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An annual report for a tailor made travel company with a very personal feel.

Annual Report Cover Design for an advertising agency.

Wallpaper realizado con Photoshop al estilo minority report. Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRC3ncq52No

We have partnered with the Fair Labor Association to map the cocoa supply chain in order to prevent the use of child labour in cocoa-growing areas in Côte d'Ivoire.

A nurses report lying on the desk.. Interesting.. so I had to take a pic of it.

Border Guards, Berlin 1988

Wikipedia reports, "A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nymphē) in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis. They are believed to dwell in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes." And in sea caves! - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph

 

New JOHHNY RANGER MCCOY Instagram! instagram.com/45surf

 

Welcome to your epic hero's journey! The beautiful 45surf goddess hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Journey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.

 

PRETTY! Canon 5D Mark II Photos of Beautiful Blonde Swimsuit Bikini (Green One Piece Swimsuit!) Model Goddess with Pretty Blue Eyes in a Sea Cave !

 

Some video of the goddess:

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She was tall, thin, fit, and very pretty with long, blonde hair and blue eyes! From Sweden!

 

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II EF 24-105/4L IS USM was my workhorse until I got the Nikon D800 & D800E with the 70-200 mm 2.8 VR2 zoom.

 

Canon, Nikon, you can't go wrong with the pretty 45surf model goddesses! (Though the D800 is my new love.)

 

May the goddess inspire ye along a hero's journey of yer own making, and the path of yer own taking.

 

Was a classic socal autumn morning with a bright, blue, sunny sky! Hope the photos make you feel like you were there! :)

  

May the HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!

 

Shot in both RAW & JPEG, but all these photos are RAWs finished in Lightroom 5.3 ! :)

  

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A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.

 

A Gold 45 Goddess guards the wisdom of dx4/dt=ic -- my physics theory which appears on all the 45surf clothes. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:

herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!

 

May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! Catch those photons as they surf the fourth expanding dimension!

We awarded the Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value to Fundación Paraguaya for its 'Self Sufficient Agricultural School' model. This rural development programme in Paraguay gives high school students in rural communities the entrepreneurial and practical skills they need to lift themselves out of poverty.

We have entered a partnership with the International Diabetes Federation to promote diabetes prevention and to raise awareness of the disease worldwide.

Wikipedia reports, "A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nymphē) in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis. They are believed to dwell in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes." And in sea caves! - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph

 

New JOHHNY RANGER MCCOY Instagram! instagram.com/45surf

 

Welcome to your epic hero's journey! The beautiful 45surf goddess hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Journey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.

 

PRETTY! Canon 5D Mark II Photos of Beautiful Blonde Swimsuit Bikini (Green One Piece Swimsuit!) Model Goddess with Pretty Blue Eyes in a Sea Cave !

 

Some video of the goddess:

vimeo.com/45surf

 

She was tall, thin, fit, and very pretty with long, blonde hair and blue eyes! From Sweden!

 

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II EF 24-105/4L IS USM was my workhorse until I got the Nikon D800 & D800E with the 70-200 mm 2.8 VR2 zoom.

 

Canon, Nikon, you can't go wrong with the pretty 45surf model goddesses! (Though the D800 is my new love.)

 

May the goddess inspire ye along a hero's journey of yer own making, and the path of yer own taking.

 

Was a classic socal autumn morning with a bright, blue, sunny sky! Hope the photos make you feel like you were there! :)

  

May the HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!

 

Shot in both RAW & JPEG, but all these photos are RAWs finished in Lightroom 5.3 ! :)

  

New Instagram! instagram.com/45surf

 

Join/like my facebook page! www.facebook.com/45surfHerosJourneyMythology

 

Follow me on facebook! facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken

 

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A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.

 

A Gold 45 Goddess guards the wisdom of dx4/dt=ic -- my physics theory which appears on all the 45surf clothes. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:

herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!

 

May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! Catch those photons as they surf the fourth expanding dimension!

This was sent in a few days ago to me. I hate to say this, but I kind of like this tag as far as tags go, but from what I understand it was on the guy's house. -Design Crack

WPC 2017, Marrakech, November 5 - John Lipsky, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze SAIS. Tanaka Nobuo, Chairman of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Park In-kook, President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development, Russia.

Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Paige Sullivan, were invited to cover the 2013 Do Something Awards (#DSAwards) hosted by actress Sophia Bush along with celebrity presenters Malin Akerman, Lucy Hale, Cynthia Nixon, Russell Simmons and Aisha Tyler. This year’s high-energy show is honoring celebrities Patrick Dempsey, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jennifer Hudson, LL COOL J and Kelly Osbourne for being amazing social change leaders, along with five “do-gooders,” 25 and under, who are in the trenches, creating substantial change in our world.

 

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About the Do Something Awards

In addition to honoring celebrities for their work to inspire others, and a night filled with great musical performances, one young "do-er" (age 25 and under) will receive a grand prize of $100,000 for their cause and the four other nominees will receive a $10,000 community grant. This is the largest and most prestigious prize in the world for young people and social change.

 

This year’s five nominees have gone above and beyond to make a difference addressing important issues. Nominees include Sasha Fisher (Spark MicroGrants); Daniel Maree (Million Hoodies Movement for Justice); Jillian Mourning (All We Want is LOVE - Liberation of Victims Everywhere); Lorella Praeli (United We Dream); and Ben Simon (Food Recovery Network). www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2013/index.j...

