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55 Meetup Groups match "Mobile Games" near San Mateo, CA
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Its so exciting what is going on in the mobile ecosystem right now. I encourage any one interested in learning about anything related to mobile and meeting the exciting people behind changing the way that people interact with each other, technology, and companies/brands join. The next couple of years are going to be a fun and exciting ride for any one involved with mobile and especially the consumer. My goal is to connect people, content, and ideas so that we all may benefit from an open group t …
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This meetup is for iOS and Android game developers and designers to learn about way the various methods of user acquisition and talk about the latest trends in monetization, we share experiences on what works and what doesn't and we hear directly from people in the trenches making money with their games.
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What are the problems that every game developer has? At this point they've almost become a cliche: Acquisition, Retention and Monetization. Every game developer from the solo indie to the mammoth public company needs more players, to keep those players, and to monetize those players. There are literally hundreds of companies that are founded to help developers address these challenges in one way or another. So why is it still so hard? I believe it's an education problem, and I've founded this gr …
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We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local mobile games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers talk about what's cool in mobilel games. We're especially interested in Casual Game Association Minna Mingles members who may have not gotten together in a long time. Hopefully we can be a resource. Please join our Meetup and pass the URL to other friends of yours in the local Mobile games space.
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Our goal is to disrupt the mobile game industry by delivering a complete infrastructure and ecosystem for HTML5 2D and 3D game development, allowing developers to deliver equal performance for both Native and Web-based games from a single code base. We provide a cloud compilation system that allows developers to deliver their games to all of the native apps stores, including iTunes, Google Play, Facebook and Chrome today with Kindle, Nook, Windows Phone, Tizen and Intel AppUp coming soon. We'll …
Ideas, Design, Development, DEMOs, Product Marketing, Business Development, Success or Failure Tips, Entrepreneurship, Opportunities among the whole bay area (including south to north, east to west :-))'s mobile game professional community, here is the place we can hold discussion, seminars, talks, and conference for the next big wave ! We hope to have monthly DEMOs, yeh, DEMOs, and quarterly bigger event to cheer up our own mobile game professionals for bigger success together !!!
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The Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship get-together's started a few years ago at Stanford and meet every quarter in the Bay Area. The idea is simple: get together on a regular basis people who are interested in gaming, mobile and entrepreneurship. The event is open so feel free to pass around. The last events saw over 500 people from: A Bit Lucky, Blizzard, Nexon, Google, ZipZapPlay, PopCap, PlayFish, Activision, Zynga, Apple, Unity, Neowiz, EA, Booyah, Trion, Sifteo, Raptr, Playdom, Playspan, P …
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Gathering the smartest mobile game developers from the valley and San Francisco into one super-dense neutron sphere of awesome. Lets share ideas, tech, code, frameworks, marketing tips to make better mobile games.
This is a meetup of Android Game Developers. Meetup for a chance to win funding, a how to guide to meet and convince VC's to fund your app and possibly a chance to sell your game.
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Mobile Monday Silicon Valley is one of the largest mobile industry user groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1999, MoMo has been bringing together mobile enthusiasts for education and networking events. With the fantastic growth of the industry, a significant portion of more than 6,500 MoMo SV members have backgrounds in non-technical fields, such as business, marketing, finance and legal. But we want to make sure the actual mobile builders – yes the coders - can come together to collabor …
This group is for anyone interested in getting more connections or even just learning more about the game development industry. Whether your experienced or inexperienced, everyone is welcome, we want to encourage collaboration between members and all game developers in the south bay area. This group is for developers, artists, modelers, animators, musicians, writers and anyone else interested in game development. This group is hosted by Perfect Imagination, a company that builds clever, innovat …
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With rising acquisition costs, the struggle to create innovative gameplay, and a marketplace that couldn't possibly get more crowded, how can mobile game developers differentiate from their competitors? How can you get players to connect with your brand and remain loyal in the face of unprecedented options? The answer may surprising you: doing good. Doing good can mean many things: selling in-game items that support charitable causes, giving consumers a way to donate instead of buying in-game cu …
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Every two weeks, we all go play a 2-3 casual to midcore games, then get together and talk about them! If you're working on projects on your own and want thoughtful feedback from other game makers, this is also a great avenue for that!
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Whether you're working on the next Triple-A series or weekly mobile game stories, writing for video games is a unique and challenging experience. You're faced with constant deadlines, unrealistic demands, and a need to stay flexible when environment, tools, and even entire characters change. Come meet other writers in this growing field to learn tricks of the trade, find inspiration, share struggles, and just have a good time. The goal is to meet monthly, either casually over drinks or more form …
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We welcome anyone interested in social gaming on mobile (Android & iOS). Whether you love to play the games or sit in your garage and write code to create these games, we'd love to have you join us! Majority of our events cater to developers and helping them socialize, monetize, and increase users for their games. Our topics will range from discussing gamification of games, current games and technology, and analyzing market trends. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting …
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The App Demo and Drinks MeetUp group is a social event for all mobile app developers in the San Francisco community to engage and showcase apps currently in development. We are designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and general enthusiasts gathered together to learn how to create quality successful mobile apps. Our goal is to connect and engage with fellow app developers across ALL mobile platforms over drinks and appetizers. App developers can network, showcase, receive feedback, share tips and …
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We work closely with smart, creative and insanely hardworking startup founders to help them focus their product's value proposition, refine their product and pitch to investors and ultimately make personal introductions to help get their companies the resources and funding they need to scale. More info at: www.founderbase.net This is a monthly meet that brings together promising entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and around the world. Join us for founder's brunch, interactive panel discussion, o …
How mindful are you? Do you remember people's names when you meet them? Do you remember where you parked your car, your house keys? Are you able to learn, listen, read, think quickly? Do you know the law of attraction? Are you your own life's master? Are you someone who gathers insight directly from the universe? Let me introduce myself, I am Aditya Mittal, and I am the author of 'Let Your Mind See'. I have studied at Stanford, worked at NASA and as Business Intelligence Data team lead at a mobi …
Greetings developers, we do meetups for game and app developers.
