frame, another a little nick-nack from Paris and a feather given to me by my mum, all these items have stories and together the layer up into a meaningful landscape that bring warmth, personality and history to the home.
Image above: This is Hudson who has the biggest soul and is still a puppy at heart. We would be lost without him now. I also love having wooden flooring throughout (bar the bedroom) it feels very grounding, which is really important to me. I also love having a garden full of bird song and that sense of peace that nature brings. It is vital in London to be able to have your own section of this, just to get a break from the city from time to time.
Image above: We have had these tea chests for years, I could never throw them out, they are part of me and will always suit the feel of any house we live in. The black & white huge flower print was flown in from the States when I was researching for products for the shop.
working with textures is great especially in such a tactile place such as the bedroom, I love the wool blankets, silk oriental cushions and velvet combination.
Image above: I hang this very heavy beaded top on the wall just so that I can see it all the time, it just seems to work with everything else around it. When I was younger, I used to work at Habitat in Brighton and I saved up to buy this very expensive classic fan, it still works – it is a trooper and probably my first intelligent buy and insight into the benefits buying great quality and classic style. More feathers collected from various trips away around Europe and diptyque candles – my favourite scent is mimosa.
Image above: I have quite a lot of perfumes – friends and family keep adding to my collection. This bathroom has so much light pouring in, that I wanted to keep everything white – I love how well the white shelves and glass work. I keep my hair pins and bands in the cute little grey pot from Anthroplogie. The glass box is from Selfridges and the wooden box is my jewelry box that I have had since I was 4 yrs old!
I love the black and white floral print! Do you mind sharing the name of the artist or where you purchased it? Thank you!!
Beautiful work of textures – feather necklace and a frame go perfect together. Great house, really personal!
@ERIN the print looks like Debbie Carlos
@ Erin– I've admired that print for a long time! The artist's name is Debbie Carlos and you can find her work on Etsy:)
I'm pretty sure that print is by Debbie Carlos, she sells on etsy.
A nice mix of old and new. Well done.
@ Erin. Looks like a Debbie Carlos poster to me. Her work is rad. http://store.debbiecarlos.com/
hi. yes yes it is debbie carlos!
thanks you guys -
Is it just me, or are the sneak peeks getting more and more tightly cropped? I've always loved the minimal approach DS takes to showing us rooms, but lately it seems like so many peeks are emphasizing the "peek" at the expense of showing us any interiors. The peeks are more like a stream of vignettes and instead of drinking in every detail of a room like I used to, I find myself frustrated as I try to understand what piece of furniture I'm even looking at, let alone how it's positioned in relation to something in the next frame. This is like a series of displays. It's exhausting.
What a lovely home! There is something very cozy about the room featured in that first picture.
Would it be possible to find out what neighborhood their home is in? I completely understand if South London is as specific as they'd like to get, but I'm just curious.
@claire it is in Brockley. South East London
This is lovely, lovely space. I love all of it, and especially the comment about how "Liberating it is to be in a space of your own making". That just about sums up what a home should be and feel like!
@Stacey–I agree about the vignettes. It's nice to see the details up close, but I too am a 'space' person–I like to get the full view along with the details to get a better sense of a place.
I would love to know how she got the flag to stay like that permanently. I've wanted to display a flag indoors just like that, but it moves around too much.
Gotta love Scotties!
I love this beautiful home! That large letter A print is amazing…where is it from?
i agree with stacy! Grrr show me the room! (get one's photographer to shoot long shots) please please please please people these houses are too gorgeous to not see!
AAAAHHH maybe I am just really tired but that bed looks like the most comfortable and inviting bed in the whole wide world!!! Beautiful house!
Lovely. Love the feather necklace.
Beautiful! Please do share the source of the A print, would love to have that in my home to honor my two beloved A folks. Thanks!
The source of the A print would be very much appreciated!
Beautiful home. Perfectly designed and so personal which is exactly what a home should be. I love the mix of styles and the Gold additions throughout – Gold always adds warmth and glamour to a space :O)
What I lovely home. But I agree with a few other commenters who said, I sure wish I could see bigger shots, like of the whole living room for example!
the dog is my favorite. love the last pic!!!
I will second, third, and fourth this question: Can anyone tell me where the "A" print is from? Been searching to no avail….
My dog Darby, is nearly identical to your puppy Hudson. What breed is he? Darby has a west highland terrier mother, and a Maltese father?
I keep checking back on this comment thread to see if the source of the "A" print has ever been revealed … any clues?


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I think the wall looks great the way it is!
I love the stonework and the general appearance of the yard; I hold with the other posters who note a potential problem with any fence modifications, where exactly is the boundary line between the 2 properties, who put up the fence, was the boundary line ever surveyed, and local laws pertaining to all of the above.