 

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Working The 495R 14.03 Ditton (Oconnor) Fliner To Felixstowe North F.L.T. According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were

Ditton (Oconnor) 14.03 . 13.45 18E

Ditton Reception Sidings 14.08 To 14.33 No Report

Ditton East Junction 14.35 . 14.29 1/4 5E

Runcorn 14.40 . 14.35 4E

Halton Jn 14.42 1/2 No Report

Weaver Jn 14.51 . 14.42 1/4 8E

Acton Bridge 14.53 . 14.44 3/4 8E

Hartford Jn 14.55 .14.46 8E

Hartford 14.56 . 14.46 3/4 9E

Winsford 15.01 . 14.51 9E

Crewe Coal Yard 15.13 . 15.01 12E

Crewe North Jn 15.16 No Report

Crewe Salop Goods Jn 15.18 . 15.07 11E

Crewe Ssn Signal Box 15.20 No Report

Crewe Bas Hall S.S.M. 15.23 To 15.25 15.16 . 15.21 4E

Crewe Bas Hall S.S.S. 15.28 No Report

Crewe Basford Hall Jn 15.30 .15.25 5E

Betley Road Sb 15.35 No Report

Madeley (Staffs) 15.40 . 15.34 6E

Whitmore 15.43 No Report

Norton Bridge 15.52 . 15.45 1/2 6E

Stafford North Jn 15.58 No Report

Stafford No5 15.58 1/2 No Report

Stafford 15.58 1/2 . 15.52 1/2 6E

Stafford No4 15.59 No Report

Stafford Trent Valley Jn 15.59 1/2 No Report

Whitehouse Jn 16.05 . 16.00 5E

Colwich 16.12 1/2 . 16.08 1/4 4E

Rugeley North Jn 16.15 . 16.12 3/4 2E

Rugeley Trent Valley 16.15 . 16.13 1E

Armitage Jn 16.17 1/2 No Report

Lichfield North Jn 16.21 1/2 . 16.20 1E

Lichfield Trent Valley 16.22 1/2 . 16.20 1/4 1E

Tamworth 16.31 . 16.26 1/4 4E

Amington Junction 16.32 . 16.26 3/4 5E

Polesworth 16.34 1/2 No Report

Atherstone 16.39 . 16.33 6E

Canal Farm Junction 16.43 1/2 No Report

Ashby Junction 16.43 1/2 . 16.37 1/2 6E

Nuneaton 16.44 1/2 . 16.39 3/4 4E

Nuneaton South Jn 16.45 No Report

Attleborough Jn 16.46 No Report

Shilton 16.50 1/2 No Report

Brinklow 16.54 1/2 . 16.53 1E

High Oaks Junction 16.58 . 16.56 1E

Newbold Junction 16.59 . 16.56 3/4 1E

Rugby Trent Valley Jn 17.00 . 16.58 1E

Rugby North Junction 17.01 No Report

Rugby 17.03 To 17.05 Pass 16.59 5E

Rugby South Junction 17.06 No Report

Hillmorton Jn 17.08 . 17.00 1/4 7E

Daventry North Jn 17.11 1/2 . 17.03 8E

Daventry South Jn 17.12 1/2 . 17.04 8E

Long Buckby 17.16 1/2 . 17.09 7E

Northampton Mill Lane Jn 17.27 1/2 . 17.16 1/2 10E

Northampton North Jn 17.28 1/2 No Report

Northampton 17.29 . 17.29 3/4 RT

Northampton South Jn 17.29 No Report

Roade 17.36 1/2 No Report

Hanslope Jn 17.40 1/2 . 17.43 3/4 3L

Wolverton 17.47 1/2 . 17.47 3/4 RT

Milton Keynes Central 17.52 . 17.50 1/2 1E

Denbigh Hall North Jn 17.53 1/2 No Report

Denbigh Hall South Jn 17.55 . 17.53 1/2 1E

Bletchley 17.56 . 17.55 1/2 RT

Leighton Buzzard 18.03 1/2 . 18.02 1/4 1E

Ledburn Jn 18.06 . 18.04 3/4 1E

Cheddington 18.08 1/2 . 18.07 1/2 1E

Tring North Jn 18.14 No Report

Tring 18.14 1/2 . 18.14 RT

Berkhamstead 18.18 1/2 . 18.18 1/4 RT

Bourne End Jn (Herts) 18.21 . 18.21 RT

Hemel Hempstead 18.22 1/2 .18.23 RT

Hemel Hempstead South Jn 18.23 No Report

Apsley 18.24 1/2 . 18.24 1/2 RT

Kings Langley 18.27 1/2 No Report

Watford North Jn 18.32 No Report

Watford Junction 18.32 1/2 . 18.30 2E

Watford South Jcn 18.33 No Report

Bushy 18.33 1/2 No Report

Harrow & Wealdstone 18.37 1/2 . 18.36 1E

North Wembley Jn 18.41 1/2 No Report

Wembley Central 18.43 . 18.39 1/2 3E

Willesden Sudbury Jn 18.45 . 18.44 3/4 RT

Wembley 781/783 & 756/758 18.50 1/2 To 19.46 No Report

Harlesden Jn 19.51 .19.38 1/2 12E

Willesden West Londn Jn 19.52 .19.41 1/4 10E

Queens Park (London) 19.54 . 19.45 3/4 8E

Kilburn Up & Down Gds Lp 19.54 1/2 No Report

Camden Jn 19.56 1/2 . 19.50 1/4 6E

Primrose Hill 19.58 No Report

Camden Road Jn 20.00 . 19.58 1/2 1E

Camden Road 20.01 1/2 .19.59 1/4 2E

Camden Rd E Jn 20.05 . 20.01 3/4 3E

Caledonian Rd & Barnsbury 20.07 1/2 . 20.04 1/4 3E

Westbourne Road Junction 20.08 . 20.05 2E

Highbury & Islington 20.09 No Report

Canonbury West Jn 20.10 . 20.06 1/4 3E

Canonbury 20.10 1/2 . 20.07 1/2 2E

Dalston Kingsland 20.12 1/2 . 20.10 2E

Navarino Road Jn 20.13 1/2 . 20.11 1/4 2E

Hackney Central 20.14 1/2 . 20.13 1E

Homerton 20.16 . 20.16 1/4 RT

Hackney Wick 20.19 . 20.31 12L

Lea Junction 20.20 . 20.33 1/2 13L

Channelsea Jn 20.21 No Report

Stratford (London) 20.24 1/2 .20.27 3/4 13L

Stratford Signal L295 20.26 To 20.29 No Report

Maryland 20.31 . 20.55 1/2 24L

