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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 BTS video of Epic Battle
i bet they were super tired after that day of shooting.
It was nice that he mentioned everyone who was part of the saga.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart,Taylor Lautner, Michael Sheen and Elizabeth Reaser were asked by The Hollywood Reporter in the attached video interview to answer the unanswerable: What is the appeal of Stephenie Meyer's writing in this series?
Each had a different - but also poignant - response to the matter.
Robert Pattinson: "She's very personal in her writing and it's to the point where it almost feels like too personal, 'cause I mean she wasn't thinking about publishing or anything when she was writing. It was basically a dream. And she was kind of like compelled to write it rather than doing it for any other reason, and I think that shows in the writing."
Kristen Stewart: "I genuinely think you can create an entire world. I mean, you can have a good idea about something, but that ... and there are a lot of movies that do start out as a concept and stay that way rather than being fully developed into something that you feel like you can actually live in. The reason it sparked and like caught and really spread is that it's such a vicarious experience. When you're reading it, you are Bella ... I've heard her try to answer the question before too, it's like 'How did you create a phenomenon?' She's like 'Well, if I knew exactly, I would do it every day. I'd just be creating phenomenons all the time if I had the equation for it.'"
Taylor Lautner: "People can connect with them. They can connect with something about Stephenie's writing ... The genuis thing about this is the supernatural element makes it more exciting and more fun to watch, but if you took that away, there still would be a great story."
Michael Sheen: "What Stephenie's able to really really explore well is what it feels like to be a young teenager, what it feels like to go through your first love, your first break-up."
Elizabeth Reaser: "Like first love and just how exciting and terrifying and wonderful that is. I found that just to be addictive."
Whose answer do you agree with most, and why?
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 composer Carter Burwell (who also handled the scores for Twilight and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1) has made an adorable admission about his work on "Renesmee's Lullaby" for Part 2: it was at least partially inspired by his own experience becoming a father, just as his "Bella's Lullaby" for Twilight was inspired by his relationship with his wife.
Burwell explained how the song - which Edward (Robert Pattinson) plays for Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy), Bella (Kristen Stewart) and the rest of his family in the film - came along during a time when Burwell was about to become a father in his right on his blog.
"For some reason there is a running parallel between my life and Edward's," he wrote. "I started writing music forBreaking Dawn Part 2 more than two years before it was released. The director, Bill Condon, suggested that, just as Edward had played 'Bella's Lullaby' for Bella in the firstTwilight film, he should now create a lullaby for his daughter Renesmee."
"This meant that I had to write it before they shot the film, which was happening at the same time as Breaking Dawn Part 1. And, as Rob Pattinson wanted to play it on screen, I had to write something that Rob could play and give him time to learn it," he continued. "Only a few weeks before Bill made this suggestion, I learned that I was about to have a baby girl myself. Inevitably I wrote the piece thinking as much about my daughter as about Edward and Bella's. In its way this echoed the story of how 'Bella's Lullaby' had been written originally for my wife."
How sweet is that story? Sounds like Carter Burwell's relationship to the Saga scores is more intimate than anyone could've imagined!
Thanks: Twilight Lexicon
Want to know which songs fit with which scenes from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2?
Well, here's a run-through* put together by yours truly! Which songs do you think matched most nicely with their accompanying scenes, and why? Hit the comments and let us know!
1. "Where I Come From," Passion Pit: The opening scene with Bella (Kristen Srewart) waking up to her new vampire life to find Edward (Robert Pattinson) waiting for her.
2. "Bittersweet," Ellie Goulding
3. "The Forgotten," Green Day
4. "Fire In The Water," Feist: Bella and Edward's bedroom scene.
5. "Everything And Nothing," The Boom Circuits: Family hanging with Renesmee by the fireplace after Bella's beaten up on Jacob over Renesmee.
6. "The Antidote," St. Vincent: Bella and Emmett's arm-wrestling scene.
7. "Speak Up," POP ETC: Saying goodbye to the witnesses and flash forward vision of
the future of Renesmee.
8. "Heart of Stone," Iko: The talk scene between Bella and Edward.
9. "Cover Your Tracks," A Boy and His Kite: Bella and Edward receiving their cottage.
10. "Ghosts," James Vincent McMorrow: Bella driving back from her meeting with J. Jenks and bringing Renesmee home to Edward.
11. "All I've Ever Needed," Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed
12. "New For You," Reeve Carney
13. "A Thousand Years (Part Two)," Christina Perri: Lowering the shield and initial closing credits.
14. "Plus Que Ma Prope Vie," Carter Burwell: Bella giving Renesmee her locket.
* No answer signifies either inclusion in credits or unknown placement.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 hasn't even been in theaters for a full week, but already some new information about a potential DVD deleted scene or two has come down.