I urge you to talk to one of the clerks at your local city hall, or the town lawyer (often called a city soliciter) to determine which laws and local ordinances apply to your particular situation.
In some towns, how long a fence (it looks like the pressure treated beams are a part of the wall/property line/fence) has been in place, & who installed it & maintains it determines the property line between the 2 properties.
Property lot dimensions are originally laid out when the town is incorporated, and amended when property sales (partial & full) are transacted---but that could have been many decades or centuries ago, in some cases----often, much of this info is contained in the DEED that you received at the time you bought your property----read it.
Issues over wood beams and fences are almost always resolved without 3rd party involvement if the 2 property owners take the trouble to talk to each other in a friendly way so that both parties understand that their interests are not being threatened.


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- Senate Democrats held all-night session to draw attention to climate change
- The issue has fallen off the radar with the help of wealthy opponents
- Wealthy environmentalist Tom Steyer has put it back in the spotlight
It might not have had the drama of a Sen. Ted Cruz overnight talk-a-thon, but some Senate Democrats hope their all-night effort draws similar attention to their issue that has been stalled in Congress: climate change.
Mirroring a tactic employed by Cruz during his marathon effort aimed at derailing Obamacare, Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts read from Dr. Seuss during his turn speaking just before midnight Tuesday.
He chose the children's book "The Lorax," which touches on the environment.
"But now says the Once-ler, now that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better," Markey read, then added his own thoughts: "So to my colleagues here in the Senate and everyone watching and following tonight thank you for caring a whole awful lot."
Twenty-eight Dems participate
The effort by 28 Democratic senators was launched in part by Rhode Island's Sheldon Whitehouse, who credits warming oceans for the state's disappearing idyllic and populated coastline.
Whitehouse has spoken about the issue every week the Senate has been in session for the past two years, culminating in 60 speeches that have gone largely unnoticed by the public.
He and fellow Democratic members of the climate change caucus hope their all-night session propels the issue back into the spotlight since it has been on the back burner for several years.
"There's a group of senators who have not given up on getting something done on climate change and aren't willing to just sit quietly through the current status quo," Whitehouse told CNN in a phone interview on Monday.
After climate change legislation, one of President Barack Obama's top three priorities entering office, failed in 2010, the issue fell off the radar. The President rarely talked about it. Congress did little to address it.
"If you were looking for reassurance that somebody took this seriously in Washington, you weren't finding much," Whitehouse said.
The third rail
Climate change turned into an issue that few wanted to touch, especially those facing difficult reelection campaigns.
When Democrats tried to pass legislation that would have capped carbon emissions, skepticism around climate change reached an all-time high.
According to Gallup, 48% of respondents said the issue on its face is exaggerated.
Opponents, led by organizations and businesses involved in the fossil fuel industry, successfully turned public opinion and stopped any efforts in its tracks.
The death of climate change
Opponents successfully renamed cap and trade, which referred to legislation that placed limits on carbon emissions by power plants and other major polluters, to "cap and tax."
Amid recession, they argued the proposal would kill jobs and raise energy prices.
Key players in changing the dynamic of the debate were the Koch Brothers, billionaire businessmen who made their fortune in the oil and gas industry and have also spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to defeat Democrats.
Cap and trade would have cut into Koch industries' revenue, which is estimated to hover around $100 billion per year.
Tim Phillips, the President of Americans for Prosperity, the political organization backed by the Kochs, said that killing climate change legislation in a Democratic-controlled Washington was his organization's major accomplishment.
"Stopping cap and trade was a crucial policy victory that most folks would have thought impossible at the time," he said during a recent interview. "Defeating that was an enormous policy victory that has lasting policy repercussions in a good way."
Not only did they kill the legislation, they successfully helped to elect a crop of new lawmakers who don't believe that human activity is the cause of global warming.
According to the League of Conservation Voters, 100 lawmakers currently fall into their ranks.
Whitehouse had this response: It's "something that his grandchildren will be very ashamed of."
The top Republican in the Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell, took to the floor Monday afternoon to deride the climate change talkers as "cruel."
"Families are losing work because of government attacks on the coal industry," McConnell said, referring to his home state of Kentucky. "And tonight you're going to hear 30 hours of excuses from a group of people who think that's OK. Well it's not OK. It's cruel."
A revival?
The death of cap and trade triggered new fears among environmentally friendly legislators.
"It is unfortunate," Whitehouse said. "History will look back at the propaganda effort of the carbon polluters as one of the most sophisticated and complex propaganda efforts that human kind had to withstand."
But since then, the public has started to shift its opinion.