Maryland East Junction 20.31 1/2 No Report

Forest Gate 20.33 . 20.58 1/2 25L

Forest Gate Jn 20.34 . 20.59 1/4 25L

Manor Park 20.34 1/2 . 21.00 1/4 25L

Manor Park Junction 20.35 No Report

Ilford 20.36 . 21.01 1/2 25L

Ilford Lon End Junction 20.36 1/2 No Report

Seven Kings 20.37 . 21.03 25L

Goodmayes 20.38 . 21.03 1/2 25L

Chadwell Heath 20.38 1/2 . 21.04 1/4 25L

Romford London End Jn 20.40 1/2 No Report

Romford 20.41 . 21.06 3/4 26L

Romford Junction 20.41 No Report

Gidea Park 20.42 . 21.08 26L

Gidea Park Jn 20.43 No Report

Harold Wood 20.43 1/2 . 21.10 26L

Brentwood 20.47 1/2 . 21.13 3/4 26L

Shenfield London End Jn 20.49 No Report

Shenfield 20.50 . 21.19 1/2 29L

Ingatestone 20.53 . 21.23 1/2 30L

Chelmsford 20.58 . 21.32 1/2 34L

Hatfield Peverel 21.04 1/2 . 21.38 3/4 34L

Witham 21.07 . 21.41 1/4 34L

Kelvedon 21.10 . 21.52 1/2 42L

Marks Tey 21.14 . 22.00 46L

Colchester 21.19 . 22.13 1/4 54L

Manningtree 21.26 . 22.54 58L

Manningtree North Jn 21.26 1/2 No Report

Ipswich Halifax Junction 21.35 . 22.33 3/4 58L

Ipswich 21.37 1/2 . 22.41 1/2 64L

Ipswich S.S. 21.39 1/2 To 23.54 22.45 . 23.54 RT

Ipswich East Suffolk Jn 23.56 No Report

Ipswich Boss Hall Jn 23.57 No Report

Westerfield 00.03 1/2 No Report

Derby Road 00.08 . 00.17 1/2 9L

Levington Signal Co617 00.13 . 00.31 18L

Trimley 00.20 . 00.37 1/4 17L

Felixstowe North F.L.T. 00.29 . 00.52 23L

Did you know you can REPORT ABUSE on Flickr?

If you should encounter flickr members ‘favoring’ your photos just so that they can have you view their lewd, crude photos, there is a way to stop this.

Besides the obvious ‘BLOCKING’, you can report them to Flickr to have their account removed.

I reported a flickr member today for this reason.

9/8/13 – 10.13AM EST

  

Front: Leica M8 (black paint, panda version, black dot) and 35mm summicron v3

 

Back: Epson R-D1s and old voigtlander Nokton 50mm F1.5 (prominent to ContaxRF, ContaxRF to LTM, LTM to M); Zeiss Ikon (silver chrome) and zeiss c sonnar 50mm F1.5

Meine Reportage über den Streit um die Marmorberge von Carrara

Il mio reportage sulla controversia sui Monti di Marmo di Carrara

Report upon the extinct Vertebrata obtained in New Mexico by parties of the expedition of 1874.

Washington, D.C.,1877

biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55583958

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Our Red Carpet Report team were on the red carpet for the World Premiere of Lucasfilm’s of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY in Hollywood at the Pantages Theatre.

 

Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen; Gareth Edwards (director), Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, Simon Emanuel (producers), Kiri Hart, John Knoll, Jason McGatlin (executive producers) and Michael Giacchino (music) were all in attendance, shutting down Hollywood Blvd with a full-sized X-Wing.

 

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is in theaters December 16 in 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D!

 

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More about ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure.

 

In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

 

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is in theaters December 16 in 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D!

 

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The Park Central Hotel (formerly the Omni Park Central, The Park Sheraton)

870 7th Avenue

New York, NY

 

Construction started in 1926 on the Park Central Hotel. The 25-story renaissance revival style building at 870 Seventh Avenue was designed by Gronenberg & Leuchtag. The 1,600 room hotel was named Park Central due to its close proximity to Central Park, its rooms though, did not have actual views of the park. Previously at this location was the Van Corlear apartment house, designed by Henry Hardenbergh for builder Edward Clark and put up in 1878.

 

Gronenberg & Leuchtag were noted for many of Manhattan's apartment buildings and for one previous hotel - the Times Square Hotel (now the Common Ground Times Square Building - housing for 652 low income individuals) built in 1922 located at 255 West 43rd Street.

