How To Shop In Paris

I have always felt intimidated when shopping in Paris. A salesperson snapped at me when I dared to take a box of candy off a shelf, others have pretended not to understand my accented French, my dowdy apparel has often drawn condescending looks from stylish sales staff and once I was mortified when I gave a neck massage to another customer who I mistook for Mr. Nag. My sister saw what I was doing and hissed, "It's not him!", the stranger turned around and shrugged. We ran from Le Printemps laughing hysterically and drawing disapproving looks.
Now I see I was doing it wrong. Comedian Oliver Giraud shows how it's done:



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Map of London on a lady's glove

In 1851 George Shove created this leather glove painted with a map of London landmarks to help the wearer find their way to and from the Great Exhibition held in London’s Hyde Park. It was never produced commercially but it was registered at the Office of the Registrar of Designs.

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Patti McGee, first female professional skateboarder, doing her thing.

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Girolle Cheese Shaver

The Swiss-invented Girolle turns Tete de Moine cheese into beautiful rosettes. If I had one of these I wouldn't fret about making an easy yet elegant dish. I'm thinking cheese rosettes with arugula and grilled pears.

Read more here  and if you are as smitten as I am you can purchase it

British people describe American Thanksgiving

As I mentioned in the post below, I was in Chicago for Thanksgiving. People we met were surprised that Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October. I think they were surprised that we celebrate the holiday at all. These Brits know that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving but put an interesting spin on what it's all about.



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Mike Stone, Communist

You may have noticed a few postless days here at NOTL. I 've been in Chicago and while I was there I visited the Chicago Art Institute where this mugshot taken by an unknown Detroit police photographer in the 1930s caught my eye.

In the 1930s the Communist Party enjoyed considerable support in the United States. This booking card indicates that in 1932, Michigan Central Railroad police arrested Mike Stone, a politically active Pennsylvania coal miner; his crime, in a word, was “Communism.” Eight years later, Stone was charged with perjury and false pretense for gathering illegal signatures on petitions and received a possible maximum penalty of 42 years in jail. Apparently, he served a reduced term, as his name surfaced repeatedly in the early-1950s testimony of undercover FBI agent Matthew Cvetic. Photography likely played a role in Stone’s repeated arrests: mug shots, like the one seen here, had been employed in increasingly sophisticated ways for criminal identification since the late 1880s.

— Permanent collection label

El Empleo / The Employment

There is a human face behind the goods and services we consume.



This short animation won 102 awards.

Direction: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso 

Idea: Patricio Plaza 

Animation: Santiago Grasso / Patricio Plaza 

Production company: Opusbou 

Ice house near Lake Placid

I have found my dream house!

Cabin Porn

1956 - Not The Best Time To Be A Woman

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House Lanterns

Vancouver based designer Becki Chan's 3d print house lanterns can stack into a bigger house or a tower and they are lit by LED tea lights.

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Narration of what goes on inside a cat's head all day

It's terrifying!


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Mayor Ford In A New Yorker Cartoon

RoFo continues to make Torontonians proud by garnering international attention.

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Dirds

“Dirds“ are adorable photoshopped images that splice dogs and birds.

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Chanukah Honey (Santa Baby Parody)

Happy Chanukah!

Starring Rachel Bloom
Written by Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, Dan Gregor and Jerome Kurtenbach
Directed by Dan Gregor

Cartier's Winter Tale

Cartier's fourth installment of the Winter Tale film series, directed by Bibo Bergeron, takes a walk through Paris featuring a baby panther.



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Hiroko Kubota's Son Wanted Internet Cats on His Shirts

Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota was making clothes for her young son when he made a small request: could some of the shirts have cats on them? So she embroidered these gorgeous kitties:

I love them!

See more here
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New Haven, November 22, 1963

Gordon Salchow was a graduate student at Yale University when he heard the radio report that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. His reaction was to immediately purchase several roles of film and wander around New Haven with his Rollieflex. Design Observer has posted a gallery of images taken by Salchow in New Haven on that day 50 years ago.

