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Jordan Parsons vs. Tim Bazer
We begin action in the lightweight division, as Jordan Parsons (9-1) meets Tim Bazer (14-15).
Round 1: Parsons going right for the body, lands a kick to the midsection and immediately takes Bazer down. Parsons with heavy elbows to the ribs as Bazer tries to break free. Bazer's able to reverse the action on the ground and is on top, but Parsons quickly to his feet. Parsons now reverses, takes the mount as Bazer locks up the body. Parsons now in full mount and landing vicious elbows to the face. More elbows and now just straight ground-and-pound from Parsons with over two minutes to go in the round. Bazer survives, but gives up his back in the process. More big ground-and-pound to finish the round for Parsons.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Parsons
Round 2: Bazer throws a leg kick coming out and Parsons catches him with a right, knocking him completely out. Bazer is still down, as Parsons noticed and didn't inflict any further damage as the referee was on the other side of the cage.
Jordan Parsons def. Tim Bazer via KO (right-hand) at :04 of Round 2
Josh Arocho vs. Julio Cesar Neves
Unbeaten featherweight prospect Julio Cesar Neves (28-0) meets Josh Arocho (13-12), who is fighting out of nearby Papillion, Nebraska.
Round 1: Arocho shoots for a takedown and locks up with Neves against the fence. Neves reverses and Arocho just misses a knee. Big right uppercut lands by Arocho, but Neves just brushes it off. Superman punch by Neves, who shows his speed by following it up with a left and a right kick to the body. Locked up against the fence again and Arocho tries a trip to no avail. Neves with his own judo throw and he quickly moves to top position. Arocho has the guard up and is avoiding any damage, but gets folded up after trying for an armbar. Arocho gets better position and has another armbar locked in, but Neves slips out. The submission looked tight, but Neves showed he knew what to do there. Neves into side control with a minute left. Neves with some ground-and-pound. Arocho trying for a bottom choke but the round ends.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Neves
Round 2: Neves with some fancy feet to start the round and lands a nice knee. However, it caught him low and we have a break in the action. Upon review, as the knee went high, the right foot went directly to the groin area. Neves inside the guard as we go under four minutes in this round. Arocho has him tied up well and Neves realizes that, breaking the mount. Nice stomp to the midsection by Neves, who gives up a leg but gets side control and is unleashing elbows with rapid speed. The ref is close and this one is all over.
Julio Cesar Neves def. Josh Arocho via TKO (strikes) at 2:37 of Round 2
Victor Moreno vs. Anthony Smith
Middleweights Victor Moreno (32-19) and Anthony Smith (17-11) take to the cage next.
Round 1: Loudest cheers of the night are for Smith, who is fighting out of Omaha, which is just a few minutes from here. Moreno comes out the aggressor, but is quickly backed up by Smith. Spinning back kick misses from Moreno, but a front kick does not. He charges in and is eating several big knees for his effort by Smith, but remains in control of the potential takedown. Another knee from Smith catches him and he gains control. Moreno misses with a knee and Smith does not. More knees by Smith and they separate with three minutes to go in the round. Smith throws up a head kick that Moreno easily moves away from. Moreno looks tired already, breathing heavily and Smith goes on the offensive with a big right. Nice combo from Smith gets through and he goes to work with the kicks. Moreno catches him, but is unable to follow up. We have our second nasty low blow of the night already, as Smith catches Moreno with a right foot that takes him off his feet. Moreno looks upset from the low blow, firing off several shots. Smith retaliates with his own offense. Smith catches him against the fence and connects with a left-right combo. Big right gets through by Moreno. Smith closes the round with a power takedown.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Smith
Round 2: Smith locks up a possible submission here and he gets it, choking out Moreno with a triangle choke of the head.
Anthony Smith def. Victor Moreno via submission (triangle choke) at :59 of Round 2
Ben Crowder vs. Joe Vedepo
Two Iowa middleweights square off next, as Ben Crowder (10-11) does battle with Joe Vedepo (14-8).
Round 1: Vedepo opens up with a couple leg kicks and gets caught with a stiff left. He drops for a takedown. On the takedown, Crowder's right leg buckled and completely turn backwards. Crowder is in serious pain and being carried out, screaming. Vedepo goes over, emotionally effected by the end of the fight. Tough to see something like that happen.
Joe Vedepo def. Ben Crowder via submission (injury) at :48 of Round 1
Larue Burley vs. Cliff Wright, Jr.
Another prospect takes to the cage next, as Larue Bradley (3-0) meets up with Iowa native Cliff Wright, Jr. (8-5).
Round 1: Burley is a fighter out of Power MMA, which has produced some exceptional stars as of late. Wright opening up with some kicks to the lead leg as Burley is trying to find his distance. Good exchange from both men. Burley with a big takedown and looking to advance his position. Wright trying to secure a choke from the bottom with his legs, throwing up a triangle attempt with three minutes to go. Burley is too strong and breaks it, landing a night right to the face. Burley just holding Wright down, as Wright throws up against triangle attempt. Wright appears to have it and Burley is fighting hard, and gets out. Wright with a nice elbow that connects and takes Burley down.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Burley
Round 2: More aggression by Burley, who knocks Wright off his feet and is on top. Potential heel hook for Wright, as Burley grabs on the cage and is warned. He slips out, though, and is in control. Wright still searching for a submission as Burley folds him up. Big kick by Burley and he asks for Wright to be stood up. Wright's hands are very low, as he just misses getting tagged with a flying knee. Both men look fatigued and don't have a lot on their strikes. Wright nearly lands with a Superman punch and is in side control. Burley working to get to his knees. Wright lands some big blows and scores with another takedown to end the round on top.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Wright
Round 3: Buley lands with a serious of rights and Wright is trying to stand and take them. Some swelling and blood around the nose area of Wright and Burley lands to the body. Burley catches him with a left and Wright spins around, running from the onslaught. Two straight body shots from Burley and Wright is in pain. Burley drops him and lands a huge knee to the body. Another and Burley is teeing off. Straight right gets through, kick to the leg and another straight left. Back kick from Burley, but he has given Wright time to recover. Great battle, as Burley lands another right. Wright tries for a takedown by winds up with Burley on top of him with two minutes to go. Burley landing some big lefts and rights from the top. Big hammerfists from Burley with just seconds left.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Burley
Larue Burley def. Cliff Wright, Jr. via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-27)
Martin Brown vs. Jared Downing
New father of twins, Jared Downing (9-4), will face off with Martin Trey Brown (4-2) in a lightweight contest.