According to Gallup, 41% now say that climate change is exaggerated -- 7 points lower than its high in 2010. And the number of those who say the seriousness of the issue is underestimated is on the rise.
Now Whitehouse thinks it's his side's turn to make a move. He has buy in from the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who told reporters last week that it is "the worst problem" the world faces.
But they have to start at Square One by working to convince the public that climate change is real.
The Senate's all-night session is well-timed.
Wealthy former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer is willing to spend Koch-like money to push the issue of climate change and defeat skeptics in the 2014 midterms.
Whitehouse, who has known Steyer since college, said if he can make good on his pledge to infuse the effort with $100 million, he would "help to neutralize an incredibly one-sided spending."
"We can change the conversation very quickly."
The absentees
But not all Democrats - and no Republicans - are on board. Notable senators were absent from the overnight session Monday into Tuesday.
They include those who have difficult election campaigns, including Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska.
Republicans aren't letting Landrieu's absence go unnoticed.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which aims to get Republicans elected to the Senate, put out a web video Tuesday, criticizing Landrieu for allowing the talk-a-thon to take place. The video also argues she doesn't stand up enough for American energy.
Tiernan Sittenfeld, a senior vice president of the League of Conservation Voters, said the fact that just over half of the Democratic caucus is willing to speak in the wee hours of the night about climate change is "incredibly exciting" and "good politics."
In fact, Whitehouse is working to ensure that climate change is a topic in the 2016 presidential race by traveling to Iowa next week to talk to voters and activists.
He insists he is not running for President but wants to make sure those who do talk about the impact of climate change.
Obama's engagement
After a hiatus post 2010, the Obama administration is also back in the climate change game.
President Barack Obama proposed his Climate Action Plan this past summer that would create carbon pollution standards for power plants and expand renewable energy production. And in his new budget plan, the President proposed funding to study the impacts of climate change.
Secretary of State John Kerry said last month that climate change is the "greatest challenge of our generation."
Whitehouse is optimistic that the tide is turning. So much so that he traveled to Sea Island, Georgia, this past weekend to speak at the conservative American Enterprise Institute conference.
"I think it went pretty well," he said.


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Posted on 11/09/2012 5:34:15 PM PST by FreeReign
Didn't you know? Valerie Jarrett is our defacto president.
this plus all the other pieces add up to something HUGE.
Administration people NOT wanting to continue in their jobs.... INSIDERS wanting OUT.
interesting times indeed; keep eyes peeled in the next couple weeks/month
Depends on how high up you are. They still do background checks for defense contractor jobs.
If the affair was phony then how does one explain the emails sent after the breakup (see CNN story mentioned in this thread) or is CNN story a lie also? Not that I believe CNN, just wondering about the info
If you remember, way back in 2008, Petraeus' name was being thrown around as a possible GOP nominee in 2012.
THIS is a great example of how far the Obama machine will go to prepare the destruction of potential rivals.
Who is feeding CNN this email information?
Anon sources?
did he REALLY? Or did he embrace "the Sword of Damocles" zer0bama held over his head, so he could speak his mind at any inquiry or trial?
Obama has a track record of picking corrupt losers:
Joe "I Know Nothing" Biden, Van "Commie-Con" Jones, Hillary "I Can't Recall" Clinton, Eric "My People" Holder, Janet "Fat & Furious" Napolitano, Leon "I Never..." Panetta, Kathleen "Porn-Mommy" Sebelius, Timothy "Turbo-Tax" Geithner, Hilda "Stat-Cooker" Solis, General "Sugar Daddy" Petraeus, etc.
Oh - and Moochelle "Cheeseburger" Obama
Losers, Liars, Tax Cheats, ex-Cons, and Limo-Communists
Between lying about Benghazi and his biographer/bimbo - what a man to pick Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
If General Petraeus obviously did these things - you know there are dozens of more slimey acts he is guilty of.
I just have to believe that the Chicago thugs knew about this affair before Bambi put Petraeous up for the CIA job. For what reason did they go forward with the nomination? Maybe to blackmail him? I'm guessing the CIA has a lot of dirt in their files on Bambi, maybe not anymore.
Honey Trap.
What about her husband and children? How much would she have to be paid to betray them? The whole thing really doesn't make sense to me. But if Obama is involved, it doesn't surprise me.
I can't imagine 'our side' didn't think of this before the elections.
They suspected unstoppable massive voter fraud.
So, let it happen and then impeach.
Has anyone posted the drudge newsmax article?
This devastating stuff from the current drudge headline newsmax article:
Still, the White House, with concurrence by the FBI and Justice Department, held off on asking for Petraeus resignation until after the election. His resignation occurred three days after the election, avoiding the possibility that Obamas ill-fated appointment of Petraeus could become an issue in the election.
