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In Québec, the Canadian province places great emphasis on energy production via ecological hydro power plants. Once an ecological power plant has been added to the power plant market, it will remain until purchased by a player or removed when the number on it is lower than the number of cities power by any player. The two cities of Montreal and Québec City offer several cheap connections, making this map challenging with several layers of decisions for building the best networks.
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As the country struggles with financial hardships it's a timely revival for the National Theatre of Ena Lamont Stewart's look at the 1930s depression. Set in a rundown Glasgow tenement, life is tough for the Morrison family. Eleven family members are crammed in the tiny, dank, dark kitchen and bedroom set up. Dad is out of work, mother struggling to feed the children and keep the depressing rooms as close to homely as possible. Add in an elderly grandmother, a son suffering TB, teenage rebellion, affairs and police problems and it doesn't sound like a cheery evening.
Stewart's script though is packed with dry, dark humour. The family may not have much but they do possess a sharp tongue and a quick wit.
Designer Bunny Christie's multi-tiered set hints at the cramped conditions that replicate floor after floor in this impoverished Glaswegian community, we can merely glimpse the lives of the neighbours but it's enough to show how the Morrison family troubles are by no means unique.
This is a community where women are a force to be reckoned with and at the heart of the piece is a gutsy performance by Sharon Small as put upon mother and wife Maggie. Most of the time she bites her tongue but when she lets forth she's a force to be reckoned with. Husband John (Robert Cavanah) and wimpish son Alec (Pierce Reid) may try to convey that they are alpha males but it is clear who wears the trousers in this household. There are also wonderfully observed performances by Karen Dunbar and Isabelle Joss as well meaning but intrusive neighbours and Sarah MacRae as rebellious daughter turned good Jenny.
Director Josie Rourke plays the piece naturalistically and sensibly allows the comedy to develop from the characters. She also downplays the melodrama, again allowing for the grim reality of life in the block to establish its own pathos.
This isn't a show for the faint hearted but it does reward the concentration. Yes it does take a while to attune to the thick Glaswegian dialect and the 'happy' ending does seem somewhat contrived but this is a well deserved revival of a historically relevant slice of Scottish life.

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While America's growing population of seniors may prove a burden when it comes to the federal government's having to pay rising Social Security and Medicare bills, they represent an increasingly important market for businesses.
Within King County's population of 2 million, an estimated 232,000 people — 11.6 percent of the county's populace — are 65 or older. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, that number will more than double, to nearly 500,000, by 2050. The number of those 85 and older will increase fourfold.
Since the elderly also hold a large share of the nation's wealth, it's hardly surprising that new businesses are popping up to serve this burgeoning market. Among the most promising sectors are wellness and home-care services, fitness equipment and services, travel, medical self-help, insurance and investment management.
Perhaps the most prominent sector to ride the wave is senior housing. Companies like Aegis Living and One Eighty are building retirement communities, independent living complexes and assisted living centers with the latest five-star amenities such as coffee bars, high-speed broadband and entertainment and travel options. Many of the city's luxury high-rise condos are being bought up by retirees who have sold off their large homes with their burdensome requirements to enjoy city life.
Businesses and nonprofits, hospitals and care centers, senior service providers, pension planners, money managers and even home remodelers are all looking for new products and creative solutions addressing the needs of an aging population. Here are four other companies that have found a way to tap into the burgeoning market.
From the Heart. Stella Ogiale, owner of Chesterfield Services.
Chesterfield Services Inc.
Founded: 1996.
Description: Home health care, companionship provider and pharmacy.
Washington offices: 14.
Ownership: Privately held.
Founder and executive director: Stella Ogiale
Employees: 1,000-plus
Headquarters: 1810 East Yesler Way, Seattle.
Annual revenue growth: 10 percent
Website: chesterfieldhealth.com
Stella Ogiale's home health care business grew out of her personal experience as the mother of an autistic child. A stay-at-home mother, Ogiale had her caregiver skills down pat by the time an older daughter encouraged her to find employment in the field. After some reluctance, Ogiale said "yes" to what became her life's passion.
Since 1996 she has built her business, Chesterfield Services Inc., into a licensed statewide agency with more than a thousand employees providing care to people "at many different stages of life and facing different challenges." The Seattle-based firm operates 14 offices and a pharmacy in locations across the state, from Spokane to Longview to Walla Walla.
Ogiale came to the United States from Nigeria at age 20 and says her mission is as much about designing a problem-solving organization as providing quality services. "My experience as a caregiver came only from my own family," she notes, "but I knew in my head that I could be a great administrator. That comes from my family business background and my own education."
Chesterfield mainly operates through government-funded programs such as the Community Options Program Entry System (COPES), which offers personal care and home health services to people who choose to remain in their homes rather than move to a nursing home, as well as Medicaid. The company also welcomes private-pay clients.
Its core services are long-term care of the frail and aged, those with debilitating conditions such as diabetes and stroke and those who are developmentally disabled.
Chesterfield screens and contracts with caregivers such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nurses as well as personal care aides and registered nursing assistants.
An aging population puts Chesterfield services more in demand even as national health care reform transforms the industry. Ogiale says it would be difficult to replicate her business today because of risk avoidance and overregulation that creates misgivings among clients, providers and regulatory agencies. Small, startup providers struggle to manage licensing, record keeping and funding regulations that now dominate the sector, she says. "Overregulation takes away from the heart of the business for fear of being shut down," says Ogiale. "Medicaid rules are very strict. There's no room for error in an audit. … It can be financial suicide."
Nevertheless, Ogiale feels optimistic that health care reform will evolve for the better as caregivers, clients and regulators find solutions that create value at all levels. "That's the key … to look at each person and ask what is it that they need from me," she observes. "You have to have some level of integrity of purpose to truly do good. I love this business because, first of all, it comes from my heart because of my son. At the same time, I love creating solutions and designing systems. I am [personally] growing in this business. …I haven't arrived yet. I'm growing."
Looking ahead, Ogiale, 56, sees more expansion for Chesterfield in Washington if it can win new Medicare contracts to provide advanced skilled nursing and therapy services. The company's pharmacy business also has growth potential. "And maybe in the next few years," she says, "we will have Chesterfield doctors making house calls."
Founded: 1999 (as Total Living Choices)
Description: Ensocare sells software that helps hospital patients transition to outside care and improves hospital patient-management efficiency.
Ownership: Privately held by CQuence Health Group, Omaha, Nebraska
CEO: Wayne Sensor
Employees: 31
Development office: Seattle
Founder: Ted Tanase
Growth outlook: Revenue will double in 2014.
Website: ensocare.com
Full Circle. Ensocare founder Ted Tanase.
Ted Tanase launched his company in Seattle in 1999 with the idea that he would help families more efficiently find care for loved ones leaving a hospital. While service to patients remains his company's core mission, the primary product today is software sold on contract to hospitals to accelerate patient transitions into follow-up care.
Ensocare is operating in 130 hospitals throughout the United States. Its software allows hospital-based social workers to move people into a skilled nursing center or other care facility more efficiently, and then continue to follow that patient in recovery and/or re-hab.
"We have every licensed medical home health care service, every non-medical care provider, every post-acute care provider in the nation in our database," Tanase says. "The hospital develops the care plan, matches patients to their needs and initiates the transfer. Using the care plan, we then can follow up with the patient using our call-center staff. We can check in by phone, even send reminders for their next doctor's visit."
