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Ray Bradbury dies
Legendary author Ray Bradbury has died at the age of 91.
The American sci-fi writer passed away in Los Angeles on Tuesday (05Jun12). No further details were available as WENN went to press.
He had suffered a stroke in recent years which left him in a wheelchair but the wordsmith still wrote stories from the basement of his home in the Cheviot Hills area of L.A.
Bradbury was the author of sci-fi classics including The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes.


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Ultimate Happy Birthday CD
- Artist: Funnsongs
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- Release Date: 1/25/2005
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Funnsongs is Nelson and Dalis Santiago. Working as DJs and finding very little music for birthdays, they decided to create fun variations of the traditional song, 'Happy Birthday to You'. Great for all ages and musical tastes with instrumental versions that YOU can sing along with.

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1kg /2lb 4oz plums (washed, stoned and chopped)
1kg/2lb 4oz cooking apples (peeled and cored
675g/1lb 8oz red tomatoes skin removed (drop into boiling water then cold and skin loosens)
350g/12oz onions peeled and chopped 2 medium courgettes seeds removed and chopped
250ml/1/2 pint malt vinegar
1kg 2lb/4oz brown sugar
75g/3oz sea salt
Mixed pickling spices (4 small chillies, 2 teaspoons whole cloves,2 small pieces of root ginger, 1 tablespoon mustard seed, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1nutmeg clove grated.)
6 litre jars, dry sterile and non - metal lids
Put the vinegar and spices (wrap spices in a muslin bag and tie securely) into a large pan Add the sugar and bring to the boil stirring well. Add all the vegetables and fruit to the pan and heat gently until boiling. Reduce the heat and simmer until thick and smooth stirring occasionally. Be careful that it does not stick to the bottom of the saucepan so keep an eye on the heat. A range or slow cooker ring would be useful for this. It will take about 1 ½ hours. Pot, seal and date.
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investingdad wrote:etowers wrote:Professor Emeritus wrote:Would never claim I was wealthy but
I suggest
1) marry the right partner
2) Live in the same house for 34 years
3) work very hard at your profession
4) live below your means and save prodigiously
5) never listen to or pay a dime to a broker or other thief
I don't really understand how you can choose 1) as an active step to building wealth. It seems to me more like the luck of the draw if you get someone with similar financial goals. I don't see how it is actionable to "choose" your life partner as a means of building wealth, as opposed to deciding how much to save every month.
Of you course you can choose #1, why couldn't you? Let's spin it another way, let's say you meet somebody and find out a few months in they have a heroin habit. Do you say, "Well, it's outside my control to choose to be with this person so I guess I'm getting engaged to a heroin addict."? Of course you have a choice. I would say, "See you...I don't need your problems to become my problems."
You know going in whether the person is on the same general page as you...if you choose to stay on with a person that doesn't have similar life goals, it has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with you making the decision.
Read the prenup thread. I am not the only person who was told by their partner that they shared similar financial goals, only to find out that wasn't true after the marriage. I dated my first wife for three years and we together mapped out our financial future well before tying the knot; when it came to actually doing it, that was a different story. My net worth went backwards during our 4yr marriage, thanks to what I thought was at the time a good a 6-figure investment in her education (and supporting a full-time student, non-working, partner). You do not necessarily know if that person is on the same page as you, until you actually try it. If that was the case for you, congrats.


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I know you've been on pins and needles, so without further adieu, here's the 10th edition of What Mama Learned Last Week!
I've been on Twitter a long time and my first tweet was completely lame.
My friend Jessica and I learned about Twitter at a teacher's conference way back in 2007. This was the olden days, when there were no official hashtags or verified accounts and people were still answering the question "What are you doing?"
My first tweet was a literal answer to that question: "I'm at a conference for work" (#lame!). I've come a long way in the 13,636 tweets and 6 1/2 years since and, while it's not one of my favorite places to hang out, it's definitely been extremely beneficial to my social media success.
Photo challenges can be weird.
The second photo challenge for my Photojojo University course required a photograph from the perspective of a squirrel. Taking this picture caused a good friend to come by to see if my car had stopped on me. So much for looking around to make sure no one was watching. (Follow #pjuniversity on instagram for more submissions.)
I have almost survived the LONGEST school year ever.
One kid finishes up this week and one kid finishes up next week. My prayer is that next school year will be free of start-up delays and ridiculous snow days. What a school year.
We just might be ruining our kids.
Why do 8th graders need to be dropped off at an 8th grade dance in a Hummer limo??? Maybe dad is the owner. Maybe it was some kind of contest prize. Maybe it was a ridiculous idea from a parent who is teaching his/her child what it means to be completely entitled.
Maybe it's none of my business.
But, I found it completely unbelievable (and I consider myself to be an over-the-top, spoil-them-every-now-and-then parent!). I'm not sure gestures like this send the correct message to children, whether they're the ones in the limo or the ones watching from the sidewalk. But again, none of my business (yet I could not resist pointing this out).


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Fixed City Trailer (2009)
08 September 2009 36 mins
Riding fixed – a phenomenon. A close up in Germany, summer 2009. Switching between velodrome and trafficlights, messengers and fakengers, inspiration and revolution, trickriding and speed addiction, pragmatism and passion, purism and a very own poetry.