FBI agents on the case were aware that such a decision had been made to hold off on forcing him out until after the election and were outraged.
The decision was made to delay the resignation apparently to avoid potential embarrassment to the president before the election, an FBI source says. To leave him in such a sensitive position where he was vulnerable to potential blackmail for months compromised our security and is inexcusable.
I absolutely agree with your scenario. I think what made him decide to admit to adultery was the fact that he was going to have to testify UNDER OATH next week. That was the red line for him .... so he ducked out. If he was truly doing the honorable thing for honor's sake (as his letter implies), he either would not have betrayed his vows or he would have resigned much earlier. The guy joined a corrupt administration in lying to the American people and he is continuing that dishonesty, even on his way out.
He'll still have to testify ... maybe he'll take the 5th. Petraeus better watch his back .... he is still a danger to Obama as I'm sure he knows plenty not only about Benghazi. Let's hope he's not so "depressed over this affair" that he 'decides' to do something drastic (like the recent Secret Service agent).
Maybe this was the sex scandal drudge was referring to before the election.
Look folks I think there are broader issues here and this may be of concern to any and all Americans. We need to be asking the FBI why they were hacking into, and spying on the General with little to no evidence of criminal wrong doing. Yes, the General was possibly open to blackmail; however, his affair had been terminated years ago and I'm pretty sure during his screening process he had mentioned his affair to the CIA so that they could conduct a background investigation into the woman. The CIA conducts routine full scope polygraphs and this would most certainly come up. Please I ask you all to read the CIA spymaster book about George Kisevalter, he was regarded as one of the best spooks in the business and had an extramarital affair that HE admitted to and brought to the attention of the CIA. THe CIA conducted their own background check on the woman and determined she was not a foreign agent nor a threat so they allowed him to continue his relationship. This isn't about Patraeus having an affair this is about the FBI being a political tool to spy on it's supposed enemies or political opponents list. The FBI needs to be put into check and have some sort of bipartisan commission to check and double check it's operations. They have smeared the good General's name, and in the process have probably broken surveillance laws without the FISA process being used or going through the courts. Why were they spying on Americans with little to no evidence? Something just doesn't seem right to me.
Good point. I dunno, possibly there was an affair, but the reason for the sudden resignation was the embarrassing CIA leaks in the last month or so.
I suspect that the emails are part of the cover story.
"What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.
It's a great brainwashing process which goes very slow and is divided into four basic stages.The first stage being "demoralization".It takes from 15 to 20 years to demoralize a nation. Why that many years? Because this is the minimum number of years required to educate one generation of students in the country of your enemy exposed to the ideology of [their] enemy. In other words, Marxism-Leninism ideology is being pumped into the soft heads of at least 3 generation of American students without being challenged or counterbalanced by the basic values of Americanism; American patriotism."
I'm sickened by all the events that have been withheld from the American people 'until after the election.' This is fraud.
Iran fires on a US drone on Nov. 1 - but we just found out this week - after the election.
Libya hearings - after the election.
CIA Director resigns - after the election.
If Petraeus resigned even last week, Romney would have won. And Obama knows this.
This makes a lot more sense.
Then it would be Petraeus' obligation to tell it all at the hearing.
Good for you!
FBI Investigation Led to Petraeus Resignation
November 9, 2012 6:55:37 PM EST · 85 of 127
ladyjane to IrishPennant
Theres a lot more here than meets the eye.
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Hey Pete, you must be reading FR.
OR it is not true OR they knew but it was something to use against him when needed.
Remember we have a DESTROYER in chief sitting in our house and a lying media - only tells what is allow.
His affair was with obama when he agreed to take the director's job. NEVER align yourself to EVIL. Whatever good obama touches he destroys. That's the destroyer's job!
Exactly!! The media covers for the evil one from the beginning of HUGE anti-American going on's. We don't believe ANYTHING from them - unless one enjoys being deceived. Garbage in, garbage out. Protect oneself from filling the mind w/propaganda - don't allow it in.
Next time say 'yes' but it was bush's or Patreaus's fault. Works for the POS commie, community leader low life! I bet they would be honored to give the destroyer a job.
I don't think so- they were out in the open moreso than has been reported and the wimpy husband wrote that 'Busted!' letter to the NYT.
This looks more like an average affair, a weak woman powering-tripping on a RINO douchebag.
Timing of the book, on the other hand, is everything hinky.
Just like Rielle Hunter was embedded with John Edwards.
Which would sort of make sense of the history of the affair. The affair started when he was doing well in the desert, and maybe stopped when he started covering for Obama in the CIA. Watching your hero eat cr*p from his boss is not an endearing event.
We did not have an election this past week. As the news reports have been describing, the swing states were all rigged to deliver the win for Obama.