Ensocare's match-up and discharge process can be as detailed as whether the patient wants kosher food or has a pet, whether the care facility has a game room with a pool table or provides transportation for medical reasons.
"We are finding that patients managed through our program do not return to the hospital as often as others," Tanase says. "That's a plus as hospitals adjust to health care reform."
Ensocare continues to operate a software development office in Seattle. Corporate business offices and a call center are in Omaha, Nebraska, where parent company CQuence Health Group is based.
While the primary focus has been on seniors, the company's software can be tailored to match patients of any age with care facilities, Tanase notes. Its latest expansion is with children's hospitals, where pediatric patients may have received care far from home.
"The health care industry is becoming more patient focused," Tanase says. "We've been doing that from the start."
A Place for Mom
Founded: 2000
Description: Offers free assistance to seniors and their families in finding in-home care or new housing based on needs and budget. Care providers pay a fee to join the vetted roster of A Place for Mom.
Headquarters: Seattle.
Ownership: Privately owned by Warburg Pincus, New York.
CEO: Sean Kell
Employees: 250
Founders: John and Pamela Temple, Brian Trisler
Growth outlook: In 2014, the company will have served 1 million families since its inception and expects to cross the 2 million mark in the next two to three years.
Website: aplaceformom.com
Helping Hand. This year, A Place for Mom will serve its one millionth family.
Since changing ownership three years ago, Seattle-based A Place for Mom has gone through an evolution, says Ed Nevraumont, Chief Marketing Officer. With 20,000 nationwide care partners, A Place for Mom is set to turn in another year of 40 percent annual revenue growth, he says. "When we first came on board, we worked on core infrastructure, such as upgrading the website and adding reporting systems. We've been getting traction in the past couple of years as the economy has improved and the demographics continue to change."
A Place for Mom offers free consulting services in most U.S. urban centers to those seeking senior housing. The average client is a 57-year-old daughter of an aging parent. The parent may need help to either remain in his or her home or move to independent or assisted living or some other kind of care facility.
The company got a boost last year when it signed Joan Lunden, book author and former TV journalist, as its official spokesperson. Lunden shares her own experience of trying to find the right senior care option for her mother.
A Place for Mom generates revenue from fees charged to care centers and providers that are included in its membership referral roster. Nevraumont says three developments are producing substantial growth for the company: an aging population, the increasing sophistication of clients who may start a search sooner using the internet to find help, and a strong marketing plan.
A Place for Mom advisers who field calls from families seeking help are salaried and live in the markets they serve. Their job is to survey clients using a lengthy questionnaire and then refer them to one or more providers that fit their preferences, care needs and budget.
"Our biggest challenge is overcoming the general perception that senior housing is a terrible place to be," Nevraumont says. "The fact is that they can be a wonderful place offering more friends, a community and great care. Part of our job is to help people deal with change, to understand that these are not depressing places."
A big challenge at A Place for Mom is managing the growth, Nevraumont says. "As we add more advisers, we want to make sure we maintain a supportive infrastructure and hire quality people. We want to be the solution for families."
Synergy HomeCare
Founded: 2001, began franchising in 2005
Description: A national franchise company providing non-medical in-home care services.
Headquarters: Gilbert, Arizona
Ownership: Privately owned
Founder and CEO: Peter Tourian
2013 franchise units: 259, up from 206 in 2010
Startup costs: $58,000 to $156,000, including a $45,000 franchise fee and a 5 percent ongoing royalty
Growth outlook: Ranked 86th among fastest-growing U.S. franchises in 2013 by Entrepreneur magazine.
Website: synergyhomecare.com
Ray Fitzgibbon has been a Synergy HomeCare franchise operator in the Seattle area for four years and likes the involvement with clients and staff.
"It's a wonderful thing … to see people at various ages, various stages of their lives," Fitzgibbon says. "We do everything a family member would do for someone — bathe them, cook, clean, shop for them. Some of our care staff may visit a few hours a week; others are in the home 24/7. It's all about demonstrating trust at every level."
Synergy HomeCare is a franchise business that provides non-medical in-home care primarily to seniors who want to remain in their homes. The company also serves clients with chronic debilitating illnesses and those recovering from accidents. Fitzgibbon employs 60 full- and part-time workers, all certified nursing assistants, which, he says, makes it easier to assign people to a variety of clients.
So far, there are five Synergy franchise territories in the Seattle-King County area, with each area roughly serving 25,000 people 65 and older, Fitzgibbon says. Franchise startup costs include a $45,000 franchise fee, plus other costs ranging up to $156,000. The parent company takes a 5 percent royalty fee from ongoing revenue to support corporate training and marketing. It requires that franchises be owner operated.
The cost of Synergy services ranges from $32 for a one-hour home care visit, which may include light housework or helping someone with a bath, to $12.50 per hour for an around-the-clock live-in caregiver.
"Starting a franchise is not like going to Alaska and striking gold," Fitzgibbon notes. "There's a lot of competition and it's a lot of work. But if you like people and like learning about this business, it's fun."
Putting the squeeze on nursing homes
While many industries serving the elderly are thriving, nursing homes, where people often go for hospital-like care after a debilitating stroke or hip fracture, face serious challenges. Many are operating either at a loss or with very thin profit margins, reports the Washington Health Care Association. The culprit is a low reimbursement rate administered by the state for low-income Medicaid patients.
According to WHCA, which represents 400 nursing homes and assisted-living centers statewide, nursing facilities are losing $33 a day on every Medicaid patient they take in. "This financial gap is creating demands on the system that can be unsustainable," says WHCA Executive Director Robin Dale.
Ted Tanase, founder of Seattle-based Ensocare, which helps hospitals automate the patient discharge process, sees nursing homes being nibbled to death on several sides. "Medicare payments are being reduced to nursing homes, hospitals are starting to devote unused beds to skilled nursing care and assisted-living facilities are taking on more clinically difficult cases," Tanase says. "More regulations and already tight profit margins are making it tough for nursing homes."
Meanwhile, in-home care is becoming a bigger factor in the senior housing market mix. In-home care businesses are among the fastest growing in the country. By 2020, these service providers are expected to create 1.3 million new jobs — a 70 percent increase.
Top 10 senior housing trends
1. An affordable senior housing crisis is under way.
2. Government funding policies will change.
3. Skilled nursing centers will evolve and no longer be a final resting place.
4. Many seniors will outlive their assets. Longevity becomes America's fiscal enemy.
5. Internet services may offer electronic senior care monitoring.
6. Backyard "Granny PODS" may become a senior housing alternative.
7. Downtown urban senior living is a middle-class myth because of high costs.
8. Senior care services will continue to diversify based on need and affordability.
9. Senior housing providers will go after higher-income customers. That will help hold down overall rising care center costs.
10. Senior care services will face more state regulations related to background checks, resident safety and training. Costs will be passed on to seniors (or their children).


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By Dom Nozzi
August 20, 2016
After three years of trying, I have finally been given the opportunity to give a presentation to the Boulder transportation advisory board – of which I have been a member. The topic will be on traffic safety, and I will be making the presentation in either early September or early October.
I decided one point I'd like to make is that if anything, streets have become much less safe than they were in the past – despite decades of often aggressive, extensive, expensive safety efforts. This morning, I looked for a chart showing the trend in the number of annual deaths on US roadways. I have included a few charts from Wikipedia in this blog. "Annual Traffic Deaths" shows the crazy high number of annual deaths.
