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Paris is an amazing city. We have all heard the sayings “The city of love” “The most romantic city in the world” “The city of lights”, well after visiting this city and experiencing it first hand, I can tell you that it is all true.

The city is very beautiful. The architecture is stunning, the tourist attractions amazing and I found the people to be friendly.

Paris is a place you can’t describe in words to someone, it is a place you have to experience for yourself. The city is like a living museum, with architecture dating back to the 13th Century. That is when Notre Dame began to be built.

The grandeur of Paris really became evident in the 16th century, when Versailles became Louis XIV’s headquarters. In the 19th Century, Napoleon appointed Baron Haussmann to develop modern Paris, with its long boulevards and beautiful buildings, the wide avenues and parks that still make the city unique today.

Paris is internationally renowned for its architecture and its influence in fashion and the arts. Walking is the best way to see and get a feel for the city. You can explore the city’s districts, its old centres, cemeteries and great parks. When you first arrive in Paris, I highly recommend getting on the Hop on, Hop off buses. Stay on and do a circuit and get a feel for where everything is. It is very easy to walk around once you know where you are.

I remember one day, later in the afternoon, we walked from Notre Dame back to our hotel near the Place de la Concorde. It was very charming and it turned dark and the lights came on. We stopped to have a meal in a restaurant. It was just wonderful.

The Champs-Elysées is a fantastic place to experience people watching. Another one is the Place de la Concorde.

Those who fancy a trendier atmosphere, can visit districts such as Le Marais, Quartier Latin, or the quaint Canal St-Martin. If you like art galleries, museums, or famous cabarets such as Folies Bergères, Paris has everything to meet your dreams. Be aware, Moulin Rouge, does not look like much during the day but it comes alive at night when the lights go on.

The top attractions in Paris are certainly the Eiffel Tower, originally a “temporary” construction for the 1889 Universal Exposition, the Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and the massive cathedral Notre Dame. A walk from Place de la Concorde towards Champs Elysée is also a must as well as the world famous Louvre museum. One place you must visit is the Montparnasse Tower. There are less crowds than the Eiffel Tower, it has an enclosed viewing area as well as being able to go onto the roof. The best part is that you get the Eiffel Tower in your photos! I highly recommend it.

There is obviously much more to explore!

Père Lachaise The largest cemetery in Paris, and said reputed to be the most visited in the world. A huge and peaceful park home of those who have experienced French life over the past 200 years.

Jardin du Luxembourg. The garden of the French Senate which is also a large public park. A recommended place to relax and savour the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a rich palace garden.

Musée d’Orsay. This is the place for art and artefacts from the Middle Ages and Impressionist eras with leading collections. Originally a railway station and the building itself is worth a visit.

Le Marais. Situated on the right bank (3rd and 4th Arr.), this trendy district has beautiful
architecture of the 17th century. There are also many museums, art galleries and historic sites such as Paris’ oldest square, Place des Vosges where you can find Victor Hugo’s residence.

Montmartre. One of the most popular historic areas with the Sacré Coeur Basilica on the top of the hill, the highest point in Paris. It’s also famous for the cafés and studios of many great artists. I recommend taking the tram to the top, then walking down the steps followed by browsing the artists work in the narrow streets at the bottom. A fantastic experience. I bought a beautiful print and everytime I look at it, wonderful memories come flooding back.

Versailles. Near Paris, this is where King Louis XIV built his Palace in the 17th century. For those who love Renaissance architecture, don’t miss it! The Palace has been recently renovated and you’ll also enjoy lovely walks in the well kept gardens.

Bateaux Mouches. One of the most relaxing, and romantic ways to view some of the city’s oldest and most majestic historic monuments is to get a ride on the famous and unique long-boats that leisurely glide along the Seine.
Despite the number of operators from which to choose, most of the boat lines offer similar itineraries and are equipped with an audio announcement system, providing commentary on the passing sights in several different languages.