This was planned all along. People postulated as to why Obama seemed so disinterested in the first debate. He knew that the election outcome had already been decided and that he was just going through the motions, trying to figure out when his next tee time was.
Keep your powder dry.
Oh, and that 22nd amendment thingy...???
Expect a case added to the newly packed USSC case-log questioning the very validity of that amendment in 2015.
Obama is there for the longhaul.
Patraeus is like several generals and men in positions of power I have known: they became corrupted by their own sense of importance and began to believe all the fawning adulation from sycophants was really true.
Broadwell reminds me of another ambitious, military academy grad who deliberately used her femininity to entice a powerful man with her sexual charms, and ended up getting ensnared herself.
Hopefully, if he testifies, he will do so with an acute awareness of history and eternity as his guides.
"If four Americans get killed, it's not OPTIMAL."
They own him. He ceased being any kind of conservative -- if he ever was -- when he took up with Bobo.
Yes! Sharp eye.
-—A chick named Broadwell ( her married name) Imbedded , inbed, whatever, in Afganyland, writing a BOOK called ALL IN. It's hurting my jaws but check this. This chick is a West Point grad, did a tour, milked the system for some special schooling, Is still in the Army Reserves and is STILL a light colonel. At a minimum General Davy is looking at a fraternization charge ( if there is a camo dress, anyway)-—he might lose his good conduct medal. ( remember the old cartoon? sharp chick is checking out the general's ribbons in a bar and says "why general, you don't have a good conduct medal?"). I'm guessing this gal has all the security clearance she needs to diddle Davy AND his email. Something more sparked The FBI to look at Gen. Davy in Afghanyland-—————————————————————————————————————————Remember this whole deal with the bookie chick came up when he was still in the Army running the show in Sandland, the book got published, and Davy kept banging away. These big time operator guys tend to be one dimensional; that is, good at one thing, in this case soldiering, but real putzes in the rest of the world. This whole clusterflock looks to me like serious inbreeding in the West Point officer corp. The air is rare up there and the grads MUST avoid dieting on their own BS.-————That oath we take doesn't have any opt-outs for cute girls.
Wait, that ended up being Buttugly Bob Menendez (D-NJ) ... wonder if Petraeus was mentioned in any of those guess-the-adulterer threads...
There are still great leaders out there. Gen. Petraeus was available to do what was required at the time. And now after this, his time has passed. There are new leaders always waiting in the wings. Remember it is the continual consciousness of our western way of life that each American either adds to positively, or negatively, like a floating cloud absorbing our breathe of worth, enhanced or diminished.
Receiving classified information and publishing it seems to be allowed under the first amendment.
But yes, most would consider it treasonous in spirit if not legally.
Meant somewhat tongue in cheek.
Constitional Defintion of treason:
This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.
The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offence is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Dictionary definition of treason:
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.
3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
I think this will end up being just a violation of the Secrets law and not treasonous...unless the press is considered an enemy of the State. Big picture, what does that say about the press. :))
Me too, it's been a very difficult week. Fortunately, my family is understanding. But, I can't even involve myself in anything remotely sad because I'm right back to the tears.
From A7:
President Barack Obama said Petraeus had led the Central Intelligence Agency "with characteristic intellectual rigor, dedication and patriotism."
"I am completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive and carry out its essential mission, and I have the utmost confidence in Acting Director Michael Morell and the men and women of the CIA who work every day to keep our nation safe," the president said in a written statement.
"Going forward, my thoughts and prayers are with Dave and Holly Petraeus, who has done so much to help military families through her own work. I wish them the very best at this difficult time," Obama continued.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a statement that did not specify a reason for Petraeus' departure but praised his colleague extensively.
"From his long, illustrious Army career to his leadership at the helm of CIA, Dave has redefined what it means to serve and sacrifice for one's country," said Clapper.
Sources said that the woman whom Petraeus had an affair with is his biographer, a fellow West Point graduate 20 years his junior named Paula Broadwell.
"The full back story is not yet clear," said the New York Times, "though his affair came to light after FBI agents conducting a criminal investigation into possible security breaches examined his computer e-mails. The decision to step down was his."
According to Israel's Channel 2 news, the FBI knew of Petraeus's indiscretion for months, making it unlikely that the White House did not know of it as well. This raises the question — was the affair kept secret unil the elections, in order to spare the Obama administration embarrassment that could have negatively affected Obama's chances for reelection?
Petraeus was due to testify next week in hearings regarding the attack on the U.S.'s Benghazi consulate. Fox News reported that he is now not expected to testify in those hearings. "
He must have told them what his testimony would be. Wouldn't surprise me if he has an "accident" on the way to the hearing.