But the "Annual Deaths Per Mile Driven" chart shows that we are making a lot of progress on safety! I was surprised and realized I'd have to revise my presentation.
Then I came across a "Traffic Deaths" essay.
I learned from the essay that several decades ago, the auto folks needed to find a way to address the great alarm on the part of many Americans when they saw the huge number of traffic deaths. The solution to this PR problem – to head off serious efforts to reduce car dependence in our society – was to convey deaths based on MILES DRIVEN. It turns out that applying "miles driven" as a way to measure deaths is quite misleading. After all, if we used miles traveled, the space shuttle would be the "safest" way to travel…
Using that metric, the auto folks were able to reduce alarm (and meaningful efforts to reduce car dependence), because the metric shows improving traffic safety. Now we can sidestep the thought that 30,000 to 40,000 traffic deaths per year is barbaric (and demands our society reduce car use) and instead focus safety on individual motorist mistakes or mechanical solutions (which does almost nothing to correct this shocking, unacceptable road carnage problem).
One of my points about traffic safety is that our forgiving roadway design induces dangerous and growing levels of inattentive driving and excessive speeding. I believe inattentive driving and speeding are epidemic mostly because of our decades of employing forgiving roadway design. But if this is true, why does the chart show a decline in deaths since 1970?
My explanation is that while roads ARE more dangerous today than in the past, much of the reduction in deaths is associated with making cars (and, therefore, the motorists inside them) safer with such things as seat belts, air bags, and aggressive efforts against drunk driving – not to mention our removing a lot of trees and other "hazards" from near the side of roads.
I found another chart that shows a big increase in bicyclist deaths since the 1970s. That can partly be explained, I guess, by the growth in cycling since then, but I think it is also compatible with my belief that roads are more dangerous today. Motorists are safer in certain ways, but the growth in inattentiveness and speeding are leading to motorists killing more people bicycling.
In sum, it is clear to me that our roads need to be substantially redesigned to obligate slower, more attentive driving by motorists through various traffic calming, as well as reductions in the size of roadways and intersections. More warning signs, warning lights, warning paint, warning education, and warning enforcement has utterly failed to make our streets safe.
It is way past time to get serious and redesign our appallingly dangerous roadway system.


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From Goodreads: A covert operative of Last Chance Rescue (LCR) Enterprises, Eden St. Claire has made secrets her life's work. Seven years ago, an evening of emotional vulnerability and pure pleasure almost destroyed her. Now Eden wears her beauty like a mask, concealing any hint of vulnerability or the demons of her past.
A daring rescue of an innocent girl on a Greek island leads Eden to a new partner. Jordan Montgomery has been looking for Eden–though he knows her by another name, from another time. But his search for her is overshadowed by a case that's gone international. A powerful, ruthless, organized network is stealing women and children around the world. And a lover, a traitor, and a killer all wait for Eden's next move
Challenges: TBR Shelf, Mystery/Thriller
Overall Rating 4.50
Story Rating 4.50
Character Rating 4.50
First thought when finished: Glad I bought the whole series!
What I Loved: What didn't I love? Seriously this was an adrenaline filled, action packed, well-paced thriller with a love story to boot! While Eden and Jordan were the center of this story, they were flanked by some other amazing characters. In fact, the "bad" guys were well characterized also. I felt involved with the story from page 1. I think what I loved the most was it never seemed far fetched or unbelievable!
What I Liked: Last Chance Rescue (LCR) Enterprises is a fascinating business and one I hope exists in some way in real life. I like the idea of rescuing women/children from horrendous situations. I even like the way they operate by taking on the cases even if the employer is less than worthy. In all cases the children are innocent and they remember that!
Final Thought: Get this series if you haven't read it! Seriously, it is that good!
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Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited's board meeting
Karachi: This is to inform you that meeting of the Board of Directors of Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited (CWSM) will be held at 12:00 noon on Monday, October 31, 2011 to consider the Accounts of the Company for the 1st quarter ended September 30, 2011.
The Company has declared the "Closed Period" from 24-10-2011 to 31-10-2011 as required under Clause (xxvi) of the Code of Corporate Governance contained in the Listing Regulations No. 37 of the Exchange. Accordingly, no Director CEO or Executive shall, directly/ indirectly deal in the shares of the Company in any manner during the Closed Period.
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100% cotton hand crocheted vintage cardigan in perfect condition with covered buttons in the front, so the item can be worn as a gorgeous top as well. The meticulous hand crocheted lace detail make this piece a true keepsake. It has a boxy rather than tailored fit giving the cardigan (which surely is twice as old as I am) a contemporary feel about it.
Colour: Beige
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By Hemant Mehta
There are a lot of U.S. laws that privilege religious institutions over other non-profits, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation has been working to expose those differences and get the courts to put everyone on a level playing field.
The most famous example of this involves a case in which FFRF's co-presidents applied to the IRS for a tax break on their housing — just like the "Parsonage Allowance" that pastors receive. They didn't get it, and their lawsuit over the matter is currently waiting for a decision from an appeals court.
Now FFRF is suing over a separate matter.
This one involves their charity arm, Nonbelief Relief, which has given away more than $590,000 over the past several years to assist disaster recovery efforts, help atheists trying to escape oppressive regimes, and support groups like Doctors Without Borders.
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Nobody should feel they can't speak out about how they feel or what they have gone through yet in 2016 more often than not it is kept a secret. Women need to know they are not alone and that they have someone they can talk to did the need arise.
I first had a molar pregnancy ( A molar pregnancy is an unsuccessful pregnancy, where the placenta and fetus do not form properly, and a baby does not develop ) which was quite a lot of years ago and was devastated to be told there was no baby and that they actually never was I then had to be monitored for months after to check that my hormone levels had gone back to normal.
Following a miscarriage in January 2013 I again was left devastated. I needed time off work due to depression but there was light at the end of the tunnel and I fell pregnant again only to be devastated yet again by a further miscarriage.Fortunately I have an amazing partner, family and friends that got me through this and I also came to realise it was not meant to be.
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Sustainable Agriculture Project to host open house
March 30, 2017
Imagine peering outside of the classroom window to see a smiling man on a bicycle pulling a wagon full of vegetables and fresh flowers. This is the type of project that Youssef Darwich, farm manager at the Grand Valley State University Sustainable Agriculture Project (SAP) hopes can bridge the gap between sustainable farmers and the community.
In the meantime, Darwich invites the GVSU community to join the SAP's spring open house event called "Cultivate," which aims to bring campus communities together around the environment.
The SAP has collaborated with GVSU's hospitality and tourism management classes to bring guests entertainment, complete with live music, free dessert and a taste of the SAP's fresh grown veggies.
In addition, the event will feature information about current organizational projects and future opportunities, along with a trip out to the farm.
For Lamont Arrington, creative intern at the SAP, the event will serve as an invitation for guests into the complex, yet welcoming world of environmental sustainability.
"It's important that it is seen as more than just a farm, because it's also a place for research and to relax," Arrington said. "It's a place people come to play music. There's a lot of things that go on there."
Last fall, the SAP planted more than 100 fruit and nut trees, which Darwich said were selected to balance productivity and diversity. Projects like this reflect one of the long-standing main goals of the SAP, which is to cultivate a diverse group of skills and talents to balance the project.
