Persons of the Year 2010 - LeStudio1.com
Who are the names of these 10 personalities ... (To be continued)
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Santa Claus and the distribution of gifts..
Santa has fallen in love with Clementina ...
Pictures 1 and 2 : santa Claus and Clementina;
Picture 3: Santa Claus and Bernard Bujold
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Art Exhibition Gilles Carle and Chloé Ste-Marie
Chloe Sainte-Marie is the star with Gilles Carle of a magnificent exhibition: Because it's him.
Hundreds of photos and drawings by Gilles Carles are exhibited at Bonsecours Market (south entrance). The exhibition will continue until April 1 before going on tour throughout Quebec.
Here are some photos taken during the opening night Tuesday, November 23 along with Chloe, the mayor of Montreal and a hundred guests.
Photo 1: Gilles Carle and Chloe Sainte-Marie (Pierre Dury 2002);
Photo 2, 3 and 4: Chloe Sainte-Marie at the opening (Bernard Bujold)
See pictures of the opening night - LeStudio1.com
385 full-body scanners now in use at 68 U.S. airports
The Transportation Security Administration says there currently are 385 full-body scanners now in use at 68 U.S. airports.
These are the airports that currently are incude the scanners among their security checkpoint options:
- Albuquerque International Sunport Airport
- Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
- Boston Logan International Airport
- Boise Airport
- Brownsville, Texas
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Cleveland International Airport
- Columbus, Ohio: Port Columbus International Airport
- Corpus Christie Airport
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Denver International Airport
- Detroit Metro Airport
- El Paso International Airport
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
- Fort Wayne International Airport
- Fresno Airport
- Gulfport International Airport
- Grand Rapids Airport
- Harrisburg International Airport
- Harlingen/Valley International Airport
- Hartford: Bradley International Airport
- Honolulu International Airport
- Houston Bush Houston Interncontinental Airport
- Indianapolis International Airport
- Jacksonville International Airport
- Kansas City International
- Laredo International Airport
- Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
- Lihue Airport
- Los Angeles International Airport
- McAllen Miller Airport
- Memphis International Airport
- Miami International Airport
- Milwaukee General Mitchell Milwaukee International Airport
- Minneapolis/St.Paul International Airport
- Nashville International Airport
- New Orleans Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
- New York LaGuardia International Airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport
- Oakland International Airport
- Omaha Eppley Field Airport
- Orlando International Airport
- Palm Beach International Airport
- Philadelphia International Airport
- Phoenix International Airport
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- Providence: T.F. Green Airport
- Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Richmond International Airport
- Rochester International Airport
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport
- Salt Lake City International Airport
- San Antonio International Airport
- San Diego International Airport
- San Francisco International Airport
- San Jose Mineta International Airport
- San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Spokane International Airport
- Tampa International Airport
- Tulsa International Airport
- Washington Dulles International Airport
- Washington Reagan National Airport
Airports receiving imaging technology soon:
- Chicago Midway International Airport
- Houston William P. Hobby Airport
- Saipan International Airport
Source: Transportation Security Administration
see also http://evastraveldiaries.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-adding-body-scanners-at-11-airports.html Read more...
Art Exhibition by artist Winston McQuade
The artist Winston McQuade will open this weekend, Saturday November 20th, a new exhibition of his works entitled VIRAGES @ Villeray presented at the Espace Projet Gallery.
(Address of gallery: 353 Villeray Street at the corner of Drolet near Tennis Stadium). The exhibition runs until December 3.
Winston McQuade had a distinguished career in television but decided, some ten years ago, to return to its first status as a professional artist of visual arts and reconnect with a passion that inspired him since the time where he attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Quebec.
Winston had several exhibitions to his name and his artistic sytle joined the one of Armand Vaillancourt, Vittorio, and in some respects, the one of Diane Dufresne. Winston McQuade's paintings are vibrant and very popular with the public.
In its new exhibition, there is a piece he created in tribute to his daughter Penelope McQuade, a popular host on television in Quebec.
Photo 1: Winston McQuade;
Photo 2: Artwork titled Jutaku (home);
Photo 3: Artwork titled Penelope;
Photo 4: Penelope McQuade
View personal website of the artist ;
See story site Rue Frontenac
Books Fair 2010 in Montreal
The 33rd Book Fair of Montreal runs from November 17 to 22 at Place Bonaventure.
