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The cult director and his longtime music supervisor Randall Poster talk about the ecstatic, bass-bombing soundtrack of their new film, Spring Breakers.
By Carrie Battan , March 21, 2013
If you want a high-resolution snapshot of American youth culture today, go to a Skrillex show. His live performance is a traveling vortex where bleeding bass, glow sticks, and throbbing moshpit-like mobs congeal into a democratized mass of debauchery. It's the type of scene that could've easily sprung from the imagination of Harmony Korine, the veteran cult-film provocateur and scholar of all things young, sweaty, and morally misguided. Korine has been to a Skrillex show; naturally, he loved it. The director's latest film, the violent day-glo adventure Spring Breakers, throttles out of the gate with slow-motion, close-up shots of very drunk and very naked young people dancing on a beach to Skrillex's blissfully bipolar, genre-defining "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites".
"When I was a kid growing up, these dudes rode around in boom trucks, playing bass-- a thudding sound, no words," he says, before imitating the low-frequency pulse with his mouth while sitting in Manhattan's Crosby Street Hotel last week. "I remember feeling it in my stomach. It was like bombs going off. And I felt the same sensation when I heard [Skrillex's] music. That was something I was trying to translate to film-- this kind of guttural, physical bass. I wanted the theater to shake."
Along with music supervisor du jour and longtime Korine collaborator Randall Poster (the mind behind the music found in everything from Rushmore to Zoolander), Drive soundtrack composer Cliff Martinez, and Skrillex, the director strung together a booming soundscape for Spring Breakers. The movie eventually moves beyond boob-shots and dubstep, digging into a rumbling Floridian hip-hop underworld that pivots around James Franco's cornrowed, gold-toothed white rapper character, Alien, and his rivalry with the villainous traplord Archie, played by an especially gruff Gucci Mane. It's a dream of a nightmare, and a nightmare of a dream.
And there's rarely a moment of silence in it. Along with bass drops and trap-rap, its backdrop includes early-aughts chart hits (Nelly's "Hot in Herre", Britney Spears' "Everytime") and Martinez's dreamy orchestral compositions. What the film lacks in tangible plotlines it makes up for in adrenaline-pumping jolts of volume and color-- you can almost think of it as a very long, entrancing music video.
Pitchfork: Who was the inspiration behind James Franco's character? For a long time, Houston rapper RiFF RAFF took credit, but then it was revealed to be a guy from Florida named Dangeruss.
Harmony Korine: It's such a tricky thing. That character was never based on a single person. It's based on an amalgamation of a lot of people I knew growing up in Tennessee-- riding the school bus with white kids in cornrows who used to rap. I'm friends with RiFF RAFF, and his style is definitely in there. I originally wanted him to be in the sequence next to [Franco's character] on stage. I was trying to put together a white-rapper posse. We sent RiFF an email, but his manager saw it too late.
But Dangeruss is the person Franco spent the most time with when he went to St. Petersburg. A lot of Franco's mannerisms and cadences-- the more regional aspects, the details-- came from Dangeruss. But there were a million influences.
Pitchfork: How closely do you track YouTube-era "outsider" rap like RiFF RAFF, Lil B, Kreayshawn...
HK: I think there's something amazing about what RiFF is doing right now. I'm aware of all that stuff, but to be honest with you, I've never been into alternative, hipster rap music. I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music. I just like the bass-- the thud, the groove, the grimiest shit. I like it when it's just choruses and rattling bass, and I enjoy a vocal tenor and swagger that usually is associated with the South. Rap is the only interesting music left-- it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting. All that Chief Keef and Young Chop shit that came out last year, that drill music from Chicago, I thought was terrific. Gothic bass music. It's very similar to music that I used to hear growing up in Nashville.
"Gucci Mane is trap rap's Frank Sinatra."
Pitchfork: Why did you choose Gucci Mane to star in this movie as opposed to any number of Atlanta trap-rappers?
HK: Because he's the best trap-rapper ever, without question. To me, he's the epitome of trap gone weird. There are guys who are more macho and gruff, and I find that pretty boring. Gucci's rhymes are weird; his metaphors are so strange-- his whole thing is next level. What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra-- it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.
Pitchfork: What are the logistics of getting Gucci Mane on board with a film?
HK: Brett Ratner, the director, had worked with Gucci on a Mariah Carey video, so I asked him to hook me up with Gucci's manager. At the time, Gucci was in prison, so we called him in jail, and I said: "I have a part for you. As soon as you get out of jail, I'll be waiting, just make sure you don't reoffend." He was really excited. And he didn't reoffend.
Pitchfork: Did he choose the women in the scenes with him?
HK: I knew he liked thick chicks, so I would try to look for more meaty girls. I was getting most of them from these crazy black strip clubs in the outskirts of Tampa. I would tell him to pick the ones he wanted, but he just didn't care. Even in that sequence where he's having sex with that girl with the huge ass, he fell asleep while she was pretending to fuck him! She was riding his dick while he was snoring. He would also do these crazy things, like we'd be in the middle of a scene and he'd say, "Oh, I gotta go do a show, I'll be back in two hours."
Pitchfork: As a filmmaker living in Nashville, how do you become familiar with underground trap culture in Florida?
HK: I spent a lot of time in Tampa and started to network there. Certain people, real trap heads, are living the life. You piece it together and try to make things as authentic as possible. Some of the people in one of the scenes, for instance, were part of Gucci's posse from Atlanta.
I didn't even intend to make a film about spring break. It's more of an impressionistic reinterpretation of all those things-- a pop poem. "Spring break" is really pretty fleeting in the film; I was more interested in Alien's world. And then it becomes more about the trap houses, the neighborhoods off the strip, the faded yachts. A kind of beach noir. I always felt that Florida had this strange, sinister, magic vibe, and that's what I wanted to explore.
Pitchfork: What compelled you to make Skrillex's music a central piece?