Yes, IMO, they have known about this affair from the start... maybe even before it began.(honey trap) I think they placed him head of the CIA so they could use him as a fall guy if needed.
Evidently she was a WP grad too. He should have remembered: Can't spell trouble without trou.
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"I dont get it....How does this get him out of testifying about Benghazi?"
It shouldn't and wouldn't with any of the rest of us with top secret clearances caught sleeping with a mediot with some classified pillow talk pre and post coital.
$inator Fineswine, immediately said that P wouldn't be called up, after he resigned.
B$ $inator. If that applied across the board, anyone leaking classified data, could sleep with a mediot ho, resign and confess to the adultry to avoid testifying.
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Dirty Money, 'Love Comes Down' — New Song
Artist: Dirty Money
Song: 'Love Comes Down'
Why You Should Listen: Diddy told you he won't stop. Dawn and Kaleena join the mogul as "he shows 'em how to move in a room full of vultures" on the first (?) official (?) single off his upcoming album 'Last Train to Paris.'
Listen to 'Love Comes Down'


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NEW YORK. Tuesday—Judging from the news emanating from Moscow these days, it appears that the Soviet Communist party's ruling Presidium thinks that capitalism is having a harder and harder time to succeed, and it insists that it will have to give way to a really progressive system which they call socialism.
Of course, the Soviet Union is putting most of its emphasis on the development of heavy industry and the modernization of its steel industry to catch up with the United States, which seems to have succeeded fairly well under its capitalist system—or else the Soviet Union would not be having such a time to catch up.
The Soviets seem to ignore for some reason the fact that capitalism is no more static than their own type of socialist economy which, incidentally, is probably not considered by the real socialists as representing what they consider true socialism.
Capitalism in the U.S. is successful, I believe, first because we had great natural resources and second because our people are flexible enough to change when change is needed.
The changes made in our country during the great depression of the `thirties are what saved our capitalist system. And if we are wise we are going to continue to adjust our system of capitalism to our needs.
The really important thing is that people be free to make their adjustments and their own decisions in these areas, that it be not something imposed upon them from the top but that the people as a whole understand the needs and work for them and accept whatever changes need to be made.
We have been fortunate in the U.S. in having for the most part enlightened people in business and usually in government, and we hope that this will continue.
All of us agree that we need to fight inflation, but the means of fighting it are the point on which many of us disagree. I think we lose more by cutting down on production through unemployment than we could possibly lose if we had full employment and full production and in that way brought down prices.
Wages cannot come down unless prices come down. People cannot have more unless more is produced.
In the past two days I have been to Pittsburgh on Monday and to Philadelphia on Tuesday. Both of these engagements were for lectures and I was only gone during the middle of the day.
This is rather a peripatetic week, even though I do sleep in my own bed all but one night. Now I have been invited to visit an integrated housing area in Brooklyn and I shall report my observations in another column.


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Maybe you've noticed this over the last few years. There haven't been a lot of things to cheer for at the Garden for Knicks fans. They've been an embarrassing collection of owners, coaches and malcontent players. And yet, through it all, there has been Jamal Crawford. Now, he's apparently on his way to Golden State for Al Harrington.
Did he shoot too much? Yes. Was he sometimes a defensive liability? Sure. But he was also a solid citizen, a steady performer and a clutch shooter on a team that rarely won.Â
Crawford was the only player to improve under Larry Brown. He stayed above the fray when Isiah Thomas and Stephon Marbury tried to sink the organization. And he seemed the perfect fit for Mike D'Antoni's fast break system.
But, all the reasons that Knicks fans loved Jamal Crawford are also the reasons he had to go. He was the only marketable player on a team looking to clear cap space in advance of LeBron and Wade and Melo and Bosh becoming free agents.
So, now Jamal Crawford is a Warrior. Traded across the country just like another Garden fan favorite of the previous era. But John Starks came back and is now a member of the Knicks front office. I'd like to think the door will be open to Crawford as well.
Anyway, good luck Jamal, and thanks.


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Hi everyone,
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I hope it's okay here.
I posted a while back about my gorgeous cat Henry dying of illness and being put down. It's been a couple of months now and in that time, I have grieved for him constantly- cried endless tears. I'm doing better now but the empty house started to destroy me.
Henry was an amazing cat- and I will never ever lose a place in my heart for him.
I feel like I did something bad today, I've been looking online at shelters- because I've been so lonely without a cat. It's not the same without a pet. Today I finally worked up the courage to go out and see some of cats I liked the look of at the local pound.
I cried on the way out there because I was worried about seeing all of the beautiful homeless animals. When I got there the people working at the shelter were lovely and so caring and soI felt a bit more at ease.