The focus of this meetup is on the growing field of HTML5 and javascript Game development. This is a place to learn or teach, to share tips on programming, game engines, sdks, tools for development on the web and cross platform solutions for HTML5 for iphone android ipad windows phone 7 palm. HTML5 or hybrid solutions, 2d or webgl are explored. Meetings will be held in both SF and Mountain View. Checkout our website at: http://gamesjs.com/ where you will find meetup recaps, further reading mater …
iOS and Android Developers for iPhone Android iPad smart TV Apple TV Google TV. iOS and Android. We discuss mobile app and game development issues and strategies. The group shares among ourselves and brings in outside experts to help educate and advance our knowledge. Cross platform HTML5 and hybrid HTML5/Native solutions are encouraged We offer the opportunity for developers to share their projects and get feedback from group members and have live demonstrations of new apps that our members ar …
Are you observing the game being changed in Health, Education, Journalism, Finance, Economic Development? Have you been pondering what's happening and what kind of future is unfolding? Have you wondered if and how the game might be changed? "I at least have so much to do in unravelling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the …
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You developed an awesome mobile app, but to make it successful you need users.. quickly. This group will have lot of activities with only one focus - how to get more users for your mobile app. The intended members of this groups are app developers, founders of mobile app companies, but anyone who likes to be part of app marketing and customer acquisition is welcome to join.
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tl/dr Free Usability Testing! If you're a mobile app developer and want to make a kick-ass UX or just want to try out some cool new apps, you've come to the right place. We get together and help give feedback and improve each others apps and games.
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Startup. Blast off. RocketSpace is an accelerator for high-growth, seed-funded tech startups. We provide the fuel that every startup needs to accelerate: access to top talent, tier 1 venture capital, and blue-chip brands representing millions of potential customers. Located in the heart of tech & new media in San Francisco, RocketSpace currently hosts over 130 of the hottest startups in mobile, gaming, and Web 2.0 as well as an alumni network including Uber, Zaarly, PocketGems, Zappos, and Pod …
Welcome to Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups, SV's largest entrepreneurs & Startup community From App to Startup! From Developer to Entrepreneur! Meet other local entrepreneurs /founders/Hackers/Developers, VCs, Angels, Investors, and leaders for the mobile / Internet industry, including Android, iOS, WP, HTML5 , Cloud, Facebook, Chrome! Come to our events to network and share your stories. Hear how others have overcome hurdles and achieved success. All are welcome! This fast growing Entre …
Tech in Motion San Francisco offers an exciting opportunity for tech pros and enthusiasts of all ages to network around our beautiful city by the bay. The Bay Area is the epicenter of technological innovation with some of the most talented engineers, programmers, designers, and bloggers in the game. This meetup group is for the SF tech lovers out there to network and stay current. Let's 'meetup' San Francisco! *We already have 2 staffing firms dedicated to offering career counseling services to …
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This group will meet regularly to discuss cross-device HTML5 developer tools for creating native applications for iOS, Android, and Windows along with HTML5 web apps. We'll invite guest speakers to discuss new advances in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 that empower web and mobile developers to accelerate their time to market and reduce the costs associated with deploying across a variety of devices. Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will try to meet on a qua …
Non-profit Festivals & Events covering tech challenges with emphasis on artistic expression and creativity. Bringing together independent artists, coders, game developers, creators, performers and musicians celebrating Art and Technology. CODAME exists to incubate and support artists, technologists and designers that push the boundaries of hardware, software, and physical/digital mediums. At the intersection of ART+TECH, CODAME is accelerating the way we interpret and express our rapidly changin …
This meetup is all about apps for kids, from toddlers to tweens. We'll cover content for iPhone, iPad, Android, and whatever is next. Hosted by Creativity, Inc., a company that has worked on over 4000 toys and games with companies like Hasbro, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and many more. www.creativityusa.com
We get together monthly to share projects, opportunities, and how-tos related to developing for iOS and Android. Experienced developers, newcomers, and people with ideas are all welcome. We've enjoyed presentations from investors, entrepreneurs, and experts in all sorts of relevant topics from user interface design to programming to marketing and business development. Each meeting usually contains a couple of fast-paced but deep talks and several demos. We don't do a lot of detailed programming …
We are the local group for ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics). Our mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Our purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques. We meet roughly every month, usually on the third Thursday. Our local group has been me …
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07/10/2012, 16 57.892'S:147 13.396'W, en route to Tahiti
All is well. Position is as of 22:30 zulu. COG 243 mag. SOG 5.7 kts.
Not much happening. Watched Mrs. Brown's Boys last night. Very funny series.
We are in VHF contact with Picara and Baracca while en route.
07/10/2012, 16 42.207'S:146 05.391'W, WSW of the Fakarava S. Pass
We have grudgingly left Fakarava. We will miss the snorkeling and kite flying. And the sharks, yes, the sharks. Three of them circled the boat this morning while I was scrubbing the bottom. I think they just wanted to say so long.
We left about 1pm today at low slack tide. We are now heading COG 245 mga. At just under 5 kts. We expect to arrive in Papeete, Tahiti on Wednesday.
Right now I'm stuffed to me gills with tuna--and so is the freezer. We caught a 30 pounder at about 4:20 pm. Yummy. Skipjack again, though we keep hoping for a yellow fin. But the skipjack tuna are still pretty darn good.
Let me know the next time you have internet and we can skype.
Give the kids a big hug from me.
Love you all!
07/08/2012, 16 31.226'S:145 28.386'W, Fakarava, Tuamotus, French Polynesia
We've moved about half a mile to the west side of the pass at the south end of Fakarava. The snorkeling and diving is the best I've seen. All the coral is alive. The area is full of fish plus some large manta rays and spotted eagle rays. There are also, of course, plenty of sharks. There seems to always be at least one black tip reef shark in view when we are snorkeling, or even just sitting on the boat. We were flying our kite surfing trainer kite yesterday off the back of the boat, and right under the stern there were 3 or 4 sharks constantly in view. We also tried the kite while in the kayak which was a lot of fun.
07/04/2012, 16 30.334'S:145 27.307'W, Fakarava, Tuamotus, French Polynesia
We moved 30 miles to the southern end of Fakarava. ....just thought we'd let you nosy people know....
Love, Mom
We heard yesterday that Lonesome George has died. Very sad. George was the last survivor of the subspecies of giant tortoises from Pinta Island in the Galapagos. He was found there in 1971, and in 1972 he was moved to the Charles Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz. The attached picture is of Lonesome George, taken on our first day ashore in Santa Cruz in the Galapagos on May 6 of this year.