 

The hotel was built for approximately $15 million in the pre-Depression building frenzy of the late-twenties; its grand opening took place on June 12, 1927. The NY Times described the hotel as 31-stories and had a swimming pool and an elaborate roof garden. The hotel's mural paintings were done by William Clark Rice and J Scott Williams. The hotel's lobby had wood carvings and marble designed by Leo Lentelli. In 1929 the hotel opened a sales office in Paris, France.

 

The owner was Harry A. Lanzer who operated the 1,600 room hotel through the Great Depression and managed to make ends meet and hold on to it until he sold it in 1948 to the Sheraton Corporation of America. Ernest Henderson, president of the Sheraton Corp., led the negotiations, and the Park Central Hotel became the 28th hotel within the Sheraton chain - renamed Park Sheraton Hotel.

 

*Arnold Rothstein Murder*

 

Arnold Rothstein was known coast to coast as the nation's most notorious gambler. He was heading to a meeting in room 349 of the Park Central Hotel on Sunday, November 4, 1928, but never made it. He was found shot and mortally wounded in a first floor service corridor at the Park Central Hotel.

 

Rothstein had lost $300,000 at a 3-day poker game in September of 1928 and refused to pay the debt. More famously he was known as the man behind the Black Sox scandal in which the 1919 World Series was fixed. No one is ever convicted of his murder. Rothstein's show biz girlfriend, Inez Norton, opens in the Broadway play "Room 349" at the National Theater (now the Nederlander Theatre) on April 21, 1930 - it closes after 15 performances.

 

*WPCH*

 

Prior to the Park Central opening the radio station WFBH (the Voice of Central Park) was given notice in 1927 its antenna located atop the Hotel Majestic would have to move since the Majestic was to be demolished. WFBH moved its broadcasting facilities and transmitting towers to the Park Central Hotel. The move to the Park Central Hotel ended the WFBH call letters and the station became known as WPCH, incorporating the new hotel's initials into their call sign. It seems that once the Park Central installed its electrical roof signage there were transmission problems and WPCH had to again relocate - this time to the Hotel McAlpin. WPCH went silent in 1933 and was absorbed by WMCA - named after its transmission tower location - the Hotel McAlpin.

 

*Wine Cellar*

 

Prohibition was lifted in 1933. The Park Central Hotel was opened without any consideration to the possibility of storing or serving alcoholic beverages. To prepare for the expected demand of wine and spirits the NY Times reported Park Central Hotel's Chief Steward, J.J. Mullins, authorized the excavation through the hotel's bed rock of a wine cellar some 30 feet below the hotel. The wine cellar would hold up to 150,000 bottles. In those days it was thought that vibrations from subways would rattle the wine and spoil it, hence the need to go in to the bedrock.

 

*Albert Anastasia Murder*

 

Albert Anastasia was a founder of the American Mafia. A Brooklyn gangster, he was an accomplished underworld enforcer, earning the nickname of "Lord High Executioner." Anastasia was gunned down in what was probably the most sensational public and daytime assassination in mob history.

 

On the morning on October 25, 1957, Anastasia went to his usual barber at Arthur Grasso's Barber Shop at the Park Sheraton Hotel for a shave and haircut. He sat in the fourth of twelve barber chairs manned by Joseph Bocchino. Starbucks is now located at approximately this location on the hotel's first floor at 55th Street and Seventh Avenue. According to www.mafiahistory.us two masked gunmen burst into the shop and unloaded handguns into the 55-year-old Anastasia's body. The former Murder Inc. chief was hit in his head, back, right hip and left hand. Witnesses said he lunged from the chair and attacked the reflection of his attackers in the mirror in front of him before collapsing dead in a pool of blood on the floor.

 

The murder has never been solved. The killing allowed Carlo Gambino to take control of the crime family that would now bear his name.

 

Two weeks after the killing the Park Sheraton Hotel attempted to evict the operator of the barber shop claiming the shop served objectionable patrons. Thomas C. de Veau, the Park Sheraton Manager said the Anastasia killing was a ghastly incident that resulted from Arthur Grasso's failure to heed the term of the lease for maintaining an orderly shop. The complaint alleged that Grasso solicited and encouraged the patronage in the barbershop of notorious underworld characters.

 

*Jackie Gleason*

 

In 1953 Jackie Gleason negotiated a two year deal with CBS TV to produce 39 episodes of the Honeymooners to be filmed live at the Adelphi Theater. Upon signing the contract Gleason leased a penthouse atop the Park Sheraton Hotel to be the headquarters of his entertainment company. The 7-room 23rd floor suite had a terrace and sweeping views of Manhattan. According to www.drunkard.com Gleason outfitted the penthouse with a pool table, dance studio and four bars, staffed by a live-in bartender. It resembled a sultan’s palace more than a place of business. Gleason used the penthouse from 1953 to 1957, the heady years of ''The Honeymooners.''

 

In 1987 the Omni Park Central Hotel named "the Great One's” penthouse suite ''The Jackie Gleason Suite''.

 

Hilton New York owned the Adelphi Theater (demolished in 1970) which was adjacent to the hotel and held the site for expansion. In 1989 an office tower 1325 Avenue of the Americas was built on the site.

 

*Eleanor Roosevelt*

 

Eleanor Roosevelt was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt and married her father's fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt who was president from 1933 to 1945. After FDR's death, the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt rented suites at the Park Sheraton Hotel from 1950 to 1953. She returned to the Park Sheraton Hotel in 1958 as she waited for renovations on a new house to be completed. During the 1950's long term guests were using the 202 West 56th Street address (today 200 West 56th Street is the address for the Manhattan Club).

