Al Capone have been arrested in Philadelphia, in 1931 for storage of the weapon and non-payment of taxes (the second charge have put forward a little bit later). In 9 months he considered this chamber in East state training school — the house.
The chief and security guards of a colony have made for Capone an exception for the period of stay, having allowed criminal authority to have in the chamber: pictures, a table, a lamp, the velvet down blanket, convenient an armchair and expensive on those times of radio. Capone adored to listen to waltzes after a dinner...
McDonald's France has begun airing two new commercials, above is the ad entitled "Killer" and below the "Prison" spot. In Killer, the bad guy who all too closely resembles Jason from Friday The 13th is the victim this time as two young ladies chase him down through a forest for his bag of McDonald's food...not just any food either, in France the chessy goodness burgers are topped with goat cheese and raclette.
Credits: Agency: TBWA, Paris CD: Jean-Francois Goize AD: Alexandre Mba-Nze Copywriter: Mehdi Hamzaoui TV Producer: Amer Zoghbi Agency Producer: Smile Unlimited Director: Greg Gray Sound: Else Sound Director: Fabrice Pouvreau
The US president Barack Obama in telephone conversation with the prime minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown has expressed the disappointment in connection with unbinding Abdel Basset ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, serving the sentence for plane blasting over the city of Lokerbi. On it informs AFP referring to the press-service of The White House.
On a Downing street have confirmed, that the question on clearing of the Libyan from the Scottish prison rose during Brown's 40-minute conversation and Obama, however the further comments have refused. In August the American president already named the decision on clearing of the terrorist erroneous, however till now did not state the condemnation in conversation by the British prime minister.
Act of terrorism took place in 1988; as a result of explosion and falling of fragments of the plane 270 persons were lost. Al-Megrahi has been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001, however in the end of August, 2009 of the terrorist have set free. This decision explained compassion to the 57-year-old man sick of the incurable form of a cancer.
Among victims in the sky over Lokerbi there were 189 Americans, therefore clearing of the terrorist has caused sharp reaction in the United States.
After clearing al-Megrahi in mass-media the version began to be discussed actively, according to which economic interests became the reason of actions of a British side. In particular, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi has declared, that negotiations about clearing al-Megrahi were conducted by personally former prime minister Tony Blair lobbying interests of the British businessmen in sphere of the conclusion of oil contracts with Libya. Blair has denied the participation in the transaction.
“The archaeologist,” said Sir Mortimer Wheeler, one of the grand old men of archaeology, “is digging up, not things, but people.” The point about sites of antiquity is that, often surviving in a fragmented state, their meaning doesn’t immediately rear up and hit you between the eyes. It can be hard on a 21st century holiday to see a temple and imagine the priests and priestesses, the colours, the crowds, the ceremony and the sacrifices.
Selinunte – ancient Greek archaeological site in Sicily, Italy [Credit: Chiara Marra]But tours with the specialist company Andante are led by archaeologists who understand how to translate the remains left by real people into the story of ancient lives, lived thousands of years ago.
Sicily’s archaeology is extremely high calibre. The island was at the centre of trade routes in the days when travel was often easiest via sea. Ancient empires, from the Greeks and Romans to the Moors and the Normans, cast covetous eyes upon Sicily and left an enduring imprint with a great many magnificent buildings.
When the Greeks arrived here shortly after the turn of the first millennium BC, they quickly settled and started building their magnificent stone temples on an enormous scale. At Agrigento, they were erected along a ridge to create an intimidating line of massive architecture visible from the sea, which remains visually arresting today.
At Syracuse — once occupied by the Corinthians and over which the Greeks and Romans waged a drawn-out war – much of the story is told by remaining monuments: temples, fortifications and the famous stone quarries which doubled as the final prison of thousands of enemy soldiers used as slaves, most of whom died.
All of ancient life is here; religious, military, those of vast fortune with their showy villas, as well as the gifted craftsmen and artists who made them.
In some places in Sicily, the archaeologist’s trained eye helps put together the less obvious clues to bring the place vividly back to life.
The 12th century cathedral at Monreale is one of Sicily's most impressive sights [Credit: Telegraph]At others, such as the grand 12th-century Norman cathedral of Monreale, or in the private chapel of Roger of Sicily at the palace in Palermo — both decorated with glittering swathes of Byzantine mosaics — you put the brain on hold and simply succumb to the pulse-quickening visuals.
The Graeco-Roman theatre at Taormina, set against the formidable backdrop of Mount Etna, also takes some beating for sheer emotional impact.
Andante stresses the “knowledge worn lightly” aspect of these comprehensive tours of the island, and also offers a Relaxed Break here – seven days based in one lovely hotel on the island of Ortygia with your own archaeologist, as well as Andante With Independence, for those who want the archaeologist and the specialist arrangements, but less of the “group” aspect.
Sir Mortimer would have been proud — on every tour it is not the monuments that are the focus, but the people who made them.
Author: Jack Wilkinson | Source: The Telegraph/UK [February 03, 2012]
Just released, the official trailer for Men in Black 3, enjoy the teaser. The Sony Pictures film is set be in theaters May 25, 2012 in 3D. The MIB duo of Agent Jay and Agent Kay are back in action. When the world is threatened by an evil alien, Agent Jay travels back in time to 1969, where he teams up with the younger Agent Kay to stop the evil villain Boris from destroying the world in the future. Emma Thompson will play take-charge MIB operative Agent Oh, who is monitoring a prison breakout.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Will Smith as Agents Jay Tommy Lee Jones as Agent Kay Josh Brolin as Young Agent K Jemaine Clement as Boris (villian) Rip Torn as Zed Emma Thompson as Agent Oh
The US president Barack Obama has approved creation of "an elite command" inspectors who will be engaged in interrogations of prospective terrorists.
As writes Los Angeles Times referring to sources in the government, this decision is accepted within the limits of the general efforts of the USA on revision of a counterterrorist policy. The new group of inspectors will include representatives of different departments.
"The group on interrogations of especially valuable prisoners" which will be based in FBI, should become a living example of refusal of methods of interrogation which were applied in days of George Bush's presidency. Old practice of counterterrorist activity is constant object of criticism from liberals who equate methods of work of inspectors of CIA to tortures.
Creation of a special command of inspectors was recommended to The White House the working group which was engaged in revision of methods of interrogations of terrorists. Work other working group which should develop the plan on closing of prison for terrorists on military base in Guantanamo in parallel conducts: Obama has disposed to close this object causing the big discontent of legal experts, but the further destiny of prisoners of Guantanamo is not defined yet.
Critics of administration of Bush actively discuss possibility of bringing to account of the persons follow rigid counterterrorist a policy of the former power, and their determination becomes stronger thanks to the new facts about infringement of the rights of prisoners. For example, one of these days it became known about results of investigation which was carried out in 2004 by the general inspector of CIA: it was found out, in particular, that on interrogations inspectors of CIA intimidated suspects by means of a pistol and an electrodrill.
On Monday, on August, 24th, The New York Times has informed, that experts of the Ministry of Justice recommended to general public prosecutor Eric Holder to renew about ten affairs closed at Bush about infringement of the rights concluded by inspectors from CIA.