Speaking to Movieline for a new interview revealed last night, director Bill Condon revealed a couple of scenes from the film which didn't quite make the theatrical cut and teased that fans might still get to see them come spring time when home editions are released.
"I know fans of the novel are going to be disappointed in this, but Garrett has a big speech on the field, during which the mist comes at him and Bella stops it. It was great to do, and Lee Pace was amazing, but we spent almost a half hour on that field and to spend another five minutes doing something that was a kind of repeat of what she'd already done with Jane's pain," he explained. "That was a shame, that was cut. And a couple of other scenes — we did a 'Bella training to fight' scene, and that was fun. It'll be on the DVD. But it just came at the wrong time. Again, it seemed a little redundant of her learning how to use her shield."
For The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, of course, there weren't any DVD deleted scenes, so are you encouraged to hear there may be some for Part 2?
Also worth a mention is a currently circulating rumor that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2's DVD and Blu-ray release date may be set for Feb. 16, 2013. Note that this is a completely unsubstantiated story at this time.
Attached in the video section is a new behind-the-scenes video from Part 2 showing several takes of the big battle running sequence. Looks like the cast got quite a workout doing that frame, right?
Thanks: Twilight Lexicon
In addition to venturing a guess at what the appeal of Stephenie Meyer is to her audience, The Hollywood Reporter also got the Twilight Saga gang to discuss the potential impact of the series on Hollywood as a whole.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Michael Sheen, Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone and Nikki Reed all jumped in on this one and had some interesting thoughts on the matter.
Robert Pattinson: "I wouldn't be able to say what other movies have tried to capitalize on the Twilight audience or anything ... I mean, maybe Hunger Games a little bit, but it doesn't seem like it's the same audience to me ... I think definitely the young adult books have [gotten attention] ... It seemed like that happened way more after Twilight than it did after Harry Potter, which I have no idea why. It seems like more people are writing them. Everybody writes a trilogy now if they're doing a kids' book."
Kristen Stewart: "Young adult books are really huge now, everybody wants to make those into movies ... I think the success of it and the fact that it does have a fairly strong female protagonist at its helm, character-wise not me, maybe made it okay to do it again."
Taylor Lautner: "The first movie in the series, Twilight, had a semi-small budget. We really had no idea we were making a movie or a franchise like this ... I was gonna say it's effected the supernatural world. Everything has a vampire or a zombie in it now."
Michael Sheen: "Everyone's looking for a franchise, for a start, you know? The films that keep on giving ... Apart from Kristen, who's done a lot of work before, the other actors weren't that well known. So, the idea of having a hugely successful film series without necessarily having really well known actors ... that's always gonna be attractive to producers on a film ... I would look out for films with young buff guys taking their tops off now."
Elizabeth Reaser: "It's been good for the ladies on some level ... I mean, I don't remember when growing up there ever being a franchise where the lead is a young girl."
Jackson Rathbone: "In a lot of ways, you look at the success of Twilight, and you can go to a film school and talk about it for an entire semester ... When Twilight was first made, it was made for a relatively low budget. Their profit margin was just extreme and so a lot of studios took heed of that."
Nikki Reed: "I feel like there've been some spin-offs and you know the similar genre."
Which castmate(s) do you think hit the nail most closely to the head on this issue?
Twilight Examiner
Mattel has now nearly completed the collection of The Twilight Saga Barbies by offering up a The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2-themed Vampire Bella Barbie along with a new variation of Edward in battle gear and several new characters in doll form!
Included in the new lot are Carlisle, Esme and Emmett (Rosalie and Jasper were recently added as well).
Take a look at the newest Twilight Barbie dolls in the attached slideshow! Their release dates vary, so hit the embedded links to BarbieCollector.com for more details.
Prior to this year, the Twilight Saga Barbie collection began with Bella and Edward in theTwilight meadow backdrop, followed up with shirtlessJacob from The Twilight Saga: New Moon. For The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Alice, Victoria and Jane were released, and with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 the company chose to re-energize Bella andEdward in wedding form.
Looks like the collection is almost completable for those who love their Twilight Barbies! The only Cullen coven member who's not gotten her place in the Barbie sparkling sun is Renesmee, and Mackenzie Foy has expressed an interest in having that happen, so don't count on this being done just yet!
It should be interesting to see whether any YouTubers invest in the collection to put on a full-on Twilight Barbie spoof like the attached old one.
Numbers are in for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2's original motion picture soundtrack sales.
According to Billboard, the Breaking Dawn - Part 2 album opened third for the week - behind One Direction's "Take Me Home" and Taylor Swift's "Red" - with sales of 93,000 units.
This news means that all five Twilight Saga soundtracks debuted among the top four for the chart - Twilight at No.1 with 165,000 units, The Twilight Saga: New Moon at No. 2 with 115,000, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at No. 2 with 146,000 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 at No. 4 with 105,000.