Watch the official Fixed City 2009 trailer in HD below or find more Fixed City videos on Vidimovie.


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Baker & McKenzie has advised on a deal which saw the first Western European company listed on an Eastern European stock exchange.
It represented ING Barings and Creditanstaldt Investment Bank as underwriters of a $83 million international offering of shares in Cofinec, a French packaging group.
Following the shares sale, Cofinec was admitted to the Budapest Stock Exchange.
"This is further evidence of the increasing maturity of these regional markets," said Tim Gee, the partner who led Baker & McKenzie's London team.
Gee added: "The challenge of this deal lay in developing an offer structure that satisfied the complex and divergent regulatory requirements in each of France, the US, the UK and Hungary, and in performing and co-ordinating a complex due diligence exercise in each of the four jurisdictions to a strict timetable."


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Refreshing and invigorating, this fragrance contains frankincense and rich woods, reflecting the intensity of the glorious sky. Rose is a light blush, the pink outline of clouds filling the horizon. Bergamot is the bright, juicy green of waves of grass glowing under a perfect blue sky. Lavender is another shade of cloud, a cool, breezy effect that is simultaneously sweet and bracing. Lily of the valley is as pure and invigorating as the white, uninterrupted sunlight streaming down onto this idyllic scene. Under this piercing white light, peaches ripen, making this meadow air slightly tangy. Jasmine is a similarly fruity treat, yet it is very ripe, like a fruit that's moments from dropping to earth because of its juice-swollen honeyed weight. As peach and jasmine infuse the air with varying degrees of sweetness, their sugared energy gives rise to a richly spiced heat. Cardamom is the floral heat of peach blossom while cinnamon and nutmeg illustrate the rich, color dense spice of jasmine's indolic, near-fermented sugars. Orange blossom refreshes the deepening tones of Ciel Man with its clarifying, zesty spice and paves the way for the bracing, cleansing tones of woods and green notes to follow. Frankincense is a grey-green moss, drying under this high noon sun, while vetiver resembles water borne lily pads, drops of fresh water evaporating on their vegetal surface. Patchouli is as thickly verdant as the tall, high canopy of an ancient tree, while cedarwood and sandalwood constitute its color-striated, peeling bark. Every note in the picturesque setting of Ciel Man is infused with a heavenly, glorious light, a radiant energy that suffuses skin and spirit with the same joyous energy that powers this fertile fragrance. A celestial, superhuman power refracted through the miraculous process of photosynthesis, Ciel Man is as light as a cloud but as potent as a bolt of heavenly light. (rose, bergamot, lavender, lily of the valley, peach, jasmine, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange blossom, frankincense, vetiver, patchouli, cedarwood, sandalwood)
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Selling High Interest Loans for a Used Car Salesman. In this inbox I answer the question of how to position the sale of a high interest loan. Selling a high priced load is tough to people who have poor credit.
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We buy home says we buy home as is. This is a great proclamation. Buying home in all underlying conditions is a great thing to be considered. Property with disputes, home needs renovation; a forlorn property which has not been addressed for years, the company has solutions for everything. When you are being influenced by necessity, you have a tendency to pack your asset and hand it down in the existing condition. This is however not possible in all circumstances, or you can say that not all companies are ready to do so. This is when you can rely on we are buying homes and get your property sold in fashion and in a good amount.
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However, before getting into anything, it is important for you to know the exact role of We buy home. The process includes searching, shortlisting, negotiating and then the final completion. Everything put together is all about we purchase homes as is and in all underlying conditions. After your requirements are clear, the company starts with an extensive search and tries to link the buyers with the sellers. The company can act both ways. They can be direct buyers, and they can even act as mediators in the transaction.
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We buy home takes in everything. The company is ready to take in duplexes, townhouses, commercial properties, condos and even multitenant buildings. No differentiation is being made in the nature or the status of the property type. To sum up the role of the company you can state the following things with conviction.
* The company will buy home as is.
* They will buy homes in repairing conditions.
* The company will also buy unclean and discoloured homes.
* They would not keep you waiting for bank loan approvals.
* We buy home will also pay you closing cost at the conclusion of the deal.
* The company emphasises on quick deal close.
* We buy home is sure to pay you with hard cash for the sort of property you are ready to offer in time.
Sufficing with everything, the company stands at the peak of achievement. So now when you would have property selling plans, this is the sort of company you would definitely get in touch with.
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Mega Rally. Decisions, Decisions. Do I want to go to this rally? Can I fit this rally into my schedule? Am I qualified to go to this rally? Can I afford to attend this rally? Do I have the time to prepare for this rally? Do I have a horse to available for me to ride at this rally?
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You can't put a price on the fun and great times one will get to experience at a Pony Club rally…but you can put a price on pretty much everything else…
Note: parents, don't panic, remember, many things needed for a rally that you cannot afford/acquire can always be borrowed if need be! Also, remember, when in doubt go to EBay!!