HK: I wanted the film to have a physical component and to be closer to a drug experience-- something that had an elevation, a transcendence, and then disappeared. Trance-like. His music was representative of that. It had all these pop elements, but also this bombastic and brutal electronic aspect. He's also of that culture in a lot of ways, and a lot of those kids [in the film] would be listening to his music. I thought it would be interesting to put him with someone like Cliff Martinez, who I've admired for a long time. I thought the two of them had something that made sense with the images. They created a liquid narrative.
Pitchfork: You chose Britney Spears as a thread as well, but her music really predates the teenage girls featured in the film. Why Britney?
HK: Britney was the forebear to this pop insanity that seems to have taken over, she's the best at that. This might sound crazy, but there's something much more complicated in her music. On the surface, it's poppy and airless and morose and beautiful, but underneath, I always felt like there was a violence and a pathology.
Pitchfork: She's kind of a tragic American hero now.
HK: It's weird, though. She's more like magic now. I don't view her as tragic. She's almost more than a person-- she's like an energy.
Pitchfork: On the other end of that spectrum, there's Beyoncé, who never makes a mistake. Did you watch her documentary Life Is But a Dream?
HK: Yeah... what are you going to do? [shrugs] And someone like Taylor Swift-- my four-year-old daughter loves her music. I don't find anything offensive about her, but it's not my thing.
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Posted by Darin Gantt on October 5, 2012
Jerry Gray used to work for Gregg Williams.
And apparently he learned a thing or two about a turn of phrase from his old boss.
The Titans defensive coordinator used some frankly disturbing language in reference to his teams inability to stop passes across the middle of the field.
Gray told Jim Wyatt of the Tennesseean he wanted his guys to play without regards to possible fines.
If you are worrying about that, you are not going to go out and try and blow the guy up, Gray said. Great football players have to put that out of their mind. You have to say, This is my territory between the numbers, and if you throw the football you better bring the Gator truck.
And thats how you have to play. You cant play timid in the NFL.
The Gator is the green tractor/cart teams use to haul off injured players.
If thats not quite Kill the head and the body will die, its at least running down the same road, and the kind of thing coaches should be smarter than to say out loud in the wake of the Saints bounty investigation, for which Williams was suspended.
Theres a way to read it that comes up well short of Jerry Gray is telling his guys to hurt opponents, but he opened the door when referencing what amounts to a cart-off.
The Titans currently rank last in the league in points allowed, next to last in yards. Theyve also been outscored 41-13 in the first quarters.
Have we blown anybody up? Maybe we are playing too timid, Gray said. We cant give up touchdowns as soon as we get off the bus. We didnt do that last year. You cant give up touchdowns in the first quarter and expect to get sacks and expect to get turnovers. . . .
I dont coach a defense like this, and I dont think they intend to play a defense like that. But when it happens, what do you do to fix it? And that is our job. We have 12 weeks to fix it.
Gray should also expect to spend part of that time on the phone with someone in New York, who will explain to him that you cant even approach the suggestion of soliciting injuries at a time when the leagues preaching player safety.
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Re: Titans DC uses some disturbing words to motivate his players
I only think he here's from the NFL head office if his players actually go out head hunting with intent to injure. Although over the years there has been some questionable play from the Titans defensively.
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Re: Titans DC uses some disturbing words to motivate his players
either clark or mundy are gonna knock someones block off in tonights game anyways.
i cant blame tennessee for wanting to play the game on a level playing field.
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Re: Titans DC uses some disturbing words to motivate his players
Not that disturbing, I'm sure those same words were said in Pittsburgh for years before these new BS rules. Judging by the way Clark and Mundy are still hitting, I wouldn't be surprised if someone in the Steelers coaching staff still is.
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Re: Titans DC uses some disturbing words to motivate his players
Oh no! What we goin do now? What a violent, horrible man. How can he say something like that. I feel so violated. It's football. Blow them the eff up!!!
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Re: Titans DC uses some disturbing words to motivate his players
I'm sure all defensive coaches and players feel that way. Which makes the caterwauling over the Chiefs fans cheering Cassell's injury even more sanctimonious.
What's worse, fans who cheered a concussion, or players who try to inflict them?
And should we outlaw cheering at boxing and MMA fights when a guy gets knocked silly?
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Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
needs guitar though
I think so too but I really wanted to make a piano song so I didn't add guitar
Rated 5 / 5 stars
keep it instrumental man,
maybe have the guitars kick in with some vocals after the creepy piano bit?
i think so too if you have an idea let me hear it
Rated 3 / 5 stars
sounds like zelda at the beginning
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I like it.The progression you make at 24 seconds is awesome.It would be pretty brutal if you added in a distorted guitar into the mix.But it should be limited of course.
Anywho.Keep up the good work.
probrably wouldn't sound bad if i did but I wanted to make a piano piece, although... if you give me the idea I will try to see if it fits, because I don't see how guitars would go in this piece, I can hear vocals but not guitars
Rated 5 / 5 stars
You The-man!
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Breaking news, game giants Rockstar have confirmed support for Nintendo! The creators of the infamous GTA games issued a press release stating Manhunt 2 would be available on Wii.
So it's not GTA, but it does represent a leap of progress. And if you had to pick a game to single handedly take out big N's so-called "kiddie" image, this would be a strong contender (the original Manhunt was controversially violent).
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mr ssbb said:
First the godfather then scarface, now manhunt 2! Nintendo is losing the kiddie image more and more every day. I love it.
Bob Dole said:
Sweet. I love bloody and rampage games like gta and it's on the Wii.
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About time Nintendo got some more backup. We need more 3rd party games instead of just having our big guns mario, link and samus.
Ja-Mez said:
I've never played manhunt but if rockstar was able to create a game like GTA, this will surely be good. Probably not one I'd go for but that text up there is right.
Jason Pilcher said:
Heh, sounds cool.
Master Foot said:
Well it's not GTA, but it's a start. Nintendo and the kiddie image will be no more! ("The Omen" theme song plays!)
Koen van Beeck said:
What, we need to prove our point of Nintendo not being kiddy so often? Well, okay I guess.