07/02/2012, 16 03.560'S:145 37.261'W, Tuamotus, French Polynesia
We came in the north pass of Fakarava at about 10 am. And we were anchored by 11 am. Beautiful lagoon!! Off to do some snorkeling.
07/02/2012, 15 41.032'S:145 26.077'W, Tuamotus, French Polynesia
Enjoyed a very bright moonset a couple of hours ago, Followed by sunrise a few minutes ago. We are amongst the Tuamotus, watching some of them slowly pass by on radar. We have yet to actually see on. We are expecting to be at the North Pass of Fakarava at about 11 am where we will take a look at the conditions of the pass. The passes into the various atolls can have strong currents Up to 8-9 or more knots depending on the tide, the seas and the wind. As the seas are small, and the wind is light, and the north pass at fakarava is wide, we are not expecting strong currents. Having spent time in the bahamas going through the many cuts to and from the banks to the the deep water--we've had a bit of training. If the cut is passable when we arrive, we expect to be at anchor around noon today, and snorkeling within minutes thereafter.
Position is as of 1600z (6am local UTC - 10). SOG 6 kts. COG 204 Mag.
Take a look at the google earth position map once we are at anchor, you ought to get a cool view of the atoll and the others nearby!
07/01/2012, 13 53.850'S:144 06.828'W, the ocean
We are about 1 day out from Fakarava. Second biggest atoll in the Tuamotus. Third biggest atoll in the world. We are very much looking forward to some snorkeling and diving!! The weather has been nearly calm. So we have had to motor rather than sail.
Yesterday we had a fun surprise. Out in the middle of nowhere we found Ruby Soho. Another sailboat, that we first met in Shelter Bay in Panama. They first spotted us on AIS. A few hours later we were 20feet apart. They threw us some freshly made rolls, and we threw them some freshly caught Mahi, and a bit of sail repair tape.
Its kind of strange and fun to see other boats out here in the middle of the ocean--especially when its people you know! We knew they were out here as they left Daniels bay, Nuku Hiva the night before we left. But we didn't expect to see them out here. Maybe we should call them Ruby SlowPoke heh heh.
It would be funnier if we were sailing rather than motoring.
Our position is as of 6:30 local, 16:30zulu. SOG 5.6kts. COG 204 Mag.
We should spot our first atoll in the Tuamotus group sometime early this afternoon. At least I hope we spot it!!! After all, tuamotus means dangerous islands, because they are low lying and hard to see. Plus large portions of the atolls are really just shallow underwater reefs.
06/30/2012, 12 15.385'S:142 51.533'W, the ocean
We've finished our second night, and started our third day. We will hopefully be at anchor on Monday sometime. We are now headed towards Fakarava as the wind didn't cooperate to go to Rangiroa. Oh well, the diving is supposed to be better on Fakarava, and the pass is easier to traverse. Position is as of 8:15am local (same as Hawaii) and 18:15zulu. SOG a whopping 5kts. COG 204Mag.
We caught a nice Mahi Mahi yesterday. But didn't feel like eating fish. Very nice sunrise this morning. Brilliant blue sky with orange clouds and the stars still visible in the sky. No light pollution. It is fairly sickening to see all the lights of cities. What a complete idiotic waste.
06/29/2012, 10 23.029'S:141 20.793'W, the ocean
First overnight for this trip is now over. Position is as of 16:25zulu. SOG 5.5kts COG 206Mag. Wind about 12kts on the stern.


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Hood To Duke |
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Jul 1 2012, 09:11 AM
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QUOTE Rodney Hood To Duke QUOTE Former Mississippi State wing forward Rodney Hood has decided to transfer to Duke University a source confirmed to Scout.com on Saturday night. First the Blue Devils landed Amile Jefferson in the late signing period. A few weeks later and Duke has added another big, athletic wing with the commitment of Rodney Hood. Hood averaged 10.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while shooting 36 percent from three and 44 percent overall as a freshman. Per NCAA rules Hood will have to sit out the 2012-2013 season, but will be able to practice with the Blue Devils throughout the coming season. He is expected to enroll for summer school in Durham. Upon announcing his decision to transfer from MSU, Hood had a number of options including Ohio State, Florida State, Louisville, Marquette, and Georgetown. However, he quickly reduced his list to the Blue Devils and Buckeyes before deciding on Saturday. When it came to the Blue Devil program, the biggest selling point was head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Duke is self explanatory, Hood previously explained to Scout.com. Coach K is the best coach in college basketball, and their assistant coaches are also great at developing pros. Duke is just the highest level of college basketball. Hood was ranked No. 26 overall in the 2011 recruiting class. LINK |
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I nstitutional C ontrol...where "TKKF" never dies. Starting with one that has already been removed...
