2010 Millennium XLII, #9399 - SOLD

2010 Millennium XLII, #9399 - SOLD

A few nice celebrity weight images I found:

2010 Millennium XLII, #9399 - SOLD
Image by MillenniumLuxuryCoaches 2010 Millennium XLII, #9399 Sildes: 2 - Rear Super Slide (Prevost) MILLENNIUM UNIT #9399 2010 XLII S2 REAR SUPERSLIDE CHASSIS SPECS GENERAL LENGTH, OVERALL 45.0 FT. WHEELBASE 314.0 IN. WIDTH, OVERALL 102.0 IN. HEIGHT, OVERALL 140.0 IN. FLOOR-TO-CEILING HEIGHT 86.0 IN CABIN FLOOR HEIGHT (FROM THE GROUND) 48.5 IN. USABLE CABIN FLAT FLOOR LENGTH (NO WHEEL HUMPS) 34.75 FT. UNDER-FLOOR STORAGE (WITH DRIVER A/C) 407 CU.FT. UNDER-FLOOR COMPARTMENTS DOORS WIDTH 60.5 IN. ENTRANCE DOOR WIDTH 30.0 IN. STEP HEIGHT 15.0 IN. GROUND CLEARANCE 11.0 IN. OVERHANG (INCL. BUMPER) â€" FRONT 68.75 IN. OVERHANG (INCL. BUMPER) â€" REAR 107.75 IN. TURNING RADIUS 41.8 FT. BODY CONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURE) INTEGRAL BODY CONSTRUCTION (STAINLESS / RUST PROTECTED MILD STEEL) (OUTER SHELL â€" UP TO WINDOW LEVEL) STAINLESS STEEL BODY CONSTRUCTION (SUB-FRAME) LOW-ALLOY/HIGH TENSILE STEEL FUEL TANK (US GALS.) 208 FUEL FILLER NECKS ON BOTH SIDES GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (LBS.) 54,500 AXLE DESIGN LOAD CAPACITY (LBS.) â€" FRONT 18,000 AXLE DESIGN LOAD CAPACITY (LBS.) â€" DRIVE 22,500 AXLE DESIGN LOAD CAPACITY (LBS.) â€" TAG 14,000 WET WEIGHT - WITH DRIVER A/C (LBS.) 31,150 WET WEIGHT - WITH FULL A/C (LBS.) 31,850 DRIVER-ONLY A/C 2 TIRES AND WHEELS MICHELIN 315/80R22.5 (DRIVE) MICHELIN 365/70R22.5 (FRONT & TAG) ALCOA ALUMINUM RIMS 22.5 X 10.5 IN. (FRONT & TAG AXLES) 22.5 X 9 IN. (DRIVE AXLE) POWERTRAIN DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 60 W/EGR 14L-515HP (5-YR. WARRANTY) 3-SPEED ENGINE COOLING FAN ALLISON WORLD B500, 6-SPEED AUTO. TRANS. (5-YR. WARRANTY) CRUISE CONTROL ALLISON HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION RETARDER PNEUMATIC DRIVE BELTS TENSIONERS TURBO BOOST GAUGE ENGINE COOLANT FILTER RACOR FUEL FILTER BRAKES ALL-DISC BRAKES WITH ABS FRONT WHEELS BRAKE BOOSTERS TYPE 27 DRIVE WHEELS BRAKE BOOSTERS TYPE 24-24 TAG WHEELS BRAKE BOOSTERS TYPE 14-16 PARKING BRAKE BOOSTER ON TAG WHEELS STEERING AND SUSPENSION PNEUMATIC TILT & TELESCOPIC STEERING WHEEL ZF SERVOCOMTRONIC VARIABLE POWER STEERING INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION SYSTEM STEERING SLAVE CYLINDER FRONT & DRIVE AXLES SWAY BARS INTEGRATED PNEUMATIC LEVEL-LOW LEVELING SYSTEM LIFTABLE TAG AXLE 3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FULLY MULTIPLEXED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 12-VOLT EXT. LIGHTING 24-VOLT MAIN SYSTEM SHELL ALTERNATOR (DRIVER A/C) 140 AMPS FACTORY-INSTALLED OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT FACTORY SLIDE-OUTS (ALL-ELECTRICAL) 2 SLIDES W/ REAR SUPERSLIDE ROADSIDE FRONT ROADSIDE REAR (SUPERSLIDE) KIDDE DUAL SPECTRUM FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM HIGH-INTENSITY HEADLIGHTS FOG LIGHTS RAMCO REMOTE HEATED REARVIEW MIRRORS CENTRAL ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM REMOTE KEYLESS LOCKING (ENTRANCE DOOR) REMOTE KEYLESS LOCKING (COMPARTMENT DOORS) TRAILER HITCH PACKAGE (20,000 LBS.) LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT COURTESY LIGHTS BLINKER SWITCH ENGINE AND COMPARTMENTS LIGHTING ISRI AIR ADJUSTABLE (6800) FACTORY EXTERIOR PAINT W/SPECIAL EFFECT BACK-UP SOUND ALARM HEADLAMPS CLEANING GENERAL XENON HEADLAMPS AIR POCKET DOORS WITH ROD LESS CYLINDERS FLEXFOIL INSULATION ON INTERIOR OF SHELL MARINE GRADE ELECTRICAL WIRE LUTRON HOMEWORKS ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM WITH REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS OPTION 5 CRESTRON TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLERS LINKED TO LUTRON HOMEWORKS OPERATING SYSTEM WITH IPHONE / I-TOUCH AND LAPTOP CONTROLS FULLTIME INTERNET WI-FI NETWORK CONNECTION 4 RUSSOUND CAV6.6 SIX-ZONE A/V PROCESSOR DVD/VCR RECORDERS WITH DIGITAL TUNERS (2) SATELLITE DVR RECEIVERS (1) ESCIENT MEDIA SERVER WITH 500GB STORAGE CEILING LED ROPE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT MARINE GRADE BRASS LED OVERHEAD LIGHTS MULTI-ZONE AQUA HOT HEATING SYSTEM WITH DUAL 1500 WATT ELECTRIC ELEMENTS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LED LIGHTING MOTORIZED HUNTER DOUGLAS CELL SHADES FRONT AND REAR CUSTOM SPOILERS STATEROOM MAIN VANITY 32” FLAT SCREEN LCD MONITOR AIPHONE INTERCOM WITH BUILT IN MONITOR TO VIEW ENTRY DOOR MASTER LIGHTING SWITCH ON THE REAR NIGHTSTAND AND FRONT ELECTRIC BLACK-OUT SHADES PRE-WIRE FOR CEILING FAN CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR SMOKE DETECTOR SPECIAL LIGHTWEIGHT SOUND INSULATION PACKAGE FABRICA CARPETING WITH HIGH DENSITY PADDING TEMPER-PEDIC KING SIZED ADJUSTABLE BED LEFT AND RIGHT END TABLES AT HEAD OF THE BED DRAWER BENEATH THE FOOT OF THE BED MIRRORED CEILING CUSTOM BEDDING CARPET LINED WARDROBE CABINETS WITH CEDAR CEILINGS LAVATORY 120-VOLT VANITY LIGHTING 120-VOLT OUTLET IN BOTTOM AND INSIDE UPPER VANITY CABINET FANTASTIC VENT OVER SHOWER AREA WITH COVER FANTASTIC VENT WITH COVER IN COMMODE ROOM 5 AQUAHOT HEATER GRANITE FLOORING GRANITE COUNTERTOPS SHAMPOO AND SOAP HOLDER LOWER VANITY CABINET WITH FLUSH DOORS AND DRAWERS HEADHUNTER ELONGATED COMMODE WITH HOMETECH BIDET CUSTOM CURVED SHOWER MEDICINE CABINET GALLEY GE SIDE BY SIDE FULL SIZED REFRIGERATOR WITH 23.3 CUBIC FEET OF STORAGE BREW EXPRESS COFFEE MAKER (RECESSED AND