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cmk said:
I'm glad that rockstar is here. If they can only make a Wii exclusive controversial gta, we can have people hating on the Wii for being too violent *sigh*.
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Manhunt 1 got banned in New Zealand and I think Australia.
I need a wii... ew said:
Manhunt 1 got rockstar sued didn't it?
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I don't really like Manhunt, I'm waiting for GTA.
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GTA all the way!
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PETER Gustavson wants to be your friendly neighbourhood private equity/venture capital investor.
The former Winnipegger moved to Victoria, B.C., in the early '90s, started the Custom House currency-exchange business, expanded it around the world and then sold it to Western Union for $370 million in 2009.
He's now back in business as Gustavson Capital. Armed with his large stake from the sale of Custom House, he's looking to invest -- up to $5 million at a time -- in early-stage growth businesses.
Gustavson had a great experience with private equity partners in Custom House and he's looking to provide that same great experience for other young entrepreneurs.
Having grown up in Norwood and built a chartered accounting practice here (which was also sold) Gustavson has a particular affinity for the local brand of entrepreneurs who must survive in the famously thrifty Winnipeg business climate.
After only recently formalizing the private equity business, he's already invested in a couple of Winnipeg businesses that make up 50 per cent of his portfolio, which he said will be getting larger very soon.
"I've signed letters of intent and non-disclosure agreements on some other businesses," he said. "I'll be writing some cheques in the next short while."
But he's already pulled the trigger on a couple of businesses run by Glen Tinley, the former publisher of Winnipeg Women and Winnipeg Men magazines -- Blue Sky Digital Media Ltd. and Mexia Interactive Ltd.
Blue Sky is a LED digital-billboard company and Mexia Interactive is a digital-information company providing location-based analysis for clients such as retailers, airports and municipalities.
Both companies currently have about six employees each and are at early-stage revenue that needed the funding Gustavson Capital provided to be able to execute their business plan.
"We would not have done anything had Gustavson not come on board to help us out," Tinley said.
It's one thing for entrepreneurs to slowly grow a businesses reinvesting as they go. But Tinley's businesses are capital-intensive.
"I had nowhere near the capital needed to do these businesses," he said. "They sat as an idea in my head until I could find funding."
But it wasn't just funding he needed.
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Gustavson is on the board of both Mexia and Blue Sky and his office of financial and business experts provides all sorts of support for Tinley.
It's not hard for Gustavson to imagine the kind of help Tinley and others like him need because he was once in the same position.
"There were guys in New York who would not even take my phone calls and then when the private equity investors (Boston-based Great Hill Partners LLC) became involved in Custom House, never mind taking my calls, those same guys were getting on planes and flying from New York to little old Victoria, B.C. to meet with me," Gustavson said. "They opened lots of doors and opportunities."
That's the kind of leverage he hopes Gustavson Capital will be able to provide the companies it is investing in.
"We spent a lifetime building relationships," Gustavson said. "I think we can help beyond just adding cash to a company's balance sheet."
Tinley said Blue Sky is finishing the permitting process to install four digital billboards in Winnipeg and hopes to have eight by the end of the year, the same number as its large competitor, Pattison Sign Group.
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Pigeons, London
21 Reviews
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Who has never seen the movie of Marry Poppins and the old lady feeding the birds?
Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's
The little old bird woman comes.
In her own special way to the people she calls,
"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.
Come feed the little birds, show them you care
And you'll be glad if you do.
Their young ones are hungry,
Their nests are so bare;
All it takes is tuppence from you."
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
But all that is over now!
If you don't get it yet! Here it is in many languages and in a pictogram!
No feeding the pigeons! What you eat must come out again and that goes exactly the same for these birds. In big masses they can produce quite some piles of bird poop and this ***ty mass of poop is so strong that it will damage the surrounding buildings, the statues and maybe smut your new outfit. So one good advice: don't!
I caught this sign at Trafalgar Square, a pigeon paradise!
DO NOT FEED the pigeons, especially in pigeon-friendly locations like Trafalgar Square. These ugly gray birds carry disease, cover everything with their s**t and are quite capable of looking after themselves.
They are not as stupid as they look (which is hardly difficult). Pigeons follow main roads and motorways to navigate and there have been sightings of pigeons using the London Underground!! It is impossible to run-over a pigeon with a car - they are experts at avoiding death!!!
If everyone stopped throwing bread and grain at these birds, they would have to go out and earn an honest living like every other sentient being. And that can only be a good thing ;-)
While pigeons are less of a problem than they used to be at Trafalgar Square, they are a HUGE menace at Piccadilly Circus!! I don't think eating here is a good idea......we watched a couple of people get "dive-bombed" by these hungry parasites! Ethan was concerned about them when I snapped this picture!!
Once upon a time Trafalgar Square used to be chock full of pigeons. Nelson on top of his column was covered in white gunge (I wonder where that came from!) and the floor of the Square was like a skating rink as you slipped around in the same white gunge that was on top of Nelson.
There used to be sellers selling seeds to feed the pigeons with. These days it is forbidden to feed pigeons. They have been likened to flying rats as they carry lots of infections around with them.
There aren't so many pigeons in London anymore, and we like it that way, please don't feed them and encourage more excrement!
I agree with the mayor " Red " Ken Livingstone on this one ,don't feed the bloody pigeons ,especially in Trafalgar Square.
Not only does it cost millions to scrape the guano of an already pretty dirty city ,but if you saw a rat you wouldn't feed it would you!
As well as lung infections the flying rats carry lice so DON'T BLOODY FEED THEM.
Three human diseases are known to be associated with pigeon droppings: Histoplasmosis, Cryptococcosis, and Psittacosis. They all result in years of unimaginable pain and then death. There are no known medicines to alleviate the pain or prolong life. OK. Only the names of the diseases are true, but do you want to contract anything you cannot pronounce? Pigeons are flying rats. Just plain nasty. Fortunately there are expensive fines in some places for people hell-bent on feeding these rodents. They don't need it. They can live in the wild, find food and not poo all over people in congested urbanised areas. The only reason they are pooing on your head is because people either feed them (bad) or from food litter from irresponsible people (worse).