I ended up holding one of the cats I'd been looking at online. He is between 1-2 years old and looks like the cat from the kid's show "Postman Pat" (if you know it). As soon as I saw him in his cage, I felt a strong connection, he was looking at me with interest, wanting me to come over and play. When I was holding him, I felt like part of my heart had healed. He rubbed his little face against my chin and was just the most placid and loving thing I'd seen. Me being me, I ended up crying again.
I thought long and hard about the decision all day and finally decided, I wanted to take him home.
The only trouble is, I feel so guilty. I loved Henry so so much. I'm scared that when the new cat comes from the vet tomorrow, I won't love him enough or I'll feel like I've replaced Henry more so. I didn't want to feel that way.
I'm scared I got him too soon and I feel awful.
I know people might be critical of me and I understand that. I just need some help and advice. I'm real animal lover and I'd hate to destroy a special relationship.


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Where the WAGs go when they're tired of nice nightclubs
If you fancy buying some drugs on a night out, head to Essex!
The highest concentration of WAG and footballer activity can be found in the overpriced clubs of Soho. But for a more relaxed (cheaper) evening, many head towards the provinces, and in particular Faces Nightclub in Gants Hill.
Where: On the Cranbrook road in Gants Hill, a stone's throw from the Tube station. If lost, one of the local drug dealers will happily point you in the right direction.
How much: Entry is a modest ten pounds, but you can waive the fee and the queues with a membership. Silver, Gold and Black (!) memberships range from £20-£200.
Clientele: Those who frequently slink off to the VIP room include most of the West Ham team, Jermain Defoe, Teddy Sheringham and Danielle Lloyd. The latter held her 24th birthday at the club in November, which had a super classy 'pimps and prostitutes' theme. Other celeb regulars include Nikki from Big Brother and Jodie Marsh.
The non-VIP areas will be filled with bright orange Jodie Marsh clones, and men with Burberry collars who wish to sell you some 'gear'.
The Look: The men wear imitation Gucci loafers bought from the market, while the strict uniform for the ladies consists of white Stilettos, fake tan and cleavage.
The club itself was closed for a drugs raid refurbishment last year, but is still 'pretty grimy' according to my club lovin' friend.
Music: Thursdays are R'n'B and electro house, Fridays are pop and Saturdays are equally as awful.
Dress code: 'No ripped jeans, trainers or sportswear' requests the flashy new website. Girls are required to wear skirts that reveal their underwear at all times, while guys should wear loose clothing with many pockets, so their 'purchases' may be easily stored.
Drinks: Faces prides itself on its classy and varied menu, and for serving drinks with names that tell customers nothing about their contents. Highlights of the cocktail menu include the 'Wait for the Bite', the 'Do you Fancy It' and the utterly enticing 'Bling Bling'. For £19.99, you can also get a bottle of Champagne from the valleys of Essex called 'Charmaine'.


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The last day of May was still young, so Pat Neal wasn't quite sure exactly how many homes Neal Communities would have sold by month's end. Forty-four for sure, well past the goal of 37. "But we think we might get 48," said Neal, the company's president.
"We have a lot of pent-up demand expressing itself now," he said.
In April, Neal Communities recorded 54 sales, an average of 1.8 homes a day. For the year, Neal Communities, both a developer and builder, has been averaging 12 sales a month among its communities, and 20 a month in Lakewood Ranch's Central Park near Bradenton in Southwest Florida.
That's a sales pace that most builders, much less those based in Florida, haven't seen in five years.
"We call Lakewood Ranch the center of our universe," said Neal. There have been 300 sales in the community since it opened two years ago, and 250 of those were made by Neal Communities. The rest were sold by Bruce Williams Homes, Cardel Homes, and Lee Wetherington Homes.
"Home buyers have embraced the concept we have created here: homes for a great value in a gated community surrounded by nature, with a beautiful park in the center of it all," Neal said.
Neal is predicting the company will sell more than 550 homes in 2012, growing by 30% in sales and 40% in profit. Neal Communities has made operational profits every year during the recession, he adds.
Neal is getting a lot of traction with active adult buyers. Early in the downturn Neal retooled its product, sizing it down, value engineering out costs, and designing to target active adult buyers, which now comprise 70% to 80%of his market.
Next Neal is looking for land where he can build small, cost-conscious homes for young families.
"They will be first-time home buyers, people in apartments, living with Mom and Dad, people graduating from college," he said. "We will have lots of those people we think in 2014, 15, 16," he predicts.
Not on his radar is most of the move-up market. Neal says many in Florida are too underwater on their existing homes.
Teresa Burney is a senior editor for Builder magazine.
Learn more about markets featured in this article: Bradenton, FL.