HARD PLUMBED) TWO BURNER COOK TOP STACKED BOSCH WASHER AND DRYER UNITS MARINE-GRADE POWER PANEL SHARP INSIGHT PRO MICROWAVE DRAWER AQUAHOT HEATERS CENTRAL VACUUM GRANITE STARBURST MEDALLION INLAY IN PORCELAIN FLOOR LOUNGE BAR WITH ELECTRIC LIFT COMPUTER/TV/CRESTRON TOUCH SCREEN, WIRELESS KEYBOARD/MOUSE SMOKE DETECTOR AUTOMATIC INTERIOR LED CABINET LIGHTS GRANITE FLOORING WITH ELECTRIC FLOOR HEAT FRANKE BEECH SINK SYSTEM WITH ACCESSORIES SINGLE HANDLE FAUCET WITH BUILT-IN SPRAYER UNDER COUNTER PULL OUT TRASH CONTAINER FULL SIZED PANTRY LIGHTWEIGHT CABINET CONSTRUCTION WITH WOOD VENEER AND POLYESTER FINISH FISCHER PAYKEL DISH DRAWER EXTENDABLE ISLAND FRONT LOUNGE PRE-WIRE FOR FAX IN THE C/S LOWER CABINET (120-VOLT OUTLET, CELLULAR, AND LANDLINE TELEPHONE JACKS FIBERGLASS WINDOW SILLS MOTORIZED HUNTER DOUGLAS CELL SHADES 6 SOFA (ELECTRIC FRAME) ON DRIVER’S SIDE WITH STORAGE BELOW 42” DROP DOWN LCD PILOT AND CO-PILOT SEATING AREA TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM 110 VAC AND 12 VDC OUTLETS KENWOOD/GARMIN AM/FM/DVD/GPS/MP3 MAPPING SYSTEM 15” ADJUSTABLE MONITOR AT PASSENGER SEAT COLOR LCD BACKUP MONITOR WITH I-CONTROL FUNCTION CB RADIO MAP LIGHTS FOR CO-PILOT AND DRIVER MASTER CONTROL SWITCHES ELECTRIC PRIVACY SHADES MAP STORAGE AND DRINK HOLDER CARPETING BELOW THE DRIVER’S SEAT ISRINGHAUSEN AIR RIDE DRIVER’S SEAT CUSTOM WOOD DASH PANELS CUSTOM ENTRY DOOR DESIGN SLIDE STEPWELL COVER OPEN SHOE STORAGE IN STEPWELL CUSTOM SMART STEERING WHEEL VILLA 28” WIDE CO-PILOT SEAT WITH THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: RECLINE, FOOTREST, ELECTRIC SIX WAY POWER BASE, MASSAGE, HEATING, MAP STORAGE AND DRINK HOLDER EXTERIOR GENERAL EQUIPMENT UPPER AND LOWER LUMINESCENT BLUE ROPE LIGHTING CB ANTENNA CELLULAR PHONE ANTENNA AM/FM ANTENNA GPS ANTENNA GLOMEX SAUCER-TYPE AMPLIFIED TV ANTENNA INMOTION TRACSTAR SATELLITE DISH WITH (2) DVR RECEIVERS COLOR DIRECTIONAL BACKUP CAMERA ON REAR OF COACH 7 AIPHONE DOORBELL / CAMERA NEXT TO ENTRANCE DOOR 4 FULL LENGTH ROOF MOUNTED AWNINGS WITH WIND MOTION SENSORS (6) LED CURB LIGHTS 4 HIGH POWERED AIR HORNS IN NOSE FOR WIND NOISE REDUCTION HWH ONE-TOUCH LEVELING SYSTEM GENERATOR ROOF EXHAUST CUSTOM PAINTED REAR WINDOW GRAPHICS AQUAHOT ROOF EXHAUST SIDE MARKER LIGHT TRIM CHROME PLATED HEATED SIDE MIRRORS LICENSE PLATE HOUSING-POLISHED S/S MICROWAVE VENT LED LIGHTS ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF COACH BAY COMPARTMENTS 1ST BAY 101.75 CUBIC FEET OF STORAGE (CURBSIDE OR ROADSIDE) (8) 8D MARINE DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES (4) 3500 WATT OUTBACK INVERTERS 100 AMP VANNER BATTERY EQUALIZER BATTERY TIE-IN RELAY (CONNECTING HOUSE BATTERIES TO CHASSIS BATTERIES AND CHASSIS BATTERIES TO HOUSE BATTERIES) (4) BATTERY DISCONNECT SWITCHES GLENDINNING ELECTRIC REEL FOR SHORELINE CORD (WITH WIRELESS REMOTE) SHORELINE CORD (60’) ADAPTORS FOR SHORELINE FOR 30A AND 20A SERVICE SHORELINE REVERSE POLARITY MONITOR TELEPHONE AND CABLE TV CONNECTORS NEAR SHORELINE REEL COAX CORD AUXILIARY AIR COMPRESSOR WITH TWO SERVICE AIR CONNECTIONS (D/S AND C/S) COSMETIC PANELS TO COVER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 120 VOLT GFCI RECEPTACLE IN THE PLUMBING COMPARTMENT 330 AMP AIR COOLED ALTERNATOR FOR HOUSE SYSTEM 140 AMP AIR COOLED ALTERNATOR FOR CHASSIS SYSTEM 8 HVAC AQUAHOT HEATER WITH THERMOSTATS IN PLUMBING COMPARTMENT (4) ROOFTOP A/C UNITS LOW PROFILE (15,000 BTU’S EACH) 120 VAC CERAMIC HEATER IN FIRST, SECOND AND PLUMBING BAYS ELECTRIC FLOOR HEAT GENERATOR POWERTECH ULTIMATE 17.5 KW TURBO GENERATOR GENERATOR AUTO-START FEATURE (CONTROLLED BY LUTRON AND CRESTRON SYSTEMS) GENERATOR BATTERY BOOST CIRCUITRY GENERATOR PRIMARY FUEL FILTER START/STOP SWITCHES AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: * GENERATOR * DRIVER’S AREA POWER PANEL * INVERTER PANEL * CRESTRON TOUCHSCREENS * ANY REMOTE ACCESS COMPUTER ROOF MOUNTED GENERATOR EXHAUST ROOF MOUNTED COOLING SYSTEM FOR GENERATOR FOUR INVERTER BYPASS SWITCHES PLUMBING AQUAHOT WATER HEATING SYSTEM WITH (2) 1500 WATT ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS HEADHUNTER 120 VOLT WATER PUMP WATER PRESSURE REGULATOR CARTRIDGE WATER FILTER SYSTEM 2 HOSE CARRIERS FOR DUMPING HOLDING TANKS PAPER TOWEL AND SOAP DISPENSER PLASTIC PLUMBING WITH FLEXIBLE LINES FOR VIBRATION ISOLATION MANIFOLD SYSTEM WITH SHUT OFF VALVES TO ALL PLUMBING EQUIPMENT. (NO SHUTOFFS INSIDE THE COACH INTERIOR; CONTINUOUS LINES RUN FROM THE MANIFOLD TO THE FIXTURE) STAINLESS STEEL COVER POLYPROPYLENE FRESH WATER TANK WITH CLEAN OUT (180 GALLONS) POLYPROPYLENE GREY WATER TANK WITH CLEAN OUT (80 GALLONS) 9 POLYPROPYLENE BLACK WATER TANK WITH CLEAN OUT (80 GALLONS) ELECTRIC OPERATED DUMP VALVES TANK LEVEL MONITOR GAUGES AT ALL CRESTRON PANELS CITY WATER INLET WITH MILLENNIUM AUTOMATIC FRESH WATER FILL SYSTEM GRAVITY FILL FOR FRESH WATER TANK MANUAL TANK CLEAN OUT VALVES FOR GREY AND BLACK TANK HOSE BIB STAINLESS STEEL COSMETIC PANELS TO COVER PLUMBING EQUIPMENT BUILT IN PRESSURE WASHER WITH 75’ LINE ON REEL (1450 PSI) BUILT IN DEIONIZER WITH BYPASS FOR SPOT FREE RINSE MODE MACERATOR WITH ELECTRIC HOSE REEL ABS PLASTIC UNDER THE PLUMBING EQUIPMENT BAY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER ENTERTAINMENT CABINET WITH STORAGE DRAWERS REFRIGERATOR BOSE WAVE AM/FM/CD/MP3 STEREO 42” LCD FLAT SCREEN MONITOR ON PULLOUT ADJUSTABLE SLIDE SYSTEM (4) ZIP DEE LAWN CHAIRS KENYON CUSTOM SMOKELESS INFRA RED GRILL

