[AP] Alphajets from the French Acrobatic Patrol fly above the Louvre pyramid...
[Reuters] A Benin female army regiment marches on the Champs Elysées...
[AFP/Getty] Nicolas Sarkozy adjusts his pants [hi hi !], surrounded by Cameroon's Président Paul Biya, Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore and Prime Minister François Fillon. _____ * [See here the full Telegraph's photo gallery and here for news articles & blog posts on Bastille Day]. * The Bastille Day on Wikipedia.
Her short [TED]Talk and hurdy-gurdy performance in Oxford captivated the audience, which asked for an 'encore'... (After the performance, a musical private party, here on YouTube). _______
Step back, now : after a little dig in G@tto's archives... here is young Caro, entering her "Paris period", in early 80s...
As a girl with multiple talents, she started teaching aerobics, while performing as a singer in many jazz clubs and private parties, with her pianist friends Stacy MacAdams or Eddie Goldstein.
Caroline and computers?It all started with an Atari and a 4-track studio recording in 1987, in a small apartment near the subway station Louvre, where she began to compose, arrange and make demos of her own songs.
After a 3-year interlude in California (learning digital orchestration & harmony), she was back to Paris in 1992 and moved to the Basque Country (ah, l'amour!)where, while learning the Basque language and doing piano bar for a living, she - and Mixel Ducau, founded the group 'Bidaia' and... gave birth to Alaïa, in 1994. In 1996 she, well... 'started up' thePhillips Internet Consulting, an interactive web agency specialized in consulting, e-marketing and e-commerce - which is actually her main business, with headquarters in Biarritz/Izarbel and offices in Bordeaux and Paris.
*Caroline Phillips is also very involved in local business & politics - have a look at her autobiography to know more.
But it doesn't stop there, Caro learned to play hurdy-gurdy; Bidaia became a duo; Caro and Mix created a Disco dance group - just for the fun; then Caro turned to yoga and immediately broadcasted YogaMassala, a site dedicated to yoga practice at home, launching at the same time her original line of yoga clothing.
... so let's go up the hill, one more time, to complete the visit of this lovely place, crowned by the Sanctuary 'Nostra Signora della Costa'.
Tradition says that the first church was built in 1361, the year which marked the end of the Doria family domination over Sanremo and the autonomy of the town from the Republic of Genoa.The present church was built in 1630 on the site of the previous chapel. The white and black cobblestone flooring of the church-square, extending on the tree-lined avenue, date back to the seventeenth century, was recently renovated and is in itself a work of art...
When one goes on the top of the hill, the eye is immediately drawn to the views of the city, the numerous boats and the lush vegetation to be then lost far away on the skyline. [Reflections on the sea are misleading, all panoramic pictures were taken just on arrival].
Let's step inside the church, now... This XVII century building which has represented over the centuries a sure reference point for seafarers approaching the city, preserves in its interior (sumptuously decorated with marble and stucco works) a number of wooden statues by Anton Maria Maragliano, paintings by Domenico Fiasella, GiulioCesareProcaccini, Bartolomeo Guidobono. In a dominating position over the high altar is the painting known as the 'Madonna col Bambino' attributed to Nicolò da Voltri.
As a Macaddict, I am pleased to introduce you to... the Apple Museum !
30 years of Apple in 2 minutes...
Take a look at the design and progression of Apple computers from the Apple II to the current models.
This video shows the computersFrenslevenhas kept - for one reason or another - morphing from one design to the next. It's a little over 30 years in a little over 2 minutes.
