Lovelocks in Paris

Where are they locked?
This being the city of love … everywhere, but the focal points are the Pont des Arts and Pont de l’Archevêché – though most bridges across the Seine are now afflicted. It is estimated more than 700,000 love locks are clamped to bridges and fences across the French capital.

What are people saying about them?

Tourists seem to be the most approving of the idea but those living in the city are growing less patient. This spring, two expat Americans set up a No Love Locks campaign, which petitioned the city council to take action. One of their points is that they could affect the structural integrity of the bridges. As if to prove their point, in June one of the parapets on the Pont Des Arts buckled under the weight of them.

Official line
Aware of the popularity of the activity among tourists, the city council has avoided taking a hardline approach to tackling the problem. Earlier in the summer, Guardian Travel spoke to the city’s culture secretary Bruno Julliard, who said he hoped to find “artistic, unifying and ecological alternatives” to the love locks. “The idea is to call for projects directed by Parisian artists, as well artists from around the world, asking them to suggest a place or a piece of art that would welcome all these love locks,” he said. In August a #lovewithoutlocks campaign was started on social media, calling on visiting couples to take selfies instead.

Christ the Redeemer (statue)

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro and it was considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world from 1931 until 2010 when it was topped by the Christ the King statue in Poland. It is 30 metres tall,not including its 8 metres pedestal, and its arms stretch 28 metres (92 wide. It weighs 635 tonnes and is located at the peak of the 700-metre Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. A symbol of Brazilian Christianity,the statue has become an icon for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

The idea of building a large statue atop Corcovado was first suggested in the mid-1850s, when Catholic priest Pedro Maria Boss requested financing from Princess Isabel to build a large religious monument. The second proposal for alandmark statue on the mountain was made in 1920 by the Catholic Circle of Rio.The group organized an event called Semana do Monumento  to attract donations and collect signatures to support the building of the statue. 

Local engineer Heitor da Silva Costa designed the statue; it was sculpted by Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski.

Banksy

Graffiti artist Banksy was already doing graffiti when he was 14 years old.Now he sells copies of his graffiti to actors and pop star.But a lot of his work disappears immediately because a lot of cities remove graffiti in 24 hours.Banksy is anonymous because graffiti is a crime and his parents don't know that he's a graffiti artist.Banksy's art has a political dimension.He uses graffiti to attack the elitist status of art and he paints modern version of famous works of Monet and Vincent Van Gogh.Banksy want to give the animals "a voice" and writes messages on the walls in zoos.An other example of his controversial work is segregation wall in Palestine.Banksy puts his pictures in famous museum and galleries like in the British Museum in London.He put there a "primitive cave drawing".

Black History Month

Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in October.

Black History Month sparks an annual debate about the continued usefulness and fairness of a designated month dedicated to the history of one race. Many people hold concerns about black history being delegated to a single month and the "hero worship" of some of the historical figures often recognized.

Morgan Freeman,a critic of Black History Month,said: "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."

Sephora

Sephora is a French brand and chain of cosmetics stores founded in Paris in 1970.
Sephora originates from "sephos", which is Greek for "beauty" and the name Zipporah, the exceptionally beautiful wife of Moses in the Book of Exodus.The Sephora logo is a white "S" shaped flame against a black background.Sephora opened its first United States store in New York City in 1998.Its North American headquarters is located in San Francisco, with corporate offices in New York City and Montréal. Featuring more than 100 brands, along with its own private label, Sephora offers beauty products including makeup, skincare, body, fragrance, color, and haircare. Today, Sephora is one of the leading perfume and cosmetics stores in France and holds a long-standing presence in the beauty industry around the world. Sephora is owned by Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy LVMH as of 1997.Sephora launched its online store to the U.S. in 1999 and into Canada in 2003.Sephora currently operates over 1,700 stores in 30 countries worldwide generating over $4 billion in revenue as of 2013.As of September of 2013, the Sephora at Champs Élysées in Paris, France, attracts over six million people a year

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Angie - Rolling Stones

Angie is a song by the rock band The Rolling Stones and it's contained on their album "Goats Head Soup".Written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger,Angie is a ballad which tells of the end of a love story.
The song was released in August 1973 and went straight to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100.
The lyrics isn't linear,in fact the 4 stanzas don't have the same number of lines, There are no rhymes,the language is simple and the song is accompanied by a melody of acoustic guitar.

British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the family group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. There is no strict legal or formal definition in the UK of who is or is not a member of the Royal Family, and different lists will include different people. However, those carrying the style Her or His Majesty (HM), or Her or His Royal Highness (HRH) are normally considered members. By this criterion, the Royal Family will usually include the monarch, the consort of the monarch, the widows and widowers of previous monarchs, the children of the monarch and of previous monarchs, the male-line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, and the wives or widows of a monarch's and previous monarch's sons and male-line grandsons.






Prince George of Cambridge is the only child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The only grandchild of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, he is third in line to succeed his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, after his grandfather and father.