"Majors and backgrounds beyond what people usually associate with farming have a lot of relevance," he said. "And that's one of the things we hope to illustrate at this event: everybody has a place. We're here to help develop your niche."
Since its formation in 2008 as a community garden, the SAP has grown into a space for research and internships which students of all backgrounds can participate. Only a few of these opportunities include community outreach, art, data analysis and event planning.
In addition, the SAP created some unique ways for students join in on the conversation. As a more recent effort, creative interns with SAP are working to produce a video podcast called "Growing Grand," which gives viewers insight about the environment and sustainability.
Arrington acts as script writer and host of Growing Grand. As a writing student, he was able to find his niche in SAP by developing the series and being able to talk with guests about topics they are passionate about.
"I thought it was so interesting that we have so much impact on the world in our daily lives, you know, that wasn't something I haven't considered before," he said. "I'm just trying to help out in my own little way."
The Cultivate open house event is designed to encourage students and attendees to consider the foods they eat, as well as its impact on the surrounding environment. In addition, it works to connect diverse groups of people around an impactful, campus project.
"The reality of it is that when we students go to these kinds of things, we don't even know what kinds of questions we should be asking," Arrington said. "So, events like this get put on so that we can present that information in a really cool way."
In addition, he said that it is okay to be unsure of where to start. Sustainability and its rising status as a discussion topic, has not been at the top of the list in high school education. But Arrington said taking the steps to become familiar with it now can have a lasting impact.
"With farming, what you do now you live with in the future. So, if you do a little more on the front end, you'll be rewarded with abundance in the future," Darwich said.
In the end, he stressed the importance of considering sustainability in everyday life and recognizing that each individual has something to contribute.
"If you're a little unsure of how to take that first step, just come to the farm," he said. "We'll see where we can go."
The Cultivate open house will take place Saturday, April 1, from 1 p.m to 3 p.m.


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Sure, the film by first-time feature director Michael Carney also stars Djimon Hounsou as a troubled, angry "modern-day slave" the couple befriends at a soup kitchen, and Jon Voight as a conservative caricature (himself, essentially). But the real message of this trailer is that the two middle-class white people at its center have a lot to pat themselves on the back for. They willingly became friends with a black person. And a poor one at that! Lest anyone think this is just more Hollywood mawkishness, be aware that this is based on an actual New York Times best selling nonfiction book co-written by the real-life husband and homeless guy. This movie's going to have so many life lessons.
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The "Great Satan" Begs to Differ
The Iranian regime has never found itself more vulnerable. And, with this vulnerability, it has never leaned more heavily on its own narrative of history. This narrative, of course, has a central antagonist, a character conjured up as the "Great Satan." As this Quranic moniker implies, the Islamic Republic ascribes supernatural qualities to its adversary: from far away in Washington, D.C., the Great Satan has the power to send hordes of stooges to shout in the streets and the remarkable ability to manufacture every ill in Iranian society.
The power of this narrative reaches beyond such mythological claims into the stuff of history. It was the CIA, the story goes, that deposed a democratically elected Iranian leader back in 1953 and then spent twenty-six years propping up a despotic shah while he mercilessly abused his people.
As Iranians protested their sham presidential election last summer, the regime wielded this narrative to bolster itself. Its opponents were denounced as puppets of the meddlers who had done so much harm to the country during the past century. The Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, rehashed this history in a recent speech, describing how the United States "embarked on hatching plots against the nation from the very early days."
This is a seductive narrative, stranger still for whom it has seduced: the very meddlers themselves in Washington. As the Tehran regime has teetered these past months, many in the United States, especially at the highest rungs of government, have held their tongues. They have been reluctant to voice solidarity with Iran's green movement or to loudly protest regime abuses, fearing that any criticism from the United States would be perceived as the latest installment in this history. President Obama has voiced his support for the protesters in passive language: "The world continues to bear witness to their powerful calls for justice" is his strange formulation—a description that places the United States in the role of bystander.
There are, arguably, strategic reasons for the United States to keep silent on the fate of the democratic movement, but history is not one of them. Rather, the Tehran regime's version of events (past and present) is self-serving and, at critical junctures, altogether baseless. Documents, some recently declassified, from various U.S. archives show a different version of foreign policy toward Iran. In it, the shah might have been a U.S. ally in the Cold War, but the relationship was fraught. Behind closed doors, Washington pushed hard for his country to democratize. And when the United States failed to stand on the side of the Iranian people, it paid a horrible price.
It is worth revisiting this history, not simply because it debunks the Manichaean theory of the past touted by the mullahs but also because it contains important lessons for how the United States can navigate the current crisis.
The event that has come to define perceptions of U.S. meddling is the coup that ejected the popularly elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, in 1953. Both former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and President Obama have acknowledged America's role in the coup in speeches that were widely taken to be apologies.
The American understanding of the event largely derives from a 1979 memoir published by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. The author, a CIA operative and grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, slipped into Iran and spent considerable sums on black propaganda intended to inflict mortal wounds on Mossadegh. But Roosevelt's memoir inflated his own and, in turn, America's centrality to the coup. Although declassified CIA documents confirmed many details of his account, which Roosevelt told with the relish of a John le Carré thriller, his version was exceptionally self-serving. For instance, despite knowing little about Iranian society and speaking no Persian, Roosevelt launched by his own description an instantly potent propaganda campaign. Dwight Eisenhower, president during the 1953 coup, was to characterize Roosevelt's report as seeming "more like a dime novel."
The Roosevelt book, however, has had an enduring legacy. It depicts the coup as an American and British concoction and inadvertently absolves Mossadegh of his many missteps. The backstory of his fall is far more complicated. Mossadegh had initially seen the Americans as his staunch ally, and the United States reciprocated this warmth. It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who first paid attention to events in Iran. During World War II, American soldiers were stationed in Iran to manage the transnational railroad, an essential supply line for the badly bruised Red Army. And, as Roosevelt left the 1943 Tehran conference with Stalin and Churchill, he met at the airport with his envoy, General Patrick Hurley, and formulated a new Iran policy whose primary goals included promoting democracy and ridding Iran of colonial forces. In rhetoric that might now be tainted as neoconservative, the policy clearly aimed to transform Iran into a showcase of democracy and the vanguard of the decolonized Middle East. As Hurley later distilled the new policy, "[Iran] can achieve for herself the fulfillment of the principles of justice, freedom of conscience, freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom from want, equality of opportunity, and to a degree, freedom from fear."
Mossadegh seemed to represent the promise of postcolonial Iran. Even as ardent a proponent of Pax Americana as Henry Luce felt comfortable making him Time's "Man of the Year." But the idea of supporting a postcolonial democrat necessarily put the United States on a collision course with its allies. Winston Churchill despised Mossadegh for nationalizing Iran's oil fields and refineries, which the British considered their rightful heirlooms. In London, the British mulled over plans to seize those assets back militarily. For nearly two years, the Truman administration, particularly the diplomat Averell Harriman, worked furiously to broker a solution to this standoff. And, even though those efforts failed, they did prevent a British attack. The British grew so frustrated by the U.S. efforts to fashion a compromise that, according to documents in their archives, they came to believe that the United States was dealing with Mossadegh behind their backs.