Napoleon I Diamond Necklace
Image by cliff1066â„¢ The Napoleon necklace was a gift from Emperor Napoleon I to his second wife, Marie-Louise to celebrate the birth of their son, Napoleon II, the Emperor of Rome, in 1811. The silver and gold set necklace, designed by Etienne Nitot et Fils of Paris was completed in 1811 and consists of 234 diamonds: 28 oval and cushion-cut diamonds, suspending a fringe of 19 briolette-cut oval and pear shaped diamonds and accented by small, round diamonds and diamond set motifs. The diamonds are cut in the "old mine" style, the precursor to the modern brilliant cut, resulting in great dispersion (flashes of color as the stone moves in light), but less brilliance due to less light refraction through the top of the stone. The necklace has an estimated total weight of 263 carats, the largest single diamond weighing approximately 10.4 carats. When Marie-Louise died in 1847, the necklace was given to her sister-in-law, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, who removed two stones to shorten the necklace. Earrings were made with the two removed stones, the whereabouts of which are unknown. In 1872, the necklace was bequeathed to the Archduchess' son, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. In 1948, Archduke Ludwig's grandson, Prince Franz Joseph of Liechtenstein, sold the necklace to a French collector who then sold it to Harry Winston in 1960. Marjorie Merriweather Post obtained the necklace from Winston and donated it to the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/dynamicearth/6_0_0_GeoGallery/g...

Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel Taping

Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel Taping

A few nice celebrity tape images I found:

Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel Taping
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Today Show 10
Image by whalt Brushes with fame from our 2002 trip to New York City.

Cool Celeb Pics images

Cool Celeb Pics images

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Ratty - who is feeling a bit stuffed right now ;-)
Image by *Psycho Delia* Hi Peeps.. this is my little friend Ratty.. just popping up to say hi to everybody.. some of you may recognise him from another pic that used to be on my stream. I used his pic to create my Quarky explored pic so he is also a Celeb :) 1. How the devil are you?? Stuffed 2. What did you have a breakfast? Some stale cat food that I got out of the bin. 3. What is your favourite food? A nice dead bird.. 4. What is your favourite drink? I'm not fussy.. 5. if you could change anything about your self what would it be? I'd like a longer tail.. 6. What is your favourite album? Anything by the Boom Town Rats 7. What is your favourite film? Ben, even though it always make me cry..:( 8. When did you last cry? The last time I watched Ben 9. When did you last laugh? A few minutes ago. 10. What is your most treasured material possession? My tricycle 11. What characteristics do you think you inherited from your parents? My golden coloured fur and my sense of smell 12. 5 words to describe yourself. Fast, curious, cute, lovable and funny.

kate-beckinsale-03
Image by GamecockGamer I don't own this pic or have any affiliation to the person in it. For use in an RP community.

Cool Jewish Celebrities images

Cool Jewish Celebrities images

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CELEBRITY FILE
Image by t_a_i_s Joan Rivers in Times Square - According to Wikipedia: Joan Rivers (born on June 8, 1933) is a United States comedian, talk show host, and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, gruff voice with a heavy New York City accent. Rivers was born as Joan Alexandra Molinsky to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Westchester County, New York. She graduated from Barnard College in 1954 with a B.A. in English and anthropology. In the 1960s she made television appearances as a comedian on the popular shows The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as hosting the first of her several talk shows. Later in that decade she made a brief but notable appearance opposite Burt Lancaster in the film, The Swimmer. In the 1970s, Rivers appeared often as a guest on various television comedy and variety shows. One notable appearance on The Carol Burnett Show had Rivers spoofing Valerie Harper in Rhoda instead as "Rhonda" to the delight of the audience. (...)

Nice Hottest Celebrities photos

Nice Hottest Celebrities photos

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Many Moons (Janelle Monae )
Image by Aaron-H Follow on www.facebook.com/AHcreatrix Heroin user, coke head Final chapter, death bed Plastic sweat, metal skin Metallic tears, mannequin Carefree, night club Closet drunk, bathtub White house, Jim Crow Dirty lies, my regards.