QUOTE jsheels3 wrote: don't know why anyone would ever go to Dook but too each their own I guess. --- vmarshal wrote: To win CHAMPIONSHIPS and get drafted! Obviously , vmarshall had a brief meteoric career on that board. More... QUOTE March, 2014. After another dook first round loss and being relegated to the bench for not fully capitulating to the screen setting orders, Rodney Hood transfers from dook to Louisville. He'll have one year left to play. Lehigh LEHIGH!!! Coach k. "Rodney, run to the top of the key. Turn sideways. Cover your Johnson with both hands. Set a screen. Run back to the basket and look for rebounds. This is not a hard system to run son. Trust me." You'll be successful and get drafted in the 2nd round. Hood plays the SF/PF position and from what i've heard he has a decent jumper. With him, Alex Murphy and Amile Jefferson you can cancel out Jabari Parker going there. I just hope this doesn't help them with snatching up Randle, but I seriously doubt Randle, being a PF would want to rebound and set screens for all the wing players they'll have. Maybe this will help our chances with Randle I don't get how Hood influences anything at dook. I also don't get how Hood couldn't see this and could be such an idiot as to mortgage his future to a coach who will immediately recruit over him And Murphy has now been recruited over twice - after coming to school a year early to redshirt and not play a game. Kid has to feel good about his decision. Enjoy playing PF and having your career ruined, Rodney. So, who all has K tampered with in his desperation to "compete"? 1. Rivers, while committed to Florida. 2. Curry, while enrolled at Liberty. 3. Kabongo, while committed to Texas. 4. Hood, while enrolled at MSU. We could probably add Miles Plumlee to this list. Anyone else? Dook can say goodbye to Jabari Parker and Andre Dawkins He's going to the wrong place to rob from the rich and give to the poor. seems like there's not a lot of info out there on this kid. you'd think if he were as good as the dorks over on TDD say, there'd be some video evidence, or more teams would have gone after him Pretty much covered all the usual ground there..."recruiting over" , "tampering" , "not as good as advertised" , "set screens" and "low draft pick." Do ANY of those tools ever read anything OTHER than that dumbazzed forum? Hood has made no secret about it. One-n-done at Duke. Parker is Izzo's to lose and Dawkins return to Duke would be a mild shock. "Tampering?!" Are they serious? Roy's stock-in-trade , fer cryin' out loud! "Lehigh?" unx has a nice little legacy of shettin' the bed against perceived cupcakes not Duke. "Transfers?" Oh yeah , that NEVER happens at unx. Bagging on K's "system?" Like Roy even has one. Roll out the dadgum ball an' run , run , run. I really like his "system" of time management and end-game strategytoo. Anyway , last one. Always amusing when holes apply facials to each other.... QUOTE Complex757 wrote: When's the last time you saw a 6'8 two in college? MyrOsLove wrote: Last year when Hood played in Miss State MyrOsLove wrote: Barnes also played some SG, and he's 6-8 |
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Jul 1 2012, 10:33 AM
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Bitter holes. Always good for a laugh
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Jul 1 2012, 11:34 AM
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QUOTE Duke is self explanatory, Hood previously explained to Scout.com. Coach K is the best coach in college basketball, and their assistant coaches are also great at developing pros. Duke is just the highest level of college basketball. BTW , Singler goes to the league next season. IOW , during a year where a pre-season number one ranking and 4 NBA draft picks all but guaranteed a unx title , the holes shet the bed , under-achieved , won zip and still only sent one more player to the league than Duke did. Lollers @ Roy. Duke = NBA pipeline. |
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Jul 1 2012, 02:00 PM
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The Phoenix arises from the ashes.
I sort of thought the reports of K's twilight were somewhat premature. |
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Jul 1 2012, 09:14 PM
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The Phoenix arises from the ashes. I sort of thought the reports of K's twilight were somewhat premature. That's because any time Duke takes a perceived "step backwards" the tarhole nation pounces on it. They'll tell anyone who'll listen , "Duke is done. K's finished." It happened immediately after unx signed Barnes. His committment to Roy was a sign that the game had "passed K by." How'd that turn out? They're doin' it again now. Heck , I hope they never stop. Wanna see Duke win big? Well , it generally follows tarhole predictions of Duke's demise. |
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For the last year, I've been trying to get my head around different aspects of human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of minors. I've been meeting with a variety of relevant actors, including anti-trafficking advocates, law enforcement officers, researchers, and sex workers. I've talked with survivors and buyers, observed online traces, and scoured the literature. Throughout all of this, I've developed a very uneasy feeling about the way language is leveraged in this domain. In particular, I'm deeply bothered by the ways in which the concept of "trafficking" is employed by different groups in ways that confuse and obfuscate different aspects of commercial sex. There is no doubt that the politics around sex work and trafficking are ugly, but if we're actually going to help those who are abused and exploited, we need to get beyond coarse categories and try to understand the messiness.
As I've grappled with my own conceptualization of the issues in this space, I've come to realize that those invested in anti-trafficking interventions would gain a lot from talking with – and, more importantly, listening to – sex workers. (See: Sex Workers Project to learn more.) I know that's controversial, but let me offer some of what I've learned by talking with those who identify as sex workers and why I believe that this divide must be bridged.
What Anti-Trafficking Advocates Can Learn from Sex Workers: The Dynamics of Choice, Circumstance, and Coercion
A brilliant and urgently needed intervention by danah boyd


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Eh whatever, so this blog is about telling people what you hate, love and secrets.
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1. People who don't understand simple things and/or whom I explain it to them multiple times and they still don't get it.
2. People who contantly sing, humm, or make distracting noises.
3. People who slurp thier foods.
4. People who steal my jokes and/or phrases.
5. People who always use incorrect grammer such as 'I dont hate you no more' or 'I can't tell who from who' . Who from whom, GET IT RIGHT!!! They drive me crazy.
6. People who use a fake accent and aren't even CLOSE to the right one.
7. People who underestimate me.
8. People who have been taking Spanish all year and still can't count to ten.
9. People who can't say a GODDAMN sentence without stuttering.
10. People who say something and it doesn't make sense at all.
11. People who cuss ALL THE TIME.
12. My best friend.
I like...Edit
1. Anyone who isn't any of the above.
My secrets...Edit
1. I don't trust any of you so I am not telling you mine.


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Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica/Romance Description: Book Two of Hauser's best-selling Heroes series! Blake Hughes was comfortable being in the closet, especially at work while surrounded by macho firemen. A paramedic, still single at thirty, Blake kept his private life just that, private. Hunter Rasmussen transferred to LAFD from San Diego. Twenty-six, powerful and fit, the handsome blue-eyed brunette just wanted to leave the past behind. No one had to know what he went through down south. And he didn't need history to repeat itself. Being 'out' was not a good career move for all jobs, and particularly not with the fire service. When Hunter and Blake were assigned to the same shift pattern, they quickly became best friends. Partnered up on calls, hanging out together on days off, Hunter enjoyed Blake's company and Blake his. Until something, or someone, from Hunter's ugly past caused him problems. In the fire department, men rely on each other for their lives. Two go into a burning building, and two stay out to serve as their rescue team in case of emergency. Blake and Hunter were two men deeply in the closet. And only with devotion and love would their secret lives come 'out'. And Hunter and Blake find that courage in a very unusual place. Two devoted LAPD cops help show them the way. Two in?two out?it helps when someone is there to throw you a lifeline. eBook Publisher: Phaze, 2009 eBookwise Release Date: October 2009
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Blake Hughes could feel the perspiration running down his skin. There was nothing glamorous about being a firefighter in the boiling LA summer. The thick, beige, flame-retardant fabric turnout coat and trousers over his uniform shirt and work pants, the rubber boots, and the helmet with face shield made him feel like he was melting from within. The smoke was thick as the flames took hold of an old ratty sofa and litter debris. Blake was in charge of the irons; the solid steel pike pole weighed heavily in his hands. The tank of oxygen on his back pumped air into the mask, which was cloudy with condensation from his body heat and breath.
He stared at the back of his co-worker and, in the smoke and haze, could barely make out the 'Rasmussen' written in bold black block letters on his best buddy Hunter's shoulders.
