According tothe government agencyVigicrues, the Seine River overflows since the 2nd week of December and exceeds of 3.78m today, floodingthebanksofthe capital. [Slideshow on Libération]
Once again, happily, we arefar from the great floodof1910, when theZouavedu Pontde l'Almawassubmerged up to its shoulders. One hundredyearshavepassedsince thenandthechancesfor a similarfloodhappening againaretakenveryseriously.
The virtual exhibition"1910-Paris flooded" brings togetherexceptional documents [photos, postcards, posters, newspapers, advertisements, etc.] fromthe History Library oftheCity ofParis as well as from theagency Roger-Viollet. [clich on images to see all docs].
At the origin oftheflooding, heavyrainfallssincesummer1909andlatersnow, triggering the floods oftheSeineanditstributaries. Thesefloodsaffectedthe Paris region, thenthe capitalfrom21 to 28 January 1910. TheSeineRiver finally reached8.50mabovethelevel 0ofLa TournelleBridge.
This wax statue with reptilian eyes - one might think ready for Madame Tussaud - yet resisted once more in a country where many have sold their soul to the devil. Today was the 'voto di fiducia' day and, yes, the fools and the Faust-like gave it to him.
Italian menu of December 14, 2010, in Rome : - morning, peaceful protest of university students - afternoon, Black blocs attack the policeand it isthe guerrilla in central Rome. ... ma il Berlusco ottiene la fiducia, per 3 voti in più!
Through the looking glass of today's international Press...
From late morning until late afternoon, the snow covered Paris... causing of course many problems to motor traffic but... ... turning some of the city's parks and streets in fabulous skiable slopes. - Above, G@tto's Griset spot, - Below, Benji's iPhone photos taken along the Vincennes racecourse fields.
But if it didn't last long, alas, in my fief... ... things were very different on some Paris heights ! Have a look at this freeride happening on the Buttes Chaumontgardens, tonight... [Enjoy the article[fr] and the slideshow onSkipassMagazine]
And the Butte Montmartre, then ? ... transformed by snow in a fairy alpine village !
Waiting now for the next episode, winter is still young ! . . .
5 more days only, but to prepare a Thanksgiving's eve in the middle of the week... will you have enough time? will you succeed? There is always a solution... Chef Wobles is now in Paris and at your disposal, with its wealth of years of experience, you only have to call... quickly. This traditional American style menu is recommended, taking into account that you can always discuss, isn't it? [click on image to enlarge]
I mean the movie, of course. A 24 month-production is nothing compared to Ramesses' waiting for 3200 years to accomplish his trip on the screen.
You can see the trailer, in ENGLISH and FRENCH versions and even download the 2 parts of the film.
by Valérie Girié, director and scriptwriter and Guillaume Hecht, architect, producer and director.
Production : Les Films du Scribe, Egyptian Media Production City, Koloss, CNRS Images.
Contributors : Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Zahi Hawass, Christian Leblanc, Salima Ikram, Abd el-Rassoul family, André Macke,Kevin Caine, Christian de Tassigny, Philippe Martinez. ___
Le M.U.R.# 84 - Paul Santoleri - November 14/2010 "The work is a way to keep time, to maintain an awareness of my own relationship to my inner and outer world."
But now, in 2010, 120 years later, he is back as...'na stampa e 'na figura !
LA SCOMPARSA DI PATÒ[The Vanishing of Patò] Challenging the allegations of L'Araldo di Montelusa, edition of Monday 28 April 1890 - one of the precious documents 'unearthed' by Andrea Camilleri and that constitute the basis on which the Sicilian writer has been able to build the imaginary and strange adventure as well as the possible death of Mr Pato - a recent survey, carried out in close collaboration between MM Camilleri, Mortelliti and Nichetti, gives us back the same man, priciso 'ntifico, in good shape and ready for a new adventure... the same adventure, in fact, brought by a movie.
Director of the Trinacria bank of Vigàta and notable of the town, Mr. Antonio Pato usually plays the role of Judas in the 'Passion of Christ' for the traditional Venerdì Santo performance and each year, as he commits suicide, Judas disappears from the scene through a trapdoor disguised under his feet. But in the year 1890, the accountant disappears once and for all.Is Patò dead or is he hiding ? Murì Patò o s’ammucciò? The investigation is set in motion in Vigàta, revealing the usual rivalry between the Reali Carabinieri and the Pubblica Sicurezza, punctuated by the provincial and local newspaper articles and some anonymous and spicy commentaries that bloom on the walls of the city. Rumors and gossip explode, heralds of a scandal that the authorities will suffocate... at the expense of truth.
This is the first film adaptation of a historical novel by Camilleri, partly because his detective series, animated by his Inspector Montalbano is far more popular, at least in Italy, and has already inspired a television series, rather poor in my opinion and I'm afraid it would require a bigger talent to bring to the screen a historical novel by Camilleri, without betraying the essence of his creation. We can always wait until the movie comes out, no hurry. ___ LA SCOMPARSA DI PATÒ, Italy, 2010 Director: Rocco Mortelliti Screenplay: Andrea Camilleri, Rocco Mortelliti, Maurizio Nichetti Cast: Nino Frassica, Maurizio Casagrande, Neri Marcorè [Patò], Alessandra Mortelliti Production: 13 Dicembre S.r.l. ___
In a recent interview, the writer points out, with his usual irony, the similarities between the pressures exerted on the police in his novel, with those we still can find today in the late Berlusconi's 'affairs'. Citing Tomasi di Lampedusa in Il Gattopardo, Camilleri notes that even today, in Italy, everything changes in such a way that nothing changes. ___
Once again, happily, we are far from the great flood of 1910, when 
The virtual exhibition "1910-Paris flooded"