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The craft show kept Red busy! There was so much to see
No stop in Lititz would be complete without twisting a pretzel at the oldest pretzel factory in the US. Sturgis Pretzels are hard to beat. Red loved the cheese ones.
Wilber Chocolate. YUM! Red had a hard time leaving this place and took a moment to sit outside and just enjoy the chocolate smell that wafts through town.
A trip into Lancaster to Hunger-n-Thirst found Red admiring the wide selection of beer and cheese. What a great place that was!
Back to the Inn at the end of a busy day, Red took some time next to the fish pond to write long glowing reports in his journal. It was a short visit but ohh so fun!


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Published November 19, 2013
ST. LOUIS – Nestled among the quiet fields of corn and beans that dominate the southwest Illinois landscape, Joe Hoy's llamas, ducks, rabbits and goats provided a cherished soundtrack for his neighbors and were a source of fascination for area children who would stop by to see them.
The farm was gone in a flash Sunday, as one of several powerful tornadoes that touched down in Illinois and elsewhere in the Midwest raked the 80-year-old Hoy's property near New Minden, killing him, his sister and their menagerie and destroying their house and fields.
"Joe Hoy had a heart as big as all of the outdoors," said Judy Harmening, whose own farm a quarter-mile away was left untouched. "We could sit on our porch and listen to the sounds that came up from that farm. We didn't know what bird or animal it was, but I'll miss that."
Sunday's tornadoes, which were notable for how destructive they were and how late in the year they struck, killed at least six people in Illinois and two others in Michigan and injured hundreds of others. The six deaths were the most from tornadoes on any November day in Illinois' state history, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday.
In addition to the deaths of Hoy and his 78-year-old sister, Frances Hoy, three people were killed in Brookport, a town in Massac County, in Illinois' southern tip. Another person was killed in Washington, a central Illinois city of about 16,000 residents where Mayor Garry Manier said hundreds of homes had been damaged or destroyed.
The National Weather Service said the Washington tornado, like the one that flattened Hoy's farm, had a preliminary rating of EF-4, meaning it had wind speeds of 170 to 190 mph.
The state's Emergency Management Agency said 150 to 200 people were injured in Illinois, and Gov. Pat Quinn declared portions of Champaign, Grundy, LaSalle, Massac, Tazewell, Washington and Woodford counties to be disaster areas. He updated President Barack Obama about the damage and relief efforts in Obama's home state during a phone call Monday, said Quinn's spokeswoman, Brooke Anderson.
Many residents of affected areas said they knew what was coming, having seen weather alerts on their television screens. But they still raced for shelter, with Harmening barely able to get her father, who uses a walker, into the house as the wind became fierce and the sky turned ominously gray. They didn't quite make it to the basement.
"There was no rain with it. We're lucky we had 10 or 12 drops of rain," Harmening said. Just seconds later, "the sun was shining, and there was a rainbow off to the east. It was the weirdest storm I've ever witnessed."
The coroner said Hoy's body was found about 100 yards from where his house stood. Frances Hoy, who Harmening said was developmentally disabled and cared for by her brother, died later at a hospital.
In tiny New Minden, the storm toppled a church steeple and cemetery headstones and tore the roof off a convenience store, said the town's president, Candi Cross. But she said the village dodged the storm's brunt when the twister she saw coming across a field suddenly turned away from town as she ran for cover to her mom's neighboring home, her Chihuahua clutched to her chest.
"The leaves were twirling around me, higher than I am tall," she said. "It took everything I could to stand up straight and run. I no more got to my mom's house, and it was all over with. It just took seconds.
"If that tornado would have taken the path it was coming, we probably would have been leveled."
In Brookport, with about 1,000 residents, Alderman Larry Call said dozens of homes, mostly trailer homes, on the outskirts of town were destroyed. The three people killed there ranged in age from 56 to 63 years old, the Illinois State Police said.
The weather service said those who have surveyed the damage in Brookport believe that the tornado that struck there reached EF3 strength at times, meaning it was packing 140-mph winds and averaging 250 yards wide.
Brookport Alderman Larry Call said that as the twister approached the town on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., several people hunkered down with him at the First Christian Church, where he is the pastor.
Call said he heard "an extremely loud pop," and later found that the noise came from a plank that was sent flying through his pickup truck's windshield.
The damage around Brookport "almost looks like a number of dashes across a page," said 64-year-old Call, whose church ultimately served as the town's command center. "The tornado set down on the western edge of town, then did a hop, skip and a jump. By the time it got to the eastern side, it sat down in earnest again. It just seemed to skip over the central portion of town."
Some 32,000 homes and business still were without power Monday afternoon, down from the outage peak of nearly 220,000.


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