"Back out!"
Blake jumped at Hunter's command. It was becoming impossible to get the house fire under control from the inside. He knew Hunter was right. The incident commander, Lt. Thomas Smith's voice came over their radios ordering the same thing. "Get out, boys!" Blake wanted to make sure Hunter came with him. He spun around. The clear path to the front door was suddenly not so clear any longer. Blake raised the pike and smashed it against a wall repeatedly, opening an exit of his own. The heat from the fire, the outfit, and the physical exertion was brutal, but he had to get them out. Now.
Another powerful swipe of the pike at the plasterboard and it crumbled in a heap of white dust. "Hunter!" Blake grabbed his arm.
Hunter acknowledged him with a nod. Just as Blake was making his way to the exit, the two firemen outside, their personal rescue team, were about to come in and drag them out if they had taken any longer.
Once Hunter and Blake had moved clear of the residence, the firemen manning the hoses opened up the valves and blasted the blaze with their full force. With the valves wide open, five hundred gallons of water could pass through the hoses in three minutes.
Setting down the heavy pike, Blake pulled the shield off his drenched face and noticed Hunter leaning over his knees to recuperate. Blake helped him remove his mask, making sure he was okay. "You all right?"
"Fucking hot!" Hunter snarled, pushing his dark hair off his forehead as it stuck from his sweat.
Blake kept his hand on Hunter's shoulder, for he was the more experienced and older of the two of them. He turned back to the blaze which was finally beaten back into submission. He checked the oxygen level in Hunter's tank. The air support team was nearby if they needed to top up.
The inferno was an unoccupied dwelling that had been set on fire. Blake assumed it had to be arson. Either that or a careless vagrant who set his home ablaze.
Lt. Smith made his way over to them once the fire began to subside. "You two all right?"
Hunter stood straight, nodding, as Blake replied, "Yes, sir."
"Hang tight until it's no longer a working fire. It's fully involved at the moment."
"Okay, Lieutenant." Blake watched the water turn the orange flames into white smoke. He craved shedding the suit and tank but knew it was premature. Hunter was still quiet. Blake touched his arm. "You gonna live?"
"Yeah. Christ, it's hot."
Blake shot the handsome young man a big grin. "If ya can't stand the heat..."
"Shut up." Hunter winked at him.
Blake adored him. They had only been working together a few months, ever since Hunter transferred from San Diego. They were on the C-shift, so they had the same schedule.
Spending twenty-four hours with the same crew, you learned a lot about a person, mostly the firemen you could stand and those you couldn't. He could stand Hunter. They were two peas in a pod.
Blake heard the lieutenant's voice over the radio calling out their badge numbers.
"Come on, Hunt. Our turn to play two out."
Hunter gave Blake his impish smile, the one that made his blue eyes sparkle like a wicked little boy. "Yeah, Blake. Come out. Why don't you just come the fuck out?"
"Shut up, Hunt-man, before I use this pike on your butt." Blake picked up the heavy iron again.
Repositioning their face shields, they stood outside the smoldering, dripping building, acting as the Rapid Intervention Team for two other firefighters that had gone inside. Two in, two out. The standard safety tool in the fire fighting buddy system and the one phrase abused with the most homophobic jokes on the division.
Blake cut the chatter to listen. The last thing he wanted was for someone to need help and for them to not be paying attention. Even a wet, soggy residence could collapse unexpectedly.
In silent contemplation, Blake stood next to Hunter. Blake could hear the two firefighters inside smashing at smoking walls, making sure the fire was completely out. He couldn't remember the last fire they'd been to. Most of their calls were medical in nature, or false alarms. He didn't think they'd had more than a hundred fires during the whole year for his station.
He had forgotten how exhausting and hot gearing up was. Obviously Hunter was suffering as well. And it was early in their shift.
They had just come on at seven and were about to workout for an hour when the alarm came out. Christ, it's only nine thirty.
Blake closed his eyes for a second to rest them. Fuck he was hot. A drip made its way down his chest. He could feel it running slowly between his pectoral muscles. He rubbed his gloved hand against it to stop its tickling progress. The movement caught Hunter's eye. "Sweatin' like a fucking bitch in heat," Blake explained.
"Ditto. Christ, I'm thirsty. Could use a beer."
"I'll buy you one. Next day off."
"Deal." Hunter shut up, listening again.
Twenty minutes later the two inside appeared at the door. "It's out." Dwight Carter nodded to them. Beside him was the only woman firefighter on the scene, Hailey Barnet.
"Tell the lieutenant," Blake instructed.
Dwight acknowledged him.
Blake tapped Hunter and tilted his head to their rig. They walked to where it was parked and began peeling off the heavy tanks and clothing. As Blake removed his turnout coat and boots, he heard Hunter groaning in pleasure as he did the same. Looking over his shoulder, Blake found Hunter's uniform shirt and pants drenched with his perspiration. Hunter was a big man, six-three, two hundred and twenty pounds of solid muscle. It seemed to Blake that both Hunter's blue shirt and slacks were burdened at keeping his bulk covered. Like the Incredible Hulk, Blake expected Hunter to explode from his garments one day. I'd like to see that. Blake smiled.
But he could never say it. If you even murmured you had a sexual preference other than the 'norm', you risked being murdered by your homophobic co-workers. The fire department was worse than the police. Firemen were a very macho bunch of males. You could kid, but didn't dare come out.
Blake didn't worry. He played it straight and he assumed Hunter was straight, though he truly had no clue what Hunter's preference was. It didn't mean anything that he enjoyed Hunter's good looks, that he loved spending the shift with him, working out with him, having a beer on their days off. It was normal. They were good friends. No one had to know he imagined Hunter naked every time he saw him. It was no one's business but his own.
Piling his bunker gear inside the truck, Hunter was finally rid of his exterior garments. Once he had placed everything in the rig, Hunter fanned his shirt, unsticking it from his body to try and cool off. He'd have to change when he got back to the station. He was drenched. Blake moved in front of him, setting his own heavy coat and boots down next to his. Hunter could see the back of Blake's shirt clinging to him as well. As Blake moved, Hunter caught his sweat scent, inhaling it deeply. Every sinewy movement of Blake's back showed through the clinging fabric. Hunter chewed his lip as he stared. Blake was four years his senior. He idolized Blake for his skill on the job. Out of all the men he'd met while working as a fireman, Blake Hughes was the nicest of the bunch. Not to mention the damn best looking.