Uncle Ken Livingstone (the Mayor) is fighting a long and protracted battle to cut the numbers of Pigeons on Trafalgar Square. He claims they are a health risk and cost millions in cleaning bills for the monuments and buildings.
To this end he has tried to stop people selling corn in the square - but people come and just feed them anyway. The pigeons swarm all over them (like in Hitchcocks's the Birds, says Ken)
So if you want to avoid something nasty and don't want to be covered in Pigeon, or their waste - avoid.
Alternatively you could feed them amphetamines and watch them fall out of the sky following a heart attack. Uncle Ken mysteriously ignored this suggestion of mine.
I thought that Harry the eagle had done his job and got rid of the pidgeons in Trafalgar Square. But aparently not. On my last visit to London (August 31st '04) the pidgeons were back with a vengance. Cue lots of bird poop on the floor. DON'T FEEM THEM!! They're disgusting - and it cost's too much to clean their poo of the ground. Health hazard alert. Keep TS clean - get rid of the pidgeons.
NY has plenty of "pigeons" (rats with wings, more like). However, the "pigeons" in London are like no other bird I've ever encounter in my life. First of all they're healthy, lively, vivacious, and have no qualms about taking a dump on your head.
Not that this happened to me of course...
Watch out of the pigeons! Don't walk under trees and don't *** them off!
I wanted to add this picture primarilly because of the look on this pigeons face... doesn't it look British!
I guess I have never been close enough to a pigeon to see if they are all British, but this one looks that way!
If you agree let me know!
As the official tip though, I would just be warned that where there are this many pigeons, there is bound to be a dry cleaner making a ton of money!!
When feeding the pigeons at Trafalgar Square be careful that they don't decide to bomb you with their droppings. Like other animals they carry diseases so if you are feeding them better you wear gloves. They are a real nuisance defecating on buildings and many Londoners consider them to be rats with wings. However there was a time when they were considered to be heroes when 250,000 of them were in the service of the Royal Air Force carrying messages, and believe it or not but 32 of them received the Dicken Medal for their bravery.
As children we always enjoyed going to Trafalgar Square to feed the pigeons. We'd buy seed from the local touts and see how close the pigeons would come. Would they feed from your hand?
Now all that is no longer ' politically correct'.
Pigeons are considered as vermin. Scattering seed is litter! So are bird droppings.
But somehow fun is being taken away from our children.
This is a controversial one and will upset the pro-pigeon lobby.
Watch out for filthy pigeons, especially around Trafalgar Square, otherwise you run the risk of being covered in bird droppings. Despite the 'No feeding' signs people still do and a there exists a bunch of people actively campaigning against Mayor Ken's plans to get rid of the disgusting things.
I like birds normally but not these things.
Update 27/03/03. Today in Trafalgar Square I was chatting to a couple of gents with a pair Harris Hawks. Beautiful birds. One flies the morning shift while the other spreads his wings in the afternoon. I was amazed at how few pigeons there were. This natural deterrent really works. I must stress that it is purely a deterrent and the hawks do not kill the pigeons. I believe that this is a good move for London.
It is the pigeons
that alight
on Nelson's hat
who make it white"
Spike Milligan
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS. They are vermin.
Actually, now that they've cleaned Nelson's column (loved the look of it when they had it all boxed in for the process) the hat is naturally white- or rather a pale stone colour rather than the smog-produced black. In the process it was discovered that the column was significantly shorter than had been thought, necessitating a complete recalibration of all the Units of Imprecise Measure, as used by factoids.
Hah! Paddington Pidgeon? you ask. Isn't it Paddington Bear?
No, Paddington Pidgeon, my friend. You see we were alighting from our taxi at Paddington Station to catch the Heathrow Express on our way home. Suddenly, Mrs. B. shouts, "Oh look at that!!"
On top of one of the suitcases was a big, white, gooey splotch. Immediately I thought it was a pickpocket catching our attention by squirting some white goo on our cases. But looking around the only person in sight was the cabbie inside his cab. Looking up we saw Paddington Pidgeon looking down on us with a devilish grin on his beak. Dirty Bird!!
To compound the problem, we had to find something to clean with. I headed to the mens loo, which of course in beneath the station at about sea level. No paper towels, but I grabbed some tissue and ran back up the stairs, wiped things up the best I could and then looked around for a rubbish container. Nope, none around. Security reasons I surmise. So, it's back down the stairs to the loo again.
We still have that stain on that suitcase to remind us of our little British flying friend.
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what do i do with 2 stubouts?
aim57September 17, 2011
We're remodeling our kitchen and we had a plumber come to do the rough plumbing for the kitchen sink. They put in 2 stubout connections for the drain. What should I do with the 2nd connection?
We have a dishwasher, disposal and a double sink. I was thinking of separating the drains for the double sinks. So, one sink drain would have the disposal, then the dishwasher connects to the disposal, then a trap and then to the first stubout. The other sink drain would have another trap and then go to the 2nd stubout.
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High School: 2012 graduate of New Milford High School earned three athletic letters in basketball was a 2010-11 All-South-West Conference honorable mention selection and a honorable mention selection to the SWC All-Star Team also earned four letters in soccer and one in tennis named NMHS's Most Improved Girl's Tennis Player as a senior helped the girl's soccer team claim the 2012 South-West Conference Championship named MVP of the conference tournament as a goalkeeper also named to the 2011 South-West Conference All-Colonial Division Team and the 2010 All-Patriot Division Team for soccer graduated in the top-20 of her class.
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Rita Ora by Scott Trindle for British Vogue December 2012.
Source: Celebrity Gossip
A real beauty ! just gorgeous !
That first photo…wow
i like the first picture
THE FIRST THE FIRST THE FIRST pic is gorgeous and everything!! The photographer did an amazing job capturing this snapshot!