 

According to a 1956 Walter Winchell column it was Eleanor Roosevelt who forced the hand of hotel management to cover the bare breasted mermaids hanging from the Mermaid Room's ceiling. The room was celebrated for its Mermaids... but Eleanor Roosevelt complained the undraped sea sirens were indecent. Bras made of fish net were made to cover their frontages.

 

*The Mermaid Room*

 

The Mermaid Room was established on the main floor of the Park Central Hotel in the late 40's. Its fare was cocktails, steak, lobster lamb chops with dinner music 6.30 to 9.30pm and star entertainment from 10pm to 4am. The Mermaid Room had a large curvaceous bar and dance floor. It was known for its four very large terra cotta mermaids on the walls.

 

The Mermaid Room was designed by night club designer Franklin Hughes - live orchids in his night clubs was his signature. He also designed the decor for El Morocco and the Copacabana.

 

Irving Fields and his Trio found a home at the Mermaid Room and played for 16 years, 1950 to 1966. His hits included Miami Beach Rhumba and "Managua Nicaragua." Other Mermaid Room entertainers included pianist Belle Gale, Rosa Linda, The Milt Herth Trio, the Pepe Morreale Trio and the renowned organist, Ashley Miller.

 

*Cocktail Hostess Sues Widow of Park Sheraton Hotel Manager for Husband's Estate*

 

In 1952 Ralph H. Freeman was appointed General Manager of the Park Sheraton. He brought with him from the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago his mistress Delores Dunn, a cocktail lounge hostess. Freeman died unexpectedly in 1957 at the age of 54. A lawsuit was filed by Dunn against Freeman's widow for $100,000 claiming she had a relationship with Freeman for 8 years, that he induced her to move to New York and performed all the nursing, housework and cooking for him. Freeman had been a prominent hotelier serving as a director for the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau and a director for New York City Hotel Association. At his death he was the Sheraton Hotel's Regional Manager for the Atlantic Division.

 

*70's and 80's*

 

The Park Sheraton Hotel changed its name to the New York Sheraton in 1972. A press release issued by Jim Sheeran, the public relations spokesperson for the Sheraton chain said there was a corporate decision made to boost New York and the West Side of New York with the name change.

 

In May, 1983 V.M.S. Realty, a Chicago-based national real estate investment firm, acquired the New York Sheraton Hotel, on Seventh Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets, from the Sheraton Corporation. V.M.S. paid $60 million for the 1,450- room hotel, at the time the city's fifth largest. V.M.S contracted with Dunfey Hotels Corporation (owned by Aer Lingus) to manage the hotel. Peter R. Morris, the chairman of V.M.S., called the acquisition a ''once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.'' He added that the company's decision to take over the Sheraton reflected its strong belief in the renaissance taking place on the West Side between Times Square and Lincoln Center. In January 1984 Dunfey changed the name to Omni Park Central. V.M.S. and Dunfey provided the 1,450 room hotel with $15 million in improvements. Philip Grosse was the Omni Park Central's general manager in 1984.

 

Since its beginning in 1977, V.M.S. has acquired 3,500 hotel and motel units. VMS was one of the largest real estate syndicators, raising more than $1.5 billion through more than 100 real-estate limited partnerships. The firm's hotel properties included the Boca Raton Hotel in Florida, Four Seasons Hotel in Santa Barbara, California and Caneel Bay in the Virgin Islands. By 1989 VMS Realty Partners disclosed that it is suffering cash-flow problems and would replace its top management and lay off some of its 500 employees. The dismantling of VMS Realty Partners was one of the largest liquidations in real estate history.

 

*Ian Bruce Eichner and The Manhattan Club*

 

In 1995 New York developer Ian Bruce Eichner acquired the Omni Park Central Hotel in a bankruptcy sale from VMS Partners for $60.225 million. The hotel has more than 1,430 rooms and is the fifth largest in the city with more than 800,000 square feet. That translates into a purchase price of $42,115 per room. Upscale hotels were selling at that time for per room prices ranging from $75,000 to $200,000. Eichner said the Sheraton hotel chain still held the first mortgage for V.M.S that had failed in the early 90's. Sheraton agreed to maintain the mortgage for Eichner who had bid $60 million -- or $20 million more than the next highest bidder.

 

Construction began in 1996 on a $40 million conversion of half the 26-story Park Central Hotel into New York City's first time-share condominium. Eichner would keep the eastern half of the building as a "lower-end hotel" with its entrance on Seventh Avenue. They would have separate lobbies, separate entrances, separate heating systems. The western half transformed to a 360-unit time-share operation called the Manhattan Club, with a new entrance on 56th Street. The "intervals" or weekly shares initial price for seven days' use a year of a 650-square-foot one-bedroom would be $15,000; a two-bedroom will be $23,000. Annual maintenance fees would average $575, including real estate taxes. Manhattan Club buyers would be able to trade their weeks for any one of Resorts Condominium International's (RCI) 3,500 locations in 85 countries. Eichner thought that if The Manhattan Club ever sells out, there is a whole other side-full of rooms to tap! A sell-out of the timeshares would produce more than $300 million.

 

Eichner was developing a product that had never before been offered in New York City. Eichner even negotiated with the hotel unions to come up with a set of job rules and qualifications for a time share project.

 

The 1996 cleaning of the hotel's 1925 Tuscan Renaissance facade -- found a beautiful mixture of arches, bas relief squirrels, deer and pelicans and Corinthian half columns that had been hidden for years by gold-colored aluminum panels.