Hunter was surprised his body was reacting to staring at Blake that way. He was hot and tired, and that shouldn't make him hot and bothered as it often did with a man as handsome as Blake around.
When the lieutenant appeared, Hunter tried to pretend he hadn't been ogling his co-worker.
"The residence needs securing. Why don't you two help out nailing some boards over the windows?"
"Yes, sir." Hunter nodded obediently. After the lieutenant left, Hunter waited for Blake's eye contact.
"Grab a hammer out of the toolbox, Hunt."
"Okay." Hunter pulled open a side panel of the rig, digging out a claw hammer. As he did he noticed Hailey and Dwight placing wooden panels under each broken window. Stuffing a box of nails into his shirt pocket, Hunter handed Blake the hammer, smiling adoringly at him. He got a sweet wink in return and followed Blake to the burned out shell of the building, staring at Blake's sweat-stained slacks as he walked.
Working as a team, which came naturally to them, Hunter held the large wooden board in place as Blake secured it to the window frame with strong confident hammer strokes. With Blake wearing his short-sleeved uniform shirt, Hunter was able to admire his rolling biceps, wide flaring forearms, and engorged, roping veins. Blake was three inches shorter than he was, but that still made Blake a strapping, six-foot-tall, powerfully built male. Hunter wouldn't want to challenge Blake to a fight. The man was extremely strong and fast on his feet.
Once the entire bottom access into the wrecked building was secured, Hunter noticed the investigation team had arrived. If he had to guess, he'd say the fire began with a smoldering cigarette on a dirty mattress on the floor of the upstairs bedroom.
Deliberate? Who knew? Most likely accidental and set by a street person who inhabited the vacant premises.
Hunter felt a hand on his shoulder. Seeing Blake's warm brown eyes, he teased, "Yes, dear?"
"We're done. Come on. Let's see if we can clear."
Blake swung the hammer at his side while Hunter walked with him to the incident commander, who was the lieutenant on the scene.
"Hey, Lieutenant," Blake addressed him. "You still need us?"
"No. Clear and head back."
"Thank you." Blake looked at Hunter, expressing his relief.
Hunter climbed into the truck after putting the hammer back into the kit and making sure everything was secure on the engine. Blake dropped heavily into the driver's seat. Once they had buckled up, Blake started the engine with a roar.
Hunter waved to the police officer who let them through the roadblock, which had been set up to keep traffic off the side street. Once they were on their way, he sighed. "I'm too tired to workout now."
"I hear ya." Blake steered the big rig confidently up to an intersection where he stopped for a red signal. "If we feel up to it, we can do it later."
"Or not." Hunter laughed.
Blake grinned at him knowingly. "We can miss a day. I won't tell."
"I'm already starving." Hunter rubbed his belly.
"I did a food run. The fridge is stocked."
"Good. Who's cooking lunch?"
"You!" Blake laughed at him.
"Oh. Right. I forgot. You cook better than I do."
"I do everything better than you do."
Hunter shoved him playfully. "Shut up."
"Hey. I'm drivin'. Behave."
Smiling as he relaxed in the passenger seat, Hunter loved hanging out with Blake. Fucking loved it.


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As we all know, Agile and Scrum have become popular, and many development and maintenance projects are adopting Scrum to reap its benefits. In my organization, where we deal with multiple clients across different geographies with different organizational cultures, I have seen projects implementing Scrum in different ways. Agile projects, in general, have relatively less paperwork compared to traditional projects, for which a lot of evidence is needed to show proof of compliance. This adds incentive for teams to adopt Agile, and even the customer usually finds this fairly attractive, as there are explicit benefits (quicker delivery, greater collaboration, etc.) as well as implicit ones (doing away with the tedious process of implementing change requests, for example). While this is a win-win situation for both sides, I have seen many projects not following Scrum to its core — and yet calling themselves Scrum/Agile.
As we all know, Scrum talks about:
- Three ceremonies (sprint planning; daily stand-ups, or DSMs; review and retrospection)
- Three roles (product owner, ScrumMaster, team)
- Three artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, burndown chart)
There is also one more aspect: sprint length. It should be between one and four weeks. You decide how long the sprint should be based on the answer to these questions:
- How quickly you want feedback from business/product owner?
- How long will it take for the team to deliver something useful?
The team needs to balance these two opposing factors (one that requires software to be delivered quickly and another that will delay delivery until something meaningful is available). Also, it is generally accepted — but not a rule — that sprints of more than a month are too long, and hence the team should be looking at sprint sizes of less than a month (or about four weeks).
Given all these considerations, would you deem the following teams as following Scrum or not?
- Scenario A: Holding DSMs, sprint retrospection, three-week sprint but not rigorous on sprint review as client is available for demo only once in two to three months.
- Scenario B: Sprint planning, DSMs, review and retrospection done. However, sprint length varies based on the functionalities that need to be delivered.
- Scenario C: Planning, review, and retrospection done, but DSMs not followed. The client is not interested in burndowns and only checks what's delivered in sprint versus what's committed during sprint planning.
- Scenario D: Every two-week sprint is followed by one week of impact analysis of the next set of requirements, which results in a set being picked up for delivery in the next two-week sprint.
From my perspective, the maturity of the project/team are what really decide whether you're following all the practices to the core or whether the team feels that some Scrum-specific steps can be done away with. If you have a project or team that's new to Agile, it's better to follow Scrum exactly, at least for the first few sprints. After that the team can decide which aspects of Scrum are useful and which are not. The advantages of this approach are these:
- During the learning phase, everyone on the team gets to experience Scrum and see the pitfalls and benefits for themselves, rather than hearing them from someone else.
- The plan to do away with some parts of Scrum is based on the team's experience rather than being one person's decision.
For a team that has already worked together and has seen the benefits of Agile/Scrum, it might make sense to sit together every once in a while (or maybe during retrospection) and decide which practices to keep and which to drop. If the team does decide to drop some features, is the resultant methodology Scrum or, as some people say, "hybrid Scrum" or "Scrum but"?
While teams can choose to follow or drop some of the Scrum practices, I would argue that to be called a Scrum team, you must be implementing at least the following practices:
- Sprint planning: Decide what needs to be delivered in the timebox.
- Sprint review: Showcase what has been created and get feedback from the customer/client/product owner.