1. Where I Come From — Passion Pit
2. Bittersweet — Ellie Goulding
3. The Forgotten — Green Day
4. Fire In The Water — Feist
5. Everything And Nothing — The Boom Circuits
6. The Antidote — St. Vincent
7. Speak Up — POP ETC
8. Heart of Stone — Iko
9. Cover Your Tracks — A Boy and His Kite
10. Ghosts — James Vincent McMorrow
11. All I've Ever Needed — Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed
12. New For You — Reeve Carney
13. A Thousand Years (Part Two) - Christina Perri
14. Plus Que Ma Prope Vie — Carter Burwell
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Producers Adopting New Seed Traits
Paul Callaghan, U.S. cotton traits marketing manager for Monsanto, estimates that 5.64 million acres of this stacked-trait cotton will be planted in 2009 – out of the eight million planted cotton acres forecast for the upcoming crop season.
Gene Roney, a cotton producer in Dooly County, Ga., knows that the days for Deltapine 555 – the area's mainstay variety – are numbered. To get a handle on replacing this high-performing variety, he planted 100 acres of Bollgard II with Roundup Ready Flex cotton in 2008.
"This cotton looked and yielded as well as the Triple Nickel," says Roney, who grew 2,100 acres of cotton in 2008 with brothers Steve and Arthur.
Roney gives the Bollgard II with Roundup Ready Flex technologies high marks, saying that both traits combined might enable him to farm more acres with the same amount of labor.
"We might be able to farm 3,000 acres of cotton with three people instead of 1,000 acres with three people," the Georgia producer says. "These technologies are lowering our production costs."
New Traits Are Popular
The 5.6 million acres of Bollgard II with Roundup Ready Flex forecast for 2009 demonstrates a steep adoption curve for these technologies.
"This steady upswing in planted stacked-trait acres is a tremendous testimonial to the benefits that producers are realizing from these technologies," Callaghan says.
"Producers are seeing real value in terms of time savings, increased flexibility, fewer trips over their fields and the ability to use the saved time to better manage other crops and their overall farm operations."
Natural Refuge Factor
Larry Steckel, Tennessee Extension weed specialist, says that the Bollgard II with Roundup Ready Flex cotton has been rapidly adopted for several reasons. First, high-yielding cotton varieties that offer these traits are popular with north Delta producers. Second, the natural refuge option available for Bollgard II has been well received by producers, who like not having to plant a structured non-Bt cotton refuge.
Cotton producers will have even more varieties with improved yield potential that carry the Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex traits from which to choose when Deltapine introduces its Class of '09 lineup. Finally, the trend toward larger farm operations means that these biotech traits allow producers to farm more acres – with less hassle and cost – than would be possible with conventional cotton.
"A lot of our growers have large operations that might be spread out over three counties," Steckel says. "The Roundup Ready Flex trait, in particular, allows them to cover their acres with a high-clearance sprayer much quicker, compared with using cultivation or hooded sprayers.
"The technology is also a useful tool in no-till and reduced-till cotton production, which is popular with a majority of our farmers."
Advantage Of Flexibility
David Pearson, a west Texas cotton producer in Levelland, will plant approximately 3,000 acres of Bollgard II with Roundup Ready Flex cotton in 2009 based on benefits he has realized to date on a portion of his cotton acres.
"The Roundup Ready Flex and Bollgard II traits save us a lot of time and give us a lot more flexibility," Pearson says. "Instead of racing over our ground to apply herbicide before the fifth-leaf stage, we can instead take our time and focus instead on more important tasks at that time of year, such as making sure our irrigation is up and running."


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Musician, Fashionista, Visual Artist, Political Activist
As a musician what has made Lady Gaga's Brand unique, is the fact that she is a pop star who is a classically trained pianist. When she began to incorporate her skill on the piano she bonded it with her knack for visual art, i.e. playing a piano engulfed in flames during her 2010 performance of her song "Speechless" in Montreal.
Another element that is very near and dear to the Lady Gaga Brand is her eccentric sense of fashion. She has made a slew of fashion statements during some of her most memorable public appearances. This can be exemplified by taking a close look at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where she made up to 5 wardrobe changes including her performance outfit. This act alone began to get people noticing Gaga's knack for extreme fashion and caused that to be closely associated with her over all Brand.
Lady Gaga also chose the 2009 VMA's to seize that monumental moment where she would no longer just be known as Lady Gaga the Up & Coming Pop Star, she would be on her way to becoming Lady Gaga the icon giving her the right to this Brand Analysis. This moment occurred on stage during her performance of her song "Paparazzi" where she was dressed in her signature almost swim wear-like outfits, this one in particular seemed to be sculpted from a wedding dress with an accompanying mask. While having the attendees and viewers at home fully engaged from her energetic and interesting dance routine, she took the performance a step further by sitting down at grand piano and showing her piano chops for a brief second only to carry on to the moment everyone remembered that year where she ended her performance covered in blood, playing out the death of a pop star caused by fame.