 

In July 2011 Ian Bruce Eichner, the developer and the operator of The Manhattan Club, was sued for fraud by five buyers of time-shares in The Manhattan Club. According to the documents they are alleging fraud and “breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.” The timeshare owners allege that Eichner is not granting them access to their timeshares, despite their attempts to book up to nine months in advance, and is instead renting them out to the general public.

 

*Mony Mony*

 

The 1740 Broadway Building shares the block with the Park Central Hotel and was once the headquarters of the MONY (Mutual of New York). In 1968 the insignia "MONY" was located where *1740* is today. Tommy James was struggling with the lyrics for a new song when he looked out of his apartment building in New York and saw the sign "MONY".

 

Sung by Tommy James And The Shondells: "Here she comes now sayin' Mony Mony Shoot 'em down turn around come on Mony" …

 

*Recent Events*

 

In December 2004 the 935-room Park Central was sold by H. Park Central, LLC to Goldman's Whitehall Real Estate Funds and Highgate Hotels for $215,000,000 or $230,000 per room. Following this sell Bruce Eichner went on to develop the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas however, in 2008 he defaulted on a $768 million construction loan from Deutchse Bank. Deutchse foreclosed on Eichner and took control of the property.

 

In October 2010 owners Rockpoint and Highgate Hotels put the 1,000-room Park Central Hotel on the market. The hotel had recently received a $65 million renovation.

 

In a January 2012 press release Lasalle Hotel Properties (LHO) announced it acquired the 934-room Park Central Hotel in New York City for $396.2 million. Michael D. Barnello, President and Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle Hotel Properties said “We remain excited about this well located New York City asset and our ability to acquire the hotel at an attractive purchase price.” Lasalle plans to implement a renovation of the hotel, currently estimated at between $30.0 and $35.0 million, including guestrooms and guest bathrooms, corridors and the hotel’s lobby. The renovation is expected to commence late 2012 and conclude during 2013. Highgate Holdings will continue to manage the Park Central.

 

All photos and text by Dick Johnson, February 2012

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SPECIAL REPORT: WHAT WENT WRONG

DO BUILDERS' BUCKS BUY POLITICAL POWER?

LISA GETTER Herald Staff Writer

December 20, 1992

Page: 7SR

 

As developers transformed the landscape of Dade County in the decade before Hurricane Andrew, more and more of their money fueled Metro Commission campaigns.

In 1980, building interests contributed almost one of every four campaign dollars collected, a Miami Herald analysis of campaign contributions showed. In 1986, when construction was booming, the building industry gave at least one of every three campaign dollars.

 

"Contributions from builders helped make it easier, quicker and more profitable for them to build," said political strategist Philip Hamersmith.

 

"People don't give contributions for better government reasons. They give for greater access to the County Commission and ultimately, to get the action or position they want."

 

To study the local political clout of the building industry, The Herald created a computer database to analyze major campaign contributions to Metro Commission candidates. The

commission has the final say over zoning and revisions to the South Florida Building Code. It also appoints the Board of Rules and Appeals, the panel that oversees the code.

 

The database included contributions of $100 or more that were given to any commission candidate who collected at least $20,000 for the six elections between 1980 and 1990. The study was limited to contributions of $500 or more for the 1988 election. The final database included 17,268 contributions.

 

It showed that:

 

* Building money accounted for about 27 percent of the money collected by commission candidates during the study period.

 

* Builders contributed about $2.2 million in the six elections -- more money than was collected in any single election year by all major candidates combined.

 

* More than half of the money that came from builders throughout the study period was contributed during the 1986 and 1988 elections, years when there was increased growth in the county.

 

* Political dollars from builders peaked in 1986, when 38 percent of the money collected came from the construction industry.

 

* Contributions from builders dropped significantly in 1990 to the 20 percent level, where they had been in 1982.

 

Engineer Herbert Gopman said his tenure on the Board of Rules and Appeals illustrates the power campaign money can buy.

 

Records show that Mayor Steve Clark appointed Gopman to the board in 1984, but Gopman said he really was the appointee of the trade unions.

 

Former Commissioner Beverly Phillips said appointments to the board often were made the way Gopman described. "We used to call the building and zoning people or the unions or the building trades" for names of nominees, she said. In hindsight, she said, it was "maybe the fox going into the hen house."

 

Gopman said trade unions considered him accountable to them. The study showed trade unions contributed about $80,500 to commissioners.

 

"In a controversial matter, they will call you out and say, 'You've got to vote this way.' I didn't always meet their demands," Gopman said. "I wasn't reappointed."

 

The 1992 grand jury concluded last week that "parts of the construction industry continually exert undue influence" on the board's decisions.

 

Homeowners' representatives say they are powerless to raise the kind of money that comes from the building industry.

 

"It's very difficult. You can sit and have a party for a commissioner and maybe raise $1,000 or $2,000," said Neal Alper, an officer in the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations. "But a developer, who stands to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits, can just contribute $1,000 at a time."

 

Chuck Lennon, the executive director of the Builders Association of South Florida, said the 1,100-member organization's political action committee contributes money every year to commission candidates -- about $23,000 during the decade, the study showed. Before contributing money, the PAC interviews candidates and makes endorsements.

 

"The only thing it does is give you entry. It doesn't give you their vote, but it does give you an opportunity to get their ear," Lennon said.

 

Mayor Clark, who received more money from builders than any other candidate, said he thinks builders supported him because he had been a general contractor. "If builders contributed to my campaign, I thank them for that," he said. "I didn't give them special treatment."