ASTM/SEI Helmet:$60
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Before any riding takes place, horses must be insured that they are sound enough to compete, this is done through the process of a jog-out
Black ASTM/SEI helmet
Black or brown gloves-white for dressage only (optional)
White stock tie with plain stock pin
Solid black, navy blue, or grey hunt coats (no pinstripes)
Long sleeve white shirt w/ neckband collar
White, buff, canary, or tan breeches (jodhpurs for young children)
Black tall boots or black paddock boots with half chaps
The purpose of turn back inspection is to make sure that both horse and tack are properly taken care of after your ride
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In conclusion, with all this info in mind, ask yourself the same questions seen on the second slide. If you can answer yes to all of those questions, I hope to see you at Mega Rally this year!


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into Liberal panty-waist Wolf (more like Poodle) Blitzer.
THAT bitch-slap is gonna leave a mark and damn if the Gunny can't watch it over and over. Only one response can be made: "Hello 911? I want to report a rape…"
into Liberal panty-waist Wolf (more like Poodle) Blitzer.
That was hysterical. The asshat is probably still wondering what happened. Bwhahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
I normally watch ZERO network news liars. I'm glad you 'made' me watch that one! That was great!
Classic! The TRUTH hurts dont it Wolfy!!! hahahahaha. Trump has the Balls this country needs !
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Chapter Titles in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese
Chapter 13: The Muggle-Born Registration Commission
(For the romanisation of Chinese and Japanese, see Transliteration. To understand the writing systems of CJV, see Writing Systems. For word order notes, see Word Order)
Where a Vietnamese word has been borrowed from Chinese, the original Chinese character is shown in parentheses.
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Máguā chūshēn dēngjì wěiyuánhuì
|麻瓜 Máguā = 'Muggle'
出身 chūshēn = 'birth, origin'.
登记 dēngjì = 'to register, registration'.
委员会 wěiyuánhuì = 'committee'.
|Muggle-born registration committee
|Chinese (Taiwan)
Mázhǒng shěnyì wěiyuánhuì
|麻種 Mázhǒng = 'Muggle kind' = 'Mudblood'.
審議 shěnyì = 'deliberation'.
委員會 wěiyuánhuì = 'committee'.
|Mudblood deliberation committee
Maguru-umare tōroku iinkai
|マグル Maguru = 'Muggle'.
生まれ -umare = '-born'.
登録 tōroku = 'register, registration'.
委員会 iinkai = 'committee'.
|The Muggle-born registration committee
|Ủy ban đăng ký phù thủy gốc Muggle
|ủy ban = 'committee'.
đăng ký (登記) = 'register'.
phù thủy = 'sorceror'.
gốc = 'origin'.
Muggle = 'muggle'.
|Committee for the registration of Muggle-origin sorcerors
In CJV languages, the word for 'commission' is the same as the word for 'committee'. Chinese and Japanese both use 委員會 (Chinese wěiyuánhuì, simplified as 委员会, Japanese iinkai, written 委員会). Vietnamese uses ủy ban.
The Chinese word for 'registration' is 登記 / 登记 dēngjì, which is also used in Vietnamese as đăng ký. The Mainland Chinese and Vietnamese translations both use this term.
Japanese has standardised on 登録 tōroku as the word for 'registration'.
The Taiwanese translation omits 'registration', making the committee sound more official and less sinister by simply calling it the 'Mudblood deliberation commission'. This makes it sound less Hitlerian and but possibly more Japanese in tone.
The Chinese word for 'Muggle', 麻瓜 / 麻瓜 Máguā, is an ingenious combination of (1) 麻 má meaning 'numb' or 'paralysed', and (2) 瓜 guā meaning 'melon, gourd' and, by extension, 'head' or 'brain'. 瓜 guā is used in words like 傻瓜 shǎguā 'idiot'. Máguā thus captures the tone of the original English, which is related to the word 'mug' ('idiot, easily-fooled person').
For 'born', the Mainland translation uses the word 出身 chūshēn meaning 'birth' or 'origin'.
The Japanese translator uses 生まれ -umare, a standard suffix meaning '-born' (e.g., 東京生まれ Tōkyō-umare 'Tokyo-born').
The Vietnamese translator uses gốc meaning 'origin'.
The Taiwanese translator uses no word corresponding to 'born'.
(Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)
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This Op/Ed piece makes a great argument of the failure that has been Abstinence only education.
In fact, a 2001 Unicef report said that the United States teenage birthrate was higher than any other member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The U.S. tied Hungary for the most abortions. This was in spite of the fact that girls in the U.S. were not the most sexually active. Denmark held that title. But, its teenage birthrate was one-sixth of ours, and its teenage abortion rate was half of ours.
According to a 2004 survey sponsored by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, 65 percent of parents of high school students said that federal money "should be used to fund more comprehensive sex education programs that include information on how to obtain and use condoms and other contraceptives."


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Action Targets Six Individuals Responsible for Providing Financial Support to Terrorist Organizations
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury took action today to disrupt the fundraising and support networks of al-Qaida, al-Nusrah Front, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and ISIL by imposing sanctions on six individuals. Treasury designated Abdallah Hadi 'Abd al-Rahman Fayhan Sharban al-'Anizi, Abd al-Muhsin Zabin Mutib Naif al-Mutayri, Nayif Salih Salim al-Qaysi, Ghalib al-Zaydi, Mostafa Mahamed, and Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman 'Ammar as Specially Designated Global Terrorists pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. Al-Qaida is listed in the Annex to E.O. 13224, and al-Nusrah Front, AQAP, and ISIL have all been previously designated pursuant to E.O. 13224.
