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Memories (2): The Saint Nicolas


How not to recall with nostalgia and happiness both in this wonderful festival of a happy childhood.?

For the record, Saint Nicolas is celebrated on December 6 of each year in several European countries and in eastern France (Alsace and Lorraine in particular).

It relates to the legend of Saint Nicolas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (born in the year 270).
Saint Nicolas is also the patron saint of Lorraine, Russians, Fribourg, students and schoolchildren.

Any part of a frightening legend that St. Nicolas would have risen three young children killed by a hideous butcher of the region.
is why he became the patron saint of schoolchildren, children who have been good if the entire year receive sweets and gifts, the feast of this saint, is Dec. 6.
The naughty children, according to legend, are not entitled to the largesse of the good saint, but the whip issued by the bogeyman, symbolizing the horrible butcher, who agreed to make amends to accompany the saint in all his travels!

In fact, in many countries, Saint Nicolas the ancestor of Father Christmas (Santa Claus).
In Belgium, children are lucky: in the same month, they receive twice as gifts!

For me, it evoked this festival is the mystery and wonder!
soon as we age to understand, we waited on December 6 with growing impatience as and as the date approached.

Our parents explained that if one were wise, good and obedient student in school, on the night of December 5 to 6, the great saint (who saw and heard everything from the sky where we watching!) throw in the fireplace sweets and toys.
an aside at the time of my childhood, there were still many open fires and fireplace in the old houses!

We also had the right, in about a month before the festival, put our shoes by the fireplace before going to bed.
And if we had been particularly wise, how fortunate thing in the morning to find a small gift or candy in his shoe!

By cons, if we were villains, beware: The bogeyman we might make a very nasty surprise!

Supreme Happiness, if we had fortunate to have a big family, not only brought us Saint Nicolas wonderful gifts from our parents, but also among our grandparents.
was then a race along with my sister, my brother and my cousins in different parts of the houses of my two grandmothers, to find where we had met Saint Nicolas!

What happiness innocence and credulity that allowed us to believe in such marvels, and to have the beating heart of expectation and happiness before the holidays.

What a shame too, when we were growing up and around the age of 7 years, we learned often at school that St. Nicolas did not exist, but it was our parents who were playing that role!
Ah, I remember again: what a disappointment the day when "I became a" great "and when I saw the wonderful and the other fairies and legends that made me happy flying .....

But also, what joy to resurrect the magic moments, like no other for his own children, and then even later for her grandchildren.
And if, as my father was fortunate to know them, perpetuate these hours of happiness for her great-grandchildren.

In Belgium, St Nicolas is also the patron of students, December 6, all students of different faculties of Liege form a large procession through the streets of the city and ends in "guindaille. But this I leave to my son the task of telling you! because it is a story very different from mine.

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Exhibition "living, perceive, represent the territory," Gallery of the University Jules Verne Beauvais

Our thinking is on the relationship between the artist and the city today through a reflection focused on the question of the place and its ownership rights. This special About out of self, outside world as a homogenous unit - the place, the place-offering a multitude of ways of thinking and questioning. It reveals an extraordinary capacity of human nature to adapt through a curious journey, that of openness towards the Other, in opposition to closing on a unit in itself unchanging. A place is something that is likely to be the link. It is the trace of the man and made sense to him. How the individual practice and place it means the living space? Photography How can it contain the site's history and its inhabitants?

These artistic eyes moving and changing the look that usually focuses on these places, these themes, these views. These works function as a common basis for linking different places. offer peuvres artists who do not claim to produce a response but a debate that seems necessary in the construction of the Self and the Other.

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Ephemeral Gardens neighborhood obsolete

Japanese cities include all their slum called Shitamachi (下町). A popular class, often elderly living there, with its outdated stores, its canteens, shopping streets, which gradually became depopulated, often decked out in the name a bit pompous Ginza (银座). They are called "Shutter-gay" (シャッター 街), the streets of shuttered. These gardens, subject to the imagination of their owners, are changing. They are also those neighborhoods because older people are probably dying out. They will be replaced by tall buildings offering apartments comfortable, secure, with parking and terraces which will also cover certainly flower pots, but the atmosphere will be different.