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A Beautiful Ad About Booze, Rain and Death

This ad for Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey was made by New York ad agency Opperman Weiss and directed by Laurence Dunmore of RSA Films. Four friends  trudge through the bleak Irish countryside in the rain, bottle of booze in hand, seeming to eulogize a fallen friend by singing the Irish folk song "A Parting Glass."



More at Adweek

Help For Luddites

I'm not sure where Blog on a Toothpick got this but I am grateful. Remote controls are my nemesis.

Oaxaca’s Angels of Silence

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The Angels of Silence, who can neither hear nor speak, operate Oaxaca’s surveillance cameras to look for crimes being committed on its streets.

Does losing one sense improve the remaining senses? Cynthia Zepeda, director of Oaxaca state’s emergency services, said the officers have a highly developed visual sense and are not easily distracted. They can also read lips.
Since the officers were hired a year ago, they have helped detain drug dealers and thieves and the success of the program is drawing international attention.

I think this is an excellent premise for a true crime series.

More at The Globe and Mail

Vincent Price vs Peter Lorre

Lorre goes head to head with Price in a wine tasting contest.



Via Manolo's Food Blog

Soviet Cosmonaut Survival Kits

According to The Appendix the Soviet space program was working on cosmonaut survival kits while NASA was developing tasty  space ice cream.

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The NAZ-3 survival kit (above)was designed in 1968 for the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft and contained the following:

• Makarov pistol and ammunition (to scare off "wolves, bears, tigers, etc." on the event of a crash landing.)
• wrist compass 
• 18 waterproof matches with striker 
• machete; fishing kit 
• strobe light with spare battery 
• 8 fire starters 
• folding knife 
• antenna 
• 3-pair wool gloves 
• signal mirror 
• NAZ-7M type medical kit 
• penlight 
• R-855-YM or R-855-A1 radio 
• two “Priboy 2S”, ПРИБОЙ-2С radio batteries 
• three wool balaclava hoods

The Soviet TP-82, a combination gun and machete created specifically
for the space program.
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The TP-82 (above) was intended for use in hunting, firing distress beacons, and defense against hostile foreign nationals. The gun also featured a detachable machete for cutting down trees.

Lots more interesting info at The Appendix.

Cooking Meals In A Coffee Maker

Jody Anderson's nephew, a soldier in Afghanistan, complained that soldiers only had coffee makers in their rooms and so could not prepare decent food. Anderson started developing recipes for the coffee maker, including ones for mac 'n' cheese, short ribs and chicken soup, using three basic techniques: steam, poach and grill.

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Bob Dylan, Gate Maker

Did you know Bob Dylan was an iron worker? He keeps welding supplies at his home in Malibu where he makes “ornate iron gates out of junk scrap metal.”

Says Dylan:

"Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow. They can be closed but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference."

You can see an exhibition of Dylan’s art - paintings as well as his iron work - at London’s Halcyon Gallery

More at  22 Words

Sounds Like New Jersey!

What do Les Paul, Bon Jovi, Connie Francis, Paul Simon and Kool & The Gang have in common? They all come from New Jersey.  This video is a collection featuring musicians from the state of New Jersey that was presented at the third annual New Jersey Hall of Fame event, Spring of 2010.  They sure packed a lot of talent into one state!


Produced and Edited by Charles Ricciardi & Steven Gorelick.

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The Sideshow Banners of Fred Johnson

Fred G. Johnson had a 65-year career of side show banner painting, creating many works that are still prized by collectors and museums around the world.

The huge banners (sometimes 10 to 15 feet or more in size ) are now being sold by a private collector in Westfield, Indiana. This rare, private collection by George Douglass took 40 years to acquire. It is being offered for sale so that others may enjoy this wonderful art work. Most of the banners were painted by Fred Johnson.

You can learn more by e-mailing the collector: jack@vintagesideshowbanners.com. See more banners and prices here.
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The Apple Apartments Turned Beatles History Into Luxury Living

Earlier this year, 94 Baker Street launched The Apple Apartments, a boutique, luxury development of 5 apartments within a building that formally housed the Beatles' Apple Records and Apple Boutique in London. The original mural below was commissioned by George Harrison and painted over because Apple did not get planning permission beforehand. The launch in July featured a psychedelic light show as a nod to the original mural.