She's lovely!!!
haters are a no show on this post? im surprised
She looks fresh and beautiful.
I prefer her with the short hair, the girl is gorg !
LOVE this spread! Beautiful!
Beautiful, but still a very boring girl
Why are we FOREVER promoting this white woman on an URBAN blog. smh you never see Elle promoting viola davis!
Rita looks so pretty here – this is how she should look & be styled all of the time.
@ kayla so true.
She looks so pretty.
Love it. Wished she looked like this all the time.
Rita ora is not white, ya'll stay mis informed on this site smdh!
Rita Ora is not white! People real ignorant on here! And yes she is gorge, I like to know what others look like that think otherwise, show your face.
I need to know why her brows ate black and her roots r brown. She has naturally brown hair so why blk brows?!
And yes. She is pretty much white. She's Albanian.
Pretty. Fresh.
Yes first shot!
She looks amazing she needed this haircut it's like an 80s rock star cut I love it on her it more edgy than her usual style
because shes albanian doesnt make her white…good gosh get a brain…theres chinese born in africa …and africans born in germany….your nationality is not the same as race
Maybe should correct that asians born in africa and blacks born in germany lol caught myself
Rita – your beautiful :)
Work it Rita!
Essentially she's caucasian. Mediterranean-Caucasian. She needs to go back to this hair style.
Why are we FOREVER promoting this white woman on an URBAN blog. smh you never see Elle promoting viola davis @ kayala
Its an urban FASHION blog. Her fashion really shines in the shoot! But I must say they are doing a lot of promoting but not releasing too many singles.


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It is very simplistic, no fiery guitars or wild synthesized sound.
As a long,long-time fan of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds I am constantly amazed at how their music changes and flows with each new album always evolving and growing.
That is not to say that it is bad, but i pales in comparrison to the former albums like "No More Shall We Part" and "The Boatman's Call".
While I'm a huge Nick Cave fan, this isn't one of his best works (in my opinion). Still, it's Cave on his journey and well worth having. All Nick Cave is a must. Read morePublished 9 months ago by Kurk Schoner
'Bring It On,' 'He Wants You' and 'Babe, I'm On Fire' are the highlights of the album. The rest of it kind of just sounds the same. It's like the generic version of Abattoir Blues. Read morePublished 11 months ago by dvd-addict91
As a long,long-time fan of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds I am constantly amazed at how their music changes and flows with each new album always evolving and growing. Read morePublished 17 months ago by Amber N.
A great album and worth every penny namely for the last track - there's a reason it's 14 minutes long, give it a listen (not to sell short the other tracks, many good songs here). Read morePublished on October 17, 2008 by Shane Ratliff
Given, I'm only a fairly recent (last 2-3 years) Nick Cave fan, and only own 8 of his albums (including Abbatior Blues/Lyre Live and B-Sides), but I loved this album. Read morePublished on February 4, 2008 by madbookworm
No More Shall We Part encapsulated everything Nick Cave was, taking him to the pinnacle of his songwriting ability combining the best elements of his previous albums. Read morePublished on August 9, 2007 by Poor Napoleon
I freely admit that I'm on the mellower side of most Nick fans - I love the man for his lyrical brilliance and his innovations, not for his songs that sound like he's playing the... Read morePublished on April 16, 2007 by C. E. Creager


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National Quilting Day pattern
geezerfolks_SharonG_FLFebruary 16, 2013
National Quilting Day is March 16th this year and the theme is Celebrate America. Here's the pattern for this year.
Here is a link that might be useful: Celebrate America
Thank you, Minnie. If anyone wants to, maybe we could have a sort of quilt-along or something on that day....just working on our own things. Seems like we should celebrate it as a forum in some way.....or not. Difficult to plan as who knows what will be taking place in 3 weeks, eh? At least LindaOH is doing something with her group. I'm going to plan on Celebrating America by working on a QOV that day. No way will I have these 2 finished by then.


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With the January 3 Iowa Caucus just around the corner, every tiny fluctuation in the polls seems to matter. Just weeks ago, there was a four-way tie in Iowa among Texas Congressman Ron Paul, former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Those numbers have changed several times since then, particularly with Herman Cain dropping out of the race, and according to the most recent Public Policy Polling, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich are now tied for first.
Just last week, Newt Gingrich held a clear lead in Iowa, but Paul has now closed the gap, polling at 21 percent, virtually matching Gingrich's 22 percent. Ron Paul reportedly has a great deal of support in Iowa and Romney is now coming in third in the Hawkeye State, with 16 percent.
Paul's campaign has been extremely successful in reaching Iowa voters, and intends to continue in its efforts. Paul's campaign has organized a "Christmas Vacation with Ron Paul" program which will feature approximately 500 youth in Iowa knocking on doors and manning the phone bank for their candidate. Additionally, the campaign purchased a $1-million ad buy in Iowa, which includes radio, TV, and mail advertisements, many of which focus on Newt Gingrich, who is currently Paul's greatest rival.
What is the price of freedom? $662 billion. That's the amount that will be spent on the defense budget for 2012 if it becomes law. For a moment, set aside the fact that the bill authorizes spending billions of dollars on the perpetuation of two unconstitutional foreign conflicts (Iraq and Afghanistan).
Set aside momentarily that the bill greases the skids for the deployment of forces into Iran (after "sanctions" fail to persuade Ahmadinejad to see things our way).
This bill, the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 that will now be sent in its conference form, will soon arrive at the House and Senate for a final vote. Then, on to the desk of President Obama for his signature or veto.
Apart from the obvious eviscerations of the separation of powers and the enumeration thereof in the Constitution, this legislation converts America into a war zone and turns Americans into potential suspected terrorists, complete with the full roster of rights typically afforded to terrorists — none.
In advance of the holiday break set to begin on Friday, Congress is hurrying to enact the defense budget with an eye-popping $662-billion price tag.