In Paris, you must differentiate between restaurants, bistro or brassieres. A bistro is usually small, featuring simple food, sometimes with entertainment. A brassiere serves hearty meals along with beer and wine, usually cheap and with a liquor and coffee bar. Like New York or London, the choice is huge. Each place has its own particular atmosphere and style whether recipes are local or from all over the world.
However Paris is internationally renowned as a food capital. It is the right place to test the high-quality French products and delights of traditional French cookery thanks to the talented and creative chefs. Parisian restaurants are real gourmets delight. There are good places for all budgets. Whether it’s a restaurant, a bistro or a brassiere, you’ll be able to enjoy a real culinary feast with gourmets from all over the world.

In Paris you will find lots of trendy and popular bars serving all kind of drinks with a good mix of music and sometimes with DJs. Take your time and sample a few, they are all open late!
Paris has a very diverse nightlife. From high-tech dance clubs to mellow jazz haunts, there’s anything to fit your mood. Also try the famous cabaret venues for a great night of vibrant entertainment!

Paris is home to some of the most famous designers and luxurious brand names in the fashion industry like Louis Vitton or Dior. But you’ll also find more affordable brands matching your budget in the huge department stores or many popular neighbourhoods.

Paris is served by two major airports, Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 25 Km and Orly 15 Km from the city centre. A third airport, Paris Beauvais, is mainly served by low cost airlines. A paying shuttle service (€13) is organized to and from its terminals and Paris-Porte Maillot.
From CDG terminals, the Roissybus leaves every 15 minutes from 6.00 and arrives to the city centre (at Opéra) after a journey of 45-60 minutes. (€8.40 one way). After midnight there are night busses going to Place du Châtelet, 90 rue de Rivoli every 30 minutes (€8 one way). The cheapest and fastest (30 minutes) is the underground RER B to Gare du Nord running from 4.56 in the morning to 23.56 at night (€8 one way).

From Gare du Nord you are connected to Paris’ metro network. Air France busses go to Porte Maillot. Taxis can be found near the terminals’ baggage collection area exits. Average day fares are €50.
From Orly, the automatic metro Orlyval takes you to RER B Antony station from 6.00 to 23.00. Combined ticket price (Metro+RER+Orlyval)is about €9. Other options are the airport shuttle buses going to RER C Pont de Rungis station. Combined ticket price (Metro+RER+shuttle) is around €5.60. As for busses, the Orly bus takes you straight
to RER B Denfert-Rochereau. Daytime taxi rates are approximately €35.

Public transport. The RATP runs the city’s local transport system. The bus, underground (metro), and commuter train system (RER) is divided into five zones, and is cheap and efficient. The underground runs from 5:30 in the morning to 0:30 in the night. Tickets are valid on both busses and trains, and can be purchased from the stations and in kiosks. Travel cards, ranging from one to five days, are also available at the airport, at underground stations, and from tourist information offices. 1 day travel card zone 1-3 costs approximately €8.30.

There is so much to see and do in Paris. If you are going to visit, make sure you allow enough time so that you can experience all that it has to offer.

Marlene Challis
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Of course, any instrumentalist would want a rich and endless career in the Euphony industry. This is, after all, a very paying and very implementing occupancy, and it can open doors to a number of chances beyond Music. But there are clips when this isn’t thought to be. A enumerate of creative people have tried to fathom the Euphony business and have partly followed. But what bechances when their first attempt follows, yet their inbound efforts fail? They become the sad entities we know as United-hit Wonders.  

The definition of a Some-hit wonder can be passably loose, although it is accepted that anyone with just One hit of a song is considered as such. However, not all One-hit Marvels can be limited in this category. For instance, strictly verbalise, Jimi Hendrix is a Grand-hot wonder since he only didst to get One hit in his wide range of liberated. Yet it is indisputable that his total body of work is also well-known, although not inevitably big hits. But there are artists who cannot attain that. Here are some of the more famous Grand-hit Marvels, and the music lyrics that gave them their Corresponding shot at succeeder.

“Macarena,” by Los del Rio

What could be a super Special-hit enquire than “Macarena,” that contagious latin dance song that curbed not just American but the whole world? At Grand point, Hoarding even established it as the fifth song in their All Time Top 100 list, and it credibly corpses in that list until now. The accomplishment of this song is peculiar because of its Lyrics: the Lyrics of Macarena are whole in Spanish—and it suited a count Some in non-Spanish mouthing countries. Of course, no United listens (or dances) to the “Macarena” because of its Lyric Poems, but it does make Special admiration how something with lost Lyric Poems (at least in most parts of the world, where Spanish isn’t spoken) top the charts around the worldwide.