As a result of today's actions, any property or interest in property of the individuals designated by Treasury within U.S. jurisdiction is frozen. Additionally, transactions by U.S. persons involving the designated individuals are generally prohibited.
"Treasury remains committed to taking aggressive action against ISIL and al-Qaida's financiers and facilitators," said Adam J. Szubin, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. "Today's action targets critical al-Qaida, al-Nusrah Front, AQAP, and ISIL financiers and facilitators responsible for moving money, weapons, and people on behalf of these terrorist organizations."
Abdullah Hadi 'Abd al-Rahman Fayhan Sharban al-'Anizi
Treasury designated Kuwait-based Abdullah Hadi 'Abd al-Rahman Fayhan Sharban al-'Anizi (al-'Anizi) for providing financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, al-Qaida in Afghanistan and al-Nusrah Front in Syria between late 2013 and late 2015.
Al-'Anizi sent money for al-Qaida in early 2015. In mid-2014, al-'Anizi provided funding to support the movement of al-Qaida members from Pakistan. In late 2013, he made plans to solicit funds from donors to help move al-Qaida extremists from Pakistan to Syria. As of 2010, al-'Anizi served as a communications conduit for al-Qaida senior leadership.
In 2014, al-'Anizi obtained money to support al-Nusrah Front and made arrangements to send funding to al-Nusrah Front in Syria.
Abd al-Muhsin Zabin Mutib Naif al-Mutayri
Treasury designated Kuwait-based Abd al-Muhsin Zabin Mutib Naif al-Mutayri (al-Mutayri) for providing financial, material, or technological support for, and financial or other services to or in support of, al-Nusrah Front.
As of 2015, al-Mutayri was an al-Nusrah Front supporter in Kuwait who was collecting money for the group from other Gulf-based facilitators. As of 2013, al-Mutayri worked with al-Nusrah Front facilitators to collect and deliver funds to the organization. Between 2012 and 2013, he also provided funds to individuals traveling to join al-Nusrah Front in Syria. Since 2012, al-Mutayri has provided funds to al-Nusrah Front, used charities to raise money for the terrorist organization, and worked with al-Nusrah Front facilitators to collect money to support the organization's fighters in Syria.
Nayif Salih Salim al-Qaysi
Treasury designated Yemen-based Nayif Salih Salim al-Qaysi (al-Qaysi) for acting for or on behalf of AQAP and for providing financial and material support to AQAP.
As of 2016, al-Qaysi was a senior AQAP official and a financial supporter of AQAP. At that time, he obtained some money for AQAP from parties outside Yemen. He delivered aid to AQAP and used his position as an al-Bayda Governorate, Yemen, political leader to facilitate the expansion and settlement of AQAP in the governorate. That same year, al-Qaysi also facilitated the transfer of money and weapons to AQAP fighters and was involved in supplying AQAP forces in al-Bayda.
Since 2015, al-Qaysi served as an AQAP facilitator who had provided financial support to AQAP to help it take control of parts of Yemen. At that time, al-Qaysi raised money and transferred it and other forms of aid to AQAP. His benefactors included parties outside Yemen. That same year, he was involved in planning AQAP's militant operations in Yemen and financed AQAP training camps. As of 2015, he also distributed money and weapons to AQAP and allied Yemeni tribal forces for fighting the Yemeni Houthi rebel group.
As of 2014, al-Qaysi routinely encouraged Yemeni tribesmen to avoid confrontation with AQAP.
Ghalib Abdullah al-Zaidi
Treasury designated Yemen-based Ghalib Abdullah al-Zaidi (al-Zaidi) for acting for or on behalf of AQAP.
Al-Zaidi has provided AQAP with weapons, funding, and recruits. He also helped AQAP expand into parts of Marib Governorate, Yemen. As of 2016, he was involved in recruiting new members for AQAP. He has served as an AQAP leader in Marib since 2015 with AQAP operatives pledging loyalty to him. In 2015, al-Zaidi financed AQAP operations in Marib and authorized AQAP members in Marib to launch terrorist operations. In the same year, al-Zaidi obtained money and weapons for AQAP members to use in operations against the Houthis. As of 2014, al-Zaidi's compound in Marib served as a staging ground for AQAP operatives.
Mostafa Mahamed
Treasury designated Syria-based Mostafa Mahamed (Mahamed) for acting for or on behalf of and providing financial support to al-Nusrah Front.
Mahamed occupies a senior leadership position in al-Nusrah Front and was subjected to targeted economic sanctions by his home country of Australia in August 2015. Mahamed has recruited Australians to fight for al-Nusrah Front and has solicited funds to finance al-Nusrah Front's terrorist activities.
Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman 'Ammar
Treasury also designated Libya-based Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman 'Ammar ('Ammar) for acting for or on behalf of and providing financial and material support to ISIL in the Sinai Peninsula. This designation is focused on disrupting the activities of one of ISIL's critical facilitators operating in North Africa. This action follows the U.S. designation of ISIL in Libya as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and supports President Obama's strategy to degrade and destroy ISIL and its affiliates.
As of early 2015, 'Ammar was ISIL – Sinai Province's representative in Libya. At about the same time, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars from Libya to ISIL's affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula. While in Syria in late 2014, 'Ammar pledged allegiance to ISIL on behalf of ISIL – Sinai Province, which was formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM). 'Ammar had been representing ABM in Libya since early 2014 and continued serving as its agent in Libya after ABM's pledge to ISIL. He has helped move money, weapons, and ammunition to the Sinai Peninsula throughout 2014 and into 2015.
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On April 14, 2014, the Hotel Lutetia closed for a three-year renovation. This article, written in early 2013, provides a "before" view of this historical hotel as its owners were seeking a new path to glory that eventually led to its closure for a major overhaul.
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By the time the Hotel Lutetia opened its doors in 1910, well-to-do visitors to Paris were familiar with the extravagance of hotel luxury in the City of Light but they hadn't yet experienced it on the Left Bank. Palatial lodging had until then been a Right Bank affair: Hotel du Louvre, the Meurice, the Ritz, Hotel Normandy and others flourished in the triangle between Place de la Concorde, the Opera and the Louvre, Paris's primary luxury zone of the Belle Epoque.
Wealthy visitors, including British aristocrats and the like, flocked to that Right Bank zone where, without traveling far, they could call on fellow French aristocrats (who'd had the good sense to marry the wealthy heirs of banking and industry), visit the Louvre by day, attend the Garnier Opera by night, luxuriate in tea rooms, hotel bars, high-class prostitution, see the sights, check out the latest art, fashion and jewelry and shop. There was little reason to stay elsewhere.
The Left Bank also had its shopping attraction in the name of Au Bon Marché, a temple of modern commerce created by Aristide Boucicaut. In the 1860s Boucicaut had launched the concept of the department store—all you could want in a single place—in France and well beyond. The square between Le Bon Marché and the Lutetia would eventually be renamed Square Boucicaut.
The owners of Au Bon Marché (its name was eventually changed to Le Bon Marché by the LVMH group, which has owned the stores since 1984) therefore devised a plan to further cater to the needs and whims of the crème de la crème of shoppers while also attracting members of government (the houses of parliament and most government ministries are nearby) and notables associated with the universities in the Latin Quarter: they would built a hotel unrivaled on the Left Bank.
The hotel was given the grand name Lutetia, after the town developed along the Seine by the Romans after their conquest of the local tribe of Celtic Gauls known as the Parissi. The Lutetia's architects were Louis Hippolyte Boileau and Henri Tauzin, who designed a building that was a precursor to the Art Deco style. Boileau's grandfather was the initial architect of Au Bon Marché beginning in 1867, a project to build Paris's first specifically designed department store that was taken over by Boileau's father. Boileau himself worked on an expansion of the store in the 1920s.
Though the initial exuberance at the new hotel was stopped in its tracks by the First World War, the Lutetia took off with a bang during the Roaring '20s and assumed its role as a purveyor of the spirit of luxury on the Left Bank.
Lutetia's construction, however, didn't create a major wave of top-tier hotel construction on the dense central Left Bank. Instead, luxury pursued its evolution on the Right Bank as it extended its reach to the area surrounding the Champs-Elysées. The Hotel Plaza-Athenée which opened on avenue Montaigne in 1913, served as a cornerstone for the development of high-pampering hotels to either side of the Champs-Elysées, then well on its way to becoming a new sector for Paris extravagance.
One hundred years on, the Right Bank, specifically the first, eighth and sixteenth arrondissements, remains the natural herding ground for high luxury lodging and shopping and the preferred bank for department store shopping in Paris.
With 231 rooms, including 60 suites and junior suites, plus a large plush lounge-bar, a magnificent banquet room, meeting rooms, a brasserie and a gastronomic restaurant, the Lutetia's size makes it an oddity on the central Left Bank. Perhaps because of that the Lutetia seemed to lose its way in the 1990s and early 2000s as boutique 4-stars claimed control of the hotelscape of the 6th arrondissement and edging into the 7th (Relais Christine, Aubusson, Pont Royal, Montalembert, Bel Ami, Villa d'Estrée, Relais Saint Germain, etc.), even if some of those boutiques are quite the store.
I remember going to the Lutetia to meet friends who were staying there in the late '90s and finding its atmosphere slightly reminiscent of 1945, when the hotel served as a repatriation center for displaced persons and concentration camp survivors. Its dark days from 1940 to 1944 when the occupying German took it over as headquarters for their military intelligence services (Abwehr), however, were long gone. It was a decent place to stay, alright, but I had come to see the Lutetia as yet another Concorde hotel: fine but soulless, on the Left Bank but no longer imbued with the exuberant intellectual spirit of the Left Bank of the 20th century, a 4-star chain mentality in a pretty body. Le Bon Marché still offered fine department store shopping but entering the Lutetia was like going to the mall.
It's time now to reconsider that point of view.