 

Former Commissioner Phillips, who often voted against builders, said she never sought their money. But she said she would at least listen to people who contributed to her.

 

"They gave money to me just so they could have my ear on occasion," she said.

 

The Latin Builders Association also interviews candidates and makes endorsements. Although its political action committee contributed only $8,000 throughout the decade, individual members have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars more.

 

Among past and present LBA members who contributed more than $10,000 during the decade, either individually or through their firms, were homebuilder Pedro Adrian, developers Erelio Pena, Jesus Portela and Felix Lima, engineering contractor Rolando Iglesias and plumbing company owner Sergio Pino.

 

"It gives you an open door with the commissioner. You're at least able to get an appointment with a commissioner and explain your case," said LBA executive director William Delgado.

 

Once the LBA board of directors decides who it will support, the organization sends a mailing to its approximately 1,000 members. The group also holds fund-raisers. It raised $45,000 for Sherman Winn at a 1986 fund-raiser and $77,000 for Clara Oesterle at a 1988 fund-raiser.

 

Under the guidance of zoning lawyer Tom Carlos, the LBA was successful in persuading the commission in 1985 to open 2,900 acres to development in West and Southwest Dade.

 

"There was a period there when the commission was definitely dominated by pro-development views. That can best be shown by votes on Master Plan applications," said Metro Commissioner Harvey Ruvin.

 

Ruvin voted against most of the changes in the county land- use plan. "As it turns out, a lot of that development, especially in the Southwest, did experience extreme hurricane damage," he said.

 

After the 1985 hearings, Carlos told the LBA leadership it needed to financially support the commissioners who voted for the changes.

 

"These events were very important," Carlos said in a 1988 interview about the fund-

 

raisers. "I wanted the commissioners to associate faces with contributions. Later, when we go to the commission on an application, I want the commissioners to think of the individual contributors when they see me. I want them to be accountable to the person who is an applicant and my client."

 

Reginald Walters, who retired this year after 28 years as Metro planning director, said special interests contribute money "to keep in good favor with the commissioners."

 

"As long as I had been with Dade County, growth had been very rampant and very strong and the building industry had always had a great influence over the commission," Walters said.

 

ANDREW'S WINDS EXPOSED FLAWS IN INSPECTION SYSTEM

Continued from Page 6SR,

INSPECTIONS: A BREAKDOWN IN THE SYSTEM

LISA GETTER Herald Staff Writer

 

inspections, saying he had jeopardized the public's safety. The surveillance showed that he spent 64 minutes of his day making 38 inspections, approving 30.

 

"That's in the past," Varona said in a recent interview. "That's over with me."

 

The computer showed that Varona had logged five days with more than 50 inspections, including the day in 1990 he reported making 82. Varona said he did not remember ever doing that many in a day. The most, he said, was "probably 50 or 55."

 

Everett said the high number of inspections he performed is misleading because he worked long days. The computer showed 40 times since 1988 when he was sent out on more than 50 inspections in a day.

 

"The grand jury had a report. They said you can't do that many. What I would say is go to the homeowner who reported seeing me at 8:30 p.m.," he said. "I have had many people come up to me after the hurricane and say, 'Mr. Everett, you may not remember me, but you inspected my house and it's still standing.' "

 

Tucker, the inspector who did 68 inspections in one day in 1988, said it's possible to do an excellent job if all the inspections are in the same neighborhood and many are rejected. The computer database indicates on that day he rejected 13 inspections and the remainder -- mostly slab and framing inspections -- were approved. He would not comment directly.

 

The county's chief code compliance officer, Charles Danger, said he doesn't think any inspector should make more than 20 inspections in a day. The department's new goal is 18. Danger was amazed to learn that inspectors made more than 50.

 

"It's impossible for a person to do that amount of inspections and do a good job on it," Danger said. "It's humanly impossible."

 

Inspectors testified to the 1990 grand jury that their inspections had been "inadequate and falsified" in many instances. They blamed the large number of daily inspections required.

 

"While we are certain that there are many qualified and dedicated building inspectors doing an effective job, we are also certain that others are not," the grand jurors wrote.

 

Grand jury investigators caught inspectors spending part of their work day watching women bowl, reading a newspaper in a library, sleeping in a car or going home early.

 

"Prior to the grand jury, the message that I had from upper management was to be more efficient as possible. We really tried to work our tails off," said Chief Building Inspector Roberto Pineiro. "The emphasis was put on productivity. After the grand jury report, the emphasis was put on quality."

 

Pineiro said he found it hard to believe that the computer database was accurate in pinpointing so many instances of high inspection days. His theories: clerks entered the data wrong; the inspections listed on those days were canceled; the inspections on those days were all in the same neighborhood.

 

"Building and zoning supervisors appear out of touch with the actual operations of the inspection department," the 1990 grand jurors concluded.

 

Inspector Rodriguez said times have changed since the days when inspectors were asked to make more inspections in a day than they could realistically complete. The computer database showed 33 times since 1988 in which he logged more than 50 daily inspections. Once, Rodriguez said, he was given a daily route sheet calling for him to make 110 inspections.

 

"We were being demanded to do all of our inspections. We just ran right through them," he said.

 

Sometimes, other inspectors would help. And sometimes, Rodriguez said he carried over inspections to the following day -- a practice that was frowned on by the department. The days in which Rodriguez carried over his inspections were not included in the Herald computer study.

 

Joaquin Avino, who has been county manager since 1988, said it would be "unrealistic" to make 110 inspections in a day. "Needless to say, as county manager, you don't look at the number of inspections an inspector was doing," he said.