Round 1: Downing comes right out after Brown, wasting no time. Nice inside leg kick from Downing. Good exchange by the two, as Downing lands a kick and Brown a right. Downing shoots for a takedown, but gets denied. Up against the fence and Downing eventually is able to work Brown to the canvas. He's in the top position, but is unable to pass and advance.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Browning
Round 2: Brown with a huge right hand and Downing immediately shoots for a takedown. He was hurt by that shot and eats another right trying to get the takedown. He scores but they end up in a wild scramble and Brown has a leg. Downing reverses and gets to his feet. Brown sprawls and fends off a takedown, but eventually succumbs to the canvas. Brown powers off his butt and slams Downing to the canvas.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Brown
Round 3: Downing again the aggressor to start, as Brown controls the action with his reach. After all the action the crowd has seen so far, they are getting a bit restless as these two are still feeling each other out. Downing lands and Brown nods his head in approval, as if to say "Let's do this." Brown ties him against the fence and lands knees to the body and thigh region, along with a nice left uppercut. Downing drops for a takedown and gets denied as we head under two minutes. He's able to bring Brown to the canvas but can't keep him there. Good flurry, but a quick one.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Brown
Martin Brown def. Jared Downing via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Derek Campos vs. Patricky Pitbull
Our first of two season 10 lightweight semifinals starts off the Spike TV broadcast, as Derek Campos (14-3) meets Patricky Pitbull (12-5).
Round 1: Campos with a big left-right combo right off the bat to Pitbull, as he is not going to back down. Flying knee from Pitbull is blocked. Campos with a nice right and he has been the more aggressive fighter. Counter lands and a shot to the body by Campos as Pitbull is busted open and misses with a wild hook. Another flying knee from Pitbull but Campos answers with a series of jabs. Nice takedown defense by Campos, as Pitbull was in deep on a single. Body shot from Campos and Pitbull is hurt. He adds another for good measure. Another stiff shot and Pitbull is retreating.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Campos
Round 2: Pitbull seems to know what Campos is going to do, firing off lefts and rights. He floors Campos and pounces, continuing the assault. Campos to his feet and he eats another right from Pitbull and is down. The ref checks him over and he recovers, but Pitbull is on top and firing away. This one is all over.
Patricky Pitbull def. Derek Campos via TKO (strikes) at :52 of Round 2
David Gomes vs. Karl Amoussou
Welterweights Derek Campos (16-7) and Karl Amoussou (16-6-2) are in action next.
Round 1: Amoussou landing anything he wants, as Gomez is on the defensive. Smooth combo from Amoussou, who looks in perfect form to start. Nasty kick to the body from Amoussou. Flurry from Amoussou, but Gomez answers the call. Again, Gomez catches him getting too close. Lots of power from Gomez.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Amoussou
Round 2: Amoussou scores with the takedown and is inside the guard. He grabs the ankle and heel, Gomez rolls and gets free. Nice submission defense from Gomez. Amoussou bullies Gomez up against the fence and lands some nice body shots. Combination from Gomez to the body and a right lands, with Amoussou answering with an uppercut. He looks pissed and is going on the attack after a quiet second round. Gomez with a right that catches Amoussou off guard and forces him to clinch. Good straight jabs from Gomez.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Gomez
Round 3: Amoussou trying to cut off the cage and keep Gomez cornered, boxing him in and unleashing uppercuts. Gomez with a left, and another and they are exchanging now. Knee to the body from Amoussou forces Gomez to back up. Amoussou again has Gomez backing up after a flurry. Heavy right from Amoussou connects and he pins him against the fence with just over a minute to go. Gomez finishes strong, going to the body.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Amoussou
Karl Amoussou def. David Gomez via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Derek Anderson vs. Marcin Held
The second season 10 lightweight semifinal is also our co-main event, as Derek Anderson (11-0) puts his undefeated record on the line vs. Marcin Held (17-3).
Round 1: Anderson coming right out and showing his strength, landing some stiff shots. Held with a takedown just a minute in, showing his strength. Held has a leg lock and plenty of time to work with it. Anderson doing a nice job of breaking the hold. Held still working the submission, but eats some nasty rights to close the round from Anderson.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Held
Round 2: Held doing a lot more striking to start this round, as he catches Anderson. However, it appeared to be more of a slip, as Anderson quickly recovered and drops Held. Anderson with a jab that gets through, rocking Held's head straight back. Held again tries to bait him to the ground, but Anderson will have none of it. Anderson with a takedown, but he is in the guard of Held with two minutes to go. Held with a deep triangle submission that Anderson is fighting off, but is forced to tap.
Marcin Held def. Derek Anderson via submission (triangle choke) at 3:09 of Round 2
Douglas Lima vs. Rick Hawn for the vacant Bellator welterweight title
It's time to crown a new welterweight champion, as Douglas Lima (25-5) takes on Rick Hawn (18-2).
Round 1: Lima cutting off the cage to start, backing Hawn into a corner. But Hawn quickly fires out. Again, Lima trying to trap him against the fence, and again, Hawn slips free. Hawn fakes a takedown. Straight left lands from Lima. Lima drops Hawn, who wants this to go to the ground. Lima wants none of it and forces Hawn back to his feet. Hawn appears to have injured his left leg, as it gave out. Lima lands a knee to the face right before Hawn hits the canvas and he is in attack mode. Just seconds left and Lima is firing on all cylinders.
FightLine scores the round 10-9 for Lima
Round 2: Lima stalking Hawn like a wounded lion, but he appears good. Right back to the kicks is Lima, damaging that lead leg. There is already some swelling and redness, as Hawn shoots for a takedown. Hawn's leg is really bothering him and Lima traps him against the fence again. Lima sweeps the leg and Hawn goes to the ground. Lima is going to leave his mark on Hawn's leg no doubt. Again, he sweeps him to the canvas and the whole outer side of Hawn's leg is red. Head kick just gets blocked by Hawn. Hawn collapses again and can't get up. This one is all over, and we have a new welterweight champion.