“Take On Me,” by a-ha

“Take On Me” was common during the 1908s, and it even reached the top Corresponding spot of the Hoarding charts. Its Music video is even took as daring during the time of its release. The Lyric Poems of the song (sample Words: “So needless to say / I’m odds and ends / But that’s me stumbling away / Slowly learning that life is OK”) weren’t scary, just merely true of songs created during that time. Yet a-ha never managed to follow their introductory succeeder, relegating “Take On Me” in a One-hit inquire condition.

“Kung Fu Fighting,’ by Carl Douglas

Another abscessed song with funny Words (sample: “They were funky China men from funky Chinatown / They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down / It’s an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part / From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip’), “Kung Fu Fighting” corpses to be well-known until nowadays. In fact, gives thanks to its tricky pop hooks and Words, ‘Kung Fu Fighting” has been used in movies such as Epic Movie, Rush Hour 3, and Kung Fu Panda, among a account of 90s moving-picture shows.

George Harris

Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew Rumba – World Super Stars Dance Festival 2009. For More Dance Videos & Articles Visit http://www.passion4dancing.com

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The 9h latin dance Australia Ball was held on 2nd of October at the Nida Theatre. http://www.latindance.com.au It was a Dance Spectacular put together by LDA the 2009 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS CHAMPION. Choreographed by JAIME JESUS & LITTLE LIZ .

If you want to learn and be inspired like the students you see in this show, please find us at www.latindance.com.au and we would love to have yo join us in all the fun and family that is LATIN DANCE AUSTRALIA.

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As a marketer, have you spent many a late night coming up with a new marketing concept? Or perhaps you are a business owner who seeks to balance ethical business practices with making sustainable profits. You shake your head as you read the recommendations of your marketing manager. Quick-fix solutions. No long term thinking. Everything is now, now, now. So you decide to watch Discovery channel. You flick the remote. You stare at the screen…

Tattooed faces of Maori warriors from New Zealand. Performing a war dance. Raw, authentic, alive. You think, this what my marketing should be like. Real, natural, authentic. A facial tattoo worn with pride rather than an uniform with a brand on the pocket.

Tell me, have you heard of the Maori of New Zealand? Probably not. Just like not many people outside of China have heard of Sun Tzu. Yet his ancient text on the arts of war has influenced Chinese business thinking for centuries. So what’s the point? Well in today’s global markets, understanding different cultures is very important. Even more important is the ability to sense the subtle layers of communication. To perceive what’s important in the minds and hearts of your international customers. It’s about vibrations. Picking up what your customers are thinking. What they are feeling.

Now the word Maori is a very interesting word. Physically it means the native people of New Zealand. There are about 650,000 Maori in a world of 6.5 billion people. They are one of the most advanced native cultures in terms of integrating western thinking. They managed to sign a treaty with the British which showed strong independence and political acumen. Metaphysically the word Maori means pure, natural vibration. You are 100% pure natural vibration wrapped up in a body. You are 100% pure YOU. Every person has their own unique vibration. Their own personal signature. Their own individual tattoo. Everybody is a natural vibration of energy.

Here is how you can use the word Maori as an acronym to market and celebrate your uniqueness…

M = Metaphor.
Use stories. Use symbols. Use the senses to impart your message. This is why the tattooed Maori face is such a powerful metaphor. It evokes the primeval emotions. The whirling spirals of the cosmos. The star patterns. The flowing tides. The unfurling fern. These images were all metaphors. They all represented aspects of nature. By tattooing these symbols into the skin they strengthened a man’s connection to the universe

A = Authentic.
You must be authentic. Your marketing, your business is an extension of who you are. So you must align the purpose of your business with your own higher purpose. What would you die for? Or what would you survive for? Your answers to these questions point towards your higher purpose. Your true path. This is why the tattoo was so respected by the Maori. The spilling of blood and the intense pain endured during the tattooing process gave the tattoo-wearer much mana or prestige. The blood and the pain strengthened the character of the person for peace and war.