Several authors stars, and other lesser known, will meet with their readers at book signings. Among them we see the Kathy Reich, Louise Penny, Kim Thuy, Penelope McQuade, Romeo Dallaire, Jean Francois Lepine, Margaret Trudeau, Julien Brault and hundreds of others.
(There are 1 500 authors in total)
The eBook is there and we see the presence of one distributor of books in English ...
View photo album LeStudio1.com
Restaurant Guide in Quebec - Thierry Debeur
The Debeur family launched the Guide Debeur 2011 (annual restaurant guide in Quebec).
The mention of the best restaurant in Montreal for the year went to The Beaver Club!
Thierry Debeur is largely responsible for this guide and it is acting as a critic (incognito).
The guide 2011 is the 26th annual edition.
See Photo album (Facebook by Charles Henri Debeur):
Polar bears in Montreal...
Officials from the Place Ville Marie in Montreal have decided this year not to invite their usual angels for Christmas but rather a family of polar bears. Indeed several families of big white polar bears... They are very nice and some of them even sing in front of visitors.
A magnificent decor worth seeing.
Photo 1 and 2: Polar Bears of Place Ville Marie in Montreal
See photo report LeStudio1
Chicago : Alinea, L20 snag 3 stars from Michelin Guide
Roughly 350 restaurants snagged a mention in the iconic publication, considered by some to be the authority on dining. The guide goes on sale Thursday.
Jean-Luc Naret, director of the Michelin Guides, said he was "very impressed by the level of quality" at Chicago restaurants, whether it is fine dining, a burger joint or a taqueria.
"You have a wide choice of type of cuisine," he said.
Three stars
The following restaurants earned three stars for having exceptional cuisine and being worth the visit:
- Alinea
- L2O
Two stars:
- Avenues at the Peninsula Hotel
- Charlie Trotter's
- Ria at the Elysian Hotel
One star:
- Blackbird
- Boka
- Bonsoiree
- Crofton on Wells
- Everest
- Graham Elliot
- Longman & Eagle
- Naha
- NoMI
- Schwa
- Seasons
- Sepia
- Sixteen
- Spiaggia
- Takashi
- Topolobampo
- Tru
- Vie
Chicago : Michelin names 46 good-value restaurants
(Crain's) — Michelin's revered restaurant guide makes its Chicago debut next week. In advance of those star ratings, Michelin has separately identified 46 Chicago restaurants as outstanding values.
The Bib Gourmand rating goes to restaurants the Michelin guide believes “offers good cuisine at a reasonable value.” Diners can get two courses and either a glass of wine or dessert for $40, tax and gratuity not included.
The Bib Gourmand symbol was applied to the sidewalk in front of each eatery, Michelin said in a release.
“Top Chef” winner Stephanie Izard's Girl & The Goat as well as Bill Kim's Belly Shack and Urban Belly got Bib Gourmand nods, as did Lincoln Park's Raj Darbar.
The value ratings come a week before Michelin releases its first-ever Chicago guide. The coveted star ratings, from one to three, are scheduled to be released next week as the red-jacketed guide hits store shelves.
Michelin's inaugural guide has created a buzz in Chicago's dining community, even among chefs who are trying to guess where they'll rate in the guide. Grant Achatz's Alinea and Laurent Gras's L20 are considered contenders for two or three stars, but last week Mr. Gras took a leave of absence that could become permanent.