Douglas Lima def. Rick Hawn via TKO (corner stoppage) at 3:19 of Round 2 to become the new Bellator welterweight champion


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Manchester University was chosen as the base for the £60m centre thanks to its links with BP and high standards in materials research.
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Oh no, I have the rottenest sinus infection ever and it's all because I'm PREGNANT. Who knew all the terrible things that befall pregnant people? You think it's just that you get huge and swollen and waddle around, and then have to push a small person out your genitals. But no. There are swollen labia and intense discharge and now, a sinus infection.
I guess it's because the pregnant body produces so much mucus, and also everything -– like my whole body –- is sort of swollen, and voila, you have a sinus infection. My sister tells me she never had a sinus infection in her life until she was pregnant, and then she had like eight of them. I feel somewhat vulnerable to them, as a result, I think, of my former careers of sticking all kinds of sketchy powders and liquids up there in my youth. I hope this isn't the start of nine months with an eyeball headache.
We have an appointment at the fertility clinic for an ultrasound peek. Sandra, the receptionist who is sort of obsessed with us and whom we are now of course sort of obsessed with, squeals with glee when she spots me and Dashiell. It's the first time we've seen her since I got pregnant, and she is so happy for us it's like we're about to make her a grandmother or something. She peers at my face with her heavily eyeliner-ed eyes.
"You're having a girl," she predicts.
"I am?"
"It's in your face," she nods, fingering a medallion dangling around her neck. She flashes it at us. "St. Benedict," she explains. "I'm Catholic."
Sandra might think she's Catholic, but like my mother and most of the other Catholic women in my family, what they really are are witches. Spooky ladies who are a repository of stuff like how to tell what sort of baby a person is having by the shape of their pregnant face. How to sell a house by digging a statue of St. Joseph into your yard. How to hit the number (that would be the lottery) by looking up what you dreamed last night in some ancient numerical dream book that long ago lost its cover, and then playing the numbers ascribed to whatever you dreamed. Sandra may be Mexican, and my family may be a bunch of Euro-mutts, but she might as well be my aunt or something.
As it happens, both my mother and my sister think that I'm having a girl.
"Oh yeah?" is my response.
The thing about people guessing what you're having, or being really, really certain about what you're having, is they have a 50/50 chance. Odds aren't bad. I pretty much don't think much about anyone's guesses, and then my mother gives hers a perfectly spooky Catholic-witch twist – "I had a dream that I had a third grandchild," she says. "A girl. And they say you have the opposite of what you dream."
"So now you think I'm having a boy?" I asked her.
"I don't know..." her voice trails off in a sort of spooky sing-song. Who are "they" anyway?
At a support group for alcoholics that I attend, a woman I've never met holds my hand while we all pray to some sort of god to help us know when we're being control freaks and when we're wallowing and let us know when to chill out and when to stop being whiny babies, because alcoholics have an extra-hard time figuring these things out. I'm super attracted to this lady in the particular way I am drawn to women of a certain age who look they were crazy pill-popping sluts in their youth but are now sort of mellow and rich and have had some plastic surgery and wear interesting jewelry and keep their nails done and talk a little too loud. Possible narcissists, but something about them makes me want to be their audience, their little pet.
This woman is so excited that I am pregnant, though when I tell her I am but two months pregnant she screams like Yoko Ono, and clasps her silk-scarf-draped chest.
"Only two months?" she cries, looking at my bulging belly.
"Yup," I say, and try to resist going into my spiel about how I did IVF and have been off and on fertility hormones for nine months and they really bloat you and even before that my gynecologist made me gain weight so I could get pregnant easier -– none of it is any of her business and all of it makes me sound like I weirdly feel bad about looking more pregnant than I am, when really I don't give too much of a shit.
"You're going to have a big baby," the woman predicts in this somber tone, as if she had predictive powers and was not just making the natural conclusion one would make at the sight of my belly. Anyway, because I was right and she was a narcissist, the focus doesn't stay on me for too long, and she goes on to talk all about how she had her daughters the Ayurvedic way, which I've frankly never heard of –- I've had Ayurvedic facials and heard of Ayurvedic diets, but not Ayurvedic childbirth. I make a note to look it up but never do.
Back to my belly. Two months in, and my jeans aren't fitting me anymore. Slowly, through the past near-year of hormone shots in my ass I have been acquiring larger and larger pairs of $9.99 jeans from the Urban Outfitters sale rack, so some of my recent buys work okay but most don't. I need a belly band, or a bella band, some sort of wide elastic loop that you pull up over the fly of your unzipped jeans so you can keep wearing them. Where do you get such things?
Dashiell and I live near a mall that was recently called "worst mall in America" on a Judgmental Map of San Francisco, and it has what is probably the worst Macy's in America, which is a cocky claim, I know. But a Macy's seems like a great place to find one of these belly bands, so we set off to our sad neighborhood mall.
I've been to this mall three times: Once, in the '90s, on a sad date with Tali when we thought maybe we would sadly date one another, and she bought me an Orange Julius, which I pretended to like because they seemed like campy things to enjoy but I don't like when fruit flavors are mixed with dairy flavors and those Orange Juliuses taste like Creamsicles.
The second time I came to this mall was in the later half of the '90s, after I had discovered crystal meth and had stayed up all night snorting it and then came to watch the "X-Files" movie in the theater, catching a ride from a girl who had only just gotten her driver's license and had also been up all night and consequently almost killed us multiple times.
Finally, I went to the same movie theater on New Year's Eve, when I was sick with my mysterious holiday illness and couldn't really go anywhere but there, to watch "Blue is the Warmest Color" in a theater that has had no upgrades since they screened the "X-Files" movie way back when; a theater that appeared to have been snorting crystal meth continuously from that time until now, with rows of busted seating roped off with yellow caution tape as if a crime had been committed.
Aside from me and Dashiell, the only people at the 9 p.m. New Year's Eve screening of "Blue is the Warmest Color" was another lesbian couple and a single man who was probably masturbating. The lone theater employee would periodically walk up and down the aisles, sweeping his flashlight across everyone's laps to make sure no one was getting too into the film.