O = Organic.
Model the wisdom of nature. Look to the insects, the plants, the animals, the trees for lessons on life and business. We are a part of nature, not apart from nature. So finds way to be more organic in your thinking, in your actions. Think about your mortality for a moment. One day you will die. What will endure after your body has gone? In death there is life reborn. So find ways to leave a legacy that will last for a 1000 years or more.

R = Reciprocity.
The Maori law of reciprocity is called Koha. It means to exchange energy. It is the principle of giving and receiving. Just like breathing, you must exhale in order to inhale. Life and nature operate on reciprocity. For example a forest is a marketplace of exchange. Energy is being exchanged right now between the many species that comprise a forest. It represents the perfect economy. The perfect marketplace where everything benefits. There is no waste. Just transformation of raw matter into useable energy. So make sure that you are finding ways to cooperate and share your abundance with others. You make a living from what you get. You make a life from what you give.

I = Inspired.
The word “inspired” comes from the Latin root word spiritus meaning breath. So what ignites your breath? What makes feel alive? It is essential for the longevity of your business that you build it from the heartwood of inspiration. Carved with the labouring hand of love. There to stand for centuries as shelter for the homeless and the needy.

So when you need to add more impact, just think Maori and set your inner vibrations to high. Tattoo your mark upon the face of the world.

Hirini Reedy

This is a clip from the upcoming DVD – The Culture of latin dance produced by Hawk Media Trade Corporation for Teacher’s Discovery.

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In this salsa dance lesson video, Anthony Persaud and Julie Merrill (addicted2salsa) teach you the reverse around the world salsa dancing move combination. This move was taught by one of our favorite salsa dancers from Australia, Oliver Pineda, at the West Coast Salsa Dance Congress 2008. Oliver, and his partner Luda, have been salsa dance champions at the World Salsa Dance Championships several years in a row in the On2 division. If you ever get an opportunity to take one of their latin dance workshops, we highly recommend it.

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Eva Longoria is the sensational sexy housewife actress in the show Desperate Housewives which took the world by storm. She is a famous brunette who has led the way for all brunettes to follow suit. Hair is something that counts a lot when you are famous and, beauty will emanate from this as people learn how to appreciate it. A famous brunette is a woman who has managed to go over the stereotypes and proven that you do not have to be a blonde to be recognized. There are other countless stars who are brunettes and they keep showcasing the beauty that comes with dark hair color. To see famous girls who are brunettes, you do not have to look far. You need to look at your local stars who may be actors or TV show hosts. Beautiful hairstyles for brunettes are inspired by these famous people and, they influence a lot of trends in society. Other famous people, who are brunettes, include the songstress Shakira, who is known for her intoxicating dance moves as she does the belly dancing leaving fans wide mouthed.

The famous brunette came into the lime light with her hit song ‘whenever, wherever’. The Latin queen of music continues to inspire great style in regard to hair color. She will wear extremely thick and curly locks of hair which will have lots of highlighting. Another famous brunette is Alyssa Milano. She is commonly known for her mystic role in the magic ridden show of ‘charmed’. She is part of a three sister force which seeks to eliminate evil in the world. Her fame has come about for her superior acting skills as well as her look which is always brunette. To see more pictures of the star, you can go online and you will be not only inspired but entertained in this regard. Another star who will marvel you is the brunette commander in chief that played the role of first American female president in the show. She has always been one to admire and as her beauty is revealed through her style.

Another famous brunette is the world saving Alias actress Jennifer Garner. She is a brunette who can clearly manage her stuff and, when it comes to hair style and color, she has done it. You will see all her hair styles online and you will get inspired as you admire the beauty which is clearly unsurpassed. The brunette look is one that is worth the envy of many. It is a beautiful look which is both calm and exciting. The next time you want to change your color, why not consider brunette. If you are a brunette, it is time to consider appreciating your look. Adding some highlights will bring out the ideal look for you. Being famous comes with lots of responsibility and, if you are a famous girl, it is vital that you do all you can to ensure that the world appreciates your effort when it comes to color of the hair. The above stars have clearly shown that it is about owning the look and looking good will come automatically.

Francis Githinji
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