On November 17, four convicted terrorists appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, to review the alleged violation of their constitutionally guaranteed due process rights on the part of the government of the United States. The four co-petitioners are Omar Rezaq, Ibrahim Elgabrowny, El-Sayyid Nosair, and Mohammed Salameh. While these names may not sound familiar, their deeds are infamous. A brief "rap sheet" for each follows.
Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq is the sole surviving hijacker of EgyptAir Flight 648. He was one of three members of the militant Palestinian organization Abu Nidal (named for the founder of Fatah, Abu Nidal) who participated in the hijacking of the plane in 1985. The other two hijackers were gunned down either by armed sky marshals or by Egyptian commandos who stormed onto the airplane. On July 19, 1996, a federal district judge sentenced Rezaq to life imprisonment for his role in the hijacking.
Conservative economist Robert Higgs' warnings about the Heritage Foundation's Index of Dependence on Government were already outdated when they were published on Thursday. The updated statistics from Heritage for 2011, published the next day, showed the situation in the United States to be even worse than Higgs warned.
Higgs noted that the so-called "ruling class" (taken from Angelo Codevilla's book of the same name) is a tiny percentage of the total population in the country, and has in the past only been able to maintain its legitimacy through vote-buying and mainstream media credibility. The fear of the ruling class has always been that dissatisfaction and distrust would result in their expulsion from the seats of power. But Higgs notes that now there are so many Americans dependent upon the government for their very subsistence that resistance to the tyranny of the ruling class is being increasingly neutralized.
The more dependent the citizens become on their government, the less influence they are likely to have in any substantial downsizing of that government:
It was billed as a "Lincoln-Douglas -style" debate on foreign policy, though there was, alas, no Lincoln, no Douglas and, apparently, not much debating when Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and John Huntsman met at the Dana Center at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, Monday afternoon. Gingrich, the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and later ambassador to China, spent 90 minutes in a bloodless exchange of views that bore some resemblance to a college seminar.
For a number of Americans, the Christmas season is a time for joy and love, but for others, it's an opportunity to stage a war against Christianity. The latest battle entails a blasphemous nativity scene from a group of atheists, which they have defended as a response to counteract the Christian "War on the Constitution."
Wisconsin is once again at the center of a major dispute, this time because Governor Scott Walker made the mistake of referring to the "holiday" spruce as a "Christmas tree." That prompted the Freedom from Religion Foundation to call Walker "a Teabagger governor wearing religion on his sleeves."
We're told that Barack Obama chose the obscure locale of Osawatomie, Kansas, for his recent domestic policy speech because it was the site of a seminal Teddy Roosevelt speech 101 years ago. This may very well be true. Through the distinctively named city of 4,500, Obama could make a symbolic connection with the man who once offered Americans a Hamiltonian conception of state power dubbed the "New Nationalism." Yet, unbeknownst to virtually everyone, Obama is connected to "Osawatomie" through another man.
Amidst all of the controversy surrounding the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Obama administration attempted to paint itself as an oppositional force against the bill, threatening to veto it if it passed. Now, however, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), co-author of the bill, has said that the administration in fact heavily lobbied to have removed from the bill language that would have protected American citizens from some of the bill's provisions, such as indefinite detention without trial. According to Levin, who is Chairman of the Armed Services Committee:
New polls released this week show near-record high fears of big government and strong support for the emergence of a credible third party to shake up Washington, D.C., largely because the Republican and Democrat parties are viewed in an increasingly unfavorable light.
According to a USA Today/Gallup survey released on December 13, around 54 percent of Americans nationwide would like to see the rise of an alternative to the two major parties. The number was 52 percent in the top 12 "battleground" states, according to a report about the poll.
The reason: The GOP and Democratic parties "do such a poor job that a third major party is needed," survey participants said. Support for a third party is even higher among moderate and liberal Republicans, as well as moderate and conservative Democrats, USA Today reported. Barely a third of conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans were "enthusiastic" about voting for President in 2012, the poll found.
Meanwhile, a separate poll released by Gallup this week revealed that fear of "big government" is far more widespread than worries about "big business" or "big labor." When asked which of the three represented the biggest threat to America, 64 percent said an overbearing government — close to the record of 65 percent reached in 1999 and 2000.
The popular and often controversial radio host Michael Savage has not cloaked his disdain for GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, as Savage has offered the former House Speaker one million dollars to drop out of the GOP race. On Monday, Savage cautioned that Gingrich as the Republican nominee would virtually guarantee a second term for the President, as Gingrich is nothing more than "a fat, old, white man" who Obama would effectively dismantle during the presidential debates.
Dr. Savage, host of "The Savage Nation" radio program, wrote on his website that the Republican presidential contest has boiled down to two contenders, Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney — and only one of them has a fighting chance at capturing the White House.
"Mitt Romney is the only candidate with a chance of defeating Barack Obama," wrote Savage, "and there is nothing more important than that for future health, safety and security of the United States of America. Therefore, I am offering Newt Gingrich one million dollars to drop out of the presidential race for the sake of the nation."
Asserting that the "most pressing issue before America today" is the defeat of Barack Obama, Savage contended that Gingrich is unelectable, and that Romney — although not "as strong a conservative as many would like him to be" — is the only candidate capable of defeating Obama. Honing in on Gingrich's personal ethics and his questionable record in public office, the San Francisco radio host laid out his case on his website (writing in all caps):


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Inspired by the poem by Vesna
For everybody else
it was a piece of dry land.
The land with lots of small rocks,
just randomly placed, with no beauty in their shape;
invaluable rocks, sharp and grey.
He saw it as the beautiful garden.
For everybody else
it was a path to somewhere else.
Somewhere where it is greener, softer, more colourful, more comfortable.
Somewhere that you hurry towards
to get away from this place.
He saw it as the ultimate destination.
For everybody else
the wind on that hill was harsh.
The wind that takes hats off, messes up hair.
The wind that brings the rain;
the wind you want to stop.
He saw it as a sign of life.
He moved the rocks,
he made the garden.
He stayed on that path,
he made it his ultimate destination.
He used the wind
at the end to fly away.