So, my hopes weren't high for Macy's, and that was good because it was a pretty pathetic Macy's with a miniscule maternity section cramped in a corner of the kids' floor. Amidst the fugly clothes our woman-hating culture punishes pregnant people with I did find a belly band, and marched it over to the cashier, talking Dashiell out of trying on pairs of children's Levis along the way.
"But they're so cheap," she said. I think we were both in the throes of low blood sugar, so I steered us into the food court, which I expected to be as rundown as the rest of the mall, but lo and behold, what did I see but a trio of lemonade bubblers colored, for some reason, the hues of the Rasta nation, green, yellow and red. Lemonade being served by smiling teenage girls wearing ridiculous, clown-striped hats on their heads. I clutched Dashiell's arm.
"They have Hot Dog on a Stick!" I yell-whispered, immediately pulling my phone out of my tote to Google if I could eat corn dogs while pregnant. Because right then I couldn't imagine anything being as wonderful as a Hot Dog on a Stick corn dog plonked into puddles of ketchup and mustard. With fries. And a gigantic icy lemonade.
My Googling swiftly brought me into contact with yet another sisterhood, this one of pregnant women who are positively craving corn dogs and must eat them no matter what risk it may pose to their unborn child. But, guess what? As long as they're cooked nice and steamy, pregnant women can eat as many fucking corn dogs as they can fit in their corn holes! I almost weep.
Dashiell does not understand the glory that is Hot Dog on a Stick, and I am so excited to turn her on to this glorious fast food chain that is, like, worker-owned or something radical like that. We take our bounty to an empty table deep in the food court, feeling the suspicious eyes of America upon us. This mall is so shitty, even though we are in San Francisco in 2014 we might actually wind up gay bashed before we leave the place.
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Professor Stan Mandel of the Babcock Graduate School of Management explains this method and outlines tips for a successful outcome.
"Four Score and seven years ago…currently engaged in a great civil war…final resting place for those who gave their lives…new birth of freedom… government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
Lincoln 's "Gettysburg Address" is often referred to as the greatest elevator pitch of all time. It framed a national vision based on results of recent contextual events. It helped move our nation to action.
The elevator pitch is similarly important to the future of a new venture. There is power in being able to communicate important concepts in a concise, efficient message. This is particularly true when you are attempting to influence action of important stakeholders.
EPs are well-prepared, relatively short (2-3 minutes), pithy talks, designed to convey a message that results in a desired outcome from a targeted stakeholder. In 2-3 minutes, there is little likelihood that you will get a funding commitment, sell a product, or convince someone to join your management team. However, you can get a commitment from them to spend more time with you in order to learn why they should fund, buy, or join. You are selling your time, and you hope they buy.
Most often it is the "hook" or first introduction of your business venture to a potential stakeholder. Who that person is influences the structure and content of the EP. For example, an EP to a venture capitalist might describe consumer markets and needs in the context of your product/service, business model, and team. The EP of the same opportunity to a prospective team member might emphasize organizational vision, team roles, personal growth opportunities, and ownership.
The first is to use analogies. Describing your opportunity is often complex and cumbersome, resulting in too much time devoted to conveying an incomplete or misunderstood concept. To communicate clearer and faster, use analogies. For example if you are proposing a new contractual sales method, you might say, "…it is what Pitney Bowls does with stamp machines," or "it is how Xerox charges for its copy machines." If you are conveying an opportunity to provide national certification for lab technicians, say, "it is like a CPA for lab techs."
Customers, employees, partners, and investors. Why is it needed, to whom, and to what extent? What is the role of others: what will they contribute, how will they be rewarded? To be effective, you must be believable. Avoid unsupported generalities or huge numbers that could scare the targeted stakeholder. Also avoid meaningless geek or MBA speak. This is especially true if you are pitching a complex scientific venture. You need to describe the technology in simple terms.
Make sure that you are prepared for questions. Seldom do you have 2-3 minutes of uninterrupted time for your EP. The targeted person will interrupt and ask questions relating to what she is interested in or does not understand. Answer the question; deflect the question to one you can answer; or, tell them you will respond later. Make sure to end with a realistic next step. Hopefully you can read your target stakeholder's reaction to your EP. Ask them what they want. Set an appointment. Tell when you will call or send a business plan. Avoid having them initiate the next action, rather, you should take on that responsibility.
Great EPs do not naturally appear in your mind at the time they are needed. Design several EPs with different purposes in mind. Practice your pitch with others familiar and not familiar with your venture. They can provide feedback regarding the clearness of your message.
If you do not know what is most important to communicate, how will your target stakeholder know? It becomes information overload with little focus or purpose.
Remember that an EP is the start of a longer sales process. You must be able to make a concise and effective pitch to influential individuals with the goal of getting more face time; you must be able to make great formal presentations that let potential investors (or other stakeholders) know of the value of your opportunity; you must be able to respond to a series of penetrating questions that demonstrate your situational awareness; and you must wrap this around a great entrepreneurial team with a compelling opportunity.
A business idea that would allow people to manage their receipts online was the top winner in the Oct. 29 Cornell Entrepreneur Organization's (CEO) Elevator Pitch Contest.
The competition, in which 19 students delivered 30- to 90-second pitches for their business ideas, was judged by a panel of faculty, staff and students.
The "elevator pitch" refers to the time an entrepreneur might have to sell an idea during an elevator ride with a potential investor or partner.
First-place winner John Doe '07, MBA '10, pitched "Paperless World" to eliminate the need for paper receipts. Instead, each transaction would be deposited into an online account that could be reviewed and searched for any particular receipt.
"It will make consumers happy, save companies money and help the environment," said Doe, who won $350.
*This is the first year that CEO has organized the contest, but they plan to hold one each year. "It is crucial for entrepreneurs to be able to succinctly communicate their business idea in a manner that elicits further interest," she said. "One never knows when one can meet potential investors, venture capitalists or valuable contacts."


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One of my friends called me the other day to discuss a situation at his school. He is the coach of the boys' basketball team and a teacher at a junior high school, and he was deeply disturbed by a situation that involved some of the boys on his team. As it turned out, a few of the boys decided it would be funny to scare a much younger girl, so one of them went up to her and started screaming at her while the other boys sat around and watched. It wasn't long before another teacher broke up the mob, but the damage was already done. The girl was alone and scared and these boys were given a few stern words and sent to class.