94 Baker St. in 1967

94 Baker St. Now

Unfortunately you won't be able to own this piece of Beatle history but you might be able to rent it. The apartments were sold to Middle Eastern investors just four weeks after the launch for £10.2 million and are being rented for between £750 and £1,150 a week (ouch!).

 

Lots more photos at If It's Hip, It's Here

How To open A Can After The Apocalypse

No tools required and 'Cat gonna survive too'



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Beatles Fans Recreate One of Ringo Starr's Iconic Photographs in 1964

These 17-year-old friends skipped classes at their New Jersey high school to see the Beatles when they landed in New York in 1964. They were snapped by Ringo Starr during the group's first tour of America and have been identified after the Fab Four drummer appealed for a little help from his fans.They've recreated that iconic shot after half a century.

Then and now: the teens from New Jersey in their Chevy Impala in 1964. From left,
Robert Toth, Gary Van Deursen, Suzanne Rayot, Arlene Norbe and Charlie Schwartz.
Photo: Ringo Starr/Genesis

Photo: NBC

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How Neil Young Introduced Harvest to Graham Nash

Graham Nash tells a great story about Neil Young:

The man is totally committed to the muse of music. And he’ll do anything for good music. And sometimes it’s very strange. I was at Neil’s ranch one day just south of San Francisco, and he has a beautiful lake with red-wing blackbirds. And he asked me if I wanted to hear his new album, “Harvest.” And I said sure, let’s go into the studio and listen.
Oh, no. That’s not what Neil had in mind. He said get into the rowboat.
I said get into the rowboat? He said, yeah, we’re going to go out into the middle of the lake. Now, I think he’s got a little cassette player with him or a little, you know, early digital format player. So I’m thinking I’m going to wear headphones and listen in the relative peace in the middle of Neil’s lake.
Oh, no. He has his entire house as the left speaker and his entire barn as the right speaker. And I heard “Harvest” coming out of these two incredibly large loud speakers louder than hell. It was unbelievable. Elliot Mazer, who produced Neil, produced “Harvest,” came down to the shore of the lake and he shouted out to Neil: How was that, Neil?
And I swear to god, Neil Young shouted back: More barn!

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Anaïs Nin reads from ‘House of Incest’ with futuristic electronic soundtrack in ‘Bells of Atlantis’

Hugh Parker Guiler (1898–1985) was Anaïs Nin’s husband from 1923 until her death in 1977. He was a successful banker who used the name “Ian Hugo,” to keep his art and experimental filmmaking career separate from the disapproving financial world.
In 1954, “Hugo” made a short film called Bells of Atlantis, featuring Nin, who appears as a mythical queen of Atlantis, reading from her 1936 surrealist novella House of Incest and an electronic music soundtrack courtesy of Louis and Bebe Barron (who made a similar score for Forbidden Planet two years later). Kinetic artist Len Lye also worked on the film with Guiler.

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10 Fascinating People With Savant Syndrome

Savant syndrome is a condition where a person displays an incredible gift in one specific area of intelligence, yet suffers from an often severe handicap in other areas. The person may exhibit remarkable proficiency in art, music, poetry, mathematics or calendar counting. Some are born with the condition, others develop it as a result of a brain injury.

We’ve all heard the story of how four-year-old Mozart listened to a song his father played and then replayed the piece perfectly on the piano. What most people don’t know is that, in 1862, a blind 13-year-old named Tom Wiggins was performing the same feat—but with two songs at a time.
Born a slave, Tom Wiggins’ abilities were soon discovered by his white masters, and they began touring him around the southern US. It’s estimated that Tom’s owner made about $18,000 off him per year. It wasn’t long before “Blind Tom” became a sensation. He had a remarkable ability to mimic nearly every sound he heard, and it was claimed that he could perfectly reproduce the sound of any animal. Tom could play a piece with his back to the piano and could play one song with his right hand, another song with his left, and sing a third at the same time.