None of these subtleties, of course, ever merits a mention in Tehran's version of events. Nor do the clerics mention a detail that grows richer in irony with each apology by an American politician. It was the clerical establishment's animosity toward Mossadegh that laid the groundwork for his ouster. A broad swath of clerics—Islamists such as Ayatollah Abolgasem Kashani, a mentor of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—had initially supported Mossadegh. But by late 1952 the clerics had turned against him after he bucked their demands. Kashani unsuccessfully pressed Mossadegh for the right to appoint key ministers. Another top cleric called on the prime minister to purge the civil service of Baha'is—a bane of Shia clergy. The clergy's allegiance to Mossadegh weakened further as he allowed the communist Tudeh Party to gain ever more power, despite his personal abhorrence of communism. After Mossadegh lost the allegiance of the clergy, his fate became increasingly clear. (He had also alienated the middle class, who had grown increasingly weary of ideological warfare, and the army had pleaded for his ouster.)
None of this is to defend America's role in the coup, but it was hardly the only or even the decisive factor in Mossadegh's fall. Indeed, in this—the most obvious instance of its meddling in Iranian history—the United States actually meddled on the side of the very religious establishment that now complains so bitterly about the Great Satan.
The history of U.S. involvement in Iran centers on Shah Reza Pahlavi. On the one hand, the United States supported the shah and helped him consolidate his rule. On the other, the United States quietly and persistently tried to prod him toward a more democratic system. The Americans helped the shah create his dreaded secret police, the SAVAK, in 1957—and then, the next year, attempted to roll back his move toward authoritarianism. For the United States, those two objectives were not contradictory. Both the CIA and the State Department, which clearly preferred the shah to any alternative, openly worried that the country would succumb to revolution absent substantial steps toward democracy.
This position, however, produced a state of constant tension between the shah and the United States. During his weakest moments—particularly in the late 1950s and early 1960s—the shah would nod in agreement when the Americans extolled democratization. For example, in 1958, the U.S. ambassador urged the shah to engage in preventive measures such as an anticorruption campaign and "fireside chats" with the people of Iran. Not long afterward, a new anticorruption law was passed and the shah gave his first public press conference. But the shah never put any conviction into these gestures. Social change, he believed, could only be imposed with an iron fist. When the Americans made their demands, he used an array of tricks to change the subject, invariably insisting that the pressure to democratize would merely empower the communists. Moreover, the anticorruption law soon faded and was used only to settle grudges.
The Americans grew increasingly frustrated with the shah's authoritarianism. When he faced a military coup in 1958, the United States tacitly assented, doing nothing to relay word to him of General Valiollah Qarani's plot. Indeed, the CIA station in Tehran arranged to publish anti-regime propaganda in the Iranian press—and then let the shah know that the agency had planted the material there to highlight its wavering allegiance. As CIA Director Allen Dulles told a meeting of the National Security Council in 1958, "We still take a gloomy view of the shah's future unless he can be persuaded to undertake some dramatic reforms."
The tension between the Americans and the shah reached a peak during the Kennedy years, when the administration based its Iran policy on the views of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, among others. Based on his travels in Iran, Douglas concluded that the shah was an incorrigible despot and advocated ramping up the push toward democracy. (Robert Kennedy also shared an aversion to the shah.) An administration task force considered the fragile state of the shah and questioned the very rationale of the relationship. This was, after all, the era of the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps; the administration was showing a diminished patience for undemocratic allies. But the task force concluded that the strategic costs of abandonment were too great. Instead, President Kennedy focused on redoubling the Eisenhower efforts to reform the regime.
Fortunately for Kennedy, he had the perfect vessel for this approach: the reformist prime minister, Ali Amini. Together, the Americans and Amini persuaded the shah to attempt a breathtaking transformation of Iran, including suffrage for women, land reform, and a reduction of the military budget. The plan envisioned a new class of technocrats to steward a modern bureaucracy. (Eventually, the shah convinced the Americans that he, better than any prime minister, could bring about these reforms.)
As the shah set out to implement these ambitious changes, to be known as the White Revolution, he came into conflict with the Ayatollah Khomeini and his cohorts. The mullahs considered women's suffrage the first step toward harlotry and land reform a transgression against Islam's belief in the sanctity of private property. The mullahs denounced these changes as "dishonest slogans that will bring nothing short of corruption, prostitution, and other miseries."
But, to a large extent, the White Revolution was a success. The Iranian economy transcended its semifeudal state and grew rapidly. Women entered the political domain and workforce, and even the SAVAK suspended its program of torture and generally liberalized.
The greatest sources of Islamist ire—the empowerment of women and other trappings of modernity—were hardly issues that could unite a broad coalition, especially one that included communists and discontented swaths of the middle class. Instead, Khomeini and his followers attempted to cloak themselves in the language of the left or at least provide the language of the left with a Shia gloss. The Islamists translated classic concepts from Marxism into their own discourse: The proletariat became the mostaz'af (the weakened), the bourgeois became tagut (rebels against God), and imperialism became estekbar (arrogance).
For all its work pushing the shah in the direction of democracy, the United States also did its part to inadvertently abet his opponents. In 1964, the Pentagon pressed the shah to sign a basing agreement that would have offered Americans in Iran diplomatic immunity from prosecution. For a century, Iran had been a battleground for the great powers, and this agreement reeked of colonialism. The shah's acceptance of this agreement allowed the Islamists to turn it into a rallying cry.
President Nixon provided another impetus for revolution when he ostentatiously stopped pressuring the shah to move toward democracy. To be sure, this pressure had achieved only limited effects under previous administrations; it certainly had not brought about a European-style constitutional monarchy. But it had improved conditions on the margins and, to some extent, checked the shah's authoritarian instincts. Nixon and key adviser Henry Kissinger concluded that the shah was now in full control of the country, and they therefore found it unnecessary to worry about revolutionary challenges. So U.S. intelligence scaled back its Iran reporting to levels seen during World War II, and the Americans ended their contacts with the opposition. Perhaps this is why the CIA was blindsided by the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Absent U.S. pressure, the shah entered a new, monomaniacal phase. Flush with cash from the oil-price spike of the early 1970s, he went on what the CIA called a "lending binge." He gave money to nearly anyone who asked, including Western countries that had once assisted Iran. The shah often described democracy as more befitting the "blue-eyed world." Now he acted on that sentiment. In 1975, he declared—by royal fiat—that Iran would become a one-party state, replete with pseudo-fascist trappings. The rise of an urban guerrilla movement against the shah created an atmosphere that spurred the SAVAK to unleash a wave of censorship in society and torture in prisons.
This authoritarianism, of course, sparked widespread discontent. After Iran had boiled over into a revolutionary state in the winter of 1978, President Carter commissioned old State Department hand George Ball, who had traveled to Iran a half dozen times, to present an independent assessment of the country's situation. Nixon's approach, Ball concluded, had created disastrous conditions, and only a rapid move to democracy could avert a crisis. Yet Ball saw few candidates who could usher in this change. The United States used its considerable influence with the Iranian armed forces to dissuade coup plotters. But these efforts, made behind closed doors, did nothing to change the climate—and nothing to diminish the anti-Americanism that ultimately resulted in the siege and occupation of the U.S. Embassy.
The history of U.S. involvement in Iran was not an unambiguous Cold War travesty like the Vietnam War. For much of the era leading up to the Islamic Revolution, the United States supported the cause of Iranian democracy. And when Washington failed to push the shah in that direction, U.S. interests suffered.