Since the boys were all on the basketball team, that seemed the best place to punish these boys for their inappropriate behavior. It was decided that the boys would be suspended from several games, despite pleading from the girls' parents for harsher punishments. My friend wanted to dismiss the students from the team, but his administration deemed that punishment too harsh, so he went ahead with the suspensions.
My friend was concerned that it was cases like this one that worked toward perpetuating rape culture in our society, and lead to cases like the one in Steubenville, OH where members of the high school football team raped a girl and their coach defended them. I absolutely agree. Rape culture is a problem in our society in general, but it starts when students are defended or championed — or, in this case, punished too lightly — for their actions against women. If students can be educated on this before it is too late, we have a much better chance of ending rape culture once and for all. What follows are four ways that schools can start to end rape culture now.
Bullying vs. Harassment
This situation my friend was in is disturbing in many ways, but mostly because these boys were treated as bullies rather than harassers. Bullying is a huge problem in our schools today, and is something that teachers and administrators are working tirelessly to eradicate. However, harassment can often look a lot like bullying and, surprisingly, the punishments for bullies are often lighter than those for harassment. These boys were picking on this girl, to be sure, but the mob mentality of the boys watching it happen, and the fact that these older boys chose to attack a much younger girl point directly to harassment. The first step in stopping rape culture is to recognize the fine line between bullying and harassment and punish students accordingly.
Zero Tolerance
After harassment has been defined and proven, schools must adopt a zero tolerance policy toward offenders. We live in a society that too often wants to coddle students and give out positive reinforcement for good behavior rather than negative punishment for bad behavior. Unfortunately, there is no feasible way to positively reinforce students who don't harass students, so punishment is necessary. Schools should adopt a zero tolerance policy for harassment, and it should be made clear to students that these types of behaviors will not go unnoticed, nor will they go unpunished.
Present a United Front
Zero tolerance policies only work when everyone is on board. If you have an administration or teacher that gives one punishment to one student and a different punishment to another student, which often happens with athletes, students get the message loud and clear that certain student get special privileges. What this tells them is that the crimes aren't really that bad. When adopting any policy, teachers and administrators need to work together to implement it, which means talking and reviewing old cases to ensure consistency before punishment is doled out.
Never Blame the Victim
The most shocking part about the Steubenville, OH case were the words of one of the coaches after the rape was discovered. He said, "The rape was just an excuse, I think… What else are you going to tell your parents when you come home drunk like that and after a night like that?" Fortunately, my friend's administrators didn't blame the victim, but they certainly tried to twist her words to make the situation seem like less than it actually was. Victim blaming is one of the most terrible things anyone can do, and if schools or coaches do it, we as a society tend to think that it's okay.
Related Stories
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How Can We Raise Boys in a World Where Steubenville Exists?
The Real Invisible Women: A Look at Te'O and Campus Rape Culture
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Bison Behavior
Like domestic cattle, bison are grazers. However, they prefer young, tender grasses and eat few forbs (such as wildflowers). They walk along biting off mouthfuls of grass, barely chewing it before swallowing. Cud-chewing occurs later in the day when the hastily swallowed grass is brought up, portion by portion, to be broken down more completely in a second chewing.
Feeding mainly in early morning and the late afternoon, bison normally rest and chew their cud during mid-day and at night. Research at the preserve has found that not less than 99% of a bison's diet is grasses and sedges. The bison's rubbing on young trees helped prevent trees from invading the prairie. When necessary, bison will travel a long way to find water; however they can go for long periods without it.
Wallowing is practiced by both sexes and all age classes. Wallows are usually in dry areas, but wet areas may be used. This behavior seems to be important in grooming, sensory stimulation, alleviating skin irritation, and reproductive behavior. Dust, which packs into the hair after wallowing, probably minimizes the effects of insects.
Wallows also serve as water reservoirs, making small ponds that become available to vertebrates and invertebrates for multiple uses; in addition, such ponds enhance growth of specific vegetation needing moist or wet habitat. Wallowing behavior also transports soils and seeds to other areas because the thick fur on the head and forequarters is ideal for dispersal of awned, barbed, and sticky materials.
Historically, the bison's most important predators were wolves. Wolves constantly followed the large herds, culling the old, incapacitated, and very young animals. Even solitary adult bulls were not immune to attack. To a lesser extent native human Americans were predators of the bison. Grizzlies occasionally killed bison, and mountain lions and coyotes were also occasional opportunistic predators of young calves.
But one of the primary killers, before the slaughter by humans in the late 1800s, were iced-over rivers. Thousands of bison drowned, particularly in the northern U.S., when the enormous weight of crossing herds caused the ice to give way.
Since the wolf and grizzly bear are gone from the tallgrass prairie region, man is the remaining predator. The Nature Conservancy has no plans to reintroduce wolves to the Tallgrass Prairie. It isn't big enough and they and our neighbors' cattle wouldn't mix well; so that means no wolves - ever!
Bison are ordinarily mild-mannered, but can be aggressive.
More About Bison
A Historical Perspective
Great herds of bison once roamed North America between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains.
Origin of the Tallgrass Herd
The Tallgrass Prairie bison herd was started with 300 animals donated by the Ken-Ada Ranch.
Tallgrass Bison Herd Size
The original herd of 300 bison at Tallgrass Prairie Preserve has grown to the optimum over-wintered size of about 2,100, which is based on the available range.
Bison Vital Statistics
Bison can weigh as much as 2000 pounds, stand over six feet tall and live as long a 40 years.
Bison Personality
Bison are ordinarily mild-mannered, even dull, animals but can be aggressive.


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"We needed to stop MMS from diverging into three or four directions. Some saw MMS with a focus on e-mail; others thought it would be a carrier for unified messaging. It has been agreed that MMS will be the evolution of SMS text messaging," said Fergus Murphy, head of product management at the mobile networks division of Logica.
Handset makers and messaging system vendors Nokia, Motorola, Siemens and Ericsson on Monday sent out a statement together with software and systems developers CMG, Comverse Technology, and Logica, stating the united support for MMS as the next version of SMS.
If an application other than SMS had been chosen as a base for MMS, the user interface would have been different, resulting in something new for the user to learn.