Read about 9 others with savant syndrome at Man-Trends.com 

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IBM is Using Big Data to Invent Creative Recipes

A team of IBM researchers has built a program that uses math, chemistry, and vast quantities of data to create new and unusual recipes.

“I have dishes from the system all the time”, says Lav Varshney, who led IBM’s team to develop this novel recipe generation engine. “Some of the recipes that we created ourselves like the Kenyan Brussels sprout gratin, the Caymanian plantain dessert, and the Swiss-Thai asparagus quiche are very good. Others that we did jointly with our partners, the Institute of Culinary Education, like the Spanish almond crescent and the Ecuadorian strawberry dessert are world-class.”

More here
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Artist Covers KitchenAnd Yard With Millions of Glass Beads

Artist Liza Lou spent 5 years creating this Kitchen and Backyard installation, placing every single bead separately with tweezers. Every item, including beer bottles, cutlery and even a newspaper on the kitchen table, was painstakingly covered with tiny beads.

More at DeMilked
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What If Breaking Bad Was Just a Twinkie-Induced Nightmare?

An alternative ending of Breaking Bad in which Bryan Cranston recreates his role as Hal, the dad in Malcolm In The Middle. It was all a nightmare brought on by eating deep fried Twinkies before going to bed.



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A Late Medieval Depiction of Judicial Combat Between a Man and a Woman. Germany, 1459

Would you like to have to do physical battle to get a divorce? In Medieval Germany divorces were often settled in such a manner.

In the Middle Ages and early Renaissance it was not uncommon for disputes between citizens and peasants to be settled with “trial by combat”.  Even duels between men and women were quite common.  Often the man was forced to fight buried in a hole hip deep with one arm tied in order negate his advantage of size and strength.


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Read more about trial by combat in various countries.

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What Would Happen If There Were No Electricity?

What if humans didn't know how to use electricity? We didn't know how to use it for most of our history, so we'd likely revert to a mid-1800's society, where machines were steam powered and we had to read for personal entertainment.  More here.

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The Bourbon Family Tree

Pappy Van Winkle might be the best bourbon on the market. It is aged for longer than most premium bourbons, and has earned a wide following. Of the long-aged bourbons, it seems to be aged very gently year-to-year, and this recommends it enormously. But if you, like most people, can't find Pappy, try W. L. Weller. There's a 12 year old variety that retails for $23 around the corner. Pappy 15-year sells for $699-$1000 even though it's the exact same liquid as the Pappy (same mash bill, same spirit, same barrels); the only difference is it's aged 3 years less.

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How To Get Elizabeth Taylor Eyes

Elizabeth Taylor applying makeup from a scene in the public domain film The Drivers Seat. Music by Annette Hanshaw.

Vintage Barbie's New Dream House & Fashion Shop Commercial

I can't tell you how much I wanted this. Closets with sliding doors. How cool is that?

French Paper Publishes Photo-less Issue to Stress the Importance of Photojournalism

At a time when newspaper photography jobs are disappearing and some newspapers are replacing professional photojournalists with iPhone toting writers, French newspaper Libération has removed all photos from one of its issue as a show of support for photographers.

Read more at PetaPixel

Keep Your Mouth Shut

Keep Your Mouth Shut by Norman McLaren, National Film Board of Canada

Keep Your Mouth Shut  was Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren's WW2 anti-gossip propaganda short.

The Circus Animals That Helped Win WW1

During WW1 the British military purchased most of the horses in England and farmers and traders had to find alternative aninimals to do their jobs. In Sheffield an Indian elephant carted munitions, machines and scrap metal around the city, a job previously done by three horses taken off to war.
Read about Lizzie the elephant and other circus animals who played an important role in WW1.

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May Be Erratic For A Bit

Two laptops are down. Hopefully will be back to normal before too long.

Lovely Timelapse of Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Albuquerque, New Mexico's annual International Balloon Fiesta is a 9-day event where over 700 balloons see liftoff. It's the largest hot air balloon festival in the entire world.