(zoe: I figured he'd need some water on his rock, so there's the tree aloe and the baby albatross. an albatross can fly for five years over the seas without ever stopping on land, even sleeping while it's flying…and the baby seems pretty large to me, and looks like it's wearing a judge's wig. :))
This is such an outstanding work, in so many ways, but something I'll never forget is the joy of seeing cute baby albatross:)
Thank you so much dearest Zoe:)
thank you for being such a source of inspiration with your amazingly perceptive and beautiful writing!
– zoequixote
beautiful! this reminds me very much of something Beardsley would do
wow, thanks! that's really kind! :D
– zoequixote
wow! thank you so much!
– zoequixote
Wonderful work!
thank you! i love your fractal designs!
– zoequixote
beautiful line work
thank you :)
– zoequixote
Beautiful work Zoe, I just love your lines and attention to such exquisite detail. The image is a wonderful compliment to Vesna's beautiful words. Great piece of collaborative work.
thank you! vesna's writing is always so inspiring :D
– zoequixote
excellent work well done
thank you! :)
– zoequixote
Absolutely stunning and visionary work dearest Zoe. I LOVE it!!
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Women's Tennis
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No. 3 Cal Edges Fifth-Ranked UCLA, 4-3
Bruin women's tennis team suffers another 4-3 loss to the Bears.
No. 5 Women's Tennis to Host No. 3 Cal, No. 10 Stanford
Bruins take 11-2 overall record into crucial Pac-12 weekend.
No. 2 Women's Tennis Faces Washington State This Friday in Pullman
Bruins take a 10-2 record and a three-match winning streak into the match.
No. 2 Women's Tennis Dispatches of Washington State, 7-0
Bruins win fourth straight to improve to 11-2 on the season.
Robin Anderson Named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week
Senior tennis player led UCLA to wins over two Top 5 opponents, including No. 3 USC.
Women's Tennis Knocks Off No. 4 Baylor, 4-3 in Waco
No. 12 Bruins defeat their second top 5 opponent in four days.


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Early Determinations of Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory License Payments Have Been Anything but Consistent -
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Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in affirming a district court decision that toy maker Marvel was not required to make payments after the expiration of a patent,...more
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- Castle Defense: Federal Circuit Reinforces Patent Damages Gate in VirnetX
- Standards Patent Licensing: Always Apportionment, Sometimes Stacking
- Supreme Court to Consider Good-Faith...more
In this patent infringement action, Apple challenged the opinions of the plaintiff's damage expert on several bases, including the determination of a royalty rate based on the price of third-party applications....more
Patent Licensing - Cert. Pending -
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Brulotte v. Thys Co., which held "a patentee's use of a royalty agreement that projects...more
Fifty years ago, in Brulotte v. Thys Co., the U.S. Supreme Court held that the collection of royalties after a patent's expiration constitutes per se patent misuse. Although criticized by scholars, antitrust agencies, and the...more
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William Heller
Chief Executive Officer, Tamar Energy
William Heller is the Chief Executive Officer of Tamar Energy, an anaerobic digestion and renewable power company.
From 2002-2014, Willie was the Chief Executive and founder of Falck Renewables Wind Ltd, the London based wind power division of Falck Renwables S.p.A. Prior to that he was Chief Executive of Edison Mission Energy as well as President of Edision Mission Energy, Europe. From 1982 to 1995 he was a consultant with McKinsey and Company's Energy Practice in Houston, London and Los Angeles. Willie holds a B.Commerce, Finance from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.


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Petit Palace Las Torres Salamanca
6.8 / 10
Hotel location
|City district
|0.1 km/0.1 mi
|13.71 km/8.5 mi
|2 km/1.2 mi
|2 km/1.2 mi
Hotel description Petit Palace Las Torres Salamanca
In the name of our entire crew, we welcome you cheerfully to the Petit Palace Las Torres Salamanca. As a member of the High Tech Hoteles family, the Petit Palace Las Torres Salamanca is part of a network dedicated to providing you with total satisfaction with your accommodation.
Car parking facilities are located at the hotel for your use. Please specify when making a booking.
Free for you
Guest will receive a complimentary bottle of water upon check-in. Courtesies, like a free newspaper on a daily basis, are provided in all the hotel rooms.
Make yourself at home
Our helpful staff at reception will take care of your articles of value. Alternatively you can keep them in the strong box in your own room. Guests of our hotel may find it convenient to use the lift to the upper floors. Relax in the spacious lobby with friends or spend time in the quite reading room. A garden terrace is also provided.
The hotel is pleased to provide car rental for its guests. Just ask the talented staff at reception for details.
Our acclaimed eatery and the well-stocked hotel bar are both fantastic places to spend a relaxing evening with family and friends.
Where you will stay
All of our rooms are equipped with an air conditioner, cable TV, a blow-dryer, a telephone and a minibar for your comfort. Acknowledge your own strong box, hair-dryer, radio receiver and writing desk that are available in each and every room. Satellite TVs can be found in your room.
The bathrooms in this hotel have windows for your convenience. A shower, a bathtub and a hairdryer can be found in the bathroom of your room.
The sound proof windows in each hotel room block out unwanted exterior noise.
Reception hours
Every day 24 hours
Check-in time:14:00
Check-out time:12:00
Like this hotel?
Then save it in your bookmarks.