The list of Michelin's 46 Bib Gourmand restaurants:
- Ann Sather
- Belly Shack
- Bistro 110
- The Bristol
- Browntrout
- Ceres' Table
- Cumin
- De Cero
- deca
- DeCOLORES
- Frances' Deli
- Frontera Grill
- Gilt Bar
- Girl & The Goat
- Green Zebra
- Han 202
- Hopleaf
- Jaipur
- Kith & Kin
- La Creperie
- La Petite Folie
- Los Nopales
- Lula Café
- M. Henry
- mado
- Mexique
- Mixteco Grill
- Nana
- Nightwood
- Opart Thai House
- Otom
- Paramount Room
- Perennial
- The Publican
- The Purple Pig
- Raj Darbar
- Riccardo Trattoria
- Smak-Tak
- Smoque BBQ
- Spacca Napoli
- Taste of Peru
- Thai Village
- Twin Anchors
- Urban Belly
- Veerasway
- West Town Tavern
The end of a Mafioso - Nicolo Rizzuto
Her funeral was comparable to that of a great public figure as hundreds of supporters mingled with hundreds of reporters, photographers and cameramen present at the Italian church of Notre Dame defense on Rue Henri-Julien Montreal in Little Italy. Bernard Bujold was among the journalists present there.
Photo 1 2 and 3: Notre Dame of Defense;
Photo 2: Bernard Bujold
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Disregarded attic vase sold for $69 million
A British couple once brought a family curio -- an ornate Chinese vase that they owned for decades -- onto the precursor of the "Antiques Roadshow" for a little bit of history about the heirloom.
The snooty curator of "Going For a Song" declared the 16-inch-tall porcelain vase nothing more than a "very clever reproduction."
Luckily, the couple, longtime residents of the working-class London suburb of Pinner, didn't listen to the "expert" some 40 years ago, and held onto the piece.
The vase went back to a bookshelf, and later to the dusty attic of their modest home.
The couple grew old, and eventually passed away. The vase was nearly forgotten.
Then this year, their surviving relatives, the 70-year-old sister of the husband and her adult two children, were cleaning out the attic.
They were hunting for family heirlooms and items to sell at a run-of-the-mill estate auction, like furniture or carpets.
"We were clearing her brother's house after he died, and I looked at the vase and said, 'Oh, that looks nice.' It had just sat on the bookcase doing absolutely nothing," David Reay, manager of the Bainbridges auction house, told the London Evening Standard.
"They told me it had been valued at just [$1,300] two months earlier. They also told me the owner had taken it on 'Going For a Song' on the BBC about 40 years ago. He was told it was a very clever reproduction."
Reay knew it was valuable, but he still had it sent to the Arts Club of London where it sat on a metal table in a busy kitchen in between public viewings.
Finally, experts evaluated the piece and estimated it could sell for over a million dollars, noting it was made around 1740 for the royal court of Qianlong, the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty -- a period when Chinese porcelain-making had reached its zenith.
The two adult children, a brother and sister, believed it was "just an ornament" that had been in the family since the 1930s, and passed down from a relative who traveled internationally.
The auction house of Peter Bainbridge -- a tiny business with just three full-time employees -- went ahead with the auction on Thursday.
The vase had attracted worldwide attention, particularly from China's nascent but growing cadre of wealthy art collectors.
Bainbridge's modest auction house was packed.
"The room was crackling with excitement. The couple were down in the middle of the audience, but no one knew," said Bainbridge staffer Peggy Bates.
Then the bidding began.
Bainbridge, whose big gest sale to that point had been $160,000, kept his cool as bids pushed the price past $10 million, then $30 million, then $50 million, to finally close at $69.5 million after 30 minutes of in tense bidding.
"There was a si lence that wrapped it self around the sale as the figure grew slowly but surely up to the sky," Bainbridge said.
"I'm an auctioneer, so at that point, I'm just doing the professional job I'm paid to do. But once the hammer's down, you do take stock slightly, and think, Oh, wow, that's really rather a lot of money."
The couple had to run out of the room to catch their breath.
And Bainbridge himself had to pause to realize he'll collect a $13 million premium on top of the closing sale price.
Once Britain's value-added tax was tacked on, the final price was $85.9 million, won by an anonymous buyer in China who phoned in the bid.
The brother and sister were utterly stunned.
"She told me she wished it happened 30 years ago," Reay, the Bainbridge manager, said.
Bainbridge himself called it a "fairy tale" for an "utterly normal" family.
The couple, like the buyer, insisted on remaining anonymous.
Their sale was the most expensive piece of Chinese artwork ever. .
Little is known about the vase, but it was likely looted from a Peking imperial palace by British and French soldiers during the Second Opium War, some 150 years ago.
British troops were given free rein to loot Emperor Xianfeng's Summer Palace of Gold.