Will the United States stand beside Iranian democracy now? Many in Washington worry that such a stand would backfire, that it would bolster the mullahs by arousing the innate nationalism of the Iranian people. But this is to misunderstand the regime. No matter what the United States does—even if it maintains a studied silence—the regime will describe its opponents as U.S. tools. This accusation is politically necessary for the mullahs and deeply embedded in their worldview. Besides, no matter how much the regime denounces the Great Satan, Iranians on the whole remain positively disposed toward the United States, at least relative to the rest of the Muslim world.
Nothing suggests that President Obama should abandon the idea of engagement, a policy long supported by Iranian democrats, who also worry about it being badly implemented. Negotiations that ignore human rights and democracy are indeed a form of appeasement. When the Obama administration speaks to the mullahs about nuclear weapons, it must bring those concerns to the fore as well, just as the Reagan administration did in its later dealings with the Soviets. It can use such meetings to send a profound message of support to Iranian democrats. In the end, Iranians who favor democracy are the world's best hope of solving the current nuclear impasse.
But, whatever policy the Obama administration adopts, it must not let a tendentious narrative of history tie its hands. The past must not weigh down the United States with guilt. Rather, it should provide a lesson in the cost of failing to stand on the side of democracy.


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Amidst ongoing tug of war over murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, brother Indrajit Lankesh has requested Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into the killing of his sister.
Talking to the media, brother Indrajit Lankesh said, "Request CBI probe. We've seen Kalburgi issue that state investigated and with sadness I say they've not done anything."
He asserted that her sister was a social activist and was doing her job.
Indrajit added that, "There were no threats as of now as far as we know."
"The CCTV camera (in the premises) has captured the whole incident.. I am very confident that the culprits will be caught soon," he said.
"In fact her mobile phone also contains a lot of evidence and clues.. Investigation is underway.. I will provide details later in the day.," he said.
Noting that the police have secured the CCTV hard disk, Indrajit said, "I am requesting them to open it in front of me or my mother."
"The two CCTV cameras (near the gate and door) even without lights has captured the whole incident and in fact from the footage we can make out what has actually happened there.. planning and execution everything is recorded there," he added.
Senior journalist Lankesh was shot dead on 5 September at her residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Naga by some unidentified assailants at around 8-8:30 p.m.
As per reports, three bullets were pumped in her body.
Lankesh's body was later shifted to the Victoria Hospital for the post-mortem.
Lankesh was the editor of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a tabloid described as an "anti-establishment" publication.
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One choice can change everything! Fall in love, solve crimes, or embark on epic fantasy adventures in immersive visual stories where YOU control what happens next! Current stories include:
THE FRESHMAN, BOOK 1. Welcome to Hartfeld University! You'll make friends for life, and maybe even find true love. Will you date bookish James, party girl Kaitlyn, football hero Chris… or all three at once?
– Dress to impress with fashion forward outfits.
– Choose a date for the elegant and romantic Winter Formal.
– Support new friends as you tackle freshman adventures together!
THE CROWN & THE FLAME, BOOK 1. Your enemies stole your kingdom, but now the time has come for you to raise an army, master magic, and reclaim your crown!
– Form alliances to build your army.
– Master unique weapons.
– Choose between elegant ball gowns and powerful armor.
– Crush your enemies in an epic battle!
MOST WANTED, BOOK 1. The heat is on when a no-nonsense Texas Marshal and a Hollywood detective are thrown together to stop a deranged hitman. Can you catch the killer?
– Play as Detective Dave Reyes and U.S. Marshal Sam Massey.
– Investigate a mystery with twists you won't see coming.
– Examine evidence at crime scenes.
– Stop the killer before he can claim another victim!
…PLUS more new stories and chapters EACH WEEK!
– You can subscribe for unlimited keys, allowing you to play as many chapters as you like during your subscription period
– Subscriptions are $2.99 weekly and $7.99 monthly*
– Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
– Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
– Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
– Purchased subscriptions continue for the duration of the subscription period
– Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription
*Prices shown in $USD. Prices may vary by region in accordance with the App Store Pricing Matrix
– Please read our privacy policy at http://www.pixelberrystudios.com/choices-privacy-policy/
– By playing Choices, you agree to our terms of service http://www.pixelberrystudios.com/choices-terms-of-service
Choices is by the team that first created story games for mobile over a decade ago. Later we created Surviving High School and Cause of Death, the first games with episodes, for EA.
Both games hit the Top 25 and were inspirations for other companies. After leaving EA, our team regrouped in a small office and with the quacking of nearby ducklings we set out to create story-driven games with heart. As Pixelberry, we launched two hit games, High School Story and Hollywood U.
Our team has now grown to over a dozen of the most experienced game writers in the industry. In our 10 years of creating story games together, we've seen heartbreak, marriages, great adventures, and even Pixelbabies.
But even through diaper changes and late nights, we think we've created our best work to date. We hope you'll fall in love with our newest characters, Chris, James, Kaitlyn, Dave, and Sam just as we have.
– The Pixelberry Team
Choices: Stories You Play for PC Free Download Links:
Choices: Stories You Play for PC is now available for free download. Directly download the Choices: Stories You Play for PC app setup files along with Bluestack installation files and follow the below-listed instructions to smoothly run Choices: Stories You Play for PC in your Windows XP/7/8/10 and MAC PC.
Choices: Stories You Play for PC Free Download Link: Click Here on the Link
Bluestack for PC Free Download Link: Click Here on the Link
Download Instructions for Choices: Stories You Play:
Inorder to run Choices: Stories You Play on your Windows 7/8/10/XP or MAC PC, you will need an Android or iOS emulator to prepare the system environment for the mobile application. You will need to install Bluestack for PC on your Windows 7/8/10/XP or MAC PC and then would need to install the Choices: Stories You Play for PC apk or setup file. Bluestack for PC is an top grossing award winning Android Emulator available in the market and is proficient to run all major Android/iOS mobile applications (including Choices: Stories You Play for PC) and mobile games on the host PC. In all, it would provide a mesmerizing experience running Choices: Stories You Play on your Windows 7/8/10/XP or MAC PC.
Just follow the below-listed instructions to Download and Install Choices: Stories You Play for PC on your Windows XP/7/8/10 or MAC PC:
1. Download the Bluestack Standalone installation file from the link provided in the above section.
2. BlueStacks-Installer_native.exe file consuming about 261.86 MB will be downloaded on your Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10 or MAC PC.
3. After downloading the Standalone setup file, install the Bluestack on your Windows 7/8/8.1/10 or MAC PC. It would take about 2-5 minutes. Just skip through all the interrupts in between.
4. Now, your Bluestack installation is over and you are ready to run it for the first time on your Windows 7/8/8.1/10 or MAC PC. Just feel free to have experience with its highly interactive look and functioning.
5. The next step involves installing Summoners War for PC app on your Bluestack emulator. Just simply search in the Bluestack Apps Search Console for Summoners War game. You will be prompted to Play store from where you could download the Choices: Stories You Play for PC which would run smoothly on this Bluestack Emulator.
6. If you feel somewhat confused with the above step, Just simply open the link provided in the above section in your Bluestack Browser and everything will be done automatically.