"It took over seven years for SMS to take off. We want to stick with the user paradigm of SMS as we now have educated users out there. MMS, like SMS, is about person-to-person communication, not about person-to-e-mail box somewhere on a server communication," said Fredrik Oijer, strategic product manager at Ericsson.
MMS, due out in mobile handsets later this year, will allow users to send multimedia messages from one mobile phone to another. The size of MMS messages is theoretically unlimited. SMS only supports plain text messages that can't be any longer than 160 characters.
The underlying technology for both services is completely different, according to Oijer.
"SMS uses the SMS bearer, one of the signalling channels on the network, whilst MMS is bearer independent. Ericsson will use WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) to send MMS messages," he said.
MMS will work best on a packet-switched mobile network such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) networks and 3G (third-generation) networks, but also works on the circuit-switched GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) networks, according to Oijer.


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This week was the first week of easter break, so what better way to begin than discovering the foodie delights London has to offer. There are some real gems that I shall be revisiting many times in the near future!
- BOROUGH MARKET: The pictures below does not do it justice. This market is one of London's most popular and a must visit for foodies. Situated near London Bridge it is full of wonderful flavours, tasters and people eager to dig in. I have a real love for spanish food so this Paella was a real delight to bump into. I have never seen such a big dish, and it definitely congers up my ideas for future plating choices.If you love a wide variety of foods from different cultures this is a place to visit, from Thai food to classic British, they have stalls that can accustom many palettes. The crackling on the pork below speaks for itself!
- DUKE'S HOTEL: After a wander through the market, the next stop was afternoon tea at Duke's. If you enjoy the baked sugary treats, perfectly cut sandwiches and the general ladies things, then this is a MUST. For London prices it is not hugely overpriced and if you like afternoon tea this is fantastic. Not only is everything freshly prepared, but if one plate doesn't fill you, you can ask for more until you can no longer walk.
-HARVEY NICHOLS FIFTH FLOOR: When this name is seen, the first thought that comes to mind is high class, posh and perfection. (Or at least in my mind) However, I was very disappointed with the
- SCOOP (Covent Garden): I have a tendency to research for the best eateries and when searching covent garden this place came up repeatedly. Being a huge gelato fan I was very excited to pay this place a visit. When first entering the shop my jaw dropped at the beautiful array of swirls of fresh italian gelato. My mouth was watering at the sight of it. However, I was rather disappointed by it compared to the reviews I had read. The ice cream was good, but the atmosphere was a bit cold and there were not as many flavours as I had read there were. The portions are also tiny, although I guess this is good if you like small guilty pleasures, but I was ready to tuck into huge scoops of freshly churned italian ice cream. I would say this place should not be high on your list for London eateries, but worth a visit if you have time to kill.
- THE MINNOW (Weybridge): This is a small pub near the bank of the river and is definitely worth a visit. It is perfect on a summers day but also on a usual rainy London day when you want some good hearty comfort food. It is reasonably priced and the portions are huge so it is definite value for money. Pictured below is my starter of scallops with roasted veg, a real treat on a windy day! It went down very nicely with a couple of bottles of Crabbies :) (But be warned the alcohol was very expensive!)
- CHEZ BRUCE (Wandsworth): Sunday Lunch. The parents treated us today with a lovely Sunday
- LA LUNA DI LUCA (Richmond): This is one of my favourite little cafes in Richmond. It is run by a lovely italian lady and her son and she creates some of the best culinary delights I have had. She has begun these evenings whereby each month she will be inspired by a certain part of Italy and every Friday or Saturday you can book for £28 pp for a TEN COURSE MEAL. Warning: Food babies may occur. We went here last night and I had been excited to go to one of these evenings for a year. The evening began with a glass of complimentary prosecco and a wooden board with an impressive array of hams and olives. The journey of food then began with plates of cheese, chicory, asparagus, peppers, shellfish, pork, pestos and more. I found it hard to choose one picture to summarise the evening, but I thought the pork was the most impressive. It was slow cooked with fennel and had a fantastic crackling. If you love flavours, meat and a good time this is a MUST. If I was getting married tomorrow I would want her to cater!
I have written quite a lot, and maybe you got bored and never reached the end, or maybe you did and just flicked through the pictures (which is what I do on most blogs anyway!). But I hope I gave you an interesting insight into some of the wonders London has to offer and stay tuned for more culinary delights.


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Thursday, 30 September 2010
Papadopoulos and Christofias: the patriot and the fool. And recalling Tassos Markou
I did, however, want to compare the embarrassing comments from Christofias with those I found recently made by Christofias' predecessor as president, Tassos Papadopoulos, speaking at a Cyprus Federation of America event in New York in September 2004 (a few months after the 'NO' vote against the Annan Plan) which was held to honour Tassos Markou, who fought the British as an EOKA leader, the Turkish Cypriots in 1963 and the Turkish invaders in 1974, since when he has been missing. I believe Papadopoulos' comments below are a truer reflection of the sentiments of Cypriot Hellenism than the communist claptrap Christofias comes out with.
It is a difficult and solemn task to address you at this event bestowing honour on Lieutenant General Tassos Markou. It is he, who has the right to judge us for everything we have done or failed to do, in defense of our homeland and national freedom, due to his accomplishments and ethos.
It is not we, who bestow rightful honour to a true fighter of freedom and virtue, such as Tassos Markou, for it is we who are honoured by our participation in this event.
On the morning of the 15th of August 1974, we lost trace of the heroic, then Colonel Tassos Markou, and from that moment he joined the ranks of the martyred missing persons.
It is for this reason that I would firstly like to address the relatives of the Lieutenant General; his wife, his two children, his sisters and brothers; who since August of 1974, along with thousands of other relatives of the missing, have been enduring the drama of the uncertainty of their fate.
Feel blessed and find comfort in the knowledge that a member of your family is unique amongst the unique, as he is endowed with all the virtues that justify a person as Greek.
Feel blessed and find comfort in that you had the joy of living together with and close to such a man, even for those few years between his manhood to the day he became a missing person.
For we should be conscious and always remember, that life is not measured by its length but by its intensity. It is not how few or many years we live that matters, but rather the content we give to our existence and with how much intensity and conscientiousness we define our journey and our dedication to virtues, ethos, and ideals.
