Paris in August…

I moved to Paris in July 1996 and all I can remember is the heat. Day after day of sun baked streets and each evening the heat of the tarmac as it released the heat that it has stored during the day. 

Paris is quieter during the summer; however it would be greater without all the English tourists!!! 

For the opposite view… Le Blagueur à Paris: Like a bear in a cave, but with sun

This is what we’ll loose…

When we discuss what we’ll loose with the en of “fair use” we other think of research and another “important” stuff. What I fear deep down is that we’ll loose this…

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Nothing happening here…

The often repeated word in the anglo-saxon press is that Sarko has given up, all reform has stopped. One look at this map tells another story…Le Figaro – France : Nouvelle carte militaire : les sites concernés

The Olympic spirit…

“The committee which the government dismissed was elected in 2004, in line with the Olympic movement’s regulations.

Its chairman, Ahmad al-Samarra’i, and several other members were abducted by gunmen while attending a meeting in central Baghdad in July 2006.

 

They have not been seen since.

 

The Iraqi government said it took the move because the committee was corrupt and had not been functioning properly.”

 

BBC SPORT | Olympics | Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics 

Can you believe that they went to the trouble?

PhotoshopDisasters: The Sun: GotchaSeriously, what are they trying to prove? What do they gain by being this stupid?I just don’t get it.