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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Can anybody recommend a good hotel in Paris near the Eiffel Tower?

I fancy visiting Paris for a short break at some point this year and wondered if anyone could recommend a good hotel and anything else you think is worth doing while I'm over there.

Many thanks :)






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I'd definitly recommend the one I stayed in - it's called Splendid Hotel and is literally a 5 minute walk through a park to the foot of the Eiffel tower. Hotel looks over the park and to the tower (obviously if you get a room that faces that way). It's address is 29 Avenue De Tourville, Paris, 75007 if you want to check it out on an online map for location

I booked through www.hotels.com and got a night free too






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Is there any particular reason you want to sleep near the Eiffel Tower?
There is lots to do during your stay in Paris in addition to going up the Eiffel Tower.
A far better idea will be to stay at a hotel that is more central, nearer to all the other things you do in Paris. Then you go to the Eiffel Tower and spend half a day or a day going up the tower, wandering through the Trocadero, the Champs de Mars, etc. When you go back to your hotel in central Paris, you can wander through the Latin quarter, the Halles, etc. The Eiffel Tower area is not so interesting in the evening.






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Because I think renting a flat in Paris is worth it I would recommend you Lodjee ( http://www.lodjee.com/paris ) to be honest Hotel in Paris especially near the Eiffel Tower are very expensive !
The Marais is a good place to hang out, nice bars, shops and restaurants, probably my favorite. I also like the big market : le marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen - Porte de Clignancourt
And well loads of museums
Here are some links for some help !
Enjoy your trip






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Here's a link with a list of Hotels near the eiffel tower in Paris: http://www.lookotel.com/result.php?searc…

This site is the cheapest way to book because it's not a third party, so no broker fees;)






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while its not in paris, it certainly feels like it..why not stay in the Bellagio In Las Vegas, you are right across the street from the Eiffel Tower In the hotel Paris Las Vegas and you have great service, along with the fountains of bellagio






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Just be aware that after dark, the Eiffel Tower area is very dark and quiet with not much to do. There are other areas of Paris that have much more going on unless you have a special need to be in that area....

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Re painting my room! i need help!?

I'm redoing my room. I want everything to be black and white, but have pictures and paintings around the room of different places around the world to add color. [I have pictures of the eiffel tower all lit up, big ben .. etc.] I was originally going to paint my room white, then splatter paint it with black, but I am having second thoughts. any ideas of what to use the black paint for?? [ i wont make one wall black..that would be too dark for me]

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I'm redoing my room. I want everything to be black and white, but have pictures and paintings around the room of different places around the world to add color. [I have pictures of the eiffel tower all lit up, big ben .. etc.] I was originally going to paint my room white, then splatter paint it with black, but I am having second thoughts. any ideas of what to use the black paint for?? [ i wont make one wall black..that would be too dark for me]
i have a black and white bed, black and white bookshelf, and a black and white desk... if that helps






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do stripes of black and white, not thin stripes, but thick stripes. paint all walls either white or black (i recommend white) and that will be the background. Then use painters tape and make vertical stripes down the wall, making sure they are straight and evenly spaced for however thick you want your lines (ex. 1 foot and be sure to take into account the width of the tape.) It may be a bit of work, but it creates a cool effect. You can get painting advice from the Home Depot if you are having any troubles.






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I think you should have a black ceiling and either do trim or other random furniture or decorations in your room black (I can imagine a black corner desk in the corner of the room). When you mentioned the Eiffel Tower all lit up it gave me an idea to use twinkly little lights around the room. Kind of like christmas lights






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I do not think you should splatter paint it because it would make it really busy and difficult to decorate. But I do think you could paint your walls white and either paint your floorboards and window/door borders black OR do a ceiling trim with black and maybe even do a cute little design like paisley, swirls, or a dripping effect.

Another thing I could suggest is doing a little cityscape border at the bottom of your walls in black, it would go with the city paintings and add in the black you want! Hope this helps!






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my room is decorated with black and white and my walls are blue and it looks amazing.




Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Can a plane fly with 0km/h?

can you fly from east to west at a certain speed so you can fly at 0km/h related to a point of earth? it is all about the atmosphere, is it moving at the same speed as the earth? the falling is directly to earth, if you trow an object off the Eiffel tower, it will land somewhere eastern than the initial location..so, is it possible to fly a plane over at 0km/h?






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The Earth, the air, and the airplane all move as one. To fly east to west with a ground speed of zero, you need to fly into a wind that is strong enough to allow the airplane to fly, because the airplane must always be moving with respect to the air around it.

If you are outside the atmosphere, the rules change. For example, geosynchronous satellites orbit at a speed that keeps them over the same spot on Earth at all times. That's possible because they don't have to deal with an atmosphere that is moving at the same speed as the Earth's surface. For an airplane to do that, however, it would have to actually fly through the atmosphere at high speed.