Via The Morning News

The Best Star Wars Furniture That Imperial Credits Can Buy

Neatorama's new niche blog Homes and Hues has posted a collection of Star Wars-inspired furniture that will make you feel like you are living a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. I like this Millenium Falcon Bed by Texas-based artist Kayla Kromer (@KaylaKro)

Or how about this Hoth Wampug Cave Dog Bed for your special furry friend?



Lots more Star Wars decor here.

Alberta filmmaker captures first HD footage of North American wolverine

Alberta wildlife videographer Andrew Manske spent three years trying to capture the first high-definition video footage of the elusive North American wolverine in the wild. He even bottled his own urine to eliminate the possibility of the animal picking up his scent.

Listen to the show at CBC Radio

Trailer Park Boys Board Game

I've been missing Julian, Bubbles, Ricky and all the other denizens of The Sunnyvale Trailer Park. I think this would be an excellent Christmas present.

Have You Ever Dreamed of Owning a Trailer Park? Well now you can with ‘The Plan – Freedum 35’! Rip each other off or work together. Start up a night club, star in a porno or get in a shoot out! Pull off different scams like stolen shopping carts, recycled bbqs or siphoned gas. Along the way, fool Sam Losco, trick Cyrus or outsmart Lahey. Relive your favourite episodes as one of twelve characters as you make enough money to buy the Trailer Park and win the game!

$59.99 here

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Within 5 Seconds, You Won’t Like Him. By The Time He Laughs, You’ll Hate Him.

'Inner beauty does not exist. That's something that unpretty women invented to justify themselves.' -Director of Miss Venezuela pageant.
In Venezuela true beauty is apparently gigantic breasts.  Even the mannequins have them.




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240-Year-Old Robot Boy

This 240 year old automaton was built in Switzerland by watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz, along with son Henri-Louis and Jean-Frédéric Leschot. 'The Writer's' insides are composed of 6,000 parts, each one miniaturized to fit inside his small frame. It is thought to be the world's first computer
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John Lennon’s school detention sheets go up for sale

John Lennon’s Quarry Bank School school detention sheets will go up for auction on November 22. Apparently he was a naughty little Beatle who was punished for “fighting in class,” “talking,” “silliness,” “shouting,” “shoving,” having “just no interest whatsoever,” and “sabotage.” On one occasion Lennon received three punishments in a single day.

The reports are expected to fetch between $3000 and $4000.

More at Dangerous Minds

Comanche Code Talkers

The Comanche Code Talkers were an elite group of young men who were fluent in the Comanche language and used that knowledge, along with the training they were given by the Army, to send critical messages that confused the enemy during World War II. Seventeen young men were trained in communications, but only fourteen were deployed to the European theatre.  The French Government honored the three survivors of the group in 1989 with the “Chevalier de L’Order National du Merite.”

photo courtesy of Barbara & Kenneth Goodin Collection

The photo above was taken at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1941.

Front Row, left to right: Roderick “Dick” Red Elk, Simmons Parker, Larry Saupitty, Melvin Permansu, Willie Yackeschi, Charles Chibitty and Willington Mihecoby. Back Row, left to right: Morris Sunrise, Perry Noyebad, Ralph Wahnee, Haddon Codynah, Robert Holder, Albert Nahquaddy, Clifford Ototivo and Forrest Kassanavoid. (not pictured: Elgin Red Elk and Anthony Tabbitite)

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The Geisha

A modern day girl is transformed into a Geisha in Kyoto, Japan.

The Geisha from Matthew Allard on Vimeo.

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The Crucified Soldier

Shrine of Dreams has written an excellent post about the widespread story of a Canadian soldier who may have been crucified with bayonets on a barn door or a tree during WW1. Was it German revenge for Canadian war crimes? Was the Canadian soldier Sergeant Harry Band?
This documentary presents evidence that the crucified soldier was Band, whose body was never found.

Sean Bean reads Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem For Doomed Youth

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

Les Pierrafeu

I'm not sure why I find the French Flintstones more amusing than the English version.