- Defined sprint duration: Every sprint must be of equal length. The whole idea of doing sprints is to get a rhythm going, and not having a fixed-duration sprint will be counterproductive. This also means that there should be no gaps between sprints, at least for a reasonable period of time.
All the other practices are, at least in my opinion, the means to achieving an end, which is good-quality software. Some are either an outcome or implicitly need to be there for the team to execute the three points listed above. For example, the team will have a set of requirements they'll work on. It may be termed a product backlog, or not. Similarly, the outcome of the sprint planning will result in identified tasks. Again, these can be put in a structured format by using a sprint backlog or left unstructured.
So while those three elements are necessary, the others can be adopted, in other software development life-cycle (SDLC) methods, as good practices. But those SDLC methods should not be termed Scrum.


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Q WE'VE seen plenty of twists and turns this season, so is Monday's game really the title decider?
A If Manchester United win at City, yes. But if they don't, then no it won't.
Victory at the Etihad would send United six points clear at the top of the table.
And, even with a slightly inferior goal difference, it would take a monumental catastrophe in their final two matches for them to blow it from there.
City go into this colossal contest knowing a win would be enough to return them to top spot and the destiny of the title would be back in their own hands — something they could never have dreamt of a few weeks ago.
But should City pull it off, they would be wise not to rush out on Tuesday morning and book the open-top bus.
Yes, Roberto Mancini's men would be in the driving seat. But their next stop is St James' Park next Sunday.
And if there is one United other than Manchester you don't want to play at the moment, it is Newcastle.
Toon have confounded everyone this season. We all thought they would fade in the second half of the season, but they have not done so.
If anything, signing Papiss Cisse in January made them stronger and they are now deservedly closing in on a Champions League place. So, whatever happens on Monday night, City will not find it easy on Tyneside.
Beating the United in red will not clinch the title as long as the one in black and white stripes still lurk around the corner.
Q THE title race could and probably should be all over by now. Both teams have had chances to put the title to bed — so why have they failed to do so?
A It's been a strange season. For so long it looked as though City would walk it, then they had a slump and United steamrollered their way over them to the top.
We all thought they would go on to retain the title quite comfortably. But it's not happened... for various reasons.
Just like City have been off the pace away from home, United have not been their usual insurmountable selves at Old Trafford.
They have slipped up a couple of times, most recently against Everton last Sunday.
Maybe the pressure from across the city has been harder to handle for them than the challenge they usually have to fend off from London or Merseyside.
But if City were better away and United more convincing at home then either could have been celebrating already.
Q CITY have the league's best home record and United the best away. Which team holds the advantage going into this battle?
A I would say City. United might be three points clear at the top of the table. But City have a little bit of momentum having been handed an unexpected second chance in this title race.
And with their home form so good this season, I think they have the upper hand.
Q WHERE will this game be won and lost?
A Normally, I say you have to win the midfield battle — but Barcelona won theirs with Chelsea TWICE and where did it get them?
So this time I would say in defence and attack.
This is not a boxing match, you can't win on points. The team who lands the killer blows will win.
There will be so much attacking talent on display — with the likes of Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero for City and Wayne Rooney and Antonio Valencia for United.
So it will be down to both defences to try to keep tabs on the attacking talent on view. And it could just end up being the extra midfield man who gambles and gets into the box who makes all the difference.
Someone like Yaya Toure.
Q HOW do you expect United to approach this one? Can they go to City and play for the draw?
A Alex Ferguson has been in this situation so many times to know you cannot set up looking for the draw. Offer him a point now and he would take it, but you can't play that way.
They will defend hard and try to hit City on the counter.
But they have to make sure they do not get done in the same way as City love to break quickly too, especially at home.
Q HOW about City, what's their approach going to be?
A This is a big chance for them but I do not expect them to go gung-ho. Mancini is no stranger to playing it cagey and the last thing he will want to do is to concede a goal, so he will be looking to keep Rooney under check.
But when City do get on the ball they will be instructed to break fast.
Q AFTER the season he has had, how much is the stage set for Carlos Tevez to have a huge impact on the outcome?
A Some things seem written in the stars and I would not be at all surprised if the Premier League's biggest conundrum came up with the solution of how to beat United.
Nobody approved of the way he behaved at City earlier this season. It was disgraceful.
But he has been punished and that is all in the past now.
And the good news for City is he seems to have returned to form and fitness at exactly the right time.
Q YOU have already said Roberto Mancini should not be sacked if City fail to win the title. But if United win it again, how much longer do you think Alex Ferguson will carry on as manager?
A I can't see Fergie ever retiring. And the emergence of City only seems to have given him fresh impetus.
Q WHAT is your prediction for the match?
A I think it will be close but I'm going for City to win.
Q AND who is going to win the title race?
A Even if City do win on Monday night, it will still be advantage to United.


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MRRA Business Aviation Expo A two-day aviation-industry focused expo will be held at the Second Annual Brunswick International Fly-In. The Aviation Expo will not be part of The Great State of Maine Air Show as last year, the link to the Business Aviation Expo Information 2012 is: Expo Registration click here NASA Symposium MEAA is seeking MAMe and MEAA sponsorship for "Doing Business with NASA & NASA Primes Symposium". The symposium will take place at Southern Maine Community College – Brunswick Landings Campus on May 23rd. The symposium is open to all MEAA and MAMe Manufacturing members only with others by invitation. More to come on NASA primes and sponsorship information. Manufacturing 4 The Future - Mfg4, will be held in Hartford, CT May 8-10, 2012 at the Connecticut Convention Center. This event will bring together Aerospace, Defense, Medical and Energy businesses and suppliers. Visit: www.mfg4event.com Richard Grich Director Maine Aerospace Alliance
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Skills USA Winners
The 2012 Skills USA competition was held in Bangor on March 15 & 16 in Bangor at the United Technology Center. This year's winners of the Machining, Welding and Fabrication Competition are:
• Machining— Nicholas Weymouth, Mid-Maine Technical Center • Welding— Tom Millet, Northern Penobscot Tech Region 3 • Welding Fabrication— TBA, Van Buren Regional Technical Center
MAMe provides scholarship of $250 per student to attend the national Skills USA competition in Kansas City!
