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☆ A millennial couple moved into a 97-square-foot micro-apartment in Paris. It's not their forever home, but they've made themselves comfortable.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Thomas Loncq and Himika Masago live in a 97-square-foot micro-apartment in Paris. I also wanted to find something in Paris, and that's how I ended up buying such a small place," Loncq told BI. Nestled under the roofs of Paris' apartment buildings, these micro-dwellings were originally meant to be the private quarters of domestic helpers. The toilet is shared with other occupants on the same floor, Loncq said. "I like to live here because since the space is small, sunlight comes into all parts of the room," Masago said.

Persons: —, Thomas Loncq, Himika Masago, Masago, Himika, Petit, Loncq, Petit Nuage, de, bonnes Organizations: Service, Business, Parisian Urban Planning Agency, futon Locations: Paris, Japan, France, —, Le

☆ Sally Darr, Formidable Chef of ’80s-Era French Bistro, Dies at 100
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Penelope Green | More About Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sally Darr, the exacting chef and owner of La Tulipe, a tiny 1980s-era French bistro in downtown Manhattan renowned for its exquisite yet homey French cooking — and often agonizing delays — resulting from her infamous perfectionism, died on Nov. 7 at her home in the West Village. Desserts were Ms. Darr’s forte: She was a skilled pastry chef, and her apricot souffle, shaped like a minaret and served table-side with a dollop of whipped cream flavored with kirsch, was a best seller. Though she had spent more than a decade as a recipe tester for Gourmet magazine and Time-Life books, Ms. Darr had zero restaurant experience when she opened La Tulipe. Neither did her husband and business partner, John Darr, a Congregationalist minister and peace activist turned school principal. Yet Ms. Darr never doubted she would win those stars.

Persons: Sally Darr, La, Dorothy Darr, Tulipe, Darr, Mimi Sheraton, Darr’s zucchini fritters, kirsch, John Darr Organizations: The New York Times, Gourmet Locations: Manhattan, West

☆ Why France’s Cote d’Azur is one of the world’s best coastlines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Richard Quest | Joe Minihane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This is the Côte d’Azur, the grand dame destination for European vacations. And no one artist is as synonymous with the Côte d’Azur as Henri Matisse. And it’s also one of the raw ingredients for another quintessentially Côte d’Azur product: Perfume. At Fragonard, they can also help you create your own personalized scent, something to remember the Côte d’Azur by. The Côte d’Azur is a spectacular place, somewhere that taps into a sense of elegance and retains a charm and beauty that is redolent of years gone by.

Persons: CNN —, bonne, St Tropez, Romulo Yanes, Condé Nast, Vanessa Massé, Massé, ”, it’s, Fleur de Courgette, Saint Paul de Vence, Gabrielle Therin, Henri Matisse, “, Florence Tournier, Matisse, Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Chagall, Tournier, Pierre Longnus, Jean, Pierre Jaubert, Lavender, Jaubert, gesturing, Jessica Buchanan, Bénédicte, Karina Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Buchanan Organizations: CNN, St, Michelin, Getty, Mediterranee, Bank Locations: Cassis, Menton, France, Antibes, Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Provence, Saint, Paris, “, Aix, Grasse, Fragonard

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - China is helping Russia evade Western sanctions and likely providing Moscow with military and dual-use technology for use in Ukraine, according to an unclassified U.S. intelligence report released on Thursday. China has repeatedly denied sending military equipment to Russia since Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. "The PRC is providing some dual-use technology that Moscow's military uses to continue the war in Ukraine, despite an international cordon of sanctions and export controls," the ODNI report said. China has increased it importation of Russia energy exports, including oil and gas rerouted from Europe, the report said. U.S. officials have previously raised concern about transfers of "dual-use equipment" from China to Russia.

Persons: ODNI, Emmanuel Macron's, Emmanuel Bonne, Kanishka Singh, Michael Martina, Caitlin Webber, Daniel Wallis Organizations: National Intelligence, U.S . House, Intelligence, Russian Government, States Government, Thomson Locations: China, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, China's, Europe, Beijing, U.S, Washington

When the French interior designer Camille Vergnes throws a dinner party in Paris, she opts for unfussy white table linens and white plates. This allows her Art Deco-style set of serving spoons, salad servers and carving knives, all with almond green shagreen handles, to take center stage. “I use [the serving set] as the key piece of the table along with the flowers or candleholders,” she says. Vergnes’s approach reflects a shift in focus when it comes to tableware, away from handblown glassware and patterned napkins to sculptural utensils. - Host Gift Guide: What T’s editors and contributors are bringing to thank their hosts this summer, including surreal serving spoons and cozy quilts.

