and they are -- they are right at the louvre. one end is the louvre. and they lead up toward the champs-elysee up to the larc d eshe trompe. the arc is still very much the same as it was back then. the louvre itself is -- there you are in the sienne and this is the pedestrian bridge, a wonderful bridge just for people made of iron, as it was originally. it's a favorite place to gather as is to walk along the caves by the river today. the pa lsh palais de royale, th hard for me to see. if i were to walk with you, brian, around that section of paris, i can show you an amazing number of places that are just the same as they were then, where these particular people all were and stayed. rosalie and i stay in the hotel de louvre, which is at the foot of avenue of the opera. if you have a picture of the avenue of the opera, it was in the book. it's in the backseat in the book. it's taken from what's called the pazarro room which is where pazarro did a number of his paintings and looking straight up on the avenue toward the opera house, that looks exactly the

while someone from within the already has a prior experiences and his early in the louvre -- in the loop like ms. johnson not placed in a position that they are prepared to pay upwards of $300,000 a year for probably the most important and integral position? chairman nolan: thank you. is there a second? are you speaking on this one? go ahead. >> i have spoken in front of this commission in the past. i think the new director comes a very good credentials based on the past director. i think the salary is a little out of line. if you look at the break out across the board, the biggest problem with the city is the salary and pensions. the previous director came from atlanta and was paid $180,000 a year. it is probably in line with most directors across the united states except washington, d.c. and new york city. even though we are now paying the assistant summer around those numbers, is proudly more in line with the city and county can handle in a budget. they will assume directorship and how it is part of the -- directorship is part of the mta. i don't know why gavin newsom picked him sever

was it a, the louvre in paris, b, the british museum in london, c, the metropolitan museum of art intional art museum in beijing? >> it's a trick question. >> this is a trick question, and i'm thinking the trick question means that they think we're going to say china so i'm going for the louvre, a. >> ali, you would be correct. >> again, he went first. >> we tricked the trickers. >> it was the louvre with 8.5 million but the newly remodeled museum in china expects 10 million visitors next year. we're tied at one. >> next year we'll do it differently. one more. >> number three, what is another accepted name for art investing? is it a, masters investing, b, passion investing, c, beauty investing or, d, artiste investing? >> go ahead, richard. >> all right. i'm going to go for artiste investing. >> i'm sorry, ali, your chance? >> i'm going to go with a, masters investing. >> all right. gentlemen. >> one more time here, voice. >> all right. we're trying -- >> it's got to be passion, b. >> that's not allowed. >> ali, on second thought, have you won the game. it is passion investing. great

been allowed to go bankrupt lots of talk about sadly we're out of time lou rockwell chairman of the louvre and funny says institute thanks so much. all this past weekend in new york city a crowd that gathered in the financial district to protest against wall street greed and lack of accountability if you're on twitter this weekend you may have thought it would be the beginning of america's own arab spring but retreating the ideas did not actually translate into masses of people turning out however argued on a stuffy a charter was at the rally and bring us a surprise. think that. america's attempt to follow the example of the arab spring the banks fear is fraud continues now with bonuses obscene america america how wall street on social media had been abuzz with this planned occupation of wall street for months. up to twenty thousand people were supposed to fill out onto the streets of the big apple financial district. but not more than a thousand of the most fed up americans showed up on my sleeping bag but will not bring it. down then flew in from out of state to camp out here day and nig

. >> charlie: in paris, your favorite museum the louvre or something else? >> the museum -- >> charlie: interesting. >> i love 19th century artists and i just love that museum. >> charlie: you love the left bank. >> i love the left bank. since the first year we stayed in paris, first year we were on the rit bank. >> charlie: your favorite historical figure is napoleon r someone else? is it a woman. >> no, it's not a woman. it's henry iv. >> charlie: wow. >> i just love. i mean he just, he's just so full of love. love for women, love for places, created the -- he created the place -- that's one of the places i love best in paris. and i think he has a twink. >> charl: and your favorite restaurant? >> that's hard because -- >> charlie: there's so many. >> most of my favorite restaurants have closed. >> charlie: this is a wonderful book pairls to the past traveling through french history by train. it's something anybodyan do. you can take the lead here and go and see and take a wonderful juriy and be back in paris for dinner. thank you. >> thank you. >> charlie:

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we went to the louvre. we went to the eiffel tower. to go to a concentration camp and meet the holocaust survivor and it's amazing to be able to see these things actually touch them and be like i remember learning about that. it was incredible. i got to bring my brother with me and it was great for him, too, because he's never been over there so it was an experience for both of us but i got to go with the choir and there were 14 kids and so we were all over there and every day, full day, from 5:30 until like 11:30 at night, they were going, going, going. traveling, learning things. we also got to go to austria, the classical music capital of the world. and, you know, got to see a choir and where mozart was born. it was amazing. >> so if people would like to win this contest where you will come to their school. >> yes. >> they can go to foxandfriends.com as well. but to try to get the most votes for that. >> yeah, make sure you go. >> i have to ask you about something else. you have sung the national anthem in big venues before. >> a co

the hotel louvre where we would stay because we felt all good vibrations is all still there.the other thing i'd like to point out and particularly for students would be fellow biographers or historians -- i am often asked, understandably, perfectly good question, how much of my time do i spend writing and how much of my time do i spend doing research? what i am never asked, never have been asked is how much of my time do i spend thinking? [laughter] >> guest: and that is in many ways the most important part of the process. it isn't just assembling all the research or just writing it out. it's thinking about what you found. putting it together with other things you found. thinking about the connections. thinking about what's not been said there, et cetera. and thinking about what you've written, thinking about how it can be made briefer, more to the point, more focused. how you can get rid of the unnecessary lumber in it. and not tax the patience and good will of your student or your reader. it's essential. and thinking is a good idea in life. [laughter] >> we all ought to thi