Pink's Hot Dogs celebrates 70 years
Image by LA Wad One of the most famous food dispensaries in Los Angeles is Pink's hot dogs. The dogs themselves, and the burgers, OK ... around B-, C+. What draws in people is the chance to spot a celebrity. Inside, the walls are lined with 8x10s of famous people. In 2009, Pink's celebrated its 70th anniversary.

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TV Shows We Used To Watch - 1955 Television advertising
Image by brizzle born and bred When ITV launched on 22 September 1955, the BBC's television service had been running unchallenged for almost two decades and was fast gaining popularity. Less than fifteen months before the first television commercial appeared on British screens, on July 4th 1954, the Minister of Fuel and Power, Geoffrey Lloyd, burned a large replica of a ration book at an open meeting in his constituency to herald the official end of fourteen years of rationing in Britain. The dawning of a new age of prosperity was upon the British public. From a retailers point of view the start of commercial television could not have been better timed. At 8pm, on September 22, 1955, ITV broadcast its first television programme. Its first advertisement came 12 minutes later advertising Gibbs SR Toothpaste. That first programme is now almost completely forgotten. But the first advertisement has acquired iconic status. See video clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSSpugVNQD4 The USA's first television advertisement was broadcast July 1, 1941. The watchmaker Bulova paid for a placement on New York station WNBT before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The 10-second spot displayed a picture of a clock superimposed on a map of the United States, accompanied by the voice-over "America runs on Bulova time." ITV Facts * The BBC tried to strangle ITV at birth on 22 September 1955 by killing off Grace Archer, a leading character in the radio series, The Archers. * ITV's launch night was marked with a lavish banquet at London Guildhall, where the menu included clear turtle soup, lobster chablis and roast grouse washed down with 1947 Krug. * ITV went live at 7.15pm on 22 September 1955, with a line-up including the Hallé Orchestra playing Elgar's Cockaigne Suite and an excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Sir John Gielgud. * The first full day of transmission was on 23 September, and included the weather presented by Squadron-Leader Laurie West. * ITV had the first female newsreader on British TV, Barbara Mandell, who read the news on the second day on air. * Before ITV launched, Lord Reith, the founder of the BBC, compared "sponsored broadcasting" to smallpox, bubonic plague and the Black Death (all of which were introduced to England from overseas). * Opponents of commercial television were incensed when American TV coverage of the Coronation was interrupted for an ad break featuring a celebrity chimp, J Fred Muggs. A clause was included in the commercial television Bill banning ad breaks from broadcasts featuring the Royal Family. * More words were spoken in Parliament about whether a law allowing commercial television should be passed than are contained in the New Testament. * The Broadcasting Bill was given Royal Assent on 30 July 1954, paving the way for a new independent television service supervised by the Independent Television Authority. * Household cleaning products were the most advertised products in ITV's first five years. * Adverts were placed in the press inviting applications from prospective programme contractors on 25 August 1954, attracting 25 replies. * It is a myth that Sidney and Cecil Bernstein, the founders of Granada TV, chose to set up their company in the North, because it rained more, so they thought people would stay in to watch more TV. * Lew Grade's ATV consortium, which held ITV licences in London and the Midlands, changed the face of television entertainment. But the ITA turned down the impresario's first application for a franchise, fearing it would give him too much clout. * The first advert shown on ITV was at 8.12pm on its launch night for Gibbs SR toothpaste. At the time, more than a third of the population never brushed their teeth. * ITV was the home of the first US TV shows to be broadcast in the UK, including I Love Lucy and the A-Team. * Granada needed two transmitters for the northern region to serve both sides of the Pennines, but while the Lancashire transmitter was ready in time for launch night on 3 May 1956, the Yorkshire side was delayed until November. * In the early days of ITV, the actors' union Equity refused to allow repeats so, if a show was repeated, the actors had to perform it all over again. * An Oxford postgraduate called Somerset Plantagenet Fry became a celebrity as the first contestant on the quiz show Double Your Money's Treasure Trail in 1955. * In 1958 Granada covered the Rochdale by-election, the first election to be shown on British television. * Sunday Night At The London Palladium was one of ITV's most successful shows. At its height in 1958, when it was presented by Bruce Forsyth, it was watched by 28 million people. * Armchair Theatre, run by Sydney Newman, brought original plays to a broad audience, but in 1958 one of the cast died as Underground was being transmitted. The play went on. * Gone With The Wind star Vivien Leigh made her TV debut on ITV in 1959, in a production of Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of Our Teeth. * The first episode of Coronation Street was broadcast on 9 December 1960. Writer Tony Warren originally called it Florizel Street and it almost became Jubilee Street. * In 1962, the Pilkington report was highly critical of ITV and suggested the licence to run the third channel should be awarded to the BBC. * In 1965, the ban on advertising cigarettes resulted in an £8m loss of revenue for ITV. * ITV switched from black and white to colour in November 1969, prompting employees to strike for a pay increase for operating the new system. * The Beatles made their TV debut in a live performance for People and Places, from Manchester on 17 October 1962. * ITV's first major ratings clash with the BBC was on 20 July 1969, when the two went head to head with their live coverage of the first man on the Moon. * The tape of ITV's coverage of the Moon landing has since been erased, along with many other programmes of the 1960s and 1970s, so it could be reused. * In 1968, London Weekend Television acquired the rights to the one-day cricket contest, the Gillette Cup. The MCC was furious when ITV interrupted play for ads. The MCC took cricket back to the BBC, prompting an ITV lawsuit. * 'Pop Stars' presenter 'Nasty' Nigel Lythgoe made his first television appearance as a dancer on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. * Robin Hood was brought to ITV by Hannah Weinstein, who had fled the US in the McCarthy era and employed other blacklisted Hollywood talent to make a show about a character who redistributed wealth from the rich to the poor. * ITV pioneered the concept of the studio panel to discuss football matches during the 1970 Mexico World Cup. * Richard Burton was one of the backers for HTV's successful bid for the ITV franchise in Wales in 1967. * ITV hoped to set up a second terrestrial channel like the BBC, but its hopes were dashed by the 1977 Annan report into the future of broadcasting. * Lew Grade tried to keep down the cost of employing Roger Moore in The Saint by telling him episodes would last half an hour rather than an hour. * The name of The Avengers' character Emma Peel was an expression of what the producers were looking for - Man Appeal. * Mindful of impact, in the making of Jesus of Nazareth, Lew Grade asked: "Why are there only 12 apostles?" * The Sweeney was the first police drama to be shot on location in real streets rather than in the studio. * It takes longer to watch ITV's 13-part 1981 costume drama Brideshead Revisited than it does to read Evelyn Waugh's novel. * The US oil companies who usually sponsored ITV's big dramas at first would not back Jewel In The Crown, saying India was too far away for the US audience. * In 1973, the ITA banned a World In Action programme about the business affairs of bankrupt architect John Poulson, uniting The Sunday Times and Socialist Worker in a campaign against censorship. * The South Bank Show first aired in 1978. When writer Richard Curtis applied to work for it, he was not even shortlisted. * Greg Dyke was hired as editor-in-chief of TV-am in May 1983, when the new show was engaged in a frantic battle with BBC Breakfast and had just 800,000 viewers. * City analysts reckon ITV's first unsuccessful foray into digital , OnDigital, had losses of up to £1m a day. Even rebranding it as ITV Digital, with a campaign featuring a woolly monkey, couldn't save it from going bust in 2002. * In the first Pop Idol final, which pitted Will Young against Gareth Gates, on 9 Feburary 2002, the public cast 8.7 million votes and BT said the volume of calls had threatened the network. * Bryan Ferry has admitted to being a fan of Footballers' Wives. He said the show was: "Wonderful! All these trashy women wandering around done up to the nines. I love it." * The final of the first series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here inspired some to recreate their own jungles. B&Q reported a 30 per cent rise in online sales of deck chairs, barbecues and garden arches. * Nearly 13 milion viewers tuned in to watch Ken and Deidre Barlow get remarried on Coronation Street in April 2005; 7 million saw Charles wed Camilla the following day. * Royal Mail is releasing stamps to mark the 50th birthday, but Kevin Whately's image has had to be cut from the Inspector Morse stamp, as no one living, apart from the Royal Family, is allowed to appear on UK stamps. * Nearly 90% of people watching timeshifted shows fast-forward the ads, but TV remains the most memorable form of advertising. * Prior to the 1980s music in television advertisements was generally limited to jingles and incidental music; on some occasions lyrics to a popular song would be changed to create a theme song or a jingle for a particular product. In 1971 the converse occurred when a song written for a Coca-Cola advertisement was re-recorded as the pop single "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" by the New Seekers, and became a hit. Some pop and rock songs were re-recorded by cover bands for use in advertisements, but the cost of licensing original recordings for this purpose remained prohibitive until the late 1980s. The use of previously-recorded popular songs in television advertisements began in earnest in 1985 when Burger King used the original recording of Aretha Franklin's song "Freeway of Love" in a television advertisement for the restaurant. This also occurred in 1987 when Nike used the original recording of The Beatles' song "Revolution" in an advertisement for athletic shoes. Since then, many classic popular songs have been used in similar fashion. Songs can be used to concretely illustrate a point about the product being sold (such as Bob Seger's "Like a Rock" used for Chevy trucks), but more often are simply used to associate the good feelings listeners had for the song to the product on display. In some cases the original meaning of the song can be totally irrelevant or even completely opposite to the implication of the use in advertising; for example Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life", a song about heroin use addiction, has been used to advertise Royal Caribbean International, a cruise ship line. Music-licensing agreements with major artists, especially those that had not previously allowed their recordings to be used for this purpose, such as Microsoft's use of "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones and Apple Inc.'s use of U2's "Vertigo" became a source of publicity in themselves. In early instances, songs were often used over the objections of the original artists, who had lost control of their music publishing the music of Beatles being perhaps the most well-known case; more recently artists have actively solicited use of their music in advertisements and songs have gained popularity and sales after being used in advertisements. A famous case is Levi's company, which has used several one hit wonders in their advertisements (songs such as "Inside", "Spaceman", and "Flat Beat"). Sometimes a controversial reaction has followed the use of some particular song on an advertisement. Often the trouble has been that people do not like the idea of using songs that promote values important for them in advertisements. For example Sly and the Family Stone's anti-racism song, "Everyday People", was used in a car advertisement, which angered among people. Generic scores for advertisements often feature clarinets, saxophones, or various strings (such as the acoustic/electric guitars and violins) as the primary instruments. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, electronica music was increasingly used as background scores for television advertisements, initially for automobiles, and later for other technological and business products such as computers and financial services. * Top 10 most controversial ads see link below news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7373667.stm