When crafting a personal Brand as an entertainer it is good to stand for something, take a position on a cause you feel strongly about. This is not suppose to be done solely to make your Brand appealing to the public, but this shows that you, the representative of your Brand has a pulse for what is going on in the world. Lady Gaga has shown us this by her taking an active stand on Gay Rights. She has not been shy about her views on the fact that she believes in equality for all people, but has even gone so far as to share her own Bi-sexuality with the public, while maintaining an untarnished Brand.
This stance has garnered her a large fan base in the gay community, which she is completely aware of based off of the context of a few of her hit songs such as "Born This Way" ,which she encourages people that they are on the right track because no matter what they are they were born that way. Your Brand has to be cohesive with your product and they both have to be appealing to your consumer. If Lady Gaga branded her self as she has but made music that did not cater to the people who find her brand appealing or vise versa, she would not be fulfilling her Brand's over all potential.
These are some of the key elements that crafted the Lady Gaga brand into what it is today, which is by the way a very lucrative business for her and all of those who are associated with the Brand, which has an alleged net worth of $110 Million dollars. You can win, by crafting the proper Brand for you, but it takes a bit of self discovery to know who you are, to build a Brand that is truly yours.When it comes to Branding something to keep in mind is that everyones brand is different, because we are all different to a certain degree. Those things that truly make you who you are once realized and adequately capitalized on will play a key role in crafting the perfect Brand that will be the best representation of you, and the best representation of you is you.
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Whether you're promoting a business or simply establishing your professional identity, branding is an essential step toward carving out your own unique niche in a crowded marketplace. But figuring out how to brand yourself is a different challenge altogether. With the Internet poised to completely overtake print worldwide, conventional wisdom holds that online promotions are the way to go. Yet focusing all of your energies in one place is sure to lead to a dead end, so here's how to brand yourself both online and off to maximize your results.


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Each of the three major office supply store companies is struggling to gain headway, all having taken asset impairment charges to various degrees within this year. In fact, the two largest players will both reduce their footprint 15% over three or four years. They are also all aiming to alleviate slowing sales through improved online strategies. Assuming the employment picture continues to get better, there should be hope for at least one or two of the companies.
OfficeMax's (NYSE: OMX) store rationalization plan is working rather well, and it intends to cut another 15% of its square footage from 2012 through 2015. The closing, relocating, and downsizing of unprofitable locations is resulting in margin expansion. Besides this, OfficeMax is ratcheting up its print and document services. Additionally, a smaller, likely more efficient store prototype will be launched in early 2013. Finally, it is revising its technology offerings to focus more intently on the small business customer. As far as the Internet goes, it is achieving double-digit sales growth from online sources, and continues to perfect its website.
The $0.27 a share profit earned in the September quarter was a modest year-over-year advance. OfficeMax is on track for a solid profit increase for 2012 despite flattish to lower sales. Even after a 122% jump during the course of this year so far, OMX shares might well hold some promise for their near-term potential.
Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) is closing a small number of stores as part of a restructuring plan aimed at boosting productivity. Its earnings are basically treading water. While not looking to build the store base, management does have some growth initiatives in place that may help it turn the corner:
● expanding into new categories to drive store traffic; in fact, it believes it will triple its product assortment this year. Slashing prices has been necessary within this framework. Still, the extension beyond just office products could bring positive effects.
● accelerating the growth of its online sales, along with the broadening of its mobile advertising and customer acquisition activities.
● creating new sales channels, i.e. kiosks, a tablet-focused website.
● like OMX, bolstering its copy and print offerings further.
● A cost reduction plan encompassing product costs, procurement and supply chain processes, as well as a European restructuring.
● The three-year, 15% reduction in square footage.
SPLS shares have sunk to levels not seen in many years. An upturn in sales would likely be needed to jumpstart the stock. Productivity measures, as currently planned, do not seem sufficient to fuel profit gains.
Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) will reduce in size, relocate, or close a significant number of stores and take further impairment charges. It is suffering under excess costs and may just eke out a small profit for this fiscal year. Similar to its counterparts, it is experiencing same-store sales declines. The culprit, though, is cost overruns. Other than the real estate rationalization, management may not make severe cost reductions, stating that the spending is aimed at improving performance in future periods.
OMX shareholders are unlikely to gain much on a short-term basis as the industry undergoes a transition. Former asset restructurings at OMX have allowed for turnarounds within two years and onward. Thus, there could be some meaningful improvement on the horizon. Only aggressive investors probably ought to consider the shares.
Overall, OfficeMax seems best situated at this juncture, while Staples, as the largest firm, is potentially worthwhile.