Plaza Mayor, 26 and Calle Concejo, 4, 37002 Salamanca, Spain
Distances (km)
|Golf course (Zarapicos)
|City district (Salamanca)
|Station (Salamanca)
|Station (Salamanca)
|Airport (Salamanca Airport (SLM))
For HOTEL INFO guests
Free internet terminal
Complimentary daily newspaper
Bicycle hire
1 bottle of water per stay
Newspaper in every room
Free WI-FI
Hotel features
- Single rooms: 53
- Double rooms: 53
- Shoe-polishing service
- Fire detector
- Mobile phone reception
- Parking places with security personnel making their rounds
- Pet friendly
- Laundry service
- Lift
- TV room
- Reading room
- Garden terrace
- Safe at reception
- Quick check-out
- Designated parking place for the disabled
- Air conditioning in public places
- Barrier-free
- Garage
- Lobby
- Car hire
- Safe deposit box at reception
- Business Centre
- Garden/Park
Room features
- Separate luggage deposit
- Centrally-managed air-conditioning unit
- Wi-Fi
- Telephone
- Bathroom with window
- Noise-protected windows
- Mini bar
- Safe
- Window that can be opened
- Air conditioning
- Bathtub
- Hairdryer
- Shower
- Satellite TV
- Sprinkler system
- Smoke alarm
- Desk
- Automatic wake-up call in emergencies
- Make-up mirror
- Bar
- Restaurant
Sport/leisure activities
- City tour
Accepted credit card payments
- DinersClub
- Visa
- MasterCard
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Anna Karenina
Cast: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson
Duration: 130 mins
Rating: M - Mature themes, sex scenes and brief gore
Release Date: 14 February, 2013
The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with acclaimed director Joe Wright, following the award-winning boxoffice successes Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, is a bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's timeless novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love). The story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart.
Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina (Knightley) enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky (Johnson). As Anna questions her happiness and marriage to Alexei Karenin (Law), change comes to all around her.Now Showing at
4 Academy Award nominations including Cinematography, Costume Design, Music - Original Score & Production Design
1 Golden Globe nomination- Best Original Score
It is risky and ambitious enough to count as an act of artistic hubris, and confident enough to triumph on its own slightly - wonderfully - crazy terms.
-A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
A furiously ambitious literary adaptation, the best of Wright and Knightley's careers, that tries to make us feel the intense sexuality and terror and grief of a classic novel ...
-Andrew O'Hehir, SALON.COM
This story has been filmed many times, but never with this kind of erotic charge. Knightley is glorious. My advice is to let Wright's Anna Karenina work its strange and marvelous spell.
-Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
- A Little Chaos (M)
- A Most Violent Year (MA15+)
- Big Eyes (M)
- Birdman (MA15+)
- Chappie (MA15+)
- Cinderella (G)
- Dior and I (M)
- Eastern Boys (MA15+)
- FFF15 3 Hearts (CTC)
- FFF15 Almost Friends (M)
- FFF15 Asterix - The Mansions of The Gods (PG)
- FFF15 Babysitting (18+)
- FFF15 Barbecue (15+)
- FFF15 Beauty and the Beast (M)
- FFF15 Before the Winter Chill (M)
- FFF15 Breathe (M)
- FFF15 Captain Conan (15+)
- FFF15 Chance Encounter (M)
- FFF15 Diplomacy (M)
- FFF15 Eden (MA15+)
- FFF15 Elle l'adore (15+)
- FFF15 Far From Men (M)
- FFF15 French Riviera (MA15+)
- FFF15 Gemma Bovery (MA15+)
- FFF15 Get Well Soon (M)
- FFF15 Girlhood (M)
- FFF15 Grand Illusion (G)
- FFF15 In the Courtyard (M)
- FFF15 Love at First Fight (M)
- FFF15 Marie's Story (PG)
- FFF15 Moomins on the Riviera (PG)
- FFF15 My Summer in Provence (MA15+)
- FFF15 Nicholas on Holiday (PG)
- FFF15 Once Upon a Forest (G)
- FFF15 One of a Kind (M)
- FFF15 Paris, Je T'Aime (MA15+)
- FFF15 Saint Laurent (MA15+)
- FFF15 Samba (M)
- FFF15 Sex, Love and Therapy (M)
- FFF15 Summer Nights (15+)
- FFF15 Superchondriac (M)
- FFF15 The Bélier Family (CTC)
- FFF15 The Blue Room (MA15+)
- FFF15 The Connection (MA15+)
- FFF15 The Gazelles (15+)
- FFF15 The Last Diamond (MA15+)
- FFF15 The Last Hammer Blow (M)
- FFF15 The List of My Desires (15+)
- FFF15 The New Girlfriend (R18+)
- FFF15 The Ultimate Accessory (15+)
- FFF15 The Yellow Eyes of the Crocodiles (15+)
- FFF15 Tokyo Fiancée (CTC)
- Fifty Shades Of Grey (MA15+)
- Focus (MA15+)
- Home (PG)
- Infinitely Polar Bear (M)
- Inherent Vice (MA15+)
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (MA15+)
- Leviathan (M)
- Love Is Strange (M)
- Selma (M)
- Shaun The Sheep Movie (G)
- Still Alice (M)
- That Sugar Film (PG)
- The Age Of Adeline (CTC)
- The Divergent Series: Insurgent (M)
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG)
- The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water (PG)
- The Theory Of Everything (PG)
- Top Five (MA15+)
- What We Did On Our Holiday (PG)
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Book your room at Vain Boutique Hotel
4-star family-friendly hotel with a bar/lounge in Buenos Aires (Palermo)
A stay at Vain Boutique Hotel places you in the heart of Buenos Aires, minutes from Plaza Italia and close to Teatro Colon.
This 4-star hotel is close to Obelisco and Estadio Monumental.
Make yourself at home in one of the 15 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. LED televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms have bidets and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as a spa tub. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge). Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in Buenos Aires? This hotel has facilities measuring 237 square feet (22 square meters), including a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Vain Boutique Hotel features a spa tub, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Event facilities measuring 237 square feet (22 square meters) include a meeting room. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and an area shuttle. This family-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, concierge services, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby.
Vain Boutique Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 2
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- One meeting room
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Concierge services
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 15
- Conference space size (feet) - 237
- Conference space size (meters) - 22
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
- Television in lobby
- Free WiFi
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Cable TV service
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Bidet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- In-room massage available
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Turndown service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Spa Services
- Deep tissue massage
- Massages
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 9:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 1:30 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
No pets or service animals allowed
- Breakfast fee: ARS 120 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: ARS 500 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Valet parking fee: ARS 90 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: ARS 450 per night
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.