TV Shows We Used To Watch - BBC Juke Box Jury 1959-67
Image by brizzle born and bred Classic 1950s and 60s pop music show in which a panel votes hit or miss on the new releases they are played. David Jacobs presents, with Nina and Frederick, Jill Ireland and David McCallum on the panel. The show - in which assorted celebrities rated new single releases a 'hit' or a 'miss' - began on US Television in 1948 starring Hollywood DJ Peter Potter. One of the highlights of the show's history was when The Beatles appeared on December 7th 1963. They rated songs by artists including Billy Fury, Elvis Presley and The Swinging Blue Jeans - all of which became hits. On the night, seven of the Beatles' predictions were right and three were wrong. The show's format was very simple: a panel of four guests would listen to a batch of the latest pop singles and judge them a hit or a miss. The fact that the programme was performance-free meant that during a song the camera would pan around the studio audience, linger on the celebrity panel or cut back to the show's host, originally the DJ David Jacobs, to no great purpose. Despite this lack of visual interest, the show proved extremely popular, with a weekly audience peaking at around 12 million, while an appearance by the Rolling Stones as the panellists attracted 10,000 requests for tickets for the programme's recording. The most famous guests to appear on the show were The Beatles, who generated such pandemonium that the audience drowned out much of what they said. It was axed towards the end of 1967 after falling ratings, but revived on two occasions, the first time with Noel Edmonds as presenter (in 1979), and the second time with Jools Holland (from 1989 to 1990). The theme music for the show was called "Hit and Miss" and was performed by "The John Barry Seven". The following clip is a section from a programme in 1960. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3y-wNnh3g0 Nina and Frederik were a Danish popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypsos and standards. The duo consisted of Frederik, Baron van Pallandt and his wife at the time Nina van Pallandt. Nina and Frederik began singing together at the age of four, but since Frederik's father was the Dutch ambassador to Denmark, his family moved away and the children lost contact with each other. However in 1957 he re-established contact with Nina at her parents home and one evening played his guitar for her. To his surprise Nina began singing to it, and it was at that moment that they decided to sing together. Originally they sang only for their friends, and occasionally at house parties. This led to them being asked to perform at charity shows and soon they were in demand professionally. On 1 July 1957, the duo made their professional show business debut in Copenhagen's top night club, Mon Coeur. Within a matter of months they had become great favourites throughout Europe. They married in September 1960 and in 1961 had their own series on British Television, Nina and Frederik at home. Their earliest known single was "Jamaica Farewell"/"Come Back Liza", both Calypso songs, issued in 1959 on Pye International 7N 25021, but showing a 1957 'recording first published' date. Their album, Nina and Frederik, charted at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1960. Their follow-up collection, also entitled Nina and Frederik, but featuring completely different songs, peaked at number 11 in the UK chart in May 1961. In 1963 they spent three weeks performing at the Savoy Hotel, and in December of the same year they gave a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, and made guest appearances on the panel of Juke Box Jury. Jill Ireland and David McCallum David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as interdimensional operative Steel in Sapphire & Steel, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the series NCIS. He was married to actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. They had three sons: Paul, Jason - an adopted son who died from an accidental drug overdose in 1989 - and Valentine. He introduced Ireland to Charles Bronson when both were filming The Great Escape. A few years later, she left McCallum and married Bronson. He has been married to Katherine Carpenter since 1967. They have a son, Peter, and a daughter, Sophie. David and Katherine McCallum are active with charitable organizations that support the United States Marine Corps: Katherine's father was a Marine who served in the Battle of Iwo Jima, and her brother lost his life in the Vietnam War. David and Katherine McCallum live in New York. Jill Dorothy Ireland (April 24, 1936 â€" May 18, 1990) was an English actress, best known for her many films with her second husband, Charles Bronson. Ireland was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984. After her diagnosis, Ireland wrote two books chronicling her battle with the disease (at the time of her death, she was writing a third book) and became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. In 1988, she testified before Congress about medical costs and was awarded the Medal of Courage from then-President Ronald Reagan. On May 18, 1990, Ireland died of breast cancer at her home in Malibu, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Jill Ireland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1991, Jill Clayburgh portrayed Ireland in the made-for-television movie Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story, which told of her later years, including her fight with cancer. David Lewis Jacobs CBE (born 19 May 1926) is a British actor and broadcaster who rose to prominence as presenter of the peak-time BBC Television show Juke Box Jury and of the BBC Radio 4 political forum, Any Questions? Jacobs was born in London and educated at Strand School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1947, and first broadcast on Navy Mixture in 1944. He became an announcer with the British Forces Broadcasting Service and was chief announcer on Radio SEAC in Ceylon (1945-47). He was later assistant-station director. A BBC staff announcer in the early 1950s, his voice eerily intoned the title for many of the 53 episodes of the popular space adventure series Journey Into Space. He also played no fewer than 22 acting parts in the course of the series. He also broadcast on Radio Luxembourg. Jacobs became best known as presenter of Juke Box Jury on BBC television between 1959 and 1967. He was one of the four original presenters of Top of the Pops when it started in 1964. He had earlier, between 1957 and 1961, established the chart show format of the Light Programme's Pick of the Pops, to which he briefly returned in 1962. Between 1957 and 1966 Jacobs was the presenter of A Song for Europe and did the UK commentary at several Eurovision Song Contests. He hosted the popular panel game What's My Line? when it was revived on BBC2 from 1973 to 1974. In 1973 he hosted a short-lived version of the American game show The Who, What, or Where Game. From December 1967 until July 1983 Jacobs chaired the influential Radio 4 live topical debate programme Any Questions? One episode notoriously descended into chaos when some of the audience heckled Enoch Powell: they were evicted, and a stone was thrown through the stained-glass window of the church from which the programme was being broadcast. Jacobs later for a time presented a similar series called Questions for TVS. Jacobs appeared as himself in the 1974 film Stardust, compèring a 1960s award ceremony. He also appeared as himself in an episode of the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, where he played the presenter of a fictional home improvement show.