They then torched the place and marched away laden with tons of booty.
China's booming economy means new collectors are joining the market all the time, and wealthy buyers are keen to repatriate treasures from their heritage.
Read more...
8,000 Ethiopians Will Emigrate to Israel
 Photo: APMembers of the Falash Mura, Ethiopians who returned to Judaism after their ancestors converted to Christianity to escape persecution at the end of the 19th century, arrive at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel (File Photo) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in remarks to his Cabinet Sunday, spoke of a "humanitarian crisis" and a "moral commitment" to help members of a group known as the Falash Mura. They are Ethiopians who say they were forced to convert to Christianity. Mr. Netanyahu said the Falash Mura will be brought to Israel in stages over the next three years. They will then need to convert before being granted Israeli citizenship. Some 100,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel. They came to the country during the 1980s and 1990s under the Law of Return, which provides Israeli citizenship to all Jews. Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters. |
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The pursuit of Pierre-Karl Peladeau against CBC ...
Sylvain Lafrance, Vice-President of French Services at CBC had no right to call Pierre-Karl Péladeau (Quebecor) hooligan. But the debate is in front of the wrong court. It is to the federal government to judge whether a vice-chairman of a Crown corporation may treat his colleagues in the industry of thug. It is the MPs that should discuss the good or ill-founded comments by Sylvain Lafrance.
To be continued...
Picture 1: Julie Snyder and Pierre-Karl Péladeau;
Picture 2: Sylvain Lafrance;
Picture 3: House of Commons in Ottawa
An evening at the Artist's studio - Stephania Gambaroff
A few years ago (in 2005), the creator of the website LeStudio1.com, Bernard Bujold, discovered a young Russian-born artist who had just landed in Montreal with her two parents also artists.
"I had then said to her that if she were a horse race, I would bet on it! "
Stephania Gambaroff today is based in New York and commutes between Montreal and the american city.
Bernard saw Stephania last Friday night (November 12, 2010) at the private studio of her parents on Pine Avenue in Montreal. "Stephania continues to be the Racing Horse that I had known at the time in 2005!"
The Memoirs of Georges W. Bush
The memoirs of George W. Bush will surely become a best seller and the book is worth reading.
A book that lifts the veil on American politics and in particular the years of the presidency of George Bush the son. Several anecdotes just make Bush more sympathetic and they make us better understand the difficulties of modern political life.
A book to read!
See The New York Times ;
See The Wall Street Journal ;
See Book website
A trip around Canada
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The Montreal Mafioso Nicolo Rizzuto
Montreal Mafioso Nicolo Rizzuto's (86 years) died as a sort of War General in service. He was hit by a bullet Wednesday night in the kitchen of his residence and he died instantly. The sniper would have shouted his firearm from the small wooded area behind the house.
In a sense, Rizzuto wanted this kind of violent death and he died in battle.
For a Man of Honour like him, he would have been much worse to die old without attention. His end is worthy of a movie.