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A SWOT analysis is a look at a company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future. As the 2012 year draws to a close, I would like to pinpoint on a company that is a trailblazer in the global payment industry, Visa (NYSE: V).
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- Short Term Blip: In 2011, Visa reported net income of $3.65 billion; in 2012 the company announced net income of only $2.14 billion, representing a 41.37% decline, however growth is anticipated to swing back to positive growth in 2013, with net income being projected to reach $4.80 billion
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Major publically traded competitors of Visa include MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Discover (NYSE: DFS), American Express (NYSE: AXP), and Capital One (NYSE: COF). All of these companies offer payment methods similar if not identical to Visa's products and services. MasterCard is valued at $61.46 billion, and pays out a dividend yielding 0.24%. Discover is valued at $19.17 billion, and pays out a dividend yielding 1.45%. American Express is valued at $64.51 billion and pays out a dividend yielding 1.39%. Finally, Capital One is valued at $34.26 billion and pays out a dividend yielding 0.34%.
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There has been a lot of talk about whether there is a dividend bubble in the stock market. Proponents of this theory say that investors are blindly piling into stocks that pay good yields without paying attention to valuation. Income hungry investors are looking at CDs and other accounts with very low rates. For people used to getting 4% or 5% yields, looking at a seemingly safe utility dividend looks like a good way to get the yield they want.
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There are two huge problems with this idea. First, utilities are not CDs or money market accounts. Though utilities are seen as safe, they do face risks and their dividends are not guaranteed in any way. Investors seem to have forgotten that no stock can be counted on the way an FDIC insured account could be. A perfect example of this potential bubble at work is Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Though the company is considered as safe and has a long history of paying and increasing its dividend, there are problems that investors seem to be turning a blind eye to. This strong utility that investors have counted on for income is on the edge of a problem. The really sad part is anyone who looks at the numbers knows what's probably coming, and should be able to spot it a mile away.
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This amazing apartment with Central Park views was designed by The Apartment founder Stefan Boublil. Located 61 stories above New York City, the unique space takes full advantage of over-the-top views and adds style to match!
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Whoa there. My first reaction was, 'meh.' Its sprawling and slightly ridiculous looking. Why would anyone WANT a 'monastery cowboy ranch 80's vibe'...?
I think the sink in the bathroom is cool. However, I can't understand how people live in homes like these. I realize that this is a staned rental/sale (?) but where is the warmth? What about the soul? I would feel so uncomfortable living in a place like that. Love that huge couch though.
I'm liking the bedroom. and the lovely dining table. But those chairs. ugh. And i"m not so much into the rest of the place either . . . .
Gorgeous, but I feel a bit over-customed. I'll explain...
Too much built in stuff and not enough free floating pieces with personalities of their own make me feel a bit like the walls are sticky. Objects are wall heavy with open spaces in between.
But don't get me wrong, overall, beautiful! I would want a bit more balance and proportion in the use of the space.
Yeah, having looked at it again just now, I think there are so many monumental pieces on the walls, that it is like they're pulling the space down by the walls. Like someone tugging at your t-shirt.
Ok. That's it. Over and out :)
agree cashew...seems really pretentious
also, are those knives stuck in the wall in the blue office?
Bleh. Why is the TV not facing the couch? I'm confused. This space is kind of weird.
I don't know if that is just jealousy speaking, but the ceilings seem low for such a large space (after combining the three apartments). I'm wondering if keeping some of the furniture to a more proportionate scale would have helped that.
furthermore, what dumb furniture placement, unless that monolithic entertainment center moves, you can't even see the TV from the sectional! Dumb.
of course it's pretentious... check out its locale....
I won't rip on this place... It's very tastefully done. Sure it's not to everyone's liking (more industrial, less homey) but that is the style of the family and they like it.
I will say that it's odd that the couch isn't facing the TV though. Love the green and white bathroom. (I think I might use the same tiles in our bathroom re-do.....)
Wow -
So many things to love (the walnut built-ins, the space, the indirect lighting, the built-in sectional, the bedroom, the views...)
....and so many things to hate (the Blue office, the Ed Hardy bathroom ceiling, the red paper-mache chairs, the TV that faces nowhere...)
Is this a store or a home.
While I've always enjoyed walking through his store, don't think I'd want to live in the owner's apt. Much too cold and impersonal for my taste.
Holy hidden bookcase doors, batman!
I don't htink they're paper mache chairs . . . are they?? i thought they were yarn wrapped. or something. I think the TV swivels. so you can see it cooking/eating at dining table or turn it for the couch.
What an unfriendly place. The kitchen bothers me the most...maybe it's the angle at which it was photographed, but it seems like the walls, ceiling and counters are slowly closing in.