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Image by Wootang01 9.4.09 The flight arrived on time; and the twelve hours while on board passed quickly and without incident. To be sure, the quality of the Cathay Pacific service was exemplary once again. Heathrow reminds me of Newark International. The décor comes straight out of the sterile 80's and is less an eyesore than an insipid background to the rhythm of human activity, such hustle and bustle, at the fore. There certainly are faces from all races present, creating a rich mosaic of humanity which is refreshing if not completely revitalizing after swimming for so long in a sea of Chinese faces in Hong Kong. Internet access is sealed in England, it seems. Nothing is free; everything is egregiously monetized from the wireless hotspots down to the desktop terminals. I guess Hong Kong has spoiled me with its abundant, free access to the information superhighway. 11.4.09 Despite staying in a room with five other backpackers, I have been sleeping well. The mattress and pillow are firm; my earplugs keep the noise out; and the sleeping quarters are as dark as a cave when the lights are out, and only as bright as, perhaps, a dreary rainy day when on. All in all, St. Paul's is a excellent place to stay for the gregarious, adventurous, and penurious city explorer - couchsurfing may be a tenable alternative; I'll test for next time. Yesterday Connie and I gorged ourselves at the borough market where there were all sorts of delectable, savory victuals. There was definitely a European flavor to the food fair: simmering sausages were to be found everywhere; and much as the meat was plentiful, and genuine, so were the dairy delicacies, in the form of myriad rounds of cheese, stacked high behind checkered tabletops. Of course, we washed these tasty morsels down with copious amounts of alcohol that flowed from cups as though amber waterfalls. For the first time I tried mulled wine, which tasted like warm, rancid fruit punch - the ideal tonic for a drizzling London day, I suppose. We later killed the afternoon at the pub, shooting the breeze while imbibing several diminutive half-pints in the process. Getting smashed at four in the afternoon doesn't seem like such a bad thing anymore, especially when you are having fun in the company of friends; I can more appreciate why the English do it so much! Earlier in the day, we visited the Tate Modern. Its turbine room lived up to its prominent billing what with a giant spider, complete with bulbous egg sac, anchoring the retrospective exhibit. The permanent galleries, too, were a delight upon which to feast one's eyes. Picasso, Warhol and Pollock ruled the chambers of the upper floors with the products of their lithe wrists; and I ended up becoming a huge fan of cubism, while developing a disdain for abstract art and its vacuous images, which, I feel, are devoid of both motivation and emotion. My first trip yesterday morning was to Emirates Stadium, home of the Arsenal Gunners. It towers imperiously over the surrounding neighborhood; yet for all its majesty, the place sure was quiet! Business did pick up later, however, once the armory shop opened, and dozens of fans descended on it like bees to a hive. I, too, swooped in on a gift-buying mission, and wound up purchasing a book for Godfrey, a scarf for a student, and a jersey - on sale, of course - for good measure. I'm sitting in the Westminster Abbey Museum now, resting my weary legs and burdened back. So far, I've been verily impressed with what I've seen, such a confluence of splendor and history before me that it would require days to absorb it all, when regretfully I can spare only a few hours. My favorite part of the abbey is the poets corner where no less a literary luminary than Samuel Johnson rests in peace - his bust confirms his homely presence, which was so vividly captured in his biography. For lunch I had a steak and ale pie, served with mash, taken alongside a Guinness, extra cold - 2 degrees centigrade colder, the bartender explained. It went down well, like all the other delicious meals I've had in England; and no doubt by now I have grown accustomed to inebriation at half past two. Besides, Liverpool were playing inspired football against Blackburn; and my lunch was complete. Having had my fill of football, I decided to skip my ticket scalping endeavor at Stamford Bridge and instead wandered over to the British Museum to inspect their extensive collections. Along the way, my eye caught a theater, its doors wide open and admitting customers. With much rapidity, I subsequently checked the show times, saw that a performance was set to begin, and at last rushed to the box office to purchase a discounted ticket - if you call a 40 pound ticket a deal, that is. That's how I grabbed a seat to watch Hairspray in the West End. The show was worth forty pounds. The music was addictive; and the stage design and effects were not so much kitschy as delightfully stimulating - the pulsating background lights were at once scintillating and penetrating. The actors as well were vivacious, oozing charisma while they danced and delivered lines dripping in humor. Hairspray is a quality production and most definitely recommended. 12.4.09 At breakfast I sat across from a man who asked me to which country Hong Kong had been returned - China or Japan. That was pretty funny. Then he started spitting on my food as he spoke, completely oblivious to my breakfast becoming the receptacle in which the fruit of his inner churl was being placed. I guess I understand the convention nowadays of covering one's mouth whilst speaking and masticating at the same time! We actually conversed on London life in general, and I praised London for its racial integration, the act of which is a prodigious leap of faith for any society, trying to be inclusive, accepting all sorts of people. It wasn't as though the Brits were trying in vain to be all things to all men, using Spanish with the visitors from Spain, German with the Germans and, even, Hindi with the Indians, regardless of whether or not Hindi was their native language; not even considering the absurd idea of encouraging the international adoption of their language; thereby completely keeping English in English hands and allowing its proud polyglots to "practice" their languages. Indeed, the attempt of the Londoners to avail themselves of the rich mosaic of ethnic knowledge, and to seek a common understanding with a ubiquitous English accent is an exemplar, and the bedrock for any world city. I celebrated Jesus' resurrection at the St. Andrew's Street Church in Cambridge. The parishioners of this Baptist church were warm and affable, and I met several of them, including one visiting (Halliday) linguistics scholar from Zhongshan university in Guangzhou, who in fact had visited my tiny City University of Hong Kong in 2003. The service itself was more traditional and the believers fewer in number than the "progressive" services at any of the charismatic, evangelical churches in HK; yet that's what makes this part of the body of Christ unique; besides, the message was as brief as a powerpoint slide, and informative no less; the power word which spoke into my life being a question from John 21:22 - what is that to you? Big trees; exquisite lawns; and old, pointy colleges; that's Cambridge in a nutshell. Sitting here, sipping on a half-pint of Woodforde's Wherry, I've had a leisurely, if not languorous, day so far; my sole duty consisting of walking around while absorbing the verdant environment as though a sponge, camera in tow. I am back at the sublime beer, savoring a pint of Sharp's DoomBar before my fish and chips arrive; the drinking age is 18, but anyone whose visage even hints of youthful brilliance is likely to get carded these days, the bartender told me. The youth drinking culture here is almost as twisted as the university drinking culture in America. My stay in Cambridge, relaxing and desultory as it may be, is about to end after this late lunch. I an not sure if there is anything left to see, save for the American graveyard which rests an impossible two miles away. I have had a wonderful time in this town; and am thankful for the access into its living history - the residents here must demonstrate remarkable patience and tolerance what with so many tourists ambling on the streets, peering - and photographing - into every nook and cranny. 