Fresh Wave of Attacks Target Christians in Baghdad
| Iraq expert James Denselow of King's College London emphasizes Iraq's Christian community has been decimated since the 2003 U.S. invasion of the country.  Photo: APPeople gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, 10 Nov 2010 Fear and confusion gripped many Christians in the Iraqi capital after another series of attacks aimed at the Christian community. Baghdad police reports spoke of at least 11 separate explosions in three mostly Christian areas of Baghdad. Iraq expert James Denselow of King's College London emphasizes Iraq's Christian community has been decimated since the 2003 U.S. invasion of the country. "There are estimates that some 60 percent of the million-strong population [of Christians] have either left the country or been killed," he said. "What has happened in the last month is a significant uptick in targeted violence against Christian communities in Iraq, and it is accompanied by messages from what remains of al-Qaida in Iraq that they are specifically targeting the Christian community. [Christians] are without militia protection, they are without political representation in what is anyway a rather grid-locked parliament, and thus they are incredibly vulnerable." Denselow says he thinks the current spiral of violence against Iraqi Christians will increase their exodus from the country. Iraqi satellite TV stations showed chunks of concrete from homes and buildings that were shattered by the blasts. There were scenes of twisted metal, broken glass and bloodstained streets, as ambulances took victims to hospitals and survivors sifted through rubble. There were also images of Christian families lingering amid the shattered walls and splintered furniture of their homes, unsure of what to do. One teenage boy explains what he saw. He says he was standing around a specific area when suddenly there was an explosion. He adds a fire broke out after the blast, but that it was put out as people took cover. More than 50 Christian church-goers died in a brutal siege of a Catholic church less than two weeks ago. That event still has many Baghdad Christians trembling with fear and agonizing over what to do. Iraqi Christian leaders appear divided, with some urging their followers to remain in the country and others recommending they leave. Many observers say that the eight-month political power vacuum in the country has added to the mounting violence against Christians and others and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out at his political opponents, signaling a political deal is still no closer. He says that real partners in governing must shoulder responsibility incumbent on them, and not become conduits for terrorists, Baathists and other gangs out to wreak havoc and destruction. U.S. State Department Spokesman P. J. Crowley indicated Tuesday the United States has not had any "specific requests for asylum," by Iraqi Christians in the aftermath of recent violence. But he added 53,000 Iraqi refugees have settled in America since 2007 and that a program is in place to help resettle more if the need arises. |
Holiday Season 2010
The Holiday Season 2010 is upon us!
LeStudio1.com and its various websites want to whish you many happy moments.
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Christmas 2010...
Many merchants are already in the holiday spirit!
This is the case of Birks Montreal and its director Caroline Gauthier (Store downtown) who wanted to greet the arrival of Christmas and officially open the Birks Café run by chef Jérôme Ferrer. To mark the event, Birks has also launched a new collection of home products and design objects collection called Birks Living.
The Birks Café has been in operation for several weeks already but the official inauguration had not yet taken place ...
Bernard Bujold attended the evening for LeStudio1.com.
Photo 1 and 2: Jewellery Birks Montreal;
Photo 3: The Chef Jérôme Ferrer;
Photo 4: Francis Reddy and the store manager Birks Montreal, Caroline Gauthier
View photo album LeStudio1.com
Video : Rihanna - Te Amo
Songwriters: Eriksen, Mikkel; Fauntleroy, James; Fenty, Robyn; Hermansen, Tor;
"Te amo, te amo," she says to me
I hear the pain in her voice
Then we danced underneath the candelabra, she takes the lead
That's when I saw it in her eyes, it's over
Then she said "te amo"
Then she put her hand around my waist
I told her no, she cried "te amo"
I told her I'm not gonna run away, but let me go
My soul is awry, without asking why
I said, "te amo, wish somebody'd tell me what she said"
Don't it mean "I love you"?
Think it means "I love you"
Don't it mean "I love you"?
Te amo, te amo, she's scared to breathe
I hold her hand, I got no choice
Pulled me out on the beach, danced in the water, I start to leave
She's begging me and asking why it's over
Then she said "te amo"
Then she put her hand around my waist
I told her no, she cried "te amo"
I told her I'm not gonna run away, but let me go
My soul is awry, without asking why
I said, "te amo, wish somebody'd tell me what she said"
Don't it mean "I love you"?
Think it means "I love you"
Don't it mean "I love you"?
Listen we can dance, but you gotta watch your hands
Watch me all night, I'm movin' to the light because I understand
That we all need love and I'm not afraid
I feel the love, but I don't feel that way
Then she said "te amo"
Then she put her hand around my waist
I told her no, she cried "te amo"
I told her I'm not gonna run away, but let me go
My soul is awry, without asking why
I said, "te amo, wish somebody'd tell me what she said"
Don't it mean "I love you"?
Think it means "I love you"
Don't it mean "I love you"?
Think it means "I love you"
I love you
Te amo, te amo
Don't it mean I love you?
Baghdad - attack on the Our Lady of Salvation church
Santa Claus is on the balcony...
Santa Claus is living on the balcony of the creator of LeStudio1.com website until December 24th ...
He says he has a small gift for each of you! Santa also says he must prepare early if he does not want to be late on Dec. 24 at night!
Picture 1: Bernard Bujold (LeStudio1.com) and Santa;
Picture 2 and 3: Santa Claus
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