 

The 1990 surveillance caught some inspectors who never left their cars when doing inspections. To some investigators, that's worse than taking money.

 

"I really don't know if it's the giving of money that's totally corrupt. Maybe it's not getting your butt out of your car to see if something was built right that's really corrupt," Metro-Dade detective Anthony Kost said in a recent interview. Kost worked on the 1986 undercover probe of the building department.

 

In that case, contractors literally threw money into the car of a Metro detective who was posing as an inspector. Eventually, 24 contractors, developers, homeowners and one building inspector were charged -- most with giving $10 and $20 bribes.

 

Roofing contractor Ernesto Valladares pleaded no contest after he gave the undercover officer $100 to approve three roofing inspections that had been rejected. Thirty homes contracted by Valladares' firm were uninhabitable after Andrew, computer data show.

 

"There was an awful lot of bribery going on. It was a common way of doing business," said former state prosecutor David Troyer, who handled the case. "I think it would be unreasonable to assume it began and ended with that investigation."

 

But none of the 15 who pleaded guilty in the 1986 probe got a harsh sentence. Judges were not inclined to sentence a developer to jail for a $20 bribe.

 

Ten years before Troyer's investigation, a 1976 grand jury condemned county inspections.

 

"Instead of requiring thorough, proper inspections, the county gave into the pressure of the building industry," the 1976 grand jury wrote. "The county should have been prepared to adequately staff the department during peak periods of construction with trained personnel. It was not prepared."

 

Franklyn Tarbox, an inspector from 1966 until 1982, said he never had to meet a quota.

 

"In the '70s and '60s, you checked how many nails were in the boards. I don't know, I guess it might have changed," he said. "How long would it take? Sometimes a half hour, sometimes an hour."

 

The importance of a thorough inspection became apparent when dentist Jeffrey Glasser had his South Dade house built in 1976. The county stopped work on the house after a building inspector supervisor discovered code violations that another inspector had missed.

 

The construction was so bad that an engineer determined the house would be "insecure under hurricane wind loads."

 

Glasser got a new contractor. The county suspended for three days the inspector who missed the shoddy work. The house survived Andrew.

 

Dade experienced another building boom in the 1980s. Instead of learning from its mistakes, the county repeated them.

 

"We kept increasing the fees, but we never kept up with the inspection needs," said former Metro Commissioner Beverly Phillips, who was defeated in 1988. The fees from building permits finance code enforcement.

 

The county increased the number of daily inspections each inspector was supposed to make -- from 22 in 1985 to 27 in 1989 to 29 in 1990, rather than provide enough money to adequately staff the department, or attract young inspectors who want to make the job a career.

 

Because the job requires construction experience, many don't become inspectors until after they have retired from another job. Dave Bacon, for instance, didn't become an inspector until he was 65. He died in 1982 at 75 -- while still on the county payroll as an inspector. Julio Aldecocea became an inspector this year. He is 63.

 

General contractor Eduardo Roca, 36, joined the building department as an inspector in July 1991. He left after three months for a better job.

 

"In a lot of cases, they're taking the rap for no need," Roca said of the inspectors. "In my experience, what I saw, the work was being carried out in a very professional manner and they were doing everything to the best of their abilities."

 

While the county was tight with money for code enforcement, the code itself was undergoing a transformation. Builders, seeking cheaper and faster ways to construct homes, began using products not envisioned by the writers of the original 1957 code.

 

Many developers relied on letters from engineers that certified they were using building products -- like premanufactured roof trusses -- that met the code. The letters were rarely challenged by inspectors. Roof trusses failed repeatedly in the storm.

 

"There was a lot of stuff run under engineering letters. I have no idea how good they were," former inspector Kurtz said. "If an engineer certified that it was done according to code, we would accept it."

 

A major problem in the hurricane was the failure of roof tiles. Code compliance chief Danger said the problem could have been lessened had inspectors been given scales to test for wind uplift. Danger said inspectors told him they don't have the scales or know how to use them.

 

But chief inspector Pineiro, who said inspectors were given scales, said they weren't needed. "With a scale you could go fishing," he said. "It's not required. It's a gadget."

 

Retired inspector Tarbox said he became concerned when the county began allowing builders to use staples to attach shingles to roofs.

 

But inspectors are powerless to change the code. It was adopted and can be changed only by the Metro Commission. The job of interpreting the code is left to the Board of Rules and Appeals, whose members are appointed by the commission.

 

Inspector Rodriguez blamed the shoddy construction uncovered by Andrew on several factors. "I think there was a combination of a lot of things: poor design, poor workmanship, no supervision, and just maybe if we had spent more time on inspections," he said.

 

Copyright 1992 Miami Herald

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“Suddenly” from Les Misérables, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran – WINNER

Les Misérables, Paco Delgado

Lincoln, Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka

Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

BEST FILM EDITING

Argo, William Goldenberg – WINNER

Life of Pi, Tim Squyres

Lincoln, Michael Kahn

Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Hitchcock, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell – WINNER

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Anna Karenina, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

Les Misérables, Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson – WINNER

BEST SOUND EDITING - TIE

Argo, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

Django Unchained, Wylie Stateman

Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers – WINNER

Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson - WINNER

BEST SOUND MIXING

Argo, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes – WINNER

Life of Pi, Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin

Lincoln, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins

Skyfall, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott –WINNER

Marvel’s The Avengers, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

Prometheus, Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson.

These people who were interviewed all wanted Chase Elliot to win.

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