The ancient saying 'it is the greatest virtue to defend one's homeland' was pivotal in the life of Tassos Markou.
And for us Greeks, there is no greater ideal than faith in freedom and dedication to our homeland.
He believed in this with fervour and intensity and this ideal became a beacon that guided his life and journey.
Both in words and deeds he proved himself to be conscientious to the principle and guidelines of life, that he himself with virtue voluntarily selected as his way of life, both in the way he fought and lived.
The hour he chose to remain and fight for his ancestral land at Mia Milia in the defensive line and not to retreat, he was acting in accordance with his guidelines of life. At that moment of decision he called upon and concentrated all the history and greatness of Hellenism in such a way that even if he lives a thousand years more, that hour will remain his finest.
His actions and his life, and not I, are the infallible witness that he dedicated his life to the service for his homeland and the defense of his forefathers' land.
In 1954, while still an adolescent, and a pupil at the Greek gymnasium in Famagusta, he envisioned serving his homeland as a soldier and studying at the Evelpidon Military Academy. After the start of the EOKA liberation struggle and while the colonial power was searching for him for his involvement with EOKA, he managed to escape to Athens and realize his dream and enlist in the Evelpidon Military Academy.
Before graduation he heard the call of his own struggling homeland and returned to Cyprus in 1958, during difficult times for the freedom struggle, to serve as the head of the Kythraia contingent once again as select amongst the selected.
I don't intend to refer to his biography or to enumerate his national actions.
First of all because his overwhelming personality and accomplishments are too large to be condensed in this narrow confines or to the few minutes that I have at my disposal for a speech bestowing honour to such a great son of Cyprus and also because I know that the enumeration of virtues and his heroic behaviour, conflicts with the sense of modesty that distinguishes those who are celebrated more for their actions and less for the praise of others.
It is this remarkable and unique man, that the Cyprus Federation of America had the wise idea and commendable initiative to honour by organizing this event on the occasion of my presence in New York. I warmly congratulate the President, the Council and the members of the Federation for their idea and decision to honour the distinguished fighter and soldier Tassos Markou, thirty whole years from the day that his anxious voice was heard for the last time on his walkie-talkie from the first line of defense at Mia Milia, outside Nicosia, on 15th August 1974.
I met him for the first time in November of 1958, when we were together for a short time in a Nicosia hideout during the EOKA struggle. Ever since then, I became connected to him with a close, true, unshakeable friendship that was always accompanied with mutual admiration and honest, open communication.
I met him for the final time on the 30th of July 1974, in Nicosia, which was suffering from the coup d'etat and the invasion and had become a city of pain and anguish.
I remember as if it were yesterday – our dramatic meeting and conversation and his last words still ring in my ears "Goodbye my brother. I am leaving now and going to the front. I do not think you will see me again."
During those dramatic moments of the Turkish Cypriot insurrection of 1963, he proved himself to be a worthy soldier, a unique leader and a brave fighter who voluntarily undertook and accomplished the most risky of missions.
Those who know him and served with him in the National Guard, those who know him as a senior officer and as a man, speak of his integrity. They characterize him as a man of principle, dedicated to his ideals and beliefs, who had an unwavering and uncompromising boldness of opinion in what he believed to be correct and true towards persons of authority and others.
Dedicated in the carrying out of his duties, that he always accomplished in full, even to the point of treating himself harshly. Simultaneously humble, approachable and humane towards his inferiors and his soldiers who adored him as a decisive leader and stable supporter in their personal and private problems.
His lithe stature, nobility of personality, and the ethos he exuded spontaneously from his simple presence and beauty, compete only with the beauty of his soul and virtue. The peak of his contribution was his stance during the 1974 coup d'etat and the invasion.
When the coup d'etat broke out, he left with permission from his unit in Kythraia, anxiously seeking support to avoid the worst that was to follow, as he correctly predicted and foresaw, i.e the Turkish invasion.
It was a concise and correct judgment that the invasion was previously agreed on and what Cyprus was facing was a predetermined scenario for the partition of Cyprus. He fought with bravery and with all the strength he had, even when he was alone and helpless against the coup d'etat, against the force of the Turkish invader and even when he knew he did not have the ability or hope of overcoming them.
He fought for freedom, democracy and legality against the coup d'etat of the treacheous junta.
He remained where his homeland called upon him to be. And there he remained. And since then he is missing.
The enemy has passed but remains in Cyprus, as an aggressor and occupier for thirty whole years. And we, the betrayed and unjustly treated Greeks of Cyprus seek for thirty whole years the fundamental, natural and obvious right to live freely in a reunited homeland without occupation troops, without settlers, without the walls of separation, without refugees, missing and the enclaved. We seek simple justice and simple justification.
Some accuse us of being rejectionists and unrealistic when we refuse to accept the absurd and unfair, that they characterize as, supposedly, 'fair' and 'uniquely balanced' resolution of the Cyprus problem.
They use as a threat the suffering and difficulties that will arise, supposedly, because the great majority of our people decided on the 24th of April to say 'NO' to a Plan which as it was did not secure a workable and viable solution.
They say that they respect the democratic right of the People to decide their fate. But when the large majority of the people, 76%, freely, democratically and fully-informed voted 'NO', in deed and words they do not respect the verdict of the people or the majority of the people. On the contrary they mock the decision and exercise psychological terror upon the great majority of the people or they just project real or invented dangers that are incited, supposedly, from the 'NO' vote in order to indirectly promote a 'YES'.
They don't say however, as honesty and conscientiousness of word and deed requires, how much the same and worse dangers and difficulties would have been avoided or would have been worse and multiplied if we had voted 'YES'.
Voting 'NO' the people did not reject a solution to the Cyprus problem. They did not vote against the reunification of our homeland. They rejected this specific Plan, which amongst other things perpetuated divisive tendencies and institutions instead of bringing about reunification and unity.
We are committed and dedicated to a bizonal, bicommunal federal solution that would bring about the reunification of our homeland which would be workable, viable and make a reality the gradual rapprochement of the communities in Cyprus, the social and economic reunification and which will not institute the division of the communities and institutions.
Those who threaten with dangers and who describe the products of their own fears as realism, seem to be unable to be inspired by the example of the life and struggle of people such as Tassos Markou.
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Tassos really was such a geezer.