Since 2010 the Lutetia has been the property of the Israeli Alrov Group. Though still under Concorde management, the Lutetia is in the process of reclaiming its discreet yet showy side, a duality that a hotel must master in order to garner attention in the absence of a glowing article in The New York Times, a few glossy magazine spreads, a juicy sex scandal or Starwood points.
The Lutetia has a ways to go if its owners fantasize about joining the ranks of the "palaces," as they top-tier hotels are known in France, yet the building was designed with as much luxury in mind as the famous names of the Right Bank, so the physical potential remains. Meanwhile, 5-star status mostly requires the will do so at this point. In any case, this is a property worth keeping an eye on.
As a business destination this been a sure bet all along at the right price. It has now been successful of late in enhancing its design, art, and literary cred, which has helped shake off its chain reputation, making it more appealing for free-spirited leisure travelers.
The Lutetia is a 4-star hotel, among the city's finest in that category, especially for such a large hotel by Paris standards. But stars alone do not make a hotel; travelers should be wary of the star inflation over the past two years as France has harmonized its categories in line with other European countries. Five-stars are not always more prestigious than four.
The Lutetia has more upgrading to do in terms of service and in some of the rooms in order to restore its wow power through and through. Nevertheless, many of the rooms are on fine footing and nearly all have have size in their favor, even the 7th floor rooms, originally reserved for chauffeurs and other personnel accompanying the fortuned clientele. And certain aspects of the Lutetia are clearly intended for a 5-star or even palace clientele. In particular, there are several drole or chic and in some cases spectacular designer suites that, along with works of art in the public spaces and the Art Deco spirit of the building, earns the Lutetia its designer cred.
The more eye-popping of those designer suites—signature suites, they're called—are clearly intended for high-end travelers, e.g. the 1300-square-foot fifth-floor suite decorated by the sculptor Arman on the themes of music and African art; the Littéraire Suite with its own library; the shoe-themed suite with works by the artist Thierry Bisch; the filmmaker David Lynch has decorated a suite that is an ode to his adoration of Paris. The 7th-floor Hiquily Suite can only be thought of as the female nude suite since they appear everywhere: lamps, table bases, mirrors, etc.
Museum-quality photography adorns the walls of several suites that have been decorated in collaboration with Paris's Maison Européene de la Photographie. Some of the signature suites have stunning views out to the Eiffel Tower or over the center of the capital. These suites are generally beyond the budget of 4-star travelers and even many 5-star travelers. Yet the more self-assured 5-star travelers who generally look toward the Right Bank for luxury hotel options will not feel like their slumming by considering this Left Bank 4-star option.
Space limitations on the central Left Bank ensure that smaller 3- to 5-star hotels are bound to dominate the hotelscape in the area. Nevertheless, it's nice to see that the Lutetia is fighting for its reputation and doing a good job of ensuring a place where visitors can live large on the Left Bank.
For those staying in a 4- or 5-star hotel where boutique may be a code word for a lobby you don't want to sit in and a receptionist who serves as bartender, it's worth keeping the Lutetia in mind when in search for a somewhat sophisticated place for:
– a meal: Paris, a gastronomic restaurant (one Michelin star) cheffed by Philippe Renard and decorated by Sonia Rykiel, open Mon.-Fri.; Le Lutetia, a brasserie, open daily; a "jazzy brunch" served Sundays noon-2:30pm Sept-May;
– a literary event: among them, events held by the association Les Mots Parleurs, which organizes readings and literary encounters at the hotel one Saturday evening per month;
– a musical evening: in particular jazz in the lounge-bar Wednesday to Saturday evenings, 10pm to 1am, under the programming of in-house pianist Daniel Roca, and
– a drink at Le Bar du Lutetia. Did I mention that I have a cocktail named after me here? No? Well, continue to "Gary's Cocktail at the Bar of the Hotel Lutetia" for a singular account of how that came about.
© 2013, Gary Lee Kraut
Hotel Lutetia. 45 boulevard Raspail, 6th arrondissement. Tel. 01 49 54 46 46. Metro Sèvres-Babylone. Small spa area. Stylish cigarette and cigar room by the bar. A monthly schedule of literary and jazz events and exhibitions at the Lutetia can be found here.


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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Hero-Z, one last time. For now.
Here's pages seven and eleven from Hero-Z. Call me crazy, but I'm guessing the publishers would rather I didn't show the entire strip before the book comes out, so I'll not post anymore for now.
The sound effects on page seven should be a good indication of how far my tongue is in my cheek with this strip. After my initial idea grew a little larger (I originally saw this as about 4 pages, it's ended up as 13) my approach to the artwork had to change, the conceit I came up with was to attempt to draw something fairly retro looking, I looked at mainly 60s/70s manga and a few other things. I got a bit nervous about whether this was working part way through, and looking at it I can see it's not what I originally saw in my head, but I think it works anyway.
Posted by Paul Harrison-Davies at 9:02 am
2 comments:
- Peter Bangs said...
Just a thought. Have you considered using somewhere like threadless to get your pics on t-shirts? And do use your blog to let us know about anything and everything you've got going on. Another thought, have you considered a phd sketchbook or offering prints of artwork? All you'd need is a paypal button and a decent A4 printer. Anything that gets you name recognition has got to be good.