It was the first popular American show to use Quebecois actors in the French version. Up until this point French actors were used in the translated version.Here are the characters in English, in French and in Quebec French.

Personnages

Nom anglais	Nom français	Nom québécois
Personnages principaux
Frederick Joseph « Fred » Flintstone	Fred Pierrafeu	Fred Caillou
Wilma Pebble Slaghoople Flintstone, sa femme	Wilma Pierrafeu	Délima Caillou
Pebbles Flintstone, sa fille	Pépite Pierrafeu	Agathe Caillou
Dino, son dinosaure domestique	Dino	Dino
Baby Puss, son chat à dents de sabre domestique	Puss	Ralbol
Barney Rubble	Barney Laroche	Arthur Laroche
Betty Rubble, sa femme	Betty Laroche	Bertha Laroche
Bamm-Bamm Rubble, son fils	Bam-Bam Laroche	Boum-Boum Laroche
Hoppy, son hopparou domestique	Hoppy	Hoppy
Personnages secondaires
Ed Flintstone, père de Fred
Edna Hardrock, mère de Fred
Tex Hardrock, oncle maternel de Fred		Oncle Eustache
Jemina Hardrock, tante maternelle de Wilma
Eddy Alfaro, majordome de Fred
Zeke Flintstone, oncle paternel de Fred
Uncle Giggles, oncle de Fred
Pearl Pebbles-Pebbles Slaghoople, mère de Wilma	Perle Slaghople
Mr. Slate, patron de Fred	M. Ardoise	M. Miroc
Arnold, livreur de journaux	Arnold	Arnold
Joe Rockhead, ami de Fred	Joe	Joe Tête-de-Pierre
Sam Slagheap, the Grand Poobah, chef de l'Ordre loyal des bisons des prairies	Le Grand Boubou	Le Grand Boubou
The Great Gazoo, extra-terrestre	Grand Gazou	Grand Gazou
The Gruesomes, voisins des Pierrafeu	Les Mur-de-pierre	Les Affreux

The 'Thankful Villages'

Just fifty three villages in England and Wales were fortunate enough not to lose any men in World War I; none in Ireland or Scotland. Of these, fourteen were doubly thankful, losing nobody in World War II either.

A pair of motorcyclists have set off to visit all of the 'Thankful Villages' in Britain to raise £51,000 for the Royal British Legion.

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Sugar Wildflower Meadow

Award-winning Rosalind Miller Cakes of London created this stunning meadow of sugar wildflowers for the Experimental Food Society Spectacular to highlight the loss of wildflower meadows in Britain. They actually sway in the wind!
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Filagree Beetle

Croatian metalworkers MG Vrbanus turned a 1970 VW Bug into an intricately detailed wrought iron masterpiece.

The redo took 3500 hours and used 5,000 Swarovski crystals. Hundreds of pounds of wrought iron and gold leaf went into the project producing a body that exposes the car’s inner workings.

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Olfactory Moments Created By "The Nose"

Andrew Testa for The New York Times
A selection of Mr. Dove's fragrances and the various ingredients that he uses.

From his atelier in Mayfair Roja Dove creates personal (and pricey) olfactory moments, bespoke fragrances that spark clients’ half-forgotten memories and desires.

The process takes a year or two and ends with 500 milliliters of a fragrance that is like none other and will cost 25,000 pounds ($40,350).
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Silhouettes Marked International Peace Day

British artists, Jamie Wardley, 33, and Andy Moss, 50, created an installation of 9,000 silhouettes on a D-Day Landings beach to mark international Peace Day (September 21). The project, named, 'The Fallen' was a tribute to the civilians, German forces and Allies who lost their lives during the Operation Neptune landing on June 6, 1944.

Together with a team of volunteers the pair created the silhouettes, which were individually drawn into the sand at Arromanches beach, Normandy.

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Noel Kerns' Ghost Buildings

Photographer Noel Kerns has captured haunting images of abandoned buildings across the country in his new book, "Nightwatch: Painting With Light".

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