I would give anything.. ANYTHING...to have that dining table and those chairs and that chandelier. Seriously. (well i'd need half of the table if it had to fit into my apartment but come on..it's spectacular)
Also love the awesome lime green and the bathroom overall.
The rest of the apartment looks like a furniture store.
I like the shelving. I love wood and that's a really creative piece. Couldn't live here, but certain elements are certainly inspiring!
tastes are funny. i gagged at the site of the chandelier and table chairs that drops of jupiter drools over.
hmm...none of the rooms has an open feel the place is supposed to offer. The solid walnut pieces overwhelms everything else, including the view.
The TV as the centerpiece? It's not only ugly, it's distracting. Why would anyone want the biggest room in the apartment to revolve around a TV screen?
aLL THe THINGS IN THE APARTMENT WAS vERY NICE, BuT NOT AL MY TASTE..also Some stuff I'll never would
combined..but as always aRound us there are many posiTive Details that we just Have to See :-)))
i LIKE :
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THE CHAIr IN THE SHOWER
tHE PoUF IN THE lIVING AREA
ANd THE BATRoom with green lavatOry...
dining room, kitchen and bedroom look livable to me. The rest I would not call amazing, especially that blue room.
There is a lot of warmth lacking in this space and perhaps a coffee table in the living room :oP
If they had just refrained from adding "80s vibe", this place would have been golden.
Why would the person not extend the bed all the way to the back and put the piano in front of the bed, to take advantage of the stretch of views and light, instead of dividing the room and placing one solitary chair in front of the windows near the piano? No soul.


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Oscar Perez Nafarrate S.
Chef Jardin de Ninette-
tel: 766 49 05
Constitucion 57, Ajijic.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 06:32 PM
Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:25 AM
Two colors Vichicoise soup.
Roasted duck breast with black Mole oaxaqueño.
Lamb tenderloin with red wine and yogurt sauce.
We also want to invite you to the 2012 chili cook off and try our Salsa, Margarita and Chili, vote for us and enjoy this great event!
Live Music:
Saturday: Flamenco show with Los Hijos de la Macarrona. (7.30PM)
Sunday: Son Jarocho (music from Veracruz) with La Catrina. (6:00PM)
Thank you and Buen Provecho!
Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:42 PM
Posted 16 March 2012 - 12:18 PM
Oscar Perez Nafarrate.
El Jardin de Ninette
Constitucion 57, Ajijic.
Tel: 766 49 05
Posted 16 March 2012 - 02:06 PM
Posted 17 March 2012 - 09:21 AM
Posted 19 March 2012 - 10:31 AM
Mi esposa and I are part of the no loud music crowd when going out to eat, BUT, the young group that plays flamenco was so special, their flamenco music so different from anything we had heard before that we did find them to be a joy to hear and watch.
I agree but would also like to add that what we find most appealing is Oscar's wife interpretive flamenco.
Oscar, now that Laurent has closed please consider adding some French offerings - I think it would generate lots of interest.
Posted 23 March 2012 - 11:57 AM
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Posted 23 March 2012 - 01:59 PM
Posted 23 March 2012 - 02:44 PM
We will be starting around 5:30 pm, and the flamenco show @ 7:30 as usual.
I PMed you asking you to make reservations for us.
Posted 28 March 2012 - 04:01 PM
- Cassoulet Gourmet.
- Fois Grass Sauté.
- Duck confit pills, yes, PILLS!!!!!
- Crepe Suzette.
We stil have a few tables available, but not many
Oscar Perez N
Posted 10 April 2012 - 06:01 PM
This Saturday (6:00 pm) one-time together in the kitchen of El Jardin de Ninette, Chef Laurent and Oscar Perez with a menu designed by Laurent:
- Gourmet Cassoulet.
- Fois grass saute with seasonal fruits.
- Duck Confit tablet wrapped in filo pastry with sweet and sour sauce.
- Crepes Suzette.
Its an honor to share the kitchen with this Giant, come to say goodbye and enjoy this special evening with friends, flamenco, cuisine and wine.
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 12:31 PM
Tuesday:6:30 pmCooking classes(dinner- class)
Wednesday and Thursday: 5:30pmto 9:30pm
Friday andSaturday: 12 to10:30 pm
For more information aboutclassesor schedules:
Constitution57,Ajijic, Jalisco.
We still have saturday night live flamenco show, dont miss it!
Posted 26 April 2012 - 10:51 AM
Dear friends, on May 19, we´ll have an event @ Jardin de Ninette, to raise funds for scholarships for young and upcoming dancers. Estudio punta tacón. and Jardin de Ninette will work together to provide scholarships for these young people to study dance techniques such as Ballet, Flamenco, Jazz, Contemporary and Belly dance.With this event we want to promote art and dance as a discipline of personal and social development.If you are interested providing scholarships to support a young person join us on Saturday May 19, 2012 in El Jardin de Ninette. We will have, dinner, flamenco and wine. In addition we will auction romantic dinners, tastings, wine tastings and bottles of good wine.Not to be missed!Thank you.Reservations.766 49 05
Posted 03 May 2012 - 09:37 PM
TuesdayMay 8:Mexican Cuisine
TuesdayMay 15:French cuisine.