- 9:04 pm
- paulhd said...
Well, a brief thought to t-shirts I guess. There's a couple of things I've done that might work, so maybe somewhere down the line.
- 9:51 pm
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Trailers: Captain America (1970)
Posted by Satanizmo | Posted in captain america , comics , trailer , youtube | Posted on 22:45
Charles Winecoff's biography on the late, great slasher icon Anthony Perkins reveals the actor was much more complex, more troubled, and sometimes more crazed than any of the characters he portrayed. Now, out of respect to Perkins, I'm not going into all of the lurid details of his private life, but I will mention his drug use when it is relevant to his genre films.
When Anthony Perkins first arrived in Hollywood he dated Vampira and was groomed by the studios to be the next James Dean after Dean's death. That didn't work so studio bosses tried to make Perkins into an Elvis clone, a dual threat teen idol singer and actor. After Psycho made Perkins into a screen icon, the actor fled to Europe to escape Hollywood type casting. Despite working with legends like Orson Wells and Ingrid Bergman, Perkins could never duplicate his Psycho success and his film career began to flounder. The time in Europe stripped away Perkins' boy-next-door charm which left his acting stiff and robotic.
Psycho II was Perkins big return to glory but he almost didn't get the role because he demanded one million dollars to reprise Norman Bates. Universal was ready to give the part to Christopher Walken (!) so Perkins backed away from his high price tag. Another interesting bit of casting news revealed in Split Image is producers wanted Jamie Lee Curtis (double !) to play Marion Crane's niece but Perkins and director Richard Franklin fought for Meg Tilly. During filming, however, Perkins would insult Tilly and tried to have her fired.
The sad truth about Perkins' performances in Psycho II, Crimes of Passion, Psycho III, and Edge of Sanity is they were inspired by the drugs he ingested before takes. All of those nervous ticks and facials twitches were caused by either speed or amyl nitrate. Other times Perkins smoked pot and took LSD. While the drugs may have given his performance a dangerous edge, they also retarded his decision making abilities which severely damaged his directing skills. Psycho III and Lucky Stiff both suffered because Perkins was getting bombed out of his skull before he stepped on set to shoot a scene.
After he was diagnosed with AIDS in the early 1990's, Perkins agreed to any part he could get his hands on in an attempt to leave his family financially stable after his death. For The Destroyer (a.k.a. The Shadow of Death) Perkins replaced Roddy McDowall on short notice, took an immediate dislike to costar Clayton Rohner, and ranted about Rohner's poor acting performance to anyone that would listen. A Demon in My View and In the Deep Woods were the last films Perkins made before the illness left him bedridden and unable to breath. He had agreed to several other projects (a remake of the Mummy being the highest profile job) but died shortly after agreeing to appear in them.
Charles Winecoff's Split Image: The Life of Anthony Perkins is an amazing read. This sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but often shocking account of Anthony Perkins life reveals more than you ever wanted to know about the first slasher star. Slasher fans will enjoy the stories concerning the making of Psycho and Perkins other slasher films. Interested fans shouldn't have too much trouble tracking down a copy as a tenth anniversary expanded edition was published back in 2006. The new chapters deal with the death of Berry Perkins, Anthony's widow, who was murdered by terrorist on 911.
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|21 Sep 2012
Confirm File Types
I suggest that you turn off "Hide extensions for known file types".
You will then be able to confirm that your files actually are Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, etc..
Your first picture seems to show .js (JavaScript) and .css (Cascading Style Sheet) files (probably for your web page/site functions)
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|21 Sep 2012
...but got them correct in the OP item #3 (~$)
They are just the temp files.
The right most screenshot in the OP is full of them.
She should hide those hidden files if she does not want to see them.
And probably run CCleaner :-)
Edit: Doh! me and my slow typing :-)
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|21 Sep 2012
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|23 Sep 2012
F5ing, I fear this will be wrong, but today is the first ever that I've actually opened a "Windows Explorer" window. I've attached a screenshot from the "View- Details" of the screen. Is this what you need?
And as for document files...do you mean to do the same thing for documents that do not have the odd icons in front of them? Just a few that I've saved? (not attached until I think I understand better what you're looking for)
Also, from my understanding, UsernameIssues suggests I hide the files, while LehnerUS2000 suggests I open the files...right now it appears I am showing the files, lol yes it's kinda obvious, isn't it?
And UsernameIssues also said these are temp files...does that mean if I run CCleaner they should get kicked out of my computer completely vs. hidden or not hidden? That would be so so good!
I'm sorry if I sound dumb...I am just not at all tech savvy! Also sorry again for delay in getting back here, been/am quite sick and just saw that I got replies to this in with the other 1000 emails I'm trying to catch up with.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH for your help!! I'm actually learning things, too- whether they'll stay in my head or not, who knows. but this has been a big issue for me so let's hope so!!
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|23 Sep 2012
I stuck my nose into the thread because I was not sure what F5ing wanted from you... since you provided a nice screenshot in your original post. F5ing clarified the request and you provided another nice screenshot. You are doing great.