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Waves released Flow Motion FM Synth, a brandnew hybrid FM software synthesizer. Flow Motion FM Synth is currently available at an intro price of $39 USD.
Design deep basses, screaming leads, rich pads and growling FX with this hybrid FM synth, featuring an intuitive graphic interface that makes FM synthesis playful and easy, an innovative 16-step snapshot sequencer, and a rich library of over 1000 presets.
Flow Motion combines the best elements of FM (frequency modulation) and analog-style subtractive synthesis in one powerful instrument.
The Flow screen eases your way into FM synthesis, with a uniquely designed graphic FM modulation matrix that connects four powerful mono/polyphonic oscillators with independent waveform and pan controls. You can easily modify assignments between the oscillators, using four independent floating LFO/envelope modulators with intuitive drag-and-drop manipulation.
The Motion screen lets you further control filters, amplitude, EQ and FX in a 'traditional' subtractive way, for added power and flexibility.
The 16-step snapshot sequencer enables you to easily capture 16 different states of the synth and switch between them in real time. With 16 recallable snapshots per patch, you can quickly create jaw-dropping sequences, on the fly and in the flow.
With an additional 16-step note sequencer/arpeggiator and built-in FX, this hybrid synth will let you take your ideas to new sonic territories. Huge on tweakability, but light on the learning curve, Flow Motion will advance your creative flow whether you're a beginner or an expert synthesist.
More info and download here: Waves | Flow Motion FM Synth


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A New Year and A New Life in Paris: Three Luxury Apartments to Rent and One Bijou to Own!
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Bonjour French Property Insider Subscriber,
This may be the last issue of French Property Insider (FPI) for the year, but it's certainly not our last issue! As you can see by the numbering system (Volume XV, Issue 50), this is the end of our 15th year of bringing you 50 issues a year!
Lots has changed over the years, not so much for FPI, but for what's inside the world of French property. When we started writing FPI 15 years ago, property prices were at an all time low, the Paris short-term rental market was in its infancy and people had lots of money to invest in France. Prices went up, up, up and vacation rental apartments were all the rage by both foreign and domestic investors.
Then, the economic crash of 2008 did serious damage to the market. Prices went flat for a while and buyers lacked the cash to invest. Over the following few years, the stock market strengthened, interest rates went down and the market came back strong as ever. Vacation rental apartments flourished while the city began to seek solutions for their housing shortage, blaming the vacation apartments as the culprit. The city authorities clamped down on owners and landlords and their outrage has not let up since, regardless of who or how it hurts in the interest of finding long-term housing for full-time Paris residents.
Our foreign owners are seeking solutions now, too. They want use of their own property while not losing revenue to keep their property afloat. We believe that the city should consider that every owner should be allowed at least one exempt secondary residence from the strict rental laws, which would allow them to enjoy their property and allow others to enjoy it, too. But, the city doesn't care about making EVERYONE happy -- only the tenants, not the landlords...without realizing that the tenants are suffering, too, as a result of this unbalanced/unfair thinking.
I may be editorializing a bit, but this leads to the solutions we have found to making everyone happy. Some of our short-term rental apartments are moving to longer term options (when necessary) and that means real opportunities are there for you.
The following are our newest luxury apartment rentals with various longer-term options that work well for both the tenant and the landlord -- PLUS don't miss our special BIJOU FOR SALE at the end of this long article!:
Here's a spacious two-bedroom/two-bath luxury apartment located on Rue Nicolas Charlet, near the Institut Pasteur -- "Les Beaux-Arts." As its name suggests, it is an exquisite apartment that will suit both the art connoisseur or anyone who appreciates a sophisticated, artistic touch to interior design. The apartment offers a contemporary, yet classically elegant Parisian style that includes luxurious fabrics, designer furniture as well as French antique pieces. It is the art collection that makes the this apartment truly unique...and the artworks are for sale! The collection, put together by the apartment's art collector/dealer owners, includes pieces by some of the finest contemporary European artists.
Located on a quiet, solely residential building of high standing, dating from the 1890s just around the corner from the Pasteur Métro station, on the edge of two of the most highly sought-after 6th and 7th arrondissements between La Tour Eiffel and La Tour Montparnasse. Your stay at the Beaux-Arts will allow for quick access to the major Paris attractions, as well as providing a peek into the more discreet and charming real life of a "living" Parisian neighborhood. An elevator is available for your convenience, or only two flights of stairs if you prefer to walk up. This light-filled apartment, with three exposures and ten windows, features beautiful moldings and fireplaces to accent the rooms.
The longer you say, the less you will pay (weekly housekeeping included):
1,900€/week for the first 4 weeks
See photos and learn more about the amenities by visiting our Les Beaux-Arts page.
And to secure your stay, email [email protected].
This luxury apartment in the Haut Marais near Arts et Métiers can be rented for no less than one year (but remember there's 30-day cancellation on all one-year rentals!).
Le Luxe d'Argent is a 40 square-meter chic and modern one-bedroom apartment on the third floor with plenty of old world charm. After a complete renovation in the spring of 2012, this jewel is ready to welcome you and your family and friends for a stay that you won't soon forget. The cool and sleek silver color scheme chosen by designer extraordinaire, Martine di Mattéo, has a real calming effect while the intelligent layout makes living there a pleasure.
The bedroom features a comfortable queen-size bed, that can be made up as twins, and wrap-around closets for optimum use of space. Being situated on a small interior courette makes it ideal for a good night's sleep. Immediately adjacent to the bedroom is the contemporary bathroom where you will find double sinks, heated towel rack and a spacious glassed-in shower. It is also accessible directly from the primary rooms of the apartment. Like smart Paris apartments, a beautifully appointed powder room is separate and accessible from the entry hall.
The complete and functional kitchen has been equipped with a granite countertop and custom hand-made oak cabinetry which houses a dishwasher, microwave, conventional oven, four burner stove and refrigerator with freezer. There is also a Nespresso machine and toaster provided for your use. Dishes, glasses, cutlery, and cooking implements round out the inventory. Within easy reach is the Corbusier-style glass and chrome dining table with four leather chairs. Here you can enjoy the gourmet meal that you created or just plan your day over coffee and croissants.
With its two large windows, the living room is bright and welcoming. Under a one-of-a-kind, Eiffel Tour themed painting by French artist, Pascal Amblard, sits the elegant sofa bed that transforms into a queen-size bed when needed. From here the 59-inch, flush-mounted flat-screen TV looms large for enjoyable viewing. Glass and chrome end and coffee tables to compliment a stylish chair complete this conversation, relaxing and entertaining space perfectly.
When not out enjoying the beautiful city, your entertainment needs are met with access to over 100 cable TV channels, several of which are in English. You can also make good use of the Bose iPod docking system and DVD player. Included with your stay is free access to the apartment's WiFi connection as well as use of the telephone, which allows you to call land lines in over 100 countries as well as land lines and cell phones in the U.S. and Canada, at no cost.
Next to the powder room, in the entrance hallway is the laundry closet, with combination washer/dryer and portable drying rack. The apartment lacks nothing!
Available for one year or longer, includes housekeeping twice a month, with a 30 day cancellation clause: 1860€/month + 150€ utilities + one-time agency commission of 720€. Tenant pays Taxe d'Habitation (approximately 800€ and due by whomever lives in the apartment on January 1st) and tenant insurance. The utilities cost will be adjusted at the end of the initial lease term, for the part that exceeds 150€ per month.)