TuesdayMay 22: Mexican Mediterranean Cuisine
TuesdayMay 29: Tapas andflamenquitowave.
For more information: 76649 05
Cost:500 pesosperperson.
Demonstrationdinnerwith3 courses andpairedwines.
MaximumCapacity: 10 people
Thank you Amigos!
Posted 25 July 2012 - 01:24 PM
You can´t miss our daily 5 courses sampling menu for 320 $ pesos. every day a different one. Today´s:
1st. Zucchini slices with gorgonzola, tomatoe and parmesan cheese.
2nd. Tuna ensemble with corn sauce and green apple.
3rd. French onion soup with cabernet sauvingnon and beef stock.
4rd. Lamb tenderloin with red wine and yogurt sauce.
5th. Grilled pineapple with caramelized fruits and goat cheese.
Bon Appetit!
If you want to have a magic night with great atmosphere, food and art, every saturday we have a Collage show, with soul, jazz and flamenco dancing. The quartet formed by Marie Claire Figadere (voice), Gil Rios (bass), Miguel Soto (drums) and Leonor Zertuche (flamenco and contempo dance) have created a great show for you and you can enjoy it every saturday at 7 pm.
So now you are informed! don´t forget about us and reserve : 01 376 76 6 49 05
Jardin de Ninette, Constitucion 57, Ajijic jalisco.
Gracias Amigos!
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A pretty quick A3 sized ink drawing of Sherlock. I should be studying physics for finals…
"Just this once, dear. I'm not your housekeeper"
So I was friendly reminded that I hadn't drawn Mrs. Hudson before. Done with ink and black colour pencil and added some colour with photoshop.
Moriarty late night sketch. I was messing around with ink, or rather the ink was messing around with me.
I got bored so I played around with this old thing. I put some more color on it and because my scanner hates my art, I kinda had to edit it a bit and then I just got carried away. But I think it looks better now.
Ok so, my friend insisted me to do this and I wasn't going to post it at all but I'm on a whim so here goes.
A4 size pastel study of Martin Freeman. I must be out of my mind or just really bored to do something like this. I used to hate pastels but now I completely despise them. Haha, actually no, I really got some sick pleasure drawing with pastels after a long while. I just bought these babies from sale and decided to learn to use them. Pastels are tricky motherfuckers at first
but real fun when you get used to them and stay that way till the end.
Don't know if it's ready or not so I'll just leave it hanging like that and move forward in my life. And once again, my scanner really hates the light shades.
Ink, colored pencils and watercolors.
This is my way of relieving stress. Colored pencils and ink.
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"Good bye John"
Once again Sherlock ink-sketch. I really don't know whether I should draw something else for a change.
A quick Irene Adler. I wasn't quite happy about the lineart at the first place and I thought paint would help. But it only got it worse the moment I touched the work with brush 'cause the paper I used was kinda really bad and it sucked all the water in a way that should be illegal. So I thought hey, I got nothing to lose 'cause it's already ruined. I just started to throw paint like crazy and this is the
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A Boston-based billboard company is getting pretty bold, predicting a Patriots win on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.
They've put up billboards with a countdown to the AFC Championship Game, which they've referred to as "Ray's Retirement Party," in reference to Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who has announced that he'll retire once the Ravens' season is over.
It might be a bit early, but the folks behind @MassBillboards seem pretty confident that the Patriots will come away with a win.
Here's the countdown to Ray Lewis' retirement party at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. No more games after loss to Pats. twitter.com/MassBillboards…— CCO_Boston (@MassBillboards) January 16, 2013
Apparently there are some Baltimore billboards with similar messages, but promising a Ravens win. As soon as I can find a picture of those, I'll post them here as well.
What do you think? Are these billboards a little too cocky? Or are they fair game?
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After a statewide rebuke two years ago of Iowa Supreme Court justices whose controversial ruling set the stage for same-sex marriage, Iowans reversed course Tuesday, retaining Justice David Wiggins.
With 83 percent of precincts reporting, the West Des Moines jurist received a 54 percent retention rate.
Two years ago, three of Wiggins' colleagues in the unanimous 2009 Varnum v. Brien ruling, were tossed out by voters. The Varnum decision found that a law defining marriage as between a man and a woman represented unlawful discrimination under the Iowa Constitution.
In a statement, One Iowa, the state's largest advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Iowans, said the retention vote and other ballot mreasures around the country Tuesday "show unequivocally that the tide is turning in this country and that the arc of history is bending towards justice."