We'll await F5ing's advice on how best to handle the issues shown in you latest screenshot.
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|23 Sep 2012
Some confusion
UsernameIssues and I were talking about 2 different settings.
I was talking about confirming the File Extensions (not relying on the icons).
UsernameIssues was talking about hiding the files that were annoying/confusing you.
I have 4 pictures showing the options and their effects.
"Show hidden files, folders, and drives" is on in every picture.
"Show hidden files, folders, and drives" and "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" effect each other.
On my PC, to see the protected operating system files or files with the "Hidden" attribute selected:
"~$Jokes.doc" has the "Hidden" attribute selected.
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|24 Sep 2012
UsernameIssues and lehnerus2000 have provided some great info for you. It's a combination of those settings that need manipulating to provide you the info you want displayed when you open an Explorer window (whether it's a search as you had opened in your OP screenshots or a details window as you provided in your latest post).
Notice the modification dates of those "-$..." files shown in your last screenshot. Do those dates correspond to the dates for when you've opened the corresponding file? Notice how they're 1 KB in size? They may be really only 30 or so bytes in size. If you right click on one of them and select "Open with..." something like Notepad, and find that the contents only consist of text that represents the name of your computer and/or logon name, you can pretty much assume those are the locking files. They should be deleted automatically if the associated file is closed "properly". If they are "leftover" due to a network disconnect, system crash or some other reason, and therefore are no longer "valid" (the associated file is no longer opened) you can safely delete them. The file system may complain if you try to delete a "valid" lock file.
I'm not aware of any way to prevent the creation of the lock files. They are created automatically to prevent loss of data (two users trying to modify at the same time). If you implement the advice offered by UsernameIssues and lehnerus2000 you can hide these files from view. Add the attributes column to Explorer's detail view and you should see the "H" (representing "hidden") for these particular files. lehnerus2000 (rep if I could) provided some excellent screenshots that can be used to help you accomplish these sorts of things. The screenshot provided by UsernameIssues (rep) shows how to hide these specific files (the system already should have them marked as "hidden").
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|24 Sep 2012
Regardless of the view you have currently selected, you can group/sort by the columns you have selected for "Details" view.
For example, I have my "Picture" folder template set to show "Large Icons" (in the Windows Explorer Main pane), but I can still group/sort by the columns I have selected (see picture above).
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Heroes - Emperor Kuzco by davidkawenaWatch
Show some respect to emperor Kuzco boys and girls!
A month! A whole month that I've been away! My God...
But it's all for the best! I've been really busy, doing my shit and heaving the time of my life! I've had NO ONLINE TIME AT ALL! My inbox if FULL PACKED with E-mails, messages, comments, new art to view, and lots of journal posts - all need to be addressed and answered - I have no idea how will I do it! But it seems like I can do a whole lot more then I imagine when I'm putting myself into it - And this drawing of Kuzco is a good example!
it was not an easy task to accomplish! Kuzco is not the usual tall dark and handsome kind of guy, he's not really nice (at first) and he's so skinny - not my type at all! But he's got one thing that always works - he is hilarious! And so full of himself - the perfect material for a Disney Hero Model!
Getting ready for drawing this one, I wanted to keep it simple as possible, heaving some more Maya/Inca elements into the character, but not too much and heaving the light a lot softer on the character then the other heroes - in order to avoid too much of a contrast on his body that will emphasize how skinny he really is... I really enjoyed the fact I could play with a slightly wider range of colours with this one, coming from the golds and cyans of his accessories - it was really fun creating these golden textures!
When it was half way through, the poster of the film came to my mind with the "It's all about ME!" slogan, and I just knew I had to incorporate it into this portrait of Kuzco, as it is all about him, with his pose, pointing at us the viewers... showing off... He's so condescending huh?!
If I'm not mistaken it was like the third drawing of him I've done in my life and it's all because of the "Emperor's New School" series that started to air here - finally - that I've remembered about him and felt like "Huh! He's gotta be a part of the collection too!"
So I really hope you'll like it folks - be sure there's a whole lot more to come soon!!!
Thanks for everyone who sent in messages asking if I'm O.K. - don't you worry guys, I am perfectly fine thank God!
To my dear friends - Faye, HAPPY BDAY DEAR - wish you all the best in life and a little more! Kerry, thank you so much for worrying about me man, and Pino - you're killing me with your latest work ! I miss you so much and I'll E-mail everyone soon!
Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!
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Why can I not hug drawings?!?
I can't get over how much I love this! Everything about this is so perfect to me. I adore the movie and TV show so much a started writing a fanfiction for it. My OC is named Kiki and long story short, her and Kuzco were best friends when they were kids, but her father never really wanted her so at a young age he disowned Kiki and kicked her out. Kuzco found her one day living in the streets dressed in rags and brought her back to his palace where to repay him, she started training as his personal body guard.
Before the start of the movie Kiki left to go train with some female warriors for a couple if years and she comes back in the TV show timeline.
This picture is how I picture Kuzco after Kiki starts forcing him to train as well, so he can defend himself if she and his other body guards fail somehow. He's still skinny but he gets more muscle tone.
Sorry if this isn't exactly a critique, but I thought you should know that this picture inspires me.