Depending on the aircraft and latitude, it's possible to fly west at a speed that keeps the aircraft motionless with respect to outer space, while the Earth and atmosphere move past it. But the opposite cannot be done—you can't fly east at a speed that keeps you at the same spot above the Earth, because the atmosphere is moving east with you, and you need to be moving forward with respect to the atmosphere. If you had enough of a headwind, you could do it, but headwinds strong enough for that don't exist (there isn't any place on Earth with a 1000-mph headwind that you could use for this purpose along the Equator, for example).






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With given conditions of gravity and the movement of the earth about it's axis and the concept of the atmosphere moving with it, makes your theory possible... a plane can fly at 0kph with respect to the speed of earth's rotation (relative velocity)...






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What you are really asking is 'is it possible for an aircraft to maintain a geostationary orbit?' The answer is yes. Typically at low altitudes this is done using a helicopter.

It is virtually impossible to achieve this using a fixed wing aircraft as the lift in an aerofoil is created by the wind moving over the surface and creating high pressure below it and low pressure above it. The further away you move from the earth's surface, the lower the gravitational pull and the greater the forward speed required in order to maintain a geostationary orbit, however, the density of the air is also reduced so the amount of lift available to an aerofoil is also reduced. The catch is that the air is neither stationary nor moving at a constant velocity. Moreover, the direction changes. Thus it is not reliable as a means of providing constant even lift.

Satellites manage to keep a geostationary orbit by flying at an altitude where the forward motion compensates for the downward motion due to gravity. Eventually, friction from the extremely thin atmosphere will eventually slow them down and unless corrected by booster rockets, they would eventually fall to earth, or burn up in the atmosphere.






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In theory. . . .
If you were flying into a headwind that was at a sustained and steady speed that was sufficient to move enough air across the wings to provide the needed lift, then you would not need to change position relative to the ground - 0 ground speed.

The problem is that the wind is not usually steady at a single, high enough speed, and, if going fast enough, is unlikely to be smooth.

That scenario would be much more likely with a small private plane that does not need a very high wind speed for the necessary lift.






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Yes. The aircraft must fly into a headwind equal to the speed of the aircraft and sufficient for the aircraft to remain aloft. By this I mean that if the stall speed of the plane is 100 miles/hour, the plane needs to fly into a headwind of at least 100 miles/hour but less than the maximum speed of the plane. In this way, the speed of the plane relative to the Earth will be zero.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Lavender bathroom with Paris theme?

hello - I am decorating my new apartment and I really want a relaxing, romantic style bathroom. Does anyone have any ideas about how to incorporate a Paris theme with lavender color? Would it work? So far I have bath accessories that are white with french writing on them. I also have a silver eiffel tower that hangs on the wall. What should I do about a shower curtain and bath/hand towels? Thank you for any ideas!!






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That sounds so cute.
They have a paris shower curtain link that I pasted below.
Lavender, Black, and White would be perfect.
So Chic and romantic! I love it
for candles... find lavender colored candles and place them in a vase with black stones at the bottom. That would be cute too!
www.avondecorators.com/
bath.html
bigdaddys...press.com/
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happy-valentines-day





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Check out this Google page that has several Paris scenes on shower curtains!
http://www.google.com/search?q=paris+sho…

You can add fleur de lis shower hooks....get oval fleur de lis soaps

Hand paint Le Bain in the room (means the Bath)

Here's another site (however it shows pink), but the black & white stripe curtain looks sharp, too (kind of reminds me of a cafe look)
http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Ba…






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I think that lavender would go excellent with a Paris theme. i would get a shower curtain that is black and white with a possible hint of lavender somewhere on it. The shower curtain you can get at a number of places. hope it turns out as you want it too!!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Does any one know where to look for pictures of Paris France Before the Eiffel Tower was built?

I am decorating my rrom in a Paris motife and am doing a progression of the eiffel tower, i have all of the pictures accept for one of before it is built. i have spent almost two hours looking for this picture on my own and am getting kinda desprate. please help






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You should try in the French part. Google 'Paris 19eme siecle' or 'photos paris 19eme siecle' Here is a series of old pictures of 19th century Paris

http://www.linternaute.com/paris/magazin…

And some painting.
http://www.recitus.qc.ca/images/main.php…
http://crhxix.univ-paris1.fr/local/cache…

And just for fun, a painting of Paris in 1855 from a hot air balloon. All that greenery is now covered with buildings.
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/info/gdzoom…






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I would just go on google images because I usually can find just about any picture on that. Good luck, I am also decorting my room with paris inspiration because I am going there in April !

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

What is Paris like, and what can you do there?

I'm staying in the montcalm hotel, already plan to do some shopping and to see the eiffel tower, however not interested in disneyland.






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Eiffel Tower,
The Louvre,
Many Museums - Picasso, etc. Can't possibly name them all.
Notre Dame Basillica,
Moulin Rouge,..(Be careful at night, it's a bad neighborhood)
Aquarium,
Pantheon,
Palace of Versailles,
Arc de Triumphe,
Catacombes,
Montmarte,
Cemetaries - so many famous people in the cemetaries around Paris! You can even share a beer with Jim Morrison by pouring a beer on his grave while you have one yourself.
Chocolate Stores - The chocolates they make are so intricate and amazing!
They even have a sex museum by the Moulin Rouge that looks absolutely hilarious (I didn't get the chance to go in, but there was a spanking chair in the window. Looked so funny).