Bob Vander Plaats, the head the anti-Wiggins group Iowans for Freedom, did not return Patch phone calls. However, he told the Des Moines Register that with the 54 percent approval rate was " not a great validation for Justice Wiggins."
Vander Plaats and his Iowans For Freedom were feeling heady over their success two years ago and waged a high profile campaign with political celebrities like Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who won the caucuses by courting the same Christian conservative voters who turned the judges out of office in 2010.
Iowa State Bar Association spokeswoman Cynthia Moser said Tuesday's vote should quash that. She called it "decisive" and said she hoped it would prevent future challenges to judges, according to the Register.
"We're very pleased with the numbers we received," Moser said.
Three other justices – Edward Mansfield, Thomas D. Watermann and Bruce B. Zager, all appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to the high court in 2011 after the historic 2010 judicial bloodletting – were also retained, but by larger margins, around 74 percent.
After the polls closed Tuesday, Iowa's LGBT activists gathered at a downtown Des Moines coffeeshop to see if Wiggins would remain on the bench and to hear results on several important gay rights ballot measures around the country.
Tofoya wiped tears from her eyes when news broke that Maine and Maryland voters legalized same-sex marriage in a historic vote that was, in some respects, the antithesis of what happened in Iowa in 2010. A similar measure is on the ballot in Washington state, and Minnesota voters are deciding whether to reiterate a ban on same-sex marriage in their Constitution.
"We've never had a pro-marriage win at the ballot box," Tafoya said. "If we can win in Washington and Maryland, that's huge."
Before Tuesday, LGBT equality groups had never won a statewide public vote. Votes in Iowa, Maryland and Maine were "historic," Tafoya said.
"Voters tonight have made it clear that equality is an American and an Iowan value," she said.
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Activists said there was more at stake in Tuesday'ss election than whether Wiggins kept his job.
"What it means is that if you can get enough people together, you can basically undo decades of constitutional precedent," said John Burns of Johnston, who recoiled at "the idea that an interest group can go in and bully the judicial system into trying to accept their extremist views."
"The retention issue is bigger than this," he said. "The idea that you can over-rule a court decision on a constitutional issue – that just cuts to the core of our whole system."
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Tizzy Hyatt said she came to the party because she wanted to watch the election restults in a place where she felt welcome.
She's not gay, but she said the vote to oust three Supreme Court judges two years ago was "organized bigotry by people who used the government and legal systems to promote hate."
She said that, "sadly," she wasn't surprised by the vote two years ago, but thinks marriage equality proponents are better organized this year.
"There's been more awareness from people who want equal rights," Hyatt said. "What I want to know is, so exactly how has your life changed since gay marriage became legal? Oh, yeah, not at all."
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The ultimate irony of the recall campaign may be that Iowa changed its system to appoint rather than elect judges to remove politics from their selection. Having to campaign for their jobs politicizes the court, according to groups like Justice Not Politics, a broad-based, non-partisan coalition of individuals who believe courts should be free from political and financial influence.
Forcing judges into a position where they have to campaign for their jobs – something Wiggins steadfastly refused to do – pushes them more squarely into politics, those groups say.
"The longstanding process before 2010 was retention was basically automatic," University of Iowa law professor Todd Pettys told Patch. "Here we are two years later. Now the decision Iowans have to make is, was that a one-time thing, or is this a new way of doing business?"
What happened in 2010 was unprecedented, the first time in history that Iowa voters rejected a member of the high court although anti-retention votes have occurred in the lower courts. The merit system of retention votes was introduced in Iowa in 1962.
Voting on down-ticket issues like judicial retention is historically – or was, until the watershed 2010 vote – sparse. That year, almost as many people voted in the judicial retention ballot as did the gubernatorial ballot.
In 2010, voters in only 10 Iowa counties – and in former Chief Justice Marsha Ternus's case, nine – voted to retain the justices. Those counties were Black Hawk ( Cedar Falls Patch), Clinton, Jefferson, Johnson (Iowa City Patch), Linn ( Marion Patch), Muscatine, Polk ( West Des Moines Patch, Urbandale Patch, Johnston Patch and Ankeny Patch), Scott, Story ( Ames Patch) and Winneshiek.
Voters in Scott County voted to retain Baker and Streit, but not Ternus.
Here's how it worked out in the 2010 retention vote:
Chief Justice Marsha Ternus: 443,451 yes, 541,585 no
Justice David Baker: 451,359 yes, 532,805 no
Justice Michael Streit: 448,758 yes, 534,902


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- Shopping on site
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
In your room
- Premium TV channels
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Complimentary toiletries
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Rainfall showerhead
- Desk
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
Eat and drink
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 9 AM.
The fine print for Amaris Hotel Thamrin City - Jakarta
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
24-hour check-in
We should mention
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property. Alcohol is not served at this property.