The Shitamachi people are certainly modest, but integrated into society. Crime is virtually nonexistent. It is not uncommon that the doors are ajar on the street, and that traders are absent in the backroom of their store, leaving their shops open. I suspect they sometimes take a nap, especially by the slow afternoons of summer. The atmosphere is quite happy, and we discusses some of its window directly with the neighbors also stayed home time, or the latest gossip of the village. It must be said that the next house is walls and 30 centimeters of neighbors: one could pass the salt from window to window.

These gardens are designed around small spaces. Sometimes it only borders a dozen centimeters wide around houses, and, for the more ambitious, a small patch of five square meters. Some also create a small terrace on the roof of scrap their home. Then it is best to develop, by installing numerous flowerpots, sometimes on the pavement. Sometimes found old baby baths or other containers of plastic originals. The pots are sometimes protected by transparent plastic bottles filled with water are scaring the cats that might otherwise overthrow plants. The inhabitants grow hardy plants such as aloe.

Japanese temple gardens are best known abroad, but these ephemeral creations aisles lower towns are just as touching. They make nice neighborhoods that are often a little stale and isolated. These districts are now the preferred place to walk of "bobos" Japanese, and sometimes also the author of this blog.

After more than two years Uchimizu (打ち水), this article is a good place to explain the meaning of this word in Japanese. This is actually a popular Japanese custom which is still found frequently, especially in slums. It is to throw water on the street in summer, often in late afternoon to cool the atmosphere. If not the effectiveness of a violent air conditioning, the energy required to evaporate the water effectively lowering the temperature a few degrees.

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Photographs of this article were taken respectively in the districts of Tsukishima (月 岛 2 negatives) and Nakaya (中 谷, a cliché) in Tokyo, and Shimizu (清水) near Shizuoka (2 shots), and Kagurazaka (神 楽 坂), also in Tokyo (1 shot).

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Throughout my reading ...... (1)



long time, I want to talk about what I read and to share with you, if you like, books that I have more (or not).

This topic will, little by little, through my readings as indicated by the title and I add to it progressively.

It will, for me, too, the opportunity to remember over time which passes and which sometimes affects my memory a bit ..... titles and authors that I particularly loved or simply appreciated but no more.

Do not expect a great literary column!
It will be just a walk through my emotions and my tastes and leisure I like and still teaches me every day something new: reading.

My tastes are very eclectic, but I prefer the prose novels and other forms of literature.
Among the different kinds of novels, those that appreciate the most are those that take place in a historical context and fairly well documented.
I also like the good cops, especially the great ladies of British crime fiction (Agatha Christie, PD . James, Ruth Rendell , Minnie Walters, etc ...)

few biographies and essays are also Part of my choice, but given the time I leave my other daily business, I prefer the novel.

To share with you and maybe inspire you to read them, I'll try one or two sentences to summarize the theme of the work and give you some very brief information about authors.
To indicate my level of pleasure taken in, browse these books, I would note with asterisks (DE1 4 according to my taste).


Some read books these last three months.

February-March

• Faces of Jesse Kellerman : thriller, very engaging and the plot confusing and machiavélique.J. Kellerman (1978) is a young American writer worthy of the great writers of crime fiction to the U.S. as Harlan Coben. ***
  
• Last Cato Matilde Asensi of : esoteric thriller with many twists: survey conducted by three totally different characters that destiny will unite for an adventure out of the ordinary. M. Asensi was born in Alicante and has worked for English radio and newspapers before starting in the literature with great success. ***
  