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Education Fund Scholarship Program: Manufacturers Association of Maine strongly promotes and offers scholarship programs for students interested in metal trades, precision machining, engineering, production, quality control, programming careers and more. The Maine Metal Products Education Fund (administered at the Manufacturers Association of Maine) scholarship awards are given to individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding record and the overall potential to attend an institution of higher learning, majoring in machine trades or related areas:
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The rain drummed the song of a thousand crowbirds and woodpeckers on the roof of the taxi, as it crawled through the raucous Parisian traffic, making its way to the hotel. I was sure the taxi driver was driving me around in circles, for it had been at least half an hour since we'd left the 20th arrondissment. My feet tapped incessantly and I murmured a self-deprecating curse as I wished for the umpteenth time that I could speak French. Twenty minutes later and the taxi slipped free of the traffic and we were driving through quiet tree lined streets and commanding Haussmannien town houses. Quite suddenly, the taxi halted and the driver rolled down his window, shouted a request, or a question and closed the window once more before turning to say "8 Rue Jean-Goujon, Madame". That at least I could understand, but failing to see any signage telling me I was at the hotel, I momentarily panicked. Before I could express my confusion, the door was opened by the doorman wielding an umbrella, "welcome to La Maison Champs Elysées, Madam," he greeted and I heaved a sigh of relief - it had taken nearly an hour to get there, but I was at the right hotel.
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Waiting to be checked in at the eye catching rhombic prism reception desk, I noticed the design feature on the tiled floor; a glistening white with a scattering of black rhombi, giving the impression of the wind sweeping in fallen leaves - one of the many features clearly bearing the Maison Martin Margiela (MMM) stamp.
Had I the choice, I would have booked the stunning Maison Martin Margiela designed Gilded Lounge Suite with its library of arty and cultural literature, rich wood floors, and trompe l'oeil walls harking back to long gone days of the glamour and beauty of an old Parisian town house or the faded a memory of a fairytale, but my MMM designed room was more than sufficient. Simple, spacious, with more than ample storage and satisfyingly practical with not a single feature being supererogatory. The bathroom with its wholly white tiled walls and floor made it appear even bigger than it was, though the option of a bath as well as the excellent shower would have been much appreciated after a long day of discovering Paris by foot.
I especially loved the trompe l'oeil Persian rug that lay on the carpet in front of my bed. If my colleagues had not pointed out that it was in fact an illusion, I may not have noticed for it appeared pretty real to me. Though, even after I'd discovered this I still found myself feeling for the fringes of the rug under my feet.
A bowl of fruit waited for me on my arrival, which was a lovely and mighty tasty touch and I was relieved that the room included free Wi-Fi access and delighted with the in-room Mac that gave access to free movies. My first night also included the free use of the minibar - a pleasant surprise.
My most favourite thing in the room though, was the bed. Now I more than often have trouble sleeping, or I wake up with a crick in my neck or an achy back (even my orthopedic mattress at home doesn't help), but my bed at La Maison Champs Elysées gave me two nights of pure, blissful, ache-free nights of sleep. I felt like Goldielocks (minus the golden hair, of course), having found her perfect bed, because this bed was truly 'just right' and I indeed fell asleep as soon as my head hit the most wonderful pillows it had ever had the pleasure of dwelling upon.
MMM's poetic fingerprint extends to other communal parts of the hotel as well. Upon entering the hotel you'll discover the white salon with its stark white furnishings, its mirrored illusionary carpet and ceiling, the shadows of proudly presented paintings of past and a sliver of colour in the display of an encased flamingo and cockatoo. A place of utter stillness and calm but not void of warmth or cheer.
In true MMM style there was of course a contrasting room, the black cigar bar. On our brief tour of the hotel, this beautiful esoteric space had me writing whimsical poems and fantastical sagas in my head and though we were told that the cigar room was mostly frequented by men, we were determined to enjoy an evening there. So on our last evening at the hotel, after returning from supper, we took to the cigar bar, with its dark burnt wood walls, discreet lighting, black leather chairs and its cabinet of special cigars. We of course dressed in complementing vintage evening attire and smoked (rather badly) the most excellent cigars. If you happen to stay at La Maison Champs Elysées, it would be a crime to not experience this room.
More Maison Martin Margiela designs reside within the old townhouse hotel. The passage leading to the hotel's restaurant also features trompe l'oeil of intricate wooden doors, detailed cornices, mirrors and arched windows - it's like being in Alice's Wonderland. Speaking of the restaurant, the very first thing I noticed were the ghost chairs; chairs which appear to sit just above the ground, as if floating. Though I instantly celebrated the levitating chairs, the thing I was most fascinated by was their ability to move effortlessly across the floor and without making even a gentle sound. It may sound bizarre or pathetic, but it made me realise just how much screeching, squeaking and clunking chairs irritate me. These chairs though, were cause for a little celebration every time one was used.
Venturing to the other side of the hotel, we found ourselves in a world that screamed science-fiction, with its silver foil like walls and striking installation. It had me imagining myself walking through the hallway of a space station or, a man-made planet of an 80s sci-fi film. It had me fantasizing about all sorts of weird and wonderful ideas for fashion editorial shoots.
My only qualms with the hotel were the lack of plug sockets next to the bed (this meant I couldn't use my laptop as I lay all cozy in bed) - a slight design flaw I think and the lack of tea bags in the bedroom. The latter might appear slightly pedantic, though, for a Brit it's cause for panic and anxiety (okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but if you're British, you'll understand my pain).
What I adored about La Maison Champs Elysées is that though it's a 'fashion hotel' (and my God, it truly is the most wonderful fashion hotel), it doesn't feel at all pretentious and there isn't an ounce of arrogance in its atmosphere. I had never before felt blue about leaving a hotel - not until I stayed at La Maison Champs Elysées. By the end of my stay, the hotel felt like a luxurious home away from (not at all luxurious) home. Could this be my most favourite hotel yet? Actually, yes - without a doubt.
La Maison Champs Elysées' chassis is an unassuming Haussmannien mansion. It sits on a serene, pretty street on the verge of Paris' Golden Triangle, just far enough away from the madness that is Avenues des Champs Elysées, but within easy reach of the auspicious Avenues Montaigne and world-renowned fashion houses Dior, Chanel, Nina Ricci and Chloe. A hearty walk away from the popular Tuileries and the queue ridden Louvre, but just a skip away from the wonders of the Grand Palais and Petit Palais - La Maison Champs Elysées is situated perfectly for a calm, private (yet another MMM trait) and leisurely, highly sophisticated, cultural and fashionable break.
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