13.4.09 There are no rubbish bins, yet I've seen on the streets many mixed race couples in which the men tend to be white - the women also belonging to a light colored ethnicity, usually some sort of Asian; as well saw some black dudes and Indian dudes with white chicks. People here hold doors, even at the entrance to the toilet. Sometimes it appears as though they are going out on a limb, just waiting for the one who will take the responsibility for the door from them, at which point I rush out to relieve them of such a fortuitous burden. I visited the British Museum this morning. The two hours I spent there did neither myself nor the exhibits any justice because there really is too much to survey, enough captivating stuff to last an entire day, I think. The bottomless well of artifacts from antiquity, drawing from sources as diverse as Korea, and Mesopotamia, is a credit to the British empire, without whose looting most of this amazing booty would be unavailable for our purview; better, I think, for these priceless treasures to be open to all in the grandest supermarket of history than away from human eyes, and worst yet, in the hands of unscrupulous collectors or in the rubbish bin, possibly. Irene and I took in the ballet Giselle at The Royal Opera House in the afternoon. The building is a plush marvel, and a testament to this city's love for the arts. The ballet itself was satisfying, the first half being superior to the second, in which the nimble dancers demonstrated their phenomenal dexterity in, of all places, a graveyard covered in a cloak of smoke and darkness. I admit, their dance of the dead, in such a gloomy necropolis, did strike me as, strange. Two amicable ladies from Kent convinced me to visit their hometown tomorrow, where, they told me, the authentic, "working" Leeds Castle and the mighty interesting home of Charles Darwin await. I'm nursing a pint of Green King Ruddles and wondering about the profusion of British ales and lagers; the British have done a great deed for the world by creating an interminable line of low-alcohol session beers that can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner; and their disservice is this: besides this inexhaustible supply of cheap beer ensnaring my inner alcoholic, I feel myself putting on my freshman fifteen, almost ten years after the fact; I am going to have to run a bit harder back in Hong Kong if I want to burn all this malty fuel off. Irene suggested I stop by the National Art Gallery since we were in the area; and it was an hour well spent. The gallery currently presents a special exhibit on Picasso, the non-ticketed section of which features several seductive renderings, including David spying on Bathsheba - repeated in clever variants - and parodies of other masters' works. Furthermore, the main gallery houses two fabulous portraits by Joshua Reynolds, who happens to be favorite of mine, he in life being a close friend of Samuel Johnson - I passed by Boswells, where its namesake first met Johnson, on my way to the opera house. 14.4.09 I prayed last night, and went through my list, lifting everyone on it up to the Lord. That felt good; that God is alive now, and ever present in my life and in the lives of my brothers and sisters. Doubtless, then, I have felt quite wistful, as though a specter in the land of the living, being in a place where religious fervor, it seems, is a thing of the past, a trifling for many, to be hidden away in the opaque corners of centuries-old cathedrals that are more expensive tourist destinations than liberating homes of worship these days. Indeed, I have yet to see anyone pray, outside of the Easter service which I attended in Cambridge - for such an ecstatic moment in verily a grand church, would you believe that it was only attended by at most three dozen spirited ones. The people of England, and Europe in general, have, it is my hope, only locked away the Word, relegating it to the quiet vault of their hearts. May it be taken out in the sudden pause before mealtimes and in the still crisp mornings and cool, silent nights. There is still hope for a revival in this place, for faith to rise like that splendid sun every morning. God would love to rescue them, to deliver them in this day, it is certain. I wonder what Londoners think, if anything at all, about their police state which, like a vine in the shadows, has taken root in all corners of daily life, from the terrorist notifications in the underground, which implore Londoners to report all things suspicious, to the pair of dogs which eagerly stroll through Euston. What makes this all the more incredible is the fact that even the United States, the indomitable nemesis of the fledgling, rebel order, doesn't dare bombard its citizens with such fear mongering these days, especially with Obama in office; maybe we've grown wise in these past few years to the dubious returns of surrendering civil liberties to the state, of having our bags checked everywhere - London Eye; Hairspray; and The Royal Opera House check bags in London while the museums do not; somehow, that doesn't add up for me. I'm in a majestic bookshop on New Street in Birmingham, and certainly to confirm my suspicions, there are just as many books on the death of Christianity in Britain as there are books which attempt to murder Christianity everywhere. I did find, however, a nice biography on John Wesley by Roy Hattersley and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. I may pick up the former. Lunch with Sally was pleasant and mirthful. We dined at a French restaurant nearby New Street - yes, Birmingham is a cultural capitol! Sally and I both tried their omelette, while her boyfriend had the fish, without chips. Conversation was light, the levity was there and so was our reminiscing about those fleeting moments during our first year in Hong Kong; it is amazing how friendships can resume so suddenly with a smile. On their recommendation, I am on my way to Warwick Castle - they also suggested that I visit Cadbury World, but they cannot take on additional visitors at the moment, the tourist office staff informed me, much to my disappointment! Visiting Warwick Castle really made for a great day out. The castle, parts of which were established by William the Conquerer in 1068, is as much a kitschy tourist trap as a meticulous preservation of history, at times a sillier version of Ocean Park while at others a dignified dedication to a most glorious, inexorably English past. The castle caters to all visitors; and not surprisingly, that which delighted all audiences was a giant trebuchet siege engine, which for the five p.m. performance hurled a fireball high and far into the air - fantastic! Taliban beware! 15.4.09 I'm leaving on a jet plane this evening; don't know when I'll be back in England again. I'll miss this quirky, yet endearing place; and that I shall miss Irene and Tom who so generously welcomed me into their home, fed me, and suffered my use of their toilet and shower goes without saying. I'm grateful for God's many blessings on this trip. On the itinerary today is a trip to John Wesley's home, followed by a visit to the Imperial War Museum. Already this morning I picked up a tube of Oilatum, a week late perhaps, which Teri recommended I use to treat this obstinate, dermal weakness of mine - I'm happy to report that my skin has stopped crying. John Wesley's home is alive and well. Services are still held in the chapel everyday; and its crypt, so far from being a cellar for the dead, is a bright, spacious museum in which all things Wesley are on display - I never realized how much of an iconic figure he became in England; at the height of this idol frenzy, ironic in itself, he must have been as popular as the Beatles were at their apex. The house itself is a multi-story edifice with narrow, precipitous staircases and spacious rooms decorated in an 18th century fashion. I found Samuel Johnson's house within a maze of red brick hidden alongside Fleet Street. To be in the home of the man who wrote the English dictionary, and whose indefatigable love for obscure words became the inspiration for my own lexical obsession, this, by far, is the climax of my visit to England! The best certainly has been saved for last. There are a multitude of portraits hanging around the house like ornaments on a tree. Every likeness has its own story, meticulously retold on the crib sheets in each room. Celebrities abound, including David Garrick and Sir Joshua Reynolds, who painted several of the finer images in the house. I have developed a particular affinity for Oliver Goldsmith, of whom Boswell writes, "His person was short, his countenance coarse and vulgar, his deportment that of a scholar awkwardly affecting the easy gentleman. It appears as though I, too, could use a more flattering description of myself! I regretfully couldn't stop to try the curry in England; I guess the CityU canteen's take on the dish will have to do. I did, however, have the opportune task of flirting with the cute Cathay Pacific counter staff who checked me in. She was gorgeous in red, light powder on her cheeks, with real diamond earrings, she said; and her small, delicate face, commanded by a posh British accent rendered her positively irresistible, electrifying. Not only did she grant me an aisle seat but she had the gumption to return my fawning with zest; she must be a pro at this by now. I saw her again as she was pulling double-duty, collecting tickets prior to boarding. She remembered my quest for curry; and in the fog of infatuation, where nary a man has been made, I fumbled my words like the sloppy kid who has had too much punch. I am just an amateur, alas, an "Oliver Goldsmith" with the ladies - I got no game - booyah! Some final, consequential bits: because of the chavs, Burberry no longer sells those fashionable baseball caps; because of the IRA, rubbish bins are no longer a commodity on the streets of London, and as a result, the streets and the Underground of the city are a soiled mess; and because of other terrorists from distant, more arid lands, going through a Western airport has taken on the tedium of perfunctory procedure that doesn't make me feel any safer from my invisible enemies. At last, I saw so many Indians working at Heathrow that I could have easily mistaken the place for Mumbai. Their presence surprised me because their portion of the general population surely must be less than their portion of Heathrow staff, indicating some mysterious hiring bias. Regardless, they do a superb job with cursory airport checks, and in general are absurdly funny and witty when not tactless. That's all for England!