• Tears of the pope Didier Convard , French author born in 1950 in Paris. First author of comics, this devotee of esoteric, fantastic and unusual launched into writing an exciting thriller: The triangle whose secret Tears of the pope is one of the volumes, each of which can be read alone, without know others. Once started, it was very difficult to release the book before the end! ***
  
• Messenger sands of Audouard and Anthony : breathless romance, full of puzzles and twists on the theme of the esoteric as well. Leonard Anthony was born in 1972 and is an avid music of all kinds who joined other authors, including Antoine Audouard (1956) to write different novels. **
  

April

• Strad of Domnique Sylvain : black cop, but told with suspense and humor, despite the darkness of his characters. Sylvain D. French (e)? and part with Fred Vargas French writers of crime fiction to success. **
  
• theory of Gaia Maxime Chattam : scary thriller where the tension is constant and the story full of twists. Like all his books, there is an atmosphere heavy and agonizing that keeps you spellbound. The French author's books (despite its name) almost all type of Police laced fantasy. Although I do not like science fiction, this kind of writing that are at the limit of the possible is pleasant to read. **
  
• Guests of Pierre Assouline . Here's a totally different kind of precedent. Pierre Assouline (which I have read several books: Portrait, Lutetia ....) is a journalist and writer and author of many biographies and novels, Simenon, Hergé, Dassault, etc. ... but also of novels that are often quite scathing caricature of certain social classes, but that's in style fluid and elegant, without any real malice. ***
  
• Beirut's novel of Alexandre Najjar . Historical novel that we discover the history of Lebanon through that of its capital through the eyes of blind now one of its inhabitants, journalist and descendant of a Christian family whose ancestors participated in the revolt of 1858. Through the hero's life, we go through all the convulsions and horrors suffered by Beirut today. Very beautiful novel written by a young author (born 1967) and considered one of the best writers speaking of his time. With this book, I learned, let alone understood why this town and this country have suffered so much for centuries. ****

May

• The King of Kahel of Tierno Monénembo . Fictionalized biography of a colorful French character and obsessed with black Africa. Victor Olivier, Vicomte de Sanderval, is a precursor of the French colonization of West Africa (Guinea in particular) and will be fixed idea throughout his life, to conquer, as staff for himself and not for France, a territory belonging to the Fulani and become the king. Monénombo Tierno is a Guinean writer living in France since 1969, I do not know anything but I found the issue of France 5, "The vast library . **
• Astronomer of Alexandre Najjar . Novel set in the Florence of the Medicis, and which tells the tale of a young French astronomer Galileo entering service. Exciting and easy to read style that Lebanese author I mentioned above is very fluid and enjoyable. ***
  
• A rough diamond of Szczupak Yvette Thomas . Memoir of this writer that I do not know anything. She was born in Burgundy in 1929 and after a more than difficult childhood, abandoned by her parents because she is in deepest France and peasant before the war, being separated from her siblings and tossed several times in Foster often sordid. Despite all the vicissitudes crossed it will become a painter who died in Jerusalem in 2003. It is a wonderful book I have not finished yet, but I recommend it at all. This book is as its title a real rough diamond. The author, through a style for me "lightning" We camped the decor and ambience puts us in three sentences. Moreover, despite a childhood as unhappy, you do not cry, she even managed through a very colorful style and humor in the second degree to make us laugh. Hat the artist. ****

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A9 - Make yourself Japan kilometer

Dark Side of the most shameful yours truly is his passion for management games. While there is much to do on a beautiful spring day, I sometimes lose a whole day to build on my screen a city or an empire which will then be left in oblivion in a dark corner of my hard drive. References are areas of major American games Sim City and Civilization, now in their fourth episode. While the film quality deteriorates in general with each new episode, it's usually the opposite for video games: this may explain why I am their faithful for fifteen years. I find it harder to follow the Japanese series A-Train (A 列車 で 行こう), now in his ninth episode (A9) because it is not distributed in the West. The game proposes to construct a Japanese city by directing the company to local railway.