More information and more photos are available at our site for Luxe d'Argent.
To secure your stay NOW, contact [email protected].
Modeled after a typical Parisian bistro, Chez Antoine Paris is a completely renovated apartment located in the very heart of Le Marais. The location could not be more convenient with the Saint-Paul Métro entrance nearby and everything Le Marais has to offer at your feet. You will have non-stop fun staying at Chez Antoine – just what is intended by the extraordinary décor by Interior Architect, Martine di Mattéo.
With Parisian coach lights providing the illumination throughout, centuries old, original, exposed wood beams and a combination of tiled and parquet flooring, the accent is on charm! Entering this first floor apartment the first thing you will see is the oak bar which stands in the corner to the left, in front of a series of glass shelves with mirrored backing. A collection of beer glasses lines the shelves invitingly. The bar does double duty as a workspace and comes with a barstool.
To the right is a bistro table with seating for 4 people, on a red leather banquette and two authentic bistro chairs. A bit further along, through an entrance framed by exposed original beams, is a corner kitchen. This extremely efficient space contains a refrigerator with freezer, a small dishwasher, microwave oven, toaster oven, combination washer/dryer, stovetop with two burners, sink and cabinetry. Also included are a complete array of kitchenware (all cooking utensils, dinner and tableware, serving pieces) an electric coffee maker/espresso maker and electric tea kettle.
Just past the kitchen is the reading area with padded window seats, sandwiched between a well- stocked bookshelf and a stately fireplace (non-functioning) with large antique mirror. A handcrafted wooden closet with etched glass provides well thought-out storage. The windows are equipped with wooden shutters that open and close easily as needed.
From here one enters the living room with its three-seat sofa that converts into a high-end double bed, and handcrafted coffee table made from antique Haussmannian iron. Also in iron is the one-of-a-kind console made from an original Haussmannian balcony grill and topped by a beautiful arched mirror. On the wall above the sofa is an original painting by Parisian artist, Pascal Amblard, depicting a Parisian café from days gone by. The 42-inch flat-screen TV with DVD player sits on the opposite wall.
Exit the living room into the hall where you will discover a marble and glass bathroom with a very unique and handsome columnar sink, toilet and shower with glass doors. The heated towel rack will quickly dry the abundant towels that are provided with the apartment and warm the bathroom to cozy.
Past the bathroom is an ample-sized bedroom with new queen-size bed that can be separated into twins, a flat-screen TV with DVD player, made to measure wooden closet with decorated crystal panels and bistro handles. The headboard of the bed is actually the second on-theme painting by Pascal Amblard -- this one in colors to match the bedroom décor. Beside the bed is a café table and chair, perfect for catching up on late night emails. Unusual for a one-bedroom apartment, Au Vieux Paris has an en suite powder room with toilet and sink.
Both the bedroom and the living room are equipped with brand new built-in air conditioning units that are sure to keep you cool if your time in Paris heats up. Included with the apartment is cable television, with over 100 channels on both TVs, a well-stocked video library, WiFi and free telephone with answering machine. Long-distance calls to land lines in over 100 countries are free. This extends to calls to cell phones in the US and Canada.
The longer you rent, the less expensive it is! Housekeeping twice a month included. Three-month rental is the minimum stay:
Three to six months: 3,550€/month
For more information and photos, visit Chez Antoine online.
To secure your stay NOW, contact [email protected].
Properties like this come available once in a lifetime. We advertised it a couple weeks ago and immediately had two full-price offers, each of which have retracted their purchase for their own personal reasons, so here's your opportunity once again to snap it up.
The middle-aged structures on rue François Miron stand out from the adjacent architecture and reek of old-world charm. They are impossible to miss and tourists stop to regard them every few minutes all day long:
"At the very center of the Old Paris, these houses have been estimated to date from the 15th-16th century. These timber or timber-framed houses are of the style of Paris during the Middle Ages. The structure is of wood, composed of solid wood beams and pillars often carved out of one tree. The walls have afterwards been completed by filling the gaps between the structure with unbaked bricks, plaster or cob. After the 1666 London fire, Louis the 14th imposed a rule to coat with plaster all facades in order to avoid, or limit the propagation of a potential fire. The wood has thus been covered for several centuries before being uncovered some time in the 20th century. These houses have been transformed many times, notably in 1966 by the architect R.Hermann." (SOURCE: patrimap.paris.fr/en-US/curiosities)
Inside these famous 15th-century half-timbered houses, which were two combined to make one apartment building, the hallways had been modernized and an elevator added. The apartment, a studio of a mere 15 square meters (161.5 square feet) on the second floor (European, therefore two flights up), has exposed beams and half-timbered walls.
Completely transformed only three years ago by Interior Architect Martine di Mattéo, this "bijou" lacks nothing and while furnished contemporary in style, is still oozing with old-world charm. Located on the second floor of this centuries-old building (yes, with an elevator!) just steps from the Hôtel de Ville and the River Seine, it has one big window overlooking the courtyard (quiet and peaceful), beautiful exposed beams and every amenity you would need or want for a few days, weeks, months or a lifetime. In other words, it makes a perfect "pied-à-terre" and vacation rental.
As you enter, you will see the room reflected in the mirrored doors of a large closet providing ample storage. At the window is a round glass and chrome dining table with two chairs which are illuminated by a fun and fanciful chandelier. Opposite the bed is a television and entertainment center. This professionally designed space has a new and comfortable queen-sized bed that can be made up as twins.
The elegant gilded, but very efficient kitchen is equipped with refrigerator, washer/dryer, sink, combination oven, two-burner stove, coffee-maker, toaster, kettle and a myriad of cooking implements. Of course, all cookware, plates, glasses and cutlery are also provided. The luxurious and spacious bathroom offers a glass shower, large sink with vanity, heated towel rack and toilet.
All furnishings come with the apartment, so there is nothing for you to do, but walk in with your belongings and settle right in. It's absolutely ready for immediate rental.
This very special apartment is in one of the city's best locations – steps from the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall), the River Seine, all of Le Marais and has immediate access to the St. Paul Métro and many bus routes. Within easy walking distance is Place de la Bastille, the Ile Saint-Louis, Notre Dame, the Left Bank and most of Paris' finest museums. Furnishings included are valued at over €10,000!
The cost of ownership is quite low -- electricity bills are about €100 a month, building maintenance charges are about €1,200 per year and annual property taxes total about €650 per year.
Asking price, including all furnishings and agency fees: €300,000
Contact me immediately if you are a serious buyer of this "bijou" of an apartment in the oldest building in the city: [email protected].
A bientôt and Happy New Year,
Adrian Leeds
P.S. In addition to our own long-term rental apartments, we can assist you with finding your own long-term rental property. See our website for all the details and contact us today!
Welcome to your home in Paris. Home is how you will feel in a private apartment in Paris that has the "seal of approval" from ALG, Paris Sharing and me, Adrian Leeds.
Le Magenta is a spacious three-bedroom apartment newly renovated and decorated by our own Martine di Mattéo, perfect for those who need to get a little work done or who just like the feel of a little elbow-room while vacationing in space-starved Paris. Conveniently located a short Métro ride from both Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est, the apartment is on the third floor of a good building on a quiet street.Book your stay today! Visit Adrian Leeds Group Apartments to view our full selection or email: [email protected] for more information.
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