Persons: Camille Vergnes, ”, Olga Bonne, Alessandra Williams, Frank Traynor, Ben Bodman, Yann Nury Organizations: Fair Trade, Bodman, Credit Locations: French, Paris, Copenhagen, Danish, Brighton, British, Zimbabwe, Nairobi, United States, Melksham, Wiltshire, England, Ibiza, Long, Amsterdam

An upcoming study from researchers at Stanford University offers a new way to trace far-flung smoke and pollution back to individual wildfires of origin. What’s burning in a wildfire determines what kind of pollution is in the smoke. Dr. Ford and others have studied wildfire smoke patterns, as well as the resulting exposure to particulate matter pollution. But the Stanford researchers have pulled off something new by putting the two together, she said, especially over so many years and so much land area. Aside from that, Dr. Lin thought the Stanford study would be very useful in figuring out the real human toll of wildfire smoke.

Persons: ”, Jeff Wen, Mr, Wen, Bonne Ford, it’s, Ford, John Lin, Lin, Stanford Organizations: Stanford University, Stanford, . Canadian Forces, Reuters, Seaboard, Colorado State University, University of Utah Locations: United States, U.S, Mistissini, Quebec, Georgia, Florida

☆ Investors and techies gather in San Francisco to bathe in generative A.I. hype sparked by ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

They were there to discuss the latest craze capturing the attention of the tech world: generative artificial intelligence. The underlying AI software powering ChatGPT, a kind of machine-learning technology known as a "large language model," isn't new. As Bessemer Venture Partners' Sameer Dholakia told audience members, generative AI could change "the lives of billions of people." Blackwell credits OpenAI and ChatGPT with showing people what's possible with generative AI, shining a spotlight on the industry at large. But for one day in San Francisco, generative AI was more than just a tool.

☆ George Santos was married to a woman while also sending invitations to celebrate his engagement to his boyfriend, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. George Santos planned an engagement party for his boyfriend while he was married to his then-wife. Santos' ex-boyfriend told The Daily Beast that the engagement "never happened." Santos wrote in a Facebook invitation to the engagement dinner in 2014, per the outlet. The Daily Beast reported it obtained the invitation courtesy of Greg Morey-Parker, Santos' former roommate, and the aforementioned Pedro Vilarva, Santos' ex-boyfriend. Vilarva told the outlet that he rejected Santos' proposals and that the engagement party "never happened."

☆ Missouri Executes Transgender Inmate, a First in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Missouri carried out the first known execution of a transgender person in the U.S. after Republican Gov. Mike Parson denied Amber McLaughlin ’s clemency petition. Ms. McLaughlin was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:51 p.m. on Tuesday at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Mo. She was found guilty in the 2003 murder of her ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther .

☆ Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Doha Madani | The Associated Press | Doha Madani Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. Pronouns | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender woman to be executed in the U.S., died by lethal injection Tuesday night in Missouri. McLaughlin later led police to a location near the Mississippi River in St. Louis where Guenther's body had been dumped. She suffered from depression, according to the clemency petition. Advocates also expressed concern that McLaughlin would be put to death even though the jury was not unanimous. McLaughlin began her transition in prison about three years ago, according to a fellow inmate and friend, Jessica Hicklin.

☆ How Long Until Christmas? Check the Beef Jerky Advent Calendar
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Around 10 a.m. each day in December, Emma Lord goes into her New York City kitchen and, brimming with anticipation, plucks a one-ounce jam jar with a gingham-print lid from a tiny cardboard window. Will today’s flavor be strawberry-rhubarb? Or dragonfruit? Could it be honey? “The honey day is always an extremely controversial day for me,” said Ms. Lord, who along with tens of thousands of other Yuletide preserves enthusiasts counts down the days to Christmas each year with food-maker Bonne Maman’s Advent calendar.