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Image by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer Celebrities Revel for a Cause: Black Tie For Breast Cancer Gala Ball, Sydney Tonight in Sydney, Australia, the Black Tie for Breast Cancer (BT4BC) gala event for the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation took place at the beautiful Westin Hotel. A community aware group of nice folks including both A-listers, everyday mums and dads and a range of people from all walks of life, gathered together to help raise much needed funds for the development of a new Cancer Centre at the Prince of Wales Hospital. The celebrity contingent included Jodi Gordon, Braith Anasta, the newly engaged Rachel Gilbert and Tom Williams, two time Logie nominee Anna McGahan, Melissa Hoyer, Peter Morrissey, Laura Csortan and a swag of others whipped up a storm in an effort to help raise money for a new cancer centre at the Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick campus. The guest list included: Jodi Gordon, Rachel Gilbert, Tom Williams, Anna McGahn, Ant & Becks, Peter Morrissey, Laura Csortan, Chris Joannou, Sarah Cumming, Geoff Field, Melissa Hoyer, Bianca Dye, Braith Anasta and Roy Billing. Finally, all power to cancer survivors, their family and friends, and those doing what they can to help fight cancer. Celebrity for good - always good to hear, and public big congrats to all of those who helped put tonight together. About the Prince of Wales Hospital Cancer Centre... The Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation promotes the work of the Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH) to build healthier communities. Partnering with our community, we raise vital funds to ensure the continued development of research, education and special projects, which will provide integrated health care for the patients. Over the next few years we will be embarking on a campaign to build a new, gold standard Cancer and Blood Disorders Centre on site and the BT4BC event is the signature event for this centre. The centre will work closely with the University of NSW’s Lowy Cancer Research Centre, to provide the latest researched treatments. When completed, it will be the only fully comprehensive, public cancer treatment centre in Sydney, which also treats many of our country patients. Websites Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation www.powhf.org.au The Westin Sydney www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.htm... open haus www.openhaus.net.au Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com

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