The heart of the action is the construction of a railway network. It may be upgrades, underground or overhead. If previous episodes provided opportunities may be too limited, this episode can do the most sensual curves and bridges boldest. The stations of the city are varied Japanese subway platforms at the station in suburban raised, through the large concrete cubes incorporating docks railway and department stores. They are here faithfully reproduced, down to the yellow lines on platforms. As in reality, the construction of a railway track is prohibitively expensive in urban areas too, a few kilometers of track can ruin: bankruptcy happens so fast. It has been forgotten today, but the railways were speculative investment in excellence in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

In Japan, most networks were built before the war, at a time when cities were much less urbanized. We must build the best at first, but seeing not too large. The network may be supplemented by buses and trucks are ideal for small distances, but it is sometimes necessary to supplement the self-same road built by the authorities.

The railway must then be used to advantage. This involves buying the right train, all faithful reproductions of Japanese trains, and circulate as much as possible on the network at the right times. The task often turns into a nightmare. Especially it should also run trains to transport cargo of building materials that will allow the city to develop. In addition to your railroad empire, you have to build factories producing the famous concrete slabs that are pre-made texture based cities. You will also need to hold power plants to brighten your beautiful city.

But it often does not make a fortune on the train, and to ensure the development of the network, it is necessary to develop additional activities, supermarkets, office buildings, amusement parks and cinemas, placed strategically next station. This is consistent with reality: the railroad companies, such as Tokyu (东 急) in Tokyo (东京), or Shizutetsu (静 鉄) in Shizuoka (静冈), built close to their stations, various shops, so some are references in the distribution: Tokyu Hands is thus a Japanese equivalent of BHV. Another famous example is the "Tobu Dobutsu Koen (东 武 动物 公园) operated by the train company Tobu (东 武), which manages to conclude that many of its trains at this station, an insistent advertising cheap costs.

This diversification in the game, as in reality, to carry out property interest in buying agricultural land at low prices, close to the intended locations for the stations. You can of course build hotels or department stores, but also churches at weddings, among other business enterprise in Japan. The buildings will sell it much more expensive when the city developed. And this is probably speculation that enable your company to be profitable. You can also earn money by buying securities, an anachronism that dates from the period of the bubble when it was enough to put money in exchange for wealth. Japanese equities now worth less than a third of their value at the top of the bubble in 1990.

The game is simulated as the bank lending facilities. As in reality, the profitability of large infrastructure is too slow, and it is completely unrealistic to expect your company's revenues for funding the extension of your network. You will need to borrow from banks, and monitor your reimbursements. As your company makes money and above is growing, borrowing does not pose problems, but when the situation becomes more saturated, it will be particularly careful. Finally, when your city will be well developed, and that your company will be rich, you can invest in major projects such as ports, airports, amusement parks, train lines and high speed, as well as monuments and large buildings. In total, more than 120 different buildings can be built.

If the concrete is international, Japanese cities have a very special atmosphere, even in modern quarters. The difference comes first light: the beautiful days in Japan are quite winter, which bathes the urban landscape in a soft orange light often oblique, accentuated yet the almost yellow tint lawns. In the evening, everything is illuminated by white neon, flashing red lights observed capping the tallest buildings and colorful billboards. In a country where the construction industry is highly industrialized, fake bricks or tiles resin dyed different form the palette with which the town is painted. A little later, the headquarters of the multinational is sometimes only fifty meters from a group of small houses stuck together. Farther from the center, houses, apartments in prefabricated fields and large residential buildings are mixed, with here and there a restaurant in suburban and ample parking space. A9 The game certainly has flaws, but he can find, like so many small madeleines, many feelings of the Japanese city. Additional information

game A9 is edited by Artdink , and is on sale in Japan since February 2010. It is not distributed outside of Japan. The photographs in this article have been made in a city built by the author of this blog, they have been reworked for better quality.