☆ I ranked all 24 spreads in the viral $40 Bonne Maman Advent calendar. Here's why I think it's a gift worth the 600% price markup.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Rosa Pyo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The jam-and-spread brand Bonne Maman released its 2022 Advent calendar, whose 2021 version sold out. The calendar has 24 spreads to try and retails at $40 — a 600% price markup per 100 grams of jam. Google searches for "advent calendar" have more than doubled in the US since 2018, according to Google's trending data. The Bonne Maman Advent calendar 2022 edition comes with 23 limited-edition fruit spreads and one honey. The Advent-calendar jams cost $6.20 per 100 grams, versus the average Bonne Maman jam that costs about $1 per 100 grams — about a 600% markup.

Khorry Ramey entered the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri, on Tuesday morning to visit her father, Kevin Johnson, for a final time. Khorry Ramey with her father, Kevin Johnson, and her son, Kiaus. While she could not be inside the prison, Johnson's witnesses included his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Khorry Ramey and her father, Kevin Johnson. Kevin Johnson at the courthouse in Clayton, Mo., in 2007.

A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed for the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday, officials said. Kevin Johnson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre. The execution began at 7:29 p.m., and Johnson was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m., said Karen Pojmann, spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Corrections. “We miss Bill every day of our lives.”Khorry Ramey with her father, Kevin Johnson, and her son, Kiaus. via ACLUOn July 5, 2005, police were searching for Johnson, who was on probation for assaulting his girlfriend.

☆ Zeci de persoane injectate din greșeală cu tratamentul experimental Regeneron, în loc de vaccinul anti-Covid, în SUA
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Peste 40 de persoane au primit din greşeală tratamentul cu anticorpi monoclonali Regeneron în locul vaccinului Moderna, a anunțat joi Garda Națională din West Virginia. Cele 42 de persoane au fost vaccinate, intramuscular, la o clinică de vaccinare din Boone County. Tratamentul, care a primit în noiembrie autorizația de utilizare de urgență de la Administrația pentru Alimente și Medicamente, este administrat în mod normal sub formă de perfuzie intravenoasă. "S-a stabilit că acesta a fost un incident izolat", a declarat Julie Miller, administrator al Departamentului de Sănătate din Bonne, pentru ABC News, citat de observatornews. Regeneron este un cocktail de anticorpi concepuți pentru combaterea COVID-19.

Persons: Boone County, Julie Miller, Donald Trump, James Hoyer Organizations: Moderna, Națională, Bonne, ABC News, West, West Virginia National Guard, Gărzii Naționale, Garda Națională Locations: West Virginia, Regeneron, Virginia de Vest

☆ PORTRET: Iulia Hasdeu – copilul genial cu un destin tragic, un fenomen unic al culturii noastre
▼ + stars: | 1877-09-27 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Radiochisinau | ) radiochisinau.md time to read: +13 min

Iulia Hasdeu s-a născut la 14 noiembrie 1869, la București, în casa din Strada Carol I nr.14, fiind fiica lui Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu și a Iuliei Faliciu. În anul școlar 1877 a fost înscrisă în clasa I la Liceul „Sf. A ținut la Sorbona două conferințe, cu temele „Logica ipotezei” și „A doua carte a lui Herodot”, demonstrând un remarcabil talent oratoric. Castelul Iulia Hasdeu de la Câmpina, „Marele templu de dincolo”, a fost ridicat între anii 1893-1896, după planurile pe care însăși Iulia i le-ar fi transmis tatălui de pe lumea cealaltă. Fotografii din arhiva personală realizate la Castelul Iulia Hasdeu din Câmpina, septembrie 2017Sursa:rador.ro

Persons: Sâmbătă, Hasdeu, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Iulia Hasdeu, Strada Carol I, Copila, Mihai Vodă Viteazul, Țepeș Vodă, Alexandru Macedonski, Iulia, . Macedonski, Dem . Demetrescu, Sava, Herodot, Napoleon I , Ferdinand, Lesseps, Victor Hugo, Iulia Hașdeu, Hugo, Tânăra, bem, Michel Bréal, Iulia B.P . Hasdeu, cela, Julie Hasdeu, Castelul Iulia Hasdeu, Iulia F . Hasdeu, B . P . Hasdeu, Iulia . Ea, margarete, franceză Iulia Hasdeu, Iulia Faliciu Hasdeu Organizations: Universitatea Sorbona, Bellu, Hachette, Socec, Castelul, Câmpina Academiei Române, Academiei, Castelul Iulia Locations: Sorbona, Câmpina, București, Strada, Paris, Hautes, Curtea, Argeș, Montreux, Elveția, România, Agapia, Franței, Franța, Bellu, Carpați, Castelul, franceză

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