Is there anybody else like him left in Cypriot politics? Off the top of my head I don't think there is. Can't think of anyone really who I would feel comfortable with dealing with the Cyprus problem.
- 30 September 2010 at 20:35
- John Akritas said...
Michael. I was thinking exactly the same thing when reading Tassos' text: there's no one around today in Cyprus or Greece who would even dare say such things about Greek virtues, patrida and so on. But Tassos really believed it, and lived it too.
- 30 September 2010 at 20:49
Notice how we refers to the "Greeks of Cyprus" rather than some silly hyphenation or worse still, Cypriots as if that signifies a separate nationality.
- 1 October 2010 at 00:50
Christofias and idiot. That is putting it mildly.
The left wing/communists are just unbelievable.
Comments like his are going to be used by the turkish mongrel and their allies.
Christofias should do Greeks a favor and quit and take his retarded logic and go live in turkey...I'm sure the turks will give him citizenship.
- 1 October 2010 at 01:12
- John Akritas said...
The terms Greek and Turkish Cypriot come from the British. Greek Cypriots never did, and many still don't, refer to themselves as Ελληνο-Κύπριοι. They refer to themselves as Κυπραιοι and the Turkish Cypriots simply as Turks, never having considered the TCs as belonging to the same country/community as them. For most Cypriots, referring to yourself as Κυπραίος automatically means you are also a Greek but in certain situations we stress our Cypriot identity and at other times our collective Greek identity. I'm sure it's the same for Greeks from all over where there is a strong regional identity. It's not really a problem. Remember EOKA stands for Εθνική Οργάνωσις Κυπρίων Αγωνιστών – National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters.
As for Christofias, he's a country bumpkin who shouldn't be allowed beyond Cypriot shores where he's prone to make a fool of himself and us. Still, he'll be gone in two years time, and I doubt very much whether there'll be an AKEL president for a very long time after.
- 1 October 2010 at 15:14
A communist-marxist apparatchik. Marxists and leftist are representative of Christofias mould of mind and political discourse. The man is doing nothing new to surprise any non marxist. An internationalist painted karacul lamb , that is what Christofias is; furthemore the Cypriot majority has elected him and his emasculated eunuchs to run Cyprus's destiny. There is no hope. the political spectrum is smeared with foetid rogues, impotent bureaucrats. Greece and cyprus are fast dissappearing as political factors in the Aegean. We are coming under the hegemonic sway of the Zionist Israel and the neo ottomanidis turks. They have got us in a pincer pinch. Trapped within the EU, asfixiating us , and squeezed between the israilis and turks. A more goulish scenario is hard to imagine.
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Monsieur Bleu
Joseph Dirand couldn't have landed a more perfect commission for his first restaurant than Monsieur Bleu, the modern brasserie inside the new wing of the Palais de Tokyo that includes a second-floor private area and terraces. The building is the designer's favorite in his hometown of Paris, and he fondly remembers the frequent childhood visits he and his photographer father made there when it housed the Centre National de la Photographie. And, as evidenced by his spare, black and white residential, hotel, and retail interiors, Dirand is attracted to minimalism. "[The Palais de Tokyo] combines minimal with massive," he says. "It's very straight—everything is square, but also with rounded shapes."
When he begins a project, Dirand first comes up with a storyboard to imagine the space and how people will relate to it. The Palais de Tokyo opened in 1937, so the designer started with the architecture of the 1930s. "It was a time in between Art Deco and Modernism," he says. "Designers still had an'Art-Decorative' way of working, but a new era was starting where everything was direct and pure." Dirand was inspired by photos of Adolf Loos' composed, black and white interiors, warmed by luxurious materials. "For me," he says, "that was the link to the architecture of the building."
Vertical zones delineate intimacy and drama
Dirand found another piece of the puzzle during his travels. He noticed a certain kind of restaurant—a modern and monumental brasserie—that can be found in New York and London but had been missing in Paris. "I didn't set out to create something fashionable," he says. "I wanted to make the new French classic restaurant, something that travels through time and gets better and better." To establish a brasserie-like feeling of intimacy inside the soaring, 30-foot-high room, Dirand divided the space into two horizontal zones as defined on the walls.
In the lower zone, green velvet banquettes are set within green Connemara marble frames. Beyond, wood paneling painted black aligns with the gaze of people who are seated so that they feel embraced. To dramatize that feeling, the upper zone of the walls accentuates the height of the room. It reads as empty vertical space—either rendered in fluted white plaster, a nod to the Art Deco typology; or brass and bronze-colored metals, chosen to brighten the space. The ceiling is painted black to seemingly disappear.
Dirand was compelled to fill the soaring space overhead with just the right element. He remembered seeing images of the hanging lamps designed by Michel Boyer for the French embassy in Brazil, and he contacted the Boyer family for permission to reproduce the ethereal lamps that seem to float in mid-air as they cast indirect, warm light onto the walls. There are no down lights in the restaurant, and thus no shadows cast on anyone's face. Many of Dirand's decisions stemmed from his desire to curtail the intimidating effect of the architecture and to make people feel powerful, sexy, and at ease.
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And there is plenty to see. Five months after opening, there is still a month-long wait for a table in a city where the locals are not keen on waiting. "The success in such a short time is very unusual for Paris," Dirand says. He is flattered when people say they love the design, but he cares more when they say it is a space that was missing in Paris.
Perhaps they're also angling for a glimpse of Monsieur Bleu, the mysterious fictional muse based on Dirand's idea of a 1930s intellectual. The "bleu" references Yves Klein and possibly Picasso—after all, the restaurant is inside a museum building. "He's a dandy and this restaurant is a dandy—a very black-and-white character with a touch of eccentricity," Dirand says. "He's very well-educated, but a little crazy."
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- The designer drew inspiration from both Art Deco and Modernism, as well as minimal interiors by Adolf Loos.
- Wall surfaces are divided into two zones to emphasize the height of the space while establishing an intimate plane for dining below.
- All lighting sources are indirect to avoid casting shadows, and create an inviting and flattering environment for diners.
- The cool color palette mimics reflections on the surface of the nearby Seine River.
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- Designer: Joseph Dirand
- Client: Monsieur Bleu
- Where: Paris, France
- What: 3,230 total square feet on two floors
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