Honestly, there is so much to do in Paris, I can't list it all. You could spend half a day in Paris just sitting at a cafe outside people watching and actually have a blast. I'd recommend trying a crepe at some point. The shopping is spectacular. I was there for ten days and I took 500Euros, which was enough although I could've spent more. If you want to save money, opt for a hostel instead. You can get a 1 or 3 day museum pass, that will allow you to spend about 45 Euros and you have access to .all. the museums for the full three days. Be careful though! A lot of museums are closed on Monday, so make sure to check ahead of time for hours of operation for any of these sites.

PS The only thing I want to warn you is, that downtown - near the Louvre and Pont Neuf, there are LOTS of thieves. Carry your money in a money belt or in a well concealed pocket even if you carry a purse. If you're carrying a schoolbag, wear it on your front to avoid people stealing stuff from behind and try not to pull a map out in open areas or they'll flag you as a tourist in 2 seconds flat. Try not to talk to strangers who approach you saying they lost anything






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Paris is crowded and expensive. Customer service is pretty awful, and Parisians generally are moody, rude and annoying. If you are a shopaholic, then take lots of money, as much as you possibly can.

There is plenty to see and do, too much to list on here. Check out Paris wiki-travel guide for detailed info.

Dont forget the cathedral at Notre Dame, the Arc d'Triomphe, and the Sacre Couer.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Okay, so I'm stumped on these 2 physics questions...?

Hello world.
Can you guys help me with these 2 questions? i don't need you to solve the questions or anything but just to please give me some hints on where to start would be greatly appreciated :)

1. an 80kg St Bernard dog leaps with an acceleration of 2ms^-2 from a stationary 40kg canoe to shore. What is the recoil acceleration of the canoe?

and

2. The Breaking strain on the cable holding the elevator in the eiffel tower is 30000N. The maximum number of people that can ride in the elevator at any one time is twenty. Given that the mass of each person is 70kg and the elevator has a mass of 400kg, what is the maximum upward acceleration that the elevator can have?


thankyou :)






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1) for the system acceleration of centre of mass is zero
hence, acm = m1 a1 + m2 a2 / m1 + m2 = 0 ie., a2 = - m1 a1 / m2 , where 'a2' is the acceleration of the canoe

hence, a2 = - 80 x 2 / 40 = - 4 m/sec^2 ( in opposite direction)

2) maximum upward accelration a = T / m - g , where 'm' is the total mass on the cable

hence, a = 30000/ 1800 - 9.8 = 6.87 m/sec^2 ( nearly)






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1.
By Newton's Third Law, the force on the canoe is the same as the force on the dog -- F1 = F2.
By Newton's Second Law, the force is the mass times the acceleration -- F = ma.
Since F1 = F2, just write F = ma. However, the masses are different: m1 = 80 kg, and m2 = 40 kg.
F = m1a = (80 kg)(2 m/s²) = 160 N.
F = m2a = (40 kg)(x m/s²) = 160 N.
x = 160/40 = 4 m/s².


2.
Total mass of people + elevator = (20)(70 kg) + 400 kg = 1800 kg.
Total weight = mass × g = (1800 kg)(9.81 m/s²) = 17 700 N (to 3 significant figures, although only 1 sig. fig. can be justified here).
Difference between strength of cable and maximum load = 30 000 N - 17 700 N = 12 300 N.
This is equivalent to a weight; find the acceleration by dividing by the mass:
(12 300 N) / (1800 kg) = 6.8 m/s².

Sunday, January 30, 2011

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How much would a nice, two-week trip to Paris cost me?

I'm asking from the east coast of the States, for reference. Don't have any details further than that so far, but we're looking for a nice hotel (wouldn't be opposed to a B&B) that's somewhat central to the city. We want to see the Lourve, the Eiffel Tower, etc.

How much do you think that will cost us? Thanks.






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Depends what time of year. May-August plane tickets will cost about $1,000 each. Sept-April plane tickets will be about $600 each.
Paris is very expensive, a run of the mill cheap hotel will be at least $100 a night. Plus food, attractions, taxis, etc. And the exchange rate sucks, a soda that costs you $1 in the US will cost you about $1.50 in Paris, doesn't seem like much but multiply that by $30 meals and it's a lot.
So summer- about $4,000 winter $3,000






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For the plane ticket summer is the most expensive time to go to Paris. However, August is dirt cheap for Hotels in Paris. The reason being that the French all go on holiday in August so the Hotels are empty. Some hotels drop their price by two. Wait till June to book your hotel that's when they will drop their prices. It's radical.

Go through this link to book your hotel: http://www.lookotel.com/result.php?searc… You will find run-of-the-mill hotels for 60$ a night. Go to the supermarket to buy your drinks and food. You can drop it to 2500€ for two weeks in Paris.

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